i'm steve nannes reporting. deborah: hallloween is one e week away... but those who wanted to get their spook on early... got a chance at the norm waitt senior y-m-c-a. the "y" and sioux city parks and rec...teamed up for the second annual halloween spooktacular! thousands swarmed liked bats...to the long lines family rec center today... people came out in costumes ranging from vampires to super heros...to enjoy a number of activities including bounce houses, carnival games, a climbing wall, face painting, and so much more! deborah: would you take a dive into freezing water for charity? people of all ages came out to salix, brown's lake for the annual polar plunge this afternoon. 13 groups of about 100 people gathered to warm hearts by jumping into frigid waters. participants, dresesd in a variety of wacac costumes, had d swim out about 25 yards in the ice cold water and back. those who weren't daring enough to take the dive were labeled as chickens where they cheered from the sidelines. all proceeds from the polar plunge will go to iowa special olympic

i'm steve nannes reporting. what's left of hurricane patricia, damaged more than 3-thousand homes in mexico. yesterday, mexico's president said the storm left 235-thousand people without electricity. power has been restored to about half of those homes. 'll take another look at your first alert back now to today's top stories. cedar rapids police are looking for the person who shot a man in a car on first avenue yesterday. police say they're looking for a blue or purple 4-door sedan involved in the shooting. the drive-by shooting happened just before 2 p-m saturday. republican presidential candidates visited waterloo for the iowa grassroots coalition. ted cruz, mike huckabee, and bobby jindal were all there. the summit focuses on what iowans want from the next president. iowa poll front runner, dr. ben carson, was also in town promoting his new book. . dedeocratic presiddtial candidates attended the jefferson jackson dinner. that's a democratic fundraising event. front runner hillary clinton, bernie sanders, and

c-n-n's steve nannes explains. >> reporter:the south carolina sheriff's deputy at the center of viral now out of a job. >>"deputy fields did not follow proper training, did not follow proper procedure, when he threw the student across the room." >> reporter:sheriff leon lott faced internal affairs investigation into what happened in the videos. they show deputy ben fields grabbing a student in her seat -- causing her and her chair to flip over, then dragging her for several feet. >>"that is what is causing me to be upset when i first saw the video, and continues to upset me when i see the video, is the fact that he picked the student up, and threw the student across the room." >> reporter:police and witnesses say classroom -- after the instruction to leave, class. the student was ultimately arrested on a disturbance charge. >> reporter:the sheriff said -- an additional video taken in the classroom shows the -- and, attempting to hit him. still, he said -- the officer's actions are not acceptable. >>"what she did doesn't justify what our deputy did, think that. it doesn't justify his a

cnn's steve nannes has the story. >> reporter:in a potential game-changer in the war on isis.ussia conducted military air strikes in syria. russia's defense minister said in a statement that isis military equipment and communication centers were hit. >> reporter:but some u.s. officials believe russia's main president bashar al- assad. >>: "we must not and will not be confused in our fight against isil with support for assad" >> reporter:and in a move rarely seen on the diplmoatic stage -- the united states was only given about an hour's notice before the airstrikes began, and it was not given exact locations of where the strikes would take place. >>: i have been dealing with them for a long time, and this is not the the kind of behavior that we should expect >> reporter:republican senator john mccain says he believes the real purpose of these strikes is for the russian president to gain more influence in the region. >>arizona: "these strikes, near the city of homs, is not under control of isis of the islamic state. so already, we are seeing the true intentions of vladimir puti

. >> catherine: steve nannes has the story. >> catherine: in a potential game-changer in the war on isisrussia strikes in syria. russia's defense minister said in a statement that isis military equipment and communication centers were hit. >> catherine: but some u.s. officials targets were forces in conflict with syrian president bashar al- assad. >>: "we must not and will not against isil with support for assad" >> catherine: and in a move rarely seen on the diplmoatic stage -- the about an hour's notice before the airstrikes began, and it was not given exact locations of where the strikes would take place. >> catherine: a chula vista teenager is recovering -- after losing his leg to a flesh-eating bacteria. 14-year-old giancarlo gil got sick with the rare infection 10-days ago and has undergone several surgeries. >> catherine: doctors think he was infected with group 'a' strep. which is very rare. they think he got the bacteria through his nose or throat. and it settled in an injury from football practice. >> catherine: his leg was amputated up to his thigh. with more surgeries to come