i'm jack miller. stephanie has the night off. though the weather is settled down now, there could be still more snow ahead. chief meterologist brad edwards is here to give us the latest information for tomorrow. brad/wxcenter: well, today was a good our latest snowstorm. most areas were blanketed with 4 to 10" of snow with the heaviest amounts generally hitting areas north and east of the metro. we could see a little more snow with a small system coming our way late tonight. however, we will be dry and quiet early tonight with mostly cloudy skies. temps will fall back into the 10s for most areas. after 3 am we will have a chance for some light snow to move in from the sw. right now it looks like this snow will be gone 8 or 9 am with less than a inch expected for most areas. even so, it might be just enough to slow drivers down for the morning commute. at least the winds will be light all day wednesday around 5-10 mph from the wnw. we may not see much of the sun wednesday afternoon, but we have a good chance of some sunshine by fr

i'm jack miller, stephanie has the night off. i'm joined by chief meteorologist brad edwards. brad: ((ad libs into fusion)) brad: brad/on cam jack: and we want to conditions are looking like. our road warrior tonight, out driving around, testing the roads for us. claire? -- location -- road conditions, any to clear roads; with -- travel speed, go slow-- get home safely -- will toss back with "jack back to you" claire, thanks. jack: the d-o-t traffic cameras now. this is i-235 at 42nd street in des moines the dot website reporting that interstate conditions there are partially covered. for a first-hand perspective, we have iowa state patrol sergeant nathan ludwig on the phone. jack: what are you seeing right now? any major blockages to report? what kind of accidents are you seeing? how does this compare to events you've been part of the response to? recommendation is always to stay you advise to tonight? jack/lam: here in des moines, public works has been out with crews all day clearing roads. the city has 700 miles of residential streets to clear... which they will work on once

i'm jack miller. stephanie/2shot: and i'm stephanie angleson. it was a first ever for event the iowa republican party - having their own brown and black forum. it was on the books for today but now...it's a no go. stephanie: local five chief political correspondent amanda krenz explains why it was canceled and the potential impact it could have. the first ever brown and black forum in iowa happened in 1984.

i'm jack miller. stephanie/2shot: and i'm stephanie angleson. stephanie: our big story tonight... governor branstad is making history at the state fairgrounds. local 5 chief political reporter amanda krenz is live at the celebration... amanda-- amanda/livesat: governor branstad is making history... and selling a new book. this is his new biography, called iowa's record setting governor: the terry branstad story." the money from the book sales will go to the governor branstad iowa history fund which will help fund efforts that promote and preserve the state's history. there's one special historical spot in iowa that's close to the governor's heart... where pieces of his history are on display. take a look at a fresh- faced governor terry branstad, in his mid thirties, ready to lead the state of iowa. this room inside of the mansion museum in forest city, iowa is a place where the public can see a collection of memorabilia from branstad's first three sense of pride. i know the roots he had. the love he had for the state of iowa and our country. governor branstad was born in forest c

jack miller, stephanie forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." stephanie: the state of iowa is officially one month away from a historic change. the medicaid program is expected to change over to a managed care program. that means 4 out-of-state companies will be in charge of it. local 5's amanda krenz shows us how one agency is dealing with a tight deadline. "nats of kids playing. thousands of kids with special health care needs come here to childserve in johnston. in one year alone, this place will help 3- thousand families. about 75 percent of those families use medicaid to help pay for the services they receive. 20:54:56 everyobody wants to konw what's happening, some of those questions, we don't know what the answers are going to the president and ceo of childserve. he says families have successfully used medicaid to help with services for 25 years. he says the change from medicaid to private companies is made even more complicated by a quickly approaching january first deadlin

a look at your forecast ((:04 wx ad-lib)) that's tomorrow on jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." jack: to go or to stay. the quick changing weather was hard on truck drivers working on tight deadlines today. fort dodge saw everything from rain, ice to snow. truck drivers hitting the roads are reminding people to give extra space and slow down as this weather continues. ""lot of change to sleet to snow and it did it quick today, were big" jack: for those dealing with that snow tonight brad, how long until it clears up? jack: brad brad: weather adlib: we had a real messy day out there across our state. nw counties had the worst of it getting more than 6" of accumulation. that is also where roads are still icy in spots. here in central iowa, we were warm enough for just rain with about 1/4" of rain today. our temperatures should the metro most of the night with a few rain (or snow) showers showers will be metro later toni

i'm jack miller. stephanie/2shot: and i'm stephanie angleson. if you'd like to continue watching abc's special coverage of the shooting in california, we are live streaming it on our website we are iowa dot com. stephanie/2shot tonight we are learning some disturbing details about how two people were killed inside their des moines home - and it's calling into question the safety around the city. stephanie: but first an update on des moines' most recent double murder. michael wanchanic is in the polk county jail on 2 million dollar bond and will be in front of a judge tomorrow. he's charged with two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of bryon howard and arrested last night after a four hour standoff with state and local police. stephanie: we now have more information about what exactly happened monday afternoon inside that house during the shooting, and how wanchanic knew the victims. local 5's claire powell is live at the scene of the crime. claire? claire: stephanie, more gruesome details are emerging. according to these criminal compl

