jenna: donald trump joins big crowds in iowa. will it translate into votes? republican front runner faces his big test tonight. reporter: what the trump folks are say can is a large overall turnout is a good indication they managed to get hundreds of thousands to show up at the caucuses this evening. this event is supposed to start in five minutes. there are hundreds of empty seats. usually donald trump brings out the packed house and fills places like this. trump is urging these event-goers regardless of the conditions night to come out and show up. >> if your doctor says u not leave your bed, you won't make it. it doesn't matter. get and caucus. reporter: we have been speak with trump campaign-goers. they have been telling us form of them they have have not caucused before, that donald trump has brought them into the political process and they will show tonight. >> i van outside, i was so excited. >> he's different. he's open about everything. it's amazing. >> i believe this is a dedicated group. so i think everything that's here hopefully will show up tomo

iowa state women lost at home to 6th ranked texas 65-49. cyclones fall to 4-7 in the big the first meeting this year between drake and uni was a complete mismatch. panthers won by 33 in cedar falls. round 2 today from the knapp center. northern iowa gets a big game from paul jesperson, dead eye from beyond the arc, 46-35 uni up 11. 21 for jesperson drake's reed timmer keeps it close...mid range j makes it and 8-point game. but too much from uni...panthers are tough when they get rolling on offense. matt bohannon, another 3. uni wins 82-66 the 5th ranked iowa hawkeyes hit the road tomorrow to take on illinois. iowa is 18-4 overall, 9-1 in the big 10. indiana lost tonight so the hawks are alone at the top. opponent coaches say they're trying to mold their own program after iowa. 70's night with the energy, surge stayin alive. even the coaching staff going with the throwbacks. 1st q. kick out to terry whisnant, money from the after 1. more from iowa. andrew harrison driving, drives. up and in. energy 91 canton 102 the winter sports season is winding down and that means time

scout ranks iowa's class 31, that's 7th out of 14 teams in the big ten. alabama #1 overall. ohio state 2nd. iowa state hired matt campbell in november. campbell had to put together a staff, then go to work. little time. sleep is just a rumor as iowa state hangs on to a few rhoads recruits, and adds a bunch more. payne played at tennesse and is a 4- star recruit. payne played at tennesse and is a 4- star recruit. iowa state says campbell added 36 newcomers, five of them 4-star recruits. coaches recruited all over, pulling players from 19 states. scout ranks the cyclone recruiting class 46th, 8th in the big 12. coming up next on the news at coming up next on the news at a xury-included family vacation in the caribbean the beaches resorts family sweepstakes

as big cyclone fans, the family joked that zane wanted to come early for tonight's big iowa state game... the little guy is already sporting full iowa state gear. mom and baby are both doing temperatures will continue to fall tonight from the 50s to the 30s. clouds will continue to stay overhead with a mix of rain and snow developing across northern iowa and parts of central iowa through 10 pm. the rain-snow mix will transition to all snow by 11 pm. a winter weather advisory will be in affect across northern iowa through 8 am tuesday. the first of the snowfall will melt, limiting totals. the snowfall will stay the heaviest and most consistent across far northern iowa and range from 1 to 2" for the metro with 3 to 4" in parts of north central to northeastern iowa. the snow will end before 5 am in the metro, but the morning commute will likely be slick. the remainder of the day, cloudy skies will give way to more sun by afternoon. temperatures will be much colder with highs only in the low 30s. winds will be breezy from the north at 15 to 30 mph. we'll return to the low 40s on wednesday

iowa now just 5-7 in the big 10. halfway through the missouri valley season the drake women find themselves tied at the top at 8 and 2. a win today over missouri state and the bulldogs take sole possession of first place. jennie baranczyk firing up the from the kids. end of the 1st q. caitlin ingle, slicing, nifty layup. 16 for ingle. drake up 5 after 1. 2nd q. lizzy wendell, bottoms up. dogs up 6, 27-21. and they keep it rolling from behind the arc. paige greiner dials up the rainbow. 9 for greiner, lead still 6. lets have another. wendell again from the corner. lizzy drops 23. drake alone atop the mvc, 95-72 over missouri state iowa state didn't need jameel mckay against oklahoma state, but they will eventually. cyclones picked up a big road win on saturday 64-59 over the cowboys. georges niang and monte morris combined for 34 points and made oh, my god. i love this chicken. oh, you know what they say, best things in life are free. okay, you're right. i eat your food a lot. now, how about this? you can raid my frid

