He will not remain silent. Vice pres. Biden i intend to speak out clearly and forcefully to influence as much as i can where we stand as a party and where we need to go as a nation. Steve Iowa Democrats have been waiting for a decision from biden for months. Stacey chief political reporter Cynthia Fodor is live in studio this afternoon with local reaction. Cynthia steve and stacey, supporters in des moines tell me they are disappointed but not totally surprised by the decision, knowing biden was still struggling with grief from losing his son in may. Weve been working hard to encourage him and signs were getting increasingly strong he was going to do it but in last , few hours, he made decision to not do it. Cynthia Kevin Mccarthy has been cochair of the draft Biden Campaign in iowa. He recently had lunch at the Vice President s residence in d. C. But we respect him if he chose not to. So we respect the personal decision he made today. Cynthia biden had staff ready to go in 14 states. In the most recent poll, he had 22 support without even being in the race. Some believe subtracting biden will boost Hillary Clinton. I dont. The people i know who are for biden are an Interesting Group of people, certainly not onedimensional. I think theyll look at the other candidates. Cynthia when he ran for president in 2008, biden had less than 1 of the vote in the iowa caucuses. To be willing to put yourself and your family through the ringer for a long time, is not a pleasant process. Cynthia our political analyst Dennis Goldford says with all the grief hes been through, in the end, Vice President s dont often get elected to president. Its probably for the best for him. He can leave public life with a certain amount of esteem and affection that he would not have had had he run for the nomination. Cynthia democratic president ial candidates are also reacting today. Bernie sanders says i thank the , Vice President for a lifetime of public service. He understands the need to rebuild the middle class and to address income and wealth inequality. And Hillary Clinton says, joe biden is a good man and a great Vice President. I admire his devotion to his family, his grace in grief, his grit, and determination on behalf of the middle class. He will always be on the front lines fighting for the american people. Stacey . Stacey republican president ial candidate Chris Christie is in iowa today. He held a town hall meeting in newton earlier this afternoon. The new jersey governor says no candidate is perfect. Gov. Christie and i tell them all the time, you are looking for the candidate you agree with 100 of the time. Stacey christie will be in des for an event at the home of eric and adrianne branstad. Tickets are 50 each. The event is sponsored by the Republican Party of polk county. Donald trump is in eastern iowa tonight. The republican president ial candidate will hold a make America Great again rally in burlington at 6 00. Steve stranger danger. 2 central iowa children report being offered candy by 2 men in a pickup truck. Tuesday afternoon in altoona as the children were walking from elementary school. They say a white chevy s10 or ford ranger pickup pulled up next to them. The men inside allegedly offered the kids candy and asked them to get in the truck. Police say the children describe the driver as having brown hair, a goatee, and a black hat. The passenger also had brown hair and a hat. If you have any information please call Altoona Police at 5159675132. Stacey a des moines mom is charged with child endangerment after an incident in a Grocery Store parking lot. 28yearold shauna davis is being held in the polk county jail on 5,000 bond. Police were called to the hyvee on southeast 14th street monday night. Davis told officers she lost her wallet and had been driving around the parking lot looking for it when an suv started to follow her. The driver accused her of hurting her son. Officers at the scene said the child told them mama hurt, mama , hurt. The child was taken to blank Childrens Hospital with marks on him. That case is still under investigation. Steve a Des Moines Police officer and motorcycle rider, crash during an overnight chase. It happened around 2 00 this morning in pleasant hill. Police were pursuing the motorcycle when the rider lost control in a wooded area. The officer also crashed. Nobody was seriously hurt. 29yearold jordan young of West Des Moines is now in the polk county jail facing multiple charges, including owi, eluding, and 2nddegree theft. An overnight traffic stop ends in a deadly officerinvolved shootout. The Cedar Rapids PoliceDepartment Says one of 3 drug deal suspects ran from the car after it was stopped around 10 30 tuesday night. 2 officers and a police dog chased the man, who police say opened fire on the officers. They fired back, killing the man. The officers and police dog were not hurt. The iowa dci identifies the man as 21yearold Jonathan Gossman of cedar rapids. The other 2 men in the vehicle were interviewed and released. Stacey it was a rainy start to the day but kurtis it was really nice when the sun came back out. Kurtis temperatures are pretty mild especially as you head south of the metro. Cornell at 67. 