officials believe yahia is also cases based on evidence. jury selection is currently underway in a boone murder trial. after being postponed five times, alexander fazzino is standing trial...facing a first degree murder charge. jury selection started at nine this morning in decorah. he's accused of killing his wife, emily in the couple's home in january 2012. authorities found emily's body in the bathroom. fazzino's trail has been delayed five times... most recently so he could care for his daughter as she recovered from a bone marrow transplant. a man is charged following an south-east side of des moines... just before 2:30 this morning a fight broke out at a party near the quiktrip on south east 14th. the victim came to the store, with a minor stab wound and was later treated at a local hospital. a suspect vehicle... and arrested 22 - year - old daniel cruz. he is now charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. cruz. des moines police have arrested man on fire... moines is now facing charges of attempted murder and willful reports it ha

des moines detectives say yahia was a suspect within hours of mcneeley's murder, because the night of her death, yahia called police to his douglas avenue apartment, claiming he had been the victim of a home invasion. police say he staged an elaborate crime scene all to apparently justify a large knife wound on his left hand. detectives were suspicious yahia had been at mcneeley's home earlier that night not only because of his bloody hand but also because they knew him so well. >> given his criminal history he is a longtime well known violent offender, both with the burglaries and some robberies. we can speculate he went there to commit one of those crimes. mark: police tell me this afternoon that with the only suspect now dead the mcneeley , murder case is closed. steve: urbandale police say they have found a teenager they wanted in connection with the yahia's death. investigators issued a material witness warrant for 17-year-old kiara olson last wednesday. olson turned herself in to police and has been questioned. stacey: des moines police found a stabbing victim outside a convenie

evidence has linked ali yahia- the man shot and killed by urbandale police just last weekend - to the gruesome, stabbing murder of 71 year old norma jean mcneeley here at her home behind me. in the early hours of january 24th- 71 year old norma jean mcneeley was found stabbed to death in her des moines home. blood trials and footprints led police outside, down the street, then disappeared. "well over 100 pieces of forensic evidence, muhc of it was blood evidence" that same day- des moines police say ali yahia showed up at lutheran hospital, suffering from a severe cut on his hand. police say instead of confessing to the murder, he told them a fabricated story about being the target of a violent home invasion. "what he was telling us, matched the evidence of that house the next day, police found survielleance video from a nearby business- showing a car yahia was known to drive- leaving a parking lot near mcneeleys house. that led detectives to a second pool of blood and more footprints. here to dci's crime lab- where we got an inside look. the blood was entered into their combined dna

yahia's record shows a long history of theft.... he was charged in 2014. a piece of iowa history is at risk of being destroyed this morning... the wagon wheel bridge near logans port. tons and tons of ice flowing down the des moines river have actually bent the bridge in several places. authorities say they're now watching an ice jam in fort dodge... they say if it were to break loose, the bridge may succumb to the river completely. ice is also causing flooding in the ledges park area... the d-n-r says the jam there did break, causing water levels to recede some flooded out areas. but it wasn't enough to reopen a portion andy bartlett, dnr "it affects traffic coming through here. it's only about a half a mile closure bit it cuts it off, so you can't get through so you gotta make alternate plans on how you're gonna come to the park if you come south from boone." the dnr does expect roads to reopen in the next few days. potholes are the cause of headaches for many drivers... but luckily, it is officially pothole repair season here in the metro... josh nguyen

eric: 29-year-old ali yahia was shot and killed by urbandale police officers over a week ago. now his death has closed a murder case in des moines. kcci's mark tauscheck explains the bizarre situation. mark: when urbandale officers responded to a drug complaint at the urbandale holiday inn february 13 they encountered ali yahia who fired a shot at least one officer shot back and killed him. this morning des moines police announced dna evidence has linked the deceased 29-year-old to a murder on the south side. in january police found the body of 71-year-old norma mcneeley with her sister on pioneer road . some of the blood evidence at the scene was processed and the dna results matched yahia . mcneeley's death is essentially now closed her killer dead himself. >> the circumstances of how this case closed are definitely unique and rare. mark: des moines detectives actually had yahia on their radar within hours of mcneeley's murder because that same night after police believe he killed the woman in her home he called police to come to his douglas avenue apartment claiming he had

here's a look at a portion of yahia's criminal history. in 20-14... he was charged with ethnic grocery stores in des moines. he reached a plea deal... and was sentenced to probation. then... in january 2015... he was charged with second... third and fourth degree theft. he ended up pleading guilty to first degree theft and wilfull injury. again... he received probation... a suspended sentence and was fined 1750- dollars. jury slection is underway in the trial of a boone county man accused of killing his wife. alexander fazzino is charged with the first degree murder of emily fazzino in january of 2012. at first her death was ruled accidental ... but a second autopsy determined her death was homicide. the trial has been delayed five seperate times. it is being held in winneshiek county. we'll have full coverage of the trial this week once the jury is seated. the des moines city council will be making some multi-million dollar decisions tonight that will reshape the face of downtown des moines. the council will finalize its capital improvements budget f

