accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm elias johnson... sabrina: and i'm sabrina wednesday, january sixth year since local five launched iowa! elias: us! have central accurate forecast with meterologist sam schreier! hey sam! sam: (sam adlibs) (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: today we are going to say goodbye to the sun and hello to precipitation. clouds will thicken up very quickly this morning so any sunshine we see will only stick around for an hour or two on the drive into work. there may be a few early scattered snow and wintry mix showers across the

through the afternoon. the roads may be a bit slick in the afternoon and evening when you are coming home from work depending on how much slush wants to stay on the roads so be careful driving home later today. if anyone sees snow accumulation it should remain fairly low with maybe a couple isolated areas north of i-80 seeing around an inch or so. highs will stay just above freezing today in the mid 30s, and this evening lows should fall to around 33 here in the metro, so i'm not worried about icy roads. thursday still looks warm enough across most of iowa to see mainly rain showers, a few of which could come in the morning, but primarily falling through the afternoon. friday is going to be more of a wintry mix to light snow day lasting into saturday morning. temperatures are going to be falling dramatically saturday from the morning into sunday where the coldest air of the year is expected to slam home. we are going to stay very cold throughout the remainder of next week with only one or two snow chances.

let's get into the top five this morning.... sabrina: surrounded by the families and victims from mass shootings, president obama announced multiple executive actions on gun control. the actions include encouraging states to report people who shouldn't be able to get guns and expanding background checks for some private sales. republicans on capitol hill and the campaign trail spoke out against the measures, while the campaign trail spoke out against the measures, while democratic presidential candidates embraced them. elias: in the number two spot this morning... elias: new data from the f-b-i shows that gun background checks have soared in recent years. often used as an indicator of gun sales, backgound checks hit a record of more than three point three million in december of 20- 15. that's the first month with more than three million since the f-b-i began tracking the date in 19-98.

the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door... sabrina: the u-n security council will meet today to discuss north korea's claim to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. the test, which could take days to confirm, would be a big step forward for the country's military ambitions. u-s officials say a seismic event in the vicinity of a known north korean nuclear test site measured five- point-one in magnitude. elias: number four... elias: hot off a big comeback win over purdue, the iowa hawkeyes took on nebraska last night on the basketball court. a 77 to 66 win means the hawkeyes are three and oh in conference play. elias: meanwhile, iowa state will open up its home conference play tonight, as the cyclones host texas tech in ames. look for live reports tonight

and finally in the top five... sabrina: a surge in lottery ticket sales has pushed the powerball jackpot prize up to 450 million dollars... making it the fourth largest prize in game history. as it stands, that's also a cash payment option of 275 million dollars. the next drawing will be tonight. elias: a pair of metro criminal court cases head to the courtroom today... elias: a woman charged in deadly car crash from november will go before the judge today... authorities say deanna gliem faces four counts of vehicular homicide...two of which are o-w-i related. last november 15th, police say she was heading south on hubbell when she hit the victims' car at an intersection. . richard hummel and randall sonnenburg died on scene. neighbors say that entire section of road is a nightmare.

and the trial of joe lopez begins today. the 25-year-old faces first degree murder and child endangerment resulting in death charges. lopez was arrested in december after 20 month old ruby alvarez died at blank children's hospital. the toddler had suffered serious injuries including a skull fracture. lopez and the child's mom said she had fallen, but officials found the injuries inconsistent with a fall. sabrina: a young couple will not be charged in a deadly stabbing case that happene din des moines last mondy.... on december 5th, a man broke into this home on east 14th street, with a gun. the couple that were inside used a knife to protect themselves... des moines police say the home invasion death is justifiable self- defense. the couple involved didn't want to speak on camera, but told local 5 that there's no doubt in their minds they acted lawfully in defending themselves. elias: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib:

say goodbye to the sun and hello to precipitation. clouds will thicken up very quickly this morning so any sunshine we see will only stick around for an hour or two on the drive into work. there may be a few early scattered snow and wintry mix showers across the state, but we should see more activity through the afternoon. the roads may be a bit slick in the

