iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm elias johnson... sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. it's x:00 a-m on thursday october 29th elias: good to have everyone with us! and it's great to have central iowa's most accurate forecast with meterologist sam schreier! hey sam! sam: (sam adlibs) sam (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: if you were looking for warm weather in my forecast today, keep looking. we have more harsh, cold weather in the forecast for today, and to be honest it's still going to be a couple more days till anything gets better! this afternoon we'll see more sun which will do a better job of pushing highs to 51, but the winds will stay strong and wind chills are going to be cold like yesterday. overnight tonight we'll get clear skies back across the skies with much less wind and lows falling in to

the mid to low 30s. friday is going to be kind of awful as well with temps in the mid 50s and a gloomy second half of the day with clouds building back into iowa. we have a rain chance late friday night (probably after 10pm for the metro) through saturday morning, but i think tailgaters for the isu and iowa games will be in luck since the rain should be gone fairly early in the morning. sunday is the start of a brief warming trend that should get us into the 70s by monday and last into next wednesday, so there is some light at the end of the tunnel! sabrina: let's get into the top five this morning.... sabrina: metro residents should expect to see a rising water bill beginning in april... the des moines water works board approved a 10 percent rate hike this

week....mainly because people much water. they added that the increased system was not part of the reason to raise the rate. elias: in the number two spot this morning... elias: the south carolina resource office who pulled a female student from her desk, then dragged her across a classroom has been fired. the richland county sheriff blamed the student and what he called her "disruptive, disrespectful behavior" for the encounter but he said deputy ben fields did not follow proper procedures... " (sheriff leon lott, richland county, sc) the deciding factor for me though was when he threw her across the room. that's were there was no following our policy whatsoever. " elias: the fbi and the justice department are conducting separate investigations of the incident. sabrina: the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door... sabrina: the third presidential debate brought the top ten candidates to the stage in boulder, colorado last night. the candidates went after each other,

washington politicians ... even the moderators themselves. one target they all railed against, the mainstream medai. elias: number four... elias: and it was no surprise that wisconsin's paul ryan would come out the winner in wednesday's ryan would come out the winner in wednesday's election for speaker of the house. the secret- ballot tally was 200 for ryan, 43 for florida's daniel webster. his nomination is expected to be approved today, making him the youngest speaker since before the civil war. sabrina: and finally in the top five... sabrina: waukee police will now be able to use body cam video in their investigations. thanks to a private donation 18 officers are now equppied with body cameras. officials say the video won't be available to the public unless its subpeonaed in court and the officers will be deciding what interactions are kept. elias: police investigating some shots fired near a school wednesday

elias: des moines police believe they have identified the vehicle involved in the shots- fired outside of east high school yesterday... witnesses saw what looked to be a fight about to break out, and students hop into an s-u-v and fire off a gun. it happened about a 1/2 block from east high's campus, as the students were leaving. a des moines public schools spokesperson says east high went into lockdown mode for seven minutes. sabrina: the iowa board of cosmotology faces a lawsuit over its current licensing laws... sabrina: the justice institute has filed the lawsuit on the behalf of two hair- braiders. the plaintiffs claim the state's current licensing laws require them to finish more than two thousand hours of cosmotology school to run an african hair braiding business. the problem is they don't even teach this kind of hair braiding at these schools. these women say the technique has been passed down through generations and it allows them to keep that heritage alive. " " 1:45 being a hair braider and not being licensed is terrifying. i just want a right to make a living and not

feel like i'm a cirminal. sabrina: there are some serious there are some serious penalties for violating these licensing laws....including a thousand dollar fine per infraction. elias: a search of fuel pumps at casey's general stores has turned up skimmers... caseys says it found one of the devices at fuel pumps in nebraska, and then launched a company-wide search of all pumps and found more devices. here's a list of some of those locations that were involved. it's unclear if any credit card information was compromised, but customers who used cards at the locations earlier this month should look month should look over their accounts. elias: and more phone

scams are hitting the metro. people say someone calls from midamerican energy or another local utility. they claim that your payment is past-due and to avoid them shutting off your services you need to send them money via a pre-paid debit card. if this happens to you, please hang up, call mid american energy or your local police station. sabrina: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: if you were looking for warm weather in

