Unfortunately at times things escalate and it goes from simple cheers and chants to more personal. Ryan s. in the second half dcg students reportedly tapped into a president ial candidates controversial stance on immigration. They are bringing crime. Ryan s. to intimidate a team players. They repeated trump, trump, trump. I heard trump, trump, trump. Ryan s. principal Dan Marburger says dcg School Officials cut but it took a harsh toll on his students. Many of these kids were born here in Dallas County and they just happen to be minority kids but they were born here and have every right as anyone else does to be here. Ryan s. after the game we found one dcg student tweeting perry fans are the reason i want trump to be our president. Were proud of where we came from. Ryan s. junior kevin lopez is perrys unofficial yell leader. He says opposing teams often use race in both game and postgame chants. It hurts at first instinct. You want to retaliate with everything you got. You want to tell them why they are so wrong and you want , to tell them why youre so valuable. Ryan s. the perry blue jays hoping awareness about last nights chant prevents it from happening again during the boys district finals game against boone on thursday. Reporting from perry, ryan smith, kcci 8 news iowas news leader. Eric more drama in the quest to find a Supreme Court replacement for late justice antonin scalia. Senator Chuck Grassley says his Judiciary Committee will deny giving a hearing to president obamas nominee. Kccis Laura Terrell talked to political experts who say its disappointing and unconstitutional. This vacancy should not be filled by this lame duck president. Laura Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell announcing the allow president obamas future nominee a hearing. I think to just close off the open mind at all i think thats , really a poor approach and very, very bad for our system. Laura drake constitutional law professor mark kende says todays decision by the Senate Republicans shows the break down of democracy. This is the most serious thing i have seen in a long time. Senator grassley and the other laura senator grassley and the other laura senator grassley and the other republicans on the Judiciary Committee released a letter tuesday saying they wont hold hearings on any Supreme Court nominee until after our next president is sworn in on january 20, 2017, in the interest of the American People. To say that this is respecting the will of the American People is simple nonsense. This is deeply down highly charged partisan interests. Laura grassley says Vice President joe bidens statements back in 1992 as the chairman of the Judiciary Committee show why the senate should not take up a nominee. Action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the Election Campaign is in his heart of hearts he understands why the senate must do what he said it must do in 1992. Laura political experts say both republicans and democrats have used this argument before but denying a hearing is going too far. I think the framers would be rolling in their graves at the lack of cooperation. Eric kcci made several attempts to do a satellite interview with senator grassley from washington but did not hear back. Meanwhile professor kende says this decision will have a huge impact because the Supreme Court will have only 8 justices for a year or more. He says that could cause the court to have trouble functioning. Iowa is now ready to proceed medicaid. Care of the 4. 2 billion Medicaid Program will save money and improve efficiency. But critics say the april 1 change is the worst april fools joke on iowans. This is what iowans rely on governor branstad and lt. Governor reynolds have just outsourced that to private corporations who are only interested in making a profit. Elizabeth the federal centers for medicare and Medicaid Services postponed the states original plan to begin managed care on january 1 saying there were too many issues. One in 4 High School Teenagers is involved in dating violence and now state leaders want to help prevent it. Todd magel has more on the new legislation just passed. I think at age 14 we should start teaching our kids the right and the wrong of this because they have to respect each other. Todd cedar rapids senator liz mathis is on a mission. She wants to protect teenagers. And the numbers are on her side. We have over 11,000 High School Students every year who are being violated by teen dating violence thats how prevalent it is. Mathis are teaming up on the new legislation. It would require iowa high schools to give students age appropriate information about dating violence. Education now they say prevents harm later in high school and college. Kids need to know how to control their anger, their sexual impulses. They need to know how to say no. Todd 22 other states have enacted similar legislation. East High School FreshmanJacie Stephenson says its a no brainer. I think its extremely important because if youre in a relationship like that its probably not the best thing. Its really Lifelong Learning here. And if we dont get people educated at a young age we may never get the chance to get them educated. Its not acceptable. Elizabeth the iowa Senate Passed the dating violence bill 50 to 0. Next stop is the iowa house. Your weather is never more than five minutes away. We will check in with metinka. A cooler day. Metinka youll need the warmer coats today. Temps have fallen back into the teens. A couple of flurries near knoxville, spreading over toward the sheraton area. With all of the clouds and that brisk wind, highs will be a little bit cooler. 