.ohio state assistant tony alford montana head coach bob stitt. and wyoming's craig bohl. according to chris williams of cyclone fanatic, bohl has interviewed for the opening. some freezing rain and snow is heading our way in the forecast... meteorologist megan salois joins us with a first look at what to expect tonight and later on this week. the weather again will be going down hill... and it begins early enough as tonight for some parts of the state. southwest iowa is under a winter weather advisory for some freezing rain tonight. this may make roads slick through early sunday morning. then attention turns to monday. a winter storm watch goes into effect monday morning in northwest iowa, where the heaviest of snow will fall. a mix of both rain and some snow will keep totals lower in the des moines metro. before that happens though, we have one more dry day on the way for sunday with mostly cloudy skies and highs in the upper 30s. republican presidential candidate ted cruz made his unds in more dry day on the way for sunday with mostly cloudy skies unds in the state today... he spoke in lenox, creston and mount ayr this afternoon. some topics he discussed were....his fight against the affordable care act, the federal health care law also known as obamacare. laying out his plan...he said he would repeal obamacare and establish a flat tax. next, cruz will speak at a des moines church tomorrow morning. while the big-box stores may get most of the traffic on black friday, local stores hope for the same buzz on small business saturday. as channel 13's reid chandler shows us, small stores across the metro embrace the "shop locally" campaign very differently. if you're shopping on small business saturday, your chances of finding a deal is like spinning a wheel. it all depends on where you go. 22:06:34 "i didn't put any signs out, but i am running a 15% off, if anybody asks." - diane storres - dianne's antiques, valley junction 16:17:17 "we've had a lot of people coming in, saying, 'oh yeah, i've seen it on advertising, on facebook, on commercials, american express, that it's small business saturday. and we've had a lot of foot traffic, and a lot of people buying, so that's good too." - meggan fox - porch light, east village 15:27:20 "it's not as hectic here, like you don't see clothes everywhere on the floor." - shopper, west glen 15:37:28 "small biz saturday isn't celebrated everywhere in des moines. out here in west glen, we just talked to one local shop running a deal, and parking clearly isn't a problem the way it is on black friday." - reid chandler - channel 13 news it may not be a unanimous day of savings amongst the small, local shops across des moines. but for some... ...today isn't about more sales. 16:28:57 "basically, all this talk of black friday, small business saturday, cyber monday - while it's great, and it's great for business and extra sales, like, really, is that what the holidays are all about?" - jennifer hansen - eden, east village jennifer hansen's shop, eden, is taking advantage of extra shoppers this weekend to give back. ten percent of all sales made this weekend in the shop go to "above and beyond cancer" - a local charity. 16:30:53 "because you have more traffic in your store, so, it just brings awareness to people what's important to you. and giving back for us feels really good this year." - jennifer hansen - eden, east village for those who embrace shopping locally, today is just like any other day. 16:27:50 "i do think that a lot of our customers treat every day like small business saturday, and that's they want to shop local, and they want to keep their dollars local, and that's kind of why we're here." - jennifer hansen - eden, east village but some shoppers say a day set aside to support the local economy is an important symbol. 15:26:11 "small business saturday definitely has a key part in me shopping today, but yeah, it's a great store, so it's lovely they have deals." - shopper, west glen deals in some places, donations in others... dead silence everywhere else. small business saturday sums it up in its name...small. after a busy weekend shopping, many stores are getting ready for "giving tuesday." the newest trend lands this tuesday, after cyber monday, and focuses on businesses giving back a portion of sales to charity. coming up after the break... dangerous weather... how residents in texas and oklahoma are bracing for the storms that with tens of millions of us on the move this holiday weekend, dangerous weather is a big issue for some, especially in texas and oklahoma. weather channel meteorologist mike seidel reports on the threat posed by nats across the plains... pounding rain... heavy snow... and thick ice... nat sot that's all ice, haha. in oklahoma... roads frozen over... causing dozens of accidents. drivers stranded in the cold... high temperatures today 10 to 30 degrees below average. nats downed trees and icy power lines left nearly 80-thousand without electricity today. mos man when we walked out this morning, there were trees down everywhere. nobody had power. it's been a very cold morning. in kansas... slick roads caused cars to careen off highways. at least four people dead. kansas trooper certainly if you don't need to travel, you need to stay home. it's only in kansas... slick roads caused cars to careen off highways. at least four people dead. kansas trooper certainly if you don't need to travel, you need to stay home. it's only gonna gut worse as the temperatures continue to drop. after white-out conditions in parts of nebraska on thanksgiving, crews in omaha poured salt on roads to keep them from icing over. down in texas... flash floods blamed for at least three deaths. dallas-fort worth hit the rainfall trifecta friday... breaking three long-standing records... wettest november.. wettest fall... and wettest year. graphic out some travelers heading to the area were stranded at phoenix airport overnight... as weather caused dozens of delays and cancellations. skype interview no one seemed to know what was going on, and for the 2 and a half, almost three hours we were there, it was just a constant back and forth. back in oklahoma... some residents are layering up and embracing winter's early arrival. mos yeah we got ice on trees, so yeah - 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