First on 13. Deadly Mass Shootings seem to be a regular occurrence in america. Now president obama is launching a final year push on gun control. Once again, innocent people were killed because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hands on a gun. President obama used his weekly address to announce the initiative. Hell meet with attorney general Loretta Lynch today to discuss options for tightening gun laws. Hes expected to take executive action without congressional approval, expanding background checks. The move has widespread public support. But some president ial candidates are already promising to reverse the action if they win the presidency. He knows that he cant get it through congress so hes just gonna try and do it by executive action as if hes king barack obama. All these executive orders hes gonna come out with tomorrow that are gonna undermine our Second Amendment rights . On my first day in office, theyre gone. The expected actions come ahead of the president s annual state of the union address. Thats set for january 12th. Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton says shell support the president s actions. But shes being targeted by her republican rival for more than just her stance on gun control. She caused a lot of the problems we have right now. She caused migration as secretary of state. The entire world has been upset. The entire world is a different place. During barack obama and Hillary Clintons term, shes done a horrible job. Trump went as far as saying clinton, quote, created isis with obama on cb ss face the nation. But hes also on the defense today. After an al qaeda affiliate used his proposed muslim ban in a recruiting continues to slam trumps inflammatory rhetoric. The war of words will likely continue in des moines today. Hillary clinton is scheduled to including right here in des moines. Event at building. At 545 this evening. Its open to the public. The campaign trail is heating up ahead of the Iowa Caucuses, now just 4 weeks out. Mike huckabee spoke to a large crowd at the machine shed in urbandale yesterday. Huckabee reminded them he received more votes than anyone in the history of the caucuses when he won back in 2008. But it may be a different story this time around, the latest republican quinnipiac poll shows him polling at just one percent. Still, hes confident hes made an impression with voters. We will have done events 99 counties since may. 150 events in january. I dont know of any other way to win a caucus other than the Old Fashioned way. Huckabee will make five stops in the state today. Ames, ogden, webster city, clarion, and iowa falls. A des moines man will answer to a first degree murder charge in court today. 20 year old ngor makuey was found guilty of the charge last month. He faces a mandatory life sentence. He attacked 97 year old Rupert Anderson and his wife in their home last year. Anderson later died. He needed money. He will be sentenced in Polk County Court at 830 this morning. Today an ames man will learn how long hell spend behind bars for fatally shooting a man. Second degree murder back in november. He was arrested last year after the shooting death of devlin lockman. Police originally ruled the shooting as an accident. But they reopened the case based on statements. Lepon faces up to 50 years in prison. Hell be sentenced in Story County Court at 10 this morning. Des Moines Police are investigating a shooting in the drake neighborhood. It happened in the three thousand block of forest avenue saturday night. Police say an 19 year old man was shot in the leg while walking into mcdonalds. Hes expected to be okay. Officers tracked down a car that fled the scene. And arrested 21 year old Antwain Robinson after finding him with a gun. Robinson is charged with carrying a weapon and possession of a weapon as a felon. Police say theyre still searching for suspects in the case. The search continues this morning for a missing boater in coralville. Authorities were called to the coralville reservoir late last night. Witnesses say a canoe carrying two people capsized. And one of them was rescued. That person was taken to the hospital. The second person still hasnt been located. Those lower prices youre seeing at the pump could be here to stay. The annual average price of gas should remain below 2 dollars, 45 cents a gallon. Thats according to triple a. Drivers are already paying much less than that in the metro. Des moines average is a buck 94 per gallon. The lowest price youll find here is 1 69. It seems many iowans are sticking to their new years resolution to get in shape. I would say my daughter is a big inspiration to that, as well as my son who competes in swimming in college. Hes in the pool by 5 45 everyday, so hes a big inspiration. Lynn gaumer uses her kids as motivation to break a sweat at the wellmark ymca. And Officials Say shes not alone. The gym sees a pike in membership every january. But they say following through with the workouts is where the work really begins. If this is your goal, come in here, put in the work, fall in love with it. Thats the number one thing, to fall in love with it. Once you fall in love with the results youre getting, you put in the hard work, youre going to love it, youre not going to quite after a certain amount of weeks. The wellmark ymca has now been open for more than a year. It opened its doors on january patchy fog is reducing visibility across parts of northern and western iowa early this morning. It is going to be a cool and mainly cloudy this afternoon with temperatures staying in the 20s. Tuesday is going to be windy with gusts as high as 30 mph. There is a chance for a rain snow mix by wednesday night. Highs by midweek will be close to 40 degrees. It looks like mostly rain on thursday with more snow i235 guthrie some reporters are working hard to make sure the newspaper makes it to its customers on time. And one former beauty queen turned competitive eater is hardly working on a diet this new year. All of that. And much more. America is not just electing a president , were also electing a commander in chief. That choice matters. Because strengthening the economy, making healthcare more affordable, raising incomes. All of that depends on us being both secure at home and leading the world. I will get up every single day and do whatever it takes to make sure our country is safe and strong. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Welcome back. Some of you are returning to work after a relaxing holiday break. So heres what people have been talking about while you were away. We see the globe as a family and the family is in distress, so weve been asked to help out and here we are dozens of reporters in boston worked double duty over the weekend. They delivered thousands of boston globe copies to the doorsteps of subscribers. They globe recently switched to a different delivery company, and there have been issues ever since. So its employees decided to take matters into their own hands. It appears the force is still strong star wars the force awakens soared to its Third Straight weekend win at the box office. It brought in 88 point three million dollars, giving it a 17 day total of 740 million. Thats just 20 million short of toppling avatar for the all time domestic record. Did you have a big party for new years eve . Well, how long did it take you to clean up . Less than an hour after the ball dropped in new york, an army of more than 170 sanitation works came out in force to clean up tons of party hats, confetti, and noisemakers. Last year, they cleaned up 48 tons in leftovers. Mark zuckerberg is making a major new years resolution. The founder of Facebook Says his goal for 2016 is to create an Artificial Intelligence system. Zuckerberg says he wants the system to help him run his home and help him with his work. And hes known for keeping up with his resolutions. In 2010, he vowed to learn mandarin and he recentl gave a 20 minute speed in the language. Many people started their diets she recently ate a 10 thousand calorie cake, and filmed the whole thing. It was her way of celebrating getting 10 thousand followers on youtube. She finished the cake in 14 minutes and 48 seconds. We all have those times during the day when we wish we were taking a nap. A Clothing Company has created a new product that will help you do that. Its called the hypnos hoodie. A hooded sweatshirt thats equipped with an inflatable pillow. It has options for both men and women. The designers say it will, quote, make your everyday downtime a dream, we know that we cant stop every act of violence. But what if we tried to stop even one . Call for control. The president is promising to tighten the nations gun control policies. Learn about the actions hes taking and hear from his campaigning critics. Deal for drivers. Were starting the new year with a pleasant surprise at the gas pump. See how much drivers are paying per gallon and how it stacks up to past years. Google trends. They represent some of peoples most pressing. And odd. Questions. Learn what topics were on the minds of iowans last year. Its monday, january 4th. First on 13. Deadly Mass Shootings seem to be a regular occurrence in america. Now president obama is launching a final year push on gun control. Once again, innocent people were killed because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hands on a gun. President obama used his weekly address to announce the initiative. Hell meet with attorney general Loretta Lynch today to discuss options for tightening gun laws. Hes expected to take executive action without congressional approval, expanding background checks. The move has widespread public support. But some president ial candidates are already promising to reverse the action if they win the presidency. He knows that he cant get it through congress so hes just gonna try and do it by executive action as if hes king barack obama. All these executive orders hes gonna come out with tomorrow that are gonna undermine our Second Amendment rights . On my first day in office, theyre gone. The expected actions come ahead of the president s annual state of the union address. Thats set for january 12th. Gun owners and dealers here in iowa may be impacted by the president s actions. Elizabeth wadas has the story. Erik lamere has been in the gun business for more than four years. Lamere says in his shop. Bunker hill trading company. He takes who he sells his firearms to very seriously. But recent talk of president obama possibly turning to an executive order to deal with gun limitations has lamere on edge. Trying to sidestep congress is designed. I believe the president is there to do his work. We dont always agree with congress but theyre the ones we elected to send there. And while lamere understands peoples heightened fear of guns recently. He thinks a lot of it is all a political stunt. I think theres a lot of buzz words that make it good political topic and were coming up into an election with shootings that occurred. This is a political gold mind. Sources say president obamas main focus will be on expanding background checks and who is required to get them. Right now. Background checks are not a requirement in the private sale of a gun. But activists like lamere say theres other problems that need addressing. Its about the person who buys the gun. Thats where we have to talk about Mental Health issues this ury and how we can deal with em without severing peoples rights to rearms anhunting sports. Lancing Second Amendmentghts. Th safetconcerns. In a recent quinnipiac survey. 89 percent of americans say they support requiring background the site of the San Bernardino shooting rampaign is set to reopen today. The shooting at Inland Regional Center left 14 people dead at 21 injured. The center has been closed since december 2nd. When syed farook and Tashfeen Malik opened fire. The two were killed later in a shootout with police. Farook was a Health Inspector for the county and worked with many of the victims. Officials say the center will now have tighter security. Des Moines Police are investigating a shooting in the drake neighborhood. It happened in the three thousand block of forest avenue saturday night. Police say an 19 year old man was shot in the leg while walking into mcdonalds. Hes expected to be okay. Officers tracked down a car that fled the scene. And arrested 21 year old Antwain Robinson after finding him with a gun. Robinson is charged with carrying a weapon and possession of a weapon as a felon. Police say theyre still searching for suspects in the case. Investigators believe they know who pulled the trigger in a fatal shooting. Officers found the body of a man in the one hundred block of Saint Lawrence street in nashua on friday. The division of criminal investigation says its identified the shooter. And the public isnt in any danger. It says no charges have been filed yet in the case. No word on when the names of the suspect and victim will be