Back to the future prediction did not come true last night for one unlucky team. Elias plus some good news for one family after a tragic road rage incident in albuquerque. Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Elias Johnson. Elias we begin with Hillary Clinton the latest showdown on capitol hill over behghazi facing an allday grilling clinton and her allies denouncing the hearing calling it a political witch hunt abcs Kenneth Moton is on capitol hill with the latest. Kenneth standup open its a marathon day of testimony for Hillary Clinton. 8 hours and no question related to the benghazi attacks is off limits. pkg Hillary Clinton . Under oath and once again being grilled by lawmakers. Sot questioning this is not about you this House Select Committee created last year is under pressure to uncover new information on the september 11th, 2012 attack on a Us Diplomatic post in benghazi, libya. Under the former secretary of states were killed including Us Ambassador chris stevens. Sot clinton . Honoring the lives clinton is facing this bipartisan, republican led House Committee but the hearings have been described as just being partisan politics. Sot cummings its impossible to deny . To derail mrs. Clintons president ial campaign an abc News Washington post poll shows 53 percent of americans believe republicans are using the benghazi investigation to damage clintons reputation as she races for the white house. But 54 percent disapprove of clintons handling of questions about benghazi. Committee chairman trey gowdy says hes only focused on security at the post and what happened before, during and after the attack. Sot gowdy we owe them kenneth standup close this is the 8th Committee Review of the benghazi attack but representative gowdy says the others were not thorough. There will also be more attention paid by the select committee to clintons use of a private email server after the state department recently released more benghazi related emails sent by clinton and ambassador stevens. Kenneth moton, abc News Washington elias lam a new poll says donald trump is being out trumped by a republican rival being out trumped by a republican rival in iowa. A Quinnipiac University poll of likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers says ben carson now leads the gop president ial field in the state with 28 percent. Trump is second at 20 percent, followed by senator marco rubio at 13 percent and senator ted cruz at 10 percent. This is the first major poll showing trump trailing by a significant margin in an early primary or caucus state since june. Elias lam now were seeing a shrinking of the democratic pool this week first we had jim webb drop out to consider an independent run. Then yesterday, Vice President joe biden announced his decision. Saying he will not seek the white house next year. Taking to the rose garden with his wife and president obama nearby, the longtime statesman said the window had closed on him mounting a Realistic Campaign for president. The past few months the biden family have been working through their grief following the tragic death of beau biden. While the Vice President ended months of rumors. He did promise he wont stay silent. Vice President joe biden but while i will not be a candidate, i will not be silent. I intend to speak out clearly and forcefully, to influence as much as i can where we stand as a party and where we need to go as a nation. Elias a recent poll found with biden on the sidelines, president ial canidate Hillary Clintons lead grew to 23 points over bernie sanders. Shes the biggest his decision. Elias meteorologist sam schrier joins us again your forecast. Weather adlib after so many days of dry weather, iowa has changed things up with a couple different rounds of storms throughout this week. Today we are going back to being dry for most of the day, but we might see a few showers late this afternoon in far western iowa. Temperatures today are going to be cooler with highs in the mid 60s and lows tonight in the mid 50s. Overnight tonight well see clouds really fill in with scattered thundershowers moving in from the west. Friday is still the best day for a soak across the state as we see rain continue to move in from the west across central iowa heaviest during the morning and into the afternoon. We are looking cool and dry through the weekend with highs falling into the low 60s. Next week we have a couple more rain chances during the middle of the week with 50s back in the forecast towards the end of the week. Elias our big story back in the metro police are patrolling Altoona Elementary School this morning after a reported case of child enticement. Elias Authorities Say two boys were walking home tuesday near fifth avenue and third street southwest. Two men drove up to them. Attempting to lure them into their truck with candy. The boys ran back toward the school and told the crossing guard who called police. Those suspects drove away and are still out there. Leaving an uneasy feeling for people in the neighborhood. My daughter walks to school to and from everyday. Its just not something i expected to hear about right here. Elias the boys gave police a detailed description of the suspects. They are two white men both with brown hair and hats. One had a goatee. They are thought to be in a white two door chevy s10 or ford ranger. Call the number here on your screen with any information. Elias developing now. Pleasant hill police ask for help in identifying a burglary suspect. Elias they believe the suspect has something to do with multiple vehicle burglaries that have happened in the city. Surveillance video shows th suspect in a red checy silverado truck, license plate bsf277. They believe he has been using stolen credit cards across the metro. Anyone