Right now on cbs 2 this morning. How to survive thanksgiving after a very ho after a divisive election. What you can do to get past politics at the dinner table. A new List Software company and a substitute teacher in and court. What they are arguing about days before the trial. Welcome to solon for. Take you for waking up with us. Everyone needs to know. This is the day before thanksgiving. He is busy. We have something to debut here. Yes. He is working on a new graphic. Im focused on at. Lets focus on the weather. We have like rain and drizzle. As you head out and travel, a lot of people were doing that. You can see the temperatures rain instead of snow today. We see light showers. Were going back up to manchester and independents. Look at the rain in cedar rapids. It is 40 degrees right now as we start the day. The temperatures are on the board. It is 40. It is 42 in iowa city and 36 into core nucor. Real quick, i want to show you the satellite radar. The good news is, it moves out of here as we had to the later part of the morning into the afternoon. There is the satellite radar. Here is the planner. You can see the temperatures are in the 40s today. Lets check the highways and byways on your corridor tribute this morning. Lets show you a live look at 380. Traffic is increasing exponentially over the last half hour. It is 49 49 Million People are expected to travel more than 50 miles. A lot of you will do that. The roadways are looking good. In cedar rapids, it is dry not drive but moving. We assume it out. Robbins and hiawatha is looking good. Towards quarter, heating up in north liberty. Things look it there. In the tristate, if you are taking highway 20 or 151, it seems to me doing fine there. 380 and i20, they are looking fine as well. You can download the app and become a part of our community. Drive safely and the skies brightened up today. You want to be more visible to the other drivers. Absolutely. Iq. With the holidays, we will spend time with family. . 49 Million People expecting to travel this holiday week. After such a divisive election table. I am not alone. Matt hamill shows us how we can survive the contention. Reporter while some have taken their emotions into the streets, this week millions will take them home for thanksgiving. We talked to the kiddos. Reporter qualities may come in handy. They are heading for a dinner in denver where she hopes to trump and clinton. We will have zero discussions. We are intelligent. We are well educated and highly opinionated as a family. We are going to spread love. If they talk to each other, we will get it on. Reporter this mom says that silence can be golden but you can discuss 5 08 39 if we decided yes we can talk about it then great, only have it talked about out for only 20 minute mashed potatoes are gone. Will 5 14 29 i definitely think it will be brought to the table at some point. Will says cousins are pro hillary and grand parents ultra conservative hes prepared to leave the table. Will 5 15 14 to me its over over, so you get 24 hours to bawl about it and then you move on with your life. Amelia 5 13 38 honestly im tired of people talking about it. So will you try to shut them down. Yea. I dont think a lot of people will be talking a bout it in my house. leo bulldog at least that way no one gets bitten but the turkey. Jen 5 08 50 make something fun of it so you can go back to the process being a family again. Nat airport please return to gate six for a lost item cj says its also a good idea to keep in mind youll be part of your family long after the next four or eight years so be respectful if you decide to talk politics over the holidays. While youre together taking selfies and pictures of the turkey with your friends and family at thanksgiving we want to see your pictures download our mobile app c thanksgiving photos to see it send it in the menu column. We hope to showcase some of your best pics tomorrow night in our evening newscasts. Earlier this week we showed you the lucky birds pardoned by governor branstad now check out the two turkeys president obama pardons today. Meet tater and tot theyre both from storm lake, iowa right now you can vote on which one will receive the official white house but both will live the rest of their days at Virginia Tech university. Right now its a 5050 tie with 43thousand votes in. You can find a link to that poll on our website cbs 2 iowa dot com. President elect donald trump may have offeredformer president ial adminstration. A person who didnt want to be named says he was offered secretary of the department of housing and urban development. Carson visited trump tower yesterday but previously said he wasnt interested in working in the administration. Trump tweeted out tuesday that hes seriously considering him for the post. We now have breaking news from the trump transition. President elect donald trump has made another offer this morning for his Stephanie Johnson is at the breaking news desk. Stephanie . Sources say trump is going to ask South Carolina governor nikki haley to become the un ambassador. Yes the South Carolina governor have accepted Donald Trumps offer to be the ambassador to the united nations. Haleys limited Foreign Policy experiencegovernor nikki haley would be the first woman hes also the first minority and female governor of South Carolina. The announcement is expected later today. New details this morning federal authorities in back to you. Thank you. The details this morning, as down a number of leads to find out who is responsible for mailing and explosive device to a man this week. The package exploded as the victim opened it before 4 a. M. This morning. We brought to this news yesterday. A motive is not clear. The victim needed surgery but is in stable condition after a student at washington highwill again be in court today. The defense argues her of the trial. That interview on national tv was the main talking point in tuesdays hearing. Her lawyers think it might sway jurors opinions about herthe