with an 8 and 7 record in the big 12 iowa state is not guaranteed a first round bye in the conference tournament. 3 games left in the regular season, cyclones are in 6th, just a half game up on texas tech. big home game tonight against kansas state. georges niang, college career winding down...scores the first 5 points. cyclones lead 5-4. lets stay outside. matt thomas three ball corner pocket... but isu trails by 2. later. hallice cooke great pass 19-14. final seconds of the half...monte morris beats the buzzer. iowa state up 1 at the half... right now....... cyclone women on the road at #23 oklahoma. not a good start. mckenna treece, mid range j to put the sooners up 18-5. cyclones answer from deep. emily durr. ring it up. 24 for durr, but its not nearly enough. oklahoma rolls over isu 85-54 hawkeye women in action against illinois...right now bluders bunch leads its been a season to forget for the drake men. 6 wins overall, 1 and 16 in the conference entering today. regular season finale at home 2nd half. down 2, not anymore. graham woodward bottoms up from 3. 12 for woodward, bull

highs near 60 rain chance 40% on the 2016 campaign trail tonight-- coming off of last night's big win in iowa--senator ted cruz is looking to solidify big win in iowa--senator ted cruz is looking to solidify his ground game in the next two states...new hampshire and south carolina. cruz beat out his closest rival donald trump by more than 3 percentage points in the iowa caucuses...now he's as the campaign shifts gears. "it's going to be decided by the grassroots, it's going to be decided by the men and women here in this room, it's going to be decided by the men and women across this country who take so seriously their responsibility of vetting the candidates." tonight--cruz continues to ride his momentum to the palmetto state, as he takes his message to supporters in greenville. our charles molineaux is there with more. "well the ted cruz campaign is politics, but business for the folks who handle the ted cruz swag. all this merchandise, check out the buttons cruzing into 2016,out the lack listed and loving it. the hats the tee shirts, big business for people like marty miller who has been i

scout ranks iowa's class 31, 7th in the big ten. national signing day isn't just for coaches, players, and fans. it's pretty exciting for parents when they see their boy sign a college scholarship. this is urbandale's jake heinrich, a four star offensive lineman, rated the first or second best player in iowa. big jake's headed to i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for honeysuckle white . we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. (female announcer) honeysuckle white . no growth-promoting antibiotics,

iowa moves to 11-0 on the year and back into a tie for first in the big 10. 85-71 we go to alex giaimo who has more from iowa city. " after coming off their first big ten loss of the season the hawkeyes bounced back in a big way today with a dominant performance over northwestern. jarrod uthoff led the team in the first half but in the second part of the game it was all peter jok. (fran mccaffery) you know it stretches the defense so you know you see clemmons driving to the hole, gesell driving to the the hole, screens or slipping to the basket and it because you got to go out and guard those guys at the same time. (jarrod uthoff) it's easier to lock up one person because you can get fivr guys defending one good guy. when you talk about two people that can start going and can get going in a hurry. it spreads the floor and makes the defense look around because there's less people to help. (peter jok) i mean i was just aggressive. when you are hot like that you don't want to pass up a lot of shots. you just got to be aggressive and um my teammates kept telling me to be aggressive that ke

and big georges gets iowa state off to a solid start...first 5 points to niang, isu up 1. time winding down in the 1st. monte morris beats the buzzer 31-30 cyclones at the break. cyclones heat up from 3 in the pulling away up 45-39. hallice cooke, 10 points off the bench...another from the hot corner. lead still 9, 48-39 but thomas isn't done. back to the magic corner. 20 points for the iceman. 53-41 quiet game for deonte burton, but nothing quiet about a burton dunk. lead is 15. then save the best for last... jameel mckay a double-double 14 points and a career high 17 rebounds. iowa state rolls 80-61 over k-state. its been a season to forget for the drake men. 6 wins overall, 1 and 16 in the regular season finale at home taking on loyola. 2nd half. down 2, not anymore. graham woodward bottoms up from downtown. 12 for woodward, bulldogs up 1. later its ore arogundade. same spot, same result. another 3 and we're tied at 42. 12 seconds left, down 3. reed timmer, ice in his veins. for the tie. good! game tied at 48...but a foul was also called on the ramblers...that sends dom

big-time. as for ted cruz, i think he can survive a close second to donald trump in iowa. but if trump opens up a big lead over cruz, or even worse, his nightmare scenario is that marco rubio slips by him, then it's going to be very hard to imagine how he recovers from that. but if he's close, he's got money, he's well organized in the southern states, got support there, he can survive. >> all right, george, looking forward to joining you later tonight. georgegend the entnte werhouse political team stataing by. we have continuing coverage throughout the night and we will and then, we are onto new hampshire and the next big debatefter iowa, and right before the new hampshire primary. join martha raddatz and me and we moderate the republican debate next saturday night, right here on abc. >>> and from the political storm hitting tonight, to the other one. a major winter storm set to hit right here in iowa overnight, and then move east. in fact, alerts from california to michigan tonight, already powerful storm winds knocking over this m msive trere in san diego. the driver of

