poisoning in eastern iowa... we'll also tell you about two other emergency events breaking this morning. plus... politics at a fever pitch in iowa -- as two leading democrats are in the same town. and....dont forget about the republicans! some g-o-p hopefuls also hitting eastern iowa in full force. more details of who you can expect to see this weekend, on the way... good morning and welcome to today in iowa. happy saturday as we take a live look outside with our....skycam. thanks so much for joining us this morning. i'm lauren moss. everything is calm now but that may soon change. let's go right to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan who is tracking a couple winter storms headed our way.. let's go right to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan for a check of our forecast. we have another nice morning

the mid 20s to low 30s to start the day. winds are light to tracking through and they will stick around for the day. by this evening, we could have a few showers tracking through, but most will hold off until after midnight... and even then will be light through sunday. we should be able to climb back into the upper 30s to low 40s this afternoon as the winds turn back to the south. it will become breezy tomorrow and we will stay mild, but we have a few showers tracking through and a larger system heading our way for tuesday. i'll have more on that system in a few minutes. new this morning... a new waterloo restaurant is damaged after a kitchen fire this

waterloo firefighters responding to tokyo bay just after 3 this morning. they believe the fire started in the kitchen area..when they arrived they saw heavy smoke coming from the damagughout the entire building. tokyo bay which just opened up a couple months ago- is expected to be closed for quite some time...while repairs are made. also new this morning -- cedar an armed robbery. this happened in cedar falls -- in the 11-hundred block of west 20th street just before 10 oh clock last night. police say two people were outside smoking when they were approached by three men with their faces covered. they demanded money- and that's when police say there was a fight...and a hand gun was pulled out by one of the suspects. we are told nothing of significant value was stolen before the suspects took off. the case remains under investigation this morning..anyone with information is asked to call cedar falls police.

we are just two days away here in iowa. and the entire state is seeing its fair share of presidential hopefuls- making their final pitches. but that's especially true in dubuque -- as clinton and sanders were both there last night. kwwl's brad hanson has more for us this morning. hillary clinton nats cheering "hello!" bernie sanders nats cheering both in dubuque friday, both doing their best to win any undecided voters over before the caucauses hit monday. "we're here, yeah, we wanna support bernie." (savannah frye, dubuque) "hillary really persuaded me talking about the little issues, like mental health and college and things like that." caucaus mania even drawing in people from other a small town, but there's so many people out here to support them." nearly 500 to see they waited... nats doing the nats we want bernie and finally an hour later, saw their man.

though she never mentioned him have the oldest mosque in america in something suspicious, or hear it, they're going to be welcome. they're not going to be condemned by a guy running for president who's trying to isolate them and demonize them." and sanders continues to tout himself as the candidate of the people.. (bernie sanders) "yes, they have unlimited amounts of money, and yes, i mean unlimited amounts of money. but we have the people, and when people stand together, we're gonna win." that was brad hanson reporting... it was certainly a busy night in dubuque -- and that will just continue today... as g-o-p frontrunner donald trump is in iowa for the final caucus push today. he's holding a rally at the

open for that event at eleven this morning -- and the action will begin at one. trump will also be in waterloo and cedar rapids before caucus day on monday... as for the democrats -- they'll both stay in eastern iowa for at least part of the day today... bernie sanders will criss cross throughout our area -- with stops planned in manchester, charles city, waverly, iowa city and cedar rapids... sanders will speak at the double tree in cedar rapids at 6 .. before heading to iowa city for a concert featuring vampire weekend, foster the people, and others. that event begins at 6-30 this evening.. meanwhile, clinton will also hold a rally this evening in cedar rapids with her husband and daughter chelsea. that will start just after 7 p-m at washington high school. a lot of action on the republican side as well -- as 8 of the g-o-p hopefuls will make stops here before caucus time monday... that includes senator marco rubio... he made several stops in iowa yesterday- including a town hall in dubuque.

