pride in what everyone has done here. >> reporter: behind the president's speeches, keenan is the man tasked with translating images into the words. >> this is where the magic happens. this corner basement office. no windows. the white house doctors give me vitamin b. >> the chicago native takes his boss's hand-written notes like these, and turns them into powerful presidential prose. >> if prayer were made of sound, the skies over england that night would have deafened the world. >> reporter: we caught up with him in the midst of a coffee-filled writing binge, including a meeting in the oval office with the president. the final days of a two-month marathon to prediction 2,000 words. >> where did you watch last year's state of the union. >> at this desk. >> with? >> chicken tenders and a buzz wiser. of speech writing six years later. >> the moment you stare at a blank piece of paper, what is going on in your mind. >> fear, that you don't know what to say and hope you could make it into something nice. >> knewtown and tucson where others struggled to find words. >> reporter: keenan fri

. >> reporter: in the final hours leading up to the state of the union, cody keenan is trying to keep up with the president's last-minute edits. >> describe the feeling when tonight is done? >> relief. pride in what everyone has done here. >> reporter: behind the president's speeches, keenan is the man tasked with translating images into the words. >> this is the land of hope and dreams. >> this is where the magic happens. this corner basement office. no windows. the white house doctors give me vitamin b. >> reporter: the 35-year-old chicago native takes his boss's hand-written notes like these, and turns them into powerful presidential prose. >> if prayer were made of sound, the skies over england that night would have deafened the world. >> reporter: we caught up with him in the midst of a coffee-fueled, 48-hour writing binge, the oval office with the president. the final days of a two-month marathon to perfect 2,000 words. ,000 words. 6,000 words. >> where did you watch last year's state of the union? >> at this desk. >> with? >> chicken tenders and a budweiser. >> from obama campa

former hawkeye wide receivers marvin mcnutt, kevonte martin-manley and keenan davis held a skills camp today at the u.s. cellular center. the camp is called playmakersu offensive skills instruction. the kids did all kinds of route running, which these guys were known for at iowa. the hawkeye trio hopes to make this camp a weekly event. to help all these kids going up because it's something that i didn't have growing up here. as a young guy, i never had someone coaching me on the skill sets that i needed to be a receiver. so i think giving back and skill specific work, i think it's great." "it's honestly a dream come true. playmakersu, it was originally started in pontiac, michigan, my hometown. and for me to see the progress of it going from starting in pontiac and coming here with me, keenan and marvin to iowa, it's really a dream come true." "it's one of those things where you have a route you like to run. so when you hear it, you say, 'let me show the kids how to run this one.' it's just fun and that's part of it, and then to be able to give something back doing what we love is huge

have been learning all week in classes. the skills they need to learn bullying when they see it. keenan's message today not just through his feet but adding songs and dance moves. encouraging students not to be bystanders, but instead upstandards. bullying and also how students can bully by excluding others. he noted how things have changed with easy access to phones and media. cyber bullying being a big issue. he hopes students take away a lot from today. >> for us, it is really more of a focus on understanding that it is important for our students to build positive relationships with each other and to know how they can help someone in need when they see an injustice occurring. >> the principal tells me they are learning skills that they plan to carry through to the end of the school year. in fairfield, megan moore, local 12 news. >> this comes on heels of emily olsen, her parents filed a lawsuit against the district saying she was bullied and that fairfield city schools says it will defend itself appropriately. >> timothy cunningham jr. left his home on new year's day and he has not bee

gary keenan gary keenan chainsaw carver. the trees onsite just like this. " "i started playing hobby. did it as a hobby time with it." "i've done so many eagles, i'm doing this one in two days, even though it is rather large. smaller trees, i might do in one day, bigger trees might days." with the building looking like a castle, i initially tried to talk they decided upon an eagle." "the area of fantasy favorite of mine because it does give me more artistical license." "i just enjoy doing this, the freedom, it's maybe not quite as fun in the bitter cold, i really enjoy being outside and having the freedom to create> all: (reax) sabrina sam is back now... sam forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: we managed to hit 48 yesterday, a full 17 degrees above the average temperature! i hope you enjoyed because we are going to be severely cold through the entire weekend and well into next week. we're looking at mostly cloudy skies with a few off and on fl

