Transcripts For KCCI KCCI 8 News At Five 20151119

Whenever we have storm warnings, people head to the local Grocery Store to pick up the essential bigs and bread and milk. We talked to people who are trying to be that rush. I am on a mission. Jason r shoppers like kali ryan will be on a similar mission, over the next several hours. Hearing about weather was a very hearing about weather was a very big surprise for me. Jason r grabbing the necessities bread, eggs and milk. Thats kind of the stock item , you know. In anticipation of the first big snow of the season. Add to that the fact were expecting a half dozen inches of snow or more. Thats kind of why were here, but were not stocking up. Kris even morning crowds seemed big for ryan. Jason r scott benter at Price Chopper on ingersoll says crowds grow largest early afternoon and late evening the day before snow. After looking at the weather, benter says the decision was made to add more cashiers for thursday evening. Just the customer flow weve stores, and now the first snowstorm since our remodel, our associates, employees in the store are really excited about it. Jason r benter says he expects a 20 increase in sales today. In sales because of these storms. Many people decide what to buy and how much to buy based on what our meteorologists say. Coming up at 6 00, we will tell you why it is so challenging to forecast for snow. Stacey count on kcci to keep you in the know as the forecast develops. Watch live radar and get weather alerts on your smartphone with our kcci mobile app. Take us with you, and stay ahead of the storm. Steve french Authorities Say they got their man. The mastermind of fridays terror attacks in paris, that killed 129 people, is dead. Kevin cooney is here now with more right now. Confirmed, as of this morning , a 7 hour raid near paris yesterday was abdel hamid abaaoud. They used fingerprints to confirm his identity. Meanwhile another key suspect , linked to the isis bombings is still at large. Belgian authorities are conducting fresh raids around brussels. Today, new video surfaced of one of those attacks. This is a paris restaurant friday night. At one point the assailant points a rifle at a woman on the ground, and for some reason she is allowed to leave. Also these developments out of paris the French Senate followed , the parliaments lower house in extending the state of emergency. What this does is it expands police powers, including restricting the movement of citizens. And both france and belgium are asking their european neighbors to tighten Border Security and gun laws. They continue to look for fugitive salah abdeslam. Belgian Police Warning the public hes dangerous and likely armed. The paris attacks were at a soccer game and restaurants, which are considered soft targets. And that has some iowa officials reevaluating security. Kim st. Onge is live at wells there are reacting. Kim kevin, people will soon be filing into wells fargo right behind me by the dozen to see transsiberian orchestra. When there are big events like this, Iowa Events Center Officials Say they increase security. When taylor swift is in town or , the iowa wild is on the ice Wells Fargo Arena is guaranteed , to get a crowd. When you have the amount of people at this grand scale, whether its a sport event or anything else, you can not physically check every person that comes in and out of this building. Kim darwin meyer is one of 7500 people with tickets to see trans siberian orchestra. He says theres never enough security. Its a different type of society, you have to continually be vigilant all the time of your surroundings. Kim Iowa Events Center general manager Chris Connolly says some events require everyone be checked with a metaldetecting wand in addition to the standard security measures. We backcheck everyone that is coming through the doors here at Wells Fargo Arena who comes here for events so i think thats important. Kim at wells fargo events, there are between 4 and 20 Police Officers and 10 to 40 Security Officials monitoring inside and outside. With some of the bigger events that are coming up, you know the big 4 in december, march madness in march, we really gotta take a look at our Staffing Levels and just making sure were at a point where everyone is safe to come in the arena. Kim for now, connolly is confident the security already in place is enough. Eventgoer john lee agrees. I think theres a heightened awareness that probably is a result of several things in the world that we live in today and you just do the best you can. Kim connolly says as the weather gets cooler and people are wearing more layers, theyre actually going to be checking more whats coming into the building so nothing can be hidden in coats. Live in des moines, kim st. Onge, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve hawkeye football fans should expect tighter security, at the university of iowas final home game at kinnick on saturday against purdue. The University Says it will take steps to increase safety at the 70,000 seat stadium in response to the attacks in paris. So fans are being asked arrive early and expect extensive screening. Only clear bags, and small bags, will be allowed inside kinnick. Stacey today, 47 House Democrats joined republicans in passing legislation to set up more hurdles for syrian and iraqi refugees who want to get wants to come to the United States. The margin was wide enough to overturn a threatened veto from the white house. Republicans say in