compared to tonight (monday night). super tuesday is tomorrow and candidates are furiously campaigning. on the republican side, all eyes are on texas... the only state where tex cruz leads in the polling over donald trump. steve handelsman has the story. ron and amanda, good evening from houston, where ted cruz has

big push by donald trump ted cruz is campaigning at home in texas, the only super tuesday state he figured he can win. and must win cruz voo to take texasas tomorrow then catch fire (s/ sen. ted cruz / (r) presidential candidate :11-:15) "at that point it will become abundantllclear that thths is a two man race at the houston rodeo today ... the cowboys are divided between trump mos - t tump supporter :19-:21 "you're a trump voter ? - you mos - cruz supporter :22-:28 "he's more of a constitutional type, he's not a whiney yankee (s/ donald trump / (r) to unify thihi country" but hehe being called a a racist nats: protestors (s/ donald trump / (r) presidential candidate :38-:41) "all lives matter whooo " claiming he could not hear the question, trump, sunday refused to cooemn the kkk marco rubio's added that to his trump attacks (s/ sen. marco rubio / (r) presidential candidate :50-:54) "hes unelectable now. he

klan" but trump got support from ex new yorker frank ck s/ frank vick, trump supporter :58-1:07 when i was small donald trump about donald trump, hes not a racist " democrat hillary clinton jumped on the republicans s/ hillary clinton / (d) presidential candidate 1:12- 1:20 "what we can't let happen is the scapegoating, the blaming, the finger pointing that is gog on on the republican side" state he hopes to win while baak in texas ted cruz is fighting just to win his homestate. the polling here in texas shows cruz widening the gap ...leading trump now by 10 points i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, houston. hillary clinton is expected to win every state that votes tomorrow

of vermont. tonight, a local family is asking for your help...in hopes of finding a 22 year old year man wh autism. rashon montgoory was lasttseen friday night when he left work at the isle casino in waterloo. he has diminished mental capacity and autism. kwwl's lauren moss speaking with family members today- she joins us now live.. and amanda..the 22 year old is described as a teddy bear. a friendly and happy man.. someone who is friends with everyone and anyone...but that's what has his family so concerned tonight. his family invited me inside their home today..they were all very emotional as you can understand. they say this is not like him, to just not come home. and they are wwried that he m my have put himself in a dangerous on. they want rashon to know that he's not in trouble.. his mother and cousin say they cant eat...they cant sleep ... they just want him home. " i don't care about eating..i

this on anybody." "we just want you to come home. we miss you so much and we just so worried. we need you home." his family says he gets picked up after every shift at the isle casino...but friday night he was seen walking away, before his ride arrived. police have received some calls that he was seen in downtown waterloo after r rk on fridd..but they havent been able to confirm that at this time. family members also tell me they got calls that he was spotted on university avenue a couple days ago.. they say if you do see him...just go up to him..and talk to hihi.. and please give them a call. we've got you covered, lauren moss kwwl news. if you have any iformation on his where-abouts, please call waterloo police or the black hawk county sheriff's office. a cedar rapids man is arrested across state lines - after more

the u-s marshals arresting this cordarryl smith in streator this morning. smith is accused of shototng a 38- year-old man several times in arrested smith after a brief chase - he'll soon be extradited back to iowa. two eastern wa men are arrested - police say they had 15 thousand dollars in cocaine on them. in custody. sheriff's deputies from fayette county worked with those from winniessiek to nab the e pair. investigators say they were found with nearly 90 grams of cocaine, cash and other drugs near hawkeye. this is an ongoing investigation, and the fayette county sheriff anticipates more charges to be field. the fbi says one eastern iowa city is seeing the biggest drop of violent crime of any other city in the country. based on data by the f-b-i...analyzed by 24-7 wallslsreet -- in dubuque, it says there's a 58-percent decrease in violent

that's from 20-10 to 20-14. kwwl's shirley descorbeth is live from the t-h media newsroom in dubuquu. yououspoke with dduque police about that data. and they say they have concerns. that's right... police tell me despite the good news... the city saw its highest number of homicides and shots fired in 20-15. that year -- isn't included in the report. and for the ear ahead -- they're cautiously optimistic. data from the fbi says dubuque is seeing a decrease in violent taken lightly." "we had some assualts to the fbi, we learned shortly after 2010 that we were over reporting on assualts to the fbi." the study says violent crimes such as murder, rape, dubuque. "we did see some decreases in violent crimes in some of those categories over those years, but the year not violence -- 33 confirmed shots fired and 5

"in terms of the homicides, we're obviously hoping that was an anomaly 5 total homicides, one of which that was a completely random act, on a completely innocent ictim." as for longtime downtown resident joe noll, he's not too wowoied about criie in dubuque. "it's like anything, you gotta be aware of your surrondings. it doesn't matter, you can be on the west side of town and they're also getting hit with crime and everything else." and as for the year ahead police say -- "well we're cautiouuly

as for this year -- here in dubuque so far there have not been any confirmed shots fired of a criminal intent. but there was that one incident involving a child, which was an accident. we've got you covered live from the t-h media newsroom in dubuque...shirley descooeth... ...kwwl news.. another city in the state that tops the list is ames. it came in as the number two in the nation where crime has decreased the most. coming up... the mother of a man accused of killing his wife and... find out what one of the boston bomberer did months before the attack on the boston marathon? 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 schnackeberg has your full --------- "nooyour storm track 7

weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl transitions to all snow by 10 pm. roads ill become slili by ttis time and rereain that way through tuesday morning. snow continues through the night then tapers off by 6 or 8 am. snow totals range from 6" from iowa city south expect at trace-2".