30s across northern iowa. Eric thanks, metinka. Ice jams continue to create problems in northern iowa. At hydro Electric Park in fort dodge an ice jam thats been making its way down the Des Moines River got stuck at a dam after flooding near homes up north. Chunks of ice pepper yards on riverdale drive after an ice jam crashed through here. Water was up beyond toby harps riverside summer house monday. Moines river got stuck at a dam after flooding near homes up north. Right up against it a huge ice jam was stuck out on the Des Moines River. An ice jam is like a dam made out of ice. It happens when ice builds up on the river keeping water and ice back. Monday night it broke free crashing tons of ice and water downstream causing some flooding. My brother lives up at riverdale. Yesterday. It broke up last night about 6 00. He gave me a call and said it was just like they pulled the plug on the bathroom drain it went right on out. It is a mess out here. Got to wait a month or two when we get the dry weather go out and clean it up. Says the ice chunks are up to 20 eric Webster County management says the ice chunks are up to 20 inches thick. How old is old enough to handle a gun . Current law prohibits children under the age of 14 to possess a handgun. Elizabeth tuesday the iowa house approved a bill that would eliminate any age requirements. Kccis Cynthia Fodor reports. Cynthia for natalie and Meredith Gibson this is their sport. They have been shooting guns with their father since they were five years old. I really like shooting pistol because it is more easier for me and i get to spend time with my dad. Its only dangerous if you handle it wrong follow rules never point a gun at somebody. Cynthia the girls and their dad have been lobbying the legislature to change the gun its about handgun safety my handgun safety. My daughter started learning at a young age how dangerous it can be. They got exposed to them. Cynthia legislators who opposed the bill say allowing children of any age to handle a Lethal Weapon is absurd because their brains arent developed to handle the responsibility. Thats why we have 49 kids getting shot every single day in this country. That is why sevenday test us why that his wife seven will die every day in this country. We do not need a militia of toddlers. We do not have handguns that fit the hands of twoyearolds. Cynthia Jake Highfill proposed the bill which now moves onto the senate. We want to make sure we turn power back to parents allow them to make the decision if theyre children are ready or not if or not. If they dont want to shoot or also their choice. Elizabeth in all the republican controlled house approved five gun bills including legalizing suppressors and allowing firearms on atvs and snowmobiles. Its not clear if they will get enough support to advance in the democratic controlled senate. Just ahead on kcci, silver state showdown. The republican candidates just finished up a battle in nevada. Top. 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 good morning. It is a cool and breezy morning. We have been dealing with a few passing flurries. We are not expecting any accumulation. The breeze is a little gusty coming in from the north. It is making it cooler. Almost 10 degrees cooler than the actual temps. It is going to stay breezy through noon before the wind finally backs down. High temperatures will be slightly cooler. Headed for upper 30s and low 40s, right where they should be. As we head toward the weekend, 50 and near 60 degrees on saturday. Next week, temperatures head back downhill. Elizabeth tanks, metinka. Thanks, metinka. Commitment 2016 news another victory for the republican president ial frontrunner. Eric donald trump is the winner of the nevada caucuses. Second place is still too close to call. Danielle nottingham has more from las vegas. Danielle cbs news is projecting donald trump won the Nevada Republican caucuses collecting his third victory this primary season. Youre going to be proud of your president and even prouder of your country ok . Danielle entrance polls show that trump did well among those who prefer a political outsider. He also picked up support from republicans who selected immigration and the economy as the top issues. Theres a lot of politicians that say a lot of things but they havent had the ability to go out in the real world and make things happen. He has done that. Danielle trump expected to win big here in nevada. But his closest rivals are battling for second place and muchneeded momentum heading absolutely Danielle Ted Cruz spent the evening greeting caucusgoers. Cruz did well with values voters. Marco rubio was the choice of latedeciders and those who said electability was most important. Hopefully theres enough rubio turnout here tonight to sway some of these trump voters trump voters here it danielle 30 delegates are at stake tonight. Danielle nottingham, cbs news, las vegas. Eric nevada awards republican delegates in proportion to how the candidates fare in the caucuses. Elizabeth clinton standing by obamas plan to close the prison at guantanamo bay. All i can hope is congress will work with him. Back in the 08 election, president obama, senator mccain and i all has the same position. I hope some of the republicans we have to we have to defeated. We dont need guantanamo hanging over our heads. We have been dealing in the last 7 years with an unprecedented level of obstructionism against president obama. Literally, literally, it turns out on the day that obama was inaugurated republicans came together and said whatre we going to do . and what they concluded is were going to obstruct, obstruct, obstruct. Make it as difficult as he could to do anything. Elizabeth right now clinton has 52 delegates awarded in primaries and caucuses to sanders 51. The democratic South Carolina primary is this saturday. Eric 4 46. As we head into our day, it is 35 degrees outside. A live picture from our dot traffic camera. Folks are getting where they weather is never more than 5 minutes away, only on kcci 8 news this morning. Metinka good morning. Your waking up to a quiet weather day. We have the cloud cover across central iowa. Just a few flurries east of i35. The clearing line is across the iowanebraska order. Hopefully we will see a break in the clouds. If you know anybody across the night of sleeping. Even tornado warnings as early as a couple of hours ago in georgia. Then it becomes a heavy snow close to us as st. Louis. Weve got a little bit of wind ourselves coming in at 15 to 25 miles per hour. Grab the warmer coat. The wind chills early this morning already about 10 degrees cooler than the actual temps. Highs today will be near the