Also new tonight. Tonight. Authorities are looking for this man on the university o oiowa campus. Campus. Police say he was caught recording a female student while she was showering. Showering. This reportedly happened last night inside burge hall. While an officer was getting information from the victim, another report came in of suspicious activity in a different womens bathroom. The officer found a man hiding in a stall, but the suspect fought off the officer and got away. Away. Here is another look at that photo of the suspect. If you have any information that might help Police Locate this man, call ui police at the number on your screen. 3193355022. School leaders say they are changing mechanical locks on shower doors to protect the privacy of students living there. In cedar rapids fox 28 news is continuing to bring you the latest in the battle over asbestos exposure at a local high school. School. The Attorney Generals Office will now be handling matters between the cedar district and the department of natural resources. Resources. In june, an anonymous complaint about asbestos in washington high drew attention from the public. Today, fox 28 news received a complaint that asbestos was mishandled at another school. Reporter dora miller has been looking into this and joins us now with more in this fox 28 news exclusive, dora . A viewer called fox 28 news saying he wasexposed to asbestos while working at another high school a few years ago. Says if two highgh schools in the area were mishandling asbestos there should be an indepth look at all schools that were renovated. The Attorney Generals Office will now be looking into allegations of mishandling asbestos at washington high. But one worker believes they should broaden their th the public. Brent worked on a geothermal update project at jefferson high in 2013. 2013. I was the person that was installing the fire alarms getting all that wired up. He says he was exposed to asbestos when crews ripped out pipes in the school. School. I was literally four or five feet away and the only thing that was separating us from the abatement crew was the yellow piece of caution tape blocking off the hallway. Cedar Rapids CommunitySchool DistrictOfficials Say they work hard to keep everyone safe, but they werent aware of any issues at jefferson. Jefferson. Well be reaching out because we certainly want to make sure that things were done properly. It is a little concerning that the gentleman waited this long to say anything. Nonetheless, both brent and the district say things have to change so this doesnt happen again. Again. If they would have had their proper barriers up and protecting us like they should have, we shouldnt have had any exposure at all. All. As we move forward, we as a district certainly have learned from this process and again, we didnt have problems with these same companies in the past, but t we certainly will look at clarification the district terminated their contract with Asbestos Abatement the company used for both of the projects. They ask anyone with concerns about construction or policies to call their anonymous hotline. We did reach out to the dnr for comment on brents concerns, but we havent gotten a response. Dora miller, fox 28 news now to johnson county. County. Where authorities tell fox 28 news a crash on interstate 380 yesterday is having a lingering effect on the area. Area. During the evening drive home monday, a semitruck rolled near swisher. That caused a significant backup for motorists trying to get home, but that wasnt ththonly problem this crash caused. The semi was hauling a tanker carrying deicing fluid used on airport runways. The iowa dnr tells fox 28 news about 36hundred gallons of deicing fluid, and 50 gallons of diesel fuel, spilled into a nearby creek that flows into coralville lake. The dnr worked to clean up the diesel fuel and will now continue to monitor the situation. They say discolor the water, but it is not a longterm environmental hazard. A cloudy but mild winters day today. Today. And it looks like things will only get better from here. Here. Chief meteorologist terry swails joins us now with your weatherfirst forecast. Tonight decreasing cloudiness. Colder. Winds nw. 510 mphlows 1420tomorrow partly sunny and seasonal. Winds n. Winds becoming e. 5 10highs 2834 terry thanks. Fox 28 news has new developments tonight tonightafter a deadly fjre in cedar rapids. Iiestigators now believe smoking materials started it. It. Crews responded to the home in the 37hundred block of 16th avenue monday morning. 76yearold Ronald Jacobs died the fire. Karen jacobs, also 76years old, was pulled from the fire and was taken to university of iowa hospitals and clinics where she is in critical condition. Th were in the living room where the fire started. Investigators say the home did not have any working smoke alarms. Look for updates on this story throughout the day tomorrow, beginning at 7, on fox 28 morning live. New details right now on a story weve been following for you on fox 28. 28. Its a deadly hit and run crash. A trial date is now set an urbana woman studying in ames. Ames. Benjamin clague pleaded not guty in the death of emmalee jacobs this week. Police say clague was behind the wheel of a Iowa State University bus that hit jacobs back in december. December. He was arrested last month and faces a number of charges including leaving the scene of a fatal accident. His trial is scheduled to start april fifth. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison. Continuing coverage now of a big change to the states Biggest Health system. The head of iowas Medicaid Program says tonight all systems are go for the privatization move on march first. First. Medicaid director mikki stier turned over documents to lawmakers day confirming that diagnosis. Governor branstad ordered the move last year, saying it would save the state millions and offer more services to patients. Democrats dispute those claims. Iowas staterun medicaid system will make the swswch to private, the battle rages on tonight over a proposed pipeline that would t through iowa. Iowa. The iowa utilities board is meeting later this week to talk about it. Supporters say the pipeline would be an economic boost for the local economy. Opponents argue that state law requires projectsts like this to directly benefit residents. And they say thats impossible because the oil in the pipeline only passes through iowa. Governor terry brananad is working with his counterparts move past oil. Oil. 17 governors in all say they will Work Together to find cleaner solutions for energy and transportation. The goal is to improve Economic Conditions in participating states as well as the health of their citizens. Iowa is one of the leading states in wind ergy production. Solar energy has also seen significant gains in recent years. Right now at the capitol. Capitol. Theres a new push to improve safety on area roads. State lawmakers are including one that would make texting while driving a primary offense. That means Law Enforcement could pull over a driver if they spsp them doing it. Another would require convicted drunken drivers who are out of jail to submit to daily breath tests. The corridor is growing and planners want to make sure area roads keep up. Up. Theyre already plotting some ways to stay ahead of the curve, but they also want to hear from you. You. Fox 28 News Reporter joe huisinga has more now from cedar rapids. Rapids. We only have one car so it kind of makes things difficult at home so if i were to use like ubuer or somthing it would cost a lot more than what the Public Transit system does. 10its beneficial for people actually so they can get jobs so they can get to work on time so they have that traspsptatin to take their kids to day care to take their kids to work. 9for the last atleast 4 year weve seen 2 year over year growth in Public Transit so transit is really growing. A possible increase in frequency a possible increase to specific lines. More than anything we want to take a freash look at the system. Were turning people away, we dont need to do that. We need to have may say were going to come back to the citizens the people effected by it and get their input and try to balanc ethe efficency of the system against the needs. 12we will be looking at robins and ey fairfaxa and palo and considering servise there. There the ones that expirience the system, know where their should be changes and they know better than us especially since theyre using it every day. 8where are you trting to go what times of day are you treaveling why are you traveling what other things do you think we need to improve 8covering the corridor in cedar rapids, joe huisinga, fox 28 news. If you would like to learn or give yournput you can complete an Online Survey from the comfort of your home. Youll find a link on our website, fox 28 iowa dot com. Gentlemen, please join us on stage. applause and how the campaigns are preparing to take the fight all the way to the convention. Convention. Not too many stars to be seen in the skies over eastern iowa tonight. But we could see a healthy dose of sun in the coming days. Chief meteorologist terry swails is back to break it all do, of myths about canned foods. Tomorrow on fox28 morning live debunk some of the common myths about them. Them. And shell share recipe ideas using canned items see you tomorrow at 7am a number of polls are streaming out of South Carolina tonight trying to gauge the race for president. President. In every poll, donald trump leads the gop field by a sisiable margin, margin,that tops tonights vote 2016 coverage. Coverage. Real clear politics is compiling a number of recent polls to come up with these numbers. It shows trump leading the field by more than 18points. Both texas senator ted cruz and florida senator marco rubio have made gains in recent days. Days. Also risisg in the polls, Ohio Governor john kasich after his second place finish in new hampshire. Former Florida Governor jeb bush is struggling to gain support in a state hes heavily invested in. While trump still has the clearest path toward the republican nomination, the other campaigns are preparing for a long battle. Battle. Politico reports now collecting information on potential delegates to the national convention. If no single candidate has enough delegates to secure the nomination, the gop could see its first brokered convention in decades. Thats Left Party Leaders scrambling to brush up on procedural rules. In the end, it could mean a lot of wheeling and dealing among the campaigns in order totosolidify around an eventual nominee. One popular fight for republican candidates is the wasteful spending often associated wh the federal government. Government. Now, a new report outlines some of that waste. Waste. Fox 28 News NationalKristine Frazao breaks it all down. Down. When it comes to all the interesting placac our tax dollars go how about government funded moonshine. A distillery in virginia got 250 thousand dollars from the Us Department of agricultururto process s and market its extra potent whiskey. Thats just one of many findings outlined in this years waste watch report congressman steve russelel its sad. It borderlines on criminality other highlights include billions in federal funds for new farmers with little oversight. 