Pockets of heavy rain moving through the area most of it to the west of philadelphia but you can see down through wilmington, dover, even toward the shore points seeing some heavy rain. In south jersey comer land county seeing heavy rain as well. So this is all going to be moving through courtesy an area of low pressure. Its being squeeze by a cold front ever so slowly because you can see little curl right around washington, d. C. See that curl . Thats an area of low pressure and thats the back edge of the precipitation. So all this is going to be pushing toward the northeast and the heaviest rain is still expected to be north and west of the city. Temperatures in the 70s with the humidity still very high. Heres a look at what to expect overnight and into the morning hours. Heaviest rain to the north and west. One to 2inches of rain locally higher amounts. Some 3inch reading not out of the question and rumbles of thunder. In the philadelphia area the i95 corridor, around an inch of rai
With Winter Weather here for a while, pele keeping their homes closed up may unwittingly be trapping a silentnthreat inside. Governor branstad today signed a proclamation declaring january radon action month. Cbs 2 News Reporter Mellaney Moore talked with local experts today todayabout radon and joins us with what you can do about it, mellaney . Radon is a gas that comes from the ground. The States Department of Public Health Immediate Health symptoms, but longterm exposure may cause lung cancer. Cancer. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas thats odorless, colorless and tasteless. The United States Environmental Protection agency says five out of seven homes in iowa have a radon thats above a safe level. Allen lucas, certified radon tester21 49 20 iowa has approzimately 70 percent of our tests coming up at 4. 0 or higher. Allen lucas of cedar rapids does about 250 radon tests a year within an eighty mile radius. He says iowa has the highest testing results in the nation. A as
Iowa democrats are waking up this morning th less than a week until theyy theyck off the president ntl nominating process with their first in the nation caucus. Caucus. Cbs 2 this morning co anchor kevin barry is live in des moines this morning after being at the final town hall event last nht at drake university. University. By fararhe momo uncomfortable question of the night went to martin omalley. The cnn moderator said that omalley m mht be the most imimrtant person on stage because he is trying to get considered in a lot of caucuses across the state. Since omalley is polling so low eres the chance he doesnt get the 15 percent minimum support in the first round of voting at caucus sites, which would mean he wouldnt be an option for the second round of voting. Its just the way the democratic caucuses work but supporters who their second choice should be he told them to hold strong and push back again the polls like iowans have done in the past. 1 05 25 the beauty of the people of io
Decision 2016 president bill clinton making some stops in eastern iowa today campaigning for his wife hillary. He stopped by newbo city market in cedar rapids for lunch and to answer some questions from business owners, workers, and customers. President clinton speaking about everything from nutrition to gun control. He later stopped by the hotel julien in dubuque which is where kwwls brad hanson joins us now the former president s trip to dubuque tonight a little more formal than his stop earlier in the day. About 500 people on hand to hear be the next president. Its former president bill clintons first visit to dubuque since 2008, and the line of people waiting three hours early. jeff lenhart, dubuque i dont know who im going to vote for, so i want to hear what bill has clinton arrived to an announced crowd of 500 people at the hotel julien, and spoke for nearly an hourhitting on everything from wage inequality to the flavor of the week, gun control. The president s gun Safety Measur
Iowans have less than a week now before they go to thousands of caucus locations across the state to pick their parties choices for president. President. Cbs 2 this morning coanchor kevin barry is live in des moinin after being g the Democratic Town Hall Forum last night. Good morning kevin. Kevin. The 2016 president ial race has been dened as a battle between establishment candidates and the outsiders, either politicans or people from outside politics with unusual backgrounds. Backgrounds. On the on the democratic side of this race that means the main showdown has been between hillarly clintons experience as first lady, senator from new york and secretary of statatand Bernie Sanders self identifying democratic socialism. Its turned the each candidate tries to align as closely as possible with president obamas policies many of which were created while clinton was secretary of state. I wouldnt be doing it if i didnt think it was absolutely necessary to try to build o the progress that w