Welcome to cbs two this morning. Im kelly dambrosio. Dambrosio. Dddmbrosio. Dambrosio. Lets get a check of our cbs 2 weather first forecast. Partly sunny skies today, some clouds tonight and mostly sunny skies tomorrow. Our weather will stay quiet and dry through the next couple daysour seven day shows temps in the 30s saturday and next week happy new year and welcome to the start of 2016 celebrations took place around the entire globe last night. Night. And aboutut million citys times square to watch the famous ball drop right at midnight. Organizers expected another 100Million People in the United States to watch it on tv, with a worldwide viewer ship of more than a billion people this celebration has been going on for more than a century, starting in 1907. Everything in new york city went off without a hitch, but in nearby y rochester, that wasnt the case. Case. Officials were forced to cancel a fireworks celebration there, after arresting a man they say was plotting to carry out a new years eve attack. Prosecutors say 25yearold Emanuel Lutchman was going to attack a rochester bar with a machete and knives. Isis was hiy inspiration. Hes been arged with roviding Material Support to the terrorist group. New years celebrations were tense in germany too. This is video of the annual celebrations at the brandenburgate inerlin. But in munich, train stations were shutdown because of a possible terror attack. Authorities say they received concrete information that strongly same concerns prompted officials in brussels and paris s cancel fireworks before celebrations in dubai got underway, authorities had to fight a massive fire in a highrise. It happened at a 63story hotelelndcondominium near the worlds tallest skyscraper. Thats where tens of thousands gathered for a new years fireworks display. 16people were hurt. Authorities are still trying to pinpoint the fireecause. But here in the corridor, authorities were on patrol last night for a completely different reason. Reason. Cbs 2 news repoer Stephanie Johnson is now joining us for more on that, stephanie, good d rning. Morning. Good morningngkelly. Well many people will soon be waking up in a haze from celebrating last night. Night. And the cedar rapids poli department, along with lalaenforcement across the country, wanted everyone to ring in the new year. Safely. They were on patrol last night looking to keep drunk drivers off the road. Quarter barrel told cbs 2 news he kept an eye out for any bar patrons who might have over indulged. Id like my customers to come back, sosothe safer t ty get home, the e ore apt they are to get back here, back here, kelly, drunk drivers that did find themselves pulled over last night, will now have to pay up to 6thousand dollars in fines for just a first offense. Which is not a good way to start the new year. Covering the corridor. Stephanie johnson, cbs 2 news. Thanks stephanie. We continue our coverage of the rose bowl now. In the city of pasadena, the rose bowl stadium means more than just College Football, its part of the community. My cbs 2 this morning coanchor kevin barry explains how its roots reach h back far before the annual bowl tradition even started. Started. The rose bowl is called the granddaddy of them all for the simple reason that it kicked off the annual tradition ofofplaying a college e Football Game around the new new year. But for a while biggest event of the week. Pkg Michelle Turner the parade came first, the first parade wawain 1890 and that was held d by a local club called the valley hunt club. Professor Charles Holder suggested they hold a festival to show off to their winter counterparts to show off what a fabulous winter we had. But after a while southern californias best effort to thumb their nose at the rest of the nation just wasnt getting the attention organizers hoped it would. Their solution was to play a otball game for the whole nation to see. A rocky start eventually lead to games starting in 1916. Turner eventually these games were getting so popular and creating enough revenue that they decided to build a bowl. The early crowds of 25 thousand people now thousand people now are dwarfed people now thousand crowds of 25 thousand people now are dwarfed by a sell out crowd of 92 thousand. Upgrades and additions an the stadadm can st olympic events, world cup soccer and five super bowls. Turnerits great because you know its what the founders of the parade wanted. They want pasadena to get this national and International Attention we have its also great because of the green. Turner says the latest data from 2013 says 306 Million Dollars came into la county from the parade and gameturnerto give you a comparisonthe grammys was said to o bring in about 82 million. But when the national cameras arent around the rose bowl is also the battleground for local turkey for local turkey tussles between high schools and local graduatis. Turnerto this day it t ill hosts our very large fourth of july celebration. So it is obviously important on new years day but when all the tourists leave, for us its still a Major Community center llivefor fans and the players it ends upupeing one of the spots where the stadium is just as big a draw as the game itself. In los angeles, kevin barry morning outcues the game will finally kickoff this afternoon, at four. But dont forget before that, the e road to the roses preview show will get you ready for the big showdown between the hawks and stanford. It will air this morning at 7thirty, on our sister station, fox 28. Last night, thCollege Footballworld was focused on the start of the plalaffs. Both semi final games took place on new years eve. Bowl between the Clemson Tigers and the oklahoma sooners. Clemson trailed at the half by one point before blowing the sooners out in the second half 37to17. And in the other semifinal game, roll tide roll. The alabama crimson tide destroyed the Michigan State spartans in the cotton bowl classic. It was fairlylyclose in the first half, bama went up 10nothing in the second quarter. But never looked back, beating the spartans 38tozero. Alabama and clemson will alabama and clemson will play for the College Football championship, a week from monday. A Johnson County man is a Johnson County m is safe and warm this morning, after falling through ice yesterday in the hawkeye wildlife area in oxford. 