ordered all schools searched by the end of the day. "it was not to one school, two schools, or three schools, it was many schools...not specifically identified. but there were many schools, that's the reason i took the action that i did." once the decision was made.. frightened parents rushed to pick up their children. many were greeted by police officers who were already positioned outside most schools. a nearly identical threat was also sent to schools in new york city... in that case it was rejected almost immediately - determined to be bogus...... :06 ne-003tu "we affirm that we do have an investigation underway, but it's an investigation into a hoax:11 nyc mayor bill de blasio the assumption of the nypd and the assumption of the department of education were immediately exactly the same, that in fact it would be a huge disservice to our nation to close down our school system. mayor de blasio went on to call the threat "generic" and "outlandish. the new york police department and f-b-i are now working to track down the person who sent the threat. the des moines school district has lock-downs from time to time... but nothing like what took place in los angeles today... in the case of threats... the district tells us, "if we were to have any doubt about the safety and well- being of our students, we would contact law enforcement, put the situation in their capable hands and follow their lead." the des moines police department is prepared for a variety of threats... and they're getting a run through tonight... channel 13's mike dasilva joins us live from the des moines airport... mike... the bomb squad is at work tonight. rollcue to pkg: even though we've been fortunate here in des moines and the school district hasn't had to close schools due to a threat like the one they had in los angeles this morning....should a threat like that arise, the police department says they're ready and able to handle it...earlier today, they explained why. the des moines bomb squad opening their doors and showing us both of their bomb squad deployment units and the bomb disposal robots and equipment inside. the bomb squad is constantly recreating the kinds of bombs that terrorists make and use in real world plots and attacks so that they can stay on the cutting edge of what's out there and in the hands of the bad guys. authorities found 12 pipe bombs like this one...in the home of the san bernardino attackers. the des moines bomb squad recreating that kind of pipe bomb so they're ready to meet any threat. 15:52:01--10 'weve got a fully staffed and equipped bomb squad thats set up and in place 24 hours a day to respond to these types of incidents, whether its a threat or a device thats located." t the bomb squad doesn't get nt out to just any threaas made...onlye ones ttre validated.rst, patrol offirwouldspond after being notified by the schools. at that point the vestigation woulbegin. 16:00:15--26 'if they find a device or if eyve g a suspect entified, somebody in the school thinks they ow who it might be, something ke that, we can really startllowing up on lea,hen well also get our deteisnvolved, and the mb squad ll get invved.' just like lling outhe bomb squad isn't automatilly done afrthreat...neither is evacuation. 15:52:18--28 'the decision to evacuate a property typically es with the psos in control of that propert t we either lidate the threaowfind aspicious device and then we will order an evacuati at thatint.' d in addition to bomb disposal uipmenbng at the ready, e and in addition to bomb disposal equipment being at the ready, the police department says it has technology tools that help investigate and locate threats made online, on social media and track down the people who make them. the new university of iowa president got off to a rough start... that's getting even rougher. this all stems from a staff council meeting earlier this month where president bruce harreld stated that teachers who aren't prepared for their classes should be shot. he says it was a joke... but university librarian lisa gardinier complained about the comment. in an email exchange with gardinier... harreld apologized... writing, "it was an unfortunate off the cuff remark and i had no intention to offend anyone. nor did i seriously mean to imply i support gun violence in any shape, manner, or form." des moines police are investigating a deadly crash... they say a man was hit by a car when he crossed hubbell avenue near east 42nd street. it was dark... around six o'clock this evening. there aren't any stoplights at the intersection. police say it's too early to tell who was at fault. they are withholding the victim's name for the time being. in ames... police are trying to track down the driver who fled the scene of a deadly accident... 18-year old emmalee jacobs was hit and killed monday morning. her body was found in the street... and police think she was crossing lincoln way when she was hit... that is where a memorial is growing for the urbana native. "i had a final at 7:30 and crossed the intersection at 6:40 so about 20 minutes earlier and as i left it was pitch dark and you could hardly see anything and it was pouring rain." those same conditions are making the investigation much harder for police. nearby security video is distorted and blurry because of the heavy rain and reflections from street lights... police say the public is their best chance of finding the . "we really believe that at some point someone saw something and they will come forward and help us with the investigation" funeral services for emmalee jacobs will take place this weekend. a visitation is from 4 to 8 on friday night at center point united methodist church. a service follows on saturday morning at 10-30 at the center-point- urbana high school. the community is showing its support on social media by using the hash-tag c-p-u strong. police are investigating a home invasion in des moines' drake neighborhood. it happened in the 13-hundred block of 32nd street just after four this afternoon. according to dispatchers a man armed with a gun forced his way inside and assaulted the owner. the homeowner was treated for a large cut to the back of his head. the suspects were gone by the time police arrived. police in urbandale are searching for this guy... he's accused of exposing himself to a clerk at a store near 86th and meredith. police are reviewing security video to try to identify the man. if you can help.. call polk county crime stoppers at 515-223-1400. sioux city could take some of the sting out of speed-camera tickets... on monday the city council will consider a proposal to reduce fines for people caught speeding on interstate-29. the current fine is 168-dollars. the proposal would lower the penalty to 100-dollars. in des moines.. speed camera tickets range from 65-dollars to 80- dollars depending on how fast you're going. the iowa d-n-r is looking for ways to reduce alcohol-related incidents at state beaches. the d-n-r says its fielding a growing number of complaints... and that alcohol use is putting swimmers at risk. so... the d-n-r is asking for advice from the public before developing an alcohol policy... we've put information on how you can make a comment on our website who-tv-dot-com. they are due by december 21st - that's next monday 15 iowa communities are getting some help to improve their local water quality. more than nine-million dollars in