if convicted piercy faces 7 years in prison. today we'll hear more about the threat of the zika virus. the director of the centers for disease control will appear before the senate human services. along with discussing the emerging health threat of the virus, they'll discuss president obama's request for 1 point 8 billion dollars in emergency funding to combat zika. while work on a zika vaccine is already under way, the disease continues to rapidly spread across south america, prompting many in the u-s to worry about the potential for travelers to bring zika to the united states. the presidential field is continues to shrink. yesterday, carly fiorina and chris christie announced they're out of the race for the white house. fiorina finished seventh here in iowa... chris christie came in tenth. it's all fun and games, until someone gets hurt. luckily, no one at the kentucky georgia basketball game did. check this out, this enthusiastic fan started young female fan decided to join in. then the man decides to pick up the girl and sl

if convicted piercy faces 7-years in prison. we're learning more this morning about what led a des moines officer to fire bullets into a car. police say it started when 25-year-old austin allen sped off as they tried to pull him over yesterday. that kicked off a high speed chase down southwest 14th street... police say allen was going as fast as 80 miles per hour when he eventually lost control... sliding off the road and coming to a stop. but as the officer got out to arrest him, police say allen suddenly put the car back in gear and drove toward him. the officer fired three shots at the car... but missed allen. parizek 12:04:52 it was definitely a scary situation for him. he very easily could have died. the fact that he discharged his weapon... on the surface, it certainly looks like it meets the standards of the law and our policy. his life was in danger and that's pretty clear cut 06 austin is now charged with eluding and assault on a peace with a weapon. we now know the name of the person killed in a deadly des moines house

fell out of piercy's boat and drowned. ellignson's life jacket came off in the water because prosecutors say piercy used the incorrect type. if convicted he faces 7-years in prison. a des moines man who was in court this morning racked up another charge ... police say 35-year old nicky beery made a mad dash out of the polk county courthouse after fearing he would face jail time. he was quickly caught and returned to the courtroom. now in addition to a charge of driving while barred... he's also charged with interference with official acts. investigator have identified the victim of a deadly des moines house fire... the home on 61st street caught fire just before seven last night. police say the home-owner... brian houston was killed in the fire. an autopsy was scheduled for today to determine the cause of death. firefighters in cedar falls this week... on monday firefighters responded to this.... heavy smoke and flames were pouring from the house... inside.. .a mother and her two children were trapped... in this body camer

if convicted piercy faces 7 years in prison. workers are putting the final touches on the metro's newest place to watch a movie. the new cinemark altoona and x-d opens today. channel 13's inside to see what's different about this theater. from the outside.... @32:38 "i'm really excited by the way it looks, and just the atmosphere. it looks really amazing." in... @8:47 "the experience, immediately when you walk in, you can just kind of tell we've turned it up a notch." the first thing you see when you walk in the cinemark altoona and x-d is the lobby bar cantina. @9:05 "this is where you're going to get your wine, beer and frozen margarita." you'll also find a starbucks, ice cream stand, and place to pick up pizza and hotdogs. that's in addition to the traditional popcorn, candy and soda, which are all self serve. @11:30 "the idea behind that is so the flow actually goes faster, and quicker. so, if you're in some sort of rush and you already know what you want, you just go right up and grab what you need and head on to the audito

anthony piercy faces one count of involuntary manslaughter. piercy's arraignment was this morning in morgan county, missouri. back in may 20-14, investigators say brandon ellingson drowned while in handcuffs and in police custody at the lake of the ozarks. more than a year after a special prosecutor cleared piercy of any wrong doing, a new prosecutor says he life jacket on the college student. if convicted he faces up to 7 years in prison. the iowa utilities board could make a decision on the construction of the bakken pipeline today. the board is holding its fourth and final meeting this afternoon from one to four. they will discuss whether or not to build the pipeline that will pass through 18 iowa counties. the three point seven billion dollar project would carry north dakota crude oil to illinois if constructed. state regulators in north dakota, south dakota and illinois have already authorized permits for the pipeline. it's time now to get a first look at the forecast... let's head down to amber alexander at the science center. ad lib wx

