also coming up on local five news at 5:30... trump is under attack after the democratic debate last night. we've got the details in your local election headquarters. nikki then...the lights are off and the doors are closed at evolution nightclub... those who live nearby say they're relieved... nikki but first....christmas is just 5 days away...holiday shoppers swarmed metro malls on the last shopping weekend of the season. "local 5 news at 5:30 in hd starts now. we are iowa " nikki: good evening. welcome to i'm nikki davidson. you may have an influx of roads are more congested, parking lots are full.... nikki: part of that is because it's the last weekend before christmas.... nikki: local 5 stopped by both valley west and jordan creek malls today, and as you can see...there were plenty of people out and about looking for the perfect loved ones. just 5 days away,

hours are quickly slipping away to get a gift before the big day. and some shoppers are treating the day like a business trip, while others are going with the flow of buying what they see. "it's been an entire weekend gameplan we were at jordan creek yesterday and now out here at valley west my wife and daughter are actualy up shopping and my son and i are kind of just chilling on the couch here " nikki: join us at ten, and we'll share some tips from other holiday shoppers on how to make the most of your last minute shopping. we'll also show you what stores are doing to accommodate the holiday rush. nikki: a fire starts when nobody is at a home in marshalltown last night. fire crews were called to the seven hundred block of 4th avenue. smoke was coming out of a building, they found the fire in the kitchen. luckily no one was living in the home at the time. fire officials are looking into how it started. estimated damages are five thousand dollars. nikki: a wrestler sent to the hospital after a match in western iowa has passed away. senior wrestler at spencer high

roberts died overnight. he collapsed on the mat and was rushed to the e-r during spencer's invitational wrestling tournament. the cause of death is not yet known. the school district is unaware of any pre existing conditions that may have contributed to austin's death. a go-fund me account has been set up to help the roberts family. nikki: evolution night club is closed again today... this after they failed to get their liquor license back friday. the license was revoked in november after a long list of complaints filed by neighbors. their concerns became serious after the fatal shooting of 20 year old dashawn smith outside of the nightclub on november 8. local 5's jacob peklo has more from outside the nightclub.

bumper cars, and lots of noise. and it's a good thing." douglas redhead, neighbor: "there's some question in my mind, with the violence, especially with the gun play that there wasn't some kind of gang activity going on and if it was to reopen, would there be a continued risk." jacob peklo, reporting: "as for the future of the nightclub we just don't know. the number that would normally connect you to the nightclub has been disconnected. reporting in polk county, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa.")>> nikki: the nightclub made an appeal following the liquor license suspension, but the appeal was dismissed. nikki: tough decisions looming tonight for west des moines public schools. after enrollment dropped by more than a hundred students, the district now will have less money to spend on its programs--and some are on the chopping block. an advisory committee submitted 16 cost-cutting measures, which included dropping some language and music classes. the school board is expected to make its final decision at its meeting tomorrow night. nikki: a bomb scare tops world

nikki: authorities in kenya are investigating a suspicious device that forced an air france flight to make an emergency landing. police say a passenger noticed the device in a bathroom and notified the crew. all 459 passengers and 14 crew evacuated safely. bomb experts are looking into the device and how it got onto the plane. nikki: donald trump under attack in your local election headquarters tonight. the democratic candidates for president took aim at the g-o-p frontrunner... and today, he is firing back. abc's devin dwyer is in washington with more. after the democratic debate, the republican frontrunner fired back (abc this week) sot - donald trump / (r) presidential candidate "knowing the clintons and knowing hillary, but there's no -- there's nobody -- she just made it up. i mean she made it up. it was a sound bite." on abc's this week, donald trump attacked democratic frontrunner hillary clinton for this explosive allegation. sot - hillary clinton / (d) presidential candidate "he is becoming isis' best recruiter. they are going to people showing videos of

order to recruit more radical jihadists." both the white house and terror experts say there's no hard evidence isis is using videos of trump to recruit. today, the clinton campaign clarified that the former secretary of state was not referencing a specific video? last night, trump tweeted "hillary clinton lied." (abc this week) sot - donald trump / (r) presidential candidate "i've been right on more than anybody else has been right." (abc this week) sot - stephanopoulos: "are you sure you want to go -- are you sure you want to go down that road? the fact checkers have called you out on more false statements than any other candidate." trump: "oh, i'll go down that road. and, you know, people maybe call me out, but they turn out to be wrong." democratic contender sen. bernie sanders argued on this week that trump deliberately misleads . (abc this week) sot - sen. bernie sanders / (d) presidential candidate "i say this straightforwardly -- i think you have a pathological liar there. trump was the biggest target in the democrats new hampshire debate -- the only g-o-p candidate called out by name. but even his fellow republicans are taking aim at their frontrunner. (abc this week) sot - gov. chris christie / (r) presidential candidate "i was in new jersey on september 11th and thousands of people simply were not celebrating in jersey city." candidates attacking within and across party lines - as primary voters and caucus-