i'm jack miller. stephanie has the night off. jack/1shot: a central iowa athletic organization is hoping for a miracle tonight. everything they use to host sporting events for local kids was stolen sunday night. the theft was caught on video. local 5's nikki davidson is here to explain. nikki/bam: yeah jack... we've heard of thieves stealing trailers full of expensive construction tools... and that might be what they thought they were getting their hands on this time... but instead someone got a trailer full of the items one group uses to help kids keep an active lifestyle. for a young athlete... not much can compare to the feeling of crossing the finish line of their first trialthon... 19:07:12 we consider it to be the best day ever for the kids that come to races... making it possible is a passion for michael zimmerman and his organization rip roar events. (if you're the last finisher of the day its the most epic... if you're last you're first) the group puts on trialthons for kids ages 5-15... he says it's all about giving them

you're watching local 5 news at six -- we'll be "your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are jack miller,angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." stephanie/ram welcome back -- a metro christmas program is making sure over 2-thousand kids in the metro have gifts under the tree this year. the salvation army's toy shop is open for the season. they help out parents who normally wouldn't be able to afford gifts by letting them of donated items. organizers say it have a merrier christmas. "it allows parents to be able to give their christmas time. if finacially because of various reasons, this just gives them a little able to give their children something this christmas." stephanie: the toy shop is open through funded by the open through salvation army's red kettle campaign. stephanie: their always looking for donations to fund projects like the toy shop. you can donate online and at every red kettle location. if yo

i'm jack miller. stephanie/2shot and i'm stephanie angleson. glad you're with us tonight. stephanie: a roosevelt girls basketball coach and special education teacher is in jail tonight... charged with felony sex abuse of a student... stephanie: des moines police say 46 year old gerald "tig" johnson.... is facing charges of sexual exploitation by a school employee...and assualt with intent to commit sexual abuse... investigators say he turned himself into authorities this afternoon after a warrant was placed for his arrest... this... just hours before his team was set to play a game tonight... local fives nikki davidson joins us now with more... nikki: right... us coach johnson has been placed on adminstrative leave pending the results of this investigation... johnson just started coaching this team in the fall... but he is not a new face at the school. (nat buzzer) despite a whirlwind of rumors and speculation... it was clear the roosevelt girls basketball team was focused on one thing tonight... (cheers) puting their all into this game against hoover... while their head c

"your watching local 5 jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." jack: the first day of winter in the northern hemisphere -- also known as the winter solstice -- begins tonight in the u-s. which means today is the shortest day of the year for sunlight. and it will be followed by the longest night. it is the moment when the northern hemisphere is tilted farthest from the sun. jack: brad brad: today is the first official day of winter, which means that tonight will be our longest night of the year. even though it is officially winter, it is really not going to feel much like winter this week. tonight will be cool and dry with decreasing clouds late tonight. we should start out with some sunshine tuesday but then clouds will make for a partly sunny afternoon. with some sunshine and southerly winds returning, we will be able to get our temps back into the 40s in the afternoon. tuesday will be dry, but it is looking a bit rainy for

we are iowa" jack: good evening, i'm jack miller. stephanie has the night off. the iowa lottery is back in the spotlight tonight after another problem with a winning ticket. after former lottery association employee eddie tipton was convicted of fraud over manipulating ticket numbers, a des moines man is facing criminal charges , accused of being too young to buy a ticket, and then lying about it. local 5's jacob peklo has the latest on the investigation from des moines. jacob peklo, reporting: "a $100,000 prize was sold here at the super quick food in des moines. a 20 year old claimed the prize, but lotto officials say the problem is that he also bought it here." mary neubauer, iowa lottery spokesperson: it, from that situation, so long as the facts back up what occurred. in this case, in fact, the facts didn't back up the story that we were presented with so penalties would apply." in late july, jobie boals-watters claimed his prize check, saying a co-worker bought him the winning ticket. mary neubauer, iowa lottery spokesperson: "we got a tip that in fact, pe

jack/2bam and i'm jack miller. the arrest happened after a four hour standoff last night. someone spotted michael wanchanic at a gas station in woodward. when police approached him, he took off in a stolen van. but the van broke down on highway 141 near bouton, leaving wanchanic stranded. around 10:30, police say wanchanic got cold and surrendered. stephanie: now in criminal complaints filed this morning- we're learning more about what exactly happened to the two victims: bryon howard and heather belieu. local 5's claire powell has more in tonight's big story. as monday's scene unfolded - you can see a confused step brother and roommate of michael wanchanic sitting next to the he told local 5 news- off camera- wanchanic had been living with him, his stepmother, howard, belieu and their two children and was battling depression.. he said wanchanic was struggling with the one year anniversary of his fathers death when he shot and killed bryon howard and heather belieu. "probably wont make any sense to us" according to a criminal complaint filed wednesday morning, wanchanic "w

