We are dealing with methamphetamine, we know the epidemic. We know how dangerous it is for anyone. When you have a child subjected to it against their will, it is obviously something that tugs at the heartstrings. Elizabeth it is a class d felony. Eric mcdowell is charged with drug for familiar possession and probation violation. The Des Moines Police were warning people about this, the fan made up has been canceled. American blogger has been widely criticized for his website, return of kings. The blogger encouraged central iowa followers to meet saturday outside the des moines va hospital. We learned the event is now canceled. Police warned the event could have incited violence against women. Eric a former iowa Lottery Winner says his winning should be 16 million at he is suing larry dawson of webster city collected his prize in 2011. A jury recently convicted former lottery security chief at eddie tipton of writing a 10 million jackpot before dawson one. Now dawson says the 10 million should have been included in his jackpot. If somebody plays the lottery, the odds are not what we would call great. If you actually win, you should get your prize. He hopes they will get a clear message that this kind of conduct is not going to be tolerated. The iowa lottery believes that we rightfully paid mr. Dawson the jackpot he was entitled to. Eric eddie tipton is being investigated for possibly tampering with lotteries and 37 other states. Popular downtown theater maze restaurant a dong will be open tonight for the First Time Since a fire destroyed the building in august. Night the restaurant will reopen tonight from 4 00 to 8 00 p. M. Regular lunch and dinner hours resume tomorrow. Des Moines Register reports the owner will offer customers free food to thank them for their patients in reopening. Elizabeth tax trouble. The irs says issues with its Computer System put a halt to Electronic Filing . Shaina they say due to a widespread computer failure, it was forced to stop accepting electronically filed tax returns. It is unclear what triggered the failure but Officials Say the efile service and other taxpayer tools were not directly affected. The irs says they are working to get everything back up and running but says some systems will be available later today. The good mrs. Officials say it should not affect you getting your refunds. The latest on the zika virus. A Health Emergency is in effect for four for the counties. You are now at least 48 people in the u. S. Affected. All of the patients brought it back from countries except in dallas for someone who had sexual contact with somebody returned from venezuela. Crews are assessing the damage after a tornado touched down in fort stewart, georgia. The storm left down power lines and debris from damaged homes. No one was hurt but dozens were forced to leave their homes and stay in a hotel. Eric some roads are messy and parts of iowa. You see to the north of the metro where the biggest trouble spots are. The blue areas are partially covered with snow or ice. The pink spot in east central iowa is completely covered. The metro roads are mostly green meaning they are clear. There are still several school delays. You see the scrolling at the bottom of the screen. If you trucks a few trucks clearing the road. Metinka the roads are snowpacked and very slippery, take your time as you are heading out. You may see more flurries this morning but no accumulation is expected. Itll be quiet for a change, we could use that. Highs in central and southern iowa will climb above raising. Though than i will probably not see melting. At least we will have last wind. Less wind. Iowa. Hillary clinton and bernie hampshire. Cnn. Bernie sanders i do not know any progressive who has a super wall street. Hillary clinton i was amused Bernie Sanders second self up to be a gatekeeper and who is a Elizabeth Clinton got the win in iowa officially but she is trailing behind sanders in the granite state. They will square off again tonight days before the New Hampshire primary. Tonights debate at the university of New Hampshire starts at 8 00 p. M. And was hosted by msnbc. Eric donald trump is demanding a do over and iowa. He is accusing ted cruz of fraud , saying he did not win the Iowa Republican caucus, he stole it. Both candidates address the accusations last night. Donald trump ted cruz goes out and talks about liars. Listen to this. He goes out and says donald trump loves obamacare. Ive been fighting this thing for four or five years. If it were not for ted cruz, he is the one that got Justice Roberts on to be united eight supreme court. United states supreme court. Have been rejected. His vote got it over the top. Ted cruz did that. Ted cruz it is no surprise that donald is throwing another temper tantrum. It seems his reaction to everything is to engage in insults and i understand that donald finds it hard to lose. He finds it very difficult for him. At the end of the day, the iowa people spoke. Eric the Republican Party also saw two candidates drop out on wednesday meeting only nine remain. Rick santorum officially ended his campaign and immediately endorsed marco rubio saying he is a born leader. Rand paul ended his run for office as well but it is not clear who he is backing. The remaining candidates will also debate again before the primary coming saturday at 7 00 in manchester, New Hampshire. You can watch that on abc. Week. Our political reporter cynthia voter be there on the ground in hatcher. Follow her on twitter and facebook for a behindthescenes look. Elizabeth social media and hiring. The biggest mistakes experts say job applicants make online. Eric countdown to the kickoff. The final preparations leading to super