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Transcripts For KCCI KCCI 8 News This Morning 20160115

Nikole to a birther battle. Mr cruz on the issue of citizenship, donald, i am not going to use your mothers birth against you. Mr. Trump ok, good. Because it wouldnt work. If you become the nominee, who the hell knows if you can serve in office. Nikole the top two candidates came out swinging in a debate on the fox business network. Mr. Rubio i hate to interrupt this episode of court tv. Nikole while those vying for the establishment vote pulled their own punches. Mr. Rubio i like Chris Christie but we cannot afford to have a , president of the United States that supports common core. [applause] mr. Rubio we cannot afford to have a president of the United States that supports gun control. Mr. Christie i like marco, too, and two years ago, he called me a conservative reformer that new jersey needed. That was before he was running against me. Nikole one point all the candidates could agree on, doing away with most of president obamas policies and taking out Hillary Clinton this fall. In washington, im nikole killion. Elizabeth the republicans will square off one final time before that debate is scheduled for january 28 right here in des moines. Eric some iowans say this debate was more important than ever. Our crews caught up with nearly a hundred marco rubio supporters at a watch party at flix brewhouse. Iowans we spoke to say even though this was the sixth Republican Debate, its the most important one yet with the caucuses less than a month away. We are the first state to have a caucus, number one, and number two, its important that we as a nation get to know the candidates and hear what theyre saying. Eric hot off the debate trail donald trump has an early , morning planned here in des moines today. Hell appear live on msnbcs morning joe from java joes downtown. Then hell head to Living History Farms in urbandale for a rally. That is set to start at 10 00 this morning. Kcci will be there. Follow kcci. Com for live coverage. Elizabeth more big stories now, this morning the Episcopal Church is facing a suspension for its stance on samesex marriage. Iowas bishop tells kcci this churchs 9,000 iowa members. In june, episcopalians voted to change church law allowing samesex marriage. The anglican communion in thursday, england handed down a suspension in response. For three years, the Episcopal Church will not be allowed to participate in many internal decisions or represent anglicans in meetings with other faithbased groups. Continual pain for those who are gay and lesbian, especially those who members of our church but those in the community at large and how much more do they , have to suffer from discrimination . Elizabeth the Episcopal Church is largely known as the u. S. Branch of the anglican communion which traces back to the church , of england. Eric this morning, latinos across iowa say theyre growing more concerned, about possible deportation raids. Community members here in des moines say theyve seen more immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the area. Nationwide operation, during which agents arrested 121 people, but none of them were arrested in iowa. Advocates with the aclu say those with varying degrees of citizenship should educate themselves of their rights. Happening today, a rally for justice for Shirley Carter. The 68yearold was found shot to death in her rural lacona home last june. Last week, her husband filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the couples son billy. But Law Enforcement officials have not yet charged him in the murder. Todays rally begins at 3 00 p. M. At the Marion County courthouse. Elizabeth new information in overnight on thursdays terror attacks in indonesia. Shaina humphries joins us now, and shaina some of the suspects , have been identified, right . Shaina elizabeth, officials in indonesia say they believe they know the identities of the five attackers who were killed after thursdays attacks. At least two other people were killed, and more than 20 injured, when militants attacked a starbucks and a police booth in downtown jakarta using guns , and bombs. Indonesian Officials Say the Islamic State is responsible for funding the attack. And new controversy for the Chicago Police department right now. Thursday, officials released this video, showing the shooting death of a 17yearold, black carjacking suspect by a while Police Officer in 2013. The officer shot Cedrick Chatman after he claims he saw a dark object in chatmans hand that he thought was a gun. That object ended up being an iphone box. Chatmans mother is now suing the city and the two officers who pursued the teen. And this morning the winners of , the 1. 6 billion powerball jackpot, have still not come forward. Lottery Officials Say three Winning Tickets were sold one in , california, one in florida, and one in tennessee. California gives its winners a full year to claim their prize. Winners in tennessee and florida only have 180 days. Drawing also produced eight 2 milliondollar winners and 73 1 million winners across the u. S. That includes a 2 milliondollar winner right here in iowa. Lottery Officials Say a Powerball Ticket sold to 23yearold Bryon Stewart in onawa matched the first five numbers but missed the powerball. Stewart also added the power play to the purchase which doubled the prize from 1 million, to 2 million. Elizabeth new this morning, cold temperatures like were expecting this weekend bring a higher risk of pipes freezing in your home. And that can lead to flooded basements and electrical emergencies. Emmy victor joins us now with some tips to keep your pipes safe and sound. Emmy, we hear