The south tonight so our temperatures will be steady and slowly rising into a much warmer day on wednesday. Expect highs to climb to around 31 degrees tomorrow with partly sunny skies and a gentle west wind. Thursday looks amazing with plenty of sunlight and high temps back in the mid 40s enjoy every second of that warmth because starting friday temperatures will be steadily and slowly falling into a very cold weekend with some snow showers possible early on sunday. Elias top five this morning. Elias president barack obama will deliver his final state of the Union Address later today. Aimed largely at Unfinished Business from his past seven years. Look for the address to begin at eight this evening, with the republican response to follow, which will be given by South Carolina governor nikki haley. And local five news at ten will have a wrap up of the state of the Union Tonight. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias here in iowa, Governor Terry branstad will deliver his 2016 condition of the state address later this morning. The speech will be given before the Iowa Legislature at ten am. Governor branstad is expected to further detail his new Water Quality initiative and his goals for the year ahead. Elias the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Legislature convened for 2016 monday, making history for the state as it welcomed its first female speaker of the iowa house of represenaitives. Clear lakes Linda Upmeyer was sworn in to duty. A hot topic for this session will be education, which caused a long drawn out political battle last year. Elias number four. Elias all three major democratic president ial candidates took the stage at during the brown and black each candidate faced questions with racism and monorities. They will meet debate before the iowa caucus. Elias and speaking of debate, the line up for thursdays Republican Debate has been announced. One candidate not happy with the roster is rand paul. Who primetime stage network. Paul says hes skipping the so called preliminary debate. Elias and finally in the top five. Elias the College Football season officially came to an end last night, with number two ranked alabama winning the National Championship over clemson. The crimson tide take homtheir Fourth National title in seven seasons with a 45 to 40 win over the tigers. Elias an update on a West Des Moines firefighter injured in the line of duty sunday. Elias while battling a house fire sunday, firefighter was injured while on the scene. Crews arrived at a home on bradford drive to find the home fully engulfed. Officials say arnold was home started to him. They say he is expected to be okay. Arnold has been a fulltime firefighter for 27 years. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Elias and a well known restaurant in sioux city was in flames monday. A few employees were inside when the fire started. Crews arrived to sneakys chicken around nineam. The fire started in a storage closet. No one was hurt, and the restuarant is expected to open back up soon. Were back with meterologist sam adlibs weather adlib its hard to call what we had yesterday warm but its going to feel like a heat wave compared to the air were packing today we are looking at a steady and falling day for temperatures with our High Temperature technically already having occurred at midnight. We are going to be very windy today so while temps will be in the Single Digits most of the day, wind chills will be between well below zero and at times even lower than 10. The winds will relax and switch to the south tonight so our temperatures will be steady and slowly rising into a much warmer day on wednesday. Expect highs to climb to around 31 degrees tomorrow with partly gentle west wind. Amazing with plenty of temps back in the mid because starting friday temperatures will be steadily and slowly falling into a very cold weekend with some snow showers possible early on sunday. Elias powerball is on the lips of millions across the country today. But for one man right here in West Des Moines. Powerball meant more than a chance to strike it rich. It was a big part of his life for 20 years. You may remember seeing mike pace on your tv screens twice a week for more than twenty years from the late eighties to 2008. He was the host of the game. And says even today people still mention the powerball to him on a daily basis. The highest the jackpot ever got when he hosted was a mere 365 million. He said the record breaking jackpot is bringing back memories of his time as host. I never got so much as a postcard from all those multimillionaries. No as the game host. He wasnt allowed to buy a ticket or play in the powerball for all those years. Now that hes able to play we asked if he would buy a ticket for wednesdays drawing. He says. Not yet elias a sioux city man is glad he picked up one for saturdays drawing. Joel dominguez had enough matching numbers to take home one Million Dollars. He said hes planning to pay off student loans, help his family and invest the money. And hes still having a hard time believing its all real. Read me the numbers, she did and they were it. I jumepd around and screaming, i called over my family screaming and said we won we won one Million Dollars elias some things to keep in mind when playing. The odds of winning the powerball are about 1 in 292 same for each play you purchase. In iowa, you can buy up to 10 plays on each ticket. Elias at time check well take a short break but still have lots more good morning iowa still ahead. Coming up, we hear head to ames to see what the cyclones have to say about