You couldnt actually see it across the street, it moved quickly but it was a wild ride. Elizabeth strong wind caused widespread damage across a lot of the state. This was the scene on southwest 26th in des moines. Where more than the second floor of nearby jefferson elementary. A powerful nearby was snapped at its base, leaving that area pitch black after sunset. My heart just stopped, i couldnt believe how much damage happened in such a short amount of time. Unbelievable. Elizabeth the National Weather service will be surveying that area along southwest 26th to determine if the damage was caused by wind or an actual tornado. Eric in knoxville, extensive damage on the east side of town there. Downed trees and power lines and debris all over the road. Some homes were damaged but Jennifer Mcgrath was home alone when the storm slammed into her home. Petrifying, your house shakes and you think it will come up. You hear glass breaking and things being thrown. Eric the police chief says is the worst damage hes seen in his 11 years. The walmart in knoxville was damaged after high wind blew off part of that roof. Video sent in by tony gilbertson, you can see water pouring into the store. Elizabeth the story will be the wind. It was blowing out there. Emmy victor is live downtown. Its causing power outages. Emmy good morning, it is very windy. My heart can barely stay down my hood can barely stay down. We are here to tell you you want to make sure to keep yourself grounded. About 925 people are without power, this is a wind advisory that has been in place since yesterday. As you can see, some of the video, the wind was really blowing yesterday, whipping through trees and causing a lot of issues for highprofile vehicles on the north and south roads. Several of us in the newsroom were talking about driving conditions. We really shuddered at the idea of how powerful these guest can become gusts can become. There are cancellations you should be aware of and delays. We also took a look at the six a clock a. M. Flight to chicago that has been canceled. This is something people will deal with throughout the day so stay safe and keep yourself grounded. Elizabeth we will have more on the wild weather later on but hundreds of people from around the state are coming together in boone today to discuss the proposed Bakken Oil Pipeline. The hearing is being held by the iowa utilities board. 134 people are for it, 144 are against it, and three speakers are neutral. They will each have two minutes and the demand to speak with so high the board put a limit on the number of people that could sign up. Theres no way to allow everyone to come and speak. We have set aside one day for this, it is not a usual procedure. Normally we begin the hearing and everyone would have to come and watch. Elizabeth if approved, the pipeline would run over 300 miles through 18 iowa counties and transport crude oil daily. The iowa utility board will hear cases for the next two weeks with help of a decision by january. Eric police and the cia are investigating a death in altoona. A female was found dead in a home wednesday in the 1100 block of 11th avenue southeast. We havent been told the name of that female but we do expect more information today. Eric a des moines veterinarian and one of his employees are facing criminal charges. Dr. Michael anderson from anderson Animal Hospital is charged with having too many animals in his facility in des moines. Officials say he had 20 dogs and cats at one point. Most of them were not vaccinated, potentially putting other animals in danger. Hes also charged with failing to report to separate dog bites. Elizabeth tension continues on the university of missouri campus. Shaina humphries is following the story and people are actually facing charges now. Shaina two people are. This is one of the men arrested. Hunter park is charged with making a terrorist threat after he allegedly posted on social media he would shoot black students. Officials say a second man, Connor Stottlemyre is facing charges. Neither of them go to the university or even live in columbia. The president resigned after students accused him of failing to address ongoing Racial Discrimination on campus. The day after veterans day, one army veteran is being honored for bravery with the nations highest military honor. President obama awarded the medal of honor to 32yearold floor and Grover Florent grover for tackling a suicide bomber in 2012. He has undergone 33 surgeries to save his leg. He is the 10th living recipient to be awarded the medal of honor for her service in afghanistan. Elizabeth if it is your garbage day today, hopefully you have plenty of stuff in there. Metinka way it down so it doesnt blow away. Hope you dont count shingles in the street. When has been gusting overnight to near 60 Miles Per Hour at times. Gusts blowing as fast as cars drive. We have wind gusting in the upper 40 mile per hour range from our school net site. Dress kids in warm layers, and every thing like that. Wind will gust at times over 40 Miles Per Hour through the afternoon, making it feel colder with a high of 50. Elizabeth its a good thing High School Football playoffs had the day off wednesday because that would have been tough. Eric it will still be windy on the roads today so drive carefully if you are going to the unidome,. Don bosco takes on a new willfonda at 9 00 this morning. Then Glidden Rolston face Marcus Meriden cleghorn. Pella takes the field with west delaware at 8 20 