that states in part, "deadly force is justified when a person cannot be captured any other way and either the person has used or threatened to use deadly force in committing a felony or the officer believes the person would use deadly force against any person unless immediately apprehended. live at the des moines police department, mark tauscheck, kcci shibboleth. -- mark tauscheck, iowa's news leader. steve: new developments in the knoxville cross controversy. last night, voters ousted the 2 city council members who voted to remove a veterans memorial, which included a cross, from a city park. kcci's marcus mcintosh is just back from knoxville with the story. marcus: steve, it may have been that vote that played a role in the ouster of april verwers and carolyn formanek. this was the scene in august, as a few thousand people packed young's park in knoxville to make it known they want the veterans memorial to stay put. just monday night both verwers and formanek voted to remove the memorial from the park. we found people at the park today who tell us the ballots cast is indicative of the people of knoxville getting the last word. >> i feel they made a big mistake by having it moved out. i think they were put to much pressure on by one person. there should have been a cross there. there is nothing wrong with a soldier praying at a cross there that is for his own benefit. that is for his own benefit. , marcus: tonight at 6:00, we take a pulse of the council. we speak to a current member. stacey: commitment 2016 new poll numbers out today show a dead heat between the top democrat and republican if the presidential election were held today. the nbc/wall street journal survey has hillary clinton tied with ben carson at 47% each. carson's standing with independents is his biggest advantage over other republicans. three other top republican candidates also run close to she leads marco rubio 47 to 44%. jeb bush, 47% to 43%. and donald trump 50% to 42%. in the republican primary, a new national poll shows donald trump running neck and neck with ben carson. the quinnipiac university survey finds trump has 24% support compared to carson's 23%. , marco rubio comes in next with 14% support, followed by ted cruz with 13% and jeb bush with 4%. among democrats, hillary clinton is maintaining her hefty lead. 53% backing, compared to 35% for bernie sanders. steve: the iowa republican party is now the focus of a recurring national joke on comedy central. chief political reporter cynthia fodor is live at the iowa state fairgrounds to tell us what's so funny. cynthia: steve, i was here all day saturday covering a republican presidential event in but "the daily show" was not allowed into coverage so the , host fired back at iowa last night. the event attracted 10 candidates and 200 reporters, but iowa's gop chair shut out "the daily show." >> i'll made it to the state line. turns out they built a wall. host trever noah showed why, quoting jeff kaufmann, we were afraid they would make fun of iowa. so what would you expect irreverent comedians to do? >> i have got no beef with iowa, until recently, i didn't know it existed. cynthia: bash the state and everyone in it. just listen to this. >> they are were able common motorscooter bound effort -- bound. it will be the type 2 diabetes. >> it's pretty brutal. cynthia: we showed the video to iowans on their lunch hour, >> every state has its here and who we are. >> it's too bad they don't talk about the healthy state initiative and things like that. we're on a walk. >> it was a personal attack and that was mean, and classless. cynthia: but political consultant eric woolson says keeping out "the daily show" played right in to their hands. >> even though just heart was in the right place, the outcome was predictable. >> you and me iowa, we are cool. but the republican chair, jeff kaufmann, you george could stanza, -- you george costanza, newman hybrid. cynthia: we talked to kaufmann and he released this statement. "i had a good laugh at the clip and it's certainly made me a rockstar with my students. while we can enjoy a laugh at ourselves from time to time, we always take our role as first in look forward to the final sprint toward our february first caucuses. " you can watch the daily show versus iowa clip on our website kcci.com. , live at the state fairgrounds, cynthia fodor, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. steve: by the way, comedy central says "daily show" host trevor noah underwent an emergency appendectomy this morning. the network says the procedure went well and the comedian is expected back on the show tomorrow. there is something to be said for karma. stacey: polk county health officials say meat caused a sickness at roosevelt high school last month. dozen of teachers became sick following a luncheon at the school october 21st. lab tests show the meat contained a bacteria that's one of the most common sources of food illnesses in our country. the meat was purchased at a hy-vee store. hy-vee officials say the meat was prepared and properly stored at the the store. no other illnesses have been reported. charged 6 people in a human-trafficking sting, conducted at a business on tuesday. 5 people, including 43-year-old eugene garrett junior, 46-year-old mya kyaw, 21-year-old matt conner, 35-year-old belladonna guirgis, and 27-year-old sharree austin, all now face prostitution charges. the 6th person, 41-year-old daveta williams of des moines, is charged with driving while barred and possession of drug paraphernalia. in ames, police need your help finding an historic sign, stolen from the iowa state campus. university police tweeted today , "help we're looking for info , about the theft of this historical mackay hall building sign." mackay hall is part of the college of human sciences. anyone with information should call campus police at 515-294-4428. stacey: linux -- our stretch of 70 degree days is coming to an kurtis: clouds kept the temperatures down a bit but it is still well above normal. normally, we should be in the low-to-mid 50's. 64 in des moines. 63 in clarion. initially, we are going to see the clouds picking up i think late tonight early tomorrow. we could have some patchy drizzles. noon, 67. very good chance of some thunderstorms as we had to late afternoon and early evening tomorrow. watching this system well out to the west. tomorrow will be our last mile day. we cruise down into the 50's as we head into the weekend. we pinpoint those precipitation changes coming up. >> this extensive investigation overwhelming amount of evidence, that gliniewicz's death was a carefully staged suicide. steve: straight ahead on the news at 5:00, startling reversal. his death sparked national cop-killer outrage. how investigators determined a police officer shot himself. stacey: plus, feel the bern. the under the radar way some sanders fans are showing their support for the candidate. sally: i'm sally kidd in washington, where lawmakers are considering legislation to protect your freedom to post negative reviews online. up. 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. steve: right now, san diego police say a standoff suspect, holed up on an apartment rooftop, has surrendered peacefully. officers exchanged gunfire with the man this morning after responding to a domestic call. air traffic was tied up as the faa barred flights from landing at the nearby airport as a precaution, since the apartment complex is under the airport's approach path. startling revelations in the september shooting death of an illinois police officer that sparked a massive manhunt and national outrage. stacey: kevin cooney is here now with more on that. kevin: steve and stacey, authorities first thought that fox lake police lieutenant joe gliniewicz was gunned down chasing three suspects on foot. now, their investigation shows gliniewicz staged his suicide to look like murder. and today his supriors explained why, >> gliniewicz committed the ultimate betrayal to the citizens he served and the entire law enforcement community. the facts of his actions prove he behaved for years in a manner completely contrary to the image he portrayed. kevin: authorities say what gliniewicz did was install and laundered thousands of dollars from a youth program for as much as seven years. at least two others may have his family issued a short statement today, saying this was another day of deep sorrow. steve: before booking a hotel or trying a new product, you probably check out the online reviews. stacey: some companies are trying to stop customers from posting negative reviews and hitting them with hefty fines when they do. kcci's sally kidd is live in washington where a bill to stop that practice is up for consideration. sally: the legislation is aimed at protecting the freedom of consumers to post a review on places like amazon and yelp without being retaliated against. jen palmer and husband john were slapped with a hefty fine after posting a negative review online about a retailer which she says failed to deliver. click john got an email from -- >> john got an email from kleargear demanding that my review be removed or we'd be fined $3500 for violating the nondisparagement clause in their terms of sale and use. cynthia: non-disparagement clauses often appear in the terms of service, the small print a customer must agree to before purchasing an item or service. >> they are buried in a way that the average person is never going to understand what is being done to them. cynthia: when the palmers didn't pay up, the company reported it to the credit bureaus and their credit tanked. the couple eventually sued and won. >> this underhanded practice harms those writing reviews, those seeking transparency thru -- through other consumers' experiences, and those businesses playing by the