9 00 a. M. , 31. We will warm up into the mid 30s but it could be a slight wintry mix at times. Not expecting a lot of accumulation. The reason for that is that the main part of this system is to the west. Southwestern colorado will see some light snow. Probably an inch or less. More precipitation on the way at the week goes along, along with some cold. Temperatures pretty moderate the next few days, but look how we drop off. Sunday, that is a High Temperature of only 10 degrees. We will break things down hourbyhour with futurecast in just a bit. Laura count on kcci to help you stay weather aware. Download our kcci weather app to youll get live radar, traffic alerts, and Road Conditions straight to your smartphone. Its available for free for both android and iphone. Steve executive action. President obama today outlined his plan to tighten the nations gun laws and beef up enforcement. He is focusing on boosting background checks for gun buyers. The plan will tighten, but not eliminate, loopholes in federal law. President obama teared up as he recalled the 20 children gunned down at sandy hook elementary school. Pres. Obama every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. Steve and, he is now taking action. The centerpiece of his plan, expanding background checks. Pres. Obama anybody in the business of selling firearms must get a license and conduct background checks or be subject to criminal prosecutions. Steve hes directing the fbi and atf to hire more agents to speed up background checks and to enforce existing laws. And he wants 500 million to mental illness. They dont appear to be inconsistent with, or a violation of, the second amendment, in the sense that they do not prevent people from acquiring firearms. Steve the nra says the president is engaging in political rhetoric instead of offering meaningful solutions. A spokesman says, the American People do not need more emotional, condescending lectures that are completely devoid of facts. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says the plan is about nothing more than politics and congress will be overseeing the president s actions to determine whether they follow federal law. Friday marks the 5th anniversary of the tucson shooting rampage, that killed 6 and wounded 13, including former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. On thursday, president obama joins Anderson Cooper for a on gun control in fairfax virginia. ,you can catch it at 7 00 on p. M. Cnn. Trust kcci 8 news at 10 00 for complete coverage of the event. Laura local gun rights advocates are sounding off tonight. New at 10 00, kccis ryan smith breaks down how the president s plan could impact local gun shows. Ryan three gun shows are scheduled to take place right here in the des moines area this month alone. One is scheduled to take place right here at the iowa state fairgrounds on the last weekend thousands of buyers and sellers are expected to attend. President obamas emotional plea to beef up background checks is firing up local gun advocate groups. The Iowa Firearms Coalition rallying its supporters on facebook promoting a come and , take it discount. Offering 15 bucks off its annual membership and 10 off to join the nra. The more that we get to join up then the more we can fight it ryan the ifc will continue its membership drive at upcoming gun shows where the white house , wants to stop nonlicensed dealers from selling any firearms. As seen in this video from 2013 area shows attract thousands of , interested buyers and sellers. Probably 99 of everybody that attends our shows are, they own gun stores. They are federally licensed and they come there because its a good venue for them. Ryan but dealers attending gun shows are not required to prove they are federally licensed. Trade show productions is sponsoring an event at the fairgrounds this month. We have very few people that come to our shows that are not federally licensed dealers. I dont see where this is going to change much. It seems to me to be more of a political stunt. Ryan gun sales are going up, no matter where they are sold. 23 million background checks processed by the federal agency in 2015. Live from the iowa state fairgrounds tonight ryan smith, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Laura we want to know what you think. Do you support the president s move to expand background checks for gun purchases . Right now, in our now pull, 56 of you say yes, 44 say no. Steve right now the former , mayor of mitchellville is facing child sexual abuse charges. 27yearold Jeremy Filbert is now behind bars in wyandotte county, kansas, facing 2 counts of rape, and 2 counts of aggravated criminal sodomy of a victim under the age of 14. The sheriff there says the abuse happened in september of 2015. Back in june of 2014, someone from Mitchellville Elementary School reportedly called police to report Inappropriate Conduct between filbert and children iowa dci agents conducted a monthlong investigation. The Polk County Attorneys Office did not file any criminal charges. Filbert stepped down from the Mayors Office in april of 2015. Hes in custody on the new charges tonight on 150,000 bond. Jury selection is set for tomorrow in the murder trial of joe lopez. The 25yearold is charged in connection with the death of a clive toddler back in 2014. Clive Police Say Lopez told doctors the baby had fallen inside a home where he and the babys mother were staying on franklin avenue. Police say the baby had a fractured skull and multiple broken ribs. Kccis Mark Tauscheck will be in the courtroom tomorrow. Follow him on twitter for live updates. Laura new at 10 00 the dangers , of escalators. One West Des Moines mom has a safety warning for other parents. Make sure youre not sitting on it buddy. Laura threeyearold Jake Mollison is posted up on the couch, nursing a sore foot. The fact that he was in tennis shoes probably saved his toes. Lost them if he hadnt had those on. Laura monday night, jake, his dad, and his siblings were at barnes and noble in West Des Moines. They were coming down the escalator when a screeching sound rang out. And then jake just started screaming at the top of his lungs and, and he looked down and jakes foot was stuck inside the escalator. With his entire shoe lodged in laura with his entire shoe lodged in the side of the escalator and the smell of burning rubber, jakes dad has to act fast. He had to literally just yank him out of the escalator. Laura the Iowa Division of labor says there were 18 similar incidents on escalators across the state in 2015. While none have been deadly, they can cause painful injuries. We are not sure if he has any fractures or not yet. The swelling is too great to do an mri or more xrays. Laura division of labor Officials Say injuries on escalators are usually the fault of the person riding it, but that wasnt the case with jake. Malfunction. I can fit my finger through his entire shoe. Laura Jill Mollison wants parents to know this can happen, even when you think youre following the rules. I encourage them to hang on to the railing so they dont fall, but then that gets their bodies close to the side. So i just want parents to be aware. Laura barnes and noble says that particular escalator is closed. The division of labor is in the process of inspecting it. Steve big and bold. Governor branstad says his new initiative will improve both the states Water Quality and iowa schools. School superintendents, farm leaders, and u. S. Secretary of agriculture tom vilsack, all joined governor branstad today to support his plan. It extends the one cent state sales tax for another 20 years, which will help schools with construction projects. Part of the new revenue will help improve Water Quality in the state. Governor branstad this is the long time, and it is because i really see a chance to make a big difference in this critical year with the state is facing some really big financial challenges. Steve the proposal will be debated during the 2016 legislative session that begins next week. Laura 10 00 a popular downtown , vietnamese restaurant destroyed by fire last summer may finally reopen next week. Todd magel is live at a dong restaurant at 15th and high with the update. Todd a dong was supposed to open last thanksgiving, but there have been construction delays. Now, the owner neal ngu says that five months after the fire, he hopes his customers will come back. August 17, 2015, an overheated pot starts a fire that destroys a dong restaurant, and the dreams of owner neal ngu. Todd now, nearly 5 months later construction crews are putting , the finishing touches on the new a dong. New floors, tables, walls, equipment. 500,000 worth of repairs and updates. Oh, its beautiful. I love it. Its amazing. Todd ngu says its been a difficult experience, not just for him, but for a dozens workers who are more like family. Thats why hes paid them out of his own pocket for the past 5 months. The friendship, the sharing that we share to other people. Make sure theyre ok. Todd a dong was supposed to open around thanksgiving, but construction delays pushed that back. Now, ngu says opening day is set for next week and he wants his loyal customers to know their favorite dishes will taste the same, but the atmosphere is new. Just want to express my love to them for all the years they stay with us and love us. And we looking forward to seeing todd a dong has been an institution in des moines since 1989. The owners hope that continues after next weeks grand opening where they plan to offer free food to thank their loyal customers. Laura following breaking news overseas. North korea says it has conducted a successful Hydrogen Bomb test. Early reports were of an earthquake. Previous Nuclear Tests in the region happened in 2006, 2009, and 2013. Officials in south korea and japan are holding emergency meetings. 