Un. Still headlights on i 380 but traffic looking good so far. Welcome to cbs2 this morning. Im kevin barry. Justin roberts hows it looking. Clouds, mix of sun and clouds, through the day. Scattered shower and thunderstorms move back in this afternoon and evening. Our temperatures in the upper 60s. Thats kind of where stayed parked as of late and thats, of course, the dewpoint is in those upper 60s so the temp wont get any lower. We are seeing cloud cover. 6degrees in eastern iowa airport. Here at Broadcast Park we are at 69 degrees in the corner of collins and sea avenue. There is a little reduced visibility far eastern iowa around jones and b dubuque as well as the scott and 77 in oelwein. Six in waterloo. 70 iowa city. Winds south and easterly 510 through the day today. Local radar and satellite, a little light moisture north of tama up towards southern groundy county. Heres the state wide pictures. A lot of humidity today. One of the by products will be popup shower and Storm Chances. 83degrees, partly sunny patchy fog this morning. Clouds build into the later well talk about it with predictor and let you know about the chance for heavy rains coming up in about 10 minutes time. New this morning, a false alarm in lax send hundreds running for cover overnight. Following reports of an active shooter. But police say no gunman was found and no shots fired. Now, Officials Say the false reports started with loud noises and theyre still trying to figure out what seen running from the airport and flights were grounded. Also new this morning officials in brussels saying a reported explosion outside the Criminology Institute was likely an attempt to destroy evidence. Right now 5 people are being questioned no one was injured. The country has been on high alert since last march when terrorists killed 32 people in attacks at an airport and subway. A dubuque man who is the suspect in a brutal sexual assa killinghas just been transferred to a facility in the corridor for a psychiatric. Evaluation. Two months ago, a judge decided Helmon Betwell wasnt competent to stand trial in the murder of 66yearold nancy krapfl. Court documents show he told police he did it because he had Nothing Better to do and the victim was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Time. Betwell is now at the iowa medical and Classification Center in coralville. State Officials Say the facility only has 18 beds and a waiting list with 11 two months is fairly normal. Right now iowa is trying to figure out why so many released inmates become repeat offenders. New information from the department of corrections shows an increase in inmates going back to prison. The study tracked offenders let go from work release and prison who ended up back behind bars within three years. That number has increased and last year about 15hundered inmates returned. Nearly 10percent of eastern iowans are uninsured leaving more than 10thousand cedar ra healthcare. That could soon change as a new initiative is unveiled. The name of the program is cr careavan. Its goal is to help the homeless and uninsured in cedar rapids get the Proper Healthcare they need. It starts with giving away basic needs. If i bring somebody some deodorant or toothpaste or bandaids or a hat or gloves, then hopefully theyll allow me to engage them in conversation and in the conversation, i can help link them with community resources. Resources. The program will begin november first and incorporating Healthcare Professionals and social workers. In the meantime the cr careavan plans to continue to meet basic needs for people in the corridor. The longterm goal is to work with medical professionals social workers and universities to better understand the Homeless Population and how those people can be helped. You can understand the Homeless Population and how those people can be helped. You can find out mr. About the plans on our website cbs2iowa. Com. The former democratic candidate for president was this time, though, it was for democrats in iowa at the Progress Iowa corn feed. Former Maryland Governor martin sot Martin Omalley 01 22 10 21 the truth is from the first days of his campaign hes tried to set truth is, from the first days of this campaign hes tried to set himself up as the guy who talks about americas a country thats you know, his appeal says demeaning things about variouseth fic groups or people because of their religious background. Had speeches from all candidates vying for a spot in congress. Monica vernon praised ash ton couchers message when he stumped for Hillary Clinton in cedar rapids the day before. Iowans were not the kind of people that kick people when theyre down. Were the kind of people that take care of theyre down. Thats why im running for cong congress. Other candidates and thats why im running for congress. Other Candidates Like Senate candidate patty judge spoke at that event. Iowas republicans met this weekends in the state capital. Senator ernst led around 400 people on a 42 mile motorcycle ride around des moines. It was headlined by donald trump. So meanwhile the republican nominee says hell give a speech this wednesday on illegal immigration in arizona. Trumps position on whether or not to desport the estimated 11 Million Immigrants in the u. S. Illegally has been unclear in the past week. He recently said at a rally his position can be softening. Hes also set to spend 10 million on commercials in the next week or s in nine important swing states. Our mission at cbs2 is to connect th candidates to our viewers to better inform and empower you. We reached out to the candidates and their campaigns to participate in extended interviews not only with our station, but with our sister stations across the know from the candidates. Please share your thoughts with us by email or facebook. Right now south florida is bracing for possible