of pumpkin-spiced products topped $361 million last year. >> pumpkin sandwiches. >> pumpkin flavored beer. >> pumpkin-spiced sausages and flavored vodka. >> 40% of us like pumpkin spice exwl. >> and there's only a three-month window to feel that love. after that it's just the gray death march of spring and summer. >> trevor: i don't understand this, jordan. syria is exploding and you're wasting time on pumpkin spice? >> no, you're wasting time. the pumpkin spice is blowing up now. syria will be blowing up all year round. you have ever had a pumpkin spice latte in june? it tastes like cat piss. but in october. mmm-mmm. it's like you're tonguing thanksgiving. you better get with the pumpkin program because you don't want to end up like this guy. >> he tried to start a national anti-pumpkin day. >> we don't eat christmas trees. we shouldn't eat pumpkins. >> is that what you want spend october not eating pumpkins and spend december not eating christmas trees. >> trevor: that doesn't make sense? >> it does. >> i former hostage negotiator from charlotte, north carolina, feels he's being he

each pumpkin jessica is talking about each pumpkin jessica is talking about each pumpkin jessica is talking about each pumpkin jessica rae: the search is on in northeast nebraka for some philanthropists... and faith regional health services in norfolk has another lunch and learn coming up. here's susan risinger with the details. "the philanthropy council of northeast nebraska is looking for philanthropists of all ages and descriptions. the deadline to nominate a person or business for one of the six philanthropy awards to be presented in february is nomber 13th. the 8th annual "sober in october" event was held last week at northeast community college. students who took part drove golf carts and tried to walk straight lines while wearing goggles designed to simulate drunkenness. and the next lunch and learn at faith regional health services in norfolk will cover options for post- mastectomy reconstructive surgery available right in norfolk. the free event will be held november 5th, and for more information, contact the faith regional university. these and more stories can be heard on newstal

it is inexpensive to bake a pumpkin. cut the pumpkin in half. this is so easy. scoop out the seeds and guts, turn it over, bake it at 400 degrees for 40 minutes and your house smells so good. this is delicious pumpkin purree. loaded with enzymes and vitamin a. >> what about a face cream? >> no, no, this is the real stuff. unsweetened yogurt. mix it together. rosanna: so don't throw away this stuff. >> scoop out the seeds and bake them, your house will smell good and a face mask. >> what is your name? >> norma. >> have you done this before? >> no, the first time. >> how are you feeling? >> i'm excited. >> i am going to use the hands. ready, norma. going like this and putting it around. rosanna: so it exfoliates. >> brightens your skin. rosanna: rosanna: tiekten the pores? >> yes. greg: i thought you like to open the pores. rosanna: women like them greg: that is where the black heads happen, right? >> rub it around. there we go. she's leaving it on for 15-20 minutes. greg: you forgot the upper lip. rosanna: take it off or lick it off? >> depends on who you are. wh

along with the biggest pumpkin prize, a separate contest for most beautiful pumpkin. met with farmer john muller of half moon bay, he had six of those beauties on a flat bed truck ready to introthem into the contest. aim told that shape and color. there is a really pretty red orange one. shape and color are some of the criteria for being one o. most beautiful pumpkins or judging a beautiful pumpkin. that is all happening later today. we're going to be out here all morning long. bahing to you guys. >> i'll take those two behind you. i'll take them for me. >> good luck carrying them. >> i this i they shine them all up and everything for the contest. >> they look good. >> probably a lot of seeds in there. a hospital of pies. >> absolutely u. i think all of us as reporters at one point or another. if you have been at ktvr long enough, have done that story. in fact, one year i did that story and my picture got in one of the local halfmoon bay papers. my little microphone flag. i was so proud of myself. >> that's cool. >>> good morning, everyone. dave, to answer your questi

big pumpkins or not. >> i like to carve the pumpkin. >> reporter: all right. so johnny says this pumpkin is about 10 pounds. feels about right. he says he has 40 to 50- pounders coming none from oregon in the next couple of days. that's a lot of pumpkin seeds. in san ramon, juliette goodrich, kpix 5. >>> the drought is so bad in one northern california city, restaurants are being ordered to use disposable plates, cups and plasticware. the river that is the primary source of drinking water in the area is so low that ocean water it leeching into the municipal pipes. the sign was given to all restaurants in towns saying it's an absolute necessity to use disposable tableware during the water crisis. residents and businesses are also required to cut their water use by 30%. >>> don't let the sunshine fool you. that warning from south carolina's governor as the flood soaked state struggles to recover from historic rains. 17 people died in two states when a storm fed by hurricane joaquin pounded the mid- atlantic. 18 dams have been breached or they failed. tens of tho

