For city snow plow drivers, its been an endless job of removing 564622 it takes a lot of people to get it done and not a lot of time des moines public works crews are targeting the major roads first. Then moving to the residential side streets. For the second time this season crews are putting a new snow plow tactic to the test. Its called the wing formation. Up to five plows clear the street at the same time in one pass. Last night the city laid down a salt brine solution to help improve road conditions. And the public works director says despite the colder temperatures, the salt is working exactly like it should. 540123 weve got a layer of salt brine down on all of the snow routes on dry pavement now there is layer of salt under the snow. So when the last snow plow goes over the snow routes they will drop another layer of rock salt on top of that last little bit that can get scrapped off by tomorrow morning Jonathan Gano says most of the roads should be clear. Until then you can check when the snow plows will be on your street. We have a link to that on our website and here is a statewide look at road conditions. Travel looking the most treacherous, is just east of the metro. Travel is not advised on i80 from around the mitchellville exit to exit 179. Thats about 30 miles. All other roads in iowa are completely covered with snow and ice. Or partially covered. Air travel is just as slow. Several flights are grounded tonight. And that is disappointing to hawkeye fans ready to head out to california for the rose bowl. Mike dasilva joins us live in des moines. A lot of plans changing tonight. Rollcue to pkg while weather conditions here in des moines are not ideal for travel. Its the storm systems elsewhere in other cities. That are having an impact on flights here in des moines. Causing lots of disruption to peoples plans. Especially those who were planning to go to 21 29 4958 we were going to chicago and from chicago to lax, so it was a direct flight from chicago but its the flights coming in i guess. They dont get the planes coming in so they cant take them out. Scott Helling of ames, and his mother marlene have tickets to the rose bowl. But their flight was cancelled today. And this wasnt just about seeing a football game. The trip had an extra special meaning. 21 28 45 how much preparation went into this trip . Quite a bit because 21 28 4721 29 01 it was in memory of my father who was a huge huge hawkeyes fan and so he passed away two or three years ago but we said if and when the hawks ever got there, we were gonna go out there so, it was kind of a dream come true but happen so. 21 30 3341 myhusbands brother s picking us up. Were very sappnd, because this was ag deal for us. thenhe arelks who dont ve tickets to the rose bowl. But were planning on ing to pasadena to tailgate. Like zach rn. Os from pella but now livein los angeles. He but wont be able to fly out of des moines until sunday, due to the weather. 21 42 20 its disappointing yeah, i was talking to all my friends about it back in california because they know im from iowa and you know the big games coming up so i was talking to quite a few of them, kinda getting them ready to go tailgate and i just had to text them a little bit ago and let them know i wont be able to make it and i would actually be stuck in iowa, go figure so. 21 42 35 corey symmons is from fairfield. But now lives in san diego. Weather causing him to reschedules his flight to saturday. 21 43 1929 ive had season passes for two years up until last year, been going to all the games. This is the first year i havent been able to go to a single one since i moved down there, beginning of july. 21 43 3348 how frustrating is it . Very frustrating, i mean it was cool being like oh you know cool, theyre going to the rose bowl and i get to go to actually with everybody but now im missing out big time. the weather is also leading to trips to the hospital. Mercy central campus Emergency Center says it treated seven weather related injuries from 730 this morning, until 445 this evening. That includes injuries from car crashes, and falls. Mercy west lakes treated three people. Those injuries involved a car crash. As well as a fall with a head injury. It was a close call for one family in the quad cities, after icy conditions caused a tree to crash into a home today. Tim sullivan and his family were waking up this morning in cambridge illinois when they heard a loud bang. A nearly 80foot tree split into three pieces, falling on the house and garage. They say they didnt know what kind of damage to expect. We just looked out the window and it looked like a couple of branches were laying up on the windows from outside and were like wow, unbelievable. No one was hurt. The sullivans like many people in eastern iowa, are without power this evening. Its not snow and ice, but flooding in missouri. At least six people are dead. Including four soldiers. After rushing flood waters swept away their cars more than a dozen homes are underwater near camdenton. The Fire Department rescued people by boat this morning. Missouri governor jay nixon declared a state of emergency after officials closed about 400 roads statewide. North texas is recovering from deadly tornadoes. At least 11 people were killed when multiple tornadoes swept through saturday night. Eight people died in garland the hardest hit area. Police say most of the victims died when their vehicles were lifted off the highway and dropped more than 17 feet onto a service road below. The ef4 tornado brought over 200 mileanhour winds and destroyed Douglas Athas garland texas mayor 15 as you can see theres been a lot of devastation, a lot of destruction. Were working through this. We feel very blessed that there were not more fatalities. But as we work through all this well go through the phases, we wanna let people get back into their homes soon. In total, the National Weather service says more than 16hundred structures were damaged by at least nine tornadoes in the dallas area. Temperatures in los angeles are about 20 degrees below average. But you wont hear the iowa hawkeyes complaining. Coming up in sports. Well go live to keith murphy in los angeles to find out how the team is planning to slow down stanfords key player and if you dont feel like shoveling your driveway. You might want to give theses des moines teens a call. Why the small fee. Does a lot more than clear a sidewalk. And next. The latest in the investigation into des moines 21st homicide of the year. What police say about the high homicide rate. Nearly 24hours after a Deadly Police are still looking for a suspect in the case. Two people were shot at an apartment complex on south union last night. Officers found 36yearold Tacono Conner dead in a hallway. 