family, friends and doctors. as we take a look at day six of the alexander fazzino trial. jack: after years of delays, the first degree murder trial is underway in winneshiek county. alexander fazzino was arrested in 2013 for the death of his wife emily. emily was found in the couple's upstairs bathroom in 2012 . the prosecution finished on monday. since then, the fazzino family has testified. and today, defense brought emily's mom and one of her doctors to the stand. jack: local 5's claire powell has the details in tonight's big story. claire the morning began with testimony from emily fazzinos mother and alexander fazzinos father. but it took a more serious tone when one of emily's main doctors took the stand. lasting the entire afternoon back and forth between defense and prosecution. cynthia beckwith- emily fazzinos mother- was first on stand. "emily came to me said mom i need your help, im addictedto a pain killer" beckwith admitted she'd known about her daughters abuse since fall of 2011.

kept the diagnoses and the nauseating, december detox a secret-- lying to the boone community, emilys father, siblings and alex-- telling them all she had mono. "she was cnocerend about it. as she was concerned about her father finding out because it was an embarrasment" beckwith told jurors through it all- she still believes alex played a role in emilys death. "do you velive alex was involved iwth the daeth of your daughter dont you? unfortunately yes. thats all.." alexander fazzinos father told the jury he had asked emily to get help, and over the holidays in 2011, noted she was thin and under the influence. " she jsut wasnt emily. ive seen emily enough to know emily." but the entire afternoon focused around dr. jane lorenzen- emilys doctor from fall 2010 until her death. "it says opiate addiction- 11/30/2010" dr. lorenzen told the jury about emily's withdrawl symptoms- like sweating and near-fainting and said through 2011, emily admitted to lying to previous doctors and also filling and taking

husband, alex. "shes concerned about her ability to focus and manage chores and children" she told the jury the last time she saw emily on january 10 2012, she was attending counseling and looked great. " bright, alert happy, optimistic" but was she cured before her death? "can i say 100% with certainty - no i dont think anyone can" claire again defense will call witnesses to the stand tomorrow morning- beginning at 8:30. the trial is expected to last at least through the end of the week, possibly into the next. we'll have more coverage as the trial continues. reporting live claire powell local 5 news we are iowa jack: new at 6, the community continues to react to the downward spiral of a college wrestler. jack: a little more than 24 hours ago, grandview university in des moines dismissed

andrew long - from the team for violating a code of conduct contract. stephanie: local 5 aired a story sunday night on long's journey to the grandview wrestling mat. long had previously wrestled for iowa state and penn state, but was kicked off because of legal problems off the mat. while at penn state, he was accused of raping a woman. he pleaded guilty to indecent assault and served nine months in prison. the grand view coach agreed to give him another chance. but with some strict rules about his behavior, we learned long violated those rules and admitted to drinking over the weekend. jack: the team will continue to compete without long, and is heading to the national championship tournament in kansas this weekend. monday night, we told you about the news of long's dismissal, and we asked you again what you think of this recent development. stephanie: paul smith posted on our facebook page that it's sad to see a life of promise and potential just get thrown away. needs to find a addictions under control. and the iowa

reached out to us as well, saying thank you to all the commenters on social media who have spoken out either as survivors or on behalf of survivors. jack: the coalition wants to remind iowans that there are a number of professionals across the state who've been trained to help survivors of sexual assault and trauma. the iowa sexual abuse hotline offers confidential and immediate phone counseling and referrals 24/7. you can call them at 800-284- 7821. stephanie: a different kind of group gathered on the statehouse steps today. stephanie: the event is called "spread the word to end the word day" and it gained some attention from the community today. special olympics iowa athletes and family members gathered to make a stand against "the r word" that is often directed at someone with intellectual or developmental disabilities. on advocate shared how hearing that word made her feel. "it was not easy to do to stay in that class. i was not a quitter so i tried to ignore everybody but you can ignore stuff for so long. it was, several

was over i was in tears crying." stephanie: the group is encouraging people to take the pledge to not use the r word. you can visit r- word dot org for more information. jack: could someone drop out of the presidential race following tonight's super tuesday contest? jack: it's the first multi-state contest for the seven remaining candidates, and one that could spell the end of the road for trailing republicans ben carson or john kasich. or it could seal the deal for front-runners donald trump and hillary clinton. voters in 12 states, from nearly all regions, are voicing their vote in the race to the white house. candidates have been gearing up for the make or break contest for weeks now. democrat bernie sanders says he's counting on record turnout in states like minnesota, vermont, and massachusetts to help him gain momentum.

