stacey? stacey: more commitment 2016 news, at least nine republican candidates will be in des moines this weekend for the republican party of iowa's growth and opportunity party. that's at the varied industries building at the state fairgrounds saturday. and runs until 4:00 that afternoon. tickets are available online for $10 each. another key endorsement for hillary clinton. new york city mayor bill de blasio announced today he is backing her democratic presidential bid. de blasio says clinton is the best candidate to address income inequality. the mayor drew criticism from some democrats for not immediately endorsing clinton when she announced her they do have a history. senate campaign. steve: dupont is announcing the opening of its $225 million cellulosic ethanol plant here in iowa. it will produce the fuel additive from corn stalks, leaves, and corn cobs -- instead of the grain, itself. the nevada refinery is touted as the world's largest cellulosic ethanol plant. it's designed to make 3

stacey: but what happened next take a look. stacey: amanda says she had no idea her dad was about to stand from his wheelchair and walk her down the aisle. steve: he is a leukemia survivor, and she says about a year ago, they talked about how what you just saw, wouldn't be possible for him. it was. amanda says her dad also surprised her with a father-daughter dance. stacey: that man loves his daughter. steve: already big day. stacey: just a reminder, thursday night football is on kcci tonight. steve: the atlanta falcons taking on the new orleans saints. kickoff is at 7:30. stacey: that means our regular time slot newscast will be delayed. you can switch over to metv channel 8.2 to see the news at 10:00 and we will also have late news coverage following the conclusion of the game right here on kcci. steve: we're back next with a final check of your forecast. you're watching kcci 8 news at 5:00. dad: my culligan system is the world's most efficient water softener. it's 24 per-- culligan man: --46% more efficientthan your old soft

stacey: republicans debate again on november 10. the iowa gop says it was also disappointed in the moderators of last night's debate. they hope next time the candidates will get to focus on more of the issues. >> there's nothing wrong with tough questioning. we're not saying you can't have tough questions and hold people to account for what they've said before. but it's the way you phrase it, the way you talk about it and how you frame up the whole debate. stacey: meantime, the chair of the republican national committee says cnbc "should be ashamed" of how its moderators handled the debate. reince priebus says the moderators did a disservice to their network, the candidates, and the viewers. steve: new charges in a north-central iowa hazing case. three football players each face counts of sexu abuse, including one count of hazing, and one count of simple assault. 17-year-old michael schaefer, 16-year-old tristan mewes assaulted the freshman football player in the locker room. stacey: next at five, passenger nightmare. a plane full o

stacey: feeling the bern. saturday nighthtive parodies democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders. sanders's response from the campaign trail in iowa. mark: winter is coming. where the snow is already flying 9 inches to be exact and how , long it will stick around. aixa: tackling an october to-do list. what lies ahead for congress as 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 spend their money. what we need is leadership to fix a few big things... so that this country takes off and soars where people can dream the biggest possible dreams... and pursue them with a vengeance. sfx: applause jeb. proven conservative. real results. announcer: this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news at 5:00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, and chief meteorologist john mclaughlin. mark: back to work after a week long break. lawmakers return to capitol hill to t

stacey? stacey: as you can imagine, we have received a lot of feedback on this story from all sides. so we went to drake law professor bob rigg, a former defense attorney, for his take on this question. if it was you or me involved in a similar situation instead of a police officer, would the law treat us the same? he says the law is actually tougher on the police officer. >> you look at the police officer probably a little differently because of their training. police officers go to a law enforcement academy. part of that instruction, part of that training is how to use deadly force. when to employ firearms and how to use them. stacey: coming up, why a prominent des moines defense attorney says there may be a problem with the process. look for marcus mcintosh's report, tonight at 6:00. steve: the verdict watch continues in the pete polson trial. >> does attempted murder necessitate premeditation? number 2, does premeditation necessitate motive? steve: today, the jury came back with a lot of

