state picking a presidential candidate this weekend. republican primary voters sizing up the candidates in south carolina today - we'll take a look at who came out ahead. and here's a look at photos from the caucuses today, sent in to our newsroom. we'll continue to bring you the latest on the results here in the silver state. a ridge of high pressure will slowly and western nevada this weekend, becoming more pronounced early next week. it will remain dry through most or all of next week. afternoon temperatures warm to above average by sunday to 14 degrees above average by the middle of next week. && .short term... very few changes made to the inherited short term forecast today. a mid/upper wave moves through tonight with increased high clouds during the evening. these clouds should thin out by sunday morning. another weak short wave moves east just north of the forecast area sunday evening into monday morning. while forcing this feature there could be sufficient lift to produce a few sprinkles or flurries near the oregon border sunday evening. e

trump campaign was never a reason for this in the first place. >> state republican party chair says the pledge was pulled because the democratic controlled state board of elections changed the language in the original statement. >> if they want to keep our form they could have done that. jeff: the state election board will decide if the pledge with the early voting and absentee ballots will stay or go. in the meantime, they're waiting for an answer. >> presidential election. we expect a lot of exciting things this year. jeff: they fought back about the wording of the pledge saying the they are blaming democrats for the pledge saga is the stunt that trump would do. the state board of election is in the the process of planning emergency meeting to decide what will happen next with the pledge. jeff goldberg, abc7 news. maureen: thank you. coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- it's now called international emergency. if number of people the world health organization says could be infected with the zika virus next year. >> tiny houses were the topic at the wilson building. i'm mike carter-conn

state republicans unveil their 100- billion dollar budget. both chambers of the republican- controlled general assembly released their state budget proposals sunday. the house's budget includes a 3-percent raise for state workers... the senate has proposed a 2- percent raise... which matches what governor mcauliffe outlined in his budget proposal. both the house and the senate have recommended more spending on education than the governor. they're also asked schools for more flexibility when it comes to using to the money. both chambers also rejected the governor's idea to lower the state's corporate income tax... along with expanding medicaid. the newly proposed budgets also include items related to the closing of catawba hospital. we'll have reaction from a local leader tonight at six. a local outlet store that closed in 2007...is reopening in roanoke. orvis ... an outdoor retailer store along blue hills drive march first. it will be located in the current warehouse on blue hills drive -- which will soon be the only orvis distribution center

state. republican presidential hopeful donald trump will be campaigning in florence today. he's holding a "trump for president" rally at the florence civic center. the event starts at seven and doors open at five. the campaign stop comes just weeks before the g-o-p first- in-the-south primary... set for february 20th. trump is coming off a second place finish in the iowa caucuses. and even though he didn't win in iowa... trump still has a good shot to take new hampshire. according to a new poll... trump is leading the field of republican candidates with 29-percent the next three candidates are in a statistical tie for second. it shows senator marco rubio with support from 18-percent of likely republican primary voters in new hampshire. senator ted cruz received 13-percent support ... ... governor john kasich, 12-percent ... and jeb bush, 10-percent. the next pack of candidates is well behind... with governor chris christie and carly fiorina pulling just four-percent support in new hampshire. the poll also found that about a third of likely republican primary voters in new h

. >> state republicans are now calling on the senator to resign. we have not yet heard back from him today. we're live in canton, john atwater, wcvb. governor. our live team coverage continues. live from the statehouse where the governor is weighing in. >> yeah, the governor has said he's long been troubled by the relationships that senator joyce has with some of his constituents. last month, baker called for the state ethics commission to investigate the senator. just a few minutes ago when he met the media, charlie baker stopped short of saying he should resign. >> the voters get make the recall with respect to whether someone is allowed to continue to be serve or not on election day and i think that's probably as it should be. but as i said, the issues that were raised here were troubling to begin with, and obviously, there is now a pretty aggressive ongoing investigation, and i see where that goes. >> as john atwater was saying, state republican party are calling on senator joyce to resign but as you heard the governor saying let's let the inve

states. for republicans the idea of bringing terror suspects is the u.s. is a non starreder. >> quaum l guantanamo is being emptied. we shunt release those that re joined the battlefield. >> obama argued moving detainees to a supermax prison will save up to 85 million a year. he says cases such as boston marathon bomber showed the u.s. can and does convict and encars rate terrorists in new york. >> we are holding terrorists in the united states. we threw the book at them. we have managed it just mine. >> there's one thing she didn't mention, something the white house doesn't talk about. the president, as lame duck could issue an executive order and bring the remaining detainees to u.s. gaol. closing it in defiance of the congress. >>> dead on arrival. that's how republicans described the president's plan >>> president obama nose he has an uphill fight when it comes to getting republicans on board to close guantanamo, and admitted as much today. >> and in congress i recognise in part because of there's a fair amount of opposition to closing guantanamo. if r

