we are waking up to cloudy skies and chilly temperatures in the 20s and teens this morning. winds are quite strong with with brisk winds from the north. those winds will continue through the day. we are looking ahead to monday when winter storm watches and warnings will be in effect, but for now, dry weather today with chilly temperatures in the

thanks megan.. today may be

back home safely. channel 13's reid chandler has more on the road conditions and if your still in the metro visiting family, you should get up and start moving before all that snow hits. "i have no tickets left for that time...etc." ahead of severe winter weather monday, some holiday visitors in the metro are hoping to skip town ahead of the snow. "the weather conditions be on monday, i mean, we don't know already what's going to happen. so, at least she goes ahead of time, that might be good for her." at burlington trailways bus stop, artie harper says seats are selling out fast for sunday, ahead of any big storms. "i don't have no availability for my eastbound bus is full, my southbound, i have a few seats left, basically." it's the same strategy state road workers are urging drivers to adopt as they head wherever they call "home." "tomorrow - sunday - looks to be a dry and clear weather day, and a good travel day, overall. but monday

come in, and definitely have an impact on the morning commute." winter weather, slippery roads, and dangerous driving conditions are nothing new for iowans... but with a warmer winter so far...monday's potential ice and surprise. "people just need to plan ahead, watch the weather, leave in plenty of time, conditions. if there's precipitation on the or snow, things like precipitation. don't use things like cruise control, and increase your following distance from the vehicle in front of you." whether it be by bus or car, the roads on monday. hit the road ahead of time. workers say they will be working thru the morning to determine if the storm will be snow, or mostly ice, before they decide on how to prep the

pre-treat the roads with a no-stick solution to melt it faster. police in newton say they are looking for this 12 year old girl. according to the department's facebook page, charlene rachelle brown went missing from her home yesterday afternoon. she is described to be a white female with brown eyes and hair, 5-2 and 135 pounds. if you have any more information contact the newton police department at the number on your screen. a young girl involved in a christmas morning crash has died... and her four other family members remain in the hospital. according to the family's go fund me page... 6 year old payton henry was taken off life support at blank children's hospital last night after suffering a neck injury. on friday morning, a truck driven by the girl's father was involved in a head-on crash near fort dodge on highway 20 justin henry and his fiance brooke ford and their two other children are suffering from concussions, multiple broken bones. the other driver of the car also

there is no word on her condition. the henry and ford families are looking for help to cover medical and funeral expenses. so far a go fund me account has raised more than 18-thousand dollars. if you would like to help we have a information on our website at w-h-o tv dot com 2015 packed a political punch. from email scandals... to the scramble to find a new speaker. . and even some popular, yet unconventional presidential contenders. with a little more than a month left before the iowa caucuses... dianne gallagher has a breakdown of the highlights from this year. 2015 packed a political punch. from email scandals... to a speaker of the house scramble.. . to some very popular yet unconventional presidential contenders. dianne gallagher is in washington with a breakdown of the highlights. --reporter pkg as follows-- the 2016 presidential election campaign kicked into high gear. the crowded gop field started

candidates... and one name has dominated the political dialogue... presidential candidate "donald trump." presidential candidate "donald trump." presidential candidate "if you look at donald trump."the billionaire's bombastic style grabbed daily headlines... presidential candidate "i know more about isis than the general's do. believe me. i would bomb the sh out of them.""now you gotta see this guy.. 'aw, i don't know what i said. i don't remember.""excuse me sit down, you weren't called. sit down. sit down!" "i don't care about megyn kelly but no, i would not apologize. she should probably apologize to me, but i just don't care." while he maintained frontrunner status. the democratic field much smaller, with political power house hillary clinton fighting off junior senator bernie sanders... and his huge campaign crowds. hillary clinton's campaign trail took a dramatic turn to capitol hill in october. presidential candidate "i've lost more sleep than all of you put together."the democratic frontrunner testified in front of a house committee investigating the benghazi tragedy. the clinton campaign calls it a political witch hunt. republicans insist it's not about clinton ... but about getting answers. another heated battle on capitol hill... over planned parenthood funding. a series of heavily-edited

hearing. the group behind the videos claim they show planned parenthood employees negotiating the sale of fetal tissue for profit, which is illegal. "the outrageous accusations leveled against planned parenthood are offensive and categorically untrue." some congressional republicans vowed to block a spending bill --shutting down the government-- unless funding was stripped from planned parenthood. but a short-term plan passed that kept the organization's funding intact... preventing a government shutdown. an unexpected departure gave rise to new leadership in washington. former house speaker "i decided today's the day i'm going to do this. as simple as that."then house speaker john boehner said the turmoil in congress led him to decide... it was time to go. after a chaotic scramble... republican congressman paul ryan was elected the 54th speaker. house minority leader "it is my privilege to hand this gavel to the speaker of the

paul ryan." ryan takes the helm with a promise to end fractious party bickering that is stalling the work of congress. in washington, i'm dianne gallagher reporting as the front runners from both parties continue to go head to head... hillary clinton says she's unleashing a not so secret weapon.... former president bill clinton will hit the campaign trail next month... focusing on states like iowa and new hampshire. in both states, former secretary clinton is in a tight race against senator bernie sanders. this is a new approach for clinton... her husband has joined her on the campaign trail earlier this year but has mostly remained behind the scenes. clinton won't be in iowa this week, but her two democratic presidential rivals will be. martin o'malley is in the metro today. he'll meet with voters at a new foreign policy leadership forum today. it's taking place at the des moines social club starting at 4-30 this afternoon. and bernie sanders is hosting a new years eve party in des moines.

