they say legally bought the guns used in the attack.after the massacre, marquez checked himself into a mental health facility. there has been a rise in anti-muslim sentiment since the mass shooting. shooting.couplelehat with the terrorist attacks in paris and you have islamophobia being talked about everywhere. fox 28 news reporter dora miller joins us live to tell us what she s hearininfrom the mother mosque of america in cedar rapids. from what we ve heard, people have been a lot more welcoming in this community.for example earlier today we went on a tour with a group of people interested in learning more about cedar rapids history of the mosque. mosque.. muslims have deep roots in the corridor. corridor. that s the entire community back in 1934 and that s when they opened the mosque. we re e lking about more than 80 years of history in cedar rapids. rapids. this is a very well- established community, it s unlike any other community in mosque of america. but then the
is some sort of controlled substance. and this is only a fraction. fraction. this was actually an owi fatality, the user o o this and the driver of the vehicle died in an accident. deputy tim smith says jones county has seen more drivers under the influee over the past several years. years. there s a huge problem and it seems to be an increasing problem with drug-related accidents, drug-related crimes. his job now nowis to patrol looking for those drivers.he s a certified drug recognition expert. expert. in jones county, our biggest problem is prescription pills and gegerally ththe are benzos, xanax, valium and benzos, xanax, valium and methamphetamine. ne. we see probably about one third of our impaired driver cases being something other than alcohol. sheriff greg graver says having a d-r-e is one of the most beneficial tools they possess. possess. we are trained to do field sobriety on people who are impaired or under the influence of alcol, but there is very litt trai
monday marks the third anniversary of the sandy hook elementary mass shooting. shooting.some in the corridor - are making sure - no - one forgets - the enty six victims - - most of fox 28 news - reporter - steffi - lee is here - - with the story of gun control advocates - and how they hohored - those - killed. today s event is one of many across the country to remember these victims.students from cedar rapids metro high school partnered with iowans for gun safety as they tried to make sense of this tragedy - and spark action. action. we ve come together today to remember the horror and slaughter of 20 children and six adults. it was a somber moment on the steps of the rapids. it is honestly such a shame that families have to go through another christmas, another new years, without their children. where it was like time stood still. still. josephine gay age 7,7, dylan hockley age six, madeline hsu, age 6. for the twenty six gunned down behind the walls of sandy hook element
and rain.a thudnerstorm warning was issued for parts of washington county, but so far no reports of serious damage. the storms might have been responsible for this semi crash on i-380.the semi was knocked over north of boyson road, backing up traffic in both directions while crews cleared the scene.so far there s no word on any injuries in this crash. fortuantely, the threat for severe weather for the corridor is over. over.for more on what to expect tonight, we turn to marissa scott in for chief meteorologist terry swails with your weather first forecast, marissa? here s a look outside..doppler radar shows some light rain east of cedar rapids and some light snow showers mainly in our evening.we ll see cloudy skies through the remainder of the night with some gradual clearing. some gradual clearing. reduced visibilities in northeast iowa but for the most part we are seeing improvements on the roads. however some roads are still wet and slick, in fact some icy roads are in cen
than marissasawhile we won t have a white christmas here in the corridor, you don t have to go far to find it.a light to moderate snow fell across parts of central and northeast iowa today, just in time foror christmas.but it did produce some difficult driving conditions, especially north of des moines. some storm cleanup was quired today in parts of cedar rapids.yesterday s thundersrsrms brought strong winds that knocked trees down at a farm on the north side of town.nobody was hurt but a nearby home did have some roof the corridor dodged the winter tornado outbreak last nightht others were not so lucky. lucky.the national weather service confirms two tornadoes touched down near the quad cities last night.one of the tornadoes was rated an e-f-one with winds of about 100 miles per hour.no one was hurt, but some small buildings were damaged. more that 100 homes were destroyed further south in mississippi and tennessee in a deadly outbreak of severe weather.the storms are now b
