man the man on trial for a shooting spree through pleasant hill last year took the stand thursday . he told the jury he has been battling drug abuse...and gave an apology for the incident. polson told the jury he doesnt remember shooting at the three victims. amanda the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door... amanda a federal investigation has begun into draft-kings and fan-duel....two fantasy sports services offering daily fantasy football events. at issue is whether games are being manipulated by players with inside information - like company employees. on thursday, the state of nevada also ruled ths services as a form of gambling...requir ing them to be licensed to operate in the state. amanda number four... amanda parents in waukee are tired of having their kids switch schools. the city is rapidly growing and the district is struggling to keep up ... rezoning their schools as many as 7 times in the last 20 years. a group of parents were even handing out fliers at a public forum last night ...speaking out

against the most recent rezoning. amanda and finally in the top five... amanda the 20-15 i-m-t des moines marathon gets underway saturday, bringing hundreds of runners to the metro. last year, ten- runners to the metro. last year, ten- thousand athletes from around the world competed in the big race. the competition is expected to be intense this year....and drivers should expect road closures along the route beginning this evening. amanda amanda the project is still awaiting approval from is still awaiting approval from the iowa board of utilities... the project could eventually carry crude oil from north dakota to illinois-- cutting diagonally across the state. about 80 people held up signs and chanted about their disappointment in dakota access for even considering taking over their land. a smaller, counter protest was staged nearby, where folks talked about the benefits of the jobs. but the larger group, made a bigger statement,

delivering one thousand complaints about the project. "cecil wright, utility board lawyer: "this is really people just expressing their opinion. and as i said, the board reviews that, and will take that into consideration. and they may have questions for dakota access or some of the other witnesses based on those objections. " amanda the iowa board of utilities will hold a public hearing for the project on november 12th. more than sixty people are expected to testify at the hearings next month. amanda we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: this week started on the mild and warm side, but now we're really back to feeling like fall with a cold day and frost night back in the forecast. we're looking at mostly sunny skies today with a few more afternoon clouds. we're going to be cold and windy this afternoon with highs only climbing into the mid 50s and northwest winds around 10-15 mph. overnight we're going to see partly cloudy skies but we'll

spread frost as lows fall into the low 30s and 20s. saturday will start very cold and chilly, but with some sunshine we'll warm that air up into the upper 50s. sunday is going to be gorgeous with highs climbing back into the upper 60s. next week we have a few rain chances and we'll have our highs go back into the 70s for a few days. amanda: this morning we

another big football action... our own elias north polk alleman this blitz gameday elias...it looks like comet fans have really shown up this morning to help us with blitz game-day... elias: that's right amanda....the alone, we have parents, school officials, and a whole crowd up and excited this morning... elias: helping us do that are the cheerleaders and players from north polk they got up bright and early this morning..to join us here on blitz game day we'll be talking with some of their players and the head coach a little bit later... but first, we want to begin this morning with a quick preview of tonight;s match up....and our game of the week.... c-m-b at north polk alleman... this will be a big game....its alreadya big rivalry... with both the raiders and the comets looking for the win tonight... here's a look at what the comets had to say about tonight's game

"cmb is a really good team they know their schemes really well good skill kids. aggressive linemen they always play with a lot of confidence. going to be a tough team gotta play our hardest tough lost last year wanna get them back this year. we do want some redemption good to get back out and play them again always fun we play them in everything. our kids play them in everything we see em in post season in almost every sport i don't know how much our kids know them outside the competition but our kids know them pretty well through the competition. we're trying to get a home game we definitely play best at home so we're trying to win out. passion sacrifice and loyalty its our team motto it's just what we do. " elias: sounds likes its

going to be quite the matchup tonight.... of course we'll hear more from the head coach in just a little bit...he will join us live here on blitz game day to talk more about his team and the game. we're also going to talk not just to players, but students, and school officials...as we go beyond the football field and talk about the support system behind the athletics. so for now we'll send it back to you in the studio... elias johnson local 5 news we are iowa. amanda: thanks elias... amanda at ((time check)) we're going to take a short break but have more good morning iowa still ahead....and much more from elias and blitz gameday... amanda but first...for those traveling into polk county...be safe this morning... into polk county...be safe this morning... the sheriff's office has automated traffic enforcement vehicles at two locations.... one at the ...ten- thousand six- hundred block of northeast 70th avenue and a second at the ...58-hundred block of northeast 27th avenue so take care on the roads today... amanda let's also get a

quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at valley west... [current conditions] good morning iowa continues after this! "your wathcing good morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, sabrina

forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." amanda a rough drive for some in california...after for some in california...after a mudslide traps their vehicles on you can see how deeply the mud. it's above the tires on some on the 18- wheeler. landslide affected a 200- square-mile area...that was

