Chance for rain through the day. By early thursday morning there is a chance for some rain snow mix. Even a chance for all snow early thursday morning. But the warmer temperatures will not allow for a white christmas. Temperatures Christmas Eve through christmas and the Holiday Weekend will be in the lower to middle 40s. There will be more chances for rain late saturday into sunday. We begin this afternoon with the for president. Today Lindsey Graham explained the reason for his early exit. Why are you getting out of the race . South carolina well, because ive hit a wall here. My campaign has come to a point where i need to think the South Carolina senator never made it out of the bottom of the polls. Placing in the lower stage in each of the president ial debates. Todays announcement comes on the same day as the deadline for the republican to remove his name from his states primary ballot. The Madrid Community is mourning the loss of a local legend. 58 year old randy hinkle died from an apparent heart attack yesterday. Channel 13s jannay towne joins us now to explain what he meant to his community and the countless young lives he helped to mold. It really is an incredible legacy, jannay. Those who knew coach or hink best admit there have been a lot of tears today. For nearly three decades, he was the heart of the Tiger Community and his death comes as a shock. 13 52 38 its like getting punched in the gut. Its just. Our community is resilient, our kids are resilient and well get through this 52 14 15 09 a lot of us got emotional. Coming to school to today was very very hard because i know how much he cared about this school and about the madrid tigers 22 the football and track coach. Players on and off the field. Two years ago, hinkel became the 11th High School Coach in state history to win 300 games. He made his mark in the classroom as well. Where he taught social studies for all those years. The father of two had retired last year, but planned to keep in the lives of students. While the shock from their sudden loss has yet to wear off, friends and students say the outpouring beyond means a lot. Sharing stories about coach hinkle and remembering all of the good the pain. Meanwhile the community of athlete. Austin roberts collapsed during a Championship Wrestling match. He was taken to the hospital. Where he later died. No word this afternoon on what caused him to collapse. Roberts was ranked sixth in class 3a. He placed eighth at the state meet in on the offensive and defensive lines for the football team. A go fund me page has been set family. The page has already raised more than 35thousand dollars. A short cut for two deer hunters turned out not to be such a good idea sunday. Sot 12 sup Kevin Baskins iowa dnr rather than going around the slough they decided to walk across it. The water was relatively shallow as they first left the shore, as they got out into the middle of the slough it go progressively deeper. 49yearold terry garvey, and his 13 yearold son montanna both from macedonia were deer hunting in the Willow SloughGame Management area. Before they experiencing some cramping. Rescuers from red oak, malvern, glenwood, and emmerson helped get the pair out using ropes. They were taken to a Council Bluffs hospital for treatment. Sot 14 Kevin Baskins iowa dnr even though the temperatures have ben unseasonably warm so far this year that water is still pretty cold, and any time youre immersed in that cold of water. Hypothermia, and cramping is something that can occur relatively quickly to someone. Even though this pair of hunters meant to break out the ice, the dnr cautions against walking on any ice in this warm december. Des Moines Police are still trying to hunt down the person they say shot a private investigator. Michael narin of ankeny says he was following a person into Prospect Park late friday night. He had just gotten out of his car to break up a fight. When he says someone shot him in the stomach. He says the shooter got in a car and took off. Narin has since been released from the hospital. Anyone with information is asked to call police. A polk county shooting has forced a nightclub to shut down. Moines evolution nightclub this afternoon. Thats after it lost its liquor license. The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division made the decision after the death of dashawn smith. The 20yearold was shot and killed there last month. Three others were also shot but survived. On top of that. Police say violence is a constant at the club. Officers have responded to more than 70 calls since its spring opening. They have yet to make an arrest in connection to last months shooting. A West Des Moines woman is home safe this afternoon. After disappearing this morning. Police began searching for 20 yearold Erica Johnson around 4 am. A Family Member then found her near her home. Just a few hours later. A crowd of people without a place to call home are gathering for change today. The iowa homeless memorial homeless rally takes over the State Capitol in a little over an hour. Its all in honor of National Homeless persons memorial day. The event hosted by joppa outreach will bring together Homeless Individuals and supporters to remember the homeless lives lost each year. Both governor branstad and mayor terrace. A new staple lighting up Downtown Des Moines now has