16 billion worth of excess ammunition and explosives slated to destroyed by the department of defensea. And 60 billion dollars for a military spance launch program many say is failing. If taxpayers were participating in the countdown of this rocket, it would be 321 rip off. This is not the only waste book put out by a member of congress but they do almost all come from republicans. So with the gop in charge of both houses of congress, why hasnt this wasteful spending already been stopped . Part of the problem here is theres a lot of problem about govt waste but very little action being taken butt 1 14 1 23 theyre the ones in charge they should be able to deliver on it. Yes theres a a veto pen i ithe white house but the wh doesnt necessary have an interest in wasting tax dollars no one waste, others say it boosts the e economy like the 35 thousand dollars for solar power at a michigan brewing company, which senator Debbie Stabenow said would help support jobs and a clean vironment. Still congressman russell says its about priorities theres a lot of good ideas and nicetohaves and then theres some crazy stuff that gets funded that should not. In washington im kf reporting. If you want to see more of the waste report weve posted it all for you on our website, february is huge for us. All our handcrafted classic footlongs are just 6 each. The media is going a little crazy. Submageddon with an incredible amount of accumulation inside. That now seems. Enjoy all our classic footlongs clouds will gradually decrease tonight as an area of High Pressure builds into the midwest low will be colder generally in the mid to upper teens. Wednesday looks seasonal with partly sunny skies and highs upper 20s to mid 30s from north to south. Thursday and friday temperatures will increase dramatically as ththupper level flow flattens s lowing pacific are to enter the midwest. Highs will soar into the upper 30s to mid 40s thursday with readings at or above 50 on friday. The above normal temperatures will continue through the weekend with generly dry conditions tonight decreasing cloudiness. Colder. Winds nw. 510 mphlows 1420tomorrow partly sunny and seasonal. Winds n. Winds becoming e. 5 10highs 2834 still to come on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. Beating brain cancer once is tough enough but a second time . The new technology that helped one woman beat the odds. Odds. And iowas senior senator will play a decisive role in the growing battle ovevethe fufure of the supreme e court. What Chuck Grassley had to say about it when the fox 28 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. So, why on earth would you ever go switch to u. S. Cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for 40 a month plus get 300 back. A brain tumor can be a devastating diagnosis. If the tumor is close to an important part of brbrn function, it can be very difficult to operate without causing damage. Damage. Now, surgeons are using a specialized tool to make sure they hit their target. Fox 28 News Reporter shshna lake shows us how in tonights to your health report. Report. Right when i found out i had a brain tumor, she was going through all of her issues monica brown lost her momoer to bladder cancer. J jt momohs before she was diagnosed. So it was hard. I think it was more hard on my dad and brother, because then i had surgery 2 months later, in 2008. Monica had brain surgery to remove a slow growing tumor. But now years want my kids to not have a mom when they get olderthe tumor was in a dangerous place. She has language function and some motor function that is kinda close to where the tumor is this timethats why doctor randy jensen. A neurosurgeon at huntsman cancer institute. Is using advanced technology. Since her last operation, now we have the intraoperative mri scannerthis specialized mri moves on ceiling mounted rails in the operating room. Allowing surgeoeo to check after. Whether any tumor tissue remains. It certainly is helpful in her Current Situation where things are a little closer to those important nctions than they were the first time around i think im taking the most aggressive approach, new technology and advancements in brain surgery. Are giving monica a fighting chance. Its morimportrtt than ever that i need to be here for my kidsin Salt Lake City utah, shauna lake reporting. Monicas surgery was a success and she went home to her later. Doctor jensen says shes doing well and is going to start radiation treatment soon. We have much more on recent advancements in fighting cancer on our website, fox 28 iowa dot com. From the iowa senator who could block that from happening when the fox 28 back and forth continues tonight as democrats and republicans weigh in on the future of the United StatesSupreme Court. The court itself has remained relatively silent after the sudden passing of Justice Antonin Scalia on saturdada satutuay. His death sent shockwaves through washington. And well have more on the fallout in just a moment. To show you these powerful Images Released today. This is Justice Scalias seat on the Supreme Court bench. It is draped in black, in rememberance of the 79year old. Justice scalia will lie in repose in the great hall of the Supreme Court on friday. Funeral services are pending. Scalias death came right in the middle of the judicial session. Session. His now vacant seat is triggering a massive political battle. Republicans are not happy to see a democrat president potentially replace the man considered to be the most conservative member of the high court. Court. But thats exactly what president obama intends to do. Id all three branches of government need to do their jobs. Iintend to do my job between now and january 20th of 2017 and i expect them to do their job as well. I think that we have more than enough time to go regegar order, regular nominate somebody, to present them to the American People, to present them to the senate. I expect them to hold hearings. I expect there to be a vote. Vote. For the president s eventual pick to serve on the Supreme Court, that vote would require a supermajority, or 60 votes in favor, in the se