Money because of a bone not function and did not collect penalties between for a few years. The investigation brought forth an email from a workforce manager. That email asked staff to blame the improper payments on technical errors. If i were an iowa company id be furious because they rely on the state running the program with integrity and when they asked our fraud investigators to keep their mouths shut, basically they ruined the integrity of the program. Emmy they say they have installed new data that can better take fraud. A bill that would legalize eric fireworks in iowa, is now moving through the state legislature, but it may face challenges from several lawmakers. The bill would allow the sale and use of consumer fireworks in iowa like firecrackers and roman candles. Current state law only allows the sale of novelties like the new proposal would allow communities to opt out, and decide for themselves whether or not fireworks can be used within city limits. A Des Moines Lincoln High School teacher is charged with exposing himself in public. West Des Moines Police say 60yearold Michael Madson exposed himself to a female employee at Valley West Mall last weekend. After a investigation, officers arrested madson thursday. Des moines School Officials say madson stepped down from his teaching job tuesday. Elizabeth new charges against the driver involved in a deadly Warren County crash, that killed a grandmother and 9yearold boy. 72yearold karla handy and 9yearold eric fuller were killed when their familys suv was tboned by an r. V. It happened on highway 69 south of indianola. The state patrol initially only cited the driver for running a stop sign. Now the county Attorneys Office , is filing additional traffic charges, failure to maintain control and driving on the wrong side of the road. Death. Something that says that mom and eric existed, you know. That they were wrongfully taken from us. Not just pushed off to the wayside with just running a stop sign ticket. That doesnt say anything. Elizabeth the driver, keith hutton, now faces a 1000 fine and 180 day license suspension. Hes expected back in court in Warren County this month to face those new, enhanced charges. Tens of thousands of drivers use it everyday, and now the iowa dot has plans to make the i35 highway 30 interchange safer. The dot says the interchange has one of the highest crash rates in the state. The problem is drivers moving at 65 Miles Per Hour on i35 have to navigate oncoming traffic when they get onto the westbound highway 30 ramp into ames. That usually means drivers are slamming on their breaks or create a buy of a ramp. They plan to hold a public forum to talk about the preliminary plan on february 15. This morning. Hillary clinton and bernie respective corners after an intense democratic debate last night. Next up. The republicans who face off this weekend. Nikole killion is in washington with the debate details. Nikole Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders turned up the heat in their sharpest exchange yet in a debate on msnbc. I am very proud to be the only candidate up here who does not have a super pack. Whos not raising huge sums of money from wall street and special interests. I think its time to end the very artful smear that you and your campaign have been carrying out. Nikole the democrats dueled straight out of the gate over wall street and other issues as they staked out their positions ahead the New Hampshire primary. Clinton took an aggressive stance as she trails sanders by for their own battle saturday night minus Carly Fiorina who didnt make the cut. Fiorina appealed to the Republican National committee to be included but so far the , Network Hosting the debate abc has rejected her cause. Eric Carly Fiorina is not the only candidate trying to get on tomorrows debate stage. Jim gilmore says he should be included in the abc debate too if the network modifies its , requirements. The debate starts at 7 00 tomorrow night out of manchester, New Hampshire. It will air on abc. Elizabeth developing overnight. New developments in a Julian Assange rape case. Shaina humphries is following this, and shaina a United Nations panel came to a decision about this last night . Shannon elizabeth, the u. N. Rights panel decided the wikileaks founder should be freed. Assange has been taking refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in while trying to avoid answering questions about rape allegations in sweden. The u. N. Says assange has been a victim of arbitrary detention by britain and sweden, and he should be let go and compensated. In california, Officials Say a massive gas leak in los angeles, could finally be capped by the end of next week. The gas line started leaking in october, and People Living there have complained of nausea, nosebleeds, and headaches ever since. Dozens of people have moved out of the area to keep their families safe. Public health Officials Say there shouldnt be any longterm health problems. And honda says its recalling 5. 