andy mcguire, iowa democratic party chair said. "they're closing the deal." >> one thing the gop doesn't want is a repeat of 2012... when mitt romney was the winner on caucus night. but, when the votes were certified two weeks later, rickckantorum had won actually won by 7 votes. so, this year, if the margin is that razor-thin, the party will only announce the results without declaring a "winner." anks to their partnership with microsoft, and a new app for repoing precinct numbers, the results will be certified 48-hours later. let's toss it back to the station. tommie. thanks matt and amanda. snow is on the way in siouxland. but how much can we expect? let's check back in with meteorologist tj sprprger. blizzard watches in effect for almost all of siouxland except yankton, holt, antntope, and verdei counties from early tuesday morning through wednesday morning. the clouds that were with us on saturday ended up clearing out quite nicely making for quite a nice sunday across siouxland. temperatures were above average once again, with

andy mcguire released a statement on last night's historically close vote. in it, mcguire outlines that clinton has been awarded 7-hundred state delegate sanders has been awarded 695-state delegates. mcguire says.... "we still have outstanding results in one precinct, which is worth three state delegate equivalents. we'll report that final precinct when we've confirmed those results with the chair." of course....should sanders win the last precinct... it would still not be enough to edge out clinton.... but again... we're still waiting for those final votes to come in this morning. the race was so close last night... that democrats in some precincts had to flip coins to determine how to award an extra county delegate. it's a rare move... but a long-standing procedure. party rules call for a coin flip when support for candidates is even but a precinct has an odd number of delegates to award. clinton won coin tosses at precincts in davenport and des moines. meanwhile... iowa republican party officials say iowa voters showed up last night in record numbers. more

we're joined by andy mcguire, chairwoman of the iowa democratic party.morning. >> good morning. >> big day for you. happy caucus day. >> happy caucus day. >> let's talk about the caucus, the democratic side of the a caucus. it is incredibly complicated. tell me there is some great awesome history as to why democrats do it this way. >> there is. you know, sort of a political accident is why it happened. really what i like about it is this is a conversation we have. the conversation with our friends and our neighbors, people we know and we've seen at the grocery store and we talk about the issues like college affordability, healthcare, we talk about, you know, our incomes and how we wish they were more and the kind of things that are bothering us and that's how we decide should be president. >> then in some caucuses one candidate might talk about all those great things and say, do you know what, no you, we're going to pretend to support another candidate where we can gain the system. that's the part of it that makes it feel a tad undemocratic, that you can

andy mcguire. she said quote, the iow democatic party has released our final results. any concerns we will look in to at the local level and with the parties involved. reporting sheets are internal party documents. again sam, i know this has been, maybe a busier than expected week for you. first of all, let's talk about this. is there anything you can elaborate on? are you guys aware of these discrepancies that are out there? them and as our chair said, we are looking in to these on a case by case basis. there have been a very small number of concerns flagged to us by the sanders campaign. but also by the clinton campaign. >> amanda: mmhmm. >> sam: and so, right now, we're in the process. we're going to look at them on a case by case basis. talk to our party leaders on the ground. >> amanda: ok, and when you guys are analyzing the data that you get from your research and these investigations, i guess, that you're doing. can you share this information publicly? will the results that you find be made known? >> sam: i mean, if we see that there was a data reporting error,

state democratic chair doctor andy mcguire declared the results final early tuesday morning... but they've been changing ever since... the democratic party says it found five errors in the caucus night results. the corrected results narrowed hillary clinton's win to point-two-five percentage points. the sanders campaign is still reviewing the numbers saying results." a marketing company is also tracking the caucuses... and thousands of iowans unknowingly helped... online firm "dstillery" analyzed location phones. location data allowed dstillery to make assumptions about voters at precincts where there was an overwhelming winner. according to the company... caucusgoers who were expecting.. or already had a young baby were more likely to vote republican.. .and preferred florida senator marco rubio. donald trump supporters were made up of do-it-your-selfers, and people who like to maintain their own yards and gardens. sports fans leaned towards senators marco rubio and bernie sanders. techies... also leaned to sanders... the oldest candidate in the race. donald trump is looking to

andy mcguire writes, "asking a misunderstanding of our process. as does asking for a recount." no misunderstanding in the weather department... ed told us to expect some light snow tonight... ed... an even bigger system is on tap for the weekend... 3-d printers have been catching and now they're being used for more than plastic. today iowa state university showed off its new million dollar metal laser printer. the machine uses a laser and powdered metal to lay thin layers of metal. the device allows iowa manufacturers to design a part... and build it, or rather print it, over night. 'iowa has a lot of manufacturing, machinery manufacturing, a lot of metal fabrication. this is a game changer. it lets you design new products new way of doing things the new printer has been building parts for iowa manufacturers since last fall. the iowa hawkeyes haven't won an outright big-ten title in 46-years... a win tonight would go a long way towards ending the drought... later in sports... we'll take you live to assembly hall... where the hawks are trying to avoid sharing the this is the lif

