step outside, it you will not really needed this morning. metinka: it feels really nice out this morning. 50 degrees already. no rain to worry about. that is going to change. later on this afternoon, we'll have a little bit of light rain, light drizzle. temperatures today still -- today stay really mild. temperatures will start out decent and then fallout into the 30's. that would change the rain over into a wintry mix. we have a winter storm watch to talk about. eric: thank you metinka. millions of americans are expected to hit the road this morning for their holiday travel. but officials are warning to stay alert and vigilant, amid heightened concerns over potential terror plots. shaina humphries has the latest. what are law enforcement officials doing to keep americans safe this holiday season? shaina: travelers this week should expect stepped-up security at airports and train stations across the country. the tsa is advising to get to the airport even earlier, to allow for extra screening time at security checks. president obama will be briefed by his national security team this morning, as the fbi issues a new bulletin reportedly warning of potential copycats following the recent attacks in paris. officials do say though, there is no current specific threat, so they're urging americans to carry on with their travel plans as scheduled. >> what this is not saying is don't travel. we want americans to travel domestically, overseas. >> you have to live your life. you can't just live in fear, but it's a little scary. you know it it's going to happen it's going to happen, but hopefully, god willing, it won't. shaina: there is also a new app being rolled out in some parts of the country called see something, send something. that allows users to send in photos and notes to authorities about any potential threats. also happening right now, tensions are high in chicago. following a night of unrest triggered by a police-involved shooting a year ago. protesters clashed with police into the early morning, after graphic video of the incident was released to the public. it shows officer jason van dyke shooting 17-year-old laquan mcdonald 16 times. the officer was charged with murder tuesday morning, and remains in jail. and overnight, protests in minneapolis continued for a ninth straight night. they're demanding justice for the shooting death of jamar clark, by minneapolis police earlier this month. prosecutors say a grand jury will decide whether to charge the officers involved, with any crimes. meanwhile, police are holding three men who are accused of shooting at protesters monday night. five people were shot in that incident but all are expected to be ok. eric: thanks shaina. a kcci exclusive now, a sergeant with the missouri highway patrol says it's the agency's negligence that killed clive native brandon ellingson. back in may 2014, 20-year-old ellingson was in handcuffs in police custody when he went overboard on a patrol boat and drowned. former water patrol supervisor sgt. randy henry tells kcci, the highway patrol is at fault, but has been trying to silence his sgt. henry says the highway patrol hid key evidence during a coroner's inquest. and that the trooper that arrested ellingson, anthony piercy, should be facing criminal charges. >> should someone have faced criminal charges for what happened on the lake that day? >> yes, i believe so. >> what charges? >> manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter. i was part of the system. i signed off on tony piercy to work the water. >> you regret that now. >> yes, i regret it 100%. it's something i'm going to have to live with for the rest of my life. eric: meanwhile ellingson's father craig says the family's pursuit of charges in federal court is moving forward. representatives of the missouri highway patrol will be in iowa next month for depositions. elizabeth: the driver involved in a deadly des moines car crash monday morning, now faces multiple charges. police arrested 24-year-old troy lee mure jr. tuesday, as he was released from the hospital. officials say mure was drunk when he crashed his car into a utility pole in the 600 block of 35th street. 22-year-old scalicity perez was the passenger in the car, and was killed in the crash. perez's family tells kcci she leaves behind four children. mure is at the polk county jail this morning, charged with vehicular homicide by reckless driving, vehicular homicide by operating while intoxicated, and owi. eric: brendan mcginnis is expected to appear on murder charges. -- mozilla was shot several times earlier this month. again this is said to be arraigned this morning at a: 30. -- at 8:30. elizabeth: a colfax family needs your help this morning, trying to get their therapy horse back. take a good look at these pictures of buddy. denise carroll says the horse disappeared from her yard in rural jasper county overnight friday. she believes someone possibly stole him because he is valuable. the horse was donated to the family who has several special needs foster children. carroll says horses are incredibly healing to children with special needs. >> to be able to have an animal they can have a trust with and some control over and bond with is so good for them, and buddy was perfect for that. elizabeth: buddy was last seen at his farm between newton and colfax, south of interstate 80, in the metz bridge area. if you have any information about his whereabouts, please call the jasper county sheriff's office at 641-792-5912. eric: a lot of people are thinking about the thanks giving holiday. metinka: today is your getaway day, then you got some decent travel conditions. temps are above freezing. you don't have to worry about slick spots. 