Transcripts For KGAN CBS 2 News Noon 20160916 : vimarsana.c

Transcripts For KGAN CBS 2 News Noon 20160916

Forecast for tonight. We will talk about what you can expect this weekend in your full weather first forecast it a bit extract right now cbs 2 news is waiting outside the linn county courthouse for Mary Beth Haglin hoot to turn herself in. Police say the former teacher violated a nocontact order by speaking with a student she is accused of sexually exploiting. She tells cbs 2 news of the relationship was consensual because the teenager was a minor and her student, if they did have a relationship, its against the law. She said the school was trying to cover it up and eventually fired her. Earlier this month she pleaded not guilty to Sexual Exploitation charges. Testimony continues right now in the gruesome murder trial against david miller. He is accused of killing Sabrina Janish in october of last year. Prosecutors say miller stabbed and then a strangled her to a forensic pathologist to the stand. She explained the fatal injuries and said nothing excludes a knife found the scene from being the weapon used. Cbs 2 News Reporter dora miller will be back in the courtroom this afternoon. Watch for her life reports on twitter and cbs cbs2iowa. Com. Theres a plan to bring a casino to downtown cedar downtown payroll. Cbs 2 news anchor karen fuller explains why city leaders say theres reason for opt thatthis proposal will succeed where the last one failed. Failed. Calling it a boutique style of gaming center, wild rose announced plans thursday to build a 40 Million Dollar, 25thousand square foot casino in downtown cedar rapids. Thats less than a quarter of the cost of the previous proposal, known as cedar crossing. That casino plan failed to get state approval in april, 2014. 2014. We were really disappointed and that was a big setback for our community. This time, the plan comes from a company that already operates casinos. Something mayor ron corbett says could day arrives. Arrives. So maybe this scaled back version has maybe a better chance of getting a favorable response from the racing and Gaming Commission. A favorable response would mean a number of local business would have to get out of the way. Among them, sub city, which has operated in downtown cedar rapids for more than 25 y. Years. I have mixed feelings about thatowner shawna lane says for her, the project represents an uncertain future for a business shes put so much into. Into. Itll be hard to move sub city to move somewhere else to makeit exist like it does now. Her, the project represents an uncertain future for a business she has put so much into. It will be hard to move sub city somewhere else, to make it exist like it does now. Reporter in a statement, developer say the more compact casino will drive more business downtown to area restaurants and the city owned hotel. Yet. This is just the beginning of a long process. Wild rose already has three casinos throughout the state. The most recent one was built in jefferson just a couple years ago with casinos in emmetsburg and clinton. Wild rose has managed casinos in iowa for more than a decade. This isnt the first time timecedar rapids has considered a 2013 linn county voters overwhelmingly voted to approve building a casino downt. Downtown. Five months later linn county applied for a gaming license. License. Just one after that the Iowa Gaming Commission stunned cedar rapids city leaders by rejecting the application. At the time the after that, the i would Gaming Commission stunned cedar rapids city leaders by rejecting the application. At the time, the commission placed a threeyear moratorium on approving gaming licenses after that City Council Want to roll the dice on new interest in the land originally set aside for the other proposed casino we told you about. We first reported last week at least three Council Members are asking the city to look at other uses for the property. A Development Subcommittee is pushing city leaders to examine 1300 City Owned Properties for redevelopment potential. The newest addition to the cedar rapids skyline opened its doors. Crst cut the ribbon on their new 37 millio it is 11 stories tall with 113,000 square feet of office space. Crst will move into the fourth and fifth floors and save the sixth for future growth. Board chairman john smith said they are excited to move into their new home and city leaders are sure glad to see the new development downtown. It feels great. Parking ramp that was on its last leg after the flood of 2008 that property was demolished and now this new 37 Million Dollar building has eme. Emerged. Crst will also continue to use all its offices over on the west side of cedar rapids. The two iowa senators critical of the Va Medical Center in iowa city are now touring the facility. Facility. Former marine Brandon Ketchum committed suicide and happened just . One day after the iowa city va turned him aw. Away. Senators Chuck Grassley and joni ernst both sent letters to the Inspector Generals Office demanding answers it helped prompt an ernst both sent letters to the Inspector Generals Office demanding and answers and prompted an investigation they are just wrapping up their tour of the facility as i speak. Tune in to cbs2 live at 5 for the latest developments on their visit. After years of questioning was born in the u. S. Craig boswell has the latest from washington. Reporter donald trump is once again talking about where president obama was born. President barack obama was born in the united states. Period. Now we all want to get back to making america strong and great again. Reporter the birther issue reemerged in the campaign this week when trump told the washington post, out answer that question at the right time. I just dont want to answer it yet. I was pretty confident about where i was born. I think most people were as well. Reporter trump spoke this morning at his new hotel in washington. Hillary clinton is also in town, a