everyone with us! and it's great to have central iowa's most accurate forecast with meterologist sam schreier! hey sam! sam: (sam adlibs) sam (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: today we are looking at a very nice and pleasant day with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. the winds will be pretty breezy out of the south and that will warm us up to about 44 this afternoon. tonight we are going to have slow clearing of our clouds with a low dropping to about 30 degrees. saturday we are looking at mostly cloudy skies with breezy conditions and a high right around 45 degrees. sunday we're looking at a brief rain and wintry mix moving through the state sunday during the morning and early afternoon. northwest iowa may see some light snow monday in the late morning with low accumulations. monday we're looking at a cooler day with highs in the mid 30s and

midnight. a large winter storm is still looking to slam iowa on sunday with lots of snow and blowing snow both likely. while it's still early for an exact total it is looking very likely we'll see a 6 to 12 inch band of snow somewhere in iowa with heavy winds making visibility extremely low. wednesday morning that system will leave us with light blowing morning.... elias: without donald trump at last night's deabate, republican presidential candidates used the opportunity to get their messages across without the attention grabbing frontrunner. though many did focus their frontrunner. though many did focus their attacks on ted cruz, the second place candidate, trying to cut down his lead just days before the iowa caucuses. elias: in the number two spot this morning... elias: metro traffic shared the streets with fast food, health, and home care workers who walked off the job thursday to protest. the groups called for higher wages, at fight for fifteen

they say fifteen dollars is the minimum they need to live a comfortable lifestyle. elias: the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door... elias: contaminated water concerns have now hit the state of ohio.. the state's e-p-s warned parents and students not to drink the water at an elementary school due to possible lead contamination. the school is providing bottled water to their students and staff in the meantime. the ohio e-p-a is also investigating reports of lead in water at a second town south of the school. elias: number four... elias: more members of the armed militia that took over a federal wildlife refuge in oregon have been arrested. police are also 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. elias: and finally in the top five... elias: the iowa hawkeyes took on maryland last night, hoping to end the terrapins 24 game home winning streak. despite iowa

times, maryland was able to lead for most of the game. the hawkeyes end up with their first big ten loss of the season. elias: a new bill will be announced today, aimed at closing the gender pay gap. elias: iowa will be one of 20 state moving legislation this week as part of the "equal pay can't wait" effort. later this morning, representative marti anderson will discuss the details of an equal pay bill she is sponsoring during a press conference. joining her will be iowa women impacted by pay discrimination and fellow members of the state legislature. according to their numbers, women in iowa only make 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. elias: new this morning, dart is working on its long-term plans and wants your input. elias: the region's master plan for public transportation is now ready for

2035" was first adopted five years ago, and is the long-range plan for meeting the public transportation needs of the community. this update will look at changes needed to meet the need of the community's growth and changing population. community members can give their input by completing a survey on the dart website or attending one of the public meetings scheduled for next month. elias: also new this morning, the city of waukee is submissions from local artists... this july, the waukee area arts council will present the waukee arts officials say inaugural event and are expecting a bigger festival this year. the event give local artists a place to display their work and interact with the public. elias: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam:

sam: weather adlib: today we are looking at a very nice and pleasant day with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. the winds will be pretty breezy out of the south and that will warm us up to about 44 this afternoon. tonight we are going to have slow clearing of our clouds with a low dropping to about 30 degrees. saturday we are looking at mostly cloudy skies with breezy conditions

sunday we're looking at a brief rain and wintry mix moving through the state sunday during the morning and early afternoon. northwest iowa may see some light snow monday in the late morning with low accumulations. monday we're looking at a cooler day with highs in the mid 30s and a wintry mix coming through after midnight. a large winter storm is still looking to slam iowa on sunday with lots of snow and blowing snow both likely. while it's still early for an exact total it is looking very likely we'll see a 6 to 12 inch band of snow with heavy winds making visibility wednesday morning us with light blowing snow and deeper arctic cold lasting and downs for iowa state athletics... and no one probably knows more about what the university has been through than athletic director jamie pollard. local five's jon schaeffer had the chance to sit