my forecast today, keep looking. we have more harsh, cold weather in the forecast for today, and to be honest it's still going to be a couple more days till anything gets better! this afternoon we'll see more sun which will do a better job of pushing highs to 51, but the winds will stay strong and wind chills are going to be cold like yesterday. overnight tonight we'll get clear skies back across the skies with much less wind and lows falling in to the mid to low 30s. friday is going to be kind of awful as well with temps in the mid 50s and a gloomy second half of the day with clouds building back into iowa. we have a rain chance late friday night (probably after 10pm for the metro) through saturday morning, but i think tailgaters for the isu and iowa games will be in luck since the rain should be gone fairly early in the morning. sunday is the start of a brief warming trend that should get us into the 70s by monday and last into next wednesday,

so there is some light at the end of the tunnel! sabrina: a chance to talk about education or learn about a city's comprehensive plan today... sabrina: this evening the second in a series of community conversations will be held by the des moines education association.... the d-m-e-a is holding the meetings to connect with the community and share information and ideas for enhancing student success. tonight's meeting will be at five p-m at the central campus on grand avenue. sabrina: meanwhile, pleasant hill will hold an open house later today to unveil its comprehensive plan and the parks, recreation and open space master plan. residents are invited to the event at riley resource group on university avenue.. the open house

begins at four this afternoon. elias: at ((time check)) we'll take a short break, but have lots more good morning iowa still ahead... sabrina: coming up, we'll unveil our halloween pumpkin carcing creations... elias: but first...for those traveling into polk county...be safe this morning... the sheriff's office has automated traffic enforcement vehicles at two locations.... one at the ...eleven- thousand two- hundred block of northwest 16th street and a second at the ...73-hundred block of norhtwest fourth street so take care on the roads today... sabrina: let's also get a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at valley west... [current conditions] good morning iowa continues after this!

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"your wathcing good morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." "nats of sleet elias: not exactly the type of precipitation we may be ready to see here in the metro... a little sleet came from the sky in altoona wednesday afternoon... local five's stephanie angleson shot this while out shooting video... but how far could we be from snow in the metro? let's ask sam... elias:

(anchor toss to wx) sam: adlib toss. sam: weather adlib: sam: weather adlib: if you were looking for warm weather in my forecast today, keep looking. we have more harsh, cold weather in the forecast for today, and to be honest it's still going to be a couple more days till anything gets better! this afternoon we'll see more sun which will do a better job of pushing highs to 51, but the winds will stay strong and wind chills are going to be cold like yesterday. overnight tonight we'll get clear skies back across the skies with much less wind and lows falling in to the mid to low 30s. friday is going to be kind of awful as well with temps in the mid 50s and a gloomy second half of the day with clouds building back into iowa. we have a rain chance late friday night (probably after 10pm for the metro) through saturday morning, but i think tailgaters for the isu and iowa games will be in luck since the rain should be gone fairly early in the morning. sunday is the start of a brief

warming trend that should get us into the 70s by monday and last into next wednesday, so there is some light at the end of the tunnel! sabrina with halloween two days away, decorations are in full fright, you might say... to help celebrate we have our own pumpkin carving

contest right here on good morning iowa.. elias: that's right, the two of us carved up our scariest creations, using whatever means necessary.. take a look! " "

looking for a haunting this halloween? well local five has a round-up of local halloween events happening across the metro.. just head online to we are iowa dot com for the list...you can also find the latest news and weather there as well. elias: time for another short break here on good morning iowa... when we come back... we're not the only ones excited about halloween... super heroes at the hospital just ahead...

most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: put script here in green if you were looking for warm weather in my forecast today, keep looking. we have more harsh, cold weather in the forecast for today, and to be honest it's still going to be a couple more days till anything gets better! this afternoon we'll see more sun which will do a better job of pushing highs to 51, but the winds will stay strong and wind chills are going to be cold like yesterday. overnight tonight we'll get clear skies back across the skies with much less wind and lows falling in to the mid to low 30s. friday is going to be kind of awful as well with temps in the mid 50s and a gloomy second half of the day with clouds building back into iowa. we have a rain chance late friday night (probably after 10pm for the metro) through

saturday morning, but i think tailgaters for the isu and iowa games will be in luck since the rain should be gone fairly early in the morning. sunday is the start of a brief warming trend that should get us into the 70s by monday and last into next wednesday, so there is some light at the end of the tunnel! sam toss back. sabrina: in take a look at this today... sabrina: the blank children's hospital neonatal intensive care unit, or "nicu" had some special outfits for its tiny patients. they dressed up the babies as super heroes. the costumes were actually created by nurses there. they came up with the idea all on their own as a way to get some smiles from parents, who are often dealing with some scary circumstances. brittany hruska nicu nurse "we just wanted to give the families a normal, fun experience. it can be stressful in the nicu." katie mcwilliams

little, little, tiny babies grow and grow and be these awesome superheroes and we wanted the families to be able to notice that and be apart of that." sabrina: we wish a happy halloween to all the families in the nicu right now. all: (reax) elias: well time now for another short break... elias: well time now for another short break... but when we come back... a look at consumer news...uber plans to offer a special kind of delivery today... the purrr-fect way to spend 15 minutes coming up in your money.. ...but first here's what happened last night on

