"we've never had a debate here on campus like this," said troy jasman, vice president of finance and administrative services. "so we were just as surprised to hear about that last night in the news as well." western iowa tech representatives say cruz booked the rocklin conference where he campaigned in the fall about a week ago. but the proposed debate with trump was not mentioned, the school says. that people are hearing about the college nationally. "yeah it's kind of cool that people get to know more about this college and more people show up each year," said western iowa tech sophomore duylan roland. cruz presented trump with the proposal on his website. it comes just days after trump announced he won't be participating in thursday's gop debate. thursday, western iowa tech prepared for saturday's forum filling the room with 500 chairs, and school officials say they expect a full house. "from the college point of view the sheer numbers are what we think would be an issue if there truly was going to be a debate," said jasman. available i would think that a debate between cruz and t

would think they would have an overwhelming response of people that would want to be here," said jasman. donald trump has declined cruz's proposal, stating he has an event already planned to raise money for veterans. cruz supporters then offered to donate 1.5 million dollars for those who have served to get trump to agree to the one-on-one debate. western iowa tech is awaiting to hear from both candidates in regards to what will really go down this weekend. bria: republican presidential candidate, carly fiorina, even candidate, carly fiorina, even chimmed in, upping the ante, to 2 million dollars to get trump to deabte against her at drake university tonight at 8 p.m. carly's challenge. reporting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. jenna: trump is hosting his wounded warriors fundraiser tonight in des moines, while the fox news debate is going on in the same city. mike huckabee says he'll be joining trump after he takes part in the undercard meeting. (mike huckabee/ (r) presidential candidate)i'm free at 8 o'clock. i offered, by the way wolf, i would take his podium at the 8 o'clock d

last night after receiving a text from a fellow employee saying they heard on fox news about the jasman. but would need to accomadations for "we would need to security department was informed as to what was going on...it would be very unique for our campus to have that happen here, it would be very unique for sioux city as well, it's just that we are limited in our space here. i would think they would have an overwhelming response of people that would want to be here," said jasman. donald trump has declined cruz's proposal, stating he has an event already planned to raise money for veterans. cruz supporters then offered to dollars for those get trump to agree debate. western iowa tech is awaiting to hear from both candidates in regards to what will really go down this weekend. lukas: republican presidential candidate, carly fiorina, even chimmed in, upping the ante, to 2 million dollars to get trump to deabte against her at drake university tonight at 8 p.m. responded to carly's challenge. lukas: gop candidate donald trump is boasting big numbers from his rally fundraiser that's going t

after receiving a text from a fellow employee saying they heard on fox news about the challege," said jasman. trump has declined cruz's orginal offer and now supporters of the former texas senator say their willing to donate 1.5 million dollars to veterans in hopes that trump will show up and face off. bria: at 6, see which other candidate tried to join in on the proposed debate. reporting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. jenna: meanwhile, trump will not to debate the rest of his republican rivals during a fox news debate tonight. some wonder if this will affect the front runner's status. abc's kenneth moton has the latest from washington. " " boycott... sot donald t tso i get on the stage a number of months r the first debate i got a very unfair question from somebody, but need to talk about that (boos.) instead, the gop frontrunner talked about it on the very network he's in a bitter, public feud with...taking on bill o'reilly on the o'reilly factor. sot trump i have zero respect for megyn kelly. trump wants debate moderator megyn kelly out. o'reilly suggested trump turn to his christ

would think they would have an overwhelming response of people that would want to be here," said jasman. cruz said he would make 800 seat available to iowans for t t impromptu debate. the auautorium his campaign booked... seats about half that. jenna: marco rubio is coming to sioux city ahead of monday's caucus. his campaign announced he'll make a stop at bev's on the river this saturday. that's at 9 in the morning with 8:30 rubio also has events scheduled in council bluffs and ames that day as well. jenna: using tonight's debate as a plplform for their own cause, ththgroup "fight for 15is raising the issue of raising the minimum wage. and they say the republicans aren't paying enough attention to what they're saying. reporter jacob peklo brings us more from des moines. "nats it's a message many of these protesters have trying to give for many years now. wiley king, des moines wendy's worker: "i believe $15 an hour to cover the basis: rent, transportation, health care and our children." their fight for a higher minimum wage rate took them outside the republican presidential candidate de

"we've never had a debate here on campus like this," said troy jasman, vice president of finance and administrative services. "so we were just as surprised to hear about that last night in the news as well." representatives say cruz booked the rocklin conference where he campaigned in the fall about a week ago. but the proposed debate with trump was not mentioned, the school says. one student says it is exciting that people are hearing about the college nationally. "yeah it's kind of cool that people get to know more about this college and more people show up each year," said western iowa tech sophomore duylan roland. cruz presented trump with the proposal on his website. it comes just days after trump announced he won't be participating in thursday's gop debate. thursday, western iowa tech prepared for saturday's forum filling the room with 500 chairs, and school officials say they expect a full house. "from the college point of view the sheer numbers are what we think would be an issue if there truly was going to be a western iowa tech representatives say they haven't heard from tr

would think they would have an overwhelming response of people that would want to be here," said jasman. lukas: cruz said he would make 800 seats available to iowans for the campaign booked... that. lukas: much larger scale took place in des moines last ndidates battlelein their latest duel. absent however? the leader of the monday's caucuses. reports. " seven republican the main debate frontrunner missing. that didn't stop the candidates -- or the moderators -- from (megyn kelly/moderator): "let's address the room tonight. chosen not to (ted cruz/ (r) candidate): "i"m a maniac and everyone on this stage is and d n, you are a terrible surgeon. now that we'vegotten the donald trump portion out of the way." (laughs) earlier -- four lower polling candidates participated in a so- called undercard and set their sights on iowa. (mike huckabee/(r) candidate): "hello know me." (rick santorum/(r) presidential candidate): "the people of iowa, who i know pretty darn well, care about the to be the leader of the free world." (carly fiorina/(r) presidential candidate): "i'm going to put my faith in t

news about the jasman. but would need to accomadations for "we would need to security department was informed as to what was going on...it would be very unique for our campus to have that happen here, it would be very unique for sioux city as well, it's just that we are limited in our space here. i would think they would have an overwhelming response of people that would want to be here," said jasman. donald trump has declined cruz's proposal, stating he has an event already

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