That means more training for educators and other mandatory reporters. Trained on what to look for, how to know and how to ask the right questions. What the criteria might be that would help understand that this child is being affected by human trafficking. Laura they say these bills are nobrainers. Exists. Senate but they need to go through the house. Office. Hart says her bill uses resources we are to have. Also a protest against the governors plan to privatize medicaid. Chet culver along with Healthcare Providers and medicare clients staged a rally in the rotunda. They fear problems when private Companies Take over management on april 1. Elizabeth a des moines mother speaks with kcci about her sons frightening experience at school when a student found a gun on the playground of part of new elementary. Des moines Public School officials dont know if the gun is connected with the shooting tuesday night in the schools parking lot. Eric police say someone shut darius coulter. They say he was with a group trying to buy marijuana when someone pulled up and started firing shots. Medic sound him a few blocks away from the school. He said he had to run to find a house for he could call 911. So far, no arrests. Elizabeth emmy victor spoke with a mother who says her mother was on the playground wednesday and another child found a gun. Emmy Samantha Russell was outside Parkview Elementary school to become percent from recent recess. She had something blacken her hand. I looked at it and i said thats not right. I looked again and i was like, oh my goodness. Emmy love the shooting that happened on School Property tuesday night, she called the school to report what she saw. My son is in kindergarten, what if he picked it up or another student tried to shoot it . Emmy the gun was given to a teacher and the incident has been a hot topic since. Kids in my class were talking about it. Emmy other parents felt uneasy about the shooting. Already Holding Discussions with their children. We drill it into her chin into her to make sure she knows it could be dangerous. Emmy some are worried and violence is spreading to this part of town. A lot of people have been here for years and have Young Children and this isnt what we want to see on the south side. Elizabeth des moines Public SchoolOfficials Say the gun was a bb gun and it did not go off. No students were injured. It is therefore 34 and we want metinka it is the way and making a big difference. Producing wind chills in the teens and the 20s. Nothing bone chilling but you will notice a chill to the air. Highs today will be in the low 30s across Northern Iowa and upper 30s for central and in and southern iowa. The air pushes back into the state and we did get back into the 40s or 50s for the weekend. Eric des moines is at its highest, rate in 20 years. Now the police chief is finding an unusual way to combat filing crime. Ryan smith shows how the communitys top cop is doing community outreach. Ryan the untimely death of harrison jim. Harris. Inspiring local hiphop its all about how you feel about the music. He was at one time left for dead in chicago and has dedicated his life to keeping the getting environment out of central iowa. Everybody goes through something. Its how you come out of it. I want to teach people how. Ryan the video taking center stage in the Des Moines Police facebook page. Promoting the songs peaceful message. To be able to use his talents in this way, i think it helps our Community Across the board and his heart is in the right place. Ryan dana wingert admits wills lyrics are making an impact. That talent can reach people we wouldnt reach through our normal means. He can reach them for music. Ryan the chief is stepping in himself, making an appearance in a track encouraging unity among pulleys, communities, and everywhere in between. Im done with people saying all whites, all caps, all blacks are bad. Stott stop saying everybody and start giving names. Eric he will not be wrapping or freestanding in the music video but it will be released on social media on tuesday, march 1. Elizabeth president obama is said to be moving forward with a nominee for the u. S. Supreme court. Senator Charles Grassley is speaking out for the First Time Since refusing to consider a nomination. Cynthia fodor has the latest on the Supreme Court vacancy. Cynthia according to a cnn source, governor Brian Sandoval is being fitted for a nomination. He is a former federal judge considered a moderate republican. It is not an issue about who this is an opportunity for the people to have a voice in the choosing of the next Supreme Court justice. Cynthia iowa senator Charles Grassley who heads the Senate JudiciaryCommittee Says he will not hold confirmation hearings that whoever president obama chooses. I have a responsibility to see were my colleagues are. We have to consult with each other as you cant have a chairman of the Committee Going one direction and 10 members of his caucus going the other direction. Cynthia the president says it would be difficult for republicans to explain blocking the nomination. President obama i recognize the politics are important because the easier thing to do is to give into the most extreme voices within their party. Cynthia a new tv ad by justice, not politics is airing here this week featuring Sandra Day Oconnor calling for an immediate important i think there needs to be somebody there now to do the job and lets get on with it. Cynthia the ad asks iowans to call grassley to ask him and remind him the nation looks to iowa. Elizabeth the Senators Office says it is working with the white house to seven time to meet likely early next week. Cnn sources say they will make the decision on a money soon. Eric one of the biggest events at Wells Fargo Arena is three weeks away. The precautions already underway in des moines for the ncaa mens basketball tournament. Elizabeth per a push back. 