The tarmac below. As soon as we were able to see the American Flag come out of the plane, you could just hear people crying. Rose sharing a moment of grief and respect for the fallen soldier. It meant the world to us. These were people who were strangers except for being fellow americans, and that at that moment felt like a really important bond. Rose as the procession left, the power of the moment resonated with the travelers on the plane. You hear about it, you see pictures, but until you really experience it and see the familys grief firsthand. Its something i wish i never had to see, but at the same time im so touched by it. Laura laurion leaves behind a wife, two children, and two grandchildren. His funeral will be held on tuesday in cedar rapids at the murdoch funeral home. Temperatures topping out at the mid70s. Only down to 63 right now. That is still above our average high of 56 degrees. If you are still headed out and about on your evening, it is looking beautiful to do that. You look to the north, still warm but not quite as warm. Low to mid 60s. When did we typically average 76 degrees as a high . September 16 and 17th and all the way to may 27 and 29th. You have to go all the way down to galveston, texas to see 76 degrees on average for this time of year. We get it again tomorrow. Sunshine and how long these 70 todd political pundits say this week has seen strong performances out of republican candidates marco rubio and ted cruz. So, well that show up in the polls . Kccis Jason Rantala is live with the answer. Jason r cruz and rubio received some of the warmest welcomes at yesterdays gop event. Question now is how do they play off this weeks success. After strong performances at the cnbc republican debate. Sen. Rubio we must repeal repeal repeal entirely and replace obamacare. Jason r followed it up with warm receptions at the republican growth and Opportunity Party in des moines. Sen. Cruz the moderators were doing everything they could to ask every candidate alright explain to me are you more of a ghoul or a goblin . Kris a great week for cruz and rubio after a not so strong cnbc debate for iowas latest poll leaders ben carson and donald trump. Ben carson and donald trump are still leading in iowa, so we dont know yet what impact their performance last week at the debate may have on their poll jason r it is too early to say. What with 3 whole months before the Iowa Caucuses and the fact polls can shift a lot in that span of time. Political analyist Dennis Goldford says the engaged crowd on saturday definitely isnt a bad sign. Its good to have a warm reception but the question is how long that in fact will persist. Jason r goldford says from here on out, for cruz and rubio, its about maintaining their momentum. They could well catch up in the polls, cruz has a pretty Good Organization in iowa, rubio is still building one, they need to capitalize on that, or else this can be the latest flash in the pan among the republican candidates. Jason r goldford says take saturdays warm reception with a grain of salt. The gop event had roughly onethird the crowd of the democrats jeffersonjackson dinner. While he says trump and carson missing of the iowa event will likely be forgiven by their strong supporters. Live in the studio, jason news leader. Laura democratic candidate Bernie Sanders unveiled a new Television Ad today. It shows off his goals as well as pictures from his past campaigns in vermont. In congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. Now he is taking on wall street and a corrupt political system. Funded by over a million contributions. Tackling Climate Change to create clean energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay and tuition free public colleges. Sen. Sanders people are sick and tired of establishment politics and they want real change. Laura sanderss Campaign Spokesman says they will spend more than 2 million on ads over the next 10 days. Bernie sanders, as well as clinton, omalley, chafee, and webb will be in des moines in two weeks for the Second Democratic debate. Kcci is cosponsoring that one. Its saturday november 14 at drake university. Todd former senator and actor Fred Thompson died today in nashville after a recurring battle with lymphoma. His colorful career took him from tennessee lawyer to u. S. Senator to hollywood actor. And iowans met him when he ran for president. Fred thompson had a commanding presence. He was 66 inches tall, had a booming voice, and a straightforward, southern sensibility. Born in alabama, thompson first gained notoriety during the 1972 watergate investigation. As legal counsel, he asked the question that led to the disclosure of a taping system inside the white house. Those tapes played a pivotal role in the resignation of president richard nixon. Im Fred Thompson and i want to tell you what i believe right now. Todd thompson won al gores Tennessee Senate seat in 1994. He retired when his term expired in 2003, and briefly ran for president in 2008 as a Republican Party candidate. A sea of cameras to walk through. Todd thompson was no stranger to iowans. He spent months here running for president in 2007. Supporters knew him as a famous actor and learned to like him for his conservative philosophy. We must remain strong and send a signal to our friends and foes alike. Todd but most americans know thompson from his roles on the tv show law and order and big budget movies, like the hunt for red october. Thompsons family released a statement saying in part, fred was the same man on the floor of the senate, the movie studio or the town square of his home town. Adding he died peacefully , surrounded by his family. Todd after retiring from politics, thompson hosted a conservative radio talk show and became a tv pitchman for a reverse mortgage company. Laura