police say it shows 61 year old robert scarbrough attacking 15 year old christian suarez... who has special needs. suarez says it all started when he decided to sit in the wrong bus seat. that's when he says scarbrough stopped the bus... and approached him... i threw a book at him. then he came. he pulled me by my ear and i punched him. he told me punch me again. i dare you. and i didn't want to. i told him no. that's when suarez says scarbrough threw him to the floor. and this isn't the first time scarbrough has acted out... a spokeswoman says the district received a complaint about him a week earlier. suarez's attorney says the district we are aware that a parent complained about his anger and several of the other kids have talked about that he has these ongoing angry outbursts over the last two months. and certainly not taking those seriously created this situation. scarbrough is charged with child endangerment and assault. he has been released from the polk county jail... but remains on administrative leave. the city clerk of defiance is accused of stealing the towns' mon

robert scarbrough is charged with child endangerment and assault causing bodily injury. the mayor of knoxville says moving a veteran's memorial from a city park is the right thing to do. the city council voted 3-2 last night to have this memorial moved from young's park to private property. a washington d-c based organization threatened to sue the city if the memorial was not removed, claiming it's a violation of separation of church and state. mayor brian hatch says city leaders didn't want to risk getting involved in a multi-million dollar lawsuit. look for more on this story on the channel 13 news at five. some iowa lawmakers tried to delay the move to a medicaid managed care system. members of the health policy oversight committee met at the statehouse today. iowa is the process of privatizing health care for 560-thousand medicaid recipients. lawmakers heard from the d-h-s about its plan to implement those changes by january 1st. they also listened to concerns from health care providers about the fast-approaching start date half of the committee says iowa isn't ready

robert scarbrough was arrested on child endangerment and assault charges last week, and has since bonded out of jail. san: no one was hurt after an airplane crashed at the creston municipal airport over the weekend. the crash happened around 2 in the afternoon on sunday when the fort dodge pilot tried to land. because it was so windy, the plane flipped on its top and rolled on the tarmack. the plane has some damage on its front end, as you can see in this picture, but again, no one was hurt. we don't know the pilot's name name, but the plane is registered in fort dodge. san: fort dodge police are looking for a man who allegedly has been stealing gas from several stations in the area. the suspect has been driving around a car with this license plate, though it was stolen out of the metro area, so police haven't had much help finding the suspect. stephanie: police are asking anyone who knows the suspect or where the vehicle is...to contact them at 515-573-1444 jack: it was a standing room only crowd at the state capitol today. people were lining up to share concerns over governor branstad'

ninth grader christian suarez was grabbed by the driver, 61 year old robert scarbrough, and shoved to the ground. he faces assault charges. the suarez family says they will wait till after the school district investigation to decide if they want to sue. elias: in the number two spot this morning... elias: looking at yesterday's election results.... with more than 80-percent of the vote, des moines mayor frank cownie has won a third term in office. and in windsor heights, the top two vote getters were threase harms and zachary bales-henry for the two at-large seats on the city council. bales-henry becomes the first latino to serve on the city council. for links to your county auditor's website and results from around the state head to our website, that's we are iowa dot com. sabrina: elias: the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door... sabrina: a congressional investigation shows the pentagon paid dozens of professional sports teams to support the troops. now, some members of congress are looking to ban the practice of what they call "paying for patriotism." the inve

he's the kid standing up to 61-year old school bus driver robert scarbrough after scarbrough pushed down a student with special needs. caleb says that student...15-year old christian suarez, really started the whole conflict by refusing to move to the front of the bus. "the bus driver came back towards christian and told him to go up front with him. so christian acted like he was going to. he stood up and then he threw his book at him. it was like a notebook."but caleb says the driver went too far. "the bus driver turned around and said don't throw stuff at me. and then christian yells a profanity at him. and after that the bus driver says don't talk to me that way and he ripped him out of his seat and like hit him across the face."that's when caleb stood up for the other boy.. "i like didn't think it was right. i was scared but like i knew what should be done and nobody else seemed to be doing it at the time. so i told the bus driver to stop and he told me he said you're next."but caleb stood his ground "after he told me to sit down he just flipped everybody off and walked up to the fro

