Prosecuting attorney Stephanie Cox said polson changed the lives of three people he didnt know in a matter of 15 minutes. She told the jury polson needs to be held accountable for his actions and be found guilty on all charges. Polson is using an intoxication defense and when he took the stand in his own defense told the jury he didnt remember anything from the shooting after claiming to take a bad hit of meth. His Attorney Phil reser said polson cant be held responsible for what he did because he wasnt in the right state of mind at the time of the crimes. Sotphil reserpolsons attorney 3652he was not thinking and thats because the mental disability caused by his intoxication that put him in a spot where he was incapable of forming specific intent 3704 the jury was handed the case after closing arguments but only deliberated for 15 minutes before the courthouse closed for the night. They will report back to the courthouse monday morning to continue a Drake University law professor thinks polson has a very slim chance of being acquitted. Bob rigg says an intoxication defense is risky. And its difficult to prove. Rigg says the idea of shooting at people while a the shooter is blacked out isnt easy for jurors to relate to. 554012 they compare intoxication with something they have been in a state of at one point in time. Its a Reference Point and they clearly say, i drank 6 shots of wild turkey one time and didnt go stab someone, shoot someone or intentionally hurt someone in 40 years of practicing law. Riggs has only used an intoxication defense a handful of times. And says it failed in all but two cases. Police say a resgistered sex offender has struck again in jasper county. And the mans girlfriend is accused of letting it happen. Berlou barnard is accused of molesting a juvenile Family Member four different times. Police say Michelle Wortman walked in during two of the incidents. But did not call police. Barnard is charged with Second Degree sex abuse and multiple drug offenses. Wortman is charged with child endangerment. A High School Diploma is only the first step. Governor branstad is trying to make that clear to Iowa High School students. Today at North High School he signed a proclamation declaring october College Application month. The signing is part of a statewide initiative to increase the number of seniors who apply for college. After 132years. The Des Moines Fire Department has its first African American district chiefs. Captains steve brown and Percy Coleman were promoted today. They were joined by Kerry Schneider during a special ceremony. All three are the departments newest district chiefs. Combined they have nearly 75years of experience with the Des Moines Fire Department. Coleman 44 2344 34 when i first came on the job there was on African American station officer and to see where we have come today to finally hvae some chief officers on the job means weve come a long way as a Fire Department brown 38 2638 34 its proved that hard work, and perserverance would get you the things you want in life the promotions are part of a leadership reorganization within the Fire Department. Chief john tekippe says the changes will help improve firefighters safety. And communication across the department. A canadian family is taking the trip of a lifetime. And theyre doing it on two wheels. We are taking one year off from our normal routine, basically re constructing a routine based on bicycling from quebec to the panama canal. Its a seventhousand mile adventure. Chris conk. His wife. And two children say they were tired of the routine. And nonstop commitments that kept them from spending time with each other. His two children took the year off from school for the trip. But the family says the ride itself i guess when youre a parent, you want your kids to be good citizens and amazing human beings. Its getting out of your comfort zone to push yourself intellectually, physically, environmentally, and socially. The family is spending the night in des moines. And are staying at various homes along the 7thousand mile route. They hope to reach panama by april. And say they havent ruled out biking at least part of the return trip. The bike ride almost makes a marathon look easy. The starting gun will go off sunday morning for the annual imt des moines marathon. The race begins and ends on the locust street bridge. The is also a 5k road race and kids fun run on saturday. The annual Reggies Sleepout is tomorrow night. Taking place on what could be the coldest night of the season so far. But it could be worse. This is from last year when rain soaked the event. 