That former iowa hawkeye standout tyler sashs life was cut short by the game he loved. What his family is saying tonight. Death with dignity. A controversial bill allowing medical aid in dying was introduced at the statehouse today. Why terminallyill iowans want the right to determine when to end their own life. Caucus countdown. We are just five days away form the 2016 Iowa Caucuses. How close the democratic race is getting. And the candidate that had tomatoes thrown at him. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 good evening. Im lynn melling. Initial autopsy reports confirmed that tyler sash died from an overdose on painkillers but now the family has learned that Something Else may have been killing him inside long before then and football may be to blame. 13s Justin Surrency spoke with tylers mother whos now questioning the sport her family grew up our son struggled with something he couldnt put his finger onmany who were left searching for answers after the sudden death of former iowa hawkeye football star tyler sash in september now have a better answer. When you see pictures of your sons brain and someone elses brain and you see the damage its done, theres no turning back. Medical experts diagnosed the 27 year old with cte, a progressive degenerative disease caused by repetitive brain trauma. We had so much fun but now being on the other side of the coin, looking at it i think its a serious discussion parents are going to have to have with their childrentyler suffered from at least 5 concussions in his football career which included time with the new york giants there were times he was the sweet guy that he was and then times that he was not. Tyler was forgetful, he would have a hard time completing a task. Experts say the amount of cte they found was more than normal for someone his age, something style of play. My son just played as hard as he could, all the time and i think it got him into trouble. Its led her to question the sport entirely. Football isnt life, its a game that we love and have a lot of passion for but when it cuts your life short, its not worth it. She hopes his death can lead to awareness i would like it if whats happened to my son could count as a positive change. And maybe help other families and athletes from suffering as long as her son did at first you can ask god why did you take my son, but now i thank him for what he did so he didnt suffer longer. The sash family has been told have have been diagnosed with cte after his death. A fire severely damaged a popular restaurant in downtown jefferson this morning. Police say they were dispatched to the pizza ranch in the 2hundred block of north Wilson Street just after midnight. Crews were on the scene putting out hot spots until about four this morning. The inside of the Downtown Business was gutted from the fire. And, three other nearby businesses sustained heavy smoke damage. Medical aid in dying is already a law in five states. And some local lawmakers are hoping to add iowa to the list. They introduced the iowa death with dignity act today at the statehouse. The bill would allow mentally to own lives. Several iowans testified today including John Tapscott of des moines. Tapscott supported the death with Dignity Movement while serving in the iowa house and senate in the 60s and 70s. Now faced with his own terminal illness. Hes an even bigger this last year helped me gain an even better understanding of the importance of having end of life choices. At this stage i know there are things far worse than death, such as the possibility of being totally incapacitated. tapscott was diagnosed with a terminal heart condition in october of 2014. More testimony is expected when the bill is discussed in subcommittee. The merger agreement between des moines based Meredith Corporation and media general wont go through. Meredith announced today the two companies agreed to terminate the binding merger agreement. That means meredith gets 60 Million Dollars from media general. The original merger deal was announced in september. It would have created the Third Largest owner of local tv stations in the country. Media general can now merge with nextar broadcasting group. As january comes to an end. Some nice, mild temperatures are on the way. Meteorologist Brett Mcintyre has details. Temperatures will be mild overnight tonight and due to the melting we saw during the daytime hours, patchy fog is possible. Well start thursday already in the upper 20s, but with a northwest wind temperatures will be just slightly cooler but not all that different. Well see a mix of sun and clouds over the next several days and as winds shift toward the south for friday and saturday well see a big boost in temperatures will some of the warmest temperatures we have seen so far this year. Sunday will bring a chance for a light rain snow mix, but this is not expected to be significant. The bigger system will move in for tuesday when there is a potential for higher snow totals. Being that it is still nearly a week out, there is still great uncertainty with this next system. Be sure to stay updated over the next week as we continue to bring you the latest five days out from the Iowa Caucuses and a new poll shows Bernie Sanders maintaining a slim lead over Hillary Clinton in our state. The Quinnipiac University poll released today shows sanders ahead of clinton 49 to 45 percent. Martin omalley is trailing at a distant 4percent. Those numbers are nearly identical to the last quinnipiac poll. In the latest poll. 80percent of voters surveyed said their mind is made up. Quinnipiac University Says the iowa caucus could come down to turn out for democrats. Sanders took a brief detour from the campaign trail today to meet oneonone with president obama at the white house. Emerging from a 45minute meeting, sanders spoke with the media about what the two talked about. The president and i discussed this morning a number of issues. Foreign policy issues. Domestic issues. Occasionally a little bit of politics. I enjoyed the meeting, and i thought it was a very positive and constructive