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. Metinka good morning. It is a chilly start at 32 in des moines. No precipitation or fog. Brisk wind from the northwest at 15 miles per hour. Enough wind to make it feel cooler. Wind chills 10 degrees colder than the actual temperatures. Grab warmer coats. The brisk wind will be with us through the afternoon. Highs will be cooler than they should be in the upper 30s with temperatures will recover and highs will jump into the mid40s and over the weekend, 50s and 60s are on the way and the mild weather continues for the start of next week. Elizabeth the mens ncaa basketball tournament will take over des moines in three weeks. Eric Marcus Mcintosh has more on the security efforts underway surrounding defense like that in des moines. Marcus events precautions have been in place for a few months of the Wells Fargo Arena. They are using a metal detecting wand on everyone entering. That has transitioned over to a lot of other events. We have a want for the iowa barnstormers. Marcus members of the greater dm convention and Visitors Bureau make sure that a safety particle is in place. Making sure the effort is coming in need to be on top of their game and want to hit their peak as emergency responders, as a community, we need to be prepared as we can be. Marcus the Training Session to understanding about responsibilities and communication between elected officials, the operation center, and firsttime responders. When it comes to the ncaa hoops tournament, visitors will have to pass by metal detectors and other it protocols designed to blend into the background. We want to make sure that this is a safe and secure event and to meet expectations. Marcus expectations about not feeling insecure about your safety. Its important for people coming to wells fargo to feel comfortable. Marcus when it comes to the tournament, everyone will be ready. This is a game day for area responders and the community. Eric Chris Connelly says stepped up security like those metal detectors are already at events link the iowa wild games and they will have them ready for the ncaa mens basketball tournament. Elizabeth what happens if the st. Patricks day parade is not on st. Patricks day . We will find out in a few weeks. Todd magel has more on the big todd its a des moines tradition. The st. Patricks day parade has marched through downtown for more than three decades. But this year it will be on st. Patricks day. The parade moves to the day after which is friday, march 18. Why . The ncaa basketball tournament comes to town on thursday, march 17. It will be cold have put things coming but it could create a lot of congestion downtown. Todd so greg at the greater dm convention and Visitors Bureau went to work and asked Saint Patrick to think about moving their historical celebration. This was like moving christmas. It was like that with some people and i totally understood that. March 17 this st. Patricks day. Once i explained whats going on they all came around. Todd he says they came around more quickly thanks to a 10,000 payment from Downtown Des Moines leaders. Parade and its charities. We are friendly so we need to work with people. Todd now they will have two days to celebrate, think of it as an extra dose of luck. Elizabeth ironically this years parade grand marshal is greg edwards, ceo of the convention and Visitors Bureau so hopefully no hard feelings about the change. Eric we are waking up to 32 degrees, it will market much warmer than that. We weather is never more than five minutes away, only on kcci 8 news this morning. Metinka good morning. It will be another cool and breezy day. Temperatures close to freezing, will probably lose a few more degrees closer to sunrise and not work recover much. The wind is making a huge difference. Coming out of the northwest adding a chill. 15 miles an hour. You will notice it on the road. Tomorrow the wind shifts to the southwest and this is the warmer direction. Those will build in for the weekend and bring warmer temps. It is feeling colder than the actual temperature so went to wind chills are in the teens and the 20s. Overnight if youre having to the fast moving center to the midwest, that is going to the south. There are a few holes in the clouds but theres a lot of flooding across the midwest. At least we are not dealing with this huge mess. Severe weather concerns along the eastern u. S. And into the northern u. S. Followed by winter storm warnings still continuing near the great lakes. Client weather comparatively here in the midwest. High pressure will build in over the next several days and that will scour out the clouds. Warmer air tomorrow remains to