Answering their questions. About 100 people showed up. Senator rubio we are at war. It is an unusual war. It is not with a nationstate or people who wear uniforms in the battlefield. But we are at war. If you dont believe that, we have work to do to convince you. Cynthia rubio told the crowd the va needs more accountability and transparency. And veterans need to have benefits. He claims hes done more to fight for veterans than any other senator. And after the time in West Des Moines, he ended up to ames and then over to iowa city. He plans to be back next week right after the debate in las vegas tuesday night. Stacey an influential iowa conservative says hes backing senator ted cruz for the republican president ial nomination. We believe he can be the Hillary Clinton and the leftist agenda. So were thrilled here today to announce our choice for president of the united states, u. S. Senator ted cruz. Stacey Bob Vander Plaats is the president of the family leader organization. Vander plaats says he trusts cruz and believes he can get the u. S. Out of what he called the mess were currently in. Steve family and friends gathered together turnover for a jacobson. Jacobson died on monday after collapsing on the Basketball Court last week. Funeral services were held in the high school auditorium. Stacey crews work to free a pickup driver from a crash this morning, reported at 9 00 a. M. Along east 14th street. Rescue crews found in the center median. David brewer lost control, hit the barrier across three lanes of traffic, and went out the road before being hit. Both drivers were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Cumming this morning. State troopers say the semi rolled around 6 00 a. M. , completely blocking the interstate. The driver was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. He was cited with failure to maintain control. Steve curtis, on those wins came a lot of warmth. Kurtis we did have warmer temperatures, just a little cooler than expected. We even had sprinkles up to the north. 58 in the metro, 56 in ottumwa, fort dodge 54. A very mild december day. In marshalltown, a lot of rainbows, especially from the we will still be at 50 at 7 00 p. M. , 40 by 10 00 p. M. , seven 00 a. M. , down by 36 degrees. 53 by noon tomorrow, 57 at 3 p. M. Generally sunny skies. Tomorrow night, we could get patchy drizzle. Could be a soggy weekend. The best chance of rain on saturday appears to be late. We could even see thunderstorms. A high of 53 degrees. I will bring that break down the details on the futurecast. Steve thank you. One person is dead following a plane crash near council broth. Council bluffs. The plane clipped a power line before crashing along interstate 29 just before noon. The plane. Nobody on the ground was hurt. A pella man accused of trying to kill his mother now faces addition to an attempted Murder Police say 24yearold Brandon Thoma broke into Theresa Thomas elkader home last month, pushed her down a flight of stairs, and tried to choke her. Thoma will be arraigned on december 22 in clayton county. Stacey texas Police Arrest a man with millions of dollars of liquid meth hidden in his gas tank. Officers say they stopped 44yearold Richard Martinez near austin. He was driving a pickup truck with iowa plates. After talking with martinez, officers felt that he was lying to them, so they got consent to search the truck. A canine discovered the meth. It has a street value of 4 million. Authorities say theyve busted a massive illegal gambling operation that ran card games out of california mansions, took bets from all over north america , and laundered money in vegas casinos. Court documents show 25 people are charged with federal crimes after arrests in seven states , including iowa. Steve des moines demolition crews are taking the first steps today toward building a new Downtown Hotel next to the iowa events center. They are tearing down the , the vacant allied insurance building at 435 park street, and its adjoining skywalk. The new hotel should be open sometime in 2018. Next at 5 00, trump on top. The gop frontrunner holds onto his lead espied despite controversial comments. What opponents are saying about his plan to ban muslims from coming to the united states. Stacey plus, some little West Des Moines robbers are making it a time on facebook. Steve and later, close call. The London Bridge is not the anncr when the attacks come here. The person behind this desk will have to protect your family. Will he be impulsive and reckless, like donald trump . Will he have voted to dramatically weaken counterterrorism surveillance, like ted cruz . Will he have skipped crucial National Security hearings and votes just to campaign, like marco rubio . 