byyou're watching kcrg-tv9. now,w, from your 24 hour news source, this is ??? . you could see the flames for miles. a fire reduced a church to rubble overnight. one person was sent to the hospital, and two were taken away in handcuffs, after what cedar rapids police call a "targeted crime." and we'll look at how republican presidential candidates handled the "elephant in the room.... or the lack there of... without donald trump atatast night's debate. first, here's a live look outside at our city cam. we saw a very nice day outside yesterday... so what does that mean for us today? let's go to meteorologis t kaj o'mara for our first check on the forecast. everyone seems to want to talk about the tuesday storm system. while that one will probably be significant here, we cannot overlook the tential for mixed precipitation in iowa first. this is possible from late saturday

should be a brief lull in the action on monday with only a small chance of mixed precipitation late on monday. should mixed precipitation fall on caucus-goers, it seems it would be very isolated. the main show looks to arrive on tuesday with heavy snow, strong wind, and cold air to follow by wednesday. while still too early to get into amounts, this will very likely be a storm of high impact in the area. please stay tuned as we move through the weekend.toda y: partly cloudy high: 35-41 winds: se 5-15 alo: 35 dbq: 35 iow: 39tonight: mostly cloudy low: 25-31 wids: - w 5-15 alo: 28 dbq: 28 iow: 29tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 39-45 winds: sw 5-15 alo:40 dbq: 40 iow: 43tomorrow night: light mix late low: 30-36 nds: s 5-10 alo: 31 dbq: 3232 iow: 33 thanks kaj. the clean up process will soon begin after a chuhuh burned to the ground. firefighters were called to the old saint peter lutheran church in lamont... this was around 6:30 last night. it's on oak street, just east of east street. multiple fire departments were called in to help. the church was no longer used for services.

they did not believe anyone was inside when the fire started. investigators have not said yet what started the fire or said how much the damages cost. no one was hurt at shakespeare's pub and grill in iowa city when a fire started there. firefighters were called out shortly before 10 yesterday morning at 8- 19 south first avavue. that's across from the hy- vee. the fire caused some damage inside the building. when you see news, you can tell s about it by calling newsline nine at 319-365-9999. you can also send us pictures and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. potential caucus goers in iowa had one final chance to hear the republican presidential candidates s bate the issues when they took the stage in des moines. their goal - cut in on donald trump's lead in recent polls. kcrg t-v nine's jacqueline policastro was there and has a recap of the event. jacqueline policastro/de s moines, iowa @ :00 the republican presidential candidates battled it out - spping into the spotlight. here's first

sots sot ted cruz/ presidential candidate @ :08"i'm a maniac, and everyone on this stage is stupid fat and ugly. and ben you're a terrible surgeon. now that we've gotten the donald trump portiononut of the way." " sot jeb bush/ presidential candidate @ :22"i kinda miss donald trump, he was a little teddy bear to me. we always had such a loving relationship during these debates." sot marco rubio/ presidential candidate @ :28"i will unite this party, and we will defeat hillary clinton and we will turn this country around." sot chris christie/ presidential candidate @ :33"i've been held accountable for six years as the governor of new jersey. and with a democratic legislature, i've gotten conservative things done. that's what i'll do as president. sot john kasich/ presidential candidate @ :43"there's three l lnes, theres the establishment lane, the anti- establishment lane and then there's the john kasich lane." sot ben carson/ presidential candidate @ :48"i'll gladly confess that i'm the only one with no political title. you're not going to hear a lot of polished political speech from me. sot rand paul/ presidential candidate @ :57 "we're going to do very well in iowa with the liberty vote." sot ted cruz/ presidential candidate @ 1:00"if you guys ask one more mean question, i may have to leave the stage." sot marco rubio/ presidential candidate @ 1:06"don't worry i'm not leaving the stage no matter what you ask me."

moines, iowa @ 1:13 all of the candidates will be here hosting events throughout the weekend ahead of the caucus. soon we will find o o if tonight's debate has any impact on voters here in iowa. in des moines, i'm jacqueline policastro kcrg trump introduction music meanwhile, donald trump held his own event in des moines at drake university. hundreds came to the event. trums campaign says it held the event to stand up to fox news, while also raising funds for wounded veterans. "for me persrsally is it a good thing? a bad thing? will i get more votes or bad? nobody knows. you're going to like it because we raised over $5 million in one day. over $5 million in one day. " presidential candidates rick santorum and mike huckabee took part in the fox news undercard debate that happened earlier in the night. they then stopped by trump's event. the candidates will keepep pushing with visits leading up to the caucuses on monday. here's a look at some of the events in eastern iowa.