10 00, next at 10 00 daring , escape. A pennsylvania woman held hostage in her own car for hours. How she broke free. Steve plus, safety on the field. The new push to prevent youth concussions nationwide. Every year i have to , remotivate myself because track is essentially who can laura lolo jones coming backhey 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. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Plus 400 in promo cards. Theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. Give us a plan. Steve caught on camera. A daring escape in pennsylvania. A kidnapped woman breaks free after being held hostage in her own car for hours. Rachel stephenson was in a gas station last week when police say a man jumped into the drivers seat. He forced her inside and took off, driving 150 miles before he finally had to stop for gas. Thats when stephenson made her i really didnt know what was going to happen. I was just saying, please stop. I definitely was scared but i wasnt ready to give up. Steve as soon as the car stopped, stephenson sprinted over to a bystander, as the carjacker took off. He was arrested after a highspeed chase with police. Laura 10 00, new at 10 00 south , Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will deliver the republican response to president Barack Obamas state of the Union Address next week. The countrys youngest governor will be the second female in a row to deliver the address. Youll remember iowa senator joni ernst gave it last year. Commitment 2016 news. A crowd at the State Capitol today for evangelist franklin graham. He kicked off his preelection 50 state tour today. More than 1,000 people joined him for an hourlong prayer rally. Graham says our nation is crumbling and wants christians to run for office to bring resolutions. He also asked the crowd to vote for a candidate based on their biblical value before their political affiliation. Steve a new push tonight to concussions. A halfmillion concussion dollar Prevention Program is being rolled out in the Nations Capital right now. It includes a webbased system called injurefree, which reports concussion symptoms the moment they happen on the field. The information is then sent electronically to a medical professional for followup. Since 2009, every state has passed a concussion reporting law. But so far, congress has not created a National Registry to help tailor treatment and prevention. Its about priorities and about funding. Do we have time to wait . We dont have time ever to wait for a youngster to be injured. Steve the centers for Disease Control says more than 170,000 children are treated in Emergency Rooms each year for sports or recreationrelated traumatic brain injuries. Laura talk about making the one man in the netherlands decided to take an icecovered road in his neighborhood into in his neighborhood and turn it into his own personal skating rink. This video of him enjoying the chilly day got a lot of attention on twitter, receiving thousands of retweets. Kurtis, hopefully no ice headed our way. Steve that was hans brinker. Kurtis is the speedskating capital of the world. The dutch no had to have some fun. Skycam right now. Slowly rolling in. 29 degrees. Wind chill of 20. Humidity at 69 . Look at this picture. It is a minion. Out and about. At 9 00 a. M. , 31. Notice that we will move above freezing. Icy spots will be that widespread. Temperatures tomorrow into the mid30s. Clouds rolling and after that glorious sunshine today. The first system just a week system that is already spinning in kansas. You can see snow from wichita to around manhattan, kansas. The impact will be from minneapolis down to kansas city. If you are traveling midday, most temperatures above freezing. 40 in st. Louis, 40 in indianapolis. Some colder air in the dakotas. There is that makes out to the west. Some snow showers, a good transition between snow and back to rain and some sleep. Heres another computer model that goes a little bit deeper into the week. At the next round moves in, it will be all rain thursday for most of the state. They will change it to snow in northwestern iowa and stay rain here for the early part of friday. Then, it is all snow transitioning across the northern part of the state. Saturday, could be some problems with blowing snow. Snow fall with the system tomorrow looks to be less than an inch. A few you locations could get closer to that inch mark. It is hard to get an measurement, especially with those temperatures above freezing. Tomorrow, 35. Light accumulation. Thursday, generally