gary keenan "i'm a professional chainsaw carver. the main thing i do is carve trees onsite just like this. " "i started playing around with it as a hobby. did it as a hobby for about two years and then went full time with it." "i've done so many eagles, i'm doing this one in two days, even though it is rather large. smaller trees, i might do in one day, bigger trees might with the building looking like a castle, i initially tried to talk them into a dragon, but they decided upon an eagle." "the area of fantasy and mythology is a favorite of mine because it does give me more artistical license." "i just enjoy doing this, the freedom, it's maybe not quite as fun in january. aside from the bitter cold, i really enjoy being outside and having the freedom to create> stephanie we'd love to tell more stories like this... so tell us, what's going on stories like this... so tell us, what's going on in your neighborhood? send local 5 news your news tips. email us at: news at we are iowa dot com. or call us in the newsroom: 1- 800-858-5555. we

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former hawkeye wide receivers marvin mcnutt, kevonte martin-manley and keenan davis held a skills camp today at the u.s. cellular center. the camp is called playmakersu offensive skills instruction. the kids did all kinds of route running, which these guys were known for at iowa. the hawkeye trio hopes to make this camp a weekly event. "we want to give back and try to help all these kids going up because it's something that i didn't have growing up here. as a young guy, i never had someone coaching me on the skill sets that i needed to be a receiver. so i think giving back and skill specific work, i think it's great." "it's honestly a dream come true. playmakersu, it was originally started in pontiac, michigan, my hometown. and for me to see the progress of it going from starting in pontiac and coming here with me, keenan and marvin to iowa, it's really a dream come true." "it's one of those things where you have a route you like to run. so when you hear it, you say, 'let me show the kids how to run this one.' it's just fun and that's part of it, and then to be able to give something b

-a bit leads the break for the panthers.....it was close..but elder held off the lancers 56 to 50 keenan hightailed it over to moeller...the crusaders starting league play against st x tonight-here's a kid that gave the mighty mo fans plenty to cheer about. trey mcbride throws it off the glass with his left.....he also draws the foul..he had 15 points tonight-mostly moeller tonight....nate georgeton with the pump fake.....then he finishes with the finger roll- more georgeton...he had 14 points...moeller wins with relative ease...and the crusaders improve their record to 11 and one. i snuck away to watch aiken play at woodward.-woodward a little sloppy on the pass inside...aiken gets control..lonnie berry is on the run and lonnnie lights up the aiken crowd-the falcons got up....mark cruz brought the bulldogs back-here's a tough character for aiken..point guard carlik jones....six feet tall and not afraid to drive.-jordan johnson showing a nice tough inside for the bulldogs...but it's aiken that wins 86 to 72. kentucky..a hot time in taylor mill tonight-the scott eagles shoot...miss and bi

former hawkeye wide receivers marvin mcnutt, kevonte martin-manley and keenan davis held a skills camp today at the u.s. cellular center. the camp is called playmakersu offensive skills instruction. the kids did all kinds of route running, which these guys were known for at iowa. the hawkeye trio hopes to make this camp a weekly event. "we want to give back and try to help all these kids going up because it's something that i didn't have growing up here. as a young guy, i never had someone coaching me on the skill sets that i needed to be a receiver. so i think giving back and skill specific work, i think it's great." "it's honestly a dream come true. playmakersu, it was originally started in pontiac, michigan, my hometown. and for me to see the progress of it going from starting in pontiac and coming here with me, keenan and marvin to iowa, it's really a dream come true." "it's one of those things where you have a route you like to run. so when you hear it, you say, 'let me show the kids how to run this one.' it's just fun and that's part of it, and then to be able to give something b

where our keenan singleton was waiting. trt :1:01outcue:...9oys outcue:...9oys ken, i thought the best place to get a true sense of the 2016 reds caravan was to actually get onto the reds caravan. we're here in columbus for the first stop of the north tour, where this team is hoping it's nearly as bumpy of a road as some experts are predicting. we're trying to get our club back in contention. didn't think we had it with the nucleus of players to get it done. tried to interject some guys with talent and energy. gonna be an exciting year to develop. i still really like our lineup. i liked what i saw from the young pitchers last ken, i can't take the carvan home unfortunately but you the fan can check out the reds tomorrow in lima as they hit day 2 of the 2016 caravan tour. in columbus, i'm keenan singleton, 9 on your side. may only be a bet on the come, but there's a national report that the raiders are sending front office personnel to vegas tomorrow to check out potential stadium sites.the sands corporation announced today

