with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now 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 50's. back in the 40's by 7:00 p.m. so we won't 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 1-4 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 31-21. 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 con

this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: good morning. it is going to be a chilly start to our thursday. it is about 20 minutes before 6:00 a.m. and we are dealing temperatures by noon only in the 40's, headed for a high of 51. the wind will begin to calm down. as you look forward to beggars night, we have had to add some sprinkles into the forecast. temperatures in the low 50's as the kids are getting some traits from neighbors. just take along an umbrella. remember to set your clocks back an hour saturday night. elizabeth: thank you. now an alert from casey's general stores. credit card information may have been stolen from 7 of their gas stations. the corporate office says they discovered gas pump card skimmers at six stores in nebraska and one in davenport. the scary part is you can't see these devices. this is what they look like. experts say the thieves pop open a panel on the gas pump and attach the device inside it records your credit card numbers as they pass through the

this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: good morning. where waking up to a chilly start. it is now 5:11. a little bit chillier up to the north. 37 in ames and 36 and fort dodge. we have clear skies across iowa. no rain or fault to worry about. -- no rain or fog to worry about. this afternoon will be similar to yesterday with temperatures very comfortable. by noontime, 60 degrees. headed for 65 this afternoon with clouds on the increase. no rain for your monday. tomorrow, you have a good chance of seeing showers. temperatures will be noticeably colder. tomorrow, highs only in the 50's. recovering a little bit by the shaina: the average price of gas has dropped over the past two weeks. the press -- the press -- the highest average is $2.87 a gallon. los angeles is $1.85 in charleston, south a. check out the long line at michael jordan store in chicago. the chicago sun-times report some people waited for seven hours. the store has several levels. it pays a mosh to his six nba champi

this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. elizabeth: welcome back. something to get excited about this morning. thursday marked the first day of the area saw 21 inches of snow in the last week. eric: it means there is snow on the way. that's no is getting closer to iowa. looking at video from minnesota on the left and wisconsin on the right. colder temperatures are moving in and snow will eventually get here. over the next couple of days we are headed in the opposite direction. metinka: we have 70's in the forecast. we can push that worry off for another day. this morning it is frosty. 10 cap fallen back into the low to mid 30's across the area. give your car a little bit of time to frost off the windshield. a great fall day. comfortable readings at noon. a nice day to head out for a walk. seasonable highs today into the mid-50's. a little bit on the cool side. a few showers rolling in during the overnight tonight as that warmer push of air arrives. temperatures are going to jump up about 1

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. elizabeth: welcome back. we are a change of seasons across iowa, check out this shot from run anderson along the des moines river. the leaves are changing. eric: nice colors and a beautiful picture here from alex kirkpatrick. we love seeing these fall foliage photos. show us what changes are happening in your backyard because it is really you to flout their -- beautiful out there. jason: i love fall colors and bonfires but we don't have the air for it right now. still relatively mild. eventually he will work in cooler air with temperatures in the upper 30's tomorrow morning. enjoy the decently mild air. we have some clouds pushing through with sprinkles embedded. not seeing a lot of that hit the ground. we have some reports of a sprinkle or to making it to the ground for northeastern portions of the state. cooler air working to the north already. jacking us across the state. enjoy not your last day in the 70's but at least your last day for the next three. you can see low to mid 70's

kurtis gertz has a first look at your forecast. kurtis: nice to get a little rain out there and knock down the dust. it is turning out to be a gorgeous evening with some thundershowers. we are going to stay that way for the evening hour. dry spell comes to an end, two hundredths here in the metro. three hundredths in ottumwa. not a whole lot of rain, but a thundershowers now and again. mild temperatures for this time of year, near 70 degrees. we're back up into the 70's could squeeze out a couple showers. enjoy the mild readings. it is going to get colder. we go from 70's to the 60's. steve: iowa's unemployment rate went back down last month. it now stands that 3.6%. that's down slightly from august, when it was 3.7%. iowa is now tied with utah for the 6th lowest unemployment rate in the nation. in the midwest only nebraska and , south dakota have lower unemployment rates than iowa. stacey: google express is expanding to central iowa. the service allows customers to shop at stores like toys r us, barnes and noble, or costco online,

