Your forecast first. Brad wx wall weather adlib what a great way to start our weekend thanks to mostly sunny skies today we made it into the mid 40s with even some 50s in sw iowa. We will be staying mild tonight too. There will be a few clouds coming in tonight with temps falling back into the 30s most of the night. Saturday will be partly to mostly cloudy with mild temperatures all day. Highs in central iowa should reach the mid to upper 40s depending on how much sunshine we actually get while southern iowa will likely see 50s again in the afternoon. Local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa stephanie 2shot all eyes are on iowa with just before the caucuses. But how many iowans are prepared to caucus come monday night. Good evening. Im stephanie angleson. Jack 2shot and im jack miller. Over the past several months, candidates have been cranking out campaign ads and making stops all over iowa. We should know who they are by now. Jack went out to test iowans political knowlegde b
We are catching a brief break. Most of the moisture streaming in from missouri. This is freezing precip while and lamoni, we have had liquid rain. It is all streaming to the north. It is still about an hour or so south of the metro. This is our creston webcam. Be very careful. Road conditions will be changing pretty rapidly. Snow will be moving in around 7 00 a. M. It will be heavy at time. Most of our accumulation will take place before noontime today, followed by drizzle across southeast iowa with snow, and blizzard conditions. Elizabeth across the state, that snow could impact your morning commute. Heres the latest look at 511ia. Org. Blue means the roads are partially covered. The pink you see means they are there are situated to the west and northwest of des moines. Here in the metro, snow already covering parts of the interstates. This is a live look at the east mixmaster. You can see not a lot of issues. Switching now to the west mixmaster. You should be in good shape. That will
Youre watching kcci eight news. Elizabeth right now, its snowing. The first flakes falling in the metro around 3 00 a. M. The updated timeline and totals ahead, plus a first look at your morning drive. Hillary clinton so as i stand here tonight, breathing a big sigh of relief, thank you iowa. Eric and Hillary Clinton thanked her supporters, but the vote counting continued into the Early Morning hours. Right now she has just barely defeated Bernie Sanders to win the caucus. Welcome back to kcci 8 news this morning. Elizabeth, shaina and i all here on this very busy morning. Elizabeth the Iowa Caucuses a big story, but so is the snow. Shaina we want to get over for an outlook of the day but it looks like things are changing. Metinka the messes heading toward the metro at 20 to 30 minutes away from downtown. Heavy snow from atlantic to winterset with lightning tracker picking up on a few lightning strikes across southwest iowa. Watch out for a burst of snow. Lamoni over toward centerville
Republican president ial candidates are meeting in des moines today for a final debate before the caucuses on monday. All the major candidates will be there except for one. In the most recent quinnipiac poll released earlier this week, it showed donald trump and senator ted cruz in a statistal tie among Iowa Republican voters. Senator marco rubio held onto third place with 13 percent, but no other candidates were above 7 percent. Those on the main stage tonight include john kasich, jeb bush, marco rubio, ted cruz, ben carson, chris christie, and rand paul. Fox news is hosting the debate at the Iowa Events Center in des moines at 8 iowa time. Trump says he will not be at the bate tonight. He defended his position on the same channel he is boycotting he spoke to bill oreilly on fox news last night. Trump blasted fox host megyn kelly, whom he fit criticized in august following a debate. He said he has zero respect for kelly, adding shes overrated. Campaign says it will hold a special even
Now have an exact number of Homeless People in the area. U. S. Department of housing and urban development requires all agencies using federal dollars to preform a count every other year. Hours checking spots like car washes, parks, and bridges for people who dont have shelter. If they do find someone, they make a note. They also offer to help them to an open bed in a nearby shelter, or give them with hand warmers and a sleeping bag. Community housing initiatives, a Transitional Housing Program for the homeless, participated in the group. Development director Marileigh Fisher says the count is an important thing to do. 29 1128 it helps us get an understanding of whats going on in the community, and as a a using provider we need to know if there are Homeless People on the streets during the winter time. It keeps people informed of whats going on, the Community Needs to know whether thats during the last count, only 8 unsheltered were found. Local shelters would like to get that number d