digits. clouds will slowly thin. we will break free to some sunshine later in the day with a degrees. stacey: let s take a live look at road conditions from across that state from the iowa dot. this is from 511ia.org. the areas you see in blue are partially snow covered roads. pinknkre completely covered. recommended. interstate 35 from ames to clear lake is closed because of the winter weather and the number of accidents along that stretch of road. semi-trucks jackknifed in the southbound lanes and numerous vehicles lined the ditches kcci s laura terrell has checked out the driving conditions north of des moines. laura: we were just up north, where there were major blizzard conditions at this time, at this time. problems were off 35 toward highway 20 heading toward fort dodge. our news truck actually got stuck at mile marker 151. state troopers told us that probably 40 or 50 cars were backed up and stuck for probably close to two hours. if you are thinking about going in t
live in the drake neighborhood, kim st. onge, kcci 8 news, iowa s news leader. steve: powdery snow falling across the metro this morning and afternoon. a little under two inches at the des moines international airport. we could see some more tonight. kurtis, it sure got slick out there. kurtis: it really did. no doubt about that, especially on the sidewalks and secondary roadways. here in the metro, 1.9 inches. it was a little more in jefferson and polk city. if you are out in it, you noticed how big the flex work. very fluffy. air space in between. right now, the band of snow is very light from southern story county through jasper county. not expecting any additional accumulations out there. going to be a cold one tonight. clouds of slowly decrease at the not a tremendous amount of wind, but enough for the windchill of three below early on. highs tomorrow 23 degrees. 8 day forecast has two snow chances and a warm-up. details, coming up. stacey: des moines authorities are ide
roads excuse me, blue is partially covered, pink is totally covered. plenty of slick roads. stacey: right now violent criminals face a major reduction in mandatory time served. it s part of a proposed shakeup to iowa s mandatory minimum sentencing laws. steve: kcci s ryan smith is live in the newsroom to show us why the county attorney says this a public safety concern. ryan the proposal would cut : mandatory sentences for some violent felonies including kidnapping, attempted murder, and second-degree murder. we have to be protected from violent criminals. ryan: strong words from the attorney, reacting to a house file 21-71. the bill would slash the state s mandatory sentence of 70% time-served to 30%. for example a second-degree murder conviction carries a 50 year sentence, 35 years mandatory. if passed, and if and it could are we best served by keeping the mayor, taking up a bed, better to maybe put more money into community corrections. ryan: representative mary wolf
administration, the democrats were going to make sure he did not appoint anybody to the suprcourt. cynthia: today grassley said , after giving it more thought, he implied he wouldn t rule out holding hearings on an obama nominee, but would only say senator grassley i will take it : a step at a time. he hasn t nominated anyone yet. cynthia: the constitution states the president can nominate with the advice and consent of the senate. matt sinovac, who questioned grassley about the process, was not pleased with his answers. the kept repeating that we will take it one step at a time, but he tried to be very vague and continued to play political games with this nomination process. cynthia: president obama today challenged republicans to offer any plausible rationale for refusing to consider a supreme court candidate, and he vowed to nominate an outstanding legal mind. stacey: the man looking to unseat senator grassley comes to the selection process for the next supreme court jus
father s death. tonight dozens of people watched as gray s attorney bruce stoltze argued that shouldn t matter. bruce stoltze: everyday she lives without her father. there is no father around her to support her. there is no father to see her at her birthdays. laura: the lawsuit raises another important question: when a person in iowa can bring a medical malpractice lawsuit. current law says two years. gray filed hers four years later, something baldi s attorney says should not be allowed. eric hoch: we believe that the statute of limitations. it s not ambiguous. the court has been down thth road before with schultz, it s an analysis that holds true. laura: when pressed by the justices, stoltze argued a discovery rule , meaning in death cases, he thinks the family should have two years after they discover possible malpractice to file a suit. 45 minutes of arguments later, all went as well as it could have gone. dr. daniel baldi: i thought the questions that the justices were