"local 5 news midday in hd starts now. we are iowa" elias: good morning and thanks for local 5 news midday...i'm elias elias: sam schrier with a look at weather adlib: tonight it should be very chilly as temps fall into the upper teens across central iowa with a very calm wind. wednesday we are going to see some move through in the morning with a quick one to two inches morning commute could be a bit slower. we are going to fall extra cold by the end of the week with highs in the upper teens on thursday and a high near 20 on friday. we should warm back into the 30s by the end of the weekend and into early next week with another snow possible around next tuesday. elias/1shot: snow plow des moines public works has been out with crews overnight clearing roads. hour shifts. and once they're plowing, they plan to also put salt down to surfaces. elias: most metro cities also have their snow ordinances now in effect-- which means you can't park on snow streets to clear the way. in des moines, they've also implemented their even/odd plowing system for neighborhoods with limited off-street parking. the neighborhoods involved in this can be seen on your screen. that means between the hours of 7 a-m and 7-pm you have to be on a certain side of the street. odd days of the month mean you park on the odd-address side of the street. if you don't follow the law .... it's a 35 dollar fine. if you're curious, you can also track state d-o-t plows while they're on the clock. the dot has a website dedicated to it. the orange arrows are where the plows are right now... there are more than 420 of them out righy now! elias: and an unintended impact from the snow storm-- power outages. overnight, the lights were just overnight, the lights were just coming back on for more than 15-hundred people in urbandale. their power was out for several hours, after mid american energy says somebody hit a power pole! elias: many flights out of the des moines international airport were delayed... or even cancelled monday. some stranded passengers tell us. they might not be able to fly out till the end of the week. local 5's nikki davidson gives us a look at what the airport says it's doing to minimize delays right now. its the one time of year when passengers are hoping the airport benches are more comfortable than their airline seat... most are spending a most are spending a lot of time ... right here. 18:39:09 six hours... but david ruggle is one of the lucky ones... his flight to houston changing pretty rapidly, we'll watch the board and see what happens. it's part of the almost inevitable holiday travel nightmare... 18:40:00 i expect things like this to happen around christmas, not to me haha but to together people. but this year the des moines airport says they've got something new they hope will help cut out the headaches... its not something passengers see.... but it's vital to keeping flights on time in winter weather. 18:29:31 the whole goal is to clear the runway in 15 minutes or less. (nat) this giant is what the airport calls multi tasking equipment.... (nat whirling) they just got in two of them this year... a plow and a broom in one. 18:29:10 one operator can do what 2 would do the epuipment operates quicker. the crew works as a team (nat rodger we'll finish delta and bravo) pushing waves of snow off of the runways like clockwork. 18:29:36 the less time we spend on a runway the they work long 12 hour shifts... day quickly turns to night... but at a time like this... they say they've got a pretty good incentive. you see on the news those people sleeping on benches. you want to get them out and where they need to go. nikki, thanks. the weather also causing trouble at airports nationwide. nearly 2,000 flights were cancelled in the u-s monday alone. 1,000 of them chicago o'hare and 400 of them in texas. a typical day at airports around the country sees only 200 texas. a typical day at airports around the country sees only 200 cancellations. airports around the country sees only 200 cancellations. meanwhile, the reason for those texas issues, folks are picking up the pieces in dallas after tornadoes swept through, causing substantial damage over the weekend. dozens of people were injured in the storms from north texas, up through oklahoma, the storm blew the roofs off homes, mangled vehicles, damaged churches, downed power lines, toppled trees and caused natural gas lines to rupture. there have been 46 weather- related deaths around the country since last wednesday elias: new this morning-- we're learning about a vigil planned for a little girl who died in a crash on christmas. a jeep was traveling east about 5 miles away from fort dodge when it drifted across the center line, and struck a truck traveling westbound.. both drivers... as well as a third adult and three small children were all injured in the crash and taken to unity point hospital the six year old payton henry, seen there in the middle, passed away while at the hospital.. well now her daycare is planning something special... riverview early childhood center in webster city is asking people to bring candles and come at 5 o'clock on thursday. they will sing songs and say prayers, and they ask that people