you have some tools that people can use . Emmy elizabeth, eric, it is always best to go into each winter making sure you have your pipe protection. If you did not get that, we have two tips for under 10 you can this is a foam tube and you can cut it up anyway you need to, or place it right on your tubes. The second thing we have that is really important is this plastic cover that goes on the hose faucet outside your home. That is a main way that a lot of the cold air comes inside of your pipes. Plumbers tell me it is very important to ensure that your home is not going to freeze up with those pipes throughout the season. When pipes freeze, they split and they can break, leading to flooding inside your home. One company says they have seen this. Turn the water on, just let that water trickle. That water that flows through that pipe will keep that water from freezing completely shut. Emmy simply turn on your plumbers tell me depending on your water bill that can be risky, but it is better to use a little bit of expense on water than a big expense for flooding in your home. Elizabeth 5 08, he will check in with metinka. We will check in with metinka. Metinka it is just the beginning. The wind is blowing at about 15 to 30 Miles Per Hour in west central iowa, and temperatures will be following into the 20s. Bundle up. Heres your weekend outlook, saturday highs will only reach 13 degrees and sunday, highs will struggle to make it above zero. The feels like temperature will be in the 20s and 30s below zero, plus we are expecting accumulating snow saturday night. Elizabeth sports news now, after 22 years of losses, the iowa hawkeyes finally got a win in east lansing, michigan last night. Eric the 16th ranked hawks were ranked Michigan State team, and it was all iowa straight from the start. The hawkeyes dominated the spartans in the first half, going into halftime with a 22 point lead. Peter jok led the team with a gamehigh 23 points, and Jarrod Uthoff was a big contributor too with 15 points and 10 rebounds for the hawks. It was his first doubledouble of season. Final score out of east lansing, 7659 hawks. Another big upset win for the hawkeyes over the spartans this season. The hawkeyes host 134 michigan this sunday. Tipoff is at 3 30 on the big ten network. Elizabeth meanwhile the , struggling Iowa State Cyclones are looking for a turnaround in big 12 play. Theyre on the road to face the kansas state wildcats tomorrow at 3 00 on espn u. P. M. Eric nfl divisional playoffs continue this weekend, and you can catch two of the games right here on kcci. Kansas city takes on new england tomorrow for a trip to the afc championship, that game kicks off at 3 30 on kcci. Sunday at 3 30 for the other spot in the afc championship. That game is also on kcci. Over in the nfc, green bay plays arizona tomorrow at 7 15 on nbc. And seattle will face carolina sunday at 12 05 on fox. Both the nfc and afc championship games will be played next sunday. Elizabeth still ahead, calling for help. Michigan officials take a new step in dealing with the flint water crisis. How potential federal aid will help keep people there safe. Eric still closed. Why a popular downtown restaurant wont meet their reopening deadline. Elizabeth and get fit. Well show you some apps to help make getting healthy a little easier. Shaina should be an easy drive for you this morning, steadily getting colder. Things are fine, hardly anyone out on the roads. You head outside. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. Blustery wind coming in from the northwest, making it feel like 13 degrees. That wind will continue to drag will be falling throughout the day. P. M. , and wind chills will only be in the single digits. Amount of cold air we had headed our way this weekend. By sunday, highs will only be near zero if we make it 20. Reading stay below average next week through thursday. Shaina to the latest in the flint, michigan water crisis , the governor of michigan is asking president obama to issue an emergency and major disaster declaration to help deal with the contaminated water. The declaration will help provide Flint Residents with clean drinking water. Flints tap water became contaminated with too much lead after the city switched its money. And this morning the danger from , a massive gas leak in porter ranch, california, may be more dangerous than previously thought. Air samples show there is at least double the cancercausing chemical benzene that regulators consider normal. The gas leak is driving thousands of people from their homes in fear they might get sick from the air quality. The Southern California gas Company Maintains none of the benzene levels are dangerous. Elizabeth economic headlines now, the Des Moines Register reports a 34 acre outlet mall project in altoona, is set to begin construction this spring. The shoppes at Prairie Crossing will be located south of Bass Pro Shops along i80. The Company Heading up the project has not released any names of the tenants that will be moving in yet. Theyll be announced closer to its opening set for late 2017. Nearly two years after a fire destroyed the Old Younkers Building downtown crews are back , to work on the renovation project. The Business Record reports Blackbird Investments has that company is heading up a 20 million renovation project. When the paint is removed, the Weitz Company will begin construction, including a restoration of the historic younkers tea room. Vietnamese restaurant a dong also closed by fire, will not reopen saturday like the owners had planned. On twitter the restaurant thursday, announced it is still waiting for final inspections and approval by city and fire inspectors. A fire destroyed a dong at 15th