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race in decades. more twists and turns are expected as super tuesday looms large. that is set for next week, march 1. elizabeth: donald trump is now looking for his third victory. and senators marco rubio and ted cruz battle for second. danielle nottingham has more. hena: -- hena: -- danielle: donald trump is on a roll after picking up 50 delegates in his south carolina victory. but trump isn't underestimating his republican rivals. >> i'm dealing with very talented people, smart people, good people. i think they'll be competing. danielle: it is shaping up to be a three man race between trump and senators marco rubio and ted cruz heading into tuesdays caucuses in nevada. rubio picked up the endorsement of nevada senator dean heller it could be key in his effort to become the choice of establishment republicans. >> the democrats don't want to run against me but i want to run against them. >> cruz is hitting the ground hard here in nevada after a disappointing third place finish in south carolina where he lost the evangelical vote to trump. >> it is becoming clearer and clearer that we are the one campaign that can beat donald trump. danielle: -- beat donald trump. in fact were the only campaign that has beaten donald trump . danielle: his supporters agree. >> he will do the best to save our country. more than that he's going to save the constitution. were going back to the constitution. danielle: senator bernie sanders was also looking to rebound from a tough loss in nevada to hillary clinton. he attended church services in south carolina sunday trying to court black voters. the democrats have their next contest saturday in the palmetto state. rob, -- pahrump, nevada. elizabeth: overall trump has 67 delegates ted cruz has 11 and marco rubio has 10 delegates eric: a des moines woman is facing attempted murder charges. police were called to the 1900 block of east walnut saturday on reports that a man had lit himself on fire. when they arrived police say they found the victim burned from head to toe and yelling that his girlfriend set him on fire. after questioning the girlfriend police took her into custody. amy thornton is facing charges of willful injury and attempted murder. we'll be watching today as the murder trail of alexandar fazzino gets underway. fazzino is charged with first-degree murder in the 2012 death of his wife emily beckwith fazzino daughter of fareway ceo richard beckwith. the trial has been moved from boone to decorah. a van flips on its side after a crash involving an suv. it all happened just after 2 sunday afternoon on east 14th street. investigators say the suv was exiting of i-235 when a van crossed it's path. both vehicles were badly damaged. no one was injured in the crash. authorities are still looking into the cause of the crash. elizabeth: and take a look at this. a close call for a semi on highway 5 near southwest 9th street. it happened just after 5:00 sunday afternoon. no word on what caused the semi to go off the road. this crash. every single uniformed police officer in des moines could soon be wearing body cameras. des moines police chief dana wingert says he wants to see the cameras in place by june. the body camera system will cost around $1.4 million. some of the money will come from donors. the rest will come from the department's budget. the time is 4:35. we will check in with metinka. a regular cloudy day out there. metinka: we've got a cloudy great monday. grab a jacket. 30 up to the north there in ames . lamoni looking good as 36. too bad you will not get a chance to warm up much of the clouds. the wind will be light. headed for low 40's across the southern half of the state. upper 30's to the north. tomorrow? very similar. possibly a few snow flurries elizabeth: investigators in michigan are trying to figure out what motivated a man to allegedly commit a series of random shootings. eric: 6 people were killed. two seriously injured. kenneth craig shows us how the kalamazoo community is healing. kenneth: music and prayer brought hundreds of grieving kalamazoo residents together sunday night at a church service to honor the victims killed in a deadly shooting rampage. >> this kind of tragedy happens in california or in new york city or overseas. it doesn't happen here. kenneth: authorities say 45-year-old jason daltons spree allegedly began when he seriously wounded a woman around 6:00 p.m. saturday night outside an apartment complex. four hours later a father and son were killed at this car dealership. then investigators say dalton killed for women -- killed four women at a roadside restaurant. a 14 year girl was seriously injured. investigators say the women were in two cars here in the cracker barrel parking lot. for a motive. cbs news confirmed dalton was working as an uber driver and passed the company's background check. matt mellen says he was daltons 2 hours before the rampage. >> we were driving through medians, driving through the lawn speeding along and finally once he came to a stop i jumped out of the car and ran away -- ran away. kenneth: mellen's fiance posted on facebook to warn other passengers to stay away. authorities believe dalton would have continued his shooting spree if he weren't stopped. kenneth craig, cbs news, kalamazoo, michigan. eric: police say dalton did not have a criminal history and they do not believe the acts are terrorism related. he is being held at the county jail and is set to be arraigned this afternoon. still ahead on kcci. soaring to new heights. how researchers in nebraska are using their new lab for drone advancement. elizabeth: plus a health warning. why that hacking cough could be a lot more serious that you the colds and congestion taking >> 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: good morning. after a pretty good weekend, it is back to reality. the precip now. default is not any problem. we have a light breeze -- the default is not a problem -- the fog is not a problem. we have a light breeze. the temps will not have a chance to warm up at all. by noon, in the upper 30's. topping out in the low 