the iowa senate is expected to vote on money for schools today. the house passed a bill earlier this week which would increase funding by two percent...but it's not expected to pass the democratic-led senate, which wants to see an even just a few hours from now, the f-b-i will hold a press conference on the oregon wildlife refuge armed protest now stretching into its fourth week. after a shootout between police and protesters left one person dead. multiple protestors were arrested yesterday. and today the senate judiciary committee -- led by iowa senator chuck grassley -- will hold a hearing on prescription drug and heroin abuse....a growing problem across the country snowstorms sometimes bring out the best in us. brian mastre explains how one man found a resourceful way to "i don't want kids or parents justin anderson often witnesses a completely different attitude when it snows. "i had a half-dozen people stop before." last year the iraq war veteran took his off- road wheelchair "i came up with the idea of putting a snow blade on it." and made so

iowa senator chuck grassley will hola judiciary committee hearing tomorrow concerning mentnt health issues in the criminal justice system. grassley chairs that committee. the committee will discuss a bill that would provide more grants for mental health programs. the mental health and safe communities act would also set up a program to send more offenders to drug or appropriate. they've been a long time comimg, but iowa's one week from tonight. republicans and democrats across the state will go to their designated precincts next monday night. caucusing involves much more than voting - it includes discussing candidates, picking convention delegates and dealing with state party business. this is video from the 2012 caucuses at a cedar rapids precinct. for some people new to the state, or new to voting, caucusing can be confusing. kcrg-tv9's sarah mccarty explains how it's done. "staff and students at cornell college are

iowa senator, chuck grassley was part of a hearing today on how to stop a growing drug epidemic.. president obama addressed the growing problem of heroin and pain killer addiction in his state of the union. new hampshire is among the states hit hardest so far. today the senate judiciary committee talked about funding programs for prevention, treatment, and law enforcement. senator grassley chairs the committee.. he talked about why so many people are turning to heroin. that, the over medication of painkillers like opiods that leads to the herion addiction. we can't blame it entirely on opiods, you can't but help that that's an innocent want to get into a problem of drugs that evenutally leads to herion. 2:43 senator grassley said legislation has been introduced in congress that

and what an iowa senator says about the cause of addiction... but first... iowa lawmakers discuss the issue of dying with dignity... the bill introduced today could allow terminally ill iowans end their own lives.. and the man who's pushing for car repairs, home improvements, a family trip... it's not easy to afford them. what did marco rubio do? he put $22,000 in personal expenses on a republican party credit card. rubio's bad judgment caused a scandal and for five years rubio refused to release the credit card records. marco rubio: skipping major votes... all over the place on immigration... bad judgment. marco rubio: just too many questions. right to rise usa is responsible for the there are those who say we cannot defeat a corrupt political system and fix a rigged economy. but i believe we need to lift our vision above the obstacles in place and look to the american horizon. to a nation where every child can not only dream of going to college, but attend one. where quality healthcare will be a birthright of every citizen. where a good job is not a wish, b

jenna: another candidate is across iowa today texas senator ted his week long bus northwest iowa. earlier today, cruz made a stop in onawa, where he denounced efforts by president obama to implement stricter gun control laws saying as president, he will fight hard to defend second amendment rights. cruz says he's a firm believer of taking the power out of washington. cruz "if you think things are going great in washington that we need to keep headed in the same basic direct just kind of fiddle aroundndhe edges then i ain't yououguy. the" cruzin' to caucus " bus tour will run through saturday stopping in 28 towns in 28 counties. cruz says he hopes to visit all 99 counties by february first coming up later tonight at six our own tim seaman will be in sioux center at ted cruz's campaign stop scheduled ere. jenna:the president's ecutive action on gun control a hot topic on the campaign trail, today. here's what the president hade to say about some of the reactin he's (president obama)"contrary to the claims of some presidential candidates apparently before this meeting, this is not a

in iowa falls, senator bernie sanders consoled a woman after she broke down into tears. the woman was telling sanders about her struggles cycling through minimum wage jobs, fighting to get disability on her parents for survival. sanders listened to several other people with similar stories during the rally. around this time next monday, many of you will go to your caucus locations to cast your vote for the next presidential candidates for some eastern iowans high school students, this will be their first-ever caucus kwwls olivia mancino caught up with some of those kids at east buchanan high school well ron this is a uniqiue situation because these sutdents are being forced to go-- a government and history teacher at the high school is requiring his students to at least attend the caucuses monday as a way to extend the learning experience beyond the classroom "can you name some of the government class... "bill clinton" you better believe you're going to learn a thing or two about people on the ballot.. with two people actually having a when you said, alright kids, "ohh t

but mcconnell could be reconsidering according to iowa senator chuck grassley, "since then, i've heard senator willing to bring it up before the election. beyond that i don't have anything to report except the general proposition, which is what i think senator mcconnell was speaking to. it's pretty difficult to get sub- controversial things through the senate and the house when you've got a presidential election year." house speaker paul ryan says he wants to bring up the trade deal as our top story... a looming jackpot is bigger than ever this morning... no winning ticket sold yesterday... which ups the stakes from 500 to 675 million. that has people flooding convenience stores to press their luck... the only ticket to come close to 675 million was sold back in 2012... at 656 million. this morning more doubt is being cast on north korea's claim it hydrogen bomb... japan has just announced it detected no particular change in radiation levels in the air. north korea made the claim yesterday, but the u-s and other nations remain skeptical. today japan sent three planes to collect atmosph

