We begin today with a Major New Development in the investigation into the death of an iowa man on the lake of the ozarks last year. A Missouri State trooper is now manslaughter in the drowning of Brandon Ellingson. This is the last photo of ellingson alive. In may of 2014. He was arrested for alleged drunken boating. Witnesses say Missouri State trooper Anthony Piercy put the wrong life jacket on ellingson while he was handcuffed in the police boat. Ellingson fell out of the boat and drowned. Trooper piercy said he was never told how to use the life vests and a jury ruled the death accidental. The investigation was also plagued with conspiracy of a cover up by the state patrol. That prompted the original special investigator to step down. Today prosecutors said they are charging piercy because theres enough evidence to prove he put ellingsons life in danger that day. I have charged him with wrecklessly causing death. It relates to unjustifiable risk being taken. Ellingsons family has never given up hope that one day they would get justice for brandon. His dad says today was a big step in its a start, the people that were trying to cover it up and protect Anthony Piercy need to be exposed also and thats what we are in the process of doing. Well have more from the ellingson family and the prosecutor charging piercy coming up tonight on the channel 13 news at five and six. An autopsy is now complete on a des moines teenager pulled from a pond yesterday. But results still arent being released. The body of 17year old sammy kemp was pulled from the water near granger yesterday. He was reported missing on sunday when he disappeared from a party at the property. Authorities are hoping the autopsy will help them piece together what lead to him going into the water. Memorial Services Begin today for 18 year old emmalee jacobs as ames Police Continue to look for her four oclock at Center Point United Methodist church. Tomorrow morning her funeral will be school. Police say jacobs was crossing hit and killed by car. Police have not identified the driver and havent announced any leads in their investigation. Tw men. One from waukee. Another fm neyorkcityave fied a cass action lawst agnst th ciy odes ones. I235 sped caera. Thefilng ake my o th me claims a pat lauits tha have faile. The m sa te camra rogram olatedu prcessthe re king a juge t tur the cameas o immeditel wile e ca is nsided. If ty win i cou. Thy e asingor ll fnes argd by he ci of des moines to be returned with interest. As we said, the cameras have been challenged for similar reasons numerous times. The courts. Including the iowa supreme court. Have all consistently upheld that the use of the cameras is constitutionally protected. Tomorrow night the iowa hawkeyes and Iowa State Cyclones will be back on the same basketball court. But they wont be playing each other. Last week the cyclones barely held off the hawkeyes on their night the hawkeyes and cyclones will be facing off with their other instate rivals. Its the annual big four classic at wells fargo arena. It starts at 3 30 tomorrow afternoon with the drake bulldog men taking on the hawkeyes. Theyll be followed in the nightcap at six pm by the Northern Iowa panthers and the cyclones. You can get into the arena for 25 dollars for both games. This weekend is your last chance to take in the des moines Farmers Market before it disappears until spring. This was day one of the last winter Farmers Market inside Capital Square downtown. It will be open again tomorrow from nine to one. Dozens of vendors will be selling locally produced food and gifts to help you fill your Christmas Shopping list. Were one week away from christmas day. But it certainly doesnt look like it outside. But that is changing. At least in one spot in central iowa. This is what the slopes looked like on wednesday at seven oaks Recreation Area in boone. Those patches of snow werent enough to keep the slopes open. Owners had hoped to start making snow next week. And reopen however the forecast changed in their favor this morning. And the snow machines were fired up. Theyve been running all day now to create a blanket of snow. The slopes could open as soon as this sunday. You may have noticed some laundry lying around the city of you may have noticed some laundry lying around the city of des moines recently. But its not litter. And it wasnt dropped their accidentally. Coming up. Find out where these articles of clothing are the simple message thats being left along with them. And coming up next. Well tell you how a carroll food pantry is offering help and asking for help this christmas. There mission is to feed the which to fulfill that mission. This Christmas Season is especially busy for an organization in carroll. Its called community of concern. While helping others they are also asking for help of their own. The owners of the building which the agency operates in are planning to tear the structure down. Currently community of concern only pays 300dollars per month for rent. They are having a hard time finding anything else in town to rent weve been looking at different buildings our program has grown the people in Carroll County are wonderful donators we get a lot of support from the community. The building is great, but we are having a hard time finding one that would be big enough to satisfy what we currently have. The agency is working with the Carroll County board of supervisors to find a new home. They hope to be moved by march. They say there is already and army of volunteers whove promised to help them move their shelves once theyve found their