"you're watching good moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm elias johnson... sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. it's x:00 a-m on thursday october 22nd elias: good to have everyone with us! and it's great to have central iowa's most accurate forecast with meterologist sam schreier! hey sam! sam: (sam adlibs) sam (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: after so many days of dry weather, iowa has changed things up with a couple different rounds of storms throughout this week. today we are going most of the day, but we might see a few showers late this afternoon in far western iowa. temperatures today are going to be cooler with highs in the mid 60s and lows tonight in the mid 50s. overnight tonight we'll see clouds really fill in with scattered thundershowers moving in from the west. friday is still the best day for a soak across the state as we see rain continue to move in from the west across central iowa heaviest during the morning and into the afternoon. we are looking cool and dry through th

you're watching good moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm elias johnson... sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. it's x:00 a-m on wednesday october 28th elias: good to have everyone with us! and it's great to have central iowa's most accurate forecast with meterologist sam schreier! hey sam! sam: (sam adlibs) sam (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: after quite a bit of rain we had to deal with last night, iowa will be trying to dry out today, but with a cold and windy price! we are going to stay cloudy today, and other than a few light showers swinging through mainly northeastern iowa, most of us should remain dry today. the winds will be very strong today out of the northwest, blowing between 15 and 30 mph but we could gust up to 40 mph. between the cloud cover and the northwest winds, highs today are going to stay parked in the low 50s, but it will feel colder than that due to the winds. overnight we will see lows fall into the mid 30s with plenty of winds and wind chills in the 20s! thur

we are iowa." elias: on your money now elias: ford has issued three recalls affecting thousands of vehicles in north america. a safety recall for potential fuel tank issues affects roughly 129-thousand vehicles...includi ng 20-09 and 20-10 models of the ford edge and lincoln m-k-x. 72 more vehicles are subject to another safety recall for a possible trailer brake controller issue. ford's third recall affects roughly 19- hundred 20-16 ford mustangs. the company says restraint parts in those cars may have been damaged during shipping. ford says it isn't aware of any accidents or injuries related to the recalls. elias: and finally....want to make some furry-friends today...just open your uber app... uber kittens will deliver the tiny felines on- demand today... a 30-dollar snuggle fee gets you 15 minutes with the kittens. uber is offering the service to help support participating shelters...in des moines its the animal rescue league. enough....some of the kittens are even eligible for adoption... elia

"you're watching good moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm elias johnson... sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. it's x:00 a-m on tuesday october 20th elias: good to have everyone with us! and it's great to have central iowa's most accurate forecast with meterologist sam schreier! hey sam! sam: (sam adlibs) sam (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: we've had 20 consecutive days of dry weather here in the metro, and really for most of iowa, but today we finally have a small chance of rain back in the forecast. we'll see partly sunny skies with a few scattered afternoon showers that will be moving across the state this afternoon with highs in the mid partly to mostly sunny skies with a few more spotty showers left over, and one or two of those will be left over into early tomorrow morning. wednesday is going to be a partly sunny day with highs climbing into the mid 70s. we'll be back into the mid 60s on thursday and friday and those temps should last through the weekend. friday comes around we'

"you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." elias: on your money now elias: wal-mart says it wants to be next to use its own drones in the sky. the retailer filed for permission with federal regulators on monday... it's been testing drones inside for months....but now wants to use them outside in specific testing sites. wal-mart says it would use drones for home deliveries. but, its initial focus would be to move product between distribution centers. elias: and finally...uber is already the most valuable privately-held company in the world. soon, it could be the company is looking to raise another one- billion in funding... last june, uber was valued just over 18-billion dollars. elias: that's a look at your money this morning... coming up after the break... sam's in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... but first... time for a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at euclid... [current conditions] good morning iowa returns after this. "you're watching good "you're watching good moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most ac