moines savery hotel on thursday night. it's free and open to the public. sanders will also campaign in iowa... in the days leading up to the party. the day after christmas is always a busy day for retailers... millions of americans are returning gifts that don't fit or they simply don't like retailers estimate holidays returns will total about 260 billion dollars. shoppers at valley west mall were doing just that... while other looked to score some post holiday deals 6:29.31:29 - 6:29.42:19 yeah a lot of people out shopping, it's still a huge shopping day. a lot of families have some more christmases to celebrate as they do a little traveling and get together with all of their family coming up. you can sip on your favorite wine while painting the downtown skyline or listening to live music. still ahead on today in iowa sunday... some of the ways you can unwind

paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm.nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working classback to where they should be. he's a rock. sanders: i'm bernie sandersand i approve this message. paint the des moines skyline as you sip on a glass of wine. jasper winery's wine and canvas event is happening from 2 to 5 p-m. bring home a new art piece for your home for 35 dollars. you must be 16 and older to

after christmas at summerset winery. enjoy your favorite wine or beer while listening to music by the cardinal sounds. tickets are five dollars. you must be 21 or older to attend. finally, cheer on the iowa wild as they take on the rockford icehogs at wells fargo arena. be one of the first fans and receive prizes from star 1-oh-2 point 5 and subway. the game kicks off at 5 p-m. tickets start at 11 dollars. remember, there are thousands of ways to enjoy des moines and the metro. to find out how, check out our

winter storm warnings and winter storm watches are posted across central iowa for the start of the work week. the last week of 2015 is going to go out with a blast. the southern half of central iowa will be under a winter storm warning from 3 am monday until midnight. the northern half of central iowa is under a winter storm watch from 6 am monday until 6 am tuesday. sunday will be dry, but windy. skies will stay mostly cloudy with temperatures holding in the upper 20s and low 30s. snow is expected to lift into southern iowa early monday morning and should arrive to des moines and the i-80 corridor by 5 am. the snow will continue, heavy at times, throughout the day. winds will be strong from the northeast at 20 to 25 mph and gusts up to 35 mph. this may lead to reduced visibilities. southeast iowa may

moving in that they could see freezing rain and sleet morning through mid-afternoon. some ice accumulations of a 1/4" are possible in that part of the state. the snow will begin to pull out monday evening after 8 pm. tuesday will be cloudy and windy. blowing snow may remain a problem. the end of the week and beginning of 2016 will be dry and cold with single

married couples will often tell you they were meant to be together... up next, meet the husband and wife from iowa proving they really are the perfect match. and the courageous act allowing them to spend another season together. the practice field to disneyland. that's

finding a special gift each year for your significant can be a struggle... but for one iowa husband... the choice was simple. wayne thelander gave his wife something that can't be found under any christmas tree... he gave her his kidney... mark carlson has the story. "i mean i think we have been soul mates from the beginning, we met the first day of freshman week

18."that was back in 1972. wayne and kristin thelanders married in 1976 and a short time later adopted two kids. these days wayne is the orchestra director at iowa city west high director at iowa city west high school, and kristin is a professor in the u-i school of music. for years kristin has battled polyscystic kidney disease -- which was getting worse with time and about to force her onto dialysis when the couple made a discovery. "kind of an ah-ha moment, we both said, oh you're a negative, well i think i'm a negative, and that was like a big nice surprise that we both had the same blood type."doctors at the university of iowa hospitals and clinics decided the best treatment for kristin was a kidney transplant right as the holiday season began... and wayne was her perfect match. "in the distant past, only people who were genetically related would donate organs, but now it's becoming far more common for people that are not genetically related to do it, so husband to wife, wife to

friend to friend and anonymous donors." "i never dared count on wayne's kidney, at least my head never did, my heart kind of thought it seemed like it was meant to be."wayne thelander/donated kidney "to me it's a selfish decision to do this because i want to spend more time with her, and i want it to be quality time rather than being worried about being hooked up to a dialysis machine, or how that impacts her life." this christmas the couple says they're feeling great, and their health is great too -- all thanks to a very unique gift. "i say i'm 100 percent norwegian but i have a swedish kidney ." america is not just electing apresident, we're also electing a commander in chief. that choice matters. because strengthening the economy, making healthcare more affordable, raising incomes. all of that depends on us being both secure at home and leading the world.

to make sure our country is safe and strong.