> reporter: maybe you noticed republican canidates wrapping up intensity ahead of this week's south carolina primaries. there is a reason, south carolina is a pivotal state in the republican primary process. iowa and new hampshire allocate delegates proportionately. even though ted cruz won iowa and donald trump won new hampshire all six canidates won delegates. in south carolina the state divides 21 delegates in state congressional districts. get all three delegates and you get all districts. whoever wins the state overall 2008 john mccain lead the way with 33% of the vote and got 79% of the delegates. in 2012 newt gingrich won with 40% of the vote and got 92% of the delegates. in 2008 and 2012 south carolina was stripped of delegates because it move the primary forward. this year the state is following all primary rules and has all delegates back. that gives south carolina 50 delegates as much as iowa and new hampshire combined and that's why it matters. >> this could be ben carson's last stand. if jeb bush doesn't come ahead of marco rubio the florida governor could be out as well making it a four-man race towards super tuesday. >>> republicans are fo

gun law advocates say they )re not happy with a deal governor terry mcauliffe made with state republicans. approved. but it would reverse an order from the attorney general. under it --the commonwealth wouldn t have recognized concealed carry permits from 25 states -- including north carolina. it does take steps to take guns away from people with protective orders and would allow for more voluntary background checks at gun shows. advocates say the governor gave up too much. outcue: ".. " duration:0:00 jeanette richardson -- wants tougher gun laws 04:44 definite betrayal. he was the last person i expected to go back on this deal in an interview in washington d-c --governor mcauliffe defended the deal -- saying he had to compromise. he says the deal will save lives.a a young boy who went viral for his homemade sports jersey is now getting recognized by his [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] coughing disrupts everyone's life. that's why so many people are turning to delsym for longer lasting cough relief. delsym has an advanced time release formula that helps silence coughs for a fu

the state's republican caucuses get underway... and tracie potts reports...some candidates just wrapped up rallies a presidential candidate :00-:06"the men and women in this room have a national bully pulpit." a final late night push to win nevada. presidential candidate :09-:12"this guy is sick, there's something wrong with this guy." the latest poll shows donald trump with a 16 point lead over ted cruz. "the establishment of the fact that within a couple of weeks donald trump could be unstoppable." not all voters are convinced: "i just think he has turned this whole thing into a circus." fresh off his second place finish in south carolina, marco rubio is hoping to score here: presidential candidate :34-:38"we can't win. if we nominate someone, if we nominate someone that half the republican party hates." "i again don't know what makes trump supporters are going to peel off of him and go to someone else." john kasich is seeing protests after signing off to defund planned parenthood in ohio. "i found his comments today to be comple

republican camp. all the western states walked out. montana, utah, nevada, idaho, colorado all walk out of the convention. one of mckinley's strongest sudden supporters, the only republican senator from the south prichard of north carolina almost walked out because the pool of the free silver issue. this issue split the republican party. he does so with the help of how utterly whose the former head of the largest labor union in america and he gives a speech in york sponsored by the new york mckinley league and begins to describe from this raucous crowd at cooper union what's important to have a currency backed by gold rather than a currency backed by silver. >> host: so we have our two nominees, their two positions. how does each man campaign? >> guest: percival bryan has one problem he needs to do with which is he's got the support of the populist party but they nominate their own vice presidential running mate he has this problem of the status of conciliatory august the they got 1 million votes in 1892. he wants to take the democrats

state university... to hear in a one-on-one interview with keep fighting to marijuana at the federal level. and if he's elected - not enforce against marijuana sales. republican candidate donald trump has picked up an endorsement senator jeff sessions. he's one of the senate's most hard-line figures on immigration.... and the state he represents votes tomorrow. this endorsement comes on the heels of former candidate - new jersey governor chris christie - announcing his support of trump. tomorrow is super tuesday. 11 states will vote in primaries or caucuses. colorado's democrats will caucus and pick a winner. the state's republicans will hold caucuses tuesday but will not declare a statewide winner. to pump an additional one million barrels of oil per day into an oversupplied as a result, the has nosedived around 70% since mid-2014, hitting the of the big producers really hard. iran's return to the marketplace complicated the picture. and commercial construction is booming in resort towns, led sales there were aspen and snowmass village with sales topping 2-billion last year. eagle county was second, with big property deals in creek. which includes rounds out

