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! thursday will still be windy and cool with highs only in the low 50s. the next chance of rain is going to come lat

we are iowa" sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm sabrina ahmed. sabrina: local five will be keeping a close eye on any possible developments in the polson case today... sabrina: the jury will return for further deliberations this morning... prosecutors say polson went on a shooting spree in pleasant hill last november, seriously injuring two people and nearly missing a third. he faces three attempted murder charges weapons charges. polson himself took the stand, telling the jury he doesnt remember anything from the shooting until police arrested him look for the latest here on local 5. sabrina: and don't forget -- you can follow this trial and all your local news on our website -- that's we are iowa dot com. sabrina:: a woman who ran a daycare out of her home has pleaded guilty to two counts of child endangerment.... all part of a plea deal. 29 year old christina williamson was arrested back in may after her husband secretly recorded her abusing children in her care. in exchange for pleading guilty to the two counts of child endangerment .... one

we are iowa" sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm sabrina ahmed. sabrina: with the closing arguments out of the way...the jury will return for more deliberations today in the pete polson case. prosecutors say polson went on a shooting spree last november, seriously injuring two people and nearly missing a third. sabrina: before heading off to deliberate...the jury heard from 40 witnesses....37 just from the prosecution. evidence included this dash cam video newly released from the state patrol troopers. special agents who searched polson's home found more than 20 pounds of marijuana and other drug related items, including meth residue... as well as a ballistic vests. polson was the last person to take the stand before the defense and prosecution closing arguements. "you dont go shooting people with a 9 mm weapon unless you have the intent to kill, pete polson had the intent . s no reason. he doesnt know. he had a mental disability and was in a state of drug intoxication. there was no way he formed the intent" sabrina: the jury only had 20 minutes

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'll be cloudy with a very good chance of rain for the metro. sabrina: let's get into the top five this morning.

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 the weekend with highs falling into the low 60s. next week we have a couple more rain chances during the middle

week] morning, i'm sabrina ahmed. elias: and i'm elias johnson... elias: weather is always first on always first on good morning iowa... in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... meteorologist sam schreier. sam: (adlib toss) 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 showers moving east and breaking up saturday morning. overnight lows will fall into the mid 40s with highs only climbing into

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 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 t

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." sabrina: a death investigation continues this morning in benton county... sabrina: authorities found the body of a 26-year-old female sunday af

we are iowa" sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm sabrina ahmed. sabrina: the race for president now counting down to the next big republican debate tomorrow night -- a new poll in iowa shows ben carson opening up a double digit lead on donald trump -- while jeb bush tries to get back in the game -- with help from his family -- abc's tom llamas has all the latest " for months donald morning more proof his campaign is struggling in iowa. now 3 polls showing dr ben carson is the new frontrunner in the hawkeye state. sot trump " i am number 2 in iowa. i said, i don't believe it. one's bloomberg, they hate me, the other one is a super liberal newspaper, the des moines register, which is 3rd rate totally 3rd rate trump not ready to surrender his position...describing the former neurosurgeon as sleepy. sot carson "my energy levels are perfectly fine. as i have said many times there had been many times i have operated for 12, 15, 18, 20 hours" this morning trump dealing with more than a surging carson- some pointing out trump, who's celebrated his wealth

sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. it's x:00 a-m on monday october 26th 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: the forecast is falling back to more of a normal, late october pattern just like it should be. we are going to start with a lot of sunshine today but by the early afternoon, clouds will start to fill up the skies. we should stay dry today, and even under the heavy cloud cover we should be able to hit a high in the low 60s. overnight tonight we will stay cloudy and chilly with lows falling into the mid 40s. tuesday is going to be a cloudy day with rain moving in from the southeast during the day. most of the rain tomorrow will stay east, but the metro could see totals between a half will be drying out wednesday morning as the rain moves east from the state, but behind the rain chilly daytime temps will remain with highs in the 50s through the weekend. right

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. highs today are only going to be in the mid 50s with lows tonight falling into the mid 40s. temps will stay park