against hillary clinton -- assuming the two win the nomination... rubio is on the western side of the state today -- but he'll be in cedar falls and cedar rapids tomorrow. senator ted cruz also in iowa this weekend. cruz again fighting off questions about donald trump. but he's focused on his campaign as well- saying he's on track to complete the "full grassley"- visiting all of iowa's 99 counties during his campaign here - if he completes his 11 scheduled stops through monday... that will include an iowa city visit tomorrow. jeb bush will make a final stop in eastern iowa today -- with an afternoon rally in cedar falls before moving onto to dubuque... your seeing some video from his sioux city stop last night. three more republican hopefuls in state today. here's what the schedules of carly fiorina, chris christie and rand paul look like for the day... visit kwwl dot com for more caucus coverage. candidates seem to be ready- but is des moines ready for all of the action?

the microsoft media center ...the headquarters of caucus day. candidates are also planning on holding result gatherings in des moines monday night... it seems as if everything is one thing. caucus day needs iowans. so that brings up the question: are you caucusing? while the democrats and republicans are hotly contested... when it comes to caucuses, some eastern iowans are ice cold... kwwl's olivia mancino explains for us this morning... "if you rule by the pen, you die by the pen...." "the economy is better when theres a democrat in office" "ive been following what everyone says, you can't get away from it!" no you can not. we're just days away from the caucuses and all the key candidates

"im not available to go out and sit at the caucus" i interuppted breakfast at morgs diner to talk about the caucus, "i cant get off work and go back as she mentioned, patricia lynch won't be able to make the caucus.. she wishes there was an easier way to select her candidate. but as for leo larson...a different story. he lives a few blocks away from his caucus location, and he likes the way the system speaking of persuading others... "i have been a life long imagine that...a lifelong democrat flipping the switch and caucusing for trump. but that's exactly trump and the rest of why they've spent so much time in iowa. candidates on both sides of the ticket have been yo-yoing in the polls for the past few weeks-- so it may come down to people like leo larson and patricia lynch that only time will tell...and that time is almost here.

reporting in waterloo there... if you'd like more information on how to caucus -- we've put together a segment called "caucus class" for you on our website... we'll air the caucus class again tomorrow morning as well... and we'll have extended coverage to bring you all of the action. we'll have a full hour of uninterupted news from six to seven... and again from ten until 11.. we'll also post updates to our website throughout the night... get all of the details on our website - kwwl dot com... the state department has released another batch of hillary clinton's emails from her time as secretary of state - 22 of which wont' be released because their quote "top secret" officials are trying to determine if the information, now considered classified, was top secret at the time clinton sent the emails. officials say they can't say what is in those emails, or if clinton actually sent any herself.

taken to the hospital because of possible carbon monoxide poisoning... it's very dangerous. la porte city police say they were called to a home in the 3 hundred block of spruce street friday morning. one person in the home was unconscious, another had a quote "altered mental state" and another felt fine at the time, but then started feeling bad... all three, including an e-m-t who responded to the home were taken to the hospital. it's coming up on today in iowa... a handful of important school bond votes will also be decided by iowa voters this week... we'll tell you what's at stake... and... the second- ranked hawkeyes were back on the mat in iowa city last night... the highlights are on the way... you're watching k-w-w-l news. we've got you covered. mostly cloudy skies today with some rain and snow tonight and tomorrow. but a much larger system will bring a larger area

they're one of the wall street banks that triggered the financial meltdown -- goldman sachs. just settled with authorities for their part in the crisis that put seven million out of work and millions out of their homes. how does wall street get away with it? millions in campaign contributions and speaking fees. our economy works for wall street because it's rigged by wall street. and that's the problem. as long as washington is bought and paid for, we can't build an economy that works for people.

stormtrack 7 weather team: mostly cloudy today with a larger storm system will track matter of where the heaviest will be... here is one model and here is another... both have heavy snow, swatch of heavy snow over our viewing area, but the cutoff is important. this will be mainly occurring monday night through wednesday with the heaviest snow tuesday and tuesday night. through early wednesday morning. this will cause blowing, drifting and reduced visibilities. right now, though, that storm is still way out in with mostly cloudy skies here, but pretty nice weather. stormtrack7 live weather network cameras are showing those clouds over the kwwl viewing area. temperatures this morning are running in the low 20s to low clouds. same story to the west.. winds are light and variably across the state, but will become southerly today and rain and snow, but mainly late tonight into sunday and very light as a low tracks in the upper 30s to low 40s. mid 30s and we will have light rain and snow tomorrow with little to no accumulation of snow. highs will be in the 30s caucus night will be calm with mostly cloudy skies, but snow and very cold air will stream

