state house of representatives. republican jim carlin announced his candidacy for the iowa house. dozens gathered in the library in sergeant bluff-luton elementary for the announcement , this afternoon. when asked how he came to this decision, carlin says he's concerned for future generations. "like a lot of grandparents, we're concerned about the future of our grandchildren," said carlin. "we want them to have the same things we had, we want them to have the same opportunities and education and have the same values to build a life with." carlin has been an attorney in over 23 years. he is also a veteran of the united states army. iowa state representativ e dan huseman announced today he will be running for re-election in district 3. huseman graduated from aurelia high school and buena vista university. huseman serves as chair of the transportatio n, infrastructur e and capitals appropriation s subcommitee. according to a release from the iowa house republicans, huseman says he is pleased with the progress the house has made and looks to continue his efforts in balancing the state

andbe we're going to hear from south carolina governor nikki haley representing republicans in what they're calling an doctor's, not specifically a response after the address. show is at the white house for a preview of the state of the union doctor's. it begins at 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 pacific. >>> sque burn bernie sanders is putting opfight and that top pair along with martin o'malley came together for the black and white fusion. and sanders lashed out. >> have you noticed lately that she's been getting more aggressive with you? >> yes. >> why is that? >> i don't know. >> you tell me. >> it could be that the inevitable candidate for the democratic nomination may not be so inevitable today. >> clinton answered with digs of her own questioning the senator's electability and his weak stance on gun control but she had a bigger fish to fry, who would have thought donald trump would be leading in national polls. i mean for those of you ever thought of running for president, take heart.t. >> well, her target there, donald trump, he was on the tonight show last night and if he's telling the tru

here in the house of representatives, republicans are in a minority, but they are working on the issue. they have bill and the works that would allow a second jury unanimous decision the first time when the question of life or death comes up. we will continue to watch this issue as it moves forward in the legislative session. >> is this the direct result of >> -- >> reporter: that is what the sponsors say. also the pharaohs bar shooting in denver which resulted in a nonunanimous verdict and hence a life sentence. those cases combined are what spurred this effort. that is why republicans took a look at this. their argument is that if you have a death penalty on the books, but the standard is so tough that it is not applied in the worst of the worst cases, what good is it? they would rather see some policy change that would allow obviously there are people who feel differently. >> that is brandon rittiman at the capital.>>> a $2 billion makeover by 70 next year. everybody agrees the highway nice work, but not everybody agrees about the plan to widen interstate. some call the expansion a

marco rubio, mike huckabee, and ted cruz represent the republicans. and it's just hillary clinton on the democratic side. we are now only 4 weeks away from the caucuses. local gun rights advocates also have something to say about the president's plans... obama is the best gun salesman in american history and there's some truth to that. im sure we will see a large crowd at gun shows across the state of iowa for the entirety of 20-16...and this should only accelerate that process. the "iowa gun owners group" executive director thinks the plans will increase attendance at gun shows. there are shows planned for every weekend this month in the metro. local permit to carry classes are also filling up. a des moines teenager will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing his neighbor... sentence for a murder charge in polk county court yesterday. makuey broke into the home of 97 his wife in july of 20-14... he attacked anderson with a spatula, killing him. anderson's wife was also injured. she died in march of last year. a boone man will spent at lea

representative with republican response talks about flooding in her state and the ability to repeal the affordable care act. >> happy new year, everybody. i am fired up for the year that stretches out beef or us because of what we have accomplished together over the past seven years.

marco rubio, mike huckabee, and ted cruz represent the republicans. and it's just hillary clinton on the but the clintons are looking to divide and conquer. "i do not believe in my lifetime anybody has run for this job at a moment of great importance who was better qualified." bill clinton is making his 20-16 debut, campaigning for his wife in new hampshire. during his two rallies yesterday, he brushed off a barrage of attacks from donald trump. the former president will get back on the trail this thursday...with two stops in cedar rapids and dubuque. they'll be his first without hillary in the state. it's time now to get a first look at the forecast... let's head down to at the science center. ad lib wx quick enjoy the sunshine today because clouds will soon return. 30s this afternoon with brisk southerly winds at 15 to 25 mph. skies become mostly cloudy tonight with some drizzle at times on wednesday. the weather will police have issued a material witness warrant in a des moines homicide... officers are searching for alf freddie clark. he's wanted f