69 here in the metro. Ottumwa currently at 76. Tonight, a few clouds early on. By 11 00 p. M. , we could see a couple of showers. Later on, down to 48. 65 for a high tomorrow with average high this time of year, 61 degrees. Six hundredths of rain here in the metro. Ankeny had a halfinch. Temperatures will slowly cool down. I think we will see some 50s as we head into next week. Steve the friendly confines of Wrigley Field need to be very friendly tonight. Its do or die tonight for the chicago cubs in game 4 of the National League champions series. If the cubs lose to the new york mets its all over. Kcci sports director andy garman is live at Wrigley Field where some fans remain optimistic. Andy it is obviously something that can be a little frustrating if youre a cubs fan. You get all excited they make it to the nlcs but the cubs have not lived up to the expectation. But, cubs apologists will be quick to tell you that this team lost three in a row a couple of times this year and then went on big win streaks. It is absolutely must win or the season is over. Jason hammel on the mound for chicago tonight. First pitch at 7 00. Before the game, we found some midwestern fans, asking them how they were feeling. I feel all right. We just got a one we just got to win two games at home. Andy do you think they are going to win . I do. We are going to pull it all together tonight. I wish the best for my cubs. Im here to support my team. We got nothing to lose. All or nothing. We think we can take this one and we will see what happens tomorrow. Andy you can tell it is a big game because marlins man is here. He will be behind home plate tonight. Also in attendance, we saw theo epstein, who got a rousing round of applause. He is the president of the cubs baseball operations and the guy credited with turning around the cubs fortune. Can the cops pull off the big victory and it sure a game five . Or will the season come to an and tonights . Andy garman, kcci 8 sports, iowas sports leader. Steve meanwhile, in the americ League Championship series if the Kansas City Royals , win today, they are in the world series for the 2nd straight year. They now lead the series against the Toronto Blue Jays 3 to 1. Royals 0, blue jays 2 in the bottom of the sixth. Stacey next at 5 00, back to the future. 30 years ago, marty mcfly and doc brown traveled to today. Coming up, we take you on a trip back to 1985. Steve plus, heroin epidemic. The 2 reasons Officials Say they are seeing a spike in drug overdoses nationwide. Sally ryan runs for house speaker, but will republicans meet his demands . Announcer this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at 5 00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, and chief meteorologist john mclaughlin. Steve the drama over who will be the next speaker of the house continues. Stacey wisconsin congressman paul ryan has reluctantly accepted but hell only take the job if certain conditions are met. Kccis sally kidd is live in washington with the latest. Sally congressman ryan met privately this afternoon with members of the conservative Freedom Caucus without whose support, he says he wont run. Congressman paul ryan says hell representative ryan if i can truly be a unifying figure, then i will gladly serve. Sally and thats only if House Republicans agree to several demands. He wants endorsements from the house gop caucuses, changes to the rules to make it more difficult to oust the speaker, and theres this rep brian representative ryan i cannot and will not give up my family time. Sally prompting Freedom Caucus member Tim Huelskamp to quip that the speakers job is not a 9 to 5 gig. The 40 member block of conservative hardliners has already endorsed congressman Daniel Webster for the role. The only concern that i have right now is that it appears that hes asking for more power to be in the Speakers Office instead of less power. Sally outgoing Speaker John Boehner says ryan would make a great speaker of the house. I think paul is going to get the support hes looking for. He laid out very clear vision of how he would run the speakership and i think the members responded very well to it. Sally ryan had said previously that he doesnt want the job. He shouldnt take it. It would probably be politically disastrous for him. No one is going to be able to govern House Republicans in a way that makes all House Republicans happy, they are far too divided of a conference for that to be the case. Sally on wednesday, House Republicans will meet to vote on a new speaker and on thursday it will go to the floor for a vote for a full vote. Live in washington, sally kidd, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve rig now flags are , flying half staff in new york city to honor a Police Officer who was killed in the line of duty on tuesday. This sadness is so hard to describe what everyone is going through. And were fighting to understand the loss of a man who did so much, cared so much, dedicated his life to protecting others. Steve officer randolph holder had been chasing a suspect in east harlem when shots were fired. Holder was hit in the head. Stacey today, president obama is taking steps to combat the heroine i could that the heroine epidemic. President obama this crisis taking lives, destroying families, shattering communities across the country. That is the thing about substance abuse. It doesnt discriminate, it touches everybody. Stacey 120 americans die every day from drug overdoses. There has been a spike in users because of pain and cheap heroine. Steve after a few rumbles of thunder this morning, things turned out pretty darn nice. Kurtis kind of covering up the sun eight we bet. The sun a wee bit. Hope youre having a chance to get out and enjoy some fine fall weather. 