Some headaches. Ill have more on that in a few minutes. Our top story this hour. A new bill has been introduced by iowa lawmakers that would impact drivers across the state. He bill would make it illegal to talk on your cell phone while driving. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. Shes been looking into this. Finding out who anywhere in iowa. You will probably notice a good amount of people talking on theirrhones. I spoke with some people who said it seems like every 4th car someones either talking or texting. Right now it is illegal to text or sed out emails while driving in iowa. But not t alking. In fact. Only drivers with permits or intermediate license holders can not talk on this. And a lot of people i spoke with think this is a good idea. Takes a littte bit of accidents from using my phone so. A lot of police and sheriffs support this bill as well. But the American Civil Liberties right now 14 other states across the country say it is illegal to talk on your handheld cell phone and drive waterloo. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. This friday is the first funnel deadline for lamakers which means bills need to make it out of committee by friday. At this point, this bill has not continuing cerage today, many continue to honor the life of a suprre court jussice. His death. Also becoming very polticial. Justice Antonin Scalia died saturday of natural causes. He was 79. President reagan appointed scalia to the Supreme Court in 1986, the most Senior Member of the court for several year. Scalias also been one of the most conservative justices in recent years. Scalia died at a texas ranch. His body is now back home in virginia. It arrived late last night. Earlier on sunday,y,a rocession of about 20 Police Officers brought the body to an el paso funeral home from the west texas ranch on saturday. Almost instantly after the news of his death a political debate over whether president obama should appoint a successor. The president has the right and responsibility to nominate a United States senate has the constitution, to act on the person that the president appoints. If the president appoints a liberal judge, it would swing the balance of the court. Many republicans feel the seat should be left open until a new should confirm anyone barack obama tries to appoint in his last year in office to a lifetime appointment. The senate is taking the week off for t president s d dy holiday. A drake universityylaw professor says the political fight is taking away from the real issue. The Supreme Court is hearing numerous cases this session on a wide range of topics. Affirmative action, abortion, labor laws. Without a ninth justice. The court could end in a tie vote. When that happens, the opninon of a lower court, a federal the more you politicize a court, political and thatssa potential l problem well take a look at some of the potential replacements including an iowan in our next half hour. Heres a look at the white house where the flag was lowered in scalias honor. Governor branstad is ordering flags in iowa be lowered today from sunrise to unset. A kwwl followup. Series of crashes in eastern iowa. Involving more than 30 cars. Lead to three injuries. This all happening on i80 westbound near west branch. Traffis backed up for hours yesterday. According to the iowa state patrol, a five car crash happened in the afternoon. Shortly after, a second crash, this time involving nearly 30 cars. Cleing it up and things were getting more to normal but cars were still there all cracked up. You can see some of those cracked up cars in this photo. Say what led to the crashes but we do know eastern iowa was dealing with snow at the time. Heres a look at the snow falling in waterloo. Creatin g tricky driving conditions for people in the city. Some choosing to get around by walking instead in Dubuque Police rrsponding to multiple crashes because of the snow but tell us there were no serious injuries. The city spending much of the day plowing. Focusing on main streets during the day and got into neighborhoods overnight some people are finding unique ways to get arounddown. Well, the car i thought its not an option in this weather. I mean, why. Why even bother. As you can see here that woman ditched her car and got around town on skis. An iowa man is in the hospital this morning after a snowmobile crash. It happened west of boone along highway 30. The man was in a line of snsnwmobiles when his left front ski got caught and he crashed. He was airlifted to the hospital. New this morning. An explosive at a rental car facility. It happened near the alburquerque international airport. Police say a mechanic found the device while inspecting the car after it had been returned. The buildign was evacuated. Though police eventually deterrined the area was safe. Federal agencies are now investigating who put the device there. One person is dead and a firefighter injured following a house fire. Firefighters in massachusetts say the cold weather caused many problems for them and their abilities to fight the fire. Their equipment kept freezing. The firefighter was hurt when he slipped and fell on ice. The cause is under more than 144 firefighters respond to this home in brooklyn. Fire trucks lining the street. Nobody was hurt. Its not clear what sparked the fire. One of the oldest businesses in the country catches firee this is the rabbit has general store in kentucky. It opened in 18 31. Making it one of the oldest continually operatin general sttres in the country. It survived floods, lanslides, and the great depression. But boards and antiques inside the store. Video posted to social media shows a series of airstrikes in syria. The footage was uploaded yesterday and says that five people were killed in an attack in front of a school. The person who posted the video blames russia. The us and other major powers agreed on friday to a limited cessation of hostilities in syria. But the deal does not take effect until the end of this week a