in an exclusive interview, local five's jack miller sat down with not only heather's mom grandmother. but also got to meet heather's who were inside the home when it happened. it's a story you'll only see here on local 5. clip 0267 -- main interview 0294 clip josh watching two year old peyton play with toys, the horror last month. her suddenly taken from her. and she was left with their bodies. she won't know for years what really happened. all she knows them. deanna 48:11 she has her times like now. she tired or gets hurt. she'll holler for her mommy or daddy. but other than that, she's doing good. 48:21 peyton sits on the lap of her grandmother deanna. and they're joined by her 7 week old brother brylee, on the lap of his great grandmother leanna. both children were inside the home when their parents were taken. both found covered with and ultimately took the kids out. now, these moms who've already raised their own kids are doing it all over again. 50:36 deanna we'll make 15 great grandkids and i've raised quite a few of them. i think god's kept me grandkids. 50:44 and they're gett

"you're watching local 5 news at 5 in hd with jack miller, stephanie iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." jack: donald trump is rounding out one of his most media-frenzied weeks with a rally here in des moines. jack/ots trump's event at the varied industries building in just over an hour comes on the heels of a similar rally held in new hampshire thursday night. no nat there, trump was endorsed by a local police unions, and told the crowd of hundreds that he stands by his proposal put out earlier this week to ban all muslims from entering the u-s. trump has continued to receive criticism from both sides on his plan, but he says doesn't mind the attention. " when i talk about what i said the other day -- all of a sudden i'm watching the shows this morning and tonight -- 'oh you know trump has a point; the working" -- this woman came in on a marriage visa and was radicalized. the visa system -- another show talking about something else not working -- we've got to get down to the problem. " jack/cam trump is hosting a

"your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." nikki: the nights have been filled with twinkling lights around the metro...and not from starry skies. local five checked out a few of the local christmas light displays recommended to us.. while driving through neighborhoods you are sure to see dozens of inflatables, nativity scenes, santa and his reindeer...and of course lots of colorful lights. these two displays you've seen are in grimes and des moines, and their owners tell us it's important to start small. nathan briddle, des moines: "yeah, start small and see what you like, but i definitely say definitely do something that shows who you are. we enjoy doing it for people, so we do that, but i say do what you love and enjoy doing it forever. " these holiday light displays are expected to be up at least until the new year. we'll bring you more on the stories behind these christmas displays tonight at ten. nikki: let's check in with chief meteorologist brad ed

"your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie iowa's most acforecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." jack: drivers in waukee and west noticed a brand new open tomorrow. the new grand prairie parkway officially opens to drivers afternoon, but local 5 got a chance to diamond-shaped intersection earlier today. the idea is that the new traffic people getting on and off the interstate by dangerous left turns and wait times to get ramps. jack: people in windsor heights will be back at tomorrow for a run-off city council election. and zachary vying for the and zachary vying for the city council. join therese harms on the council. she beat out an incumbent earlier this month. polls are open from 7 in the morning until 8 pm. the two polling places to cast your vote are at heights community center and windsor church. jack/wxcdl chief meteorologist brad:wxcdl ( brad:wxcdl coming up next. ( local 5 weather is coming up next. "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with ch

"you're watching local 5 news at 5 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." stephanie: now to the latest on the san bernardino terror investigation. some members of congress calling for so-called "fiance visas" - used by one of the suspects to enter the u-s. also today, concerns about how the couple met, and other potential plots. abc's marci gonzalez has the latest developments. "today- urgent questions about the suspects who carried out last week's terror attack in san bernardino- investigators trying to figure out - if syed farook and tashfeen malik's marriage - and on-line introduction- were orchestrated by a terror group....with the goal of setting up a sleeper cell here in the u-s. garrett if it is the situation that they were recruited to get together.. then it's logical there other people in the us in other location where this may have occurred the fbi - saying the suspects chatted on- line about jihad and martydrom- well before malik was allowed into the u-s last year on a so- calle

"your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie edwards, and local 5 sports with sports schaeffer. this is are iowa." jack: fareway at 86th and meredith all day today we've been collecting food donations for those in need here in the metro. thanks to all of you who have dropped by with your canned good! local 5's stephanie angleson is live now at that fareway. stephanie-- stephanie: we'll take a look at our "can" hunger drive at the fareway on 86th and meredith in urbandale. we'll be here until 9 pm, so you still have plenty of time to drop by and drop off your canned goods. jack: today was the the steps of the today was the annual holiday tuba concert on the steps of the old capitol building. " tuba band plays" it attracted a crowd of a few hundred to the university of iowa pentacrest. the concert featured some classic christmas songs, like "it's beginning to look a lot like christmas," "grandma got course, the hawkeye fight song. the annual event is put on by the ui tuba and euphonium ensemble, and it features more than a dozen tuba players and a conducter dressed as s

