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Picture provided by urbandale police, fired a gun at police officers. Three officers are on paid administrative leave tonight Sergeant Jeff casey and officers Anthony Brooks and justice weaver. Police have not released any more information about the incident. Steve a weather system bringing rain and possibly snow now headed toward central iowa. Kurtis is going to be a beautiful evening. Computer. In the dakotas, generally rain. In colder air will move in. Still some cars in the ditches. Turkey towing up there around boone. Below the freezing mark. Weve still we will see some fog forming later tonight. This system should move out, and by noon tomorrow, around 34 degrees. The big story after this system is spring fever. If a warmup moving in . Is a warmup moving in . 30s into the 50s for three days. Stacey flags around iowa are flying half staff today to honor u. S. Supreme Court Justice antonin scalia. The 79yearold was found dead in his room at a texas ranch saturday morning. Governor branstad ordered flags lowered until sunset today. A texas judge says she initially wanted an autopsy conducted on justice scalia, but changed her mind after speaking to his doctor. As dr. Confirmed a history of heart trouble and other illnesses. The judge says the medical history and no sign of foul play meant the justice likely died of natural causes, and no autopsy would be necessary. Steve Justice Scalias unexpected death is adding more political weight to the november president ial election. Kccis Mark Tauscheck is in studio. And mark, the candidates are now that will decide the future of the high court. Mark word of his death was barely out before debate started and we are headed toward an Election Year showdown between president obama and republican lawmakers. Justice scalia was known as a conservative king. Justice scalia if its the question of individual rights and individual liberties, thats what im there for. Mark his sudden death leaves the Supreme Court divided evenly with 4 conservative and 4 liberal justices. President ial candidates are already jumping into the fray. Sen. Cruz we are one justice away from Supreme Court ruling that none of us have a First Amendment right to follow our faith. Mark every gop candidate has said the next president should appoint scalias replacement, but president obama says he still has plenty of time left in office. Pres. Obama i plan to fulfill my Constitutional Responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time. Mark Grinnell College Political Science professor dr. Douglas hess says the senate would have plenty of time to vet any nominee. By the senate, most supreme Court Justices have been cleared within a month or two at most. Cases that have gone beyond that are extremely rare. Mark Senate Republican leaders are threatening to hold up the process, including iowa senator charles grassley, who said its been Standard Practice over the last nearly 80 years that Supreme Court nominees are not nominated and confirmed during a president ial Election Year. Hess thinks extreme measures by the gop would not go over well with a general public already feeling congress isnt doing its job. And if the Republican Party tries to block the nomination, or delay it in some sense, or deny the president his right to do this, i think that would go against the Republican Party. Mark senator grassley also said it only makes sense to wait and defer to the American People who will elect a new president to select the next supreme Court Justice, saying, president obama has made no bones about his through his own agenda. Steve thank you very much. We want to know what you think. Should the u. S. Senate consider a Supreme Court nomination from president obama . Right now, 62 of you say yes and 38 of you say no. To vote in our now poll, call or text the number on your screen, or you can vote online at kcci. Com, facebook, or twitter. Stacey a lot of names being thrown around right now as a possible replacement for justice scalia. Scotus blog says Loretta Lynch is likely to be president obamas Supreme Court nominee, but shed get shot down in a vote. Also on the president s short list, a federal judge from cedar rapids. Judge jane kelly was appointed by the president to the 8th us eight u. S. Circuit court of appeals in 2013. Her nomination was accelerated by senator grassley. Hes now chair of the Senate Judiciary committee, but wants the president to wait for his successor to nominate sen. Grassley i think that their i think that their better move will be to delay. If you give hearings to somebody and that person comes across as knowledgeable and call, it becomes harder for some of the senators to actually vote no. Stacey kelly was confirmed in 83 days to her circuit seat. On average. It takes more than 270 days for confirmation. Steve a semitruck driver is dead following a crash that temporarily closed down the interstate35. This happened around 4 00 this morning on i35 near cumming. The iowa state patrol says the semi jackknifed and overturned. The northbound lanes were closed for about 3 hours as crews worked to clear the crash site. The state patrol isnt saying who the driver was. The crash remains under investigation. Near fort dodge, a 13yearold is dead, and 5 others are injured, following a rollover crash on saturday. Duane touney