"you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." sabrina on your money now sabrina retailers are already ramping up hiring and putting plans in place for their busy holiday season. why not consumers? karin caifa (kay- fuh) has tips for shoppers looking to get an early start. " " --reporter pkg-as follows-- it's far from even beginning to look a lot like christmas. but many consumers are already taking a look at how to save, on holiday shopping. (sara skirboll, retailmenot spokesperson) we're finding that more and more people are starting to shop earlier than ever. sara skirboll of discount and deals website retail-me-not says there are certain items best purchased now, and others next month. (sara skirboll, retailmenot spokesperson) i would say if you're starting to look and shop for things now, look for home decor, fall fashion, even toys -- i'd pick those up now because you're going to find great discounts. if you want to save some time -- i would look to november and black friday for things like home electronics, and even compute

moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm elias johnson... sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. it's x:00 a-m on tuesday october 27th elias: good to have everyone with us! and it's great to have central iowa's most accurate forecast with meterologist sam schreier! hey sam! sam: (sam adlibs) sam (sam adlibs) sam: sam: weather adlib: iowa has this whole, lack of an ocean problem, so we don't ever get hurricanes. hurricane leftovers to swing all the way up from the gulf and give us a few good showers! it is going to be a cloudy day with plenty of rain expected throughout the afternoon and evening with deep moisture moving in from the south. i'm expecting the metro capable of seeing between 0.5" to 1" of rain throughout the day and night with eastern iowa likely seeing between 1" and 2" of rain throughout several places. we are going to dry out as we keep moving the evening, but one or two left over showers may still be falling early wednesday morning in far eastern iowa. hi

moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm elias johnson... sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. it's x:00 a-m on thursday october 29th elias: good to have everyone with us! and it's great to have central iowa's most accurate forecast with meterologist sam schreier! hey sam! sam: (sam adlibs) sam (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: if you were looking for warm weather in weather adlib: if you were looking for warm weather in my forecast today, keep looking. we have more harsh, cold weather in the forecast for today, and to be honest it's still going to be a this afternoon we'll see more sun which will do a better job of pushing highs to 51, but the winds will stay strong and wind chills are going to be cold like yesterday. overnight tonight we'll get clear skies back across the skies with much less wind and lows falling in to the mid to low 30s. friday is going to be kind of awful as well with temps in the mid 50s and a gloomy second half of the day with clouds building back

we are iowa." sabrina on your money now sabrina want to secretly collect personal info from people? apparently there are apps for that...or there were anyway. the problem was discovered over the weekend....leadin g apple to remove 256-apps from the i-tunes app store earlier. an analytics service discovered software by youmi......a chinese ad company......gathe red data about the people who downloaded the apps. apple officials are now working with developers to fix these apps to make sure they're safe-- sabrina: and finally....how about a picture of the world's most infamous iceberg. well get ready to shell out some cold, hard cash... this grainy black-and-white photo taken by a steward on the ocean liner 'prinz adalbert'...is believed to be of the iceberg the titanic hit. along with it, a note from the chief steward mentions seeing red paint visible on the iceberg. pre-sale estimates place it between 15-to 23-thousand dollars. sabrina that's a look at your money this morning... coming up after the

but in iowa city... a different story. any hawkeye fans planning to catch the game saturday should also keep safety in mind when leaving the stadium. iowa city police are warning parents, trick- or- treaters, and drivers to be careful because the hawkeye football game will end around the same time treating is scheduled to city. the police department bigger presence stadium and in nearby once the game ends... and don't forget the hawkeyes right from the home... local five will be showing the kick-off at 2-30 tomorrow... jack: moines. do metro neighbors trick their kids the day before halloween? all the way back in 1938 when police got a lot complaints about damage to so local "beggars' night" to make the night before halloween special for little trick or treaters. and halloween adults and teenagers to tonight's from 6 to 8 pm. jack: don't forget to check out our website for all of this weekend's halloween events metro at we-are- iowa-dot-com. stephanie: okay jack as we prepare for treating-- a ridiculous halloween safety vi

moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm elias johnson... sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. it's x:00 a-m on friday october 30th elias: good to have everyone with us! and it's great to have central iowa's most accurate forecast with meterologist sam schreier! hey sam! sam: (sam adlibs) sam (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: beggars night is here and temperatures are going to be just as scary and chilling as all the halloween costumes you'll see walking around tonight! we are going to have a sunny start to the day but when we head into the afternoon, clouds are going to fill in from the west ahead of showers that will be coming this evening. due to some morning sun and a southerly wind, temps today should be able to warm into the mid 50s. starting roughly around 5 or 6pm western iowa should start to see more consistent showers moving in, and it looks like the metro will start seeing rain around 9pm. we are going to keep the rain going through the evening with scattered

