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Branstad will give this years condition of the state address, laying out his priorities and goals for the state this year. Year. My cbs 2 this morning co anchor kevin barry gives us a preview of what we can expect from the capitol in des moines. Moines. People across the state are paying attention to the condition of the state address speech this year after the 2015 legislative session ended with governor vetoing bi partisan bill continuing Education Funding. Now with Education Funding still an important issue, both parties are back in des moines for 2016 with new issues to tackle the last legislative session was very disappointing in how governor branstad handled the toing Education Funding. Really rushing ahead with this Medicaid Expansion in a way that even the federal government said he needed to slow down. Recently the governor talked about his plan to ship some money from Education Funding to efforts to improve iowas water quality, which former democratic governor tom vilsack has supportedits always goingto be about education. Thats 60 of our budget. Theres gonna be alot structure and the issue that seems to be emerging here, governor branstad has put it on the table is the environment and clean water. I think you;re gonna see a healthy debate on that. Tonight follow along with all of our evening news at the cbs new at 5, 6 ,and 10. To see what the governor says in his speech and what lawmakers on both sides of the isle think. In des moines, kevin barry, cbs 2 this morning. If youd like to watch the governors speech live, it will be streaming on our website cbs2 iowa dot com. Its expected to start at 10 am. Also happening today, the president will be giving his state of the union address, and the white house says this years speech is going to be unlike any other weve seen before. Before. President obama is not expected to present a wish list of policies to congress. With republicans firmly in control of congress the president has resorted to executive actions on controversial issues such as minimum wage, immigration and gun control. Tonights primetime speech could include a preview of the next on without Congress Election reform. Youll hear the president talk about making sure that every american has a chance to influence this democracy. Not the select few, not the millionaires and the billionaires, billionaires,the president s speech will begin at 8 and that can be seen live right here on cbs 2. Following the president s remarks, South Carolina governor nikki haley will offer this years republican response. The democratic partys three candidates for the oval office were back in iowa to start the week. Week. It was for the brown and black forum in des moines, covering minority issues in the campaign. Campaign. Much of the conversation had to do with Economic Issues facing minority communities, but they also talked about criminal justice and racial inequality. In the wake of president obamas executive action on gun control all three democrats tried to make their support clear. But on the issue of guns, let me be very clear, i support the president i think we have got to expand and extend and improve the instant background check. Check. One of the reasons im support of president s obamas policies that hes rolled out is that we cannot sit idolly by while 30thousand people die from gun violence. Violence. We do not have to accept the kind of injustice where if you called from a wealthy neighborhood, the Police Always came and they always got out of their car. But if you called from a poor neighborhood, and almost all of them were black, they hardly ever came and they never got out of their car. A number of republican candidates are making stops in eastern iowa today, just weeks before the Iowa Caucuses, in a wide open race. Race. Donald trump is holding a Campaign Rally on the campus of uni this evening. It will be held at the west gym at 6. Doors open at 4thirty. Rick santorum is making several trips in eastern iowa as well. Hes on the tail end of a five day swing through the entire state. Today hell start his day with a town hall in the Independence Public Library at noon. The former pennslyvania senator will then attend private events in both cedar rapids and robins. The polls this cycle but actually won the Iowa Caucuses in 2012. A pair of candidates will be hosting events in coralville todayin just a few hours at 8 thirty, jeb bush will speak at the coralville public library. And this afternoon, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee will make an appearance at the American Legion post number 721, at one. The stage has been set for this thursdays next round of gop debates, and only seven candidates will take the stage in the primetime bout. And thats not sitting well with everyone. Rand paul and Carly Fiorina were both relegated to the early debate. Paul said hell now skip the event altogether, saying he wont participate in a secondtier faceoff. Its a rotten thing to do to try and designate which candidates have a chance and dont, and so we will not participate in anything thats not firsttier. Fox business network, who is hosting the event in South Carolina, released criteria that paul did not meet. They wanted the top six candidates from the five Major National the top five in either iowa or new hampshire. The main debate starts on thursday at 8. Dont forget, there will be much more political news in the last weeks before the caucuses on iowa in focus. You can watch it sunday morning at 10thirty, on cbs 2. In dubuque duduquepolice say a woman used a baseball bat to kill her exhusband. Husband. 