in iowa, it was a 25-car pileup on i-35. so many people stranded on roads across that state, the iowa national guard has mobilized 80 troops in humvees to help. >> they can really get in some places with the traction. >> reporter: the blizzard is part of this storm that came in with a bang. that's thundersnow from madison, wisconsin. the third major winter storm of the season knocked out power to 400,000 homes in nine states. the southern part of the storm, waking parts of alabama up with severe thunderstorms and an ef-1 tornado. the storm now moves northeast.

dodge, iowa, blinding snow caused this 35-car pileup. two people are dead because of that. there could be another foot of snow on the way to parts of the midwest. meteorologist karen maginnis joins us with the latest. what are you hearing right now, karen? >> the form is moving rapidly through the great lakes. it's ushered in snowfall in places like chicago and northern illinois that have not seen snow for 290 days. that is a record. this imagery coming out of williamsburg, iowa, you may see two people kind of sliding on the ice as they are being blown across a layer of ice on the roadway by 60 mile-an-hour winds and then in ames, iowa, kevin says the visibility was down to about 100 feet and it's the heaviest snowfall they've seen so far this season but also the heaviest snowfall that they've seen since 2009.

and so when an opportunity presented itself, he ran for office in iowa, was elected to the iowa senate, became senate president in iowa in 2002 and then continued his career here and we've heard the minority whip talk about how that all came back about. and we're so glad that it did. leonard has always been a strong advocate for military families. he has a lot of proud achievements in this body, but leonard to me, your proudest moment was when the joshua suicide prevention act was passed in the house, passed in the senate and signed into law by the president. and the reason why that was so meaningful to me personally is i knew joshua omvig's family long before he took his life. and for you to take up that cause and to give voice to the thousands of americans who were losing loved ones to suicide, who had served this country with honor and distinction, was the cause you were meant to lead. and to me that day when we passed the bill in the house floor was one of the highlights of my career in congress, because one miraculous thing happened that day. after you stood and talked about why w

. >>> an iowa family was headed home to ohio for the holidays, but in the process got caught in the middle of a blizzard and before they knew it, they were off on the side of the road in a ditch. >> we were going 35 miles per hour. i wasn't pushing it at all. we jumped in the ditch. >> fortunately they had a cell phone, called for help and no one other than the iowa national guard came to the rescue. >> they skipped 911 and went right to the national guard? >> that's how they roll in iowa. >> within three minutes we knocked on the door, opened up the van, they were all smiling because we showed up. >> it's cool to see their son get so excited about the rescue. >> the u.s. army came, put us in this fancy truck, we got blankets, snacks. >> they were stuck for a couple of days, but they did have a lot of help from the people in community that would drive them to their cars so they could get stuff out, drive them back to the hotels so they could eat and

this isn't the first case of its kind in iowa but it is an interesting ruling on the iowa supreme court's part and this case is based on an iowa state law so it will be difficult for mrs nelson and her legal team to pursue the case much further but there has been a lot of text written about the case and perhaps dentist one could most relate to off author oscar wilde who famously said quote i can resist anything but temptation and that's may do it for now for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america r t dot com slash usa see you at five. miss him a free. education free. car charger free. range month free . free. free. gold free blog a lot of videos for your media project a free medio dog r t v dot com. the on. the a. little. bit leave. it. to you. good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are headlines for tuesday december eighteenth two thousand japanese pension funds are starting to invest in gold for the first time according to the wall street journal they're looking to mitigate the damage of market shocks and

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but it's a very interesting ruling on the iowa supreme court's case and this case was based on iowa state.

iowa taxpayers will benefit. the state will get less revenue, but we can afford to deal with that because we've been fiscally responsible. david: governor terry branstad. you're doing it right. i hope they listen. thank you so much. liz: thank you. >> thank you. liz: i wish he would get there to tell them how to do that in dc. a shallow volatile day in wall street with the dow crossing the unchanged line more than 70 times. how do invest in the uncertain environment, what one of our guests calls the investment townt of a life -- opportunity of a lifetime. david: wonder what it is. business leaders and congressmen holding a news conference on capital hill today to support a flat tax. remember that? one of the business leaders in attendance was mr. steve forbes, ceo and chairman of forbes media joins us straight ahead to discuss his plan. liz: prolonged drought? still going on in certain places. look at the screen. pictures that may force the mississippi river to shut down, commerce, billions worth of cargo at risk

