First on 13. There is no shortage of battles for the president ial candidates. From isis to cyber attacks. But Hillary Clinton is thinking more personally. Shes in iowa to detail her plan to fight the sixth leading killer in the us. By 2025, the Democratic Front runner wants a cure for alzheimers disease. And shes willing to put serious money into it. Clinton is announcing her new initiative during a Campaign Stop in fairfield this evening. In it, she vows to dedicate two billion each year to alzheimers research. And she wants to keep that money flowing over the next decade. Leaders for the Alzheimers Impact Movement say for families battling the disease. Its a money issue as well. A recent study shows families out of pocket spending in the last five years of life is 80 percent higher than any other disease. 6 28 6 35 so this is a pocketbook issue for millions of americans and it also is for our nation. Direct costs of alzheimers totaled over 200 billion this thats expected to grow to 1trillion by 2050. It got loud over the lunch hour in des moines drake neighborhood. Thats when a driver crashed just a block off the university campus. This van plowed into a light pole by jethros restaurant at 32nd and forest. Police say the driver had already hit multiple cars. Were told someone was taken away by ambulance. No word on their condition at this point. Police suspect the driver was intoxicated. Deputies are investigating a road rage incident that ended in gunfire. It happened on i80 east bound in pottawattamie county, just after five this morning. A woman called 911 saying a man pulled up beside her vehicle and started shooting. Bullets hit her rear passengerside tire. The driver is described as a white man in his 20s. He was driving a gray car with wisconsin plates. No word on what might have motivated the shooting. Funding is turning up dry for court avenue has seen several beatings recently and a deadly shooting last month. That prompted police to ramp up enforcement in the area. But funding has run out. Police say theyre now discussing alternative sources of funding. And alternative strategies to keep the area safe. Memorial services have been set for madrid football coach randy hinkel. He died unexpectedly over the weekend at the age of 58. Hinkel coach for 29 years, amassing over 300 wins. Taking his team to the playoffs 25 times and winning one state championship. A visitation will be held tomorrow night. In the Madrid High School gym. Its from 4 to 7. A short Memorial Service will follow. The family is asking everyone to dress in tiger orange and black. An investigation into the actions of a former lottery official is widening. Eddie tipton is the former Security Director of the urbandale based multi state lottery association. Tipton was convicted earlier this year of rigging the iowa since then. Hes been accused of doing the same with jackpots in colorado, wisconsin, and oklahoma. Now the Des Moines Register reports investigators are linking two more jackpots. In kansas. To tipton. Investigators say he purchased the tickets and gave them to two people to claim in december of 20 10. Tiptons attorney dismissed the allegations as a publicity stunt. An old hotel in Downtown Des Moines has new owners tonight. Nats 14 28 55 nice wide open space with i think pretty good views 00 built in the 1930s, the Kirkwood Hotel once housed 155 rooms. Now, it features 54 residential units on walnut street. New owner Timothy Schutte plans to convert them into condos. They will sell for 150thousand dollars and up. The local Real Estate Broker says his family literally bet the farm on this historic property. Thats one of the reasons he decided to become a tenant. 14 38 14 its been fun getting to learn the building. Taking the risk that we did, i wanted to make sure i knew what was going on all the time and thats why i moved into the property 25 look at the housing boom in Downtown Des Moines, check in on some of the latest development and hear from city leaders who say theres no end in sight. Kids may soon be getting more screen time in iowas schools. State department of education officials are pushing to get Computer Science classes required for all iowa high schoolers. They say itll better prepare students for a growing career field. Job analysts predict the field will add nearly 500thousand jobs before 2024. So the Department Plans to introduce a bill this session that would assign a group to research the idea. The hope is to have the required course in place by the 20182019 school year. Eventually, theyd like to create a sequence of classes. From kindergarten all the way up until the 12th grade. The group wouldnt deliver its findings to lawmakers until 2016. The push comes as the West Des MoinesSchool District announces its students will spend less time studying a foreign language. Thousand dollars for the Upcoming School year. Last night. The school board approved more than a dozen ways to do so. They include phasing out the japanese program. And starting spanish education in fourth grade. Instead of first grade. The cuts are a result of declining enrollment in the district. The West Des MoinesSchool District is serving up a holiday meal made for kids. The Nutrition Services department is hosting the event tonight. At the Crestview School of inquiry. Its from 530 to 630. And its free for kids 18 and younger. Or 19 year olds who are still in school. The menu consists of all the traditional fixings. Including turkey, mashed potatoes, and green