wednesday with highs only in the teens for the rest of the week. mostly cloudy today with a chance of rain and snow tonight and tomorrow with dry weather bringing heavy snow to the area... but, it is still a matter of where the heaviest will be... but in completely different areas of the midwest. there is a swatch of heavy snow counties, so the track of the storm will be very important. this will be mainly occurring monday night through wednesday with the heaviest snow tuesday and tuesday night. strong winds will be 20- 40 mph and gusting higher, with this will cause blowing, drifting and reduced visibilities. right now, though, that storm is still way out in the pacific... north of hawaii... first we are dealing with mostly cloudy skies here, but pretty nice weather. stormtrack7 live weather network cameras are showing those clouds over the kwwl viewing area. temperatures this morning are running in the low 20s to low 30s with the coolest where a few holes are appearing in the clouds. same story to the west.. winds are light and variably across the state, but the west. there may also be some rain and snow, but mainly late will be mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. light rain and snow track in by late

snow. highs will be in the 30s to low 40s and may start to drop as winds pick up from the west. caucus night will be calm with mostly cloudy skies, but snow tracks in monday night through wednesday with strong winds causing travel problems. and very cold air will stream in.. temps likely falling on wednesday with highs only in the teens for the rest of the week. it's coming up on today that storm is still way out in but pretty nice weather. stormtrack7 live weather network cameras are showing those clouds over the kwwl viewing area. temperatures this morning are running in the clouds. same story to the west.. rain and snow, but mainly late tonight into sunday and very light as a low tracks light rain and snow track in by to low 40s and may start to drop

it's coming up on today in iowa... it took four fire departments and 40 thousand gallons of water to contain a fire in eastern iowa this week -- what's next for the owners of the building...when we come

there are those who say we cannot defeat a corrupt political system and fix a rigged economy. but i believe we need to lift our vision above the obstacles in place and look to the american horizon. to a nation where every child can not only dream of going to college, but attend one. where quality healthcare will be a birthright of every citizen.

where women receive equal pay and a living wage is paid to all. an america where after a lifetime of labor, there is time for rest and grandchildren. a nation that defends our people and our values, but no longer carries so much of that burden alone. i know we can create that america if we listen to our hearts. and that journey begins here in iowa. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message, and i ask you to join with us at the caucuses on monday night.

one eastern iowa community is trying to do just that - - with plans to expand its school's facilities... kwwl's jessica hartman has the story this morning... the denver pride in this gym bursting at the seams - - school has had for years and it is only getting worse. to be totally full too because we just don't have enough seating space." but fans seating is the least of the issues. - - with one high school gym and a small second gym at the elementry school - - sports are fighting for gym time. amy terril "they are running in the hallways, and have to

can because there is no gym time." for the third time - - community members are hoping to gymnasiums and an auditorium." absolutely must do something. we it is an investment that conference an other venue to host tournaments and private sports programs in the area an other option. but that all depends on the outcome of the bond vote on to pay more property taxes. i we are delt. people before us did it for us, my generation." the vote again taking place next tuesday -- february 2nd. also up for a vote that day... waterloo schools- having a special election for a proposed career and technical center for high school students. election workers say 15 polling places will be open from seven in the

so be sure to get out and vote on tuesday. continuing coverage this morning -- police say a woman who knowlingly let her five-year-old daughter be alone with a sex offender.. turns herself in. hilary upton turning herself into the fayette county sheriff's office. she was wanted for a child endangerment charge following a deadly crash in clermont. here's a look at the aftermath of that terrible crash. authorities say the driver -- 38- year-old james tackett was killed in the crash. police say he was a registered sex offender. a five-year-old girl -- who police say is upton's daughter -- was in the backseat at the time. she is expected to be okay upton is now being held in the fayette county jail on two-thousand dollar bond. a vacant church is now just pieces of rubble after a massive fire... here's a look at the fire in lamont... saint peter lutheran church hasn't been used as a church since 2010 when it was turned into housing -- but

time. here's a look at what's left of the building... the owners live right next door -- but it was other neighbors who called fire crews to alert them. and they say the owners didn't even know it was on fire. the building was still smouldering yesterday- despite four fire departments dousing the church with 40 thousand gallons of water -- over a four hour period... time now is .... coming up on today in iowa... the u-n-i panthers wrestling squad is back at home after a long road swing... we'll tell you how the return duel went... you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in jesup, decorah,

they're one of the wall street banks that triggered the financial meltdown -- goldman sachs. just settled with authorities for their part in the crisis that put seven million out of work and millions out of their homes. how does wall street get away with it? millions in campaign contributions and speaking fees. our economy works for wall street because it's rigged by wall street. and that's the problem. as long as washington is bought and paid for, we can't build an economy that works for people.

