Weekend in des moines this morning. Police. Now investigating the killings of two people. It started around 7 last night. Thats when police were called to the 42hundred block of hull on a call for help. When they got there, police say they found two victims inside the home. Both had been shot. No word this morning on what led to the double shooting. Or who the victims were. Police say theyre waiting to release that information until after theyve contacted family members. Well keep you updated as we hear more on this developing story. A high profile job search is underway in ames this morning. Yesterday iowa state announced its firing head football coach paul rhoads after seven seasons. The nail in the coffin came saturday at kansas state. The cyclones blew a 21 point halftime lead, failed to score in the 2nd half, and had an epic collapse in the final 2 minutes. 2 fumbles, and 10 wildcat points. The 3835 loss likely left athletics director Jamie Pollard no choice. Former players. Now d
Yesterday Quinnipiac University told us ben carson was the man to beat in iowa. Today the Des Moines Register confirmed it. Steve handelsman has the latest on whos up and whos down in the gop race. And whos dropping out of the democratic race. Ben carson is on a roll. Nats cheering the retired neurosurgeon. In kansas today. Surged to a big lead with iowa republicans, in todays Bloomberg Politics Des Moines Register iowa poll. 28 , up 10 since august. Donald trump at 19, down 4. Sot dr. Ben carson, republican primary candidate every place we go we see large and enthusiastic groups of people who are anxious to have a government that is honest and decent decency. Carson speaks the language of evangelicals now backing him by almost 2 to 1. Donald trump does not sot matt lewis, the daily caller rump has said things like he doesnt ask god for forgiveness. But iowa traditionally backs evangelical candidates. I think ben carson fits much more in that mold than say donald trump. Sot carson in h
The iowa state patrol has some driving tips to avoid a sticky situation in the snow. First. Troopers say you should check your headlights and tire tread before heading out. And when you are out. Keep a light foot on the pedal. And avoid using cruise control. Finally. Be sure to pack a car charger. Blanket. And water. In case you get stuck along the road. A chase through des moines left a squad car damaged. And a suspect on the run. It started in the one thousand block of southeast king avenue. Around 3 am. Officers tried to pull over a van. But it sped off. At times topping 70 miles per hour. During the pursuit. A squad car struck a utility pole. The officer was not injured. Police later found the van abandoned at 2nd avenue and center street. Police say theyre following up a few leads. But no arrests have been made. Des Moines Police are looking for a driver who crashed into a home. Then took off. This happened in the 29 hundred block of east grand avenue. Around 2 this morning. Polic
First on 13. Were waking up to the calm before the storm today. And that first significant snowfall of the year is creating a guessing game for some plow drivers this morning. We just kinda plan for the worst and go from that. But planning for the worst for the dot so far has not included pre treating any of the roadways. Warm temperatures and rainfall expected. Makes it a waste of time and money. But they say foregoing the salt back to haunt them. The snow can turn to ice and in that case, they say everything has been tested and is ready to go. Unlike the dot. The Des Moines Public Works Department thinks pretreating the roads will help. A dozen antiicing trucks hit the roads yesterday. Theyve also altered some of their snow routes to match school bus routes. In hopes it will improve safety for drivers trying to get kids home from school. Its all amounting to what could be a sticky situation on the roadways. Made worse because it is the first of the season. Channel 13s josh nguyen joi
20th, 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. Its friday morning. Weve got willie here for matt and a really busy news day. Once again terror is our top story. Theres a hostage situation unfolding right now malis capital. This is after gunmen attacked a Radisson Hotel that is popular with foreigners. We know that president obama who is in malaysia right now on separate travel has been briefed by his National Security adviser on this situation, and, of one week after those attacks in paris. We want to get right to nbcs ron mott following developments. Ron, what can you tell us . Reporter hey, savannah, good morning to you. Details are still thin at this hour but heres what we know. The hotel is on lockdown. Some hostages have reportedly been freed. The malian military is on scene and setting up a security perimeter around the hotel and may have already entered a