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5 news midday. .we are iowa's most accurate weather team and we start with your forecast first." sam if you liked the gloomy and wet look of yesterday you are in luck, because we have more of the same weather sticking around today! clouds will be thick this morning through the afternoon with plenty of rain stuck in the forecast and mild afternoon temps. the rain today is going to be heaviest through the morning hours with any showers in the afternoon much lighter and more scattered. temperatures today are going to be able to stay fairly mild despite the heavy cloud cover and rain with a high in the lower 60s. tonight we are going to see mostly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers lingering across the state. wednesday is going to be a cold and windy day as our winds slowly switch out of the west with more scattered showers during the day. highs wednesday will actually probably occur around midnight, but during the afternoon we'll probably see them only climb into the low 50s. thursday looks cold and windy with highs in the mid to upper 40s, but temps should fall even colder through the weekend. we still have a very good chance for snow coming at us friday late afternoon through the evening. while it's too early to give accurate forecasted snow totals, this could be the first accumulating snow of the year for the metro sabrina: also coming up on local five news midday.... the latest on the worldwide man hunt for the isis attackers in paris last week-- sabrina: the bakken pipeline controversy continues ... the next step in the process for the board to make a decision-- more details, coming up-- sabrina: what's to come of the thousands of
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refugees fleeing syria, hoping to come to the united states? find out what our own governor branstad said yesterday, coming up-- "local 5 news midday in hd starts now. we are iowa" sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm sabrina ahmed. sabrina: new at midday today-- sabrina: there was a gas main break this morning on the grand avenue bridge downtown-- so far, there are no details on what caused the break-- but we will keep you updated as we receive any new information sabrina: and developing now-- a mystery around the vandalism of a statue at isu remains. sabrina: iowa state university police are still trying to figure out who vandalized the george washington carver statue and why. the statue was found covered in shaving cream friday- -which has the ability to corrode the bronze on the statue. the school is investigating if the case is racially motivated. today many african american students said
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they believe it is -- citing other ongoing racial tensions across the country. " "it really hurts to see this happen on our campus, we pride ourself to have nothing happen on our campus -des" sabrina: if you have any information on this case, call iowa state police at the number on your screen. sabrina: and in sports news-- iowa state got its first home- opener win of the steve prohm era last night as they took down chicago state 106 to 64. jameel mckay folks had a tournament style game he had 18 points at half, 8 dunks to go along with 9 boards. he finished with a game high 25 points and 11 rebounds. it was the cyclones' 18th consecutive home opener win at hilton coliseum. sabrina meteorologist sam schreier
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with a look at your forecast. sam weather adlib: if you liked the gloomy and wet look of yesterday you are in luck, because we have more of the same weather sticking around today! clouds will be thick this morning through the afternoon with plenty of rain stuck in the forecast and mild afternoon temps. the rain today is going to be heaviest through the morning hours with any showers in the afternoon much lighter and more scattered. temperatures today are going to be able to stay fairly mild despite the heavy cloud cover and rain with a high in the lower 60s. tonight we are going to see mostly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers lingering across the state. wednesday is going to be a cold and windy day as our winds slowly switch out of the west with more scattered showers during the day. highs wednesday will actually probably midnight, but during the afternoon we'll probably see them only climb into the low 50s. thursday looks cold and windy with upper 40s, but temps colder through the a very good chance
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through the evening. while it's too early to give accurate forecasted snow totals, this could be the first accumulating snow of the year for the metro sabrina: now to the attack in paris -- and the hunt for the most wanted men in the world -- the eighth attacker and the mastermind behind it all. neighboring belgium -- where the attacks were believed to be hatched -- raising its threat level. abc's terry moran is in belgium with the latest " overnight ? a multi- agency, multi-country manhunt intensifying ? nats : tktktktk on the hunt right now for the world's most wanted: gfx: 26-yr-old salah adbeslam- the suspected shooter in the paris caf? and restaurant attacks? and 28-yr-old adelhamid abaaoud, believed to be the
