Best arguments today to close the case. And nothing was off limits. Limits. He planned and he premeditated the murder of lynnsey donald, that is he had plenty of time to think about what he was going to do before he did it. It. When you investigate a little bit further is that nick obviously suffers from a severe illness and disease and so theres much more to this case. Still, the state argued luerkens Mental Health was not an excuse for his crime. Crime. Even dr. Rosell admitted that despite his depression he still had the mental capacity to understand that he was committing a crime. The Surveillance Video and the notebook that had luerkens allegedly plotting to kill donald was shown to the jury again. But the defense fired back, saying thats not the full story. Story. They act as if all you need is a video and a journal and that is not the case in this situation, thats not your job. Your job is to consider all the evidence. Evidence. In this case, the defendant Nicholas Luerkens has proved to you by his own actions and his own words that he is guilty and that he is guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree. Degree. The defense has asked the jury to consider Second Degree murder charges instead of firstdegree for luerkens, that would acknowledge that he committed the crime but also that he had a mental disorder at the time. Well see what they decide on monday. Covering the corridor in cr, Dora Miller Fox 28 news. A breaking news update now to a story out of washington county. County. Investgators tell fox 28 news a troopers decision to open fire on a suspects car was justified. Justified. The shooting followed a high speed chase that ended at a gas station in riverside. Thats where a suspect rammed his car into a Johnson County deputys cruiser. The trooper shot out the cars back tire to keep the suspects from getting away. Three people were taken into custody. The Iowa Attorney Generals Office determined the shooting was an appropriate response because the deputys safety was in jeopardy. Now an update to a story fox 28 news has been following since last month. Month. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says an explosion at a cedar falls motel was a suicide attempt. They say a man blew out a pilot light several hours before lighting a cigarette, triggering the blast. The man later died from his injuries. Right now, investigators are trying to figure out what triggered a massive Early Morning blaze at a popular golf course. Course. Take a look at this picture of the Amana Colonies Golf Club and Events Center clubhouse. This is what it looked like before this morning. Morning. And this is what it looks like now. Fox 28 News Reporter Mellaney Moore was on the scene all day dayand tells us what happened in amana. Amana. Colleen koss, resident1 35 the townamana residents want to know what happened to a place they say has made their Small Community known among golfers throughout the midwest. Colleen koss, resident1 35 i mean we all woke up kind of in shock. Close to four oclock friday morning fire crews arrived to find the amana golf club and event center in flames. The general manager says he wondered how bad the fire would be as he drove toward the towering smoke. Patrick kilbride, Amana Colonies Golf Club and event Center General manager1 10 you drive up here over the hill and you kind of see that theres maybe one wall of the clubhouse thats still standing. Its like. Wow. Theres absolutely nothing left. Kilbride says he doesnt think anyone was there when the fire startedthe fire chief says it started on the north side near the pro shop. He says they had to use a hose from the south side at first because the smoke, flames and heat were too intense. Chris herr, fire chief 48 the north end of the building, approximately one third of it was fully engulfed. Golf carts had started on fire on the outside also because of the heatit took about two hours and the help of three other departments bringing in water to fight the fire. 1 55 we had oxford fire, norway fire, probably six to seven tankers. The chief and Community Members say they hope the club that had been open 25 years. Is rebuilt. 3 58 a lot of people are definitely going to miss it for a while club staff say they arent sure of whats next. 2 51 i think the amanas a pretty tightknit community and theyll help us out and well see what we need to do from here. Livein addition to the building, the chief says more than thirty golf carts were destroyed. He says there will be a continued investigation to try to find out what happened. In amana terry thanks. A new poll out today shows some changes in the republican race for president here in iowa. Iowa. This, as one of the top candidates comes under fire for comments made about his past. Past. And that tops tonights vote 2016 coverage. Coverage. The latest cnn orc poll here in iowa shows donald trump and doctor ben carson in a virtual dead heat. Also, florida senator marco rubio has seen his support in iowa nearly triple, now polling at 13percent. With