and holds his own event to raise money for veterans. was it good or bad for his campaign? local 5 news at 10 starts in 30 seconds. "you're watching local

accurate weather team and we start with your forecast first." brad/wx wall weather adlib: after some warming, morning sunshine, the clouds returned this afternoon to keep us a bit cooler, but we still are above average with temps in the mid to upper 30s. and it looks like the mildest weather is yet to come in our forecast! tonight will be partly cloudy with our winds calming down to less than 10 mph. temperatures will fall back into the low 20s for most areas by friday morning. we should have a mix of sun and clouds friday with southerly winds. this should help us warm up into the mid 40s for the metro. it will be even warmer saturday with upper 40s possible depending on exactly how much sunshine we get. " local 5 news at 10 in

"donald trump is a disrupter. disrupts everything " stephanie: this week, iowa is the center of the political universe, but that universe is starting to change. stephanie/2shot good evening. i'm stephanie angleson. jack/2shot and i'm jack miller. by dropping out of the final debate before the iowa caucuses, donald trump has disrupted politics as we know it. but will this move benefit him, or will it end up actually helping the candidates who did show up to debate? jack: in your local election headquarters, local 5 political analyst dr. steffen schmidt says right now it's a tossup. "on trump right? " jack: so tonight it was seven candidates up on

was seven candidates up on the debate stage. the "big elephant not in the room," as senator ted cruz called it tonight, was donald trump. stephanie: the tone of the debate was a little less combative than some of the debates trump was involved in. but there was still plenty of passion, including dr. ben carson saying america needs to get serious about keeping isis operatives out of our borders. "because there are many people out there that want to destroy us. now i recognize that the vast majority of people coming in here are not those kinds of people. but that's not good enough, if you've got 10 people coming to your house and you know one of them is a terrorist, you probably gonna keep them all out. you know figure out a way to make sure we keep america safe. " even with trump gone tonight,

a hot issue that caused a lot of disagreement between the candidates. one thing they did agree on was their feeling that another democrat in the white house is not what the u-s needs right now. "and let me tell you what the answer better not be, it better not be bernie sanders. bernie sanders is a socialist. i think bernie sanders is a good candidate for president of sweden. we don't want to be sweden. we want to be the united states of america. and hillary clinton, hillary clinton is disqualified from being the commander in chief of the united states. in fact one of her first acts of president might very well be to pardon herself. clinton stored classified information on her private server and hillary clinton lied to those families americans who lost their lives in benghazi. " stephanie: now. even though he was not on the debate stage... he wasn't without an audience. sheslow drake university, jack: you had to get a tonight.

lot of people who wanted to get in couldn't. our political analyst steffen schmidt says that was not an accident... but rather a pretty savvy campaign strategy. and donald trump seemed pretty confident in his decision. we thought we'd let them start, and we wanted to be about 15 minutes into that hour so that by now they're all tuned -- and look at all the cameras. this is like the academy awards. we're actually told we have more cameras than they do by quite a bit. so that's interesting. jack: trump didn't need to be at the debate tonight for the feud between him and ted cruz to continue to boil. stephanie: cruz is challening the a head-to-head showdown. and he says he venue booked... western iowa but as bria bell news to the school. "ted cruz has a problem, i mean he's got a problem."

and donald trump, have been outspoken one another. he would not be o-p debate hosted by cruz annouced he wants to tango with the front runner for a mano-a-mano, lincoln-douglas style debate, infront of "i'm gonna propose a venue, western iowa tech, saturday night, sioux city, we already but those in charge at no idea about cruz's major plans. "when they originally booked the room, it was simply for him to have a forum here for individuals to come here and hear him talk. and i uh heard about it last night after receiving a text from a fellow employee saying they heard on fox news about the challege." the college is not opposed to the dual, but would need to make appropriate accomadations for the expected large crowds, considering both candidates are leading in polls. "we would need to make sure that our security department was informed as to what was going on...it would be very unique

have that happen here, it would be very unique for sioux city as well, it's just that we are limited in our space here. i would think they would have an overwhelming response of people that would want to be here." donald trump has declined cruz's proposal, stating he has an event already planned to raise money for veterans. cruz supporters then offered to donate 1.5 million dollars for those who have served to get trump to agree to the one-on-one debate. western iowa tech is awaiting to hear from both candidates in regards to what will really go down this weekend. stephanie: fellow candidate, carly fiorina, even chimed in, upping the ante to 2 million dollars if she is allowed to join the debate in sioux city. jack meanwhile, an event in the background of the debate is trying to work its way into the forefront. that's the "fight for fifteen" -- as in a 15 dollar an hour minimum wage. stephanie

today. solidarity about minimum wage. peklo joins us now with more on the rally. jacob jack, stephanie. bravinthe cold today, and all three rallies. was a march right outside of the site of the debate. and this group the candidates votes matter. natural sound: "i win!" it's a message many of these protesters have trying to give for many years now. natural sound of man playing a bucket wendy's worker: "i believe $15 an hour to transportation, health care and our children." their fight for a higher minimum wage rate took them outside the republican presidential candidate debate. as they walked the streets, they wanted to know that their votes have authority. simone davis, des moines mcdonald's worker: "and we deserve so much more. we can't even pay our basic needs in life. we have to struggle from month to month, borrowing, getting loans and depending on the government. we hard." natural sound of chanting: "i believe..." hundreds of workers

