are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm ???. it's x:00 a-m on tuesday january 19th thanks for joining us! 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: today we're looking at across the state, so basically pretty standard january weather in iowa. snow will fall heaviest in southwest iowa during the morning and through the afternoon with about 2 to 3 inches possible. des moines will likely see snow closer to the afternoon, but our accumulations will likely be fafaly low with about 0.5 to 1.5" possible. all snow will end this evening as it leaves southern iowa and we'll be left with a few slick roads and another fairly cold night with lows in the low teens. wednesday is going to be a fairly cloudy day, but we'll be dry and highs should be a bit more mild as they climb into the mid 20s. thursday should be another fairly nice day with highs in the upper 20s, but overcast skies

but with -- will the iowa polls and iowa vote match. we'll find out tomorrow. . >> yes what is it about iowa, bob, let's take a walk and discuss so. we're here we're on the east coast and in washington d.c.. and all the talk is about iowa. you could easily get caught up in the mess and not know what we're talking about. >> exactly, i mean where is iowa. can you spot rye eye? on this map? most can't. there it is and that's the thing. that's where the race begins in iowa. in iowa last minute cam paining will start. we'll go through a few last minute people gop and who else the donald. and donald trump addressing crowds besides his own airplane and he's been the front runner for six months. can he win? if they come out, we think he probably will and trump admitted to you in a recent interview you had he wants to win iowa putting heart on his sleeve. >> ted cruz was campaigning obviously last stretch here in iowa. he was campaigning middle school in iowa and cruz has so much writing on iowa he has -- either been top two he van gel calls get

iowa by afternoon. right now, heaviest snow will fall 4" will be possible. the coming to an end early winds will be not be snow will be rather mean it will be easy to shovel off your driveways! after that, we are looking at some drier and overall milder weather rest of the week with highs in the 20s. we sho >>> amy schumer's pda with h steve harve >>>hi, ben. >> amy schumer's live tv pda with her new man. our critics choice takeover. >> the couple of the osca nominees and the growing academy award controversy. >> we can no longer >> jada pinkett-smith calling for an oscar boycott. who is joining her as stars take sides? >> and the critics choice

we are iowa." elias: on your money now elias: good news for those looking to buy a house-- mortgage rates are dropping. freddie mac says it's the fourth straight week of declines. back in december... the federal reserve raised rates for the first time in nearly a decade. many would-be home buyers assumed it meant the beginning of the end for record-low mortgage rates. experts say the steady drop in rates show the federal reserve is not the sole determinant of mortgage rates. elias: looking for some help this tax season....well there is a free prep service for those in central iowa. the united way of central iowa has opened up it volunter income tax assistance sites for the 20- 16 tax time. the free preparation services can be used by those thousand dollars or less last year. you can find a list of locations on the united way website...or by calling 2-1-1. elias: and more companies are getting in on the ride-share trend... now facebook plans to challenge uber and lyft.. a patent application publishe

we are iowa." elias: on your money now elias: dow chemical and dupont- pioneer announced they'd be merging and the ag giant will be finalizing the deal late this year... they plan to separate into three companies focusing on specific agricultural needs. however they havent decided where those companies will be located. the city of johnston is hoping dupont/pioneer's considered. the city is working with state officials, hoping to be the top choice. "we hope their decison is this is where they want their headquarters to be. we're ready to show them why that should be their decision." elias: dow-dupont isn't releasing which cities are in mind for company headquarters. those decisions will come within the next two years. elias: meanwhile, chipotle says it is confident that its e-coli crisis is coming to an end. the chain restaurant's c- e-o says they are hopeful the c-d-c will soon declare the e- coli outbreak over. the outbreak begin in october and infected dozens of people in nine u-s states. chipotl

we are iowa." stephanie: million pigs here in iowa. last year,the poultry industry took a major hit when the avian flu killed more than 30 million birds. now turning to 2016, iowa state researchers are keeping their eye on another growing virus. stephanie: powell has more. claire/bam: state veteranians say more cases of senecavirus- "a" or seneca valley virus. usually there handful of cases every year. but since july of 2015, there have been nearly 10 cases per week in seven states, including iowa. they don't want producers to panic- but instead are reminding all farmers- pigs, poultry and others- to stay vigilant. in the past forty or fifty years randy hilleman has seen all kinds of pig illnesses. "in the hog business you never know. when teg or prrs any other disease, it goes good then all of the sudden there's something new" the uncommon senecavirus-a. the virus rarely causes death and usually heals on its own. but its eery similarity to foreign deadly diseases is what has researchers spooked. "clinical signs are bliste

