Ultimately led to the surgery. Which i will share with you. Breaking news this morning. The major earthquake in afghanistan and felt in neighboring countries. Well get to that in a moment. But first, the deadly whalewatchihing accidt in canada. At least five people killed. After the boat sank. Neal karlinsky has the latest from vancouver. Good morning, neal. Reporter george, good morning. A horrific scene. Out on the waters here. Whalewatching is very popular here. Normally perfectly safe. Why no one can understand what brought the ship down on what seemed like a perfectly normal fall afternoon. This new video shows the last moments after cruise off Vancouver Island turned into a horrifying struggle for survival. The5foot ship all but submerged. Just the bow visible upside down and partially sticking out of the 55degree water. Officials s say 27 pple were on board the tour boat. The cause of the capsizing is presently unr investigation. Reporter this morning, at least five are confirme
Deadly crash on a des moines street. It left a des moines mother dead. And created a mess of metal and sparking power lines. The crash happened yesterday morning on 35th street. The car hit a utility poll and spun into a tree. 22year old scalicity perez. Also known as scalicty boyd was killed. The driver, troy mure, survived and is now recovering. Police are now looking into whether he was speeding or impaired. But his mother says it happened because another vehicle was chasing him. They waved a gun. He stepped on the gas to get away from them. And they hit the back of the car and made him lose control of the car. His mother says the reason for that chase goes back to an unsolved nightclub murder. Earlier this month a man was shot and killed outside evolution nightclub. Mure told his mother people are accusing him of being involved in the murder. The Polk County Sheriffs Department hasnt said whether mure is in fact considered a suspect in that murder. Once out of the hospital a des mo
On gma. And good morning, america. We havbeen tracking all the fallout all night long from that california massacre the rst mass shooting since newtown. It has stunned our entire country one more time andhis time the crisis played out on live tv ending with an explosive shooootout. There didis the suv driven by the killers. Family membersay they were a husband and wife completely shot up. It ended less than four miles away from where the terrible rampage began at that government building. Police chasing them from a nearby home. So many moving images from the scene. Survivors embracing. Escaping. Papausing foa moment of prayer. 14 people were killed in the rampage. Other 17 wounded. Police say there were just the two shooters, the husband and wife, despite early reports of there being three, both of them were killed in that shootout leaving behind a 6monthold baby. There is a live look at where it all unfolded. A center to help people, some of the most vulnerable in our society and our
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
Sunshine and temps pushing up into the upper 40s and even low 50s for the metro conditions will stay mild over the weekend, but some clouds will be coming in saturday afternoon and might be thick enough to produce some rain showers late saturday night into early sunday morning. Right now, i think the showers will be gone by sunrise sunday, which should lead to a pretty decent day as the sunshine increases. Saturday should reach the low 50s and sunday in the mid 40s in the metro depending on how much sunshine we get those days. Next week is also looking about 1020 degrees above average for most of the days and dry that is until we get to friday saturday of next week when a stronger weather system is likely to bring us more rain yes, rain our mild winter is underway it seems elias lets get into the top five this morning. Elias authorities have identified the two suspected shooters that went on a rampage at a 14 people and more than a dozen more injured. Police released their names, 28 ye