don mcclean immortalized the tragedy in his song "american pie." the iowa caucuses... are having an unexpected impact on blood donors in iowa. blood centers report the past few weeks have been slower than usual. they say as the campaigns get more aggressive soliciting votes... it gets harder to reach people who normally donate blood. "people who are engaged with the political process and care about issues, care about who our leaders are, are also the same kinds of folks who are willing to volunteer to give blood." officials at the blood centers are asking people to donate this week or weekend... to help make up for the last couple weeks. waukee's firefighters are the center of internet buzz this morning... here's why... two firefighters created this simple invention over the weekend. it's a drive thru truck washing system that removes all winter salt and sand. may seem complicated... but it's just two steel pipes and hose adapter. they say they got the idea from a video someone posted on their facebook metro locations - 3 locations now!!!! 4000 block of woodland avenue

no one is exactly sure what went don mcclean immortalized the tragedy in his pie." holly was only 22 years old. (tim) fred, is any more ow coming? 2 line super: fred hexomfhexom@kcautv.c om (fred) sioux city's official snow total was 12.5". we had more downtown and on the e rth side. 12.4" of that fell yesterday, which oke the record for groundhog day of 3.0" from 1976. it's also the 7th greatest single day snow ever in sioux city! all of this pushes our snow this winter to 41.7", about double the unfortunately, while road conditions have improved slightly, they are ill not great. the port neal welding g company skycam hd shows sunshine on the port neal welding company skycam hd in sioux city. 27 was the high today and 12 the low. in storm lake, we have sunshine. 12 is our sioux city temperature. local temperatures are in the single digits and teens. wind chills are below zero in the east. winds are southwest at 5 to 15 miles per hour. the satellite and radar shows yesterday's system moving away, but a weak disturbance dropping in from the north. most of us will jus

. >>> high school kid on the cape are hoping don mcclean's arrest from performing at their school. students who participate in violence prevention programs at four high schools say the charges makes the american pie singer's bad role model. he is scheduled to perform in april at barnstable high school. >>> could it be the end of a breakfast stay neil why millenials are refusing to eat cereal. >> row rude the critics -- how deserving. -- how deserving. moment. new delicious ways to eat your veggies. >> interesting. and into the weekend here cold nights and weather watchers network in the low 30s and 20s when you factor in the wind. and feels like 25 in hanover and 16 degrees in lauren cold night on tap that won't stick >>> on the bz feed 90s tv paps circled this day. >> the debut of fuller house on netflix most of the original cast appears and people have been buzzing about it one critics writes the first four minutes of fuller house are four of the most excruciating tv minutes ever to be broadcast. i think that might be a negative review. >> i bet people who love the show are going

don mcclean immortalized the tragedy in his song "american pie." elias: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) weather adlib: we had another couple inches fall overnight leaving us with a much lighter and more fluffy snow collecting on the roads overnight. traffic will be slow moving as the plows play catch up during the morning commute, and drifting from blowing snow may still be an issue with the high winds through the morning and early afternoon. it will be a mostly cloudy but dry day with temperatures steady and falling through this evening. lows tonight will be cold in the mid to low teens and an early breeze keeping wind chills in the single digits. thursday we'll bounce back with some sunshine to a high near 32 degrees. friday we may see a few flurries swing through the state but it will mainly be a dry and cold day with a high in the low 30s. the weekend looks warmer starting on saturday with a high in the mid 30s. sunday a cold front will keep will also likely swing some snow showers through the state lasting into e

don mcclean immortalized the tragedy in his song "american pie." meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam we had another couple inches fall overnight leaving us with a much lighter and more fluffy snow collecting on the roads overnight. traffic will be slow moving as the plows play catch up during the morning commute, and drifting from blowing snow may still be an issue with the high winds through the morning and early afternoon. it will be a mostly cloudy but dry day with temperatures steady and falling through this evening. lows tonight will be cold in the mid to low teens and an early breeze keeping wind chills in the single digits. thursday we'll bounce back with some sunshine to a high near 32 degrees. friday we may see a few flurries swing through the state but it will mainly be a dry and cold day with a high in the low 30s. the weekend looks warmer starting on saturday with a high in the mid 30s. sunday a cold front will keep temps in the 30s but it through the state lasting into early monday morning. plan o

