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andy fales and johns sears are coming up. nicole underwood was just a few miles from reaching her destination when the bus she was riding on crashed in chicago... killing the 21-year-old des moines woman. good evening and thanks for joining us.. i'm sonya heitshusen. by all accounts underwood had a bright future.. she was an exceptional student... attending the university of iowa... and planned a career of helping others through social work. channel 13's mike dasilva spoke with members of the underwood family and a close personal friend today...they share their memories of underwood in this report. 17:28:24 'we were at the bus joking about all the celebrity look alikes that were going to be on the bus nicole underwood's brothers say their sister was excited about her trip to chicago...she was going to see her boyfriend and celebrate the new year with him. 17:28:37--51 'when they called her bus, i know she was excited. she was the first one in line, hopped on the bus, all three of us gave her a hug and said you know we love yo

andy fales will tell us how it all began in a live report. he played a funny... family man on t-v.... today, bill cosby to answer to claims of sexual abuse. dozens of women have come forward... claiming cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them. now... for the first time... he's facing criminal charges... nbc's chris clackum has the latest from philadelphia bill cosby is being formally charged in a sexual assault case ...that's coming from just one of the more 50 women who accuse him of drugging and/or sexually assaulting them. "there is one charge filed, aggravated indecent assault which is felony of the first degree." the incoming district attorney employee at temple university, who cosby invited to his home near philadelphia in 2004. "on the evening in question, mr. csby urged her to take pills that he provided to her and to drink wine. the effect of which rendered her unable to move or respond to his advances, and he committed aggravated indecent assault upon her." the charge against cosby comes just two weeks after he filed defamation lawsuits against severa

channel 13's andy fales has the story. good morning brooke, good morning megan! this is our kind of place people are up all night long. the rose bowl kicks off at 4-10 p-m, iowa time, on new years day. stanford is a favorite over iowa. the hawks haven't won the bowl since 19-59. about one in five americans will year's resolutions... coming up... learn why many of them fail... and what can be done to light snow showers will pass through central iowa this morning bringing an inch or less of snowfall. roads will once again be slick for your morning commute thanks to the light snow. temperatures will hold in the mid to upper 20s today under cloudy skies. new year's eve brings colder temperatures. highs will only reach 20 degrees on thursday and skies will be partly sunny. we will continue to enjoy more sun for new year's day, but temperatures will remain cold with morning lows in the single digits to 10 degrees friday morning. the weekend will be quiet with sunshine a little known eating disorder proves there really can be too much of a good thing... straight ahead..

channel 13's andy fales was also knocking on doors today - some r.v. doors. every year, the channel 13 sports team spends a week in an r-v leading up to iowa - iowa state game.... this week... some hawk fans are doing the same... bowl... andy.... i don't think these campers are "roughing it." other hawk fans attended a huge pep rally this afternoon... a little later in sports... keith murphy shows us the hawkeye huddle. what it takes to put together a pep-rally of this magnitude.... and what it takes to put together one of those huge rose parade floats. and consider yourself warned... you're more likely to get a ticket if you fail to move your vehicle off a snow route... we'll tell you why... when we a lot of people stayed home during the recent snow storm... and that 's one reason why local blood supplies, are dangerously low. life serves says it has less than a one day supply of most blood types on its shelves. 7:29:12 the winter .. and give a lifesaving blood donation. 29:24. nearly 325 units of blood were lost due to storm-related cancellations and closin

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and at hilton coliseum tonight, the andy fales classic. north dakota state bison at iowa state. both teams made the tourney last year. new football coach matt campbell will see his first cyclone basketball game. jeb bush: here's the truth you will not hear from our president: with radical islamic terrorism. it is the struggle that will determine the fate of the free world. the united states should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. their aim is our total destruction. we can't withdraw from this threat or negotiate with it. we have but one choice: to defeat it. vo: right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. it's been her fight for twenty years. something is wrong with our healthcare system and it needs to be fixed. then, it was about health reform and getting eight million kids covered. now, it's about stopping republicans from repealing obamacare, and taking on insurance companies to bring down drug prices. i'm not going to let any family be deprived of healthcare. i'm not going to let the republicans rip up o

myself, keith murphy, andy fales , and michael admire. coverage starts monday december [ grunts ]

channel 13's andy fales has the story. hey brooke, hey jeriann. it's me out in california. we're two hours behind so it's still early, or maybe late. but we ran into a group of hawks that are spending the entire week right here on the stadium grounds. just watch this, you'll see what i mean. okay now the rv-ers will probably want to leave the grounds today because there is a huge pep rally that's going to take place on board the uss iowa. no one will want to miss that. okay have a great day i miss you new year's eve celebrations don't have to include alcohol... or waiting until midnight. coming up... a look at where you can start the party early... and where it won't new year's eve will highlight thecolder temperatures. highs will only reach the low 20s in des moines on thursday, with teens to the north and partly sunny skies. we will continue to enjoy more sun for new year's day, but temperatures will remain cold with morning single digits to 10 degrees friday morning. the weekend will be quiet with sunshine and highs back in the low 30s. it's the world's most famous new c

