pushing our highs into the mid 60s, which is nearly 15 degrees above average! enjoy the warm and dry weekend, because all that changes when we go into next week. we are going to start cloudy, mild, but mainly wet with good rain chances monday through wednesday. after all the rain, it really looks like we are going to see some serious cold drop through the state and i think we may just get next week! amanda: : also coming up news midday.... we'll take a look back at the tornado that hit small town stratford, iowa a decade ago, and how the town has bouned back since then-- amanda: weather observers at the des moines international losing their jobs to computers-- amanda: and-- president obama speaks today about the united states' efforts to combat isis -- and how he thinks his administration has handled the threat-- "local 5 news midday in hd starts now. we are iowa" amanda good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm amanda krenz. amanda: our top story today....hundreds made the trip to the boone county fairgrounds yesterday..

amanda: they all wanted for the official for the bakken project.. people were allowed to iowa utilities board all sharing their thoughts about the project that would cut diagnolly across the state.. the room was packed with people-- some there to speak, listen. some had concerns: environmental, land ownership. were very passionate, one guy was even musical. " the vast majority of landowners affected by this support the to use the land. perry. koch brohters. they win. we lose. people and planet loses. there are those that argue that jobs will be created by the pipeline for other temproary and will provide work until the think it's important to two year project will high paying high skill jobs. pipeline pipeline just say no. dirty oil

has got to go. " amanda: those opposed say the efforts those opposed say the efforts should be put more into clean energy and not fossil fuel. amanda: not all that were in attendance were from iowa...some travelled hundreds of miles to be a part of the hearing. some of them construction workers who really want some pipeline work. "when you look around this room many of these people are here because a pipeline project to them means supporting their family. "it means a lot, you know. that's how i put my kids through school and buy clothes." "construction workers are used the the temporary work, a pipeline project would mean a gaurenteed paycheck for a decent amount of time." "it's a lot of work, it's steady work, it will last all year long." "it's their livelyhood, it's how they make their money and raise

a pipleline through this state means they get to stay close to home." "when a family gets that, when they are in the construction it helps the kids and the spouces because the kids see their parents leave home to go to work and not come home once a month, every weekend. you know, whenver time is allowing depending on how far they are amanda: the pipeline decision now remains in the hands of the iowa utilities board.. these three people seen here. thursday was the only day that comment on the issue directly to them. on monday, the process continues with an evidentiary hearing. after that, the three member board can have a meeting to discuss their decision or they can just send out a written notice. there is no time table for when that has to happen. amanda meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam

if you love fall weather than today should be right up breezy, and cool up a fairly beautiful day today with highs in just strong enough to make you want to have a jacket on outside. overnight we're going to be clear and calm the upper 30s. saturday is looking gorgeous with sunny and breezy conditions pushing our highs into the mid 60s, which is nearly 15 degrees above average! enjoy weekend, because all that changes when we are going to start cloudy, mild, but mainly wet with good rain chances monday through wednesday. after all the rain, it really looks like we are going to see some serious cold drop through the state and i think we may just get our first accumulating snow by the end of next week! amanda:

continue today on the area hit by wednesday's severe weather. amanda: the national weather service has now confirmed five twisters touched down in iowa. it tore up farms and other buildings and flipped vehicles on roads. here's a look at where they hit.... an ef-2 near plano-- that was the strongest two ef-one knoxville and in and an ef-0 in guthrie county and at the des moines airport, amanda: governor terry branstad and amanda: governor terry branstad and iowa homeland security and emergency management director mark thursday surveying the damage in knoxville. the walmart walked around neighborhoods to get a first- hand look on all the damage. knoxville had storms with winds up to 110 miles per hour. there was one

injury reported in this storm. amanda: meanwhile, the weather observers in des moines who reported seeing a tornado at the airport wednesday are in danger of losing their jobs. these guys are at the airport 24/7 gathering all sorts of data while keeping their eyes on the skies. this is a crucial job while air traffic controllers communicate with pilots on the runways. but they say the f-a-a wants to replace them with computers to cut costs. the job could also be added on to the duties of the controllers. ""we see that as very problematic because the controllers are there to control the planes and they're already busy enough." " amanda: according to travers ... the f- a-a made a similar move two years ago when they decided to cut observers from 14 airports. they backed out quickly because the data wasn't as thorough. he hopes they take that experience into consideration. amanda: thursday marked ten years since history was made when 12 tornadoes touched down across iowa- one of the largest and latest

