local 5's kattey ortiz is live at local 5's kattey ortiz is live at johnston middle school with the latest. kattey? kattey/live jack and stephanie -- disturbing videos of the incident such as that one are what led to 61 year old robert scarbrough's arrest ... thanks to some brave students who flagged down a deputy for help. around 12:20 this afternoon at the 3600 block of southeast glenstone in grimes. kids from johnston middle school were on their way home. police say scarbrough got upset with that fifteen year old special needs student when he his assigned seat. the student allegedly said inflammatory comments back, was shoved floor. the bus caught it and they were able to flag down a deputy at the next stop. students are stunned to see how aggressive the assault was. " oh wow. that's terrifying. that's earthshattering." " kattey: tonight scarbrough is in polk county jail charged with assault causing injury and child endangerment. according to the school district ... all bus drivers go through training to handle behavioral situations. in this incident they say he made a very poor choice.

local 5 will be right back. "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." stephanie: it's harvest season across the state -- but imagine harvesting 2- hundred acres of crops in just one day -- it's a daunting task, but some iowans came together to pull it off. stephanie/2med it was all to help a farmer who has spent decades working the fields. jack/2med after a friend suffered a stroke last summer -- some farmers came together to lend a helping hand. brady smith has the story. " ""everyone likes him, gets along with everyone." "yeah, he's a special guy. he comes to coffee every morning and just a lot of knowledge. he's an older gentleman, but a lot of knowledge." all of bob pflughaupt's knowledge comes from spending more than 80 years in dusty fields. "i've been on the farm all my life, really." and this is a way of life... "you have to stay with it." .

show starts at 10:35 on local 5. we'll be right back you're watching local 5 news at 6. news crews are working hard to bring you even more stories that affect how you live. tonight at ten... we'll break down all that happened in the third republican presidential debate, with complete analysis of the big moments, winners and candidates talked about on the national stage. the first tier of the debate is going on right see. debate with ten of the jack/wxhang: chief check of your weather, with chief meteorologist brad edwards. brad: weather adlib: now it really feels like late octoberrrr! those cold northwesterly winds have exceeded 40 mph at times and will continue to blow through the night at 15-30 mph. that will means some pretty low wind chill values for this time of year. if you are heading out to watch some high school football games, dress warm and maybe take a blanket or two because wind chills will be falling back into the 20s as the actual temps fall into the 30s. there will be some clearing over mainly southern iowa, but northern iowa will likely see clouds and a

well, don't you think the local police would know what is best in terms of keeping the local population safe? aren't they the ones best knowing. why do we need a prescription for everyone? one size fits all. so i say let's fix our broken immigration system, we can take the millions undocumented in this country, register those who pass a criminal background check. put them back on the rolls paying taxes, and now we know where they are at. and the ones that are remaining, we can then use the elements of police enforcement both at the federal and local level to go after them. >> a lot of people didn't realize that this system existed until the terrible case of kate steinly in san francisco who was murdered by a max can national who had already been deported multiple times from the country. he shot her to death. and then people found out wait a minute, there are cities that don't turn people over to immigration authorities. >> number 1, he was arrested and deported on multiple occasions. the system worked. it failed when someone simply didn't go and ask for an arrest warrant. simply go to a

but a local group is asking for your help in recuiting a specific demographic for local elections this year. jack: the goal is to get more women elected, specifically to have women represent 50 percent of iowa lawmakers by 2020. the new statewide effort is happening right now . their asking for the public's help to encourage more women to run for election to the iowa legislature in 2016. to help with their cause the group, 50-50 in 2020, is holding workshops to educate prospective female candidates. the events will be held this comming january. look for more information as it approaches. stephanie/ots a record turn out last year, means some intense competition for this weekend's i-m-t des moines marathon. ten-thousand athletes from around the world ran the streets of des moines in 20-14. many of them will be returning to take on the route again this year... including philip lagat of kenya to defend his title. for the first time the race will be split to days. despite the record turn out last year, organizers say the numbers for this weekend are actually down. joe anderson "there's all

this is local 5 midday. we are iowa (music sting)" amanda: welcome back -- moving now to another case today of secret service officials falling asleep on the job. amanda it's the latest incident in a bad year for the organization. abc's pierre thomas explains. two uniformed officers- caught--sleeping on the job-napping no less--one while on duty at a foreign diplomat's residence---the other at the white house. [gfx] a new inspector general management alert claims inadequate staffing and scheduling played a role in officer fatigue and "may pose an immediate or potential danger to u.s. secret service officers and those whom they protect." (new bite rep. jason chaffetz) " this unfortunately is not one or two people falling asleep on the job it is a consequence of bad management." but the secret service objects, saying the officers were disciplined and that the sleeping officers-- and only them--were at fault. the latest revelation coming on the heels of the recent disclosure that secret service agents had been