25yearold Jared Bushell walked over what he thought to be frozen wetlands. Fire officials in North Liberty say he called 911 when he became stuck in mud d d waist deep water. Two Sheriff Deputies broke through ice an inch and a half thick to get him out. They tell cbs 2 news that ice needs to be four inches thick for atvs or least five for atvs or vehicles. But ice is never 100 percent safe. Chris kochanny, Public Education captain23 38 10 have a cell p pne, go with a partner, have a piece of rope or a ladder that if somebody were to fall through, you can slide that out on the ice and allow them to grab onto that and rescue them and then of course cal911 if somebody does fall through the ice. Ice. If yououave questions about whether of not you should go out on ice, the Fire Department says to check the iowa dnrs fishing reports and check the ice yourself. An update to historic flooding just a few hours south of the corridor. Corridor. So far in missouri alone, 12 people have been killed from flood waters, and wide portions of two major interstates, have had to close. In saint louis county, an estimated 7 les of highway isiscurrentltlseveral feet under water. Homes and cars have been swept away by waters. Right now, 45iowa National Guard members are being deployed to missoururto help our neighbors with flood recovery. Just ahead. How some corridor kids rang in 2016 even though 2015. Dad hey, culligan man. Culligan man hey dad this is great culligan man i know. By the time the next week saturday and in the 30s shs temps our seven day shows temps in the 30s saturday and next week by the time the ball dropped last night, many kids were already fast asleep. But that doesnt mean they didnt ring in the new year. Year. Cbs 2 News Reporter joy howe shows us cedar rapids noon years eve. nats, singing let them go if youre rerey to let 2015 go. And you to let 2015 go. And you dont want to stay up until midnight to do it nat popoof honk toy then the Cedar Rapids Public Library is the best place to limbo your way into 2016. We have red carpet interviews interviewer nick borrowed our mic and officially took over, asking the serious questions. Clip 0006go are you having a good day . Are you cited for the new year . 03. 20. 02. 17 perfect. Lady of few words i like it. To get good grades. Thats a good goal, you know library right here with the books s. 18. 021 stararright at e library. Like that plug . Thats a pretty good plug, right . 03. 18. 08. 13 his resolution this year . Me personally, i just like to party, boogie have a good time 03. 16. 05. 19 4yearold tabrie knows how to do thth. Shes got extra pep in her step today, celebrating her birthday and new years. Momma helped me make my headband, and i got this 03. 31. 17. 21 052ub so much fun, for so many peoplele03. 13. 52. 28 and ee, ke all the programsmswe have at the library, completely free 03. 13. 56. 13which the library stays committed to, despite their tough news of 2015, learning they would be dealing with some cutbacks after voters decided not to help support the library further with tax dollars. 03. 14. 06 its about the community, sure we have some tough times and some adjustment well make, but our goal is still the same, itsshe main rereon were here, if we dont do that, then what is there . 03. 14. 24. 12 they know their place in they know their place in our cocounity. And justst how many people count on them. Ensues so, happy new year from the Cedar Rapids Public Library. Hahay new year t t you, too 03. 32. 2. 14 its now on this morning. Coming up next, marissa and i will show you a few life hacks that are inspired by a new tv show airing this weekend. You got people working incredibly long hours. Median Family Income today 4,000 less than it was in 1999. The bottom line of this economy is that it is rigged. What this campaign is about is to demand that we create an economy that works for all of us if you work 40 hours a week in america, you should not live in poverty. Welcome back its now were taking a look at your your your your look at your your well if you dont what a life hack is, listen up. Theyre simple, often inexpensive tricks that inexpensive often theyre simple, listen up. Life hack is, dont what a well if you ll if you dont what life hack is, listen up. Theyre tricks t tt can make your everyday life a whole lot simpler. Simpler. 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Its a dog with a pipie of ham over its face. But facebook users actually shared this picture out of concern, i actually saw several people on my timeline whw shared this. This. Other users pointed out that it was just a piece of ham. A guy named Stephen Roseman posted it, some got made popoed it, some got made at him and called him out for trying to get more likes and followers. Roseman said this isnt his dog, he just found the picture on make fun of people who write similar posts. Its stay with us, because after break. K. The latest developmeme morning. Cbs this right now on cbs 2 thisismorning. Which Stanford Cardinal will be the iowa defenses number one priority today in the rose bowl. The two president ial caidates who took a bump recently onhe race for the white house. And the very controversial action theheresident is the day has finally come for the iowa hawkeyes. At four this afternoon, they will make their longawaiting return to