thursday, piercy waived his arraignment on the charge. the officer had not originally charged in ellingson's death. but after a year of investigating, a special prosecutor formally charged him with charged him with a jury trial will be set. : missouri yesterday, say they want anthony piercy's trial moved to a different county. they say piercy is and well liked trial. elias: elias: man wanted by des moines police.... randal caswell several recent two outstanding he's 46 years old and has a scar caswell is violent, police say, so don't approach him. he also has several aliases. police are asking anyone with information to call crime stoppers. elias: and in sports this morning...the iowa hawkeyes faced a test in indiana last night... while not dealing with a ranked opponent....they did have to face a dangerous hoosier team at the historic assembly hall. jarrod uthoff led iowa with 24 points, but it wasn't enough to get the win... wasn't enough to get the win... the hawkeyes now in a three- way tie with indiana and maryland for first in the b

piercy was not originally charged in ellingson's death. but after a year of investigating, a special prosecutor formally charged him with involuntary manslaughter. a jury trial will be set. jack: : meantime, protestors outside the morgan county courthouse in missouri say they want anthony piercy's trial moved to a different county. they say piercy is too well known and well liked there, for a fair trial. jack/lam: the man who admitted to killing his ex wife and an acquaintence of hers was found dead in his johnson county jail cell overnight from an apparent suicide. we first showed you the unusual story of jerry dillinger last month, when he appeared in front of a union county judge without a lawyer and pleaded guilty to first degree murder. he told the judge he did it, and that it would only waste time and money for his case to be even though police say there's nothing about dillinger's death that shows anything other than suicide, it's still under investigation. jack: have you seen this wanted felon? 48 year old randal caswell, has activ

piercy appeared in a missouri court today for an arraignment - and protestors outside the courthouse called for a change in venue. they say piercy is well known around there and could get preferential treatment unless the trial is moved somewhere else. piercy was not originally charged for ellingson's investigating, a special proseuctor formally charged him. jack: a man who admitted to killing his ex wife and an acquaintence was found dead in his johnson county jail cell overnight from an apparent suicide. we first showed you the unusual story of jerry dillinger last month, when he appeared in front of a union county judge without a lawyer and pleaded guilty to first degree murder. he told the judge he did it, and that he didn't want to waste anyone's time or money with a trial. even though police say there's nothing about dillinger's death that shows anything other than suicide, they're still investigating. jack: coming up on local 5 news at six... another movie theater is opening in the metro, and it has features that you may have never seen before. jack: and.... the home and garde

anthony piercy faces involuntary manslaughter charges... brandon ellingson fell off a boat and drowned while in police custody at the lake of the ozarks in 20-14 prosecutors say ellingson's hands were cuffed behind his back and that piercy did not secure a proper life vest on him.. piercy waived his arraignment... if convicted he faces up to 7 years in prison. two sioux city teenagers who conspired to rob a local bank branch... where one of them was employed... were sentenced this week. an-helica perez and heaven zevenbergen both pleaded guilty to second-degree theft. a judge sentenced both of them to up to five years in prison. last august, perez, disguised as a man, demanded money from a teller at the security national bank branch inside a hy-vee store. zevenbergen, who was the teller, handed over the cash. the women were arrested a few days later and admitted to staging the angelica perez defendant "nothing i can say that will make everyone understand the shame i feel, guilt and regret that are going through my mind most of the time, esp

piercy arrested ellingson for boating while intoxicated. witnesses say piercy placed an already buckled life vest over properly secure it. ellingson's life vest came off shortly aaer he went into the water - - later drowned. two women accused of staging a bank robbery are both sentenced to five years in prison. nineteen-year-old heaven zevenbergen and 18-year-old angelica perez were sentenced in separate hearings wednesday in sioux city. prosecutors say perez entered a bank branch at a hy-vee supermarket last august in a disguise, and warned zevenbergen that she was then a bank teller, knew ppez and gave her $10,000. an eastern iowa pastor uses her abilities to give back -- on the other she traveled to an island in greece to help refugees after she learned her sister-in-law was a refugee in the seventies. kwwl's amanda gilbert has the story tonight. "baby crying" that's a common sound on a greek island right now... "this is a photo album i put coble wise taveled to that island with six other pastors. "so it was pretty neat to bond and meet