we tried to speak with party chair andy mcguire about that tonight but were told she was unavailable. brad anderson managed president 20-12. party doesn't have a way to confirm that its results are correct... during today's iowa press... anderson says, "the one thing that is troubling is in a close race there should be some kind of recount procedure and right now because of the way its done on the democratic side, its just not possible. we dont have ballots.' anderson says the democratic party should consider adopting republican caucus procedures where there are ballots and a paper trail than can be double checked and verified. the botched caucus is the second in a row for iowa... in 20-12.. then republican party chairman declared mitt romney the winner. two weeks later... corrected results showed rick santorum actually won. the party then convened what it called a blue-ribbon committee to look at what went wrong and to prevent it from happening again. strawn says the democratic party should not go through the same thing. 10:05-10:19 one thing that i thought was helpful when the party

andy mcguire. there's no escaping the caucus craze. standup walk and talk "so, here's what you'll find on caucus day. walk in a coffee shop and you'll find people discussing the caucuses--but who they're supporting is a diferent story. "i knew he (rubio) was my candidate because he's living "to me, o'malley has demonstrated accomplishments and knowledge about immigration reform," said darcie vandegrift, des moines iowa. but, iowans are notorious for making up their minds at the last minute. had with the candidates has made this even more difficult," said julian hill a democrat. and some-- haven't picked a party. "i'm going to caucus tonight, absolutely." said carol freeman, des moines iowa. "i haven't decided democrat or republican or the candidate i'm caucusing for." >> talk about waiting to the last minute--the most recent des moines register-bloomberg poll shows 9 percent of likely gop caucus-goers are undecided. but, 45 percent could change their candidate choice shortly before voting. reporting live in des moines, iowa, robert low

amanda/bam: now earlier this week, we did reach out to the iowa democratic party's chairwoman andy mcguire. she told us the results are complete and they won't be opening things back up for a supporters, enough. "mcguire - 25:29 when you have that you have to make sure you verify the results and this morning we have 100% of the precincts verified the results, we have our final rania - 34:38 we have very strong supporters who are have worked so hard. about such a tight these questions that want those things to be rectified. " amanda/bam: again, you can watch the full story about what happened in woodbury county on caucus night, tonight at 10. and we'll be looking deeper into this issue on "this week in iowa," our weekly political show. that airs sunday at 9 a-m, right here on local five. reporting in the studio, amanda krenz local five news, we are iowa. jack: many hawkeye fans would probably like to forget about the rosebowl. but an iowa lawmaker isn't letting it go. and it wasn't the lopsided score of the ballgame - but the halftime to his outrage. local five's amanda krenz talked to the

andy mcguire today announced former congressman dave nagle will chari the review committee. tim: nagel says the committee will be guided by the proposals and ideas from iowans in all corners of our state. in the days following the 2016 caucuses, the i-d-p came under reports of incorrect results and a lack of qualified caucus workers. mcguire says she wants the committee to conduct a full evaluation of the caucus. specific information about the committee is expected in a few weeks. jenna on cam religion and politics are often intertwined... but maybe especiallly so this election cycle. now, with a recent 'back and forth' between one top candidate and the pope... is it too much? local experts say this is really nothing new. bishop of the sioux city diocese, r. walker nickless says pope francis isn't afraid to speak his mind... alluding to comments the pope made about donald trump's border wall idea. morningse college religious studies professor doctor bruce forbes says the trends we're seeing in reguards to religion are being mirrored in politics. more people wanting new ideas

that's for the chair the i would democratic party, doctor andy mcguire so now it is my duty to ask each of you to dig as deeply as you can to help us support funding these caucuses, the conventions, and, and the party apparatus of that we can continue to bring democrats up and on the ballot to november. this is the green envelope, can i ask for someone to volunteer to carry the green envelope around for me and return it to me for contributions. free will contributions. thank you. this is a big cost for us to run these caucuses so i appreciate any help you can provide. >> i need one more volunteer. this is for the polk county democrats also important because the polk county democrats pay a lot of money for each of these caucuses to happen in both counties. they put on this caucus presentation. please help us as well. thank you. now there are additional letters and petitions that you can read that are on the table and back. if anyone is interested, i am not going to read all of those to you tonight. [applause]. now, we are at the stage of election for permanent officers on tonight's meeti