you're watching local five news at 10. brad: weather adlib: this good alight winds make for a great fall day in october, but we know that "something" has to be around the corner! and that something is a cold front coming in tomorrow. before it really gets here we will have a nice evening tonight with mild conditions and partly cloudy skies. it looks like the front will pass through central iowa about midday thursday with only a few clouds around and no rain expected. we will warm up quickly to

brad:wxcdl ( local 5 weather is coming up next. brad:wxcdl ( local 5 weather is coming up next. i'll have your forecast next "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. certified by weatherrate the experts" brad/wxc: welcome back. i'm local 5 chief meteorologist brad edwards. brad: let's take a look at we are iowa's most accurate forecast. brad/wxwall: we had another round of morning showers go through central iowa, but the rest of the day turned out pretty well. you might have noticed that the winds turned to the nw this afternoon. that was a cool front coming through which means cooler readings in the days to come. we will be mainly dry this evening, but a few showers will likely make it into western iowa this evening and try to move into central iowa later. they will likely dissipate as drier air is in place here. this should hold true into thursday too with lots of clouds, but not much rain here thanks to drier easterly winds. friday will be our day of showers and a few thunderstorms likely. i think we will get a major wave of rain come

we're monitoring a number of different local stations. what we're waiting for is something official from authorities. critical in no way, just frankly hungry for information. to find out the degree that we can how these kidses are doing, house these people on the campus were taken to local hospitals are doing, what authorities found out about whoever did this, and whether they believe that this was targeted, if this was some sort of domestic situation, that happened to spill -- you know, there so-so many scenarios possible. did something have a problem with somebody else and took athlete school and it spread? or was this something bigger that maybe people should know about? we just haven't billion able to get that information from authorities yet. we are lead to believe authorities would have a news conference at noon there on the west coast, which would have been 43 minutes ago. that news conference has delayel stationsers including kval channel 13, which we have been monitoring, they are sitting and waiting locally as we are on the nati

local 5 will bring you the latest on local 5 news at 5 and 6. sabrina: this morning, des moines police continue the investigation of a sunday drive by shooting. sabrina: police received a call about gunfire on east 12th street around eight last night. the caller heard two gunshots, went outside, and saw a hispanic man walking down the street. that man told the caller he was shot. police say the caller told them they saw a larger car take off south bound . it is unknown of the victim was injured but police did find shell casings at the scene. sabrina: new this morning...a focus on road safety for a certain age group. sabrina: iowa publica safety officials will be focusing on raising awareness about driver safety for teens this week. this week is also national teen driver safety week. motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for 14 to 18 year olds in iowa and across the u-s. surveys show only 25-percent of parents talk to teens about safety issues...including driving under the influence, texting while driving, and the need to wear a

you're watching local stmiss a story? don't forget to visit local 5 on the web. we are iowa dot com is your home for the latest in news, weather, and sports. jack/wxhang: now one last check of your weather, with chief meteorologist brad edwards. brad: weather adlib: temperatures were 15-20 degrees above average today thanks to those warm, strong sw winds. look for it to stay warm and windy tonight with partly cloudy skies. tuesday will still be mild, but there will more clouds around with a slight chance for some t-showers mainly in the afternoon/evening hours. temperatures will reach the low to mid 70s for highs both tuesday and wednesday, but then we will cool back down to more average temps later this week. a few showers may linger into wednesday morning, but not much rain is expected the next two days, but it looks like a much better chance will be coming friday afternoon/evening. after that we should be cooler but also drier for the weekend. then it is still looking pretty nice into the last week of october with highs mainly in the low 60s expected. stephani

you're watching local five news at six. don't forget to visit local 5 on the web. we are iowa dot com is your home for the latest in news, weather, and sports. jack/wxhang: now one last check of your weather, with chief meteorologist brad edwards. brad: weather adlib: this weather is about as good as it gets! sunny skies, mild temperatures and light winds make for a great fall day in october, but we know that "something" has to be around the corner! and that something is a really gets here we will have a nice evening tonight with mild conditions and partly cloudy skies. it looks like the front will pass through central iowa about midday thursday with only a few clouds around and no rain found unconscious at a

