What to expect on your lunch commute. Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Elias Johnson. Elias were expecting new details this hour on an accident at hubbell avenue last night that killed a pedestrian trying to cross the street. It happened around 530 tuesday evening. At east 42nd and hubbell avenue. Des Moines Police say the pedestrian was crossing hubbell when a car hit the man. The victim was pronounced dead on scene. Police say they had to shut down the area for several hours to gather more evidence, and the crash is still under investigation. Elias meanwhile in ames, Police Continue to piece together mondays hit and run that left an isu student dead. 18 year old emmalee jacobs of urbana was died at the hospital after being hit by a car on the isu campus. She was found lying in the road at the intersection of lincoln way. The site has now become a memorial for jacobs with candles and messages written with chalk. Police still looking for the person responsible. We believe th person felt the impact, knew what happened, based on her injuries. They were significant enough they had to feel the impact. Elias ames police have narrowed down the time window of the hit and run to between 7 04 and 7 05 am monday they ask anyone who may have information to come forward. Elias over in the Center Point Urbana area, the Community Mourns the loss of the teen, who had just graduated high school in may. Her family and friends describing jacobs as a very bright, very smart young woman. Brea love spoke with those who knew her, and shares how the community is coping with the tragic loss. [take pkg]pkg center point an entire community is in mourning after the loss of one of their own. And theyre coming together to support the family, and each other. Emmalee jacobs just center pointurbana high school in may. Rob libolt cpu High School Principal [take sot to 0 07 duration 0 07]sot she also belonged to the school choir. Jacobs graduated at the top of her class. The school had counselors on site monday, and also at the middle school where jacobs mother works. [take sot to 0 12 duration 0 12]sot the family has belonged to Center Point United Methodist church for more than a decade. The Church Pastor says jacobs was very involved in their youth programs. He says she will be greatly missed. Pastor mike ellson Center Point United Methodist church [take sot the church is holding a Remembrance Service thursday night, giving those who know the jacobs family a chance to grieve together. [take sot to 0 12 duration 0 12]sot [take sot to 0 13 duration 0 13]sot trt 1 33 elias a remembrance for emmalee jacobs is planned for tomorrow night at the Center Point Methodist church. The visitation will also be held at the Church Friday evening. Her funeral is saturday at the Center Point Urbana high school. Elias new this morning, the proposed Bakken Pipeline will be the focus of a Public Meeting tonight. Elias along with approval from the iowa utilities board, the project will also need a permit from the Iowa Department of natural resources. The proposed pipeline cuts diagnally across the state, crossing over land and water under the dnrs to do that requires a permitted. A hearing will be held this evening, allowing an opportunity for public comments. The meeting inside the office building. Email or send in comments to the iowa dnr about the pipeline permit. Elias commuters driving in Dallas County should expect a detour the dallas management closed a section of highway 169 just north of adel last night. Drivers should expect a detour taking them west out of town on highway six. The detour then heads north on p58, before connecting to highway 44 and back to highway 169. So be sure to watch for the signs. Elias speaking of road closures, flooding has kept parts of some roads around the metro closed. Of fleur drive from bell avenue to mlk because of the Raccoon River level. It remains at the moderate flood stage this morning, but is expected to go down through the rest of the week. Elias meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. Sam today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. We are starting the we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by your forecast. Similar to yesterday temperatures throughout the day. We are starting the we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. Lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like were in the teens. Thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions mid 30s. Friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. We start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. Elias moving now to your local election elias moving now to your local election headquarters. Elias 1shot and the big republican president ial debate last night the last of the year and less than two months before the first year and less than two months before the first votes of the election season are cast. Abcs cecilia vega is in las vegas with highlights the gloves were off . Almost as soon as the opening bell rang. Trump youre a tough guy jeb bush youre never going to get to be president by insulting your way to the presidency it was donald trump vs. Jeb bush on how to fight isis . 21 40 26 trump with jebs attitude, we will never be great again. That i can tell you. We will never be great, again. On that controversial proposal to ban muslims . Jeb 90 donald is great with the one liners. But hes a chaos candidate. He would be a chaos President Trump sot jeb doesnt really believe im unhinged. He said that very simple because hes failed in this campaign. Its been a total disaster and nobody cares there was donald trump vs. Rand paul. show split screen . 