our temperatures however. we will be close to the freezing mark on the thermometer, but the wind chills will keep us feeling closer to teens and 20s. tonight the bottom falls out on local five news midday.... the force was strong with local 5 last night, as our own sam schreier was out at jordan creek theaters last night for the premiere of the latest star wars movie. sabrina: the contested deadline for governor branstad's new medicaid plan has now been pushed back. sabrina: and noah laprei, arrested for for beating his grandmother to death, had his first court appearance this week. "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: a developing story in oskaloosa this morning, where a death investigation is underway sabrina: the mahaska county sheriffs office says a hunter came across a dead body in the woods tuesday. the discivery was made in a small wooded area just north of oskaloosa. authorities are working on an identity of the

the body has been sent to the examiner's office stay with local 5 this investigation. sabrina: accused of year-old grandmother to death appeared in court wednesday. a pretrial conference was held for noah lamprei at the polk county surveillance night of the incident, shows the teen acting his family says this is not the young man they know. the courts will try laprei as an adult even family didn't want that. what happened that night in october is c. katie :49 this is so noah. he's a gentle, kind, loving kid. i didn't believe it myself when i sabrina: laprei's court appearance was a few minutes. several in the family and friends showing his trial date was set for may 16th. sabrina: new this

sabrina: according to iowa courts online -- two people have filed one lawsuit against the city of des moines and gatso usa, the provider of the city's speed cameras. the exact details of the lawsuit are still undisclosed, but we will be sure to keep you updated as they are released. sabrina: and the downtown winter farmers' market returns today and tomorrow, for stock up on locacally grown and made goods. the market will be open from 9 both days. more than 130 vendors will be set up at kaleidoscope at the hub and capital square. holiday themed entertainment and kids activities will also be available. sabrina meteorologist bree sullivan joins us again with a look at your forecast. bree weather adlib: it's going to be a frigid friday. a few snow showers will skirt our northern counties, but not much is expected in the way of accumulation. the rest of central iowa will enjoy mostly sunny skies and another day of brisk winds becoming northwesterly

30mph. the sun won't do much in warming our temperatures however. we will be close to the freezing mark on the thermometer, but the wind chills will keep us feeling closer to teens and 20s. tonight the bottom falls out on our temperatures. the metro will see lows in the teens, while northern iowa will see their temperatures dip into the single digits. things do warm up for the weekend. sunshine and wind return for saturday with highs in the upper 30s. sunday the clouds will return to central iowa, but temperatures will be back into the 40s. by sunday evening, rain showers and eventually a wintry mix is possible, especially in eastern iowa. sabrina: now to the latest in the san bernardino terror investigation as federal charges have been filed in the attack. sabrina: syed farook's childhood friend -- who bought two of the

under arrest. this comes as president obama prepares to visit san bernardino to meet privately with the victims of the shooting and their families abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross is here with all the details. "(tape) marquez was brought to court in the back of this fbi vehicle after ten straight days of interrogation. he wore handcuffs during a brief court hearing when he said little other than yes when asked if he understood the charges against him. but according to prosecutors, he has freely revealed that he and his longtime friend syed farook planned terror attacks some four years ago, when marquez first bought the two assault rifles later used in the san bernardino attacks. the earlier plots involved an attack on students in the cafeteria of this riverside community college, where both farook and marquez attended classes. student: i was kinda shocked the other plot was aimed at this

rush hour. "the plan was for farook to throw pipe freeway" and "farook allegedly planned to then move among stopped vehicles, shooting into them, into vehicles from a according to the federal complaint, it was farook who persuaded marquez to convert to islam some eight years ago and then radicalized him using on-line videos from al qaeda, including the extremist preaching of the now-dead american anwar al awlaki. authorities also charged that farook got marquez to marry a russian woman who was an extended member of farook's family so she could come to the us. marquez confided to his friends it was a sham. nick rodriguez: ((18:59:20) he just said he married her for the visa, her married her for the papers and they gave him 5-10 grand, whatever the money was. in the month before the attack, according to the complaint, marquez wrote this on facebook. marquez: my life turned ridiculous. involved in terrorist plots, drugs, antisocial behavior,

prison for fraud, etc. prosecutors say there is currently no evidence that marquez was part of the terror attack that killed 14 people in san bernardino. (((((graphic starts here choose one good photo of enrique slight push in and then super the text over or next to the photo)))) but hours after that attack, they say marquez called 911, threatening suicide. asked why by the operator, marquez said: enrique marquez: i don't know. my neighbor. he did the san bernardino shooting. the (expletive) used my gun in the shooting. 911: you said he used your gun? enrique marquez: yes. oh my god. 911: what was the guy's name that had your gun? enrique marquez: it's syed farook. " sabrina: in your other national headlines-- the person dubbed the most hated man in america has been arrested.... sabrina: federal authorities took martin shkreli into custody thursday on federal securities fraud charges the case centers on his time as c- e-o of biotech company retrophin. prosecutors allege he used the company's cash and stock to settle investor claims from his now- defunct hedge

retrophin, which ousted shkreli last year, has since filed a 65 civil suit against him. of turing pharmaceuticals , has been under fire since buying the rights to an raising the price thousand percent. sabrina: iowa, march first deadline for the medicaid switch here in the state. sabrina: with hundreds of thousands of iowans being affected, the centers for medicare and medicaid the privitization of iowa's medicaid by two months. the decision gives more time to iowans as they change from state-run medicaid to managed care. but the feds will only approve the change if the state improves areas of the program. they say the managed care provider networks are not fully developed. there are significant areas of the state that don't have many hospitals or doctors within a reasonable distance. and the state call center for people with questions about their healthcare isn't adequate. sabrina:

program before it can be privatized here in iowa on march 1st, we have a copy up on our website. that's we are iowa dot com. sabrina: coming up on local 5 news midday... local 5's sam schreier was live at the jordan creek theaters last night for the big star wars premiere. we'll take a look back at the intergalactic madness, coming up. sabrina: and... local 5's jack miller sat down with relatives of heather belieu, one of two people murdered in a double homicide two weeks ago. sabrina: next.... the last democratic debate of 2015 is tomorrow night. with a recent controversy

"your wathcing local 5 news midday in hd with sabrina ahmed and we

accurate forecast. this is local 5 midday. we are iowa" sabrina: in your local election headquarters now. sabrina: for the bernie ahead of tomorrow's big debate sanders was forced to fire a top staffer who improperly accessed hillary campaign files -- news- washington post clinton with a point lead nationwide -- has that story in manchester, new hampshire " overnight... a major campaign violation. a bernie sanders staffer fired... accused of breaking the rules... tapping into rival hillary clinton's confidential campaign database... that contains valuable information about voters from around the country. the democratic national committee temporarily suspending the vermont senator's campaign from accessing the party's voter file-- a major blow just as the race

the sanders campaign.. flaw... saying a glitch campaigns to see each others private data... that's when the breach occurred.. gfx a sanders spokesman saying "that behavior is unacceptable and that staffer was immediately fired" this new campaign as sanders... clinton and former maryland omalley prepare to face off in the final debate of 2016 but sanders... telling the huffington post he's already looking far past election day. sot -- sanders -- huff post on screen mandatory credit "have i started writing my inauguration speech, as opposed to give tomorrow?" and there's plenty of supporters who want to see him go all the the sanders campaign contribution mark.. mainly from small

overnight...hillary up campaign cash ... her there for the first time to help drum up the star-studded new york city fundraiser? with celebrities like drew barrymore and katie holmes... ?holmes posting this photo on instagram, daughters. " last democratic debate for 2015 will be tomorrow night at 7 pm cst in new hampshire. it is being hosted by abc. sabrina: international pope francis has second miracle attributed to paving her way to sainthood. the nun was caring for people in the slums of kolkata, india. her two miracles included healing a brazilian man with multiple brain tumors and woman in kolkata tumor, after they prayed to mother theresa for healing. in 1979, she also received the nobel peace price. by the time of her death in 1997, 4,000 of mother teresa's sisters her at 610