was thrown from the vehicle. He died at the scene. The injured range in age from 5 to 18. The cause of the crash is still one teenager is dead, and another injured, following a crash just west of maxwell on saturday. Investigators say the driver, 17yearold chase mohler, lost control and was killed in the crash. The passenger, 16yearold william spencer, was taken to a des moines hospital. Theres no word on his condition tonight. A snowmobiler is injured after flying 150feet in an accident along highway 30 in boone county. This happened on sunday afternoon near boone. Investigators say damion louk of Grand Junction was snowmobiling on a highway median when his snowmobile went airborne. Louk was taken to boone county hospital. He was then flown to Mercy Medical center in des moines. Theres no word on his condition tonight. Stacey u. S. 5 00, new at 5 00 100 people opposed to , legalizing marijuana took their concerns to lawmakers at the statehouse today. The alliance of coalitions for change says it doesnt want the drug to end up in the wrong hands, iowas youth. Approving laws that increase the drugs availability. With the medical component there are two pieces of , marijuana. Thc makes you high and what we are finding is that there is an extracting of that which is , really kind of a scary thing. When you extract that, you have an oil which makes it a potency rate of about 80 . Stacey last week, republican representative peter cownie introduced a bill allowing medical cannabis oil to be made and distributed in iowa. Conditions eligible for cannabis oil. Musics biggest night. Still ahead, the performances and tributes to watch for in tonights Grammy Awards. Steve plus, 2inches may as well be 2feet. We show you snowmageddon, North Carolina style. Craig former president 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 just days before the gop primary in South Carolina, the remaining 6 republican president ial candidates are now pulling out all the stops. Stacey jeb bush is making headlines with the help of his older brother former president , george w. Bush. As Craig Boswell reports, theyll campaign side by side tonight for the first time. W. Bush made his debut on the 2016 campaign trail along with wife laura, meeting with local veterans in columbia, South Carolina. Both george w. And his father won their South Carolina primaries. But what about jeb . Is it still bush country . Maybe george, but not just. But not jeb. Craig lara and Charlie Northcutt say theyre still making up their minds. Jeb bush and his brother are joining forces to convince undecided voters. They hope to capitalize on the bush familys popularity. Which is traditionally strong here in the palmetto state. Front runner donald trump continued his drum beat of attacks on bushs family. And he took a new swipe at ted cruz. Mr. Trump i think he is an unstable person. Craig some of the candidates are still fuming from last saturdays debate. With this morning from marco rubio sen. Rubio if these divisions continue much longer its gonna back together. Sen. Cruz i would note that when marco rubio and donald trump screen, liar, liar, liar, you wonder how they would do with putin. Stacey the republican primary in South Carolina is this saturday. The democratic primary is a week later. Steve right now. Gas prices climbing in the metro. They are up 11 cents today from the weekend. It is not going for 1. 58 for a gallon. It was down to when dollar . 47 russia is being blamed for airstrikes that hit 2 hospitals and a school in Northern Syria killing at least 50 civilians. , the u. S. Is condemning the airstrikes but russia says they , were targeting islamic militants and denies hitting hospitals or civilians. Indigenous mexicans are thanking saying it calls attention to , their often ignored culture. Homily at a mass this morning to criticize the centuriesold exploitation and social exclusion of mexicos indigenous people. Stacey a new Reading Program unveiled today will help School Districts help Young Students who struggle with reading. Governor branstad announced funding for the 2016 intensive summer Reading Program pilot study. Recent state tests show nearly 25 of third graders dont read proficiently. This is a pilot. A study program. With a cohort, a group of School Districts across the state, that will be able to kind of test run high quality Reading Programs that School Districts will then be able to implement in the summer of 2017. Stacey beginning next year, School Districts around iowa will be required to provide summer Reading Programs for students. Steve dozens of cars were abandoned in winstonsalem, North Carolina overnight during the height of a big snowstorm for that part of the country. The area received about 2inches. Area Police Departments say from people involved in lots and lots of weatherrelated accidents. Kurtis, a weather system coming our way. Kurtis i was wondering if the guy with the volvo over there knows it is fourwheeldrive. A nice evening out there. Or conditions are a ok, at least for now. 40 degrees, a wind chill of 34. Ive been watching the visibility. Initially, we will have some areas of fault for. Of fog form. Here is your planner. Partly cloudy at 7 00 p. M. Areas of fog forming later on. Light mix moving it around 3 00 a. M. It could start with some rain. Ramps up around 3 00 a. M. , then tapers around