27 generals and admirals support jeb bush. Experience and knowledge to protect your family. Right to rise usa is responsible this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at 5 00, with steve karlin, stacey horst, and chief meteorologist john mclaughlin. Steve making news right now, Arkansas State university is still on lockdown after an armed man drives onto campus. Police took the man into custody without firing a shot about an hour after the incident started. Officers are now inspecting the suspects truck. Stacey in boston, authorities still trying to figure out how a transit train managed to start moving without its driver. It went through four stations without stopping until officials brought it to a halt by cutting its power. Being investigated. Steve trump on top, the outspoken president ial candidate remains the republican frontrunner as some of his opponents go after his recent comments on muslims. Stacey kccis aixa diaz is live in our washington bureau. What can you tell us about those poll numbers . Aixa the new paul has donald trump with 35 of support among republican voters. Mr. Trump its a subject that has to be discussed. Donald trump says the u. S. Should temporarily ban muslims who arent citizens from entering the country, an idea some of his republican rivals are criticizing. Sen. Graham the last thing you want to do is what trump is proposing. Aixa today, the Senate Judiciary committee endorsed a measure that says the u. S. Must not bar people from coming here based on their religion. Among the four republicans who voted against the amendment, ted cruz. Sen. Cruz what America Needs today is a moment of clarity. Aixa cruz comes in second to trump in the new nationwide poll, with ben carson in third place and marco rubio in fourth. Pretty fluid race on the republican side. Aixa Matthew Dallek of George WashingtonUniversity Says while trumps lead in the polls is commanding, it doesnt necessarily mean hell be the gop nominee. Matthew dallek as people start to drop out, support of his opposition will coalesce around somebody, and that support is going to at some point, i believe, outweigh. Aixa and a new cbs poll has Hillary Clinton ahead of Bernie Sanders by 20 percentage points. Stacey by the way, donald trump will campaign in des moines tomorrow. Hes scheduled to hold a rally at the iowa state fairgrounds at 6 30. Steve protestors are rallying in chicago right now. A number of students staged a diein this morning on the sidewalk near daley plaza. The protestors laid on the ground for 16 minutes to black teenager. One of the colleagues of a Police Officer on trial in the death of freddie gray says he has never seen officers seat belt prisoners in police vehicles, even though its department policy. William porter faces charges, including manslaughter, stemming from grays death. Gray suffered a broken neck in the back of a Police Transport van. Prosecutors say porter is at least partially responsible for not buckling gray into a seat belt and failing to call a medic. Stacey chipotles founder is apologizing, pledging to introduce sweeping new food safety practices. This is after 120 boston students got norovirus after eating at a local chipotle. At a recent e. Coli outbreak sickened 50 people in nine states. The restaurant chain is now promising to become the safest place to eat. Chipotles stock has plunged in recent weeks. Steve we are a little over an hour away from the basketball tipoff. Stacey the Iowa State Cyclones andy we are live in hilton. We may be a little over an fans are pumped. They are ready for this big game , the rivalry against the hawkeyes. We have heard them doing it when hawkeye players come in and cheering when cyclone players come in. The players are coming in, practicing. Some of the students and been out here since tuesday, waiting in the house. Live in ames, vanessa. Stacey and we are getting new game predictions with our unscientific poll. Who will win the big game tonight . 59 say the cyclones will win, 48 say the hawkeyes. You can vote using the number on your screen. Steve i would imagine the response to a poll on the weather, kurtis, would be pretty darn good. Kurtis i would think snow. There could be snow in our future, but for now we are going to stay very mild. It is still at 51 degrees, humidity 50 , west winds at 10. Still strong winds, but not as much as they were earlier. Those winds and a little bit of cloud cover today cap the temperatures down just a bit. Hilton. West wind at 7 00 p. M. , 50. Partly cloudy at 10 00 p. M. , 53. It will be cooler tonight, but not bad. A wind chill at 31 degrees, headed up to the 50s tomorrow. By noon, 53. 3 00 p. M. Temperatures should be 57 degrees. We had showers moved close by boon, ames, marshalltown. That is the system spinning off to the northeast. You look farther upstream and there is cloud cover that is going to rotate in here tomorrow. Look across the midwest, chicago, 55, st. Louis, showers, 65, 41 in minneapolis. Overnight we will see clouds. Tomorrow, partly sunny, and late tomorrow we knew squeeze out a little bit of drizzle. Does not look widespread. Saturday afternoon, dry, then here comes the rain. Saturday night, we have a good 10 00. Widespread showers, may be some thunderstorms early sunday morning, and then the system slowly pulls out, that we may get wraparound precipitation in Northern Iowa as we cruise into sunday night. Rainfall could be fairly heavy inch or more across the eastern half of the state. Temperatures tonight down to 37 degrees, southwest winds at 10 to 15. Tomorrow the high is 57, not as windy. Chance of drizzle will be late, more towards the evening hours. 