wear elias: coming up on local 5 news midday... donald trump is on the attack again today. this time going after one of his opponents, republican presidential candidate chris christie. elias: chicago yesterday left a des moines resident dead. now, her friends have started a college scholarship in her memory. elias: next.... the hawkeyes are in pasadena. with only three days left until big game, the teams has where's the beef?. news midday in hd with elias johnson and we are iowas most accurate forecast. elias: in "take a look at this" today... ever wish you could just get rid of your bad memories? some new yorkers are giving it a shot! a mobile shredding truck was on hand at times square on monday for those wanting to destroy their memories. you write them down, then shred them up! the times square alliance group says the initiative is a great way to start 20-16. "good riddance day" is a nine-year tradition at times square. elias/sam (reax) now san francisco is cracking down on some justin spray-painted on sidewalks. the city attorney says they're part of a guerilla marketing campaign promoting bieber's new album "purpose". the graffiti artists appear to have used permanent spray, so even rain may not wash them away. the city attorney sent a letter to bieber's record label and his distributor monday... he demanded their full cooperation in tracking down who is responsible for the graffiti. the so-called guerilla campaigns like this one are becoming a problem in san francisco. the city is trying to increase civil penalties for such violations. elias/sam (reax) hacking scandal is apparently not stopping cheating website ashley madison from signing up new members. the website claims on its homepage that it now has more than 43-million members. that's up four million from this summer, when the hack was first publicized. the data breach exposed the names and some vital information of an estimated 32 million ashley madison members. even with new members, the website may not survive. ashley madison's parent company is facing numerous class action lawsuits related to the data breach. elias/sam (reax) according to an survey....hillary clinton and president barack obama are this year's most admired public figures...but they've got some company...donald trump. gallup released its annual survey on monday. 13-percent picked clinton and 17-percent picked obama. trump returned to the list for the first time since 2011 with the support of 5-percent of topped the list more frequently than any other woman in the history of the survey. elias/sam (reax) elias: sam is back now... sam i'll have your full forecast coming up. most accurate meteorologist sam schreier. certified by independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: tonight it should be fall into the upper teens across central iowa with a very calm are going to see some move through in the morning with a quick one to two inches morning commute could be a bit slower. we are going to fall extra cold by the end of the week with highs in the upper teens on thursday and a high near 20 on friday. we should warm back into the 30s by the end of the weekend and into early next week with another snow possible around next tuesday. sam: elias: elias: still to come on local five news elias: still to come on local five news still to come on local five news midday... protests across the country, following the ohio grand jury's decision to not indict the officers who shot and killed 12 year-old tamir us) aouerwh y bino peen hri ls,t n beifcu tco wh d refuonoundoulod on. alysryg t w arg dsndewecoly lpg u ar aouerheinu aras e we a mt noti vis r e arg imir. . nd hsowi uce u unghe tos.ndhel treo lpoun uroueyo arg tt. he wt u' bn ssg. co itoelng hr d lko . nd tay" you're watching local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" : a look now at your national elias: the city is on edge this mornign after a grand jury decided not to indict the two police officers involved in the shotting of 12 year-old tamir rice. rice's family says they are saddened but not surprised by the grand jury's decision. abc's tj holmes is in cleveland with the latest. " marches in cleveland overnight... nats marching in new york city as well... nats marching nyc refused monday to indict two cleveland officers in the year-old tamir rice. sot prosecutor tim mcginty around [2:12:19 pm] "the death of tamir rice was a tragedy. it was terrible and regrettable, but it was not by the law that binds us, a crime" the shooting -- captured on surveillance video -- was a perfect storm of human error, according to the prosecutor. rice was shot by rookie officer timothy lohman (low-man) outside of a cleveland rec center in november of 2014. the officer and his training partner frank garmback (rhymes with report of someone with a gun ... and mistook rice's toy gun for a real one. voice of prosecutor matthew mayer as you see side by side of tamir's gun and a real gun. 14;25;19;58 to any observer it's extremely difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake e gun. the shooting shook cleveland... nats march tamir's mother made clear in an interview with gs in december of last year what she hoped the outcome of the investigation would be. 07:13:19 i'm looking for a conviction for both of the officers. but the rice family lawyer claims the prosecutor sabotaged the grand jury case. sot rice family lawyer 21;58;18;44 the rice family will never have their day in court in this case because the prosecutor tried very hard to lose it and he succeeded. 