state says they will not share doctor phils comments about haglin in court. No ruling has been made yet well be back in the court room today be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter for any updates. In northcentral iowa authorities are trying to identify a toddler that found yesterday small town of about 30 people. This little two Year Old Girl was spotted alone barefoot in pink pajamas in the town of galtthats in Wright County about an hour and half north of des moines. The Wright CountySheriffs Office is now looking for a blue honda minivan spotted in town right before this little girl was found. If you know who this child is or and other information call the number on your screen. You can website cbs 2 iowa dot com. In cedar rapids solid waste angency site number onewhich is better known as Mount Trashmore is arguably the best view in town. And next year it could be opening to the public. The Linn County Solid Waste Agency has proposed a lookout near the summit. The 743thousand dollar proposal includes a gazebo landscaping and some work on people would have to sign in at the landfill scale house in order to acess the look out but this is just the start of a more extensive plan. The thing to remember is this is still going to be a working compost yard waste drop off facility as well as a recycleing facility but once we get the overlook completed the next phase will be putting in trails, we hope to have walking trails and Mountain Biking trails, that will be the next phase so people can get up here on their own. 14 a public hearing on the proposal has been set for december 20th at the linn if aproved they hope to start work on the project next spring. Its and right now in its degrees. Still to come an update on that deadly bus crash in tennessee why parents say they complained about the driver before. In your cbs 2 weather first forecast we have. Im working on . I am. Take a look. This is your travel day forecast. It is 44 with rain this morning. It is mostly cloudy and 32. Tomorrow is 41 and cloudy. Take that. The butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. Nothing more, nothing less. So we got the sirloin, the chuck and the plate. No fillers; thats it. All prized cuts, all wellmarbled for richness and flavor. This is where those three wonderful cuts of beef come together. And that seals in the juices of the burger. It doesnt get any better than that. And thats the culvers butterburger. Lets check the forecast before we check the highways and byways. We cloudy skies and rain this morning. We will have most of the rain moving out of the forecast by early afternoon. The temperatures will stay steady and 30s and 40s. It is 42 at lunchtime and a high of 44 degrees this afternoon. The clouds are moving through the forecast. Scattered showers. We have showers in cedar rapids and up towards Fayette County as well. Independence has seen it. Here is the latest road report for the dot. No problems as you travel through the state. We see the log diminish thanks to the rain. The wind is southeast and it feels like 44. It is 42 in iowa city and 38 and waterloo. The wind chill feels like 31. It feels like 33 in waterloo. The highs are 40 and four dodge and 40 in des moines and 49 in burlington and 48 in davenport. There is the low pressure there. You can see that moving through the forecast. The low moves towards the nicest northeast. Of highway 20. That continues to move away and the cold front moves. We will drop to the low 30s tonight and low 40s tomorrow. Where warming nicely. We have a cool date tomorrow with the low 40s and back to the midupper 40s and even low 50s mixed in. There goes the rain. You can keep the clouds in the here is your quarter past. It its now on this morning. And if youre in morning. On this its now its now its now on this morning. And if youre in its degrees. Up next the crucial information you need to know to keep you and your family safe in the kitchen this as you gather with your friends and family polit 6 22. As you rather with friends and family, politics might limits. Cooking safety should always be important. There are more cooking fires on thanksgiving than any other deity or. There is so much cooking and talking, it loses the distraction. Hannah daniels explains what you need to know. Reporter this is one of the many turkey firefighters respond to as fires on thanksgiving. Thats more than 3x the average of any other day during the year. nat sot Evelin Fernandez pipe 1 1 05 11 this is what my arm looks like, both arms track video of evelin . its a lesson Evelin Fernandez learned the hard way when she left a combustible can between her stove burners while making dinner for her family sot 59 22 pipe 1 the pam spray exploded, which caused the stove to explodei felt the flames hit my face track pictures evelins surgeries and a month in the hospital evelyn says she is still dealing with physical and emotional scars that will last a lifetime. nats smoke goal and emotional scars that will last a lifetime. Lets talk turkey safety. No matter how distracted you are this holiday, experts say when in the kitchen, always attention. Unattended cooking is the leading cause of house fires. Fire with water or flour. Instead, this firefighter reporter never oust a cooking fire. This fire fighter places another hand on top of the fire to extinguish the flames. If you like to deeper your turkey, make sure it is away from your house. Do not put it on the porch for a grudge. It should be done defrosted and patted dry. Make sure to check the temperature frequently. The golden role, never walk away while hannah daniels, cbs news. s keep Service Areas free from grease buildup. Even potholders and paper towels, keep it away from the stoves and ovens and put them on a other countertop or Something Like that. It is 6 24. If youre in fairfax, it is 41 degrees. We will look at the new eight bus crash victim in tennessee and why parents were already worried about the driver who is in custody. Look at the