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 injected it, and thats what he says caused him to not remember anything until Police Arrested him. He has no memory of making any conscious decisions that morning he says, including an , intent to kill anyone. I would never intentionally do any of this. Im sorry, from the bottom of my heart i apologize. I wouldnt hurt anyone like that. Kim the prosecuting attorney was grilling polson on his memory, asking why he couldnt remember the shooting, but then seems to recall what happened as soon as Police Stopped him. Polson just kept saying he cant remember and this isnt like him this is unlike anything he would ever do. Juries the jury is going to have to decide if polson was too intoxicated to form the intent to kill. Kim st. Onge, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve about 100 people turned out this morning to fight a proposed oil pipeline across the state of iowa. Iowa citizens for Community Improvement rallied outside the iowa utilities board offices in des moines. The Group Opposes the planned bakken pipeline. The board is expected to make a decision on it in the next couple of months. The board has received more than 2600 written statements against the pipeline project. Stacey Broadlawns Medical Center breaks ground for a major expansion project. Plans call for a 72,000 square foot Medical Clinic building, a 15unit residency Apartment Building and remodeling its Inpatient Behavioral Health area. The expansion is expected to be complete by 2017. Quik trip is looking to expand on keo way. Des moines planning and zoning will consider a site plan for quik trip to build a new Convenience Store at 12th and keo. The site would have ten gas pumps. The World Food Prize laureate Award Ceremony is taking place tonight at the statehouse. This years winner, sir fazle hasan abed, will be honored. That event starts at 7 00. Steve Pella Police Officers today spotted a couple of burglars doing what burglars do. The officers were tracking a truck with a known burglar inside when they saw the crime in progress. 2 men were loading tires and other items from midtown tire into the truck. 40yearold jason beaman of knoxville, and 32yearold Joel Followill of harvey, are now both facing theft charges. The city of colfax is now under a Drinking Water boil advisory. It was triggered today by a water main break. The city says the boil advisory will be in place for 3 to 4 days or until tests confirm the water is safe to drink. Stacey commitment 2016. Republican president ial candidate Carly Fiorina is in the metro tonight. She will stop by the polk county republican womens chili fundraiser in windsor heights. That is from 6 30 to 9 00 at the citys community center. Fiorina was in northwestern iowa this morning, holding a town hall meeting in spencer. She weighed in on the immigration debate. Ms. Fiorina we judge people as individuals. We dont lump people into a category and say youre this or therefore you think that. By the way thats call identity politics and the democrats play it way too often. Stacey fiorina is currently on a three day swing through iowa. Steve i am standing here at the weather lab and there is no frank scaglione. He is live at like parks to. Live at blank park zoo. Frank the wind is picking up a little bit but temperatures are feeling great. Night eyes is opening at 5 30. Course, tomorrow night from 5 30 to 8 00. 67 degrees in des moines. The wind a little pesky out of the north. It should be a great evening to get outside. 60 degrees, 7 00 temperature. About the last decent evening to be outside and do stuff. Temperatures drop into the 50s and then it just turns cold tonight. Inmate have some frost in the 8 day forecast. It will be close to freezing, too. All the details coming up. Steve new at 5 00 , preseason basketball polls are coming out, and the cyclones are right near the top. Stacey kccis scott reister is here to explain. Scott the buzz is impossible to ignore. So just how high are they ranked . Thursday, we got to see the usa today coaches poll and the big 12 coaches poll. As far as the national rankings. Theyre in some pretty good Company Including duke, kansas and virginia. As far as the big 12 coaches poll, once again it is the kansas jayhawks picked to win their 12th straight big 12 title. The sooners are second. The cyclones are ranked third followed by texas and baylor. In case you are wondering, previously the highest preseason ranking the iowa state men have ever had was ninth in the ap poll back in the season. 