[current conditions] "your wathcing good morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." elias: typhoon koppu left its mark on the philippines...alon g with killing 12 people so far, the storm brought in heavy rains and strong winds. all that water is now flooding major roads and communities.. at least 20- thousand people have had to leave their homes, with flooding and landslides complicating rescue efforts... the storm is forecaststo stay in the region for a few more days. elias: (anchor toss to wx) sam: adlib toss. 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 70s. tonight we'll see partly to mostly sunny skies with a few more spotty showers left over, and one or two of those will be left over into ear

[current conditions] good morning iowa continues morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." sam: weather adlib: the forecast is falling back to more of a normal, late october pattern just like it should be. we are going to start with a lot of sunshine today but by the early afternoon, clouds will start to fill up the skies. we should stay dry today, and even under the heavy cloud cover we should be able to hit a high in the low 60s. overnight lows falling into the mid 40s. tuesday is going to be a cloudy day with rain moving in from the southeast during the day. most of will stay east, but the metro could see an inch to an inch. we wednesday morning as the rain moves east from the state, but behind the rain chilly remain with highs in the 50s through the weekend. right now beggars night looks cold with a very small chance of rain, so get your costume figured out and everybody wish for some spooky and dry weather! elias: before the big elias: before the big event saturday, the

sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. great scott!!! it's x:00 a-m on wednesday october 21st....which you may recognize as back to the future day... we have a lot coming up about the movie series... elias: but first.....it;s 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 20 days straight of no rain here in the metro, we finally got a few showers to fall yesterday and break the streak! today there is another very small chance for a few showers across the state, but if we do see rain today it should be even more wide spread and scattered compared to yesterday. we're going to be cloudy today with spotty showers possible and a high in the low 70s. overnight tonight we'll be dry and cool with lows falling into the upper 40s. thursday is going to be another cloudy but dry day with highs only able to climb into the mid 60s without that sun. thursday night into friday is starting to look like a prett

local 5's sabrina ahmed has the highlights on what happened. we are here at the growth and opportunity party.. hosted by the iowa gop... 10 candidates.. each get 15 minutes on stage. those 15 minutes they can use in whatever way they want... but there's something missing from this event.. and that's the two front runners, dr ben carson and donald trump. as you can imagine, that's getting some mixed reaction from the crowd. costumes in towe, thousands of repulicans filled the varied industries building to listen to and meet the candidates. 12:31:21:10 "just to get an idea, there are so many candidates, its so hard to pick right now and i think this is a great opportunity to narrow my choices down a little." others in the crowd had a bit more aggressive approach. 12:35:18:05 "not that i think they'll listen but i'm actually going to encourage some of the candidates to drop out." while trump and carson weren't on the list of attendees... they are still at the top of the polls... and the top of some minds... while others preferred they weren't ther

elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." sam: weather adlib: we have had a few days of rain this week, but we're finally into friday and it is still looking like a pretty good day for additional wide-spread rain. a big low is moving in from the southwest and from that we are going to thundershowers move through the state during the day. even under the heavy clouds and rain today with a southerly wind we are going to see highs climb into the upper 60s. overnight tonight we're going to see the rain dissipate and move to the east with lows falling into the low 50s. saturday is going to be windy and cooler with highs in the low 60s. we are going to stay dry through the weekend and into monday, but a few more showers are going to be possible towards next tuesday and wednesday. enjoy the 60s while you can because temperatures are going to fall pretty hard into the low 50s next week! sabrina:: how long do you plan on working? the answer for some people is turning a certain age, others have a dollar amoun

[current conditions] sabrina: good morning i'm sabrina ahmed... it's 7:24 ... sabrina: a shooting outside of a mcdonald's in ankeny has a man facing felony charges... two teenagers are recovering from the saturday shooting . 18 year olds nicholas culver and justin (phong-sav-von) phongsavanh suffered gunshot wounds to their arms after a dispute over poor behavior at the restaurant. 36 year old gabriel coco turned himself in to police following the incident. sabrina: authorities found the body of a 26-year-old female sunday afternoon... a trail of blood lead to the discovery of the body at 59th street trail the iowa state patrol confirms that this is a homicide investigation. the benton county sheriff's department and the iowa department of criminal investigation are actively working on the case. the iowa department of public safety is expected to release more details today. sabrina: and the remnants of hurricane patricia, combined with a powerful storm system, continue to dump heavy rain across the gulf coast. the severe weather brought more heavy rain overnigh

elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." elias: rain they want....highly venomous snakes not so much... el nino appears to be bringing more than precipitation to california....some have come across dangerous sea snakes on the beaches.. these snakes are not traditionally located along the california coast. the snakes have been the california coast. the snakes have been transported to wildlife officials, but have not survived being out of their natural habitat. sabrina: elias: (anchor toss to wx) sam: adlib toss. weather adlib: after our cool and windy weekend, the forecast warms up a bit for the next few days and we may even finally see some rain back in the state! today we are going to be pleasantly warm with highs right around 79 degrees and strong winds out of the southwest around 15 to 30 mph. overnight we'll continue to see partly cloudy skies with more mild and windy conditions as lows fall into the upper 50s. tuesday is going to be a partly sunny day with a few afternoon scattered showers and maybe a rumble of thunder

[current conditions] sabrina: good morning i'm sabrina ahmed... it's 7:24 ... sabrina: "wrongful division." the department will be sifting 100 cases turned criminal investigation. they'll be looking for errors and in turn, pursue legal action if wrongly convicted of a crime they did not commit. sabrina: firefighters are called to the coffee cup cafe in pella overnight... all available fire personnel were on scene at the restaurantarou nd ten last night.. k-n-i-a k-r-l-s reports that the business suffered extensive damage to most of the building. fire officials tell them that much of the roof collapsed in on the dining room area of the cafe. no injuries reported, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. sabrina: a boil water notice for parts of ames after a water main break... you can see the break here....the damage happened while a contractor was working on the new water treatment plant monday afternoon. nearly 250 customers were affected. if you're seeing rusty water or excess air from the faucet, you're advised to boil water before use until t

reporter sabrina ahmed was there to follow-up. "how do you plan to implement health savings plan, timeline as we explain health savingngcct and plp bebeme comfy, they'll see it far exceededtraditional medicare medicaid, so they will rapidly move to it on their own but i wont force anyone out of it, if they want to stay they can stay. at what opoimt will it phase in, become mandatory. once there is a carson admininand our r s irons out dedeils, within a year within a year the hsp would become available? absolutely. deborah: also back on the campaign trail...jeb bush. he was in south carolinanahis morning..after announcing across-the- board-pay cuts to his campaign. the jeb campaign is slashing payroll by 40 percent and cutting travel costs. the former florida governor says he wants to focus on early- primary states. bush says the budget change is not a sign that his campaign is struggling. " before the fst question comes about how my life's en in the last 24 hours, we made an what leaders do. i've made an adjustment to harnest the

local 5's sabrina ahmed was there to follow-up. " " how do you plan to implement health savings plan, timeline as we explain health savbing acct and plp become comfy, theyll see it far excededs traditional medicare medicaid, so they will rapidly move to it on their own but i wont force anyone out of it, if they want to stay they can stay. at what opoimt will it admin, and our dhs irons out details, within a year within a year the hsp would become absolutely. nikki: republican bobby jindal was also in iowa, and with local 5 for "this week in there's speculation that jindal wouldn't show up for the second tier republican debate next week. but he confirmed to us he'll be there. tune in tomorrow morning for the one on one interview right here on local 5. nikki: an amber alert has been cancelled for a missing ottumwa teen. she has been found safe. this was the teen that was missing... 13 year old paige johnstone. ottumwa police issued the alert this afternoon and believed paige johnstone was headed to fort pierce florida with a teenage abductor. investigators say was with 19 year old kevin

>>sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. the biggest democratic event in iowa of the year was this weekend, but man, (chuckling) >>sabrina: the invited guest list, well they kept dropping like flies this week. we are down two democratiticandidates this week. lincoln chafee called off his run on friday. he struggled to raise money or gain any traction in the polls. and earlier in the week jim webb also withdrew from the democratic primary saying the system no longer served the interest of the majority. but he did leave open the possibility of an independent run. now of course the big news that was long-awaited this week. joe biden won't run. in a news conference in the white house rose garden wednesday, the vice president telling reporters that even though hifamily could've been ready he believed the window to mount a successful campaign had closed. >>amanda: a lot of iowans, a lot of iowans were lined up to support biden in case he did decide to run including the rmer iowa house majority leader kevininccarthy. he's the co-ch