and you know that commonly used phrase all boys club well it certainly applies in the state of iowa a male dentist wins his case against the female assistant he fired for being too irresistible if it weren't for family values or a major step back in equal rights for all. it's monday december twenty fourth christmas eve here in washington d.c. i'm maggie lopez and you're watching r t well remember scenes like this that were happening across the country during the height of the occupy movement protests. now with the occupy movement turned to fight back in court that is the november thirtieth of last year over three hundred protesters were arrested in at the los angeles city hall after being kept out in the vicinity for over two months and estimated fourteen hundred officers clad in police riot gear showed up and blazed through the encampment and what protesters are now calling a shock in all attacks on their civil rights now five of those people are representing two hundred ninety two others who were also arrested they filed a class action lawsuit for both the arrests as well as the pro

in iowa will be effected by this storm. blizzard warnings from ames, and green bay you will get it early tomorrow morning, all day thursday. the other part of this storm, if you're down there in areas from memphis to little rock, areas of louisiana, watch out for severe weather. one of those late night events. we could deal with a few tornados. that's late tonight into tomorrow morning. i think even at this time tomorrow morning i'll be telling you about strong thunderstorms rolling through the dope south. with all of that said, travel, airports, midwest through the deep south the next two days will be difficult. >>> if you missed last night's season finale of "the voice" we'll tell you the winner. >>> and ann hathaway had one unique request for the makers of le miz. >>> a 16-year-old kid in australia got busted for posing as a doctor at a hospital. they knew something was up after that one diagnosis, ew, gross. and finally a recent study found that people who like red wine are more outgoing than those who like white wine.

in iowa, it was a 25-car pileup on i-35. so many people stranded on the roads across that state, the iowa national guard has mobilized 80 troops in humvees to come in and help. >> they can get into places where the traction isn't really good. >> reporter: the blowing snow is really the problem here. it has stopped falling but you can hardly tell. the cars still litter the side of the highway. there are incredible whiteouts up and down i-80. the blizzard is just part of this mammoth storm that came in with a bang. that's thunder snow from madison, wisconsin. the first major winter storm of the season knocked out power to 400,000 homes in nine states. kcrp reporter mark carlson, just down the road from me here in iowa, struggled to stay on his feet. >> there's a sheet of ice -- whoa, that was the one! >> reporter: in wisconsin, snow was coming in sideways, pelting wisn meteorologist jeremy nelson. finally, the southern part of the storm. waking parts of alabama up with severe thunderstorms and an ef-1 tornado. our reporter, bi

irresistible, the dental assist in iowa fired because her boss says she was too attractive. the shock over how the state's highest court has ruled on this case. >>> and extreme gift,ing, what america's 1%ers may find under their trees this christmas. >>> good evening. we may be two days away from christmas, but many americans are focused not on yuletide enjoy, instead on guns. who has them, who's trying to get them and how they should be controlled. tonight the nra and its supporters are doubling down. here hearing reports of a rush at gun shows across america today, people buying assault weapons before a possible ban. as nra executives fanned out across the air waves with a message of defiance. abc's david kerley is on the story. >> reporter: the nra today stuck byes its guns, that every american school should have an armed guard. >> if it's crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our schools to protect our children, then call me crazy. >> the nra has blood on its hands! >> reporter: two dayings ago. >> amid protesters and refusing to takey q. questions, the

today it's i-80 through iowa. iowa will be virtually shut down. let me show you pictures from wisconsin. you can see, of course, you heard what the governor is already doing in advance of the storm. the storm is coming in toward you, no question about that. so what we're seeing and what we've already seen, that's where we are. again for the most part. nebraska is out of it. but hastings already eight inches on the ground. this is really this was phase one of the storm. we're getting into phase two of the storm which means more snow and incredibly stronger winds. so eight inches in hastings. iowa, seven inches. iowa will see an incredibly rough day. here's where the blizzard warnings are. we're going to see a virtual shutdown of the state. the snow will be coming down. winds will be gusting to 50 miles per hour. here's what we're expecting, 6 to 12 inches of snow. then into graeen bay, northern wisconsin could see a foot plus in terms of snowfall. so incredibly amount of snow today. more than we saw yesterday. and the winds will be so much more pow