"local 5 news midday in hd starts now. we are iowa" amanda good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm amanda krenz amanda the man police say went on a shooting spree through pleasant hill neighborhoods last year- took the witness stand in his own trial yesterday. amanda: pete polson told the jury he's been battling drug abuse since the early 2000's and was clean for awhile. the 33 year old said thats until he relapsed near halloween of last year. he lost his job, girlfriend and started using meth again, including using the night before the shooting took place on november 17th. polson told the jury he doesnt remember shooting at the three victims. he didnt realize anything until the officers arrested him that morning "i just know i would never intentionally do any of it, im sorry form the bottom of my heart, i apologize, its i wish i wouldve shot myself that day rather htan shooting these people. i never meant to harm any of you or your families " amanda: earlier in the day the prosecution revealed

nikki also coming up on local five news at six... a man in a red ski mask tries to enter a des moines bank this morning... but his robbery attempt didn't exactly work out... we'll tell you what happened... next nikki hundreds of runners are carb-loading for the des moines marathon tomorrow... we are bringing you live to tonight's pasta dinner! nikki is there a possible presidental campaign in the works for joe biden? we'll have the latest... " local 5 news at 6 in hd starts now. we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. two robbers entered a fort dodge hotel with a gun this morning and demanded money... nikki: it happened around 6:20 this morning at the best western starlite off 3rd avenue northwest. witnesses say two men entered the building and demanded money at the front desk. one of them displayed a handgun at an employee. no one was injured but they got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. one of the suspects is desciorbed as 5'8" to 5''10" and about 170 lbs with dark clothing with a grey

you're watching local five news at 10. " now, local 5 sports with jordan furbee. we are iowa sports" jordan: game one of the n-l-c-s didn't go the cubs way as they fell 4-2 to the mets. this is nothing new for the boys in blue, they faced a 1-0 hole to the cardinals in the nlds before rattling off 3 straight wins... cubs looking to even up the series in the big apple tonight with jake arrieta on the mound! first inning, mets get on the board. david wright doubles into center. curtis granderson trots home to make it 1-0. next batter, daniel murphy is going yard! the 2-run bomb to right puts the mets up 3-0 without breaking a sweat! it's the first time arrieta's given up 3 runs in first since 20-10! cubs trying to answer back, chris coghlan with the deep shot to right, but granderson comitts straight robbery! makes the catch at the wall and coghlan can't believe mets would go up 4-0. cubs had never come back from 4 history. but they're gonna try. kris bryant doubles into left. dexter fowler comes home to make it 4-1. anthony rizzo now at the dish, but he goes down s

this is local 5 midday. we are iowa" sabrina on your money sabrina want to secretly collect personal info from people? apparently there are apps for that...or there were anyway. the problem was discovered over the weekend....leadin g apple to remove 256-apps from the i-tunes app store earlier. an analytics service discovered software by youmi......a chinese ad company......gathe red data about the people who downloaded the apps. apple officials are now working with developers to fix these apps to make sure they're safe-- sabrina: federal regulators have announced plans to start registering commercial and hobbyist drones. a department of transportation task force will registrations as soon as this holiday season. officials say the a "culture of accountability" the skyrocketing a "culture of to keep up with skyrocketing popularity of safety has been a concern recently......with too close to commercial jets, sporting events... even plummeting into the white house sabrina: and ....how about a picture of the worl

dont want to you're watching local 5 news at 5. "you're watching local 5 news at 5 in hd with angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. this is local 5 welcome back--lots of action on the campaign trail. as donald trump and ben carson threaten to boycott the next clinton is enough to talk running mates. karen travers has more in the race for the whitehouse. drama over a debate - the two leading republicans starting a revolt. donald trump, presidential candidate: make this an extra hour want to make more money." donald trump and ben carson joined together in a letter to cnbc?saying they "do not and will not agree to appear at a debate that is more than 120 minutes long including commerical breaks." they also insist the debate include an opening and closing statement from each candidate. no response yet from cnbc but trump tweeted this morning the network caved. carly fiorina - who got a boost from the first two debates - with this dig at her rivals. carly fiorina, presidential candidate: "

this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." stephanie: welcome back, if you've been outside recently, you may have stumbled across one of these furry little catapillars. there's an old wives tale that claims the orange band on the woolly bear catapillar will predict the upcoming winter. the larger the band the harsher the winter. today, we spoke with the iowa dnr to see how true this myth really is. "well, i don't know that i'd trade stocks and bonds based on those types of indicators, but, you know, i think it's something that's fun and if it's something that gets people outdoors and prompts discussion, it's not necessarily a bad thing." stephanie: so brad, how much stock would you put into that myth? brad would you put into that myth? brad (adlibs about myth and winter) .....taking a look at your myth and winter) .....taking a look at your myth and winter) .....taking a look at your forecast... weather adlib: our weather seems to be going back to "normal" which means a little cooler and a little wetter. tonight will be mainly

