By noon, we will see peeks of sunshine with temperatures near 34. Couldnt even see some sunshine by 3 00 with temperatures near 40 degrees. Alyx right now, an Oregon Police officer is dead after being shot in the line of duty. The officer was serving a warrant when he was fired at friday night. A second officer fired back wounding the suspect. The officer killed was 39yearsold and had been with the department for 13 years. An investigation is now underway. The death toll continues to rise after an earthquake in taiwan. So far, 13 people have been killed. The tainan City Emergency Center reported that an infant and a small child were among the deceased. At least 230 people have been pulled out of the rubble after the 6. 4 magnitude earthquake. The quake collapsed a residential highrise friday. Authorities are saying more than 100 people are still missing. Three people are believed to be dead after two planes collided outside los angeles friday. The coast guard says there are no sign of survivors after a divers. Searchers did find wreckage including a pilots logbook. The rest of the wreckage may be in 80 to 90 feet of water. Also right now in commitment 2016, new National Poll numbers show Hillary Clinton barely leading Bernie Sanders for the democratic president ial nomination. Clinton has a slim lead over sanders in the Quinnipiac University survey. 44 to 42 , within the margin of error. 11 of voters surveyed say theyre still undecided. And for the republicans, donald trump still has a good shot at taking New Hampshire. A new cnn wmur survey shows trump leading the field of president ial candidates with 29 support. Marco rubio with 18 , ted cruz, 13 . John kasich has 12 , jeb bush has 10 . Seven republican president ial candidates will be squaring off tonight for their eighth debate, just three days before tuesdays New Hampshire primary. Frontrunner, donald trump who is leading in polls nationally and in the Granite State. Weijia jiang has the latest from manchester, New Hampshire. Weijia after cancelling an event in New Hampshire friday because of a snowstorm, donald trump held a rally in south carolina, once again, questioning the outcome of the iowa caucuses. Mr. Trump so the person that came in third, they said, unbelievable result. And i came in second, and they said, trump didnt do so well. But you see, i dont think i did come in second, i think i came in first. Mr. Cruz god bless the great state of New Hampshire. Weijia trump, who placed second behind rival ted cruz in mondays caucuses, has accused the texas senator of voter fraud. After finishing third in iowa, marco rubio jumped ahead of cruz in the Granite State and is now nipping at trumps heels. Mr. Rubio by the way, if you get a call on tuesday night saying that i dropped out it isnt true, its a lie, keep weijia for many voters, meeting the difference. Here in manchester, theres a good chance that will happen at this historic diner. Its an institute. Its been here since 1922. Weijia ellen ryan has worked at the red arrow diner for a decade, serving up hot meals. Ok, boys, you ready too . Weijia and politics. President ial contenders often visit for a bite, or impromptu campaign event. A lot of them come to talk to people in this area to get an idea of what they want and how theyre feeling. Weijia this High School Government class from philadelphia is studying the primary race, anxiously waiting for their chance to meet a candidate. Its cool to see democracy at work, in progress. Weijia even cooler, he says to be a part of it. Weijia jiang, cbs news, manchester, New Hampshire. Alyx democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are also continuing their final push for votes ahead of tuesdays primary. Sanders holds just one rally today while clinton holds three including a town hall with students. Shes hoping to appeal to young voters in New Hampshire who senator. More big stories, Security Issues have continuously played court avenue, concerns heightened after a homicide occurred near 3rd and court in december. So city, county, and private Business Leaders unveiled a new plan friday. It includes installing nine security cameras, and keeping Six Police Officers staffed in the area, all year long. This is going to be a payoff for all the young people and families and parents like me who want to rest easy at night when their kids are out. Alyx electronic engineering donated the cameras at a cost of 95,000. We are told the changes will be implemented before the ncaa mens basketball tournament comes to town next month. A des moines man is asking for help, to identify the pickup driver who knocked his car into a snowy ditch. On Tuesday Morning brett shady , was driving on highway 92 near winterset, when his car spun out on the ice. Tboned the drivers side. The impact bruised shadys ribs. And shattered glass tore a tendon on his right pinky. It just would have been nice if the guy at stopped and if nothing else to see if , everybodys ok. Alyx any information about the crash, contact the iowa state patrol or Madison County sheriffs office. Time now, 8 06 on