Des Moines Police are asking anyone with information to call crimestoppers at 5152834811. Amanda a new bill will be announced today, aimed at closing the gender pay gap. Amanda iowa will be one of 20 states moving legislation this week as part of the equal pay cant wait effort. This morning, representative Marti Anderson discussed the details of an equal pay bill she is sponsoring during a press conference. Joining her were iowa women impacted by pay discrimination and fellow members of the state legislature. Women in iowa only make 77 cents for every makes. Amanda and home care workers took to the streets fight for fifteen, as in 15 dollars an hour for minimum wage. Hundreds of people walked off the job throughout the day and participated in three rallies. It happened just down the road from the Republican Debates, to gain included pretty everyone from day, and included people as well. They say fifteen need to live a lifestyle. Simone davis, des moines mcdonalds worker and we deserve so much more. We cant even pay our basic needs in life. We have to struggle from month to month, borrowing, getting loans and depending on the government. We shouldnt have to do that. We work too amanda the rally say the fifteen dollars an hour rate would not businesses because that money would be pumped back into the local economy. Amanda and dont forget to let us know of the fight for are you in favor minimum wage . You can post you twitter and facebook. Email or give us a call. Wed love to hear what you the contact your screen. Amanda new details this search warrants executed in keokuk. Amanda authorities thursday. Involv Therapeutic Boarding School both warrants stem from allegations of Academy Student by a current staff member. And the second search warrant conducted at a montrose the academy. No charges have arrests made at the iowa dci held a press conference searches this lee county amanda morning, dart is working on its longterm plans input. Amanda public is now ready for its first update. Adopted five years ago, and is the longrange plan for meeting the Public Transportation needs of the community. This update will look at changes needed to meet the need of the communitys growth and changing population. Community members can give their input by completing a survey on the dart website or attending one of the Public Meetings scheduled for next month. Amanda also new this morning, the city of waukee is calling for submissions from local artists. This july, the Waukee Area Arts Council will present the waukee arts festival. Officials say inaugural event was a success, and are expecting a bigger festival this year. The event gives local artists a place to display their work and interact with the public. Amanda in your sports news now last year proved to be one of ups and downs for iowa state athletics. And no one probably knows more about what the university has been through than Athletic Director jamie pollard. Local fives jon the chance to sit thursday, and asked about the ahead. Which starts wednesday with Matt Campbells signing day. Signing day is next you expect out of this him . Lot of excitement. I think its clear that hes been able to get in commits. And hopefully all of those commits dotted line come next elevating us hes about whats important you know you can see lot of olinemen and dlinemen. Thats his background thats sending a message midwest so i think that youll see a lot of iowa connections. Amanda jon will have much more from pollard next much more from month. That interview five news. Amanda hawkeyes find ranked third in highest theyve been since 1987. Last night they maryland, in a bid to end the 24 game home of the terrapins. Despite iowa keeping the score tied a few times, maryland was able to lead game. The hawkeyes of the season. Moving to seven and one in conference play. Amanda meteorologist sam schreier joins us again with a look at your forecast. Sam weather adlib today we are looking at a very nice and pleasant day with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. The winds will be pretty breezy out of the south and that will warm us up to about 44 tonight we are going of our clouds with a with breezy conditions and a high right around 45 degrees. Sunday were looking at a brief rain and wintry mix moving through the state morning and early afternoon. Northwest iowa may see some light snow monday in the late morning with low accumulations. Monday were looking at a cooler day with highs in the mid 30s and a wintry mix coming through after midnight. A large winter storm is still looking to slam iowa on tuesday with lots of snow and blowing snow both likely. While its still early for an exact total it is looking very likely well see a 6 to 12 inch band of snow with heavy winds extremely low. Wednesday morning that system will leave us with light blowing snow and deeper through thursday and friday morning. Amanda cases of lead ohios Drinking Water starts our look at headlines. Amanda warned parents not to drink the school due to possible lead contamination. The school is providing bottled water to their students and staff in the meantime. Back in november, the epa said the schools Drinking Water was safe to consume so officials were surprised when this new warning was issued. The ohio epa is also investigating reports of lead in water at a second town south of the school. Amanda meanwhile, michigans state senate has unanimously senate has unanimously approved 28 milliondollars