mile from here, addressing the black womens agenda symposium. Clinton sharply criticized trumps burger stands. For five years he has led delegitimize our first black president. He is feeding into the worst impulses, the bigotry and bias that lurks in our country. Reporter where clinton and trump battle for votes, a new poll shows the president ial race in a statistical tie. Pointed leads trump 41 to 40 when thirdparty candidates are included. Craig boswell, cbs news, washington. Statement last night, praising trump for bringing , quote, this ugly incident to its conclusion by successfully compelling president obama to release his birth certificate back in 2011 picks are a president ial candidate was in iowa last night. Former cia counterterrorism officer, Evan Mcmillan jumped into the race only one month ago. The conservative independent candidate campaigned in des moines saying he is the right choice to unite americans. He said what sets them apart from trump and clinton is his congress. On isis he said the u. S. Must work better with our allies. Our eyelids right now dont think what we are doing is going to work. Any strategy thats going to be effective in defeating isis has to involve, also, constraining those in carrying out massive atrocity across the syrian people. Reporter his this is not the first visit. Gary johnson and jill stein both campaigned here early this month. This week on iowa in focus, we sit down with johnson for the first time. We will explain why he and a jill stein have been so hard to get in touch with and the one big issue that may make johnson very unpopular here in iowa. Tune in for iowa in focus the sunday morning at 10 30 am, here on cbs2. Coming up on cbs2 news at noon, the incredible new owner given this week to one i will years. We have a cold front that is slowly moving through the state. Thats what led to all the showers last night and the clouds right now. I will let you know when we clear out the skies and have gallagher this type of disaster hits, its like, man, what do we do . Where do we start . After the flood, when we came in here, there was nothing left. Theres no way were gonna do this ourselves. People like Monica Vernon really fought to get the assistance that led to the recovery. It took vision. It took courage. There is a True Community spirit. I dont think she asked anybody after the flood whether they were democrat or republican. Saw a problem that needed to be solved, and she solved it. The oldest active pilot in the world active pilot in the world lives right here in the the oldest active pilots in the world Hawkeye State after nine months of waiting, the guinness book of World Records officially awarded the title to 98yearold ernie smith of red oak in southwestern iowa. Smith got the final word earlier this week you need to come out here. I have something important to talk about. So i figured, i dont know what so i stepped in the door in a said, i know what they found somebody older. And he said, know, there isnt smith aged after the previous record by five years and he said he plans to keep flying a rented cessna a couple cbs 2 weather first forecast. Forecast. Yeah thats right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Main weather your planner shows whats ahead for the theres a lot of fog. We do have some fog in the area. Maybe this weekend. If he keeps going upping that record and keep it for a long time. I dont think anyone can catch up when it comes to in age record, right . Its his. Later this weekend it will be nice out there to get some of flying in. Out in iowa city we have had some sunshine break through the clouds. This is going to be temporary in but that has allowed temperatures to increase, close to 80 degrees and i was city. 72 in cedar rapids. 69 in waterloo and 73 in dubuque. We do have a lot of cloud cover out there but the rain has largely come to an end after last nights heavy rainfall. Im sure that he heard through the night esses cold front has slowly been moving across the area. Now the focus for showers and storms is going to be in parts of minnesota and down in missouri. We do have cloud cover to deal with throughout the rest of the day. And into parts of tonight. We could still have some areas of drizzle and light rain showers. For the most part were starting to see some a drying out across the area. The winds have started to shift out of the north and west which is indicating the front has moved through parts of eastern iowa. Where the winds are turned out of the south, the front has not quite made it. Is starting to just move through cedar rapids. The winds are starting to move out of the west over there. Weve had a lot of heavy rainfall. We are ahead of for the month of september and last night we told anywhere from 1. 5 inches upwards of 2. 8 inches and hopping 10. A lot of heavy rainfall. Effectively to ponding and concerns in some area rivers. Near and north of highway 30 and all the way up to the border, we did have rainfall that total between one point 1. 0 inches and 3. 0 inches of rain. Some areas of drizzle as i mentioned but largely clear on the radar. As we head through the rest of see cloud cover. Now it looks like we are having a drying 10 trend into the weekend. The skies were clear as we head into saturday. We will see sunshine tomorrow and nice conditions as we head into the weekend, including lower humidity and nice weather. For friday night football is going to be muggy. A little warm. We could have a few isolated showers in the area. Rain chances have gone down. As i mentioned that is because of this cold front moving through. High pressure will build overhead for this weekend. Out toward north and west, our next storm system is taking shape. By the end of this weekend dish that will impact us as we head into next week. For the game on saturday, we will have nice weather. Clear skies. Double. Temperatures around 70 degrees to start the game around 11 00. Then we will see changes after the weekend. We