21;56;48;20 tj : don't believe grand jury got a clear picture? steered a particular direction? rice family lawyer: absolutely no question that the prosectuor orchestrated an effort to exonerate these officers. elias: you're watching local 5 news " you're watching local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" : elias: welcome back. on your money elias: about giving and receiving -- and returning. once you've made ditch the sweater your aunt gave you, there are a couple of rules you should know. mary moloney explains how to survive the holiday gift return madness. un-deck the halls -- gifts under the tree that you want to give back. to survive the mall madness -- there are some things you should know. be prepared. gather your gift receipts -- and repack what you've opened. some retailers charge a restocking fee -- especially for those tech toys. it's good that we're past the day after christmas. typically it's the second busiest day of the year for foot traffic in stores. but don't wait too long to return. find out the store's return policy. some only have a limited time frame to give back those gifts. and others require receipts. once you are in those stores -- do not sign up it's one more bill to keep up with -- and it can ding your credit score. keep tabs on gift cards.. check the balances often. that way -- you use all the money. better yet -- cash in on unwanted cards. you can sell your gift cards online and in many cases -- get 90 percent of the value or more -- depending on the store. some examples -- card pool dot com or gift card granny dot com. if you've overspent this holiday season -- there is one way to use those cash cards. pay down your bills. for consumer watch -- i'm mary moloney. elias: now target is actually buying unwanted gift cards. the company is partnering with gift card "cardpool" and electronic trade-in company "nextworth." cardpool provides the trade-in rate of consumers' gift cards and then re-sells them. one example provided by target: a 1- hundred dollar walmart gift card would change for an 85 dollar target gift card. target will exchange gift cards from more than 600 brands, including old navy, cheesecake factory, tiffany & co, staples and pottery barn. elias: whole foods them....and it's paying 5-hundred thousand dollars to do it. in a statement monday....whole foods says it has agreed to pay the 5-hundred thousand to resolve an investigation into whether it thousand to resolve an investigation into whether it overcharged for some items at its new york city stores. days after the city went public with its investigation earlier this year....whole foods execs admitted to, and apologized for, overcharging customers on some products -- like sliced fruits and sandwiches. whole foods says the mistakes were unintentional. elias: coming up on local 5 news midday... republican presidential candidate donald trump has a coloring book! see how the business mogul turned politician is now being parodied. elias: it's our 21st homicide of the year. local 5's claire powell takes an inside look at the case. coming up next. local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" elias: good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm elias johnson. elias: our top story today... awaiting details on des moines' latest homicide. elias: police were called to the brookside apartments on des moines' south side on reports of a shooting. they found 36 year old tacono conner, of des moines, dead from gun shot wounds. 37 year old ami stolki was also shot but is expected to recover from her injuries. police say they're interviewing a case. local 5's claire powell has more. "the call came in as a area-hallway on second floor" des moines 21 st homicide of the year. just before 11 p-m on say 36 year old tacono conner was found brookside apartment union street also found shot- 37 year old ami stolki of des moines- who's recovering from her injuries at a local hospital. police say they're person of interest in the case. "our detectives have talked to witnesses throughout the night, identified person of interset that may have more information, trying to track that person down get them in here for an interview" while stolki is expected to survive - conner's death marks des moines' 21st homicide in 2015. that makes it the second highest on record. "it was 20 years ago when we had 20 in 1995, the highest since then" police say even though there's nothing connecting this case to others at the moment, many of this one thing in common. patterns, commonality between overwhelming majority of these is a volatile inter- personable relationship so we still believe the communitys very safe" from des moines claire powell local 5 news we are iowa elias: wife spoke to local 5 news yesterday, and says he leaves behind seven children. des moines police have not made any arrests in the ongoing investigation. stay with local 5 as more details become available. elias: des moines police are also asking for your help to catch a serial robber.. they say this same man is behind five robberies at three convenience stores in des moines. he never shows a weapon, but does threaten violence. here are the stores he's hit: a kum and go on hubbell. a git n go on easton. and another git n go on urbandale ave. two of the stores were hit twice by him. the suspect is described as a white man in his 20's, about 6 feet tall and 200 pounds. know who he is? call polk county crime stoppers: 223- 1400. elias: a des moines woman was killed in a bus crash in chicago. the burlington trailways bus lost control on i-55 early yesterday morning. 