Christmas morning coming up. Shaina good morning, everyone. Thanks for waking up with kcci 8 news this morning. 25. Merry christmas, everyone. A lot of people were very excited to see the snowfall yesterday and it might stick around in some areas. Jason i think it will, with the almost 10 inches. We will continue to see that linger on the ground as we have temperatures will help to melt some of it. It will be hard to get rid of all of it. Fog today because of low level moisture and disabilities to the central portions of the state around the quartermile range. A halfmile in ottoman. If you are headed out and about, note that it could be a little bit slick and disabilities could be down disabilities could be down. Cloud cover lingering and a system off to the southwest but snow cover a cousin that but there could be one to two inch totals on northwestern edges of the state. A bit of a mixed bag of precipitation and light rain into south and central portions of the state. Plan on cloud cover, bundle up early. Into the afternoon, 38 degrees, a very mild Christmas Day. Thanks, jason shaina thanks, jason. The snow on thursday meant a lot of traffic headaches but for many people it also meant the christmas they had been hoping for. Kccis vanessa peng shows us how iowans feel about snow on Christmas Eve. Just like the ones iowans used to know. It just wouldnt be christmas without snow. Mother nature brought what many had been dreaming of. I think its beautiful. I expect to see snow around this time of year. So far this winter, its been relatively mild. When i saw the snow i was like its about time. Some iowans cant imagine its the tradition i mean, you think of snow you think of christmas, you think of presence, you pick a family. Others will take green or david madsen i would have enjoyed it either way. Im on the fence about it. I guess snow, or no snow, its nice. Will take a quick sample of the white. And decide that maybe purple is the kind of christmas they want. Christmas. Purple christmas is when the snow is purple. Grape. Shaina as the snow began to fall thursday, the d. O. T. Was forced to shut down part of interstate 35 after reports of multiple accidents. Traffic between ames and story city was brought to a standstill after dozens of crashes and cars in the ditches. The tow trucks were very busy and people traveling southbound to des moines told us they just that fast. This semi was stopped and we all stopped behind it, and i got run into from the back. And it kind of caused a chain reaction. The number of cars its just going up everytime you turn around theres another one going in. Its one person after the next semis versus cars cars smashed in. Shaina a live look now at the you can see most of the state is clear this morning. There are patches, particularly to the west, between des moines central iowa. The roads are partially covered but no completely covered roads so things looking pretty good for the majority of the state. Be careful if you are in one of be slick. There was wild weather around the country thursday. Including two more reports of rare winter tornadoes. Now heading to Northern California to determine the strength of those tornadoes. Powerlines and trees were brought down, and residents in modesto say the storm was unlike anything theyd ever seen. Homes and cars were damaged. Meanwhile, people in the south are still cleaning up after several deadly tornadoes across mississippi, arkansas, and tennessee. At least 14 people were killed, dozens of homes were destroyed, and thousands were left without power. Mississippis governor declared a state of emergency thursday. It is difficult, particularly this time of year, to see such damage and know the heartbreaks that go with that damage. Shaina another big storm is developing in the Southern Plains right now. Its forecast to bring heavy rain and blizzard conditions to the region this weekend, and the first snow of the season for the unseasonably warm northeast next week. The Stormy Weather caused big problems for flights across the country thursday, especially along the gulf coast up through the northeastern part of the country. Tracks airline flights, showed 550 flights had been canceled nationwide with 4200 delays by midday. Atlanta had the largest delays, largest percentage of delays, but many flights also were late in new york and washington, d. C. A different kind of problem at the des moines airport involving a Des Moines Police officer. 23yearold officer brady pratt drew his gun from his holster, while, according to him, he was practicing his quickdraw at the airport on wednesday. He says he accidentally had his finger on the trigger and fired a shot. Officials say the bullet went into the ceiling, and no one was hurt. The Police Department says there will be a review of the shooting, and discipline for pratt is possible. Sports news, the iowa hawkeyes are spending Christmas Day, in pasadena this year. The team headed to the Eastern Iowa Airport thursday, hopped on a plane, and took off to california. Its the teams first trip to the rose bowl in 25 years. They made it to pasadena just situated before an official team welcome tomorrow at disneyland. Iowa will face the stanford cardinals at 4 00 p. M. Iowa time new years day. Thats one week from today, you can watch it on espn. Eastern iowa police are warning hawkeye fans about fake