40's. the week ahead is looking similar. quite weather wise -- quiet weather-wise. tim's is will be sticking pretty close tests temperatures will be sticking pretty close to that. -- temperatures will be sticking pretty close to that. eric: call it the unmanned milestone. in nebraska researchers at are taking their drones to new heights. elizabeth: and just wait until you see their lab. andrew ozaki has the story. andy: -- andrew: in the same place husker football players used to break down opponent's air attacks. n.u. researchers are now making break-throughs in unmanned aircraft. tucked in the south part of be the football team's auditorium is now the nebraska intelligent mobile unmanned systems or nimbus lab. >> what we are working in the lab are the drones of the future. andrew: flying robots that can perform tasks like drawing water, -- water samples from streams and rivers, picking up objects, even dropping fireballs to help farmers or fire crews in described burns. >> -- in prescribed burns. >> the idea of sending them up high and taking pictures isn't the focus anymore. andrew: now the focus is how to get low and how to interact with people. the lab started 5 years ago through the computer science program. but since it also includes mechanical engineering and aero-science it encompasses design to application the goal members to make drones more powerful safer and smarter. >> we want these vehicles to be more autonomous more able to do things on their own. andrew: the lab brought in some of the top researchers in the country newly recruited justin bradley is from michigan's aerospace engineering program. >> this is one of the premiere labs i think in the nation for developing this type of technology. andrew: and attracting some of the brightest students even internationally. >> it's really cool that there's a lab in nebraska that is doing projects like this. andrew: the lab has already be awarded millions of dollars in research grants from the usda us air force and national science foundation. while i was there a retired vice admiral and retired general toured the facility. they are with the university's national research institute a group that works as a liaison with the military department and strategic air command. >> gaining ideas and identify potential opportunities that the university might fill for the department. >> robots are even cooler than you think and flying robots are the best of the best. elizabeth: that was andrew ozaki reporting. researchers say they'll start testing the fire starting drones on real fields this spring. it's a familiar sound this time of year that hacking cough. colds and congestion can take over in the winter. eric: but not all coughs are the don champion tells us why. don: mariel felix has had it with her nagging cough. >> i've been ill for a week or so now, and i haven't gotten any better. bronchitis. don: so what exactly does your cough mean? mount sinai urgent care doctor judah fierstein says this time of year most patients have a cold and cough from post nasal drip. >> what starts out as nasal congestion and a mild cough that gets deeper into chest and causes drawn out illness. don: if a person has a dry cough that ends in a rattle it may be asthma. when the cough is wet with colored mucus that can be a sign of pneumonia. >> coughs that are particularly concerning and should prompt someone to go to a doctor earlier are coughs associated with real difficulty. -- real difficulty breathing. a dry cough that gets worse when someone lies down or eats can mean reflux disease. and a severe hacking cough followed by a high pitched whoop could be pertussis or whooping cough. mariel suffers from asthma. a chest xray ruled out pneumonia and determined she has bronchitis. >> unfortunately not uncommon for bronchitis to last two to four weeks. don: dr. fierstein recommended an asthma medication to open her passageways and dark honey to soothe her throat and cough. don champion, cbs news, new york. eric: doctors say experiencing pain when trying to breathe indicates a need for immediate medical attention. time is five: -- 4:45. it is 34 degrees. not too far off we should be. a live look at 235 at mlk shows metinka's >> weather is never more than 5 minutes away, only on kcci 8 news this morning. metinka: good morning you'd you are waking up to quite what -- good morning. you are waking up to quiet weather. you will not get a chance to warm up much at all today. clouds in place. no precept today though. we are tracking a little bit of visibility in ottumwa at three miles. some fog is trying to develop across west central iowa. watch for changing visibility is over the next several hours. temps are starting off pretty close to freezing. 30 now in ames. a little bit on the cool side. we are checking snow showers across northern minnesota. by tomorrow we could see a couple of those flurries. a series of week systems passing through this week it no major weather makers, which is good news. boring weather. a straight flurry or even a straight struggle by tomorrow afternoon. that is going to be followed by another one as we head toward wednesday. this will be moving in by wednesday evening. the main system looks to stay to the south. it moves up the east coast as a if you have travel plans over toward chicago by thursday, you might want to check ahead. otherwise, temperatures have cool down significantly. say goodbye to the 50's and 60's. temps will be seasonably cool. we are starting out with the clouds at 34 degrees we have a bit of a wind chill, feels like 29. that breezes can be shifting back over to the southeast this afternoon here at 43 was behind yesterday here it -- this afternoon. 