university with more. cynthia: now that the first democratic debate is over, here -- they are already planning the next one which will be held one month from today inside this building. and a drake law student who had his 15 seconds of fame in the debate is still in the media spotlight. >> it was a genuine surprise, i actually wasn't even watching the debate. a lot of people sent me video clips of me asking the question. >> do black lives matter or do all lives matter? cynthia: cnn picked sterling arthur wilkins question out of hundreds asked on campus earlier. he's pleased especially with hillary clinton's response. >> she said she proposed a new deal for communities of color . cynthia: those who analyzed the debate are praising clinton's strong performance in particular. >> i thought hillary probably >> she came across as reasonably strong insecure and not offensive and she did pretty well. looks more human like that. she cynthia: bernie sanders delivered the most memorable line of the night. sen. sanders: we're sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails. cynthia: our political analyst dennis goldford doesn't think it was a game changer either way sent -- either way for sanders may have helped the name , recognition of martin o'malley but believes the debate hurt jim webb and lincoln chaffee. >> chaffee was embarassing, i cringed for him, he didn't belong there. cynthia: i just saw a number of people here planning the next debate here on november 14 at 8:00 sponsored by kcci, cbs news , and the des moines register. cynthia fodor kcci 8 news, , iowa's news leader. steve: coming up in this newscast gop counterpunch. , our washington bureau has republican reaction to last night's democratic debate. stacey: dash cam video shown in court today gives us a better look at pete polson's demeanor shortly after pleasant hill police say he went on a shooting rampage last trooper brian moses november. told the jury polson was calm and did not seem under the influence of drugs when he was arrested. this contradicts polson's intoxication defense. the final victim, matthew stephenson, also testified today. he says polson shot at him several times while he was getting in his truck missing him by just an inch. >> i just could not believe someone just tried to kill me and they weren't playing. someone just tried to kill me. i have no idea at that time what's going on. stacey: polson faces multiple charges including three counts of attempted murder. he'll be back in court tomorrow morning at 9:00. steve: the des moines police say a woman discovered a big surprise in a basement. the woman was looking at a build to suit house at 6939th street just before 5:00 yesterday afternoon. she spotted an open cellar door and walked in. that's where she found a large atm. it appeared to have been vandalized to get the money out. the case is now under investigation. new cell phone video of a fire destroying a barn near maxwell this morning. four fire departments were dispatched to this blaze. crews were able to stop it from spreading to a nearby house. no injuries reported. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. let's get over to frank. a beautiful day today. frank: one more and that things are going to start to change. the state. upper 60's for ames. mid-sixties and fort dodge. still like bad for this time of year when you consider our average high temperatures are at around 64 degrees. very dry air in place, only 24% for your relative humidity this hour. as we head out this evening, it will be perfect. at 9:00, 59 degrees. lighter winds tonight but that will be changing on thursday. we could even be talking about some frost in the 8 day forecast. stacey: there's a new way to find missing children in iowa. kcci's vanessa peng is live in studio she explains how uber's new effort assists with amber alerts. vanessa: uber officials say a new effort, launched in more than 180 u.s. cities, means thousands of more eyes and ears looking out for missing children. uber drivers use smart phones to find their passengers, now with the launch of a new initiative, their phones could help find a missing child before it's too late. >> this is definitely going to help and it cannot hurt. vanessa: uber is teaming up with the national center for missing & exploited children to send amber alerts to their drivers. drivers will receive the information by text message when they are logged into the uber app. >> we know they're on the road throughout iowa, which means they're going to be on all the different streets and all the highways. >> there's a lot of uber drivers out there, the company's growing, and you know before long there's probably going to be more uber drivers than law enforcement on the road. vanessa: uber currently operates in four iowa cities, the quad cities, cedar rapids, ames and des moines. >> that's a really good idea. i think with everyone using uber that will be a great way of getting out and getting the amber alert's out. vanessa: the effort started out as a pilot program in colorado. live in studio, vanessa peng, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. steve: the news at 5:00 reverse spin. , how the republicans are reacting to last night's democratic presidential debate. stacey: plus calling for , back-up. israel is activating the army to combat the latest wave of palestinian violence. who's heading to the middle east to help ease tensions. steve: and the later hungry for , more money. announcer: this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news at 5:00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, and chief meteorologist john mclaughlin. stacey: hillary clinton and bernie sanders' campaigns are both declaring last night's democratic debate a success. sanders says he's raised more than $1.3 million since the start of the debate. and social media measures show him leading google searches. more than 15 million people watched last night. that is the biggest tv audience ever for a democratic debate. steve: the democratic presidential candidates spent more time criticizing republicans last night than their counterparts on the debate stage. stacey: today, their fired up republican rivals hit the campaign trail with a counter punch. kcci's sally kidd reports from our washington bureau. sally: the gop candidates are using words like ridiculous and boring to describe last night's match up. sen. rubio: i only watched it for a few minutes and, if it wasn't in high definition, i would have thought it was something from 1985. because every thing was a promise about how government is going to solve your problem by raising taxes on someone. gov. kasich: i find that they just want to talk about the guns. the