captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com >> announcer: now from kwwl, this is the steele report. >> ron: and welcome to this week's edition of the steele report. very interesting topic today. eye like on -- i'd like to introduce my guest right now, matt sinovic, he's the executive director of progress iowa and also the organization known as why courts matter. together. matt is going to explain that. they caused a little bit of controversy this week when they attended some of senator charles grassley's town hall meetings talking about the judicial process and that's what we're going to talk about extensively here on the program today. first of all, before we go any further, matt, i want to get some background on now and kind of understand, get a perspective about why you think the way you do. you told me earlier, you grew up in the kansas city area, so tell me a little bit about your background. >> matt: i grew up in kansas, >> ron: you're not in kansas anymore. >> matt: that's exactly right. and have been the executive director of progress iowa since it

captions paid for by paramount domestic television captioning provided by caption associates www.captionassociates.com >>> good afternoon. thanks for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. >> still windy outside. not compared to yesterday. yesterday was out of control and today it is just bad. >> it calmed down just a little bit. wind gusts yesterday reaching as much as 56 miles an hour creating downed trees and knocking out power lines across richmond and lexington counties. 2,000 people were left in the dark at the height of the storm. when you grab your hat today, hold on to it. the wind is still out there. your forecast. good afternoon, johnathan. >> good afternoon. another windy day. calmer speeds periods at times. yesterday it was consistent winds and trash cans blowing town the road and chairs flying around. today, not nearly as warm. only 55 degrees right now. at this point yesterday we were right around 75. winds out of the west at 26 miles per hour consistently. dew points way down. dryer air in place and should help us get sunshine. a few clouds right now. but that is going to be kind o

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captioning provided by: caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.comthe rain. good afternoon and >> batten down the hatches. here comes the rain. good afternoon, thanks for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. we're live from main and gervais. i'm eric weisfeld. rochelle dean has the day off. off and on rain so far. are we in for heavier stuff later on this afternoon? jonathan kennedy joins us now with a look at the conditions and very windy out there as well, jonathan. >> that's right. we've been tracking this line of storms over the last couple of days that has been moving across the u. we saw everything from tornadoes to blizzard conditions with this system yesterday. but as we move into today, mainly just looking at some rain and some windy conditions here at home. not seeing a lot of rain yet. but obviously, this is kind of a precursor of what's to come today and plenty of warmth for those storms to get going. 75 degrees in downtown columbia. 75 in orangeburg. almost everybody into the 70's. couple of spots due to some rain keeping them a little bit

captioning provided by: caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.comcolumbia news at 12-30. i'm rochelle dean. and i'm eric wefe >> good afternoon. thanks for joining us at 12:30. i'm rochelle dean. >> and i'm eric weisfeld. we're live from main and gervais. we begin this afternoon with kind of the obvious. take a look behind us, the sun is shining. we always say this. >> looks are so deceiving, right? we have some cold temperatures and doesn't look like they're going anywhere any time soon. for more, let's turn things over to to. jonathan kennedy. good afternoon. >> we are warmer than we were at this time yesterday. we're warmer than what we saw for our highs yesterday. right now, 46 degrees in downtown columbia. 42 in lexington. 45 in wagner. still a cold day for us in the mid 40's. we should be kind of generally in kind of the low to mid 50's at this point with highs nearing 60 based on our averages so we're still below normal. we're going to end up below normal this afternoon. clear skies. also good news, it's also warmer but the winds are pretty much calm for us. that's

captioning provided by: caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com good afternoon and thank you >> good afternoon. thanks for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. i'm eric weisfeld. >> and i'm rochelle dean. we're live from main and gervais. >> we're following a developing story out of cayce this afternoon. tense moments at the high school when it was evacuated after the school's roof went up in flames. >> that's right. we spoke with authorities who say the vocational wing caught on fire due to a faulty h-vac unit. school officials say the school is not ready for occupancy. so as a result, all students and staff have been dismissed. that happened around 11:00 this morning. if you need to pick up a student there, you are asked to drive to the fulmer middle school gymnasium. and no injuries have been reported. of course, we'll have more on 6:00 and on line. also developing this afternoon, a group of protesters gathering at the statehouse to demand stages to the minimum wage currently sitting at $7.25 an hour. >> the south carolina progressive network says if adjusted to meet