right now, Des Moines Police are reviewing video footage of an assault at a burger king saturday afternoon. A police report, says an angry customer threw Chicken Nuggets at the manager after she received cold food. It happened at the restaurant at 2565 east euclid avenue. Of the head, but not injured. The suspect left the restaurant. Police located a vehicle matching witness descriptions parked in a driveway, but no one answered the door. Footage is being viewed before a footage is being reviewed before a warrant for arrest is issued. A rash of vandalism in fort dodge. Fort dodge police say about 12 car windows were broken saturday night. The suspects stole personal items out of all the vehicles. The reports were through out the city from 19th street to 14th street and 3rd avenue north to 2nd avenue south. Police say over the past couple of weeks, officers have taken similar reports in other areas of the city. Anyone with information is asked to call fort dodge police. Todd a tama county man might be granted a change of venue. Dustin jefferson is facing first degree murder charges in the death of his wife kerry oclair jefferson. Earlier this month, jeffersons murder trial ended in a hung jury. Prosecutors say that jefferson actively helped or encouraged his mother, ginger jefferson, to kill his wife in september 2013. Ginger jefferson was convicted last year of firstdegree murder in her daughterinlaws stabbing death. An update now. A boil advisory for an East Des Moines neighborhood has ended. Residents in the area east of ne 34th to highway 65 and south of i80 to Douglas Avenue no longer need to use bottled or boiled water. Des moines water works Officials Say a water main break on thursday caused the advisory. Laura looking ahead some big , changes are planned near the intersection of grand avenue and first street in West Des Moines. And monday, the city council is set to finalize the zoning changes for the development. A local developer plans to demolish several buildings and replace them with 5 new commercial buildings. On tuesday, a legislative Oversight Committee will hold the first of two scheduled hearings to review Governor Terry branstads effort to privatize iowas Medicaid Program. Branstad says the move to private management will mean more streamlined service at a lower cost. Critics are raising questions about the projected cost savings, how contracts have been awarded, and just how this will impact patients. Iowas Medicaid Program provides care to poor children, families and disabled people. , new clues in a deadly plane crash. What has lead investigators to discover the plane fell apart while in the air. Todd new hope that the wreckage of the missing cargo ship el faro has been found. Why its little comfort for the family of some on board. Laura paul rhoads is fired up and not backing down. Later in sports, scott reister week for the cyclones. On average, women need to work an extra two hours each day, to earn the same paycheck as their male coworkers. Join the fight for equal pay. Join the fight for sara and women everywhere. Announcer this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at 10 00 with todd magel, laura terrell, meteorologist jason sydejko, and sports with scott reister. Laura right now, new clues into a deadly plane crash in the egyptian desert. Investigators are saying the Russian Airliner broke up at high altitude. Laura russian president Vladimir Putin has declared a nationwide day of mourning as new details emerge about a deadly plane crash that killed 224 people. Todd brian webb has the latest on the investigation. Brian russias top aviation official says the airbus 321 broke apart at high altitude, but the cause remains unknown. The wreckage is scattered over a six mile area of the sinai peninsula, an area where Egyptian Security forces have battled local islamic militants for years. Recently, they pledged their allegiance to isis. The metrojet carrying 224 people was on its way from the red sea resort of Sharm Elsheikh to russia. At 31,000 feet, the pilot reported technical problems. And 23 minutes after takeoff, the plane disappeared from radar. Family and friends flocked to st. Petersburg airport looking for answers. This mans wife was a passenger. Brian russian search teams have arrived to help retrieve the bodies of victims and help find the cause of the crash. The black boxes have been recovered but not deciphered. A spokesperson for the airline says they have no reason to believe that there was any error by the crew. Sunday is a day of mourning in russia, for one of its deadliest air disasters. Brian webb for cbs news. Todd several airlines are avoiding the airspace out of safety concerns including qatar, lufthansa, air france, and emirates. Egyptian Officials Say the investigation could take months. Right now, all signs point to the cargo ship el faro, as the wreckage discovered off the bahamas this weekend. Navy crews are sending unmanned, deepwater subs 15,000feet down for a closer look. 33 crew members on that ship when it disappeared during hurricane joaquin. If they can pull it up, which i know is kind of not an easy situation at the depth they are at, we hope that something can bring us some closure. Todd the navy plans to send a remotely operated underwater craft to check it out. Laura Health Departments on the west coast are investigating ecoli cases linked to chipotle restaurants. At least 22 people in the portland, oregon area and in washington got sick after eating the popular mexican food chain. Several of them had to be hospitalized. Chipotle confirms six restaurants are involved. All were immediately shut down. Chipotle is now working with Health Officials to find the cause. A recall for some honda drivers. The automaker is recalling some of its 2016 crvs. At issue, a problem with takata air bags that could rupture. Honda says only 30 of the suvs were sold before dealers were told to stop sales. Takata air bag problems have affected about 19 million cars made by a dozen different manufacturers. Todd and absolutely Beautiful Day out there today. Lots of people took advantage of the 70 degree weather on the first day of some people playing november. Really, it is not expect what november 1 should feel like today. Jason r we had one today and we have three more ahead of us. We have sunshine to go with all of them. Outdoor plans are safe at this point. If you are heading outside to take shots of the sunset, get as many as you can. Tons of those up on the local page. Still hanging onto a little bit of warmth. Mid60s winds out of the south all day long. We keep this generalized flow pattern. Comfortable night to be out and about. 