Sticking around it will feel like were in the teens. Thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the mid 30s. Friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. We start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. Elias lets get into the top five this morning. Elias elias ames police still pieceing together what happened to emmalee jacobs, who died after a hit and run monday morning. The intersection where the isu freshman was hit by a car has become a memorial. Intvestigators have narrowed down the time to between 7 04 and 7 05 am and say based on her injuries, the driver had to feel the impact. Sabrina in the number two spot this morning. Sabrina a car versus pedestrian accident leaves a man dead in des moines last night. Police say around 530 tuesday evening, a man crossing hubbell avenue was hit and then pronounced dead on the scene. Authorities are still trying to determine what the man was doing or where he was heading as the accident remains under investigation. Elias the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Elias we are learning more about the two people whose bodies were found in rural union county. The criminal complaints accuse Jerry Dillinger of shooting and killing Loretta Dillinger and the other person in september. Their bodies were not found until earlier this month. Friends say loretta and jerry had an abusive relationship, and she may have been seeing someone new when the shooting happened. Sabrina number four. Sabrina good news for those still needing to enroll or adjust their Health Insurance through the healthcare dot gov website. The deadline to get that coverage started on january first has been extended through thursday. Consumer demand pushed officials into extending the chance to get coverage locked in with the start of the new year. After thursday, coverage would begin on march first. Elias and finally in the top five. Elias the public is invited to comment on a permit needed for the proposed Bakken Pipeline. Iowas department of Natural Resources will hold a meeting this evening on a permit to allow the pipeline to cross water and land under the jurisdiction of the department. The meeting begins at 5 pm in the Wallace State Office building. Sabrina turning to the big political story this morning. The republican president ial candidates held their final face off in 2015 last night. Elias things got heated, as the immigration, and of course each other. Local five correspondent Patrick Walker has more from las vegas. wolf blitzer debate moderator ladies and gentlemen, the republican candidates for president of the united states. Patrick Walker as the candidates took the stage tuesday night. A new face stood next to front runner donald trump. Ted cruz. Surging in the polls as of late. Earned a centerstage spot. Outcue to support legalization. Sot marco rubio does ted cruz rule out ever legalizing people that are in this country illegally now . Dana bash senator cruz . Ted cruz i have never supported it, legalization. Marco rubio do you rule it out . Ted cruz i have never supported legalization, and i do not intend to support legalization. Patrick Walker former Florida Governor jeb bush also was forceful when talking about immigration reform. Outcue more border control. Sot jeb bush r president ial candidate we have to secure the border, it is a serious undertaking, and yep, we do need more fencing, and we do need to se ore fencing, and we do need more border control. Patrick Walker the candidates squared off on National Security and isis early on. Chris christie on dealing with russia in syria outcue right now cheers sot gov. Chris christie r president ial candidate yes, we would shoot down the planes of russian pilots, if in fact they were stupid enough to think that this president was the same feckless weakling that the president we have in the oval office is right now. cheers Patrick Walker on isis. Former tech executive Carly Fiorina said Silicon Valley would get involved. If asked. Outcue sector wasnt asked sot Carly Fiorina they have not been asked, thats why it cost billions of dollars to build an obama website that failed, because the private sector wasnt asked. Patrick Walker candidates sitting at the bottom of the polls tried to make their voices heard. For jeb bush. It was by taking on donald trump. Outcue doesnt matter. Sot jeb bush youre never going to be president of the united states. Donald trump youre a real tough guy. Jeb bush . By insulting your way to the presidency. Donald trump well lets see, im at 42 , and youre at 3 , so, so far im doing better. Jeb bush doesnt matter, doesnt matter. Patrick Walker the war of words on stage. As the republican candidates hit the home stretch before the first contests in iowa. New hampshire. South carolina and nevada. Sabrina you at home shared your thoughts on the debate either by calling us or sending a message through social media. Denny in urbandale called in to share his support for donald trump, saying he has quote the will power to solve the problems and do the right thing. Reena from West Des Moines didnt seem too impressed. Sayin g quote theyre all too crazy for war or stopping people. All crazy and finally duncan shared his thoughts, saying it was the people who lost last night, adding that the current frontrunners cannot carry the general election. Sabrina and be sure to keep your thoughts coming. How did you feel about the debate last night . Were your questions or concerns addressed . Who do you think had the best showing . You can sound off with us on facebook and twitter. Send us an email to news at we are iowa dot com or call us in the newsroom wed love to hear what you think. Elias were back with meterologist sam schreier. Sam sam adlibs sam weather adlib today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast temperatures throughout the day. We are starting the we will finish it, with the morning and 30s by the end of the day. It will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. Lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like were in the teens. Thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the mid 30s. Friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. We start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. Elias new this ters driving in Dallas County should expect a detour. Elias the Dallas CountyEmergency Management closed a section of highway 169 just north of adel last night. Drivers should expect a detour taking them west out of town on