live in marengo, dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. after a trip to the rose bowl, the hawkeyes are cashing in on success, but their fans will be paying the price. and iowa's ready. that's the latest assessment from iowa's medicaid director ahead of the transition to privatized care. more clouds than sunshine dominate the weather for more clouds than sunshine dominate the weather for warmup. overnight, if we see any clearing, some fog could develop, although that looks like a slight chance at this point. highs start in the lower 30s wednesday with 40s and 50s ahead for thursday and friday. friday's warmth will be tempered a bit by windy conditions. enjoy a dry and quiet weather pattern right into the weekend. tonight: mostly cloudy low: 17-23 winds: nw 5-10tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 29-35 winds: se 5-10tomorrow night: partly cloudy low: 20-26 winds: se 5-15thursday: mostly cloudy, milder p/cloudy, windy, mild high: 55 - low: 45 saturday: mostly sunny, mild high: 54 - low: 37 sunday: partly cloudy high: 49 - low: 32 monday: partly cl

questions in this marengo public library basement...where there were more people than chairs...there were almost as many questions for senator chuck grassley's traditional town hall. planned parenthood, the debt, trade deals. but no topic brought more questions than this. 5425 justice scalia was the anchor to hold the constitution together." a half dozens questions on what grassley would do if president obama nominates a replacement for i tried to pin grassley down on when it would still be permitted for a president to name a nominee. he said...in 2007..new york's democratic senator chuck schumer said 18 w bush's second term...that the senate shouldn't confirm a bush nominee... grassley says if that was the case then for a republican president...then 18 months left should be the same for a democratic president. overcast skies will hold tight over central iowa tonight. some patchy fog will develop by early morning. temperatures will drop to the mid-20s. wednesday may begin with a few flurries along a cold front moving in. expect to see a little more sunshine by wednesday afternoon wit

during a town hall meeting in marengo question of if he would bring it to a vote. my question is will you continue to obstruct the president's nomination and at what point in the president's term does the constitution expire." i don't set the agenda of the united states senate in your committee i will take it a step at a time, the president hasn't nominated anybody yet." grassley says selecting a nominee shouldn't be president obama's decision to make, though in the past he has voted to confirm supreme court nominees in a president's final year in office. iowa lawmakers worry we aren't ready to turn over medicaid management... in two-weeks management will be taken over by three private companies. the change was supposed to happen on january first... but federal regulators delayed it saying the state wasn't ready. 'if i called cms would they say everything is ready to go and marked completed and were going to move forward march first, couldnt speak for cms i dont know how they would respond what i do know is that we have agreed on....so we really dont know, we belie

the senator elaborated on that remark today in marengo. marengo."i believe that that's the right thing to do because it's a very important position and it would be kind of in line with what democratic leaders said in the tail end senator grassley is correct, many of the same democrats attacking his position had the same view in 2008 when president bush tried to nominate federal judges in his final months.grassley *did* say once the president makes his selection, he e is willing to consider opening hearings. but he also says his main concern is that any nominee would shift the balance of power on the high court. if there isn't a confirmation in the next few months, a number of controversial cases could end in a four-four split decision on the supreme court. court.that means the lower court ruling in each case would stand.fox 28 news national correspondent jeff barnd tells us about one high profile decisi that should avoid a tie. tie. the casea& fisher versus the university of texasa& challenged the affirmative action of *that* school's admissions pol

planned parenthood, the debt and trade deals were also discussed at the town hall meeting at the marengo public library yesterday. the republican presidential candidates fight for votes in south carolina ahead of saturday's primary. meanwhile, the front runner, donald trump.. generally immune from attacks... is finding himself singled out.. by president obama. peter alexander has the story. "he has done such a lousy job as president..." donald trump pouncing on president obama in the frontrunner's now famous fashion... "you're lucky i didn't run last time when romney ran because you would've been a one-term president." defending himself after president obama waded into the republican race - dismissing the former apprentice host's chances: "i continue to believe mr. trump here in south carolina... the campaign devolved into a bible belt brawl to prove who is most conservative: "ted holds up the bible and then he lies about so many things." trump fighting back after ted cruz released a video warning voters trump is 'playing games' with the issue of abortion: "a candidate that can't be trus