about the end of the iowa caucuses, because of the way in which this was managed >> what about andy mcguire, the chair, her name is mentioned in some circles as a posble is this a loss for her, as well? >> it depends on what she does in the coming weeks. there are democrats who are privately telling me that she needs to be more forceful. she needs to be out there exaining this, answering every question. remember that chris christie news conference that went onn for 90 minutes where he answeredd every question about the bridge scandal? they say that't's the ki of thing she needs to do if shehopes to be politicallyiable as a candidate in the future. >> marco rubio had a bump in the road with his debate performance. he finished eighghtoints highers than the bloomberg poll ever projected him. >> and just think, wt if he actually had run more robust campaign in iowa and had finished second. there was only 1 percentage point difference between his finish in iowa and that of donald trump. been the idea that he had three, two, one strategy where they would come in third in iowa, second in new hamps

that's for the chair the i would democratic party, doctor andy mcguire so now it is my duty to ask each of you to dig as deeply as you can to help us support funding these caucuses, the conventions, and, and the party apparatus of that we can continue to bring democrats up and on the ballot to november. this is the green envelope, can i ask for someone to volunteer to carry the green envelope around for me and return it to me for contributions. free will contributions. thank you. this is a big cost for us to run these caucuses so i appreciate any help you can provide. >> i need one more volunteer. this is for the polk county democrats also important because the polk county democrats pay a lot of money for each of these caucuses to happen in both counties. they put on this caucus presentation. please help us as well. thank you. now there are additional letters and petitions that you can read that are on the table and back. if anyone is interested, i am not going to read all of those to you tonight. [applause]. now, we are at the stage of election for permanent officers on tonight's meeti

now the chair of the iowa democratic party, doctor andy mcguire is also saying she will convene a committee to look at ways to improve the caucus process. >>amanda: so we wondered are they worried at all about these issues affecting iowa's first in the nation status? the head of communications for the iowa democratic party was on our show last week to talk about that. >>sam: we had an historically close election that was preceded by a historically close election. >>amanda: yeah, true. >>sam: in some ways i think that shows how amazing iowa is. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>sam: because, you know, there were heavy favorites in both of those times and you wanna know what? iowans made the final call. they, to talk to them one-on-one, they had to travel all across our state. i think it you know, lightning apparently does strike twice with close elections here in iowa (chuckling) >>sam: but i don't think that's something against iowa. i think that's something for iowa. >>amanda: right. >>sabrina: so this is when it get in-, gets interesting. what happens next? >>amanda: mmhmm. >>sabrina: later this month s

iowa democratic party chairwoman andy mcguire said there would be no review of the results and that hillary clinton's' razor thin margin of victory over berne sanders was final... but now.. errors are being discovered and the final tally is being changed. good evening. i'm lynn melling. thank you for joining us tonight. it may not be over after all... the iowa democratic party is now looking into those concerns raised by both campaigns on a case by case basis... the party won't say how long this review process will take, but officials are standing by the way they run the caucuses... mike dasilva has this report. 18:21:17--20 'theres always room for human error, have this many people participating.' thomas henderson saying there may have been mistakes made in transmitting the data on caucus night... 18:21:41--51 'it is possible that the reports that were received on caucus night are different than the actual sheets when we have a chance to calculate now that we received from precinct captains. that is possible.' henderson stands by the process itself...calling it fair, accurate, and legal...

andy mcguire. you'll want to read that or pass it around to the attendees, make it available for people to read and see. we also have included a green i.d.p. finance envelope and you'll want to pass that around to caucus attendees for contributions to the party. and just to note on that checks should be made payable to the iowa democratic party. you'll want to seal and return all contributions to the i.d.p. and the secretary, caucus secretary should sign across the seal before it's placed in the envelope. and we'll go through what goes in what envelopes and what that looks like and which materials to include where. so we'll hold on that for just a second. and just to note, failure to comply with those instructions may result in f.c.c. disclosure issues but it's printed right on the envelope there. very self-explanatory so shouldn't have any problems with that. ok. so, again, we do want to encourage our caucus attendees to fill out those absentee ballot request forms. we have a ton of people in iowa

on the democratic side -- the race was extremely close..iowa democratic party chair andy mcguire said ornight that this the closest democratic caucus in ate history. history.let's take a look at the numbers real quick.with 99 percent of the precincts in, hillary clinton edged out bernie sanders by a barrow margin.but both candidates will l lve the state with a similar number of delegates. right now, 22 will go to hillary, 21 to sanders, with one left to be decided. but while the end result is very close, hillary's campaign ended lala night by speakingng to a crowd in des moines, painting it as a victory. victory."i am honored to stand in a long line of american reformers to make up our minds that the status quo is not good enough, that standing thatrings people together to find ways forward that will improve the lives of americans." americans." both clinton and sanders will make their way to new hampshire.. hampshire..but take a look at this video posted on twitter at 4-4-irty this morning by a a member of the sanders campaign. it shows a group of people cheering and welcoming sanders

