a nebraska woman was bit by a tiger at omaha's henry doorly zoo over the weekend. jenna: police say she was trespassing. reporter brandon scott got the chance to speak to one of her friends. who says the woman is a lover of animals. " at omaha's henry doorly zoo monday afternoon, visitors tried to catch a glimpse of the tiger that took a bite out of jacqueline eide. (brandon scott/reporter) it all happened here late halloween night at the cat complex, where according to zoo officials, eide snuck in after zoo hours and tried to pet an 18 year-old malayan tiger named mai. the tiger bit eide, leaving her with serious injuries on her left hand. sources tell wowt 6 news her injuries are so severe she's at risk of losing part of her fingers. (friend) "she handled it really well. i mean, she didn't call an ambulance. she had a friend drive her to the hospital." we spoke by phone to one of jacqueline eide's close friends, who asked us not to share her name and to blur her out of this photo. her friend says eide loves animals and posts on eide's facebook page show her kissi

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a woman is facing charges...and after being bit by a tiger at the "henry doorly zoo." police say jacqueline eide sneaked into the zoo early this morning to reportedly pet the tiger. investigators say the tiger bit cage. the 33-year-old was hospitalized with a hand injury and charged with trespassing. hospital workers say eide was of intoxication. court records show eide has a lengthy criminal history in both nebraska and iowa. the urbandale police department say a federal grant will help it fight cyber crimes. the department got a 125-thousand- dollar "cops grant." it'll allow the department to hire another officer to serve on the patrol unit before the new year. that in turn will allow an existing officer to spend more time on internet-related crime. officials say urbandale follows the national trend in seeing an increase in cyber crimes. that includes everything from identity theft to child pornography cases. windsor heights is expected to give the final vote tonight on merging its fire department. it is estimated the deal with the clive fire department will save the

police say jacqueline eide broke into henry doorly zoo... somehow getting past the fence and security. when she got to the tiger cages... they say she jumped another fence into a secure area... and went straight to the cage of mai... an 18-year-old tiger. police say mai bit down on eide's hand, causing severe injuries. doctors say she might lose parts of her fingers. edie faces a trespassing charge. the zoo's executive director says they are now adding more security cameras to monitor the grounds and gates. des moines is hoping to become a place of opportunity for thousands living in poverty. dozens of leaders will meet today to make that a reality. channel 13's josh nguyen is live outside the "botanical garden"... where the "opportunity summit" starts in a few hours. opportunity summit will gather 100 community leaders to discuss challenges, issues and solutions to poverty in central iowa. one third of central iowans live in poverty or near-poverty members will work towards a game plan for bringing financial stability and prosperity to them

a woman ishospitalized after drunkely breaking into the henry doorly zoo in omaha to pet the tiger -- which in turn bit her hand... 33-year-old jacqueline edie was apparently drunk yesterday morning when she broke into the zoo to pet the tiger... those with the zoo think aa 18- year-old malayan tiger named mai was the one who bit her... edie was cited for trespassing. a semi driver is okay, ut several of the hogs he was hauling died... after the trailer on hiss tractor rolls over a guard rail... it happened in grant county wisconsin this morning... the sheriff's department says richard kipp from fort atkinson was hauling a trailer loaded with 150 hogs... when he tried to negotiate a sharp curve and his trailer went over a guard rail... some of the pigs got loose and needed to be corralled... some others died in the crash. kipp wasn't hurt, but he was cited for driving too fast. the president signs a bipartisan two-year budget bill today... the bill hit his desk last week... it prevents a national default... which would've come tuesday, which was ththdeadline by which the u-s would've

showed up to the hospital around seven a-m sunday morning, after supposedly breaking into omaha's henry doorly zoo.in a statement, the zoo said they believe their 18-year-old malayan tiger was involved.the e woman was ticketed on suspicion of trespassing.she is currently in fair condition. republican presidentail candidates are calling for change when it comes to their televised debates. debates.aides for nearly e ery campaign gagaered last night. they plan to work directly with the networks on format. they also want each candidate to get a minimum of thirty seconds for an opening and closing statement.as well asas an ual number of questions, not time.cbs 2 news caught up with rick santorum today in davenport.he agreed that the system is currently flawed. the whole concept of a natitial poll determing the viability of a candidates has been proven to be spurious. there's no connection. look at rudy giuliani, fred thompson, a whole bunch of people who o have done well in national polls, never won a state, never won a a delegate. rick perry. i mean go on down the list. only carly fiorina's campai