onge, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. stacey: a former pleasant hill daycare provider accused of abusing children in her care reached a deal with prosecutors. 28-year-old christina williamson plead guilty today to two counts of child endangerment. back in may, surveillance cameras at her home copy allegedly views. at that time, williamson was a non-registered, in-home daycare provider. >> that's why you have to check backgrounds of these people.check on these people that you are going to take your kids to. check iowa courts online. check background records. and talk with people who know. stacey: she face up to 7 years may in prison when she is sentenced on december 8. mark: firefighters in iowa busy today battling a string of field fires. kcci ames bureau reporter vanessa peng joins us live from hardin county. vanessa: the dry conditions and problems. right now, we are showing you the remains of a fire that was contained just a few hours ago today. driving the combine. coat but that didn't work. where it went. hill of the

we are iowa and we want to cover the "you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." elias:: welcome back everyone....as we wrap up our first hour, let's take a quick look at the top stories... sabrina: we recap your headlines...in the morning refresh... sabrina: outrage in johnston over the actions of a school bus driver when he tried to get a special needs student in their assigned seat. elias: more than a dozen people suffer injuries while waiting for their plane to take off in florida...after flames halt their flight. sabrina: polk city police hope to find property stolen from the city's public work's building..before its too late.. elias: time now for another short break... but when we come back... get ready to change your clocks...but the time change could mean adjusting your sleep pattern. sabrina: plus sam's in with a look at your morning forecast! another full hour of good morning iowa... is right after this. " nexstar copyright"

a program like home base iowa. he says its become one of his top priorities. << "home base iowa allows our state a unique opportunity to make sure that veterans are fully employed," said iowa governor, terry branstad. sheldon, iowa's "avenue of flags" shows the respect they have for their veterans. they want to open up their city to even more veterans, so they've been working to become a home base iowa community. and tuesday, o'brien county accomplished that goal. "we love these types of designations because it puts sheldon on the map that hey we're playing the game we want what the state's doing we want to be engaged in that, but any time you can look at retired servicemen that have provided for our country over the years and provide an outlet for them to return home to our state, it's a win-win for us, a win for the state, and again a huge win for our veterans," said community development director for the city of sheldon, curt strouth. to receive the designation, the city created a competitive incentive package t

we are iowa. stephanie: donald trump was fighting to regain his first place status tonight in the third republican debate. recent polls in iowa and nationwide have dr. ben carson in the lead. jack: trump defended himself against criticism from governor john kasich that he doesn't understand the hard work it takes to change things through government. "(kasich says: we're going to get a tithe or we're just going to be great is not a way to govern. we need to elect people who know how to get it done. trump: you know, kasich used to be so nice and said he wasn't going to attack anyone. but now he has no poll numbers, and that's why he's down on the end. and since then he's been nasty, stephanie: and with nine candidates on the stage vying for the spotlight, there was no shortage of big moments like that one. joining us now with a live analysis of tonight's debate, iowa state political science professor dr. steffan schmidt -- thanks for joining us. do you think donald trump gained back any momentum ton

onge, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. steve: sorenson has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and false reporting to the federal election commission. he has not yet been sentenced in that case. so could this impact the legitimacy of the iowa caucuses? >> when people have a list of gripes about the iowa caucuses, this particiular issue of the sorenson case and the question of disclosure or lack thereof campaign payments, that's fairly small beans. steve: kcci political analyst dennis goldford, believes the incorrect vote count by the republicans in 2012 is a bigger issue than the hidden payments to sorenson. stacey: pleasant hill police hope security camera pictures help them track down suspected car thieves. one of the suspects was caught on security video. he was seen october 20 using a stolen credit card at local convenience stores. stolen truck. the other suspects were caught on security camera hours later at the walmart on southeast 14th trying to use more of the credit cards taken from the stolen truck. if you c

and now, iowa's governor is creating a whole and now, iowa's governor is creating a whole new division of state government just to deal with it. stephanie: and, you'll continue to see food trucks on the streets of downtown...for now. the city council decided to extend the program, see how long this will last. jack: and -- who wouldn't want 14 million dollars? tonight, we'll take you inside the lottery to find out how the numbers were manipulated by eddie tipton. and what it means for lottery players now. " local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. we are iowa" stephanie: for the first time since the multi million dollar scam that fascinated iowans, local 5 news tonight takes you inside the lottery to show what's changed since the biggest scandal to ever rock the lottery. stephanie: good evening... i'm stephanie angleson. jack: and i'm jack miller. eddie tipton is a name not may peopleknew until he was caught rigging the lottery system to collect the jackpot. jack/lam: he was an ordinary guy with a very sensitive job -- protecting the integrity of the lottery. instead, he made a serious play