33 passengers passengers were injured, killed. been identified as nicole underwood was iowa student, and was headed to chicago to meet with her boyfriend to celebrate new year's together. burlington trailways says the bus was going 49 miles per hour in a 55 zone. the bus driver told chicago police he was in the far right lane, getting ready to exit when a pick-up truck veered causing him to lose control. and today, boyrfriend and friends have now set up a scholarhsip with the university of iowa in memory of nicole to give one hard working student pursuing a degree in human services $10,000 toward their tuition. you can donate to the fund by visiting the gofund me page there on your screen. elias: and a reminder the roads may still not be great in and around central iowa today. this is video from our "road warrior" crew driving the des moines last night. as the snow piled up, so did the accidents. however, no major crashes to report in the metro, which is good news. elias: many flights out of the des moines international airport were delayed... or even cancelled monday. including, our own sports director as he was trying to head to pasadena, california to cover the rose bowl! elias/ots: jon schaeffer had his flight cancelled will be getting on a flight later follow the hawks to the follow the there just ahead five's alex giamo, preview from pasadena. no captioning available no captioning available there are only three days left until the grand daddy of them all -- the rose bowl. and what better way to prepare than to stuff yourself with prime rib? the hawkeyes took part in the 60th annual beef bowl at lawry's the prime rib beverly hills on they won. the beef bowl began in 1956 and is known as football's most tradition. more than 82- thousand pounds of beef have been consumed at the beef bowl over the years. elias/sam (reax) elias: meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam weather adlib: tonight it should be very chilly as temps fall into the upper teens across central iowa with a very calm wind. wednesday we are going to see some more snow showers move through in the morning with a quick one to two inches morning commute we are going to fall extra cold by the end in the upper teens on should warm back into the 30s by the end of the weekend and into early next week with another snow possible around next tuesday. elias: in your local election headquarters now and the race for the white house donald trump is on the attack again. now targeting republican rival chris christie, who is seeing a surge in support in new hampshire abc's mary bruce has the very latest from washington " this morning, donald trump taking aim at a new target - chris christie. nat blasting the new jersey governor overnight in new hampshire, where christie is surging. suggesting he knew about the lane closings at the center of the bridgegate scandal bridge in the united state, the most travelled on bridge, one of them in the world, most travelled you are doing that and governor and you are (gfx) the new hampshire union leader endorsed described trump as "the grownup bully 'biff' in the 'back to the future' movies. sot/trump: 19:38:55 you have a very dishonest newspaper up here. this as trump ramps up his attacks against clinton? sot/trump: she says oh we'd love to run worst nightmare. friendly. the clintons attending trump's wedding in 2005. but now trump is slamming both clintons, as the former president gets ready to campaign for his wife. trump tweeting: (gfx) if hillary thinks she can unleash her husband, with his terrible record of women abuse, while playing the women's card on me, she's wrong! trump previously said bill clinton's infidelity was not an issue sot/trump, cnn, 2008: look at the trouble bill clinton got into with something that was totally unimportant. and they tried to impeach him, which was nonsense. the frontrunners' latest feud started when trump used a loss to barack obama in 2008. a crass term he's defending sot/trump: can i say the word? it's a common word in ny it means to be beaten badly on-camera close: clinton will be back on the campaign trail in new hampshire today and her campaign says she will not be bullied or distracted by these attracted against her or her husband . " elias/lam : and of course, this all leading up to the iowa caucus, now just a little less than five weeks away. elias: in just a few days... open elias: in just a few days... open carry becomes law in texas. that means.... texans with concealed handgun licenses