carsons surge in the polls in recent weeks, some of his comments have come under closer scrutiny. Scrutiny. Reporter eric roby has carsons response responsein a fox 28 news exclusive. Exclusive. A politico report, out friday, claimed dr. Ben carson fabricated a story about receiving a scholarship to west Point Military academy. But a carson representaive tells us, he carson was not formally offered a scholarship, but that others, including gen. William westmoreland, suggested with his stellar success in the rotc he would be eligible for an appointment to west point. Just hours before that reporta carson emphatically said he was not lying or exaggerating about violence he encountered in his youth. Are you telling the truth . Absolutely there is no question about it. Carsons stories of violent outburst as a child that caused him to have a religious revelation were portrayed in the book gifted hands and even in this movie. Cnn spoke with 9 childhood friends who could not recall these violent incidents and called into the attempt is to change the dialog put people on the defensive so that you can not continue your progress in terms of talking about what is truly important. Carson believes someone in his own party could be responsible for the allegations. Could donald trump be behind this . All things are possible. In fact donald turmp sent several tweets attacking carson on this issue during the past 24 hours. Carson is not making any allegations that trump is or is not responsible, but he does say this. I would just refer him to 2012 and how the republicans kind of destroyed themselves made it pretty easy even for an extremely weakened president obama to win. Its tough to run for president. No matter what you do they are going to find fault with you. I would go to the mans character. Carson says he feels as though he has set the record straight. And will no longer allow this to be a distraction. He says instead he should be talking about the economy and other issues that affect all americans. Im eric roby reporting. On the democratic side, supporters of the Vice President have shifted to other candidates after joe biden said he would not seek the partys nomination. Nomination. Hillary clinton and senator Bernie Sanders were the main benefactors. Both picked up support, with clinton maintaining a strong lead here in iowa. Right now, clinton is the subject of a Twitter Campaign in rural keota. Keota. Three students from a keota sociology class are calling on the frontrunner to come to their school. Fox 28 new reporter steffi lee has the candidates response to the request requestfrom keokuk county. County. In americas heartland theres a way of living. Living. They have that southern iowa rural hardworking community backgroundlearning about hard work. Work. Our school is the heart of our townstarts at Keota High School but the population is dwindling and they face the challenges many rural schools have. Have. Have a lot of problems with people open enrolling and moving out of our townmr. Schuyler snakenbergs sociology class is calling one politician to help. Help. I decided i was going to challenge these girls with a way to improve our community, our state and our nation. Students abby schulte, megan adam and kylie tinnes launched a Twitter Campaign with the hashtag keota hopes for hillary. The students canvassed, tweeted and addressed clinton face to face for ideas to keep their school and town afloat. Afloat. Its going to be the end of a community because youre going to have to leave here, move somewhere else to get a better job job were a small school in danger of losing some funding. With more than 900 followers theyve fired up the Digital World and traveling miles to off. The former secretary of state accepted their invitation at her most recent event in coralville. Coralville. Clinton told them shell address their main concern. Concern. If our school shut down, basically our town would turn into a ghost town. The students say getting clintons attention was a lot of hard work, but their keota roots taught them well. Well. Were just three small town kids but we dreamed big and we believed in ourselves. In keota, steffi lee, fox 28 news. The students say they expect clinton to pay a visit sometime next month. For more political headlines and exclusive interviews, dont miss iowa in focus with kevin barry, this sunday morning at 9 30, only on fox 28. Governor Terry Branstads plan to privatize Medicaid Services is coming under new fire. Fire. This time from the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services. In a letter, the agency specifically says its concerned about the Childrens Health insurance program. The feds fear privatization could risk the quality of medicaid access. In response, the Iowa Department of Human Services says they are working to prove the state an outgoing state lawmaker has landed a new gig at iowa state university. Fox 28 news has learned that speaker of the iowa house Kraig Paulsen will help the University Launch a new supply Chain Initiative