forecast with meterologist sam schreier! hey sam! sam: (sam adlibs) sam (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: it's finally friday and we're looking at a fairly mild and average february day. we'll be overcast with a lighter breeze out of the west keeping our highs right around 32 degrees. there will be a few flurries to a light dusting that will likely swing through northern and possibly central iowa this afternoon, so while a couple roads may get slick accumulations should be minimal. overnight we will be fairly mild with a low in the mid 20s and a calm wind. saturday is going to be warmer and feel fairly nice with highs climbing into the mid we'll climb right next a few light snow showers may swing late afternoon with a lot of wind. accumulations again look fairly minimal but watch the roads if you're driving around to any super bowl watch parties. light snow may stick around into monday morning

temps bottom out tuesday and wednesday morning but we should warm back above average into the mid 30s by thursday. elias: let's get into the top five this morning.... elias: authorities continue the investigation of a house fire that happened early thursday morning in nevada. when firefighters arrived, they found the home in flames....and one man dead inside. the body of 36

blazek was found inside the house. investigators are still working on how blazek died. elias: in the number two spot this morning... elias: a metro teacher has resigned after being accused of exposing himself at valley west mall last month. the criminal complaint states that former lincoln high school teacher michael madson alledgedly exposed himself to a female mall employee outside of the great american cookie company. the des moines school district immediately put on administrative leave after the incident and was not allowed to return to school. elias: the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door... elias: democratic presidential candidates hillary clinton and bernie sanders clashed on healthcare, labels, and campaign funding at last night's debate in new hampshire.... meanwhile, questions remain over at least two democratic precincts from the iowa caucus....with some participants saying their precinct delegate was won by sanders...but credited to clinton.

credited to clinton. elias: number four... elias: ankeny leaders moving closer to building a new library and council chambers. the project will cost between 15 and 17 million dollars. the money will come from three funding sources -- capital reserves, civic trust funds and a bond that must be approved by voters. the current library will be renovated and house other city offices once the new facility is done. elias: and finally in the top five... elias: many hawkeye fans would probably like to forget about the rosebowl... but an iowa lawmaker isn't letting it go. senator mark chelgren has taken issue with stanford's halftime show, which made fun of iowa. now, he is pushing for a bill that would require the school to make a formal apology. it also stops any collaboration until the apology is made.

the statehouse...whe democrats are making a bold governor to privatize medicaid. elias: the governor's plan to change over iowa's medicaid has been met with criticism... even the federal the state was not ready on they moved the deadline of the march first. but democratic senators say it's whole to halt the plan.. "gronstal - 11:20 they november and signing people up left and rightr and they're point. we think it's timr eto pull the plug on this, go back to the old system, maybe someday come back to this issue." elias: house republicans say repealing the step in the direction... and further. the bill gets to it will likely be dead on arrival.

moving forward instead of looking back and protect a status quo " elias: speaker upmeyer says another reason the bother debating the bill is because any repeal of the medicaid privatization would just be vetoed by branstad. elias: meterologist (sam adlibs) sam:

it's finally friday and we're looking at a fairly mild and average february day. we'll be overcast with a lighter breeze out of the west keeping our highs right around 32 degrees. there will be a few flurries to a light dusting that will likely swing through northern and possibly central iowa this afternoon, so while a couple roads may get slick accumulations should be minimal. overnight we will be fairly mild with a low in the mid 20s and a calm wind. saturday is going to be warmer and feel fairly nice with highs climbing into the mid and upper 30s. sunday we'll climb right next to 40 for the high, but a few light snow showers may swing back through in the late afternoon with a lot of wind. accumulations again look fairly minimal but watch the roads if you're driving around to any super bowl watch parties. light snow may stick around into monday morning with heavy winds and falling temperatures. temps bottom out tuesday and wednesday morning

back above average into the mid 30s by thursday. elias: fans of a elias: fans of a popular vietnamese restaurant in des moines had the chance to place their orders once again at a dong last night.... an august fire heavily damaged the eatery, forcing it to close as owners had the interior rebuilt. fixing the smoke damage was the main problem, but owners say a lot of little things added to the delay... last night, to reward the loyal customers for their patience, the restaurant offered a free dinner.. while things aren't quite back to normal yet, they're excited to be reopened. neal ngu, owner: "well, neal ngu, owner: "well, somehow we had a feeling that we would get back on track because our customers always

matter what. we knew if we reopened, they would come back." the owners estimated that at customers waiting in line last night were regulars excited return to the restaurant. elias: we'll take a with lots more iowa still ahead... coming up, as football fans get ready for time performers talk about being huge event. elias: but first...for into polk county...be safe this morning... the sheriff's office has automated traffic enforcement vehicles at two locations.... one at the ...43- hundred block of northwest morningstar drive... and a second at the ...44-hundred block of northeast 23rd avenue so take care on today... let's also get a