rain except for up in northern iowa. Snow. From rain to snow. Saturday, snow early and then blowing snow as the wind picks up. Sunday, high of only 10 degrees. Early morning, wind chill of 1525 degrees below zero. More cold weather next week. Coworkers catch a cold after christmas . Tomorrow, we will show you seven the butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. Nothing more, nothing less. So we got the sirloin, the chuck and the plate. No fillers; thats it. All prized cuts, this is where those three wonderful cuts of beef come together. You can just tell that blend is working in there. And we sear them, and that seals in the juices of the burger. It doesnt get any better than that. And thats the culvers butterburger. Steve heres some must see video tonight. Check out this amazing sight captured by the hubble space telescope. Those are galaxies merging into one. Nasa says the galaxy will eventually become stable on its own. Its located about 230 million light years away from earth in the hercules constellation. Laura road to rio. Des moines native and olympic track star lolo jones says shes gearing up for the summer games this year. Steve lolo says she has recovered from hip surgery in october and hopes to run the championships in march. She told cbs this mornings charlie rose how she deals with all kinds of online criticism. At the end of the day, i just have to know my opinions of what ive done on the track is not altered by what they think of me. It comes by how hard ive worked and what i have achieved. Anyone faces criticism going going after a goal. Someone is starting a business, their family is like oh youre , not going to be able to do that. You just have to be able to tell yourself and look where youve started from, take joy in the small things youve overcome to even get where youre at. Laura lolo will turn 34 on opening day of the rio olympics. Shell find out if she makes the team in july. No matter what, lolo says she still will try to make her 2nd Winter Olympics team, as a scott the Hawkeyes Ba Scott the hawkeyes quest for a 30 start of the big ten could not started worse. The brass good jumped out to a lead and then the hawkeyes snapped out of it. Than the struggling huskers team. Jerry uthoff in transition, starts the rally. Dont hurt. Moments later. He has long arms. He also had 25 points. 25 points coming up the inbound. Iowa outscored nebraska 3112. They are 30 in the big ten. Cyclones maybe 112, but they are 01 in the conference. The next challenge will be wednesday night at home against the texas tech red raiders. They dropped the really tight ballgame at oklahoma. They cannot afford any more losses if they are going to keep pace with heavyweights like if you are not 90, you better at least be 81 if you want to win a conference championship. We have texas tech wednesday and we just have to try to beat them. Scott allamerican desmond king is choosing his senior year at iowa. The senior confirmed the news moneys his Instagram Account tuesday, saying, feels good to finish my education and to be with my brothers for my senior year. There will be those that say my decision is wrong but its whats best for me. Lets make it a good one fellas. The 21yearold junior was projected as a late first early second round pick. He led the big 10 and ranked second nationally with 8 interceptions, tying an iowa record shared by 1939 Heisman Trophy winner nile kinnick. Including king, the hawkeyes have tons of experience. 15 starters will be back in 2016, 7 on offense and 8 on defense. Jon heacock is the latest toledo assistant to join new head coach heacock was announced as the defensive coordinator. He has been a defensive coordinator at toledo kent , state, indiana, and youngstown state, where he later was head coach. High School Basketball is heating up. League play is in full swing. Centennial hosting the johnston dragon. Cramming one in their. Showing off the muscles. Works his way in there and centennial winds centennial wins. Dowling catholic since city. Second quarter. Nice try right there. Mackenzie maier nominated for the mcdonalds allamerican. The butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. Nothing more, nothing less. The chuck and the plate. No fillers; thats it. All prized cuts, all wellmarbled for richness and flavor. This is where those three wonderful cuts of beef come together. You can just tell that blend is working in there. And we sear them, and that seals in the juices of the burger. It doesnt get any better than that. And thats the culvers butterburger. Steve that is in for us tonight. Next newscast wow, we have made it through a whole week. Your mom is going to be so. Surprised. Talk to a nuind a doctor,or coordinate appointments with bewell 24 7. One of the Many Services provided call 84484bewell