under a severe thunderstorm warning. amanda (anchor toss to wx) sam: adlib toss. sam: weather adlib: this week started on the mild and warm side, but now we're really back to feeling like fall with a cold day and frost night back in the forecast. we're looking at mostly sunny skies today with a few more afternoon clouds. we're going to be cold and windy this afternoon with highs only climbing into the mid 50s and northwest winds around 10-15 mph. overnight we're going to see partly cloudy skies but we'll probably see wide- spread frost as lows fall into the low 30s and 20s. saturday will start very cold and chilly, but with some sunshine we'll warm that air up into the upper 50s. sunday is going to be gorgeous with highs climbing back into the upper

60s. next week we have a few rain chances and we'll have our highs go back into the 70s for a few days. amanda: this morning we are getting you ready for another big friday night of football action... our own elias johnson is out at north polk for blitz gameday good morning elias... elias: good morning amanda...we want to help get the metro excited about tonight's game... elias: as you can see a great turnout this morning at north polkf...the students are

ready for tonight's game with c-m-b.... (((cheer)) to talk more about tonight's matchup we are joined by ??? thanks for joining us... ((interview))) as you can see the excitement is already in the air here at earlham......and we have much more coming up this hour... so for now we'll send it back to you in the studio... elias johnson local 5 news we are iowa. thanks elias... amanda we have lots more good morning iowa ahead...but first here's abc's phillip mena and reena ninan with tech bytes. techbytes: in today's tech bytes... we are iowa. thanks elias...

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as you can see a great turnout this morning at north polkf...the students are ready for tonight's game with c-m-b.... (((cheer)) to talk more about tonight's matchup we are joined by ??? thanks for joining us... ((interview))) as you can see the excitement is already in the air here at earlham......and we have much more coming up this hour... elias: we still have much more ahead here on blitz gameday...as we take a short break. just ahead, more from north polk..the site of our game of the week... but first, meteorologist sam schreier breaks down your full forecast...lettin

elias: we still have much more ahead here on blitz gameday...as we take a short break. just ahead, more from north polk..the site of our game of the week... but first, meteorologist sam schreier breaks down your full forecast...lettin g you know what mother nature has in store as you get ready to start your day. stay with us., elias: as you can see a great turnout this morning at north polkf...the students are ready for tonight's game with c-m-b.... (((cheer)) to talk more about tonight's matchup we are joined by ??? thanks for joining us... ((interview))) as you can see the excitement is already in the air here at earlham......and we have much more coming up this hour... elias:

much more ahead here on blitz gameday...as we take a short break. just ahead, more from north polk..the site of our game of the week... but first, meteorologist sam schreier breaks down your full forecast...lettin g you know what mother nature has in store as you get ready to start your day.

experts" sam weather adlib: put script here in green this week started on the mild and warm side, but now we're really back to feeling like fall with a cold day and frost night back in the forecast. we're looking at mostly sunny skies today with a few more afternoon clouds. we're going to be cold and windy this afternoon with highs only climbing into the mid 50s and northwest winds around 10-15 mph. overnight we're going to see partly cloudy skies but we'll

and 20s. saturday will start very cold and chilly, but with some sunshine we'll warm that air up into the upper 50s. sunday is going to be gorgeous with highs climbing back into the upper 60s. next week we have a few rain chances and we'll have our highs go back into the 70s for a few days. sam toss back. amanda: and don't forget local five is

of the high school football just head over to we are iowa dot come, and you can watch the matchups listed on your screen. all from the comfort of your home... amanda coming up after the break... we

for more blitz game day.. but first... time for a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at euclid... [current conditions] good morning

""cheering"" "you're watching good moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " amanda: good morning iowa! i'm ???. it's x:00 a-m on

friday october 16th thanks for joining us! exciting morning for high schools across the state as we get ready for another night on the grid iron... we'll have more from blitz game day in just a moment... weather is always first on iowa... in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... meteorologist sam schreier. sam: (adlib toss) sam weather adlib: this week started on the mild and warm side, but now we're really back to feeling like fall with a cold day and frost night back in back to feeling like fall with a cold day and frost night back in the forecast. we're looking at mostly sunny skies today with a few more afternoon clouds. we're going to be cold and windy this afternoon with highs only climbing into the mid 50s and northwest winds around 10-15 mph. overnight we're going to see partly cloudy skies but we'll

spread frost as lows fall into the low 30s and 20s. saturday will start very cold and chilly, but with some sunshine we'll warm that air up into the upper 50s. sunday is going to be gorgeous with highs climbing back into the upper 60s. next week we have a few rain chances and we'll have our highs go back into the 70s for a few days. amanda: this morning we are getting you ready for another big friday night of football action... our own elias johnson is out at madrid for blitz gameday good morning elias... elias: good morning amanda...we want to help get the metro excited about tonight's game... elias: as you can see a great turnout