the west of the wind shift line. We will start to pick back up coming from the southwest allowing the warm temperatures to come in especially on saturday. Toward sunday, the cold front will be across the dakotas and that will be sleeping through the state. Tomorrow highs will be where they should be a few degrees cooler in the 30s with tomorrow toward saturday it looks gorgeous with 50s and 60s across the state. Des moines at 32, the wind chill at 22 because of the brisk wind. Highs today wont be a whole lot different from temperatures now heading for 37 supplant on it being cool at busy. And breezy. Sunshine in the afternoon with highs in the mid 40s and the weekend looks fabulous with 50s and 60s on the way with a slight chance for a stray sprinkle late sunday afternoon and early next week. Elizabeth scammers trick a man suffering from ptsd and a brain injury and to paying 1000 for a therapy dog that doesnt exist. Eric kim st. Onge explains how it happened and how to avoid becoming a victim. Kim mike desperas paid almost a thousand dollars for a puppy he hoped would be his new friend. He found her on a website called 400 to get a beautiful dog. A dachshund puppy that was 12 years 12 weeks old. How strange. Kim the owner who claimed to be a in oklahoma with a promise to ship the dog in a few days by paying somebody in massachusetts. They sent me a text saying they needed 725 more for insurance that was refundable. Kim mike was forced to borrow money from friends after the owner requested more money for vaccines and a cage. Mike was devastated when he realized hed been scammed and was out 975. Its something that i need. I need another docs and doxen. Kim i got the same reps response from the scammers. Losing their best friend. If one other person doesnt fall for this, because of me speaking out, then thats better than nothing. Eric the Des Moines Better Business Bureau suggested not sending or wiring money to people you dont know. Be aware of ads with multiple misspellings or grammatical errors. A lot of these come from overseas. Why metinka you are waking up to another quiet day although its chilly and 32 in des moines. We have a brisk wind from the northwest and wind chills from 15 degrees to about 20. Added for 37 this afternoon and temperatures wont get a chance across the area and warmer air will start to move back in. Above average tomorrow and the mid to upper 40s and 60s over the weekend. Toward next week, monday looks good but by the middle part of the week tuesday into wednesday we have a chance for rain or snow. We want to bring it to more of ames. Eric a barbecue joint that has been in campus town for three decades is moving out. You may know it as battles barbeque. Elizabeth the owner will say goodbye to their campus town location because another business has spot appeared vanessa peng has bought it. Vanessa peng shows us why. Vanessa time is running out. We need to move shop or call it quits. Vanessa battlecry smokehouse, formerly formally known as battle cries barbecue has been there for 15 years. Ive been coming here since it was on its initial location on heyward. Years. Vanessa two years ago, comment go bought the building. I love this place too much to let it go. Vanessa the owners plan to move out of campus town but they will open a new restaurant somewhere in ames within the next year. Campus town is a fantastic place but unfortunately at the moment its not a place were we can grow the business. The type of people that make it to campus town are basically students and its hard to get a family crowd or an older crowd to come in because the traffic is hard and is not a lot of parking. They tell me the new restaurant will be bigger than the current spot with the bar and a new menu. They will have burgers, salads, and desserts. In addition to the menu. I would definitely go and elizabeth the new restaurant will be called battle cry iowa smokehouse and bar. The owners hope to move and by the end of march 2017. Comment go says they have no specific plans for the current building. Eric two full hours of todays top stories are coming up. Information on a double murder in des moines. And a shifted foc news. Elizabeth charges filed. The man is finally behind bars in connection to a double murder from last november. What took so long for authorities to charge him. Hawkeyes. Butwhat went wrong in the game against wisconsin and how players are focused on their future and opportunities. Elizabeth it is thursday, february 25. We are focused on the weekend warmup but we have another cool day to get through. Metinka we need to bundle up. 32 in des moines but the breeze makes a big difference. Coming from the northwest at 15 miles an hour making it feel like 22. No fog to worry about what those kids will need to bundle up for outdoor recess. Temperatures will fall a couple more degrees closer to 30s so they will need warm coats and mittens. A high near 37 which is a few degrees shy of the typical hide. We all make up for it for the next several days with 40s on friday with 50s and 60s on the weekend. Eric new information overnight. Charges are filed in a months old double murder case in des moines. Emmy victor is live in des moines with more. Remind us about this case. Emmy this stems from a double murder have been following since