seasonal averages. Even tomorrow is looking like the cool day as well as we head toward friday. The warmth returns to the region. All of the warmer temperatures will be spreading in here very quickly just in time to the weekend. That brisk wind coming in from the north. This afternoon, 41, a little bit on the breezy side. With that wind, that makes a difference. Overnight, we will have lows that northwest wind continues to be a problem overnight and into your thursday. Highs tomorrow, 37 degrees as that cold air moves in. A warming trend begins on friday, back into the 40s. The weekend is going to be gorgeous. High temperatures on saturday, in the 50s. Sundays, we had to raise those highs acting to the 50s with a chance for a late day sprinkle. Lets focus of the weekend. Elizabeth thanks metinka. Eric a remarkable rescue of an iowa man found lifeless in a semi truck teetering off a busy highway overpass. Elizabeth kccis kim st. Onge explains what happened. Kim this 18wheeler was inches from sliding down the highway 5 overpass into to oncoming traffic. It could have tboned a lot of cars if they would have been right there at the wrong time. Kim 57yearold jeff ronek was inside the semi. Not breathing and without a pulse. Jason kling took a different way home heading back from a des moines hospital when they stumbled on the wreck. They pulled him out of his semi onto the side of the highway and , started cpr. We thought we regained a pulse at one point, went right back out. Kept shocking him. Kim on the 6th shock they got a pulse and rushed him to Mercy Medical center. He asked if he had hurt anybody. I said no your semi was in park. You put it appropriately where it needed to be. Kim ronek wasnt up for an oncamera interview but released written thank you to the people who saved his life. I knew i was gone and these guys brought me back. They didnt have to stop but they did. If they hadnt i wouldnt be here. Humbling is the best word for it i think. Kim these life or death instances often make us question whether everything happens for a reason. Definitely. Kim you might too if a wrong turn put you in the right place at the right time. Whatever is happening at that time is bad, but down the road at some point youre put in certain situations or certain positions because thats just the way its supposed to be. Elizabeth remarkably ronek is in Good Condition at Mercy Medical center. Doctors believe his irregular heart beat caused his episode. Ronek has never had a heart problem before this incident. Marcus High School Students are metinka good morning. Dress warmly is you are heading out. We are waking up to a couple of spot flurries across central iowa. The wind chill at 27. Where heading for highs of 41 with a chilly wind did its pretty realistic. Elizabeth and students in Des Moines Public SchoolsAviation Program are in control of the new educational tool. It is a 60,000 Flight Simulator that has been in use since the beginning of this school year. Eric kccis Marcus Mcintosh got behind the controls and shows us just how realistic the Flight Simulator is. Marcus i have never had any Flight Training unit training. Oh thats alright we will teach you. Marcus before getting their hands on the controls of the Flight Simulator students in the Des Moines Public Schools classroom training aka ground school. At the new aviation building on the southside near mccombs middle school. It is pretty realistic. I mean you have all your controls, up and down, left and right. Marcus tim harmer teaches the students everything from takeoffs to landings. Now start pulling back on the yolk and slowly start easing back. There you go. I am getting dizzy. They can learn to fly an aircraft in the environments that aircraft fly through. Marcus that means from snow to clouds just about every scenario. They could possibly face in the cockpit. Skills that prove valuable before they ever officially take flight. The faa has recognized that and because it is such an advanced Flight Simulator they actually allow us to log up to 72 hours of free flight time. Marcus but it is not for this is nerve wracking i feel like i am going to squeeze right through the controls. Marcus and the hope is this program will have them on solid ground toward a career as a pilot. Eric the hydraulics will come next year when installed the simulator will move making the flying experience even more realistic. Still ahead on kcci. Big win in the sliver state. The gop candidate that continues to dominate in the president ial race. Plus Severe Weather hits the south. How many are confirmed dead and those still missing after nearly two dozen tornadoes touchdown. And deadly crash in nepal. How long the plane was in the air before it was downed. Next at 5 00 a. M. My School Reunions coming fast. Could be bad. Could be a blast. Cant find a single thing to wear. Will they be looking at my hair . Wont be the same without you bro. When its go, go to choicehotels. Com. The site with the right room, rewards and savings up to 20 when you book direct. Of course, if you listen to the pundits, we werent expected to win too much and now were winning, winning, winning the country. Elabeth trump tunces his rivals. What his win in nevada may mean for the other upcoming contests. Do cruz and rubio have a shot at the nomination . Eric plus cruel chant . Why trumps name during a students in perry to feel threatened. Elizabeth and supreme fight. Senator grassley takes a strong stand in the debate over nominating a new Supreme Court nominee. Do iowans agree . You are watching kcci 8 news. Eric also this morning severe storms. New video from down south. Tornadoes tore through the gulf coast. Well show you the hardest hit areas. Good morning everyone, its wednesday february 24. Im eric hanson. Elizabeth im elizabeth klinge. Here are nice and quiet weather continues. Metinka we got the better end of the deal. Cloud cover over central iowa and chilly winds. 35 degrees starting out. It is a pretty nice day. Temperatures will be cooler than yesterday. We have 46 yesterday. Today we are headed for 41. The winds are going to become a little bit gusty. Tomorrow is going to be breezy