police say it shows 61 year old robert scarbrough attacking 15 year old christian suarez... who has special needs. suarez says it all started when he decided to sit in the wrong bus seat. that's when he says scarbrough stopped the bus... and approached him... i threw a book at him. then he came. he pulled me by my ear and i punched him. he told me punch me again. i dare you. and i didn't want to. i told him no. that's when suarez says scarbrough threw him to the floor. and this isn't the first time scarbrough has acted out... a spokeswoman says the district received a complaint about him a week earlier. suarez's attorney says the district we are aware that a parent complained about his anger and several of the other kids have talked about that he has these ongoing angry outbursts over the last two months. and certainly not taking those seriously created this situation. scarbrough is charged with child endangerment and assault. he has been released from the polk county jail... but remains on administrative leave. the city clerk of defiance is accused of stealing the towns' mon

she's representing 15-year-old christian suarez. he's the young man we're hearing from for the first time he's involved in this fight. we showed you about this about an hour ago. he was here so was his attorney and so were his family. basically what they wanted to do is give him a chance to talk to reporters who have been asking about this incident happened last week. you'll recall there was some video shot by kids in a johnson school bus. christian was in the backseat of the bus. the bus driver came back there. they had a fight. he was hit. and scarborough went to jail. but what we haven't heard is why this happened. the video has been a sensation since it was released last week. we talked to christian about that. he says basically the driver came back and i told him to move. he declined to move and that's when the fight began. we asked whame he was feeling about that just a short time ago. >> i was mad, angry, scared why he was talking back to me. i was scared that he was going to hurt me so i threw the book. >> the family wants t

a student knocked to the floor by his school bus driver... 15-year-old christian suarez is now sharing what led up to that physical confrontation... channel 13's aaron brilbeck has the story. 15-year old christian suarez...a johnston student with special needs.. says he's scared to go back to school...and even more scared to ride the bus. that's because last attacked by his bus driver...61-year old robert scarbrough. suarez admits he was acting up on the bus...sitting where he wasn't supposed to. "the bus driver asked me to move and i didn't want to so i said no."that's when suarez says scarbrough stopped the bus and approached him... "i threw a book at him. then he came. he pulled me by my ear and i punched him. he told me punch me again. i dare you. and i didn't want to. i told him no. and then he just lost his temper for some reason."that's when suarez says, scarbrough threw him to the floor. scarbrough could then be heard unleashing on another student. "i was mad. angry. scared. has he been mean to you before? no but he's been mean to...he's been mean to other students."a school sp

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todd: scarborough asked suarez to move frorohis seat before the fight broke out and the teenager admits he yelled a profane statement which clearly set the driver off. >> christian said something that was offensive to the bus driver and the bus driver assaulted him. todd: suarez says he regrets the outburst and in the future. >> i will try not to say anything mean. eric: suarez now drives to school with his family and is afraid to get back on the bus. the attorney says they are discussing the possibility of suing the school district and bus driver. a missing two-year-old, a frantic search, and the train. a rescue by a man called a hero. elizabeth: nmamax's mom says he wandered off after he was upset he couldn't play with a toy. they say there's one person to thank for finding him in the nick of time. we have the exclusive story from oc a lot. -- osceola. as he followed max's frantic cries for help. >> i fell down the ravine, got back up, and my way out. the boy was 20 feet down this way. kim: no more than three minutes after he grabbed him, the train came speeding by. >> he was frightened to death so when i got a hold of him, i was so happy. playing with his toy

it started when 9th grader christian suarez assigned seat. the bus driver ear and shoves him to the ground after suarez throws a book at him and makes a profane comment. christian says he threw the book because he was afraid of the bus driver once he pulled over to confront him. the 15 year old suffers from brain seizures and has the functioning level of a third grader. "i was mad, angry, scared. some person comes and touched your own family. it breaks your heart" elias: the bus driver -- 61 year old robert scarbrough faces child endangerment and assault charges. he's out on bond and was given a no-contact the suarez family will wait until the school district completes its investigation to decide if they want to sue. christian will go back to school on thursday -- his parents will drop him off and pick him up for the next few weeks. sabrina: a shocking story out of washington....as an investigation sheds light on paid patriotism.. sabrina: a congressional investigation shows the pentagon paid dozens of professional sports teams to support the

