the north dakota public service commission approved it wednesday. the pipeline would carry crude oil from north dakota through south dakota and iowa into a refinery in illinois. the iowa utilities board is still deciding. they're holding another set of public meetings next month. meanwhile, those against the pipeline plan to hold a protest today at the state capitol. local five will continue to follow this story as we await a decision elias: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: it was hard to call yesterday warm, but being back in the 20s for our highs definitely felt better than it did earlier in the week. today is going to be a very similar day with an isolated flurry possible and highs sitting right in the mid 20s. the winds will be very light out of the east so it will be a calm day with the high here in the metro. we times today but we have a better chance flurries or a very light snow overnight tonight with minimal or no accumulation expected. friday is looking like a mostly cloudy day but it should

yesterday the north dakota public service commission approved the project. the pipeline would carry crude oil from north dakota through south dakota and iowa into a refinery in illinois. the iowa utilities board is still decidingthey're holding another set of public meetings next month. jenna: and turning to political news, democratic presidentail candidate hillary clinton's supporters were stumping for her in sioux city this afternoon. jenna: president of emily's list stephanie schriock (shree- ock) made her third trip back to iowa today and first stop in sioux city to campaign on behalf of hillary clinton. supporters and volunteers to talk about hillary's commitment to fighting for equal pay, paid family leave, and protecting women's right to health care. emily's list, the largest resource politics, endorsed clinton the day she announced her candidacy. "when i think about hillary and how much she has done families in this country and how she's advancing causes like additional funding to plan parenthood. it's not about a candidate who holds the line on women

the community. harry smith reports in north dakota. >> reporter: the bells were ringing for the salvation in north dakota. but the kettles, nowhere close to full. >> the finances and -- they are just not coming in like they were, even two years ago or a year ago at this time. and that mean this is boom town has lost a lot of its pop. >> what happened? opec flooded the market with oil. the price of barrel one more than $120 has dropped to less than $40 and that means more than a quarter of a million americans have lost their jobs. we were here four years ago when the town was a busy, noisy mess. forget about resumes. a pulse would get you employment. now in north dakota, oil field equipment sits idle. the rough-necks laid off, they dump their campers in tom novak's junk yard on the way out of town. >> they keep stacking up because we have more important things that need to be done to them right now and hopefully when things start to slow down, we'll be able to get a handle on them. but right now, it is just out of control. >> reporter: but the exodus means there is time to match infrastructure with a town

the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. hoeven: i scw that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hoeven: thank you. madam president, western north dakota is getting a lot of ateption these days because of its vibrant energy comism the people also need to know about the spec spectacular landscape d natural beauty that thrives sued by side with energy development in my home state. so i want to speak today for a few minutes about a remarkable asset in my home state of north dakota that was highlighted this past week in the "new york times." the "times" ranked theodore roosevelt national park in north dakota as fifth in destinations to visit in 2015. only mexico city, bor dough, france; the mediterranean island of malta and the city of corral bay, saint john in the u.s. virgin islands ranked ahead of u.s. roosevelt national park. kim neff vil of the "new york times" wrote few presidents did as much for conservation as teddy roosevelt. rolling grasslands dotted with visen collapse into the spe

the north dakota public service commission gave the ok to build the pipeline through that state. this is the largest section of the proposed pipeline. the 1100 mile pipeline runs from north dakota to illinois running the iowa utilities board held public input hearings on the pipeline in november. the board plans to hold 4 days of hearings starting february 8 to decide whether to approve allowing the pipeline through iowa. the hearings will be held at 1375 east court avenue here in des moines. the hearings are scheduled to be open, but the board says it may close the meeting as allowed by iowa code. steve: it was veterans day at the iowa statehouse. 500 people crowded the rotanda to honor the state's veterans. the event also gives veterans a chance to meet with lawmakers about issues that are important to them. >> we have men and women from all branches of service that are serving in over 141 different countries around the world. as we said here today, remember that this is a force that is deep in nature. while we are carrying the home front with our legislature, we have men and wo

jack: today the north dakota public service commission approved it. the pipeline would carry north dakota through south dakota and iowa into a refinery in illinois. all the other states have approved it. the iowa utilities board is they're holding public meetings next month. stay with local 5 on this project. coming up on local 5 news at 10...donald trump endorsement, but how much does that mean to voters? jack: die-hard are camped out in front of for a game that doesn't start until monday night. stephanie: and...uni men look to take on the wichita state shockers. jon has the highlights later in sports. james: ((ad lib weather toss)) take sot tomorrow on good morning iowa... for the early risers....or night rare sight in the early we'll explain what's lining up high above. and sam has a look at that's tomorrow on morning iowa! "your watching local 5 news at 10 in hd with iowa's most accurate meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." james: weather adlib: snow in the metro