62yearold Dolores Flynn was taken into custody yesterday afternoon. Shes charged with Second Degree murder for the death of 72yearold gary breckenridge. Investigators say flynn allegedly admitted to family members that she attacked breckenridge on january 4th. If convicted, she could face up to 50 years in prison. The Cedar Rapids Police Department Hopes to have a final policy on body cameras by the middle of the year. Year. They received a federal grant to buy the cameras last year and should have the cameras soon. But chief wayne jerman says coming up with a policy is taking extra time. Right now, theyre researching different guidelines from departments across the nation. He says the main concern is video is recorded, when, if at all, should it be released . Chief jerman says hes always supported body cameras but knows there are a lot of privacy concerns. 05 44 09we have to be aware of when a camera is activated and when youre dealing with other types of victims, budded to those who are victims of sex assaults and sometimes situations involving minors and children we just have to be very careful carefuljerman says the department will not release ongoing investigations. When it comes to getting a quality education, many say it socioeconomic background. Background. Which is why Cedar Rapids Community School District aders are asking for your help. Tonight, the district is holding an equity conversation open to parents, children and community members. The superintendent asks that people come with ideas on how better. This point, i think we have some and especially those who really understand where we are with the plan and its implementation i think theyve genuinely been happy with the progress. I think in other cases, we probably havent communicated as well as we need to. To. For a more handson approach, the district encourages joining their new task force. Tonights meeting will be at the affican American Museum and starts at 6. We have all the details on our website cbs2iowadot com that includes the next scheduled meeting dates. Now to the university of iowa. Iowa. Have you ever wondered what the beloved hawkeye Football Team is worth in cold hard cash . It turns out, they would be one of the most valuable football programs in the country. Country. A professor determined every teams open market value based on city size, strength of schedule and state growth rate. The iowa hawkeyes were valued at 12th highest, at nearly 440Million Dollars. Ohio state, texas and michigan top the list. But only one team can sit atop the College Football world. And last night in pheonix, the College Football playoff champion. It was a high scoring, backandfourth game until kenyan drake returned a kickoff 95yards for a touchdown with 7 minutes left. That put alabama up two scores and helped the tide hold off a late tiger comeback to win 4540. This is alabamas Fourth National championship in the past seven years. Its still ahead. Where the hawkeyes and`cyclones are finding themselves in the latest basketball rankings. In the middle of a time when senior poverty is increasing. Republicans and some democrats came up with a brilliant idea for cutting costofliving adjustments for Social Security. We said, it will be over our dead bodies if you cut Social Security as president , i will do everything i can to extend the solvency of Social Security and expand benefits for people who desperately need them. Anyone whos lost a dog. Knows it can be heartwrenching. Wrenching. Misha dibono shows us how finding a lost pet, is now as easy, as checking your smartphone. Smartphone. An Animal Shelter is the last place you want to see your pet. But if he or she does get lost, thanks to a new app called finding rover families have a new tool right on their smartphones to ickly find them. Daniel Desousa san diego o unty Animal Services finding rover is facial recognition app. Heres how it works. Once you download the app to your smart phone or tablet, you take a picture of your pet and its scanned into the system. Daniel Desousa San Diego County Animal Services the public can use to registst their dog, and if the dog ever runs away, they can post that their dog has been lost. Using facial recognition technology, the app searches through thousands of images of old and and locate your pet. This is jane. Shes been in the shelter for over a week and is helping us with our demonstration. Daniel Desousa San Diego County Animal Services it looks at 8 different points on the dogs faceif the dog comes into us, we take the same kind of photograph and if that dog has been reported as lost, it makes that connection. And another feature the app will send alerts to be on the lookout for your dog to anyone in your neighborhood who also uses finding rover. And it also works in reverse. Daniel Desousa San Diego County Animal Services if you just see a dog running loose down the street, you can take picture of it and it will still post it that way as well. In fact, in the last 10 days these families have all been reunited with their pets here in san diego via the finding rover app. misha dibono, reporting so heres the best part the app is absolutely free and it takes just nutes. The guy that developed it did it because he wanted to make sure that all these dogs would be reunited with their families. Daniel Desousa San Diego County Animal Services its amazing to see anybody get reunited with