Temperatures will stay spring like in the 50s through the weekend with mostly sunny skies. It will be slightly cooler next eek with highs in the first on 13. Its that time of year again. The mats are down at Wells Fargo Arena and theyll stay put until saturday. After a good night of rest, wrestlers and fans are ready to flood into downtown for day two. Channel 13s josh nguyen joins us live now from where all action is taking place this week. And josh. Theres going to be a lot of chaos not just inside, but alan beste will join us in the 6 am hour. Ishaa is expecting 80,000 fans to attend this years tournament. The event center will have more staff than normal to accommodate the larger crowd. The are not doing much for parking. Buses can park at principle park and cab will bring fans over but those fans will be responsible for paying. There is a when its midfebruary, they know its time to go to des moines. They know its time to get real serious and down to business. Have a little fun a l
Scalia in washington. The 79 year old was laid to rest today. Jennifer johnson has the story. Draped in an american flag. The casket of Justice Antonin Scalia was taken into the nations largest Roman Catholic church. The basilica of the National Shrine of the immaculate conception. Over 33hundred politicians. Friends and family came to pay their respects. Including his fellow Supreme Court justices. Hope does not disappoint. Former and current congressman and president ial hopefuls also attended the service. Vice president joe biden, came too. Despite criticism president obama was not there citing his large security detail. But paid tribute to the justice at the Supreme Court friday. Scalias son. The reverend paul scalia delivered the homily. God blessed dad, as is well known, with a love for his country. He knew well what a close run thing the father scalia. One of the justices nine children. Added humor to the somber ceremony. Telling a story of his father coming to church for confes
A few flurries will fall early this morning. Expect to see a little more sunshine this afternoon with temperatures again in the upper 30s. There will be a significant warm up for the end of the week with highs in the mid to upper 50s. Plan on slushy roads and lots of mud with all of the first on 13. The death of a famous musician with ties to iowa could redefine a state law. In may 2010, the bassist of the band slipknot, paul gray, died of a Drug Overdose. Last night, the Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments in a special evening session reviewing the wrongful death case brought by grays estate. At the time of his death, his wife, brenna gray was three months pregnant with their daughter. Four years later, grays estate, wife and daughter filed a lawsuit against grays doctor daniel baldi claiming he overprescribed pain medication to the rock star. A district judge dismissed the case saying iowa law says lawsuits generally need to be filed within two years of a death and the family had file
First on 13. Its that time of year again. The mats are down at Wells Fargo Arena and theyll stay put until saturday. After a good night of rest, wrestlers and fans are ready to flood into downtown for day two. Channel 13s josh nguyen joins us live now from where all action is taking place this week. And josh. Theres going to be a lot chaos not just inside, but outside wells fargo. Ishaa is expecting 80,000 fans to attend this years tournament. The event center will have more staff than normal to accommodate the larger crowd. The are not doing much for parking. Buses can park at principle park and cab will bring fans over but those fans will be responsible for paying. Im not sure in a lot of cases you see the amount of love for the sport that you see here. These fans are very knowledgeable. A lot of them actually wrestled. So they know if the kid is good or if the kids one day down, 3 more to go for state wrestlings biggest venue of the year. Today wrestlers fend for themselves but lets
On a snowy sunday, weekend photographer rick rauzi was drawn to the call of the wild. Nats of geese as he snowshoed out onto the ice to capture the geese on lake ahquabi. He heard an unmistakable shattering sound. 03 11 13 the whole area just collapsed and i went right down over my head. It was not a slow sink. I went down instantaneously and came up and you know, had my initial extreme panic 27 once that passed, rauzi began yelling for his life. But as the minutes ticked by. He began to realize no one could hear or see him in the water. 03 12 54 i said goodbye to my wife, said goodbye to my kids said i didnt want to die two ice fishermen made sure he didnt die. After finally hearing his calls for help, they used a canoe to get close enough to throw him a lifeline. At first, rauzi didnt want to grab the rope. 03 13 26 i was afraid to let go of the ice because id gone down twice. I slipped off twice and went down over my head and the last time i did it, i knew if i did it again, i didnt