meeting sanders says he did not seek or receive the president s endorsement. And clinton took her campaign to a Bowling Alley in adel this morning. Bryce smith met clinton when she visited iowa last spring and held a business round table. Smith invited her to come to his Bowling Alley at that event. Clinton talked about the businesses. The candidate once again contrasted her positions with Bernie Sanders,focusing on health care and college affordability. Hillary clinton president ial candidate 22senator sanders and i share the same goal we both want universal coverage. He has a different idea and i fear it would lead to gridlock, not action. It would throw us into a contentious National Debate that would not move us forward and i dont think the people lve met in iowa can wait. Clinton will be back on the trail here in iowa again tomorrow. The stage is set for the final Republican Debate ahead of the Iowa Caucuses. The fox news debate is taking place here in des moines at the iowa event center. Once again there will be two eventsa primetime and undercard debate for the stillcrowded field of contenders. Front runner donald trump says he will not participate in this event. Citing ongoing differences with the network. The evening of debates and analysis starts at 8 oclock, tomorrow night on fo debate. Trump is hosting a rally to benefit veterans organizations at drake university. Doors open at five. And the event begins at eight. The same time as tomorrow nights debate. A Campaign Rally last night ended with a night in jail for an iowa city man. 28year old Andrew Alemao is charged with disoderly conduct. Police say they witnessed him throwing tomatoes at donald trump during his rally at the university of iowa. Alemao was released this morning without posting bond. Theres still much more to come tonight. Coming up next. A mother in ankeny is facing an assault charge for reportedly defending her daughter. Why she says things got to that point. Coming up at 930. More than three weeks after armed militia took over a federal wildlife refuge in oregon. The standoff came to a deadly end. The latest from oregon. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. Youre watching the a mother in ankeny is facing an assault charge after going to her Daughters School to confront the students that she says were bullying her daughter. Thats when things the mother says she never would have gone to the school to confront the students if the school had done its job and handled the situation properly. Tonight that mother and her daughter are speaking out. Mike dasilva spoke with them earlier this evening and he has this story. 18 04 4246 its been stressful because i never know like what name theyre gonna call me each day. morgan sellers says shes been the victim of bullying since last fall. Sellers says a group of students at Northview Middle School in ankeny have been making fun of her and calling her names. 18 07 23 it makes me feel like bad about myself, like im not good enough. morgans mother Alisha Morton says she complained to the principal, teachers, and the superintendent repeatedly. And was told the situation would be taken care of. But she says it wasnt, and the bullying continued. Then, one day 14 year old morgan reached her breaking point. 18 05 1619 i said mom its so stressful i wanted to just die. 17 51 4917 52 01 for my child to come home and tell me that she wants to die because this child is still doing something that ive confronted this school and this superintendent about, it kills me inside. so morgans mother decided to take matters into her own hands. She went to the school to confront the ringleader of the bullying. An 8th grade boy. Thats when another student, a 9th grade girl, allegedly stepped forward and started threatening morgans mother. 17 47 3548 had stood up, and got in my face and said im gonna beat your ass, get the hell outta here, and 17 47 42 i said youre a child, youre not involved in this, im talking to , sit back down. And she goes i dont care , and got in my face. Morgans mother says she put her hand out to block the student. 17 48 4148 i put one arm out. Its not like i took two hands and aggressively pushed her. 17 48 4548 i put my arm out and said no, you know this is gonna stop. 17 47 5417 48 02 and i said no this is my space. Im not going to have you intimidating me and youre being aggressive and thats when she took a swing at me. At that point, morgan says she defended her mother. 18 09 5456 i told her when i grabbed the Ankeny School district said it does not comment on the specifics of student discipline matters. The Ankeny Police department had no temperatures will be mild overnight tonight and due to the melting we saw during the daytime hours, patchy fog is possible. Well start thursday already in the upper 20s, but with a northwest wind temperatures will be just slightly cooler but not all that different. Well see a mix of sun and clouds over the next several days and as winds shift toward the south for friday and saturday well see a big boost in temperatures will some of the warmest temperatures we have seen so far this year. Sunday will bring a chance for a light rain snow mix, but this is not expected to be significant. The bigger system will move in for tuesday when there is a potential for higher snow totals. Being that it is still nearly a week out, there is still great uncertainty with this next system. Be sure to stay updated over the next week as we continue to bring you the latest coming up you may soon be able to withdraw money from an atm with just your phone. 