Candidates are heading to the debate stage for tonight see who is going in on top tonight in milwaukee local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa amanda good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news amanda krenz. Amanda new at midday today amanda this morning, there was an 7th and mlk amanda photos here of the ambulance being towed, but that much done. Well have later on in the day, so stay tuned for that amanda in other local news the elementary student was hit while crossing the road to his school. It happened at lakewood elementary. Just a few minutes before the crossing guard would have come on duty. The driver of the vehicle said his view was obstructed by the sunrise, and that the boy didnt look both ways before he crossed. Parents feel the school needs to have a crossing guard out earlier. Its a scary corner, it needs all the protection they can get. We weigh safety versus costs in a situation like that. If this makes students safer we wont hestitate amanda the student has been released from the hospital. Police say he only had minor injuries because he was wearing his bike helmet. No charges have been filed. Amanda monday brough an update in the search for justice for jayda. The five yearold who died last year after overdosing on morphine inside of her mothers apartment. Her mothers then boyfriend, deshaun trombone, was sentenced to 65 years in prison for jaydas death. And yesterday, her mother accepted a guilty plea deal. How do you plea to counts 1, 2, 3,4 . Guilty amanda tionne bloodsaw plead guilty to one county of child endangerment causing serious injury, two counts of neglect and one drug related all carry a 10 year sentence with a maximum of 40 years behind bars. Bloodsaws attorney added she may be eligible for parole after serving 18 months but its not likely that it will be granted. Amanda meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. Sam weather adlib you better get out and enjoy our warm day because tomorrow we bring rain back into the forecast followed by some serious cold. Tuesday is going to be a partly sunny day with highs in the lower 60s with a strong southeasterly breeze. Tonight there will be mostly cloudy skies with low temps in the low 50s. Wednesday we are going to see cloudy skies with rain and thunderstorms starting in the afternoon and lasting, at times off and on, through the evening. There is the possibility of a few severe storms mainly in south and southeastern iowa with strong winds and an isolated tornado as the main threats. After the rain passes we are going to see very windy and cold conditions move through the state into the 50s and 40s by the weekend. Next weekend is looking very nice with highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s. Amanda the owner of a Popular Store in des moines is doing their civic duty to help with a downtown project. Well. Not really. The owner of raygun put out this donation bucket to help city officials pay for the new hotel that will be connected to the iowa events center. City Council Approved the project last night. But raygun owner mike draper is mocking the entire project with this bucket calling the hotel an unneeded money pit. He says its clear des moines will never be able to keep up with other cities trying to attract big events. if its such a slam dunk proposal, why dont des moines investors put in their money . mister draper. He knows my stance amanda city leaders admit the project wasnt profitable enough for private entities. The hotel will be three hundred and thirty rooms. Its expected to years. Amanda backlash over a plan to privatize program, Governor Terry branstad is still with the takeover that first. The governor is defending his decision by saying 25 other states have made similar. This will affect more than 560 thousand iowans. Anytime theres big money at stake and a particular bidder doesnt get it, its not surprising they may try to go to court. Were not going to be fearful of that and we feel that the appropriate proceedures were followed. Amanda branstad says the takeover will save the state money, streamline the process, and prevent confusion over prescriptions. The Iowa Department of Human Services will be available this evening for a Medicaid Enrollment event. That starts at 5 30 in the polk county river place. Amanda and in our National Political history juneteenth honors the date that president lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation, freeing slaves in the us. In iowa, it is celebrated on the third saturday in june. A press conference will be held today at the Polk County Senior Center reguarding the celebrations future. Major changes in the custodian ship of the iowa juneteenth observance will be announced. Amanda coming up on local 5 news midday. The aftermath of accusations of russias olympic athletes doping up for the 2012 olympics amanda and. Who wants to be your friend on facebook . Find our why our nations leader may be friend requesting you amanda next. The fight for 15 takes to the streets today, National Raise in your wathcing local 5 news midday in hd with amanda krenz and we are iowas most accurate forecast. This is local 5 midday. We are iowa music sting amanda workers from 270cities are expected to walk out on their jobs, demanding a living wage of 15dollars an hour and the right to unionize. Joining the fight for 15 movement is the Bernie Sanders campaign. Volun teers with the Candidates Campaign will be part of protests in iowa. Including one planned at the mcdonalds on forest avenue this afternoon. Thousands of protesters will also make their voices heard tonight at the republican president ial debate. Amanda and in new york this morning workers at a brooklyn mcdonalds, joined by other fast food employees, walked out of their jobs to join the fight for 15 demand for 15 dollar an hour minimum wage, shortly