943 rand paul this is another show trump is not a serious candidate trump shrugs off but the biggest grudge match of all . Back pat. Nats trump vs. The texas standing in the polls. Never happened. Instead it was ted cruz vs marco rubio. Both vying to be the partys alternative to the brash billionaire in the lead sot rubio do you rule it out . Does ted cruz rule out ever legalizing people that are in this country illegally now. Cruz i have never rubio do you rule it out . Cruz i have never supported legalization and i do not intend to support legalization. Some . Like dr. Ben carson. Struggling to break out of the pack . Sot carson. The fact of the matter is look and see what ive done. And tht speaks volumes about strength after it was over. Cecilia vega mr trump did jeb bush have it out for you tonight . can trim trump no he has to do what he has to do i mean i fully understand hes having a hard time and he wants to get his numbers up elias lam that action last night a seemingly exhausted senator marco rubio headed back to the Hawkeye State for a rally in ankeny this morning. Having barely slept, he still stood in front of a crowd of a few hundred to talk about last nights debate, as well as the defense budget. Even taking a jab at other republican president ial candidates. While he didnt mention any names. How are yoi going to make the sands of the me glow if you dont have the bombs to do it. And thats where were headed how are you going todefend yourself if you have an army thats smaller than its ever been since ww2. How are you going to ikeep[ your coutnry safe witha navy thats smaller than the 50s. Talking tough is not enough you need the capability and in the world where n korea and china and russia iran radical jihadists like isis pose a threat how can it be that we are weakning our military and how can it that justify it . Elias rubio will be back in iowa tomorrow and friday. We will of course continue to follow the candidates as they make their way around the state. Elias heres a look at the three faces topping out the latest quinnipiac poll numbers trump with 28 percent support. But senator cruz is in a very close second with 27 percent. And senator marco rubiotrailing with 14percent elias coming up on local 5 news midday. Will those temps help us out in getting a White Christmas . Sams in with those details. Elias and. Over 650 thousand students shut out of school over an emailed threat were bringing you the latest on your National Headlines. Elias but next. If youre planning on shipping any important deadlines to take note of. Were talking your money your wathcing local 5 news midday in hd with Elias Johnson and we are iowas most accurate forecast. This is local 5 midday. We are iowa elias on your money now elias if you havent gotten enrolled for Health Insurance through the online exchange, there is still time to get coverage that begins in january. Due to consumer demand, healthcare dot gov officials have pushed the deadline for ensuring a january first start date. You now have through thursday evening to enroll and have that coverage begin with the new year. Now the open Enrollment Period continues sign up after coverage doesnt take march first. Elias meanwhile, big news is expected from the Federal Reserve later this morning. It is expected to raise its key interest rate. Which would be the first rate hike in nearly ten years. Experts say raising the rate is a good sign for the us economy, displaying confidence in the countrys recovery from the great recession. Elias and more than twothousand children have been qualified for the salvation armys annual toyshop. The Program Gives families in need the chance to pick up age appropriate toys and ensure children have a merry christmas. The toyshop will take place over the next three days. All toys have been collected through toys for tots, community drives, and the salvation armys angel trees located around the metro. Elias from black friday to Christmas Eve this year fedex plans to ship 317 million packages. Thats enough packages to the world two times. If you are still shopping theres time to get your gifts delivered by christmas. But as mary moloney explains the deadline to ship is coming fast. With one being today this Holiday Season the United StatesPostal Service expects to deliver roughly 15. 5 billion cards and letters and 600 million packages. Thats a lot of gifts. In order to help santa get those presents under the tree there are some deadlines you need to know. Get your packages to fedex by wednesday. Thats if you want the standard ground delivery. Ups gives you a couple extra days with a friday deadline. And the usps guarantees first class mail by saturday. If you still need time to shop the three major carriers will deliver the week of christmas. But itll cost you more. Get to the post office fedex or ups by december 23rd to beat santa. In some cases fedex may even offer same day service on christmas day. But the week of long lines with others trying to beat the clock. Elias sam is back now. Sam ill have your full forecast next. Now, we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. Certified by weatherrate the sam today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. We are starting the day off warmer than we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. It will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. Lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like were in the teens. Thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the mid 30s. Friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. We start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. Elias elias lets talk sports now. Lets talk sports now. This week, local five got the chance to sit down with the new head coach at iowa state university. Sports director Jon Schaeffer shares part of his conversation with coach matt campbell. Did you talk to any other schools prior . Obviously other schools reached out but for me like i said i never thought i was going to leave quite honestly wasnt was really simple for me to make a decision in terms of why iowa state i guess more than anything the familiarity in playing them the last two like weve talked about then obviously when had a huge