Into the white house on january 20, 2017, there will be a lot of challenges and opportunities waiting there and i am absolutely determined that we are going to make sure that we have a democrat to succeed president obama so that we dont let the republicans rip away the progress that we have made together. Amanda des moines gets under an hour. 5 45 at the state Historical Building on east locust. Amanda 1bam now while trump has made bill clintons past a other candidates say they wont, including hillarys democratic rival republican carly fair game, but says thats not the way to beat hillary. Election headuquarters, im amanda krenz. Local five news, we are iowa. Jack amanda thanks. And on the republican side, ted cruz is looking to cement his status as the frontrunner in iowa. In several late december polls of iowa republicans, he came out ahead of donald trump. So the senator from texas today launched a six day, 28 town bus tour through iowa. This is video from his first stop at a Christian Book store in boone. Jack and Mike Huckabees loss is ted cruzs gain today. Huckabees former spokeswoman, alice stewart, who left his campaign a month ago, has now joined up with ted cruz. Shell be his National Spokeswoman and a senior adviser. Stewart worked for the last two republican winners of the Iowa Caucuses huckabee in 2008 and Rick Santorum in 2012. Stephanie if you still need to get registered before the Iowa Caucuses, the secretary of States Office says its making it easier to do so. Theyve launched a new website where you can register to vote online. Or state id card, access. This is a great resource. Were eligible voters of iowa having direct access to online voter updating so its going stephanie so how does it local fives casey shows us. As of january first, issued identification vote online. Heres first, go to the secretary of states iowa dot gov, and vote. This takes you to an iowa dot website. Ask you for some personal last name, date of of your social the number from either your iowa nondrivers id. You have to have a state issued id to register the site will then take more pages of verifying your information and asking for your Party Affiliation. Remember if youre going to participate in the cacucuses you have to delcare a Party Affiliation so you can caucus for the candidate representing that party. After all that, youll arrive at a final screen like this one. Showing youve completed the process. And, just like if you mail in a paper form or register in person, your local county auditor will mail you a registration card in about two weeks. In the Digital Media center, lucas casey, local 5 news, we are iowa. Stephanie now there are some criticisms of this new option for voters. A Des Moines Register editorial from last week sums up the concerns, saying the process is inconsistent with state law because it requires a state issued id card. The register also claims the website is not in compliance with the americans with disabilities act, so it discriminates against iowans with disabilities. Secretary pate responded with his own oped in the register this week, calling the criticism misguided. He says this online registration increases the options for voters. He also says they are working with an adacompliance consultant for help with the website. Jack developing now Des Moines Police are looking for a man who knows something about the citys latest homicide. Jack police today issued whats called a material witness warrant. For 60 year old alf clark. It means police need to find him in the last homicide of 2015. Two people in an apartment hallway on street last 36 year old tacono connor died, and a female victim survived. If you see alf clark, youre asked to call Crime Stoppers 2231400. Stephanie and before we take a quick break Iowa Basketball fans happy about this news. New rankings out today show both the hawkeyes and cyclones are now ranked. The cyclones will hit the floor next on wednesday ranked 13th in the newest ap rankings. Kansas is the new number one, with oklahoma now 2. Those two face off tonight in lawrenece. Iowa is into the first time at number 19 after wins over then numer one Michigan State and number 14 purdue. Jack jack steph adlib reax five. Five. Local 5 news at would throw a party Powerball Jackpot this could you buy if you win . We crunch the numbers. Jack no action by congress on obama says hes himself. What that means. Youre watching local jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowas most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. This is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa. Stephanie president obama is taking on gun control. And instead of waiting on congress to take action, he plans to do it on his own. President obama says over the next several days, his administration will be rolling are common sense steps to save lives. President obama is meeting with attorney general Loretta Lynch at the white house. This on the eve of his big announcement. Bypassing congress to take action on what he calls an epidemic of gun violence in america. Sot president obama although, we have to be very clear, this is not going to solve every crime in the country. Its not going to prevent every mass shooting. Its not going to keep every gun out of the hand of a criminal. It will potentially save live in this country. On tuesday. The to take executive administration believes mentally ill. Criminals guns. He is making sure. His measures will not violate the second amendment. The white house wants to tighten background checks and prevent those on the no fly list from buying guns. The divisive issue. Sure to spark a debate has president ial candidates already weighing in. Sot sen. Ted cruz r guys by taking away our guns. We beat the bad guys by using our guns. Sanders d president ial candidate criminals or people with mental issues, think thats what the president is trying to do and i think that will be the right thing. Stephanie gun Rights Groups are promising to take legal action, but white house officials maintain the president s orders will stand up to a Court Challenge jack the fbi is now getting involved in the armed occupation at a in oregon. Ranchers and militia have taken a National Wildlife refuge there. The group set up a roadblock and are manning a guard tower. They claim that, quote, this land doesnt belong to the federal to the people. The standoff started on saturday after a of ranchers Steven Hammond who are headed to prison today, convicted of ammon bundy rancher we have tried and tried and tried prudent methods to get government to at least look at this and say hey, theres here. The rest of theres something wrong. Jack the hammonds prevent an species from growing on their they do not, however, support this siege. Ammon bundy the leader of the militia says the group is prepared to occupy the outpost for his family made headlines in 2014 after his father faced off with federal agents in nevada over cattle grazing rights. Jack the Mississippi River is starting to go down near st. Louis, missouri, so were starting to get a look at some of the damage left behind. It also means cleanup can begin. 