some would argue the senate judiciary committee's consideration shows that republicans are changing their attitude on gay rights after years of fighting same-sex marriage. gay-rights activists are hoping the vote will send a message about florida's direction concerning gay rights. >>> this is the last week to hunt pythons in florida, folks. it is during the statewide to a end. hunters caught 90 of those guys since the challenge began in january. florida wildlife officials say that is 30 more than last year during the entire season. saturday is the last day for that hunt. >>> within the last hour, the biggest event of the year wrapping up.

a senate committee will also consider the bill. >>> after a decade of being ignored, and anti- dissemination bill for the lgbt community will be heard tomorrow in tallahassee as well. some would argue the senate judiciary committee's consideration shows that republicans are changing their attitude on gay rights after years of fighting same-sex marriage. gay-rights activists are hoping the vote will send a message about florida's direction concerning gay rights. >>> this is the last week to hunt pythons in florida, folks. it is during the statewide to a end. hunters caught 90 of those guys since the challenge began in january. florida wildlife officials say that is 30 more than last year during the entire season. saturday is the last day for that hunt. >>> within the last hour, the biggest event of the year wrapping up. organizers for the city's 41st annual art festival planned for about 250,000 visitors -- looks like it did not disappoint.

the strengths of the judiciary committee in senate have been legendary. no majority/minority leader could tell a chair what to do with his committee. that was off-balance. but it doesn't appear so now. in abdicating his responsibility, the senate has always held republicans -- has always upheld -- never in the history of the cou, has the senate ever refused to do anything. republicans are setting a dangerous precedent for future nominations, not only for the supreme court but for the senate itself as an institution. yesterday the senate historian's office reported that the denial of committee hearings for a supreme court nominee is unprecedented. if that's unprecedented, how about the fact you won't even meet with the person who's been nominated? if that's -- if that is unprecedented, how about the fact that a member of the united states senate won't even go to the white house to talk to the president about something about filling the supreme court seat? the senior senator from iowa will be the first judiciary chairman ever to refuse to hold a hearing on a

since the senate judiciary committee started holding hearings on supreme court nominees a century ago, the senate of the united states of america has never -- never -- denied a hearing to pending supreme court nominees. it has never happened. but that's what senate republicans are saying that they will do. this level of obstruction, of ignoring the clear language of the constitution is unpreceden unprecedented, and it is dangerous. this goes beyond any single vote for any supreme court nominee. this is an abdication of the senate's responsibility under article 2, section 2, of the constitution to provide advice and consent on supreme court nominations, which the president shall appoint, shall nominate. senate republicans want to keep the supreme court vacant for more than one year. they want this vacancy to continue for more than one year. that will encompass two terms of the supreme court. this is demeaning to the institution of the supreme court, unfair to millions of americans who rely on that court to resolve important legal questions. in the coming days, the president will name a

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[booing] i am a member of the senate committee on the environment and the senate committee on energy and i have talked to scientist all over this country, and all over the world. so, let me tell you, in south carolina, regardless of what your leaders may tell you, climate change is real. [applause] sen. sanders: climate change is caused human activity. [applause] change isrs: climate already doing devastating harm in this country and around the world. that is the fact. [applause] let -- sen. sanders: let me tell you something else, in terms of what science has said, they say that if we do not get our act together and a very short window of opportunity, this planets, by the end of this century, is going to be 5-10 degrees fahrenheit warmer, more droughts, more floods, more extreme weather disturbances, more a certification of the ocean. more rising sea levels, more international conflict as people fight over limited natural resource is. now, let me tell you this, as well. the reason that republicans refuse to recognize the scientists, is not because they are done, not because they can

the say told a senate committee it will take up to three years before combat posts are fully integrated. they also say they will not lower standards to bring women into more grueling types of jobs. a denver broncos player that made the trip to san francisco for the super bowl has been sent home. ryan murphy, who was listed on the team's practice squad, has been questioned in a prostitution sting, but released by police. it happened on tuesday in a motel parking lot. his brother and a suspected prostitute were cited in the operation. broncos coach, gary kubiak, said in a statement that it was better for the prepare for the murphy. we sometimes nice weather we have friends and family up north. now, there's a marketing scheme built around that idea in chicago. every wednesday, several uber cars will be wrapped in advertisements and given free rides. it's all a part of the "warm up wednesdays." riders will be given prizes and a 360- degree tour of pinellas county's most famous attractions with virtual reality goggles. just to compare, the high in chicago today will be 40, the high in st. pe