elias: a central iowa elias: a central iowa teacher has been shaking up her subject...in her classroom, you don't want to try and call it just social studies.. after you see how she teaches it, you will understand why.. local five's stephanie angleson shows us why she is this month's one classroom at a time winner it was a normal day at boone high school. "nats of alicen" alicen morley was just starting to teach a class... when.... "we are with local 5 and baners trust and you have won this month's one classroom at a time grant...really?.. you've won it...so we've brought the big check...congratulation s." it doesn't take long to see that alicen is not your typical social studies teacher--in fact, in this classroom, it's called social alicen morley social sciences teacher "the difference is that in social studies, it seems to be we're learning more about history. in social sciences it's examining history and trying to use history to then provide better arguments for the future." these students look at history the way they'd look at a science experiment. morely has to find different way

a member of the iowa board of regents is calling for change after the hiring of university of iowa's next president. stacey: dr. subhash sahai, a regent from webster city, says he and the board made a mistake in how they selected bruce harreld. kcci's vanessa peng is live in our ames bureau to show us why he says he's angry and sad. it's new at 6:00. vanessa: doctor sahai says the whole hiring process was a sham. and he wants the board of regents to be more transparent. bruce harreld will become the university of iowa's president on november 2, despite an uproar from students and faculty about his appointment and lack of higher education experience. the iowa board of regents unanimously voted for harreld, a former ibm executive. dr. sahai: we may have dropped the ball. vanessa: webster city doctor sabhash sahai is an iowa regent. he's speaking out about how the search for harreld was conducted. dr. sahai: i was angry, and i was sad. vanessa: sahai is calling for changes. dr. sahai: i only had 20 minutes with each candidate, which is not enough for such a big job. so i told the board

but the second half belonged to the mustangs -- upper iowa falls 34, 1 -- iowa conference ball -- 18th ranked wartburg loloking to bouuce back from last week's loss at dubuque -- on the road today at luther -- knights rolling early -- jordan schmitt with the touchdown reception -- 5 yards from logan schrader -- 11, nothing waatburg in control - - and the offense was clicking today -- schrader across the middle to zach hiller -- 35 yards -- another trip to the endzone for wartburg -- 27, nothing --- and the luther offense -- having problems getting aathing goingg -- the pitch ends up on the turf -- cooper nelson dives on it in great field position -- it led to schrader's 4th passing touchdown of the game -- brandon domeyer gets to the endzone for the second time -- strong response from the knight today -- they hammer the norse 47, 7 -- to the ice -- waterloo black hawks hosting omaha -- supporting the beyond pink team by auctioning off their pink jerseys tonight -- also tryin to snap a 4 gagae losing skid -- and t tey'd get on the board first -- alex robert slaps one home -- 1, nothing

still ahead on today in iowa still ahead on today in iowa saturday... the secret life of junie b jones. get an inside look of her first day of first grade. and where you can catch it play out on jeb bush was a very strong governor, probably the strongest governor in the history he was a young guy and i think there were some folks in the legislature that thought they might be able to run over him. that didn't happen. one tax cut wasn't enough- he had to do more. it wasn't enough to have 15,000 kids with school choice in florida, he wanted to have 100,000 kids. if he didn't like a project, it was going to be vetoed. it didn't matter if you were a republican. it didn't matter if you were his best friend. he said: 'this is where we're going, this is how we're going to reform state government...' every politician comes in talking about making change, and generally there's not much change. but governor bush made a lot of changes. he got the nickname veto corleone. if he saw something in the budget that he thought violated his conservative principles, you coul

"we are iowa local 5 news" and twitter "we are iowa 5 news" if you see news are iowa 5 news" if you see news break... let us know. we are iowa and we want to cover the stories that are important to you. important to you. morning io elias: welcome back everyone....as we wrap up our first hour, let's take a quick look at the top stories... amanda: we recap your headlines...in the morning refresh... amanda: the u-s-d-a awards a grant for a local company to begin stockpiling a vaccine for avian influenza elias: a wisconsin jury rules against a gun store, which could impact gun control across the country. amanda: a group flying a controversial flag find themselves on the wrong side of an indictment.. elias: and a republican presidential candidate decides to step back from his public campaign and focus on his new book. amanda: plus, a congressman from iowa is visiting schools this week, spreading awareness of his plan to help rural school districts in the state. elias: time now for another short break... but when we come back... the latest on the trial of the man accused of going on a shootin

