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WOI Local 5 News At Five November 3, 2015

Him and the other kids on the bus who try to come to suarez aid. The students were able to flag down a deputy at the next bus stop, show him the video and that resulted in scarbroughts arrest. He was booked in the polk county jail on two charges child endangerment and assault causing bodily injury. He did post bond sunday and is now free. But has a no contact order with the victim and his family. Amanda and we expect to hear what the family thinks about this whole situation as this News Conference gets underway. But for now, were live in des moines, amanda krenz local five news we are moines, amanda krenz local five news we are moines, amanda krenz local five news we are iowa. Jack scarbrough is also on administrative leave from the district. Well hear from the family tonight on local five news at 6 and 10. Stephanie our other big story today. A hazmat scare at an urbandale business. Emergency crews called to worldwide integrated solutions on 109th street after an employee reported opening a box with a suspicious liquid inside, and then feeling a tingly sensation afterwards. They tested the substance. Turns out it was clearasil facewash. Even though it was a false alarm, the emergency crew was still happy they were called. The company did the right thing, they werent positive what it was, and we have to react to that, until we know what it is. Stephanie the employee was checked out on the scene, and was fine. Jack otsl have you voted yet . Its election day across iowa. Most polls close at 8 pm in mayor and City Council Races in communities around the state. Des moines mayor frank cownie is running for his third term. He faces newcomer anthony taylor, whos 27 years old. As the polls close tonight, make sure to keep it on local five. Well bring you results on the air and online, at we are iowa dot com. Jack in the town of knoxville, the mayor, city council and the community have been going round and round about what to do with a cross memorial that showed up in youngs park months ago. After an anonymous attention sparking a debate on separation of church and state. But last night, the city may have reached a solution that benefits everyone. Local fives Claire Powell was in knoxville today to cover it. After months of explosive National Attention veterans here in knoxville say theyve reached what they call a compromise with knoxville city council. In last nights meeting the Council Voted 32 to move the silhouette of the soldier leaning next to the cross to make way for a bronze statue which was the goal all along. But even though its moving doesnt mean its going away, its actually not moving very far at all. Coming up at 6 well show you where and what veterans have to say stephanie hows this for creative financing . An Online Fundraising effort to pay college tuition. We spotted this entry on the website go fund me. Erie french, who goes to coe college in cedar rapids, is asking for donations for his senior year tuition. He needs 1,700 dollars. And has already raised, you can see, almost 1,000. He says he has a dream of becoming an educator himself, but has fallen behind on his tuition payments. Stephanie and hes not alone last night on local five news at 10, we took an in depth look at the ballooning college debt facing this generation of students in our special report broke, busted and disgusted. According to the department of education. Ameri can students have 1. 3 trillion dollars in debt. Iowans make up nearly 12 billion of that. 8 45 adam carroll theres a bit of a student loan depression out there and i hate to say that. But ive seen it. Ive seen students just sort of resign themselves to the fact that theyre gonna have this forever and they just 14 05 justin welsh its always over my head. Its always in the back of my mind. Its something im constantly thinking about. It just never leaves you. Stephanie in case you missed it last night at 10, you can watch our whole special report online, on we are iowa dot com. Stephanie and we want to know your experiences with student loan debt. Have you come up with any kind of unique solution to alleviate the burden . You can connect with us on facebook and twitter. Send us an email to news at we are iowa dot com or share your thoughts by calling the newsroom 1 8008585555 stephanie for High School Football players, were getting deep into playoff season. Jack after last night. 