don mcclean immortalized the tragedy in his song "american pie." ... holly was only 22 years old. lukas: a sneak peak into the control room of "grease: live!" has the internet in awe. the production called for an epic degree of shot- calling. reporter jeanne moos has more on the hind-the- scenes choreography of the television event. "how could a live tv performance of grease... nats: greased lightning make even a shuttle launch... 7-6-5 2 2 3 4-shot 4 2 3 4 1 2 3-shot 5 1 2 3 shot 6 3 bars when the associate director of grease posted this two and a half minute control room clip to facebook... 2 2 3 4 1 go people sai.. nats: tell me more, tell me more all that counting, all that intensity... 1 2 3 4 20 2 bars 2 beats one commenter wrote "that was awesome!! i'm exhausted listening to you." broadcast director alex reginski says he's blown away by the response. ( alex reginski/broadcast director) but i'm thrilled. i'm thrilled to share little bit of the art, about the choreography behind the scenes. alex is the guy who pre planned each and every shot during rehearsal, some 15-hundred

. >>> a group of high school students he on the the cape are by rock legend don mcclean. many of the students are part of a violence prevention program and say his arrest last month on domestic violence charges makes him a bad role model. he pled not guilty to 6 counts including assault. he is set to perform at barnstable high in april. >>> the next newscast a is the noon. join us. check forecast and news 24-7 on cbs boston.com. (vo) want to be happy with your next vehicle purchase? at enterprise, we guarantee it. p head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales p and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... p change your thinking about >> judge tanya: there was an incident. >> announcer: a double attack at a duplex. >> we started having problems. >> judge tanya: two fights with two different people? keys. >> judge tanya: the plaintiff threw hot coffee in the second tenant's face. >> judge larry: do i need to water container? >> announcer: "hot bench." judge tanya acker. judge larry bakman. judge patricia dimango. three judges. three opinions. one verdict. >> j

after the lyrics in the don mclean song, "american pie." mcclean was refering to the tragedy when he wrote it. and two other singers *almost died on that flight as well. singer "waylon jennings" gave up his seat to minute. and valens only got *his seat... by beating band member tommy allsup in a coin toss. every year on the anniversary, there's a special day of remmemerance at the "buddy holly center" in lubbock, texas. they offer free admission and lay out yellow roses on his grave. people also leave guitar picks... a symbol that his music, lives on. 3 ((vanessa/jen)) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 is there anything groundhogs *can't predict? well one in chimney rock, north carolina... just made his annual superbowl pick. his name is grady the groundhog. as the tradition goes... whichever ear of corn grady 3 eats first... is the team he favors. and it turns out... he selected the denver broncos over his home state's the community's 11th year doing this. they have about a 50-percent accuracy rate. 3 and still ahead: ?is it the superbowl... or the grammys? the lis

police believe he wanted mcclean to have an abortion and she refused. the trial will stream live on don: for the rest of today we that area of showers now east of i-95, a look at your forecast, tomorrow severe weather almost a certainty across the region. we dry out as we go or stay and saturday. john: the chew is up next. barbara: for the entire see youbarbara: after the nevada >> announcer: brace yourself, because we're about to make every meal faster, better and cheaper. clinton's putting a delicious twist on breakfast that's everything it's cracked up to be. plus, get on your feet, because mario's in the kitchen with the fabulous gloria estefan, and she's got an incredible seafood dish that will turn the beat around in a flash. continues, and it's michael's turn in the hot seat. the party starts right now on "the chew." [ cheers and applause ] >>> hello, everybody, welcome to "the chew." thank you. thank you so much. we appreciate that. so we got beyonce, j. lo, olivia newton-john, these stars all have one thing in common -- they are some of the biggest triple threats in showbiz. bu