Overall moral compass is really what attracted us to him. the two have attended several events with carson and even hosted a meet and greet and their home with him before he decided to run but nothing prepared justin for the Birthday Gift he got this week. Hey justin im here in new york city wishing you a very happy birthday and thanks for all your support. when i got the video, i didnt expect anything like that and i seriously about fell out of my chair and couldnt stop smiling. justin says the personal message is a testament to the kind of man carson is and credits his down to earth persona with his jump in the polls. hes extremely relatable if people stop and listen to his story, he grew up from poverty and created himself and i think a lot of people can resonate with that the hard work and determination to become something. carsons lead in the polls is great news for his ground team here in iowa. Carsons state director ryan rhodes says taking the lead from donald trump shows carsons message is reaching iowans. a lot of the hard work coming to fruition a lot of people starting to get to know dr. Carson and to know him is to love him really. carson also is topping the polls with women 33 percent to trumps 13 percent. Rhodes says its all great news and proves carsons more personal approach to campaigning is leaving a mark. the more iowans got to hear from him whether on radio or local tv or directly in their town or getting a message from him i think all of that combined shows who ben is and how hes going about it a little differently and shows in the polls. Stephanie moore, channel 13 news. Carson will be back in iowa this weekend. Carson will be back in iowa this weekend. The agr fraternity at iowa state is hosting a town hall breakfast with carson at 8. Saturday morning. The event is open to the public. Donald trump has never been one to shy away controversy. But the president ial candidate is back peddling on a tweet that was sent out earlier today. After the poll showing ben carson had taken the lead in iowa. This trumps page retweeted this post. It ben carson is now leading in the polls in iowa. Too much monsanto in the corn creates issues in the brain . After receiving some blow back for the post. It was deleted. Trump later tweeted young intern who accidentally did a retweet apologizes. Hillary clinton took a break from campaigning to testify before congress today. S Hillary Clinton former secretary of state 23 im here to honor the service of those four men, courage of the Diplomatic Security agency, and the cia officers who risked their lives that night, and the work their colleagues do every single day all over the world. Clinton fielded questions from a House Select Committee about benghazi thats where four americans died in 2012 when islamic militants attacked the us consulate. During her testimony she defended her decision to send diplomats to libya. She also accused the committee of trying to politicize the issue. Her party tried to do the same thing. S rep. Trey gowdy South Carolina 31if democrats on this committee had helped us just a little bit pursue the facts, but if the democrats on this committee had their way dozens of witnesses never would have been interviewed, your Public Record would still be private, thousands of documents never would have been accessed and we wouldnt have the emails of our own ambassador, that may be smart politics, but it is a lousy way to run a serious investigation. The controversies surrounding clinton havent affected her standing in the polls. A new Des Moines Registerbloomberg poll shows 48percent of Iowa Democrats support clinton. That is a 5 point bump from august. Senator Bernie Sanders isnt far behind. He recieved 41percent. Martin omalley came in third with 2percent. Lincoln chafee only got 1percent. A federal jury has acquitted a former ron paul president ial the Des Moines Register reports that jurors acquitted former Paul Campaign chair jesse benton for lying to fbi agents. But former Deputy Campaign manager Dimitri Kesari was found guilty of causing a false record. The charges filed against john tate. Were dropped earlier this month. The two were charged in connection to a scheme to pay former iowa state senator Kent Sorenson thousands for his endorsement. The proposed Bakken Pipeline remains a hot button issue and yesterday boone county leaders added to the debate. Channel 13s Justin Surrency explains why elected officials decided to weigh in and if they think it will make a difference. The boone county board of supervisors say the meeting had both farmers and labors Union Representatives present, but they say the voices of boone county residents made the decision easy. The countys board of supervisors unanimously approved a measure in opposition of the crude oil pipeline wedenesday morning. They cite environmental hazards and Dakota Access threat to use Eminent Domain throughout the pipelines 11hundred mile long, 18 county stretch across the state. Those who are in favor of the pipeline say the project will create jobs and increase u. S. Energy independence. They also say iowans who lose land will actually gain millions of dollars annually in payments and property tax relief. Supervisor Chet Hollingshead says they heard from both sides at the meeting and while the iowa utilities board has the final say about the pipeline, he hopes they hear boone countys decision loud and clear. We dont have any Regulatory Power when it comes to this pipeline but we can send a message to the folks on the iowa utilities board that we arent in favor of this and it sends a strong message when it comes unanimously in a bipartisan manner from the board of supervisors. The iowa utilities board will hold nearly a dozen Public Meetings on the issue through december. There is no statute that says when the iub needs to make a ruling on Eminent Domain. Polk county deputies are looking for a suspect in a road rage incident. The Polk County Sheriffs Office says someone in a silver camri shot