sunrise. Should be out of here by at least been morning. We had the clouds around early and then we saw some sunshine. Rain from south dakota and snow from north dakota. The warm air that is headed our way later in the week already building out to the west. Temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Some light snow in minneapolis. Though pressure spins right over the state. The light mix and then thing should quiet down. The warmup will probably arrive in earnest especially on thursday. Light mix moving it around 3 00 a. M. These will just be flurries moving through and then mostly cloudy skies on wednesday for clearing late in the day. It is going to be heavy, wet, and slushy. Trace amounts to the northeast. A couple little bands could set up that would push a few inches to the southeast and northwest. 30 degrees tonight. A light mix moving in late. South winds, 510. Tomorrow, we top out at 36. Probably an inch or less. 8 day forecast. Wednesday, 37. Thursday, 53. Wendy on friday. 58 degrees. 50s saturday and we stay in the stacey kcci 8 newss live with the development. Heres a little working on for 6 00. Emmy a Community Mourning the loss of an eighth grader. Marcus tonight the grammys are , right here on kcci. Very few artists or bands achieve grammy success. Tonight, find out if popular local band is chasing a grammy dream. Stacey and, love on display. Plenty of thoughtful husbands give their wives Something Special for valentines day. But this winter, one guy in Guthrie Center gave his sweetheart the gift of nostalgia. Eric hanson sheds some light on the gift with 16,000 pieces coming up in this is iowa. ,scott see where the hawkeyes and cyclones landed in the new ap poll. Plus the craziness is about to , begin. Week at state wrestling. Ternet speed from centurylink, a family of four can all be online at the same time, streaming, gaming, or downloading movies. Yeah, the internets great, but i think hair and makeup went a little too far. Yeah, thats not working. Justsleptinhiscar kinda thing. Yeah, i miss the rumpled crazy uncle look. Okay. Be paul giamatti. Thats the essence of this role. Feel like a hollywood insider steve tonight is the biggest night music and you can see it right here on kcci. Stacey performances from your surprises. Danielle nottingham shows us what we can expect tonight at the grammys. Danielle the stars are arrving on the red carpet as excitement builds for tonights Grammy Awards. Taylor swift opens the show with a song from her Grammy Nominated album 1989, one shes never performed live before. Swift is up for a seven awards. Rapper Kendrick Lamar leads the field with 11. I respect kendrick so much as an artist. First of all, i love the incorporation of jazz and funk into his music and not shying away from it because its just because it is not mainstream. Danielle newcomer andra day will team up with pop star Ellie Goulding in a duet. Adele will give a much anticipated performance from her recordsmashing album 25. Tonights Grammy Awards will also be filled with tributes to some of the music legends who passed away in the last year. Lady gaga showed off her new tattoo of david bowie, ahead of her tribute to the late music icon. Clark junior and others in honoring blues legend b. B. King. He meant so much to so many people. It is really nice to be able to have this moment to honor him. Danielle and, the eagles will honor their cofounder glenn frey, who died last month. Danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles. Stacey the grammys air live on cbs at 7 00 iowa time. Steve the Westminster Kennel Club show kicks off today in new york city. More than 2700 dogs taking part this year. A couple clear favorites, charlie the sky terrier. One of them could be picked as the nations top pooch. The whole best in show thing, that is a big deal. Stacey those dogs are grouped better than most people we know. Kurtis quiet for the evening hour. Well have a light mix moving in. You can already see that activity up in the dakotas. It may start out as freezing rain before changing to snow around 2 00 or 3 00 a. M. Ending around sunrise. Everyone is talking about the warmup coming of matter where you go. Temperatures in the 50s thursday, friday, and saturday. Steve as we leave you tonight, well show you a little more video from the dog show. They are grooming. [kcci captioning is brought to [caption so, let me get this straight u. S. Cellular has the phone youre looking for, a network thats built to give you coverage way out here where the other guys dont, and 6 gigs for only 40 a month. Thats a lot less than verizon and at t. So, why on earth would you ever go switch to u. S. Cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for 40 a month plus get 300 back. [ echoing ] just sayin. Pelley the Supreme Court after scalia. With a Senate Battle brewing over his successor, will the court be gridlocked . Also tonight, trump and cruz keep firing at each other. Jeb bush looks to w to put him in the win column. First the freeze, then the storms and plenty of accidents. And the odd couple. Opposites on the bench, best buddies in life. We agree on a whole lot of stuff. We do. Ruth is really bad only on the kneejerk stuff. This is the cbs evening captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley tonight the stars

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