have a great tuesday.moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm elias johnson... sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. it's x:00 a-m on tuesday february 23rd elias: good to have everyone with us! and it's great to have central iowa's most accurate forecast with meterologist sam schreier! hey sam! sam: (sam adlibs) sam (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: average temperatures for this time in february are supposed to be in the upper 30s, but today we are headed into the mid to upper 40s! even with mostly cloudy skies and a gentle wind, we should still get a nice warm up this afternoon to around 48 degrees here in the metro. overnight the

really pick up, so between that and cloudy skies our lows will likely fall to around 30 degrees. wednesday should be fairly mild with a high near 40, but it will be windy. we are going to stay very windy wednesday night through thursday with a small chance for a few isolated snow showers possible thursday morning along western iowa with minimal accumulation expected. the sun should be back out strong friday moving us back into the 40s, and we are looking amazing on saturday with highs near 60 expected! a stronger cold front sunday may bring us some rain/snow showers during the afternoon with a return to the 30s possible next week. elias: let's get into the top five this morning.... elias:

along the des moines river, be sure to monitor conditions as chunks of ice moving along the waterway have started to cause ice jams. the warm spring-like temps over the past few days have helped break up ice on rivers. such jams can cause flooding and property damage, several decks in the fort dodge area have been destroyed by the moving ice. sabrina: in the number two spot this morning... sabrina: des moines police may have an answer to the city's first homicide of 20-16. last month, authorities found 71 year old norma jean mcneeley violently murdered. investigators now say d-n-a evidence has linked ali yahi to the crime. yahi was shot and killed by urbandale police just over a week ago at a holiday inn. police strongly believe him to be the only possible suspect. elias: the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door... elias:

plan to shut down guantanamo bay to congress. down guantanamo bay to congress. the president has long-vowed to close the prison facility. congress has opposed previous plans to shut gitmo down. the current proposal involves transferring most of the detainees to other countries. those too dangerous for travel will be held in the u-s. sabrina: number four... sabrina: in flint, michigan, an analysis says that more than eight-thousand lead pipes are present in the city's water system. now that officials have an idea of the extent of lead pipes, the process now begins in removing them. finding the problem pipes has been researchers had decades old city didn't clearly pipes were lead. elias: and finally in the top five... elias: been set for a the permits needed to move ahead with the pipeline. board will meet 9th or the tenth to give their final say on the project. state regulators have

public and proposed pipeline's impact on iowa. sabrina: started, day two in the long awaited fazzino morning. sabrina: the case emily fazzino... attorneys say nearly 100 have been called. alexander fazzino is charged with her death four boone. killed emily in the family's bath the trial was times since then. local 5 will keep you updated of any developments in this case. elias: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib:

for this time in february are supposed to be in the upper 30s, but today we are headed into the mid to upper 40s! even with mostly cloudy skies and a gentle wind, we should still get a nice warm up this afternoon to around 48 degrees here in the metro. overnight the winds will start to really pick up, so between that and cloudy skies our lows will likely fall to around 30 degrees. wednesday should be fairly mild with a high near 40, but it will be windy. we are going to stay very windy wednesday night through thursday with a small chance for a few isolated snow showers possible thursday morning along western iowa with minimal accumulation expected. the sun should be back out strong friday moving us back into the 40s, and we are looking amazing on saturday with highs near 60 expected! a stronger

bring us some rain/snow showers during the afternoon with a return to the 30s possible next week. sabrina: it may just be a matter of months until des moines police have body cams.. sabrina: after more than a year of planning, the chief says they're taking an aggressive approach to have them quickly. they've already purchased a server to hold the video files, developed a with rules and regulations. and now the department has of this june to have the cameras in place. the equipment will cost more dollars, paid in and private donations. elias: morning, a local speedway plans support for law enforcement. elias: this morning, cares will the newton police department.. the charitable arm of the speedway plans to make a

k-9 unit. newton police have been seeking funds to help in the training and boaring of smokey...an 11- month old border collie mix that was a rescue from the a-r-l. the latest addition to the unit will be trained to focus on drug investigations and how to track humans. elias: and in marshalltown, the whole community has been invited to this morning's coffee with a cop event. the department is working on building relationships with neighbors around the city, and discuss ongoing community issues. they's start pouring this morning at eight at cecil's cafe. sabrina at ((time check)) we'll take a short break, with lots more good morning iowa still to come... elias: just ahead...how an eager entrepeneur is turning a family game into a family business. sabrina: but first...for those traveling into polk county...be safe this morning... the sheriff's office has

enforcement vehicles at two locations.... one at the ...73- hundred block of northwest fourth street in ankeny. and a second at the ...42-hundred block of northeast 94th avenue in elkhart. so take care on the roads today... elias: let's also get a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at valley west... [current conditions] good morning iowa continues after this!

morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good

sabrina: another look at those ice jams causing issues along the des moines river... a handful of counties in central iowa have been put under flood warnings due to the drifting ice. some in fort dodge even seeing damage as the ice moves along the river. sabrina: elias: (anchor toss to wx) sam: adlib toss. sam: weather adlib: average temperatures for this time in february are supposed to be in the upper 30s, but today we are headed into the mid to upper 40s! even with mostly cloudy skies and a gentle wind, we should still get a nice afternoon to around metro. overnight the winds will start to really pick up, so between that and cloudy skies our lows will likely fall to around 30 degrees. wednesday should be fairly mild with a high

windy. we are going to stay very windy wednesday night through thursday with a small chance for a few isolated snow showers possible thursday morning along western iowa with minimal accumulation expected. the sun should be back out strong friday moving us back into the 40s, and we are looking amazing on saturday with highs near 60 expected! a stronger cold front sunday may bring us some rain/snow showers during the afternoon with a return to the 30s possible next week. elias: entrepreneurism is alive and well in siouxland.

whole week of events held in its honor there. sabrina: and one man from that area has found success with his new start-up... and it's definitely a family afair. jenna rehnstrom has the story. in a world where ipads and video games are many kids' prized posessions, jim braunschweig wanted something simplier for his family, and especially 5-year-old, brady, who loves soccer. jim says, "i google- searched soccer-type board games and there really wasn't anything out there. but i did come across a video somewhere of kids playing with nail and a quarter - some similar stuff - and, i thought, 'i could make that better' and i want to make it for my son." it was a hit with brady, and then family and friends started to get interested, too. jim says, "the idea for the business started when we found out the adults liked it just as much as the kids did." so was born the flickboard. the name, pretty much explains it all. jim says, "you alternate turns and try to get it across - oooh, i thought you were going to score! -

sound of saw buzzing before he knew it, jim, along with his dad, jerry, were making flickboards to sell. morningside college, jim's alma mater, gave the okay to use their mustang mascot, and with the help of the university of iowa's venture school program for entrepreneurs, jim was able to get the license to use the hawkeye logo. as sports fans and local game day hot spots start to pick-up on the idea, jim hopes the uniqueness of the flickboards will make them a favorite tailgating game and a lasting piece of sports jim says, "they're not just games, but they're so when you're not playing the game, we hope that these things will find a lasting place in your home or business, hanging on the wall." not to mention the hours of family fun... "good game!" sabrina:

college logos - as well. all: (reax) elias: time for a short break, when we return... there won't be much sliding into home when it comes to this version of softball...we'll explain just

"now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: put script here in green average temperatures for this time in february are supposed to be in the upper 30s, but today we are headed into the mid to upper 40s! even with mostly cloudy skies and a gentle wind, we should still get a nice warm up this afternoon to around 48 degrees here in the metro. overnight the winds will start to really pick up, so between that and cloudy skies our lows will likely fall to around 30 degrees. wednesday should be fairly mild with a high near 40, but it will be windy. we are going to stay very windy wednesday night through thursday with a small chance for a few isolated snow showers possible thursday morning along western iowa with

should be back out strong friday moving us back into the 40s, and we are looking amazing on saturday with highs near 60 expected! a stronger cold front sunday may bring us some rain/snow showers during the afternoon with a return to the 30s possible next week. sam toss back.

this today...a circle the bases... elias: a day at the ballpark and a day at the races what is called snowmobile softball... fans in wisconsin watched as the teams battled it out on the diamond... the game has some specific rules...the sled has to remain off until the ball is hit...and the batter stands in a the batter stands in a

shake off the cabin fever and enjoy some friendly competition. all: (reax) sabrina well time now for another short break... but when we come back... changes are coming to amazon, which could mean buying more to get free shipping. ...but first here's what happened last night on jimmy kimmel live.