course in iowa. >> speak in the mic. >> i am sorry. >> i am from iowa, i took the emta course in iowa. which was a year-long. to be able to go into the emt d program which was the problem to use the defibrillator you had to go through the basic training to be able to get into the defib and it was another nine-month course. i'm thinking how are we going to train police officers in a short time to be able to use them effectively? >> another thing is i wish that i would have brought the article to bring copies for you gentleman and lady. >> on the places that have done away with tasers because of malfunctions. and if you would like the article that charlie wrote i would be happy, i could send that to your facebook accounts and another one that i am going to make real quick is i have an autistic child and we have been talking about mental health illness and drug addiction, we have not covered all of the people that would be affected by this. my friend kerri described autism as, excuse me, i get... when i

they're helping people in >>> a smalt town in iowa is making a big difference. they're helping people in developing countries. dean reynolds reports on how the priceless gifts that create are making a big difference. >> reporter: there's a quiet that usually settles over the cornfields of iowa this time of year. but not in leighton, population, 150. here local retires come two to three times a week with a new purpose in their lives. bill used to run one of the town's banks. >> it's unbelievable how much response we've had. it's almost more than we could handle. >> all retires? >> all retires and they all get paid the same. >> reporter: nothing. >> nothing. >> reporter: they get paid nothing to create what are called p.e.t.s, short for personal energy transportation, a hand-power iing tricycle designed for the traveling world. >> most would be put away in a closet or bed because it was deemed if you were disabled that you were cursed. it really touched my heart and i thought, you know, there's something we should do about that one. >> reporter: his group is part

you can see the map here of iowa. there are a total of 216 wind turbines that have been constructed in pocahontas county. when all turbines that are fully taxable value, they will contribute an estimated total of almost $190 million to the total county tax base. this means that that additional revenue for local budgets allows for investments in schools and critical community projects. iowans know the possibilities and potential that continued investment in wind energy hold for their future, but i want to underline again, mr. president, if we do not act, good-paying jobs will continue to be lost and an industry that is critical to our energy intelligence will be hit very, very hard. this is simply unacceptable. already semens energy is laying off 1,615 workers in three states, including iowa. the company has acknowledged that the difficult market conditions are due to congressional inaction on the p.t.c. and my colleagues from iowa, senators grassley and harkin have been fighting for renewal of the tax credit. senator

this was in iowa. we will take that case apart. dennis: what will this mean for the fashion model business? first, take a look at the markets. ♪ >> i am lori rothman with your fox business brief. it is a sea of red. the driving force to turnover, one else, the fiscal cliff, now just seven days away. goldman sachs reinstating general motors with a vibrating and a $35 price target. goldman says gm will benefit from a fresh product cycle. santa claus is coming to town tonight. you will not be able to find him on google maps. norad has decided to switch for the first time. that is the latest from the fox business network. giving you the power to prosper. ♪ dagen: short trading session. let's take a look at how these markets are holding up. people are gone for the christmas holiday. the markets close at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. close all day long tomorrow. it is almost quarter till the hour. nicole: i am watching a market that is pulling back a bit. the vix, the fear index, is to the upside. there is no real catalyst to say this mark

drivers in iowa have been warned to stay offer the roads. all of iowa and parts of at least six other states are under a blizzard warning. the storm already dumped more than a foot of snow in the rocky mountains. for essentially hours the main east-to-west route across colorado, interstate 70, was closed because of blowing snow and poor visibility. david bernard, chief meteorologist of our affiliate station wsor says the storm is headed east. >> we have a major blizzard across the midwest and it looks like that snow is going to continue at least for the next 24 hours or so. notice that blizzard conditions extend all the way from western kansas to southeastern nebraska and some of the worst of the weather is ending up in iowa, and that's going to continue through much of the day on thursday as everything moves to the east. also in the southern end we have possible tornados breaking out across portions of southern missouri, arkansas, and also southeastern oklahoma. as far as watches and warnings go, blizzard warnings from northwestern kansas a

in iowa, it was a 25-car pileup on i-35. so many people stranded on roads across that state, the iowa national guard has mobilized 80 troops in humvees to help. >> they can really get in some places with the traction. >> reporter: the blizzard is part of this storm that came in with a bang. that's thundersnow from madison, wisconsin. the third major winter storm of the season knocked out power to 400,000 homes in nine states. the southern part of the storm, waking parts of alabama up with severe thunderstorms and an ef-1 tornado. the storm now moves northeast. if you can find any positive in all of this powder, it's that it's moisture. remember, this is an area that's seen extreme drought. ginger zee, abc news, iowa. >> winter officially arrives later this morning. and this winter storm is well timed. >> that's for sure. meteorologist jim dicky has our update now from accuweather. good morning to you, jim. >> good morning. still feeling the effects of our major winter storm here. winds will stay gusty out of the north and no