according to the national pork producers council, the house is looking at iowa senator joni ernst's resolution of disapproval, which would end wotus. that passed the senate in court has temporarily halted the implementation of the water rule and a lawsuit alleging the epa violated federal administrative procedures through an advocacy campaign moving multiple times to block wot. our top story... a fresh layer of snow caused problems for drivers overnight... crews were forced to shut down interstate 235 after an accident blocked the roadway. things are back open this morning... but still partially covered in some areas. blowing snow is expected through the day. a lacona father is accusing his son of pulling the trigger on his own mother... shirley carter was gunned down at her home last june... now her husband says their son, 44- year-old jason carter is to blame. he has filed a wrongful death suit against jason... jason has yet to be arrested. the iowa division of criminal investigation is now investigating. president obama will deliver his final state of the union address to a joint session of

senate today." a fight over farming... iowa's republican governor told reporters he wanted to see the texas senator defeated. cruz shrugged that off. "it's no surprise that the establishment is in full panic mode." cruz's day -- perhaps, best summed up by the rolling stones song... "you can't always get what you want." ... that the trump camp played before sarah palin took the stage. that was peter alexander reporting... gop presidential candidate ben carson will take a break from the campaign trail after one of his volunteers died in car accident. "braden joplin was an amazing young man. i had an opportunity to - to get to know him and the thing that impressed me the most was how compassionate he was." 25-year-old braden joplin died yesterday after a van carrying four staff members flipped over on an by another vehicle. the three other passengers in the accident were treated and released from a local hospital. these three republican candidates are in the state today. rick santorum, carly fiorina and mike huckabee all spoke this

prior to that he was an iowa senator. with a preview of what's next here's abc's george stephanopoulous. now, a final look at the >>> starting right now on a special edition of "this week" th george stephanopoulos. it's'sn. with just one day to iowa, t t gop contenders are in a fight to

party's best hope at taking the white house.rubio will be in des moines today for a rally with iowa senator joni ernst.this is video from sunday of rubio campaigning at the long-branch in cedar rapids.rubio told voters electing hillary clinton would take america to the brink of disaster. "if the next four years are like the last 7, i am not sure if we will have time to fix the problems and the damage barack obama has created for america. and that's why i'm so passioiote about this election. many polls right now have senator rubio in third place -- well behind billionaire donald trump and ted cruz. and be sure to tune in to a iowa in focus this week for a one-on-one with a rising star in politics.we'll also track last minute messages from the campaign trail.you can watch thirty, right here on cbs 2. it's and right now in it's degrees. degrees.after the break...the part of the hall of fame in canton, ohio that's relocating to calififnia for the n-f-l's biggest game -- right here on cbs 2. main weather- your planner shows what's ahead for the area is under a winter weather advisory until 6am t

he has a rally there and at the university of iowa field house in iowa city. senator ted cruz is getting a boost from a former contender. rick perry -- former texas governor -- is endorsing cruz for president. perry said of those with a chance to win the republican nomination right now, he believes cruz is by far "the most consistent conservative." cruz has at least seven more campaign stops in iowa today. this comes after spending yesterday in eastern iowa. he talked to a room full of supporters in manchester. we asked him what he thought of governor branstad saying iowans should not support him because fuels standard... "i'll tell you what i'm hearing from the women and men of iowa. our principles...it's rather we want and deserve a consistent conservative." believes there should be no subsidies, no mandates at all. a developing story this morning: 25 years in prison for an eastern iowa woman in the death of her toddler. mireya balderas, of iowa city, was sentenced on child endangerment charges. her 20-month old son -- marcus-- four years ago. autopsy results show h

recent quinnipiac poll released earlier this week, it showed donald trump and senator ted cruz in a statistal tie among iowa republican voters. senator marco rubio held onto third place with 13 percent, but no other candidates were above 7 percent. those on the main stage tonight include john kasich, jeb bush, marco rubio, ted cruz, ben carson, chris christie, and rand paul. fox news is hosting the debate at the iowa events center in des moines at 8 iowa time. trump says he will not be at the bate tonight. he defended his position on the same channel he is boycotting he spoke to bill o'reilly on fox news last night. trump blasted fox host megyn kelly, whom he fit criticized in august following a debate. he said he has zero respect for kelly, adding she's overrated. campaign says it will hold a special event at drake university tonight, benefiting wounded veterans. despite missing tonight's debate, trump and nearly all other candidates are campaigning full-time in iowa, just days before the caucuses. coming tonight on the kcrg-tv9 news at 6, we'll look at what the causes really mean. does a candidate have to

