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debate the wrongful death case of a former iowa rocker. hear why the focus is on his daughter this morning... and how their decision could change iowa law forever. flags remain at half staff for a fallen supreme court justice... we'll tell you why justices here say we shouldn't worry about the political feud surrounding his replacement. it's wednesday february 17th, today

first on 13... the wrongful death case of a former iowa rocker is getting a second look this morning. the question is: should paul gray's daughter, who wasn't alive at the time of his death, be entitled to damages? the slipknot bassist died back in 2010 of a drug overdose. at the time... his wife was three months pregnant with their daughter. four years later, the two filed a lawsuit against gray's doctor saying he should pay for giving gray the drugs that killed him. now the court must decide whether his daughter is

in the death of a father she never met. meanwhile gray's attorney remains focused on what doctors may have done wrong. 23:45:50--23:46:14 what happened in this case was that mr. gray had various drug addiction problems. he was seeking medical help and had sought medical help for some period of time. he ended up dying, and the question in this case is whether or not the medical personnel doctors and hospitals treating him had created any medical malpractice relating to it.' gray's case is up again because his family's suit came past the two year filing deadline. so they appealed to get the supreme court's take. that, along with his daughter's rights have a chance of changing iowa law to extend the time you have to file a lawsuit. the talk over justice scalia's supreme court replacement rages on this morning... but now

politics. i think its important for everyone to remember that we have a process in place and that process has worked and it will continue to work again. indicators show the fight over who gets to pick justice antonin scalia's replacement will be a bumpy one. republicans have fought for the next president to decide. but president obama is sending americans a clear message that says otherwise. 1:02 - 1:10 : "i intend to nominate somebody, to present them to the american people, to present them to the senate. i expect them to hold hearings. i expect there to be a vote." whether that person is voted on or not is up to senator charles grassley. he chairs the senate judiciary committee... during a town hall meeting in marengo

question of if he would bring it to a vote. my question is will you continue to obstruct the president's nomination and at what point in the president's term does the constitution expire." i don't set the agenda of the united states senate in your committee i will take it a step at a time, the president hasn't nominated anybody yet." grassley says selecting a nominee shouldn't be president obama's decision to make, though in the past he has voted to confirm supreme court nominees in a president's final year in office. iowa lawmakers worry we aren't ready to turn over medicaid management... in two-weeks management will be taken over by three private companies. the change was supposed to happen on january first... but federal regulators delayed it saying the state wasn't ready.

'if i called cms would they say everything is ready to go and marked completed and were going to move forward march first, couldnt speak for cms i dont know how they would respond what i do know is that we have agreed on....so we really dont know, we believe were ready march first and unless the federal government steps in again.. that date stays set. the city of clive is trying to prevent another waterlogged summer... last year sand bags were put out too late to stop walnut creek from spreading into homes and businesses. now the city council is making a plan to get the ball rolling sooner next time. the new plan will let the city activate emergency operations earlier in the creek rising process. they're also streamlining their process for street closures and emergency notifications so

iowa basketball fans have something to rush home for tonight... it's an early tip off against penn state -- 5:30. the hawks are hoping for another road win here... to stay on top of the big ten. shouldn't be too hard, earlier this month iowa smoked the nittany lions 73- 49. meanwhile, road games continue to be the iowa state cyclones' version of kryptonite. the cyclones at baylor..early on, georges niang passes fred hoiberg on iowa state's all-time scoring leaders list...he scores 24 points on the night and has now topped the 2,000-point plateau. but i-s-u trails at the break. second half. baylor keeps pushing and we're stuck with a tie in the final seconds. tie at 81... to overtime they go. not good... the cyclones are down 3, burton for three, airball. baylor rips and runs. pass to

frustration foul on burton. this one's over... baylor pulls away and it's another close loss for the cyclones. 100 to 91 in overtime. back to the good news...here's georges niang's spot in cyclone history... he moves into third place all-time behind barry stevens and jeff grayer -- it's worth noting that stevens played before the three-point line was added and jeff grayer only got to use it

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pressure is up on capitol hill to make foot-and-mouth disease a priority. the national pork producers council past president dr. howard hill testified before congress to address usda's plan for an outbreak using a fmd vaccine. hill says the plan needs the resources to protect livestock, "we need to have the vaccine bank that would be readily available and then

increase that rapidly, which currently, it's not in existence. there's about $1.9 million, which is a drop in the bucket in to what it would take to really have an effective vaccine and to have a response to use vaccine." hill says right now, there's no surge capacity, if there was an outbreak of fmd, it's estimated the u.s. would need 40 million doses of the vaccine. foot and mouth disease is an animal disease endemic in africa, asia, south america, and the middle east and it can affect all cloven-hoofed animals. it rarely affects humans and is not a food safety issue; however, an outbreak in north america could devastate agriculture. hill says price of pigs could drop as much as 50 percent because it

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head into their primary in south carolina. donald trump won the last primary in new hampshire, but president obama is letting the billionaire know he doesn't think he's the right man to take over the oval office. "it's not hosting a talk show or a reality show." "it's hard." "this man has done such a bad job, he has set us back so far. and for him to say that actually is a great compliment." the latest nbc poll shows trump leading by double digits. there's really not a lot of polling about the democrats for this weekend's nevada primary, so the outcome there is anyone's guess. day trip to mexico later today.. with a mass in juarez this afternoon. more than a million are expected to spill into the streets to listen to his message... which has focused on compassion for

eliminate economic conditions, crime, and corruption. it's hard to forget last month's record breaking powerball. and now the world is about to meet one of the three lucky winners from that billion and half dollar drawing. a florida grocery store sold one of the tickets and that winner will reveal himself - or herself - today. a tennessee couple has already claimed their prize. the last winner, has yet to come forward. a former des moines firefighter is used to saving lives. but this time, his community wants to help save his. coming up...a severe lung injury he got on the job. and a new treatment that could allow him to help raise his

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he's used to battling flames... but now this former firefighter is fighting for his life following a lung injury he got during training. hear the prognosis... and his family's hope in a radical new treatment. witness search.. police are looking for a 17 year who could provide more information in a police shooting at an urbandale motel. why they think she could be important to the investigation. supreme arguments.. what iowa's top court will decide in the death of a slipknot member and the arguments it heard last night about why his family has the right to sue his former doctor. it's wednesday, february 17th,