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KCCI KCCI 8 News This Morning January 9, 2016

Look at noon, 16. That is our High Temperature. 8 day forecast, it is going to start very cold, but some relief in sight. Alyx thank you, frank. Heres another look at the Road Conditions across the state. Weve been watching them through the night and things have not changed much. Blue means the roads are partially covered. So right now over half of the state is affected. Much of the northern and western iowa as well as central iowa are seeing some slick Road Conditions. So make sure youre taking it slow, and get out there plenty early before you need to be where you are going. A lot of people are hoping to win big tonight. The Powerball Jackpot is now 800 million. A big reason the jackpot is so large, so many people are buying tickets. This line is near the arizona nevada border. People waiting for hours to get tickets. And lottery Officials Say the before tonights drawing. The driving will be held at 10 00 tonight. By the way the largest powerball , jackpot in history was 590 million, won 2 years ago by a florida woman. The largest Lottery Jackpot in the world was a Mega Millions for 656 million. Tickets in three states split those winnings. An indianola man is in jail this morning after being accused of threatening to kill multiple people, and now he is charged with making terroristic threats. 21yearold trey sudbrock may be facing the first ever threat of terrorism charge in Warren County. According to reports from the Warren County sheriffs department, sudbrock was arrested in november for harrassment and domestic assault. Then in december, he was arrested for animal torture and violation of a nocontact order. Then last week he was charged with threatening terrorism after an indianola woman heard sudbrock thats a chilling phrase for anybody to hear, but the first thought that goes through our mind is we want to make sure the community is safe. Alyx the indianola record herald reports a friend of sudbrocks told an investigator sudbrock had asked several friends to buy him a firearm. Sudbrocks mother told us last night there is more to the story. Iowa counties are seeing huge increases in permit to carry applications for handguns. Polk county sheriffs Officials Say this december, they received more than 1400 applications. That is about a thousand more than last december. The first fiveyear permits issued in 2011 are expiring this year. Gun store owners say increased tension about guns could also be a factor. What were experiencing right now is the perfect storm of circumstances. We had the paris bombing and that had a lot of people thinking about owning a gun, carrying it, keeping it in your house. Theres a mad rush for permits and guns at that point. Officials are asking for peoples patience. They expect to process the applications within the 30 day timeframe. Among gives thousands of dollars to bail her daughter out of jail and this morning, she is still locked up. Lori evans paid 4 grand to alpha bail bonds but she says the business simply kept the money. We tried to track down the business operator listed as amy stevens, according to county records. Repeated visits to the storefront at east 9th and guthrie avenue got is nowhere. Evans filed a formal complaint with the Iowa Insurance Division. Just let me get my baby out of jail is all i wanted to do. And its been a long time now and i have yet to get her out of jail. I have yet to come up with that money again. Alyx we did some checking with the state. Turns out amy stevens and her , associate are not licensed with the Iowa Insurance Division to do surety bonds. Opening arguments were held friday in the joe lopez murder trial. Prosecutors say lopez violently shook his girlfriends baby, ruby, and squeezed the childs ribs, resulting in a fractured skull and several fractured lopez told authorities ruby somehow fell out of her high chair onto a concrete floor when he walked out of the room. That trial continues monday morning. A body found in a burned home in rural carroll county. The remains have not been identified. Investigators say the resident of the home did not show up for work yesterday. An autopsy is underway right now. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. A newton pastor was hit by a drunk driver while helping another stranded driver friday. Pastor cory stout at Community Heights Alliance Church is recovering at home. Stout was shoveling out a stranded car when another car hit the vehicle. A 19yearold was arrested for drunk driving. Stout says he forgives him. I would give him an invitation to come join us at church, or if hes not from let him know there is a message of hope out there that he can find. Alyx stout ended up with 7 stitches and lots of cuts and bruises. It is a chilly start to the day. Frank you were going to need to bundle up and layer up this weekend, because these temperatures are going to get cold. Already dealing with some flurries just down to the south and west, extreme Western Union county toward bedford, taylor, ringgold county, adams county seeing some flurries. There are some flurries in extreme eastern portions of jasper county. The big story, the temperatures, 19 right now in des moines. To the north and west is the cold air that is headed our way, one degree below zero in bismarck. Feels more like 16 below in here is your threeday outlook, it is going to be a cold day today, even colder tomorrow with wind chills at times five to 15 below zero. 8 day forecast, you might squeeze out a few 30s. Alyx if the gloomy weather all this week has you down, youre not alone. Those who work on the top of des moiness tallest buildings have been in a fog all week. Usually they have the most spectacular views but the windows have been covered in white. 