123 countries. holy see spokeman thomas rosica said mother teresa should be pronounced a saint in september. sabrina bree is back now... bree it's going to be a frigid friday. a few snow showers will skirt our northern counties, but not much is expected in the way of accumulation. the rest of central iowa will enjoy mostly sunny of brisk winds northwesterly through the day 30mph. the sun won't do much in warming our temperatures however. we will be

weatherrate the experts" bree weather adlib: it's going to be a frigid friday. a few snow showers will skirt our

accumulation. the rest of central iowa will enjoy mostly sunny skies and another day becoming northwesterly through the day gusting close to do much in warming our temperatures however. we will be mark on the wind chills will keep us feeling closer to teens and 20s. tonight the bottom falls out on our temperatures. the metro will see lows in the teens, while northern iowa will see their temperatures dip into the single digits. things do warm up for the weekend. sunshine and wind return for saturday with highs in the upper 30s. sunday the clouds will return to central iowa, but temperatures will be back into the 40s. by sunday evening, rain showers and eventually a wintry mix is possible, especially in eastern iowa. bree:

sabrina: back in september, a

back in september, a group of female golfers from the u-s were able to mount a comeback and win the solheim cup....the first time since 2009.. the solheim cup is the ladies version of the ryder cup... and the tournament returns to the u-s in 20-17 and will be played right here in iowa. the des moines golf and country club

now later today, two players who helped win the solheim cup this year, brittany lang and gerina piller, will help make a major announcement about the upcoming solheim cup... look for more on what they have to say this evening on local five news. all: (reax) sabrina still to come on sabrina still to come on local five news midday... we have a haircut expert on with us to share some trendy new hairstyles for all your holiday parties this season. sabrina

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will be nikki wilson, a general managers of great clips. if you need to reach her in case of emergency, her cell is: 515-710-8925. she has prior media experience, so she'll be a pro tomorrow. she'll be bringing in two models with her, one woman and one teenage boy. i've attached "before" photos of them that you can turn into graphics if you'd like. http: " you're watching

local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" : sabrina: it's friday... time for "local 5 at the movies." sabrina: of course the big one out in full force today...the

the star wars saga... awakens" takes place 30-years after return of the jedi. a group of "the resistance" rises up against "the first order." a new generation fight, inspired by generation... both good and star wars the rated p-g 13. all: (reax) sabrina: and in other intergalactic and in other intergalactic news, trending now...a star wars twist on that traditional yule log .... popularity, even moving to d-v-d and youtube...for those without an

an actual log.....how about a sith lord. a youtube user five-hour long video of darth vader's corpse being burned....combini ng the christmas the other big event going on "star wars". all: (reax) sabrina: also squeaking into theaters this weekend...alvin and the chipmunks are back in "the road chip." through a series of misunderstandin gs, alvin, simon and theodore come to believe that dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in miami...and dump them. so the boys have three days to hit the road to miami, stop the

terrible stepbrother. "the road chip" is rated p-g. all: rated p-g. all: (reax) sabrina: and finally, saturday night live alums tina fey and amy poehler team up in "sisters"...of course playing sisters. when their parents place the family home on the market, the polar opposites come together to clean out their childhood home... but then decide to throw one- last party for their high- school friends in hopes of finding love. sisters is rated-r. all:

sabrina: coming up on local 5 news midday... local 5's sam schreier helped us get ready for the big star wars premiere last night. we'll take a look back. ina: next.... the missing des moines teenage was found yesterday. in a tragic ending

