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-- mainly clcldy skies right now. statewide satellite radar is bringing snow into our western county. not much exciting coming out of that. 17 degrees tonight and flurries. the chance of snow between now and friday coming up in just a bit. still coming in from new hampshire's primary. both parties have winners, but a battle is still going on in the republican race as to who is in third place. >> donald trump was declared the winner and ohio governor finished in a surprising second- place. i will caucus winner ted cruz is in third place but jeb bush and marco rubio are both one percentage point behind.
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performance on saturday night. >> are disappointment tonight is not you. it's on me. i did not do well on saturday night. that will never happen again. >> four percent of precincts of not reported results. bernie sanders is now the first jewish candidate to win a presidential primary. sanders was declared the winner last night after hillary clinton conceded. the results reflected sanders having 60 percent of the vote. >> together we have sent the message thth will echo for wall our great country belongs to all of the people, and not
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campaign ccontributors" contributo will now turn their attention to other states and their primaries.next saturday, republicans will square off in the south carolina primary. three days later, they will be in vada for caucususight. night.ththe states are flipped for democrats.they will first the state are flipped for mocrats. nevada has caucuses on saturday the presidential race. race.the news comes from the associated press just within the last half hour.right now - the reblican is back in his home state of new jersey meeting with his aides and is soon expected to suspend his bid for the oval office. christie didn't fare well in iowa, and finish sixth in new ampshire.he is expected to make an annoucment on his campaigns future before the end of the day.
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okay this afternoon after shooting at a suspect driving towards him.the des moines police department says just before 2-30 this morning, a man lost control of his okay this afternoon after shooting at a suspect driving towards him. des moines police department says just before 2:30 am a man lost control of his vehicle and came to a stop while officers pursued. when an officer got out of his car, the suspect began driving at him. the officer fired his gun while the suspect drove away only to be captured later. police are not releasing any names but the suspect had several warrants. a man now faces life in prison for helping his mother dustin jefferson of aiding and abetting first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of kerry o'clair jefferson in 20-13. 13.prosecutors argued that ginger jefferson could not have acted alone and that dustin jefferson had his fe's blood on h h clothes.in iowa, aiding and abetting murder carries a life sentence. dustin jefferson will be sentenced in april.his mother is already serving life for
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in cedar rapids tonight... tonight...the eastern iowa heroin initiative w wl be his mother is serving life. in cedar rapids tonight the town hall meeting will be addressing heroin use. it will be in the public library to discuss how to help people suffering. lawmakers are battling over school spending. students from many schools are they are to state their to keep those programs, funding would need to be bumped up more than three-and-a-half percent. that's less than what iowa democrats want, and more than the republicans' request. "it's bigger than this one trip to the legislature its about them being citizens and productive citizens and knowiong what's happening in
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what those lawmakers are deciding." some of the students say although lawmakers may not agree with what they have to say, after today, they will at least know where they stand. elementary schools in the iowa city school district, districtill start nearly an hour later than secondary scscols starting in august. august.the school board voted unanimously last night to set start times at 7-55 for elementary schools and 8-50 for junior high and and high schools.elementaries will also dismiss students at 2-55, while secondary students will get out at 4.according to a district cost estimate, the 55-minute gap between start times will save the district 116-thousand dollars annually. happening right now in iowa city... city...volunteers are getting people signed up for johnson county's community i-d program. they're at the old capitol mall enrolling residents and wiwi be there for about another hour.the i-d- program allows holders to open bank accounts and confirm who they are when using a credit card.
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adults, and 4 dollararfor kids. today is ash wednesday, which marks the first day of lent. it's a time many christians give something up for forty days. days.cbs 2 newsreporter stephanie johnson johnsonjoins us live now. she found out what some people plan to give up. up.i'm outside of st.pius catholic church and a full service is going on as i speak. the sanctuary was full of worshippers for the morning service. row by row people walked to the front to recieve their ashes.the ash is a sign of repentance. when the priest got up to s sak he compareded ash wednesday to making a new years resolution. for some in attedance giving up something is okay. "i usually give more to the food bank and go to mass more." jonathan ramos 07;37;13 "video games." jillian ramos "god has given up so much for us so for us to give up someing for forty
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much."churchch across the corridor will hold ash wednesday services throughout today and tonight. covering the corridor in cedar rapids, stephanie johnson, cbs 2 news. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon - why a pair of automakers are recalling hundreds of thousands of their vehicles.
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morning in california where the united launch alliance sent their delta 4 that was the scene this mornini where a rocket was launched into space. and operate satellites which there is no information about what exactly it will be doing. i guess we will find out later. that is such a cool site. >> some parts will pick up a lot and some parts won't. >> let's take a look at the weather first forecast. we've got a little mixed sunshine for you with snow in the forecast in the form of
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cool teens today we were in the teens yesterday we will do it today. 70 miles per hour -- 17 degrees will be our top temperature day. as you can see it on the roadways it's not much. if you're traveling in central area take e some time. sunshine mixed with cloud cover right now winds northwest that six mileper hour. we don't feel as much moisture in the air. 15 degrees is the temperature currently.