15 million americans suffer from seasonal affective disorder, and many use 10,000 lux lamps to help them feel better. Theres a little chemical imbalance going on so it does , help with the psychological, and he can stimulate certain things in certain people as well, whether it be helping with serotonin levels things like , that. To beat the winter blues, make indoor hobby and get out and enjoy the outdoors to spend time in the sun when you can find it. Today is no weather to be out on a boat. But it may be the perfect weather to be inside to think about it. The des moines boat and sports show got underway last night at the varied Industries Building at the iowa state fairgrounds. In addition to boats the show , also features atvs as well as hunting and fishing demonstrations. The show runs through sunday. Admission is 6. 95 for adults and 3. 50 for kids. Still ahead on kcci 8 news this morning weekends caucus , accommodations. Why hotel prices are skyrocketing near caucus time. Plus, ted on terrorism. Why the candidate thinks obamas method for vetting refugees, isnt working. Commitment 2016 news. Onks ] okay, this is u. S. Cellular, and this is verizon. Now, same phones, but with u. S. Cellular you get 6 gigs of 4g data for only 40 per month 20 less than verizon. And u. S. Cellulars network was built to work in places like out here, here, and here. So, with all of that, why would you ever go to verizon . Switch to u. S. Cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for just 40 a month plus get 300 back. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning weekends with alyx sacks and meteorologist metinka slater. Frank good saturday morning, 5 12. If you have stepped outside, you probably have noticed a chill in ottumwa. Fort dodge in the Single Digits. Things have changed a little bit since 24 hours ago. 45 degrees colder in fort dodge, from the air temperatures yesterday. Some light flurries down to the south and west starting to develop. To the east of the metro might see some flurries in the air this morning. I think these will start to move off to the north as we head throughout the morning hours, so just out to the west could get in on some of that action. Temperatures fall throughout the day. Are you tired of the cold yet . A roller coaster of a week temperaturewise. We will jump back into the 30s alyx thank you, frank. In your commitment 2016 news, hotel rooms in the des moines metro are skyrocketing for anyone needing accommodations for the iowa caucus. A room that would normally cost 124 dollars a night in late january can now exceed 500. Kccis grace provenzano checks in with those standing to gain the most from this caucus season. Grace call it supply and demand. There are about 11,000 hotel rooms in the des moines metro area, highly sought after by the thousands of news organizations and campaign staffers, all descending onto des moines this caucus season. Many of those rooms have been sold out for months, and hotel general managers are gearing up for the main event. The hotel opened in june of 2014, and we started getting phone calls in december of 2014. Well before a year before the caucus. Grace many of the guests are staying much longer this time around. The g. O. P. President ial debate, also in town on january 28th is the reason why. So, yes, checking into a local hotel at caucus time may give you sticker shock. But the fact is that the tens of thousands of people coming to des moines will pour millions of dollars into local coffers. In 2012 we estimated impact of between 12 million and 15 million. We are going to get a better handle on that this year, and really try to quantify those numbers how many people are , coming from outside the area and spending the night and how many nights are they staying. Grace for anyone trying to find a room in town the last week of january through february 1, may want to consider an air b b, or check out the website Vacation Rentals by owner. Neither are under the oversight of the visitors bureau. In des moines, grace provenzano, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Alyx Hotel Fort Des Moines closed in november which means there are fewer rooms available. If you need a hotel room over the next few weeks, the check out their site, catchdesmoines. Com. President ial candidate senator Bernie Sanders back in iowa this weekend. The vermont senator was asked by a man in toledo, iowa if Hillary Clinton lacked the moral authority to be president because of her husbands affair while he was in the white house. Mr. Sanders i hear what you are saying. Look, Hillary Clinton is not bill clinton. But what bill clinton did was totally, totally, totally, disgraceful and unacceptable. But im running against Hillary Clinton, and i believe and i , gotta say this, i thank you for your question in this sense, i think what we have to do, as a nation, certainly something the republicans are not doing, is focus on the bloody issues of this country. Alyx republican president ial candidate and texas senator ted cruz talked about the two iraqi refugees arrested on terrorism friday, saying it supports his view that the u. S. Should not accept refugees from syria. Mr. Cruz both came in through the vetting programs that president obama tells us are perfectly effective for vetting terrorists. Butt to let me tell you, a year from