7 million more cars worldwide, in the latest round of recalls involving takata air bags. The air bags can explode and shoot shrapnel toward the passengers. That brings the total number of recalls to nearly 8 million vehicles worldwide. At least 11 people have died and 139 have been injured. Elizabeth a little chilly, especially up north. Overall, not a lot to complain about. Metinka it is not too bad out there. Just dress warmly. We are tracking a little bit more snow. West. We are expecting just up to a half an inch of snow. Arrive on saturday. Low 40s on sunday. Followed by a wednesday be taking a no side. Elizabeth back in business. Long lines thursday afternoon outside the Downtown Des Moines vietnamese restaurant adong. The popular restaurant was forced to close when it was damaged by a fire last summer. As a grand reopening gift, the restaurant gave away free dinners to customers last night. Regular Business Hours resume today. Adong is located at 15th and high. Eric ever since demolition crews imploded the old downtown ymca in october, the question has been whats going up in its place . The Business Record reports City Planners are working on a design for a 10 story, multi use and locust. Include townhomes, but will restaurants. Final plans may not be completed for several months. And ankenys City Council Approved a 17 million deal that and city Council Chambers. The Business Record reports the new library and Council Chambers will be located in the prairie Trail Development not far from the dmacc ankeny campus. Ankeny will then convert the old Kirkendall Library into an Office Building for ankeny Public Services and parks and recreation. Elizabeth zika in nebraska. Midwest. How the patients got the disease ahead. Error countdown to kickoff. eric countdown to kickoff. were now just two days away from super bowl 50. How much money youd have to plus the dangers of concussions. , how cte has become a hot topic in super bowl city, and a closer to home. Shaina it should be another easy morning for you on the roads. Very quite out there. Hardly anyone on the roads at this point. If youre headed out early, pretty good news for you. We will head outside. Very quiet you can see. Yourself if you are head this is iowas news leader. This is kcci news this morning. With eric hanson, elizabeth craig, and coverage with shaina humphries. Metinka good morning. It eventually start to our friday. Check out clarion, only at five. It is chilly all the way around. Clouds will be rolling in this morning. But those clouds, we have a chance of snow flurries. We are only expecting a trace to at half an inch of accumulation as we head towards we can, shaina right now, the zika virus has been detected closer to home. Officials say two travelrelated cases have been reported in nebraska. Both cases involve females in their 20s who recently traveled to zikaaffected countries. Neither have been hospitalized. The World Health Organization said recently as many as 4 Million People could be infected with zika in the next year. An ames Biotech Company says its now working to fight the zika virus. Newlink genetics says its started work on a vaccine. The company says it has had success in the past in developing vaccines for other communicable diseases. You might remember, last summer, newlink developed a vaccine to treat the ebola virus. More new stories this morning, founder of earth, wind, and fire, maurice white, has died at the age of 74. White founded earth, wind, and fire in the late 60s. The group sold more than 90 million albums worldwide. Earth, wind, and fire also won 6 Grammy Awards and was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2000. And another celebrity death. Bmx rider dave mirra has died at police found the mirras body thursday with an apparent selfinflicted gunshot wound. Mirra was an accomplished bmx rider, medaling every year from 1995 to 2008. He also hosted mtvs real world road rules challenge and two video games carried his name. Eric thanks, shaina. We are almost there. Just two days now until super bowl 50 here on kcci. Another day of practice is in the books for the Denver Broncos and the carolina panthers. Theyll take the field in santa clara, california sunday for the big game. All eyes will be on star quarterbacks cam newton and peyton manning. But off the field, everyone is talking about another issue. Its a growing concern among parents, coaches, doctors and athletes. The dangers of concussions. Kccis scott reister is in San Francisco for the super bowl, where he heard from players and doctors. Scott with the glitz and glamour of super bowl picture as the nfl has joined forces with under armour to investigate the subject. At a press conference and uptown San Francisco, the nfl and its partners revealed some of its latest research. There are there are handheld devices that could give us a rapid determination of concussion. When we, it is not just how much a helmet, but also helmet to turf. Obviously another important area is to develop new ways to make turkey safer. Whatever information there is out there, finding technology that i believe could help in the process so that people can play this great game and benefit from this great game but do it in the safest manner possible. Scott Deion Sanders