outbreaks on record. an e-f 3 made a diagonal path through the town of stratford- home to around 800 people. a decade later, those people are looking back. local 5's claire powell has their story. " wind, color of the sky, temp was different" "lots of time, with wild weather horses get crazy, but they never even bothered" on saturday november 12th, 2005, an ef3 tornado barreled down on the town of stratford. "she knew something was wrong, i was standing in the driveway waiting when she got there" in the middle of it all- dorris andersen rushed to pick up her grandson steven as the tornado took aim. "should i stop? i didn't. had i stopped i wouldn't be here" "debris all over, it was hard to get through town" as it passed, firemens radios rattled. "got there and got paged to go to driden street, lucille runyan place" larry runyan - lucilles son- was on the department. with one look, he knew. "we seen, looked to north, what used to be

there" lucille was gone. "lucille was mother of 9 kids, most right here sifting through what they can" (old footage) "i think we lost 23 homes so, it was tough" as nights turned into days, firefighters started organizing incoming volunteers in school notebooks. "just amazing the outpouring of help, schools came from webster city " notebooks they have to this day. "send up bus loads of kids, cleaning up, kids, kids" debris was found miles away and in some cases months later. "canceled check, from my dad from someone in mason city...." now 10 years have passed. the town, almost entirely rebuilt. one of the only empty lots, is lucilles. "time just seems like its been forever, but 10 years is too quick" everywhere. some tucked in garages. "thats it right there, old pick up" some etched in the city park (lucilles bench)

and as each november rolls around, with colored leaves piling, the people of stratford are reminded... anything is possible. "in november nothing could ever happen" in stratford, claire powell well you know, it can" local 5 news we are iowa. amanda: coming up on local 5 news midday... donald trump gave a 95 minute speech last night at an event in fort dodge-- we have the highlights from what he said and the university of missouri student protests, up next-- amanda: and... some new movies hitting your theaters this week-- amanda: but next.... a gas station convenience store clerk protects one of his customers-- we've got the

"your watching local 5 news midday in hd with amanda krenz and we are iowas most accurate forecast. this is local 5 midday. we are iowa (music sting)" amanda looking back to those racial protests that have been sparked on college campuses all across the country-- amanda: wichita state university leaders are hosting a forum -- to address issues of campus diversity. kake's lily wu is live at wichita state university with why leaders felt it was the right time to bring students and faculty together. " "this is the beginning of a real dialogue. it's just something we've been trying to figure out how to get on the table." wichita state university president john bardo hosting a forum on diversity after recent events both on the local and national level. john bardo wsu president "national events that are going on gave us that opening to put it on the table. so what we're going to do now is to sift through everything we've been told. we're going to work through it as an executive teams." it was standing room only after 250 students, faculty, and community members

dozens of them spoke out about issues of diversity on campus. joseph shepard wsu student body president "i hope this is because he's truly being genuine about the concern of the under represented marginalized students on this campus and i hope he realizes that a lot of students do feel left out a lot of students do feel that they cannot relate to the advisors and the directors and the faculty and staff members here on this campus." recently - the university attracted national attention when negative comments were made about muslims after pews at the chapel were removed. bardo says he and his team are working to bring a more diverse and inclusive campus. "i'm looking forward to continuing building realities are if you're wichita and you're saying 'why?' 'what's the big issue here?' the bottom line is diversity is us. we are all there this city, this region can't be effective if we leave large segments out. it can't be." tag: a student government state of the union address will continue the talk about it's scheduled for in this room. kake news." story which much different ending if not for a very alert gas station clerk.

