elias/lam clinton has been going hard on sanders in the past few days as she campaigns in iowa. she's attacking his voting record on gun control bills while in record on gun control bills while in congress. and again mentioned his weak stance during an organizing event in ames tuesday. i find it kind of interesting whenever i say you know you voted against the brady bill five times you voted for what the nra said was the biggest nra priority giving them immunity and he says, we'll i'm from vermont. pat leahy the other senator from vermont voted against immunity for the gun lobby so no, that's not an explanation. elias: clinton has also criticized sanders' healthcare plan and wants to know how he plans to pay for it. look for lots more back and forth when the democratic presidential sunday in south carolina. elias/lam and the republican side is seeing a shake-up here in iowa as well -- a two-man race between ted cruz and donald trump. this according to a new bloomberg-des moines register poll released today. senator cruz is at the top of the poll with 25- percent support. trump n

elias/lam coming up on local 5 news midday... a chilling terror plot foiled and a 23 year old milwaukee man behind bars -- hear what led to the arrest. elias: and a little later.... iowa students stuck on a pennsylvania turnpike -- in the middle of the biggest snowstorm of the season. we're sharing their story -- " you're watching local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" elias: good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm elias johnson. elias: turning now to a frightening terror plot -- a 23-year-old american citizen behind bars this morning -- accused of planning a massacre at a masonic temple in milwaukee -- abc senior justice correspondent pierre thomas is in washington with the latest in your national headlines. this morning samy mohamed hamzeh is in jail accused of plotting a killing spree targeting this milwaukee masonic temple sot masonic temple reax: scary to say the least. the alleged plot laid out in chilling specificity. the plan: to lock the doors of the temple?and systematically execute 30 peopl

elias/lam actress ann hathaway has confirmed that she is pregnant ... and she used social media to do it. rumors have swirled that the oscar-winner might be expecting a child. hathaway posted a picture of herself in a swimsuit on instagram. the photo shows an obvious baby bump. the image has racked up more than 270- thousand likes and thousands of comments. elias/lam coming up on local 5 news obama's recent executive action regarding gun control -- hear what the nation has to say today. elias: and .... the campaign trail ahead of caucus night -- who trump is targeting now and who isn't biting after his attacks. local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" elias: good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm elias johnson. elias: developing this hour -- crews working to recover a body after a trench collapse. elias: : it happened at the construction it happened at the construction site of a housing development near 5th avenue and adventureland drive. crews were called to the scene around 8 a.m. after a trench collapsed on a construction

elias/lam: now to the massive cleanup underway from the deadly blizzard of 2016 -- big cities like baltimore and washington are still digging out this morning. the federal goverment is closed a second day. battles to clear the streets of dozens of inches of snow. abc's david kerley is live in latest. " overnight- in baltimore a row of houses going up in flames - fire fighters struggling to reach the homes with streets still not plowed - miraculously no injuries. nats digging out it's now been over 55 hours since the blizzard ended and the washington dc area -- still partially crippled. much of the trouble... is in the surrounding suburbs.... some homeowners trapped on streets untouched since friday. mos "plan a went down the drain and they did not have a plan b." the weight of all that standing snow... has claimed its share of roofs.... in silver spring, maryland... this church's roof collapsing. dc schools staying closed...for a 2nd day. nats plow federal employees again told to stay home? while crews work plowing 44 hundred miles of roadway .... the national park service has another 300 mi

elias/lam following your national headlines -- a pre-trial motions hearing is scheduled this morning in baltimore... for four police officers charged in the death of freddie gray. the judge will hear a motion to strike a court order compelling testimony from a fifth officer, william porter. prosecutors want to call him to testify in court proceedings against sergeant alicia white, officer garrett miller, officer edward nero and lieutenant brian rice. porter's trial ended in mistrial. he will be retried in june. the sixth officer charged in gray's death, caesar goodson, was supposed to begin this week -- but it's been put on hold until the court decides whether to order porter to testify. elias: meanwhile -- the mayor of flint michigan spent tuesday in washington, working to get more funding to fix the city's water crisis. meanwhile, more lawsuits have been filed against the state's governor and health officials. in his state of the state address last night, governor rick snyder vowed to fix the water problem. elias: local 5 news elias: midday... up this morning with fresh snow on the