Right now a massive snow storm is making its way into minnesota its expected to hit later this morning but before making its way toward the twin citiesthe system wreaked havoc in denver. It blocked a major interstate causing traffic to back up on thursday. More than 20 vehicles were involved in this accident on interstate 70. State police were warning drivers to avoid heading in the mountains. Multiple cars slid off the road and one person even died west of denver. Flights into denver were delayed but we checked the flights heading to denver out of cedar rapids the 7 am flight has been cancelled but all other flights are running on flights are but all other flights are running on time. Right now a Louisiana University is on lockdown this morning, cbs two News ReporterStephanie Johnson is at the breaking news desk, desk,stephanie what happened overnight . Je Critical Condition after being shot at Southern University just hours ago. The campus was immediately puton lockdown and students were told to stay inside their dorms. Take a look at this video from overnight when police got to the scene they found a male victim believed to be 19 yearsold with gun shot wounds. He was taken to the hospital in Critical Condition. The suspect is still on the loosethe school is working with Law Enforcement to locate the right all entrances to Southern University are blocked off well keep you posted as this story develops. Back to youjenee new details now on the death of a beloved gorilla harambe a federal investigation decided the barrier that kept the public from the gorilla did not meet standards. Standards. Back in may the shot and killed harambe when a child slipped into his exhibit. Federal inspectors did say the team was justified in killing the gorilla but they could now face fines or other penalities for the uncompliant barrier. New this morning the state of missouri will now pay 9million dollars to the family of Brandon Ellingson who drowned at the lake of the trooper. Ellingson was from the des moines area and was suspected of boating while intoxicated back in 2014. He was arrested and fell into the lake wearing handcuffs and an improperly secured life jacket. The trooper involved in the case faces a Involuntary Manslaughter charge in ellingsons death. Hes waiting to go to trial. The man accused of killing two Des Moines Metro Police Officers praised . One of the departments before his shooting . Rampage. . Rampage. You see here in court sent a note to the Urbandale Police department apologizing for prior runins with police. On october 29th he emailed the department saying his dark days were over and he called the officers quote absolute heroes. Four days later he shot and killed urbandale officer Justin Martin and Des Moines Police sergant anthony beminio. He is now in jail on first degree murder charges. If convicted he could face up for the first time were now hearing from the man who will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing two people in cedar rapids last year just days apart. Apart. Nothing on this earth happens without the will of god, i believe that and i hope sharon meads family can take comfort from it as i do. Someone who follows the path that i walk can have a happy, good life anywhere, including prison. In separate trials juries convicted standlee of Second Degree murder for killing Raymond Ursino and sharon mead. Because a judge ordered standlee to serve his time consecutively he wont be eligible for parole until after serving 70 years. Two local businesses are still recovering from the 2016 flood. Flood. But theyre doing it in style. Copper alligator and rawsons daughter both in fashion show last night to showcase their styles. Both owners say the show was designed to lift spirits for the holidays and prepare the community for a comeback. 05 47 14 there was lots of changes because of the flood but whats awesome is were not stopping like were still doing this. 05 49 51 as a new Business Owner in cedar rapids, the Community Support in the flood was just amazing. In 2008, we werent prepared and there wasnt enough time and the people really saw how the city was affected negativity. This time, people are coming down by the dozen to help. Help. You can visit rawsons daughter next week. They plan to reopen their new location on Small Business saturday. Right now state leaders are preparing for another casino request. Cedar rapids of course has been down this road before but this time things are a little different the new proposal is scaled down. Yesterday the iowa racing and Gaming Commission started working on a new study to figure out the impacts a . Massive Gaming Center like Cedar Crossing would pull too much money away from casinos in riverside waterloo and dubuque. But Wild Rose Entertainment hopes a smaller facility in cedar rapids would cut down on that cannabilization. The soonest we could hear on a decision from the comission is next summer. Demonstrators continue to protest against the controversial pipeline that will cut right through iowa. Protesters are once again calling on state leaders to stop in iowa. Iowa. Members of the iowa citizens for Community Improvement rallied in front of the iowa utilities board office. They say they wish the board would stand