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iowa. they talked to likely democratic caucus-goers. then today, quinnipiac university released a poll of likely iowa democratic caucus goers. it found sanders ahead of clinton. kcrg-tv9's katie wiedemann joins us now. katie, you dug into how polling what makes polls differ by talking to loras college, which has its own political polling center. the director of the loras poll says there are a lot of factors that make results vary from poll to poll. it's the way pollsters define certain words, who they talk to, and how they reach those people. right now loras college is in the middle of its january term. students in this class called "road to the white house" are studying the caucus process and working on the loras poll. the students crafted the questions for the next loras poll. pollsters will begin making calls to iowa voters starting tomorrow. "for democracy to work and function. i don't think voters should sit back and say, the polls have told me who is going to win but rather to say here is what my fellow citizens are thinking at th

stats, the media and the political tourists liking iowa, caucus time also means a good time. in des moines, aaron gilchrist, news4. >>> and all of the candidates are working hard to get that last-minute support before the caucuses tomorrow. both donald trump and ted cruz went to church this morning before stumping for votes later in the day. on the democratic side, hillary clinton and bernie sanders both held rallies. the most recent iowa polls shows trump with a five-point edge over cruz, and clinton with a two-point edge over sanders which is a statistical dead heat. >>> soon after the iowa caucus, democratic voters will get a chance to see their candidates share the same stage. msnbc today announced the dnc has agreed to sanction a debate for 9:00 p.m. on thursday, february 4th, at the university of new hampshire. chuck todd and rachel maddow will moderate, and be sure to open the nbc washington app for the latest on decision 2016. >>> right now, police are trying to piece together the mysterious death of a blacksburg teen. two virginia tech students have been arrested in

." - veronica fowler - aclu of iowa groups like the american civil liberties union of iowa like the idea, 2:49:00 "the problem is that the system excludes 146,000 people, who don't have access." - veronica fowler - aclu of iowa nearly one-hundred-and-fifty thousand iowans without a driver's license or state i-d... these groups say if they don't need one to register in-person, why should they need one to do so online? 3:08:00 "a lot of these people are elderly and they don't drive. or maybe they are impoverished and don't own a car. or they have a handicap that doesn't allow them to drive. and those are people that need access to online voter registration, perhaps as much, or even more, than any other population." - veronica fowler - aclu of iowa joe enriquez henry, with the league of united latin american citizens, agrees with the a-c-l-u. 15:16:30 "because we have many people here coming from other countries who are becoming citizens, who then want to register to vote. so they're not going to have these additional henry - national vp - midwest region, lulac henry's group is in the midst

ted cruz is coming close to him in places like iowa, but donald trump still turns out the biggest rallies and riles up the biggest crowds across the country, people who are just really angry at the status quo. they feel this country have not been taken in a good direction, they feel, as steve was saying, that obama has wrecked this count country. they want someone to go in and fix it. donald trump hasn't been specific about it. when we ask what they think he'll do, most people will tell us it going to be better, i'll have a better job, the economy will be fixed, the immigrants won't be here, we won't have to worry about isis. they believe he's going to get in there and do those things. despite the fact that they've voted for a number of politicians in the past who have promised big things and not delivered. >> is he going all out to win iowa? is he willing to put the money out, the effort out to really try to beat cruz and win this whole thing from the beginning or not? >> he does have a very strong ground game here. it would be silly to discount donald trump in iowa. he has chuck adler h

iowa. tuesday is when the worst of the storm hits with heavy snow and strong winds likely. right now, i think there will be a large part of central iowa getting of snow before ending early wednesday morning. of course, this forecast can change, so we will be watching it very closely! brad/2wx: with even some 50s in sw iowa. we will be staying mild tonight too. there will be a few clouds coming in tonight with temps falling back into the 30s most of the night. saturday will be partly to mostly cloudy with mild temperatures all day. highs in central iowa should reach the mid to upper 40s depending on how much sunshine we actually get while southern iowa will likely see 50s again in saturday night with a chance for some rain/snow showers late saturday night into sunday morning. temperatures will stay above freezing for central iowa, but northern iowa will be more likely to see some snow showers. with any luck, we will see partly sunny skies sunday afternoon, but it will be windy with nw winds of 15-25+ expected. highs sunday will be in the upper 30s north to lower 40s south. as

