Wants to be able to call the shots so neither she nor her family suffer. Jennifer 42 03 this way i have control over when it ends. At the statehouse, amanda krenz, local five news, we are iowa. Stephanie 1shot like we said, this legislation will likely spark some debate. An attempt was made last year to pass similar legislation, but it didnt have enough support. When asked about opposition, representative brian meyer who introduced the bill said it came from some religious groups. Well be sure to follow this issue as it progresses through the statehouse. Jack theres more reaction senator Chuck Grassley today was very direct about his stance on this controversial piece of legislation. I believe the state should not play god. Jack we want to know what you think about the death with dignity bill. Let us know, we may use your comments onair. You can post you thoughts on or send us an email or give us a call. Wed love to hear what you think the Contact Information is on your screen. Stephanie keeping an eye on education now Stephanie Ram the waiting game has officially started for Iowa School Districts hoping to find out how much money theyll get next year. At the statehouse lawmakers started with a 4 percent increase, then it changed to 2 percent that wasnt agreed upon either. So where is the funding bill now . It will go to a special conference committee. Thats where it was stuck for much of the session last year, before legislators made a final decision. This year, lawmakers have said its their top priority and theyll decide on it as soon as possible. Jack in your local election headquarters. Jack lam were five days from the iowa caucuses. Once the presumed front runner, jeb bush, is now registering 4 percent in the most recent quinnipiac poll of likely Republican Caucus goers. But thats not stopping volunteers and staffers from working to get out the vote. About 20 volunteers made calls to voters today, and staffers tell us thats about how many are always at the jeb hasnt spent much time in iowa lately, but his Campaign Says they still plan on doing well caucus night. I think our expectations are to do very very well to have a strong showing here its the first step in the process and we feel that iowa understands that we need to elect a commander in chief someone that can fix the mess thats been left in washington dc and they understand that jeb bush is the best qualifed indvidual to do that job Stephanie Ram and also on the republican side, president ial candidate Mike Huckabee was at local 5 studios last night. This election cycle, religious liberty and anti abortion have been two of gov. Huckabees major platform issues. And with the recent Court Decision to drop charges against planned parenthood. It is absolutely unthinkable that people whoa re selling baby parts as if they are selling parts to a buick apparently are going scott free but the people who exposed the incredibly barbaric and uncivilized savage behavior. Theyre goign to be charged with feloniues. This is an affront to every journalist in america what idl ike to think every person in the to say wait a minute. Every time we do an undercover story, every time we do an investigative piece, we could potentially be charged with a felony. This is pretty serious. Again its a different assault on the First Amendment but another assault on the First Amendment. Jack and with caucus night quickly approaching, senator Chuck Grassley announced that while he may not be caucusing, he will be showing his support for the republican president ial candidates. Hell attend many of their events throughout the state this weekend. It gives me the chance to tell Republican Caucus goers about the candidate. Hillary clinton needs to be beaten Stephanie Ram quinnipiac Stephanie RamQuinnipiac University released its latest poll of likely Democratic Caucus goers today. Bernie sanders once again edged out Hillary Clinton. But only by a couple of points. With 49 percent sanders has a four point lead over Hillary Clinton who got 45 percent in the poll. Former Maryland GovernorMartin Omalley got 4 percent. Jack and with just five days left until caucus night, the countdown is on today, setup for caucus night began at Capital Square downtown. All Media Coverage will be headquartered there as the numbers roll in on monday. Jack 1shot you may remember this story about a former hawkeye Football Player who went on to win a super bowl with the new york giants. Tyler sash was found dead in his oskaloosa home in september. The toxicology report showed he died from an accidental mixture of two painkillers. Following his death, his family donated his brain to researchers to look for signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy or cte. Its a degenerative brain disease repeated trauma to the head thats been found in dozens of former nfl players. 2 13 characterized by change in personality, cognition, physical function. 