in 2012 about 33,000 people came out to vote, and that's only about 8% of registered republican voters in this state, now gibbering in washoe county chairman of the republican party, this year completely different for you guys? >> we had a great turnout. we are looking about 15-20% in most precincts are reporting to us, voter turnout, which is more than double what we had in the last caucus. we receive little to no reports of extreme chaos. of course there is the typical confusion with the caucuses are this is only the third time having one. all in all it was a great evening for washoe county. >>reporter:excellent. little bit differently this year >> one of the big is q's -- one of the big issues we had it was chaotic in 2012. it was hectic, there's a lot of the first thing we did is we decided we needed a lot more we are 28 locations this time. the really cause people to have less of a mess, and allowed more people to get in there and cast their ballots. >>reporter:we have heard a lot -- a lot of reports of chaotic caucus sites down in clark county, why do you think washoe county differed? >> i thi

it has been a busy night for the state republican party caucus far from over and many complaining of rities across the state due to high vote are turnout. our entrance polls are providing the first indications of how things could play out in nevada. let's bring in dana bash and david chalian for more. dana dana, what are the entrance polls saying? >> we like to look at when did they decide. nevada is very hard to poll. >> these are early arrivers to the sites right now. these numbers will change throughout the course of the evening. but one really key thing that we're seeing is that nevada has fewer late deciders than we saw in iowa, new hampshire or south carolina. take a look at this. when did you decide to vote? in the last week, 31% of voters showing up to caucus sites tonight. those that decided earlier than that, 69%. so this was not as fluid of a race, dana, as we saw in iowa, no. and south carolina where it was nearly half the electorate or more than 4 this 10 said they decided in the last week. here people had really already made up their minds. >> which if the polls have bee

state senate. tom democrat in a heavily republican district. he has lobbied the legislature for limits on high-capacity gun magazines and testified for an unsuccessful bill to remove colorado's requirement that death penalty verdicts be unanimous. >>> we are just a week away from super tuesday. today several politicians and activists here in colorado stepped forward on the democrat side to endorse their preferred candidate. >> reporter: it's the final stretch heading into super tuesday. and caucus goers on the democratic side are getting an earful. >> they are working around the clock between now and tuesday. >> reporter: today the presidential campaigns for hillary clinltdon and bernie sanders both released lists of new endorsements in colorado. each campaign targeting different groups of voters. prevention advocate whose father was killed at columbine. >> she's the only candidate that appears to be willing to stand up to the gun lobby. >> reporter: she is endorsing hillary clinton. along with three other coloradans who lost their loved ones t

he's also former executive of the state republican party.ld be clear he's not supporting or endorsing any campaign in this race. it's great to see you. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you so much. good to be back. i feel like i need a shower after that intro of welcome to south carolina. >> i sort of get the sense that south carolina is a little embarrassed to be known like it's already started. joining us is a long time south carolina republican. he was communications director. he's also former executive of the state republican party. i should be clear he's not supporting or endorsing any campaign in this race. it's great to see you. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you so much. good to be back. i feel like i need a shower after that intro of welcome to south carolina. >> i sort of get the sense that south carolina is a little embarrassed to be known like that. more than that, sort of proud. >> times have changed a little bit. for many years you saw a lot of these high denyability to spread rumors about candidates. in s

as republicans make a mad dash for votes , marco rubio scored a key endorsement from the state republican governor . >> i wanted someone who would go and show my parents that the best decision i ever made for the children was coming to america. >> i am so honored that she chose to join our team. >> it's a blow to jeb bush who sought her support. bushes to with the gun was widely lampooned. mayor diblasio joined right in. at the grand reopening , the mayor tweeted this picture of a pastrami america. the wall street journal poll is coming as welcome news for ted cruz. the survey shows him with the support of 28% of primary voters ahead of donald trump. rubio is in third place in trump and cruz continue to clash. >> i am really pro-choice. trump suit cruz if he kept airing the ad to which cruz responded , you want to file a lawsuit ? you want to challenge this deformation? file a lawsuit! >> life was more said dude in the democratic race. hillary clinton led a vote rally. we present as passionate about raising jobs and income. this really is becoming a three-person race between bush, casing