at the school. He will work part Time Beginning in january until the legislative session ends. The hiawatha republican already announced he wont seek a new term in 2016. Coming together to leave a very important mark. Mark. Next on the fox 28 news at nine, the special message that came out of an effort to help, to remember and to heal. The son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. He went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. He moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of americas best mayors. In congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. Now hes taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling Climate Change to create cleanenergy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuitionfree public colleges. People are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change [ cheers and applause ] Bernie Sanders husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. Us monday at 7 for fox 28 morning live james bond movies are infamous for a lot of things. One of which is the heros car. Car. But what about the villains ride. Well get a look inside monday on fox 28 morning live. This week, tattoo artists from all over cedar rapids got together in one shop, for one purpose. It wasnt for a competition, or even to show off their work but to support one of their own. Fox 28 News Reporter joy howe has more from cedar rapids. Rapids. 07. 37. 06 first diagnosed in april of 201407. 44. 40 you feel helpless. Everyone feels helpless. Almost a year in remission and it came back 07. 37. 33. 03just heartwrenchin g. Fear of the worst inevitable. 07. 43. 31. 15 sitting in their shop, where chantol and Jason Feurhelm spend their time making permanent impressions on others, they tell us their story of how others, made an imprint on them, after this year, chantols cancer came back. Tensions mount, everyones upset. Want to help and cant. And so an event like this gave people an opportunity to. 07. 44. 49. 21 an event that happened this week, where four tattoo shops across the community, decided totocome together support part of their family. Jeremiah from iron lotus said, hey why dont i come over and well do a few cancer ribbon tattoos for the day it was supposed to be a benefit, to help with medical bills. Within a day, it became an event 07. 39. 10. 00 but it turned out to benefit just about everybody who showed up. Lost my grandmother, my fianca e lost his mother when he was only 14 years old 07. 50. 22. 18 some got ribbons were to remember. I just wanted people to know that the struggle is real every day 07. 50. 34. 03 for somebody others got them to get closure. 07. 51. 56. 20 for me, i came here because i needed it. Soa not only was i able to help her, but she helped me. 07. 51. 11. 26 and everybody, seemed to get some sort of healing. 07. 45. 01. 06 it affects so many people differently, that it was neat to share with so many people their stories, to have people care about them. Many people dont like to admit it, or let people know 07. 45. 16. 28 and we find that talking about it and dealing with other people. It makes it easier. 07. 45. 22. 23it will and it can get better, and we will just stay in this fight together 07. 56. 14. 16some people 07. 53. 27 it feels good to be able to just let it out wear their heart on the sleeve. It just brings everybody closer, and these peoplejust makes everybody take a moment and reflect. 07. 41. 52. 16wear their hope permanently. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids, joy howe, fox 28 news at 9. If you missed the benefit, you can still get a ribbon from any of the participating shops. We asked jason how others could help if they wanted he said, just go sit with a patient whos getting chemo treatment, or take a walk with them after theyre done. He says support, makes all the difference. Another cancer patient went a long way to find support. Support. Next on the fox 28 news at nine, the lengths one woman went to get a treatment when some told her there was no hope. Hope. But first, as black friday creeps into thanksgiving thursday, some retailers are skipping the Holiday Weekend for an even earlier sale. How walmart is trying to get an early jump on turning now to tonights business report. Report. A strong showing for american employers in october. Today that more than 270 thousand jobs were created last month. That sent the Unemployment Rate down to five percent, a sevenyear low. Analysts say another month of strong employment gains might be enough to convince the fed to begin raising Interest Rates for the First Time Since the great recession. Ready or not, Holiday Shopping is already here as many retailers try to beat the black friday rush. Rush. Take walmart for example. The company is promoting 10 online specials every day that will last for the rest of the holiday season. They include popular holiday items such as video games, electronics and toys. Although making a bigger online push, the top retailer is expected to still offer additional deals