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 falling temperatures. temps bottom out tuesday and wednesday morning but we should warm back above average

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 year-old adam 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. local five went to his home to try and get a comment...but no one answered. 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,

over at least two democratic precincts from the iowa caucus....with some saying their delegate was sanders...but clinton. elias: number four... elias: ankeny leaders building a new library and chambers. cost between 15 dollars. the money will 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.

more news from the statehouse...whe re senate democrats are making a bold move to stop governor branstad's plan to privatize medicaid. elias: the governor's plan to change over iowa's medicaid has been met with lots of criticism... even the federal government says the state was not ready on january first, so they moved the deadline of the rollout to march first. but democratic senators say it's time to stop the whole thing....and have introduced a bill to halt the plan.. "gronstal - 11:20 they assured us back in november and december they were signing people up left and rightr and they're point. we think it's timr this, go back to the old system, maybe someday come back to this issue." elias: house republicans say repealing the plan would be a step in the direction... and further. the house floor dead on arrival. "upmeyer - 27:10 i'm instead of looking

elias: speaker upmeyer says another reason the house won't bother debating the bill is because any repeal of the medicaid privatization would just be vetoed by governor branstad. elias: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam: it's finally friday and fairly mild and average overcast with a lighter breeze out of highs right around 32 degrees. there will be a few flurries to a light dusting that will likely swing through northern and possibly afternoon, so while a

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.

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, somehow we had a feeling that we would get back on track because our customers always stand behind us no matter what. we knew if we reopened, they would come back." elias: the owners estimated that at least half of the customers waiting in line last night were regulars excited to be able to return to the restaurant. elias: at ((time check))

with lots more good morning iowa still ahead... coming up, as football fans sunday's big game....the half- time performers a part of such a huge event. elias: those traveling into polk this morning... the sheriff's office has automated traffic enforcement locations.... of northwest and a second at northeast 23rd so take care on 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 elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam morning iowa." elias: weather events, large enough to be seen from space...but a fire at a landfill in india grew so large it could be captures on pictures take from orbit... nasa released these images, showing smoke from the massive blaze filling the atmosphere... the fire actually burnefd for three days... sabrina: elias: (anchor toss to wx) sam: adlib toss. sam:

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 northern and possibly afternoon, so while a slick accumulations should be minimal. overnight we will be fairly mild with a low in 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

into the mid 30s by thursday. elias: sunday's big game will have plenty of fans excited for the match-up between denver and 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

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." elias: vo continues 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 may even rely on

"kind of sniffed them the carolina panthers elias: misha, four year tiger at the blank park zoo, the matchup... sticks with her and going with the carolina superbowls- the zoo's animals have correctly picked four winners. elias: we have lots more good morning iowa ahead...but first here's abc's reena ninan and kendis gibson with tech bytes. techbytes: in today's tech bytes... apple music announces a major update for android devices. hey, there. in today's "techbytes" -- apple music announce mace jor update for android devices. >> some users will be ability to download their music catalogs

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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 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

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 into the mid 30s by thursday. toss back. sabrina

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 five... ...but first here's what happened last night on

"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. local 5 sports 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.

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 learn in athletics whether you want it to that in the memory bank and moved on." pollard then watched on that spring as the mayor-- fred hoiberg chicago bulls. that meant replacing one of the most beloved coaches in he chose murray state head coach steve prohm. "he was the perfect person to follow extremely humble.

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 a championship he would be the first 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

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 bowl game that's our goal every year that'll be no different for next year. elias: time for another break... coming up sam's in with central iowa's most accurate forecast...

look at traffic... this is i-235 at euclid... [current conditions] good morning iowa returns after this.

"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 sabrina 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: it's finally friday and we're looking at a fairly mild and average february day. we'll be

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 back above average into the mid 30s by

elias: the investigation 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 determination later once we get 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

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 a bond that must be approved by 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

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 around, and band members poking 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

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: 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

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.

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. the top two democrats 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.

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 this saturday night, right here on abc." 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. "

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 west. "there needs to be more people step forward and question and make those numbers more available," said schwarz. " elias: while they would like to see some 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 party about these accounts. here's a statement. "the iowa democratic party has released our final results. any concerns we will look into at the local level and with the parties involved. reporting sheets are internal party documents. " meantime, the des moines register teed off on the iowa democrats in an editorial thursday, saying " once again the world is laughing at iowa. we can take ribbing over our

but what we can't stomach is even the whiff of impropriety or error. "what happened monday night at the democratic caucuses was a debacle, period. democracy, particularly at the local party level, can be slow, messy and 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. with regard to the the iowa caucus numbers. elias: short break coming up, sam has a look at the weekend forecast....and while temperatures may be a bit warmer...we'll new releases hitting theaters where its and warm! elias: but before we go...as you get ready to start your day...be safe out on the roads.... des moines mobile radar set locations... ....seven-hundred parkway...southb ound and a second at thousand block with the final hundred block

facing eastbound. so use caution while driving.. elias: while we're at it... a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at mlk... [current conditions] good morning iowa continues after this!

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: 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

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.

elias: we have more good morning iowa coming up right after the break... but first here's what's coming up on "good morning america."

morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." elias: 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

"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) sam: next up...we have jane austen's 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

zombies" is rated p-g-13 all: (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 all: (reax) elias: time for another

before we go let's get a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at west mixmaster [current conditions] sam says ??? he's in with central iowa's most accurate forecast next... good morning iowa continues after this!

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 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

back through in the lot of wind. accumulations again watch the roads if to any super bowl watch parties. light snow may stick around into monday morning with heavy winds and falling temperatures. tuesday and wednesday morning but we should warm back above average into the mid 30s by thursday. sam toss back.

a final look at the top five... all the news you need to know before you head out the door... right after this.

elias: let's get a final look at your top five.... elias: authorities continue the investigation of a house fire that happened early thursday morning in nevada. when firefighters

in flames....and one man dead inside. the body of 36 year-old adam blazek was found inside the house. investigators are still working on how blazek died. sabrina: 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. local five went to his home to try and get a comment...but no one answered. the des moines school district immediately put on administrative leave after the incident and was not allowed to return to school. sabrina: 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. sabrina: elias: number four... elias: ankeny leaders moving closer to building a new library and council chambers. the project will cost between 15

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. sabrina: elias: and finally... you'll want to know about this story in the big 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. sabrina elias: sam is in with a final look at central iowa's most accurate forecast... sam final 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

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. sabrina elias: thanks for watching! good morning, america. a major storm hitting the northeast, 11 states under advisories as schools close and millions get ready for a dangerous commute this morning. fight night in new hampshire.

sanders come out swinging in