in johnston, nikki davidson local five news we are iowa. jack: here's another amazing part to that story... mason actually got the action track wheelchair you saw there... through a gofundme page. his friends and 15-thousand and he's vowing forward... and help them out... and get rid of some of that snow! and don't forget you can check out mason's full story on we are iowa dot com. stephanie: in your local election democratic down to a handful of delegates. stephanie: on the democratic side the final results were not firmly decided until early this the iowa party says it was a historically close race. the bernie sanders campaign has heard there may have been some discrepencies with what happened at precincts and the results that were reported... so they're going to investigate, and hopefully sit down with the iowa democratic party to figure it all out. "rania 34:38 we have very strong supporters who are very passionate and have worked so hard, when you're talking about such a tight race and there are these questions that are unanswered you

for your local election headquarters, i'm nikki davidson. nikki: the results from rural precinct three... two delegates went to hillary clinton... and one to bernie sanders. none of the caucus goers were uncommitteed..an d none caucused for martin o'malley. nikki: still to come on local 5 news midday... (weather) sam has the details in central iowa's most accurate forecast next. "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: the first major snow storm and blizzard is finally upon us and we are definitely in for a lot of snow and dangerous driving conditions. light snow in the very early morning hours will turn in to very heavy snow through the morning commute and into the early afternoon hours, especially in west and northern iowa. on top of heavy snow amounts there will be a large amount of wind keeping visibility low and causing large drifting especially the morning hours des moines will see mostly snow but we will be mixing that snow

nikki: good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm nikki davidson. nikki: iowa is the today. nikki/lam: and it's been a long process for the presidential candidates. hundreds of visits to iowa, countless campaign stops across the state--- all leading up to tonight. local 5 political team is live now at caucus central downtown. amanda? sabrina? sabrina:: amanda:: process leading up to caucus night state fair, on the trail, etc. stump speeches, town halls, and tv ads, iowa voters are about make the first official decisions of the 2016 presidential contest. but why does iowa still get this first crack at the campaigns -- and how have their picks traditionally influenced the rest of the race? karin caifa explains. "--reporter pkg-as follows-- (hillary clinton, (d) presidential candidate) really good! from pork chops and burger flips -- (sen. marco rubio, (r) presidential candidate) are you flipping these with this or do you have tongs? butter cows to pizza ranch pop-ins. the presidential candidates have checked off all the iowa political rites of passage

in johnston, nikki davidson " jea: the snowfall was right on time to everyone trying to catch a flight out of des moines today just a day after the caucuses the exodus from the iowa capitol continued today, as everyone from presidential candidates and national media was trying to catch the quickest flight out of iowa to new hampshire but they ran into a bit of trouble. des moines international airport temporarily shut down their runways this morning. due to heavy snow and tarmac. airport officials say they were caucus traffic, but not mother nature. were short then the those early morning flights got out in good shape, until the snow did start coming"" airport officials are taking the opportunity to remind passengers to show up at leat 90 their flights take off and check airport websites for updates. jenna: two candidates got a big push yesterday after iowans voiced their opinions at their caucus precincts. hillary clinton and ted cruz got the nod from a majority of caucus goers cruz has been gaining momentum in the past month, leading in several polls besting the second place donald t

joining us live now from the scene is local five's nikki davidson with the latest. nikki it was actually police that were called to this scene first...and at that time there wasn't a fire. neighbors say this all started when the man who lived here came outside and started screaming and acting erratically here in his yard just after midnight... officers came and tried to talk to him... thats when he refused to come to the door ...even threatening them... and a disturbance call turned into a rescue operation... when officers came to check on the disturbance on 59th street... they weren't able to get the man who lived here... 48 year old neil johnston... to come to the door. 2:36:05 he was running from room to room, he threatened them, made threats he was armed with a firearm. and made physical motions as if he was pointing the firearm. this morning isn't the first time they've been here recently... 2:41:18 we have had some contact with him recently, domestic related issues we discovered he was charged with assualt about a week and a half ago... he was due in court nex

nikki davidson from our des moines affiliate tells us more. "nikki: the way the democrats caucus here is a little different... its actually in a living room. we're going to walk you through what you can expect to see. it's a little unusual they'll be walking through the kitchen over here where they'll get registered. "i was kind of shocked it was at a house" for 52 caucus goers...civic duty... looked a lot like a neighborhood block party... "hey girl how are you" that started with good ole' iowa nice... 'all in favor, aye" until it became clear this was room...almost evenly split between hillary clinton "she has experience, professional" and bernie sanders... "old fashioned, going against corperate america" that creates a tenison "they don't have a prayer at getting president" that gets even the nicest of neighbors... like john means.... "hes got big ideas what good is that" in room full of people not willing to back down. they're not going to elect him, etc etc yelling." but after a few minutes of heat... the caucus is over... and these peopl