50 degrees already in des moines. today we will have some drizzle and fog develop. temperatures remain above freezing all day long. tomorrow? look at this wintry picture. we are going to begin with unseasonably heavy rainfall. potentially one to two inches of rain will fall on picks giving day. then it is could be changing over to a wintry mix. ice will accumulate. that will be followed by a little bit of snowfall. elizabeth: new college football playoff rankings are out, and the hawkeyes have done it. eric: iowa cracked the top 4 this week, after a win over purdue last weekend gave them an 11 and 0 record, and made them one of two remaining undefeated teams. here's a look at how things stand right now. clemson, alabama, and oklahoma are numbers 1, 2, and 3 respectively. then iowa at number 4. the rankings were revealed last night on espn after several re-votes specifically surrounding spots 3 through 6, so michigan state and notre dame are also teams to watch in the coming weeks. whichever teams are in the top 4 on december 6, get to go to the college football playoffs. if iowa does stay in the top 4, here's a look at their playoff schedule. number 1 would play number 4 in the orange bowl on december -- december 31 in miami. number 2 would play number 3 in the cotton bowl, also december 31 in arlington, texas. the winners of those games would move on to the championship game, january 12 in glendale, arizona. elizabeth: before we get there though, the hawkeyes will have a tough matchup this weekend though against big ten rival , nebraska. regardless of what happens in this game, iowa will play in the big ten championship game, but a loss to the cornhuskers could potentially knock them back out of the top 4 in the playoff rankings. kickoff is in lincoln on friday at 2:30 p.m. you can watch it on abc. eric: turning to the nba, it was a record-breaking night last night for the golden state warriors. point guard stephen curry led the team to a franchise record 27th straight home win, defeating the los angeles lakers 111 to 77. the win also made the warriors the first team in nba history to start a season 16 and 0. they are perfect. that beats the 15 win record previously shared by the 1993 houston rockets and the 1948 washington capitals. elizabeth: in a recent interview with people magazine, iowa olympic gold medalist shawn johnson opened up about an eating disorder she struggled with during her years as a gymnast. she says she always felt like she was too muscular and bulky and began to obsess about her weight. at one point she restricted herself to just 700 calories a day. a west des moines nutritionist says she appreciates johnson's announcement and says it was a tough thing to admit. >> this type of thing is very emotional and very psychological and she's in a good place in her life now and was able to talk about it and i sure do hope that it helps people. elizabeth: johnson says she began to feel better about gold-medal and eventually gained 20 pounds. good for her. eric: hopefully it will help somebody else. eric: still ahead, wild weather. holiday travel plans are threatened on the west coast by rain and snow. what you need to know if you're heading that direction for your thanksgiving. elizabeth: small business saturday. the shopping holiday that's all about buying local, and why more people are choosing that over black friday deals. alyx: thanksgiving is right around the corner. it is the festival of trees and lights. it feels like a winter wonderland. we've got details on how you can come check it out. shaina: i will be keeping an i on those busy areas, the highways, interstates. a lot of people will be heading out today. right now it looks good. not seeing any problems. you are good to go if you're headed out anytime soon. a quick look at the roads before we go to break. if you are on the east side, you ny just for you. that's no penny. that's a galaxy s 6 at u.s. cellular on black friday. whoa, thanks, grandma!! you're welcome. you can also get an lg g4 or an lg g pad f 8.0 with that penny. nice! isn't that just delightful? pennies for everyone! get penny doorbuster deals on great devices this black friday from 8:00 a.m. till noon >> this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: 50 degrees already. going to be a beautiful day. 43 degrees in ames. everybody starting out above freezing. tim just stay on the melting side all day long. -- temperatures stay on the melting side all day long. we have a winter storm watch that has already been issued that does not include des moines. we are expecting some rain, heavy at times. potentially some i speculation. -- some ice accumulation. shaina: thanks metinka. we'll have a rainy thanksgiving here in central iowa, but hopefully not quite this rainy. parts of the san francisco bay area are underwater right now. heavy