sam one more day of gloves, and winter starting up a warming trend and it's going to weekend! we'll start morning with a quick flurry moving through the state, but most roads will stay fine. the clouds will stick around with a breezy southeast wind that will help move upper 30s. tonight with our low falling around midnight, but we will keep up late tonight through the entire day thursday. highs thursday will top out at 57 degrees, but we'll stay into the 50s through midnight. i think we're going to see low 60s on friday, but both thursday and on local five news midday.... the controversy continues over supreme court justice antonin scalia's now open seat, as presidential candidates on the campaign trail and president obama speak out about the appointment. elias: plus - the death of a member from the heavy metal band slipknot could change protocol on wrongful death lawsuits in iowa. elias: and - a florida teen was caught posing as a licensed physician. we'll look into how he tricked his patients.,

"local 5 news midday in hd starts now. we are iowa" elias: good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm elias johnson. elias: new at midday today-- a 6 month-old hit-and-run case now has an identified driver. elias: you may remember this case from last year. on august 23 of 20-15, west des moines police found the body of 21-year-old tennesse resident daulton holly on raccoon river drive for the past six months, police had been looking for a car in connection with a body found on the side of the road. there was a 1,000 dollar reward for anyone with information on holly's death. yesterday 37 year-old van meter resident ronald hauser turned himself in to police he was arrested today for leaving the scene of an accident resulting in the death of a person and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. hauser has been released on bond. elias: onto a story sweeping the nation, the battle continues in the wake of

scalia's death. elias: the empty chair of the late supreme court justice antonin scalia did not go unnoticed tuesday. a black wool crepe has been draped on his chair on the bench in front of his seat. a black drape has also been hung over the courtroom doors. justice scalia will lie in repose at the supreme court building on friday. his funeral will be held on saturday. president obama spoke about the late justice during a press conference tuesday... "obviously justice scalia and i had different political orientations and probably would have disagreed on the outcomes of different cases, but there's no doubt that he was a giant on the supreme court and helped to change the legal landscape." elias: the president re-affirmed his plans to name a nominee in due time...it is not expected until after the senate returns from recess on february 22nd but republicans are vowing to block the

plans to fill the spot. abc's mary bruce has the latest from the white house. " obama i expect them to hold hearings. i vote. president obama is obama i intend to do my january 20th of 2017. i saying the supreme political games? and about who he'll pick obama you shouldn't the qualifications of the nominee other than they're going to be well qualified. but republicans insist nominee to replace no matter what rubio it is not fair for a president to appoint in their last year in office to appoint someone to a lifetime position. and in a sign of what's at stake this election year, the powerful chairman of the senate judiciary committee says he hasn't ruled out public hearings - or a vote. grfx grassley (radio intv): i would wait until the nominee is made before i would make any decisions in other words take it a step at a time. both sides are digging in their heels, as the nation mourns the

legal giant on friday, scalia's body will lie in repose? a public viewing in the great hall of the supreme court... not far from where he sat during his 30 years on the bench? that chair now cloaked in black." elias: and back here in iowa, senator chuck grassley is facing questions and criticism over the supreme court. the des moines register has put out a scathing editorial...titled --"grassley's supreme court stance is all about politics." it refers to his claim that a supreme court nomination to replace justice scalia, should come from the next president. as chairman of the senate judiciary committee, grassley would have an important role in this process. the editorial describes the situation as an opportunity for senator to be less of a politician and more of a statesman. choosing instead to quote disregard his constitutional duty by rejecting a nominee who hasn't even been named." elias: senator grassley has said his opposition to an obama nominee is based on precedent.,.. saying quote, "that supreme court nominees are not nominated and

presidential election year." elias: debate was brought up during a series of town hall eastern iowa... grassley responded he'd take the nomination process , quote, "one step at a time." elias: also attending the meetings, members of the activist group why courts matter...who say the senator is playing the issue two different ways. they point to 2008, when he argued the exact opposite...as a judicial nominee from president bush was held up by a democratic controlled here's what he said then. stopped confirming judicial nominees during the last few months of a president's term," elias: we've been getting lots of feedback about senator grassley's actions... cherie mortice says the senator is obstructing the constitution by trying to