"you're watching local jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate presidential debate of 2015, and preparations are under way. this is time-lapse video of the c- n-n debate stage being built in las vegas. two debates will take place tuesday night. you can see the amount of work it takes to get it all set up. jack: here's your first look at the stage for tuesday's debate. there are nine podiums for the prime-time debate-- as for the first round debate...mike huckabee, rick santorum, lindsay graham and george pataki will face off. stephanie/2ram now - there's a lot that goes in to each debate. a lot that you at home won't typically get to see. cnn's dana bash, wolf blitzer, anderson cooper and john "no closed captioning available " stephanie: you can tune in the first debate starts at 5 -- with the prime-time debate set to kick off at 7:30. jack/2ram and there are new poll numbers ahead of the debate -- putting donald cruz neck and neck in iowa. the new quinnipiac poll shows trump has 28-percent support. senator cruz is in a very close second with 27- percent. senator ma

"you're watching local jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." stephanie: we have breaking news now from downtown des moines. des moines police have arrested 24 year old des moines resident dresean maurice barber in connection to the homicide on court avenue a few weekends ago. barber is charged with death of edmanual perez and is also charged with attempted murder for the shooting of andrew hurley boyd. stephanie: several presidential candidates are visiting with iowans today as the caucus is now less than 2 months out. stephanie/ots: republican chris christie will be featured at congressman rod blum's rising tide summit tomorrow in cedar rapids. today he made several stops in central iowa. the new jersey governor spoke to members of the iowa association of electrical cooperatives this morning in west des moines, commenting on the recent shooting in san bernardino. christie says the center for the developmentally disabled shows that every place in america is a target. " this wa

i'm jack miller. stephanie and i'm stephanie angleson. stephanie: the department security is planning to roll the national system. jack: the move comes after president obama delivered an oval office address to reassure americans the us is safe in the bernardino terror attack. details are story. battling the evolving here in the us. "i believe that we need to do a better job of informing the public at seeing, removing some the global terrorism secretary jeh johnson an update to the system. never been activated credible threat. 4 years ago, it criticized color coded security secretary: we've moved to a new phase in the global involves, not just attacks from overseas, but terrorist inspired attacks here on the homeland president obama's primetime oval office address. the president vowed to protect the us (president obama) the threat from we will overcome it. republican presidential attacked...calling the president's speech more partisan talk as he pushed for tighter gun control measures and cautioned americans not to single out muslims. ted c

"you're watching local 5 news at 5 in hd with jack miller, stephanie meteorologist brad edwards. this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." "it was mayhem and it looked very intentional."" jack: intentional."" jack: one person killed, dozens more injured, as a driver mows down people on the las vegas strip. jack/lam the driver who police say swerved into a large crowd facing a murder charge. and police say the woman behind the wheel... had her toddler with her. abc's brandi hitt has the latest. nats -- (fire siren) a terrifying hit and run... on the busy las vegas strip. sot -- (no name given) sot -- antonio nasser, witness police say 24 year old lakeisha holloway veered onto the side walk... up to three times sunday night... accelerating into the crowd just outside the paris hotel and casino. sot -- sheriff joe lombardo, las vegas metropolitan police dept. 32 year old jessica valenzuela -- a wife and mother of three from arizona was killed. this go-fund-page -- set up for her family. at least 35 others were also injured... while holloway's three year old child sat inside the swervi

we'll have more on your forecast, coming up-- jack miller, stephaniemeteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." stephanie: stephanie: the holidays can be a stressful time for families across the state. nearly 400 thousand people go hungry in iowa...but that's where local farmers come in. they're stepping up to give back local 5's more. "the donations are rolling in at the iowa brad-"we know that there." farmers, and dozens of volunteers gathered at the food bank to celebrate a landmark. for the past 5 years, the iowa farm bureau and university of iowa athletics teamed up to donate more than 100 thousand dollars to feed hungry iowans-- that's 400 thousand meals for people across the state. brad- "it's one thing to raise corn, raise soybeans, and raise pigs. but to bring it from out farm to people in need is really special for us." brad is just one of the hundreds of farmers in iowa that participated in the initiative although a lot of progress has been made- the food bank still needs more help. cory exec direc.