jury.trooper anothny piercy waived his arraignment for manslaughter yesterday. ellingson drowned in the lake of the ozarks in may 20-14 after piercy arrested and hand-cuffed him.witnesses say piercy did not put the proper life jacket on ellingson, the battle for the white house has now moved to nevada for the democrats.s. democrcrs.bernie sanders and hillary clinton have each won the support of a state so far, clinton in iowa and sanders in new hampshire. hampshire.right now - they're sanders and clinton have each won the support of one state so far. now they are neck in neck. according to a poll clinton has a small lead nationally. the two dualed head to head last night ob the debate stage in wisconsin. clinton challenged sanders. >> you need to level with people. the numbers don't add up. >> that is inaccurate. here i ithe reality, folks. there is one major country on earth that does not guarantee healthcare to all people. >> the nevada caucus for democrats will be held next saturday. >>> the republican candidates have their next turn tomorrow night on cbs 2.

piercy admitted that ellingson had the improper life jacket on when he was thrown from the piercy was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the case. here in des moines, police are asking for the publics help identifying two suspects in a fraud investigation. they say the suspects used a cloned credit card last month to make purchases from retail stores at merle hay mall , stealing more that $3,000 in merchandise. if you recognize any of the individuals, you're urged to call des moines police or polk county crimestoppers at 515-223-1400. it's another cold outside and one snow in western iowa. let's check in now with jason to see if it's heading our way. jason: it is. that wonderful bounty of winter is upon us yet again. some light stuff off to the west. we have some dry stuff in the service right out helping to eat away at the snow. it's having a hard time at this point read -- reaching to the ground. we will start to pick up on some of this. it will straddle that morning you can see chances on the increase. update 80% chance for 70 5 p.m.. it's not like we will see a lot of snow o

ellingson fell from piercy's boat and drowned. piercy is free on bond. no trial date has been set. a union county man who admitted to killing two people and hiding their bodies on his land has died from an apparent suicide in prison. jerry dillinger was found dead this morning in his prison cell at the iowa medical and classification center. take vo three weeks ago dillinger made a surprise admission at a court hearing that he'd killed his former boyfriend and disposed of their bodies on his land near thayer. he was immediately sentenced to two life sentences. the des moines police department says merle hay mall merchants were attacked by cloned credit cards and hope new information will lead them to the thieves. they are asking for the public's pictured right here before you. authorities believe the man and woman used cloned credit cards at a number of merle hay mall stores to make more than three-thousand dollars worth in fraudlent purchases. if you have any information about the two suspects you are asked to call polk county crimestoppers at 515-223-1400. a federal judge is orde

earlier this month a special prosecutor in the case filed involuntary manslaughter charges against piercy, who authorities. this morning, piercey had his first arraignment in court. we will be sure to bring you more information on this case as it develops. elias: and now to our top story iowa lawmakers weigh some potential changes to the speed on rural roads. elias: right now, the speed limits are 55 miles per hour for two lane country highways. highways. but a pair of proposals in the iowa house could bring the limits up to 60 or 65. a study done by the iowa department of transportation found that the average driver goes 62 miles an hour on those rural highways. some are in favor of the changes, but aren't sure if it would work everywhere. tim hughes, elkhart resident: "i don't think raising the speed limits would work in every area, but if you can pick and choose for which areas it would work, i think that raising it would be okay." elias: law makers say if drivers ramped up their speeds, law enforcement could choose how to enforce it. also, there would be no reason for another five. el

trooper anthony piercy has admitted to putting the wrong life jacket on ellingson after arresting him on the lake of the ozarks in may 20-14. elingson, from clive, was wearing hand-cuffs when he fell off of piercy's patrol boat and died.piercy is charged with involuntary years in jail if convicted. we are uncovering new details tonight in the fight over a private zoo in delaware county. county.a judge has ordered the owners of clicket hollow zoo, near manchester, to remove their trigers and lemurs. lemurs.this is video cbs 2 news shot of the zoo in 20-10. the judge issued the ruling today, saying the owners the judge issued the ruling today saying the owners failed to provide appropriate living conditions for the animals. they now have 90 days to comply. we have been filing a lawsuit filed by the animal legal defense fund which claims the zoo violates the endangered species act. >>> nuna baby essentials is recalling 5600 high chairs. the companies the chairs' arm bars can bend. where the chairs have fallen with children strapped inside of them. owners should immediately stop new tonig