flooding. Flooding. A Tropical Storm is churning off the coast threatening the southern part of the state with several days of heavy rain. The storm was last tracked 60 miles south of key west and is heading another Storm Hurricane gaston is getting stronger but forecasters say it doesnt pose any threat to land. A bus carrying Flood Recovery workers from new orleans to baton rouge crashed into a fire truck and three other vehicles yesterday. Two people were killed and nearly 40 others injured. State police say the bus driver was a 37yearold honduran man whod entered the us illegally. Hes expected to be charged with two counts of negligent homicide. Cbs 2 news has been tracking th becoming a Police Officer in eastern iowa. Many police stations say theyre getting fewer recruits to join the force and thats happening around the nation too. Too. Police in san jose, california are working around the clock forcing some officers to sleep in rvs near the station. They say over time is mandatory and they cant drive all the way home to sleep and return on time. The Department Says there are too many shifts and not enough officers. They should be waking up and seeing their kids and seeing the family. And thats not happening. And its not happening because we are absolutely at an emergency state when it comes to staffing staffing. City leaders in san jose call it a growing crisis. Some officers are working 17 hour days. Right now theyre trying to push a proposal to hire more people. Its and right now in its degrees. Degrees. After the break. The best ways to mak kids arent hurting themselves heading to school. School. In your cbs 2 weather led lines away start with a partly sunny sky out there. Some areas of fog this morning. Most of that out of forecast by 9 00. It is muggy today, highs in the mid80s and we do have a high humidity factor so youll notice the moisture as you step outside this morning. And some later storms in the afternoon but more so in the iv continuing through the overnight hours. Heres the hour by hour numbers. 76 at 10 00. 79 around lunchtime and high of 83 this afternoon. With some scattered showers and thunderStorm Chances. When its not raining well see the mix of sun and clouds. Right now in cedar rapids a steamy start to the day. 68degrees wins are calm and humidity is rather high. 100 . Oelwein the same. 64 in waterloo. Around the state of iowa. 82 in des moines and fort dodge. 83 in spencer. 85 cedar rapids. Mid80s around burlington. We do have a cold front thats moving through the midwest here and that frontal boundary is what will kick off scattered showers and thunderstorms. Thats going to continues to sag to the south. We are seeing some scattered show twin cities this morning were seeing more scattered showers around nebraska. Heres a little wider view and theres the main focal point of our weather week ahead with this area of low pressure and some of those scattered showers. Were watching scattered shower and thunderstorms down to the south and west but those shouldnt be a factor for us through the next couple days. So as this front moves on through, behind it the winds are out of the north and west. Thats where theyll come from through the day tomorrow. Now, to say drier means not as muggy. But well still have scattered showers. Moisture moves out and High Pressure settings in great weather for wednesday through saturday. Four days in a row. Heres predictser and by 2 00, 3 00 in the afternoon i suspect well have popup shower and thunderStorm Chances. Some of the strongest of witch would be here by 5 00 or 6 00 talk about. Biggest threat will be periods of have rain as the humidity continues to build. Tomorrow morning, a little break here and there and well keep scattered showers around lieu lunchtime on tuesday. Most of the moisture moves out tuesday afternoon. Skies clear tuesday night into wednesday. Low 80s in the north. Low to mid80s in south. Partly cloudy and muggy with stray storms, southeast wind today at 510. Better chance of storms this evening with clouds storms and tomorrows forecast, upper 70s, lower 80s. Cloudy skies. Storms army part of the day. We are cooling and clearing through the afternoon. Heres your extended forecast. 63 with a clearing sky tuesday night. Upper 70s wednesday. Thursday, and friday, were finding temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. Should be a fantastic day weather youre going down to fryfest or whatever you have planned for friday. Friday night football looks great, as well. Saturday perfect for opener for the hawkeyes and cyclones, youll be dealing with a little bit of rain in ames saturday evening but not a huge chance. Better night overnight saturday into sunday. Full details at cbs2iowa. Com. There is a lot mr. To backpacks than some parents may think. As many eastern iowa students are Bowe Bergdahl in school for a second week doctors warrant families to think about the childrens backpack. Yeah, Kenneth Craig explains their childrens back. Reporter 9yearold Jackson Montgomery is getting ready to start fifth grade with a new backpack. His father was concerned about picking the right one. Theres no doubt, you know, once you put in even just the lunch things and all the other things you know, not even talk about heavy books theyre carrying a decent amount of weight. Reporter this one is designed to carry more weight and evenly distributed it has more traps and come parts. 