stacey: attempted a reduction. what happened there in altoona middle school that has parents on edge. steve: and, it is make or break time for the cubs. live coverage from wrigley field where the world series is in sight for the new york mets. stacey: first at 10:00, a des moines mother is charged with child endangerment after allegedly beating her toddler in an old -- in a grocery store parking lot. steve: we are hearing from the witness that intervened. laura: it all happened here at this hy-vee parking lot on south east 14th. witness kalyna thomas says she believes the child would be dead had she not stepped in. >> she was punching the baby so hard. laura: kalyna thomas says she couldn't look away after seeing 28-year-old shauna davis brutally beat her toddler son. >> she was punching her baby in the face and she literally threw her baby onto the cement. laura: then, the horrific scene kept getting worse. this whole time, the toddler, who thomas estimates to be around two years old was crying and screaming in pa

stacey: plus calling for , back-up. israel is activating the army to combat the latest wave of palestinian violence. who's heading to the middle east to help ease tensions. steve: and the later hungry for , more money. announcer: this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news at 5:00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, and chief meteorologist john mclaughlin. stacey: hillary clinton and bernie sanders' campaigns are both declaring last night's democratic debate a success. sanders says he's raised more than $1.3 million since the start of the debate. and social media measures show him leading google searches. more than 15 million people watched last night. that is the biggest tv audience ever for a democratic debate. steve: the democratic presidential candidates spent more time criticizing republicans last night than their counterparts on the debate stage. stacey: today, their fired up republican rivals hit the campaign trail with a counter punch. kcci's sally kidd reports from our washington bureau. sally: the gop candida

stacey: "bad blood." former maryland governor martin or song, for hillary clinton. >> when i got that phone call , it was tough taking it all in. stacey: doctors say a des moines man will never walk again. -- walk again after a tragic atv accident. steve: kcci's laura terrell shows us how family and friends are hoping to ease his pain. laura: this is video captured by a witness, seconds before theo erickson was airlifted to the hospital september 6. an atv accident in winterset left the 27-year-old father paralyzed. >> it wounded up crushing his vertibrae and he had to lay there for quite a while until someone finally found him. laura: this is what theo looks like today, recovering in a nebraska hospital. >> at first i didn't believe it. he actually had to video call me for me to believe it because he is kind of a jokester, but definitely wasn't joking. laura: doctors told theo's family he won't regain feeling below his chest. dealing with the reality that he'll never be able to carry his daughter again o

stacey: very cute. [laughter] kevin new at 10:00, a bar in : salt lake city has a sobering way of keeping customers safe this halloween weekend. stacey: when you go to the bathroom at sky slc, you'll be going to jail. or at least you'll feel like it. bar manager jacob torres says the tactic is meant to stop customers from getting behind the wheel when they leave the bar. jacob: you see yourself in that uniform. and behind you, it's your cell. it's like, do i want to do this? is this worth it? stacey: the bathroom makeover is part of a partnership with utah highway patrol. they say statistics show 30% higher fatalities nationwide when halloween falls on a weekend. the bar plans to keep the wraps in place for the next month. kevin: there is a connection life is good. no, great. i'm like, a man. only better. but even though i know everything, i still feel like you could surprise me. like that skateboard incident with the squirrel. but life is sweet now. hey, what could go wrong? it's you and me all the way

stacey? stacey: republican presidential candidate chris christie is in iowa today. he held a town hall meeting in newton earlier this afternoon. the new jersey governor says no candidate is perfect. gov. christie: and i tell them all the time, you are looking for the candidate you agree with 100% of the time. stacey: christie will be in des for an event at the home of eric and adrianne branstad. tickets are $50 each. the event is sponsored by the republican party of polk county. donald trump is in eastern iowa tonight. the republican presidential candidate will hold a make america great again rally in burlington at 6:00. steve: stranger danger. 2 central iowa children report being offered candy by 2 men in a pickup truck. tuesday afternoon in altoona as the children were walking from elementary school. they say a white chevy s-10 or ford ranger pick-up pulled up next to them. the men inside allegedly offered the kids candy and asked them to get in the truck. police say the children describe the driver as having brown hair, a goatee, and a black hat. the passenger al

stacey: a rainy morning in central iowa. kurtis, are we done with the kurtis: you can see the rain intensifying along the missouri river valley. even if you thunder showers marching off to the east. clouds and drizzle at 7:00. looks like we will see more thundershowers just before 10:00. 64 degrees, sun comes up at 7:37. temperatures then in thehe '30s. rainfall today, 29/100s in audubon. 23/100s in barnum. and there is more on the way. there is the morning rain moving out, maybe another quarter of an inch or more for a few locations out there. the big picture of this area -- dragging this system through. we talk about hurricane patricia. it will make landfall as a category 5 dorm and move across the mountains of mexico. we could see the tropical moisture of mexico move into a rain-soaked texas. they could have problems with flooding, maximum sustained winds for patricia at 115. high pressure builds in as the that looks to bring us the afternoon sunshine. the future cast a good job of those storms out west only moving our wa