we are iowa." sabrina: welcome back to a special back to the future two- themed good morning iowa... sabrina: you can't talk about the movie without comparing it to the reality of 20-15... what did it have right, and what might be a bit off... toyota got the movie's stars, christopher loyd and michael j fox together to discuss it in a short film they are releasing today....here's a sneak peak. "toyota mirai commercial 2015 back to the future diner. back to the future presented by toyota mirai diner. two back to the future icons reunite to discuss the elias: as we have seen with movies and television shows...sometime s hollywood with movies and television shows...sometime s hollywood isn't too far off elias: things that we have seen in the movie...that you may have in your home...even using right now... take for instance the headsets, they wore.....you may see tehir similarity to google glass or even samsung's gear v-r. or the oculus rift.. sabrina: and don't forget about the movie's use of video an

sabrina: our big story back here in iowa -- another security concern for the iowa investigative authorities-- sabrina: the mishandling and flawed f-b-i procedures dealing with hair and d-n-a which has affected hundreds of cases has iowa officials creating a news division... now, in hopes to potentially correct the issue, governor terry branstad and the state's public defender created a "wrongful conviction division." the division leader will be sifting through nearly 100 cases turned over by iowa's division of criminal investigation. " folks in the past used science was thought to be good sceince, but now we know more, it wasnt good science/"go through those one by one, where those may have a potential error, we'll be contacting those inmates in prison" sabrina: they'll be looking for errors and in turn, pursue legal action if someone was wrongly convicted. sabrina: in davenport -- police continue to investigate a business shooting. police received the call of shots fired at a law firm around two p-m yesterday..., the law firm was near a u-s navy recruitment center in davenport.. before off

at the university of iowa for 30 years. years. there is a reason that universities have shared governance. it goes back to the 12th century. that's what i teach.that's part of what tachau feels is being ignored and why she hopes the entire board of regents and future u-i president bruce harreld will resign. resign. just as how they have been secretive in how they chose the president, they no doubt are being secretive in what they want him to do.rally participants made their presence and opinions known to the board. board. the petition is to demand the board of regents dismiss bruce harreld from the presidency but we are also in general against the iowa board of regents.pector say the selection process wasn't fair to all the candidates and didn't represent the opinions of the university communitythe board of regents says they respect the right for anyone to have their own opinion and have it heard. heard. the board is very, very pleased with the selection of bruce harreld and looks forward to working with him once he officia

but the setback sot-trump "i said im gonna work harder in iowa but if i lose in iowa i'm never going to speak to you people again" i asked trump about the carson surge. sot-llamas q: how do you explain carson? what's going on in the polls? whats going on in the polls? a: i have no explanation. i think we're doing great. carson spending the eve of the debate getting in the ring...picking up an endorsement from a former u-f-c champion vitor belfort, who called carson a "savior" sot carson q: will you put trump in a submission hold at the next debate? a: "i'll let him do that. (laughs points to fighter)" elias: you can catch the debate at 7 you can catch the debate at 7 pm cst tonight on cnbc elias: meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam weather adlib: after quite a bit of rain we had to deal with last night, iowa will be trying to dry out today, but with a cold and windy price! we are going to stay cloudy today, and other than a few light showers swinging through mainly northeastern iowa, most of us should remain dry today. the winds will be very str

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josh has more from iowa city. the bye week couldn't have come at a better time for the iowa football team. the hawkeyes have several injuries, including to both starting offensive tackles. even though there's been some shuffling on the o-line, the hawkeyes still rushed for 572 yards in the last two games. "throughout camp, we mix- and-match lineups realizing that during the season, different guys are going to have to play different places. obviously, brian ferentz did a great job in game week realizing what we were going to have and the best way to fit all the pieces together." injuries have also piled up at the running back position. it was leshun daniels and jordan canzeri to start the year, then just canzeri, and last week carry the load. "i said in august that i though we had four backs. and i also in august that we'd need all four of them before it was all said and done. i didn't realize it would be by the seventh game. hopefully, this week will give us a chance to get leshun back." on defense, the hawkeyes a

we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " good morning iowa! i'm ???. it's 6 am on your friday the 23rd of october...and time for another edition of blitz gameday.. we have an exciting show for you this morning, coming up we've got players, students, and coaches from pell achristian to talk about tonight's game. they are the home team for our game of the week.....as the i c regina regals take on the eagles. behind me we have the cheerleaders, band, and fans who will help us get your morning kicked off....isn't that right (((cheers from the squads))) as you can see they are ready...and so are we... but first let's head back to our studio... elias: good morning sabrina...you can tell its going to be a big game from the turnout this morning. sabrina: that's right elias....they definitely look ready for tonight. of course much more ahead from blitz game day but first, let's talk about one factor that could affect all of tonight's games...the weather sabrina: good to have everyone with us! and it's great to have central iowa's most accurate forecast

