A quick light snow shower possible in the afternoon with minimal to no accumulation expected. Saturday should feel pretty nice with partly cloudy skies and highs in the mid 30s. Sunday well see overcast skies with temperatures rising into the upper 30s and a few snow showers with light accumulations possible. Cold air will be blasting through the state starting sunday night but it wont really hit us until tuesday when highs drop into the low teens. Sabrina Sabrina Sabrina three people face charges following a wednesday shooting in waukee that put three nearby schools on lockdown. Jejuan jayjonn lyke like junior. William walls. And an unnamed 17 year old have each been charged with attempted murder, robbery, intimidation with a weapon, and going armed with intent. No one was hit, though one victim was taken to the hospital for none life threatening injuries. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias growing concerns over the zika officials the illness can be spread by sexual transmission and not just by mosquito bites. One such been confirmed in texas. State of four florida at least nine people have been diagnosed with the virus has babies and paralysis in adults. Sabrina the third thing you need to know before you door. Sabrina a lawsuit has jackpot case, which led to the conviction of former security multi state lottery association. A des moines lawfirm filed the suit on behalf of dawson. Claimin g that the association allowed tipton to rig the jackpot, taking away from dawsons winnings. Elias number four. Elias the iowa caucus still having an effect on the president ial race, as the campaigns move to New Hampshire. Yesterday, rand paul and Rick Santorum both announced they would suspend their campaigns. Neither having a good showing at mondays caucus. Meanwhile, new attacks on ted cruz from donald trump. Chargin g the gop caucus winner with fraud and calling for a doover of the iowa caucuses. Sabrina and finally in the top five. Sabrina a glimpse at the iowa teams for the Upcoming College football season. Wednesdays signing day proved to be a good one for the hawkeyes and cyclones. Iowas class ranked number 31 in the country by scout. With two dozen new recruits. Iowa state coming it just a but lower at number 46, landing 36 new recruits for the team. Morning. The snowy start to the week having some lasting efeects in iowa. Elias iowans may have dug out from the snowfall, but the days of limited travel also meant blood banks had low turnout for donation. Which has reduced the current blood supply in the state. Elias products to normally keeps a supply of blood but the winter storm has cut stash to less than twodays. To help build up centers around the metro will be open extended hours this weekend. You can find out more about scheduling an appointment on our website. We are iowa dot com. Sabrina after nearly seven months, a popular vietnamese restaurant will be opening its doors once more today adong announced it would be metro residents starting today. Back in august, a flames shooting restraunt and that fire caused nearly 100 thousand damage. Restaurant tell the Des Moines Register theyll be offering free food tonight to celebrate their reopening. Elias were back with meterologist sam schreier. Sam sam adlibs sam weather adlib sam weather adlib the weather is going to be getting a little better today with a lot less wind and a bit more sunshine. Were looking at sunny skies afternoon. Temperatures will be a lot more pleasant today with highs climbing just above freezing and a much lighter breeze out of the southwest. Overnight were going to see a cold and quiet low fall to around 15 degrees with calm and quiet conditions. Friday clouds return with a few flurries or a quick light snow shower possible in the afternoon with minimal to no accumulation expected. Saturday should feel pretty nice with partly cloudy skies and highs in the mid 30s. Sunday well see overcast skies with temperatures rising into the upper 30s and a few snow showers with light accumulations possible. Cold air will be blasting through the state starting sunday night but it wont really hit us until tuesday when highs drop into the elias just ahead of their debate in New Hampshire tonight, the democratic president ial hopefuls are battling over who is progressive enough. Sabrina meanwhile, theres a new war of words between the republican frontrunners. Abcs bazi kanani brings us the latest on the race for white house. Script good morning. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders appeared separately in a televised town hall last night. Where we may have gotten a preview of the key points they hope to debate tonight. The democrats lay out their differences in New Hampshire. sanders but i think an objective assessment would say that there is more excitement and energy in our campaign. Bernie Sanders. Argues he is more electable than hillary clinton. Defends his plan to raise taxes to pay for universal healthcare. sanders yes, youll pay a little bit more, but your Health Premiums will disappear. clinton its very hard to see how any of his proposals could ever be achievable. So i dont want to overpromise. Clinton fights back against sanders progressive. clinton im a progressive who likes to get things done. The leading republicans . In a new battle. Ted cruz fires back after trump accuses him of fraud for sending this email to supporters on caucus day suggesting ben carson was dropping out of the race. cruz it is no surprise that donald is throwing yet another temper tantrum sabrina Political Action sabrina Political Action committees raise money privately to influence legislation or political candidates. Now a new one called panther pac just formed to help support the university of northern iowa. The Community Group just held its kickoff meeting last week. Their goal is to get candidates elected to office who will support uni and their top concerns for the future. The cochairs of the group especially want to tackle the issue of state funding. Professor 15 Sabrina Gorton says forming a pac in support of an institution is pretty rare. The Community Group will now work out the process of deciding which candidates to support for future elections. Elias at time check well take a short break, but still have lots more good morning iowa ahea. D. Sabrina coming up. A texas mom has developed some unique jewelry. Offeri ng a special type of pearl. Elias but first. For those traveling into polk the Sheriffs Office has automated Traffic Enforcement vehicles at two locations. One at the. 71 hundred block of northwest sixth drive and a second at the. Nine hundred block of boone street in sheldahl so take care on the roads today. Sabrina lets also get a quick look at sabrina lets also get a quick look at traffic. This is i235 at valley west. [current conditions] good morning your wathcing good morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, Sabrina Ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam morning iowa. Sam weather adlib the weather is going to be getting a little better today with a lot less wind and a bit more sunshine. Were looking at sunny skies in the morning with a bit more cloud cover coming back in the afternoon. Temperatures will be a lot more pleasant today with highs climbing just above freezing and a much lighter breeze out of the southwest. Overnight were going to see a cold and quiet low fall to around 15 degrees with calm and quiet conditions. Friday clouds return with a few flurries or a quick light snow shower possible in the afternoon with minimal to no accumulation expected. Saturday should feel pretty nice with partly cloudy skies and highs in the mid 30s. Sunday well see overcast skies with temperatures rising into the upper 30s and a few snow showers with light accumulations possible. Cold air will be blasting through the state starting sunday night but it wont really hit us until tuesday when elias an artist in texas who also happens to be a mom has come up with a very personal keepsake. Sabrina shes developed a method for culturing pearls. Out of breast milk. Pooja lodhia has more. Reporter pkgas follows Bridgette Boudreaux artist Bridgette Boudreaux isnt quite ready for her boys to grow up. But how do you freeze time and hold on to this moment . The answer, it turns out, was right in front of her. Bridgette Boudreaux artist i really wanted a special way to commemorate that bond between mother and child. I just wanted a wearable piece of art and i created breast milk jewelry. Boudreaux takes real breast milk, adds preservatives, and refrigerator . Within a week, the milk becomes a solid that you can mold into any shape you want. From there you can add designs, color, even sparkles. A top coat resin hardens and protects the precious milk. Bridgette Boudreaux artist each breast milk pearl is a different shade of cream to white so youre getting what came from you. No two are alike. And why stop with breast milk . Bridgette Boudreaux artist the placenta is on the bottom, first curl, and the breast milk. For many, her jewelry is a little strange unsettling, even. But for the hundreds of women who have bought the pieces its therapuetic. Boudreauxs Facebook Page is filled with messages like this. Thank yous from mothers who have had trouble breastfeeding. Some dealing with postpartum depression. There are even some mothers here who have lost their children. Bridgette Boudreaux artist with each pearl, it represents so many buy their breast milk jewelry from me, i get their stories and a lot of their stories are empowering. You know, the gift of life. The breast milk pearl is sustaining and life giving for many women. All reax elias we have lots more good morning iowa ahead. But first heres abcs phillip mena and reena ninan with tech bytes. Techbytes irs email the irs tax re in todays techbytes, if you had trouble filing your taxes overnight it wasnt you. The irse file system has been down because of a computer hardware failure. The wheres my refund feature also wasnt working, but the tax agency doesnt think the problem will actually delay your refund. A Google Engineer put his own spin on a concept of a smart bathroom. Max brawn posted these images of his high tech bathroom mirror which displays the current date and time, the