Eric we are getting close to christmas with a lot of people on the move. There could be snow but this morning its just rain. Jason we are ending december and have not seen much snow. We do have some in the forecast but will likely see much besides the rain. Reasonably heavy stuff in van meter all the way to the airport. You can see stuff from urbandale to around altoona. This will come in waves as we go through the morning. A bit of a taper down through the later afternoon hours. Still strong through a good portion of the state mainly in central portions. Have not registered a lot as far as rain totals go. We will likely do that as we go through the afternoon and see the wind switch around 1 00 p. M. From the southeast to the northwest. Temperature will be 43 degrees by 4 00 p. M. Down to 39 by 7 00 axing in mixing in. Upper 40s Christmas Day with a chance of light snow on Christmas Eve. Eric a rescan in central iowa. An underage des moines man scored 100,000 in a jackpot. The winning mega crossword instant scratch game was sold in july at super quick foods off southeast 30th street and near the fairgrounds. 20yearold jobie boalswatters told iowa lottery officials that and of age coworker bought the ticket but according to a state report that claim was proven false. The suspect admits he spent a few hundred dollars a week on lottery tickets. Lottery security investigated it and we pull the Security Camera footage from the store involved and determined he was the one that purchased the ticket which made the whole prize invalid. Eric super quick foods is facing a oneweek suspension from selling lottery tickets and a bizarre twist in the eddie tipton lottery case. Three friends involved in buying tickets and claiming the jackpots allegedly fixed by tipton have something unusual in common. They are all bigfoot hunters. And i were prosecutor asked a judge to bar any discussion of the hunting in kittens trial fearing it could distract from the seriousness of the trial. This comes after tipton is accused of rigging jackpots in colorado, wisconsin, kansas, and oklahoma. 37 other states are investigating that same man. Elizabeth the iowa state patrol is investigating a deadly crash north of grinnell. The crash happened around 4 00 p. M. Tuesday after a vehicle crossed the centerline on highway 146 and struck a semi. The driver of the vehicle, James Joseph Harris of tama was killed and the driver of the semi was not injured. It involves an old car dealership and it scans people out of tens of thousands of dollars. The website says it is benson motor in ames and looks legitimate and has pictures of real people that benson motor closed in 2009. One man says he almost wired 72,000 to this scammer thinking he was getting a deal on used cars. Police say an agency in minnesota is working on a similar case. Eric a strange fireball lit up the sky for people on the west coast overnight and a lot of people are talking about it. Shaina humphries has been looking into it and it sounds like we may have an answer. Shaina we do, this is what dozens of people in arizona, nevada, and california saw. The video was taken in las vegas and it looks like some kind of fireball across the sky. This morning we found out it was spaced debris reentering the atmosphere. Military Officials Say the the woman accused of intentionally running over dozens of pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip sunday night will appear in court for the first time. 24yearold Lakeisha Holloway is charged with felony hit and run murder and child abuse for having a threeyearold daughter in the car. The crash killed one person and injured at least 35 others. Her Attorney SaysMental Health may be an issue. Kemal america could be the site of a large black lives matter protest. This is video of a protest inside the mall last year. Hundreds are expected to show up to draw attention to last months Fatal Police Shooting of jamar clark. On monday, the mall requested a restraining order which the judge did grant against three of the rallies organizers. Eric Bernie Sanders is in iowa this morning, the final day of his threeday swing through the state. The latest cbs news poll has him down five points to whoever clinton here. On health care, education, and the middle class. He will be back in Council Bluffs later today after going to red oak. Elizabeth Hillary Clinton unveiled a plan to find a cure for alzheimers. She said she would spend up to 2 billion to fund alzheimers research. 5 million americans have been diagnosed with the disease and the number is inspected to triple in the next three decades. Her plan is part of a larger effort to increase funding for all health research. A 10yearold girl in fairfield got the Democratic Front runner to talk about something that hasnt gotten much attention. I have asthma and occasionally ive heard people talking behind my back about not wanting to be near me because i have asthma. Its not contagious. [applause] i think we all need to be aware of the pain and anguish Elizabeth Clinton said it is important to stand up to bullies and treat everyone with respect. The little girl says she is still processing the moment with clinton and says it will stick with her forever. Eric as we wake up, a whole lot of people are waking up to rain. Jason they are and a lot of people on facebook have been telling me think goodness its not snow. But it is a day before Christmas Eve so i kind of wish we could see a little bit. More likely some of us will see thunderstorms. The large swath from des moines all the way down to the gulf coast, it is actually a reasonable shot with some folks seeing Severe Weather. Extreme eastern portions of the state are under a slight risk for Severe Weather. To heaviest weather is south of indianapolis down to around memphis and through northwestern portions of mississippi. Our rain trend will be on the decrease as we go through the afternoon hours. At least to some degree through the entire day. Three top out at 48 so even though we have rain it is a mild day. Eric today marks the beginning of the busy 13 day travel period. Elizabeth emmy victor joins us live to talk about which days we can expect the most traffic. Emmy it really didnt take long before my arrival to find dozens of passengers. You can see the lines forming at many areas of the airport. Aaa reports we are expecting to see from today until sunday, january 3, a huge amount of travelers as part of a 13 day travel period. We are expecting nearly 100 million americans, one of three people to be traveling over the next week and a half. That is because of a better economy. We know that travel is up 0. 