we are iowa." elias: on your money now elias: it's a race for time by retailers as more people shop online....and with the winter holidays shopping season approaching , amazon, wal- mart, and other retailers are working behind the scenes to make sure they can deliver online orders to shoppers faster. retailers are building bigger warehouses - some the size of 20 football fields - to handle shipments. they're also sending orders to shoppers directly from their stores and using sophisticated software that tells them the quickest, cheapest way to get orders shipped. u.s. online sales are expected to increase by 12 percent this year. elias: speaking of amazon, the online retailer is now going after people who reportedly sell fake reviews for products on its website. the company says more than a- thousand people sold 5-star reviews through "fiverr-dot-com". that's a website where odd-jobs can be picked up for as little as 5-dollars. amazon's policy bans fake product reviews. so the company sued those pe

carson will be back in iowa this weekend. carson will be back in iowa this weekend. the a-g-r fraternity at iowa state is hosting a town hall breakfast with carson at 8... saturday morning. .the event is open to the public. donald trump has never been one to shy away controversy...but the presidential candidate is back peddling on a tweet that was sent out earlier today. after the poll showing ben carson had taken the lead in iowa....this trump's page retweeted this post... it "ben carson is now leading in the polls in iowa. too much monsanto in the corn creates issues in the brain?" after receiving some blow back for the post...it was deleted. trump later tweeted: young intern who accidentally did a retweet apologizes. hillary clinton took a break from campaigning to testify before congress today. s/hillary clinton / former secretary of state :23 "i'm here to honor the service of those four men, courage of the diplomatic security agency, and the cia officers who risked their lives that night, and the work their colleagues do every single day all over the world." cli

we are iowa." stephanie: o'malley met with the des moines register editorial board earlier today and said that he would consider legalizing marijuana across the entire country....somet hing he hasn't said on the campaign trail before now. the former governor of maryland said he is keeping an eye on how colorado and washington are handling the issue, but that he is open to the idea of federal stephanie: on the republican side, candidate rick santorum is adding staff in iowa. santorum told reporters after last night's debate that he's upping his ground game in iowa as some candidates, like jeb bush, are downsizing. santorum is back in the state today for a five day campaign trip. jack: you may see a new iowa-themed megabus driving around the state. governor branstad helped honor a special, megab-bus-dot- com bus today, called the "hawkeye state," to show how much iowans business grow. summer, megabus launched a campaign in each it serves, and iowans chose the name "the but the bus a nice new name to

local five news, we are iowa." more ben. local five news, we are iowa." stephanie: donald trump's campaign took a jab at iowa voters through social media after the release of the latest poll. his official twitter account retweeted this tweet from "at green hippo" that said too much monsanto in the corn creates issues in the brain. donald trump later deleted the retweet and said "the young intern who accidentally did a retweet apologizes." stephanie: iowa is back on the mainstage this weekend with the jefferson jackson dinner in des moines. the "jj dinner" is where democratic presidential candidates will have a chance to discuss the issues and gain more support. this year the event had a few shake-ups in its line-up. with sen. jim webb dropping out earlier this week and vice president joe biden declaring he will not run in the race, the number of candidates is solified to four. so far more than 6-thousand tickets have been sold for the event at hy- vee hall. jack/lam hillary clinton is off the campaign trail and on

are iowa." sabrina on your money now sabrina with the average american expected to spend around eight hundred dollars on gifts this holiday season...paying with plastic maybe a way to keep from having to fork over a lot at one time... but experts are warning consumers that some of the plastic in their wallets could be costing them in the long run. a new report by creditcards dot com says average store credit card carries a 23 percent interest rate... compare that to a 15 percent rate, on average, for all credit cards. the retailers with the highest rates includ staples with 28 percent and zales jewelers at 29 percent. financial experts say consumers should only sign up for retail store credit cards if they pay off their balance every month. sabrina: back to the future movie buffs will have another chance to buy a pepsi perfect. eager fans were excited when pepsi announced it would sell the soda last week.. but a glitch caused the limited edition bottle to go on sale early, and they sold out befo