the states republican primary is just ten days away. >> the democrats also focus on south carolina. tonight. and sanders has new momentum after his victory in new hampshire. that also translating into cash. sanders raised more than five million dollars for his campaign. since the primary. >> khreupb to be took the day off. preparing for what likely will >> recently traveled to areas where the virus is act i. meantime the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious disease. along with the director. met on capitol hill today to talk about what to do. about the virus. >> . we are committed to continuing to share information. as quickly as possible. with the public. and with healthcare providers. and policy makers. so that people can make the best possible decisions about health. based on the most recent and accurate data. >> . a vaccine to combat the virus will not likely be available to the public for a few years. >> watching out for your safety. with how you can protect yourself. >> . that's right. scammers are always trying to get you when you're most vulnerable. th

the state's republican primary is february 20th, and the democratic it will be a quiet and cold evening across central iowa. skies will remain partly cloudy with winds still breezy from the northwest at 5 to 15 mph. temperatures will drop to the single digits with wind chills as low as -10 by morning. clouds return on wednesday, as does a chance for light snow. the snow will start mid-morning and will continue through mid- afternoon. approximately an inch will fall across central iowa. there will be another lull in the action on thursday, but a couple more quick shots of snow are possible through the end of the week and weekend. early friday morning , some flurries are possible and then a heavier snow with a few inches is possible saturday night into sunday. temperatures return the the 30s and 40s early next week. but when they do, they need a try 7 thousand kids on a field trip. local school kids making noise at the energy's education local school kids making noise at the energy's education celebration game. iowa hosting the westchester knicks. terry whisnant gives the crowd something

they are skeptical of any maps by state republicans. supporters of the map maintain they are fair and legal but they are under federal review right now. arias a primary date made for june 7. it still needs to be approved by governor mccrory. anna: day big search is underway in fayetteville for one of two teenagers that trashed a new home and caused tens of thousands of dollars in damages. they have captured one teen and second. reporter: malicious, that is how investigators described the damage to this house for sale. you see a busted window. that is where one of the suspects got into the house. police say the vandals literally trashed just about every room. they ripped apart the kitchen. they turned on the water in the upstairs bathrooms, flooding the floor and -- the floor. they think two are responsible, but could be more. joel: also, jury selection under way on. anthony wilson right now at the anthony: his relatives watched defense and prosecution attorneys prepare for his trial. he is charged with the murder of the sean mcqueen. sh

and i encourage all palmetto state republicans to get out and vote. you can have an important voice in who i'll be making jokes about for the next four years. i think you know who my choice is. and this is still anybody's race. believe it or not, the hottest thing on social media right now is current presidential candidate and future co-op board treasurer, jeb bush. jeb knows he really needs to win south carolina, so he's bringing out the big guns, by which i mean tweeting this photo of an actual gun, with his name engraved on it. jeb is either reaching out to gun owners, or he's going to name on everything. and the the stakes could not be higher for marco rubio. in iowa, he stormed into third place. in new hampshire, he thundered inifthce.and urgiardsd afr urint otheropleeynt ne it'ing in amic day mo and arek thr ben ou na his payre is th they wilfooding, hingned. tes aofeeas,bi pnd urcurekou iamt us re itescanan.rescan item. vo: it hapso omoe e:main menu representative. representative. representative. which is why being put... relax, we got this.: .

republican activist gary tyler says the state central committee did the right thing this weekend unanimously voting to pull the plug. i think that was a mistaken idea of trying to make sure that only republicans that is a baby and our nominating process the state's gop as talked about a pledge for years and this past september officially signed off the rover acquired those voting in the republican primary to promise to vote for the republican nominee in the fall but many feared this would alienate independents by all means we won independence to be involved the pledge also drew national attention republican frontrunner donald trump sent a flurry of tweets calling it bad and suicidal for the republicans old dominion university political professor jesse richmond says the pledge runs contrary to the state's open primary you're going to have an open primary here to make people sign that they are a republican to hold people to their word on and knowing you should be able to well a board of elections told the officials are meeting with the attorney general this week to figure out what to do about

last september, the state republican party approved a nine-word statement to sign. y signature below indicates i am a republican. in december g.o.p. front-runner donald trump blasted the pledge on twitter implying it would shut out independent voters e, a key portion of trump support. so the state party dropped the pledge this weekend saying it's not because of donald trump but because the democratic controlled state board of elections changed the language they wanted. trump campaign does not see it that way. republicans said what is the purpose of the pledge. it doesn't make sense. >> they were never a reason for this. i want the most turn-out we could have. jeff: democrats are fuming. the state republican party blames them for the change in course. we have their strong reaction at 6:00. why this proposal to get rid of the pledge is not yet a done deal. until then life in the newsroom. michelle: thank you, jeff. i was thinking yes. i hadn't made it to the car wash. doug: rain could help. wednesday, the rain will definitely do it. this is melting off. more melting wi

