Plow drivers say they are already prepared for this season. We just kinda plan for the worst and go from that. So weve got all our equipment ready to go. Weve been out and tested them all. Everythings working. As for dot they believe pretreating the roads isnt necessary because it wastes the time and money before roads get slick. They say foregoing the salt spreading could always come back to haunt them. If snow turns to ice and starts sticking to the pavement. As for the des moines public works department. They think pretreating the roads is necessary. A dozen deicing trucks hit the roads yesterday. Theyve also altered some of their snow routes to match school bus routes. In hopes it will improve safety for drivers trying to get kids home from school. With snow on the roads. It will be tricky to navigate this weekend. The iowa state patrol has advice to make sure youre safe when you hit the road. They recommended you pack a few things, like a car charger, blanket, and water in case you get stuck on the road. Another thing to keep in mind is to check your tire tread and headlights. While a lot of these make be of us forget. I think because the last 6 or 7 months. Will have to anticipate that. We have a complete list of items you should pack and app that plan that winter tip. On our website right now if you need a refresher. Because of the snow forecast the Iowa High SchoolAthletic Association is postponing tonights state championship games. It would have had dowling fans traveling to the unidome in cedar falls during the snow storm. Instead, dowling will play cedar rapids kennedy monday at seven. And all tickets for fridays game will be honored then. The university of iowa has banned parking on grass surface parking lots near the stadium on saturday because of the snow. Officials also increased security measures for the game because of the recent attacks in paris. This means only clear bags will be allowed in the stadium. There will also be a more intensive screening process and Additional Police on hand. The snow will impact santas arrival at the jordan creek town center. The big guy will still be at the mall starting at 5 pm to meet every one. But, the holiday Tree Lighting and fireworks event welcoming him is canceled because of the weather. With the bad weather, you will cancellations and delays this afternoon and tonight. Some schools already plan to dismiss early or have canceled activities. You can find those along with church and business closings on our website who tv dot com. Or stay tuned for our evening newscasts to keep up with the latest weather coverage. Des Moines Police are looking for the person who hit someones car then took off on the citys east side. It happened around 2 am in the 29hundred block of east grand. Police say the driver left the road, plowing their vehicle toward this house. The car also knocked over a fire hydrant. No one was hurt in the crash and the people in the car were able to get away without getting caught. No arrests have been made at this point. All this talk of snow may put you in the mood to do some holiday shopping. The first winter Farmers Market is being held at the kaleidoscope at the hub and Capitol Square downtown at this hour. It is a great opportunity to stock up on holiday meals, parties and gift ideas from more than 130 venders. Farmers will be selling local raised eggs, beef, pork, duck, turkeys and holiday hams. In addtion. Shoppers can also buy homemade jams, salsa, wine and shop for their christmas trees. It only lasts until 1 pm today square at 9 am tomorrow. Coming up after the break. An alternative place to shop this weekend to find gifts for those who have everything they need. The presents you can give them that would help others. Bodies have been found and a hostage standoff has ended, after terrorists attacked a hotel in mali killing several people. Malian Security Forces ended a sevenhour siege at a hotel in the capital today. Islamic extremists seized as many as 170 hostages. Mark barger has the latest details. The hostage situation in mali is over. Security sources are reporting that two attackers been killed and wounded civilians are being evacuated. A number of hostages were already freed or escaped on americans. The malaian military earlier sent 40 special while the nearby us embassy earlier told its staff and all americans place. Nbc news learned that before the hostages were freed that at least 138 were inside the Radisson Blu Hotel in malis capital, bamako. 125 are guests, 13 hotel staff members. At one point the hotel said 170 guests and employees were taken hostage. Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski reports about 25 us military personnel were at the hotel and helped organize the evacuation. Mark barger, nbc news. The french Prime Minister announced that one more person has died after last weeks paris attacks. Bringing the death toll to 130. Police say two more suspects could still be on the run. The french Prime Minister called on a state of emergency to be extended for another three months yesterday. Warning that there could be a risk of an attack using chemical or biological weapons. Ad lib main weather hot meals and beverages. Along jeb bush leadership meansyouve got to be all in. Its not about yappin. Its not about talking. Its about doing. I know how to do this becausei was privileged to serve in florida for eight years. And we turned the systems upsidedown that werent working. 1. 