nikki tag: december rainfall caused more problems.... in fort dodge nikki davidson we are iowa... jack: i'm here with local 5 chief meteorologist brad edwards jack: i'm here with local 5 chief meteorologist now. and brad...this all started after last meteorologist brad edwards now. and brad...this all started after last weekend's warm-up. is it likely that it will happen again this weekend? brad: (adlibs about the forecast) (adlibs about weather) i'll have more details on what forecast. jack: thanks brad. stephanie? stephanie: a bizarre twist helped des moines police to solve the city's first homicide. solve the city's first homicide. it's a tale of two crime scenes... an unsolved case in des moines from last month where an elderly woman was violently murdered. and in urbandale, where police shot and killed a man in a hotel lobby. how are they related? today we found out. stephanie: des moines police say d-n-a evidence has linked ali yahia to the murder of 71 year old norma jean mcneeley. but he won't be charged... because last weekend yahia was shot and killed by urbandale police

local fives nikki davidson is here with more. nikki: right... all that's going to be changing at the school physically is a new sign on those single stall bathrooms... no one is required to use them... they're just available for anyone if that's what they'd like... " " (umm yeah lets go in) it's a proud day for junior zoey wagner... she advocated for a safe space... this will benefit everyone a private restroom for her fellow students after a chance encounter. 5:58:16 i was using the restroom rone day, and a student who identifies as a male, he was using the womans restroom because for some reason he didn't feel safe using a restroom intended for the gender he identified with, i don't think thats right. after only about a ten minute meeting with prinicpal kevin biggs... her mission made some serious headway. 5;43:04 the point is to take away from any of that stress, its about feeling safe , accepted only... but the single stall private restrooms tucked away in the library... are now open to all... with an emphasis on them being gender neutral. p

its nikki davidson from our des moines affiliate lls us more. "nikki: the way the democrats caucus here is a little different... its actually in a living room. we're going to walk you through what you can expect to see. it's a little unusual they'll be walking through the kitchen over here where they'll get registered. "i was kind of shocked it was at a house" for 52 caucus goers...civic duty... looked a lot like a neighborhood block party... "hey girl how are you" that started with good ole' iowa nice... 'all in favor, aye" until it became clear this was room...almost evenly split between hillary clinton "she has experience, professional" and bernie sanders... "old fashioned, going against corperate america" that creates a tenison "they don't have a prayer at getting president" that gets even the nicest of neighbors... like john means.... riled up. "hes got big ideas what good is that" in room full of people not willing to back down. they're not going to elect him, etc etc yelling." but after a few minutes of heat... the caucus is over... and t

local fives nikki davidson explains. nikki/bam: paramedics and emts save lives everyday.... but tonight we're telling you about a story that surprised even them. one of the resucers says.... it had to have been fate. since the 90's paramedic jason kling has started his work day off with uncertainity... never knowing that his shift would bring "couldn't imagine doing anything else at all" alot of his time with partner, emt kayla schark is repetitve... like their typical trip back to the indianola fire department from the hospital in des moines... nikki: the ambulance did something unusal on sunday.... they took (nat) 4:56:22 i took a right out of the hospital, idk why but i just did. they ended up on highway five... 4:56:29 we never go that way its a little out of the way. 5:01:01 maybe you want to call it fate, mabye divine intervention. when passing sw9th street.... they came across something huge. 4:57:23 it appeared this accident just happened... a semi trailer... pulled off the road, into the mud and the median inside the vehicle... 57 year old jeff rohnek. bystanders wh

in des moines nikki davidson local five news we are iowa. stephanie: new at 6 - an unusual crash in a parking lot on the i-s-u campus earlier today is catching the eye of police. stephanie: i-s-u police say it happened this morning when a driver lost control and landed their car on top of several parked cars in the parking lot of the armory. the car apparently drove over the sidewalk and onto the parked cars. no one was hurt. police are warning students and the ames community to call them if they see something happen, as the jack: natural grocers opened its first location in the metro today to a huge group of customers. the organic foods store is located in the parking lot of the old dahl's grocery store on 86th and hickman in clive. natural grocers offers organic produce and other products, and this location has a "grab and go" station with sandwiches, salads, and other quick items. "you know, the marketplace is growing so quickly because people are becoming more educated as consumers. the more educated people become as consumers, the more

