going to feel way warmer than we should be this time of year! expect mostly sunny skies during most of the day with a few afternoon clouds and highs in the mid 50s. overnight tonight a big push of warm air is going to keep us staying very mild with lows in the mid 40s. thursday is going to be amazing with a high likely right around 59 here in the metro and a strong west wind. friday we should be really nice still with highs falling back a bit to the mid 50s. saturday is going to be a wet day especially in southeast iowa with sunday being central iowa's best chance for more showers. next week we'll fall back to the 40s and then 20s with a couple small snow chances. sabrina: also coming up on local five news midday.... decades behind bars. the sentence comes down for the man responsible in that 2014 pleasant hill shooting spree. sabrina: sabrina: and a high school basketball coach wakes up behind bars.. charged with sex abuse. sabrina: plus... more iowans want to carry guns. and we have the numbers to prove it. "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 now -- a man

shooting spree last year gets prison time. sabrina/wxhang local 5's claire powell joins us now, and claire, you were at the sentencing today. claire/wxhang sabrina, pete polson - also known as the pleasant hill shooter- took the stand again today for his sentencing. claire: polson was found guilty on several charges-- including attempted murder -- stemming from a a shooting in pleasant hill on november 17th of last year. this morning, a judge sentenced polson to 55 years in prison- with a mandatory minimum of 27.5 years. the november 20-14 shooting severly injured two people -- a third person was narrowly missed. polson said he was heavily intoxicated at the time and didn't remember much from the shooting. all three emotional victims took the stand today - telling polson he deserves everything he gets. "my kids were in there. bullet went through my house. you couldve killed my kids. slam you dont care, theres a special place in hell for guys like you. hope you rot in prison and

claire/wxhang after the sentencing, polsons attorney said they plan to file an appeal within the next couple of days. coming up at 5 and 6 tonight, we'll have even more emotional reactions and statements from the victims and ththr families, sabrina? sabrina/wxhang it's definitely a day of closure for all those involved. thanks claire. sabrina: authorities in dallas county end up in a standoff earlier this morning... we are still gathering details about the early morning standoff that involved woodward police.. just before two a-m this morning local authorities were able to bring the standoff to a peaceful end. the woodward police chief said that they had negotiated with the driver of a vehicle for just over an hour, and that the person did have a weapon. we will continue to follow this story throughout the day, look for r more ahead on

are iowa dot com. sabrina: meanwhile, a metro child abuse case came to an end tuesday, with the sentencing of a pleasant hill daycare provider. christina williamson will spend 5 years in prison. she was arrested back in may after her husband saw video of her abusing the children. williamson had reached a plea deal in this case.. pleading guilty to two counts of child endangerment, in exchange for some other charges being dropped. the video of williamson used as evidence in the trial has also been released by police. we have posted to our website...we are iowa dot com....and want to warn you that it is disturbing., sabrina: this morning a roosevelt girls basketball coach and special education teacher is behind bars... sabrina: the educator turned himself in to authorities tuesday evening after a warrant was issued for his arrest on charges of sexual exploitation by a school employee...and assualt with intent to commit sexual abuse... 46 year old gerald "tig" johnson turned

police, just hours before his team was set to play a game tuesday night. the school tells us coach johnson has been placed on adminstrative leave pending the results of this investigation... johnson just started coaching this team in the fall... but he is not a new face at the school. he used to coach girls basketball at the school about ten years ago. we have a long history and you know a successful history with the school, he was not an unknown teacher or coach when he came back to roosevelt this year. sabrina: the school district did send out an email to parents explaining the situation and that johnson had been placed on adminstrative leave. according to online arrest records... bail has not yet been set for johnson. sabrina: one of our viewers tipped us off to this story, and so if you have something you'd like us to look into, feel free to contact us. email us at: news at we are iowa dot com. or call us in the newsroom: 1- 800-858-5555.