stacey: water rates are on the rise. starting in april, des moines water works customers will see a 10% increase in their water rates. water works ceo bill stowe says rate increases are in line with national trends. stowe says with water use decreasing due to more efficient appliances and conservation efforts, and an aging infrastructure in need of repair, there is no choice but to raise rates. >> they are using less and spending more, that is realistic because we have a lot of fixed costs in this business, very capital intensive. we have plants we have underground pipes, we have water towers. we have to feed that process. stacey: tonight at 6:00 kcci's , marcus mcintosh explains how other metro residents will feel the effect of the des moines water works rate increase. steve: a very different day across central iowa. good guards -- kkurtis: we are seeing gusts at 25 miles an hour. presently the metro gusting to 32. that is also bringing in a little flurry activity. up in spencer, they are seeing a few flurries. a little

stacey: plus, rescue mission casualty. an american service member is killed rescuing hostages in iraq. why this casualty marks a first. steve: later babies for bernie. winning the o feel connected, informed, included, on every screen in your life. we are broadcasters; always here for you, wherever here may be. text washington. tell them local stations matter. announcer: this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news at 5:00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, and chief meteorologist john mclaughlin. steve: a controversial congressional panel investigating the 2012 attack on the u.s. embassy in benghazi, libya grilled former secretary of state hillary clinton today, for hours. stacey: the attack killed ambassador chris stevens and 3 others. kcci's sally kidd is live on capitol hill with the latest. sally: the hearing is being viewed as a critical, high stakes moment for hillary clinton as she seeks the democratic nomination, but also for republicans that they try to restore the committee's credibility. ms. clinton: most of my

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stacey: the heartbreak. next at 10:00 millions watched , as she squealed over adam levine getting off the market. wait until you see her meet him in real life.n spending? fox news did the analysis and jeb bush had the best record. billions in pork, vetoed. eight budgets, balanced. right to rise usa s the plan for jobs? jeb. tax cuts for the middle class. eliminates special loopholes. an explosion in growth and new jobs. jeb: cut taxes. grow america. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. stacey: trending tonight an , adorable moment on the ellen show. todd: it happened between singer adam levine and his biggest little fan. you might remember this viral video. >> adam levine got married. no! >> he did. >> no he didn't mommy. todd: that's little mila. her youtube video went viral, catching the eye of ellen degeneres. ellen thought mila better meet her crush. every single person that i know in my entire life -- the first two were my wife and that my mother. she is clearly transfixed.

stacey: she face up to 7 years may in prison when she is sentenced on december 8. mark: firefighters in iowa busy today battling a string of field fires. kcci ames bureau reporter vanessa peng joins us live from hardin county. vanessa: the dry conditions and problems. right now, we are showing you the remains of a fire that was contained just a few hours ago today. driving the combine. coat but that didn't work. where it went. hill of their. it even went for another the high winds, which are gusting at 35 miles per hour at some points, is moving this dry material all over the place. even if a little tiny ember catches any of this, the wind will take it away and it will spread very quickly. firefighters fought field fires all across central iowa monday. our cameras caught one near boone, and another near colo. the national weather service says monday will be the 19th straight day of no measurable rain in ames and boone. the lack of rain, mixed with low humidity and lots of dry material creates a toxic recipe for fires. farmers tell us they're continually checking th

stacey: kim, what did they see? kim: witnesses tell me the student, whose name the school has not released, threw something at the bus driver after refusing to move seats. the bus driver then walked to the back of the bus, got in a verbal argument, and allegedly assaulted the student. you can hear several students 61-year-old robert scarbrough, to stop, just before police say he picked up the student by his coat and struck him in the face. >> he was being a little bit disrespectful to the bus driver but that's no reason to , start throwing punches. kim: video then shows scarbrough push the student to the floor. >> we were shocked and then just immediately after, we were angry. kim: 9th graders madison cherry and savannah shelley were on the bus when it happened. they say some students were terrified, some even in tears, as they watched it all unfold. >> i hate bullying in general so seeing a guy bullying a kid , like that was terrible. kim: when scarbrough stopped, students got off the bus and flagged down an office