he's the one you see standing up to 61- year old bus driver robert scarbrough. scarbrough is accused of assaulting a special needs student. the incident was all caught on video. the teen says it started when suarez mouthed off to the bus driver, and threw a notebook at him... scarbrough is now charged with assault and child endangerment. he's yet to give his side of the story. new answers this morning in what brought down a russian airplane... investigators now saying terrorists likely played a role. all 224 people on board were killed when that plane went down over egypt saturday. investigators now say they suspect a bomb caused it to implode mid-air. u-s and british officials say isis members were likely behind it. they're now looking closely at employees of the airport where it took off. the family of an illinois officer accused of faking his murder is now under investigation... investigators announced yesterday that illinois police lieutenant joe gliniewicz's death was a "carefully staged suicide" the department expects he did it to cover the fact that he wa

he's the one you see standing up to 61- year old bus driver robert scarbrough. moments before, the video shows scarbrough pushing down 15-year old christian suarez. the teen says suarez was mouthing off to the bus driver, and threw a notebook at him. but he says the driver had no right to do what happened next... "the bus driver turned around and said don't throw stuff at me. and then christian yells a profanity at him. and after that the bus driver says don't talk to me that way and he ripped him out of his seat and like hit him across the face." routt says he was scared but stood his ground because nobody else seemed to be. scarbrough is now charged with assault and child endangerment. he's yet to give his side of the story. we now know the culprit behind a nearly staff-wide sick day at roosevelt high school. 58 teachers and staff got sick after the lunch on october 22nd. it forced the district to cancel classes. now the polk county health department says meat served at a staff luncheon was what brought on the food poisoning. the department tested the food and

video of robert scarbrough surfaced last month. it shows him pushing a 15 year scarbrough is charged with assault and child endangerment. he's been on administrative leave since the incident.. district leaders say they will approve scarbrough's resignation at tonight's school board meeting. the department of public safety is making sure iowans are safe... and well-feed this thanksgiving holiday. troopers packed 99-holiday meals this morning... and delivered them this afternoon. one meal will go to a family in need in each of iowa's 99 counties. fareway helped collect the turkey, stuffing, potatoes, pie and more. the road to a state title is never easy... but at least today... fans and players weren't up against this.... the snow storm gave dowling an extra three days to get ready for what could be its third straight state championship... we'll take you there live coming up in sports. videos of prisoners.. beheadings... and attacks... they've become recruiting tools helping isis attract new fighters from around the world... right af

the video shows 15-year old christian suarez being attacked by his bus driver...61-year old robert scarbrough. but what led up to that is what people will be talking about today... the boy now admitting he wasn't following directions... and when the driver stopped the bus... and approached... he threw the first punch... "i threw a book at him. then he came. he pulled me by my ear and i punched him. he told me punch me again. i dare you. and i didn't want to. i told him no. and then he just lost his temper for some reason." initially the school said they'd had no other problems with scarbrough... now they say they were wrong. another parent did file a complaint about a week earlier. but the boy says it wasn't directed toward him. "has he been mean to you before? no but he's been mean to...he's been mean to other students." scarbrough is charged with child endangerment and assault. he was released from polk county jail this week and remains on administrative leave. a waterloo police officer is on leave this morning after shooting a wanted drug suspect... investigators say 24-year old brandon se

video of robert scarbrough surfaced last month. it shows him pushing a 15-year-old boy while on the bus. scarbrough is charged with assault and child endangerment. he's been on administrative leave since the incident.. district leaders approved scarbrough's resignation at last night's school board meeting. waukee drivers will soon have a quicker morning commute. a new interchange is going in just west of the jordan creek parkway interchange. it's set to open next week. here's a look at the work there. it will connect grand prairie parkway from university avenue south to the interstate. another stretch is set to open next fall... that will bring prairie parkway from the interstate to mills civil. the project, which started last november... is costing a total of 50 million dollars. officials hope it relieves congestion at major interchanges in west des moines and waukee. it took a few extra days, but in the end, the result was inevitable. dowling catholic rules class 4- a...again. maroons hadn't lost on game in three years. cedar rap

the video shows 15-year old christian suarez being attacked by his bus driver...61-year old robert scarbrough. but what led up to that is what people will be talking about today... the boy now admitting he wasn't following directions... and when the driver stopped the bus... and approached... he threw the first punch... "i threw a book at him. then he came. he pulled me by my ear and i punched him. he told me punch me again. i dare you. and i didn't want to. i told him no. and then he just initially the school said they'd had no other problems with scarbrough... now they say they were wrong. another parent did file a complaint about a week earlier. but the boy says it wasn't directed toward him. "has he been mean to you before? no but he's been mean to...he's been mean to other students." scarbrough is charged with child endangerment and assault. he was released from polk county jail this week and remains on administrative leave. the results are in this morning... and it looks like des moines' mayor will stick around for another term. frank cownie ruled about 80 percent of yesterday's votes.