>> ron: the democrats have a slight lead in the senate and this is iowa house district representative, republican, which includes seed czar falls, parts of black hawk county and again including hudson. let's go real quickly, walt, i'll start with you. what is the 86th general what would you like to accomplish? ing with -- >> rep. rogers: the top two issues, number one is going to be budget, making sure that we have a budget that is sustaining everything we're trying to do and not spending more money than we take in and that seems to be really the big kind of argument or tug of war every year as far as how much are we going to utilize of that budget. and so we've been strug lingt past two or three years as far as revenue as a state, and really, i shouldn't say struggling. not as much as we'd like to. that's going to be the big issue. and then, you know, medicaid-managed care is something we're talking about a lot. the feds decided to postpone that until march 1st. i don't know if that's a good or bad thing, but that gives us more time to talk about things and try to get that transition as smooth a

to teach their students at u neck political process. they are uses caking cookies. cake represent the republican race and cooks represent the democrats. if one dessert team doesn't have can go some where else, or give up on their favorite dessert. >> some of the kids in the chocolate cookies are set in stone. >> we were hope that the caucus we wran the cookies there would be will realignment. >> chocolate chip won the democratic and the ice cream cake won the gop side. >> i could gerrymander the cookies and cake so i coiled have both. >> it will melt overnight, it will be mostly cloudy overnight h night with spotty showers by 6:00 in the morning. also watching for a risk for some stronger storms late then cold comes back in late in the plans forecast. >> what i difference a week makes. thanks for joining us we hope you have a wonderful evening and

of democrats and representative republicans who are cast aspersions making grandiose promises. kennedy: they will govern the same way, by spending too much money, committing too many troops and doing too little to tackle the issues. who drops out? >> fiorina is done. i feel like she gave up a long time ago. i think we are down to rubio, cruz, bernie sanders is out. rubio, cruz, trump and hillary. a regular dog's breakfast of candidates. batman and superman. >> you are right. we are pretty much where we have been for a while. a dark horse and somebody we should be excited about. kennedy: i thought you were going to say ben carson. christy is flying new hampshire. can you imagine what it would be like if donald trump and chris christie go head-to-head, trump and the original, no filter politics face off. it code in a fistfight. kennedy: don't forget to watch fbn's presidential debate next thursday, january 14. it's must-see viewing for you and for me. militia occupying federal building in oregon. judge napolitano weighs in on pre

in the house of representatives, republicans, democrats, republican david from central valley has authored a bill that would move more water around the delta for farmers and weaken environmental protection. thus far, it's been a non-starter in the senate but in the senate, california's diane is working on a more modest bill to produce more water for farmers. the bill would not weaken perception per se still worries environmentalists concerned about the delta. the fact is both bills are stuck. >> so anyway to move these bills forward or find a middle ground on something else. >> despite the need, there isn't seem to be movement more over, the likelihood of resolution has been dimmed for two big reasons. first, because we know this is election year and no one wants to go out on a limb and second, the fact is that the rains have come which removed the crisis believe it or not. why worry about it now. guess what? el nino as you know will come and yes, will go. unless congress wraps its arms around the water issue once and for all, today's problems will only get worse in the future. >> we don't

and so you might be right, the democrats are not represented just like republicans are not represented regardless but this is our feeling, now we could give up to say this is just democracy and doesn't work. in fact, i've been at events where very rich people say we ought to give up and forget the idea of democracy and do what china does, have solutions to every problem. but i think what we ought to do is to try representative democracy for once. we've not yet tried it. we've never tried it really, we've never included people equally, african americans, women, the poor, but if we actually tried it and embraced the idea of equality inside of our political system, i would -- i want to see if in 50 years after that happens we have a better feeling about the way democracy works, so one last shot, let's try once for a representative democracy. if it doesn't work, then we can think about the internet. >> i would like to applaud you for trying to get us from here to there. >> we are, we are just beginning from here to there. >> we don't have a whole lot of time left. i want to make sure the f

cake represents the republican race - and cookies represent the democrats. a group of students votes on what type of cake they would love to eat - and then another group does the same with cookies. if one dessert team doesn't have ten people on their side...they can do one of three things: go somewhere else, persuade othersso join, or give " "some of the kids in the chocolate chip cgokies were set. set in stone." "we're hoping in the caucucuwe ran with the cookies, that there would be some alignment that took place. the kids were excited about that too." " just so you know- chocolate chip won the dems cookie nomination and ice creamamake won the g-o-p cake side. a student inos angeles, california is now recognized as one of smartest students in the woror. 17-year-old cedric argueta earned a perfect score on the math section of his advanceplacement exam. the college board possible. cedric is one of 12 students out of a total of 300 thousand people to get this the senior also earned perfect scores on the english and math sections of the a-c-t cocoege entrance