in the studio, nikki davidson local five news we are iowa. jack: this issue has created a lot of debate, and many of you have been sharing your thoughts with local five.. and we've been listening to what you say. jack: "the privatization is a stupid idea, and medicaid was fine the way it was. this is all to profit the insurance companies." robert - ankeny "it's a decision between profit and service. i hope the legislature takes a hard look at what they're doing and what's best for iowans." mary - ankeny "i have seen people that i treat concerned their jobs, doctors or coverage plans if this program goes through." ceo of iowa mental health provider - did not want to be named stephanie: taking alook at your weather now... the blizzard warning is over but the effects of today's storm still lingers especially in northern iowa. stephanie: earlier today, the iowa dot shut down i-35 between ames and clear lake due to low visibility and lots of accidents. that route is still closed off tonight, leaving a few people stranded in ames. "i've been here s

including one mother fighting protection for domestic jenna: nikki davidson brings us more. " "shes with us sunshine, happiness when shelia lynch days with her daughter, tereseann... she she looked with her young son... and how she made everyone else feel.. 13:18 she had a smile that lit up a room. but what she can't forget... no matter how much time passes... is how tereseann felt in the days before she died. 8:32 she was pertified... she would tell me i can't have a life again. he's always going to be out there. she had just helped her daughter leave her abusive husband.... a man family says had been battering her strangling her. 23:55:36 stuffing socks in her mouth while he hit her so that no one would hear her scream. they got a restraining order... found a secret location to hide tereseann and her son... but it wasn't enough. 7:54 he was stalking her and we did not know it until the trial took place, he quit his job to the point he had all day long to follow her. knew where she was living... they found that the law wouldn't do much. 00:03:33 a protective order is what my daugthers m

local 5's nikki davidson reports. shes with us everyday, light sunshine, happiness and love when shelia lynch remembers the last she remembers the way she looked with her young son... and how she made everyone else feel.. 13:18 she had a smile that lit up a room. but what she can't forget... no matter how much time passes... is how tereseann felt died. 8:32 she was pertified... she would tell me i can't have a life again. out there. she had just helped her daughter leave her abusive husband.... a man family says had been battering her for months. 23:55:30 beating her, strangling her. 23:55:36 stuffing socks in her mouth while he hit her so that no one would hear her scream. they got a restraining order... found a secret location to hide tereseann and her son... but it wasn't enough. 7:54 he was stalking her and we did not know it until the trial took place, he quit his job to the point he had all day long to follow her. knew wheere she was living... they found that the law wouldn't do much. 00:03:33 a protective order

for your local election headquarters, i'm nikki davidson. sabrina: the results from rural precinct three... two delegates went to hillary clinton... and one to bernie sanders. none of the caucus goers were uncommitteed..an d none caucused for martin o'malley. elias: at ((time check)) we'll take a morning iowa... sabrina: coming up, a look at one factor that kept democrats looking for results late into the night. the night. elias: before we go.... a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at valley west... [current conditions] good morning iowa continues after this! "your wathcing good morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam elias: a live look from the local five road warrior vehicle this morning...as we keep you updated on the latest conditions around the metro... iowans have been bracing for a significant snowfall today, with road crews on the ready to make sure street elias: wx) sam: weather adlib: the first major snow weather adlib: the first major snow storm and b

local five's nikki davidson introduces us to a mother fighting for a new law in memory of her murdered daughter... shes with us everyday, light sunshine, happiness and love when shelia lynch remembers the last days with her daughter, tereseann... she remembers the way she looked with her young son... and how she made everyone else feel.. 13:18 she had a smile that lit up a room. but what she can't forget... no matter how much time passes... is how tereseann felt in the days before she died. 8:32 she was pertified... she would tell me i can't have a life again. he's always going to be out there. she had just helped her daughter leave her abusive husband.... a man family says had been battering her for months. 23:55:30 beating her, strangling her. 23:55:36 stuffing socks in her mouth while he hit her so that no one would hear her scream. they got a restraining order... found a secret son... but it wasn't enough. 7:54 he was stalking her and we did not know it until the trial took place, he quit his job to the point he had all day long to follow her. knew wheere she was living... they fou

we want to get a feel for the conditions right now, so let's send it out to local 5's nikki davidson live now on interstate 35 near ankeny. nikki ((nikki ad libs condition)) stephanie: up next, bill cosby is back in court. why he says e should have never been charged for sexual assault. jack: but next -- he's cute and furry and he predicts the weather. no, not brad edwards. about spring's arrival, next. "you're watching local 5 news at 5 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are meteorologist brad news at 5, we are iowa." jack: new developments now in the death of a 13 year old virginia girl. jack: nicole lovell's body was found saturday, stabbed and dumped along a road. the murder happened last wednesday-the same day nicole's parent believe she climbed out of her bedroom window. her mother says she met 18 year eisenhauer, a virginia tech student, online. he's now charged with her murder. virginia tech charges for now both are in bond. jack: back in a pennsylvania courthouse, this time to argue that he never should have been sex assault in the first place. the comedian's fig