a name. Cowles commons added this unique sculpture this fall. Today officials announced the suspended, led piece will now be known as swirl. Its the latest addition to cowles commons. The 12 Million Dollar redesign that opened this past june. Swirl was designed by a San Francisco based artist. It features more than 8 thousand l heavy duty steel. An official Lighting Ceremony is set for next month. Lights out for a popular Christmas Display is making way for a new holiday tradition. First church of the open bible has been putting on a light show for nearly 2 decades. But this year, they decided to do it bigger than ever. Thats after flooding canceled the popular Jolly Holiday lights display for the rest of the season. In its place, organizers ramped up their beaverdale display. It now includes led lights the churchs lights come on every night at 530 pm. Through the new year. Meanwhile some metro students are proving water doesnt ruin all december fun. Go take a look. These Central Academy 7th graders got just 3 sheets of cardboard and 2 rolls of duct tape to craft their racemobiles for the annual cardboard boat races. Teams had just about one hour to put together their cardboard boats. Before hitting the water to see if they would sink or swim. Five out of the six teams were successful. And it appears slow and steady. Does win the race. 22 23 27 18 22 23 39 16 because were the best. Were the girl team. We put a lot more planning and thinking into our boat organizers say the event helps to promote teamwork and productivity. Favorites, the comments and the likes. Social media delivered some of the wildest stories of the year. Coming up, we take a look back at 2015. For a look at all those viral stories you may have forgotten. But first. The Holiday Shopping frenzy is reaching a fever pitch. And that means nervously awaiting the arrival of those online purchases. But coming up, well show you the holiday hot item that ships from just a couple hours away. Happy holidays is fast christmas. But a quad city inventor says he has you covered if youre looking for a lastminute gift. Elizabeth wadas tells us about his product. Which is gaining popularity across the world this holiday season. It started as a need for bettendorfs kevin kwacks brother. 9 39 in the middle of the night when he would unplug his device. The cord would slip behind his dresser. And hed have to russell around to get it. And thats when the cord buddy. Was born. Its a gadget that secures things like those pesky phone cords. Kwack says the device is simple to use. Nat 35 50 youd come in. And this would just secure it. The cord buddy can now be found on websites like amazon and the grommet. They even sell internationally. But it took a team of hard working family workers. 23 42 there are 14 brothers and sisters in my family. Ok. A rather large team. And seven years of determination before this idea turned profitable. Kwack says the rush of Holiday Shoppers has helped. 15 08 Fourth Quarter for us is always strong because our product is more novalty. A gift item. With the holiday season. Kwack says there were some key parts to becoming a successful businessman such as buying website domains. And spending time testing out the market to see what customers like and dont like. And even with the hustle and the bustle of Holiday Shopping wrapping up. Kwack says theres still time to get your cord buddy on time for christmas. 16 37 if we were to ship out by the end of the day monday,, we could get it into your stocking for kwack says he has some more ideas for cord buddy including more collegiate lines. Those new items will be released next spring. Tonight will be the coolest of the next several days. We will see temperatures just into the 20s. Expect clearing skies by tuesday morning. There will be much warmer temperatures tuesday. Highs will zip back to the upper 40s. The extra sunshine and warm sw wind will help warm us up. Wednesday will be wet. There is a good chance for rain through the day. By early thursday morning there is a chance for some rain snow mix. Even a chance for all snow early thursday morning. But the warmer temperatures will not allow for a white christmas. Temperatures Christmas Eve through christmas and the Holiday Weekend will be in the lower to middle 40s. There will be more chances for rain late saturday into sunday. Lib main weather see temperatures just into the 20s. Expect clearing skies by tuesday morning. There will be much warmer temperatures tuesday. Highs will zip back to the upper 40s. The extra sunshine and warm sw wind will help warm us up. Wednesday will be wet. There is a good chance for rain through the day. By early thursday morning there is a chance for some rain snow mix. Even a chance for all snow early thursday morning. But the warmer temperatures will not allow for a white christmas. Temperatures Christmas Eve through christmas and the Holiday Weekend will be in the lower to middle 40s. There will be more chances for rain late saturday into sunday. Coming up next, you lived through them all. But some. You may have forgotten. We take a look back at 2015s most viral heartwrenching. To the fro heart disease. Asthma. Diabetes. 