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The japanese automaker sold over this, despite the fact that it has been caught up in a massive recall over possibly faulty airbags. Toyota had to recall millions of vehicles due to fears that the airbags it installed might explode. Volkswagen briefly passed toyota in global sales last year. But that was before an emissions scandal damaged the german giants reputation. Prices for coffee beans are at their lowest point in nearly two years. A pound of arabica coffee has fallen by about a third in just the past year. Officials in brazil forecast that coffee farmers will have a huge harvest season this year, creating an oversupply of beans, which has led to the drop in prices. But no one expects latte prices to come down. States and cities across the country have been increasing the minimum wage. That affects all stores from your local coffee shop to mcdonalds and starbucks. If you dont have your debit card on you. Jpmorgan chase says you can still make a withdrawal from an the bank is upgrading its entire fleet of atms this year. It says one of the perks of the new machines is a function that allows customers to take money out of their accounts by tapping their phones to the atm. The Technology Used is the same kind that allows applepay and other payment apps to work. The bank says it does not replace the debit card. But allows customers to use the machine even if they do not have their card with them. Theres still much more to come in the next halfhour. Just ahead water crisis. Environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit seeking the replacement of all lead pipes in flints water system. How much michigan officials estimate it could cost to make the repairs. Im keith murphy. Coming up, explains why theres no way the hawks will look past the American People cant afford to wait for ideas that sound good on paper. But will never make it in the real world. The grandmother who has to choose between cant wait. The single mom who desperately needs a raise. Cant wait. The student with a mountain of debt cant wait. We can make real progress, right now. Im caucusing. Im caucusing. Im caucusing for Hillary Clinton. Oregon standoff. More than three weeks after armed militia took over a federal wildlife refuge in oregon. The standoff came to a deadly end. The latest water crisis. Environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit seeking the replacement of all lead pipes in flints water system. How much michigan officials estimate it could cost to make the repairs. Tornado warning. Residents in parts of florida are cleaning up tonight after a tornado ripped through the state. A look at the damage it left behind. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 one person is dead one is injured and several have been arrested in the standoff between fbi, Oregon State Police and armed Anti Government activists. Militia leader ammon bundy and several of his supporters were pulled over on the highway and arrested tuesday night. They have been occupying the mal yer National Wildlife refuge for 26 days protesting what they describe as government overreach on federal lands. Dan simon reports looks at what happened and the reactions on both more than three weeks after armed militia took over a federal wildlife refuge in oregon a deadly shootout between militia members and the police. Yesterday, the fbi, with our partners, took the first steps to bring this occupation to a conclusion. Group leader ammon bundy and seven others were arrested tuesday night after the fbi and Oregon State Police pulled them over on their way to a meeting with community residents. Bundys brother ryan was shot and suffered minor wounds. But a spokesman for the armed occupiers Lavoy Finicum was killed. Its time for everyone in this illegal occupation to move on. There doesnt have to be bloodshed in our community. Bundys father says his son called him from the back of a Police Cruiser moments after the shootout. My son ryan had been shot in the arm. Lavoy finicum, they coldblooded killed him. He said he was out, had his hands in the air, said he wasnt armed, he wasnt any threat and they cold blooded just killed him. Authorities say ryan bundy and finicum did not obey orders to surrender and group took over the refuge on january second in part to protest the sentencing of two ranchers and to make a stand against what they call government overreach when it comes to federal lands. They continue to ignore us and pushed us to the point where we felt we had to make a stand to defend our rights. Finicum previously told reporters he was willing to give his life for the cause. There are things more important than your life and freedom is one of them. The sheriff says hed been trying to work with the group to find a peaceful solution and in the end he just could not meet their ultimatums. We dont arm up and rebel. We work through appropriate channels. This cant happen any more. This cant happen in america and this cant happen in harney county. The eight people arrested including ammon bundy face a felony charge of seven of them will have an initial Court Appearance today. Despite this some protesters have vowed to continue occupying the wildlife refuge building california Officials Say the damage and erosion caused by el nino storms. Should be treated like Superstorm Sandy by the federal government. Officials have ordered residents out of their homes after landslides caused by the storms. Left some houses and apartment buildings teetering at the edge of eroding cliffs. One building was yellowtagged monday. Meaning residents can only go in to get their possessions but cannot live there. Congresswoman Jackie Speier says the erosion is a Natural Disaster and she plans to ask for help from both the state and federal governments. Speier says i am firmly convinced that the federal government now has got to recognize that an el nino is like Superstorm Sandy except it happens over a greater portion of time and should be treated much like Superstorm Sandy in two other apartment buildings in the complex have been perched on the cliff since they were evacuated in 2010. Michigan Officials Say that water samples in flint are improving, but still its too soon to give the goahead to residents to resume drinking unfiltered water. Residents have been using bottled water and filters due to leadtainted water. Matt finn is in chicago with more on the flint water crisis. Children in flint, michigan getting tested for elevated lead levels. Anxious times for parents waiting for results. Stefek says we recently found out that our