who were some of the other senators on this committee? donald: this was the senate foreign relations committee. you had senator john sparkman of alabama, previously a vice presidential candidate, george mcgovern, an up-and-coming senator from south dakota. , one of wayne morris the two votes against the gulf of tonkin resolution. -- aave people like republican from iowa, who was a supporter of the war. or you have george aiken, who is a skeptic about the war, but not a hard-line skeptic. so you really have a whole range of people who support the administration, people who oppose the administration, people who are willing to trust the president, give the president a bipartisan foreign-policy, people who feel the president has led the country off the side of a cliff, that this is a disaster and he should never have done this, congress should never have given up their right to declare war, and so you have those senators asking questions of all the witnesses, the witnesses in favor of the war, the witnesses who are opponents of the war, being

he was chairman of the senate judiciary committee. he gave a long speech in which this is an excerpt. he said the senate judiciary over. consider not scheduling confirmation hearings on the nomination until after the political campaign season is over. action on the supreme court nomination must be put off untie the election campaign is over. that's the biden benchmark. the reid rule the schumer standard than the biden benchmark rate i read a statement from the vice president that he issued after he saw this ole miss clip and his statement has been made public. the he quite conveniently said this is not an accurate description of my views on the subject. is that t well, i think the words are pretty clear. i think we might have said is that these are no longer my views on the subject because of course you would like president obama to be able to make that nomination. so i want to reject this myth that many of our democratic colleagues are spreading that what we are doing here and now is somehow unprecedented. quite the contrary. what we

bring different views together with the same objective but dealing with 100 members of the senate and our committee we have different views. to harmonize that to get legislation done takes a great deal of talent in he has to bring the bill to united states senate to get overwhelming support to advance national security interest. as the chairman of the east asia as a committee he understood the importance of north korea and the nuclear weapon program and that impact it has when east asia is a particular concern to develop the leadership to have the international coalition because of its conduct. they key to the senator to introduce that original bill and to bring together legislation as a proper role for congress. >> this represents but congress needs to do we are the policy makers and pass a law then we have the executive branch that is critically important with foreign policy in we enable those tools to carry out to. congress speaks with the clear voice in the intimidation in the human rights violations in to use the strongest possible measures that type of conduct. the legislation before us in th

he felt johnson had misused him and he chose to convene public hearings of the senate foreign relations committee to investigate the war. he called it educational hearings. it was controversial just to have them public. the administration wanted them to only testify in closed-door sessions. senator fulbright got the rest of the committee to agree to a public hearing. the secretary of state does testify in public, the secretary of defense does not. it was not just people who supported the war -- he invited the opponents of the war as well. up to that point, and was just college students picketing or soapbox orators. they did not have stature. senator fullbright gave them stature that shocked the antiwar establishment. president johnson was furious and decided spur of the moment he would fly to honolulu and hold a special summit with general westmoreland who happened to be taking rest and relaxation in hawaii, and he would call the prime minister of south vietnam to meet him there. he decided this so quickly that some of his top aides were literally out to lunch. when they got back they discovered

i want to thank the members of the committee and senator menendez particularly for working together to come up with a strong bipartisan solution to what is the problem with north korea. i would like to thank house foreign affairs committee chairman ed royce for his years of tireless work and dedication on this issue. having served with chairman royce in the house for a number of years i know his passion and commitment to bringing peace to the peninsula. this legislation comes at a critical time. those of you who saw the news this morning woke up to a story where another top military official in the kim jong-un regime was anasinated by kim jong-un. following a long -- assassinated -- following a long list of those who have been tortured, including his own uncle and those killed by guns from the air. north korea poses a threat to south korea, japan, and to the homeland. our policies are determined to forget the maniac kim jong-un. north korea conducted a satellite launch which was a ballistic missile capable of reaching the u.s. mainland. on january 6th, north korea conducted its third n

