Coach for three years at Hoyt Middle School. And even though amber had moved on to high school, she only lived four blocks away from the school, so she stopped in all the time to talk to her teachers. The last time, just 3 weeks ago, just to catch up. He described amber as writer, a tomboy, lover of superheroes and skateboards. And someone who loved her parents very much. I have to cherish the time i had with her i think a lot of us in this building are that way inside Hoyt Middle School, Josh Osbourne is usually the fun and carefree teacher and behavior coach. But today, that goofy smile wasnt quite the same. When someone says amber left you a note,i know which amber. When i got a text amber is dead. Did you hear, i knwe exactly what amber they were talking about osbourne was ambers teacher for three years. Even after she moved on to central campus alternative program and high school shed frequently stop to see him. Frequently stop by and tell us how things was going , shed always have magic tricks to show me with cards or coins or ok were going to do a magic trick with playing cards osbourne said hed stay late helping amber transition moving from florida to iowa, making new friends and with issues at home whatever they were. Amber loved her father, she loved barney and said her mom amy who was studying to be a preschool teacher had the same happy personality. How did she do that . Thats what makes being a teacher today. Sorry. So tough. She had alot going for herself just like the photos of the students on his wall he has photos of amber, too. Its no doubt one hell keep closer than the rest. Just trying to convince her of a greater life than what youve got in front of you. Then this happens, no reason, no warning, theres no signs Something Like this is going to happen. It just does. Claire Hoyt Middle School is planning on making a tribute to amber in the coming days. And Des Moines Public Schools did make grief counselors available yesterday to staff and students and they told local 5 news the staff can also receive extended counseling through the Districts HealthInsurance Plan if needed. Reporting live Claire Powell local 5 news we are iowa. Stephanie new numbers show a shifting tide at the top for republican president ial candidates. Stephanie check it out the latest survey of likely Republican Caucus goers in iowa from quinnipiac university. Donald trump is the frontrunner here, but barely. Ted cruz now the second place finisher with 23 percent support. Ben carson, marco rubio and rand paul round out the top five. Second place is a new position for ted cruz in iowa. Here to show us his trajectory is local fives digital news editor lucas casey in the Digital Media center. You noted the new top 5 in the quinnipiac poll, and i want to look more closely at the top 4 from tuesdays poll donald trump, ted cruz, ben carson, and marco rubio, to see where theyve come in the last month now polling at 23 percent. As you can see from the previous poll in october. Carson dropped two places from his strong lead and perhaps most surprising is ted cruzs quick rise into second place with 23 percent. Often times its difficult to issue a single issue or even that can explain a shakeup like we see here, but since the previous poll, the terrorist attacks happened in paris and put the world on high alert. This shows through in the polling as iowans reported their top issues. The economy and jobs remains first, but Foreign Policy and terrorism come in number 2 and 3. And we see from this recent focused on who they is best suited to deal issues. And rubio; foreign terrorism trump, there definitely appears to be some solififying of toptier candidate preferences around these key timely issues. At 6, well take a look at another timely and polarizing issue that was included in todays poll. Syrian refugees in iowa. In the Digital Media center, lucas casey, iowa. Jack lucas, thanks. Marco rubio has been hanging in the top five for awhile now. Today hes making a central Iowa Campaign swing. Local fives josh haskell is live in grinnell as an wrapping up now, josh . Josh introing with cruz different, talked clapping, but spent quite a bit about isis and his Foreign Policy experience. Josh. Jack marco rubio is one of the president ial apparently vyying for the endorsement of a big iowa name you dont normally associate with politics dan gable. Its an endorsement that donald trump wants too. Stephanie the wrestling legend told us that during a sitdown interview with our elias johnson. Gable also talked about postwrestling life, now that hes retired from the university of iowa, including the role his family continues to play. Heres more of that interview. Elias where do you find inspiration now, or is it the same . Dan gable the number one inspiration is family but i also happen to love my profession to because when it comes to my family supported me so much. And, you know when i lost my sister when she was murdered when somebody broke into the house when we were gone. You know i kind of feel like i could have prevented that because of not reacting to a conversation i had with the individual, but it was more like hows this family going to survive and with that in mind you got to have a lot of faith and whatever you believe in and im a christian and i believe in god and but if you dont have a rhyme or reason in your life i think its hard to get things accomplished. Jack coming up in sports at 6 oclock hear what dan gable has to say about the attendence record the hawkeyes shattered at the grapple on the gridiron wrestling meet earlier this month and what it means to the sport he loves. Stephanie we also have more of our interview clips with gable up on our website, we are iowa dot com. Stephanie to more hawkeye news now. And a big honor for the Football Team that is now 11 and 0 for the season. Jack every young athlete dreams of being on the cover of sports illustrated. Hawkeyes tight end George Kittle was featured on this weeks cover that goes out to midwestern states. Iowa is first place in the big 10 west with just one more game to play against nebraska. Jack and in the most recent people magaine, you can read about iowa olympic gymnast shawn johnson. Shes opening up about something really personal her eating habits. Johnson tells people that as an elite gymnast, she felt pressure to look like a gymnast. So much so that she sometimes restricted her diet to 700 calories a day iowas golden girl says she did that all the way through the 2008 olympics. She says she never sought a doctors help for an eating disorder but believes it did adversely affect her performance. Stephanie 2shot coming up on local 5 news at five. 9 11 we all felt american. But after the 13thf no omber, americans felt french. United against terror details on the new strategy as the president of france makes a us visit. Youre watching local 5 news at 5 in hd with jack miller, stephanie iowas most accurate forecast with chief edwards. This is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa. Jack us roads and airports are getting jam packed. But it has nothing to do with thanksgiving. Americans have been traveling in record numbers this year, thanks to a stronger economy and cheaper gas. Thats according to the national highway administration. But we do have a travel concern to pass along. The us issued a Worldwide Travel alert for americans amid concerns that terror groups and individuals plan more attacks after the paris massacres. This as president obama met with frances president today to talk about a unified strategy against isis. Heres abcs lana zak. In the east room of the white house, president obama and french president hollande stood united hollande sot 9 11 we all felt american. But after the 13th of november, americans felt french. Obama pledging against terrorists and making another appeal on behalf of Syrian Refugees. Sot obamam on the statue of liberty, a gift from the people of france, there are words we know so well. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free. The attacks in paris led some american politicians to respond by halting the flow of Syrian Refugees to the us, but hollande has pledged his country would accept even more of those refugeesat the same time that france intensifies its military action in the region. And on that front, the french president outlined his specific vision against daeshknown also as isis sot obama the priority is to take back key locations in the hands of daesh in syria. It is also a matter of urgency to close the border between turkey and syria and prevent terrorists from crossing the border or other places and undertake such terrible attacks. Stephanie now back to that travel alert the alert does not suggest that americans should avoid travel, but it does urge you to, quote, exercise vigilance when in Public Places or using transportation. It runs through the end of february. Stephanie chief meteorologist brad edwards joins us now. Brad ad lib weather ate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather weather adlib we hit the 50s today in the metro, so much of our snow has melted. We should not drop below freezing in the city, but watch out in areas to the north tonight as it could get icy. Also there will be a chance for some fog for mainly those Northern Counties where there is more snow on the ground. Thanks to southerly winds tonight and wednesday, we will be staying mild, but we will also be getting cloudier with a chance for some light showers or drizzle by wed. Afternoon. The rain chances will be going up wed. Night but temperatures will stay mild, so not travel problems. Yet. That could change on thanksgiving day when we will have temperatures falling from the low 40s in the morning into the low 30s by late in the day. Meanwhile we are going to have a lot of rain falling over iowa with some snow possibly mixing in for nw iowa. The main concern in the metro will be the chance for some freezing rain mainly after 4pm thursday, as temperatures get colder. Some icing will be possible before the precipitation ends late thursday night. Friday is looking dry, but the clouds will likely be sticking around along with cold temperatures that will carry right into the weekend. We will have a chance for some rain snow showers both monday. At this point, not much accumulation is expected as temps will be above freezing most of the daytime hours. Brad wxhang adlib jack city, but watch out in areas to the north tonight as it could get icy. Also there will be a chance for some fog for mainly those Northern Counties where there is more snow on the ground. Thanks to southerly winds tonight and wednesday, we will be staying mild, but we will also be getting cloudier with a chance for some light showers or drizzle by wed. Afternoon. The rain chances will be going up wed. Night but temperatures will stay mild, so not travel problems. Yet. That could change on thanksgiving day when we will have temperatures falling from the low 40s in the morning into the low 30s by late in the day. Meanwhile we are going to have a lot of rain falling over iowa with some snow possibly mixing in for nw iowa. The main concern in the metro will be the chance for some freezing rain mainly after 4pm thursday, as temperatures get colder. Some icing will be possible before the precipitation ends late thursday night. Friday is looking dry, but the clouds will likely be sticking around along with cold temperatures that will carry right into the weekend. We will have a chance for some rain snow showers both saturday and sunday with the best chance possibly coming on monday. At this point, not much accumulation is expected as temps will be above freezing most of the daytime hours. Brad wxhang adlib jack city, but watch out in areas to the north tonight as it could get icy. Also there will be a chance for some fog for mainly those Northern Counties where there is more snow on the ground. Thanks to southerly staying mild, but we will also be getting cloudier with a chance for some light showers or drizzle by wed. Afternoon. The rain chances will be going up wed. Night but temperatures will stay mild, so not travel problems. Yet. That could change on thanksgiving day when we will have temperatures falling from the low 40s in the morning into the low 30s by late in the day. Meanwhile we are going to have a lot of rain falling over iowa with some snow possibly mixing in for nw iowa. The main concern in the metro will be the chance for some freezing rain mainly after 4pm thursday, as temperatures get colder. Some icing will be possible before the precipitation ends late thursday night. Friday is looking dry, but the clouds will likely be sticking around along with cold temperatures that will carry right into the weekend. We will have a chance for some rain snow showers both saturday and sunday with the best chance possibly coming on monday. At this point, not much accumulation is expected as temps will be above freezing most of the daytime hours. Brad wxhang jack get ready for the Season Finale of dancing with the stars tonight on abc. Stephanie the competition has been narrowed down to a backstreet boy, an American Hero and a teenage conservationist. Stephanie thats after 11 weeks of dancing. 13 narrowed down to the final three. Bindi irwin has been a front runner since the beginning. The australian host and conservationist received yet another doubledose of perfect scores last night. All three. Now have one more performance tonight. To determine who takes home the coveted mirror ball trophy. Jack dancing with the stars airs tonight on local five. Its a two hour finale starting at 8. Its right after a Charlie Brown thanksgiving, which starts at 7. Then its local five news at 10. Wel be right back. Script here in greenspending your time with us tonight. Jack we are working hard on another great newscast for 6pm. 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