rolling with a big conference matchup at home... number 23 minnesota was in town for a duel last night in

tom brands has won 9 of the 13 meetings with the gophers since taking over the iowa program -- and the hawks were well on their way in the start of this one -- 2nd ranked thomas gilman -- gets the fall on skyler petry in the 1st period -- gilman remains perfect on the season... cory clark follows up with one of his own at 1 hundred 33 pounds -- clark ranked third, wins- hawks up 12, oh after 2 matches... at 1 hundred 49 pounds, second ranked brandon sorenson gets the takedown on number 13 jake short -- sorenson wins 5to 2. iowa takes 8 of ten matches to drop minnesota 34 to 6... onto the mat with u-n-i now... and the panthers wrestling at home for the first time in 2 months -- hosting number 21 central michigan... after dropping the first two matches -- cooper moore gets u-n-i going at 1 hundred 65 pounds -- moore with a 9 to 1 win.. blaize cabell -- dominant at heavyweight -- cabell ranked

rolled to a 15 to 5 major win! and 7th ranked dylan peters -- on the mat for the first time in over a month -- nearly took out brent fleet- wood early -- instead gets the 8, to 3 win. panthers -- though could only muster 3 wins this weekend-- as they fall 22 to 11... coming up in the next half hour of today in iowa... more sports coverage -- as we'll take a look at preparations for next weekend's super bowl in california... which included a bit of a field-painting gaffe... and.... the redemption story of a special dog that's king of an entire parade this weekend... alex's story in on the way today -- you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered.

do you think when you are president you'll be paid as much as if you were a man-male... this is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same.

where that doesn't happen. i'm going to do everything i can to make sure every woman in every job gets paid the same... ...as the men who are doing that job. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. they're one of the wall street banks that triggered the financial meltdown -- goldman sachs. just settled with authorities for their part in the crisis that put seven million out of work and millions out of their homes. how does wall street get away with it? millions in campaign contributions and speaking fees. our economy works for wall street because it's rigged by wall street. and that's the problem. as long as washington is bought and paid for, we can't build an economy that works for people.

crisis -- and why the battle just became even more tough for residents to fight. plus... an escaped inmate is back in custody -- but how police got him is a bit unusual... then... more from the caucus countdown -- as a legendary anchor takes a deeper look at iowa's effects on the campaigns this weekend... welcome back to today in iowa. thanks so much for joining us this morning. i'm lauren moss. we are in for some winter weather

track 7 meterologist eileen loan who is tracking it all. out there with temperatures in the mid 20s to low 30s to start the day. winds are light to tracking through and they will evening, we could have a few showers tracking through, but most will hold off until after midnight... and even then will this afternoon as the winds turn back to the south. it will become breezy tomorrow and we will stay mild, but we have a few showers tracking through and a larger system heading our way for tuesday. i'll have more on that system in a few minutes. through and they will stick around for the day. by this evening, we could have a few into the upper 30s to low 40s this afternoon as the winds turn that system in a few minutes. we'll recap information from two new stories we're getting in this morning out of eastern iowa... first -- a new waterloo restaurant is damaged after a kitchen fire this morning.

responding to tokyo bay just after 3 this morning. they believe the fire started in the kitchen area..when they arrived they saw heavy smoke coming from the building. thankfully no one was hurt- but there is quite a bit of smoke damage throughout the entire building. tokyo bay which just opened up a couple months ago- is expected to be closed for quite some time...while repairs are made. also new this morning -- cedar falls police are investigatg an armerobbery. street just before 10 oh clock last night. police say two people were outside smoking when they were approached by three men with their faces covered. they demanded money- and that's when police say there was a fight...and a hand gun was pulled out by one of the suspects. we are told nothing of significant value was stolen before the suspects took off. the case remains under investigation this morning..anyone with information is asked to call cedar falls police.