served us reminders of the overall tolls of the game. Of my leg. I have a seven minute window that to sit in this position before i have to change. Scott the game, of course, plays on. From the city by the bay, super bowl 50, scott reister. Eric zach easter play football for 10 years before being forced to quit. That is when he started getting headaches, vision and balance problems, and memory loss. Easter began studying cte after a des moines doctor mentioned the disease. In denial, you know were tough guys in this family well well get through this. He just looked at me and said mom, theres no hope for me there are no treatment programs. I know more than most of the medical professionals ive talked to and theres no hope. Eric zac shot and killed himself after learning cte can only be diagnosed after death. His family is now carrying out his wish for his brain to be donated to research. Our kcci now poll is asking with the new focus on cte, would you still let your kids play football . Right now show more than half of print said no. 56 say no. 33 say they are not sure. Only a few say yes. Let us know what you think by calling 2001508. You can also vote online at kcci. Com. Or on facebook or twitter. Elizabeth in other super bowl news, tickets, are getting even right now the average price of a ticket is 5600 and 59 5,659. Thats 17 higher than this time last year and by far the most expensive on record. Ticket sellers say prices could go even higher between now and game time. And if youre thinking about calling in sick the day after the super bowl youre not alone. A recent survey found that 36 of managers think their employees often call in sick after a big sporting event. And 41 of workers say they know someone whos called in sick after events like the super bowl. A positive day on wall street. The dow was up almost 80 points. The nasdaq rose about 5. And the s p 500 was up almost 3. Another company with a massive recall this morning. Continental Automotive Systems will be joining takata in recalling airbags. The company says moisture can get into the air bags control computers and prevent them from inflating. The recall affects five million vehicles, including some made by honda and fiat chrysler. Pregnant employees the option to withdraw from assignments that take them to zikaaffected countries. The virus is carried by mosquitoes and is suspected of causing brain deformities in babies. Delta airlines has been offering the same to its employees. Rejoice. Ben and jerrys recently released a new line of nondairy products. The ice cream will be made with almond milk and certified vegan. Flavors include chunky monkey and Chocolate Fudge brownie. You can enjoy those flavors without having to worry about the dairy. Elizabeth we have some good news on the forecast. Metinka the weather has quieted down. It is still chilly. Most of the day is looking just fine. 16 degrees in des moines. Seasonably cool temps this afternoon. We have the clouds rolling in afternoon, toward the evening, snow. Possibly a couple of larrys hurried basically have with 30, and up to the north, you are only in the Single Digits. It is the a good thing the wind is calm so the wind chill is not a problem. Starting out with clear skies, but there are clouds increasing from the west. With those clouds, we have been tracking snow showers across nebraska and south dakota. It is working its way east. If it all together, it will arrive by late this afternoon. This is going to dive to the midwest, giving us a slight chance of snow later on. Tomorrow nice and quite. Sunday, and arctic cold blast through the state in the afternoon. With this system, theres going to be a huge pressure change. That means a lot of wind. Watches posted across much of minnesota. We will pick up about a halfinch of snowfall and maybe a trace in a few more locations tonight. The roads are in great shape. Headed for 32 to resist afternoon. Saturday, the weather looks great out there. Back into the mid to upper 30s. Close to 41 degrees on sunday. Followed by a light, wintry mix. Followed by a lot of wind as we head towards monday. Elizabeth the friday morning commute. Shaina things are looking good. No problems to report right now. Not too many people have started their morning commute. We are green all over the map. Market on mlk. We have another one by the way glen golf course. And then that 39th, you will see one at the police department. Eric the january jobs report is due out this morning. So, let me get this straight u. S. Cellular has the phone youre looking for, 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 with one of those other guys . Switch to u. S. Cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for 40 a month plus get 300 back. Elizabeth eric welcome back. In a couple of hours the government will release the job support for january. Nikole investors are keeping a close eye on todays job reports to get a better sense of how the economy is doing. If it falls short, it could fuel concerns about a recession. He thinks the chances of one are fairly low. Figures to see what will happen with interest rates. Eric how are things looking