15hundred people will spend saturday night sleeping outside at drake 15hundred people will spend saturday night sleeping outside at drake stadium. The event is a fundraiser for iowa Homeless Youth centers. In the past ten years. Reggies sleepout has helped raise onepoint3 million dollars. The warriors arent afraid of a cold night of football. In sports well go live to the big game where waukee is hoping to be the first to knock off fort dodge. And before the actual debate. Comes a debate over the format. After the break. The two candidates who threatened to pull out if they democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders is for free health care. And he who feels otherwise. Sanders is the only candidate in from superpacs. He also doesnt want any cash from a pharmaceutical ceo. Martin shkreli recently donated 27hundred dollars to sanders campaign. Shkreli recently purchased a drug treat cancer and aids. Once the sale was complete he jacked up the price from 13dollars per pill to 750. Sanders has called shkreli, the poster child of greed. Sanders is taking his donation and giving it to a Health Clinic in washington dc that specializes in hiv care. Sanders main opponent is already seeing a bump in the polls from this weeks debate. A new boston globe poll now has Hillary Clinton leading in New Hampshire. Clinton is seeing 37percent support compared to sanders 35. The poll is the first to show her in the lead in New Hampshire since july. Instead of the campaign trail. The vicechair of Clintons Campaign spent the day in front of a house committee. Huma abebin was called to testify about the 2012 attacks in benghazi, libya that killed four americans. The hearing was held behind closed doors. Next week clinton herself will testify during a public hearing about the attack. The rules for the next republican president ial debate are finally set. Cnbc originally planned for a threehour debate on october 28th. Both donald trump and ben carson because of the length. Cnbc has now agreed to scale it back to just two hours. At least one of the candidates is man enough for a longer debate. Carly fiorina president ial candidate i think we need to spend as much time as possible answering the american peoples questions so im all for 3 hours. Im sorry that they apparently dont have the endurance to go the distance each candidate will also give opening and closing statements. Something cnbc didnt want to include. Blue purple flowers Valley Junction fort dodge is traveling to the welcome to subway, what can i make for you . Youll love our new rotisseriestyle chicken. 100 white meat, herbseasoned pulled chicken, fresh toasted with melty cheese n crisp veggies on freshly baked bread. Enjoy it while its here subway. Football friday tonight is in a familiar place in waukee. And featuring a team we dont usually get to see. Fort dodge. The undefeated dodgers are ranked 4 at 9th ranked waukee, the warriors only losses came to the top two teams in the state. Channel 13s Brett Mcintyre is a meteorologist, so he can tell us about this football weather. But hed rather talk about this football game. Brett, you have a rooting interest in this one . The duke of fort dodge, brett follow football friday scores on your smart phone, computer, or television. College football saturday on the 13s. On 13. 1, notre dame usc in prime time. 13. 2 features pitt at georgia and panther fans, dont miss uni and western illinois at 4 p. M. On 13. 3 the cyclone Basketball Team will start the season in the top ten. So for cyclone fans, the season cant start soon enough. A little taste tonight at 8. Iowa state again stages hilton madness. It will include a dunk contest and a three point shooting contest. Last year, more than 8 thousand cyclone fans turned out for the preview in ames. Tomorrow, cyclone fans turn back to football and a tough assigment for the cyclones, 3 tcu in prime time. Last time the hawkeyes hit the road, they came back with a bull,and a win over a ranked team. No bull this time, but another road game against a ranked big ten team. Hawkeye huddle under way in wrigleyville. Hawks play at northwestern tomorrow morning. Hawkeyes are banged up, but stay twopoint favorites over the wildcats. Its an 11 oclock kick. Whos going to win . We have a split vote. Sears, andy, and viewers pick favored iowa, admire and i go with underdog northwestern. In ames, its unanimous, heavy favorite tcu is the the pick. Checking the standings, sears and i are perfect, but thats about to change for one of us. Andy, admire, and viewers have only missed one game. Joe maddon and the cubs arrived in new york. Theyre at citi field practicing for the National League championship series. Joe maddon going with the well rested jon lester in game 1, saving jake arrieta for game 2. The mets counter with matt harvey. Oct. 18 nfl on nbc patriots wheel. Of. Fortune ladies and gentlemen,