the hunt for two men who escaped from the newton correctional facility continues this morning. and this isn't the first escape in recent weeks. super showdown. the biggest single day in the presidential primary race so far has arrived... we'll tell you which states are up for grabs and why donald trump is not a shoe-in in some. it's tuesday, march 1st. today in iowa snow is moving across northern iowa this morning. that is where we saw 3 to 4" of snow overnight. snow covered roads are an issue in the northern part of the state. the winter weather temperatures will reach 30 degrees through noon and winds will stay strong from the north at 10-15 mph. i-80/35 @ west mix i-235 @ keo first on 13. two newton inmates are still at large this morning after making a run for it this weekend. first on 13. two newton inmates are still at large this morning after making a run for it this weekend. but for correctional officers... the escape feels like deja vu. michael amodeo and jessy foley were nowhere to be found saturday night during a routine check. the two are now the second and third in

elias: the search continues for the two escapees from the newton correctional facility. anyone who sees michael amodeo and jessy foley should call 9-1-1.. now, the union representing employees of the department of corrections is blaming the escape on budget cuts. they say the ratio of guards to inmates is low, and expect more escapes in the future. sabrina: in the number two spot this morning... sabrina: voters in a dozen states will take part in republican and democratic primaries or caucuses today. the "super tuesday" voting is the busiest day on the primary calendar. a new nationwide survey shows that hillary clinton and donald trump are on the verge of winning their respective party nominations. elias: the third thing you need to elias: the justice department has published all it can of former secretary of state hillary clinton's private emails. the final batch, roughly 52- thousand messages, was released monday. over the past ten months the state department has reviewed and released emails from a private server used by clinton during her time as secretary of state. s

the department of corrections says officials are investigating the escape and discussing ways they can prevent it from happening again. mike dasilva has this report from newton. michael amodeo and jessy foley were both serving sentences on drug charges... the department of corrections says most of the people in the facility the inmates escaped from are working their way out of the system... 02:56:12--28 'are people who have completed their recommended programming and services and are basically working their way out of the system so. a lot of times the parole board will want somebody to spend some time in minimum security before they consider putting them on some type of release. either work release or parole.' fred scaletta isn't sure whether the inmates that escaped pose a threat to the public. 02:57:17--28 'most people, if they make this choice, they dont want to get try to stay hidden as much as they can so its a real difficult question to answer as far as if theres any public safety or not.' but if they are dangerous...david kessler is prepared. 03:15:12--23 ' i got protection at my house. i lock my doors and i got a handgun, so 031515 kessler says he's

the hunt for two men who escaped from the newton correctional facility continues this morning. and this isn't the first escape in recent weeks. senior night.. iowa state's last home game at hilton ends with a win.. and a few tears too. it's tuesday first on 13. two newton inmates are still at large this morning after making a run for it this weekend. but for correctional officers... the escape feels like deja vu. michael amodeo and jessy foley were nowhere to be found saturday night during a routine check. the two are now the second and third inmates to escape the confines of newton's facility in just one month. 28-year-old edward shorter attempted the same thing when he walked away from the facility. he was captured a day later in des moines. now the department of corrections says it can't say for sure whether 'most people, if they make this choice, they dont want to get caught, so a lot of times they try to stay hidden as much as they can so its a real difficult question to answer as far as if theres any public safety or not.' both men were serving sentences on drug charges.

police are still searching for two escaped inmates from the newton correctional facility... michael amodeo and jessy foley a routine count on saturday. both men were serving sentences for drug related crimes. another inmate escaped a little captured. anyone with information is asked to call police. we have a sobering reminder trains... and now investigators are trying to determine why a truck drove into its path. this is what's left of the truck. it was hit while crossing tracks in sioux city. luckily, there were no injuries. however, the dry feed it was carrying was spilled all over the area. crews spent hours cleaning it up and making sure it wouldn't hurt the environment. two people are recovering after their cedar rapids apartment building went up in flames... firefighters were called to the apartment on the city's southwest side early this morning. they were quickly able to knock down the fire... the residents were treated for smoke inhalation. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. carbon monoxide alarms would be required in iowa's apartments apartments wou

