jessica rae: with the last debate of the year in the books and just 48 days until the feburary iowa caucuses, abc news political analyst cokie to see who were the big winners and losers of last night's republican debate. good morning cokie: good morning jessica. jessica rae: cokie, last night we saw two of the candidates, senator ted cruz and donald trump, playing very friendly on the debate stage, is it a good political strategy for the two to not butt hds this early in the campaign? and could it suggest a politcal alliance between the two? jessica rae: also, cokie, last night we saw jeb bush quarrel with gop frontrunner donald trump. trump has recently boasted last night we saw donald trump. recently boasted about how historically whoever comes after him sees a drop in polling numbers, nationally with bush's lull in numbers do you think last night'showing will hurt or help the jeb campaign? carson last night make a statement suggesting the u-s quote "finish the job" overseas, which took some criticism by moderator wolf blitzer do you think the carsononampaign capitalized on last n nht's de

article compares the paths of coach tark and the then head of the ncaa, walter byers --- tark died in feburary --- byers in may. ---- a few quotes from the article --- written by joe nocera "in byers heyday there was no more powerful or arrogant institution in america, as tarkanian learned to his chagrin." nocera continues: "what the ncaa --- and byers --- really held against tarkanian was the kind of basketball players he recruited: black disadvantaged joyously flamboyant style of basketball. (byers) described unlv's style as 'ghetto run- and-shoot basketball." in the article nocera expands on his theory of how racism led some of the ncaa's decisions against unlv and tark. this is a great article that sums up the battles between tark and the ncaa --- i would recommend reading it ---- if you want to check it out, go to our web site --- and you will find it under "links we mention" and give it a read. it's not very long --- and i belive, sums up the battles very well. sharie johnson > stay with us... we're following some breaking news. the big intersection shut down... as police investigate a c

the super bowl is feburary seventh at levi's stadium. soon... you'll be able to catch a movie.... at portland international airport. p-d-x plans to convert..... one of its service terminals.... into a mini-theatre. it will be big enough to seat -18- people.... at a time.... with another -20- standing. but... don't expect to catch blockbusters like... "star wars". so the films will be shorts - they'll be between five and seven minutes, and they'll be on a looping reel that lasts about an hour so passengers can come in, they can enjoy as many films that they have time to see and then go back to their flights." the mini-movie theater is in right now... but... the airport is hoping to open.... in about -6- months. coming up on action news at 6:30 a city on edge. the chicago police seen in this video.. shooting a teen 16-times.. pleads not guilty to murder. plus.. bad boy "puck" from glee... arrested. coming up... mark salling's new legal trouble and... for breaking news and weather updates anytime.. just download.... the free k-t-n-v mobile app.... for your smartphone or tablet. we'll

big 12 changed its rules, following an incident as kansas state upset the kansas jayhawks back in feburary. some who stormed the court pushed kansas coach bill self against the scorers' table. and a kansas player was body-checked by a fan. after that, the big 12 voted to give the commissioner bob bowlsby broad powers to punish schools with fines. or by taking away a home game in a future season. on kcci.com, facebook, and twitter, users were quick with their opinions about the court steve: lots of people weighing in. nate writes, "storming the court as the home ranked favorite? how sad." magic responded, "just because someone gets hurt doesn't mean things need to change. accidents happen. best wishes to randy peterson on a speedy recovery." stacey: we asked our kcci.com users if schools should crack down on fans who storm the court. the results of our unscientific kcci now poll? the majority say no, 53% yes to 47% no. steve: new developments tonight in a union county death investigation. the iowa dci and union county sheriff's office today searched two homes in thayer. that's about 10 mile

his trial is scheduled for feburary 9. two other teenagers were also all three have been suspended -- expelled from school. shaina: it is not feeling like december. metinka: temperatures have been so warm, we are are ready close to where we should be for highs today. clarion through ames, visibility is a quarter of a mile. near creston, it falls to zero. by mid to late morning, the fog should be burning away and giving way to sunshine by late afternoon. we have more warm temperatures in your 8 day forecast. eric: starting today, a portion of the skywalk will be closed until 2018. all for construction of the new convention center hotel. shaina: and just in time the , county has announced this morning the launch of new skywalk app. kcci's alyx sacks sat in on a county meeting before the app launched. navigate their way through the downtown skywalks. you can download it for free on ios or android, and a blue dot shows you exactly where you are on the sidewalk. >> i think it's great, it's very visitor friendly, it's very easy

the "reindeers" down electric a robot they unveiled in feburary. longer waitting for christmas or their presents - today - more on