we are iowa" nikki: with the iowa caucus two weeks away.. candidates are doing all they can to get the upper hand over one another.. nikki: tonight.. is the final democratic debate before iowa steals the politcal spotlight.. abc's mary bruce has more. the attacks keep coming. frontrunners donald trump and ted cruz hurling jabs gfx tweet montage trump is slamming cruz in a barrage of tweets, questioning his comments on "new york values"? posting this photo comments on "new york values"? posting this photo asking: is this the new york that ted cruz is talking about & demeaning? and he blasted him for failing to properly disclose a loan from goldman sachs sot trump (5513 donald trump portsmouth nh pool feed 011616 c16) 11:55:02 he obviously didn't want the voters to know that he is totally controlled lock stock and barrel by citibank and by goldman sachs cruz fired back sot cruz (tvu 3ted it seems donald doesn't react well when he's going down in the polls both frontrunners appeared at a tea party convention in south carolina where trump's atta

we are iowa." brad: weather adlib: now that the cold is finally starting to lose its frigid grip, we are looking at some snow coming into iowa. tonight will be mostly cloudy, but it should stay dry here while sw iowa might see some flurries or light snow late tonight. those nasty winds will finally take a break tonight, but it will still be cold with lows in the single digits. tuesday will likely start off dry for central iowa, but light into central iowa by midday or early afternoon. right now, it looks like the heaviest snow will fall over sw iowa where 2- 4" will be possible. the metro should expect an inch or two before tuesday evening. the winds will be not be that strong, and the snow will be rather light. so, this should mean it will be easy to shovel off your driveways! after that, we are looking at some milder weather rest of the week with highs in the 20s. we should even reach the 30s for highs by the weekend, but there will be a slight chance for sunday and monday. brad jack: jack: jack:

>>all singing: iowa, iowa, winter, spring, summer or fall. the beautiful iowa waltz. >>mr. o'malley singing: come and see, come dance with me to the beautiful iowa waltz. (guitar music) (clapping) >>amanda: that was good. sorry if we >>sabrina: that was wonderful. i think we ruined it. >>amanda: sorry, viewers. (chuckling) >>sabrina: i will say that when we asked if you would bring your guitar and sing a song i did not expect that we would have to sing with you. >>mr. o'malley: there you go! be careful what you ask for. (chuckling) >>mr. o'malley: new leadership. getting things done. >>sabrina: okay. >>amanda: before we go to break. what's your biggest passion? politics or music? >>mr. o'malley: oo, they both go together. >>amanda: yeah. >>mr. o'malley: i, i reject the premise of your question. (chuckling) >>mr. o'malley: it's hard to be passionate about public service >>amanda: just one or the other. >>mr. o'malley: without also embracing art and music. and music's all that keeps us here. >>sabrina: we love it. >>amanda: well, thank you so much for sharing your music. >>mr

richards is a iowa native... she says she feels this is a critical primary and presidential election because it could shape the future of women's health and health care. cecile richards, planned parenthood president: "we have candidates running for the presidency on the republican ticket, who've pledge to end access to planned parenthood, to overturn safe and legal abortion in america, and get rid of all the benefits that we've now fought for and won under the affordable care act. so, the stakes in november are very high." nikki: richards took time to meet with supporters after her speech. many of them spent the afternoon making phone calls and canvassing the neighborhood. nikki: we want to know what you think about how the candidates are handling the final days leading up to the caucus... let us know for a chance to see your comments on-air. you can post you thoughts on facebook and twitter. or send us an email or give us a call . we'd love to hear what you think! the contact information is on your screen. nikki

in iowa. iowa.according to new data released today by the child and family policy center, 110- thousand iowa children now live in poverty. poverty.on the upside, the report found that the teen birth rate in iowa has dropped more than 42 percent. percent.and since 2000, deaths among children in iowa have also dropped more than 20-percent. percent.the organization uses 20 indicators to track child well-being in iowa. iowa.we've posted the entire report to the newly revamped, cbs-two-iowa-dot-com. right now - new developments in the case of a former special agent in iowa, who claims he was fired out of revenge. revenge.today, the iowa supreme court started hearing arguments for larry hedlund's wrongful termination lawsuit. lawsuit.hedlund was allegedly fired when complained that a trooper driving governor branstad was caught speeding in 20-13 and never ticketed. the truck was clocked going nearly 90-miles-per hour on highway 20.the iowa department retaliation, saying hedlund was insubordinate. a