"you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." elias: on your money now elias: ford has issued

three recalls affecting thousands of vehicles in north america. a safety recall for potential fuel tank issues affects roughly 129-thousand vehicles...includi ng 20-09 and 20-10 models of the ford edge and lincoln m-k-x. 72 more vehicles are subject to another safety recall for a possible trailer brake controller issue. ford's third recall affects roughly 19- hundred 20-16 ford mustangs. the company says restraint parts in those cars may have been damaged during shipping. ford says it isn't aware of any accidents or injuries related to the recalls. elias: and finally....want to make some furry-friends today...just open your uber app... uber kittens will deliver the tiny felines on- demand today... a 30-dollar snuggle fee gets you 15 minutes with the kittens. uber is offering the service to help support participating shelters...in des moines its the animal rescue league.

enough....some of the kittens are even eligible for adoption... elias: that's a look at your money this morning... coming up after the break... sam's in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... but first... time for a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at euclid... [current conditions] good morning iowa returns after this.

topping your headlines this morning... it's almost election day in an small iowa town...but despite having some empty seats, they can't find candidates. sabrina: and round three for the republican presidential candidates saw them take jabs at one another, but they all seemed to find one opponent in common, the mainstream media. elias: back in the metro, with less water being used...customers of des moines water works

will see an increase in their bills next year, "you're watching good moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " sabrina thanks for joining us on your [day of sabrina thanks for joining us on your [day of week] morning, i'm sabrina ahmed. elias: and i'm elias johnson... elias: weather is always first on good morning iowa... in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... meteorologist sam schreier. sam: (adlib toss) sam weather adlib: if you were looking for warm weather in my forecast today, keep looking. we have more harsh, cold weather in the forecast for today, and to be honest it's still going to be a couple more days till anything gets better! this afternoon we'll see more sun which will do a better job of

strong and wind chills are going to be cold like yesterday. overnight tonight we'll get clear skies back across the skies with much less wind and lows falling in to the mid to low 30s. friday is going to be kind of awful as well with temps in the mid 50s and a gloomy second half of the day with clouds building back into iowa. we have a rain chance late friday night (probably after 10pm for the metro) through saturday morning, but i think tailgaters for the isu and iowa games will be in luck since the rain should be gone fairly early in the morning. sunday is the start of a brief warming trend that should get us into the 70s by monday and last into next wednesday, so there is some light at the end of the tunnel! elias: our top story...you'll soon see a jump in your water

bill, beginning in april. elias: the des moines water works board approved a 10 percent rate hike this week. the board says the reason for the increase is because people aren't using as much water... due to more- efficient water appliances. the increase not only affects people in des moines, but also ankeny, urbandale, and west des moines those are customers whose water is purchased through the board. " keith denner, president of professional property management: "it happens fairly frequently because their cost of operation goes up and the cost of electricity goes up and they need to pass on their costs. we understand it." elias: the board has also said the increase in rates was due to normal increases, not because of the increased amount of time that the nitrate system has been run throughout the year. sabrina: meanwhile, another iowa city's police force prepares to go on camera... sabrina: a private donation has now allowed waukee police to equip officers

eighteen officers will add the cameras to their equipment, and use them in their investigations. in total it took all 14 thousand dollars to purchase these cameras, data and storage officials say the video won't be available to the public unless its subpeonaed in court and the officers will be deciding what interactions are kept. "officer decides to keep it, its saved for 180 days, but if its a simple call like a traffic stop, unlocking someones vehicle etc. they dont tag and it erases after 60 days " " sabrina: des moines police are also working on getting body cams... they're waiting to receive bids from vendors before purchasing the cameras elias: round three for the republican presidential candidates was a spirited debate. sabrina: the 10 candidates

fierce attacks on the each other-- and even the moderators. abc's bazi kanani brings us the highlights. "script: (sot - kasich) folks, we have got to wake up. right from the start: the frontrunners, donald trump and ben carson, come under attack. (sot kasich) we cannot elect someone that doesn't know how to do the job. then, a classic trump counter punch against ohio governor john kasich.. (sot - trump) "his poll numbers tanked. that is why he is on the end. and he got nasty. he got nasty. so, you know what? you can have him." the real estate mogul further blasting kasich for his ties to failed wall street firm lehman brothers. and another sparring match... as jeb bush goes after first-year senator marco rubio for missing senate votes to campaign. (sot - bush) "when you signed up for this, this is a six- year term. you should be showing up to term." (sot - rubio) "someone has convinced you that attacking me is going to help you." rubio defended his voting record with a comparison to john mccain and others who missed votes during presidential campaigns. new jersey governor chris christie drew applause for his slam on a question

about regulating betting for fantasy football. (sot - christie) we have 19 trillion in debt, people out of work, we have isis and al qaeda attacking us and we're really talking about fantasy football? can we stop? as the candidates battled over their records and tax plans... they found agreement on one thing: ted cruz vents their shared frustration with the moderators. (sot - cruz) "this is not a cage match... solutions?"" elias: don't forget to don't forget to weigh-in on last night's debate... who do you think won...and who do you think fell

short.. let us know -- we may use your comments on-air. let us know -- we may use your comments on-air. you can post you thoughts on twitter and facebook. or send us an email or give us a call . we'd love to hear what you think! the contact information is on your screen. elias: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: if you were looking for warm weather in my forecast today, keep looking. we have more harsh, cold weather in the forecast for today, and to be honest it's still going to be a couple more days till anything gets better! this afternoon we'll see more sun which will do a better job of pushing highs to 51,

are going to be cold like yesterday. overnight tonight we'll get clear skies back across the skies with much less wind and lows falling in to friday is going to be with temps in the mid second half of the day with clouds building back into iowa. we have a rain chance late friday night (probably after 10pm for the metro) through saturday morning, but i the isu and iowa games the rain should be gone fairly early in the start of a brief warming trend that should get us into the 70s by monday and last into next wednesday, so there is some light at the end of the tunnel! elias: the fate of a south carolina

school resource officer tops your national headlines this morning... elias: the deputy caught on camera violently arresting a female high school student has been fired. richland county sheriff leon lott blamed the student and what he called her "disruptive, disrespectful behavior" for the encounter that ended with her on the floor and tossed from her algebra class. but he said deputy ben fields did not follow proper procedures. sheriff leon lott: "he picked the student up and he threw the student across the room. that is not a proper technique and that should not be used in law enforcement. based on that that is a violation of our policy." elias: the teen's attorney says the 16-year old suffered neck and back injuries. the fbi and the justice department are conducting separate investigations of the incident. sabrina: in washington, wisconsin's paul ryan won wednesday's election for speaker of the house...

the secret- ballot tally was 200 for ryan, 43 for florida's daniel webster. his nomination is expected to be approved today, making him the youngest speaker since before the civil war. a new speaker had to be chosen after the announcement last month that john boehner would resign from the position and congress. sabrina: and the house of representatives also passed a budget deal wednesday... despite many republicans voting against it. the two-year fiscal proposal would increase federal spending and extend the debt limit. the bill now moves to the senate... where it is expected to pass. the proposal lessens the chances of another government shutdown in december. elias: at ((time check)) we'll take a short break, but coming up on good morning iowa, and unusual election problem for one small town.. sabrina: they may have plenty of spots to fill...but it seems to be candidates that they are running short of these days. elias: but before we go...as you get ready to start your day...be safe out on the roads.... des moines

police will have mobile radar set up at two locations... one at the ....seven- thousand block of fleur and a second at the....51-hundred block of franklin. so use caution while driving.. sabrina while we're at it... a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at mlk... [current conditions] good morning iowa continues after this! "your wathcing good

"your wathcing good morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." sam: weather adlib: if you were looking for warm weather in my forecast today, keep looking. we have more harsh, cold weather in the

forecast for today, and to be honest it's still going to be a couple more days till anything gets better! this afternoon we'll see more sun which will do a better job of pushing highs to 51, but the winds will stay strong and wind chills are going to be cold like yesterday. overnight tonight we'll get clear skies back across the skies with much less wind and lows falling in to the mid to low 30s. friday is going to be kind of awful as well with temps in the mid 50s and a gloomy second half of the day with clouds building back into iowa. we have a rain chance late friday night (probably after 10pm for the metro) through saturday morning, but i think tailgaters for the isu and iowa games will be in luck since the rain should be gone fairly early in the morning. sunday is the start of a brief warming trend that should get us into the 70s by monday and last into next wednesday, so there is some light at the end of the tunnel!