yahia's record shows a long history of theft.... he was charged with eight different robberies in 2014. the murder trial for a boone man accused of killing his wife is underway -- with opening statements beginning this morning. 41-year-old alexander fazzino is charged with first degree murder in the death of emily fazzino. emily's body was found on the bathroom floor of their boone home in 2012. fazzino was the one who called police on the day of the incident -- saying his wife was unresponsive. he told them he thought emily was trying to kill herself, and she was addicted to prescription medicine. but police investigated it as a suffered head trauma. the high profile case has been moved to winneshiek county to avoid an impartial jury. it's expected to take up to three weeks. a piece of iowa history is at risk of being destroyed this morning... this was the scene yesterday at the wagon wheel bridge near logans port. tons and tons of ice flowing down the des moines river have actually bent the bridge in several places. authorities sa

dna results matched yahia. detectives actually had yahia on their radar within hours of mcneeley's murder because that same night, after police believe he killed the woman in her home yahia called police to come to his douglas avenue apartment, claiming he had been the victim of a home invasion. >> we investigated back. he staged a pretty well-thought out, elaborate crime scene. mark: police found a pool of blood on his floor, splattered on the wall. all to aparently justify a large knifewound on his left hand that required treatment at the hospital that -- the hospital. detectives were suspicious yahia had been at mcneeley's home earlier that night, not only because of yahia's bloody hand but also because they knew him so well. >> given his criminal history, he is a longtime well known offender both with burglaries or robberies, we can speculate he went there to commit one of mark: prosecutors don't know why yahia picked mcneeley's home. they can't find any evidence they knew each other and likely now will lik

here's a look at a portion of yahia's criminal history... in 20-14, he was charged with eight robberies... many of them grocery stores in des moines. he reached a plea deal, and was sentenced to probation. then in january of 20-15, he was charged with second, third, and fourth degree theft. again, he received probation, a suspended sentence, and was fined about 17 hundred dollars. a des moines man is in custody after police say he stabbed another man overnight. the victim looked for help at this downtown quik trip around 2-30 this morning. he told officers he was stabbed during an argument at a nearby party. a little later, police arrested 22 year old daniel cruz. he's charged with "assault with a dangerous weapon." cruz is being held in the polk county jail on a four thousand dollar bond. a des moines woman is accused of setting her former fiance on fire. 47 year old amy thornton is charged with "attempted murder" and "willful injury." police say she lit the man on fire while they were arguing saturday. they say she originally claimed it wa

but yahia is already dead. he was shot and killed by urbandale police just last weekend during a confrontation at a holiday inn hotel. police say it took a couple of weeks to match yahia's blood at the scene of the crime. they say he stabbed norma jean mcneeley several times before he was caught leaving on security video. " "think about the reason we get into the business, this is what we're atlking about. no empathy for anyone else, no concious, his actions clearly demonstrate he was very violent " " jack: police say they strongly believe yahia is the only possible suspect. their not sure why he killed mc-neely, but say it may have been a robbery. stephanie: but, one of the main components that helped d-c-i and des monies police identify yahia as the suspect in this case was bloodwork and through the state's advanced combined d-n-a indexing system. we got an inside look today. paul j bush- criminalist supervisor dci "if youre convicted of specific crimes, have to give dna sample for our data base, we're around

because last weekend yahia was shot and killed by urbandale police at a holiday inn. police say it took a couple of weeks to match yahia's blood at the scene of the crime. they say he stabbed norma jean mcneeley several times before he was caught leaving on security video. . "think about the reason we get into the business, this is what we're talking about. no empathy for anyone else, no concious, his actions clearly demonstrate he was very violent " " stephanie: strongly believe yahia is the only possible suspect. they're not sure why he killed mc-neely, but say it may have been a robbery. stephanie: now we did reach out to urbandale police to see if this will impact their investigation into the officer- involved shooting where yahia was killed. they told us they hope this new evidence brings closure to the mcneely family, but didn't mention their investigation. these three officers are all on leave right now while that shooting is investigated. jack: in national headlines, america gets its first good look at the kalamazoo shooter. jack: jason dalton is charged with

authorities have had 253 interactions with yahia in polk county since 2006. urbandale police say this shooting is still under investigation and their body cameras will play an important >> i know there is video and i know it is evidence so it will be a whole part of the process. elizabeth: kcci's tried to talk with yahia's family but they said they are not ready to speak. when the investigation is complete authorities will turn , over everything to the polk county attorney who will most likely call on a grand jury. in the meantime, the three officers are on paid administrative leave. eric: a life-saving day at a local lake. the dnr is calling two fishermen heroes for rescuing an indianola man from near-freezing waters. kcci's ryan smith has more with how it all unfolded. ryan s.: a day of ice fishing on lake ahquabi. >> i got to give a shout out to our wives for letting us go ice fishing on valentine's day. ryan s.: quickly turned into a daring rescue for damian bell and jesse bannor. >> we're not 100% sure when we were running into thin ice or open water. >>