the driver...61-year-old robert scarbrough...is charged with assault and child endangerment. the student...christian suarez.... opened up about the incident for the first time tonight - you saw it live on the channel 13 news at five... channel 13's aaron brilbeck was at the press conference...and 12:42 then he stopped at price chopper i threw a book at him then he came he pulled by the ear and i punched him he told punch me again i dare you.13:02 hazmat crews were called to an urbandale business today because of a suspicious package. authorities say a woman found a package with a mysterious powder inside. when she tried to wash it off her hand... she told authorities her hands started to tingle. after investigating, crews determined that the substance was clearasil....a form of face wash. employees were allowed to return to work after crews determined there was no real danger. urbandale crews were also called to a gas leak. it happened at the intersection of 100th and douglas around noon. authorities say people started calling them after they smelled gas coming from a constru

is set to approve the resignation of a bus driver accused of hitting a student. 61-year-old robert scarbrough is charged with assault and child endangerment for pushing a special needs student back in october. the incident happened on the bus and was caught on video by other students. scarbrough submitted his resignation on november 13. eric: it is now 5:37, and i'm guessing there will be recessed outside. metinka: 32 now in des moines, these temps are doing great today compared to yesterday, but there may be some slick spots out there. everything will be starting to melt and drip again this afternoon with sunshine in the forecast. it will be a great day for the kids to play outdoors with a high of 43 degrees. eric: taking a look at the kcci day planner the governor will , hold his weekly press conference this morning. he will also sign his turkey pardoning proclamation a lucky iowa turkey will escape the thanksgiving table. the governor will also be attending several state budget hearings today including health, human services, and the veterans administration. and senator charles grassley wi

elizabeth: back here, tonight district they are set to approve the resignation of bus driver robert scarbrough. he's charged with the assault and child endangerment of a special needs student in october. the incident was caught on video by other students. two presidential candidates in the state today. republicans marco rubio and carly fiorina. both of them are in western iowa, carroll, council bluffs and sioux city. eric: high school football playoffs will wrap up today. the class 1a championship game kicks off at 11:00 with the 2a , game following at 2:00. the 4a matchup title game between dowling catholic and cedar rapids kennedy kicks off tonight at 7:00. kcci's sports team will have live reports tonight from the uni-dome. tickets from friday will be honored today. and today governor branstad will , take official action to keep at least one turkey off the table this thanksgiving. he will pardon a turkey today at 10:00. this is video from last year. both cinnamon and cranberry were spared, and they were sent to long happy life. metinka: more melting is on the way today. sunshine is in the f

that's because last attacked by his bus driver...61-year old robert scarbrough. suarez admits he was acting up on the bus...sitting where he wasn't supposed to. "the bus driver asked me to move and i didn't want to so i said no."that's when suarez says scarbrough stopped the bus and approached him... "i threw a book at him. then he came. he pulled me by my ear and i punched him. he told me punch me again. i dare you. and i didn't want to. i told him no. and then he just lost his temper for some reason."that's when suarez says, scarbrough threw him to the floor. scarbrough could then be heard unleashing on another student. "i was mad. angry. scared. has he been mean to you before? no but he's been mean to...he's been mean to other students."a school spokeswoman initially told us there have been no complaints about scarbrough. "any disciplinary issues? any complaints about him before? uh, no. none that we're aware of."today she admitted she was mistaken...and there had been another parent complaint about a week earlier. suarez's attorney says the district should ha

amanda jack-- the incident last thursday on the johnston school bus started when the driver, robert scarbrough, tried to get the student to move to his assigned seat. scarbrough became upset when the student said some inflammatory comments back...that exchange is all caught on this cell phone video as well. but that's where things really escalate. suarez attempts to throw a punch and scarbrough shoves him down on the bus floor... all the while yelling at him and the other kids on the bus who try to come to suarez' aid. the students were able to flag down a deputy at the next bus stop, show him the video and that resulted in scarbrought's arrest. he was booked in the polk county jail on two charges: child endangerment and assault causing bodily injury. he did post bond sunday and is now free... but has a no contact order with the victim and his family. amanda and we expect to hear what the family thinks about this whole situation as this news conference gets underway... but for now, we're live in des moines, amanda krenz local five news we are moines, amanda krenz local five news we are moines,