washington. nikki: there's just one more democratic debate scheduled before any votes are cast in the iowa caucuses that debate is set for january 17th in south carolina. still to come on local 5 news at 5:30... the latest installment in the star wars series has broken box office records in it's opening weekend. nikki: and...if holiday gifts are breaking the bank... gas prices are down to make your travel cost less this week. we've got the details on your money next nikki: have a story you think we should cover? email us at: news at we are iowa dot com. or call us in the newsroom: 1- 800-858-5555. we're on facebook "we are iowa local 5 news" and twitter "we are iowa 5 news" if you see news break... let us know. we'll be right back. you're watching local 5 news at 5:30.

5 news at 5:30 in hd. we are iowa" nikki: on your money tonight... nikki: the force nikki: the force awakened in theaters across the country this weekend with the release of the new 'star wars' movie and....the film studio awakened to the biggest box office opening in history, according to disney. with an estimated two hundred and thirty eight million dollars in ticket sales, the movie blew previous record holder 'jurassic world' into another galaxy. jurassic world's opening this summer raked in 208-point-8 million, according to disney. nikki: christmas came early at the gas pump this year. the nationwide average is dropping to two dollars a gallon, according to triple a. it hasn't been that low since 20-09, and more than two-thirds of gas stations are selling gas for less than 2 dollars a gallon,

information service. one industry analyst says he expects low prices to last into at least january. plunging oil prices, now at a seven-year low, are the main factor driving down gas prices. nikki: car sales for 20-15 are on pace to be the best in u-s history. total car sales for the year are expected to top 17-point-four million.... that would beat the previous record year set 15 years ago. that figure includes projections for december and year-to-date sales figures. and that's despite a flurry of scandals including general motor's failing ignition switches. nikki: volkswagen has tapped victims compensation specialist kenneth feinberg to handle claims resolutions resulting from a emissions scandal. he has overseen the compensation fund for victims of 9/11 and b-p's 20-10 oil spill. the automaker is expecting at least half-a- million claims. meanwhile, from tesla and others want california regulators to force the carmaker to speed up its offering of enviromentially-

the emissions scandal. nikki whats in a name? well, when you're dubbed "the jelly lady"--- it means a lot. terri sinclair was never one to cook... until a friend brought her fruit and she made her first batch of jelly. now 10 years and hundreds of blue, purple and red ribbons have passed.... and she is officially called the jelly lady. see her story tonight at 10 on this weeks farm to family. nikki/2shot we are iowa's most accurate weather team... meteorologist james peterson is here now... brad: i'll have your forecast coming up. "now, we are iowa's

tt2w`t3n@24" bt@qc., tt2w`t3n@24" "a@qs"h tt2w`t3n@24" bm@qx)d tt4w`t3n@24"" dztq k6$ tt4w`t3n@24"" entq ;2d tt4w`t3n@24"" gzt& "5< tt4w`t3n@24"" hnt& 2;p tt4w`t3n@24"" iztq xr( tt4w`t3n@24"" jntq j"h 4w`t3n@24"" lzt& ro4 edwards. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" :08/weather experts brad: weather adlib: as expected sunday turned out very mild throughout iowa with the metro reaching the low 50s! it will stay mild into the evening with a chance for some showers. the best chance for rain overnight will be over eastern iowa, but everyone will stay mild enough for just rain. monday will be drier and a little cooler, but still above average by about 5-10 degrees with highs in the mid to upper 30s. the clouds are likely to hang around monday, but we should have more sunshine reaching us on tuesday with warmer temperatures too!