>> we focused on the president's speech whiter, cody keenan, may have seen him and texted me at 3:50 a.m. and said finally wrapping up tonight and what's he says he feels like he's a perpetual grad student but imagine that your professor is the president. he took us inside the preparations in his first ever television interview. >> we honor those who walked so we could run! we must run so our children soar! >> reporter: behind the president's celebrated speeches he's the man tasked with translating images into words. >> this is the land of hope and dreams. this is where the magic happens. >> reporter: this corner basement office. >> no windows. the white house doctors give me vitamin d. >> reporter: cody keenum takes his boss' hand scribbled notes like these. >> what a soiled draft looks like. >> reporter: when you nail it. >> and turns it into powerful presidential prose. >> if prayer was made of sound, the skies over england that night would have deafened the world. >> reporter: ahead of president obama's last state of the union address we caught up with keenan in the midst of a co

. >> reporter: keenan is tasked with translating images in to words. >> this is the land of open dreams. this corner basement office. no windows. the white hoe doctors give me vitamin d. >> reporter: the 35-year-old chicago native takes his boss' and then turns them into powerful presidential prose. >> if prayer were made of sounds, the skies over england that night would have deafened the world. >> reporter: we caught up with keenan amidst a coffee fueled 48 hour writing bge including an oval office meeting with the president. the final days of a two month marathon to perfect 6,000 words. >> where did you watch last year? >> i watched it at that desk wiwi chicken tenders and a budweiser. >> reporter: from intern to director of s seech writing six years later. the moment you stare at a blank page, what is going through your mind? >> equal mix of hope and fear. >> reporter: his speeches helped heal communities like moutonnew newton newtown and tucson. he met his fiance kristan here o fact checks his speeches.

>> chicken tenders and a budweiser. >> reporter: keenan first joined the obama campaign as an intern in 2007 becoming director of speech wright six years later. the moment you stare at a blank page what's going through your mind? >> equal mix of hope and fear, fear in that you want to know what to say and hope that you can make it into something nice. >> reporter: his speeches helped heal communities like new town and tucson where so many people struggled to find words. >> if there are rain puddles in heaven, christina is jumping in them tailed. >> reporter: the president's last least speech writer john >> coldy is a big-hearted guy who writes from the heart. >> reporter: keenan met his fiancee kristen, a researcher who fact checks his speeches. >> so she literally gets paid to tell me i'm wrong. >> reporter: how does that go? >> it's tense around state of the union team. >> reporter: that beard back, a superstition formed after keenan's first state of the union. >> it worked, and the president said you have to do that again. >> reporter: but posing as pirate for a presidential punch

``>> we focused on the president's ``speech whiter, cody keenan, may ``have seen him and texted me at ``3:50 a.m. and said finally ``wrapping up tonight and what's ``impress sieve the collaborative ``effort. ``he says he feels like he's a ``perpetual grad student but ``imagine that your professor is ``the president. ``he took us inside the ``preparations in his first ever ``television interview. ``>> we honor those who walked so ``we could run! ``we must run so our children ``soar! ``>> reporter: behind the ``president's celebrated speeches ``he's the man tasked with ``translating images into words. ``>> this is the land of hope and ``dreams. ``this is where the magic happens. ``>> reporter: this corner ``basement office. ``>> no windows. ``the white house doctors give me ``vitamin d. ``>> reporter: cody keenum takes ``his boss' hand scribbled notes ``like these. ``>> reporter: when you nail it. ``>> and turns it into powerful ``presidential prose. ``>> if prayer was made of sound, ``the skies over england that ``night would have deafened the ``world. ``>> reporter: ahead of president