myself, keith murphy, andy fales, michael admire will all be there, coverage starts monday december 28th from pasadena. rutgers football doesn't get a lot of pub in iowa but today it does. drake alum chris ash named new head coach of the scarlet ash played at drake from 1992-96, later coached the defensive backs at iowa state for 6 years. also spent time at san diego state, wisconsin and arkansas before spending the last 2 seasons as the ohio state defensive coordinator. for lynn's family, the big stress is paying four hundred dollars a month in medical and drug costs for aidan. for other families it's higher deductibles, premiums and co-pays that keep adding up. that's why we've got to crack down on price gouging, cap out-of-pocket costs, and fast track approval of less expensive generic drugs. because we've got to get health care costs under control for lynn's family and for yours. jeb bush: here's the truth you will not hear from our president: we are at war with radical islamic terrorism. it is the struggle that will determine the fate of the free world. the united states should not

king and company play stanford week long, team coverage starts december 28th, or as andy fales calls it, a chance to sleep in. drake has yet to win a game in the big four classic. fran mccaffery thinks his hawks better be ready, or that could change. the hawkeyes and bulldogs tip at 3:30 p.m. after that, iowa state and northern iowa. a team steve prohm this should be a good one. uni has won more than its share against iowa before we go, a massachusetts couple is a big fan of star wars but missed the premiere of the force awakens, for a good reason. denise and jim's baby boy entered the world just hours before the debut of "the force awakens". they named him ryker... but they decided if the baby came with days of the premiere, they'd go with the middle name, "jedi". ryker jedi arrive thursday morning. the couple says theyl'l see the new flick in the coming weeks... pictures studios, it's america's game. wheel... of... fortune! ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show, [ both chuckle ]

myself, keith murphy, andy fales, michael admire will all be there, for lynn's family, the big stress is paying four hundred dollars a month in medical and drug costs for aidan. for other families it's higher deductibles, premiums and co-pays that keep adding up. that's why we've got to crack down on price gouging, cap out-of-pocket costs, and fast track approval of less expensive generic drugs. because we've got to get health care costs under control for lynn's family and for yours. jeb bush: here's the truth you will not hear from our president: we are at war with radical islamic terrorism. it is the struggle that will determine the fate of the free world. the united states should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. their aim is our total destruction. we can't withdraw from this threat or negotiate with it. we have but one choice: to defeat it. vo: right to rise usa is responsible

im andy fales, and thats whats skywalk shutdown... take note, des moines residents... your route through the skywalk system may be changing... hear how the closures are contributing to the city's changing skyline. wake - up call... a fire forced some des moines residents from their beds early this morning... we'll tell you what investigators think ignited the flames. targeting terror... the president made a rare oval office address in the wake of the mass shooting in california. we'll line out the steps he wants to take both at home and abroad. it's monday, december 7th. today first on 13... it's becoming a little more difficult to navigate des moines' sprawling skywalk system... that's because construction is skywalk... through spring of 20 - 18. channel 13's josh nguyen is live downtown with how the city will direct foot traffic... and josh... like with many problems these days... there's an app for it. in conjunction with construction of the new, 330-room convention center hotel, a select portion of the downtown des moines skywalk, between watson powell jr. way and

he will be joined with michael admire, john sears and andy fales leading up to the big game... and we'll be right back with a brate this special day we decided to share a few iowa fun facts... iowa is the only state in the nation that starts with two vowels. iowa's wright county has the highest percentage of grade-a top soil in the nation. and where would the world be without computers? the world's first electronic digital computer was built and operated by researchers at iowa state university in the 1930's. the university also had a hand in developing the atomic bomb. that grade-a top soil is covered in snow tonight.. let's head over to brett thanks for joining us. have

. >> yes, that is right.good morning, i'm andy fales... a des moines man facing murder charges made his first appearance in court. michael wanchanic is charged in the shooting deaths of heather belieu and bryon howard. a - i - b sold three apartment buildings on the southwest corner of campus... for more than two million dollars. proceeds will be used for general educational operating expenses... in the last academic year for a - i - b. >> announcer: today on rachael ray... >> rachael! >> announcer:

myself, keith murphy, andy fales, michael admire will all be there, coverage starts monday december 28th from pasadena. rutgers football doesn't get a lot of pub in iowa but today it does. drake alum chris ash named new knights. ash played at drake from 1992-96, later coached the defensive backs at iowa state for 6 years. also spent time at san diego state, wisconsin and arkansas before [ gasps ] you're getting data. pony-sized data? u.s. cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. i'd like $100! you're getting $400 in promo cards! yes! switch to u.s. cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just $70.