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look at the west. you're talking 80s and 90s in parts of texas. a bit of light snow here as a few disturbances passed through. we will keep the clouds but the clouds will move out overnight tonight. back to mostly sunny skies on thursday but that comes with a bit of sunshine in the morning but thursday afternoon. on the clouds. ursday night we are getting snow but not much is expected. dry weather for friday before showers for friday night.
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half inches those -- through friday. i would say don't plan on much snow. sunday is different and we will talk about that as we get closer. sunshine this afternoon with temperatures in the -- at 15 degrees. tonight we will start with clouds and they will move out overnight and it will remain cloudy with a few flurries. single-digit temperatures tonight. there a three-day picture. -- here is your three-day
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take a look at your screen. big-time -- he was trying to steal money from a photo booth and it happened back in november and the pictures were found. he got away with $75. police are now asking for help trying to identify him. still head, the reason for
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today in flint michigan. hundreds of american soldiers concern today in flint michigan. the u.s. army said it would military ys the soldldrs will not take active combat roles.this will be the largest deployment of american troops outside major bases in afghanistan since 20-14. france is now looking for a new foreign ministerer minister.laurent fabius deployment outside major bases in afghanistan since 2014. prances looking for a new foreign minister. they announced his resigngnion. bebeme during the meeting of the french minister council which he said he would be his last.
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afternoon as the nunuer of zika cases have risis in the u.s.health officials are now confirming 66 cases in americans who have traveled to zika-stricken countries, while china is also confirming its the latest. latest. (pic of mosquito) the mosquito- borne zika virus even caught the attention of the director of national intelligence tuesday, during a hearing on global threat assessmsmt.(sot hearing james clapper, jr./director of national intelligence 14:05:06) "zika virus is projected to cause 4 million cases in this hemisphere."there are now at least 66 cases in 17 states >> the zika virus was detected in the western hemisphere in 201414 it is prprected to cause of two 4 million cases. >> there are now 66 cases in 17 states. one of the latest is in indiana. >> the patient did have a travel history to haiti. >> the vast majority of zika is
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seeing primarily in the southern states. mother hasn't been transmission by mosquitoes within the united states, the cdc fears it could only be a matter of time. >> do you think it's likely we will have limited modes of transmission? we have a chance to try to get ahead of it. one way to avoid zika.consumer reports recently tested 15 kinds.(sot tue0091 sue byrne/consumer reports 1:40) "we found that the insect repellent that was most effective against the type of mosquitos that carry the zika virus were the ones that contained twenty percent picaridin and twenty-five percent deet" (-:51) the world healthy organization calls zika a "global health threat." don champion, cbs news. president obama has already asked congress for more than one-point-eight billion dollars in emergency funding to respond to the zika outbreak. cbs 2 news cocoinues to follow the flint water crisis. crisis.right now - the city is under a boil advisory because of a water main break that
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comes while congressional lawmakers hold another hearing on capitol hill about the response to the crisis. tuesday, flint's mayor announced a 55-million dollar proposal to remove led in the city's drinking water. passengers on an atlantic cruise ship are eagerly awaiting to step on solid ground tonight. tonight.the royal carribean ship was damaged during storms passengers on an atlantic cruiseship are eagerly waiting to step on solid ground after storms. was on a voice to florida. the company decided to turn the boat around because of passenger safety. they will talk in new jersey tonight.
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drink you can enjoy thisthe number of open jobs in the u.s. is near a record high. high.the labor
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the us is at a record high. the department reports there were 5.6 millili unfilled jobs in dececber. that's just shy of the all-time record set last july. many us workers don't have the skills or training to fill many of those jobs. the social media giant twitter reported their quarterly earnings today. they lost more than half their vae since the cofofoder took over in july. they had 307 million active users in september. facebook has 1.6 billion users. mercedes-benz. benz.the auto-maker is recalling more than 700- thousand cars in the u.s. blow up. up.daimler is also calling back 136-thousand vans because for the same reason.the faulty takata airbags have been blamed on at least nine deaths in the u.s. if you love coffee and chocolate, starbuck's has got just what you need this valentine's day. day.the company is coming out with three new chocolate
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they're coming out -- starbucks has what you need. theyad three new drinks coming out. they launched a valentine's day theme gift giver. those are animations that you see online. you can send animated love to someone special. the original american idol has a new book. her daughter's name is river road and she says the book started as stories about places she traveled. it will be available in october. we have some weather for us
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look at today's market. in american politics - -n welcome back.
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new hampshire on tuesday. he was more than 600 pounds and he showed up at the high school and police say he has been returned to his owner. we don't know/who he was planning to vote for. >> we can speculate that we didn't. -- but we didn't. it's cold out there. 12 degrees in cedar rapids. it's going to be cold with white snow -- light snow. continues to move off to the east but don't be surprised if you encounter some snow-cered roadways. there's our satellite radar and
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t they will move out tonight. seven-day forecast on your screen.
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sunday. >> good morning, miss forrester. >> steffy: good morning, brad. [ sighs ] [ sighs ]
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