iowa, but light snow will be falling in sw iowa and spread into central iowa by midday or early afternoon. right now, it looks like the heaviest snow will fall over sw iowa where 2- 4" will be possible. the metro should expect an inch or two before coming to an end early tuesday evening. the winds will be not be that strong, and the snow will be rather light. so, this should mean it will be easy to shovel off your driveways! after that, we are looking at some drier and overall milder weather rest of the week with highs in the 20s. we should even reach the 30s for highs by the weekend, but there will be a slight chance for some more snow by sunday and monday. jack: now-- last night was the first democratic presidential debate of 2016, jack/1shot: and it was very debates. hillary clinton and bernie sanders directly attacking each other on the debate stage. local 5's josh now at hillary campaign event josh? josh/livetvu: live in toledo "i'm very pleased that immunity legislation. now i hope he will loophole" and join legislation to close that because it's been a key argument of my campaign that we democrats, in fact

iowa. tuesday is when the worst of the storm hits with heavy snow and strong winds likely. right now, i think there will be a large part of central iowa getting anywhere from 6"-12" of snow before ending early wednesday morning. of course, this forecast can change, so we will be watching it very closely! made it into the mid 40s with even some 50s in sw iowa. we will be staying mild tonight too. there will be a tonight with temps falling back into the 30s most of the night. saturday will be partly to mostly cloudy with mild temperatures all day. highs in central iowa should reach the mid to upper 40s depending on how much sunshine we actually get while southern iowa will likely see 50s again in the afternoon. clouds will be thickening up saturday night with a chance for some rain/snow showers late saturday night into sunday morning. temperatures will stay above freezing for central iowa, but northern iowa will be more likely to see some snow showers. with any luck, we will see partly sunny skies sunday afternoon, but it will be windy with nw expected. highs sunday will be in

thursday we may see a bit of snow in the morning in southern iowa but at the moment it looks like we'll see low accumulations. temperatures finally look to warm back into the 30s by the weekend so let's just keep hoping they stick around towards next week! elias: our top prepare for a chilly reception as they walk outside to start their day. elias: everyone will need to bundle up before they head out this morning...as the week starts with bitter cold across the state. due to the frigid temperatures, a number of schools and organizations will be on delayed starts this morning...a list of them are running in the ticker at the bottom of your screen. for more information, and the latest weather conditions, you can also log on to our website...we are iowa dot com. elias: a fire investigation continues in boxholm...after a family is hit by tragedy this weekend. elias: a home in boxhom caught fire claiming the lives of four people.. officials have identified the victims as a young mother... amber sorenson and her three children... riley, autumn and brayden... boxhold firefighters arrived aroun

, but light snow will be falling in sw iowa and spread into central iowa by midday or early it looks like the heaviest snow will fall over sw iowa where 2- 4" will be possible. the metro should expect an inch or two before coming to an end early tuesday evening. the winds will be not be that strong, and the snow will be rather light. so, this should mean it will be easy to shovel off your driveways! after that, we are looking at some drier and overall milder weather rest of the week with highs in the 20s. we should even reach the 30s for highs by the weekend, but there will be a slight chance for some more snow by sunday and monday. brad/wxc jack: here in the metro today.....it was a celebration for a special man in downtown des moines. jack:: governor branstad took part in a martin luther king junior day ceremony. the event at the botanical center celebrated the civil rights leader and also focused on racial disparity in iowa's criminal justice system. the governor during his condition of the state last week and revisted the subject today. legal experts say african americans make up thre

thursday we may see a bit of snow in the morning in southern iowa but at the moment it looks like we'll see low accumulations. temperatures finally look to warm back into the 30s by the weekend so let's just keep hoping they stick around towards next week! elias: let's get into the morning.... elias: and staying with weather, the bitter cold across the state will have iowans bundling up as they start their week. due to the frigid temperatures, a number of schools and organizations will be on delayed starts this morning...a list of them are running in the ticker at the bottom of your screen. for more information, and the latest weather conditions, you can also log on to our website...we are iowa dot com. elias: in the number two spot this morning... elias: a sunday house fire in boxholm claims the lives of four people... the victims, amber sorenson and her three young children. fire crews arrived at the home on beech street around one a-m sunday, departments helping battle the blaze. a preliminary investigations says a space heater may have started the fire. elias: the third thing you ne

while - his old ship was calling him back davidi was working there when iowa was coming out of moth balls and they said would you like to come wororon your ship? anani sasa sure. soon after...a few volunteer hours turned into a full time job. now - he's out of silicon valley on the deck of the uss iowa full time. davidi tell people there are days this is a job and there are days this is a calling. you guys ready? yepnat pop to be able to pass on the heritage of this ship is huge. it's tremendously rewarding. i'm part of this ship. the ship ipart of me. nat pop. boom just to drive that point home - david says when crews were cleaning the ship - they found a set of keys with his dog tag and his fathers dog tag on them. david says he lost them the first week he was serving on the iowa back in 1987. in los angeles, kevin barry,y,cbs the hawkeye defense will face what may be their toughest task of the season in stopping one of theheest players in the country. country.cbs 2 sports anchor zach hanley is live in pasadena to explain how iowa plans to stop christian mc-caffrey.zach? he runs, catches, returns puntntand kicks..