your saturday morning, a little fog out there. Frank especially folks to the north and west of the metro. We have clouds out there. Sunrise is at 7 12 this morning. If you look just out to the west, there is some clearing pushing through later on this afternoon. We will have to deal with those clouds this morning and could see some peeks of sunshine. Upper 20s in waterloo, 30s in what marshalltown in much warmer than the same time yesterday. Notice visibility, two and a half miles in the metro but if you go up north around algona, it is pretty foggy, about three quarters of a mile. Things really improved to the south. Give yourself a few extra minutes out on the road. Temperatures mild, at least for this time of year. A good travel day around the midwest. Alyx nothing says super bowl quite like a spread of delicious food, and we have some ideas to help you make that spread. Marcus, what are you cooking up . Marcus we are at texas roadhouse in urbandale, and it is a great place to be. We are going to start with joel smith, the general manager. We pride ourselves on our hand cut steaks and fall off the bone ribs as the main entrees, along with our hand cut steaks, all of our sides are made from scratch. Everybody knows our hot freshbaked bread. Marcus you are going to be open tomorrow, right . 11 00 to 10 00, our normal hours. Marcus we are going to make the most popular appetizer on your menu. The cactus blossom is the most popular appetizer. We started with a colossal onion that you cut in half. In about quarter inch strips is what you are trying to do. Stop right there, and you can break these up so you have quarter inch strips, is what youre looking for. We chopped some up earlier today , and those are what we are going to bread. You can break them apart. Marcus so i can make these at home . That is right. Marcus i did wash my hands. The next part is the actual breading. We have one and a half cups of regular flour, one teaspoon each of salt, hipper, and sugar, pepper, and sugar, and half a teaspoon of cayenne pepper. Do a real quick mixup of those ingredients. We will get to breading. The first thing we are going to do is put them here in this writing. Breading. Of buttermilk. You can use regular milk at home. We are going to dip them into their into there, and back into this breading here. Kind of flip them around, back into the regular breading to get a good coating. Try to keep them a little bit separate survey do not stick when you cook them. Marcus we will be back with much more and about 20 minutes, live at texas roadhouse. We are making their cactus blossom. I am Marcus Mcintosh live at texas roadhouse an urbandale. Back to the studio. Alyx i cannot tell if you are tearing up because it is so beautiful or if it is the onion. Marcus a little bit of both. Alyx thank you, marcus. Coming up after the break, caucus cash. Just how much local businesses are raking in after tuesdays big event that drew in hundreds plus, super bowl means super expensive. Weekend. Ternet speed from centurylink, a family of four can all be online at the same time, yeah, the internets great, but i think hair and makeup went a little too far. Yeah, thats not working. I much prefer the twoday beard, hornrimmed glasses, justsleptinhiscar kinda thing. Yeah, i miss the rumpled crazy uncle look. Okay. Be paul giamatti. Thats the essence of this role. Feel like a hollywood insider this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning weekends with alyx sacks and meteorologist metinka slater. Frank good morning, welcome back. 8 14, hopefully you are doing all right. If you have been outside, you probably noticed the temperature is not as cold as it was yesterday, 29 in des moines waking up. Ames closer to 30 and marshalltown is at 30. Wind out of the west, southwest generally less than 10 miles per hour. It will not be a windy day so if you have outdoor plans, things are looking a ok. By the afternoon, we will start to pull in some sunshine but it will be brief. This area of clearing will be pushing through the state and the next system rolls through by desk end of the weekend. Maybe you like riding your bike in the weekend. When are you just go on the brr ride, the ride to rip the . Ride to rippey . Alyx could be worse. The caucuses have added millions of dollars to state and local businesses. Iowans may be tired of the candidates and the commercials, but theres no denying the caucuses are a huge boom to iowas economy. Chief political reporter Cynthia Fodor explains. Cynthia look at capital square, transformed into a worldwide media center. This doesnt just happen. Workers for a local Production Company spent three days, 24 hours a day, setting up the risers and stages. And this was just one of hundreds of campaign events. At one time we had four to five in one day, sometimes 10 in a week. Cynthia central lighting and equipment had to triple their from 13 to 40 employees, and increased their business up to 30 . This is stimulating the economy, puts people to work, it creates more jobs. Cynthia instead of the bleak mid winter doldrums with