Elizabeth it would be nice. Eric no beachlike weather today. Metinka it is not too bad out there right now. You will still need to where the warm coats. Temperatures will be falling later on. We have a gusty wind that has been dragging in the cooler temperatures. Gusts are close to 30 Miles Per Hour. This is what we can expect through the afternoon hours. Grab the gloves and hats for the kiddos. Temperatures will be falling back into the upper to mid 30s by pickup time today. Dress warmly. There could be snow flurries in the forecast later on today. This will be followed by chilly days in the forecast. Eric some parts of central iowa are still dealing with the aftermath of the big rainstorm. Highway 169 has been closed. This is what the area looked take a detour on highway 6 and then onto 58 up to 44. River levels are still high in des moines. The Raccoon River crested higher near fleur drive eight feet above flood stage. Des moines city Officials Say that fleur drive remains closed through the weekend. Elizabeth more big stories. Des Moines Police are investigating a deadly crash at the intersection of east 42nd and hubbell avenue just before 6 00 p. M. Last night. A man was walking erratically when he was hit by a car in the intersection and died instantly. The driver of the car is cooperating with police and we are hoping to learn the name of the victim later on today. Stick with kcci for up dates. Eric the last Republican Debate books and it did not disappoint as candidates clashed over National Security and other topics. Nikole killion is in washington with top moments. Nikole this was the first debate since the attacks in San Bernardino and paris, which sparked heated debate over how the candidates would handle terror. A showdown on the strip in las vegas. In my talking or are you talking . Im talking right now. Nikole donald trump versus jeb bush on the muslim band. He is a chaos candidate. Jeb does not believe i am unhinged. He said that because he has failed in this campaign. Ted cruz versus marco rubio. Does ted cruz rule out ever legalizing people that are in this country illegally now . I have never supported legalization. I do not intend to support legalization. Marco has more of an allegiance to Chuck Schumer and the liberals than to conservative policy. Nikole ben carson stayed out. Let them fight. Nikole Chris Christie makes this observation. If your eyes have glazed over, this is what it is like to be on the floor of the united state senate. Nikole democrats prepare for their next match up this weekend. Eric both Marco Rubio John kasich have Campaign Stops in ankeny today. The next him credit debate is this saturday in new hampshire. Elizabeth officials are on the scene of a Helicopter Crash in new hampshire. Any word on the status of the people on board . Shaina our sister station in phoenix reports that two of the people on board the helicopter were killed. The medical Helicopter Crashed in the mountains east of phoenix. The ntsb are on the scene. Faa officials are also looking into what caused a plane to run off the runway in nashville last night. The Southwest Airlines plane went into a ditch is it a prose approached its arrival gate, injuring eight people on board. Most of those injuries were bumps and bruises. One person complained of chest pains. Thousands of children are heading back to school this morning. Police in los angeles shut down 900 schools on tuesday because of an emailed bomb threat. It turned out not to be credible. In light of the recent terror attacks, officials did not want to take any chances. The shutdown affected about 700,000 students. The department of Homeland Security is expected to announce changes to the terror alert system. Secretary jeh johnson said the u. S. Needs a system that the new system would reportedly be system to the bulletins the fbi uses to send information to Law Enforcement around the country. Back in the metro, construction workers are closing out the year outdoors and on the job thanks to an extrawarm december, so far. One of the areas Biggest Developers says they are seeing record business. There has been a spike in commercial and industrial permits to 101 this year. Hubbel Realty Reports a record year, as well. We have put in a Record Number of foundations this year. Singlefamily foundations all around the metro area. We expect net gear next year to be even stronger. Shaina hubbel Realty Reports that they are working on 600 projects in the downtown area. Officials are looking for your input about alcohol at beaches. Now, dnr officials are encouraging anyone with an opinion to go online and fill out a Public Survey to tell them what you think. At a public beach, if it is the only one around where you can consume alcohol, it tends to draw a concentrated demographic of people who are doing that and we want to make sure it is eighth for the in safe for