claire: jack, there's a proposed bill that just passed into the senate education committee all focused on preventing and being able to diagnose concussions in what legislators are calling "collision sports". one of those sports? you got, wrestling. this sport is the main reason senator tod bowman authored the bill -- he's proposing that every home team has an athletic trainer, doctor or physical therapist present at every varsity collision sporting event. other collision sports are football, girls and boys soccer, lacross, and hockey. if a concussion occurs- trainers have 48 hours to report it to a-d's. making sure schools are doing the most they can to keep student athletes safe. the goal is this bill to increase quality of injury assessments to number of life long debilatating injuries" claire: now this bill- again requiring athletic trainers to be present at every varsity collision sporting event- passed the senate subcommittee monday. next it will hit the senate education committee. biggest challenge for the bill? this would be an unfunded mandate. meaning no help from the state, c

the bill rolled through another senate committee thursday. more than 13,000 rape kits around the state remain untested according to the florida department of law enforcement. the bill looks to standardize kit testing procedures and speed things up. >> the data collected show s that we have the opportunity in florida to help thousands of victims. there were 13,435 rape kits that were backlogged and untested. testing those kits would provide valuable evidence that would help law enforcement and >> the legislation has one more senate committee to clear. >>> are you looking for a way to make your special someone swoon this valentine's day? >> how about taking tips from the pros? we will show you the moves that make the animal kingdom go wild. >> and when you have diabetes, what should you eat? we will show you the top foods straight ahead. >> well, no freeze warnings for the upcoming night. it will actually be quite cool this evening but not as cold. we are headed into a slow warming trend despite a cold fronted expected for saturday. a very nice

raised millions of dollars for the democratic senate committee. one end i'm criticized because i'm not strong enough and then raising money for the democratic committee to make sure they regain control of the senate. but no, i do not go and raise money for the financial institutions. >> dickerson: when you write letters for the campaigns why do you think they're giving money if not for the expectation that by your thinking and roping they might have some influence over you? >> john, the people i am writing to are contributing 25, 0, 40 dollars. if anybody doesn't know the contribution of 30 or $40 or super pac which races millions of dollars from wall street, then frankly we don't know what is going on in politics today. my letter that i sent out to millions of people was designed to bring in low donations. low dollar donations. very, very different. from appealing to wall street or big money interests. >> dickerson: the final question, you've dismissed some of the issues that the press has tried to raise about hillary clinton, her e-mails, for exa

the committee is failing the people of iowa and the nation. but to the senator from iowa, i stress, i plead, don't continue down this path. rejected this record-setting obstruction and simply just do your job. the powerful chairman of the judiciary committee. >> mr. president, every member of the senate stands in the well of the some of their elected and takes an oath of office. that oath of office required by the constitution is our statement to not only the people we represent but to the nation that we will uphold and defend the constitution of the united states. article ii, section two of that constitution empowers the president and those powers include the president's power to fill vacancies on the supreme court. it's not permissible language, the word shall can be found in this paragraph. it basically says that the president of the united states shall nominate and blind -- by advice and consent of the senate shall appoint judges of the supreme court. for the first time in the history of the united states of american, the senate republicans are prepared to d

committee. the minority leader came to the floor to disparage the work of the senate judiciary committee and also disparage the work of the senate as a whole. he does from, as time to time, he launched into a personal attack against me. that's ok. i don't intend to return the favor. i love senator reid. then't want to talk about nuclear option and the tremendous damage that that did to the senate. over the years and years that the democrat senators had to endure his leadership without even being able to offer an amendment. we have the story about one democrat senator who was defeated in the last election. chance to get a vote on an amendment of his during the whole six years that he was in the u.s. senate. we all know that's just how some people act when they don't get their way. but childish tantrums aren't appropriate for the senate. i think that if my friend, senator biden, had been in the chamber today, he would have said, as you heard him say so many times, that's a bunch of malarkey. i did not come to the floor today to talk about the minority leader. i did, however, want to follow-up on my