let's go to meteorologist kurtis gertz for the answer. kurtis: we do have some beautiful pictures coming in from our schoolnet webcams. live picture out of pella. a little bit of light rain to extreme western iowa. 69 degrees. steve mentioned that morning rain. it didn't amounts to much. i will false, 2/10 of an inch. about 1800s in marshalltown. the rain could move in here later tonight. it is not going to a not -- not going to amount to just a sprinkler two. a cool 40 eight to start out your thursday. 59 by the noon hour. through the temperature in the mid-60's. temperatures in the 60's moving in. notice the cooldown. 60's for the weekend with some fixed -- with some 50's oblique next week. stacey: the university of iowa hopes to begin offering classes on the aib campus next fall. aib plans to give control of the campus and facilities to the university as of july 1 of next year. the university of iowa's plans are being discussed at a board of regents meetings today and tomorrow. the university of iowa says it plans to start using the ca

this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. it's a sign of the season. eric you posted this photo on , your facebook page last night . hanging out at valley west mall? eric: the tracks are being set up for santos display. sign of the season is changing. metinka: that is exciting, isn't it? no snow or wintry weather in the forecast today. cloudiness will be starting the day. grab a thicker jacket and also an umbrella. rain will be moving in high noontime. increasing in intensity. it is still several hours away. we are watching showers blossom across missouri. these systems are going to combine later this afternoon to bring us a decent chance for rainfall. a breeze currently from the east at 10. shaina: sounds good, metinka. right now the city of galveston, texas, is cleaning up the remnants of hurricane patricia. one historic fire station there was ripped apart in the storm scattering bricks around the street. several homes were also damaged. city officials say the wind caused the worst damage

rainy weather for much of the day today as predicted by kurtis gertz. regards rain will pick up -- kurtis: is already a little heavy on the south side. the heavier rain in these areas in yellow. picking up again in newton, marshalltown. additional rainfall looks run anywhere from 2/10 to about a half an inch. lighter amounts west and northwest. over an inch of rain in grinnell. about a half inch in ottumwa. rain tonight. we start up the day in the 40's. all those forecasts in just a few minutes. kevin: southwest airlines says starting april of next year it will stop offering flights from des moines to chicago's midway airport. and instead, begin offering direct flights from des moines to st. louis. the des moines airport says southwest goes to 21 other destinations from st. louis and that several local businesses have strong business connections in st. louis. looking at the southwest airlines online route map currently, des moines passengers , who fly southwest to chicago find southwest with direct connections to over 60 other cities from midway airport

this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. shaina: welcome back. 5:14. take a look at this photo sent in by one of our viewers to our ulocal page. rainfall in lamoni tuesday made way for this beautiful rainbow when the sun came back out. always a bright side after those. elizabeth: and we had to share this picture from another viewer belinda in wayne county. the sun setting behind a grain bin there. keep sending us your photos on your local at kcci.com. -- ulocal at kcci.com. you might see them here on kcci. metinka: we are tracking the rainfall again this morning and nebraska and northwestern kansas. it is lifting to the northeast. we are expecting it to arrive i midmorning. it could be another mile -- to arrive by midmorning. it could be another mild day. temperatures in the upper safeties. headed for a high of 72 degrees. we have showers in the forecast for today. plus, we have cooler temperatures headed our way by the weekend. it will finally start to feel like october. shaina: new this

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. jason: happy friday morning. your time is now 5:14, and a gorgeous day to get through if you happen to like rain. it definitely helps us to moderate those temperatures. we are at 58 degrees in des moines, 55 in marshalltown. you can see the clouds that overtook us early on. we are going to continue to see the reign as we head through the afternoon hours. the area of low pressure is helping to drive that in, so in missouri, they are in the mid-70's. upper 50's to low 60's in areas to the north. chances of scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout a good portion of the day. i will time out those storms coming up. elizabeth: october is national breast cancer awareness month. right now, nearly 1 out of 8 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. eric: emmy victor joins us with a new method one hospital is using to make radiation treatments safer. what's different, emmy? emmy: elizabeth and eric, most hospitals treat breast cancer patients with them laying on their back. bu

