have prepped for the big game. nikki it's puppy bowl sunday too! some of the little ones are now local celebrities... they call the metro their home... we'll take you to a special watch party nikki and last night's republican debate has people talking. we give you a full recap coming up next. "local 5 news at 5:30 in hd starts now. we are iowa " nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki: it's a great start weather-wise to our super bowl sunday.... but by the time the game is over, and people are headed back home... we could see some tricky conditions. local 5's bree sullivan is in to tell us what we can expect. bree? a blizzard warning and winter weather advisory are posted for parts of central and northern iowa. they will be in effect from 7pm sunday to 6pm monday. lots of sunshine through the day here in central iowa, but deteriorating conditions are on the way. the snow is beginning to work into western iowa and will make its way to the metro late this evening. accumulations are expected to stay under an inch in the metro and areas south and under two inches in northern iowa. despite the low snow totals, visibility on the roadways will be significantly reduced with winds howling from the northwest and gusting over 35 mph at times. lows tonight will be in the teens to the north and low 20s in central and southern iowa. the scattered snow showers will linger through the monday

snow will be felt throughout the day. the commute tomorrow morning will be slow going with visibility issues continuing. winds will be very strong again tomorrow blowing 20- 30mph, gusting near 45mph at times. temperatures will be drastically lower than today, not rising far above the overnight lows, leaving the metro in the lower 20s. the winds continue to be strong all the way through tuesday before quieting. the rest of the work week looks quiet and mainly dry with temperatures below the seasonal average. nikki: nikki, bree, and jordan all make their predictions and we are talking about the big game tonight... the three of us will be staying put tonight so we decided to put on a friendly bet... not just who the winning team will be or the score... we are going more in depth like which team scores first... does the first half end in a tie... and this is where it gets interesting... we bet on which song coldplay start with... and which color of gatorade gets poured on the winning coach. we are putting the loser to work... they will have to do someone's job during the ten p.m. newscast. nikki: thanks guys tonight, millions

and with that comes the big game goodies. local 5's jacob peklo caught up with some sports bars before the big game. jacob? jacob/bam nikki, i remember, back in the day, having way too many tortilla chips and cake while watching these games. although sometimes if i got too excited about the game, i'd forget to eat. local restaurants and sports bars have been prepping for today's main event... and are ready to serve up hundreds of hot

it can mean in advance for some spots, to make sure they've got enough food to go around. some even offering who wanted to avoid the rush right before the game. "it wouldn't be our top day. valentine's day is a big day for us. right around the holidays also gets very busy, but super bowl game day is also very significant. we do a ton of carryout before the big game." jacob: definitely, worldwide, people love their super bowl food. we'll break down some of the consumption numbers from this day of dining football, when ten. jacob: and already there's a score of to . earlier today, i caught up with some folks metro to see who they thought capture super bowl 50. mike howland, des moines resident: "i think it's going to be a lot of fun. i think i'm jacob peklo, off prediction?" mike howland: "i would panthers are going to bob mendenhall, west broncos win the super bowl today because i'd time." brian gwynn, west des moines: "i think the broncos are going to win. peyton manning's going to go out on top." jacob, off camera: "do brian gwynn, west des going to be close. cam newton's too good to get blown out." moines resident:

my team. i guess i've got a lot of personal things i like about them and it's just that way. i just love them." ashley howland, des moines resident: "i think it's going to be the broncos because jimmy fallon did the thing with the puppies where he had them choose between the two teams and they chose the broncos, so i'm sticking with the puppies." hallie sallee, drake student: "probably because it's peyton manning. so, i think it's probably going to be a big game for him and potentially his last, so there'll be that little extra inspiration there for him, probably pull something off." jacob: now, not to say i don't have an original thought on this one, but i have similar thoughts on this one. what better story line is there for peyton manning to do what jerome bettis did for the steelers ten years ago, and cap his hall of fame career with a title. nikki? nikki: thanks jacob. we aren't all big football fans.... some of us look forward to this day for another reason.