stacey? stacey: big changes for southwest airlines customers flying out of des moines. todd magel is live at the des moines airport with more on a new flight schedule just announced. todd: say goodbye to chicago and hello to st. louis. southwest is moving its twice daily flights from here at the des moines airport this spring. when southwest airlines started flying out of des moines three years ago, it offered two flights a day to chicago. today southwest announced it's it is switching to st. louis. >> they must feel that the market is better served through st. louis then it is through chicago. todd: des moines airport general manager kevin foley says southwest is not giving a specific reason for the change, but he says chicago midway tends to be jammed with traffic. foley says the airport has asked southwest for more hubs to help passengers. but today's announcement was a surprise. >> we demonstrated to southwest that st. louis would be a good route for us but in so doing we didn't anticipate we would lose both chicago flights. todd: when southwest airlines first start

stacey: elizabeth klinge explains. elizabeth: when it comes to slicing and dicing, rebecca dawson has it down, but she admits -- >> >> well, i'm still new at this. elizabeth: new to cooking and living on her own. and making her first taste of independence a little better is a new digital tool called look, cook and eat. >> it gives them an opportunity to be like everybody else. elizabeth: sue hoss knows how important that is for people with intellectual disabilities. she's seen the challenges her own sister has faced and has worked with students like rebecca through a special training program. >> one of the things that i've learned even just with my work with the students in baking is they can do it. elizabeth: that's why hoss created look, cook and eat, an , interactive digital magazine to provide people with intellectual disabilities the detailed, step by step instructions they need in the kitchen. recipes are broken down by ingredients, tools, and cooking videos to show every step. >> they made the site very easy and

stacey: she feels famous. the ankeny girl in this image that went viral may be reuniting with the famous quarterback in the picture. abby faber was the honorary kid captain for iowa state for the game against tcu. kevin: that is how the seven-year-old got to meet the tcu quarterback and heisman candidate trevone boykin and that picture of them caught the attention of fans antimedia run the country. now comes word they may meet again. mark: we all found out about this thanks to a passing comment made by tcu's coach at his weekly press conference. the picture captured a moment from a very brief conversation. the video shows how fast it was . not really a time or place to have an in-depth chat. and to be fair several iowa , state players also took a >> it maked me feel surprised. mark: abby has been special since day one, weighing less than 2 pounds when she arrived 10 weeks early. her parents were thrilled to see their daughter, who lives with cerebral palsy, have a chance to experience game day and that unexpec

stacey: presidential candidate mike huckabee in our studio this morning. what he had to say about the reaction to his tweet about north korea chefs and dogs. kevin: and ron paul at the federal courthouse downtown to testify in the trial against two of his former campaign aides. what he says about the announcer: this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news at 6:00 with kevin cooney, stacey horst, chief meteorologist john mclaughlin, and iowa's sportscaster of the year andy garman. kevin: former presidential candidate ron paul back in des moines today to testify in the federal trial of two former campaign staffers. stacey: prosectors say jesse benton and dimitri kesari tried to cover up payments made to former iowa legislator kent sorenson to switch from michele bachmann's campaign. kcci's marcus mcintosh was there as paul took the stand. marcus: cameras are not allowed inside the federal court but we did catch up to paul after his testimony late this afternoon outside the courthouse. paul expressed his displeasure at having to testify for the prosecution

stacey. stacey: fellow republican presidential candidate carly fiorina is in windsor heights tonight for a chili fundraiser. this is the latest stop on fiorina's swing through iowa. earlier today, she help a town -- she held a town hall meeting in the western iowa town of spencer. there she commented on president obama's decision to hold 5500 beyond the end of the year. ms. fiorina: he now is recognizing that afghanistan is becoming potentially a haven for isis and that the taliban is not on the wane as he has tried to convince the american people of for years. it's growing in strength. stacey: the latest fox news poll has fiorina in 6th place with 5%. donald trump leads with 24%, a slight edge over ben carson with 23%. kevin: hearings on a proposed oil pipeline through iowa don't start for another month. but protests got underway today outside the iowa utilities board offices here in des moines. about 100 protests some who were -- about 100 protesters, some of who were bussed in, marched out