highway six. The detour then heads north on p58, before connecting to highway 44 and back to highway 169. So be sure to watch for the signs this morning. Elias speaking of road closures, flooding has kept parts of some roads around the metro closed. Des moines shut down a section of fleur drive from bell avenue to mlk because of the Raccoon River level. It remains at the moderate flood stage this morning, but is expected to go down through the rest of the week. Sabrina at time check well take a short break, but still have lots more good morning iowa ahead. Elias coming up, a look at an iowa businessmans action that has gone viral sabrina but first. For those traveling into polk county. Be safe this morning. The Sheriffs Office has automated Traffic Enforcement vehicles at two locations. One at the. 16 hundred block of northeast 70th avenue and a second at the. 65hundred block of northeast 41st avenue. So take care on the roads today. Elias lets also get a quick look at traffic. This is i235 at valley west. [current conditions] your wathcing good morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, Sabrina Ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. This is good morning iowa. Sam weather adlib today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. We are starting the day off warmer than we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. It will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. Lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like were in the teens. Thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the mid 30s. Friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. We start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. Sabrina sabrina a clash of sorts between a quad cities Business Owner beggars has gone viral. After seeing panhandlers at an intersection near his business, mike pothoff, decided to offer them a job. Elias but thats where the story takes traction across social media. When they declined his job offer, pothoff decided to join them on the corner with his own sign. One that says offered these guys a job, they said no. Dont give them money. The Business Owner says he doesnt have a problem with panhandlers, but just wants to make sure they really need the help. It upsets me when we have younger kids or people that can work that are doing that. If theyre gonna hold a sign out there and ask for money, and say theyre homeless, i can hold a sign that says iv eoffered these guys a job, dont give them money. Sabrina sabrina this isnt the first time he has offered a job to a panhandler and been turned down. He adds that the offered a job to a panhandler and been turned down. He adds that the offer is still on the table for the boys. All reax more good morning iowa ahead. But first heres abcs reena ninan and Richard Bacon with tech bytes. Techbytes in todays tech bytes. Facebook taking on yelp. It is quietly launching a tool that allows hey there. In today techbytes facebook taking on yelp. Its quietly launching a tool that allows users that search for local businesses. Its not been formally announced by facebook. When word about it spread, yelps stock plunged. Today is the last day for nonprime members to receive Free Shipping on orders 35 or more. Still havent made it to the theatre, if youre worried about spoilers google is out with a Chrome Extension for facebook. In the meantime you might just want to block all social media until you can make it to the theatre. Just live under a rock for a few weeks. I love this music. Those are your techbytes. Have a great day, everyone. A warm sun. Lots of water. Nutrient rich soil. Thats how you grow the best, tastiest vegetables. And thats how you make it forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts sam weather adlib put script here in green today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. We are starting the day off warmer than we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. It will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. Lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like were in the teens. Thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the mid 30s. Friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. We start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. Sam toss back. In take a look at this today. A live this today. A live news report ends up stopping this today. A live news report ends up stopping a criminal on the run this bank, what, oh thats the robber this is live tv folks, thats the robber that just went by according to the bank employee. I got to go and call 911. Ill talk to you later. Elias as you can see, a reporter doing a live shot about a bank robbery in minnesota gets quite the breaking news update. As he hits the airwaves, employees come running out pointing to the bank robber. As second time. Due to the poor timing of the robber, he is now in police custody. All reax Sabrina Sabrina well time now for another short break. But when we come back. Still not signed up for Health Insurance, but want coverage to begin on new years day. Well youre watching good morning iowa in hd. We are iowa. Sabrina elias on your money now sabrina if you havent gotten enrolled for Health Insurance through the online exchange, there is still time to get coverage that begins in january. Due to consumer demand, healthcare dot gov officials have pushed the deadline for ensuring a january first start date. You now have through thursday evening to enroll and have that coverage begin with the new year. Now the open Enrollment Period continues through january 31st, but if you sign up after thursday, the coverage doesnt take effect until march first. Sabrina meanwhile, big news is expected from the Federal Reserve later this morning. It is expected to raise its key interest rate. Which would be the first rate hike in nearly ten years. Experts say raising the rate is a good sign for the us economy, displaying confidence in the countrys recovery from the great recession. Sabrina and finally, more than two thousand children have been qualified for the salvation armys annual toyshop. The Program Gives families in need the chance to pick up age appropriate toys and ensure children have a merry christmas. The toyshop will take place over the next three days. All toys have been collected through toys for tots, community drives, and the salvation armys angel trees located around the metro. Sabrina thats a look at your money this morning. Coming up after the break. Sams