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tv   Local News at Ten  ABC  December 7, 2015 10:00pm-10:35pm CST

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"you're watching local
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your forecast first." weather adlib: are you ready for a december weather? the average highs this time of year are in the looking at mostly mid this morning, but today turned out pretty nice with highs in the low 50s. there will be a few clouds rolling in tonight, but fog
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problem like it was last night. temperatures will stay above freezing for the metro each night this week, but some refreezing could occur in more northern locations. "hes playing ball one minute, next minute hes on the ground and his hearts not beating." jack: the high school tragedy that's gripped all of iowa. a star player doing what he loved -- is gone a week later. stephanie: the hawks are going to the rose bowl... that means die hard fans will have to dig deep into their pockets to be a part of this game. jack: how bad will the medicaid mess be? iowans brace for a very uncertain launch to the state's privatized medicaid system. " local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. we are iowa" jack/2shot good evening and welcome to local 5 news. i'm jack miller. stephanie/2shot and i'm stephanie angleson. glad you're with us tonight. stephanie: we begin with an update to a bomb threat in newton. new at 10 ...two people are now behind bars after police found what they think could be a bomb. they searched a home at 820 first
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afternoon. police found the device and in the area. marshal's office was called in to as well the scene was declared safe a little after 5-30 pm. stay with local 5 for an yupdates on this story. jack: a high school student... fighting for his life after he basketball practice last week has doctors say his and after days in the hospital... they couldn't save him. jack: in a big way to help his family. local 5's nikki davidson is here with the latest. nikki family of 16 year old drew jacobson only asked for thoughts and prayers from the community when he had to be lifeflighted to the hospital... but that hasn't stopped hundreds of people coming forward to help pay off medical and funeral expenses... a go fund me in his name has raised 20 thousand dollars in less than a day. the woodward- granger high school stood in silence today... early this morning... school leaders informed students that 16 year old junior drew jacobson had died this morning...
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went home... needing time to accept the outcome of a nightmare that started after jacobson collapsed during basketball practice last wednesday... 14:59:34 when drew collapsed during the game we thought he was injured playing, turns out that the result was an underlying heart condition. jacobson had been lifeflighted to mercy hospital...and under doctors care since. 15:01:11 they spent a everything they could hasn't worked. and mayor of woodward -- and close family friend brian devick said he knew drew jacobson since he was just a little boy he says his favorite sport was football... althete... and a young 15:02:21 drew would get disappointed when the team would lose a game, his dad would remind them that drew if you gave your best and did your best you can hold your head up thats all anyone can ask of you. thats what drew did fighting in his best and we are all he says jacobson's lasting... a reminder to give 110 percent... just as he did in his own life.
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well. nikki: once again... a go fund me has been set up to help drews family with those medical expenses and the costs of we'll have that funeral and visitation information on our website, we are iowa. dot com. drew jacobsons team has decided to play their game tomorrow in his honor... in the studio, nikki davidson local five news we are iowa. jack: these situations like the case in woodward are rare and typically sudden. according to a 2013 study by the american heart association, most sudden deaths in athletes are attributed to cardiovascular disease. of those deaths, 82 percent of them happened during competition or training.
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the deaths were high school students. and only 11 females, though over time. stephanie: hundreds of iowans crowded inside the capitol today...and they were there for one reason...medicaid . stephanie: of iowans are demanding they're not they're worried january first change over the state's medicaid system to four private out of state companies. "senator ragan 23:17:23 my hospital isn't signed up with anybody, my doctor's not signed up with anybody. what do i do? good question." stephanie: one of the senators at the oversight hearing today, asked that the deadline for the rollout be moved to july first of this year. the federal government still has to give it's approval before any of this can happen. stephanie: we want to know what you think of the governor's plan to privatize management of iowa's medicaid. do you think the deadline of january 1st is too soon? (insert related tease) let us know for
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your comments on-air. twitter and facebook. or send us an call . hear what you think! the contact your screen. jack headlines, they were radical for some time. that's the latest from the san bernardino shooting. jack: it's the latest look at the couple behind the san bernadino massacre.. f-b-i agents claim today that the two had been, quote, quite some time." it was also back for county employees in san bernadino. but the workers at the targeted building will stay off the job for at least another week.. fbi officials say the investigation is still very active and going in new directions. "(david bowdich) "we are working with our foreign counterparts to determine as much as we can its like any other investigation but this one is incredibly large. we are attempting to expand that investigation out and build it and build a picture of each person a time line and ultimately the crimes that they committed. that takes time, we are in day five and i want everyone to recognize that."