5400 kids are treated each year for backpack injuries. Many sprains and strains to the shoulder or lower back. Avoid messenger bags use a bag with two wide padded straps and make sure the bag is not too heavy. Take the childs weight and do around 10 or even less if you can but usually hard. As a good approximation. Reporter the American Academy of pediatrics also suggests adjusting the backpack heavy items try to center the lower backpack to sort of distribute the weight. Jackson says he loves his new backpack. sot Jackson Montgomery, 9 years old, 5th grader it kinda helps me in school with those big books you carry back and forth. And hes using one that he and his dad feel good about. Kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. Kids who have to carry a lot of books might want to consider a backpack that rolls. But remember theyll still have to carry them up and down stairs stairs its now on this morning. Morning. And if youre in its degrees. Degrees. Coming up next. The latest way science is fighting back against the zika virus. Coming up next on cbs2 the latest way science is fighting researchers believe they could have a key tool in battling the welcome want research believe they could have a new key tool in battling the zika virus. Theyre now using special mosquitoes in california to stop the disease. Reporter Mosquito Control teams in this california neighborhood are trying a new tactic to battle the bugs that carry the zika virus. It is a vector of some very serious diseases historically yellow fever and now more recently zika virus. Reporter scientists are of scientifically altered male mosquitoes to mate with females which can carry the zika virus. The altered males carry a bacteria witch prevents the females from reproducing. The females art only ones who bite people and spread disease. So the eggs are not viable. They wont hatch. Reporter a lab in kentucky injected the male mosquitoes with the bacteria and shipped them to california. Are these all the same species . These are. Reporter researches expect the mosquito population will mosquitoes strategically against zika if it appears. Maybe you start to see disease transmission in a certain area. You can go to that area and release the mosquitoes. Thousands more altered mosquitoes left to deploy. Chris martinez, cbs news, clovis, california fresno countys Mosquito Control is so far the only program in the nation to use modified mosquitoes from the species that carries the zika v. Likely see the altered bugs thats really interesting if the project is successful they say well likely see the altered bugs used in florida. Ive never known how much im didnt want to be round a little tube worth of mosquitoes until we saw that piece. But its Interesting Technology and kind of a unique way to fight back. Yeah, its 6 22, 69 degrees in riverside. Still to come, the latest information about how concussions get progressively dangerous. Mother nature says a little bit the day today. Take a look at the bus stop forecast. Well have some partly cloudy skies, little patchy fog and 69 degrees. We will also have 100 chance e. Just about 6 25 we have a towards the east. Right now cedar rapids, 68. 70 down in iowa city. Dubuque, they have 65 degrees. Clouds, northeast winds at 3. And way up north, 64 degrees them mostly clear skies southeast winds at 3 this hour. Heres your bus stop forecast. Then well jump right into the 7 day. 72, some patchy fog this morning apps the kids get dropped off to recess time will feature mix of sun and clouds, 79. About 83 degrees today as we pick the kids up from school. There are going to be a few scattered shower and thunderStorm Chances this afternoon. 67 better chance of rain tonight. 80 tomorrow after some morning storms. We will do some clearing in the afternoon. 78 wednesday. Smooth sailing upper 70s for thursday, friday and saturday. Just an itty bite rain chance for saturday evening. Better chances late overnight and through the morning sunday were take like at some of eastern iowas top stories. Crews will begin the final stage of construction this season on first avenue in cedar rapids. Today crews will start to mill down old pavement and apply the first layer of asphalt. There will be one lane of traffic in each direction. Drivers will also be restricted on where they can turn left on this stretch of road so finding an alternate route is advised. Project is expected to be finished by octobe the iowa utilities board approved the largest wind energy project. The des moines based mid american energies behind the 3. 6 billion wind turbine operation plan. It will generate 520,000 homes with of energy. The stadium came alive with the first ever concert. Several stars there to perform but the highlight was a thomas rhett was performing and called on a friend to help him. And out walked ashton kutcher. He took over sing the song and they brought out two beers on stage as well. They chugged them together. The continues earth was a fundraiser for the nonprofit native fund that benefits iowans in need. Hes a fative of eastern iowa. 30 of this was the rhetts facebook page. Coucher was wearing an iowa t shirt and baseball cap. He can carry a tune. Its 6 27 right now. Thats a great way to put it. In riverside, 69 degrees outside. Coming up after the break the im patty judge, washington has changed Chuck Grassley, try and ask him. The senate is broken. Why are you leading all the obstruction . If you get your way and defund planned parenthood, where am i going to get my cancer screenings . If im paying more for medicine because your medicare plan passes, how do i afford that . Are you even listening . I approved this message because, chuck, right now on cbs 2 this morning. The Cedar Rapids Group fighting back to end violence while right now on cbs2 the Cedar Rapids Group fighting back to end violence while kids are going back to school. The developing story after an nba stars relative is shot and killed in chicago. But First Amendment battle happening atle of the of iowa right now. Welcome to cbs2 this morning. Heres a live look at i 3808 965. Everyone out and about this dambrosio. Lets get a check of our cbs 2 violence has claimed too many group wants it to stop. Stop. Cbs 2 News ReporterStephanie Johnson is live in cedar rapids to explain how