fact that theyre giving teenagers the power to have their voices heard.' jalesha johnson helped lead one of the townhalls and said the event has provided a safe place for teens to tackle social issues head on... 'i think its important that we have it in des moines, because a lot of times people think iowa is perfect and corn and there are problems going on here and i think its really important that we have an outlet to talk about those problems and have people relate to those problems and listen to us.' tomorrow the public is invited to a community showcase featuring all the art the teens created as well as a performance from joshua bennett, who is national poet. the event tomorrow will be held at performing arts hall on drake university's campus at 1:00 p.m.

battered and bruised....a corrections officer is recovering from an incident inside the mitchellville women's prison. this man was one of four two had to seek treatment outside the prison. the union representing the officers says the incident... described as a fight involving multiple inmates and staff... could have been prevented or descalated had more staff been on duty. it also says staff should be able to carry pepper spray. and here they got the pepper spray locked up in the captain's office and ya gotta run back and get permission to get it and by the time that's don the incident's over. somebody is hurt. an inmate could be killed. an inmate could be dead. an officer could be killed. a statement issued by the department of corrections says quote: the department of corrections is committed to operating safe and secure facilities and will continue to work to improve our operations for

the department of corrections declined to explain why the officers are not allowed to carry pepper spray. today the jury in the murder trial of alexander fazzino, heard testimony from the victim's father, even though he wasn't in the court room. fazzino is accused of killing his wife, emily, in their boone home back in 20-12 fazzino told police emily drowned in the bathtub and she was addicted to prescription pills. prosecutors say he choked and drowned his wife because she wanted a divorce. health issues kept richard beckwith - emily fazzino's father - off the stand, but a lawyer read earlier testimony he'd given. in that testimony, beckwith acknowledged he knew some about emily's addiction to prescription medication, but said emily was embarrassed to share those things with him.. he also described a three day stretch when she detoxed at his home. testimony of richard beckwith, emily's father: 13 "i walked into the bedroom and it was terrible. what did you see? emily was just absolutely frightened. cindy was holding her and cindy was trying to tell me to get out. emily was very, very embarrased

beckwith's testimony also revealed that he thought emily was happier than she'd been in a very long time....and that's when he started seeing alex fazzino become mean. the iowa supreme court has dismissed an appeal of a former d-c-i agent, who claimed he was wrongfully fired after reporting that the governor's suv was speeding on an iowa highway. it says the appeal of larry hedlund to the district court was untimely... because it was filed after the proper deadline. hedlund caught branstad's s-u-v traveling 19-miles per hour over the speed limit in 2013.. after complaining about the speeding s-u-v... which was not pulled over... hedlund was placed on administrative leave and later fired. he filed a wrongful termination suit... which was dismissed.. he then filed an appeal... which the district said was not filed on time and the supreme court agreed. however... some aspects of hedlund's lawsuit can move foreward. eastern iowa deputies say a man

and went off. black hawk county sheriff's deputies were called to elk run heights around 12-30 this morning. they found 45-year old martin lawrence unconscious. investigators say he was getting out of his car, when his gun dropped on the ground and fired. the bullet hit his leg. lawrence later died at the hospital. deputies believe the bullet traveled up lawrence's body and caused several internal injuries. investigators say nothing indicates that lawrence was reckless in his handling of the weapon. the polk county sheriff's office says they've seen a significant increase in phone scams... the exact number of different scams is not known... but in many of the cases, the victim is being threatened with arrest unless an immediate payment is made over the phone. one scam involved a criminal claiming to be an i-r-s worker. the con artist told the victim they owe back taxes. in another scheme...someone claims to be a deputy... and tells the person on the phone they owe money for failing to show up for jury duty. suspects also claim to be utility workers to collect late payments... and in one more

service claims the person owes money in a federal lawsuit. the sheriff's office say anyone receiving this type of call should not pay up... and should not reveal person information. hang up and report the call to law enforcement. the city of centerville has deemed twelve mobile homes in the city to be unsafe to live in... and that's leaving some people without a place to stay... the city of centerville has been working with the owners of the highlander mobile home park since last november. many of the homes in question have health and safety issues. on wednesday, owners of twelve home were told they only have seven days to find a new place to live. the trailer park owner jeff carley says the city won't allow him to rent out the trailers ... so he plans to simply give them to the residents so they can move back in. none of the people evicted have appealed to the city. two more iowans have been diagnosed with the zika virus... that brings the total number of cases to three... the new cases were found in women... one traveled to the caribbean...