the quick thinking hero stopping an alleged kidnpapping. abc's tj holmes is here with that " this morning - an alleged kidnapping, stopped thanks to a philadelphia convenience store clerk might not realize anything's wrong here ... but what you're seeing is an alleged crime in progress. police say the man in this surveillance video abducted the woman who's with him...and was taking her around town to a-t-m's, forcing her to withdraw money. but this morning, she's safe ...all thanks to manveer komer - who sensed something was wrong the moment the walked in his store police say the woman was carjacked early wednesday morning by a man claiming to have a weapon. a short time later, they're seen on surveillance video pulling into the parking lot of a gas station in her car and walking into the store. the suspect gives a friendly wave to the clerk when he enters before they head to the a-t-m. unable to withdraw cash, the two go the counter where the suspect uses the woman's credit card to buy cigarettes ... but watch what happens next. the clerk comes from behind the counter and stops the woman at the door, physically putting himself between her and the suspect -- and tells her not to leave. [sot] "you come behind my back. i help you. no problem." the clerk confronts the suspect who you see reach into his

jacket, as if he has a weapon. he eventually takes off in the car. back inside, the clerk gives the woman a bottle of water . she's shaken but unharmed, thanks in part to the clerk playing his hunch." amanda: back in local news now-- amanda: the iowa national guard will hold a rededication ceremony in clinton saturday... amanda: the ceremony will commemorate the completed renovation of the clinton readiness center. representatives from local, state, and federal government will join iowa national guard leadership for the ceremony. the clinton readiness center was originally built in 1986... a renovation of the center began in 20-14 and provides additional space and upgrades the infrastructure. the public has been invited to the ceremony which begins at ten a-m tomorrow morning. amanda sam is back now... sam if you love fall weather than today should be right up your alley. sunny, breezy, and cool conditions are making up a fairly beautiful day today with highs in the low 50s and winds just strong enough to make you want to have a jacket on outside. overnight we're going to be clear and calm with lows falling into the upper 30s.

most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by independent weather experts" weather adlib: if you love fall weather than today should be right up your alley. sunny, breezy, and cool conditions are making up a fairly beautiful day today with highs in the low 50s and winds just strong enough to make you want to have a jacket on outside. overnight we're going to be clear and calm with lows falling into the upper 30s. saturday is looking gorgeous with sunny and breezy conditions pushing our highs into the mid 60s, which is nearly 15 degrees above average! enjoy

the warm and dry weekend, because all that changes when we go into next week. we are going to start cloudy, mild, but mainly chances monday through wednesday. really looks like we are going to see some serious cold drop through the state and i think we may just get our first accumulating snow by the end of next week! amanda: amanda: the windy city lived up to its name

amanda: the windy city lived up to its name yesterday...with high winds

forcing the shutdown of chicago's skyway bridge. the gusts even peeled away much of the metal sheeting placed by construction crews, which have been painting the upper portion above motorists. police say even some of the bridge cables have been severed by winds. amanda still to come on local five news midday... we'll take a look at donald trump's 95 minute speech in fort dodge last night-- amanda: amanda: it's friday... time for "local 5 at the movies." amanda:

amanda: it's friday... time for "local 5 at the movies." amanda: first up...a movie based on the events that captivated millions for 69 days... "the 33" tells the true story of the 20-10 mining

disaster in chile, that left 33-men trapped underground. the movie depicts the efforts to free the miners, and what life was like fortwo months... 200- stories underground. the 33 is rated p-g 13. all: (reax) amanda: next up, "my all american" next up, "my all american" portrays the true story of freddie steinmark, who despite his small size wins a spot of texas football team. days after the national steinmark learns there's something much bigger he needs to to tackle. my all american is rated p-g. all: (reax)

and finally, we habe a comedy with an all-star cast. "love the coopers" puts the fun in dysfunctional. it tells the story of a four generations of the cooper family coming together for christmas eve. they each bring their own brand of quirkiness to the celebrations. love the coopers is rated p-g-13. all:

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amanda on your money now amanda americans have been buying more gold. the world gold council says u-s demand for gold bars and coins jumped more than 200-percent in the third- quarter of this year. the group says such a surge has not been seen since the 2008 financial crisis. two factors experts say are behind the sudden buying... the price, as well as recent uncertainty on wall street. amanda: walmart has unveiled several deals for black friday... ... including video games for as little as eight dollars and a "star wars" drone for 25 bucks. walmart stores will open at six p-m local time thanksgiving night. while walmart- dot-com will start offering deals at three a-m eastern time thanksgiving morning. the company says it's ditching its hourly "doorbuster" deals, which have a history of causing scuffles between shoppers. amanda: microsoft's newest operating system is getting a major update. it does not change the look .....but microsoft