rains and very high tides flooded several streets there, including parts of two major interstates. crews are hoping to have it all cleaned up as soon as possible so holiday traffic isn't affected. further west, that rain turned into snow in the sierra nevada mountains. reno around 10:00 a.m., and the higher elevations there were expected to get anywhere from 12 to 22 inches through this morning. the snow is making driving conditions there very dangerous, several crashes and rollovers were reported, prompting officials to issue travel restrictions in northern california and nevada. most of the area is under a winter storm warning until later this morning. and there are about 40,000 people still without power right now in spokane, washington. nearly 200,000 people there lost power last tuesday after a storm brought hurricane-strength wind gusts and knocked down dozens of power lines. another round of strong winds last night hindered efforts to restore power and brought down even more utility poles. right now crews say it's unlikely they'll get everyone's power back on before thanksgiving tomorrow. eric: thanks shaina. we're making our way into the holiday season, and starting today, the festival of trees and lights kicks off their fundraising efforts at the iowa events center in downtown des moines. elizabeth: alyx sacks is there now with a preview. we hear this is a record breaking year? alyx: it is a record-breaking year helping to inspire hope for all of the families that go in and out of the doors. they had a record attendance at the gala. they had a record number of trees. last year was a record-breaking year. they were able to raise $500,000 that goes to blank children's hospital. if you want to check it out, it is open as of today all the way through sunday. it is five dollars to get in. children under two are free. ere are a ton of things to come up and see. you can check the art and crafts. there is children's train, food offerings. you can shop. plenty of things you can look at. it feels like a winter wonderland and check out all of these trees that have been decorated with such care. each tree has come alive with so much character. there has been so much thought put into each and every one of them. it is going to an incredible cause. all of the money that is raised will be going to blank children's hospital. to benefit programs like child life. >> our ability to reach out to all 99 counties in iowa and provide services throughout the entire state those programs , wouldn't happen without festival of trees and lights. alyx: coming up, how you can weigh in on what your favorite tree is. it is a tough call but it will be really fall -- it will be really fun. i will tell you how to do that in 30 minutes. back to you. elizabeth: another sure sign the holiday season is here, jolly holiday lights opened for its 20th season last night at water works park. it's now open every night through january 1 from 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. tickets are $10 per car. 100% of the proceeds goes towards make-a-wish iowa. eric: a busy holiday shopping weekend ahead. black friday, cyber monday, and saturday, it's all about supporting local businesses. more iowans are turning to small business saturday as their day for holiday shopping. iowa state researchers say 5% more people will shop locally this year. ames business owners are some of the many across the nation that will participate this weekend. >> we are members of the community just like the customers are. by supporting local business you're supporting the people you love, the people that are your friends, the people that are your neighbors. eric: in ames, they will hand out 500 swag bags with coupons to shoppers this saturday. elizabeth: good deal. more economic headlines now, wall street closed mostly flat after a day of ups and downs on tuesday. the dow gained 19 points. the nasdaq added less than a point. and the s&p 500 was up about 2.5. earnings at u.s. banks rose more than 5% from july through september of last year. the federal deposit insurance corporation says that profits reached just over $40 billion. analysts credit the increase to a drop in legal expenses for the country's largest financial services companies. general mills is the latest company pledging to use only cage-free eggs. the maker of progresso soups and yoplait yogurts says the transition will take about 10 years to complete. mcdonalds and starbucks have also promised to stop using eggs from animals confined to cages. the labels on food products may be getting easier to read. lawmakers introduced new legislation this week to create a standard label for the front of all products, with calories and other basic nutritional information. the proposed bill also calls for a clearer definition of terms like natural and healthy. and if you're one of the -- eric: and if you're thinking about what to get someone out, that lets you buy stock shares right there on store shelves. the new gift cards from startup company stockpile rolled out in major retailers like kmart and office max, and so far, the cards can be used to buy stock in 20 big-name companies. the founder and ceo of stockpile says it's an innovative way to get started in owning stock. >> we're bringing wall street