Traffic is backed up in the area. Steve were also getting more reports of damage on the southside of des moines. Kccis ryan smith is live at 4020 southwest 26th street. Ryan right behind me here is that group of massive oak trees in that familys front yard that came crumbling down in a matter of seconds during that quick storm we experienced earlier this afternoon. You cant walk but a couple steps in this yard without nearly tripping over these branches that are scattered. We are located right now at 4020 southwest 20 six st. This family has a lot ahead of them in terms of cleaning up. I am joined with the homeowner. Explain to us what you heard, what you saw. We were in the living room actually, and the sky turned a really strange color. All of a sudden, the wind picked up and it really looks like a blizzard. I dont even know how to describe this. It was kind of machine kind of whooshing. I yelled at the kids to have for the basement and thats when i saw things flying past, trees comi
These officers started planning the sting in june. A sting allows us to control the environment more, we can control who comes in, who comes out. Also, just to send a message of, we dont want your activity here, if youre here go somewhere else. Ryan the bust netted six arrests, five people for prostitution. Weve learned four of them are from des moines and West Des Moines. The two women, sharree austin and belladonna guirgis, came to the hotel together. We wondered if this was something we needed to get ahead of, so we did. Ryan police chief Martin Duffus says officers spotted local ads for sex acts popping up on sites like craigslist and backpage. Com. Is this a concern for you as chief in osceola . Any crime like this, any sexual crime, is a concern for a chief in any town. Ryan investigators then created their own ads, which drew solicitors from the metro to small town osceola. Were well situated along highvolume traffic areas. I35 runs between des moines and that route. And in addi
36 american airstrikes, moved to retake the town of sinjar, and they cut a highway that is used by isis to carry supplies from raqqa, its stronghold in syria, to mosul, the largest city that isis holds in iraq with more than a million residents. Charlie dagata is with the Kurdish Peshmerga forces. Reporter the battle to reclaim sinjar began in the air. U. S. Air strikes pounded suspected isis targets throughout the day. Thick smoke hung over the city as isis fighters lit banks of tires to try to block the bombers visibility. Dug in on the mountain side, Kurdish Peshmerga forces searched for targets, passing the coordinates to u. S. Advisers. This is one of the forward fighting position wheres theyre helping to pick targets for air strikes. Soldiers here told us with aircraft overhead all the time, sometimes its just five minutes from the moment they call it in to the time its delivered. Kurdish fighters are so close to isis militants, they can hear their conversations on simple twoway
Steve kccis ryan smith is live tonight where that man approached the girl. Ryan please tell me that teenager was leaving north side library often and euclid when she says a strange man walked man approached her. The man invited her into his home but she refused. Area parents see this library as a safe haven for their children. But a father who lives next door says hes now keeping a close eye on his kids. It is kind of shocking because i have two Young Children myself. Ryan police say the girl who they are not identifying left the north side library around 4 00 on halloween. In the parking lot, 24yearold sundayboy tarlue targeted the teen and walked with her to a nearby house. Once there, she refused his invitation inside. The Des Moines Police report says thats when tarlue grabbed her buttocks, chest area, and attempted to look down her shirt. The middle school aged girl principal two days later. Those are targetrich environments for creeps that do that kind of thing. Ryan kcci securit
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