"your watching local 5 jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." stephanie: raygun has put out a whole line of hawkeye- inspired t-shirts. just in time for championship spartans local 5 took an inside look -- " " stephanie: some black and gold for the big game -- share your pictures with us! just head to our website and click on the share it tab. stephanie: local 5 chief meteorologist brad edwards is live in winterset now for their kick-off event of the winter season. brad: what is better than a friday in the 50s? maybe a saturday in the 50s! look for clear to partly cloudy skies as we head through the night. temps will not southerly winds of 5- 10 mph, but some refreezing will be likely outside the metro. saturday will be another mild and dry day for the midwest with southern iowa reaching the 50s again while mainly 40s will be expected to the north. winds will remain southerly from 10-20 mph with partly cloudy skies. the clo

news at 10 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." nikki: a look at the damage left behind from severe weather in the south... a line of tornadoes tore through parts of mississippi and tennessee wednesday. the deadly some will spend the christmas without a home. emergency crews are still surveying the damage left behind. nikki: brad brad: weather adlib: it is going to be a white christmas for many locations as our christmas eve snow dropped 2-7" for many locations west and north of metro. des moines ended up with will likely melt. the snow has ended and continue to improve in out for some refreezing this evening and overnight. partly cloudy later tonight with possibly some fog developing winds will be fairly like pretty good weather for santa! brad nikki: nikki snap a cool weather photo? post it to we are share it tab! iowa dot com. just click on the share it tab! nikki: coming up on local 5 news at ten, we see h

"you're watching local 5 news at 5 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." jack: in national jack/bam president obama spoke today about the threat of terrorism here in the u.s., emphasizing the threat of "lone-wolves" in these terror attacks. abc's bazi kanani has the latest. " ahead of the busy holiday travel season-- and after the attacks in paris and san bernardino-- the president says americans are understandibly anxious. (president obama) what matters most to all of us is the safety and communities. after an update from his national security team at the nation's counterterrorism center in mcclean, virginia, president obama said there is still no credible and specific threat to the homeland... but acknowledged there remains a different type of threat: the one that led to this new "bulletin" just yesterday from the department of homeland security... warning of lone wolves, or "self- radicalized actors" who could strike "public events and places" with little or no warning. (president obam

"your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." jack/bamvo as thousands of are traveling to pasadena california to watch the rose bowl -- police there are increasing security ahead of the iconic parade and game. a caravan of more than a dozen sheriffs vehicles arrived in pasadena tuesday. concerns about terrorism are certainly fresh in everyone's minds, particularly in california. expect to see a lot more security this year... from undercover officers, to surveillance in the sky and more than a dozen rapid response teams on the ground. jack: if you're stuck back here in iowa with the rest of us -- how about checking out a watch party? the front row -- a hawkeye themed sports bar -- plans to offer free food at halftime. they'll even have drink specials. or you can check out a watch party with a cause. 50 bucks will get you in to a party at the speck decorative concrete show room. that money goes to help the iowa leukemia and

"your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." jack: jolly holiday lights was cancelled earlier this week for the season. that's a first in its 20 year the beloved christmas tradition put on by make a wish iowa takes around 14-hundred volunteers and three weeks to set up. make a wish says the cancellation may cost it more than 200 thousand dollars in donations.. that money can make up to 40 wishes come true. jack: so in the spirit of the giving season, this week mercy hospital decided to step in and help raise the money for make a wish. hospital staff and visitors helped donate to the make a wish campaign , by rounding up their purcases at the starbucks in the hospital and making donations at the gift shop. those who donated were recognized around the hospital by the light-up christmas pins they were given. jack: " we've seen spirits lifted by going through jolly holiday lights and its something that we enjoy we want to childre

"your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." jack: the force is decades in the making. and tonight -- fans are getting their first look. jack: of course, we're talking star wars -- the force awakens. it hits movie theaters nation-wide for the first time tonight. but it seems like everyone is cashing in on the hype. zombie burger announced a star wars fan- inspired burger today. it's called come to the dark fried. it's got vader tots, chew- bacon, and yoda cheese. and over at flix brewhouse they've made a batch of special beers for the premiere. the dark helmet imperial stout is just one of the themed beers you can grab while you watch the movie there. jack: the premiere is a big deal to die- hard star wars fans -- like our morning meteorologist sam schreier. he's out at jordan creek's movie theater now waiting in line. sam what's it like out there? sam/livetvu2 sam: (wraps up interview t

"your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." jack: caucus night is quickly approaching and iowans are getting ready to cast their vote. with 17 presidential candidates still in the race, iowans have a wide selection to choose from. but what about those iowans who won't be in the state then? the iowa democratic party is launching a new initiative for the first time this election cycle to help ensure all iowans get the chance to cast their vote in the caucus. stephanie:/2shot: first, iowa democrats will be able to caucus simply by using theri phone. the tele-caucus is available to iowans who are registered to vote, specifically military members, serving out of state and iowans living abroad. "we listen to people when they have feedback about how the caucuses work, and one of the things we heard is that some people can't participate, and certainly our military are so important to us and we just felt like that

cruz criticizes the media, bringing his opponents into the mix as well. 5 news at 5 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." nikki: in your local election headquarters now-- nikki: just before christmas, many of the republican candidates can agree on one thing: they say a major newspaper crossed the line with an editorial cartoon that depicted ted cruz's children.... as trained monkeys. the washington post is now saying the cartoon was posted without an editor's approval. but cruz is using the controversial cartoon to rally his supporters, saying the incident is proof of media bias. abc's bazi kanani has more on that story. "ted cruz now hitting back... after the washington post ran this editorial cartoon online depicting cruz's two daughters as trained monkeys. (sot cruz) "not much ticks me off, but making fun of my girls, that will do it." the cartoonist was critizing cruz for this christmas-themed political ad. (nats holiday ad) "the grinch who lost her emails" the can