escape a correctional facility in newton, and tonight some say they now exactly why it happened. local 5 news at 10 is next. "you're watching local 5 news at 10 in hd .we are iowa's most accurate weather team and we start with your forecasaccurate weather team and we start with your forecast first." brad/wx wall weather adlib: it was nice while it lasted! we had a nice stretch of warmer than average temps, but now winter is making a comeback especially for northern iowa. there northern iowa tonight with mostly some snow expected there. one to three inches is likely north of hwy 30 overnight while areas south are expected to get less than 1". temperatures will continue you to get colder tonight with 20s excted by tuesday morning. tuesday will be a wintry day with quite a few clouds, cold northerly winds of 10-20 mph and temps staying mostly in the 20s all day. we will try to recover a bit on wednesday, but another weather system will be coming through wed. evening with another chance for more rain/snow mix. again, the metro should not see much if any accumulation. we will see some

newton facility escaped. a department of corrections report shows edward shorter escaped with the help of a girlfriend on january 23. he was arrested by officers in polk county. kcci's emmy victor went to newton to speak with union and prison officials. emmy: this minimum security center in newton houses inmates preparing to be released. it has limited staff members inside and a vehicle patrol car but some say that isn't enough and that this trend need to end. >> the staff in both our facilities and community based corrections and the whole state for that matter has significantly decreased. emmy: the american federation of state county and municipal employees blames funding for 3 inmates recently escaping correctional facilities. >> we need to have enough staff that we can keep them there and not walk away. emmy: president danny homan says staff cuts are happening across the state and that inmates aren't serving enough time in prison because of that. >> they are trying to get inmates out because it justifies for less staff. one of the gentlemen that escaped was a previous escape be. -- previous escapee. emmy: fr

escape from the newton correctional facility... shorter was captured a day later in des moines after walking away from the facility.. channel 13's mike dasilva joins us... mike.. two more inmates escaped last night... it was saturday night during a routine count when it was discovered the inmates were missing. at 9:25 inmate michael amodeo was discovered missing. then at at 10:05 , inmate jessy foley was discovered missing as well. both men were serving sentences on drug charges. the department of corrections says most of the people in the facility the inmates escaped from are working their way out of the system... 02:56:12--28 'are people who have completed their recommended programming and services and are basically working their way out system so. a lot of times the parole board will want somebody to spend some time in minimum security before they consider putting them on some type of release. either work release or parole.' fred scaletta isn't sure whether the inmates that escaped pose a threat to the public. he says most peopl

the hunt for two men who escaped from the newton correctional facility continues this morning. and this isn't the first escape in recent weeks. senior night.. iowa state's last home game at hilton ends with a win.. and a few tears too. it's tuesday

during routine counts saturday night, workers at the newton correctional release center noticed two missing inmates. thessare the two men that are missing. both men are serving drug charges. the iowa council president issued a statement today - saying the reason the men escaped, was due to the critically low staff numbers at the facility. the president also said jessy foley has escaped a correctional facility before. decision 2016... iowa's governor is praising chris christie's recent endorsement of donald trump. during his weekly press conference today, branstad says christie's move was pure strategy. (gov. terry branstad/iowa) "i think it was a brilliant move. strategically good move. i am endorsement in the near future. i think we'll get some indication as to how things are going when you have all these folks that are going to v vte on super tuesday." ahead of the iowa caucuses, branstad spoke out against ted cruz telling caucus voters that cruz should be defeated. branstad also announcing that iowa is now generating over 31 perceet of its enerery from wind. according to the u. s. energy

what's behind these incidents at the newton correction facility. >> we want to get ahead of it before we have safety concerns. eric: and an iowa state university student is hit and killed on a busy ames road. the one big way the school and the city are trying to make the road safer. good morning and thanks for waking up bright and early with us. elizabeth: it is now 4:30 on tuesday, march 1. we've got some snow flying around. metinka: we got slushy roads. here in des moines, we have much missed out. up toward algona, that is where it picks up in intensity. mason city, picking up four inches overnight. so far in the studios, nothing is set. flakes are coming down. light a key relations. -- light accumulations. 32 degrees. it is going to be a blustery day. elizabeth: first on kcci the driver from a high speed crash was in court monday. troy mure junior faces one count of vehicular homicide. eric: one officer called it the most traumatic accident he's ever seen. and the question that needs to be answered was why he was driving so fast? kcci's mark tauscheck was in the courtroom. marco tr