today, police say dna at the scene matched ali yahia. yahia was shot and killed by urbandale police responding to a report of drug activity at the holiday inn on merle hay road. des moines detectives say yahia was a suspect within hours of mcneeley's murder. that night, yahia called police claiming he had been the victim police say he staged an elaborate crime scene, all to apparently justify a large knife wound on his left hand. stacey: a vigil in kalamazoo, michigan tonight for the people killed in saturday's shooting rampage. police say uber driver 45-year-old jason dalton opened fire at 3 locations over the course of nearly 7 hours. six people were killed two others wounded. police and prosecutors say the shootings were random and have not revealed a motive. in commitment 2016 news the mud , is flying on the eve of tuesday's republican caucuses in nevada as the top 3 candidates in the polls spent the day attacking each other. ted cruz fired his communications director monday, after rick tyler posted misinformation about rival marco r

because earlier this month, yahia was shot and killed by urbandale police at a holiday inn. police say it took a couple of weeks to match yahia's blood at the scene of the des moines murder. they say he stabbed norma jean mcneeley several times before he was caught leaving on security video. .. "think about the reason we get into the business, this is what we're talking about. no empathy for anyone else, no concious, his actions clearly demonstrate he was very violent " " lucas: police say they strongly believe yahia is the only possible suspect. local five urbandale police to see if this impacts their investigation... they told us they hope this new evidence brings closure to the mcneely family, but didn't mention their investigation. three officers remain on leave right now while that shooting is investigated. lucas: it may just be a matter of months until des moines police have body cams.. lucas: after more than a year of planning, the chief says they're taking an aggressive approach to have them quickly. they've already purchased a server to hold the video files, and hav

authorities have had 253 interactions with yahia in polk county since 2006. urbandale police say this shooting is still under investigation, and their body cameras will play an important role. >> i know there is video and i know it is evidence, so it will be a whole part of the process. laura: we tried to talk with yahia's family tonight, but they do not want to speak at this time. when the investigation is complete, authorities will turn over everything to the polk county attorney's office who , will most likely call on a grand jury. in the meantime, the 3 officers leave. live in des moines, laura terrell, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. steve: we will be there tomorrow when the iowa supreme court holds a special evening session. that involves the estate of late slipknot member paul gray and his former doctor, daniel baldi. gray died of a drug overdose back in may of 2010. gray's estate filed a lawsuit against baldi, but a lower-court threw it out. the estate says that court made a mistake and it wants the iowa supreme court to weigh in. prosecutors charged

police say yahias death basically closes the murder investigation.. which comes as a relief to some neighbors. thing and it would be horrible to happen to anybody, but they were just so vulnerable and the crime was just so atrocious 52 norma jean mcneeley lived with her sister who is disabled. she was upstairs at the time of the murder and heard her sister being attacked, but couldn't help in time. when i spoke with her today, she told me that she was asked by police not to talk about the case. a marion county judge has removed all doubt about a clive man's record breaking deer hunt... shortly after shooting the trophy buck in 20-14.. joe franz was charged with four counts of using bait to lure the deer the judge acquitted franz of the charges today saying a salt lick placed on the property by a previous owner did not draw in the deer. clive library... and that's a good sign. 'the library is undergoing a series of renovations to the existing space including new carpet and also some new lighting thats being put in but more extensively the re- organizat

detectives say yahia was a suspect within hours of mcneeley's murder. he actually called police to his invasion. police say he staged an elaborate crime scene there and trail. today at a local cemetery. jennifer fletcher: they'll be there first thing in the morning, taking care of business. eric: this video was posted online showing an area where workers recently dug a new grave site at laurel hill cemetery by the fairgrounds. a path shows machine tracks rolling over multiple grave sites. the cemetery is owned and maintained by the city's parks and rec department. today, crews will be out there, making sure the flat stones are cleaned. the city assures it won't happen again. elizabeth: new numbers out this morning. in 2015, the city of des moines saw the largest amount of money spent on new construction projects, ever. kcci's alyx sacks joins us live from downtown. how much money are we talking about, alyx? alyx: elizabeth, the city struck a ground breaking number of construction projects in 2015. des moines says they issued nearly 3000 construction mil

the search for her killer yesterday, when police matched blood at the crime scene to ali yahia. yahia is the same man who was killed in a shoot-out with urbandale police earlier this month outside the holiday inn on merle hay road. they had been called there on a potential drug bust. police say the murder of mcneeley started as a random robbery. a clive hunter has cleared his name in court.. 'i think the verdict that was handed down today is a victory not only for my family and i but also for all the hunters in the state of iowa because i think its been a landmark decision.' joe franz was accused of poaching a deer on his own property back in november... the d-n-r said he used bait to lure his prize buck.... but franz claimed the mineral licks were from the land's previous owners, and he notified the dnr of it before hunting. friday, a judge decided to clear him of hunting over bait charges. that's the first time someone this type of case against the dnr. now republican lawmakers are looking at ways to avoid another situation like this, by making baiting laws less general. wauke