the entire public. Eric the dnr said that the public input will help them decide what to do next. Elizabeth we want to get a look at the forecast. Kind of downhill . Metinka we are already into the 30s in des moines. It was 45 when i came in and now it is 37. We have a blustery wind at 23 Miles Per Hour dragging in the cooler temps. There is even a little bit of light rain, light snow from lifting to the northeast. The wind today will be the main factor. The wind is gusting over 35 Miles Per Hour. We had a guest of 32 Near Council Bluffs gust of 32 Near Council Bluffs. Elizabeth new this morning, new numbers show Des Moines Public Schools is the most diverse district in the state. Eric alyx is taking a deeper look into how that impacts students. Alyx not only is the district ethnically diverse, it is economically diverse. 75 of students are part of the free and reduced price lunch program. They are serving three meals per day to some students. They also say they are ranked very high nationally in the percentage of students who qualify for free and reduced if a student is hungry, they are not in a position to focus on learning. Nor will they be very motivated to learn because they have a much more important, immediate need that needs to be fulfilled, especially for a growing young person. Alyx in the same breath of Economic Diversity comes Economic Diversity. More than 100 languages are spoken by students at the Des Moines Public Schools. Coming up next, the surprising number of refugees attending school in the district today. Elizabeth thank you so much. The bad news for cyclones basketball this morning. Eric a sports shocker. The College Coach who abruptly retired last night, effective immediately. Shaina we are still dealing with some of the same closures we had yesterday. I will show you what is closed down today. Especially if you are driving up through the southern part of the metro today, you may have some some flooding to avoid. Right now, a live look at the roads. Traffic is starting to pick up. There are definitely more people out there, but they are moving right along. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth quinn, kurtis gertz, and shaina humphries. Eric check out this great video. Welcome back to kcci. Elizabeth snowfall in colorado caused chaos or drivers trying to get home from work. Cars were sliding all over the roads, some getting stuck in snowbanks. Hundreds of flights were delayed and canceled. Eric in utah, a sixth grader found this also way to get to school. He rodes unicycle in the snow wearing shorts. He cycled the one mile to his Elementary School avoiding the snow banks. He must have snow tires on that he did it because unicycling is faster than walking. The kids were staring at him like, seriously . What is going on . Metinka dont have to worry about making it through any snow here today. The wind is going to be really strong and affecting all of the outdoor plans today. The winds are coming in from the southwest. We have had gusts stronger than 35 Miles Per Hour already. We will be battling that all day long. It is tracking in some colder air. It is now 37 in des moines. 34 in council bluffs. We are watching for the wind to continue. It is going to be a cooler day with high temperatures already this morning and readings falling back through the afternoon. We are in for a big dose of winterlike temperatures. Elizabeth turning to sports, their senior guard is out for the rest of the season. Eric he applied for a medical redshirt that would give him another shot at a senior season next year. He battled a comeback from arthroscopic surgery in both of his hips this summer. He was averaging 12 points and five rebounds per game. Marquette transfer Deante Burton is able to play. Elizabeth he is an athletic big man who will make a difference. Deante is a terrific player and weve got to slowly work him in to the lineup, in practice and in games. I will meet with him this week to talk about his role and my expectations and ou expectationsr for him. Elizabeth we will see how big of an impact these changes have as the cyclones take on the panthers at Wells Fargo Arena at 6 00 p. M. After iowa takes on developing overnight, the winningest head coach in wisconsin basketball history announced his retirement last night. The badgers beat texas a m and head coach bo ryan made the announcement that he is retiring effective immediately. He said it is simply the right time for him to go and give his assistant coach the chance. He has 364 wins and seven big ten titles. Lawmakers on capitol hill have come to an agreement with the white house on a tax and spending package. It funds all Government Agencies are the 2016 budget year. It avoids a Government Shutdown that would have gone into effect tonight. Many fed watchers expect the central bank to raise Interest Rates for the first time in nearly