offer ends february 15th.morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." sabrina anthony lucia, the announcer that trick ropes rodeo anthony lucia is cowboy from weatherford, texas who has been part of the rodeo all his life. the son of famous rodeo star and animal trainer tommy lucia, anthony started trick roping when he was nine. since then, he's gone on to perform at rodeo events all over the country. his skills were even featured on season 5 of nbc's "america's got talent." when he's not showing off his trick roping skills, anthony and works as a rodeo announcer. in 2011, anthony placed at one of the biggest team roping competitions in the world, and has been nominated as one of the top five performers in all professional rodeo. world's toughest rodeo on the morning of thursday, january 7. this year's rodeo will feature professional bull riders that are qualifying for a $100,000 grand prize, local funny man as the emcee and the return of cowboy monkey! world's toughest rodeo bareback, saddle bronc and bull world's toughest rodeo" stampedes into wells f

good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm ???. it's x:00 a-m on tuesday, january 26th thanks for joining us! 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 are going to be digging out today from the light snow we had yesterday afternoon and evening, but luckily for us we will likely stay dry through much of the weekend. today is going to be a cloudy and windy day with highs in the upper 20s and wind chills in the lower 20s and teens. overnight tonight it will be very cold with a low in the mid to least the winds will die down. wednesday is looking windy but warm with a high near 35 and patches of sun especially during the morning hours. every day this week will keep getting warmer and warmer until we get to friday where we rocket into the mid 40s! saturday is also looking absolutely gorgeous with highs topping into the mid to upper 40s. sunday we will likely see temps fall a bit wit

we're on facebook "we are iowa local 5 news" and twitter "we 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. jack: coming up on local 5 news at six... a local business is poking fun at iowa's ever changing weather. stephanie: but next. the country is caught up in powerball fever.. we'll see what iowans think of this record breaking jackpot. "your watching local 5 angleson, we are 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 are iowa." stephanie: the poweball up. stephanie/1shot: over 2-4 hours until the 1 and a half billion dollar jackpot drawn, many people are wondering about what they might actually got lucky enough to win. "well i'm pretty excited about the prospect of winning it i don't think i will but i won't know unless i try right nats would you like your reciept i think anybody has a shot at it that buys a ticket i think it'd be fun but i just want it to be woo whoo i think my chances are sl

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 january 5th 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 are looking at another fairly cloudy and cold day across the state, but luckily it won't be quite as bad as yesterday. i'm expecting partly sunny skies through the afternoon, so while we'll be cloudy at times we should also be able to grab some sun. temperatures today are going to be able to climb into the low to mid 30s with the help of a strong southerly wind. overnight tonight our temperatures should stay very mild with lows hovering in the mid to upper 20s with a decent breeze. wednesday will start dry but we'll increase cloud cover through the day and see an afternoon rain and wintry mix scattered across the state. thursday is looking warm e

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... elias: we recap your headlines...in the morning refresh... elias: state lawmakers continue debating school funding....which now goes to a special conference committee elias: the concerns over brain injuries from full-contact football has some looking at alternatives. elias: while he may not be on the stage, donald trump will still be a major topic for tonight's debate. elias: and the man at the head of the protest at an oregon wildlife refuge calls for the occupation to end. elias: plus, the casting stirred up a lot of controversy. elias: time now for another short break... but when we come back... a first in an iowa correctional facility....those in the linn county juvenile detention center get a chance to try out yoga.. plus sam's in with a look at your morning forecast! another full hour of good morning iowa... is right after this. " nexstar copyright" moring iowa in hd. we a

. 6:50 it's homegrown, made in iowa, it helps iowa farmers and the economy. eric branstad says many candidates have caught on to his message, including those who spoke at today's summit. santorum 4:26 rfs it's a market access provision that is not made by petroleum industry, allows this fuel to have access to the market. donald trump talked about how great it is that iowa is a leader in ethanol production. although he started his speech with a reaction to comments that governor branstad made a said it would be a mistake for iowans to support ted cruz. trump sound ... i agree i agree.. amanda/bam we reached out to the governor's office to see if he was leaning towards endorsing a candidate... here's the response from his office - "governor branstad is neutral in the iowa caucuses and will not endorse any candidate and iowans will have the ultimate say in who wins the iowa caucus. however, the governor will never remain neutral in fighting for the renewable fuel industry and the jobs it creates in iowa. amanda/bam we also reached out to the cruz campaign today