after the event started, new york mayor bill de blasio spoke for a few moments to show his supports for a higher minimum wage for all workers. In our one nyc plan, in our vision for the future of the city, we show that you can get nearly 800,000 new yorkers out of poverty, if you give them a 15 dollar minimum wage. Its as simple as thatits a big difference maker for our families amanda new York Governor Andrew Cuomo supports the higher wage as well. Cuomos administration has ordered a 15anhour minimum wage for fastfood workers to be in place by 2018 in the city and by 2021 in the rest of the state. Heres what we find over and overif you give People Better wages, they spend that money. They spend it at their local bodegas, they spend it in their communities. It actually increases employment. So i understand why any Small Business owner would be concerned in the first instance, but what we find iswhen people have money, they spend it, and it improves the economy amanda a sad day today for the music world legendary new orleans musician and composer Allen Toussaint has died after suffering a heart attack following a concert he performed in the spanish capital. Madrid Emergency Services spokesman javier ayuso says rescue workers were called to toussaints hotel early monday morning and managed to revive him after he suffered a heart attack. But ayuso says the 77yearold toussaint stopped breathing during the ambulance ride to the hospital and efforts to revive him again were unsuccessful. Amanda sam is back now. Sam you better get out and enjoy our warm day because tomorrow we bring rain back into the forecast followed by some serious cold. Tuesday is going to be a partly sunny day with highs in the lower 60s with a strong southeasterly breeze. Tonight there will be mostly cloudy skies with low temps in the low 50s. Wednesday we are going to see cloudy skies with rain and thunderstorms starting in the afternoon and lasting, at times off and on, now, we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts sam weather adlib you better get out and enjoy our warm day because tomorrow we bring rain back into the forecast followed by some serious cold. Tuesday is going to be a partly sunny day with highs in the lower 60s with a strong southeasterly breeze. Tonight there will be mostly cloudy skies with low temps in the low 50s. Wednesday we are going to see cloudy skies with rain and afternoon and lasting, at times off and on, through the evening. There is the possibility of a few severe storms mainly in south and southeastern iowa with strong winds and an isolated tornado as the main threats. After the rain passes we are going to see very windy and cold conditions move through the state thursday and friday with highs dropping into the 50s and 40s by the weekend. Next weekend is looking very nice with highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s. Sam Amanda Amanda amanda tomorrow, the nation will pause to honor the men and women who risk their lives for our freedom. But thanks to their barbers. Some have gotten a head start celebrating veterans. How . By sporting a look that is often associated with the military. You may have already seen the hashtag buzz cuts showing up on social media. An American Legion post in nebraska teamed up with a barber to host a buzz cut challenge to raise money. And show support for veterans. You can donate if you want, or you can honor your grandad by getting a buzz cut or your dad. Or maybe you have a. We have a lot female veterans right now. A lot of women in the service. You can honor your sister, or it might even be your mother, said hanel. Amanda both men and women sat down to havavtheir heads completely shaved during the event. While others who werent so brave. Came just for moral support. Amanda sam amanda still to come on local five news midday. In honor of veterans day tomorrow, we have part one of our war stories amanda its called the trip of a lifetime, and for more than 140 veterans from boone county a chance to get the thank you, some never recieved for their service. This morning we head to washington dc for part one of war stories nat bus honks, yay with cell phones rolling, and war stories flowing aboard 4 buses nat sounds on the bus 146 veterans from boone county have reported for duty at our nations capitol nat the trees are thinning out so thats going to be to our benefit Todays Mission will be one of the toughest these sailors, soldiers, airman and marines have been given take everything in stay awake for roughly 20 hours don batt veteran organizer when we were trying to recruit the vets to go on this flight, 80 of them said i dont want to take someone elses seat. And i can understand that, but once theyre here they are fulfilling the trip of a lifetime. Nat thank you so much for your service oh, youre welcome, id do it again in a second. 95yearold clifford robinett will be 96 in three days nat hi sweetie hes waited a lifetime to see the world war 2 memorial he helped inspire clifford ronbiette wwii im just overwhelmed. It makes you speechless to try new worlds to try and describe. Its almost like being on Hallowed Ground like abe lincoln said at gettysburg. Over a half century after his last patrol in the pacific messages etched in stone are as real today as they were 75 years ago clifford ronbiette wwii there was times of great fear and great danger and you knew it and anybody who said he wasnt afraid in certain situations wasnt true. Everybody even in certain situations, he might put on a real big. But they were afraid. I remember and ill never forget. Nat taps plays Arlington Cemetery has a way of reminding everyone the sacrifice made by so many Charles Lovin you have to see it to believe it, and to see all the markers is sad. On this day navy sailor Charles Lovin has the chance to honor fellow sailors lost aboard the uss