with information should contact the Pleasant Hill police department. Elias back in the courthouse, after days of deliberation, the jury in the pete polson trial delivers a guilty verdict in the case. We the jury ma,e the following verdict, we the jury find the dedfendant Pete Jason Polson guilty of the crime attempt to committ murder to Mark Mitchell elias polson who went on a shooting spree through Pleasant Hill last november was found guilty of all nine counts in varying degrees. Of the three attempted murder charges, the jury found polson guilty of one attempted murder and two assaults with intent to inflict serious injuries. However, he was found guilty of all other charges. Elias 1shot an attempted murder charge carries up to 25 years behind bars. Polsons sentence hearing is set for december 9th. Elias coming up on local 5 news midday. What really happens if you check your phone while youre driving. Elias and. Were talking your money and how to keep it safe. Scams on the rise from new credit card rules. Elias and. One sad day for some baseball fans, but a great day for a little girl from ankeny. Well explain. Thats next. 5 news midday in hd with Elias Johnson and we are iowas most accurate forecast. This is local 5 midday. We are iowa elias the new york mets are heading to the world series the new mister october Daniel Murphy powering the team past the cubs with his recordsetting performance. Abcs tj holmes is at citi field this morning. Nats strike three the amazin mets dashing the cubbies dream. Nats they havent been to the world series since 2000 and the mets are back simply unstoppable . Winning 83. Sweeping the series. Pls find nats from daniel homerun thanks to the new mr. October. Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy. The first player in consecutive postseason games. His two run homer in the 8th inning of game 4 clinching the win. Sot murphy post game presser i cant explain why balls are going out of the ball park but htey do and we keep winning ball games its the most important part and the coolest part he broke Carlos Beltrans record of 5 consecutive homeruns in the 2005 playoffs with houston astros. He also ties yankess legend lou gehrig as only player with a hit, a homerun, and a rbi in seven post season games in a row. The 30 year old who only had 14 home runs during the regular season. Named the series mvp. Nats meanwhile the perennial underdog cubs unable to shake the curse of bartman and the billygoat. Their 107 year world series drought. Will continue. Elias lam in other sports news. This week a little girl from ankeny has been getting attention across the country. Thats right, and it all began at the iowa state versus tcu Football Game last weekend. Seven year old abby faber met tcu quarterback tavone boykin before the coin toss, and a photographer snapped a picture of the interaction. The photo and her story has now gone viral. Abby was born with cerebral palsy, and uses a walker to get around, but she loves sports, and her parents still cant believe the attention shes receiving. Steve faber, father one of the teachers just stops me and says, am i allowed to talk to you right now or are you too big for us right now . i was like this is crazy. She says its crazy, but its really cool. Its really cool elias abby says shed like to meet with boykin again, but she remains a loyal cyclone fan. Elias lam boykin again, but she remains a loyal cyclone fan. Elias lam another great sports fan story. As a diehard hawkeye fan all wilbur meyer wanted was for a tree in his backyard to be transformed into his favorite mascot herky the hawk. But suffering from lung cancer, and given a few weeks to live his family didnt know if hed be around to see it happen. However, his three children had different plans. They reached out to woodcarving artist jeff klatt, who wilbur is a fan of. Klatt, who lost both parents to colon cancer. Dropped everything to work on the project. Ive been through a situation like this before and i know any little thing helps and i was honored to come and do it for them, said jeff klatt, chainsaw artist. Elias wilbur hasnt gotten to see the sculpture in person yet. His illness has kept him too weak to move. But, thanks to photos he has gotten to know that his last wish has been fulfilled. Elias and dont forget to nominate someone who you think is a hero. Local 5 is proud to be a sponsor of the heroes game on november 27th and we want to honor a hero during the game. Just tell their story at we are during the game. Just tell their story at we are iowa dot com. Look for the icon in the dont miss section. Elias sam is back now. Sam ill have your now, we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts sam weather adlib after so many days of dry weather, iowa has changed things up with a couple different rounds of storms throughout this week. Today we are going back to being dry for most of the day, but we might see a few showers late this afternoon in far western iowa. Temperatures today are going to be cooler with highs in the mid 60s and lows tonight in the mid 50s. Overnight tonight well see clouds really fill in with scattered thundershowers moving in from the west. Friday is still the best day for a soak across the state as we see rain continue to move in from the west across central iowa heaviest during the morning and into the afternoon. We are looking cool and dry through the weekend with highs falling into the low 60s. Next week we have a couple more rain chances during the middle of the week with 50s back in the forecast towards the end of the week. Sam elias this week is National TeenDriver Safety week. And there is stunning new research about the dangers of stunning new research about the dangers of distracted driving saying drivers can go the length of three football fields without paying attention to the road even after they stop the distracting activity. Abcs david kerley explains youve seen the video. Of teen drivers texting. Using their devices. Then losing control. Nat from aaa b roll teen skidding after texing tbd, from march study this morning. New research says. The distraction from devices. And even talking to your cars entertainment system. 36nat from aaa broll man driving contact joel cooper. Oh, whoa can last long after you stop using them. 24 nat from aaa broll woman in back seat watch out oh its green. No, yup. Aaa. Found that even after stopping the activity. Drivers remained distracted for up to another 27 seconds. Traveling at 25 miles an hour. Thats going the length of three football fields without paying attention to the road sot from intv 03 59 00 49 nehemiah alright, bye. Kerley alright, so i hung up. And this is the time where you think im still not really engaged in the driving. Strayer thats right butted to 03 47 01 58 strayer . Youre kind of in this distraction bubble. When you hang up, it takes time for that to clear. The researchers also found. That there is a generational divide. The older generation. Having more trouble talking to their car. And driving. 30 nat from aaa broll older woman driving ohmygd, i guess that is a stop sign woo 03;43;23;45 sot from intv strayer what we find is the Young Drivers tend to be the early adopters, the people who bring the cellphone in, to text and do selfies ten car enterntianment systems. And three phone voice systems were tested. Some were better than others. Nat from intv 3 53 39 kerley fm. Car computer voice you are now listening to fm. Some downright frustrating. Nat from aaa broll tbd calling dell gfx statement the auto alliance. Which represents auto makers. Hasnt seen the study but says the systems allow drivers to keep their hands on the wheel. And eyes on the road. Elias still to come on local five news midday. Well have the Animal Rescue league here with us to talk about adopting pets. And new rules for credit cards means new scams well explain and have much more on your money. Stick with us. Elias about the arl about arl the Animal Rescue elias about the arl about arl league of iowa arl is iowas largest nonprofit animal shelter, caring for many thousands of pets each year. The arl serves people and pets from across the state of iowa through its programs, which include pet adoption, Humane Education, pet behavior training, spay neuter, animal cruelty intervention and much more. History the arl has grown dramatically since its founding in 1926 expanding its programs that serve both people and Homeless Animals across iowa. The most obvious growth is the number of animals the arl provides shelter and care for each year. Intakes have increased from a few thousand animals a decade ago to more than 15,000 animals in 2013. Through our Proactive Community outreach and spay neuter programs, in the past few years we have begun to see a decrease in the number of animals we care for, but our work is far from over. Other areas of growth include the arls programs designed specifically to address the reasons animals end up in shelters, including spay neuter, behavior training, and Humane Education programs. The arls positive reinforcement Training Program has expanded to offer yearround classes, as well as free behavior advice for dogs, cats, rabbits and other pets. The shelter continues to spay and neuter all dogs, cats, rabbits, ferrets and pigs that are adopted from our shelter. In addition to the animals that come through the arls doors, the arl also serves the people of iowa through its many services. Mission to promote animal welfare, strengthen the humananimal bond, and prevent the overpopulation of pets. Youre watching local 5 news midday in youre watching local 5 news midday in hd. We are iowa elias on your money now elias if legos will be part of your holiday gift giving. There may be a good reason to shop soon. The danish toymaker says it will run short of its iconic plastic bricks this christmas. A spokesman said shortages are likely to affect parts of europe, but did not elaborate. Business has been booming at lego in recent years, thanks in part to the popularity of elias diet coke may be the big loser in the cola wars. Sales of the soda plunged eight percent around the globe during the Third Quarter of this year. That follows steep declines for diet coke in the first half of this year. Diet drinks have struggled amid concerns that their artificial ingredients make them less healthy than advertised. Pepsi responded by removing the sweetener aspartame from diet pepsi. But coke continues to use the sweetener in diet coke. Elias now a federal agency warns of scammers capitalizing on new rules in the credit card industry. Karin caifa kay fuh explains, the credit card industry is currently in the midst of a massive change swapping the classic stripe and swipe, for new, chipenabled cards aimed at offering better card security. Last month, before a key date, industry analyst matt schulz of creditcardsdotcom said it was likely to be confusing, and slow. matt schulz, creditcards. Com senior industry analyst its the biggest change in the way we use credit cards in decades, and people arent ready yet. Theres a lot of confusion out there. The recent incentive for banks to get new cards to consumers on october first, the major Credit Card Networks shifted fraud liability to whichever side of the transaction hasnt yet made an upgrade to new technology the bank or the retailer. But not everyone has a chipenabled card yet and now the federal trade Commission Warns that scammers are capitalzing on confusion the ftc says scammers are sending fake emails that seem to be from a credit card issuer