We will keep the mix off to the north. Some mist hanging around by noon, 30 degrees. 3 00 temperature, 39. We have a big winter story winter storm coming up. Alyx right now, survivors of the deadly storms in the south spent Christmas Day cleaning up wreckage and giving thanks just to be alive. Unusually warm weather spawned an outbreak of tornadoes that killed at least 14 people. Mark strassman reports from mississippi. This is bad, this is bad. Mark Sonia Wilkins came home to no sign of christmas joy. This is where i used to live and its all gone. Mark wilkins home is among hundreds destroyed by the cluster of deadly tornadoes. The youngest victim, 7yearold nikolas pumroy, trapped in the car with his mother and sister. The winds ripped him out of the vehicle. Among the six who died in car submerged in a river. This aerial view of ashland, mississippi shows the devastation of the most powerful storm. It reportedly stayed on the ground for at least 145 miles, packing winds up to 160 miles per hour. Barbara williamson was inside her clarksdale home when it was shreded around her. I dont know how im alive. Its a miracle. A christmas miracle. Mark at the Red Cross Emergency Center in holly springs, the Christmas Spirit was on full display. Donated toys for children who lost their presents in the storm. Laverne zinn picked out new toys for her nieces and nephews. The smile on their face, that makes me happy. Mark a hard rain for most of the day kept many families from salvaging what they could. The forecast brightens on saturday, but sunday could be stormy again. Mark strassmann, cbs news, holly springs, mississippi. Alyx devastating footage. Christmas morning crash in webster county. It happened friday afternoon along highway 20 near fort dodge. Webster county Officials Say six people were hurt when the driver of a jeep drifted across the center lane and struck a pickup. All six were taken to area hospitals. We were told one of the injured was an infant. The extent of the injuries is unknown at this time. The clerk of a local store is recovering this morning from a Christmas Eve stabbing. Des Moines Police say a man walked into Southside Liquor and Tobacco Outlet around 6 30 thursday night demanding money. They say he then stabbed a female worker in her right arm. The suspect drove off in a white honda crv with iowa plates dmv672. If you have any information, youre urged to call des Moines Police. And it will be two weeks on monday since a hit and run crash killed an iowa state freshman at lincoln way and ash in ames, right across from campus. Early on december 14. Investigators have examined Surveillance Video from nearby businesses, even talked to some tipsters. But so far, no arrests. If you have any information, you are asked to call ames police. Volunteers around the metro spent Christmas Day giving back. Hope ministries served nearly 2000 meals to those in need. The group formed an Assembly Line to get the food delivered just in time for dinner. Another group, meals on wheels joined Mercy Medical center to cook 350 meals. More than 75 people helped package and drive the food out to hungry recipients. This family we see more of than our normal family because we are here eight hours a day. But the other families we see whenever we can. So it is special. Alyx it certainly is special. Fridays effort marked the seventh year that mercy has paired up with meals on wheels. Lots of people were out and about on Christmas Day even with many places closed for the at flix brewhouse, the theatre served up tons of people in the theater. Multiple showings of star wars sold out at flix. For one ankeny family going to the theaters, they say they were not surprised. They told kcci they bought their tickets two months ago to see star wars. In the spirit of christmas, they wanted to spend time together and the share the experience. We have got family in from california, from the quad cities, and our local family so , theres 18 of us and were all coming to see star wars. Weve probably grown up loving star wars. My son is so excited he cant stand it. Alyx 8 05 on your saturday morning. A little bit of a wintry mix. Frank you have got to see star wars. Satellite radar, off to the north around algona, a fresh here in central iowa, just kind of a mist in the air. The heavier snow around minneapolis back through sections of western wisconsin, so keep that in mind if you have travel plans. Snow wrapping into the dakotas and nebraska. A Winter Weather advisory for Northern Iowa until noon. 11 in rapid city, 35 degrees in des moines. A little bit cooler as you head off to the north and west. Changes on the way. Tomorrow, not too shabby, 33 degrees, but by monday, things start to change. Our next system pulls in several inches of no. Alyx still to come, packing a punch. Well wrap up the 2015 political season as we look ahead to the 2016 elections. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning weekends with alyx sacks and meteorologist metinka slater. Frank good saturday morning, welcome back. It is the day after christmas, and yesterday you woke up to a White Christmas across much of the state. Here is live super doppler. We have some mixed precipitation falling to the north of story city. If you are headed to the north on interstate 35, keep in mind those roadways could be slick. We have just seen some missed in the air mist in the air. In des moines, warm enough for just rain. Off to the north, a little cooler. Knoxville, 36. We are headed for highs not too much warmer than here we are right now, 39 in the metro, 36 in fort dodge. I think we will wrap in some strong wind so hang onto your hat. Alyx the day after christmas, returns have begun. Marcus we are live from the jordan creek mall in west des moines, and the