and high downtown last august. Eric listen up chipotle fans. , the popular mexican food chain will be closing down all of its restaurants on february 8. The company will hold a nationwide meeting with all of its employees nationwide to discuss the recent e. Coli outbreak. Employees will help come up with new marketing plans to bring customers back into its stores. Stocks rallied on wall street on thursday. The dow added more than 227 points. The nasdaq gained almost 89. And the s and p 500 was up more atm and Overdraft Fees are costing americans billions of dollars. Jp morgan chase, bank of america, and wells fargo made more than 6 billion last year in just those fees. More than 5 billion came from Overdraft Fees alone. A new survey found cell phone overage charges are up from already record highs. Nearly one in five cell phone customers reported paying overages during the past six months. At t leads the pack, with 28 of customers charged for overages. 20 of verizon customers were charged, 12 of tmobile, and 5 of sprint. Thats up across the board from the last survey taken in october. Elizabeth a big discount to tell you about this weekend. Amazon is dropping its prime membership price from 99 to 73 for this weekend only. The promotion starts tonight at sunday at 2 00 p. M. Only new customers can take advantage of the deal. Amazon says its doing this to celebrate the two Golden Globes it one for its show mozart in the jungle. Eric it is going to be so cold this weekend. Metinka a huge change. Yesterday, we had a south wind that drug in warm temperatures near 50 degrees, and today the wind has shifted to the already falling into the 20s. It is 36 in lamoni, but not for much longer. The breeze coming in from the colder. Single digits. Will only get colder. We are expecting wind chills 30 you want to dress in layers and limit your time outdoors. If all else fails, just stay inside until the cold weather passes. This morning we are dealing with clouds, and flurries will be tracking through the metro area. Cold air is headed our way so the second cold front will be bringing through it with it a chance of snow. At this point, we are expecting most of the accumulation across the southwestern half of the state, followed by super cold air moving in on sunday. This morning, just a few snow flurries, not enough to affect your travel plans, but it will be turning colder. By tomorrow afternoon, clouds some accumulations across the southwestern half of the state. Saturday night, we are expecting one to three inches to accumulate. The wind is really brisk, causing the temperatures to fall throughout the afternoon. By this afternoon, wind chills will be below zero at times. This weekend, wind chills 2240 below zero. 20 to 40 degrees below zero. Elizabeth lets see what is happening on the roads, maybe some good news. Shaina we do not have any accidents to report, hardly anyone on the road right now so if you have to head anywhere early, we have a few mobile speed units. Ave, 2100 grand, 11,000 northwest 44th street, and 8000 northwest 30 seven st. Elizabeth if youre still struggling to keep up with your new years resolution to get fit, there are a few apps that may be able to help you out. Eric spring acts like a personal dj, syncing music to your jogging pace and tracking your pace for you. Step. Elizabeth another app called Charity Miles helps you take care of the world while you take care of yourself. The app donates 10 cents a mile to your Favorite Charity if you are on a bike and 25 cents if , youre running. Eric finally shopwell helps , you kickstart a new diet. The app scans nutrition labels and rates food before you put it in your shopping cart. Elizabeth some heated exchanges. [ horn honks ] okay, this is u. S. Cellular, and this is verizon. Now, same phones, but with u. S. Cellular you get 6 gigs of 4g data for only 40 per month 20 less than verizon. And u. S. Cellulars network was built to work in places like out here, here, and here. So, with all of that, why would you ever go to verizon . Switch to u. S. Cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for just 40 a month plus get 300 back. Eric welcome back at 5 25. Heated exchanges over immigration, islam, and even new york values turned last nights Republican Debate into a raucous affair. Elizabeth political analyst Marc Sandalow joins us live from washington, d. C. Now with more. And marc, who do you think helped himself the most last night . Marc cruz, trump, and christie as they managed to separate themselves from the inside political washington establishment that is so unpopular. The effectiveness of Donald Trumps message is clear in every debate. He went after the new york called leaders political hacks. You vote with your head in the general election and with your heart in the primaries. Donald trump is giving folks the middle finger. Eric republicans painted a much bleaker picture about the economy and security. Who do you think is closer to reality . Marc on one hand, president obama says unemployment is down and the stock market is up. Republicans point out that wages are stagnant. It is why john mccain used to say he wanted to hire a one armed economist, so you cannot go backandforth. The republicans are peddling fear, and it all happens it all depends on what happens elizabeth is there consensus on any of the issues last night . Marc they all agree there should be no more limits on gun purchases. They all agree the United States ought to go after isis with much more strength. They all agree that barack obama is terrible and Hillary Clinton is worse. It is pretty easy to see how this party could come together, but it is going

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