p-m at the university club at the university of iowa. from there he goes to mount pleasant. john kasich will hold at town hall meeting at 11:30 this morning at the national czech and slovak museum and library in cedar rapids. carly fiorina is holding town halls and a meet and greet. she starts here day at noon in marion at the lowe park community center, goes to the sweet spot in independence at 3:30, and will be at the vet's club in waukon at 6:30. and from the democrats, hillary clinton at the five flags center in dubuque at 3:45. from there she goes to davenport. there's good news and bad news when it comes to caucus participation in iowa. the good news s turnout is increasing. but the bad news - it's still a lot less than election turnout. that's according to a coe college political science professor. bruce nesmith says the last two republican caucuses tallied around 120-thousand attendees. and the best guess for the 2008 caucuses for democrats was somewhere around 200- thousand. to put that in perspective,

for governor branstad in 2014 was 664-thousand. presidential elections draw in even more voters. "mitt romney was the republican candidate for president in 2012, ananhe got 730,000 votes in iowa, not enough to get the electoral votes. but again, multiple times what the caucus turnout was." stay with us monday night for complete caucus coverage. starting at 8 on 9 point 2, we'll have team coverage from des moines, across eastern iowa and expert analysis. at 9, our coverage turns to our main channelelkcrg t-v nine and goes through our 10 o'clock news. we're still awaiting information from cedar rapids police on what they call a targeted crime that sent a man to the hospital with a gunshot wound. ooicers responded in f fl protective gear and shields to 385 15th street se around 3:45 p-m yesterday. k-9 units also responded. around 6 p-m, a tactical team shined lights on twoo men, yelling at them to get their hands up.

home where the shooting happened earlier in the day. both men were handcuffed and escorted fom the scene. police have not said if the 2 were arrested. we'll bring you the latest information when it becomes available. on drunk driving, the national transportatio n safety board issued the changes they would like to see this year. that includes dropping the e gal blood alcohol limit to point zero five percent. at point oh five, that means a 170 pound man would hit that limit when he drinks three beers in an hour on an empty ststach. one iowa city police officer says law enforcement isn't pushing for such a change now. " it's clearly up to legislators to decide what law they want and have law enforcement enforce however any law designed for public safety ofoficers would be suppopoive of that initiative." lawmakers dropped the legal limit to its current level of point zero eight 13 years ago.

resulul of recent testing provide e em with answers onon what led to his death. sash's mother and brother spoke on e-s-p-n's "outside the lines" yesterday. sash's family donated his brain to the concussion legacy foundation, which confirmed he suffered from c-t-e. it's a degenerative brain disease brought on by trauma from incidents like concussions. the 27 year old suffered several concussions while playing for both the iowa hawkeyes and, in the nfl,l, with the new york giants. sash's mother says the diagnosis explains his behavior right before he died last september. " it was clarity, you know it helped us understand what was going on. things seemed to make sense when we realized the parts of the brain that were affected " "i think he was kind of caught in a situation wpere he didn't know what to do, he was not feelininright and he knew hehe didn't feel right, didn't feel like he could perform the same way that he could before but he felt like if i don't, they'll call somebody else and i don't have a job. " before sash's death, he had been

ffm bouts of confusion, memory loss, and minor fits of temper. those are common symptoms of c-t-e. iowa congressman dave loebsack is sponsoring a bill to help an iowa city pastor return to iowa. max villatoro is a husband and father of four. immigration and customs enforcement arrested and deported him last year. it was part of a national sweep of more than two- thousand undocumented immigrants who had been convicted of crimes. this is video of villatororin honduras after his deportation. in 1999, he was was convicted of drunk driving and tampering with records. that was before he became a pastor in iowa city. . villlloro's story sparked demonstrations after his arrest, and thousands of people signed petitions to bring him back. congressman loebsack's bill would give villlatoro a permanent resident status in thehe-s. they're called "launch pads"... and they're designed to make learning interactive and fun for kids. the hand held tablets can now

cedar rapids public library. each pad has ii own set of educational apps and themes like science, math, and reading. no internet connection is necessary. library members say the technology opens a whole new world of learning. "a lot of us take for granted thahawe have access to thth kind of technology that's out there and there's so much out there and there's much available to people. what this does is put a specific kind of technology in the hands of our youngest customers, while they're learning."." grants frfr companies like i-t-c paid for the 107 launchpads -- which can be checked out for 14 days at a time. new this morning, an arican is sentenced to 20 years ininrison in south korea. we'll look at the crime he committed. the situation surrounding the mosquito spread illness, the zika virus, is much worse than first thought. experts say the problem's quickly exploding. ming up in our next half hour, we'll look at the changes made at the humane society in dubuque that's sharply dropped its