as voters in iowa make their presidential picks.the big winners and losers... and the message the candidates are sending to supporters this morning. to face new charges for the

iowa. of course a big day for the iowa caucus, but it looks like for the most part that snow tonight until tomorrow. here is the hour by hour from the forecast -- from the 40s into the 30s. we will talk about what that means. >>> jason just mentioned iowa, let's talk about the final frenzy and political flourish -- push underway there. candidates are in the home stretch with just hours to encourage voters to vote for them tonight. we have the latest on the campaign trail. >> reporter: after some 1500 rallies, and $33 million spent it is decision time in iowa. a new poll out has donald trump >> we have to be a little bit nervous. i want to win for the country. >> reporter: but polls are not votes and a third of voters say they are undecided or may still change their mind. that is bad news for cruz who has been sliding in the polls, and with just hours to go is being criticized for sending out this mailer stamped folder violation. many states -- many say it is deceptive. >>> i just say someone going to be caucus site -- but you don't think they are going to the finish line, caucus for me bec

big 12 standings. missed opportunity. thats the best way to describe iowa's loss to indiana. the hawkeyes had a chance to stay in sole possession of first place in the big 10, but indiana had other ideas. missed free throws, bad start, rebounding, all contributed to the 85-78 loss. michael admire has more from bloomington. as michael said iowa now in a michigan state and purdue move to within two games. hawks host bottom feeder minnesota on sunday iowa state football player luke knott decides to call it a career. of eilgibility this fall because of multiple hip surgeries. knott will graduate in may and already has a job lined up in kansas city after school. knott says although he loves football, the injuries have been too much, and he has to think about his future health. he started 3 games last season at linebacker. big night for the iowa wild. rink game. the wild help raise awareness of breast cancer, and money for the fight. coach john torchetti. torchetti's sister has beaten cancer three times, his father currently has cancer. ony pictures studios, it's america's game! whe

iowa riding a three game winning streak sits atop the big ten standings with a 10-1 record. indiana is a game behind the hawkeyes with a 9-2 mark... the hoosiers can force a three way tie for the ig ten lead with iowa and maryland with a victory tonight. the game matches the two highest scoring teams in the big ten---with the hawks number one and indiana third and the hawks fourth. iowa forward to the challenge. atmosphere..the arena is into environments like that on the key for our defense is to hold those guys under their averages and make them work for their points and that is no hawkeyes and hoosiers tip off at b ig ten leadersstonight at carver hawkeye arena. sixth ranked ohio state visits iowa tonight...the buckeyes are riding a seven game winning streak while the hawks will be looking to snapp a two game skid. tip off tonight is set for 7:30. waterloo west girls basketball coach dr. tony pappas was named the morgan wootten award winner for lifetime achievement in high school basektball. pappas is now i i his 36th season west including seven state tournament appearances

in iowa city with your hawkeye " the hawkeyes and nittany lions tomorrow-- penn state sitting 11 and 11 on the season just 2-7 in big ten play. iowa looking for their 9th win of the big ten season. jon/sx3s stephanie/sx3s jack/sx3s jon/sx3s stephanie/sx3s jack/sx3s we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at six. jack/wxhang: now one last brad edwards. brad: weather adlib: our latest winter storm is winding down for many areas, but there is still snow falling in nw iowa and more is expected for central iowa later this evening. the worst of this storm is being felt in northwest and northern iowa where 6-10" of snow has fallen and winds are causing blowing and drifting of the snow. road conditions are terrible in these areas and travel is discouraged. meanwhile, the metro is seeing improving conditions after about 2-3" of snowfall this morning thanks to drier weather and milder temperatures in the mid to upper 30s. look for some snow to continue to fall over northern iowa this afternoon while the southern half of the state stays mainly dry until this evening. that is when some wrap- around rain/snow show

while the iowa hawkeyes discuss the reasons why they have fallen in the big ten. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in tripoli, waterville, elkader and all of the 4th ranked iowa hawkeyespossession of first in the big ten. they returned to iowa city in a three way tie for the top after falling to the hoosiers 85-78. with the loss---the hawkeyes are now in a three-way tie with indiana and second ranked maryland atop the big ten conference with 10-2 records. iowa overcame a sluggish performance in the first half when they fell behind by 16, but battled back and led by five midway through the second -- but the hawks struggled down the stretch and afterward talked about where the game was lost. they came out to ready to play excute which is something we which is a little dissapointing. it goes to show you can't beat a godd team on the road and execute the way we did. the hawks return to action on sunday when they host minnesota on sunday night at carver hawkeye arena. iowa state big man jameel mckay is expected to be in the lineup when the cyclones play host t

