Transcripts For KDSM 13 News At Nine On FOX 17 20160126

Caucuses. And all three Democratic Candidates are in des moines tonight. Highlights from tonights town hall. Caught on camera. A centerville man is tased by police. Why the police chief says his officers handled the situation appropriately. And a look at the video. Winter weather. How much snow fell across the metro today. And what to expect for tomorrow mornings commute. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 some slick roads out there tonight. After todays snow fall. Tonight. A Winter Weather advisory is in effect for a few more hours here in central iowa. Good evening. Im lynn thank you for joining us. The plows are out in full force tonight across the metro. And in the city of a clive the snow ordinance is in effect. Lets go straight to meteorologist Brett Mcintyre with the very latest on the weather. Brett. Some tricky driving conditions right now. A Winter Weather advisory remains in effect across North Central iowa this evening. Light snow is moving through the area bringing about a half inch to 1 inch of snow. Winds will stay strong tonight leading to blowing snow. Temperatures will drop to the low 20s by morning. The slick roads caused multiple meanwhile police are investigating what caused a dart bus to crash into a house tonight. Police say. Shortly after 5 pm the bus went off the road near east douglas and cambridge. The bus driver and one passenger suffered minor injuries. One person was inside the home at the time of the accident. And was uninjured. The Centerville Police chief says he could not be more proud of a couple of his officers for the restraint they showed during a recent altercation with a centerville man. The chief says in his opinion, deadly force would have been justified. The whole thing was captured on camera. Mike dasilva has this report. 30 yearold jacob myers is lucky to be alive. Myers was completely out of control early wednesday morning when he came face to face with officer andrew teeter. It happened in and wall street in centerville. The investigation of a suspicious person almost turned deadly. As officer teeter got out of his patrol car. Myers charged towards him while holding a fiber glass rod. Officer teeter tasered myers. But to no avail. 16093855 and thats one thing we try to tell our officers as well as the public, a myers is facing multiple charged including assault on a peace officer and criminal mischief. Hes being held at the Appanoose County jail. Bond is set at ten thousand dollars cash only. Today. Two Des Moines School district employees justified the actions that cost them their jobs. Bus attendant ruby taylor. And bus driver terri brown were fired following this incident. In the video. Ou can see taylor yelling at a student for hitting a classmate. Taylor then sits next to the student. Pushing his head into the district fired taylor for abuse. And the bus driver for failing to and terri brown were questioned in a hearing after they filed for unemployement benefits. An Administrative Law judge heard the case and specifically asked taylor why she behaved the way she did. 3605do you think thats an appropriate way to restrain a child on a bus. No. Why did you do it then . I was just trying to have him cornered i did not mean to press him, his face wasnt really pressed against the window. 3627 taylor argued she was cornering the student to protect him as well as other students. But the judge disagreed and determined the employees were in violation of Des Moines Public Schools rules and policies. The judges ruling also occur. Des moines Public School Officials Say. Police are only notified if there is serious abuse and in this they released this statement. Quote School Districts are required by iowa law to conduct investigations if there are concerns of wrong doing by employees. That was done in this case, and it was determined that a Police Complaint was not warranted but that the employees should be dismissed for clear violations of our rules of conduct. Both women were fired in december and the judge ultimately denied their unemployment benefits. Des Moines Police are investigating the death of a prominent des moines architect. Kirk blunck was found dead at the teachout building in the east village yesterday afternoon. Blunck. And his firm. Are responsible for several historic renovations in des moines. Police have not revealed how bluck died. But spokesman. Sergeant paul parizek says quote police are investigating the circumstances to determine if this is an accidental death or a criminal act. An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow. And des Moines Police continue to investigate the death of an elderly woman early yesterday morning. Police were called to a home on road around 4 30. 71yearold Norma Jean Mcneeley was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say theyre following up on leads and processing forensic evidence. They are not releasing a cause of death or a motive for the crime. This is the first homicide of the year in des moines. Theres still much more to come tonight. Coming up next. Caucus countdown. One week to go before the iowa caucuses. And all three Democratic Candidates are in des moines tonight. Highlights from tonights town hall. And later. At 930. Fighting isis. The ongoing efforts to stop the terror group. The growing refugee crisis that it is causing. And the potential for peace. With talks starting this week. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. Youre watching the this great country and our government belong to all of us. Wall street, corporate america, wealthy Campaign Donors have so much influence that the only way they are defeated is when millions of people begin to stand up and say loudly and clearly, enough is enough. Im bernie sanders, and i approve this message. We are one week away from the iowa caucuses. And all three Democratic Candidates are at drake town hall event. Its all taking place at sheslow auditorium. The same place as the three candidates met for the black and brown forum. And the democratic debate in november. The by moderator chris cuomo individually to avoid violating the dncs debate rules. Bernie sanders was the first up. In response to one of clintons most recent attacks on sanders, this is Martin O Malley followed sanders. Hillary clinton will wrap the night. The event goes until 10 oclock. Theres no way you can stay angry after popping a roll of bubble wrap, right . And today is a great day to bust out the bubble wrap. Thats because its bubble wrap Appreciation Day bubble wrap was originally designed to be a threedimensional plastic wallpaper. Whos the rebel now . No way. Yes way savor an egg mcmuffin any time you like. A fresh cracked egg, melty cheese, canadian bacon and an english muffin with real butter. Mcdonalds all Day Breakfast menu. Yeah 1sday will be oudy and windy. Blownsomy reai ple in the morning. Highs will only be in tidsin for the end of the week with a return of southwesterly wins thsil el warm temperatures to the low 40s for the end of the week and coming up whos coming to the iowa state fair grandstand this summer. But First Business report. Where stocks stand today. And why two grocery chains donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. 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With more than half of them spending more than 100 dollars when the urge hits. And one in five shelling out a miserable monday for stocks. The markets finishing lower following a late day selloff. Why . . You guessed it. Falling oil prices once again. Some unwelcomed news for some sprint employees. The company is planning to close several call centers and layoff 25hundred workers. You might want to consider the sunshine state. If you want to make your golden years. More golden. Florida just getting named the best state to retire in 2016. The report looking at things like affordability, quality of life and access to healthcare. And whether youre retired or not. Living near a whole foods or trader joes. Appears to make your homes value more appetizing. A new study shows houses within a mile of either grocery store. Saw their values rise twice as much as the National Median price between 1997 and 2014. Cavuto on cam thats a look at business. Im neil cavuto away. But we now know at least one of the grandstand acts this year. Today the state fair anoounced that Country Singer Dierks Bentley will play the fair on august 15th. This years fair runs from august 11th to the 21st. Tickets will go on sale saturday, february 13th at 10 am. And here is the story that we tried to bring you at the top of the show. The Centerville Police chief says he could not be more proud of a couple of his officers for the restraint they showed during a recent altercation with a centerville man. The chief says in his opinion, deadly force would have been justified. The whole thing was captured on camera. Mike dasilva has this report. 30 yearold jacob myers is lucky to be alive. Myers was completely out of control early wednesday morning when he came face to face with officer andrew teeter. It happened in the area of main street and wall street in centerville. The investigation of a suspicious person almost turned deadly. As officer teeter got out of his patrol car. Myers charged towards him while holding a fiber glass rod. Myers. But to no avail. 16093855 and thats one thing we try to tell our officers as well as the public, a tasers not an end all. It doesnt work on everybody some people have different pain tolerances, people that are under the influence of drugs and or alcohol definitely have a different pain tolerance and so its not a fail safe. Cursing and charging towards officer teeter. Myers said he was going to kill him. 160649 i think he would have been justified in using deadly force at that point but i just think in his mind he felt like he was able to handle the situation without going to that extreme of taking life and thankfully he was able to do that and not get injured. Cennterville chief tom demry says officer teeter did what he was trained to do. 16074253 he started right out with his verbal commands and then he went to his taser and then obviously neither one of those things worked so in his mind i think the baton was the a second officer. Ken reistroffer arrived on scene. And deployed his taser. To finally subdue myers, so he could be taken into custody. Chief demry says hes glad his officers started wearing body cameras about a year