with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. we are starting the day off warmer than we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. it will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like we're in the teens. thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the mid 30s. friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. we start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. elias: also coming up on local five news midday.... the gloves were off! jeb takes on trump in the last g-o-p debate of the year and we're showing you the highlights. elias: and -- a community in mourning. hear from those who knew the teen killed in the ames hit and run -- and how police say you can help in the case. elias: plus -- it's a dry, windy day. but are the flood waters going down? we have the latest on road

what to expect on your lunch commute. "local 5 news midday in hd starts now. we are iowa" elias: good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm elias johnson. elias: we're expecting new details this hour on an accident at hubbell avenue last night that killed a pedestrian trying to cross the street. it happened around 5-30 tuesday evening...at east 42nd and hubbell avenue. des moines police say the pedestrian was crossing hubbell when a car hit the man. the victim was pronounced dead on scene. police say they had to shut down the area for several hours to gather more evidence, and the crash is still under investigation. elias: meanwhile -- in ames, police continue to piece together monday's hit and run that left an i-s-u student dead. 18 year old emmalee jacobs of urbana was died at the hospital after being hit by a car on the i-s-u campus. she was found lying in the road at the intersection of

lincoln way. the site has now become a memorial for jacobs with candles and messages written with chalk. police still looking for the person responsible. "we believe th person felt the impact, knew what happened, based on her injuries. they were significant enough they had to feel the impact." elias: ames police have narrowed down the time window of the hit and run to between 7:04 and 7:05 am monday they ask anyone who may have information to come forward. elias:: over in the center point- urbana area, the community mourns the loss of the teen, who had just graduated high school in may. her family and friends describing jacobs as a very bright, very smart young woman. brea love spoke with those who knew her, and shares how the community is coping with the tragic loss. [take pkg]pkg center point ( an entire community is in mourning after the loss of one of their own. and they're coming together to support the family, and each other. emmalee jacobs just

center point-urbana high school in may. rob libolt cpu high school principal [take sot to: 0:07 duration:0:07]sot she also belonged to the school choir. jacobs graduated at the top of her class. the school had counselors on site monday, and also at the middle school where jacobs mother works. [take sot to: 0:12 duration:0:12]sot the family has belonged to center point united methodist church for more than a decade. the church pastor says jacobs was very involved in their youth programs. he says she will be greatly missed. pastor mike ellson center point united methodist church [take sot

the church is holding a remembrance service thursday night, giving those who know the jacobs family a chance to grieve together. [take sot to: 0:12 duration:0:12]sot [take sot to: 0:13 duration:0:13]sot trt 1:33 elias: a remembrance for emmalee jacobs is planned for tomorrow night at the center point methodist church. the visitation will also be held at the church friday evening. her funeral is saturday at the center point urbana high school. elias: new this morning, the proposed bakken pipeline will be the focus of a public meeting tonight. elias: along with approval from the iowa utilities board, the project will also need a permit from the iowa department of natural resources. the proposed pipeline cuts diagnally across the state, crossing over land and water under the d-n-r's

to do that requires a permitted. a hearing will be held this evening, allowing an opportunity for public comments. the meeting inside the office building. email or send in comments to the iowa d-n-r about the pipeline permit. elias: commuters driving in dallas county should expect a detour the dallas management closed a section of highway 169 just north of adel last night. drivers should expect a detour taking them west out of town on highway six. the detour then heads north on p-58, before connecting to highway 44 and back to highway 169. so be sure to watch for the signs. elias: speaking of road closures, flooding has kept parts of some roads around the metro closed.