their pet. Its a member of their family. We see people break down in tears just because they have been its now on this morning. Morning. After the break what the cyclones are saying as they try to get back on track following a couple losses. Welcome back its now were taking a look at your your heres a look at some of eastern iowas top stories on this morning. In iowa city, the robert a. Lee Community Rec center will continue to stay closed. Repairs and maintenance are taking longer than first originally thought. Thought. It was expected to reopen today, but a delay in the completion of the boiler project is pushing that back. Its now expected to reopen on saturday. In cedar rapids, Kirkwood Community college has received a gift of 80 acres in farmland. Be worth 1point1 Million Dollars. It will be used by the colleges twoyear agriculture program. Income from the farm operation will then be used to create a Memorial Scholarship in honor of the donors daughter, jamie lynn harder. 15 scholarships will be awarded beginning in the spring of 2017. One month ago to the date. Iowa was a cyclone state Montee Morris last second heroics capped a twentypoint comeback for iowa state over the unranked hawkeyes as the number two cyclones stayed unbeaten. But that was december. Januaryy has been dominated by the iowa hawks who moved up to number sixteen in the latest ap top twentyfive rankings and ahead of now number seventeen iowa state. The road doesnt get easier for the clones who play the number two sooners once more and the the number one jayhawks twice. A big reason for the hawks senior guard mike gesell who was honored today as the big tens player of the week. Its the first time gesell has earned the honor in his career the hawks are at Michigan State thursday where theyll look to go fourandoh in conference play for the First Time Since 2001. As for iowa state, theyre back on the road this week, looking to bounceceback from saturdays loss to baylor. But coach prohm and the clones arent worried about rankings or postseason races right now theyre just focused on the next game. This isnt the end of the world, i mean were three games into conference play. Youre not even thinking aboutt he conference championship race until the last two weeks of the e season. Theres a lot of teams, gotta play a lot of people. People. I heard someone say earlier, rome wasnt built in one day. weve had a lot of adversity hit us this year and i dont think were crumbling the uni panthers excited for someee return to normalcy in the month of january after trips to virginia, hawaii and everywhere in between, wednesdays six hour drive to indianna state sounds mighty nice. And coach jake believes that a set routine will bring out the best in his squad. Squad. The travel is starting to wear off. I think the guys are generally feeling a little more rested. And we were completely out of that routine the entire month of december. I think sometimes even though it may feel like youre a long ways away, i think sometimes youre not as far as it might appear. So, my hope is. Have a little better routine, little better rested, and being close that well play better wednesday. Bulls looking for their eighth win over their last ten games against the wizards. But they dont call em wizards for nothing gary neal working his magic. The three and the foul wizards with the early edge. Still second quarter, drose trying to get somethig going for chi town would move to number franchise history. And a high scoring game but not enough as the bulls fall to washington final weather a wind chill advisory is in effect for ne iowa until noona your planner shows whats ahead for the next hoursa temperatures around the areaa statewide satellite radar shows mainly Clear Conditions for the day aheada moving into a closer view with our predictor forecast we flurries this eveninga todays forecast bring us sunny skies with gusty winds our 7 day forecast has a warming temps 30s by the end of the its a chilly day here, justin, and some of you might your car. But check out this poor car owners fate. Fate. Icy water from lake erie, snow, rain and heavy wind created this carcicle the car was spotted parked along route five in hamburg, new york. A lake effect snow band was dumping about two inches of snow per hour in the region yesterday. Good morning again its now still ahead. Ahead. Just how much the new census number in North Liberty surpassed expectations from city leaders. Leaders. Youre watching cbs 2 this morning covering the you got people working incredibly long hours. Median Family Income today 4,000 less than it was in 1999. The bottom line of this economy is that it is rigged. What this campaign is about is to demand that we create an economy that works for all of us rather than a handful of billionaires. If you work 40 hours a week in america, you should not live in poverty. Right now on cbs 2 this morning. Why todays condition of the state address is even more important following last years legislative session. The response from sean penn following his involvement with a notorious mexican druglord. The latest flu warning from Iowa Health Officials as we welcome to cbs two this dambrosio. Lets get a check of our cbs 2 weather first forecast. First weather your planner shows whats ahead a now a live look outside courtesy of our weatherfirst skycama a wind chilly advisory is in effect for ne iowa until the area are cold but warming todaya the current winds around our viewing area are sunny skies with flurries new this mornin