here is where he held the town hall in the marengo public library. the library was built back in 19 oh five. they got a $10,000 grant from andrew carnegie and the library's website says that way back then that town paper said marengo was the smallest town in the country to get one of these $10,000 grants. i thought then made an interesting and historic background because we found this on the front door letting everyone in town of this would be the place or grassley's town hall and that is where it all started to sink in. there we were standing in a building 111 years old listening to an 82 -year-old iowa senator and what was one of the first things he talked about this he talked about social media. talk about his twitter handle twitter handle and his instagram account. old meets new. >>> next on the insiders, the craziness that is fun a week in our state and the a state senator's plan to make sure that it is safe to go in and maybe try to have the rescued children (singing) i just can't wait to meet you, sweet child you're on the way, i'm filled with

live in marengo, dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. turning to the weather, meteorologist joe winters joins us. joe, people are liking these mild temperatures. more clouds than sunshine the remainder of the week, but is does come with a warmup. overnight, if we see any clearing, some fog could develop, although that looks like a slight chance at this point. highs start in the lower 30s wednesday with 40s and 50s ahead for thursday and friday. friday's warmth will be teered a bit by windy conditions. enjoy a dry and quiet weather pattern right into the weekend. tonight: mostly cloudy low: 17-23 winds: nw 5-10tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 29-35 winds: se 5-10 back to you. university of iowa police just released a picture of a man they say videotaped a woman taking a shower in a dorm. police say when the woman confronted the man last night in burge the suspect hiding in a batatoom, but the man got away when he picture of that suspect. if you have any iowa police. the e dar rapids school district and an abatement to being sued for asbestos

iowa senator chuck grassley was in marengo for a town hall meeting yesterday. senator grassley is the head of the senate judiciary committee. the audience asked questions about the supreme court vacancy. they wondered if grassley would allow hearings for president obama's nominee. the senator made no o promises either way. "the president has the authority...the senate hahathe responsibility we hope he does his job" "the senate has the right to consent or not consent so we'll be following the constitution" senator grassley used the phrase "one step at a what his judiciaryommittee would do if the president does nominate someone in his fifil year in office. republicans in south carolina will go to the polls on saturday for that state's primary. despite jeb bush's hope he would do better in that state, recent polls still show donald trump leading. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good morning! it's ---. plan on a decent february day plan on a decent february day with an overall partly cloudy sky. the sky will be clearer the farther nort

in this marengo public library were almost as many questions for senator chuck grassley's traditional town hall. planned parenthood, the debt, trade deals. but no topic brought more questions than this. mos "justice scalia was the anchor to hold the constitution together." a half dozens questions on what grassley would do if president obama nominates a replacement for the late justice antonin scalia. s/ sen. chuck grassley/ (r) iowa "i'm going to take it a step at a time." people here learned grassley's answers won't step past that. mos "my question is will you continue to obstruct the president's nomination and at what point in the president's term does the constitution expire." s/ sen. chuck grassley/ (r) iowa "i don't set the agenda of the united states senate. question: in your committee?" "i will take it a step at a time. the president hasn't nominated anybody yet." if he does, grassley's washington power's on display. judiciary committee... and that committee's the first step in hearings for a supreme court nominee. as chair, it's grassley's call whether to hold those hearings..

cynthia: we caught up with senator grassley at a town hall meeting in marengo, a long way from washington where the political battle over the next supreme court justice is brewing. sen. grassley: i think it should wait, it's the right thing to do, because it's a very important position. cynthia: important because the next justice will be a deciding factor on the supreme court on landmark issues like abortion rights and immigration law. senate republicans want to refuse to consider president obama's appointment because it's an election year, saying the next president should make the appointment to the bench. grassley said that's based on history. sen. grassley: in the last 18 months of bush, democrats were gonna make sure bush was not supreme court. cynthia: today grassley said after giving it more thought, he implied he wouldn't rule out holding hearings on an obama nominee but would only say. sen. grassley: i will take it a step at a time. he hasn't nominated anyone yet. cynthia: the constitution states the president can nominate with the advice and consent of the senate. matt sinovac wh

in this marengo public library basement... where there were more people than chairs... there were almost as many questions for senator chuck grassley's traditional town hall. planned parenthood, the debt, trade deals. but no topic brought more questions than this. mos "justice scalia was the anchor to hold the constitution together." a half dozens questions on what grassley would do if president obama nominates a replacement for the late justice antonin scalia. s/ sen. chuck grassley/ (r) iowa "i'm going to take it a step at a time." people here learned grassley's mos "my question is will you continue to obstruct the president's nomination and at what point in the president's term does the constitution expire." s/ sen. chuck grassley/ (r) iowa "i don't set the agenda of the united states senate. question: in your committee?" "i will take it a step at a time. the president hasn't nominated anybody yet." if he does, grassley's washington power's on display. he chairs the powerful senate judiciary committee... and that committee's the first step in hearings for a supreme c