up to Dakota Access and keep iowans safe from any possibility of an oil spill. Its hard to say how this is going to come out in the end, so we just keep pushing we keep pushing for our water, for our farms and our land, for our farmers and landowners who have tried to fight this. This. A federal judge is on the pipeline can be completed. After president elect Donald Trumps victory experts in iowa are looking at how his policies if approved could impact your savings. Cbs 2 news statehousre reporter steffi lee is at the capitol with the potential impacts. Impacts. Experts say that people shouldnt only focus on the day to day volatility of the Financial Market but to also focus on their long term goals because although Interest Rates are going up, still a lot lower than historic averages. Right after trump was elected overnight we saw some negative equity Market Reaction, but then that Market Reaction turned around. Senior global economist Robin Anderson says theres no need for immediate worry about the u. S. Economy despite some uncertainty surrounding president elect Donald Trumps policies. Whether they be positive things like Infrastructure Spending or more negative things like the more potential for trade policies that he has. Trump tone from his Campaign Rhetoric that weve experienced and i believe the economy would get a boost from greater Infrastructure Spending, lower taxes, less regulation. One area that could impact iowa agriculture and manufacturing is what trump decides on his trade policies. If we implement higher tariffs on a particular country will that country retaliate and put higher tariffs on our addition theres a risk with higher tariffs how much those higher tariffs get passed onto us as consumers. I think tpp is dead, that wouldve been pretty significant to iowa agriculture. But anderson says right now investors can remain hopeful. No matter what the u. S. Election outcome was, the u. S. Economy was actually doing pretty well. In des moines steffi lee, cbs 2 news an iowa astronaut is officially the oldest woman in. Space. Peggy whitson is among three passengers on a capsule orbit minutes later but is now scheduled to dock with the International Space station tomorrow. Whitson will celebrate her 57th birthday early next year. And shes got quite the fan base i just checked and her Facebook Page has nearly 45thousand likes. Its and right now in its degrees. Still to come its the last week of Iowa High School football. See which eastern iowan teams could come the humble hardy gray jay is poised to become the National Bird of canada but hes causing quite a flap. Canadian known as the whiskey jack or canada jay. It beat out winged heavyweights like the chickadee canada goose and the loon. The pick is controversial with headlines like the gray what . And hashtags like teamloon and attacks on whether or not hes photogenic enough. The process to chose the jay took nearly two years and included an its now on this morning. And if youre in its degrees. Degrees. Next in sports state football championships are now underway how two local teams choose world. Love or like . Naughty or nice . Calm or bright . But at bedtime. Why settle for this . Enter sleep number. 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Gladbrookreinebck has made it to this point of the season in 2014 they finished 2nd, last year they won it all and this season the rebels made it all the way rebels made it season the and this they won it all last year finished 2nd, 2014 they season in reinebck has gladbrook gladbrookreinebck has made it to this point of the season in 2014 they finished 2nd, last year they won it all and this season the rebels made it all the way back to defend their crownit was a battle of unbeatens in class a jump to the 2nd Bishop Garrigan up 13 to 7 but here comes gr hunter lott calls his own number and spins in for the score rebls led by 1 at the break theyre down 5 in the 4th but theyd answer yet again this time lott throws a dime to Matt Johannsen touchdown Gladbrook Reinbeck repeates in class a 20 to 19 the final. Final. Just crying, just too much emotion just let it all out theres no better fe feelingi just couldnt beleive we did it. You know . We worked so hard all year and then we have coaches that are unbelievable. In my opinion the best coaches in the state. And it was nice to take that final knee and win anotr this stage is nothing new for don bosco its their 4th trip to the 8 man finals in the last 5 years but they only have 1 state championship to show for and that was in 2013 Unfinished Business for the dons who finished second last year and they took it out on harris lake parkalready up 6nothing Austin Svoboda scoots through the line and hes off to the races 65 yards on the score don bosco goes up 12 nothingand there offense wasnt done Brandon Bagby connects with caleb ridgon and he plays hide and seek and he found the endzone and the dons get it done 48 to 21 the final. Onviously the Coaching Staff and kids were hungry, losing last year but i think coming into these types of games we ahve a little bit of an advantage, too, being here and. Knowing a little bit of what its about to win championships i was a mess last year. I was crying. I was not looking forward to the next