are iowa local 5 news" and twitter "we are iowa 5 news" if you see news break... let us know. sabrina: new this morning...a town hall meeting to discuss water quality in the hawkeye state.. sabrina: the topic has been a big issue over the past year due to concerns of nitrates in the raccoon and des moines rivers.. the league of conservation voters will host the meeting tonight, discussing the importance of clean water for iowa's agricultural sector. they plan to call on the governor and state agencies to take stronger action in protecting iowa watersheds. the meeting is scheduled for six p-m at north side public library. sabrina: meanwhile, the iowa department of natural resources is looking for applicants to fill seats on the brushy creek board. the board acts as advisors on issues regarding the popular recreation area in webster county. the iowa d-n-r is looking for qualified applicants who are active in recreational trail activities. january fifth is the deadline for applications to be filed. sabrina meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam

december day, although again it's going to feel way warmer than we should be this time of year! expect mostly sunny skies during most of the day with a few afternoon clouds and highs in the mid 50s. overnight tonight a big push of warm air is going to keep us staying very mild with lows in the mid 40s. thursday is going to be amazing with a high likely right around 59 here in the metro and a strong west wind. friday we should be really nice still with highs falling back a bit to the mid 50s. saturday is going to be a wet day especially in southeast iowa with sunday being central iowa's best chance for more showers. next week we'll fall back to the 40s and then 20s with a couple small snow chances.

here in the metro, and across the country, there is an increasing number of people wanting to carry a gun... and authorities are doing their best to keep up with the paperwork. local five's amanda krenz explains. this gun shop, j-l-m shooter supply in urbandale has been open for 25 years. like many businesses, they see more customers during the holidays... but this year, fear is bringing people through the door. after the paris attacks, and the recent shooting spree in san bernandino - people are scared. mike 11:17 it triggered a lot of fear in a lot of people, a lot of people that think it's time for me to be a little more prepared. there's another fear that drives people to mike sporer's business. when the president or high profile politicians talk about gun control. mike 13:13 people, as they get more and more fearful that they may lose the right to own weapons, they

everything they can grab. polk county sheriff headquarters is where people apply for and pick up their permit to carry a weapon in polk county. they're trying hard to keep up with all the new applications and issuing permits. bracelin 1:09 they're absolutely swamped. started seing an uptick in weaon permit applications beginning in october. take a look at a month by month comparison compared to last year in polk county. 100 more permits issued in october of 2015, more than 400 issued this november, and only a week into december there's a big increase compared to the whole month last year, 528 permits so far and most of them are new applicants. bracelin 1:54 out of that 528, only a little over 109 are renewals. sabrina: now, things aren't going to slow down after the start of the new year, in fact they could pick up even more. iowa's law changed in 2011

people to have their permit to carry for 5 years before renewing it, thousands of people got their permit to carry at that point... and they'll be looking to renew it after the start of the year, 5 years later. sabrina: coming up on local 5 news midday... this night takes a fashion show to a whole new level.. we'll show you the glitz and glamour that comes from the victoria's secret fashion show. sabrina: next.... they sound like a great christmas gift... a hoverboard.. but they come with a dangerous risk.. the details coming up.

sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast. this is local 5 midday. we are iowa" sabrina

now sabrina after decades of rivalry among budweiser, coors, and miller -- all three beer brands are about to be united. but not all believe its a good idea... together, the makers of budweiser and miller include eighteen of the world's forty most popular beers. if they merged they would control close to a third of the world's beer market... something that has smaller brewers worried. an iowa beer industry expert headed to washington to testify on why the deal should be stopped 1:24"people with deep pockets ... startling 1:31 sabrina: senator chuck grassley invited wilson to testify at this senate judiciary subcommittee hearing. they're investigating any antitrust issues. it's still a "possible deal", which still needs regulator approval. sabrina: and it took only hours for the newest barbie

special doll based on ava duvernay-- the director of the film "selma". the new barbie went on sale p-m... and was sold out within three hours. the duvernay barbies mattel will produce as part of a collection. the dolls are based on six women from variety magazine's power of women luncheon. sabrina: now to new questions about one of the hottest gifts of season. you see people on them all the down streets. but now new fears about what can happen -- and abc's tj holmes is here with that. (4 secs) overnight - crews responding to a fire at a washington state mall nats holy cow (6 secs) a battery powered hoverboard overheating, going up in flames not once - but twice... nats (2 secs) ...stunning the other shoppers. kelli steiner/witness they're just staring like what just happened? and why did that happen? for no apparent reason it