oak hill drive and another in altoona at 2200 eric: elizabeth: the family of johnston student christian suarez admits it may file a civil suit against the bus driver who allegedly assaulted him. suarez and his attorney talked to reporters tuesday and they say they want to wait on the outcome of the school district investigation first. driver robert scarborough is charged with assault. knoxville have ousted two city council members who voted to remove a controversial memorial from a city park. on monday, the council voted to move the cross to private party across the street after international group complained about the religious symbol. elizabeth: frank county was reelected -- frank county was reelected to another term as des moines mayor. linda westergaard will replace rob mahaffey when he steps down and joe gatto won reelection. shaina: we anticipate more details in the death of an illinois police officer whose shooting death led to a manhunt in september. officials now say lieutenant charles joseph gliniewicz died of a self-inflicted gunshot was it too heavy? and overloaded cargo plane cras

tonight, fifteen year old christian suarez shares his first-hand experience of the bus ride home last thursday. christian, his family and their attorney held a press conference today. local 5's kattey ortiz was there and not only did she ask christian about the incident, she sat down with his family. jack: she here now, with an interview you'll see only here on local 5. kattey: there were a few smiles from tell me he's traumatized. they say there's nothing their son said or did that justifies the way the bus driver handled his temper. especially when ... according to their attorney ... the school district was aware of another complaint against the bus driver about his temper from a different parent ... just a week before this happened. "i was mad, angry, scared" for the first time ... 9th grader christian suarez share's his perspective of last thursday's bus ride home ... when his bus driver was caught on video shoving him to the floor. "when he was walking back to me, i was scared he was going to hurt me so i threw the book at him" it began when christian wouldn't sit in his seat. th

moments before, the video shows scarbrough pushing down 15-year old christian suarez. the teen says suarez was mouthing off to the bus driver, and threw a notebook at him. but he says the driver had no right to do what happened next... "the bus driver turned around and said don't throw stuff at me. and then christian yells a profanity at him. and after that the bus driver says don't talk to me that way and he ripped him out of his seat and like hit him across the face." routt says he was scared but stood his ground because nobody else seemed to be. scarbrough is now charged with assault and child endangerment. he's yet to give his side of the story. we now know the culprit behind a nearly staff-wide sick day at roosevelt high school. 58 teachers and staff got sick after the lunch on october 22nd. it forced the district to cancel classes. now the polk county health department says meat served at a staff luncheon was what brought on the food poisoning. the department tested the food and conducted more than 100 interviews to determine that. they're not however saying who

hit me again police say the video shows 15-year old christian suarez being attacked by his bus driver...61-year old robert scarbrough. but what led up to that is what people will be talking about today... the boy now admitting he wasn't following directions... and when the driver stopped the bus... and approached... he threw the first punch... "i threw a book at him. then he came. he pulled me by my ear and i punched him. he told me punch me again. i dare you. and i didn't want to. i told him no. and then he just lost his temper for some reason." initially the school said they'd had no other problems with scarbrough... now they say they were wrong. another parent did file a complaint about a week earlier. but the boy says it wasn't directed toward him. "has he been mean to you before? no but he's been mean to...he's been mean to other students." scarbrough is charged with child endangerment and assault. he was released from polk county jail this week and remains on administrative leave. a waterloo police officer is on leave this morning after shooting a wanted drug suspect... investig