nevada, by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier Charles Lovin war is sad its sickening. Youre kind of numb, i mean its hard to explain i was standing there and i dont stand as well as i used to but its just numbness. It probably the greatest honor ive ever had. Nat marine corps song first to fight for right and freedom. Each veteran is eager to honor their branch marines broke out into song at iwa gima, sailors posed for pictures at the Navy Memorial and everyone had the air force to thank for this view of washington dc. Nat w 18 and line 98 but not everyone has looking forward to this day, until now vietnam veteran james lewis had been avoiding it for over 40 years james lewis i dont know, they just talked me into it and now that im here and everybody has been supporting us i am going to do it. Whats been the reluctancy . I dont i just didnt want to think about it i guess. Robert Eugene Schmidt is one of over 58 thousand names on the Vietnam Memorial wall, and just one of a handful boone county veterans are searching for nat one two three when a familiar name is discovered nat bryan wilson from curlew, iowa you can understand why so much pain surrounds this wall Bruce Schuller vietnam veteran he was my high school best friend. They talked him into re upping, go back over for three months for an early out. Two weeks they brought him back in a bag. Nat there you go sarge we got you we didnt forget you. With a pencil and paper a 40 year weight has been lifted good yep. D the trip of a lifetime has been fulfilled gordon cruz korean war vet i think it kind of gives you a chill when you really look at it but, yeah im glad i got to see it. Nat geese fly over memorial into sunset amanda tonight the story continues with with an emotional conclusion the veterans had no idea was coming. Join us for part two of war stories as the veterans make their way back to iowa. On youre watching local 5 news midday in hd. We are iowa amanda on your money now amanda picking out Health Insurance can be tricky. But local five has a few tips on what you should look for during your open enrollment. First, check your finances. Especially since independent experts expect plans to cost more this year than they did in the past. And look at co pays for visits or co insurances to see how much extra youll spend to see your doctor. Also, check to see if your doctors are considered in network. Typically seeing someone off your plan will cost you more money. Also consider contributing to a Health Savings account. Money put into the account is tax deductible. And finally check your plan. Even if you are automatically enrolled for next year. Make sure to review your options. Amanda target becomes the latest store to announce it will open on thanksgiving. The company also said all the deals will be Available Online on thanksgiving morning. Target and other stores have faced criticism for opening early in the past. Amanda and finally. President obama is looking for some friends. On monday he debuted his very own page on facebook. His first post is a twominute video showing the president walking through his white house backyard. In it, he urges americans to protect the planet for future generations. The president has been more active on social media nearing the end of his second term. Amanda in other social media news a remarkable story now of how a dating app saved a womans life the mother of two was in desperate need of a kidney so she turned to tinder abcs jesse palmer is here with the story we all know the popular dating app tinder can help you swipe your way to love . But what about saving a life . For one florida woman . A simple swipe to the right . Doing just that . It all started with rich odea oday . A single guy from Tampa Florida . Looking for a connection on tinder and when he matched with 35yearold, Jennifer Thomas he says there was an instant spark. Sot rich odea, friend of the bragans i thought jennifer was a pretty girl. We had many mutual friends and its always a good sign so i swiped right. They made plans to go to on a date where rich opened up to jennifer about erika bragan braygen his best friends wife. The 47yearold mother of two, suffering from a rare Kidney Disease and in desperate need of a transplant after being on the list for nearly three years . Sot rich odea, friend of the bragans jenn had such a positive response to talking about erika and her family and she seemed genuinely interested in helping out in any way she could. Sot Jennifer Thomas, donor all that happened was we had a conversation about it. Just a few days after that date . Rich telling erika and her husband scottabout a complete stranger willing to help. Sot erika bragan one day he casually mentioned that there was someone who had come forward and would be tested in the end rich and jennifer didnt turn out to be the Perfect Match . But after months of testing . Jennifer and erika turned out to be . For a kidney donation . Sot Jennifer Thomas, donor it feels incredible to be able to help. Erika set to get her new kidney in just a week . Sot erika bragan there are really people out there that do things for other been a blessing and a miracle one simple swipe . Saving a life . And creating an unbreakable bond . Sot Jennifer Thomas, donor amanda coming up on local 5 news midday. Big sports news this weekend for all hawkeye and cyclone fans out there amanda next. What to expect youre watching local 5 news midday in hd. We are iowa amanda good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im amanda krenz. Amanda turning to news from your local election headquarters. T he stage is set in milwaukee as the republican president ial candidates prepare for their fourth debate. Amanda and in an abc news washingto n post poll released this morning, republican president ial candidate ben carson is now on top across the board among gopers, 71 of republicans view c