he is speaking out for the first time about this fight caught on several cell phone cameras on grimes last week. >> he pulled me by my hair and i punched him. todd: johnston schoolbus trevor robert scarbrough was arrested. now the family is putting the driver and district on that is. >> the family wants the bus driver to know that it is never ok to put your hands on a child when you are angry. todd: scarborough asked suarez to move frorohis seat before the fight broke out and the teenager admits he yelled a profane statement which clearly set the driver off. >> christian said something that was offensive to the bus driver and the bus driver assaulted him. todd: suarez says he regrets the outburst and in the future. >> i will try not to say anything mean. eric: suarez now drives to school with his family and is afraid to get back on the bus. the attorney says they are discussing the possibility of suing the school district and bus driver. a missing two-year-old, a frantic search, and the train. a rescue by a man called a hero. elizabeth: nmamax's mom says he wandered off after he was upset he couldn't play with a toy. they say there's one person to thank for finding him in the nick of time. we have the exclusive story from oc a lot. -- osceola. as he followed max's frantic cries for help. >> i fell down the ravine, got back up, and my way out. the boy was 20 feet down this way. kim: no more than three minutes after he grabbed him, the train came speeding by. >> he was frightened to death so when i got a hold of him, i was so happy. playing with his toy train in the home. >> the remember me? >> the two-year-old only suffered minor cuts. >> you are ok, that's the main thing. kim: with help from a translator, his mother says what it means to hold her son again. >> she was really excited and blessed he was home and his brothers were excited to and his dad was happy he was home with the family. kim: still sinking in for birch that had he found max a few minutes later, the story may have had a different ending. >> what brought me down here? i have prayed about it. for people who don't believe, i think this would make you a believer. kim: there is a happy ending for this little boy and his mother smiling, no translation necessary. metinka: temperatures are at the average highs for today so it will be another nice one. 54 degrees, 50 now in ames and 53 in atoma. clear skies in des moines, no fog yet but we are watching it develop across eastern iowa especially dubuque. if you are getting an early start and heading out, a.b. plan for extra minutes to get where you're going. the fog will be lifting and burning off with highs again in the low 70's. tomorrow, temperatures are cooler because rain in the forecast. a change back to more typical november weather. elizabeth: de moines water works customers face a rate hike next year and this comes as its ceo could receive a bonus by the end of 2020. eric: nikole: according to the employment contract, the executive will receive $500,000 if he stays in des moines five more years. customers are concerned that money could be better spent. ryan smith breaks it down. ryan: kcci obtained bill stowe's implement contract, and there is a golden parachute. guaranteeing he will be getting 200% of his contract if he stays the 2020. a half-million dollar payoff according to the ceo is them way to keep the most qualified person on the job. graham gillette says it has helped the public utility save millions. stowe we vamped the retirement system, transitioning from a self-funded plan to the state plan known as ipers. >> bills history with des moines has enabled him to navigate and negotiate well with the city. he is an engineer,, an attorney by training, he understands this better than almost anyone in the country. ryan: board members approved the bonus in september, one month later they signed off on a 10% rate hike for customers. we have learned that water works is spending $750,000 on his lawsuit against three northwest iowa counties over water quality issues. they recently hired an environmental advocate with an annual salary of $62,000. des moines city councilwoman chris hensley is not sold. >> a 10% increase in water rates and having crumbling infrastructure and then to have a $500,000 golden parachute. the problem. we spoke with him over the phone and he says what a rates across the u.s. are going up. nevada business owners want the dot tonight and interchange project and said the six street exit off highway 30 will be closed if the dot proposal goes elizabeth: shop owners say it will kill downtown business. vanessa peng has more. vanessa: all drivers have to do is make a left off of this section of highway 30 and they are in downtown nevada. >> the six street exit, it will cut main street off at the knees. vanessa: the proposed project calls for a diamond ente intersection. that means people will have to take an exit further west and drive through town to get to six street. >> don't do it, just don't do it. vanessa: almeda warner is a clerk at ben franklin. she says they recently underwent a revival and doesn't want to see it go