nearly one billion dollar drug bust Australian Police making theirr biggest drug bust ever. Finding about 900million dollars worrth of a liquid druge. Hidden in imported boxes of silicone inserts. This drug is commonly known in australia as ice a Police Officer is in Critical Condition following a convienience store robbery. Im just really nervous and terrified. I cant hardly breathe right now. This all happened in mississippi. Police say the man noticed something suspicious and was shot in the head. Morning nbc news reporting two men are now in custody in relation to this case. Police are investigating allegations former new york governor Eliot Spitzer attacked a woman. She told investifators it happened in his hotelroom after e two spent time at the hotels bar police are investigating the incident as a possible assault the allegations. A man is expected to survive after being pulled into a working wood chipper. Emergency crews say the man an arborist was in a harness which got stuck in tree limbs. He was able to shut the chipper off as the blades were st a few inches from s head. He brooe his leg and has a head injury. A man survives in a nevada desert for a week. By eating snow. Hes now recovering at a hospital. Police sasa he was driving his pickup home hen it broke down in a remote area. He drank melted snow and ate what little food he had. Eventually, a Highway Patrol roads conditions. Check out this dramatic rescue along the california coast. Lifeguards using a crane to save a man swept off a reef. You can seem him stuck in a oh god, i thought i was gonna drown, like honestly, there was was gonna drown, so definitely a very scary experience. Lifeguards had a busy weekend on saturday, they responded to more than 12 rescues. Its still to come. Fire and water. What appears to be smoke coming off the water. Plus. A followup to a hhrtwarming story. This morning, we hear from the couple reunited after 70 years. Youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerry gallaghe, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. Now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Re is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team most of us saw 2 to 3 of snow yesterday with a few getting less and some getting more. Today we will have a few flurries along with the fog with another system tracking in late tonight and tomorrow. Right now, the visibility is the main issue. We have less than a half mile view in many areas this morning. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras show that in most of the viewing area. Temperaturs are actually pretty nice for this time of the day. In the upper tetes to mid 20s anddit is even in the upper 20s to low 30s to the west there is a watching a clipper that will track in from canada tonight bringing some snow to the area by late will keep some into the afternoon. Most of the snow will be 12 with a few areas higher and a couple that may only get a trace. Today, just some flurries along with the fog and mostly cloudy skies. Mild weather with highs close to normal and light winds. Lows tonight drop only to the mid to upper 20s with that light snow tracking in by morning. Snow is most likely in the morning with a more scattered nature in the afternoon and may mix with some rain as highs climb into the 30s. Winds will turn to the northwest and become gusty by midafternoon. We cool friday we could also see some rain showers friday, but it currently looks dry for the weekend. Most likely in the morning with a more scattered nature in the afternoon and may mix with some rain as highs climb into the 30s. Winds will turn to the northwest and become gusty by midafternoon. We cool back to the mid 20s on wednesday but warm to the mid 40s by friday we could alsoee some rain showers friday, but it currently looks drr for the check k ut what happens when coll air moves over warm water. Check out what happens when cold air moves over warm water. It causes sea smoke its actually steam, not smoke. This is in boston the combination of warm and cold creates a sort of fog or the water. Reuntied after 70 years. This morning we hear from the couple about their experience. Plus. Two little girls expecting to go to the daddy daughter dance alone are in for a big surprise. Youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered in shell rock, ryan, 70 years later. Together. We first brought you this story last week. The World War Two veteran apartment. This morning. Ivan watsn shares their reation to their reunion stoppee thinking abobot joyce morris. The pair first met in 1944. She, a 17yearold british girl livvg in london. He, a 21yearold paratrooper for the u. S. Forces. Young love blossomed. joyce i mean we snogged as you call it when it was dark and nobody could see us. But their brief romance was interrupted when thomas was deployed to normandy to fight in world war ii. After the war, he returned to the u. S. And invited morris to join him. But she misunderstood his letter and thought he was already married so she refused his invitation and they went their separate ways. They married other people. Thomas eventually became a widower. Morris got divorced. Last year, one of her sons found thomas online and they reconnected on skype aftee morrthan 70 years. joyce i have your picture framed on my bureau and i say good morning to you every say good morning back to you. True. norwoododthomas what would you do if i could give you a squeeze . joyce that would be lovely. A crowd Funding Campaign raised enough money to make that actually happen. This week thomas made the journey from virginia to adelaide. joyce well youre still vertical. Hello a couple that first met just before dday. Reuniting even decadess later. Just in time for v. Or valentines day. Norwood Thomas its about the most wonderful thing that could have happened to me. Ivan watson, cnn. A military dad surprises his fatherdauhter dance. Plus. Couple around the world spend valentines day saying i do eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. Flurries and fog today with highs around normal. Light snow late tonight and tomorrow could bring another 1 to 2 2 to the viewing area with flurries into wednesday. Rain showers on friday with warmer temperatures into the weekend. Two sisters thought they were going to to fatherdaughter dance without their dad. He shows up at the dance to surprise them and their mom. The uso arranged for the sailor to fly home and surprise his family at the dance. The girls look truly unexpected to see him. And seem pretty excited to share him on the to make me cry and it was like the best time of all the usos mission is to streegthen americas military. By keeping Service Members connected to their families around the country. Many people finding ways to honor their loved ones on valentines day in new york city, his couple posed for pictures after they became engaged at the Rockefeller Center ice rink. In times square, other couples renewed their vows to remember their love for one another. Valentines day histotoy was also made at the willis tower in chicago. The famous glass skydeck hosted its first live wedding experience for four couples. Love was also in the air in verona, italy. The s stting for Shakespeares Romeo and juliet. Each year, verona holds the lovers festival on valentines day. People sell chocolates from kiosks and couples take photos in the citys historic streets and plazas. Lovers come to kiss at juliets balcony or write their names on youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered. This is today church bell bear growls burke smash and grub. Seen it. Covered it. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. Now on today in iowa. The battle continues over who should choose the next Supreme Court justice. As we get a look at president obamas sht list. Which includes an iowan. Plus. The suspect in a deadly hit and run is set to appear in and the dangers of distracted driving. Iowa lawmakers have less than a week to get support for a bill which has failed in the past. Good morning, im ally crutcher. D im jerry gallagher. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Iowa dot camera is showing that the roads are mainly wet, but we have fog. It is producing visibilities less than freezing fog out there this morning, too, so be careful. We may have a few breaks in the flurries today with the next system tracking in late tonight. Winds will stay light today and we will have president s day. We stay mild tomorrow, but that snow could cause some headaches. Ill have more on t at in a few inutes. Many areas this morning. Teeps are in the upper teens to mid fog out there this morning, too, so be careful. We may have a few breaks in the clouds today, but i think we will keep some of the fog and some flurries today with the next system tracking in late tonight. Winds will stay light today and we will have highs close to normal with upper our top tory this hall hour. A Supreme Court justice dies. And with less than a year in president obamas term. It instantly turns into a battle over whether obama or our next president should choose the new justice as tracie potts tells us, expect more constitutional responsibility to nominate a successor. The white house suys that wont happen this week while congress is on break. But with flagag at half staff, were already seeing possible candidates mentioned to replace justice Antonin Scalia thats his prerogative. He has every right to do it. Thats his perogative. But we of its term, with more cases to hear andnddecide betweee now and july. Without conservative in a tie. We will see abortion oo demand throughout this country. Partial birth abortion. Taxpayer funding. No parental notification. We need a conservative person. Democrats insist the countryyshouldnt have to wait nearly a year for the next president to decide. We have a president. Was elected. He has the right to nominate another Supreme Court justice. I dont think the public would look kindly on republican actions to try to thwart what he is supposed to be able to do. Other. Ted cruz is out with a new ad saying donald ump cant be trusted to appoint the next justice. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. Right now, theres a list of several rapids lawyer is on the list. Jane kellyys a federal Appeals Court judge. She worked at the federal Public Defenders Office in cedar rapids for many years after going to Harvard Law School withpresident obama. She also survived a vicious attack out jogging on a trail in 2004. Kelly has earned praise from iowa senator Chuck Grassley in the past. Grassley chairs the Senate Judiciary committee which oversees hearings for supreme cour nominees. Hes also one of the republiins who wants the next president to nominate a justice. Across the country flags are flying at half staff to honor scalia heres the Supreme Court building. Governor branstad is ordering flags in iowa to be flown at halfstaff today. New this morning. A new bill could impact all iowa drivers. And it involves something many of us do. Taling while drivivng. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert breaks down whose all for and against looking at phone distracted driving video illegal here. But talking on your phone and driving is not. Sight. nat i would say about every 4th car talking. And a number of people think thats a problem. It usually takes a little bit of your concentration away. Ive been i i a couple accidents from using my phone so. Introduced to iowa lawmakers that would make it illegal to talk on the phone and drive. I think it would be a great idea. I think it is important that and hope this answer becomes less common. Have ever been on your phone while driving . Yes. Ana i dont think its a good idea. Once ill say once. Sometimes yeah. Right now it is illegal to talk on a handheld cell phone while in 14 states across the county. This friday is the first funnel deadline for lamakers which means bills n ned to make it out of committee by friday. At this