sheila: what kind of pumpkin pie spice did you use? whitney: just the standard pumpkin pie spice. sheila: just out of the container. whitney: yes, out of the container. then i'm going to mix it all together. sheila: are we going to get really messy? whitney: i think we might. and, while you're mixing for the sake of time i'm going to show you how to put this on a cookie sheet. even though it's not completely mixed. these will not spread while you're cooking which is one of the best parts. sheila. ok. whitney: so, i use a 1/4 cup measuring. we're going to plop them on the cookie sheet and position them into any kind of shape you want. like i said these won't spread out while your cooking. so, you want put them pretty close together. sheila: as close as you want. whitney: it should make about 12 cookies. like i said throw into the fridge or the freezer for a nice crunchier texture. sheila: for this recipe for these pumpkin cookies go to our website ktiv.com and find the recipe if you look under the news link. 4:05 a news conference is underway with federal authorities and conspracy

you see white pumpkins. you see orange pumpkins. agree al green pumpkins. when you see a pumpkin with a green tint n it, you want to leave it in a cool place and it's going to turn more orange. we want a pumpkin with a nice stem. that's number one. reme er that pumpkins have a flat of side.d we saw in the field that the purchase kin pumpkins grow thl- way and they don't turn them. you want one that has not that much of a flat side. you want to make sure it's heavy for its size. that's very very important. and when it comes to cutting pumpkins out, years ago i used to tellofou thatneou zigzag the top. somebody wrote me one time and told me a different way of doing it and i've been doing it for thar this is way. what i do is i take the pumpkin like this and i actually cut the bottom of the pumpkin out like fthis. so the stem stay there is s there and it doesn't fall through. i scoop the purchase mpkin out. and then i put a light source, not a candle. ave flashlight, anything. they have these little round light sources now that you can put in the pumpkin and g

. >>> i cannot wait to see how much this pumpkin weighs. >> pumpkin farmers take their shot at winning the half moon bay annual pumpkin weigh off for the 42nd year in the row. i'm gasia mikaelian. we understand a winner has been crowned in half moon bay. it is nice in half moon bay but inland it is in the upper 80s already. >> the summer that won't quit. we have 88 degrees right now in livermore. take a look what the is going on outside our doors around the bay. we have mostly sunny skies around the batch and inland, 70 noose areas like san francisco and oakland but you go well into the east bay and temperatures are holding on, 84 at walnut creek. 80 right now in concord and we're not finished just yet. these numbers will warm anywhere from 5 to 8, maybe 10 degrees before we get into the afternoon and when all is said and done, right now, eight degrees in pittsburgh, 82 for alamo and 80 in moragua. let's shift to the peninsula and take a look at a few more temperatures. 75 for paleo alto. a warm day around the bay, very hot in some of our warmer locations as we get into the inner east

no pumpkin.... charlie 30:42 all that hard work, but seeing all the people here enjoying it, it's a good ending to the season" with his huge pumpkin a smashing sucess this year - bernstrom is already looking ahead to next season - hoping to grow a bigger pumpkin that will provide more of a bang.... "hopefully i can get 1,700 or 1,800 pounds " " jenna: with a final check of our forecast. sioux city tonight at west high school. we'll have a live look at the rally for trump as well as the protests tonight at six (fred) the forecast shows a low of 41 tonight and scattered showers. winds will become breezy after midnight. tomorrow, expect a partly cloudy sky and a high of 50. winds will gust to 40 miles per hour from the northwest. the 7-day forecast shows a chance of showers late friday and early saturday, but we will be drying out by the time saturday night comes around. set your clocks back an hour saturday night before you go to bed. tonight's ask fred prize will be 4 tickets to see the muskies vs. o

no pumpkin.... charlie 30:42 all that hard work, but seeing all the people here enjoying it, it's a good ending to the season" with his huge pumpkin a smashing sucess this year - bernstrom is already looking ahead to next season - hoping to grow a bigger pumpkin that will provide more of a bang.... "hopefully i can get 1,700 or 1,800 pounds " " jessica rae: and speaking of pumpkins... you still have time to enter our pumpkin contest! you have until tomorrow to submit a photo of your best pumpkin creation. then tune in to our show on friday morning to see if you won! the winner will receive four muskies tickets! ... to submit your photo you must friend me on facebook... and post your pumpkin picture directly to my wall... or send me a private message with a picture of your pumpkin. if you don't have facebook- don't worry, you can email your pumpkin picture to me, at jrae@kcautv.com. jessica rae: and here are today's submissions! the first pumpkin mes from the mercy singing hills staff. great job guys

and speaking of pumpkins... we want t u to pumpkin! send us your best decorated, carved, or painted pumpkins! you have from now until october 29th to submit a photo of your best pumpkin creation. on october 30th, tune into the abc9 news morning show to see if you won! the winner will receive four muskies tickcks! ... to submit your photo you must friend me on facebook... and post your pumpkin picture directly to my wall... or send me a private message with a picture of your pumpkin. if you don't have facebook- don't worry, you can email your pumpkin picture to me, at jrae@kcautv.com. start decorating and get those submissions in soon! we can't wait to see siouxland's creatitity! jessica rae: and we have four new submissions for our contest! first up is this pumpkin... this little guy is named frankie. lana and katie created this beauty. really cool and creative, nice job! here is another neat one. emily and stacey are responsible for this pumpkin... which they n ned owlie! nice colors on this one! this pumpkin might be the most unique

