It will be quiet heading for highs into the mid to upper 30s. You still need coats today but as we go through tomorrow and into friday, over the weekend, highs will be feeling like spring into the 50s and maybe 60s. Eric the Iowa Supreme Court is reviewing a lawsuit filed by the estate of former slipknot been number paul gray. He died of a Drug Overdose in 2010. His wife is suing a former doctor saying she and her daughter deserve financial compensation. A polk county judge previously throughout the lawsuit partially because grays daughter was not born until six months after her death. His death. His attorney argued that should not matter. The defense says the medical malpractice lawsuit was filed too late. Bruce stoltze everyday she lives without her father. There is no father around her to support her. Her birthdays. Eric hoch we believe that the statute of limitations. Its not ambiguous. The court has been down this road before with schultz, its an analysis that holds true. Eric the court has not made a decision. The justices plan to have a written decision done by june. They can either uphold the order or send it back with instructions. Elizabeth the Monroe CountySheriffs Department has arrested a man for sexually abusing a twomonthold girl. 30yearold Justin Stickrod is in the Monroe County jail charged with child endangerment and firstdegree sexual abuse. Police say the girls mother contacted police after noticing injuries and took the growth of the hospital. She is out of the hospital. Officials seized a computer to be analyzed and they say more charges are possible. Urbandale police are trying to track down this woman. They believe she has information in the officer involved shooting at the holiday inn on rojo road. Thats where all the height ali yahia was killed in a shootout with police. Officers were called to the hotel on reports of a drug deal. Eric several deals are under consideration in the state house including one that would raise the speed from 70 to 75 miles an hour. Lawmakers passed it through the first subcommittee of the house on tuesday. Representative gary worth and says the dot told him the average speed people drive on the interstate is already 72 miles an hour. He says increasing the speed limit is 75 isnt a huge change. Rep. Gary worthan if youre not going to enforce 70 to slow that traffic down. Lets make it legal. Eric the iowa dot does not support raising the speed limit, saying it will cause an increase in the number of deaths on iowa roads. Also at the statehouse, hundreds using tanning beds by minors. The house bill being considered would ban tanning until the age of 17 and require parental consent until 18. Lawmakers who supported the bill said there are too many Health Risks Associated with tanning and bill has to go through committees this week or it will be dead for the session. Some other bills are working their way through the statehouse as well. We will talk about those coming up after 5 30. Elizabeth tensions are rising between north and south korea. Shaina humphries is following. The u. S. Is now getting more involved. Shaina overnight we learned u. S. Jets flew over south korea in a show of force against the north. North and south korea are in a standoff over the norths recent missile test. Experts say north korea will likely view the planes is a threat. This is not the first time the u. S. Has sent planes to korea. Last month they sent a b52 apple is facing the first of its kind court ruling. A federal judge ordered the tech giant help investigators hack into the locked iphone of one of the shooters behind the december terror attacks in San Bernardino, california. The ruling ordered apple to disable a feature that would erase all the phones data if an incorrect pass code is entered 10 times. Apple ceo tim cook says the ruling is dangerous and that apple does plan to challenge it. To washington, president obama is standing his ground on the Supreme Court. He intends to the qualified candidate to replace Justice Scalia whether republicans like it or not. Nikole killion has more. Nikole president obama is back in washington and calling on congress to rise above the daytoday politics. He says republicans have no constitutional grounds to vote on a Supreme Court nominee. Many think it should be up to Antonin Scalia who died unexpectedly over the weekend. The president dismissed that saying he planned to give the Senate Plenty of time to get his nominee a hearing. President obama this will be the opportunity for senators to do their job. Your job does not stop until you are voted out or until your term expires. Nikole some senators may be letting up. Chuck grassley suggested he may be open to considering the president s eventual pick. Shaina as for who the president might select, obama did not give much alike. Away. He said no when he said he would specifically pick a moderate. We are just a few days away from the republican primary in South Carolina. The latest orc poll shows donald trump on top with 38 of the vote but ted cruz is not far behind with 22 . Marco rubio is in third and jeb bush is in fourth. The democrats have nevada. Hillary clinton has a big lead at 56 to 38 for bernie sanders. Eric we have been seeing the 8 day forecast for a while with warm temperatures. Tempted to put on nice shorts. Dont do it today. Metinka today will feel like february shed and we are reminded it is winter. We have flurries coming down across the state from fort dodge and Rockwell City down through creston and lamoni. This should not impact travel. It looks awkward out there. An occasional snowflake every once in a while. Headed for highs in the 30s, they be a few 40s. Tomorrow is when the big warmup begins. Highs across the south will be in the 50s and even some 60s. Eric in sports news, under the top 25 matchup last night through the 13thranked iowa state cyclones. The baylor bears were wearing fluorescent yellows. A close game from the beginning with 14 ties and 14 lead changes. Three cyclones had 20. 