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storm system. while that one will probably be significant here, we cannot overlook the potential for mixed

possible from late saturday night through sunday. there should be a brief lull in the action on monday with only a small chance of mixed precipitation late on monday. should mixed precipitation fall on caucus-goers, it seems it would be veryry isolated. the main show looks to arrive on tuesday with heavy snow, strong wind, and cold air to follow by wednesday. while still too early to get into amounts, this will very likely be a storm of high impact in the area. please stay tuned as we move through the weekend.toda y: partly cloudy high: 35-41 winds: se 5-15 alo: 35 dbq: 35 iow: 39tonight: mostly cloudy low: 25-31 winds: - w 5-15 alo: 28 dbq: 28 iow: 29tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 39-45 winds: sw 5-15 alo: 40 dbq: 40

nigg: light mix late ll: 30-36 winds: s 5-10 alo: 31 dbq: 32 iow: 33 thanks kaj. everyone seems to want to talk about the tuesday storm system. while thth one will probably be significant here, we cannot overlook the potential for mixed precipitation in iowa first. this is possible from late saturday night through sunday. there shouou be a brief lull in n e action on monday with only a small chance of mixed precipitation late on monday. should mixed precipitation fall on caucus-goers, it seems it would be very isolated. the mama show looks to arrive on tuesday with heavypsnow, strong wind, and cold air to follow by wednesday. while still too early to get into amounts, this will very likely be a storm of high impact in the area. please stay tuned as we move through the weekend.toda y: partly cloudy high: 35-41 winds: se 5-15 alo: 35 dbq: 35 iow: 39tonight: mostly cloudy low: 25-31 winds: - w 5-15 alo: 28 dbq:q: 28 iow:

winds: sw 5-15 alo: 40 dbq: 40 iow: 43tomorrow night: light mix late low: 30-36 winds: s 5-10 alo: 31 dbq: 32 iow: 33 thanks kaj. mcdonald's is seeing so much success with their r l day breakfast, they're about to expand those optionon and get ready to see barbie in a whole new way. we'll learn about the dozens of design

the world health organization has called an emergency meeting to address mounting concerns over the zika virus. expectant mothers are particularly at risk, with officials stopping short of directly linking zika to birth defects. cases of developmenta l problems in newborns are on the rise as the illness sweeps through central and south america. now, fear about the virus is spreading to the u-s. reid binion reports. director-general margaret chan "the level of alarm is extremely high. we need some to get some answers quickly."world health organization director general margaret chan... ....warning thursday that the mosquito-born zika virus is quote "now spreading explosively." director-general margaret chan "the possible links only recently suspected have rapidly changed the risk profile of zika from a mild threat to one of alarming proportions." with 3 to 4 million cases of the mosquito-born illness estimated in he ameecas in a 12-momoth period, concern is mounting in the u.s. some 80 percent of those infected report not even feeling ill... ...as the virus silently strikes its most vulnerable victims: pregnant women and

"it is a very, very severe risk in pregnant women."in areas where the virus has arrived, there has been an increase in babies born with abnormally small heads which can cause severe developmental issues and sometimes death. "microcephaly can lead to lifelong neurological problems that can range from mild to very serious."there are no medicines to treat those infected with zika, and no vaccines to prevent it.... ....although u.s. officials say clinical trials on a vaccine could begin this year. i'm reid binion, reporting. an american will spend 20 years in prison for fatally stabbinina south korean university student in seoul. arthur patterson was sentenced overnight. he was extradited in september, 16 years after fleeing to the u-s. patterson killed the student at a burger king in n 1997. he was originally sentenced to 18 months for destroying evidence in the case. when he was freed in a special amnesty, patterson ran off as authorities launched a new wnvestigation. two days of sunshine -- can we press our luck for a

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now, one last look at this morning's weather, kaj... about the tuesday storm system. while that one will probably be significant here, we cannot overlook the potential for first. this is possible from late saturday should be a brief lull in the action on monday with precipitation precipitation fall on caucus-goers, it seems it would be very isolated. the main show looks to arrive on tuesday with heavy snow, strong wind, a cold air to follow by wednesday. while still too early to get into amounts, this will very likely be a storm of high impact in the area. ease stay tuned as we move through the weekend.toda y: partly cloudy high: 35-41 winds: se 5-15 alo: 35 dbq: 35 iow: 39tonight: mostly cloudy low: 25-31 winds: - w 5-15 alo: 28 dbq: 28 iow: 29tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 39-45 winds: sw 5-15 alo: 40 dbq: 40 iow: 43tomorrow night: light mix late low: 30-36 winds: s 5-10 alo: 31 dbq: 32 iow: 33 abc's reena ninan and kendis gibson have this morning's america's money.

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