to america. people have never been able to own a stock and get started as quickly as they can here. >> are you a flash in the pan or here to stay? >> i think it's here to stay because we are seeing growth. eric: the stock gift cards are sold in denominations of $25, $50 or $100. stockpile says so far, most of its customers are those over 30 years old buying for people under 30. kind of an investment. elizabeth: we want to head over to metinka. metinka: temperatures are nice and mild. the weather is nice and quiet. what a beautiful way to start the day. temperatures all across the state are above freezing. right now, we are waking up to cloudy skies. no rain, no-fault to worry about -- no rain, no fog to worry about. by afternoon, we'll have pockets of fog and drizzle out there. nothing to affect your getaway wednesday. we have clouds in place. more moisture moving in from the west. the main system off across the rockies. this system will be approaching us as we head toward thursday. first of all, we are going to have the rainfall. sometimes heavy on your thinks giving day here at that is going to be followed by a rapid changeover. icy conditions for southwest iowa. friday, a wintry max -- a wintry mess continues across canada. pockets of drizzle to develop. nothing heavy. overnight, as we head toward thursday, you will notice shower activity from across essential come into southeast iowa. the wintry precip across iowa . rainfall totals, over an inch. not much snow. maybe up to .5 inch. in between, we could have icing. that is the reason before the winter storm -- that is the reason for the winter storm watch. it includes guthrie county. we are waking up mild, 50 degrees. elizabeth: let's check in with shaina: i am keeping an eye on that area around the airport. your morning commute may feel a little lighter today. right now, we've got multiple speed units to tell you about. elizabeth: president obama is sparing two turkeys from the carving knife today in an annual white house tradition. what's next for honest and abe, next.ou're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all and not just the powerful few. elizabeth: welcome back to kcci. 5:25 now. president obama is saving two turkeys from the thanksgiving dinner table. it's the presidential turkey pardon. eric: nikole killion joins us live from washington. and nikole, one lucky bird will get the title of national thanksgiving turkey. nikole: yes, that is right. a very coveted title for honest and a, that's for honest and abe two california turkeys are here in washington hoping to be this year's national thanksgiving turkey. take a close look at these two because it's up to you to decide which gets the honor. you can read their bios and vote online and for the first time, you can cast your ballot on twitter. the turkeys weigh-in at 42 pounds honest coming in an inch taller than abe at 22 inches. but don't worry after spending today in the national spotlight both birds will get live out the remainder of their lives at a virginia farm. the presidential turkey pardon is a tradition that's been going on for years with tales of spared turkey dating all the way back to presdient lincoln. elizabeth: a long time. nikole, what's this we hear about both turkeys being country music fans? nikole: who knew turkeys liked country music. and honest prefer country ahead of today's commotion the turkeys were played music to acclimate them to the noise -- a lot of noises. the turkey started gobbling when they heard country music. back to you. eric: thanks nikole killion. and in case you missed it, two turkeys were also pardoned here in iowa earlier this week. >> zoe the turkey and spike the turkey will be free from the harm of the carving knives on things giving day. -- on this thanksgiving day. eric: zoey and spike will be taken to living history farms to live out their lives. both survived bird flu this year. governor branstad says he's glad to see turkey producers getting back to work following the outbreak. elizabeth: coming up in the next half hour on kcci, another raid overnight in paris leads to an arrest. the precautions they are taking this morning. and a missouri sergeant is speaking out. who he says is to blame for the and we'll recap kevin cooney's ahead after the break. shaina: protesters hit the streets again into midwest cities. the stand people are taking in >> >> plus, tighter travel security, the warning officials have for travelers this holiday season. cautions they are taking across the u.s. and here in des moines. >> the most-watched morning news in central iowa. this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news this morning. eric: kevin kinney signed off the air for the final time last night. if you missed it, we have a recap. it was a cool moment. it felt like family, i went to his closet and stole his tide. -- tie. he's not going to miss it, he's retired. thanks for being with us. elizabeth: and i'm elizabeth klinge along with shaina and metinka. people want to know what's going to be happening. 