election days are a little difficult for those in a small are a little difficult for those in a small town in eastern iowa... elias: the problem...no names on the ballot... shane simmons explains. " --reporter pkg-as follows-- " --reporter pkg-as follows-- (brenda banduse/resident) "its just a nice little town to live in." from the sign that welcomes you. and from the silence surrounding you. one can come to the observation that atalissa, iowa is small- scale. (brenda banduse/resident) "everybody knows everybody." (nats) "(laughing) "ohhh. got your nose" but that's why brenda banduse loves it here... (brenda banduse/resident) "its just a nice little town but there's nothing here." the town is pretty empty. no stores... no restaurants... and no names on the ballots come election day next week... (leslie soule/muscatine county auditor) "people can write in a name for who they want to be in those positions." so here's a scenario for you, muscatine county auditor leslie soule says there are three out of five city

council positions open as well as the mayor's office... those elected will have to be write ins but what happens if the person written in for the position doesn't want it? (leslie soule/muscatine county auditor) "if that happens then the city council, at that point, can either appoint someone in that position or hold a special election." (nats) "let's get our pile right here." in the meantime brenda banduse is mauling over thoughts of her own campaign (brenda banduse/resident) "maybe i will run for mayor." who knows what could happen in this small town... (nats) "i wish there was someone that was running." all: (reax) sabrina we have lots more good morning iowa

sabrina we have lots more good morning iowa ahead...but first here's abc's kendis gibson and reena ninan with america's money. america's money: good morning. topping "america's money"...no change in interest rates -- for now. but the federal reserve is hinting i good morning. topping "america's money" -- no change in interest rates for now. >> but the federal reserve is hints it could ra a's key rate in december because the fwloebl economy is improving. the move sent major stock indexes up. major hotel merger could be

in the works with hyatt set to buy out star waurd hotels. >> it could be one of the biggest hotels in the world. the national retail federation says pet owners will shell out about $350 million for their furry friend this is halloween. >> the top five best selling costumes for pets on ebay are superer man, lion, batman, panda, and necktie. >> no darth vader. no storm trooper. >> and no princess leia. i'm surprised. and that's "america's money." >> have a great day, everyone. excellent looking below the surface, researching a hunch... and making a decision you are type e .

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forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: put script here in green if you were looking for warm weather in my forecast today, keep looking. we have more harsh, cold weather in the forecast for today, and to be honest it's still going to be a couple more days till anything gets better! this afternoon we'll see more sun which will do a better job of pushing highs to 51, but the winds will stay strong and wind chills are going to be cold like yesterday. overnight tonight we'll get clear skies back across the skies with much less wind and lows falling in to the mid to low 30s. friday is going to be kind of awful as well with temps in the mid 50s and a gloomy second half of the day with clouds building back into iowa. we have a rain chance late friday night (probably after 10pm for the metro) through saturday morning, but i

think tailgaters for the isu and iowa games will be in luck since the rain should be gone fairly early in the morning. sunday is the start of a brief warming trend that should get us into the 70s by monday and last into next wednesday, so there is some light at the end of the tunnel! sam toss back. elias: elias:

elias: we've seen plenty of images of flooding across the south from recent storms...but as the waters receded...those who live there are finding some unusual remnants of the high waters.. one woman in alabama even found a shark in her yard... while flooding around her home has happened before, the knee-high waters were the worst she had seen. and this is the first time a toothy visitor ended up on her doorstep. all: (reax) sabrina

sabrina short break here on good morning iowa .... a quick look outside as you get ready to start your day....when we return, a look at the top stories in our morning refresh. elias: : do you have a story for us...or a comment you want to share? well be sure to contact us. you can email us or call our newsroom... we're also on facebook.... "we are iowa local 5 news" and twitter "we are iowa 5 news" if you see news break... let us know. we are iowa and we want to cover the stories that are important to you.

morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." sabrina: welcome back everyone....as we wrap up our first hour, let's take a quick look at the top stories... elias: sabrina: we recap your headlines...in the morning refresh... elias: customers getting their water from des moines water works can expect a rise in their bills next year. sabrina: the deputy seen in a shocking video will now be looking for a new line of work. elias: and waukee police will be adding a new tool to their investigations thanks to a private donation. sabrina time now for another short break... but when we come back... the iowa baord of comsetology finds itself facing a lawsuit over licensing laws. elias: plus sam's in with a look at your morning forecast! another full hour of good morning iowa... is right after this. " nexstar copyright"