was not t option for one iowa woman. she would see this big moment no matter how sick she was. good monday morning! its 430 on february 1st. here is a live look k . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... we are starting off with some morning fog of frost or ice on area roads. the fog should lift around mid to late morning, but with more clouds coming in from the west, we'll likely see more clouds than sun today. caucus weather looks mostly cloudy sky and temperatures into the lower and middle 30s. after midnight, our storm system will lift in from the southwest. this is a very of very heavy snow initially lifting up into eastern iowa, then a trnsition to rain and possible thunderstorms may occur before going back to snow once again for the evening and overnight. snow amounts s ill range from little to none over

exceeding 6". strong wind will kick in as east. thanks kaj. the iowa caucuses are just hours away. with so many people heading out to the caucus locations, both parties agree parking will be an issue. kcrg-tv nine's brea love joins us at the desk this morning. brea, why are the parties concerned? well, chris and nicole there are so many locations for the parties to manage and a lot of people. there are more thaha50 caucus llations in johnson county alone. large crowd sizes from 2008, forced the parties to think of bigger locations for this year, but it still might not be enough. due to o maller towns lackkg a central community building, there are about a half dozen locations both democrats and republicans will have to share. with multiple pple using one

spot won't be eaea. party chaiai john deeth and bill keettel coordinated together on this issue. they are asking everyone to think about their transportatio n before they leave home. "we're giving cab companies and other places a heads up, that you could have a very veryryusy night so you might want to have some extra people on hand, people should plan ahead for their caucus night transportation, and you should really set aside most of you evening because the caucus can take a little bit of time." the parties also urge everyone wanting to caucus to check their polling locations. they say it may not be your polling place, and it also might not be a place you've the past. we have a link to the caucus locations in johnson county under this story on our website kcrg dot com. another thingor people to keep in mind, chris and nicole, is to try to get to soon as possible. that's right, thanks a lot brea. location yet, you can go to a website t& depending on your party affiliation. the caucuses start tonight at 7. if u're a democrat, you can

location by typing your address into a website. that's at iowa democrats.or g. if you're a registered republican you first have to find your precinct location. then by using that, you can find the place to caucus. you can find both at iowa g-o-p.org. for replican caucus goers in cedar rapids, a presidential candidate will be joining you. kentucky senator rand paul is going to be at the double tree by hilton tonight. he plans on being there as soo as the caucuses start at 7. the republican frontrunner is making a couple ofoftops in eastern iowa today. donald trump will meet with supporters in waterloo at the ramada hotel and convention center has a campaign stop hilton hotel in cedar rapids. that gets underway at 1:30. former vice presidential candidate sarah palin will in him there. the former alaska governor recently endorsed trump. trump will spend caucus night in west des moines. trump spoke with supporters yesterday in sioux city. his wife and daughter joined him there. trump

who is polling in second place, according to the latest poll of caucus-goers. trump said it was time to take back the white house. "1:07 you haven't had a winner in iowa in 16 years. we're going to have a winner. you better believe it. we're going to have a winner. that's a bad spell .16 years that's a lot of years. " ted cruz will also make a pre-caucus stop in eastern iowa today. the texas senator will hold a rally at the grace baptist church in marion around 4:30 pm. then he goes to des moines for the rest of caucus night. . despite trump's lead in recent iowa polling, cruz remains optimistic heading into caucus night. he met with supporters in iowa city and then in davenport. he says he believes he will do well in iowa today - and in other states lalaer on. "1:38 i'm here today with a word of hope and encouragement. all across the state of iowa and across the country, people are waking up. there is a srit of awakening and revival sweeping across this country "

des moines. marco rubio will be at the des marriott starting at 8 o'clock tonight. the florida senator brought his campaign to cedar falls and cedar rapids yesterday. his message focused on repealing obamacare and securing u-s borders. he also says whoever ws the eventual nomination for the g-o-p needs to unini conservatives. 07:35:33 "if you caucus for me and i am our next nominee, i movement, i will grow the conservative movement. we will defeat the democrats, we will turn our country around andndddress our issues and we will unite america too." eyes all across the country will be on iowa tonight. news organizations, including our own, will be covering the results as they come in. kcrg-tv9's washington bureau chief jacqueline policastro shows us the set up for tonight in des moines. jacqueline p/licastro/de s moines, iowa @ :01 good morning from des moines iowa. reporters from across the globe will be