thursday, and asked about the year ahead...which 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 sending a message about recruiting in the will resignate with you'll see a lot of iowa connections." elias: his sit-down with

you can look for that interview here on local five news. elias: at ((time check)) we'll take a short break, with lots more good morning iowa still ahead... coming up, the outbreak of the zika virus now has the attention of the world health organization... 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 ...31- hundred block of northeast 46th avenue and a second at the ...56-hundred block of northeast berwick drive...in berwick so take care on the roads today... elias: let's also get a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at valley west... [current conditions] good morning iowa continues after this!

morning iowa in hd with ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam morning iowa." elias: surf's up in hawaii....drawing the attention of lots of surfers.. winds have whipped up the ocean, creating waves of up to fifty feet, some of the biggest these wave- riders have ever seen. but not all have been able to handle the high water.....safety officials say they have had at least two-dozen assists. sabrina: elias: (anchor toss to wx) sam: adlib toss.

weather adlib: today we are looking at a very nice and pleasant day with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. the winds will be pretty breezy out of the south and that will warm us up to about 44 this afternoon. tonight we are going to have slow clearing of our clouds with a low dropping to about 30 degrees. saturday we are looking at mostly cloudy skies with breezy conditions and a high right around 45 degrees. sunday we're looking at a brief rain and wintry mix moving through the state sunday during the morning and early afternoon. northwest iowa may see some light snow monday in the late morning with low accumulations. monday we're looking at a cooler day with highs in the mid 30s and a wintry mix coming through after midnight. a large winter storm is still

of snow and blowing snow both likely. while it's still early for an exact total it is looking very likely we'll see a 6 to 12 inch band of snow somewhere in iowa with heavy winds making visibility extremely low. wednesday morning that system will leave us with light blowing snow and deeper arctic cold lasting through thursday and friday morning. elias: world health organization says the mosquito-borne zika virus is "spreading explosively" in the americas and that the "level of concern is high." there is no current treatment and it can cause birth defects if the disease is contracted by a pregnant woman. s cott mclean has the latest on the outbreak. --reporter pkg-as follows-- health officials are raising alarm over the zika virus but in brazil, the warning sirens have been blaring for months. over four-thousand babies in brazil have been born with microcephaly, resulting in

brain damage, and long-term developmental problems. (angela rocha, oswaldo cruz university hospital) these babies have brain damage to differing degrees which means inserting this generation into society is going to be very complicated. the world health organization now says the virus is "spreading explosively," with the potential of three to four million cases in the next 12 months. (dr. bruce aylward, world health organization, assistant director general) so this virus has been on the move for some time, so a lot of people have been exposed to this virus already in those areas, but it will continue to move, would be the expectation. up to 1.5 million brazilians have been infected but symptoms are mild to none for most people. the serious risk is only in pregnant women. there is no treatment for the zika virus and no immunity either. it's been around for decades but only arrived in the americas last year -- spreading to 24 countries and 31 cases in the continental u.s., all of them brought to the u.s. from abroad.

eisenstein, nassau county commissioner of health) people who are pregnant, may become pregnant, are thinking about becoming pregnant, we recommend they reconsider traveling to those 24 affected areas. the w-h-o will hold an emergency meeting next week but is not urging women to put off getting pregnant, instead only trying to prevent mosquito bites, the only known way the virus is passed. in washington, scott mclean reporting. " elias: due to the outbreak, the u-s is urging pregnant women to avoid visiting 24 international locations for fear of contracting the virus this includes mexico, and countries in the caribbean....alon g with south america. elias: well time for another break, when we come back... an unusual animal creates panic in a florida woman, after causing a rude awakening.