>> i think the party was just encouraged to vote in the republican caucus where the party focus was and the state party wanted republicans to vote in their caucus and any time anyone is talking about manipulation of voting process that's concerning but over all people democrats like to claim the prize they are reaching out to minorities but what has the try to reach out to those same voters? >> absolutely. the republican party has been here year around reaching out to all communities and we have, we have a great hispanic engagement program and we've been engaging with the asia-pacific americans and the state party has staff doing caucus trainings they did a hispanic training last week saying with the asian pacific americans it's been a great effort and they're going in to their communities and talking to them at church and at their homes and reaching scpowt we've seen a lot of feedback. >> speaking of the general elections and what is left to be done, i know a lot of work so where does the party turn its focus now? >> the party already has several staff on the field and they're going to continue

state. republican 20-16 presidential candidates are trying to reach voters in nevada before the caucuses tomorrow with just five candidates left in the race. bus riders in illinois are lucky to be alive this morning after their megabus caught fire, then exploded on its way from chicago to minneapolis. and some researchers at the university of iowa say that iowans living in rural areas could soon see a dentist shortage. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara alert fofecast, kaj... we are planning on a very quiet week of weather across iowa. we'll have more clouds than sun today with highs back in the low 40s in many areas. tonight into tomorrow, an area of low pressure will pass well to our south leaving us with a continuation of dry weather and highs into the 40s. a gradual cooling trrd is likely through friday, but only down to the mid-30s for highs. by the weekend, another surge of warmer air is possible, especially by saturday with highs well up into the 40s suggested at this time. overall, aside from s

you'll have a dozen states voting next week on the republican side. you have a boat load of delegates. if you take a lot of momentum in those states you can walk out with a massive lead in the delegate states. >> there's about 600 delegates up for grabs. they got to get to 1237. everyone is a long way from that. he's in the lead with 60 plus. even a 50-delegate lead is a pretty big lead when you're talking about most of the states doing representation. wins a 50-0 win in one state when you're going to be competing in state after state even if you're winning or losing that gives you a significant lead. >> the reason why it's true for trump is we're not at the winner take off phase of this yet. they do it by congressional district. if you're scoring in congressional districts even if you're not winning you could be picking up delegates across each state. trump's support is broad. he's winning moderates. he's winning rural evangelical christians opinion he's going to be competitive in alabama or georgia. it's not like he's going to get a bunch of delegate

side, i think bernie takes vermont, massachusetts, minnesota, and hillary takes every other state. republican side. except to the point that bernie will do better. voting, so he will get some delegates regardless. and you are correct, this is super tuesday, but we have about 30 states to go. >> on that point, bernie delegates, maybe not as much as hillary, has additional burden in the superdelegates. karen: what is the difference between delegates and superdelegates? >> delegates are supporters in official positions, add-on delegates, unpledged delegates, but the belief is most of those clinton. nomination? >> you cannot. there are several things at stake there. the point is, many of these will be winner take all. , and take all of the delegates. it will make smoother sailing for him as we move forward. karen: cruz thinks he will do well in texas where there are 155 delegates, but it is proportional. if he does not do well in texas, that may not bode well for him moving on. florida winner take all, march 15. rubio is hoping >> to do well. >>but it is getting to florida. my colleagues are corr

is supporting florida senator candidates as they come to our area days, two days before the state's republican presidential primary. >>> good morning, welcome to wbtv news this morning here on this thursday morning it is 6:00 a.m., i'm john carter. >> christine: glad you're watching i'm christine sperow. our kristen miranda in the alert center live getting you headlines as news is happening. >> kristen: we have been looking at a big fire in the charleston area. getting information right now i'll he bring it to you from the alert center. >> john: on your side with several school delays this morning. this is a complete list not just select few, alleghany, ashe, avery and watauga county schools are all on a two-hour delay. there are no school closings. it is cold out there this morning, let's get things started with charlotte's most experienced morning meteorologist, here is al conklin. >> al: bouncing around with the temperature in charlotte, last hour down at 29, now at freezing mark. clear skies, take you to it, metro school camera showing clear conditions all across the charlotte metro area,