adding that quote "grassley proves again that he will leave a legacy of political gamesmanship and manipulation." dennis goodrich reminds us that the supreme court is not the president's or senate's...but the people's. going on to say that the president and senate are quote "....are elected for their full terms to do the business of the people. they are not elected to put off decisions for the next administration." elias: and we want you to keep the conversation going as well...so keep those comments coming in to local five. you can connect with us on facebook and twitter to share your thoughts. send us an email to: "news at we are iowa dot com" or call us in the newsroom: 1- 800-858-5555 we'd love to hear what you think about this story or any other. elias: meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam weather adlib: one more day of wearing your hats, gloves, and winter coats because we are starting up a warming trend and it's going to last us into the weekend! we'll start off cold in the morning with a quick

through the state, but most roads will stay fine. the clouds will stick around with a breezy southeast wind that will help move our highs into the upper 30s. tonight we'll stay very mild with our low falling into the lower 30s around midnight, but we will keep temperatures moving up late tonight through the entire day thursday. highs thursday will top out at 57 degrees, but we'll stay into the 50s through midnight. i think we're going to see low 60s on friday, but both thursday and friday's warmth will come with a very strong wind. saturday we're going to still be warm with highs in the mid 50s, and it's not until next week that average. we look to stay dry through the small rain/snow elias: urbandale police on the the look out for a witness in saturday's officer-involved shooting.. elias: authorities have issued a material know if you recognize her... police are olson, who is

weekend shooting. urbandale police were on a drug call to the holiday inn on merle har road saturday morning, when an altercation led to the shooting of 29 year old ali yahia of des moines . three officers are now on leave while they investigate what happened. the officers say yahia fired at them first in the lobby of the hotel. none of them were hurt. elias: the fatal overdose of a member of iowa heavy metal band slipknot...could change the rules on wrongful death suits. paul gray was found dead in des moines from an overdose in 2010. his wife now wants money for her child growing up without one of their parents. she blames her husbands doctor -- daniel baldi for continuing to prescribe him pain pills despite evidence of drug addiction. that doctor has been cleared of any criminal wrong doing in grays death... gray's wife filed the lawsuit four years after the musicians death on behalf of his daughter who wasn't born until after he died... its the timing thats an issue here... because the statute of

wrongful death suits must be filed within two years. his wife's legal team tried to convince the iowa supreme court that those rules should be changed... people don't understand when they have to get medical care. they don't understand when they need to go get experts. elias: the iowa supreme court will be making a written decision in this case. they'll decide by june. elias: new this morning....advoc ates against sexual violence take their fight to the state capitol today. elias: the iowa coalition against sexual assault plans to rally at the state capitol sexual assault plans to rally at the state capitol today... they will join advocates from more than 20 sexual assault programs from across iowa at the state capitol this morning... the group plans to call for sustained funding and legislation to protect and support sexual violence survivors. a briefing and training for participants will be at ten a-m at the capitol. elias: if you drive 100th street in urbandale, you may have to find another route

the city will be re-doing the intersection of 100th street and 54th avenue. the project will shut down 100th street from plum drive to north park sdrive. they're building a five-lane road from plum drive to north of i-35 / i-80, as well as a new bridge of that interchange. the project should be finished in november. elias: if you will be heading downtown today, start expecting there to be a lot more traffic this week... high school wrestlers from across iowa will be at the wells fargo arena, as wrestling underway. this morning 2016 dual team tournament kicks off the competition, with individuals set to start highlights from local five jon schaeffer this evening. elias: in other sports news...the cyclones headed night, taking on number 25

looking for for their first win there since 20- 13...a close back and forth teams. but i-s-u unable strong lead...falling 100 to 91 to the cyclones now 7-6 season. georges niang able to score 24 points...putting him over the two-thousand career mark. elias: coming up on local 5 news midday... president obama is speaking out about republican presidential candidate donald trump's campaign, and he is not alone. we'll take a look at what trump's opponents on the trail also have to say. elias: and... tech giant apple and the fbi are at a standstill over the question of privacy versus national security, now that the fbi is demanding information about the san bernardino shooters. elias: next.... a teen who is no stranger to challenges is raising money to help veterans. we'll take a look at his heartwarming

news midday in hd with elias johnson and we are iowas most this is local 5 midday. we are iowa" a partially blind teen is raising money to aid veterans with post-combat disabilities. the seventh- grader has sold bracelets and baked goods, raising thousands to buy service dogs for the vets. carolyn gusoff has more on his amazing work. "- --reporter pkg-as follows-- 13 year old matt redlein (red line) knows what it's like to navigate around life's obstacles ( matt redlein, fundraiser) "my brother is blind. i'm blind in my right eye." the result of an inherited condition. (theresa redlein, mother) "when i had