local 5's claire powell has more details. claire: last night, the owners of the coffee cup cafe in pella watched as their hardwork went up in flames. the morvant family and their sons had just bought and completely renovated the entire restaurant in june. and on facebook today, they wrote one word... "devastated".. .followed by floods of comments coming from caring community members... "when we reached the scene, tehre were flames visible through the roof already" by 10 p-m, 24 of pellas 28 volunteer firefighters battled the fire that quickly consumed pella's coffee cup cafe. "we knew it was too far gone to save it so we went defensive mode, knocked it down with aerial as quick as we could" they fought the fire for three hours, and this morning, the soaked shell is all thats left for the morvant family. while they said it was too difficult to go on camera at this time, according to a family friend, one of their sons had just moved to business and help during the grand "they feel bad, they were starting

look for the latest here on local 5. stephanie: new tonight at ten, clear of all charges after an internal investigation of an officer involved shooting. stephanie: senior police officer vanessa miller shot a man back in june. a grand jury didn't press charges back in august after their investigation. we're learning tonight that des moines police cleared her as well. during a routine traffic stop, another vehicle pulled up to the officers car, blocking the sqaud car's doors. the driver of that car got out of his car and was acting erractically, then drove off sparking a low speed chase. he pulled a u- turn and approached officer miller's squad car. she fired at him, he died from that wound. local 5 will sit down with des moines police tomorrow for the full details of their internal investigation, this will include the dash cam video of the incident. jack: taking a look around iowa, a coach and teacher accused of inappropriately sleeping next to a student. jack: the head football coach and social studies teacher from sibl

jack: coming up on local. coming up on local. physics and hip- hop. we'll show you how they're making for a special lesson for middle schoolers. "you're watching local 5 news at 5 in hd. we stephalearning physics in a whole new way. at brody middle school, these 7th and 8th graders are participating in a one-of-a-kind newtonian- physics hip-hop dance show. the teachers and students rapped, danced, sumo wrestled, and more through the show. this special lesson is part of a show by honeywell and nasa to promote science, technology, engineering, and math. the show continues tomorrow at the school as well. jack/lam iowa farmers are looking at another record harvest, with yields way up from last year's crop. much of the corn has been harvest, but about 90 percent of the soybeans are still in the fields right now. that includes a farmer from eddyville, who continues working his family ground with no signs of slowing down. "little noisy" jack: at 85 years old, don maloy is wrapping up his 62nd harvest he and his son ronald partner up to bring in the corn and

local five news, we are iowa. jack: the "institute for justice" group that's helping these women has filed similar lawsuits in other states. they've won all 11 lawsuits, with a 12th pending right now in missouri. stephanie: waukee police will now be able to use body cam video in their investigations. thanks to a private donation 18 officers are now equppied with body cameras. in total it took all 14 thousand dollars to purchase these cameras, data and storage officials say the video won't be available to the public unless its subpeonaed in court and the officers will be deciding what interactions are kept. "officer decides to keep it, its saved for 180 days, but if its a simple call like a traffic stop, unlocking someones vehicle etc. they dont tag and it erases after 60 days " " stephanie: des moines police are also working on getting body cams... they're waiting to receive bids from vendors before purchasing the jack: coming up on local 5 news at 10... it started out as a car theft case and turned into much more

you're watching local 5 news at 6. "your watching local 5 "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." stephanie/ram deadly storms tearing across texas this weekend. at least five people killed so far as another band of heavy rain and strong winds flood the state. abc's aditi roy is in houston with the latest. natsot - "do you see this? i hate when it rains!" mother nature will not let up on texas? it's been days now of storms pounding the state? flooding neighborhoods, winds flipping trailers, reported tornadoes tearing buildings and homes apart. natsot - "we're experiencing the worst flooding here? a hundred year flood." and the record rains - still falling. some houston families are left trying to pick through what remains - as the flood waters keep rising. sot - "we don't even know what's left of our home - we're h