home from work depending on how much slush wants to stay on the roads so be careful driving home later today. if anyone sees snow accumulation it should remain fairly low with maybe a couple isolated areas north of i-80 seeing around an inch or so. highs will stay just above freezing today in the mid 30s, and this evening lows should fall to around 33 here in the metro, so i'm not worried about icy roads. thursday still looks warm enough across most of iowa to see mainly rain showers, a few of which could come in the morning, but primarily falling through the afternoon. friday is going to be more of a wintry mix to light snow day lasting into saturday morning. temperatures are going to be falling dramatically saturday from the morning into sunday where the coldest air of the year is expected to slam home. we are going to stay very cold throughout the drop in temperatures...t he state fire marshal has a reminder for you... elias: during the winter months...the risk of a fire happening inside the home increases greatly. the department of public safety says heating

home fire deaths during the winter. they recommend you keep anything that can burn three feet away from heat sources. and to make sure and turn off portable heaters when not in the room or going to bed. also remember to test smoke alarms. alarms. sabrina: nextgen climate iowa hosted a discussion tuesday that focused on how climate change can be seen as a civil rights issue... the talk was on how climate change has become a human issue impacting the most vulnerable and poor communities. nextgen even called on presidential candidates to lay out plans on addressing clean energy and climate change. " i question a politician who wants my vote, who wants my people's vote, to simply say, what will you do for the planet, not for your pocket and not for general electric and not for georgia power, but for this...this...this generation?" sabrina:

political action group working to fight climate change and preserve american health and prosperity for future generations, they say they're trying to empower iowa voters at the polls. elias: at ((time check)) we'll take a short break, but still have lots more good morning iowa still ahead... sabrina: coming up, we'll hear from an author who tells us how to be empowered patients. elias: but first...for those traveling into polk county...be safe this morning... the sheriff's office has automated traffic enforcement vehicles at two locations.... one at the ...67- hundred block of northwest sixth drive and a second at the ...71-hundred block of southeast vandalia drive so take care on the roads vandalia drive so take care on the roads today... sabrina let's also get a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at valley west... [current conditions] good morning iowa continues

"your wathcing good morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." sabrina: sometimes with cold weather, comes beautiful art. check out these pictures from china. they're of the annual harbin international festival . the winter wonderland is made up entirely of snow and ice, with one castle standing 167-feet tall. the festival attracts millions of

millions of tourists each winter season. sabrina: (anchor toss to wx) sam: adlib toss. sam: weather adlib: today we are going to say goodbye to the sun and hello to precipitation. clouds will thicken up very quickly this morning so any sunshine we see will only stick around for an hour or two on the drive into work. there may be a few early scattered snow and wintry mix showers across the state, but we should see more activity through the afternoon. the roads may be a bit slick in the afternoon and evening when you are coming home from work depending on how much slush wants to stay on the roads so be careful driving home later today. if anyone sees snow accumulation it should remain fairly low with maybe a couple isolated areas north of i-80 seeing around an inch or so. highs will stay just above freezing today in the mid 30s, and this

fall to around 33 here in the metro, so i'm not worried about icy roads. thursday still looks warm enough across most of iowa to see mainly rain showers, a few of which could come in the morning, but primarily falling through the afternoon. friday is going to be more of a wintry mix to light snow day lasting into saturday morning. temperatures are going to be falling dramatically saturday from the morning into sunday where the coldest air of the year is expected to slam home. we are going to stay very cold throughout the remainder of next week with only one or two snow chances.

when you've been handed a diagnosis handed a diagnosis whether it's asthma or cancer you can feel overwhelmed and confused. sabrina: and, navigating the healthcare system is not always easy. linda ciampa introduces us to an author who's written a book that is helping make the process less daunting " --reporter pkg-as follows-- about a year and half ago, beth fairchild's mammogram came back clear. yet, she would later learn she actually had stage 4 breast cancer. beth's story resonates with leslie michelson. he was just 17 years old when his dad was told he needed open heart surgery. "i picked up the phone, i called the head of cardiology at a major new york academic center, i got my dad a second opinion, it turned out he didn't need the surgery,

wrong with his heart and my dad lived for almost 40 more years and never had a heart problem." michelson points out most americans live within one hundred miles of a major city and academic medical center with specialists who take medicare and most insurance plans. and, in "the patient's playbook", he says everyone can get the best outcome by: finding a strong primary care physician and developing a bond. collecting medical records and writing a family health history. recruiting a healthcare quarterback - a friend or family member - who have help, do the right specialist if serious. "what i encourage everybody to do is go online to the nearest city, find an academic center, see who the experts are and call them and make an appointment." " all:

elias: time for another short break....but when we return... a look at a very unique concert....that has definitely gone to the dogs!

