Stacey right now, the political battle is brewing over the successor to Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. Scalia died this weekend. Senate republicans want to wait until after the president ial election to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. But the president today challenged republicans to explain why they would refuse to consider a Supreme Court candidate. Pres. Obama one court where we would expect elected officials to rise above day to day politics. And this will be the opportunity for senators to do their jobs. Stacey iowa senator Charles Grassley heads the Senate Judiciary committee. He wouldnt say today whether or not he would schedule hearings in the senate if president obama appoints a nominee. The senator would only say he will take it one step at a time. Said senator senator grassley i think that it should wait until the next election, and i believe that thats the right important position and would be kind of in line with what Democratic Leaders said in the tail end of the b
Kurtis 12 degrees below zero in mason city. Currently, wind chill above zero at 2. Wind chill advisory write through 8 a. M. Saturday morning, along and north of highways dirty, wind chill is 30below zero. Outside, the wind chills still get 20 degrees below zero. So youre better than i come a cold air filtering on in. Overnight low in des moines at four below zero. Our 7 00 a. M. Wind is 16 below. Tomorrow, we start with some sunshine greeted by the clouds moved in, and a High Temperature at 15. In looks like snow will arrive after 8 00 on saturday. Then continue on and off for sunday, i think ending by around 2 p. M. Temperatures on sunday, 32. I will have the latest on futurecast and some of those snowfall totals, coming up. Stacey a woman is dead after a it happened around noon today in the 6900 block of northeast 29th street. The Polk County Sheriffs Office says a child was flown to a metro hospital. And that crash remains under investigation. And there are new details about that d
Winter, with above average snowfall keeping those roads slick. As kccis Cynthia Fodor shows us, thats keeping body shops so busy, theyre almost working nonstop. Cynthia this entire garage is full of wrecked cars are lined up, waiting to be worked on. With so many accidents this winter, the auto body business is booming. Seems like coming in every 3648 hours periods. A lot of front end, rear end hits. All hands on deck. That is our goto word. Cynthia at scottys auto body, its one of the busiest times ever. Four snowfalls in two weeks means a steady stream of bended fenders, broken bumpers, and dented doors. Kurtis mayfield blames the timing of the blizzards. Kurtis it is literally happening around 1 00 or 2 00 in the afternoon, and people are trapped, having to get out in cynthia and weve had smaller amounts of snow more often. So far, this month . 7. 9 inches, only 12 days in, which is the average february snowfall for the entire month. This winter, were already nearly 3 inches above a
Youre watching kcci 8 news. Eric good morning, and thank you for waking up with kcci eight news this morning. Elizabeth 86 00 on thursday, february 18. Metinka starting out a little frosty, 33 degrees in des moines , headed for a major meltdown this afternoon. 58 degrees, these highs will be about 20 degrees to warm for this time of year. Very windy on friday, and it is 60s across a good part of the state. These temperatures will stick with us through the weekend. Temperatures cool only slightly as we head to next week. Elizabeth todays big stories now, six months after a deadly hit and run, a family finally has answers. West Des Moines Police have charged 37yearold Ronald Hauser of van meter in connection with the death of holly was found dead along Raccoon River drive in front of west grand golf in august. He had only been in des moines about two months when he died. His family in tennessee says theyve waited six months for an arrest. Police say evidence analyzed at the dci crime lab
A few bands of snow from mingo, colfax, over toward the mitchellville area. Along with that, some pretty cold air moving in. Temperatures tomorrow around nine at six ago a. M. Noon, just 14. Clouds slowly and. Forecast high tomorrow of 16. Steve taking a look at statewide Road Conditions. Still closed in both directions from ames to clear lake. Travel not advised on the areas in purple and areas in pink are covered in snow. Like blue means roads are partially covered. We have crews covering conditions on the road all day long. Laura the wind is pretty brutal. The Road Conditions are so bit Road Conditions arent so bad, but the further north you go, the worse it gets. Whiteout conditions left cars backed up for miles on highway 20 on the way to fort dodge slowing down because of the ice and wind and the blowing wind conditions and were stopped. Struck a vehicle and the semi then got stuck. Laura the jacknifed semi caused 40 to 50 drivers to be stuck at a standstill for up to 2 hours. Dr