computer boot faster... your photos clearer... reminders easier to set... and allow your p-c to perform more smoothly. more than 110 million pc's are already running windows ten. amanda: a change might be coming to your friday night dinners out-- .a major joins the no- movement. eighteen joe's crab shack locations will be removing the tip line from d choosing to pay employees more. servers will be an hour....because of that, the price menu will increase by up to and while the restaurants involved in this no-tip test are not in iowa, the company is hoping to eventually expand the policy to all of its locations-- amanda: uh-oh, don't eat spaghettios! company is recalling 335- of spaghettios due to a potential choking hazard. the company said thursday that pieces of red plastic were number of cans. and said the

product should not be eaten. campbell said customers should also return affected products to the store where they were purchased in exchange for a full refund. the recalled cans have a february 22nd, 2017 date stamped on them, and a u-p-c code of 51000 22432 under the bar code. amanda: coming up on local 5 news midday... president obama sits down with good morning america's george stephanopoulos to discuss the threat of isis and what he thinks of the presidential candidates' plans to stop isis in its tracks-- amanda: next.... it's been a big week for the presidential race and the up on the political stage tomorrow night? the three remaining democratic candidates in their second

local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" amanda good morning

local 5 news midday...i'm amanda krenz. : election now-- saturday night remaining presidential candidates will drake university. this will be the second debate for hillary clinton, bernie sanders, and martin oh- malley. look for live coverage of the event right here on local five tomorrow night. amanda: staying on the topic of politics....preside ntial hopeful bernie sanders heads into this weekend's debate with his endorsement in race .. the american postal workers union announced they were endorsing sanders. pushing to let post offices services... which supporters say and rural americans. the union's president said was important. it comes at a time hillary clinton are trying to win labor. and the race for is heating up on side as donald trump steps up his attacks. trump had harsh campus protesters and

missouri administrators and his fellow also in the has the story. " this morning, donald trump.. unplugged. (sot wstrumprallyia1) im telling carley.. whatever the hell her names is.. will you stop cutting in!? (sot) kasich..uhhhh i have a headache from this guy. at a late-night rally in iowa.. going after the rest of gop candidates.. especially ben carson (sot) "if you're pathological, there's no cure for that folks ok? if you're a child molester, a sick puppy, you're a child molester, there's no only one cure, we about that cure, trump.. also mocking carson's account of (sot wstrumprallyia2) the belt! and amazingly flat and protests at the university of missouri.. attention of the presidential candidates. trump.. calling the

stepping down. trump phoner: i think the two people that are weak, ineffective people. i think that when they resigned something in motion that's going to be a long period of time. the protests over incidence escalated college football team weekend. demanding more black more money for programs. trump phoner " did you look at their demands? ben carson, a yale protests there carson kelly file well too tolerant, i guess accepting infantile behavior. and i don't care which side it comes from. reena ninan, abc news new york" amanda: and here in the metro-- texas-based organization, students

have a unique way questions to candidates this week party politics eight-foot the hubbell dining center on the board has lines for been filling it been on display. "so what we asked students at drake to do is finish this phrase: what would you like to work on. and as you that's very interactive, it's organic. kids kind of come up to it and they know exactly what to do with the chalkboard." amanda: mendoza said following the candidates country and they haven't decided where will be next. amanda and back in your headlines now-- amanda: america's george sat down with today to discuss isis-- said that he american military contained isis.-- but the president also said that the u.s. do in order to eradicate their structures. and when asked

about the presidential candidates' plans to fight isis, specifically ben carson-- the president had a clear response-- " yeah. what-- what i think is that-- he doesn't know much about it. and look-- george, i think it's fair to say that-- over the last several years i've had access to all the best military minds in the country and all the best foreign policy minds in the country. and-- i'm not runnin' for office. and so my only interest is in success . " amanda: meanwhile--ther e are new developments on the threat of isis-- u-s officials believe the isis terrorist known as "jihadi john" has been killed. the pentagon have conducted an airstrike in syria targeting the british man. the jihadist participated in the beheading videos of two american journalists and the slayings of several other captives. amanda meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam weather adlib: if you love fall weather than today

