nikki/lam the hawkeyes are eying a spot in the college football playoffs. their latest test comes against michigan state university. jordan furbee has been following the team around indy, as it prepares for its biggest game maybe in program history. jordan? "hey nikki, that's right. down here at lucas oil stadium, where behind me the hawkeyes will come out of this tunnel in about 40 to 50 minutes. game time here about 8:17 local time, 7:17 iowa time. now, coming up later in cyhawk rewind, i caught up with some hawkeye fans to get their thoughts on this magical season, and especially new kirk. you won't want to miss their reaction. that's coming up a little bit later in cyhawk rewind. but for now, from lucas oil stadium, i'm jordan furbee, local 5 sports. we are iowa." nikki/lam we'll hear more from jon schaeffer and jeff woody as well in tonight's cyhawk rewind. raygun has put of hawkeye- inspired t-shirts. just in time for the big ten championship game against the spartans. local 5 took an inside look -- "we've had the new kirk shirts for a while. like new

you're watching local "your watching local 5 nikki/lam: welcome back. tonight, the fbi says there've still haven't found anything related to the san bernardino mass shooting in the lake they've been searching for three days. meanwhile, the fact that one of the terrorists, tashfeen malik, was able to get a visa to enter the country despite social media postings supporting violent jihad, is prompting calls tonight for a wider mandatory vetting process. sot sen. chuck schumer (d) new york: "i'm asking to immediately initiate a program that would check the social media sites of those admitted on visas to see if they are using words and taking about things like jihad, explosives, mass shootings. it's outrageous that this isn't already done." nikki: president barack obama will visit the pentagon and the national counterterroris it's part of an showcase his strategy. nikki/lam: dangerous slamming texas reported tornadoes touching down, homes-- abc's kendis gibson has more nats - storm chaser - sirens "tornado on the ground?" overnight - severe storms bearing d

nikki/lam: from the afternoon, first rose bowl years.. the iowa football team, along with athletic administrators, boarded a charter plane bound for the west coast. and as legendary eastern iowa sportscaster bob brooks waited to board with the team, he recalled his first rose bowl trip with iowa in 19-56, which he said didn't go off exactly as planned. " bob brooks hall of fame broadcaster <" 2:56 we were going to have a big ceremony celebration, kind of a pep rally. well, it snowed, it sleeted and we finally wound up leaving from moline. ">" nikki: the hawkeyes take the field against stanford on new year's day but local five's coverage of the rose bowl will kick off on monday. local 5 sports director jon schaeffer will be in pasadena head up our coverage. he'll be joined by our hawkeye headquarters reporter alex giamo. nikki: and a special treat for fans that will be heading to california to cheer on the hawkeyes. a new year's eve pep rally will be held at the battleship iowa museum.... fans can attend the rally for free, which is at tha

nikki/lam tomorrow is pearl harbor remembrance day. governor branstad has ordered flags lowered to half staff. the order applied to all flags on display in the capitol complex, public buildings, and facilities across the state. businesses, schools, and homeowners are also encouraged to fly the flag at half-staff as a sign of respect. this year marks the 74th anniversary of the japanese attack on the naval station in hawaii. nikki/lam today, some veterans of pearl harbor in eastern iowa gathered for a special event. local 5's gretta patrick has their story on what happened december seventh, 19-41 " " sergeant major al taylor is a survivor of the pearl harbor attacks.... and he was the honored guest at milan's pearl harbor observance dinner... al taylor: "i don't deserve it" at the dinner, norman dunlap, from the milan american legion, taylor's story. on the day of the attacks, he was working alone at schofield barracks hospital at pearl harbor... when the attacks started, he immediately called in doctors... and dispached ambulances... n

nikki/lam: the football team took off from eastern iowa airport heading west, as they prepare for their big game new year's day. the team checked in to their hotel in los angeles this evening. making their first rose bowl appearance in 25 years, the new year's day game caps off an historic season that including going undefeated in the regular season. local five's coverage of the rose bowl will kick off on monday. local 5 sports director jon schaeffer will be in pasadena head up our coverage. he'll be joined by our hawkeye headquarters reporter alex giamo. nikki: coming up on local 5 news at 10... a very special christmas spends months getting ready to help brighten the holidays for some area children in the hospital. nikki: and we take a look at the preparations going into a big holiday meal that will help some needy familis this christmas. brad: ((ad lib weather toss)) take sot "stephanie: monday on good morning iowa... we'll go over christmas in the metro, if a winter storm will affect travelers heading back from the holiday... and we'll look ahead to the hawkeyes preparing for the ro

nikki/lam tonight, president obama addresses the country from the oval office. the topic-- terrorism, in the aftermath of the deadly attack in california. nats "we have gunshots" the terror attack in san bernardino is forcing law enforcement officials and the intelligence community to wrestle with possibility of new, unpredictable homegrown terror threats - threats that are prompting president obama to give a rare oval office address to a shaken nation. sot loretta lynch, u.s. attorney general "i think he'll talk about the actions we've taken not just since 9/11 but since paris to help keep the american people and american interests safe." the president huddled with his top national security advisers on saturday, as the fbi is investigating computer and phone files to figure out if the two shooters reached out to isis or other radicals before the attack. sot james comey, fbi director "we have hundreds of people running down leads all over the world on this / / the fbi also raided the home of enrique marquez, the man believed to have supplied syed farook with two

nikki/lam: earlier today, messy road conditions already causing some problems on interstate 35...with more than a dozen cars being involved in a pile up... a portion of the interstate had to be shut down for several hours, as crews cleared the roadway. highway patrol says they also saw cars sliding into the ditch in the same area

home of weareiowa.com " nikki/lam: donald trump is under attack in your local election headquarters tonight. the democratic candidates for president took aim at the g-o-p frontrunner... and today, he is firing back. abc's devin dwyer is in washington with more. after the democratic debate, the republican frontrunner fired back (abc this week) sot - donald trump / (r) presidential candidate "knowing the clintons and knowing hillary, but there's no -- there's nobody -- she just made it up. i mean she made it up. it was a sound bite." on abc's this week, donald trump attacked democratic frontrunner hillary clinton for this explosive allegation. sot - hillary clinton / (d) presidential candidate "he is becoming isis' best recruiter. they are going to people order to recruit more radical jihadists." both the white house and terror experts say there's no hard evidence isis is using videos of trump to recruit. today, the clinton campaign clarified that the former secretary of state was not referencing a specific video? last night, trump tweeted "hillary clinton lied." (abc this week) sot - donald