Big crash crashalong interstate 80 Near West Branch sunday. Sunday. It shut down the west bound lanes while crews cleared the crash site. Site. Viewers sent us these waiting in a long line of cars. Right now the state patrol says three separate crashes happened involving more than 30 cars. Three people were hurt but authorities are not saying how seriously. All three collisions are being investigated. In central iowa a man was seriously injured while riding a snowmobile. Mobile. 35yearold damoin louk was driving along highway 30 just west of boone at about 60milesperhour when the left front ski caught deep snow throwing him 150 feet off the snowmobile. His helmet came off during the accident and he was flown to a des moines hospital. Right now multiple agencies are investigating. Developing news this morning on the death of Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. The top elected official in the texas county where scalia was found dead now says scalia died of natrual causes. Causes. Because of that scalias family has decided against an autopsy. The 79yearold was found unresponsive on saturday officials are now saying he scalias body was transported from an el paso funeral home to virginia. His death has already started a Major Political battle between the two parties. Parties. Justice scalia was a leading conservative voice on the high court, and now his successor could tilt the balance either way. Way. Cbs 2 News ReporterStephanie Johnson joins us now to explain. Explain. Thats right guys, president Barack Obama Says he plans to nominate a possible successor in due time, but Republican Leaders in congress insist the next president should make that decision. Most president ial republican candidates called for Senate Leaders to block or delay a vote on the possible nomination at the cbs debate on saturday night. However, both Hillary Clinton and bernie sanders, both quickly backed the president , saying theres no reason he should not nominate the next justice. But the president is pushing forward. There will be plenty of time for mine for me to do so and plenty of time for the senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and timely vote. These are responsibilities that i everyone. The president took about a month to nominate two previous Supreme Court justices. Right now, the senate is taking a week off for the president s day holiday. Stephanie johnson, cbs 2 news. Thanks stephanie. A judge with ties to the corridor could be on the short list to fill that opening. Jane kelly is a federal Appeals Court judge, but before that she served as a federal public defender in cedar rapids. Even before that she was a classmate of the president at harvard. Kelly is also a survivor of a viscious attack along a cedar rapids running trail in 2004. This is video of kelly one year after that attack, no arrests were ever made. Former president george w. Bush will be hitting the campaign trail today for the first time in over a decade. Decade. Hell be stumping for his younger brother today in South Carolina a state whose primary both bush president s won on their way to the oval office. During the latest gop debate jeb bush had to defend george when donald trump attacked some of while in office like the iraq invasion. President barack obama spoke with russian president Vladimir Putin over the phone on sunday about the syria peace talks and standing together against terrorism. The kremlin said both support the ceasefire in syria and that putin stressed the need to build a solid working relationship between the defense ministries in both countries to fight terrorism. They say the phone call was initiated by the united states. New this morning new york senator Chuck Schumer is pushing the president to reconsider proposed funding cuts to counterterrorism programs across the country. Current proposals take away almost 300 Million Dollars and schumer is calling them illadvised and illtimed. Some of the money helps run programs in cities across the us to prevent attacks or respond and recover from them. Human trafficking is often considered an invisible crime. Police say the corridor is a cross roads for the crime. Crime. They say our location, in the middle of larger midwest cities, makes eastern iowa a frequent stop for and thats why a local group is working so hard to help those whose lives are turned upside down by the crime. The group cedar rapids gives has been working since 2013 to give survivors extended Services Like counseling, clothes and shelter. The community of cedar rapids is amazing, amazingly genorus they want to help they have very wounderful kind hearts its just a matter of who to help and how. Right now, the group is applying for grants with the hopes of hiring a full time advocate to help victims recover. Theyre also trying to establish a safe house for victims here in cedar rapids. Happening today hundreds of people are expected to be at the State Capitol to speak out about preventing substance abuse. Abuse. Members of the Iowa Alliance of coalitions for change will meet with lawmakers. They say many teens start out using marijuana thinking its safe but soon move on to harder drugs. This meeting comes on the heels of a new federal study showing 77 percent of American Teens believe its safe to smoke pot. Is celebrating the biggest liquid meth bust in the history of the country. Country. Police say theyve seized 900Million Dollars worth of meth smuggled from hong kong in silicon bra inserts and art supplies. Investigators first busted part of the shipment back in december. Four people with hong kong passports were arrested in sydney last month and were accused of importing 190 gallons of the drug into the country. Tonight is the biggest night in the Music Industry the 58th annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live right here on cbs 2. 