this, just the latest in a string of incidents, where some of the hottest gifts this holiday season are ending up engulfed in smoke - this one catching fire while someone was riding it. (8 secs) tamara hardnett bought one of the two-wheeled machines for her teenage son this holiday season - she says they were charging it when she says she heard two explosions. tamara hardnett if someone was in the room they would have been hurt because it exploded. (6 secs) jessica horne says the hoverboard she bought for her family was charging before it destroyed part of her louisiana home jessica horne both wheels it was like a firework, i seen sparks flying and before i could yell the house is on fire the middle part of the board that would go in between your feet it just went poof. (13 secs) authorities are investigating the cause of the fires, but now, the national association of state fire marshals is issuing an advisory, saying these incidents are "not unique occurances" - and that consumers need to do their homework chief butch browning / president, national association of fire marshals if you buy these devices, make sure that they've been tested by a reputable testing firm?be cautious about purchasing them over the internet, purchasing them directly from overseas." sabrina/2wxcenter we're back with sam now...

"now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam today is going to be another gorgeous december day,

going to feel way warmer than we should be this time of year! expect mostly sunny skies during most of the day with a few afternoon clouds and highs in the mid 50s. overnight tonight a big push of warm air is going to keep us staying very mild with lows in the mid 40s. thursday is going to be amazing with a high likely right around 59 here in the metro and a strong west wind. friday we should be really nice still with highs falling back a bit to the mid 50s. saturday is going to be a wet day especially in sunday being central more showers. next the 40s and then 20s with a couple small snow chances. sam: sabrina: sabrina we'll take a quick break.. but coming up...

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we'll take a quick break.. but coming up... if you're looking for a way to stay active during the time of sugar cookies and pies.. we have just the thing! stay tuned.

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" you're watching local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" : sabrina: welcome back, let's take a look at what's trending now... sabrina/lam angels walked the runway at the victoria's secret fashion show. but the show wasn't just about fashion or famous faces. plus -- the actor who seemingly never ages -- will forever have his name on the hollywood walk of fame. mary moloney has all the details. " nats) the models (nats) the music (nats) and stunning costumes dominated the runway at the victoria's secret fashion show. kendall jenner and gigi hadid got their wings -- and joined fellow angels

lingerie brand. the catwalk turned into a concert with performances by selena gomez (nats) ellie goulding (nats) and the weeknd. but the show-stopper -- was arguably this moment -- the 2-million dollar fireworks fantasy bra. former brat packer -- turned pitchman -- "hi i'm rob lowe and i have directv" turned sitcom star "pawnee is literally the greatest town in the country." rob lowe now has a new place -- on the hollywood walk of fame. "i have a job that i love; telling stories and creating characters. it is literally the job of my dreams." for those counting, his is literally the 2,567th star. for hollywood minute

sabrina: coming up on local 5 news midday... not backing down... he says he wants to ban coming into the country.. and he's sticking to it! sabrina: a christmas gift but the people responsible you.

" you're watching local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm sabrina ahmed. sabrina now to the latest on donald trump, calling for a ban on muslims from entering the u.s. most of the republican establishment, condemning trump's remarks. but trump saying his supporters will stick with him if he makes an independent run. abc's tom llamas has the latest in your local election headquarters. this morning donald trump pushing forward with his call to ban muslims from coming to america. sot-trump w/ barbara 141430 are you a bigot?

probably the least of anybody you've ever met. in an exclusive on camera interview with barbara walters trump explains the idea for the ban is a direct result from the attacks on the world trade center and last week's shooting in san bernardino. sot-trump w/ barbara there are people that have tremendously bad intentions. we have to be tough, we have to smart - and we have to be vigilant. but does that mean being unamerican? that's the way the plan is being described by the white house... sot-earnest and republican leaders on capitol hill ... sot-ryan "what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for it's not what this country stands for." democratic clinton, seizing the moment, trying to put under the trump tent. sot-clinton they are all driving the exact narrative that jihadist want to

