First on 13. The death of a famous musician with ties to iowa could redefine a state law. In may 2010, the bassist of the band slipknot, paul gray, died of a drug heard arguments in a special evening session reviewing the wrongful death case brought by grays estate. At the time of his death, his wife, brenna gray was three months pregnant with their daughter. Four years later, grays estate, wife and daughter filed a lawsuit against grays doctor daniel baldi claiming he overprescribed pain medication to the rock star. A district judge dismissed the case saying iowa law says medical malpractice lawsuits generally need to be filed within two years of a death and the family had filed two years too late. Now the familys lawyer is asking the state Supreme Court reconsider that decision. 23 45 5023 46 14 what happened in this case was that mr. Gray had various drug addiction problems. He was seeking medical help and had sought medical help for some period of time. He ended up dying, and the question in this case is whether or not the medical personnel doctors and hospitals treating him had created any medical malpractice relating to it. 00 18 2339 we believe that the statute of limitations, its not ambigious, the courts been down this road before with shultz, its an is the same now as death as it was then. this case raises important questions about the time limitations a family has to file a wrongful death lawsuit and the rights of a child to sue even though he or she was not born at the time of a parents death. Urbandale police are searching for a teenager in connection with a policeinvolved shooting. The department has issued a material witness warrant for 17 year old kiara olson of des moines. Police think she may have information about saturday mornings shooting at this holiday inn along merle hay road. It happened after a fight broke out in the lobby and 29 year ali yahia opened fire at three officers. They the three officers are now on paid administrative leave which is standard procedure. University of Iowa Police Say they have located a person of interest in connection to a case of Sexual Misconduct on campus. Yesterday, the school sent out an alert that officers received a report of someone videotaping a female student while in the shower in burge hall. Charges are pending at this time. With winter comes a growing concern for iowa homeowners radon. Iowa ranks among the highest in the nation for elevated levels. Channel 13s josh nguyen is live from a home in West Des Moines this morning to show us how you can protect your home from the harmful gas. Radon is the 2nd leading cause of lung cancer iowa ranks among the highest in the nation for elevated radon in iowa, as many as 7 out of 10 homes test above the epa threshold you cannot see, smell, or taste radon the only way to know the level in your home is to get your home tested if your home tests at or above the epa threshold, installing a radon mitigation system is recommended to ensure the radon levels in the home remain at a safe level for you and your family what is radon . A colorless and odorless gas produced from the decay of naturally occurring uranium in the soil. Radon gas enters buildings through cracks in foundation, construction joints, Gaps Around Service Pipes or sump pits. All types of homes could have high levels of radon. How do you test . Testing is easy and inexpensive. Call the iowa radon hotline at 18003835992 or contact your local Public Health department to see if they have lowcost kits available. Note i believe that both polk Dallas CountyHealth Departments in the metro sell test kits. A shortterm test can be done in just a few days. Results are measured in picocuries per liter. If your result is below 4 pci l, consider performing a long term test or retest in two years. If your result is between 48, follow up with another shortterm test. If the average of the two tests exceeds 4, consider installing a radon mitigation system. If your result is above 8, follow up with another shortterm test. If the two tests are both high, it is highly recommended that a mitigation system is installed. What about radon mitigation . The most common way to fix a radon problem is a vent pipe and fan that draws air from underneath the foundation and vents it outside the home. The system removes radon from under the foundation and vents it above the roof line. Radon mitigation systems range from 800 2,500. The average cost is 1200. 