Really pick up, so between that and cloudy skies our lows will likely fall to around 30 degrees. Wednesday should be fairly mild with a high near 40, but it will be windy. We are going to stay very windy wednesday night through thursday with a small chance for a few isolated snow showers possible thursday morning along western iowa with minimal accumulation expected. The sun should be back out strong friday moving us back into the 40s, and we are looking amazing on saturday with highs near 60 expected a stronger cold front sunday may bring us some rain snow showers during the afternoon with a return to the 30s possible next week. Elias lets get into the top five this morning. Elias along the Des Moines River, be sure to monitor conditions as chunks of ice moving along the waterway have started to cause ice jams. The warm springlike temps over the past few days have helped break up ice on rivers. Such jams can cause flooding and property damage, several decks in the fort dodge area have been destroyed by the moving ice. Sabrina in the number two spot this morning. Sabrina Des Moines Police may have an answer to the citys first homicide of 2016. Last month, authorities found 71 year old Norma Jean Mcneeley violently murdered. Investigators now say dna evidence has linked ali yahi to the crime. Yahi was shot and killed by Urbandale Police just over a week ago at a holiday inn. Police strongly believe him to be the only possible suspect. Elias the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Elias plan to shut down Guantanamo Bay to congress. Down Guantanamo Bay to congress. The president has longvowed to close the prison facility. Congress has opposed previous plans to shut gitmo down. The current proposal involves transferring most of the detainees to other countries. Those too dangerous for travel will be held in the us. Sabrina number four. Sabrina in flint, michigan, an analysis says that more than eightthousand lead pipes are present in the citys water system. Now that officials have an idea of the extent of lead pipes, the process now begins in removing them. Finding the problem pipes has been researchers had decades old city didnt clearly pipes were lead. Elias and finally in the top five. Elias been set for a the permits needed to move ahead with the pipeline. Board will meet 9th or the tenth to give their final say on the project. State regulators have public and proposed pipelines impact on iowa. Sabrina started, day two in the long awaited fazzino morning. Sabrina the case emily fazzino. Attorneys say nearly 100 have been called. Alexander fazzino is charged with her death four boone. Killed emily in the familys bath the trial was times since then. Local 5 will keep you updated of any developments in this case. Elias were back with meterologist sam schreier. Sam sam adlibs sam weather adlib for this time in february are supposed to be in the upper 30s, but today we are headed into the mid to upper 40s even with mostly cloudy skies and a gentle wind, we should still get a nice warm up this afternoon to around 48 degrees here in the metro. Overnight the winds will start to really pick up, so between that and cloudy skies our lows will likely fall to around 30 degrees. Wednesday should be fairly mild with a high near 40, but it will be windy. We are going to stay very windy wednesday night through thursday with a small chance for a few isolated snow showers possible thursday morning along western iowa with minimal accumulation expected. The sun should be back out strong friday moving us back into the 40s, and we are looking amazing on saturday with highs near 60 expected a stronger bring us some rain snow showers during the afternoon with a return to the 30s possible next week. Sabrina it may just be a matter of months until Des Moines Police have body cams. Sabrina after more than a year of planning, the chief says theyre taking an aggressive approach to have them quickly. Theyve already purchased a server to hold the video files, developed a with rules and regulations. And now the department has of this june to have the cameras in place. The equipment will cost more dollars, paid in and private donations. Elias morning, a local speedway plans support for law enforcement. Elias this morning, cares will the Newton Police department. The charitable arm of the speedway plans to make a k9 unit. Newton police have been seeking funds to help in the training and boaring of smokey. An 11 month old Border Collie mix that was a rescue from the arl. The latest addition to the unit will be trained to focus on drug investigations and how to track humans. Elias and in marshalltown, the whole community has been invited to this mornings coffee with a cop event. The department is working on building relationships with neighbors around the city, and discuss Ongoing Community issues. Theys start pouring this morning at eight at cecils cafe. Sabrina at time check well take a short break, with lots more good morning iowa still to come. Elias just ahead. How an eager entrepeneur is turning a family game into a family business. Sabrina but first. For those traveling into polk county. Be safe this morning. The Sheriffs Office has enforcement vehicles at two locations. One at the. 73 hundred block of northwest Fourth Street in ankeny. And a second at the. 42hundred block of northeast 94th avenue in elkhart. So take care on the roads today. Elias lets also get a quick look at traffic. 