none of the women were pregnant. zika is believed to cause birth defects in pregnant women. the mosquito that carries the virus is not in iowa. but health leaders are warning travelers to take steps to prevent mosquito bites... spring break is right around the corner... this week a video surfaced that made many people question the safety of battery-powered vaporizers. watch the guy on the right...that's his e-cigarette battery exploding in his pocket... he suffered second degree burns... the issue might not be uncommon... it also happened to an iowa man... macleod hageman explains the dangers... the man on your right likely had his e-cigarette batteries loose in his pocket -- that came into contact -- -- with something metal -- like keys or loose change."it's breathtaking whenever you see anything of that magnitude. you're like, what is going on?" vidcycle manager jacob burns says vapor users need to be cautious of their high-powered batteries. jacob burns vidcycle manager

extremely hot, and when that does, it's a warnring sign it's about to vent and blow up." "vaping experts say people need to be mindful of their devices and keep their batteries separate. putting everything your pocket without a cheap cover is like setting off a pipe bomb." these are aftermath photos of 23-year-old geoff morehead's burns -- whose vaping batteries blew up in his pocket in fort dodge -- back in january. geoff's employer didn't allow vaping devices at work -- so one day -- he left his vapor in his car -- but put his batteries in his pocket. moments later -- he was rushed to the hospital to be treated for burns. jake burns says he stresses e- cigarette safety to every buyer. nats "just make sure you keep them in that unit. because if they don't, exactly what happened in that video can happen to anybody." according to jake -- you also need to make sure your batteries aren't cloned. an easy way to check is to review the labels -- and make sure the plastic wrapping is secure.

illness since he was a baby... and he's used music to get through hospital stays... coming up, the viral video that helped the mason city boy meet a country music superstar.... and the boy's reaction when the two came face to face. 22:29 im surprised how much talk it's been getting really. it surprises me 22:33 the donut king has been open since the early 70s... but it will soon close.. the reason the shop is shutting his doors... and why the owner is not ready to retire just yet. and more than 400-thousand dollars in unemployment checks went out to people who didn't apply it.. coming up, why the state says it won't

a glitch in the system, dollars of unemployment checks. and the state won't be getting that money back. the malfunction paid out more than 430-thousand dollars.. today iowa workforce discussed many options to get some of that money back... and found none of the ideas were good. on march 8th of 20-14, the reporting system crashed... i-w-d sent out checks to all people who applied the week

they had a job. it extent of the glitch was all revealed during an audit this year. today, director beth townsend said back in 20-14, workers did not determine there were any over payments at the time, and they refused to take back money people said they didn't apply for. today, the state decided not to try and collect that 430-thousand dollars... townsend said if they tried to keep payments back from people's account now, it would not be fair. 17:00 we would be trying to collect money back at the worse possible time because they are filing for unemployment, they've lost their jobs and now were are saying to them you can't have your first weeks benefit because of an overpayment that was a result of our error in 20-14... 17:15 many of the workers at i-w-d at the time of the glitch are no longer employed there. lawmakers say the current staff is doing its best to prevent problems like this from happening in the future. deere and company announced it's laying off 100 employees in

