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Next on close up two new pills to promising treatments for covid patients. Why some doctors are actually worried about these new defenses against the pandemic. 43 tornadoes blew through Iowa on December 15. The program now available to guide thousands of disaster victims to the help they need to rebuild marijuana amendment. Why? Statehouse democrats say it's time to change Iowa's constitution to make marijuana legal. This is Iowa's news leader. This is K. C. C. I ate news close up. Good morning. I'm Andrew mollenbeck. The Food and Drug Administration just approved two new weapons against the fight against covid weapons that can be used at home thursday. The FDA authorized the use of drugmaker marks, antiviral pill mill nope. I revere data showed the new drug cuts the risk of hospitalization or even death by 30% for high risk patients. It would be prescribed to adults with mild to moderate covid symptoms. The FDA? S approval of the Merck drug came one day after they approved another at home treatment by Fizer. Studies show they're antiviral pill packs livid reduces the risk of hospitalizations and death by 88% but only if given within the first five days of symptoms. Pfizer's drug needs to be taken over five days. Three pills twice a day. The FDA authorized that drugs use for high risk adults and Children. 12 and older K. C. C. I. S. Marcus McIntosh spoke with Dr Anissa froze an infectious disease specialist at mercy one. She says these new treatments hold a lot of promise but they also carry a risk that people will think of them as a substitute for a vaccination. Yeah, so I think we were waiting for this, we were waiting for this for a long time because we do not have any good outpatient uh you know treatments for covid. So I think this is um start of the first pill and it is a breakthrough. We actually thought the mark pill that the talk was would get approved first but looks like when fighters submitted their data. I mean it was very impressive the way hospitalizations can be prevented. So I think we are very excited about it. I think both outpatient physicians and people like me who work in the hospital because really if we can keep the patients uh you know within the clinic system at home and get over this uh and prevent hospitalizations. That is will be a big step. What does this pill mean for for covid in general? Yes. So it is an antiviral medicine. It is like that I? Ve antiviral medicine that we use in the hospital remdesivir. So this is a combination of two antiviral medicine. One medicine is very well known to us because we use an HIV population. It's called right on over there, there is a low dose retaining water in it and with another additional new antiviral medicine. So it's a combination of two antiviral medicine. So Covid disease initial phase of that 57 days there is rapid viral replication, multiple creation of virus. So if antiviral is used as soon as possible, it stops the replication of the virus. So people get um well sooner people feel less symptomatic. So antivirals really work in that initial wider replication phase. That is why it's recommended, you know five days within five days or just after five days, you should use this. What are the concerns you have about this? If anything? Yeah, the only concern I have is more of um overuse and misuse. The reason is because really we would still believe that healthy people with mild disease who do not have any um high risk um factors for severe illness may still get better, You know? And if you see the approval um they say, you know, approved for Children more than 12 years of age with mild to moderate COVID disease who are at risk for severe disease or being hospitalized. So the last part of the sentence clearly says use it for high risk people or high risk Children. Um so I think um people may go for, you know, with just my little illness and um even healthy people may go for it. That's my only concern. But I think if clinician, you clinicians, physicians providers use it appropriately. I think it's a great drug to keep people outside the hospital. And that's kind of my next question only designed at this point for people of an older weighing more than £88, with with Syria with with health concerns due to this, what does this mean for the people who don't fall in that category and will not be able to use this drug at this point? Yes. So they need to do what exactly they're doing right now. They need to be tested sooner. Isolate themselves, stay home For 10 days at least and get over with this um they do the same thing as they are doing right now. You know, test yourself early if you have symptoms, if you are healthy, you do not have any comorbidities, you will get over this. Is this a little bit of hope for hospitals and hospital staff that have been bombarded with with with hospitalizations and people coming into the hospital. Absolutely. I think this today, it was sort