43 was the high yesterday. tomorrow, here comes that week system bringing snow flurries, especially up to the north. highs getting back above freezing, near 44. the week ahead is looking pretty quiet. blustery days, especially on thursday. temperatures warm up a little with highs getting back close to 50. not too bad at all. eric: 25 years ago "home alone" ruled the box office and vanilla ice released "ice ice baby." elizabeth: and disc jockey jimmy wright was starting at star 102.5 radio. kcci's marcus mcintosh sat down with wright to talk about his career. marcus: february 11 of 2016 marked a milestone for what is now a very familiar voice in central iowa. >> it is the 58 annual grammy awards. i didn't think i would last probably 3 or 4 years at that . marcus: jimmy wright talked his way well past that estimate. he has worked in radio for 27 years, the last 25 behind the mic at star wright says radio was always in his blood. this was my passion. -- >> this was my passion. i remember when i was a kid growing up listening to the radio in the car and i would listen for hours until the battery went dead. marcus: a quarter century at star has not drained his batteries because every day he is recharged and renewed. it has been fun. i enjoy every minute of it. every time i crack that mic open, it's like the first time. so it just feels like i came out of college. i get nervous. today's best variety all day. marcus: what wright was never nervous about was having dark skin in a world of white faces. >> it is about fun. if they enjoy what you are doing and you enjoy what you are doing it all comes together. marcus: it has come together quite well for a man who arrived at star 102.5 radio more than 25 year and never wanted to leave. >> i have family here. i have friends here. i'm established here, so those kinds of things. it is not necessarily bigger. it is better. marcus: wright has done well for himself in central iowa along with his shift behind the mic he's also star's music director and assistant brand manager who has one goal for his next radio milestone. >> come back in 25 years and marcus: in des moines, marcus mcintosh, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. elizabeth: jimmy wright can be heard on star 102.5 weekdays from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. eric: state wrestling has wrapped up. we'll take a look at one of the weekend's best stories next on metinka: good morning. you are waking up to quiet weather. we've got clouds in place. watch for changing visibility's. 33 in des moines. we have a light breeze that is on to become more southeasterly this afternoon. with all of the clouds holding tight, temperatures are headed nowhere fast. 43 is the hide this afternoon. ready the jackets again. tomorrow we have a slight chance of seeing a straight flurry. temperatures holding in the low-to-mid 40's. the week ahead is going to be pretty quiet. cooler air headed our way by thursday. warming back up as we head back toward saturday. eric: as we know high school wrestling in iowa is among the most elite in the country. elizabeth: so when you are an elite among the elites its -- it is pretty special. tony seeman introduces us to a wrestler who absolutely attacks the mat. tony: for the past two seasons, if you were a three a wrestler at 145 pounds, here is how the story went. you go against michael zachary, you lose. >> you have to go out there and >> a lot of times you have to sit back and are amazed at the things he does. tony: the senior has one thing on his mind, when -- win. question he did not give up a point on -- >> he did not give up a point all year. >> it is hard to go undefeated if you don't get taken down. they both playoff each other. tony: he was not taken down, not once. the other way opponents would take it -- would score point is when he let them go. >> the best athlete in the state of iowa, that is what i truly think he is. it is a blessing for us here at tony: for every takedown instead, his biggest fan section did he comes from a family of 10 brothers and sisters. >> the world is open to him. train here -- we train hard. >> it is a great feeling to know they are right there. they support me through everything no matter if i win or lose. tony: back to back state chance, the perfect ending. tony seeman, kcci, iowa's sports leader. elizabeth: ahead at 5:00 a.m. shooting spree. we're learning new details about the kalamazoo gunmen. what he did along his shooting route. plus an overnight stabbing. what police found on the scene all next on >> you are watching kcci 8 news. waking up to overnight news. a man stabbed in des moines. what police found at the scene. chilling details. he picked up passengers during his shooting spree. customers of an uber driver in michigan reveal the suspect's behavior. this weekend's presidential among the gop candidates. what could happen this week this good morning everyone and i'm eric hanson. elizabeth: im elizabeth klinge. after a pretty nice weekend, headed for a quiet week, weather-wise here it -- weather-wise. metinka: nothing to concern you for your morning drive. 33 now. we are waking up to clouds. no-fault in the city. -- no-fault in the city. those kiddos are going to need to bundle up with coats. temps around 39 to 40 degrees. right where temperatures should be. looking pretty quiet in pretty cool. elizabeth: new stories this morning, des moines police are investigating an overnight stabbing. officers were called to the quik trip on southeast 14th around 2:30 this morning. that's where they found the right now we haven't heard any information on the extent of his injuries. police did stop a possible suspect nearby. stay tuned to kcci throughout the morning as we learn more. eric: in commitment 2016 news this morning, donald trump and hillary clinton have momentum after big victories this weekend in south carolina and nevada. while republican presidential candidates are now turning their attention to the west, the democratic candidates are focused on the south. don champion has the latest from the campaign trail. don: senators ted cruz and marco rubio are essentially fighting for second place as the republicans turn their attention to the nevada caucuses. both are courting the latino vote. >> each generation before us confronted their problems. they did not leave their problems for the kids. they solved their problems. >> if you look at the hispanic community right now, few communities have been hurt harder by the disastrous obama clinton economy.

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