A south side des moines homeowner has a new addition to her front yard. A former tree is now a dancing snoopy sculpture. Good afternoon. Im sonya heitshusen. And im dan winters. Thanks for joining us. It will be quiet and cooler this week. This evening will remain cloudy with temperatures dropping to the low 30s. A cold front will move through during the morning on tuesday which will could bring a quick rain snow mix through central iowa early in the man shot and killed by Urbandale Police earlier this month is suspected in an unsolved murder in des moines. 71 year old Norma Mcneeley last month. Mcneeley was found stabbed to death in her home on pioneer road on january 24th. Investigators sent blood samples to the dci crime lab for dna testing. Last week, tests confirmed a match to yahia, a known violent was trying to rob mcneeley and that he acted alone. They say this is the type of criminal they want off the streets. 9 04 59 you know when we think about the reason we get into the business and putting bad guys in prison. This is the guy were thinking about. This guy was a known violent offender. No empathy for anyone else i believe he had no conscience and his actions very clearly demonstrate that he was very violent. yahia was killed by urbandale call at the holiday inn on february 13th. Police say he pulled out a gun and fired on officers. They returned fire. Killing him. Heres a look at a portion of yahias criminal history. In 2014. He was charged with Ethnic Grocery stores in des moines. He reached a plea deal. And was sentenced to probation. Then. In january 2015. He was charged with second. Third and fourth degree theft. He ended up pleading guilty to first degree theft and wilfull injury. Again. He received probation. A suspended sentence and was fined 1750 dollars. Jury slection is underway in the trial of a boone county man accused of killing his wife. Alexander fazzino is charged with the first degree murder of Emily Fazzino in january of 2012. At first her death was ruled accidental. But a second autopsy determined her death was homicide. The trial has been delayed five seperate times. It is being held in winneshiek county. Well have full coverage of the trial this week once the jury is seated. The Des Moines City Council will be making some multimillion dollar decisions tonight that will reshape the face of downtown des moines. The council will finalize its Capital Improvements budget for the next fiscal year by giving final construction projects. The biggest of those is the replacement of the grand avenue bridge. The council will also approve the money for locust street bridge improvements and the final leg of the southeast connector project. Council members also expect to receive a final proposal from developers on the future use of the former ywca building. Principal financial wants to build a parking garage on most of the site at 7th and grand. Another developer would build a luxury apartment and retail building next door. The project requires the city to sell the land to the two developers. And there are more is to dot and ts to cross on the Iowa Events Center hotel plan. The council will be asked to approve a revised financing plan to pay for the development. Demolition is already underway on the project. The hotel is expected to open in 2018. Republican lawmakers say farmers, teachers and businessowners across the state could soon face tax hikes if democrats dont take action. Republicans want legislators to coupling. Which lets you claim on your state taxes some of the deductions you claim on your federal taxes. Farmers use that deduction to offset some of the cost of new equipment. Overall, legislative analysts say extending the coupling provision another year would cost the state revenue about 95 million dollars. One farmer said its not fair to tell him now that his taxes would go up as hes filing his tax forms for the past year. Dan rickles. 2231 i could have planned if we would have known. It helps the economy. Lawmakers have permitted coupling in all but one year over the past decade. But Senate Democrats worry the state cant afford it right now. Especially as lawmakers have struggled to come up with the funding they want for schools. A pair of big concert announcements for this summer were made today. The biggest news. Legendary singer songwriter paul simon will be on tickets go on sale this friday at nine am. And another grandstand act at the iowa state fair is set. Country singer Brett Eldredge will play on saturday august 18th. Tickets for that show go on sale next saturday. He joins a granstand lineup that already includes dierks bentley, jeff dunham and newsboys. Last week was a bumpy one for both the hawkeye and cyclone basketball teams. And today both of them were bumped down in the ap poll. Both teams dropped four spots in the new rankings. The hawkeyes one game last week was a loss at penn state. They drop to number eight today. The cyclones lost at baylor. Then won at home against tcu on saturday. They drop to number 17. According to espns leading bracketologist the hawkeyes are now a twoseed in the ncaa tournament. The cyclones are a four seed. Of course the real seedings for the tournament dont come out until sunday, march 13th. Temperatures climbed to the 60s the warmup. Coming up next. Our roger riley takes you to Webster County where ice jams are once again threatening riverfront homes. And a little later. Find out your favorite pet a therapy animal and open doors for it all over town. Overnight flash flood warnings were issued for central webster you can learn from granola. Keep it simple. Make every piece count. Let other people know what youre made of. Always be real. Dont be fake, dont be artificial, but always be sweet. And of course, wear sunscreen. Nature valley granola bars. County afer an ice jam caused water to rise swiftly. The water has gone down in some areas. But today one fort dodge neighborhood was still dealing with some flooding. Roger riley reports on how authorities are trying to get a the ice will go next. In the riverdale neighborhood residents were watching the mountains of