Act. Todd storm lake legislator gary worthan is sponsoring the bill. He says the dot tells him the the average speed on iowas interstates is 72. All the more reason to boost it to 75. If youre not going to in 470 to slow that traffic down, lets make it legal. Todd one driver we talked with lung interstate north of des moines agrees. Most of the people are going that speed anyway, so if someone is going 70 they are actually slowing the traffic down. Todd in fact, in a very unscientific test, we set our Cruise Control at 70 along i35 and traffic constantly passed us. But not everybody is convinced faster is better. The thing is, they go fast enough as it is. In the winter time, people need to slow down. You know, its a trade off. If you want to look at safety and thats all you want to look at, it should be 25 to 30 miles an hour. Is dead set against raising the speed limit. The next step for this bill is the full Transportation Committee and the iowa house. That could happen this week. Steve we asked what you think about the bill tonight in our now poll. Right now 71 of you say yes, you think the speed limit should the increased to 75 miles per hour. 75 25 of you say no, it should not. If iowa did make the change it would join a few other midwest states with 75 mile per speed hour limits on interstates. Right now, north dakota, nebraska, and kansas all do. Minnesota, wisconsin, illinois, and missouri are all at 70. And south dakota is at 80 miles per hour. Laura a special evening session of the Iowa Supreme Court just wrapped up. It involves the estate of former slipknot bassist paul gray. Gray died of an overdose in may of 2010. , was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing in a 2014 manslaughter trial. But brenna gray still blames dr. Baldi for her husbands death. She is suing for financial compensation. A lower court threw out the lawsuit, but tonight, the highest court heard oral arguments and will decide whats next. Dr. Daniel baldi sat in the front row, as attorneys presented oral arguments before the Supreme Court on whether a civil lawsuit against him should move forward. Brenna gray, seen here during her 2014 testimony, says baldi was negligent in prescribing pain killers to her husband paul gray, the bassist for well known heavy metal band slipknot. She now says she and her daughter deserve financial compensation. But, a polk county judge threw out the lawsuit, partly because grays daughter was not born until six months after her fathers death. Tonight, dozens of people watched as grays attorney Bruce Stoltze argued that shouldnt matter. Her father. There is no father around her to support her. There is no father to see her at her birthdays. The lawsuit raises another important question, when a person in iowa can bring a medical malpractice lawsuit. Current law says two years. Gray filed hers 4 years later, something baldis Attorney Says should not be allowed. We believe that the statute of limitations, its not ambiguous. The court has been down this road before with schultz. Its an analysis that holds true. Laura when pressed by the justices, stoltze argued a discovery rule, meaning in death cases, he thinks the family should have two years after they discover possible malpractice to file a suit. 45 minutes of arguments later, dr. Baldi tells kcci, he feels it all went as well as it could have gone. I thought the questions that the justices were asking were very good and pointed questions, why we are having to have this discussion. Nothing wrong. No decision was made tonight. The justices plan to have their written decision by may or june. They can either uphold the lower courts order, reverse it, or send the case back with instructions. Steve right now senate , republicans are vowing to block anyone president obama nominates to the u. S. Supreme court after justice antonin scalias sudden death saturday. The unexpected vacancy is now at the center of a political war. Justice antonin scalias bench and chair at the Supreme Court are draped in black to honor his service to the country. Scalia will lie in repose in the court friday and will be laid to rest saturday. President obama says he will nominate a replacement in due time. Legal mind somebody who cares , deeply about our democracy and cares about rule of law. Steve an obama nomination has now become a major talking point on the president ial campaign trail. Sen. Rubio our next president is going to choose not just a replacement for justice scalia, but at least two other Supreme Court justices possibly. Steve senate republicans, led by majority leader mitch mcconnell, are insisting they will block any nomination because they say that task should fall to the next president. Pres. Obama i intend to do my job between now and january 20 of 2017 and i expect them to do their job as well. Steve Chris Edelson is a constitutional scholar and a professor at american university. Senate republicans dont have to do anything. Steve he says republicans are within their right, but it could backfire politically. It could play into this theme, republicans as obstructionists. This isnt the first time this has happened, the government shutdown, debt ceiling. Steve there are early signs that republican resistance may be cracking. Senate judiciary chairman, iowa suggesting he might be open to considering obamas yettobe named nominee. Chief political reporter Cynthia Fodor caught up with grassley this afternoon at a town hall meeting in marengo. He wouldnt say if he would schedule hearings if president obama appoints a nominee. Grassley would only say he will take it one step at a time. Senator grassley i think that it should wait until the next election, and i believe that thats the right thing to do because its a very important position and would be kind of in line with what Democratic Leaders said in the tail end of the bush administration. That bush should not appoint somebody to the Supreme Court because they had