most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: put script here in green today we are going to say goodbye to the sun d hello to precipitation. clouds will thicken up very quickly this morning so any sunshine we see will only stick around for an hour or two on the drive into work. there may be a few early scattered snow and wintry mix showers across the state, but we should see more activity through the afternoon. the roads may be a bit slick in the afternoon and evening when you are coming home from work depending on how

be careful driving home later today. if anyone sees snow accumulation it should remain fairly low with maybe a couple isolated areas north of i-80 seeing around an inch or so. highs will stay just above freezing today in the mid 30s, and this evening lows should fall to around 33 here in the metro, so i'm not worried about icy roads. thursday still looks warm enough across most of iowa to see mainly rain showers, a few of which could come in the morning, but primarily falling through the afternoon. friday is going to be more of a wintry mix to light snow day lasting into saturday morning. temperatures are going to be falling dramatically saturday from the morning into sunday where the coldest air of the year is expected to slam home. we are going to stay very cold throughout the remainder of next week with only one or two snow chances. sam

elias: in take a look at this today... elias: performance artist laurie anderson's latest show went to the dogs. anderson staged a "concert for dogs" at new york's times square, with the four-legged listeners given priority seating for the concert. they sat next to the speakers because the music was performed at a low, dog- friendly frequency. people could hear the performance with wireless headphones.

sabrina well time now for another short break... but when we come back... we check consumer news in your money...including some bad news for fans of a website claiming to improve brain power... ...but first here's what happened last night on jimmy kimmel live.

"you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." sabrina on your money now sabrina a california company will have to pay a two-million dollar fine for claiming it can

brain function. the luminosity app was also billed as a tool to fire up academic performance and fight disease like dementia. but the federal trade commission says the claims mislead consumers, because there's no science to back it up. lumos labs will have to give customers an easy way to scrap their subscriptions, but it won't have to admit any wrongdoing. sabrina: will twitter get rid of its 140- character limit? speculation, by way of tweets, was rampant on tuesday. technology news service re-code reports the social media giant is working on a product that would allow users to share longer content. twitter founder and c-e-o jack dorsey has neither confirmed nor denied it. neither confirmed nor denied it. sabrina that's a look at your money this morning... coming up after the break... sam's in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... but first... time for a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at euclid... [current conditions] good morning iowa returns

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are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " sabrina thanks for joining us on your [day of week] morning, i'm sabrina ahmed. elias: and i'm elias johnson... elias: weather is always first on good morning iowa... in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... meteorologist sam schreier. sam: (adlib toss) sam weather adlib: today we are going to say goodbye to the sun and hello to precipitation. clouds will thicken up very quickly this morning so any sunshine we see will only stick around for an hour or two on the drive into work. there may be a few early scattered snow and wintry mix

state, but we should see more activity through the afternoon. the roads may be a bit slick in the afternoon and evening when you are coming home from work depending on how much slush wants to stay on the roads so be careful driving home later today. if anyone sees snow accumulation it should remain fairly low with maybe a couple isolated areas north of i-80 seeing around an inch or so. highs will stay just above freezing today in the mid 30s, and this evening lows should fall to around 33 here in the metro, so i'm not worried about icy roads. thursday still looks warm enough across most of iowa to see mainly rain showers, a few of which could come in the morning, but primarily falling through the afternoon. friday is going to be more of a wintry mix to light snow day lasting into saturday morning. temperatures are going to be falling dramatically saturday from the morning into sunday where the

home. we are going to stay very cold throughout the remainder of next week with only one or two snow chances. sabrina: our top story...wide ranging reactions to president obama's executive actions on gun control... sabrina: many families impacted by some of the deadliest attacks in our country are sharing their thoughts about the president's new gun control plan. elias: his executive orders will add hundreds of f-b-i and a-t-f agents, expand background checks and increase funding for mental health care. mary moloney has more: " --reporter pkg-as follows-- surrounded by the families and victims from mass shootings, president obama announced multiple executive actions on gun control. (president obama) every time i think about those kids it gets me mad, the tighter restrictions are welcome news for those impacted by gun violence. (sallie badger/ widow of gun shooting victim) everyone in the country needs to be

