Drivers should have a smoother thats because Road Conditions have improved over the past few hours. As you can see, much of the state is partially covered with snow and ice. But now some places across iowa are returning to their normal conditions. Here in the metro. Snow plows have been at work around the clock clearing snow. And theyre making noticeable progress. Des moines public works director Jonathan Gano has been overseeing operations. He joins us now by phone. Things are looking up for those as of right now, there are Just International airport. It was a much different story at many of the countrys major airports yesterday. This was the scene at chicago ohare. More than 13 hundred flights were canceled due to a storm moving across the us. Some passengers were forced to spend the night at the airport. Others wont be able to leave the city until at least wednesday. The storm left thousands of eastern iowans in the dark overnight. Dozens of trees snapped, bringing down power lines, like at this quad cities home. Crews say if your power goes out in blizzard conditions. Dont assume one of your neighbors will call it in. Instead, take action to get faster service. Hopefully nobody slides into any poles. Stay home. Dont drive. Pretty much, and if Something Like this happens stay away from wires some sparks were flying in the area yesterday. When a tree some power lines. The fire didnt spread or cause any further damage. All of the ice and snow is adding up to more emergency room visits. The er at mercy central campus says its treated 12 weather related injuries between yesterday morning and now. Those injuries are results of car crashes and falls. Mercy west lakes has treated four people for the same reasons. Police are following up on leads in a deadly des moines shooting. It happened at an apartment complex on south union street sunday night. Officers found 36 year old Tacono Conner dead in a hallway. Along with 37 year old amy stolki, whos expected to survive. Police talked to several witnesses. But are looking for a person of interest. They have not released that persons name. This is the citys 21st homicide of the year. After an intense, three week search. The so called affluenza teen has guitierrez has the details. This morning. The search for affluenza teen ethan couch and his mother tonya is over. A mexican official telling telemundo. The pair was picked up by immigration authorities around 6 pm monday in the popular resort town of puerto vallarta. His hair apparently dyed. Two weeks ago. The fbi and Us Marshals Service launched an a reward. After the 18yearold failed to check in with his probation officer in fort worth texas. Sot Richard Taylor its our number one priority right now for our task force couchs case gained worldwide attention. After he killed four people while driving drunk in 2013. We need some ambulances, its bad. We flipped and, oh god his blood alcohol content. Three times the legal limit. During sentencing. His attorney claimed the teen did not understand the consequences of his actions because of his affluent upbringing. A judge gave him to 10 years anger. Kevin mcconnells then 12yearold son lucas was seriously injured in the crash. I think he was never taught that actions have consequences other than the easiest way out. Earlier this month. Cell phone video of this party surfaced on social media. A spokesperson for the Tarrant CountyDistrict Attorney said investigators interviewed witnesses who claimed couch was there. Alcohol use would violate his probation. Although couch is not seen drinking in the video. I think that was the trigger what forced them to run. I think they ran because that video was released and the fear that he would now finally be locked up. Deputies said couch could face up to ten years in prison for violating his probation. Now hes likely in bigger trouble. Along with his mom, who could also face charges. Two Ohio Police Officers will not be charged in the shooting death of a young boy. Hey hey ho ho these cops have got to go. Cleveland after a grand jury read the verdict yesterday. 12 year old tamir rice was shot outside of a Recreation Center in november of 2015. Rice was playing with a pellet gun. When someone reported to him police. Cautioning the gun might not be real. But dispatcher didnt pass along that information to the officers. Now, rices family is accusing the prosecutor of mishandling the case. Its clear to us from the interaction with the prosecutor that this entire process was being distorted and corrupted and directed in a way that would engineer no indictment. The prosecutor has not responded to the accusations. The Chicago Police officer accused in the shooting death of a teen appeared in court today. Jason van dyke is out of jail on bond. Degree murder and misconducted charges at his arraignment. The charges are in connection to the october 2014 shooting of 17 year old laquan mcdonald. It was captured on dash camera video. The iowa state fair will look a little more like itself this coming year. Thats because poultry exhibitions will again be allowed on the fairgrounds. Chickens turkeys, and other birds were banned this summer to prevent the spread of avian flu. The virus was responsible for wiping out more than 31 million birds across the state. Farms are now in the process of being repopulated. The iowa coaches and players addressed the media in california this morning. The conference was a Welcome Break from a week of practice on the gridiron. The hawkeyes have been hard at work at the Stub Hub Center in pasadena. Meanwhile, locals are focused on rose bowl preparations of their own. Its awesome. All the work thats put into this is unreal. Everythings awesome. Final touches are being made on floats for the 127th annual rose parade. And vendors are setting up around pasadena. Selling game day merchandise. Police are also stepping up enforcement due to recent terrorism attacks. But the mood remains festive as the big game draws closer. This is beautiful its just always been a dream to come to the rose bowl. And now that hawks are playing in it . Even better. Rose bowl