rose bowl ticket scams. Investigators say victims are buying tickets through craigslist. Then meeting the seller to get them in person. Some of those tickets turn out to be fake. Police say to try to only buy tickets from a trusted source. Count on kcci for Team Coverage from pasadena as the hawkeyes take on the stanford cardinals on new years day. Our crews will be live at 5 00, 6 00 and 10 00 starting tuesday. Well also be live all morning friday leading up to the game. Be sure to like kcci on facebook and download our mobile app for constant updates. Time for another check of the weather. Jason there is a chance we could see a little bit tonight, not in the metro but in northwestern parts of the state have potential. Yesterday six fell six inches fell in story city. At the studio, we did not see a lot but nobody has seen that much in the eastern portion of the country for the most part. As far as snow. Not a white christmas. Or most of iowa, not a white christmas. A dusting from des moines to lamoni and a heavy band through Council Bluffs to mason city. Nice to see the snow. Today, not going to be any snow, especially in central portions of the state as we climbed up to 38 degrees, more chances of a mixed act of precipitation through the weekend, a high of 42 on saturday. In the holiday spirit of giving, a group of volunteers is helping provide meals for families in need this christmas. Kccis emmy victor is live at Mercy Medical center to tell us more about it. Emmy they have the responsibility of making 5000 meals a day for patients and staff. An extra 350 today for those in the Community Less fortunate. Joining me to tell why are you doing this . To give back to the community. People that cannot leave their homes, they can get their meals. Our volunteer workers and everybody else, it is great. Emmy some people you are meal, what are you doing to safe . Doing a green castle, mashed potato, stuffing, traditional christmas meal. Emmy the phones have been ringing off the hook, who is people that cannot leave their homes. They have already been preordered. They will be delivered to their homes. Emmy you guys have been hard at work all morning and they will be preparing meals all the way until 10 00 when they started doing the delivery, an all hands on deck ross as. Very excited very hands on deck process. We will show you more on how far they have gotten. Shaina looking forward to it. Holiday shipping rush, a lastminute decision by fedex that might help your packages make it under the tree today. Christmas at the vatican, the message pope francis has for christians around the world this holiday season. And an omaha woman gets a special surprise. See the display her family has been working on for more than 3 years. And a live look outside at i235 the few people that are out there are moving right along. Completely up to speed with no problems. The partially covered roads to the west and north of us but in the metro things looking fine. If you have to head out, you day and have a Merry Christmas this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, kurtis gertz, and right now coverage with shaina humphries. Jason Merry Christmas, it is 6 14, i hope you are getting your presents unwrapped and got everything you wanted. Some of us got the snow we wanted. 26 degrees to start off. Little bit cooler but still not bad. Some fog to get through, dense fog about the area, mainly central portions of the state. A quarter to a half mile, even outside of this area, some fog. We will keep the cloud cover all day long, a sad thing because we have something epic happening, a full moon on Christmas Day, the First Time Since 1977 that has happened, the next time you will not see this for another 19 years. You can look at a full moon pretty much anytime you want but it is kind of cool. Starting off with patchy, dense fog, mid30s i noon and a little bit of snow melt. More chances of the way on the way. Shaina christians from around the world gathered in bethlehem last night to celebrate christmas. But in recent months, bethlehem has been a focal point for clashes between israeli troops and palestinian protesters. Before the celebrations began last night, israeli authorities said 3 palestinians were killed in violence across the west bank. Christian worshippers also gathered in saint peters basilica thursday for the popes traditional Christmas Eve mass. Theme of love and mercy and encouraged all followers of jesus to live simply with compassion. Tens of thousands of people flocked to the vatican again this morning to hear the pontiff deliver his Christmas Day speech. And in omaha, its a christmas and birthday surprise rolled into one. Seven children had a mission to make their moms 75th birthday extra special. Devonte mckenith shows us how. Tis the season for christmas decor for this family. But what you see here actually started in 2012 on independence day. Thats when it was dads 75th birthday. 75 american flags placed in the front lawn. My dad knew i was behind it and he said you did it for me, you need to do something for mom. 3 years later, all 7 of ernies kids did just that. Shes going to be very surprised. Christmas trees. They made their mother carols 75th birthday, one heck of a surprise. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you happy birthday dear carol happy birthday to you the effort of getting all the trees started back in 2013. The signs, looking for the 75 and sensational birthday girl, were made as her son traveled with precious cargo from texas to omaha, just to make this day one of a kind. Car was loaded with 32 trees plus the metal sign. Tenhour drive. Every tree placed with care. Unlit. Now one of the brightest homes on the block, represents one of the brightest people in their family. Sheet will note it is special. She knows shes a special lady to create us and i just want to give her a special memory of turning 75. In omaha, davonte mckenith. Shaina carols birthday is exactly one week before christmas. Were told she was named after christmas carols. In your money news now, u. S. Markets are closed today for christmas. But on thursday wall street couldnt hold onto gains made earlier in the week. It ended the day mixed. The dow lost more than 50 points. The nasdaq was up more than 2. And the s p 500 fell about 3. Worried about the christmas delivery making it under the tree in time, theres still hope. Fedex says it will operate today in some markets, even though its christmas, to ensure packages scheduled for christmas delivery make it. Its also keeping its locations some locations open across the country today from 9 00 a. M. To 1 00 p. M. So people can pick up packages that way. Volunteered to work the holiday. Much of the northeast enjoyed mild weather this Christmas Eve even santa claus himself took time out of his busy schedule to play a round of golf. Its a lot harder here in maine. Im used to playing on the hard grounds up in the north pole, but were able to weather through and make it a good round. Nice and relaxing before the big trip. Shaina the owner of Hermon Meadow Golf Club in maine says he cant believe his course is still playable on Christmas Eve. John snyder says in 22 years of business hes never been open this time of year. But he was overjoyed when saint nick stopped by to play 18 holes before heading out to drop off gifts. He would have had to go to maine situation. Jason i was confused, santa claus should not be carrying his clubs. We saw snow, some of us picking up eight nine inches. Now dealing with lowlevel moisture creating a nice dense layer of fog. Visibility down to a quarter to a half a mile in the dense fog advised areas. Be careful. Besides that, cloud cover will continue throughout the day and another system that will push to our northwest. He could see a little bit of precipitation from that, mainly after the 6 00 timeframe. Before that, not bad besides the clouds, well above average, 38 degrees with the average at 32. A system moving in situated to the southwest now, the area of High Pressure will get out of the are and as it does so it will make way for more cloud cover as it thickens. The snow pushing to the extreme northwestern portion of the state and a bit of a snow mix through the central portion of the state through around more reasons to be safe if you have travel plans. The snow we have gotten, not that widespread, central portions northward coming in the mix. Out to the east, have not seen much of anything and that will continue for a little bit longer feared the next system should fill in spots that do not have it, to the northwest, teacher cast, most of us futurecast, most of us do not get in on the action but it thickens the crowd into the afternoon. The first signs of the system pushing through into the evening overnight. Some spots do look to pick up a little bit of snow. Extreme northwestern portions of the snow, an inch or two, otherwise a mild day. Midtoupper30s and the next we have a chance for a little bit of a mix throughout the day next significant system will more reasons to be safe. Shaina enjoy the warmer temperatures and slightly downhill. We will enjoy it. Still ahead, timeless tradition. A look inside the white house, as the obama family celebrates capital. Hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Shaina welcome back. In a few days itll be time to take those holiday decorations down. So enjoy them while they last. That is what thousands are doing at the white house, which has been giving tours all season long. Our Nikole Killion takes us along and introduces us to some of the volunteers who actually decked those halls. Welcome to the white house. At the white house, a timeless tradition i want to once again thank all the terrific volunteers for creating this Winter Wonderland of american traditions. And its no easy feat, these behind the scenes photos from the first lady capture the before and after as nearly 100 volunteers from all across the country trim every tree and deck every hall. We go home dead tired at the end of the day. We come back with a lot of energy the next morning. Its been great. Ellen carley of michigan assigned to the china room where fashion icon carolina herrera. It looks very pretty. This year, there are 62 trees. And more than 70,000 ornaments, like these in the library. All the ornaments on the trees are hand crafted. They feature marbleize paper from hand bound books. Beyond the branches, theres a garden full of snowmen, the traditional gingerbread replica of the white house in dark chocolate, and in keeping with the first ladys joining forces initiative this is if a military family wishes to write a note we have the paper and the a decorators dream come true. It is an experience of a lifetime. Thanks to helping hands that make the peoples house merry in washington, Nikole Killion reporting. Shaina in case youre wondering, volunteers were selected after submitting an Application Online to the white house earlier this year. They were announced this fall and came to washington to decorate the week after coming up in our next half hour bowl bound. The hawkeyes are in pasadena. Hear from longtime broadcaster bob brooks about the last rose bowl trip two decades ago. Plus, christmas is here see how some officers in massachusetts stopped a grinch. Recruited, medial who shaina kicking off your christmas weekend with a nice coat of snow from thursday. And we could see more tonight. Jason has the storm team 8 forecast. The mostwatched morning news in central iowa. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning. Shaina and a very unusual Christmas Service for the star wars enthusiast. See how one church in new jersey is using the force to tell the christmas story this year. Good morning and Merry Christmas to all. Jason. A white christmas. Jason presence falling from the state from the sky. The south did not see much. Some people got more than they bargained for. It will be melting today. Cooler temperatures to start, midteens in carroll, webster these are wind chill temperatures. All the moisture has helped to drive us some fog, a quartermile visibility for des moines. Visibility will likely be down fog. Besides that, cloudy. We have a full moon. The first time on Christmas Day since 1977. 38 we are topping out along with cloud cover, more on the chances for snow coming up. Shaina thank you. Right now crews with the National Weather service are headed to Northern California to assess the strength of two rare winter tornadoes that touched down on Christmas Eve. The unusual holidaytime weather pattern triggered deadly tornadoes in the south this week and it is blamed for at least 14 deaths in 3 states. Don champion has the latest from new york. On this holiday of giving, some people in Northern California are taking stock of whats lost after an outbreak of tornadoes. Seeing trees swirling like they were in a blender. It was pretty scary. Cell phone video captured the twisters roaring through El Dorado County and modesto , bringing down powerlines and uprooting trees. Linda douglas weve been here for 45 years and weve never had anything like this before happen. Mike churchill saw a tree crash down on his neighbors car. A child was inside. Mike churchill the kid said, hey, mom stop. Barely hit the car on the back in of the suv. The rare twister in california comes as people in the midwest and south continue cleaning up after an outbreak of deadly tornadoes this week. Pastor barry reynolds, whose church was among hundreds of structures destroyed in mississippi, called it a test from god. Barry reynolds he testing out faith, testing how strong were gonna be. At this red cross shelter in holly springs, donations of food, clothing, and even Christmas Gifts have poured in. Eddie smith ive just not seen this kind of generosity in a single county anywhere ive worked. Neighbors determined to keep the giving spirit alive in the face of so much loss. Don champion, cbs news. Shaina another bizarre storm developing in the southern plain is forecast to bring heavy rain and blizzard conditions to the region this weekend and the first snow of the season for the unseasonably warm northeast next week. And an update now on the latest from the iowa d. O. T. Everything mostly clear. Even close to the metro, just northwestern parts of the area, partially covered roads and north, east of fort dodge and west between central iowa and Council Bluffs, you may have a few icy issues. Mostly things looking pretty good across iowa. But that was not the case thursday afternoon. Parts of interstate 35 shut down after reports of multiple accidents. The d. O. T. Closed southbound lanes between ames and story city after dozens of crashes and cars in ditches. Some drivers were forced to swerve off the road to avoid accidents. The tow trucks were busy and people traveling southbound to des moines told kcci they didnt expect so much snow so fast. Storms from the gulf coast to the northeast are also causing hundreds of flight delays for people trying to get home for christmas. Long lines filled hartsfieldjackson Atlanta International airport. Were canceled by midday thursday. Here in des moines, everything is on schedule as of right now. Earlier this week at the des moines airport, a different kind of problem was reported. A Des Moines Police officer accidentally fired his Service Weapon inside the airport. The report says 23yearold officer brady pratt drew his duty weapon from his holster wednesday, apparently to practice his quick draw skills. He accidentally discharged a round into the ceiling tile. No one was hurt. This christmas morning, the hawkeyes are waking up in pasadena. Thursday the team left just before 1 00 from the Eastern Iowa Airport in cedar rapids. This is a historic trip its the hawks first rose bowl trip in 25 years. Legendary sportscaster bob brooks was on board and was hoping it was a better rose bowl trip than the first one he made with the team back in 1956. We were going to have a big it snowed, slated, sleeted, and we left from moline. Shaina today, the team will get situated at their hotel