. @>> reporter: jennifer harold, a @mom to two rambunctious boys @running to be state @representative for republican @strong strongsville and nearby @suburbs against well known @comments on american workforce @program now in a media echo @chamber. @funding. @>> i want to tell her, hey, @sweety, i just got 27% of the @pie in just my district. @>> the only person who is able @to call me sweety is this man @right here, my husband maim @maim patten suggesting a mom's @place in the home, not the @house. @>> i don't know if explained to @her spend three nights a week @in columbus so -- @>> it's our family's decision. @if i think i am capable of @working a job outside the home, @doing these things, why should @it matter? @that's our family's decision. @why not me? @why not a young mom? @>> reporter: patten widower, @raised five daughters and said @it is not my intention to @suggest a young mother couldn't @serve ably in the legislature. @i used a poor choice of words. @i sincerely apologize if my @words were misplaced. @harold getting nationwide @attention. @>> this narrative is a long @this is about women

it would put *limits on lottery scratch-off games. 3 republican representative frank artiles says the games abuse the state's poorest citizens.. who play them the most. his bill just passed a house subcommittee on the lottery to 20 active scratch off games at one time.. and cap ticket prices at 5 dollars. the lottery's website currently lists 79 active scratch off games.. including 14 that cost 10 to 25 dollars per ticket. 3 3 today in st. petersburg: the future of the tampa bay rays is on the table. the city council is expected to vote today on amending the teams current lease. the new plan would let the team shop around for a new home... including sites in hillsborough county. the rays would get three *years to search. but the longer the rays *stay in st. pete... the more money they would get from the *sale of the tropicana field property. st. pete mayor rick kriseman pushed for the deal, after getting approval from the rays. 3 it's not *guaranteed that the rays would move to tampa. but both the city of tampa and the hillsborough county commission are *very eager to put together som

emerges with enough vote, the decision would be thrown into the hands of the house of representatives, where republicans control 33 of the 50 delegations. in washington, james rosen. >> the republican candidates are preparing for their final debate before the caucuses on thursday night at 9:00 on fox newschannel. keep it here on fox 13. our political editor, craig patrick, will bring you live coverage of that debate and the iowa caucuses. he's heading to iowa, starting on thursday. >> a texas grand jury indisieted two anti-abortion activists who secretly shot videos of planned parenthood, allegedly showing doctors discussing the sale of tissue from aborted fetuses. a houston grand jury found no wrongdoing by planned patienthood. and instead, indicted the face felony charges of tampering with a governmental record. if convicted. >> stu:r, they face up to 20 years in prison. >> no, you need to get out. >> no, i don't. >> you need to get out. >> i actually don't. >> the woman in the video, she's an assistant professor at the university of missouri. tonight she is charged with misdemeanor assault because of

leadership, told the newshour that some of the campaign rhetoric does not represent all republicans. 't believe it represents what the republicans are about. what republicans are about is offering greater opportunity for every person, no matter who they are, no matter where they come from. >> reporter: few said his name but the republican on many people's minds-- trump-- didn't hold back. the frontrunner tweeted that the president's speech was "boring" and "non-substantive." tw of his republican rivals-- marco rubio and jeb bush-- were out on the trail today slamming the president's call to move past politics. >> he has divided this country deliberately for political gain for seven years, and then in his last state of the union, says, "hey, why is everybody so mad at each other?" because of you! ( applause ) >> every time he's had a chance, he pushes down people that disagree with him to make his view look more sophisticated and important. >> reporter: democrat hillary clinton, on the other hand, spoke up for her former boss-- as making progress. fellow candidate bernie sanders, who w