kickoff is set for 410 pm, central time, on new years day. Stanford is a favorite over iowa. The hawks havent won the bowl since 1959. Still to come on the news at noon. Movie magic is making the life of one little girl easier. See how Motion Capture Technology is helping her put one foot in front of the other. So much of the magic in hollywood. From raptors in world. To aliens on star wars. Is thanks to Motion Capture Technology. And now. The technology is gaining traction elsewhere, too. Anna stewart met a young girl suffering from cerebral palsy. Who hopes it can help her walk. Can you lift this leg up in the air for me . Like that. Rachael is 8 yearsold, she suffers from cerebral palsy. And again, big lift a disorder which affects muscle control, making it increasing hard to walk. We are here to assess her walking position, and to see if her current splints are doing the job that are you ready . And go. These small sticky bolts will help measure exactly how rachael is walking, using cutting edge Motion Capture Technology. They come out on the computer screen, they show the pattern of where are bones form when she is walking slightly funmotion capture actually started here in Life Sciences, but it wasnt long before the movie industry caught on. Driving the developments, making it cheaper and more accessible for healthcare and many other industries. They all look very real, and thats because behind every monster, there is a real life actor. Today, thats me. Nick im all suited up, im ready to go, i dont look how i thought i would for my first hollywood performance. Whats going on . Oh im sorry about that first of all, but so what youve got on a series of reflective markers all around feet, and we are filming those movements of those markers from multiple angles. As you can see on the screen here, here is your character, when you move your left arm, it moves, you move your right arm it moves and so forth. This isnt exactly blockbuster stuff, the next step is to match the motion capture to a graphic character, be it a beast, or maybe a warrior princess. Well motion capture is already in peoples living rooms, they connect sensor from the microsoft on the xbox right, thats a motion capture system, we see motion capture, not dramatically, you know, exploding into the marketplace, but actually almost creeping into our way. Steady and goand as it finds more uses, the technology will get better and cheaper. Perfect for Life Sciences where it all began. So hopefully more kids like rachael will reap the a new blanket of 4 to 7 is in place with some isolated higher amounts. The afternoon will be cloudy and cold. Temperatures will hold in the 20s today under mainly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the westnorthwest at 5 to 10 mph. A few more snow showers may pass through on wednesday morning. This may bring an additional trace to one inch of snow. All will be done by noon. The new years holiday will be on thursday afternoon and drop to the Single Digits by early new years day morning. The weekend will be dry and sunny with still to come on the news at noon. Christmas is tough for families who cant be together for the holiday. And it happens all too often for military families. Hear how it affects them. And 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. Us troops will remain in afghanistan through most of next year. With a Smaller Group staying even longer. For many of those Service Members. Its not the first time theyve deployed to afghanistan, or even the second. Kate snow has more. Christmas day was a little tough this year for the froehlich family. Another Holiday Season without their dad. It breaks my heart, because you know, its hard on them, but hes gotta do what we signed up for. What he signed up for was a career in the army. 19 years now. And out of those 19 hes spent 9 away from the family. When the president announced more deployments to afghanistan for 2016. Wades unit was on that list. A chief warrant officer, he departed for afghanistan in october for the third time in five years. Pops i love you we followed the family at fort drum this fall as they prepared for sixth of his career. Dont worry, ill be okay. Multiple deployments are routine now for military families. As many as 700,000 Service Members have served more than one tour in iraq or afghanistan. I can work all day long, it doesnt bother me, but not having that family to go home to, thats difficult, that never goes away. So before he left. He tried to squeeze in as much family time as possible. Dylan cheering at his youngest sons football game. A final pizza dinner together. You know youre gonna miss things, and they know i love them and you know, even if im 10,000 miles away, im still there for them. On wades very first deployment to bosnia. Hed write letters home. Now they try to skype every week. Nat of skype call in afghanistan, chief froehlich is supervising food services. Feeding the soldiers on christmas day. Wade says he plans to spend at least a few more years in the army. He likes his job. What really get paid to do is defend the nation, so thats what we go to do, thats what im used to, knowing thats my job. The boys say they pitch in more around the house when wade is gone. Travis is a senior. And hoping his dad will get a leave to come home for his not just oh hes away and they miss him, its hes away and youve lost a part of your family for that amount of time. Just ahead on the news at noon. Its a promising sign of recovery after the bird flu outbreak. See the actions leaders are taking to include birds back into an iowa tradition. The sbut the task of clearing the roads continues. We have an update on conditions across the state. And as the countdown to the rose bowl continues we show you some of the preparations underway for the big game day. Good afternoon. Im brooke bouma. Thank you for joining us. Iowans are digging out after winter so lets go straight to meteorologist megan salois at the science center. To see if any more is on the way. Ad lib wx quick cloudy and cold this afternoon with temperatures in the 20s. Drivers should have a