million and one chance it would ever happen again so when i had matthew and it happened again it was a complete shock." (matthew redlein, 7th grader) "it makes a lot of things a lot harder but really you have to work through it and do the best you can with what you got." what he also got was a big heart--the 7th grader is on a mission. (matthew redlein, 7th grader) "everyone has their own form of a struggle and any way you can make that better you want to help." he started selling bracelets and baked goods at school--from nickels and dimes to hundreds and now thousands of donated dollars. he's raising money to pay for service dogs to help veterans with post combat disabilities. (matthew redlein, 7th grader) "a way to get stress and hardships away from them." (carolyn gusoff, reporting) "while a guide or service dog is completely free to the recipient it costs 50 thousand dollars to

sponsoring a puppy costs 6 thousand dollars. (jeff fernandez, guide dog foundation volunteer) "this is phenomenal, the guide dog foundation and american vet dogs get no regular government funding." big brother brandon, a very independent college student, hopes to have his own guide dog one day. (brandon heinrich, brother) "a cane is a piece of metal with a tip on the end that doesn't tell you much. it tells you want you need to know. a guide dog tells you ten times that. it would open the world open up to me like you have no idea." matt has an idea. giving back... despite his own obstacles. he hopes his fundraising will transform lives. (natsot) "i love you. i'm very proud of you." one service dog at a time. " all: (reax) elias: sam is back now... sam

"now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather

sam weather adlib: one more day of wearing your hats, gloves, and winter coats because we are starting up a warming trend and it's going to last us into the weekend! we'll start off cold in the morning with a quick flurry moving through the state, but most roads will stay fine. the clouds will stick around with a breezy southeast wind that will help move our highs into the upper 30s. tonight we'll stay very mild with our low falling into the lower 30s around midnight, but temperatures moving up late tonight through the entire day thursday. highs thursday will top out at 57 degrees, but we'll through midnight. i think we're going to see low 60s on friday, friday's warmth will strong wind. saturday we're going to still be warm with highs in the mid 50s, and it's not until next week that we fall back towards average. we look to

weekend with only one small rain/snow chance next.

elias: elias: elias: the temperatures may be milder elias: the temperatures may be milder here in the metro....but nothing like the heat wave hitting the west coast. parts of southern heat wave hitting the west coast. parts of southern california were dealing with temperatures in the nineties tuesday...a taste of summer in the middle of winter. while not unheard of for the area, some are surprised at how long the warmth has are surprised at how long the warmth has stuck around. elias: still to come on local five news midday... a florida teen posed as a fake physician for months. we'll take a look at how he finally was caught,

" you're watching local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" : elias: welcome back. we turn now to a real-life "catch me if you can" a young man under arrest this morning, accused of practicing medicine without a license. police say the 18 year-old who calls himself dr. love was posing as a physician, even seeing patients. abc's steve osunsami has that story. " take a good look at the young man in the white doctors coat seen here being hauled to jail by a florida narcotics team. natsound. "they say you examined a patient today? "you will hear from my lawyer." hard to believe, but police say that "dr. malachi love-robinson" is no doctor at all, and in fact he's a teenager, accused this morning of trying to pass himself off as a - physician- for months! investigative reporters at our west palm beach affiliate wpbf-25 have been following the 18-

him down for an interview. he admits that a year ago, he was the same teenager police detained at a local hospital, after a gynecologist found him in an exam room wearing a hospital lab coat and stethascope around his neck. sot: "i didn't snatch out any baby, i didn't do any of that" police say he liked to call himself "doctor love", and say he fooled his victims with this elaborate website and this glowing bio? where he calls himself a "well rounded professional"? who uses "psychotherapy, electrotherapy," and a long list of other techniques to heal patients. in early january, he held a grand opening for this medical clinic. that's where police sent an undercover cop posing as a patient. when he started giving her a physical exam, she put him in handcuffs. reporter: "how do you feel, all the people who believed in you and thought you knew what you were talking about." he says, "i'm hurt because of all of these allegations but

time i have been accused and i will pursue this." he's being held on $3,000 bond?set to appear in court later this morning? for good morning, america, steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta." elias: you're watching lovcal 5 news midday. we'll be back