"you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." sabrina on your money now sabrina free shipping" just got a little harder to come by for amazon's non-prime shoppers. if you spend enough money on

amazon just raised the minimum amount -- so now you'll have to shell out 49 dollars before an order ships for free. that's a 40- percent increase from the previous minimum. it's not clear when amazon made the change. sabrina: and the centers for disease control issued a report that raised its estimate of the cancer risk from formaldehyde in some laminate flooring. the cdc says it could result in between 6 and 30 cancer cases per 100,000 people exposed to the flooring. it had previously estimated between 2 and 9 cases. sabrina: the oscars have been under fire over the lack of diversity...and a new report isn't making it any better... the report found that out of more than 11- thousand speaking roles thousand speaking roles studied...66- point-5 percent were male...33- point-5 percent were female... 71-point-7 percent were white... 12-point-2 percent were black and only two-percent were gay...

characters. women and minorities were also found to be under- represented when looking at the jobs behind the camera. sabrina: and finally....today is world spay day... with more than two million animals put down in animal shelters each year...the humane society is using the day to draw attention to the lack of resources for a growing animal population. their campaign is aimed at reminding people of the importance of spaying or neutering pets.. sabrina that's a look at your money this morning... coming up after the break... sam's in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... but first...a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at euclid... [current conditions] good morning iowa returns after this.

are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " sabrina thanks for joining us on your [day of week] morning, i'm sabrina ahmed. elias: and i'm elias johnson... elias: weather is always first on good morning iowa... in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... meteorologist sam schreier. sam: (adlib toss) sam weather adlib: average temperatures for this time in february are supposed to be in the upper 30s, but today we are headed into the mid to upper 40s! even with mostly cloudy skies and a gentle wind, we should still get a nice warm up this afternoon to around 48 degrees here in the

really pick up, so between that and cloudy skies our lows will likely fall to around 30 degrees. wednesday should be fairly mild with a high near 40, but it will be windy. we are going to stay very windy wednesday night through thursday with a small chance for a few isolated snow showers possible thursday morning along western iowa with minimal accumulation expected. the sun should be back out strong friday moving us back into the 40s, and we are looking amazing on saturday with highs near 60 expected! a stronger cold front sunday may bring us some rain/snow showers during the afternoon with a return to the 30s possible next week.

our top story....an incident in urbandale leads to answers in a des moines homicide investigation. sabrina:: the bizarre twist has helped solve the city's first homicide of the year. the unsolved case of an elderly woman's death has now been connected to last week's incident at an urbandale hotel...where police shot and killed a man in the lobby. sabrina: des moines police say d-n-a evidence has linked ali yahia to the murder of 71 year old norma jean mcneeley. but he won't be charged... because last weekend yahia was shot and killed by urbandale police at a holiday inn. took a couple of weeks to match yahia's blood at crime. they say he stabbed norma jean mcneeley before he was on security video. . "think about the reason we get into the business, this is what we're talking about. no empathy for anyone actions clearly demonstrate he was very violent " " sabrina:

yahia is the only possible local five reached out to urbandale police to see if this impacts their investigation... they told us they hope this new evidence brings closure to the mcneely family, but didn't mention their investigation. three officers remain on leave right now while that shooting is investigated. elias: new this morning...a date has been set for a decision on the bakken pipeline by iowa officials.. elias: after months of public hearings and researching the project, the iowa utilities board has set a date for giving their final decision. iowa is the only remaining state that hasn't given approval on the pipeline, which would connect north dakota to pipeline, which would connect north dakota to illinois....passing diagonally across the hawkeye state. the iowa utilities board will meet either on march 9th or the tenth to give their final say on the permits needed for the pipeline. the almost four-billion dollar project has raised

