For keeping the records confidential. But protesters at todays City Council Meeting say police should release the video and dispel rumors. Kcrgtv9s phil reed joins us from that meeting. Phil you have been in contact with the county attorney, is he a supporter of changing the law . No. Linn county attorney Jerry Vander Sanden believes it would hurt the ability to have a before trial could make it nearly impossible to have an impartial jury. But there are plenty of protesters here at city council who want to know what happened to mitchell now. The fire marshall is not letting anybody else into the meeting because they are at capacity. So people are outside holding signs. Friends of mitchell say they want to hear what is being talked about during tonights meeting. They say its very frustrating man very you know we still dealing with it day to day, we know god is good, but we just waiting for it patiently. The mayor says Public Comment will be at the end of the meeting. T has asked people
Go over possible picks for senior staff and cabinet positions. Two names continue to float around for secretary of state. Sources have told the Associated Press that former new york mayor Rudy Giuliani is a favorite. But other news outlets say trump is also considering former un ambassador john bolton. Giuliani weighed in on that possibility in an interview with the wall street journal. John would be a very good choice, maybe me, i dont know also today, trump and pence received their first daily president ial briefing, which is the same one president obama received. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first alert forecast. Joe, it looks like mild weather will stay with us for a bit . Once again tonight some patchy fog is possible. It looks like it will mimic tuesday and burn off during in the morning as a wednesday with 70s possible thursday. As the area of low pressure gets closer, showers develop friday with colder 30s and 40s ahead for highs during the weekend. Have a gr
Dora miller has been following the case since the beginning and joins us now live with the ongoing outcry. Reporter every day for two weeks Jerime Mitchell support system has stood here demanding answers and change. Every night youll hear them on this corner. Friends and family of Jerime Mitchell making sure he isnt forgotten. Forgotten. We basically want to make sure that this does not swept under the rug. Family says the one thing they want from the officials. Answers about what happened that night but release of a crucial video is still on hold. Hold. It just adds insult to injury, we just really want them to release it so that way we can get justice. Justice. The longer it takes to get the information out about what happened, the more difficult it is to get people to believe that theres a transparency and an effort to work together. While they wait and protest for support. Support. Mitchells family says they will continue to demonstrations, we want to make sure our voices are heard
Right now many in cedar rapids are demanding answers after an officer involved shooting earlier this month. A crpd officer shot jeremie mitchell who remains hospitalized now two weeks since the shooting. Cbs 2 News Reporter dora miller has been following this case from the beginning. Beginning. Every night youll hear them on this family of Jerime Mitchell making sure he isnt forgotten. Forgotten. We basically want to make sure that this does not swept under the rug. Mitchells family says the one thing they want from the officials. Answers about what happened that night but release of a crucial video is still on hold. Hold. It just adds insult to injury, we just really want them to release it so that way we can get justice. Justice. The longer it takes to get the information out about what happened, the more difficult it is to get people transparency and an effort to work together. While they wait and protest for support. Support. Mitchells family says they will continue to keep it civi
Been been steadily declining over the years in iowa. Parents have a big influence on kids drinking. And the ones who closely monitor their kids behavior reduce dangerous drinking in their kids. Helping with homework and being engaged in their teens lives also helped. But one counselor i spoke with says alcohol is still their number one problem if they start using alcohol before the age of 15, they are four times more likely to develop alcoholism as they grow older, and thats very true with other substances as well Kristin Frank of Prelude Behavioral Services isnt surprised by the Surgeon Generals report. She says todays teens are bombarded with suggestions that more adult behavior is acceptable at their younger age. Its within easy of reach of a lot of people. If you take a look at alcohol, theres the advertisement everywhere, we hear about drug use in the media, and its just really so readily available. When the study first started back in 1999, frank says to drinking within the past