stacey: but do you call in sick? kevin: a new survey says the number of people calling in sick when they are in sick is going up. this is data from careerbuilder.com that shows 38% of employees have called in sick when they were feeling just fine. that's up from 28% last year. stacey: it sounds like a fake illness isn't the only lie people tell to get the day off. the survey found some outrageous excuses. kevin: there is the guy that told his manager he broke his arm reaching to grab a falling sandwich. had to save the sandwich. stacey: another claimed his grandmother poisoned him with ham. we asked you on our facebook page if you've ever used some crazy excuses to take a sick day. amber says she had a guy call in eye and couldn't see to drive. olivia says, "i used an unscheduled vacation day to see cher, well worth it." and mike says, "i had an employee say his mother died. twice." kevin: remember, lying can be risky. about 1 in 5 employers say they've fired a worker for calling in sick with a fake excuse. stacey: n

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stacey: dr. subhash sahai, a regent from webster city, says he and the board made a mistake in how they selected bruce harreld. kcci's vanessa peng is live in our ames bureau to show us why he says he's angry and sad. it's new at 6:00. vanessa: doctor sahai says the whole hiring process was a sham. and he wants the board of regents to be more transparent. bruce harreld will become the university of iowa's president on november 2, despite an uproar from students and faculty about his appointment and lack of higher education experience. the iowa board of regents unanimously voted for harreld, a former ibm executive. dr. sahai: we may have dropped the ball. vanessa: webster city doctor sabhash sahai is an iowa regent. he's speaking out about how the search for harreld was conducted. dr. sahai: i was angry, and i was sad. vanessa: sahai is calling for changes. dr. sahai: i only had 20 minutes with each candidate, which is not enough for such a big job. so i told the board people that i want more info

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stacey: cold night across central iowa. kurtis: temperatures are really dropping, especially to our west. even some upper 20's in northwestern iowa. 34 in waterloo. a frosty start, especially to the west and south. start out the day tomorrow in the mid 30's. sunshine early on, then clouds slowly increase. about a degree below normal for this time of year. 7:00 p.m. temperature at 51 degrees. some upper 60's on sunday but then look at that. early november and some highs in the 70's. i have the latest futurecast. we will see if the writ -- if the rain will arrive or hold off. kevin: next on kcci a night to , remember. the special night for a young now she is a horned frog fan. stacey: animal lifeline. how the future for these little moines shelter stepped in. announcer: this is iowa's news leader. with kevin cooney, stacey horst, chief meteorologist john mclaughlin, and iowa's sportscaster of the year andy garman. >> it is my privilege to hand this gavel to the speaker of the house, congressman and honorable paul ryan. stacey

stacey: adding, "maybe we dropped the ball." he also urged the university of iowa community to give harreld a chance. regent sahai's statement comes one day after hundreds of protestors disrupted a board of regents meeting. many protestors demanded the regents resign over their handling of the selection process. steve: the university of iowa is starting a major campus online study asking students about sexual assaults on campus. the hope is to learn how many students are victims. and if those students know where to go to get the help they need. university officials say they know this survey will be hard -- will be difficult for some students to do. but the school says they are going all out to get students to participate. >> i would encourage students who feel comfortable to take it. this is their chance to be heard. steve: the survey will be conducted through november 20. iowa congressman david young is encouraging all veterans to stop by this saturday's veterans care fair. it runs from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the pappajohn e

stacey: these guys are good. they got their big break after a video of their performance went viral in 2006. men's acapella group straight no chaser is in des moines tonight. kevin: kcci's steffani nolte shows you a bit of their performance and the local man taking center stage. steffani: it's a sound like none other. using only their voices, straight no chaser covers radio's most popular hits. >> i just love the sound of not having to use instruments and is with their voices. that everything is with their voices. steffani: no drums, no background track. >> it's just ten guys, ten microphones. steffani: tonight's show at the des moines civic center is tenor tyler trepp's favorite stop. >> my family is coming to the show, obviously and they're , really excited about it. i don't get to see them as often as i used to. steffani: there he is center stage. this urbandale native knows his biggest fans are out there somewhere in the crowd. >> this is my third time seeing straight no chaser in des moines and every time it

