our country really needs? or is what we need - what bernie is introducing? kind of an overthrow of the establishment." (super: peterborough, nh :29- :32) sanders spent the day in new hampshire.. wre he is leading in the polls (sot sen. brnie sanders / (d) presidential candidate :33-:42) "our job is to create an economy that works for working sanders uses simon and garfunkel huge crowds. (nat sot sanders a ) www.hillarycnton.com 1:07-1:09) a day after releasing (sot hillary clinton / (d) either side with the experience and judgment to keep us safe at home and strong in the world." with 11 days to the iowa clinton also criticized bernie sanders single payer health care plan and his lack of foreign policy experience. reporting live in

as the caucus countdown gains momentum -- kwwl's macleod hageman joins us live to explain what we can expect from candidates between now and february first. mac? candidates are pulling out all the stops to ensure any undecided io voters will consider casting their ballots for them. experts say political advertisements will only gain momentum between now and caucus night. morepublic appeararaces will be made in batttteground states -- like new hampshire and iowa. and more family members and candidates. univeristy of northern iowa political science professor -- chris larimer -- says it's smart campaigning practice. part, that political behavior is habitual. if you do it once, celebrity gets a student out to an event, that's great, because they're more informed about the political process." larimer says most undecided iowa

minute. and - - he adds iowwcaucus goerss like to meet the candidates -- before casting their ballots. so -- candiates will be more visible now -- than ever before. we've got you covered -- macleod hagemann-- kwwl news. as a reminder -- the iowa caucus kicks off monday february first. it felt like a heat wave today - but there could be some overnight snow.. let's go to storm track seven from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast light snow showers or flurries willfall overnight. iiyou are travavling tonight, use caution if come upon any friday afternoon and remain clear friday night. patchy fog is possible late friday night and mght be pretty thick early weekend. light snow is forecast to moo into the arara friday afternoon and taper off by

we're taking a closer look at a continuing coverage continuing coverage we're taking a closer look at a pervasive problem all around the country and right here in eastern iowa. just last week we told you about a hoarder home situation in beaman-- a rescue group found more than 40 cats in a single home. since airing this story many of you have reached out to us, shedding light onnsimilar situattns throughout eastern iowa kwwls olivia mancino has been looking into that, she joins us now live i met with someone from the waverly pet rescue today-- her rescue has just recently taken in

this family gave those cats up volunarily here are some pictures of those cats-- asasou can see, not all these animals live in deplorable conditions some homes are quite nice, but still barb dunakey with the wavery pet rescue told me it is not safe for the owners nor cats to be living that crowded. and these situations typically go unnoticed so often simply because...cats are quiet. "cats are very quiet...so dogs, if they had 50 dogs in a place, people would hear that, cats are quiet and no one would know they're even in the house" here's "po" the cat... shes the mother of the recent fourty- something kittens the shelter rescued from single home dunakey says po recently had hernia surgery, which she most likely got from having so many litters of kittens dunakey says the answer to all of this is simple -- spay and neuter your cats. many shelters spay and neuter their

there also are some low-cost options such as the iowa humane alliance in cedar rapids-- we have more information on them on our website kwwl dot com weve got you covered live in the newsroom olivia mancino...kwwl news. the iowa humane alliance also spays and neuters other pets-- cats, dogs, even pot belly pigs. check out our website for more info about 35-team usa hopefuls are in iowa city this week, practcing in anticipation oo the olympic trials just months away. carver-hawkeye area will play host to the olympic wrestling trials, and the women hoping to earn their way to rio, are getting the chance to practice in the facility where the trials will be held. kwwl's kristin rogers was at practice this morning to see for herself, and kristin some of these women have been to the olympics before? that's right, i spoke with a couple women who are hoping to get

of them even won a bronze medal in 2012, they tell me they are shooting for the gold thissime. and it all starts with a lot of practice, these women tell me they have been running stairs, working here in the wrestling room and even have spent some time watching the hawkeye men's team practices. their coach and former hawkeye all american terry steiner knows a thing or to about competing here and tells us he wants the women to (cg: terry steiner/ usa wrestling and wwen's nationnl team coach) "generally i was pretty much appreciated for what girls, they're had to fight for programs and things like that so i want them to feel that what theydo is apprecied and there really is no better place than the state of iowa." the excitement here is something the women tell me they feel nd appreciate. coming up at six, hear from some of the olympic hopefuls, who will be competing in the trials

if y yu would like to catch the women's olympic hopefuls before april, you can see them tomorrow nightat carver- hakeye area. info on our website. a kwwl follow-up now a lawsuit is filed against the estate of a man who killed himself with a gun he'd brought into an area courthouse. larry "buck" koos tackled gunman gus glaser, potentially saving many lives. koos is one of three men who filed the suit, alleging glaser was negligent when he brought a gun into the jackson county courthouse in 2014 -- causing those inside to suffer person injury and emotional distress. attorneys for the gunman'' estate deny the allegations from the koos lawsuit. koos tells kwwl he has no comment. coming up... did vladimir putin

former russian spy? details from a report nearly a decade in the making. and... a former iranian prisoner returns home to the united states - to find some big problems there. that's coming up in just a few minutes. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast next. "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered. with ron steele, amanda goodman and chief meteorologist marr schnackekeberg. this is e kwwl news at five." "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen

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weather information. light snow showers or might be pretty thick early snow are possible across eastern here is additional forecast information frrm the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: a few light snow showers or see a dusting to a of an inch. snow...the roads might be slick. the clouds will clear friday possible late friday night and dry through the

to move into the arr friday across eastern iowa. we will continue to track this snow some locations in eastern iowa may see a dusting to a of an inch. afternoon and remain clear friday night. patchy fog is possibll late friday night and dry through the weekend. light snow is forecast snow are possible across eastern iowa. we will continue to track this snow through the weeke. coming up... record numbers seized last year. find out what t- s-a agents say more passengers were trying to get on planes. and - was it a coverup? newly released emails suggest the city, state and federal governemnt may've known about the unsafe water in flint michigan. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in monona, strawberry point, manchester and all of eastern iowa --------- here is additional forecast

clear friday afterroon and remaininclear friday night. patchy fog is possible late friday night and early saturday morning. frost might be pretty thick early saturday morning. we will remain dry through the weekend. light snow is forecast to move into the area friday afternoon and taper off by sunrise tuesday. a few inches of snow are possible across eastern iowa. we will continue to track this snow through the weekend. a few light snow showers or flurries will fall overnight. some locations in eastern iowa may see a dusting to a of an inch. slick. the clouds will clear friday afternoon and reeain clear friday night. patchy fog is possible late friday night and early saturday morning. frost might be pretty thick early saturday morning. we will remain dry through the weekend. light snow is forecast to move into the area friday afternoon and taper off by sunrise tuesday. a few inches of snow are possible

continue to track this snow through the weekend. continue to track this snow through the weekend. coming up... record numbers seized last year. find out what t- s-a agents say more passengers were trying to get on planes. and - was it a coverup? newly released emails suggest the city, state and federal governemnt may've known about the unsafe water in flint

you're watching kwwl. we've got you coored in monona, strawberry point, manchester and all of eastern iowa --------- ---------

she's always stood strong... ...to get the job done. hillary clinton. she stood up to china... ...and spoke out on women's rights... ...went toe to toe with russia on human rights. the drug and insurance companies spent millions against her... ...but hillary didn't quit until eight million children got health care. i've never been called a quitter and i won't quit on you. she's got what it takes to do the toughest job in the world.

russian president vladimir has probably approved a murder, according to a newly released report. in 2006 aleeander litvinenko, a former kgb spy, died - he claimed he was

allegience to british intelligence. today - a british inquiry into the man's death suggests tww russian officials were responsible - and that putin probably approved poisoned during a meeting at a london hotel. the kremlin denies iivolvement. a record number of people tried to bring guns on planes in 2015... the t-s-a releasing numbers suggesting more than 25 hundred guns were seized in carry-on bags at security check points last year. that's up 20 percent from the year before... the worst airports: dallas, atlanta, houston, denver and phoenix. 80 percent of the guns were loaded. two of three americans set free in an iranain prisoner swap are heading home to the us... a third is still being treated in a gereran hospital.

in the u-s on thursday afternoon... and amir hekmati, a marine who prison returns to today. is own. the water there is contaminated withthead -- and resisients today - allegations of a coverup are surfacing. a who'd been looking at the water report to make it look like flint was passing tests saying the watee was safe, whehe in fact it wasn't. all four tires are stolen off a car stalled on highway 218 and sheriff's deputies want answers. here's a picture of the car. the johnson county sheriff's office says it broke down on january 17th on mile marker 86... shorlty after midnight -- about three hours later, the driver came back and the tires were gone. if you have any information,

still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... he stands with his wife -- will academy awards. and... a zoo worker falls inno a gorilla enclosure... how did crews deal with the animals during the rescue? --------- --------- --------- --------- she's always stood strong... ...to get the job done. hillary clinton. she stood up to china... ...and spoke out on women's rights... ...went toe to toe with russia on human rights. the drug and insurance companies spent millions against her... ...but hillary didn't quit until eight million children got health care. i've never been called a quitter and i won't quit on you. she's got what it takes to do the toughest job in the world.

as president, i will defend this nation, but i will do it responsibly. i voted against the war in iraq, and that was the right vote. we must never forget the lessons of that experience. isisisust be destroyed, but we should not do it alone. we need an international coalition with muslim boots on the ground fighting with our support. it's time to end the quagmire of perpetual warfare in the middle east. as president, i will.

skipping the academy awards, for what they call a lack of diversity. for the second year in a row - all of the acting nominees were white. smith was in the running for a best actor nomination for his role in "concussion," but wasn't nominated. director spike lee will also not attend the academy awards. a popular actress and comedian says she'll take a lie detector test to

a video posted online purports amy schumer stole stand-up material from other comedians. schumer says she has never and would never steal a joke from prove it by taking a polygraph test. if you bought aahoverboard oo amamzon, you can send it in for a full refund. it turns out - these boards are both safety and fire hazards. the consumer product safety commission is investigating more than three- dozen cases of hoverboards smoking or bursting into flames. despite the refunds, amazon will still be selling hoverboards on its site. a zoo worker is injured after falliig into a gorilla enclosure at the zoo... the zoo closed this morning the 61-year-odl worker fell 15 feet into the gorilla area. the animals were secured while crews put the guy on a backboard and slowly lifted him out of the habitat. he was taken to the hospital for

is pected to be okoky. here's a live look at the waterloo skycam. storm track seven meteoroligst mark schnacaenberg hasa final look at youreather next. e'll be right back ---------

a florida keys homeowner wakes to find an eight foot long crocodile taking a morninswim in his pool. sheriff deputies as well as fish and wildlife officers came to the

the crocodile however, decided send himself home and made his way bck to the ocean where he belongs. storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has she's always stood strong... ...to get the job done. hillary clinton. she stood up to china... ...and spoke out on women's rights... ...went toe to toe with russia on human rights. the drug and insurance companies spent millions against her... ...but hillary didn't quit until eight million children got health care. i've never been called a quitter and i won't quit on you.

to do the toughest job in the world.