now, we will not weekend. We will not degrade. We will utterly and completely destroy isis. Alyx coming out today on matter of fact with Fernando Espuelas he sits down with the president s top advisor, valarie jarrett. They discuss the gun control debate and the battles with congress. Plus hell talk about what makes , campaign ads work and how candidates can win the womens vote. Thats all coming up this afternoon on matter of fact, right here on kcci at 5 00. Three degrees in storm lake, 19 in des moines, and were going to be falling from here. Temperatures fall throughout the day. When you factor in the wind, all my goodness. Storm lake feels like 19 below. Above zero in des moines, but not for long. I think we will see the windchill factors dropping in central iowa. The arctic High Pressure system rolling through, bringing in cold air from canada 16 Miles Per Hour out of the north and west. I have put the wind chills into. 9 00 a. M. , 15 degrees, feeling more like four in the metro. Notice by this afternoon, we are back below zero for wind chills. 6 00, 10 degrees. We keep the clouds throughout might see a few flurries. To the south and west is where the flurries are. This is with a departing system wrapping in moisture on the backside. Mark arctic air moves in, and the windchill factors will be bitterly cold the next several days with this arctic High Pressure system in control. Here the wind chills, 1 00 this afternoon we are right around zero in the metro, below zero off to the north. As we go through time, later tonight, 13 below the windchill in fort dodge. The coldest feels like air will be early tomorrow morning, at times could be 25 to 35 degrees below zero. Around 15 to 20 below zero feels like temperature in des moines, by the afternoon, we might get to a feels like temperature above zero by late tomorrow. 16, our High Temperature in des moines. Winds out of the northwest at 15 to 25. A wind chill advisory goes into effect tonight after midnight through tomorrow at 10 00 a. M. , with wind chills that could be as low as 30 degrees below zero. Monday, we are back in the 20s. Thursday, back in the 30s, and no snow in the 8 day forecast. 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Good morning everybody. Before you know it, we will be at Wells Fargo Arena for the state boys and Girls Basketball championships. Last night was the first step in that direction, friday night hoops, week one action. Ankeny hosting hoover. Kids filling up the house, cheering loudly, and enjoying a good basketball game. Joel roberts inside, hoover led by nine. Ankenys lead was just seven. Nearly gets the steal. Hoover had quinn stepping up big , booking in the foul. Hoover went on to win 52 5752. On the road at Dowling Catholic last night. Picked the reverse layup, this is an impossible angle and gets it in for two. Longdistance 43, and he nails it. North putting up the good fight, but dowling had a distinct size. Dowling wins, 5349. Pella and norwalk last night down in norwalk. Midrange jumper splashes it home. Watch this, pella on the break, but drew pringle swats it away. Great defense. Another midrage jumper is good midrange jumper is good, pella 8149. My favorite segment is the chance to ke somebody at home a sportscaster, called you make the call. Grandview christian hosting see more in ankeny. We are just hanging out for you make the call. Grandview christian facing seymour tonight. Keeping them on fire. Grandview christian was at an 82 lead. Hope. Flashes to the hope. Grandview christian pulls away, and goes on to win big. On the road tonight. Nice job. Girls hoops, indianola making a statement. 100 going into last nights game at valley. Second half, it was the great bird show. It was a one point game at the half, indianola led. Birds finished with a gamehigh 30 points, and indianola wins by 20, 7252 the final over valley. A heck of a third quarter, we really played well that thirdquarter. The kids just played excellent on defense. We knew we needed to play as a team, and it was going to be close. We need to pass the ball and get the open shot and not force it, and we did that and we ended up winning. Mission accomplished. Johnston, number one on the road in mason city. That is Jenna Johnson with the late in, and rachel handers with the bucket. Mason city pulls off the stunner , rims out, and mason city a winner, 5150 the final. More five a girls, waukee at home against the east high score lets. This is one of them east high score lets scarlets. Andy buries the triple. One more time, waukee would go 6942. Carly littlefield, corbett, back to littlefield. Waukee wins 8551. Our final stop last night was van meter, where the bulldogs played des Moines Christian. And rhythm, buries the triple. Mckenzie roberts messed, Mckenzie Roberts makes. Des Moines Christian had a 2322 lead and would go on to win 5544. College hoops, and iowa sweep. Drake beat the missouri valley. Northern iowa over Wichita State , both of those wins on the road. Congratulations to formalize cyclones great elected into the the economy rigged . Well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 Million People combined. My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. The middle class will continue to disappear unless we level the playing field. With your help, as president , we will. The most watched morning news in central iowa. This is kcci 8 news this morning. Alyx right now at 5 31, officer shot. Chilling Surveillance Video of an armed suspect ambushing a Philadelphia P

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