President may be jumping into the president ial race. You are watching kcci 8 news. Eric good morning, everybody. I am eric hanson. Elizabeth i am elizabeth klinge. You will definitely need a jacket this morning. It is chilly out there. Jason it really cold in some spots, upper 20s for feels like. I feel like it kind of skips past fall and is a taste of winter. If we look at wind chills across the area, definitely adding a bite to the air. Low 30s across a good portion of the eastern part of the state, so hang on to a little bit of warmth as you head out and about as you will absolutely be needing it. If ross advisory for a good portion of the western half of the state, and freeze warnings to the northwest. We get to play this down out again tomorrow. A couple of cool days with temperatures only topping out in the middle 50s. Elizabeth a developing story right now in california, mudslides lead thousands of drivers leave thousands of drivers stranded overnight. Shaina two highways, one of those is interstate five, the main road that connect northern and southern california. Drought and wildfires have stripped the land of any vegetation so when rain finally fell, mud and water came rushing down over the roadways, even burying some vehicles. Times of vehicles, three feet, covered in dirt, mud actually. I have been out here for 24 years and i have never seen this much water in 24 years. You cannot tell how fast it is moving or how safe it is. Shaina cleanup crews are already working on both of the affected highways, but they are still closed down. In texas, a wildfire east of austin is growing and has destroyed nearly three dozen homes. It has burned about six square miles and firefighters are calling in help from the west coast. They will drop nearly 12,000 gallons of fire retardant at a time on the blaze. Israel is deploying more troops to its border with gaza as they brace for another day of possibly violent palestinian protest. Dozens of palestinians and several israelis have been killed in recent shootings and stabbings. Israeli authorities have a hand young muslim man band young muslim men from entering the mosque. Elizabeth reacting to president obamas decision to keep 5500 troops in afghanistan. Previously he had vowed to end the war in afghanistan before his term was over. This kernel worked directly with the afghan army. He knew then that keeping the middle east country secure would be a very long road. There just are a lot of challenges and it is going to take time for them to be able to build up their nation, their security forces, to be able to provide the kind of security required for that part of the world. Elizabeth he tells kcci he is not apprised by the announce meant. The Iowa National guard does not have a unit deployed in afghanistan and the Army National reserve has between 10 and 20 i wins serving. Eric a man accused of going on a shooting spree in Pleasant Hill takes the stand in his defense, apologizing, saying he remembers nothing about the shootings because he was high on methamphetamine at the time. I am sorry. From the bottom of my heart, i apologize. It just is not me. I would never hurt anyone like that. I wish i would have just shot myself that day instead of hurting these people. Eric pete polson faces drug charges along with those three counts of attempted murder. The jury will have to decide if he was too intoxicated to have the intent to kill. The federal trial of two ron paul aids continues today. Sorenson took the stand yesterday in his own defense and kesari gave his wife a check for 25,000. Sorenson told him he was not sure he wanted to switch campaigns but was conflicted because he was facing financial issues. Testimony resumes this morning at 9 00. Elizabeth 200 sex offenders in iowa will soon be transferred to the newton correctional facility from the Mount Pleasant correctional facility. The new prison will be better equipped for treatment of the inmates with more security. The move will happen in phases and the process could take up to a year. A major expansion at broadlawns medical center. Crews broke down ground for a 72,000 square foot building. The expansion is expected to be done by early 2017. Eric in commitment 2016 news, protesters gathered in Windsor Heights to confront Carly Fiorina over her stance on planned parenthood. She spoke at a fundraiser where she spoke about her problemsolving abilities as a former hewlettpackard ceo. Anytime i ran into a problem i knew, i discovered that we actually knew how to solve the problem that we had to challenge the status quo. We have not had that in washington in a long time. Eric she continues campaigning today and iowa with stops in grinnell and Pleasant Hill. Overnight, we learned that one of joe bidens closest aides sent an email that they would need help from all of them if he decided to run, and laid out a possible platform from just for his campaign. Elizabeth at 5 07, we will check in with jason. Jason i think i came up with a new invention, a snooki suit. Snuggie suit. We have upper 20s and mid20s for feels like temperatures. 