bree sullivan is in for sam this morning.. bree (bree adlibs) bree (bree adlibs/intro fusion) bree weather adlib: welcome to 2016! the sunshine is back and the temperatures will be up again slightly over yesterday. it's going to be a brisk day with winds out of the southwest at 10 to 20 mph and temperatures about the seasonal first full night in 2016, it will be cold, clear, breezy, but dry! expect temperatures to drop once again into the single digits north and teens here in the metro and south. a great weekend is shaping up! tomorrow highs will be in the mid-30s here in central iowa, and we will see some melting. add in lots of sunshine and a light westerly breeze, and you have yourself a good day for sledding! temperatures will sink into the the 0s and teens once again saturday night, so there will be re- freezing on the roads, driveways, and sidewalks. be careful heading out your door on sunday morning! sunday will be a bit cooler with a few more clouds, but overall a nice winter day with seasonal highs once again. next bes

meteorologist bree sullivan is here now... bree: i'll have your forecast next "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast certified by experts" james/wx wall weather adlib: put script here in green what a nice break from the deep chills of winter! des moines was at 49 this afternoon! clouds will continue overhead tonight with scattered light rain showers moving through the area, especially in northern iowa. the chance for rain showers continues sunday tomorrow afternoon chances go down and the clouds will begin to decrease. temperatures tomorrow will be cooler than today, but the metro should still top out in the low 40s. not bad if you don't mind a breeze! sunday night will be dry and quiet with temps settling in the 20s. caucus monday should hours. temperatures will be mild as well in upper 30s. monday night after 10pm in southern iowa and closer to midnight in the metro, the winter snow storm should by knocking on our door. the snow will last through the day on tuesday, tuesday night, and wrap up wednesday morning. there will

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meteorologist bree sullivan joins me now....and bree bree (adlibs weather intro) bree (bre adlibs weather hit as she walks over to the weather center.) i'll have more on that in your full forecast later in the show. nikki: we're approaching crunch time in iowa's campaign season. today, two of the top democratic presidential candidates stopped in des moines for the families first forum.. it gave a chance for midwestern grassroots leaders to get answers on their pressing concerns. local 5's jacob peklo joins us now with more. jacob nikki, martin o'malley and bernie sanders nikki, martin o'malley and bernie sanders each had about an hour to separately campaign and take questions. one big name---front runner hillary clinton---was not there. it was a time sanders and o'malley used to try to make up ground. nats of cheering an energetic crowd filled the sanctuary at first christian church. nats: "i have not decided who i'm voting for yet, but i want to thank you for being the candidate that's been the most apologetic in my lifetime on taking on corporate interests and i want to thank you for th

meteorologist bree sullivan joins me now and bree it's finally starting to feel like winter. bree i'll have your forecast next experts" james/wx wall weather adlib: choose any word for cold, and use it to describe tonight and tomorrow. it is going to be dangerously cold overnight under mostly clear skies. temperatures are going just below zero overnight in the metro, but with a stiff northwest wind, the wind chills will be closer to twenty below and thirty below in northern iowa. the skies will be full of sun tomorrow, but it will do little to metro and areas south will barely get to the double digits while northern iowa will only reach in the single digits above zero. brrr! winds will continue to be breezy from the west- northwest tomorrow, so the wind chills will keep everyone feeling sub-zero through the day. try to limit any outdoor time you have tonight and tomorrow and keep your pets inside! clouds will increase through sunday night and remain through the day monday. there is a slight chance of a light snow shower on monday, but the day should be mainly dry for most of

we're going to toss it over to meterologist bree sullivan to tell us more, bree what do we need to be prepared for? temperatures tomorrow.... it might force churches to cancel services.... make sure to check back on the bottom ticker and at we are iowa dot com.. nikki in the weeks since president obama's orders about gun control, he's gotten a lot of support...but also a lot of backlash from presidential candidates. some believe the president's plans don't go far enough, while others say they're unnecessary because the laws on the books are already strong enough. this weekend, adventureland is hosting the metro's first gun show since the president's executive order. nikki: local five's jacob peklo joins us now with more on this story. jacob peklo, studio: "president obama has issued executive orders, designed to make it more difficult for anyone to purchase a firearm. but people at the altoona gun show say the changes aren't necessary." bob ducharme uses gun shows to meet with thousands of people about firearms. bob ducharme, owner of tactical creations: "there's, you know, 40 dealers

we're going to toss it over to meterologist bree sullivan to tell us more, bree what do we need to be bree thanks.. with those cold with those cold temps tomorrow..it might force churches to cancel service tomorrow.. make sure to check back on the bottom ticker and at we are iowa dot com.. nikki: president obama's executive orders about gun sales are a divisive issue across the nation, and of course... among the presidential candidates. this weekend, a gun show at adventureland is expected to bring in about about two thousand people. vendors at the show say current gun laws are strong enough.... but aren't being enforced the way they should be. according to the n-r-a.... more than 80-thousand people lied on the forms, but only 44 people were actually prosecuted for breaking the law. people attending todays show said they confident in the process to buy a gun there. roger mcginley, des moines resident: "they want to buy a gun the 4473, i have a feeling they might up ending having a conversation with the sheriff or the city policeman that's going to meet them at the door." coming up ton