new home. Some anonymous elves are leaving gifts for the homeless around the city of des moines. This morning a number of coats were tied around light poles in the neighborhood near central iowa shelter and services. Each of the coats had a note reading if youre cold. Please take a coat. The notes did not say who the coats were from. Ad lib main weather earlier this week an iowa political commentator found announcer one candidate tough enough to take on the bully. Jeb bush donald, youre not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. Thats not going to happen. applause announcer one candidate tough enough to take on isis. Jeb will destroy isis. And keep america safe. Jeb bush the United States should not delay to take out isis with overwhelming force. Announcer tested and proven leadership matters. Jeb bush. Earlier this week an iowa political commentator found of National Attention for a genderbased attack on carly fiorina. Coming up next. Local civil rights attorney tom newkirk sits down with us to talk gender and politics in the 2016 election as two women are in the running to lead the free world. Procedugovernment has become incompetent, unresponsive, corrupt and that incompetence, ineptitude, lack of accountability is now dangerous. On tuesday evening. During the gop debate. Carly fiorina again held her own against the eight men who join her at the top to the republican president ial polls. As fiorina works to close the gender gap in politics. Both she and Hillary Clinton are exposing how wide iowa political commentator steve deace. Offered this piece of analysis on twitter during tuesdays debate. Saying quote wow. Fiorina goes full vagina right away. Deace later back peddled and apologized for his vulgar commentary. However his words exposed the inequality in how women are covered in the political arena. Joining us now to talk more about gender and the 2016 president ial race is tom newkirk. A local civil rights attorney. President obama is just about ready to call it a year. Find president obama is just about ready to call it a year. Find are still on his to do list before his holiday begins. The Bernie Sanders campaign is in hot water. But Campaign Staff says the dnc is about to be in even hotter water. Find out why the two sides could be heading to court over a database breach. And well take you on a trip back in time. And take you inside an iowa workshop thats stuck in 1875. News at four front door congress began its christmas break today. But first it had one major piece of business to take care of. Both the us house and Senate Approved the omnibus spending bill and sent it on to the president s desk. The onepointone trillion dollar bill will keep the government open for business until next september. The country faced a possible shutdown at the end of the year. Now that will be put off until right before next years president ial election. Signing off on the budget bill president obama does before he takes off for christmas break today. The president is heading to hawaii for the holidays. But hell make one important stop on the west coast on his way. Steve nannes has that story. President obama addressed reporters for what will likely be the last time in 2015. In 2016, im going to leave it all out on the field. The main focus of the press conference was an issue thats on the minds of Many Americans keeping the country safe from terrorism. Our counterterrorism, intelligence, homeland security, and Law Enforcement communities are working 247 to protect our homeland and all of us can do our part by staying vigilant. A recent poll showed that 60percent of americans disapprove of how the president is handling terrorism. On friday, the commanderinchief tried to make the case that his administration is doing everything it can to defeat isis at home and abroad. We are continuing to work at every level to make sure theres no slip between information sharing among agencies. He also touted recent said the country as a whole is on the right track. Our early actions to rescue the economy set the stage for the longest streak of private sector job growth on record. And with less than seven weeks to go until the iowa caucuses, the president was asked to weigh in on the 2016 election. I think we will have a strong democratic nominee, i think that democratic nominee will win, i think i will have a democratic successor. Following the press conference, the president boarded air force one to head to San Bernardino to meet with the family members of the victims of the december second terrorist attack. In washington, im steve nannes reporting. President obamas meeting in San Bernardino is expected to be brief. Afterwards, he will takeoff for hawaii for his annual holiday vacation when Congress Returns to work after the holidays it could be talking tanning. The food and Drug Administration has using indoor tanning beds. The move is unprecedented. And is meant to try to control what experts call a skin cancer epidemic caused by too much uv exposure. Erika edwards reports. More than 1 million kids and teenagers under age 18 visit tanning salons each year in the us. All of them would be banned from doing so. Under a new proposal from the food and Drug Administration. The radiation you get in a tanning bed is 10 to 15 times stronger than what you get from natural sunlight. Thats why you tan faster in a tanning bed. And harm skin faster, according to doctors. The effects of uv radiation accumulate over time. So children and teens who tan often are more likely to have skin damage later in life. The American Academy of dermatology