the bill was originally drafted up by iowa senator joni ernst and passed the senate in a 53 to 44 vote in november. however, both vote totals are short of the two-thirds majority needed to override what will likely be a presidential veto. supporters of wotus argue getting rid of the rule would leave an unworkable one in its place, weakening environmental protections. opposition to the rule say it is an epa power grab. the iowa farm bureau says the expanded definition of the water rule our top story... des moines public schools want more our top story... des moines public schools want more of the state's education budget... officials say they deserve more money... because they have to support a large number of students in poverty. three fourths of the district's students qualify for free or the search is on for the lucky winners in the record powerball jackpot. so far, none of the winners have come forward to claim their massive 1- point-5 billion prize... they're likely somewhere in florida, california, and tennessee...that's where the three winning tickets were sold. each of the store

iowa senator joni ernst initiated the override.. but it failed in a 52 to 40 cloture vote.. the senate needed 60 votes in favor to bring it to both chambers of congress. the legislation blocks a federal water rule.. so it would have required a two-thirds majority in both house and presidential veto. wotus now will be decided by federal courts.. there are multiple pending lawsuits over it.. including one that has suspended regulations.. but many ag groups worry the litigation process will be lengthy and costly. ---- cattle had a little rally at the end of last week.. after starting off not so great.. and corn is looking good right now.. it's jumped past month long moving averages.. "not looking too bad, start off with corn, not looking too bad there at all. we kind of broke through some key moving averages. broke through that 40 day and 60 day." "and the key now is to stay above this and push near the 100 day up near $3.83 today on a daily chart. i think that'd be the short term top. you see a lot of increased farmer selling and probably pull the market back from there. beans,

that includes iowa senator chuck grassley. and it's closing time for two bars as the city of hiawatha plans some major road construction. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news at midday. this midday, we're working to get more information on a possible stabbing in cedar rapids. police were at saint luke's hospital in cedar rapids this morning. a tv9 crew saw three squad cars outside the emergency room entrance. public safety coordinator greg buelow says someone walked into the hosptial this morning. he says the incident did not happen at the hospital. stay with tv9 for any updates. no one was injured when an early morning fire damaged a dubuque home today. firefighters responded to a home at 1220 rosedale avenue sometime before 5:00 this morning. crews had the fire mostly extinguished by about 5:45, but some firefighters stayed on scene after that to put out a fe hot spots. fire officials say the fire started in the area of wood-burning fireplace. the back of the home sustained exte

iowa. the president vetoed a congressional resolution of disapproval. and now democrats in the senate have blocked republican efforts to override that veto. meanwhile... the rule has been temporarily blocked by federal courts... who are reviewing states. 3 3 iowa's senior u- s senator was blocked vote.calling the rule an attempt by the e- p- a to stretch the bounds of its authority, grassley lamented the filibuster tactic used to block the veto override attempt."unfortunately," he says in a statement, "political theater has ruled the day, and the democrats filibustered a bipartisan resolution to override a presidential veto and end this massive power grab by the e- p- a." 3 3 nebraska senator ben sasse and oklahoma senator jim inhofe are asking the justice department to investigate the e- p- a over what they call a "propaganda campaign" to support the waters of the u- s rule.the senators cite a office report's finding that the agency broke rules on spending taxpayer money on things not approved by congress.in a letter to attorney general loretta lynch... they say e- p- a staff are ref

he has a rally there and at the universiiy of iowa fiellhouse in iowa city. senator ted cruz is getting a boost from a former contender. rick perry -- former texas governor -- is endorsing cruz for presient. perry said of thos with a chance to win the republican primary right now, he believes cruz is by far "the most consistent conservative." cruz has at least seven more campaiain stops in iowa today. this after spending yesterday in eastern iowa. he talked to a room full of supporters in manchester. we asked him what he thought of governor branstad saying iowans should not support him becausee cruz supports phasing out the renewable fuels standard. "i'll tell you what i'm hearing from the women and men of iowa. want and deserve a consistent conservative." cruz told supporters he believes there should be no subsidies, no a developing story this morning: 25 years in prison for an eastern iowa woman in the death of her toddler. mireya balderas, of iowa city, was sentenced on child endangerment charges.s. her 20-month old son -- marcus-- four years ago. autopsy results

sanders is also campaigning in iowa falls, ames, newton and grinnell today. on the republican side -- senator ted cruz will make three stops in eastern iowa today. he'll be in maquoketa, manchester and independence. senator marco rubio was in waterloo last night. here's what he had to say about the final week before the iowa this person who is, is someone that's going to reverse all of think it adds to our momentum we're very excited with eight days to go." iowa senator joni ernst will join rubio for a rally in des moines later today. here's a reminder of how much we can accomplish. when one man's life changed dramatically a decade ago, he found a path forward that's taken him to heights he never dreamed of. gadi schwartz has the story. on this bright, snowy, step will fall. "that's a good forest with his dog tennille. especially, if you're trying to keep up.. "this is not easy to do at all!" he's quick to say hello to those he passes along the to the fact that trevor doesn't see them, he only hears them. behind his shades- trevor thomas. is completely blind. when they find out you are blind.