that district now represented by republican randy forbes. andy fox has learned forbes was thrown a congressional life ring after congressman scott rigell annnounced he is not seeking re-election. he joins us with what that means it means that republican congressman randy forbes although a long time veteran of the house of representatives is the odd man out with the new lines drawn by the u.s. court of appeals. the current districts have been determined to be unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. court is taking the lower courts decision under advisement, so technically we don't know for sure what the final lines maybe. congressman forbes a republican is finding himself in a district that voted 61% for president barack obama. we went to long time republican insider gary byler who confirmed he has heard the same thing. congressman randy forbes could run in the second congressional district. gary byler/republican activist (18:35 2) ((congressman forbes is actively considering a bid for congress in the second district)) runs; 05 (19:19 2) ((un

you say he represents the party's best hope. >> the republicans have to court independents this year, and that's a problem four years ago, we think that he can do that. and not only that, we think that his ideas can unify the base and thoughtful policies and conservative policys as well. and really, this is, we not only endorsed him but the direction of the party in which opportunity and optimism and away from the pessimism from the candidates including senator rubio himself more recently. >> we'll talk about the democratic side. you chose hillary clinton based on her experience and knowledge. in what way has she demonstrated that to you and the editorial board? >> we base it on several things and one of it was we met with her twice for more than three hours. and you know, no one can question her knowledge and ability and record. we watched her. and our paper endorsed her eight years ago. we found same commonities and the trust factor is something we have reservations about and that's something we are looking for. >>> what about the argument over the e-mails and what it said about her

cake represents the republican race and cookies represent the democrats. a group of students votes on what type of cake they would love to eat, and another group does the same with cookies. if one deserve team doesn't have ten people on their side, well, they can do one of three things. go somewhere else for another desert, persuade others to join or give up their favorite desert. >> we are hoping in the caucus that we ran with the cookies, that there would be some -- >> yeah, who wouldn't be just so you know, chocolate chip won. john's live report starts tomorrow from the hawkeye state and continues until the winner has been chosen. we mentioned iowa expecting some snow on monday. janessa is joining us, not the case around here, at least in the immediate future. we've been fortunate about that. >> the rockies dealing with a system right now. they are going to see two systems throughout the weekend into next week and some of that moisture moves our way as we head into sunday. but today, okay. >> no need to look ahead. >> yeah, you need to soak up this week

hillary clinton is the only democrat, while mike huckabee and ben carson are representing the republicans. we're now just eleven days away from the first in the nation caucus. mike huckabee is making a unique move to get your vote... huckabee is taking the stage at the "surf ballroom" in clear lake tomorrow. he's playing the bass guitar with the 80's rock band "fire house." it's the venue where buddy holly last played before he was killed in a plane crash back in 19-59. the performance will begin between nine 30 and ten p-m... for tickets call the venue at the number on your screen. you'll have to wait a little longer for the next "star wars" film to hit the big screen. disney says "episode eight" will be released in december of 20-17. it was originally scheduled for release seven months earlier... "the force awakens," was planned for a summer 20-15 release, but was moved to last month. that move paid off, as it's now the highest grossing u-s film of all time. it has made more than 860 million announcer: 3 republican governors. but which governor won national praise for tough leadership h

for me, as a, you know, as a republican it's interesting to watch the primary process and how it leans towards or enables these extreme voices that really aren't representative of where republicans are. and i've had a lot of republicans call me after planned parenthood endorsed hillary clinton and say, you know -- but a lot of republicans are pro-choice, and we think this is a private issue. and, you know, how about some other republican candidates? well, unfortunately, all the republicans are opposed to women's access to safe and legal abortion and health care. >> well, it was interesting planned parenthood was attacked for being main street and hillary clinton's response was really? i'm paraphrasing. politics is particularly this cycle it has gotten worse each cycle in terms of of the polarization and each side called the mainstream candidates, they're not even heard anymore. all the loud noise really on the far right. again, as a frustrated republican, i just look at this and it's, like, you know, where did my party go? and you've got glenn beck and sarah palin as you mentioned and all of these people that are politicizing planned parenthood. it's all abo