it took place earlier this afternoon on animal planet. but some of the stars are known locally.... thier fans gathered at legends sports bar in west des moines to see how it came out. " nats as countiss makes a run into ruff territory they have to grab a toy and run to either end and whatever puppy does that gets a touchdown or they'll get a field goal if their foot happens to go over the line countiss is running a sneaky play we're just here having fun enjoying the puppys being in puppy bowl it's just something fun for our volunteers and followers to do you're kind of nervous on how exactly they're going to put it together and espcially seeing how each puppy is involved as far as their filming went so it''ll be intresting team rough stella mounts a drive with a yellow duck it's exciting to see them run and play cause thats what happens at home a lot of people dont get to see that. puppy bowl is supposed to bring awarness to shelter and rescue dogs and show that you can get any kind of dog from a rescue or shelter you dont need to purchase dogs these were dogs that were thrown away by somebody they were going to be euthanized in shelters or tossed circumstance they've look at them they're this is the 12th

as we mentioned looking for adoption starred in the game. we'll hear from miss sassy and her new family tonight at ten. nikki: switching to politics now. nikki: plenty of fireworks from new hampshire during last night's republican debate right here on local 5. and... there could be serious consequences for some of the candidates. abc's jon karl has more from the granite state. "back at center stage again - donald trump responded to questions from his rivals about whether he has the temperament to be commander in chief. sot - i actually think i have the best temperament. it was ted cruz who had said just this week that trump was so intemperate he might nuke denmark - asked about that, he backed off. muir: you said he doesn't have the temperament to be

words? cruz: i think that is an assessment the voters are going to make. trump: if you noticed, he didn't answer your question. cruz also apologized to ben carson? after his campaign wrongly claimed the doctor was going to drop out, right before the iowa caucuses. sot - 20:25:51- cruz - when this transpired i apologized to him then and i do so now, ben, i'm sorry. sot - 20:27:42 - carson: we can see what happened, everybody can see what happened and you can make your own judgment. but the biggest target of the night was marco rubio - he had been on a roll in new hampshire - but he ran into a buzz saw named chris christie christie: you have not been involved in a consequential decision where you had to be held accountable. you just simply haven't. 20:31:34 rubio: i think the experience is not just what you did, but how it worked out. 20:32:41 marco, the thing is this. when you're president of the united states, when you are a governor of a state, that memorized 30 second speech where you talk about how great america is at the end of it doesn't solve one problem. perhaps the real story of the night was the governors - christie, kasich and bush dominated much of the debate. kasich: we have to solve problems in america by coming together, republicans and democrats, americans first, party and ideology second backseat of this country. jeb bush went after trump on the issue of eminent domain - until trump shushed him: sot - trump - let me talk. quiet (boos) trump basking in the boos did something never seen before in a presidential debate - he attacked the audience sot - trump - that's all of his donors out and special interests out there. that's what it is (boos) " nikki: the first in the nation new hampshire primary is set to

party has announced the results of the caucus... are a little different than they originally released.. the party reviewed 14 precincts on a case by case basis after reports that errors were made... and found a total of five mistakes. after making the changes... hillary clinton still came out on top... but beating by a smaller margin. at 49.84 percent martin o'malley also got a boost going to .54 percent. nikki: a prominent des moines businesses man has died.... officials say former prinicipal ceo david hurd passed away yesterday.... he was 86 years old. he was the prinicipal ceo from 1989 to 1994 des moines police say his death is not

nikki: coming up on local 5 news at 5:30... the iowa men's basketball team takes on illinois. we'll have the detials coming nikki: life serve looks to catch up... they're experiencing a dangerously low blood supply. they're doing now to get donate. 5 news at 5:30 in hd. we are iowa"

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blood donation. nikki/2shot we are iowa's most accurate weather team... meteorologist james peterson is here now... bree: i'll have your forecast coming up. "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast certified by

experts" bree/wx wall a blizzard warning and winter weather advisory are posted for parts of central and northern iowa. they will be in effect from 7pm sunday to 6pm monday. lots of sunshine through the day here in central iowa, but deteriorating conditions are on the way. the snow is beginning to work into

make its way to the metro late this evening. accumulations are expected to stay under an inch in the metro and areas south and under two inches in northern iowa. despite the low snow totals, visibility on the roadways will be significantly reduced with winds howling from the northwest and gusting over 35 mph at times. lows tonight will be in the teens to the north and low 20s in central and southern iowa. the scattered snow showers will linger through the monday morning hours and the effects of blowing snow will be felt throughout the day. the commute tomorrow morning

