Afternoon. Hundreds of iowa sex offenders will soon be finding a new home the newton correctional facility houses inmates of all kinds. But a major transition will send general population inmates out. And sex offenders in. The sex offender treatment program. Will move from Mount Pleasant to newton in the near future. Its all to protect the safety of the sex offenders. The Department Says newtons facility does that. With its individual cells. But its a move thats leaving some people in the Community Feeling uneasy. 13 41 0618 theyre going to be released out to the public wherever they go , and youre probably going to get a hand full of them here but if they follow the law, theyve got to register , that should give us some peace of mind with that but you know how that goes. despite gary yoders concern. Anything to worry about. It is a historic day for the des moines fire department. Today three firefighters were promoted to district fire chief officers. Two of them being the first African Americans in this role. In the departments 132 year history. Fire chief john te kippe promoted captains steve brown and percy coleman. Kerry schneider was the third to be promoted. Coleman says this moment means the department has come a long way 4 44 36 104 44 47 11 theres good things happening in the city. Its a increasingly diverse city with a lot of things going on. Im just really excited to be a part of this chief officer staff and look forward to good things. The department hired is first black firefighter. Nearly 50 years ago. Today the centers for Disease Control will issue its first flu report of the season. The cdc says most seasonal flu activity occurs between october and may. And peaks between december and february. Experts say its never to late to get a flu shot. Vaccines are available at the Polk County Health department. Five days a week. Walk ins are welcome an ames company has received approval for a vaccine to treat the avian flu. The department of agriculture awarded a six Million Dollar contract to harris vaccines. The department wants the company to provide it with 48 million doses of the vaccine over the next two years. The virus recently spread across 15 states. Killing 50 million chickens and turkeys. More than half of those cases were in iowa. This morning we woke up to chilly and fall like temperatures. But this cooler weather wont be sticking around for long. Lets head over to meteorlogist Jennifer Mcdermed at the Science Center of iowa for a look at the forecast ad lib wx quick turning to politics, a new nbc which democratic politicans are loosing ground and who is gaining traction after this weeks debate. Nbcs Peter Alexander has the latest. Thank you, bernie these days, both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are smiling. But this morning, its clear clinton may weeks debate. An nbc news online poll conducted by surveymonkey finds a majority of democrats say clinton won the night. While 45 percent of democrats and those who lean left say shell get their vote. 31 for sanders. Its the Vice President whos losing ground. Dropping five points from just a month ago. Hes yet to make up his mind. Peppered with questions by Nbcs Kristen Welker thursday. Welker biden sot welker have you made your decision yet . Vp i cant hear you welker have you made your decision yet . Vp laughs, holds up hands. Sources close to the vp tell nbc news hes calling allied in early voting states to gauge his chances. Clinton rally. A stark contrast to clinton building steam with latinos. In san antonio, picking up the endorsement of hud secretary julian castro. Sanders for the first time strutting his stuff on the Ellen Degeneres show. 15 28 38 ellen better hair, you or trump . 15 28 46 bernie goes without saying meanwhile, among republicans, ben carson keeps closing the gap with donald trump. Slicing the gap from fifteen points to five in the last month. Both men trying to make a power play ahead of the next gop debate hosted by cnbc. With trump blasting the debates format as ridiculous. Insisting in this letter that the debate go no longer than two hours. And include opening and closing statements. Trump sot on fox . I could stand for 5 hours, i could stand for 10 hours. But its unfair to the viewers, its too long. While cnbc says its format is still being finalized. Overnight nbc news learned that some gop campaigns are saying the agenda was already finalized and not for debate. Hence the pushback. Meanwhile trump and carson, still vowing this morning that theyll have the final word. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders and republican president ial hopeful, Carly Fiorina are making stops in iowa this weekend. Fiorinia will be in Pleasant Hill this afternoon. And grinnell later on tonight. Is weekend she will also make velts in easter iowa. On sunday Bernie Sanders will also bein eastern iowa stopping in iowa ty and fort madison. Iowa seniors are being forced to decide how theyll do more with ssom their soci securitybenefits. Sterday it was announced Social Security benefits will not be going up xt year. Many recipients on a tight budget depend on a cost of living increase. T that. Wont come this me. Eews comes as medicare premiums are set to jump 53 percent for about a third of recipients. As a result, some iowans are worried about their future its gonna be real tough. Because the way it is right now ive got a Part Time Job just working two days a week to hold us over until we get our Social Security checks. Theyre raising our medicare without us getting a raise. And