right now, lawmakers in the iowa senate are hearing from the state's medicaid director on how prepared iowa is for privitizing the medicaid system. system.my colleague scott sanborn joins us now nowwith what they're karen - the plan to move iowa's medicaid system from state-controlled to for-profit last month. it was supposed to take effect january first, but after federal officials visited with patients, caregivers and state wasn't ready. that echoed the call of many who claimed the quick switch- over brought more confusion than it did answers. officials with the centers for medicare and medicaid services told state leaders their plan would be delayed until march first - providing certain conditions be met. those conditions include patients having a means for their questions to be answered and the program having proper state oversight. recent reports suggest the state would have to hire about 134 people to handle that oversight. and that would cost the state about 17-million dollars. but iowa's medicaid director says communication with patients is one of the biggest things federal off

reasonable steps to protect people from having to go through what those families went through. " iowa senator chuck grassley says barack obama's executive order is under the jurisdiction of the senate judiciary committee, which he chairs. radio iowa reports grassley and his panel plan to review the details of obama's proposal to ensure the second amendment is upheld. grassley says he's also working on a bill to prevent people in the u-s illegally from buying guns. let's look now at weather conditions from our coralville city cam. you can see the sun just starting to set as our meteorologist joe winters joins us now. joe, some clouds are rolling in with some precipitation? sunshine helped push today's highs near 30 across eastern iowa and is a start of milder trend lasting through the end of the week. clouds build tonight associated with a storm system edging eastward. as the system gets closer more moisture moves in bringing a better chance for rain and snow showers. isolated activity is possible late wednesday, but more likely thursday and friday. as this draws to a close the coldest air of

the house are looking at iowa senator joni ernst's resolution oodisapproval.. which would end wotus.. that passed the senate in november.. a federal appeals court has temporarily halted the implementation of the water alleging the e-p-a violated federal administrative procedures through an advocacy campaign during the comment period. the house has already voted multiple times to block wotus. even though there's no voluntary or mandatory labeling standard.. campbell soup company is voluntarily labeling its u-s products that have genetically modified organisms.. it says it was prepared to label all its products and would seek guidance from the f-d-a and approval from the u-s-d-a.. the grocery manufactures association.. which represents more than 300 food companies opposed to mandatory g-m-o labeling says it respects.. member rights.. but it's also important congress acts quickly to stop patchwork state labeling laws. the markets are a little slower today.. waiting for tomorrows u-s-d-a report.. which some analysts think will be bearish. "we did see a little bit of

also in iowa -- senator ted cruz... he took some time at his event in humboldt to impersonate our 35th president you know jfk said, 'some men see things as they are and ask why. i see things that never were and ask why not'." cruz told the crowd jfk would be kicked out of today's democratic party because of his beliefs... cruz remains in eastern iowa for the rest of the week -- at campaign events for his "cruzin' to caucus tour" for the democrats -- senator bernie sanders is in iowa today, though his schedule is more relaxed ahead of his events tomorrow. ron steele will be sitting down with sanders tonight for a one-on-one interview about his campaign. interview coming up tonight on the news at ten. vice president joe biden is now saying he's actually regretting that he isn't running for president -- take a listen. "sure, i regret it every day but it was the right decision for my we've got two good candidates." you may've caught biden's blunder - saying there are just two candidates... when, in fact, there are three --

iowa. >> senator ted cruz mocked rally. >> mr. trump considers megan kelley is very, very scary. >> you know, donald is a fragile soul. she might ask a mean question and who knows what could happen, i mean his hair can stand on up. >> abc haks action abc action news. >> bernie sanders' campaign says they're willing to go along with hillary clinton for another presidential debate. >> the campaign wants does not want any debates to be held on friday or saturday or holiday weekends. >>> our meteorologist shay is here with the weather >> as we head out the door this morning, you are likely to encounter some wet roads and if you are in our southern counties youwill see this rain that's filing across the state. watch out for flooding there and along the coastline keeping an eye out for some fog. i will have moreon that in just a moment. take a look at how overdone the future cast is. the models having adifficult time right predicting when we'll see the heaviest rain moving in across tampa bay and further to the north. what i can tell yo

prior to that, he was an iowa senator from 2005 to 2013. hancock had also served with the epworth volunteer fire department for 45 years, including as chief for 16 years. he was 67 years old. coming up after the break, a different kindnd of venue for a wedding ceremony. a central iowa couple brings their exchange of vows to an important family member. . and the iowa hawkeyes look to get back in the win column today against northwestern. stay with your 24-hour news daughter's wedding day, due to her poor health. but her daughter saw to that by changing the venue. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders has the story. the story y kelsea and shane prather, the bride and groom up there, began at a mall.through friends, the two were encouraged to meet there. but, kelsea's mom, misty butler one of the most importrtt people in her life, had doubts. "she said are you sure he's going to be at the mall? i said, yes, he said he's going to be there. sure enough, he was at the mall that day. that was the first time we met." fast forward about eight years, kelsea an