the rose bowl. And if the hawks walk out ofofhe famed stadium with a win, it will mean their defense played well against one of the best players in the country. Cbs 2 sports anchor zach hanley explains how iowa plans to stop christian mccaffrey. Mccaffrey. He runs, catches, returnrn the game will finally kickoff this afternoon, at four. But dont forget before that, the road to the roses preview show will get you ready for the big showdodo between the hawks and stanford. It will air this morning at 7thirty, on our sister station, fox 28. One of a long list of highprofile bowl games today. Youre looking at a list of all the matchuu right now. Three of iowas fellow big ten teams will square off, including northwestern, ohio state and michigan. At the state capitol, capitol,a state legislator ys hell try gain to pass a bill this year that would allow Fantasy Sports players in the state to claim prizes. Fantasy sports players in iowa are currently banned from cashing in on money prizes. Last year, the state Senate Approved a similar bill, but it failed in the house. The Fantasy Sports debate has been heating up as supporters and opponents argue whether its like gambling or if it t tes skill to win. The year is coming to a rough end for the ben carson campaign. Campaign. Two of the republican president ial candidates top paid advisers left the Campaign Just a month now before the iowa caucuses. The former neurosurgen has recently tumbled in the national polls. Just last week carson said a major shakeup would be coming to his staff, but he later retracted that confidence in his team. On the democratic side, Martin Omalleys campaign has hit a bump of its own. He failed to qualify for ohios primary ballot after falling short of the signatures needed to be considered. His campaign needed one thousand valid signatures, and submitted 11hundred75, but the States Election chief only deemed 772 valid. The latest cnn poll shows the former Maryland Governor with just three percent support. Theres a new delay in the releasing of democratic candidate Hillary Clintons emails. The state Department Says they will elease fewer than the originally expected this month. Month. Because of the holidays and the sheer amount of the documents involved. Yesterday the state department was suppose to release more than 8 thousand emaiai, but were only able to get to less than six thousand. A judge ordered the a judge ordered the emails to be released as part of a freedom of information act request. Clinton has been under fire for using a private email server to conduct official business as secretary of state. The president is expected to announce a new executive order on gun control as early as next week. Week. The white house is not sharing the timing of an announcement or what it would consist of. One proposal would be to expand background checks for more gun sales. Current law forces all federally licensed firerems dealers to conduct those checks on their buyers. Advocacy groups claim some sellers at gun shows are not licensed. Right now, the president is expected to be given recommendations sometime ininhe next few days. S. The lawyer for bill cosby says the comedian was charged with a decade old sex crime crimebecause the prosecutor in the case was fulfilling a campaign promise. Monique pressley says cosby is in good spirits and will soon be exonerated. She said kevin steele made cosbys case a focal point of his campaign for District Attorney and had to make good on his promise. More than 50 women have made similar sex assault accusations against cosby in the past. Cosbys next court will be held on january 14th. A woman injured in a fatal crash involving volvingcaitlynynenner has settled her lawsuit against the reality tv star. Court records do not show the terms of the settlement. Thwoman sought unspecified damages against the 66yearold jenner from the crash h back in february. One person was killed and several others were injured. Prosecutors declined to file manslaughter charges ainst jenner. Its coming up. Up. The long g history of the stadium the hawkeyes will play years. In your cbs 2 dad im on it. Culligan man dude. Dont do it yourself. Dad no . Culligan man no. Anncr leave it totohe experts. With a culligan wholehouse water softening system, you get better water, and service you can actually count on. Good morning, its on this morning, well have another looooat happy new year and happy new year and welcome to the start of 2016 celebrations took place around the entire globe last night. Night. And about a Million People crowded into new york citys times square to watch the famous ball drop right at midnight. Organizers expected another 100Million People in the United States to watch it on tv, with a worldwide viewer ship of more than a bibiion people this cecebration has been going on for more than a century, starting in 1907. Everything in new york city went off wiout a hitch, but in nearby rochester, that wasnt the case. Case. Officials were forced to cancel a afireworks celebration there, after arresting a man they say was plotting to carry out a new years eve attack. Prosecutors say 25yearold Emanuel Lutchman was going to lutchman was going to attack a rochester bar with a machete and knives. Isis was his inspiration. Hes been charged with providing Material Support to the terrorist group. New years celebratatns were video of the annual celebrations at the Brandenburg Gate in berlin. But in munich, train stations were shutdown because of a possible terror attack. Auththities say they received concrete information that strongly indicated possible plans. The same concerns prompted officials in brussels and paris to cancel fireworks before celebrationsnsin dubai got underway, authorities had to fight a massive fire in a highrise. It happened at a 63story hotelandcondominium near the worlds near the worlds tallest skyscraper. Thats where tens of thousands gathered for a new years fireworks display. 