on a whole for the economy . Nikole unfortunately it is not been a good week economically speaking. If we do see weaker than expected job reports, that is i going to help matters. That could stall raising interest rates. Back you guys. Elizabeth nikole killion, live in washington for us. Eric more news ahead at 5 30. Why lawmakers say this will be the year iowa legalizes fireworks. The gloves are off in the democratic race for president. The clashes between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in last nights debate. Plus, a warning from University Hospitals in iowa city why some recent patients may be at risk for a certain bacteria ahead on kcci. Elizabeth plus, if youre trying to decide what to wear today may we suggest the color red . Well explain what it is and why lifesaving ahead. This is kcci 8 news this morning. Emmy fireworks at the statehouse over fireworks. How a new law could be making them legal this year. Eric plus, an iowa familys big scare because of the deep snow. It nearly cost them their lives. What you need to look for at your home. Elizabeth and two days till the super bowl. We have the scoop on this years halftime show with coldplay. Plus, a snack youll want to make from iowa girl eats ahead. Elizabeth welcome back everybody. Im elizabeth klinge. This friday morning. We just happen to be wearing red the state. We will get to more that and a couple of minutes. As we make up. Form out there. Metinka the weather has really settle down. We could use a nice break because it has been such a busy weather week. The roads look in pretty good shape. We have clear skies for now. Clouds are already moving in. Have flurries by the mid afternoon. Highs will be right where they should be. Right around freezing. Even warmer over the weekend. Enjoy the warmer temps, because and arctic blast is coming next week. Eric getting to your big stories this morning a Family Member of two People Killed in a crash in august say its about time the other driver was charged. He went through three rumble strips. Went through the stop sign on the wrong of the road and tboned them. Eric that crash killed charles 72yearold karla handy and 9yearold eric fuller. It happened south of indianola on highway 69. The driver, keith hutton of oklahoma, was originally charged with running a stop sign. Now the Warren County attorney is citing hutton for failure to maintain control and driving on the wrong side of the road. A longtime Des Moines Lincoln High School teacher has resigned after he was charged with exposing himself. Michael madson is accused of public exposure at Valley West Mall last weekend. He had been with the des moines district since 2001. Elizabeth nearly 1 million in misspent money. An audit reveals Iowa Workforce development paid Unemployment Benefits to people who shouldnt have gotten it. Its a large amount of money. Were definitely concerned about it. Elizabeth the audit reveals iwd paid money to people who worked at businesses that dont exist and they overpaid people because of a phone malfunction. Former workforce director Teresa Wahlert testified to lawmakers in 2014 that only 27,000 was audit reveals the total was much higher, 900,000. Iwd says its installed new Data Software to better detect fraud. No word on whether charges will be filed. Some iowa lawmakers say a new bill legalizing fireworks is going to happen this year. Kccis emmy victor is live at the statehouse emmy. This has come up before . Emmy it has come up the past couple years but there was never enough support for it. This year however, lawmakers say it will pass. Iowans would be allowed to buy things like firecrackers and roman candles only in certain months, including may, june and july and december and january. It also restricts the hours you that is between 9 00 a. M. And 10 00 p. M. Theres also an amendment that would allow cities and counties to opt out. Communities would have that flexibility in determining if fireworks could actually be used or sold in their city limits. Some senators are very reluctant due to safety reasons others say its just time. What i know about fireworks is all bad. This is a very big problem as it relates to the safety of our children and the public. Emmy the bill made it through the Senate State Government committee this week. This could be a big moneymaker for iowa. In fact it could bring in 1. 5 million. Shaina right now a United Nations panel says wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be overnight. The Human Rights Panel says assange has been arbitrarily detained by britain and sweden since 2010. They say he should be freed and he is entitled to compensation. Assange has been voluntarily living in the Ecuadorean Embassy in london refusing to return to , sweden to answer to rape allegations. And this morning the democratic race for president is heating up. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders debating last night in New Hampshire, ahead of the states primary on tuesday. The two sparred over progressive values and Campaign Finance reform. If were going to get into labels, i dont think it was particularly progressive to vote against the brady bill 5 times. I dont think it was progressive to give gunmakers immunity. In my view it is undermining , american democracy and it is allowing congress to represent wealthy campaign contributors. Shaina the latest polls show clinton trailing sanders in New Hampshire. And on the republican side the , in first place, marco rubio in second, and ted cruz has slipped to third in New Hampshire. The republicans will debate for an eighth time tomorrow night. Meanwhile donald trump says he no longer cares about finishing second in iowa telling Cnns Anderson Cooper that is yesterdays news. He says hes now focused on New Hampshire. Metinka we are in the teens across central iowa. Nine degrees in ames. These are the actual temps heard seven and fort dodge. In fort dodge. We are tracking a little snow across nebraska and south dakota. If it holds together it will be arriving late this afternoon. Highs today close to freezing. Tomorrow we will have sunshine and even warmer temperatures. Low 40s on sunday. Rapidly change after a blustery wind builds. Elizabeth news around iowa. Weve learned 1700 patients at the university of iowa hospitals may have been exposed to dangerous bacteria during surgery. Officials say patients who had certain heart, lungs, or liver surgeries may have been exposed to ntm nontuberculosis mycobacterium. It can lead to serious complications. Eric a big scare for a family in newell in northwest iowa they woke up not feeling well and called 911. Turns out their home had dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide. The culprit snow had piled up and blocked a furnace vent similar to the one on the right side of the screen. Two adults and six children were taken to the hospital but theyre going to be ok. Elizabeth and check this out. An atv somehow spins out of control and its captured on camera. The atv barrels through a barrels into the siding again and again. The men handling it trying to stop it finally able to after a failed back flip. The owner of the business had cameras up and caught it all and thought itd be a good candidate for youtube. I think he was right. More people will be watching eric this part of the super bowl than the game itself. Were talking about halftime. So what is coldplay planning to do . We have a few hints just ahead. And iowa girl eats is here, she has two great game day snacks. Parts of the game, right . This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right now coverage with shaina humphries. Metinka its a cold start to the friday. We are waking up to clouds rolling in from the west. There is no snow falling right now. The roads are in great shape and we do not have any wind currently so the wind chill is on a factor. Across the state, we have been watching the crowds clouds increase. If they hold together, it will be arriving across the western part of the viewing area. Just a few flurries are expected travel plans pretty grabbed those coats as are heading out. Temperatures will stay cool all day long. As we head towards the weekend, we have a bit of a warming trend in the forecast. Eric well check this out. Super bowl 50 now just two days away. The stage, or stadium if you will, is set in santa clara, california for the Denver Broncos to meet the carolina panthers. It is going to be a big game sunday at 5 30 right here on kcci. Shaina this particular game is also on its way to becoming the most expensive sporting event in u. S. History. Get this. The average ticket price is now just under 5,000. Sitting on the 50yard line even more, about 16,000. The nfl is expected to make at least 620 million on the game. And then of course, those ads 5 million for a 30second spot. Elizabeth with that much money on the line, the broadcast itself needs to be perfect. Just look at this setup for cbs sports. More than 70 cameras capturing the action. 30 of them will be mounted 360degree view. They have 13 production trailers , which are basically like mini tv studios. But the set is still getting its finishing touches. Well have to wait till game day to see that. Eric our scott reister posted this picture of himself and photojournalist mike sims. They are two of the 6,000 media members there covering the game. He said it took 2 and a half hours to travel from their hotel to the media center in downtown San Francisco. More from scott later today at 5 00, 6 00, and 10 00. Shaina well in addition to the game the halftime show is a big draw. Last year more people watched that than the game itself. Something like 118 Million People. Elizabeth jamie yuccas tells us what coldplay is planning this year. Jamie the british band coldplay super bowl 50 halftime News Conference we dont do press conferences that often so please forgive us if we arent that good. Jamie front man chris martin has been practicing this week. This is Carpool Karaoke on the late late show with james cordon. His dad showed off his saxophone skills. The band said beyonce will perform, but wouldnt confirm any other surprise guests. Lady gaga will sing the national anthem. While everyone knows coldplays music, no one seems to know the other band members. Guy, will, and