counties where some slick spots will certainly be possible into the evening hours. overall, the precipitation will be tapering off this evening, but some light showers or drizzle may persist overnight. thankfully, the metro will stay above freezing overnight and into the day thursday. this will mean the second wave of precipitation will come in as rain thursday- especially in the afternoon and evening hours. stephanie: also coming up... republicans are one step closer to repealing the affordable care act. a bill is on it's way to the president's desk, but it could still be an uphill battle. construction dangerous in an a man buried in altoona. stephanie: supernatural, or playing the odds. people around the country are hoping to win big in tonight's powerball drawing. " local 5 news at 10 in iowa" stephanie: 500 million dollars.. thats the jackpot for

powerball drawing. it's the fourth largest in powerball history... it's been growing for two months with no winners. stephanie/2ram good evening. i'm stephanie angleson. jack/2ram and i'm jack miller. it's been nearly a year since the powerball jackpot was as high as it is tonight. which means plenty of people have been out buying up tickets today hoping to get lucky. but is there a way to actually figure out which numbers have a better chance? tonight, local 5's nikki davidson talked to several experts for answers. jack: she's here with more in tonight's big story, nikki? nikki: right a lot of people stopped by places like this hoping they'll get rich tonight... but the truth is... the odds of winning with one ticket.... are one in 292 million.... not good odds... but how can you maximize your chances of winning? we asked quite a few "experts" in different areas today... (nat printing) once those numbers are selected... it's a just a waiting game until the big drawing... the iowa lottery says here in iowa... often it takes just one shot. 19:22:05 we've had

one ticket, really all it takes is one. and most winners do have a certain way to pick their numbers... 19:22:57 80 percent of the plays in powerball are easy pics, therefore 80 percetn of the winners are easy picks, doesn't make it luckier just more of them opposed to picking better numbers. so for real strategy we turned to someone who knows numbers better than most... (19:38:16 divided by 5 divided by 4 gets y ou the 292) drake university assistant math professor maryann heuy... 19:25:08 theres no way to predict, people look back at the numbers looking for patterns, but it's a true random event. she says contrary to any rumors... your chances don't increase by playing the same numbers time and time again in different drawings. 19:25:28 the winning numbers in the past have the same chances of coming up again, theres no way to game the system... but says if you don't

better off leaving the picking to the computer. 19:40:41 as humans we think we are random, but we're not as random as we think. we may have favorite years , meaningful experiences, its likely others have those same meaningful experiences. so what about actually visiualizing the numbers before they're drawn... we asked the lady with the best chance of doing that... des moines pyshic vianne higgins... 9:50:18 if there were i wouldn't be doing this, my friends and family would be on an island. she says using powers to guess the numbers probably won't work... but if you want more money... you need to visisualize success... and go from there... 9:49:51 write a check, use fake money and really believe its going to happen, and let it go. nikki: interestingly enough the iowa lottery tells me for this drawing... only about 40 percent of the number combinations were picked by people who purchased a ticket... they have seen as much as 80 percent of the number combinations picked in the past. and if you want to be sure you picked different numbers than

want to avoid picking birthdays.... because those are all numbers under 31... as well as the combination... 123456.... that is apparently the most popular pick. in west des moines, nikki davidson local five news we are iwoa. jack: so here's the moment you've all been waiting for. moment you've all been waiting for. let's take a look at the numbers... 02 11 47 62 63 17 stephanie: it may be a hot lotto night, but it's starting to really cool down outside. brad: (adlibs into weather

jack: we have a warning tonight for everyone who likes ice fishing. the folks at saylorville lake say that the conditions are just right to

the lake peaked 30 feet above normal in december and has been falling about a foot per day since. so because of this expected deep freeze this weekend, if an ice shelf forms but the lake keeps falling underneath -- it'll make for a very dangerous ice layer. they ask everybody to stay off saylorville lake. stephanie: tonight, we now know the name of the man who was killed in a accident in altoona this morning. : around 8 am, 30- year-old justin jorgensen was working near 5th avenue and adventureland drive. he was helping building the linden oaks apartment development, when a trench collapsed on top of him. stephanie: when police and rescue units arrived, they said jorgensen had already passed away from his injuries. the recovery efforts took six hours because of cold, muddy conditions and continuing collapses in the 12 foot deep trench. police don't believe the crew was using shoring or wall barriers when

" "they were currently working on infrastructure, mains, sewers , water lines, hooking into the mains that the city has. once the grading is done, stuff like that they were working on"" stephanie: osha says j-r-s excavating did not have any previous safety violations. the company's website boasts 20 years of experience in construction ground work. jack: for the first time, both houses of congress have approved legislation that would repeal obamacare. bar any federal planned parenthood. the house approved the senate made the same decision. president obama, of course, will veto any bill that dismantles his law. congressional they'll try to override the thirds majority vote. jack: meanwhile at the branstad's new controversial, legislative session starts monday. and if you go shopping, have kids in school,

this proposal affects you. local five's chief political correspondent amanda krenz has the details. (east village) let's start in 2008. that's when a law passed that said a 1 percent sales tax, one penny on every dollar, that you pay when you go out shopping will help iowa schools. (school) specifically this one cent sales tax helps schools with their infastructure needs. but this source of funding isn't permanent - it's set to expire in the year 2029. (statehouse) governor branstad is proposing a plan that will keep that one cent sales tax going for another 20 years until 2049. with the expectation that shoppers will spend more and more money each year, generating more of this source of revenue. but his new plan isn't for schools to get all that money, he wants to start divying up that expected growth. (water faucet) branstad wants part of that money to start going to improve iowa's water quality. the plan will scrape some revenue off the

money, so schools still get help for infastructure, and the state also gets some funding to help make sure rivers and lakes aren't polluted and this is safe for you to drink. amanda krenz, local five news, we are iowa. jack: so far,the governor's plan has had mixed reviews from both democrats and republicans. we'll see how it plays out when he introduces it. we'll have more on the legislative session coming up tomorrow. local 5's amanda krenz will have a one-on-one interview with governor branstad to discuss his legislative priorities, as the session begins on monday. stephanie: north korea has declared today that it detonated its first hydrogen bomb. the surprise announcement was read on north korean state t-v. "tv announcment nats " stephanie: it may be weeks or longer before other nations can determine the truth of the claim. while nuclear experts remain skeptical whether it was a "thermo-nuclear weapons" test. members of the u-n security council have called an emergency meeting. sot/ ban-ki-moon: "this

destabilizing for regional security and seriously undermines international nonproliferation efforts. i condemn it unequivocally." stephanie: this is north korea's fourth nuclear test since 2006, but it would be the first test of a thermonuclear weapon, which can be hundreds of times more powerful than atomic bombs. stephanie: a friend of the san bernardino shooter was in court today he's answering to several federal charges including conspiracy to commit terrorism. enrique marquez appeared before a federal judge, shackled in a white jumpsuit, pleading "not guilty" to five charges. including lying when purchasing two assault rifles that were later used by his friend -- syed farook and tashfeen malik in the san bernardino terrorist attack... killing 14 people. marquez's trial is scheduled to start next month. stephanie: coming up on local 5 news at 10...can the cyclones keep the hilton magic flowing? tonight look for a

keep their winning streak alive. then, what dr. attention of iowa farmers. brad: ((ad lib weather toss)) take sot tomorrow on good morning iowa... we'll find out the life or death situation that turned into a relationship for a man and woman., plus... did someone hit the big jackpot? or will lottery fever continue.. and sam has a look at your forecast ((:04 wx ad-lib)) that's tomorrow on the all-new good morning iowa!

jack miller, stephanie iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." brad: weather adlib: a light mix of precipitation will continue into the early evening, but in most cases the roads are just wet. temperatures are above freezing in most areas of central iowa, but they are close to 32 in northern counties where some slick spots will certainly be possible into the evening hours. overall, the precipitation will be tapering off this

may persist overnight. thankfully, the metro will stay above freezing overnight and into the day thursday. this will mean the second wave of precipitation will come in as rain thursday- especially in the afternoon and evening hours. the exception to this will be nw iowa where it may still be cold enough for some wet snow. temperatures in the metro should get up close to 38 for a high thursday afternoon and stay above freezing again thursday night into friday morning. so roads should be just wet for commuters. friday will also be mainly just wet here but a light mix will be possible as we go through the day. colder air will begin to work back into central iowa friday evening, so this is when roads might become slick in some spots. our last chance for precipitation will be saturday morning as cold winds begin to blow. temps will be in the 20s early, but will then be falling much of the day as the coldest air of the season blasts into iowa. sunday will be dry, but also the coldest day so far this winter with temps mostly in the 0s all day and wind chill values in the -10s! get ready to hunker down and stay warm folks because it looks pretty cold all next week!

early evening, but in most cases the roads are just wet. temperatures are above freezing in most areas of central iowa, but they are close to 32 in northern counties where some slick spots will certainly be possible into the evening hours. overall, the precipitation will be tapering off this evening, but some light showers or drizzle may persist overnight. thankfully, the metro will stay above freezing overnight and into the day thursday. this will mean the second wave of precipitation will come in as rain thursday- especially in the afternoon and evening hours. the exception to this will be nw iowa where it may still be cold enough for some wet snow. temperatures in the metro should get up close to 38 for a high thursday afternoon and stay above freezing again thursday night into friday morning. so roads should be just wet for commuters. friday will also be mainly just wet here but a light mix will be possible as we go through the day.

to work back into central iowa friday evening, so this is when roads might become slick in some spots. our last chance for precipitation will be saturday morning as cold winds begin to blow. temps will be in the 20s early, but will then be falling much of the day as the coldest air of the season blasts into iowa. sunday will be dry, but also the coldest day so far this winter with temps mostly in the 0s all day and wind chill values in the -10s! get ready to hunker down and stay warm folks because it looks pretty cold all next week! brad stephanie: jack: jack: coming up on

friendly so far. but now the donald trump/ted cruz alliance is starting to fall apart. stephanie: next....we sit down with doctor ben carson to see how he plans to turn his poll numbers around before the caucuses. "your watching local 5

ws in hd. home of weareiowa.com " stephanie: in your local election headquarters... we are 26 days away from the iowa caucuses. and even though sights are set on iowa... it's the third in the nation voting state that's getting all the attention tonight.

