Anything should be brief this morning but later on this afternoon, some of the storms further to the west could be moving in, north of highway 20, and there could be downpours. A low chance during the lunch hour. North of highway 20 today. Otherwise, it will be dry with plenty of sunshine, and there is going to be plenty of humidity around as well. Temperatures are going to be rising into the 80s this afternoon. The warmest conditions we have seen in about a week and it is going to be very, very muggy we have that low chance for storms rain chances will actually be increasing through the week. I will let you know which day july and early august. August. Sunday morning at about five witnesses told officers a black male walked into a mcdonalds with a handgun and left with cash and personal items. Officers didnt find a suspect and crimestoppers is offering a thousand dollar reward. Reward. At least four businesses in iowa city have been robbed over the last month and a half. Police say culvers along highway one, pancheros on Riverside Drive and another mcdonalds along mormon trek have all been sites of armed robberies. Police havent said if any of those are related. A kalona woman is dead after an atv crash over the weekend. Weekend. Police responded to the crash at 100 shilo drive around 1230 saturday morning. The crash report says the driver was 28yearold alex merrit from iowa city and he lost control of the atv on private property throwing him and 22year old Elizabeth Lenton from kalona off the atv. Lenton died and merrit was taken to uihc. The crash is still under investigation. A jail in california is not changing its security protocol despite a shooting that left two officers wounded. Wounded. Officials say an exconvict opened fire while waiting to visit someone at the Fresno County jail on saturday,the two officers were shot in the head and neck areas. The suspect has been booked on attempted murder and other charges. Witnesses in the scene. Officers wounded. Officials say an exconvict opened fire while waiting to visit someone at the Fresno County jail on saturday. The officers were shot in the head and neck areas. A suspect has been booked on attempted murder and other charges. Witnesses in the jail describe a hectic scene. Everybody was they were defenseless. Everyone in there. No help came. Not fast enough. Help did come. He had already done. It made no sense. Saying it makes no sense. Do you know what i mean . It makes no sense that is not supposed to happen in that area at all. The officers are in the hospital this morning. Right now officials will not say why the suspect attacked. They say that he is a gang member who spent 16 years in prison for sex offenses. Former Stanford University swimmer brock turner returned to his home in ohio. He was seen there sunday after being released from jail in serving three months for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. He served half of that six month sentence because he got credit for time served and good behavior. The sentence created outrage because many people thought that it was too lenient. There is a Campaign Underway to recall the judge who sentenced him. South korea says that their rivals to the north fired three Ballistic Missiles off of the eastern coast in a show of force as the g 20 economic summit kicks off in china and north korea regularly fires missiles and rockets into the sea when the world is focused on the region. Several World Leaders including officials from the United States are gathering in china. The summit in china got off to an awkward start for american officials. Just after landing, a chinese official yellow that National Security advisor susan rice and tried to block her from joining the president s motorcade. Prompting the secret service to intervene. Also russia has pulled back from an initial agreement with the usa that would have ended a syrian air attack on their own starting cities. President obama admitted America Needs russia if it has any chance of getting the suffering in syria. If we do not get some buyin from the russians on reducing the violence and easing the humanitarian crisis, that it is difficult to see how we get to the next phase. Obama and Vladimir Putin met today. They agreed to keep working on a deal for a ceasefire. The board of regents says that his plan for a Budget System would better inform students about their tuition because of the unpredictability from lawmakers. The board of supervisors overseas iowa of three public universities and Board Members say could be harder to predict how much money the legislature will give each year to higher education. Student representatives from the schools were frustrated with the board decision to at the university of iowa this week marks a big milestone the recovery of the floods of 2008. Comedians steve martin and martin short will perform in the new building. That show is sold out. Its and right now in its degrees. Degrees. Coming up next. The College Professor helping with move in day in a way that few other people can. We upped the ante at culvers to create the new crispy southwest chicken sandwich. Topped with spicy pepper jack cheese and jalape . O ranch. On a lightly buttered, toasted ciabatta roll. The perfect cheese for pepper jack is going to be creamy and mild, and its really going to tone down the spiciness of the peppers. Youre going to taste the cheese first, and then youre going to get just a little bit of warmth from the peppers. Its really good. A bold new flavor and only here for a limited time. Mmmhmm. It is 6 08 am august labor day monday and it is a beautiful start across eastern iowa, the sunrise right now over the city of cedar rapids, some of the clouds in the sky. There is also a warm start with temperatures in the 60s. It is already 66 in waterloo come 64 dubuque, and 66 and the core. We have some warmer air that has moved and so throughout the day, youre really going to be feeling like it is summer once again and we had a taste of fall are back into the heat and