lawyer yielded some interesting findings today. the report shows ryan lamb was underqualified for his job. you may remember lamb for his role in the "secret settlement scandal" legal counsel for services. in that role lamb helped broker some of the deals that paid state employees extra money to not file grievances against the state. an audit released today shows lamb was given 22-thousand dollars in excess pay and benefits while working for the state. the report shows lamb was paid 13- thousand dollars in excessive salary while he was on military leave.... and more than 9-thousand dollars in excessive vacation pay. in addition, the auditor's office couldn't find a copy of lamb's resume on file anywhere. that has lead to questions about whether he had the proper education or experience to hold his position with d- a-s. lamb resigned from state employment last year. current d-a-s director janet phipps says the errors occurred before her tenure. she als says the state could try to recoup that money from lamb. she issued a statement today reading ... "during my tenure as das director, the department has followed state policy on military leave, timesheet approval and proper documentation for new employees as recommended by the auditor." "das will consult with legal counsel regarding reimbursement of gross pay and benefits and excess vacation." it's a brand new facility focused on the health and well-being of women during the prime of their lives. today mercy medical center announced the new "comfort women's center" that will put all women's health services under one roof. "the mercy board of directors had recognized that women after their child-bearing years did not have the kind of coordinated and integrated care that was really necessary." :01-:11 leisha barcus says this is historic for two reasons... first: will be the only center in the state to house all women's services in one building. second is the eight-and-a-half million dollar grant given to mercy to kick-start the project. that's the largest single donation the hospital has ever received... it comes from the comfort family foundation, which has a long history of support for mercy hospitals. the comfort women's health center will be located at the mercy west hospital in clive. "sometimes, if you've heard there's a women's center somewhere, they're often disjointed clinics that are not integrated together, but rather, located either throughout a different building, or down the street. what we've done is we've brought all these specialties together in one area." :01-:19 the center is set to open in early 20-17. while mercy focuses on women's physical health ... another group is focused on their financial well-being. progress iowa and the center for american progress hosted a forum on women's economic security today in des moines. according to the groups ... women are the sole, primary or co-"bread winner" in more than 70-percent of iowa homes. on top of that, they're still the primary caregivers at home. because of that statistic alone, organizers of today's forum say there needs to be more focus on policies and laws that relieve some of the stresses on women. 14:31:07-14:31:23 i think we want people to have a deeper understanding for why these policies are so important for a strong economy here in iowa and around the country .to feel they have a group of people in the state to drive these issues forward over the coming years. among the top priorities for the group ... equal pay for equal work, affordable family healthcare and access to more paid maternity and sick leave. one of the biggest development questions in downtown des moines could finally be answered next week. the question is, "what should be done on walnut street?" the business district formerly served as a hub for dart buses. now that the buses have shifted to a new hub, the city has been looking for answers on how to transform the streetscape. today wells fargo, the downtown community alliance and the greater des moines partnership announced they will make another announcement on the streetscape next tuesday. the city of ames is undergoing some major streetscape work as well. the city of ames is undergoing some major streetscape work as well. the city is looking at some improvements to 13th street. this week crews are working to improve a bike path on the road. next monday a public meeting will be held to talk about adding sidewalks on the north side of 13th...especially near the furman aquatic complex. another major ames road closed this week until sometime next year. the city is removing the 6th street bridge over squaw creek. the old bridge will be replaced with a newer wider bridge. all traffic is being detoured to lincolnway in the meantime. and this sculpture has been named best of show in the annual ames public art commission public art exhibition in downtown ames. its called "spring awakening" and comes from massachusetts sculptor dale rogers. its one of six sculptures that will remain on display in ames through may. artists interested in putting a piece on display next year can apply through december 15th for a spot on the streets. hy-vee is a major supporter of iowa veterans. for the next week you can help them help more veterans everytime you check out. coming up ... we'll tell you how easy it is to join the homefront initiative ... and where the money you donate will go. this week marks six months since the city of johnston became the jeb bush was a very strong governor, probably the strongest governor in the history of the state of florida. he was a young guy and i