reporter nikki davidson explains " mason rumpf has learned one thing in his 22 years ... winter is a bit easier... with a furry hat. i don't like being cold, but you gotta do. theres something new thats keeping him warm... (laugh) atleast in his heart. whenever it starts thinking about it, he'll start laughing. he's got a way to take on the white stuff... (wheels move) no one ever thought possible. he likes being work. cerebal palsey all wasn't until this year... that all it takes is a couple flips of a switch... (creaking chair) a little patience... and a guy paralyzed from the chest down... is off. (taking off) hes happy to see snow in the forecast, the more the better. taking out driveways (plow scrape) and sidewalks (snow pushing) in just minutes. it's a chore for most people... (snow crunch) but for mason.. its the purpose thats fun. 4:43:06 its really great, i'll help a lot of friends out. but he can't deny... the time he gets zipping through the snow... also makes him do this (laugh) 7:58:27 if there was one person who would try to find a so it may not be popular o

local fives nikki davidson explains. " " out where its quiet... and there's more silos then traffic signals. come monday night... some will leave the excited) to where mary weaver is baking up a big patch of "donkey bars"... a democratic snack... for the democrats that will be making a big decision smack dab in the middle of her home. nikki: this is one of only five places left in iowa, where the caucus happens in a living room. (we have three delegates that will be coming out of this caucus) that means friends and neighbors will gather here... and choose one of four groups to join... clinton... sanders...o'malle y... or uncommitteed. 54:43:09 i think 9 out of 10, 95% of people have their minds made up when they come arleady. its the fourth time the weavers have offered their home up for a caucus location... in 2008... (he got the most delegates, obama did) their pick headed to the whitehouse.. (white board) but why the living room location? for small town comfort. 1:01:51 we do it just because we're so rural, we'd be driving 20, 30 miles 1:02:05

: welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki: it is a beautiful the metro today. perfect timing recovering from fever. at grays lake in des moines a lot of people out and about.... ... or just playing with their pets out on the trail. if yesterday was a little too windy for you, today was perfect as we kept the warm weather and dropped the winds. nikki/wxhang: and typically we bring in local 5 meteroligist bree sullivan to tell us bad news about a winter storm moving in but it's just so nice we had to have her move on over to tell us just how nice it is.... and how long we can expect this to last? bree thanks./ nikki/ots: the warmer temperatures mean an end to the ice fishing season... today was the deadline to remove any man-made ice sheds off of the waters, before getting fined by the d-n-r. department officials say overall, the thickness of the ice has stayed the same... but the strength of the ice has deteroriated.... they say if the ice near the shoreline is breaking down, it's usually a s

we are iowa " nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. us tonight. nikki: story comes michigan. we've been following it all day. uber driver was after he allegedly went on a shooting spree in three locations. six people are dead and two others are injured in what police are calling "complete random acts of violence." abc's elizabeth hur has more. " tonight as families of the victims.. including mary jo nye.. a 60- year-old retired teacher.. seek answers.. police finding a silver lining in this terrible tragedy.

local 5's nikki davidson is live in rippey to tell us more. " " out where its quiet... and there's more silos then traffic signals. come monday night... some will leave the beaten path... for a dirt road... that leads here. (yes we're very excited) to where mary weaver is baking up a big patch of "donkey bars"... a democratic snack... for the democrats that will be making a nikki: this is one of iowa, where the caucus happens in a living room. (we have three delegates that will be coming out of this caucus) that means friends and neighbors will gather of four groups to uncommitteed. 54:43:09 i think 9 out of their minds made up when they come arleady. its the fourth time the their home up for a in 2008... (he got the most delegates, obama did) their pick headed to the whitehouse.. (white board) but why the living room location? for small town comfort. 1:01:51 we do it just because we're so rural, we'd be driving 20, 30 miles 1:02:05 we're doing it as a convience for us and our neighbors. the way democrats caucus... (papers) by actually moving across the room to form gro

we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki: as people here in iowa are just getting over the caucus, things are kicking off in the granite state. the first in the nation new hampshire primary is just three days away.... and tonight the republican presidental candidates will debate right here on abc. kenneth moton is in new hampshire with more. " it's the final push for support in new hampshire. sot donald trump i don't want anything, just want your vote. but donald trump was in south carolina?kept out of the granite state due to bad weather, still bitter about this loss to ted cruz in iowa. sot trump i don't think i did come in second. i think i came in first, ok? i'll be sot cruz god bless the great state of new hampshire. (cheers) the winter storm didn't keep the other candidates off the new hampshire trail. nat "it's a nice day for campaigning!" their supporters were on the ground walking door to door. nat nats up barbara bush: "we need your vote." even 90 year old former first lady barbar