9s as the later, monte morris put up another 20. Again and again they lost. Baylor won in overtime. Heres how the big 12 looks right now. Kansas is on top after West Virginia lost. Six teams are within three games of the lead. Iowa is on top of the big ten and they are on the road. At penn state. The hawkeyes tip off early at 5 30 p. M. So rush home from work. It will be on the big ten network. After that they have a weeklong elizabeth state wrestling action hits the mat. Alyx sacks is at Wells Fargo Arena this morning. Alyx in just a few hours the whole arena will be pulsing with the echoes of cheers and all of that hard work and sweat these Young Athletes have been putting in will be hitting the mats. It is starting with dual Team Tournament play that will begin at 8 00 and they will hit the mat at 9 00. The dual Team Atmosphere is what will be happening at the arena. They will also have those sessions beginning at 9 00 a. M. And semi finals and 1 00 p. M. It will come to the consolation of semi finals as the championship at 6 30 tonight. That is leading up to individuals starting up tomorrow and as far as the city is concerned with how much energy this brings, this is the largest of the next three big sports wrestling historically brings and 80,000 fans over the next four days. Its pretty big when you think about what that means broken down into the numbers. These are people staying in hotels and restaurants. We spoke to greg edwards with the Greater Des Moines Convention, he tells us this tournament will bring in more than 1 million. Greg these people have a lot of spare time in town and their teams are not competing or athletes are not competing. Theyre going to be hanging at the malls, shopping, bowling, going to movie theaters. Spending lots and lots of money through the metro. Alyx tickets are 10 and you can buy them at the door or go to the Iowa Event Center website. Come on down, it will be exciting. If you cannot, there is a link at the Iowa High SchoolAthletic Association or you can watch some of the action online. A big deal. Go to the Iowa Event Center for more on that. Beef cakes to beef. Im going to have more fun with coming up. Elizabeth completely convenient. The new way iowa gas stations are getting you and the doors. Gas. Teenage drivers. Safety testers reveal their top three picks and why they picked them. Shaina it should be an easy drive. We are not dealing with rain or snow. At least in the metro. No accidents. If you are going out soon it should be an easy commute. We will go outside and take a look at the roads. A few at 235 and 2nd avenue. 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. Elizabeth welcome back. Check out the mess of snowstorm dozens of cars and semi trucks got stuck in the snow backing up traffic for several hours. I one point the interstate was closed in both directions. It reopened in time for the evening to meet commute. Heavy rain caused the river to spill over its banks, causing significant damage. Several roads have been closed and some people have been forced out of their homes and into nearby red cross shelters. A lot of rain in washington. This morning is just a couple of flurries. Metinka our weather is quiet in comparison. We did have flurries from fort dodge to carroll and in southwest iowa near creston but it will not be expected to amount. It should not impact travel and flurries will move out by noon but the clouds will likely be lingering into the afternoon. Highs will be above freezing so we will see nothing out there. Warmup against tomorrow and it will feel like spring with highs in the 50s and 60s and warmer temperatures through the weekend. Next week look slightly cooler but still decent. Shaina we have new video from a series of tornadoes that hit the southern united states. This home in mississippi was destroyed by the storm. Several homes through the state as well as alabama and parts of florida were also destroyed. No people were hurt but the owner of this home says one of his dogs did not make it out in time. Pope francis is wrapping up his visit to mexico. He is planning to celebrate mass before hundreds of thousands of people in water as juarez. The plan is that after the mass he will walk up to the fence and offer a personal prayer for migrants. Shaina the pope also plans to visit a prison in warez and meet mexican workers in grassroots he has been during the entire mexican country focusing primarily on helping the poorest and most vulnerable to drug violence. Eric last month was a recordbreaker for the iowa lottery. The lottery says the 1. 6 billion Powerball Jackpot helped boost sales. Total sales in january for the lottery reached more than 54 million. That is just in one month. The previous record was in february of 2006 at just 42 million. One of the biggest pizza chains in the entire country isnt even a pizza chain. Its Caseys General store. They lay claim to being the fifthlargest pizza chain in the entire united states. The Company Makes 15 million pizzas every year. Its a lot. A local Convenience Store is taking advantage of a 2015 state law allowing the sale of craft beer in to go containers called growlers. Kcci got a look inside kum it features a fresh made food counter at a growlers service station. Eight beers on tap at the Convenience Store including three local brews. They have been testing the service station in arkansas since july. You dont have to travel to different breweries. Some specialty brews will be given so you can fill several growlers at once. Eric the johnston store will be back open on thursday and they are