a quinnipiac poll of likely iowa caucus goers released just yesterday shows trump in a dead heat here in the state. he gets 31 percent support... just three ahead of ted cruz with 29 percent. marco rubio comes in third, at 13 percent. no other candidate received double digit support. a democratic poll of iowans' support is set to be released later this morning. we'll bring you those results as senator bernie sanders says ultimately, it will come down to how many democrats turn out on caucus night... tons 402297 :06 - :19 i think we stand a real chance to create a large voter turnout and i doubt it will be as high as 2008, wish it was but i don't think it will be. but i think it will be high enough for us to win here in iowa." sanders may be looking for some tips on how to bring out the crowds the way barack obama did in 20-08. today sanders will meet privately with him at the white house. it's being called an informal meeting with no specific agenda. no matter how many people attend the caucus... the press will be here covering it. and downtown hotels and restaurants are already getti

a new nbc news - wall street journal marist poll shows it's a two man battle at the top among likely iowa caucus- goers. senator ted cruz leads donald trump by four points cruz has 28 percent. while trump has 24 percent. things also appear to be neck and neck in iowa for democrats... former secretary of state hillary clinton is now just three points ahead of senator bernie sanders... clinton had 48 percent...sanders received 45 percent... iowans now have the chance to become billionaires this morning... no one won saturday night's 900 million dollar powerball... so the pot is being raised to 1.3 billion... that's now the largest lottery jackpot in world history... an expected 400 million tickets were sold saturday but no one came out a winner... one iowan did get close one iowan went home with a one million dollar prize and many others with 50-thousand. the next powerball will be drawn wednesday. a west des moines fire fighter collapsed on him... crews were called to this home on bradford drive around three-thirty yesterday morning... they say even before leaving the station, they could s

night for clinton to convince iowa democrats that she should be in cnn's poll of polls -- 46% of likely iowa caucus-goers say they want sanders to be there nominee. clinton is just a few points behind o'malley has quite a bit of ground to cover to the get iowa vote. these numbers are an average of the results of the four most recent iowa polls among likely democratic caucus-goers. voters must register by wednesday to vote in the south carolina democratic primary on februrary 27. the republican primary will be held saturday, february 20th. coming up -- free help just in time for tax season. plus -- the warning is going out for some familiar killers as some struggle to keep warm this winter. break 1 tomorrow -- columbia mayor steve speak on the city's the progress and problems in the state of the city address. mayor benjamin will present the address at city hall at 6pm. a local organization is offering up free tax help for some midlands families. cooperative ministry's kicked off its free tax prep services at 13 sites across the midlands today -- including locations in columbia, camden, newber

central iowa will likely see the precipitation fall as freezing drizzle before it changes over to snow. low snow accumulations are expected. western iowa could see 1" to 2", the metro currently looks to stay under an inch, and snow amounts continue to lessen to the east where the precip looks to fall mainly as rain. nikki: but first. see how local businesses are getting in on the caucus action. that's coming up next here on "your watching local 5 news in hd. home of weareiowa.com " nikki we're less than ten days away from caucus night. and while candidates are racing through the state, pushing for votes, local businesses are capitalizing on the increased exposure. local 5's jacob peklo has more on how local businesses are enjoying the extra attention. nats (covered) taylor frame, raygun director of stores & inventory: "this has been a really big one, because there's been so many candidates both democratic and republican, so we're kind of taking advantage of both sides. there's a lot of crazy ones, so that makes it more fun." we're less than ten days away from the shop one year ago, it

is addressing crowds in focusing on religion and faith and of course evangelicals and in a state like iowa that's important. caisy thing we're talking about him a lot but he's not winning in any states. if he comes in third iowa something a lot of people talked about could that change the race for him? >> on the democratic side ver on karks hillary clinton joined by bill clinton in cedar rapids hillary is trying to solve the iowa puzzle. she finished third in iowa 2008 behind obama and john edwards. if she losses here bad headlines for her and she's down in new hampshire she could use the first two if she losses iowa big contest for her. >> and of course bernie sander sanders. here he's campaigning in manchester and admitted he needs high voter turnout to win. he is heavy fwivrt win in new hampshire and history those if you win both eye ip and new hampshire you're on track to win the nomination. we'll see how bernie does in iowa monday. >> and then there's martin o'maley. he's been a distant third with that small 4 understand des moines registered poll and his supporters could make a huge

