view.iowa's most accurate weather team and we start with your forecast first." sam a large area of rain with mixed precipitation will be turning into snow through the morning leaving us with some slick driving conditions through the morning. most of this system will come through as rain as temperatures are just too warm, but through the morning we will eventually turn most of the rain into light snow. totals for the metro range from a tenth or two up to an inch of snow possible, but with most of it coming as rain snow totals should be fairly low. we'll warm up to a high in the mid 30s today so the roads and sidewalks will likely remain wet through the day. overnight we're going to drop below freezing with temps in the low 20s and wet spots refreezing. wednesday is going to be about average with highs in the low 30s and more cloudy skies. the big warm up is going to start on thursday with highs climbing into the low 50s fairly late in the day! we look to warm up right near 60 here in the metro on friday and saturday should stay in the 50s. next week we look to fall back towards average with only a few snow chances. sabrina: also coming up on local five news midday.... with the growing threat of zika virus, many are reconsidering their spring break travel plans. sabrina: the late supreme court justice anotonin scalia and justice ruth bader ginsburg were an unlikely pair. we'll take a look at their unique friendship, coming up.

former new york spitzer is in the following a 9-11 hotel room. hd starts now. we are iowa" sabrina joining us for sabrina ahmed. we have new details in the investigation of sexual offenses at an iowa boarding school... sabrina: a des moines register article states that the lee county sheriff received around 80 calls since 20-13 to midwest academy in keokuk.. included sexual offense allegations... executed search school in january, along treatment center in montrose. the case involves allegations of sex abuse made by a former midwest academy student against a staff member. sabrina: the zika virus outbreak has raised questions about upcoming plans for some. an iowa travel

concerns about their trips to countries that have cases of the virus... the mosquito- borne virus is spreading in central and south america. destinations number of its clients are heading to the area for the warmer so far, the travel agency canceled their company has concerned travelers about them. " duration:0:15]sot[

wondering how family's contact your legislator and let them know. many legislators don't connection. we need to hear from you. sabrina: while the iowa senate passed a bill to stop the transition to managed care, it probably won't even make it to the debate floor in the republican-led house. still, that's not stopping a democrat in the house from trying to get his own bill through. art staed 59:58 i filed a bill more than a week ago to do the same thing the senate has, that hasn't been taken up. that's really problematic. sabrina: governor branstad is certain his plan will work...and is pushing ahead with getting federal will work...and is pushing ahead with getting federal approval. sabrina: downtown des moines is looking to host some big events this year....but visitors will be walking in the weather... sabrina: construction and route changes could make it tricky for those looking to use the skywalk system to get around.

center hotel construction has closed down parts of the skywalk until 2018. just days away from the start of the state wrestling tournament... some businesses say those construction concerns are going to cost them a lot of money... aj's popcorn is located in the kaleidscope area... and says there's a lot less foot traffic now that parts of the skywalk are blocked off. "if we don't have the traffic they don't see the business is open and without the traffic we don't have a business. we don't have money.we have to pay the rent we have to pay the bills sabrina: once again all this work is for the convention center hotel... thats expected to have 330 rooms...and open in march 2018... thats when the skywalk will be fully open as well.. parts of the skywalk will be reopening hopefully as soon as april. sabrina: and be sure to share your thoughts... has the skywalk closing affected your daily routine? are you worried about navigating big events downtown

thoughts on twitter and facebook. or send us an email or give us a call . the contact information is on your screen. sabrina meteorologist sam schrier joins us again your forecast. sam weather adlib: precipitation will be turning into snow through the morning leaving us with some slick driving conditions through the morning. most of this system will come through as rain as temperatures are just too warm, but through the morning we will eventually turn most of the rain into light snow. totals for the metro range from a tenth or two up to an inch of snow possible, but with most of it coming as rain snow totals should be fairly low. we'll warm up to a high in the mid 30s today so the roads and sidewalks will likely remain wet through the day. overnight we're going to drop

and wet spots refreezing. wednesday is going to be about average with highs in the low 30s and more cloudy skies. the big warm up is going to start on thursday with highs climbing into the low 50s fairly late in the day! we look to warm up right near 60 here in the metro on friday and saturday should stay in the 50s. next week we look to fall back towards average with only a few snow chances. sabrina: as iowa school districts look to the statehouse for an answer on education funding...more schools are sending their own students to the capitol to lobby thier cause... caroline reinwald has more as students from a district facing a massive budget hole...went right to the top of state government to push their cause. " --reporter pkg-as follows-- more than 60 davenport students got off the bus in des moines on monday... meeting with state lawmakers with one goal in mind. (thompson teasdale, davenport high school senior): "we want education to be one of the state's top priorities," armed with a petition and about 13-hundred signatures... (nat sound) wearing shirts saying less, these davenport students want change... to a funding formula that gives