i think that truly sucks myself. The first woman to finish the Boston Marathon ran with a group of people from the local ymca this morning. Kathrin switzer made history as the first woman to finish the Boston Marathon back in 1967. This weekend she will also participate there will be some road closures this weekend due to the race. Heres a look at the roads that will be closed to make way for runners. It includes grand avenue and fleur drive. Drivers should expect some extra time to get around those areas. The circus is making their annual trip back to des moines this weekend. Ringling brothers. Barnum and bailey are in town for the next 3 days at wells fargo arena. The theme for this years tour is built to amaze visitors who make it down will see a variety of acts. From acrobats. To unicycle riding basketball players. To clowns. Its also a good time to see some of your favorite animals 18 27 44 1318 28 02 17 this is the opportunity to see an elephant right before your eyes. Its a unique experience that wont get anywhere else. The preshow experience starts at 6 pm and is included with the price of the preshow experience starts at 6 pm and is included with the price of admission. Coming up on the news at noon. A local gym is joining the fight to raise awareness about Breast Cancer. Well have a live interview with the events organizer about the event taking place this weekend. Plus, students in ames are learning outside instead of inside a classroom. Why teachers say this way of learning is benefical this is like home outside of school. If you think storm damage is the only cost of climate change, think again. From the rising price of food to higher insurance rates for homes and businesses, but with americanmade clean energy, we can save money on electricity and spur innovation to create new businesses and jobs. It all starts with 50 clean energy by 2030. These Ames High School students spend more time learning with the pressure of school tests and statewide assessments, it can be hard for teachers to find time to get kids outdoors. Channel 13s Megan Reuther takes us to one class where its part of the lesson plan 31 34 each of these is a different micro habitat where you might find some things. Its nine am on a weekday. 31 25 rootwads. Fallen trees. Silt mucks. And these Ames High School seniors. 37 17 underwater caterpi. Are hard at work. Nats 38 51 im looking for some bugs. Outside. Justin 15 06 were testing the water here to see the differences between School Quality and actual water people think is clean. Squaw creek. Alexia 34 20 were in a little bend at the creek behind the school. Has become their classroom. Justin 16 14 theyre focused on outside learning. All they want is to get us outside, not looking at textbooks, actually get to feel the plant and see what this waterway is like. This is the first year for the bluestem institute. Its part of an integrated capstone seminar. It meets 2 and a half hours a day with three teachers tackling several topics. Mike 21 10 its an integrated class between environmental science, english, us government, sociology is what the kids get credit for. Mike todd handles the science. Hes a graduate of Iowa State University and crafted the class to spend most of the time learning outside. Mike 20 18 the book, last child in the woods really inspired a lot of the operations in this class, so we try to get students out as much as possible on their breaks. We encourage them to go outside. Megan standup 44 57 professors at Iowa State University say this handson Outdoor Learning is really beneficial, but you dont have to have a creek behind your high school to make it happen. Joanne 7 29 our secondary Science TeacherPreparation Program spends extensive time working with our perspective teachers on using how to conduct field trips, how to work with students outdoors. As taking a little break outside school. And nature doesnt just offer educational benefits. Joanne 5 35 students need, as part of health and well being, to be in nature. They need unstructured time, they need to be outdoors, and increasingly, today kids are indoors, and they dont have those experiences. Nats 40 57 this is an experience these students will never forget. Alexia 35 32 i never could have imagined i would be doing this at school. As they learn outside. Students have also visited farms and other natural areas. They also spend time exploring the Native Prairie on their school grounds. Professor olson says parents should ask teachers how much time their kids spend outside and if its possible for them do more. This weekend will be the perfect for spending time outside at a Pumpkin Patch or apple orchard. Jennifer mcdermend has a look at the forecast lets get a look at our forecast from meteorolgist Jennifer Mcdermed. She joins us from the science coming up. One event indoors will not only get you in shape but help women diagnosed with Breast Cancer. The event that takes place this weekend and how you can sign Breast Cancer awareness month. And a local gym is hosting an event called barbells for boobs. Its a Charity Event helping women Breast Cancer. Today we have nick pilling with us to tell us all about it pretty bold name. How did you guys come up w this idea parrell between name and fighting for cancer what is your goal with the event what can people expect if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. But the republicans. They want to go back to letting they dont stand up for equal pay for women. They dont support paid family leave. They dont even really support refinancing student debt. Weve got to get this economy working for the vast majority of americans, not just for those at the top. Thats what i intend to do as president. Straight ahead. Both sides have rested in the attempted murder trial of a des moines man. When the case will be handed to the jury and the charges pete polson is facing. Political poll. What a new poll reveals after the last president ial debate plus. The politicians butting heads for the top spot good afternoon, thanks for joining us. Im jodi whitworth. The trial of a man who police say went on a shooting spree could go to the jury today. 