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The states Supreme Court stays late to debate the wrongful death case of a former iowa rocker. Hear why the focus is on his daughter this morning. And how their decision could change iowa law forever. Flags remain at half staff for a fallen Supreme Court justice. Well tell you why justices here say we shouldnt worry about the political feud surrounding his winter reminder. Cold temps could mean your home is in danger. The dangerous gas iowans should look out for. And how to ensure your home stays clear of it. Its wednesday, february 17th. Today iowa rocker is getting a second look this morning. The question is should paul grays daughter, who wasnt alive at the time of his death, be entitled to damages . The slipknot bassist died back in 2010 of a drug overdose. At the time. His wife was three months pregnant with their daughter. Four years later, the two filed a lawsuit against grays doctor saying he should pay for giving gray the drugs that killed him. Now the Court Must Decide whether his daughter is entitled to financial damages in the death of a father she never met. Meanwhile grays attorney remains focused on what doctors may have done wrong. What happened in this case was that mr. Gray had various drug addiction problems. He was seeking medical help and had sought medical help for some period of time. He ended up dying, and the question in this case is whether or not the medical personnel created any medical malpractice relating to it. grays case is up again because two year filing deadline. So they courts take. That, along with his daughters rights have a chance of changing iowa law to extend the time you have to file a lawsuit. The talk over Justice ScaliasSupreme Court replacement rages on this morning. But now iowas chief justice says the decision wont fall victim to politics. I think its important for everyone to remember that we have a process in place and that process has indicators show the fight over who gets to pick justice antonin scalias replacement will be a bumpy one. Republicans have fought for the next president to decide. But president obama is sending americans a clear message that says otherwise. i intend to nominate somebody, to present them to the american people, to present them to the senate. I expect them to hold hearings. I expect there to be a vote. Whether that person is voted on or not is up to senator charles grassley. He chairs the Senate Judiciary committee. During a town hall meeting in marengo yesterday. Grassley dodged the question of if he would bring it to a vote. My question is will you continue to obstruct the president s nomination and at what point in the president s term does the constitution expire. I dont set the agenda of the United States senate in your committee i will take it a step at a time, the president hasnt nominated anybody yet. Grassley says selecting a decision to make, though in the past he has voted to confirm Supreme Court nominees in a president s final year in office. Iowa lawmakers worry we arent ready to turn over medicaid management. In twoweeks management will be taken over by three private companies. The change was supposed to happen on january first. But federal regulators delayed it saying the state wasnt ready. Now some worry. Even that wasnt enough. if i called cms would they say everything is ready to go and marked completed and were going to move forward march first, couldnt speak for cms i dont know how they would respond what i do know is that we have agreed on. So we really dont know, we believe were ready march first and unless the federal government steps in again. That date stays set. Prevent another waterlogged summer. Last year sand bags were put out too late to stop walnut creek from spreading into homes and businesses. Now the city council is making a plan to get the ball rolling sooner next time. The new plan will let the city activate Emergency Operations earlier in the creek rising process. Theyre also streamlining their process for street closures and emergency notifications so people can prepare. With winter comes a growing concern for iowa homeowners radon. Iowa ranks among the highest in the nation for elevated levels. Channel 13s josh nguyen is live from a home in West Des Moines this morning to show us how you can protect radon is the 2nd leading cause of lung cancer iowa ranks among the highest in the nation for elevated radon levels in iowa, as many as 7 out of 10 homes test above the epa threshold you cannot see, smell, or taste radon the only way to know the level in your home is to get your home tested if your home tests at or above the epa threshold, installing a radon mitigation system is recommended to ensure the radon levels in the home remain at a safe level for you and your family what is radon . A colorless and odorless gas produced from the decay of naturally occurring uranium in the soil. Radon gas enters buildings through acks in foundation, constructi joints, gaps aroundrvice pipes or sump pits. All pes homes coulda high levels of radon. How you test . Testing is easy andnexpensive. Call theiowa radon hotline at 18003835992rontact yourcal Public Health ptment to e if they havewcost kits available. Note i believe that both lk Dallas County health partments in the metro sell test kits. A shortterm test can be done in just a few days. What do my resultse . Radon results are asured in picocuries per liter. If your result is below 4 i l, consider performing a ng rm test or retest in two ars. If your result istween 48, follow up with another shortterm test. If the average of the twtests ceeds 4,consider installing a radon titnystem. If yoursult is above 8, follow up thnother shortterm test. Ife oests are both high, it highly recommended that atigationsystem is installed. What about radon migation . The most common way to fix a radon problem is a vent pipe d fan thatdraws air from underneath the uaoand vents it outside e home. The system removesdon from under the foundation d vents it above the roof line. Whats all this nonsense about balls . 