student, than other neighboring school districts. (thompson teasdale, davenport high school senior): "we're not just numbers, we're kids. we should all have the same chance at a great education." (caroline reinwald, reporting): "if the davenport school district doesn't get more funding from the state or their permission to dip into reserve funds, they'll need to cut 6.5 million dollars from their budget for the upcoming school year." iowa governor terry branstad says he formula is outdated... won't be changed anytime soon. (gov. terry branstad, (r) iowa): "when you have a problem of this magnitude, that's gonna cost tens of millions of dollars. with the tight budget we have, we're going to have to do this over a period of time." (reporter/question): "are these students in davenport worth (gov. terry branstad, of our kids are to do everything we educational opportunities in our state. i'm glad to see that they are here and they are advocating

education for davenport, but we want that for all of iowa." (mickey sloat, davenport high school junior): "i don't believe that his response was exactly what we were hoping for." (lorraine pereira, davenport high school senior): "isn't that what they've been saying for 40 years?" students who made the trip... asking for change.. now. (thompson teasdale, davenport high school year that we don't get the money we need is another year we have to cut things. people lose their jobs or kids don't get great education." iowa has been dates back to 19-71. sabrina in your national headlines now sabrina: they were known as the odd couple on the supreme court. justice antonin scalia.. who passed away over the weekend... was good pals with fellow justice ruth bader ginsburg. never mind they were ideologically opposite. as jeanne moos reports, they bonded over anything from opera to elephants. " --reporter pkg-as follows-- for a conservative, he sure laughed liberally. (natsot) one of the things that made others smile was justice scalia's friendship with justice ginsburg. (scalia/no name font): "why don't you call us the odd couple?" not slob versus clean freak.... (music up odd couple theme) but opposite sides of the bench.

"ruth that is not true." (ginsburg/no name fonts): "i have to disagree." (scalia/no name fonts): "we're not going to agree on this, ruth, you realize that?" nonetheless, upon his death, justice ginsburg wrote "we were best buddies." (scalia/no name fonts): like...except her views (laughter)." spent many a new they went on elephant, something that caused her feminist friends to give them a hard time. (scalia/no name fonts): "because she rode behind me on the elephant." (ginsburg/no name fonts): "the driver explained it was a matter of distribution of weight (laughter)." (jeanne moos, new york): "justice scalia friend for doing something he said he would never do." go parasailing over (scalia/no name fonts): "she's so light you would think she would

bowed down at the state of the union, they joked about the wine that helped put her to sleep. (ginsburg/no name fonts): "at least i wasn't 100 percent sober because before we went to the state of the union (laughter)." (scalia/no name fonts): "well that's the first intelligent thing you've done." union was strong. they bonded over opera. (jeanne moos, new york): "these two didn't just love opera, they became an opera." a comic opera named after them. (natsot) "we are different. we are one," tell that to those fighting over whether president obama gets to appoint justice scalia's replacement. (donald trump/no name fonts): "delay, delay, delay!" (hillary clinton/no name fonts): "it is outrageous!" just when we could use more odd couples, we've got one less. (natasot: odd couple theme)" all:

coming up on local 5 news midday... the flint water crisis is attracting even more national attention. now the surgeon general and the naacp are joining the fight for safe drinking water. sabrina: and... former new york governor eliot spitzer is under scrutiny again, following a saturday evening police call to the plaza hotel. sabrina: next.... the grammy's were last night! we'll take a look at the highlights on the awards stage, coming up next.

"your wathcing local 5 sabrina ahmed and we accurate forecast. this is local 5 midday. we are iowa" night took place

monday as the 58th grammy awards were handed out. most of the awards -- all but eight of the night's 83 -- were announced before the telecast, leaving more time for some memorable performances. david daniel has a look. " (rapping) "we gonna be alright!" if anyone nodded off during the three-and- a-half hour grammy telecast, kendrick lamar surely woke them up. the "to pimp a butterfly" rapper gave an arresting performance, and walked away with five grammys -- tops for the night. (singing) "what's your name, man?" "alexander hamilton!" before lamar hit the stage, the grammy- winning cast of "hamilton" got the l-a crowd ready to rap and roll -- long- distance from broadway. (singing) "the thrill is gone..." some of the most memorable performances were tributes to fallen stars: an all-star guitar jam for b-b king... (singing) "take it easy..."