michael amodeo and jessy foley escaped from the newton correctional facility saturday. they are the secondd third imates to escape the facility in just one month. people in the grimes area will no longer have a new ymca facility to look forward to. this land along highway 141 is where supposed to go up. now the "y" says it's selling the land, and ditching the project completely. [cheers and applause] >> announcer: today on rachael ray... >> rachael! >> announcer: the king of organization is helping deborah norville sort or space. look inside oprah's cloz wet help from her bff. >> really big. >> announcer: get a virtual makeover. >> it's dress week. >> rachael: shut the door. >> announcer: and get a jump on dinner. now, are you ready for rachael! >> rachael: all righty, guys. [cheers and applause] >> rachael: we have a jam-packed show today, something for everyone. we'll start out with our buddy, our organizational whiz, peter walsh. >> oh. [cheers and applause]

two men remain missing from the newton correctional release center. this morning -- we hear from the department of corrections. michael amadeo and jessy foley have been missing since saturday night. drug charges. the facility they're at is minimum security. this is the second time this are people who have completed working their way out of the system so. a lot of times the parole board will want somebody to spend some time in minimum security before they consider putting them on some type of release. either work release or parole he says he's not sure if the two should be considered dangerous. call 9-1-1 if you see them the department of corrections is investigating the escape to make sure it doesn't happen again. a police officer killed on her first day on the job. her body was escorted by dozens of police cars and motorcycles last night to virginia chapel. she and two other officers were responding to a domestic violence call when a man fired his gun. all three officers were four students are hurt when a teenager opens fire inside a schoo. two stude

michael amodeo and jessy foley escaped from the newton correctional facility saturday. they are the second and third inmates to escape the facility in just one month. anyone with information >>> we're back at 7:30 on a tuesday morning. not just any tuesday. it's super tuesday. you're looking at video from moments ago. that is senator bernie sanders voting in his state of vermont this morning. find out what his fortunes are as the voting is calculated throughout the day. >> i think we know what he's voting for. >>> of course, the primaries and caucuses being held in 12 states overall. 11 a piece in the democratic and republican races. a quarter of delegates are up for grabs tonight. hillary clinton and donald trump are heavily favored in every contest. trump sounding confident at a rally last night. >> you're going to look back on years, three years, four years, in twenty years, this was an amazing evening. because it is a movement. >> the secret service is during a trump rally in virginia. take a look. you can see an agent slamming a photographer to the ground. the man

newton facility escaped. a department of corrections report shows edward shorter escaped with the help of a girlfriend january 23. he was arrested by officers in polk county. kcci's emmy victor is just back from newton where both union and prison officials are asking questions. andy: -- reporter: mark, now that 3 inmates have escaped in under a two month span the question both sides are asking is why? this minimum security center in newton houses inmates preparing to be released. it has limited staff members inside and a vehicle patrol car as needed outside. but some say that isn't enough and that this trend need to end. >> the staff in both our facilities and community based corrections, and the whole state, for that matter, has significantly decreased. reporter: the american federation of state county and municipal employees blames funding for 3 inmates recently escaping correctional facilities. >> we need to have enough staff not run away . reporter: president danny homan across the state and that inmates aren't serving enough time in prison because of that. >> they are trying to get inmates out because it

two newton inmates are still missing after making a run for it this weekend and correctional officers say it feels like deja vu.... michael amodeo and jessy foley were nowhere to be found saturday night during a routine check. the two are now the second and third inmates to escape the confines of newton's facility in just one month. 28-year-old edward shorter attempted the same thing when he walked away from the facility. he was captured a day later in des moines. the department of corrections says it can't say for sure whether the latest escapees pose a threat to the public.... most people, if they make this choice, they dont want to get caught, so a lot of times they try to stay hidden as much as they can so its a real difficult question to answer as far as if theres any public safety or not.' the department of corrections says officials are investigating the escape and discussing ways they again. it's been an emotional day of testimony in the trial of a des moines man charged in a deadly, high-speed crash. 24-year-old troy mure junior is on trial for the death of 22 year old scalic

the hunt for two men who escaped from the newton correctional facility continues this morning. and this isn't the first escape in recent weeks. food fight. high schoolers are getting a taste of life on the job. we'll give you a look inside iowa's own top chef face-off. it's tuesday march 1st. today in iowa i-235 @ euclid us 30 @ s. duff first on 13. two newton inmates are still at large this morning after making a run for it this weekend. but for correctional officers... the escape feels like deja vu. michael amodeo and jessy foley were nowhere to be found saturday night during a routine check. the two are now the second and third inmates to escape the confines of newton's facility in just one month. 28-year-old edward shorter attempted the same thing when he walked away from the facility. he was captured a day later in des moines. now the department of corrections says it can't say for sure whether the latest escapees pose a threat to the public. choice, they dont want to get caught, so a lot of times they try to stay hidden as much as they can so its a real difficult question