we are iowa." stephanie: governor branstad has a plan for out-of- state companies to take over iowa's medicaid program, but it's not going smoothly. the latest hiccup is this hearing. a former iowa lawmaker on trial, renee schulte, accused of using inside, confidenditial information to those out-of- state companies selected to take over iowa's medicaid. the iowa hospital association has been opposed to the governor's plan from the start and says this trial is only one of many concerns. there's a lot of process that's been tha thave been pursued, and ultimately whether it's in the bst interest of iowans across the state. " stephanie: governor branstad said he wouldn't talk about the trial that's underway, but says he's going to take the necessary steps to moderniz and improve medicaid in iowa--while eliminating duplicate services. jack: children living in deplorable conditions as we take a look around iowa now. the parents charged with endangerment. jack: police went to anthony arbuckle's house in p

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we are iowa. stephanie: a guilty verdict for pete polson after days of jury deliberation. " "we the jury ma,e the following verdict, we the jury find the dedfendant pete jason polson guilty of the crime attempt to committ murder to mark mitchell" " stephanie: polson - who went on a shooting spree through pleasant hill last november- was found guilty of all nine counts in varying degrees. of the three attempted murder charges, the jury found polson guilty of one attempted murder and two "assaults with intent to inflict serious injuries." however, he was found guilty of all other charges including two counts of willful injury, intimidation and drug related charges. stephanie/lam: an attempted murder charge carries up to 25 years behind bars... polson's sentence hearing is set for december 9th. stephanie: new details in the vicious road rage attack in new mexico that killed a four year old girl. stephanie: albuquerque police have a person of interest in custody. the girl's father and the suspect were

iowa seniors are being forced to do more with less... social security benefits are not going up next year... and at the same time about 30-percent of medicare beneficiaries will see their premiums jump 52-percent. channel 13's aaron brilbeck has more. paul and linda tullis have been married 50-years...worked hard their whole lives and volunteer in their community and with their church. this isn't the type of retirement they dreamed of. they struggle to pay bills...and with social security eliminating the cost of living adjustment, or cola next year...coupled with medicare premiums that are going up, the tullis' are worried about their future. "it's gonna be real tough. because the way it is right now i've got a part time job just working two days a week to hold us over until we get our social security checks." "they're raising our medicare without us getting a raise. and i think that truly sucks myself."west des moines financial planner curtis fett has three suggestions for recipients on a tight budget who were counting on a cost of livi

(weather) sam has the details in central iowa's "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: if you were looking for warm weather in my forecast today, keep looking. we have more harsh, cold weather in the forecast for today, and to be honest it's still going to be a couple more days till anything gets better! this afternoon we'll see more sun which will do a better job of pushing highs to 51, but the winds will stay strong and wind chills are going to be cold like yesterday. overnight tonight we'll get clear skies back across the skies with much less wind and lows falling in to the mid to low 30s. friday is going to be kind of awful as well with temps in the mid 50s and a gloomy second half of the day with clouds building back into iowa. we have a rain chance late friday night (probably after 10pm for the metro) through saturday morning, but i think tailgaters for the isu and iowa games will be in luck since the rain should be gone fairly early in the morning. sunday is the warming tre

a children's cd produced by a university of iowa professor for the iowa city public library is causing controversy. one song on the cd contains these lyrics.. - show lyrics fullscreen. "1, 2, 3, 4. think they're going to shoot some more. 5, 6, 7, 8. why don't we retaliate. hold your hands up." the song refers to "the boys in blue" with siren sounds blasting in the background. it was originally released months ago, but iowa city officers are now hearing it for the first time. police say the lyrics are hurtful and disappointing. but they also hope this will start important conversations around how to interact with officers. 08:23:00 "we want them to see us, and be comfortable coming to us and assistance if they need or just be willing to talk about how their day is going." tv9 did reach out to the producer of the song. our calls were not returned. the new university of iowa president - bruce harreld - starts his job on monday. state regents and the university of iowa spent at least 308-thousand dollars in the presidential search. that includes a 200-thousand dollar service charge to park

here in iowa. "local 5 news midday in hd starts now. we are iowa" sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm sabrina ahmed. sabrina: new this morning... governor branstad announces the creation of a new state division... the reason? stopping wrongful convictions. sabrina: the new wrongful conviction division will be housed at the state public defender's office and will focus on reviewing and identifying cases involving wrongful convictions. this new division has been created following the fbi's recent confession to major errors in its testimony cases involving hair comparison analysis. the new division here will be partnering with the iowa division of criminal investigation, the innocence project of iowa, and the midwest innoncence project to see whether similar errors have occurred in cases here in iowa. the governor saying quote: "in iowa, we have great confidence in our criminal justice system. however, even in a well-regarded system, we know issues can arise."