38 wind chill in des moines, 34 in a tama. The wind will be ramping up as we head throughout the day with Single Digits to low double digits. We have a freeze morning off to the north, frost advisories to the west, and we get a replay of this tomorrow as the cold strengthens over the central and eastern portions of the state as well. More frost advisories and more freeze warnings to start your saturday morning, but at least we get that sunshine. We warm it up to 55 degrees. Besides the cool air, it is going to be an absolutely beautiful day. Elizabeth it is going to be a busy and exciting weekend in eric runners are gearing up for a chilly to mine des moines marathon. Emmy it is definitely going to be a little bit cold but that has not stopped anything. Everything is really Getting Started at the locust street bridge. This is going to fill up with over 10,000 different athletes. That was the number last year and they are looking to top that number this year. It will be three races, the Principal Financial group five k on saturday for the first time ever. On sunday you can still find your Half Marathon and marathon. More than half of the participants do the Half Marathon so if that is something you are interested in, there is still plenty of time to sign up. Some runners, because of the two a separation got a discount if the 5k and the marathon or Half Marathon on sunday. It is put on by a fullyear committee and over 2000 volunteers that meet all year long. They work hard to get this event going. This year theres going to be a reception area with lots of food and drink, and even free beer for anyone who signs up for the run is 21 or over. The city is really excited that this event is still going on and keeps growing. They love this course. It is beautiful in october but they also love the support they get from the city. What they tell us is that this is a big race with a smalltown feel. Emmy of course with every race, there, road closures around the city. You can find some of those downtown and some in the drake area. You can go to desm oinesmarathon. Com or kcci. Com. Elizabeth just ahead, one sign we could be hearing a big announcement soon from joe biden. Eric the nlcs is now set, which coast the cubs will be playing on tomorrow. Sites shut down, online Fantasy Sports sites are in hot water. Elizabeth are you feeling lucky . Some cereal see lovers say breakfast is the best part. Shaina no problems to report on the road, very early, hardly anyone out there. Nothing will slow you down very much. After the break, i will show you where the mobile screen units are. Look at the road at 35 80 and hickman. People make mistakes. [ man laughs ] like paying too much for wireless. So switch to u. S. Cellular and we guarantee well beat the price on your current verizon or at t plan. Thats right, guaranteed to beat. Plus, right now well give you a 150 promo card when you switch. Dont let your next mistake be missing out. Woman and its going the wrong way oh, my god switch to u. S. Cellular today for a price thats guaranteed this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning. With eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and rightnow coverage with shaina humphries. It is a little chilly out there, but besides that, we have a great day ahead of us. Tons of sunshine. The breeze is already making it feel quite a bit cooler. Once the sun does rise, at least it will help us feel a little bit warmer. 34 storm lake, 40 24 des moines 42 in des moines. Only warming into the middle 50s. Back in the 40s by 7 00 p. M. So we wont end the day cool. We will end the day cool. 67 for your high on sunday and warmer temperatures to kick off your work week. Shaina sports news, this morning fans of the atlanta their heads around their loss to the new Orleans Saints last night. You might have seen the game. The saints went into the game 14 and the falcons had not lost all season. Drew brees led the team to two early touchdowns and the falcons could not bounce back. The final score was 3121. Draft kings and fan duel are at the center of the federal investigation. They are trying to figure out if the games are being manipulated by company employees. The controversy is getting the attention of capitol hill, with some members of Congress Calling for more federal over height oversight. Kansas city is gearing up to host the alcs tonight. The Toronto Blue Jays will be in town for game one with the royals at 6 30. You can count on kcci to have any highlights at 10 00 and tomorrow morning. They will meet the chicago cubs in the National League championship series. The mets come to l. A. And be the dodgers to win the series. Elizabeth 32 in the game last night to win the series. That means the cubbies will be heading for the big apple. You can watch the game on tbs. Eric a lot of excitement in the midwest with the royals and cubs. Shifting to basketball. They are the backtoback big 12 tournament champions and coaches around the nation expect another banner season for iowa. They were ranked ninth in the 1986 87 season. The first pole of the season has the cyclones checking in at seven in the nation. Kentucky in North Carolina are tied at first. It should be a big season. Iowas first exhibition game is a few weeks away when they play grand valley state. Elizabeth kia is recalling more than 419,000 suvs for transmission problems. They say the transmission can be shifted out of park when the drivers foot is not on the break. The car could unexpectedly rollaway. On wall street, markets nosed on a positive closed on a positive note. The s p 500 gained more than 29. Some bad news for Social Security and medicare recipients, more than 60 million Social Security recipients will not see a costofliving increase due to flat inflation. Their part b premiums. The almost 50 increase is the largest in medicare history. Eric lucky charms lovers, today might your lucky day. The cereal brand announced it is making boxes of all marshmallows, but there is a catch, there are only 10. You have to snap the selfie of yourself holding an imaginary marshmallow only box, and shared on twitter, instagram, or facebook. Elizabeth that could be very good. It will wake you up, all that sugar. We will head over to jason. It will wake you up when you step outside this morning. Jason it is going to shoot energy into you as you walk outside. That brisk, somewhat refreshing air, even though it is really chilly. Some of us waking up to the upper 20s and lower 30s. Quite a bit of sunshine throughout the day, but when you see those clear skies and you have dry air in the mix, that is when you get the cooler temperatures. 