of fleur drive from bell avenue to m-l-k because of the raccoon river level. it remains at the moderate flood stage this morning, but is expected to go down through the rest of the week. elias: meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. we are starting the we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by your forecast. similar to yesterday temperatures throughout the day. we are starting the we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like we're in the teens. thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions

mid 30s. friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. we start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. elias: moving now to your local election elias: moving now to your local election headquarters.... elias/1shot and the big republican presidential debate last night -- the last of the year and less than two months before the first year and less than two months before the first votes of the election season are cast. abc's cecilia vega is in las vegas with highlights

the gloves were off? almost as soon as the opening bell rang. trump: you're a tough guy jeb bush: you're never going to get to be president by insulting your way to the presidency it was donald trump vs. jeb bush on how to fight isis? 21:40:26 trump with jeb's attitude, we will never be great again. that i can tell you. we will never be great, again. on that controversial proposal to ban muslims? jeb 90 donald is great with the one liners. but he's a chaos candidate.. he would be a chaos president trump sot jeb doesn't really believe i'm unhinged.. he said that very simple because he's failed in this campaign. it's been a total disaster and nobody cares there was donald trump vs.. rand paul. (show split screen). 943 rand paul this is another show trump is not a serious candidate (trump) shrugs off but the biggest grudge match of all? back pat.. nats trump vs. the texas

standing in the polls...never happened.. instead it was ted cruz vs marco rubio.. both vying to be the party's alternative to the brash billionaire in the lead sot-- rubio: do you rule it out? does ted cruz rule out ever legalizing people that are in this country illegally now. cruz: i have never -- rubio: do you rule it out? cruz: i have never supported legalization and i do not intend to support legalization. some? like dr. ben carson... struggling to break out of the pack? sot carson.. the fact of the matter is look and see what i've done.. and tht speaks volumes about strength after it was over... cecilia vega: mr trump did jeb bush have it out for you tonight? (can trim) trump: no he has to do what he has to do i mean i fully understand he's having a hard time and he wants to get his numbers up" elias/lam

that action last night -- a seemingly exhausted senator marco rubio headed back to the hawkeye state for a rally in ankeny this morning. having barely slept, he still stood in front of a crowd of a few hundred to talk about last night's debate, as well as the defense budget... even taking a jab at other republican presidential candidates.. while he didn't mention any names. " how are yoi going to make the sands of the me glow if you dont have the bombs to do it.. and thats where were headed how are you going todefend yourself if you have an army thats smaller than its ever been since ww2 .. how are you going to ikeep[ your coutnry safe witha navy thats smaller than the 50s ... talking tough is not enough you need the capability and in the world where n korea and china and russia iran radical jihadists like isis pose a threat how can it be that we are weakning our military and how can it

that justify it?... " elias: rubio will be back in iowa tomorrow and friday... we will of course continue to follow the candidates as they make their way around the state. elias: here's a look at the three faces topping out the latest quinnipiac poll numbers -- trump with 28- percent support. but senator cruz is in a very close second with 27- percent. and senator marco rubiotrailing with 14-percent elias: coming up on local 5 news midday... will those temps help us out in getting a white christmas? sams in with those details. elias: and... over 650- thousand students shut out of school over an emailed threat -- we're bringing you the latest on your national headlines. elias: but next.... if you're planning on shipping any

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"your wathcing local 5 news midday in hd with elias johnson and we are iowas most accurate forecast. this is local 5 midday. we are iowa" elias: on your money now elias: if you haven't gotten enrolled for health insurance through the online exchange, there is still time to get coverage that begins in january. due to consumer demand, healthcare dot gov officials have pushed the deadline for ensuring a january first start date. you now have through thursday evening to enroll and have that coverage begin with the new year. now the open enrollment period continues

sign up after coverage doesn't take march first. elias: meanwhile, big news is expected from the federal reserve later this morning. it is expected to raise its key interest rate....which would be the first rate hike in nearly ten years. experts say raising the rate is a good sign for the u-s economy, displaying confidence in the country's recovery from the great recession. elias: and more than two-thousand children have been qualified for the salvation army's annual toyshop. the program gives families in need the chance to pick up age appropriate toys and ensure children have a merry christmas. the toyshop will take place over the next three days. all toys have been collected through toys for tots, community drives, and the salvation army's angel trees located around the metro. elias: from black friday to christmas eve this year -- fedex plans to ship 317 million packages. that's enough packages to