a decade. Mortgages could go up. Overseas markets were already bracing for the news. As investors wait for a decision on Interest Rates, wall street finished up for the second day in a row. The nasdaq gained about 43 points. The s p 500 added more than 21. We have learned that Lillian Vernon died. She is best known for her multimillion dollar catalog business. She started selling mailorder gifts in 1951. In 1987, she became the first womanowned company to be listed ford will start t sting self driving cars in january. The Ford Fusion Hybrid will be Research Center in california. Route mapping. They say Driverless Cars will hit the road in the second half of 2016. Most companies are not feeling less than a quarter of americans expect some type of holiday bonus. 12 expect a year end pay raise. Those numbers contradict a previous survey. One company in houston is giving employees a huge gift for the holidays. An oil company is giving its 1300 workers a bonus a huge one. 100,000 each. Five years ago, the ceo promised the bonus if they doubled their company in size and they did. That is a heck of a bonus. Elizabeth that is like winning the lottery. Eric a sixfigure bonus. Elizabeth we will head over for a quick check of the forecast now. Metinka the weather is not going to get better today. It is going to stay the same or maybe get a little bit worse. Temperatures are falling into the 30s and we can expect to it will be feeling a whole more lot more like mid december. We missed out on this system, but on the tail end of it, there is a little bit of snow that is wrapping up across northwest iowa over towards spencer and the sioux city area. We will see this may be expanding it little bit more through the afternoon. We are not concerned about any accumulation. The wind is a huge factor. It is sustained in the 20mileperhour range. Watch out at the crossroads. This area of low pressure is creating the very gusty winds. It will stay blustery through tomorrow and into friday. Tomorrow, here comes a reinforcing shot of that cold air. That will drop overnight temperatures back down into the teens. Friday morning, slow flurries the cold air streams in from the northwest. By saturday afternoon, there will be snow flurries tapering off as we head toward 11 00 tonight. The best chances will be up toward northwest iowa closer to spencer and sioux city. It is brisk in des moines right now. The wind will be shifting over to the west and northwest this afternoon, gusting over 30. Temperatures will hold pretty steady, if not fall off a couple of degrees. Tomorrow and friday will feel a whole lot more like december showed, with highs either side of 30 degrees. Overnight lows will drop back into the teens. Thursday night and friday night will be the coldest of the next eight, then temperatures begin to warm back up, into the upper 40s. Up and down. Elizabeth the drivers are getting a little bit of letting out there. Shaina they are. A number of detours posted. Some extra time to deal with today. If you are driving up from south of the metro, highway 28 is closed. Through the south side, you should be used to this by now. In that same general vicinity, fleur drive is closed between bell and mlk. Southwest 30th is still covered with water between bell and george flagg. Elizabeth up next, how did they really do . Our political analyst tells us which candidate did really well tonight and which one did not. 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. Its time for our next president to get in there, 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. Discover unexpected treasures, for the people who least expect it. Find thoughtful gifts at amazing prices everyday at t. J. Maxx, marshalls and homegoods. Elizabeth National Security dominated last nights republican president ial debate, over how to keep america safe. Eric Mark Sindelar joins us live from washington. Donald trumps call for a ban on all muslims has been a major point of debate. How strongly was he challenged on that . Mark the other republican candidates called it unamerican, unconstitutional, not serious, absurd. They said it will make it harder for america to beat isis. What they did not say is that they would not support donald trump if he campaigns on this idea as the Republican Party nominee for president. If anyone thought that to propose and call for the United States to ban muslims would put trump so far out of the mainstream that he would be isolated by the Republican Party , that idea was put to rest last night. Elizabeth after paris and San Bernardino, do you think fear is the campaigns Biggest Issue . Mark no line was repeated more obama and Hillary Clinton have not kept this country safe. Rick santorum said world war iii has begun. World war iii began after about 1100 americans were killed in pearl harbor. If you look at the number of americans killed in the