of array of hope for people in the hospital basically, you know, and even the outpatient clinicians for us, you know, the burden on healthcare system because of Covid has been really very high these past two years and uh other illnesses and people, heart disease for example, and getting surgeries that need to be done and you know, things that are being postponed for a while that electives say somebody needs a knee replacement that needs to be done that have been getting postponed because of Covid or no bed or no staff, you know, I think we can catch up with those things. Um I think keeping people outside the hospital would be the best thing so that we can get back to our routine hospital cases are routine surgeries and not worry about, you know, having our beds occupied by covid positive patients. The FDA is approval of both drugs is just the first step before the drug can actually get to hospitals and pharmacies. The Centers for Disease Control must also give its approval. But Dr Effros says the data showing their effectiveness appears strong. So she expects the CDCs approval soon. There is only one other antiviral treatment for COVID approved by the FADA. Remdesivir was approved last year. It has been available here in Iowa since May of 2020 but unlike Fizer and mark pills, remdesivir is given intravenously. So it can't be taken at home When it comes to getting vaccinated, Iowa still lags behind the national average. The CDCs latest numbers show close to 59% of all Iowans are fully vaccinated nationally. More than 61% of Americans are fully vaccinated. Many doctors and nurses are growing increasingly frustrated with the war on covid. Unity Point gave them a chance to voice those frustrations on social media And I lost 11 lives in three days. That has never happened in my whole life. Maybe their kids without a parent or a spouse without a partner. That's getting old. The video ends with a plea for viewers to get vaccinated, It can be seen in its entirety on Unity points facebook page. Well, one reason people give for not getting the Covid shot. Is there? Fear the vaccine will have serious side effects. A study published last week in the Journal of American Medical Association found serious side effects are rare. The study conducted by the University of California San Francisco found while 80% of people reported short term symptoms like fatigue, soreness and headaches, only 2/10 of 1% reported a serious allergic reaction. Iowa State University researchers found vaccine scarcity did not drive up demand for the covid shot. Those researchers found that one reason many of the first people eligible for the vaccine chose to wait was to allow other people to get what many saw as a rare commodity. The study found even those at high risk for Covid. We're willing to wait when the vaccine was described as scarce. Health officials need to understand that some people are going to be motivated more by the individual benefits for their own health. Some people will be more motivated because of their families and some people are going to be more motivated because of the whole community. I. S. U. Researchers say the results of this study will help medical professionals better understand vaccine hesitancy and how to communicate future vaccine benefits with patients. Well dealing with disaster can be overwhelming. What's now available to thousands of Iowans that will help guide them to help rebuild after this month's tornadoes and high winds. My name is Aaron I've been with Facebook for two years now. Iowa's second to radio in two years blew across the state 11 days ago. It's taken the national weather service several days to count the number of tornadoes that dropped from the sky at last check. The weather service has confirmed 43 twisters so far. That's not only the most, most ever recorded in december here in Iowa but it's the most recorded in one day in the state breaking. The previous record set August 31st 2014 The Derecho and tornadoes caused damage throughout the state. Governor Kim Reynolds issued disaster proclamations for 50 of Iowa's 99 counties that allows state assistance to go to the areas for storm cleanup and repair kcc. I. Cynthia falter talked with mary reidy director of programs with the Iowa Community Action Association, a group that helps disaster victims get the help they need. We have two programs uh that we would wrap under disaster services that community action assists with the Iowa individual assistance grant program. So I I A. G. P. Which is a financial assistance program up to $5000 for households that are eligible. And then the disaster case management program which there's no income limit. Um As long as you were impacted by the storm. Um In your legal resident of the United States you can receive assistance um kind of walking through disaster recovery. So if that's finding other resources in your community. Um Navigating insurance. Um Navigating the individual assistance program, all