"but the union says that it's not just a staffing issue, it's also an equipment issue...corrections officers here don't carry pepper spray." "they had nothing but brute force to use in this situation because at this particular prison the warden wont allow pepper spray which is a tool that every other correctional officer in the state of iowa has to use" homan says that not having immediate access to pepper spray is a recipe for disaster. they got the pepper spray locked up in the captain's office and ya gotta run back and get permission to get it and by the time that's don the incident's over. somebody is hurt. an inmate could be killed. an inmate could be dead. an officer could be killed. and as far as any other less than lethal weapons...homan says there's no need butt to butt to the department of corrections statement goes on to say quote: the department of corrections is committed to operating safe and secure facilities and will continue to work to improve our operations for the safety of all. in mitchellville, ben oldach...channel 13 news" we asked the department of particular prison were not allowed to carry pepper spray on them...they declined to comment. an elk run heights man is dead after accidentally shooting himself in the leg... it happened when 45 year old martin lawrence returned home from his job as a correctional officer. police say his gun slipped from its holster as he was getting out of his vehicle, and fired into his leg. lawrence was taken to the hospital, where he later died. he leaves behind a wife and two daughters. a florida man faces federal charges in connection to a case out of ottumwa. 19 year old kevin ramirez was indicted in federal court yesterday. he's charged with two counts of "enticement of a minor," and "possession of child pornography." police say he traveled to ottumwa to meet a 13 year old girl in october 20-15. an amber alert was issued, and they were both located in georgia. ramirez has a detention hearing set for monday in des moines. boone man are hearing his side of the story... 41 year old alex fazzino is accused of killing his wife, emily, in january 20- 12. today, fazzino's hour long interview with investigators played out in court. in it, he told them her addiction to prescription medication was putting stress on their marriage. he also talked about the night of her death, saying he was shocked when he found her dead in the bathtub. she was. she was dead. i mean, there was, because i wanted to give her like i said, i started her, i was like, help! help! the defense argues emily fazzino accidentally drowned because of father acknowledged that addiction in court today... her the iowa supreme court has dismissed the appeal of a former d-c-i agent... the court says larry hedlund waited too long to appeal a judge's ruling that dismissed a claim in his wrongful termination lawsuit. hedlund was fired just days after reporting a speeding state vehicle that was carrying the governor in 20-13. he claims his firing violated public policy that protects officers as they enforce the law. that part of the lawsuit was thrown out last year, then hedlund's attorney appealed. the governor says some leaders are complicating iowa's transition to a privatized medicaid system. some people in the legislature just want to torpedo this. they don't want to move forward with a modern, managed care system. we've heard the politics of that. i want to know who's paying chet culver to attack what we're doing. he left our state in a mess. governor branstad made the comments during a taping for "iowa press." he believes changes to the system will be successful when they take effect on april first. senate democrats they drafted a bill that would establish oversight after the transition. they say some of the 560 million iowans who rely on medicaid still have questions about it. the department of public health has diagnosed two more iowans with the zika virus. it says the women recently traveled to an area where the virus has been spreading.. it's mainly transmitted by mosquitoes, and causes birth defects for pregnant women. iowa's first case was found in a woman last week. all three are older than 41, and are not pregnant. today, students from all over des moines gathered for the third annual "teen summit." the event focuses on self expression through art and social issues handpicked by the teens themselves. channel 13's stephanie moore joins us with details on what was discussed... and why... more than 200 teens representing all of des moines' high schools gathered to have a safe place to talk 'we wanted to create an event that brought young people from all over the city together to discuss social issues, and create art using one of the urban art forms and we wanted it to be youth led, youth produced.' emily lang helped start the urban leadership class at central campus, a class that has grown from just 30 students to more than 100 in three short years... the two day event offers town hall style meetings and artistic workshops like graffiti writing, street art and spoken word poetry... and teens say it's a place they feel comfortable expressing themselves and talking about spoken word poetry... and teens say it's a place they feel comfortable expressing themselves and talking about those tough issues... 