committee yesterday. a harder time today in front of the senate banking committee?as a lot of back-and-forth about interest paid on excess reserves yesterday. has a huge effect on the way the fed conducts its business. what we are likely to hear more of today with the senate is from the democrat from ohio, sharon have and david vitor strange romance about community banks. they will likely ask her a lot about easing conditions in dodd frank for community banks which has said they are having trouble lending because the regulatory burden. expected or more about that today. betty: we are playing her comments about negative rates and the possibility in the u.s. she set of something we will look at. what kind of reaction did that get? trying toe are all dig into this to figure out whether or not it's legally possible. it's not clear that the federal reserve can charge banks interest on the excess reserves. what got her attention is she said she looking into it but it's not completely clear that it is legal. betty: thank you so much. it looks like the fed chair is now taki

even nominees whose confirmations were voted down by the senate judiciary committee, ultimately received a vote by the full senate. that's the precedent that matters. the american people i think aren't deeply interested in what this senator said two years ago or what that senator said two decades ago. this back and forth he said, she said rhetoric is exactly what they've sadly come to expect from this congress but not why they sent us here. it's not just our constituents who are watching. around the world believers in a democratic system of government, in a system of separation of powers in our constitutional framework, some of whom have risked life and limb to bring democracy to their countries are watching. those who believe democracy can't work and who advance that argument around the world are watching, too. mr. president, at stake in this debate is not just a key vote on the supreme court but more importantly a key indicator of whether our american experiment can still function. over the past two-plus centuries, our experiment in democracy has not just survived but even thrived but

we had a very constructive hearing last week in the senate finance committee about this legislation, this approach. senator hatch said he hopes the bill would move very soon. i hope the bill will move very soon. it's very, very important. here's what it does. the bill authorizes medicare when it discovers, when medicare discovers a beneficiary is obtaining multiple prescriptions well beyond what any individual should appropriately have. then medicare would have the authority to require that person to get their prescriptions in the future from one doctor and get it filled at one pharmacy. it's called locked in because you're locked into a single doctor, you're locked into a single pharmacy. and that in one step would go a very, very long way to making it very, very difficult to commit this kind of fraud or to accidentally obtain more prescriptions than you ought to have. mr. president, this procedure is not a new concept. it already exists in medicaid. it's used every day in medicaid to protect innocent people from excessive prescriptions and to protect taxpayers from fraudulent abuse.

the u- s senate judiciary committee also said it will not hold hearings on any supreme court nominee until the next president is sworn in. 3 a string of bb gun shootings is causing a stir among neighbors in colerain township. police believe someone has been driving around randomly shooting with bb guns or an air soft gun.they've been targeting parked cars.it's been happening over the past three weekends.some of the vandalism has happened in the northbrook neighborhood along niagra. 3 50:40 a couple of our neighbors came out and said that a car across the street, two cars across the street had their windows shot out. we called the police obviously. we needed to file a report and they came and told us that there's nine other people that reported someone shooting out their windows. 50:56 police say the incidents are widespread throughout the township.witnesses saw a white sedan leaving from the shootings.police think the car is a pontiac grand am. 3 the man killed in a suspected heroin- related crash on monday.. had a history of drug abuse. michael gilliam was flipped on 275.. near 471.

a fracking bill is in the appropriations committee in the senate. opponents hope it the committee. if you're looking for a job, you'll want to pay attention to this. thirty-five top companies including disney world, and insurance are looking to hire at a today. they will be interviewing at the event pavilion from 10 this morning until 2. organizers say if you're planning to go bring plenty of copies of your resume and research the companies that appeal to you. you can find more information and tips on our website, w-t- s-p dot com. the denver broncos and the carolina panthers will take a day off today and then get back to practice on wednesday. they may need the rest after meeting with dozens of reporters. the nfl turned its traditional media day into a prime time opening night to the super bowl. the nfl wanted to take away some of the crazy antics seen in years past but there were still costumes and of course light hearted questions for the players. remember you can catch the super bowl right here on 10 news and c-b-s on sunday. you may not be able to bank on his prediction, but i