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this morning, we're learning more about their connection ? the two had reportedly lived just blocks from each other in molenbeek and were once inprisoned together ? aabaaoud - the target of an air strike just weeks before the paris attacks ? was not found the international dragnet ?. launching over 160 raids ? (nats from - raids) map gfx - targeting suspects in france , italy, germany , and belgium ? leading to over 20 arrests and dozens of weapons seized. (nats?) late monday, french forces raiding homes and buildings in the north-eastern city of strasbourg ? following a reported- and ultimately fruitless- sighting of abdeslam. french investigators now reportedly focusing on indentifying the maker of those suicide vests used in the attacks?afraid more
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this morning, two suspects caught in belgium the day after the shooting are being held on terrorism charges. five others have been released ? nat from brother among them, the brother of salah adbeslam and one of the suicide bombers mohammed adbeslam says he and his parents had no idea what the two were plotting or where his fugitive brother is. moran tracks: "?we could have never imagine that one of my brothers could be linked to this terror attack." ###" sabrina: back here in iowa-- after the paris attacks last week ... armed forces across the nation are on high alert including right here in the hawkeye state. the iowa national guard says isis is a different type of threat -- they call them "asymmetrical" -- which means they represent an ideal and not a country. since the attacks ... the national guard has been working with federal agencies to keep their forces safe and facilities secure. " "we're certainly working with them to assess not only our vulnerabilities but to increase our ability to, if its push away certain threats or be more prepared for those but we're working on different methods right now."" there currently is no specific threat to iowa .. however colonel hapgood says to remain vigilent and report anything out of the ordinary. sabrina: and an iowa state student
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attack... emily wright is staying in a town about 40 minutes but on firday she was in the targeted by a terrorist attack. she says it was an experience that shook her and her family to the core. really worried, and sister. obviously, i kind of knew what was going on before the so i just texted them while the soccer game was still going just to let them know i love them all...i'm okay..we were jsut trying to figure out where to go next and i would update them as i go. but, my parents said their stomaches were in knots. the didn't know what to expect or what would happen."
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sabrina: coming up on local 5 news sabrina: coming up on local 5 news midday... how is governor branstad hoping to handle potentially thousands of syrian refugees entering the united states-- we've got the details, coming up-- sabrina: and... university of iowa faculty and students have requested a forum for the new president to discuss his appointment-- sabrina: next.... tornadoes are whipping across the country this week-- we'll take a look at who is getting caught in the
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"your wathcing local 5 news midday in hd with sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast. this is local 5 midday. we are iowa" sabrina: following our own severe weather here in iowa last week, more tornadoes are hitting the country-- abc's ryan owens is in dallas with more-- " storm chaser: oh my god! overnight, a tornado outbreak spawning a reported 38 tornadoes in four states nats in texas, 13 reported tornadoes touchingdown nats four of those reports coming after a twister tears through the town of pampa in pitch darkness-- 11-16-15-pampa-tx- nightwedge- explosions-alec- scholten.mp4 @00:12 oh my god we have a gigantic tornado, powerlines exploding one texas tornado- reportedly at least a mile wide-leveling a halliburton plant in the area nats kvii officials saying the tornado caused
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chemicals at the site to leak - the spill is now contained. and 21 reported tornadoes touching down in kansas - pelting drivers with golf ball sized hail and damaging homes nats a twister tossing this 18 wheeler across slick roads nats at least 3 more tornados reported in oklahoma . so far, no injuries or fatalities have been reported in any of these cases." sabrina sam is back now... sam sabrina sam is back now... sam if you liked the gloomy and wet look of yesterday you are in luck, because we have more of the same weather sticking around today! clouds will be thick this morning through the afternoon with plenty of rain stuck in the forecast and mild afternoon temps. the rain today is going to be heaviest through the morning hours with any showers in the afternoon much lighter and more scattered. temperatures today are going to be able to stay fairly mild despite the heavy cloud cover
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wednesday is g"now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: if you liked the gloomy and wet look of yesterday you are in luck, because we have more of the same weather sticking around today! clouds will be thick this morning through the afternoon with plenty of rain stuck in the forecast and mild afternoon temps. the rain today is going to be heaviest through the morning hours with any showers in the afternoon much
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temperatures today are going to be able to stay fairly mild despite the heavy cloud cover and rain with a high in the lower 60s. tonight we are going to see mostly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers lingering across the state. wednesday is going to be a cold and windy day as our winds slowly switch out of the west with more scattered showers during the day. highs wednesday will actually probably occur around midnight, but during the afternoon we'll probably see them 50s. thursday looks highs in the mid to should fall even colder through the weekend. we still have a very good chance for snow coming at us friday late afternoon through the evening. while it's too early to give accurate forecasted snow totals, this could be the first accumulating the metro sam:
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new mexico wintry weather conditions storm system moved across the state leaving a blanket of snow... the national weather service says new mexico will see warmer, drier and calmer weather by the end of the week but that there will be snow, high wind and other blustery meantime. warnings and the various result of what low-pressure system" sabrina still to come on local five news midday... we have hy-vee with some delicious breakfast recipes! sabrina
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donors of all types are needed. sabrina: it's only november and there have already been two flu-related deaths in iowa. the men are from central iowa, aged 41 to 60 years old. flu activitiy is gaining speed, especially in iowa, oregon, and rhode island. health experts say those three states will have the highest estimated flu activity in the nation. sabrina: metro foodies, a popular downtown restaurant will soon close -- but just for a little while. dos rios cantina and tequila lounge is set to close for renovations on november 26 . but they're hoping to be open again by the first round of the 20-16 n-c-a-a men's basketball tournament in des moines in march. sabrina: just another step in the process. the iowa process. the iowa utilities board held what's called an "evidentiary hearing" monday as it moves toward a decision about whether or not to allow the bakken oil pipeline to be built across
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iowa. if approved it would cut across iowa... carrying crude oil from north dakota to illinois. last thursday, the public got the chance to speak before the board. speak before the board. and monday-- only people with a stake in the project got ot testify. that means landowners and people with the company. sabrina: this hearing will stretch into thursday. then there's another round of evidentiary hearings november 23rd and 24th and november 30th through december 2nd. after that, it's up to the three members of the iowa utility their mind, timeline for happen. coming up on midday... the presidential calling for equal time on a different stage now-- sabrina: next.... we've got the details on how feeling about potentially having to accept thousands of syrian
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states. "we don't want to where they let all these refugees in" (5s) sot/ bryant we're going to do all within our power all that's humanly possible to resist these syrian refugees that are being forced upon us (9s) most of the republican presidential candidates agree sot/ted cruz, 11:19:28 anyone with an ounce of common sense, would say no. sot/trump so they go and they fight for isis , they come back into our country, and we accept them back and at some point they won't be going away. they'll be shooting us here. (10s) jeb bush says some syrian refugees should be allowed with a priority given to christians sot/jeb bush, cbs this morning (appox 8:10a 11/16) they are being slaughtered in the country and but for us, who? who would take care of the number of christians that, right now, are completely displaced? the president disagrees -- sot/obama 10:37:43 that's not american, it's not who we are. we don't have religious tests to our compassion. live tag: the obama administration says there is no reason to
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fear the syrian refugees -- insisting they are the most highly vetted and scrutinized people coming into the united states. taken another way, 76.5% of syrian refugees, that these states are trying to block, are women and children. " sabrina: and here in iowa-- yesterday afternoon governor terry branstad said he would be ordering all state agencies to halt any work on syrian refugee resettlements immediately. constitutionally it's up to the u.s. state department to screen refugees and allow them into the country. while some governors have requested no syrian refugees, mr. branstad says once they're in the country it may be difficult to keep them from moving around the country. "branstad 1:03:06 even if tey're placed in another state their movement is free within this country so they might be placed in another state and move here. " sabrina: the governor the federal government to use what he calls an abundance of caution if there's any consideration to resettle syrian refugees. and he's still calling on all iowa agencies to stop working on syrian refugees for the time being. sabrina: turning to political news on the campaign trail...some of the republican presidential
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candidates are taking advantage of donald trump hosting saturday night live. sabrina: earlier this month trump hosted the late-night comedy variety show...and under f-c-c regulations, n- b-c must give equal time to the candidates.. they had until yesterday to file their requests and three of the candidates have put in their requests... george pataki, lindsey graham and john kasich have each requested their twelve minutes and five seconds on the network. no decision has been made on how or when their time will be given. all: (reax) sabrina meteorologist sam schreier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam weather adlib: if you liked the gloomy and wet look of yesterday you are in luck, because we have more of the same weather sticking around today! clouds will be thick this morning through the afternoon with plenty of rain stuck in the forecast and mild afternoon temps. the rain today is going to be heaviest through the morning hours
