We have been through 10 elections at the accf. We have interacted with the economic advisers of many of the candidates. That has been our strong point, whether it be the obstacles in 2008 Glenn Hubbard is on our board. Were looking for ideas, and obviously what is going on in the u. S. Election has impacted abroad. If there are any diplomats here from bulgaria, south africa, were others, if you want to come together with an idea on the election and the ramifications, we would be very interested. Again, i thank you, your suggestions are always welcome. It is a busy time for everybody. We appreciate you taking the time to be with us today. Thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] live now just outside of phoenix, arizona, republican president ial candidate donald trump is set to speak at a campaign rally. The event
Good morning, and thank you for joining us on kcci 8 news this morning. I am eric hanson. Elizabeth i am elizabeth klinge. We will check things out starting with metinka. Metinka 57 already in des moines, a huge improvement over the frosty weekend we had. Wind at 17 Miles Per Hour and will continue to increase throughout the morning. The wind could gust over 35 Miles Per Hour by noontime right through the afternoon. Headed for a high today of 80 degrees, but the wind combined with the dry conditions is leading to an extreme fire danger today, so we have a red flag warning in effect. Elizabeth this morning, several businesses in newton are cleaning up after a fire that started last night in the panda garden restaurant kitchen. Customers and employees made it outside a free. Smoke and water damage was caused to the apartment above. No word yet on the extent of the damage. Eric a registered sex offender is charged in a child sex abuse case. Berlou barnard is accused of sexually assaulting
Jason r dan kelley of newton says the prison is currently understaffed and says the public was kept in the dark about this move. The Mount Pleasant facility will become a more minimum custody facility. This move will take between 8 to 12 months to complete. Live in studio, jason rantala, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve pete polson says he is sorry and he wishes he would have just shot himself that day, instead of hurting other people. Polson is the man who went on a shooting spree in Pleasant Hill last november, injuring 2 people. Kccis kim st. Onge is live at the polk county courthouse with an update on polsons trial. Kim polson admitted to the shootings for the first time today, but says he cant remember any of it because he was high on meth. He told jurors he had injected meth around midnight november 16, some 6 hours before he shot before that shooting in Pleasant Hill. Polson says he had a reaction to that particular meth injection hair on his neck standing up after he injec
Saw that had her afraid for a toddlers life. They have not been to the world series its 2000, and the mets are on their way back. Shaina i hate to be the bearer of bad news, the mets are world series bound, not the chicago cubs as many people in the midwest were hoping. Elizabeth well the mets were celebrating, cubs fans were a little choir. A little quieter. Manager joe maddon is looking on the bright side. Welcome back, it is thursday, october 22. Shaina i am Shaina Humphries and i hate to say it, it feels like kind of back to normal. Metinka it actually does feel like fall this morning with temperatures downright chilly to the north. Mason city at 33 degrees. In des moines, we are at 54, 10 degrees colder than this time yesterday. Temperatures overall will feel more falllike. A couple of sprinkles are possible this morning that no heavy downpours are expected. We do have some more rain in the forecast. Friday, we will have off and on showers and a few thundershowers, but the rain mo
Program so we dont have a situation where 1600 hundred students attended this thing the good news. If there is any good news to report out of this. Is that there is no School Tomorrow so teachers here will have a long weekend to try to recover. The Polk County Public Health department is looking into the case. We interview both people who have gotten sick and people who are healthy. And we do this to find commonalities in both of them. Roosevelt high school did cancel most after School Activities in the school building, but outside activities continued, including a Cross Country meet and girls swim meet. Classes are expected to resume monday morning. Ames School Officials say its a good time for talk about what is and is not appropriate after a student brought a bb gun to school today. Another student reported the gun at the middle school. It was never fired, and the kid who brought it is being disciplined. The principal also sent a message to parents asking them to discuss it at home.