pumpkin pizza. we'll rye it from one of the best of new york's pizzerias. >> ahead in our next half hour. a sports curse some teams can't shake off. what taylor swift has to do with failure on the field after she rolls through the town. you're watching "world news now." . >>> "world news now" >>> okay. so you know here in new york city, pizza is sacred. so when you combine it with unorthodox flavors you're really taking a big risk. >> with the current pumpkin craze, you would hope some things stay off limit. but as we're about 0 learn there are two tasty versions of pumpkin pie. for some pumpkin pizza pie. we head into the "insomniac kitchen" with abc's trina trinh. >> between the pumpkin pies and lot tase i think i've pretty much had my fill of pumpkin but i hear there's a pretty good pumpkin pizza inside. i never turn down a free pie. let's check it out. we're here with owner jason brunetti who is going to show us how to making. > pumpkin pizza today. >> this works? >> works great actually. it's t

pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin bread ... and best of all, giant pumpkins! a michigan man and his grandson have taken home the prize for biggest pumpkin in the state ... for the second year in a row. take a look at this massive squash! " " (mark clementz/champion pumpkin grower) quick "two years in a row now i'm state champ." champion pumpkin grower mark clementz cultivated this 17-hundred-34 pound pumpkin this year. the holly resident says the pumpkin you see pictured on his truck is the mother of this year's behemoth. ( mark clementz/champion pumpkin grower) "lasasyear i grew a 1947 pound it's the michigan state record. this pumpkin here is a sister to that pumpkin." he has a couple of secrets he shared as to how he turns out these giant gourds. one is that he makes sure they grow under sheltered netting held up by these supports to keep the bugs away. the other secret... ark clementz/c/cmpion pumpkin grower) "i have obtained some of the best seeds in the world and i've cross pollinated them myself." ( craig mcmorris/holly, mi) "while this was the biggest

pumpkin spy tastes delicious. maybe someone can make a little pumpkin pie and we can taste that. good morning everyone. you know, it's decent day out there. it's a little lighter than usual but there is still slow traffic. when you get to the bay bridge if you drive it every day you will say it's a little better than it normally is. not everyone has a day off. in fact most people don't. we have slow traffic leaving san francisco as you head down toward the south end of the city. we had an earlier accident southbound 101 near candle stick and also a crash southbound 101 near 280. so traffic is going to be slow leaving the city. you might want to use 280 instead of 101. as we look at the east bay commute here, 580 looks okay. 680 is slow. 880 as you drive from 238 down to union city is a little slow. again if you drive every day you will see a little bit better but not much than usual. 7:19 let's go to steve in the weather center. >> thank you. expect for fog mainly just outside the golden gate and on the santa cruz and san mateo coast. and it's racing down the coast. i believe thi

next up, the pumpkin chunkin contest. hayley: check out the rain on the radar moving very close to us over the next couple of hours. up and how long does it stephanie: welcome back to news nine. a deadly plane crash at worchester airport. his 66-year-old connecticut man died when his small plane crash just after 8:00. investigators say the single engine plane feared to the right after takeoff and then crashed into a wooded area. the pilot was the only person on board. state police say the ntsb will investigate what caused the crash. to middle school students were arrested in methuen after allegedly making violent threats. these arrests come just days after a similar incident at the high school. tonight, our frank hyland tells us how the minute he is reacting. frank: tiffany simmons says recent incidents in the town where stints are accused of >> me my friends were talking about it last night like what we would do if it happened. like uneasy coming to school. you don' t not know who has what. frank: the mayor and police ch

when you're done with the pumpkins, you cent make them pumpkin pie. give it to the birds? >> we have a blast up in our neighborhood with them. we'll hoist them up 110 feet in the air and drop them. >> i love it. >> drop them. >> i want to go to that. >> drop one on a nonworking county police car years ago. >> i was like take a stick of mite in there. >> i think we may be at the wrong festival, bob. >> i wondered what they did with them. >> excellent question. >>> 6:09 right now. let's get a look at that forecast this monday morning with kari. >> warm as we head into the afternoon. great weather to enjoy looking at pumpkins. probably doesn't feel like fall outside we take a look at those gigantic pumpkins. now it's in up thor 50s as we get the day started. today in san jose, expect a high of 88 degrees. it's going to be warm. 84 degrees in palo alto and 92 at napa and 84 in oakland and pleasanton today seeing a high of 91 degrees. we'll take a closer look at these numbers and one, two chances of rain in the forecast this week. i'll talk more about that coming up in about te