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with any showers in the afternoon much scattered. are going to be able to the heavy cloud cover the lower 60s. tonight we are going to see mostly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers lingering across the state. wednesday is going to be a cold and windy day as our winds slowly switch out of the west with more scattered showers during the day. highs wednesday will actually probably occur around midnight, but during the afternoon we'll probably see them only climb into the low 50s. thursday looks cold and windy with highs in the mid to upper 40s, but temps should fall even colder through the weekend. we still have a very good chance for snow coming at us through the evening. while it's too early to give accurate forecasted snow totals, this could be the first accumulating snow of the year for the metro sabrina:
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how do you know if you're someone who's for not controlling can happen it's not easy, and has issues of its own when it comes to the staffing issues of controlling dangerous animals. davidson explains (pictures of bites) most of us never see... the unforgiving... brutal wounds left after a serious dog attack (dog bark) 3:33:57 ar-4 control deals with one, two... up to eight bite calls in one shift. percent of our time habitual offenders we wish not to deal with. in 2014 des moines animal control was called out to 15,000 different incidents (nat getting into car)... if we average that out(nat)... thats 41 calls everyday... (nat cat call) and right now, the city budget only allows for one officer per shift...
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you) that means tina updegrove (nat door slam)(slam) (slam) stays busy. getting cited for dog at large) i ask the and she says it's happened before this particular shift is what they call "slow" but while she was responding to another call... she witnessed this family's pitbull force open the door of this fence... and charge a young neighbor girl and her small dog... 3:10:21 he's standing right here and boom, his owners were able to calm him before it escalated... but updegrove says it could have turned into something ulgy... and could have been prevented... if the dog was legally confined on a leash behind the gate as city ordinance mandates. 3:10:13 make sure everybody in the house understands how he is supposed to be confined. woman "i was just talking to my son about it, i'll talk to my daughter about it. the only way he can get out is through that gate right there so i told him ' no more front hes gonna have to go in the back." any questions? alright-- keep him home. what happened here resulted in a simple citation "dog at large" (3:09:52 thats a mandatory court appearance)... but thats usually not the kind of ending tina updegrove sees...
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(nat siren 2) instead it's calls like the one that happened on corr street in october. codi herrera (dog owner) 3:45:46 there wasn't ever a minute that i thought he would do something like this. this is chaos.... a pet codi herrera says was like a son to her (this is my ultimate favorite picture of him) for five years. 3:52:57 i knew what kind of dog he was, except for this incident. i am floored, dumbfounded, shocked, it hurts. it hurts bad. just looking at pictures brings back warm memories... (3:42:37 kid laughs) but the reality of the last thing he did one monday afternoon, is still hard to come to terms with. what he was doing, and was out the door... and the fence, it was a there were no happened.... all they know is chaos attacked this 8 year old nieghbor boy... he needed 50 to 100 stitches to patch up his face. his family says he had never attacked before... but after this.... they made the difficult decision to have chaos euthanized -- so it would never happen again. 3:51:16 i knew at that second that would be the last time i would see him. 3:48:29 i know if the city said i could have him
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back after the 10 days are gone he wasn't going to come home. but not all dogs that bite are put down... since the beginning of this year there have been 500 reported attacks... -- what happens afterwards to each individual dog, is up to sgt. james butler. 6:00:24 we look at the actions of the animal, remove the breed and look at the actions. a dog that bites will typically either be determined "high-risk" .... or "dangerous" a dangerous dog... one that causes severe injuries above the neck... is typically euthanized. 6:02;23 when taking someone's family member, and having to declare it dangerous,
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but certainly something that exists. area... the bites that aren't as severe... high-risk means the reclaim their dog they must agree to a getting special liability insurance... inside, in a kennel, or times. sgt. butler has one chance to decide whether the dog might attack againininin. but if he thinks they were provoked, or what happened was some kind of accident... he can let them go home. 6:02:55 i live with the decisions i make daily, and i do not regret them because i live with the facts. and that decision is one that he has to take seriously...because after a dog is released back to its owner. there are no progress reports or follow up checks.