beans. Officials say the meal is to promote family time at the dinner table and Healthy Living habits. Iowa state is falling in the rankings after their latest loss on the court. The new ap top 25 poll puts the cyclones at number 11. A six spot drop. The team is still nine and one despite their loss to the panthers saturday. Isu is set to take on cincinnati on the road. Tip time is at six tonight. And a different kind of showdown setting up in Downtown Des Moines right now. Wwe smackdown is set to tack over Wells Fargo Arena in a couple hours. The action gets started at six. Tickets are still available. Still ahead. On the news at four. Announcement is hitting home for some iowans this afternoon. Well speak with one of them. About what this means to her. After losing her mother to the growing disease. A lot of people love the unseasonably warm weather. Unless your bank account depends on a hard freeze. Well show you whats happening in a place where ice fishing is youve gotta go pretty far north to find a spot safe enough for ice fishing this year. Channel 13s roger riley shows us the situation on iowas clear lake. Situation on iowas clear lake. Nats wind. Around clear lake its a big deal when the ice comes on the lake. The clear lake water plant keeps track of when the ice comes and goes. Sot Paul Fredriksen water supt. Plant at the crazy minnow bait shop. Owner dan krauth notices the lack of ice. In that people arent coming in for bait or equipment. Sot dan krauth carzy minnow bait shop even when the ice comes. The question is. Is it safe. Kevan paul is a professional fishing guide. He knows being on ice can have some kevan paul fishing guide Kevin Baskins iowa dnr standup some years they have to make two entries as the ice comes, and then it warms up and it comes back again. They hope that doesnt happen this year. In clear lake rr channel 13 news ad lib main weather skies will Kevin Baskins iowa dnr standup some years they have to make two entries as the ice comes, and then it warms up and it comes back again. They hope that doesnt happen this year. In clear lake rr channel 13 news ad lib main weather skies will evening with mild temperatures in the low 40s. Temperatures will hold steady or rise slightly through the night. A few showers will begin to develop around midnight with most of the rain occurring by 7 am. Rain will be steady and heavy at times through wednesday morning. Temperatures will be in the low to mid 40s through the morning but will begin to drop back to the 30s wednesday afternoon and evening. Some of the rain lingering in northwest iowa may transition briefly to snow wednesday evening. A cold front will pass through on Christmas Eve morning. This may also bring a few light snow showers to parts of central iowa early thursday morning, but no accumulation is expected. The weather will be quiet Christmas Even through christmas day. More active weather returns this weekend with rain chances and possibly some snow mixing in sunday night through monday. A big alzheimers announcement from Hillary Clinton is hitting a big alzheimers announcement hundreds of iowans today. Well speak with one of them. About what this means to her. After losing her mother to the growing disease. She plans to pump two Million Dollars per year into alzheimers research. Shes making that announcement in about and hour when she stops in fairfield. But the news is already hitting iowans. We have Heather Van Lin on the phone, and heather this is an issue youre all too familiar with. Metro fight night. Well tell who coined the term side bread . Because theres nothing side about this bread. It may look like the moon. But its the star of the show. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Its always worth remembering. That icing the Cinnamon Rolls unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Paris theres a lot to do on a dairy farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get out there and do it yourself. Bernie sanders is a wellknown friend of family farms. Bernie cannot be bought out by big money. Bernies opinion cannot be purchased. Its time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. Republican pack is headed back to iowa. And where you can see the fight night for yourself. Plus how those republicans are stacking up against Hillary Clinton. And who the latest polls show shes in a dead heat with. Bergdahls back. Hear what happened behind closed doors of the sergeants first date with court. And whats making the buzz around his trial even louder. News at four front door we begin this half hour with bowe bergdahl. The sergeant faced a military judge for the first time today since the us army decided to proceed with a military trial. If found guilty on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Bergdahl could face a life sentence for his disappearance in dallof has more. Good evening. It was a subdued and brief appearance for Sergeant Bowe bergdahl lasting no more than 15 minutes. The judge explained sgt. Bergdahls right to be tried before a panel or military judge, the judge also inquired if sgt. Bergdahl wished to enter any motions or a please at this time. Sgt. Bergdahl deferred all these decisions to a later hearing. His next appearance will be january 12th here at fort bragg. Now as we move forward. His attorneys may push to have this case moved to texas. Bergdahl has been on desk duty at Fort Sam Houston in san antonio, texas since he was released by Taliban Forces last year as part of a prisoner exchange. His