ice on the des moines river. Water creeping inside some of the homes. And covering the yards of all the houses. Sot Sara Messerly roger standup im standing on madison avenue in northwest fort dodge where large ice boulders. And water have this road closed. Emergency management coordinator scott forbes said the ice jam flooding is hard to predict. Scott forbes ems webster co came up fast housing for some residents. Reports on ice jams we like to document them jeff zogg of the National Weather service was touring areas where the ice had caused some flooding today. He says this part of the river is prone to ice jams. Sot zogg the last big flood in riverdale was in 2010. And most residents here know that this comes with having a place along the river. Sot sara in fort dodge rr channel 13 news ad lib main weather it will be ad lib main weather it will be this evening will remain cloudy with temperatures dropping to the low 30s. A cold front will move will could bring a quick rain snow mix through central iowa, but accumulation is not expected. Winds will pick up during the middle of the week with temperatures dropping back into the middle to upper 30s. Temperatures will bump up to the upper 40s again briefly on saturday with the possibility of more snow on sunday night into monday morning. Therapy animals can be a life or death companion for some. Therapy animals can be a life or death companion for some. Than ever to cheat the system so you can take any pet anywhere. Well show you how it works. What if you could take your including restaurants or movie theaters. Bryan polcyn is about to show you how he did it. And how easy it would be for you to do it, too, even if you dont need a therapy pet. When a grown woman tells you she cant live without her duck. Its only natural to wonder. Im not makin this up. How does a duck. Help . They have something that they have access to that humans dont. Carla fitzgerald says her feathered friend is more toddler than waddler. He plays with toys. Daniel flip good duck. But most importantly, he can sense an anxiety attack before she even knows shes having one. Its almost like hes trying to climb my leg and hes yelling as loud as he can, ma ma Mama Mama Mama ma ma. fitzgerald suffers post Traumatic Stress from an accident when a car struck the horse and carriage she was operating in milwaukees third ward. I got catapulted out and landed on that drawbridge. Three years later, shes still afraid to leave the house alone. So, i started seeing a, um. Psychologist. And for each appointment. Lets put on your other shoe. She brings along daniel. Her 3yearold indian runner. I could see that there is real comfort there. Doctor constanz hartney has seen for himself how daniel calms his client. I became convinced that the duck was sensitive to her emotional changes. So he wrote her a letter saying the duck is therapuetic. Huh . Where we goin . Now she goes. In the car. To the movies. To church. Yeah, you want a noodle . Even out for a quick bite of lunch. When hes in public, he behaves. The trouble started when she decided to get an apartment in cudahy. Oh, we cant allow that. We cant allow that. Bryan, you always learn something new in this job. Cudahy mayor John Hohenfeldt says when they first got wind of a duck moving to town, it ruffled a few feathers in the health department. When you think of a suburban community are ducks the most cleanliest animal . They even proposed a new ordinance. Prohibiting the ownership of ducks in the city limit. The City Attorney did more research. This is nothing more than bullying. Thats all that it is. Federal law not only protects your right to live with an emotional support animal. Airplanes. Increasingly controversial as more exotic creatures show up where standard pets are not allowed. Like the unruly pig kicked off a Us Airways Flight two years ago. The kangaroo a couple tried to bring into a beaver dam mcdonalds last year. Or the turkey spotted flying delta just last month. Complaints about support animals on airplanes have tripled in the last six years. Raising questions about whether some pet owners are abusing the system. Thats a problem. That is a big problem. After all, getting a doctor to just google emotional support animals. Click one of the myriad links for a doctors letter. And fill out an Online Medical exam. Do you feel depressed on a daily basis . Well say yes. It took me about 30 minutes. Preferred emotional support pet. That would be. Goat. And a 159 charge on my credit card. And two days later, i had a letter from a licensed psychotherapist id never met. Never even talked to on the phone. She diagnosed me with an unspecified Mental Health condition. And prescribed me one goat for emotional support. Cmon girl. With the help of a local goat farmer, we borrowed a 70 pound nubianboer mix, named of all things duckie. And we hit the big city. First stop. Youre gonna love it in here. The milwaukee art museum. Is this a Service Animal . Its an emotional support oh, it is. Alright. Needless to say. First time at the museum. We drew a crowd. Is she a helper . Shes an emotional support animal. We also got into the Museum Without any trouble. Hi duckie duckie was instantly the musuems most popular exhibit. Wow, neat hi, sweetie everyone loved duckie well, maybe not everyone. Quick mop up over near the Brooks Stevens display. Look at the camera within minutes, the goat at the museum was a social media sensation. But we didnt stop there. We took duckie into starbucks. Lulu lemon. The marcus south shore cinema. And the milwaukee public market. Is there any way that one of you could take the goat outside. We dont allow animals in here. Oh, im sor. This is my emotional support animal. Okay. But, we dont even, like, allow dogs in here. At any sign of resistance, i just pulled out my therapists note. I have a letter. okay. yeah. and that did the trick. This is my emotional support animal. Okay, do you have. You said that you have papers . I do. A quick scan of my official documentation and. At this point, im gonna say were good. Duckie and i had a front row seat for tina feys latest