7 out of 10 americans take prescription drugs. But in the last 7 years drugs prices have doubled. Hillarys going to take on the Drug Companies. Require medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. Let people buy their prescription drugs from countries like canada at half the price. And cap monthly prescription costs for every american. The Drug Companies have been over charging long enough. Its time to fight back. Im Hillary Clinton and the adorable to the infuriating plus seriously, what color is that dress . 2015 has been chockfull of viral moments. Jeremy roth takes his delorean on a trip back. To revisit 2015s most viral stories. Play play play play and the haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate baby im just gonna shake skahe shake shake shake shake it off, shake it off. 7yearold dylan barnes shook it off this year. Dancing his way onto ellen and into the presence of taylor herself. Barnes got to meet the superstar backstage at her tour stop in kansas city and they had this epic danceoff. October 21st 2015. You mean were in the future . The future arrived in 2015. At least in back to the future part 2 terms. On october 21st, the world the 1989 movie named the future a world of holograms. The whole thing culminated with the actors showing up on prime time in what else . The delorean. Great scott there was perhaps horrifying as this. A vehicle dash camera captured a out of a bridge. And plunged into a river. Officials say pilot error was to blame. 43 people were killed. Pharmaceutical ceo Martin Shkreli made headlines when he raised the price of a lifesaving aids medication. Im not talking a couple bucks daraprim skyrocketed from thirteenfifty to seven hundred fifty dollars per pill overnight. The daily beast declared shkreli the mosthated man in america, surpassing even the dentist who killed cecil the lion. Speaking of. Zimbabwes prized cecil the lion was illegally hunted in july. Sparking an International Firestorm against walter palmer. And while palmer didnt face charges, he did face abject humiliation the controversy inspired ridiculous halloween costumes. A Patti Labelle fans ode to the singers frozen dessert pies sent sales through the roof when his musical review went viral and captured the attention of the singer herself. Labelle made sure the fan got his just desserts. Hosting him for thanksgiving dinner. From one diva to Johanna Colon channeled the essence of aretha during a summer ooh your kisses, sweeter than honey. But guess what . So is my money. The sassy 6yearold tapped her way to total stage dominance. Take care, tcb. And the story that had everyone talking this year. The dress is it blue and black. Or white and gold . A question that sparked countless buzzfeed articles and threatened to tear families apart. For the record its totally blue and black. Im jeremy roth reporting. Still ahead in our next half hour. A monstrous republican field is worse. Coming up, hear why one down today. Is just the start of things. And what those remaining candidates have to say about the latest r announcer one candidate tough enough to take on the bully. Jeb bush donald, youre not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. Thats not going to happen. applause announcer one candidate tough enough to take on isis. Jeb will destroy isis. And keep america safe. Jeb bush the United States should not delay in leading a Global Coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. Announcer tested and proven leadership matters. Jeb bush. Senator Lindsey Graham gives his reason for dropping out of the race for president. Plus, a hint that he may soon make an endorsement. And embarrassing moment. Steve harvey is left wishing the phrase vegas were true today. Hear why donald trump says it wouldnt have happened under his watch. And what he would have done instead. Plus holiday homestretch. The busiest delivery day of the year is putting the heat on postal workers. Well tell you what it means for you. And just what youll pay to solidify fullystuffed stockings. News at four front door the repepblican pack is thinning this afternoon. Senator Lindsey Graham announced today he is suspending his campaign. This, as the partys front runner claims claims hes the victim of lies by Hillary Clinton. Nbcs Edward Lawrence breaks it down from washington. Senator Lindsey Graham calls it quits on his dream to be president. He could not gain ground with poorly in polls. Suspending my campaign for president. I want to this journey with me. Senator graham ran his Campaign AroundNational Security pushing for more troops on the ground in iraq and syria. Today most of my fellow candidates have come to recognize this is whats needed to secure our homeland. Now up for grabs the support and popularity of his good friend senator john mccain. With grahams campaign crumbling his support will go elsewhere. And you are probably going to see a concerted effort on the establishment side to go after trump and consolidate around one candidate. Graham has been very critical of frontrunner donald trump. So have the democrats. Trumps name came up nine times during this weekends abc news democratic debate. Now trump demands an apology from Hillary Clinton for this claim. President ial candidate 57 1 09 abc news courtesy burned inhe is becoming isiss best recruiter. They are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. Trump called the today show to deny clintons accusations. President ial candidate 1 14 about emails. She lies about whitewater. She