"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 looking at a very nice and pleasant day with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. the winds will be pretty breezy out of the south and that will warm us up to about 44 this afternoon. tonight we are going to have slow clearing of our clouds with a low dropping to about 30 degrees. saturday we are looking at mostly cloudy skies with breezy conditions and a high right around 45 degrees. sunday we're looking at a brief rain and wintry mix moving through the state sunday during the morning and early afternoon. northwest

low accumulations. monday we're looking highs in the mid 30s and through after midnight. a large winter storm is still looking to slam iowa on tuesday with lots of snow and blowing snow both likely. while it's still early for an looking very likely band of snow with heavy winds making visibility extremely low. wednesday morning that system will leave us with light blowing snow and deeper arctic cold lasting through thursday and friday morning. sam toss back.

in take a look at this today...not your normal wake-up alarm elias: she may be back

now, but this rare kinkajou named "banana" gave an elderly woman quite a scare. after escaping from her enclosure, banana decided to meet some neighbors.. she got up close and personal, when a 99-year- old woke up in the middle of the night with the exotic animal on her chest. " --sot-- ( dr. don harris / south dade animal hospital ) "not expecting anything, she opens her eyes and sees an animal laying there. i guess she thought maybe it was a cat, but once they got a look at each other, classic, both of them screamed, both of them ran."" elias: banana's owner says she has been missing for about 10 days, and had escaped while be temporarily kept at a relative's home. temporarily kept at a relative's home. all:

elias: well time now for another short break... but when we come back... good news for home buyers...and some free help for tax season...as we look at consumer news. ...but first here's what happened last night on jimmy kimmel live.

"you're watching good elias: on your money now elias: good news for those looking to mortgage rates freddie mac says it's the fourth straight week of declines. december... the federal reserve the first time in nearly a decade. many would-be assumed it meant the beginning of the end for record-low mortgage rates. experts say the steady drop in rates show the federal reserve is not the sole determinant of mortgage rates. elias: looking for some help this tax there is a free prep service for iowa. of central iowa has opened up it volunter income tax assistance sites for the 20- 16 tax time. the free preparation services can be used by those who earned 58- dollars or less last year.

on the united way website...or by calling 2-1-1. elias: and finally, girls and women don't come in one shape, and now barbie won't either. the famed doll made by mattel will now come in four body types....seven skin tones with 22 eye colors and 24 hairstyles. mattel says the changes are the most dramatic ever made to barbie since she hit store shelves in 1959. the revamped barbie line comes after years of barbie's unrealistic standard of beauty for girls to try to meet. elias: 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...a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at euclid... [current conditions] good morning iowa returns

"you're watching good moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " elias: thanks for joining us on your [day of week] morning, 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 looking at a very nice and pleasant day with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. the winds will be pretty breezy out of the south and that will

this afternoon. tonight we are going of our clouds with a 30 degrees. saturday we are looking at mostly cloudy skies with breezy conditions and a high right around 45 degrees. sunday we're looking at a brief rain and through the state sunday during the afternoon. northwest light snow monday in low accumulations. highs in the mid 30s and a wintry mix coming through after midnight. a large winter storm is still looking to slam iowa on tuesday with lots of snow and blowing snow both likely. while it's still early for an looking very likely band of snow somewhere in iowa with heavy winds making visibility extremely low. wednesday morning that system will leave

arctic cold lasting through thursday and friday morning. elias: the pundits are busy dissecting the debate performance of the republican candidates for president and the impact that donald trump's decision not to participate may have on his results in the iowa caucus. following all of it here in des moines is abc's lana zak- " length: insert 1:22 script: it was the final debate before the first votes was not there. address the elephant still donald trump's influence was felt. cruz sot everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly but cruz's jokes soon turned tense? the last four rand, please attack ted -- let me just say this. chris wallace

cruz sot if you guys ask one more mean question, i may have to leave the stage. setting marco rubio up for the first of several applause lines?. rubio sot "i'm not going to leave the stage no matter what you ask me." [split screen w trump & debate] just a few miles away, trump held his own event. "i didn't want to be here i have to be honest. i wanted to be 5 minutes away" and said he raised millions for vets. trump will i get more votes? nobody knows. dowd ntl maybe the least risk for him was happening at the just missing he debate. debate without trump, the candidates took on "get rid of planned parenthood funding" to immigration. rubio sot "you supported amnesty." bush sot "so did you marco." tag: fox moderators said they didn't know