candidates are in nevada working the west caucus dinner tonight. but the big between donald trump and ted cruz. trump is raising presidential again--saying the fact that cruz was born in canada could prove problematic. " sot ted cruz the child of a us citizen born abroad is a natural born citizen. people will continue to make political noise about it but as a legal matter it is quite straightforward" stephanie: cruz was granted american citizenship by birth because his mother was an american citizen. he gave up his canadian citizenship in 2014. stephanie: and speaking of cruz, he's named iowa congressman steve king as his campaign's national co- chair. king endorsed cruz for president back in november. he's been traveling with cruz this week on a state-wide bus tour, opening many of the events for the texas senator. cruz is leading the polls for republicans in iowa, followed closely by donald trump.

fallen considerably. and he's also experiencing some changes very close to caucus time. our political reporter, sabrina ahmed, sat down with him one-on-one to talk about those changes and what they mean for his campaign. you recently changed staff.. has that altered the way you react to n korea or any situation in the world? i dont know if its altered that, but it certainly has energized me. its a whole weight lifted off my shoulders and the whole organization is much more energized now. we have put into place operations now, we have surrogates, you have some here in iowa who can now come on tv, explain, these are all things ive really been wanting for some time and ive been dragging in the mud but now theyre right out front and i think it

difference." jack: dr. carson says if he doesn't do well in iowa dr. carson says if he doesn't do well in iowa and other early states -- he'll go and do something else. stephanie: here with sports director jon schaeffer talking cyclone basketball as they take on conference opponent texas tech at home. jon: that's right the cyclones are looking to gain their first conference win looking to gain their first conference win and defend their record of 51 straight home game wins against unranked opponents. coming up on

jon: the iowa state cyclones are looking to bounce back and get their first conference win after a tough loss on the road to oklahoma. tonight they get texas tech a team coming into the matchup already with a conference win under their belt. steve prohm has said he won't be making any changes to his starting five even with deonte burton having a big role saturday. isu hosting texas tech... prohm and tubby exchanging pleasantries. 1st half, georges niang to abdel nader and nader throws it down! darth nader-- getting some mo early. jameel mckay had a big first half. off the monte morris miss, mckay goes up and puts it back in. then jameel on

drive, gets the bucket to fall nice little kiss off the window and then on the fast break, the two handed jam... mckay had 12 at halftime. then it started raining threes. matt thomas cashes in. then monte morris is seeing the triple and hitting the triple. and one more from thomas from the corner he hit 3 of those in the first half. but the big story, foul trouble. niang picks up his 3rd of the game with 3:32 to play in the first half. prohm having to sit niang for some time to keep him safe. but his teammates pick up the slack-- halice cooke the trey finds nothing but twine that wakes up the crowd. isu up 40-30 at halftime... second half more of the same matt thomas a three pointer falls for him. niang a floater.... and iowa state goes on to get steve prohm's first big 12 win 76 to 69 in front of the home crowd at hilton coliseum.

and-one at the q. as uni takes on missouri state this one was close the whole way, bears freshman jarred dixon with the pull up jumper it's 11-10 bears. but northern iowa's matt bohannon with the three, it's 13-11 panthers. missouri state answers with juco transfer jordan martin, strong move on the baseline and the reverse layup, it's 15-13 bears. northern iowa's wes washpun pulls up and hits the three, it's 23-17 panthers. the bears then with a 9-nothing run, chris kendrix with the catch and shoot three, it's 24-23 missouri state. end of the first half, the panthers ted friedman with the hoop inside it's 28-26 u-n-i at the half. but missouri state manages what many would consider an upset with a 59 to 58 victory over northern iowa. as the panthers jekyl and hyde act continues. sticking with the m-v-c-- drake hosting indiana state tonight. the sycamores

three from the top of the arc. then indiana state works it inside to brandon murphy who finishes with the one handed flush sycamores out to the 5 point lead. but karl madison answers for drake-- knocking down the jumper cutting the lead to 3... the bulldog is loving it-- and stephanie angleson is loving the bulldog! lead back to five now for the sycamores kale abrahamson driving draws some contact and gets the bucket to fall-- he'd miss the free throw only a two point play. then devonte brown goes to work for indiana state off the dribble pulls up and knocks down the jay. that stretches the lead back to 5. but drake hanging tough. c.j. rivers the pull up jumper stretches the twine for a pair. then graham woodward off the dribble takes a step back jumper at the elbow-- he gets that friendly knapp center roll and in for a couple more. the sycamores though controlling the first half-- brown inside goes up strong and gets the lay in off the glass and in. woodward the rebutle-- from downtown-- nothing but

those winning lotto numbers one more time. stephanie:

02 11 47 62 63 17 so far there have been no reports of a jackpot winner. brad: weather adlib: : a light mix of precipitation will continue into the early evening, but in most cases the roads are just wet. temperatures are above freezing in most areas of central iowa, but they are close to 32 in northern counties where some slick spots will certainly be possible into the evening