think there were some folks in the legislature that thought they might be able to run over him. that didn't happen. one tax cut wasn't enough- he had to do more. it wasn't enough to have 15,000 kids with school choice in florida, he wanted to have 100,000 kids. if he didn't like a project, it was going to be vetoed. it didn't matter if you were a republican. it didn't matter if you were his best friend. he said: 'this is where we're going, this is how we're going to reform state government...' every politician comes in talking about making change, and generally there's not much change. but governor bush made a lot of changes. he got the nickname veto corleone. if he saw something in the budget that he thought violated his conservative principles, you could guarantee it was gonna get whacked. he vetoed a bunch of my stuff and i was the senate president. the message to washington, d.c., is 'get ready...' because there will be change. central iowa to declare itself a "home base iowa community. the city says it's already seeing results. cities and counties across iowa can become "home base iowa communities" through the "home base iowa" act, signed by governor terry branstad last year. the initiative is meant to attract veterans to the state... part of becoming an h-b-i community means ten percent of businesses in your city must commit to hiring a 20-18... businesses like du-pont pioneer and john deere financial have signed city officials say 10 veterans have been hired by h-b-i businesses in johnston in the last six months... the city also offers an incentive package to veterans that's worth around six thousand dollars, but as other cities in the metro join the wave, mayor paula dierenfeld says johnston will have to stay competitive. "as a result of some other communities becoming home base iowa communities, we're looking to see what they're offering as home base iowa communities, and seeing if there aren't some additional things that we can offer." :01-:12 in the metro, west des moines and grimes have both become home base iowa communities since johnston joined the effort. marijuana could soon be legally grown and consumed in iowa ... thanks to a vote in nebraska this week. let me explain. on tuesday, members of the omaha native american tribe in nebraska approved a series of referendums that give them the authority to grow and use marijuana for medical and recreational purposes on tribal lands. that includes a piece of land in monona county in western iowa. that land was once in nebraska but is now in iowa due to the way the missouri river channel shifted over time. the tribe owns the blackbird bend casino in onawa, iowa. tribal leaders say its too early to decide whether or not marijuana would be sold at the casino. if so that could fuel new tourism to the casino ... and a new threat to other state casinos. ad lib main weather coming up next ... we have this is krystal, and her dream is to be a roller derby girl. we love krystal! we love krystal! oh my god it's jj watt! oh my god! out how you can help a veteran while picking up your eggs, milk and bread theserve their country and protect our freedom. starting today you can thank them ... from the checkout line at the grocery store. today hy-vee re-launched its "homefront" initiative. in the first two years of the program more than a half-a-million dollars has been raised. joining us now to tell us how the initiative works ... and how easy it is to get involved ... is brad waller with hy-vee. what brought down a russian airliner last week ... with hy-vee. what brought down a russian thank you so much. did you say honey? hey, try some? mmm that is tasty. is it real? of course... are you? nope animated you know i'm always looking for real honey for honey nut cheerios well you've come to the right place. great, mind if i have another taste? not at all mmm you're all right bud? never better i don't know if he likes that. or a terrorists bomb? we have the latest on the investigation and how u-s and british officials are responding to it. a missing child is found safe ... but he isn't a child anymore. find out how a college application lead to the phone call a mother has waited more than a decade for. and we have some big news to bring you 15 minutes from now. find out how channel 13 is launching a first of its kind candidate experience to our viewers and all iowa voters. news at four front door despite the rumors ... there is still no definitive answer tonight about what brought down that russian jetliner in egypt, killing 224 people. the white house says there's no determination that terrorism was involved, but there is much more concern about the possibility this was an isis attack and that the terrorist group could target americans. steve handelsman has the story from reagan national airport. at the scene of the crash, investigators are still looking for conclusive evidence that a bomb brought down the plane the flight data recorder reportedly reveals an explosion but not a cause. the jet's tail blew off, landing far from the main wreckage, but a catastrophic structural failure could have caused that, experts say. still... u-s and british officials saying it's likely that isis bombed the airliner... has washington worried sot: rep. michael mccaul :27-33"if in fact this is the case it would be the most significant attack against the aviation sector since 9/11." since u-s pilots first attacked isis and russians began, a few weeks ago. fear rose of a counterstrike by isis sot: rep. ed royce :41-45"they have been working for some time to perfect this