Elias an update after dashcam video of a Police Officer who shot an unarmed South Carolina teen in july. Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Elias Johnson. Elias the stage is set for tonights big republican showdown in colorado the first debate where ben carson is the frontrunner pulling ahead of donald trump pulling ahead of elias lam fighting back and pleading for help abcs tom bluffs, iowa script sot trump let me win iowa . His drop in the polls is sottrump i mean i am second 19;48;40 but i dont like is terrible to me. But the setback sottrump i said im gonna work harder in iowa but if i lose in iowa im never going to speak to you people again i asked trump about the carson surge. Sotllamas q how do you explain carson . Whats going on in the polls . Whats going on in the polls . A i have no explanation. I think were doing great. Carson spending the eve of the debate getting in the ring. Picking up an endorsement from a former ufc champion vitor belfort, who called carson a savior sot carson q will you put trump in a submission hold at the next debate . A ill let him do that. laughs points to fighter elias you can catch the debate at 7 you can catch the debate at 7 pm cst tonight on cnbc elias meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. Sam weather adlib after quite a bit of rain we had to deal with last night, iowa will be trying to dry out today, but with a cold and windy price we are going to stay cloudy today, and other than a few light showers swinging through mainly northeastern iowa, most of us should remain dry today. The winds will be very strong today out of the northwest, blowing between 15 and 30 mph but we could gust up to 40 mph. Between the cloud cover and the northwest winds, highs today are going to stay parked in the low 50s, but it will feel colder than that due to the winds. Overnight we will see lows fall into the mid 30s with plenty of winds and wind chills in the 20s thursday will still be windy and cool with highs only in the low 50s. The next chance of rain is going to come late friday night through saturday morning, so if you go trick or treating friday night, just be back home before 10pm for the best chance of staying dry. Elias in the metro the intersection of mlk parkway and prospect road has become so dangerous a des moines neighborhood has called for a stoplight to be installed before someone gets killed. A School Bus Driver started a petition for operation stoplight which gathered a thousand signatures. The city council will take a closer look at the intersection. Everybody we talked to signed the petition saying yes we need it. And we heard personal stories from them how they have to detour their own personal cars because it gets too busy sometimes and they cant even come out of the neighborhood and turn the direction they wanna go. Sabrina the petition got around a thousand signatures. And city leaders have approved funding for the project. Elias we are following the latest on that shooting in eastern iowa that shut down businesses monday elias Police Believe a domestic issue may have been the cause for the shooting rampage that began at a law office. Police say robert mayes fire shots at his wifes workplace in davenport monday. That office was near the Navy Recruitment center. Then he went to his father in laws workplace in bettendorf, where more shots were fired. Police tracked mayes down. But he shot himself before they could arrest him. Elias and in pella a newly renovated cafe is left in rubble after a monday night fire. The fire happened around 10 pm at the coffee cup cafe on east oskaloosa street. Investig ators think the fire may have began near the attic. Firetruck sirens shows the flames shooting from the roof. By tuesday morning, only a crumbled shell was left. The owners had just had a grand opening in june. Now theyre not sure what if anything can be salvaged. Elias and an update on the boiler water alert issued in ames on monday after a large water main broke. The water main broke after a contractor working at the existing Water Treatment plant accidentally hit the water main at 3 30 pm on monday. Since flushed Distribution System and tested the water levels. Officials have said the water is drink. City staff also say that if you or know was in the alert area, you should limit hot water use until the tap water is clear, as well as run cold water taps to help clear the pipes of any leftover occuring water. Available free of charge at the city hall in ames, the water plant, and all fire stations. Please call the numbers on your screen if you have any questions. Elias coming up on local 5 news midday. Coming up on local 5 news midday. Its a big week for sports all across the country, stay tuned for our updates. Elias and. What to expect out of your heating bill as the weather gets colder elias next. The odgaard familys gortz haus reopens this weekend under a new name 5 news midday in hd with Elias Johnson and we are iowas most accurate forecast. This is local 5 midday. We are iowa elias cant think of a good costume this halloween . Check out these punny halloween costumes. From an oh deer, to a holy cow, to an elaborate group french kiss, these puntastic costumes are great for any punlover. Have a great punny costume . Feel free to add it to the list on this website. Elias and if you are looking for an event to celebrate this halloween. Just head on over to we are iowa dot com. Local five has a full wrap up of information about halloween activities in your area. Elias and whatever your beggars night or halloween plans are this weekend, the West Des MoinesPolice Department has a few safety tips for you be sure to check out their video on our website. Elias coming up a little later well have some friends from terrace hill give us an inside look at the scare us hill at terrace hillparty this halloween saturday. Stay tuned for the details but first sam is back now. Sam ill have your full forecast next. Meteorologist sam schreier. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts sam weather adlib after quite a bit of rain we had to deal with last night, iowa will be trying to dry out today, but with a cold and windy price we are going to stay cloudy today, and other than a few light showers swinging through mainly northeastern iowa, most of us should remain dry today. The winds will be very strong today out of the northwest, blowing between 15 and 30 mph but we could gust up to 40 mph. Between the cloud cover and the northwest winds, highs today are going to stay parked in the low 50s, but it will feel colder than that due to the winds. Overnight we will see lows fall into the mid 30s with plenty of winds and wind chills in the 20s thursday will still be windy and cool with highs only in the low 50s. The next chance of rain is going to come late friday night through you go trick or treating friday night, just be back home before 10pm for the best chance of staying dry. Sam elias take a look at thisa scary ride and a very classy pumpkin. Elias when you call one of these cars a death trap, its a compliment. The folks in elmore, ohio warm up for halloween with their annual casket races. People come from near and far to see the modified caskets racing one another. The perfect ride for a spooky halloween. Elias resident has created a giant pumpkin portrait president ial candidate donald dubbing it the trumpkin. The caricature is painted on a 374 pound pumpkin and took ten hours to create. The artist has made previous pumpkin portraits of miley cyrus, Phil Robertson from duck dynasty, kim jong un. Elias still to come on elias midday. Us some safety tips and a big change for your local with a look at your money coming up. Elias Mike LeonardoMike Leonardo hello with halloween creeping up on us, your viewers might be interested in learning about mobile resources that can help keep children safe while trick or treating and give parents peace of mind, including trick or tracker 3. 0 where their older kids through the push of technology is used to pull the exact location of the trick or treater, which is then sent to the parents phone through a text message. Parents can set up a geofence to be notified if their older trick or treaters travel outside a set perimeter. Way for little ones trick or treating and help make them more visible at night with shake your device to activate your glow stick. The app gives you a few colors to play app upgrades if you of choices. App provides parents place to information about their children. They can save hair color, weight and other Important Information that might be needed in case of an emergency. Youre watching local 5 news midday in hd. We are iowa local 5 news midday in hd. We are iowa elias on your money now elias a pharmacy megamerger is in the works. Walgreens is buying rite aid in a deal valued at more than 17 billion dollars. The merger would combine the nations second and thirdlargest pharmacies. And the new company would knock cvs off the numberone spot. The deal still needs to pass antitrust review. Elias ibm has become the focus of a federal investigation. The sec is investigating ibms accounting treatment of certain transactions in the u. S. , u. K. And ireland. Ibm says it learned of the probe in august and is cooperating with the government agency. Ibm shares fell three percent following the disclosure of the investigation. Elias meanwhile, strong iphone and mac sales sent apples profit soaring a whopping 31 percent last quarter. The tech giant sold 48 million i phones 22 percent more the same period a year ago. Percent last quarter to five million an all apples overall sales rose 22 percent to 51 pointfive billion dollars. Elias see lower heating bills this winter. Predictions of in the eastern weeks. Courtesy of the weather known as el nio. That warmer expected to for fuel during the winter, resulting in an aboveaverage stockpile. Monday, Natural Gas Prices tumbled nine percent to a more than tumbled nine percent to a more than threeyear low. Elias coming up on local 5 news midday. A 911 phone call made when a star nba player tries to buy a watch. Find out why coming up elias next. Experiments with Police Officer weapons in california. Find out why some cops may be trading in their guns for something a youre watching local 5 news midday in hd. We are iowa elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Elias Johnson. Elias in other National News updates on a shooting that killed a South Carolina teen in july. Officer tiller hands up put them up for the first time were getting a look at the threesecond split decision a south officer made that took zach hammond. Stop, stop. This dashcam video officials announced officer mark tiller will not face state charges. Watch as tiller approaches with his gun drawn, ordering hammond to stop and show his hands. But hammond puts his car in reverse, then drive. Seconds after the shooting officer tiller is heard saying this. Officer tiller he tried to hit me. The july shooting happened during