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difficult for people who are breaking the law. elias: and an historic deal for the u-s... the secretary of transportation has signed an agreement with cuban officials, re-establishing scheduled air services between the two countries. u-s carriers have two weeks to submit applications for routes they'd like to fly in what will likely be a fierce bidding war. elias: and finally...how about a kid- friendly tesla? elias: and finally...how about a kid- friendly tesla? radio flyer announced it will begin shipping mini tesla model s cars for kids at five hundred dollars each. they include working headlights, a "spacious interior" and a trunk in the front of the car. it can also reach a top speed of six miles per hour. elias: coming up on local 5 news midday... a new bill in iowa could make texting and driving a big enough reason to get pulled over. elias: next.... republican presidential candidate donald trump is becoming a topic of conversation even with the president of the united states

we'll take a look at what president obama and trump's opponents on

" you're watching local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" elias: good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm elias johnson. elias: we may be nearly two weeks after the iowa caucuses...but iowans still getting some surprises from the presidential candidates.. elias: you may remember republican frontrunner donald trump decided to skip the debate just days before the caucus....choosin g to hold an event to raise money for veterans groups g to hold an event to raise money for veterans groups the event raised six million dollars and this week veterans groups got surprise one hundred thousand dollar checks from the trump here in des moines, central iowa shelter and services received a fedex envelope with a blank letter inside.

thousand dollars -- even though it was written to "the mulberry street veterans outreach program" the shelter knew it was for them. ""then they said the was for them. ""then they said the amount, but ddint say when or how much so when the check came we were really thrilled" " elias: the shelter, des moines-based puppy jake foundation and support siouxland soldiers, in sioux city, each received checks. a complete list of the recipients is up on our website...we are iowa dot com. elias: and with just three days until the critical south carolina primary, the latest poll has donald trump with a sixteen point lead in the state. abc's tom llamas has the latest from charleston. " sot-obama "i continue to believe mr. trump will not be president and the reason is i have a lot of faith in the american people." president barack obama doubling down on his prediction that that the world will

skills won't help him in the white house. sot-obama "it's not hosting a talk show, or a reality show. it's not promotion, it's not and a lot of people count on us getting it trump firing back a sot-trump run the last time when romney ran, because one-term president." but the president's criticisms of trump sounds a lot like what the other gop candidates are saying. sot-cruz " when radical islamic terrorists wage jihad on the united states of america, the answer is not to tweet insults at them" sot-rubio 20623 tl: do you think donald trump is someone you would safe with protecting our country? i don't think donald has shown yet an understanding of our national security situation he hasn't really exhibited any sort of in-depth knowledge about the issues facing the

trump's shots at his brother's administration over 9/11 is nonsense. sot-jeb "no one envisioned 9/11 i don't care what donald trump says. that guy is a complete statements about this." campaign making a statement on twitter- america with this image of a new gun. bush's name etched on the barrel [/gfx] sot-jeb bush "the picture of the gun?" but the campaign may the tweet-explaining the gun was a gift. sot-jeb bush "the purposes is we went to a, we went to, i didn't, the purpose was we went to a gun manufacturing facility where lots of jobs are created, high wage jobs. and i received a gun and i was honored to have it." tag: trump's criticism of pres bush for 9/11 may actually cost him votes. sc gov nikki haley expected to endorse some time soon but haley saying she will not be endorsing trump- saying it's embarrassing to see a candidate criticize a president on one of the worst days in american history." elias:

weather that been slamming the east coast. heavy snow caused a mess of the roads on a highway in new york state ...with cars and tractor trailers getting stuck and causing a massive back up hundreds were forced wait in their car for hours. a nuisance quickly became a problem when some started running low on gas. eventually plows were able to clear the way. elias: meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam weather adlib: one more day of wearing your hats, gloves, and winter coats because we are starting up a warming trend and it's going to last us into the weekend! we'll start off cold in the morning with a quick flurry moving through the state, but most roads will stay fine. the clouds will stick around with a breezy southeast wind that will help move our highs into the upper 30s. tonight we'll stay very mild with our low falling into the lower 30s around midnight, but we will keep temperatures moving up late tonight through the entire day thursday. highs thursday will top out at 57 degrees, but we'll stay into the 50s through midnight. i think we're going to see low 60s on friday, but both thursday and

strong wind. saturday we're going to still be warm with highs in the mid 50s, and it's not until next week that we fall back towards average. we look to stay dry through the weekend with only one small rain/snow chance next. elias: in your statehouse matters now, governor branstad remains intent on privatizing medicaid by march first...despite several lawmakers raising concerns... elias: they're worried that the 16 items the federal government ordered to be fixed before the program rolls out are still a problem. "dvorsky 5:08:36 i think