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 sabrina another look at those ice jams causing issues along the Des Moines River. A handful of counties in central iowa have been put under flood warnings due to the drifting ice. Some in fort dodge even seeing damage as the ice moves along the river. Sabrina elias anchor toss to wx sam adlib toss. Sam weather adlib average temperatures for this time in february are supposed to be in the upper 30s, but today we are headed into the mid to upper 40s even with mostly cloudy skies and a gentle wind, we should still get a nice afternoon to around metro. Overnight the winds will start to really pick up, so between that and cloudy skies our lows will likely fall to around 30 degrees. Wednesday should be fairly mild with a high windy. We are going to stay very windy wednesday night through thursday with a small chance for a few isolated snow showers possible thursday morning along western iowa with minimal accumulation expected. The sun should be back out strong friday moving us back into the 40s, and we are looking amazing on saturday with highs near 60 expected a stronger cold front sunday may bring us some rain snow showers during the afternoon with a return to the 30s possible next week. Elias entrepreneurism is alive and well in siouxland. Whole week of events held in its honor there. Sabrina and one man from that area has found success with his new startup. And its definitely a family afair. Jenna rehnstrom has the story. In a world where ipads and video games are many kids prized posessions, Jim Braunschweig wanted something simplier for his family, and especially 5yearold, brady, who loves soccer. Jim says, i google searched soccertype board games and there really wasnt anything out there. But i did come across a video somewhere of kids playing with nail and a quarter some similar stuff and, i thought, i could make that better and i want to make it for my son. It was a hit with brady, and then family and friends started to get interested, too. Jim says, the idea for the business started when we found out the adults liked it just as much as the kids did. So was born the flickboard. The name, pretty much explains it all. Jim says, you alternate turns and try to get it across oooh, i thought you were going to score sound of saw buzzing before he knew it, jim, along with his dad, jerry, were making flickboards to sell. Morningside college, jims alma mater, gave the okay to use their mustang mascot, and with the help of the university of iowas Venture School program for entrepreneurs, jim was able to get the license to use the hawkeye logo. As sports fans and local game day hot spots start to pickup on the idea, jim hopes the uniqueness of the flickboards will make them a favorite tailgating game and a lasting piece of sports jim says, theyre not just games, but theyre so when youre not playing the game, we hope that these things will find a lasting place in your home or business, hanging on the wall. Not to mention the hours of family fun. Good game sabrina College Logos as well. All reax elias time for a short break, when we return. There wont be much sliding into home when it comes to this version of softball. Well explain just now, we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts sam weather adlib put script here in green average temperatures for this time in february are supposed to be in the upper 30s, but today we are headed into the mid to upper 40s even with mostly cloudy skies and a gentle wind, we should still get a nice warm up this afternoon to around 48 degrees here in the metro. Overnight the winds will start to really pick up, so between that and cloudy skies our lows will likely fall to around 30 degrees. Wednesday should be fairly mild with a high near 40, but it will be windy. We are going to stay very windy wednesday night through thursday with a small chance for a few isolated snow showers possible thursday morning along western iowa with should be back out strong friday moving us back into the 40s, and we are looking amazing on saturday with highs near 60 expected a stronger cold front sunday may bring us some rain snow showers during the afternoon with a return to the 30s possible next week. Sam toss back. This today. A circle the bases. Elias a day at the ballpark and a day at the races what is called snowmobile softball. Fans in wisconsin watched as the teams battled it out on the diamond. The game has some specific rules. The sled has to remain off until the ball is hit. And the batter stands in a the batter stands in a shake off the cabin fever and enjoy some friendly competition. All reax sabrina well time now for another short break. But when we come back. Changes are coming to amazon, which could mean buying more to get Free Shipping. But first heres what happened last night on jimmy kimmel live. Youre watching good morning iowa in hd. We are iowa. Sabrina on your money now sabrina Free Shipping just got a little harder to come by for amazons nonprime shoppers. If you spend enough money on amazon just raised the minimum amount so now youll have to shell out 49 dollars before an order ships for free. Thats a 40 percent increase from the previous minimum. Its not clear when amazon made the change. Sabrina and the centers for Disease Control issued a report that raised its estimate of the cancer risk from formaldehyde in some laminate flooring. The cdc says it could result in between 6 and 30 cancer cases per 100,000 people exposed to the flooring. It had previously estimated between 2 and 9 cases. Sabrina the oscars have been under fire over the lack of diversity. And a new report isnt making it any better. The report found that out of more than 11 thousand speaking roles thousand speaking roles studied. 66 point5 percent were male. 33 point5 percent were female. 71point7 percent were white. 