mall opened at 8 00. There have been a steady stream of people. With light rain, there were not people waiting outside, but a steady stream of shoppers coming in to jordan creek. People are in here and having a lot of fun. They say they are kind of excited about the after christmas sales because they feel those are the best sales of the year. When you buy bigticket items, do not leave those by your trash out front. That may give someone the wrong impression about what you have inside your home, and make your home a target for thieves. The mall is open right now, the stores are open, people are coming out. Also, get rid of that gift you may not have wanted, or maybe want an upgrade. We are going to go inside the mall in the next 15 minutes, and i will have more about all of the activity going on. Marcus mcintosh, kcci eight news. Alyx in commit name 2016 news desk in commitment 2016 news this year packed a political , punch, from email scandals to some very popular yet unconventional president ial contenders. Washington with a breakdown of the highlights. Dianne the 2016 president ial Election Campaign kicked into high gear. The crowded gop field started out with a whopping 17 candidates, and one name has dominated the political dialogue. Mr. Bush donald trump. Ms. Fiorina donald trump. Mr. Cruz if you look at donald trump. Dianne the billionaires bombastic style grabbed daily headlines. Mr. Trump i know more about isis than the generals do. Believe me. I would bomb the [bleep] out of them. Now you gotta see this guy, aw, i dont know what i said. I dont remember. Excuse me, sit down, you werent called. Sit down. Sit down. I dont care about megyn kelly but no, i would not apologize. She should probably apologize to me, but i just dont care. Dianne while he maintained frontrunner status, the democratic field much smaller, with political power house Hillary Clinton fighting off junior senator Bernie Sanders and his Huge Campaign crowds. Hillary Clintons Campaign trail hill in october. Ms. Clinton ive lost more sleep than all of you put together. Dianne the democratic frontrunner testified in front of a House Committee investigating the benghazi tragedy. The Clinton Campaign calls it a political witch hunt. Republicans insist its not about clinton, but about getting answers. In washington, im Dianne Gallagher reporting. Alyx many of the candidates laid low this christmas season. But donald trump kept the stops going. Julianna goldman reports. Julianna on Christmas Eve, donald trump attended midnight mass, a service wishing peace and goodwill to all. But trumps holiday spirit has its limits. In a string of twitter attacks, the republican front runner took credit for the obama administrations plan to deport hundreds of Illegal Immigrants back to central america, ridiculed jeb bush, and said, i look forward to running against Hillary Clinton, a totally flawed candidate, and beating trump has used an unconventional playbook to dominate the race with insults and controversies. He has remained on top without pollsters or a single tv ad. Some cracks may be showing in iowa, where ted cruz is ahead by nine points in the latest cbs news poll. The texas senator spent the last week on a multistate tour, complete with a santa at every stop. But its possible that polls are underestimating trumps support. A study earlier this week found he performed six points higher when people were polled online versus over the phone with a person on the other end. One reason, voters may be embarrassed to admit theyre backing someone whos been criticized as a racist. Trump is a bit of an embarrassing person and so if you think of yourself as a serious minded voter and you like trump, youre not going to want to tell people that. Julianna cbs news political analyst Jamelle Bouie says iowa will test a possible trump effect. Iowa is place where unconventional candidates tend to do pretty well and if trump us a guide post to what i think may unfold for the remaining season. Alyx that was Julianna Goldman reporting. The candidates are taking a rare few days off for christmas. But they will be back on the campaign trail starting sunday. We are now just five weeks away from the iowa caucuses. Coming up on kcci eight news closeup on sunday, we sit down and have an indepth talk with governor branstad. He recently became the longest serving governor in our nations history. A lot of people lost their farms, went through some difficult times, but we saved a lot of farms and did a lot to diversify the economy. We started Renewable Energy and now iowa produces more ethanol from corn than we use in gasoline. We have come a long way, and the things we have done in the farm crisis in the 1980s did made iowa a more diversified and prosperous state. Alyx you can hear the governor reflect on his recordbreaking time in office, as well as the through. Thats this sunday on closeup right after face the nation. ,time now, a 17 on a brisk morning. The real issue is the fog and mist. Frank visibility gets worse as you go to the south and west. To the east, it kind of improves. To the north and west, keep in mind some slick roadways as they have seen some snow out there this morning. 