a slowdown in the economy. People are typically not coming to iowa in january. Cynthia local businesses are now starting off 2016 with a big bump in their bank accounts. Im sure we hit well over 10 million in economic impact. Cynthia greg edwards says that is for the metro. He estimates 40 million statewide. Hotels, restaurants, Shopping Centers benefitting from the business. All 11,000 hotel rooms in the metro booked, including those at the butler house on grand. We also had caucus tourists for the first time this year. That is really a thing, people who came to watch iowa caucus process happen. Its a good thing for the state, for the city. Iowa is a good place to have a alyx that was Cynthia Fodor reporting. An estimated 2,000 members of the media were in town. Thats about 500 more than the last caucus. This sunday, is the biggest and most expensive tv event of the whole year, the super bowl. And its right here on kcci. Our very down scott reister is in San Francisco talking to all the folk, finding out how much money they are spending and super bowl city. Scott when you are here, youve got to sleep somewhere. Saw some holiday inns for 611 a night. Is that crazy or what . Scott and then there is the sticker shock. Wherever you go. Super bowl sweatshirt, 90. 152, very expensive. It was about 130 and if you got a team on here it was about 230 and 18 with a number was about 300. Scott this is made of solid it is worth it. San fran, super bowl weekend. Scott what are people spending their money on . A lot of food, drinking, and parties. The parties are like 500 just to enter. Scott tickets to the big game, through the roof. They do not compare to anything in the history of stub hub. That is incredibly in demand, these tickets are. Prices starting at 3000 just to get into the door. We have sold one as high as 27,000. Scott are you worth it . Yes, i am worth it. Alyx that was scott reister. Looks like a lot of fun. I am a little jealous. He will have live reports from super bowl city coming up tonight at 5 00 and 10 00. You can catch super bowl 50 right here on kcci. Super bowl coverage stars tomorrow at 1 00. Then kick off is set for 5 30 live from levis stadium. Viewers on the show tomorrow. Frank we looked long and hard for our gear and we cannot wait to show you what we got. Inspiring ice, check out this picture. Check that out, isnt that neat . That is from last week, and he sent that to me on my Facebook Page. Temperatures for the most part pretty decent waking up. When you consider our average High Temperature is 31 degrees, we are waking up to that this morning. 28 in creston. The fog is increasing, and it is worse to the north and west. As we break up the fog and clouds this morning, 9 00 a. M. Right around 30. Peeks of sunshine by 3 00 and 38 degrees. Ground. You can see a sliver of clear skies to the north and west. Another system we have to watch off to the north and west will bring us a little bit of a precipitation chance by the end of the weekend. Notice the system off to the west, going to be sliding through as a cold front late sunday into monday. Also behind it, a little breezy. You can see these isobars, lines together. Snow. I think we will stay locked in with the clouds tonight. Sunday, temperatures mild. Snow flurries off to the north by the end of the day. Going to be a nice one for you today, 38 degrees, could see a few peeks of sun. Sunday, 42 degrees, late in the day the snow moves in. We are not expecting much but with the wind it could be whiteout conditions to the north. Andy coming up in your morning sports as we get closer to super bowl 50, scott reister will join us from San Francisco with three guys you can root for if you are plus, friday night h andy good morning, everybody. We are inside of 36 hours away from kickoff for super bowl 50, the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers kicking off on kcci sunday afternoon at 5 30. If you are not a big fan of either one of those teams and want to see more than just in San Francisco found three guys with iowa ties who will suit up and play tomorrow. Scott you know how they call the cyhawk showdown the super bowl of iowa . It is funny, three players that played in the cyhawk showdown game are actually in the actual super bowl. It is an incredible story and it includes Kirk Ferentzs own son. Here is James Ferentz earlier in the week in San Francisco. You do not hear kirk get emotional often but when he was asked about coming to watch his son play in super bowl 50 proud of him. It is a good story. A guy that went from treading water for a year, practice squad, got cut again this year, he was hoping to make the roster in houston and did not make it and then two days later he got , put on the roster in denver. It is a good story, sticking with it, chasing your dream, and really happy for him. Super bowl is just the cherry on top. Scott james will be playing against fellow hawkeye, brandon weigert finally made carolinas active roster. Just like he said earlier this year, you will be ready if the team needs him. Mentally i have been preparing