That has come. Chris calls like this one went out to parents in los angeles this morning. Authorities closed down the entire Los Angeles Unified School district over an unspecified electronic threat that was made to, quote, many schools. Superintendent cortines some of the details talked about backpacks, other packages. Chris police are investigating the threat and did not provide further details. But officials said they are taking the precaution based on recent terror attacks in San Bernardino and overseas. Superintendent cortines as superintendent, i am not going to take a chance with the life of a student. Chris the superintendent ordered authorities to inspect every school by the end of the day. Superintendent cortines i want every school searched to make sure it is safe for children and staff to be there on wednesday in chris students who were already at school were until they were picked up. Board president zimmer we need the cooperation of the whole of los angeles today. Chris the shutdown affects about 640,000 students at more than 1,000 schools. Chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles. Mollie here in iowa the , Investigation Continues into the hit and run death of an iowa state student. 18yearold emmalee jacobs, a freshman from urbana, was killed early yesterday morning. An isu Police Officer was driving up to the intersection of lincoln way and ash early yesterday and found jacobs lying in the middle of ash avenue. Jacobs was taken to Mary Greeley Medical Center where she later died from her injuries. Were still waiting to learn of a possible description of the vehicle involved. If you have any information, call ames police or story county crime stoppers. Police are asking for your help to find a missing teenager. 17yearold sam kemp of des moines has been missing since saturday night. Party in granger and hasnt been seen or heard from since. If youve seen him or know where he is, please contact the polk county sheriffs office. As many of you know, parts of the metro are still dealing with the aftermath of our heavy rain and flooding. Youre looking at fleur drive, which remains closed from mlk to bell avenue. High water has also closed george flagg parkway from 30th to park avenue. And in warren county, highway 28 is closed from norwalk all the way to martensdale. For a complete list of road closures, just go to our website, kcci. Com. The good news is things are slowly beginning to dry out but they are also cooling down. Lets check in with frank at the forecast. In frank the 50s or for much on for a while and unfortunately it doesnt look like theyre coming back soon. Missed in the air. Mist in the air. Wind picking up out of the east and southeast. Council bluffs has a sustained wind speed of 20 miles per hour. We are going to keep temperatures around 40 degrees. For the most part a cloudy day. Could get in on an isolated shower or substantial shower by the evening around 8 00 or 9 00. Temperatures around 39. Big changes in the forecast and cool downs on the way. Mollie in national headlines, inmollie in national headlines, House Speaker paul ryan says negotiations on a 1. 1 trillion spending bill are drawing to a close. The governmentwide spending bill is needed to prevent a government shutdown. Ryan says the measure contains victories for both parties. A vote could come later this week. Today is the deadline for some 11 million still uninsured americans to sign up for healthcare through the government exchange. For those who dont, expect to pay a steeper fine when year, with an average penalty of almost 1,000. However, theres also been a problem with retention of those already covered due to rising premiums and dissatisfaction with high deductibles and copays. The leading republican candidates for president will take the stage in las vegas tonight for another president ial debate. Weijia jiang is in washington, d. C. With a look at Donald Trumps big poll numbers and his latest challenger. Weijia donald trump held a raucus rally in las vegas monday and said hes excited about tonights gop president ial debate. Trump i think its going to be big. Weijia but the frontrunner says he expects some fights. Trump and theyre all coming after me. Weijia trumps opponents may have to do just that. His lead in the latest National Poll has grown to 41 , ahead of ted cruz and marco rubio. Sheryl reid i am absolutely committed to donald trump. I think hes what our country needs. Weijia tonights debate is National Security and the threat from isis, areas of strength for trump. 38 of republicans in a New Washington post poll say terrorism is their number one issue, and half of all gop leaning voters say they trust trump the most. But cruz may be gaining ground. Cruz we are allin in the state of iowa. Weijia two out of three recent polls in iowa show the texas senator leading there. But he promises he wont attack trump or anyone else tonight. That approach appeals to some iowa voters. Hes not insulting. He says things that makes good sense. Weijia iowans are the first to vote when they caucus on february first. Weijia jiang, cbs news, washington. Mollie u. S. Officials are in looking for more details on a Saudi Arabian proposal for a 34nation Islamic Military Alliance against terrorism. Defenssecretary Ash Carter Says at first glance, it appears to be in line with the United