the game. spirit lake led 16-7 after a quarter - but here's north - jailen billings with the steal and the layup at the other end. but the indians were too strong - billy brown - the north dakota commit - no-look to jake heitritter - spirit lake thumps north, 69-37. over to south sioux city - the cardinal guys hosting norfolk, who's ranked 5th in class a. first quarter - tanner christensen getting inside the arc - knocks down the pull-up jumper - south sioux up two early. back comes norfolk - lane mccallum - for three - 14 points, 5 assists for mccallum on the night - panthers take a 7-point lead. south sioux city still working - christstsen goes baseline - nice layup off the glass - cardinins norfolk would take a 10-point lead after the first - logan strom from distance - the panthers pull away from there - they double-up south sioux, 70-to-35. the c-n-o-s classic continued today - and a pair of great college matchups were on the docket. the briaiacliff men and women - both taking on hastings down at the tyson events center - all four teams are ranked in the top-25. on the men's side - briar cliff is ranked 6th - the broncos are 18th. hastings was looking to work it inside ea

coming up on kwwl -- a waterloo native looked to lead the north dakota state bison to a 5th straight national championship -- plus -- the iowa state cyclone basketball team looked to stay perfect at home in a big conference battle -- you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in jesup, shellrock, tama and all of eastern iowa the 13th ranked cyclones have won 30 of their last 31 games on theie home court -- it just so happens that one loss came against the baylor bears -- cyclones came hot out of the gate -- matt thomas from downtown -- drills the trey for -- later in the half -- georges niang with the lob to abdel nader -- iowa state would hald a 4 point lead at the break -- second half -- isu up 6 -- niang pulls up from about i-35 -- and drains it -- 22 in the game for niang to lead iowa state -- but things soon started to go south -- johnathan motely from the corner -- three-ball cuus the lead doon to 5 -- later -- bears down 2 -- that's lester medford on the opposite side giving the bears their first lead of the game -- and they'd finish it -- medford again from the arc -- iowa st

the north dakota public service commission approved it wednesday. the pipeline would carry crude oil from north dakota through south dakota and iowa into a refinery in illinois. the iowa utilities board is still deciding. they're holding another set of public meetings next month. meanwhile, those against the pipeline plan to hold a protest today at the state capitol. local five will continue to follow this story as we await a decision from the utilities board. elias: the earlham community has elias: the earlham community has less than two weeks to weigh whether a major project for the school is worth investing in. last night, residents gathered to addition onto the school, which would include four locker rooms and classrooms, and transform the practice gym into the new main arena for competition. commmunity members say the district already has enough debt on the football stadium, and shouldn't add any more. those for the project say it's time to act while interest rates are low. jeff lillie, earlham mayor: "that's as big a part of our infrastructure

nation you can see chilly air for just about everybody and cold air to the north across the northern tier. 2 the bismark, north dakota. 25 in lincoln, nebraska. it is 51 degrees in l.a. that's where they continue to see the rain across southern california. as we head into friday, southern california will clear out and more rain across northern california. a very progressive pattern. this storm system eventually will move into our region. we are going to see increasing rain chances late tonight here at home, as well as once again on saturday. in the meantime our high temperatures today mid 70s. if we get enough sunshine. a little above average for this time of year. this evening, there is a lot of that will keep temperatures relatively mild and temperatures dropping down to 64 degrees by midnight. let's check out future cast. basically a dry day. winds out of the east northeast. again, we'll see a mix of sun and clouds as we head through this afternoon. p.m. as we head into the midnight hour we'll see moisture moving in from the gulf of mexico. by 1:00 or 2:00 we could see showers across the bay area. most of us will

the west rolls 37-9. first quarter, fires a bullet. north dakota state led 10-0. the read option in the second. roughs for the touchdown. north dakota state up 17-0. three tds, the buy sons win 37-10. the fifth kick fbs championship, a five seed. >>> st. mary's and pepperdine. second half, a pretty layup. gaels up two. st. mary's lead cut to two. jet rain showing some jets. spin move, pepperdine up two. 3:17 to play. range was wherever. the jumper, 1:10 to play. cuts the lead to one and this one for the tie. no good, gaels' first conference win and it's stunner. this sports report brought to you by bank of the west. warriors and sharks hop hoops tonight. and shoutout to mill valley girl scouts. also nice when youth is here besides drew. >> that's in my favor. >> i knew that was coming. >> does bear bryant know that bright yellow is the color for football? >> not sure about that. >> the force is strong overseas, next at 6:00, the new records broken by "star increase speed, full throttle! (over intercom) ann, are you coming in? negative! stay on target. what are you guys doing? r2, thrusters! the