wall street journal poll...clinton holds a 48 percent to 45 percent lead over bernie sanders among likely iowa caucus goers... hampshire caucus goers and all three candidates including former maryland governor martin o'malley will participate in tonight's brown and black forum here at drake university... the forum begins at 7 tonight and ll tackle crin justiceform...economic equali...and immigration formw tit candidates performllot only help withhe nority vote, it could also be the difference sanders or publican side...in the same n-b-c poll... texas senator ted cruz is out front with 28- percent. donald trump is in second at 24- percent. marco rubio... ben carson.. and rand paul round out the top five. while ted cruz is in front.... donald trump says the caucuses aren't his only challenge... if you know congressman alan grayson said he's going to bring a major suit. and the suit is going to say that he wasn't born in this country. florida democratic representative alan grayson is threating a lawsuit over cruz' eligibility to become president... cruz was born in canada... but his mother is a u

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states-- like iowa. those voters had to certainly be among the audience, last night, as the three democratic candidates squared off in south carolina. martin o'malley, hillary clinton and bernie sanders took the stage-- in a debate co- sponsored by the congressional black caucus. it didn't take long for o'malley to start fading into the background, as clinton and sanders debated one another. among the topics they disagreed on-- the affordable care act. while she says it could use some tweaks-- clinton doesn't want to see it go. sanders, on the other hand, pitched for all" health care system. the two also traded jabs over sanders voting record with the n- ...and accusations that clinton is too street politics." we asked our experts to "weigh night debate. mejia and republican kelly maher are certainly known to have differing opinions. we'll keep breaking down the debate with them throughout the morning. corey? the u.s. embassy in baghdad says 3 americans are missing in iraq. local media reports they were

campaign trail, a new cnn-orc poll shows donald trump with a double-digit iowa...with just a week left before the caucuses. but it looks like a victory over his closest rival--could depend almost entirely on turnout. we get more from sunlen serfaty. --reporter pkg-as follows-- presidential candidate "i want to win iowa, folks, because look, i love the people." donald trump's dream -- looking more and more like it could become reality. the g-o-p frontrunner opening up an 11-point lead over ted cruz in a new c-n-n-o-r-c poll of likely iowa caucus- goers. but. a significant reshuffling when only those who caucused in 2012 are polled.trump's lead disappears . and the race is in a dead heat. showing how critical it is for campaigns to turn out their supporters. the battle ..between the two ..lighting up the campaign trail today. presidential candidate "guys like ted cruz will never make a deal because he's a strident guy, "no you cannot have that!"" presidential candidate "here's a united states senator, republican, doesn't have support of one other republican senator, there's something wrong there." cruz today ...combat ready..

iowa. i really like how this has come together, so i think for the viewers and voters at home, stay tuned. good stuff coming. martha: we'll see you tonight, 7 p.m. eastern. "happening now" starts right now. ♪ ♪ jon: and so the stage is set for tonight's fox news debates ahead of the all-important first in the nation iowa caucuses. welcome to "happening now," i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee, and it's the last chance for the candidates to square off before the first votes are cast in this presidential election. the stakes could not be higher, and with republican front runner donald trump doubling down on his decision to skip tonight's event, his gop rivals are pulling out all the stops to take advantage of the situation. let's get our senior national correspondent john roberts who's live in des moines, iowa, with the latest. >> reporter: jenna, good morning to you. it's breezy, but it's mild here for a change. just ten hours now until the debate starts, and new polls released just this morning show a very fluid race at the top. take a look at this, because it's really inte

look at students and to say that you can be president some day, the process must start in a place like iowa where anybody can throw their hat in the ring. it cannot start in california or new york. some years it is republican, some years it is democrat, iowa. so listeners will make or break the status, showing up and present invention -- and participation is my biggest argument. big thing be? jeff: cleveland. that will be the convention. right now, this is the nonpartisan part of my job. we stand together on this first step. stacey: iowa is known for evangelical voters showing up, which means establishment candidates don't generally do well. it also contributes to the criticism here. jeff: it does, but back to 2012, essentially we had a tie. it was 34 votes. when you look at who was first and second in 2012, we had a christian evangelical who campaigned the old-fashioned way and we had mitt romney. i think in 2012, we showed how diverse we are. christian evangelicals are an important part of the party, but if you look at all of the party, i will say that evangelicals show up in a high degre

