Could. Reporter firefighters managed to save dozens of houses. Tonight they are doing their best to put out hot spots and create containment lines around the 66,000 acre fire before the wind kicks back up tomorrow putting the area at major risk yet again. We still have yell kopteheli working. Hand crews. Hopefully today we can make some real progress. Reporter pg e wieltldfire safety Operation Team are pitching in. They are spraying fire retardant on poles and clearing vegetation to keep them from catching fire and falling down. Typically the poles will ignite. Its a log. It will burn eventually. Reporter were back here live. Were looking at a blackened hillsides. One of this throughout the windsor area. Theres another house right on top of the hillside that is also escaped being destroyed. They ran into a freemont crew a short time ago. An oakland crew up the way so everybody is pitching in to try get the situation contained. Reporting live, im jodi, hernande hernandez. Fire crews acr
We have a lot of wires down. Flames and black smoke shoot into the air. At least two people on board killed. Federal investigators on the scene this morning. Under pressure and taking the plunge. How well do those cases that promise to protect your phone, how we do they really work . The companies that sell them are here accepting our challenge. Our big live experiment only on gma. And we do say good morning, america. On this wednesday, it is veterans day and theres a full crowd outside and were just so grateful to all the servicemen and women and their families for what they do for us today and every day. We honor them all. We do. Weve got a lot to talk about. The republican president ial candidates facing off as you know, the fourth time last night, the frontrunners, donald trump and ben carson, center stage and the most talked about on facebook and google. Hillary clinton weighing in on twitter again. Her campaign tweeting this image, we will have full Team Coverage for you this mor
Local 5 news at 10 starts in 30 seconds. Youre watching local 5 news at 10 in hd. We are iowas most accuratebrad wx wall weather adlib today turned out pretty nice with just enough sunshine in central iowa to push us into the lower 60s while most other areas of the state only reached the 50s. Clouds will be increasing overnight as a strong storm system moves closer to us wednesday jack what do you do when your what do you do when your neighbors are a nightclub . People in this part of des moines keep calling the cops but what can really be done . Then we need more welders, and we need fewer philosophers. Stephanie president ial candidates talk about how to keep america competitive. Well break down the republican economic debate coming up. And later something i hadnt felt in a long time and its good. Its really good. Jack local veterans break down when they see the surprise in store for them. Its a cant miss story, ahead of local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa jack thanks fo
Only on gma this morning. And good morning, america. Hahappy thuray. We are looking forward to welcoming diane sawyer back to gma. Of course, she has that interview with jennir lawrence. Two kentucky women and theyre going to dig into that pay gap issue, an important debate for women everywhere. That is a little later. Always great to have diane in the studio with us. We begin with that large storm sweeping across the country. Ten reported tornadoes, nearly two feet of snow in some areas and wind gusts topping 80 miles an hour. Abcs rob marciano is in chicago this morning and starts us off. Goodorning, rob. Good morning, robin. The winds howling all night long in chicago. The flags along Michigan Avenue for the most part have been 0 horizontal. 49mileanhour wind gust at the airport. 53 in west chicago. Even the big skyway bridge, parts shut down because of flying debris. Thatss just the win. This storm is whipping up snow and Severe Weather across the midwest. [ sirens ] reporter overn
Good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Elias Johnson. Elias today 210 people will get the chance to voice their thoughts on the proposed Bakken Pipeline to the iowa utilities board. The pipeline, if approved, would cut across iowa. Carrying crude oil from north dakota to illinois. The hearing is going on right now at the Boone County Fairgrounds Community Building it started at 9 am and goes through to 5 pm. Will be split evenly between those for the project and those against it. Local 5s amanda krenz is at the hearing and joins us live with the very latest. Amanda, hows it going out there . Amanda live interviews with attendees live in Boone Amanda Krenz we are iowa. Elias expect more Team Coverage we are iowa. Later. Well have more tonight live on local 5 later. Well have more tonight live on local 5 news at 5 and 6. And you can always follow along on our website thats we are iowa dot website thats we are iowa dot com. Elias a very stormy afternoon for muc