people, saying theyese things ar completed when they're not. elias: today is the final day for iowans on medicaid to pick which of the three managed care companies they want for their health coverage. also, there's still no final word from the federal government on whether this is a go for march 1st. sabrina: and once again, education funding is sitting in committee--even though lawmakers say that it's a top priority this session the senate approved a four percent funding increase for schools next year, the house approved 2 percent. it sounds a lot like last year. but one of the committee chairs told local 5 yesterday that a compromise could be reached in a couple of weeks. elias:: finally, state lawmakers looking to tighten the rules for texting while driving in iowa right now

driving is considered a secondary offense... that means officers can't pull you over for texting unless they see you breaking another law. but a new bill would make texting while driving a primary offense. the sponsor of the legislation, senator tod bowman, says it's a way to toughen up iowa's distracted driving laws. "bowman 5:32:18 there's people that think it would provide police another reason to pull you over, it does! when you're doing soething harmful, it does give them another reason to pull you over but a legitimate reason to pull them over." elias: this bill passed in the senate and will survive funnel week. but bowman says the speaker of the house hasn't expressed any interest yet in taking it up for debate. elias: turning now to your national headlines, and speaking of cell phones-- elias: apple is refusing to follow the fbi's orders to help hack the san bernardino shooter's phone the fbi is worried about important clues the fbi is worried about important clues about accomplices and more plots that could be hidden on that phone.. sparking a huge privacy battle this morning

" the f-b-i is frustrated that it has a key piece of evidence from the san bernardino attackers that so far has been useless: an apple iphone 5c owned by suspected terrorist syed farook. sot james comey cspan global threats hearing (32:36) "we still have one of those killer's phones that we have not been able to open. it's been over two months now, we're still working on it. the bureau turning to the courts to force apple to help it hack into the phone and this morning federal judge sherry pym is agreeing ordering apple to do so- statement gfx overnight - apple responding to the order with a message to their customers - saying: we oppose this order, which has implications far beyond the legal case at hand?.the government is asking apple to hack our own users" and finishing "we fear that this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect." the f-b-i had been unable to get into the smart phone because it didn't have farook's

the bureau knew that 10 unsuccessful attempts to open the apple phone would cause it to automatically erase key data and make the phone "permanently inaccessible" security expert sot or track this is precisely the kind of security option that phone owners want to protect their identities and private information in the event their phone is stolen or lost but that security feature- a critical roadblock- the bureau unable to get inside the phone to look at texts or emails which might help determine?who farook and his wife malik may have communicating with to plan the attacks and where they might have travelled" before the massacre the couple swore allegiance to the leader of isis and the fbi definitely wants to know the extent of direct isis involvement, if any. live close: the federal government is increasingly going to private industry for help in combating isis. overnight we learned sec of state j kerry met with hollywood movie execs to encourage them to help counteract the extraordinary isis propaganda and social media campaign." elias: still to come on local 5 news midday... (weather) sam has the

"now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: one more day of wearing your hats, gloves, and winter coats because we are starting up a warming trend and it's going to last us into the weekend! we'll start off cold in the morning with a quick flurry moving through the state, but most roads will stay fine. the clouds will stick around with a breezy southeast wind that will help move our highs into the upper 30s. tonight we'll stay very mild with our low falling into the lower 30s around midnight, but we will keep temperatures moving

through the entire day thursday. highs thursday will top out at 57 degrees, but we'll stay into the 50s through midnight. i think we're going to see low 60s on friday, but both thursday and friday's warmth will come with a very strong wind. saturday we're going to still be warm with highs in the mid 50s, and it's not until next week that we fall back towards average. we look to stay dry through the weekend with only one small rain/snow chance next. sam: elias: elias:

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sam weather adlib: one more day of wearing your hats, gloves, and winter coats because we are starting up a warming trend and it's going to last us into the weekend! we'll start off cold in the morning with a quick flurry moving through the state, but most roads will stay fine. the clouds will stick around with a breezy southeast wind that will help move our highs into the upper 30s. tonight we'll stay very mild with our low falling into the lower 30s around midnight, but we will keep temperatures moving up late tonight through the entire day thursday. highs thursday will top out at 57 degrees, but we'll stay into the 50s through midnight. i think we're going to see low 60s on friday, but both thursday and friday's warmth will come with a very strong wind. saturday we're going to still be warm with highs in the mid 50s, and it's not until next week that we fall back towards average. we look to

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