for the next week. The official rose bowl welcome event is saturday the 26th at disneyland. Count on kcci for Team Coverage from pasadena. All week long. Our crews will be live at 5 00, 6 00, and 10 00 starting tuesday. Well also be live all morning leading up to the game. On new years day. Christmas is a day of giving and dozens of volunteers are helping provide a warm meal to families in need today. Kccis emmy victor is live at Mercy Medical center were hundreds of holiday meals are being prepared. Emmy it can be overwhelming sometimes to think of cooking a meal for maybe 10 or 20 people coming to your home. Imagine having to make over 350 of volunteers are doing by 11 00. They will deliver the meals across the community to those less fortunate. We are giving you a live look at our kitchen. The staff workers are making gravy and there is water on the floor. They are making mashed potatoes and this is for those in the community who cannot leave their homes. Those who are less fortunate. They are really excited to be here and diane excited to watch what they are doing. You can see the trays that will be filled up with turkeys and fruits and vegetables and delicious food. Are sick thats Mercy Medical center have been doing this with meals on wheels for seven years. They do it every year to give back and spread cheer. Shaina thank you. Coming up, santas helper is helping a local Police Department while spreading some holiday cheer. Plus, caught redhanded. Christmas has been saved. See how police catch the grinch in action last night. And, a cosmic christmas. Hear how a pastor is using the newest star wars movie to convey a christmas message. Jason after some of us take chances for paris theres a lot to do on a dairy farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get out there and do it yourself. Bernie sanders is a wellknown friend of family farms. Bernie cannot be bought out by big money. Bernies opinion cannot be purchased. Its time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. Jason Merry Christmas, it is 6 41. A splendid Christmas Day. Fresh snow or some of us and temperatures not that cold. In the 20s, below freezing, but for where we should be it is not bad, the average high at 32 degrees. We do have a thick layer of fog inside in some spots. Visibility will be greatly reduced if you are traveling throughout the morning. We have mainly cloud cover and a system developing to our southwest which will be pushing up against the northwestern portion of the state and even central portions of the state could see a bit of a mix mainly late in the evening tonight. If you are waiting to travel, you will want to keep your eye on the forecast as the northwestern portion of the state at least will start to see slick roads. Along with cloud cover. Temperatures climb to 35 by noon. More on your we can forecast and a cooldown coming up. We can forecast and a cooldown comes weekend forecast and a cool down coming up. Shaina you know elf of the shelf. But in pennsylvania, theres now elf of the force. The police force that is. Melissa nardo explains how the new Police Recruit is helping to spread some holiday cheer. Sworn in to protect and serve. The elf on the shelf is the eyes and ears of santa claus, watching to see whos naughty and whos nice. Toby wildasin as you may or may not know, he goes back to the north pole every night. However, this elf is taking season. Sarge is the newest officer sworn in to the west Manheim TownshipPolice Department. The stuffed officer is taking his oath very seriously, conducting official police investigations. Toby wildasin he is captured capturing photos of the itemized pieces of evidence. Testing out his skills as a sketch artist. Toby wildasin he made use of and even getting into a little trouble. Toby wildasin im able to capture a photo of him when i come in each day at work. Sergeant toby wildason makes sure to document his every move on the departments facebook page. Sarge is quickly making friends. Toby wildasin its been an overwhelming response. Its kind of made it enjoyable. Ive actually gotten a lot of good comments on our social media. One of his followers even writing a letter. Toby wildasin she said what a difference it makes, its a great concept and were sure it is reaching our great town of hanover. Its special that one person, or elf, can make such a big difference in life. Showing a different side of law enforcement. Toby wildasin the goal through the use of sarge our scout elf is to get followers that would maybe not otherwise like a Police Facebook page. And ultimately helping solve crime. Toby wildasin and when we need the communities help in a situation, we already have that after christmas, he will be heading back to the north pole, but hell surely have a spot on the force next year. Shaina keeping with the christmas crime beat apparently, the grinch as been busted. Police in dartmouth, massachusetts posted this Holiday Themed parody of the tv show cops. The spoof shows officers nabbing the grinch redhanded as he pretends to break into a house and steal christmas. The greenfaced thief was then taken to the Police Station and had his mug shot taken. He was found guilty of attempting to steal christmas. His sentence he has to stay 39. 