glenn frey... (singing) "this is ground control to major tom..." ...and lady gaga's heavily-hyped performance channeling david bowie. (nat) "everyone you meet is jamming in the street all night long..." music-cares honoree lionel richie joined his own musical tribute. there was plenty of emotion from the night's big winners: meghan trainor cried -- so did her father -- when she won best new artist, and alabama shakes was all shook up after taking a trio of trophies. "my heart is beating a mile a minute." taylor swift, who opened the show, was a triple winner... and the first woman to win album of the year a second time. and the evening's final award, record of the year, went to the most inescapable song of 2015: mark ronson and bruno mars' "uptown funk." "we wouldn't be up here if it wasn't for the people dancing to this song." a fitting end to a show that had people dancing... (nat-music) "all night long..." n hollywood, i'm david

sam is back now...

"now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: a large area of rain with mixed precipitation will be turning into snow through the morning leaving us with some slick driving conditions through the morning. most of this system will come through as rain as temperatures are just too warm, but through the morning we will eventually turn most of the rain into light snow. totals for the metro range from a tenth or two up to an inch of snow possible, but with most of it coming as rain snow totals should be fairly low. we'll warm up to a high in the mid 30s today so the roads and sidewalks will likely remain wet through the day. overnight

below freezing with temps in the low 20s and wet spots refreezing. wednesday is going to be about average with highs in the low 30s and more warm up is going to start on thursday with highs climbing into the low 50s fairly late in the day! we look to here in the metro on should stay in the 50s. next week we look to fall back towards average with only a few snow chances. sam: sabrina:

sabrina: some kids hit the slopes in illinois for a friendly competition monday...the great cardboard sled race. participants were challenged to make a sled out of cardboard, duct tape, paint, markers, and crayons. the funds from

boys and girls clubs. sabrina still to come on local five news midday... hy-vee is on with a taste from the tropics. sabrina

doesn't mean we can't celebrate a bit early! whether you're looking forward to spring break, warmer weather, or just longer days filled with sunshine, some tropical cuisine is sure to get you in the

erin good, will show make an easy and delicious tropical chicken taco. viewers will also learn simple ways to brighten their winter cooking routine. these quick and easy additions can add a flavor to even the simplest meals. sprinkle a little sea sea salt inspires a and can add a little add a pop of color with pineapple whether you prefer fresh or canned in its own juice, pineapple is an excellent source of vitamin c and contains anti- inflammatory properties. this hawaiian staple fruit is an easy way to add a splash of freshness and color. crunch on coconut chips toasting coconut brings out the natural sweet, buttery taste of coconut and provides a satisfying crunch. erin good represents

healthy eating throughout the community. erin is a member of the academy of nutrition and dietetics. suggested chyron messages: dietitian name (erin good) and waukee hy- vee registered dietitian bring hawaii to your kitchen with 3 simple ingredients! pineapple and mango are rich in vitamin c for immune support for additional recipe ideas, visit hy-vee.com or speak with your

" you're watching local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" : sabrina: we turn now to the big headline about former new york governor elliot spitzer -- police are investigating an encounter with a young woman at a new york hotel. the governor is denying any wrongdoing. abc's reena ninan has that story. " audio: use non-lethal force whenever possible. this morning, former new york governor, eliot spitzer - under scrutiny? after police say they were called to new york city's famed plaza hotel saturday night - spitzer and a 25-year- old woman? new york's papers identifying her as this woman? svetlana travis? allegedly getting into an argument? travis? calling 911? telling police at one point? the former governor choked her? later recanting that statement audio: be advised the edp is in in room 1541 in the plaza hotel. she's having a nervous breakdown.