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"your wathcing good elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." sam: weather adlib: it's finally friday and we're looking at a fairly mild and average february day. we'll be overcast with a lighter breeze out of the west keeping our highs right around 32 degrees. there will be a few flurries to a light dusting that will likely swing through northern and possibly central iowa this afternoon, so while a couple roads may get slick accumulations

fairly mild with a low in the mid 20s and a calm wind. saturday is going to be warmer and feel fairly nice with highs climbing into the mid and upper 30s. sunday we'll climb right next to 40 for the high, but a few light snow showers may swing back through in the late afternoon with a lot of wind. accumulations again look fairly minimal but watch the roads if you're driving around to any super bowl watch parties. light snow may stick around into monday morning with heavy winds and falling temperatures. temps bottom out tuesday and wednesday morning but we should warm back above average into the mid 30s by thursday. elias: elias: sunday's big game will have plenty of fans excited for the match-up between denver

carolina...but not everyone tunes in for just the big plays... some enjoy the commercials...so me the commentary....an d some look forward to the half-time entertainment... this year, british rock band coldplay will entertain the millions tuning in....yesterday, the band actually explained how they were picked to be the half- time performers... " --sot--chris martin how do you get this gig, do you campaign? how does it all come together, how did you get it? chris martin/singer, coldplay: we started in iowa 3 years ago, we had a bus, a small bus, and at that point not very many investors. we had barely enough money to afford one can of pepsi. pepsi stepped in they were very sweet, they gave us a bigger bus we got some stickers, coldplay for 2016 and we just got out there and we just worked our little butts off and low and behold, the voters of america said alright, you have a go."

martin of course relating the selection process to the current presidential race.... elias: everyone is doing their best to pick who will be the winner of sunday's big game...and we have seen a wide range of ways to choose a team... some use go high-tech.,...with advanced computers studying tons of stats....some just go with their gut....and others kingdom.... "kind of sniffed them both then decided that the carolina panthers are going to win on sunday! " elias: misha, four year old siberian tiger at the blank park zoo, the matchup... no surprise she fellow felines the carolina panthers... of the past six superbowls- the zoo's animals have correctly picked four winners.

we'll take another short break here on good morning iowa...but when we return... he may be vying for a presidential win, but the republican frontrunner has shown up among

"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 it's finally friday and we're looking at a fairly mild and average february day. we'll be overcast with a lighter breeze out of the west keeping our highs right around 32

light dusting that will likely swing through northern and possibly central iowa this afternoon, so while a couple roads may get slick accumulations should be minimal. overnight we will be fairly mild with a low in the mid 20s and a calm wind. saturday is going to be warmer and feel fairly nice with highs climbing into the mid and upper 30s. sunday we'll climb right next to 40 for the high, but a few light snow showers may swing back through in the late afternoon with a lot of wind. accumulations again look fairly minimal but watch the roads if you're driving around to any super bowl watch parties. light snow may stick around into monday morning with heavy winds and falling temperatures. temps bottom out tuesday and wednesday morning but we should warm back above average into the mid 30s by thursday. sam toss back.

toss back. elias: in take a look at this today...the nobel prizes could become trump

elias: among this year's nobel peace prize nominees is -- donald trump. the republican presidential candidate has been nominated for the 2016 prize by a mystery patron. the nobel committee counts among its recipients martin luther king junior, the red cross and, in 2009, president obama. many nobel observers expect trump's nomination to fall by the wayside. they reminds us of others who were nominated but never won, like adolf hitler, benito mussolini, and vladimir putin. all:

sabrina elias: well time now for another short break... but when we come back... 20-15 turned out to be a crazy year for cyclone athletics...and the man in charge talks about the past...and his game plan for 20-16 with local

"you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." elias: 2015 was a roller coaster of emotions for the iowa state athletic department especially when it comes to basketball and football.