instore the day after thanksgiving. Also in iowa city, leaders next week will discuss a new cable operator in town. Town. Imon communications has spent months evaluating the prospect of Offering Services to iowa city. At the november 10th city council meeting, leaders are set to vote on Internet Provider to begin installing equipment. Next, something no one wants to see in iowa city or anywhere else. Else. The mumps. The new steps local Health Leaders are taking to stop the disease in its tracks. Tracks. But first, one woman was told she was so sick she had just months to live. The journey she took to find a Second Opinion when the fox 28 news at nine continues. I dont know how you did it . What . Riding our bikes across the state . Getting my masters . No paying off your house early oh that was easy awhile back we talked with Veridian Credit Union and they got us into a 10 and done Loan Refinancing lowered our rate and Closing Costs were only 200 yeah, it was really easy and we saved enough money to take this trip to europe veridians been great, helping us with all of our finances now if they could only teach us french no form of cancer is a good one but pancreatic cancer is highest mortality rate. Rate. Thats a big reason one woman diagnosed with pancreatic cancer traveled thousands of miles in search of help. Help. Molly shen has her personal story of survivial in tonights to your health. Health. Cheri pedee was living her dream, rescuing horses in baja california. Until her 65th birthday, when she was given a death sentence. I started turning yellow. And i noticed my eyes were pretty yellow. So we went in to san diego to the hospital. And they admitted me right there. Doctors found a tumor in pedees pancreas and gave her another six months to live. Its a hard thing to grasp knowing that, omg, ive got the bad one. 27 30 knowing my life is going to be short. Hi pedee. She came to Seattle Cancer Care Alliance looking for a Second Opinion and she here put her on an aggressive treatment regimen. While the mortality rate from pancreatic cancer is still higher than any other form of cancer there have been major advances in the last couple of years. There is a lot of movement in the field. I would encourage that people support research in oncology and pancreatic cancer. Because we are making significant progress. Pedee had already survived twice as long as expected when she gathered with friends for an early 66th birthday celebration. Her actual birthday would be spent in the hospital, exactly one year since her diagnosis. I woke up, july 24th, on my 66th birthday, cancer free. Never lose hope. It can happen. You can be saved. Molly shen reporting. There are multiple Clinical Trials underway right now for treating pancreatic cancer in hopes of improving a patients odds. Next on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. Well take you to iowa city, where leaders are trying to stop a campus outbreak of the mumps. Mumps. And nothing makes a rivalry burn hotter than adding a playoff atmosphere. What happened between kennedy and wash and the rest of your High School Football playoff highlights when the fox 28 if you think theres no solution to the climate crisis, think again. In iowa, wind energy is already producing enough power for over a million homes, reducing our dependence on foreign oil and supporting six thousand jobs. Im tom steyer. With bold leadership and an endle supply of wind and sun, we can do that across america. The goal is 50 clean energy by 2030. So, what are we waiting for . The university of iowa is encouraging all students ages 18 to 24 to take action to protect themselve from a virus. Theres been more than 100 cases of the mumps reported at the University Since august. August. In order to stop the virus from spreading, clinical nurses will be at the Iowa Memorial Union on tuesday and wednesday. Fox 28 News Reporter Marissa Scott joins us from the scott and karen, this is not the first time the university has seen a mumps outbreak. In fact, there was a large outbreak during the 20062007 school yearwhich is why the university bought 3000 mumps vaccines so they can stop it from spreading beyond campus. Campus. Outbreak. We were the first site of mumps in that whole campus outbreak. Lisa james remembers when there were hundreds of reported mumps cases nine years ago. She says this time, she feels the university is responding quickly. Quickly. This time were reacting faster and taking actions faster and communicating better so certainly we are reacting in a different way. Ui announced it will offer the mmr vaccine for free two times next week. James says theyre trying to get all the students their third dose before thanksgiving break. Break. It takes a couple weeks for immunity from the mmr vaccines so were trying to get them to get the vaccine before thanksgiving and before they travel to their families or travel on airplaves and spread its a requirement for students to have two doses of the mmr vaccine before they move into the dorms or attend the university. All of the students who came in complaining of symptoms related to the mumps, already had two mmr vaccines. So doctors are encouraging every one else to get one more. Johnson county Public Health says the public doesnt need to worry, but its always a good idea to know the symptoms. Symptoms. Mumps usually starts like a lot of things, fever, achy joints, sore throat, the realtelltell sign with mumps is you start getting swollen glands. He says washing your hands, not sharing Water Bottles and cleaning door knobs will help prevent the virus from spreading. James says, as a precaution its best to get the shot, even though most of the patients have been between 1824. 