flick. It speaks well for our citys open mindedness. It also speaks to a rising concern in the disability community. That there are people out there playing this card when they really dont deserve to play it. Kit kerschensteiner is managing attorney for disability rights wisconsin. A lot of people think i have an emotional support animal i can take him on the bus, take him into walgreens or a restaurant. Thats not the point of the animal. While fulfledged Service Animals, like guide dogs, can go anywhere their owners go, federal protection of emotional support animals only applies to housing and air travel. Ask permission. But most people dont know that. I have a letter. Okay. Okay . Yeah. So schemers can easily take advantage. Thats making it harder for people with disabilities. Shes worried they will ruin it. Oh, dan. Youre such a good duck. For people like carla fitzgerald. This is my emotional support animal. I need him. After further review, the city of cudahy informed fitzgerald she can live there with daniel, after all. And i said, carla, i never said i dont want you living in our community. I just want to make sure we are doing it right. you might say its a feather in the cap for disability rights. All im asking is to live peacefully and quietly. With my duck. The therapist that issued reporter bryan polcyns goat is sed inlifornia. Sheays she ually skypes or ails with a person before agnong them, but she did neither of those things for bryan. She says thats because his answers to the questionnaire were complete and informative. As for the potential for people to abuse her service, she says its just as easy to lie in person as it is over the internet. The search for answers is spree this weekend in michigan. A man with no criminal history opens fire. Killing six people. All while performing his duties as an uber driver. Coming up next. Well tell you what authorities know about the victims and the suspect as they search six yesterday in michigan. Well tell you what we do know about the alleged gunman. Are gun advertisements to blame for Mass Shootings in america . Find out who is claiming that and who they are taking to court over it. And are the president ial races close to being decided . Well tell you where things stand after two big votes over the weekend. News at four front door an uber driver is accused of going on a shooting spree in kalamazoo michigan over the weekend. An uber driver accused of going on a killing spree in michigan saturday in court. Prosecutors say they think they know what happened. But theyre still trying to figure out why. Dalton has admitted to prosecutors he is there guy. Nbcs chris 45year old jason dalton. A husband and father of two. And an uber driver. Now charged with six counts of murder. Plus two counts of assault with intent to murder. Along with weapons charges. Natural sound the defendant did murder mary lou nye prosecutors in kalamazoo, michigan say dalton conducted that killing spree over about six hours saturday night, all while continuing to give rides to unsuspecting passengers. But as of now, they still dont know why it happened. And what, if anything ties the victims together. Sound jeff getting kalamazoo prosecutor 36 49 this was not just a momentary lapse, this was not just a crime. There was not something to provoke this. There are video tapes of these incidents. He walked up on these people and shot them. In all, eight people were shot in three separate locations. A woman at an apartment complex. A father and son at a car dealership. And five people in a restaurant parking lot. Among the dead there, bart nyes mother and aunt. Best friends who play. Sound bart nye 1 051 09 i dont know how im going to explain this to my son, that he doesnt gets to see his grandma again, natural sound people in the Community Still stunned over these seemingly random killings have come together to pray for the victims. Sound Bishop Paul Bradley st. Augustine cathedral, kalamazoo 1 161 28 when we ask why these 6 people, people of all ages all walks of life, innocent, minding their own business where so violently taken from us uber says dalton passed a background check. Police say he has no prior criminal record. Chris pollone nbc news new york. Two people remain hospitalized. A 14 Year Old Girl and a mother of three. The shooting spree in kalamazoo is certain to reopen the debate over america. A judge will soon weigh in on the question of who is to blame for in american history. The sandy hook massacre. The families of children who were in the school that day are suing a gun promotion of its products inspired the shooter. Deborah feyerick has the story. It lasted less than five minutes. But when the shooting at sandy hook elementary finally stopped 20 children and 6 educators lay dead. One was david wheelers seven year old son benny. His other son, who was nine, was also there. He spent that entire time hiding in a box of tshirts in the supply closet. And he heard every round. And one of his first questions to me was, how many people were there dad . How many were there . and i said there was one guy. onehundredandfifty four rounds fired from an ar15 high powered, semiautomatic assault created and designed by the us military to be fully automatic and used in combat. Each of the kids had 3 to 8 bullets in them and you think, theres something wrong. Jackie bardens sixyear old son daniel was also killed. Both parents are part of a potentially precedent setting lawsuit, alleging remington, its distributors market such a dangerous product. Makers do the opposite using adrenalinfueled ads and targetedproductplacement in video games like call of duty which the sandy hook gunman played repeatedly before the rampage. I would like to see them to stop looking at violent prone young men as their ideal customer. Its their target. The lawsuit focuses on a 2005 law passed by congress that protects gun manufacturers from liability if, essentially, a firearm is misused in a crime to kill people. Remington declined cnns request for comment citing pending litigation. However, in papers to dismiss the suit, their lawyers