2. Top artists will be performing like adele the last time she performed at the grammys was back in 2012 rapper Kendrick Lamar and Popstar Taylor swift are hoping to score the most grammy wins. Lamar leads among all arists with 11 nominations and swift was nominated 7 weekend. It could be a very emotional night as well, with many recent deaths in the Music Industry, there will be a number of tribute performances. Lady gaga will pay homage to so secret that shes been rehearsing off location. The eagles are also planning a tribute to cofounder glenn frey who died last month. The show is expected to honor the survivng members of earth, wind and fire after Maurice White died last week. Its and right now in its degrees. Degrees. Still to come. The new details this morning about the final allstar celebration for one of the nbas biggest stars. Main weather your planner shows whats ahead for the next hoursa now a live look outside courtesy of our weatherfirst skycama a bit of fog in the area this morninga temperatures around regional temperatures we see highs are mild all around iowa the regional satellite radar is keeping conditions quiet lets move ahead in time by taking a look at the midwest surface mapa moving into a closer view with our predictor forecast we see mainly quiet conditions todays forecast features clear skies cooler temperatures tonights forecast has us looking for mainly clear chilly conditions the next three days show more dry and cool weather our 7 day forecast does bring more cool weather new Laser Technology is helping people get rid of their unwanted ink. Ink. Doctors say its now more powerful and effective than anything else on the market. Market. Kenneth craig shows us how its changing lives. Lives. Tommy prosser is 38 years old, married and now ready to start a family. And for him, that means getting rid of this large arm tattoo he got when he was 18. thomas prosser, patient kc when did you start thinking man, this is a bad move, i dont want this . Probably in my twenties. Doctor Mitchell Chasin is working to erase it. Hes using the latest fda approved Laser Technology called piqo4 peakohfour . In just three visits, tommys 20 year old panther tattoo, is nearly gone. nats procedure the laser has four different wavelengths and speeds to target specific colors of ink. For skin and body. kenneth so how does this machine compare to other machines that were on the market . Doc this bar far is the most powerful machine to date he says for patients, that means fewer treatments and a smaller chance of skin damage afterwards. standup Kenneth Craig each session takes just a few minutes. The number of treatments a patient needs depends on the color and size of the tattoo. Treatments cost several hundred dollars a session. Other than some redness and tenderness, most patients dont experience major side effects. Mitchell Chasin, md, medical director of Reflections Center for skin and body. were just not seeing the scarring and change in color of the skin that we used to see with older technologies nat tommy and doc. this looks great or something these before and after pictures show tommys progress. thomas prosser, patient i was just blown away with how quick it happenedhe says hes finally comfortable in his own skin again. Kenneth craig, cbs news, martinsville, new jersey doctor chasin says black of dark green ink are the easiest colors to remove later in life, if you regret your its now on this morning. Morning. And if youre in its degrees. Degrees. Coming up next. The hawks needed a win and help to lead the big 10 and help to lead the big 10 see if their valentines date with minnesota helped them next. Welcome back its now were taking a look at your your heres a look at some of eastern iowas top stories on this morning. Flags will be lowered throughout the state of iowa today to honor Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. Governor Terry Branstad ordered all flags in iowa to be flown at halfstaff from sunrise to sunset today. This covers all us and state flags under control of the state. Individuals and businesses are encouraged to do the same. In coralville spring will eventually come so the home show wrapped up at the coralville marriott. The event showcased the biggest advancements in home Design Decorating and remodeling. That included Energy Saving technologies with more homeowners wanting to go after a disappointing loss at indiana last week the hawks schedule worked out perfectly a date on valentines day with the lonley gophers minnesota hasnt won a big 10 game this season. Not the best start for Jarrod Uthoff he missed his first 7 shots but heated up in the final 3 minutes of the half scoring 9 straight points for iowa including the deep three hawks led by 6 at the breaksecond half it got too close for comfort iowa up 4 Anthony Clemmons takes it hard to the rack for 2 plus 1 lead back up to 7 after the free throw its down to 2 later but peter jok was money all game long one of his 4 triples jok finished with a game high 27 and then uthoff closed the door on any heartbreak off the feed from mike gesell he slams it home uthoff finished with a double double 75 to 71 and take over sole possession of first place in the big 10 the most important thing is we got the win and im happy about it. We