nothing like the craziness that are caucuses... 59:02 "the primary you go to your location and you go into a booth and you select the person you're voting for." this is his first election cycle in iowa. now, he says, he feels like his voice will matter more. 1:40:23 "definitely excited because you get engaged, versus a primary where you pull a lever." at a time when engagement is so important. 3:15:05 "i bring a different perspective being a minority." 3:24:26 "the economy has bounced back nicely for some but then there are some that are still left out." that's why he says the economy is the number one issue. he knows who he's supporting.. but encourages others to get involved.. no matter which candidate they're for. 6:26:19 "feel like youre jack/1shot: there are only two big events left before caucus night here in iowa. on january 25, there will be a democratic town hall hosted by c-n-n at drake. and on january 28, there will be a debate for republican presidential candidates, news also at drake university. stephanie: food) "i dont think people realize really how childhood hunger is in we hear, everyday, 'i'm hard to focus and learn and grow when your basic needs havn't been met."

iowa. it looks like rubio is going to finish there? >> that's what it looks like and the rubio camp is very good about that and sort of an third place equal first? well when with the first place finisher is third place and represents either mainstream republicans or so-called establishment republicans. that's where rubio wants to land. the most recent poll has him 15 percent, consistent with internal rubio campaign data and believe they can bet to 17, 18 percent here, the crowds in the closing days have been gentlemen of the larger a lotof enthusiasm on the ground and for rubio's campaign it is all about the distance between ever else vying to be that establishment or mainstream alternative, a lot of distance between chris christie, john kay situate, kasich jeb bush here because they believe that will hampshire. >> he hopes to he in nernl south carolina as the alternative to ted cruz or donald cruz. >> dickerson: nancy cordes and major garrett, out on the of you. >> you're welcome. >> dickerson: we will be right back with our politics

renewable fuel is a hot topic in the farm states like iowa. they are pushing for a candidate who supports federal ethanol subsidies. the iowa renewable fuels association says ethanol creates thousands of jobs and keeps the air clean. 12 of the 14 candidates favor anchor: giving to charity is as simple as a click online. reporter: sites like gofundme make giving easy. we can point you to links connected to our stories all the time. last year we told you about veterans at the iowa veterans home raising money for a missing memorial. just recently we told you about a gofundme page for young mothers and three children who died in the fire at their home. >> it used to be there you would give to a charity you handed a check over to the charity themselves or you would send it to them. and usually you knew somebody. is not that much different. the risk is that the money is going someplace that is a legitimate. reporter: he says that if you are concerned about giving to gofundme pages, protect yourself projects that share updates. those updates provide b

iowa. harris: i feel like we need a drum roll. andrea: you want to do it? harris: kennedy should. see? s so good at that. andrea: just seven days until the first in the nation iowa caucuses. new fox news polling shows donald trump rising and ted cruz sinking in the hawkeye state. the billionaire businessman now besting the texas senator 34-23%. three weeks ago cruz was leading, and more good news for the donald in new hampshire where voters head to the polls just eight days after iowa on february 9th. trump continues his domination in the granite state, garnering more than twice the support of his nearest competitors. fox news poll showing trump at 31% followed by cruz at 14 and marco rubio at 13%. all right, david, so looking at these numbers can you really count a cruz or a rubio out in iowa? because it's very different than the way that the other states are set up. it's a caucus. >> that's true. andrea: you've got to make sure that your supporters show up, that they stay and pull the lever for you. >> well, we saw with santorum just a few dozen votes can make the difference. of there

should reach the mid to upper 40s depending on how much sunshine we actually get while southern iowa will likely see 50s again in the afternoon. " local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. we are iowa" stephanie/2shot all eyes are on iowa with just before the caucuses. but how many iowans are prepared to caucus come monday night. good evening. i'm stephanie angleson. jack/2shot and i'm jack miller. over the past several months, candidates have been cranking out campaign ads and making stops all over iowa. we should know who they are by now. jack: went out to test iowans' political knowlegde before they caucus. jacob peklo, reporting: "see if you columbus, ohio: "that's jill chambers, st. charles: "he's a republican, now what's his name?" (sighs) jill chambers:"that's not kasich, is it?" cecilia shraves, st. charles: "he sort of looks like him, but i'm not sure. what's on your next pile?" chambers: "it is kasich." shraves: "that's what i thought." chambers: "that's why it looks like him!" jacob: "this might be a little trickier." jim miller, west des moines: "maybe jim gilmore, maybe lincoln...don't k