news? the two had been in "some sort of romantic relationship spitzer's lawyer overnight? saying "there was no criminal activity of any nature spitzer"? saying meet her at a room previously booked for her at the plaza hotel" ? where she "threatened to harm herself"? travis - later taken for evaluation at a psychiatric hospital it's not spitzer's first brush with controversy? spitzer resignation: i have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard i expected of myself. in 2008 the married father of 3 was serving as governor of new york - resigning after becoming embroiled in a sex scandal with escort ashley dupre ... (du- pree) - the governor? known then to investigators as

sabrina: coming up on local 5 news midday... the popular iowa state spring celebration is still looking for its replacement. what administrators and students are saying about veishea, coming up. sabrina: but next.... the political battle continues following the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia. will president obama nominate a new justice

local 5 news midday in good morning and thanks for joining us for midday...i'm sabrina ahmed. sabrina: turning to national headlines...a battle of words over the vacancy on the supreme court... sabrina: begun over who obama will nominate to fill justice antonin when he does, he expects the its constitutional duty... (pres. obama) "these are responsibilities that i take seriously, they're bigger than

sabrina: the issue has on the presidential with senators marco rubio saying they will not vote for obama's choice... but senator lindsay graham says his vote the candidate. "sot - sen. lindsay carolina over, the president chance to send their philosophy to the senate and i will vote for them if they're qualified even if i would not have chose them." sabrina: cruz has threatened to filibuster an obama nominee. the president has no plans to announce his nomination until the senate returns from recess february 22nd. sabrina: turning to the campaign trail, with just four days left until the south carolina primary. sabrina: the next set of tests for presidential hopefuls is just around the corner. for the democrats, the nevada caucuses are just four days away --while republicans will be at the polls in south carolina on saturday... and the race is getting even

some former presidents. abc's lana zak. has that story. "hillary clinton and bernie sanders are making their appeal to african american voters-- nats clinton nats sanders while two former presidents are hitting the stump for their families nats and both have something to say about the republican front- runner, donald trump: sot- george w. bush in my experience, the strongest person usually isn't the loudest one in the room. president george w bush, stumping for brother jeb in south carolina, reminded voters not to count a bush out... sot- george w. bush i've been misunderestimated most of my life. and on the democratic side, an animated hillary clinton had a suggestion for how to handle the republicans.... sot - hillary clinton we need to get that dog and follow them around and every time they say these things, like, oh, you know, the great recession was caused by too much regulation - arf arf

equally animated trump supporter interrupted president bill clinton. nats - you took his money! sot - bill clinton i took his money for my foundation, where i used it better than he's using it now," those donations to clinton, one of the reasons ted cruz says republicans cannot trust trump's conservative credentials. sot-ted cruz if you live 50 years of your life and you've never done or said or written anything to prove you're conservative. you ain't. lana zak tag: trump continues to go hard after his republican opponents today. saying on gma that cruz's iowa win should be taken away from him and doubling down on his -quote- "serious" consideration of suing cruz over what he's calling campaign lies. lz abc n, w " sabrina: in your international headlines now-- pope francis is beginning his fourth full day of his mexican tour. sabrina: he's arrived in the city of morelia -- where supporters welcomed him with excitement. he spent the previous day in chiapas --

catholic state. it's home to many indigenous people. he has encouraged them to use their native language in catholic worship. he also asked them for forgiveness - for years of exclusion and the destruction of their land sabrina: turning to weather-- on the east on the east coast, a mix of snow, ice, and heavy rain continues to hit states fromg georgia to maine. the dangerous conditions have lead to hundreds of car accidents, with air travel virtually shut down in some areas monday. some southern states will be on clean up today, after tornadoes downed trees and flattened homes. sabrina meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam weather adlib: a large area of rain with mixed precipitation will be turning into snow through the morning

conditions through the morning. most of this system will come through as rain as temperatures are just too warm, but through the morning we will eventually turn most of the rain into light snow. totals for the metro range from a tenth or two up to an inch of snow possible, but with most of it coming as rain snow totals should be fairly low. we'll warm up to a high in the mid 30s today so the roads and sidewalks will likely remain wet through the day. overnight we're going to drop below freezing with temps in the low 20s and wet spots refreezing. wednesday is going to be about average with highs in the low 30s and more cloudy skies. the big warm up is going to highs climbing into the the day! we look to warm up right near 60 here in the metro on friday and saturday should stay in the 50s. next week we look to fall back towards average with only a few snow chances. crisis. data released by the state of michigan says high levels of lead are still being detected in tap water in homes. tests done this month have showing lead levels above the federal limit ... including dozens of tests conducted just

top doctor are in the city today, as the leader of the n-a-a-c-p threatens protests if action does not come soon. kim hutcherson reports: " the u-s surgeon general is spending a second day in flint, doctor vivek murthy is health officials, faith (dr. vivek murthy/u.s. the policies we enact when it comes to water, or housing can have a profound impact on health." he is also meeting with doctor mona hanna- attisha, who first reported elevated levels of lead in the blood of flint's children. the naacp issued a call-to-arms over the situation monday. if governor rick snyder doesn't take action within 30-days, organization president cornell brooks threatened: (cornell brooks/naacp president/weyi) "to send bodies and consciousness to flint to engage in a mass campaign of direct action civil disobedience in flint, michigan." the water crisis has been attracting the attention of