into wednesday morning followed by sunshine during the afternoon. high temperatures will be in thh upper 20s and low 30s...far from the 60s we had saturday. blowing snow is expected tonight and tuesday with a north wind at 10-20 mph. the wind diminishes afterr pm uesday. we are tracking another chance of snow for wednesday night into early thursday morning. similar snow amounts and timing with this round of snow compared to tonight (monday night). a light rain/snow mix develops this evening (7-9 pm) and transitions to all snow by 10 pm. roads will become sliccby thiitime and remain that way through tuesday morning. snow continues through the night then tapers off by 6 or 8 am. snow totals range from 4- 6" around dubuque to waterloo with 2-4" for the rest of eastern iowa north of iowa city. from iowa city south expect at trace-2". light snow or flurries linger into wednesday morning followed by sunshine during the afternoon. high temperatures

30s...far from the 60s we had saturday. blowing snow is expected tonight and tuesday with a north wind at 10-20 mph. the wind diminishes after 6 pm tuesday. we are tracking another chance of snow for wednesday night into early thursday morning. similar snow amounts and timing with this round of snow compared to o onight (mondayy night). a light rain/snow mix develops this evening (7-9 pm) and transitions to all snow by 10 pm. roads will become slick by this time and remain that way through tuesday morning. snow continues through the night then tapers off by 6 or 8 am. snow totals range from 4- 6" around dubuque to waterloo with 2-4" for the rest of eastern iowa north of iowa city. from iowa city ssuth expect at trace-2". light snow or flurries linger into wednesday morning followed by sunshine during the afternoon. high temperatures will be in the upper 20s and low 30s...far from the 60s ww had

blowing snow is expected tonight and tuesday with a north wind at 10-20 mph. the wind diminishes after 6 pm tuesday. we are tracking another chance of snow for wednesday night into early thursday morning. similar snow amounts and timing with this round of snow compared to tonight (monday night). coming up... the mother of a man accused of killing his wife,

fazzino, takes the stand in this high profile murder cce. and - supreme court justice clarence thomas speaks up for the first time in a decade in court. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in --------- ---------

his wife, the daughter of the fareway board chairman. the state wrapping up their caae today, and the defense taking center stage. alexander fazzino faces first degree murder charges for allegedly killing his wife emily fazzino, in their boone home in january of 2012. kwwl's brad hanson has been following this trial very closely for us. brad joins us live from decorah with the very latest. the state wrapped up their case this morning wwth the testimony of a d-c-i agent who testified about what could have caused the bruise on her forehead--one of the big question marks of this case. the defense began their case this afternoon--calling the fazzino's former house cleaner to the stand. elodie mcwilson refused to answer any questions, pleading the fifth, when asked if she sold prescription drugs emily fazzinn. the defense then called joanne

she testified that she saw emily stumble, stagger and slur her words (joanne fazzino, alex fazzino's the kids, i was upset for my son. now at that time and all times, you loved emily as a daughter. i loved her, i loved her, and i thought we had a state hit cross examamnation--gettn g fazzino to admit reasonable mother would be angry if telling them. decorah, brad hanson...kwwl news. mary ann fazzino, alex's aunt,

theeids back to kansas city--we'll hear they took the kids back to kansas city--we'll hear from her coming up tonight at six. still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... then - supreme court justice clarence thomas speaks in court r the first time in a decade. and... after nearly a year in space, find out when astronaut scott kelly will be home. ---------

clarence thomas asks a question... justice thomas asked ten questions to a justice department attorney today... thomas, in the past, has given several reasons for not asking questinos from the bench - in 2012, saying notable justicece thurgood marshall anan william brennan rarely asked questions. new information tonight about the boston marathon bombers... merlan tsarnaee passed a u-s citizenship test months before the bombings... he died in a shootout with police days after the 2013 bombins. the citizenship information is in heavily-redacted documents from the department of homeland security- provided to the boston globe. the documents didn't include any concerns about tsarnaev. his brother dzhokhar

in the bombings. president obama presents the fifth ever medal of honor to a navy seal today... this experience has been truly humbling. to be presented the congressional medal of honor by community. that is navy seal edward byers... he's receiving the medal of hooor for s role in rescuing an american civiial who was held hostage by taliban insurgents in afghanistan. the medal of honor is t he highest medal for valor in combat. astronaut scott kelly begins his final day in space... kelly will return to texas on wednesday after spending almost a year in space.... he has now spent the most cumulative timein space of any american in history. he and a russian cosmonaut are test subjects - scientists are studying theeaffects of sppe

a group in cedar rapids is working to bring tiny houses to the community. if you haven't heard of the tiny house vement, it's becoming popular among people who wish to live a simple life--be energy efficent, or even save money--by living in very small homes. often times tiny homes have wheels and even compostable totoets but the homes in cedar rapids would not be this way. (cg: joe lock/ tiny house work group member) "there would central air and heat, and that they would be something that would be attractive to a wide varitey of individuals." the home would also be connected to city water and be at least building codes and zoning, the group says the next step is to find a developer. here's a live look at the waterloo skycam. storm track seven meteoroligst mark schnackenberg has a final --------- ---------

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tonight the klan controversy exploding around donald trump after refusing to condemn the kkk's former leader. what he's saying now and what we found him saying years ago. plus, tensions boil over at trump's rally, and tonight some republican leaders a a scrambling to stop him. school shooting emergency. all-out chaos as police say a 14-year-old suddenly opened fire in the cafeteria. taking the stand, an emotional erin andrews tells the jury about her hotel nightmare as a stalker secretly taped her and posted the video for the world to see. craving sleep. a wake-up call tonight for millions struggling to lose weight and trying to get more rest. and hollywood rocked as controversy takes center stage at the oscars. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is ennightly news with le\ter holt. good evening. from our election