gun is the easy thing to talk about. and we're not going to take them away from people who are gonna do us harm anyway. it's just not gonna work. sally: some of the gop contenders reacted on social media today. frontrunner donald trump posted an instagram video slamming bernie sanders as too weak to defend the country. on twitter, ben carson touted a fox news poll showing him beating clinton by 11 points nationally. and jeb bush tweeted the debate made it clear all of the democratic candidates are running for an obama third term. the rnc says the debate was a predictably stale evening of liberal politicians proposing to spend trillions of dollars we don't have. reporting from washington, i'm sally kidd. stacey: republicans are up next. their debate is set for october 28 in boulder, colorado. steve: right now in the middle east israeli police are blaming , palestinians for a wave of deadly attacks. at least 3 israelis were killed today dozens more are injured. , 2 attackers were also 70-year-old woman as she was boarding a bus near jerusalem's crowded central station. earlier, police say they shot and killed an arab man, after he pulled a knife and tried to stab them. the israeli military has started to deploy hundreds of soldiers in cities across the country. the troops will be helping police deal with this wave of deadly palestinian attacks. secretary of state john kerry plans to travel to the middle east soon to help ease soaring tensions. stacey: new cell phone video now of a deadly plane crash in florida. the national transportation safety board says two people were killed when the small plane crashed into a mobile home park. one of the deaths was the pilot the other was someone killed on , the ground. investigators don't believe there were any passengers on the plane. steve: nevada investigators are trying to get a blood sample from lamar odom to determine if the former nba player and reality t.v. star, suffered from a drug or alcohol overdose. the 35-year-old was found unconscious on tuesday afternoon at a nevada brothel. the owner says odom had been there since saturday and appeared to be healthy before he was found face down in a bed by 2 employees. >> management came in, called 911. 911 said, put him on his left side and they did. he started throwing up, he was still alive. steve: odom's ex-wife khloe kardashian has reportedly been by his side at a las vegas hospital since last night. the couple married in 2009, but kardashian filed for divorce in 2013, citing irreconcilable differences. stacey: belichick back in with frank for a at the forecast. frank: our days are numbered in terms of these beautiful, warm days. 70 here in des moines. mid-60's for carol and storm lake. just a picture-perfect day all across iowa. our jefferson webcam just talked to the northwest. we check in at 70 here in des moines. humidity at 24%, so some very dry air in place. high pressure really dominates our weather patterns. satellite radar, just a few clouds out there. we have some clouds trying to push it. an area of high pressure really in control all across the midwest. there has been some snow in parts of canada well to the north and east of us. it is going to be a very nice night to be outside. 9:00, 59. not as cool as it has been the past two nights. i would help keep some of the heating of the day close to the ground. 10 a clock a.m. temperature tomorrow at 57 degrees. an area of high pressure dominating our weather pattern. on the backside, giving us winds out of the south and southeast tonight. we will notice another system start to swing in and that will coolest down as we had to the end of the week. you will have to wait and see how cooler temperatures get. 10:00, some clouds out there, but not much to worry about. it will be breezy, so keep that in mind. winds gusty at about 15-25 miles per hour. the big news on friday, it is going to be a cool day across the state. back in the mid-50's for afternoon highs. take a look at these temperatures tonight. you're noticing any 30's north 48 degrees with passing clouds tonight. 70 four tomorrow. another nice day but a little breezy with winds out of the northwest at 15-25. 56 for our high on friday. we wake up saturday morning at 33 here in the metro. north of highway 20 probably going to see some freezing conditions. 57 degrees is all we will make it to saturday afternoon. back in the low 60's sunday, low 70's by early next week. steve: a couple of things to tell you about a traffic. one of the north side of the metro. we have a disabled vehicle. then, coming westbound out of the downtown area we do have an accident. as you can see, it is slowing things down. we will see what that looks like in terms of the mix master's. 40 minutes -- 14 minutes to the west makes, six minutes to the east. stacey: here's what we're working on for 6:00. a wisconsin gun store faces millions in lawsuit costs after a jury found them negligent for improperly selling a firearm that injured two police officers. how the verdict could impact local gun store owners. emmy: this neighborhood in west des moines may soon get a makeover. i'm emmy victor and coming up at 6:00 i'll tell you the first , steps city leaders are taking to renovate this historic district. andy: my hearing 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hustle." steve: lawrence wrote an essay for "lenny." it says in part, "i didn't get mad at sony. i got mad at myself. i failed as a negotiator because i gave up early." >> it's our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the united states of america. >> often we feel so lucky just to be in the game at that level. there are less great parts for jennifer lawrence than there are for bradley cooper. stacey: in the essay, jennifer lawrence wonders if she's wasted her time trying to be likable while her male counterparts are commended for being fierce. chicago cubs fans are paying top dollar to watch their team try to make it to the world series. steve: i wasn't there. playoff games at wrigley were listed today for a record average of $1325.93. the most expensive cubs ticket now listed, is a first row box seat in the infield, for just under $12,000. the cheapest is a upper deck $500 ticket for game 3. stacey: by the way the cubs last won the world series in 19-oh-8 -- in 1908. that's the longest drought in sports history. the quote, " "life is short have first" is best said today. steve: that's right october 14 is national dessert day. the very first desserts were focused on nutrition. stacey: glad that's not the case. steve: anything with peter butter and chocolate. we're back next with a final check of the forecast. steve: let's go get some frosting. you're watching kcci 8 news at