some.61-year-old robert scarbrough is charged with assault after causing injury and child endangerment. year-old christian, a student with special needs, when the teen didn't follow his instructions.the incident happened in front of several students and was caught on camera. i was mad, angry, scared. scared. the family's attorney, kim baer, said it is "never ok to put your hands on a child when you're angry." angry."scarbrough is on paid administrative leave. now ten at ten continues with a look at tonight's other stories across the corridor. in cedar rapids, a local group is preparing for elections thousands of miles away.wake up for your rights is focused on election engagement in the country of benin (beh-nin) west africa.former nigerian esaie toingar started the group after wanting to give others a voice.he's doing that by training men and women in the country on exposing the election process.these volunteers have already monitored previous elections by observing campaigns and reporting on any problems. in johnson county, more than four-hundred high school students turned out for t

stacey: the johnston community school district is set to approve the resignation of bus driver robert scarbrough tonight. and child endangerment of a special needs student in october. the incident was caught on video by other students. the special needs student's family says they may file a civil suit against scarbrough. steve: more than 24 hours after learning he was fired paul rhodes speaks to the media. kci sports director andy garman joins us now with what he said. andy: if you followed i was capable at all during the paul rhoads, era, you knew a motion would come to the forefront. his emotions came pouring out today as he said goodbye. >> most of all, i would like to thank our players past and present that have given their all for the cardinal and goal. -- cardinal and gold. i trust that i have made a small impact on you. i promise you, you have made a large impact on vicki and i. anmdydy: paul rhoads really led cardinal and gold. today, the leader of the cycle athletic department talked about why the change was necessary. >> sometimes you want something i wanted to be our coach, he wanted

robert scarbrough is charged with assault and child endangerment. a woman who answered the door at his home today said he was not available for comment. the city of des moines now faces a lawsuit over the police-involved shooting death of an unarmed man. 28-year old ryan bolinger was shot and killed by officer vanessa miller on june 9th. police say bolinger first interrupted a traffic stop along merle hay road. bollinger is accused of pulling car... and then getting out and dancing in the street... he then got back into his car and drove the speed limit down merle hay road... when he made a u-turn at urbandale avenue... and was blocked in by officer vanessa miller and officer ian lawler... at that point bolinger got out of his car and walked toward officer miller as she sat in her patrol car... in car shooting video miller fired through her window killing bolinger. the next day police said miller fired when bolinger quote, "walked with purpose" towards her car. according to the civil lawsuit filed today.. "there is no provision of federal or iowa la

todd: johnston schoolbus trevor robert scarbrough was arrested. now the family is putting the driver and district on that is. >> the family wants the bus driver to know that it is never ok to put your hands on a child when you are angry. todd: scarborough asked suarez to move frorohis seat before the fight broke out and the teenager admits he yelled a profane statement which clearly set the driver off. >> christian said something that was offensive to the bus driver and the bus driver assaulted him. todd: suarez says he regrets the outburst and in the future. >> i will try not to say anything mean. eric: suarez now drives to school with his family and is afraid to get back on the bus. the attorney says they are discussing the possibility of suing the school district and bus driver. a missing two-year-old, a frantic search, and the train. a rescue by a man called a hero. elizabeth: nmamax's mom says he wandered off after he was upset he couldn't play with a toy. they say there's one person to thank for finding him in the nick of time. we have the e

is set to approve the resignation of a bus driver accused of hitting a student. 61-year-old robert scarbrough is charged with assault and child endangerment for pushing a special needs student back in october. the incident happened on the bus and was caught on video by other students. scarbrough submitted his resignation on november 13. eric: also looking ahead. 20,000 newscasts here at kcci over the last few decades but he's down to his last four. kevin's final newscast before he retires will be tuesday at 10:00. set your dvrs. but tonight we're giving our viewers a chance to take the mic. i spent months talking with iowans who feel like they're losing a family member even though many have never met kevin. they say he is iowa. this week my this is iowa focuses on the guy behind our anchor desk tonight at a special , time on kcci 8 news at 10:00. elizabeth: des moines middle school has set up a fund to help the family of an 11-year-old student killed in a roll-over crash last week. 11-year-old nataija watkins and her mother sabrina died last tuesday in the crash on interstate 80 near newton.