the road ahead. Elias but first. For those traveling into polk county. Be safe this morning. The Sheriffs Office has automated Traffic Enforcement vehicles at two locations. One at the. 49 hundred block of northwest beaver drive in des moines and a second at the. 27hundred block of northeast 56th street in alleman so take care on the roads today. Elias lets also get a this is i235 at valley west. [current conditions] good morning iowa continues after this morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, Sabrina Ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. This is good morning iowa. Sam weather adlib its hard to call what we had yesterday warm but its going to feel like a heat wave compared to the air were packing today we are looking at a steady and falling day for temperatures with our High Temperature technically already having occurred at midnight. We are going to be very windy today so while temps will be most of the day, wind chills will be between well below zero and at times even lower than 10. The winds will relax and switch to the south tonight so our temperatures will be steady and slowly rising into a much warmer day on wednesday. Expect highs to climb to around 31 degrees tomorrow with partly sunny skies and a gentle west wind. Thursday looks amazing with plenty of sunlight and high temps back in the mid 40s enjoy every second of that warmth because starting friday temperatures will be steadily and slowly falling into a very cold weekend with some snow showers possible early on sunday. Elias saturdays home loss to baylor may not have felt like a disaster to the cyclone nation. But its not time to hit the panic button. Has more from ames. Well believe it or not, the sky isnt falling here in ames. Ya the cyclones are 12 in conference play and this isnt the start anyone envisioned, but they hope to change that starting tuesday this isnt the end of the world, i mean were three weeks into conference play. Youre not even thinking about the conference championship race until the last two weeks of the season. Pump the brakes a little bit. You know i know we had a lot of High Expectations for this year and those can still be high. Were working, were working at this, i heard someone say earlier rome wasnt build in one day. weve had a lot of adversity hit us this year and i dont think were crumbling at all. Were still positive and still believe in ourselves so i think they should too. It aint like we racking up our shoes and waiting for another year. So its never too bad when you can play another day and get better. So i just feel like fans, they going to be fans, good or bad. Theyre always going to keep supporting us, so im not too much worried about it. But dont be mistaken, this team still knows what its goals are, theyre just focused on the big picture. The expectation is to win a conference championship, be in houston, get to the final four, i get all that. I embrace all that. The thing is, we cant get caught up in all that. The best thing about my guys right now is theyve been all committed, all saying the right things, all about the right things and as long as theyre doing that, then were heading in the right direction. We know were talented, we know we have a good team and im in this for the long haul, and so were trying to be as best we can in february, march and put ourselves in position to make a great postseason run. Coach prohm and the cyclones now head to austin texas where theyll face fellow first year head coach shaka smart and the longhorns tuesday at 8pm. In ames, im jordan furbee, local 5 sports we are iowa. Elias the ap standings. Heres the top ten, with kansas sitting at number one. With iowa state falls at 17th right behind the iowa hawkeyes at 16. Both currently have 12 and three records. All reax elias short break, but when we return just in time for that big lottery jackpot, a very famous. Or possibly infamous. Mansio n goes up for sale. Most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts weather adlib put script here in green its hard to call what we had yesterday warm but its going to feel like a heat wave compared to the air were packing today we are looking at a steady and falling day for temperatures with our High Temperature technically already having occurred at midnight. We are going to be very windy today so while temps will be in the Single Digits most of the day, wind chills will be between well below zero and at times even lower than 10. The winds will relax and switch to the south tonight so our temperatures will be steady and slowly rising into a much warmer day on wednesday. Expect highs to climb to around 31 degrees tomorrow with partly sunny skies and a gentle west wind. Thursday looks amazing with plenty of sunlight and high temps back in the mid 40s enjoy every second of that warmth because starting friday temperatures will be steadily and slowly falling into a with some snow showers possible early on sunday. Sam toss back. Elias toss back. Elias in take a look at this today. The iconic playboy mansion is looking for an owner. Elias the property and home of hugh hefner is listed for 2hundred Million Dollars. The property was built in 1927 and purchased by playboy in 1971 for a reported 1point1 million. The 5acre property features 29 rooms, a game house, home theater and the famous swimming pool. While you can throw your own wild parties and live like a playboy bunny. There is one condition to the sale. Hefner still gets to live and work at the mansion. All reax for another short break. But when we come back. State lawmakers begin their 2016 session. With a hot