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. jason: good thursday morning, 4:40 1, 50 degrees. a light breeze out there. we will be seeing it not job throughout the day -- notch up. we look through tomorrow morning seeing freeze warnings. we usually see our first frost right now. there will be a dip of temperatures leading to that, we ride of this led it down to 56 on friday. definitely a cool start tomorrow. mild air. upper 40's to low 50's. through the rest of the day it will be beautiful. a few clouds out there, you could see sunshine but through midday we see wind picked up and clouds clear out. the great political, what is causing it, and when we could warm up. eric: hillary clinton and bernie sanders declaring the debate a success. sanders says he raised $1.3 million since the start. he is leaving google searches that night. one and 50 million people watched tuesday night, the biggest elizabeth: cynthia fodor asked the experts. cynthia: now that the first debate is over, they are planning the next which will be held at dr

kcci meteorologist kurtis gertz has your forecast. kurtis: we just got 65 degrees, some low clouds as you head out of town. southeast winds at 8. you can feel the moisture in the air. thunderstorms to the west right now, 65. weakening a bit, but still some showers likely here at 10 p.m. the sunshine starts at 7:37. average high is 67. the bounceback to 62 by saturday afternoon, when we season sunshine. with northwest winds. we are getting a line of storms west of carol and harlan. they're moving to the east, and we're keeping our eye on some storms, sings in rotation with these. he had a brief tornado north of orange city. there is a cell north of paulina. a tornado warning for that and in northeast of le mars. north of charity, they just issued a new tornado warning. they do not have the most dynamic atmosphere out there. i think in the next hour the chances for these to rotate will diminish considerably. but we will keep an eye on up in ames, heavier amounts. 38/100s of an inch in ottumwa. here comes this line headed our way, the ba

mark: that's check in with kurtis gertz and find out we might get that rain. kurtis: we have that red flag warning until 7:00. the reason that expires at 7:00 is less wind and the relative these are updating by the minute. winds gusting less than 22 miles an hour. but we are still getting gusts in the low-to-mid 20's especially in western and southwestern iowa. 75 in des moines. normal highs this time of year, 62. carol, 79 degrees. it is going to be generally dry tomorrow. there is a little bit of rain in the forecast. from the 70's to the 60's down into the 50's. noon, back up to 70 degrees. late afternoon, high of 75 degrees. a better rain chance in your 8 day forecast, coming up. stacey: a family who just moved into their first home ran for safety when a tree fell on it. that tree came down around 12:30 this afternoon right on top of this home at 5423 south west 16th. the family who lived inside said they heard a loud noise. then they noticed a shadow moving over the house. >> we heard a snap, like lightning or thunder and i grabbed my brother and i scream

stacey: meteorologist kurtis gertz keeping a close eye on that storm tonight. kurtis: the most powerful in our hemisphere. it has been onshore for a while, maximum sustained winds still at 130 miles per hour. and it is west of water lahar an area where the topography goes on up into central mexico. the flash flooding risk is very high with that storm. we have a line of showers extending north to south across the state. western iowa, you are rain-free now. we zoom on the metro, rain moving through waukee and east and northeast. we had showers earlier here in the metro. it will be buslistustery. temperatures go from the 50's to eye of 62 degrees. still in the upper 50's at 6 p.m. up in a few minutes. tonight, hillary clinton is surging ahead in the a new quinnipiac university poll. she now leads bernie sanders here in iowa, 51% to 40%. the field of democratic presidential candidates has been cut in half in the past four days. former rhode island governor lincoln chafee dropped out today. jim webb dropped out tuesday. joe biden ended speculation wednesday. and tha

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right now coverage with shaina humphries. elizabeth: welcome back. the east coast saw a very high tide on tuesday. the water was so high in charleston, south carolina, it actually flooded several streets and backyards. it was the 4th highest tide of all time in south carolina, and another high tide is expected later this morning. we have a lot of whether issues to deal with, but high tide is not one of them. shaina: the roads are wet because we are dealing with drizzle across the area. metinka: the wind is went to be a major factor in your travel and outdoor plans. the gusty winds will build throughout the morning and binding. we will have gusts around 30 miles per hour or even stronger. temperatures remain on the cool side. we are starting a close to the highs for today and headed for 53 degrees with on and off drizzle throughout your wednesday. fiber showing very light precipitation in central and eastern iowa. we are headed for a cool stretch of weather for the rest of the week. if you can make it through saturday, temper