he's an iowa state senator and the donaldort of trump campaign in iowa. it you want to ask questions about the campaign there, why he issuess donald trump and relating to that, here's how you guest.k to our 202-748-8000 for democrats, for reps,01 independents.or first call is for you senator carolina on our independent line. you're on with our guest. ahead. caller: thank you. i want top first initiate the conversation with a lifelong republican until 2008 when i turned independent and more often than not, this year. i'm so tired of electing people who go to washington with promises from me to represent me failhen get up there and miserably. this year going to go with something different like donald trump. is how thees me intelligences up there in washington takes his common make fun of him. he's a builder. he's a success. uses common language like building. huge they do it. build me a strong wall. and they do it. build me a strong security department. they do it. that's not hard to understand. have to read between the words of donald trump. it, it gets do

prime minister of canada. >> and so we have an opportunity again. >> reporter: over the weekend iowa senator charles grassley appeared at a rally with trump. it is a sign that the establishment is warming to the idea of trump as its nominee. even as he doubles down on yet >> you said yesterday you could shoot someone on 5th avenue and wouldn't lose voters. is you're that confident, huh? >> well, i have a very great group of people, john. i have people that are so loyal. >> reporter: over the weekend the "des moines register" endorsed senator marco rubio and hillary clinton. it could give rubio a boost, but the endorsement is probably less influential than it once was in iowa. vinita, over the summer the paper's editorial board called for trump to get out of the race. didn't exactly hurt his poll numbers. >> julianna goldman, thank you. >>> just over a week before the iowa caucuses, a new cbs battleground tracker poll shows donald trump has regained his lead over ted cruz in iowa and now has a five-point lead. here with more on the presidential race is elections director anthony salvanto. wha

was authored by iowa senator joni ernst... she by the veto.. and immediately led a bipartisan vote to override it.. but if that doesn't work there are other methods.. groups against the waters of the u-s rule.. will try to use litigation to get rid of it.. but that may take a while.. and be very expensive. "ncba is very disappointed that the president chose to veto over the will of congress both chambers of congress passed this wotus resolution by strong bipartisan majorities and we're very disappointed that the president chose to ignore that and now forces us to very long delay litigation." ---- china could import a record amount of soybeans this year. crushers are looking at cheaper overseas supplies to meet most of the demand for soymeal according to pro farmers first thing today.. climbing soymeal demand could increase china's imports to as much as 85 million metric tons of soybeans for 2015-2016 marketing year.. according to the china national grain and oils information center.. that would be an 9 percent from last year. feed mills are rel

three years ago, pam jochum became her party's first female iowa senate president, where she still serves. between jochum and upmeyer, the iowa legislature has women in leadership in each chamber for let's turn now to meteorologist joe winters. joe, it's been a cold day throughout eastern iowa, and it's going to get colder? a reinforcing shot of artic air heads back into the state dropping temperatures for tuesday. highs remain in the single digits with the wind chills once again down to -15 to 20 at times, especially in the morning. lights snow chances move out tonight as this winds increase. the cold blast is not long lasting, however, as above normal temperatures are as close away as thursday. we are also keeping our this week. have a good night and stay warm! low: 0-6 and cold high: 5-11 winds: nw 15-30 bruce and beth... murder charge for the death of her 72-year- old ex-husband. dubuque police arrested 62 year old dolores flynn this afternoon at dubuque's mercy hospital. last week, dubuque police found the body of gary breckenridge inside his home at 2944 jackson street. they found f

amanda:: the democrats in the iowa senate made this move, all 26 of them. they sent a letter to president obama and the centers for medicaid services, cms. they outlined several concerns from iowans on medicaid and health care providers. here's part of what the letter to the president said, "we are calling today for you to deny iowa's application to establish a statewide private managed care system for medicaid." "for the sake of the most vulnerable iowans and their health care providers, we are asking you to reject this unwise and poorly developed plan." "gronstal (dems) - 1:17:33 what we're hearing is patients can't get answers from service providers about whether their provider has signed on with managed care companies so we continue to think this thing is a real mess. upmeyer (reps) 1:41:09 i have no idea why we are telling iowans that we're trying to get this set up and at the same time trying to " amanda: the original date to switch 560- thousand iowans over from medicaid to managed care was supposed to happen january first. the feds decided the state

iowa. on the democratic side, vermont senator bernie sanders, will start 3 days of campaigning in iowa. he plans to make eastern iowa stops in davenport, clinton maquoketa.. sanders will continue his tour through sunday, and end on monday with visits to iowa state and grinnell college. former secretary of state hillary clinton is bringing more celebrities to campaign with her today. this afternoon, "scandal" actor and director, tony goldwyn will join her. mrs. clinton will stop in mason city this afternoon, before heading to the u-n-i's maucker union in cedar falls. that's a 5:30 pm appearance at uni. tonight, the former secretary of state will travel to cedar rapids for another campaign event. the democrats will all be together in des moines on monday night for a town hall. the presidential hopefuls will answer questions from democratic caucus- goers. it starts at eight o'clock, and you can see it on kcrg nine point two. while children cannot legally vote, they will get a chance to partake in politics, during a mock caucus event at the university of iowa. the program uses children make