piercy is charged with involuntary manslaughter and faces sevenears in jail if he's cvicted. the race for the white house manslaughter and faces seven years in jail if convicted. >>> the race for the white house moves to wisconsin where sanders and clton wi square off on the debate stage. sanders is coming off a blow hampshire primary but clinton is getting a boost today from the congressional black caucus who is expected to endorse he tonight's debate in milwaukee is hosted by pbs and starts at 8:00. >>> it won't just be candidates and voters at tonight's democratic debate. fast food workers will be there wage. organizers expect more than 1000 demonstrators to turn out. sanders supports the $15 an hour a and clinton backs a $12 wage. now minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. >>> there are new developments with the medicaid saga at the iowa capital within the past hour. senate lawmakers passed a bill keeping medicaid in the state's hands. the legislation is largely symbolic as leaders in republican controlled house promised to reject it. iowa's medicaid program is scheduled to becom

prosecutors say, piercy didn't properly secure a life jacket on ellingson win a arresting him on a man who just pleaded guilty last month to 2 union county murders died last night in a coralville prison. the iowa department of corrections says 37-year-old jerry dillinger hung himself. just 3 weeks ago, dillinger made a surprise guilty plea to murdering 2 people in union county. his sister-in-law loretta dillinger, and a man, michael robinson. a judge sentenced dillinger to 2 consecutive life prison terms without the possibility of parole. stacey: funeral services will be held next week for former principal ceo david hurd. hurd died last saturday. visitation will be next tuesday from 5:00 until 8:00 in the p.m. capitol square atrium. services will held wednesday at 10:30 at the first unitarian church on 1800 bell avenue. steve: the des moines police are looking for this man 48-year-old randal caswell. he is wanted on several felony warrants. police say caswell is a also suspect in several theft cases in des moines. if you've seen him, or know where he may be, contact 515223 1400. stacey

piercy is charged with involuntary manslaughter. ellingson drowned while in his custody in 2014 at lake of the ozarks. piercy was charged after a special prosecutor reviewed new information in the case. elizabeth: we'll also be watching what happens at the iowa utilities board today. they may be nearing a decision on the controversial bakken oil pipeline. today is the final public hearing. on wednesday the board went into closed session to discuss the project. a number of iowa landowners oppose and the company could use eminent domain to place the pipeline in 18 counties. shaina: the clock is ticking for the final four protestors at a wildlife refuge in oregon. they say they will turn themselves in at 8:00 this morning their time. the fbi has surrounded the refuge and they've been negotiating by phone all night long. in an unusual move, the protestors have livestreamed those conversations online. said they wouldn't turn themselves in unless all charges were dropped. eric: bernie sanders' big win in new hampshire brought in big money

ellingson fell from piercy's boat and drowned. piercy is free on bond. no trial date has been set. another cold day ... and another round of snow today.. but some relief is on the way.. meteorologist brett mcintyre has details.. valentine's day is just three people gift. "i've got to get out and get a card. i better unless i can ones." jerry and jean killion have been married for 65 years. they tied the knot when they were 21 years old. they raised four boys and now live in deerfield retirement community in urbandale. they have advice for young couples. @54:00 "with raising a family, you don't sweat the small stuff, which you forget sometimes. and, then really after a while, it's not that important." @53:03 "you thank our lord for the blessings that you have. there's got to be some potholes, you know, and you just have to work your way through 'em. there's no utopia." the killions say they will likely go-out to dinner to there's still much more to come tonight.... coming up at 9-30 -- major breakthrough.. the scientific discovery of historical significance.. the first real proof of