will have nice weather around for saturday and sunday. Te night. By the time we hit monday, well, check it up. The cbs 2 news at noon, the get ready. Still coming up on cbs2 new at noon, the positive trend we are seeing across the country when it comes to cancer deaths among children. Its good news. Is that credit karma again . Just wanna see if my score changed. You wanna check yours . Oh really . Its girlsnight. Ah huh. They said business casual. I love summer weddings oh no. Yeah, maybe it is time. Maybe i should check my credit score. Try credit karma. Its free. Oh woah. Thats different. Now federal regulators recalled a million galaxy note sevens after several reports of the phone federal regulators are recalling galaxy note 7s after reports of phones catching fire. The battery overheats said the Consumer Product Safety Commission told customers to stop using the phone one you can send it back for replacement or get a refund. Samsung sold 2. 5 million devices worldwide since introducing them in august. Apple fans across the world lined up today for the release of the new iphone. Despite the lines, most phones already sold out. Apple said the more expensive iphone 7 sold out in every color the smaller models sold out in jet like. If youre lucky, you may be available at other nonapple retailers and wireless carriers. Apple shares soared on the word of strong sales. Sporting good store, gander mountain, lands to move to a new location in cedar rapids. The company will close it store on edgewood road southwest and open up at the newton north downmarket the store will have one of the largest selections of new and used firearms in the state. Along with gear f if youre looking to buy a brewery, this could be your chance. Turner alley brewing in cedar rapids is for sale. Its owner prepare to head back to california. The brewery started on 12th street about two years ago with beers inspired by its hometown including the maze island i pa in the Czech Village pilsner. Olive garden said it never ending pasta pass sold out in one minute. About 21,000 were available last year. If you missed out, 21 passes will be made available on ebay with proceeds going to the charity, feeding america. Rebecca has your weather to go just ahead but first, here is a look at the days markets. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Hes not a war hero, hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werent captured ok. Donald trump compared his sacrifices to the sacrifices of two parents who lost their son in war. How would you answer that father . What sacrifice have you made for your country . I think ive made a lot of sacrifices, built great structures. Ive had tremendous success, i think. Continues to decline. Danielle new Research Shows the cancer death rate of children continues to decline. Danielle nottingham introduces us to a little boy from california who is beating the disease. Reporter 80 cramer is bursting with energy. I play the drums and guitar in the piano. Reporter that less than a year ago he was in the hospital, battling leukemia. The most common cancer in children. Could possibly think. I have zero control over this. And could very well lose my child. Period. Reporter a new government study said the chances of surviving Childhood Cancer are improving. From 1999 through 2014, there was a 20 drop in cancer deaths among children and adolescents. Immunotherapy, cell therapy, these are going to be brought to bear to improve on this progress. Such that we expect continued Childhood Cancer. Reporter the study also found that leukemia is no longer the leading cause of his chances of relapse are high so he has regular check ups. ashley kramer, aidens mother you look at aiden and people say you wouldve never known he was sick and im grateful for that everyday. And this family is making everyday count. Nats nottingham cbs news, temple city, california. The study found cancer deaths remain higher in boys with rates 30percent higher than girls. Deaths remain higher in boys with rates of 30 more than girls. Still coming up on cbs2 news at noon, the big day is here for apple fans. We will tell you more about it looks like we will have a pretty good friday the weekend looks beautiful. Right now we have clouds out there and they will stick around for friday night football. Rain chances have gone down. It will be muggy out there but for tomorrow and the iowa game coming to cough, 70 degrees with mostly clear skies. Beautiful weather through the weekend. Get out there and go to the farmers market. Check us out if you go to the game. We have our stage set up. The older we get, the more we measure quality of life by the numbers. So when washington politicians like rod blum keep voting to raise Social Securitys retirement age to 70, its time to pay attention. For years, hes pressed to privatize Social Security, risking seniors guaranteed benefits on the stock market. And blum even supports cutting Social Security benefits. Thats a plan for our seniors that doesnt add up for iowa. Responsible for the content of this message. Responsible im really good at war. I love war in a certain way. Including with nukes, yes including with nukes. I know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. Nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. . R. J. i dont want spencer as my stepfather, and i dont want him for you. Brooke [ sighs ] r. J. , please. I realize this is all rather unexpected. R. J. i walk in, see you two holding each other, and now youre telling me youre engaged to bill spencer . Ridge theres still a lot to discuss. R. J. you cant do it. [ scoffs ] just one look at you two and its clear you two belong together. And what about bills son will, huh . He doesnt even have a voice. Hes still so young. But i do. So listen to me when i say stop feeling whatever youre feeling for spencer. I mean, the numberone thing youve ever taught me was that

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