5 news midday. .we are iowa's most accurate weather team and we start with your forecast first." sam after a brutal weekend of snow and deep cold air, we are turning up the heat in the forecast, but we do have to wait a couple days. today is going to be mostly cloudy but temperatures should be able to warm above freezing, which means we are looking at some good snow melt today. highs will climb into the upper 30s and then lows tonight will fall down to a low near 30. a system is going to pass through the state tonight into tomorrow morning and should bring us a wide range of precipitation. we'll start out with a pretty good amount of rain overnight and as we go towards tomorrow morning some of that rain will turn into freezing rain. on local five news midday.... the driver involved in the hit and run that killed one isu freshman is due in court today. sabrina: with the passing of supreme court justice antonin scalia, president obama

opinion over nominating a replacement. sabrina: candidates the debate stage with just five days left until carolina primary. "local 5 news midday in hd starts now. we are iowa" sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for midday...i'm sabrina: today there was a fatal morning. it happened just a semi truck northbound on i-35 jack-knifed. killing the driver of the semi. officials have confirmed that it was a single occupant accident, traffic had to be 56 to highway 28 at martensdale to get into the traffic resumed around 6:45 this morning. sabrina: shooting up in sunday evening. the 100 block of at around 8 pm two people were

the victim was air lifted to the des moines hospital. the suspect was taken to a hospital in fort dodge. the names of the victim and the suspect are not being released at the time, pending further investigation. sabrina: new this morning, a snowmobile accident leaves one man seriously injured sunday... sabrina: the man had been part of group snowmobiling west of boone sunday afternoon along highway 30... the iowa department of natural resources says 35-year-old damion louk was in the middle of the line of snowmobiles, when his ski caught deep snow near a culvert. that sent louk and the snowmobile airborne....landin g about 150 feet away. first responders carried him to a nearby hospital. louk was later transferred by helicopter to mercy medical center in des moines. sabrina: a weekend accident leaves a fort dodge catholic school community in mourning.. sabrina: a saturday car crash claimed the life of a saint edmond school middle school student authorities say 13 year old duane touney

sister, when she fell asleep behind the wheel. the car then went off the roadway on 170th street and rolled over into a ditch. police say touney's siblings were taken to the hospital, but later released. on sunday, the school opened, to provide counseling to students and parents. mary gibb, president of st. edmond school: "it's very important that the parents are here getting support, because they're going to be the ones at home at night answering their questions about why." sabrina: the school will continue to offer grief counseling services throughout the week, and as long as students request it. sabrina: also developing now in urbandale...a police investigation ends up with one man being shot by police... sabrina: officers responded to a drug tip at an urbandale holiday inn about four-a-m sunday.... when they got there, three suspects began fighting with them. during the scuffle, a man shot at the officers, and an officer returned fire, killing that man. authorities say video from officer body cameras and the hotel will be big parts of the case.

department: "video crime and investigation been wearing body cameras for quite some time." " sabrina: the name of the officer and the at this time. two female suspects fled from the scene and were arrested about the road. agencies were called in to assist. accused of plead not guilty this morning... sabrina: i-s-u freshman emmalee jacobs died after being struck by a vehicle in december.. benjamin cgue january 20th survelliance video inside his cy-ride bus suggested he hit her. complaint later showed, clague but kept going later that he hit jacobs. clague could years in prison. and today he submitted a written arraignment, pleading not guilty. clague's pre- trial conference is set for march 22. and his jury trial is set for april 5.

updated on this case as it develops. meteorologist joins us again with a look at weather adlib: after a brutal deep cold air, we are do have to wait a couple days. today is going to be mostly cloudy but temperatures should freezing, which means we are looking at some good snow melt today. the upper 30s and then lows tonight will fall down to a low near 30. a system is going to pass through the state tonight into tomorrow morning and should bring us a wide range of precipitation. we'll start out with a pretty good amount of rain overnight and as we go towards tomorrow morning some of that rain will turn into freezing rain. temperatures will bottom out by tomorrow morning and we'll see a very wet snow with around 1 to 2 inches of accumulation possible. highs tomorrow will stay above freezing in the afternoon and then cool back down

return rapidly with highs in the low stick around through saturday! sabrina: statehouse now...the first iowa lawmakers comes up friday... sabrina: february 19th will be the first "funnel" day for iowa lawmakers. it's the final date for senate and house bills to be voted out of their respective committees. this morning, we recap some of the hot button issues being debated at the capitol. first up, the fight against governor branstad's medicaid privatization plan. sabrina: last thursday, the senate passed a bill that would terminate the contracts the state has with three companies. but that may be where this bill stops.... house