"your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." stephanie: ankeny centennial high school students and teachers took a break out of their regular classes to play dodgeball today. and they had a pretty good reason. take a look. "[music] it makes us feel great. i mean, some of our teachers, they always expect to beat us, but it's good when we can finally prove them wrong. yeah, we had them right where we wanted them. we were just ready to turn it on. [nats] it was a lot of fun. it's nice to be able to have some fun with some students and take life a little bit less you know, we wanted to do a project with out advisory group, you know, 7 or 8 years ago. we took that idea and it's picked up. [nats] it's all about donating for kids who aren't able to have the opportunity that, maybe, people like us have. so, we're able to give them some toys that they're in need for. oh, every time we have an opportunity for faculty

"your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie iowa's most iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." stephanie: welcome back-- who knew you could recycle hair? we found that out today... while covering a quite unique hair salon in johnston. it's called delire ... on windsor parkway. and the owners recycle everything that comes through their doors. they are the first salon in iowa to do this. they've partnered with green circle salons, which helped divert nearly 400,000 pounds of waste away from landfills just last year. "i think it's something we've been trying to do in our homes so its nice to bring it in to our business and we're hoping other salons too. " stephanie: so where does the hair go? they ship it off to a company that makes oil booms to soak up oil spills. the numbers are pretty staggering... total in the u.s. and canada, salons send about is 63,000 pounds of hair each day straight into the garbage! jack: if you're looking for a way to len

"you're watching local 5 news at 5 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." stephanie: a proposed big merger in the beer world, has loyal fans hopping mad. and an iowa beer industry expert got to travel to washington d-c frustration. stephanie: after decades of budweiser, miller -- all three beer to be united. anheuser-busch says it will buy its main rival, s- a-b miller. it's a deal that would create the world's largest beermaker - by far. together, the budweiser and miller include world's forty most popular if they merged they would control close to a third of the world's beer market... something that has smaller brewers worried. so j. wilson, who works for the iowa brewers guild, was asked to testify about it on capitol hill today. 1:24"people with deep pockets ... startling 1:31 stephanie: senator chuck grassley invited mr. wilson to testify at this senate judiciary subcommittee hearing. they're investigating any antitrust issues. it's still a "possible deal", which still needs regulator

jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." jack/1shot this week is expected to be a record-breaker for holiday travel... especially on the roads. and driving may and severe weather moving into much of the country. abc's brandi hitt reports. a wet and soggy start... to a busy holiday travel week. sot -- (no name given) more than 100 million travelers are expected to hit the road -- the most ever. nats and severe weather isn't helping. fog may have lead to chain-reaction crashes on interstate 49 in arkansas... killing at least three people. nats and across parts of the west -- it's slow- going in the snow. so much has fallen in washington state... rescue teams have been searching for missing skier -- monty busbee -- since saturday. sot -- alan labissoniere, king county search and rescue dangerous winds... are overturning semi trucks in southern california... and taking out trees in oregon. this one -- narrowly missing jeannie harwood. sot -- jeannie harwood, tree smashed car more than 38

jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." jack: alzheimer's research is making an appearance on the campaign trail tonight. jack: hillary clinton is announcing her plan to increase funding for alzheimer's research by 2 billion dollars each year. she hopes researchers can find a cure by 2025. the democratic front runner is campaigning in unveil the plan tonight at a stop in fairfield. before the official announcement later tonight, clinton spoke in keota, where she commented on the news of her daughter chelsea expecting another child. "i'm going to be a grandparent again. it's like the best news for me. it's the best club i've been in. " jack: in her stops earlier today, clinton was accompanied by ag secretary tom vilsack and his wife christie. the vilsacks endorsed clinton for president in late summer. clinton's announcement on alzheimers research makes her the first presidential candidate to focus on that issue this campaign cycl