responsibilities are, the local laws. funding is tight, but security is important too. this is important for our service members, our commanders and further stresses the importance of the linkage with law enforcement. >> that's what i was going to add. that is yet another area that really dictates that you trachb with and have understandings with your local law enforcement so that the, everybody knows the roles and responsibilities when something happens. crucial. >> i'll just add with that, i mean, if you think about what we've talked about before. until this point, local law enforcement is the first responders. as we arm soldiers or prepare to, they could be coming upon a scene where there's somebody else armed in addition to the bad guy. so we don't want our good guy soldiers that are responding to be misconstrued as adversaries by local law enforcement. that's why it's extremely important to not only have that training but to do exercises with local law enforcement so they can understand that communications are essent

you're watching local the web. we are iowa dot com is your home for the latest in news, weather, and sports. jack: but before we go tonight, a couple of stories we just had to share. stephanie/2shot: imagine dropping a giant pumpkin from over one hundred feet in the air... "cheers and pumpkin splattering on the ground " stephanie: did in plainfield, indiana for their 13th annual pumpkin drop. pumpkins -- weighing hundreds of pounds each -- crane. all so they could watch the ground -- and so the kids could rush in and grab a gooey souvenir. jack: and iowa city relic as it through the firefighters paid travelled through the state today. you can see from these photos they stood on bridges over interstate 80 as a piece of the the world trade center towers passed underneath. a five foot long, 3,500 pound piece of steel that was part of one of the world trade center walls is one of the last pieces that is being given to a fire department. firefighters are travelling with the steel beam across the country to fort collins

elias: coming up on local 5 news midday... coming up on local 5 news midday... it's a big week for sports all across the country, stay tuned for our updates. elias: and... what to expect out of your heating bill as the weather gets colder-- elias: next.... the odgaard family's gortz haus re-opens this weekend under a new name-- 5 news midday in hd with elias johnson and we are iowas most accurate forecast. this is local 5 midday. we are iowa" elias: can't think of a good costume this halloween? check out these punny halloween costumes. from an oh deer, to a holy cow, to an elaborate group french kiss, these puntastic costumes are great for any pun-lover. have a great punny costume? feel free to add it to the list on this website. elias: and if you are looking for an event to celebrate this halloween...just head on over to we are iowa dot com... local five has a full wrap up of information about halloween activities in your area. elias: and whatever your beggars' night or halloween plans are this weekend, the west des moines police department has a few safety tip

" local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. we are iowa" "(nats) shots fired, shots fired" stephanie: new dramatic images tonight show the moment an officer shoots and kills an unarmed man after a bizarre chase in des moines. stephanie/2ram good evening. i'm stephanie angleson. jack/2ram and i'm jack miller. the officer in that video was cleared by a grand jury. and now the police department also says the june 9th shooting was justified. tonight, see the incident for yourselves from the eyes of the officers involved. jack: local five's kattey ortiz breaks down exactly what happened in tonight's big story. kattey/bam "any reasonable person in her position would've done the same." those are the words the chief of police used when we asked why officer vanessa miller was cleared of any wrong-doing in the shooting. after an internal review process--lasting three months--we get a closer look into the minutes leading up to the strange and deadly incident. it starts with a routine traffic stop on merle hay road. while an officer is run

local five's jacob peklo explains. <<(the signs had been become increasingly obvious in the past couple of weeks that there wasn't going to be just one way to go through this portion of downtown. "good idea." since august, people have been able to park downtown for longer periods of time, but now 12th street is getting ready for the biggest change. cars that turn onto it from mulberry all the way down to grand, will be able to do so from either direction, starting on saturday. kyle crouch, des moines: "people may be getting too complacent, not paying attention or not seeing the signs that they posted up around here." those who work downtown say it's going to take some getting used to. i'm worried about the people who go on autopilot, than tourists who would actually notice the signs. kyle crouch: "they would actually be more likely to follow the signs than somebody who's been doing it for 40 years." even though the changes are geared toward walkers, some still think it'll make a bigger impact on drivers. travis bennett

"your watching local 5 news at 10 in hd with iowa's mosmeteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." stephanie: governor branstad has a plan for out-of- state companies to take over iowa's medicaid program, but it's not going smoothly. the latest hiccup is this hearing. a former iowa lawmaker on trial, renee schulte, accused of using inside, confidenditial information to those out-of- state companies selected to take over iowa's medicaid. the iowa hospital association has been opposed to the governor's plan from the start and says this trial is only one of many concerns. there's a lot of process that's been tha thave been pursued, and ultimately whether it's in the bst interest of iowans across the state. " stephanie: governor branstad said he wouldn't talk about the trial that's underway, but says he's going to take the necessary steps to moderniz and improve medicaid in iowa--while eliminating duplicate services. jack: children living in deplorable conditions as we take a look around iowa now. the parents