United States by radical, jihadist muslims since september 11, two thousand one, it is somewhere between 50100. Half as many people as have been killed by cows since that period. For every jihadist murder in the United States, there are about 4000 other murders. Fear plays very well on the news media and plays well on the campaign trail. Eric perspective there. Were there any surprises last night . Mark guess which peace candidates that we should not have gone to war in iraq or afghanistan . On the hospitals, roads, and the region would be better off. That was donald trump, channeling his inner nancy pelosi. He says he is not going to do a thirdparty candidacy. He said he is a republican through and through. Eric we will see what happens next. Thanks, mark. More news straight ahead in our next half hour. We will update you after two people were hit and killed in the past two days. We are also learning more about a medical Helicopter Crash in arizona overnight. Busted live on ther 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, 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. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning. Elizabeth deadly walk. Des Moines Police investigate what happened on this busy road. We will to you the questions they are rick acted to answer today. Expected to answer today. Iowa. Ive got to go and call my 11. I will talk to you later. Elizabeth spotting a suspect live on tv. The viral video of an iowa tv reporter who he saw during his live shot. The day he will never forget. Welcome back, everyone. Im elizabeth klinge. Eric today is pretty special. Somebody is having a birthday. [laughter] eric yours is pretty close to christmas. What is it like . Ive always wish for snow and sometimes it comes true. I was always depressed in school. You only get one present, too. But yeah. Eric how is the birthday forecast . Metinka not too bad. Earlier, we were at 45. Trending downward. We are battling that wind coming in from the southwest with gusts coming in at over 30 Miles Per Hour. You send them off to school. Changing much. Take your breath away. Eric des Moines Police are working to identify a man hit and killed last night. It happened at the intersection of east 42nd and hubbell avenue. The man was walking erratically right before he was hit. The driver of the car stayed at the scene and is cooperating this morning. Hubbell is back open for the morning drive. No arrests in a deadly hit and run up in ames. An 18yearold student emily it was raining and dark at the time. There were no witnesses, but Surveillance Video is being reviewed of lincoln way at the time of that crash. We have an alert for your morning commute. Dallas officials have closed highway 169 due to flooding. Drivers should take a detour west out of a dell adel. We are told that even more water could be over the roadway this morning. Elizabeth the iowa dnr wants to know if you think alcohol should be banned at state beaches. Officials have gotten lots of report of rowdy behavior linked to the state beaches and recreation areas. They have put up a survey online to help them decide what to do next. Shaina right now, two people are confirmed dead after a medical Helicopter Crash in arizona. A third person is in critical condition. The chopper crashed in rugged terrain, as well, in the mountains east of phoenix. The faa and ntsb are investigating. In tennessee, a plane rolled off a runway at the Nashville International airport, injuring eight people. Flight 31 from nashville to houston went off the runway as it approached the arrival gate. 133 passengers and five crew members evacuated the plane safely. Schools in the Los Angeles Area will reopen in a couple of hours. They closed on tuesday because of the threat of a largescale jihadi attack. In l. A. , the threat came in the form of an email to a school board member. Eric the diverse faces of the des moines public School District. Des moines has become a melting pot. Live in the studio. What does this mean . Alyx it means that there are different challenges than other ring other School Districts. There are many refugees. Maureen griffin is the head of a program on the front lines. Some weeks, we are getting waves of them. 10 at a time. Alyx School District officials said 88 countries are represented and 100 languages are spoken. Children and teens who escaped turmoil and are given the gift of opportunity. When they arrive, the administration is given a heads up and they have staff in place to greet the students and programs for english language learners to help close the gap in their education. Dr. Thomas ahart says the system is working. We have an Instructional Staff that is second to none. There are no two ways about it. The job is harder here than a lot of other places. I would argue that the rewards are greater, as well. Alyx coming up tonight, we will introduce