this morning at north polkf...the students are ready for tonight's game with c-m-b.... the raiders coming to town to face the comets in a heated rivalry. (((cheer)) to talk more about tonight's matchup we are joined by ??? thanks for joining us... ((interview))) as you can see the excitement is already in the air here at earlham......and we have much more coming up this hour... so for now we'll send it back to you in the studio... elias johnson local 5 news we are iowa. thanks elias... amanda let's take a quick look at some of

amanda let's take a quick look at some of our top stories this morning... the president says american troops will remain in afghanistan longer than planned... right now, 98- hundred us troops were

expected home by the end of 20- 16. however, as many as 55- hundred will remain on the ground for counterterroris m operations and training afghan forces. back here in iowa... " im sorry form the bottom of my heart, i apologize, its not me. " amanda pete polson, the man the man on trial for a shooting spree through pleasant hill last year took the stand thursday . he told the jury he has been battling drug abuse...and gave an apology for the incident. polson told the jury he doesnt remember shooting at the three victims. amanda parents in waukee are tired of having their kids switch schools. the city is rapidly growing and the district is struggling to keep up ... rezoning their schools as many as 7 times in the last 20 years. a group of parents were even handing out fliers at a public forum last night ...speaking out against the most recent rezoning. amanda and the 20-15 i-m-t des moines marathon gets underway saturday, bringing hundreds of

runners to the metro. last year, ten- thousand athletes from around the world competed in the big race. the competition is expected to be intense this year....and drivers should expect road closures along the route beginning this evening. amanda we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: this week started on the mild and warm side, but now we're really back to feeling like fall with a cold day and frost night back in the forecast. we're looking at mostly sunny skies today with a few more afternoon clouds. we're going to be cold and windy this afternoon with highs only climbing into the mid 50s and northwest winds around 10-15 mph.

overnight we're going to see partly cloudy skies but we'll probably see wide- spread frost as lows fall into the low 30s and 20s. saturday will start very cold and chilly, but with some sunshine we'll warm that air up into the upper 50s. sunday is going to be gorgeous with highs climbing back into the upper 60s. next week we have a few rain chances and we'll have our highs go back into the 70s for a few days. amanda: this morning we

ready for another big friday night of football action... our own elias johnson is out at north polk for blitz gameday good morning elias... elias: good morning amanda...we want to help get the

game... elias: as you can see a great turnout this morning at north polkf...the students are ready for tonight's game with c-m-b.... the raiders coming to town to face the comets in a heated rivalry. (((cheer)) to talk more about tonight's matchup we are joined by ??? thanks for joining us... ((interview))) as you can see the excitement is already in the air here at earlham......and we have much more coming up this hour... so for now we'll send it back to you in the studio... elias johnson local 5 news

thanks elias... amanda at ((time check)) we're going to take a short break but have more good morning iowa still ahead....and much more from elias and blitz gameday... amanda but first...for county...be safe this morning... the sheriff's office has automated traffic enforcement vehicles at two locations.... one at the ...ten- thousand six- of northeast 70th avenue and a second at northeast 27th avenue so take care on the roads today... amanda let's also get a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at [current

conditions] good morning

"your wathcing goometeorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." sam: weather adlib: this week started on the mild and warm side, but now we're really back to feeling like fall with a cold day and frost night back in the forecast. we're looking at mostly sunny skies today with a few more afternoon clouds. we're going to be cold and windy this afternoon with highs only climbing into the mid 50s and northwest winds around 10-15 mph. overnight we're going to see partly cloudy skies but we'll probably see wide- spread frost as lows fall into the low 30s and 20s. saturday will start very cold and chilly, but with some sunshine we'll warm that air up into the

upper 50s. sunday is going to be gorgeous with highs climbing back into the upper 60s. next week we have a few rain chances and we'll have our highs go back into the 70s for a few days. amanda: this morning we are getting you ready for another big friday night of football action... our own elias johnson is out at north polk for blitz gameday good morning elias... elias: good morning amanda...we want to help get the metro excited about tonight's game... elias:

great turnout this morning at north polkf...the students are ready for tonight's game with c-m-b.... the raiders coming to town to face the comets in a heated rivalry. (((cheer)) to talk more about tonight's matchup we are joined by ??? thanks for joining us... ((interview))) as you can see the excitement is already in the air here at earlham......and we have much more coming up this hour... elias:

lots more ahead here on blitz gamedday and good morning iowa... we're going to take a short break, but first here's what's coming up later on "good

