He will not remain silent. Vice pres. Biden i intend to speak out clearly and forcefully to influence as much as i can where we stand as a party and where we need to go as a nation. Steve Iowa Democrats have been waiting for a decision from biden for months. Stacey chief political reporter Cynthia Fodor is live in studio this afternoon with local reaction. Cynthia steve and stacey, supporters in des moines tell me they are disappointed but not totally surprised by the decision, knowing biden was still struggling with grief from losing his son in may. Weve been working hard to encourage him and signs were getting increasingly strong he was going to do it but in last , few hours, he made decision to not do it. Cynthia Kevin Mccarthy has been cochair of the draft Biden Campaign in iowa. He recently had lunch at the Vice President s residence in d. C. But we respect him if he chose not to. So we respect the personal decision he made today. Cynthia biden had staff ready to go in 14 states.
University with more. Cynthia now that the first democratic debate is over, here they are already planning the next one which will be held one month from today inside this building. And a drake law student who had his 15 seconds of fame in the debate is still in the media spotlight. It was a genuine surprise, i actually wasnt even watching the debate. A lot of people sent me video clips of me asking the question. Do black lives matter or do all lives matter . Cynthia cnn picked sterling Arthur Wilkins question out of hundreds asked on campus earlier. Hes pleased especially with Hillary Clintons response. She said she proposed a new deal for communities of color. Cynthia those who analyzed the debate are praising clintons Strong Performance in particular. I thought hillary probably she came across as reasonably strong insecure and not offensive and she did pretty well. Looks more human like that. She cynthia Bernie Sanders delivered the most memorable line of the night. Sen. Sanders wer
Stacey a man is arrested after West Des Moines police say he intentionally set a woman on fire. Kccis Mark Tauscheck just back from West Des Moines. Mark true, this is hard to believe. 58yearold john moore, jr. Is charged with willful injury causing bodily injury. Officers say they were called to 127 8th street around 6 20 this morning in West Des Moines on a report of a person who had been burned. They say they found 54yearold Jackie Gilbert with burns on her upper body. She apparently waited almost 24 hours to report this. Gilbert told police she had been arguing with moore thursday morning, when he threw an unknown flammable substance on her and then set her on fire. Sgt. Kock this is a first for me. But i dont know i have ever heard of that before, someone intentionally lighting someone else on fire. Mark gilbert was taken to a hospital. Polk county jail. Look for much more on this breaking story tonight on air and online at kcci. Com. Steve thank you, mark. The school bus sign say
Jason r dan kelley of newton says the prison is currently understaffed and says the public was kept in the dark about this move. The Mount Pleasant facility will become a more minimum custody facility. This move will take between 8 to 12 months to complete. Live in studio, jason rantala, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve pete polson says he is sorry and he wishes he would have just shot himself that day, instead of hurting other people. Polson is the man who went on a shooting spree in Pleasant Hill last november, injuring 2 people. Kccis kim st. Onge is live at the polk county courthouse with an update on polsons trial. Kim polson admitted to the shootings for the first time today, but says he cant remember any of it because he was high on meth. He told jurors he had injected meth around midnight november 16, some 6 hours before he shot before that shooting in Pleasant Hill. Polson says he had a reaction to that particular meth injection hair on his neck standing up after he injec
To remain in the squad car is truly a tactical disadvantage because once youre in that seat with all that equipment theres no place to go. Mark in the video, you can see bolinger if his car. Within 3 seconds hes at officer after she shoots bolinger you can hear her tell the other officer at the scene. Chief wingert says not seeing a weapon doesnt mean there is no weapon. She wasnt able to make that assessment on whether or not he had a weapon. Now after the fact we all know that was the case, but in that moment she didnt know and she reacted based on what she knew in that moment. Mark wingert says after an internal review it was concluded there was no violation of department policy,and officer miller handled the situation as a reasonable person would handle the situation, a criteria from the iowa code. I asked why the criteria is for not a reasonle officer. Reasonable person standard applies to Police Officers and the average citizen. Police officers are not robots. We have fear, emoti