you to one of these refugee students, her empowering story, and her familys frightening road to freedom. Eric thanks. The big mistake a bank robber just across the iowa border made and how it all unfolded live on tv. Elizabeth they said they needed help, but a man said he was stunned that their reaction when he offered it. Eric holiday lights on kcci. Metinka it might not be looking a lot like winter, but it will be feeling like it. The cold wind is glowing this morning. On all of the flooding remnants. The highways are looking pretty good. Traffic is certainly picking up. Things should be pretty good in we will have your next burger with a side of awesome. The oneofakind, creamy blend of sweet and tangy. Miracle whip and proud of it. At kraft we start with quality ingredients. All expertly blended to make our mayo. So you can take whatever youre making from good to amazing. Talk to a nurse, find a doctor, or coordinate appointments with bewell 24 7. One of the Many Services provided exclusively to wellmark members. Call 84484bewell. Metinka good morning. 37 degrees. We have gusty winds howling from the west and southwest. Per hour. The careful if you are going to be out driving. Some of the snowflakes across the sioux city area could find their way into central iowa. We have clouds and steady chances in the 30s. Elizabeth we have two viral videos. Shaina a mason city tv reporter turns into a crime fighter on the air. 24 hours ago. It is that cap right there. That is the robber . This is live tv. The robber just went by according to the Bank Employee. Ive got to go and call 911. I will talk to you later. [laughter] eric i love that. Shaina that was reporter adam fallon in mason city covering a bank robbery just over the border in minnesota that had Bank Employee said that the same man was robbing the bank again. Police got there, got the description, and tracked the suspect down within the hour. We always strive to get live, breaking news as it happens. I tell you what, we never thought we would be part of the story kind of like this. And coming from a reporter who does this on a daily basis, you never think that this would happen during a live shot. Im just glad they were able to catch him. [laughter] shaina this morning, that suspect is charged in both of those robberies. He used the same method both times. He handed a note to the teller. Eric backtoback days. Elizabeth and on live tv. It was a bold move. Eric another story in iowa a Business Owners offered to two i said, we are hiring. They said, were not from around here. Then they just smirked. Eric he felt sorry for the two guys asking for money outside his business. They turned him down for jobs twice. He made a sign and stood next to them. The sign said, offered these two guys jobs, they said no, dont give them money. He said he does not have a problem with panhandlers, but says he wants to make sure they really need help. Elizabeth one organization that doeseseed help is make a wish iowa. The sudden shutdown of Jolly Holiday lights because of flooding means they will come up short for fundraising goals. They started an Online Campaign are encouraging you to post a picture and do the same. Eric many are accepting the challenge. A des moines family posted this picture after donating. Another woman posted this picture of her lights. Shaina we want to thank you for your help with toys for tots tuesday yesterday. You helped us raise 78,220 dollars. It was a great effort. Central iowa kids, the marine corps, and kcci thank you for that help. Eric we have been talking a lot about the big star wars movie. The World Premiere happened a couple nights ago. Some fans are already talking about it online. There is a way to avoid the spoilers. Single mention of star wars you can get. It warns you not to look at particular sites. Shaina one of our directors says he is going to avoid the internet altogether. [laughter] elizabeth apparently Stephen Colbert is the one that recruited Harrison Ford for the new film. Take a look. Yes. Are you having a good time . Im not expecting to be impressed. [laughter] i dont do that. [laughter] it is han duo. Han and his brother fran. We are twins. One of them remember to moisturize. There are two of us now. I work alone. I dont need you. [laughter] elizabeth it is a great rewind the end result, ford agrees to be in the force awakens. Eric thanks for waking up with we will have the drive penny just for you. Thats no penny. Thats a galaxy s 6 at u. S. Cellular this saturday. Whoa, thanks, grandma youre welcome. You can also get an lg g4 or an lg g pad f 8. 