that's when officers say yahia started firing a gun. police returned fire...hitting and killing him. "it'll be a long, drawn-out investigation; the county attorney is involved, dci, our people. and there's multiple aspects to that investigation - you know, there's the criminal side, we've also got our internal side as far as use of force, and did we follow all of our policies?" the case is still under investigation.... police are also investigating an apparent shoot-out in eagle grove it happened in front of this apartment building around eight p-m valentine's day. police say two people suffered gun shot wounds... one they're calling the victim.. the other the suspect. investigators are not saying if the two shot each other.. or if one shot the other and himself. police say neither person is from eagle grove... sandy 13:26:39 this is a small town. everybody gets along. this was a very isolated incident between two individuals. we do not feel like there's any public safety issue to the community or the residents of eagle grove or wright

that's when officers say yahia started firing a gun. urbandale police, polk county attorney's office and the iowa d-c-i are now investigating. a bus driver has pleaded not guilty to the charge that he hit and and killed an iowa state student, and then left the scene. ben clague was driving the bus that police say hit and killed i-s-u freshman emmalee jacobs. police say surveillance footage showed clague stopped the bus shortly after the accident to check the vehicle for damage and then continued on. clague will be back in court for a preliminary hearing on march 22nd. his trial is scheduled for april 5th. a water main break caused headaches not only for the city of ames but it could leave a homeowner with a bill for some of the damage... around 2 p-m monday...city crews responded to large water main break on 12th street between clark avenue and wilson avenue. the water surrounded the home of marsha oh-sting, shut down caused flood damage to her home in the process. it is estimated that nearly 1 million gallons of water had been released

morning, ali yahia was identified the blood at the scene in mcneely's home. yahia was shot and killed by urdandale police after opening investigation unrelated to mcneely's homicide. sabrina: taking a look at the courtroom today...a long- awaited trial begins in county sabrina: the nearly-four case enters the courtroom this morning. today marks the start of jury alexander fazzino is charged with his wife's 2012 death in boone. prosecutors say he hit and killed emily fazzino in the family's bath tub. the trial was delayed five times since then. local 5 will be in weinishiek county later this week to cover the trial. stay with us for the latest developments. sabrina: arrested for a decade old crime also be in court today... in january, yenger and were arrested and charged with two counts of felony murder. they are accused starting a house fire that killed two people in 2006. nathan messer and seth anderson died of smoke inhilation. cause of the fire was undetermined. police reopened the case in january after learning new information. "" just goes to show when p

because last weekend yahia was shot and killed by urbandale police at a holiday inn. police say it took a couple of weeks to match yahia's blood at the scene of the crime. they say he stabbed norma jean mcneeley several times before he was caught leaving on security video. . "think about the reason we get into the business, this is what we're talking about. no empathy for anyone else, no concious, his actions clearly demonstrate he was sabrina: police say they strongly believe yahia is the only possible suspect. local five reached out to urbandale police to see if this impacts their investigation... they told us they hope this new evidence brings closure to the mcneely family, but didn't mention their investigation. three officers remain on leave right now while that shooting is investigated. elias: new this morning...a date has been set for a decision on the bakken pipeline by iowa officials.. elias: after months of public hearings and researching the project, the iowa utilities board has set a date for giving their final decision. iowa is the only remaining state th

investigators say the man who died from his injuries sustained in the shooting is 29-year-old ali yahia, of des moines. the incident happened early saturday morning at the "holiday inn" on merle hay road. police say the three officers were responding to a drug complaint, when a fight broke out in the that's when officers say yahia started firing a gun. police returned fire...hitting and killing him. urbandale police, the polk county attorney's office and the iowa d-c-i are now investigating. police are also investigating an apparent shoot-out in eagle grove it happened in front of this apartment building around eight p-m valentine's day. police say two people suffered gun shot wounds... one they're calling the victim.. the other the suspect. investigators are not saying if the two shot each other.. or if one shot the other and himself. police say neither person is from eagle grove. sandy 13:26:39 this is a small town. everybody gets along. everybody knows everybody. i was really surprised. 50 dci 16:10:02 this was a very isolated incident between two individuals. we do not feel like the

police exchanged gunfire with yahia, and he was killed. three officers are on paid administrative leave. sac county deputies want your help finding a man charged with attempted murder... 36 year old jeremy werneburg is accused of intentionally hitting a man with his vehicle sunday night. it happened in carnarvon, but deputies say he has ties to ida grove, humboldt, carroll, and wall lake. the victim is hospitalized with serious injuries. the iowa supreme court is taking up the wrongful death case of a former rockstar... paul gray of "slipknot" died from an overdose in 20-10. his family claimed doctor daniel baldi over prescribed pain medications to him. baldi was cleared of any wrongdoing but gray's widow is now appealing the decision. arguments will be heard in a special supreme court session tonight. it the state is scheduled to transition to a privately managed medicaid system two weeks from today. ...and today lawmakers want to know if the state is ready. iowa's medicaid program serves they said systems weren't ready at that point. the