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the fbi says it's still zeroing in on finding the people who helped to radicalize and possibly fund the muslim couple. stephanie:: the national conversation has also turned to how you cna protect yourself in a shooting. governor terry branstad weighed in on that today-- saying specifically he wouldn't support arming iowa teachers with guns to protect schools. "i'm satisfied with the laws we have in iowa. i'm not advocating any changes and i don't want to divide people on a partisan basis on an issue that people have real strong convictions on." stephanie:: iowa schools are currently gun- free zones, by state law. branstad told us today he thinks the policy should stay in place. jack: donald trump's reaction to the terror attack is controversial. he's calling for a shutdown of all muslims entering the united states. trump is also
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campaign saying that "without looking at the various polling data, it's obvious to anybody the hatred is beyond comprehension." several presidential candidates, both democratic and republican, have criticized his comments for going too far. trump will be back to campaign in iowa on friday at the state fair grounds. jack: speaking of donald trump...there's a new monmouth university iowa poll that reveals he's no longer polling number one here. jack: texas senator ted cruz is the new iowa front runner, surpassing trump by 5 points his first lead in any primary state this cycle. with 19 percent and marco rubio next at 17 percent. monmouth pollsters say ben carson has that ted cruz most of those cruz said a few months ago that he would give more time and attention to been hosting events nearly every week. chief brad edwards
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((ad lib weather toss)) stephanie: coming up on local 5 news at 10... a huge bouquet delivered to the iowa hawkeyes ... the message behind the special delivery. take sot tomorrow on good morning iowa... the des moines skyline is well known with some very interesting buildings and architecture...and we'll welcome a guest who has even written a book about some of the uniques structures found in this central iowa metro plus... how long will temperatures stay mild? ((:04 wx ad-lib)) that's tomorrow on the all-new good morning iowa! "your watching local 5
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iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." stephanie: central iowa wasn't the only area to see some pretty dense fog this morning. this is a time lapse video taken above the skyscrapers in chicago this morning. the fog dropped visibility to a quarter-mile or less over the windy city.
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jack: brad (adlib) brad: weather adlib: are you ready for a very mild week of december weather? the average highs this time of year are in the mid 30s, but we are looking at mostly mid 50s! we had some fog this morning, but today turned out pretty nice with highs in the low 50s. there will be a few clouds rolling in
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should not be a problem like it was last night. temperatures will stay above freezing for the metro each night this week, but some refreezing could occur in more northern locations. tuesday will have a lot of clouds in the sky sprinkles or light showers possible
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or early evening. the sun returns wednesday and thursday with temps in the mid 50s. the winds will really pick up thursday as a strong system travels through mn, but again no good rain chances are expected here with this system. this weekend will start a cool down for us with
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chance for some rain showers, but most of the rain will fall over se iowa this weekend. temperatures will be cooling back into the 30s and 40s this weekend and heading into next week. brad stephanie: jack: brad stephanie: jack: (adlib) jack: local 5 news has a way for you to help right here at home this holiday season. stephanie:
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help us "can hunger." stephanie: on friday, december 11th.. come to the fareway store on 86th and meredith from 8 am until close at 9pm. we'll be collecting all food donations to help our neediest right here in central iowa for christmas and well into 2016. we are iowa and we give back to the community. jack: coming up, do you want to go to the rose bowl? you better wait until we show you how much it'll cost. we'll break down the numbers.
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"your watching local 5 news in hd. home of weareiowa.com " jack: iowa city goes yellow. the hawkeye football team got a special surprise earlier today. stephanie: the hawkeyes are going to the rose bowl! it's the school's 6th rose bowl appearance... iowa is 2-3 all- time in the rose bowl, with its last win coming in 1959. : jack:
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has coached in the rose bowl, though his first as a head coach. ferentz was an assistant at iowa from 1981-1989, which included rose bowls in 1982 and 1986. the hawkeyes lost both of those games. stephanie: fans all across the state, especially in iowa city, are showing their support of the team's bowl seleciton. in iowa city today-- hy-vee delivered 4,300 yellow roses to the iowa hawkeyes football team to celebrate. the roses were delivered to the stew and lenore hansen football performance center to congratulate head coach kirk ferentz and his team. overseeing the order was floral manager and die-hard hawkeye fan laurel hollopeter, who will be travelling to pasadena to work on the dole food company float for the rose bowl parade. hollopeter was absolultey thrilled to help the hawkeyes celebrate the major accomplishment. jack: going to the rose bowl yourself will cost you. stephanie: right now you'll have to dish out
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for a round trip ticket to l-a. and that's still 30 miles from pasadena where the game is played. hotels will be anywhere from 200 to 400 bucks a night - and most of the four and five star rooms are already booked. and the big ticket item - the actual ticket- is between 150 and 185 dollars. but those will go to season ticket holders and major donors. stephanie: jack: hawks are busy on the basketball court tonight too... court tonight jordan: both iowa and ranked cyclones in action tonight, final game before the cy- hawk battle on thursday... coming up on local 5 sports,iowa western illinois was a career night for players on both teams...