rubio is picking up a key endorsement the las vegas review-journal is endorsing him for the states republican caucus. that takes place february 23. the review-journal says they chose to back rubio because he is concerned about key nevada issues, including federal land use policies and immigration. it's two days until new hampshire voters make their decision... ....and until then - it is a fight to the finish. this weekend.... democrats hit the campaign trail hard. hillary clinton was in flint, michigan.. standing with voters in the middle of a water crisis. and senator bernie sanders.... in new hampshire.. packing in the crowds and the punches. the most important foreign policy issue in the modern history of this country was the war in iraq. i was right on that issue. hillary clinton was wrong! (big cheers her other half stayed in new hampshire.. to make the case for her. more survivors are being pulled from the rubble of an earthquake in taiwan. overnight, a little girl rescued. and a rescue at red rock. a sad day for one hiker's ((ad-lib)) celebrate chinese new year with district one! plus.

what win you the nomination. 3 it all starts with the word delegates.you see each state is alloted delegates both republican and democrat. delegates are usually party activists, party leaders or early supporters of a candidate.come primary or caucus day, depending on your state, after the popular vote is tallied...the delgates are divide up between the candidates. then...those delegates go on to the national convention and vote for your candidate on your behalf. here's where it gets weird. democrats and republicans do it differently.this year a republican candidate will need 1,237 out of 2,472 delegates to secure the party's nomination.trump is ahead with 17 delegates after iowa and new hampshire.but the democratic candidates will need 2,382 out of 4,763 delegates to become the party nominee. so you're probably thinking bernie sanders is ahead after his landslide victory in new hampshire and the tie in iowa. not so. check it out. hilary clinton is crushing the delegate game. excuse me?yeah, so this is the part where it gets complex. democrats have something called a super delegate. those fancy delegates are

state for george h.w. bush. it is more of an establishment, reliable republican state like caden says. you have nikki haley. mark santon. you could do -- he used ed td the republican legislature's budget saying they spent too much money. it's more tea party, christian conservatives and also more retirees. a much more diverse interesting state. with these five candidates, this is a car crash. >> i also think national security is going to be a big issue. and you can talk about that because, you know, i think all of these candidates are going to be put on the spot about what their plans are specifically on national security. >> and kevin madden earlier was talking about the large military population in the state of south carolina. that is going to be an importent voting bloc. >> it's the largest per capita military retyirees is in south carolina. that's the monolithic vote you can count on. it delivered john mccain a win in 2008. pretty important. i think what we're forgetting on our panel is we have a ton of nascar voters here in south carolina. people that go across all groups and they like to watch a car wre

aggressive policies of the republican-led legislature and governor pat mccrory, leader of the state republican party needs a respondent to the march. dallas woodhouse says the proven track record with voters. >> by our good policies of lower taxes, lower regulation, photo i.d., more freedom for the people of north carolina, that will be the best get out the vote tool. and we will be utilizing that. >> woodhouse says the last several years, north carolina voters have rejected the moral march most ofment. he says the demonstrate stray -- movement. he says the demonstrators do not reflect the attitude of most north carolinians. >>> two teens were recently picked up by immigration and customs enforcement. 18-year-old santos guzman and galvez were taken into custody the past month during ice raids. both teens left central america to avoid gangs. local church members fear both teens could be deported at any moment. >>> a raleigh father outfitted with handicap features had a he had his car about two miles away from his home this morning. it was damaged. no sign of the keys. our story aired and donati

republicans have their turn. doors are opening now - at caucus locations around the state. fox five's abby theodros is at one of them right now.... she joins us live from durango high school with more. caucus locations dont open until five tonight so people are slowly but surely trickling in here at durango high this process is a little different from what we saw on saturday with the democrats. there wont be crowds of people migrating to different corners of the room based on their presidential preference. instead - the republican caucus is organized around a secret ballot where you put down your candidate. organizers theyre expecting the process to last no more than 30 minutes to an hour. take a listen to fred brown with clark county's republican party on the updates they've made to this year's caucus "here in clark county doors open at 5. you can cast your ballot and go or sit around, it's pretty simple. " registered republicans in nevada who could come out to caucus today. here at durango organizers are expecting several hundred people already seen a couple trump rubio a