" you're watching local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" good morning joining us for local 5 news sabrina ahmed. sabrina: a special prosecutor has today in the of brandon drowned after

for boating while intoxicated he was placed in handcuffs by at the lake of at the lake of may. highway patrol been charged with involuntary manslaughter. sabrina: on to our top search for a moines teen comes to a tragic end... sabrina: authorities pulled the body of 17-year-old sam kemp from a pond in granger. police say kemp left a party in granger saturday night and was never seen or heard from again. his family reported him missing sunday. and after five days of searching, the metro star dive team recovered his body....which was positively identified by his family at the scene. " "this familys going to need prayer nad assistance. no mother should have to bury their child, no ones ever prepared for that""

there's a memorial fund set up for the family. you'll find that on our website, com now to a des moines family we all know well, met. it's the family up in an awful two and a half weeks ago. and bryon howard were shot inside their home by one of who's since been caught. in an exclusive interview, local five's jack miller sat down with not only heather's mom grandmother. but also got to meet heather's who were inside the home when it happened. it's a story you'll only see here on local 5. clip 0267 -- main interview 0294 clip josh watching two year old peyton play with toys, the horror last month. her suddenly taken from her. and she was left with their bodies. she won't know for years what really happened. all she knows them. deanna 48:11 she has her times like now. she

tired or gets hurt. she'll holler for her mommy or daddy. but other than that, she's doing good. 48:21 peyton sits on the lap of her grandmother deanna. and they're joined by her 7 week old brother brylee, on the lap of his great grandmother leanna. both children were inside the home when their parents were taken. both found covered with and ultimately took the kids out. now, these moms who've already raised their own kids are doing it all over again. 50:36 deanna we'll make 15 great grandkids and i've raised quite a few of them. i think god's kept me grandkids. 50:44 and they're getting help from a man they call their angel. this who was just looking deed by posting on facebook his offer to help buy gifts for a family in need. 4:56 when i put that on

family was gonna get brought to me. but this is exactly what i was looking for. 5:06 josh, who's a housing contractor, took the whole family on a big shopping trip. not only for christmas presents, but the necessities the grandmothers now needed to raise kids full-time. 5;32 you know what, we just started on the left side of the store and worked our way over. we hit every aisle. 5:38 the family was hesitant at first, after gone through. but glad he found them. deanna 47:27 and i sent letting him know that i thought he was my angel, our angel. 47:33 welcome in this family right now, just trying to get by with a very 51:19 the 6 year old, the baby. my goal is to keep them together. just raise them the best that i can. 51:28 sabrina: heather belieu children who that

shooting her six year old grandmas. son with another man will his dad. meteorologist bree sullivan joins us again with a look at your forecast. bree weather adlib: friday. a few snow northern counties, but not much is accumulation. the rest enjoy mostly sunny skies and another day of brisk winds becoming northwesterly through the day gusting close to 30mph. the sun won't do much in warming our temperatures however. we will be mark on the thermometer, but the wind chills will keep us feeling closer to teens and 20s. tonight the bottom falls out on our temperatures. the metro will see lows in the teens, while northern iowa will see their temperatures dip into the single digits. things do warm up for the weekend. sunshine and wind return for saturday with highs in the upper 30s. sunday the clouds will return to central iowa, but temperatures will be back into the 40s. by sunday evening, rain showers and eventually a wintry mix is possible, especially in eastern iowa. sabrina:

drying up, but flooding continues in south central iowa you're looking at farmland near the south skunk river in pella. these are farmer's hay bales stranded and floating like buoys in fields along county road t14. they're not west, the city of adel has implemented its emergency operations plan due to flooding. sabrina: today marks a date die-hard star wars fans today marks a date die-hard star wars fans have been