continuing. winds will be very strong again tomorrow blowing 20- 30mph, gusting near 45mph at times. temperatures will be drastically lower than today, not rising far above the overnight lows, leaving the metro in the lower 20s. the winds continue to be strong all the way through tuesday before quieting. the rest of the work week looks quiet and mainly dry with temperatures below the seasonal average. nikki/three shot from 7pm sunday to 6pm monday. lots of sunshine

deteriorating conditions are on the way. the snow is beginning to work into western iowa and will make its way to the metro late this evening. accumulations are expected to stay under an inch in the metro and areas south and under two inches in northern iowa. despite the low snow totals, visibility on the roadways will be significantly reduced with winds howling from the northwest and gusting over 35 mph at times. lows tonight will be in the teens to the north and low 20s in central and southern iowa. the scattered snow showers will linger through the monday morning hours and the effects of blowing snow will be felt throughout the day. the commute tomorrow morning will be slow going with visibility issues continuing. winds will be very strong again

45mph at times. temperatures will be drastically lower than today, not rising far above the overnight lows, leaving the metro in the lower 20s. the winds continue to be strong all the way through tuesday before quieting. the rest of the work week looks quiet and mainly dry with temperatures below the seasonal average. nikki/three shot the iowa hawkeyes hit the road this afternoon... jordan: trying avoid that dreaded letdown game, especially now that they're in first place in the big ten... coming up on local 5 sports, highlights and reaction from champaign illinois, up next... " now, local 5 sports with jordan furbee. we

jordan: if there was a cupcake stretch of the big ten schedule for iowa, this is it. after wins over ranked teams like michigan state and purdue. the only ranked team on iowa's final 8 games of the slate is #22 indiana which just lost to penn state! but anything can happen on the road in the big ten! the franimal and the hawks taking on illinois.

streak. he knocks in back to back threes. early. illinois started the game ice cold from inside the arc. 0-12 until maverick morgan lays it in! iowa would go up at halftime. jarrod uthoff somehow left wide open underneath. he finished with 18 and 12. 2nd half, illini pull within 6 as they knock in the three. but they wouldn't come any closer. adam woodbury with yet another good game. hate on haters. he had 10 points and 14 boards! then it was jok jams 20-16! peter jok cashes in the three. then on the other end, jok with the steal and jok with the jam! he had a game high 23 points. iowa wins comfortably! 77-65! with more from champaign, here's alex giaimo. "alex giaimo recaps iowa's win over illinois." the iowa women fell for the third time at

illinois." the iowa women fell for the third time at carver this season.

74-69 the final to #17 michigan state. ally disterhoft led the way with 17. hawks back in action thursday at home versus #7 ohio state. jordan: outright first place is once again on the line for the drake women. two weeks ago the bulldogs were in the same scenario, before falling at home versus uni... but a pair of losses by the panthers leaves drake with a chance to move on up! this afternoon, they welcome in fellow conference leader missouri state... bulldogs up 70-49 going into the 4th... caitlin ingle with the great pass down low to lizzy wendell for two. then it's ingle again this time to sara rhine. rhine had 16 points! the bears try

the drake lead to 14. but the bulldogs were on a different level today. ingle sends it back to wendell who pump fakes and then drains the three. she finished with a game high 23. then it's ingle again to wendell. caitlyn finished with 10 assists to go along with 16 points. bulldogs roll past the bears. 95-72 and move into first place alone in the valley. we'll hear from coach (buh-ron- check) baranczyk and players tonight at 10. uni moves into a tie for 2nd with missouri state. they beat wichita state 69-48. madison weekly had 19. panther head to terre haute on friday. jordan/2shot nikki: we'll be right back... you're watching local

a and northern iowa. they will be in effect from 7pm sunday to 6pm monday. lots of sunshine through the day here in central iowa, but deteriorating conditions are on the way. the snow is beginning to work into western iowa and will make its way to the metro late this evening. accumulations are expected to stay under an inch in the metro and areas south and under two inches in northern iowa. despite the low snow totals, visibility on the roadways will be significantly reduced with winds howling from the northwest and gusting over 35 mph at times. lows tonight will be in the teens to the north and low 20s in central and southern iowa. the scattered snow showers will linger through the monday morning hours and the effects of blowing snow will be felt throughout the day. the commute tomorrow morning will be slow going

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