a california jail last week, is now back in custody. .. police say he flagged someone down on the street because he wanted to turn himself in. he and two other men are accused of cutting a hole in a metal grate then crawling through tunnels onto the roof -- then repelling five stories with bed sheets. the 2 others- are still on the run. the latest out of flint now. as water samples from more than two dozen homes reveal lead levels exceeding what can be treated by the water filters that are being given out. officials say the approved filters can only filter lead up to 1 hundred 50 parts per billion... the highest reading of lead measured from the thirty nine hundred samples taken was 4 thousand parts per billion... the latest numbers prompted warn flint residents to get their water tested... "there's several thresholds 5 per billion is a threshold that we look at for regulatory compliance issues with water so 150 parts per billion is 10 times that level. " officials say they will release

this weekend or early next week... international news now: crews in eastern china pulling out four survivors who had spent 36 days trapped underground in a collapsed mine... the mine collapsed on christmas day -- killing one and leaving 17 missing. the four surviviors were detected more than 6 hundred 50 feet below the surface. before the rescue -- they lived on food sent down through small passageways.. the countdown to caucus- is now down to just two days... and the political buzz across the state is at an all- time high. nbc's tom brokaw is here to see what the political frenzy looks like every four years here in iowa... here's what he saw... this is iowa on tv, the opening ethanol, the corn based fuel... surprise - the state is also a leader in insurance and

a home grown supermarket chain (hy vee) is one of the fastest growing in the nation (brokaw su by sat trucks at event center) the unemployment rate here is under 4 per cent and from around the world, more but i think it's more about the business mocking the caucuses - hillary is not going to come in here and buy "benghazi benghazi, political candidate come in which is i think because some of the stuff is a little too edgy but we get all of the staffers. oh it's great, now were clinging on to it. i'm

special interests, where i'm just like don't take the caucus' away from us1" (cover a lot that with edgy remain the opening act. iowa state professor dave swenson well iowans wouldn't handle it a very good argument why they shouldn't continue to be first. this popular des moines steakhouse is the unofficial local favorites with sides of is real meaning of the phrase cash crop. (tee or button reading i support the crazy one) however the election turns out... tom brokaw, nbc news, des moines nice work from tom there... and while national media floods iowa -- it is certainly crunch

trying to scoop up 11th hour support ahead of monday's votes... to recap the tangled campaign trails -- here's cnn's victor it's two days before voters head out to caucus -- as weekend push for candidates to get their message out... "i would rather under promise help me do it." democrat hillary clinton closing the day with a rally featuring her two biggest supporters - husband and former president bill clinton and daughter chelsea -- we need a president who can restore broad based prosperity and take us all along for the thought to supporting my candidacy. because the eyes of this country, are going to be on

on the other side -- republicans donald trump and ted cruz continue their epic battle... canada. next week he may have a different position but that's the position he has headlines this week still impacting the race... clinton's email controversy continues to haunt her on the campaign trail - the state department said friday it will not release 22 emails because they contain top secret information. meanwhile, ted cruz is coming off a rough debate -- one are hoping to pull off a win.. there's a hillary clinton has i'm jeb, i'm jeb exclamation important factor, i have brought with me the first lady of the state of new jersey my wife

and as for our coverage on monday -- we'll have extended programming to bring you all of the caucus action... we'll have a full hour of uninterupted news from six to seven... and again from ten until 11.. we'll also post updates to our website throughout the night... our live reports from des moines begin tomorrow during the 5 p-m newscast... get all of the details on our website - kwwl dot com... fighting fire with fire... scientists are releasing more mosquitos in the air - trying to combat the spread of a dangerous mosquito borne disease. the zika virus -- which has a strong connection to birth defects -- is spreading rapidly. scientists in the u.k are releasing genetically modified male mosquitos to breed with females... their offspring will not survive - and experts say this could help stop the spread of the

time now is .... coming up on today in iowa... the king of a parade may be small in stature -- but he's and... winter turns an intersection into an all-out ice rink...we'll tell you where up next... you're watching k-w-w-l news. we've got you covered.