will now to be able to carry holstered weapons in plain view. so what do some texans feel about the new law? reporter elissa rivas spoke to one pastor who is okay with open carry. " (pastor benny holmes/church of new beginnings) "i have no problem with open carry." pastor benny holmes signs come january first, here at the church of new beginnings in baytown, forbidding the open carry of firearms. (pastor benny holmes/church of new beginnings) come in and do what he wants to do anyway, carry or not. the only now. when he comes he might get one or two of us, but that's it, because everybody else is packing." you may remember, we july. he shot an intruder in his church, then prayed with him. he says the experience served as a valuable lesson for him and his congregation. (pastor benny holmes/church of new beginnings) "they was all like - it could have been you on that floor if you wouldn't have had what you had to defend yourself." still, you won't see holmes with a weapon at the pulpit. (pastor benny holmes/church of new beginnings) "we're going to be very modest - we're not going to be like the wild wild west where you just come in and - anything else you'll do it in moderation." and to those that believe church should be a place for prayers instead of pistols. (pastor benny holmes/church of new beginnings) "when someone walks into your door, prayer just ended. now you have to defend yourself physically. so you draw your sword -- in this case your nine or you're 45 or whatever you got on you to defend yourself. i have no problem with that. people just want to know that they're safe now." --tag-- the open carry law still bans handguns from certain public places -- including hospitals, correctional facilities, and some places were alcohol is served or sold. businesses also have the option to ban customers from openly carrying guns by posting signs outside stores." elias: still to come on local 5 news midday... (weather) sam has the details in central iowa's "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather sam weather adlib: tonight it should be very chilly as temps fall into the upper teens across central iowa with a very calm wind. wednesday we are going to see some more snow showers move through in the morning with a quick one to two inches possible, so the morning commute could be a bit slower. we are going to fall extra cold by the end of the week with highs in the upper teens on thursday and a high near 20 on friday. we should warm back into the 30s by the end of the weekend and into early next week with another snow possible around next tuesday. sam: elias: elias: sam: elias: elias: you're watching local five news midday. elias: donald trump has been a real estate mogul, a reality star, a presidential candidate and now a coloring book. cnn's jeanne moos has more. hello donald trump is used to being parodied... hello from the winning donald trump is used to being parodied... hello from the winning side but now the parody is interactive. you can color him donald. here let's get those eyebrows donald as the statue of liberty,on mount rushmore, on the million dollar bill....donald with his wife melania...donald arm wrestling hillary...donald as a thought i'd be coloring donald trump's fig leaf (laugh) donald on the sistine chapel. i colored my way through the entire interview with the creator and publisher of the trump coloring book. (jeanne moos) do you think donald trump would be flattered or insulted by his coloring book? (anthony ziccardi) i'm not so sure he'll sell this at gift shops and casinos but i think he would enjoy this. it turns out adult coloring books are the hottest category in publishing right now so cashing in on trump made sense. there's also the off color coloring book featuring notable trump quotes.... mr. trump? yes. are you batman. i am batman. laugh go ahead and color that quote. but who needs a whole box of crayons... (anthony ziccardi) which is the beauty of this coloring book. you really only need one or two colors. (jeanne moos) you only need orange and yellow. that's pretty but we weren't good to go, almost from the get go... (jeanne moos) snap oops. oh no. that's trouble. i just broke the yellow. but just that yellow stub was enough to get to the roots of the donald's hair on the page he shared with albert einstein. (jeanne moos) i'm just doing einstein's tongue laugh 25,000 copies will be shipped just in time for christmas. so you can color the candidate who's already beyond colorful. jeanne moos cnn (anthony ziccardi) we're trying to make coloring great again new york elias/sam (reax) we'll be right back. tonight it should be very chilly as temps fall into the upper teens across central iowa with a very calm wind. wednesday we are going to see some more snow showers move through in the morning with a quick one to two inches possible, so the morning commute could be a bit slower. we are going to fall extra cold by the end of the week with highs in the upper teens on thursday and a high near 20 on friday. we should warm back into the 30s by the end of the weekend and into early next week with another snow possible around next tuesday. elias: thanks for you can view stories and an updated weather