Staff, faculty, and students to its Second Harvest dinner tonight. The idea is to provide a meal for those who cant go home this thanksgiving. Kcrgtv9s Sarah Mccarthy shows us why University Officials say the celebration is an important way to build community. Hello, are you here to volunteer or are just here for the meal . A meal with all the traditional fixings. 14 32 00 cranberry sauce . In a nontraditional way. The harvest dinner is about coming together, breaking bread together spending time with people you know and love as well as meeting new people to know and love. Home, for many here, thousands of miles away. 14 41 16 space, there is an atmosphere of welcomeness, inclusiveness and home that children pick up on immediately and proceed to play together and have a great time. A time to give thanks. 14 37 21 thank you glad youre here . For a hot meal 14 48 45 meeting people, sharing a meal together, it just brings a lot of people together. And a new kind of family. In iowa city, S
A lot of movement going on. Not too much rain. Jason no snow getting in your way. We have rain that is all over iowa. You can see out towards grimes we have the heavy stuff. Nobody has picked up more than 2 10 of one inch. It is a little bit pesky as you head out and about. Mainly central portions of the state. That is down and waterloo. Some locations through eastern portions of the state could see some thunderstorm activity. It is odd seeing as how we are in late december. So be it. Rainfall totals are rather light. Up in des moines, we are fractions of an inch across the entire state. We have a day to continue to pick up the rainfall which will eventually move over to a rain and snow mix. We will top out at 48 degrees. We hang onto that for a few days. We could get some light snow. Christmas day is at 43 degrees. Eric thank you. We are learning about a new lottery scam in central iowa this morning, an underage des moines man, scores a 100,000 dollar jackpot. The winning mega crosswo
People from all over the country are in des moines today to watch three republican president ial candidates make their case. The National Religious liberties conference is going on right now at the Iowa Events Center. More than a thousand christians traveled across the country to attend. Governors Mike Huckabee and bobby jindal spoke this morning. Senator ted cruz will take the stage this afternoon. They had the opportunity to talk about defending religious liberties in america. 10 36 3010 36 43 for 42 years. I dont know how we can honestly pray to god bless america. When we have acted like a savage uncivilized country in relationship to unborn children. Senator cruz speaks at four thirty this afternoon. You can hear more from the candidates on the channel 13 news at four. And today a cnn orc poll shows donald trump and ben carson neck and neck in iowa. Trump has 25 percent while carson has 23 percent support. As gop contenders are gearing up for another debate next week. Reid binion r
Camera interview, but did say hanrahan is doing a great job and the shelter is a place for second chances. An ethiopian refugees chance at starting a new life in iowa ends with him spending the rest of his life in prison. 20yearold ngor makuey was convicted of first degree murder. Assault. Robbery. And burglary. He faces a mandatory life sentence for killing his 97 year old neighbor. Makuey broke into this home on east 46th street in july of last year. And attacked the elderly homeowners. Rupert anderson was killed and his wife seriously injured. Harriet anderson died this past march. During his bench trial, the 20year old tried using an insanity defense, but the judge didnt buy it. The weapon was brought from his home. Wasnt going over there to cook wasnt going over there to. Clubbed her over the head. Makuey will be sentenced to life in prison at his next hearing on january fourth. Monday marks three years since the sandy hook shooting that killed 20 students and 6 Staff Members. Tod
Respecting the rights and guarding dignity of people, especially people who disagree and, he says, the word persecution seen here on the conference website is just to stir people up. Its a great word to get people riled up. It gets a strong reaction however as the first day of the conference wraps up, Conference Organizer Kevin Swanson says the focus should stay on that term relgious liberty when the state steps in and dictates the thoughts, morals and conscience, we have a violation of conscience. For some politically correct sin of the day using iowas gortz haus as a prime example, swanson says people should be able to speak for what they believe. Including the visiting president ial candidates. Stand firm in their convictions and still hold to business and property not be sued or sent to jail for mainintaing convictions all the while, lecroy hopes the candidates dont use fear just to gain an edge in the political polls. Think maybe its not what they think it is from des moines, Clai