iowa. a dana bash in washington. there is the issue of likely caucus goers and people who have showed up before and there is a huge difference in this case it gets to the issue of the ground game. what are you seeing in terms of the ground game when it comes to donald trump and ted cruz? >> it's a fascinating question. the trump people think you will have record turnout for the republican caucuses. if that is the case and people come out of the wood work many would be there for the first time. many of them would have to register to vote as republicans that night at the caucuses. if that happened and you see 170,000, approaching 200,000 it's a good night for donald trump. the other campaigns, ted cruz thinks that turnout will go up because he thinks he will turn out 30,000 evangelical voters. mitt romney, just shy of 30,000 in iowa. mike huckabee won in 2008 with 40,000 votes. that's all it took, 40,000 votes for huckabee to win in 2008 when the turnout was around 120,000 people. if you get 120,000 to 135,000 then rand paul thinks he will come in

see the candidates iowa and why one group feels like it's been forgotten for too long by our country's leaders good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm dave price... tomorrow night, iowa's once again in the national spotlight in a forum that'll force presidential candidates to address specific issues. tonight...people are studying the latest statewide poll for a snapshot of what's ahead in the race for president. and those polls show it's close at the top. here's the new poll from the nbc-wall street journal-marist poll first, the republicans in their 12 person race. texas republican senator ted cruz remains on top. he's up by four among likely iowa caucusgoers. cruz stands at 28 percent...with billionaire donald trump at 24 percent. on the democratic side.. former clinton has a three point lead in a three person field. she gets 48 percent. vermont's senator bernie sanders is closely behind her with 45 percent. democratic activists got set for tomorrow night's forum by getting their messages ready...today. channel 13's jodi whitworth joins us now to the studio to explain ... that's

iowa. stephanie/1shot: like we said, this legislation will likely spark some debate. an attempt was made last year to pass similar legislation, but it didn't have enough support. when asked about opposition, representative brian meyer - who introduced the bill - said it came from some religious groups. we'll be sure to follow this issue as it progresses through the statehouse. jack: there's more reaction -- senator chuck grassley today was very direct about his stance on this controversial piece of legislation. " i believe the state should not play god." jack: we want to know what you think about the death with dignity bill. let us know, we may use your comments on-air. you can post you thoughts on or send us an email or give us a call . we'd love to hear what you think! the contact information is on your screen. stephanie: keeping an eye on education now-- stephanie/ram: the waiting game has officially started for iowa school districts hoping to find out how much money they'll get next year. at the statehouse - lawmakers started with a 4 percent increase, then it cha

sanders wins support of 49- percent among likely iowa caucus participants. clinton earns 44-percent. martin o'malley a distant third with 4-percent. in a december 15th poll, clinton was at 51-percent... and sanders was at 40. the poll came out the same day liberal groups, endorsed bernie sanders. move on's executive director said today that members are quote -- "feeling the bern." the endorsement did not come as a surprise: nearly 80 percent of move on members voted in favor of endorsing sanders. the group said it's aiming to turn out 43-thousand move on members in iowa and 30-thousand in new hampshire to vote, volunteer, organize and fundraise. clinton set herself apart from sanders while in ames today. she spent today reaching out to young voters at iowa state calling on stricter gun restriction this campaign season.... along with the other democratic she is the candidate issue. and jeb bush is back in iowa, taking about second amendment rights... bush made a campaign stop at the new bronwnell distribution center in grinnell. the company sells and distribu

felt like iowa would have a quality season just t oking functionally at the schedule that they had, hoping they could do something special, but to go 12-and-oh in the regular season and be just a hair shy of the college football playoff. i don't know if anyone is being truly honest if they predicted that. i'm gonna have you put your analyst hat on: what's it gonna take for iowa to beat stanford? stanford?"i'd say a matchup that sticks out to m.. there's a lot of positions upfront, on the outside, at the quarterback position where i feel like it's virtually a stalemate between these two teams. the key match-up i'm gonna watch is christian mccaffery -- but not christian mccaffery the runner-- christian mccaffery the receiver out of the backfield, linebackers quite often to be isolated one on one with slot receivers and with running backs. mccaffery plays both those positions and that's where stanford utilizes him quite a bit. iowa's had a couple of weeks to prepare for that . i think it's gonna be huuuge for this game." game." on gameday you gonna have any black and gold attire? atatre?" i m

iowa city. on the g-o-p side, front- runner donald trump leads texas senator ted cruz among likely republican caucus-goers by 11 points.senator marco rubio is in third with 14- percent. senator cruz will be back in iowa this weekend.saturday he'll make a stop in waterloo with glenn beck.the two will hold a rally at the five sullivan brothers convention center.doors open saturday night at six. now ten at ten continues with stories across the corridor. a company with locations in cedar rapids and iowa city plans cut about 10-percent of its workforce.british-based pearson announced today it is cutting four-thousand positions as part of a massive restructuring plan.the company isn't saying whether any positions are being eliminated in iowa. in iowa city, john's grocery is once again back up and running, better than ever.the newly refurbished store held a ribbon cutting to celebrate it's grand re-opening today. the store's revamp marks the first time the store has been touched up in its six-decade history. in cedar rapids, the salvation army is still looking for your help to meet its 790-thousand red kettle ca