dangerous times, the government must first protect its own. We want to know, do you think iowa should allow Syrian Refugees to relocate here . These are the results of our unscientific poll. 15 say yes. 69 say no. To vote in our now poll, call or text the number on your screen. You can also vote through social media, facebook, twitter and steve in commitment 2016 news republican president ial , candidate donald trump is in newton right now. Hes preparing to speak to students at dmacc. Chief political reporter Cynthia Fodor is live in newton where the event is expected to start any minute. Cynthia thats right. Actually, donald trump just spoke in the auditorium right next door in a town hall meeting and answer questions, mostly talking about manufacturing and how he wants to bring back manufacturing jobs to america like those that were lost here in maytag. He received a big applause when he talked about his immigration plan and how he wants to build a wall on the border of mexico. Trump has been in the news today for not ruling out creating a database to track Muslim Americans and requiring them to wear ids to stop terrorism. To let Syrian Refugees into the United States. Right now, we are waiting for donald trump to enter this room for a rally. People are starting to flow in and fill up the seats. We will bring that to u. S. Soon as he addresses the crowd to you as soon as he addresses the crowd. Live in newton, Cynthia Fodor, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Aixa talking National Security, im aixa diaz in washington, how the paris attacks have shifted the focus of the 2016 president ial race. Steve plus security worker , strike. Workers at major u. S. Airports are walking off the job. What it means for holiday travel. Where you can find a chris americas never been a country of quitters. Its not who we are. We dont ignore threats like climate change. We face our problems headon. With americanmade clean energy, we can end our dependence on foreign oil. Spark new innovation. And create millions of new jobs. Solving our Climate Crisis starts with 50 clean energy by 2030. Announcer this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at 5 00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, and chief meteorologist john mclaughlin. Steve breaking news. Investigators say eddie tipton is now tied to another hot lotto scam. Stacey tim didnt is the former lottery official accused of rigging a 2010 jackpot. We will have more on this six news kcci 8 news at 6 00 and 10 00. Steve the president ial hopefuls are laying out their plans for defeating isis if they are elected commanderinchief. Stacey kccis aixa diaz is live in washington tonight. Aixa, were hearing more about National Security in the wake of the paris attacks. Aixa candidates are now focusing more on counterterrorism and protecting americans. Hillary clinton says, as president , she would not send in american combat troops to defeat isis, but would accelerate the current strategy. Ms. Clinton we should immediately deploy the special Operations Forces president obama has already authorized and be prepared to deploy more. Aixa Bernie Sanders says the u. S. Shouldnt have to take the leading role in this fight. Sen. Sanders destroying isis must be done primarily by muslim nations with the strong support of their global partners. Aixa jeb bush is calling for more airstrikes against isis and boots on the ground. Mr. Bush the United States in conjunction with our nato allies and more arab partners will need to increase our presence on the ground. Aixa donald trump says he prefers other countries send in their troops. Mr. Trump i want to get other people to put troops on the ground and well back them up and well bomb the hell out of them. The world is such an uncertain place that external events could tip the scale either for a candidate running for president or frankly against them. Aixa david rehr of George Washington University Says National Security now becomes the decisive issue of 2016. Dr. Rehr i think it probably gives the republicans a bit of an advantage because historically the Republican Party has been seen as a little bit more hawkish. Aixa according to a recent Public Policy polling survey, most democratic voters trust voters think clinton is more trustworthy when it comes to an issue like National Security. Stacey by the way, several candidates will be here in iowa several gop candidates will be here in iowa tomorrow for a president ial family forum. New tonight, president obama will travel to paris for climate talks as planned, despite last weeks terror attacks there. The climate negotiations, cop21, take place november 30. Steve former Subway Sandwich store pitchman, jared fogle, has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison, for trading in child pornography, and for having sex with underage prostitutes. An indianapolis judge sentenced fogle today after he pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors. Fogle admitted to paying for sex and, for receiving child porn produced by the former director of his charitable foundation. Stacey workers at major us at major u. S. Airports are on strike, demanding better pay and at Chicagos Ohare International airport, dozens of security workers walked off the job this morning, saying they are being punished for reporting security deficiencies. The workers want a new contract with 15 an hour wages and medical benefits. Should not see any problems from these strikes. Steve everyone