"it's easy to get wrapped up in the whirl-wind of a college football season. especially, a historic one like the hawkeyes are having. so,

kid. donald, mickey, and minnie welcomed the hawkeyes to disney land. it was the first unofficial meeting between iowa and stanford. the happiest place on earth is just one of the perks. the ride of choice was thunder- mountain. no word, on how many times they road the spinning tea-cups. nothing beats tearing into a present and there it is... exactly what you asked for.. it's even better when the reaction is caught on camera. the rose bowl holds more than 92- thousand, and it'll be mostly black and gold. the 102nd rose bowl kicks off next friday at 4:10 p-m iowa time. the bulls set aside their family feud and pulled out a good christmas day win at oklahoma city. now for the follow up. chicago needs a 4th quarter comeback against dallas. they turn to derrick rose. that drive is smooth. 106-106. rose with 25 points, most of them come

bulls mavs the energy once were a bulls affiliate, now all grizzlies. iowa's lazeric jones to the rim, he's fouled, shot falls. high fives from the bench, energy up by 8. joel wright loses the handle for a second, then storms down the baseline. very nice. but the energy down two. maxie esho hasn't made a three- pointer all season.. until now.

two-dollar beer night goes to the red claws. score iowa wild hockey, and by-george they won. 2-1 at chicago. that's win number 6. with your sports on today in iowa

we are waking up to cloudy skies and chilly temperatures in the 20s and teens this morning. winds are quite strong with with brisk winds from the north. those winds will continue through the day. we are looking ahead to monday when winter storm watches and warnings will be in effect, but for now, dry weather today with chilly temperatures in the

the tension continue to rise in chicago, this after a police officer shot and killed two people and injured another yesterday. michelle gallardo reports. "she had nothing to do with this. she was just answering the door for the police." three people shot by police in two separate incidents in less than 12 hours. two of them fatally. the timing couldn't be worse. in both cases, there are questions about whether the shootings were warranted. but neither chicago police, nor ipra---the agency tasked with investigating all police shootings--are

"i understand that you all and all chicagoans are anxious for answers as to what happened here. and we will provide any and all information at the appropriate time." it's the first time we've heard from ipra's new administrator since she was appointed a few weeks ago. she was at the day's second police- involved shooting at 103rd place and aberdeen. 26-year-old mekel lumpkin was critically injured when officers responded to an assault in progress. residents acknowledge lumpkin had a gun, but insist he dropped it and had his hands in the air when he was shot. "if he listened to what the police asked him to do the first time there was no reason for him to get shot five times." the bigger questions surround the day's first shooting. 19-year- old quintonio legrier and 55- year-old bettie jones were shot and killed after officers responded to a 911 call from legrier's father. family members say legrier was an n-i-u student, who suffered from some form of mental illness. it was after four this morning when he became violent and threatened his father with an aluminum bat. his father called police and then called his downstairs neighbor

the door when they arrived. it's not clear whether bettie jones had even finished opening up the door for them when officers fired at legrier who was charging down the stairs still carrying the bat. "an innocent lady got shot as well because the police were trigger happy. i went to the hospital. my son has seven, seven bullet holes in him." police say one person is dead after a shooting at a michigan mall. "everybody is worried, panicking, like what the heck is going on. and it got back to the employees that there was a shooting inside." the shooting actually happened outside the mall... police say as a man walked out of the entrance, and another man fired a number of gunshots. medics took the victim to the hospital...where he later died. police say they do have a suspect in custody. residents are cleaning up and digging out in north texas after

of storms and tornadoes. at least eight people were killed in and around the dallas area. sara sidner has more. a deadly night in north texas. "oh its very big, it's massive, its hitting stuff." fierce storms and tornadoes swept through the dallas area. this video captured a tornado as it moved through the city of rowlett. "there it is that is big, big, big. there is stuff flying in the air." at least 5 deaths were reported in garland after a tornado hit interstate-30. "i actually looked at the twister ... it was a dark funnel and a big roar, it was really scary. i don't scare that easy and i was scared" several homes were destroyed,

"my daughter's car is in the kitchen... her car was in the garage . it's in the kitchen. yes right now. and my husband's car was in the drive way it's out and around and in the alley. but her car is in the kitchen and it was in the garage. " when the storm hit, lafayette griffin huddled with his family under a mattress and prayed "it was terrifying, terrified. we didn't know if we were going to make it" the storms are all part of a severe weather system that devastated the south this holiday weekend, with deaths in texas, arkansas, tennessee and mississippi. residents assess the damage in glen heights. this man lost his home.. "it's by the grace of god it wasn't worse. i am really grateful you know. my wife works not that far from here. if i didn't call her my wife and kids could have been here." in sunnyvale, texas... the front facade was ripped off of this house. larry allen is grateful he and his family weren't home. needs cover when it freezes"someone calleand

got a direct hit and we are in your home looking for you.... our family, friends, church were all in our house cleaning stuff up. its amazing how people in this community just take charge." "reporter: when you first got to see the damage what did you think? you just think how lucky you are. tv is busted, but everyone is alive so you think how lucky you are." a new app could help prepare drivers of dangerous winter conditions. the app's developers in the ag communications department of north dakota state university.. say they developed the winter survival app to help sranded drivers stay calm in a stressful situation theew ecology n estite hw long you can run your car to stay warm before running out of gas.. it will also remind you to clear your tail pipe every half hour.. but the developers warn that parts of the app are only helpful with cell service. " if you don't have service, you need to stay warm, you need to drink water, clear your tailpipe so you don't get carbon monoxide poisoning and wait

the developers say a battery pack is a good idea to add to your car kit.. this way you can charge your cell phone without using your car's battery.