to help the city of flint recover from its toxic water crisis. Fourmillion dollars of that money will be used to treat children affected by lead poisoning the rest will be used for things like paying residents water bills and replacing the water system infrastructure. The states governor, remains personally under fire for dragging his feet on the crisis. But says his office is open and complying with the ongoing investigation. Sot gov. Rick snyder, r michigan this is something i do care about. Im looking to do teletownhalls where i can get on the phone with people and have them ask their questions. The citizens of flint. Amanda subpoenaed over the water crisis hes recently appointed a 17 Member Committee to help the city regain clean Drinking Water. Amanda and over to the northwest. Mor e members of the armed militia that took over a federal wildlife refuge in oregon have been arrested. Tightening their remaining militants, who now sealed off fbi swat teams at this week, one of the occupiers was shot to death by Law Enforcement following a traffic stop. Amanda the manhunt for those three california inmates a woman who teaches at the jail has been arrested in connection with their escape officials believe she provided them with information they needed to make their break abcs Kayna Whitworth has the details this morning, the woman police say helped these 3 violent crimals escape from this california jail sitting her own cell . Sot investigators have made a significant arrest in connection to the investigation 44yearold Nooshafarin Ravaghi . Arrested thursday in connection to the january 22 escape of Hossein Nayeri, tien duong. Ravaghi the central mens jail. The alleged mastermind behind the jailbreak Hossein Nayeri reportedly taking one of her classes at the time. Officials now saying ravaghi allegedly provided the men with google maps and other information essential to their escape . Former fbi special agent in charge steve gomez says the maps may have helped the three get to a specific address or provided a better understanding of surrounding buildings and the jail roof stand up inmates are allowed 3 hours of outdoor recreaction time a week and here at the orange country central mens jail thats done right here on the roof behind me authorites say, ravaghi one of 10 people arrested in connection to the escape denies providing anything beyond the maps. According to police, the escapees who are still at large may be living out of this white van . Which was stolen saturday in south los morning america, Kayna Whitworth, abc news, los angeles. Amanda coming up on local 5 news midday. Republican president ial candidate chose not to appear on the debate stage last night, but what effect did that have on the other candidates performances . Amanda and. Barbie is getting a makeover well take a look at the companys entirely new production line of barbie dolls, and how young girls are responding. Amanda next. The zika virus is spreading, now a major cause for concern for the world health your wathcing local 5 news midday in hd with amanda krenz and we are iowas most accurate forecast. This is local 5 midday. We are iowa music sting amanda World Health Organization says the zika virus is spreading explosively in the americas and that the level of concern is high. There is no Current Treatment and it can cause birth defects if the disease is contracted by a pregnant woman. Scott mclean has the latest on the outbreak. Reporter pkgas follows Health Officials are raising alarm over the zika virus but in brazil, the warning sirens have been blaring for months. Over fourthousand babies in brazil have been born with microcephaly, resulting in abnormally small heads that can cause brain damage, and longterm developmental problems. angela rocha, Oswaldo Cruz University hospital these babies have brain damage to differing degrees which means inserting this generation into society is going to be very complicated. The World Health Organization now says the virus is spreading explosively, with the potential of three to four million cases in the next 12 months. dr. Bruce aylward, World Health Organization, assistant director general so this virus has been on the move for some those areas, but it will continue to move, would be the expectation. Up to 1. 5 million brazilians have been infected but symptoms are mild to none for most people. The serious risk is only in pregnant women. There is no treatment for the zika virus and no immunity either. Its been around for decades but only arrived in the americas last year spreading to 24 countries and 31 cases in the continental u. S. , all of them brought to the u. S. From abroad. dr. Lawrence eisenstein, Nassau County commissioner of Health People who are pregnant, may become pregnant, are thinking about becoming pregnant, we recommend they reconsider traveling to those 24 affected areas. The who will hold an emergency meeting next week but is not urging women to put off getting pregnant, instead only trying to prevent mosquito bites, the only known way the virus is passed. In washington, scott mclean reporting. Amanda due to the outbreak, the us is urging pregnant women to avoid visiting 24 International Locations for fear of contracting the virus this includes mexico, and countries in the caribbean. Alon g with south america. Well take a quick look at your forecast with schreier. Sam . Sam wxwall today we are looking at a very nice and pleasant day