Theres a backup on i380 near Tower Terrace road. Ad lib thank you justin. For the first time ever, triplea is predicting 100million americans will travel more than 50miles from home this Holiday Season. And while most are driving, the six million who chose to fly may find more security to deal with. The tsa says passengers are more likely to be screened traveling this week, especially for overseas deststations. And now newer body scanning machines are extremely sensitive, and are able to pick up something as simple as handkerchief. Hopefully, it t doesnt back k up the travels to much but security is really at its tops right now. Now. In addition to long lines, Minneapolis Saint Paul International airport had to find their way around a group of protestors s from the group black lives matter. We are now in the final hours away from Christmas Eve and christmas day. All month long weve shown you how different communities are celebrating theolidays were told its the most wonderful time of the year. Year. But as cbs 2 News ReporterMellaney Moore explains, this season can be anything but merry for people in emotional pain. Experts here at the Crisis Center say our culture doesnt easily accept negative emotions and that is magnified this time of the year. Year. This Holiday Season the crisis c cter gave 16 hundred families what they need for a holiday meal. Staff here say many families are financially stressed. Having to decide whether to use their resources for a holiday meal. Or gifts. Or their billslsthe number of crisis line ccls ay consistent, but the call lengths increase this time of year. Experts say some other isolation, guilt, anxiety and grief, but it can he hard to talk about it when you are supposed totoe happy. Take some time for yourself and just remember those self care strategies that you had before and know that you dont have to spend every waking moment with yo family or friends if it is not making you happy. Happppif y y would like to get in touch with the Crisis Center to talk or make a donation, we have information on how to do that on our website cbs 2 iowa dot com. Covering the corridor in n ioio cici, Mellaney Moore, cbs 2 news live at five. This time of year can be stressful for many reasons but there are some ways to help make your holiday stressfree. Stressfree. First its important to ifferentiate seasonal sadness from real depression or anxiety. For stress thats manageable the mayo clinic says to be realistic about your holidays not everything has to be perfect. They say to plan ahead make sure to write out menus and shopping lists so you dont forget an ingredient and take time for yourself. Unplug from technonogy. Even 155 minutes doing something that calms you can go a long way. As if you dont have enough on your plate its important to rember your Christmas Tree needs care. The Cedar Rapids Fire Department t sees morere firerethis time of year. With so many trees up on display with lights on them they can become a fire hazard. Here are some tips to stay safe. Safe. If you have a live tree e keep it away from heat sources thats fire places heat registers, vents, candles, holiday candles. Keep the tree watered check the tree every day makekeure theres enough water in the base of the tree. Tree. Some 200fires are caused by Christmas Trees in the us each year. Cedar Rapids Police want to make sure the four legged friends in your home have a safe holiday. Chocolate and a number of other sweets can be poisonous for your pets, so make sure the garbage is covered. If yououo buy ststking stuffers for your pets, make sure they dont accidentally tear out a squeaker and swallow it. Rescue crewswsin cedar rapids rapidshad to help four people stranded on a sand bar in Prairie Creek after an off roading accident. The Fire Department got the call just before 10 this morning that an amphibious atv flipped over. Rescuers used inflatable boats to get to those who were stranded. Crews tell cbs 2 news it helped that everyone remained calm until rescue crews got em. Deploying a response to a river like this or a creek is difficult becausthere are no boat ramps, were not exactly sure where itit at. So in a situatatn like that, people that are involved in these incidents have to protect themselves until were able to get there. There. No one was hurt in the accident. Fire Officials Say high now with a strong current, so they have to leave the atv in the creek until its safe to retrieve it. The woman facing murder charges chargesfor running over pedestrians on the l lt vegas strip, killing one of them was in court day. 24yearold Lakeisha Holloway is accused of killing Jessica Valenzuela when she drove onto the sidewalk sunday night. 30others were hurt. Police have also charged her with child abuse they say her young daughter was in the car during the rampage. Neither of them suffered any injuries. Cbs 2 news continues s follow the latest polls. Polls. Right now on the democratic side there is a commanding lead for Hillary Clinton after the latest debate on saturday. She holds a 16poininlead er Bernie Sanders 50 to 24. Martin omalley remains far behind with just three percent backing. For republicans a new cnn orc ll released todada large lead. His closest competitor is ted cruz, who is 21points behind the business mogul. Trump is spending some of today defending comments he made about dmeocratic front runner Hillary Clintons loss to president obama in 2008. She was favored to win, and. She got sch d. She lost. Its the latest controversial comment trump has made in his campaign. He took to twitter, claiming it is a word frequently used in politics to mean bebeen badly another republican candiate is making light of critcizing his opponents. Opponents. Rand paul took to twitter as well to air grievences he has about his fellow candidates and the government. This practice is part of festivus, the fictional holiday made popular by the show seinfeld. Paul spared no