every week like i was going to play. Scott defense has gotten a lift from aj klein. The former big 12 player of the year with iowa state has 55 tackles and a pick for the panthers. Aj has made it to the super bowl. All the lights and interviews and all the things everyone is everything in and enjoy the experience. When it comes down to it, we are here to win. Scott football history is made with unsung heroes. You never know who will step up and get their moment. How cool would it be if one of these players made a big play and helped their team win super bowl 50 . Andy thank you very much. Inside of 36 hours, broncos and panthers tomorrow at 5 30 live from santa clara only on kcci. College basketball, if iowa states roster was not thin enough already they will have to play later today without Senior Center jameel mckay. The reigning big 12 defense player of the year was suspended indefinitely by the coach yesterday and did not travel to , stillwater for yesterdays cyclone officials will not comment on why, other than to say it is a violation of team rules. Mckay tweeted yesterday, one game. No other words. Bob and sharon hanson, legendary coaches of Dowling Catholic have them on the road at johnston last night. Nice play by becca hittner, inside and bucking in the foul. Johnston pretty good in their own right this year. That is Jenna Johnson with the tough bucket and ellie brown breaking down the defense and laying it in for two. Johnston wins 5747 the final. The dragons are good. We definitely feel like we are the best team in the state, or at least one of the best teams in the state. This is probably the best team johnson has ever had. Andy another great girls game last night in waukee, ankeny centennial and the warriors. Two top five teams head to head. Inside with two minutes to go tough bucket, centennial up littlefield. Blazing in with a lefthanded, made it a onepoint game. Littlefield no good. , the jaguars go into waukee and upset the warriors 4543. We have been working real hard this whole entire season. Being number one feels great and we cannot let it get to our head. Andy the boys game immediately following, waukee and centennial. Connor , freethrow line jumper is good, great job moving to his left. Waukee would answer with nathan johnson, great passing. Patient, draws the contact, lays it in. The warriors win 6955, knocking off centennial. In des moines, Andreas Campbell Jr breaking down the defense. Indianola would come right back, jack jensen catches a 23. Wilson snaring the offense of offense if board and getting the bucket and the foul. Hoover wins 5823. Womens college hoops, drake moves to 82 and valley plays against the season sweep of wichita. A rough night for northern iowa, good game but they came up just a split decision in hockey last night. The most watched morning news in central iowa. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning weekends. Alyx right now and 8 33, officer killed. Authorities in oregon are investigating how one of their own was killed overnight. What the officer was doing when he was shot. And taking the stage. Candidates are gearing up to go head to head for the eighth time tonight, just days ahead of the New Hampshire primaries. Whats at stake for the front runner and how he can benefit from a good debate performance. Marcus i am Marcus Mcintosh lie that texas roadhouse in urbandale, where they are known for their hand covert hand cut steaks and cactus blossom. Alyx looks good, doesnt it . Good saturday morning, everyone, im alyx sacks. Frank scaglione sitting by. That is the downtown skycam, hard to see with all the fog. Frank down to the south east, it is not as bad but we will have to deal with the fog for the next couple of hours until our temperatures there is to warm up a little bit. There is another live shot from good morning to you folks in greene county. As you can see we have the fog so give yourself a few extra minutes. Storm lake is that half a mile visibility, carroll at zero, audubon and clarion the same. Wakeup temperatures could not be better, 29 degrees, does not feel like february in des moines. Your day planner, we will start to warm things up by this afternoon with temperatures up to 40 degrees by noon. We have some changes on the way, cooler temperatures and maybe a little bit of snow. Alyx right now, were getting in new Surveillance Video just in from the earthquake in taiwan. The death toll has now risen to more than a dozen and more than 100 people are missing. An infant and a small child were among those killed in fridays quake. The 6. 