on the dedecratic side -- the race was extremely close..iowa democratic party chair andy mcguire said overnight that this the closest democratic caucus in ste history. history.let's take a look at the e mbers real quick.with 99 percent of the precincts in, hillary clinton edged out bernie sanders by a narrow margin.but both candidates will leave the state with a similar number of delegates. right now, 22 will go to hillary, 21 to sanders, with one left to be decided. but while the end result is very close, hillary's campaign ended last night by speaking to a crowd in des moines, paintingngt as a victory. victory."i am honored to stand in a long line of american reformers to make up wur minds that the status quo is not still is not an option, and that brings people together to find ways forward that will improve the lives of americans." americans." former maryland governor martin o'malley has been a distant third througut this presidential race -- and it showed lasnight when he only got around 1 percent support. so -- o-malley has now dropped out of the race.he says s e party must "hol

so included in your packets you have a letter from doctor andy mcguire. you want to read that will pass it around to the attendees, make it habitable for people to read and see. we also have included a green idp finance envelope and you want to pass it around to caucus attendees for contributions to the party. just a note on that, checks should be made available to the i would democratic party. you want to see a return all contributions to the idp, and the secretary, caucus sector should sign across the co before it is placed in the envelope. we will go through what and what envelope and what that looks like of which materials to include where. we will hold off on that for just a second. just a note failing to comply with those instruction may result in the disclosure issue but is printed on the envelope. self-explanatory so shouldn't have any problems with that. again we do want to encourage our caucus attendees to thought those absentee ballot request forms. we have a ton of people in iowa who vote by mail. that's something we want to make available. a

andy mcguire: that's what it of accuracy make sure it was verified, look at anything to make sure it was 100% done before we released results. pete d'alessandro: make sure all numbers are right. look at paper to make sure it matches what was sent in. elizabeth: on the republican side, the field was largely dominated by two minority candidates, which is presenting an interesting dynamic for hispanic iowa voters. ted cruz and marco rubio finished in the top three for the gop. when you break down voter turnout, 51% of republican caucusgoers voted for a latino. regional vp league of united latin american citizens joe henry says however, cruz and rubio's stance on immigration hurt the candidate's popularity within the hispanic community. joe henry: very interesting because on the republican side, the hate rhetoric has been against latinos. but yet, we had latino's supported last night. so it is bittersweet. elizabeth: the league of united more than 13,000 latinos to caucus sites monday night. exceeding a prediction of 10,000. candidates on both sides will share a stage off one more time b

andy mcguire, the head of the democratic chair, is saying tonight. technical but very important.sults tonight are the closest in iowa's democratic caucus history. hillary clinton has been awarded 69.995 state delegates, bernie sanders, awarded 695.95 delegates. >> we still have outstanding results in one precinct. there is one precinct still out in polk county, worth 2.28 state delegate equivalents. so here is some math, we'll let you reach your own conclusions, hillary clinton has 695, bernie sanders, 695.49, that is a difference of four. >> even if bernie sanders were to take all the outstanding precinct of polk county and get 2.82 delegates you still have a spread that to leaves hillary clinton in the lead. this has not been officially called yet. but hillary clinton's camp says it is. >> cnn is not officially calling the race because people want to check my math, more than -- let me tell you something. that is okay. >> you should all be -- pleased with that. the bottom line here it looks like we could be close to getting a call. the clinton campaign -- >> so let me read you t

andy mcguire's statement on the caucuses that saw turnout of more than 170,000 iowa. that's a huge number. not as big as 2008, but still a very impressive number. why won't they break that down so that people know how many votes hillary clinton won by? >> i don't know. that's the rules that the candidates agreed. i think it has something to do with the rivalry with new hampshire. i noticed last night in our coverage tom foreman was in corralville which is in john son county. the most liberal county in iowa. she won that by 10%. they each got the same number of delegates. it's not at all a foregone conclusion. the iowa system, it makes you go to the grassroots and that's a very good thing. there are some wrinkles that maybe they should take a look at. >> who do the republicans fear most in a head-to-head general election contest? hillary clinton or bernie sanders? >> i don't think fear is the right word. i think we see both of these candidates are particularly flawed. i would have to say that bernie sanders is very far outside the mainstream most americans political th