Mostly covered with snow and ice. Wind chill is a factor this morning right around zero. Snow sticking around to the morning. Thankfully, temperatures rise. By early afternoon, the snow starts to move out. Bigtime warm up just around the corner, i will tell you win coming up. Alyx an electionyear battle brewing on the future of the Supreme Court. With the death of Justice Scalia setting off a debate about who should nominate the replacement. President obama says he will nominate Justice Scalias successor in due time but it will likely be an uphill battle. After his sudden death, president obama expressed 79yearold a brilliant, energetic justice. There will be plenty of time responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and a timely vote. Mitch mcconnell who sets the Senate Schedule says the American People should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice and it should not be filled until we have a new president. The candidates weighed in during the cbs news
They used to save his life, ahead this morning. Youre watching kcci eight news. There will be people along the way who try to undercut your success. Eric also this morning, taylor swift swipes back at the naysayers with her acceptance speech at last nights Grammy Awards. Who won, who lost, and who outdid themselves with their performances, ahead. Eric good morning and welcome back, it is tuesday, february 16. Elizabeth you might want to step carefully as you head out this morning. Rainy weather out there could make slick spots. Metinka we have rain and snow across central iowa tracking to the south and southeast. The back edge of the precipitation is back through ames and carol. It has just been a cold rain but we do have patches where we have snow mixing and and some freezing rain. Sidewalk, the parking lot, and maybe some gravel roads in the country will be slick early on today. All of this will be moving out by 9 00 or 10 00 a. M. Across des moines and closer to noon. Heading for hi
Snow arrives later in the week in grade but it will be very, very chilly great already, the wind chill feels like 17 below. Currently in des moines, four below. Ames is 12 below zero. There is a wind chill advisory to the north, 2030 below later tonight. Brutally cold, in effect until 8 a. M. Saturday. Along and north of highway 30. Going to be cold across the north. Here is your planner for the evening hours. Early on, around four degrees that is in the metro. Colder to the north. Around 15 degrees. We see sunshine and early clouds increasing, with a wind chill at one. Saturday, teens on the way. Best chance for snow looks why did fix up on sunday, looks like light snow likely throughout the day, should end around 1 p. M. A high of 32 degrees. We have been futurecast, expecting snowfall totals, coming up. Stacey new at 10 00, the university of iowa is under fire tonight for alleged gender bias in the athletic department. Steve kccis Steffani Nolte is live in the newsroom to explain. S
Caucus in nevada. The president ial candidates spent friday making their final appeals to voters. Danielle nottingham has the latest from henderson, nevada. Mr. Trump boycott apple. Danielle donald trump is urging americans to stop using apple devices until the Company Helps the u. S. Government unlock the cell phone of one of the San Bernardino attackers. The gop frontrunner isnt shy about speaking his mind on the campaign trail. He told cbs news Major Garrett he wont lie to the american people. Mr. Trump you know, one of my problems is im straight, i tell it straight, i tell it like it is. Danielle trump once held a double digit lead in South Carolina, but a poll released friday shows him just five points ahead of ted cruz. Mr. Cruz the next 24 hours we are fighting to determine if the next generation will have the same constitutional liberties everyone of us has been blessed to enjoy. Danielle democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are running neck and neck here in nevada ahea
Roads excuse me, blue is partially covered, pink is totally covered. Plenty of slick roads. Stacey right now violent criminals face a major reduction in mandatory time served. Its part of a proposed shakeup to iowas mandatory minimum sentencing laws. Steve kccis ryan smith is live in the newsroom to show us why the county Attorney Says this a Public Safety concern. Ryan the proposal would cut mandatory sentences for some violent felonies including kidnapping, attempted murder, and seconddegree murder. We have to be protected from violent criminals. Ryan strong words from the attorney, reacting to a house file 2171. The bill would slash the states mandatory sentence of 70 timeserved to 30 . For example a seconddegree murder conviction carries a 50 year sentence, 35 years mandatory. If passed, and if and it could are we best served by keeping the mayor, taking up a bed, better to maybe put more money into community corrections. Ryan representative mary wolf hopes lawmakers will consider