stacey: 7000 people are expected. so democrats are advised to traffic, since an iowa wild game is being held at wells fargo arena. doors open at 4:30. and big events are happening before the dinner. former president bill clinton and pop star katy perry will rally for hillary clinton tomorrow afternoon at 3:00. it's planned for the east parking lot in the 600 block of 5th avenue in downtown des moines. the event is free and open to the public. also happening at 3:00, a rally and march for bernie sanders. that event happening just east of the women of achievement bridge in the armory parking lot, also in downtown des moines. and that of event is also free and open to the public. steve: a member of the iowa board of regents is calling for changes after the hiring of university of iowa's new president. webster city doctor subhash sahai says he is upset and angry was conducted. sahai says the next time, he wants more information about the candidates. he says his biggest gripe is with some controversial private meetings hel

stacey: new information in the theft of two polk city trucks. polk city police say the trucks have been recovered. the trucks, with polk city logos, were taken early yesterday morning. the trucks and their contents are worth $150,000. kevin: nevada now home to a cellulosic ethanol plant that uses what used to get thrown away down on the farm to make fuel. it's the largest plant of its kind in the world. the dupont cellulosic ethanol plant uses corn stalks, leaves, and cobs leftover from the harvest to make ethanol. it's designed to make 30 million gallons every year. stacey: an update now on the back at home after a whirlwind trip to tcu. faber and her family were flown to fort worth, texas yesterday to watch tcu take on west virginia. how cute is she? family in a ceremony at the end of the first quarter. and it was projected on a giant video screen. there she is. for abby, one of the best things about the entire experience was the trip down. abby: we got to fly on an airplane. kevin: yeah! stacey: she got to fly on an airplane. look at the fami

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stacey: let's check back in with kurtis. kurtis: downtown right now, 45 degrees. we are just about saturated. schoolnet rainfall today, 80 400s in sheraton. jefferson, 52 hundredths. on average so far in the metro, rain will be picking up here. 10:00 p.m., still upper 40's. gusty winds by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. most of the range of ball tonight. once those winds pick up, the rain should come to an end. widespread right now for webster city, fort dodge. another area of heavier rain from jasper, poweshiek county up towards the waterloo area. rain moving almost due north. picking up downtown to the south side, and then rain from altoona over to mitchellville. this is leftover moisture, some of it, from that hurricane patricia that is being pulled from the golf as the system slides to the west. some light snow in wyoming and colorado. this area of low pressure will move northeast. this front drive through. winds get strong later tonight. gusts over 30 miles an hour as we head into wednesday. rain heading out by the morning our. watch what happens here. light snow possibl

stacey: going to need your warm layers for football friday night. frank has your forecast. frank: that is right, we are talking about this in between 5:00 and 6:00. needs in the heavier than just a sweater, temperatures dropping. 50 now, look off to ames -- there in the mid 40's. mid 40's for waterloo. look back 24 hours ago, but we are 30 degrees cooler -- 12 degrees cooler for ames. just about the same down in ottumwa. kerry hoffman sit thient this, they lisa sunshine is out. jefferson web camera. wind is starting to calm down a bit -- out of the north and northwest at 10 miles. you will definitely need to 9:00. notice the clear sky this few clouds for the overnight hours. that will keep some spots in little warmer then if we do not have been. some frost in some portions of the state, 42 degrees by the middle part of tomorrow morning. there are the clouds that will filter in as we head throughout the night tonight. maybe keeping us a few degrees warmer than if we did not have been. but generally, high pressure remains in control. typically, you do not have much high cloud

stacey: also this weekend, the des moines marathon. the principal financial group 5k race is saturday, a new day this year. the half and full marathons are still held sunday. a couple of road closures to keep in mind. the walnut street bridge and east 1st from walnut to court are all closed right now. and you can find more road closure information online at desmoinesmarathon.com. and frank, a chillier weekend than what we've seen for runners? frank: that is right. i think some of the runners might actually like it. there is your sunday morning forecast, 8 a.m. temperature is 42. there is a good news, we warm up nicely on sunday. tomorrow is the outlier. we will talk about that. 11:00 a.m. temperature is in the mid-50's, i do think we will see sunshine out there mixing in with the cloud. today was a perfect fall day, look at this picture sent in on www.kcci.com. this is out in mitchellville, some pumpkins for you. beautiful timing, gourds, little red wagons, that kind of time year. look at this, ames is 39. mason is already at the freez