3 million new jobs were created. We cut taxes every year. Income rose in peoples pockets. Children started to learn. As president of the unitedstates, i pledge to you that i will solve problems. Announcer right to rise usa is responsible for the hot meals and beverages. Along store for people in the metro this weekend. All going toward a good cause. Coming up. Where you can shop for those who have very little this holiday season. Homemade soups, de dear future, sailed through that diaperstage, learned to walk, and im reading like athirdgrader. But now its time to go out into the world. And from what i hear, its not all toys and gamesout there. People are sick and tired of establishment politics,vand they want real change [ cheers and applause ] Bernie Sanders husband, father, grandfather. Hes taking on wall street and a corrupt political system that keeps in place a rigged economy. Bernies campaign is funded byover a million contributions people like you, who see the middle class disappearing and want a future to believe in. Im Bernie Sanders,and i approve this message. To those who are less fortunate this holiday season. St Paul Presbyterian Church is holding its Second Annual alternative gift market in johnston tomorrow. Opportunity to purchase gifts from over a dozen local nonprofit organizations and 30 international projects. Today we have susan vanessen with us today to speak more on the event. Saturday, november 21 10 00am3 00pm honor those who have enough by giving to those who have too little shop from over a dozen local non profit organizations and 30 international projects. Easy check out with check or one credit card charge. Send beautiful holiday cards with gift descriptions to those honored. St Paul Presbyterian Church, 6426 merle hay road, johnston, ia, 50131. For more information call 5152023551 or visit www. Stpaul johnston. Com 2nd annual johnston alternative gift market st. Paul Presbyterian Church on saturday, november 21 from 10 00am3 00pm. Honor those who have enough by giving to those who have too little. The market offers Holiday Shoppers the opportunity to purchase gifts for loved ones for the holidays. Shop from over a dozen local nonprofits and 30 international projects. Shopping options include polio vaccines, meals for the homeless, books for school libraries, construction supplies, vet care, and many more meaningful gifts. Support local charities such as childserve, cross ministries, Animal Rescue league, hope ministries, freedom for youth, johnston partnership, Ronald Mcdonald house, johnston rotary, habitat for humanity, salvation army, central iowa shelter and services. Admission is free and st pauls youth will be selling a variety of homemade soups, desserts, and hot beverages. Stop and shop good morning amanda im getting excited and prepared to visit with Megan Reuther at the who studio on november 20. Re johnston alternative gift market. I am sending you promotional graphics and Digital Pictures that could be displayed during the interview. There will be 12 cal nonprofit organizations hand that day. Shopperwl also be able to rchase giftsr a catalog with 30 projectsh address dire global issues through alternative gifts international. H information pertaining toe event is below. Check outr Church Website under events r pictures from the teativfatd yere ct 12 0nay ob2d m suanesstrn alatimakene tc snormthe it took alexis 4 years to earn her college degree. But it will take her 25 years to pay off her student loans. Join the fight to make college affordable. Join the fight for alexis. Its coming the first snow storm of the season is headed our way. Where its already snowing and how much we can expect later today. The news at noon starts now. Ad lib good afternoon, thanks for joining us. Im Megan Reuther we have Team Coverage of the first snowfall of the season meteorologist jennifer mcdermmed in a we have Team Coverage of the moving into the state this afternoon. Meteorologist jennifer mcdermmed will have a live report for us in a moment. But first, meteorologist Jeriann Ritter starts us off with a look at the timing and how much we can expect. Ad lib wx quick plow drivers say they are season. We just kinda plan for the worst and go from that. So weve got all our equipment ready to go. Weve been out and tested them all. Everythings working. As for dot they believe pretreating the roads isnt necessary because it wastes the time and money before roads get slick. They say foregoing the salt back to haunt them. If snow turns to ice and starts sticking to the pavement. As for the des moines public works department. They think pretreating the roads is necessary. A dozen deicing trucks hit the roads yesterday. Theyve also altered some of their snow routes to match school bus routes. In hopes it will improve safety for drivers trying to get kids home from school. With snow on the roads. It will be tricky to navigate this weekend. The iowa state patrol has advice to make sure youre safe when you hit the road. They recommended you pack a few things, like a car charger, blanket, and water in case you get stuck on the road. Another thing to keep in mind is to check your tire tread and headlights. While a lot of these make be common sense, troopers say many of us forget. I think because the last 6 or 7 months. Will have to anticipate that. We have a complete list of items you should pack and app that plan that winter tip. On our website right now if you need a refresher. Because of the snow forecast the association is postponing tonights state championship games. It would have had dowling fans traveling to the unidome in cedar falls during the snow storm. Instead, dowling will play cedar rapids kennedy monday at seven. And all tickets for fridays game will be honored then. The university of iowa has parking lots near the stadium on saturday because of the snow. Officials also increased security measures for the game because of the recent attacks in paris. This means only clear bags will be allowed