with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. The winds will be pretty breezy out of the south and that will warm us up to about 44 this afternoon. Tonight we are going to have slow clearing of our clouds with a low dropping to about most accurate meteorologist sam weatherrate the independent weather experts weather adlib today we are looking at a very nice and partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. The winds will be pretty breezy out of the south and that will warm us up to about 44 this afternoon. Tonight we are going to have slow clearing of our clouds with a low dropping to about we are looking at mostly cloudy skies with breezy conditions around 45 degrees. At a brief rain and through the state sunday during the afternoon. Northwest iowa may see some light snow monday in the late morning with low accumulations. Monday were looking at a cooler day with a wintry mix coming through after winter storm is still looking to slam iowa on tuesday with lots of snow and blowing snow both likely. While its still early for an exact total it is looking very likely well see a 6 to 12 inch band of snow somewhere in iowa with heavy winds making visibility extremely low. Wednesday morning that system will leave us with light blowing arctic cold lasting through thursday and friday morning. Amanda amanda surfs up in hawaii. Drawing the attention of lots of surfers. Whipped up the ocean, creating fifty feet, some these wave seen. But not all have been able to handle the high water. Safety Officials Say they have had at least twodozen assists. Sam still to come on local five news midday. The Des Moines Social Club has a special comedy act coming up next friday. Well take a sneak peek, coming up. Live standup routine. Plan for around 4 interview. Contact Bethany Arganbright bethany desmoi nessocialclub. O rg or 5154010223 humanity 2 another Valentine Party for horrible people des moines, iowa january 18, 2016 the Des Moines Social Club announces the Second Annual hearts against Humanity Party on friday, february 5 at the kum go theater. For everyone that thinks sappy cards, expensive roses, and candlelit dinners are overrated, hearts against humanity was meant for you. Whether youre single, facebookofficial, or a tinder aficionado, Come Celebrate vday, social club style. Festivities will include cards against Humanity Team competition. Prizes for the winning team. Comedy. Because love and relationships are funny. Bad date stories. Share your worst on twitter or facebook by using the hashtag hah16. try to keep them short sour. well read the best ones during free photo booth plus instax Photos Available for those who prefer instant gratification 2 for 5 . White zinf. Bites beverages. Tickets 25 per person 140 per table seats 6 190 for table plus 2 bottles of wine buy online at http humanity friday, february 5th doors at 7 00 p. M. Clubs kum go theater 901 cherry street, des moines http http about the Des Moines Social Club the Des Moines Social Club is an innovative arts and entertainment venue located in a renovated, historic art deco firehouse in Downtown Des Moines. The nonprofit provides a home for local artists, offers unique programming disciplines, and brings people of every age and background together under one roof all for the purpose to use the arts as a catalyst to create Unprecedented Community engagement. Http http http http youre watching local 5 news midday in hd. We are iowa amanda on your money now amanda good news for those looking to buy a house Mortgage Rates are dropping. Freddie mac says its the fourth straight week of declines. Back in december. The Federal Reserve raised rates for the first time in nearly a decade. Many wouldbe home buyers assumed it meant the beginning of the end for recordlow Mortgage Rates. Experts say the steady drop in rates show the Federal Reserve is not the sole determinant of Mortgage Rates. Amanda looking for some help this tax season. Well there is a free prep service for those in central of central iowa has opened up it volunter income tax assistance sites for the 20 16 tax time. The free Preparation Services can be used by those who earned 58 thousand dollars or less last year. You can find a list of locations on the united way website. Or by calling 211. Amanda and more companies are getting in on the rideshare trend. Now facebook plans to challenge uber and lyft. A Patent Application published thursday reveals the social media giant may get into ride sharing. The idea is an expansion of facebooks event feature. The feature would help users share vehicles or find a travel buddy to get to events. Amanda bam back now with the brand new barbies a major makeover for the worlds most famous doll three new body types seven new complexions and as Abbie Boudreau reports its a Welcome Change for parents and kids natbarbie commercial shes the blonde bombshell that has graced store shelves for more than five now barbie is getting a makeover . Mattell announcing thursday theyre adding three new body types. petite, tall and curvy. so we sat down with the real experts and their moms . Nat ab theres a lot of girl power at this table . To talk about the iconic doll and her latest transformation . Sot girl 1 braids glasses mackenna seeing these changes, it really makes you think. Woah i am really beautiful. sooo cute sot ab when you compare this curvy barbie with the original barbie which one would you choose . girl 2 grey sweatshirt this one bc