Polson answer my question. I did stephanie on friday afternoon, the judge gave the jury 69 instructions, calling it a short novel so its not a big surprise that deliberation is taking such a long time. Again no verdict has been reached in the pete polson trial today. Theyll resume tomorrow morning, well be here when the verdict is reached. More courtroom news now also out of pleasant hill. Stephanie a woman who ran a daycare out of her home pleaded guilty today to two counts of child endangerment. 29 year old Christina Williamson was arrested back in may after her husband secretly recorded her abusing children in her care. As part of a plea deal, she pled guilty to the two counts of child endangerment. One a felony and the other a misdeamonor. While other charges were dropped. I handled the children roughly. I handled an roughly. I handled nr roughly to the point where one was crying and you could tell there might have been potential injury. Stephanie williamson is free on bond for now until her sentencing in december. Well bring you more on this case tonight at 6. Jack does it make sense to merge Fire Departments . Both the clive and windsor departments staffing theyre considering. Tonight both cities are hosting a joint meeting to get your input on the merger. The clive fire chief says theyre looking to join forces because 30 percent of the time, they dont have enough workers on staff. There are many reasons for the proposal, but the fire chief says one of the main reasons they had to cut down on part timers was the Affordable Care act. Theres a Public Meeting about this issue that starts at 5 30 in clive, at the Dymond Public Safety Center on harbach boulevard. Stephanie democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders finished up a twoday tour of iowa in oskaloosa earlier today. He spoke to students at william penn university, and switched up the q and a portion by asking the audience about issues they had not heard from other candidates, such as youth unemployment. Sanders also expanded on his ideas for Social Security reform, something hes been doing on this latest iowa trip. He said he wants to expand the program, and lift the current cap on taxable income. He also is taking questions about the weekends snl skit where comedian larry david played sanders during the democratic president ial debate. David had a whole string of fake sanders lines in the skit. Like i dont have a super pac. I dont even have a backpack. Good stuff, you should watch it. You could say he nailed the impersonation too. The look, the voice. So much so that even sanders himself was impressed. Bernie Sanders, d president ial candidate in terms of larry david, i think we we can put him on a stage in my next rally, let him do it rather than me. He does it better than i do. Stephanie and more news from the campaign trail. Pop singer katy perry isnt the only big name joining the democratic president ial candidates this weekend in des moines. Former president bill clinton will be at a rally for his wife, Hillary Clinton, downtown before the Jefferson Jackson dinner on saturday. The rally is free and open to the public. Jack the clock is ticking and still no decision from Vice President joe biden. Will the nations number two democrat jump into the race for president . His time may be running out. Nats. Biden walking up to podium. Remarks on climate change, an afternoon meeting with president obama. Still no 2016 decision from Vice President joe biden. But monday, a little help from the white house. Sot Josh Earnest White House press secretary this is an intensely personal decision for anybody to make understands the timing pressure that hes under, but hell make a decision when hes prepared to make it. Recent polling shows voters think Hillary Clinton is a stronger leader than biden. But the vp is more likable. They believe the Vice President is more honest and trustworthy than the former secretary of state but clinton is still leads the National Horse race. A new Monmouth University poll shows her at 48 percent, biden at 17 percent clinton spent the day off the trail. On the republican side, donald trump was on Fox News Sunday doubling down on controversial remarks he made that suggest jeb bushs brother, president George W Bush was to blame for the 9 11 attacks. fox news sot donald trump r president ial candidate trump jeb said we were safe with my brother. We were safe. Well, the World Trade Center just fell down. Now, am i trying to blame him . Im not blaming anybody. But the World Trade Center came down. Jack we want to know your thoughts. Is there still a place for joe biden in this race . Would it change how you caucus . You can connect with us on facebook and twitter. Send us an email to news at we are iowa dot com or call us in the newsroom 1 8008585555 wed love to hear what you think about this story or any other. Stephanie coming up on local 5 news at five. They just keep climbing the ladder. Well tell you where the hawkeyes are ranked after another win this weekend. And why thats such a big deal. Jack but next. Why does governor branstad want a complete change to iowa medicaid when many say its not necessary. Well