christian." cruz :"you have my word" he said he prayed for donald trump and marco rubio, who made this appeal-- rubio "i'm asking you to caucus for me of the united states, when i'm president of the united states, we will confront the challenges of our time." rubio fighting hard for an upset second place finish...or better trump "get out of bed and caucus!" and donald trump, long the man in the lead, gave his wife melania the mic to close the deal in iowa. melania sot. "he will be unbelievable." tag: on the republican side, we will expect results to start coming in soon after 7 central, for the democrats though, the results often take longer since those caucuses are like a game of red rover, with campaigns trying to sway voters from the non-competitive candidates over to their side. lana zak abc news, des moines, iowa verbatim:" elias: of course....your local election headquarters is local 5 news. we'll be live from caucus central during our midday, 5 and 6 o'clock news. then,...

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republican and democrat organizers are expecting a strong turnout tonight....possibl y even a new record. and local five will have full coverage starting at 6-30 this evening. elias: time for a short break...coming up, sam's in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... but first...a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at euclid... [current conditions] good morning "you're watching good moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " " (donald trump, (r) presidential candidate): "it all doesn't matter if you don't caucus monday." (hillary clinton / (d) presidential candidate) "of course it's close its competitive that's

(sen. ted cruz, (r) presidential candidate): "if every person brings 9 additional people to caucus monday night, we will win the iowa caucus." (sen. bernie sanders / (d) presidential candidate) "when we started this campaign here in iowa, we were 50 or 60 points behind secretary clinton. we have come a long, long way.so i think if the turnout is high,......i think we've got a real shot to win this."" elias: the weekend has been a frenzy of campaigning, as presidential frontrunners try to cement

won. your most insightful and knowledgeable elias: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: weather adlib: today is going to be the calm before the storm, so if you have any errands like need to run, i'd get them done before the

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morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." elias: take a look at these views around des moines... this is drone video take by c- n-n of the des moines skyline...includin g a nice close up capitol building... view will be getting a bit different tonight....as a iowa...which could bring significant snow to the area... sabrina: elias: (anchor toss to wx) sam: adlib toss. sam: weather adlib: today is going to be sam: weather adlib: the calm before the storm, so if you have any errands like getting groceries you them done before the

iowa. snow totals are still tricky with this system. because we will be on the warmer side when this system starts, the metro now looks to be in the 3 to 6 inch category. west and northwest iowa will likely see a larger accumulation falling tuesday morning. snow totals are still subject to change during the day as the low pressure bringing them moves across the country towards iowa. we will be cooler and dry through the rest of the week with a warm up into the 30s coming back this weekend. elias: sometimes help

blizzard hits tomorrow. expect mostly cloudy skies with calm and mild conditions. highs today are going to hit near 40 degrees with a very calm and gentle wind. overnight tonight we'll fall to a fairly mild low of 32 degrees as the low pressure leading to this winter storm moves in. due to temperatures being so warm across the metro and southern iowa, we are likely to see rain first becoming a wintry mix and then snow tonight through tuesday. northwest iowa will likely see all snow starting tonight and lasting through much of the day tuesday with the heaviest snow falling tuesday morning. on top of all of this the

in fact, on both the republican and the democratic side, the last iowa poll found 5-points or less separating 1st and 2nd place ?and with about a third of voters still waivering in their support, campaigns can influence the results up to the last second. (cruz church nat pop) in their final day on the trail, ted cruz attended church, churchgoer: "i'll vote for you if you promise to run this country like a god fearing christian." cruz :"you have my word"

snow leading to blizzard warnings in west and northwest system. because we will be on the warmer side when this system starts, the metro now looks to be in the 3 to 6 inch category. west and northwest iowa will likely see a larger area of 6 to 12 inches with the heaviest accumulation falling tuesday morning. snow totals are still subject to change during the day as the low pressure bringing them moves across the country towards iowa.

them moves across the country towards iowa. we will be cooler and dry through the rest of the week with a warm up into the 30s coming back this weekend. sam toss back.

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