12point2 percent were black and only twopercent were gay. Characters. Women and minorities were also found to be under represented when looking at the jobs behind the camera. Sabrina and finally. Today is world spay day. With more than two million animals put down in animal shelters each year. The Humane Society is using the day to draw attention to the lack of resources for a growing animal population. Their campaign is aimed at reminding people of the importance of spaying or neutering pets. Sabrina thats a look at your money this morning. Coming up after the break. Sams in with central iowas most accurate forecast. But first. A quick look at traffic. This is i235 at euclid. [current conditions] good morning iowa returns after this. 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 average temperatures for this time in february are supposed to be in the upper 30s, but today we are headed into the mid to upper 40s even with mostly cloudy skies and a gentle wind, we should still get a nice warm up this afternoon to around 48 degrees here in the really pick up, so between that and cloudy skies our lows will likely fall to around 30 degrees. Wednesday should be fairly mild with a high near 40, but it will be windy. We are going to stay very windy wednesday night through thursday with a small chance for a few isolated snow showers possible thursday morning along western iowa with minimal accumulation expected. The sun should be back out strong friday moving us back into the 40s, and we are looking amazing on saturday with highs near 60 expected a stronger cold front sunday may bring us some rain snow showers during the afternoon with a return to the 30s possible next week. Our top story. An incident in urbandale leads to answers in a des moines homicide investigation. Sabrina the bizarre twist has helped solve the citys first homicide of the year. The unsolved case of an elderly womans death has now been connected to last weeks incident at an urbandale hotel. Where police shot and killed a man in the lobby. Sabrina Des Moines Police say dna evidence has linked ali yahia to the murder of 71 year old Norma Jean Mcneeley. But he wont be charged. Because last weekend yahia was shot and killed by Urbandale Police at a holiday inn. Took a couple of weeks to match yahias blood at crime. They say he stabbed Norma Jean Mcneeley before he was on security video. Think about the reason we get into the business, this is what were talking about. No empathy for anyone actions clearly demonstrate he was very violent sabrina yahia is the only possible local five reached out to Urbandale Police to see if this impacts their investigation. They told us they hope this new evidence brings closure to the mcneely family, but didnt mention their investigation. Three officers remain on leave right now while that shooting is investigated. Elias new this morning. A date has been set for a decision on the Bakken Pipeline by iowa officials. Elias after months of public hearings and researching the project, the iowa utilities board has set a date for giving their final decision. Iowa is the only remaining state that hasnt given approval on the pipeline, which would connect north dakota to pipeline, which would connect north dakota to illinois. Passing diagonally across the hawkeye state. The iowa utilities board will meet either on march 9th or the tenth to give their final say on the permits needed for the pipeline. The almost fourbillion dollar project has raised and landowner rights. Sabrina its gop caucus day in nevada. Republican president ial frontrunner donald trump has 2 big wins under his belt and hes hoping for a third just one week before super tuesday. Elias tonight, its a town hall for the democrats before this weekends South Carolina democratic primary. Abcs Kenneth Moton has more. Length script its caucus time in nevada. Overnight gop frontrunner donald trump rallied his biggest crowd yet in las vegas. The billionaire is banking on a hot streak that will carry him through super tuesday and to the gop nomination as he continued attacking his rivals. Sot donald trump this guy cuz lies more than any other human being the fight getting nasty. Ted cruz fired his Communications Director for spreading a false rumor that marco rubio had disparaged the bible. Sot ted cruz we will conduct this campaign with the very highest standards of integrity the democratic contenders were on in front of more than 8 thousand people at the university of massachusetts amherst, Bernie Sanders again hit connection. Close Comfortable Lead against sanders in South Carolina ahead as the two work to court the black vote, sanders is getting an endorsement from spike lee who will be featured in radio spots airing today in the palmetto state. Kenneth moton, abc News Washington elias the warm springlike temperatures we saw over the past few days are causing some big problems on the Des Moines River. Broken up ice is floating downriver and causing ice jams where the river narrows. That backs up which can lead to flooding. The moving ice can also cause property damage. Several decks in the fort dodge area were destroyed last night due to the ice. As it jams up down there it starts piling up here. Eventually it takes the deck, the neigborhoods deck, then the other neighbors deck. Elias the National Weather service says a few homes in fort dodge flooded. Madison avenue was also blocked off yesterday when the ice went over the road. They urge everyone who lives off the Des Moines River to monitor conditions. Sabrina were back with meterologist sam schreier. Sam sam adlibs weather adlib average temperatures for this time in february are supposed to be in the upper 30s, but today we are headed into the mid to upper 40s even with mostly cloudy skies and a gentle wind, we should still get a nice warm up this afternoon to around winds will start to really pick up, so between tha