he told me the 61-year old driver -- robert scarbrough is charged with child endangerment and assault causing injury. his future with the district is also in question after being placed on administrative leave. firefighters rescue a dog from the kitchen of a burning home... cedar falls firefighters responding to the home in the 500 block of west fifth street. the family got out safely, but the dog had to be rescued by everyone is ok -- but there's a lot of damge inside the home. cried. we got into the 2008 flood and i lost everrthing then and now i have this it's like rebuilding all over again. a family cat is still missing, but firefighters believe the cat is safely a a mily cat is still missing, but firefighters believe the cat is safely hiding somewhere in the home. the family is staying with nearby relatives at this time. coming up next... an eastern iowa high school volleyballteam punches it's ticket to state in an instant classic. and find out how the iowa hawkeyes feel about the very first colege foooall playoff pool.... rick coleman joins us next on kwwl. good evening, i'm ric

to approve the resignation of a bus driver who is accused of hitting a student. 61-year-old robert scarbrough is charged with assault and child endangerment for pushing a special needs student back in october. the incident happened on the bus and was caught on video by other students. resignation on november 13. also looking ahead, kevin cooney has anchored nearly 20,000 newscasts here at kcci over the last few decades, but he's down to his last kevin's final four. newscast before he retires will be tuesday at 10:00. set your dvrs. but the night before, we're giving our viewers a chance to take the mic. eric hanson spent months talking with iowans who feel like they're losing a family member even know they have never met kevin. they say he is iowa. that airs monday on kcci at a special time at 10:00. todd: belgium bracing for the worst. the massive security set up after the paris terror attacks. plus, black friday bargains. preparing and getting set to i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling 84

driver was captured on video allegedly assaulting a special needs student. 61-year old bus driver robert scarbrough is charged with he is on administrative leave... and the district investigation into the incident is on going. brenton skating plaza is getting season. skaters can hit the ice on november 20th. crews took down the canopy last month... and the ice should be ready to go in a couple weeks. this will be the outdoor rink's moines. it certainly hasn't felt like outdoor ice skating season just yet.. meteorologist brett mcintyre.. brett.. another lovely day out there's still much more to come tonight.... coming up next-- caucus countdown.. several republican presidential contenders were in town today... the event they attended.. and what the democrats were up to.. on national television.. this evening.. and later.. at 9-30. keystone cut.. the major decision by president obama today.. his reasons for shutting down the keystone oil pipeline.. and who's claiming victory.. from who h-d iowa's high tion leader..you're watching the channel 13 news at jeb bush was a very strong governor, probably th

jack: the bus driver -- 61 year old robert scarbrough faces child endangerment and assault charges. tonight he's out on bond and was given a no- contact order with christian. as far as legal action goes ... the suarez family will wait until the school district completes its investigation to decide if they want to sue. stephanie: a memorial that sparked national controversy will move after veterans day. the kneeling soldier memorial mysteriously showed up, without permission months ago in youngs park in knoxville. after an anonymous citizen complained about the memorial- it grabbed national attention about separating church and state. however, last night, knoxvilles city council voted to move the memorial to private property. local veterans said they're happy the memorial is here to stay. "in a way its almost better because right now, right now the rock blocks it and you kind of have to come over to see it, but over there itll be right in the wide open" stephanie: veterans said the controversy actually helped raise money for a new bronze memorial that will go in the silhouette's plac

cell phone video of robert scarbrough surfaced last month. police say it shows him pushing a 15 year old boy... with special needs... on the bus. scarbrough has been on administrative leave since the incident. district leaders approved his resignation at last night's school board meeting. a warplane... possibly russian... has crashed on the syrian side of the boarder. officials say the plane was brought down by fire from the ground. but they say was repeatedly warned that it was violating turkish airspace. the pilots ejected before the crash... but officials say at least one person is dead. authorities are investigating the exact cause. the president will discuss the fight against isis with his french counterpart... this is a nation that's concerned about the security situation inside their country, and they can and should take a lot of solace in knowing that the most powerful country in the world has their back president obama is scheduled to meet president francois hollande this morning. hollande is trying to put together an international c