in with central iowas most accurate forecast. But first. Time for a quick look at traffic. This is i235 at euclid. [current conditions] good morning iowa returns after this. Youre watching good moring iowa in hd. We are iowas most accurate weather team. Good morning iowa starts now sabrina iowa starts now sabrina thanks for joining us on your [day of week] morning, im Sabrina Ahmed. Elias and im elias johnson. Elias weather is always first on good morning iowa. In with central iowas most accurate forecast. Meteorologist sam schreier. Sam adlib toss sam weather adlib today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. We are starting the day off warmer than we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. It will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. Lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like were in the teens. Thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the mid 30s. Friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. We start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. Sabrina revealing more details about two bodies found in rural union county. Sabrina the bodies discovered earlier this month, one in a pond, the other near a house. But both were dead for months before being found. According to court documents, Jerry Dillinger shot and killed Loretta Dillinger and the other person, on september 22nd. Agents say jerry got into a confrontation with the two, killed them and disposed of their bodies. Friends of loretta say her and jerry dated off and on and were in an abusive relationship. They said she may have been seeing someone new when the shooting happened. Ihe was a controlling monster and was abusive sabrina Jerry Dillinger is being held in the Union County Jail on two counts of first degree Union County Jail on two counts of first degree murder. The identity of the second body has not been released. Elias here in the metro, one person is dead after being hit by a car while trying to cross hubbell avenue. It happened around 530 tuesday evening. At east 42nd and hubbell avenue. Des Moines Police say the pedestrian was crossing hubbell when a car hit the man. The victim was pronounced dead on scene. Police say they had to shut down the area for several hours to gather more evidence, and the crash is still under investigation. Sabrina in ames, Police Continue to piece together mondays hit and run that left an isu student dead. 18 year old emmalee jacobs of urbana died at the hospital after being hit by a car on the i su campus. She was found lying in the road at the intersection of ash avenue and lincoln way. The site has now become a memorial for jacobs with candles and messages written with chalk. Police still looking for the person responsible. We believe th person felt the impact, knew what happened, based on her injuries. They were significant enough they had to feel the impact. Sabrina ames police have narrowed down the time window of the hit and run to between 7 04 and 7 05 am monday they ask anyone who may have information to come forward. Elias over in the Center Point Urbana area, the Community Mourns the loss of the teen, who had just graduated high school in may. Her family and friends describing jacobs as a very bright, very smart young woman. Sabrina brea love spoke with those who knew her, and shares how the community is coping with the tragic loss. [take pkg]pkg center point an entire community is in mourning after the loss of one of their own. And theyre coming together to support the family, and each other. Emmalee jacobs just graduated from center pointurbana high school in may. Rob libolt cpu High School Principal [take sot to 0 07 duration 0 07]sot she also belonged to the school choir. Jacobs graduated at the top of her class. The school had counselors on site monday, and also at the middle school where jacobs mother works. [take sot to 0 12 duration 0 12]sot the family has belonged to Center Point United Methodist church for more than a decade. The Church Pastor says jacobs was very involved in their youth programs. He says she will be greatly missed. Pastor mike ellson Center Point United Methodist church [take sot to 0 04 duration 0 04]sot the church is holding a Remembrance Service thursday night, giving those who know the jacobs family a chance to grieve together. [take sot to 0 12 duration 0 12]sot [take sot weather adlib today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. We are starting the day off warmer than we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. It will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. Lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like were in the teens. Thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the mid 30s. Friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. We start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. Sabrina new this morning, the proposed Bakken Pipeline will be the focus of a Public Meeting tonight. Sabrina along with approval from the iowa utilities board, the project will also need a permit from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The proposed pipeline cuts diagnally across the state, crossing over land and water under the dnrs jurisdiction. To do that requires a permitted. A hearing will be held this evening, allowing an opportunity for public comments. The meeting begins at five inside the Wallace State Office building. Iowans can also email or send in written comments to the iowa dnr about the pipeline permit. Elias at time check well take a short break here on good morning iowa. Sabrina coming up, we here from the man now tasked with leading the cyclones on the football field. Elias but before we go. As you get ready to start your day. Be safe out on the roads. Des Moines Police will have mobile radar set up at two locations. One at the. Fivethousand block of grand avenue west bound and a second at the. 18hundred block of easton east bound so use caution while driving. Sabrina while were at it. A quick look at traffic. This is i235 at mlk. [current conditions] good morning iowa continues your wathcing good morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, Sabrina Ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. This is good morning iowa. Sam weather adlib today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. We are starting the day off warmer than we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. It will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. Lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like