Gatherings to celebrate and then there are people who like putting up holiday lights. One homeowner in davenport. Put up about 36thousand lights and synced it all together withthusic for all totonjoy aarik k ods from our quad cities affiliate checked it out you have nine of the White Christmas trees, which only had 400 white lights on them. But i put 600 red lights on each one of the trees. When it comes to holiday decorating. Theres one Davenport House that stands out. Since im retired now, i itook me three e eks of anywhere from five to ten hour days. James peachee puh shay runs what he calls candy cane corner. Thousands of lights. Likely hundreds of cords. And one computer program. Its all defined over here on the left hand side. Tells me which exact tree it is, where its at, and what it does. The result is a mix of music nat and lights that work togegeer in harmony. Jenny schaumburg Siberian Orchestra and he does one of their songs and its just beautiful i mean its just breathtakin
Christmas morning coming up. Shaina good morning, everyone. Thanks for waking up with kcci 8 news this morning. 25. Merry christmas, everyone. A lot of people were very excited to see the snowfall yesterday and it might stick around in some areas. Jason i think it will, with the almost 10 inches. We will continue to see that linger on the ground as we have temperatures will help to melt some of it. It will be hard to get rid of all of it. Fog today because of low level moisture and disabilities to the central portions of the state around the quartermile range. A halfmile in ottoman. If you are headed out and about, note that it could be a little bit slick and disabilities could be down disabilities could be down. Cloud cover lingering and a system off to the southwest but snow cover a cousin that but there could be one to two inch totals on northwestern edges of the state. A bit of a mixed bag of precipitation and light rain into south and central portions of the state. Plan on cloud c
Morning. I hope your day today is a joyous one what weird weather weve been having lately. I know youre all wondering what today holds. Justin, what are we in for today . Theres no White Christmas for us in the corridor today, but just a couple hours west of us. It is a light snow fell across parts of central and northeast iowa thursday, just in time for christmas. But even though it wasnt a whole lot, it did impact holiday travelers. Parts of interstate 35 near des moines had to be shut down for parts of the day. And yesterday in cedar rapids several areas were in cleanup mode. Thunderstorms wednesday night brought strong winds that knocked trees down at a farm on the north side of town. Nobody was hurt but a nearby home did have some roof damage. In a cbs 2 news follow up. Up. The National Weather touched down near the quad cities. Cities. They were part of that same system that moved through the corridor wednesday. One of the twisters was rated an ef one with winds of about 100 mile
Well have some sun and some clouds. But the general feeling will be increasing sunshine and brisk chilly out there today. Overnight all the clouds go away, clear skies means the temperatures will plummet. So heres what we expect. Snow above 3,000 feet. Cold and dry saturday. A weak system sunday, not much, a north bay feature not that we dont love the north bay but thats probably about the only place anything will happen. Monday through thursday clear and 50s. No storms coming in as far as the eye can see. Today the National Weather service will be in Northern California to confirm that it was a pair of touchdowns responsible for significant damage on Christmas Eve. Cbs news don champion has more on that and the devastating storms linked to 14 deaths in some southern states. Reporter on this holiday some people in Northern California are taking stock of what is lost after an outbreak of tornadoes. Seeing trees swirling like a blender, it was scary. East, moy gosh reporter cell phone vi
Charlotte police say the deadly shooting inside a mall on Christmas Eve was not a random act of violence. Sarah hagen reports from North Carolina. Well an active shooter by the offduty officer who shot the armed man is now on paid administrative leave police say the man who was killed Daquan Westbrook has a long rap sheet, including a charge for shooting a 12year old a few years ago. Brussels police have arrested a man in connection with the november 13th terrorist attacks in paris that killed 130 people, bringing the total number of arrests in belgium to nine. The arrest took place tuesday on a street in the belgian capitals Central Business district. The man was identified as a spokesman said prosecutors delayed announcing the arrest to avoid alerting potential accomplices. Prosecutors said abdoullah c. Was suspected to have been in contact with the woman killed in a police raid in saintdenis, france, days after the paris attacks. He was detained on suspicion of terrorist murders and