37year old amy stolki was wounded but she is expected to survive. Officers talked to several witnesses but are looking for a person of interest that they say can provide they have not released that persons name. This is des moines 21st homicide of the year. The highest level since 1995. Sergeant paul parizek says the number is high, but there is no need to fell like the community is unsafe. 47 53 the one thing that weve identified that seems to be common throughout many of these is there are some volatile interpersonal relationship. We believe in this case its something similar. Everyone knew everyone involved. There is something personal there. 48 06 they are not random acts of violence. 48 08 Sergeant Parizek says the other 20 homicides this year, have all been closed. Des Moines Police are looking for a man they believe is responsible for five weeks. The first happened on december 13th. The latest was today, at this git n go on easton boulevard. In this same Convenience Store was robbed. Police releasing surveillance pictures from the different stores. Easton, investigators say the same man robbed a kum and go on hubbell twice, and different git and go on urbandale avenue. The suspect is described in his twenties. About six feet tall and 200 pounds. If you have any information on the suspect call des Moines Police or polk county crime stoppers. A des moines woman was killed, after a charter bus crashed this morning in chicago. The burlington trailways bus was on its way from omaha to chicago with 34 passengers on board. The driver told police he swerved when a truck cut into his lane. He lost control and hit a construction sign and concrete median. 21 year old Nicole Underwood died at the hospital. Four other passengers were hurt. The bus company says the gps on the bus shows it was going 49 Miles Per Hour in a 55 mile per hour zone. Newton police need your help finding a missing 12year old. Charlene Rachelle Brown was reported missing christmas eve. She has brown eyes and hair. Brown was last seen wearing white and blue flannel pajamas. Police say she could be with a noncustodial family member. Anyone with information is asked to call Newton Police at 6417921547. Three teens are braving the cold to help raise money for a nonprofit. The young men started a shoveling Service Called lawn salon. They travel hroughout the metro clearing side walks and driveways for a small fee. The founder of the forest avenue outreach non profit said he started it because he wanted to keep teens out of trouble. The plan was to just keep them busy, but it turns out theyre learning a lot from the experience. 61356 it teaches me how to communicate better with people. Teaches me how to make money. I can see how my dad works, he has to work hard for all his money. So i get to see and feel half of his pain with me. if youd like the boys to come we have a link up right now on our website. Whotvdot com. And coming up in sports. The and coming up in sports. The iowa hawkeyes are getting ready for the rose bowl. With beef bowl. Keith murphy explains, live from 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. Announcer one candidate tough enough to take on the bully. Jeb bush donald, youre not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. Thats not going to happen. applause announcer one candidate tough enough to take on isis. Jeb will destroy isis. And keep america safe. Jeb bush the United States should not delay in leading a Global Coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. Announcer tested and proven leadership matters. Jeb bush. Good evening from downtown los angeles, 13 miles from the rose bowl, car. Or it can take 2 hours. Were quickly learning everything is relative when it comes to weather. While youre dealing with a snow storm, folks here complain about how cold it is. Its 46 degrees right now. Not tropical, but it wil get warm. Kirk erentz d the hawks keep practcing at nearby stu hub ceter. Amog topics today, alamerican smond king said hes 50 50 on returning for his snior season. Kg says histop priority right to beat anford, you have to slow ap player of the year christian mccaffrey. Cant stop him. Must contain him. Mccaffrey broke Barry Sanders single season record for total yardshes not stanfords entire offense, but hes most of it. Mccaffreys cardinal a touchdown favorite over iowa. Legendary hawkeye coach hayden fry tried three times, but couldnt quite get it done. Fry led the hawkeyes to their most recent rose bowl in 1991. He was the dean of big ten coaches 25 years ago. Now its kirk ferentz. Back in frys day, the big ten champs took on the pac ten champs in the beef bowl. Those were simpler times. Lowryes beef bowl big ten now has 14 teams, and the pac ten is the pac 12. They also no longer allow an all you can eat contest. Probably not viewed as the healthiest thing to do, but the night of prime rib continues in beverly hills. Stanford s the betting favorite i the rose bowlbut would anyon bet aginst iowa in the beef bowl . I dont think so. Parade. The rose parade is watched by 50 million americans, and another 850 thousand along the parade route. Each float is decorated with more flowers than the average florist will use in five years. You can watch the rose parade friday morning here on channel 13. Bowl games tonight military bowl pitt 28 navy 44 quick lane bowl Central Michigan 14 minnesota 21 new college bsketball poll out today, but since no top ten teams lost during christmas week, the cyclones stay 11, even with an impressive win at cincinnati. Deonte burton continues to make an impression for iowa state. Hes named the big 12s newcomer of the week. Iowa state hosts coppin state wednesday night. Nfl monday night football Cincinnati Bengals denver on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. Its called the wage gap. And the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. Hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. Equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. She gets the job done for us