going to be in the mid to upper 40s with 50 possible in the metro if we get enough sunshine. by wednesday the next weather system will bring us another good chance for some rain as temperatures remain very mild for december. christmas even and day are looking dry and mild with more rain again possible by the weekend. what a crazy wet and mild december we have had! nikki/three shot stay mild into the evening with a chance for some showers. the best chance for rain overnight will be

enough for just rain. monday will be drier and a little cooler, but still above average by about 5-10 degrees with highs in the mid to upper 30s. the clouds are likely to hang around monday, but we should have more sunshine reaching us on tuesday with warmer temperatures too! highs tuesday are going to be in the mid to upper 40s with 50 possible in the metro if we get enough sunshine. by wednesday the next weather system will bring us another good chance for some rain as temperatures remain very mild for december. christmas even and day are looking dry and mild with more rain again

weekend. what a crazy wet and mild december we have had! nikki/three shot i was a very proud alum last

nikki/three shot i was a very proud alum last night as u-n-i upset iowa state... jordan: uni is no joke, first #1 unc, now #2 isu... coming up on local 5 sports, the panthers have become known as giant slayers...but what do the players think about that? hear more from them coming up next...

jordan: the iowa state women are riding high as of late. after getting out to a 2-3 start, the cyclones have won 4 in a row including a win over #23 iowa. today isu going after its 5th straight...

holiday spirit. first half, three's were falling like snowflakes! jadda buckley ahead to bridget carleton, nothing but nylon. later on, it's emily durr cross court she splashes in the triple. more long ball, buckley kicks it out to seanna johnson good for three! now from kidd blaskowsky, she's seeing triple. and why not one more from durr? one of 6 first half threes by isu. they finished with 12! cyclones roll 91-41. uni women also in action. they capture the 75-59 win over tulsa. jen keitel led the way for the panthers with 21 points. speaking of the panthers, what a night it was for the uni men as they captured another win over a top 5 team upsetting #2 iowa state 81-79, handing the cyclones their first loss of the season. this comes almost a month to the day after they upset #1 unc. uni has always

as giant slayers, going back to their 20-10 ncaa tournament win over kansas, but as far as the players are concerned, it's just business as usual. "we just really wanna prove that we can play with anybody and i know that coach believes and the guys in the locker room believe it as well that no matter what game we're in we're never out of it, it doesn't matter the opponent." "i think everybody on our team is fearless, i think that is a big part of it. nobody is going to back down from anybody we play, whether they're ranked #1 in the country or we're going to play in a tough environment, nobody's afraid of any team we're going to play and i think that goes a long ways when you're on the road and you're playing a very talented team like iowa state." next up for uni, a road trip to hawaii on wednesday. meanwhile on the other side of the nightcap, the cyclones must now bounce back from their first loss of the 20-15 campaign. the loss ends an already tough week for isu... the team announced senior naz mitrou-long is out for the season as he

arthroscopic surgery on both of his hips. despite the loss of one of its best players, mitrou-long remains a big part of the team and steve prohm may have just found himself a new coach on the sidelines. "ya he's there really to be a coach for those guys and be a liason and i asked him at halftime if he had any thoughts and his one thought really was just defense. we just gotta get better and he kept those guys engaged and naz has strong character, good leader, understands what we're doing and so it's good to have him over there." iowa state hits the road tuesday to face #23 cincinnati in the queen city. tip is set for 6 pm on espn2. nfl action...vikings taking on the bears... 1st quarter teddy bridgewater finds stefon diggs in for the td vikings up 7-0 2nd quarter bears answer jay cutler hits alshon jeffery for the score. bears down 10-7 later in the 2nd. bridgewater to jerick mckinnon who beats a couple of defenders for

vikings up 17-7 at the halftime: and they pull away...now up 24- 10 bridgewater scrambles and dives in for the 12 yard td vikings win 38-17 and take a big step toward a playoff spot. the chiefs after their 8th straight win opening drive for kc charcandrick west goes 38 yards for the score. 7-0. now tied 7-7 tyvon branch recovers the fumble & returns it 73 yards 14-7 chiefs and they add another defensive score late in the 4th. marcus peters picks off jimmy clausen and houses it 90 yards! chiefs become the first team in nfl history to follow a 5 game losing streak with an 8-game winning streak. they keep their playoff hopes alive, 34-14 jordan/2shot nikki: we'll be right

the metro reaching stay mild into the for some showers. the best chance for over eastern iowa, but enough for just rain. monday will be drier and a little cooler, but still above degrees with highs in the mid to upper 30s. the clouds are likely monday, but we should tuesday with warmer temperatures too! highs tuesday are going to be in the mid to upper 40s with 50 possible in the metro if we get enough sunshine. by weather system will bring us another good chance for some rain

december. christmas even and day are looking dry and mild with more rain again possible by the weekend. what a crazy wet and mild december we have had! nikki/3shot thank you for spending your time with us tonight. log onto our website, we are iowa dot com for more news, weather and sports.