experts believe the state has the potential of becoming another clean energy powerhouse. << there are 13 counties spinning with turbines producing wind energy in north dakota. this renewable energy makes up about 17 percent of the electricity in the state. (kevivitschosik/basin electric) "north dakota has a great potential for wind generation just because it has strong steady winds on a continuous basis so potentially just about every county in north dakota has potential for wind generation." (wayde schafer/sierr a club) "wind is an important component of our energy needs in north dakota and i think that is kind of where the growth in industry is." even with mother nature on our environmental and geographical aspects are taken into consideration before development. these include protececng endangered specieie proximity to farmland and national parks. weather patterns also play a role in generating energy. (kevin tschosik/basin electric) "the key to wind generation is them being available to run when the wind blows and the only way you can do that is to perform the proper maintenance of these wind turbines because they do not run all the time. we are lookin

the draft. why was north dakota state the only school that wanted him? >> had some injury issues, didn't play quarterback as a junior so i missed a lot of the big recruiting and obviously in north dakota, it's hard to get found in general, so let alone as a senior at 6'5, 200, kind of came out of nowhere. i knew i had the physical and mental capabilities to play this position, but physically finally developed late, i'm so thankful, i wouldn't trade the road i took for the world. >> so the dabbing sensation that's sweeping panther nation has been far reaching. so many panther fans duplicating the dab that cam newton does after doing a touchdown including folks in retirement homes now. >> go panthers! go, panthers! >> this is outstanding. grandmas and grandpas at the piedmont crossing retirement home in thomasville, north carolina doing the dab. hear not just playing around, folks of. they have added that to their daily exercise routine. that is awesome. >> that's priceless. >> how cute are they? >> well, the lebron-tristan thing was a little scary but peop

. >>> a couple of weeks ago, the north dakota department of transportation, received a backful of christmas presents in the highway. and yesterday, they got their wish. john thorren has the story. >> kind of shocked me, because you're thinking the garbage bag will be garbage. >> he's ready for a normal day of work on his normal route, when he noticed what looked to be a bagful of traps sitting in the middle of the road. i will grab it. i don't like garbage cans blowing all over. >> dale discovered the bag on this stretch of highway. miraculously the gifts inside were completely unharmed. the only thing left to do was find the owners. the department of transportation, first contacted local media outlets to spread the word. and three days ago, they were chatting with the resident manager about the holidays and bag of gifts gone missing a couple of weeks ago when she caught a break. >> wait a minute. there was presents found on. and she pulled up to see on her facebook. and she showed it to me. oh, looks like my wrapping painer >> presents flew on a bed of truck. deanna was worried. she didn't

looking at the u.s., the north dakota department of resources suggests the shed and of existing productionl occur at $15 per barrel. you look at the variable costs of production for other low-cost regions in the u.s., we're talking $20 per barrel range. it might seem far-fetched now given we are just crossing 30, but it is not impossible to conceive of a scenario where that occurs. betty: tomorrow we have an interest -- inventory report. we will see another build up? we will see tomorrow. one thing to look for is when refiners actually go off-line for regular maintenance. as we go in, you're likely to see storage build. is stored ats it extremely high levels. we could see the levels reach a maximum which would again pressure them significantly. betty: gas prices are lower and costs are lower. still ahead, we have options insight. today's trade involves industrial giant struggling, particularly in china as demand slumps. ♪ julie: joining me is kevin, the chief investment officer at capital. it is time to talk options. in the had volatility market as of late. it is hard to know what will hap

yesterday, the north dakota public service commission approved the pipeline. the iowa utilities board is still considering the project, with more public meetings planned for next month. today, a group against the pipeline plans to hold a protest rally outside of the state capitol. elias: the iowa department of public health will receive more than six- million dollars aimed at improving c-p-r in iowa. the bilk of the funds will go toward placing automated c-p-r machines in ambulances and hospitals across the state...as well as training for their use. a limited number of such machines are in use in iowa, and have shown positive results. the machines are more consistent than humans, the automated devices typically run about ten- thousand dollars...making it difficult for smaller e-m-s agencies and sabrina: meterologist sam schreier is keeping a close watch on the current conditions... hey sam... sam/ weather adlib: >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and robin goes one-on-one with will smith. >> speaking out about hollywood, race and the oscars backlash. >>