police say yahia tried to cover be the victim of a crime. investigators found a bloody scene inside. they collected samples from the home and followed a bloody trail away from the crime scene. tests confirmed that d-n-a matched a known violent offender. police say yahias death basically closes the murder investigation.. which comes as a relief to some neighbors. 02:02:40 it's just a horrible thing and it would be horrible to happen to anybody, but they were just so vulnerable and the crime was just so atrocious 52 norma jean mcneeley lived with her sister who is disabled. the murder and heard her sister being time. a des moines woman is accused of fire. 47 year old amy thornton is charged with "attempted murder" and "willful injury." police say she lit the man on fire while they were arguing originally claimed it expected to recover. thornton remains in the polk county jail on a 110 thousand dollar bond. jury selection is underway for a his wife. investigators believe 41 year old alexander fazzino killed emily fazzino... her body was found o

the person they shot and killed is yahia from des moines. it started as a saturday at the holiday inn on merle hay road. the officers met a group of people in the lobby, then ended up firing at yahia when they say he shot at them. none of the officers were hurt. stephanie/ram: the battle is on to replace justice antonin scalia, after the supreme court judge died this weekend. less than an hour after was announced, the political jockeying began. senate majority mcconnell declared "this vacancy should not be filled new president." president obama says he will nominate a successor. the senate has the consitutional right to confirm or deny that appointee. all the republican presidential candidates, including senators marco rubio and ted cruz, say they will not vote for obama's choice. but senator lindsay graham says he will vote based on the candidate. "sot - sen. lindsay graham / (r) south carolina "when an election is over, the president wins, they have a chance to send qualified nominees of their philosophy to the senate and i will vote for t

he went to the hospital with a invasion 45 police say yahia is the same man who was killed in a shoot-out with urbandale officers earlier this month. 9:04:59 'you know when we think about the reason we get into the business and putting bad guys in prison... this is the guy were thinking about. this guy was a known violent offender... no empathy for he had no conscience and his that he was very violent.' but that didn't stop the court him. in 20-14 he was charged with but was sentenced to probation as part of a plea deal. he was sentenced to probation on second... charges. a des moines motorcycle rider failed in his attempt to outrun police this afternoon... they tried puling the man over near east 26th and university because the license plates didn't match the bike. police say the man took off... but crashed just a few blocks away. he was hospitalized with minor injuries. his name.. and the charges he faces haven't been released yet. a clive hunter has cleared his name in court.. in november joe franz was accused of poaching a deer on his own property... he was forced to sell the land in

victim as 29-year-old ali yahia. officers were called to the holiday inn on merle hay road on a drug complaint early saturday morning. kcci has learned authorities have had 253 interactions with yahia in polk county since 2006. the three officers involved in the shooting are now on paid administrative leave. elizabeth: the iowa supreme court plans to hold a special evening session tonight for the estate of late slipknot member paul gray. gray's estate says a lower-court made a mistake when it threw out their lawsuit against former doctor daniel baldi. they ruled that gray's wife could not sue because she missed the 2-year deadline. prosecutors charged baldi with involuntary manslaughter in connection with gray's death, but a jury found him not guilty. gray died of a drug overdose back in may of 2010. a boone man is set to go on trial next week in the death of his wife. alexander fazzino is charged with killing emily fazzino in the trial has been moved from boone to decorah. the winneshiek county sheriff wants extra s

detectives say yahia is the only suspect in the mcneeley homicide case. an iowa man is behind barssfter using counterfeit money. police say this man is accused of using counterfeit bills at a number of places since august. he would use the fake money and give the bills to others - then run away when confronted about it. he's charged with eight counts forgery and other crimes. des moines officials are re- examining a little- used city rule that could eliminate nearly two thousand home day cares. the city rule limits home day cares to@six children - however, if city officials enforce the current six-child limit, about 1,800 of the approved 4,700 home day care slots in des moines will be eliminated. everyone is safe following an overnight fire in iowa city. firefighters went to 11 arthur street just after two- thirty this morning they saw fire coming from a second story window. everyone got out of the apartment on their own -- they're now being helped by the red cross. the fire caused about 10-thousand dollars in damage. the cause is still being investigated

urbandale police say yahia fired a gun and officers returned fire. steve: a double-shooting in eagle grove. tell us what happened. and pay -- vanessa: steve, investigators are still piecing together what happened after two men suffer gunshot wounds outside an apartment complex in a normally quiet town. investigators say two men from the eagle grove area got into a fight here in the street of 100 block of north lucas avenue. that happened sunday night of valentine's day, around 8:00. one man ended up shooting the other. shelby tait-staley lives in the apartment complex right in front of where it happened. she says she saw one man with a gun, one man on the ground then a woman running back and forth and screaming, between two men. she says the suspect who shot the victim turned the gun on himself. >> over here was parked a black truck and there was a guy behind it holding a gun and he put it to his chin and just pulled the trigger. >> that's not something you typically see in a lifetime and vanessa: both men are in critical condition in different des m