find out next. Youre watching local iowas most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. This is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa. Stephanie theres a program in iowa with a catchy name that helps make sure that thousands of kids of Health Insurance. Its called hawki. Right now that program is run under the states medicaid program. But Govenor Branstad wants companies from out of state to manage hawki. Local fives chief Political Correspondent amanda krenz is here to explains mean for iowa families. Amanda thousand iowa kids get their Health Insurance coverage hawki program. The governor says privatizing the program wont mean any big changes to those families. But other state leaders have some big concerns. Healthy and well kids in iowa, thats hawki, an affordable option for families who need help insuring their kids. Its been a successful statewide program under medicaid since 1998. Now the governor wants to change things up. And have 4 out of state Companies Run hawki. 22 48 51 amanda why would youconsider transferring the administration of that program to out of state companies . 22 49 10 branstad were doing what 25 other states have done. Going to a manages care system to better coordinate benefits. The governor says this change will streamline medicaid, prevent confusion over prescriptions, and save the state money. The hawki board says not so fast. They never approved the changes and dont agree with decision. 13 00 42 janet we have a great childrens Health Insurance program for thousands of families across our state. Now were gonna be asking them all to pick different providers. State senator Janet Peterson whos on the hawki board says families dont know if their pediatricians or hospitals are going to be part of the plans that are offered once the out of state Companies Take over. Even though families have received letters tell them coverage wont change. 13 00 10 janet its a scaey thing for us to be moving foward without much thought from the legislature on whether or not it should be done. The governor never got the go ahead from the legislature or the hawki board to privatize the hawki program, but says it did get talked about a lot last session. 22 55 29 this went through a lot of discussoin during the legislative session and thats the agreement. 13 03 20 i imagie most members of hte hawki board would say if its not broken why fix it. I would imagie if we had an opportunity to vote on it, wed keep the existing program as it is. Amanda theres a legal issue here thats being looked into. The Iowa Attorney general is looking at whether to governor overstepped his bounds when he made the decision to privatize hawki without approval from the hawki board. And none of this is a done deal, even though the out of state companies have been picked, the federal government has to give the okay on these changes. Live in the studio, amanda krenz, local five news, we are iowa. Jack meanwhile texas says it will cut all state medicaid funding to planned parenthood. The state sent a letter to planned parenthood, citing a series of controversial undercover videos for the funding being stopped. Planned parenthood says the videos, which purportedly show officials from the organization discussing fetal tissue sales, are heavily edited and misleading. The move comes after federal judges recently ruled that medicaid payments to planned parenthood in louisiana and utah must continue, at least temporarily. Jack republicans in washington are still wondering. Will paul ryan run for speaker of the house . A spokesman for the wisconsin congressman says today theres no update on his decision. If ryan decides not to run, its possible up to a dozen other candidates could jump into the race for speaker. Outgoing Speaker John Boehner says hell delay his resignation from congress until a replacement is set. Jack a Little Something fun to show you from our nations capitol. Stephanie yeah how many people get this kinds of birthday wishes . natsot obamas singing happy birthday stephanie president obama and First Lady Michelle Obama sang happy birthday to usher while he was taping a pbs show at the white house last wednesday. The first family treated him to a cake and a family rendition of happy birthday. The singer turned 37 yearsold. Stephanie chief meteorologist brad edwards joins us now. ad lib weather toss edwards. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts jack how does this sound . Snow. These pictures coming to us from belvidere, vt. A little snow dusting the ground and the fall foliage there. Jack joins us now with central iowas most accurate forecast. Brad . Brad adlib brad adlib brad weather adlib temperatures were 1520 degrees above average today thanks to those warm, strong sw winds. Look for it to stay warm and windy tonight with partly cloudy skies. Tuesday will still be mild, but there will more clouds around with a slight chance for some tshowers mainly in the afternoon evening hours. Temperatures will reach the low to mid 70s for highs both tuesday and wednesday, but then we will cool back down to more average temps later this week. A few showers may linger into wednesday