were in the teens. Thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. We start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. Sabrina trending now. Flooding from trending now. Sabrina trending now. Flooding from rain over the weekend has canceled this years Jolly Holiday lights display at waterworks park, but one local group isnt allowing the largest fundraiser for make a wish iowa to go dark. The iowa clinic is challenging the community to show their spirit for the bring the jolly campaign by posting a photo on the clinics facebook of how you get into the and challenge others to do the same all while spreading the word to donate to make a wish iowa. This years goal is to raise 200 thousand dollars. You can donate on iowadot wishdotorg. All reax Sabrina Elias we have more good morning iowa coming up right after the break. But first heres whats coming up on good morning america. Good morning america youre watching good morning iowa in hd. We are iowa. Sabrina this week, local sabrina this week, local five got the chance to sit down with the new head coach at iowa state university. Elias sports director Jon Schaeffer shares part of his conversation with coach matt campbell. Did you talk to any other schools prior . Obviously other schools reached out but for me like i said i never thought i was going to leave quite honestly wasnt looking to leave. It was really simple for me to make a decision in terms of why iowa familiarity in playing them the last two years coming out here like weve talked about then obviously when we sat down and met with jamie i think that had a huge impact on why here. This is a job labeled as maybe not one of the best in College Football by outside sources. Why was it the right fit for you . Number one i dont really care what people outside of myself, our staff and really our program to me its about finding the right fit. And why is it right for me . Because of exactly what i thought when i took the job. Number one the passion and the fan base here number two the commitment by the university here. Number three the people in leadership positions you can only get things done with great leadership. And i really believe theres tremendous leadership here obviously what jamie has done with the entire Sports Program can be seen on a National Level thats pretty incredible and pretty impressive. Are they for you . Long term goals for me are really simple is to build a program and to build something that hasnt been done. And to take a program to a championship level Football Program thats one of the things i have an absolute love for and absolute passion and again i hope its one of the reasons im here. Because its that opportunity to do that right here at iowa state. Elias look for more on jons interview coming up this week in sports. And head over to we are iowa dot com to watch the full interview at the end of this week. All reax sabrina time for another short break. But short break. But before we go lets get a quick look at traffic. This is i235 at west mixmaster [current conditions] sam says . . . Hes in with central iowas most accurate forecast next. Good morning iowa continues now, we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather sam weather adlib put script here in green today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. We are starting the day off warmer than we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. It will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. Lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like were in the teens. Thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the mid 30s. Friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. We start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. Sabrina elias toss back. Sabrina elias a final look at the top five. All the news you need to know before you head out the door. Right after this. Five. Elias ames police still pieceing together what happened to emmalee jacobs, who died after a hit and run monday morning. The intersection where the isu freshman was hit by a car has become a memorial. Intvestigators have narrowed down the time to between 7 04 and 7 05 am and say based on her injuries, the driver had to feel the impact. Sabrina in the number two spot this morning. Sabrina a car versus pedestrian accident leaves a man dead in des moines last night. Police say around 530 tuesday evening, a man crossing hubbell avenue was hit and then pronounced dead on the scene. Authorities are still trying to determine what the man was doing or where he was heading as the accident remains under investigation. Elias the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Elias we are learning more about the two people whose bodies were found in rural union county. The criminal complaints accuse Jerry Dillinger of shooting and killing Loretta Dillinger and the other person in september. Their bodies were not found until earlier this month. Friends say loretta and jerry had an abusive relationship, and she may have been seeing someone new when the shooting happened. Sabrina number four. Sabrina good news for those still needing to enroll or adjust their Health Insurance through the healthcare dot gov website. The deadline to get that coverage started on january first has been extended through thursday. Consumer demand pushed officials into extending the chance to get coverage locked in with the start of the new year. After thursday, coverage would begin on march first. Elias and finally. Youll want to know about this story in the big five. Elias the public is invited to comment on a permit needed for the proposed Bakken Pipeline. Iowas department of Natural Resources will hold a meeting this evening on a permit to allow the pipeline to cross water and land under the jurisdiction of the department. The meeting begins at 5 pm in the Wallace State Office building. Sabrina elias sam is in with a final look at central iowas most accurate forecast. Sam final weather adlib today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. We are starting the day off warmer than we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. It will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. Lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like were in the teens. Thursday is ing to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the mid 30s. Friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. We start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week