started if trump would surprise them by attending. lz abcn, des moinestime/initial:" elias: and as the experts specualte on the debate's effects on monday....local five is preparing to bring you expanded live coverage of the iowa caucuses. look for full team coverage beginning that evening...and well into the night. we'll also have a wrap up of the caucuses tuesday morning here on good morning iowa. elias: fast food, health- and home care workers took to the streets thursday in the fight for fifteen, as in minimum wage. hundreds of people walked off the job throughout the day and participated in three rallies. it happened just down the road from the republican presidential debates, to gain the attention of the candidates. the final one, included pretty everyone from

out of state people as well. they say fifteen dollars is the minimum they need to live a comfortable lifestyle. 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 shouldn't have to do that. we work too hard." " elias: organizers of the rally say the fifteen dollars an hour rate would not affect other businesses because that money would be economy. elias: and don't forget to let us know what you think of the fight for fifteen... are you in favor of raising the minimum wage? 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. elias:

warrants keokuk... authorities executed the searh warrants thursday...involv oing a therapeutic boarding school both warrants allegations of sexual abuse of a by a current staff member. the first, at midwest academy. and the second conducted at a montrose the academy. now, no charges or arrests made at this time... the iowa d-c-i will hold a press conference about these searches this morning at the lee county sheriff's office. elias: meanwhile, the search is on for a missing teen... elias: 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

elias: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam: at a very nice and pleasant day with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. the winds will be pretty breezy out of the south and that will warm us up to about 44 this afternoon. tonight we are going to have slow clearing of our clouds with a low dropping to about 30 degrees. saturday we are looking at mostly cloudy skies with breezy conditions and a high right around 45 degrees.

at a brief rain and wintry mix moving through the state sunday during the morning and early afternoon. northwest iowa may see some light snow monday in the late morning with low accumulations. monday we're looking at a cooler day with highs in the mid 30s and a wintry mix coming through after midnight. a large winter storm is still looking to slam iowa on tuesday with lots of snow and blowing snow both likely. while it's still early for an exact total it is looking very likely we'll see a 6 to 12 inch band of snow somewhere in iowa with heavy winds making visibility extremely low. wednesday morning that system will leave us with light blowing snow and deeper arctic cold lasting through thursday and friday morning.

contamination in water starts our look at national headlines... the state's e-p-s not to drink the water at an elementary possible lead contamination. the school is bottled water to their students and staff in the meantime. back in november, the e-p-a said the school's was safe to so officials when this new issued. also reports of lead in water at a second town south of the school. elias: meanwhile, michigan's state senate has unanimously approved 28- million-dollars to help the city of flint recover from its toxic water crisis. four-million- dollars of that money will be used to treat children affected by lead poisoning - the rest will be used for things like paying residents' water bills and replacing the water system

remains personally under fire for dragging his feet on the crisis....but says his office is open and complying with the ongoing investigation. " --sot-- (gov. rick snyder, (r) michigan) "this is something i do care about. i'm looking to do tele-townhalls where i can get on the phone with people and have them ask their questions. the citizens of flint."" elias: governor snyder has been subpoenaed over the water crisis - he's recently appointed a 17- member committee to help the city regain clean drinking water. elias: and over to the northwest...mor e members of the armed militia that took over a federal wildlife refuge in oregon have been arrested. police are also 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. elias: the iowa hawkeyes find themselves ranked third in the ap-- the highest they've been since 1987. last night they went to maryland, in a bid

winning streak of the terrapins... despite iowa keeping the score tied a few times, maryland was able to lead for most of the game. the hawkeyes end up with their first big ten loss of the season...moving to seven and one in conference play. elias: at ((time check)) we'll take a short break here on good morning iowa... coming up, we look at a trio of new releases... elias: but before we go...as you get your day...be safe out on the roads.... des moines police will have mobile radar set locations... the first is up at the 23-hundred indianola...north and a second at high...that's west bound.. with the third at the 49-hundred block of hickman...east bound. so use caution

elias: while we're at it... a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at mlk... [current conditions] good morning

