in fact, have an odd fascination with the ripper, even painting this, what he titled "jack the ripper's bedroom." but critics questioned cornwell's methods, and, to many, sickert became just another in the long line of theories. >> there's a massive industry in keeping this a perpetuated myth. it's a big business. it's like the loch ness monster. >> reporter: russell edwards, a self-described arm-chair detective, is the latest to use d.n.a. to chase down the ripper's identity. he claims jack the ripper was a polish barber named aaron kosminski. so, how certain are you? >> i'm 100%. >> reporter: without a doubt it's him? yeah. >> reporter: the proof he says came from this silk shawl he bought at auction in 2007. police, he says, retrieved the shawl from the scene of one of the ripper's most grisly murders-- the killing of catherine eddowes on september 30, 1888. so, all those white dots are blood? >> yeah. >> reporter: edwards hired a molecular biologist at liverpool john moores university to conduct d.n.a. testing on the shawl. >> when he shows me the actual match, whew. overwhelming. >

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. >>> speaking of martinez, he's known as the ripper. dave shelton. good morning, dave. 49-degrees on my patio. i tried to get a picture of venus and justice of the peacer the. just -- jupiter. just too low on the horizon from here. it's been spectacular. that is true. we have had great opportunities to see the moon, venus, justice of the peacer the -- jupiter. a little bit toward livermore. and 40s, 50s. sixtys. for some, it's very mild. fairfield. and s anoma. forty-seven subbass cool. and 51. petaluma. twenty-seven. thirty-eight in reno. and the cold is settling in. the -- more rain, snow. down to phoenix and tucson. and it moves to new mexico. as it does, start seeing a little quieter pattern. not as breezy. still keep some in the forecast. not a big deal. clouds increase on sunday. low and high. then we'll start to roll in overnight sunday into monday. rain, wind, and a much cooler fores. 707s & 80s. how we get average is when we go way with e bow. by monday and tuesday, highs will only be in the 6 0ás. rain sunday, probably afternoon and evenin

but you get used to ripper, the safe area from behind. you get older into a sense of false security the cart on the back is only to read to help too fast diagonal and though shifted we didn't break the wheel bader perfect job to put it i love that moment because i knew it was the first accident we could get on the trail quickly add that this is wonderful for the book my brother said i hate your diem book. [laughter] he had to fix it. i would say we will repair the city says who is we? [laughter] but then the platte river flooded we had a typical experience we had to wait three days for the waters to recede. this is the picture in this is jim they were rocked the famous areas of landmarks the trail is naturally navigable. you can steer for that for three days so that is a very important thing it just happens it had a lot of natural landmarks. these are the lovely mules. there he is again. you can see she always has a little bit of the hanoi to look on her face. she hates me but they're lovely animals. i will have a reading but the mormons

i got a seam ripper and some scissors and i proceeded to take my own hair out. >> reporter: and like many other people, she jabbed herself in the scalp, poked her fingers and snipped off chunks of her real hair. >> i lost a lot of natural hair. >> reporter: she got to work on this great idea. >> the first prototype i came up was kind of rough. >> it took lot of time. in fact it took years. lots of research, sacrifice and tons of money to get a patent on the hook me up. >> you're not a stylist. >> no, i'm not. >> you go through like that. >> neither is she wealth knee nor connected. she had no money left to get it molded and marked but what she did have were friends, faith and crowd funding. >> just having those people support me makes a big difference. >> reporter: the difference between failure and the hook me up get hitting store shelves. how excited are you. >> i'm very excited. >> i'm excited, i'm nervous. it's just been a long journey. >> i'm happy i'm here. >> here but will people really buy it? >> exactly. aisle that's what i'm afraid of. >> tara mows system teague ago chance.

i got a seam ripper and some scissors and i proceeded to take my own hair out. >> reporter: and like many other people, she jabbed herself in the scalp, poked her fingers and snipped off chunks of her real hair. >> i lost lot of natural hair. >> reporter: but she got to work on this great idea. >> the first prototype i came up was kind of rough report rt it took a lot of times. in fact it took years. lots of research, sacrifice and tons of money to get a patent on the hook me up. >> you're not a stylist. >> no, i'm not. >> go through like that. >> reporter: neither is she wealth knee nor connected she had money left to get it marketed. but what she did were friends, faith and crowd funding. >> just having those people support me makes a big difference. ♪ >> reporter: the difference between failure and the hook me up hitting store shelves. >> how excite the are you? i'm very excited. i'm excited. i'm nervous. it's just been a long journey. i'm happy i'm here. >> reporter: here but will people rollly buy it? >> that's what i'm afraid of. >> reporter: tyra mosley is taking a chance. h

as far as i'm concerned he has the conscious of jack the ripper. this will be an easy boycott for us because his films are be as entertaining as watching road kill. >> are you hearing the police in the cities are doing it and whether there is for a boycott people who are not police but friends of police, perhaps? >> well, the boycott, our meeting started at 7:00 p.m. tuesday evening. the boycott was offered to our membership and by 7:o2 the boycott was put into effect unanimously. i would say that's pretty good support. >> do you have the sense that police feel there is a target on their back? and to what extent, you know, is the media, you know, partially responsible for putting the spotlight on this? >> well, greta, police are the last group in america that it is still perfectly acceptable to stereotype, to smear, and to slur as a group. when one is accused. we are all guilty. and unlike anybody else, when an officer is accused, he is guilty until proven innocent. so, yes, we feel that oftentimes the rights that we are are asked to die for on beh

., plus, in search of the real jack the ripper and monty python's john cleese. those stories and more here on kcci at 8:00 a.m.. then face the nation with john dickerson, chris christie sits and we talk more about the war on terror and the possibility of speaker of the house. anthony salvato breaks down the numbers in the latest polls here on kcci. let's take a look at that 8 day frank: 64 on monday, a slight chance of rain on tuesday into wednesday. alyx: today's top stories are straight ahead. >> you're watching kcci 8 news. alyx: breaking news this morning. two people shot in ankeny. what witnesses saw and what police are telling us. democratic dinner. what candidates had to say about the republican opponents. and who bernie sanders went after that's getting a lot of attention this morning. plus, the new leader in the republican field makes a stop in iowa. hear what doctor ben carson has to stay about the new polls that show him in the lead. good morning, everyone, thanks so much for joining us on kcci 8 news this morning weekends. it is 6:00 a.m. on the dot.

if local plan is updated and as new policies are implemented we have a say and a very collaborative ripper with the special ed department i personally feel grateful to be part of this administration as opposed to the horror stories about the previous environments well, you know if you want to get the services you'll have to do that we're part of a collaborative and supportive investments that has the kids best interests in mind as opposed to the bottom line. >> commissioner walton. >> again, thank you so much for your report a couple of questions if you feel the district is not be responsive we or will you come here before june 16th and let us know and the second one again, i appreciate our calling your attention to the piecemeal prison as commissioner vice president haney stayed you mentioned the work in the asset and the schools this year and thank you so much what's been the premeditation with the cac with black families and black parents do we have black families on the cac right now how does that work. >> well, i've adopted african-american children we're a mixed family here represent