are on the pumpkin. it is like a baby. you are taking care of it. >> gary miller gets emotional when he cuts the pumpkin. >> can want people to see me because maybe there would an tear coming down my face. >> there is heartache, defending champion got six to his stomach when checking on his most promising pumpkin last month. >> in spot i had one that was over 1,500 that developed a crack that would make it illegal to interpret. >> he brother this one instead, not heaviest enough to win but he is proud of it. and the audience will be thrilled, no matter what. >> it is about a sense of community and hanging out with people we know. pumpkins are a reason to get together. >> this is big money in this for the winners, getting $6 a pound. the winner is at 2000 pounds we are talking $12,000. and others land to sell the pumpkins to store fronts or hotels if you are in loss vase. >> how do you celebration halloween? this is a picture from amy hollyfield's twitter page and she is standing next to a big, big flat p

pumpkin season is over.ike the new pumpkin macchiato dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and smooth finish that's never bitter. put down the dark roast you've been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. >> always watching, always tracking. d.c.'s most accurate forecast. >> allyson and i were just talking. we went to friday night lights last night and it was 49 degrees. what about trick-or-treating, will it be that cold. >> it will be cold but not that cold. the good news, it will be dry. you don't have to worry about lugging around the umbrella. just an extra layer underneath the costume. here we go tore today. starting off really chilly. if you were outside last night for the football games, you know. we're dropping down to the near freezing mark this morning and into the 40s for the district. 45 degrees. clear skies are not going to stick around all day long. but really it's a good fall day. temperatures will stay near average into the 60s, low

armed with their own carved pumpkins. >> it's cool seeing the different designs on the pumpkin. >> it's an event to bring people about halloweenments . i like going around in my costume and scaring the socks off of people. >> the event was organized-- >> we started a pumpkin festival to bring the community celebration throughout the year. >> keene decided not to have the pumpkin festival this year because of riots that took place near the festival in a neighborhood near keene state college. >> it's nice that laconia grabbed it from keene and ties laconia. >> the event had food, rides, entertainment and this, a massive tower in the middle of veterans square which shined bright once the sun went down. >> seeing the pumpkins and how amazing. >> event aimed to beat the world record for carved and lit pumpkins that didn't happen, but people together. >> it's the first time the to do something this big and to have it be the first time we did job. >> and organizers say there's a bright side to know the beating the world record. >> there's a great thing about 10,000 pumpkins, you can't believe

this one is with a glow-in-the-dark pumpkin. >> you put your contact paper on, spray the pumpkin and whatever you don't want to glow, it doesn't get anything on it. >> this is your finished product. >> i want to see it glow. do we get to see it glow? >> now the moment of magic. we're going to turn the lights off. guys, can you even see that? >> no, i can't see it. >> i'll turn on the black light. >> ooh. >> oh. so you need a black light. >> so what's better than two hacks from cheese? a third one. join us now, jessica. >> okay. i want to share a cool hack with you if you want, like, a nice clean look on your pumpkin. it involves cookie cutters. and there are halloween cookie cutters out there because you are making halloween cookies. >> i like cats. >> give me one of these. >> you can choose a place on the pumpkin you want to put it. we're going to use a mallet to put it into the pumpkin. >> in like that. >> then we use our needle nose pliers and you're going to pull it out. >> do it the other way. push it. >> there we go. >> oh, wow. >> that's super cool. so then we just keep doing

the winning pumpkins the top i've heaviest pumpkins will be on display at the half-moon bay pumpkin festival that is this coming weekend saturday and sunday. the losing pumpkins, well, a lot of people end up in the compost bin. although it's up to the individual owners what they want to do with them. what we found out they most likely won't do with the losing pumpkins, they don't get turned into pumpkin pie. they are not really that edible because they grow these for weight as you can see. here's another massive pumpkin. that is probably about 1,000- pounder but as we mentioned it takes awhile to move these. transport these over to the scale. so between they have the half- moon bay high school marching band and some songs for the kids out here. so it's a really festive environment. back to you guys. >> thank you allie. there is is always a fun live shot. >> it's a big compost bin. >> it must be a big compost bin. >> you bake them. >> and salt them. >> yeah it's really cool. >> i guess you cannot use them in pie because they are grown for weight so they must taste different. >> yeah i was thi

carvers. >> halloween is fun. >> like to carve pumpkins. >> chris campbell isn't your ordinary pumpkinake a look at one of his masterpieces. chucky, wanna play? >> you can do so many things, carve different shapes, pay attention to the details. >> he's a heating and air conditioning employee by day. pumpkin carver by night. this one is a monster.ç >> anything that has to do with art i'm pretty much all in for it. >> reporter: sometimes it's tedious. >> this is pretty much making sure i get all the seeds out. >> reporter: he draws characters, uses a spoon, knife and a pumpkin carving tool. he started drawing and painting when he was a little boy. >> i feel good. i feel good. anytime i'm doing something with art, drawing, carving, this is my getaway. >> reporter: he wants other kids to appreciate his hobby. chris is a boys and girls club football coach. he tells players about the importance of art. >> once they really put their minds to it and try to focus on it, anything is possible. >> he can't wait to show trick or treaters his latest work. frankenstein. >> pretty sure the kids will