marco rubio and ted cruz are also are hoping to rake in delegates from the southern states, despite donald trump heading in to the night with three out of the four individual state contests in his bag. "i believe it will be an enormous mistake to nominate donald trump and so i speak to unity for republicans that let's come together and stand together behind the conservative principles behind the free market principles and constitutional liberties that we believe in. and i think tomorrow morning you're going to see a clear choice with two candidates both with a big chunk of delegates, and the remainder of the candidates with very few. " jack: cruz has taken third place in nevada and south carolina, but is expected to take his home state of texas tonight. polls will be closing in the next few hours, with results expected to come in shortly after that. we'll have coverage of all the super tuesday results coming up at 10. stephanie: coming up on local 5 news at six... think the stock market is hard to navigate? high school students around the metro got to

jack: and.... we're back at the well for the second day of court action at the girls state basketball tournament. find out who's going home a happy winner. "your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are

meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." jack: what would you do with half a million dollars cash and more than two dozen stocks to play around with in a day? stephanie:

school students from across central iowa got the chance to be traders on wall street at the annual stock market challenge. local 5's chief photographer don schmidt got the chance to capture all the fun on camera. take a look. " nat package out cue: even after they graduate" jack:

non profit group that helps students get ready for the workforce and teach them about financial responsibilities. stephanie: a team from west des moines's valley west won the challenge - taking home around 900- thousand dollars from

stephanie/wxcdl: jack/wxcdl chief meteorologist brad edwards is here now... brad:wxcdl ( local 5 weather is

edwards. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" brad/wxc: welcome back. i'm local 5 chief meteorologist brad edwards. brad: let's take a look at we are iowa's most accurate forecast. brad/wxwall: weather adlib: put script here in green

on the first day of march, but can we expect any lamb-like weather in our future? well, the answer is yes! tonight will be cold though with clearing skies and temps falling into the 10s. at least the winds will be calming down in between weather systems. however, our next weather system will take long to come our way with clouds increasing quickly during the day wednesday. there could be some light rain showers developing over the metro by late in the day and into the early evening with snow developing again north of the metro. brad/2wx: that's all for my forecast. check out weareiowa.com for the latest in weather . expect any lamb-like weather in our future? well, the answer is yes! tonight will be cold though with clearing skies and temps falling into the 10s. at least the winds will be calming down in between weather systems. however, our next weather system will take long to come our way with clouds increasing quickly during the day wednesday. there could be some light rain showers developing over the metro by late in the day and into the early evening with snow developing again north of the metro. brad/2wx: that's all for my forecast. check out weareiowa.com for the latest in weather expect any lamb-like

answer is yes! tonight will be cold though with clearing skies and temps falling into the 10s. at least the winds will be calming down in between weather systems. however, our next weather system will take long to come our way with clouds increasing quickly during the day wednesday. there could be some light rain showers developing over the metro by late in the day and into the early evening with snow developing again north of the metro. brad/2wx: that's all for my forecast. check out expect any lamb-like weather in our future? well, the answer is yes! tonight will be cold though with clearing skies and temps falling into the 10s. at least the winds s will be calming down in between weather systems. however, our next weather system will take long to come our way with clouds increasing quickly during the day wednesda there could be some light rain showers developing over the metro by late in the day and into the early evening with snow developing again north of the metro. brad/2wx: that's all for my forecast. check out expect any lamb-like weather in our future? well, the

with clearing skies and temps falling into the 10s. at least the winds will be calming down in between weather systems. however, our next weather system will take long to come our way with clouds increasing quickly during the day wednesday. there could be some light rain showers developing over the metro by late in the day and into the early evening with snow developing again north of the metro. brad/2wx: that's all for my forecast. check out weareiowa.com for