Weather Forecast and even the latest news headlines. Never miss out there. And for those of us who need caffeine to get through the day or night, this wearable will keep feeding the drug directly into your blood. There will be no need to keep running to the coffee maker. Called jewel, you have to be at least 18 to buy one and it will not be available until this summer. Im going to stick with my controversy coffee. Have a great day. Jane didnt like restrictions. Not in life. And not when it came to watching her calories. Why settle on taste . Jane thought. Thats why jane loves light fit greek nonfat yogurt. Bursting with rich creamy awesomeness and 12 grams of protein. All for 80 calories. No settling here. What else does jane love . That you could win a fitbit flex from light fit. Learn more on specially marked packs. Most accurate forecast with weatherrate the independent weather experts sam weather adlib put script here in green the weather is going to be getting a little better today with a lot less wind and a bit more sunshine. Were looking at sunny skies in the morning with a bit more cloud cover coming back in the afternoon. Temperatures will be a lot more pleasant today with highs climbing just above freezing and a much lighter breeze out of the southwest. Overnight were going to see a cold and quiet low fall to around 15 degrees with calm and quiet conditions. Friday clouds return with a few flurries or a quick light snow afternoon with minimal to no accumulation expected. Saturday should feel pretty nice with partly cloudy skies and highs well see overcast temperatures rising a few snow showers with light accumulations possible. Cold air will be blasting through the state starting sunday night but it wont really hit us until tuesday when highs drop into the low teens. Sam toss back. Sam toss back. Elias well time now for another short break. But when we come back. A laundry detergent maker looks into offering a new service, giving you one less household chore to deal with. But first heres what happened last night on jimmy kimmel live. Youre watching good morning iowa in hd. We are iowa. Elias on your money now elias that pain at the pump we used to talk seems to be dissipating so far this year. According to triplea the National Average for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is now a dollar and 78cents. Filling up costs even less than the National Average in some states like missouri and oklahoma. Dollar and 50 cents. The average around the Hawkeye State comes in at a dollar 80. Elias toyota has decided to end its scion brand. And re badge the vehicles as toyotas. Scion was started in 2003 as a separate car brand targeted at younger buyers. The brand had a unique style, designed to be easily customizable. An analyst with autotrader says millennial buyers who are scions target age today are less interested in standing out, and would rather buy cars from known and trusted brands. Elias laundry and drycleaning apps are nothing new, but industry giant Procter Gamble could bring the fledgling category some real attention with its new laundry service, called tide spin. Trading on the popular detergent brand, tide spin is a Delivery Service that will pick up your dirty clothes and return them washed or dry cleaned and ready to wear. Elias coming up after the break. Sams in with central iowas most accurate forecast. But first. A quick look at traffic. This is i235 at euclid. [current conditions] good morning iowa returns after this. Youre watching good moring iowa in hd. We are iowas most accurate weather team. Good morning iowa starts now sabrina thanks for joining us on your [day of week] morning, im Sabrina Ahmed. Elias and im elias johnson. Elias weather is always first on good morning iowa. In with central iowas most accurate forecast. Meteorologist sam schreier. Sam adlib toss sam sam weather adlib the weather is going to be getting a little better today with a lot less wind and a bit more sunshine. Were looking at sunny skies in the morning with a bit more cloud cover coming back in the afternoon. Temperatures will be a lot more pleasant today with highs climbing just above freezing and a much lighter breeze out of the southwest. Overnight were going to see a cold and quiet low fall to around 15 degrees with calm and quiet conditions. Friday clouds return with a few flurries or a quick light snow shower possible in the afternoon with minimal to no accumulation expected. Saturday should feel pretty nice with partly cloudy skies and highs in the mid 30s. Sunday well see overcast skies with temperatures rising into the upper 30s and a few snow showers with light accumulations possible. Cold air will be blasting through sunday night but it wont really hit us until tuesday when highs drop into the low teens. Elias our top story this morning. Three people face charges after gunfire in waukee wednesday. Elias the incident even forced the lockdown of three nearby schools for a short time yesterday. Police say those involved are 19 yearold jejuan jayjonn lyke like junior, 18 year old william walls, and an unnamed 17 year old. Theyve all been charged with theyve