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: good morning, beautiful morning. sprinkles across until iowa near guthrie center toward perr y. we have a wide range of temperatures to the north. 39 in fort dodge. highs overall today will be much cooler, the cold front is through and sunshine sometimes today but it will be cloudy highs in the mid 60's but don't put away umbrellas. elizabeth: commitment 2016 news vice president joe biden has decided not to pursue a run for the presidential nomination. he announced his decision rose garden with president obama by his side. despite the decision he says he will not remain silent. biden: i intend to speak out clearly and forcefully to influence as much as i can where we stand as a party and where we need to go as a nation. elizabeth: iowa democrats have been waiting for a decision from biden for months. shaina: cynthia fodor spoke with some supporters who said they were not surprised. >> the signs were getting increasingly strong he was going to do it in the last few moments, l

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. jason: happy friday morning to 4:45, waking up to a brisk bite of air. it has not dropped to back yet, still in the mid-40's, but all of our feels like temperatures in the upper 20's at the moment. 36, storm lake and webster city. we have the cooler air down to the south, 37 in creston and knoxville. the metro will be dropping to 39 degrees today, the coldest morning we have seen as may 19. we do have the frost advisories to the west, freeze warnings off to the northwest, and even more as we head into tomorrow morning. a pair of chilly days and as we head through the rest of the day, temperatures to warm. we are only going to make it into the mid-50's today, but eric: a boone teenager with disabilities telestrate's books helping -- illustrates books helping kids beat himself. >> that's my favorite page right there. vanessa: haley anderson won't let bullying hold her back. >> kids would refuse to take her hand because of her differences and refuse to sit next to her on the bus. vaness

kcci meteorologist kurtis gertz with the first look at your forecast. kurtis: get out early, more likely to be drive. it will stay that way for a little bit. we arty have rain in harlan, to the west side on creston. you can see how extensive it is to nebraska and kansas, moving off to the northeast. your forecast is initially dry, should be dry through 7:00. after 7:00, rain chances increase -- around 8:00 to become more likely. looks like the rain will slowly 50 out there. my house. you those at 10:00. morning rain becoming partly sunny, southwest winds 5-10. sunny skies, near-perfect on sunday. a high all the way all the up to 70. stacey: new information in the theft of two polk city trucks. polk city police say the trucks have been recovered. the trucks, with polk city logos, were taken early yesterday morning. the trucks and their contents are worth $150,000. kevin: nevada now home to a cellulosic ethanol plant that uses what used to get thrown away down on the farm to make fuel. it's the largest plant of its kind in the world. the dupont cellulosic

this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: good morning. where waking up to a chilly monday morning -- we are waking we have clear skies and a chilly 34 in ames. grab a jacket but dress in layers. it will be very comfortable. by noontime, a great day to head outside for lunch. clouds will be on the increase. headed for highs, 65. it is going to be a beautiful day. our temperature is trending downward. falling back into the 50's and staying there for the rest of the week. plus, we are going to have off and on rain chances. elizabeth: thanks metinka. more than foot of rain in several places in houston, texas. kenneth craig reports from the area where floodwaters are beginning to recede but residents are being urged to use caution. kenneth: a brick facade and the roof of a home was no match for a storm that tore through texas saturday. more than a foot of rain came down. streets were submerged, leaving many drivers stood stranded. >> i do not think i can make it. i stopped and called 9

kurtis gertz in now and we don't have anything. kurtis: they are the number one producer of maple syrup in the i don't know what i did this morning but i know that stuff. pretty shot coming in from andy. this is such set overtook -- this is sunset over toward the west. told in the sky, golden the ground. what a gorgeous one. winds have settled down. sun comes up at 7:30. noon, south-southwest winds. today, we gusted to 40 miles per hour. the high tomorrow at 75. 6:00 p.m. temperature, 72. high temperature today in the metro, 80 degrees. shelby, carroll county, most our latest 80 degree reading back on november 13, 1999 when we hit 81. wind out of the south still a little breezy. this time of year, when you get a reading of 80 degrees, it always has to be a windy day. with some showers in central wisconsin, some cloud cover out to the west. tomorrow, we will start the day with sunshine. maybe a few showers but we will be on the warm side of this. eventually this warm front will kick through and dr. temperatures to around normal read