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jordan/bam: and iowa state hit the court to battle for the game up in ames. but tonight, both teams had to get past potential trap games. cyclones buffalo, a team
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hoiberg had 18 then... first half, bulls would take an early lead here as blake hamilton buries the jumper to go up 16-15. but the cyclones answer in a big way! hallice cooke kicks it out to georges niang who buries the triple. then it's cooke this time dialing it up from three. niang again knocks down the trifecta. this all happens within three minutes, here cooke gives it up to abdel nader straight cash homey! part of 15-0 run, hawks up 34-25 at the break... 2nd half, bulls trim it to one! before the clones go on another run. monte morris out to niang, good for three of his career high 31 to go along with 12 boards then off the inbounds matt thomas finds the bottom of the jar for three more! cyclones would pull away from there, morris with the steal and lay-in. then it's jameel mckay with the slam... he had a double double of 13 and 10. morris also finished with double double of 12 and 10 assists. isu moves to 7-0 on the year... hawkeyes also at home taking on the leathernecks of western illinois.
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valley high. drops in the jumper for two. then it's jared uthoff backin up his man and hits the fadeaway... hawks up 53-32 at the break. 2nd half, more from uthoff he buries the three ball in the left corner. then it's mike gesell, look at that he went to jared! another triple! uthoff wasn't done. off the missed three first time no, second effort yes! 2 of his career high 27 points! iowa crusies in this one, 90-56! jordan/bam: anyone who watched or was at the big ten championship game saw it. iowa fans showed up in full force, even striping out a neutral site! the same is to be expected january 1st for the rose bowl! this video i shot shows no doubt lucas oil stadium turned into kinnick east on saturday. of the 67- thousand fans, i'd estimate a good 45- thousand were garbed in black and gold... i asked coach ferentz and some of the players if they
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the crowd and if we could see turn the rose west... that, but i scanned the stadium a couple times last night. it was just really impressive, the environment, we felt like we were at home and i got a sense of that friday night just people that were out in town coming back to 'everywhere you went, people there.' i guess they showed up at the gameday set and really made a good showing there too. but again, i think that's the tradition of iowa, our fans are just fantastic, they're fantastic in kinnick and they travel with a lot of enthusiasm and i imagine there's going to be quite a few people out in california, i can guarantee you that, "ya we'll see, i don't know, that would be pretty cool if they can pull that off, i wouldn't be surprised at all. to have that kind of turnout at a big ten championship game and to have that kind of turnout at a game we years." travel pretty well so i'm expecting a lot of iowa fans to be there in pasadena and it'll be a fun time."
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from friday the 102nd rose bowl game kicks off between iowa and pac 12 champ stanford. the cardinal's christian mccaffery just was named a hesiman trophy finalist this evening, so the hawks might have their hands full... things get underway at 4 pm new years day on espn. stanford is an early 6.5 point favorite. finally some more football news, iowa state qb grant rohach announced via twitter that he'll be continuing his playing career at buffalo. kind of ironic since the cyclones played the bulls tonight. rohach played in 9 games in his career at iowa state, starting 5, including the final four of the 2013 season. he threw more almost 15- hundreds and 10 touchdowns. rohach, who will graduate later this month, is eligible to play immediately, due to graduate transer rules. jordan/3shot (wrap sports) stephanie: jack: we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at 10. stephanie:
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stephanie: today marks 74 years since what president franklin roosevelt called "a day which will live in infamy". on december seventh, 19-41, japan's navy and air force launched a surprise attack on pearl harbor, hawaii.
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united states fleet. jack: more than 24- hundred killed. fleet was lost, and all eight battleships were destroyed or at congress declared war on germany then declared war on the united states. jack: here in iowa, there are four survivors who are still alive. stephanie: clarence pfundfeller is honored at the capitol today. he was aboard pennsylvania bombed. a special proclamation was read, followed by a luncheon with the members. brad: weather adlib: put script here in green are you ready for a very mild week of december weather? the average highs this time of year are in the mid 30s, but we are looking at mostly mid 50s! we had some fog this morning, but today with highs in the low 50s. there will be a few clouds rolling in tonight, but fog should not be a problem like it was last night. temperatures will stay above freezing for the metro each night this week, but some refreezing could occur in more northern locations. tuesday will have a lot of clouds in the sky with maybe a few sprinkles or light showers possible later in the afternoon or early evening. the sun returns wednesday and thursday with temps in the mid 50s. the winds will really pick up thursday as a strong system travels through mn, but again no good rain chances are expected here with this system. this weekend will start a cool down for us with some clouds likely. we will have a slight chance for some rain showers, but most of
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cooling back into the 30s and 40s this weekend and heading into next week. stephanie: jack: thank you for spending your time with us tonight.
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