all been charged with attempted murder, robbery, intimidation with a weapon, and going armed with intent. Waukee police got the call just after eight a m. With a report of shots fired at the 11hundred block of southeast olson drive. No one was hit, though one victim was taken to the hospital for none life threatening injuries. Upon arrival there they found a subject there that been injured during an altercation it was determined during the course of the investigation that shots had been fired but the subject had not been hit nor had during the altercation elias waukee high school, prairieview and Waukee Middle School were put on lockdown until administrators determined there was no threat to the schools. Sabrina more developments from the hot lotto jackpot case. Sabrina the case resulted in the arrest and conviction of eddie tipton. A former Security Director for the multi state lottery association. A jury found tipton guilty of rigging the hot lotto jackpot in his favor. Now, a lawsuit has been filed over those actions. A des moines lawfirm says when the association allowed tipton to rig the jackpot they took away from a webster city mans jackpot. Theyre also questioning the security and surviellance practices of both lotto locations. This was a theft. This was a rigged game. There was no prize as lottery rules. Shouldnt have gone back and should go back now, should be reverted sabrina for a jury trial. Meanwhile, tipton is currently free as he appeals his conviction. , but is set to be on trial in another state for fraud later this year. Sabrina growing concerns over the zika Virus Outbreak top your national headlines. Sabrina Health Officials say a texas case of the virus, now shows it can be spread by sexual transmission. A nd not just mosquito bites. The zika virus has been linked to birth defects in babies and paralysis in adults. The virus can live in the blood of an infected person for up to week. Meanwhile, a state of emergency in four florida counties, where at least nine people have been diagnosed with zika. Sabrina so far. At least 40 cases have been reported in 12 states. And an iowa company is trying to help. Amesbased newlink genetics joined the race to develop a vaccine for the zika virus. It is also developing an ebola vaccine with merck that has proved to be highly effective. Elias the continuing water crisis in flint michigan potential health problems. The leadtainted water could be causing skin rashes. Health officials are going to interview people who report skin rashes and test the water in their homes. But say it is too early to make a direct connection. Meanwhile, Congress Held its first hearing on the citys water crisis yesterday. Outrage was expressed both in and out of the courtroom. Cummings this is not a third world country applause . Walters my home used to be a place of comfort and safety for my family that was taken from us. Elias michigans governor wants to spend 30 Million Dollars to help the affected residents and pay their water bills. Sabrina were back with meterologist sam schreier. Sam sam adlibs weather adlib the weather is going to be getting a little better today with a lot less wind and a bit weather adlib the weather is going to be getting a little better today with a lot less wind and a bit more sunshine. Were looking at sunny skies in the morning with a bit more cloud cover coming back in the afternoon. Temperatures will be a lot more pleasant today with highs climbing just above freezing and a much lighter breeze out of the southwest. Overnight were going to see a cold and quiet low fall to around 15 degrees with calm and quiet conditions. Friday clouds return with a few flurries or a quick light snow shower possible in the afternoon with minimal to no accumulation expected. Saturday should feel pretty nice with partly cloudy skies and highs in the mid 30s. Sunday well see overcast skies with into the upper 30s and a few snow showers with light accumulations possible. Cold air will be blasting through the state starting sunday night but it wont really hit us until tuesday when highs drop into the low teens. Elias day proved to be a positive one two universities. Iowa teams for football iowas class ranked number 31 in the country by scout. With two dozen new recruits. Iowa state coming it at number 46, landing 36 new team. This of course the First Signing day for new isu head coach matt campbell. Will get a better understanding of iowa state athletics tonight. ,. When sports director jon scharffer shares more of his conversation with Athletic Director jamie pollard. 