zip code was the highest in the city for lead, so were hoping that everything turns out today and that we get good news in a few days. Flint switched from detroit water to the flint river in 2014. But the river water wasnt properly treated for corrosion, and lead began leaching from pipes into city drinking water. Residents are unable to drink unfiltered tap water due to the contamination, and tests have shown high lead levels in some childrens blood. Snyder says lets take care of the short term they have bottled water, filters, how do we get good water out of the tap, and how do we rebuild the community. Environmental groups filing a federal lawsuit seeking the replacement of all lead pipes in flints water system. Michigan officials estimate it could cost up to 55 million to make the repairs. Snyder says longer term there are lead pipes in the system. Again, where they are, were still mapping all that, theres a lot of work to be done there. And then you have to figure out the long term infrastructure plan to do replacement of those things. In washington, members of directing the epa to notify residents and Health Departments if the amount of lead found in a Public Water System requires action. The House Oversight committee will hold a hearing on the flint water crisis on february fourth. In chicago, matt finn, fox news. Dozens of brazilians protesting outside the olympic park in Rio De Janeiro wednesday, the small town of vila autodromo some residents are ready to move but say rios city hall has not given them the money to move elsewhere after promising to do so. Just a few of the seven hundred families continue to resist evacuating their homes. This despite the fact most of the houses and businesses in the neighborhood have already been bulldozed to make way for the games. A tornado ripping through south florida today leaving a lot of destruction in its path. The National Weather service estimating the highest winds reaching 90 to 100 miles per hour. Vanessa medina has more on the damage the storm caused. This is the channel 13 news at temperatures will be mild overnight tonight and due to the melting we saw during the daytime hours, patchy fog is possible. Well start thursday already in the upper 20s, but with a northwest wind temperatures will be just slightly cooler but not all that next several days and as winds shift toward the south for friday and saturday well see a big boost in temperatures will some of the warmest temperatures we have seen so far this year. Sunday will bring a chance for a light rain snow mix, but this is not expected to be significant. The bigger system will move in for tuesday when there is a potential for higher snow totals. Being that it is still nearly a week out, there is still great uncertainty with this next system. Be sure to stay updated over the next week as we continue to bring you the latest the hawkeyes hav hmm hmm hmmhmmhmmhmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmhmm let us be lovers, well marry our fortunes together [ cheering ] ive got some real estate here in my bag counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike theyve all come to look for america [ cheers and applause ] all come to look for america all come to look for america iowa has won nine straight, but theyre underdogs to make it ten. The hawks play at maryland tomorrow. Unlike iowa, Many College Basketball insiders expected maryland would compete for a big ten title. The terrapins come off a loss at michigan state, and they dont have an impressive win yet, the hawks and terps tomorrow night at six. Iowa sits alone in first place. Missouri valley basketball, uni panthers bradley braves Brent Musburger and fran fraschila spent the past two big mondays in ames. This time the basketball duo stayed an extra day and told stories to cyclone women on the road at tcu, cyclones 62 car repairs, home improvements, a family trip. Its not easy to afford them. What did marco rubio do . He put 22,000 in personal expenses on a Republican Party credit card. Rubios bad judgment caused a scandal and for five years rubio refused to release the credit card records. Marco rubio skipping major votes. All over the place on immigration. Bad judgment. Hes just not ready to be president. A lost story by one of the worlds most popular Childrens Book authors has been discovered and will be published this year. Were talking about beatrix potter, the british writer and illustrator who created the character peter rabbit. The lost story, the tale of kittyin boots, is being published more than a century after she wrote it. Peter rabbit makes an appearance in the book, but hes older, slower and portlier. A publisher with Penguin Random house found a manuscript in 2013. Until this year to coincide with what would have been potters 150th birthday. The book comes out in september in the us, britain, canada and australia. Temperatures will be mild overnight tonight and due to the melting we saw during the daytime hours, patchy fog is possible. Well start thursday already in the upper 20s, but with a northwest wind temperatures will be just slightly cooler but not all that different. Well see a mix of sun and clouds over the next several days and as winds shift toward the south for friday and saturday well see a big boost in temperatures will some of the warmest temperatures we have seen so far this year. Sunday will bring a chance for a light rain snow mix, but this is not expected to be significant. The bigger system will move in for tuesday when there is a potential for higher snow totals. Being that it is still nearly a week out, there is still great uncertainty with this next system. Be sure to stay updated over the next week as we do you think when you are president youll be paid as much as if you were a manmale. This is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. But there are so many examples where that doesnt happen. Im going to do everything i can to make sure every woman in every job gets paid the same. As the men who are doing that job. Im Hillary Clinton max caroline or is it an ipad carrying a mini han