the world two times. if you are still shopping -- there's time to get your gifts delivered by christmas. but as mary moloney explains -- the deadline to ship is coming fast... with one being today! this holiday season -- the united states postal service expects to deliver roughly 15.5 billion cards and letters and 600 million packages. that's a lot of gifts. in order to help santa get those presents under the tree-- there are some deadlines you need to know. get your packages to fedex by wednesday. that's if you want the standard ground delivery. ups gives you a couple extra days with a friday deadline. and the u-s-p-s guarantees first class mail by saturday. if you still need time to shop -- the three major carriers will deliver the week of christmas. but it'll cost you more. get to the post office -- fedex-- or ups by december 23rd to beat santa. in some cases -- fedex may even offer same day service on christmas day. but the week of

long lines with others trying to beat the clock. elias sam is back now... sam i'll have your full forecast next. "now, we are iowa's

most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the

sam today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. we are starting the day off warmer than we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. it will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like we're in the teens. thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the mid 30s. friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. we start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week.

elias: elias: let's talk sports now... let's talk sports now... this week, local five got the chance to sit down with the new head coach at iowa state university. sports director jon schaeffer shares part of his conversation with coach matt campbell. "did you talk to any other schools prior? obviously other schools reached out but for me like i said i never thought i was going to leave quite honestly wasn't was really simple for me to make a decision in terms of why iowa state i guess more than anything the familiarity in playing them the last two like we've talked about then obviously when

had a huge impact on why here. this is a job labeled as maybe not one of the best in college football by outside sources. why was it the right fit for you? number one i don't really care what people outside of myself, our staff and really our program to me it's about finding the right fit. and why is it right for me? because of exactly what i thought when i took the job. number one the passion and the fan base here number two the commitment by the university here. number three the people in leadership positions you can only get things done with great leadership. and i really believe there's tremendous leadership here obviously what jamie has done with the entire sports program can be seen on a national level that's pretty incredible and pretty impressive. long term goals what are they for you? long term goals for me are really simple is to build a program and to build something

to a championship level football program that's one of the things i have an absolute love for and absolute passion and again i hope it's one of the reasons i'm here. because it's that opportunity to do that right here at iowa state. " elias: look for more on jon's interview coming up this week in sports. and head over to we are iowa dot com to watch the full interview at the end of this week. elias: still to come on local five news midday... the holidays are midday... the holidays are a time for

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elias: we're back with a look at what's treniding this hour. elias/1shot you never know what could happen on live t-v... but how about catching a criminal on the run? a live news report catches all the action. "this bank, what, oh that's the robber this is live tv folks, that's the robber that just went by according to the bank employee. i got to go and call 911. i'll talk to you later. " elias: as you can see, a reporter doing a live shot about a bank robbery in minnesota gets quite the breaking news update. as he hits the airwaves, employees come running out pointing to the bank robber....as he tries to rob the bank a second time. due to the poor timing of the robber, he is

released -- and it's everything we've come to expect from jk rowling's wizarding world.... suspense, spells, and strange glimpse of one never seen american the u-s set harry potter spinoff hits theaters next november. coming up on local 5 news midday... questions remain are found in we'll tell you about some new court documents shedding light investigation. elias: later.... 650-thousand students out of school after an emailed threat -- and now the district is out dollars. in your national

" you're watching local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" elias: good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm elias johnson. elias: we have new details now on a crash that killed a pedestrian last night. elias: it happened around 5-30 tuesday evening...at east 42nd and hubbell avenue. police say 61 year old anthony pascasio was hit by a car and killed while trying to cross the street there. the driver was identified as a 19-year-old des moines man. police say they had to shut down the area for several hours to gather more evidence. the crash is still under investigation. elias: court documents are revealing more details about two bodies found in rural union county. the bodies discovered earlier this month, one in a pond, the other near a house...but both were dead for months before being found.

court documents, jerry dillinger shot and killed loretta dillinger and the other person, on september 22nd. agents say jerry got into a confrontation with the two, killed them and disposed of their bodies. friends of loretta say her and jerry dated off and on and were in an abusive relationship. they said she may have been seeing someone new when the shooting happened. "ihe was a controlling monster and was abusive" elias: jerry dillinger is being held in the union county jail on two counts of first degree murder. the identity of the second body has not been released. elias: the proposed bakken pipeline will be the focus of a public meeting tonight. elias: along with approval from the iowa utilities board, the project will also need a permit from the iowa department of natural resources.

