five million dollars in additional funding for school faculty.ioio state university p psident steven leath is also requesting more than eight million for faculty at i-s-u.leath and harreld want the extra state funding to add faculty members and giveaises to keep the schoololcompetitive. house...quinnipiac university has released its latest *national polls for both major parties. parties.on the republican side - donald trump holds a 27 to o 17 leaeaover senator marco rubio, who has passed ben carson for second place.in last month's poll - trump only led carson by one point.rson is tied with senator d cruz for fourth.both candidates have 16-percent support nationally. on the democratic spectrum - hillary clinton continues to pull awafrom senator bernie sanders.quinnipiac's poll now has clinton with a 60 to 30 lead over sanders.the 30-point margin for the former secretary of state is up fr 18oints a month ago.the only other democratic candidate, martin o'malley is a very distant third with only two- percent support. the iowa board of regents is expected to vote today on a plan to rename the u

and earlier today, isu president steven leath released a statement offering his condolences to emmlee's family and loved ones. jack: meanwhile, fort dodge police are investigating the cause of a suspicious death. just before 8 a.m. sunday morning police got a call about man lying on the ground between two houses on north 8th street. ems responded... and the man was pronounced dead on scene. it's being ruled suspicious. an autospy will be done in the coming days. the identity of the man is not being released yet. jack: and a suspicious county as well into the dallas department welfare 63. man dead inside. no arrests have been made, and the investigation is on-going. an autopsy will start tomorrow. stephanie: in your local election headquarters now-- stephanie/ram: big news here in iowa for the republican presidential candidates. with only a little under two months left until caucus night sen. ted cruz is now neck and neck with business mogul donald trump. in a new quinnipiac poll out today, with republican iowa caucus- goers . trump is polling at 28 percent cruz is not too far behind at

isu president steven leath offered his condolences and asked people to cooperate with the investigation. if you have any information call story county crime stoppers at 515-382- 7577. the polk county sheriff's department is searching for a missing des moines teenager... police say 17-year old sam kemp went to a party saturday night in granger and hasn't been seen since. his report yesterday. kemp is a black male... 6-foot tall.. 200-pounds.. with blonde and brown dreadlocks. he was last seen wearing a black nike sweatshirt.. dark blue jeans.. and blue shoes. anyone with information is asked to call the polk county sheriff's office. the man accused in a white powder scare at the state capitol is now admitting it... today, 28-year old michael mcrae pled guilty in federal court. the charge was conveying false information concerning a biological weapon. he admitted to writing a letter with racial slurs and threats directed at representative ako abdul-samad. mcrae was serving as samad's legislative clerk. police say mcrae opened the letter.. spilling white powder on the house floor in april

faculty.harreld is beingng university president steven leath, who's requesting more than eight million for faculty there.the two say they want the additional state funding to add faculty and give raisese totoeep the schools competitive. also new tonight, a strong dollar appears to be further slowing down the midwest economy. economy.the mid-erican business conditions index, from creighn university, dropped to 40-0-point-seven last month, down more than a point from october.the index ranges from zero to one hundred.any score above 50 suggests growth. the index surveys nine midwestern and plains states, including iowa. it's been a full month since the new johnson county minimum wage went into effect, and tonight, reaction is mixed. mixed.on november first the county jumped from seven dollars and twenty five cents an hour to eight dollars and twenty cents.the iowa city area chamber of commerce says they've been asking for feedback from m mber businesses.they say many of their businesses support a minimum wage increase, but legislated and consistently mandated across county lines. me busin

faculty.iowa state universisi president steven leath is doing the same -- requesting more than eight million for presidents say they want the additional state funding to add facultmembers and give raises to keep the schools competitive. it's still to come.. come..the compromise in congress that's taken decades to get resolved. here's a look at some of eastern iowa's top stories -- on this morning... the cedar rapids police k-9 memorial dedication today at noon in sunner park.police are honoring the 23 k-9's that have served the police department.right now -- the department has six k-9 teams. the public is encouraged to attend. a 12-year-old from marion will be the iowa hawkeyes kid captain this weekend, when the hawks take on michigan state in the big ten title game.at a young age kaelea butterfield was diagnosed with severe life- threatening asthma.today she must take daily medications and pay attention to her symptoms.kaelea loves to paint her nails and play with her younger siblings. good morning, it's on this morning, we'll have a look at some of today's top stories, right welcom