that kind of good stuff we could assist with. So if someone doesn't know where to start and they're looking at you know the building down on their property or whatever can who do they call, where did they start? Yeah. So we would say contact your local community action agency if you need to find that you can go to Iowa community action dot org and we have a find an agency button, it'll let you select what county you live in and we'll have the contact information for your local agency. It's probably the best starting place to see if you might be eligible for that individual assistance program um or if you're interested in disaster case management as well. Um Also encourage you to reach out to your local Emergency management coordinator. Um They're the ones kind of overseeing the larger picture of disaster recovery in the community, so they might have some other resources or ideas of where to appoint you as well. And what will a disaster case manager help people with, yep. So we helped walk through what's called a disaster recovery plan. So we'll sit down with the household look at what your goals are, it might be uh structural repairs for your home and might be I need to move out of my home replacing a certain property that was damaged. Uh So it's really a collaboration with the family and then identifying what resources are available, what we might need to ask for additional resources for that at the state level or beyond. Um So kind of breaking down the recovery process into digestible pieces. Um And of course pointing towards other resources that might exist. So kind of a partner in the disaster recovery process um and this program lasts for six months. So if you think you might be eligible for the individual assistance grant program Um you have to be a resident in the county that received the disaster declaration and be at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines. Um if you think you might qualify for that and you go out and have to um get food replaced because you know your power was out um or you had a window that was broken apart of your roof was damaged. Um Part of the program as you do, if you have insurance, you need to go through that first, but if there are certain things that insurance doesn't cover um and you ended up having to pay that out of pocket, keep those receipts, you might be eligible to be reimbursed through the Individual Assistance Grant program. Um It's just gonna depend on your situation, so certainly encourage you to reach out to community action and see what you could be eligible for and they can certainly help navigate you through the next steps and if you are eligible for the disaster case management program, should you hold off on doing those repairs yourself until you talk to a manager case manager. I think it's always a good idea to, to talk to talk to somebody about what your options are. Um, especially if you do have insurance, but you decide not to uh, go through the claim process with them. You, you think you'll, you know, do the repairs yourself that might not allow you to be eligible for the individual assistance program. Um, so you might be blocking yourself off from some potential avenues for assistance. Um, so I think it's a good idea if you're not in a, you know, obviously emergent situation, um, to take a second call community action and and see what your options and next steps could be for more information, go to Iowa community action dot org. Well, Des Moines police are still looking for victims in an immigration scam. Why attorneys say that group of people is a frequent target for fraudsters. Bye mom. Sometimes, Des Moines police are still tracking down victims of an immigration scam that cost them tens of thousands of dollars. This woman nancy, Sandoval faces theft, conspiracy and criminal conduct charges. Police say she and a person from texas took money from Iowa immigrants who thought the pair could speed up their residency and citizenship process. You know, it's just, it seems to be that they were taking advantage of some vulnerable people in our community and um, knowing that those vulnerabilities exist, they tried to capitalize on it. Last week, I spoke with Della Arriaga, a local immigration attorney about the impact this case has, not only on the immigrant community, but to the immigration attorneys that devote their careers to helping them. Part of it too, isn't it? That the immigrant community and in this situation is probably pretty vulnerable. So there maybe more open to I just need help. I need it quickly. I don't have time. They don't think to vet all of the background, so they're already vulnerable and they're just trying to get help quickly. They really are a lot of times somewhat desperate because they just want to find a fix for the situation. And so, um, usually what I tell people the hard part of my job is having to tell them there's absolutely nothing I can do. And I always reiterate that if I could, I