'i think its important that we have it in des moines, because a lot of times people think iowa is perfect and corn and there are problems going on here and i think think iowa is perfect and corn and there are problems going on here and i think its really important that we have an outlet to talk about those problems and have people relate to those problems and listen to us.' tomorrow the public is invited all the art the teens created as well as a performance from joshua bennett, who is national poet. the event tomorrow will be held at performing arts hall on drake university's campus at 1:00 p.m. the event is free and open to the public. an osceola man is now the youngest person to win a big prize. you've just won five thousand dollars a week forever. awesome. this is great. amazing. this morning, 21 year old ryan hart accepted his "lifetime prize." it was delivered by the "publisher's clearing house" prize patrol. hart will now receive five thousand dollars, per week, forever. that's a quarter of a million dollars per year. he says the money is needed, it gives a nice, clean product it gives a nice, clean product for us to burn in our boilers. one of iowa's universities is turning to the turf to cut some costs... hear how they're using it to power the campus... but first, it's another round of layoffs for iowa's largest manufacturing employer. find out how many people are affected, and for what reason... iowa's largest manufacturing balance the size of its workforce with market demand... deere and company's effort comes in the form of layoffs, about one hundred of them. officials cite a declining demand for large farm equipment, like combines and tractors. they say around eighty employees will be cut from the company's davenport factory. another twenty or so will be cut from the factory in dubuque. the layoffs will begin april first. a special type of grass is helping the university of iowa cut some costs. the university is using "giant miscanthus" as a renewable source of fuel. it harvests the grass from local power plant. experts say that can prove up to ten percent of the heating and cooling across campus. giant miscanthus can also help with erosion control and water quality. when we think about economic and environmental and social benefits, this is really a great opportunity in all those areas. the grass is harvested in the winter, when other sources of fuel aren't available. it's a sure sign of spring... iowa's most beloved eagles are laying some eggs! here's a live look at their nest in decorah, from the "raptor resource project." egg number three arrived last night. the first two were laid last week. officials are anticipating the first hatch to be around march 27th, because the incubation period for eagle eggs is 35 to 37 days. winds will remain light and skies will remain clear as we go throughout the evening and overnight hours. temperatures will drop back to right around the freezing mark before we see a major warm up during the day on saturday. winds will pick up will be shining, both of which will help boost temperatures into the upper 50s and lower 60s saturday afternoon. by sunday a weak cold front will move through and although winds will be gusty from the northwest around 35 mph, temperatures will hang out in the middle 50s the high school basketball season is in the home stretch. girls state tournament is set, now the boys. substate semifinals in class 4a tonight and the game of the night take us to ankeny. 7th ranked hawks hosting number 10 north. thats where michael admire joins us live and michael these are 2 teams that both are good enough to make state. yea john substate 7 is definitely the loaded substate in iowa. 3 ranked teams, all capable of making the state tournament, but only 1 can advance. 2 of those teams meet tonight in the semis. ankeny and north hawks are 17 and 4 overall, and have won 7 of their last 8 games. that lone loss came to north by 11 just 2 weeks ago. polar bears are 18-5 overall, and boast the 2nd highest scoring offense in class 4a averaging 72 points a game. the winner of north-ankeny advances to take on either urbandale or the winner of north-ankeny advances to take on either urbandale or dowling 6th ranked valley hosts roosevelt number 5 hoover welcomes fort dodge. waukee heads north to take on ames. and centennial battles southeast polk. highlights from many of these games tonight at 10. football in february. the barnstormers kicked off their 2nd season in the i-f-l last week, with a win at colorado. now a rare early home game, and a chance to start 2 and 0 for the first time in 3 years. blizzard and barnstormers at blizzard and barnstormers at the well, kickoff at 7. 3 games left in the regular season for iowa state. its been a bit of a roller coaster ride, but the cyclones do not lack confidence. kansas state at hilton coliseum saturday night at 5. or is that saturday afternoon? i'm never sure about 5 pm. finally tonight, internet fame is pretty exciting... but for one pup, a trip to the park trumps it all. we're getting closer! whining. gotta calm down man! as you can see, he spends most of the ride whining and wagging his tail... the video has now been viewed more than three hundred thousand times. next on the news at nine... the from sony pictures studios, it's america's game. wheel... of... fortune! ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show, [ cheers and applause ] hey, there! thank you! thank you, jim! [ cheers and applause continue ] hello, dear. i guess you have work to do, don't you? i do. i'll be over here. [ applause continues ] hey. good to see you all. it's that time -- $1,000 "toss up." "phrase" is the category. vanna, let's go! [ bell chimes ] and sharmara. what a bargain! yeah, that's it. [ cheers and applause ] whoo! is it -- say your name for me. sharmara. sharmara. i said it right. yes. i'm always second-guessing myself. sharmara williams is here... yes. ...from ewing, new jersey. just won $1,000. congratulations on that. you work for a pharmaceutical company. is this true? yes. in plainsboro, new jersey. yeah, and are you married? i am married to my husband, marcel, and we have two children, jayla and brandon. and you're actually going to school, too, huh?

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