smoother commute home from work this thats because Road Conditions have improved over the past few hours. As you can see, much of the state is partially covered with snow and ice. But now some places across iowa are returning to their normal conditions. Here in the metro. Snow plows have been at work around the clock clearing snow. And theyre making noticeable progress. Des moines public works director Jonathan Gano has been overseeing operations. He joins us now by phone. Things are looking up for those who are flying the friendly as of right now, there are just 3 delays at the Des Moines International airport. It was a much different story at many of the countrys major airports yesterday. This was the scene at chicago ohare. More than 13 hundred flights were canceled due to a storm moving across the us. Some passengers were forced to spend the night at the airport. Others wont be able to leave the city until at least wednesday. All of the ice and snow is adding up to more emergency room visits. The er at mercy central campus says its treated 12 weather related injuries between yesterday morning and now. Those injuries are results of car crashes and falls. Mercy west lakes has treated four people for the same reasons. Police are following up on leads in a deadly des moines shooting. It happened at an apartment officers found 36 year old Tacono Conner dead in a hallway. Along with 37 year old amy stolki, whos expected to survive. Police talked to several witnesses. But are looking for a person of interest. They have not released that persons name. This is the citys 21st homicide of the year. After an intense, three week search. The so called affluenza teen has been caught in mexico. Gabe guitierrez has the details. This morning. The search for affluenza teen ethan couch and his mother tonya is over. A mexican official telling telemundo. The pair was picked up by immigration authorities around 6 pm monday in the popular resort town of puerto vallarta. His hair apparently dyed. Two weeks ago. The fbi and Us Marshals Service launched an international manhunt. Offering a reward. After the 18yearold failed to check in with his probation officer in fort worth texas. Sot Richard Taylor its our number one priority right now for our task force couchs case gained worldwide attention. After he killed four people while driving drunk in 2013. We need some ambulances, its bad. We flipped and, oh god his blood alcohol content. Three times the legal limit. During sentencing. His attorney claimed the teen did not understand the consequences of his actions because of his affluent upbringing. A judge gave him to 10 years probation. Sparking widespread anger. Kevin mcconnells then 12yearold son lucas was seriously injured in the crash. Sot i think he was never taught that actions have consequences other than the easiest way out. Earlier this month. Cell phone video of this party surfaced on social media. A spokesperson for the Tarrant CountyDistrict Attorney said investigators interviewed witnesses who claimed couch was there. Alcohol use would violate his probation. Although couch is not seen drinking in the video. Sot i think that was the trigger what forced them to run. I think they ran because that video was released and the fear that he would now finally be locked up. Deputies said couch could face probation. Now hes likely in bigger trouble. Along with his mom, who could also face charges. Two Ohio Police Officers will not be charged in the shooting death of a young boy. Hey hey ho ho these cops have got to go. Protests broke out across cleveland after a grand jury read the verdict yesterday. 12 year old tamir rice was shot outside of a Recreation Center in november of 2015. Rice was playing with a pellet gun. When someone reported to him police. Cautioning the gun might not be real. But dispatcher didnt pass along that information to the officers. Now, rices family is accusing the prosecutor of mishandling the case. Its clear to us from the interaction with the prosecutor that this entire process was being distorted and corrupted and directed in a way the prosecutor has not responded to the accusations. The iowa state fair will look a little more like itself this coming year. Thats because poultry exhibitions will again be allowed on the fairgrounds. Chickens turkeys, and other birds were banned this summer to prevent the spread of avian flu. The virus was responsible for wiping out more than 31 million birds across the state. Farms are now in the process of being repopulated. Iowas campaign trail has no shortage of traffic today. Six white house hopefuls will make stops throughout the state. That includes democrats Bernie Sanders and martin omalley. And republicans chris christie, marco rubio, donald trump, and rick santorum. Santorum is the only candidate to come close to the metro. Hell attend a private house party in waukee tonight at 630. Hell also join us for an interview on the channel 13 news at 4. The iowa coaches and players addressed the media in morning. The conference was a Welcome Break from a week of practice on the gridiron. The hawkeyes have been hard at work at the Stub Hub Center in pasadena. Meanwhile, locals are focused on rose bowl preparations of their own. Its awesome. All the work thats put into this is unreal. So cool. Just everythings awesome. Final touches are being made on floats for the 127th annual rose parade. And vendors are setting up around pasadena. Selling game day merchandise. Enforcement due to recent terrorism attacks. But the mood remains festive as the big game draws closer. This is beautiful its just the rose bowl. And now that hawks are playing in it . Even better. Rose bowl kickoff is set for 410 pm, central time, on new years day. Stanford is a favorite over iowa. The hawks havent won the bowl since 1959. Still ahead on the news at noon. The us economy to a frozen halt. But this winters unseasonably warm temperatures is having the same effect. See the weather winners and weather losers. A new blanket of 4 to 7 is in place with some isolated higher amounts. The on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. Its