in this marengo public library basement... where there were more people than chairs... there were almost as many questions for senator chuck grassley's traditional town hall. planned parenthood, the debt, trade deals. but no topic brought more questions than this. "justice scalia was the anchor hold the constitution togethehe" a halflfozens questions on w wt grassleyould do if president obama nominates a replacement for the late justice antonin scalia. "i'm going to take it a step at a time." people here learned grassley's answers won't step past that. "my question is will you continue to obstruct the president's nomination and at what point in the president's term does the constitution expire." sen. chuck grassley/ (r) iowa "i don't set the agenda of the united states senate. question: in your committee?" "i will take it a step at t time. the president hasn't nominated anybodyet." if he does, grassley's washington power's on display. he chairs the powerful senate judiciary committee... and that committee's the first step in hearings for a supreme court nominee. as chai

senator grassley planned to hold town halls in tama and vintin following marengo today, the coalition "why courts matter iowa" said they planned on warmer weather is on its way! let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your first forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the sky remains cloudy tonight with the potential for areas of wwnesday since the wind remainsns light. the coldest day, of the next seven, is wednesday. temperatures. highs will be in the 40s and and some 50s thursday through sunday. to get gusty wind is most likely needed. thursday and friday wind gusts will be near 35 or 40 mph. the wind and warm temperatures will melt a lot of snow on the ground. we might the potential for areas of fog to form. some of it could be locally dense and linger into wednesday since the wind remains light. the coldest day, of the next seven, is wednesday. thursday into early next week expect above normal temperatures. highs will be in the 40s and and some 50s thursday through sun

political reporter cynthia fodor caught up with grassley this afternoon at a town hall meeting in marengo. he wouldn't say if he would schedule hearings if president obama appoints a nominee. grassley would only say he will take it one step at a time. senator grassley i think that it : should wait until the next election, and i believe that that's the right thing to do because it's a very important position and would be kind of in line with what democratic leaders said in the tail end of the bush administration. that bush should not appoint somebody to the supreme court because they had to be concerned about balance, and i'm concerned about balance the same way they are. steve: a leading supreme court analyst thinks attorney general loretta lynch is president laura: right now urbandale , police search for 17-year-old kiara olson. they believe she has information in saturday's deadly officer-involved shooting at the holiday inn on merle hay road. ali yahia was shot and killed during a shootout with police. officers were called to the hotel on reports of a drug deal. friends of des moines b

we caught up with senator grassley at a town hall meeting in marengo, a long way from washington where the political , battle over the next supreme court justice is brewing. senator grassley: i think it should wait until the next election, and i believe that is the right thing to do because it is a very important position. cynthia: important because the next justice will be a deciding factor on the supreme court on landmark issues like abortion rights and immigration law. senate republicans want to refuse to consider president obama's appointment because it's an election year, saying the next president should make the appointment to the bench. grassley said that's based on history. administration, the democrats were going to make sure he did not appoint anybody to the suprcourt. cynthia: today grassley said , after giving it more thought, he implied he wouldn't rule out holding hearings on an obama nominee, but would only say -- senator grassley i will take it : a step at a time. he hasn't nominated anyone yet. cynthia: the constitution states the president can nominate with the advice

kwwl's kristii rogers was t senator grassley's town hall in marengo today, a couple people from the group "why courts matter iowa" was represented at this meeting and said they planned going to others later today as well. they directly asked the senator if he planned to follow his duties under the constitution. the heat was on in smmll library. the hot topic, his stance on obama nominating a replacement for jusice scalia on the supreme court. the answer to most of the questions included the same phrase (cg: chuck grassley/ senator) "i'm not holding back` i'm taking it a step at a time." "i'm saying we're goin to takak it a step at the time." "i think i'm pretty clear this should carry over to the next with us eventually." a number of questions were asked throughout the meeting but nearly all of them relating to the supreme court nomination had the same answer. two people from the group called "why courts mater iowa" was also in attendence....concerned with how grassley may handle the

we caught up with senator grassley at a town hall meeting in marengo, a long way from washington where the political , battle over the next supreme court justice is brewing. senator grassley: i think it should wait until the next election, and i believe that is the right thing to do because it is a very important position. cynthia: important because the next justice will be a deciding factor on the supreme court on landmark issues like abortion rights and immigration law. senate republicans want to refuse to consider president obama's appointment because it's an election year, saying the next president should make the appointment to the bench. grassley said that's based on history.

