let's switch gears to decision 2016 coverage -- two more republican candidates are now out of the race. new jersey governor chris christie telling his campaign staff he's dropping out. christie never seemed to get on any kind of roll -- placing in sixth in last night's primary -- earning just eight percent of the votes. he said last night he would go home and make a decision with his family -- which was ultimately made today -- to end his campaign. fellow candidate carly fiorina also dropping out -- posting the announcement on her facebook page. the former c-e-o of hewlett-packard earning just four percent in last night's new hampshire primary -- good for seventh place. she says she would like to continue to travel the country and fight for americans who refusj to settle for the way things currently are. the final numbers from the new hampshire primaries all in now. we first told you on last

o'clock newscast that trump and sanders won -- but let's take a look at the exact numbers. on the republican side -- it was donald trump picking up 35 percent of the votes. in somewhat of a surprise john kasich finishshng second withth nearly 16 perccnt -- a nice finish for the ohio governor. following him is iowa caucus winner -- ted cruz at just under 12 percent. jeb bush and marco coming in at four and five -- just under cruz at 11 and 10 percent, respectively on the democratic side -- it was bernie sanders overwhelmingly knocking off hillary clinton. the vermont senator -- sanders with 60 peecent of the votes . clinton failing to garner even 40 percent after narrowly beating out sanders in the iowa caucuses last week- kwwl political analyy chris larimer says he was surprised by "i think right now if you ask political observers, they would

of the two winners from the iowa caucuses as being the nominees, than the new hampshire primary." meanwhile -- one of the biggest winners of the iowa caucuses -- marco rubio -- who had a strong second place finish. but he failed to contine with that momentum -- finishing with a disappointing fifth place last night. he says his recent debate which included a dispute with chris christie may have been the reason for his low numbers in the new hampshire primary. "but ultimately the voters spoke last 48 hours perhaps went in a different direction because of what happened on saturday night and that's uuortunate butt you learn f fom that and that's how you get better." he say he created a distraction and ays it won't happen again -- but feels good about his chances in south carolina next week. some snow in the forecast -- let's go to stortrack seven chief meteorologist mark hnackenberg nono who's tracking it ll. for your complete weather

morning. thursday turns out to be another cold day, with highs in the teens, despite a mostly sunny sky. clouds increase quickly thursday evening as light snow moves in from the northwest. light snow is expected start between 10 pm and midnight then taper off around 6-8 am friday. snow totals across eastern iowa will be a trace to 2". the sky becomes mostly sunny friday afternoon as a large area of high pressure moves south across the miiest. high temperatures stay in the single digits under a mostly sunny sky saturday. we are tracking another round of snow forecast to develop late saturday night. light snow will be on and off sunday before tapering off sunday night. snow slowly clear overnight allowing temperatures to drop near or below zero by morning. thursday turns out to be another cold day, with highs in the teens, despite a mostly sunny sky. clouds incrrase quickly thursday evening as light snow move in from the 6-8 am friday. snow totals the sky becomes mostly sunny friday afternoon as a large area of high pressure moves south across the midwest. high accumulations at this point will be in the 1-3" range.

ice cold temperatures are having an effecton your heating. most of your furnaces probably but many o o them just can't stand up to the stress of these low temperatures. kwwl's brad hanson joins us live now from the t-h media newsroom down all too often ii weather liie this. they sure do--in fact, i woke up to a balmy 45 degrees the other day in my apartment, so i'm all too familiar with howwhis weather an affect the winter months tend (jay gross, service manager, patterson's heating and cooling) busy." that workload increased for everyone at patterson's, as more furnace's when it's colder. and a lot of convenient--parts that are already weak breaking down under "for the maintenance, you should get a tune up done on it areas. and we can catch things utility bills, well, they're going up. luckily here in high utility bills. so far this

director, operation new view) director, operation new view) "as far as people coming in for director, operation new view) "as far as people coming in for time so your furnace doesn't go temperatures continue to plummet here in eastern iowa, furnaces working overtime and that means utility bills, well, they're going up. luckily here in dubuque an organization the high utility bills. so far this winter, they've helped nearly 5,000 houseelds." and that numbee continues to increase. (david barnes, executive director, operation new view) "as far as people coming in for services, we have seen a little but of a reduction, not tosay that in february we have seen maybe a small increase over the past few weeks." and that number continues to increase. services, we have seen a little but of a reduction, not to say that in february we have seen there are similar assistance programs all across eastern iowa, depending on where you live.