we are iowa. stephanie: the mayor also told us that people in the town have already shown a willingness to help out. she says they've from people who would like to police chief. jack: new tonight at ten, a teenager is missing and pella are asking for your help. jack: 15-year-old mallory lanser has been missing for five days the pella connections in polk, jasper, poweshiek, mahaska and marion counties. police ask that if you have any information regarding mallory please contact your local police department or pella police. stephanie: say education is a top statehouse matter this session--this week they're already working on next year's budget. stephanie: a house subcommittee looked at the senate file from last year that proposed a four percent increase for schools. an amended version passed out of committee. a republican majority on that committee changed it to a 2 percent increase. that's even less than what governor branstad has proposed. branstad 9:46 i'm recommending 2.45%, that's the same numb

and he isn't here in iowa anymore. the only republican candidate to leave the state today, campaigning now in new hampshire. his absence, a boon for marco rubio last night -- marco rubio, presidential candidate: "i'm not going to leave the stage no matter what you ask me." stephanie/ram: there are an estimated 30- here in iowa who are still undecided. these candidates don't just need their support... they need to convince them to show up monday evening to caucus. and as the experts speculate on the debate's effects on monday....local five is preparing to bring you expanded live coverage of the iowa caucuses. team coverage beginning that evening...and well into the night. we'll also have a wrap up of the caucuses tuesday morning.. stephanie/wxcdl: jack/wxcdl chief meteorologist brad edwards is here now... brad:wxcdl ( local 5 weather is coming up next. brad:wxcdl ( local 5 weather is coming up next. what a great way to start our weekend! thanks to mostly sunny skies today we made it into the mid 40s with even some 50s i

iowa state falls to 17th right behind the iowa hawkeyes at 16 both are 12-3. jon: now a different story for the women's basketball program. coach bill fennelly opened today's press conference with a big piece of breaking news. "bryanna fernstrom walked into my office and asked for a release. so we will be releasing her from her scholarship at iowa state. surprised yeah definitely surprised 2nd semester starts today and 6 weeks to go in the season. " fernstrom was averaging over 20 minutes per game this season with the cyclones. and had been a force inside the paint for i-s-u. she was putting up 9 points a night-- coming off of a 12 point performance against kansas saturday. it means freshman meredith burkhall and redshirt freshman claire rickets will now have to step up in a big way the rest of the season. "i'm going to have to step up just like the other posts on the team are going to have to. we're going to work together as a team and with her absence we're going to have to build, change some things and just conference games it just doesn't stop now we have

you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." sabrina elias: josh fisher with the iowa wild in to talk about saturday's game. along with the competition between the wild and the san jose barracudas...they will also be putting on a free concert with grammy nominated country artist cam. the wild are on a hot streak....winning four of their last six games. ---it is the first time in des moines history that a grammy nominated artist has played at a sporting event in town. questions i believe with saturday's events, you are trying to break the attendance record for a single game? can you tell us more about cam? and why have a country concert after the game? as for the team, what has turned around for them on the ice, winning four out of "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: put script here in green we managed to hit 48 yesterday, a full 17 degrees abov

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, we recap your headlines...in the morning refresh... elias: after more than a month since an ames hit and run death....police now have a person in custody. elias: and the controversial bakken pipeline may come down to the decision of the iowa utilities board. elias: time now for another short break... but when we come back... as the iowa caucuses gets closer....some future voters are getting their first taste of the political process. plus sam's in with a look at your morning forecast! another full hour of good morning iowa... is right after this. " nexstar copyright" "you're watching good are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm ???. it's x:00 a-m on thursday january 21st thanks for joining us! elias:

you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." sabrina guests: - chainsaw king (wrestler) - sigourney beaver (burlesque performer) saturday january 9th, 2016 pabst blue ribbon & surly brewing present; "wrestlepalooza " - #wrestlepalooza championship match - world class burlesque - live music wooly's des moines, ia tickets - $20 tickets: http: doors open at show starts at 8pm 18+ pabst blue ribbon and surly brewing are teaming up to bring des moines, iowa the most raucous action packed mayhem filed variety show known to mankind; wrestlepalooza! pbr! live music! surly! burlesque! mind-blowing, high flying hard hitting pro wrestling action! mark your calendars today, tell your friends, and don't miss out on one of the craziest events des moines has ever seen! making it's iowa debut at wooly's in the heart of saturday, an action packed wrestling, burlesque, and live music for the most kick ass spectacle you'll ever see: wrestlepalooza. arguably more rock than rock than punk, wrestlepalooza is going to take you on the ride of your life

