And warm with highs in the upper 50s. The weekend is looking cooler with highs in the 40s and plenty of showers, especially on sunday. Next week is going to start off mild with highs in the 40s, but by the end of the week a more winter like feel should return as lows fall into the 30s. Snow looks pretty limited through the forecast but if we are going to see any next tuesday is going to be our best chance. Elias lets get into the top five this lets get into the top five this morning. Elias four metro Fire Departments are considering a move to improve response times across the area. Waukee, West Des Moines, clive, and urbandale have been on the same dispatch Network Since the summer, now a merger could be the next step. For now they are working on making it possible for their trucks to go to any fire, based on which unit is closest. Sabrina two spot this morning. Sabrina frustration in the streets of chicago, as protestors call for the citys mayor to step down. Mayor Rahm Emmanuel has a
Golden globes out this morning, and we will bring them to you live today thursday, december 10th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. A lot of people are big fans of chipotle. Steve ells is the founder and ceo of the company and well get his take on whats going on in a couple of minutes. First, our top story. The investigation into the San Bernardino shooting. New information revealed about the attackers and other potential targets. Nbc National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer is on the story again for us this morning. Miguel, good morning. Reporter good morning. The Conference Center behind me, where so many lost their lives, will be closed until january. This as investigators learn gunmans plot of terror. Before the terror attack that left 14 dead and 21 wounded, syed farook and Tashfeen Malik left behind evidence they were planning o
Volleyball nets. See how its helping leaders prepare for the sports spotlight next year. I235 63 and i80 35 at merle hay first on 13. A des moines extend the citys Tax Abatement Program. But now. Council members are accusing her of putting developers ahead of taxpayers. Well, she handles financing, tax syndicator for three out of the five projects that we voted on, not to mention probably some of the other projects in the past shes voted on, since 2013, since shes worked there. Christine hensley works for midwest housing equity group. A Syndication Firm that handles tax credits for developers. Thats why shes taking heat for sponsoring an amendment to extend the Tax Abatement Program for multi family housing. The program was set to expire at the end of the year for companies that hadnt started construction. But the deadline was pushed back to the end of june. By a narrow vote of four to three monday night. Hensley didnt recuse herself from the vote. And shes standing by that decision. I
This is like the crowning jewel because it will turn what is a successful event center even more successfulto finance the 101 Million Dollar price tag. The board of directors for the Iowa Events Center Hotel Corporation planned to use a rare government program. Its called eb five. Foreign nationals who agree to invest at least 500thousanddollars in a us project, are guaranteed a green card. it gives you some certainty in your financing. but a group of us senators, that includes iowa senator Chuck Grassley has criticized the program which is currently under investigation by the department of Homeland Security and scheduled to expire friday. 14 08 4314 08 54senator grassleys office and his committees are very involved and there have been some issues as to how it has been administered and some questions. The board was program to fund up to 20percent of the hotel, which comes to about 20Million Dollars. we are going to have to seek alternative financing thats going to take some guarantees
Morning. Four metro Fire Departments are considering a merger plan. Elias lam looking at the map, you can see the boundaries shared by waukee, clive, urbandale, and west des moines. And now the departments are looking at ways to step up response times. Its an idea thats been floated around for a couple of years now, but has gained traction after this summer when all four started using westcom dispatch. Any department can go to a working fire, but Department Leaders are looking to make that possible for any fire. The plan could be a shortterm fix, because more stations are also part of the equation. Clives facing the same issue in the same area. And at the end of the day, it just doesnt make sense for clive to build a fire station and urbandale to build one two miles apart. Elias theres currently no time line for when the changes would be implemented. West des moines currently has the largest staff, while waukee is the smallest of the four looking at the proposal. Elias new this morning