we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki: today's big story. a man has been shot and killed police officer... nikki/1 shot: it happened inside an urbandale hotel early this morning. police officers hotel, because drugs... but the suspects the officers when they arrived. local five's jacob peklo has more.... jacob peklo, reporting: "investigators spent all morning and part of the afternoon, urbandale . the hotel lobby between multiple officers and three suspects." sgt. gary lang, urbandale police department: "shortly after 4 this morning, our officers were tripped to the holiday inn at 4800 merle hay road on a drug complaint." but when police arrived, two women and a man started fighting with the officers near the main entrance. sgt. gary lang, urbandale police department: "shortly after they got there, a scuffle started out with a male subject. he ended up firing off one round during the scuffle and our officers returned fire." police say that man died at the scene. and during the scuffle,

in des moines, i'm nikki davidson, local 5 news we are iowa. jack: and for everything oscars, make sure to head over to abc dot com. stephanie: all eyes are set on march first as presidential candidates will be tested in these "super tuesday" states. stephanie: with only two days left to campaign, heavy mudslinging on the republican side. and a lot of it's being thrown at trump. stephanie: meanwhile, hillary clinton took south carlina by 50 points, giving her the upper had in the race so far. tune in tuesday night for the latest. jack: the fazzino murder trial resumes tomorrow morning. alexander fazzino is accused of murdering his wife emily back in 2012. friday, emily's father testified about the night before her death. in written testimony, he talks about her drug abuse, detox and a change in alex's demeanor. the medical examiner who did took the stand, saying she leans towards homicide over any other cause of death. stephanie: local 5 chief meteorologist brad edwards joins us now, and brad will we be getting another snow storm this week, or

local fives nikki davidson explains. " " out where its quiet... and there's more silos then traffic signals. come monday night... some will leave the beaten path... for a dirt road... that leads here. (yes we're very excited) to where mary weaver is baking up a big patch of "donkey bars"... a democratic snack... for the democrats that will be making a big decision smack dab in the middle of her home. nikki: this is one of only five places left in iowa, where the caucus happens in a living room. (we have three delegates that will be coming out of this neighbors will gather here... and choose one of four groups to join... clinton... sanders...o'malley... or uncommitteed. 54:43:09 i think 9 out of 10, 95% of people have their minds made up when they come arleady. its the fourth time the weavers have offered their home up for a caucus location... in 2008... (he got the most delegates, obama did) their pick headed to the whitehouse.. (white board) but why the living room location? for small town comfort. 1:01:51 we do it just because we're so rural, we

we are iowa " nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. us tonight. nikki: story comes michigan. we've been following it all day. uber driver was after he allegedly went on a shooting spree in three locations. six people are dead and two others are injured in what police are calling "complete random acts of violence." abc's elizabeth hur has more. " tonight as families of the victims.. including mary jo nye.. a 60- year-old retired teacher.. seek answers.. police finding a silver lining in this terrible tragedy. kalamazoo police chief very relieved that we have someone in custody nats - 911 gfx shots fired we have one confirmed victim right now overnight a city was gripped with fear after a man opened fire at three different locations across a 13 mile span in kalamazoo michigan. the first - a parking lot where a woman walking to her car was shot several times. the second - a few hours later at a car dealership, a father and son killed. the third - outside a cracker barrel restaurant, the suspect taking the lives of nye and 3 others in 2 vehicles. leav

reporting in rippey, nikki davidson local five news we are iowa. elias: the caucus actually started out this way... happening in people's living rooms... but today out of 1600 total caucus locations... only five happen in peoples homes. right now there are about 120 rural district number three... the weavers are expecting about 80 people come caucus night... elias: time for another short break...but before we go let's get a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at west mixmaster [current conditions] sam says ??? he's in with central iowa's most accurate forecast next... "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the sam weather adlib: put script here in green today is going to be the calm before the storm, so if you have any errands like getting groceries you need to run, i'd get them done before the winter storm and blizzard hits tomorrow. expect mostly cloudy skies with calm and mild conditions. highs today are going to hit near 40 degrees with a very calm and gentle wind. overnight tonig

local 5's nikki davidson is live in fort dodge to tell us more about the problems this is causing, nikki? nikki: problem of ice jams ice jams here in reported in some areas being at least 18 inches thick by the national weather service. ice jams like these can happen along the des moines river, as well as the raccoon river. the national weather service also says an ice jam in boone caused major damage to a hundred-year- old pedestrian bridge. the metro area isn't out of the woods for ice jams either. a flood warning is in effect for the des moines river at southeast sixth street until thursday morning. jack: thanks nikki. this story coming up in local five news at 10. local 5 news at the next contest for republican presidential just one day race continues to heat up on the democratic side. jack: and.... some casinos? nevada compared to how we iowa. "your watching local 5 iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we jack: we're not out of south carolina and nevada yet in the race t