States call for greater involvement by arab countries in terrorists. A courtmartial is the next step in the militarys case against bowe bergdahl. Hes the Army Sergeant who left his post in afghanistan, was held captive by the taliban for five years and then freed in a controversial exchange for five detainees at guantanamo. Bergdahl is accused of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. A judge has denied defense motions for a mistrial and change of venue as jury deliberation continues in the manslaughter trial of a baltimore Police Officer. William porter is the first of 6 officers to be tried in the death of freddie gray. The judge also denied a defense request to ask jurors whether they have seen a letter that the baltimore School District sent home with children, warning of consequences for violent responses to the eventual verdict. Bill cosby is firing back at seven women who are suing him for defamation. The embattled comedian now is suing them, accusing them of making false accusations of Sexual Misconduct for financial gain. The lawsuit filed by cosby stinks of retaliation. Today is toys for tots tuesday here at the station. Coming up, how weve made it easy for you to donate and get fed all at the same time. And today is a big day if you need to ship that Holiday Package to a loved one. Well tell you why when the news at noon continues. Praised as one of americas best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. Bernie sanders 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. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at noon. With mollie cooney. Mollie toys for tots tuesday is in full swing right here at kcci, with Many Organizations dropping off new unwrapped toys to our kcci studios. This noon hour marks the Halfway Point of our annual drive. Kccis alyx sacks is live out front of the kcci studio right now. Alyx, how are efforts going so far today . Alyx mollie, its going great. Take a look at this, it is completely full of toys. These boxes filled with toys. These bikes were just donated moments ago by the ankeny fire department. If you want to come on down, we we have volunteers and marines waiting to greet you. We are looking for helping children in need in central iowa. For infants, we are talking hot wheels, barbie dolls, stuffed animals. Preteens, games are popular, they always need hygiene products, and sports gear. If you want to come on down, we have sgt. Asa davies. Good morning to you, what is the goal today . As of right now we are doing better than last year. The goal is to raise more money and more toys. We have a larger amount of children coming out and looking and we can provide that. The goal is to reach every child in iowa and we are reaching that mark. Alyx you guys have been here since before the sunrise and you will be here until 7 00 tonight . Yes maam. We are giving away subway sandwiches and drinks to everyone who donates. If you cant come down, call in. The telethon is going on until 7 00 p. M. All you have to do is call 2478880. We have volunteers waiting to take your phone call and donati ons. Mollie thanks. And tonight, be sure to tune in for another toys for tots tradition our annual live halfhour special. Thats at 6 30 p. M. , right after kcci 8 news at 6. If youre still shopping for the holidays and need to send that gift to grandmas house, you still have time, but the deadlines to ship are coming up fast to make sure they arrive before christmas. If youre shipping with fedex, you have until tomorrow to get your packages shipped on time if youre using standard ground delivery. Ups gives you a couple extra the days with a friday deadline. And the u. S. Postal service guarantees an ontime delivery if you need a little more time to shop, the three major carriers will ship as last minute as december 23rd. But itll cost you more. In some cases, fedex may even offer same day service on christmas day. Lets check back in with frank. Its a good day to drop off toys. It is not raining or snowing, theres no excuse not to come down. Frank we are not dealing with rain like the last couple of days. As a matter fact, decent. Above average temperature wise. Check out this photo, what a neat picture. Cool reflections going on, cloudy skies in downtown looks nice. Theres wells fargo arena. Downtown des moines looking nice. Another nice shot from our winterset webcam. Notice we have sprinkles on the lens. You might see that through the des moines. Our dew point is 33, close to air temperatures. Wind out of the southeast. Those might be breezy at time. Fort dodge and council bluffs, when that of the east and southeast. 21 miles per hour. One of those days you might have to hang onto your hat. We are just going to have her around 40 degrees. Mainly cloudy skies. It 00 temperature at 39 degrees, we go up a few degrees later tonight. 38 degrees, well above average. Area of low pressure out to the west will work its way to the north but it is keeping precipitation out there. With that we have a tight Pressure Gradient where wind will be breezy later today into tomorrow. Notice the area of low pressure lifting to the north, wendy for your wednesday. Northwest iowa could get in on flurries as the system pulls to the north. Starting things out at 1 00 this afternoon, namely a dry day. Through the evening we could top of the showers off to the west. I think tomorrow is mainly cloudy although we could see flurries tomorrow morning off to the north and west but otherwise we are windy and cooler with temperatures dropping a few degrees. 