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KGAN CBS 2 News 6 August 26, 2016

The state is there to provide assistance and help them. The spirit has been great. To see the way people come together, neighbors and friends, and the communities that are working to clean up and help neighbors. Communities along the turkey river are feeling optimistic as water levels are starting to receive. Water levels cressida 22 1 2 feet Weather Service predicted that the waters with crest at 27 feet. Although flood levels the officials the fire department, the city officials, the city council all the people making decisions were very very well prepared they knew exactly what they wanted to do. Do. At a press Conference Today the mayor of elkader thanked Community Volunteers for their hard work. He also encouraged people to turn their attention to the city of garber where flood levels . Are evening. Its not just people having to avoid the floodwaters. An estimated 150thousand rainbow and brook trout were evacuated this week. The fish are from the big spring hatchery which sits near the turkey river near elkader. The Iowa Natural Resources department moved the fish out of concern that the turkey river would get past a protective levee. A nationwide problem is bigger problem than you may think. Think. That was the message at a human today hosted by senator Charles Grassley in des moines. The National Center for missing and exploited children says in sex trafficking . Runaway children are most vulnerable to becoming victims because they lack . Resources. Former fbi special agent anna brewer has investigated these cases both in iowa and nebraska. She says its not only a big city issue in smaller towns like denison and ottumwa there have been we have to in a generation now say that this is unacceptable in our communities so through legislation and education and social pressure i think we can affect change and through affecting change hopefully in less than a generation we can eliminate the demand eliminate human trafficking. Trafficking. Senator grassley says even though the justice for victims of trafficking act was signed into law he wants to see more legislation addressing this problem. The food and Drug Administration us blood banks to start screening for the zika virus. Virus. As cbs 2 news first reported back in february our local blood banks were already taking precautions. Precautions. The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center started asking donors if they had traveled or had been sick recently. If the answer was yes, they had to wait 28 days. The new advisory means all us states and territories have to test the blood for zika. Blood banks already test donations for hiv, other bloodborne viruses. Als also known as lou gehrigs disease grabbed headlines in a major way starting in 2014 when videos of people drenching themselves in freezing water went viral. They did it to raise money for research and tr. Treatment. Cbs 2 News Reporter Connor Morgan joins us live to explain how the corridor is continuing the cause this time on the big screen. Connor . And its not just any film karen its one with oscar at the englert theatre in iowa city tonight and tonight only. This documentary with an iowa city influence is battling back against the deadly disease that is al. City influence is battling back up against the deadly disease, als. Film maker clay has directed for the country mick gleeson is his most recent. There is a social action and so my other films. Took that action is achieved by buying a ticket and seeing the movie. Half of the proceeds will go to iowa hospitals and clinics to the Science Department that treats als patients. Reporter they are partnering up to bring gleason to the big screen and iowa city. It is about steve gleason, former nfl player when he found out his wife he was diagnosed with als. Reporter on the cheers and tears it brings a producer, and iowa city native. I remember seeing some of my very first films there. The fact that it will be playing their there, is a dream. It is great to see former students doing exceptional things outside of iowa city. Come back and want to come to town to screen it here. Is exceptional. Reporter the film is showing at 8 pm tonight at the angler theater. Connor morgan. The field at Kinnick Stadium will be full tomorrow night. Thousands of music fans will crowd the venue for the back porch revival. Seven bands, including blake shelton. Melanie moore has what you need to know before you head to the concert. Back porch revival stage. Organizers are expecting close to 50,000 people. There are things that those people need to know to make sure their concert experience is a smooth and is fun as possible organizers say the first concert at Kinnick Stadium is a Pretty Amazing site. I never thought i would see Kinnick Stadium look like this. A concert venue. Reporter the stars will be holding microphones and cinema footballs picked up rules will a clear bag can be 12 x 12. Small clutch purse is allowed. Reporter want to get in, you are there until you want to leave for the night we will block off the drive north of the stadium. That will be fenced in and part of the stadium. Reporter jennings says concertgoers can find food, drinks and merchandise throughout the stadium. Beer will be served throughout the stadium which is the first time Reporter University Heights Police say they are treating it just a football game. Every officer will be on duty. The city is allowing tailgating. You can park on lines, like they do during starting at 3 00,the cambus will shuttle people from downtown at clinton and washington street and from hancher. 23 23 08 when our hawkeye fans walk in here, theyre going to be amazed in and be amazed. Reporter there is a website where you can find the details. We have the link on our website, cbs2iowa. Com. Melanie moore, covering the corridor. A are plenty of other there are plenty of other events. The annual farmers market, after dark is an option. There are some last year to this year. We will have them for you, coming up tonight on cbs two news at 10 pm. There is a party going on right now in central city. Chicken with meteorologists rebecca kopelman. It should be a pretty good night. The win county fairgrounds will have blue grass. Right now people are getting ready and having food and enjoying the outdoors. The concert starts at 7 pm work picks up once again tomorrow at just have a couple clouds out there. It is dry right now, but we could see changes as we head into the later part of the night. Your friday festival forecast does have some clouds. It will be comfortable tonight. We do have the chance for showers later on. Tomorrow, were lingering showers in the morning and images in the 70s. I will clear out saturday night im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. He wears it like a crown. Make America Great again. But trump made his shirts in bangladesh. His ties in china. And his suits in mexico. In fact, the real donald trump outsourced his products and jobs to 12 different countries. So dont believe the hat. You cant make America Great again, if you dont make things monday on cbs 2 this morning. Right now a zika vaccine is in the works but it could take several months before it ready for use. Use. How scientists are could be the key to preventing the spread of the disease. 16 coverage todaybs 2 this todayrepublican president ial candidate donald trump will be in iowa tomorro in our boat 2016 coverage republican president ial candidate donald trump will be in iowa tomorrow. He will be attending the Second Annual roast and write event hosted by iowa senator. Joey ernst in des moines. It features a motorcycle ride honoring. Following the right is a pork roast at the iowa state fairgrounds. Outer mission cbs2 news is to connect the president ial candidates to our viewers. To inform and empower you. Weve reached out to the candidates to take part in extended interviews, not only with our station but with our sister stations across unit states. We want to hear from you though. Tell us what you would like to know for the candidate. You can share your thoughts with us by email or through facebook. We have. It is friday night terry is here with us to tell us what to expect. We have showers in the forecast to start the weekend. Theres a lot of activities tomorrow im a particularly in iowa city. I think the majority of the range to be out of the area in the early afternoon. It should clear out into the nighttime hours. File goes to plan, it should be nice. It is cloudy in cedar rapids. If you go northwest, there are showers. Temperature is 73 degrees. Of humidity hour humidity is at 76 . As we go to the satellite, we have a lot of clouds most of the showers that occur during the day, light and were confined to the northwestern counties. With the clouds around all day long, temperatures are much cooler than they should be for this time of year. Waterloo tanks entered Northern Syria to help Syrian Rebels clear isis from a border town. No group so far has come forward claiming or sensibility. At least seven people are dead and many more injured in a terrorist attack in a seaside restaurant in the somali capital mogadishu a police bomb police say a bomb included outside of the beach club. Security forces say they killed two attackers and arrested another after a six hour operation. Frances highest court has overturned the so called, bikini been. More bikinis was cover the whole bodies of her face hands and feet. A ban on the berky me one mostly by muslim women is a mostly by muslim women is a response earleywine when legislators fail to invest in education here, it affects all of us in here. Without adequate funding, districts are forced to make cuts that could leave our students with obsolete technology, lab equipment, leading to overcrowded classrooms, making it harder to learn. Our students deserve better. Its time for iowa legislators wartburg football went and now cbs2 sports with zach hanley. Even with a new squad, last seasons bittersweet and is still in their mind. Tonight was a School Record of 31 seniors graduated. It is not like this years nights are starting over. The standard is still the same , to win. Nine and one it is hard to complain about that. Reaching our goal of the iowa conference did not happen. We did not rank in the top 10 nation. Not winning the in her mouth. The standard that we have set over period of time, is still the standard. We will holder sells to that standard, year in and year out, regardless of the situation. It is what we expect of our guys tonight is weak one of her 30 minute football show. We have 14 games across the state are coverage starts tonight at 10 pm on cbs2. Our hawk cam centers around cgbased cj effort. Iowa has a stable of running backs. They will need it last season, for running backs contributed. Three of those guys are back for more. Tech daniels, acrid wildly and derek mitchell. Greg davis knows they will need all of those guys and more. In terms of caring the football and doing the kind of things, we are excited about with lashawn and akron. After that we will see mike is l, no his mba chances were slim. He was clear about one thing, he wanted to keep playing basketball. Now the point guard gets to do that. Gazelle signed a deal with the bears of the professional basketball league. As a senior, gazelle averaged e assists per game. While leaving the hawks to the second round of the ncaa tournament. We have the eastern tour this week. Next week it will be on fox 28. 30 minutes of High School Sports in High School Football with 14 games. These guys are ready. Everybody is anxious to get to another live look at the Bluegrass Festival in central city. Looks like a fun time happening there right now. The festival before we go, we want to take a lead look at the Bluegrass Festival pick it up and central city tonight. Folks have been making their way inside. Have had their dinner and about to make their way inside. It is going on all weekend long. The main thing is that it doesnt rain. Most of the rain will be north of highway 20. You can see it is over towards manchester. The showers are northeast. By tomorrow morning they will diminish. In the afternoon clear out. Tomorrow looks fine. Tomorrows heiser in the upper 70s. By sunday we should be in the lower 80s. A summary date close out the weekend. Good odds. Thank you for im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Theres a race going on right now. The worlds clean energy super powers either going to be germany, china, or us. And im going to make sure its us. From 500 million solar panels installed by the end of my first term, to precision manufacturing. Well beat the competition and create new high wage jobs. We asked u. S. Cellular customers to show us all the beautiful places they get coverage with our strong signal. You posted from the seashore. You shared from your hike. You posted from the farm. And you adventured way out there. A lot of amazing places. . . U. S. Cellular put towers where the other guys dont. So join our network, and start sharing your moments . . Ryan lochte and the mad scramble to save his image. Im not perfect. I do mess up. Will the new threat of jail time sink his comeback . And the real deal behind rumors hell join dancing with the stars. Then britneys bombshell from her epic carpool karaoke. And comeback as we flash back to her past showstopping moments. I cannot believe this is just like freaking happened. Plus behind the scenes of lance bass new dating show, taking on bachelorette with new twist. This is a show that i would die to watch. And Reese Witherspoon breaks news about sequels to two of her most popular movies. And the one role she would rather forget. It was not a very good movie

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