to be concerned about balance, and im concerned about balance the same way they are. Steve a leading Supreme CourtAnalyst Thinks attorney general Loretta Lynch is president laura right now urbandale , Police Search for 17yearold kiara olson. They believe she has information in saturdays deadly officerinvolved shooting at the holiday inn on merle hay road. Ali yahia was shot and killed during a shootout with police. Officers were called to the hotel on reports of a drug deal. Friends of des moines businessman david hurd said goodbye tonight. His family hosted a special visitation in the Capitol Square atrium. The rotunda was filled with pictures and other memories of the former Principal Financial ceo. The 86yearold took his own life february 6, after falling from his 22nd floor plaza condo. Hurd was suffering from a long time illness. His funeral is tomorrow at 10 30, at the First Unitarian Church on bell avenue. Steve kum go, caseys, and quick trip. Iowa Convenience Store chains are all now renovating to keep up with competition. Kccis ryan smith is live in johnston tonight to unveil the ryan kum go gave kcci a first look inside its brandnew, redesigned Marketplace Store on 86th street. You may be surprised by whats inside. Kum go officials getting their first look inside the companys brandnew Marketplace Store. The most eyecatching feature we know that our customers are looking for choice in craft beer. Ryan collett an unexpected hot call it an unexpected hot spot for craft beer connoisseurs. 8 beers are on tap, including three local brews. You wont have to travel to different breweries to fill up. Some specialty brews that will be able to get an offering from so you can stop and fill up several growlers at once. Ryan a 2015 state law now allows Convenience Stores to sell craft beer in togo containers called growlers. Kum go has been testing its growler service station in arkansas since july. We had a lot of success with the growler business in arkansas and iowa is an even bigger craft , beer market than arkansas is , things for our business here in iowa. Ryan from craft beer to homemade pizza, iowabased chains are setting new trends to keep up with a competitive Convenience Store battle. Today, we learned Caseys General store is the 5th largest pizza chain in the country. The ankenybased company sold 19 million pizzas last year. Their expansion propelled the construction of this 300,000 squarefoot facility in indiana. Back at kum gos softopening, the g. M. Says innovation is necessary to win over customers. Hopefully continue to grow , our sales and beat our competition with this model here. Ryan doors reopen here on thursday. The Company Plans to renovate 28 other Stores Across 11 states. For all you craft beer lovers bad news. You can sample the beer inside the Convenience Store, but you laura take a look outside. Clear skies and chilly, but a little windy. Kurtis i need to get a car with worse gas mileage so i can go to the gas station or. Another thing i want to point out, were in that kind of freezethaw cycle. There will be refreeze tonight am especially where the snow banks are moving into the sidewalks. Icy spots overnight and early on wednesday. A little bit of fun tomorrow. After jurors will climb up but the clouds will hang on through most of the day. 3 00 p. M. Temperature, 36. Six but p. M. Temperature, 34 degrees. Then comes the big warm up. For this time of year, this is pretty dramatic. From the 30s quickly into the 60s on friday. Looks like the 50s hang around for the weekend. The latest futurecast in just a few minutes. Pres. Obama i continue to believe mr. Trump has not been president. Mr. Trump he has done such a lousy job as president. Steve 10, next at 10 00, but for the white house. President obama sounds off on the gop field. A frantic call for help and the Daring Rescue that followed. I wouldnt be here if it wasnt for joe. Steve after 3 men flee their sinking tugboat. A comeback in the toy industry. Announcer this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at 10 00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, chief meteorologist john mclaughlin, and sports director andy garman. Laura primary push. Were 4 days out until the gop primary in south carolina. A new cnn poll shows Donald Trumps lead slipping, but barely. Hes on top, 38 to ted cruzs 22 . Marco rubio in 3rd, jeb bush in 4th. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton with a huge 56 to 38 lead on senator bernie sanders. New tonight, gop frontrunner donald trump responding to president obama at a rally in south carolina. Earlier today, the president campaign. Pres. Obama i continue to believe that mr. Trump will not be president. And the reason is because i have a lot of faith in the American People and i think they recognize that being president is a serious job. Its not hosting a talk show or a reality show. Its not promotion. Its not marketing. Its hard. Mr. Trump we cant beat isis, obamacare is terrible, were going to terminate it and replace it. You look at everything. Our borders are like swiss cheese. This man has done such a bad job, hes set us back so far, and for him to say that is a great complement. Steve making news right now. Thousands are now flocking to el visit by the pope. Pope francis will hold a mass in juarez, mexico, just across the border from el paso. Today the pope offered a message , of hope and encouragement to a youth pep rally. He urged mexicos young people to resist the lure of easy money from drug dealers and to instead build up their communities. For the first time in 5 decades, the United States and cuba have signed a deal to restore commercial air traffic between the 2 countries. Right now, there are only charter flights between the u. S. And cuba. As early as this fall, though, there could be as many as 110 flights a day. Laura new at 10 00 an urgent , call for help as three men are forced to abandon their sinking tugboat in a frigid boston harbor. Steve their distress call was answered by a friend, who was in the right place at the right time. We didnt take our eyes off them and it just went dark, thats when we knew the tug was gone. Maloney were about a half mile away when they heard the distress call. They raced toward the tugboat sinking fast. , on scene, they found only one crewmember made it into a life raft. Two others put on flotation jackets and braved the 37degree water. They didnt weigh anything, i didnt even feel it, i was i was doing a lot of swearing. Get in here, get on. Laura all 3 men were cold but alive. They were taken back to a boston hospital. Steve recordsetting snow tonight in buffalo, new york. The city shattered its previous oneday record of 6. 