"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." sam: weather adlib: today we are looking at a very nice and pleasant day with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. the winds will be pretty breezy out of the south and that will warm us up to about 44 this afternoon. tonight we are going to have slow clearing of our clouds with a

30 degrees. saturday we are looking at mostly cloudy skies with breezy conditions and a high right around 45 degrees. sunday we're looking at a brief rain and wintry mix moving through the state sunday during the morning and early afternoon. northwest iowa may see some light snow monday in the late morning with low accumulations. monday we're looking at a cooler day with highs in the mid 30s and a wintry mix coming through after midnight. a large winter storm is still looking to slam iowa on tuesday with lots of snow and blowing snow both likely. while it's still early for an exact total it is looking very likely we'll see a 6 to 12 inch band of snow somewhere in iowa making visibility wednesday morning us with light blowing arctic cold lasting through thursday and friday morning. elias: we have lots more good morning iowa ahead...but first here's abc's reena ninan and kendis gibson with america's money. america's money:

"america's money"... circuit city hey, good morning. topping "america's money" -- circuit city lives. >> the one-time technology retail giant is coming back from bankruptcy. they plan to open as many as 100 stores by next year. mcdonald's is testing a new addition to the all-day menu. the mcgriddle on a pancake bun. it's not on the wildly popular all-day menu at the moment. >> so mcdonald's is testing it out in oklahoma starting monday. if hay can make it work there, they could possibly make it wok nationwide. america is changing. and now, so is barbie. >> the iconic doll comes in three new body types with a varyky of skin tones and body types. the barbies are available online in march. next up, redefining ken's abs so

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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 looking at a very nice and pleasant day with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. the breezy out of the warm us up to about 44 this afternoon. tonight we are going to have slow clearing of our clouds with a low dropping to about 30 degrees. saturday we are looking at mostly cloudy skies with breezy conditions

sunday we're looking at a brief rain and wintry mix moving through the state sunday during the morning and early afternoon. northwest iowa may see some light snow monday in the late morning with low accumulations. monday we're looking at a cooler day with highs in the mid 30s and a wintry mix coming through after midnight. a large winter storm is still looking to slam iowa on sunday with lots of snow and blowing snow both likely. while it's still early for an exact total it is looking very likely we'll see a 6 to 12 inch band of snow with heavy winds making visibility wednesday morning us with light blowing snow and deeper arctic cold lasting through thursday and friday morning. sam toss back. elias:

for "local 5 at the movies." elias: the movie expected to win the box office this weekend.... jack black returns as the voice of po the panda...in "kung fu panda three"...this time he transistions from student to teacher.. he must turn a group of pandas into martial arts=masters to defeat an evil foe. "kung fu panda three"...is rated p-g. all: (reax) sam: next we have "the finest hours"... coast guard leads a daring rescue for 30 in a storm on a ship that has

the movie is based on the true story of a rescue off the massachusetts coast in 19-52. "the finest hours"...is rated p-g 13 all: (reax) elias: and finally, we have "fifty shades of black"....the latest big screen parody starring marlon wayans... on screen wayans plays an entrepeneur pursuing a young woman.....while spoofing "fifty shades of grey" and other recent romantic stories... "fifty shades of

r all: (reax) 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. elias: : 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...

are iowa local 5 and twitter "we if you see news break... let us we want to important to you.

"you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." elias: welcome back everyone....as we wrap up our first hour, we recap your headlines...in the morning refresh... elias: trump may not have been on the debate stage, but candidates still take shots at him during last night's debate. elias: workers across the metro hit the streets to protest for a higher minimum wage. elias: and it appears michigan isn't the only state finding lead in its drinking water. elias: more arrests of the armed protestors holding a wildlife refuge in oregon.

time now for another short break... but when we come back... dart is looking for some input on its long range plans...and turns to the community for their opinions. 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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