the officers say yahia fired at them first in the lobby of the hotel. none of them were hurt. jack/ots: playing politics... with a constitutional duty. there's a scathing editorial out today by the des moines register entitled: "grassley's supreme court stance is all about politics." it refers to the iowa republican senator's claim that we should wait for a new president to appoint the next supreme court justice to replace antonin scalia, who passed away over the weekend. judiciary committee, grassley would have an important role in this process. here's an excerpt from that editorial, quote: "this could have been a "profile in courage" moment for senator grassley. this was an opportunity for our senior senator to be less of a politician and more of a statesman. but he chose instead to disregard his constitutional duty by rejecting a nominee who hasn't even been named." jack/ots: part of the reason grassley says he doesn't want to vote on any appointments from president obama, is based on precedent. in a statement sent out saturday after the passing of justice scalia, he said,

the person they shot and killed is ali yahia from it started as a drug call, around 4 a-m saturday at the holiday inn on merle hay road. the officers met a group of people in the lobby, then ended up firing at yahia when they say he shot at them. none of the officers were hurt. jack: nearly two years after the veishea riots, students and faculty are still trying to find a replacement celebration. the 97 year old tradition of cherry pies made a comeback today. students are expected to sell 16-hundred pies this year -- but that's down 12 thousand from two years ago. and it means 25- thousand dollars less for scholarship fundraising. students, faculty and the community are planning smaller, spread out events instead of one big one. and that's splitting the opinions of students on campus. "i think its great we're trying to bring back the little things they were so iconic to veiseha" jack: events on the day of the spring football game. there may be a concert that night as well. but for now, many of the events are up in the air. stephanie: 2-thousand points and a chance to pass fred hoiberg

yahia is the only suspect in the homicide. a shooting spree suspect appears in have not been able to determine a motive. jason dalton is charged with murder following a weekend shooting died. a judge denying bail for dalton during yesterday's hearing. the prosecutor says dalton admitted his involvement in the incident. sentenced the parents of the 14 year old girl who was nearly killed in saturday's kalamazoo shooting are breaking their silence. they say their little girl abigail is now fighting for her life. four "abigail is strong, and she is a those other victims." abigial has undergone surgery and is still on a ventilator in critical condition. a gunmaker wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by sandy hook families. those families lost a loved one in the 2012 mass shooting at the newtown elementary school. they claim the bushmaster ar-15 rifle used by the gunman should not have been available to the public. "this is a, an instrument of general public." the gunman killed 20 first-graders and six adults. freedom group, th

eric: 29-year-old ali yahia was shot and killed by urbandale police officers over a week ago. now his death has closed a murder case in des moines. kcci's mark tauscheck explains the bizarre situation. mark: when urbandale officers responded to a drug complaint at the urbandale holiday inn february 13 they encountered ali yahia who fired a shot at least one officer shot back and killed him. this morning des moines police announced dna evidence has linked the deceased 29-year-old to a murder on the south side. in january police found the body of 71-year-old norma mcneeley

officials say 29 year old ali yahia, of des moines, started firing a gun. police returned fire and killed him. nobody else was hurt. the officers involved are jeff casey, anthony brooks, and justice weaver. they're on paid while their colleagues investigate. a cedar rapids man is dead and his wife is injured after their home went up in flames. firefighters were called to the mobile home this morning. ronald and karen rogers, both 72 years old, were inside. ronald died at the scene, while hospital. officials say the fire caused extensive damage, but it didn't spread to nearby homes. investigators are still trying to determine the cause. authorities are investigating a 35. a tractor trailer tipped over, south of cumming, early this morning. the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. the northbound lanes were closed for three hours so crews could clear the wreckage. the crash caps off a messy weekend on iowa's interstates. troopers say 34 vehicles were involved in a pileup on interstate 80, near west branch... they say drivers were going too fast on icy road

the officers say yahia fired at them first in the lobby of the hotel. none of them were hurt. elias: the fatal overdose of a member of iowa heavy metal band slipknot...could change the rules on wrongful death suits. paul gray was found dead in des moines from an overdose in 2010. her child growing up without one of their parents. she blames her husbands doctor -- daniel baldi for continuing to prescribe him pain pills despite evidence of drug addiction. that doctor has been cleared of any criminal wrong doing in grays death... gray's wife filed the lawsuit four years after the musicians death on behalf of his daughter who wasn't born until after he died... its the timing thats an issue here... because the statute of limitations says these types of wrongful death suits must be filed within two years. his wife's legal team tried to convince the iowa supreme court that those rules should be changed... people don't understand when they have to get medical care. they don't understand when they need to go get experts. elias: the iowa supreme court will be making a written decision i