should be right up your alley. sunny, breezy, and cool conditions are making up a fairly beautiful day today with highs in the low 50s and winds just strong enough to make you want to have a jacket on outside. overnight we're going to be clear and calm with lows falling into the upper 30s. gorgeous with sunny and breezy conditions the mid 60s, which is above average! enjoy weekend, because all that changes when we are going to start cloudy, mild, but mainly wet with good rain through wednesday. really looks like we serious cold drop through the state and i think we may just get our first accumulating snow by the end of next week! amanda:

back in local news now-- back in local news now-- amanda: they all wanted to be on hand for the official public hearing for the bakken oil pipeline project.. more than 200 people were allowed to speak before the iowa utilities board all sharing their thoughts about the project that would cut diagnolly across the state.. the room was packed with people-- some there to speak, some just to listen. some had concerns: environmental, land ownership. most comments were very passionate, one guy was even musical. " the vast majority of landowners affected by this support the project and have given voluntary easements to use the land. corporate power. rick perry. koch brohters. terry branstad. big oil. they win. we lose. people and planet loses. there are those that argue that jobs

temproary and will provide work until the project is complete. i think it's important to take a wider view. a two year project will yield thousands of high paying high skill jobs. pipeline pipeline just say no. dirty oil has got to go. " amanda: those opposed say the efforts should be put more into clean energy and not fossil fuel. amanda: not all that were in attendance were from iowa...some travelled hundreds of miles to be a part of the hearing. some of them construction workers who really want some pipeline work. local five's amanda krenz has more. "when you look around this room many of these people are here because a pipeline project to them means supporting their family. "it means a lot, you know. that's how i put my kids through school and buy clothes."

workers are used the the temporary work, a mean a gaurenteed amount of time." steady work, it will it's how they make their money and raise thier family." "and for iowa workers, a pipleline through this state means they get to stay close to "when a family gets that, when they are in the construction it helps the kids and the spouces because the kids see their parents leave home to go to work and not come home once a month, every weekend. you know, whenver time is allowing depending on how far they are amanda: the pipeline decision now remains in the hands of the iowa utilities board.. these three people seen here. thursday was the only day that the public could comment on the issue directly to them. on monday, the process continues with

member board can have a meeting to discuss their out a written notice. there is no time table for when that has to happen. amanda still to come on local 5 news midday... (weather) sam has the details in central iowa's most accurate

"now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: if you love fall weather than today should be right up your alley. sunny, breezy, and cool conditions are making up a fairly beautiful day today y th highs in the low 50s and winds

just strong enough to make you want to have a jacket on outside. overnight we're going to be clear and calm with lows falling into the upper 30s. saturday is looking gorgeous with sunny and breezy conditions pushing our highs into the mid 60s, which is nearly 15 degrees above average! enjoy the warm and dry weekend, because all that changes when we go into next week. we are going to start cloudy, mild, but mainly wet with good rain chances monday through wednesday. after all the rain, it really looks like we are going to see some serious cold drop through the state and i think we may just get our first accumulating snow by the end of next week! sam: amanda:

you're watching local five news midday. we'll be back after this. sam:

jerry holub, our resident horticulturist. here's here every friday to tell us what we need to know to keep our gardens, plants and yards healthy, happy and green. jerry, how is it going? now... he'll be available for all your gardening needs at the des moines winter farmers' market on november 20-21 and december 18-19 from 9 am - 1 pm. about the market the winter farmers'

market is a perfect opportunity to stock up for holiday meals, parties, and gift giving with more than 130 vendors. farmers will be selling a variety of locally raised eggs, beef, pork, duck, season and greenhouse produce. shoppers can also expect to find an abundance of fresh including locally salsa, wine, cheese, noodles, breads, pies and cinnamon rolls. in addition, poinsettias, fresh cut christmas trees, wreaths, handmade holiday ornaments and home decorations will be available. view the vendors. this event is free and open to the public. sam

weather than today your alley. sunny, breezy, and cool conditions are making up a fairly beautiful day today with highs in the low 50s and winds just strong enough to make you want to have a jacket on outside. overnight we're going to be clear and calm with lows falling into the upper 30s. saturday is looking gorgeous with sunny

and breezy conditions pushing our highs into the mid 60s, which is nearly 15 degrees above average! enjoy the warm and dry weekend, because all that changes when we go into next week. we are going to start cloudy, mild, but mainly chances monday through wednesday. really looks like we serious cold drop through the state and i think we may just get our first accumulating snow by the end of

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