the bill when it arrives, sabrina: education out to be one of issues...which had lawmakers priority for 20- 16. both the house plans for the coming school year, but they have not made it looking ahead, passed a bill for a 4 percent increase for the that bill, too, moves on to the house. sabrina: some other big issues at the statehouse... a move to expand medical marijuana in iowa, aimed at making access easier. iowa lawmakers getting involved in concussion safety... a bill would require an athletic trainer to be on hand at any varsity football, soccer, or wrestling event. a new bill would end the public intoxication offense, but does not offer another solution. iowa lawmakers are also considering an increase to speed limits of rural two-lane highways...movin g them from 55, up to 60 or 65. and there are two proposals

coverage for families with autism. sabrina: with the governor's medicaid plan just over two- weeks away, some iowans continue to have questions about this change over... mondays iowa will focus on the privatization of medicaid.. five iowans depends on this program for their health and long-term care needs iowa senator janet petersen will join doctor deborah turner in discussing the march first change. sabrina: coming up on local 5 news midday... with the passing of supreme court justice antonin scalia, president obama now has the task of appointing a new justice. sabrina: and... popular furniture and home goods store ikea is under scrutiny overseas. we'll take a look at why, coming up. sabrina: next.... we celebrate black history month with a new episode of america's untold journey and a look back at the civil rights' movement.

"your wathcing local 5 news midday in hd with sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast. this is local 5 midday. we are iowa" sabrina: 1963 was a tumultuous year in our country as the civil rights movement heated up. and no where than saint florida... a was the battle for equality. local five has been looking at group of people struggle. you back to 19-63 america's untold journey. "narr 24 - the year is reached a fever pitch vo narr - there needed opened in the fight against segregation, and there was no better place to do would be lincolnville dentist and

businessman, dr. robert hayling. fountains ,,, a dentist and ex-army officer, hayling became the first negro member of the florida state dental society. he joined the civil rights struggle after the dental group was denied meeting facilities at white hotels and restaurants because of his membership. last summer, dr. hayling and an associate were badly beaten by kkk members when they ventured too close to a klan rally. ironically, when the case was tried, hayling was convicted of assault on the klansmen. his appeal is now pending. vo narr 24 - inspired by the words of martin luther king, jr., hayling organized local youths and began sending them into local whites-only restaurants. on a hot july day in 1963, 14 year old samuel white, 15- year old audry nell edwards, 16 year old willie carl singleton and 16 year-old joeann anderson went up to the woolworth's lunch counter and tried to order a

they were arrested. and later sentenced to one year in reform school. this harsh sentencing of drew local and putting a new spot racial unrest. sot mlk - st. augustine, is merely a symbol of an expression. of the tragedies that engulf our whole nation in relations. 00:09:26 - the scariest klans and the others were down in the slave market. they had brought in a truckload of rocks and put it in the slave market so they would have to throw at us." for more on america's untold over to the website... you can find all five serments that have aired here on good just look for the tab online at we are iowa dot com.

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most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the experts" weather adlib: weekend of snow and turning up the heat in the forecast, but we couple days. today is going to be mostly cloudy but temperatures should be able to warm above freezing, which means we are looking at some

the upper 30s and then down to a low near 30. pass through the state tonight into tomorrow morning and should bring us a wide range of precipitation. we'll start out with a pretty overnight and as we morning some of that freezing rain. bottom out by tomorrow morning wet snow with around 1 to 2 inches of accumulation possible. highs tomorrow will stay above freezing in then cool back down night. warmer air will return rapidly starting on thursday with highs in the low 50s and they will likely stick around through saturday! sam: sabrina:

still to come on local five news midday... the chrysalis foundation is on to talk about their upcoming event at the des moines botanical garden.

sabrina: chrysalis presents the dream team women who made their passion into their career our february chrysalis conversation luncheon will feature three local women: rae fehring, executive director of girlsrock!des moines, marji guyler-alaniz, founder & president of farmher, and kittie weston-knauer, the oldest female bmx racer in the nation. the first luncheon in the 2016 conversations speaker series will be moderated by jackie schmillen from great day kcwi23 on tuesday, february 23 at the greater des moines botanical garden. doors open at 11 am, and the luncheon begins at 11:30 am. the event will conclude at 1 pm. tickets are $40 per person, and are available by calling chrysalis (255-1853), or on the website: chrysalisfdn.org.

opportunities are available as well. the three women you'll meet have remarkable stories about how their hearts and minds led them to do what they most loved, and the lessons they learned along the way. hear about the courage, vision, and tenacity it takes to follow your inner heart voice. established in 1989, the chrysalis foundation is a des moines based 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to ensure safety, security, education, and economic empowerment for women and girls in greater des moines though grant-making and philanthropy. 100 percent of all contributed dollars are provided to chrysalis programs including community grants and chrysalis after- school, the foundation's signature project. the conversation luncheons offer the wisdom and experience of women whose accomplishments both

chrysalis conversations or the foundation, call (515) 255- 1853 or visit chrysalisfdn.org. follow chrysalis on facebook, and twitter @chrysalisdsm. smart girls. strong women. successful communities. 100% give back.