stacey: new tonight, football in london. the nfl extends its agreement to play regular season games at wembley stadium for an addition -- for an additional 5 years. at least two games per year will be played there through 2020. the jacksonville jaguars will play annually at wembley throughout the agreement. the nfl started playing games in london in 2007. world series news. the new york mets home games. the average asking price is almost $1700, the most expensive in world series history. the mets beat the cubs in the nlcs to make the series. they will play the winner of the alcs, either the kansas city royals or the toronto blue jays. speaking of the royals, one kansas city mom will have a constant reminder of the team, every time she looks at her son. this is 11-day-old royal scott titus overmyer. his mom audra is such a big fan of the team she says it's the only name she and her finance could agree on. audra hopes royal can bring joy to others like her favorite player salvador perez does. >> i love perez. i love his attitu

stacey: $10 million fix. the growing need at one food pantry and the smart solution to a possible problem. kevin: and, a night to remember. how tcu made abby faber feel extra special. worth, texas.i don't know how you did it? what? riding our bikes across the state? getting my masters? no! paying off your house early! oh! that was easy! awhile back we talked with veridian credit union and they got us into a 10 and done loan! refinancing lowered our rate and closing costs were only $200! yeah, it was really easy! and we saved enough money to take this trip to europe! veridian's been great, helping us with all of our finances! stacey: caught on camera. it's the shocking video we were first to air online at kcci.com. kevin: a special needs student -- high school student allegedly assaulted by a school bus driver. police arrested 61-year-old robert scarborough moments after students fled the bus in fear. he is now facing assault and child endangerment charges. stacey: video of the attack is circulating across mul

kcci's stacey horst has more. stacey: when lauren schuck of manhattan found out she was pregnant six months ago with her first child she instinctively , put a cork on her drinking. >> i would say i'm a social drinker, a couple of drinks a week with friends with a nice meal. stacey: now a new recommendation from the american academy of pediatrics says completely abstaining from wine, beer or hard liquor is just common >> what we are finding now is that even small amounts of alcohol can increase the risk of fetal alcohol syndrome. stacey: studies show pregnant trimester are 12 times more likely to give birth to a child with behavioral or neurological issues and drinking throughout pregnancy puts babies at 65 times the risk. >> a baby's brain and central nervous system is exquisitely vulnerable to teratogens things that can cause damage and alcohol is one of them. stacey: lauren is expecting her little girl on new year's eve. she says until then she'll use other ways to relax. eric: surveys show 8% of women say they

he boat out stacey. no, not stacey s., stacey r. exactly, i know, seriously... help me...ughter) i can't even... stop doing this... stop -- doing -- this... what's impressive about bernie sanders is the fact that he raised $26 million. yeah, that's enough money to give $1 to every single republican candidate. so the stage has been set. it's clinton up against sanders and cnn is ready. >> the cnn democratic presidential debate tomorrow night starting 8:30 only on cnn. >> trevor: wait, wait, wait! go back. go back! yeah! cnn, what was that? it was like a face then a face then nah, nah, nah. you are heartless. any one of these people could be president and you list them like the legal conditions of a used car ad. clinton, sanders, tomorrow, on cnn! (talking fast) >> trevor: what the hell is that? (cheers and applause) >> trevor: the weirdest thing about this cnn debate is how they're hyping the people who are there but aren't there. >> cnn is prepared in the event of a joe biden candidacy. podium 6, we have it waiting in the wings in case vice president joe biden decides to j

stacey delikat back to you. ernie: stacey we love this stuff, very interesting and it's look his joining us right now. she is a psychotherapist and we are happy to have you back. this is an interesting story and very timely. that scared feeling. what is it? >> it's about the excitement, coming together but in a safe way. ernie: there's a difference. when you are feeling like something going to a movie you'll been a theater from real kind of fear that other people experience. >> absolutely. when we are in a theater or at home or we go to haunted house we know it's safe and we control it. when there's a real fear in the safety issue our body then reacts differently. it becomes a fight or flight of situation. the adrenaline and all that. ernie: that's very different. ernie: if we are talking about the age factor, young kids with movies and so forth so does is start early when you were a kid and afraid of the dark and kids are talking about it? is that the basis for a? >> children are more uninhibited than adults so