"good morning america

elias: welcome back everyone we are live this morning from north polk...the site of our game of the week... the comets are set to host the cmb raiders tonight.... local five will be live here all day.... it's definitely shaping up to be a big game tonight...you can feel the excitement thanks to everyone who

on gameday this morning.. but, it doesn't end here local five sports director jon schaeffer will be live from alleman this evening on local five news... and don't forget about the full hour of blitz at 10-35... now next week, our game of the week will be ?????.... and we want to challenge all you ??? fans...you've seen the turnout this morning...and the school spirit on display... can you top that? we'll find out next week on another edition of blitz gameday.. so for now we'll send it back to you in the studio... elias johnson local 5 news we are iowa. thanks elias... amanda time for another short break...but before we go let's get a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at west mixmaster [current conditions] sam says ??? he's in with central iowa's most accurate

forecast next... good morning central iowa's most accurate forecast next... good morning iowa continues after this! "now, we are iowa's most accurate

schreier. independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: put script here in green this week started on the mild and warm side, but now we're really back to feeling like fall with a cold day and frost night back in the forecast. we're looking at mostly sunny skies today with a few more afternoon clouds. we're going to be cold and windy this afternoon with highs only climbing into the mid 50s and northwest winds around 10-15 mph. overnight we're going to see partly cloudy skies but we'll

probably see wide- spread frost as lows fall into the low 30s and 20s. saturday will start very cold and chilly, but with some sunshine we'll warm that air up into the upper 50s. sunday is going to be gorgeous with highs climbing back into the upper 60s. next week we have a few rain chances and we'll have our highs go back into the 70s for a few days. sam toss back.

local five is streaming some of the high school football games tonight... just head over to we are iowa dot come, and you can watch the matchups listed on your screen. all from the comfort of your home... sabrina elias: a final look at the top five... and sabrina elias: a final look at with elias out at the top five... and blitz game day...when we return....

amanda the president says american troops will remain in afghanistan longer than planned... on the recommendation of his top commanders, as many as 55- hundred will remain on the ground beyond 20-16 for counterterroris m operations and training afghan forces. sabrina: elias: in the number two spot this morning... " im sorry form the bottom of my heart, i apologize, its not me. " amanda pete polson, the man the man on trial for a shooting spree through pleasant hill last year took the stand thursday . he told the jury he has been battling drug abuse...and gave an apology for the incident. sabrina:

elias: the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door... amanda a federal investigation has begun into draft-kings and fan-duel....two fantasy sports services offering daily fantasy football events. at issue is whether games are being manipulated by players with inside information - like company employees. sabrina: elias: number four... amanda parents in waukee are tired of having their kids switch schools. the city is rapidly growing and the district is struggling to keep up ... rezoning their schools as many as 7 times in the last 20 years. a group of parents were even handing out fliers at a public forum last night sabrina: elias: and finally... you'll want to know about this story in the big five... amanda the 20-15 i-m-t des moines marathon gets underway saturday, bringing hundreds of runners to the metro. last year, ten- thousand athletes from around the world competed in the big race. the competition is expected to be intense this year....and drivers should expect road closures along the route beginning this evening. sabrina elias: sam is in with a final look at

central iowa's most accurate forecast... sam final weather adlib this week started on the mild and warm side, but now we're really back to feeling like fall with a cold day and frost night back in the forecast. we're looking at mostly sunny skies today with a few more afternoon clouds. we're going to be cold and windy this afternoon with highs only climbing into the mid 50s and northwest winds around 10-15 mph. overnight we're going to see partly cloudy skies but we'll probably see wide- spread frost as lows fall into the low 30s and 20s. saturday will start very cold and chilly, but with some sunshine we'll warm that air up into the upper 50s. sunday is going to be gorgeous with highs climbing back into the upper s. next week we have a few rain chances and we'll have our highs go back into the 70s for a few days. that's it for us here in the studion....but before we go, let's check in one last time with our own elias johnson, live at north polk for blitz gamed day... have a good day everybody! elias: we are live this morning from north polk...the site of our game of the week... the comets are set to host the cmb raiders tonight.... local five will be live here all day.... it's definitely shaping up to be a big game tonight...you can feel the

excitement thanks to everyone who came out and joined us here on gameday this morning.. but, it doesn't end here local five sports director jon schaeffer will be live from alleman this evening on local five news... and don't forget about the full hour of blitz at 10-35... now next week, our game of the week will be ?????.... and we want to challenge all you ??? fans...you've seen the turnout this morning...and the school spirit on display... can you top that? we'll find out next week on another edition of good morning, america. powerful mudslides, flash floods sweep across california overnight. >> everydy up here is completely landlocked in by

debris flow.