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 m-l-k- amanda: photos here of the ambulance being towed, but that much done. we'll 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 didn't 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 won't 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- year-old 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 jayda's 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. bloodsaw's 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 it's clear des moines will never be able to keep up with other cities trying to attract big events. "(if it's such a slam dunk proposal, why don't des moines investors put in their money?) mister draper. he knows my stance) " amanda: city leaders admit the project wasn't profitable enough for private entities. the hotel will be three hundred and thirty rooms. it's 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 there's big money at stake and a particular bidder doesn't get it, it's not surprising they may try to go to court. we're 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 u-s... 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 russia's olympic athletes doping up for the 2012 olympics-- amanda : and... who wants to be your friend on facebook? find our why our nation's 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 270-cities are expected to walk out on their jobs, demanding a living wage of 15-dollars 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 mc-donald's on forest avenue this afternoon. thousands of protesters will also make their voices heard tonight at the republican presidential debate. amanda: and in new york this morning-- workers at a brooklyn mcdonald's, 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. it's as simple as that--it's a big difference maker for our families" amanda: new york governor andrew cuomo supports the higher wage as well. cuomo's administration has ordered a $15-an-hour minimum wage for fast-food workers to be in place by 2018 in the city and by 2021 in the rest of the state. "here's what we find over and over--if 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 is--when 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 toussaint's hotel early monday morning and managed to revive him after he suffered a heart attack. but ayuso says the 77-year-old 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 iowa's 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 weren't 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 d-c 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 nation's capitol nat "the trees are thinning out so that's going to be to our benefit" today's 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 don't want to take someone else's seat...and i can understand that, but once they're here they are fulfilling the trip of a lifetime." nat "thank you so much for your service" -"oh, you're welcome, i'd do it again in a second." 95-year-old clifford robinett will be 96 in three days nat "hi sweetie" he's waited a lifetime to see the world war 2 memorial he helped inspire clifford ronbiette wwii i'm just overwhelmed...it makes you speechless to try new worlds to try and describe. it's 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 wasn't afraid in certain situations wasn't true. everybody even in certain situations, he might put on a real big...but they were afraid. i remember and i'll 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. you're kind of numb, i mean its hard to explain i was standing there and i don't stand as well as i used to but its just numbness. it probably the greatest honor i've 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 don't know, they just talked me into it and now that i'm here and everybody has been supporting us i am going to do it." -what's been the reluctancy? "i don't i just didn't 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 didn't 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 i'm 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 " you're 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 you'll 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 two-minute 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 woman's life -- the mother of two was in desperate need of a kidney -- so she turned to tinder -- abc's 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 o'dea (o-day)?a single guy from tampa florida?looking for a connection on tinder and when he matched with 35-year-old, jennifer thomas - he says there was an instant spark. sot - rich o'dea, 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 (bray-gen) -- his best friend's wife. the 47-year-old 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 o'dea, 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 scott-about 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 didn't 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 " you're watching local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" amanda good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm amanda krenz. amanda: turning to news from your local election headquarters....t he stage is set in milwaukee as the republican presidential candidates prepare for their fourth debate.. amanda: and in an abc news/washingto n post poll released this morning, republican presidential candidate ben carson is now on top across the board-- among g-o-p'ers, 71% of republicans view carson favorably, compared to 69% feeling the same way about donald trump. and both of these non- politicians are leading against their establishment rivals, with marco rubio in third with 58% favorability, jeb bush with 56% and ted cruz with 53% meanwhile, among all adults, not just those in the gop, carson becomes even more favorable than trump-- with a 50% favorability to 32% unfavorability, and trump with 38% favorability to 59% unfavorability. amanda: looking toward the debate tonight-- the guidlines for the debate have cut two republican presidential candidates from the primetime stage....and two from the event all together. abc's megan hughes has more on what to expect. " tonight marks the first debate since the cnbc showdown that left all of the candidates what do the candidates expect tonight? here's donald trump on good morning america. sot trump on gma: "i have no idea what's going to happen but it will be interesting." an abc news/washington post poll out this morning shows "the donald" and carson even in terms of popularity with republican trumps trump when trump recently hasn't to attack his rival-- "sot trump on gma: you hit somebody in the face with a lock--and that's supposed to make you credible?" carson could be a target tonight. a week's worth of stories have questioned the truthfulness of stories in his autobiography--from his violent youth to a scholarship offer from west point. sot carson (wswncampaignmonpkg )saturday: "you're asking me about something that occurred 50 years ago--and you expect me to have the details on that? marco rubio may also face questions about his past--namely his use of a republican party credit card when he was a florida state legislator. jeb bush attacked rubio in the last ad as a pre-emptive strike-- featuring clips of jeb praising rubio through the years. --nats from ad "i'm a huge marco fan"-- reporter tag: the eight candidates will take the stage for the main event at 9 eastern. the moderators are vowing that tonight's debate will focus primarily on voter's pocketbooks. megan hughes, abc news, washington." amanda: and good news if you want to watch the debate tonight-- mediacom will be providing a free, 2-4- hour preview of fox business network, airing the debate at 8 pm. the network provider will also offer an extended preview through noon tomorrow, november 11 to include post- debate news and analysis. visit the foxbusiness or mediacom websites to find out how to tune in-- amanda: it seems like just about anything can affect the stock market ... even bad weather! a new study reveals bad weather can generate a "mild depression" that distracts even the most sophisticated of investors. university study also showed responded earnings news on days when wall street weather. 