iowa's most accurate weather team and we start with your forecast first." sam we are going to continue the cold we brought in sunday through the rest of the day today with slightly warmer weather trying to come back by the end of the week. it is going to be a partly sunny day with some patchy morning fog possible. it is going to be calm and cold with highs in the mid 20s. tonight we'll switch the winds out of the south which will start warming us up, but lows will still be in the mid teens. tuesday is going to be a partly sunny day with highs back in the mid to going to be fairly warm 30s and a late wintry will be one of the warmest days of the upper 30s and a on local five yesterday in still on the look-out for one of the passengers. sabrina: an armed militia have taken over a government building in oregon after a father and son set fire to federal land. sabrina: ball winner over

keeps creeping up, now expected to by wednesday. "local 5 news midday in hd starts now. we are iowa" sabrina good morning joining us for midday...i'm sabrina: today. sabrina/ots: sentenced to life in prison. the 19-year old beating a 97 death last july, after allegedly breaking into his home. also leaving the man's wife injured and floor. maukey plead reason of insanity. sabrina: des moines police investigating a weekend shooting outside of a fast food restaurant. sabrina: saturday evening, police reported being as he walked into a mcdonald's near drake university. it happened at the restaurant on forest police stopped a car matching the the suspects, but so far there have not been any arrests reported. taken to the hospital. and in north east

are looking into the death of a 56-year-old man nashua police and the iowa state patrol found the man dead in his home over the weekend. investigators say he was shot. the subject who fired the weapon has been identified but no charges have been filed. the identity of the victim has not been released yet, and the incident is still under investigation. sabrina: and a capsized canoe leads to searching the coralville reservoir sunday... sabrina: emergency responders got the call of the capsized boat sunday just before three p- m. johnson county authorities responded to coralville reservoir bystanders had been able to pull one person from the icy waters. they were taken to the university of iowa hospital for treatment. night, water rescue continued the search for who fell into the water. forced to suspend the search and switched their efforts to find the second person today to a recovery mission. sabrina: in sioux city, a serious accident puts an end to weekend. a child was rushed to the hospital after

details are still child was reportedly grand view park to the hospital people who happened said the child may have been seriously injured... "they pulled the sled the child wasn't moving and the police, ambulance and fire department they attendet to the person laying done and pulled them out on a stretcher." sabrina: story...as information available. elias: meanwhile, arrangements for a man killed during a friday... county sheriffs year old travis riding a snowmobile when it overturned onto him. say he was attempting to field northeast abbott avenue at about 6:30 p.m. found by a concerned family member after he didn't return when

remains open of the marshall examiner. sabrina joins us again your forecast. weather adlib: continue the cold we through the rest of weather trying to come back by the end of the week. it is going to be a partly sunny day with some patchy morning fog possible. it is going to be calm the mid 20s. tonight we'll switch the winds out of the south which will start warming us up, but lows will still be in the mid teens. tuesday is going to be a partly sunny day with highs back in the mid to low 30s. wednesday is going to be fairly warm with highs in the mid 30s and a late wintry mix possible. thursday will be one of the warmest days of the week with highs in the upper 30s and a rain/snow mix likely through the day. jet stream energy is going to help keep a wintry mix around through friday but temps will fall and we're likely to have snow showers with lots of wind through saturday.

sunday and it is going to last through all of next week with some the winter season expected around next tuesday. sabrina: it is a new year and by the end of it, we'll have a elect. however, getting there... is a long road, and for most candidates the campaign began st summer. dana bash has a closer look at what's ahead for this election year. " --reporter pkg-as follows-- (nats) for some of us.....it's felt like 2016 for a while now. (nats) but the race for the white house is about to start moving very fast. (nats) even before the first votes are cast in iowa... the january calendar is jam packed. first up, an

1600 pennsylvania avenue... remember him? (pres. obama) and the state of the union is strong. president obama will give his eighth and final state of the union address in just a few days. could his agenda motivate republicans? or divide the dems? then there are the debates dotting the calendar. january alone will see three more face-to- face confrontations republican party chairman reince preibus engineered the 2016 calendar to help coalesce his party around a single candidate. here's what he said this time two year ago. (reince preibus, republican party chairman) i think we've got a six month slice and dice festival that's destroying our party. and so the first thing i want to do is shrink that six months down to 60-70 days. i believe we've got to have a death penalty up front for states that want to jump the calendar and elongate everything. so the first thing is you shorten that time frame.