barbarous, violent, murderers but with an entire religion. this is a grave mistake but trump's fellow candidates are blasting him as well... sot-rubio "what he proposed was not well thought out, it was impulsive, he didn't think it through, it violates the constitution it puts a religious test and it isn't the best way to do this" sot graham: "you know how to make america great again? tell donald trump to go to hell," the chairman of the republican national committee saying "we need to aggressively take on radical islamic terrorism, but not at the expense obvious our american values." but trump says he's the frontrunner for a reason-his supporters know exactly what he stands for. sot-mos say about the muslims. control." mattte jeff it's a short term problem that i just think it's going to be good for the safety of the usa. sot-trump w/ barbara thing that ever l in my party fully

theyre runing against me, for the most part they have no poll numbers. im leading by a lot. they get it. theyre trying to get publicity for themselves sabrina: following your political news -- caucus night is quickly approaching and that means many iowans are getting ready to cast their vote. and there are plenty of candidates for caucus-goers to choose from. sabrina: but one major concern is for the iowans who may not be in the state at caucus time, and want to be sure to get their vote in for the caucuses. the iowa democratic party is launching a new initiative this election cycle, ensuring all iowans get the chance to cast their vote.. on february first, iowa democrats will be able to participate, using their phone. "we listen to people when they have feedback about how the caucuses work, and one of the things we heard is that some people can't participate, and certainly our military are so important to us and we just felt like that was something we really needed to concentrate on." iowans who are registered to vote but out of state, such as military members...can sign up for the

visiting the iowa democratic party's website. the deadline to register is january 6, 2016. once registered, you will be given a pin that will allow you to call in on caucus night and cast your vote. and remember, caucus night is february 1. sabrina: new at midday now -- a man accused in a shooting spree last year gets prisonime. sabrina: pete polson was found guilty on several charges-- including attempted murder -- stemming from a shooting in pleasant hill. today, a judge sentenced him to 55 years in prison. the november 20-14 shooting injured two people -- a third person was narrowly missed. polson said he was heavily intoxicated at the time and didn't remember much from the shooting. "i have a drug addiction. something i've struggled with all my life. i never dreamed it would take me take me to some of the dark, lonely placest has taken me or cause the harm to others this horrible tragedy created." sabrina: according to court records -- a motion for a new trial has

sabrina: and a pleasant hill daycare provider will spend the next 5 years in prison. christina williamson was sentenced tuesday. she ran an in- home center at her home in pleasant hill... and was arrested back in may after her husband saw video of her abusing the children. police have released that video, and we will be playing it for you shortly. just a warning -- it is disturbing -- so if you don't want to see it, please turn away. now williamson had reached a plea deal in this case.. pleading guilty to two counts of child endangerment, in exchange for some other charges being dropped. stephanie video now. ":21- ;42 christina williamson room carrying a baby. she places a blanket on the floor and sets the baby onto the blanket on its stomach. she then pushes the child's head to the floor and holds it there for about :30 seconds and then gets up and leaves the room. 1:32-1:44 about two minutes later she comes back ,jerks the baby up off the floor and places it back down, once again holding the childs again, williamson

4:15-4:27 but when she comes back about 5 minutes later she walks through the room, pushes the baby's head to the floor using her foot, steps over the child and walks out. she's gone for another minute. 7:24-7:48 when williamson returns, she sits on the floor, straddling the baby with her back to the camera. we don't have a good view of what's happening, and they sit like this for about 5 minutes. then she abruptly pushes the child to the floor and jerks the baby backup. williamson adjusts the blanket and spreads it out on the floor. she then picks up and slams the baby to the floor face down." sabrina: that video was used as evidence in williamson's trial -- and the entire video is about 20 minutes long. in our opinion, the rest of it was too disturbing to broadcast. you can see the entire video at weareiowa.com. and if it's leaving you wondering about the quality of your own childcare-- we wanted to pass along some helpful information. in-home centers with more than six children are

registered with the state department of human services. you can check if your center is registered by contacting d-h-s at this number. there is also a hotline to report child abuse-- that number is on your screen. if you're looking to find childcare-- you should ask for references, and you should be suspicious if a childcare provider discourages you from just dropping in. sabrina meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam today is going to be another gorgeous december day, although again it's going to feel way warmer than we should be this time of year! expect mostly sunny skies during most of the day with a few afternoon clouds and highs in the mid 50s. overnight tonight a big push of warm air is going to keep us staying very mild with lows in the mid 40s. thursday is going to be amazing with a high likely right around 59 here in the metro and a strong west wind. friday we should be really nice still with highs falling back a bit to the mid 50s. saturday is going to be