i think the fringe areas, the far north and the north dakota and some of the let more marginal ground in the south could swing out of corn. >> right now when you put pencil to paper, matt, what makes sense for you? >> well, i ink the roi for most people on reasonably productive farmland says you should plant corn, but in my opinion i'm kind of like chip. you know, given the financial constraints we've had the last 18 months or so, there's a lot of producers that are not quite in the cash position that they were in before, and so when you get in a marginal type of situations, especially if it's a high input or high cash rent deal it's pretty tough for a guy to put a pencil to corn and really make that work, and i think that unfortunately in some situations the bank may have a little more to say about that this year than what they have in the last few years. >> well chip, we had some pretty excited top producer attendees this week when the weather trends guy said we're going to have the worst drought we've had since 2012. it's going to be more widespread. we're looking at six something

showers develop the northwest are spencer, and more will be moving in from the north dakota -- from the dakotas. this cold front is another cold front, so behind it, we will have a blast of arctic air arriving. the best chances of accumulating snow today will be off to the northeast, but notice this and of snow that will be working through central iowa in the overnight. after 8:00 or 9:00 p.m., snow moves through the northwest, moving through central iowa between midnight and 3:00 a.m. tomorrow will be cold and quiet, followed by more light snow on wednesday morning as warmer air moves in. tonight and early tuesday morning, a dusting to about a half inch of snow in central iowa, and it will be blowing around with very gusty wind. now, and the pressure is holding steady. 24 the high temperature today with light flurries moving into the northwestern part of the state. tomorrow it is going to be chilly all across the state, highs struggling to get to 13 degrees in des moines. the wind chills throughout the day will stay below zero on tuesday, followed by a huge jump in temperatures on wedn

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we, being in the 9th circuit, we went into the north dakota litigation. nd we were part of the 13 states that got the first injunction. so this was a perfect example. the prior a.g. of our state would not have been involved in that case. >> that's a p-r-i-o-r. >> the other prior. my predecessor would not have been involved in that litigation for the state of nevada. we ended up, not only getting in the litigation, we happened to pick the right one that was granted an injunction the afternoon before the rule was set to go into effect. so we are absolutely basically a apoplectic about this rule in our state. it's, boom, an injunction, something that nevada has not been on the good side of in a long time. unfortunately you -- you run into the pressure of whether or not you're in the right litigation, whether or not you join the right lawsuit, and this time we picked the right one. the federal government then said, well, they're going to move forward with the rule in the other 37 states. which usually gets gasps. i guess it's too early here for you guys this m

. >>> the cat was found by animal control track down the couple living in north dakota. >> it's not good news for you. we have a place lined up are you ready to go home? >> they said they got the can to cope with ptsd following his >> micro-chipping. make sure to get the microchipped. it's very important. >>> north dakota is a little further on the other side of the virginia border. they are a little colder family were today. we are going to be cool tomorrow, you wake up with the 40s, to get on the bus with 40s and you get from -- home from work and school and the 40s. light rain showers scattered about the day, we will get rid of those starting thursday, the start a warm-up in bring sunshine back on friday. >> every auto insurance policy has a number. but not every insurance company understands the life behind it. those who have served our nation have earned the very best service in return. usaa. we know what it means to serve. get an auto insurance quote and

zooming out, we can see the beginning of very north dakota. minot that cold air will be upper level wind, featuring the jet stream in the big arrows, separates the southwest upper flow we had today helped push wam air into siouxland. as the jet stream dips south, we are going to see cold northwest winds push in frigid weather. an arctic high will be seen over southern canada by saturday evening, ushering in a reinforcing shot of arctic air saturday night. but our coldest weather will come jenna: locals enjoyed the warmth today... and proved the weather is really all relative. we spotted quite a few people who ditched their heavy winter coats today. we even found some people who traded jeans and boots for shorts. this weather also provided a g gd chance for siouxlanders to get the car washed... getting some of that tim: still to come... nominations were announced today. we'll see who may get the chance to win on oscar sunday. when we return. and it could be a big year for "the revenant." jenna: this morning... the academy award nominations were

the season. in north dakota.. the wind chill makes it feel like 50-below zero tonight. forecasters say the bitter cold toward the end of the week. only two weeks remain before the first votes are cast in the iowa caucus.. and tonight.. there's a war of words between the top two republican presidential candidates. donald trump says ted cruz a nasty guy and no one likes him. now.. the texas senator is firing back. abc's tom llamas has the latest from iowa. just hours after taking aim at senator ted cruz donald trump today quoting scripture at jerry falwell's evangelical liberty university sot: two corinthians right? two corinthians 3:17, that's the whole ball game. where the spirit of the lord, right? where the spirit of the lord is there is liberty. on this week trump leveling this attack on cruz. sot - trump: he's a nasty guy. nobody likes him. nobody in congress likes him. nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him. trump also blasting cruz for failing to disclose he took out a million dollars in big bank loans to fund his senate race. sot - trump oh he's a to

