Happy thursday. Lets take a live look at Royal Caribbeans anthem of the seas. There it is docked safely in new jersey. Th had four scary days on the water. Those hurricaneforce winds and passengers from that ship are standing by right now. Robin will talalk to thelive. I think they kissed the ground when they got back here. Also have a big morning ahead. Lara is live in hollywood. A huge scandal event taking us behind the scenes and those empty chairs. No, no, wait till you see os coming to visit us. She wont be by her lonesome much longer. Told her where the camera is. Arctic blast moving east. Temperatures 20 degrees below normal. For many its about to get worse. More than 50 million could face below freezes and to rob marciano for that. Good morning,g, george. Temperatures below freezing. Come this weekend will drop another 20 degrees. Chuck of cold air and that means well be in the deep freeze. This picture out of i90 east of cleveland. The lakeeffect snow machine in erie and ontar
Primarily tonight and tomorrow early morning, but most of us should be dry and any accumulation would likely not stick. Thursday will start cloudy but well see some sunshine by the end of the day with a continued strong northwest wind and highs in the mid 30s. Friday we turn a corner with lighter winds, sunshine, and temperatures back in the 40s. Much like last weekend, saturday is looking amazing with highs expected to rise into the low 60s under lots of sunshine sunday well start very warm and manage to climb into the mid 50s before a cold front and some rain knock us back into the 40s early next week. Well likely slip into the low 40s and 30s for a bit, but then well try and bring back a warmer trend. Sabrina lets get into the top five this morning. Sabrina governor branstads plan to privatize received federal approval. But with a delay to the switch over date. Medicaid coverage in iowa will change from staterun, to three private managed Care Companies beginning april first. The shi
Controversial comments they have been making on the campaign trail. 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 we have new details this morning on mondays double homicide that happened in des moines. Elias 39 year old michael wan chanic the man suspected of killing 31 year old Heather Belieu and 39 year old bryon has been taken into custody after a standoff with custody after a standoff with police last night. Elias Dallas County sheriffs deputies, iowa state patrol and other agencies faced off with Michael Wanchanic for four hours last night along highway 141. Dallas county sheriff chad leonard said a tip came in shortly after 6 p. M. That wanchanic was at the caseys gas station in woodward when Police Responded he drove off and a chase started. But that beige Dodge Caravan police said hed be driving died on highway 141 wanchanic stranded. Police kept their distance because even though
And highs in the low 50s. Overnight tonight we are going to become overcast and stay breezy, so low temperatures should stay fairly mild at 40 degrees. Wednesday is going to be a cloudy day with light Late Afternoon showers, but the heavier rains should pick up later that night through thursday. Thanksgiving day is going to be overcast, very wet, and cold with highs only reaching the mid 40s. Friday we might see an early shower in the morning, but most of the day should just be dry, cold, and windy. The weekend forecast gets a bit more complex with rain and wintry mix possibilities picking up. There will be rain just south of iowa on saturday, but at this time it looks like well probably stay dry during the day. On sunday we are going to likely see rain to a wintry mix work through the state as we go through the day. Next week we have a few more rain chances and temps stay at or below average. Elias lets get into the top five this morning. Elias an east side neighborhood is still in sh
Surrounding mondays double homicide in des moines. And the search for the suspect in the case. The arrest of Michael Wanchanic came after a four hour standoff with Police Tuesday night. Someone spotted wanchanic at a gas station in woodward. When police approached him, he took off in a stolen van. But the van broke down leaving wanchanic stranded. Police say wanchanic eventually got cold and surrendered. Now in criminal complaints were learning more about what exactly happened to the two victims bryon howard and Heather Belieu. Elias local 5s Claire Powell walks us through the report. As mondays scene unfolded you can see a confused step brother and roommate of Michael Wanchanic sitting next to the crime scene. He told local 5 news off camera wanchanic had been living with him, his stepmother, howard, belieu and their two children and was battling depression. He said wanchanic was struggling with the one Year Anniversary and Heather Belieu. Probably wont make any sense to us according