and the endorsement is a bit of a surprise since he represents the republican establishment in south carolina. a group that is endorsing jeb bush. first to come out in support of the republican front runner. that took place in a fundraiser. showed up to hear what donald trump had to say. the audience was so big that a tent had to be set up for the overflow. he stuck to his main talking points, building a wall and his opponents and -- >> i will be the greatest job creator. i love the people from south carolina. love them. take care of yourself. make sure you vote. got to vote. we love you. >> in a poll used by cbs released on monday, holding the lele over the republicans in the state of south carolina. >> after announcing not going to be at the debate, going to raise some money for charity, students are doing the same. going to be at an ale house on project. said says 100% of the donations will go to the wounded warriors. >>> the leader of an armed group is joining officials in oregon and asking those still occupying the land to go home. ammon bundy made the announcement on tuesday. h

republican leaders. the candidates they have been hoping would emerge as the establishment or the center right leaders simply have not done so. so you are seeing this divide over what representse greater long-term risk. i think trump is a better short term bet for the republican party than cruz, but he in fact as that national review symposium argues may have more lasting consequences particularly e mernling constituencies in the american e lek tort. >> new dirty words on the right side have, establishment, populism is also something that people are taking time to define within conservative values. part of the against trump national review editorial board statement is donald trump is a menace to american conservatism who would take the work of generations, trample it underfoot on behalf of populism as hatless and crude as donald trump. two things, one, they're taking time for a personal shot on, even for that, outlet not, not that usual. second is this idea of populism as a bad thing. what does this mean in terms of where they want the party to be? >> well, first of all, what's interesting about that national review attack on donald trump is that we're calling the likes of er

here in that time, republicans have been in almost total control of state government. they've had the governor's mansion, the house of representatives, senate. and republicans currently control every state wide elected office. are you proud of our public education system? are you satisfied with the conditions of our roads and our bridges? are you confident that if you got sick, you could afford the treatment? in the past 25 years, our state has declined in almost every category. we've been duped. i grew up in a small town. both of my parents worked for spring wells and i worked, too, those our republican led education system is not preparing. in the past two decades, public education has become grossly funded. if you find that hard to believe, did your parents have to send packs of paper, disinfectant wipes and glue sticks to outfit your classroom the first year? republican leaders refuse to minimally adequately fund our education system. now they're refusing a supreme court order. this pattern of defunding is no accident. if public education is brought to its knees, then that strengthens the argument that those republicans who want

was a republican...representing district 4... which includes anderson, abbeville and greenwood counties. the greenwood county coroner says...o'dell likely died from natural causes...believed to be heart related. "billy" o'dell... was 77-years old. the "south carolina domestic violence task force" says... it's working on plans... to reduce the crimes... across the state. governor nikki haley says the task force has come up with - 50- recommendations ... to address the problem of criminal domestic violence. including making resources easily available to survivors and domestic violence training...for doctors and therapists: ----- gov: nikki haley: "this is a chance for everybody in south carolina to change our ranking on domestic violence. this is a chance for everybody in south carolina to say, 'we all can do something about this.'" ----- "governor haley" also signed an executive order... to extend the work... of the c-d-v task force. she said... the task force is "too good... to stop now". cold and dry has been the trend but some

today, republican representative mike pitts filed a bill that would require journalists to register with the state before being eligible to work for a news outlet in south carolina. the proposed "responsible journalism" bill would also establish fines and possible criminal penalties for those who violate the law. the bill has been referred to the south carolina press association says it will fight the bill--which it says is unconstitutional. despite calls from lawmakers to get to roads and infrastructure first thing- it still has not received a vote. will whitson takes a look at why it doesn't have a vote yet- and why debate may be taking a long time. that bill is on the senate calendar- and it's been brought up for a vote daily since session began last week- but each time, senate president pro tem hugh leatherman has asked the senate to wait- and carry over the bill- so a compromise can be worked out. senator leatherman put together compromise committee to work on the bill- which lawmakers have continuously pointed out is extremely complicated- it requires three aspects- a gas tax hike,

representatives. twelve democrats joined republicans to disapprove the epa's waters of the u.s. rule in a vote of 253 to 156. from iowa, only congressman dave loebsack voted against it. the bill was originally drafted up by iowa senator joni ernst and passed the senate in a 53 to 44 vote in november. however, both vote totals are short of the two-thirds majority needed to override what will likely be a presidential veto. supporters of wotus argue getting rid of the rule would leave an unworkable one in its place, weakening environmental protections. opposition to the rule say it is an epa power grab. the iowa farm bureau says the expanded definition of the water rule our top story... des moines public schools want more our top story... des moines public schools want more of the state's education budget... officials say they deserve more money... because they have to support a large number of students in poverty. three fourths of the district's students qualify for free or the search is on for the lucky winners in the record powerball jackpot. so far, none of the winners have com