48 teams remain in 6 classes, all looking for one more win to get to the dome jack local fives jordan furbee joins us now with a look at the state quarterfinal matchups. Jordan bam thats right guys and in class 4a, people are already talking about the possibility of a dowlingvalley rematch in the semis taking a look at the matchups in 4a, top ranked dowling will welcome in lewis central over at williams stadium. Thats a regular season rematch, which the maroons won in council bluffs, 3814. Then over in johnston the 8th ranked dragons will host 7th ranked valley. That matchup is the only quarterfinal game in 4a thats not a regular season rematch in the other two games, 3 and unbeaten kennedy will take on washington. And 2 and undefeated bettendorf hosts iowa city high. Well take a look at the quarterfinal matchups in the other classes coming up in sports at 6. Jordan but for those 48 teams Still Standing a win and you get to play in 72 degrees of football splendor, a loss and you start basketball season a little early. Jack thanks jordan. Jack a giant sports celebration to show you. Thousands of Kansas City Royals fans showed their support today for their world series champions. What a crowd, the view from a helicopter above here. There was a huge sea of blue as the royal celebration parade kicked off this afternoon. The parade comes two days after the royals won the world series in five games against the new york mets. Its the teams first world series title in 30 years. Stephanie coming up. Salutes to the troops at pro sporting events what could be more patriotic than that . Well a new investigation reveals these may not be just a gesture of goodwill. Also next sot Susan Williams it was like this endless parade of symptoms. Jack the death of Robin Williams shocked many of his fans. Today we get some perspective on what was really going on in the comedians life as his widow speaks out for the first time. Youre watching local 5 news at 5 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are meteorologist brad edwards. This is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa. Jack its a shocker of a story on capitol hill today. Paid patriotism. A congressional investigation set to be released tomorrow details pentagon payments to dozens of professional sports teams and some members of congress are looking to ban the practice. Megan hughes has details. Whether a team is winning or losing theres one sure way to get sports fans on their feet. Give them a patriotic moment honoring our nations troops. Sot sen flake its the most popular thing aside from the kiss cam out there i think but a congressional investigation has uncovered several apparent examples of the pentagon paying Major League Teams for these patriotic moments. The say its a Defense Department marketing and recruiting tactic paid contracts spelling out 20,000 dollars for a salute to the home town hero actually specifying how long something had to be on the jumbotron sot mccain should the United States taxpayer be paying for it when it appears its an act of generosity and patriotism on the part of the teams . After what senator flake called paid patriotism was first revealed this spring, Congress Demanded to see all contracts between professional sports teams and the department of defense. Examples included military men and women carrying that giant flag at the Buffalo Bills game . Throwing out the first pitch at the Milwaukee Brewers game . And repelling down a rope at center ice to drop the puck at a Minnesota Wild game. Nats nhl drop the puck. In totalmembers of congress say 53 million taxpayer dollars have been spent on sponsoring these events. The leagues and teams deny they charged for patriotic displays, saying the events were members of congress say that excuse doesnt hold water detail in the what the Major League Baseball commissioner told abc newss jim avila sot manfred i actually talked to clubs and you know what i actually found out the answer was . The military organizations thought this was a good idea. They think it is good for their business, good for their recruiting function to be associated with Major League Baseball remove this bite and use the bite where they say they are telling teams to avoid even the appearance of paying for patriotism. Megan hughes tag the nfl sent a letter to congress saying it is launching an audit and if it finds instances of patriotic acts being paid for they will refund the money. The president is expected to sign a defense spending bill in a couple of weeks that includes a ban on the practice. Jack you may be able to catch another night of amazing displays of nature from your backyard tonight. Stephanie the Space Weather Prediction Center says a rare geo magnetic storm happening through tomorrow is the reason the Northern Lights are visible. The best night through was probably last night. However, again, starting around 7 pm, its worth a look outside. The Northern Lights are typically only visible a couple times a year. Stephanie chief meteorologist brad edwards joins us now. Brad brad edwards joins us now. Brad ad lib weather toss now, we are iowas most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. Certified by weatherrate the edwards. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts stephanie were putting our meteorologists on the spot here. What started as a fun inter office bet. Were going public with it now local fives Meteorology Team made their predictions about when central iowa will see its first trace of snow. And here is it. Brads got his money on november 13th. You can see the rest of the crew sam, james and bree are predicting later. Bree thinks well hold out til December Jack chief meteorologist brad edwards joins us now with central iowas most accurate forecast. Brad . Brad adlib brad adlib brad weather adlib after those morning clouds fog went away, we had a very nice afternoon with sunshine and highs back in the 70s we can do thaagain tonight will start off clear and mild, but some clouds may again develop into the Early Morning hours. I expect we will have some clouds around again wednesday morning, but then partly cloudy skies in the afternoon. The winds will stay southerly at 814 overnight, which should help preclude much of the fog. As winds increase wednesday to 1525 mph we should warm up again into the low to mid 70s for most areas. Thursday will be mild, but also bring us a chance for some showers from time to time. The real cool down is set to come in friday and saturday with highs barely reaching the low 50s. We could have some freezing temps saturday morning in parts of the state. At least the weekend is looking mainly sunny with milder readings for sunday have a great night everyone brad wxhang adlib Jack Stephanie thanks, brad jack coming up on friday and saturday with highs barely reaching the low 50s. We could have some freezing temps saturday morning in parts of the state. At least the weekend is looking mainly sunny with milder readings for sunday have a great night everyone adlib Jack Stephanie thanks, brad jack coming up on new information from the widow of Robin Williams. Youre watching local 5 news at 5 in hd. We are iowa it was more than a year ago, that the comedian Robin Williams stunned the world by taking his life. And now for the first time, his widow explains. There was much more pain in his life than many of us ever knew. Abcs Elizabeth Hur has more from new york. Nats what does the o stand for . O my god, its early onscreen. Robin williams, the actor was brilliant. Nats love, thats what we all stay alive for. Offscreen. As father and husband. Susan williams says robin was extraordinary. Is just really based on just honor, love, respect. But their loving and very private 3year marriage ended tragically on august 11th last year. sot Susan Williams i cant. I cant even. Im sorry. In an emotional interview with abcs amy robach. Susan says her husband was secretly fighting depression, anxiety and paranoia. sot Susan Williams it was like this endless parade of diagnosed with early stages of parkinsons disease. And his autopsy later revealed. He was also suffering from lewy body dementia. A debilitating brain disorder. sot dr. Dan kaufer director of unc Memory Disorders Program lewy body dementia is a complex disorder with many different presentations. You can see very dramatic effects with thinking, emotions and behavior. sot Susan Williams lewy body dementia killed robin. Its what took his life. Turns out. The same week the 63yearold took his own life. Doctors wanted to check him into a facility for neuro cognitive testing. sot amy robach was this robins way of taking control back . sot Susan Williams in my opinion, oh yeah. And i think he was just saying, no. And i dont blame him one bit. Elizabeth hur tag susan says robin had been completely sober for 8 years when he died. Coming up tomorrow on good morning america. More from susan and her legal battle with robins children. Eh, abc news, ny. Stephanie its a country kind of night tomorrow on local five. Jack the 49th annual Country Music awards air tomorrow here on local 5. Today we got a little sneak peek of some of the rehearsals on stage at the Bridgestone Arena in nashville, tennessee. Its considered Country Musics biggest night. The cma awards nominees and winners are determined by the more than 6,300 Industry Professional members of the Country Music association. Jack brad paisley and Carrie Underwood will host. It gets underway at 7 p m. And you can expect live previews on good morning iowa tomorrow morning, as well as local five news at five. And a live wrap up after the event on local five news at 10. Stephanie time for another quick break. Showers from time to time. The real cool down is set to come in friday and saturday with highs barely reaching the low 50s. We could have some freezing temps saturday morning in parts of the state. At least the weekend is looking mainly sunny with milder readings for sunday have a great night everyone stephanie thank you for spending your time with us tonight. Spending your time with us tonight. Jack we are working hard on another great newscast for 6pm. Watch for were proud to say we are iowa. Have a great night

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