vanessa peng, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. eric: ahead on kcci. former kkk frontman backs the gop frontrunner. new reaction to donald trump's response. plus 42 years of agony and discomfort. the solution an iowa man is fighting to share. >> 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: it looks like march is coming in like a lion. we have moderate snow's. it is tracking to the east this morning. here in des moines we are finally seeing the snowflakes. we are on the tail end of the system. wrapping up and moving out of the area. that wind is driving the wind chills down here in des moines. it feels like 12 degrees. the actual temperature is at 22. blowing snow to recover those east west roads. temperatures today will be much colder than yesterday. heading for a high close to freezing but with that blustery wind, it is going to feel like it is in the teens. we might need the shovels later on in the week. i disavow, ok?

sun peng, since becoming a farmer, gross mostly strawberries and rice. sun comes from a family of farmer whose decided to return their land to the state ten years ago, when he entered university. sun was the first person in the family to ever attend university. everyone expected big things from him. after graduation, sun joined an it firm that develops architecture software, but only four years into the job, he quit. sun's family was surprised by his decision to become a sun's parents didn't want their college educated only child to take up the demanding farm work they endured for since the family had already given up their land and equipment, sun used his entire savings to prepare for his new enterprise. he had to borrow land from a farmer who had no successors. the previous farmer had used huge amounts of chemical fertilizer on parts of the land to boost harvest volume. soon, he discovered chemical residues. on the unspoiled part of the land, sun decided to try his hand at the difficult process of growing organic strawberries. only a year after he bega

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. >> for them to reach -- >> professor lamb kong peng, having worked at columbia university and german research labs. >> i think help us to design, viral infections, and pinpoint our research, but also to produce biologic that will be used to treat. >> when the szars virus broke ut, he continues to develop new drugs within industry. >> professor kumar henry is from shrilanka, based at oxford university, he was head hunted by a research facility two years ago. today, his research is focused on the asian physique. >> we want you to be doing some typing and sitting and standing on the chair. >> this equipment measures the total calorie consumption of the body. measuring the room's oxygen concentration allows it to calculate the calories consumed by the person inside. >> when he is started to exercise, then the expenditure has gone up and then after a while, it will come down, and then it goes up again, because he has done two sets of exercises and jumping quite a lot. given in u.s. and europe, nobody is doing work on nutrition among asian people. asian people metabolic response to food is

live kcci in ames bureau, vanessa peng kcci, news, iowa's news leader. stacey: let's check in with kurtis for a look at the forecast. kurtis: that cold air moved on in. we still have clouds. temperatures are dipping, especially once they lose the cloud cover. 24 degrees. the current wind chill at 11 degrees. look at the readings to the north, feels like temperatures in the single digits. even as the wind settles down, i think north of highway 20 you will get wind chills slightly below zero. cold night out there. turning colder. 21 at 10:00. if you want sunshine tomorrow you have to get out early. temperatures at 7:00, 18. the sun comes up at: 47. we will -- 6:47. mid 30's by noon and a high tomorrow at 4:00 of 43 degrees. here is the clouds moving through. notice they are starting to break up in northern iowa. here is the system brought light snow, especially up around fort dodge and humboldt, towards algona. that snow over michigan. forecast tomorrow, already upstream, another system moving thunderstorms, north platte, 65. western kansas in the 70's tom

i'm vanessa peng i'll show you at's all this nonsense about balls? pink balls, blue, yellow, red. it's hard to keep the whole thing straight. and all these so-called deals? well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. like when you leave the city the signal goes weak. u.s. cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys don't. and as for deals? how's $300 back for every line you switch? $300! no ball nonsense. get $300 per line and a stronger signal, todd: today in the buzz buzzer , beater. stacey: a rhode island high school basketball team thought they won a state title, and started celebrating. one problem, they had not one yet. todd: with seconds left, the burrilville broncos threw the ball into the air to run out the clock. but the opposing team caught the ball, and called a timeout. stacey: may suck a layup as the time expired to win, 60-59. todd: well, we know parents shell out the big bucks to get their kids braces. but now, when dog owner is doing the same. stacey: you heard correctly. retriever. veterinarians in michigan say the pup wasn't able

man in china isn't letting his disability keep him from seeing all his country has to offer. 3 quan peng is a paraplegic who around.last summer, he left beijing with the intention of making a cross- country trip. with the help of a navigator app, he's already traveled over 12-hundred miles.and he's documenting his journey on social media.quan has seen 27 cities so far and is more than half- way to his goal of visiting 52 cities.he says he decided to take the trip simply as a personal challenge -- but he hopes he encourages other people to travel and explore the world. 3 extreme kayaking is going viral this morning.coming up at six.. we'll tell you why some adventure- seekers are in hot water.celebrating saint patricks day.we'll tell you why you'll want to bite into some green this week.you're watching good morning >>> trump being trump, now at 6:00, the sweeping statement from the voters at the buckeye state. >>> we will tell you about a program that in northern kentucky designed to get dirty needles off the street. >>> a new place to honor veterans, what you will see at veterans plaza c