would, but I'm not gonna sit here and lie to you or misinform you or make you think that there's something. But um the other thing that you have to consider and in our community knows that everything with immigration is not fast. It's actually quite slow. And so anybody who starts making promises of something fast again, tell tell sign, don't do it. Um, currently, just because of covid, um, immigration is 2 to 3 times behind the normal average processing times. And so, um I we were just commenting that I don't think that there's anything under six months that you can get from U. S. C. I. S. Is pretending to be a lawyer taking advantage of the immigrant community trying to get citizenship. How does that hit you? First of all? It bothers me because it was hard to get that law degree and it's been difficult to make sure that you do what is the regulations require you to do? So it saddens me on the other part because we advocate so much for the hispanic community or at least I do. But the immigrant community is not just Latinos of course. But um they're already taking advantage so much as it is and then uh to hear that somebody else is just doing it. It just it disheartens me. It's just unreal for those who might be trying to seek legal counsel for an immigration question, something like that. What is your advice to them to make sure they're dealing with a real lawyer that it is an actual business first and foremost recommendations referrals that lets you know that somebody's established and somebody's already had experience with that person check and see if that is a legitimate company. Anybody who tells you now you have to do this now or anybody who tells you, oh you have to give me cash. I mean these are signs nowadays. Credit cards are it. Um it doesn't mean that if a person asks you for cash doesn't mean but if they put an urgency on it then it's not not really good thing. Well, some polls show Iowans favor legalizing marijuana. Next. We hear from the politicians who say the only way to make it happen is to amend Iowa's constitution starting at five K. C. C. I shows you last week. Democratic leaders in the state Senate said Iowans want marijuana legalized here. They explained why they believe a constitutional amendment is the only way to make that happen. Marijuana prohibition has been a costly failure. It's ending across America because it has caused far more harm than good. It's time for Iowa voters to have a direct voice and creating a new system that regulates marijuana like alcohol for adult use. In 2020, more than 4300 Iowans were convicted of marijuana possession. Iowa taxpayers are on the hook for tens of millions annually. For this failure. They play twice as they pick up an enormous financial tab for an unfair policing and criminal justice system and the cost of the social safety net to support thousands of Iowa families that deal with the economic turmoil resulting from a criminal record. Iowans, no, we can do better. A majority of Iowans are in favor of significant reform. It's time for governor. Reynolds and legislative republicans to allow voters, the freedom to decide. Iowans are ready to join the growing list of states that are regulating marijuana for adult use, 19 states have already done so Iowans are tired of filling our prisons with nonviolent offenders, traumatizing families with separation and taking away opportunities from far too many young adults for something that is legal in nearly half the states in our country. Iowans want to move forward on drug policies. In fact, the Des Moines Register Mediacom Iowa poll last spring showed that more than half of Iowans support legalizing marijuana for recreational uses and more than three quarters support expanding it for medical purposes. Unlike many of our neighboring states, the citizens of Iowa do not have the ability to put this issue on the ballot as referendum. So we think it's time that Iowa has got to have a voice and a vote in this matter. You can't go to a retail location and I won by a joint or marijuana because it's, it's criminally against the law. And what this constitutional amendment would do would be, it would be basically begin to treat marijuana like we treat a six pack of beer. So that's essentially what we're proposing is to is to join those states that have taken away criminal penalties from the use and possession of marijuana. I have not asked um what republicans might be interested in moving forward on this, but um, I can tell you that they certainly seem interested in constitutional amendments as um, that has been a strategy that they've followed in um giving Iowans the freedom to vote on initiatives such as guns and um, um pregnancy rights of Iowans as well. So, um, we're hopeful that, um, they will let the people decide as they have, um, decided to do on so many other issues on their agenda. We contacted Governor kim Reynolds office on the amendment proposal. They say they have no comment. Well, thank you for joining us for K. C. C. I ate news close up. We'll see you right back here next sunday. Have a great day. Mm hmm. Mhm. Okay. ON ����vlog 8 NEWS AT 5:00. >> NEXT ON CLOSE-UP, TWO NEW PILLS, TWO PROMISING TREATMENTS FOR COVID PATIENTS. WHY SOME DOCRSTO ARE ACTUALLY WORRIED ABOUT THESE NEW DEFENSES AGAINST THE PANDEMIC. 