reporter sabrina ahmed was there to follow-up. "how do you plan to implement health savings plan, timeline as we explain health saving acct and plp become comfy, they'll see it far exceeds traditional medicare medicaid, so they will rapidly move to it on their own but i wont force anyone out of it, if they want to stay they can stay. at what opoimt will it phase in, become mandatory. once there is a carson admin, and our dhs irons out details, within a year within a year the hsp would become available? absolutely. deborah: hallloween may be one week away... wanted to get their spook on early... got a chance at the norm waitt senior y-m-c-a. the "y" and sioux city parks and rec...teamed up for the second annual halloween spooktacular! hundreds flocked liked bats...to the long lines family rec center today... people came out in costumes ranging from vampires to super heroes...to enjoy a number of activities including bounce houses, carnival games, a climbing wall, face painting, and so much more! deborah: would you take a dive into

sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. it's x:00 a-m on monday october 26th 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

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: weather adlib: iowa has this whole, lack of an ocean problem, so we don't ever get hurricanes. but sometimes, like

[current conditions] sabrina: good morning i'm sabrina ahmed... sabrina: new details this morning in a late-night fire in thayer... fire officials believe the house fire just south of the metro may have been caused by a gas or electrical problem. fire crews received the call just after 9-30...and arrived on scene to a fully engulfed home. the structure is a total loss...luckily, no one was living there at the time. the fire remains under investigation. sabrina: the iowa county is urging them to deny permits for the bakken pipeline. supervisors in boone county unanimously voted to adopt a resolution wednesday voted to adopt a resolution wednesday against the project. they say they're worried about property rights ... the environment and resources that would be affected. their goal is to have other counties follow suit and stand against the pipeline too. sabrina: moving to cherokee county now where landowners there filed a eminent domain lawsuit against the pipeline. but the ruling from the judge didn't swing in anyone's favor, and that made the pla

"your wathcing good elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." sam: weather adlib: after our cool and windy weekend, the forecast warms up a bit for the next few days and we may even finally see some rain back in the state! today we are going to be pleasantly warm with highs right around 79 degrees and strong winds out of the southwest around 15 to 30 mph. overnight we'll continue to see partly cloudy skies with more mild and windy conditions as lows fall into the upper 50s. tuesday is going to be a partly sunny day with a few afternoon scattered showers and maybe a rumble of thunder or two. we'll stay in the 70s through wednesday but a cold front that night will drop us back into the 60s to end the week, and they should stick around through the weekend. the next good rain chance we have after tuesday is friday with more afternoon showers expected. elias: athletes from around the world hit the streets of des moines sunday... the winner of this year's des moines marathon was returning champ philip lagat of

reporter sabrina ahmed was there to follow-up. "how do you plan to implement health savings plan, timeline as we explain health saving acct and plp become comfy, they'll see it far exceeds traditional medicare medicaid, so they will rapidly move to it on their own but i wont force anyone out of it, if they want to stay they can stay. at what opoimt will it phase in, become mandatory. once there is a carson admin, and our dhs irons out details, within a year within a year the hsp would become available? absolutely. as we explain health saving acct and plp become comfy, they'll see it far exceeds traditional medicare medicaid, so they will rapidly move to it on their own but i wont force anyone out of it, if they want to stay they can stay. at what opoimt will it phase in, become mandatory. once there is a carson admin, and our dhs irons out details, within a year within a year the hsp would become available? absolutely. the press sunday morning... where he voiced his concerns about abortion in america. doctor carson says the "roe v

this is i-235 at valley west [current conditions] sabrina: good morning i'm sabrina ahmed... it's 7:24 ... sabrina: a plea deal has been reached in a child endangerment case.. christina williamson has pleaded guilty to two counts of child endangerment. williamson, who ran a daycare out of her home, was arrested back in may after her husband secretly recorded her abusing children in her care. she is free on bond for now until her sentencing in december. sabrina: the head football coach and social studies teacher from sibley- ocheyedan (oh- chee'-duhn) in western iowa has been fired after being found asleep in a classroom with a student. kyle ewinger said this student is more like his son....and that they got back late from a football game and the student's grandmother's house was locked so they slept in the classroom. sabrina::: west des moines police have asked for the public's help in identifying a suspect in a stolen credit card case. this image was taken from a business where the suspect used the stolen information to make fraudulent purchases.. around forty such transacti