(sandy phillips/ mother of gun shooting victim) for him to have the moral leadership and courage to state his purposes and share tears with us and the nation was quite moving. during his speech, president obama specifically referred to two of his supporters: former congresswoman and shooting survivor gabby giffords... and her husband. (mark kelly/ husband of gabby giffords) it's really taking a good step in the right direction. the issue however remains divisive. (annette elliott/ gun show promoter) well i think the end game with a lot of democrats is to confiscate. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell questions the legality of the executive actions. (sen. mitch mcconnell/ (r) kentucky) whether the courts will allow what he's announced he's going to do. it will be interesting to see because my guess is it will be litigation. and several republican presidential candidates are calling this a massive overreach by the president. (jeb bush/ (r) presidential candidate) it's not going to solve any problems by having the so-called gun show loop hole be taken care of by executive order. (marco rubio/ (r) presidential candidate) when i'm elected president, on the first day, behind my desk, those orders are gone. mary moloney reporting. sabrina: here in iowa, one mother is

the executive order. kay folkers son was shot and killed with an illegal gun 15 years ago this feburary. she said the gun used in her sons murder shouldn't have been available to the criminals who did it. folkers said she's been waiting for executive action while watching the continuing nationwide violence. she believes the order will take a long time to be come a law, but commends president obama for trying. " he's trying, you know, but there needs to be so much more done. it's going to take a lot of time."" sabrina: kay says its not just mental illness or background checks alone that will fix this- other government issues will have to change too. elias: we also wanted to get some perspective from where local gun owners buy their weapons. so we checked in with a store in clive, and asked: do they expect a change in business, and will they comply with the regulations if they become law? "i think its fair to say that theres not a gun owner in the united states that would like to think that a bad guy is going to get a gun in their hand i think it's

doesnt happen but we're also concerned about further erosion to our rights and our liberties we're getting more and more people that are wanting to be trained wanting to have a concealed weapons permit and coming in here and buying more rifles and hand guns " elias: we want to keep this conversation going. what do you think about the proposed gun law changes? let us know, you can post you thoughts on twitter and facebook. or send us an email or give us a call . we'd love to hear what you think! the contact information is on your screen. sabrina: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam:

say goodbye to the sun and hello to precipitation. clouds will thicken up very quickly this morning so any sunshine we see will only stick around for an hour or two on the drive into work. there may be a few early scattered snow and wintry mix showers across the state, but we should see more activity through the afternoon. the roads may be a bit slick in the afternoon and evening when you are coming home from work depending on how much slush wants to stay on the roads so be careful driving home later today. if anyone sees snow

maybe a couple isolated areas north of i-80 seeing around an inch or so. highs will stay just above freezing today in the mid 30s, and this evening lows should fall to around 33 here in the metro, so i'm not worried about icy roads. thursday still looks warm enough across most of iowa to see mainly rain showers, a few of which could come in the morning, but primarily falling through the afternoon. friday is going to be more of a wintry mix to light snow day lasting into over purdue saturday...the iowa hawkeyes took their home court last night... the team hosted nebraska, looking for a fifth straight win...which they did get. the 77 to 66 victory also moves iowa to three and oh in coference play this season. they take on michigan state tomorrow night. elias: sticking with college basketball, the iowa state cyclones will open their home conference play tonight... this will be their second big 12 matchup this season....after falling to oklahoma over the weekend. this evening they

in ames... this season the depth of the big 12 may be the best out of any conference in the country. " top to bottom it's extremely tough so you gotta battle hard every night and i feel like we did that at oklahoma. there's a couple of things you tweak here and there and maybe you come out with a win. so you can't hold your head too long. you need to get ready because tech is coming in with a great record and a pretty great team! " elias: and look for live coverage of tonight's game right here on local five. our own jordan furbee will be in ames keeping an eye on the cyclones. look for live reports on local five news at six and ten. sabrina at ((time check)) we'll take a

coming up a look back at the past year! elias: that's right, today marks one year for good morning iowa, and we'll share some of the highlights since the show launched. sabrina: but before we go...as you get ready to start your day...be safe out on the roads.... des moines police will have mobile radar set up at three locations... one at the ....seven-hundred block of m-l-k parkway, facing southbound they will also be set up at the 18- hundred block of second avenue - also southbound with a third at the 44-hundred block of south union - north bound. so use caution while driving.. elias: while we're at it... a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at mlk... [current conditions] good morning

elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." sam: weather adlib: today we are going to say goodbye to the sun and hello to precipitation. clouds will thicken up very quickly this morning so any sunshine we see will only stick around for an hour or two on the drive into work. there may be a few early scattered snow

showers across the state, but we should see more activity through the afternoon. the roads may be a bit slick in the afternoon and evening when you are coming home from work depending on how much slush wants to stay on the roads so be careful driving home later today. if anyone sees snow accumulation it should remain fairly low with maybe a couple isolated areas north of i-80 seeing around an inch or so. highs will stay just above freezing today in the mid 30s, and this evening lows should fall to around 33 here in the metro, so i'm not worried about icy roads. thursday still looks warm enough across most of iowa to see mainly rain showers, a few of which could come in the morning, but primarily falling through the afternoon. friday is going to be more of a wintry mix to light snow day lasting into saturday morning. temperatures are going to be falling dramatically saturday from the morning into sunday where the coldest air of the year is expected to slam home. we are going to stay very cold throughout the remainder of next week with only one or two snow chances. sam

sabrina: the good sabrina: the good morning iowa team is celebrating a milestone this morning - it was one year ago today we launched this new moring show format, elias: from severes weather coverage, to riding ragbrai - and owning up to friendly wagers, the last year has been one to remeber here at local 5 sabrina "the only way elias "sam schriereier you got two tickets going to take? hahaha sam "yeah you'd better get out of here" sabrina "you don't want to risk it - oh! someone just ran through the barricades, that's not do you can clearly see sam "oh you guys are sweet, you know what else is sweet? leaving it up for 30 seconds central iowa thats my valentines gift yo you,

because its getting deleted from the server after the show. elias "mike coon from wisconsin joins me and you ended your ride at five thirty this morning" mike "we sure did, and thanks to local law enforcement who said come on in so we did and here we are" sabrina "sam claims mti doesn't know what they're talking about and he's known for years" sam "well not just me everyone knows when it rains it smells like aerosol" elias "this is my favorite hairdo of everybody on the football field" sam "are you telling me you built a time machine out of a delorean? sabrina "sam i'm going to show you how to be resourceful" end music all: (reax)

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"now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: put script here in green today we are going to say goodbye to the sun and hello to precipitation. clouds will thicken up very quickly this morning so any sunshine we see will only stick around for an hour or two on the drive into work. there may be a few early scattered snow and wintry mix showers across the state, but we should see more activity through the afternoon. the roads may be a bit slick in the afternoon and evening when you are coming home from work depending on how

stay on the roads so be careful driving home later today. if anyone sees snow accumulation it should remain fairly low with maybe a couple isolated areas north of i-80 seeing around an inch or so. highs will stay just above freezing today in the mid 30s, and this evening lows should fall to around 33 here in the metro, so i'm not worried about icy roads. thursday still looks warm enough across most of iowa to see mainly rain showers, a few of which could come in the morning, but primarily falling through the afternoon. friday is going to be more of a wintry mix to light snow day lasting into saturday morning. temperatures are going to be falling dramatically saturday from the morning into sunday where the coldest air of the year is expected to slam home. we are going to stay very cold throughout the remainder of next week with only one or two snow chances.

toss back. elias: time for another short break here on good morning iowa .... a quick look outside as you get ready to start your day....when we return, a look at the top stories in our morning refresh. sabrina: : do you have a story for us...or a comment you want to share? well be sure to contact us. you can email us or call our newsroom... we're also on facebook.... "we are iowa local 5 news" and twitter "we are iowa 5 news" if you see news break... let us know. we are iowa and we want to cover the stories that are

"you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." sabrina: welcome back

wrap up our first hour, let's take a quick look at the top stories... elias: we recap your headlines...in the morning refresh... elias: reactions from americans and politicians following the president's executive action on guns. elias: the u-n security council will meet to discuss the recent announcement out of north korea. elias: and everyone will hope to have some luck tonight, as the powerball jackpot surges to 450 million dollars. sabrina time now for another short break... but when we come back... why the winter time can be a dangerous time for house fires. elias: plus sam's in with a look at your morning forecast! another full hour of good morning iowa... is right after this. " nexstar copyright"

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