[applause] i am a member of the senate committee on the environment and the senate committee on energyver the world. the debate is over climate change israel. -- is real. [applause] it is caused by human activity. it is already doing devastating harm in america and all over the world. we have a moral responsibility to future generations to stand up to the fossil fuel industry, to transform our energy system away from fossil fuels to energy efficiency and sustainable energy. [applause] now i have been criticized for saying that the united states should join every other major country on earth, the u.k., france, germany, holland, scandinavia, canada, every country on earth in guaranteeing health care to all people as a right. [applause] as tina pointed out the affordable care act has done a lot of good things, but we have got to go further. today in america 29 million people, zero health insurance. many of you are underinsured with high deductibles and copayments. we pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. in fact we are getting ripped off right and left by the

it will now go to the senate education committee. we'll have much more on this bill... coming up later on in the show. " when we come back... we'll hear from iowa senator chuck grassley... who is continuing to speak out against president obama ... hear why ... after the break ... scott: we'll have... abc9 news this morning... with ... lukas voss... and meteorologist scott larson.. this is abc9 news this some cloudy skies on this thursday morning. visibility is low in northern and eastern siouxland with some light fog which has spread through the region. temperatures are in the 30s throughout the area and most spots are above freezing. the planner displays highs getting into the lower 50s. the stormcast hd shows than normal temperatures. today's high is 52 with mostly cloudy skies. tonight's low is 39 and it'll be mostly clear and comfortable. tomorrow's high is 61 with sunshine. it'll be warm and windy. here's a glance at your full 7 day forecast. lukas scott: low in northern and eastern siouxland with some light fog which has spread temperatures are in the 30s throughou

elias: republican members of the senate judiciary committee have sent a letter to senate majority mitch mcconnell indicating they will withhold consent of a supreme court nomination, and will not hold hearings until a new president is sworn in. the committee has 20-members, with an republcian majority. iowa senator chuck grassley is the current chairman, with presidential candidate senator ted cruz also a member of the committee. the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door... sabrina: speaking of the next president...donal d trump has won a third state in a row in the road to the gop presidential nomination. the presidential hopeful claimed victory in nevada last night, reinforcing his frontrunner status. ted cruz and marco rubio once again tied for second behind the real- estate mogul. elias: number four... elias: with a jury finally seated, the trial of alexander fazzino began tuesday, as he faces first degree murder charges in the death of his wife, emily. each side began with opening statements state proseuction painting emily on the roadto recovery, saying the wee

ed: republicans of the senate judiciary committee say there will be no hearing for an obama supreme court nominee. that statement coming today after a closed-door meeting between senator lindsey graham and majority leader mitch mcconnell. this comes after the death of justice antonin scalia. heather: joining us live from mike: david ortiz spoke every single syllable from the heart. whether he was coached, trust me, he was not. he spoke fondly for this series . he says he feels the frustration that red sox fans feel after every loss. he was asked a number of times the chances of changing his mind. no chance. mike: i think i am ready. -- david: i think i am ready. we have had a long season. i' m planning on winning. i know it can be , and i am going mike: coming up at 5:00, how big papi plans to handle his season. we will see you then. ed: president obama following through on a 2008 campaign promise, unveiling plans to shut down the u.s. prison at guantanamo bay. prisoners would be moved to a new facility in the united states, but he did not say where. u.s. officials say the facility would

this weekend on american hearings., vietnam from february 1966, the senate foreign relations committee turned by senator j william fulbright gives equal time to critics of the war and numbers of the johnson administration in hearings televised live to the nation. here is a preview. >> general taylor has been very much involved in american vietnam policy from the beginning. president kennedy sent him to vietnam in 1961 to look at the situation. taylor said it was a dire situation. we do not believe the south vietnamese government could defend itself and americans would have to get involved. he saw americans sending naval support and air support. general taylor did not, as an army general, do not believe u.s. combat troops should ever be sent to vietnam. he was totally opposed to that. taylor was a lawyer soldier -- loyal soldier. he supports with the johnson administration is doing because and's we know his telegrams his telephone conversations with the president republic record, we know he a great reservations about sending ground troops. he believed the u.s. should draw the line and o

he was chairman of the senate judiciary committee. he gave a long speech in which this is an exerpt. the senate judiciary committee should consider not scheduling confirmation hearings on the nomination until after the campaign season. it should be put off until after the election campaign is over. that's the biden benchmark. i read a statement from the vice afterent that he issued he saw this old news clip. this is not an accurate view, not an accurate description of my views on the subject. think the words are pretty clear. what he might've said is that these are no longer my views on the subject because he would like president obama to be able to make that nomination. i want to reject this myth. that many of our democratic thatagues are spreading what we're doing here and now is somehow unprecedented. what we're are doing is what the democrats top leadership has abdicated in the past. who do they think we are? that we are going to abide by a different set of rules? how ridiculous would that be. i could not explain that to my constit