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morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." elias: new year's resolutions will likely get you moving this time of year...... elias:: we asked you at home about your resolutions for 20-16...and over the weekend caught up with some getting to work on their goals... local 5's photojournalist ryan davidson went to life time fitness for the end of the commitment day weekend. nats 5 4 3 2 1 go the triathlon is a microcosm of life you'll face trials and tribulations and it's how can you overcome stressful situations when you get punched in the mouth you're gonna have to swim you're gonna have to bike abd then when you're so tired you're gonna have to run and what are you gonna do when fatigue hits and you wanna quit what you're going to do is find a way to get it done nats swimming the indoor version of the triathlon gave participants the idea that they dont have to train outside obviouslly being so cold outside it's what the particpant wants to make it they really are racing against themselves the toughest part is right before you st

about the arl - about arl the animal rescue league of iowa (arl) is iowa's largest many thousands of pets each year. the arl serves people and pets from across the state of iowa through its programs, which include pet adoption, humane education, pet behavior training, spay/neuter, animal cruelty intervention and much more. history the arl has grown dramatically since its founding in 1926 - expanding its programs that serve both people and homeless animals across iowa. the most obvious growth is the number of animals the arl provides shelter and care for each year. intakes have increased from a few thousand animals a decade ago to more than 15,000 animals in 2013. through our proactive community outreach and spay/neuter programs, in the past few years we have begun to see a decrease in the number of animals we care for, but our work is far from over. other areas of growth include the arl's programs designed specifically to address the including spay/neuter, behavior training, and humane education programs. the arl's positive reinforcement training program has expanded to offer year-ro

iowa." elias: surf's up in hawaii....drawing the attention of lots of surfers.. winds have whipped up the ocean, creating waves of up to fifty feet, some of the biggest these wave- riders have ever seen. but not all have been able to handle the high water.....safety officials say they have had at least two-dozen assists. sabrina: elias: (anchor toss to wx) sam: adlib toss. weather adlib: today we are looking at a very nice and pleasant day with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. the winds will be pretty breezy out of the south and that will warm us up to about 44 this afternoon. tonight we are going to have slow clearing of our clouds with a low dropping to about 30 degrees. saturday we are looking at mostly cloudy skies with breezy conditions and a high right around 45 degrees. sunday we're looking at a brief rain and wintry mix moving through the state sunday during the morning and early afternoon. northwest iowa may see some light snow monday in the late morning with low accumul

good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm ???. it's x:00 a-m on wednesday, january 20th thanks for joining us! 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 had right about an inch and a half of snow in the metro but that was still enough to make the roads very slick and dangerous. ice melt and brine have made the main roads much easier to traverse but remain careful driving on the side streets where things will still likely be slick. conditions today are going to be overcast with highs in the mid 20s and a gentle southerly wind. cold again with lows in the mid teens. thursday will be very overcast with highs in the mid 20s and a few flurries that night. friday is going to be a mostly cloudy day with highs a bit cooler in the mid to low 20s. saturday is going to be back towards 30 degrees and we'll likely climb to the mid 30s by sunday! next monday we have a small snow chance but a

we are iowa sports" the streaks is over. a 74-68 loss to maryland on thursday ended winning streak and 13 game big ten winning streak dating back to last season. now the iowa hawkeyes have to bounce back against a pesky northwestern squad. jared uthoff trying to bounce back from a 2/13 performance versus maryland. and he did just that. 1st half, uthoff in the corner. knocks down the three. then it's uthoff again from long range, good for three. now off the miss, uthoff with the putback slam! he had 10 of iowa's first 12 points! but the wildcats would take the lead. tre demps drops in the bomb from three. he led all scorers with 30 but iowa would put together a 14-0 run to retake the lead. peter jok good for three. we'll see more from him later. then it's uthoff the pump fake draws the foul and one! uthoff had 19 of his 23 points in the first half hawks up 42-26 at the break. 2nd half, wildcats cut the lead down to 9. but then peter jok went off. peter jok, more like 3-ter jok! back to back to back triples. at one point he ha