humidity with temperatures climbing to 80 at noon, 85 by 3 00 today, and we do have some moisture in the atmosphere, which is indicated here are by the showers and storms moving through portions of the state this morning. Mainly north of highway 20 and really just and portions of western and central iowa but in parts of eastern iowa, we are seeing showers and storms north of new hampton and Chickasaw County and we could see some of this this morning but there is another chance later on this afternoon that we could see showers and storms close to noon time, north of highway 20, really the area that i think is going to be impacted by the rain today. It should be very brief in nature, and most of the day will be dry. Otherwise warm air will move in with winds out of the south and they will be kicking at about 10 Miles Per Hour to 20 Miles Per Hour so it will be present but it is going to b associate with a storm system that will likely stall over the midwest, over the next couple of days, leading to multiple rounds of showers and storms. As the front thieves creeps closer, rain chances will increase through the middle of the week and the highest chances are going to be later on tuesday night, into that is when we will start to see showers and storms developing and we could see some tomorrow afternoon, but the highest chances are going to come on wednesday. Because we have so much moisture in the atmosphere, it is going to lead to the potential for heavy rain, flash flooding a concern, and some river flooding could occur after we have the heavy rainfall in Northern Iowa a couple of weeks ago. There is that concern for some of the rivers. By about wednesday night, we could be talking on about inches to 1 inch of rain areawide and the models are syrian ruling in that the Northern Area could see the heaviest rain but we still have time to really determine where the heaviest rain will fall. There are some uncertainties but as we go through the end of the week, another chance for rain on friday will bring the potential or possibly an additional 1 inch of rainfall areawide. Flooding could be a concern this week. Heavy rainfall potential definitely exists but for now it is pretty calm, mostly dry day, pretty warm and muggy with temperatures falling close to 70 degrees, and areawide, tonight, muggy conditions will last through the day today, through the night, and over the next couple of days. The chance for rain increases the week, with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. We will have a break, in between systems on thursday, so we will have dry time and then the rain chances go up on friday but the light that likely leads to drier and fall like air moving back into the area by this weekend. State have already started their first year of college. The new students at grant wood they were greeted with smiles and a professor to help them move in. Eric hansen introduces us to the english expert unlike any other. Reporter three months after graduation. Next chapters start in the unloading zone outside of dormitories, three stories tall. A lot of first aid stub. They are nervous, excited. Reporter it does not take an english professor trepidation. Reporter two cents the day is also physical. I will take that. Reporter plenty of campuses recruit football guys to help. But at grandview university, lineman find themselves in all. That english professor with a thing for frigidaires. Will take that refrigerator. Reporter the literary novel is huge. Spots a whirlpool or kenmore pull in . [notes nats paulpulling upclip 3823 29. 37][duration 0 02] he pounces. [notes natspaul outsideclip 3784 15. 04][duration 0 01]but his real ambition each august [notes natspaulsetting down smallclip 3830 33. 36][duration 0 01] reinforcements. [notes nats paul with roger dadclip 3851 40. 46][duration 0 05] . I would love to take that for you. Seriously . Reporter fathers and daughters show up with reinforcements. But i do not need a card. That is almost sacrilege. You are one. Reporter with him flexing, they pull up a futon and watch. I am in the grill. Reporter he has had monster refrigerators. It was this tall 30 was awful. It actually tore my hands up. Reporter they were not quite legal. It was full of beer. I will not talk about that. Reporter they are mostly 60 pounds, ready for cold pizza. s goal is to carry them all. I am up says. I am drawn to them like a magnet, like a refrigerator magnet. [ laughter ] reporter in two hours he shouldered 15. It has got to be on the third floor. Reporter most to the top floor. Lightning below for grandview its now on this morning. Morning. And if youre in its degrees. Degrees. Still to come. The action lawmakers are expected to get done once the return to washington during an election year. Year. Wanted to dedicate her life to cancer research. But when she started working in a lab at huntsman cancer institute. She discovered her family has a genetic mutation. Which means a very high risk of cancer. And that discovery came just in time. To possibly save her mothers life. This segment is sponsored by huntsman cancer institute. 2 51 22 i was welcome back its now were taking a look at your . . . . . . . Your . . . . . . . Welcome back. We are taking a look at a beautiful shot of a sunrise right now in cedar rapids. It is 63 degrees here. It sounds like it is definitely going to be more human of a day. Over dubai they have opened the Worlds Largest indoor theme park trying to attract more tourists. It is banking on big thrills jan jensen it looks at the Serious Business of the fun in the sun. It has already got the biggest buildings, the biggest shopping malls. Now dubai wants to have the biggest thrills. This is the citys newest amusement park, img worlds of adventure. It is a 1. 5 million squarefoot indoor theme park, as big as 28 football fields, billed as the Worlds Largest. We wanted this to be an icon for dubai itself and an icon for the region. Reporter privately owned power cost over 1 billion and took three years to build. This is the raptor. Reporter we got a sneak peek before it opened. I can feel my heart racing. Reporter it meant no lines and no weight. I am a little scared. Reporter the centerpiece roller coaster is so big that it cannot fit under one roof. Miles per hour in 2. 