lies about everything. She will be a disaster as president. A Clinton Campaign spokesman rejected any apology saying again, trumps rhetoric helps isis. Edward lawrence, nbc news washington. Trump has remains the front runner at this point. Experts say the next months will bring added pressure for more of his competitors to drop. Especially if they dont do well in iowas february first caucus. A major Miss Universe snafu is the talk of the internet this afternoon. Na30mo 10 26 i have to apologize. The first runner up is colombia. Miss universe 2015 is philippines is colombia. Miss universe 2015 is philippines host steve harvey is apologizing universe competition narrowed to just two contestants miss colombia and mistakenly named the wrong winner. It ended in this. Miss colombia getting to enjoy the crown for just about two minutes before it was taken from her. Harvey told the audience he misread the card. Harvey apologized again later on twitter. Writing, quote i feel terrible. Contestants from years past. Are now reacting to the mixup. Na42m 1 05 1 10 i felt so bad for her, i cried for ms. Columbia. Former coowner of Miss Universe and current republican president ial candidate donald trump is also speaking out about the mistake. Saying he feels terrible for both steve harvey and miss columbia. He also says it wouldnt have happened that way, had he still been in charge. S Donald Trump Former owner of Miss Universe pageant 10 ill tell you what i think id do. I think i would make them a cowinner, it would be very cool. Make them a cowinner. Because what happened to the girl from colombia is devastating, to give it to her for a couple of minutes and take it away. Backstage, both finalists remained gracious. New winner miss philippines is calling it a crowning. Postal workers are in overdrive this afternoon. As today is the busiest delivery day of the year. And the Postal Service is reporting a 10. 5percent increase in deliveries from this time last year. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren has the lowdown on what it all means for your lastminute shopping and shipping. Its the most wonderful time of year. Nat pop package drop. And the busiest for the United StatesPostal Service. Today, an estimated 30 million packages are heading for porches around busiest delivery day of the year for the u. S. P. S. But thats just a small chunk of the estimated 15. 5 billion cards, letters, and packages the Postal Service expects to deliver this season. This week is one of the busiest for post offices. And for stores. According to the National Retail federation, as much as 40 of the seasons sales happen in the 10 days before christmas. With delivery deadlines inching closer, here are th biggest concerns from lastminute shoppers can you still ship packages in time for christmas . The answer yes, but know your cutoffs the deadline for usps Priority Mail service is today. Their Priority Mail express service. Wednesday. If you prefer ups or fed ex, you have until tomorrow to make their second day air deadline. Or wednesday for nextday delivery service. Next. Can you shop online and get gifts delivered before christmas . It depends. Standard shipping alone wont do it. Keep an eye on emails from Stores Offering deliverybychristmas deals. It also pays to go prime. Amazon prime members get free twoday shipping nationwide. And free sameday delivery in certain metro areas. And finally. Is it worth swinging by a retail store . The answer yes. This week, brickandmortar stores are posting big sales. On their entire inventory. Retailers are also keeping their doors open longer. Kohls and Walmart Stores will be open 24 hours through wednesday, nd late on Christmas Eve. And toys r us is extending Holiday Hours until 2am for the next three days. Why so many deals in the holiday homestretch . Federation 16;57;35;10anywhere from 3040 percent of what retailers bring in between december 15th and december 25. So those few days leading up to christmas are extremely important in terms of driving those last minute sales and getting those procrastinators to finally buy something. That was nbcs Kristen Dahlgren reporting. At this point, experts say you can expect to pay a pretty penny to ensure your packages arrive on time. Those headed to the pumps can expect the opposite. Gas prices are diving across the nation. Overall, the National Gas Price is down about two dollars. Some of the lowest prices are popping up in ankeny. The sams club there is at just 1. 64 per gallon. Here in the metro, the average is at 2 dollars 16 cents. Analysts predict these prices will stick around into next month. Be the coolest of the next several days. We will see temperatures just into the 20s. Expect clearing skies by tuesday morning. There will be much warmer temperatures tuesday. Highs will zip back to the upper 40s. The extra sunshine and warm sw wind will help warm us up. Wednesday will be wet. There is a good chance for rain through the day. By early thursday morning there is a chance for some rain snow mix. Even thursday morning. But the warmer temperatures will not allow for a white christmas. Temperatures Christmas Eve through christmas and the Holiday Weekend will be in the lower to middle 40s. There will be more chances for rain late saturday into sunday. Po67mo 03 09 i regret that i havent been a better that i havent been on the big stage. Po67mo 18 24 i have no regrets about running for president. Im so glad i did this. The republican troop now reacting to those words today. Governor branstad is one of them. He says hell miss grahams humor on the campaign trail. 