faculty.iowa state university president steven leath is doing the me -- requesting more than eight million for faculty there.the two presidents say they want the additional state funding to add faculty members and give raises to keep the schools competitive. mark zuckerberg is a new dad and he's celebrating with a pledgegeto give billions of dollars to a new mission. mission.zuckerberg announced on facebook that his wife -- facebook that his wife -- priscilla chan -- gave birth to the couple's daughter -- uaxima chan zuckerberg -- early last week.the couple percent of their facebook stock -- worth about 45 billion dollars -- during their lives to promote equality and the human potential. house speaker paululyan will light the u-s capitol christmas tree tonight.this year's tree came from a national forest in alaska.this is video of last year's tree. the 74-foot lutzspruce traveled four-r-thousand mimis by land and sea to washington, d-c.it will feature thousands of ornaments, made by children and others in alaska.the tree will be lit each day from sundown to 11 p-m through january first. al

isu president steven leath has also offered his condolences and asked anyone who can help to cooperate with the investigation... changes are coming to an iowa school district... the nursery at muscatine high school is closing. that's because there's been a dramatic decline in the number of pregnant teens. in 2001...97 teens in the county had babies. last year...that number was down to 40. teens who still might need childcare are being connected to resources. flooding continues to be an issue throughout iowa today... this is video from ridgeway and greyhound earlier this morning... it's not far from highway 63... barricades are up.,, a few streets in waterloo had to close yesterday because of remember, when you see flooded roadways... turn around, don't drown... here's video the town of luther in boone county... there -- flooding has caused a mess... basements are flooded.. the city park is under water.. city hall has also taken on water. tonight is the fifth republican presidential debate --and this comes after bit a shift in the polls. donald trump remains the frontrunner and in some

isu president steven leath offered his condolences and asked people to cooperate with the investigation. funeral services have been set for a waterloo teenager. sunday afternoon -- at the waterloo first united methodist church. his body was pulled from the cedar river near gilbertville. police still don't know how he died. anyone who would like to help his family pay for the funeral can donate at any veridian credit union under the "moe sed benefit." this week, more layoffs are announced at john deere. 45 employees at the john deere foundry in waterloo were told yesterday they would be laid off. the layoffs take effect january 18th. deere says the layoffs are based on the forecast for 2016. the company expects equipment sales to be down seven percent. new this morning... a change for one iowa county....that they haven't seen in many years... this year there's been a dramatic decline in the number of teen pregnancies in muscatine.... kwwl's amanda gilbert joins us live in the newsroom with more details. right now.... teen pregnancy rates are so low that the muscatine high school no longe

and it's going to be hard to go back isu president steven leath offered his condolences and asked people to cooperate with the investigation. we've got you covered live in the newsroom... amanda gilbert... kwwl news. the driver in the accident took off and police have not yet announced any leads..... an iowa man is facing murder charges -- accused of killing his own girlfirend. it happened in hampton. officers believe ronald rand shot and killed michelle key from waterloo. key was 51. neighbors describe rand as quiet. happened to look out the were putting the yellow tape around the house and the first thing you think is...what in the world happened? rand is being held at the franklin county jail- awaiting his first court appearance. police are still looking for the person responsible for damaging a dubuque veterans memorial. veterans say they don't know how...and can't imagine why...someone would do this. police believe someone drove "irriated by it...because hold for veters and what they have done for this country." the plaza's board of directors says it's working to figure out how to f

falty.iowa state university esident steven leath is doing the same -- requesting more than eight million for faculty there.the two presidents say they want the additional state funding to add faculty members and give raises to keep the schools competetive. the linn-mar school district is considering a proposal to consolidate its preschool program.right now, about 250- preschool students attend classes in three different buildings.the e oposal would change that to one.a committee will look at costs and determine a location.the changes could become reality in three to five years. dot forget -- cbs 2 connects with you - callllbs 2 if you see news happen.800 222 kgan. you can also email tips, pictures, and even video --to news -- at cbs 2 iowa dot com. that's a quick look at your tuesy morning news.get more iowa dot com!have a great it's been her fight for twenty years. something is wrong with our healthcare system and it needs to be fixed. then, it was about health reform and getting eight million kids covered. now, it's about stopping republicans from repealing obamacare, and taking on ins