." - cnn bite iowa senator chuck grassley stopping short of an endorsement...but sharing a stage with the donald, a strong symbol to iowa republicans. in ankeny...trump's biggest rival, senator ted cruz, collecting a loyal crowd of his own. 15:34:49 "listen, i like donald trump. he may say unpleasant things about me - i have no intention of responding in kind. i do not intend to insult him, i like and respect him. ." - ted cruz cruz receiving the backing of another iowa congressman, steve king. even tea party darling glen beck throwing his weight behind the candidate. 14:57:48 "it's the david and somebody whose bold? it's not some guy who has a bunch of strip clubs and casinos. it's a guy who stands on his principles relentlessly." - glenn beck the battle between trump and cruz could see more trouble from third place candidate marco rubio than the two front-runners expected... an endorsement from the des moines register saturday night calls for iowa republicans to pick rubio, claiming he's something new and fresh for the party. that's a point rubio himself pushed hard to voters in ind

iowa senate leaders have put together a budget plan that totals seven point 39 billion dollars. this would be for fiscal 2017, which begins on july first. that's a touch below what governor branstad's proposed. his budget plan adds up to seven point four billion. the iowa house hasn't released its budget proposal yet. when it comes to k-through 12 education funding, senate democrats want to raise that by four per cent for next year. governor branstad proposed an increase of two point 45 percent increase. yesterday, the republican-controlled house passed a measure calling for a two per cent hike in eduucation a new quinnipiac poll shows republican presidential candidates ted cruz and donald trump are razor-close heading into the iowa caucuses. the poll shows donald trump with 31 percent support among likely republican caucus-goers. ithows ted cruz with 29 percent. those numbers are well l thin the polol's 3 point 8 percent margin of error, making it a statistical tie. marco rubio followed with 13 percent, ben carson came in at 7 percent, rand paul polled at 5 percent, and jeb bus

last legislative session, the iowa senate voted 27-22 to boost the state's minimum wage to 8 dollars and 75 cents an hour. the house did not take up the measure. right now, the let's turn n w to meteorologist joe winters. joe, it's been another rainy, foggy day. what can we expect this evening? colder air heads in bringing drier conditions. after the fog lifts and some light snow comes to an end look for strong northwest winds to build across the state. saturday our ighs will be established early in the 20s and then fall through the day. highs by sunday stay in the single digits with wind chills between -10 to -20 for most of the day. this arctic blast continues into the early part of next week. have a great night and a safe weekend. tonight: showers to lt. snow low: 24-30 winds: nw 10-20tomorrow: chance of light snow, winds: nw 15-30 bruce and beth... the mexican drug lord known as "el chapo" is no longer a free man. joaquin guzman staged a sensational escaped froroa maximum security prison seven months ago. today mexican marines captured him after a shootout in el chapo's home stat

you'll recall, last year's response was given by newly-ected iowa senator joni ernst. today, ernst tweeted a photo saying she texted governor haley "good luck." right now, on the iowa campaign trtrl, democrats have a new frontrunner. the latest quinnipiac university poll shows vermont senator bernie sanders with 49-percent support. it's the first time he's led the state outside the margrg of error. hillary clinton holds 44-percent of likely caucus goers. it's interesting to note, while sanders leads in iowa, most iowans believe clinton has a better shot at winning in november. during a campaign stop in iowa today, clinton tore into the new frontrunner on issues from health care to gun control. clinton sat down with cbs 2 news - totoght on the cbs 2 2 news ten at ten, hear *her take on what the future of medicaid should be. on the g-o-p side today, a meeting with eastern iowa voters. mike huckabee held a meeting atathe erican legion in coralville this afternoon. jeb bush greeted a full room of supporters at the coralville library.and at six tonight, donald trump will spe

i want you to give a great, very warm, heartfelt welcome to marcus: iowa senator joni ernst rubio. but rubio is the first republican presidential candidate ernst has introduced in iowa. rubio says he is happy to have the people. he then dove into his message that this year our nation is facing a crossroads. sen. rubio: it will either be the year that we rediscover and reimbrace all the things that made us the greatest country in the world or it will be the eyar , -- the year america settles and under the obama policies, and as a result, becomes a , nation in decline. marcus: senator rubio says making america great again will take change change he will start -- will take change, change he will start his first day as the country's commander in chief. by cutting current obama policies and deals and standing up for christian values and immigration that makes sense and will fight for our national security. he says this election is vital. sen. rubio: if i'm our nominee we will be hillary clinton and reverse the damage barack obama has done to america. presidential candidates have their la

iowa senator chuck grassley says president obama's executive order is under the jurisdiction of the senate judiciary committee--whi ch he is chair of. radio iowa reports grassley and his panel plan to review the details of the president's proposal to ensure the second amendment is upheld. grassley says he's also working on a bill to prevent people in the u-s illegally from buying guns. apartment after an argument over the weekend. that's according to the waterloo- cedar falls courier. 54-year-old ricky peeples faces felon in possession of a firearm and intimidation with a weapon charges. police say he tried to break into his neighbor's home at 216 1/2 randolph street on saturday. that's on the city's west side, between 1st and 2nd streets. they say he fired multiple shots inside the apartment complex. no one was hurt. peeples has several prior convictions, including 1 for attempted murder. dubuque police and the state medical examiner's office are trying to figure out what happened after police found a man's body inside a home. just before noon monday, officers went to 29-44 jackson street