7 , americans that will be traveling to airports like the Des Moines International to be flying to their holiday destinations. Remember that christmas and new years falls on a friday so weekends are very likely to be congested at the airport. Airports usually should just getting to your flight usually suggest getting to your fight an hour before it takes off. Make sure you are not being held up because of your luggage, make sure your carryons are a valid size. Remember that children 12 and under and passenger 75 and older can keep their shoes on when going through security checkpoints and keeping your identification ready is always important. Maybe you flu last time you didnt have to take off your shoes but now you do or maybe you dont have to take off your belt but now you do. Those kinds of things are some thing to keep in mind as you go through the tsa. Until wednesday, december 30, those are the three later days to travel. If you are booking lastminute there should be some available. We know the majority of airlines at the Des Moines International airport are booked. If you are traveling near new years, keep in mind the rose bowl is happening in california on january 1. Keep that in mind as you travel on december 31 and january 1. This heavy congestion there as well. Emmy victor, kcci 8 news. Elizabeth buried alive. The incredible discovery. How many hours in and spent in the rubble of a landslide before he was rescued. Security in that area is going to be unprecedented. Eric operation rose bowl. And an fbi insider shares plans to keep iowa fans safe in pasadena. Elizabeth one neighborhood in ankeny you will want to put on your Holiday Light tour just ahead. Outside, not too many people on the roads. It should be an easy drive for you, you can just cruise right along. No issues right now, we will have outside and look at the roads. This is 235 and keo way. No accidents or major problems so far. This is iowas news leader. With eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and rightnow coverage with shaina humphries. Eric welcome back. A light display and southeast ankeny is getting a lot of attention this winter. Rio circle set up a display of frosty the snowman and across the street, Richland Court has been turned into gingerbread lane. They have been doing that since 1993 but this year things got even better. The storyboards, the gingerbread man, they got a fresh coat of paint. They added a gingerbread house. You dont see this often so to collect canned goods for the food bank and money for the food bank is a big thing for me to show my kids that giving is the most important reason for the season and the so i was excited. Eric most of the lights stay on until about midnight each night and it will be up until new the neighborhood is collecting donations for the food bank of iowa and so far they have raised more than 1000. They have been out there for a while so it is a place to be. Jason it is. I was surprised to hear the story of frosty the snowman even though we dont have snow yet. An important factor but we do have a chance. Rain, a smattering across the state. And often to nebraska, south dakota as well. Some of us could see it mixing in but mainly just looking at rain. Temperatures starting in the low 40s and topping out at 48 degrees. A relatively mild day besides the rain and an eventual transition over to light snow mixing in with the rain down at 39 by 7 00 p. M. Across the state you can see cooler air starting to build its way in. You quite the contrast on this map. A wintry mix to the northwest then chances for thunderstorms with chances for Severe Weather in extreme eastern portions of the state. Kind of a mixed bag across the state. It will eventually go away and then temperatures smacked us to reality down to freezing by tuesday. Shaina incredible video overnight, more than 60 hours after a massive landslide in southern china. A 19yearold man was pulled from the rubble alive this morning. Local media reported that the man was in the hospital for surgery on a broken hand and foot but is otherwise ok. More than 70 are still missing after he not know construction waste and mud collapsed. 16 people who were rescued are still recovering the hospital. Another secret service slipup. An agents badge and gun were stolen in the middle of the day. A Police Report says the gun, badges, flash drive, wherein a back that stolen from the agents car. This comes as the agency looks to recover after a string of recent scandals and security breaches. Elizabeth a tough game with a close finish for the iowa state cyclones. The 11thranked cyclones were on the road taking on 22nd ranked cincinnati and it came down to the final seconds. 