2015 what stood out to you the most on the year that was. Well from a work standpoint i would say two things. One the opening of the football stadium. The south endzone where we sit today. Its a project that iowa staters had talked about and dreamed about and so for it to come to fruition was pretty neat. And then secondly i would say winning the second big 12 championship in basketball because those are pretty special moments. It was a little unique for me because i got to experience it and experience it in a different way from a hospital bed. Sabrina be sure to tune sabrina be sure to tune in tonight at 10 on local 5 to hear how pollard handled some major changes in the past year and why expectations are high for both basketball and football in 2016. Elias well sundays big definitely have the attention of hawkeye head coach kirk ferentz. His son james is listed as the number two center for the denver broncos. There was plenty of pride beaming from both of them wednesday. Its funny i was talking to my wife about it the other night. It really hadnt hit us until we got here into the bay area. That were in the biggest stage in football. Its really cool everything about it just trying to absorb it. At the same time youre trying to stay focused on the task at hand and getting ready to go out there and compete. And were really proud. I think everybody here is proud of him. Its a good story. A guy went from treading water here for a year practice squad. He got cut again this year he was hoping to make the roster in houston didnt make it then two days later got put on the roster up in denver so its a good story hes sticking with it chasing your dream a little bit. Thats what makes iowa special. Obviously i got some serious ties to the program but after going through that when they say they get you nfl ready. Sabrina ferentz and the broncos will take on the Carolina Panthers sunday in the big game. Well at time check well take a short break, with more check well take a short break, with more good morning iowa ahead. Elias coming up, well talk politics. As a war of words brews over mondays iowa caucuses. Sabrina but before we go. Des Moines Police will have mobile radar set up at three locations. One at the. 16 hundred block of hickman looking eastbound and a second at the. 27hundred block of boston thats west bound with a third at the four hundred block of 42nd. Northboun d. So use caution while driving. While were at it. A quick look at traffic. This is i235 at mlk. [current conditions] good morning iowa continues after this your wathcing good ing iowa in hd with elias johnson, Sabrina Ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. This is good morning iowa. I mean it just comes to a screeching hault. I mean it just comes to a screeching hault. Theres no deliveries, people cant get out to go to work and if they do get out they cant get anywhere anyways, says carla mathers, deputy clerk at correctionville city hall. Sabrina to the west of des moines, small towns like correctionville still working on clearing out the snow that fell week. City leaders say the majority of the snow should be clear by noon today. Despite some slipping and sliding on metro roadways. Many are happy we missed tuesdays worst sabrina anchor toss to wx sam adlib toss. Sam weather adlib the weather is going to be getting a little better today with a lot less wind and a bit more sunshine. Were looking at sunny skies in the morning with a bit more cloud cover coming back in the afternoon. Temperatures will be a lot more pleasant today with highs climbing just above freezing and a much lighter breeze out of the southwest. Overnight were going to see a cold and quiet low fall to around 15 degrees with calm and quiet conditions. Friday clouds return with a few flurries or a quick light snow afternoon with minimal expected. Saturday nice with partly in the mid 30s. Sunday well see overcast skies with temperatures rising into the upper 30s and a few snow showers with light accumulations possible. Cold air will be blasting through the state starting sunday night but it until tuesday when low teens. Elias trending now. Elias fans of the fast and furious are celebrating. The movie has at least three more installments to go. Number eight hits theaters in april of next year. But Universal Pictures says a ninth film will be out in 2019. And furious series is one of the most successful blockbuster franchises in hollywood. Series star vin diesel posted about the news with a photo captioned simply. Two decades. Ten films. One saga and the release dates. All reax Sabrina Elias we have more good morning iowa coming up right after the youre watching good morning iowa in hd. We are iowa. Elias turning to politics. Where a lot is happening in the republican side of the president ial race. You have some accusations being thrown around about the iowa caucuses. Sabrina plus. The once lengthy roster hopefuls continues to get shorter. Sabrina pair of candidates back out of the race. Rand paul and Rick Santorum they would suspend their campaigns. Neither had strong showings in mondays caucuses. Thoug h paul did manage to take fifth place ahead of jeb bush. Our local five political analyst dr. Steffen schmidt says its all just part of the process. Thats what is nice about iowa is we give them a chance to really shine and be great and connect and then we give thema chance to bown out and let the field shrink down. Sabrina now, at one time there were 17 candidates in the republican field, its now down to 9 after the iowa caucuses. Elias the other big news from the president ial race. A new attack on caucus winner ted cruz from donald trump. This time claims that cruz stole iowa by mailing voter