33year old pete polson is accused of randomly shooting at people last november in Pleasant Hill. Two victims were hit. The bullets narrowly missed a third. Hes now charged with three counts of attempted murder. Polson admits he did it. But his Attorney Says he was on drugs at the time. And is using an intoxication defense. The judge expects closing arguments to begin this afternoon. Im an addict, i use what i can get my hands on mostly, ive done some heroin, coke. Butt dissolve 1218i dont remember anything from that point on until Early Morning until the cops were all around me, i just know i would never intentially do any of this im sorry from the bottom of my heart i appologize, it isnt me i would never hurt anyone like that 1240 the judge expects closing arguments to begin this afternoon. Hundreds of iowa sex offenders will soon be finding a new home the newton correctional facility houses inmates of all kinds. But a major transition will send general population inmates out. And sex offenders in. The sex offender treatment program. Will move from mount its all to protect the safety of the sex offenders. The Department Says newtons facility does that. With its individual cells. But its a move thats leaving some people in the Community Feeling uneasy. 13 41 0618 theyre going to be released out to the public wherever they go , and youre probably going to get a hand full of them here but if they follow the law, theyve got to register , that should give us some peace of mind with that but you know how that goes. despite gary yoders concern. City leaders say the public doesnt have anything to worry about. It is a historic day for the des moines fire department. Today three firefighters were promoted to district fire chief officers. Two of them being the first African Americans in this role in the departments 132 year history. Fire chief john te kippe promoted captains steve brown and percy coleman. Kerry schneider was the third to be promoted. Coleman says this moment means the department has come a long way 4 44 36 104 44 47 11 theres good things happening in the city. Its a increasingly diverse city with a lot of things going on. Im just really excited to be a part of this chief officer staff and look forward to good things. The department hired is first years ago. Today the centers for Disease Control will issue its first flu report of the season. The cdc says most seasonal flu activity occurs between october and may. And peaks between december and february. Experts say its never to late to get a flu shot. Vaccines are available at the Polk County Health department. Five days a week. Walk ins are welcome today felt more like fall, but the cooler temperatures may not stick around for long meteorologist Jennifer Mcdermed is at the Science Center with the first look at the forecast. Hey jennifer. Ad lib wx quick massive mudslides just north of trapped several hundred motorist last night. Miguel almague has the latest. It hit with fury. Pounding rain. Relentless marble sized hail. And then the mudslides. One of californias busiest freeways. Covered in mud. And brought to a standstill overnight. Cars. Semi trucks snaking down interstate 5. Trapped in a gridlock nightmare. All the mud just came from right here and wedged us in. Mountains crumbled into pieces. Pouring into streets. Swallowing dozens of cars. Destroying homes. Witnesses could feel the power. And hear the rumble. Nat pop it was just boom. It was like a freight train. In some spots. The mud. Several feet deep. The crippling flash flooding. Triggering at least 4 rescues. Children pulled to safety. First responders ordered evacuations. No one hurt. But nearly everyone. Especially drivers. Caught by surprise. It took about 20 seconds, maybe 30 seconds, for all this to happen. It was very, very scary. Nearly 6 inches of rain an hour. Hammered some neighborhoods. Too much water. Too quickly. For parched hills. Hardened by four years of drought. This powerful storm system. The most dangerous weather seen by some first responders. In decades. For now. This vicious punch has passed. But this morning. There is plenty of damage left behind. There are also flash flood watches in parts of utah, arizona and nevada. After this weeks debate. Its clear Hillary Clinton got the biggest jump in the polls an nbc news online poll conducted by survey monkey finds a majority of democrats say clinton won the night. The poll shows, clinton at 56 percent while Bernie Sanders has 33 percent. And in the next couple of days. We may learn whether Vice President joe president. This morning, sources tell cnn that bidens family supports a president ial run. The Vice President is personally making calls this week to democratic strategists from iowa, New Hampshire and south carolina. With the stature he would bring to the race, the minute he got into the race, the entire narrative would change. And we Start Talking about the first debate in iowa in november. Meanwhi