11 seconds left, isu down one and abdel nader nails three to put the cyclones up. Cincinnati on the other hand getting iowa state to win at 81 to 79. The next match for the cyclones should be easier. They play 211 coppin state. Iowa had an easier time at home against tennessee tech. Four hawkeye players ended in double digits with a commanding when at 85 to 63. A tough game coming up where they take on top Michigan State next tuesday. Has used the time after their loss to Michigan State in the big ten championship to rest up physically and mentally. It looks like that paid off. Head coach kirk ferentz says he feels great about the health of his archives hawkeyes and figure they will be able to play in the rose bowl after an ankle injury. It still goes down to what we do in practice. The other part is how we handle the good things. You want to players to enjoy that, they have earned that. You also want them to have an awareness of what it is were trying to get accomplished at the end of the day. Eric the rose bowl is nine days away. Kickoff in pasadena, california is a 4 00 p. M. Iowa time on january 1 on espn. We learned in the wake of the terror attacks in San Bernardino and paris, security for this years rose parade and rose bowl game will look more like it is a scarier year because we are seeing small unit attacks. Eric Pasadena Police are teaming up with the fbi and the department of homeland security. They say there will be Security Cameras, undercover agents, Rapid Response teams, and uranium sensors. If you are going to pasadena to watch the hawks you may want to arrive early to get time for being searched. Elizabeth stocks rallied again tuesday, the dow gained almost 166 points, the nasdaq added 32, the s p 500 was up nearly 18. The federal Aviation Administration says billing must pay 12 million for failing to those instructions would help carriers reduce the risk of fuel tank explosions. Boeing has agreed to pay the fine. Install 100 20 fast charging stations for electric cars across the country. Drivers will be able to charge their vehicles up to 80 in 20 minutes. The stations are available and you can find the locations in both automakers mobile apps. Eric gas prices fell again overnight. In the metro you can buy a gallon of regular gas for 1. 85. Nationwide the price is below two dollars a gallon. Aaa says its possible they will fall even lower in the coming weeks. Elizabeth its still funny to see on the signs driving by. We will get over to jason for good news in people hitting the roads. Jason they will have to do with a bit of rain. Like i said earlier it will be with us for a good portion of the day. If you dont love rain stay inside. It is just rain. You look at the temperatures and eventually we will work in colder air from the northwest. To a rain snow mix that will mainly be later on in the day. As for now, we are seeing moderate rainfall. You can see it moving in from the south with the heaviest spots right now from grimes down to waukee east to clive. It will continue as i said through the afternoon, heaviest down in creston. Most of the state seeing a bit of rain though eastern portions of the state later on in the day could see a couple of thunderstorms to go along with that. Meteorological he a very interesting day as this system pushes through. He see our temperature top out at 1 00 p. M. Northwest wind pushes him and thats only could see a transition to snow. Not looking like much of anything accumulating today. There is some potential for northwestern portions of the state taking up on a bit of something. This system continues northeastward and as it does he see a brief. Of clearing. With another chance of snow through the day tomorrow. Not looking to be heavy but there is some potential to see a bit of snow through christmas. Best chances for that today will be off to the north and even northwestern portions of the state. To have a brief clearing and through the day on thursday, we start to drive in the next bit of energy that could spit out potentially an inch of snow in spots. I wouldnt expect more than that. Today at 48 degrees along with through the day. You see that drag in the cooler air. That will not be with us for too long, 38 on thursday and back up into the middle 40s on friday and saturday for your christmas forecast. After that we take a tumble down to 29 degrees which at that point will the average. We are warmer than average. Eric comparatively balmy. Shaina roads are wet so you want to keep that in mind. It should not be a huge rain problem like last week. Should be a good drive. A few mobile speed units in des moines. 4400 south union street. Another by Plymouth Church at 41st and ingersoll. And 26 and hyde street. Able have a car north of i35 at 5000 northeasterly 2nd street. 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. Eric there is not much christmas cheer on the campaign trail this morning. The mudslinging between donald trump and Hillary Clinton seems to be getting worse. Elizabeth Nikole Killion is live with more on the front runner feud and donald trump is now defending his comments . Donald trump saying he was not trying to be vulgar when he made comments about Hillary Clinton. Instead taking aim at the media accusing the media of being dishonest by skewing what he said. Of course his rally remarks are still reverberating on the campaign trail after he mocked Hillary Clintons back from break bathroom break and use the term for male anatomy to describe her loss to president obama in 2008. On twitter he said what he meant was she got beaten badly and Clintons Campaign said it is not responding to trump although the candidate appeared to touch on the controversy on the trail. Hillary clinton you are looking at somebody who has had a lot of terrible thing said about me and i am well aware of the fact that it is easy to do that. Luckily i am old enough that it doesnt particularly bother me. Nikole in an interview with the des moines register, clinton did respond to trumps comments more directly saying they dont surprise her and he doesnt have any boundaries at his bullying elizabeth tu