still searching for justice. kevin: ryan smith just back from the lake of the ozarks tonight with sergeant randy henry s emotional admission. ryan: sergeant randy henry didn t hold back in our one-on-one interview. the former water patrol supervisor tells me the highway patrol is at fault, but the agency has been trying to silence his story. i just feel so bad for the family that we killed their son. ryan: brandon ellingson s death on missouri s lake of the ozarks was ruled an accidental drowning. but nearly a year and a half later, a former water patrol supervisor is speaking out. as soon as brandon ellingson got onto tony piercy s boat i believe it was a death march. ryan: sergeant randy henry of the missouri highway patrol was working that night and interviewed trooper anthony piercy immediately after the accident. this happened on our watch. it should not have happened. it was totally preventable and it was covered up. ryan: may 2014, trooper piercy while intoxicate
family that we killed their son. ryan s.: brandon ellingson s death on missouri s lake of the ozarks was ruled an accidental drowning. but nearly a year and a half later a former water patrol , supervisor is speaking out. as soon as brandon ellingson got onto tony piercy s boat, i believe it was a death march. ryan s.: sgt. randy henry of the missouri highway patrol was working that night and interviewed trooper anthony piercy immediately after the accident. this happened on our watch. it shouldn t have happened. it was totally preventable, and it was a cover up. ryan s.: may 2014 trooper piercy arrests ellingson for boating while intoxicated. those critical moments after on the highway patrol boat have been criticized by brandon s family and spurred legislative hearings. trooper piercy admits he placed the wrong life jacket on ellingson who was handcuffed when he went overboard. he was totally defenseless in that boat. ryan s.: sgt. henry says the highway patrol hid ke
step outside, it you will not really needed this morning. metinka: it feels really nice out this morning. 50 degrees already. no rain to worry about. that is going to change. later on this afternoon, we ll have a little bit of light rain, light drizzle. temperatures today still today stay really mild. temperatures will start out decent and then fallout into the 30 s. that would change the rain over into a wintry mix. we have a winter storm watch to talk about. eric: thank you metinka. millions of americans are expected to hit the road this morning for their holiday travel. but officials are warning to stay alert and vigilant, amid heightened concerns over potential terror plots. shaina humphries has the latest. what are law enforcement officials doing to keep americans safe this holiday season? shaina: travelers this week should expect stepped-up security at airports and train stations across the country. the tsa is advising to get to the airport even earlier, to allow for
you are watching kcci eight news. eric: also this morning, we re live at a central iowa holiday tradition. a beautiful a preview of the one, festival of trees and lights ahead. good morning everyone. thanks for waking up with kcci 8 news this morning. elizabeth: it s on wednesday, november 25th. we will get right over to metinka and no need to bundle up metinka:. metinka: it is feeling really warm out, 50 degrees right now in des moines. cooler to the north, 43 in ames. all the locations across the state are waking up to temperatures above freezing. you don t have to worry about slick spots and right now there s no precipitation. we will have drizzle, pockets of fog developing but temperatures will stay warm. 53 degrees, a good getaway day. weather turns a bit yucky and we start with impressive rainfall totals, maybe 1-2 inches in central iowa changing to a wintry mix. that will be followed by a chilly, breezy black friday. eric: millions of americans are expected to hit th
teacher close to the girl shares his memories. the news starts in 30 seconds. you re watching local brad/wx wall weather adlib: we hit the 50s today in the metro, so much of our snow has melted. we should not drop below freezing in the city, but watch out in areas to the north tonight as it could get icy. also there will be a chance for some fog for mainly those northern counties where there is more snow on the ground. thanks to southerly winds tonight and wednesday, we will be staying mild, but we will also be getting cloudier with a chance for some light showers or drizzle by wed. afternoon. the rain chances will be going up wed. night but temperatures will stay mild, so not travel problems. yet. that could change on thanksgiving day when we will have temperatures falling from the low 40s in the morning into the low 30s by late in the day. meanwhile we are going to have a lot of rain falling over iowa with some snow possibly mixing in for nw iowa. the main concern in the m