"your watching local 5 news at 10 in hd with jack miller, stephanie iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." brad: weather adlib: a winter storm warning remains in effect for all of iowa into tonight. snowfall will continue in most areas into the evening hours causing hazardous traveling conditions. the winds will also be strong enough to cause some blowing and drifting of the snow, so traveling in not recommended. here in the metro, we are expecting moderate snowfall into the early evening hours with some sleet possibly mixing in. it looks like we could end up with 5-8" of accumulation here with higher amounts likely to the north. southeastern iowa will have a mix of freezing rain, sleet and some snow which will also make traveling very dangerous. the snow should be tapering off for central iowa by 9 follow behind this system. the rest of the week will be very cold, so our snow will be sticking around into the new year. highs will mainly be in the 20s or colder w

jack/2shot and i'm jack miller. we'll get to that story in just a bit, but first..... stephanie: new details in the investigation into why a woman's body was found in a union county pond this week. stephanie: iowa dci investigators searched two homes in the small town of thayer in connection to the death of loretta dillenger. one home was the last known address of the 37-year-old. on december second, a hunter found her body in a farm pond near the union- madison county border. been released local five will continue to follow this story and bring you any new details. jack: the woman charged with two counts of vehicular homicide in des moines is free after posting bail. she's accused of killing these two men on november 15th. police say deanna gliem was flying down hubbell avenue at 73 miles per hour in a 35 zone when she hit another car at the intersection of east 37th. the wreck killed driver richard hummel and his best friend and passenger randy sonnenburg jack: gliem, who police say had a blood alcohol content of .12, was charged with vehicular homicide by intoxicati

" "your watching local 5 news at 10 in hd with jack miller, stephanie edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." stephanie: brad brad: weather adlib: what is better than a friday in the 50s? maybe a saturday in the 50s! look for clear to friday in the 50s? maybe a saturday in the 50s! look for clear to partly cloudy skies as we head through the night. temps will not fall as much as last night thanks to southerly winds of 5- 10 mph, but some refreezing will be likely outside the midwest with southern iowa reaching the 50s again while mainly 40s will be expected to the north. winds will remain southerly from 10-20 mph with partly cloudy skies. the clouds will increase saturday night with a few light showers possible by sunday morning. sunday will be cooler with nw around until later in the afternoon. next week will remain mild and dry until about friday. it looks like we will have several chances to reach the with monday, tuesday and thursday being our best chances. in that thursday might even reach 60 in some locations! cool

jack: and i'm jack miller. tonight-- the hawks and the cyclones sqaure off on the court. the iowa corn cy-hawk series continued tonight in hilton coliseum with men's basketball. stephanie: we've got highlights coming up later in sports, but before the big game we asked fans in the metro who they thought would come out on top tonight. "i think iowa state is going to pull it out but i think they'll keep letting iowa back into the game its going to be close at the end definatlly the hawkeyes they're underrated they've this season i think they can take them iowa state is going to win they have a really good team they have niang they're gonna dominate so far the games going well iowa's shooting making some mistakes play more as a team probably to beat iowa " jack: so far this year, the hawks lead the series this year 10-4. they won in soccer, volleyball, football, academics and wrestling. iowa state took both men's and women's cross country. stephanie: there are only 5 more match-ups and 10 more points up for grabs--inculding tonight's men's basketball game in ames. it was a c

jack/2shot and i'm jack miller. stephanie: two bodies found in rural union county. one in pond... the other buried near a house. new tonight, through court documents, we are learning the two people were dead for months before they were found. its tonights big story. stephanie: on decemeber 2nd, a hunter found the body of 37 year old loretta dillinger in a rural pond just outside of lorimer. police got some search warrants and went through a house in thayer. that's where dci agents found the second body. that person has yet to be identified. officers arrested jerry dillinger in connection with the deaths. in these updated documents obtained by local 5 are details like how in these updated documents obtained by local 5 are details like how the two were killed and when. local 5's claire powell has the details. claire: these affidavits and complaints were just updated by union county sheriffs office monday morning. they say on september 22nd, loretta dillinger, and the person she was with, were shot and killed after a confrontation with jerry dillinger. investigators say jerry "had sp

"you're watching local jack miller,angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." stephanie/lam: another encouraging new poll for donald trump as he continues to defend himself from criticism for an especially harsh attack on hillary clinton this week. trump is insisting term he used to describe clinton's last election loss is a commonly used term in politics. abc's bazi kanani is in washington with the latest. "donald trump now blames the mainstream media for mischaracterizing the way he described hillary clinton's election loss in 2008. (trump) she was favored to win and she got (beep). she lost, i mean she lost. trump claims the term he used was "not vulgar"... (gfx) but hillary clinton's campaign calls it "degrading language" and "disgusting sexist slurs." rallying in iowa, clinton called the republican frontrunner a bully. (clinton) you're looking at somebody who's had a lot of terrible things to say about me stephanie/1shot: both trump and hillary are off the campaign trail for the holidays. trump and his

jack/2shot and i'm jack miller. tonight-- the 14 victims of the san bernadino shooting are identified. plus we're learning new details about the shooters that show they may have been radlicalized. jack: investigators are still searching for a motive. but they found that the two have been in touch with people being international terrorism. the shooting left 14 people dead. the coroner released the names of all the victims earlier today. police say the attackers had more than 16 hundred bullets with them when they were gunned down in their s- u-v yesterday. police chief jarrod burguan: here at the scene, at the regional center what we have total is we believe the suspects when they entered fired somewhere between 65 and 75 rounds from their rifles at the scene. we did locate the one pipe bomb that was actually three pipe bombs combined into one that had a remote control, jack: police found more than 3 thousand rounds of ammunition at their home, 12 pipe bombs and hundreds of tools that could be used to make bombs. jack