far....republicans seem more at odds than ever. but the next 60 days of primaries could decide it all. february first is the caucuses.. shaping up as a battle between donald trump and ted cruz. cruz might have the better ground game. (ted cruz) "we have to date over 500 volunteers . who have volunteered between now and feb. 1 to come from all over the country to camp cruz to relive life in a told they're having a keg party next week." but trump could lure new voters.... if they turn out for the complicated caucus process. (trump) if we win iowa, i think we're going to take everything after that! the winners....and losers....from iowa will face each other again for another debate (february 6) wedged in just before the next vote in new hampshire. (nats) a win by an establishment republican in new hampshire could set

carolina showdown. the palmetto state's g-o-p primary is just days later... february 20th. (rubio) south carolina, a state that's always been good to me. and don't forget the nevada caucuses for the gop three days later. it's exhausting just thinking about it! but no rest for the political weary. the first day of march, super tuesday... when no fewer than 13 states will cast their primary votes. (cruz) "there is a very good possibility that the republican primary will be decided by the end of march. first thing tomorrow, we've got a 90-day sprint to win this nomination." so pedal to the metal... the race to the white house is full speed ahead. (nats) " sabrina: and as we count down the days to the iowa caucuses...remem ber to stay with local five, your local election headquarters. we'll begin our full coverage later this month leading up to the big day... and on caucus day, we'll have live reports and more. sabrina in your other national headlines-- sabrina: the latest now on a militia standoff in oregon. armed protesters -- angry at the

have seized control of a national wildlife refuge in a rural part of the state. it's the latest flashpoint for anti-government sentiment. "the situation started saturday after a peaceful protest to support the hammond family. armed militia men took over the malheur national wildlife refuge. the hammonds are a father and son duo that were convicted in 2012 of setting fire to federal land. "these people are wearing fatigues and openly carrying rifles and stuff like that," said jorge calzadilla, who drove all the way witness the event. 73-year-old dwight hammond and his 46- year-old son steven were convicted of arson three years ago and served time. but a judge ruled that the father's three-month sentence and the son's one-year sentence were too short for a federal offense and ordered them back to prison, sparking the militia group to take over the federal building and to criticize the us government for a failed legal process.

learned from the bundy ranch," said calzadilla. ammon bundy, the son of nevada rancher cliven bundy is said to be among those organizing the takeover. the other militia members are said to be from around the country. many locals have told the outside groups to stay away. "i ran into a couple of gentlemen and they asked me if i was associated with them and i said no, they started talking to me and they told me they're not happy about this. they are not happy about having these people here. they are outsiders; this is not their community," said calzadilla. jorge calzadilla says he is sympathetic to the militia's cause, but believes they are doing it the wrong way. "what they are doing is actually hurting their cause; the way they're going about this is disastrous, " he said. time/initial: kls 0650 " sabrina: president barack obama used his weekly address to announce a major new initiative -- saying it's time to get serious about gun control.

with attorney general loretta lynch to discuss options for tougher gun restrictions. then tomorrow, the president is expected to announce executive actions he will take on to try and curb gun violence. sabrina: coming up on local 5 news midday... "affluenza" teen ethan couch and his mother are now both in police custody. ethan in a mexican detention center and his mother now in an l-a jail. sabrina: and... there is still no winner for the powerball. and now the winning amount is expected to reach 400 million dollars. next.... for a new year! at some resolutions of

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accurate forecast. this is local 5 midday. we are iowa" sabrina: new year's resolutions will likely get you moving this time of year...... sabrina:: we asked you at home about your resolutions for 20-16...and over caught up with some getting to work on their goals... local 5's photojournalist ryan davidson went to life time fitness for the end of the commitment day weekend. nats 5 4 3 2 1 go the triathlon is a microcosm of life you'll face trials and tribulations and it's how can you overcome stressful situations when you get punched in the mouth you're gonna have to swim you're gonna have to bike abd then when you're so tired you're what are you gonna do you wanna quit what you're going to do is find a way to get it done nats swimming the indoor version of the triathlon gave participants the idea that they dont have to train outside obviouslly being so cold outside it's what

themselves right before you start the whole thing and you question every thought you've ever had in your life what am i doing here i wanna go home go back to bed and then once it starts the adrinaline nats all for distance minutes is horrible i hurt i'm going to hang it up and when they're done next one all the doubts all the fears all the questioning you've had of yourself it's gone face the world nats ready go it's about that first step if you can get to that starting line eventyally being a grinder you can finish now losing weight is a goal that seems to top the list every year, but a new survey by "go banking" shows a new goal is taking the lead. out of the five thousand people

the fullest new years resolution list. lose weight came in third followed by spending time with family and friends and saving money. sam is back now... we are going to brought in sunday through the rest of the day today with slightly warmer weather trying to come back by the end of the week. it is going to be a partly sunny day with some patchy