this is local 5 midday. we are iowa" sabrina: for the first time since the multi million dollar scam that fascinated iowans, local 5 news takes you inside the lottery to show what's changed since the biggest scandal to ever rock the lottery. sabrina: eddie tipton is a name not many people knew until he was caught rigging the lottery system to collect the jackpot. he was an ordinary guy with a very sensitive job -- protecting the integrity of the instead, he tried to fix the system to benefit 14-million dollar payday. but could the same thing happen in the future? local five's jack miller takes us inside the iowa lottery... nats -- "it's time for your powerball drawing!" (from oct. 21 drawing) lights, camera, action and -- the most important part -- hundreds of millions of dollars. (nats) it's what keeps so many americans buying tickets week after week. the dream of instant financial freedom. that dream was shared by this man, eddie tipton. the problem is, tipton worked for the multi state lottery association

"your watching local 5 news in hd. home of the world's largest cellulosic ethanol plant opened its doors. dupont's had a special celebration this morning at their newest facility in nevada. the plant will transform corn stover-- which includes the leaves, stalks, and cobs-- into ethanol. this new technology house gas emissions by 90 compared to gasoline. create 85 150 seasonal jobs, and will help provide extra income to 500 farmers in the area. branstad: "this new how we provide value to farmers, to the processors, and the throughout the entire world." stephanie: production at the plant will start next week with shipments expected year. they expect to produce 30 million gallons of fuel per year. stephanie: and people in cedar falls are trying to go green! work starts soon at prairie lakes park in cedar falls... where 1.5 mega watt solar panels will soon cover an entire field enough to supply electricity to about 275 homes per year. those who buy units or share will have to pay 270... but already people are showing inte

brad:wxcdl ( local 5 weather is coming up next. brad:wxcdl ( local 5 weather is coming up next. "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" brad/wxc: welcome back. i'm local 5 chief meteorologist brad edwards. brad: let's take a look at we are iowa's most accurate forecast. brad/wxwall: weather adlib: it's the halloween weekend, and rain is moving in! should we metro, we should luck out with most of the rain increasing after 8 pm when beggar's night ends. rain will be likely overnight, so drive safely. temps will be in the low 50s to upper 40s this evening. some rain may still be around saturday morning, but should move eastward and out of central iowa by mid-morning. especially areas to the west. temps for halloween day are looking like mid 50s with western iowa a bit warmer. it will be mainly clear and cool for any trick-or- treaters that are going out saturday evening. then we head into november and back to standard time on sunday. but the that we will push our highs close to 70 th

stephanie: and if you're looking for a haunting this halloween -- local five has a round-up of local halloween events happening across the metro.. just head online to we are iowa dot com for the list...you can also find the latest news and weather there as well. jack/2shot time for another quick break... time for another quick break... time for another quick break... meteorologistja mes peterson will be back with one last look at mid to low 30s. friday is going to be kind of awful as well with temps in the mid 50s and a gloomy second half of the day with clouds building back into iowa. we have a rain chance late friday night through saturday morning, but i think tailgaters for the isu >>> tonight, the passenger plane bursting into flames.

local five's family. local five's kattey ortiz has his story. "brandon is a perfect example of a kid that potential." years at homestead have literally been life changing." "at first you're kind of in denial, you think well maybe he's a little bit slower to develop, but then eventually you have the realization that brandon is different." "they have helped change brandon's behavior and they've tools to also manage his behavior." "it's fun because you get to interact with the other kids that come here." "i'm proud of how far he's come." "verbally he's been a lot better and behavior wise a lot better. he's able to play board games with me, (nats - i'm playing frog tennis) i'm able to read the directions to him and he'll listen." "by pulling together community resources including the homestead, his school, his family who's so committed, he's been able to probably grow and learn in ways that will completely change his ability to be independent in life "now as a family we can eat meals together, go out to eat, go on vacations, do the things that typic

this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." welcome back -- a violent classroom confrontation between a cop and a high schooler in south carolina is triggering outrage across the country. here's the video that shows a school resource officer pulling a female student from her seat ... then slamming her around in front of the class. jack the officer is now on paid administrative leave, but critics are demanding he be fired. jason carroll reports. (ben fields) "are you gonna come with me or am i gonna make you?" south carolina police officer ben fields, seen here, is on administrative leave this morning after his violent takedown of a high school student was caught on camera monday afternoon - (nat sound) you can see the sheriff's deputy tossing a female student to the ground -- after she refused to get up from her desk. (nat sound) then throwing her across the classroom floor... (ben fields) your back, give me your hands, give me your hands." county sheriff's dept.) "we don't want anyone to rush to judgment, but we also feel that