"you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." elias: the news from doctors that the late tyler sash had advanced traumatic injury to his brain after years of hits on the gridiron....has added to the debate over whether kids should be allowed to play contact football. sahs's family donated the young man's brain to science... researchers then found c-t-e, a degenerative brain disease caused by repeated trauma. according to their findings...the disease had advanced to a stage rarely seen in someone sash's age. elias: because of the national attention drawn to football- related brain injuries, people across the coutry and iowa have been contemplating alternatives. many organizations and community leagues, like the y-m-c-a already have flag football leagues for younger kids. it's designed for kids in kindergarten grade to learn the basics of the game, before throwing on a helmet and shoulder pads. doctors says more people are coming to be checked for head injuries, but it hasn't hit epidemic proportions yet. dr. mary russell, mercy me

we are iowa and we want to cover the "you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." sabrina: welcome back everyone....as we wrap up our first hour, let's take a quick look at the top stories... elias: we recap your headlines...in the morning refresh... elias: the president lays out his intentions for his final year in office... sabrina: and governor branstad reminds lawmakers to keep education a top priority. the u-s works to get ten sailors released from iranian custody this morning. sabrina: with classes resuming, ames police hope for new leads in a tragic hit and run case. elias: and all eyes will be on the powerball drawing...will we have a billion dollar winner tonight? sabrina time now for another short break... but when we come back... local five is on pothole patrol...with a few showing up in west des moines due to the cold weather. elias: plus sam's in with a look at your morning forecast! another full hour of good morning iowa... is right after this. moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most

she's scheduled for an iowa city event on thursday y evening at the iowa memorial union. with less than two weeks now until iowans choose their preferences in the caucuses, hotels in several parts of the out.they're preparing for the big day - and that means they're seeing some big numbers on their income. income.cbs 2 news reporter steffi lee is live in our newsroom to show us what this means for iowa's economy. the campaign bus tours, rallies and national media making iowa their home for the months leading up to the caucus all adds up - in the millions of dollars. dollars. getting personal with poltical candidates - defines iowa. iowa.every four years - when the entourage of candidates and media crews swarm into the hawkeye state - -"usually it generates 10 to 15 million dollars statewide - so t's not as much as people might think in 2008 - iowa state university professor david swenson says the first- in-the-nation chaos only brought in less thanan fraction of a percent of 130 billion - which was iowa's g-d- p that year. year.there's no doubt politicians spend big bucks

iowa caucus story. send local 5 news your news tips. email us at: news or call us in the newsroom: 1- 800-858-5555. we're on facebook "we are iowa local 5 news" and twitter "we 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. stephanie: time for another quick break... chief meteorologist brad edwards will be back with one last look at our forecast. brad/wxhang h the metro reaching 40 degrees! and it looks like we can keep this mild weather going the rest of the week. skies will become mostly clear tonight behind a rather weak cold front. this front will more northwesterly direction into thursday, but our temperatures will really not go down because this air is fairly mild. we should have a mix of sun and clouds again thursday with highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s. it will be breezy the next few days with southerly winds returning on friday and saturday which will mean warmer temps! highs friday and saturday should reach the

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that iowa state loss has long been forgotten by iowa. they beat michigan state twice and then purdue. we'll have iowa facing michigan when we come back. stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg-tv9. t4-0 in the big ten conference, the hawkeyes have won 10 consecutive big ten games dating back to last season. today, iowa welcomed michigan to carver hawkeye arena. ... it was a sold out crowd at carver hawkeye arena ... iowa got off to a very fast start... jarrod uthoff fires a three off the dribble, and hits it... it's so natural for him... hawkeyes led 11-0 to start the game ... later, michigan responded with a 13-0 run of their own... the back door dunk gives the wolverines a 21-20 lead ... but iowa doesn't panic... watch the big man, adam woodbury get the steal... and he's going to try and take it the other... slams it home... that got the crowd fired up... iowa led 38-33 at halftime ... 2nd half, iowa started to heat up from three- point range... jok with the step back three... he had 16 points ... later, anthony clemmons left wide ope

iowa. last week we showed you this picture-- it comes from inside a home in beaman--where a woman was hoarding more than fourty cats in horrible conditions. after airing this story, we've heard from many of you, bringing attention to similar situations around iowa kwwls olivia mancino has been taking a closer look at this problem she joins us now live i sat down with someone from the waverly pet rescue today who just recently took in more than fourty cats from a single home she says this happens way more than people think -- and rescue shelters quite "you give me kisses po?" meet po -- a playful "we lucked out on her, because po is a mother to cats shes had so many hernia surgery these pictures show home that housed 43 cats. "not all of these hoarder home that's what makes this a tricky issue for so many rescue centers" "cats are very quiet...so dogs, quiet and no one would know beaman. we showed you this last week the conditions of the home are so bad, the owner evacuated herself but still