this comes after a video was released showing 61 year old bus driver robert scarbrough apparently pushing a 15 year old boy. scarbrough is charged with assault and child endangerment. he is currently on administrative leave... district leaders say they will approve scarbrough's resignation at tonight's school board meeting. families in need across iowa will have a traditional hot meal this thanksgiving. members of the department of public safety, including the iowa state patrol, raised money to provide a meal to one family in every county. fareway collected the turkey, stuffing, potatoes, pie and more... and shipped them to the des moines store... troopers picked it all up this morning and assembled it into boxes. the meals were delivered this afternoon. the idea for the donations started six weeks ago... and everyone with in the department of 27:10 we put the call out to the department, and the donations started coming in very quickly 27:16 in very short order we went above out $2000 goal and at that point we started to work on what wed do with the extra money and thats when we decided t

student.60 year-old robert scarbrough was arrested on thursday. now a school official says that bus driver has only been working for the school distrcit a few months. he was hired in early august and did undergo a background check and training. training.students captured the incident on their cell phones. scarbrough assaulted the teen after he apparently refused to sit in his assigned seat. scarbrough was charged with assault and child endangerment, which could each put him in prison for two years.his first court date is december second. classes will start again this morning at winston-salem state univeristy after a deadly campus shooting over the weekend. weekend.19-year-old anthony white junior was killed -- and another student was injured in the shooting at the historically black college.the gunman is still on the loose. a vigil was also held last night for three people who were shot and killed in colorado springs on saturday. police say the gunman was armed with a rifle and shot and killed a bicyclist and two women while they chatted on their

student.60 year-old robert scarbrough was arrested on thursday. now a school official says that bus driver has only been working for the school distrcit a few months. he was hired in early august and did undergo a background check and training. training.students captured the incident on their cell phones. scarbrough assaulted the teen after he apparently refused to sit in his assigned seat. scarbrough was charged with assault and child endangerment, which could each put him in prison for two years.his first court date is december second. classes will start again this morning at winston-salem state university after a deadly campus shooting over the weekend. weekend.19-year-old anthony white junior was killed -- and another student was injured in the shooting at the historically black college.the gunman is still on the loose. a vigil was also held last night for three people who were shot and killed in colorado springs on saturday. police say the gunman was armed with a rifle and shot and killed a bicyclist and two women while they chatted on their

watch.61-year-old robert scarbrough is charged with assault after causing injury and child endangerment. authorities say he hit 15- year-old christian saurez -- a student with special needs -- when the teen didn't follow hihiinstructions.the incident happened in front of several students and was caught on camera. i was mad, angry, scared. scared. "it is never okay to put your hands on a child when you're angry." angry."scarbrough&is right now on paid administratiti leave. police say the student said an inflammatory comment to the driver.christian's family says they plan to drive him to and from school when he returns to class. a preliminary hearing has been rescheduled, rescheduled,for the man charged in a bus crash near manchester.the hearing for monte klink is now scheduled for november 18th -- instead of today. today.klink was arrested last week after police determined he was inxoxicated during the crash october first.he's accuseseof running a yield sign before slamming into the bus full of kids -- causing it to roll over.33 people had to be treated for minor injuries as a sult. one

video of robert scarbrough surfaced last month. it shows him pushing a 15 year old boy while on the bus. scarbrough is charged with assault and child endangerment. he's been on administrative leave since the incident.. district leaders approved scarbrough's resignation at tonight's school board meeting. cyclones fans are reacting to the firing of head football coach paul rhoads... 16:46:45--51 'i think the handwriting was there, unfortunately and this is a league you have to terrible that we lose a guy with that much passion for our program, that much passion for our school and the fan base was totally behind him, but at the end of the day theres an expectation. we have to win. we have to win games and that wasnt happening.' that's just a sample of some of tonight in ames, outside of the hilton coliseum...ahead of the big basketball game against chattanooga. we'll have a lot more on the exit of rhoads and the basketball game...later on in sports. the roads will soon be packed with holiday travelers.. and they're all keeping their e