says the risk of developing the deadly form of skin cancer called melanoma rises by 59percent after a visit to a tanning salon. The rate of melanoma has risen 200percent since the 1970s. Their 20s with melanoma and the one factor theyre doing differently is women has spent extensive time in a tanning bed. The fda plan would also require adults to sign forms acknowledging the health risks before using tanning bed manufacturers will now have 90 days to comment on the proposed rules. Erika edwards, nbc news. Fortytwo states have some kind in place. A measure that would have banned anyone under the age of 18 from tanning failed at the Iowa Legislature earlier this year. You may not need a tanning bed with the weather right now. Winter officially arrives on tuesday. But in much of the us, coats, shovels and mittens remain on the shelves. Whats causing the unusually mild temperatures . And is a cold blast anywhere on the horizon . Nbcs Chris Pollone takes a look. For many of us, it certainly doesnt look or feel a lot like christmas. Many cities in the east have set month. In buffalo, new york, golfers are still hitting the links. Last year this time we were all digging out of a lot of snow. The unwinter like weather is caused by a strong elnino. A huge area of unusually warm water in the pacific ocean. Its hitting eastern ski resorts hard. Many in new england remain closed heading into the pivotal christmas week. Christmas is a really important holiday for us, and its not looking good. And retailers are feeling the pinch, too. Usually most retailers will start after the christmas sale like right after christmas. We started ours last week. On the plus side, many cities which saw budgets busted by snow removal last year havent had to shell it out this year. But not everyone is enjoying teeshirt weather. Snow blankets much of the west. Salt lake city already has more snow than it got all of last winter. Forecasters say warm weather will blanket the east and midwest for several more weeks before a more normal winter pattern returns. Chris pollone, nbc news. Ticket sales. And the force. Are both strong with the film. The force awakens earned 57Million Dollars yesterday on opening night. Thats the most any film has ever earned in its first night. Including overseas ticket sales the film has made 130 Million Dollars in less than 24 hours. Blustery winds will die down as we head into the overnight. Lows into saturday will be some of the coldest so far this december. Highs will bounce back to the upper and middle 40s sunday through tuesday. Highs will cool a bit on christmas eve, but strong will likely push temperatures well above average again on christmas day. While a White Christmas looks to be something that will have to wait until 2016, the potential for rain or rain and snow over the weekend after christmas is something to monitor for postholiday travel plans. The Bernie Sanders campaign is apologizing after being caught for lynns family, the big stress is paying four hundred dollars a month in medical and drug costs for aidan. For other families its higher deductibles, premiums and copays that keep adding up. Thats why weve got to crack down on price gouging, cap outofpocket costs, and fast track approval of less expensive generic drugs. Because weve got to get Health Care Costs under control for lynns family and for yours. Snooping. But it is also accusing the Democratic National committee of wrongdoing as well. The controversy surrounds a Computer Program called vote builder that is run by the dnc. Its a database of voter information that helps campaigns find supporters. While the program was undergoing upgrades recently, there was a Security Breach that allowed democratic campaigns to access each others information. The dnc has learned that someone on the Sanders Campaign did just that. The Sanders Campaign admits that a low level employee accessed Hillary Clinton campaign information. That employee has been fired. And the Sanders Campaign is investigating if anyone else accessed the information. In the meantime the Sanders Campaigns access to the votebuilder database has been suspended. That means the campaign is virtually the Sanders Campaign says that is not fair. And its being done maliciously. Individual leaders of the dnc can support Hillary Clinton any way they want but they are not going to sabotage our campaign, one of the strongest grass root campaigns in modern history. We are announcing today that the dnc continues to hold our date hostage and continues to attack the heart and soul of our grass roots campaign. We will be in federal court this afternoon seeking immediate relief. What is required here is a full and independent audit of the dncs mishandling of this data and its security from the beginning of this campaign to the present. Weaver followed through on that threat and the campaign filed a lawsuit over breach of contract within the last half hour. They will file a seperate legal document shortly asking for a judge the Democratic National committee and chairwoman Debbie Wasserman schultz have not responded to the lawsuits or the claims of the Sanders Campaign. Blustery winds will die down as we head into the overnight. Lows into saturday will be some of the coldest so far this december. Highs will bounce back to the upper and middle 40s sunday through tuesday. Highs will cool a bit on christmas eve, but strong south winds will likely push temperatures well above average again on christmas day. While a White Christmas looks to be something that will have to wait until 2016, the potential for rain or rain and