wade says local telecoms don't want to compete with a local utility. >> reducing competition to be honest. >> i understand that any company is in it for a profit. the problem is: if they aren't willing to provide it for us, why not let somebody that is come in? >> so epb and the city of chattanooga filed a petition last summer asking the fcc fcc to challenge the law, major incumbents like comcast and at&t. wilson filed a similar request. >> the laws that we challenged were the product of lobbying by industry and persuasion of members of the legislature. >> jim bailor is lead council remitting epb and chattanooga. >> the laws are sometimes said to be for purpose of creating a level playing field, for the purpose of creating fair competition. but the way that the laws actually operate are to create barriers that the established carriers don't and can't comply with in most cases. >> and in february the fcc agreed with chattanooga and overturned tennessee state law. >> we have a situation where the federal government is preempting a state from preempting cities. >> tennessee's attorney genera

local five news, we are iowa. stephanie: in iowa campaigning today, the republican party frontrunner, out on top of another abc poll just released today. donald trump will be speaking in burlington this evening. and joining us now live with a preview is local five's josh haskell. josh toss back stephanie: josh thanks... and while the donald is stumping in southeastern donald is stumping in southeastern donald is stumping in southeastern iowa... one of his former campaign buses is getting a makeover. the notion is let's imagine this bus, hlep cross the divived, there's a divisive moment that's a challenge. jack: the bus is being transformed into a piece of art. an artist from miami bought the bus and is giving it a whole new meaning. we'll have more on this story tonight at six. jack: okay, it's not a painted campaign bus but something a lot more advanced that some des moines schoolkids got to mess around with today. stephanie: students at meredith middle school and hoover high school today got the chance to see a

and not the local law enforcement officials. the third and final part of this legislation deals directly with those who continue to cross our border illegally, and it establishes kate's law, appropriately named after catherine s steinle. it increases mandatory sentencing requirements for people who continue to cross the border illegally. it will increase the packs penalty for illegal reentry from two years to five years. it also creates a maximum penalty of ten years for illegal immigrants who have been denied admission, excluded, deported or removed three or more times, and then illegally reenter the country. in order to ensure appropriate treatment of criminal illegal immigrants, kate's law creates a mandatory minimum sentence of five years for any illegal immigrant who illegally reenters the country and has been convicted of an aggregated felony prior to removal or has been previously convicted twice of illegal reentry. right now there are nearly 170,000 convicted criminal aliens who have been ordered deported but remain at l

jack: coming up on local 5 news at 10... as donald trump slides down in the polls, he vents to voters in sioux city about taking second place. jack: but, there's people outside that rally who say their town, and their school, is no place for a candidate like trump. we'll show you why. stephanie: and later in sports, fred hoiberg had his first game of the regular nba season with the bulls, can he take this team to the heights he lead the cyclones? brad: ((ad lib weather toss)) tomorrow on good morning iowa... talk about old school.. a west coast police force is learning some new techniques with an antique weapon... plus... the leading republican candidates get ready for aother showdown on the stage...as they debate the issues for a third time., that's tomorrow on the all-new good "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" brad: weather adlib: it will stay cool and rainy into the evening hours for much of centra

happened at 10:38 local time. shortly after that first word came out that we indeed have a mass casualty event on this campus. clint van zandt, remind us as an fbi veteran, what's important for the early part of an investigation? people arriving on campus. atf, local police, state police, fbi, what are the top five things to nail. >> well, as you know, brian, the first is to tend to the wounded, to get them to various hospitals. that's going to be the challenge. this is a relatively rural area by some standards. as you just indicated, trauma victims are going to have to be sent to multiple hospitals. this is going to overload any type of potential mass casualty plan they may have had in the local area. but in the meantime, as you suggest, city, county, state, federal law enforcement is going to be pouring into this area. once they get the injured, the wounded out of there, with these plus or minus 3,000, 4s this, this 5,000 students on this 100-acre campus, you have to account for these. by account you have to do

local five news, we are iowa. jack: this institute for justice group that's helping these women in their lawsuit has filed similar cases in other states. 12 in fact -- they've won 11 in other states. the 12th one is pending in missouri. jack: developing now in des moines. the hunt is on for students suspected of firing a gun outside east high school this afternoon. des moines police think they've identified the vehicle involved. witnesses saw what looked to be a fight about to break out, and students hop into an s-u-v and fire off a gun. it happened about a 1/2 block from east high's campus, as the students were leaving. a des moines public schools spokesperson says east high went into lockdown mode for seven minutes as the situation was underway. something that happened in a school tops headlines. jack: the south resource on camera violently arresting a female high school student has been fired. richland county sheriff leon lott blamed the student and what he called her "disruptive, disrespectful behavior" for th