in the stadium. There screening process and Additional Police on hand. The snow will impact santas arrival at the jordan creek town center. The big guy will still be at the mall starting at 5 pm to meet every one. But, the holiday Tree Lighting and fireworks event welcoming him is canceled because of the weather. With the bad weather, you will want to keep track of cancellations and delays this afternoon and tonight. Some schools already plan to dismiss early or have canceled activities. You can find those along with church and business closings on our website who tv dot com. Or stay tuned for our evening newscasts to keep up with the latest weather coverage. All this talk of snow may put you in the mood to do some holiday shopping. The first winter Farmers Market is being held at the kaleidoscope at the hub and Capitol Square downtown at this hour. It is a great opportunity to stock up on holiday meals, parties and gift ideas from more than 130 venders. Farmers will be selling local raised eggs, beef, pork, duck, turkeys and holiday hams. In addtion. Shoppers can also buy homemade jams, salsa, wine and shop for their christmas trees. 16 06 22 0916 06 44 26 kelly foss, director of the downtown Farmers Market the great thing about the winters Farmers Market. In the community. It only lasts until 1 pm today and starts back up at Capitol Square at 9 am with another look stick around. Agriculture exports have had six years of high sales. Stick around. Agriculture exports have had six years of good afternoon. This is the geiger. For six years now. Us very good. At the end of fiscal year 2015 they were 139. 7 billion dollars. Down a little from last year but still the third highest level of ag exports in history for the u. S. And exports are becoming part of of the American Farm income. They represent about 20 percent on average. Getting specifically into commodities. Every other row of soybeans is exported. And a days worth of dairy production every week. The Us Foreign Agricultural Service says that datas important to have at our fingertips. We need to know where our stuff is going, where theres opportunities for improvement and to try and look down the road and get ahead of the curve. You know, 95 percent of the worlds population lives outside of our borders. Weve got a growing middle class in certain areas and theres going to be a lot of demand in the future. Were going to have 9. 6 billion people on this planet by 2050. So, for us to have that kind of data that we can look at critically and think about where things but not all commodities are seeing better deals. Us soybean exports for this marketing year are forecast down from last year. Because of more competition with brazil. According to the Usda Economic Research service. Soybean production there is expected to hit a record hundred Million Metric Tons this year. In the past. Us soybean exports peak between september and december. While brazils is in march and june. But the record production is extending its sales. Putting them into direct competition with the u. S. Thats ended up in a nearly 20 percent decline in u. S. Soybean exports through october 2015 compared to the previous year. Well a short dip in the dollar and bump in exports didnt last very long. But the trade looks like it could be getting more optimistic on livestock. Surges to par before that payroll report or certainly before the fed meets. Election, both the incumbent and the front runner are promising to begin to that would be more friendly toward argentine farmers. The trade thinks that could potentially lead to some, maybe an initial waterfall of sales. And if that were to happen in a big way, we could see beans trade on down to this next level here. Well, i mean the live cattle, the fats have kind of chopped around and steadied. I think what it comes down to is this is theoretically the shortest period here of supply and weve got some disruptions. But also some concern at retail that demand is not all that strong. I do think that over in hogs that we seasonally, we begin to move higher. We put in contract lows last week. Built above those. Weve stabilized and now were seeing some cutout values move higher. Thats probably opening the door to a ten dollar move here. Certainly a five dollar move. Yesterday. The fda approved the first genetically salmon. For human consumption. Then they denied a petition from the center for food safety. Asking for mandatory labeling of food with gm ingredients. The fda associate commissioner for policy leslie kux says the petition does not give enough basis for turning from the 1992 policy. It also doesnt show that foods genetically engineered are different from foods without the engineering. The fda says voluntary labeling is always allowed. And that wraps up our show for today. Thanks for joining. Have a good weekend everyone. We put stories up every day. Check out whotv dot com. Agribusiness. Wow, we have made it througha whole week. Your mom is going tobe so. Surprised. Talk to a nurse, find a doctor,or coordinate appointments with bewell 24 7. One of the manyservices provided exclusively towellmark members. People are sick and tired of establishment politics,vand they want real change [ cheers and applause ] Bernie Sanders husband, father, grandfather. Hes taking on wall street and a corrupt political system that keeps in place a rigged economy. Bernies campaign is funded byover a million contributions people like you, who see the middle class disappearing and want a future to believe in. Caroline hmm. Well, you know, it was such a nice thing that you did for your parents. Ciara yeah. I was hoping that the party would cheer them up, but they still seem just so sad. Caroline darling, its gonna