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: good morning, a cold morning outside as the wind takes your breath away. wind chills in the 20's. paulette warm coats and click hats. brisk windchills through the morning with temperatures in the mid-30's. temperatures in the mid-40's and highs cooler than they should be today around 51 degrees. late this afternoon toward the evening wind will settle down. tomorrow night is beggars night. we had to put rain back in the forecast, a chance for sprinkles but temperatures will be milder tomorrow night with readings mainly in the 50's. elizabeth: new details and a shocking story we first brought you tuesday night. eric: allegations out of -- vanessa peng explains. finesse are: a day after we broke out a hazing incident at clarion goldfield dows high school, residents are divided. >> i don't understand why people would do that. vanessa: it involved older football players grabbing your players and assaulting them. police say it happened after school and before football practice in

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. jason: welcome back. your time is now 4:42. we have a little bit of rain to make it through today, and it is 58 degrees is what we are sitting at in the metro. clouds overtook us early on, and a line of moisture pushing its way east or dust eastward. -- eastward. we could see some rainfall stack up to around half inch in spot. a rainfall trend as you head throughout the day looking like the bulk of that will be falling early on. i think there a good chance for a gap in the afternoon hours before we see slight tech -- uptick around 7:00 p.m. temperatures climbing to 62 by noon, on track for highs in the upper 60's. i will let you know how warm your weekend is looking and if we have any rain. elizabeth: an 11 hour hearing is over on capitol hill this morning. eric: hillary clinton once again testified under oath before a house select committee investigating the 2012 attack of americans in libya. craig boswell in washington with how she kept her cool. craig: hillary clinton's day on cap

this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: good morning. you are waking up to a windy and warm morning. it does not feel very fall like. we have that wind at 25 miles per hour. it is a warm wind. the minutes before 5:00 a.m. 55 up in ames. temps will be warming today. by noon, temps will be in the low to mid 70's. those there are strong winds will gust near 40 miles per hour. combined with very dry conditions will lead to a red flag warning. in effect until 7:00 p.m. eric: in commitment 2016 news, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton is scheduled to testify before a congressional committee this week about benghazi attack. and a war of words between two republican presidential candidates is ratcheted up. julianna goldman reports from washington. julianna: hillary clinton is dismissing her upcoming appearance, saying to previous testimonies -- saying two previous testimonies. >> what difference does it make? julianna: and other congressional inquiries into the theories, a

this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: good morning. we are going to be dealing with rain showers later on. we are tracking showers across missouri, nebraska. most of these are coming together over iowa later on to bring you saw the conditions. right now, clouds. temperatures are pretty uniform across the state. mid to upper 40's. some locations are warmer than they were yesterday. temps will not be changing much at all today. once the rain moves in, temps may fall a few degrees. noontime today, near 55. looking at a half inch to near an inch of rain fall. eric: commitment 2016 news, carson on top. a new monmouth university poll shows retired neurosurgeon ben carson leading donald trump by 14 points here in iowa. these new numbers reflect a six point jump from the lead carson established last week. carson's low-pitched manner is a stark contrast to donald trump. elizabeth: kcci's ryan smith breaks down how carson's soft-spoken approach may be behind the recent boost in his poll

this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: we are still dealing with a little bit of drizzle across the state and pockets of light fog. this is showing the movement of moisture off to the southeast and shower activity south of tama and knoxville and sheraton. the heavier rain has moved out of the state never toward illinois and wisconsin. we did pick up over three quarters of an inch across most it will continue on and off throughout the day. it is going to be cloudy and blustery and chilly. it is a great if you like the fall. temperatures will be cool, topping around 53 cooler for the afternoon. talking a chance for wind chill tomorrow morning and may be the first snow of the season across northern iowa. eric: new numbers show donald trump is not leading the republican presidential race nationally. the cbs news poll says 26% of gop primary voters surveyed back ben carson for the nomination. that's compared to 22% for trump. three other polls show carson leading trump here in