iowa. the vermont senator's wife has been on the trail lately as well, adding a new element to his campaign. jane sanders held several organizing events over the weekend. stephanie/ots: clinton has been going hard on sanders in the past few days as she campaigns in iowa. she's attacking his voting record on gun while in congress. and again mentioned his weak stance during an organizing event in ames today. i find it kind of interesting whenever i say you know you voted against the brady bill five times you voted for what the nra said was the biggest nra priority giving them immunity and he says, we'll i'm from vermont. pat leahy the other senator from vermont voted against immunity for the gun lobby so no, that's not an explanation. stephanie: clinton has also criticized sanders' healthcare plan and wants to know how he plans to pay for it. sanders in turn has ramped up his attacks on clinton as well - calling out her social security plans and ties to wall street. jack: cyclones looking to respond from a wasn't a pretty first half.... no it wasnt, at the break...after coming up on local 5 s

iowa senate president pam jochum of dubuque has said she doesn't think the state will be ready for the mecaid transition by march first, or any time soon. she has concerns that a new system without proper oversight could iowans. a report earlier this month said the state needs to hire 134 additional workers and spend as much as 17-million dollars more a year to achieve that oversight. the report came from a multi-agency workgroup that included iowa's long- term care omdsman and the iowa d dartment of public health. and one eastern iowa medicaid provider says it hasn't received any payments for patient serces since january first. tonight on t-v nine news at ten, hear how the delays could seriously affect treatments for mental health patients in rural iowa. thee have now been 360 cases of the mumps in the state sie july, including a recent one at clayton ridge high school. superintendent shane wahls says the student is now in the care of a doctor. a letter was sent home to parents telling them of the case. johnson county has the most people in the state with mumps at 265. the majority of

attract more female candidates state lawmakers today launched a new effort to legalize fireworks in iowa. senate subcommittee. it would allow people to sell, buy and use fireworks in the state. the bill lets cities and counties opt out, and continue banning the explosives if they so choose. lawmakers say iowans are already buying fireworks from other states, but can't legally use them. today, firefighters and health care representatives told lawmakers they don't think legalizing fireworks is a good idea. the f-b-i says it's working to safely remove people who are still occupying a wildlife oregon. last night, the f-b-i says it conducted a traffic stop of some of the occupiers that resulted in eight arrests and one death. officials haven't said how lavoy finicum of arizona died. finicum had said previously he would prefer to die instead of go to jail. the traffic stop happened as group leader ammon bundy and his followers drove to a community meeting. today, f-b-i officials said protesters have had enough time to leave peacefully. "it's time for everybody in this illegal occupation to move on. th

candidate hillary clinton and republican marco rubio for the iowa caucuses. texas senator ted cruz may not even shrug it off as he's criticized the media plenty during his campaign. cruz appeared with conservative radio and tv host glenn beck in iowa on saturday, both in ankeny and an evening stop in waterloo. the first-term senator said iowans have a major responsibility on caucus night. " 00:25 i hope every one of us lifts up prayers for our nation, and that determination, who is a conservative, who can we trust so we won't get burned again, we have been burned so many times, the stakes are too high for it to happen again and faith in the men and woman of iowa to make that determination " donald trump is making some political headlines this morning for a comment he made in sioux center on saturday. trump and cruz have been first or second in polling of iowa republicans going back to november -- with trump performing a little bit stronger polls. trump bragged about his supporters dedication, saying nothing could make them change their minds about voting for him. here's th

. >> campaigning in iowa senator ted cruz attacked trump over his decision not to participate in that presidential debate tonight for the second night anyway row cruz challenging trump to a one-on-one debate and he proposed a date, time and venue >> trump said if the two candidates can't agree on a moderator they can take questions from audience members. >> 8:00 saturday night a two hour debate. if gentle donald can't handle megan kelly, how about instead mark leaven. >> if the two did debate they could do anytime canada. >> that is a attorneys where cruz was born. questioned whether he could be a candidate but his mother is a citizen so he's a naturalized citizen. trump is planning to have his own iowa at the same time of the debate to help veterans. >> if donald trump backs out and prepared for a lot of criticism. >> donald the ducker. >> he's chaos candidate. >> donald duck debate. >> refusing to debate. >> no shows get no respect. since trump opted out one suggested fox news set up an empty podium with a poe tate toe wearing a you tupe. >> they left that chair empty, run out of ou

iowa senator jonini ernst says she will continue to fight the affordable care act and redirect funds for planned parenthood. coming up on live at 5...a silent threat is the second leadinincause of lung cancer in iowa.and it's worse in winter months. months.meanwhile, this is as commuters head home on this beautifufunight in the corridor. let's check in america is not just electing a president, we're also electing a commander in chief. that choice matters. because strengthening the economy, making healthcare more affordable, raising incomes. and leading the world. i will get up every single day and do whatever it takes to make sure our country is safe and strong. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. in the middle a time when senior poverty is increasing. republicans and some democrats came up with a brilliant idea for cutting cost-of-living adjustments for social security. we said, "it will be over our dead bodies if you cut social securi." to extend the solvency of social security and expand benefits for people who desperately need them. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve t