"now, local 5 sports with jon schaeffer. we are iowa sports" welcome back--days ran throughout the day today in kansas city. the attention for iowa state is returning to the sprint center next march and claiming a 3rd straight big 12 championship. jordan furbee has more from hilton south. jordan/tvu jon, most first year head coaches are just worried about a winning season and getting adjusted to a new school. isu head coach steve prohm has had to deal with that and expectations of a big 12 title, deep tournament run and maybe even more. but he and the team have a way to handle those high expectations and it starts one day at a time. "after winning back to back big 12 tournament titles, no one saw a first round ncaa tournament exit coming for iowa state. "losing to uab it was really humbling and it taught us a lesson... ...can win on any given night." "we really looked ahead of a couple teams... ...i think that in march we can be a really take anything for granted... ...everything else will fall down the line." and when it co

nikki: coming up on local 5 news at 5:30... a military family got quite the surprise at the cyclones game this weekend. nikki: and....a zombie themed event turned into a real life scare after a gunman fired into the crowd. we have the latest on the search for the suspect. are iowa" nikki: the search is on today - for a gunman who opened fire during a big event in florida. shots rang out at the zombie- themed street festival in fort myers last night....killing one person and injuring 5 others. abc's phillip mena has the latest. " " (source: twitter/savannah holden - people running - air view) nats "?people yelling?" video capturing the chaos in florida? (wszombieconshooting 4fl -- nns/wftx - no access wzvn) sot - mos "heard four-five shots, go pa pa pa pa pa." gunfire in downtown fort myers at the annual "zombi-con" event late saturday night - sending hundreds of people, many dressed in costume, running down the streets. (wszombieconshooting 4fl -- nns/wftx - no access wzvn) sot mos2: "we started running, because we saw a horde

others from the local media are not. they will be descended upon by national and international news media over the next day or two. and umpqua community college will become part of a national dialogue. as has columbine, as has luke woodham. as has little rock, as has pearl, mississippi. including the inspeakable tragedy that happened in connecticut, just such a short time ago. with all those little children who were gunned down. and the national questions will continue, how we as a society respond to this. why we in the united states are subjected to this. or victims of this, more it would seem statistically than people in other parts of the world. and what exactly would be the right course of action for us as a society. is see something, say something enough? to what degree do we need to increase security? how much would that make us feel better about ourselves and about the situation? but protect us, how much bet centre how many metal detectors, how many armed guards are going to solve these problems? how much of this

jack: coming up on local 5 news at 10... presidential candidates are asking for secret service protection. find out why the status of some candidates is changing -- in your local election headquarters. then -- "we had to make a change at offensive coordinator." stephanie: isu football coach paul rhoads makes a major change to his staff. hear why mark mangino, is out! brad: toss)) monday on good morning iowa... life and home life, between your work life and home life, things can get stressful. we'll share some ways to bust that stress! your full forecast for halloween week. ((wx ad-lib)) that's monday on the all-new good morning iowa! ((wx ad-lib)) that's monday on the all-new good morning iowa! stressful. we'll share some ways to bust that stress! plus sam will have your full forecast for halloween week. ((wx ad-lib)) that's monday on the all-new good morning 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.

this is local 5 midday. we are iowa" elias: the new york mets are heading to the world series -- the new mister october -- daniel murphy -- powering the team past the cubs with his record-setting performance. abc's tj holmes is at citi field this morning. " nats - strike three! the amazin mets dashing the cubbies dream...... nats - they haven't been to the world series since 2000 - and the mets are back! simply unstoppable? winning 8-3.....sweeping the series..... pls find nats from daniel homerun thanks to the new mr. october..... mets second baseman daniel murphy..... the first player in consecutive postseason games..... his two run homer in the 8th inning of game 4 clinching the win.... sot murphy post game presser - i can't explain why balls are going out of the ball park but htey do and we keep winning ball games - it's the most important part and the coolest part! he broke carlos beltran's record of 5 consecutive homeruns in the 2005 playoffs with houston astros.... he also ties yankess legend lou gehr