1996 this years ap poll comes out shortly. Stacey scott, thank you. Steve next at 5 00, troop timeline. President obama says full troop withdrawal from afghanistan will not happen during his presidency. Were live in washington with the new announcement from the white house. Stacey plus, no increase. Whats behind todays bad news for Social Security recipients. Steve and later, dream come true. The special surprise from one dad to his bride to be daughter youre watching kcci 8 news at announcer this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at 5 00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, and chief meteorologist john mclaughlin. Stacey we are following breaking news out of the federal courthouse. The trial of two former Ron Paul Campaign aides continues today. Jesse benton and Dmitri Kesari are accused of making hidden payments to former state senator Kent Sorenson. Just before the 2012 iowa caucuses, sorenson switched to ron pauls campaign. Steve moments ago, Kent Sorenson took the stand. Cameras are not allowed inside the federal courthouse. But kccis rose heaphy was inside the courtroom. Rose . Rose about an hour ago, Kent Sorenson took the stand after hours of testimony. He is accused of receiving pack money from people in affiliated with the Ron Paul Campaign. He began to feel that bachmann was not going to win the campaign and he had dinner with kesari, and he said that evening, he gave his wife a check for 25,000 made out to sorensons corporation at the time, he told kesari he didnt know if he wanted to switch to pauls campaign yet but he was facing Financial Issues at the time. Live in studio, rose heaphy kcci , 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve change in course. President obama announced today that thousands of u. S. Troops will remain in afghanistan through the end of his presidency. Stacey kccis aixa diaz is live in our washington bureau. Aixa, this is different from what the president said last year. Aixa president obama wanted to keep an embassypresence only in afghanistan by the end of 2016, now he says Afghan Forces need more help from the u. S. President obama says even though Afghan Forces are fighting for the stability of their country, the security situation remains fragile. Thats why he says 5500 u. S. Troops will stay at bases in afghanistan through the end of his presidency in 2017. Obama president obama the mission will not change, our troops will focus on training afghans and Counter Terrorism operations but these bases will give us the presence and the reach our forces require to achieve their mission. Aixa steffani aixa senator john mccain, chair of the Armed Services committee, says while hes pleased with the president s announcement, hes concerned that the number of troops will not be sufficient to perform the critical tasks being set for them. Tom donnelly of American Enterprise institute says success in afghanistan through a stable government is possible with adequate u. S. Support. We cant have the result that we want without having land forces in a sufficient number to do something thats worth doing. Aixa the secretary of defense says the administration did its homework on troop levels. Secretary carter that is our best estimate now of what we should plan for and are planning for and budgeting for. Aixa the drawdown from the current number of u. S. Troops in afghanistan, 9800, will begin sometime late 2016, early 2017. Live in washington, im aixa diaz, kcci 8 news. Steve hundreds of Israeli Security forces are now on guard across the country, and the israeli people are on edge, following a recent wave of palestinian knife attacks there. Kevin cooney is here with the latest. Kevin steve, Israeli Police have set up new checkpoints between palestinian and jewish neighborhoods. Theyre stopping, searching and sizing up virtually anyone who looks suspicious after more than a dozen stabbing attacks this month that have targeted israelis. Wednesday, police shot and killed a palestinian at the entrance of the old city after he allegedly tried knifing an Israeli Security guard. Later, at a jerusalem bus station, officers took out another attacker who stabbed a 70yearold israeli woman. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu says hes open to meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. The new cycle of violence began a month ago, after rumors israel was plotting to take over Jerusalems Alaqsa mosque islams third holiest shrine. , stacey . Stacey gasoline costs 30 less than a year ago. And thats kept overall Consumer Prices flat, meaning there will be no increase in benefits next year for millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees. Advocates for the elderly argue that the Consumer Price index doesnt reflect the actual cost of living for retirees who dont generally spend as much of their income on gasoline as younger people do. Steve dozens of blind people and their supporters gathered in des moines today to celebrate white cane safety day. The annual event recognizes the achievements of blind americans. And reminds everyone of the laws that are in place that give blind cane travelers the right of way. The group walked along the principal riverwalk downtown to mark the occasion. Something special going on at the blank park zoo. Frank night eyes opens up for the first night tonight at 5 30 p. M. A perfect night for it out at the blank park zoo. These temperatures that are just real comfortable. 