Charged with assault after the incident last night. Officers called to the apartment say they found a man with a stab wound on his lower back. His injury is not life threatening. Nixon told police he stabbed his roommate in self defense. Stacey commitment 2016. Praise from putin. The russian president praised republican president ial candidate donald trump. He called trump outstanding and talented. Many of trumps rivals are critical of putin, but trump says he would work to improve relations between the u. S. And russia. Republican president ial candidate ben carson is cancelling his planned trip to israel and africa. Carson had been planning to visit nigeria, kenya, and zambia at the end of the month. His israel trip was supposed to happen before the iowa caucuses. A spokeswoman says the trip was cancelled due to security concerns. Carson is in iowa today Holding Town Hall meetings in mcgregor, mason city, and spencer. Florida senator marco rubio in muscatine and knoxville. And, Ohio Governor john kasich in waterloo. Mark the force is strong with hundreds of fans lining up for star wars the force awakens. The movie premieres tonight. Kccis rose heaphy is live at the Science Center of iowa downtown. Rose feeling the vibe down , there. Rose i had to get in the spirit of things and rock out my Princess Leia buns. There is one couple here that might be a little bit more excited than others. Im been introduced you to mike and allete. You are here waiting in line . You had to leave . And do Something Else i thought it was a good day to watch star wars and proposed to my girlfriend is. To my girlfriend. I have been a star wars fan as long as i can remember. She is a pretty big star wars rose you have the rebel base sign. Lots of big fans here. This is just one of the two shows that will be on tonight. They have sold out 20 shows already here at the Science Center. I will be here at 6 00 to tell you more. Live in des moines, rose heaphy, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Stacey the sun is finally shining today after an overcast week. Kurtis. Kurtis those low clouds have around and then they burned off. Not incredibly mild but still in the 30s. Down south, it is december. In florida, temperatures in the 80s. A whole lot of heat off to the east and southeast. A pretty shot of the sun coming up around saylorville is morning. 10 00 p. M. , 28. Tomorrow morning, wind chills around 12, 13 degrees. We will see some sunshine by the afternoon. Could be a few snow showers to the north. The general temperature trend is headed up. Temperatures in the mid30s on saturday. Looks like some 40s. Your 8 day forecast takes you right through christmas day. The details on our snow chances coming up. Mark federal officials are calling for a two month delay in iowas switch to a private medicaid program. But theyre signaling the state likely will get approval to make the change. Governor branstad had planned to hand over management of the 4. 2 billion Health Care Program to for Profit Insurance Companies stacey a new report out today ranks the performance of iowas public schools. Each school is measured with the same rubric and is given an overall score for the year ranging from the highest , exceptional to the lowest priority. Only 35 schools in the state were ranked exceptional. 12 of those schools are in central iowa. Johnston has two on the list. But just as many schools in the state got the lowest rating. 9 of those schools are in the Des Moines School district. The Iowa State Education Association says not to judge a school by numbers as more than half of the results are based on standardized test scores. The report card stems from an education reform bill passed in 2013. When it comes to the act and sat one ankeny senior is perfect. , Matthew Brucker scored a 36 on the a. C. T. And 2400 on the sat. That is highest scores on each test. Less than 1 of test takers score a perfect score on either test. That makes bruckers accomplishment kind of a big deal. Kinda a surreal experience almost because i didnt think that i would ever get it and finally experiencing that just i didnt think it would ever happen. Stacey brucker hasnt picked a college yet. He says he wants to study computer engineering. Mark coming up at 5 00 come to , the dark fried. Whats on zombie burger newest star wars themed creation. Stacey plus, back in the spotlight. The defense secretary explains his use of personal email for government business. Why ash carter admits it was a mistake. A car gives you freedom. Room to grow. And in time, room to grow up. Your dream car evolves, and protecting it takes committed support. Announcer this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at 5 00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, and chief meteorologist john mclaughlin. Stacey right now, charges are coming. The man who bought assault rifles used by his friend in the San Bernardino massacre is being charged with terrorist related counts. And reagan marquez Enrique Marquez was also charged with illegally purchasing to rifles used by farook and his wife in the massacre that left 14 people dead. Mark president obama continues his push to reassure americans that his counterterrorism efforts are sufficient. Stacey meanwhile congress is , considering changes to the refugee vetting process. Kccis sally kidd is live in washington with the details. Sally the president says the u. S. Has intensified the fight against isis, but recent polling shows Many Americans believe he can do more. After a meeting at the National Counterterrorism center, the president saw to reassure americans. Pres. Obama at this moment, our intelligence and counterterrorism professionals do not have any specific or credible information about an attack on the homeland. Im trying to get where we are going to. Sally frustration on both sides of the a. L. On a hearing on the vetting process. Are you going to give me a number . Sally lawmakers are questioning whether enough safeguards are in place to keep terrorists out. One of the shooters in the San Bernardino attack was allowed in on a fiancee visa last year. The fbi says she had already been radicalized. There was nothing in the system that we used that would pick that up. That doesnt make me feel any better. We dont even look at public stuff. Sally