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houston chronicle reporter brian is in austin. how is your hometown senator, home state doing?s he leading in the polls there? >> he is leading in the polls. although it is -- it's difficult to know by how much. i think two polls came out today. one had him up by 1u points and another one had him up by just one point. so, is clearly the favorite. he has been for months. but he hasn't sealed the deal yet. it's too soon to tell it. >> now, former governor perry has endorsed him. current governor greg abbot has endorsed of him. is that a big deal to the absolutely., do you think? yeah. especially the endorsement today of the current governor greg abbot. very popular among republicans. he has well to popular than ted cruz. so, he is definitely going to help. on the other hand, texas is an early voting state. a lot of people vote early, almost half the electorate votes early. and it's kind of late. early voting has been going on for a while now. so at least a third of voters have already cast their ballots. so it can't hurt, but in a close election, it could put him over the top. >>

and austin texas brian rosenthal. >> we are talking republicans first of what tennessee locks like. >f weeks ago we were head nothing the thinking ted cruz with his base of evangelical supporters would be a favorite and we learned in south carolina last weekend, that trump is performing well with the evangelicals which is a wide base of the voters in the state. and the last poll showed trump up 16 point prospects and a heavy favorite as we are two-day or three days away. >> patrick in minneapolis. on the republican side how is it your state line up right now? >> well, cruz and rubio have both been organizing for months. and i think they have built a good ground game. but the question is trump. we haven't had no polling and so it will be a state, he hasn'tt( paid that much attention and whether the wave can come to a state like minnesota, too. let me stay in minnesota on the democratic side. bern py sanders has a lot of hope for your state and had a tough loss in south carolina, tonight. how are the sanders's prospects in minnesota? >> well, this is a state that his campaign spent time

and austin texas brian rosenthal. >> we are talking republicans first of what tennessee locks like. >f weeks ago we were head nothing the thinking ted cruz with his base of evangelical supporters would be a favorite and we learned in south carolina last weekend, that trump is performing well with the evangelicals which is a wide base of the voters in the state. and the last poll showed trump up 16 point prospects and a heavy favorite as we are two-day or three days away. >> patrick in minneapolis. on the republican side how is it your state line up right now? >> well, cruz and rubio have both been organizing for months. and i think they have built a good ground game. but the question is trump. we haven't had no polling and so it will be a state, he hasn'tt( paid that much attention and whether the wave can come to a state like minnesota, too. let me stay in minnesota on the democratic side. bern py sanders has a lot of hope for your state and had a tough loss in south carolina, tonight. how are the sanders's prospects in minnesota? >> well, this is a state that his campaign spent time

>> reporter: brian, the tacos are also great in austin, we're at a taco joint. you're right, it's both surprising and not surprising. if you know bernie sanders, have an understanding for how he's looked at this campaign from the beginning and how he's waged it, they are very frustrated by this overall sense that, you know, just what happened in nevada, and now in south carolina, that this race should be totally over. they want to look to super tuesday. and i will say, from one perspective, this campaign is a little different than some other examples that we may have seen in previous election cycles, where you had someone considered a long-shot challenger and that's their fund-raising. he's raising millions and millions of dollars, essentially at the push of a button. and as long as that continues, they are going to be able to follow through on this pledge that they're releasing this statement saying, this is just the beginning. so i think that that's going to be a number to watch, as we head in to super tuesday. wether or not that fund-raising continues at the

austin allen faces several charges, including assault with a weapon on police. jack: we have an update from last night's deadly fire on 61st street. the man who died was identified today as brian houston. both the cause of his death and the cause of the fire are still unknown. stay with local 5 for the latest on this investigation. jack: coming up on local 5 news at 10... candidates moving up, candidates out. we'll sort out who the presidential favorites are now, as we head to south carolina. stephanie: then iowa state is on the road against texas tech. can they pull off a win without a key player. jack: and... you didn't think there were mountains in iowa? you're so wrong. we'll visit mount valley west. brad: ((ad lib weather toss)) take sot tomorrow on good morning iowa... it may be early to think about spring cleaning... but its always a good idea to clear the clutter from your medicine cabinet. we'll have some tips to help store those meds properly. and sam has a look at your forecast ((:04 wx ad-lib)) that's tomorrow on the all-new good morning iowa! meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa."

austin, texas, the lone star state. president obama is considering a republican governor to fill the vacancy left by the late antoni scalia. the president's move, the "washington post" asks if floating brianwashington bureau, david, msnbc political reaction. >> i'm very jealous you're down in austin, i wish i could be eating there today. this is, you know, my gut reaction is that the republicans are abandoning their obligations here. they're saying that basically from time on we will never take a supreme court nominee, we'll put the court's work to the side. it's ludicrous and i hope there is some pay back to them in the coming elections. the president is in a jam. he has to find someone who is qualified, who, you know, may have a shot, but also willing to go through this process of having the door slammed in their face, out of obstructionism. it's a very tough calculation the president is going to have to make. >> we know that senator grassley has scheduled this meeting with president obama next week. that's according to some information, but he has already said he doesn't care how history judges him for refusing to consider president obama's nominee. so we've talked a lot about the comp