interest-free loans were awarded to these cites. the money from the state government will pay for a variety of projects. those include improvements to water treatment plants improvements... storm runoff systems... and stream restoration. we should note that none of the projects are in buena vista, calhoun or sac counties. des moines waterworks is suing all three... accusing their boards of supervisors of violating the clean water act. the lawsuit is scheduled to go before a federal judge in august of next year. right now des moines water works is dealing with a different problem... too much water... parts of water works park are under water. fleur drive is also closed because of flooding along the raccoon river.... and the public works department says fleur will remain closed through the weekend. the river isn't expected to drop below flood stage until tuesday.. the flood closures don't stop there... about an hour ago dallas county emergency management shut down highway 1-69 on the north side of adel... this is a live look at the closure. chief meteorologist ed wilson joins us... ed... rivers are still to come tonight at ten... he helped rally the cyclones to a win against the hawkeyes... and today we learned it was the final game of his season... later in sports.. the devastating loss... and who could step in to fill the void. and in the final debate of the year.. donald trump takes a beating over his proposal to ban muslim immigrants... plus.. the two candidates who say the obama administration is making it easier for terrorist to get presidential candidate "we are not talking about isolation. we are talking about security. we're not talking about religion. we're talking about security. our country is out of control. donald trump felt the heat tonight.... defending his proposal to ban muslims from entering the united states... it was a major topic of tonight's debate... with florida governor jeb bush saying the comment shows trump isn't ready for the whitehouse. two other candidates faulted the two other candidates faulted the obama administration for the san bernardino terror attacks... they say his policies are putting people at risk. gop-540 "its not a lack of competence... and they didn't target it" gop-538 "what we've now the complaints weren't all directed towards the current administration... during the undercard debate... former governor mike huckabee challenged the country's youngest voters. presidential candidate "all over america i hear young people say, 'would you tell me what you are going to do? would you give me free college? will you make sure that i can have medical marijuana?' you know what we ought to tell young people? 'we are not going to give you anything. we are going to give you the opportunity to get off your butt and go serve your country and secure your freedom because if you don't, nobody else is.'" even though he wasn't in the early debate... donald trump was still a target. representative lindsey graham ripped trump for his proposed ban on muslim immigrants and offered an apology on his behalf. graham also stated trump needed to quote, "up his game" if he wants to be president. despite the criticism... graham also said he would support trump if he becomes the republican nominee. the democrats will get their turn to battle it out on saturday... hillary clinton... bernie sanders and martin o'malley take the stage at 7 o'clock... iowa time. the debate will air on a-b-c. the latest polls show clinton still has a solid lead over both candidates. ice sculptures created yesterday have your next burger with a side of awesome. the one-of-a-kind, creamy blend of sweet and tangy. miracle whip and proud of it. at kraft we start with quality ingredients. all expertly blended to make our mayo. so you can take whatever you're making heart disease. asthma. diabetes. 7 out of 10 americans take prescription drugs. but in the last 7 years drugs prices have doubled. hillary's going to take on the drug companies. require medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. let people buy their prescription drugs from countries like canada at half the price. and cap monthly prescription costs for every american. the drug companies have been over charging long enough. it's time to fight back. i'm hillary clinton the ciml is loaded in girls basketball. the top 5 teams in in the state all reside in central iowa. 2 of those matched up tonight. top ranked waukee, hosting number 4 dowling. 3rd q. carlie littlefield, all the way to the hoop. good for 2, warriors up 11. more from waukee. reilly jacobson, just inside the arc. 12 for reilly...warriors up 13. but dowling battles back. josie filer, bottoms up from 3. then off gaber buries the 3. maroons make it close in the 4th, but too much from littlefield, she scores 21. waukee stays undefeated 58-55 over dowling the cyclones are undefeated, but today their depth takes a big hit. senior guard naz mitrou-long will miss the rest of the year as he continues to recover from hip surgery. naz underwent arthroscopic surgery on both of his hips in the off- season. he played in the first 8 games for iowa state averaging 12 points, 3 rebounds a game. mitrou-long will seek a medical redshirt in hopes of returning to play for a 5th season next year. naz released this statement earlier today, quote. this was an extremely difficult decision for me. as a player, there is nothg you want more than to help your team be successful. i pushed myself incredibly hard to be ready for the season opener... i need to take time off to allow myself to rehab to get back to where i can perform at my peak level on the court." head coach steve prohm also released a statement on naz. "we support his decision as he works to get back to where he was physically prior to the injury. naz is a terrific person and an important part of our team on and off the court. i'm confident his teammates will come together and respond to this in a positive manner." cyclone fanatic publisher chris williams on the loss on naz. with the loss of mitrou-long that opens the door for others to step up and receive more playing time. marquette transfer deonte burton is finally eligible, and can play saturday against uni. burton could provide a big lift big 4 classic saturday at wells fargo arena. game 1. iowa-drake, tipoff set for 3:30. the nightcap, 5th ranked iowa state and uni, tip set for 6:00 nbdl. energy at delaware, game tipped off at 10am. overtime. andrew harrison all the way to the rim. 21 points for harrison, iowa up 2. but they cant hold it. 5 seconds left,..sean kilpatrick , game winner. energy fall in ot 110-108 matt campbell has a tough job. as we've seen through the years winning consistently at iowa what made this season worse for cyclone fans, seeing their in-state rivals go 12 and 0. campbell is well aware of the rivalry, and up for the challenge. you can see more of campbell's interview with keith murphy on our website. paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock. sanders: i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. good morning, honey. mmm. honey? so sorry, mrs. parker. so sorry... find a doctor, coordinate appointments, or transfer records with bewell 24/7. one of the many services provided exclusively to wellmark members. hey! this holiday, u.s. cellular's giving you 15 gigs of data for just $70! but i wanted a pony. 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