release of "the force awakens" which not only brings back the characters from the original trilogy, but also sets up a new trilogy coming out over the next four years. so it is no surprise that fans here in the metro were out in force last night...and that includes our own resident star wars fan meteorologist sam schreier. " hi everybody i'm meteroligst sam schreier here at the force awakens premiere at jordan creek mall theres been a lot of excited people we're going to talk to some star wars fans some dressed up some not dressed up lets see what they had to say i want to see the part luke plays if he plays a part in it cause it never revealed it in the trailers the first one i saw in theaters was return of the jet eye and my dad took me to that when i was about 5 years old so thats what im excited about this time my son is 8 years old so it's pretty cool to take him to the movie do you think you're brave enough could

theme nats sam singing main theme star wars has been such a cultural phenominom i actually worked at a movie theatre when the prequal trilligies came out i saw the excitiment then i felt the excitiment then and i've been looking forward to this since it was announced it's great to see harrison ford and carrie fisher and my fiance she would love that scene where they hug in the trailer thats what sold her to come along with us and so yeah i think its going to be alright ok guys it's been a blast here at jordan creek we talked to a everybody seems to be excited for this movie its gotta break 209 million dollars set by jurassic world to be we'll see if we can do it and talk with you guys in the meantime i think i'm going to join the fans getting into the star wars spirit from sam schreier to you guys may the force be with you all: (reax)

still to come on local 5 news midday... (weather) central iowa's forecast next.

forecast certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" bree weather adlib: it's going to be a frigid

showers will skirt our northern counties, but not much is expected in the way of accumulation. the rest of central iowa will enjoy mostly sunny skies and another day of brisk winds becoming northwesterly through the day gusting close to 30mph. the sun won't do much in warming our temperatures however. we will be close to the freezing mark on the thermometer, but the wind chills will keep us feeling closer to teens and 20s. tonight the bottom falls out on our temperatures. the metro will see lows in the teens, while northern iowa will see their temperatures dip into the single digits. things do warm up for the weekend. sunshine and wind return for saturday with highs in the upper 30s. sunday the clouds will return to central iowa, but temperatures will be back into the 40s. by sunday evening, rain showers and eventually a wintry mix is possible, especially in eastern iowa.

sabrina: sabrina you're watching local five news midday.

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

we're joined now by jerry holub, our resident horticulturist. here's here every friday to tell us what we need to know to keep our gardens, plants and yards healthy, happy and green. jerry, how is it going? now... he'll be available for all your gardening needs at the downtown des moines farmers market on saturdays. about the market support local agriculture and buy direct from iowa farmers while shopping the downtown farmers'

moines. the downtown farmers' market presents iowa producers from 58 counties across iowa, offering fresh fruit, vegetables and so much more every saturday, may - october. you'll find fresh herbs, beautiful flowers, farm fresh eggs, local wineries, a delicious assortment of goat cheese, an endless selection of baked goods, and many varieties of iowa raised meat such as beef, pork, chicken, turkey, goat, rabbit,

sabrina: in take a look at this today...a star wars

this today...a themed item, you store shelf... sabrina: steve mosley, an engineer in own special star wars christmas topper. he's made really creative projects all over his house. since the mosley family are huge star wars fans, he made this special death star tree topper complete with a revolving x-wing starfighter. "yeah, we've got some neighbors that have seen it and everybody thinks it's a lot of fun and with the movie lot of fun for everybody. sabrina: steve's other pong ball gun, a t-rex 3d puzzle and a track that circles his son's room. all: (reax) bree weather adlib: it's going to be a frigid friday. a few snow showers will skirt our

but not much is expected in the way of accumulation. the rest of central iowa will enjoy mostly sunny skies and another day of brisk winds becoming northwesterly through the day gusting close to 30mph. the sun won't do much in warming our temperatures however. we will be close to the freezing mark on the thermometer, but the wind chills will keep us feeling closer to teens and 20s. tonight the bottom falls out on our temperatures. the metro will see lows in the teens, while northern iowa will see their temperatures dip into the single digits. things do warm up for the weekend. sunshine and wind return for saturday with highs in

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