eric: police have identified the victim as 29-year-old ali yahia. officers were called to the holiday inn on merle hay road on a drug complaint early saturday morning. kcci has learned authorities have had 253 interactions with the three officers involved in administrative leave. the dnr is calling two fishermen "heroes" for rescuing a man from near-freezing waters. craig oberbroeckling: he's a hero, he saved his life. damian bell: i think it's just and what normal people should do for each other. eric: richard rauzi is recovering this morning after falling through the ice sunday while taking wildlife pictures. two ice fisherman heard his cry for help, and rushed across the lake. damian bell used a canoe and tie strap to rescue rauzi. dnr officials plan to nominate the two for the governor's lifesaving awards program this summer. elizabeth: the iowa supreme court plans to hold a special evening session tonight for the estate of late slipknot member paul gray. gray's estate says a lower-court made a mistake when it threw out their lawsuit against for

the officers say yahia fired at them first in the lobby of the hotel. none of them were hurt. elias: the fatal overdose of a member of iowa heavy metal band slipknot...could change the rules on wrongful death suits. paul gray was found dead in des moines from an overdose in 2010. his wife now wants money for her child growing up without one of their parents. she blames her husbands doctor -- daniel baldi for continuing to prescribe him pain pills despite evidence of drug addiction. that doctor has been cleared of any criminal wrong doing in grays death... gray's wife filed the lawsuit four years after the musicians death on behalf of his daughter who wasn't born until after he died... its the timing thats an issue here... because the statute of wrongful death suits must be filed within two years. his wife's legal team tried to convince the iowa supreme court that those rules should be changed... people don't understand when they have to get medical care. they don't understand when they need to go get experts. elias: the iowa supreme court will be making a written decision in t

it happened after a fight broke out in the lobby and 29 year ali yahia opened fire at three officers. they returned fire and killed him. the three officers are now on paid administrative leave which is standard procedure. university of iowa police say they have located a person of interest in connection to a case of sexual misconduct on campus. yesterday, the school sent out an alert that officers received a report of someone videotaping a female student while in the shower in burge hall. charges are pending at he's used to battling for wins and losses on the field. but it's a community softball coach's career in another uniform that's slowly killing him... channel 13's justin surrency explains how he's battling to live longer fire department... marshalltown community college softball coach garland shirley is used to defeating opponents... "my softball players are like family, they've helped my focus and get through alot of things."becoming a des moines firefighter in 2004 was a passion fulfilled... "the camaraderie , having the ability to help people when they are on their worst day,

officials say 29 year old ali yahia, of des moines, was the firing a gun. police returned fire and killed him. no one else was hurt. the officers involved are jeff casey, anthony brooks, and justice weaver. they're on paid administrative leave while their colleagues investigate. some people in ames have some major cleaning up to do today... "it was coming into the back door, the laundry, the kitchen, part of the living room, the garage." a water main break yesterday had water surrounding marsha osting's home. it happened on 12th street between clark and wilson avenue. crews had to shut down several streets... but an estimated one million gallons flowed out before they were able to bring it all to a stop. now osting says the city is asking her to pay for the damage. "lady from the city told me to call service master and get them here to clean it up and then she came back in and said the city isn't necessarily going act of god." the city's risk manager will look into the damage today... meanwhile residents may see rusty water, but officials say it is not harm

that's where all the height -- ali yahia was killed in a shootout with police. officers were called to the hotel on reports of a drug deal. eric: several deals are under consideration in the state house including one that would raise the speed from 70 to 75 miles an hour. lawmakers passed it through the first subcommittee of the house on tuesday. representative gary worth and says the dot told him the average speed people drive on the interstate is already 72 miles an hour. he says increasing the speed limit is 75 isn't a huge change. rep. gary worthan: if you're not going to enforce 70 to slow that traffic down. lets make it legal. eric: the iowa dot does not support raising the speed limit, saying it will cause an increase in the number of deaths on iowa roads. also at the statehouse, hundreds using tanning beds by minors. the house bill being considered would ban tanning until the age of 17 and require parental consent until 18. lawmakers who supported the bill said there are too many health risks associated with tanning and bill has to go through committees

the officers say yahia fired at them first in the lobby of the hotel. none of them were hurt. elias: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: one more day of wearing your hats, gloves, and winter coats because we are starting up a warming trend and it's going to last us into the weekend! we'll start off cold in the morning with a quick flurry moving through the state, but most roads will stay fine. the clouds will stick around with a breezy southeast wind that will help move our highs into the upper 30s. tonight we'll stay very mild with our low falling into the lower 30s around midnight, but temperatures moving up late tonight through the entire day thursday. highs thursday will top out at 57 degrees, but we'll stay into the 50s through midnight. i think we're going to see low 60s on friday, but both thursday and friday's warmth will come with a very strong wind. saturday we're going to still be warm with highs in the mid 50s, and it's not until next week that we fall back towards average. we look to stay dry through the weekend with