0 with that penny. Nice isnt that just delightful . Pennies for everyone get penny doorbuster deals on great devices this saturday starting at 9 00 a. M. The weather is never more than five minutes away on kcci 8 news this morning. Metinka good morning. You are waking up to a blustery wednesday morning with a strong wind from the west southwest. Be very careful if you are going to be traveling today. Keep a firm grip on the wheel. The blustery winds will continue all day long. The temperatures will not be changing much at all today. They may recover if degrees before cooling back off this afternoon. That is all because of another area of low pressure tracking through the midwest. This time, we miss out on most of the precipitation. This area of flurry activity the whole system will be heading out. Very strong winds will be following it. Tomorrow, there is a reinforcing blast of cold air. Get ready for a reinforcing dose of cold temperatures. We are not expecting anything in the way of accumulation. Snow flurries through 5 00 p. M. This evening. The best chances for any accumulation will be across far northwest iowa. 37 in des moines. Very strong wind out there will be causing headaches on the roads. It is going to appeal feel very chilly. Temperatures will be Holding Steady into the 30s. We will have wind chills in the 20s. Tomorrow and friday, it is going to feel just like december should. It will still be breezy. Overnight lows will fall into notice the rapid recovery by sunday. Temperatures climb back above average again. Shaina there are a number of areas you are still going to have to navigate around as we slowly recover from all of the rain the other day. Some of them we have already told you about and some of them are new. I would 169 is closed all the way up to 44 highway 169 is closed all the way up to 144. To 44. Right by grayslake, fleur drive is closed between bell and mlk. Southwest 30th is closed. The 2900 block of hartford. East 37th and east 39th are still closed down. 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. Sanders im Bernie Sanders and i approve this message. Elizabeth news to go. We should learn later today the name of a man hit and killed at the man was walking erratically just before a car hit him. The driver is cooperating with police. Eric ames police are reviewing Surveillance Video were 18yearold iq student emily jacobs was hit and killed by a car. Elizabeth flooding has forced highway 69 north of adell to close. If that is part of your normal route, you will need to detour on highway 6 to highway 44. Fleur drive is also close to this morning. The nearby reckon river crested overnight and is on its way back down Raccoon River crested overnight and is on its way back down. Fleur drive will stay closed through the end of the week. We are still waiting for video from the scene of another medical Helicopter Crash, the second in just a week. This one was in phoenix. A Southwest Airlines plane landed just fine, but somehow could not make it to the gate. Passengers captured this video and photos after the plane skidded off the taxiway into a ditch in nashville last night. Four of the republican candidates for president are grabbing most of the headlines after last nights debate. Donald is great at the oneliners. But he is a chaos candidate. He would be a chaos printed in president. Shaina that was one of the more memorable lines last night in las vegas. Ted cruz and marco rubio also clashed over immigration. Elizabeth it looks like the budget battle is over. Congress has compromised on a new spending plan. The deadline to keep the government running is tonight. The plan extends dozens of tax ash carter arrived in iraq overnight on a surprise visit to meet with u. S. Military commanders and iraqi leaders about new ways of destroying isis. One likely topic, the new u. S. Plan to spend special Commando Forces to iraq. Eric we just learned of two arrests possibly linked to the paris terror attacks. The men were arrested in austria over the weekend. Elizabeth it could be slow going to work today for some people in colorado. The storm dumped up to two feet of snow in some areas. Schools closed and more than 400 flights were canceled in denver. Eric the birthday cake candles may blow themselves out tonight. Metinka thats right. Dress warmly. It is going to feel a whole lot more like winter. Temperatures are going to feel like the 30s and we will have wind chills into the 20s with that blustery wind. We may have a few flurries into that is where the temperature should be this time of year. A warming trend begins by sunday into early next week. Elizabeth so many closures from all the flooding we are still dealing with. Highway 169, highway 28. There will be closures south of the downtown area. This is the second day in a row for those closures. Cbs heres a penny just for you. Thats no penny. Thats a galaxy s 6 at u. S. Cellular this saturday. Whoa, thanks, grandma youre welcome. You can also get an lg g4 or an lg g pad f 8. 0 with that penny. Nice isnt that just delightful . Pennies for everyone get penny doorbuster deals on great devices this saturday starting at 9 00 a. M