43 TORNADOES LUSSIER -- BLEW THROUGH IOWA DECEMBER 15TH. THE HELP DISASTER VICTIMS NEED TO REBUILD. THE MAYOR WHY ARE -- THE MARIJUANA AMENDMENT. >> THIS IS IOWA’S NEWS LEADER, ����vlog 8 NEWS CLOSE-UP. >> GOOD MORNING. I AM ANDREW MOLLENBECK. THE MUD -- THE FDA APPROVED TWO NEW WEAPONS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CO-WITH A CAN BE USED AT HOME. THURSDAY THE FDA AUTHORIZED MARKS ANTIVIRAL PILL. THE NEW DRUG BECAUSE THE RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION OR DEATH BY 30% FOR HIGH-RISK PATIENTS. IT WOULD BE PRESCRIBED TO DOLTS WITH MILD-TO-MODERATE COVID. THE FDA’S APPROVAL OF THE MERCK DRUG CAME ONE DAY AFTER THEY APPROVED ANOTHER AT-HOME TREATMENT BY PFIZER. STUDIES SHOW THEIR ANTIVIRAL PILL PAXLOVID REDUCES THE RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH BY 85% IF GIVEN WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF SOME ROOMS. PFIZER’S DRUG NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OVER FIVE DAYS, THREE PILLS TWICE A DAY. THE FDA AUTHORIZED THAT FOR HIGH-RISK ADULTS AND CHILDREN 12 AND OLDER. MARCUS MCINTOSH SPOKE WITH AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AT MERCY ONE WHO SAYS THESE NEW TREATMENTS HOLD A LOT OF PROMISE BUT ALSO CARRY A RISK THAT PEOPLE WILL THINK OF THEM AS A SUBSTITUTE FULLY VACCINATION. >> YEAH. I THINK WE WERE WAITING FOR THIS FOR ALONG TIME BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY GOOD -- WE DO NOT HAVE ANY GOOD OUTPATIENT, YOU KNOW, TREATMENTS FOR COVID. SO I THINK THIS IS A BREAKTHROUGH. WE THOUGHT THAT THE MERCK PILL WOULD GET APPROVED FIRST. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN PFIZER SUBMITTED THEIR DATA, IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. THE WAY HOSPITALIZATIONS CAN BE PREVENTED. WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. BOTH OUTPATIENT PHYSICIANS AND PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT WORK IN THE HOSPITAL. KEEP PATIENTS IN THE CLINIC SYSTEM ARE AT HOME AND GET OVER THIS, AND PREVENT HOSPITALIZATIONS, THAT WILL BE A BIG STEP. >> WHAT DOES THIS PILL MEAN FOR COVID IN GENERAL? >> YEAH. IT IS AN ANTIVIRAL MEDICINE MIKE THE ANTIVIRAL MEDICINE WE USE IN THE HOSPITAL. THIS IS A COMBINATION OF TWO MEDICINES. ONE IS VERY WOMAN TO US BECAUSE WE USE AND HIV POPULATION. IT IS CALLED RATON OF THE. WITH ANOTHER NEW ADDITIONAL ANTIVIRAL MEDICINE. IT IS A COMBINATION OF TWO ANTIVIRAL MEDICINES. , IN THE INITIAL PHASE, THERE IS RAPID VIRAL REPLICATION. IF AN ANTIVIRAL IS USED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IT STOPS REPLICATION SO PEOPLE GET WELL SOONER. PEOPLE WILL BE LESS SYMPTOMATIC. ANTIVIRAL’S WORK IN THAT INITIAL REPLICATION PHASE. THAT IS WHY IT IS RECOMMENDED, FIVE DAYS WITHIN FIVE DSAY, JUST AFTER FIVE DAYS, YOU SHOULD USE THIS. WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS YOU HAVE ABOUT THIS IF ANY? >> THE ONLY CONCERN I HAS TSHI MORE OF A OVERUSED AND MISUSED. THE REASON IS BECSEAU REAYLL WE STILL BELIEVEHA TEALTHY H PEOPLE WITH MILD DISEASE BOOTED ARE NOT -- DISEASE WHO DO NOT HAVE ANY HIGH-RISK FACTORS FOR SEVERE ONUS MAY STILL TGE BETTER, YOU KNOW? IF YOU SEE IMPROVE OR, TYHE SAY, -- IMPROVABLE, THEY SAY, APPROVED FOR CHILDREN MORE THAN 12 YEARS OF AGE WITH MILD TO MODERATE COVID SEES -- DISEASE WHO ARE AT RISK BECAUSEF O YOUR DISEASE OR ARE BEING HOSPITALIZED. ETH LASTAR PT OF THE SENTENCE CLEARLY SAYS HIGH-RISK PEOPLE OR HIGH-RISK CHILDREN. SO I THINK PEOPLE MAY GO FOR JUST MODERN DS I GIVE CLINICIANS CAP OF ADDITION -- I THINK IF CLINICIANS USE IT APPROPRIATELY IT IS A GREAT DRUG TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. >> IIST ONLY DESIGNED AT THIS POINT FOR PEOPLE 12ND A OLDER WEIGHING MORE THAN 88 POUNDS WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR PEOPLE. WHO DO NOT FEEL -- FALL IN THAT CATEGORY? >> THEY NEED TO DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW. THEY NEED TO BE TESTED TUMOR -- SOONER, ISOLA,TE STAY HOME FOR 10 DAYS AT LEAST AND GET OVER THEY DO THE SAME THING THEY ARE DOING W.NO TEST EARLY. IF YOU ARE HEALTHY, Y WOUILL GET OVER THIS. IS THIS A LITTLE HELP R HOSPITALS AND HOSPITAL STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN BOMBARDED WITH HOSPITALIZATIONS? >>SPITALIZATIONS? ABSOLUTELY. TODAY IT WAS A RLEA HOPE PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL. AND EVEN OUTPATIENT CLINICIANS. RS, YOU KNOW,HE T BURNDE -- FOR US, THE BURDEN ON HEALTH CARE SYSTEM BECAUSE A COVIDLL HAS REALLY VERY HIGH THESE PAST TWO YEARS. OTHER ILLNESSSE ANDEOE P, HEART DISEASE, FOR EXAMPLE, GETTING SURGERIES THAT NEED TO BE DONE, THINGS THAT ARE BEING POSTPONED FOR A WHILE THAT