ago. 16 12 08 it takes away in my opinion any discussion that the officer was out of line, that the officer used Excessive Force and without that you always have that discussion, and i really believe that this camera just takes that completely away myers is facing multiple charged including assault on a peace officer and criminal mischief. Hes being held at the Appanoose County jail. Bond is set at ten thousand dollars cash only. Theres still much more to come in the next halfhour. Just ahead water crisis. How the investigation into the a big step forward today. Whos fighting isis. The ongoing efforts to stop the terror crisis that it is causing. And the potential for peace. With talks starting this week. Winter blast. How life is slowly returning to normal for millions affected by east. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 the fighting in syria is stepping up. With Government Forces retaking a strategic city backed for the first time by longrange bombers from russia. Meanwhile the refugee crisis continues in europe, with denmark proposing a controversial new plan. The war in syria is heating up, on the ground and behind the scenes. On monday assad forces taking back a strategic southern town from Anti Government rebels. With the help of a new aerial blitz from longrange russian bombers. Underscoring an increased commitment from russia which aimed at says our only task is to help your leadership of the country, of syria in this case, to combat terrorism. The new offensive has led to gains that strengthened the governments hand. Ahead of planed talks with kick political risks and tensions in positioning and prepositioning should be also taken into account that our line has been clear no preconditions. Meanwhile europe continues to bear fighting. Over a million refugees seeking every day. Haga says we have to know where they are going so that we can know whether or not there is danger of evasion. The flood of migrants now has funding to prevent a humanitarian crisis. Proposal would see refugees valuables confiscated. To pay for their food and housing. Stojberg says it doesnt mean that an Asylum Seeker should be stripped of everything that they bring with them. We wish that there should be fairness in the rules. The refugee crisis isnt on the agenda for the peace talks starting friday. Those negotiations are expected to take about six months. In new york, steve rappoport, fox news longawaited peace talks between the Syrian Government and opposition groups are scheduled to begin on friday in geneva. The United Nations special envoy for syria made that announcement on monday. On tuesday hell be sending out invitations to the talks. Initially, the two sides will not speak directly to each other. Negotiators have to take into account the tensions between the countries, which include turkey, russia, iran and saudi arabia. De mistura says we are going to aim at proximity talks, starting on the 29th and ongoing for six months on a staggered, chronological proximity approach. That will be the way we try to make it different from the past. This is not geneva iii, this is leading to what we hope will be a able to push it forward. The geneva talks will be the first sitdown on the syria issue since discussions collapsed two years ago. The investigation into the water crisis in flint, michigan taking a big step forward on monday. With michigans attorney general announcing a former prosecutor and a retired head of the detroit fbi will play key roles. As officials look into whether laws were broken in flint. Matt finn has more from chicago. The city of flint, michigan. Still reeling from the contamination of its water supply. Thousands of residents exposed to toxic levels of rust, iron and lead want to know when the problem will be solved. And whos to blame. Schuette says this independent investigation will be High Performance and the chips fall where they former prosecutor todd flood and former fbi agent andy arena as the lead investigators. He says theyll have total independence and all the resources they need. Attorney general Bill Schuette says hes also looking into ways to make sure Flint Residents dont get charged. For water that could bbmaking them sick. Schuette says i certainly would not bathe a new born child or young infant in this bad water. And if you cant drink the bad water, you shouldnt pay for it. The disaster also putting michigan Governor Rick Snyder on the political hot seat. With everyone from president ial calling for him to step down. Snyder is apologizing and blaming the crisis on state employees who should have used more common sense when the problem was first detected. Snyder says i feel terrible drives you crazy about this. Most state employees are fabulous people, working hard, but in this particular case, there was city Officials Say fixing the problem wont be easy. Theyre estimating the cost of flushing all contaminants and replacing the pipes at 1point5 billion dollars. A price tag the city cant afford. In chicago, matt finn, fox news life is slowly returning to normal tonight for millions affected by the massive weekend snowstorm in the east. But there are still challenges and will be for many days. Peter doocy is braving the elements tonight in