security wait wait times here are shorter because they move screeners >> th >> they move staff from piercyheck point with two lanes up. >> if we show red there, we're short staff there. we start to back up, we find out how many people we can send to help them. >> the director of this airport wishes her screening company tried as hard to keep lines >> we >> we get a high number of visitors in the g@( >> of course she does. her airport is right next to montana's glacier national park. people go to the park in summertime. traf traffic triples. but the tsa doesn't respond to >> >> screening levels remain constant year round. same number in the summer as in the winter. >> so, because of that and the delays it creates, and passenger complaints about rude screeners, cindy wanted to switch to a private screening company. the law that created the tsa allows that. but airports have to ask for permission. cind cindi and other airport managers asked, but the tsa simply didn't respond for a year and a half. then they said no. what reason did they give you? >> they didn't give us a reason. >> we asked t

piercy was charged after a special prosecutor reviewed new informaton in the case. we'll also be watching what happens at the iowa utilities board today - they may be nearing a decision on the controversial bakken oil pipeline. today is the final public hearing. on wednesday the board went into closed session to discuss the project. a number of iowa landowners oppose - and the company could use eminent domain to place the pipeline in 18 counties. and iowa law enforcement say they're committed to fighting the heroin epidemic in the state. police and community organizations gathered in cedar rapids to talk about solving the problem through prevention, treatment and prosecution. authorities say a lot of heroin is getting to iowa from illinois kcci 8 traffic! any accident locations are plotted on the map. your mobile speed unit locations are listed on the map. wind chills have started the day below zero, and with highs reaching into the 20s today, we're looking at another cold one! light snow moves in by mid afternoon and lasting through the evening with accumulations o

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anthony piercy was charged in december in the may 2014 death of brandon ellingson. steve: des moines police are asking for help finding a wanted man. 48-year-old randal jon caswell has active felony warrants for ongoing criminal conduct and a parole violation. he's also wanted in multiple theft cases. police say you should not anyone with any information should call crime stoppers of central iowa at 515-223-1400. des moines police also need help -- your help in identifying a man and woman caught on camera in merle hay mall. they may be connected to a fraud investigation. police say a cloned credit card was used last sunday to make purchases at the mall. the loss to the victim is more than $3000. if you have any information please call crime stoppers of central iowa. stacey: after four days of deliberations the iowa utilities , board has not made a decision on the controversial baaken pipeline. iowa regulators are meeting again to consider whether to let a texas company very three and 46 miles of crude oil pipe -- 346 miles of crude oil pipe under iowa farmland. the

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thursday, piercy the charge. the officer had not originally been charged in death. prosecutor charged him with manslaughter. be set. amanda: protestors morgan county courthouse in missouri they want trial moved to a county. too well known and well liked trial. amanda: this morning, the search continues for a man wanted by des moines police.... is wanted after thefts and has two outstanding warrants. he's 46 years old caswell is violent, police he also has several aliases. police are asking anyone with information to call crime stoppers. amanda: and in sports this morning...the iowa hawkeyes faced a test in indiana last night... while not dealing with a ranked opponent....they did have to face a dangerous hoosier team at the historic assembly hall. jarrod uthoff led iowa with 24 points, but it wasn't enough to get the win... the hawkeyes now in a three- way tie with maryland for first in the big ten. coming up on midday... the democratic to the debate in milwaukee. back at what they had to say and each other. amanda: and... it's friday! which means it's time for loca

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missouri officer anthony piercy waived his thursday... involuntary charge in the death of brandon ellingson.. arrested ellingson for driving drunk on a boat in 20- fell overboard and drowned handcuffed.. a jury trial will now be set. sabrina: managed care in through the the iowa senate passed a bill state has with three companies.....hopi ng to end governor branstad's plan for privatized medicaid. house republicans say they will not even consider the bill when it arrives, sabrina: meterologist sam schreier is keeping a close watch on the current conditions... hey sam... sam/ weather adlib: we are looking at a mostly sunny and cold day with windy conditions lasting through the evening. our snow has stopped from last night leaving most of central iowa with about 1 to 1.5 inches, but even that little amount has left some roads in poor shape. the sun will be out today so even though our highs will be in the low 20s we may still melt a bit of that snow off some of the side walks. tonight we'll be mostly clear with very deep and arctic air slam