Prosecuting attorney Stephanie Cox said polson changed the lives of three people he didnt know in a matter of 15 minutes. She told the jury polson needs to be held accountable for his actions and be found guilty on all charges. Polson is using an intoxication defense and when he took the stand in his own defense told the jury he didnt remember anything from the shooting after claiming to take a bad hit of meth. His Attorney Phil reser said polson cant be held responsible for what he did because he wasnt in the right state of mind at the time of the crimes. Sotphil reserpolsons attorney 3652he was not thinking and thats because the mental disability caused by his intoxication that put him in a spot where he was incapable of forming specific intent 3704 the jury was handed the case after closing arguments but only deliberated for 15 minutes before the courthouse closed for the night. They will report back to the courthouse monday morning to continue a Drake University law professor think
Seen an undefeated season. Its an opportunity to be 120 and to it means everything as fans. You know life long hawkeye fans, weve never seen an undefeated season. Its an opportunity to be 120 and to possibly get a shot at playing in the national championship, at least semi finals so its kind of Uncharted Waters for hawk fans, but overly excited, thats for sure. The cyclones will get a chance to send coach paul rhoads off tomorrow. The cyclones play West Virginia in West Virginia tomorrow morning at 11. Coach rhoads learned earlier this week he will not be coming back for his eighth season. But was given the opportunity to coach the team in the season finale. Midamerican energy coped with hundreds of Power Outages overnight because of ice on powerlines. In kansas. The ice was also sticking to the roads. This is a look at the slick conditions in wichita. At one point police were only able to respond to accidents involving injuries because of the high number of crashes. Meteorologist mega
The hawkeyes have a lot to celebrate this morning. From the 32 is where iowa starts with the lead. For an iowa rushing touchdown that was the play that sealed it. The hawkeyes finished the regular season 12 and 0 for the first time in not all hawks fans made it to the game in lincoln. But there was no way they were going to miss seeing their team make history. Channel 13s mike dasilva has the story. Hawkeye nation tasting sweet victory once again. And the excitement among the fans is palpable. 18 18 01 its really exciting, i mean its a historical win. Weve never gone 120. 18 18 0814 its just unimaginable for hawkeye nation to experience this, so were really happy about this. 18 14 1428 its phenomenal, i mean especially given where they were last year, compared to this year. Youre talking about 180 degree, night and day difference. I never would have guessed that this would have happened. at jethros bbq in West Des Moines. The polk county iclub gathered to watch the big game against the
Congressman paul ryan of wisconsin has a new title speaker of the house. In assuming the position held by john boehner for four and a half turbulent years. Speaker ryan acknowledges the challenges he faces. He promised today to fix a house of representatives he calls broken. Brian mooar has the story from washington. The speaker of the house, congressman an honorable paul ryan. On capitol hill. A changing of the guard paul ryan took the gavel as the new speaker of the house of representatives. Its a house divided with republican factions battling each other even as they fight democrats. Wisconsin 18 26lets be frank the house is broken. Were not solving problems, were adding to them. Those problems were the downfall of outgoing Speaker John Boehner. Who was unable to break the legislative gridlock that had lawmakers lurching from one political showdown to the next. I leave with no regrets or burdens. If anything, i leave as i started just a regular guy humbled by the chance to do a big
Ohio state assistant tony alford montana head coach bob stitt. And wyomings craig bohl. According to Chris Williams of cyclone fanatic, bohl has interviewed for the opening. Some freezing rain and snow is heading our way in the forecast. Meteorologist megan salois joins us with a first look at what to expect tonight and later on this week. The weather again will be going down hill. And it begins early enough as tonight for some parts of the state. Southwest iowa is under a Winter Weather advisory for some freezing rain tonight. This may make roads slick through early sunday morning. Then attention turns to monday. A winter storm watch goes into effect monday morning in northwest iowa, where the heaviest of snow will fall. A mix of both rain and some snow will keep totals lower in the des moines metro. Before that happens though, we have one more dry day on the way for sunday with mostly cloudy skies and highs in the upper 30s. Republican president ial candidate ted cruz made his unds i