good morning iowa continues "you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." amanda welcome back-- amanda krez filling in for elias and sabrina today. and bree sullivan is in for sam with weather. bree bree ad libs toss to graphics bree: weather adlib: welcome to 2016! the sunshine is back and over yesterday. it's going to be a brisk day with winds out of the southwest at 10 to 20 mph and temperatures about the seasonal average of 31. for the first full night in 2016, it will be cold, clear, breezy, but dry! expect temperatures to drop once again into the single digits north and teens here in the metro and south. a great weekend is shaping up! tomorrow highs will be in the mid-30s here in central iowa, and we will see some melting. add in lots of sunshine and a light westerly breeze, and you have yourself a good day for sledding! temperatures will sink into the the 0s and teens once again saturday night, so there will be re- freezing on the roads, driveways, and sidewalks. be careful heading out your door on sunday morning! sunday will be a bit cooler with a f

this is good morning iowa." sam: morning iowa." sam: weather adlib: yesterday was the warmest day we've seen in more than a week with a balmy high of 28 degrees. today we are going to be a bit cooler than that from a weak cold front that passed through the state overnight. very light snow will push through northern iowa during the morning hours giving a dusting to a few accumulations should be extremely low. the mid 20s under overcast skies and a northerly breeze keeping us feeling cold. tonight we are going to be cold and low teens. saturday partly to mostly high in the upper 20s. very nice with highs in with overcast skies. i'm and with strong winds likely so drive safe will slump into the upper 20s by next wednesday, but after warming trend and 40s elias: maintenance workers in iowa gathered in the metro for the olympics of their trade. racing against the clock, competitors have to install water heaters, faucets and ice makers. local 5 photographer ryan davidson takes us behind the maintenance magic. the greater iowa apartment a

and iowa with back to b bk pins. at 133 third ranked corey clark sticks sam bran-cale for the 12-nothing lead. what a match at 157. edwin cooper with the take down in overtime to brandon kingsly 4-2 for the 1 13 iowa lead. 184 sammy brooks with the bear hug and that had to hurt and brooks had a few of those and ended up recording the 18-2 tech fall. and finally iowa redshirt h hvyweight sam wrestle against his home state school. and the 7th ranked stoll took care of siness with the takedown for the decision over michael krales and iowa stays ununfeated with the win over the gophers. we had a big dual in the iowa conference tonight 15th ranked coe hosted top ranked wartburg... 125, arnulfo olea with a a ce reversal for two points, he defeated coe's jan rosenberg 11-7... 133, connor campo quickly gets out of the down position to score two points at the buzzer... he defeated coe's mike gussarson 10-5... 141, coe's brady ruden put together a 7-point sequence to go up 7-2... but wartburg's kaz onoo responds by getting thr

, from iowa, and a student here at the university of iowa. my question reflects the politicalness of iowa and the importance of the caucus? does that have any effect? >> dr. kaufmann what do you think, on one side of that purple color. >> it's very important, if you lay the ground work and the organizational framework as a candidate here. each of the two parties are able to utilize that again. one thing for sure about iowa it's a contest in the general election. i think you will have more emphasis and more money and time spent to put that organizational structure together. because you know you will be back, we w wl see individuals back in july or august and doing it all over again. but this time they will have name recognize and narrow that. >> before that comment, we have a lot of people weighing in on this topic and check in on the social media and your answer. >> jeff stated it, it sets up well, and these people are coming back and setting up for that fall election. and caucuses are about party building we do, i know that we pick a preside

we are iowa." nikki: cruz wasnt the only one campaigning in iowa. nikki: . candidates are all over the hawkeye state today, trying to convince undecided voters they should be in the white house one year from now. abc's brandi hitt is in des moines with the latest. " sot donald trump: "ted has a big problem. other people have different problems. me, i have no problems." it's down to the wire in iowa -- sot - cruz: "if you see a candidate who washington embraces, run and hide." with republicans ted cruz and marco rubio -- now clashing - before monday's caucuses. sot - rubio: "he's decided to run a very deceitful campaign at the end on some things he's saying. people see through that." rubio even deciding -- to run a half-hour t-v special in iowa this weekend... as the other g-o-p candidates criss cross the state. sot - christie "they've never been through a crisis." nats - (hillary hugging chelsea) for the democrats... hillary clinton is bringing out the big guns... sot - "excellent... excellent." he