rules. cynthia: a bipartisan senate bill would prohibit the practice. >> it's insecure companies, like bullies on a playground are insecure, who have these anti-disparagement clauses. cynthia: but at least one senator is concerned about possible impacts the legislation could have on small businesses. >> it's hard for consumers to take action, we've heard that it's difficult, lawsuits are expensive. but what about small businesses sally: senator fischer, who sits on the small business committee, says lawmakers need more input from businesses and other stakeholders before she decides whether to support it. live in washington, sally kidd, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. steve: the weather is a changing. kurtis: still a mile day but there are changes on the way. 64 degrees. southwind at 17. the clouds never really broke up today. overall, temperatures will be fairly nice. the old record in 2008. the second, 1979 -- the third, 79. it is the warmest starts november going back into the 1800s. winds will pick up out of the south at 7:00 a.m.. precipitation chance is not that great. the best chance of some thunderstorms looks to be late afternoon and early evening. clouds were persistent in the metro and broke up to the west and the east. wyoming. some heavier snow along the ski resorts. it will eventually drag this cold front across the state. then some colder air will filter in. we could get some patchy drizzle early tomorrow but a better chance of storms would be late friday starts out with sunshine and then we will wrap in some clouds. storms fairly fast-moving. i think some locations could see around one tends to 6/10 -- around 1/10 to 6/10 of an inch. our low temperature tonight higher than our normal high. patchy morning drizzle. best chance for thunderstorms late day. friday, the temperatures get down to 54. saturday, 53. could be some morning clouds around. a high of 56 with a whole lot of sunshine. looks like a good chance of some significant rainfall. steve: not a thing to tell you about in traffic. we look at the drive times. 10 minutes to the west and six minutes to the east. stacey: voter anger in knoxville tops our news at 6:00. kevin cooney has more on that. kevin: coming up at 6:00 controversy in knoxville may , have spoiled an election for two incumbent city council members. kcci's marcus mcintosh has the -- will rejoin us on this ballot battle. also -- been paying a rash of burglaries -- vanessa a rash of burglaries : in ames. i'm vanessa peng, how some of the victims woke up to find the suspects in their home stealing their things. kevin: and billion dollar boom. why west des moines officials say they've issued a billion dollars in building permits in scott: plus, an iowa native who players in college if you think we can grow our economy while ignoring climate change, think again. are already moving to clean energy using existing technology to improve their bottom line. now we need a plan to help businesses and families across america to save money on electricity and create millions of new jobs. it all starts with 50% clean energy by 2030. steve: it's got a weird is a field bern when talking about underwear but here we go. fans of senator bernie sanders like to show off their support. stacey: now supporters can show their political stripes, if you will, under their clothes. that's right, there is now bernie underwear, or sanders skivvies. the undies were created by a trio of entrepreneurs in vermont. they go for a pair. $15 the money raised does not go to sanders' political campaign. instead, the proceeds benefit the yellow ribbon fund, a non-profit supporting injured service men and women. >> we thought about that, but as you know, bernie sanders is not incredibly open to corporate contributions. steve: the group says they received about 50 orders in the first week, but with the publicity it is getting now, they expect orders to go up. stacey: here's something for you to chewn. the iconic gum wall in seattle's pike place market is being cleaned off next week. steve: it's estimated there are more than one million wads of gum on that wall. the gross sounding job begins next week, but officials say don't worry, you can start sticking new wads on the wall again once it's clean. i guess they need to rotate the gum every now and then. stacey: by the way, that gum's been on that wall for about 20 years. steve: and in a somewhat related story it's not like you need , another excuse to eat that leftover halloween candy but today is national candy day. stacey: candy is a broad term that includes everything from chocolate and licorice to marshmallows, so unwrap your favorite one today and enjoy. steve your favorite candy? the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, father, grandfather, an honest leaderer building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. steve: --kurtis: just about 24 more hours of mild weather.