during a town hall meeting in marengo yesterday... grassley dodged the question of if he would bring it to a vote. my question is will you continue to obstruct the president's nomination and at what point in the president's term does the constitution expire." i don't set the agenda of the united states senate in your committee i will take it a step at a time, the president hasn't nominated anybody yet." grassley says selecting a decision to make, though in the past he has voted to confirm supreme court nominees in a president's final year in office. iowa lawmakers worry we aren't ready to turn over medicaid management... in two-weeks management will be taken over by three private companies. the change was supposed to happen on january first... but federal regulators delayed it saying the state wasn't ready. now some worry... even that wasn't enough. 'if i called cms would they say everything is ready to go and marked completed and were going to move forward march first, couldnt speak for cms i dont know how they would respond what i d

kcrg-tv9's dave franzman is live in marengo, one of grassley's stops today. dave, the president doeplan to nominate someone to replace scalia. that will put a lot of pressure on grassley to hold hearings in his committee. what did he say today? bruce, the senator used the phrase "one step at a time" to describe how the senate judiciary committee would react if the president does submit a nommee. and he used thatat phrase repeatedly without committing himself to step. senate grassley took a few general questions from the audience on other topics. but media attention was totally focused on the issue of a supreme court nominee in president obama's final year in office. and the sesetor wasnsn buying predictions of republicans paying a political price for doing nothing. "you'd have to prove to me we'd be taking a hit at this point " over the weekend, the senator agreed with top republblans the nomination should come from the new president next year. one activist who was trailing grassley in all his appearances tuesday said that was too long to wait for important c

he held a town-hall meeting in marengo yesterday. the audience asked questions about the supreme court vacancy after the death of justice antonin scalia. they wondered if grassley - who is on the judiciary committee - would allow hearings for president obama's nominee. the senator made no promises either way. "the president has the authority...the senate has the responsibility we hope he does his job" "the senate has the right to consent or not consent so we'll be following the constitution" senator grassley used the phrase "one step at a time" repeatedly when asked what his the president does nominatatsomeone in his final year in office. this friday is the first funnel for the iowa legislature -- meaning all bills must make it out of committee to survive. hundreds ofofeople were out at the statehouse yesterday, lobbying for a bill that would not allow minor to use tanning beds. the house bill would ban tanning until the age of 17 -nd then require parental consult until age of 18. lawmakers in support of the bill say tanning is too r

new justice a group calling themselves "why courts matter iowa" showing up grassley's town hall in marengo will block a nominee until there's a new president. he answered multiple questions on the topic..using the samee phrase in each answer i'm taking it a step at a the senator was about a clear as mud today unfortunetely i mean he didn't really give a clear answer on anything. he keeps playing political games and trying to shark his constitutional responcibility. we asked whether he would hold a hearing as chair of the judiciary committee and he said he will take it a step at a time, whatever that means." grassleyadded wants to see who president obama nominates before he decides what he is going to a show of force or a show of support? depends on which side your on. u-s fighter jets are flying&over south korea. right now, north and south korea are in a standoff. south korea is concerned about recent missle tests by north korea. the u-s is defending its ally by sending in powerful warplanes -- which it's done before when there's been tension in that part of the world. a step towards heali

iowa senator chuck grassley was in marengo for a town hall m mting yeyeerday. senator grassley is the head of the senate judiciary committee. the audience asked questions about the supreme court vacancy. they wondered if grassley would allow hearings for president obama's nominee. the senator made no promises either way. "the president has the authority...the senate has the responsibility we hope he does his job" "the senate has the right to consent or not consent so we'll be following the constitution" senator grassley used the phrase "one step at a time" repeatedly when asked what his judiciary committee would do if the president does nominate someone in his final year in o oice. samsung is revealing a few hints about its newest gadget. and it may have a solution to all those miscellaneous charging cords. people in parts of new york with heavy snow. it caused major backups on area roadways. cars spun out and got stuck causing headaches for tow truck drivers and road crews trying to clear the streets. the east will see a warm up in the next few days, much like