case is in the spotlight right now, not only because the court case is moving forward, but also because of the podcast serial in which bergdahl tells interviewers he willingly left his post as part of an attempt to draw attention to perceived leadership issues with his unit. In fort bragg, north carolina. Sarah nbcs sarah dallof reporting. The man who loaned a gun to the boston bombers has been sentenced to time in prison. Stephen silva says he loaned a gun to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev two months before the bombings. But he had no idea what he was planning. S Stephen Silva at the end of the day, he did what he did, i dont support it, i dont support any type of terrorism or violence at all, its just sad that a close friend chose to do that with his life. Silva will serve 17 months for his actions. Martin shkreli is out of another job this evening. The embattled pharmaceutical exec was arrested last week on securities fraud charges. Now Kalobios Pharmaceuticals says theyve terminated the 32 yearold. The company is the second to cut ties with him in the past week. Turing pharmaceuticals announced his resignation last week. Shkreli has come under fire recently for hiking the price of lifesaving drug known as thousand percent. That triggered multiple government investigations. He has pleaded not guilty and is currently out of jail on 5Million Dollars bail. If convicted, shkreli could face up to 20 years in prison. Home sales across america have plunged over the past month. The National Association of realtors says sales of existing home dropped 10. 5 percent in november. The dip comes after much of 2015 saw solid gains. Analysts point to rising home prices making it harder for people to qualify for a home. Overall sales of existing homes are expected to rise 5 percent over the entire year. More and more stockings are getting stuffed. With starbucks. Some 10percent of Holiday Shoppers wait until at least december 23rd to buy last gifts. Thats according to the National Retail federation. Starbucks gift cards at least. The Company Expects record numbers of gift card sales this christmas. They say its because 10 percent of shoppers wait until december 23rd to buy those last minute gifts. Last year, some twoandahalf million starbucks cards were well were learning today the soon. Its all for another televised debate. And people in the metro wont have to travel far to see it. Fox news announced yesterday it will host its second gop primary debate next month in des moines. The 2 hour event will take place on january 28th at the iowa events center. Coverages starts at 8 pm. This is the last Republican Debate heading into the february 1st iowa Donald Trumps lead is shrinking. Thats according to the latest quinnipiac poll released this morning. It has the business mogul with 28 percent among republicans. Ted cruz is nipping at his heels with 24 percent. Thats followed by marco rubio and ben carson. This is the Second National poll released after last weeks Republican Debate in las vegas. Meanwhile more strong attacks coming from donald trump. Since this weekend both trump publicly sparring. Critics call trumps latest attacks vulgar and sexist. Nbc news Edward Lawrence has the story from washington. Today in iowa Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail. Sot Hillary Clinton dpresident ial candidate 04 11 that is why it is important to stand up to bullies where ever they are and why we shouldnt let anybody bully his way into the presidency she didnt mention donald trump mocking her for returning late from a bathroom break during saturdays democratic debate. Nats hillary sorry sot donald trump rpresident ial candidate 20 26 i thought she gave up. Where go, they had to start the debate without her, phase 2. I know where she went, its disgusting, i dont want to talk about it. Trump went on to use, what some describe how clinton lost to barack obama in 2008. Republican strategist matt schlapp says this is trump leads all Republican National polls. Sot matt schlapp, republican strategist 41 54 no one is going to sit here in front of you and tell you operatives or would say oh yea. Go out and use slang and profanity in talking about your potential opponent. But it has worked to lock up trumps frontrunner status. In todays pushed other voters to senator ted cruz as he surges to second place. Sot ted cruz rrepublican candidate 1 051 10 i think it could easily be a two man race between donald trump and me political insiders say clinton prods the war of words to elevate trump. Sot matt schlapp, republican strategist 1 161 18 i think clearly she would rather run against donald trump. The quinnipac poll shows clinton in a virtual dead heat in matchups with senator cruz and senator marco rubio. But she would beat trump by seven points if the election were held audio outcue im Edward Lawrence, nbc news, washington. Meanwhile ted cruz says he and trump could well be the final candidates dueling for that coveted republican nomination. President ial candidate i did think it was interesting what donald trump said a couple of days ago that he thinks this race will come down to him and me. I think donald may well be right. I think it easily could be a two man race between donald trump and me. And i think that presents a good choice to the american people. This process is a job interview. That was his response when asked about trump during a Campaign Event in tennessee this morning. Cruz would not speak on trumps comments about H