63 degrees as we are sitting at winds out of the southwest at 16. That will help us to climb all the way to 75 degrees. Nearly 20 degrees above average again. We get that sunshine all day long. Only backing down to 64 in the evening. Clouds trying to make their way in from the west. And we will keep some off to the north in the morning hours. Besides that, a beautiful start to our work week. Futurecast continues to keep low pressure to the north and west. South and southwest. Part of the reason why were going to be seeing our temperatures pumped up so much is that the jet stream continues to shift throughout the day tomorrow. Multiple things working in our with that ridge, it is going to help clean help keep the clouds at bay. Temperatures fairly mild. Light breeze of the southwest. I dont think we can ask for that much more perfect of a day. Wherever you are across the state, you have beautiful conditions. If that is not enough, we have even more on tap. 74 on tuesday. 75 on wednesday and we keep it sunny that entire stretch. Chances for rain back into the mixture on thursday. Rain tapers up early in the day on friday at those temperatures dont recover. Their wakeup temperatures in the low to mid 30s. Laura National Chains and gas stations pump out more donuts than anyone else. But a oneman donut institution isnt just surviving, he was thriving, until this fall when West Des Moines donut king closed for the first time in 42 years. Eric hansons this is iowa uncovered the crazy lengths donut fans went to when they heard the news. That airs monday on kcci 8 news at 6 00. Todd scott reister, huge donut fan and a huge baseball fan. Scott plenty to cheer about, not just for donuts. From iowas sports leader this is kcci 8 sports. ,scott roils with a chance to clinch their first world series since 1985. They were trailing the mets in the ninth. Of course, kansas city came back. This time, it was two runs in the top of the ninth to tie it up. The mets botched the throw home. Despite matt harveys monster effort, we are in the 10th. The royals. If they cant get it done, the sixth will be on tuesday in kansas city. I think the royals fans feel like this is their night. This place was just going nots ago when hosmer tied it up. Last year at maryland, diggs burned the hawkeyes and now he is becoming the main man in minnesota. Spins into the end zone to tie the game. 30 seconds left, still tied at 20. The gamewinner from blair walsh. Vikings rallied for a 2320 win. Lions were in london and so were the chiefs, who were way, way better. Anthony thomas, that is a touchdown. Alex smith had himself a ballgame. He was efficient. Chiefs win easily, 4510 over the last place liens. In a battle of undefeated teams, the packers are not holding their own. The Denver Broncos lead it in the Fourth Quarter at mile high. Eli manning at six touchdown passes. What is it out, because degrees at seven touchdown passes. 511 yards. Goes down to the wire and they win it on a 50 yard field goal. Wow. Coming up on sunday sports extra, a passionate postgame from coach paul rhoads. We will take you back to jack trice stadium for what was a how i was quartet of running backs is making things work. One of the most emotional press comes as you will never seen from a big ten coach, just laying it all out there. Quite a week for College Football in general. Of course, we will take you back to new york to see of the royals are going to clinch a world series. Laura coming up, tampering with a scary discovery in candy in pennsylvania. What was found inside a twix bar. Todd and, saved by autopilot. Read it . What . Riding our bikes across the state . Getting my masters . No paying off your house early oh that was easy awhile back we talked with Veridian Credit Union and they got us into a 10 and done Loan Refinancing lowered our rate and Closing Costs were only 200 yeah, it was really easy and we saved enough money to take this trip to europe veridians been great, helping us with all of our finances the mostwatched news in central iowa. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at 10 00. Todd heavy rain seemed to take the portland area by surprise this weekend as downpours turned streets into rivers and caused flash floods in some areas. More than two inches of rain fell, making it the single wettest day portland has seen in four years. Up the mess. Jason s we havent had much for rain for the past few days. A few clouds make their way in. Besides that, it has been absolutely gorgeous. Top out in the mid70s in spots. 63 in the metro. Mid50s in areas up to the west. We are going to be on the warm up in a big way. Our jetstream will be taking a huge shift and that is going to help to build a rich across the midwest. That means temperatures continuing in the 70s for a few days. There is a massive sledding hill in the middle of our week forecast. Hunting hovering towards 75 for the next few days. Tomorrow cut tomorrow looking beautiful. We w