point, this bill has not been passed by a committee. Another bill looks at an issue which affects moe than a million iowa families. It focuses on medical treatments for those with autism like noah cobbs. He received Behavior Analysis treatment but no longer fits the requirements to receiv a grant to pay for the treatment. The new bill moving through the legisllture would require Insurance Companies to cover treatment plans for those with autism people will continue to ask, well why do you do this . They wont cover them unless we do. They wont cover families like ours unless the state takes action to make sure it happens, 43 states have passed similar laws. Continuing coverage. The man arrested following a deadly hit and run is expected in court totoay. Isfreshman and urbana native emmalee jacobs died in december after being hit by a car. Clague a cyride bus driver. Police used video from the buses during their investigation, leading them to clague. This afternoon hes due in court for arraignment on a charge of new into our newsroom this morning a shooting investigation in iowa. The shooting happened in eagle grove last night. Thats in wright county. Authorities say one person was airliftete to des moines. Another person is also o eing treated at the hospital. Thats all the information we know at this point. This morning, more information could be released about a serious crash in cedar county. Three people were hurt in this pileup n i80 west near west branch. More than 30 cars were involved and traffic was backed up for hours. The iowa state patrol says a 5 car crash happened around noon. After that another crash this time involving 28 vehles. Also in the midwest another pileup. 40 to 50 cars and trucks involved in this crash. Weather was a factor. The road was icy and visibility was poor. Several people were injured. A drug call at a hotel ends in a shooting in iowa. It ppened in urbandale near des moines. Officers were called to a holiday inn on saturdayymorning. Police say they found three people in the hotel lobby. Thats when officers say one of the people pulled out a gun and started shooting at officers. Police then shot the suspect who died. No names have been released. A man is dead following an Apartment Fire over the weekend. It happened at this apartment in waterloo. Ray reed had severe burns and fire before it spread to any apartments. In sioux city, Authorities Say an Apartment Fire that forced people to temporarily evacuate, was caused by a child playing with matches. An infant was sent to the hospital as a precautionary measure but is said to be doing fine. The fire left people out the fire alarms went off and and there was water coming from the ceiling so i knew there must have beenna duet, castle apartment resident. The case is being ruled an accident and that no criminal charges will be filed. A kwwl followup an eastern iowa minister is reaching out to schools to teach students about gun safety. This comes after kwwl airere a special report involving g ids and their curiosity with guns last week. The gun test was a police and parent supervised test in which an unloaded and nonfunctionial gun was put next to a pile of toys. Parents watched hidden cameras as several children picked the gun up and waved it around. Since the story aired weve heard from many people with their own stories. Rereerend Willie Campbell has lived in waterloo since the 1960s. He almost died when a friend of his shot him with an air rifle by accident. He was 10 years old at the timee when he pulled the gun out it realized i was shot. He ran down the stairs to tell the he says his goal is to go different schools in the area tell students his story and educate kids about gun safety. Decision 2016. The democratic president ial canddiates head to chchuch. The same chhrch in las vegas. Cameras were not allowed in the baptist hurch during their speeches. Both promised to build on president obamas legacy. Nevada is holding a Democratic Caucus on n aturday. The candidates also holding rallies in vegas yesterday. Georgia congressman john lewis joined clinton hes a civil rights icon. Clinton and sanders are currently battling for African American voters. The former secretatay of state focused part of her speech on ive listened to the republican debates. I have to tell you, i often dont recognize, i dont recognize the country that they describe. Inton continues to push the right canddiate to continue president obamas work senator sanders also holding a rally. Where he talked about how far his campaign has come. He called clintont the annointed candidate. And talked about the success his campaign has had drawing in just all the campaign donors, but people came involved. Sanders called for a new approach the nations economy. Looking at the republicans now. Former Florida Governor jeb bush is hoping his brother can help him secure votes in south carolina. Will attend a rally for his brother today. Jeb bush ik hoping to gain more momentum after a fourth place finish in New Hampshire today, our current president turns his attention to asia. President obama will meet with several leaders from Southeast Asian countries. The group will cover several issues including security, trade, and climate change. Looking for help from the federal government. Hes asking for medicaid coverage to be expanded to people under 21. And pregnant women. Who have been exposed to flints lead contaminated water. He says more than 15thousand people would approves the equest. Pope francis celebrates mass in mexico city. The huge outdoor mass being held in a city with one of the highest murder rates in mexico. Speaking out against the drg trade and associated violence is a central theme of the popes visit to mexico. Francis also kissed and blessed dozens of Sick Children at a pediatric hospital. Its coming up. The Music Industry is getting ready for one of its biggest nights. And a basketball star plays in his s nal allstar game the forecast from storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is up next. Youre watching kwwl, now your storm tck 7 forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team most of us saw 2 to 3 of snow yesterday with a few getting less and some getting more. Today we will have a few flurries along with the fog with another system trackinnin late tonight and tomorrow. Right now, the visibility is the main issue. We have less than a half mile view in many areas this morning. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras show that in most of the viewing area. Temperatures are actually pretty nice for this time of the day. In the upper teens to mid 20s and it is even in the upper 20s to low 30s to the west there is a watching a clipper that will canada tonight bringing some snow to the area b b late night earlltuesday morniig and will keep some into the afternoon. Most of the snow will be 12 with a few areas higher and a couple that may only get a trace. Today, just some flurries along with the fog and mostly cloudy skies. Mild weather with highs close to normal anddight inds. Lows tonight drop only to the mid to upper 20s with that light snow tracking in by morning. Snow is most likely in the morning with a more scattered nature in the afternoon and may mix with some rain as higigs climb and become gusty by midafternoon. We cool back to the mid 20s on wednesday but warm to the mid 40s by friday we could also see some rain showers friday, but it currently looks dry for the weekend. Most likely in the morning with a more scattered nature in the afternoon and may mix with some rain as highs climb into the 30s. Winds will turn to the northwest and become guguty by midafteenoon. We cool back to the mid 20s on wednesday but warm to the mid 40s by friday we could also see some rain showers friday, but it currently looks dry for the tonight brings the 58th annual Grammy Awards crews are out putting the finishing touches on the big show is hosting the show which will feature performances from adele, taylor swift and justn bieber. Kobe bryant plays in his final allstar game. Bryant will be retiring at the end of the season in a record night for allstar scoring, kobe was kept relatively under wrrps, only putting up ten points with seven assists. Bryants western conference teammate russell westbrook, who scored 31, took home mvp honors for the second ststaight year. 173. Its still to come. Making sure someone doesnt steal your tax refund. Tips this morning for those who still havent filed. And when you see news or if you have pictures or video to share. You can do that by going tt our page on facebook. You can also like our page to stay up to date on breaking news and with a number of fake tax returns. Experts say the troubles can be traced back to last years Data Security breaches. Millions of Social Security numbers ended up in the hands of id thieves. Who are using the numbers to file fake returns to get other peoples refunds. The thieves then use the number to file a fake return and get other peoples tax refund. The only thing you can do to prevent away thieves are being caught by the irs. Its presidedes day. The first major sales holiday of the year. Many retailers are having storewide sales to clear out merchandise left over from the holidays. President c day is traditionally also one of the biggest car buying holidays of the year. With dealers offering additional incentives and savings. Many people looking for a deal at the dubuque auto show. People got to see about 200 models of the e ewest cars and trucks at i think it shows them all the feel pressure by salesmen coming out here and they can look through at their own leisure. The auto show has been in buque for a number of years with several dubuque dealerships taking part. Pele are so excited for a new restaurant they camped out waiting for it to open. This w ws the scene e utside the morning. The restuarant opened at six. And some people wanted to make sure they were the first customers. 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And the moreethey chatted the more they enjoyed the class. Its were wrapping up today in iowa with the forecast from storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan next. First. Heres whats ahead on the today show good morning. Coming up on today. v o the new Election Year battle. Nominate a successor. Republicans calling on him to leave it to the next president. Well have the latest. And president ial hopeful jeb bush v o how would you react, if you saw a parent pressuring a child. To rossen reports experiment. out those stories, plus. v o the women. Breaking boundaries Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. 2 ofthem will join us, live. out t your dreams evolve, and with committed support, they thrive. American family insurance. So, let me get this straight u. S. Cellular has the phone youre looking for, a network thats built to give you coverage way out here where the other guys dont, and 6 gigs for only 40 a month. Thats a lot less than verizon and at t. 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The body of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia arrived in v vginia overnight. While the battle to who should fill his seat is already in full swing. He was elected. He has theheight to nominate another Supreme Court justice. The lame duck president in an Election Year is not going to be able to tip the balance of the Supreme Court. This morning, the epic once in a generation fight over the direction of the court and the country. And jeb bush joins us live as his brother gets set to hit the mpaign trail today. After a weekend of record setting lows, the weather conditions will affect 90 million from the deep south to tomorrow, things heat up in a big way. New scandal for spitzer . Elliott spitzer has been accused of choking a woman inside a new York City Hotel room. He says there is no truth to the alletion. Police are investigating. D trapped dozens of people, including a baby, stuck in a train car for hours in sub zero temperatures