painted rainbow arches we reminisce about reminiscent of his rainbow mork and mindy schematicay vanessa peng park in dubai plans to be the biggest in the world with a massiveh price tag of two . eight billion dollars addition to the riots that will be a taj mahalti inspired theater, legoland theme park and other attractions scheduled to open october the macler surprise gift for a mom and england is road thanks to their instructions during her online order, her daughter wrote that it is a surprise party for my mother and we live together so please,te can it not look obvious it is part of suppliesn unfortunate that message was posted on the outside of the box there's plenty more to come, p.j. ziegler joins us from the a car with safety and performance features listed as a crossover, the beuke vision may be what you're looking for. >> on display at the auto show at the i x center thepl will be available for the mac is a look at the details of this one. a wonderful day here at the auto show . if you're looking for that midsize crossover suv, you goty the beuke vision it's got cool features like

quan peng is a paraplegic who uses a wheelchair to get around....and he's documenting his 12-hundred mile..journey on social media. he says he hopes he encourages other paralyzed people to travel the world. how could parliament expect me to fall in love in 30 days? attention all royal fans! princess diaries three is in the works! according to the movies' original director... anne hathaway is very interested in making the third installment- which will take place in manhattan. but it will have to wait....until her baby comes. starbucks is celebrating the soon return of spring with a limited-edition drink....the new it's a blend of strawberries and cream with white chocolate sauce and matcha drizzle. but you better try it soon...it's only available through sunday...the first day of spring. now here's a look at the three things you need to know before heading out kara 2shot bam center the combs-hehl bridge is reopen...after a crash sends a vehicle into the ohio river. we'll check in with jordan in just a few minutes with the latest on the search! marco rubio's out...john kasich's still a

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the same thing, we have guns floating around and there is no argument and invariably the argument is peng shuai it with someone being shot and killed. and it just boggles the mind. here tonight is another example of that red --. jazmin: after the shooting, they say mincey drove off and crashed into a wall. hours later, his family arranged for him to surrender. jason: -- brett: new from overnight after years -- nearly returned back to earth. it is a record-setting mission that nasa deemed important for potential super trip -- schubert -- future trips to mars. he landed after 340 days in space. he will spend some time in houston undergoing a series of tests, especially on how long spaceflight duration impact the human body. nasa has a control subject for the evaluation, kelly' s twin brother mark, also an astronaut has been a part of the study while his brother has been orbiting the earth. the agents -- agency says this has advanced -- kelly returned with two russian cosmonauts. all went under field tests immediately. officials say that amount of time and space that affected persons vision

nascar approved the request to defer the suspension penged the appeal. now in addition to truex's team, docked ten points and fined crew chiefs $15,000. among those penalized -- nfl news, the panthers will not have to face roddy white when they face the falcons next season. the veteran wideout was cut today and two games against the carolina panthers this year. for 11 . bill: all right, the final season of fox's hit show "american idol" is rolling on. the show presenting top 10. as the last weeks of the show are now in sight, fox's michelle paleno has more about making it this far. >> saving the best for last. hollywood carpet at last week's "idol" party, the finalists hope to win america's vote. . >> my favorite part is definitely performing and kind of like seeing how america reacts, you know? and so far, so good, i hope it continues. >> i just think about the next step. i realize when i think about the next, next, next step i lose my mind. for me it's okay, just go out and sing this song, once you are done with that, focus on the next step. >> every t

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owe peng and non-opec producers invited to meet on april 17th to discuss the potential oil output freewho is out? who is in? cnbc's jackie deangelis is at the nyse. >> good evening to you, melissa. oil prize rising 20% in the last month alone on the hope that this producing meeting on april 17th will end in a production freeze. remember, it's not an emergency meeting. the next official meeting. cartel is going to be in june but it's a meeting of global producers to sort of find some accord so who is coming. what will it matter? the guest list includes some. opec members but not all of them. some of them have opted out including libya and iran and with the resignation of the iraqi oil minister last week because it's unclear that that country will have a delegate at that meeting and while the saudis may show, they have no reason to freeze or cut production and they have made that clear. the russians is have been encouraging a freeze and they are likely to play along but there's been no talk of sending a u.s. delegate to attend this meeting. with all of the parties not coming to the table

. >>> yo muy bien en gira como siempre, estoy en gira en espaÑa en este momento pero me peng un saltoar por encima de las cosas. >>> ha cambiado mucho la manera de hacer cine, de cuando el gra un Éxito de rafael que automÁtica lo lleva hacer pelÍculas y exponerlo en la mayor cantidad de maneras posibles en la televisiÓn y en el cine. >>> seguimos igual >>> no ha cambiado mucho?. >>> no, en eso seguimos igual en el escenario estoy de gira y que seguimos igual. ha cambiado, ahora es mucho mejor en el sentido que tienes mÁs medios. y ahora, para cualquier plano se usan 20 cÁmaras. y se encuentra plano. y mucho mÁs difÍcil antes. >>> estoy emocionada mevilÁ pelÍcula y me encantÓ. estÁn des pidiendo un programa en vivo. >>> pero tÚ llegaste hacer muchos de estos programas. >>> no. >>> no ¿cÓmo?. >>> yo hacia los de navidad mi pÚblico era mÁs tranquilo. hacia programas para la familia. y el programa de nochevieja, es mÁs jolgorio y cachÓn doe como decimos en espaÑa. y no lo he hecho nunca. y ahÍ es donde ad mi tes barbaridades que salen en la pelÍcula. en el mes de agosto con un calor espan