"now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by

experts" sam weather adlib: we are going to continue the cold we brought in sunday through the rest of the day today with slightly warmer weather trying to come back by the end of the week. it is going to be a partly sunny day with some patchy morning fog possible. it is going to be calm and cold with highs in the mid 20s. tonight we'll switch the winds out of the south which will start warming us up, but lows will still be in the mid teens. tuesday is going to be a partly sunny day with highs back in the mid to low 30s. wednesday is going to be fairly warm with highs in the mid 30s and a late wintry mix possible. thursday will be one of the warmest days of the upper 30s and a rain/snow mix likely through the day. jet stream energy is going to help keep a wintry friday but temps will fall and we're likely to have snow showers with lots of wind

sunday and it is going to last through all of next week with some of the coldest air of the winter season expected around next tuesday.

sabrina still to come on local five news midday... donald trump and hillary clinton both and hillary clinton both responding to criticism on the campaign trail, with just four weeks left until the iowa caucuses.

headquarter news now-- sabrina: with just four weeks until the donald trump is unleashing his first tv ad of the

hillary clinton -- abc's cecilia vega is on the campaign trail in new hampshire with the latest. " nats) i'm donald trump and i approve this morning, donald packed full of his most controversial (nats) that's why he's temporary shutdown of muslims entering the united states. ...including building that wall on america's southern border... (nats) ?that mexico will pay for ... and ending with that signature line america great again. clinton attacking that very phrase this weekend, in her first campaign stop of 2016. hrc "you can't make america great again if you insult and demean the people of america." over the weekend, trump also shrugging off his appearance in this recruiting video from the al qaeda affiliate al-shabaab (nats video call donald j trump is calling for a total and complete shut down of muslims saying it comes with the territory... sot trump/cbs ftn: i mean what am i gonna do? i have to say what i

the war of words between the two front than ever trump sot hillary clinton created isis with obama. clinton? laughing it off? sot clinton/nh: (12;48;28) republicans seem to have a particular fixation on blaming president obama and me for everything that happens in the world, i've noticed that (laugh) but there was no laughing.. when this heckler repeatedly interrupted her? trying to ask about a woman who accused assault - something he denies. hrc you are very rude, and i am not going to ever call on you." her husband's past? a clinton on the trump on face the what he did and what think, is, frankly, you're watching midday.

" you're watching local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" : sabrina/bam: your powerball tickets yet? the country lining up for a jackpots ever -- dollars. is here with the story. " this morning - haines powerball jackpot mos buy an apartment/ i would throw a party with the announcement of no winner after saturday's drawing?the powerball jackpot - skyrocketing to 400 million dollars by wednesday! the largest in over two years? and there's still time for you to win big! wslastminutepowerba llny mos we're going to split it. we're going to split it right down the middle. haines powerball jackpot mos it's part of the excitement of playing the lottery, is just the

would do with the money. so what do you do with the winnings? perfect time to tackle those resolutions! (gfx resolution #1: get in shape) ?if your goal is to get fit ... maybe you want to look like gwyneth or kate hudson? ?with 400 million dollars - you could hire celeb trainer to the stars, tracey anderson at her monthly rate?for you and 500 family & friends ....for life (gfx resolution #2: eat healthy) what about eating healthier? maybe you want to ditch the cheeseburgers and go for subway ... (gfx resolution #3: travel the world) and if your 2016 goals worldwide travel - thousand trips around sounds great right? but your chances of million" sabrina: and take a look at this today... sabrina: for centhis fleming, the holidays were almost ruined when she found out that her 2009 saab with 109- thousand miles, just wasn't safe to drive any more unless costly repairs were made. but, she had recently lost one of her jobs as a visiting social worker and had spent everything on christmas for her two young children. as she thought about what to do, someone else decided to step in and help. " (amy kornoelje/paid for stranger's car repair) "i said i don't know her story, i don't know what it is, but we're all here on this earth, and

help her out." (centhia fleming/needed car repair) "i cried, it was tears of joy of course, but i cried like a little baby. (laughter)" (amy kornoelje/paid for stranger's car repair) "i feel like if we all did that a little bit, just really pay attention to what's going on around us, then this place would be a whole lot better and we can make a difference."" sabrina: now the dealership also got in on the generosity....cut ting the repair bill alomost in half with amy taking care of the rest. sabrina: coming up on local 5 news midday... speaks out after harvey's on-air where he crowned the wrong winner. sabrina: next.... who were the iowans to know in 2015?