1824. We havent seen a lot of cases after that age 24 theres a clear cut off there. Were saying if youre that age its certainly not a bad idea to get it. James says the reported cases started off campus but have now spread between all the dorms, apartments, and greek life. Its also good to know that you can get the mumps vaccine even if you had the flu shot. You cant get it for 28 days if you had the flu mist. Marissa scott, fox 28 news. Marissa thanks. The National Wildlife federation is making headlines for telling people not to rake their leaves. Leaves. With fall upon us, and leaves blowing throughout the streets, most people think raking them is the right thing to do. But the nwf says raking leaves, bagging them up and throwing them away is wastefull. They say it accounts for more than 13 percent of the nations solid trash. Officials say raking leaves can also hurt wildlife whistleblowers are supposed to be protected when exposing wrongdoing. This sunday on full measure with sharyl atkisson, well introduce you to one whistleblower that was praised, then punished by the us government. Government. My government, the department of justice, put me in jail, and my government, the Internal Revenue service, paid me the largest reward in u. S. History. As a manager at switzerlands largest bank, ubs, Bradley Birkenfeld found himself part of a massive, longstanding scheme to help there were 19,000 offshore, illegal accounts with 20 billion in assetsa a of americans . Only of americans. This was the america desk, and it was based out of lugano, geneva, and zurich. Zurich. And theres a lot more to this story. Story. To see who got away in this International Banking scandal, watch full measure with sharyl attkisson, this sunday morning at 9 00, right here on fox 28. Only the best of the best remain in High School Football tonight. Its the state quarterfinals. Tonight in sports. A crosstown matchup between local powers at kingston stadium. And in west delaware. The hawks try to end decorahs surprising run. All that and wake up in your first home. Wake up in a home with a new address. Wake up in a home with no address. Your dream home evolves, and protecting it takes committed support. When kennedy and washington met on the gridiron waaay back in week two. That was a close game won by the cougars. But that doesnt compare to this. Two crosstown rivals meeting in november. With a spot in the semifinals at stake. It was a packed house at kingston stadium. A reported attendance of almost 8 thousand. And it seems like this guys run for eight thousand yards this year. Tyle dralle. Caps off the opening kennedy drive with a score. 70 cougars. And the train kept rollin a couple drives later. Nick deere goes downfield to shaun beyer. Wiiiide open. And nobodys catching number two. 61 yard touchdown. 140 kennedy. And late in the second quarter. Washington driving. But tj vogel tries to do too much. His pass is picked off by brandon neimeyer. All phases cougars. They win, 217. Meanwhile the little hawks traveling to the quad cities. And the bettendorf bulldogs proving why theyre number two in the state. 31 7 the final. City high had negative yards of offense for much of the second half. Bulldogs moving on to the dome. Down in threea. Second ranked west delaware tries to keep it going against decorah. And the hawks started hot. They drive the length of the field early. And hand it to their main man. Coy rousselll. Thats an 11yard td run. Then in the second quarter. Hold on to your hats for this one. Rousselll making magic happen. It looks like they have him bottled up. But he takes it to the far side. Finally pushed out of bounds inside the ten. And after a play like that, youve gotta reward the bellcow. Roussell scampers in for a score. Hawks win 21 10. All year long. The top dogs in twoa district four have been anamosa and mount vernon. Those two teams went to battle on november 9th. 4542 win by the raiders. Tonight. Was the much anticipated rematch. Number four anamosa welcomed the mustangs to downing field. But it was mount vernon who made themselves at home. First half. Paul ryan runs a go route. Heck of a throw. Heck of a catch. Ryan goes 48 yards to the house. 