Milestone. Fox 28 News Reporter and host of iowa in focus, kevin barry joins us now live from the governors celebration in des moines with more on tonights festivities. Kevin . More than a thousand people came to the fair grounds tonight to celebrate with the governor. The night included a discussion with the governor where he talked about his time in office. Early on he spoke about how he grew up in a family of democrats until he got to college. He said he didnt fit in with the College Democrats at the time so a friend invited him to a College Republicans meeting. And the speaker that night was a state representative named Chuck Grassley. So the first republican meeting i went to Chuck Grassley was the speaker and ive been an active republican ever since. Says from then on, he was a republican, and eventually got his mother to switch parties house. At the bottom of the hour. Hear what the governor has to say about how iowas worth ethic helped him get reelected over and over again. In
So i learned to humbly go to the door, introduce myself, tell them who ones and what i was running for and and sincerely ask for their vote. And i found that people appreciate being asked. Was that easy . No. Branstad says he thinks thats why he, senars Chuck Grassley andjoni ernst, and former senator tom harken did so well for so long in iowa. In des moines, kevin barry, cbs 2 news ten at cbs 2 news ten at ten continues now with continuing coverage of the war on rror. Terror. President obama toda met with his top military advisors at the pentagonon pentnton. The president says the us and its allies are hitting the terror group harder than ever. He cited ramped uattacks not only by the us, but france, and the addition o oair strikes carried out by great britain. The president is also calling on the Muslim Community to become more active in the fight against extremism and radicalization. A new popo shows iowans have a new favorite in the race for the white house. According to the poll f
In coralville, mellaney moore, cbs 2 news. And turning now to the weather, strong winds and rain to start the day, but it eventually dried off. Justin roberts joins us now with a clouds filled area skies today, but the sun is shining bright for one cedar rapids company. Company. Van meter recently partnered with a Political Organization called next gen climate iowa to act against climate change. Change. Cbs 2 News Reporter steffi lee explains what motivated the local company to do this. Van meter says by getting involved with Public Policy, the company can educate iowans and speak with policy makers about the demand for clean energy. Energy. Putting together clean energy materials. Materials. Is like clockwork. Clockwork. Light harvesting, geothexmal, solar panels on the roof, it actually tookokour utility bill from roughly 10 thousand dollars a year to about three hundred dollars a year. Vice president of diversified business Scott Cornish says the Employee Owned company is alreadydy
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