released. The National Transportation safety board is releasing images of the sunken el faro. The cargo ship sank last october after getting caught in a hurricane on its way to san juan. Its considered the worst maritime disaster is nearly half a board died. The board hopes to find the contain more information on the incident. Those lower prices youre seeing at the pump could be here to stay. The annual average price of gas should remain below 2 dollars, 45 cents a gallon. Thats according to triple a. And the average consumer spent about 7 hundred dollars less on gasoline in 2015. Its the savings that they incurred incrementally with fuel purchases from january through december drivers are already seeing low gas prices here in the metro. Des moines average is a buck 94 per gallon. The lowest price youll find here is 1 69. Something small is making a big difference for a local organization. Ive been saving all the tops for the last five years and kim and christy are surprised how many theyve had saved from the last time dan williams donated more than 186 thousand soda can tabs to the Ronald Mcdonald house in des moines. Its part of a long standing tradition for the organization. The tabs are sold in bulk to be recycled. And it gets under a dollar a pound for them. Williams donation gives 12 guests a free week long stay. Thats something the Organization Says is pretty rare. We have volunteers that will come in or people who will just sporadically save ziploc bags of them or we give away little cardboard houses but to see a quantity of his size is unmatchable the only person to ever beat williams tab donations, is williams himself. Five years ago he donated 200 thousand of them. It seems iowans took to google to answer some pressing questions last year. According to a report from estately. Iowans were most curious about reality shows. That includes the bachelorette and the bachelor. That makes sense given the presence of iowan chris soules as a contestant of one. And the star of another. Iowans also searched to find more about actress elizabeth banks, who starred in the hunger games Metro Locations 3 locations now 1700 block of 900 block of maury street eastbound and 5100 block of franklin avenue eastbound polk county locations 11000 block of northwest 121st street in granger and 300 is the economy rigged . Well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 Million People combined. Im bernie sanders, and i approve this message. My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Unless we level the playing field. Our top story. Today the president will meet with the attorney general to discuss options for tougher gun restrictions. Hes expected to announce an executive action with the goal of expanding background checks on gun sales. And on thursday. President obama will join Cnns Anderson Cooper for a one hour town hall on the issue. The moves come ahead of his annual state of the union address. Which is set for 12th. Today an ames man will learn how long hell spend behind bars for fatally shooting a man. A jury convicted leigh lepon of Second Degree murder back in november. He was arrested last year after the shooting death of devlin lockman. Police originally ruled the shooting as an accident. But they reopened the case based on additional evidence and witness statements. Lepon faces up to 50 years in prison. Hell be sentenced in Story County Court at 10 this morning. The search continues this morning for a missing boater in coralville. Authorities were called to the coralville reservoir late last night. Witnesses say a canoe carrying two people capsized. And one of them was rescued. That person was taken to the hospital. The second person still hasnt been located. 400 million dollars. Thats how much the next powerball winner could possibly win this week. On saturday, 3 contestants each won a million dollars. Someone else won two million. Many others won smaller prizes. But no noe bought the grand prize winning ticket. The next chance to win is wednesday. Officials say the chances of that is about one in 300 million. I80 35 douglas i235 mlk its another single digit loss for the drake mens basketball team. They tried to shake a rough december at home against illinois state. In the 2nd half, reed timmer helped drake stay within striking distance. He racked up 16 points. Karl madison and Graham Woodward werent far behind. But the bulldogs had no answer for the redbirds devaugh akoon purcell. Illinois state pulled out a win within the last few minutes of the game. Those last two or three minutes of the game you have to have confidence in one another that the group of five can play as one. And even when something breaks down be able to talk and make a play. We have not been able to do that. Drake is at home again on wednesday night against indiana tip off is set for 7. It was the same story, but a different ending for the drake Womens Basketball team. They tried to get back on track after a string of losses against evansdale at home. The bulldogs took the lead at the end of the 1st quarter. Thanks to courtney rush. Then that trend continued for the rest of the game. Drake crushed evansville, 94 to 52. Up next is Missouri State on the road friday night. Tip off is set for 8. The iowa Football Team is looking ahead to the next season after a rose bowl loss. But there is still a big decision to be made. Whether desmond king will be there for it. The junior hasnt decided on his future in the nfl. King lead the hawkeyes to a 12 2 season and finished with 8 consensus all american. We talked with him last week about the elephant in the room. Its still a decision for me right now, its still 50 50. It goes both ways each and every day. I think about not staying, i think about staying. Im going to sit down with my family and my mom when i get back home and think it over with them. And hopefully the decision comes sooner. King has until january 18th to make his decision. Now heres Savannah Guthrie with a look at whats coming up next hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Good morning. Breaking overnight. Donald trumps First Television ad of his president ial campaign out this morning, and the republican frontrunner is pushing all the buttons. The politicians can pretend its something else, but donald trump calls it radical islamic terrorism. As former president bill clinton gets set to hit the trail solo to campaign for his wife. And the candidates hone their messages with the Iowa Caucuses less than a month away