70 mount vernon. And then anamosa said. Hey, we can air it out too. Kolin schute chucks it deep. Daniel hussman holds on tight. And thats a touchdown connection. Big play for the raiders ties the score. But mount vernon answers. They hand it to big kyle wood. Easy touchdown there. And mount vernon pulls the upset, they win, 33 20. Someones season was gonna end too soon in this matchup. And it was south tama. The trojans fall to albia in a slugfest, 176. South tamas first loss comes in quarterfinals. Coming up next in sports. A onea clash of the titans between iowa city regina and west branch. Stay with fox 28 for the highlights. Who has the plan for jobs . Jeb. Tax cuts for the middle class. Eliminates special loopholes. An explosion in growth and new jobs. Jeb cut taxes. Grow america. Right to rise usa who has the plan for jobs . Jeb. Tax cuts for the middle class. Eliminates special loopholes. An explosion in growth and new jobs. Jeb cut taxes. Grow america. Right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. Reginas won five straight state championships. And theyre three wins away from a sixth. But tonight. There were some bears standing in their way. The west branch bears traveled to iowa city to take on regina. And the regals would strike first. First quarter Justin Hunter barrels in for the score. Hes been doin that all year. Home teams on top, 70. But the bears were growling. They march right back down and punch it in. Cooper koenig on the keeper. Thats called being an athlete. West branch keeps it close. But regina has the heart of a champion. Second quarter. They feed hunter again. He sorts through the bodies and dives in for another score. It was 2121 at half. But the regals edge the bears 3528 to keep their dream of six straight titles alive. In other onea quarterfinals. Dikenew hartford traveled to saint ansgar. Wolverines pouring it on early. Connor neuroth calls his own number. Working near side. Taken out inside the 10. Couldnt punch it in then. So how about now . Later in the drive. Neuroth. Untouched into the endzone. Dike up sevennothing. Second quarter, wolverines on the one. Calvin wildeboer plunges in. 14 zip wolverines. Onto the second half, new half, same story. Trent johnson gets in on the touchdown frenzy with one of his own. Dike with perhaps the shortest commute of any team in the state but theyll be in cedar falls next weekend, too. 2814 final. Met up in brooklyn. First quarter, gladbrookreinbeck already up 3zip, jake schuman hits walter thede in stride. And hes off to the races. Doesnt quite make it into the endzone. But thats okay. Josh cooley has him covered. He punches it in for six. Rebels go up 10nothing. But bgm would fight back. With some trickeration. Colton massengale takes the pitch and takes a shot. Fits in a shoebox for kaiden feeble korn. Right on the money. That made it 106. But the rebels were too tough to handle tonight, Gladbrook Reinbeck advances to the dome with a 2410 win. In 8man. The don bosco machine keeps chugging along. The dons go on the road and throw up an 80 spot. And top elkader central, 8032. To advance to the unidome. For years. The iowa hawkeye football formula. Has been simple and successful. But sometimes. The opponent flips the scipt. And this week. For a team dreaming of the College Football adapt. And air it out a little bit. Iowas passing game has slowed down in big ten play. Maybe because cj beathards a little banged up. Or maybe because the running games been so good. But the hawks may have to sling it around the yard on saturday. To keep pace with the hightempo hoosiers. Its a situation the offense is prepared for. You know on saturday theyre going to have to do a wonderful job of communication, getting the calls, communicating with each other and doing it at a really quick rate because it happens fast. Fast. Their offense is uptempo and they score a lot of points. Hopefully our defense holds them to no points. That would be nice but thats hard to do. Its tough to do against any offense and especially the way that theyre built, i feel like were gonna have to scoreyou know, some points. Thats a check of sports terry has a last check of your forecast when the fox 28 news tonight, heres a new product we can all get behind. A belgian chocolate maker has created a new variation of milk and dark chocolate. What makes these concoctions special, is they begin to melt at a temperature 40degrees higher than traditional chocolates. Besides keeping the chocolate off your fingers, the creators hope they can save on refrigeration costs 28 news at i dont know how you did it . What . Riding our bikes across the state . Getting my masters . No paying off your house early oh that was easy awhile back we talked with Veridian Credit Union and they got us into a 10 and done Loan Refinancing lowered our rate and Closing Costs were only 200 yeah, it was really easy and we saved enough money to take this trip to europe veridians been great, helping us with all of our finances as the month of november is underway, it means that uni fall sports are wrapping up, and the Winter Sports season are nearly upon us. Today we talk panther football, touching on the win over south dakota, and