bowl sunday. Why protesters are taking over super bowl city. Elizabeth an overnight house fire in nevada. Were trying to talk with officials on the scene to see if there were injuries. We will keep the story updated and bring you the latest. Shaina your drive should be easier than yesterday. You dont need to give yourself too much extra time but there will be a few slick spots. No accidents right now and green all over the map. We will head outside and see how the roads are shaping up. Much better than what we had this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning. With eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and rightnow coverage with shaina humphries. Crews are working today dig out roads in sioux falls, south dakota after a storm dumped several inches there. Plow drivers say hi wind made it tough to clear things up. Sioux falls police have been busy. There have been crashes because of poor driving conditions. Eric in north carolina, Severe Weather left a trail of damage. Wind gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour were seen. This is in Davidson County were power lines and trees were damaged. Thousands were left without hurt. This morning in central iowa, it is cold. Metinka it is feeling like winter. This is our webcam and your roads are snowy. Slick across most of the western half of the state. Take your time getting an early start and bundle up. 13 in des moines. With a light breeze it feels feelslike temperature close to zero through the Early Morning hours. Watch for passing flurries today followed by sunshine. It will be seasonably cool with highs close to or slightly above freezing. The best part about todays forecast is not as much wind is yesterday. Temperatures continue the slow warmup toward the weekend. More details coming up. Shaina the countdown now to kickoff. We are three more days away from super bowl 50. The Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers take the field in california to compete in the nfl champion chip. Millions are heading to the San Francisco bay area to attend events. In a mixed with the visitors, protesters have taken to the streets. Hundreds marched around super bowl city calling attention to the homeless and that the nfl took over some land they usually sleep on. The protest was peaceful but they disrupted traffic during rush hour. Visible at full events this week but authorities have messages for fans. At this time we know of no specific credible threat directed at super bowl 50 or related events. Shaina im one million visitors are expected leading up to super bowl sunday. Police are using hightech equipment to search for explosives and suspicious activities. The fbi says they are keeping an eye out for localized attacks. The broncos and the panthers took to the field for final practices on wednesday. Panthers quarterback cam newton says it is a dream for him to made it this far but it is every Football Players ultimate goal to win a super bowl. Elizabeth super bowl sunday will be a big moneymaker for metro businesses. Emmy victor shows us how storeowners are getting prepared. Providing food for the hungry fans is probably keeping a lot emmy game day watchers are looking for food they can share with family and friends like pizza. The National RestaurantAssociation Says americans will buy 12. 5 million pies. Many are coming from northern like pizza telling us that super bowl sunday is the busiest day of the year for them and i have prepared 25 more staff at all Metro Locations just to accommodate the orders. Surprisingly, pizza is not the top when you seller menu seller. Chicken wings than any other day. If you look at the numbers that for the biggest bump is. Emmy speaking about wings, the National ChickenCouncil Announces that americans will be eating 1. 3 billion chicken wings that night. Thats enough to feed four people each. Four people can get a wing. 75 will be at restaurants and bars. A big place people will go to on sunday is legends bar. We checked out the location and West Des Moines and they tell me they are fully staffed and have six people on call to handle the crowds. Depending on how long the game goes, family and friends could be there for hours. Yes we will extend our hours. Bartenders are good about that and so is the staff. We come here to have a great time and enjoy peoples company. Emmy if you like the snacks you saw there there are specials going on. More than likes pizza has a party pack of four large pizzas Northern Lights pizza has a special of four uses. There is lots to enjoy. Back to you. Elizabeth trust kcci for all your super bowl coverage. Be sure to follow him on facebook, twitter, for a behindthescenes look at the action and catch the game between the panthers and Denver Broncos. Eric economic headlines now, a mix to day on wall street. The dow was up 183. The nasdaq fell by 13. Ford has announced it will slash hundreds of jobs in europe and phase out the less profitable models. They hope to save 200 million per year. On wednesday, ford offered buyouts from 10,000 salaried employees. Home depot is hiring. 80,000 Seasonal Workers. Spring is right around the corner. Also the Housing Market is strong. Home depot has been hiring Seasonal Workers every spring for a decade. Half of them turn into permanent employees. Elizabeth a good resume and solid references are not the only things job applicants have to worry about. Social Media Presence can play a big role in whether you get a job. If youre too opinionated or negative, it can come off to problem in the work is. Workplace. Elizabeth one third of companies have disqualified job applicants because of media. Hiring managers say posting negative or inappropriate comments or photos are the biggest mistakes by far. Staying offline may not be the answer either. 