this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: good morning. where waking up to a gorgeous fall morning. temperatures warmer than the typical high for today. 63 degrees in ames. we have clouds moving into the area but no rain. a few thundershowers north of kansas city. this rain is lifting northeast. if they hold together, they are you might want to throw in the umbrella into your bag. we have a chance for more shower activity this afternoon. temperatures recover back into the mid-70's this afternoon. if you do not get the rainfall, you will have a couple more chances in your 8-day forecast. eric: the number of abortions in iowa is on a steep decline. new statistics show abortions are down by more than 40% over the last eight years. elizabeth: kcci's jason rantala tells us the reason why the numbers are down depends on who you ask. jason r.: from roadside protests to vocal politicians. >> how could anyone defend the practices of planned parenthood? jason r.: debates over abortion have r

this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: good morning. you're waking up to another warm start with temperatures in the 50's. above the average highs today. 56 degrees in sioux city. here in des moines, we are sitting at 65. we have that south wind, that will be switching over to the northwest. a few showers today. grab the umbrella just in case. the temperatures are still trending downward over the next several days. by the end of the weekend, it is going to feel like october with temperatures back in the 50's. we have a cooling trend and chances of rain in your 8-day forecast. shaina: the u.s. house of representatives may have found a new speaker. wisconsin congressman paul ryan says he will make a decision in the next week. he told house republicans he is willing to serve as speaker but only with some conditions. >> i show my colleagues what i think success looks like. what i think it takes to unify and lead, and how my family commitments come first. i've left this decision in t

stacey: kurtis gertz, fog just one of the things changing tonight in our weather? kurtis: we have a dynamic system moving through. the sun goes down in a little over a half hour, but we get rotation withh cells up north. this is doppler-indicated

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. elizabeth: welcome back, everybody, 6:14. look at this time lapse at a billings, montana. this was wednesday morning, fog billeting the whole town. it is probably a great time of year there. some beautiful fall colors we get to enjoy because there is no fog for us. metinka: i'm glad that was fog and not snow. it is a beautiful fall morning in central iowa. temps are running cooler than i have the past several mornings. across northern iowa it is downright cold with highs on in the 30's. you might even catch a stray sprinkle on the way to work or school, but those will be moving out. a couple of peeks of sunshine otherwise clouds will rule the day and highs in the 60's. our cooling trend continues, and more unsettled rain -- whether in the forecast. shaina: it is a new credit card scam. emmy victor is live in studio, and this has to do with the more secure chip cards. emmy: the credit card industry is in the middle of a huge change. the new chip-enabled cards which are supposed to be

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: this time of year is so hard on the closet because we have two seasons grand in at one time -- crammed in at one time. temperature starting out close to 60 degrees, headed for highs near 80. it is going to be very windy with wind gusting over 35 miles per hour. a red flag warning across the rainfall. we could have some showers tomorrow, and potentially more widespread rainfall by friday and saturday. shaina: i want to take you around the world. more than 60,000 people are being forced to leave their homes in the philippines -- 16,000 people are being forced to leave their homes in the philippines after typhoon koppu moves through. two people have died from the storm, and rescuers are scrambling to save hundreds of villagers that are stranded. the road in california is finally reopening after last week's mudslides and flash floods. crews say they have had to dig out more than 100 cars, buses, and semi trucks on the affected highways. one lane and officials hope to have both l

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: good morning, patchy drizzle and fog. it will be kind of a rob wednesday with a blustery wind and temperatures will be falling. highs will be set near 53. temperatures will fall into the upper 40's and we cannot rule out sprinkles or drizzle. football playoffs begin this evening and it will be chilly. temperatures will fall through the 40's with wind chills in the 30's. after our stretch, we have good-looking days coming for the elizabeth: general motors is recalling one point 4 million cars due to fears they might catch fire. they include models produced almost two decades ago. gm says more than 1300 vehicles caught fire after being fixed. they see the fires are the result of oil leaking onto a hot manifold while the car was off. fiat chrysler is looking for a new safety chief after scott councilmen resigned on tuesday. fiat chrysler announced it is recalling nearly 100,000 jeeps because of a fire risk and more then 86,000 rim 15 cups -- ram 15 pickup's. no injuries have be