04 40 47 26 04 40 59 10 i enjoyed very much the interaction i had with him. He called and said he learned two things about iowa. You need to love jesus and ethanol. Graham says he will support the gop nominee. Tonight will be the coolest of the next several days. We will see temperatures just into the 20s. Expect clearing skies by tuesday morning. There will be much warmer temperatures tuesday. Highs will zip back to the upper 40s. The will help warm us up. Wednesday will be wet. There is a good chance for rain through the day. By early thursday morning there is a chance for some rain snow early paris theres a lot to do on a dairy farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get out there and do it yourself. Bernie sanders is a wellknown friend of family farms. Bernie cannot be bought out by big money. Bernies opinion cannot be purchased. Its time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. Tonight will be the coolest of the next several days. We will see expect clearing skies by tuesday morning. There will be much warmer temperatures tuesday. Highs will zip back to the upper 40s. The extra sunshine and warm sw wind will help warm us up. Wednesday will be wet. There is a good chance for rain through the day. By early thursday morning there is a chance for some rain snow mix. Even a chance for all snow early thursday morning. But the warmer temperatures will not allow for a white christmas. Temperatures Christmas Eve through christmas and the Holiday Weekend will be in the lower to middle 40s. There will be more chances for rain late saturday into weekend will be in the lower to middle 40s. There will be more still ahead today. Coming up, well introduce you to the 78 year old grandma, who puts up a whopping 30 thousand Christmas Lights every year. At nearly 78 years old, thi who coined the term side bread . Because theres nothing side about this bread. It may look like the moon. But its the star of the show. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. But listen to this family talking thats a different kind of sound. The sound of the weekend. Unleash the power of dough. At 78 years old, this woman puts up more Christmas Lights than people a quarter her age could ever hope to do. Each year mary odell lights thousands of bulbs on her lawn. Kent erdahl introduces us to her. And shows us what fuels that the 30,000 Christmas Lights that shine from this fort collins home are enough to grab the attention of passing traffic. Of all kinds. Nat unlike baseball, mary has no off season. Tree clip 2535 in1 28 16 i love you. I love you too. these are the hugs, she cherishes most. And this is the time of year. She needs them most. Mary clip 2531 in1 11 10 her name was deborah, but i called her debbie, and she was really, really special. mary saves these lights just for debbie. Her daughter who died suddenly 13 years ago. Mary clip 2531 in1 06 37 its not easy but you know, you look up in the sky and you say, i know she cant come back. in1 10 58 . And i know that she looks down and says, you know mom, i made you stronger than anything else. Morgan Krueger marys granddaughter clip 2534 in1 21 43 we wouldnt have made it without grandma. morgan is one of four debbie died. Great grandson clip 2526 in46 28 she is like the thing that keeps this family together. and as the family continues to grow. Clip 2536 in1 34 51 i have a six foot snowman to put together. So does marys display. Gopro 1153 in5 53 the base is this big. clip 2534 in1 22 54 she likes all the lights because it casts away the darkness and it helps bring light to those around her, whether she knows you or not. Clip 2536 in1 34 19 to do this together is wonderful. Its no wonder why marys favorite season. It makes me feel good inside. is the season of giving. Nats yes she is the light well be right back after this. Channel 1thanks for joining us on the channel 13 news at four. The news at five starts right now. Madrid remembers. He was a larger than life figure who put his community on the map when it comes to athletics. How the community of madrid os reacting to the sudden death of randy hinkel. Remembering austin. In the middle of a championship match, a Spencer High School wrestler collapses and dies. How the community is honoring austin roberts. Dropping out. Another candidate drops out of the race today. Why Lindsey Graham said it was time. And candidates had to say. Tears. 16 the Small Community of madrid is dealing with the sudden loss of a larger thanlife coach. Good evening, im lynn melling. And im dan winters. Thank you for joining us tonight. The man who spent more than half of life mentoring students on and off the field died yesterday from an apparent heart attack. Randy hinkel was 58 years old. First on 13. Jannay towne joins us with more on how the community is remembering their beloved coach. More than one person who worked and coached alongside randy described feeling like theyd been punched in the gut. When they heard about his passing. Well known and respected in madrid and beyond. He was the heart of the Tiger Community. 13 44 03 hes a man that wants