69 degrees. The sun go down at 625. Overnight, we should have a light shower. We back up into the mid60s. Our average try has dropped or average high has dropped now. Look at the rainfall. Webster city, 37 hundredths. Just 6 hundredths of an inch here in the metro. A little warmer the farther south and southeast you went today. Burlington and fort madison hit 80 degrees. The system moving on out. We are watching a system to the southwest that could bring overnight very light showers. Chicago, a couple sprinkles, but that is moving out. This is the system we are watching for later tonight. A little bit of energy will flow on in. You may have noticed the wind shifting around. Highpressure scoots to t northeast. This developing system will bring a pretty good chance of rain as we head into friday. Overall, we will stay mild for this time of year. Overnight, a light sprinkle in maybe a light shower. Tomorrow, the state will be split in half. More sunshine the farther north and the more cloud cover the farther south. Friday morning, one round of rain moves through and i think we will see a secondary round of rain in the early evening. Saturday starts with clouds but i think that they will finish with some bright sunshine. Tonight, cooling down to 48 degrees. Sunshine north, clouds south. East winds at 515. Friday, a good chance of rain. Saturday, look for partly sunny skies. It is going to be a very cool start on sunday at 41. It gets up to 65. More 60s early next week but that highs only in the 50s next wednesday and thursday. Steve quick look at traffic, nothing but green to be seen. Eight minutes to the west mix, six minutes to the east. Stacey now a look at the stories coming up at 6 00. Mark a des moines man enters a neighbors home that is on fire to save three dogs he has never met before. Well have this heros story, tonight. Vanessa a touching moment that i will show you to little in the picture feels about this special moment. Big news from washington. Joe says no. More on the president more the Vice President decision not to run. Paul ryan says he will speak will seek the speakership but he has demands. All of that valley, california on wednesday october 21, 2015. 2015 . You mean we are in the future . Steve october 21, 2015. Today is the date that marty mcfly and doc brown traveled to, from 1985, in the movie back to the future. The world today a lot different , than it was 30 years ago. Stacey kcci is a lot different too. Emmy victor dug deep into the archives and put together this blast from the past. Emmy thirty years ago today, kcci reporters were busy covering the stories impacting iowans the most. The new law gives clerks of Court Judicial powers by granting them the right to hold hearings in regards to Child Support payments. Emmy who recognizes this familiar face . Governor Terry Branstad spent his day trying to avoid a farm Credit System collapse. The liquidation of farmers will be horrendous. It will be a very bloody mess that we can not afford in the emmy the same day, branstads future opponent Lowell Junkins made a big announcement. He was stepping down as state senator to run for governor. Clearly my choice is to resign so that there is no question about that. Emmy police and fire were also busy in the area. Investigators were trying to find the cause of a fire at an ankeny shopping center. And Des Moines Police spent hours investigating a stabbing on the east side. Des Moines City Council ended the day with good news about the parking garage at 5th and walnut. Free parking on nights and weekends for the next 3 months. I really think this is a very Good Opportunity to decide and see what will happen in the future to encourage shopping in the downtown area. Emmy emmy victor, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve wow. I was working in this Television Market at that time but i wasnt here yet. Emmys story got us wondering what else was happening 30 years reagan. Steve a gallon of gas cost 1. 17 cents in october of 1985. Stacey a postage stamp cost 22 cents. Steve Stevie Wonder was at the top of the charts with part time lover. Stacey and everyones favorite the future in weather, next, on we need to disrupt the old order in washington, dc. We can do a lot better by applying conservative principles we should lower rates and simplify the code to allow people to freely decide how they want to spend their money. What we need is leadership to fix a few big things. So that this country takes off and soars where people can dream the biggest possible dreams. And pursue them with a vengeance. Sfx applause jeb. Proven conservative. Real results. Kurtis beautiful evening, if you showers late tonight. 60s for the weekend. Steve get out and enjoy it, but not before you watch kcci 8 news at 6 00. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its