many traveled to they believe the message has national anggie godoy, los like we fought in la important it is in la. i know how important it is in iowa." last june, godoy's county around los to make $15 per hour the standard. she says it's made a big difference in her lifestyle. anggie gody, los anggie gody, los great i can actually go to college now." they say raising the minimum wage won't hurt the rest of the economy either. wiley king, des moines wendy's worker: "no, i actually believe that the businesses will our pocket, we're and now, they say with thousands of others joining this cause, they think it's closer to reality than ever joining this cause, they think it's closer to reality than ever before. anggie godoy, los angeles resident: "it makes you feel like it's possible, and it is possible. we've seen it in la and in new york." jacob: the crowd today included fast food, health and home care workers. they say even an incremental increase wouldn't suffice, but 15 is their target. in the studio, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. stephanie: thanks jacob. we want to know where you stand on the issue of minimum wage, should it be

is? stephanie: let us know for a chance to see your comments on-air. 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. jack: in other news tonight, an arrest in pella, charging a daycare provider with the death of an infant. 32 year-old valerie wackerly pled guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter of a 17 month old child left in her care. investigators say wackerly put the child improperly in a car seat in a darkened room, leaving her unsupervised as she napped. because of the child's position, investigators say she suffocated. jack: and a boone man is behind bars after some billing issues with des moines water works. 54 year-old jeffrey burma was arrested for wrongly billing des moines water works. a boone-based waste management company owned by burma was contracted by water works at this polk county water

plant. after conducting an internal review, des moines water works says it found irregular billings submitted by burma. a criminal investigation is on-going. stephanie/1shot: two search warrants involving a therapeutic boarding school were conducted today-- both search warrants stem from allegations of sexual abuse of a former midwest academy student by a current staff member. the first, at midwest academy. and the second search warrant conducted at a location in montrose affiliated with the academy. stephanie: and police are looking for this teen. 13 year old neko larmie was last seen on december 30th. her family says she left the house after an argument with relatives. she was last seen wearing a gray and black colored jacket and brown colored boots. des moines police are asking anyone with information to call crimestoppers at 515-283-4811. jack: coming up on local 5 news at 10... the hawks looking to keep their undeafted big 10 record as they take on number eight maryland. your highlights later in sports.

then-- could their standoff be coming to an end. why the leader of an oregon militia is pleading to his followers from his jail cell. brad: ((ad lib weather toss)) take sot tomorrow on good morning iowa... fridays mean a trip to the movies...with a look at new releases... this week, we have a comedy, a true story, and an animated sequel to a popular franchise.. and sam has a look at your forecast ((:04 wx ad-lib)) that's tomorrow on the all-new good morning iowa!

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." stephanie: jack: brad brad: weather adlib: after some warming, morning sunshine, the clouds returned this afternoon to keep us a bit cooler, but we still are above average with temps in the mid to upper 30s. and it looks like the mildest weather is yet to come in our forecast! tonight will be partly cloudy with our winds calming down to less than 10 mph. temperatures will fall

for most areas by friday morning. we should have a mix of sun and clouds friday with southerly winds. this should help us warm up into the mid 40s for the metro. it will be even warmer saturday with upper 40s possible depending on exactly how much sunshine we get. brad stephanie: jack: are above average with temps in the mid to upper 30s. and it looks like the mildest weather is yet to come in our forecast! tonight will be partly cloudy with our winds calming down to less than 10 mph. temperatures will fall back into the low 20s for most areas by friday morning. we should have a mix of sun and clouds friday with southerly winds. this should help us warm up into the mid 40s for the metro. it will be even warmer saturday with upper 40s possible depending on exactly how much sunshine we get. brad stephanie:

are above average upper 30s. and it looks weather is yet to come in our forecast! tonight will be partly cloudy with our winds calming down to less than 10 mph. back into the low 20s for most areas by friday morning. we should have a mix of sun and clouds friday with southerly winds. this should help us warm up into the mid 40s for the metro. it will be even warmer saturday with upper 40s possible depending on exactly how much sunshine we get. brad stephanie: jack: are above average with temps in the mid to upper 30s. and it looks like the mildest weather is yet to come in our forecast! tonight will be partly cloudy with our winds calming down to less than 10 mph. temperatures will fall back into the low 20s for most areas by friday morning. we

with southerly winds. this should help us warm up into the mid 40s for the metro. it will be even warmer saturday with upper 40s possible depending on exactly how much sunshine we get. brad stephanie: jack: jack: jack: coming up on

top-10 battle in maryland arena's history iowa. would they put hawks winning we'll show you later in sports. stephanie: next.... a plea from his of an oregon to say to his standoff