sunday being central iowa's best chance for more showers. next week we'll fall back to the 40s and then 20s with a couple small snow chances. sabrina: it's not christmas yet sabrina: it's not christmas yet but 30 kids in the davenport area are getting a pretty big gift -- newly refurbished bikes and helmets. and the source may surprise you. local 5's alice king has more. " ( natural sound: fixing bike) just inside the former scott county jail annex is a workshop full of old bicycle gears, tires and donated bikes that are need of desparte repair. all those parts are for the bicycle restoratoin program. it's designed to involve low risk-minimum security inmates

jail time --- a chance to give back to the community. officer don rupe provides direction, (natural sound: officer rupe: it will help straighten that (alice) practical training and safety instruction as inmates work to refurbish the bikes. for the inmates, it's a something broken. (natural sound: hammer) (alice) and make it shine again. (dylan jungjohann/community restoration worker) building the bikes is fun because you get to see them in the state when you get them from the police department or whatever they're kinda broken and stuff and you look at them and you're like wow i built that. it's a great feeling to look at it and know you fixed it" (alice) dylan jungjohann is a community restoration worker. he says the scott county jail has helped him turn his life around. there are incentives for working while serving time. officials say inmates have to pay 30 dollar a day to be at the jail. now if you work you only have to pay 5 dollars. officer rupe says this program also gives workers a chance hone a skill. (natural sound: picking up wrench) (don rupe/community restoration officer for scott county 3) we've had guys that come in here that don't even know how to use a wrench or even what

jungjohann says he's proud to help put a smile on local kid's faces. (dylan jungjohann/community restoration worker) i actually like it now and especially because it's going to kids for christmas that made me work a little bit faster and more efficient to get them done. sabrina: it's not just non-profits that the jail donates the newly refurbished bikes. they can also be donated to an inmate who's just getting out and has no form of transportation. sabrina: if you're looking sabrina: if you're looking for a way to lend a helping hand this holiday season -- local 5 news has a way for you to help right here in the metro. we hope you'll help us "can hunger." 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. sabrina still to come on local 5 news midday... (weather) sam has the details in central iowa's most accurate forecast next.

most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam today is going to be another gorgeous december day, although again it's going to feel way warmer than we should be this time of year! expect mostly sunny skies during most of the day with a few afternoon clouds and highs in the mid 50s. overnight tonight a big push of warm air is going to keep us staying very mild with lows in the mid 40s. thursday is going to be amazing with a high likely right around 59 here in the metro and a strong west wind. friday we should be really nice still with highs falling back a bit to the mid 50s. saturday is going to be a wet day especially in southeast iowa with sunday being central iowa's best chance for more showers. next week we'll fall back to

with a couple small snow chances. sam: sabrina: sabrina: 'tis the season for gift giving, spending time sam:

'tis the season for gift giving, spending time with family... and christmas light battles! it's a real thing -- the annual christmas battle is lighting up neighborhoods across america. abc's david wright has the high voltage details. " nats (over the top house) silent night? nats (blaring) not for this neighborhood! nats from greenville, south carolina? nats ? to st george, utah (nats abc show) ? 'tis the season? to crank up the mannheim

lucy spata, homeowner: those soldiers, those are three pieces. those were brought in here by a crane. david wright: what? lucy spata: yeah lucy spata in brooklyn looks forward to this all year long. 00:51:08 lucy spata to me i like my whole house filled up. i don't like to see a space and she's not alone. americans are expected to spend over 7 billion dollars season. nats and that doesn't count (nats from abc show - water, smoke) but for the phipps family of livermore california, the great christmas light fight paid off. they won 50- thousand bucks on the abc reality show. which means: next years display? even bigger! dw, abc, ny " all: (reax) sabrina

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sam today is going to be another gorgeous december day, although again it's going to feel way warmer than we should be this time of year! expect mostly sunny skies during most of the day with a few afternoon clouds and highs in the mid 50s. overnight tonight a big push of warm air is going to keep us staying very mild with lows in the mid 40s. thursday is going to be amazing with a high likely right around 59 here in the metro and a strong west wind.

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