washington. Almost two days after the heavy stuff stopped falling. Almost two feet of snow sits in the middle of many now impassible streets. Stranding residents who cleared their own sidewalks and drive ways. But cant go anywhere until plows finally show up. What happens if theres an emergency on an untouched street . In Arlington Virginia the plan is for officers to park on the nearest cleared road and walk the rest of the way. Or. Request a plow to clear a path. And if that doesnt work. Theyll ask the National Guard for a Fire Department did this weekend. A lot of main drags that have been plowed are obstructed by snow piles taller than basketball hoops. So crews are just picking it up. Loading it onto trucks. And hauling it away. Snow piles in washington, d. C. Are being dropped off in the parking lot at old rfk stadium. And the mayor Muriel Bowser has a new warning for residents venturing out of the house. Bowser says the roads are still dangerous. We talked to you about the weather conditions and its getting warmer during the day but freezing at night so any wet surfaces can become icy. Walkways sidewalks and road ways. This storm is now blamed for leaving 36 people dead in its path. Including a Us Capitol Police officer who had a heart attack shoveling snow in passengers from 12,000 cancelled flights Maryland Church collapsed under the weight of the snow. Beach erosion and floods caused extensive damage in new jersey. And in new york. Where a travel ban was in effect during the blizzard. The mayor still on the roads. In fact. He doesnt even want people to touch their cars. Fearing theyll make an even bigger mess. De blasio says leave the snow on it. Dont move the snow off it. Let Mother Nature help you. It will be warmer. There will be sunshine. Let some of that melt off naturally. Leave it so it doesnt end up in the street. Here in Arlington Virginia. The owner of this car could knock all the snow off the roof and into the road. Without anyone noticing. Because theres a waist high drift running right down the middle of this street. And nobody has even attempted to plow through it yet. In , peter doocy, fox news. A Winter Weather advisory remains in effect across North Central iowa this evening. Light snow is moving through the area bringing about a half inch to 1 inch of snow. Winds will stay strong tonight leading to blowing snow. Temperatures will drop to this is the channel 13 news at [ horn honks ] okay, this is u. S. Cellular, and this is verizon. Now, same phones, but with u. S. Cellular you get 6 gigs of 4g data for only 40 per month 20 less than verizon. And u. S. Cellulars network was built to work in places like out here, here, and here. So, with all of that, why would you ever go to verizon . Switch to u. S. Cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for just 40 a month plus get 300 back. Light snow is winding down. The winds will stay strong from the northwest at 2025 mph. Temperatures will hold in the low 30s. A Winter Weather advisory remains in iowa. The metro will see about a half inch of snow with a few locations seeing 1 to 2. Tuesday will be cloudy and windy. Blowing snow may remain a problem in the morning. Highs will only be in the upper 20s. High pressure builds in for the end of the week with a return of southwesterly winds. This will help warm temperatures to the low 40s today in america, the top 1 10 of 1 owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 this great country and our government belong to all of us. Wall street, corporate america, wealthy Campaign Donors have so much influence when millions of people begin to stand up and say loudly and clearly, enough is enough. A week ago, cyclone fans celebrated their first win over a number one ranked team in nearly sixty years. As much as isu fans loved that, theyd enjoy a win over rival kansas even more. The jayhawks are ranked 4, and they remain the big 12s Gold Standard with a mindboggling 11 straight conference titles. Georges niang and the cyclones ready to rock hilton. Isu outside early. Matt thomas buries the 3. Cyclones down 1, 65. The jayhawks would build a 10 from the corner. Points coming too easily for morris answers from downtown. Ku lead down to 5. Later its niang, backs down perry ellis, hook shot off glass. Isu down 2. 2624. Then its abdul nader, spinning, fadeaway in the lane. Cyclones still down 2. They did not lead in the first half, and dont play smart here at the end. Frank mason beats the buzzer on the break. Jayhawks go up 7. Iowa state kansas the state of iowa hasnt had an ap top three Basketball Team since december 1987. Until today. The hawkeyes fly six spots higher. Iowa vaults to 3 in the latest ap poll, one spot higher than the cyclones just this past november. Oklahoma stays 1 even after losing at iowa state. North carolina 2, iowa 3, and that would be maryland. The 8 terps host the hawks thursday night. Thats a big game. Hawkeye quarterback cj beathard had surgery last week to repair a sports hernia. Hawkeye report. Com first reported the surgery. Beathard should be back in time for spring practice. Beathard showed great scrambling ability when not hobbled by the groin injury this season. The hawkeye junior didnt run full speed for most of the season, and