myself, keith murphy, andy fales, michael admire will all be there, coverage starts monday december 28th from pasadena. the drake bulldogs are off to a 4 and 4 start and could use a big win. they'll have a chance tomorrow night when depaul out of the big east bulldogs and blue demons wednesday night 7 o clock. its the first time a big east team has played at drake in 35 r of schmaltz deli, came up with "schmacon" after four years of research and development. bender describes "schmacon" as an all-muscle cut of uncured beef that's sliced thin, marinated and smoked using spices that include celery powder and sea salt. bender says it took the perfect cut of come out looking and acting like bacon. and customers say the combination of ingredients is out of this world ... "it crisps and curls ... for an alternative now." "schmacon" will be in two-thousand grocery stores by early next year thanks for joining us. have but i hear good things about you, future. like i'll have hair, and friends, and books and music.

. >> tomorrow from the new movie, >> and last-minute gifts.good morning, i'm andy fales.... a des moines teenager accused of killing his grandmother is due back in court... 17 year old noah laprei pleaded "not guilty" to first degree murder. his pretrial hearing is this afternoon. star wars "the force awakens" opens in des moines today... jordan creek is playing a marathon all day leading up to [cheers and applause]

good morning, i'm andy fales... metro flood waters have crept up overnight... the surge has fleur drive closed this morning... and several trails throughout the metro. the raccoon and des moines rivers will crest tomorrow. we could soon learn when the "iowa utilities board" will make its decision on the bakken oil pipeline... the pipeline would run through 18 iowa counties... carrying oil from

. >> and holiday fashions we >> have a great thursday.good morning, i'm andy fales... a des moinse man facing first degree murder charges is due in court this morning... police say michael wanchanic shot and killed his roommates... heather belieu and bryon howard. the iowa board of regents has raised tuition at the iversity of iowa. the three percent increase will take effect next spring. [cheers and applause] ray...

neverland" and we had inferred that it was closing, but it is not closing, and good morning, i'm andy fales... ames police are still looking for the driver who hit and killed a 18 year old emmalee jacobs. the security video is unclear... so police say their investigation is hinging on a witness coming forward. we're waiting on an autopsy to learn the cause of a des moines teen's death... divers found the body of 17 year old sam kemp junior in this pond near granger. [cheers and applause] >> announcer: today on rachael ray... >> rachael!

it's the andy fales bowl. uni and north dakota state. and the panthers pull an "i feel like a million dollars. i'm 60 years old, and in about an hour, i'll feel 30 and it will last all day." cryosaunas are popular with professional athletes and celebrities. now, it's available in the metro. doctors have used something called cryotherapy to heal tissue for years. now, the practice is becoming popular for the entire body in the united states. channel 13's megan reuther shows us how it works. it's a december day... "step in, go ahead and take that robe off." and mike wedeking is stepping into the coolest place in town. "i feel like i'm on top of the world. i have energy i don't know what to do with. i feel half my age, and the euphoria, i swear, the euphoria should be illegal." kryovitality. dr. vince hassel added whole body cryotherapy to his chiropractic practice in clive this month. "there's one in minneapolis, there's one in kansas city, there's one in denver. this is the very first whole body cryotherapy in the state of iowa." with spe

myself, keith murphy, andy fales , and michael admire. coverage starts monday december 28th right here on channel 13. for your sports on today in recapping this morning's top stories. the family of a des moines teenager is waiting for answers in his death. 17-year-old sammy kemp junior was reported missing one week ago today... after attending a house party in granger. he was pulled from a nearby pond thursday. last night, family and friends gathered for a candlelight vigil to remember his life. they're asking for the public's help finding answers and to cover funeral expenses. an iowa high school wrestler has died after competing at a tournament in spencer. the sioux city journal spencer high senior austin roberts suffered an injury during one of his matches yesterday. roberts placed eighth at the class 2-a state tournament last year. today's youth wrestling tournament in spencer has been canceled. it was shaping up to be a relatively quiet third democratic debate... pitted against an nfl game and christmas programs on television... but

good morning...i'm andy fales. paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out by big money. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock. >>> taking a look at the headlines. we have chilling new details about alleged terror plots by san bernardino shooter syed farook and his friend enrique marquez. marquez was arrested on thursday. prosecutors say that several years ago the men planned other attacks. marquez is also charged with unlawfully purchasing the two assault rifles used in the san bernardino attacks. >>> mother teresa of calcutta will soon become a roman catholic saint. pope francis has accepted proof of a second miracle attributed to her, a requirement for sainthood. it involved a man's sudden recovery from a brain inf