director jon schaeffer sat down with athletic director jamie pollard to talk about 2015 and what we can expect for this year. " the year didn't start the way jamie pollard expected-- he suffered a heart attack which is admittedly something he doesn't think about much these days. after watching isu men's hoops claim back to back big 12 championships it was on to the ncaa tournament where the hope was high-- but reality didn't live up to it. now the ncaa tournament didn't go as iowa state had hoped it would with a first round loss to uab what was your reaction to that? well it was disappointing for everybody because you were still living on the high of the big 12 championship and then we drew that first game the thursday game and you're early on thursday morning and um it was like it was over before it ever started and like a bad dream. but as you learn in athletics tomorrow comes whether you want it to or not and life had to go on and so we've put

on that spring as the mayor-- fred hoiberg moved on to the chicago bulls. one of the most beloved coaches in school history. head coach steve "he was the perfect person to follow fred. because he is extremely humble. most people would have run from fred's legacy because it would be stifling. and he's been able to embrace it. and work with it." then the attention turned to the football season. paul rhoads was under pressure to find success from the iowa state fan base. unfortunately-- the program didn't make the turn in the right direction. rhoads went 3-9 before being let go. "coach rhoads is a great football coach but that friendship piece makes it easier and harder. it's easier because we are so close that you were able to just work through it in a way that was good for everybody involved." "in less than two weeks pollard had already gotten the guy he wanted. toledo head coach matt campbell who fit the mentality of what it takes to coach at iowa state. "he wanted to be at a place where if we won

there were places he could have went where they would say when we win a championship this is what you do. that's not the kind of environment he wanted to be at he wanted to be at something where he could build it. that is kind of our mantra in our athletics department so he fit that." so expectations for 2016 couldn't be bigger from fans in both basketball and football. in 2016 is it too much for fans to expect a sweet 16 basketball team and a bowl bound football team? "absolutely not. that's what our coaches and our administration aspires to do i think we'd all be disappointed if we weren't in the you know got to that level in basketball with the team that we have this year. i do recognize it's hard but we are clearly one of the top 16 teams in the country and so i hope that happens. as far as a

be no different for next year. elias: time for another break... coming up 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 after this. "you're watching good

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 sabrina elias elias: elias: weather is

in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... meteorologist sam schreier. sam: (adlib toss) sam weather adlib: it's finally friday and we're looking at a fairly mild and average february day. we'll be overcast with a lighter breeze out of the west keeping our highs right around 32 degrees. there will be a few flurries to a light dusting that will likely swing through northern and possibly central iowa this afternoon, so while a couple roads may get slick accumulations should be minimal. overnight we will be fairly mild with a low in the mid 20s and a calm wind. saturday is going to be warmer and feel fairly nice with highs climbing into the mid and upper 30s. sunday we'll climb right next to 40 for the high, but a few light snow showers may swing back through in the late afternoon with a lot of wind. accumulations again look fairly minimal but watch the roads if you're driving around to any super bowl

into monday morning with heavy winds and falling temperatures. temps bottom out wednesday morning back above average thursday. elias: continues into a house fire in nevadae... elias: fire crews responded to the fire early thursday morning... investigators initially described the blaze at a home on the 800 block of north avenue as suspicious. as firefighters moved in to fight the flames, they found the body of 36 year-old adam blazek. police say the rest of his family was not home at the time. "the fire itself is suspicious only because of the markings and the indicators that are there. we have people on the scene still processing it. we'll make a

everything together." elias: inestigators are still piecing together exactly what happened inside of the home. elias: we are also following the case of a metro teacher...who has been accused of exposing himself to a female employee of valley west mall... former lincoln high school teacher michael madson has been questioned by police reguarding the accusations. local 5 went to madson's home for comment on the case, but no one answered. the des moines school district says madson was immediately put on administrative leave after the incident and was not allowed to return to school. he resigned his position on tuesday. elias: new this morning, ankeny leaders taking steps to keep up with the city's growth... elias: the city is closer to building a new library and council chambers. the project will cost between $15 and $17 million dollars. the money will come from three funding sources -- capital reserves, civic trust funds and

voters. city leaders say it's the right time to make the move, since ankeny's population continues to grow so fast. david jones, ankeny city manager: "our library is about half the size of comparable communities' library, and it was time to address that and some of the critical needs in the city and this plan will do that." elias: ankeny city council has approved a plan that would start some reshuffling with city buildings. the current library will be renovated and house other city offices once the new facility is done. elias: many hawkeye fans would probably like to forget about the rosebowl... but an iowa lawmaker isn't letting it go. it wasn't the lopsided score of the ballgame with stanford that angers him - but the halftime show. maybe you saw part of it, the marching band that took the field basically making fun of iowa. there was a larger-than-life cow running