hit me again police say the video shows 15-year old christian suarez being attacked by his bus driver...61-year old robert scarbrough. but what led up to that is what people will be talking about today... the boy now admitting he wasn't following directions... and when the driver stopped the bus... and approached... he threw the first punch... "i threw a book at him. then he came. he pulled me by my ear and i punched him. he told me punch me again. i dare you. and i didn't want to. i told him no. and then he just initially the school said they'd had no other problems with scarbrough... now they say they were wrong. another parent did file a complaint about a week earlier. but the boy says it wasn't directed toward him. "has he been mean to you before? no but he's been mean to...he's been mean to other students." scarbrough is charged with child endangerment and assault. he was released from polk county jail this week and remains on administrative leave. the results are in this morning... and it looks like des moines' mayor will stick around for another term. frank cownie ruled about 8

reporter: scarborough asked suarez to move from his seat and now the teenager admits he yelled a profane statement which clearly set the driver off. >> christian did say something offensive to the bus driver. >> suarez says that he regrets his own outburst. in the future --? reporter: -- >> i would try not to tell the bus driver anything mean. reporter: suarez told me that he is afraid to ride on a school bus, and he is riding now with his family. >> any discussion of a lawsuit? reporter: i asked about that, and the eternity -- attorney said they are desperately -- finale looking into every option. coming out today, they show a double-digit lead for hillary clinton. >> a new nbc wall street journal poll shows clinton's 11 hour benghazi hearing only helped her in the eyes of voters. she has a 62%-32% lead over barry sanders. martin o'malley is still far behind at 3%. clinton brought her campaign today to central iowa. right now, clinton just spoke. reporter: she just wrapped up a little bit ago. you can see they are breaking down in this room right now where she spoke to more than 800 people tonight. mostly students since she is trying to attra

the student...christian suarez.... opened up about the incident for the first time tonight - you saw it live on the channel 13 news at five... channel 13's aaron brilbeck was at the press conference...and 12:42 then he stopped at price chopper i threw a book at him then he came he pulled by the ear and i punched him he told punch me again i dare you.13:02 hazmat crews were called to an urbandale business today because of a suspicious package. authorities say a woman found a package with a mysterious powder inside. when she tried to wash it off her hand... she told authorities her hands started to tingle. after investigating, crews determined that the substance was clearasil....a form of face wash. employees were allowed to return to work after crews determined there was no real danger. urbandale crews were also called to a gas leak. it happened at the intersection of 100th and douglas around noon. authorities say people started calling them after they smelled gas coming from a construction site. the intersection shut d

last week between a bus driver and the special needs student. 15-year-old christian suarez and his family held a news conference tuesday at their attorney's office. he says bus driver robert scarborough asked him to move from his seat and the two began to fight. police charged scarborough with assault. suarez says he's afraid to ride the bus. >> i was mad, angry, scared. >> the family wants the bus driver to know it is never ok to put your hands on a child when you're angry. elizabeth: attorney kim baer says the suarez family is waiting for the johnston school district to investigate before deciding on a civil lawsuit. a bonus for de moines water works ceo bill stowe. records show he will get a $500,000 bonus by the end of the this comes as waterworks customers face a rate hike. one des moines city official questions the timing of the raise -- rate increase and bonus but graham gillette tells kcci the half dollar payout is the cost of keeping the most qualified person on the job. eric: proposed changes for highway 30 are causing concern in nevada. some businesses owners and residents have

christian suarez, his family, and attorney, kim baer, spoke to the media about an hour ago. suarez took questions about what happened on the bus last week, it was all caught on cell phone video, between him and bus driver robert scarbrough, the attorney, kim baer, also addressed the media. " the suarez family wants you to know it is never ok to put your hands on a child when you're angry. if you've seen the video, you know that the bus driver was yelling at christian and pulled his ear and threw him to the ground. it is a hard video to watch." jack: we'll have more on this story, on this story, including a sit down interview with christian's parents, coming up on local 5 news at ten. robert scarbrough was arrested on child endangerment and assault charges last week, and has since bonded out of jail. san: no one was hurt after an airplane crashed at the creston municipal airport over the weekend. the crash happened around 2 in the afternoon on sunday when the fort dodge pilot tried to land. because it was so windy, the plane flipped on its top and rolled on the tarmack. the p

