Decision time. A pipeline controversy may finally be you why after 15 months of deliberating, today could be the day landowners hear a yes or a no. Booming business. Cold temps have some workers very busy this morning. Hear why keeping warm can cost you. And what to do to avoid getting stuck in the cold. Shots fired. New information this morning about what caused bullets to fly in a des moines car chase. Hear from officers who say the choice to shoot was life or death. Its thursday, february 11th. First on 13. Iowa land owners are hoping a 15 month fight comes to an end this morning. Today the utilities board holds their final meeting on a Controversial Oil pipeline that would cut through iowa properties. The 3point7 billion dollar pipeline would carry oil through four states. Including iowa. Illinois, north dakota and south dakota have already okayed it. Now iowa is the only state that hasnt given the goahead. All this week Board Members have pipelines pros and cons. Discussion has ra
About to get really, really, really cold. 2016. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. 23 degrees out there. That will be known as a heat wave this weekend. By sunday it could be 1 degree or 0 here in new york city. Bundle up. Lets start with breaking news after a dramatic night of negotiations those four people still occupying a Federal Building in oregon now appear to be on the verge of ending that siege. This 41day occupation could come to an end this morning with occupants saying they plan to following dramatic developments as fbi put barricades ahead of and behind where those are camping. Come out with your hands up. No were not. Youre going to have to kill us. Reporter tense moments as the fbi moves in on the four remaining occupiers at a wildlife refuge. Well, no, im done talking. Im done praying. Thats it. Reporter Assembly Woman just landed in portland and
Senate today. That means, as of now, medicaid will still become privatelyrun at the end of the month. House republicans released their budget plan for fiscal year 2017 today. Its estimated at just over seven billion dollars. The plan includes an additional 143 Million Dollars for k through 12 schools. Thats a two percent increase in school funding. The budget also fully funds property tax credits. The plan is about 89Million Dollars less than what Senate Democrats proposed. 22 28 42 this budget has been put together in a mindful manner to make sure that we are living within our means but also funding the priorities of iowans, yes its a difficult time for us to do that, but every budget should be tough as we are spending the money of the tax payers of iowa 28 56 the plan also takes into consideration 111Million Dollars worth of savings from the privatization of medicaid. A bill that would make it more difficult for athletes to return concussion. Is moving forward in the state senate. Bu
Waited for this moment and if the wait was worth it. Anthony piercy deserves what hes getting and hell have his day in court but he knows what he did wrong. The Missouri State trooper charged in the death of a clive man will appear before a judge today. And how long he could spend behind bars if convicted. Its thursday, february 11th, today in iowa starts now. I80 35 hwy i41 i235 31st first on 13. The missouri the death of a clive man will face a judge today. Anthony piercy faces one count of involuntary manslaughter. Piercys arraignment is set for today in morgan county, missouri. Back in may 2014, investigators say Brandon Ellingson drowned while in handcuffs and in Police Custody at the lake of the ozarks. More than a year after a special prosecutor cleared piercy of any wrong doing, a new Prosecutor Says he acted recklessly by putting the wrong life jacket on the college student. If convicted he faces up to 7 years in prison. Their goodbyes to a prominent Des Moines Community leade
Associated cases have been found in the us. With no effective vaccine to prevent the virus, an Iowa Research company is one of Many Companies trying to solve this puzzle. Local 5s Claire Powell is here with more. Claire bam jack, theres a delicate balance between giving information on the zika virus and scaring people. Of the two speices of mosquitos known to carry the virus, yes one is found here in the us and in iowa. But its the unknowns that have Iowa Researchers frustrated. Theyre trying to make an effective vaccine while educating people in the meantime. At this time last year, researchers say the zika virus was basically dorment. It feels like a mild flu, most people thats what happens and they dont know theyre infected within 10 months, thats all changed. What was amazing was there were no cases and now its over 1. 5 million in brazil. Its incredible, thast just from last year the virus, discovered in the 1940s, has spread to a pandemic. Recently, newlinnk ames, known for their