waterloo native, former uni panther and the current north dakota state football head coach chris klieman. coach, you guys won your 5th consecutive fcs national title. that's hard to do in any sport. what does this mean for your program? "it's truly remarkable what the guys have been able to accomplish for five straight years. it's so hard to get to the playoffs as tough as the missouri valley conference is. and then for our guys not only to get in the playoffs, but then just continue to improve and get better and better every game in the playoffs. each of the last five years, we're playing our best football late in the season, which is really hard to do when you're and to win five straight, i'll look back on it 10 to 15 years from now and think how remarkable it is. it's kind of surreal right now. and we know that this ultimately going to end at some point, but you can't tell our kids that. our kids always believe in a tight ball game that they're going to win." this is your 2nd head coaching job. you were the head coach at loras for one year. how much did that help you prepare for takin

. >> a former mayo clinic doctor crawled in the snow for hours after a hunting accident in north dakota. >> the doctor was out with his dogs when he fell into a ditch and broke his femur. chris you has his amazing story of survival. >> reporter: cold, alone, and unable to stand. felt pain like this for. >> man: i looked at it, and every time i touched it it just about see me through the wall. >> it was december 19, the weekend before christmas. doctor olson and his dogs were hunting for pheasants in north dakota that afternoon. >> man: but it was a lucky day. >> that luck did not last. >> man: one minute i was on flat ground, and the next i was falling. >> he did get out, but several hours have passed and it was dark. unable to walk, doctor olson did this. >> man: dig in this seal, and i had my hands kind of to the back of me, and i would grab whatever i could, stubble, or just sometimes push the dirt, and i would just propel myself like that. >> and he kept at it for hours. >> man: it was probably four or 5:00 in the morning, i was cold and i remember how much it hurt and how tired i w

the fate of the dakota access pipeline now rests with the iowa utilities board. today, regulators in north dakota approved the pipeline to move crude oil from the state's oil patch to illinois. the proposed pipeline would go through iowa, south dakota and illinois. south dakota and illinois have already approved the project. regulators in iowa are expected to make a decision on the pipeline next month. services for seniors in linn county could all come under one roof. that's after those services dispersed when the county's old senior center was destroyed by the 2008 flood. and we have some college basketball action for you tonight on kcrg nine point two. it's a missouri valley conference showdown as the u-n-i panthers host the wichita state shockers. tipoff is at seven tonight on kcrg nine after years of doing without, a county- funded senior center could become a reality for linn county. right now, cedar rapids is the largest city in iowa without a designated place for senior citizens. the 2008 flood destroyed a linn county-owned building in downtown cedar rapids that housed the witwer se

today if you are traveling to the north, that's where the snow is across north dakota into minnesota. unfortunately it will be coming in our direction as soon as tonight. today will be nice and quiet so get out and suck up the nice warm conditions with sunshine. here comes the cold front that will bring a change in the direction coming from the northwest bringing with it snow showers and flurriesasting through tomorrow. then colder air settles in and by saturday night here comes a reinforcing shot with another chance for light snow saturday evening. that will be followed by bitterly cold conditions toward sunday. today will be the best day of light snow will be moving through the state, it should be out of here by noon or 1:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. skies clear back out for much of saturday followed by more clouds by the afternoon and another chance for snow overnight into sunday and we could have a half inch of snow but the main story is the cold. get outside and enjoy the nice conditions. we have a breeze coming from a southwest with highs of the 46. tomorrow is not so great with

the title game, north dakota state and jacksonville state. second quarter. carson wendt on the read option breaks left and dives for the pylon for the touchdown. 17-0, bison. for a third. north dakota state wins their fifth straight fcs national championship 37-10. no other college football team at any level has ever won five straight national titles. college basketball after the break. could the hawks keep their hot cordes: most nurses are tough. they're problem-solvers. they like making things better. people don't have access to healthcare because they just can't afford it. bernie sanders understands how pharmaceutical companies and major medical companies are ripping us off. bernie tells the truth, and he's been consistent. he understands who can bring real change. i'm bernie sanders, >> college basketball today dartmouth and harvard played on regional television. close game in the final minutes. miles wright buries the three from the corner. he had 23 points to lead dartmouth. that made it a three-point game. but harvard answered at the other end. a huge