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we'll have a report from iowa big ten standings square off this thursday night when the hawkeyes head to indiana. the hoosiers are 9-2 in conference play, just a game off iowa's pace, but are coming off a head- scratching loss to penn state. but as alex giaimo reports, the hawkeyes expect a high-scoring battle. alex giaimo--"thursday's matchup between iowa and indiana features two of the big ten's top uthoff and indiana's yogi ferrell, which means this game will most likely be extremely fast tempoed and high scoring. the two teams are the highest-scoring in the conference and will need to keep pace with each other." anthony clemmons--"it should be a track meet. to be honest you know, throughout the previous years when we played them it's been track meets. i think we're able to play fast and we're able to play slow." peter jok--"they're athletic. they're a running team too just like we are. and we're going to scout them and we're gonna see what we have to do to win." alex giaimo--"the hawkeyes say the key is letting their defense dictate mike gesell--"when we're not making shots we've

jessica dill joins us on this tight race in six nightsgh big iowa caucus . her debates . that candidates drop out now it is starting to come e down to the voters . tonight at they can possibly narrow the field of residential candidates for the democrats it is a dead heat between bernie sanders and hillary clinton,n, the most recent cnn poll puts her just three points ahead of sanders martin o'malley far behind, and donald trump with republicans holding a lead over ted cruz they say that a donald trump victory wouldld come down to turnout. >> turnout is important because it says something about whether he has interested the electorate can bring out the votersst. >> up till now, those polls and the policy have had this for now the voters will say who station of everything being predetermined by polling and pollsnd have been notoriously exciting night. >> turning to the weather, some blue skies after a weekend warm-up . show you now a look just outside of fox 8 studios cv lake erie in the distance now check in withhe aj colby . not looking too bad up here, some sunshine goes

we won. >> there was a big turn out last night on the democratic side in iowa. it was not a historically big turn out. 2008 was bigger on the democratic side. it was a larger turn out last night than people expected. hillary clinton did better that are bernie sanders did with women voters. she did better with democratic voters who call themselves moderate. she did well with non-white voters. non-white voters don't make up a huge portion of the electorate in iowa. bernie sanders did well with democratic voters who consider themselves to be very liberal. he did well with voters who do not consider themselves to be democrats at all. the group with whom bernie sanders hit it out of the park was the youngest voters at iowa democratic caucuses last night. voters between the ages of 17 and 29. he won them by a 70-point margin. a 70-point margin, which is a bigger gap than any other demographic group. the reason that huge gap with young voters didn't translate into a win is because not that many of those young voters who like him so much turned out. compared to 2008, the

simpson athletes see the coaching hire as a smart move for school recruitment. >> i know hunting is big in iowa so i mean, i think it would be , big on campus and students will be interested. ryan: we mentioned that online petition. against the hire has nearly 200 signatures. a petition we found online supporting the shooting club has more than 2000 online signatures. simpson officials plan to announce the hire in the next few days. steve? kills a 77-year-old woman and injures her husband. it happened late last night. marion county sheriff's deputies attempted to put out the fire, but they were unable to enter the flaming home. knoxville rural firefighters eventually contain the blaze. emergency responders took patricia henning to a nearby hospital, where she later died. 79-year-old ronald henning was taken to the burn unit at the university of iowa hospitals in iowa city. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. in saint charles, an early morning fire destroys a home used by three families. no one was home at the time this morning when the fire started. but family members say 3 cats

so, as i stand here tonight, breathing a big sigh of relief, thank you, iowa. >> reporter: by contrast it was a decisive win for ted cruz. >> iowa has made clear to america and the world morning is coming. >> reporter: and trump was gracious in his second place finish. >> iowa, we love, you. we thank you. i think i might come here and buy a farm. i love it, okay. >> reporter: just one point behind him marco rubio riding a wave of support. because she offered so much optimism we had no chance. >> reporter: and already we're seeing signs of the field is winnowing. martin o'malley and mike huckabee announcing they will be suspending their campaigns with potentially more to come as we head now into new hampshire. reena, kendis. >> all right, new hampshire just moines for us, thank you. >>> as you just heard there in the words of bernie sanders he and hillary clinton are locked in a virtual tie. >> the clinton campaign however declared victory overnight after this upbeat rally that lana alluded to and avoided a loss like she suffered in 2008. matthew dowd explains what's next. >> like donal