should want it, too. i'll tell you what and why, sunday night on soundoff. ----------------- let it snow,

winter storm warnings and winter storm watches are posted across central iowa for the start of the work week. the last week of 2015 is going to go out with a blast. the southern half of central iowa will be under a winter storm warning from 3 am monday until midnight. the northern half of central iowa is under a winter storm watch from 6 am monday until 6 am tuesday. sunday will be dry, but windy. skies will stay mostly cloudy with temperatures holding in the upper 20s and low 30s. snow is expected to lift into southern iowa early monday morning and should arrive to des moines and the i-80 corridor by 5 am. the snow will continue, heavy at times, throughout the day. winds will

northeast at 20 to 25 mph and gusts up to 35 mph. this may lead to reduced visibilities. southeast iowa may even see enough warm air aloft moving in that they could see freezing rain and sleet morning through mid-afternoon. some ice accumulations of a 1/4" are possible in that part of the state. the snow will begin to pull out monday evening after 8 pm. tuesday will be cloudy and windy. blowing snow may remain a problem. the end of the week and beginning of 2016 will be dry and cold with single

craig c. asks, "i noticed sunset has been about the same time each day recently. is this because we are near the winter solstice?" yes, it is. closer to the solstice times, both winter and summer, the

additional or less daylight time stays about the same. what you'll notice here is that the amount of daylight changes is well less that 30 seconds each day. the amount of daylight changes will be more noticeable in

still ahead on today in iowa sunday... we've taken the hepker challenge inside the weight room... now we're taking it to the dinner table... the food "triggers" we can learn from... and how even the color of your plate is important... after the break we'll show you how

all year weve been showing you what channel 13's aaron hepker is doing in the gym to lose weight. but were now taking a look at how hes changing his diet. aaron is on a mission to lose about half his body weight - thats more than 200 pounds. sonya heitshusen has details on how he's planning to change his eating habits for not only the new year, but for life. aaron what brings you to my office todaycarrie leiran is registered dietician who specializes in eating disorders. my eyes are going to be on the emotional component with eating.her job is to help aaron hepker understand what he needs to eat to fuel his body and what might cause him to overeat. would you do any eating out of emotion - oh yea... definitely.boredom... stress and anger are some of aarons 'triggers.' leiran encourages aaron to start a food journal so he can log what he eats and why. i want you to know where all

youre thrown into, you can incorporate it.leiran also wants aaron to eat throughout the day - something he isnt accustomed to doing. she says starting the day off with breakfast will curb cravings and emotional eating. by not eating breakfast and lunch... they overeat or binge eat in the evening. theyre so hungry they cant fight the urges... and they grab something quick.she also offers tips on portion control... 'thats usually the size or exchange of a fresh fruit.'even the color of the plate is important. 'red makes you want to eat more.'what aaron drinks is equally important. he used to consume about a gallon of apple juice a day. he now recognizes thats the caloric equivalent of a 2- liter bottle of mountain dew. leiran reccomends water throughout the day and discourages artificial sweetners. they increase cravings... theyve never been shown to aid in weight

aaron that this isnt a diet. its a road map for how to eat for the rest of his life. it wont be easy, but leiran applauds arrons comittment and his efforts to help others by sharing his story. i call that courageous to be able to do that.s.h. channel 13 news praised as one of america's best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. bernie sanders passed more amendments in a republican congress than any other member. cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans' healthcare. bernie sanders. a consistent, principled, and effective leader. building a future to believe in.

christmas newborns got special treatment at a hospital in pittsburgh. they received these red stockings to keep them snug and warm on christmas day. a group of volunteers also brought them handmade hats.... talk about a great stocking

we'll be back with a look at

on average, it takes three hundred americansworking for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. it's called the wage gap. and the republicans will make itworse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. she gets the job done for us.

slick roads... heavy snow is making its way to the metro. how much is expected and the best time for drivers traveling home to hit the roads. year in politics. from email scandals to a war of words. a look back at the year's biggest political headlines. plus the presidential candidates making their way to the

we are waking up to cloudy skies and chilly temperatures in the 20s and teens this morning. winds are quite strong with with brisk winds from the north. those winds will continue through the day. we are looking ahead to monday when winter storm watches and warnings will be in effect, but for now, dry weather today with chilly temperatures in the

upper 20s and low 30s. thanks megan...today may be your

safely. channel 13's reid chandler has more on the road conditions and if your still in the metro visiting family, you should get up and start moving before all that snow hits. ahead of severe winter weather monday, some holiday visitors in the metro are hoping to skip town ahead of the snow. "the weather conditions be on monday, i mean, we don't know already what's going to happen. so, at least she goes ahead of time, that might be good for her." at burlington trailways bus stop, artie harper says seats are selling out fast for sunday, ahead of any big storms. "i don't have no availability for my eastbound bus is full, my southbound, i have a few seats

it's the same strategy state road workers are urging drivers to adopt as they head wherever they call "home." "tomorrow - sunday - looks to be a dry and clear weather day, and a good travel day, overall. but monday morning, we're expecting some weather to come in, and definitely have an impact on the morning commute." winter weather, slippery roads, and dangerous driving conditions are nothing new for iowans... but with a warmer winter so far...monday's potential ice and snow could catch some by surprise. "people just need to plan ahead, watch the weather, leave in plenty of time, and of course, drive for the conditions. if there's precipitation on the pavement, things sort of frozen, or snow, things like precipitation. don't use things like cruise control, and increase your following distance from the vehicle in front of you." whether it be by bus or car, the message is clear: avoid risky roads on monday. hit the road ahead of time. workers say they will be working through the morning to determine if the storm will be