doing this and 28 other Stores Across 11 states to match that same new marketplace design. Elizabeth after a threeday holiday weekend, the dow jumped 222 points and the nasdaq was up more than 98. The s p 500 added more than 31. Another step forward in relations between the u. S. And cuba. Soon u. S. Commercial airlines can fly to the country. American carriers can bid on as there are only about 10 to 15 currently. New flights could begin as early as this fall. Agriculture department would stamps to stock up on healthier options. People have access to better food. The rules would require stores to carry at least 168 items at the usda considers hobby. Considers healthy. Eric according to the Insurance Institute for highway safety, vehicles for these new drivers should be boring and slow. The company says the best midsize car for teenagers is the 2012 ford fusion. The best large car is the 2012 buick regal. The best small or midsize suv is the 2014 subaru forrester. Tesla and radio flyer have teamed up on this electric model s. It has working headlights and it comes in three colors, red, silver, and blue. The difference between this and the adult model is the speed. The kids version gets up to six miles an hour. Junior roles of the preschool looking good. Elizabeth we want to head over to metinka. Morning joggers have it easy on the roads for once. Metinka yes, the Road Conditions are nice for once. We are tracking this throughout ghana and carol algona and carroll. Flurries are along the wind shift line ahead of the few is flurries. We have the wind already switching back to the southeast and eventually that wind will be pulling in warmer air with this snow flurries and showers extending to the southwest of minnesota. They will be with us for a few hours this morning, the future cast showing through 8 00 a. M. The flurry activity continues mainly west of i35 as we get closer to noon. This whole area of flurries will diminish considerably and have a couple of flakes near algona. Highs today will be course so make sure you grab the warm coat and mittens. Highs in the 30s across central iowa with maybe 40s to the southwest. Tomorrow is on the big warmup begins. Highs across the southern half of the state will warm into the 50s and maybe 60s near him a 80s possible near kansas. Across northern iowa, you will not get as warm. You still have some snow that needs to melt first but high temperatures friday i looking nice with 50s and 60s across the state. Iowa but watch for refreeze may be in the corners along curbside. The breeze will not be a factor. We are staying seasonably chilly out there with a couple of flurries this morning overnight and watch for refreeze although temperatures will stay close to freezing. Tomorrow is when the nice warm air begins to push in. It will be breezy and comfortable heading for 56 degrees. Maybe where coats tomorrow and friday afternoon with highs in the low 60s. You might only need a windbreaker. It will be gusty on friday but that is ok. We need strong wind to usher in warm temperatures. Over the weekend highs in the 50s. Elizabeth all quiet on the roads . Shaina things are looking good. Kind of the first morning in a while without something on the road. As metinka says it will get better. I just have a few mobile speed units mostly in des moines. Another one at 1200 commons parkway. 2500 guthrie ave. A polk county car at 5000 northeast 22nd street another in bondurant on the 11,000 block of northeast 64th street. Nikole im Nikole Killion and why apple is ple eric apple is vowing to fight the federal judges order to hack into the phone of San Bernardino shooter. Elizabeth Nikole Killion is live in washington with the latebreaking details. What does the tech company have to say about this . Nikole good morning. Apple says it opposes this court order which has implications far beyond this case. Its website, tim cook says the move threatens the security of its customers and undermines encryption by opening up a backdoor that could be used on other devices. This after a judge ordered the company to provide special software to allow federal agents to unlock the phone of San Bernardino shooter syed farook. He and his wife killed 14 people at a holiday lunch in december. The first of its kind ruling now sets the stage for a pretty intense legal battle between the federal government and Silicon Valley over privacy and national security. Eric another story thats developing is kind of scary. Several u. S. Stealth jets are flying over south korea as tensions with the north grow. Why is the u. S. Getting involved . Nikole the u. S. Says it maintains an ironclad commitment to south korea after deploying for fighter jets in a show of force. This happened after north korea recently conducted a nuclear the u. S. And south korea consider the rocket launch a prohibited test of missile technology. South koreas president warned of the norths collapse if it program. Pyongyang is likely to view the american air power as a threat. Although the u. S. Has not said how long the jets will be deployed. Elizabeth Nikole Killion live in washington, thank you. For big issues and how they will impact you. Plus, she won the lottery but its what she did with the money thats amazing. Seven finalists, only one can be the top dog. Elizabeth as for drivers. To bills of the statehouse and the big changes they could mean for you on iowa roadways. Alyx the scoreboards are up from beef to beefy athletes. A big strong weekend for the metros economy ahead. The mostwatched morning news in central iowa. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning. Trump trump. Hello, who is this . Donald trump hello this is donald trump, hello stephen. Eric Stephen Colbert taking a call from donald trump and called him out on his potty mouth. Go