called the wage gap. And the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. Hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. Equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. She gets the job done for us. Afternoon will be cloudy and cold. Temperatures will hold in the 20s today under mainly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the westnorthwest at 5 to 10 mph. A few more snow showers may pass through on wednesday morning. This may bring an snow. All will be done by noon. The new years holiday will be very cold. Temperatures will reach the teens on thursday afternoon and drop to the Single Digits by early new years day morning. The weekend will be dry and sunny with highs in the low 30s. The northeast is preparing to be hit with wicked weather. But before today. It was enjoying unseasonably warm temperatures like most of the nation. Steve liesman explains why that could be cold for the economy. Its hard to believe. The brutal izzards and bitter cold of last wint, whichground the u. S. Economy to a oz l have given way this christmas to cord high temperatures. But e bizarre balminess with 19states about to shatter 100yearold records is also playing havoc with the economy, creating weather winners and weather losers. Among the hardest hit the Department Stores and retailers who stocked all that winter clothing that no one needs. Is that a problem . Absolutely. That is hurting sales. Its causing inventories to be too high. Theres a lot of issues selling everywhere, inventories in scarve scarves, mittens, and sweaters, a big deal. The irony is that Better Weather makes people more inclined to head out to shop. So they could end up at the car dealer, where kicking tires the weather is warmer. Another winner outdoor recreation. The whacky warmth has found people biking, running and even going to the beach in december. Of course, its meant more men wielding nine irons rather than snow shovels. Were seeing the business boom in terms of the last six weeks of the year. Whats been just absolutely crazy is whats happening right where you guys are in the northeast and all the way over into chicago now those gains mean deep losses for the ski resorts in the northeast where lifts sit idle atop mountains green with grass rather than white with snow. A map showing temperatures in the nation relative to normal finds the deepest red over the northeastern ski resorts. In fact, during the middle of december, the entire nation east of the mississippi, where 60 of the population lives, had temperatures from 2 to 20 degrees above normal. Good snow out west and lousy snow in the east has helped power booking at vail are up 13 another industry that could benefit home building. It shuts down in some parts of the country during the coldest winter months. Warmer weather lets Home Builders pour concrete a little longer, if they can find the workers. A ban was lifted today. A ban was lifted today. David geiger has more on the bird exhibitions. That affects. Up next on geiger. Bird exhibitions are officially back on in the new year. In may an order canceled all live bird exhibitions with a gathering of birds because of the deadly highly pathogenic Avian Influenza. It was put in place to help halt the spread of the disease and protect domestic birds. The Iowa Department of agriculture announced today that the order will be lifted starting the first of january. And getting to the place where they can lift the ban on bird exhibitions is a milestone it means iowa has gone six months without a new case of bird flu. That means that we dont have Avian Influenza as far as we know in the state of iowa. It does not necessarily mean that we wont ever have it again. So were asking everybody to stay very attentive. Certainly to look and question any sick birds we have. But its great to be able to get back to normal and potentially have northey says there were a lot of people this past year who started projects on bird exhibitions that werent able to show their birds. Hes hopeful they can get back to that in 2016. And he expects it to be bigger than ever. Agriculture imports may not be so good for china in the new year. Cobanks Knowledge Exchange division says in a new report. China has a multiyear high supply of commodities. The report blames chinas subsidization of its agricultural sector, which has yielded a huge stockpile and strained storage capacity. China has subsidized the ag sector to an extent that supplies have considerably outpaced consumer spending. The report cites usda figures. Anticipating china to import 46 percent less corn. 34 percent less milk powder in 2016. Wheat, soybeans, and other food grains are expected to go up still. But by smaller margins. Markets are still under pressure from south american weather. What were really looking at is this weather down in brazil. Getting some relief at least the forecat looks like were marching toward a wetter. Seven to 14 day window here. So the markets backing off. You know, youve seen beans here under some pressure yesterday. Gaining some of that back but unable to hold it today. And i really think it comes down to, you know, if the pattern changes, i think the futures can fall under some more pressure here. Ahead of the usda report coming up in another couple weeks. I think were just taking a breather here. Ive been thinking that you know, the cash markets were Strong Enough to support a rally. Weve got too cheap. Cattle on feed report caught most of the specs by surprise i think. If you look at the specs and how theyre positioned in the cattle market. You know, theyve been very short. In the hog market also and thats all i have for the tomorrow. We put stories up every day. Check out whotv dot com. If you want to bundle great tv with highspeed internet, then call centurylink at. Ask for the directv entertainment package, bundled with centurylink internet. You get all the channels you love, at no extra cost for the first three months. And you also get up to 12 megs of internet. All for about 45 bucks a month for 12 months. 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