Removed right away but Governor Rick Snyder is backing a plan to coat the pipes with a protective film instead of removing them and then follow up with an infrastructure study to see if any of the pipes needed to be removed. In the meantime hundreds of residents continue to deal with excessive sweating, fatigue and severe headaches, all symptoms of exposure to high amounts of lead. Experts say this all means that Flint Residents will need bottled water for months to come. And iowa state star and flint native monte morris and hyvee say thats why theyre stepping up to help. Kccis rose heaphy joins us live form ames to explain. Reporter headed out to flint, michigan. It is monte morris hometown. He said is something he never expected. Check out this video from earlier today as the procession of trucks fill the parking lot north of the arena. He talked about wanting to donate to flint and decided to get into the action and decided to donate 11 trucks, all for number 11. I am emotional. In
When you factor in i tama is at i tama is that four below. You are definitely going to need to bundle up today. 9 00 a. M. Temperature, just five degrees. More clouds this afternoon, 14 degrees, and we will watch some snow role in tonight. Alyx as the republican president ial field narrows, the remaining candidates are now courting voters in South Carolina, ahead of tonights the gop primary is almost a week away. The democrats next contest is nevada. The next two states are more diverse and candidates hope to win over more voters before next weekend. Candidates are looking for the support of africanamericans and latinos, and theyre also counting on christian voters. Diverse electorate will change things to some degree. That christian or evangelical vote is very important in South Carolina. Its traditionally a state that has been hospitable to kind of electorate. Alyx you can watch the debate tonight at 8 00 right here on kcci. A man fired gun shots into the air near a des moines busine
State. Human trafficking is modern is a form of modern day slavery. Laura to educate about all the stings hes busted and the young sex slave victims hes rescued. To be able to return a child who has been kidnapped was very gratifying. Laura thats why kinney is behind a new bill that would create an office within the department of Public Safety where several agents would focus solely on Human Trafficking. The way to effectively combat Human Trafficking is by setting up a task force. Some of the most vulnerable ages when it comes to Human Trafficking are ages of 11 to 14. Laura senator rita hart is behind another bill that calls for adding Human Trafficking to the states Legal Definition of child abuse. That means more training for educators and other mandatory reporters. Trained on what to look for. How to ask the right questions. What the criteria might be that would help them to understand that this child is being affected by Human Trafficking. Laura hart and kinney say these two bill
Charges. Steve just last month another inmate at the newton facility escaped. A department of corrections report shows edward shorter escaped with the help of a girlfriend january 23. He was arrested by officers in polk county. Kccis emmy victor is just back from newton where both union and prison officials are asking questions. Andy reporter mark, now that 3 inmates have escaped in under a two month span the question both sides are asking is why . This minimum Security Center in newton houses inmates preparing to be released. It has limited Staff Members inside and a Vehicle Patrol car as needed outside. But some say that isnt enough and that this trend need to end. The staff in both our facilities and Community Based corrections, and the whole state, for that matter, has significantly decreased. Reporter the American Federation of state county and municipal employees blames funding for 3 inmates recently escaping correctional facilities. We need to have enough staff not run away. Rep
Today, while donald trump has no scheduled events after their super wins last night. What a super tuesday. Nikole super sweep. The next president of the united states, donald trump. Nikole donald trump and Hillary Clinton cleaning up in a super night with wins in seven states. Now turning their fire towards each other. Believe me, i am a unifier. Once we get all of this finished, i am going to go after one person that is Hillary Clinton. Weve got work to do but that work, that work is not to make America Great again, america never stopped being great. Nikole trying to catch Clinton Bernie sanders nabbed four states including his home state of vermont. When we stand together we will be victorious. Nikole while ted cruz defended his turf in texas and neighboring oklahoma. Headtohead our campaign beats donald trump resoundingly. Nikole and marco rubio clinched weve all been underdogs but we will win. Nikole down but not out Ohio Governor john kasich and ben carson who both vowed to stay i