and so nikki haley only represents one portion of the republican party. and we don't know if it's the majority or not. we're gonna have to wait until this all sorts out and until the elections take place. >>sabrina: well, do you think that it's worse because we are in a primary season? i mean, do you think maybe some more moderate temperament will come, come out after they've maybe gotten that right wing vote in the primary? >>dr. schmidt: and the left wing vote in e case of the democrats because that party is divided as well. and the answer is you're absolutely right, sabrina. in the middle of a heated campaign when people are wanting to get attention and want to get the nomination, it's very difficult to concede to the opposition and be nice. you know, it just, we know that you throw a lot of mud during campaigns. we don't like it. seems to happen every two years and every four years. and once there will be some policy issues on which the republicans and democrats can come together and conservatives and liberals can come together. >>amanda: let's quickl

a republican state representative insistent on bringing up sex issues concerning bill clinton, finally prompting hillary to snap.... presidential candidate"you are very rude and i'm not going to ever call on you." the same weekend bernie sanders was confronted by a sign waving guy wearing a trump shirt. presidential candidate"here's a trump supporter worried about mr. supporter retaliated by giving the heckler the two handed one finger salute. no one gets more practice with hecklers than donald trump himself...he's always saying.... presidential candidate"hello hello." to a heckler. or waving goodbye.... presidential candidate"bye bye." at eoint trump was accusedi o rough on a hecer whot shoved around. esidential candidate"get him the hell out of here will ya please." othetes trump softened s approach.esidential candidate"you can t him out b n't hurt him." tends to handle hecklers withrugs, smiles and head shaking. presidential candide"ai yi." and once got flak forcalling a ckler overweight. esidential candidate"i mention food stamps and that guy who'sriously overweight went azy." epen

today, republican representative mike pitts filed a bill that would require journalists to register with the state before being eligible to work for a news outlet in south carolina. the proposed "responsible journalism" bill would also establish fines and possible criminal penalties s r those who violate the law. the bill has been referred to committee for debate. the south carolina press association says it will fight the bill--which it says is unconstitutional. state lawmakers are also considering proposals to limit refugees coming to south carolina. senators are debating the bills, which include requiring a public database of refugees and holding their sponsors liable for damages if they commit acts of terror. a second bill would ban state agencies from taking on new refugees until the establish new security procedures. the department of social services says two refugees have been placed in the state so far, and a second family is waiting to finalize plans. department of revenue officicis want to make sure you get the return you're due. they're warning you to watch out for scams and t

republican representative, frank artiles, from miami, says the cameras prey on drivers. uq:"!e programs are there safer. a lobbyist for the "florida league of cities" disagrees. the bill needs to pass another committee, before it goes before the house. we will let you know what happens. jose-- orlando toss to john at the your first headline "bloomberg." it reads.. "google paid apple one billion dollars... to keep search bar on iphone." apple and google are rivals... but they have found ways to work together in the past.. especially if it makes both products better. court documents from a lawsuit between google and "oracle" revealed how much that deal was really worth... to make google a primary search engine on iphone. apple got 1-billion dollars from its rival in 20-14... so a "google" search bar would appear on i- phones. the tech giants have not publicly commented on the huge number. your final headline comes from "the new york post." it reads.. "millennials are ruining the american wine industry." e silicon valley bank" predicts that consumption of u-s wine will soon drop

synagogue leader jacky rosen has launched a bid for the congressional seat being vacated by republican representative joe heck. attracted several including state senate majority leader michael tarkanian, and assemblywoman michele fiore with less than a week to go until the critical "first in the nation" iowa caucus -- the presidential hopefuls are out in full force. both sides -- continuing to campaign hard across the hawkeye state ... as they scramble to gain last minute momentum. fox news correspondent, joel waldman, is in washington with the latest from the campaign trail. a new quinnipiac university poll shows it's still very much a two-man race in iowa between g-o-p rivals... donald trump and ted cruz ... separated by just two-percentage- points. but, being atop the polls comes with its challenges ... cruz taking heavy fire from his opponents ... as the battle for iowa, just six days away, rages on. trump says: "ted cruz thought that he had sarah cruz hitting right back ...with so much at stake in iowa ... cruz says: "one of the candidates has a lot to say. each day i learn new and interesting t