ability to take down planes." assuming the bomb ... if there was one ... was put aboard in sharm al sheik airport where the plane took off the british government continued the ban on u-k planes using that airport. even though egypt's president today complained to the prime minister. sot: david cameron, british prime minister1:01-1:07 "we cannot be certain that the russian airliner was brought down by a terrorist bomb but because it's a strong possibility, it's right to act." 20 thousand british tourists are stranded 'til experts can certify proper baggage handling and personnel screening at sharm airport. as some of the 224 victims of the crash are laid to rest. audio outcue: i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, reagan national airport. tonight the plan is to begin to bring the british tourists home tomorrow continue into what brought down the metrojet. no reexamination of u.s. airport securtiy has been announced. a child reported missing 13 years ago in alabama has been found safe and sound ... thanks to a college application. five-year old julian hernandez their home in alabama in 2002. recently the now 18-year old began applying to colleges ... only to learn his social security number didn't match his name. with help from a school counselor he found himself on the national center for missing and exploited children database. that's when the f-b-i was tipped off ... and took julian's father, bobby hernandez, into custody. yesterday alabama police who've been working the case for 13 years finally got to make the phone call they've wanted to for so long. 120-135 "everything we do normally revolves around negativity and it was just great for me to tell a mother that hey, you know all this time i don't know what you've been thinking but all this time he's been alive and he's doing well." there's no word if julian and his mother have reunited. because he is 18 and a legal adult, it's up to him to make that reunion happen. bobby hernandez is being held in ohio on charges of tampering with records. he faces charges in there is mounting pressure on 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, 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 leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. books on his use of a state of florida credit card. rubio has admits he used the credit card for personal reasons ... but he's since repaid the money. but critics say he still hasn't issue. drew griffin has the story. marco rubio insists he's just an average american, trying to make ends meet. i know for a fact how difficult it is to raise children, how expensive it's families..."but there is intense pressure for him to come clean about the financial issues which have been dogging him for to when rubio was in the florida house of representatives. he came under fire for using a personal expenses. there were complaints he charged 4-thousand to repair a minivan and replace it with a rental car, and that he used the card for a $134 haircut. after the spending was made public, rubio said he repaid it - $16,052 covering his personal expenses charged to the card. rubio is still answering questions about it today. "it wasn't a credit card, it was an american express charge card secured under my personal credit in conjunction with the party. bills would be mailed to me at home. every month i'd go through it - if there was a personal expense, i paid it. if there was a party expense, the party paid it."trouble is, not all the the amex statements from that time period have been made public. there's a two year gap, though rubio's campaign told the tampa bay times those records will be released. rubio's critics believe he's hiding something. "we still don't know what is on those statements of the american express card prior to him becoming speaker, when he had complete control of all of the campaign dollars, florida house campaign dollars. and if he wanted to make it very clear that he has reimbursed the party, then show us."mike fasano, a fellow republican, worked with rubio for years. fasano used to be the majority leader in the florida house..and rubio even called him his mentor -- but not anymore. he now supports jeb bush. "he has no appreciation for the dollars that are being donated to the party or the campaigns." "those are pretty strong statements coming from a fellow republican. "if you are going to run for the highest office of the land and the voters not only in florida but throughout the united states need to know the rest of the story. the whole story. the true story. and how you do deal with finances and how you do spend other people's money."fasano says there is only one reason marco rubio has failed so far to release all the records of his republican party american express charge card....it is because the true story of how this presidential contender spent the money, has yet to be told. rubio's questionable credit card practices have drawn attacks from many of his republican challengers ... most notably donald trump. today rubio fired back at trump. presidential candidate "i just, i find it ironic that the only person running for president that's ever declared a bankruptcy four times in the last 25 years is attacking anyone on finances." today rubio told good morning america that the only debts he owes are on his home mortgage. today began spending money on advertising for his campaign for the first time. trump began airing radio ads in iowa, new hampshire and south carolina today. some trump t-v ads are now airing as well ... but not for his campaign. 