Transcripts For KDSM 13 News At Nine On FOX 17 20151114 : vi

KDSM 13 News At Nine On FOX 17 November 14, 2015

Call from a supposed loved one who demands cash or claims something bad could happen. One metro womans story. And why its hard to catch the person on the other end of the line. Land dispute. The city of des moines says the kathedral. On mlk. Is violating its lease. Whats on the property that is forcing the city to take action. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 07 boom in the middle of a soccer game. An explosion is heard. But no one at the time realized the real terror that boom set off. Good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us tonight. An horrific night in paris. As a wave of terror attacks leaves at least 153 people are dead. Gunmen opened fire in multiple places around paris and detonated explosives. In response to the attacks the french president issued a state of emergency and closed its borders. when i went on the street, i saw 20 to 25 bodies laying on the floor. Police say gunmen armed with ak47 style weapons stormed restaurants and opened fire. Killing multiple people. we know that there are lots and lots of casualties. Around the same time police say explosions rocked a stadium during an International Soccer match. At least two blasts were heard. Frances president watching the match had to be whisked to safety. While people inside the stadium scattered. French media also says several gunmen took dozens of people hostage in a concert hall. Now with the country is crisis investigators are working to find the motivation for murder. it looks like terror attacks and it could be the worst ever in paris. As terror groups take to social media to celebrate the attacks. we are going to do whatever it takes to work with the french people and with nations around the world to justice and to go after any terrorist networks that go after our people. Im mary moloney reporting. A california band was performing at the concert hall that was attacked. Investigpeople died there. Paris police say four attackers were killed after stormed the theater. Some they say were wearing explosive belts. Its unclear how many attackers took part in this plot. Major cities in the u. S. Increased security after the attacks but so far there are no credible terror threats against the us. A First Responder who served during the september eleventh attacks at the pentagon was in des moines tonight. He says First Responders in paris have a lot more to worry about than treating the wounded. Chrsitoper suprun says the types of injuries First Responders are dealing with in paris are more like battlefield wounds than the types of injuries they are used to. Suprun says, in situations like this, First Responders are often overwhelmed by the volume of patients. Then there is the fear that they will be targets too. Terrorist actions happening at the same time. Bombs going off in other places. Other terrorist events. So the question has to become, while youre responding, is it also going to affect us . Supron believes its just a matter of time before terrorists strike on us soil again. He says Emergency Responders have to be properly trained to handle what he considers to be that inevitability. Funeral services were held today for a des moines man who was shot outside of a nightclub. 20year old Dashawn Smith was gunned down early sunday morning. He was the father of two young children. Smith was at Evolution Night Club when someone opened fired in a crowd. Three other people were hurt. No arrests have been made. Hundreds of people were at the nightclub. But few people are come forward with information. Smiths family is asking for witnesses to come forward. 210205 regardless if people dont come and speak or they do come and speak i just that when its their loved ones that are in this predicament, that they will feel the same way that we are feeling. We would like justice investigators saw they dont know if there is more than one shooter. They are still talking with witnesses and reviewing video a local grandmother wants to get the word out about a scam that she almost fell for. It was a close call. As the grandmother almost sent a whole lot of money to someone she thought was her grandson. Mike dasilva has the story. 10 21 3847 i love my grandkids. Theyre special. Hes a special kid. And i know he wouldnt do that. this grandmother has asked us to keep her anonymous. But while she wants her identity to remain hidden. She does want to warn others about the scam that she almost fell victim to. 10 10 49 people should know about it. 10 11 0812 i made a mistake, but i didnt go all the way, thank goodness. it was yesterday afternoon that she got a call from someone claiming to be her grandson. 10 06 37 he says grandma im in trouble, could you help me . I says what kind of trouble and he said, im mexico. 10 07 2937 i said well you dont sound like yourself. I said i just dont understand why youre down there. Youre supposed to be in school. even though the story didnt quite add up. The loving grandmother wanted to help her grandson. So she did what she was told. She went to walmart with 900, ready to send the money. 