death of a 13-year-old girl whose remains were found along a north carolina highway on saturday. 19-year-old natalie keepers was charged sunday with helping to dispose of the body. freshman david eisenhauer was charged earlier with kidnapping and murder. both are engineering students from maryland. police say eisenhauer knew the victim, nicole lovell. she was reported missing from her virginia home on wednesday without the medication she needed after a liver transplant. >>> landslides are a concern today in southern california

for everyry top-tier candidate, there are countless staffers and volunteers who put their lives on hold to throw themselves into the political campaigns. strategizing, knocking on doors, this morning, before iowa votes, we take you inside the campaign. >> reporter: the frenetic final hours. more than a dozen candidates, hundreds of staffers and volunteers, one prize. campaign manager danny diaz is

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it's caucus day here in iowa. voters are getting set to take part in the first contest of the presidential race. turnout is key. you hear that sentence over and over again. guess what? turnout is great here in the west end architectural salvage, a marketplace in des moines. happy to have these folks with us, getting up early. a lot will be caucusing tonight. we'll talk to marco rubio in a second. >> raise your hand if you'll go to a caucus location tonight. pretty unanimous.

wonderful, that's for sure. the big thing about corn dogs, folks, are you a mustard person or ketchup person? >> mustard. >> tell us about the fried dough. >> the fried dough is cookie deep fried oreos at the top. funnel cakes. of course, you can't have a state fair without mini doughnuts. they are just to die for. >> we have the huge butter cow here. savannah just asked an etiquette question.

these are from iowa city. >> i have to try this. >> from the hamburg inn no. 2. this is kentucky bourbon chocolate chocolate. >> blueberry. >> we put nitour this? >> amazing. >> you grind up the pie? >> grind up the pie and they put it in with a scoop of ice cream.

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>> yes, good to be here. >> obviously, tamron hall and natalie morales. willie and al are in iowa. we'll check in with them nice jam. you cannot go wrong with this song. you have to do the dance though. >> that's -- yeah, that's later. stay tuned. >> we have a golden globe for you if you do it. >> okay, good. >> but you have the real deal. when you won the golden globe, you came on our show and talked about this new show you were working on. you said, it's perfect timing

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up in her first television interview since endorsing donald trump. >> our next president of the united states, donald j. trump. >> we'll talk with her live, as she gets set to hit the trail with trump later today. >>> field of political dreams. tom brokaw takes us inside iowa's influence on choosing our candidates. >>> plus, al's iowa adventure. >> why is it so big?

campaign manager danny diaz is jeb bush's bulldog. >> we're making phone calls, knocking on doors and talking to voters. >> reporter: fueled by chinese food and adrenaline. >> i hope to see you out at the caucus. every vote counts. >> my professors, all of them, were okay with it. some said they were yelliousjealous and it would be an excused absence if i brought back picturur. >>>>eporter: marco rubio's press secretary hasn't been home in weeks. >> you don't have time.

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it's caucus day in iowa. both parties' presidential front-runners came to sioux city on sunday. republican donald trump spoke to a crowd at the orpheum theatre. trump continues to lead the polls in iowa, but he told the sioux city crowd, he must win the iowa caucus. if he does, he says he'll "run the table." meanwhile just a few blocks away, democrat hillary clinton spoke to a crowd in the lobby of the convention center. the latest polls show her with a razor-thin three-point lead over bernie sanders in iowa. meterologist ben dorenbach now to tell us if the snow will hold

we'll walk through it so people palin. >> is anything left unfried at this point, al? governor. just a joke. >> thanks for that. that was good. >> i like talking to her. >>> lot more ahead from iowa with these nice people. first, your local news and weather, and lori king and

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all of this is happening in public so your friends, neighbors, relatives all know exactly who you're voting for. >> republicans, it's a secret ballot. >> right. >> this is public. if the group doesn't have 15% of the caucus attendees in it, that group is now unviable. which doesn't sound good. if your group is unviable, you have to join a group that is. the fun part is, groups will fight for your vote. all of a sudden, you become much >> suddenly, people are saying nice things about you. they're complimenting your hair. it's fantastic. good for me. after everyone is settled, people are counted, the results are then reported. then everyone goes home. >> to put it simply, the republican winner is the one who has the most votes, period, in the room. sometimes they scratch them on a piece of paper. they vote that way. the democrats use a mathematical formula to award delegates to candidates proportional to the votes they received in the caucuses across the state. the candidate with the...

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to join us at west end salvage. we had an overflow and the people outside were threatening to rush the joint. we decided to give them camera time. thanks so much for standing out in the coco. >> coming up, the hard working people behind the scenes who keep the candidates running and the campaigns going all across iowa and all across the country. >> you want wild and crazy fruit creations? come to iowa. bacon-wrapped corn dogs, check.

savannah just asked an etiquette question. are you allowed to tough the butter cow? >> sure, go ahead. enjoy it. >> wow. it's butter, made of butter. i can confirm. >> how many things on a stick do you sell at the iowa state fair? >> we have over 70 things on a stick. about 175 different food stands. pork chops on a stick are always well. >> how many days until the iowa state fair? >> 91 day191 days. come back august 11th through the 21st.

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a lot will be caucusing tonight. we'll talk to marco rubio in a second. >> raise your hand if you'll go to a caucus location tonight. pretty unanimous. pretty good. >>> first, other stories making headlines today. a powerful storm blasting southern california with heavy rain and high winds. the storm is moving east. in san diego, one woman was killed when her car was hit by a falling tree. thousands of homes are without power this morning. the weather is also a concern here in iowa. a snowstorm is moving in a little later tonight.

a couple of minutes. >>> first, natalie is holding down the fort back in studio 1a in new york and has a check of the top stories of the morning. good morning. >> good morning to you. the world health organization is holding an urgent meeting in geneva today to decide if the zika virus outbreak should be declared a global economy. the virus carried by mosquitos reached two dozen countries. the u.n. health agency says it is spreading exploissively in the americas. there are confirmed cases in the

come to iowa. bacon-wrapped corn dogs, check. it doesn't stop there. wait until you see what i sunk my teeth into. a 4 pound tower of meat. >> tell them about the twinkie, al. >> and a fried twinkie. chickengate here. >> cheat day. >> and we're playing the country's favorite game, let's be honest, cornhole. love it?