we are going to send it over to meterologist bree sullivan for the answers. nikki: theres already thousands of car crashes due to the snow with several deaths. abc's kayla barguirina has the latest from the target of the storm... "no hype here? the blizzard of 2016 hitting hard? nats new york city nearly doubling its expected snow totals? officials forced to commuter rails? even some of the city's subway system - frozen. sot - mayor bill de blasio / (d) new york city "if you have taken your car out for any reason, turn around and go home right now." in west virginia - white out conditions - nearly obscuring this convoy of plows. in arlington, virginia - snow buried police cruisers? the national guard sending in soldiers to help. travel by air - crippled? no planes going in or out of new york, washington or philadelphia. instead, equipment lined up to clear the runways. nats people in the d-c and virginia area - expecting three feet or more of accumulation. sot - brian pittack / homeowner "a few feet's okay. but once you pass 24 and they're calling for 36 or 4

nikki/2wxhang meteorologist bree sullivan is i'll have your forecast next "now, we are iowa's "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" bree/wxwall: weather adlib: put script here in green the clouds will hold steady overnight and the skies will remain dry. central iowa will stay locked under the clouds through the day tomorrow as well with light southerly above that freezing mark. it might finally be the day to take down those leftover christmas decorations outside! there won't be any relief from the clouds sunday night, but temperatures will remain mild under the blanket in the upper 20s. the overcast skies will finally give way to precipitation by monday as highs top out in the low-to-mid 30s. central iowa will likely see the precipitation fall as freezing drizzle before it changes over to snow. low snow accumulations are expected. western the metro currently looks to stay under an inch, and snow amounts continue to lessen to the east where the precip looks to fall mainly as rain. nikki iowa state travels down to the lone st

meterologist bree sullivan is tracking a winter storm that may hit early next week... bree how does it look so far.. nikki: thanks bree. nikki: the countdown is on in iowa. by this time monday night. we'll start to have an idea of who iowans are voting for. and today, candidates pitched their ideas hoping to sway voters their way. abc's brandi hitt has more. " nats - sanders rally tonight the count down in iowa... is getting ugly. sot trump: "ted cruz, who was not born on u-s soil - it's a problem!" republicans -- donald trump and marco rubio - both attacking ted cruz. sot rubio: "he's decided to run a very, y'know, deceitful campaign at the end on some things he's saying...people see through that." sot cruz: "six weeks ago, everyone in the field was attacking donald trump. now, attacking me." nearly all the candidates - are now hawkeye state.... democrat - hillary bill and chelsea. clinton also addressed the state department decision... to declare 22 emails sent from her private account "top secret"... in this interview with cnn. send or receive emails each rally - eac

get to that starting line eventyally being a grinder you can finish nikki/2shot meteorologist bree sullivan joins me now. i'll have your forecast coming up. "now, we are iowa's "now, we are iowa's most accurate weatherrate the independent weather experts" bree weather adlib: it's back to routines tomorrow, but until then the clouds will remain overhead overnight keeping lows in the teens in most areas across the state. the day will start with morning clouds, but skies will eventually clear out for the afternoon. winds will be very light at 4 to 8 mph becoming more southeasterly as the day progresses. the thermometer will read in the 20s tomorrow, but with sunshine and light winds it might not feel so bad! winds will remain light overnight monday with partly cloudy skies. lows tomorrow night will again drop into the teens. a mild warm-up begins on tuesday. highs will reach into the 30s once again and winds will become breezy from the south. by midweek, precipitation will be back in the forecast starting with a light mix by wednesday afternoon. precip chances increase from there, with the bes

nikki: meteorologist bree sullivan joins us now..... bree nikki: thanks bree... winter break went south for one kid in western iowa. nikki: a child was rushed to the hospital after sledding accident in sioux city yesterday afternoon . details are still scarce...but the child was reportedly taken from the grand view park to the hospital by an ambulance. people who witnessed what happened said the child may have been seriously injured... "they pulled the sled away and my son said the child wasn't moving and the police, ambulance and fire department they attendet to the person laying done and pulled them out on a stretcher." nikki: we'll will bring you more on this developing story...as information becomes available. nikki: funeral arrangements are being made for a man killed during a snowmobile ride friday... the marshall county sheriffs office says 25 year old travis vandewalle was riding a snowmobile when it overturned onto him. investigators say he was attempting to climb a drift in a field northeast of legrand near abbott avenue at about 6:30 p.m. vandewalle wa

but now let's get a quick check of the weather with meterologist bree sullivan. bree/