8 day forecast, saturday in the 50s, sunday in the 50s, but saturday night into sunday morning could be heavy rainfall and thunderstorms. Next week, wednesday monday, 40s, colder 40s wednesday through friday. Just one thing to tell you about about traffic. In the northwest part of the metro, we have an accident on eastbound i35 80 at these down ramp from douglas onto the interstate. That is slowing things a little good. Tend to the west, slower than normal, but six to the east, and stacey we are live with new developments at 6 00. Andy the iowa cubs say they are changing the look of the stadium for fans safety. We will talk about that and have a live preview of the showdown, just a little more than an hour away. Stacey plus, we told you earlier how one president ial candidate met with veterans in West Des Moines. There is a very personal reason why marco rubio fighting to help veterans. Laser light displays could mean trouble for pilots in the sky. Donald trump takes the lead in our exclusive poll. Oure doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, youre not alone. While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 . My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Im Bernie Sanders. I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all steve today in the buzz, hundreds of shares and likes for an unusual video posted to facebook today, showing two children robbing a West Des Moines woman. Stacey kim st. Onge is here to explain. Kim it is completely set up, but not real. Its part of a relatively new to use a creative video to share in this case, its theft prevention. Take a look. Elementary School Children in the cliche head to toe, black burglar outfits. They are in different scenarios a store, in a parking lot, even a front porch where theft often happens. But you also hear a Police Officers voice giving tips on how to avoid becoming a victim. Get this, just after a couple of hours of being posted on facebook, the video already has more than 140 shares and likes. 150 likes. Police say theyre trying to get away from brochures or the boringtype safety tips and make something you will want to watch. Shoppers we talked to today say the video is effective. Usually the videos you see are about like with adults and stuff. This one is fun and cute, so people are more inclined to seeing the kids as burglars is kind of cute, but then youre like, oh, that really could happen. Kim by the way, the adorable burglars in the video are actually the Police Officer s kids. Tonight at 6 00, i will show you the brainchild behind that successful video. Stacey they are the cutest bad guys we have ever seen. Steve also in the buzz this afternoon, the president ial election now tops facebooks list of most talked about topics. Facebook has received more than a billion and a half posts, comments, likes, and shares in the u. S. Alone for content related to the election. Other top topics include the paris terror attacks and the syrian refugee crisis. Stacey there is a saying in hollywood about working with children and animals. Republican president ial candidate donald trump found out the hard way during a photo shoot for times person of the year issue. Trump shared the shoot with a cooperate. Steve Bowe Bergdahl is breaking his silence on a popular podcast. Serial will feature interviews with the Controversial Army sergeant. Bergdahl was held captive by the taliban after walking away from a military base in afghanistan. He was accused of desertion after he was freed last year during a controversial prisoner swap. The First Episode of the podcast was released this morning. Stacey take a look at this surveillance video. It shows the roof of a three Story Building collapse onto a busy london street. You can see the debris missing pedestrians by just inches. Authorities say the building was actually undergoing renovations and highway ends are to blame for this. Steve luckily, nobody hurt. A live look at the west mixmaster. Traffic is starting to shaken up. We are back next for a final stacey we want to tell you about breaking news happening now. Fbi divers are searching a lake at San Bernardino park, looking for a hard drive missing in the computer found in syed farouks home. He and his wife opened fire on a holiday party, killing 14 people. By the way, this lake is just to in a half miles from the building where the shooting took place. Steve have the winds died down . Kurtis they are settling down temperatures to stay in the 50s through monday, seven days in a row. Rain could be heavy saturday night and sunday morning. [kcci captioning is brought to you by the iowa clinic. ] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] steve the cbs evening news with scott pelley starts right now. Self. Dad no . Culligan man no. Anncr leave it to the experts. With a culligan wholehouse water softening system, you get better water, and service you can actually count on. Hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. 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