the department of Homeland Security has three small pilot grove and on the use of social media pilot programs on the use of social media. Social media is something we process already under way at the state department and Homeland Security, with recommendations to be sent to the white house. Mark the consul general of today. He is meeting with governor branstad and other Business Leaders to establish economic partnerships. The diplomat says israelis are watching the president ial election and u. S. Interest in fighting isis closely, despite strained relations with the Obama Administration over the iran deal. With with all the challenges that both states are facing with radical islam, islamic state, iran im not concerned for the future people for the future of the relationship. People understand that at the end of the day, israel is the best strategic ally. Mark Lieutenant Governor kim reynolds will be leading a delegation to israel in april. Stacey defense secretary ash carter is in iraq right now. But hes facing questions at home about his private email. Carter spoke exclusively with cbs today, saying he made a mistake. Secretary carter what i did and what i shouldnt have been doing until a few months ago was , occasionally using my iphone to send adminstrative messages. Stacey carter claims the messages never contained classified information. The chair of the Senate Armed ServicesCommittee Says his panel will review the emails. Theyll make sure no Sensitive Information was compromised. Mark still no decision on when or if there might be a retrial of Baltimore Police officer william porter. A judge declared a mistrial yesterday. Porter is the first of Six Police Officers to be tried in connection with the death of freddie gray. Lawyers for both sides met privately with the judge for about a half hour today. Stacey lets check back in with meteorologist kurtis gertz. I think we might get a few flurries flying out there. Temperatures a bit above normal for this time of year. 24 with those lessnorthwest winds. A couple flurries up to the north. Mostly cloudy, 10 00 p. M. 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow, temperature of 22 degrees. Temperature tomorrow climbing up a. M. 33 is our average high for this time of year. Clouds moving out. A potential for a few nighttime flurries. The main part of the system spinning to the northeast. If youre traveling tomorrow, snow shower chances a little 41 in kansas city. St. Louis, 43. Much colder air in north dakota. This system slides on out. A little piece of energy will rotate around this. With highpressure to the west, the rest of the states will probably have some nice sunshine. Here is futurecast. If you flurries and then here comes that next piece of energy. Not a great chance. The rest of us by 11 00 a. M. , sunshine central and west. Clear skies friday night. Saturday, a day filled with sunshine across the state. It looks likes it looks like sunday starts with sunshine. By mid afternoon, we could see some drizzle moving in. I think we could still get some gusts over 20 miles per hour. Whence pickup tomorrow. Breezy, cold, 33 degrees. Potential for a light dusting to the north in a few locations. 8 day forecast. Saturday, a high of 37 with sunshine. I think we could get some midday drizzle and then the chance for showers would be over to more toward the overnight hours. Wednesday, 45. There is a system on Christmas Eve which could bring a wintry mix. Christmas day looks colder with highs in the 30s. Everything looks pretty good out there for 5 17 in the evening. Mark kcci 8 news is live for new developments with new developments right now. I will show you how it is looking like a green christmas for local businesses. One of the metros local hotspots is music to the ears. We are getting ready for the rose bowl. Praised as one of americas best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. Bernie sanders passed more amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member. Cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans healthcare. Bernie sanders. A consistent, principled, and effective leader. Building a future to believe in. Mark there is a new star wars movie ended premieres tonight. Take a look at the line forming at the Science Center downtown. Stacey hundreds of fans are there right now for two soldout showings tonight. They have sold over 5500 presale tickets. That means 20 shows are sold out. Mark the force awakens already setting records. Stacey movie ticket website fandango says presales broke the record for most tickets sold in site history. Analysts predict the movie could make at least 200 million this weekend. Mark it also has a shot of breaking the u. S. Record for biggest Opening Weekend ever. That was set six months ago by Jurassic World with just under 209 million. Stacey the east village restaurant zombie burger is celebrating tonights premiere with a new burger. Mark its called come to the dark fried. The restaurant put out the call on facebook earlier for contestants to tell them what they would put on the star wars themed burger. Stacey matt gardner is the big winner. His creation calls for roasted chile vader tots, chewbacon, c3ponion rings, emperor palpoutine sauce and youda cheese. Mark can i get some more chew bacon over here . The force awakens tonight during an all new episode of the big bang theory. Stacey bob newhart returns to the show as sheldons obiwan kenobi. He advises him on a difficult relationship decision. Mark the winter finale airs at 7 00. R 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. Because jeb has the experience and knowledge to protect your family. Right to rise usa is responsible mark you lose the wind, you bring a little sun. Kurtis it was and windy as yesterday. We still have the wind chills to talk about overnight. Feels like temperatures in the teens to the north. By the overnight our, our wind chills down in the teens. Northnortheast, you could get a brief snow shower. Upper 40s sunday. Try most of next week. Dry most of next week. Mark it would be a Christmas Stacey the cbs evening news is coming up next and we will be back for kcci 8 news at 6 00. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] pelley a friend of the San Bernardino killers has been charged with plotting other