state of iowa came out and stood together. they put the country on notice that the media is not going to pick the republican nominee or the next president of he united states." on he democratii side, just participated in the caucus. the record however, is 239 thousand - set back in 2008. a 47 million dollar bond that would've built a new career center is denied by voters. the waterloo school bond vote required a super majority of 60 percent to paas. but after the votes were counted, only 45 percent said yes... 55 percent said no. the goal of the 35-million dollar career center was to give students more specialized training in a specific field which would likely help improve the district's graduation rate -- which is about 74- percent... coming up on kwwl, the search is on for a missing research goat. and - it's the day college football coaches either dread or excited for - it's national signing day. find out how our iowa schools did this year. "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." 7 weatherweather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: a mostly clear sky and a lighter

. >> it comes days before the state's republican primary. haley is expected to make that announcement at an event in chapen, south carolina, some say it could help rubio, facing attacks from ted cruz and jeb bush recently. donald trump and hillary clinton are leading the pack in the north carolina polls, public policy polling found that trump is leading with 29%, and cruz is in second at 19% on the on the democrat side, clinton has 52%, while her rival, bernie sanders, has 35% right now. >>> new at 5:00, south dakota could become the first state that forces public school students to use the bathroom that fits their biological sex. gay rights activists say the bill discriminates against transgender children and puts schools at risk for a lawsuit. the state legislature passed the bill yesterday. the governor is expected to sign it into law. charlotte city leaders are preparing for a long meeting controversial lgbt ordinance. 100 people are signed up to speak on the issue. council pushed the meeting start time up to 6:00, and people will be lim

state. republicans on the senate judiciary committee have said there will be no hearing on a nominee from the president. as you may recall, scalia died days ago. 12allyson: senator lindsey graham is speaking out against president barack obama's plan to close the prison at guantanamo bay, cuba. graham joined fellow republican senators john mccain and kelly ayotte. they say the plan doesn't include any information about where future detainees should be held and how these facilities would be operated. the senators say the president didn't include any costs associated with the plan or offer any protection for those who interrogate terrorists. graham says the u.s. needs a plan that sets a good example for handling future detainees. senator graham: the world is not short on people who would cut your head off without a trial. what the world needs is a leader around the value system that's stood the test of time. allyson: the senators called on their republican and democratic colleagues to come up with a better plan. will the selfie soon replace your password? how a photo of your face could help you

state? republicans maintain that the one supporter saying the change in the middle of an election is absolutely outrageous while a critic told republican lawmakers who drew the maps back in 2011 this is what you did, this is what happened, and the chaos and body? reform. one saying allowing political will always be a conflict of interest? tisha: justice is getting a lesson on the teacher tenure debate. career status has been in place for the last 35 years. in 25 -- in 2013, legislators looked into improving teacher quality by forcing them to sign a new contract every two years. steve: the dot this week looking for your thoughts about a multimillion dollar project to the area we are looking at is i-40 and aviation parkway. there is a plan on the table to spend $29 million to widen it to a four-lane median divided road. also being considered is a multi-trail through a partnership with the towns of mooresville and cary. you can have your say at a public hearing on thursday at the marshall town hall. tisha: the wake county sheriff's office is using eight high tech -- a high-tech device. the sheriff

state. gerald ford said the sitting president is a much more of a massachusetts republican, ronald reagan will probably get it. if massachusetts had been a winner-take-all state then gerald ford would have gotten all of massachusetts's delegates so the reagan people said to their friends in the massachusetts legislature, how about awarding your delegates proportionally? by awarding them proportionally ronald reagan won delegates. candidates who understand have a huge advantage so for instance barack obama went right into new york state and targeted all that african-american districts understanding correctly that he could get a delegate harvest out of those african american districts even while hillary clinton was swinging her home state of new york. this brings me to are really important point. after the first contest this is not a state by state contests in the way the of the tour college is. this is in 435 congressional districts because that is where the delegates are awarded. you can go on the republicans side where they have a lot of winner-take-all systems by district, a republican can l

