jessica rae: debbie francis is making these colorful quilted bowl koozies to help raise 20- thousand dollars. she needs the money to pay expenses related to a double lung transplant. debbie has an auto-immune disease that damaged her lungs. "(debbie francis, needs double lung transplant) "so i did really well up until a couple of years ago, and then the last eight months have been really challenging, so time for a double lung transplant." jessica rae: debbie's daughter has established a go-fund-me campaign to help with contributions. campaign to help with contributions. debbie says she will continue to make the bowl koozies right up until she goes into surgery. start, the flu season is striking big in iowa. according to the iowa department of public health, there have been deaths since iowa has three around.. including the h-1- n-1... which was serious in 2009. school-aged kids are more prone to that strain. health officials are warning anyone who hasnt got their flu shot... it should make a difference. patricia quinlisk iowa health " it could be a pretty two of the strains could cau

>>reporter: debbie francis has autoimmune disease the damage to lungs. she needs $20,000 to pay for a double lung transplant. she's making colorful bowl cocis to cover some expenses. >> where can you find those? >> we will go to debbie francis online. >> google that inner. >> i'm sure people would love >> creative. >> is a great idea because i have plates i put in there i probably shouldn't put in the microwave but when i touch them they have to worry about . >> get a closer to getting a transplant. >>> today a great day for something one for lunch because it's cold out there. cam shot in wilson. you can see the bright blue sky behind the courthouse. when i pulled the shot up a few minutes ago people were coming and going, somebody must've taken a break close to noon, i think everyone has escaped the courthouse to head out on their 39 temperature officially at the airport. winds northwest 8 miles an hour dew points six, very dry air in place right now. 35 henderson, 34 roxborough, rocky mount and wilson 38 and 36 in roanoke rapids 32 one of a cold spots

jessica rae: debbie francis is making these colorful quilted bowl koozies to help raise 20- thousand dollars. she needs the money to pay expensns related to a double lung transplant. debbie has an auto-immune disease that damaged her lungs. "(debbie francis, needs double lung transplant) "so i did really well up until a couple of years ago, and then the last eight months have been really challenging, so time for a double lung transplant." jessica rae: debbie's daughter has established a go-fund-me campaign to help with contributions. debbie says she will continue to make the bowl koozies righghup until she goes into surgery. jessica rae: its a trend many busy people are turning to... buying your groceries online. sales from online grocery shopping are expected to top more than 13 billion dollars for 20-16. abc's rebecca "nats gopro rebecca receiving deliveries "hello?thanks" it's breakfast time at my house. and the deliveries are coming in. to see how different online grocery services stack up, we placed orders for the exact same breakfast items from four different companies at the e

debbie francis needs a double lung transplant. she's had the disease since 1997 but it's starting to progress. >> i did really well up until a couple of years ago and then the last eight months have been really challenging. transplant. >> my goodness. she's been making these quilted bowls and selling them online. her daughter started a gofundme >>> coming up next, millions of americans oping to be the biggest jackpot winner in history. $1.5billionup for grabs. >> we're live in southwest denver where investigators say it could take weeks to figure out what caused a house fire. this killed one person, injured several others. thanks for watching denver 7 at 4:30. we're back in two minutes with

deputies say they were trying to break up a fight between skyler francis and courtney johnson. he started attacking debbie. they say francis broke away and started hitting michael in the back of the head with a baton. they went into action to help the partner. fr francis is charged with two counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer while johnson is charged with resisting arrest. wayne iv says both japanese are expected to be okay but the deputy is expected to stay in the hospital at least in the next few days. >> wildlife workers remove coyote traps in brevard county just one week ago. now they could actually be coming back. we will show you the new evidence that could allow workers to trap the animals again. ucf students are on their way to tallahassee. find out how they hope to get results with a push to make highways safer for all of us. the reason the republican he is now boycotting the debate . >> they can't toy with me like a toy with everyone else. let them have their debate . let's see how they do with the ratings. >> the debate will go on with or without mister trump. >> trumps bigg

pope francis is very concerned about human rights in the middle east, and protection for christian minorities, particularly under threat. the iranian debbie foreign minister is saying iran is able to do -- is ready to -- the iranian get the foreign minister is saying iran is ready to do anything possible to stabilize the situation and will be working hard to see how the european countries can advance that and have iran play a better role to ensure that that can happen. >> josephine mckenna, thank you. , as francois hollande is continuing his three-day tour, and on the second day the french leader has cleared the way for a multibillion euro sale of the french built rafale fighter jets to delhi in india, but the two sides where specter to sign off on a final agreement during his visit. ,he trip is set to increase operation -- increase cooperation on dealing with terrorism. hollande: our defense ministers have signed an intergovernmental agreement. it is a decisive step for india to purchase these fighter jets. please allow me to thank you for that. there remain some financial matters to be sorted out in the next couple of days, but what mat

debbie stabenow. >> thank you. >>> i want to check in with francis rivera for a check on our latest response on a lighter note aboutpowerball. >> a conversation a lot of us have been having leading up to this. now there are three winners. we ask you what would you do if you won? would you go to work if you won the powerball jackpot? this isn't too surprising here. it's pretty much stay the same. 48% of our viewers are saying, yes, they would go to work. 52% said, no, i'm staying home. you kind of want to align everything, get your lawyer intact. you want to go fly under the radar a little bit before the cameras start, all your friend, family start wanting a piece of that, right? >> yes. >> not too surprising that you want to play it on the downlow when you get everything in order. >> should i be looking -- you think there's a suspicious winner behind us? >> no, we have our $19 that our office pool won. >> we're going to reinvest that in the next powerball. >> don't spend it all in one place, that $19. >>> this is something that really took a lot of people be surprise today. the sad news about alan rickman's passing