but it's not for a lack of effort in iowa. the republican presidential hopeful is spending a lot of time here. the new quinnipiac university poll out today has her tied for sixth in iowa. kwwl's jerry gallagher sat down with fiorina to get a sense of what's driving her campaign right now. we've had 1-on-1 interviews with a number of candidates so far and we've asked each one of them for a specific story about an iowan they've met -- that illustrates why they're running. fiorina is the first to answer that question directly. "the people of iowa take their responsibilities very seriously." from town halls to tailgates, carly fiorina is covering a lot of ground in iowa. she says one meeting --- stands out -- demonstrating why she's in the race. she met a poultry farmer whose flock was hit hard literally breaking, 'carly, i've been in this business my entire life... i know what to do. the government won't let me do it." fiorina says they told him to keep feeding his flock until the u-s-d-a could get there. she says he many people'

but iowa driving... leshun daniels barrels through, never touching the grounds until he scores. 7-0 hawkeyes... another consistent drive for the hawkeyes, now in the second... akrum wadley, who run for 4 touchdowns against northwestern, rumbles in from 11 yards out. 14-0 iowa. the hawkeyes' defense dominated throughout -- a tipped punt led to great field position for the final seconds of teh first half. derrick mitchell puts the hawks up three scores... 21-0 iowa at the half... iowa wins 31-15.. indiana lingers next on the schedule.. extended highlights in sports -- the full after a cool stretch to close out october, meterologist chris havely is in with the first alert forecast.. the drizzle and clouds are moving out for tonight. skies should turn mostly clear for most of eastern iowa by the latter evening hours. temperatures will fall to around 40 for overnight lows. the second half of the weekend is shaping up to be much nicer with warmer air moving in, and plenty of sunshine to go along with it. expec

we are iowa." tonight, we're taking the time to showcase police work that goes above and beyond the call of duty. an ames police officer was able to turn an "average crime" into something extraordinary for one young boy with the help of a local business. local fives nikki davidson joins us now with more...nikki? nikki: it started off as a theft report... but what a police officer did next completely changed the outcome of this story.... to the point that the crime itself isn't what this young victim is going to remember as he grows up... learning to ride a bike for the first time can be scary... just ask five year old fionn (i wanna stop) but all the confidence, and practice in the world can never prepare a new rider for what happened last week. 2:23:20 i came home and realized his bike was missing. but fionn wasn't about to give up. 2:23:54 his first response was we should call the police officer vince junior to their door. 2:39:32 he draws some chalk arrows where the bike was, where the crime occ

local five news, we are iowa. jack: this institute for justice group that's helping these women in their lawsuit has filed similar cases in other states. 12 in fact -- they've won 11 in other states. the 12th one is pending in missouri. jack: developing now in des moines. the hunt is on for students suspected of firing a gun outside east high school this afternoon. des moines police think they've identified the vehicle involved. witnesses saw what looked to be a fight about to break out, and students hop into an s-u-v and fire off a gun. it happened about a 1/2 block from east high's campus, as the students were leaving. a des moines public schools spokesperson says east high went into lockdown mode for seven minutes as the situation was underway. something that happened in a school tops headlines. jack: the south resource on camera violently arresting a female high school student has been fired. richland county sheriff leon lott blamed the student and what he called her "disruptive, disrespectful behavior" for th

northern iowa, low-to-mid 30's. . central iowa, upper 30's. a frost advisory in effect for portions of western iowa. it will be a chilly night. you definitely will need to bundle up if you are out. 55 degrees tomorrow. lots of sunshine. the winds not as gusty as they were today, out of the northwest at about 5-15. waking up to a cool start on saturday in the low 30's it -- low 30's. 57 by the afternoon. we are going to jump back into the low to mid 70's by monday and tuesday, and that is our next best chance of rain. back out here live at night eyes. a perfect night and people are really getting the hint that this is a perfect night. we are here until 8:00. acta you. kevin: that program reminder for thursday night. football game tonight. the atlanta falcons taking on the new orleans saints at 6:30. coverage begins that means our late news here on kcci will be delayed. if you're looking for a 10:00 news broadcast, you can switch over to metv des moines, channel we'll also have late news 8.2. coverage following the stactt2watx#@n4 p bt@qj4@ tt2w