bernie sanders met with families impacted by the water crisis before a rally on monday. (bernie sanders/democratic presidential candidate) "i really did not know how ugly and how horrible and how terrible what is going on in that community. it is beyond my comprehension that in the year 2016, in the united states of america we are poisoning our children." hillary clinton has been talking about the water crisis in debates and stump speeches. she's met with mayor karen weaver and sent two top campaign aides to meet with her as well. flint will be the site of a democratic debate on march sixth. i'm kim hutcherson reporting. --tag-- african-american faith leaders in flint endorsed clinton sunday. three prominent ministers said she earned their endorsement because she has - quote - "kept the spotlight" on the situation in the city." sabrina: did you know... a new study suggests eating fish more than three times a week during pregnancy could be associated with an increased risk of childhood obesity. a university of crete study analyzed data thousand pregnant women and their children spanning 11 countries. followed up with the children at two-year intervals from birth until age 6. the study found that pregnant

fish more than three times per to children with higher bmi values compared with women who ate fish less. and girls were affected more than boys. the food and drug administration and the protection agency pregnant women should eat fish, two to three servings per but no more than servings per week. sabrina: iowa state students and faculty still looking for a replacement celebration for veishea....two years after the riots forced the school to take the 97 year old tradition of cherry pies made a comeback monday. but they aren't expected to sell years less for fundraising. i-s-u is planning smaller, spread out events instead of one big one....which is splitting campus. "i think its great we're trying to bring back the little things they were so iconic to veiseha"

the university will hold more events the day of the spring football game. there may be a night as well. sabrina: let's talk about the iowa state fair shall we... big news for music fans...jason derulo will perform on the granstad sunday august 14th tickets go on sale for this show march 5th. this year, prices vary depending on where you sit. sabrina: in your sports news the season may be far from over, but iowa state's georges niang is already set to go down as one of the greatest in iowa state basketball history. he enters the week with 1,990 career points...just four shy of passing fred hoiberg at third in the all-time i- s-u scoring list. and once he adds six more to that mark...he becomes just the third cyclone to reach two- thousand points.... niang recognizes that hoiberg is

reason he has gotten this far... " coach hoiberg was great to me, gave me an opportunity to be successful and for that i can't thank him enough. i think it's pretty cool to be mentioned in the same sentence as him, i think that's extremely cool and that's a blessing." sabrina: his next chance at adding to his career points is tonight... as the cyclones face number - 25 baylor sabrina still to come on local 5 news midday... (weather) sam has the details in central iowa's most accurate forecast next.

meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: a large area of rain with mixed precipitation will be turning into snow through the morning leaving us with some slick driving conditions through the morning. most of this system will come through as rain as temperatures are just too warm, but through the morning we will eventually turn most of the rain into light snow. totals for the metro range from a tenth or two up to an inch of snow possible, but with most of it coming as rain snow totals should be fairly low. we'll warm up to a high in the mid 30s today so the roads and sidewalks will likely remain wet through the day. overnight we're going to drop below freezing with temps in the low 20s and wet spots refreezing. wednesday is going to be about average with highs in the low 30s and more

start on thursday with highs climbing into the low 50s fairly late in the day! we look to warm up right near 60 here in the metro on friday and saturday should stay in the 50s. next week we look to fall back towards average with only a few snow chances. sam: sabrina: sabrina you're watching local five news midday. we'll be back after this.

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health ministry and the alzheimer's association are partnering on a presentation and discussion on the award-winning movie still alice which depicts the life and struggles of someone who has younger- onset alzheimer's. the movie will be shown first and then the alzheimer's association will present on the basics of alzheimer's and lead a discussion regarding topics addressed in the film.

and/or my program specialist, susan callison, would be willing to discuss this event in more detail and dive into some of the topics that will be addressed in the film, if you might see it as a good fit for good morning iowa or the mid-day. i will be traveling for business starting wednesday and not returning until monday, but will have some access to email. i am including susan callison on this email as well. if you might have time to get us on she could help coordinate an interview with the ministry group or her schedule as well. thanks! showing of the film still alice followed by discussion and presentation on the basics of alzheimer's by the alzheimer's association. when: sunday, february 21, 2016 from 1 - 4 p.m. where: ankeny first united methodist church

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