violation fliers trump took to twitter to accuse cruz of fraud. By implying ben carson was dropping out to get more evangelical support. Elias and we want to know what you think. Was there some shady behavior . Who do you think will drop from the president ial race next . Or what do you caucus results thoughts. You can connect with us on facebook and twitter. Send us an email or call us in the newsroom 1 8008585555 wed love to hear what you think sabrina time for another short break. But before we go lets get a quick look at traffic. This is i235 at west mixmaster [current conditions] sam says . . . Hes in with central iowas most accurate forecast next. Good morning now, we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts sam weather adlib put script here in green the weather is going to be getting a little better today with a lot looking at sunny skies in the morning with a bit more cloud cover coming back in the afternoon. Temperatures will be a lot more pleasant today with highs climbing just above freezing and a much lighter breeze out of the southwest. Overnight were going to see a cold and quiet low fall to around 15 degrees with calm and quiet conditions. Friday clouds return with a few flurries or a quick light snow shower possible in the afternoon with minimal to no accumulation expected. Saturday should feel pretty nice with partly cloudy skies and highs in the mid 30s. Sunday well see overcast skies with temperatures rising into the upper 30s and a few snow showers with light accumulations possible. Cold air will be blasting through the state starting sunday night but it wont really hit us until tuesday when highs drop into the low teens. Sam Sabrina Elias a final look at the top five. All the news you need to know before you head out the door. Right after this. Lets get a final look at your top sabrina three people face charges following a wednesday shooting in waukee that put three nearby schools on lockdown. Jejuan jayjonn lyke like junior. William walls. And an unnamed 17 year old have each been charged with attempted murder, robbery, intimidation with a weapon, and going armed with intent. No one was hit, though one victim was taken to the hospital for none life threatening injuries. Sabrina elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias growing concerns over the zika virus. Health officials confirming that the illness can be spread by sexual transmission and not just by mosquito bites. One such instance has been confirmed in texas. Meanwhile, a state of emergency in four florida counties, where at least nine people have been diagnosed with zika. The virus has been linked to birth defects in babies and paralysis in adults. Sabrina elias the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Sabrina a lawsuit has now been filed in the hot lotto jackpot case, which led to the arrest and conviction of eddie tipton a former Security Director for the multi state lottery association. A des moines lawfirm filed the suit on behalf of larry dawson. Claimin g that the association allowed tipton to rig the jackpot, taking away from dawsons elias number four. Elias the iowa caucus still having an effect on the president ial race, as the campaigns move to New Hampshire. Yesterday, rand paul and Rick Santorum both announced they would suspend their campaigns. Neither having a good showing at mondays caucus. Meanwhile, new attacks on ted cruz from donald trump. Chargin g the gop caucus winner with fraud and calling for a doover of the iowa caucuses. Sabrina elias and finally. Youll want to know about this story in the big five. Sabrina a glimpse at the iowa teams for the Upcoming College football season. Wednesdays signing day proved to be a good one for the hawkeyes and cyclones. Iowas class ranked number 31 in the country by scout. With two dozen new recruits. Iowa state coming it just a but lower at number 46, landing 36 new recruits for the team. Sabrina elias sam is in with a final look at central iowas most accurate forecast. Sam final weather adlib the weather is going to be getting a little better today with a lot less wind and a bit more sunshine. Were looking at sunny skies in the morning with a bit more cloud cover coming back in the afternoon. Temperatures will be a lot more pleasant today with highs climbing just above freezing and a much lighter breeze out of the southwest. Overnight were going low fall to around 15 degrees with calm and quiet conditions. Friday clouds return with a few flurries or a quick light snow shower possible in the afternoon with minimal to no accumulation expected. Saturday should feel pretty nice with partly cloudy skies and highs in the mid 30s. Sunday well see overcast skies with temperatures rising into the upper 30s and a few snow showers with light accumulations possible. Cold air will be blasting through the state starting sunday night but it wont really hit us until tuesday when highs drop into the low teens. Sabrina elias thanks for watching Good Morning America starts right now. Have a good day everybody lets get hitched. Stay with us for g good m morning, erica. Tornadoes tear through the south oh, my god