james mayhap represents the democratic side and kelly represents the republican side. when we talk about it, it is an emotional issue to begin with. we knew this was going to happen this week, what was your reaction? kelly, we will start with you. some -- >>, obama's speech was short on specifics. i think a lot of people are waiting to see more specifics before we take a stand one way or the other on his proposal. of things he talked about today, they were frankly concerning. >> i think the biggest concern is the number of lives that we are losing. obama pointed out 30,000 lives when you are the executive of the country and in charge of that branch, you have to do something about it. this was obama's chance to make a change and i think you made a step in the right direction. >> reporter: the president talked about have your controls and background checks. that has already happened in colorado. this essentially addresses the 35 states that are not doing it. how do you address that going forward.>> certainly we need to close the gun sale loopholes well pete -- were peopl

republican representative maureen is at the helm of the task force. she not only wants to push the ban through but also to try to educate peopzf secondhand smoke especially in such a confined space. projected to spend $1.2 million of its nearly half a billion dollar tobacco sete moy on smoking education. >> with the lack of what we spend on educating about this problem, connecticut has to address it. we don't want to punish people with addictions. but we're also trying to keep children safe. so it's that balance. >> jim: the goal of her task force is to find ways to help pay for smoking cessation programs. >> jessica: reed cowan joins us with a major story coming up at 7:00. >> reed: we just got into the newsroom the video of lavoy fib kum one of -- finicum. one of ammon bundy's friend being shot in oregon. we're going show you some of that video. the bundys have said for a long time he was innocent and had his hands up, was compliant. the video may show something entirely different. also bouncing terror. to use a kangaroo to reign terror on law enfor

will be in the audience to, in his words, "stand for religious freedom" and "represent judeo- christian values." republican presidential candidate ben carson is criticizing president obama for allowing representatives of a muslim civic group to attend tonight's state of the union address. democratic lawmakers have invited two members of the council on american- islamic relations to attend the speech. carson tells cnn he wants an of the group, saying it's "done things that are clearly not pro-american." he says the council is trying to "change us from a judeo- christian foundation to a muslim foundation." presidential candidates carly fiorina and rand paul got some bad news last night: they've been cut from thursday's primetime republican debate hosted by fox business network. but, despite her low polling numbers, fiorina is pushing ahead. she brought her campaign back to siouxland last night, speaking at bev's on the river in sioux city. fiorina says americans need to quit settling for the status quo and make the right changes. "this is a nation that has always valued merit over privilege. and hard work ov

republican representative mike pitts says by screaming first amendment.... the media reacted to his bill exactly as he expected. the retired law enforcement officer modeled his proposal on the state's concealed weapon permit law. pitts says he wanted to spark discussion on what he calls media bias in treating free speech rights under the first amendment as under the second amendment. 33 pitts says the second amendment is just as pure and simple'' as the first. governor nikki haley is moving forward with her threat to sue the u-s department of energy for the agency's failure to meet a january first nuclear fuel deadline. governor haley has asked the state's top prosecutor to pursue litigation and collection of a one-million dollar daily fine. on the decision, haley says, "south carolina will not sit idly by while the department of energy continues... in violation of federal law... to ignore its commitment to the people of south carolina." it's national school choice week. and to raise awareness about k through 12 school choice here in south carolina... suppor

republican representative mike pits said by screaming first amendment, the media reacted to his bill exactly as he suspected. he modeled his proposal on the state's concealed weapon permit law. he said he wanted to spark discussion in media bias treating free speech rights under the first amendment as more important than gun rights under the second amendment. >> there's a slant and biased against the second amendment, not just the second amendment but against other portions of the bill of rights and that the media as a whole will only come to the fight when it looks like the first amendment and only a portion of the first amendment is under attack. >> we should be concentrating on bills that deal with the problem we have in; being is. it would make more sense for us to spend time on looking for solutions and introducing legislation that addresses those issues. >> pits believe the second amendment is just as pure and simple as the first. >>> moving on to tonight's health news. united airlines says customer booked to fly affected by zika virus can schedule and get refunds. pregnant wom