" you're watching local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" sabrina

joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm sabrina ahmed. sabrina: in 2015 we met dozens of iowans doing their best to make a difference in their community to start 2016 off right... local five's nikki davidson recaps some of to know from last year. (lets go play) big life lessons in 2015 packages... (just like any other one and half year old on the move all the time) she's got a rare genetic disorder... treacher collins that disrupts the way facial bones are formed... but shes teaching those much older than her.... what true beauty is. (doesn't take long to notice how special she is she lights up a room) (it doesn't matter what you look like but how you treat people) and then there's the marshalltown dog that's got a job at a usual place... (i want this to be more like coming into grandmas house than a funeral home) gabe... a thearpy dog at the mitchell family funeral home not only comforts those making final arrangements for

(maybe his mission to is be where he is now) he's part of the services themselves thanks to a special skill. ( quite a few funerals where he goes in and gives a prayer) and finally one iowa mom who is going out of her way to protect these tiny little ones... with a controversial class about baby wearing....and gun carrying... she said some moms are going carry guns no matter what... she just wants them to be safe. (makes me feel better we have a few more people less likely have accidents because i helped them.) all: (reax) sabrina: know someone our next iowans

know someone who should be our next iowans to know? local five... call us with their information. or send in your social media. sabrina: coralville reservoir sunday... sabrina: emergency the call of the sunday just before three p- johnson county authorities coralville bystanders had been able to pull one person from the icy waters. they were taken to the university of iowa hospital for treatment. late into the night, water continued the another person who fell into the authorities were suspend the switched their efforts to find the second person today to a recovery mission. sabrina: in sioux city, a serious accident puts an end to some winter fun over the weekend. a child was rushed to the hospital after sledding accident saturday. scarce...but the child was taken from the grand view park to the hospital by an ambulance.

happened said the child may have been injured... away and my son said moving and the police, department they person laying done and pulled them out on sabrina: we'll will bring you more on this story...as becomes available. sabrina: meanwhile, arrangements are being made for a man killed during a snowmobile ride county sheriffs office says 25 year old travis vandewalle was riding a snowmobile when it overturned onto him. investigators say he was attempting to climb a drift in a field northeast of legrand near abbott avenue at about 6:30 p.m. vandewalle was found by a concerned family member after he didn't return when expected... the investigation remains open pending results county medical examiner. but 20-15 had a

crashes on iowa's roadways... according to the of the state tied was set in 20-13 with 317 deadly those numbers since world war state troopers say that the barriers has traffic from crossing into oncoming has helped numbers. "trooper michael rear end style fatality, there's a lot of whiplash, but it's those head ons that we'd see on the interstate that would cause the biggest problems." " sabrina: troopers say iowans still need to buckle up. although more than 90 percent are doing it, more than half of the deadly crashes come when the person is not wearing their seatbelt. sabrina: as missouri and illinois clean up the damage left by flooding, states to their south prepare for flood waters. while not expected to be as bad, those living along the mississippi river in tennessee, mississippi, arkansas and other southern states are bracing for the

projections now show that the river will crest lower and earlier than previously thought. sabrina meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam weather adlib: we are going to continue the cold we brought in sunday through the rest of the day today with slightly warmer weather trying to come back by the end of the week. it is going to be a partly sunny day with some patchy morning fog possible. it is going to be calm and cold with highs in the mid 20s. tonight we'll switch the winds out of the south which will start warming us up, but lows will still be in the mid teens. tuesday is going to be a highs back in the mid to going to be fairly warm with highs in the mid 30s and a late wintry will be one of the warmest days of the week with highs in the upper 30s and a rain/snow mix likely through the day. jet stream energy is going to help keep a wintry mix around through friday but temps will fall and we're likely to have snow showers with lots of wind

sunday and it is going to last through all of next week with some of the coldest air of the winter season expected around next tuesday. sabrina: now to the case of ethan couch. the texas teen run with his mother is in a center in mexico this morning -- extradition after being captured last week -- and could spend up there. abc's matt houston with the very latest. " this morning both -ethan couch's mother and the affluenza teen? detained in mexico city - fighting extradition? [gfx] benitez sot 19;46;57;59

hired, high-priced defense attorney fernando benitez is trying to keep couch in mexico? alleging the government tried to pull a fast one by deporting ethan and not extradicting him - a process which could take up to a year? sot richard hunter, chief deputy united states marshall 15;00;00 it seems to me that if they wanted to they could pay them as much money as they want to drag this thing out as long as they want to. the 18-year-old and his mother tonya couch fleeing texas after this video of the teen went viral on twitter?allegedly showing him at a boozy party? ((21 seconds)) authorities say ethan skipped his probation?the son and mother driving in tonya's truck over 1,200 miles to puerto vallarta - the high rollers living in low profile? - spotted in a local butcher shop in this exclusive footage - until mexican police working with the us marshals caught up with the mother and son last monday? sot -from sheriff presser (12/29/15) it was a high priority