25 deaths in two states were blamed on flooding, nearly all from vehicles driving over flooded roads. And while the Mississippi River is receding in missouri, now flooding is expected to arkansas, tennessee and other southern states. Stephanie were expecting some rain ourselves later this week. Chief meteorologist brad edwards joins us now. Brad ad lib weather toss now, we are iowas experts brad weather adlib i feel one of the worst things about winter is how cloudy it can be for so long, and those clouds definitely put a damper on temperatures monday. As we head into the night, some areas will see partly cloudy skies, but hopefully everyone will see at least some sunshine tuesday. If we do get a little sunshine as expected, we should warm up close to 34 in the metro by afternoon with also the help of southerly winds of 1020 mph. Colder because of the wind chill effect, but that is the price we have to pay to bring in milder air the next several days. The clouds will likely return wednesday along with some light rain showers in the afternoon evening. Locations to the north are more likely to have a mix of precipitation types, so there might be some slick roads there. A more significant rain snow will come our way thursday evening with mainly rain expected here with again a mix to our north. This will be in association with a fairly large and slow moving system that will keep our precipitation chances around friday and maybe even into saturday. It looks like the metro will stay mostly rain with maybe some snow mixing in friday, but it could change to all snow by friday night into saturday. Northern counties will be more likely to have accumulation from this system through several inches of by saturday midday. By colder air will be coming in to stay with us for much of next week. So, get ready for the coldest temperatures of the winter so far with highs in the 10s and low in the 0s damper on temperatures monday. As we head into the night, some areas will see partly cloudy skies, but hopefully everyone will see at least some sunshine tuesday. If we do get a little sunshine as expected, we should warm up close to 34 in the metro by afternoon with also the help of southerly winds of 1020 mph. Granted, those winds will make it feel colder because of the wind chill effect, but that is the price we have to pay to bring in milder air the next several days. The clouds will likely return wednesday along with some light rain showers in the afternoon evening. Locations to the north are more likely to have a mix of precipitation types, so there might be some slick roads there. A more significant rain snow will come our way thursday evening with mainly rain expected here with again a mix to our north. This will be in association with a fairly large and slow moving system that will keep our precipitation chances around friday and maybe even into saturday. It looks like the metro will stay warm enough for mostly rain with maybe some snow mixing in friday, but it could change to all snow by friday night into saturday. Northern counties will be more likely to have accumulation from this system through saturday where by saturday midday. By sunday, drier and much coming in to stay with us for much of next week. So, get ready for the coldest temperatures of the winter so far with highs in the 10s and low in the 0s brad wxhang adlib Jack Stephanie thanks, brad coming up on local 5 news at five. If you dont have a Powerball Ticket for wednesday want to stick around after the commercials to see if nows the time for you to get in. Stephanie also next. A tv you can roll up and take with you . Its a reality. But well tell you why you may 5 news at 5 in hd. We are iowa stephanie time to have some fun with whats trending now. Sound a tv you can roll up like a newspaper . Jack at this weeks consumer electronic show in las vegas, Television Maker lg will show off just such a thing a highdefinition tv you can roll up. Here it is the 18inch display is just one of the concept designs lg will be unveiling as it attempts to predict the future of tv screens. None of these tvs will be sold this year and its possible they may never actually hit stores. Jack the Consumer Electronics show runs wednesday through saturday. Stephanie singer adele is saying goodbye to 2015 with a big feather in her cap. Her album 25 is the biggest seller of 2015. According to billboard, 25 closed out the year with nearly sevenandahalf million copies sold. And adeles album was just released on november 20th so it sold all those copies in stephanie the british singer starts her world tour in february. Singer starts her world tour in february. Singer starts her world tour in february. Singer starts her world tour in february. The north american leg begins in july. Jack finally call it powerball pandemonium with the announcement of no winner after saturdays drawing,the Powerball Jackpot is expected to skyrocket to 400 Million Dollars before the next drawing on wednesday. Thats the largest in more than two years. And its the 6th highest Powerball Jackpot in history. Stephanie so what can you do with the winnings . Perfect time to tackle those new years resolutions if your goal is to get fit. Maybe you want to look like a celebrity . With 400 Million Dollars you could hire celeb trainer to the stars, Tracey Anderson at her monthly rate for you and 500 family friends. For life what about maybe you want to ditch the cheeseburgers and go for subway. With 400mill you could buy more than 1400 subway franchises. And if your 2016 goals include some Worldwide Travel this prize will get you nearly 18 thousand trips around the world jack sounds great right . Hate to break it to you, but your right . Hate to break it to you, but your chances of winning are one in 292 million. Jack so how would you spend the money . So how would you spend the money . Let us know 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. And well be pass along about a daytime tv show youve gotten used to seeing here on local five. The Meredith Vieira show will be ending. Meredith made the announcement at the end of her talk show today. The show will remain in production through spring and will continue on the air through the fall. Stephanie a nice night to stay inside and watch some tv tonight. Its cold Perfect Timing a new season of the bachelor premieres tonight on local five. Brad wxhang weather adlib i feel one of the worst things about winter is how cloudy it can be for so long, and those clouds definitely put a damper on temperatures monday. As we head into the night, some areas will see partly cloudy skies, but hopefully everyone will see at least some sunshine tuesday. If we do get a little sunshine as expected, we should warm up close to 34 in the metro by afternoon with also the help of southerly winds of 1020 mph. Granted, those winds will make it feel colder because of the wind chill effect, but that is the price we have to pay to bring in milder air the next clouds will likely return wednesday along with some light rain showers in the afternoon evening. 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 say we are iowa