67 right now here in des moines. A little cool, especially to the north. For this time of year, these temperatures are great. The wind has been a little pesky out of the north. 16 in lamoni. As we take a look outside, it works great. Not really a cloud in the sky. Above 30 inches on the barometer. Here is the weather timeline. As we head through the evening tonight, we will be cooling down. Wake up temperature tomorrow, 39 degrees. This will be a chilly start you on friday and that is a precursor of what is to come for the afternoon. If you look at satellite radar from around the region you will notice clear skies. That will continue as long as you can put up with your cooler temperatures. As we head throughout the night tonight and through tomorrow, High Pressure will slide in. Not as windy tomorrow, that is the good news. It will be very cool with temperatures only making it into the mid50s. Lows tonight, if you are off to the north they will be very cold , especially to the north and west. 32 in mason city. Here in the city, right around 39 degrees. The forecast here in des moines wince after sunset out of the northwest at 510. We hang onto the sunshine and that is the good news. 8 day forecast, another cool day saturday. Could be waking up right around freezing but we will redeem ourselves on sunday. Back to the mid70s by monday. Live at blank park zoo, look at these guys. We have jugglers, we have it all out here. Open at 5 30, goes until 8 00. Reporting live, frank scaglione. Steve nice weather going on out there. How about some nice traffic . Nothing going on in the way of incidents or accidents. Things look clear and that means your travel times are going to be perfect. Downtown to the west we have nine into the east we have six. Stacey rand pauls president ial campaign may have hit a roadblock among college students. Kevin stacey, rand paul makes a comment that Drake University about gay rights in the workplace what he said has shocked the Lgbt Community nationwide. Reaction coming in from all over. We will hear why some are calling his statements horrifying and heartbreaking. Also, we will have more from kim st. Onge and the dramatic marry me every day. Steve it was a dream come true, in more ways than one, for a bride in maine. Heather duquette was all ready to walk down the aisle to marry her fiance while her father sat nearby in his wheelchair. Stacey but what happened next take a look. Stacey amanda says she had no idea her dad was about to stand from his wheelchair and walk her down the aisle. Steve he is a leukemia survivor, and she says about a year ago, they talked about how what you just saw, wouldnt be possible for him. It was. Amanda says her dad also surprised her with a fatherdaughter dance. Stacey that man loves his daughter. Steve already big day. Stacey just a reminder, thursday night football is on kcci tonight. Steve the Atlanta Falcons taking on the new orleans saints. Kickoff is at 7 30. Stacey that means our regular time slot newscast will be delayed. You can switch over to metv channel 8. 2 to see the news at 10 00 and we will also have late News Coverage following the conclusion of the game right here on kcci. Steve were back next with a final check of your forecast. Youre watching kcci 8 news at 5 00. Dad my culligan system is the worlds most efficient water softener. Its 24 per culligan man 46 more efficientthan your old softener. It is time to deal with skyrocketing outofpocket costs. Commentator the 32yearold head of a Pharmaceutical Company raised the price of a lifesaving drug overnight by 5,000 . Im announcing a detailed plan to crack down on these abuses. Commentator he may be lowering it after Hillary Clinton blasted him out of the water. Her plan would limit the outofpocket costs that consumers have to pay. Clinton nobody in america should have to choose between buying the medicine they need and paying their rent. Im Hillary Clinton, stacey when we last left frank at the blank park zoo, he had quite a collection of friends. Frank theyve all left me but theyre going to be back at 6 00. Night eyes starts tonight at 5 30. It is a feeling of fall in the air, absolutely beautiful. Temperatures are going to be saturday, waking up right around the freezing mark. If you chances for rain back by the middle part of next week but a couple of nice nights for tonight and tomorrow. Steve that is it for us at 5 00. 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