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we've got captivating video coming out of iowa. this out of ames, iowa. it's from our i-reporter. and he said that this is the first significant snowfall they have seen pretty much since the last three years. now, kevin sent this to us. he said they've gone with a long period of no snowfall, but some parts of iowa, they're anticipating as much as 14 inches of snow. well, this very vigorous weather system is winding its way across the southern great lakes as it does, it's going to bring with it first the rainfall right around chicago. and then it changes over to snow. and not just the snowfall, but we're looking at near blizzard conditions. some of the winds make as high as 50, possibly 60 miles an hour. take a look at the wind now, coming straight out of the north, 30, 40, i saw some of the winds topping out at close to 50 miles per hour already. but look at chicago, wind coming up from the south. so, we've got the milder air and this is all rainfall, at least right now, but very quickly it's going to change to snow. look at some of the snowfall totals we've seen over the last 24

iowa, a foot, foot and a half of snow fallen. snow coming down pretty good in michigan and blowing sideways across ohio with wind chills in the teens. the warm sector has rainfall. heavy rain from philadelphia to trenton, newark, new york, white plains, fairfield county and back up to the i-95 corridor. a lot of wind with this as well. not only ponding on the roadways, but winds will cause air travel delays and serious wind advisories, issued for a good chunk of real estate from the canadian border through dixie. 45, 50-mile-an-hour wind. here is the verification. 67 mile winds gusts and snows will pile up away from the big cities and continue to pile up away from up. >> thank you very much, rob marciano. it is nasty, including in ohio. a snow-packed start. the area bracing for 8 inches of snow in the next 24 hours. the major concern? 45-mile-an-hour wind gusts are possible. victor blackwell, is weathering the storm in cleveland. what's it like there right now? >> reporter: well, rob was right. we're getting this sideways snow. y

>> one probable that we have is he filed the case under iowa law only, and the iowa supreme court is the final authority on what iowa law says and they have carved out an exception. normally if a worker's sex plays a part, it's discrimination. but they carved out a exception, it does not have anything to do with her sex if it's specific to her. >> i have been telling the story, and i thought the same thing, people reaching out to me on social media saying that a man would not be fired for being too attractive for a job. you do not see discrimination in that? you feel it's true? >> of course, it's true. maybe not never, but i can't imagine a situation. yet women every day in the workplace go through situations where they are either too attractive or not attractive enough for a particular man. and we understand that that is sex discrimination. part of what is disturbing to me is that the iowa supreme court is made up of 7 men and perhaps they just simply do not understand that this is the kind of discrimination that occurs in today's workplace. >> here is a thing. and i want to ask thi

also today, another mismatch for coffee state, overmatched by iowa in iowa city in a nutshell. it was a kudos to the copper state athletic department for getting the money needed to play the teams, but the teams themselves have to suffer. david versus goliath. iowa 80-50. >>> a little dirty decorating, the surprise materials used to spice up this fast food restaura >>> who says you need to spend big bucks on holiday decorations, check out what a burger king manager made in cape corral florida, he used trash to make the scene from a christmas carol, you'll see old yogurt containers >>> that's it for us tonight, be sure to watch tim and gigi, for. for bern and stan, i'm adam may. criminal mind is next. i'll se

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>> that's how they roll in iowa. >> within three minutes we knocked on the door, opened up the van, they were all smiling because we showed up. >> it's cool to see their son get so excited about the rescue. >> the u.s. army came, put us in this fancy truck, we got blankets, snacks. >> they were stuck for a couple of days, but they did have a lot of help from the people in community that would drive them to their cars so they could get stuff out, drive them back to the hotels so they could eat and get groceries. >> so they were stuck in this area for a few days but not stuck in their car. >> no. >> they couldn't go on to their trip to ohio. they were stuck in the hotel. >> when you're trying to get home for christmas, you'll do almost anything. ♪ >> his video went viral. >> it's all about this guy punchipun punking football. >> now a national football team is interested. >>> and a guy goes undercover. >> to see if newspapers can hold the attention of their [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps goin