john, how much does it drive you crazy that chris gets all the attention . And along those lines, chris, can i have a hug . A little stunned, but not shy, martin did in fact give this very excited reporter a hug as he walked out. Jamie yuccas, cbs news, san elizabeth and of course while youre watching the game you got to eat good food. Here to help us with that is iowa girl eats blogger Kristin Porter with some great super bowl snacks. We are excited with what you are starting with. Christian colon i love to kristin we have a barbecue seasoning and smoked paprika. It just brown sugar, salt, and pepper. If you spend let over the shrimp sprinkle that over the shrimp. This is just a pound of shrimp. A slices of bacon. Then you season the shrimp. This is really easy. Elizabeth probably important to use raw instead of precooked shrimp question mark kristin yes. Then you that i like cooking sheet. Really easy. Elizabeth wonderful. If you are sticking around, we will finish this up around after 6 00. Then you have one more site for us. If you have a chance, check out kristins blog. It is iowaeats. Com. Shaina we should also mention that you may notice we are all wearing red today thats because its the annual wear red day for the American Heart Association bringing attention to womens heart health. Heart disease and stroke cause 1 in 3 deaths among women each year. But that number can be changed. 80 of cardiac events can be if you wear red today, post the picture to social media wed love to see it. Use the hashtag goredwearred. Metinka says well do weather is never more than 5 this morning. Shaina good morning. It is chilly to start with. We have temperatures in the Single Digits across northern iowa. Ames starting out at nine. In des moines, at least in the double digits. So far this morning the weather has been nice and quiet. We have been waking up to clear skies, but clouds are already rolling in from the west. You see the clouds across nebraska. This could effect the south, and western portion of the state. A very weak system. We are not expecting it to really impact travel plans at all. On saturday, it looks like a gorgeous day. We will have sunshine, melting temps, a good day to run some errands. On sunday, thats when things start to change. Now behind that, very strong west winds. By the afternoon, snow showers to minnesota. That is going to continue into monday, along with temperatures taking a no side. Knows the dive nosedive. Right now in des moines, 16 degrees. 32 this afternoon with temperatures right where they should be for this time of year. Sunshine, mid to upper 30s on saturday. 40s on sunday. Followed by tumbling temperatures in the afternoon. Also, arctic air for the start of next week. Starting out ok . Shaina the roads are pretty clear. The ice is pretty cleared up her and we have not seen any problems heard green all over the map. Nothing that is going to slowly down if youre leaving anytime soon. We have two polk county units as well. Elizabeth health alert this friday. Researchers have come up with a new test to diagnose preeclampsia. The condition affects pregnant women and can cause high Blood Pressure and protein in the urine. These can lead to deadly complications for the mother and child. The new test examines urine samples and has an 86 accuracy. Researchers say whooping cough vaccines may not be totally effective. Kaiserpermanente researchers say the vaccine can lose effectiveness after a year. The group looked at 1200 cases. They found the tdap vaccine provided little protection 2 to 3 years after vaccination. Researchers in japan have discovered why hair thins as we hair follicle stem cells seems to play a role. The follicles shrink and become thinner. Eric if you have to be the couple that is skipping the big game this weekend, there are this weekend. Pride and prejudice and zombies creeps into theaters today. Its a retelling of jane austens classic with zombies. If youre looking for a comedy, hail caesar also hits theaters. This is going to be a big one. Its about a movie within a movie, with an allstar cast of george clooney, josh brolin, and Channing Tatum to name a few. Finally, for all those hopeless romantics out there. Nicholas sparks latest adaptation, the choice, comes out today. That one just in time for valentines day, but you might want to bring tissues. Today on ellen, watch ellen give a super bowl surprise to two huge Denver Broncos fans. But first, shell make them ride a bucking bronco. Thats coming up today at 4 00 on an all new ellen. And later tonight on kcci, an all new episode of Undercover Boss starting at 7 00 p. M. Then right after, super bowls thats all coming up before kcci 8 news at 10 00. Elizabeth time is now 5,57 and kcci 8 news this morning is live with new overnight news heres what were working on for 6 00 a. M. Reporter im live at the statehouse this morning. How much money auditors discovered. Elizabeth wikileaks founder julian a sons assange is back in the headlines. We will take it live look at the northeast mixmaster. Thanks for waking up with kcci 8 well have mo youre watching kcci 8 news. Elizabeth right now at 6 00