eastern iowa, depending on where you live. is working just fine, but you're having qualify. we've got you covered live from the t-h media newsroom in dubuque, brad hanson, kwwl news. gross also saying annual furnace maintenance can save you a lot of money, as calls they respond to at night or on the weekends end up costing you quite a bit more. new at ten -- a man serving up to 30 years in prison for robbing a store at jose murcia was 17-year-old when he and another man robbed the coralvile western wear store in 2009. he pleaded guilty to robbery charges and was sentenced to 30 years -- after seven years the iowa court of appeals siding with murica today -- saying he needs a re-sentence.

shots fired in a police chase. des moines police say they were chasing the vehicle allegedly driven by 25-year-old austin allen. they say he then drove towards an officer who fired his weapon. allen was later taken inxo custody and charged with assault with a weapon on police and theft. nobody was injured in the shooting. allen was wanted out of west des moines and kansas for robbery and theft --including the car he heroin and prescription drug abuse - - its an issue that has been in the national spotlight recently - -and a reoccurring topic amongst presidential candidates. and it isn't skipping iowa - - kwwl's jessica hartman is on the rise in one eastern iowa city. in 2015-- there were roughly 300 heroin - - it is a growing problem on the streets of eastern iowa. and cedar rapids leaders are trying to bring light - - to problem that has continued to increase over the last decade. in most cases the addiction starts from an injury wherepain

spiralling into abuse. rex butler knows this all too well. "and thinking that that would do the trick and also give him a llttle bit of phoria in the process. on july 12, 2006, he took those pipis and he neverer work up again." for others- - the addiction escalates into heroin use. 85 ercent of heroin users were prescription drug addicts first. but it is not a problem we can arrest our way out of. "for yeaqs and years when we come accross someone who has heroin on them, as a police attitude of law enforcement. so it is not a criminal issue, but a substance aduse health care issue." this isn't a problem isolated to cedar rapids - - - is affecting other

cedar rapids - - it is affecting other eastern iowa commnities. waterloo was mentioned several times in tonight's discussion. we've got you covered live in the newsroom . . .jessica hahatman kwwl news. to help combat the availability of prescription drugs - - drop boxes have been places at all law enforcement locations in linn and johnson county anddill soon be in black hawk county as well. coming up on kwwl... a young man arrested after allegedly murdering his grandparents. plus.. a wild elephantgoes on a mpage -- damming nearly a hundred homes. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar....storm track seven's chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg haha your full forecast, ming up... and when you see news - or if

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"now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from theewwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the clouds slowly clear morning. thursday turns out to

light snow moves in from the northwest. light snow is expected start between 10 pm totals across eastern iowa will be a trace to 2". the sky becomes mostly sunny temperatures stay in the single another round of snow forecast to develop late turday night. light snow will be on and off sunday before be in the 1-3" range.the clouds slowly clear overnight allowing temperatures to drop near or below zero by morning. thursday despite a mostly sunny sky. clouds increase quickly thursday evening as light snow moves in from the northwest. light snow is expected start between 10 pm and midnight then taper off around 6-8 am friday. snow friday afternoon as a large area of high pressure mves south across the midwest. high temperatures stay in the single digits under a mostly snny sky of snow forecast tt develop latee saturday night. light snow will be on and off sunday before tapering off sunday night. snow accumulations at this point will temperatures to drop near or below zero by morning. thursday turns out to be sunny sky. clouds increase quickly thursday evvning as light snow moves in from the northwest. light snow is across eastern iowa will be a trace to 2". the sky becomes mostly sunny friday afternoon as a large area of high pressure movessouth aaoss the midwest. high

of snow forecast to develop late saturday night. light snow will be on and off sunday before tapering off sunday night. snow slowly clear overnight allowing temperatures to drop near or below zero by morning. thursday turns out to be another old day, with highs in the teens, despite a mostly sunny sky. clouds increase quickly thursday evening as expected start between 10 pm and midnight then taper off around 6-8 am friday. snow the sky becomes mostly sunny friday afternoon as a large area of high pressure mmves south digits under a mostly sunny sky saturday. we are tracking another round of snow forecast to develop late saturday night. light snow will be on and off sunday before tapering off sunday night. snow accumulations at this point wii be in the 1-3" range. coming up on kwwl... several here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the clouds slowly clear overnight allowing temperatures in the teens, despite a mostly sunny sky. clouds increase quickly thursday evening as light snow moves in from the northwest. light snow is totals across eastern iowa will be a trace to 2". the sky becomes mostly sunny