" you're watching : sabrina: welcome back everyone. the grammys superstars the stage, there's one could be a artist" -- abc's jesse palmer has that story. " men at work "do you come from a land down under" you may still remember the songs...... nats jody watley "i'm looking for a new love baby..." but chances are you may not be able to exactly place the artist....... nats sofie b hawkins "damn i wish i was your lover....." that's because 'the best new artist at the grammy category' has not always been the most reliable predictor of music industry longevity..... paula cole :i don't wanna wait for our lives to be over...." in 2011 jazz singer esperanza spalding beat out a 17 year old upstart..... bieber: baby, baby baby who you better beliebe

bieber: what do you mean? debbie boone: "you light up my life" debbie boone may have lit up our lives in 1978..... but foreigner....the little band she beat..... nats "i want to know what love is" would end up selling 80 million records..... nats jukebox hero and of course there was one infamous winner......who didn't actually sing their own songs..... nats millie vanilli perhaps the starland vocal band......summed it up best...... nats - afternoon delight four years after winning best new artist for ubiquitous hit...... they broke up...... telling vh1 today that winning the grammy for best new artist was "the kiss of death...:" adding "i feel sorry for everyone who's gotten it sense" jesse tag but there is some good news for this nominee's.....there have also been incredible winners in recent years like john legend,

keys, amy winehouse, and of course adele." sabrina: sam: sabrina: we turn to a piece of now, with a popular european home caught in a tax scandal. swedish-based company ikea has reportedly avoided paying taxes in europe for the past six years. that's according to a report commissioned by the european parliament. the european parliament now accusing the

money through lichtenstein and the netherlands between 2009 and 2014. ikea released a statement, saying quote: ikea group is fully committed to manage its operations in a responsible and sustainable way and we pay our taxes in full compliance with national and international tax rules and regulations. sabrina: coming up on sabrina: coming up on local 5 news midday... what's the secret to making love last? we'll take a look at how one iowa-based store has brought so many couples together. sabrina: next.... the republican presidential candidates took to the debate stage saturday night, and the gloves came off. we'll take a look back at the highlights,

" you're watching local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm sabrina ahmed. " (marco rubio/ (r) presidential candidate) i do not believe the president should appoint someone (john kasich/ (r) presidential candidate)

forward (dr. ben carson/ (r) presidential candidate) we should not allow a during his time presidential candidate) it's called delay, delay, (president obama) of time for mine for me to do so and plenty of time for the senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and timely vote. these are responsibilities that i take seriously as should everyone." already been a firing presidential campaign gets added fuel...as candidates and current office taking sides on nominate justice scalia's successor. sabrina: today, the state of iowa will mark the passing of justice antonin scalia, as governor branstad has orders all flags be flown at half staff from sunrise to sunset. and while funeral plans have yet to be made...an already epic political battle is brewing in washington over his replacement. sabrina: abc's jon karl is at the white house with that side of the story "the partisan battle over replacing justice antonin scalia came fast and furious. less than an hour after the supreme court announced scalia's death saturday, senate majority leader mitch

have a new president." told george the senate shouldn't even start the process - no matter who president obama nominates: 09:27:56 rubio: in the last year, within the last few months of the president's term, we should not be appointing supreme court justices. now, the president can go ahead and nominate whoever he wants, the senate shouldn't move forward on it until after the election. but president obama, who called scalia a "brilliant legal mind" - made clear he would move forward. sot obama: "i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time. congress are vowing to run out the clock until obama leaves the white house. that has democrats up in arms. sot chuck schumer (this week): "the kind of obstructionism that mitch mcconnell's talking about