17 of hiring managers say they question candidates who dont have any social media. Eric metinka needs to put on her forecast facebook page, sunny forecast. She might get a bonus. Metinka that sounds awesome. This morning is chilly. Bundle up. Temperatures are in the teens, feels like temperatures are close to zero. Roads are still snowy across the western half of the state. Slow travel conditions across the northwest and northcentral iowa. Across central and southern iowa the report by the dot has a normal Winter Driving condition. We are tracking a couple of snow flurries early this morning. No accumulation expected. Close to jefferson through adair east. This is the beginning of a fastmoving system heading to the upper midwest that will and south dakota. This will be quickly heading out of here and we will see a few friday. Here comes another one. Cities down close to ames spy would noontime by noon time. ]great news if you have travel plans. Sunday is the day of change with a stronger system most of the snow will stay to the north. As the cold front moves through the wind is really going to start howling and temperatures will drop. Were only expecting a half inch to an interest of snow. Parts of the state dont need anymore. 13 in des moines with a feels like temperature at four. We have sunshine and a lot less wind than yesterday. Friday is quick moving light snow. Should be out of here by the evening. Over the weekend, most of saturday looks fine. Into sunday, struggles or a brief snow shower followed by win and cold. Wind and cold. Shaina not much at all is that is good news compared yesterday. We should not have that romantic commute. Accident free right now with the we should not have that problematic commute. You should be able to actually get up to speed. At 1600 hickman rd. Another des moines unit at 400 42nd street. One outside of ankeny at 7100 northwest drive. Northwest sixth drive. Elizabeth we are on the scene of an overnight fire. Fire officials tell us it rogue out after 3 00 a. M. On west it broke out after 3 00 a. M. On west and avenue. Eric debate and departures. Coming up we go to washington, elizabeth welcome back. In commitment 2016 news, it is debate day. Bernie sanders and Hillary Clinton will take the stage in New Hampshire. Eric it comes as the crowd of candidates is thinning down. Jennifer daviss live in washington. Good morning. Jennifer good wine. Good morning. The democratic side of things has been paired down. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders will debate headtohead. We got a preview of the town hall meeting last night. Bernie sanders i do not know any progressive who has a super pac and takes 15 million from Hillary Clinton i was amused Bernie Sanders set himself up as the gatekeeper of being progressive. I wont let that bother me. I know where i stand. Jennifer on the gop side, Kentucky Republican candidate rand paul bowed out at suspended his campaign and Rick Santorum ended his campaign and endorsed marco rubio calling him a born leader. Meanwhile, barbara bush will campaign for her son in New Hampshire. Elizabeth things are heating up between republican rivals donald trump and ted cruz. Win iowa but he stole it. What do you know about that . Jennifer that there were a series of tweets donald trump put out there and he accused ted he said he and his campaign lied to caucusgoers in your state by telling them that ben carson was going to be getting out of the race. Ted cruz says its a misunderstanding based on a rumor and he has apologized to carson and he basically accused the reality star of having what he called a trumper tantrum. Eric thanks so much. Elizabeth more news ahead and our next half hour. The latest on the breaking news we are following. An overnight house fire in nevada under investigation. Iowans react to the winner filing a lawsuit alleging he should have one even more money. Three more super bow the most watched morning news in central iowa. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning. Eric waking up to brady is this morning, a house fire in nevada called vicious. Suspicious. Welcome back, everyone. I am eric hanson. Elizabeth i am elizabeth klinge, along with shaina and metinka. Metinka at least the roads are getting in better shape. Clear, and it is cold. 13 degrees right now in des moines. The wind chill is close to zero, and tracking a couple of passing flurries across western iowa. Giving way to sunshine this afternoon, less wind than on wednesday, headed for a high of 33 degrees. The temperatures continue to inch up words as we head to the weekend, with a couple of shots of precipitation. Shaina we do want to update the breaking news we are watching this morning, a suspicious fire in nevada. The fire had been going on for about an hour or so already and it looks like there is significant damage to the home. Fire investigators have been called to investigate the cause. , there on the roads but nowhere near what we had yesterday. The statewide Road Conditions map showing Northern Iowa still partially covered with snow and ice. That one small stretch near waterloo is completely covered. That means several schools are again delaying classes this morning. We have more than 30 in the system right now. Many buses also running on hard surfaces only. Well keep the ticker up throughout the newscast. The list is also at kcci. Com. Right now, new information in the growing concern over the zika virus. Four florida counties now under a Health Emergency. That order clears the way for crews to take action against the virus, like spraying for mosquitoes. There are n