the cuts will take place at the davenport and dubuque factories. both are part of the construction and forestry division. deere representatives say 80 of those lay offs will be at the davenport works facility... the other 20 in dubuque. a popular donut shop is closing down to make way for new development in west des moines... 24:40 i'm not ready to retire yet the problem is just finding a place that's reasonably close to here that we can make work. 24:51 lou king owns the donut king on grand avenue in west des moines... his building, was purchased by a developer... and at the end of the month, king will close his store to make way for new businesses. he's owned the donut king since 19- 73... king says over that time, he's built a loyal customer base. he says he's been blown away by the support of the community... 7:26:59 god, i'm just a donut maker, give me a break 27:01 but most of these people i've known for years. and there kids are coming in you know. 27:10 it's amazing the outcry that has

just floors me with the way they are reacting to it. 27:26 it makes you happy that's for sure.

winds will remain light and skies will remain clear as we go throughout the evening and overnight hours. temperatures will drop back to right around the freezing mark before we see a major warm up during

saturday. winds will pick up from the southwest and the sun will be shining, both of which will help boost temperatures into the upper 50s and lower 60s saturday afternoon. by sunday a weak cold front will move through and although winds will be gusty from the northwest around 35 mph, temperatures will hang out in the middle 50s during the day as the sunshine will

a country music star made an iowa boy's day this week... and those memories will last a lifetime... coming up next... the viral video that blew up the singer's twitter feed... and the reaction from the boy... and his grateful mother when the two

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people all over the world -- and the internet helped an

dream come true... the eight year old has spent most of his life in and out of hospital... using music to cheer him up... and this past weekend he was able to meet his favorite star. amanda gilbert has the story. you could say this picture is worth a thousand words.. . it captures the moment when 8- year-old joseph got to meet country super star luke bryan... mom- "when luke walked in the room and joseph just ran up to him and he said i made it luke. i made it. joseph- "i made it luke. "mom- " i mean my heart just dropped." this special meeting started with a simple video uploaded online. jospeh made it with the help of his teacher and school aid....explaining everything joseph has been through mom- " he pretty much spent the last seven years in a hospital.he's a seizure epilepic child. he has mild cerapalsy." and why it was important for joseph to meet luke.... mom- "through all the suffering that

luke bryan to sooth him." "hi luke." the video blew up on social media mom-"people all over the world we didn't even know." and pretty soon a radio station helped joseph get tickets joseph- "oh my gosh." to luke's concert in cedar falls... joseph- "at the u-n-i dome." and joseph got to meet the country star face-to-face... mom- "all the stuff he ever experienced in life was over medical problems and disasters so this would be the first time that he put a dream out there..." joseph- "it was a dream come true..." when luke bryan met joseph... he told the boy....you're the

been blowing up my twitter feed.... stick around, we'll get another

reporter: "so when you hear, say, one side, saying that they'd like to wait 'til "the next president is in office to appoint a justice, what do you think about that?" justice o'connor: "i don't agree. i think we need somebody there, now,"

finally tonight.... a light show lit up the skies over spain this week. and it was extraterrestrial.... a fireball was captured on camera over the city of cordoba wednesday. according to experts, the fireball was a fragment from a comet. it was traveling at 59 miles per hour and crashed against the earth's atmosphere, producing a spectacular flash. an observatory doesn't know if this fireball has any relation with two others that have flashed across

breaking news tonight. trump bombshell. chris christie shocks the political world by endorsing the front-runner hours after marco rubio unloaded on trump at

one of the most dramatic campaign days ever. nbc news investigates amid allegations from uniio the inside story of how undocumented workers worked at the site of trump tower. mass shooting horror. 4 dead, 1 wounded as a gunman opens fire in a workplace. a hero cop taking him down. tonight, what we've learned happened in the hours before the massacre. zika in america. the cdc warns of a surge in cases. the virus is now striking pregnant women here. and farry tale ending. a little girl's unicorn on the loose, and a police chase like we've never seen before. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer:s from "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening. what a wild day it has been, one of the most dramatic and intense days of this presidential campaign so far. hours after mocking, ridiculing and challenging donald