does crash data tell you on those roads,the roadway geometrics will they allow for an increase in speed limits. hoye says it is not for him to advocate on what is better a five mile an hour increase,a $10 mile an hour increase or the two lane rural road speed limit staying at 55 miles and hour. he says when all is said and done public safety is tasked to enforce the law and that is what they will do. whatever the legislature after they have done their investigation whatever they deem appropriate obviously law enforcement will enforcement any law they pass through. reporter: the dot tells us it has concerns because research shows fatalities and the severity of crashes go up with an increase in speed. next week is the first funnel week so if this bill does not get out of committee by friday the 19th it will not move forward this session. steve: iowa lawmakers are also looking changes to keep those we told you 2-years ago about a little known state law that made it a offense t
democratic party will need to succeed in november. we love the people of new hampshire. i said it and i said it a year ago. i think i m going to do well there because i m here a lot. it is so beautiful and i love it so much. i love the people and i said i actually think they like me a lot. we don t see it as just another campaign, we see it as an opportunity for all of us and i mean all of us to be involved in something that is bigger than our own lives. it s an exciting time for new hampshire. cynthia: scott is looking into the depth of each campaign in south carolina. the big question for bernie sanders is what is next. the next state of south carolina and the polls and electorate are different for bernie sanders in the south. what we know about how hillary clinton is that although she is hampshire, she is doing better among the different populations of south carolina. african-american and latino voters are still coming out and strong numbers to support her. that co
breaking news with shots fired after a wild police chase on des moines south side. alyx sacks is at the scene this morning so is the suspect in custody? alyx: they are. they have the custody before 3:00 a.m. behind me, the crime scene unit is on scene looking for evidence. we are in cassidy now. that is not where this started. southwest 14th street is one an officer tried to pull over the suspect in a vehicle and the vehicle the suspect refused to pull over and led police on a perceived. that she s got up to 80 miles per hour that chase got up to 80 miles per hour. at that point, officers got out of his vehicle trying to get the suspect in the custody and that is when the suspect and then started to drive toward the officers and that is when the officer fired at the suspect. suspect, but the suspect continued in the vehicle and was finally arrested at 227 this morning according to des moines police. after attempting to flee on foot. we do know more about the suspect this
it will be here in a couple of hours? metinka: we are tracking it near the western part of the state and up to guthrie county and through auburn county. all of that is moving this morning. what you see here may not be preaching the ground just yet but it will be reaching the ground later, light snow today. we have clouds in des moines with 16 degrees and a nearly called wind. it will be a gentle snow fall today. it will come down in the early afternoon hours. you can expect up to .5-one inches of snow. elizabeth: we want to get straight to the breaking news. shots fired after a chase on the south side. alyx sacks is on the scene right now. if the suspect in custody? the crime scene unit just left. there were officers here in the area about 10 minutes ago, still looking for evidence with the crime scene unit. here is what happened while we were sleeping. at 2:20 this morning, authorities went to pull over a vehicle and it would not pull over. it led police on a high-speed chas
conference will look at how to align high school class work with iowa s workforce needs. he discussed the idea while touring waterloo west high school yesterday. as part of his stop, branstad learned about the school s culinary class. waterloo officials say adding more career and technical options is tough without additional money. one week ago, voters in waterloo rejected a $47 million bond that would have earmarked most of the money for exactly that. branstad says working with existing resources is a reality with the state s budget. 12:26:54 even with existing facilities, there s a lot you can do. and also partnering with the community colleges, like hawkeye, as with the private sector business, we just need to be smart about the way we work together and find ways to collaborate and utilize the resources we have. branstad s conference to address those collaboration issues is set to happen april 19 in des moines. it s called the future ready iowa summit. some republican la