jessica rae: as for the tiger, of the top attrtrtions at the henry doorly zoo's cat complex. mai was born in the wild and has only three legs after losing the fourth as a cub jessica rae: coming up in sports... four siouxland teams were in action on the vollllball court looking for trips to the state tournament. highlights from regional finals up ahead. scott: had a chance to punch their tickets to the state tournament last night. here's chris with the action from regional finals. chris palmquist--"good morning everybody. in class 3a regional volleyball, a long siouxland drought was going to come to an end. sergeant bluff luton, the mrac champs, hasn't been to state since 1985. spirit lake, ranked tenth in the state, hasn't made the trip since 1983. so who's heading to state for the first time since take on me and total eclipse of the heart were atop the charts? sb-l took the first, we pick it up in the second...lauren wickman...slams it home...indians get within three at 21-18. then after the warriors get it to set point.....ilee jenness wiwi the heads up play going over on

yesterday morning, a woman had to be rushed to the hospital after a tiger bit her hand at the henry doorly zoo in omaha nebraska. according to police, 33 year old jacqueline eide snuck into an unauthorized area around 7:20 in the morning on sunday, somehow getting past the fence and security before the zoo had opened. that's when officials say she stuck her left hand in a tiger cage. trying to pet the tiger. the tiger bit down on her hand causing severe wounds. eide was transported to creighton university medical center by a friend. the wounds are so bad she might lose parts of her fingers. according to police the woman was cited for criminal trespass and records show she has a long history of d-u-i arrests. jessica rae: south dakota is celebrating it's 126th anniversary of statehood. the rushmore state was admitted as the 40th state on november 2nd 18-89 by president benjamin harrison. north dakota is also celebrating their 126th as well. they were admitted to the union on the same day. jessica rae: with christmas just on the horizon, one nebraska retail store is increasing jobs in the no

new details about the woman who snuck into the henry doorly zoo and lost part of her hand. elizabeth: and who's sharing the road with you? does that driver next to you on i-235 have a license? problem it is, next on kcci.self. dad: no? culligan man: no. anncr: leave it to the experts. with a culligan whole-house water softening system, you get better water, and service you can actually count on. e you can actually count on. >> this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: good morning. we are coming off a gorgeous weekend, and the nice weather continues today with warm temps starting off in the 50's across much of the state. a little cooler new mason city, but here in des moines, 53 degrees. that is close to the average high for today. by noon, temperatures in the low 70's, plenty of sunshine and warm highs into the mid-70's. very much like it was on sunday, and we will have that great southwest wind. warm temperatures stick with us into wedne

is in the hospital tonight *and* facing criminal charges after being bitten by a tiger at the henry doorly zoo.omaha police say they were called to creighton university medical center sunday morning after doctors saw 33- year- old jajaueline eide had a bloody hand. investigators determined she'd snuck into the zoo before it opened sunday... and reached into the tiger enclosure to pet one of the tigers when it bit her left hand. they believe she was intoxicated at the time. doctors say the wounds are so bad eide may lose parts of her fingers. she's been cited fofocriminal trespass. 3 the first victims of saturday's deadly plane crash in egypt returned home to russia today. as tina kraus reports.... investigators are now working to piece together new clues about why the plane went down. 3 nats....crash site (afp)us intelligence sources tell cbs news the russian jetliner that crasasd in egypt was likely *not* shot down. (enex/aptn) while some sources are not ruling out a possible bomb on board, the us director of national intelligence says there's no proof yet that terrorists are to blame. (a

