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Coverage, this morning. Dave, it sounds like this winter storm is blowing in at a pretty good time. Forrest, if you look up and down 2nd avenue here youre probably not going to see the normal monday morning traffic. Students are home from school for the holiday break, many people are taking vacation this week and that all means a number of people dont even need to try to drive in this. Less traffic means snow plows dont have as much competition out clearing the roads. The iowa state patrol and l...

Began. During saturday nights debate, clinton said isis was using Donald Trumps comments about muslims as a propaganda toolbut according to politifact, theres no evidence to back up that claim. That put the republican frontrunner on the offensive, demanding an apology. A spokesperson for clinton responded by saying quote, hell no. Trump lashed out at clinton, referring to her 2008 loss to barack obama with a word we cannot repeat. In iowa today, clinton didnt directly respond to that comment, bu...

A neighbor says he noticed flames coming out of the top of the house. Then called 911. Morning, and then im pounding on the one on the left, immediately the door comes open. A young man comes out, i try to run in. Make some more noise try to see if theres anythinf else i can help with. Fortunately. No one was injured in the fire. But a cat and dog are missing. The red cross was also on the scene helping the families affected. At this point crews dont know what started the fire. A business has to...

Afghanistan until at least 2017. President obama made the theyre vital to afghanistans future. And necessary to protect our National Security. Edward lawrence has the details. President obama announced more troops are needed to stay longer in afghanistan to keep that country secure , even though the combat mission is over. By stabilizing afghanistan, the president says americans will be safer. Sot president obama 15 23i believe this mission is vital to our National Security interests preventing ...

Well give you a live look at Road Conditions in just a moment. But first, an ongoing situation in des moines. Where police are investigating the citys 21st homicide of 2015. Officers were called to 5201 shooting. That was around eleven last night. They found two people with gunshot wounds inside the apartment building. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. While the woman was taken to a hospital to be treated. Police say theyre interviewing witnesses. But havent made any arrests yet. More in...

Police say a car headed south on 35th slammed into this telephone pole. The vehicle wrapped around a nearby tree. Leaving it barely recognizable. First responders took the male driver to a local hospital. The female passenger died at the scene. Police are now interviewing witnesses to try to figure out what caused the crash. There was some conversation on the radio about someone smelling like alcohol. I dont know if thats factual or not. Our primary focus in accidents like this is whether or not...

Prioritize the storms. Mass d. O. T. Has a tiered system. Five being the most severe in storms. We have different systems for one, two, three, four, five and everyone knows knows what to do. None of that was in place last year. Reporter it is based on how much snow is expected to fall and how much is already on the ground and if the temperature will be warm enough to melt the snow. Last years transit headaches caused by the low temperatures created opportunity for the state to make changes with ...

Explosives has been found but its a suspicion shared by britain. We obviously have a strong desire to get to the bottom of what exactly happened there. Noone is ruling out a technical fault as the cause the black box recorders are still being worked on. Well the egyptians are really kicking back now. The government minister saying he simply doesnt accept the us theory as fact. But egypt has now fired the head of the airport from where the plane took off and investigators have found really lax se...

And some of you may be enjoying a day off work. We Team Coverage of this snow storm moving through the state. Megan salois, who is outside keeping an afternoon. Ad lib wx quick a blizzard warning is in effect today for those north and west of the des moines metro. Moderate to heavy snow is expected at times and well. Winds will be strong from the northnortheast at 20 to 30 mph, gusts to 40 mph. This will create very difficult driving conditions all day through the start of wednesday. A winter st...

There is no rest for the weary on the president ial campaign trail. With the Iowa Caucuses now behind them, the candidates are rallying voters in New Hampshire. Its less than a week away from that states primary. Abcs bazi kanani brings us the latest in the race for the white house. For the victors in iowa, the celebration is shortlived. I am so thrilled to be in New Hampshire after winning in iowa just a week before the next round of voting both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are hoping the...