42 is the high. When that of the east and southeast. Win out of of the east and the south east. Thursday is a few degrees cooler. Watch for low temperatures. Waking up at 19 degrees. Been a while since weve been that chilly. We warm up by the weekend. Upper 40s again by sunday. Mollie thanks. Two days of passion is a special fundraiser today and tomorrow to help build children at methodist Mercy Hospital in des moines. Im joined by megan to help explain. Today started our two days of Compassion Campaign to raise money for the Concussion Fund and that is for the whole year. It is a unique kind of fund that takes place in our hospitals. It is an immediate thing. Funds and give them to families in need. People that understand it is emotionally and physically hard to treat but these funds can be used for a child that might need a birthday cake while there in the hospital or traveling to come here. Some families travel several hours to come to an appointment and that costs a lot and gas. Mollie there is a radius on for days. We have songs for the next two days from 6 00 a. M. To 6 00 call in. Mollie there is a very special reason this bear is here. For every 200 or more donation we receive, one of in the hospital. There will be an arm or leg on them and the kids get excited when we go around and drop them off. Mollie not only does the money go for the children but maybe the siblings as well. I didnt realize that. Sometimes its hard for the parents. One parent may need to quit their job or move fulltime into the hospital and oftentimes theres other siblings that need care. The Compassion Fund can pay for that care. Scott there is a variety of ways the funding can be used. Mollie once again, today and tomorrow, how do we help. You can go on to this website to donate or call the 5152762669. We will be back with more mollie every year the boys and girl clubs of central iowa ask us to embrace a family and once again, they need our help. Jodi is ceo and helps explain what we can do. Thank you for coming back. We have 750 young people that our club members that needed help this year and we only have 44 left. 44 kids. Mollie here we are, how do we help you do this . We make it easy. Embrace a family is done by boys and girls club and we done it for the past 10 years. We wrap our arms around families that are struggling, working, singleparent families, twoparent families. They just need a bit of extra help. They apply, go to our website. It will be listed in a second. Or call our office at 2625695. Becky can help you get connected with a family that you can make a difference with. Mollie do we get a list of what they need . We will connect the potential donor with a family, we will provide you with a list today. That list and see what the kids would like for the holidays. You can either go out and purchase or you can make a gift of dollars or a monetary gift to support the family. Mollie give us an idea of what some of the requests are. Every year there is joy and sadness around this program. These requests come in and sometimes they are food. Sometimes pajamas, pillows, underwear, socks. These are teenagers asking for socks. Please, these children need our help and we have the ability to make a difference. Just with this one simple act. Mollie you see the need growing. The need is growing and those marginalized folks are the ones working two jobs but not making it. They may be working to parttime jobs at nine dollars an hour and raising 24 kids on that. Our poor are hidden in this every year we see more slide off into the areas where they need just a little extra assistance. Mollie and you opened a new center. We did, on halloween we opened our frank j ross boys and girls club. We are currently serving almost 80 children there a day. It is phenomenal soever needs are a little greater because he opened a brandnew site. Mollie we are here to help. How do we do it and as you said, today . Yes, 2625695. We can connect you with a family today. Please call. Mollie your passion is contagious so thank you so much and happy holidays. Paris theres a lot to do on a dairy farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get out there and do it yourself. Bernie sanders is a wellknown friend of family farms. Bernie cannot be bought out by big money. Bernies opinion cannot be purchased. Roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. Sanders im Bernie Sanders and i approve this message. Dear future, sailed through that diaper stage, learned to walk, and im reading like a thirdgrader. But now its time to go out into the world. And from what i hear, its not all toys and games out there. Will you look out for me, future . 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 . 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 for the content of this message. Mollie dig out the extra blankets. Frank we are going to cool down at least we are drying out. 42 today, might see evening showers but no rain like the past few days. It will be a decent day today with 38 tonight. Wind will howl, wednesday is breezy with low 40s but mid30s for highs thursday come
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