police s s they found out edie had supposedly trespassed at the omaha henry doorly zoo to pet a tiger. while reaching into the tiger's cage she was bit... causing severe trauma to her left hand. the zoo released a statement sunday night confirming that two people had trespassed on halloween night. 3 you might have noticed there's been strange weather across the country recently. as meteorologist cat taylor shows us... it's all thanks to a phenomenon in the pacific ocean. 3 el nino...it has been big news for months...but what *is* el nino...and what does it mean for siouxland? "to understand el nino, you have to understand all 3 phases of enso-el nino southern oscillation. with these 3 phases you have el nino, la nina, and neutral conditions." "we're going to do an experiment to explain how el nino works." normally...during what we call the neutral phase...trade winds are moderate...like this.just a bit of warm water move's west...*some* cold water moves up to the surface.when *la nina* starts...the trade winds get stronger.that pushes warm water west...and a *lot* of cold water comes

police say jacqueline eide broke into henry doorly zoo... somehow getting past the fence and security. when she got to the tiger cages... they say she jumped a fence into a secure area... then reached into the cage of mai... an 18-year-old tiger. police say mai bit down on eide's hand, causing severe injuries. doctors say she might lose parts of her fingers. edie faces a trespassing charge. the zoo's executive director says they are now adding more security cameras to monitor the grounds and gates. the calendar says.. it is now november.. but the temperature outside tells a different story.. meteorlogist brett mcintyre has weather details.. brett... unbelievably beautiful weather out there.. clear skies this evening with breezy southwest winds tonight. temperatures will quickly drop from the upper 70s we had this afternoon to the upper 50s later this evening. another sunny, breezy and warm day there's still much more to come tonight.. coming up next.. art force iowa.. the non-profit giving new direction to troubled teens.. and the numbers th

police say eide broke into omaha's henry doorly zoo... somehow getting past the fence and security. when she got to the tiger cages... she jumped one fence into a secure area...then reached into the cage of mai... an 18-year-old malayan tiger. (woman #2) "that doesn't sound like a good plan." it wasn't. police say mai bit down on eide's hand, causing severe injuries. wounds so bad... she might lose parts of her fingers. after doing some digging... we found two pages of court documents on eide, both in nebraska and iowa. her criminal convictions include... shoplifting drunk driving graffiti disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace... just to name a few. following the break-in and biting... police blamed on eide... the zoo's executive director, dennis pate... release a statement. "the safety and guests and animals priority. more cameras will be installed to monitor the grounds and gates." lawsuit filed by model janice dickinson. she sued cosby for calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault. dickinson is oneof dozens of women who has similar against cosby. some of th

identified as 33-year-old jacqueline eye, she was with someone else when they snuck into subpoena the henry doorlyelieve she was intoxicated and after wandering the zoo another night, around 7:30 sunday morning she managed to sneak around security guards and a security fence to make her way down toward the tigers'. cage. week tauing about an 18-year-old tiger, the woman wanted to pet the tiger, and so she stuck her hand inside the cage. big mistake. the tiger pounced and bit and now her left hand is so severely wound she may lose some of her fingers. there is surveillance video of the incident but the zoo is not releasing it and frankly it's unclear with we would even show it. the zoo released a statement saying, quoting here: emergency phone numbers are printed on maps for guests to call in case of emergency and security staff keep watch on the grounds around the clock. when the woman finally got to the hospital she was yelling, screaming, being very aggressive with the medical staff, turns out she had a history of criminal convictions, including several duis, painting graffiti, shoplifting, dist

police say eide broke into omaha's henry doorly zoo... somehow getting past the fence and security. when she got to the tiger cages... she jumped one fence into a secure area...then reached into the cage of mai... an 18-year-old malayan tiger.(woman #2)"that doesn't sound like a good plan."it sn't.police say mai bit down eide's hand, causing severe injuries.wounds so bad... she might lose parts of her fingers.after doing some digging... we found two pages of court documents on eide, both in nebraska and iowa.her criminal convictions include... shopliftingdrunk driving graffitidisorderly conductand disturbing the peace... just to name a few.following the break-in and biting... police blamed on eide... the zoo's executive director, dennis pate... release a statement. "the safety and security of our guests and animama are always a priority. more e cameras will be installed to monitor the grounds and gates." most visitors know the rule... look... don't touch.and especially don't break-in to a place full of creatures that can kill you.(man)"people don't realize that these are still wild