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: it is a beautiful fall morning this morning, 54 degrees in des moines but it is downright cold to the north. fort dodge waiting -- waking up to 49 degrees -- 39 degrees. clouds are in the forecast highs will be noticeably cooler, headed for a high of 65. the gradual cooling trend continues over the next several days, and by next week high temperatures will be back to where they should be, into the 50's for highs with overnight lows in the 30's. we have a couple of chances of rainfall coming up in the forecast. you, how are you watching us right now? elizabeth: a new report shows viewers are more likely to cut the cable cord and are canceling satellite conscription. -- subscriptions. emmy: 20% of people who took the survey have never subscribed to any tv service at all so how exactly are they watching tv? they are streaming it online through services like netflix and hulu, 3.7 p -- percent of people plan to end their cable service. half of them quit because they are happy wit

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. jason: happy thursday morning to you. 6:13, waking up to 50 degrees, a very light breeze out of the northwest five miles per hour. pretty comfortable air in the mix with us right now. low to mid 40's off to the northwest, otherwise 40's and 50's through the rest of the state. track for us, just an initial batch of clouds. i do not think we see any rain drought the rest of the state as these clouds continue to push their way through the east. 16 days with no rain for us. you have to go all the way back to the beginning of march to see a streak it starts that long or longer. we are up to 68 degrees by noon. we kick up the wind, and we will see a much cooler weekend forecast. eric: the kansas city royals are moving on in the postseason, meaning another much loved team still has a shot at the world series. almost a three run homer gave the royals a 7-2 win over the astros. the royals will play their toronto blue jays after they beat the texas rangers last night. this game had a crazy end

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: good morning, we're expecting rain showers this afternoon. right now, no rain to slow you down for the morning commute. temperatures today won't change much so we won't need -- will need jackets. once rain moves and, temperatures will cool a few degrees toward the late afternoon and evening. we are watching showers across northern missouri spreading to the north and there is a broken band of shower activity. these systems will clear to the evening to give us a chance for widespread rainfall. right now, cloudy skies and 48 degrees. and we will detail your rain chances in a few minutes. elizabeth: the city of galveston, texas is cleaning up the remains of hurricane patricia. several homes were also damaged. city officials say the wind caused the worst damage. this morning, you are no longer allowed to travel with e-cigarettes. the federal government is cracking down on e-cigarettes in planes because they may be linked to fires and explosions over the last five years. battery-o

this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. elizabeth: welcome back. 5:14 now. a travel advisory was issued for major interstates in syracuse , new york this weekend because of several accidents caused by icy road conditions. emergency crews and salt trucks worked on the roads early sunday morning. they say the bridges are the most concerning, because those freeze more quickly than road surfaces. eric: more winter weather in pennsylvania this weekend. erie county there had its first official snowfall of the season this weekend. look at all of that white! area. and parts of northern michigan saw their first snow of the season as well. snowy conditions made it tough for drivers to get around. people there told our sister station that it's too early and they'd like the snow to hold off a couple of more weeks. same here, metinka. we've got warmer temperatures today. metinka: that snow will not be sticking around long at all. temperatures are not feeling very fall-like. it is more like summer with

this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric haon, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: good morning, picking up to a jacket type of morning with temperatures in the 30's and 40's. by noon time, it will be comfortable. plenty of sunshine followed by clouds on the increase this afternoon, but still temperatures will be comfortable . a little bit above average. have a light breeze from the south at seven. today is going to be the warmest day of the next eight and temperatures are trending downward. tomorrow is going to be significantly cooler than tomorrow, -- tomorrow is going to be significantly cooler than today, and into the weekend temps they can to climb slowly back into the 60's. elizabeth: halloween is less than a week away. hard to believe. and if you're still looking for ways to get into the spooky spirit you're in luck. eric: kcci's alyx sacks joins us from the sleepy hollow's haunted scream park with a frightening inside look. what are you finding, yx? alyx: it is the largest halloween theme park in iowa, and one of

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. and breezy start tuesday, we are tracking rainfall across missouri trying to sneak into southern iowa toward mount ayr. it is tracking to the northeast at 20 to 30 miles per hour. overnight rain expected, and better chance to see shower activity around noon. we are starting off with temperatures near 60 degrees. that is the average high, only 62 so we are close to that very temperatures to that on the warm side toward 74 degrees. a cooling trend continues and unsettled weather sticks with us for the better chance of widespread rainfall by the end of the week. shaina: more rain in southern california caused a mess in downtown los angeles overnight. water filled storm drains and flash floods swamped some cars, leaving drivers stuck in the middle of the roads. some basements were also flooded with up to four feet of water. luckily no one was hurt, but residents in the area say they've never seen flooding this with the el nino. and right now sign-up season is just two weeks away for gove