let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together [ cheering ] i've got some real estate here in my bag counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike they've all come to look for america [ cheers and applause ] all come to look for america all come to look for america all come to look for america i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. the time has come to make a choice... about which candidate can actually make a difference for you. in a world as complex as this,

in the situation room... at the negotiating table... and always on your side... fighting for children and families. with a real plan to get incomes rising... ...reduce drug prices... ...win equal pay for women... ...and protect social security and medicare for seniors. she'll build on obamacare, not start over. break through the gridlock, not add to it. defend planned parenthood, not attack it. stand up to the gun lobby, not protect it. lead on foreign policy, not ignore it. we need a president with the experience and determination to get the job done. i'm running to make a difference. a real difference for you and your families across our country. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. here is additional fo chance of rain and snow tonight into the area on tuesday bringing heavy snow to the here is another... both have

different areas of the midwest. there is a swatch of heavy snow over our viewing area, but the cutoff is sharp in our southern counties, so the track of the storm will be very important. this will be mainly strong winds will be 20- 40 mph and gusting higher, with the highest tuesday afternoon through early wednesday morning. this will cause blowing, drifting and reduced visibilities. right now, though, that storm is still way out in but pretty nice weather. stormtrack7 live weather network cameras are showing those clouds over the kwwl viewing area. temperatures this morning are running in the low 20s to low 30s with the coolest where a few holes are appearing in the clouds. same story to the west.. winds are light and variably across the state, but will become southerly today and eventually breezy tomorrow from the west. there may also be some rain and snow, but to our south and east. today will be mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. light rain and snow track in by late rain and snow tomorrow with little to no accumulation of snow. highs will be in the 30s to low 40s and may start to drop as winds pick up from the west. through wednesday with strong

and very cold air will stream in.. temps likely falling on wednesday with highs only in the teens for the rest of the week. mostly cloudy today with a chance of rain and snow tonight and tomorrow with dry weather for caucus day... however, a larger storm system will track area... but, it is still a matter of where the heaviest will be... here is one model and here is another... both have heavy snow, but in completely different areas of the midwest. there is a swatch of heavy snow over our viewing area, but the storm will be very important. this will be mainly occurring monday night through wednesday with the heaviest snow tuesday and tuesday nigh the highest tuesday afternoon drifting and reduced visibilities. right now, though, that storm is still way out in the pacific... north of hawaii... first we are dealing with mostly cloudy skies here, but pretty nice weather. stormtrack7 live weather network cameras are showing those clouds over the kwwl viewing area. temperatures this morning are running in the low 20s to low 30s with the coolest where a few holes are appearing in the clouds. same story to the west.. winds are light and variably across the state, but will become southerly today and

the west. there may also be some rain and snow, but to our south and east. today will be mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. light rain and snow tomorrow with little to no accumulation of snow. highs will be in the 30s to low 40s and may start to drop as winds pick up from the through wednesday with strong winds causing travel problems. and very cold air will stream in.. the teens for the rest of the week. well -- we tend to get icy roads

in iowa during the winter months... but luckily its rarely as bad as this next video... check this out... this is video from the middle east this week -- where cars were slipping up and down a street completely covered in ice... a cold snap there left car breaks basically useless and wheels spinning as drivers tried to navigate a junction that looked more like an ice rink than a road... get this: no reports of accidents despite the ice -- some very good driving and patience there. coming up on today in iowa... the super bowl is still over a week away -- but the party has already started! and -- what goes better with football than some food? one treat in particular is massively popular during the world's most watched sports event...

is...you're watching kwwl -- we'll be right back. the american people can't afford to wait for ideas that sound good on paper... but will never make it in the real world. the grandmother who has to choose between paying for medicine and paying rent... can't wait. the single mom who desperately needs a raise... can't wait. the student with a mountain of debt can't wait. we can make real progress,

i'm caucusing... i'm caucusing... i'm caucusing for hillary clinton. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. hmm hmm hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm-hmm let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together [ cheering ] i've got some real estate here in my bag counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike they've all come to look for america [ cheers and applause ] all come to look for america all come to look for america

i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. bowl... the super bowl will take place next sunday in california... and the two teams are in final preparations for the big game... the n-f-c champion carolina panthers held their last practice in charlotte before heading to the bay area... the panthers are making their second super bowl appearance in