fun at farmers. a republican senator wants to pass a law requiring stanford to make a formal apology. " 40:51 what it says - future collarboaration between stanford and regents universities whould be put on hold until that apology's made publicly." elias: chelgren says he's a hawkeye fan, but he's not a sore loser - he says this bill is about the band and their halftime performance that was in poor taste. he says it's idependent of the football teams. chelgren says the bill is a way to patch up - what could be long term animosity between stanford and the state of iowa. other lawmakers don't antipate the bill getting very far at all. elias: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam:

it's finally friday and we're looking at a fairly mild and average february day. we'll be overcast with a lighter breeze out of the west keeping our highs right around 32 degrees. there will be a few flurries to a light dusting that will likely swing through northern and possibly central iowa this afternoon, so while a couple roads may get slick accumulations should be minimal. overnight we will be fairly mild with a low in the mid 20s and a calm

to be warmer and feel fairly nice with highs climbing into the mid and upper 30s. sunday we'll climb right next to 40 for the high, but a few light snow showers may swing back through in the late afternoon with a lot of wind. accumulations again look fairly minimal but watch the roads if you're driving around to any super bowl watch parties. light snow may stick around into monday morning with heavy winds and falling temperatures. temps bottom out tuesday and wednesday morning but we should warm back above average into the mid 30s by thursday. elias: for the democratic presidential hopefuls, their last debate before the new hampshire primary was the most spirited one yet. hillary clinton and bernie sanders battled over their records on a host of issues and defended against each other's attack lines on the campaign trail. abc's bazi kanani has more. " script: (kanani) good morning. this was the first democratic debate with just two candidates on the stage, and with just days to go until the next round of voting... the candidates did not hold back.

face-to-face for the last time before the new hampshire primary (clinton) i think it is time for you to end the very artful smear that you and your campaign have been carrying out. the candidates clashing over charges of not standing up to wall street. (sanders) i helped lead the effort again deregulation. sanders again refused to go after clinton for her email controversy. (sanders) i will not politicize it. instead? going after her connections to the establishment. (sanders) secretary clinton does represent the establishment. (clinton) senator sanders is the only person who, i think, would characterize me, a woman, running to be the first woman president as exemplifying the establishment. (kanani) the republicans are up next. their final debate before the new hampshire primary is

elias: of course the republican debate already drawing some criticism from a few of its participants.. due to the number of candidates, only one debate will be held saturday night... and under the criteria set by a-b-c to be included on the debate stage....presiden tial candidate carly fiorina has been cut from the roster... high profile republicans mitt romney and newt gingrich, along with candidates ted cruz and ben carson have called this a mistake, saying she should be included. elias: while clinton and sanders may be focusing on new hampshire... back in iowa, many questions still remain about the results from monday's democratic caucus.... some people say there precinct delegate was won by sanders, but somehow was credited to clinton and they aren't sure why. the confusion includes at least two democratic precincts in woodbury county in western iowa....and has some participants questioning the caucus process in iowa. " "our precinct went for sanders. oto's precinct, the paper work was filled out showing they went for sanders and yet somehow the democratic party is reporting it for clinton," said patrick

more people step and make those available," said elias: while they changes in the iowa caucus system...both men say they still plan to participate again. elias: local 5 has been in touch with the iowa democratic here's a statement. democratic party has final results. any concerns we the local level and with the reporting internal party documents. " meantime, the register teed off on the iowa editorial " once again the world is laughing at iowa. we can take ribbing over our quirky process. but what we even the whiff of impropriety or error. "what happened the democratic debacle, period. democracy, the local party

obscure. but the refusal to undergo scrutiny or allow for an appeal reeks of autocracy." stay with local 5, we'll keep you updated on developments with regard to the the iowa caucus numbers. elias: at ((time check)) we'll take a short break here on good morning iowa... coming up, sam has a look at the weekend forecast....and while temperatures may be a bit warmer...we'll take a look at new releases hitting theaters in case you want to stay inside where its definitely nice and warm! elias: 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...southb ound and a second at the....one- ound and a second at the....one- thousand block of 56th - northbound with the final one at the 39- hundred block of kingman - facing eastbound. so use caution while driving.. elias: while we're at