day. Eventually figured out we have a good class coming back its the best feel the state volleyball tournament ended in the semifinals last week it was Claude Howards third trip leading the orioles there in the past for 4 seasons but its not the success that keeps him coming back to the game its the beat. Claude howard our ed thomas coach of the weekat springville you can always hear the beat during volleyball practice we want them to enjoy what they are doing and part of music playing and be able to feel something. And that something is fun. Fun. It changes the dynamic of our practice a lot. I mean hes really goofy and he likes to dance so he likes music too. Too. But what Claude Howard really cares about his orioles i want everybody to feel like they are apart of every bit of success we have because we cant do it witho and he does that with his Big Sister Program program the seniors, we are the big sisters and everyone else is the Little Sisters and we get into groups. Groups. We get to talk to each other, learn or dislikes and likes. It just creates this bond like i just cant explain. I feel like everyone is litterally my sister after the end and its just a great thing to carry forward. Because when volleyballs over howards message isnt. He cares about who we become. He wants it to be bigger than volleyball. People. I care less about the wins then i do about them walking out of this program and being able to say i learned something about life, i learned how to be a stronger young women. And thanks to good morning again its now right now its degrees in the cost of going green, some environmentallyconscious iowans are struggling between saving the planet and saving youre watching cbs 2 this right now on cbs 2 this morning. The next big appointment that could come meeting with one of his biggest critics this weekend. The corridor Sheriffs Department making a big investment in green energy. Plus why you could soon be paying more to recycle here in eastern iowa. Welcome to cbs two this morning. Im jenee ryan. Ryan. Lets get a check of our cbs 2 new developments on the trump transition president elect donald trump is now offering former military intelligence chief Michael Flynn the position of National Security adviser. Adviser. Flynn is a lifelong democrat known as a proponent of stronger ties with russia and a critic of president obama. Hes supported trump throughout the president ial campaign. Trump had at one point for Vice President. Tomorrow president elect trump will sit down with mitt romney a sign he might consider former critics to fill top positions. sotsessions i think its good that the president elect is meeting with people like mr. Romney. Hes meeting with a lot of talented people. People. On thursday Vice President elect mike pence spent his second straight day on capitol hill even meeting with Democratic Leaders like nancy pelosi. His first foreign leader on thursday sitting down with japans prime minister. He said hes convicned trump is a leader that japan can have great confidence in. That visit came after more than 30 heads of state called to congratulate trump on his election win. Today representative Bobby Kaufmann is apparently not too happy with some of the publicity he and his suck it up buttercup bill are getting. The bill which would target universities for spending money on grief after the election has now garnered international attention. Kaufmann was invited to talk about the legislation on a canadian radio show but hung up on air when the host asked him to identify schools that used money for therapy. Kauffman told the Des Moines Register he wanted to verify money spent with the schools before answering that question. In hopes of spreading love dozens of students in cedar rapids spent part of their school day thursday marching love not hate, love not hate. Hate. These students demonstrated against recent acts of racism and violence carried out against minorities since last weeks election. Police and teachers were on hand to make sure students understood the rules of peaceful assembly. Other students held their own counterprotest but students tell cbs 2 news everything remained orderly. Orderly. Grown on our Facebook Page many people weighing in one parent even emailed us saying teachers involved should be fired for allowing it. What do you think . Head to our Facebook Page right now to join the discussion. Developing story Iowa City Police are now reward for information about a threatening letter left on a familys front door. Door. Cbs 2 news first told you about the racist note found at the home of amar samel on monday. Investigators have not tracked down any suspects or witnesses. So theyre asking for your help. Help. If you have any information that might lead police to those responsible, call iowa city Crime Stoppers at the number on your screen. 319 358tips. That number is also on our website cbs 2 iowa dot com. The case against a minnesota officer accused of killing an unarmed black man moves forward. Forward. Cbs two News ReporterStephanie Johnson is at the breaking desk with the new developments. Yeah jenee officer Jeronimo Yanez will actually be in court later today. He turned himself in yesterday and was degree manslaughter in the shooting death of philando c