10 09 0109 they says maam, dont you realize this is a scam. I says no, it was, he had my cell phone number and everything. the Better Business bureau hears targeted by this kind of a scam. 09 55 5309 56 04 we call scam artists but these are really scum, you know they prey on people that shouldnt be picked on, grandparents and other frail and elderly people. Its a real shame. Police say they get about a half a dozen calls a week on this kind of a scam. Or some variation of it. 09 49 1020 we see mostly that have a real good grasp on banking here in the states or the elderly because theyre trusting. As for this loving grandma. She feels like a sucker. When she shouldnt. 10 13 09 i could have lost my money. I could have lost 900. 10 21 23 i just wanted to help him, thats all. I wasnt using my head. You were using your heart. The grandmother was able to eventually reach her grandson over the phone. Turns out he was in college in nebraska, doing just fine. By the way, if this ever happens to you, you should call the Better Business bureau or the police. Drake university is making its final preparations for tomorrows democratic debate. It will be held at sheslow auditorium. Hillary clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin Omalley will face off in the second debate. Today the Democratic National Committee Held a round table discussion to find out what iowans want to hear from the candidates. 22 50 and i always look at candidates what are you going to do for Public Education becuase this is our future our kids are garunteed a right to education lets make sure that is there for all of our children. 22 59 the debate starts at eight tomorrow night. You can watch it on cbs. More than 12hundred des moines Property Owners might have to get Flood Insurance even if theyve never had to before. City of des moines engineers say new fema maps are adding more than 700 properties to flood zones. The map also removes over 500 properties. Experts say new technology has lead to better predictions about which homes are more at risk. Homeowners near Four Mile Creek who stayed dry during the 2010 floods. Could be among those who will have to pay for insurance. Its putting me in a corner, either i invest and stay here and pay the extra money on a home not worth the extra money, not that i dont love my home but you trhow in a couple extra bucks and you can get many more square feet out of it. Its effecting the value of the house, someone comes along and suddenly you have a house thats in a flood zone or flood prone area, whos going to want to buy that . Flood insurance or not. The map change in des moines could happen as early as des moines homeowners cleaning up after Severe Weather can get rid of tree debris tomorrow. Public works says you can drop off items at the metro waste authoritys Compost Center at 1601 harriett street. From seven until two. You can also dropoff next saturday too. You must show proof of residency. Branches must be 10feet or shorter and no more than 24inches in diameter. You can also leave bundles of 4foot branches at the curb with a compost it sticker. Some dry, sunny weather is on tap for this weekend. After a wild ride two days ago. Meteorologist Brett Mcintyre has theres still much more to come tonight. Coming up next. Land dispute. The city of des moines says the kathedral. On mlk. Is violating its lease. Whats on the property that is forcing the city to take action. And later. At 930. Jihadi john. He was the masked face in videos of beheadings. Tonight. Reports of his death in a military air strike aganst isis. And what it means for the overall mission. From who hd iowas highition leader. Youre watching the a Des Moines Church is at odds with the city. Over what it put on its grounds. The kathedral. Along mlk. In sherman hill. Was leasing land from the city. Until recently. The church used the land to put up more than a dozen flags and a globe sculpture. However, someone complained that the large sculpture wasnt safely bolted down. As a result the city terminated the lease and asked it to remove the globe and flags. But the churchs pastor is hoping he and the city can find a compromise. 12 29 now the city has always been good to us. So in hopes that in us removing the globe well at here at this northwest part of sherman hill 12 41 city councilwoman Christine Hensley told us that the church needs to remove both the flags and globe because they violate the terms of the lease. The iconic Hotel Fort Des Moines is now closed for renovations. It is undergoing a 40milliondollar makeover that will take more than a year to complete. Hawkeye hotels bought the building early this year. It had told employees the project would begin in the spring. But just this week changed course. The hotel says a few issues caused the owners to move up the closing significantly. Daters. The dating app called the grade looked at which names got the most responses. The female names getting the most approving swipes brianna, erika, and lexi. And according to the study, briannas were most likely to match up with seans. 