taylor frame, raygun, dir. of stores it brings a lot of money down into the east village, which we're super happy about - to raygun - famous for its left- leaning racy shirts - is busy all year in des moines. but with the packed gop field, business is really booming. taylor frame / raygun, dir. of stores there is a lot more candidates in town. there's a lot more personalites running, everyone from bernie to trump, so it's kind of just more fun for everyone involved. chance seales / national correspondent just down the road, a coffe shop - open for only a year, is thriving - thanks in part - to some famous poliitcal fans. they call the customer surge "the caucus effect" marie-claude desrochers, scenic route bakery they see it on facebook that hillary was here, and they ask, "what did she get? what did she eat? what did she drink?" vo for the record - it's the honeybee - espresso infused with honey and cinammon. back at raygun, they've sold hundreds of bernie sanders t-shirts. stores it's kind of been the thing t

." - taylor frame - raygun local graphic tee shop, raygun, soaking up the national spotlight, as travelers and locals alike flock to rock their candidate in style. 16:17:36 "we would like to think that we've had some kind of effect on the community and who they're voting for, or that they're voting at all, that they're caucusing. again, with bringing the pride not only to iowa but kind of what we do here in the iowa caucuses." - taylor frame - raygun on tap, on the menu, on sale...before iowans get serious, they've got to have a little fun. 17:15:46 "no doubt monday night will be a serious one. but in these days ahead, iowans and visitors alike are focused on the fun of being first in the nation. in des moines, reid chandler." it's expected that close to 2 - thousand members of the media will be in town for the event brett ad lib wx tease on set with anchor evening in central iowa as temperatures very steady. a weak low pressure system will slide by early tomorrow, which will bring a chance for light rain in the morning. it should all be out of the area by noon on sunday, with mostly cloud

." - taylor frame - raygun local graphic tee shop, raygun, soaking up the national spotlight, as travelers and locals alike flock to rock their candidate in style. 16:17:36 "we would like to think that we've had some kind of effect on the community and who they're voting for, or that they're voting at all, that they're caucusing." - taylor frame - raygun on tap, on the menu, on sale...before iowans get serious, they've got to have a little fun. 17:14:43 "no doubt monday night will be a serious one. but in these days ahead, iowans and visitors alike are focused on the fun of being first in the 13 news." it's expected that close to 2 - thousand members of the media will be in town for the event for all things caucus related.... tune tomorrow morning into a special 2 hour edition of the insiders with dave price. join dave as he sits down with our political insiders and several presidential candidates live. you can be a part of the conversation and cast your caucus predictions by calling in or using the hashtag 13 -insiders on twitter. the show starts at 8 - am ... the presidential candidates

iowa's constant change in weather has raygun poking some fun at mother nature. it may not be to their extremes .. but they do have it right- only the strong stand a chance! brad? stephanie/wxcdl: jack/wxcdl chief meteorologist brad:wxcdl ( local 5 weather is coming up next. brad:wxcdl ( 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: today's cold was pretty brutal with temps in the 0s and central iowa. thankfully, milder weather is on the way starting tonight. look for mostly cloudy skies as we head into the night with temperatures slowly rising overnight thanks to southerly winds. by morning, we should be in the 10s to start our wednesday. there will be some clouds around in the morning, but we should have sunnier and milder temps for the afternoon with highs cracking freezing in the metro. we will do even better thursday with highs reaching the 40s! but after that, there will be a

nats (covered) taylor frame, raygun director of stores & inventory: "this has been a really big one, because there's been so many candidates both democratic and republican, so we're kind of taking advantage of both sides. there's a lot of crazy ones, so that makes it more fun." we're less than ten days away from the shop one year ago, it was already capitalizing o othe political attention. lucy fey, des moines resident: "iowans get pretty excited about it. i think it's great for the economy, i think it's great for the city of des moines and we're very proud to be one of the firsts." store director taylor frame says compared to just a year ago, the store has seen an uptick in business. taylor frame, raygun director of stores & inventory: "they come down to get food and they stop in the store. they see it take pictures and people just love it, and we love having them in the store." it's not just the pies grabbing the attention at gusto pizza company. natural sound: "clinton requested to make her pizza in her own oven. yeah, that's not allowed." a radio ad imagines what the different ca

kind of like the raygun shirt that says idaho. karina writes, "how rude, hasbro should apologize." shaina: there is a des moines in washington and i believe it's actually pronounced with the 's' there. we have a feeling those pictures will be going viral, and so will this next story out of indiana. a woman wrote a review about her new year's eve experience at a restaurant called kilroyoys. holly jones complained her night was ruined after witnessing a dead person get wheeled out, even referring to the person as a junkie. well, the owner of the restaurant responded. chris burton: i like to stick up for my employees and my manager, so it just i was ready to do that after reading her comment, especially seeing how kind of crass it was. person was actually an elderly woman who had a heart attack. jones has gotten a lot of backlash for her negative review. the salon where she works has even been blasted on social media. the restaurant owner says it's a good lesson to be careful what you post online, it can come back to bite you. eric: accountability on the person that lashes out. shaina

of course this is sold at raygun. that might not compare to the bernie buzz cut. this guy had bernie on his head. apparently he was pretty popular. you did a caption contest on facebook. eric: yes, here's a few. if you still got hair, might as well use it. we are just a hair away from caucus day. and 'hair's to bernie!' want to chime in. shaina: a little strange. but this is also strange. in niagara falls people are going crazy over the iowa fight why not? >> special tenants upstairs have have been here. eric: that's funny. shaina: because of the iowa fight song. for some reason it has played every day for the past six months over and over again. it is coming from an empty building and police have tried to get in touch with the owner but have not been able to. it turns out it is not breaking any laws because it is not loud enough to violate the noise ordinance. eric: quite a story there. shaina: i kind of like it as a mystery. eric: exactly, why iowa and niagara falls? we are now 11 days away from super bowl 50 on kcci. here is one of the three finalists. >> and t

at least a race now you know you dononi spose until the day after" even mikikdraper, the owner of raygun, who deals with politics daily says he thinks the race will be down to the wire. and for sanders and clinton, only time willtell. " 2 1/2 weeks from the actual caucuses, i dont know we'll find out" jessica rae: since the last quinnipiac poll released on december 15, of 20-15 hillary clinton has slipped 7 points, holding more than a ten point lead for more than three months. meanwhile bernie sanders has increased 9 percent and martin o'malley has stayed steady. despite the news..... clinton staged campaign events in ames at iowa state university and in dubuque yesterday. she also spoke about the latest " (hillary clinton/(d) presidential candidate) "because they're so unpredictable. and it's gotten increasingly difficult to poll. and i think you would have to add a degree of difficulty-- to polling for a caucus. so that's been my experience. i've watched this a long time. i've had a prior election-- where i campaigned in iowa. so i just put that aside. i'll let pundits and others worry