26-41 "donald trump is hosting saturday night live this week with musical guest sia. and because of equal time rules for television, mr. trump can only speak for four seconds in this promo." "lemme just say this -- ben carson is a complete and total loser." latino groups are protesting trump's appearance on saturday nighttlive due to his comments on illegal immigrants. in two weeks...here on the news at four...we will begin three straight days of the first of its kind events for channel 13. three presidential candidates will join us for the entire hour to answer your questions about three of the most important issues to iowans. political director dave price shares the big plans. debates...republican presidential candidates haven't been big fans. those gotcha questions...the candidates don't like them much either. so we're going to try something else. how about this...a presidential candidate sits down with us live...and has to answer your questions...for an hour on the topics you want... oh, and we'll get three candidates to do it. that's exactly what we're doing. it starts tuesday, november 17th. ben carson...the man leading the republican polls in iowa. he'll talk about education...his personal story meeting his mom's demands...plus school choice, paying for college...training teachers and more. the next day, wednesday, november 18th...it's bobby jindal. louisiana's governor thinks he can devise a better health plan for our country than what we have. how do we pay for it...who pays for it...how do we get people healthier...what about the mentally ill and more. then, the third day...there's the most controversial candidate of them all. businessman donald trump joins us thursday, november 19th. he's made billions and says he knows best how to help create more and higher paying jobs. what are the jobs of tomorrow...how do we train for them and can we get all those lost jobs back?. it's three straight days with three people who want to be president. you can get the chance to sit in the audience and make them listen to you and answer your questions to make our country better for the future. we did invite the leading democratic candidates, too, but they all said they weren't available for those events. find out how to submit your questions for the candidates and how to get tickets to watch the iowa forums in person by going to our website...who-tv-dot-com. ad lib main weather coming up next ... an iowa wild game has never been more wild do you think when you are president you'll be paid as much as if you were a man-male... this is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. but there are so many examples where that doesn't happen. i'm going to do everything i can to make sure every woman in every job gets paid the same... ...as the men who are doing that job. i'm hillary clinton and hear what it took to set an a pre-lunch crowd to wells fargo arena. the event is called "wild about education" ... but we think it was the hockey that had the kids going wild. natural sound of childhood jubilation at minor league hockey game in des moines more than ten-thousand kids filled the arena at ten o-clock this morning. along the game on the ice ... there was also educational programing and games playing on the big screen. its part of the wild's year round partnership with local schools. this is the second year for the event. one team offici we spoke with chose an apt mapho to scrbe hw fast the prram isoi. 4130-4146 this is our second one, we did the first one last november and we had approximately 4,000 and it was like a gremlin and water and multiplied ... continue to grow as we continue to grow in the community. 4152-4207 "the kids come out ... they have a good time ... where else can you go and watch a hockey game at 10:30 in the morning and still have a good time in the middle of the week." the wild lost 3 to zero today ... but the team did set an attendance record with 11,503 fans in the crowd. we'll be back in three minutes right now. controversial changes... fema is updating it's flood map...and while clive residents are speaking out... they aren't the only ones being impacted. next...who else can expect changes...and what homeowners can do about it. overpaid and unqualified... that's what an audit found concerning a former state worker. how much chief legal counsel ryan lamb was overpaid ...and what the audit revealed about lamb's resume. food poisoning... we are finding out more about the meat that made dozens sick at a des moines high school. where it came from...and how it was handled before the faculty ingested the federal emergency management agency is working on new flood maps...and it's catching a lot of central iowan off guard... good evening...and thank you for joining us... i'm dan winters... and i'm sonya heitshusen... clive residents who attended a meeting last night concerning the changes say they were amazed when fema officials didn't show up. the new flood maps will force nearly 200 clive residents to pay flood insurance. it's an expense the residents say is unnecessary. but it's not just clive resident who should be concerned...our justin surrency joins us first on 13 with this follow up report. for the past 5 years the federal emergency management agency has been redrawing the flood maps for all of polk county, meaning within the next year countless homes that never had flood insurance before may be forced to foot the bill without much notice...it's caught many clive residents by surprise and they're speaking out... "this is directly affecting home

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