is talking about the snow on friday but today we have to worry about the wind. Kurtis the west winds are blowing. Webster city and right here in des moines, wind gusts in the low 40s. Humidity at 25 . That will slow down the start of the precipitation tomorrow. Tomorrow morning, a cold start. Snow will still be off to the northwest. Our snow trend, as we had to 3 00 p. M. , more rain than snow. That really picks up. By 11 00 p. M. , should be around six inches of snow on the ground. We have some flurries over wisconsin. A whole lot of sunshine today. It looked nice when you head on out, very windy. Not to the west, system starting to move into wyoming. First, the ridge of High Pressure moves out. With the heaviest snow expected in the midwest right over iowa. A winter storm warning. Generally western illinois and parts of southwestern wisconsin. This does include polk county. Areas to the south, that is a watch. Areas in blue, a Winter Weather advisory Winter Weather advisory for those in purple. Tonight, clouds increase late. Snow start to push into northwestern iowa, initially staying north of highway 30. Intensifies during the evening hours and then tracks out. The back edge clearing the state early saturday morning. Should season sunshine by saturday afternoon, but snow on the ground. Squeezing out just over six inches in the metro. Look at the potential, anywhere from six to 10 inches of snow as you head to the north. If this system would drop a bit to the south, that would increase our amount. Southern iowa missing out on a good portion of the heavier snow. Today, west winds, 1020. Rain by late morning changing to snow by the late afternoon. Then the bottom falls out. Saturday, 29. Sunday morning, you factor in the wind, they will not be a lot of wind but it is enough for wind chills below zero. 40s on the way and we may have to keep an eye out the system thursday into next friday over the thanksgiving holiday. Steve lets take a look at traffic. Not a whole lot going on out there. With take a look at the travel times to a mix masters. 10 minutes to the west and seven minutes to the east. Stacey our look at Winter Weather preparations continues tonight at 6 00. Kevin as we have heard, the first winter storm of the season will be bearing down on central iowa soon. At 6 00, Jason Rantala will show you how our meteorologist finetune the forecast. Rose an aldi Grocery Store was proposed to go into the old apple valley strip mall here in windsor heights. Happening. Police killed a suspected paris attacks ringleader. A new isis threat has americans asking what is being done to steve today, in the buzz, can you name iowas richest man . I cant. Kccis todd magel can because he met him. Stacey and soon you can too. Heres a preview of todds special report. Todd he looks like any farmer you might see in an iowa farm field. No fancy suits, no limousines, no mansions. He could afford all of it. Forbes magazine says harry stine is worth at least 3 billion. Whats it like to be a billionaire . Well, does it seem like its any different than anything else . I guess i really dont think about that much, we just try do to what were doing and have fun doing it. Todd how did the rural adel farmer become so successful . And why did two potential handicaps drive him to become the king of seeds in iowa . His story tonight. Todd magel, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Stacey will be looking forward we want to officially say happy birthday to the mccaughey septuplets. Steve kenny, joel, brandon, nathan, natalie, alexis, and kelsey, are all 18 today. Happy birthday. Its been very interesting watching them grow up, checking in on their birthdays yearbyyear. Stacey the latest interview with the septuplets by Mollie Cooney is still online at kcci. Com, if you missed it. Are you ready for this . Continuous Christmas Music. Steve personally, not quite yet. But des moines radio station, more 104, is launching its annual Christmas Music marathon tomorrow morning at 9 00. Whats your favorite Christmas Song . Stacey i dont have a favorite but with the snow coming in the steve we will 68,000. I owe 44,000 in student loans. My plan, the new college compact, says you should not have to borrow money to pay tuition if you go to a Public College or university. And you ought to be able to refinance student debt. And i dont believe the federal government should be who are borrowing to be able to get their education. We have got to make college affordable. Steve is the breaking news a broad you at the top of the newscast. Stacey state championship a ballgames tomorrow or canceled but tonight, three teams will be taking the field. Scott reister joins us live from the unidome. Scott it is latin here because the uni Football Team is warming up and they are piping in crowd noise. It is a case of what will be happening tonight when there will be a rematch of a showdown. We saw pella getting off the bus. Undefeated on the year, on a 27 game winning streak. They beat norwalk 210 back in week four and now they get a rematch. If they beat them again, they will be back to back state champions. Pella didnt even have a pep rally or send off. They are waiting to win one more game in then they will have reason to celebrate. Stacey now, lets check in with kurtis. Kurtis i like skype getting used to working with crowd noise. Snow tomorrow. 47 inch totals in the metro. A very cold weekend. Pelley the f. B. I. 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