watch.61-year-old robert scarbrough is charged with assault after causing injury and child endangerment. authoritieiesay he hit 15- year-old christian saurez -- a student with special needs -- when the teen didn't follow his instructions.the incident happened in front of several camera. i was mad, angry, scared. scared. "it is never okay to you're angry." angry."scarbrough is right now on paid administrative leave. police say the student said an inflammatory comment to thth driviv.christian's family says they plan to drive him to and from school when he returns to class. a preliminary hearing has been rescheduled, rescheduled,fothe man charged in a bus crash near manchester.the hearing for monte klink is now scheduled of today. today.klink was arrested last week after police determined he was intoxicated during the crash october first.he's accused of r rning a eld sign before slamming into the bus full of kids -- causing it to roll over.33 people had to be treated for minor injuries as a result. one person is recovering this morning after beininshot by a waterloo police officer. officer

the driver -- robert scarbrough is charged with child endangerment and assault. he's now on leave with the district. firefighters rescue a dog a burning home. it happened yesterday in cedar falls on west fifth street. the firefighters. aftter seeing the damage, i cried. we got into the 2008 flood and i lost everything then and now i have this it's like rebuilding all over again. a family cat is still missing, but firefighters believe the cat is safely hiding somewhere in the home. today, authorities could end the mystery surrounding the death of an illinois officer. they plan to make an announcement this morning --- saying the officer took his own life. two months s o, a fox lake lieueuenant called for help --- saying he was chasing three suspicious men. backup officers later found his body 50 yards from his squad car. he had been shot with his own weapon. it also started a manhunt for these suspects. no one was ever found. now to a whopping 70-million dollar fine over airbags. takata is being fined for not admitting some of its airbags were defeccve. ththairbags

it breaks your heart" elias: the bus driver -- 61 year old the bus driver -- 61 year old robert scarbrough faces child endangerment and assault charges. he's out on bond and was given a no-contact order with christian. the suarez family will wait until the school district completes its investigation to decide if they want to sue. christian will go back to school on thursday -- his parents will drop him off and pick him up for the next few weeks. elias: in knoxville...a memorial that sparked controversy will be moved. the kneeling soldier memorial mysteriously showed up, without permission months ago in youngs park. after an anonymous citizen complained about the memorial- it grabbed national attention about separating church and state. however, knoxvilles city council voted to move the memorial to private property. local veterans said they're happy the memorial is here to stay. "in a way its almost better because right now, right now the rock blocks it and you better because right now, right now the rock blocks it and you kind of have to come over to see it, but over there itll be right in

the driver -- robert scarbrough is charged with child endangerment and assault. he's now on leave. firefighters rescue a dog burning home. it happened yesterday in cedar falls on west fifth street. the onto decision 2016 coverage as republican presidential candidate john kasich campaigns in eastern iowa. the ohio governor held his balanced buuget townhall tyle meeting at loras college. he also sat down for a she asked about ethanol subsidies. "i think that the enthanol subsidy over time should be phased out, but we don't wanna point." during his speech, kasich talked about how he got rid of ohio's deficit. hillary clinton also campaigning in eastern iowa... in coralville yesterry she spoke about her plan to reduce gun violence across the country. she wants to expand background checks and close loopholes to prevent guns from getting in the wrong hands. as iowans often do... neighbors come to tte aid of a bbdurant farmer cris friedrickson's father just lost his battle with pancreatic cancer and his 7-yea-old son is fihting brain cancer for a second time. so his friends limbed in thei

suarez and his family held a news conference at their attorney's office and he says bus driver robert scarbrough asked him to move from his seat. suarez refused and he began to fight. with assault and suarez says he is now afraid to ride the bus. >> i was mad, angry, scared. >> the family once the bus driver to know it is never ok to put your hands on a child when you are angry. elizabeth: attorney kim baer says they're waiting for the johnston school district to investigate before deciding on civil lawsuits. a bonus for de moines water works ceo bill stowe says he will get an extra $500,000 by the end of 2020 if he stays on the job. this comes as customers face a rate hike next year. one des moines city official is questioning the timing of the ratye increase. but what works chairman tells us the half million dollar bonus is simply the cost of keeping the most qualified person on the job. eric: proposed changes for highway 30 are causing concern in nevada. some business owners and residents want the dot to adjust their plans for a diamond interchange at airport road and closing the aspect point