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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." elias: some major cleanup ahead for the south, especially in tennessee...over the past three days sever storms have spawned multiple tornadoes....incl uding an e-f one tornado that was caught on surveillance video as it ripped into a classroom... luckily the school day had already ended. sabrina: anchor toss to wx

sam: weather adlib: it's finally friday and we're looking at a fairly mild and average february day. we'll be overcast with a lighter breeze out of the west keeping our highs right around 32 degrees. there will be a few flurries to a light dusting that will likely swing through northern and possibly central iowa this afternoon, so while a couple roads may get slick accumulations should be minimal. overnight we will be fairly mild with a low in the mid 20s and a calm wind. saturday is going to be warmer and feel fairly nice with highs climbing into the mid and upper 30s. sunday we'll climb right next to 40 for the high, but a few light snow showers may swing back through in the late afternoon with a lot of wind. accumulations again look fairly minimal but watch the roads if you're driving around to any super bowl watch parties. light snow may stick around into monday morning with heavy winds and

temps bottom out tuesday and wednesday morning but we should warm back above average into the mid 30s by thursday. elias: we have lots more good morning iowa ahead...but first here's abc's kendis gibson and reena ninan with america's money. america's money: good morning. topping "america's money"... enjoy the low gasoline hey, good morning. topping "america's money" -- enjoy the low gas prices while you can. dpr president obama is proposing a $10 a barrel tax on oil to fund transportation projects. >> it's doubtful it will get the green light from congress. some new salads from mcdonald's have more calories and fat than the big mac. >> you factor in the buttermilk chick.

it adds up to 710 calories compared to 540 in a big mac. and the big game just days away. that could mean a lot of lost productivity. >> in recent years, an average of 6% of americans call out sick the monday after the football game. >> sales of antacids go up super bowl weekend. >> a lot of digestion taking place on sunday.

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and prescription treatment options."now, we are iowa's forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: put script here in green

we're looking at a fairly mild and average february day. we'll be overcast with a lighter breeze out of the west keeping our highs right around 32 degrees. there will be a few flurries to a light dusting that will likely swing through northern and possibly central iowa this afternoon, so while a couple roads may get slick accumulations should be minimal. overnight we will be fairly mild with a low in the mid 20s and a calm wind. saturday is going to be warmer and feel fairly nice with highs climbing into the mid and upper 30s. sunday we'll climb right next to 40 for the high, but a few light snow showers may swing back through in the late afternoon with a lot of wind. accumulations again look fairly minimal but watch the roads if you're driving around to any super bowl watch parties. light snow may stick around into monday morning with heavy winds and falling temperatures. temps bottom out tuesday and wednesday morning but we should warm

thursday. sam toss back. elias: it's friday... time for "local 5 at it's friday... time for "local 5 at the movies."

it's friday... time for "local 5 at the movies." elias: first up... george clooney is a movie star causing headaches for studio fixer josh brolin in the coen brothers' new comedy, "hail, caesar!".. set in hollywood's "golden age"...when clooney's character is kidnapped, brolin does his best to find the star...while also keeping other actors happy. "hail, caesar!" is rated p-g-13. all: (reax)

next up...we have jane austen's classic gets reimagined in "pride and prejudice and zombies." based on the mash-up book by jane austen and seth grahame- smith, the film doesn't just throw zombies into the plot without a reason, or sacrifice the original story. "pride and prejudice and zombies" is rated p-g-13 all: (reax) (reax) elias: and finally...a ladies man meets the one person who might get him to settle down in "the choice" travis and gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events. the choice is rated p-g-13

(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... we're also on facebook.... "we are iowa local 5 news"

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"you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." elias: welcome back everyone....as we wrap up our first hour, let's recap your headlines...in the morning refresh... elias: a nevada house fire remains under investigation, after police find a dead body inside. elias: the democratic presidential candidates spar on stage....while questions arise here in iowa over caucus results. elias: and a state lawmaker doesn't like the actions of the stanford marching band during the rose bowl halftime. elias: time now for another short break... but when we come back... fans of a-dong show up to support the restaurants reopening after undergoing repairs

august fire. plus sam's in with a look at your morning forecast! another full hour of good morning iowa... is right after this. " nexstar copyright" "you're watching good

"you're watching good moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " elias: good mning iowa! i'm ???. it's x:00 a-m on fifth thanks for joining us! elias: everyone with and it's great to iowa's most forecast with sam schreier! hey sam! sam: (sam adlibs) sam (sam adlibs)