the senate judiciary committee has the first say in confirming a nominee from the president. so senator grasasey has a big say on future of empty supreme court seat. when asked if he would consider a nominee from the president he wasn't very decisive. (senator chuck grassley) "i said we'll take it a step at a time." he also said he's concerned keeping the court balanced. (senator chuck "i think we have that balance issue now pretty well defined and four conservatives and one moderate. " iowan and former public defenender jane kelly is on the shortlist for potential replacements.... grassley supported nomination to the u.s appelate court. he said the issue is idividual. (senator chuck grassley) feelings about miss. kelly but that's if i said anything just about her then we'd get back to the individual and this isn't about that individual this is about the process and it's about people voice in the process. " despite the opposition, president obama say he intends to do his job, which includes appointing supreme court justices, until his term is up next year. " (jenna) fred, it's

chairman biden said the senate judiciary committee should wait until after the political campaign season. . . number of negative votes in the senate. again, the same is true today. president obama's appointments of sonia sotomayor and elena kagan, for example, are both among the top five most-opposed supreme court nominees in history -- or should i say appointees in history. third, then-chairman biden noted that the presidential election process had already begun. once again, that is the case stayed. in fact, we've had a lot of votes. that's the case today with voters in numerous states having already cast ballots. and other states going to cast ballots probably before the nomination occurs. fourth, chairman biden said that the confirmation process itself had become increasingly divisive. this criterion strikes me as ironic given its source. after all, senate democrats are responsible for provoking the so-called confirmation wars with the political and ideological inquisition used to defeat the supreme court nomination of robert bork and the despicable smear tactics used against the nomi

that's why a senate committee has introduced a bill to repeal the system... the bill would immediately give termination notices to the three private managed care companies. it's expected to be approved in the committee monday, then later, approved on the senate floor... but house republicans say there is no point having the house debate a bill facing a certain veto. i'm just really disappointed. a year ago, when this topic came up, we were making sure we had a safety net in place and really all along the way we've been using people to sabotage this whole idea. the medicaid program serves 560 thousand low income and disabled iowans. the governor pushed for the private system to control costs, but the transition was delayed until march first due to several issues. iowa school leaders say education funding should also be a priority this year... what we need to do as a community and what we need to do as a society is really standup and let people know that cutting into education is not the right step in the future. every dollar we take away from the schools effec

helps the congressional press office to work together with the communications staff of the senators and their committees. their fingerprints can be found on nearly every part of the senate's business. the periodical press gallery facilitates key parts of the senate business, including press access, print and digital media planning, security protocols and communications across countries of thousands of media platforms. for over 15 years, one man has been at the helm of this exceptionally fine team. his name is ed peskey. after graduating from loyola university in 1990, ed began working in the senate periodical press gallery. during his 26 years of service, ed has always acted with warmth and professionalism. as the news industry transitioned from sole dependence on print traditional mediums to a thriving combination of print and digital media, ed ensured the senate press gallery was not left behind. he created the first web site for the periodical press gallery way back in 1999 and developed a social media communication program since then. it has been a trailblazer in the news industry and principal lead

chairman biden said the senate judiciary committee should wait until after the political campaign season. . . number of negative votes in the senate. again, the same is true today. president obama's appointments of sonia sotomayor and elena kagan, for example, are both

committee. several measures are coming down to the wire to survive. one bill expected to pass the senate judiciary committee would address racial profiling in law enforcement. this comes after accusation made national headlines in places like ferguson, missouri and baltimore, maryland. the bill would standardize the collection of law enforcement racial data and provide further training for police officers. an expanded medical marijuana bill passed the house commerce committee. the bill will let iowans make, sell and distribute cannabis oil in the state. originally, the house bill called for the state department of health to issue licenses to 4 cannabis manufacturers and 12 dispensers. the new version reduces that to 2 manufactures that could also dispense cannabis oil. the old version also allowed doctors to prescribe cannabis oil for more than 10 conditions. 3... m-s, terminal cancer, and severe epilepsy. this version passed 17-6 as many lobbying groups have been lining up for and against the bill. cannabis oil is technically legal to use in iowa now for help with chronic epilepsy. it's