its different. Dr stacy kaiser says this makes sense. Sot kaiser tbd these dolls will allow girls to embrace their outer beauty . This is a good thing. Sot mom collette short hair a barbie doll . I dont know anyone that looks like that. I think it will help sot mom shari curly hair grey shirt its okay that we all dont look the same, we are all different and we are all beautiful. It doesnt matter the shape or size, we are all beautiful. graphic and mattel agrees . Telling abc news . That . [barbies] her ability to evolve and grow with the times, while staying true to her spirit, is central to why barbie is the number one fashion doll in the world. graphic cont. but not everyone is on board one barbie fan tweeting im all 4 diversity positive body image. But thats not barbie, then. Its a different doll. Sot caseybarbie is more than a brand, its a character also. So i kind of feel like im a way youre messing with mickey mouse a little bit. Still all the moms say theyre happy with the changes . And would buy the new dolls for their daughters. Sot perry pink shirt dark hair i get people are complaining but its your choice, pick one of these or pick the thin one. Chars daughter its better for everyone to know that you dont have to be the same to be beautiful. For good morning america, ab, abc news, la. Amanda coming up on local 5 news midday. Its friday which means its time for local 5 at the movies amanda next. Last night was the last Republican Debate before caucus night. Well take a look at who did best, who didnt show youre watching hd. We are iowa amanda and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im amanda krenz. Amanda election headquarters now amanda a busy night here in iowa last night as candidates make the last big push before caucuses. Who performed best on the stage and what effect will Donald Trumps decision not to participate have on his results in the iowa caucus . Karl is here with the details. Megyn kelly sot before we get to the the elephant not in the from the start of last elephant not in the room. Nats of candidates saying trump over and over trumps competitors seven times in the debates first ten minutes mocking the donalds absence. Sot cruz im a maniac, and everyone on the stage is stupid fact and ugly. And ben, youre a terrible surgeon. Now that weve got the donald trump portion out of the way [laughter, applause] but a debate without trump turned mostly tame a showdown without the spectacle. The candidates instead dove into policy . The first real fireworks coming over immigration reform. Sot rubio you used to support a path to citizenship. Bush so did you. Rubio you changed. Bush so did you, marco. Sot rubio ted, throughout this campaign youve been willing to say or do anything in order to get votes. Sot cruz but the facts are simple. Sot christie i feel like i need a washington English Dictionary converter, right . Votes, marco rubio talked tough on Foreign Policy . And also took on the democrats. Sot rubio i think Bernie Sanders is good candidate for president . Of sweden. And cruz, at center stage for the first time, largely failed to take over the spotlight left open by trumps absence his tangle with the moderators falling flat. Sot cruz i would note that the last four questions had been rand, please attack ted, jeb, please attack ted . Chris wallace it is a debate, sir. Cruz gosh, if you guys ask one more mean question, i may have to leave the stage. Worry, im not leaving the stage no matter what you ask me. [laughter] amanda meanwhile, donald trump was just a few minutes away from the debate with his own is here in des moines with the details the show must go on and thursday night it i didnt want to be about five minutes away. Trump claiming fox news apologized to him but it wasnt enough to reconsider. Sottrump fox has been extremely nice and the last number of hours, actually, and theyve wanted me there and theyve said how about now . They called a few minutes ago. How about now . Can you come over . I says hasnt it already started . In a statement fox news saying on thursday chairman roger ailes had three brief conversations with donald trump today about possibly appearing at the debate. And that trump offered to appear at the debate upon the condition that fox news contribute 5 million to his charities. We explained that was not possible and we could not engage in a quid pro quo, nor could any money change hands for any reason sottrump we raised over 5 million in one day. Trump still claiming victorytelling his for veterans. Sottrump isnt that better than this debate that is going on where everyones sleeping . [applause] they are all sleeping. The gop frontrunner even wrangling Rick Santorum and mike huckabee, who debated on the undercard stage, to join him sotsantorumtl tl and you respect trump for doing this event . Rs hes raising money for veterans. You know his decision as to whether to go to the debate to me is a separate issue. And trumps followerssome who braved freezing conditions to watch his speech on an outdoor monitorsay it was the smart play. I thought it was a great idea, donald trump has a choice to do that. When these people dont play fairly then why go you know . Lets go out and support the vets. Amanda and as the experts specualte on the debates effects on monday. Local five is preparing to bring you expanded live coverage of the iowa caucuses. Look for full Team Coverage beginning that evening. And well into the night. Well also