we can do it together captioning provided by: caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com>> good afternoon, thanks for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. i'm eric weisfeld. >> and i'm rochelle dean. we're live from main and gervais. things are looking like they're trying to dry out a little bit at this hour outside. conditions nothing like what we saw yesterday, however. still creating a bit of a headache this afternoon. >> how much longer will you need to keep the umbrellas with you? let's turn to jonathan kennedy with the first forecast. jonathan? >> good afternoon, guys. yeah, rainy start for sure for us. we are seeing the rain slow down for most of us. now, still seeing a nice wall of rain to our east. anywhere east of columbia, you're pretty much encompmpsed other than that, moving to the west, absolutely dry. rain splitting the state at this time. and that's been the case for, oh, the last 24 hours or a lot of this. we look at some of the rainfall totals. manning, six inches of rain. orangeburg, 3 1/4. two in st. matthews. three in sumter as well. over an inch and a

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captioning provided by: caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com 33 afternoon and thank you for joining us for abc columbia >> good afternoon. and thank you for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. i'm rochelle dean. >> and i'm eric weisfeld. we're glad you're with us live from main and gervais. we want to get right to it. wet and windy start to your day. it doesn't look like things will lighten up any time soon. >> yeah, even though there's sunshine behind us right now, this morning started off with a completely different scene. let's turn things over to jonathan kennedy for a look at how this wther could affect you. how about it, jonathan? >> good afternoon, guysment we started off with a wet forecast that's since tapered off. we are still seeing a lot of wind outside. if you've been outside in the last couple of hours, you've certainly noticed the wind picking up. now, we're also seeing lots of sunshine. that's not necessarily working in our favor. that more sunshine means there will be more heat and more fuel for the storms to get going and we have some pretty stro

captioning provided by: caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com good afternoon and thank you for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30pm. i'm rochelle dean. >> good afternoon. and thank you for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. i'm rochelle dean. >> and i'm eric weisfeld. we're live from main and gervais. we begin with the latest on vote 2016. ahead of tonight's town hall, jeb bush is reaching out to voters at the capital city. >> he is indeed. he's holding a town hall at this hour. our jennifer ready is there. she has been there for about a little more than an hour now. and we're following some of her tweets. she is there at the crowd and it is very loud. but let's just tell you a few things that she said that the crowd has asked him what his favorite book was. he said the last book he read book that his father wrote. >> i thought that was interesting and members of the crowd are asking jeb why he attacks trump on the debate stage. he responds by saying he's not a conservative. he's hijacked our party. and he says who is going to take him on if i don't? >> very

captioning provided by: caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.comfor joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. >> good afternoon. thanks for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. i'm eric weisfeld. my co-anchor rochelle dean has the afternoon off. let's get right to it. vote 2016 taking center stage right here in south carolina. the g.o.p. presidential candidates holding back-to-back town halls just ahead of saturday's g.o.p. primary. and tonight, marco rubio, ted cruz, and ben carson will all gather in greenville for a town hall. that's at 8:00 on cnn. then tomorrow, donald trump, jeb bush and john kasich will take part in their own town hall here in columbia. carson and ted cruz will both be attending the faith and freedom rally in spartanburg tonight. cruz also has stops planned in seneca later today. has town halls planned in chapin, aiken and mount pleasant today. following his stop here in columbia, jeb bush is set to make stops in beaufort, summerville and myrtle beach. john kasich will be in bluffton. donned trump will be in walterboro and sumter today. the democrat

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donald trump runs away with the republican primary in south caro captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com >> ben: donald trump runs away with the republican primary in south carolina, but second place is too close to call. still counting the votes. good evening, i'm ben hoover. story. columbia police say there were shots fired at columbiana centre. >> alicia: i'm alicia barnes. tonight police are looking for the suspected shooter. investigators say this was an isolated incident, and no victims have been reported. our jennifer ready joins us live now from the scene in irmo, which has calmed down considerably. >> jennifer: yeah, ben and alisha. it's important to know that this was not an active shooter situation. at this point, officials are saying there are no known victims. as you look point me, it's still a fluid situation here by the mall. we just learn a few moments ago that they have completely evacuated the mall and closed it down and they're turning it into a crime scene investigation. here's what we know at this point. officials sayay they are looking

captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com >> ron: welcome in this week's edition of the steele report as we welcome the two now mayor of the cedar valley. from cedar falls, jim brown and from waterloo, quentin hart. jim brown was on the board of education, there for six years if i remember correctly. big victory over david halterman. mayor brown serve six years on the board of educatiti. he's a siness development manager. his campaign promise was to bring a different leadership style to city hall. we'll ask if he's done that. quentin hart we've had on the program before, earn his batch love's degree from uni, first elected in 2008, representing waterloo's fourth wart on the city council and then serve as mayor pro te and gave up the council positions to run for mayor. he and his wife have three you had a birthday since the last time i talked to youou >> mayor hart: no, i haven't. i'm looking forward to june 6th though. >> ron: we'll put that on the calendar. what a surprise for you, mayor brown. you promised a new leadership style. you're just getting star

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captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com >> announcer: now frfr kwwl, this is the steele report. >> ron: and welcome to this week's edition of the steele report. we have two very special guests. i'll introduce them to you moment taerl. now, remember, this is airing the day before thth iowa caucuses. last week, we had lieutenant governor kim reynolds on the program along with democratic presidential candidate senator bernie sanders, so save your emails and everything. this is revengngof the republicans this week, i guess, so save the emails for later because we're going to try to even things out as we go along throughomt the course of the campaign. so welcome back, first of all, iowa fourth district congressman steve king making, i don't know, third or fourth appearance on the program in the last year. i appreciate tt. he's been in iowa's congrereional delegation since 2003 and the fourth district is iowa's largest geographical area as far as representing of iowa's 99 counties. many of those in the kwwl and welcome for the first time on the show, heidi c

caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com >> mark: good evening, i'm chief meteorologist mark we're tracking a large area of low pressure, major winter storm impacting the state of iowa. we have a winter storm warning in effect from areas along highway 20 and north ward, the pink shaded area and a winter weather advisory in effect for the southern counties here. if you're travelling out to the west, blizzard warning in effect. this is all for tuesday morning into wednesday morning. as for how much snow we can expect out of this storm, by the time it comes to an end wednesday morning, areas in the purple between five and nine inches of snow and then it tapers off fairly quickly as you head farther to the south as warmer air starts to push into the region and even a little bit of rain expected here during the day tomorrow. right now, storm track 7 live doppler radar showing dry conditions. it will stay dry during the evening hours, you just have to watch out for areas of fog with visibility less than a quarter mile. more details in a bit. >> announcer: this is a caucus night spe

captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com >> announcer: now from kwwl, this is the steele report. >> ron: welcome this week's edition of the steele report, our post caucus wrap-up with dr. chris larimer, our political analyst from the university of northern iowa, an associate professor at political science at uni and this has been an exciting week and historic week again with a surprising outcome to a lot of people of the iowa caucuses, just overall, with cruz winning as desigh civil as he did, what's head for him and also donald trump and marco rubio that you believe is really on the move? >> dr. larimer: for ted cruz, the challenge is still there. he was going -- this is a state where he had to do well, given the evangelical vote in iowa, the social conservative vote, and that was up over previous why he did well with exit polls identifying 63, of caucus goers as being christian. that's not the case in new hampshire, but more the case in south carolina. new hampshire is not a good state no ted cruz, that's going to be difficult going forward. for donal

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captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com. >> eric: it must be 6:00 because we are sitting here talk about breakfast. good morning, columbia. thanks for joining us. i'm eric weisfeld. >> rochelle: and i'm rochelle dean. we're live from main and gervais. the time's now 6:00. >> eric: and more warm temperatures but ate lot of the wet stuff heading our way. >> rochelle: warm but wet, keep your umbrella handy. let's turn things over to for when you take the little ones to the bus and you get ready to head to work. >> jonathan: not actively raining, we are watching a couple things. a lot of moisture left over from yesterday is providing us with fog which is not ideal. that will reduce the visibility for a lot of locations. 57 degrees, wind out of the east 8 miles a hour and dewpoints 54. not too much of a spread. anytime the air temperature and dewpoint get close together that means we are seeing near saturationonn the atmosphere and that's when you get the fog going. that's something to watch as you head out. rain not a big issue as we see towards manning and tow

captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com. >>> crysty: good morning, columbia. thank you so much for joining us on this friday mornings. i'm crysty vaughan. >> rochelle: and i'm rochelle the time's now 6:00. >> crysty: 6:00 a.m., the good news is it's may be early but it friday, we're heading toward the weekend and towards much cooler temperatures outside. >> rochelle: maybe not as welcome as the weekend but the temperatures definitely taking a dip. for more of what you can expect as you head outlets turning over to meteorologist jonathan kennedy. good morning. >> jonathan: good morning. we've seen temperatures cool down even since we went on area hour arc it's cooled down 10 degrees. it's getting cooler every minute and that's being aided by the wind out of the north and northwest. notice when we first came on this rain system was over columbia, nothing to worry about from that at all, it's moving so fast, there is dry a under cutting it, it won't make it to the ground, we haven't seen reports of rain locally. we are seeing some precipitation rain and sleet. t

captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com. >>> crysty: good morning, columbia. thank you so much for joining us on this friday morning. i'm crysty vaughan. >> rochelle: and i'm rochelle dean. we're live from main and gervrvs. the time's now 6:00. we are celebrating because the weekend is here. forecast doing to be looking if we have big plans? >> rochelle: as you are walking out you will have a little chill in the air, definitely bring the jacket but you are in nor a beautiful day, things are turning around. let turn things around to jonathan kennedy. >> jonathan: a lot of gamecocks baseball fans, season starts today, they will be outside watching the gamecocks play against albany, the forecast, it's coal. clear skies, wind are calm, so very quiet set up but it is certainly chilly outside, you want to have the jacket on hand as you are heading out for this friday. a lot of spots below freezing, bishopville, saluda all at 30. we are just above freezing, we were at freezing so we warmed up one degree. 32, 33, it will be cold, won't make much of a difference where

captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com. >> eric: we're glad you are starting your wednesday withs. good morning, columbia. i'm eric weisfeld. >> rochelle: and i'm rochelle dean. we're live from main and gervais. the time's now 6:00. >> eric: you want to pay attention, it could be a rocky day in the world of weather. >> rochelle: we have nasty weather coming at us. as i came in, the roads were dry. thing are going to get worse before they are better. let's turn things over to meteorologist jonathan kennedy on the weather he has been tracking. >> jonathan: we do have some pretty strong storms to our south at the moment. we are seeing rain spread over the localized area as well. let's look at the satellite and radar, we are seeing more rain notice how impressive it is, it is slightly slowing down as it comes closer to home in the columbia metro which is good news. we were looking at heavy rain, we saw a nice cell to our south and southwest into edgewood county, that cell right there, that will be what we will be watching over the next little bit. it has

captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com. >>> eric: good morning, columbia. thanks for joining us on a monday morning. i'm eric weisfeld. >> jonathan: and i'm meteorologist jonathan kennedy. we're live from main and gervais. the time's now 6:00. >> eric: nice warm conditions, you may want to grab the umbrellas because it may not be dry all day. >> jonathan: we are seeing dry conditions right now, if you are giving the dog a walkerly this morning, you will find good conditions but how long will it last? that is the key question. 60 degrees downtown, beautiful start, light wind out of the west, dewpoint is way up, lots stage for more rain. dewpoint 55. it was sunny at times this weekend and we saw nice warm temperatures regardless of not being able to see full sunshine for most of the weekend. we're looking at a nice set up today. mid to upper 50s, 60 downtown. or normal high is 61, to start out this warm is certainly abnormal for the end of february. satellite and radar nice and quiet, we are seeing clouds but not so much in the way of radar. we saw a few bli

captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com. >>> eric: glad you are waking unwith us on a monday. good morning, columbia. thanks for joining us. i'm eric weisfeld. >> rochelle: and i'm rochelle dean. we're live from main and gervais. the time's now 6:00. >> eric: we talked about it, cool start but it will be a good day. >> rochelle: you might want to put a light coat on the little >> eric: they can take it off later. >> rochelle: it will be better, we're going to turn things over to meteorologist jonathan kennedy, how does it look? >> jonathan: yes, make sure the jacket is the full zip you can takeoff easily, it will be nice later. anytime we get in the 70s this time of year it feels warmer than if we were in july. wind west-southwest 6 miles a hour, dewpoint 32, don't have to worry about any fog, we are seeing enough dewpoint depression, big difference in the temperature and dewpoint, a very dry forecast for us essentially is what i'm trying to say. we're looking for sunshine throughout the day, sun not up yet, we have a hour, it should be after 7:00 for mo

captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com. >>> eric: good morning columbia. it's monday. thanks for joining us. i'm eric weisfeld. >> rochelle: and i'm rochelle dean. we're live from main and gervais. >> eric: if you are having trouble waking up this monday morning, step outside, let mother nature wake you up with that cold weather. >> rochelle: no trouble at all when you step outside. definitely a chilly start. for more what you can expect as you head out the door, here's meteorologist jonathan kennedy. good morning, sir. >> jonathan: getting the kids to the bus stop and you to work, this will be a chilly start. this is a day the dog wants to go out immediately. if it was 60, they wouldn't want to go out. because it is 29, you dog owners will be out pretty soon if you haven't been already. chilly set up. 29 degrees, below freezing. traffic as we look down to the vista from the roof cam, not a lot happening, that's often the case but thankfully not a lot happening in the weather world. dry conditions, clear skies across the board. the clear skies are working

captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com. >>> crysty: good morning, columbia. thank you so much for waking up with us on this friday morning. i'm crysty vaughn. >>> rochelle: and i'm rochelle dean. we're live from main and gervais. the time is we're coming upon 6:00. >> crysty: and if you head out the door you have to bundle up again. it's chilly outside. our good news is our meteorologist says it's not as >> rochelle: things are looking up a little bit and it's dry. that's always a good sign too. let's turn things over to meteorologist jonathan kennedy for a look at what you can expect as you head out this morning. good morning. >> jonathan: not as cold for us which is good news, the winds are causing some of a wind chill but not as bad as earlier in the week. we saw wind chills in the teens, temperatures in the 20s, this morning 37, it is cloudy, wind out of the east-northeast 5 to 7 miles a hour. good news, no fog, no rain, no rain-snow mix, none of that, should be a chilly start but that's all you have to worry about on this friday morning. temperatures ra

captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com. >>> eric: good morning, columbia. we're glad you are starting your thursday right here. dean. we're live from main and gervais. the time's now 6:00. >> eric: 6:00 a.m., good news, no rain out there right now. warm temperatures are there settling into the midlands, may need the light jacket. as you were saying in the 5:00 hour, always have the umbrella. >> rochelle: always keep it on you. even though the rain is leaving, it may not be the case for the whole day. let's turn to jonathan kennedy with what you can expect this morning. >> jonathan: the break from rain play be short lived. we are seeing rain in and out through the morning. as we check on the current conditions. obviously things a lot quieter yesterday, myself and john farley were here yesterday afternoon, we had warnings across the state, especially in the midlands and had one confirmation of a tornado by the farmer's market south of no tornadic activity this morning, no thunderstorm activity, great news. we are looking at pretty solid rain, most moving to

"good morning, columbia" starts captptning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com. >> eric: and we're glad you are starting your thursday with us. i'm eric weisfeld. dean. we're live from main and gervais. the time's now 6:00. >> eric: it's another cold better news. >> rochelle: no doubt about it, still cold outside but if you light at the end of the tunnel. we'll turn things over to meteorologist jonathan kennedy for what to expect for the rest of day. >> jonathan: looking for a silver lining in everything, it's still cold outside. >> rochelle: i want to have something positive, it's the end of the week. >> jonathan: let's check out the current conditions, temperatures in the mid to upper 20s, right at 30 downtown and lexington. temperatures below freezing and believe average. expect a cool start today. satellite and radar nice and quiet for us, that's been the trend, did see cloud cover during the early to mid-afternoon but we cleared back up as we moved into last night. wind light and variable, that is good news, finally lighter winds, we did see a dry little co

captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com. >>> eric: good morning, columbia. we are glad you are starting your tuesday with us. i'm eric weisfeld. >> rochelle: and i'm rochelle dean. we're live from main and gervais. the time's now 6:00. >> eric: and straight up when you go outside, it's wet, windy and warm, very warm, i was surprised. >> rochelle: a lot nicer than it has been. temperatures we have seen previously, may need a light coat but definitely not the cold temperatures we've been seeing. let's turn things over to meteorologist jonathan kennedy for what you can expect for the rest of the day. >> jonathan: the good news, even though we have seen rain and it's breezy, we have seen warm air. we've seen a lot of cold air and wind and all kind of stuff but rain it is moving out for us and we are looking at a much warmer start. the rain not really happening for us, we are looking at all the rain to move to the north and east, a couple showers left over and cloud cover left over but i think we are looking at a dry set up for the remainder of your day barring

captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com. >>> eric: trouble waking upon a thursday morning? we will get you there. thanks for joining us. i'm eric weisfeld. >> rochelle: and i'm rochelle dean. we're live from main and gervais. the time's now 6:00. >> eric: troubles waking up? step outside. >> rochelle: it will almost this is the same time we both stepped out of the car at the same time and couldn't talk, we had to wait until we were coming in. >> jonathan: i thought you were calling yourself "trouble." it will be cooler, so grab a light jacket as you step outside. we saw a nice warm day yesterday, temperatures, that was about the only thing nice going on. we did see strong storms, very windy. 46 degrees as you are waking up. clear skies, that's good for us. we will see lots of sunshine. wind out of the west at 16. dewpoint 32, we have cooler air but drier air coming our way, that bodies well for sunshine through the next couple days as we see a nice change over of the air masses. unfortunately that brings us colder air, low to mid-40s for most of us. wind

captioning provided by caption associates, llc captionassociates.com >>> good morning, today is wednesday, february 10th. two candidates taking home their first wins in the 2016 presidential election. and now the presidential hopefuls have their sights set on south carolina. where the candidates will be campaigning in the palmetto state. plus, opening up old wounds, how the widow of senator clementa pinckney said her family continues to cope with loss following the charleston church shooting. and cupid is making the rounds at the coffee shop. it is a sweeter edition to you are sure to love. good morning columbia starts right now. >> eric: good morning, columbia, it is wednesday, glad you're starting it right here, i'm eric weisfeld. >> rochelle: thanks for waking up with us, i'm rochelle dean. >> eric: one thing that hasn't changed, it is definitely cold, even colder this morning. makes you want to definitely bundle up. makes you want to get back in bed. >> rochelle: really. pull the covers back over your head. no ooe scaping these cold temperatures, whether you are planning on staying in

captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com >> announcer: now from kwwl, this is the steele report. >> ron: and welcome to this week's edition of the steele report. very interesting topic today. eye like on -- i'd like to introduce my guest right now, matt sinovic, he's the executive director of progress iowa and also the organization known as why courts matter. together. matt is going to explain that. they caused a little bit of controversy this week when they attended some of senator charles grassley's town hall meetings talking about the judicial process and that's what we're going to talk about extensively here on the program today. first of all, before we go any further, matt, i want to get some background on now and kind of understand, get a perspective about why you think the way you do. you told me earlier, you grew up in the kansas city area, so tell me a little bit about your background. >> matt: i grew up in kansas,

captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com >> ron: welcome in this week's edition of the steele reportas we w welcome the two now mayor of the cedar valley. from cedar falls, jim brown and from waterloo, quentin hart. jim brown was on the board of education, there for six years if i remember correctly. big victory over david halterman. mayor brown serve six years on the board of education. he's a business development manager. his campaign promise was to bring a different leadership style to city hall. we'll ask if he's done that. quentin hart we've had on the program before, earn his batch love's degree from uni, first elected in 2008, representing waterloo's fourth wart on the city council and then serve as mayor pro temand gave up the

captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com. >> eric: a lot to talk about this morning. good morning, columbia. i'm eric weisfeld. >> rochelle: and i'm rochelle dean. we're live from main and gervais. the time's now 6:00. >> eric: it's breezy, keep the jacket with you as you head out the door. >> rochelle: you want to bundle up and looks like the temperatures are here to stay, not going anywhere anytime soon. we will turn things over to meteorologist jonathan kennedy for what you can expect the rest of the day. good morning. >> jonathan: not only the cold air but wind makes it feel much colder outside which is why we need to cover up as much skin as you can. temperatures 37 degrees right now, 34 in camden, 37 lexington as well. numbers not overly cold. now, it is certainly cold for many spots, 32 in winnsboro, saluda at 32, they are at freezing but the rest of us 5 degrees above that. all in all not too bad. we are looking at a mostly clear sky for us, but elsewhere not so much. clouds to the north, even a little snow-rain mix as you get this is from the ra

captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com. >> eric: and we're glad you are starting your day here with us for good morning, columbia. thanks for joining us. i'm eric weisfeld. >> jonathan: and i'm meteorologist jonathan kennedy. we're live from main and gervais. the time's now 6:00. you will like the temperatures. >> jonathan: groundhog will tell us whether we will see more winter or spring. felt like spring the last few days for us even though it's late january, early february, we are looking at temperatures well above normal yesterday afternoon and this morning. we also are seeing fog. it is warmer, it will feel better for you as you walk out the door, you will need a light jacket but fog could be an issue for you as you head into work or wherever you are going especially for camden, winnsboro, visibility only a quarter mile. not as bad for us here, but that patchy fog is moving around the midlands and could be popping up where you are going to be very soon. temperatures upper 40s, lower 50s. notice the areas where it's warmer, that is where we are see

we're live from main and test, check test captioning provided caption associates, llc captionassociates.com >>> good morning, columbia, today is wednesday, february 3rd. with the iowa caucus fresh on their minds, the presidential candidates are busy vying for votes in new hampshire. what we can expect from the democrats' closing arguments in tonight's town hall. plus, turning pain into progression, how a community is coming together to mourn the loss of a teen. and to make sure no one else becomes a victim of domestic violence. >>> also, honoring the emanuel nine, the message survivors of the charleston church shooting are hoping to spread good morning columbia starts right now.33 morning columbia. thanks for joining us. i'm eric weisfeld. >> eric: good morning, columbia, this is our hour of power. i'm eric weisfeld. >> jonathan: i'm meteorologist jonathan kennedy, live from main and gervais. time is 6:00 a.m. >> eric: mixed bag today, warmer temperatures as you step outside. a good chance for rain later on during the day. >> jonathan: that's right. very nice right now. if you are getting o

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captioning provided by caption associates, llc captionassociates.com >>> good morning, america. the battle for new hampshire. >> bernie, bernie, bernie. >> bernie sanders drawing huge crowds as hillary clinton tries to close the gap and donald trump back on the stump after that second place finish in iowa. some calling new hampshire do or die for his campaign. >> we're going to start winning again. we're going to win so much. >> trump talks to george live this morning right here on "gma." >>> tens of millions in the path of dangerous tornadoes as twisters tear through the south. winds up to 70 miles an hour ripping apart homes and schools. a blinding blizzard wreaks havoc causing hundreds of wrecks. new warnings as the storm moves east. >>> new fears about the zika virus. the first reported case in this outbreak spreading from person to person by sexual transmission, not mosquitoes right here in the u.s. our dr. richard besser at the center of the outbreak answering any questions this morning. >>> super bowl showdown. amy schumer, seth rogen join forces in a new ad for the big g

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>> closed captioning of "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you by the nevada trucking association, trucking moves america forward. this is "nevada newsmakers" with host sam shad, a no holds barred political forum. now from the "nevada newsmakers" broadcast headquarters, here is sam shad. >> back on "nevada newsmakers," we are pleased to welcome back mary lau, she's the president and ceo of the retail association of nevada, one of our proud sponsors. pleasure to have you back on the program. >> thank you, sam. >> we've been looking at polling across the country and once again, the polls have been notoriously bad in calling the elections and doing caucuses and primaries, etc. you do polling for retail association about various issues and it seems to me having been privy to some of the polls, there seems to be greater deal of accuracy in your polls, why do you think the national polls are getting it so wrong and yet when an organization a more accurate picture of the eloktorate? >> the smaller the microcosm, the easier to get accuracy. we're polling within nevada and you contract for a huge nu

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