we have to cut something else, take away from something else the bill will move to the senate full committee next week. today state senators voted to the delivery of medicaid services... but this is likely as far as it will go. governor branstad says privatizing iowa's medicaid system will save the state tens of millions in a matter of months... last year, three national chosen to manage take over on government stepped in and decided that is now scheduled to begin on march 1-st...but senate democrats argue even that will be rushing it. democratic senator pam jochum argues iowa's "most vulnerable citizens" will be hurt. 11:14:50 "this isn't ready. and i'm not going to even blame the department, or all the people who have worked really hard to try and make this thing work and be implemented. the governor gave them unrealistic goals and expectations to meet. and they're not being met yet." :01-:21 the republicans in charge of the house chose not to take up the bill... partly on house chose not to take up the bill... partly on principle, and partly because they say governor branstad would just v

. >>> a state senate committee moved forward with new tougher restrictions on abortion provider today. the measure strips state funding from my group that provides abortion services. ban on abortion procedures. florida investigated planned parenthood but found no wrong doing. >>> in the past 30 minutes we learned the woman who is accused of killing her father will not be charged in the case. our cameras were there when david bucan was hauled off to jail. he's accused of stabbing 81-year-old jeremy gresham. bucan received a medical work up in custody today and will face a judge tomorrow. >>> slot machines could be headed to brevard county after a seminole gaming compact was allowed. if county voters approve they can be added. >>> state troopers are looking for a jeep cherokee that may be probable for a deadly hit and run on monday. 39-year-old jogging when a vehicle hit him along satellite boulevard and took off. it's a 1993 to 1998 light gray jeep cherokee with damage to the front left. >>> apple is fighting a judge's order to hack into the iphone belonging to one of the san bernardin

by then, all senate bills must make it out of house committees and vice versa. an iowa city woman is pushing for new legislation that would increase the punishment for peeping toms. the bill is scheduled for debate in the full senate. the bill passed committee this week when university of iowa police arrested 23-year-old robert hightower. they say he videotaped a woman in the shower at burge hall. ruth lapointe says in 2012, 66-year-old elwyn miller put holes in the ceiling and floor of her iowa city apartment to spy on her. police then found four similar peep holes in other apartments. miller spent 5 months in jail, paid a 6-thousand dollar fine and had to register as a sex offender. a peeping conviction requires the victim be partially nude and the suspect be aroused while spying on their victim. lapointe says proving that others in the apartment. ""it was hard for me and the other victims to have to describe the fact that our landlord was or was not aroused and knowing that his guilt was resting on that was burdensome." senate bill 21-85 drops those requiremen

a special report on this morning's hearings by the senate's foreign relations committee. >> report here is our washington news correspondent. >> the senate foreign relations committee resumed with george kennan as its witness. considered an extra he displayed firsthand knowledge on asian affairs. criticalpected to be of americans and the administration's policy and tactics in south vietnam. in his opening comments, he warned against impossible goals and escalation of american involvement. >> a precipitous and disorderly withdrawal could create a disservice to our own interests and even world peace, differences that might have been resolved by our failure to engage in the first place. this is a reality which if there is to be any peaceful resolution will have to be recognized by the more critical of our friends and our adversaries. time, i have great misgivings about any deliberate expansion of hostilities on our part directed to the achievement of something called victory. if by the use of that term we envisage the complete disappearance of the recalcitrance with which we are now faced,

jan: that's then-senate judiciary committee chairman joe biden, who in 1992 suggested he was just fine with blocking any election year nominees when president george h.w. bush was in the white house. >> president bush should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors and not name a nominee until after the november election is completed. jan: the current judiciary committee chair, republican chuck grassley, immediately agreed to what he called the biden rules. >> in his heart of hearts, he understands why this senate must do what he said it must do in 1992. jan: with president obama poised to move the court to a liberal majority, republicans are vowing to block any nominee. democrats, like senate minority leader harry reid, are questioning their motives. to delegitimize president obama. jan: but democrats like reid, even then-senator obama, have blocked or tried to block