42 in the metro. Trying to hang onto a little bit of warmer temperatures, but we will not be doing it for too much longer as we are dropping into the upper 30s for the remainder of the morning. The sunshine, we stay dry all day topping out at 56 degrees. We keep the sunshine thanks to this area of High Pressure. This will continue to scoot on through and we will see cloud cover form on the backside of this. As we head into the Morning Hours tomorrow, chances are we could see some cloud cover, but we continue this cold punch. The warmer air is underneath that and this will eventually be shifting our direction, but it will take a couple of days to get that in place. In the meantime, we will be quite chilly. Freeze warnings for the dakotas and central portions of minnesota. Freeze warnings through northern and eastern portions of the state tomorrow, frost advisory is including the metro for tomorrow morning. 58 is our forecast high for tomorrow. You can see the cold air continuing to sag its way eastward, but at least we keep the sun in the mix. Clouds worked their way through in the evening, and we will likely start with some cloud cover in the morning. Mid50s is what we are looking at for highs. We keep the sunshine. Tonight, back down into the low to mid 30s. 67 on sunday, so a warmer look as we start out our work week, back in the mid70s. Eric chilly High School Football for tonight. Elizabeth we will see what is happening out on the roads. Shaina good news all around, nothing but green all over the map. We have a small stretch of orange but nothing that should slow you down. Mobile speed units, 3000 six avenue, 3900 kingman boulevard, 10,000 northeast 70th avenue, and 5800 northeast 27th avenue. Elizabeth we are giving away one final pair of tickets to bridges of Madison County at the des moines performing arts center. Eric the first person to call in with the answer wins the present tickets. What bridge is featured in the bridges of Madison County film. Elizabeth we will reveal the answer and ticket winner in just a few minutes. I am in elizabeth welcome back. Vice President Joe Biden may be close to making a decision in the race for the white house. He has been deliberating for month, but new reports suggest he could reach a conclusion within days. Eric Nikole Killion as live in washington. How soon could we know something . Nikole what we do now is the Vice President could make a days according to cnn. So far, biden has not given any clues as to which way he is leaning. Have you made your decision yet . Nikole the Vice President rushed off reporters thursday outside of his home. The Cable Network sent a democratic official who claims his family is totally on board. Advisors reaching out to former staffers, saying the vp would run an unscripted and Optimistic Campaign from the heart. Eric does this mean that either may get in the race . What else could we expect . Nikole his office will not comment on his deliberations but apparently he did meet with some of his top advisers earlier this week to discuss the race. Some of his advisers do have this campaign in waiting for probably face some hurdles if he does take the plunge, notably when it comes to fundraising and a lack of operations in a number of key states. Elizabeth we will wait to see what happens. We are giving away a pair of tickets to the bridges of Madison County at the civic center. A few minutes ago we asked the question, what Covered Bridge was featured in the film . The answer is the roseman bridge. Eric congratulations to carla from johnston. For those of you who did not win tickets, you can buy them on des moines performing arts. Org. Elizabeth major problems in california this morning after rain causes several feet of mud to cover roadways. Warm, dry weather in iowa has sparked several fires. We will also tell you why google hooked up an entire iowa eric why one unusual iowa plant people make mistakes. [ man laughs ] like paying too much for wireless. So switch to u. S. Cellular and we guarantee well beat the price on your current verizon or at t plan. Thats right, guaranteed to beat. Plus, right now well give you a 150 promo card when you switch. Dont let your next mistake be missing out. Woman and its going the wrong way oh, my god switch to u. S. Cellular today for a price thats guaranteed tons of vehicles covered in dirt and mud. Eric incredible pictures from california. They sure needed the rain but not what came after it. Elizabeth pete polson tells jurors what he was doing the night before he went on a shooting spree in Pleasant Hill. Emmy the des moines marathon is happening this weekend. We have the road closures so you can still get around the city. The mostwatched morning news in central iowa. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning. Elizabeth halloween is turning teal, the very good reason for these strange looking pumpkins and why you may be seeing a lot of them this year. Good morning, welcome back. Im elizabeth klinge. Eric i am eric hanson, along with jason and shaina. Jason it is the time of the year. Eric elizabeth it is that time eric it is that time of year when you start going back in your closet for things you have not worn for a while. Jason the transition of seasons. It is really chilly up there to the north. 27 webster city, 29 storm lake and grinnell. If you look at our morning, frost advisories through western portions of the state. That light blue is a freeze warning for extreme northwest counties. Tomorrow, we get it even worse as the majority of the state is encompassed by that freeze warning. Bring those plants in, as we have got a chilly start to our day. We crews up to 55 by 4 00 p. M. But at least we get a day filled with sunshine. Shaina we will get started with dramatic pictures at of los angeles leaving cars stuck in several feet of mud. This is the aftereffect of three and a half inches of longawaited rain. People were trapped in cars and campers, and many had to be rescued. All northbound lanes of the freeway were closed, forcing traffic to be diverted. Two highways remain closed, including internet interstate five, the main connector between northern and southern cali