. thanks brad. jack/2bam: thanks brad. sports director jon schaeffer, and jon girls state basketball keeps rolling on. jon/2bam: that's right jack a jam packed day at the well. coming up on local 5 sports we check out the final 2a quarterfinal and get rolling into the three-a matchups when we come back. "now, local 5 sports

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welcome back. in the last decade-- manson northwest webster has made it to the the girls state basketball tournament at wells fargo arena six times. their last trip came in 2014. this year they're back but facing number two iowa city regina. we head to the well the cougars looking for their 21st win of the season. join this one second quarter manson- northwest webster down 9-- cloie herzberg with a triple cuts the lead to 6. but regina pushes it back up to 11. cougars works it inside to faith troshinski she finished the day with 15 points. it was 36 to 25 regals at the half. third quarter-- regals trying to run away with it. sarah leyman the layin for two of her 14 points this morning. back come the cougars they go inside to rebecca krueger who gets blocked once-- but is able to go up strong off the glass and in for the bucket. herzberg now getting the deficit to single digits-- she buries the three-- 7 point game. cougars got it down to 5 when mary crompton crosses over and pulls up for

regals able to run away with it from there... 59 to 47 the final iowa city regina wins. it will be tough for manson to say goodbye to the five seniors on the roster. " we just talked about a group of five seniors who accomplished a lot two state tournaments several have played from day one as a freshman they won 79 games." "well i'm a junior so i'm gonna miss... it sucks to lose but he was very proud of us so playing with my teammates the last three years has been fun it's just sad to see them go like the last year to play with them. up to 3a top ranked pocahontas area playing mount vernon-- the indians perfect so far this season. pocahontas gets rolling with a trey from grace meyer-- she had a double double 13 points 11 rebounds. kaitlyn volesky the rebutle with the mid range jumper for two. but the indians just rolling today-- ashlyn weidauer the trifecta falls in. then faith meyer drives baseline and lays it in--

channel 4 news team is loving it-- they're kind of a big deal. how about some twin sister connection-- faith meyer to grace meyer and grace can lay it in nice and easy. that's a 20 point lead for pocahontas. then one of the best in the state elle ruffridge the three she had a game high 24 points. and right before half-- ruffrage again drives the stop and pop gets the roll.... pocahontas now 25-0 with the 83 to 43 win. and that is a record for scoring by a 3a team. this team is fueled by a runner up finish last year. "the kids would tell you it's unfinished business. and it stung a lot last year. we've really have had a goal to go to the state tournament and do really well here so it's really nice. at first it really hurt but when we got back home it was motivation and we responded really well and i couldn't be more proud of these girls to where they're at right now. " over to golf-- the only man

mark calchavechia's bacon pants is expected in des moines this summer. the principal charity classic announced today that john daly has committed to play in the tournament here in des moines. daly is a two time major winner-- and a fan favorite. look for expanded coverage of the pcc this spring right here on local 5. the tournament will run may 31st through may 5th at the wakonda club. last year the tournament raised one point four million dollars for charity. jon/sx3s stephanie/sx3s jack/sx3s we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at six.

meteorologist brad edwards. brad: weather adlib: winter has roared back into the picture on the first day of march, but can we expect any lamb-like weather in our future? well, the answer is yes! tonight will be cold though with clearing skies and temps falling into the 10s. at least the winds will be calming down in between weather systems. however, our next weather system will take long to come our way with clouds increasing quickly during the day wednesday. there could be some light rain showers developing over the metro by late in the day and into the early evening with snow developing again north of the metro. stephanie/4shothang: thank you for spending your time with us tonight. jack/4shothang: time with us tonight. jack/4shothang: we are working hard on another great newscast for 10pm. we're proud to say we are iowa...

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