2 25 memory impairement, poor dcision making, suicidality, depression. Jack according to a New York Times article, from boston the Concussion Legacy Foundation told cte had been diagnosed in and even more the disease had advanced to a stage rarely seen in someone sashs age. Jack because of the National Attention drawn to football related brain injuries, people across the coutry and iowa have been contemplating alternatives. Many organizations and community leagues, like the ymca already have flag football leagues for younger kids. Its designed for kids in kindergarten through sixth grade to learn the basics of the game, before throwing on a helmet and well take a look at what doctors have to say and how iowa leagues think it could affect enrollment in flag and tackle leagues. Stephanie but next. Mystery not solved but at least stopped . The latest on why the iowa fight song was playing on loop in Niagara Falls. Your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. This is local 5 news at 6. We are iowa. Stephanie ots group will be merging with media general. Its a 4 point 6 billion dollar deal. The combined company name will be nexstar media group, and will include 171 television stations in 100 markets across the country. Jack lam a pizza ranch in jefferson caught fire today. The kitchen was heavily damaged. The fire also spread to the back office and the basement, though the building looks to be in good shape from the outside. The fire was brought under control within an hour and a half. No injuries were reported. Stephanie 1shot the Clive Police Department is looking for your help. They are trying to identify this woman, suspected of conducting home burglaries and credit card fraud. This is also an image of the vehicle used in question. If you have any information, please contact officer john taylor. The information is there on your screen. Jack 1shot the altoona Police Department is also looking for your help. In identifying the people in this photo. Theyre suspected of generator. If you have any information, please contact the altoona Police Department. The information is on your screen. Nat pop iowa fight song stephanie we showed you this story yesterday, today, after six months, a song that has been on repeat from a vacant Niagara Falls building is finally off. Since last year, businesses on the same street have been tormented from 311p. M. Each night with the university of iowa fight song. No one knows why it was happening. It was pretty annoying. Or what the purpose is. Stephanie the building is owned by a man named smokin joe anderson. Yesterday, andersons assistant would not shed any light on why the song was playing and said anderson would not be talking about it, but did say that i tried to talk to him i hope not. I dont know. I hope not. Stephanie a nearby Restaurant Owner sais the a nearby Restaurant Owner sais the song irritated customers, even leaving his business a couple of bad reviews online. The reason the song was playing may remain a mystery. Stephanie wxcdl jack wxcdl chief meteorologist brad edwards is here now. Brad wxcdl brad wxcdl local 5 weather is coming up next. We started a nice little thaw today across much of iowa with the metro reaching 40 degrees and it looks like we can keep this mild weather going the rest of the week. Skies will become mostly clear tonight behind a rather weak cold front. This front will change our winds to a more northwesterly direction into thursday, but our fairlymeteorologist brad edwards. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts brad wxwall weather adlib we started a nice little thaw today across much of iowa with the metro reaching 40 degrees and it looks like we can keep this mild weather going the rest of the week. Skies will become mostly clear tonight behind a rather weak cold front. This front will change our winds to a temperatures will really not go down because this air is fairly mild. We should have a mix of sun and clouds again thursday with highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s. It will be breezy the next few days with southerly winds returning on friday and saturday which will mean warmer temps highs friday and saturday should reach the mid to upper 40s for most areas in central iowa with some 50s possible in sw iowa it will be dry through saturday, but we could see some light rain or snow showers sunday morning with a system passing through iowa. After the weekend, all eyes will be focused on a big winter storm monday into tuesday next week. Right now, it looks like the worst of the storm will hit tuesday with heavy snowfall, strong winds and cold temperatures to follow. Yep, an Old Fashioned snow storm to start off february we will keep a close eye on this one for sure brad 2wx thats all for my forecast. Check out weareiowa. Com for like we can keep this mild weather going the rest of the week. Skies will become mostly clear tonight behind a rather weak cold front. This front will thursday, but our temperatures will really not go down because this air is fairly mild. We should have a mix of sun and clouds again thursday with highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s. It will be breezy the next few days with southerly winds returning on friday and saturday which will mean warmer temps highs friday and saturday should reach the mid to upper 40s for most areas in central iowa with some 50s possible in sw iowa it will be dry through saturday, but we could see some light