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tina to stop and make dog owner is following the rules. 5:51:24 if no one complains, we normally aren't every efficient at providing most of the time, he problem... again. heres one case involving a pit bull named simba.. he allegedly attacked once.. then was released after the owner appealed officer bulters decision to put him down. not long after...simba attacked again...and did this damage. and this is not the only case... there are several pets that bite more than once... but are still under their owners care... and sometimes... the owner isn't following the rules they've agreed to -- putting everyone in the neighborhood at risk. 5:54:32 many times the individual animals are the ones receiving the bad image, when we know and studies show many times we are dealing with the same irresponsible pet owners... over and over again. that is unfortunate and that's what we try to target... irresponsible pet owners giving others bad names.
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owners living...and how do you know if of them? it's not easy... animal control says if they had notify all neighbors and create some kind of master registry to plot out where every high-risk dog lived... it would take days... weeks to compile a list... in fact they'd need extra employee to maintain the system, and thats money the city government just doesn't have. 5:56:29 it would be nice as that, i couldn't the cost would be to and have someone staff that. while officers say they do work check in but in the end, most something no one can predict, whether the pet has showed signs of aggression before. 3:45:46 there wasn't ever a minute that i thought he would do something like this, if he did i would have made the same decision. as codi herrera says... you never know what your pet might do until that moment... which lead her to make the hard choice... say goodbye to a member of her family.... in hopes that it would help keep another family safe. 14:13:11 these are good memories, this is why sometimes i get sad because i'm not going to be able to lay with him ever again. sabrina: at easter lake yesterday--
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being drained for maintenance, a car was recovered from the lake-- but here's the twist-- according to police reports, the car was stolen in 1994, this is the third car that has been found in the lake in recent weeks-- according to police, there is little chance of being able to identify who put the cars in the lake, since being in the water that long destroys most chances of evidence. sabrina still to come on local 5 news midday... (weather) sam has the details in central iowa's most accurate
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independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: if you liked the gloomy and wet look of yesterday you are in luck, because we have more of the same weather sticking around today! clouds will be thick this of rain stuck in the forecast and mild afternoon temps. the rain today is going to be heaviest through the morning hours with any showers in the afternoon much lighter and more scattered. temperatures today are going to be able to stay fairly mild despite the heavy cloud cover and rain with a high in the lower 60s. tonight we are going to see mostly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers lingering across the state. wednesday is going to be a cold and windy day as our winds slowly switch out of the west with more scattered showers during the day. highs wednesday will actually probably occur around midnight, but during
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probably see them only climb into the low 50s. thursday looks cold and windy with highs in the mid to upper 40s, but temps should fall even colder through the weekend. we still have a very good chance for snow coming at us friday late afternoon through the evening. while it's too early to give accurate forecasted snow totals, this could be the first accumulating snow of the year for the metro sam: sabrina: sabrina you're watching local five news midday. we'll be back
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sam weather adlib: if you liked the gloomy and wet look of yesterday you are in luck, because we have more of the same weather sticking around today! clouds will be thick this morning through the afternoon with plenty of rain stuck in the forecast and mild afternoon temps. the rain today is going to be heaviest through the morning hours with any showers in the afternoon much lighter and more scattered. temperatures today are going to be able to stay fairly mild despite the heavy cloud cover and rain with a high in the lower 60s. tonight we are going to see mostly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers lingering
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