we are iowa " nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki: it's a great start weather-wise to our super bowl sunday.... but by the time the game is over, and people are headed back home... we could see some tricky conditions. local 5's bree sullivan is in to tell us what we can expect. bree? a blizzard warning and winter weather advisory are posted for parts of central and northern iowa. they will be in effect from 7pm sunday to 6pm monday. lots of sunshine through the day here in central iowa, but deteriorating conditions are on the way. the snow is beginning to work into western iowa and will make its way to the metro late this evening. accumulations are expected to stay under an inch in the metro and areas south and under two inches in northern iowa. despite the low snow totals, visibility on the roadways will be significantly reduced with winds howling from the northwest and gusting over 35 mph at times. lows tonight will be in the teens to the north and low 20s in central and southern iowa. the scatter

we are iowa " nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. it's a story we've been following since yesterday here on local 5 news. nikki: a thirteen year old boy killed in a single vehicle rollover crash near fort dodge..... it happened saturday afternoon and sent five other people to the hospital. a van was driving westbound on 170th street and taylor avenue in webster county... thats just three miles east of fort dodge... when it went off the road into the ditch and rolled several times. now this is the site of the accident, but with the snow overnight, it is the webster county sheriffs office says multiple people were ejected from the vehicle... 13 year old duane touney was pronounced dead on scene... the driver was an adult... and many in the car were young family members. all five are in the hospital and are expected to survive. the cause of the crash is still under investigation... local 5's jacob peklo was in fort dodge and has more. jacob peklo, reporting: "a community is still in mourning, after a single

we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. it's a story we've been following all day . nikki: a man has been shot and killed by an urbandale police officer... nikki: it happened inside an urbandale hotel early this morning. police officers first went to the hotel, because of a tip about drugs... but the suspects fought the officers when they arrived. local five's with more. jacob peklo, weareiowa.com: "investigators spent all morning and most of the afternoon, searching for clues inside a holiday inn in urbandale. their search stems from a late night scuffle that took place inside the hotel lobby, that involved multiple officers and three suspects." sgt. gary lang, urbandale police department: "shortly after 4 this morning, our officers were tripped to the holiday inn at 4800 merle hay road on a drug complaint." but when police arrived, two women and a man started fighting with the officers near the main entrance. sgt. gary lang, urbandale police department: "shortly after they got there, a scuffle

we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki: we start tonight on the campaign trail. a big day in the political world... the results from south carolina and nevada are in.... donald trump secured a big win tonight in south carolina.... thats following his victory in new finish right here in iowa.... that gives him good momentum as he heads to neveda for the republican caucus " " nikki: the battle for second place is between florida senator marco rubio....and texas senator ted cruz.. rubio told his supporters that tonight's results prove the gop nominee pick is really a three man race. nikki/ots: on the democratic side. hillary clinton came out ahead in the nevada caucus.. clinton and her rival bernie sanders were in a dead heat this past week... it is said that clinton relied on a strong turnout from latino voters to secure her victory.. this win could ease concerns about her ability to secure the party's "(hillary clinton/(d) presidential candidate) i am so, so thrilled and so grateful to all

we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. u.s. officals say north korea has launched a long range missile into space... nikki: the action has been immideately condemned by u.s. leaders as "destablizing and provocative" north korea has said it planned to put a satellite into orbit... but the launch is being viewed by many as a front for a missile test... a senior defense official has said that the rocket based on it's direction does not pose a threat to the u.s or our allies... but there has been an emergency u.n. security council meeting planned for sunday... nikki: that launch became a major topic at tonight's republican presidental debate.... candidates squared off tonight in the debate right here on abc. and with the primary just three days away in the granite state, the front runners held nothing back. "republican candidates ted cruz, jeb bush, donald trump, marco rubio, and chris christie debate " nikki: hampshire is the nation's first. be sure to stay with your local election headquarters he

stephanie: local fives nikki davidson joins us live from downtown with more in tonight's big story. nikki? nikki: right during these cold winter months.... coming down the warm skywalk can be like heaven... but lately... you're going to run alot of this... parts that are blocked off and closed... an inconvience for some... but a lot more for others... we're talking about more than just a closed walkway... the looming threat of closing up shop. buzz (people more like family, kind of routine customer) it's been 15 years since a husband and wife opened up aj's popcorn in the downtown skywalk... and for them its more than just about making money. 5:19:00 this is a biz that got our kids through school, got our kids 5:19:00 this is a biz that got our kids through school, got our kids through college. it wasn't just a business that eh come and go, we're not getting rich... they make enough to get by... keep the life they want... and the state wrestling tournament always brought big crowds -- 3:32:27 this is one of the big parts of the year needed during the year we're losing or don't have