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Now the Supreme Court is deciding whether families should get more time to file a lawsuit after death. Also in question is his daughter even alive when her father died. Urbandale police are searching for a des moines teen this morning. They say 17 year old kiara olson may have information about a weekend officer involved shooting. It happened saturday at this holiday inn along merle hay road. Police say a man opened fire at officers after a fight broke out in the lobby. Police returned fire and killed him. Anyone with information is asked to call police. The university of iowa is dealing with a peeping tom case this morning. Campus police say they have located a person they suspect was connected to the case of Sexual Misconduct. That follows a report yesterday that someone was seen videotaping a female student as she showered in a dorm bathroom. Charges are still pending. Pope francis caps off his time in mexico today with a trip to the border. Yesterday more than a million spilled into mexicos streets for an open mass. Today he travels to the capital of the world to visit mexicos northern border. While there, hell lead a prayer for all who have died trying to cross into the United States. A group of migrants will join him just across the border in el paso, texas. Gop president ial hopefuls are gearing up for a round of town hall discussions tonight. Back to back msnbc specials will put donald trump and Ohio Governor john kasich in the hot seat. Kasichs town hall begins at 6 tonight, trumps is at 7, as for the rest of the gop field. C nn will host a separate town hall with ben carson, ted cruz, and marco rubio. Thats at 7 pm our time. South carolinas republican primary is saturday. Currently donald trump leads by double digits. Its hard to forget last months record breaking powerball. And now the world is about to meet one of the three lucky billion and half dollar drawing. A Florida Grocery store sold one of the tickets and that winner will reveal himself or herself today. A tennessee couple has already claimed their prize. The last winner, has yet to come Iowa Basketball fans have something to rush home for tonight. Its an early tip off against the hawks are hoping for another road win here. To stay on top of the big ten. Shouldnt be too hard, earlier this month iowa smoked the Nittany Lions 73 49. Meanwhile, road games continue to be the Iowa State Cyclones version of kryptonite. The cyclones at baylor. Early on, Georges Niang passes fred hoiberg on iowa states alltime scoring leaders list. He scores 24 points on the night and has now topped the 2,000point plateau. But isu trails at the break. Second half. Baylor keeps pushing and were stuck with a tie in the final seconds. Tie at 81. To overtime they go. Not good. The cyclones are down 3, burton for three, airball. Baylor rips and runs. Pass to frustration foul on burton. This ones over. Baylor pulls away and its another close loss for the cyclones. 100 to 91 in overtime. Back to the good news. Heres Georges Niangs spot in cyclone history. He moves into third place alltime behind Barry Stevens and jeff grayer its worth noting that stevens played before the threepoint line was added and jeff grayer only got to use it for two seasons. Over in high school hoops. Two teams eyeing a trip to state face off. Hoover the new Number One Team in class 4a hosts 5thranked dowling. Huskies Douglas Wilson gets through. Chipping away at dowlings lead. Dowling eventually gets back on top, and uses defense to put the squeeze on 1 hoover. Final score 4636. Wells fargo arena is ready for until saturday night. The action starts with team duals this morning. Southeast polk will good good morning. The versus the tech giant. Apple ceo vows to fight a judges order forcing it to hack into one of the San Bernardino killers. Is the Company Making a strong stand for the customer or making it hard for Law Enforcement to keep us safe. The president ial candidates brawl in South Carolina ahead of saturdays primary. Even the president gets in on the action. I continue to believe mr. Trump will not be president. Its not hosting a talk show or a reality show. And donald trump quick to respond. Youre lucky i didnt run last time when romney ran because you would have been a oneterm president. New this morning, fresh polls from South Carolina and nevada, with the voting just three days away. Well hear from mr. Trump when