stephanie: now iowa senator chuck grassley is the senate judiciary committee chairman, which does have some jurisdiction to review presidential executive orders. he says they will be looking closely at the president's proposals, grassley did send out a statement critical of the use of executive order for such a complicated issue. quote: "this is exactly the deliberative process the founding fathers entrusted to the legislative branch of government, not the political agenda of one person." stephanie: we also wanted to get some perspective from where local gun owners buy their weapons. so we checked in with a store in clive, and asked: will this change "no it won't change anything for us at all we're still going to do business the same way we're complying which i'm sure all the other busniess's are too it'll just help us as far as current ones " stephanie: the training coordinator at "get some guns" in clive also tells us they do expect to see a rise in sales in reaction to this announcement. stephanie: we want to know your thoughts on the announcement from the president today. you can c

today rubio's colleague iowa senator joni campaign trail in des moines this afternoon. jenna: ted cruz has also recieved an endorsement, this one coming from a former political rival. rick perry has announced he's's backing the texas senator for president. perry was on the campaign trail himself early on, , but dropped out in september, after garnering little support. jenna: he's the man behind some of your favorite cartoons. and this week... ron campell is in sioux city, sharing his art. campbell has worked as an animator, director, producer and story editor on several cartoons including the beatles animated series. the peabody award winner has alwo worked on the smurfs, scooby doo, and the flintsones. when asked which cartoon he think's he's most like he had this to say. "that i'm most like?! golly... cool mccool... how's that?! (laughs) that's an odd question, i'm not like any of them really... they're all crazy characters" says ron campbell, campell will be in sioux city for the next three days during the vangarde arts exhibit, he'll be signing autographs and meeting

iowa senator chuck grassley says he didn't appreciate one part of president obama's state of the union address last night. the president acknowledge d that terrorists overseas should be stopped, but he said they're not a threat to our national existance. today grassley said he wished obama would have focused more on terrorist threats. " i think, though, in a lot of cases he's just plain wrong, i kind of feel that he poopooed the dangersrsf terrorism last night, not enough emphasis on that " grassley also said he wished obama would have spoken more about the economy and the middle class. for the first time in history, iowa will host a foreign diplomatic office. radio iowa reports the epublic of kosovo is planning to open a consulate in the saddlery building in downtown des moines this month. kosovo's only other presence in the u-s is its consulate in new york city. kosovo i ia territory in southeastern europe. a senior u-s defense official says 10 american sailors who were briefly held by iran are now at a u-s military facility in qatar . this is video released by iran's state run t-v o

but, her fight in iowa remains neck and neck...with vermont senator bernie sanders. sanders says "if you look at the polling that we've seen nationally. sanders says: "bernie sanders does alot better than hillary clinton does against donald president obama weighed in carefully today... telling politico the race is between sanders' liberal idealism...and clinton's experience and pragmatism... calling clinton - quote - "wicked smart"...but saying her strengths are also her weaknesses. mister obama also says sanders campaigns like he has nothing to lose. meantime, in the g- o-p race, former texas governor rick perry...is now endorsing texas senator ted cruz. perry says: on day one this very committed conservative american will be ready to be commander and chief and new jersey governor chris christie...is back campaigning in new hampshire...after taking a break from the campaign to be in his state as this weekend's powerful winter storm roared through. as for frontrunner donald trump....former defense secretary donald rumsfeld weighed in on fox news... rumsfeld says: i w

on the gop side, trump has commanding leads nationally but ted cruz is closing in iowa. senator has a town hall meeting scheduled tomorrow right here in sioux city sanders, the vermont senator has a town hall meeting scheduled tomorrow right here in sioux city that meeting is set for 7 o'clock tomorrow night at the orpheum theatre. the campaign. jenna: republican candidate chris christie was in council bluffs earlier in theheay christie spoke to supporters at the village inn in council bluffs, trying to rally undecided voters to caucus for him. the new jersey aovernor finishes his three day swing in iowa today. tim: hundreds of thousands of omaha world herald subscribers wont be receiving an afternoon edition of the paper any longer. the paper announced today that all home delivery will be limited to the morning edition of the world herald. the publisher of the paper says the change is due in part to the rise of online readership. jenna: eastern iowa gathered in the quad cities today the 25th annual show farmers got an everything ag related. thousands of products designed to mak

iowa's u.s. senator charles grassley has set a record among the country's lawmakers. the 35-year veteran of the senate has gone the longest, out of any other senator, without missing a single vote. grassley has not missed a vote in 22 years, six months, and six days, according to roll call, a political watchdog website. during that time he's cast more than 75-hundred 'yeas' and 'nays.' grassley says even though you record, you can't say he's not at work. "i'm proud of it from this standpoint. we have a problem of our voters and our constituents and taxpayers being cynical about whether we work very hard in washington, d.c. and i'm not saying we do work hard enough, but one way of trying to tell people that we are on the job is to make sure that when we vote, i'm there voting," says grassley. when he's not in dc, grassley holds townhall meetings in each county of the state every year, like this one in storm lake a few months ago. political experts say, grassley's record proves his dedication to the people of iowa. "it reinforces the reputation that he's got in washingt