airport delays or anything we find this morning. Look at the board. It looks good. Minneapolis and st. Louis and chicago all seem to be moving wind this morning, even denver over at jfk and lax. Look at what is going on. We cloudy skies at a little drizzle. No egg travel woes. It is 40 in cedar rapids and 42 in iowa city. It is 36 in the core. Decorah. It is 38 degrees as the kids get dropped off. The rain moves out this afternoon. The showers are out there this morning and also rain and snow across north and east iowa. Here is the predictor. The moisture by 1 00 or 2 00 this afternoon, we will have clouds this afternoon. Mainly cloudy on tomorrow. It is 41 tomorrow and 44 with worries for friday morning and 29 on saturday. Look at the low 50s sundays even though there is rain for sunday and monday, were in the upper 40s to load low 50s. Thank you. It is 6 28 on this wednesday, the day before thanksgiving. After the break, we will talk right now on cbs 2 this morning. The new allegations from the mother of a bus crash the new allegations run a mother of a bush us crash victim in tennessee, why parents were already concerned about the bus driver in custody. A test in iowa, they are a top priority here. They are preventing kids from bullying classmates. We are taking a live look at the road warrior. Matt larson is driving around this morning to show you conditions. He is heading north on interstate interstate 380 just past collins road. It is wet. There is wet roads and wet sky. Have your lights on. You are focusing on nothing but welcome to solon for. I hope youre waking up well. Lets check in with your forecast now with Justin Roberts and the rain will stick around for a little bit, right . Yes, man. We will have rain through midday and then it will taper off. It is not snow. You never have to shovel rain. That is a good part. Let is looking look at the last one. It is mild. Rain. Light showers north of cedar rapids. We have light rain in manchester and monticello up toward Strawberry Point and west union. We have a little rain this morning as we look at the past 24 hours. Most of the locations have a quarter inch and just shy of a half inch of rain in some point. There is a live look in we are 38 degrees out there with cloudy skies and light rain. It is 42 in iowa city and 38 in waterloo. The wind and southeast, they are turning to the north east and west. The rater, as you see scattered showers but here is the planner. 43 degrees at nine and 42 at 3 this afternoon. It will feature clouds for thanksgiving and cooler temperatures. And amaury, it will be 46 and 39 tomorrow night. We will look at your travel forecast and the roads with a travel check and a minute. Thank you. Another Police Officer is recovering this morning after being shot in the head in an ambush style attack. It happened overnight in detroit. Person of interest is in custody and is being question regarding the shooting. Was investigating thefts off campus and he was ready to radio in. He was the first campus cop to ever be shot on duty. This is the latest in half a dozen shootings that target the police in sunday and many more so in the beginning of the month. A Union Representing the Police Officers voice there concern for shooti he is on leave pending investigation. Officer jones shot this man, Jeremy Mitchell in november. They said mitchell remains hospitalized and is paralyzed. Now the Police Unions tells us they are confident that the grand jury will find no wrongdoing in part a on the part of officer jim. Express hope that this unusual now say they were worried about the driver of a school bus long before he crash the bus into a tree killing five children on board. One of jasmine mateens three children died in the crash. My daughter said right before the bus flipped that he was speeding around the curve and asked them are yall ready to die confirmed if those comments are true. The mom also says she complained several times about the behavior of the suspect Johnthony Walker before the crash. Investigators say walker drove recklessly driivng well above the 30 Miles Per Hour speed limit. This tragedy comes as more schools consider equipping buses with seat belts. As cbs 2 news first reported last month the Des Moines School district added lap and shoulder belts to one recommended adding belts but the high cost is slowing progress the belts costs more than ninethousand dollars . Per bus federal records show on average more than 130people die each year in a crash involving a school bus. More people are dying because of crashes on iowa roads. Last year 320people died in traffic crashes across the state. But this year the number already reached 351 state this year, it is higher at 351 and it is expected to rise higher. Deaths on the roads were decreasing. They say the leaders urge everyone to be extremely careful while tried traveling over the holiday it is one of the busiest travel holidays of the year. We will take a look at the traffic for you. It is 6 37. Lets look at the traffic we on 380. We have a live look traffic is moving. There are more cars out there this morning than usual. This is one of the busiest travel days. Lets look at the roads. We will go down to tippin. It is nice and quiet this morning. Here is cedar rapids, we will go to the address curves curves. We look at what there. Here is highway 30. Things are looking fine. I live look at the metro, things are moving fine. Let us know. Keep us up to date on your morning drive. Thank you. A note found on a car in cedar rapids is making its way around social media. The man who posted this on foot facebook said he and his yesterday when a connect the car, this is what they found on the windshield. He says asking his friends and family who support donald trump to denounce actions like this note. The post has gotten more than 100 reactions in less than 12 hours. The Iowa Department of educations is pauline rose last year. Or than 1700 cases of bullying in the 20 that is up. School districts are seeing the