and land-owner rights. sabrina: it's gop caucus day in nevada. republican presidential frontrunner donald trump has 2 big wins under his belt and he's hoping for a third just one week before super tuesday. elias: tonight, it's a town hall for the democrats before this weekend's south carolina democratic primary. abc's kenneth moton has more. "length: script: it's caucus time in nevada. overnight gop frontrunner donald trump rallied his biggest crowd yet in las vegas. the billionaire is banking on a hot streak that will carry him through super tuesday and to the gop nomination as he continued attacking his rivals. sot donald trump this guy cuz lies more than any other human being the fight getting nasty. ted cruz fired his communications director for spreading a false rumor that marco rubio had disparaged the bible. sot ted cruz we will conduct this campaign with the very highest standards of integrity the democratic contenders were on

in front of more than 8 thousand people at the university of massachusetts amherst, bernie sanders again hit connection. close) comfortable lead against sanders in south carolina ahead as the two work to court the black vote, sanders is getting an endorsement from spike lee who will be featured in radio spots airing today in the palmetto state. kenneth moton, abc news washington " elias: the warm spring-like temperatures we saw over the past few days are causing some big problems on the des moines river. broken up ice is floating downriver and causing ice jams where the river narrows. that backs up

which can lead to flooding.... the moving ice can also cause property damage. several decks in the fort dodge area were destroyed last night due to the ice. "as it jams up down there it starts piling up here. eventually it takes the deck, the neigborhoods deck, then the other neighbors deck. elias: the national weather service says a few homes in fort dodge flooded. madison avenue was also blocked off yesterday when the ice went over the road. they urge everyone who lives off the des moines river to monitor conditions. sabrina: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs)

weather adlib: average temperatures for this time in february are supposed to be in the upper 30s, but today we are headed into the mid to upper 40s! even with mostly cloudy skies and a gentle wind, we should still get a nice warm up this afternoon to around

winds will start to really pick up, so between that and cloudy skies our lows will likely fall to around 30 degrees. wednesday should be fairly mild with a high near 40, but it will be windy. we are going to stay very windy wednesday night through thursday with a small chance for a few isolated snow showers possible thursday morning along western iowa with minimal accumulation expected. the sun should be back out strong friday moving us back into the 40s, and we are looking amazing on saturday with highs near 60 expected! a stronger cold front sunday may bring us some rain/snow showers during the afternoon with a return to the 30s possible next week. elias: a plan to close guantanamo bay tops your national headlines this morning... elias: today, the obama administration will present the plan to congress. the president has long-vowed to close the prison facility. congress has opposed previous plans to shut gitmo down. the current proposal involves the current proposal involves transferring most of the detainees to other countries. those too dangerous for travel will be held in the u-s.

an analysis says that more than eight-thousand lead pipes are present in the city's water system. now that officials have an idea of the extent of lead pipes, the process now begins in removing them. finding the problem pipes has been difficult, as researchers had to comb through decades old city records that didn't clearly identify which pipes were lead. the city's mayor said they will move ahead with a 55-million dollar plan to upgrade the system. elias: at ((time check)) we'll take a short break here on good morning iowa.. sabrina: coming up, a look at a unique competition sparking some engineering ideas at an iowa high school. elias: but before we go...as you get ready to start your day...be safe out on the roads.... des moines police will have mobile radar set up at three locations... the first at the four-thousand block of woodland - east bound... next, one set up at the two- thousand block of hartford - west bound. and the third at the 17-hundred

bound. so use caution while driving.. sabrina it... a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at mlk... [current conditions]

"your wathcing good morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." elias: some choose coffee, but for a panda at the toronto zoo...why not wake up with a face full of

shared this video of the animal tumbling in the snow following a recent storm. as soon as he emerges from his cave, its time to roll down the snowy hill...even going at it a second time. sabrina: anchor toss to wx sam: adlib toss. sam: weather adlib: average temperatures for this time in february are supposed to be in the upper 30s, but today we are headed into the mid to upper 40s! even with mostly cloudy skies and a gentle wind, we warm up this 48 degrees here in the winds will start to really pick up, so between that and cloudy skies our lows will likely fall to around 30 degrees. wednesday should be fairly mild with a high near 40, but it will be

stay very windy wednesday night through thursday with a small chance for a few isolated snow showers possible thursday morning along western iowa with minimal accumulation expected. the sun should be back out strong friday moving us back into the 40s, and we are looking amazing on saturday with highs near 60 expected! a stronger cold front sunday may bring us some during the afternoon with a return to the 30s possible next week. sabrina: ever heard of a rube goldberg machine? named after a famous cartoonist...they