on how to prep the roads... either way they will pre-treat the roads with a no-stick solution to melt it faster. police in newton say they are looking for this 12 year old girl. according to the department's facebook page, charlene rachelle brown went missing from her home yesterday afternoon. she is described to be a white female with brown eyes and hair, 5-2 and 135 pounds. if you have any more information contact the newton police department at the number on your screen. a young girl involved in a christmas morning crash has died... and her four other family members remain in the hospital. according to the family's go fund me page... 6 year old payton henry was taken off life support at blank children's hospital last night after suffering a neck injury. on friday morning, a truck driven by the girl's father was involved in a head-on crash near fort dodge on highway 20 justin henry and his fiance brooke ford and their two other children are

multiple broken bones. the other driver of the car also went to the hospital. there is no word on her condition. the henry and ford families are looking for help to cover medical and funeral expenses. so far a go fund me account has raised more than 18-thousand dollars. if you would like to help we have a information on our website at w-h-o tv dot com the death of a well - known iowa radio personality has left her listeners in shock cheryl pannier died suddenly on christmas day at her home she co - hosted on w-h-o's radio program -- "the dick and cheryl show" -- which aired on saturday mornings. a visitation service will be held on wednesday at iles - westover chapel from 5 until 7 p-m... followed by a funeral service on thursday at mount olive lutheran church in des moines at 10 -am. the i - heart radio group says sense of humor and leadership will be deeply missed. pannier was 54 years old. 2015 packed a political punch. from email scandals... to the scramble to find a new speaker.

unconventional presidential contenders. with a little more than a month left before the iowa caucuses... dianne gallagher has a breakdown of the highlights from this year. 2015 packed a political punch. from email scandals... to a speaker of the house scramble.. . to some very popular yet unconventional presidential contenders. dianne gallagher is in washington with a breakdown of the highlights. --reporter pkg as follows-- the 2016 presidential election campaign kicked into high gear. the crowded gop field started out with a whopping 17 candidates... and one name has dominated the political dialogue... presidential candidate "donald trump." presidential candidate "donald trump." presidential candidate "if you look at donald trump."the billionaire's bombastic style grabbed daily headlines... presidential candidate "i know more about isis than the general's do. believe me. i would bomb the sh out of them.""now you gotta see this guy.. 'aw, i don't know what i said. i don't remember.""excuse me sit

weren't called. sit down. sit down!" "i don't care about megyn kelly but no, i would not apologize. she should probably apologize to me, but i just don't care." while he maintained frontrunner status. the democratic field much smaller, with political power house hillary clinton fighting off junior senator bernie sanders... and his huge campaign crowds. hillary clinton's campaign trail took a dramatic turn to capitol hill in october. presidential candidate "i've lost more sleep than all of you put together."the democratic frontrunner testified in front of a house committee investigating the benghazi tragedy. political witch hunt. republicans insist it's not getting answers. another heated battle on capitol hill... over planned parenthood funding. a series of heavily-edited house oversight hearing. the group behind the videos claim they show planned parenthood employees negotiating the sale of fetal tissue for profit, which is illegal. "the outrageous accusations leveled against planned parenthood are

untrue." some congressional republicans vowed to block a spending bill --shutting down the government-- unless funding was stripped from planned parenthood. but a short-term plan passed that kept the organization's funding intact... preventing a government shutdown. an unexpected departure gave rise to new leadership in washington. former house speaker "i decided today's the day i'm going to do this. as simple as that."then house speaker john boehner said the turmoil in congress led him to decide... it was time to go. after a chaotic scramble... republican congressman paul ryan was elected the 54th speaker. house minority leader "it is my privilege to hand this gavel to the speaker of the house..congressman and honorable paul ryan." ryan takes the helm with a promise to end fractious party bickering that is stalling the work of congress. in washington, i'm dianne gallagher reporting as the front runners from both parties continue to go head to head... hillary clinton says she's unleashing a not so secret weapon.... former president bill clinton will hit the campaign trail next month... focusing on states like iowa and

in both states, former secretary clinton is in a tight race against senator bernie sanders. this is a new approach for clinton... her husband has joined her on the campaign trail earlier this year but has mostly remained behind the scenes. clinton won't be in iowa this week, but her two democratic presidential rivals will be. martin o'malley is in the metro today. he'll meet with voters at a new foreign policy leadership forum today. it's taking place at the des moines social club starting at 4-30 this afternoon. and bernie sanders is hosting a new years eve party in des moines. it's being thrown at the des moines savery hotel on thursday night. it's free and open to the public. sanders will also campaign in iowa... in the days leading up to the party. the day after christmas is always a busy day for retailers... millions of americans are returning gifts that don't fit or they simply don't like retailers estimate holidays returns will total about 260 billion dollars. shoppers at valley west mall were doing just that... while other looked to score some