results roll in. let me give you a look around. you can see down here on the ground floor the area where journalists will monitoring the caucus results. and then as we pan up, the space where television reporters will deliver the results. this year, there's some new technology, some new cell phone apps that will allow both parties to deliver caucus results directly to the head of the party. right now, donald trump leads ted cruz by 5 points, and hillary clinton leads bernie sanders by 3 points. the caucus starts at 7pm. reporting in des moines, ia, i'm jacqueline policastro. and we encourage you to stay with us tonight for all the caucus coverage. we'll have reporters live in des moines and across eastern iowa, along with expert analysis. we'll broadcast live from 8 to 9 p-m on kcrg 9.2. then from 9 all the way through our 10 p-m news, we'll be live right here on our main channel, t-v9. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. two adults in dubuque are charged with child endangerment after a 2- year-old was shot last month. 25-year-old raven harris is in the dubuque county jail this morning. she has been charged with child endangerment with a serious injury and

ddendent person. 29-year-old willie horsley senior has also been charged with child endangerment. he has bonded out of jail. dubuque police say on the night of january 3rd, the two-yeye-old boy either shot himself or another child shot him. police the bullet hit the boy in the jaw. he was with his family who were living in a commercial building at 942 main street in dubuque.e. a waterloo man faces new charges for a shooting on new year's eve that injured one person. according to the waterloo cedar falls courier, police initially arrested 22- year-old kristopher spates jr on a number of weapons charges. now they've added a charge of willful injury causing serious injury for shooting a man in the leg that night. back on january 1st, police were called to a nightclub around 2 in the morning. when they arrived, they heard gunshots in the alley between lafayette and sycamore streets. police arrested 3 people that night. spates was one of them. family and friends are

county supervisor tom hancock. hancock's close friend, ric jones, tells tv-9 hancock suddenly died saturday night. hancock has been a dubuque county supervisor since he was elected in 2014. before that, h hwas an iowa senator from 2005 to 2013. hancock had also served with the epworth volunteer fire department for 45 years, including as chief for 16 years. he was 67 years old. a woman's poor health almost caused her to miss her daughter's wedding day. but her daughter decided to change the venue to accommodate. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders has the story. the story of kelsea and shane prather, the bride and groom up there, began at a mall.through friends, the two were encouraged mom, misty people in her you sure he's going to be at the mall? i said, yes, he said he's going to be there. sure enough, he was

the first time we met." fast forward about eight ars, kelsea and shane decided to spend the rest of their lives together. they were e anning on getting married. but tragedy struck in august. misty had a heart attack and suffered severe complications. she's now stuck in a wheelchair, too sick to leave the hospital. hospice is being considered. it's hard for kelsea to take. "my mom and i have this special bond that no one can break. it's almost hard to describe." that powerful bond gave kelsea an idea. after nearly losing her mom about a month ago, kelsea decided she was going to have the wedding at university of iowa hospitals and clinics, where her mom is staying. nat things came together quick, decorations, refreshments hair and make up. what takes some`more than a year to plan had to happen in a matter of weeks. "it was a little bit of a challenge, but it took a village to do." jeremy hudson has been a chaplain at hospitals for nine years. he said this is kind of thing is rare. he's only taken part in one other hospital wedding in his entire career. "i think it's a wonderful opprtunity to really have something positive for a family has a lot of challenges." the ceremony went off without a hitchhbut the moment that stole the show wasn't this kiss between bride and groom nat it was this one between a mother and daughter. misty can't speak because of her condition, but she wrote this on a piece of paper and showed it to her daughter. it read, "i'm so glad we went to the mall." and kelsea so glad her mom could make it to one of thth be ys of heelife. "it felt azing andnderful." ndidewill finally get

answers on where they s snd with votersrs the country is watching as iowans go out to caucus tonight. down to the battle of the best. one man walks away with the big trophy for this year's australian open -- where it's nice and warm m is time of the year. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good morning!