6 inches of snow before noon today. More snow is expected in buffalo tomorrow. While buffalo is under a blanket of snow, we are looking at taking the blanket off. Kurtis that was where i was going. Next for stealing my line. Big warm up on the way. It will take a little while. Really punch in on thursday. Windchill, 27. I have been watching the visibility. So far, no problem with any fall. As the night goes along, a few areas of fall but it doesnt look to be that widespread. It was icy spots, keep that in mind. Cloudy, 26. New, 33. Mostly cloudy skies. 6 00 p. M. Temperature, 34. A little snow will try to move in to northern iowa. This band is very light but i think it will transfer down to the southeast, north of interstate 80. High pressure drifting by to the north. Frontal boundaries sinking south. Nebraska, kansas, down through oklahoma. Tomorrow, some 20s to the north, 30s through ames. 40s in southwestern iowa. Look up close by the 70s are. Oklahoma, 70. Mid 70s in the panhandle of texas. That warm air is going to glide in here a little later in the week. Futurecast, doing a good job with this band of snow that will try to move in early tomorrow morning. Very light around the i35 corridor. Clouds hang around most of the day. I think we will some clearing tomorrow night and then a little bit of sunshine will move it on thursday, probably not as widespread as it is showing on futurecast. A band of clouds will move through thursday night before more sunshine arrives on friday. Temperatures tonight, with that thaw, down to 24 degrees. Tomorrow, southeast winds 510. A little light snow to the north. Temperatures, 36 degrees. Thursday, 56. Partly sunny skies. Records this time of year are in the upper 60s. The record is 68 in 1981. I know youre looking at friday. 60, it will be a Beautiful Day but a very windy day. Most locations without gusts over 40 miles per hour. 57 on saturday. Sunday, 50. 40s and 30s next week. Laura next at 10 00 the latest , hightech creations topping the toy market. Steve and just in case you missed it, heres a look at the lineup for this years hinterland music festival. Legendary Country Singer willie nelson, along with ray lamontage, will headline the 2yearold event. The festival is set for august 5 and 6 at the avenue of the saints amphitheater in saint charles. Tickets go on sale friday at steve new at 10 00 heres a in the toy industry. Laura toymakers were showing off at the 113th annual toy fair in new york city today. Chase a ball, drones that respond to your voice, and even a new star wars game kinds can control with their mind. The toy market is a 24 billion industry in the u. S. , up 7 in the last year. And its not just high tech driving the increase. Experts say low tech toys are making a comeback. Theres a desire, i think, to get away from the tv set, get away from computer, get the family together and have some fun. Laura he adds that family boardgames are flying off the shelves, proving the toy market has become an Entertainment Industry not just for kids but for the whole family. Steve a lot of families have game nights. Good the cyclones do andy if you want to be a great basketball team, the most important thing to do is win all of your home games and then try to steal some on the road. The cyclones havent been able to do that this year, but what they can do at least even the score. Baylor went to hilton and won. Tonight, a chance to go down to waco and even it. First half, theres were up. Second half, abdel nader leading the cyclones charged with the two had it done. Later on, georges niang. Georges went over 2003 are points in this game, past fred hoiberg on the alltime list. Nader, right through the defense, trust the val, la draws the foul. Virgin with the burton with the fantastic block. It might have been goaltending, nocall. Monte morris from 19 feet for the win. Hits the shot. It came after the light came on, so were going to overtime. It was rough in the extra frame. Up for at the other end. Fouls on the dunk attempt. Cyclones get be in overtime, 10091. Isu comes back for an easier task on saturday. Tcu coming to hilton. 6 30 tip time, live on espnu. The cyclones now in sixth place, alone. 76 in conference play, 188 overall. Kansas jayhawks, once again, on the inside track to win the big 12. Iowa energy come up a little short. 116105 the final. Big ten bowl tomorrow. The hawkeyes play at penn state. Tip time is at 5 30. The iowa wild had an unexpected coaching change over the weekend when their coach John Torchetti minnesota to take over an nhl team that was floundering badly. His chance to move up opened the door for a hockey lifer. David cunniff had spent more than 13 years as an assistant at several different levels. But the call on saturday meant cunniff would be the guy in charge of the team for the first time in his life. He had someone special to celebrate with. My wife came in that night. Here she has, first time in des moines and we get the news. She has been through a lot in my kids have been through a lot in this will process, 14 years coaching in this week. A lot of nights away from home. Missed some birthdays and things like that. I was happy that my wife was her