away. >> we are just coming back with new businesses, and that will kill it. vanessa: jodi brooke owns one of those. >> you close that down, the flow of traffic that usually goes through here will not. vanessa: laura melton also opened her doors a few months ago. >> i know customers are busy and have things to do. 10 next are minutes to navigate -- 10 next are minutes to navigate are going to be a hassle. vanessa: city leaders tell as they have lobbied the dot for the highway 30 project for 30 years. with a growing population and industrial traffic, safety is a concern. city officials tell us the dot presented them with two plans. the alternative would mix truck traffic with residential. leaders tell us the third of a community south of highway 30, this was the lesser of two evils. elizabeth: there will be a meeting for more public comments tuesday, november 17 at 5:00 p.m. at gates hall. eric: a democratic effort to the handover is set to begin january 1. it's drawn scrutiny over the projected cost savings and how contract seven awarded and have the change would impact patients. elizabeth: coming up, hillary clinton supporters show up by the hundreds at grinnell college. how the front runner is drawing them in. eric: a controversial monument in knoxville moves. >> 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: another beautiful start with temperatures more than the typical highs. starting in the 50's. it is a warm one in fort dodge at 55. clear skies in central iowa, no fog yet but we are watching it close. it is across eastern iowa with visibility sneered to view down to a mile and a quarter. -- visibility near dubuque down to a mile and a quarter. sunshine and a great afternoon with noon temperatures near 68 and nice and comfortable over lunch. a high of 72 degrees. today will be the last warm day for a while. changes are coming tomorrow followed by november weather for elizabeth: new national poll numbers out tuesday show a double-digit lead the democratic front runner hillary clinton. eric: a new poll shows clinton's 11 our benghazi hearing only helped her. she has 62-31% over bernie sanders. former maryland governor martin o'malley is at 3%. clinton brought her campaign to east and tuesday in central iowa last night. cynthia fodor has more from grinnell. cynthia: students brought textbooks while waiting for clinton after standing in line waiting to get through security. many said the campus is split half and half for bernie and hillary. >> i think her platform appeals to young people, her stance on gay rights, abortion, it speaks to us. her policy suggestions for student debt. >> we will refinance student debt that will save you thousands of dollars. i will not provide for donald trump skids. i won't make it free for people who should be able to pay for it. i want the middle-class and working folks and ambitious poor kids to have the chance to get back into college. cynthia: clinton blamed the economic woes on republicans and said she would push for raising the minimum wage to $12 per hour. she focused on gun control and laid out her plan to stop gun violence. she went to take on the powerful gun industry pledging to close loopholes in the background check system. >> what stands in the way, one of the most powerful lobbies in our country. the nra. they intimidate, they bully. cynthia: she spent most of her time answering questions but ended with one from a child. >> when did you want to be president? clinton: i wanted to be now i want to be president in 2016 -- 17. . i hope that does work out better. eric: clinton will be back in central iowa next weekend for the second democratic debate. that is cohosted by us. it is at drake university. the new nbc wall street journal poll shows ben carson is now on top. he has 29% support to donald trump's 23%. marco rubio is seeing a surge after the last debate and has 11%. elizabeth: election results are in from across polk county. mayor frank county beat challenger anthony taylor by 5000 votes. for council at-large, chris coleman defeats loren esse. in ward two, linda westergaard beats marty mauk for bob mahaffey seat. in ward four, income and joe gatto ran unopposed. you can find the full results on our website and our app. eric: quarter to five but it is 54 degrees. a beautiful day and that is closer to what the normal high is. >> weather is never more than five minutes away, only on kcci 8 news this morning. metinka: good morning, another great day like yesterday. starting with temps in the 50's and a high above average near 72. great conditions. watch for fog early. foggy conditions have been across eastern iowa with visibility dropping toward the east central part of the state. light fog developing to the west so watch for changing conditions over the next couple of hours. low-level moisture streaming from missouri. also spreading from illinois, like tuesday. as the fog develops it will burn off by noon giving way to a gorgeous day. things will change to work tomorrow. the system to the west will be pulling in here. it will bring a chance for rain. here is futurecast, jumping to tomorrow morning, we will track showers during the early morning and maybe thundershowers. redeveloping as the cold front pushes through the area. mid afternoon, we are dealing with rain but by 8:00 or 9:00 it shifts east and we end up with a half-inch of rain fall. it will also drop temperatures, today will be the last warm one near record highs into the 70's. tomorrow with clouds and showers, temperatures in the 60's and behind the cold front, more typical weather arrives for friday. 