that may deposit a light layer of frost or ice on area roads. the fog should lift around mid to late morning, but with more clouds coming in fm the west,t,e'll likely see more clouds than sun today. caucus weather looks just fine with mostly cloudy sky and temperatures into the lower and middle 30s. after midnight, our storm system will

thisiss a very complicateded system with a band of very heavy snow initially lifting up into eastern iowa, then a tranntion to rain and possible thunderstorms may occur before going back to snow once again for the evening and overnight. snow amounts will range from little to none over the southern half of the area, with areas to the north likely exceeding 6". strong wind will kick in as the system pulls away to the east. thanks kaj. we are starting off with some morning fog

roads. the fog should lift around mid to late morning, but with more clouds coming in from the west, we'll likely see more clouds than sun today. caucus weather looks just fine with mostly cloudy sky and temperatures into the lower and middle 30s. after midnightour storm system will lift in from the southwest. this is a very complicated system with a band of very heavy snow initially lifting up into eastern iowa, then a transition to rain and possible

going back to snow once again for the evening and overnight. snow amounts will range from little to none over the southerhalf of the area, with areas to the north likely exceeding 6". strong wind will kick in as the system pulls away to the east. thanks kaj. the serbian tennis player, novak djokovic, has won the australian open. this is him with the trophy making it his 11th major title win. the world's top-ranked

sets, with the last coming to a tie breaker. djokovic has now won the a record. burger king is expanding the size of their burgers. but this time they aren't stacking it up higher, but expanding horizontally. more coming up in today's

the 2016 presidential nomination process kicks off today. the candidatat spent the night criss- crossing the state. hoping to win the first-in- the-nation caucuses. abc's lana zak is in des moines and has the latest. sanders sot it sounds like you want to make political revolution." clinton nats- clinton sot: "i am a better candidate, and thanks to you, i will be a

i want you to know that." gfx: time is up for the three democrats and the eleven republicans running for president rob sand will be administering a caucus in western des moines "i think a lot of people are going to make that decision whenn they're listening to their neighbors." in fact, on both the republican and the democratic side, the last iowa poll found 5-points or less separating 1st and 2nd place ?and with about a third of voters still waivering in their support, campaiais can ininuence the results up to the last second. in their final day on the trail, ted cruz attended church, churchgoer: "i'll vote for you if you promise to run this country like a god fearing christian." cruz :"you have my wordrd he said he prayed for donald trump and marco rubio, who made this appeal-- rubio "i'm asking you to caucus for me tomorrow night because if i'm president of the united states, when i'm president of the united states, we will confront the challenges of our time." rubio fighting hard for an upset second place finish...or better trump "get out of bed and caucus!" and donald trump, long the man in the lead, gave his wife melania the mic to close the deal in iowa. melania sot. "he will be unbelievable." tag: on the republican side, we will expect results to start coming in soon after 7 central, for the dedecrats though, the results often take longer since those caucuses are like a game of red rover, with campaigns trying to sway voters from the non- competitive candidates over to their side.

now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj o'mara. stay with tv9. it's . now, one last look at this

we are starting off with some morning fog that may deposit a light layer of frost or ice on area roads. the fog should lift around mid to late morning, but with more clouds coming in from the west, we'll likely ss more clouds than sun today. caucus weather looks just fine with mostly cloudy sky and temperatures into the lower and middle 30s. after midnight, our storm system will lift in from the southwest. this is a very complicated system with a band of very heavy& snow initially liftingup into eastern iowa, then a transition to rain and possible thunderstorms may occur before going back to snow once again for the evening and overnight. snow amounts will range from little to none over the southern half of the area, with areas to the north likely exceeding 6". strong wind will kick in, good morning. topping "america's money" -- could wall street predict the presidential election. >> t dow fell 5.5% in january. that slow start could be big for the republicans. since the 1960s, every election year with a negative january and no incumbent running, the white

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we're finally getting a more specific look at the winter storm to hit eastern iowa tonight. you can expect some snowfall out of it. and those heading out to caucus may have to watch out for t t

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