how the two schools are now working together to make a difference. grain bin safety. iowa leads the nation in deadly grain bin accidents. how the state is making changes to prevent deaths during an entrapment. godmother of tattoos since 1981 she s been honing her craft here in des moines. meet the woman that has had a creative touch on thousands of central iowans. from who h-d iowa s high definition leader..this is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 good evening. i m lynn melling. thank you for joining us tonight. they last won a boys state basketball title in 1988. but for many in perry, tonight s sub-state game against boone may have even more significance. after facing racially degrading chants on monday from dallas center grimes fans the two schools were found cheering together as one. justin surrency explains how a group of brave students is hoping to make up for anothers something like that you really don t get over. it s something that sticks with you for life. but
suffered one of the greatest defeats in the history of politics in this country. reporter: but it s not just democrats. a group of bipartisan senators are joining forces calling for congress to launch an in-depth probe into russia s tampering. saying the reports should alarm every american and urging cyberattacks cannot become a partisan issue. i think they did interfere with our elections and i want putin personally to pay a price. reporter: this as speculation continues over trump s nomination for secretary of state. multiple sources familiar with the transition telling cnn exxon mobil chairman and ceo rex tillerson has emerged as the frontrunner. he is much more than a business executive. he is world-class player. reporter: the possible nomination already sparking sharp criticism from some in the gop establishment, concerned about tillerson s own ties to russia. two 2013, tillerson was awarded russia s top order for foreigners the order of friendship from russi
his dealings in russia. he knows many of the players, and he noes them well. he does massive deals in russia. he does massive deals for the company, not for hince, but for the company. nbc s peter alexander joins us from washington with more on this. what are you hearing about what the transition team is going through about tillerson and that potential here of him being the next secretary of state? yes. it was nbc news, my colleague andrea mitchell who first reported the decision has been made that donald trump will select rex tillerson, the ceo at exxonmobil, to be his secretary of state. this country s chief diplomat. john bolton, the u.n. ambassador, would effectively serve as the number two deputy secretary of state in charge of day-to-day operations among other things. no announcement is iminnocent. we are hearing from people familiar with the conversations at trump tower along the lines of the fact they want to sort of see how this name plays out a little bit not
bit of, shall we say, uncertainness about the whole thing. but the white house does continue to drive a continuing resolution to keep the government open. they hope that this will be until february 16th. legislative affairs director mark short of the white house drive way just a short time ago saying he is confidence that he can get the vote in the house. the senate, though, is another question. they need ten democrats to pass the bill in the senate because senator lindsey graham of south carolina looks like he s going to vote against it. a democrat activist group is keeping track of democrats who are voting against this bill. they re taking names and short put the odds of it passing in the senate at 50/50. what the white house is throwing its support behind, six years of funding for the state children s health insurance program, delays in obamacare taxes on health insurer, medical devices and cadillac plans and keep the government open through february 16th. the president di