. >> i think that is where iowa supreme court got it wrong, this is not an issue of sexual harassment, this is a issue of a marital dispute that went to a higher level, within every reasonable state, he can fire this woman, i think absolutely not, this dentist of out of order, he fired the woman after complaining about a bulge in his pants talking about her secondial life, he-- secondiasexual life, sexual hisz that are inappropriate comments to make at the workplace. tom: i cannot act that way around my coworkers, i would be in so much trouble. >> there is a difference between being in trouble andb being fired, everyone feels -- i read it, here is the thing, he has the employer has also exchanged text-messages with this woman, they are married, he goes to his fast o -- pastor, said, i am vey attractive to her, my wife is upset, asks the pastor, what do i do? he said fire her. it is about the government staying out of who you employee. tom: rebecca. i have to make this personal, i married way over my head. a very pretty woman. and she has told me, and others that are considered to be a

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according to the iowa supreme court. the case centers around melissa nelson and her employment as a dental assistant. nelson worked for dentist james knight for more than ten years. but near the end of her employment, she was told her clothing was too tight, and it was distracting. so melissa nelson joins us live at 7:00 p.m. in our next hour here on cnn. i want to tell you that. but this hour holly hughes joins us, a criminal defense attorney. the court called her, holly, irresistible attraction. >> well, let's just start with that, okay? >> how does this come into the decision? her attractiveness was irresistible? >> that's what this deny temperature claimed when he fired her. and he said the reason i fired her, my wife was getting jealous. and we didn't do anything. but i thought she was so attractive, i thought i might do something in the future if she continued to work with me. my wife thought the same thing so i fired her. your gut reaction as a human being, don. i saw that headline, and i was like, what, are you k

nobody spikes it. >> this is good. >>> now a simply stunning case from iowa. get this. >> it centers on a woman, 32 years old, mother of two. worked in a dentist office for ten years. she was fired because her boss said she was too tempting and a threat to his marriage. >> on friday, iowa's all male supreme court unanimously agreed with knight saying he was just fied because he saw nelson as quote, an irresistible attraction. wow. >>> and finally, gangnam style making youtube history. the video of the year is the first ever youtube video to be viewed 1 billion times. billion with a "b." >> it was posted back in july. been viewed between 7 million and 10 million times every day. >> one reason for the success, a huge number of gangnam style versions posted on youtube as well. psy, take us to break, son. ♪ oh. right. kay. [ female announcer ] it's true, every kiss does begin with kay. introducing shades of wonder, featuring rare, natural color diamonds from australia. at kay, the number-one jewelry store in america. ohhhh. right. ♪ every kiss begins with kay

by the way, iowa. how about the job fran mccaffery. he has done an incredible job with the hawkeyes. aaron white, the super soph of that team has had so much to do with their success, everywhere he's been he's been successful, more recently siena before taking the job at iowa, ross is fouled and that's from three-point range by young. "i love you, but there was no need for that," -- >> clark: what we call a brain-neutral play. he parked it and wasn't thinking. you love his energy, but in that case you basically want to keep the clock moving. you're not interested in seeing it stop at all. >> tim: i don't know of any coach that can be upset with his player and yet love the player as much as bill. know what i mean? i think he got that from eddie sutton, i really do. it doesn't last long. usually it involves one quick line and then there is a love pat and we move on. >> clark: that's the way it should be. get your point across, make sure they know you care and get to the next play. >> greg: talk about the mental letdown. for a guy that on

. >>> this morning, 36,000 people are without power in the state of iowa. lots of folks hoping to get a jump on the holiday travel rush, but they might have to turn to another plan. meteorologist alexandria steele has been tracking all of this

. >> i'm from iowa i would know that. >> fascinating. >> show off. >> steve doocy, martha maccallum and you compete for bragging rights. >> the last one. kwame quadruple or nothing. >> factor style. >> bill: you pick? >> teddy bears because i like teddy bears. >> hi. >> can we replace doocy y.? is it too late? i guess it is. caution, you where to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching this special edition of the factor, the great american news quiz spectacular. in the next hour, you will get to test your knowledge and play along with us so let's begin. first topic, legendary actor john wayne.