ali yahia was shot and killed police. >> apple is vowing to fight a federal court order to hack into an iphone. the phone belonged to one of the san bernardino shooters. ceo tim cook says the case would have lasting privacy implications. and president obama's standing his ground saying he intends to pick a qualified candidate to replace supreme court justice antonin scalia. he says republicans have no constitutional grounds to refuse a vote on a supreme court nominee. he is calling on congress to rise above day-to-day politics. >> i'm alyx sacks, we are in the heart of the well where thirsty athlete seven working all week long to be right here the state wrestling tournament starts this morning. they will be hitting the mats at 9:00 it creston athletes already showing up, way into begin at 8:00. this is leading up to individuals that start tomorrow. big changes for individuals are saturday night. chevy virtual team will be tonight. $10 of the door. will fill this arena over the next four days. eric: always an exciting week. weather-wise, folks are getting -- coats early today. it will

investigators say during a fight, ali yahia fired at officers... police returned fire...hitting and killing him. three officers are now on administrative leave. a 36-year old ida grove man is wanted on attempted murder charges. the sac county sheriff's office says jeremy werneburg hit another man with his car on sunday night in carnarvon. paramedics took the victim to the hospital with serious injuries. werneburg has ties to the ida grove, wall lake, carroll and humboldt areas. a dog gave his life to save its owners during a robbery in the weekend. a waterloo couple says a group of men broke into their home early saturday morning. one of them hit the woman... and that's when the dog stepped in to protect her. one of the intruders shot the dog... which later died... but the woman's boyfriend credits the dog for saving them. an indianola man had a brush with death...after falling through the ice at lake ahquabi over the weekend. rick rauzi was snowshoeing and taking pictures of geese sunday morning... when the ice gave way. it took 20 minutes for nea

this afternoon we learned the shooting victim's name is ali yahia ... a 29-year old from des moines. the three officers involved in the shooting were sergeant jeff casey ... and officers anthony brooks and justice weaver. all three are on paid administrative leave while the shooting is investigated. that is standard protocol for any officer involved shooting. the bus driver accused of killing an iowa state university student last december is entering a formal not guilty plea. online court records show benjamin clague entered a written of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. he was due in court today to make that plea in person. clague is accused of the hit-and-run death of isu freshman emmalee jacobs. jacobs' body was found on lincoln way at the intersection of ash avenue in early december ... last month the investigation lead police to clague. they say he hit jacobs with a cyride bus and didn't stop ... even though cameras on the bus show he was aware he hit something. his next court appearance is scheduled for march 22nd. tomorrow nigh

police think she may have information about saturday's police- involved shooting. 29-year old ali yahia was killed by officers after they say he opened fire on them inside the urbandale holiday inn. today's warm weather brought a lot of melting for us to enjoy... but tomorrow morning... that could chief meteorologist ed wilson is keeping tabs on the re- a des moines man walked out of the hospital today... and there's one place you'll never find him again.. 03:19:38 i gave my wife my solemn vow that i would not go on the ice again 44 the last time 58 year old rick rauzi was on ice... he was just minutes from death.... he crashed trough the ice at lake ahquabi near indianola on sunday... two fishemen managed to reach him... but even then rauzi wasn't sure if he would survive. 03:13:26 i was afraid to let go of the ice because i'd gone down twice. i slipped off twice and went down over my head and the last time i did it, i knew if i indianola fire fighters helped pull rauzi to safety and rush him to the hospital. he is still regaining feeling in his hands... but doctors say they are amazed

ali yahia was shot and killed during a shootout with police. officers were called to the hotel on reports of a drug deal. steve: the monroe county arrested a man for sexually assaulting a 2-month-old baby. justin stickrod is now in the monroe county jail charged with child endangerment and first-degree sexual abuse. kcci's mark tauscheck is just back from albia. he joins us live from the newsroom. mark: this is a horrendous crime. in fact, the monroe county sheriff tells me his staff was reminded to handle the suspect the same as any other prisoner, and if they have any personal issues with this case or the suspect, to talk to a supervisor. >> i can't think of anything worse. my god, a 2-month-old baby no i -- a two-month-old baby. no, i can't even imagine. i think he should get the very worst punishment there is. he has to be one sick person. >> mark: 30-year-old justin stickrod is charged with molesting a two-month-old girl. police say the abuse happened at this albia home. the girl's mother took her to the hospital where workers called the m

ali yahia was shot and killed during a shootout with police. officers were called to the hotel on reports of a drug deal. friends of des moines businessman david hurd said goodbye tonight. his family hosted a special visitation in the capitol square atrium. the rotunda was filled with pictures and other memories of the former principal financial ceo. the 86-year-old took his own life february 6, after falling from his 22nd floor plaza condo. hurd was suffering from a long time illness. his funeral is tomorrow at 10:30, at the first unitarian church on bell avenue. steve: kum & go, casey's, and quick trip. iowa convenience store chains are all now renovating to keep up with competition. kcci's ryan smith is live in johnston tonight to unveil the ryan: kum & go gave kcci a first look inside its brand-new, redesigned marketplace store on 86th street. you may be surprised by what's inside. kum & go officials getting their first look inside the company's brand-new marketplace store. the most eye-catching feature -- >> we know that our customers are