but before the panthers make the west coast trek -- it was time to celebrate! nothing could be finer- the team held a rally with their fans friday in charlotte to celebrate. the mayor was on hand -- as well as some local bands who warmed up the panther faithful before the team came out... the team will travel to the bay area tomorrow... carolina's opponent is the a- f-c champion denver broncos... who spent the end of this week practicing inside their facility in the denver area... quarterback peyton manning is making his fourth per bowl appearance -- and at 39 years and 11 months old -- will become the oldest q-b to ever start in the big game... the broncos will hold a similar rally for their fans tomorrow... and it's not just the two teams and the stadium getting ready for next sunday. the denver broncos have a real bronco -- thunder -- who makes appearances at all of the home games...

"so three of us will drive out there and 2 will fly and it takes a lot of equipment it's like having a child with a play pen have our big rig and take everything out monday morning." thunder should start making public appearances around the bay area by wednesday or thursday next week... crews are working to get the field ready... but made a bit of a st faint outline of denver broncos paint in both endzones from this helicopter video over the stadium this week... take a look here- no one with the stadium has commented on,what happened -- but it appears that the crew painted the logo in the north end zone, removed it and repainted it again in the south end zone... the carolina panthers' logo and name can now be found in the north end zone... super bowl sunday is also a holiday of sorts for snack eaters...

favorite super bowl food... with one of the more popular ones being chicken wings... according to the national chicken council -- americans will eat one-point- three billion chicken wings next weekend leading up to the big game... coming up on today in iowa... mardi gras season is already kicking in around the city famous for the holiday... plus -- a sea animal finds itself in an odd environment... we'll show you how this guy got so out of place after this quick break... you're watching k- w-w-l -- we've got

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a real difference for you and your families across our country. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. (phone ringing) (phone ringing) you cacat deal with something by ignoring it . but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard and pay into it, so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) hey candidates! answer the call already. the first of the city's major parades going down historic st. charles avenue this week... parades are scheduled through the weekend and then will take place on almost a daily basis until fat tuesday on february 9th...

the barkus parade... reporter kelsey davis has more on the inisipiring star of this year's parade... this is alex just a few years ago. and this is him today -- enjoying a gourmet lamb chop -- ahead of his reigning over the barkus 2016 parade on sunday as the crews 24th king. own special way. but more importantly, money raised from registration fees goes to organizations that work to save the lives "he came from absolute, abject poverty and probably being to death... to eating at one of the finest establishments in new orleans." "when we printed alex's limited edition special throw, his koozie, we put on the back his rest." there are so many

alex leads the big barkus parade tomorrow afternoon... this year's theme is "from the doghouse to the white house" from dogs in parades -- to an animal that's often called the dog of the sea... this sea lion found itself barking up the wrong cave in southern california... the creature climbed 1 hundred 45 stairs up a tunnel from the cave below into the store... workers chased it around for a while... eventually using some salmon to get it back down the tunnel to its home... not surprisingly -- this was definitely a first for the store... coming up on today in iowa... a flaky, delicious way to celebrate your saturday... we'll be back with that and a final look at weather with eileen after this quick break... there are those who say we cannot defeat a corrupt political system and fix a rigged economy. but i believe we need to lift our vision

and look to the american horizon. to a nation where every child can not only dream o ogoing to college, but attend one. where quality healthcare will be a birthright of every citizen. where a good job is not a wish, but a reality. where women receive equal pay and a living wage is paid to all. an america where after a lifetime of labor, there is time for rest and grandchildren. a nation that defends our people and our values, but no longer carries so much of that burden alone. i know we can create that america if we listen to our hearts. and that journey begins here in iowa. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message, and i ask you to join with us at the caucuses on monday night.

while it's not clear who started the holiday or when -- you might be lucky enough to find some bakeries getting in on the fun... the buttery crescent-shaped roll is believed to have originated at a paris bakery in 19-39... mild this weekend with light rain and snow late tonight through sunday, no accumulation on snow, light on rain. dry for monday but a large winter storm tracks through monday night through wednesday. thanks for joining us this morning. we hope to see you back here tomorrow rning. our next newscast is tonight at 6.