do simple tasks.....using numerous steps and complicated procedures... elias: such inventions are marvels of engineering...and at one iowa high school...a way for students to test their creativity. dan conradt has more on iowa's first rube goldberg competition. " it might sound like a parody of an old joke, "how many steps does it take to open an umbrella?" the answer might surprise you. "we have 30 steps," said st. ansgar high school senior jesse bless. this is the first time iowa has hosted an official rube goldberg competition. "1986 i believe is when the official rube goldberg started, and iowa has never done one," contest facilitator devin schwiesow told us. "we all had to build a rube goldberg machine, which is a complicated machine with a bunch of steps to complete a simple task," said bless. "their overall task is to open an umbrella," said schwiesow. the rules say the machine had to go through at least 20 steps, but no more

core, being able to put steps together to make a process happen," schwiesow said. "it took a lot of trial and error," bless added. "the process from putting it on paper to achieving the goal was the hard part," said schwiesow. but it takes more than just engineering skills. "you have to work as a team, you have to come up with ideas together and you have to follow through with those ideas," said schwiesow. "we worked pretty well together, but there was some arguing about how we were going to do certain steps," bless said. not every umbrella opened, which was also a valuable lesson. "if you keep working at it, pretty soon you'll get it to work correctly," " all: (reax)

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"now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: put script here in green average temperatures for this time in february are supposed to be in the upper 30s, but today we are headed into the mid to upper 40s! even with mostly cloudy skies and a gentle wind, we

afternoon to around 48 degrees here in the metro. overnight the winds will start to really pick up, so between that and cloudy skies our lows will likely fall to around 30 degrees. wednesday should be fairly mild with a high near 40, but it will be windy. we are going to stay very windy wednesday night through thursday with a small chance for a few isolated snow showers possible thursday morning along western iowa with minimal accumulation expected. the sun should be back out strong friday moving us back into the 40s, and we are looking amazing on saturday with highs near 60 expected! a stronger cold front sunday may bring us some rain/snow showers during the afternoon with a return to the 30s possible next week. sam toss back. sabrina: trending now...a

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special day for a 106-year-old lady... " nat pop" sabrina: at 106, virginia mclaurin doesn't appear to be at 106, virginia mclaurin doesn't appear to be slowing down...and when she got to meet president obama and the first lady...she made sure to dance with them. two year's ago she began a social media campaign to meet them, and sunday she got her chance with her reaction going viral across social media. all: (reax)

short break here on good morning iowa .... a quick look outside as you get ready to start your day....when we return, a look at the top stories in our morning refresh. the top stories in our morning refresh. sabrina: : do you have a story for us...or a comment you want to share? contact us. or call our

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"you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." elias:: welcome back everyone....as we wrap up our first hour, let's take a quick look at the top stories... sabrina: we recap your headlines...in the morning refresh... sabrina: those living along the des moines river are watching out, as chunks of ice cause some major problems. elias: des moines police have a break in the city's first homicide of the year....connectin g their investigation to a case in urbandale. sabrina: the president plans to present a plan to close guantanamo bay to congress today elias: flint leaders finally know how many lead pipes remain a

sabrina: and iowa regulators set a date to make a decision on the hotly debated bakken pipeline project. elias: time now for another short break... but when we come back... des moines police officers may soon be adding another piece of equipment to their uniform sabrina: plus sam's in with a look at your morning forecast! a look at your morning forecast! another full hour of good morning iowa... is right after this. " nexstar copyright" "you're watching good

"you're watching good moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morningiowa! i'm elias johnson... sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed.

tuesday february 23rd elias: good to have everyone with us! and it's great to have central iowa's most accurate forecast with meterologist sam schreier! hey sam! sam: (sam adlibs) sam (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: average temperatures for this time in february are supposed to be in the upper 30s, but today we are headed into the mid to upper 40s! even with mostly cloudy skies and a gentle wind, we should still get a nice warm up this afternoon to around 48 degrees here in the metro. overnight the winds will start to really pick up, so between that and cloudy skies our lows will likely fall to around 30 degrees. wednesday should be fairly mild with a high near 40, but it will be windy. we are going to stay very windy wednesday night through thursday with a small chance for a few isolated