5 seconds. The park also features characters by marble and Cartoon Network owned by cnn parent company. It is not the only player in town. The largest integrated entertainment destination in the region. Reporter dubai parks and resorts is set to open later this year, massive 3. 5 billion development. Analysts say that theme parks are part of a plan by the dubai rulers to diversified the citys economy through tours them. Dubai has a lot to offer, with malls and the sun and sand but beyond that, you need to offer something that keeps the tourists busy for longer and entertainment in particular, theme parks, is one of those. Reporter she says that they could receive 18 million visitors by 2021 and may one day compete with orlando. Previous attempts failed. Construction of the Universal Studios theme park in dubai was stalled after the financial he believes his parka got it right, hoping for 12,000 customers a day the first year. With children and big kids. That was awesome. Well done. Reporter looking for the biggest thrills of the region. I am ready to go again. Reporter john jensen, cnn, dubai. I think my favorite part is that guy riding th coaster with cufflinks and a tie tied to the topic i would be terrified. [ laughter ] 6 22 am and 64 degrees. Still to come, the heartbreaking birthdate omaha for the boy who died at disney world this summer. It is going to be mostly dry labor day but it will be hot and humid. We do have showers and thunderstorms through parts of the state this morning. I will let you know who could expect downpours this afternoon in the weather first forecast after the break. Cbs2 connects with the quarter. Call us at one 800 222 cbs2 connects with the quarter. Call us at one 802 two 280 it is 6 25 am on this labor day morning. We have a couple of showers and storms on the radar right now. In porches of western and central iowa, have started to move in further to the east. Just to the west of winneshiek parts of Chickasaw County, north avenue hampton this morning. We could see down downpours but the better chance is actually going to come around noon time, north of highway 20. There could be downpours in the area for the lunch hour. If you have picnics planned or are going to be outdoors, you may have to dodge them but they should be pretty brief and out pretty quickly in the be a pretty muggy day today. Temperatures will be the warmest they have been in about a week. We will at about 69 degrees at 9 00, 80 by noon time, 85 by 3 00, and the rain chances will be going up up by tomorrow, especially tomorrow night, into wednesday. It stays warm and muggy with temperatures in the 80s through friday. Another chance for rain on friday but that leads to a drier and less humid weekend by saturday and sunday. Ever is in the works by a company in scranton pennsylvania. North American Manufacturing has been working on the flag for the last six months. When it is finished it will be 40 feet tall, 90. 5 feet wide. The Current Record holder for the biggest flag flew over new york city last year. North American Manufacturing owners saw it firsthand and realized it would be easy for him to make a flag bad. So he decided to do it. They hope to have applying north to the north in scranton it up as it weighs 100 pounds. Think about how big each star is. They look pretty much like you would stand in the middle and still have plenty of room. That is amazing. Right now on cbs 2 this morning. The federal representatives heading back to washington dc. Senator joni ernsts reaction minutes after donald trump calls a fellow senator weak. The latest athlete to protest the National Anthem by kneeling down. Welcome to right now on cbs2 this morning, the federal representatives going back to washington dc. The standard reaction minutes after donald trump calls a fellow senator weak. National anthem welcome to cbs2 this morning. A look at 380 at 42nd street. Not too many people out there this morning on this labor day monday. I am kelly dambrosio. I am kevin barry. Thank you for joining us. Lets get a check of the weather first forecast with rebecca kopelman. A good morning. Good morning. If you have the day off want to be outside, it is going to be a pretty good day but you are probably going to be sweating because it is going to be warmer out there today. We had a break from the heat and humidity but it is coming back and you will start to notice that through the rest of the day. Right now, a nice sunrise, 63 degrees, in the city, and elsewhere, we are in the 60s. It actually warmed up close to 70 degrees in charles city, waterloo, and in tama. We have more moisture in the atmosphere and we can see that by showers and storms moving to portions of western and central they were stronger overnight but have started to weaken a bit. We have some activity moving through parts of our area, close to Chickasaw County, and they could be moving into portions of winneshiek but they have been falling apart. Later on this afternoon we could see it makes it in north of highway 20, a chance for showers and storms this afternoon. They should be rather brief. Otherwise it is going to be breezy out there. We will have the sunshine but it is going to be warm and muggy with the warmest temperatures we have seen in about a week with high areawide. It is going to be a good labor day, a warm one, but we have the chance of showers and storms of through parts of the week. I will let you know the rain chances highest coming up in the fall weather forecast. Democratic state leaders are getting ready for the november election. They are not just focusing on the white house. Stephanie johnson tells us what they are focused on. Elections will be here before we know it and Democratic State leaders want to focus on education. Stopped in