we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us. we start tonight on the political trail as the race for south carolina is on between democratic presidental candidates hillary clinton and bernie sanders. polls were open for twelve hours today and just closed a few minutes ago carolina. the latest polling shows clinton with a lead of 25 points or more in south carolina.... what we know about the results so far is.... that there was a large african american turnout. stick with local 5 for updates. nikki/otsl: looking ahead. both parties are eyeing super tuesday.... and on the republican side, things got intense in the last g-o-p debate. cnn's victor blackwell has more. " (sen. marco rubio/(r) presidential candidate) "friends do not let friends vote for con artists." (donald trump/ (r) presidential candidate) "he was so scared like a little frightened puppy." the rowdy republican c-n-n debate spills onto the campaign trail... and marco rubio comes out swinging....taking aim at donald trump's tweets. (sen. marco rubio/(r) presidential c

stephanie: davidson joins us now with more on the primaries.. nikki? nikki: early on winners were called in both races tonight.... both trump and sanders stood out from their rivals with leads so large that they were announced the winners with a small percentage of polls reporting... sanders win is no big suprrise... and since trump took the republican win early on... a lot of people were watching who would take second and third place... ohio govenor john kasich took that second place spot... while the race for third place is close between cruz and bush... it could be a big victory for some... and for others it could mean death to their campaigns.... low performers could drop out and we are watching for that tonight.... and even though every major news outlet called the winners early on... nikki: lets take at the latest numbers from new hampshire nikki: like we mentioned before, bernie sanders took new hampshire tonight. hillary clinton says that she is now focusing her campigan on march... and those super tuesday states that will represent many more d

we are iowa " nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. it's a story we've been following since yesterday here on local 5 news. nikki: a thirteen year old boy killed in a single vehicle rollover crash near fort dodge..... it happened saturday afternoon and sent five other people to the hospital. a van was driving westbound on 170th street and taylor avenue in webster county... thats just three miles east of fort dodge... when it went off the road into the ditch and rolled several times. now this is the site of the accident, but with the snow overnight, it is

we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki: today's big story. a man has been shot and killed police officer... nikki/1 shot: it happened inside an urbandale hotel early this morning. police officers hotel, because drugs... but the suspects the officers when they arrived. local five's jacob peklo has more.... jacob peklo, reporting: "investigators spent all morning and part of the afternoon, urbandale . the

: welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki: it is a beautiful the metro today. perfect timing recovering from fever. at grays lake in des moines a lot of people out and about....

jack: local 5's nikki davidson was in the courtroom tonight and is here with the latest in tonight's big story. nikki? nikki: right... now that doctor has been cleared grays death... it wasn't until four years after gray died that a lawsuit was filed seeking damages on behalf of his wife and daughter who wasn't born until after his death. its the timing thats an issue here... because the statute of limitations says these types of wrongful death suits must be filed within two years. tonight his wife's legal team tried to convince the iowa supreme court that those rules should be changed... musician paul grays wife says even though the couples daughter wasn't born before her dad died... his loss will always be with her. 2:57:52 this child has life, born and lives everyday without her father, theres no father to be with her for birthdays and christmas. his wifes legal team is fighting for damages on behalf of both of them... but because that wrongful death suit was filed two years too late... it was dimissed in district court. thats what's brought the case here to the iowa supreme court

davidson local five news we are iowa. sabrina: lynch has been told that gps monitoring may become an amendment on a bill coming out of the senate.... but there are no guarantees... as for iowa lawmakers, they'll be trying to keep any bills they want passed alive today... any new legislation has to be body of either house of and into a committee on the after today. time for another sam has central iowa's most accurate forecast... but first...a quick look at traffic... euclid... good morning iowa returns after this. are iowa's most team. good morning iowa starts now " thanks for your [day of week] morning, elias: johnson... elias: weather is always first on good morning iowa... iowa's most accurate forecast... sam schreier. sam: (adlib toss) sam weather adlib: we've finally made it to the day we've been waiting for all week! today is going to be amazing with mostly sunny skies and high temperatures in the mid 60s. the only downside to the forecast today will be the very strong winds out of the west and 30 mph with gusts ton

we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us. we start tonight on the political trail as the race for south carolina is on between democratic presidental candidates hillary clinton and bernie sanders. polls were open for twelve hours today and just closed a few minutes ago

local five's nikki davidson introduces us to a mother fighting for a new law in memory of her murdered daughter... shes with us everyday, light sunshine, happiness and love when shelia lynch remembers the last days with her daughter, tereseann... and how she made 13:18 she had a smile but what she can't how much time passes... is how tereseann felt died. 8:32 she was pertified... she would tell me i can't have a life again. he's always going to be out there. she had just helped her daughter leave her abusive husband.... a man family says had been battering her for months. 23:55:30 beating her, strangling her. 23:55:36 stuffing socks in her mouth while he hit her so that no one would hear her scream. they got a restraining order... found a secret location to hide son... but it wasn't enough. 7:54 he was stalking her and we did not know it until the trial took place, he quit his job to the point he had all day long to follow her. knew wheere she was living... they found that the law wouldn't do much. 00:03:33 a protective told me it was in person, he said to us, it's a peice of paper, it