station in des moines has more. " " " i was mad, angry, scared" for the first time ... 9th grader christian suarez share's his perspective of last thursday's bus ride home ... when his bus drdrer was caught on video shoving him to theheloor. "when he was walking back to o , i was scared he was going to hurt me so i threw the book at him" it began when christian wouldn't sit in his seat. this viral video, recorded by a student, shows the driver grabbing christian by the ear after he throws a book and makes an offensive comment. "he just lost his temper for some reason, then he threw me." that's when other students start yelling at the driver to stop. "happy that my friends were sticking up for me, but it also made me feel sad whehehe told the kidido shut up." the e deo is difficult to watch for christian's family who take special care of him. he suffers from brain seizures triggered by severe anxiety and stress. the 15-year-old functions at a third grade level because of them. "my heart sank. just seeing someone else put his hands on him did take a toll on me." "some person comes anantouched your o

the child has been identified as christian suarez, a student at johnston middle school. we'll bring you the family's remarks tonight on local five news at six and 10. jack: but for now, let's join local five's amanda krenz who's live outside the law office now to bring us up to speed on this story. amanda jack-- the incident last thursday on the johnston school bus started when the driver, robert scarbrough, tried to get the student to move to his assigned seat. scarbrough became upset when the student said some inflammatory comments back...that exchange is all caught on this cell phone video as well. but that's where things really escalate. suarez attempts to throw a punch and scarbrough shoves him down on the bus floor... all the while yelling at him and the other kids on the bus who try to come to suarez' aid. the students were able to flag down a deputy at the next bus stop, show him the video and that resulted in scarbrought's arrest. he was booked in the polk county jail on two charges: child endangerment and assault causing bodily injury. he did post bond sunday a

caleb says that student...15-year old christian suarez, really started the whole conflict by refusing to move to the front of the bus. "the bus driver came back towards christian and told him to go up front with him. so christian acted like he was going to. he stood up and then he threw his book at him. it was like a notebook."but caleb says the driver went too far. "the bus driver turned around and said don't throw stuff at me. and then christian yells a profanity at him. and after that the bus driver says don't talk to me that way and he ripped him out of his seat and like hit him across the face."that's when caleb stood up for the other boy.. "i like didn't think it was right. i was scared but like i knew what should be done and nobody else seemed to be doing it at the time. so i told the bus driver to stop and he told me he said you're next."but caleb stood his ground "after he told me to sit down he just flipped everybody off and walked up to the front of the bus and kept driving."a lot of people are saying caleb is kind of a hero for standing up to the bus driver like that. "i'v

he's out on bond and was given a no-contact order with christian. the suarez family will wait until the school district completes its investigation to decide if they want to sue. christian will go back to school on thursday -- his parents will drop him off and pick him up for the next few weeks. elias: in knoxville...a memorial that sparked controversy will be moved. the kneeling soldier memorial mysteriously showed up, without permission months ago in youngs park. after an anonymous citizen complained about the memorial- it grabbed national attention about separating church and state. however, knoxvilles city council voted to move the memorial to private property. local veterans said they're happy the memorial is here to stay. "in a way its almost better because right now, right now the rock blocks it and you better because right now, right now the rock blocks it and you kind of have to come over to see it, but over there itll be right in the wide open" elias: veterans said the controversy actually helped raise money for a new bronze memorial that will go in

caleb says that student...15-year old christian suarez, really started the whole conflict by refusing to move to the front of the bus. "the bus driver came back towards christian and told him to go up front with him. so christian acted like he was going to. he stood up and then he threw his book at him. it was like a notebook."but caleb says the driver went too far. "the bus driver turned around and said don't throw stuff at me. and then christian yells a profanity at him. and after that the bus driver says don't talk to me that way and he ripped him out of his seat and like hit him across the face."that's when caleb stood up for the other boy.. "i like didn't think it was right. i was scared but like i knew what should be done and nobody else seemed to be doing it at the time. so i told the bus driver to stop and he told me he said you're next."but caleb stood his ground "after he told me to sit down he just flipped everybody off and walked up to the front of the bus and kept driving."a lot of people are saying caleb is kind of a hero for standing up to the bus driver like that. "i'v