are all happy about it. Its a good Minnesota Team good win for us. Us. We are looked at differently so we are going to get everybodys best shot. And its our job to make sure we come in ready and we understand we are going to go through hard fought games like this. This. We definately have a target on our back and we knew that. Weve had a target on our back all season and we are going to continue to just take it one day at a time. One practice at a time and continue to get better at this point of the season you just want to keep Getting Better every single day. The hawks sit alone in first all thanks to Denzel Valentine spartans hosting the hoosiers and valentine stops and pops for 3 of his game high 30 pointsbut cupid was also lansing see what i did there one of his 13 assists Michigan State breaks indianas heart 88 to 69. Marcus paige and North Carolina hosting pittand this one was all tar heels first half paige spots up for three and makes it rain unc led by 13 at the break and it was more of the same in the second this time the marion native comes up with the steal gives it up gets back and drops in the step back triple 15 points from paige carolina cruizes 85 to 64 iowa state got back to their winning ways saturday thanks to the dynamic duo of Georges Naing and monte morris the two cyclone stars literally put the team on their backs against texas niang and morris combined for 48 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists including isus last 2 field goals that put the game away. Talk about a dangerous 1 monte just seems to find me. Like in the second half, finding me. That zip pass from half court. He just finds me when there is like a little show of daylight. So i mean that guy really makes me look good. I owe him the world, seriously. Seriously. we knew they were switching ball screens and that was going to leave taylor or felix or anybody on georges. Wed try to throw it in, if not, try to exploit me with a bigger guy. The pather women clawed their way back into a tie for first in the valley with drake who they play later this week uni beat Illinois State 61 to 35 madison weekly led the way with a game high 23 points. Thats a check cbs2 news connects with the corridor. Call us with your story tips at 1800222kganor email us at news at final weather your planner shows whats ahead a the regional satellite radar is featuring cloudy skies todaya moving into a closer view with our predictor forecast we see light snow overnight todays forecast bring us cloudy skies with warmer weather our 7 day forecast has nice mild weather headed our way a michigan man is getting a lot of help in the love department. Department. Matt hill works for a lawn and garden company. His coworkers surprised him by putting his face and Contact Information on a billboard. Billboard. He said he was really surprised but hes making the most of it. It. Perfect date is pretty much a bonfire out in the middle of the woods, at somebodys house, small party, Something Like that. That. Hill says hes gotten dozens hill says hes gotten dozens of calls, texts and emails from suitors. And hes hoping he can find someone to good morning again its now right now its degrees in after the break. The latest information this morning about how flints water crisis could change Healthcare Options in the state. State. Youre watching cbs 2 this morning covering the right now on cbs 2 this morning. The new information about a suspect accused of shooting two officers. The next step for planned parenthood in Colorado Springs when they open their doors for the First Time Since the shooting there in november. The latest healthcare changes that could come in flint, michigan while that city deals with its tainted water supply. Welcome to cbs two this morning. Im kevin barry. Barry. And im kelly dambrosio. Dambrosio. Lets get a check of our cbs 2 weather first forecast. Shows whats ahead a all is quiet on Doppler Radar with some snowcovered roads remaining this morning now a live look outside courtesy of our weatherfirst skycama its a foggy morning across eastern iowatemperatures around the area will be cooling with windy conditions the current winds around our viewing area gusty our new this morning, morning,authorities in baton rouge, louisiana say a man suspected of shooting two Police Officers died in a hospital. Hospital. 22yearold calvin smith is accused of shooting two officers with a rifle they returned fire they arent sure how smith got hurt. Right now the two officers are in stable condition. In northwe mississippi, an officer is now in critical condition, after he was shot in the head while investigating a robbery across the street from a police station. The officer was found on the street outside of a Convenience Store that had been robbed by two masked men. Right now, police are questioning two men in custody. Authorities in urbandale still have not released any names connected to a Fatal Police Shooting over the weekend. Weekend. It all started Early Saturday Morning when officers were called to a hotel for a drug complaint. Police say when officers arrived a man pulled out a gun and fired. Officers returned fire and killed the suspect before arresting two other people at the scene. This mornng the shooting is still being investigated. The Colorado Planned Parenthood where three people were killed back in november, will open this morning. The Colorado Springs branch is opening part of its building for services. Services. Right now, crews are that will cause the number of patients the clinic can treat to be limited for a few mon