"you're watching local 5 news at 5 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad news at 5, we are iowa."it's the trophy coveted by hawkeye fans who are gearing up for the rose bowl. and today -- they took over the u-s-s iowa to keep the excitement going. jack/bam: with thousands of iowans making the trip across the u-s to watch the game -- and many more gearing up here at home -- tomorrow's game is kind of a big deal. schaeffer made the trip out west earlier this week.. we join him now live aboard u-s-s iowa in california for the latest. jon? jon i'm outside the battleship uss iowa in sunny california. its official hawkeye nation has taken over southern california as thousands upon thousands of iowa fans ascended upon the battleship today for the rose bowl pep rally. jon: the record attendance at the battleship was 7,500 but it's safe to say black and gold nation shattered that record here today. the uss iowa staff say they were expecting about 15,000 people which would shatter the record. we found out first hand today that

i'm jack miller. stephanie/2shot and i'm stephanie angleson. governor branstad was the talk of the state - and even the nation - today, as he became the longest serving governor in america. "i love this state and you folks have given me the honor of a lifetime to serve and set a record that i could possibly happen " stephanie: his staff, co- workers, political leaders, family, and friends, didn't allow the governor to treat today like any other day. they rolled out the red carpet at a special dinner at the iowa state fairgrounds. local 5's amanda krenz is here in studio to tell us what happened at the celebratory dinner. amanda there's was definitely an air of celebration and admiration at the venue this evening. it was a who's who of iowa politics, some high profile republicans and democrats congratulated governor branstad on making history. "justice for all. leading the crowd with the pledge of allegiance, governor branstad's grandchildren were some of the first to take the stage during this event that celebrates their grandfather's acheivmen

"your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief edwards, and lmeteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." jack: now to the bus crash in chicago that left a des moines woman dead. jack: we have new information released earlier today. the burlington trailways bus lost control on i-55 early yesterday morning. 33 passengers were on board. four passengers were injured, and one was killed. that victim has been identified as 21-year-old nicole underwood from des moines. iowa student, and was headed to chicago to meet with her boyfriend to celebrate new year's together. burlington trailways says the bus was going 49 miles per hour in a 55 zone. the bus driver told chicago police he was in the far right lane, getting ready to exit when a pick-up truck veered into his lane, causing him to lose control. and today, nicole's boyfriend and friends have set up a scholarhsip with the university of iowa in memory of nicole they want to give one hard

jack miller has the night off. tonight, plans to unite 4 metro fire departments. waukee, west des moines, clive and urbandale are already on the same dispatch network. now the cities are looking to take the next step toward improving response times. stephanie: local 5's jacob peklo joins us from the digital media center with tonight's big story. jacob? jacob stephanie--if you look at this map....you can see that the four cities have unusual boundaries. sometimes, two or three towns converge at one intersection. the proposed merger would allow any one of those cities to respond, depending on who's closest. jerry holt, urbandale fire chief: "nobody comes out when you have a fire or ambulance and looks at the side of the truck to see what name's on it. all they want is somebody to get there quickly and take care of the problem." fire departments around the growing metro have been bracing for change. fire chief: "this station was pretty much the only building out here. and most of the houses that you see were corn fields, so it's just been explosive growth in the last

i'm jack miller. stephanie/2shot and i'm stephanie angleson. glad you're with us tonight. stephanie: we begin with an update to a bomb threat in newton. new at 10 ...two people are now behind bars after police found what they think could be a bomb. they searched a home at 820 first afternoon. police found the device and in the area. marshal's office was called in to as well the scene was declared safe a little after 5-30 pm. stay with local 5 for an yupdates on this story. jack: a high school student... fighting for his life after he basketball practice last week has doctors say his and after days in the hospital... they couldn't save him. jack: in a big way to help his family. local 5's nikki davidson is here with the latest. nikki family of 16 year old drew jacobson only asked for thoughts and prayers from the community when he had to be lifeflighted to the hospital... but that hasn't stopped hundreds of people coming forward to help pay off medical and funeral expenses... a go fund me in his name has raised 20 thousand dollars in less than a day. the woodward- granger h

"your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." jack: and then there were thirteen. another republican presidential candidate has left the race. jack: south carolina senator lindsey graham is out of the race to the white house. he made the announcement earlier today, noting that there are other talented contenders on the republican side for voters to choose. graham also said in a youtube video posted by his campaign that he 's proud of his militaristic background and for putting the proposal of troops on the ground in the middle east to the forefront of the republican presidential race. the very first debate, i said that any candidate who did not understand that we need more american troops on the ground in iraq and syria ti defeat isil was not ready to be commander in chief. at that time, no one stepped forward to join me. today, most of my fellow candidates have come to recognize this is what's needed to secure our homeland. "