vacancies during an election year are extremely rare. and while it's still early, the short-list of potential nominees is already forming. (gfx w/ bio info) it includes merrick garland -- chief judge of the d.c. circuit court of appeals. he's a moderate who has won praise from republicans. circuit court judge jane kelly - she may win the backing of fellow iowan chuck grassley, the republican chair of the senate judiciary committee. and sri srinavasan -- confirmed as a circuit judge 97-0 just three years ago. he would be the first justice of asian descent." sabrina: so how does this process work out... the consitution states the president quote "shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint ... judges of the supreme court." as for the supreme court, ruling on cases,

however, if there is a four to four split among the justices...the lower court ruling will stand... the last time a justce was confirmed in an election year was 19-88....when justice anthony kennedy was approved by the senate following his nomination by president ronald reagan... the longest confirmation process was 125 days...the process normally lasts 60 to 90 days... president obama has 340 days left in office. sabrina: and we also want to hear what your think about the debate... should a nominee be put forth? do you think the senate should try to hold out? and would it be better to have the next president select scalia's successor? let us know -- we may use your comments on-air. you can post you thoughts on twitter and facebook. or send us an email or give us a call . the contact information is on your screen. sabrina: turning to the presidential campaign trail-- sabrina: sabrina: with just five days until the south carolina primary, a potentially critical moment for many of the campaigns and the supreme court battle is shaping up to be a key issue.

" sot-trump debatre -- 21:06:52 'it's called "delay! delay! delay!" senator ted cruz telling george how republicans would do it and why. this week -- 0900 tw hd c-clean 74 stephanopoulos: -- does that mean that you're going to filibuster anyone -- anyone that president obama nominates? cruz: absolutely. this should be a decision for the people, george. we've got an some of the gop candidates still recovering from what many are calling the debate -- 21:33:32 while donald trump was building a reality tv show, my brother was building a security apparatus to keep us safe. and i'm proud of what he did. ( applause ) trump: the world trade center came down during your brother's reign. remember that ( booing ) more than once the trump saturday night horns thorughout the sot-trump debate -- "i wanna tell you. they destruction, there

knew there were none. there were no weapons of mass destruction ( booing )." and a battle between rubio started on immigration and ended in a different language. 22:06:20 "marco went on univision in spanish and said he would not rescind president exclusive amnesty on his first day in office" rubio: first of all, i don't know how he knows what i said on univision because he doesn't speak spanish. cruz: [in spanish] cruz later tangling with trump in a what turned into a verbal cage match sot-cruz vs trump -- 22:25:25 (a little after) tcl "he supports federal taxpayer funding for planned parenthood. i disagree with him on that. that is a matter of principle-- dt "you are the single biggest liar. you probably are worse than jeb bush. (booing) you are the single biggest liar. tag -- mention george w bush campaigining for jeb in sc today also, kasich: ohio governor john kasich predicting if this primary slugfest continues the democrats will be the ones left standing. sot-kasich -- 21:11:52 "i think we're fixing to lose the election to hillary clinton if we don't stop this." (12)" sabrina meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam weather adlib: after a brutal weekend of snow and deep cold air, we are turning up the heat in the forecast, but we

going to be mostly temperatures should freezing, which means good snow melt today. highs will climb into the upper 30s and then lows tonight will fall down to a low near 30. a system is going to pass through the state tonight into tomorrow morning and should bring us a wide range of precipitation. we'll start out with a pretty good amount of rain overnight and as we go towards tomorrow morning some of that rain will turn into freezing rain. temperatures will bottom out by tomorrow morning and we'll see a very wet snow with around 1 to 2 inches of accumulation possible. highs tomorrow will stay above freezing in the afternoon and then cool back down into the mid 20s that night. warmer air will return rapidly starting on thursday with highs in the low 50s and they will likely stick around through saturday! sabrina: now to that record-breaking cold, and a dramatic rescue in new hampshire. dozens of people in danger when their ski resort tram was trppaed fifty feet above ground. abc's gio benitez is on the scene in franconia, new

" "there was horror and harrowing rescues in new hampshire. "there was an 8 month old baby." 48 people trapped in sub - zero temperatures - hanging over 40 feet off the ground --terrified. "it swung hard and it swung back for nearly 3 hours skiers and sight see- ers left dangling in the air -two trams breaking down - rescuers able to get people to rappel down cables to safety. "so i just kind of looked down and watched everyone helping me get down." overnight - snow falling in chicago after a weekend of blinding blizzard conditions white out and white across the midwest. nats: roads littered with wreckage. nats: in indianapolis ---- leaving at least 10 this morning- in pennsylvania; i-78 is back open after this saturday; killing 3 and nats: in philadelphia 150 firefighters battling this fire - water meant to put out flames leaving this car completed covered in ice.