big kansas and iowa state game, we'll elias: we'll get you all ready morning iowa. most accurate forecast with weatherrate the independent weather experts" james/wx wall weather adlib: there won't be any relief from the clouds weather adlib: there won't be any relief tonight, but temperatures will remain mild under that blanket in the upper 20s. winter weather advisory in effect 6am monday until 12am tuesday for portions of west and north iowa. the advisory does not include polk county. the overcast skies will finally give way to precipitation tomorrow as highs top out in the low-to-mid 30s. central iowa will likely see the precipitation fall as freezing drizzle overnight, as patchy freezing drizzle will turn into rain late morning and then into a mix in the afternoon. eventually everything will switch over to snow and the winds will really ramp up. low snow accumulations are expected. northwestern iowa could see 1" to 2", the metro currently looks to stay under an inch, and snow amounts continue to lessen to the southeast where the precip looks to fall mainly as ra

and on thursday, he'll do the same thing here in iowa. the former president has appearances scheduled in cedar rapids.... and dubuque. an armed protest in oregon is catching the attention of presidential candidates... it started saturday night when the protestors took over an empty federal building at a wildlife refuge... they're protesting the five-year prison the ranchers intentionally set a grass fire to burn a dry area in order to prevent a different fire from damaging their property. they were charged because the fire put firefighters' lives at risk. today the standoff became the latest topic in the race for the whitehouse. po-121mo santorum :08 going through a situation where someone is going to get hurt because of their protesting their government and the government's activity, that's not a good solution. po-112mo carson :13 i don't condone them taking over, you know, federal building. you know, we have better ways of expressing our displeasure than that. but the fact of the matter is there are legitimate grievances po-95mo christi

and now it's come to iowa.. citizens marched and chanted to speak their opinions against legalized abortion. nikki: an officer involved shooting investigation is underway after a deputy shot a man in muscatine last night... it happened just after 10 pm ... when a muscatine police officer and a sheriffs deputy stopped a vehicle suspected of being stolen in the parking lot of the best western on cleveland man in the vehicle attempted to drive off and hit several vehicles in the parking lot while doing so... including one of the fully marked law enforcement vehicles... the deputy on scene fired his gun and shot the driver... who was then taken to the hospital. the name of the deputy or the man shot hasn't been released at this time. an investigation into the incident is being conducted by the muscatine police department, the iowa divison of criminal investigation, and iowa state patrol. nikki: a sex offender escapes from the fort des moines work release facility. now police are asking for your help finding him 26-y

and now it's come to iowa.. citizens marched and chanted to speak their opinions against legalized abortion. nikki: iran has freed four americans in a prisoner swap deal with the united states. the u-s government said it is the result of more than a year of top secret negotiations. a washington post journalist is among those freed... along with a marine veteran a senior administration official said today the u-s -- in return -- is dropping charges against seven iranians convicted of sanctions violations. a fifth american is also being released by iran, but according to us officials is not part of the negotiated prison swap.... nikki: the u.s. sanctions against iran are over. president obama signed an executive order saturday, lifting sanctions against iran. this means iran has joined a special group of peaceful users of nuclear energy.... that includes the u.s., the u.k., france, germany, china and russia. secretary of state john kerry said iran's progress should be recognized. (john kerry, u.s. secretary of sta

temperatures will stay above freezing for central iowa, but northern iowa will be more likely to see some snow showers. with any luck, we will see partly sunny skies sunday afternoon, but it will be windy with nw winds of 15-25+ expected. highs sunday will be in the upper 30s north to lower 40s south. as we head into next week, we will be dealing with a major winter storm coming in late monday night and hitting us very hard goers will be dry, but some light snow could be falling by 10 pm monday night with most of the snow starting after midnight for central iowa. tuesday is when the worst of the storm hits with heavy snow and strong winds likely. right now, i think there will be a large part of central iowa getting anywhere from 6"-12" of snow before ending early wednesday morning. of course, this forecast can change, so we will be watching it very closely! made it into the mid 40s with even some 50s in sw iowa. we will be staying mild tonight too. there will be a tonight with temps falling back into the 30s most of the night. saturday will be partly to mostly cloudy with mild temper