4 magnitude earthquake evening. An Oregon Police officer is dead after being shot while in the line of duty. The officer was serving a warrant when he was fired at friday night. A second officer fired back , wounding the suspect. The officer killed was 39yearsold and had been with the department for 13 years. An investigation is now underway. Turning to commitment 2016 news. Republican president ial hopefuls return to the debate stage tonight in New Hampshire. Donald trump is hoping to fight his way into the Winners Circle while marco rubio is trying to head off an onslaught of attacks from his rivals. The debate comes three days before New Hampshires primary a contest likely to determine whether some gop hopefuls abandon their white house bids. For trump anything short of a win in New Hampshire would blow his 2016 hopes. Seven gop hopefuls will take the stage tonight. John kasich, jeb bush, marco rubio, donald trump, ted cruz, ben carson and Chris Christie will all be participating in the debate. The candidates were invited to the debate if they placed in the placed among the top six in an average of National Polls. Or placed among the top six in an average of New Hampshire polls. The debate starts at 7 00 tonight from manchester, New Hampshire. More big stories this morning, new actions are being taken to help increase safety in downtown des moines. Were not just covering court avenue, you know, on the streets and the corners but also the alleys, the parking lotsthe side streets. Alyx six des moines Police Officers will patrol the district on weekend nights all year long. Nine security cameras will also be installed in the area. Electronic engineering donated those cameras. City, county and private Business Leaders unveiled the new plan on friday. They are planning on having the changes implemented before next months ncaa mens basketball tournament comes to town. A des moines man is looking for the driver of a pickup who knocked his car into a snowy ditch earlier this week. The accident left a deep dent in the drivers door and shattered the glass. But he said the biggest pain he drove off. He did not stop he didnt stop , to see if we were ok. Alyx Tuesday Morning brett shady was driving on highway 92 near winterset when his car spun out on the ice. Moments later a blue pickup tboned the drivers side. Shady suffered bruised ribs and shattered glass tore a tendon in his right pinky. Time now, a 37. It sounds like slick roads out there. Frank we could have a couple of slick roads just off to the north mainly where temperatures are a little bit cooler. We did get that dusting of snow last night. The bigger story, wakeup temperature, 30 degrees in des moines, right around 30 in marshalltown and grinnell. The visibility decreases, keep alyx many of you have decided who you want to win the super bowl, but have you decided the food you want to put on your table . Marcus mcintosh is here to help, lie that texas roadhouse. Marcus they are known for their hand cut steak and theyre very popular cactus blossom. Now we are going to cook it and show you what it looks like when it is done. We are here with joel smith of texas roadhouse. We cut up an onion, battered it, put it in the fryer. It takes about four or five minutes. You can cook it in about an inch of oil good and hot on the stovetop, or bake them. We are going to fry them, because that is how we do it at texas roadhouse. Once they look nice and golden and what is a cactus blossom without a sauce . Ranch and catch up are always popular, but we have occasion horseradish sauce that we a cajun horseradish sauce that we like to make. Marcus hoping i can do this better than i can cut and onion. About a quarter cup of chili powder. A little bit more cayenne pepper. And a little bit of horseradish, just to spice it up a little bit more. There you go. Marcus how is not looking . How is that looking . Marcus if people want to come tomorrow, tell us the hours you are open. We are open at 11 00 and will be closing right around 10 00. Marcus your location . Just north of 80 35 on the 86th street exit. Marcus a website . Texas roadhouse. Com. Marcus the cactus blossom smells really good, more coming up with joel at texas roadhouse before the end of the newscast. Lets go back to you in the studio. Should i take a bite out of a raw steak . Alyx i am really indifferent about that. It would make for some great tv. Marcus i will hold off. Size, frank welcome back, 8 44. Wakeup temperatures are not bad. Our High Temperature average is 31 degrees and we are already at 30 degrees. We are locked in with the clouds, seeing a little bit of could even see some sunshine, topping out near 38 in des moines. Extreme southern iowa could be in the low 40s this afternoon. Alyx it might be good to get out and get those lastminute items for the super bowl. We have shift and are with us. Chef andrew with us. s these are the chef andrew these are the person perfect option, occasion berger bites. Cajun berger bites. Burger bites. Alyx that makes it a little healthier if you choose turkey. Chef andrew ground chicken, any type of ground meat. You could even use pork. You formed those into patties and see her them in a pan, finish them in the oven and they are done. The shrimp, i have some raw shrimp, wild caught. A little bit of olive oil in a saute pan. Alyx that takes no time at all, so if you are running out of time, this is great. Some cajun seasoning, salt, chili pepper, black pepper. You will see are those for about two to three minutes per side. They will turn nice and pink. Then you can flip them over and you