at another driver on ne 50th in des moines. Thats near goodes green house. Officers say the car was rented from hertz and had an iowa license plate that read dmk 905. No one was injured in the incident. If you have any information you are asked to call authorities. Students at Roosevelt High School got the day off. Because nearly half of the schools faculty called in sick. The district says staff at roosevelt attended a luncheon yesterday. The food was purchased from two businesses. Bit a district spokeswoman wouldnt name them. In all, about 60teachers called in sick, so administrators had to cancel classes. Parentteacher conferences are also being postponed. School Officials Say the food did not come from the Des Moines Public School kitchens, so theres little chance students will get sick. The Polk County HealthDepartment Says there are a lot more people are getting their flu shots this year. Officials report more than 6 thousand shots have been given so far this season. That high number may be due to popup clinics around the metro. Health experts also think that last years bad flu season is a factor. But experts want to remind people that the shot alone wont stop the flu from spreading. You should get your flu shot no matter who you are around. There are certain types of people that have complications from the flu. We see young children, we see pregnant women, the elderly and people who have immune comprised diseases. Those are the kinds of people, if you around people like that and it doesnt matter who youre around you should get a flu shot. Shots are 20dollars at the Polk County Health department. Check with your county to find out flu information near you. Tonight will stay cloudy with lows in the 50s. Friday will be rainy off and on throughout the morning until late evening. The rain will move out by saturday with some lingering clouds and highs in the low 60s to start the weekend. Iowa state is going into saturdays game against baylor as a 37point underdog. In sports. If our cyclone insider thinks iowa state can upset the bears on saturday. The latest cancer statistics were released today during the iowa cancer summit. How many are expected to die from cancer this year. And how Health Experts are trying to lower that number. A new report shows more than form of cancer this year. That includes Breast Cancer. But a new set of Breast Cancer screening guidelines released by the American Cancer Society is prompting a discussion at todays iowa cancer summit. Channel 13s Jodi Whitworth explains. 485916 i was in the shower and my arm went a certain way and i felt something in my breast diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 20 09. Lou ellen brown continues her fight today. She along with other cancer fighters, suriviors and doctors at the annual iowa cancer summit. Are learning and discussing better ways to prevent, treat and diagnose cancer. Something oncologists say is ever changing. 411808 we need to constantly look at the evidence of what type of screening makes the most sense , that can give the greatest beneifit to the most people on tuesday the American Cancer Society released new Breast Cancer screening guidelines. Advising women to begin their annual mammograms at the age 45 instead of 40. Doctor Richard Demming says dont worry about the age. He encourages women to make the decision based on their Health History 433329 its also trying to foster intelligent communication between the primary care doctor and the patient Richard Demming more than 2 thousand women will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer this year in iowa. 4 hundred of them will die from the disease. Brown refuses to let that happen. Instead she wants women to be educated. 530920 the best thing you can do is surround yourself with people believing knowledge is power. 531502 once youve got those facts then you can make a better informed decision on which direction you choose to go lou ellen brown. In des moines Jodi Whitworth channel 13 news cancer along with Heart Disease are the leading causes of the death in the state. Tonight will stay cloudy with lows in the 50s. Friday will be rainy off and on tonight will stay cloudy with lows in the 50s. Friday will be rainy off and on throughout the morning until late evening. The rain will move out by saturday with some lingering clouds and highs in the low 60s to start the weekend. Tonight will stay cloudy with lows in the 50s. Friday will be rainy off and on throughout the morning until late evening. The rain will move out by saturday with some lingering clouds and highs in the low 60s to start the weekend. Cyclone insider. Cyclone insider. It didnt go as back to the we need to disrupt the old order in washington, dc. We can do a lot better by applying conservative principles we should lower rates and simplify the code to allow people to freely decide how they want to spend their money. What we need is leadership to fix a few big things. So that this country takes off and soars where people can dream the biggest possible dreams. And pursue them with a vengeance. Sfx applause jeb. Proven conservative. Real results. Welcome to subway, what can i make for you . 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This viral picture of boykin, and iowa state kid captain, abby faber inspired a group of tcu fans to start a you caring fundraising page. The original goal was 10thousand dollars. In just one day theyre at nearly 18thousand. The family plans to use the donations for abbys medical expenses. From one high powered offense to the next. Cyclone insider, john sears prepares fans for baylor. The hawkeyes are off this weekend. We have good news to share baby k has arrived its a boy he doesnt have a name yet because both erin and michael thought the baby would be a girl. So they are working on that right now. The bundle of joy arrived just after two oclock today at five pounds, 7 ounces. Mom and baby are both doing great. Oct. 18 nfl on nbc patriots colts oct. 25 nfl on nbc eagles