a muscatine sheriff's deputy helped a group of girls stranded on the side of the road. jenna morton talks with two of the girls, sharing the story behind the video. monday night a car with four girls in it... sat on the side of highway 61 9:36 'we pulled over because it didnt want to go at all now and so there was a police officer that pulled up behind us.' a muscatine county sheriff's deputy pulls over...and notices the car has overheated... 1:44 'he could have said well you have a cell phone that works i guess if you cant get your car started you can call a tow truck he could have left but that's not what happened.' he follows them to a gas station....what happened next is capture on video by one of the girls... you can see the deputy coming out with anti-freeze and pouring it into the car for them... 10:17 'i go oh ill pay for it have the money for it and hes like oh yeah im sure so he buys it come out opens the hood up and starts pouring it in.' 15:50 'he just went above and beyond what anyone could have ever expected.' sheriff cj ryan heard the about the story thro

a muscatine county deputy went out of his way to help a group of girls stranded on the side of the highway 61 monday night. so deputy dustin brooks followed them to a gas station and bought them anti freeze to use on their car. one of the girls captured it on video, and those who know brooks say they aren't surprised to see it... he could have said well you have a cell phone that works i guess if you cant get your car started you can call a tow truck he could have left but that's not what happened. the sheriff's department offered to reimburse deputy brooks for the anti freeze, but he declined. still to come on today in iowa saturday... this four-legged helper gives new meaning to teacher's pet. what she's doing in the classroom that's improving students' grades. today is national love your pet your favorite picture of your furry friend and show us how much you love them. here's a few we want to share! submitted by ilana sheley: "our little deaf buddy, chewy louie, was rescued as a puppy 2 years ago from the arl. nobody wanted a deaf puppy so he sat for weeks and weeks with no interest in

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a muscatine counttdeputy went out of his way to help a group of girls stranded on the side of the road. they were parked along highway 61 monday night, because their car overheated. so deputy dustin brooks followed them to a gas station and bought them anti freeze to use on their car. one of the girls captured it on video, and brooks' colleagues say they aren't surprised to see it... he could have said well you have a cell phone that works i guess if you cant call a tow truck he could have left but thats not what happened. the sheriff's department offered to reimburse deputy brooks for the anti freeze, but he declined. there's still much more to come tonight.... coming up next.. it's a bill that would make the lives of families dealing with autism a lot easier... why the timing is critical for a central iowa family receiving treatment... and what insurance companies think of the idea and later.. at 9-30.. super saturday.. south carolina for republicans.. nevada for democrats.. the early race for the white house continues tomorrow.. from who h-d iowa's high definition leader..you're wat

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whether he is in manhattan, he has a very different message to people than he does when he goes to muscatine, and i just feel like that sometimes, look -- look at every candidate and figure out what candidate has been virtually universally dispairaged or at least questioned by the other candidates because they say he says he is it the most pure, the most consistent, but he hasn't been, and i think that's a problem to a lot of people. >> for ted cruz. you are saying donald trump is someone that, you know, you do think you could support. not worried about his lack of obvious -- >> i support mike huckabee. it's not too late. >> how well do you need to do here in iowa to move on? what is your math on the mike huckabee path to victory then? >> rather than say there are two or three slots out of here, i think sometimes people say that. a lot of it depends where the cluster is. if somebody gets 28% and somebody gets 26 and let's say i get 18, then there's a good hands to keep going forward. if i'm in single digits in the top three or four are in doubling digits, it's harder to justify. a lot of it