issue at the top of the to do youre watching good morning iowa in hd. We are iowa. Elias a strike of the gavel and the 2016 iowa state legislative session is legislative session is underway. Elias as lawmakers prepared to get to work, they also marked an historic moment for iowa. Nat pop elias clear lakes linday up,meyer was sworn in as the first female to hold the position of speaker of the representatives. Dad. Del on the same seat thirtyfour years ago. On the same seat years ago. Years ago. Elias without a doubt, one issue at the top of the to do list for the 86th General Assembly will be after a long, drawnout battle over funding for iowa schools last year, everyone from the governor, to the house, to the senate wants to see it resolved quickly this year. Making it a number one priority for the 2016 session. Elias today will be another busy day at the state capitol. Governor branstad will give his condition of the state adress, and layout some of his Top Priorities for the session. The speech will be given before the Iowa Legislature at ten am. Governor branstad is expected to further detail his new Water Quality initiative and his goals for the year ahead. Look for live Coverage Later this morning on local five news at midday. Elias thats a look at statehouse news this morning. Coming up after the break. Sams in with central iowas most accurate forecast. But first. Time for a quick look at traffic. Euclid. [current conditions] good morning iowa returns after this. Moring iowa in hd. We are iowas most accurate weather team. Good morning iowa starts now sabrina thanks for joining us on your [day of week] morning, im Sabrina Ahmed. Elias and im elias johnson. Elias weather is always first on good morning iowa. In with central iowas most accurate forecast. Meteorologist sam schreier. Sam adlib toss sam weather adlib its hard to call what we had yesterday warm but its going to feel like a heat wave compared to the air were packing today we are looking at a for temperatures with our High Temperature technically already having occurred at midnight. We are going to be very windy today so while temps will be in the Single Digits most of the day, wind chills will be between well below zero and at times even lower than 10. The winds will relax and switch to the south tonight so our temperatures will be steady and slowly rising into a much warmer day on wednesday. Expect highs to climb to around 31 degrees tomorrow with partly sunny skies and a gentle west wind. Thursday looks amazing with plenty of sunlight and high temps back in the mid 40s enjoy every second of that warmth because starting friday temperatures will be steadily and slowly falling into a very cold weekend with some snow showers possible early on sunday. Early on sunday. Elias last night Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin Omalley each took the stage at Drake University to address iowans. As part of the brown and black forum, the candidates answered questions mostly dealing with racism and Economic Issues for monorities. Local 5s Sabrina Ahmed goes over what the candidates had to say. Hey good morning guys here at the brown and black forum here at Drake University it was an even that took place for the democratic president ial canidates all three of them were here of course Bernie SandersHillary ClintonMartin Omalley they went in reverse alpabetical order so first up Bernie Sanders he talked about his stance on healthcare and how he wants to provide healthcare for everyone by the government there is one country in the entire industrilized world one that does not gurantee health care to all people that country is called the omalley was the 2nd person to come on stage he talked about his viablity in iowa and how hes going suprise everyone come caucus night he also spoke about Education Funding and he slammed governor branstad about his stance on Education Funding now Hillary Clinton the 3rd person to take to the stage got a bit of social media buzz regarding one question she received from a student here at Drake Unversity regarding white privliege take a listen secratary clinton can you tell us what the term white privlege means to you and can from your life or career when you think you have benefited from it for me look i was born white middle class in the middle of america i went to good Public Schools i had a very strong supportive family i had a lot of great experinces growing up clinton also spoke about immigration and she was asked about her stance on skirted that question but did say she would give all of them due process now the major topics of conversation tonight criminal justice immigration Education Economic Development and health care all very important topics for these canidates also something that will change the conversation in the coming weeks before the iowa caucuss espcially for this voting base reporting from the Drake Unversity campus sbarina ahmed local 5 news we are iowa elias ahead of thursdays republican president ial debate, fox Business News has released the roster. Only seven candidates will make the primetime stage for the sixth debate. A much smaller roster than past debates. As is customary, a preliminary debate will be held for those who didnt make the cut, including rand paul. But paul wasnt happy with not qualifying for primetime. rand paul r president ial candidate and we think theyre confused, because theyre not including us on the main stage, and we think theyre really wrong with that. Because if you look at the poll numbers, the last weve been in either fifth or sixth or one point away from four. So we think its a rotten