50 degrees already, even across the state temperatures are above freezing there is no fog for drizzle. that will change. by midafternoon we have fog developing but until then it will be a great drivetime. maybe tomorrow you are going to grandma's house in the morning, we have rain across central and southeast iowa that will be pretty significant. over an inch will fall. then it will change to a wintry mix. it will be followed by snow and cold for the weekend. shaina: overnight, protestors returned to the streets of chicago. clashing with police. new police dash-cam video was released hours after the officer was charged with murder. it shows officer jason van dyke shootinghe boy 16 times. the state attorney's office said recovered from the scene. -- and protestors in minneapolis were out on the street for the 9th night of demonstrations. they are demanding justice for jamar clark, a black man fatally shot by officers earlier this month. since the shooting, five people were shot and wounded. three men are being held by authorities, accused of firing on protestors later monday. one of clark's relatives is calling for the protests to end. prosecutors say it will be up to a grand jury on whether the officers will be charged. students in brussels have returned to class after a two-day shutdown. special measures are being taken, the same goes in france where police have raided the home of a man said to practice an ultra-orthodox version of islam. the arrest is part of stepped-up measures under a state of emergency. elizabeth: this morning, millions of americans are expected to hit the road. according to aaa, nearly 47 million people will travel 50 miles or more this thanksgiving. their travels come amid heightened concerns of terrorism. don champion reports. don: on one of the busiest travel days of the year, there are visible signs of stepped up security. at major airports, tsa agents have been told to take their time while screening bags. at los angeles international airport, heavily armed officers now patrol terminals. a new intelligence bulletin sent to law enforcement around the country warns that there could be copy cats in the u.s. looking to replicate the paris attacks. the stepped up security even extends to busy train stations and travel hubs like penn station here in new york city. the nypd is also trying to protect the more than one million people expected to attend the iconic macy's thanksgiving day parade. officers wearing plainclothes will be in the crowd and radiation detectors will be deployed. commissioner bill bratton: i think what is clear what we're advocating is don't be afraid, be aware. don: the department has also rolled out a new counter-terrorism unit. york. elizabeth: at the des moines airport, there may not be armed officers at the doors, but there will be tighter security in place. david dailey: i am confident that our workforce is able to give travelers a good experience and they have the skillset and the technology and they're prepared to keep the traveling public safe. elizabeth: airport officials are advising people to come at least 90 minutes early, if not more. from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. on wednesday, they expect workers to screen about 1,500 people. they say there could be more random screening as well. and officials are asking travelers to be aware and report any suspicious activity. the travel warning runs through february. eric: a kcci exclusive. brandon ellingson's death on missouri's lake of the ozarks was ruled an accidental drowning, but now a former water patrol supervisor is speaking out. sgt. randy henry: as soon as brandon ellingson got onto tony piercy's boat, i believe it was a death march. 20-year-old clive native was in handcuffs in police custody when he went overboard on a patrol boat and drowned. sergeant henry says the agency's negligence killed ellingson. ellingson's family hopes henry's account of what happened will help spur action. 24-year-old troy mure junior is being charged this morning. 22-year-old scalicity perez, a mother of 4, was killed in the crash. officials say mure was drunk when he crashed his car into a utility pole. perez's family tells kcci she had just broken up with mure. mure is at the polk county jail facing owi and vehicular homicide charges. a colfax family is desperately trying to get their therapy horse back. they said their horse buddy disappeared from their yard in rural jasper county overnight friday. buddy was donated to the family who has several special needs foster children. the family believes someone may have stolen him because he's if you have any information to help track down the horse you're asked to contact the , jasper county sheriff's office. elizabeth: we will check in with metinka and a warm start. metinka: you don't need to heavy coats this morning, 15 now in des moines. -- 50 now. we will have drizzle developing by midafternoon. tomorrow, traveling will be kind of interesting by mid afternoon. central iowa will have mainly rain but across west central and southwest iowa that will change to freezing rain, sleet, and eventually snow. minor accumulations are possible. friday, all precipitation moves out at a brisk wind and temperatures will be cool. you will have to pull out the warm winter coats with highs only in the 30's. elizabeth: holiday shopping is upon us, the alternative to black friday that is gaining attention and the benefit for all. eric: nearly everyone can benefit from exercise, we show you how one fitness class caters to a specific generation. alyx: the festival that is changing lives each tree at a time, how you can come check it out and participate and help a child in need. elizabeth: a final farewell, what he had to say last it's called a rigged economy, and this is how it works. most new wealth flows to the top 1%. it's a system held in place by corrupt politics where wall street banks and billionaires buy elections. my campaign is powered by over a million small contributions, people like you who want to fight back. the truth is you can't change a corrupt system by taking its money. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message. >> this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news this morning. with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: it's not feeling very wintry at all, kind of mild, put away the jacket. 50 degrees already. up to the north it is cooler, mason city at 37 and fort dodge at 35. temperatures stay above freezing all day, we will have drizzle and fog developed by the afternoon. highs near 53. tomorrow there is a winter storm watch issued in effect across west central, southwest iowa. we start with rain and end up with a light glaze of icq munition possible. elizabeth: today, the festival of trees and lights kicks off. shaina: alyx sacks is live at the iowa events center with a preview. eric: how much money are they hoping to raise this year, alyx? alyx: they are hoping to beat last year. last year was a record breaking year raising $500,000 for blank children's hospital. i wanted to show you the type of trees, they have a record number. there is about 79 different trees and this one is deemed the star wars, light saber. -- seem that star wars -- david stark: last year, we didn't think we could top it. this year we have record nubmer of trees, record number coming to gala, and we anticipate another record in fundraising. so it just blows me away the community support that has been intrusted to us at blank children's hospital. alyx: as of today, the festival of trees and lights is going on until sunday. 11:00 to 7:00 except for sunday, it will be open from 11:00 to 5:00. this is the 32nd year they posted this, the proceeds go to blank children's hospital to support programs that help children who go to that hospital with often life-threatening illnesses. you can shop, you can eat, check out all the trees. there's arts and crafts as well. we wanted to take the time to show you this special treat. each one of these heart ornaments represents a child that went into the care of blank children's hospital that passed away. it is a beautiful tree that remembers what this benefit is here for. they do support children in all 99 counties that come to the metro to receive chair -- care. a fun event that is happening on friday, we will dive into those details in 30 minutes. alyx sacks, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. elizabeth: everyone's gearing up for the holidays, and a big part of that is shopping. we're headed for the busiest shopping weekend of the year this weekend. but a growing number of iowans are turning to small business saturday as opposed to black friday. researchers at iowa state say 5% more people will shop locally this year. in ames, they will hand out 500 swag bags to the first 500 shoppers downtown this saturday. it will pay off if you shop local. shaina: switching gears a little this morning, it was the end of an area last night on kcci. kevin cooney anchored his final newscast after nearly 4 decades here at kcci. as you can see here a lot of past and present kcciers along with kevin and mollie's family joined him on set for the final moments of the 10:00 news last night. stacey horst had a few final things to say about her stacey: you have brought the world home to iowans every night and you've done it with grace and dignity. in a way that made us snow, no matter what was going on in the world, we were going to be ok. that is special. very few people make that happen and you do. we have been so lucky to have you in our lives and in our homes all these many years. eric: she summarized what so many of us who were here last night were thinking. and then kevin got his turn. kevin: the first line of the teleprompter is some of you may have heard this is my last newscast. if you are wondering why you haven't heard anything about it until now it's because i asked our producer julia, and i think her for her understanding, i asked for a moment or two at the end of the news to say thank you. thanks to the many people who work here at kcci. if there's a camera that could get a picture, amy, a lot of them are here tonight. people here that you don't see on tv but they are crucial to everything we do in front of the cameras. thank you to my fellow employees, past and present, for all that you do to support these newscasts. while we are at it, a business thank you of sorts to the managers of kcci and its parent company hearst. it's my last day so it's not like i'm trying to suck up to anybody. these people do support the news , not just as a business, but as a principal. with that, i'm done. [applause] but the beast that continues, the news beast continues bright and early with kcci 8 news. and every day after that. i will