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 the low 50s. wednesday we are skies with rain and thunderstorms starting in the afternoon and lasting, at times off and on, through the evening. there is the possibility mainly in south and southeastern iowa an isolated tornado as the rain passes we are going to see very windy and cold conditions move thursday and friday with highs dropping into the 50s and 40s by weekend is looking the upper 50s and lower 60s. amanda: back in local iowa news-- amanda: kinnick stadium two sports on the same day--a first of it's kind event. it all starts with "grapple on the gridiron" as the hawk's wrestling team hosts oklahoma state saturday morning. then the football team takes the field at 7 against minnesota. the pair of events could pump over 20- million dollars into the local economy in iowa city. but fans are most excited over the experience saturday provides... " i've said, and i don't think it's overstating it, saturday has the potential of being one of the greatest days in hawkeye history, to be able to witness a wrestling duel with 40 pals, buddies, and then tailgate for a little longer and then comebackcknd watch us beat the gofers, which would be a pretty special day. " amanda: local hotels have been booked for two months now for the weekend, so hopefully if you're going, you already reserved a room. amanda: sticking with sports...some big basketball news for iowa state fans... senior forward georges niang was named a preseason all american by the associated press... niang is isu's first preseason all-american since jamaal tinsley back in 2000. georges earned all-american a-p last season, averaging 15 points, 5 boards game. season friday in versus colorado. a much diffrent involving sports -- a major doping scandal at the olympics -- allegations of state sponsored cheating by russia -- a new report says the london were 'sabotaged' by athletes who should not have been competing -- story. " this morning - allegations that russia, doped, cheated and bribed its way to medal podiums in the 2012 olympics? nats - and she's going to win by a huge margin nearly sweeping races like the women's 800 meters? nats but the world anti- doping body issuing a scathing report monday - claiming the doping was systemic - among many athletes condoned by the government even covered up by russian secret agents sot - richard pound - it's worse than we though unlike other forms of corruption actually affecting the results on the field of play. sot - bonnie ford - this is one of the biggest scandals to rock international sport in quite some time, and what elevates it to that level - in my opinion - is the involvement of the russian government. which strongly disputed the findings? but the anti-doping agency report has triggered international criminal investigations and demands that the russians be stripped of all their medals? opening the door to alysia montano remember that 800 meter race? montano - led until the russians swept past? sot - alysia montano am: i'm hoping we're going to see the medals that are owed to me. she could now earn that bronze medal?and three others - if the russians are stripped of all medals in international competition. even the american side has not been immune from doping - the us 4x100 mens team was stripped of its silver because of tyson gay's doping. but montano insists she never touched the stuff. sot - matt gutman/ mg: have you ever not. by losing to alleged sot - alysia montano am: half a mil or more am: sometimes you crying? and it's just such a natural human emotion to feel a loss. mg: when you give so much - you give everything and to have that experience cheated from you...so unfair. today montano is training for the 2016 games in rio? and hoping the russians won't be there. for good morning america, matt gutman, abc news, los angeles" amanda: and after weeks of protests and the football team threatening to strike...the missouri has president tim wolfe failed to respond to racially-charged incidents at the university. but just hours after his resignition, the chancellor of the university announced he also was stepping down. amanda: take a look at this-- amanda: police in sand springs, oklahoma have released this body camera video of a recent officer-involved shooting 41-year-old stacy bunsey led police on a chase in a stolen car, which authorities were tracking by gps. a short time later bunsey rammed the patrol car of master patrol officer matt stacy fired two shots at bunsey as she was ramming the cruiser. a taser to get her out of the luckily he only injuries... amanda local 5 news midday... (weather) sam has the most accurate forecast next. "now, we are iowa's "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam independent weather experts" weather adlib: you better get out and enjoy our warm day bring rain back into the forecast followed by some serious cold. tuesday 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 thursday and friday into the 50s and 40s by weekend is looking very nice with highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s. amanda: amanda amanda: amanda you're watching local five news midday. we'll be back after this. amanda and beveteran brad waller and becky beach from puppy jake foundation are on with us today to help honor our veterans and talk about hy-vee's annual homefront initiative. this week, hy-vee begins its annual homefront initiative to raise funds and awareness for important organizations serving the nation's military members, veterans and their families. in the two years of the program, $621,375 has been collected through customer donations and a hy-vee corporate match. the funds go to hope for the warriors, operation first response and puppy jake foundation - groups that focus on supporting military members and their families once they've returned home from active duty. the homefront campaign encourages the public to join hy- vee in supporting the 3.9 million veterans residing in the eight- state region by taking part in the hy-vee homefront roundup from november 5-15 - when customers can make in-store donations by 'rounding up' their bill at the checkout line. sam weather adlib: you better get out and enjoy our warm day because tomorrow we 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 lastinin 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.

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