35 in the metro. We have a lot of moisture in the air. Wind out of the east, northeast at seven. It is a little cooler off to the north. Clarion at 32, storm lake, 30. Pretty much south of highway 30. An area of low pressure will be sliding off to the east, wrapping in some moisture. That is why they are seeing snow off to the north this morning. This area of low pressure will continue to slide off to the east and on the backside, wrapping in some cooler air from canada. Tomorrow, we will also be breezy. We are going to zoom in a little bit on futurecast. Notice how it has some snow flurries off to the north. It looks like we will hang around with those flurries. Then as we head throughout sunday, we will clear out a little bit and might see sunshine by the end of the afternoon. Some freezing mix will start early in the morning on monday, and a bigtime a bigtime snow maker in iowa. The system continues to pull afternoon hours on monday, and it looks like several inches of accumulation before the system pulls out early tuesday. Notice heavier amounts of to the west, could be looking at six to 12 inches of snow across the state. Out to the east, amounts taper down but keep in mind, the ice amounts increase the further east you go. It is going to be a big impact for the entire midwest. 39 our high today, breezy this afternoon, wind switching out of the east to the north. All eyes turned to monday, 32 degrees as the snow pulls through, a bigtime winter storm possible. Back in the 20s for highs tuesday and wednesday. A waukee teenager scores rose bowl tickets on Christmas Morning. Reaction. On average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. Its called the wage gap. And the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. Hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. Equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. She gets the job done for us. Fact. Advil pain relievers are used by more households than any other leading brand. To treat their aches and pains more people reach for advil. Relief doesnt get any better than this. Advil. Emerge restored. Fortified. Replenished. Emerge everyday with emergenc packed with b vitamins, antioxidants, electrolytes plus more vitamin c than 10 oranges. Why not feel this good everyday . It was the christmas surprise of a lifetime for one local teenager. Nathan sanders, a junior at Waukee High School thought he opened all his presents when he come back here. What is it . Rose bowl tickets. Nathan gets to go to the game with his dad and uncle and cousin. Jeff sanders tells me they are all driving out there and they will head out monday morning. Jeff had to keep the news from his son for over a week but told me it was awesome. The game is at 4 00 on new years day, taking on stanford. Kcci is headed out early next week and we will have coverage all week long. The uni Basketball Team has two mammoth wins this year, North Carolina and iowa state. They have also lost their fair share of games. Friday, they wrapped up their b. Y. U. Moments later jeremy morgan, and here comes the panthers. Too much b. Y. U. , shea fisher leading the way. 8476, the panthers fall 85 on the season. The mayor made his Christmas Day coaching on the heels of controversy. Jimmy butler recently criticized fred hoiberg for not coaching the team hard enough. Hoiberg in oklahoma city. There is butler. Chicago was up by six. Butler was the man. He had 23 points. Chicago and the bowls when it seth curry is putting on a show. Three minutes to go. Cleveland down eight. They need some scoring so they go to lebron. The big fellow had 29 points, but the warriors were too salty. Curry only had 19 points, 8983, golden state wins it. The warriors are 281, the best in nba history. Awkward moment alert. A fan got herself into an uncomfortable spot. Lets go to the cavalierswarriors game. It happened when lebron james was talking to the lady on the courtside seat. A crybaby to her friend right as lebron looked at her. Then she tries to play it off like, i was holding this water bottle here. Nevermind. How would you feel if lebron stared right at you . I am sorry, lebron. Bernie sanders passed more amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member. Cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans healthcare. Bernie sanders. A consistent, principled, and effective leader. Building a future to believe in. The most watched morning news in central iowa. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this alyx right now at 8 30, christmas wildfire. The devastating fire ripping through australia right now. Plus, and overnight wildfire developing in california as well. Plus, tight security in pasadena. What to expect if youre a hawkeye fan heading to the rose bowl. Good saturday morning, everyone. Thank you so much for choosing us to start your day. I am alyx sacks, Frank Scaglione standing by. Frank thankfully in the metro, temperatures just warm enough for rain, not seeing any frozen precipitation. Here is a live shot from our winterset webcam. Well above average for this time of year, but you have some fog so keep that in mind. Off to the north, things change. If you are north of ames somewhere along interstate 35 where things get a little dicey so if you are heading north this morning, keep in mind you could see some freezing rain moving out of state. Waking up in des moines, 35 degrees, 33 in ames. Off to the north a little cooler. Maybe a little bit of a mix off to the north. A breezy afternoon but a warm one with temperatures in the mid30s. Alyx first on kcci, a strong 6. 2 magnitude earthquake shook parts of pakistan and afghanistan early this morning. It rattled buildings and forced sleeping residents from their homes. More than 30 people were injured. A total of 41 people were taken to hospitals in the city. There are no immediate reports of deaths or Major Property damage. Devastating news out of new jersey. Authorities there say three people have been found dead in a murdersuicide. The bodies were found friday night at a luxury highrise apartment building. Authorities say a husband shot and killed his wife and the gun on himself. Authorities are now investigating. And in australia, more than 100 homes have been destroyed by a Christmas Day wildfire. It tore through a stretch of the coastline in southern australia. No one was injured by th