there's always a surprise. >> and then there's missing wife, stacey peterson.d stacy? >> 100%. >> pastor shory remembers one day when drew peterson made a startling confession. >> he said what's interesting about me is i've done a lot of bad things in my life but i've never felt bad for one thing i've ever done. and i've talked with many people. i've never heard somebody before they've never felt guilty for anything they've done. i believe in some ways, he was giving the safest confession he could give. >> an eery confession that shory now believes was a warning of things to come. >> knowing what i do now, i would do so many things differently and that's hard. it's extremely hard. >> listen to your gut. your gut knows. i'm so thankful for all the times we shared. >> candice aiken also lives with regret. regret for the very last time she saw stacy alive. >> that's when i saw the fear that was in her eyes and the stress that she was under. >> looking back, aiken now wishes she had forced stacey to leave with her. >> she didn't feel like she had a place to go. we

to bat stacey: right now on kcci, pete polson takes the stand. he went on a shooting spree last injuring 2 men. november kevin: he says he's sorry, has been a drug addict for a long time and remembers nothing about the shootings. stacey: mark tauscheck explains polson's defense today on the stand. mark: polson admitted today in court for the first time that he was behind the shootings but says he can't remember any of it because he was high on meth. polson says he injected meth six hours before he shot at three people apparently for no other reason than he saw them while he was driving through pleasant hill and claims he remembers none of it. >> from the bottom of the heart, i apologize. it just isn't me, i wouldn't hurt anyone like that. i wish i would have just shot myself that day instead of hurting these people. mark: the prosecutor was exasperated with his excuse. >> miraculously, your first recollection of anything is when the police arrived. you remember nothing from 6:30 until 7:00? it is your testimony that when police showed up at 7:00,

eyewitness news reporter stacey sager is in the town of freeport. stacy? >> reporter: it's a soaking rain and a stiff wind out here right now now. making it kind of raw, but good news is the street flooding, people are so accustomed to, has subsided for now. residence around here know all too well that if the storm picks up later, this block in particular known as south ocean avenue, could live up to its name. >> it's hard. it's hard. we love it here. >> reporter: hard to love a day like this with pounding rain and puddles growing with the tide. freeport residents who have sandy in the back of their minds feeling like they dodged a bullet this time time, nevertheless -- >> nervous. nervous to say the least. we've been through it. it's just a nor'easter. we don't know what it is. we're just hoping that, i think around midnight is high tide again. we've got to get our cars out >> reporter: just east of here at robert moses beach, public officials gathered today, also fully aware things could've been much worse. but fire island remains a very big concern, pos

here's "eyewitness news" reporter stacey sager. >> with nearly 40% of the residents here living below the poverty level, it's not terribly surprising that new york city's health department ranks brownsville the most unhealthy community in brooklyn. question is, will the city's new study make a difference? >> all of this is something that we can change. >> but talk to people in this community and you get one message loud and clear -- we are what we eat, and healthier food is expensive. >> i just spent $400, and i don't even see on what. >> $400? >> yes. >> in these two wagons? >> that's it. >> my sugar is going through the roof, and my blood pressure's going through the roof. if you go into stores, most of their food is processed. >> there are many other factors the city looked at, everything from air quality to the accessibility of good healthcare. and in brownsville, for example, new hiv diagnoses are more than double the overall rates for brooklyn and the city. and hospitalization for substance abuse, also more than double the brooklyn and citywide rates. >> bad health is as contagi

stacey sager has reaction from family and friends. david novarro with the suspect's criminal background. we'll begin with josh einiger at the precinct in harlem. >> this is the psa station house where officer holder reported every day for work for the last five years. it's this station house that's become a shrine in his memory. an in front of the psa station house. in just a few minutes, starting at the scene where he died, a march will begin. that's a few blocks away from here. a march that will end up right here at psa 5. as they memorialize an officer gone far too soon. >> reporter: barely a day later and the blurry haze of last night's chaos is coming in to chilling focus. as new york's finest started to mourn for their fourth brother cop murdered in the line of duty in less than a year -- >> i do know someone like this shouldn't have been on the streets. >> reporter: the mayor expressed anger at the alleged cop killer investigators say caused such pain. last night just after dark the mayhem started in moments. >> hispanic male,