pipeline cuts diagnally across the state, crossing over land and water under the d-n-r's jurisdiction. to do that requires a permitted. a hearing will be held this evening, allowing an opportunity for public comments. the meeting begins at five inside the wallace state office building. iowans can also email or send in written comments to the iowa d-n-r about the pipeline comments to the iowa d-n-r about the pipeline permit. elias: and flooding from rain over the weekend has canceled this year's jolly holiday lights display at waterworks park, but one local group isn't allowing the largest fundraiser for make a wish iowa to go dark. the iowa clinic is challenging the community to show their spirit for the "bring the jolly campaign" by posting a photo on the clinic's facebook of how you get into the holiday spirit, and challenge others to do the same - all while spreading the word to donate to make a wish iowa.

is to raise 200 thousand dollars. you can donate on iowa-dot- wish-dot-org. elias: meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. we are starting the day off warmer than we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. it will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like we're in the teens. thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the mid 30s. friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. we start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much

elias: moving to your national headlines now -- and that terror threat that shut down schools in la -- causing chaos for hundreds of thousands of familes -- elias/1shot new york receiving a similar threat -- but with a much different reaction -- igniting a war of words. abc's matt gutman is in los angeles with the latest threat - warning of a swarm of jihadists descending on los angles schools came in email to an la school board member 5am tuesday? what followed?a swift decision 90 minutes

one of the city's schools?.. cahrlie beck 20;55;24;36 we have suffered far too many school shootings in america to ignore these kind of threats the cost: an estimated 29 million dollars?. about 650,000 students shut out..... gfx lausd robocall: the superintendent has directed all schools to be closed today, tuesday, december 15th, to ensure the safety of all students. parents left scrambling. sot: 15.07.59 k: mg: were your employers understanding? k: um hopefully! new york city officials received almost the exact same email threat?.but decided to keep schools open?. new york's police commisioner blasting la's decision?.. 12 20 11 bill bratton: to disrupt the daily schedules of a half million school children, their parents the first tip-off for new york police was that the alleged

cell, nerve gas agents, high-powered weapons and mass casualties, seemed remarkably similar to the plot line of the tv series homeland. commissioner william bratton: the instigator of the threat may be a homeland fan. basically watching homeland episodes that it mirrors a lot of recent episode on homeland. police said the message sent to new york read in part: something big is going down. not only are there bombs, but there are nerve gas agents set to go off at a specific time: during lunch hour. mayor bill deblasio: it was so generic, so outlandish and posted to numerous school systems simultaneously. the message continued, with a conspicuous typo: me, and my 138 comrades will die tomorrow in the name of allah, with a lower-case a in the new york version. commissioner william bratton: that would be incredible to think that any jihadist would not spell allah with a capital a. elias: still to come on local 5 news midday... (weather) sam has the details in central iowa's

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forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. we are starting the day off warmer than we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. it will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like we're in the teens. thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold

mid 30s. friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. we start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. sam:

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

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creative team from london and toronto: jeremy sams (direction), robert jones (set and costume design), arlene phillips (choreography), hugh vanstone (lighting design), mick potter (sound design), jon driscoll & daniel brodie (video/projection design), david cullen (orchestrations) and graham hurman (musical supervision). animals will be provided by william berloni. click your heels together and join scarecrow, tin man, lion, dorothy and her little dog toto, as they journey through the magical land of oz to meet the wizard and obtain their hearts' desires. watch out for the wicked witch of the west and her winged monkeys as you rediscover the real story of oz in this fantastic musical treat for the whole family. elias: we're moving to

developing now in clarke county.

elias: we're moving to some news developing now in clarke county. several emergency crews are on scene at an address in murray for a grain bin rescue. local 5's amanda krenz is on scene right now. amanda, what's the latest? sam today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. we are starting the

we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. it will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like we're in the teens. thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the mid 30s. friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. we start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. sabrina

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