be watching from home and hope you will be too, good night, good news, and good luck. eric: such a cool moment. here at kcci, we often talk about our coworkers as a family because it really has always felt like that. but i've never felt anything like last night. we were all gathered around the set a few days before thanksgiving, celebrating the guy we are also thankful for, it was just a cool moment. elizabeth: his dad behind him, his grandchildren. shaina: a lot of emotions flying around. eric: it was supposed to be a surprise was she kind of found up beforehand but i was shooting it with my camera and posted it on facebook and it's all up there so you can see how we as a family moved in and surrounded him. it was really cool. shaina: check it out on facebook, it is pretty cool. right now we want to look at the roads. quiet at the east mixmaster but we know a lot of you will hit the roads today so metinka will give you a heads up about weather coming our way. ny just for you. that's no penny. that's a galaxy s 6 at u.s. cellular on black friday. whoa, thanks, grandma!! you're welcome. you can also get an lg g4 or an lg g pad f 8.0 with that penny. nice! isn't that just delightful? pennies for everyone! get penny doorbuster deals on great devices this black friday from 8:00 a.m. till noon >> weather is never more than five minutes away, only on kcci 8 news this morning. metinka: good morning, it is already the end of november and temperatures are in the 50's to start the day. 40's to the north but all across the state temperatures are above freezing. if you hit the roads this morning, you don't have to worry about slick spots. clouds across the state, so far no drizzle or fog. that will change to where the afternoon. the main system is off to the west that will arrive in time to affect your thanksgiving day plans. coming it out with futurecast bringing in the system, low-level moisture and drizzle possible by mid to late afternoon followed by areas of fog overnight. toward tomorrow, we start with light rain that will pick up in intensity later and switch 2a wintry mix across the western and northwestern half of the state. there will be followed by cold air for the weekend and if you travel to the southwest, still a wintry mess across kansas through friday. the closer view shows pockets of drizzle developing by noon and 1:00 p.m. and by this afternoon toward the evening, the drizzle light rain develops and moves in by midmorning tomorrow morning and snowfall to the northwest. by noon, fort dodge could get a wintry with sleet and light icing possible toward council bluffs toward 7:00 p.m. on thursday and maybe a brief changeover in central iowa. we will pick up decent rainfall, unseasonably heavy with readings over 1-2 inches. this is liquid rainfall. then the snow across northwest iowa, generally less than an inch or two but you could have one to two inch -- one-2/10 of an inch. rainfall could affect travel by tomorrow evening. right now the rose look great. heading for 53, fog and russell but really no major weather problems on wednesday. that will be followed by cold temperatures for black friday and unsettled weather by the weekend. eric: a lot of people will check out traffic as they head out, what's going on? shaina: not much, a busy travel day on the interstate. keep that in mind, but right now we don't have issues. expect traffic to pick up in the next hour. here are your mobile speed units . 41st and ingersoll by plymouth church and the north and of the 1700 park avenue. 3700 northwest 118th avenue. 1600 block of northeast 70th avenue. eric: a fitness class to help senior citizens. unique class, next on kcci. elizabeth: welcome back to kcci. on the health alert. exercising when you're a senior citizen can be difficult, but there are classes that cater to older fitness fanatics. this energetic group has come to this seated fitness class to work on their mobility, strength, and flexibility. the added stability of a chair means even people with balance issues can join in. bobbie elzey: we always start off with a real long warm up because their body needs to adjust. and then, we do a little bit of standing up motions, doing squats because you need to squat. everybody needs to squat everyday. suzanne goodell: when you're old, range of motion in your legs, in your hips, in your knee, in your neck and all over is excruciatingly important. elizabeth: they are doing pretty good there. the instructor has been teaching the class for 35-years. she said she's seen the improvement in class participants. we remember -- we are approaching 6:00 a.m., our morning team's live with new overnight news, here's what we are working on. alyx: it is our the year, the festival of trees and lights is the first day. take a look at this tree, look on up to the very top. very beautiful, a record-breaking year already, details and how it will benefit children coming up. shaina: there's a lot of unrest in the midwest. protesters hit the streets in two of our neighboring midwestern cities. i will show you what's happening. day to get out for travel plans but tomorrow, mother nature is cooking up a wintry mix. eric: 50 degrees outside, a nice warm start at i-235 and university.

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