martha: a wild night in iowa. big ted cruz and also donald trump who came in second. ♪ martha: marco rubio surged to a very strong third-place finish, three tickets out of iowa. a fair and balanced debate coming up next. bill: ted cruz calling his win aggressors victory. can he carry the momentum into new hampshire? the are in see chair is here to talk about last night and what is straight ahead after a historic turn out in iowa for the gop. >> more and more voters come to the realization that not only of the strongly conservative but give the party a chance to come together because we got the nevada republican party and the conservative movement. we can't continue to be fractured. ♪ (cell phone rings) where are you? well the squirrels are back in the attic. mom? your dad won't call an exterminator... can i call you back, mom? he says it's personal this time... if you're a mom, you call at the worst time. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you

iowa caucuses later. in "the pulse" more on that coin flip giving clinton a precinct win and live team coverage also later on "good morning america." >>> still ahead, the other big story coming out of iowa this morning, tracking the massive blizzard that is taking shape. >>> and global emergency because of the zika virus, the cdc adding more countries to its travel alert. >>> plus, a train derails and catches fire forcing people to evacuate their homes. >>> it was a travel nightmare heavy snow and strong winds made the roads treacherous. some long distance truckers pulled over while others just slowed down along interstate 15. >>> and drivers may have pulled over but that storm system, well, it keeps heading east. >> as you can see earlier that radar map reaches the plains states today right there. heavy snow to the north, severe plains. >> let's get the complete williams. paul, good morning. >> thank you, kendis, reena, we are tracking a very dangerous storm that is sliding throughout the midwest. now we're expecting it to move from denver right into nebraska and kansas into iowa and right up towards wisconsin. talking about problems with whiteouts, significant

audio outcue: i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, des moines, iowa. the big vote in iowa is just hours away- and if some big affects on upcoming upcoming polls. will whitson takes a look- in every poll that's dropped today for iowa and new hampshire- on the gop side, donald trump is leading the pack- but don't take that to mean he has these two states locked up. a quinnipiac poll in iowa has him seven points ahead of texas senator ted cruz- while another by emerson only has a point difference between the two. on the democratic side in iowa- it's the same- quinnipiac has hillary clinton ahead- while emerson favors vermont senator bernie sanders. though in new hampshire polls- sanders is well ahead of clinton. another candidate to keep an eye on is florida senator marco rubio. while he sits several points behind ted cruz in iowa- he's seen a lot of momentum in recent weeks, with his poll numbers rising, which could indicate a possible upset- and marco taking the number two slot in iowa. ww, back to you. the iowa caucuses are getting a lot of attention accurate

if 2009's iowa film office scandal was a big box office drag with a sad ending, think of this as its happier - and more successful - sequel. "fast forward to 2013, and produce iowa opened in the dept of cultural affairs." executive director liz gilman ambassador to filmmakers and production companies, both large and small. she gave us a tour ofofhe state historical l seum's "hollywood in the heartland" exhibit, detailing the film industry's storied past in iowa. "when people call, for instance, like when the bachelor came and shot here in our state, they first contacted me, and then i put together team of people to help them." "it's all about television, the internet, the whole industry haha changed so much and it''actually a very exciting time for filmmakers and media producers right now."and she says their presence in iowa has only gotten stronger since 2009. cedar rapids native adam orton is one of those filmmakers, who decided to come back and create something here after attending college in chicago. he directed the summerland project, which tells a story of thehe moral dilemmas a

. >> i know hunting is big in iowa so i mean i think it would be , big on campus and students will be interested. elizabeth: we mentioned that online petition against the hire a petition we found online supporting the shooting club has more than 2000 online signatures. simpson officials plan to announce the hire in the next few days. eric: it is 4:36. metinka, everybody wants to know what is happening outside. metinka: more snow flurries out there. the phrase are flying that's the flurries are flying. winds gusting close to 24 miles per hour. that will be increasing as to 30 by midmorning. it finally settles down this evening. these winds are some enough to leave blowing snow concerns across the northern parts of the state. you will notice that will be restricting your visibility early on today. this afternoon, the weather will settle down and we will get some sunshine. elizabeth: the death of former principal executive david hurd who fell to from a downtown left people wondering why? des moines police are investigating the case as suicide. eric: hurd had reportedly been dealing with