breaking a nearly sixty year record in boston - nine degrees below zero-- but feeling more like negative 36. the frigid freezing temperatures shattering rails and disrupting service for bostonian's. and just outside gma's windows - a valentine's day tradition -- weddings taking place in times square despite the lowest temperature in 53 years . " sabrina: sam: sabrina: we turn now to a story of love. valentines day is all about celebrating being in love... but where do these relationships start? well for many.. it's where you spend the most time. at work. one business might be a bit luckier than spend the most time. at work. one business might be a bit luckier than

as employees stock the shelves.. and shoppers make having a valentine is on mind. "i am looking for someone." know who that special history repeats itself... one of the aisles one day and started talking to her." working at fareway is definitely the right move. "you're with each other every day. .." that's where elizabeth and jon met... "she was working in the bakery and i walked by and just said hey." it wasn't love at first site for both of them.... "i liked him but i thought he was kind of rude at the time.." but as time passed.. the two realized they were a match made... in fareway heaven.

building different worked in 8 diff stores moving around and you meet a lot of different peopole and sometimes you're lucky enough to meet your wife." now they have a growing family.. their old. here's the crazy thing.. it's not just elizabeth and jon who gave walking down the aisle a whole new meaning. it's also where danielle and bill met. "walking by the meat department, saw him working one day and just kept walking..." a very shy danielle eventually made the first move.. and gave bill her number. "the rest is history." " asked her if she'd like to live here one day, if we could grow old together, and she said yes." knowing these relationships have started here... fareway took to social media... the facebook page now has dozens of responses.. couples who prove love is in the air at fareway. it gives people like mark a glimmer of hope... "oh maybe i'll go to a new store and i'll be like.. i can find someone oh maybe ill actually be that

married to someone from fareway. but for those who've made it work... some advice... don't get too close at work. "i don't think you see a lot of relationships coming out of the same department," but also some for the future. "go with the bad and improve on it, enjoy the good, just remember we're in this together." from pleasant hill kiss all: (reax) sabrina still to come on sabrina still to come on local 5 news midday... (weather) sam has the details in central iowa's most accurate forecast next.

forecast with meteorologist sam weatherrate the experts" weather adlib: weekend of snow and deep cold air, we are turning up the heat in the forecast, but we do have to wait a couple days. today is cloudy but temperatures should be able to warm above freezing, which means we are looking at some highs will climb into lows tonight will fall down to a low near 30. a system is going to pass through the state tonight into tomorrow morning and should bring us a wide range of precipitation. we'll start out with a pretty good amount of rain overnight and as we go towards tomorrow morning some of that freezing rain. temperatures will bottom out by tomorrow morning wet snow with around 1 to 2 inches of

highs tomorrow will stay above freezing in then cool back down night. warmer air will return rapidly with highs in the low stick around through saturday! sam:

sam: sabrina: sabrina you're watching local five news midday. we'll be back after this. sabrina:

arl the animal rescue league of iowa (arl) is iowa's largest nonprofit animal shelter, caring for many thousands of pets each year. the arl serves people and pets from across the state of iowa through its programs, which

behavior training, spay/neuter, animal cruelty intervention and much more. history the arl has grown dramatically since its founding in 1926 - expanding its programs that serve both people and homeless animals across iowa. the most obvious growth is the number of animals the arl provides shelter year. intakes have increased from a few thousand animals a than 15,000 animals in 2013. through our proactive community outreach and spay/neuter programs, in the past few years we have begun to see a decrease in the number of animals we care for, but our work is far from over. other areas of growth include the arl's programs designed specifically to address the reasons animals end up in shelters, including spay/neuter, behavior training, and humane education programs. the arl's positive reinforcement training program has

year-round classes, as well as free behavior advice for dogs, cats, rabbits and other pets. the shelter continues to spay and neuter all dogs, cats, rabbits, ferrets and pigs that are adopted from our shelter. in addition to the animals that come through the arl's doors, the arl also serves the people of iowa through its many services. mission to promote animal welfare, strengthen the human-animal bond, and prevent the overpopulation of pets.

sam weather adlib: after a brutal weekend of snow and deep cold air, we are turning up the heat in the forecast, but we do have to wait a couple days. today is going to be mostly cloudy but temperatures should be able to warm above freezing, which means we are looking at some good snow melt today. highs will climb into the upper 30s and then lows tonight will fall down to a low near 30. a system is going to pass through the state tonight into tomorrow morning and should bring us a wide range of precipitation. we'll start out with a pretty good amount of rain overnight and as we go towards tomorrow morning some of that rain will turn into freezing rain. temperatures will bottom out by tomorrow morning

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