6:29.31:29 - 6:29.42:19 yeah a lot of people out shopping, it's still a huge shopping day. a lot of families have some more christmases to celebrate as they do a little traveling and get

winter storm warnings and winter storm watches are posted across central iowa for the start of the work week. the last week of 2015 is going to go out with a blast. the southern half of central iowa will be under a winter storm warning from 3 am

northern half of central iowa is under a winter storm watch from 6 am monday until 6 am tuesday. sunday will be dry, but windy. skies will stay mostly cloudy with temperatures holding in the upper 20s and low 30s. snow is expected to lift into southern iowa early monday morning and should arrive to des moines and the i-80 corridor by 5 am. the snow will continue, heavy at times, throughout the day. winds will be strong from the northeast at 20 to 25 mph and gusts up to 35 mph. this may lead to reduced visibilities. southeast iowa may even see enough warm air aloft moving in that they could see freezing rain and sleet morning through mid-afternoon. some ice accumulations of a 1/4" are possible in that part of the state. the snow will begin to

tuesday will be cloudy and windy. blowing snow may remain a problem. the end of the week and beginning of 2016 will be dry and cold with single

coming up in sports... even the best college athletes need a break sometimes... with the pressure of the rose bowl, the hawkeyes are still kids at

paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm.nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working classback to where they should be. he's a rock.

"it's easy to get wrapped up in the whirl-wind of a college football season. especially, a historic one like the hawkeyes are having. so, sometimes it's good to act like a kid. donald, mickey, and minnie welcomed the hawkeyes to disney land. it was the first unofficial meeting between iowa and stanford. the

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mountain. no word, on how many times they road the spinning tea-cups. nothing beats tearing into a present and there it is... exactly what you asked for.. it's even better when the reaction is caught on camera. the rose bowl holds more than 92- thousand, and it'll be mostly black and gold. the 102nd rose bowl kicks off next friday at 4:10 p-m iowa time. the bulls set aside their family feud and win at oklahoma city. now for the follow up. chicago needs a 4th quarter comeback against dallas. they turn to derrick rose. that drive is smooth. 106-106. rose with 25 points, most of them come late. pull up jumper good. tied at 108. bulls mavs the energy once were

iowa's lazeric jones to the rim, he's fouled, shot falls. high fives from the bench, energy up by 8. joel wright loses the handle for a second, then storms down the baseline. very nice. but the energy down two. maxie esho hasn't made a three- pointer all season.. until now. strokin. two-dollar beer night goes to the red claws. score iowa wild hockey, and by-george they won. 2-1 at chicago. that's win number 6. with your sports on today in iowa

recapping this morning's top stories... several inches of snow is expected to fall in the metro on monday. the iowa d-o-t is warning all drivers to pack up and get on the roads today so they can make it home safely before then. the weather warning has many leaving ahead of schedule and even has bus services completely booked out. police in newton say they are looking for this 12 year old girl. according to the department's facebook page, charlene rachelle brown went missing from her home yesterday afternoon. she is described to be a white female with brown eyes and hair, 5-2 and 135 pounds. if you have any more information contact the newton police department. coming up on the insiders... dave price sits down with the founder of a democratic news site they talk about all of the party's drama and whether any of it will matter later. plus leonard boswell chimes in on

we met good morning. it is inside us. merry christmas. my wish list think santa did not deliver but our elected officials could and should, and in the insiders quickfix we will see whether mister three tickets has the courage to hover. we start with the drama, hillary, bernie, debbie, the to take breaks the brief. what all that means now and what any of it will mean later. first that reiner back in the day you did some work on heller clintons campaign to the data

this thing matter what happened could depend on what the sand of standard data director was able to be the one who ran those risks and of any of the rest of the campaign happened afterward kinky what happened it wasn't a documented problem was the kind of list that he ran was trying to determine the size of her persuasion universe and how many supporters in certain states and how many supporters sanders has what turnout is going to look turnout even if you can't export those lists or print them off just knowing the top line numbers tonight and they were look in there and see that clinton has a whole lot more

i will then in iowa then and i will then sanders internally does, they could try to start to downplay expectations of cake and because they think there is no way they can kind of match those numbers could be right kinky sanders has used this is a big fundraising tool saying the system is rigged and the dnc is favoring hillary clinton. could that benefit him? short term obviously it hurt if the cut off his access to the data, but longer term doesn't actually help them does it actually help him? can get number one i think it it's ridiculous that someone would try to fund raise off something that started with one of your staffers making a deal, but that's what they're doing kinky staff are you fired. >> ride but i think it could help while up some of his own supporters to think that it is rigged against him, to make them get more excited and they've raised over a million dollars the day they sent up e-mail about the dnc shutting off their access or could help in the

long-term it's bad and bad for everybody because it makes both sides angry at one another and makes it harder for everyone to come together up to the primary kinky another saturday debate last week and still had almost a million week a million people but it's about a third as much as republicans had in their biggest debate. do you think this debate thing is hurting the democrats? kicking i think so. and denying them an opportunity to put their message out there to be able to show up in contrast kind of seriousness and policy focused nature of the democratic debate with the kind of fast sometimes we see on the republican side so that is disadvantageous for a lot of things. it keeps democrats being inspired by their candidates and getting them good talking points. >> and don't think people would get would've gathered around on saturday night kicking up not