have a wrap up of the caucuses Tuesday Morning here on good morning iowa. Meteorologist look at your forecast. Sam . Sam weather adlib today we are looking at a very nice and pleasant day with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. The winds will be pretty breezy out of the south and that will warm us up to about 44 this afternoon. Tonight we are going to have slow clearing of our clouds with a low dropping to about 30 degrees. Saturday we are looking at mostly cloudy skies with breezy conditions and a high right around 45 degrees. Sunday were looking at a brief rain and wintry mix moving through the state sunday during the morning and early afternoon. Northwest iowa may see some light snow monday in the late morning with low accumulations. Monday were looking at a cooler day with highs in the mid 30s and a wintry mix coming through after midnight. A large winter storm is still looking to slam iowa on tuesday with lots of snow and blowing snow both likely. While its still early for an exact total it is looking very likely well see a 6 to 12 inch band of snow somewhere in iowa with heavy winds making visibility extremely low. Wednesday morning that system will leave us with light blowing snow and deeper arctic cold lasting amanda its friday. Time for local 5 at the movies. Amanda the movie expected to win the box office this weekend. Jack black returns as the voice of po the panda. In kung fu panda three. This time he transistions from student to teacher. He must turn a group of pandas into martial arts masters to defeat an evil foe. Kung fu panda three. Is rated pg. All reax sam next we have the finest hours. Chris pine plays a coast guard officer who leads a Daring Rescue for 30 sailors trapped in a storm on a ship that has been spit in two. The movie is based on the true story of a rescue off the massachusetts coast in 1952. The finest hours. Is rated pg 13 all reax and finally, we shades of black. The screen parody wayans. On screen wayans plays an entrepeneur woman. While spoofing fifty shades of grey and other stories. Fifty shades of black. Is rated r all reax amanda still to come on local 5 news midday. Sam weather adlib sam has the details in central iowas most accurate now, we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts sam weather adlib today we are looking at a very nice and pleasant day with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. The winds will be pretty breezy out of the south and that will warm us up to about 44 this afternoon. Tonight we are going to have slow clearing of our clouds with a low dropping to about 30 degrees. Saturday we are looking at mostly cloudy skies with breezy conditions and a high right around 45 degrees. Sunday were looking at a brief rain and wintry mix moving through the state sunday during the morning and early afternoon. Northwest iowa may see some low accumulations. Monday were looking at a cooler day with highs in the mid 30s and a wintry mix coming through after midnight. A large winter storm is still looking to slam iowa on tuesday with lots of snow and blowing snow both likely. While its still early for an exact total it is looking very likely well see a 6 to 12 inch band of snow somewhere in iowa with heavy winds making visibility extremely low. Wednesday morning that system will leave us with light blowing snow and deeper arctic cold lasting through thursday and friday morning. Sam amanda local five news midday. Well be back after this. Sam were joined now by resident horticulturist. Heres here every friday to tell us what keep our gardens, green. Now. Hell be available gardening needs at the Downtown Des MoinesFarmers Market on saturdays. About the market support local agriculture and buy direct from iowa farmers while shopping the downtown Farmers Market presented by Unitypoint Health des moines. The downtown Farmers Market presents iowa producers from 58 counties across iowa, offering fresh fruit, vegetables and so much more every saturday, may october. Youll find fresh herbs, beautiful flowers, farm fresh eggs, local wineries, a delicious assortment of goat cheese, an endless selection of baked goods, and many varieties of iowa raised meat such as beef, pork, chicken, sam weather adlib today we are looking at a very nice and pleasant day with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. The winds will be pretty breezy out of the south and that will weather adlib today we are looking at a very nice and pleasant day with partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. The winds will be pretty warm us up to about 44 this afternoon. Tonight we are going to have slow clearing of our clouds with a low dropping to about 30 degrees. Saturday we are looking at mostly cloudy skies with breezy conditions and a high right around 45 degrees. Sunday were looking at a brief rain and wintry mix moving through the state sunday during the morning and early afternoon. Northwest iowa may see some light snow monday in the late morning with low accumulations. Monday were looking at a cooler day with highs in the mid 30s and a wintry mix coming through after midnight. A large winter storm is still looking to slam iowa announcer get ready to get lucky. Pot lucky, that is. Were bringing you the tastiest potluck in town for just ten bus. Carlas in the kitchen with chef jamie oliver, and hes whipping up the most delicious chicken dish youve ever tasted. Then, marios taking one turning it into a cheesy