impact on why here. This is a job labeled as maybe not one of the best in College Football by outside sources. Why was it the right fit for you . Number one i dont really care what people outside of myself, our staff and really our program to me its about finding the right fit. And why is it right for me . Because of exactly what i thought when i took the job. Number one the passion and the fan base here number two the commitment by the university here. Number three the people in leadership positions you can only get things done with great leadership. And i really believe theres tremendous leadership here obviously what jamie has done with the entire Sports Program can be seen on a National Level thats pretty incredible and pretty impressive. Long term goals what are they for you . Long term goals for me are really simple is to build a program and to build something to a championship level Football Program thats one of the things i have an absolute love for and absolute passion and again i hope its one of the reasons im here. Because its that opportunity to do that right here at iowa state. Elias look for more on jons interview coming up this week in sports. And head over to we are iowa dot com to watch the full interview at the end of this week. Elias still to come on local five news midday. The holidays are midday. The holidays are a time for but how about helping out some fourlegged friends looking for a home . Animal lifeline is in to tell you how you can do just that. And a little later harry potter fans will be excited for this one. Were talking fantastic beasts and where to find them. Its whats trending. Animal lifelines cats and dogs arrived injured, handicapped, in need of immediate medical attention, orphaned or pregnant and nursing; animals that would not survive without us. They are found with broken legs, with frost bite, trapped in window wells and in situations that would make you cry. We rely solely on donations and the proceeds from our thrift shop to save them so that they can become someones loving pet. You can sponsor an animal, make a donation that will feed them for a week or purchase all youre watching elias were back with a look at whats treniding this hour. Elias 1shot you never know what could happen on live tv. But how about catching a criminal on the run . A live news report catches all the action. This bank, what, oh thats the robber this is live tv folks, thats the robber that just went by according to the bank employee. I got to go and call 911. Ill talk to you later. Elias as you can see, a reporter doing a live shot about a bank robbery in minnesota gets quite the breaking news update. As he hits the airwaves, employees come running out pointing to the bank robber. As he tries to rob the bank a second time. Due to the poor timing of the robber, he is released and its everything weve come to expect from jk rowlings wizarding world. Suspense, spells, and strange glimpse of one never seen american the us set harry potter spinoff hits theaters next november. Coming up on local 5 news midday. Questions remain are found in well tell you about some new Court Documents shedding light investigation. Elias later. 650thousand students out of school after an emailed threat and now the district is out dollars. In your national youre watching local 5 news midday in hd. We are iowa elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Elias Johnson. Elias we have new details now on a crash that killed a pedestrian last night. Elias it happened around 530 tuesday evening. At east 42nd and hubbell avenue. Police say 61 year old anthony pascasio was hit by a car and killed while trying to cross the street there. The driver was identified as a 19yearold des moines man. Police say they had to shut down the area for several hours to gather more evidence. The crash is still under investigation. Elias Court Documents are revealing more details about two bodies found in rural union county. The bodies discovered earlier this month, one in a pond, the other near a house. But both were dead for months before being found. Court documents, Jerry Dillinger shot and killed Loretta Dillinger and the other person, on september 22nd. Agents say jerry got into a confrontation with the two, killed them and disposed of their bodies. Friends of loretta say her and jerry dated off and on and were in an abusive relationship. They said she may have been seeing someone new when the shooting happened. Ihe was a controlling monster and was abusive elias Jerry Dillinger is being held in the Union County Jail on two counts of first degree murder. The identity of the second body has not been released. Elias the proposed Bakken Pipeline will be the focus of a Public Meeting tonight. Elias along with approval from the iowa utilities board, the project will also need a permit from the Iowa Department of natural resources. Pipeline cuts diagnally across the state, crossing over land and water under the dnrs jurisdiction. To do that requires a permitted. A hearing will be held this evening, allowing an opportunity for public comments. The meeting begins at five inside the Wallace State Office building. Iowans can also email or send in written comments to the iowa dnr about the pipeline comments to the iowa dnr about the pipeline permit. Elias and flooding from rain over the weekend has canceled this years Jolly Holiday lights display at waterworks park, but one local group isnt allowing the largest fundraiser for make a wish iowa to go dark. The iowa clinic is challenging the community to show their spirit for the bring the jolly campaign by posting a photo on the clinics facebook of how you get into the holiday spirit, and challenge others to do the same all while spreading the word to donate to make a wish iowa. Is to raise 200 thousand dollars. You can donate on iowadot wishdotorg. Elias meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. Sam today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. We