tonight. Winners of todays games move on to next thursdays championship. Elizabeth semi finals continue tomorrow with class a and for a. 1 a. M. To a will play on saturday. Eric kccis a proud cosponsor of saturdays debate at Drake University, kevin cooney wilco moderate along with John Dickerson and nancy cordes. And the des moines registers kathie obradovich. Elizabeth the numbers tell the story, American Workers make more than ever before but dont earn more money since the 50s, american productivity has run more than 200 but wages began to level off in the 80s. Economists say that is creating a twotiered class system where high income workers wages are growing faster than low income. When you look at u. S. Workers in general, especially lower income wages are not keeping up in terms of their ability to purchase goods. Elizabeth wage stagnation has been a talking point on the campaign trail for all three Democratic Candidates this year. We will talk more about it during our special predebate coverage saturday live from Drake University starting at 6 30 p. M. Candidates take the stage at 8 00, following the debate, kcci 8 news at 10 00 will be an hourlong to bring you the best analysis. Tune in sunday morning for extended coverage starting at 5 00 a. M. On kcci eight news this morning weekend. After face the nation, kcci eight news closeup will be live with reaction from kevin kinney and kevin cooney and kathie obradovich. You can email questions directed to us at the Big Questions at kcci. Com. Take over the debate, republican candidates are across the state and rand paul will make stops in ames, altoona, and winterset. Carly fiorina is campaigning in on a wall and harlan. Donald trump will hold a at Iowa Central Community college and fort dodge at 6 00 p. M. How hackers can grab control of your computer and force you to pay to get it back. The things you can do to prevent that. Elizabeth snow, you may have missed it last night but its no downtown. It snowed downtown. Isa on the sky, the big story will be the wind. You can see on our cameras things bouncing around. Be careful on the roads. Shaina we had to bring in the roadway when i left. Keep that in mind. Your neighborhood may be a mess. We dont have any news of anything major. Keep the wind in mind. 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Wednesdays Severe Weather brought dimesized hail to omaha and parts of eastern nebraska. Meteorologists there say over an inch of snow fell in northeast nebraska and northwest iowa. It warmed up after the storm passed through and it melted quickly. Eric that storm dumped snow on denver. Parts of the state of colorado or in blizzard like conditions thanks to the strong wind. This was the citys first substantial snowstorm of the season and more than 50 flights were canceled in and out of the airport. Those are snow flurries in Downtown Des Moines last night. It wasnt cold enough for them to stick but still a sign that this morning, wind sure feels like it. Metinka this is wacky weather. We went from a tornado at the airport to a trace of snow and now we have extreme wind. Wind is still gusting up to 50 Miles Per Hour. Here in des moines we just had 43. Dress the kids warm. Wind will make it feel like its only in the 20s especially across the north, it will take your breath away. We will battle it to the afternoon although it wont be quite as strong as this morning. Temperatures remain cool, highs there 50 and cooling off rapidly. I do have a warm up in the forecast. Shaina people around the state are waking up with cleanup after the storms. Heres a photo from calhoun county. Kelsi carlson sent this in. Part of the barn was ripped apart by the wind. In des moines, marta scholl in knoxville, this photo was sent with them saying their family was very lucky with them missing this falling tree. If you have photos, send them into you local. Further south, windy conditions on wednesday did not help efforts to put out several grass fires across oklahoma. Fire crews had to fight against 50 to 60 mile per hour wind gusts and low visibility. Several people were forced to evacuate and several structures were devoid destroyed near bartlesville. Fires are still burning. In economic news, 30 of the 43 chipotle Locations Closed in the e. Coli outbreak in washington and oregon have reopened. This by the opera, customers were outside as the restaurant open. Officials say each of the restaurants underwent deep cleaning and testing and Health Officials say they still dont know the source. Hackers shut down your computer and force you to pay a ransom to get control back. It said pay this ransom for this countdown runs out or you will lose all your files forever. Eric experts say the skin gives hackers full access scam gets hackers full access. It typically ranges from 200 1000 in ransom. Hackers of also targeted businesses, school districts, and police departments. Update your Antivirus Software and backup all your data. Wall street ended down, the dow lost 56 points. The nasdaq fell 16, the s p 500 was down more than six. Aaa is urging Car Manufacturers to include spare tires with their vehicles. The Consumer Group says one in three new cars sold in 2015 didnt include spare tires in an effort to make the vehicles more aaa says this trend could leave millions of drivers stranded along the road. Target is selling a holiday sweater that some people say takes light of obsessivecompulsive disorder. The red sweater has the acronym ocd on the front followed by the words of sets of christmas disorder. Some customers have asked them to stop selling the sweaters saying it trivializes a serious Mental Illness but target says the sweaters will stay on shelves. Elizabeth Dunkin Donuts has unveiled its coffee cup. A white cop with the word joy with a holiday wreath. This comes at starbucks faces backlash for opting for a plane ride cap without any plain red cup. First it was allday breakfast and mcdonalds is now thinking snacks. They are adding mozzarella sticks. A box of three will cost one dollar and theyre expected to eric can you imagine working at a drivethrough this morning trying to hold onto the material . Its cold, windy, tough day to work the drivethrough. Metinka yesterdays weather was very mild. Gorgeous pictures, this one coming in from ankeny showing storm clouds rolling. The storm here in the central iowa area only last a couple minutes followed by sunshine and wind. We are waking up to gusty wind at 43 Miles Per Hour in des moines and stronger when the cross eastern iowa so be careful on the roads. If you are going east, watch your speed. You will catch a big boost. Wind advisory continues all day long with this wind coming in this morning in the slowly beginning to taper off. Wind gusting at 40 Miles Per Hour through the mid afternoon hours. Waking up to a high wind warning across northcentral iowa in gusts over 50 Miles Per Hour. We had a lot of reports of wind damage, hail, and several tornadoes across the state. Even here in the central iowa area , a report of a tornado down by the des moines airport and one across dallas county. Weather Service Officials will be surveying everything to see if they were tornadoes or straightline wind damage. The next system is heading quickly to the northeast and great lakes. It will be taking the strongest wind with it although this morning it is really blustery. 42 degrees right now in des moines, factoring in wind we have wind chills in the 20s. Skies clear out toward the afternoon, highs today a seasonable 50. It will feel chilly with all the wind. Overnight lows turned frosty act on your 31. Back down near 31. We will need to bundle up today and tomorrow but over the gorgeous sunshine and highs about 10 to 15 degrees above average. Elizabeth we have been talking about a, hang onto the steering wheel. Shaina definitely a lot of debris in my area on the road so keep that in mind. Nothing major that will slow you down. We have two mobile speed units in the same area. 2700 and 2800 mlk north and southbound. Near broadlawns medical center, keep that in mind. They have been focusing on the area lately. Two polk county cars at 1800 northeast 100 20 six ave. Eric is your inbox flooded with thousands of on red and unsorted emails . Elizabeth three ways to clear the clutter and get control once again. One idea, the free app the email game turns inbox sorting into a time to game where you will earn points for completing different tasks. Eric inbox pause sounds like what it is. It lets you pause incoming email so you can focus on whats already there. If you still cant get ahead, a could be because you are subscribed to too many websites and newsletters. Unsubscribe from any you no longer want. Eric welcome back. This morning, in iowa and New Hampshire we are the places to be. Many candidates are hitting the trail here. Elizabeth the issue of immigration emerged as a hot topic in this weeks debate causing more campaign controversy. Nikole killion as live in washington to explain in a commitment 2016 report. Nikole good morning, once again donald trump is making waves for his latest comments on immigration. Fresh from tuesdays debate, he hit the stump in New Hampshire where he called for a deportation forced to remove People Living g legally here. Jeb bush and john kasich have blasted his immigration plan and Hillary Clinton tweeted it is absurd and inhumane and unamerican. Marc sandalow we are seeing policy differences emerge among republicans. There is a split between Donald Trumps view on deporting 11 million undocumented immigrants and jeb bush and john kasich is say no that it is unrealistic. Nikole trump hasnt said how he would track down those undocumented immigrants but he has been citing a Controversial Program used during the Eisenhower Administration in the 1950s. Eric that would perk up a lot of years, how would it work and would even be feasible . Nikole back in the eisenhower era, this program was designed to apprehend and deport Agricultural Workers who came in illegally to the u. S. Looking for work that some have described the program as inhumane, suggesting many migrants were picked up on crowded buses and literally dumped on the other side of the border. An interview last night, donald trump said he would do it in a humane way. He will be in iowa today so it should be interesting if he gets followup questions. Elizabeth Nikole Killion live in washington for us, thank you so much. Kcci 8 news start our democratic debate coverage live tomorrow morning. Eric we will be at trick and diversity saturdays event and dont forget to tune in to predebate coverage starting at 6 30. The debate will start at 8 00. After the debate, kcci 8 news at 10 00 will be expanded to an hour to bring you the postdebate analysis. Elizabeth we have more news ahead. Eric big cleanup, nvidia of damage overnight. Elizabeth how a key hearing for the Bakken Oil Pipeline will take place. What do you do when you are bored at the airport . These swim