ELECTED-, - ELECTIVES, SAY, SOMEBODY NEEDS AN AIR REPLACEMENT. THI INK THAT WE CAN CATCH UP THWI THOSE THINGS. I THINK THAT KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL WOULD BE BEST. SO, WE CAN GET BACK TO OUR ROUTINE HOSPALIT CASES. OU R ROUTINE SURGERIES. AND NOT WORRY ABOUT HAVING BEDS OCCUPIED BY COVID POSITIVE PATIENTS. >> THE FDA’S APPROVAL OF BOTH DRUGS IS THE FIRST STEP BEFORE THE DRUG CAN ACTUALLY GET HOSPITALS AND PHARMACIES. THE CDC MUST ALSO GIVE ITS APPROVAL. DOCTORS ARE SAYING THAT THE DATA APPEAR STRONG. SHE EXPECTS CDC APPROVAL SOON. THERE IS ONE OTHER ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT FOR ODGO APPROVED BY ETH FDA, REMDESIVIR HAS BEEN AVAILABLE IN IOWA SINCE MAY OF 2020. REMDESIVIR IS GIVEN INTRAVENOUSLY SO IT CANNOTE B TAKEN AT HOME. WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THAT MADE IT, IAOW LAGS BEHIND THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. CLOSE TO 59OF% ALL IOWANS ARE VACCINEDAT. NATIONALLY MORE THAN 61% OF ERAMICANS ARE VACCINATED. MANY DOCTORS AND NURSES ARE GROWING FRUSTRADTE WITH COVID. UNITY POINT GAVE TMHE A CHANCE TO VOICE FRUSTRATIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> HAVE I LOST 11 MOMS IN TEEHR DAYS. THAT IS EVER HAPPENED IN MY LIFE. A KID WITHOUT A PARENT OR SPOUSE WITHOUT A PARTNER IS GEOUSE WITHOUT A PARTNER IS TTING OLD. >> T VHEIDEO ENDS WITH A PLEA FOR VIEWERS TO T GEVACCINATED. ITAN C BE SEEN IN ITS ENTIRETY ONHE T UNITY POINT FACEBOOK PAGE. ONE REASON PEOPLEIV GE FOR NOT GETTING THE COVID SHOTS I THERE YOUR THAT THE VACCINE WILL HAVE SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS. -- THEIR FEAR THAT THE VACCINE WILL HAVE SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS. A STUDY FOUND SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS ARE RARE. THE STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUND TTHA WHILE 80% OF PEOPLE REPORTED SHORT-TERM SOME COMPLEXITY, SORENESS, AND HEADACHE -- SHORT-TERM SYMPTOMS LIKE FATIGUE, SORENESS, AND HEADACHES, ONLY 2% REPORDTE SERIOUS REACTIONS. VACCINE SCARCITY DID NOT DVERI UP DEMAND FOR THE NOVICHOK. ONE -- THE COVID IS SHOT. NYMA OF THE FIRST PEOPLE ELIGIBLE CHOSEO T WAIT. EVEN THOSE AT HIGH RISK FOR COVID WERE WILLI TONG WAIT WHEN ETH VACCINE WAS DESCRIBED AS SCARCE. >> HEALTH OFFICIALS NEED TO UNDERSNDTA SOMETHING WILL BE MOTIVATED MORE BY THE INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS FOR TIRHE OWN HEALTH. SOME PEOPLE WILL BE MORE MOTIVATED BECAUSE OF THEIR FAMILIES. SOME PEOPLE ARE GOINTOG BE MORE MOTIVATED BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. >> ISU RESEARCHERS SAY THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY WILL HELP MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE UNDERSTAND TINAXG HESITANCY -- VACCINE HESITANCY. DEALING WITH DISASTER CAN BE OVERWHELMING. ATWH IS NOW AVAILABLE TO THOUSANDS OF ISLANDS THAT WILL HELP -- IOWANS THAT WILL HELP THEM REBUILD AFTER THIS MONTH’S TOADRNOES. >> ����vlog 8 NEWS CLOSE-UP BROUGHT TO YOU BY ISLA CREDIT UNISON -- I WAS CREDIT UNIONS. >> 11 DAYS AGO IT HAS TAKEN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEVERAL DAYS TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF TORNADOES. AT LAST CHECKED THE WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMED 43 SO FAR. THAT IS NOT ONLYRECORDED IN DECE BUT THE MOST RECORDED IN ONE DAY IN THE STATE, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD THAT -- SET AUGUST 30 FOURTH 2014. THE TORNADOES CAUSEDAM DAGE THROUGH THE STATE. GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS ISSUED DISASTER PROAMCLATIONS FOR 50 OF I WAS 99 COUNTIES. THAT ALLOWED STATE ASSISTANCE TO GO TO STORM CLEANUP AND REPAIR. CYNTHIA FODOR TALKED WITH MARY REEDY DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS WITH THE IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION, A GROUP THAT HELPS DISASTER VICMSTI. >> WE HAVE TWO PROGRAM WE WOULD WRAP UNDER DISASTER SERVICES. THE IOWA INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM, I I AGP, UP TO $5,000 FOR HOUSEHOLDS ELIGIBLE. THEN THE DISASTER CEAS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. THERE IS NO INCOME LIMIT. AS LONG AS YOU ARE IMPACTED BY THE STORM AND A LEGAL RESIDENT OF THE U.S., YOU CAN RECEIVE ASSISTANCE. SO, IF THAT IS FINDING OTHER RESOURCES IN YOUR COMMUNITY, NAVIGATING INSURCEAN, NAVIGATING INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. ALL OF THAT STUFF. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COMMUTYNI ACTION AGENCY IF YOU NEED TO FIND THAT. YOU CAN GO TO COMMUNITY ACTION.ORG. WE HAVE A FIND AN AGENCY BUT IN THAT WILL LET YOU SELECT WHAT COUNTY YOU LIVE IN AND WILL HAVE THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR YOUR LOCAL AGENT. THAT IS THE BEST STARTING PLACE TO SEE IF YOU WOULD BELI EGIBLE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. ALSO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GORDON NADER. THOSE ARE THE ONES OVERSEEING THE LAERRG PICTURE -- COORDINATOR. THOSE ARE THE ONES OVERSEEING THEY MIGHT HAVE RESOURCES OR IDEAS AS WELL. >> WHAT WILL HE DISASTER CASE MANAGER HELP PEOPLE WITH? >> WE LKWA THROUGH A DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN. WE WILL SIT DOWWITHN THE HOUSEHOLD AND LOOK AT WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE. THAT FIGHT BE STRUCTURAL RE PAIRS. IT MIGHT BE, I NEED TO MOVE OUT. REPLACING CERTAIN PROPERTY THAT WAS DAMAGED. IT IS C AOLLABORATION WITH THE FAMILY. THEN, IDENTIFYING WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE. WHAT WE MIGHT NEED TO ASK FOR ADDIONTIALES ROURCES FOR WITH THE STATE LEVEL OR BEYOND. SO, KIND OF WORKING DNOW -- BREAKING DOWN THE RECOVERY PROCESS INTO DIGESTIBLE PIECES. OF COURSE, POINTING TOWARDS OTHER RESOURCES. SO, A PARTNER IN THE PROCESS. THIS PROGRAM LASTS FOR SIX MONTHS. IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO BE A RIDEST ENIN THE COUNTY THAT RECEIVES THE DISASTER DECLARATION AND BE AT OR BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES. IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT QUALIFY FOR THAT AND YOU GO OUT AND HAVE TO GET FOOD REPLACED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOUR PORWE WITHOUT MORE, YOU HAD A WINDOW BROKEN OR PART OF YOUR ROOF SWA DAMAGED, PART OF THE PROGRAM IS IF YOU HAVE INSURANCE, YOU NEED TO GO THUGROH THAT FIRST. IF THERE ARE THINGS INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER AND YOU ENDED UP HAVING TO PAY THAT OUT OF ROCKET, KEEP THE RECEIPTS. YOU MIGHT BE REIMBURSED. >> IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DISASTER CASE MANAGEMENT, SHOULD YOU HOLD OFF ON DOING REPAIRS YOURSELF UNTIL YOU TALK TO A CASE MANAGER? >> IT IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT WHAT YROU MORE -- WHAT YOUR OPTIONS ARE ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO HAVE INSURANCE YOU DECIDE NOTO T GO THROUGH THE CLAIM PROCESS WITH THEM AND THINK YOU WILL DO ABOUT YOURSELF. -- DO REPAIRS YOURSELF. YOU MITGH BE BLOCKING YOURSELF FROM POTENTIAL AVENUES FOR ASSISTANCE. IT IS A GOOD IDEA IF YOU ARE NOT IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION TO TAKE A SECOND CALL COMMUNITY ACTION AND SEE WHAT THE OPTISON COULD BE. >> FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO IOWACOMMUNITYACTION.ORG. DES MOINES POLICE ARE LOOKING RFO VIC COMES IN AND EMIGRATION -- VICTIMS IN AN IMMIGRATION SCAM. >> HELPING YOU PLAN THE NEXT 12 HOURS. CENTRAL IOWA WAS- - IOWA’S MORNING METEOROLOGIST OR HIM TODAY GO -- JASON SYDEJKO. >> FOR THE TEMPERATURES DROP. BEFORE THE SNOW FALLS. KNOW WINTERS WORST IS ONTS I WAY. ����vlog STORM TEAM 8. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS GLONINGER, YOUR EXPERT WITH THE FIRST WARNING. MORNING METEOROLOGIST JASON SYDEJKO HAS EXPERIENCED TO HELP YOU PLAN THE DAY AHEAD. BE READY FOR WHATEVER WINTER ATWEHER COMES WITH STORM TEAM 8. >> THE SUN GOES DOWN BUT YOU ARE STILL MOVING. >>ILL MOVING. YOU HAVE THINGS TO DO TONIGHT. >> AT ����vlog WOULD MAKE TOROMROW EASIER. >> UPDATING YOU ON WHAT HAPPENED TODAY, WHAT IS NEXT, AND, HOW THAT COULD CHANGE YOUR PLANS. >> LOOKING OUT FOR YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS. >> AND SHOWING YOU THE WEATHER CHANGES YOU WILL SEE AND HEAR. >> A BETTER TOMORROW STARTS TONIGHT ON ����vlog 8 NEWS AT 10:00. >> DES MOINES POLICE ARE STILL TRACKING DOWN VICTIMS OF AN IMMIGRATION SCAM THAT COST THEM 10 OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THIS WOMAN, NANCY SANDOVAL FACES THEFT, AND CRIMINAL CONDTUC CHARGES. SHE HAD A PERSON FROM TEXAS TOOK MONEY OMFR IOWA IMMIGRANTS THAT THOUGHT THE PAIR COULD SPEED UP THEIR RESIDENCY AND CITIZENSHIP PROCES>>S THEY WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF VULNABERLE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. KNOWING THAT THOSE VULNERABILITIES EXIST, THEY TRY TO CAPITALIZE ON IT. >> LAST WEEK I SPOKE WITH A LOCAL IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY ABOUT THE IMPACT THIS CASE HAS. NOT ONLY ON THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, BUT TO THE IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS THAT DEVOTE THEIR CAREERS TO HELPING THEM. >> PART OF IT IS THAT THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND THIS SITUATION IS PROBAB PLYRETTY VULNERABLE. SO TYHE MEAN -- MAY BE MORE OPEN . TH DEYON’T THINK TO VENT ALL OF THEY ARE ALREADY VULNERABLE AND JUST TRYING TO GET HELP QUICKLY. >> THEY REALLY ARE. A LOT OF TIMES THEY ARE DESPERATE BECAUSE THEY JUST WTAN A FIX FOR THEIR SITUATION. ,SOSU UALLY, WHAT I TELL PEOPLE IS THAT THE HARD PART OF MYOB J IS HAVING TO TELL THEM, THERE IS REALLY NOTHING I CAN DO. I REITERATE THAT IF I COULD I WOULD. I WILL NOT SIT HERE AND LIE TO YOU OR MISINFORM YOU OR MAKE YOU THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING. THE OTHER THING YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER, AND OUR COMMUTYNI KNOWS THAT, EVERYTHING WAS IMMIGRATION IS NOT FA.ST IT IS QUITE