gary keenan "i'm a professional chainsaw carver. the main thing i do is carve trees onsite just like this. " "i started playing around with it as a and then went full time with it." "i've done so many eagles, i'm doing this one in two days, e en though it is rather large. smaller trees, i might do in one day, bigger trees might take three, four, five days." with the building looking like a castle, i initially tried to talk them into a dragon, but they decided upon an eagle." "the area of fantasy and mythology is a favorite of mine because it does give me more artistical license." "i just enjoy doing this, the freedom, it's maybe not quite as fun in january. aside from the bitter cold, i really enjoy being outside and having the freedom to create> all: (reax) we'd love to tell more stories like this... so tell us, what's going on in your neighborhood? send local 5 news your news tips. you can email, call, or send them through social media... we are iowa and we want to cover the stories that are important to you. sabrina time for anot

be the keynote speaker.the celebration will include performances from logan elementary school and keenan high school.the event is being held at martin luther king, jr. park and the community center on greene street.the program starts at 4. 3 and all city of columbia parking garages will be open to the public at no charge for the king day holiday. you can see the eight garages here on your screen. in addition....street parking meters will not be enforced today. 3 right here in the midlands one group p finding a way to use dr. kings dream as inspiration to help a family overcome hard times.news 19's chuck ringwalt has the story. 3 in early december, kali kelly lost her mother to cancer. "my best friend. she was everything to me."reportera nd her children lost their grandmother. <"any grandmother who can wrestle with her grandkids, she gets shoulder to lean on because everybody is telling you to be strong, but who's being strong for you?"after a heartbreaking holiday, they found that strength in gerald hare and the elite youth mentoring group of south carolina - who will be suprising her tw

dayton is charged with accessory to the murder of grant watkins, and accessory to robbery. 19-year-old keenan blackmore of carson city, is charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, and accessory to a felony. a total of seven people have now been arrested in connection with watkins murder. this investigation started on january 11th near windridge drive and spooner drive. officials believe the shooting was the result of a drug transaction. the investigation is ongoing, and more arrests are likely. if you have any information call the carson city sheriff's office at 887-2014. new details this morning... police have identified 22-year-old sarah evans connection with the stabbing at the 'star of reno motel on north arlington avenue. police say evans was found a short distance away from the motel after the incident. a woman was taken to the hospital after she was found with stab wounds in her back and stomach. no word on what led to the stabbing. for the second time in less than a year, a sophisticated escape from behind bars is making headlines. the daring prison break in new york over the summer

they say they have arrested daniel lease and keenan blackmore in the death of grant watkins. this brings the number of people arrested up to seven. according to detectives, a group of young men said to rob watkins of 3 ounces of marijuana . things went wrong and someone open fire, killing watkins. officials believe they arrested a core group of offenders, but they say more arrest could come later. anyone with information is asked to contact the carson city sheriff's office at the number on your screen pot, 88 seven, 2500. >>> let's switch gears. this is getting into the heightened season of seasonal affective disorder when you get chance to go outside because it is cold and windy and grade. we are getting bills from all the money we spent over the holidays. >> that is true. >> do you know why? happy tuesday. >> we are is the harmonica player? >> a lot of people were walking on their lunch break and soaking up the sunshine. >> that is what you have to do to battle that seasonal affective disorder. >> that is sad. you need to get out there and get in the sunshine and take it in

about to get started...xavier and depaul at the cintas center...and keenan singleton says one of the reason for the team's success is one player's near perfection at the foul line: it's one of the most satisfying sounds in all of sports ... the swish ... at the right time, nothing but net can be more deafening than thousands of cheering fans.he plays the sound of silence as a solo artist ... at the charity stripe, not many are as greedy as myles davis.the xavier guard hears a swish 95 percent of the time he steps to the free throw line ... 2nd in all of college basketball ... i don't think about numbers or stats or anything of that stuff. once you start thinking about it, you might change your routine up.davis' routine is simple ... same three dribles, i feel like once i get my first one it, even the teacher can't critique the pupil. pupil. personally, i was never in the same stratosphere as myles when it comes to free throw shooting. i'd have a hard time explaining the thought process of how's he so good. and so quickly. davis connected on just 2/3rds of his attempts as a freshman.