it's folks like us can you mentioned turnout at turn in the turnout models. i was looking back at him on the turnout than tequila back in 20 oh four, democrats were up about 125,000. everyone remembers 2008 was almost 4,000 people so what do you think it is realistic in 2016 kinky about halfway between the four in 20 oh eight. can q-letter did you realize i'm quickly to laugh rang out to say what that would be like 180, 190? kicking somewhere around there. you don't have for someone you don't have three main candidates where we had obama and clinton, sanders is going to bring out more people than usual so i think we will have more than 20 oh four, but clinton had such a large campaign staff in the state of their mining up in the group that they can find holding on to female voters and i think they will be a big turnout for the first time as well kinky

on election night of voter turnout is high and go to bed early, we went he is acknowledging he's got to have a big turnout. you mentioned 18190. >> he could have more than that. kind of comparing sanders operation to both candidates will have a lot more support but this is in the same kind of barack obama situation where you have both a lot of excited young people and new people but you also have enough of an activist crowd to know what they're doing and experienced and organize all those people when they show up to cost caucus night kicking we had howard dean on the show last

2004 attend a 16 there any parallels there and obviously he's a clinton supporter right now but it felt like kerry was going to kind of the establishment guy in 20 oh four and clinton is certainly that person now. do you see any similarities there? kicking yes just in that sanders is attracting a much more progressive base and the difference between 2004 and now is that a lot of the online fundraising and activism that began with howard dean's campaign is now so much larger and so much a part of the party overall that you see where sanders broke all kind of fundraising efforts here where he had two.2 million donations so far this year, which whichever beats the previous obama risk are the records. >> said is the dean scream on that big at big lake the legacy on the caucus for. >> right in that when we come back, there is an iowan who is

feels an obligation to serve. so congress passed a budget not on time but their past one. agreement bought one.$3 trillion more tax cuts more spending to the coming year and more pent impact of current federal tax, about 18.9 trillion that is expected to jump another 700 billion or so because congress did not offset his additional tax is additional tax cuts or the increased spending. this is the kind of move that anger sent or as leonard boswell between the army state legislature and congress basel has served this country one way or the other since 1956. i asked him why so little focus from congress with these new spending plans when it comes to the debt. the first we've got to recognize we have the debt. 18 trillion almost 19. it's their and we've got to do

it just won't go away it won't just go away so my goal and my desire to try to get the people to realize that we had to deal with have to deal with it not for me but maybe for you for the children and i have great grandchildren who are smart and i regret the thought that someday they may be watching david price on tv if you talk about this and they turn and say grandpa what if wanted to do about that. that would be a fair question it is a terrible responsibility for the next generation we don't have that right. >> is it a tough thing to hear from the little ones back home and they say what to do about it grandpa? that. >> they would be if they set it feted and that could very said and that could very easily happen. they asked me about other things going on around the world whether it's terrorism or whatever and every now and then they were shocked me with the questions they ask.

say what did you do about this deficit, why did you do that to us when you have the opportunity to do something else. >> how do you solve this thing? we are right in the middle of a presidential campaign and it is all ended is all about wedding the support of the your prospective party but once we get beyond that, how do we get these folks to commit to whatever there their deck ideas are? kicking i think i think we start now. there's a group that's nonpartisan on the same nation and to join together. whoever the next president is will have to submit their first budget in the first 100 days. and we will know why they don't tell us now he intends to deal with this very, very important problem? it's got to be dealt with, and i think we has as voters and citizens ought to do with their take is on it or at least what they feel like they ought to be doing.

feel they don't want to give up anything but when you look at it whether it's taxes or services or whatever it is, someone has to give up something realistic way don't think you can of course. it all has to be put on the table, put daylight on it and sit down and try to work our way through it. it can be done. each work together for the good of our cause good of our grandchildren children. as it can be done. we've done up front for things it for other things why can't we do it for not think he can what i'm thinking the congressman's wishes for politicians to think more about tomorrow, not just

when we christmas has come and gone and we get to enjoy the gift that came with it. hopefully santa brought he what he wanted maybe it was the new hover board or a flat screen or light saber. i did not get everything i wanted so here is what was left off my gifts. my first request for donald trump and hillary clinton or

things that nobody can seem to come up with these videos over video showing thousands of muslims celebrating after september 11 as you claim, show us or quit claiming it's happened since there has been no visual proof that it did. we also hope you will quit talking about hillary clinton. for senator clinton you claimed isa showed video of trump's anti- muslim comments. we can understand that this is something that could happen but if you don't have any evidence of these things, then apologize for what he is said and let's all move on. wish number two for marco rubio and ted cruz what a fun little rivalry you to 40 somethings have on right now so here is my request. get the two of you on the debate stage so we can get to the bottom of this immigration fight. what did you use to believe about this, what do you believe now, has this changed and why so no more of this parsing words and all of that.

and to this also. he is out of the race but we will have him at administer the lie detector test to find out which one of u2 is lying on that so we can find the truth and get some comic relief as well and for you candidates out there who barely show up in the polls, you know who you are, some of you also barely show up on the campaign trail in any state so just ask yourself the question over the holidays can you get elected president? if you know the answer is no then please drop out so we can focus on the candidates who really do think they can win and we can let the voters decide whether or not they should. he is mister three tickets.

