President may be jumping into the president ial race. You are watching kcci 8 news. Eric good morning, everybody. I am eric hanson. Elizabeth i am elizabeth klinge. You will definitely need a jacket this morning. It is chilly out there. Jason it really cold in some spots, upper 20s for feels like. I feel like it kind of skips past fall and is a taste of winter. If we look at wind chills across the area, definitely adding a bite to the air. Low 30s across a good portion of the eastern part of the state, so hang on to a little bit of warmth as you head out and about as you will absolutely be needing it. If ross advisory for a good portion of the western half of the state, and freeze warnings to the northwest. We get to play this down out again tomorrow. A couple of cool days with temperatures only topping out in the middle 50s. Elizabeth a developing story right now in california, mudslides lead thousands of drivers leave thousands of drivers stranded overnight. Shaina two highways, one
Flagged down an officer. The student involved complained of head pain, and was treated in an ambulance. Johnston schools say scarbrough was out of line. I was very disappointed in the way that this driver handled himself in this incident. I can certainly understand why students may be unsettled by what they saw. Kim scarbrough was just hired this school year. Johnston schools say theyve never had a prior problem with scarbrough. He is now facing assault and child endangerment charges. Live in studio, kim st. Onge, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve new developments this afternoon in one of the most notorious missing children cases in u. S. History. The abduction and disappearance of Jacob Wetterling back in 1989. Kevin cooney has the new details right now. Kevin steve, jacob was 11 years old when he was abducted in saint joseph, minnesota near st. Cloud while of him in the 26 years since. Today, authorities identified a person in interest in the case. He has been identified as heinr
He went on a shooting spree in Pleasant Hill last november, injuring two men. He says he is sorry, has been a drug addict for a long time, and remembers nothing about the shooting. Mark polson admitted to the shootings for the first time today, but says he cant remember any of it because he was high on meth. Polson says he injected meth six hours before he shot at three people apparently for no other reason than he saw them while he was driving through Pleasant Hill and claims he remembers none of it. From the bottom of my heart i apologize. It just isnt me. I wouldnt hurt anyone like that. I wish i would have just shot myself that day instead of hurting these people. Mark the prosecutor seemed exasperated with polsons excuse that he didnt remember shooting anyone that morning. Miraculously, your first recollection of anything is when police arrive, correct . Yes. You remember nothing from 6 30 to 7 00 yet when police show up at 7 00 you remember from there on, is that right . From whe
Into the president ial race. Youre watching kcci 8 news. Eric good morning, everyone. And welcome back on a chilly morning. I feel like i am mr. Rogers, zipping up a sweater. Im eric hanson. Elizabeth im elizabeth klinge. And eric has the right idea. You are going to need a jacket recess. Its chilly. Jason it is chilly this morning and will be chilly all day long. We usually see highs in the low to mid60s, we will be in the mid50s today and starting in the upper30s. 39 and we could see patchy frost through western portions of the state. Temperatures following suit. 36, upper32 over40s. Our cold start matches the rest of the day. We topped out in the middle50s and sunshine all day long. For the weekend, a lot more working in our favor, a cool start, likely cooler tomorrow, bottoming out in the low30s to start and topping out in the mid to upper, 67 on sunday with plenty of sunshine. Elizabeth in california a developing story, mudslides leave thousands of drivers stranded overnight. Shai
Really not that cool. Keeping some of the heating from the day yesterday towards the ground but the wind is a little stiff from the northwest, currently at 15 miles per hour. 8 00 a. M. Temperature holding in the mid50s. It will be a slow warm up and we will not warm up much. Low 60s by 4 00 with mostly sunny skies. It will be a great day to be outside as long as you can stand that wind. Alyx thanks, frank. Getting right to commitment 2016, the Democratic Party may be down to only 3 candidates, but as many as 7000 democrats are expected to gather in des moines tonight for political rallies and the Jefferson Jackson dinner. Our chief political reporter Cynthia Fodor has a preview from hyvee hall. Cynthia here at hyvee hall, the candidates will each have 15 they will be in the center of the audience. The tables are set for 2000 chicken dinners, the teleprompters tested, the ballroom lit with stars and stripes but the fun will start hours before the main event. Hillary clinton will hold a