5 feet away from dartmouth and he must do Community Service at Santas VillageAmusement Park in new hampshire. Some star wars fans are so devoted to the movies, they say its like a religion. Now a new Jersey Church has actually combined the bible with the blockbuster, to deliver a unique Christmas Service. Pastor tim lucas and star wars enthusiast is using the force to year. He dresses as han solo, the pastor of the nondemoninational contemporary christian church, drew parallels between the bible and star wars, particularly in the good versus evil cosmology. Were telling the story of christmas from the book of revelations. Its the last book in the bible which imagines on Christmas Eve this battle behind the stars between the dark side and the light, the forces of god versus the forces of evil. Shaina congregants wielded glow sticks shaped like light sabers instead of lighting candles, and there were dancing storm troopers. Participants were able to sit and take a photo with darth santa. And of course a star wars nativity scenes with Princess Leia as mary, and han solo as joseph. No star wars character replaces baby jesus, however. Another movie getting a spoof this holiday. Gas station attendants in new york dressed up as olaf the snowman from the movie frozen on Christmas Eve. But this isnt the first time Daniel Kendrick has dressed up this holiday season. An elf. Hes worked at the kwik fill for 8 years and does this all the time. I started wearing these costumes a few years ago and they absolutely loved them. So ive amped it up every year. And this year it happened to be olaf, and it just morphed into this. Shaina and its not just around the holidays. Kendrick says he likes to dress up year round to bring a friendly smile to anyones face. Good job. We look live at i 235, all is pretty well on the roads, everyone moving right along with some partially covered areas in the area northwest the northwest part of the metro but in the metro things looking good. Be on the lookout for slick spots. Jason has the latest timing on possible rain and more snow coming up. You can stay in a note with your smart phone or tablet or five minutes away. Morning. It is 6 50. As you unwrap your presence and stockings, presents, when chills in the middle teens in the northwest and upperteens to low20s anywhere else in the state. We have been talking about the fog which has continued to linger. Visibility down to a quarter or a half of mile in central portions. If you plan on traveling, be safe. It will be with us for a little bit longer. Besides the fog, cloud cover that no rain or snow today. Slim chances later on into the evening. That will wait for a while, past 6 00 p. M. Travel accordingly, 38 we are topping out today and the clouds will linger through the day. Will not get rid of them anytime taken thicken. Precipitation moves in in northwestern portions of the state mainly, the dark blue area will stay out of iowa. It sets up in sioux falls and push northeast into minnesota. The snow, a huge gap through the great lakes and southern and western portions of iowa. You can see what just dropped. Today, not looking like we will pick up more snow at least through most of the state. Clouds built into the afternoon and the first signs of the next system pushing through. The darker blues in the extreme northwestern portions of the state. We could see a couple of inches of snow up there but that will be it. A decent mix to the central portion of the state later on. A mild one, mid30s and we will we can, temperatures take a turn for the cooler, 20 degrees soon. We have 40s first, so enjoy that. Shaina a last blast of news is next including a deadly gas packages arent under your tree. Hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Overnight, more than 100 people are dead after a gas tanker ignited an inferno in nigeria. The explosion happened as people lined up to refill the gas canisters they use for cooking. Many of them rushing to get the fuel to prepare for christmas celebrations. Its unclear what caused the explosion. Police in North Carolina are investigating a deadly officerinvolved shooting at a busy mall. The shooting followed a fight between two longfeuding groups. A responding offduty officer shot an 18yearold man after he pointed his gun in the officers direction. Panicked shoppers locked themselves in stores or ran for the exits. The search continues today for survivors after deadly tornadoes sweep parts of the south. At least 14 people were killed, dozens of homes were destroyed in mississippi, arkansas, and left without power. Because of those storms, some presents might be missing from under your tree this morning. Fedex couldnt deliver everything by Christmas Eve. They will continue to work today. If you are waiting on a package, you can call 800gofedex for a status update. Things looking pretty good across the state. Mostly green. Blue means partially covered roads. Youre looking at the latest from 511ia. Org. Thanks looking good in most parts of the state but things could change as the day goes on with some rain coming. Jason mainly in the evening. If you are planning on traveling in northern or northwestern portions of the state, a chance those roads had become slick. Keep your eye on the radar because it will move in. Otherwise dense fog. It has settled in for now and wind chills, 14 degrees. Bundle up. Quartermile visibility in carroll, clarion and in the metro. Be safe as you head out. Up to 38 by 3 00 p. M