talking about what a big move over cereal and adam corolla there is a new podcast in town called three tickets. week by week it has taken us

iowa caucuses, how they work, why they are so weird angle and all the key players who keep them relevant an relevant all these years. jason noble is the host the writer and creator and many other things but he is also here so hello. it's quite a little project you have. you got some props by the columbia journalism review which is not bad. so you've put these things together, 10 episodes are out there now they've all been released so you can get go out and listen. >> binge listening. >> if you choose right. what a surprise has surprised you the most research all of this stuff? >> what surprised me the most i don't does it surprised me but what i did take away from it is just how important average iowans are to this process islands are to this process and really the opportunity that you have just by virtue of being a resident of this state to get involved in this political process, choose the next president in a really personal

that one episode i did was all about activist. >> that was activists. >> that was my favorite one week it was mine also line also. >> just real people give their lives to this process. >> and they give their lives for a few months every four years and have an opportunity to build really sincere relationships with presidential candidates and be a part of history. >> i wanted to ask you about two people in particular because he started getting back to the history here so you got to interview bob dole and walter mondale. >> s-letter. >> what were those experiences like? >> they were great. i grew up in kansas so i certainly had an awareness and knew a lot about bob dole and his service to our country going all the way back to world war ii, and it was a great experience to sit and talk with him, and what i really took away from that interview is the man is 92 years old. he has been out of office for going on 20 years but he is still a politician.

that i told her he was in kansas and my mom still lives there first thing he said when he walked to the door was tall your mother hello for me. >> like he expects to be on the ballot again. >> that's right. >> mondale is sort of the opposite. i did not know a lot about what long longtail mondale and did not understand his place in history and the history of the caucuses. >> he was in minnesota. >> right we went with him to minneapolis where he still keeps the hours hours at his office. >> is he in his late seventies. >> no. he is in his nineties also. >> o-letter is the? >> his experience in iowa is incredible because he was vice president jimmy carter so when jimmy carter ran again in 1980 the history of that was the iowa caucus campaign was playing during the iran hostage crisis in jimmy carter was not going to leave the white house to be seen campaigning so walter mondale basically ran the caucus

then turned around and do that again and 84 and just had a great perspective on this whole process that i had no idea before i went up there met him. >> do something with a journalist since we are talking about our own profession but the iowa caucuses would really not exist in their present form of the national media did not support them and did not come cover them. >> that's correct and it's true going back as long as there have been presidential caucuses in iowa. there is a sort of an unspoken agreement between the campaigns of the national political media that they're going to take i iowa seriously because the candidates come here because the journalists follow them and that is what makes iowa important. >> i wanted to ask you something that i get asked all the time when speaking to groups especially because of the interesting dynamic of the 2016 cycle and we have so many people and that you have such larger than life figures like hillary clinton and donald trump and obviously some others here but

is how do you manage this because there are just so many people. the democrats have fortunately paired themselves down to three so they are easier to come back, i had we lost lindsey graham so unfortunately we loses sense of humor but still, it's kind of wonderful on the republican side so how would you manage all of these people? >> we have some guideposts in the campaign that tell us how we do things right now. we have polling and debate performances and things like that, we have the schedule of when they are in iowa and we pay attention to them but i think that sort of the des moines register we make an effort to cover them all equally about half of our staff right now is assigned to a presidential candidate and give them all an equal shot at winning iowa's attention.

the hard part because you try not to get bogged down with polling so you can try to do some equal coverage because if you look at a cycle ago we would never have covered rick santorum and to until the last couple of days and it's hard but a practical matter of this is when january comes if all of these folks are campaigning hard here they are really only so many supporters to go around and you're going to have to use some of these benchmarks and some of them won't get much attention to. >> that's right and there is always a potential for a very big surprise on caucus night. >> got some serious stuff we have one more segment to do with you sir. when we come back, hovering

off your connect time time for insiders quick pics with jason noble. question number one. what do you think was the

2015? >> it was the aftermath of donald trump's statement about john mccain at that event in iowa between when the entire journalism establishment thought at the end of his campaign and that was in july. >> the entire establishment was wrong to my question number two you question number two you know jerry seinfeld has that show cars drinking coffee and apparently barack obama is going to be one of the episodes there. the politician you would think would be most interesting for you to drive around and drink coffee in a car with. >> that was actually one of the inspirations for the podcast. the guy that i actually did that with was chuck grassley. i went on the road with him for three of his town hall townhall stopped and got to see him scoping out the dairy queen in algona. i think i have lived my moment. >> very nice. question number three the hover board. would you do it?

>> apparently. question for you yarn imagines arkansas graduate. jayhawk set a guinness world record last week and had the most people show up at allen fieldhouse wearing an ugly sweater with like 3,000's of been like that. good idea or stupid idea? >> it's a great idea. i should clarify kansas native got it can discredit what went iowa state. >> sorry. we will fix that in editing. question five, you are a dad here and you have a little boy at home so what is most surprised you about becoming apparent? >> is this a cliche ability to function on little sleep. my kid is getting out of his crib at all hours on the mind right now i am moving that again of giving up three times in the middle of the night think it's thinking it's a lot harder when you do it the second time kicking your predictions can keep my

craziness, all the unprecedented theatrics that we have seen in the campaign season so far, my prediction is that the results on caucus night will be pretty conventional, pretty unsurprising in the context of the caucuses overall thinking that could be very interesting.

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