local five's nikki davidson has her story in this week's iowans to know.,.. (hotel looks cool) when alexis meyer's family plans their yearly summer trip... they go all in. (think you can hike up there) we're talking hours around the computer screen... scheduling every day carefully so they can see the most... san diego... (snaps) the grand canyon.... those are crossed off the list... a sightseeing bucket list... that's different than any other. 4:04:20 we're trying to get the most important things done now. vacations..... most of the traveling 14 year old alexis has done... is (snaps) doctors offices. she's got a rare 4:08:27 after years of testing, doctors and travel and until we finally have answers. neuropathy ... which means when she was younger she lost nearly 60 percent of her hearing...and had to get cocoulear implants... now shes facing another crippling battle... significant vision loss. 3:55:41 doctors say between 16-18 she'll be considered legally blind. alexis is dealing with the diagnosis... by making a list. 3:41:15 i'm trying to go to places be

in johnston, nikki davidson local five news we are iowa. sabrina: here's another amazing part to that story... mason actually got the action track wheelchair you saw there... through a gofundme page. his friends and neighbors raised 15-thousand dollars. and he's vowing to pay it forward... and help them out... and get rid of some of that snow! and don't forget you can check out mason's full story ans share it with your friends -- it's posted on we are iowa dot com. sabrina: coming up on local 5 news midday... after a few more inches of snow last night -- what's the rest of our week looking like? sam has your full forecast ahead. sabrina: coffee addicts will love this one! could you be keeping a little more green in your wallet when it comes to buying your morning cup of joe? details coming up. sabrina: and don't forget -- we want to hear from you if you have a story you want us to look into. send local 5 news your news tips. email us at: news at we are iowa dot com. or call us in the newsroom: 1- 800-858-5555. we're on facebook "we are iowa

local five's nikki davidson has her story in this week's iowans to know.,.. (hotel looks cool) when alexis meyer's family plans their yearly summer trip... they go all in. (think you can hike up there) we're talking hours around the computer screen... scheduling every day carefully so they can see the most... (snaps) disney world... (snaps) grand canyon.... those are crossed off the list... a sightseeing bucket list... that's different than any other. 4:04:20 we're trying to get the most important things done now. despite all these vacations..... most of the traveling 14 year old alexis has done... is to places like this (snaps) to hospitals, and doctors offices. she's got a rare condition.... 4:08:27 after years of testing, doctors and travel and until we finally have answers. neuropathy ... which means when she was younger she lost nearly 60 percent of her hearing...and had to get cocoulear implants... now shes facing another crippling battle... significant vision loss. 3:55:41 doctors say between 16-18 she'll be considered legally blind. alexis is dealing

nikki davidson explains.. mason rumpf has learned one thing in his 22 rumpf / plows his neighbors' driveways ) "i don't like being cold, but you gotta there's something new that's keeping him warm -- at least, in his heart. "he definitely laughs a lot whenever it starts snowing. just thinking about it, he'll start laughing." he's got a way to take on the white stuff no one ever thought possible. ( joe burkle / family friend ) "he likes being useful. he likes wasn't until this year that all it takes is a couple flips of a switch, a little patience, and a guy paralyzed from the chest down is off. ( joe burkle / family friend ) "he's happy to see snow in the it's a chore for most people, but for mason, it's the really great. i'll help a lot of more active, it'd be mason. neighbors' driveways ) "it's really great. i'll help a lot of snow also makes him do this. ( joe burkle / family friend ) "if there was one person who would active, it'd be mason. ...so it may not be popular opinion, but he's hoping for a few mor

i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. snow is just starting to fall in central iowa... nikki: local 5 meteorologist bre sullivan joins us now with the latest in central iowa's most accurate forecast. bre: (adlibs into weather hit) bre: a blizzard warning and winter weather advisory are posted for parts of central and northern iowa. they will be in effect from 7pm sunday to 6pm monday. bre/wx center i'll have more in your full forecast later in the show. nikki: tomorrow, we'll be learning a little more on utilities board has learned about the bakken pipeline proposal. it's a story we've been following for you. nikki: the pipeline would carry crude oil from northwest north dakota and end in illinois. so far, 87 percent of the groups that need to sign off on the pipeline have done so. the utility board will make the final decision that determines whether the project moves forward. many local companies are already working under the assumption that the pipeline will be approved. pipe is being stored near newton and some labor unions have already begun training for the projec