lot of people typically wearing dresses. but it s not necessarily for style. style. by wearing a dress we can hopefully raise awareness of human trafficking, not only in the rld but here locally. for 31 days, a dress a day is supposed to spark questions in an effort to educate. educate. this is the official dressember dress. and it s been working. working. often the response isis i v vnever heard of that and that s a great opportunity for myself to share about dressember. dressember. people think it s iowa, it s a small town, a sml state, it s pretty safe but there s actually a lot of trafficking victims that are taken through the state of iowa. by wearing the dresses, they re not only taking a stand, they re supporting an effort already in place. all the items you u e here a a mama by women, rescued from trafficking and they made these in the sewing center in nepal. nepal. they make is so that the women can have a choice between being a prostitute or they can give t
investigation - into last night s attacks.heavily armed - members of the military - are now patrolling - the city of lights - - where people - are still on edge. edge.this is a live look from paris tonight - more than 24 hours after those first attacks started yesterday.in a span of just 32 minutes, darkness fell on the city of light.the death toll stands at 129, but with more than 350 others being treated for wounds and some of the patients in critical condition, that number is expected to rise. kenneth craig has our continuing coverage coverage across paris, mourners lit candles and comforted each other at memoroalsa&one day after their city was terrorized. terrorized. we feel lucky a little, but really sad for our friends and people who died. the eiffel tower was dark and ents across the city were cancelled including a sololout u2 concertrtmembers of the band paid their respects saturday night. one of the victims is an american, 23 year old cal state student nohemi gon
it was a windy day!we have a wind advisory in effect for most of the viewing area until 6 pm.we saw sustained winds around 30-40 mph pushing our wind chills in the 20s and 30s this afternoon.wind gusts got up to around 40-50 mph.our temps right now..satellite and radar shows some clouds moving through eastern iowa so mostly clear to partly cloudy skies.tomorrow we will see clouds build with snow expected to start falling tomorrow night during the evening commute.stay with cbs 2 news and the weather first team the next 24 hours as we european authorities are claiming a victory in the war on terror today.they have now confirmed the ringleader who planned the paris attacks is dead. police teams stormed a paris suburb of saint denis before sunrise yesterday on intelligence that abdelhamid abaaoud was there. french officials say his body was riddled with wounds and are right now trying to figure out whether he blew himself up or was killed by police. a woman officials say was his
in cedar rapids, the city has been preparing to keep the toads clear of snow. snow.s 2 news reportrt marissa scott continueueour team coverage with all the work the city has done to get ready for what promises to be a record-breaking snowfall. tells me they re ready, no matter h h rapids. crews put out 16 thousand gallons of brine yesterday and put down another 2 thousand five hundred gallons today. the city also has 45 hundred tons of salt to spread down on the street.in total - the city has 90 plows and other eces of equipment - a lot t which will be out overnight after the strongest part of the storm is done.they say the priority is to get the main roads before hitting the residential streets. sometimes when you get over thta four inch mark, it doesn t really matter if it s six or it s nine. with an early event like this, we ll have the staff here to make sure we handle it. being that it s tracking at an overnight hour like this, we can really get our equipment out, our s
right now, the cbs 2 news road warrior is tracking real-time conditions on eastern iowa s night. the d-o-t has been working over time to prepare for this winter blast. blast.cbs 2 news reporter marissa scott joins us live now with more, marissa? scott and karen - right now, something new you ll be seeing out on the roads tonight - a d-o-t snowplow with flashing blue and white lights. lights.this is scott and karen - right now, something new you ll be seeing d-o-t snowplow with flashing blue and white lights. most of the plows on the is something new they re trying out. the d-o-t says, every year in iowa, they have 43 accidents, involving cars running into snowplows. usually, blue and white lights are reserved for emergency vehicles, so they asked the legislature to change the rules, to make these plows easier to see. they re testing the idea out this year, using one plow with these new lights here in cedar rapids, and one in iowa city. i think it s a 3-year-pilot program,