rain or snow showers sunday morning with a system passing through iowa. After the weekend, all eyes will be focused on a big winter storm that will be developing monday into tuesday next week. Right now, it looks like the worst of the storm will hit tuesday with heavy snowfall, strong winds and cold temperatures to follow. Yep, an Old Fashioned snow storm to start off february we will keep a close eye on this one for sure brad 2wx thats all for my forecast. Check out weareiowa. Com for the latest in weather. Stephanie 2wx the latest in weather. Stephanie 2wx thanks brad. Jack 2bam im here with sports director jon schaeffer, and jon the iowa jon 2bam yeah jack and its on the road coming up on local 5 sports hear how the team feels about handling business on the road especially in a loud environment like maryland. Jon the iowa themselves sitting in the ap first time in over 25 years. To stay there theyll have to get a win on the road at 8th ranked maryland tomorrow night. Feat in the big against a top ten opponent. Youre going to have typically. We saw that adjustments throughout the course of the game. Coach to make one, its another for the players to execute they were able to do it because theyve been there before. Pressure. Every big 10 place gets loud and you gotta be able to control what you do on the court. The size of the court is still the same, the ball is still the same. Its all about controlling your emotions and finding a way to win. Every road game in the big 10 is very tough, no matter what opponent it is. Whether theyre the 4th seed or 14th seed. You have to stay confident. When the crowd gets into it, the building is shaking you gotta keep a level head. Jon iowa and maryland tip off at 6pm tomorrow night on espn. The university of iowa is responding after some of its athletes have been playing a part in president ial candidate events. Members of the hawkeye Football Team came up onto the stage at last nights donald trump event in iowa city. They even gave him a jersey with a number one on it. And as kcrgs mark carlson some might be its not against the universitys policy. [take sot duration 0 10]sot donald trump r president ial candidate [take sot duration 0 04]sot [anchor mark]mark [readrate 15] iowa city 00 14 00 00 at times tuesday nights donald trump rally in the iowa field house looked more like a hawkeye pep rally. One member of the team even showing off a trump jersey. [take sot]sot peter pekar hawkeye tight end 00 25 00 00 [take sot]sot [anchor mark]mark [readrate 15] trump also got members of the wrestling team on stage [take sot duration 0 08]sot [anchor mark]mark [readrate 15] earlier in the day hawkeye basketball star Jarrod Uthoff was also spotted at a Carly Fiorina event near the ui campus, where he posed for pictures with the candidate before her speech. All the political activity involving student athletes and president ial candidates quickly rules violations had taken place. Wednesday ui Athletic Director gary barta said he was confident no violations had occurred. In a statement barta said in part, quote [take fullscreen]fullscr een university of iowa studentathletes are encouraged to participate in the political process as individuals. However, like any endorsement by a student or faculty member, their participation should not be considered representative of the entire team or university. [anchor mark]mark [readrate 15] barta went on to say the jersey given to trump was not an official jersey. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. Trt 1 38 oc. Stnd jon sx3s stephanie sx3s jack sx3s well be right now one last check of your weather, with chief meteorologist brad edwards. Brad weather adlib we started a nice little thaw today across much of iowa with the metro reaching 40 degrees and it looks like we can keep this mild weather going the rest of the week. Skies will become mostly clear tonight behind a change our winds to a more northwesterly direction into thursday, but our temperatures will really not go down because this air is fairly mild. We should have a mix of sun and clouds again thursday with highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s. It will be breezy the next few days with southerly winds returning on friday and saturday which will mean warmer temps highs friday and saturday should reach the mid to upper 40s for most areas in central iowa with some 50s possible in sw iowa it will be dry through saturday, but we could see some light rain or snow showers sunday morning with a system passing through iowa. After the weekend, all eyes will be focused on a big winter storm that will be developing monday into tuesday next week. Right now, it looks like the worst of the storm will hit tuesday with heavy snowfall, strong winds and cold temperatures to follow. Yep, an Old Fashioned snow storm to start off february we will keep a close eye on this one for sure stephanie 4shothang thank you for spending your time with us tonight. Jack 4shothang time with us tonight. Jack 4shothang we are working hard on another getting disgruntled ab adding to their family. Well explain as george gets confronted about his wife. 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