punches, taking aim at Hillary Clinton and the national secucuty agency. He also took aim jokingly at gets to play way more golf than me and doesnt have to go through tsa lines cbs 2 news has been covering politics since ththeisenhower administration, being the first tv station on the air in cedar rapids. And right now, were building on our broadcasting legacy with another first for viewers. My colleague Scott Sanborn joins us to explain. Scott. Karen, as you know everything is going to the internet. And now, thanknkto a Young Tech Company created in the corridor, cbs 2 is the first to stream our live local newcasts and Popular Network programming 24 7 in this market. Syncbak is the brainchild of jack perry, a man who has spent the last six years working with station owners, studio heads and the networks to develop technology to allow you to view everything we do on any device you have. Sot script it can be mobile devices like smartphones or platforms like xboxes and playstations, or it can be omecast or applpltv. Cbs not only worked with us to build the technology, gave us unprecedented access to their engineering team, but they also as well came an investor in the cocoany and said we believe in what youre doing and we want to help you get there. There. Youll see how this new Technology Works and where you can get it right now on created in the corridor, corridor,tonight on cbs 2 nene teteat 10 coming up on live at 5. The explanation for that mysterious fireball seen in the skies last night. Night. Meanwhile, this i ias commuters head home on this beautiful night in the corridor. Lets check in with justin with that travel forecast. Praised as one of americas best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. Bernie sanders passed more amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member. To strengthen veterans healthcare. Bernieieanders. A consistent, principled, and effective leader. Building a future to believe in. Cbs 2 this morning. Researcherer have found new benefefs of a very simple technique, that could improve the health of both mothers, and their newborn babies. Thats tomorrow we finally have an explanation for that mysterious fireball that went viral last night. Experts say it was part of a Russian Rocket that burned up as it reentered the earths atmosphehe. They sasait likely detached from the craft bringing materials to the station. Still ahead live at five. The touching story of how kids helped to o keep a shelter for pets on their last chance alive, and how theres still work to be done. This is a live look at theres more news ahead when today,one of our cbs 2 news crews was out and about shooting a story, when they bebetiful. They found a couple of kids, who decided to give back this year in an amazing way. Cbs 2 News Reporter joy howe is here tonight to explain. Lala hope Animal Shelter in cedar rapids was in danger of having to move, but fortunately, their Community Stepped up to help and that includes two very young animal lovers, who stopped in today. Today. When athena and joel sheets came into last hope animal rescue. nat pop they said they saw a puppy on the rescues Facebook Page they wanted to help and pulled out their own money. Nats clip 0098vi sosoow much do you have . 125 dollars. Oh my gosh 21. 36. 28. 15 the volunteers here couldnt believe it, the christmas gift, that would make any animallover, pause. Girl athena 21. 38. 25. 21 we have our own dog, andf he got sick like this, i bet anybody would donate money for him. So we thought we should do this for him, too. 21. 38. 35. 26 boy joel 21. 39. 08 great christmas, and have a dog in their life 21. 38. 15. 14 mom 21. 39. 35 im very proud of them, very proud. The puppy is obiwan appropriately named, along with his brothers luke skywalker, and hah solo, rescued from texas. These two, e doing just fine. Obiwan were hoping that the force will be with obi wan i guess 21. 15. 51. 05 is still fighitng. 21. 12. 23. 10 we will take cases that cost thousands of dollars and we know thdt money will never get recouped, but its all for ththanimals and the animals life. So whatever we can do, were going to do it. 21. 12. 34. 05animals from all over the world come here like barclay, from egpyt, when he was covered in thirddegree burns, after someone threw acid on n him. Now, hes on his way to having a new family by the new yearits just an amazing organizationat one point, la hope feared after christmas, theyd have totoshutut down here andndove. But people in the community got wind, and stepped up to donate. Jeanne butz from our animals, and our family, were big animal lovers 21. 10. 01. 21 not just money, eier. I mean, who christmas . 21. 23. 37. 2they t td us, its because they see it. I really appreciate everything that last hope does 21. 10. 01. 21 the love for animals here, goes beyond the scars. It doesnt discriminate what you look like or even, how old you are. This christmas, lasashope, has an everlasting message give some love, and watch it come back around. Last hope has last hope has raised enough for a down payment, but they need the money totoay off their building. You can find out how to donate, on our website. Joy howe, cbs 2 news. The cedar rapids animal control is also making it easy for you to adopt pets. Managers there tell cbs 2 news, they have dozens of cats and dogs in need of a forever home. Next week it will cost 25dollars to adopt a spayed or neutered cat, 5 5dollars for a dog. The sale lasts through new years day. Heres a live look outside at Broadcast Park and the rain coming down. Justin will have and well be back here at 6 praised as one of americas best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. Bernie sanders passed more amendmenen in a republicacacongress than any other member. Cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengtden veterans healthcare. Bernie sanders. A consistent, principled, d effective leader. Building a future to believe in