ninth grader christian suarez was grabbed by the driver, 61 year old robert scarbrough, and shoved to the ground. he faces assault charges. the suarez family says they will wait till after the school district investigation to decide if they want to sue. elias: looking at yesterday's election results.... with more than 80-percent of the vote, des moines mayor frank cownie has won a third term in office. and in windsor heights, the top two vote getters were threase harms and zachary bales-henry for the two at-large seats on the city council. bales-henry becomes the first latino to serve on the city council. for links to your county auditor's website and results from around the state head to our website, that's we are iowa dot com. sabrina: meterologist sam schreier is keeping a close watch on the current conditions... hey sam... sam/ weather adlib: sabrina: >>> welcome back to "gma." you are looking at that vicious attack on an uber driver in california. wewe have netails this morning. a lawsuit has now been filed in the case. man, look at that. more on that ahead. >> we'll hear what th

is set to approve the resignation of a bus driver accused of hitting a student. 61-year-old robert scarbrough is charged with assault and child endangerment for pushing a special needs student back in october. the incident happened on the bus students. scarbrough submitted his resignation on november 13. also looking ahead. kevin cooney has anchored nearly 20,000 newscasts here at kcci over the last few decades but he's down to his last 4.kevin's -- his last kevin's final four. newscast before he retires will be tuesday at 10:00. but the night before, we're giving our viewers a chance to take the mic. eric hanson spent months talking with iowans who feel like they're losing a family member even though many have never met kevin. they say he is iowa. eric hanson's this is iowa focuses on the guy behind our anchor desk, monday at a special time on kcci 8 news at 10:00. todd: des moines middle school has set up a fund to help the family of an 11-year-old student killed in a roll-over crash last week. 11-year-old nataija watkins and her mother sabrina died on tuesday in the crash on interstate 80

police say it shows 61 year old robert scarbrough attacking 15 year old christian suarez... who has special needs. suarez says it all started when he decided to sit in the wrong bus seat... that's when he says scarbrough stopped the bus... and approached him. suarez says he punched scarbrough... before scarbrough threw him to the floor. endangerment and assault the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie

driver robert scarbrough is charged with assault - the incident caught on tape by other students last week. des moines water works is raising customer rates next year - and will pay ceo bill stowe a 500- thousand dollar bonus in five years! kcci obtained stowe's employment contract -- and built in is a guarantee he'll be paid an amount equal to 200-percent of his salary at the end of 2020. the water works chairman tells kcci a half- million dollar payout is the cost of keeping the most qualified person for the job. more election results - frank another term as des moines mayor. also chris coleman re- elected to his at- large seat on the city council. linda westergaard will be replacing bob mahaffey on the council when he steps down in january. and joe gatto also won re-election - he was unopposed. let's first get a check on traffic! good morning. it's a warm start to the day with temps in the 50s, heading for sunshine and near record highs near 72. rain moves through tomorrow followed by jacket weather through the >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, do

tonight the the johnston community school district is set to approve the resignation of bus driver robert scarbrough. he's charged with the assault and child endangerment of a special needs student in october. the incident was caught on video by other students. let's first get a check on your forecast right after so >>> fake it to stewart. throw it to stewart. touchdown, stewart. that young man showed up with his cam newton jersey and he is taking home a football. look at the look on that little guy's face. >> i love it when they do that to little kids. carolina panthers quarterback after he makes a touchdown he gives the ball to a young fan in the stands. five kids got a ball as newton threw for five touchdowns and the panthers trounced the redskins 46-14. that is nice. >> the panthers are having a great season. >> they sure are. jerry richardson has put it together. >> yes. >> cam, the man. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, you may remember "toy story." the first movie by pixar. can you believe it was 20 years ago? the animated giant this week makes big history o

police say it shows 61 year old robert scarbrough attacking 15 year old christian suarez. the teen you see confronting scarbrough is 13 year old caleb routt. routt says suarez was mouthing off to scarbrough... but scarbrough had no right to hurt him. that's when routt says he stepped in... i like didn't think it was right. i was scared but like i knew what should be done and nobody else seemed to be doing it at the time. so i told the bus driver to stop and he told me he said you're next. students later reported what happened to the police. scarbrough is charged with assault and child endangerment. he remains on administrative leave. officials say meat was the source of sickness at a high school luncheon. 58 of roosevelt's teachers became ill from eating the food last month... causing classes to be canceled. so the polk county health ran some tests... and conducted more than one hundred interviews. while the department did find the source... it isn't releasing who provided the food. it also can't determine if the problem was in the food's preparation... or handling. a dist