Texas senator ted cruz in des moines today, vowing to revive the controversial project. Sen. Ted cruz if im elected president , i will approve the keystone pipeline. Ryan offstage, he was quick to accuse president obama and washington democrats of cozying up to environmental donors. Sen. Cruz they just made the calculation, i assume, that theres more money they can get from the california billionaires, and the Union Members jobs are not that important. I think that is cold and cynical. Ryan keystone xl became a political fight about jobs and oil revenue versus the environmental impact. The Iowa Environmental Council applauding the white house tonight for backing renewable fuels. Ralph we recognize there are pros and cons to all the pipeline issues. But its the overall threat the nature of the production, the threat to the nature and water across these two countries. Ryan the pipeline would have run through nebraska. Its governor stating, keystone xl would have brought goodpaying jobs a
Marcus mcintosh is live there now. Marcus, what can you tell us . Marcus i can tell you where we are and paint the picture of what we know. We are at the intersection of carefree lane and southeast millrose. You can see police are still on the scene. Crime scene investigators still on the scene. They seem to be focusing their attention on that greenish, grayish sedan parked. There are a number of markings in the street. Police were called to the scene about 1 30 this morning with reports of a man shot in the street. They found the victim in the street i cannot say victim. They found a man in the street. One young couple in the neighborhood expecting a baby say they thought this was the perfect neighborhood until they heard about what happened about a half block from his home. Everyone i have spoken to say this is a quiet neighborhood. They are all concerned and want more information about exactly what happened, who is involved, and what this means in terms of their safety. The neighbor
It was over as fast as it started. Bullet holes were still visible as they retraced the gunfire in the afternoon the bullets came clear into my busted things on my buffet theres a bullet hole down there at the bottom of my door, one up there and this down here. Police found 5 shell casings in the alleyway behind the home. Jeff says the unknown suspects. Who remain at large simply reached over his fence and opened fire. Im not one easily upset but this really upset me, i actually started shaking. Nobody was harmed but the damage done to jeffs 1969 chevy el camino which belonged to his uncle who died of cancer. Pulled on an emotional cord. This has a lot of sentimental value to me more than anything. Means the world to him, its the only thing hes got, weve got the ashes and thank god a bullet didnt hit that urn. Police believe the shooting to be random but that hasnt made it any easier. Ive just been a nervous wreck who were they looking for . Larrys windows of des moines is helping to r
Certain groups, certain groups of people. We recognize that there may be some who support or oppose any specific candidate, but this is a real opportunity to allow the educational process about the democratic process to continue. The rally is stills scheduled to take place at the School Tomorrow night. At one point. 15candidates were running for the republican nomination. An eastern iowa town would like to have just one candidate. Next week the people of atlissa will elect a new mayor. And three new council members. The problem is. No one signed up to run. The winner will be decided by writein votes. And theres always the chance that person could turn it down. 59 09 if that happens then the city council, at that point, can either appoint someone in that position or hold a special election. This isnt the first time atalissa has lacked candidates. The current mayor has won two terms. Both as a writein candidate. The town of delphos in Ringgold County is canceling elections because nobody
Morning. Weve had a nice couple of days. But moisture from the south will build north overnight and arrive in central iowa with some scattered showers by afternoon and evening. A look at how much rain to expect tomorrow, coming up. Now on to the news of the day. Led to a shooting at a local fastfood chain. Authorities were called out to the mcdonalds on southwest state and oralabor road around 10 30 on saturday night and found two people shot. Stephanie moore joins us with an update. Steph . Police are still conducting interviews but say it appears some bad manners may have led to the shooting outside the mcdonalds. Police say when they arrived on the scene they found two people, 18 year old Justin Phongsavanh and 18 year old Nickolas Culver suffering from gun shot wounds. Both men were taken to the hospital by ambulance. Justin has since been released, but nickolas remains in serious but stable condition in the ic u. About thirty minutes after the shooting, 34 year old gabriel coco tu