ninth grader christian suarez was grabbed by the driver, 61 year old robert scarbrough, and shoved to the ground. he faces assault charges. the suarez family says they will wait till after the school district investigation to decide if they want to sue. elias: looking at yesterday's election results.... with more than 80-percent of the vote, des moines mayor frank cownie has won a third term in office. and in windsor heights, the top two vote and in windsor heights, the top two vote getters were threase harms and zachary bales-henry for the two at-large seats on the city council. bales-henry becomes the council. bales-henry becomes the first latino to serve on the city council. for links to your county auditor's website and results from around the state sabrina: elias: well let's get a quick check of the weather with meterologist sam schreier. sam/ weather adlib: sabrina: oh here we go >>> welcome back to "gma." check this out your very first look at "entertainment weekly" story out friday on the set of the harry potter prequel, " "fantastibeast and where to find them," eddie redmayne

that student, is speaking out... " "i was mad, angry, scared" for the first time ... 9th grader christian suarez share's his perspective of last thursday's bus ride home ... when his bus driver was caught on v veo shoving him to the floor. "when he was walking back to me, i was scared he was going to hurt me so i threw the book at him" it began when christian wouldn't sit in his seat. this viral video, recorded by a student, shows the driver grabbing christian by the ear after he throws a book and makes an offensive comment. "he just lost his temper for some ason, then he threw me." that's when other students start yelling at the driver to stop. "happy that my friends were sticking up for me, but it also made me feel sad when he told the kid to shut up." the video is difficult to watch for christian's family who take special care of hihi he suffers froro brain seizures triggered by severe anxiety and stress. the 15-year-old functions at a third grade level because of them. "my heart sank. just seeing someone else put his hands on him did take a toll on me." "some person comes and touched your ow

police say it shows 61 year old robert scarbrough attacking 15 year old christian suarez... who has special needs. suarez says it all started when he decided to sit in the wrong bus seat... that's when he says scarbrough stopped the bus... and approached him. suarez says he punched scarbrough... before scarbrough threw him to the floor. endangerment and assault the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie

the family of johnston student christian suarez admits it may file a civil suit against the bus driver who assaulted him. suarez and his attorney talked with reporters tuesday and say they want to wait for the outcome of the school district's investigation first. driver robert scarbrough is charged with assault - the incident caught on tape by other students last week. des moines water works is raising customer rates next year - and will pay ceo bill stowe a 500- thousand dollar bonus in five years! kcci obtained stowe's employment contract -- and built in is a guarantee he'll be paid an amount equal to 200-percent of his salary at the end of 2020. the water works chairman tells kcci a half- million dollar payout is the cost of keeping the most qualified person for the job. more election results - frank another term as des moines mayor. also chris coleman re- elected to his at- large seat on the city council. linda westergaard will be replacing bob mahaffey on the council when he steps down in january. and joe gatto also won re-election - he was unopposed. let's first get a check on tr

police say it shows 61 year old robert scarbrough attacking 15 year old christian suarez. the teen you see confronting scarbrough is 13 year old caleb routt. routt says suarez was mouthing off to scarbrough... but scarbrough had no right to hurt him. that's when routt says he stepped in... i like didn't think it was right. i was scared but like i knew what should be done and nobody else seemed to be doing it at the time. so i told the bus driver to stop and he told me he said you're next. students later reported what happened to the police. scarbrough is charged with assault and child endangerment. he remains on administrative leave. officials say meat was the source of sickness at a high school luncheon. 58 of roosevelt's teachers became ill from eating the food last month... causing classes to be canceled. so the polk county health ran some tests... and conducted more than one hundred interviews. while the department did find the source... it isn't releasing who provided the food. it also can't determine if the problem was in the food's preparation... or handling. a dist