Jasper, boone, story and marshall. Travel is not advised on i80 east between mitchellville and grinnell. Kccis Laura Terrell starts our team 8 coverage from along i80. Laura a snow covered interstate. Is leaving several cars scattered in the ditch along i 80 east, like this fed ex truck near mitchellville. Things were going too slow and i just didnt want to cause an accident or be in an accident. Laura truck driver jacob benson decided to just park it for the night. I parked here just for my personal safety. I found a place where i could park so i figured i would stop for the night. Laura Michael Morton and his family are only stopping for a quick rest stop break on their trip from sioux city to ohio. Weve seen six semis jackknifed. Weve seen two of them tipped over. Weve seen about four or five cars in the banks. Laura even though travel is not advised theyve decided to keep going just at a slower pace. We are doing about 40. And then with the truckers around, we drop down to about 30
Steve hes directing the fbi and atf to hire more agents to speed up background checks and to enforce existing laws. And he wants 500 million to expand access to treatment for mental illness. They dont appear to be inconsistent with or a violation of the Second Amendment in the sense that they do not prevent people from acquiring firearms. Steve the nra says the president is engaging in political rhetoric instead of offering meaningful solutions. A spokesman says, the American People do not need more emotional, condescending lectures that are completely devoid of facts. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says the plan is about nothing more than politics and congress will be overseeing the president s actions to determine whether they follow federal law. Eric friday marks the 5th anniversary of the tucson shooting rampage that killed 6 and wounded 13, including former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords. Joins Anderson Cooper for a onehour live town hall meeting on gun control in fa
Out of the hands of criminals. It will potentially save lives. Laura the president reportedly wants to require small gun dealers to perform background checks on buyers. The plan will also make it more difficult for convicted domestic abusers to purchase firearms. The president is expected to take action sometime this week. Steve the move is expected to impact central iowa gun shows and businesses. Laura kccis ryan smith is live ryan smith explains how the president s plan targets expanding background checks at gun shows. Will have no effect on crime it will have no effect on crime but what it will do is maybe stop some people that are not legally able to own the gun from getting guns. Ryan under current law, only federally licensed gun dealers must conduct background checks on buyers. But many who sell guns at trade shows do not register as dealers. The owner of jlm gun shoppe in urbandale showed us his license. Michael sporer says trade shows regulate who can sell, ensuring purchasing
It is very common across much of iowa, temperatures in the 30s early on. It little bit of fog. A generally dry day. There is one precipitation chance in the next eight days. For details on that, it is coming up. Anchor if you drive into town from the southside the flooding is going to impact your commute tomorrow morning. Anchor a major roadway will be close because of the rising raccoon river. Kccis todd magel is live along fleur drive tonight. Todd this is the road to the airport, it has been dead since 3 00 when the river started rising and the city shut it down. There is a new mandatory lefthand turn, one of the busiest roads in the city is it is something we have seen in the winter. There may be as much as 2. 5 feet of water by tomorrow morning. It is projected to stay that way. Todd farther west, floodwaters from walnut creek shut it down for most of the day. Forget parking in this church lot, the ducks have taken over. We dont usually see this in december by that much rain. The
9 00 a. M. , 31. We will warm up into the mid 30s but it could be a slight wintry mix at times. Not expecting a lot of accumulation. The reason for that is that the main part of this system is to the west. Southwestern colorado will see some light snow. Probably an inch or less. More precipitation on the way at the week goes along, along with some cold. Temperatures pretty moderate the next few days, but look how we drop off. Sunday, that is a High Temperature of only 10 degrees. We will break things down hourbyhour with futurecast in just a bit. Laura count on kcci to help you stay weather aware. Download our kcci weather app to youll get live radar, traffic alerts, and Road Conditions straight to your smartphone. Its available for free for both android and iphone. Steve executive action. President obama today outlined his plan to tighten the nations gun laws and beef up enforcement. He is focusing on boosting background checks for gun buyers. The plan will tighten, but not eliminate,