iowa, but light snow will be falling in sw iowa and spread into central iowa by midday or early afternoon. right now, it looks like the heaviest snow will fall over sw iowa where 2- 4" will be possible. the metro should expect an inch or two before coming to an end early tuesday evening. the winds will be not be that strong, and the snow will be rather light. so, this should driveways! after that, we are looking at some drier and overall milder weather rest of the week with highs in the 20s. we should even reach the 30s for highs by the weekend, but there will be a slight chance for some more snow by sunday and monday. brad/wxhang (adlib) jack:/ "you're watching localmore now on the five americans freed in that prisoner swap with iran. the youngest of the five is already back home in boston. this as we learn more about why they were set free. a-b-c's elizabeth hur has more. "five americans? are free at last. ((sot)) amelia newcomb, matthew trevithick's mom: "we are overjoyed that he's a boston university graduate student.. matthew trevithick.. is the first to return home?arriving in massachusetts after being detai

blizzard warnings like iowa is under. we have no storm alert. with this one. just keep in mind it will be a windy night. tuesday. night into early wednesday. we're going to see a lot of rain for tonight temperatures 39 degrees. as we drop. starting in the 50s though. showers. very windy. out of the south at ten to 20. >> tuesday ground hog day. most of the day will be dry. can't rule out a shower or two after seven o'clock in the evening. winds will pick up. temperatures start off in the many id 40s wednesday. we'll fall from there. a few lake effect snow showers to believe we understand night and thursday. end of the week. more like what february should look like. in the 30s. urpbtd arrest under arrest tonight after the death of a 13 year-old girl. 13 year-old disappeared wednesday. from her home. near campus. in blacks burg virginia. search teams discover her body yesterday. almost one hundred miles away. in north carolina. tonight two virginia tech freshmen are behind bars. 18 year-old david eisenhower is another student, 19 year-old keepers is charged with

a new poll out today from loras college in dubuque shows republican presidential among likely iowa caucus- goers. the poll showed trump with 26 percent and cruz with 25 percent. that's well within the margin n error of three poinin one percent. marco rubio came in third with 13 percent support. ben carson followed with 8 percent, and jeb bush came in at 6 percent. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton will beben iowa city tonight for a rally, along with singer demi lovato. she's scheduled to meet with supporters at 7:30 at the iowa memorial union at the university of iowa. dduque city leaders are working to improve their community's air quality. so it's partnering with the university of iowa to teach organizations how to test fororir pollution. stay with tv-nine. learning how to use hand- held sensors to measure air pollution. it's part of a partnership between the university of iowa, city of dubuque and other organizations s in dubuque to improve the city's air quality. today's training involved people from the dubuque solid waste agency, the university of dubuque, the dubuqu

when likely iowa caucus-goers were asked about hypothetical general election match-ups.. hillary clinton leads donald trump by eight points .. trump by 13 points.. other republican candidates fare better against the democrats. senator marco rubio leads clinton by five points.. he's tied with sanders. still ahead -- filling up -- it may be even cheaper for you this summer than you think. we'll tell you how low experts say gas we're on your side tonight --- looking into a growing interest in guns and how to use them across hampton roads. this comes after a week of comments by president obama on gun control. he's now vowing to use his executive powers to implement new gun safety measures. locally, a record turnout showmasters gun show in norfolk. and one gun shop on the peninsula says demand for gun permits is stronger than ever. 10 on your the demand. joe. gun dealer i talked with calls president obama "the best gun salesman out there." when he talks about gun control and restrictions ---- people react. ((vo)) upwards of 5,000 people packed the norfolk scope arena for the s

sanders wins support of 49- percent of likely iowa caucus participants. clinton earns 44-percent. martin o'malley a distant third with 4-percent. on the december 15th poll, clinton was at 51-percent... and sanders was at 40. today's numbers show a gender gap, with men backing sanders two to one. in ames today... clinton tried to set herself apart from sanders. clinton is calling for stricter candidates... but clinton says she's the candidate with the right approach. think its time and very important for people to understand what those differences are. we have a big difference over guns, you know that and i think its a telling difference because if you're gonna go special interest well stand up to the most up to that gun lobby bring people together and lets have common sense gun-safety measures" clinton has also attacked sanders for his vote in favor of a bill that gave immunity to gun manufacturers... sanders says clinton is going after him now... because her campaign is in quote "serious trouble." jeb bush is back in iowa, taking about second amendment rights... bush making a cam