a drug sting targeting hammonds female old tori diana morton. Shortly after, hammonds parents told abc news they hoped the officer would be charged with murder. Mom this was over a little bit of marijuana, you dont kill people for marijuana. All along local police blamed the unarmed young man, saying he tried to run the officer over with his car, calling it attempted murder in the police report. The circuit solicitor who made the decision not to file charges says, grfx the video viewed at full speed, standing alone, is troublesome. But she goes on to explain the video shows tillers feet going underneath the car at the approximate time the shots are fired . Adding the car accelerated with such force that a concrete curb was damaged. Grfx the solicitor also says hammond had cocaine and other drugs in his system that he had used within 36 hours of the shooting. His parents say thats no excuse to kill their son. Dad he murdered our son. Elias in other police news police pulled an old retirement. They are learning to as an alternative to the baton. The Police Certified weapon is made of plastic. But are still very officers have how to use them suspects and them a more over the baton. sgt. Casey day Anderson Police were kind of designed with a different goal in mind to be more of a control weapon, but like i said, its not like work really good as an impact weapon, but we try to emphasis a impact. Elias the officer nunchucks can Block Department is its officers on how to use them. Elias this just in the South Carolina deputy that was caught on video yanking a 16 year old student out of her seat. Then dragging her across the floor has been fired. The incident was at the heart of an fbi investigation, with the deputy initially suspended without pay. Elias and in our Nations Capital wisconsin congressman paul ryan is expected to be formally nominated for House Speaker today. In the election for speaker, ryan will face webster, who has been endorsed by king. To win, and be approved on thursday. Elias taking a look at whats new at midday now elias and at our state capital, gov. Branstad announced this morning that three counties in northwest iowa will be added as Home Base Iowa communities. Home base iowa picks qualified communities as centers of career and Educational Opportunity for military vets. With the Home Base IowaChamp Program that certifies colleges and universities to educate vets. This action is a part of the Governors Administration effort to attract veterans to iowa with Career Opportunities and other benefits. Elias back in the metro in an ongoing political debate over religious freedom, former gortz haus gallery owners dick and Betty Odgaard may be back in business. New ownership over the gortz haus. Which had been closed after the Iowa Civil Rights Commission argued that the couple must host a samesex wedding ceremony an Evangelical Christian Church called harvest bible chapel has purchased the oncepopular wedding location. The former involved in the renovation process. We got a deal on the odgaards were price was right the location the facility, made it work for what we needed as a church elias . The former owners have involved in the renovation Harvest Bible Chapel Church will hold services twice on sundays. The renovation process. Harvest Bible Chapel Church will hold services twice on sundays. Elias back now in the metro in food news in West Des Moines today, the fresh market opened its second iowa location. Its at5901 Mills Civic Parkway in West Des Moines. The grand Opening Festivities began this morning with a cracking of the parmesan, their gourmet version of a ribboncutting ceremony. And good news for the first 1,000 customers today, there will be a free samplesized bag of coffee and a free reusable shopping bag. Elias meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. Sam weather adlib after quite a bit of rain we had to deal with last night, iowa will be trying to dry out today, but with a cold and windy price we are going to stay cloudy today, and other than swinging through iowa, most of us should remain dry today. The winds will be very strong today out of the northwest, blowing between 15 and 30 mph but we could gust up to 40 mph. Between the cloud cover and the northwest winds, highs today are going to stay parked in the low 50s, but it will feel colder than that due to the winds. Overnight we will see lows fall into the mid 30s with plenty of winds and wind chills in the 20s thursday will still be windy and cool with highs only in the low 50s. The next chance of rain is going to come late friday night through saturday morning, so if you go trick or treating friday night, just be back home before 10pm for the best chance of staying elias in milwaukee an nba player accuses a Jewelry Store owner of racially profiling him, after he tries to buy a rolex watch abcs Mara Schiavocampo has the story hes the star nba player, with a new contract worth a reported 44 million bucks but instead of getting a new rolex, Milwaukee Bucks forward john henson says he got racially profiled nat 911 call gfx1 nats 911 call [4 34] theyre in front of the store . I really dont feel comfortable letting them in. This morning, newly released 911 recordings capturing profiling of nba star john henson. Gfx2 nats 911 call [04 08] i am hiding in the office. See me out there. Stills the Milwaukee Bucks signed a new deal for a dollars says he called a Jewelry Store in wisconsin, asking about their hours . Hoping to buy his first rolex . Driving to the store, but store employees, describing his calls as suspicious, closed gfx3 nats 911 call about . Were just asking about what time theyre going to close. They just didnt sound like they were legitimate customers. If they saw the car again to alert authorities. The next friend returned, purchase that watch but the store employees, recognizing the suv, but not henson, locked the doors. Gfx4 nats 911 call 04 08] were pretending like were closed. Sot Goldie Taylor the daily beast there is inherent power in social media and as with most celebrities, specifically nba players, they have a tremendous following so when this post gfx5 apology the Jewelry Store owner has apologized, saying. The situation was the result of a series of unfortunate misunderstandings adding we believe that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect . Something hanson says he was happy to hear sot henson last week he was sincere in his apology. He kind of knew that that shouldnt have happened. But he did go somewhere else for that rolex. For good morning america, Mara Schiavocampo, abc news, new york elias in other basketball news and former isu coach fred hoiberg had his first test as the the chicago they welcomed windy city to open their president obama was also in attendance as the cavaliers 97 to 95 to begin the new season with a win. Elias back now with elias back now with baseball fans who had quite a long night waiting for the finish of game one of the world series. Around midnight, with the bases loaded. The royals were able winning run in the 14th inning hosmers bat. Their game with longest game Series History in tonight in kansas city. Series history in terms of innings. Game two is tonight in kansas city. Elias local 5 news midday. Sam has the weather details in central iowas most accurate forecast next. Now, we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam weatherrate the independent weather experts sam weather adlib after quite a bit of rain we had to deal with last night, iowa will be trying to dry out today, but with a cold and windy price we are going to stay cloudy today, and other than a few light showers swinging through mainly northeastern iowa, most of us should remain dry today. The winds will be very strong today out of the northwest, blowing between 15 and 30 mph but we could gust up to 40 mph. Between the northwest winds, highs today are going to stay parked in the colder than that due overnight we will see lows fall into the mid 30s with plenty of winds and wind chills in the 20s thursday will still be windy and cool with highs only in the low 50s. The next chance of rain is going to come late friday saturday morning, so if you go trick or just be back home before 10pm for the best chance of staying dry. Sam elias in other its a dirty job, but somebodys got to do it elias this week local fives chief meteorologist brad edwards rolled up his sleeves to help the city. He got to see what its like to do some dirty work. Filling potholes along metro roads. A much different line of work from putting together central iowas most accurate forecast. nats its a very demanding job. So, is filling potholes an endless battle . nats yes and no. You can fill potholes all day. You never run out of work. Id rather have it that way than to sit around and twiddle your thumbs. nats the first thing we do is we get to the pothole. We have a handheld leafblower. I think they should have gave you more power, though. It doesnt have much power. Well blow it out and make sure theres no water. Make sure all the debris is out of the pothole. Then he puts this stuff in, right here. Thats more of like an adhesive. Next, we put the asphalt in. Thats my job nats its a dirty job, but somebodys got to do it nats then, after thats all done, we pack it down. We tamper it in real nice an tight. Are you going to unload the roller . nats thats fun. Its fun to drive. This is the best job, actually. Riding the roller. Its the final step in fixing the road. Its a good job. You know, it stays in there for a long period of time. We clean up our mess as good as we can and we move onto the next one. I think im going to do this part time. Every morning, come out and work here before i go to local 5. Come out here every morning and do a half shift. Elias remember, you can show us what youre dealing with on your commute. Send us your pothole patrol info, and well work to get them fixed contact us by email news at we are iowa dot com. Or call us in the newsroom 1 8008585555. Were on facebook we are iowa local 5 news and twitter we are iowa 5 news send us pothole info or any other news going on in your neighborhood. All reax elias youre watching midday. Well be back after this. We had to deal with last night, iowa will be trying to dry out today, but with a cold after quite a bit of rain we had to deal with last night, iowa will be trying to dry out today, but with a cold and windy price we are going to stay cloudy today, and other than a few light showers swinging through mainly northeastern iowa, most of us should remain dry today. The winds will be very strong today out of the northwest, blowing between 15 and 30 mph but we could gust up to 40 mph. Between the cloud cover and the northwest winds, highs today are going to stay parked in the low 50s, but it will feel colder than that due to the winds. Overnight we will see lows fall into the mid 30s with plenty of winds and wind chills in the 20s thursday will still be windy and cool with highs only in