morning, but not much rain is expected the next two days, but it looks like a much better chance will be coming friday afternoon evening. After that we should be cooler but also drier for the weekend. Then it is still looking pretty nice into the last week of october with highs mainly in the low 60s expected. Brad wxhang adlib Jack Stephanie to stay warm and windy tonight with partly cloudy skies. Tuesday will still be mild, but there will more clouds around with a slight chance for some tshowers mainly in the afternoon evening hours. Temperatures will reach the low to mid 70s for highs both tuesday and wednesday, but then we will cool back down to more average temps later this week. A few showers may linger into wednesday morning, but not much rain is expected the next two days, but it looks like a much better chance will be coming friday afternoon evening. After that we should be cooler but also drier for the weekend. Then it is still looking pretty nice into the last week of october with highs mainly in the low 60s expected. Brad wxhang adlib Jack Stephanie thanks, brad to stay warm and windy tonight with partly cloudy skies. Tuesday will still be mild, but there will more clouds around with a slight chance for some tshowers mainly in the afternoon evening hours. Temperatures will reach the low to mid 70s for highs both tuesday and wednesday, but then we will cool back down to more average temps later this week. A few showers may linger into wednesday morning, but not much rain is expected the next two days, but it looks like a much better chance will be coming friday afternoon evening. After that we should be cooler but also drier for the weekend. Then it is still looking pretty nice into the last week of october with highs mainly in the low 60s expected. Brad wxhang adlib Jack Stephanie thanks, brad to stay warm and windy tonight with partly cloudy skies. Tuesday will still be mild, but there will more clouds around with a slight chance for some tshowers mainly in the afternoon evening will reach the low to mid 70s for highs both tuesday and wednesday, but then we will cool back down to more average a few showers may morning, but not much looks like a much better chance will be coming friday afternoon evening. After that we should be cooler but also drier for the weekend. Then it is still looking pretty nice into the last week of october with highs mainly in the low 60s expected. Brad wxhang adlib Jack Stephanie jack local 5 news at five. Just how undefeated iowa disagreement tonight well show you. Youre watching local jack hawks win, hawks win. Another victory over northwestern on saturday takes the team to 7 and 0. Did somebody say playoffs . Jack the fan base obviously excited about this season. Stephanie and for good reason. The hawkeyes are now 12th in the Associated Press poll released sunday, and 13th in the usa today coaches poll. This is iowas highest ap ranking since 2010. And its pretty fair to say this wont be their last win. The analysts commenting on iowas not so difficult remaining schedule. Heres a look at that a bye next week then maryland, indiana, minnesota, purdue and nebraska. Stephanie maybe youve seen this pop up in your facebook feed. A hawkeye nation blog post written by jon miller calling out all those iowa haters who are attributing iowas good fortune to their easy schedule. Miller takes the critics to task. With lots of data, breaking down why iowas wins are still quite impressive miller credits changes by head coach kirk ferentz for the stellar season. Some people from the state say i sound like im whiney a person dont whine about things like that some people calling me a hypocrite for being pro iowa and pro ferentz right now when last year after the Nebraska Game i felt like it was time for a change i certainly said that and felt that way then kirk ferentz came out in january and said that he needed to make a lot of changes needed to reevaluate the program from stout to stern. Hes done that and now theyre being successful jack and we will have more from our interview today with jon miller coming up at sports on local five news at six. Stephanie but for now time for another quick break. It was a warm and windy day today. Chief meteorologist brad edwards will be back with one last look at our forecast, when we come back. Stay tuned. Brad wxhang weather adlib average today thanks to those warm, strong sw winds. Look for it to stay warm and windy tonight with partly cloudy skies. Tuesday will still be mild, but there will more clouds around with a slight chance for some tshowers mainly in the afternoon evening hours. Stephanie thank you for spending your time with us tonight. Jack we are working hard on another great newscast for 6pm. Watch for were proud to tonight, the case of air rage forcing a jet t land. The midair flight breakining out. A man accused of choking a woman ov a seat. The fbi on the case. The war of words escalateing tonight. Donald trump set to speak about what he said about george w. Bush and 9 11. Jeb bush outraged. And joe biden watch. Is there now a time line . And the head of the cia email hacked. A High School Student that oke in. The investigation tonight,