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, kurtis gertz, and shaina humphries. jason: hope you're having a great start to your friday. a little bit of rain. a good portion of the day. clouds overtook us early on and the rain followed. heaviest off to the west at this point. even in nebraska. it continues eastward as we see moisture surge in from the south. plan on a rainy day that we will have gaps here and there. mainly through the afternoon hours before more chances for rain into the evening tonight. temperatures fairly comfortable. middle-50's to start and throughout the day, we keep the rain chances through the noon hour and temperatures rebounding to 62 by noon and we are on track for 60's on mid-to-upper-safeties but in five minutes we will take a look at the weekend forecast and how long the rain sticks around. elizabeth: october is national breast cancer awareness month. right now, nearly 1 out of 8 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. eric: emmy victor joins us with a new method one hospital is using to make radiation treatments safer. wh

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: good morning. you are waking up to a brisk fall morning. wind chills into the 20's. it feels like the mid-20's across the state, and it will be a cool, breezy day across the area with highs in the 50's. you will still need a jacket this afternoon. jumping ahead to beggars night tomorrow night, some rain in the forecast. the area but temperatures will be mild with readings in the 50's. remember to fall back this weekend as daylight savings time comes to an end on sunday morning very early. put some fresh batteries in your smoke detectors. shaina: this morning, things are really looking good for the kansas city royals. kc was down one nothing to the mets until the fifth inning, when the offense really got going. eric hosmer had a two rbi single to make it 3 to 1. two more base hits put the royals up 5 to 1 in the fifth. and two more runs in the 8th sealed the deal. kansas city wins game two 7 to 1, going up in the series 2 games to zero. the world series has an off day today a

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right now coverage with shaina humphries. grab a warmer coat. 36 in des moines. 31 in ames. let the car warm up and scrape a little frost off the windshield here a gorgeous fall day. despite the clouds, highs in the mid-50's. we will track a few showers that will move through during this evening but they should be out of here and a great looking eight day forecast filled with a welcome warm-up. elizabeth: thank you. this morning, the mets and the royals are in new york, ready for game three of the world series. kansas city currently leads the series 2-0. and a win tonight would put them in a very good position to win the whole series. k.c.'s starting pitcher, yordano ventura, says he's ready to go, but knows it'll be tougher in new york in front of a crowd of mets fans. game three starts tonight at 7:07 on fox. eric: basketball is back. it was the first night of college hoops last night. it's only exhibition play, but it's still a first look at this year's teams for fans. the iowa hawkeyes took on the university of sioux fal

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: good morning, rain on super doppler creeping in across southwest iowa. rabbit umbrella out the door. it is a warm start here in des moines at 63. northern iowa is a different story. but it will be a mild afternoon. has today near 72 degrees but we have a cooling trend in the forecast and additional chances for rainfall. shaina: it is 25,000 square feet filled with hidden treasure at the local store. it is attractive people across the country to west des moines. elizabeth: alyx, tell us about what makes the store different. alyx: the sheer size and different services. you can buy, sell, and there was an auction. we have been walking around and i wanted to grab some things for myself. i have a hat. i have a bit of a jacket here. they have anything from clothes to knickknacks and large furniture. even this if you want to, as a party. >> i like that. ch brody here. >> i really like this because of the time and quality of stuff. if you look anywhere from the paper to the pillars,

with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. elizabeth: welcome back, 5:40. check out this video of a funnel cloud spotted in oregon. confirmed the sighting monday. there were no reports or any damage or that it touched down. kind of cool to look at. we had plenty of stuff blowing around here yesterday. metinka: the wind has settled down and didn't take all the pretty leaves either. northwest missouri is the lucky one hitting rainfall but it is lifting to the north. pulls together from bedford toward mount ayr. probably over the next hour or so you might have raindrops but an essential part we could see showers of our own this afternoon. it is a beautiful afternoon, southwind keeps temperatures up overnight with 62 degrees in des moines. that's for high temperatures should be instead we are going into the 70's so maybe not as warm as yesterday but the kids can so wear shorts used to school and be fine. -- short sleeves to school and be fine. a chance of soaking rain on friday. eric: how far when local teacher will go to help he