as for republicans, the poll found ted cruz with a four-point lead over donald trump among likely iowa caucus go-ers but trump doesn't carry iowa, he says he is staying put. >> i've been number one just about since i joined up, right? june 16th. amazing.fun. >> trump is faring better in new hampshire which holds the nation's first primary on february 9th. trump polls at 30%. contender, marco rubio, is at 14. >>> on the cbs "moneywatch." "cbs this morning" reveals its the -- the home playboy bunny is up for sale. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. >>> kos composite dropped 6%. the nikkei is closed for a holiday. >>> the markets in the u.s. reopened in a few hours after ak on wall street that left the indices in the red. dow plunged 1,082 points last week and s&p 500 dropped 122 the nasdaq fell 364 points, or more than 7%. >>> we are getting our first look at general motors buick and vision crossover. the first new vehicle that isfully manufactured and imported from china. the revision will arrive in late spring. one expert thinks americans >>> a children's

remember, we said likely iowa caucus goers but if you look at these numbers and change this from likely to who actually showed up the last time there was a contested election there for the republicans. watch how it changes. look at those people suddenly a dead heat with cruz with a tiny edge there and if you go to the democrats, same effect. likely iowa caucus goers, he's got a big lead but you go to the people that actually showed up last time, hillary clinton gets an even bigger lead. the question is going to be in that cold iowa snowy weather will all those people who say they will show up actually show up? if they do, it will be a very big exciting night no question, john. >> that's a huge discrepancy. tom foreman, thanks so much. clearly major potential for upheaval in the races that seems fitting for this campaign season that keeps getting wilder. we'll dig deeper into the shifting sands the starting with the republicans and bring in john king who is in secedar rapids, iowa and nia mallika henderson and dana bash in washington. john, i want to start with you on the likely voter sc

longer has the sway she once had, she is still one of the few american politicians important state like iowa. >> for a time hers was the endorsement to get in the republican primary, launchingnikki haley and joni ernst in iowa. while she is still picking favorites, her seal after approval comes with no guarantees. take 2010. she endorsed 64 candidates and just 33 won. palin is now as much a pop culture figure as a political one. spoofed on snl. while her influence has faded, trump is betting on a cold night in iowa, palin could still fire up the base. news, washington. >>> and there is news of the race. bernie sanders is giving hillary clinton's campaign another reason to worry. a brand-new poll shows clinton has an incredible amount of ground to make up in new hampshire if it holds up. we have more from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: he's moving on up. bernie sanders today riding in a spanking >> i walk around, these comfortable seats. but the purpose of this bus is just to help us get around your beautiful state. and that is what we're going to do. >> reporter: with 13 days to go, it

governor..told abc9...that he's keeping his focus on gaining momentum in early key voting states...like iowa. "but the people of iowa always have a way of lifting the new leader and always looking for that new leader...unlike people in other states, they have an opportunity to meet each of us two, or three, or four, or five times before they make up their mind," said o'malley o'malley says he knows that he is the underdog in this race...but says he's ready for whateverobstacles may come his way. o'malley says he's ready to change the dynamics of the race here in iowa. and he's not the only candidate looking to make a mark on sioux city in the new year. deborah: republican rand paul is scheduled to make a stop in sioux city this week. ...january 7th.....paul plans to hold a meet and greet at the sioux city public library. the event starts at 4 p-m at the main branch located on pierce street. paul also has stops planned in carrol and council bluffs. deborah:still holding a commanding l ld in the polls nationally is republican front-runner donald trump.. and it appears trump's campaign is alrea

it might not be as effective in a place like iowa and new hampshire but it matters in a place like south's very focused on building up a fire ball that the south and in those supertuesday states in case she does lose in iowa. >> it feels like she's setting up a march message. going to your point, the federal message is idealism and she doesn't have it. >> i think the same is on the republican side. we'll get more pragmatic, both races will be long, some big terrorist blow up somewhere, she'll look a lot better. but right now lacking the joy. >> i just -- i mean this with trump and hillary, this idea that you can simply lose to a socialist 74-year-old who no one thought had any chance of being anywhere close to her. the idea that you can lose iowa and lose new hampshire and people are go on their merry way. david may be right, that it's an extended race with twists and turns that she eventually wins. that's the only pass that she wins a race -- >> you know the last pull to pull that off? their last name was clinton. i'm just saying. bill clinton has familiarity. >> much lower expectations