40's to the north and 50's for the central part of the state. jacket weather toward the weekend. 54 degrees, typical high for today so a great day to start out. testing this afternoon, a great one for any outdoor plans and maybe yard work. overnight lows close to 60 in many locations, tomorrow, showers and thundershowers in the forecast for the day. over the weekend, it will feel like november. chris -- crisp in the 50's. next week temperatures are above average close to 60 with a chance of rain by the middle part of the week. eric: the soldier memorial in knoxville at the center of the controversy will soon be on the move. elizabeth: the threat of a lawsuit by a national group that pushing for separation of church and state pressured them to move the memorial 75 feet to the east. mark tauscheck has more on why it sparks debate. >> i think it's kind of silly. >> i think it's ridiculous. mark: not everybody thinks anger over a cross on city property is ridiculous so a knoxville city council approved a plan that will move it across the street to a privately owned empty lot. work has started on installation of a new memorial, a bronze battlefield cross, although the city is told the local amvets post they have to drop the word cross and call it a battlefield memorial. >> are you kidding me? no one else in the world has asked to do that. in a way we're unique. mark: don zoutte says his post is moving the cross memorial but not by choice. he says the city council on the property and now they have voted to move it. >> knoxville councilman tim pitt footed against the plan to move it and he claims they previously told the city they would decide what to do with memorial because the memorial was their property. >> its public perception. if they can put it on us to make the decision than we're the bad guys. >> it's not a decision, they on the property. >> if it's going to stop that bickering i suppose it's good. i think that whole thing is ridiculous trying to move it, crying over nothing. elizabeth: the old memorial with the silhouette soldier and cross will move across the street next week after veterans day and the owner of the empty lot told us he is happy to help this important cause. eric: it was started in an iowa basement and now it's been metinka: the beautiful start to this wednesday, already 54 degrees. we are waking up to fog, especially east of the metro. watch for that early today. it will be a great afternoon to go outdoors and maybe put up holiday decorations. 72 degrees today, another near record high with gusty southwind. tomorrow, thundershowers in the forecast. then friday will feel more like november. temperatures requiring a jacket with highs in the 50's and that is where they stay into the weekend. we will have sunshine in the forecast. next week looks unsettled but temperatures stay above average close to 60. elizabeth: american eagle outfitters is buying an iowa-based company for $11 million. the company that started in an iowa man made airtt big. laura: look around the tailgate clothing store in iowa city and you will see there is surely something for everyone. quality stylish vintage designs and every color, shape and size. todd snyder is the creator of this story. the huxley natives and fashion design graduate from iowa state university founded the tailgate company in 1997. former iowa hawkeye football kicker nate kat nate kaeding >> is a partner. it's been a fun project to bring some of these back to life. laura: it's so successful snyder has a store in new york city were t-shirts fly off the shelves. >> the first day we printed 50 and then another 200 than 500, and then another 500? it is been pretty amazing. laura: tuesday tailgate announced american eagle outfitter is purchasing the company for $11 million. this means 200 tailgate stores will open at universities nationwide. snyder says this will create a unique lifestyle destination on college campuses. eric: the sale includes the premium fashion end of tailgate, they will start with sec and then big ten colleges as well and they will sell american eagle jeans. elizabeth: a world championship celebration in kansas city tuesday, incredible images of thousands of people flooding downtown for the parade and rally. traffic was so heavy before the celebration that some drivers parked alongside the interstate and walked. 100,000 people took buses to the rally and officials say the crowds were larger than they expected. several school districts they clinched the first world series championship in 30 years, beating the new york mets four games to one. eric: half million people, crazy crowds. coming up, deathly odor. how to protect you and your