are starting the day off warmer than we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. It will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. Lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like were in the teens. Thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the mid 30s. Friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. We start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much elias moving to your National Headlines now and that Terror Threat that shut down schools in la causing chaos for hundreds of thousands of familes elias 1shot new york receiving a similar threat but with a much different reaction igniting a war of words. Abcs matt gutman is in los angeles with the latest threat warning of a swarm of jihadists descending on los angles schools came in email to an la School Board Member 5am tuesday . What followed . A swift decision 90 minutes one of the citys schools . Cahrlie beck 20;55;24;36 we have suffered far too many School Shootings in america to ignore these kind of threats the cost an estimated 29 Million Dollars . About 650,000 students shut out. Gfx lausd robocall the superintendent has directed all schools to be closed today, tuesday, december 15th, to ensure the safety of all students. Parents left scrambling. Sot 15. 07. 59 k mg were your employers understanding . K um hopefully new york city officials received almost the exact same email threat . But decided to keep schools open . New yorks Police Commisioner blasting las decision . 12 20 11 bill bratton to disrupt the daily schedules of a half Million School children, their parents the first tipoff for new york police was that the alleged cell, nerve gas agents, highpowered weapons and mass casualties, seemed remarkably similar to the plot line of the tv series homeland. Commissioner William Bratton the instigator of the threat may be a homeland fan. Basically watching homeland episodes that it mirrors a lot of recent episode on homeland. Police said the message sent to new york read in part Something Big is going down. Not only are there bombs, but there are nerve gas agents set to go off at a specific time during lunch hour. Mayor bill deblasio it was so generic, so outlandish and posted to numerous School Systems simultaneously. The message continued, with a conspicuous typo me, and my 138 comrades will die tomorrow in the name of allah, with a lowercase a in the new york version. Commissioner William Bratton that would be incredible to think that any jihadist would not spell allah with a capital a. Elias still to come on local 5 news midday. weather sam has the details in central iowas now, we are iowas forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts sam today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. We are starting the day off warmer than we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. It will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. Lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like were in the teens. Thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold mid 30s. Friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. We start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. Sam sam elias elias youre watching elias youre watching local five news midday. Well be back after this. The wizard of oz is an enchanting adaptation of the alltime classic and is part of the 2015 2016 Willis Broadway series, presented by des moines performing arts. Developed from the ever popular mgm screenplay, this new production contains the beloved harold arlen and e. Y. Harburg songs from the oscarwinning movie score, all the favorite characters and iconic moments, plus a few surprises along the way, including new songs by tim rice and andrew lloyd webber. The wizard of oz had its World Premiere at the london palladium theatre in march of 2011. After a successful west end run, the production had its north american premiere in toronto in december of 2012, and then embarked on a20u. S. Tour beginning in september of 2013. The National Tour of the wizard of oz will Creative Team from london and toronto jeremy sams direction , robert jones set and costume design , Arlene Phillips choreography , Hugh VanstoneLighting Design , mick potter sound design , Jon Driscoll Daniel Brodie video projection design , david cullen orchestrations and graham hurman musical supervision . Animals will be provided by william berloni. Click your heels together and join scarecrow, tin man, lion, dorothy and her little dog toto, as they journey through the magical land of oz to meet the wizard and obtain their hearts desires. Watch out for the wicked witch of the west and her winged monkeys as you rediscover the real story of oz in this fantastic musical treat for the whole family. Elias were moving to developing now in clarke county. Elias were moving to some news developing now in clarke county. Several emergency crews are on scene at an address in murray for a grain bin rescue. Local 5s amanda krenz is on scene right now. Amanda, whats the latest . Sam today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. We are starting the we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. It will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. Lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like were in the teens. Thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the mid 30s. Friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. We start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. Sabrina we are starting the day off warmer than we will finish it, with temps in the 40s during the morning and 30s by the end of the day. It will be very windy today so wind chills will be much colder than the actual temps during the whole day and night. Lows will fall into the mid 20s this evening but with the strong winds sticking around it will feel like were in the teens. Thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions