live in the studio, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. nikki: des moines police are investigating shots fired in the south side. around 2:20 this morning, a witness told police she was sitting on her porch when she heard several gunshots. she saw two white men in a white chevy or gmc pickup take off eastbound on watrous avenue to southwest 14th street... she said they fired more shots while driving away. police found a shell casing near the area. no one was hurt in the shooting. nikki: around iowa.... a three year old boy is recovering from his injuries... after police believe he fell from a second story window. investigators say it happened near south 9th street and 6th avenue in council bluffs this morning. medics transported the boy to the university of nebraska medical center for treatment... council bluffs police say he was conscious when they picked him up. the x ray scans were negative for any major injuries. the incident is under investigation. nikki: a customers stop through the burger king drive through... resulted in one employ

live in the studio, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. jack: team members say the virus does not make pork unsafe for you to eat. and it cannot spread from pigs to people. jack: coming up on local 5 sports, meet a member of the iowa wild hockey team who's battled his whole life to get where he is, both on and off the ice. stephanie: then there's some pretty clear cutoffs for the next republican debate.. tonight who failed to make the cut. brad: ((ad lib weather toss)) take sot tomorrow on good morning iowa... it's friday so local five heads to the movies... we get a look at the latest james bond movie... and a well-loved comic strip jumps to the big screen ... plus, your weekend forecast... we're looking at a dry, sunny, and cool take sot tomorrow on good morning iowa... it's friday so local five heads to the movies... we get a look at the "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" brad: weather adlib: we did it again today- we reached the 70s

in ames, jacob peklo, local five news. we are stephanie: in addition to the partnership with cutters, the industrial design students are also partnered with tupperware, boeing and . pretty cool opportunity for those students. jack: another round of high school football playoffs tonight. here's local 5 sports director jon schaeffer live at johnston high school. jon? jon: thanks jack the valley tigers and johnston dragons are getting ready to battle it out in a little over an hour and half. the dragons are a little bit of a surprise being here in the quarterfinals. it's the furthest they've been in 4a history. now they will try to upset a valley team that hasn't won a state title since 2011. they were back in the dome in 2013 but came up short. valley entered the season as number one but two losses dropped them in johnston is at number 9 and very dangerous after they knocked off centennial last week-- the jags beat valley in the regular season and johnston is playing with a lot of confidence right now. jack: watch local 5 ne

in ames, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. jack: in addition to the partnership with cutters, the industrial design students are also aligned with tupperware and boeing. some big business company for a bunch of kids who haven't even graduated yet. good luck! jack: now moving back to the last round of high school football playoffs before state. our sports team is working hard to bring you high lights, scores and more from playoff games across from playoff games across the state. tonight, we have nine games on deck. jack: in 4a, lewis central takes on dowling catholic in 4a, lewis central takes on dowling catholic at williams stadium. and valley will take on johnston. in 3a norwalk taking on dc-g. pella is at davenport assumption. and webster city goes on the road to sb-l. in 2a south tama county is at albia. this is a battle between number one and two in class 2a should be a great game. in 1a, van meter goes on the road to south central calhoun. in class a lynnville sully will head to mount ayr. mount ayr made it to the dome la

jacob peklo, reporting: "so, a lot of?" stephen dingman, neighbor: "yeah, i mean really fast, so you couldn't really sit and count them, but they were really fast." neighbors say it's gotten a lot busier, and far more crowded since the switch to a nightclub. diann weinman, neighbor: "yeah, neighborhood bar. people coming in and shooting pool and that was it. it was that way for years, but not now." early sunday morning, police were called to the nightclub after a report that a fight outside had gotten out of control. sgt. brandon bracelin, polk county sheriff's department: "when the gunshots were going off, people were dispersing. i'm sure they were scared, so that reduced the number of people. we went in there and were able, people were pointing to the victim and we were able to find him." despite the fact that so many people were still outside, police have had a hard time figuring out what led to a man getting shot. sgt. brandon bracelin, polk county sheriff's department: "i think the main thing that makes this case diffi

local five's jacob peklo has more from waukee. kori young, parent: "the timing couldn't have been worse to come pick up the kids." students at waukee elementary school were forced to stay after school a little longer on wednesday. hannah wheeler, waukee elementary student: "they said it's going to pick up a lot of wind." instead of boarding the buses, the school kept them inside their classrooms until the storm passed through the area. jared johnson, parent: "we actually live about five blocks away, and there was a little bit of hail, little pieces of ice hail and the rain was coming down pretty good, and the wind was blowing stuff around pretty good." students say some of their classmates were more worried than others. hannah wheeler, waukee elementary student: "i felt a little bit scared, and worried about my sister." it's why the line of cars spilled into the street, right after the storm had passed. but many parents say it was worth a little inconvenience for them to keep things running on a somewhat normal schedule for their

local 5's jacob peklo joins us now with more on why they were here. jacob? jacob: that's right. people came here from all over the country. some flew here, others made drives of ten hours or more to get the chance to testify at today's hearing. some people have monetary stakes in this project but the vast doing it for the laborers. "gary speegle spent 8 hours in his car, traveling from tulsa, boone, iowa, for thursday's hearing. gary speegle, tulsa, ok: "every major pipeline that comes through the midwest comes into cushing, and then it travels out speegle says the major asset for oklahoma, and that the work in cushing project can work in iowa. ok: "the misunderstanding is that the pipelines leak. now, granted, 30-40-50 years ago, they had bad pipe. but with the technology that they unheard of. but it's not just oklahoma that's from as far away as texas and alaska also testified on thursday in favor of the pipeline. and laborers in the midwest want to make sure that the jobs stay local, instead of sending them far away. megan hardy, bellevue, ne: "a lot of times people could be

local five's jacob peklo has been on campus throughout the day today..... trying to soak in some of that atmosphere. he joins us live now from outside drake's sheslow auditorium. jacob stephanie, jack, it's a little more quiet tonight, but that's more of a calm before the storm type of deal. i'm standing in front of old main right now, which is the backdrop for all of the events tomorrow. if you want to call this event a circus, you wouldn't be exaggerating. some people i talked to say this is one of the biggest buildups you'll see for a political showdown. signs, and twitter, and bulldogs...oh my. it's an indication that the political circus is coming to town. rachel paine caufield, political science professor: "i wouldn't say circus because it seems...okay, maybe i would, circuses are well organized and this is surprisingly well organized." while the tents are a sign of the heavy security that'll be in place on saturday, there's still a lot more that meets the eye. kevin bell, drake university: "it's just those odd things that happen around campus. you kn

live in the studio, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. nikki: moving now to your local election headquarters the attacks in paris have presidental candidates talking... following yesterdays big debate... hillary clinton and martin o'malley stopped by the central iowa democrat's fall barbeque in ames... nikki: the barbeque was held at the hansen agriculture student learning center on isu campus. the candidates touched on many subjects including the economy, education and climate change. hillary clinton took some time to address the attacks in paris. "there is so much at stake in this election the attacks in paris as i said last night at the debate are a sobering reminder of the challenges and the threats that we face and the importance of american leadership the hard truth of our time we need to own is this 70 percent of us are earning the same or today than we were 12 years ago that is not the way our to work that is not the way our country is supposed to work. " nikki: the barbeque is held by five different county democrat groups. thousa

live in the studio, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. stephanie: everyone has their favorite disney movie. some prefer the classics, others lean more towards the computer animated features that began in 1995 with disney's toy story. the cutting edge film was a box office smash. the series is still a hit today for one 7-year-old who - thanks to a family in ankeny - recently took a trip to andy's room. elias johnson reports. nat - music 'toy story' movie open "you got a friend in me..." its nearly improssible to find a child who doesn't like disney's 'toy story' but you'd be lucky to find one who loves the franchise as much as 7-year-old camry cole nat "let's have ourselves a rooting, tooting good time! -hahahaha! elias: you've got yourself a bit of a toy story enthusiast..." lezie cole says: -that'd be an understatement, truly an understatement camry's mom, lezlie says the infatuation with the movie goes beyond watching each of the three installments on tv lezie cole says: she loves it to the point she wants her room painted like that, sh

nikki: local 5's jacob peklo has their story. one week ago, rebecca sonnenburg and her family received a phone call that was their worst nightmare. rebecca sonnenburg, daughter: "my father was the one who was dead on arrival, and my uncle died being transported to the hospital." she says this intersection at hubbell and east 37th street has a number of problems. rebecca sonnenburg, daughter: "speed, no stoplights. there's no crosswalk. it's just a free for all drag race zone." family members say the corner has been problematic for a long time, and they want to see a change before it's too late. tamara cox, niece: "we were turning in here and we almost got rear-ended ourselves." randy sonnenburg, son: "they need something here. when they were doing construction, they had lights. they worked. where are they at now?" on sunday night, exactly one week after the deadly crash, family members gathered near their memorial to hold a vigil. and the hope is that something can be done, to protect others from a similar experience. rebecca son

jack: jacob peklo was at the scene and with more. jacob. jacob: driving down the interstate your eyes on the you, you might crash. signs warned drivers that traffic was shut down more than a mile away from the actual site. and it's still that a car could go where this one did. jacob: around 5-45 tonight, neighbors tell me they heard a loud bang, near the martin luther king overpass. fire crews rushed to the scene. officials say they had to cut open the car to rescue the three passengers. they were all taken to the hospital, with non life- threatening injuries, a surprise for those who witnessed the crash. jason lillethun, des moines: " all i saw was two cars sitting on the side of the ramp, didn't notice the one on the side of the ramp at the time, but it didn't sound like a car jacob: none of the names of the people in the car are being released at this time. the cause of the crash is under investigation by the des moines police department. live in the studio, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. stephanie: we could have some treache

local five's jacob peklo joins us now with more. jacob: hundreds of volunteers spent their morning...prepari ng meals for families in need. but now, one former homeless man has made it back on his feet, and is giving to those who have the greatest needs. and he never wants to forget the changes that he's made. terry gable remembers hitting rock bottom. terry gable, intake coordinator: "while sitting in eight days of jail, i decided i'd had enough of that old life, and wanted something new." after battling an addiction to drugs and alcohol, he joined the program at hope ministries, designed to help people get their lives back on track. terry gable, intake coordinator: "after turning my life over, it completely changed. it transformed my whole life for me and my family." now, six years after first volunteering to work here, he's got a full time job. and when he sees more than 200 other people giving their time on this thanksgiving day, he knows firsthand how it can make a big difference. here and ate, myself, when i was running around

in the studio, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. " nikki: a man is recovering from a stab wound after a fight at a metro bar... according to the des moines police report a man and his girlfriend were at scores bar on hickman when another man insulted the woman... that led to an arguement... the victim says he and his girlfriend left the bar...and were followed by their attacker... eventually the victim says he got out of his car to resolve the situation...and thats when the other man stabbed him. the victim told police his attacker then got into his car and took off... while the victim went to mercy hospital for treatment for his wounds... the case is still under investigation... nikki: a burger king employee says he was assaulted by two customers last night inside the resturant... it happened yesterday on south east 14th the employee said two black males entered he recognized them to be the same people that allegedly tresspassed at the resturant a the employee told police he leave, and he was the face and taken to the