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Campbell said customers should return affected products to the store where they were purchased in exchange for a full refund. The recalled cans have a february 22nd, 2017 date stamped on them. And a certain upc code. Online real estate site zillow will soon provide four months of fully paid leave for new mothers. And a thousanddollar amazon gift card. The seattlebased company will also give new dads eight weeks at full salary and adoptive parents eight weeks of paid leave. The new benefits will go into effect at the beginning of next year and all fulltime workers will be eligible. Parents who are expecting a child in the Fourth Quarter of this year can also take advantage of these new benefits. One of googles selfdriving cars got pulled over this week. Police say an officer noticed the small vehicle going twentyfour miles in a thirtyfive mileperhour zone. It was apparently causing some traffic backups. The officer pulled up and noticed there was no one behind the wheel. And two people in the backseat. Google cars typically have someone inside to take over if needed. There was no ticket issued. Google caps the prototype vehicles speeds at twentyfive miles an hour, for safety reasons. Theres still much more to come just ahead abortion rules. The Us Supreme Court will hear the case against abortion restrictions in texas. Why opponents say. The state is inching closer to outlawing abortion altogether. Im keith murphy, coming up, two local teams celebr military air strike aganst isis. And what it means for the overall mission. Getting paid. He was convicted of child sex abuse. Why former penn state football coach Jerry Sandusky will once again be collecting a pension from the state. Meet the muppets. The new exhibit that was years in the making. To honor the late jim hensen. Where it is. And whats inside. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 the isis executioner who taunted before killing hostages is now likely dead killed in a Coalition Drone airstrike in syria. Officials are working to confirm his death, while weighing in on what that means for isis. Emily schmidt has more from washington. Mohammed emwazi made isis killings as public as they could be in plain english, on social media, with a name, jihadi john as menacing as his appearance was in hostage execution videos. Its only right we continue to slice the necks of your people. Now, the pentagon believes, the british citizen turned radicalized isis member is dead. Tracked since wednesday by drones. He and another man were fired upon with missiles from those drones after he got into a car in raqqa, syria. This guy was a human animal and killing him probably made the world a better place. The pentagon says it will take time to confirm emwazi is dead, tracking social media for an announcement of his death, intercepted communications and in the meantime, countries are confident enough of his death to talk of it. The terrorists associated with daish need to know this, your days are numbered, and you will be defeated. British Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted, i have always said we would do whatever was necessary to track down emwazi and stop him taking the lives of others. Jihadi john was the face of isiss hostage videos. Beheaded victims included u. S. Journalists Steven Sotloff and james foley. Peter kassig was an america medical worker helping war victims. David haines and alan henning came from the u. K. Kenji goto from japan. Coalition leaders say the killing strikes at the heart of isis, silencing the person who had become a figurehead of fear. In washington, im Emily Schmidt reporting. The strike is doing little to ease the grief of victim Steven Sotloffs parents. In a statement they say quote. this development doesnt change anything for us; its too little too late. Our son is never coming back. Indianapolis Metro Police now says it knows who killed the pregnant wife of a local minister, now they just need to find the suspects. Police now have Surveillance Video of the suspects who allegedly killed Amanda Blackburn during a home invasion. Detectives collected the video from surveillance cameras from homes in her neighborhood. Investigators say they believe that burglars were leaving a home when they saw blackburns husband leave for the gym, and decided to break into the home. The police chief sent this warning out to those who commit crime in indianapolis. were coming to get you, its not acceptable. No one should. And this is infecting every one of us in our community. And not just one homicide, all the homicides, were coming to get you. Blackburns death was the 129th homicide in indianapolis this year. Jerry sandusky might get his Pennsylvania State pension reinstated, the former penn state assistant football coachs pension was revoked three years ago he was found guilty of abusing ten boys. But a state court ruled today sandusky was not working at the school when the abuse he was convicted for happened. The Court Ordered that his pension be reinstated, including back pay and interest. Sandusky collected 148thousand dollars when he retired in 1999. Receiving payments of 49hundred dollars a month. The Supreme Court says it will hear a challenge to key parts of texas 2013 abortion law. One provision at issue requires doctors

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