pumpkin lattes, pumpkin candles, pumpkin pie, pumpkin smashing and in maine at the 2015 festival thempkin drop. >> now you're talking. >> all this was recorded by ben using a go pro and iphone 6. over 12,000 people show up to this festival to watch pumpkins drop and smash things. watch as the 1200 pound pumpkin goes hundreds of feet in the air. this dodge caravan is about to be squashed. >> car facts i don't think you want to list this car anymore. >> the pumpkin goes flying down smashing that dodge caravan into a pancake. this one happens to be my favorite. >> oh! >> boom. >> quite frankly this is a very clever way to get rid of a bunch of huge pumpkins. what else are you going to do with them? let them rot in the field. >> make a lot of pumpkins. >> starbucks could get rid of that in an hour. >> or crush stuff which is what my vote is. we got this video, they cover it every year and it's a good time for all involved agencies. >> since last week in the automotive world the name on everybody's lips has been tesla because of their auto drive feature. we had a video last week of this r

how fast do these pumpkins grow? >> well, mine grow up to, like, 40 pounds a day. >> reporter: 40 pounds a day? his pride and joy reached nearly a ton. it blew a hole and was disqualified. pumpkin depression. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: the highs and lows of pumpkin growing. >> i didn't even come in my patch for a week, and then i realized, you know what? i've got these other pumpkins. >> reporter: one of those other pumpkins finished seventh at a weigh-off this month and he's already plotting to plant new seeds that will become next year's giants. >> sometimes i shake my head and roll my eyes. >> reporter: patty hawkley says record or no record-- >> i definitely have approached him with the thought of taking a year off and maybe growing every other year and working on projects at home. it's cool in a way, but on the other hand, it's like, yeah, it is a pumpkin. remember that, john, it's a pumpkin. >> this one could be surprising. >> reporter: and at the very least, it can make a lot of pies. carter evans, cbs news,

jessica rae: it's time for this year's pumpkin contest we want you to show us your pumpkin! send us your best decorated, carved, or painted pumpkins! you have from now until october 29th to submit a photo of your best pumpkin creation. on october 30th, tune into the abc9 news morning show to see if you won! the winner will receive four muskies tickets! ... to submit your photo you must friend me on facebook... and post your pumpkin picture directly to my wall... or send me a private message with a picture of your pumpkin. if you don't have facebook- don't worry, you can email your pumpkin picture to me, at jrae@kcautv.com. start decorating and get those submissions in soon! we can't wait to see siouxland's creativity! jessica rae: after the break... a delicious recipe for a side dish that'll bring some "mediterranean" to your meal more on greek potatoes when we return. we need to disrupt the old order in washington, dc. we can do a lot better by applying conservative principles we should lower rates and simplify the code to allow people to freely decide how they want to spen

. >>> i'm cleve bryan walking through a south jersey pumpkin patch with key ingredients, pumpkins, they were wiped out by mother nature. find out how they are trying to recover during the busiest time of the year. >>> and temperatures, have jumped 15 to 20 degrees since this time yesterday, and warmer weather is on the way, i'll tell you how long it will last and if rain will creep back in the seven day forecast, coming up, don. >>> the eagles win but there is reason to be concerned, up next chip kelly tells us why it is hard to get sam bradford to stop throwing to the other team, that is later in sports. recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. cancercenter.com/eastern. >>> well, the american cancer society updates its guidelines for when women should get mammograms. they now recommend women begin annual breast cancer screenings at 45 instead of 40. and then every other year at 55. the doctors caution, it is still not a one size fits hall recommendation. the

you are getting just the plain pumpkin purie, not the pumpkin pie filling." s- "okay, cuz that's added sugar." w- "added sugar. and then some pumpkin pie spice, a little bit of brown sugar, and then a little bit of vanilla. and what i would do if i were at home, is that i would then pop this in the microwave. so that it was just a little bit runnier and a little bit easier to work with. but, we are going to make due, and we are going to mix this in. so this smells basically like a pumpkin pie...right now." s- "yeah. it looks like it." w- "but, you know there's only a quarter of a cup of butter in here, and this makes about 20 servings, so, it's really not that much, and you can always use a butter with a canola oil mix in as well. so, you want to then actually wha presidential candidate donald trump will be speaking at west high in sioux city. there's where we once agian find ktiv's matt breen. matt, how are things shaping up? sheila, four polls, including those done by the des moines register, and quinnipiac university all show trump now trailing dr. ben car

the most beautiful pumpkin.the judge for that award and the winner was this reddish orange perfectly gourd. he won a $500 prize for it. now the prettiest pumpkin and the heaviest top five heaviest pumpkins will be on display for everyone to see at the half moon bay festival next weekend on october 17 and the 18th. allie rasmus ktvu fox 2 news. >> that oregon winner gets an $11,800 prize for his very heavy pumpkin. that equals about $6 per pound for the first five winners. >>> it is legend carlos santana visited students at the east bay middle school. giving them a music lesson. okay, how great would that be? their visit was rocking. the couple talked to students about the importance of music through the world. >> when you can make this happen and with the music, then you will do something that barack obama and the pope cannot do. you can bring peace on earth. you can heal people. you can create miracles. this is where it needs to be. >> they will visit their foundation providing money to help the family and thei

there's a pumpkin in the background on the forklift. he just won for best looking pumpkin. literally the pumpkins that are going to win as far as the weigh-off are much bigger than that orange board over here. let's look at the current board right now in first place with four to go jack leru, he won back in the '90s. we spoke with him this morning. he's weighing in at 1,685 pounds. if you look at the defending champion, who we also interviewed this morning. he thought his might come in at 1,500 or 1,600. his actually came in at 1,447. little lower than he was hoping. and one of his colleagues was saying who is also a napa grower saying because of the drought this year he thinks his california pumpkins are weighing about 25% less. his incidentally did come in lighter than he was hoping for as well. so we have 1,685 pounds. that is the heaviest. and that's from a grower out of washington. we still have four more to go. so what they're going to be doing is bringing out the final four pumpkins here within the next ten minutes or so. as you come out back live you can see on main

, bring your pumpkins. stephanie: this is the first year the pumpkin festival will in the city and the chamber of commerce is pumped about the boon to business. >> we're so excited to have this event and everyone has really come together so i'm waiting for tomorrow to come. >> organizer, is trying to break the 2013 record of 30,581 lit jack o lanterns. let's get all of new england and show what it's like when you put all of those pumpkins together stephanie: keene city refused a permit after teens rioted on the festival campus leading to more than 120 arrests. >> don't ever let the bad guys win, ever. let it shine. stephanie: laconia police say they're stationing 30 officers. security. we've always had a really good handle on that let it shine and the pumpkin festival management security. stephanie: she says the scarily thing will be the mill. they're giving the profits for the that organization. you can go pumpkin express, costume parade. it ends at 8:30 tonight. in laconia, stephanie woods, amy: coming up

you still have time to enter our pumpkin contest! you have until tomorrow to submit a photo of your best pumpkin creation. then tune in to our show on friday morning to see if you won! the winner will receive four muskies tickets! ... to submit your photo you must friend me on facebook... and post your pumpkin picture directly to my wall... or send me a private message with a picture of your pumpkin. if you don't have facebook- don't worry, you can email your pumpkin picture to me, at jrae@kcautv.com. jessica rae: after the break... howard's got a recipe for some spooky treats that'll scare the kiddos this halloween. stay tuned for that when we e popping recipe... howard has the recipe for you. he's in the mister food test kitchen... with a treat that's pretty trick proof. "with halloween right around the corner, it seems that everyone is getting into the "spirit" of things. and whether you're going all out this year decorating your house, or u're focused on finding the perfect costume . one thing's for sure, everyone loves ghostly t

i do enjoy pumpkin pie. nikole: the scarce supply spooking some as demand increases for all things pumpkin , from breads and donuts to ice cream and cookies, even oreos generating more than $360 million in sales last year, according to nielsen. even though some items are not made with real pumpkin, many do, including starbucks, which just added it to its popular pumpkin spice latte. the coffeemaker tells us "it's not at all concerned about an eric: no shortage. nikole, looking ahead to halloween, the white house is celebrating a day early. what are they doing? nikole: welcoming trick-or-treaters. we know the president and first lady will be handing out treats to children as they usually do, many of them from military families. the white house says this is one of their favorite events. elizabeth: nikole killion live in washington for us. more new ahead in our next half hour -- surveillance video of a shootout. and a student assaulted. we will look at beggars night locations. eric: and emmy victor is live at u

we have made pumpkins of them. throw them off of our building. >> maybe it is good. >> so jen fred you do the honors, it is big roseana and pumpkin head greg kelly. >> i will start with roseana. >> we will get better with this as we go along. >> now, i hear it will bounce. i don't want to say anything bad. >> hard to swallow. >> so mike, notice this i'm like a baby at the mall with the backpack and a leash but because of safety, i cannot go anywhere, so all i have to do, i got odell, giants, eli and looking for people who tell house who else we should throw off the roof, what other players. >> we have more pumpkins. we can carve other people. let us know. >> we have the pumpkin genie. >> she can do it, sure. >> rumor has it the new music from adele. >> 302nd clip by internet taken by storm. >> i love her. >>> keep send us your eagles video and song requests use the the a hashtag, a ac/dc thunder struck, weights eagles introduction song after all so only makes sense. >> yes. >> a lot of the ac/dc this morning gettin

pumpkins, pumpkins come in more pumpkins the pumpkin patch is said new york city right here in timesare and all are free for the taking along with doughnuts and apple cider and a photograph of. what is the deal? they want you to download the photo lab see you can remember all year round. get your photos and watch "chasing news" to see what is popping up next. >> at the national cat day in honor of this special holiday delivering kittens to your door this gives people a chance to hold them is the $30 cattle feed -- fee and here is a shot out to the favorite kiddies' out there. ♪ ♪ >> the tin and bullied and suspended. >> why is she kicked out of school? >> a mother fights to protect her daughter. >> on the next "chasing news" >>> this is a fox 29 news update... >> and, good morning i'm fox 29 meteorologist kathy orr, we are in for a cooler weekend high pressure is sprawling across the eastern half of the nation and we will keep it cool but it will be comfortable, on the chilly side though to start. we will look at the seven day forecast. sixty for your friday. big temple day halloween

pumpkins! ! more on this " " good morning check of conditions neal welding compmpy skycam hd king's pointe skycyc hd in stororlake. temperatates are in the 40s and 5050 across our siouxland map this morning. the wind is directed from the south and southeast between 10 and 15 miles per hour. the satellite and radar picte displays increasing clouds from west to east and then we'll have mostly cloudy conditions by the afternoon. here's the dayplanner where temperatures will peak in the lower 60s. here's the stormcast hd where we'll have a mostly cloudy day. moisture from the west will collide with an area of low pressure moving northward out of the gulf which isisartially the rereants of hurricane patricia. this is going to give western iowa communities a shot at rain tomorrow. then it'll be windy from the northwest with gusts potentially over 40 miles per hour on wednesday. getting a look at the forecast now - today your high temperature is 63 with increasing cloud cover. the overnight low is 42 an

year's pumpkin is really light. >> there was a year when the pumpkins occupied the whole stage.its own. the whole stage. this is like the shrunken version. >> reporter: ruby torres may think these are smaller than what she is used to seeing at the pumpkin park. the winning pumpkin came in at over 1700 pounds. much lighter than previous years. >> in 2013 we weighed the world's heaviest pumpkin. world record pumpkin weighing in at 2032-pounds. >> reporter: pumpkins this size consume up to 100-gallons of water a day. jason booth who placed 8th said he had to come up with different techniques to compensate for cutting back on water. >> every grower wants the world record. that hope keeps us all going. >> reporter: regardless of the numbers on the board, families out enjoying the pumpkin patch are in awe of the enormity of these things. >> once you hit a certain size it doesn't matter. it is impressive to see every year. >> another giant pumpkin weigh off is around the corner. half-moon bay's competition is monday 7:00 to 11:00 at 735 main street in half-moon bay. >>> coming up on "k

now we have pumpkin in marshmallow, pumpkin in bread, we have pumpkin everywhere. >>reporter: it's everywhere because americans can't get enough. sales of pumpkin spice products topped $361 million last year, up 79% since 27. so who's responsible for this craze? >> hey, pumpkin, meet sposh. you guys are going to be best friends. >>reporter: coffee giant starbucks introduced the pumpkin spice latte in 2003. ironically without a trace of actual pumpkin mixed in. this year with real pumpkin, clever ads and hundreds of millions of drinks later, it remains their best-selling seasonal beverage. >> that has reverberated out to everyone else and now you see everyone doing a pumpkin spice something and it's gotten out of control. >>reporter: pumpkins are deeply rooted in american culture and baking pumpkin goods are a yearly tradition. but pumpkin spiced sausages and flavored vodka were probably not on the menu at the first thanksgiving. lynn thinks americans have bb duped into eeght and drinking decoration. >> come the end of november, where's pumpkin? gone, with your mone

and post your pumpkin picture directly to my wall... or send me a private message your pumpkin. if you don't have worry, you can pumpkin picture to me, at and get those wait to see siouxland's creativity! jessica rae: still to come... an interesting the united nations. find out just how internet. when we return. scott: " " jessica rae scott: high temperature so far is 59 after a low of 37. we'll check welding company skycam hd in sioux city and the king's pointe skycam hd in storm lake, ia where we have some cool conditions and sunshine. currently, we have temperatures in the 50s and 60s. the wind is light from the west and southwest at 10 mph or less. the satellite and radar is nearly clear. zooming out now, let's get a look at the stormcast hd which displays sunshine staying with us today as high near 80 degrees. a through tomorrow which will bring breezy northwest winds to siouxland and cooler temperatures too. highs are going to fall to the 60s by the weekend and we may see frost both friday and saturday morning. today's high is 78 with sunshine and calm conditions. the over

i mean, pumpkin -- trump. pumpkin. trump-kin. >> she's pumpkin-ized everyone from miley cyrus and steve jobs to president obama. she works it all out on paper in her kitchen before taking ten hours to perform the extreme makeover. the trump kin's biggest challenge -- the unmistakable name. mane.mane. >> 638 inch, of varying color. >> she plans to leave it on display past halloween, no matter what happens to the real donald in the scary world of politics. but the first order of business is trick or treat. kevin tibbles, nbc news, dublin, ohio. >>> that will do it for us on this friday night. remember to set your clocks back an hour before heading to bed on saturday as daylight savings time comes to an end. i hope you have a good halloween. kids be careful out there. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> it's very concerning, very concerning. you have too much dumping here. these transients hanging around in the neighborhood. >> it's supposed to be a park but it's been aba

our first pumpkin comes to us from harlo... accepting submissions for our pumpkin contest... and here are today's submissions. our first pumpkin comes to us from harlo... and is a lovely turtle. very well done harlo. this one comes to us from megan... cloud cover this morning followed by clearing this afternoon. tomorrow, we expect some sunshine early before increasing clouds and a chance of showers by the afternoon. rain will end by sunrise on halloween and we'll have some warmer temperatures through the weekend. our rain forecast model indicates we'll see between a quarter and half an inch of rain through most of the abc9 viewing area...not a heavy rain, but a decent shot of moisture. today, your high temperature is 50 and we're going to have partly cloudy skies with a light breeze. the low tonight is 30 under mostly clear skies. tomorrow, the high is 56 with rain during the afternoon. here's your 7 day forecast where we'll have high temperatures gradually rise into the 60s and 70s. jessica rae scott: later today...... thanks for tuning huh. > good morning, america. republi

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>>> these days people carve their pumpkins and make them look really pretty and then use these pumpkinsdecorate their porches because they look cool. except they make your porch very attractive to thieves. these thieves spot the pumpkins on the porch that they like. they walk right up to it and very casually, as if they belong to them, they pick them up and they walk away with those pumpkins. >> too lazy to carve their own. is it literally just that? >> no. i'm going to guess that this is probably a couple of teenagers, boosting pumpkins that they're just going to go drive down the street and smash. >> i think people unfortunately are doing this just to be little -- >> punks. yeah. >> and you're right, nick. a lot of what happens with those pumpkins, they end up getting smashened and in the very short video you see someone, a guy, grab a pumpkin with that simple intention, because as he runs away with it, you see that he swings it across the street and it just smashes on the ground. >> it's terrible, because in the mid-'90s, a whole band dedicated to this very thing. >> watch out with t

julie kell, , ur scary pumpkin would be second place, and of course keegan and khloe's channel 9 pumpkins would come in third place! again thank you all for your submissions. jessica rae scott: adlib scott:we'll have some sshine this morning, but clouds waiting for. but before we announce the winner of our pumpkin contest... we do want to thank all of you pumpkins. while only one can win... we loved them all... and your pumumins have been n highlight of ourshow for the last few weeks. but there is a some sunshine this morning, but clouds will be pretty fast to wrap in during the afternoon. rain showers will begin during the afternoon and last through the overnight period. on halloween tomorrow, expect the clouds to clear out fast. then we'll have mostly sunny skies and warming mperatures as we move through the weekenenand 70s return for next week! today's high is 55 and it'll be partly cloudy and cool with rain later. tonight's low is 40 with clouds and showers. tomorrow for halloween, we'll have a high of 63 with temperatures in the 50s during trick or treating under mostly clear skies.

the pumpkins in the pool. what does that do? >> an old trick my dad taught me. the pool helps preserve the pumpkins. >> you can't carve all the way through? all on the surface? >> yes. about maybe half an inch into the pumpkin. i used one of the normal saw tools and everyday pumpkin extra tools from a sculpting kit. >> and everything is so precise. like, you can start doing my hair, if you want. >> i don't know if i would be that good at that. i will ask my dad, though. taught me a lot of tricks. the poking, use a nice, sharp pencil, because i leave the actual mark on the pumpkin you can follow around easier. the sculpting tools are perfect it's really easy. >> wow. >> there you go. >> i think i'll just hire you. >> that's great! [ howling ] >>> it's time to give away another ipad mini. >> to enter, you'll need the buzzword, be at least 18 years old and a legal u.s. resident. >> and head on over to rightthisminute.com and click on win ipad mini. >> enter the buds word on facebook or twitter. you can enter on e

and post your pumpkin picture directly to her wall. and if you don't have facebook- don't worry, you can email your pumpkin picture to at jrae@kcautv.com. (fred) tonight, look for a low of 41 and mostly cloudy skies. tomorrow, 59 will be our high with a slight chance of showers, especially in the south and tomorrow, 59 will be our high with a slight chance of showers, especially in the south and east. the 7-day forecast shows highs in the 50s early on and then moving up to the 60s starting saturday. the low will dip to 27 wednesday night. another chance of rain will move in friday before we enjoy a terrific, sunny halloween. sunday looks even warmer! >>> tonight, the eye-opening new cancer warning. hot dogs, processed meat and bacon, now put in the same category as cigarettes and asbestos. the world health organization and their new findings. dr. besser is stand big with the bottom line. how much should you and your family eat? >>> breaking now. the new poll out. trump in trouble, slipping even further in the key first state of iowa. t