found him and got him back but his lawyer telling us moments before he was loaded on a van like this on tuesday for deporation to the u-s - another legal reprieve for the teen - a mexican judge staying the deportation order? that same night his mother hustled back to the u-s - escorted to los angeles - refusing to answer reporters questions.. nats tonya's now in jail on a million-dollar bond?set to appear in court tomorrow?charged with hindering apprehension of a felon. [gfx] her attorneys saying in a statement "the public may not like what she did, may not agree with what she did" but that "?tonya did not violate any law?"" sabrina: sam: sabrina sabrina still to come on local 5 news midday... sam has the details in

"now, we are iowa's

most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" weather adlib: we are going to continue the cold we brought in sunday through the rest of the day today with slightly warmer weather trying to come back by the end of the week. it is going to be a partly sunny day with some patchy morning fog possible. it is going to be calm and cold with highs in the mid 20s. tonight we'll switch the winds out of the south which will start warming us up, but lows will still be in the mid teens.

low 30s. wednesday is going to be fairly warm with highs in the mid 30s and a late wintry will be one of the week with highs in the upper 30s and a through the day. jet to help keep a wintry mix around through friday but temps will fall and we're likely to with lots of wind deep cold is coming on to last through all of of the coldest air of the winter season expected around next tuesday.

sabrina: the latest fallout from that epic mistake at the miss universe pageant -- when steve harvey announced the wrong winner -- this morning -- the real winner miss phillipines

" nats announcing miss colombia! track 1 (3 seconds) it was the flub heard around the universe... nats miss colombia cheers / win track 2 (11 seconds) miss universe host steve harvey accidentally crowning miss colombia with the coveted title in december...in one of the most awkward moments in pageant history sot - steve harvey: i have to apologize. the first runner up is columbia track 3 (5 seconds) harvey quickly taking the blame...announcing the real winner...miss philippines sot - steve harvey: listen folks let me....this is exactly what is on the card. i will take responsibility for this......all the way to.....its been a great night. track 4 (12 seconds) (gfx) memes quickly popping up across the internet blasting harvey -- the family feud comedian even poking fun at himself in this christmas day tweet writing...merry easter ya'll! nats

colombia speaking out for the first time to a station calling the injustice" and saying "it was very humiliating for me" and that she thinks she should more nats? track 6 (5 seconds) here to set the record straight this morning...miss universe is with us live" sabrina you're watching local five news midday. we'll be back after this. sabrina:

the animal rescue league of iowa (arl) is nonprofit animal many thousands of pets each year. the arl serves people and pets from across the state of iowa through its programs, which

humane education, pet behavior training, spay/neuter, animal cruelty intervention and much more. history the arl has grown dramatically since its founding in 1926 - expanding its programs that serve both people and homeless animals across iowa. the most obvious growth is the number of animals the arl provides shelter and care for each year. intakes have increased from a few thousand animals a decade ago to more than 15,000 animals in 2013. through our proactive community outreach and spay/neuter programs, in the past few years we have begun to see a decrease in the number of animals we care for, but our work is far from over. other areas of growth include the arl's programs designed specifically to address the reasons animals end up in shelters, including spay/neuter, behavior training, and humane education programs. the arl's positive reinforcement

year-round classes, as well as free behavior advice for dogs, cats, the shelter continues to spay and neuter all dogs, cats, rabbits, ferrets and pigs that are adopted from our shelter. in addition to the animals that come doors, the arl also serves the people of iowa through its many services. mission the human-animal bond, and prevent the overpopulation of pets.

elias: trending now... sabrina: during the has hit cleveland ohio.... a group has scarves, hats, other cold weather items to public areas the idea is to make them available to the city's homesless who are stuck in the cold. each item has a note saying it isn't a lost item, but to take it if you need it...and when you can to pay it forward. the charitable distribution has helped spark other generous acts by focusing on public areas. sam weather adlib: we are going to continue the cold we brought in sunday through the rest of the day today with slightly warmer weather trying to come back by the end of the week. it is going to be a partly sunny day with some patchy morning fog possible. it is going to be calm and cold with highs in the mid 20s. tonight we'll switch the winds out of the south which will start warming us up, but lows will still be in the mid teens. tuesday is going to be a

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