of high pressure moves south digits under a mostly sunny sky saturday. we are tracking another round of snow forecast to develop late saturday night. light snow will be on and off sunday before tapering off sunday night. snow slowly clear overnight allowing temperatures to drop near or despite a mostly sunny sky. clouds increase expected start between 10 pm and below zero by morning. thursday another roond slowly clear overnight allowing and midnight then taper off accumulations at this point will be in the 1-3" range. kwwl... several people injured following a massive pileup involving dozens of vehicles.. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in oellin,

authorities in maryland say they were responding to a disturbance call at a shopping center when a responding deputy was shot. the alleged gununan -- identified as 67-year-old brian evans -- then exchanging gunfire with a second deputy who was shot. evans

later killed by authorities. both deputies were taken to the hospital --whereehey died from their injuries. a man accused of shooting and decapitaing his grandparents is now facing murder charges. oklahoma citytypolice say 20-year- old quinton laster spoke to a neighbor after the alleged crime -- leading to the neighbor contacting police. the couple operated a day care at the home and three children were found unharmed in the garage. police do not believe they witnessed the crime. those involved say it's all very confusing for them. "it's my mom and dad..so..i know they're in there." "we don't know what trrggered alllf this, i mean we don't know." laster is charged with two counts of first degree murder. several people are injured following a pile-up involving dozens of vehicles. take a look at the scene here

east of cleveland. dozens of cars and at least 15 trucks involved in the crash. many of the vehicles damaged in the pile-up -- and several serious injuries -- but not deaths have been confirmed at this time. a wild elephant goes on a rampage -- smashing nearly a hundred homes. take a look at the large animal here in west india. authorities say it wandered into the town from a nearby forest -- and they say the animal didn't attack any people -- as it was just looking&for food. it was eventually tranquilized and removed om the town uuing a crane. coming up next... the uni panthers have turned it around -- tonight hosting missouri state, looking for a 5th straight win -- while the cyclones would go after a 4th straight big 12 road kwwl. "now, kwwl sports, presented by your local toyota dealer." february is huge for us. all our handcrafted classic footlongs

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the iowa state cyclones opened the night looking for a 4th straight big 12 road victory for the first tie in 15 years -- the cyclones were once again without the services of center jameel mckay -- who remains on indefinite susppsion -- cyclones -- getting in to a bit of a groove in the first half -- simeon carter getting come of mckay's minutes -- drops the hammer -- 27, 22 iowa state --

downtown -- cyclones out to an 8 point advantage -- but devaughtah williams stroking it from the arc -- part of an 8-oh run -- game tied at 37 at half -- seconddhalf -- check out the perfect pass from monte morris to deonte burton -- highlight of the night -- 67, 58 cyclones -- texas tech battled in to a tie late though -- a shot to win at the buzzer is no good -- overtime -- and in the o-t -- when a team hits shots like this agains^ you -- that's just troubube -- cyclones get u uset at tech for the second year in a row -- 85-82 -- meanwhile -- the uni panthers have turned things around after their rough start to missouri valley conference play -- four straigigt wins has left them just 2 games out of second place in the valley -- uni hosting missouri state -- the panthers and bears currently sit tied for 6th in the standings -- uni on firirout of the gate -- first two trips down the floor -- paul jesperson -- back to back treys -- 6, 2 panthers in the early

and jesperson wasn't the only one -- jeremy morgan from the arc -- morgananled the way with 21 in the ballgame -- matt bohannon getting in on the action -- uni -- 8 threes in the fist half -- theyled 49, 38 a the break -- bears rally in the second half -- dequon miller with the longball -- part of a run that got them with three -- but the panthers -- and especially bennett koch droppd the hammer late -- koch with 13 second half points -- finishiig this one off with authority -- that's 5 in a row -- panthers win 83, 69 -- the field's all set for the 3-a state wrestling duals -- waverly-shell rock's there for the 10th time in 11 moines with a 49, 27 win over dowwin cedar raaids -- clinton pulled the upset on 7th ranked over north scott -- the iowa state football program is down a pair of players as joshua

the cyclones number 2 back ran for 295 yards and seven touchdowns in his sophomore season -- while senior receiver d'vario montgomery has been dismissed for a violation of team rules -- leading reeiver with 335 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns -- thanks rick.

some interesting video from outer space tonight. british astronaut tim peake with a great view from the international space station -- showing imges of lighting striking earth in a time lapse video. peake recently became the first astronaut representing britain to carry out a space

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