16people were hurt. Authorities are still trying to pinhoint the fires cause but here in the corridor, auththities were on patrol last night for a completely different reason. Reason. Cbs 2 News ReporterStephanie Johnson is now joining us for more on th, stephanie, good morning. Morning. Good morning kelly. Well many people will soon be waking up in a haze from celebrating last night. Night. And the cedar rapids Law Enforcement across the country, wanted everyone to ring in the new year. Safely. They wereren patrol last night looking to keep drunk drivers off the road. Chris ellis, who owns the bar quarter barretold cbs 2 news he kept an eye out for any bb papaons who might have over indulged. Id like my customers to come back, so the safer they ge home, the more apt they are to get back here, kelly, drunk drivers that did find themselves pulled over last night, will now have to pay up to 6thousand dollars in fines for just a first offense. Which is not a good way to start the new year. Coveveng the corridor. Stephanie johnson, cbs 2 news. Thanks stephanie. We continue our coverage of the rose bowl now. In the city of pasadena, the rose bowl stadium means more than st College Football, s part of the community. My cbs 2 this morning coanchor kevin barry explains how its roots reach back far before the annual bowl tradition even started. Started. The rose bowl is called the the simple reason t tt it kicked off the annual tradition of playing a college Football Game around the new new year. But for a while the game was the second biggest event of the week. Pkg Michelle Turner the parade caca first, the first parade was in 1890 and that was held by a local club called the valley hunt club. Professor charleu holder suggested they hold a festival to show offffo theieiwinter counterparts to show off what a fabulous winter we had. But after a while southern californias bestffort to thumb thei nose athe rest of the nation just wasnt getting the attention organizers hoped it would. Their solution was to play a Football Game for the whole nation to see. A rocky start eventually lead to games starting in 1916. Turner evevtually these gamam were getting so popular and creating enough revenue that they decided to build a bowl. The early crowds of 25 thousand people now are dwarfed by a sell out crowd of 92 thousand. Upgrades and additions mean the stadium can host olympic events, world cup turnerits great because you know its what the founders of the parade wanted. They wanted d pasadena to get this national and International Attention and see how great of a winter we have its also great because of the green. Turner says theatest data from 2013 sasa 306 million dollala came into la county from the parade and gameturnerto give you a comparison, the grammys was said to bring in about 82 million. But when the national cameras arent arnd the rose bowl is also the battleground for local turkey tussles between high schools and local graduations. Turnerto this day it still hosts our very large fourth of july celebraon. So it is obviously important on new years day but when all the tourists leave, for us its still a Major Community center llivefor fans and the players it ends up being one of the spots where the stadium is just as big a draw as the game itself. In los angeles, kevin bay morning outcues the game will finally kickoff this afternoon, at four. But dont forget before that, the road to the roses preview show will get y ready for the big showdown between the awks and stanford. It will air this sister station, fox 28. Last night, the College Football world was focused on the start of the playoffs. Both semi final games took place on new years eve. Eve. Beginning with the orange bowl between the Clemson Tigers and the oklahoma sooners. Clemson trailed at the half by one point before blowing the sooners out in the second half 37to17. And inhe other semifinal me, roll tide roll. The alabama crimson tide destroyed the Michigan State spartans in the cotton bowl classic. It was fairly close in the first half, bama went up 10nothing in the second quarter. But never oked back, beatininthe spartans 38tozero. Alabama and clemson will play for the College Football championship, a week from monday. A Johnson County man is safe and warm this morning, after falling through ice yesterday in the hawkeye wildlife area in oxford. 25yearold Jared Bushell walked over what he thought to be frozen wetlands. Fire officials iniNorth Liberty say he called 911 when he became stuck in mud and waist deep broke through ice an inch and a half thick to get him out. They tell cbs 2 news that ice needs to be four inches thick to walk on and at least five for atvs or vehicles. But ice is never 100 percent safe. Its now this morning. Morning. When we come back, well take a look at the top three stories youll need to know on this morning. Now heres a look at the top three stories on the first day of the year. Year. Of course, the iowa hawkeyes will finally step on the field this afternoon, making their longawaited return to the rose bowl. The hawks takeken the Stanford Cardinal, at 4pm. Be sure to tune into our evening shows for highlights of the big game. Crowded into new york citys times square to watch the famous ball drop right at midnight. Organizers expected another 100Million People in the United States to watch it on tv, with a worldwide viewer ship of more than one billion people but acroro the e rld, some new years eve celebrations were cut before they began. In rochester, new york, a fire works celebration was canceled following the arrest of a man who plotted an attack at a bar. In germany and paris, other events were stopped too, with rising fears over possible partly sunny captioning funded by cbs