SLOW. ANYBODY OF STARTAK MINPRG OMISES OF SOMETHING FAST, AGAIN, THAT IS A SIGN. DO NOT DO IT. CURRENTLY, JUST BECAUSE OF COVID, IMMIGRATION IS TWO TO THREE TESIM BEHIND THE NORMAL AVERAGE PROCESSING TIME. SO, WE WERE JUST COMMENTING THAT I DO NOT THINK THERE IS ANYTHING UNDER SIX MONTHS YOU CAN GET FROM USCIS. >> PRETENDING TO BE A LAWYER, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, TRYING TO GET CITIZENIPSH, HOW DOES THAT HIT YOU? >> IT BOTHERS ME BECAUSE IT WAS HARD TO GET THAT LAW DEGREE. IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO WHAT IS THE REGULATION REQUIREMENT. SO IT SADDENS ME BECAUSE WE ADCAVOTE SO MUCH FOR THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, OATR LEAST I DO. BUT THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IS NOT JUST LATINOS, OF COURSE. THEY ARE ALREADY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF SO MUCH AS IT IS. TO HEAR THAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING IT. IT DISHEARTENED ME. IT IS UNREAL. FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BE TRYING TO SEEK LEG CALOUNSEL FOR AN IMMIGRATION QUESTION, WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO THEM TO MAKE THAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH A REAL LAWYER THAT IT IS AN ACTUAL BUSINESS? FIRS>>T RECOMMENDATIONS, REFERRALS LED YOU KNOW THAT SOMEBODY IS ESTABLISHED. CHECK AND SEE IF THAT IS A LEGITIMATE COMPANY. ANYBODY WHO TELLS YOU, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS NOW OR ANYBODY HERE TELLS YOU, YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME CASH, THESE ARE SIGNS. NOWADAYS CREDIT CARDS ARE IT. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IF A PERSON ASKS YOU RFO CASH, IF THEY PUT URGENCY ON IT, THAT IS NOT A GOOD SIGN. >> SEOM POLLS SHOW THAT IRELAND’S FAVOR LEGALIZING MARIJUANA. NE-XT IOWANS FAVOR LEGALIZING MARIANJUA. >> ����vlog SHOWS YOU WHAT IS NT.EX FROM LIFE-CHANGING DECISIONS IN WASHINGTON >> TO THE NEW CHANGES DOWN YOUR STREET. >> GETTING ANSWERS FROM PEOPLE IN POWER. >> AND EMPOWERING YOU. >> PEOPLE ARE MORE IN TUNE TO DO HOW IT MATTERS TO VOTE. >> THIS IS WHERE YOU GOING TO CONNECT YOUR COMMUNITY. >> THIS IS WHERE YOU GO TO STAY INFORMED. >> ����vlog 8 NEWS AND THE CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NIGHT STARTING AT 5:00. >> WE ARE EXCITED TOYS UP WITH YOU WITH THE NEW 12 HOUR FORECAST >> AND A NEW WAY TO WORK. >> COME SEE WHATS I NOW START -- NEW STARTING AT 430. >> DEMOCRATIC LEADERS IN THE STATE SENATE SAID IOWANS WANT MARIJUANA LEGALIZED HERE. THEY EXPLAINED WHY THEY BELIEVE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IS THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. >> MARIJUANA PROHIBITION HAS BEEN A COSTLY FAILURE. IT IS ENDING ACROSS AMERICA PICKET HAS CAUSED MORE HARM THAN GOOD. -- BECAUSE IT HAS CAUSED MORE HARM THAN GOOD. IT IS TIME FOR IOWA VOTERS TO CREATE A NEW SYSTEM THAT REGULATE MARIJUANA LIKE ALCOHOL FOR DON’T USE. IN 2020 -- FOR ADULT USE. IOWA TAXPAYERS ARE ON THE HOOK FOR TENS OF MILLIONS ANNUALLY FOR THIS FAILURE. THEY PAY TWICE AS THEY PICK UP AND IN NORMA'’ FINANCIAL -- AN ENORMOUS FINANCIAL TO FOREIGN UNFAIR SYSTEM AND THE COST OF THE SOCIAL SAFE NET TO SUPPORT THOUSANDF O -- SOUTHEND OF IOWA -- THOUSANDS OF IOWA FAMILIES. WE KNOW WE CAN DBETTO ER. A MAJORITY OF IOWANS ARE IN FAVOR OF REFM.OR IT IS TIME FOR GOVERNOR REYNOLDS AND LEGISLATIVE REPUBLICAN TO ALLOW VOTERS THE FREEDOM TO DECIDE. >> 19 STATES HAVE ALREADY DEON THIS. IOWANS ARE TIR OEDFIF LLING PRISONS WITH NONVIOLENT FEOFERNDS, TRAUMATIZING FAMILIES WITH SEPARATION, AND TAKING AWAY OPPORTUNITIESRO FM FAR TOO MANY YOUNG ADULTS FOR SOMETHING THAT IS LEGAL IN NEAR THE -- NEARLY HALF THE STATES IN OUR COUNTRY. IOWANS WANT TO MOVE FORWARD ON DRUG POLICIES. THE POLL LAST SPRING SHOWED MORE THAN HALF OF IOWANS SUPPORT LEGALIZING MARIJUANA FOR RECREATIONAL USES AND MORE THAN THREE ORDERS SUPPORT EXPANDING IT FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES. >> UNLIKE MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORING STATES, THE CITIZENS OF IOWA DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT THIS ISSUE ON THE BALLOT AS A REFERENDUM. >> YOU CANNOT GO TO A RETAIL LOCATION IN IOWA AND BAY JOINT OR MARIJUANA BECAUSE IT IS CRIMINALLY AGAINST IS ALL. WHAT THIS AMENDMENT WOULD DO ULDWO RECENTLY BEGIN TO TRADE -- TREAT MARIJUANA LIKE WE TREAT A SIXPACK OF AIR. WE ARE PROPOSING TO JOIN THE DATE. >> THEY SEEM INTERESTED IN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. THAT HAS BEEN THE STRATEGY THEY HAVE FOLLOWED IN GIVING IOWANS THE FREEDOM TO VOTE ON INITIATIVES SUCH AS GUNS AND PREGNANCY GHTSRI OF IOWANS. WE ARE HOPEFUL THEY WILL LET DECIDED ON SO MANY OTHER ISSUES ON THEIR AGENDA. >> WE CONTACTED GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS OFFICE. TH HEYAVNOE COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR JOINGNI US FOR ����vlog 8 NEWS CLOSE-UP. WE WILL SEE YOU HERE NEXT SUNDAY. HAVE A GREAT DAY.