have cooked shrimp. Alyx just like that. You want to be enjoying the atmosphere of the game. This is something that looks great and will impress your guests. He forewarned. Alyx tell us what you are choosing for the base. Sweet potato fries, i just use the frozen bag. Quick and convenient. We top it with a little bit of a light spiced sour cream. Frank alyx that is good for the turkey or shrimp. Chef andrew we will take a shrimp and put it on top. Alyx guacamole. Chef andrew fresh tomatoes and a little bit of green onion. Alyx it looks great, it is going to impress your guests. Chef andrew the recipe is available at hyvee. Com under the get cooking cap. Otherwise you can follow me on alyx we will have the recipe posted on our Facebook Page and website as well. We are talking about the super bowl, but what comes after . Chef andrew valentines day. We will do a nice, light dish, really simple to impress your sweetheart. Alyx cannot thank you enough. Last question who do you want to win the super bowl . Chef andrew i do not have a specific team. I will be fine if the game goes alyx weather is never more than five minutes away, only on kcci 8 news this morning. Frank welcome back, and amazing picture i just had to share. This is up in decorah last week, and amazing picture. Just a cool one. If you have those pictures, you can send them to me on my case but kcci Facebook Page. You will have to deal with the fog. On our downtown skycam, it is a foggy one. The wind is pretty light out of the west. We will stay locked in with those clouds as we head throughout the day today. Make it to the state, followed by a system coming from the north and west. It is going to be sliding in. Bringing us a slight chance of snow off to the north. We could see a little bit of that in central iowa and we are concerned with the blowing snow threat. We might see a few breaks in the clouds by this afternoon. More clouds around tonight. Same thing tomorrow. And then that frontal system passes through late tomorrow into monday, could be a blowing snow concern north of highway 20. Already a blizzard watch in effect. We are not expecting much snow but the snow combined with the wind, there could be a threat. The low tonight, 30. Some changes come by the end of the weekend, back into the low back to 34 by the end of the week. Coming up this week at the civic center, when id only alyx coming up this week at the civic center, good morning to you both. Tell us a little bit about this performance and what people can expect. Jessica lange dance celebrates the work of jessica lange. What is amazing and special about this is two programs we are doing. The first is a World Premiere of a piece that is a tribute to veterans, and des moines performing Arts Commission this. Alyx this is so special, and what a role des moines gets to have. Tell us a little bit about the dance. So low for nine parts, another special project. We are having local dancers as part of this, so we are doing a contemporary ballet, and there are 16 local dancers. Alyx you are seeing some great behind the scenes photos. For this . We auditioned back in october, and in january two dancers came to teach as the dances. We have been working with the rehearsal director in town and thursday. Like to be part of a production like this . It is such an amazing dancers. I think our youngest dancer is 13, so it is a fun experience. Alyx do they come from all over, or are there a lot of i think most i think of most are from des moines. Most of the time, the company is coming from there local location and not incorporating local dancers. Alyx cannot express enough what an opportunity this is for the metro and everyone in central iowa. Tell us more about show details. It is thursday, february 11, desmoinesperformingarts. Org is your passport. Alyx tickets are just 16, and could be a great valentines present. If you have never done dance before, give it a shot. It might be a new love and passion. Many of our ticket buyers find alyx at texas roadhouse and we are here with some of their favorites. I have tasted their fall off the bone ribs and they fall off the bone. We made the cactus blossom this morning. I am with joel smith. For people who want more information, where are you located . Texas roadhouse. Com, our location is on 86th street. I am glad you are going to town on those ribs. Marcus we could also look ahead to valentines day. It is a busy time of year at texas roadhouse. We do call ahead seating. In the next few weeks, a couple of hours ahead. That way you get that weight out of the way at home and spend less time here in the restaurant waiting. What is so special about your hand cut steaks . The love that goes into them. We have guys cutting them eight hours a day to provide them. Marcus joel smith, thank you very much. I am Marcus Mcintosh, live in urbandale. Alyx looks good. Speaking of the super bowl, do not forget to tune in tomorrow morning because we will help you get ready for the big game. Mo welcome to the henry fords innovation nation. Im mo rocca, and today were going to set you soaring