"your watching local 5weareiowa.com " jack: in national news tonight... more members of that that's taken over a federal wildlife refuge in oregon are now under arrest. the three men turned themselves in overnight. conspiracy charges. meanwhile, the ammon bundy.. . is from his jail cell. attotney, bundy there to leave refuge and go home. "turn yourself in. do not use physical force jack:

tightening their grip on the remaining militants, who are now sealed off by heavily armed fbi swat teams at roadblocks. this week, one of the occupiers was shot to death by law enforcement following a traffic stop. stephanie/1shot: a somber anniversary 30 years ago today, the u.s. watched on live television as the challenger shuttle explosed less than 2 minutes after liftoff. today, nasa members on the international space station honored the tragic event with a moment of silence. the challenger accident killed everyone on board, including a high school teacher. nasa later determined the accident was caused by a seal failure on a rocket booster. jack: jon joins us now-- and the iowa hawkeyes looking to extend their win streak tonight at maryland. jon: that's right jack-- but maryland has a streak of their own on the line. coming up on local 5 sports it wasn't pretty but the hawkeyes kept it close-- see if they had enough

jon: the iowa hawkeyes find themselves ranked third in the ap-- the highest they've been since 1987. side note-- i hadn't even been born yet! the hawkeyes trying to snap a 24 game home winning streak that maryland carries into tonight's game. we join midway

first half-- iowa trailing-- anthony clemmons doing work-- the one handed jam. then from the corner a wide open look he knocks down the three and that ties this game up at 19 a piece. maryland though building back up a lead jake layman the alley oop jam... 26-21 terrapins. iowa though a brief lead-- then rasheed sulaimon from the wing-- hits the trey and they're back on top. a big reason for iowa struggling-- jarrod uthoff struggled-- he didn't have a bucket in the first half-- his only points coming from the stripe until the second half. he'd finish the night just 2 of 13 with nine points. so uthoff decides time to start feeding every one else drives and dishes to woodbury-- the big man finishing at the glass. he had 11 points and 10 rebounds on the night. maryland always an inch ahead the hawkeyes it seemed tonight damonte dodd on the flush. anthony clemmons another decent showing tonight with 11 he cuts down the middle of the defense. one point game but maryland able to close it out down the stretch.... the terrapins hand iowa their first big ten loss this season 74 to 68 the final iowa

jon: 2015 was a year of ups and downs for iowa state athletics. today i had the chance to sit down with a-d jamie pollard. we talked about everything that happened and everything to look forward too. and it starts wednesday with matt campbell's first iowa state signing day. " signing day is next wednesday. what do you expect out of this first signing class for him? i think there will be a lot of excitement. i think it's clear that he's been able to get in on and get early commits. and hopefully all of those commits end up signing the dotted line come next week he's clearly elevating us he's sending a message about what's important you know you can see they're recruiting a lot of o-linemen and d-linemen. that's his background that's what he played. he's sending a message about recruiting in the midwest so i think that will resignate with our fan base i think you'll see a lot of iowa connections." jon: we'll go more in depth with pollard in february.

in to local 5 for the story. the iowa wild continue to show they can compete in the month of january. part of that has been credited to a defenseman who has seen an uptick in ice time. while he may not be putting many pucks in the back of the net-- joe finley is doing all he can to keep other teams off the scoreboard. when you scan the ice during warm ups for the iowa wild-- there's one player who stands above the rest-- joe finley. " he's a big long guy that plays against team's better lines he shuts them down he plays safe he's a physical presence for us all over the ice. he's chipped in he's had a couple of goals for us has a great shot. the last couple of weeks here he's been really hot. being good on penalty kill and stepping up physically doing some of those things. it's nice when you can add in offensively i mean i think it's par for the course as far as my game is concerned." but earlier in the season the 6 foot 8 blue liner wasn't seeing much ice time-- mostly because the defensive core was filled to the brim. it can be a frustrating situation for a seasoned player like finley. as things have thinned out a little bit though he has thfound his niche with this iowa squad. "joe has been well

the ice and off the ice with david cundiff our assistant coach. cundy has been working with him on his footwork moving the puck quicker just keeping it simple." "over the years some of my best games come when i'm doing the simple things moving the pucks up to forwards not over complicating it. getting the pucks to the net making sure we're being physical boxing out in front of the net those things. you know and when you can put those key components together you're going to have a good game." while finley admittedly won't lead the team in goals-- he does lead the iowa wild in something very important to defensemen-- plus- minus.. finley sits with a team high plus 3 and the only player on the active roster with a plus rating. and more importantly he may lead the team in a category that isn't kept statistically-- blocked shots. "one of the biggest things about him is he's fearless. he'll block your shot. he's walking around with bumps and bruises on his body because he's willing to do that for his team." a team that's practically in the backyard to his home

"having family friends be able to come down and watch a game here or there and i've enjoyed my time this far and look forward to more wins here." jon/3shot (wrap sports) stephanie: we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at 10.

are above average with temps in the mid to upper 30s. and it looks like the mildest weather is yet to come in our forecast! tonight will be partly than 10 mph. back into the low 20s friday morning. we with southerly winds. warm up into the mid will be even warmer 40s possible depending stephanie: jack: thank you for spending your time with us tonight. " " "brian bocken, general manager "definitely enjoy having the

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