This morning a near republican revolt over the next debate. Both donald trump and dr ben carson threatening not to show up if host cnbc tries to change the format the two leading gop candidates writing in a joint letter to cnbc they do not, and will not, agree to appear at a debate that is more than 120 minutes long including commercials brbrks. Also demanding the debate include opening and closing statements from all ththcandidates. Sottrump on fox i think i is unfair to the viewers because its too much, its too much to watch and they are doing it because they want to make more money. But this morning, trump tweeting, cnbc has just agreed the debate will be two hours. Earlier Carly Fiorina telling trump and carson to stop whining. Sotfiorina tonight our intv i think we need to spend as much time as possible answering the american peoples questions so im all for three hours. Imsorry that they apparently dont have the endurance in a statement to abc news cnbc saying we will certainly ta
People. Check on these people that you are going to take your kids to. Check iowa courts online. Check background records. And talk with people who know. Stacey she face up to 7 years may in prison when she is sentenced on december 8. Mark firefighters in iowa busy today battling a string of field fires. Kcci ames Bureau Reporter vanessa peng joins us live from hardin county. Vanessa the dry conditions and problems. Right now, we are showing you the remains of a fire that was contained just a few hours ago today. Driving the combine. Coat but that didnt work. Where it went. Hill of their. It even went for another the high winds, which are gusting at 35 Miles Per Hour at some points, is moving this dry material all over the place. Even if a little tiny ember catches any of this, the wind will take it away and it will spread very quickly. Firefighters fought field fires all across central iowa monday. Our cameras caught one near boone, and another near colo. The National Weather service
Mark geoff burd and his fiance are still stunned by the words burds daughter nikki claims came from the mouth of a paraeducator at their grinnell school. Black people and white people cant be family, black people should not go to this school, black people should have their own school. This is 2015, thats crazy. Mark they say that same day, their son marquez also got an earful from the same paraeducator on the playground. Black people are stupid and dont know anything. Mark we went to the home of the accused educator but a man who answered told us she wasnt home. Is she on administrative leave . Before shutting the door the man said that wasnt accurate, but at the School Board Meeting grinnells superintendent told kcci the educator in question is indeed on paid administrative leave. And we are conducting a level 1 investigation and that just started yesterday and today. Mark burd says he hopes the woman, who is in her late 60s, loses her job so she doesnt have any more influence over ch
President may be jumping into the president ial race. You are watching kcci 8 news. Eric good morning, everybody. I am eric hanson. Elizabeth i am elizabeth klinge. You will definitely need a jacket this morning. It is chilly out there. Jason it really cold in some spots, upper 20s for feels like. I feel like it kind of skips past fall and is a taste of winter. If we look at wind chills across the area, definitely adding a bite to the air. Low 30s across a good portion of the eastern part of the state, so hang on to a little bit of warmth as you head out and about as you will absolutely be needing it. If ross advisory for a good portion of the western half of the state, and freeze warnings to the northwest. We get to play this down out again tomorrow. A couple of cool days with temperatures only topping out in the middle 50s. Elizabeth a developing story right now in california, mudslides lead thousands of drivers leave thousands of drivers stranded overnight. Shaina two highways, one
With the man on the run. Kcci 8 news. Eric also this half hour, a new gym program in urbandale is teaching students all about including others and building new friendships. Well tell you how it works and what students think about it so far, coming up. A pretty cool program. Thanks for waking up with kcci 8 news this morning. Im eric hanson. Elizabeth and im elizabeth klinge. A little preview of winter this morning. It will not stick around too long. Metinka you might have to warm the car up for a few minutes, 35 in des moines. The frosty is temperatures so far this season and the wind has settled down, not a factor today. A great afternoon, headed for 56 degrees with a slight chance for a few showers overnight and into early saturday. Dealing with patchy fog this morning. In ottumwa, visited just give yourself extra time. Rain gives out saturday morning giving way to a beautiful weekend, highs in the 50s and 60s. Next week, 70s with the next chance of rain by the end of the week. Eric