we're still waiting a response from state republicans. >>> breaking news in the nevada democratic caucus. former secretary of state crucial victory over senator bernie sanders. clinton narrowly defeated sanders there in a bid for the democratic nomination. today's win gives clinton a bit of momentum heading into south carolina. two thirds of voters said they were attending the caucuses for the first time. in south carolina the polls close in less than an hour. candidates are going head to head. only six candidates are still vying for the presidential nomicaidrtcehud s r iout urfirs x- d fi fiumb lat th thrih prretthe ows muge ilw l l thtu e intshorodiut y . ifora imt s oytofuatcat morning ted! scott! ready to hit some balls? ooh! hey buddy, what's up? this is what it can be like to have shingles. oh, man. a painful, blistering rash. if you had chickenpox, the shingles virus is already inside you. 1 in 3 people will get shingles in their lifetime. after almost 3 weeks, i just really wanted to give it a shot. you know, i'm not feeling it today. talk to your doctor or pharmacist today about

i can get every vote. >> reporter: candidates like kasich can take heart from republican rules that keep these early states proportional. even without winning, they might pick up some delegates. that helped eventual republican nominee mitt romney in 2012. josh putnam, a lecturer at the university of georgia, has a blog-- frontloading hq-- which focuses on these rules. >> he wasn't worried necessarily, or his campaign was not worried about winning in mississippi or alabama or oklahoma. they just wanted to perform well enough to qualify for delegates and reduce the amount of advantage that his competitors, santorum and gingrich, got out of that. >> reporter: but there's a catch-- in two dozen states eds to reach a "reshold-e any delegates at all.y forof the >> when people think proportional, or when i say proportional, i think what people think is, well if you win 40% of the vote, you get around 40% of the delegates out of that. and that's simply not the case. >> reporter: putnam points to his own state of georgia as an example of how some delegate- rich states have a hybrid system: part proportional, part w

and just three days before the state's republican presidential primary. rubio is campaigning in south carolina. at a rally in mount pleasant earlier today he talked about his committment to veterans military "i'm not cutting defense spending when i'm president. it's the most important thing the federal government does. when i'm president, we're rebuilding the u.s. trailing donald trump and ted cruz in south carolina. he is a few points ahead of former florida governor jeb bush john kasich. on the democratic side --it looks like hillary clinton and bernie sanders will have another tight race there are basically split over the two candidates. 48-percent say they support clinton. 47-percent support sanders. the democratic caucus is saturday. all new at five-thirty - autism -- it's a disorder the government estimates impacts three million americans. but it's a topic you rarely hear about on the presidential campaign trail. some autism advocates and experts say that needs to change. ten on your side's national correspondent mark meredith has more. 00:00-00:06

it is why 23 states have republican governor in both houses, republican. eight states in addition have both houses of the legislature republican. state by state republicans are sweeping the nation because they're the lower tax party. that bothers people on the left and trump is in thecenter, right with the rest of the party, on being for lower taxes. cheryl: he is really hitting home runs with other topics. that seems to be driving him with the gop. jed 2012 gop presidential mom neat was on -- nominee with neil cavuto. he suggested there is a reason we haven't seen donald trump's tax return. listen to this. >> we have good reason to believe there is a bombshell in donald trump's taxes. >> what do you mean? >> i think there is something there. either he is not anywhere near as wealthy as he says he is or hasn't been paying the kind of taxes he was expected to pay or perhaps he isn't giving money to the vets or disabled like he has been telling us he has been doing. cheryl: that was yesterday with neil cavuto. trump responded in a tweet. here is what he said,

president of the united states before the supreme court of the united states particularly when that president was a texan, a republicanformer governor of our state and a friend. you're reading the head. [laughter] >> and yet i'm proud to say that twice i stood up before the supreme court and argued number one that the world court and the united nations has no jurisdiction over the u.s. justice system. [cheers and applause] >> and number two, that no president of the united states republican or democrat has the constitutional authority to give away u.s. sovereignty. [cheers and applause] >> and we won 6-3. [cheers and applause] >> and in the final of that case it too dropped to 5-4, so we are now one justice away from the supreme court giving away sovereignty to the world court to the united nations to international law taking away sovereignty from we the people, the american people. this election is not just one branch of government, it's two. and i believe that justice scalia's passing focused the minds on the people of south carolina and this country on what those stakes are, because we know if we elect hillary clin

states. republicans in south carolina will vote in the primary today , along with democrats in nevada who are caucusing. the candidates' final push to voters in the neck and neck race. good saturday morning, everyone, thank you so much for joining us at 5:00 a.m. on saturday, february 20. a beautiful day yesterday, only entered by some wind. -- hindered by some wind. frank: i asked people yesterday and they said, we would like a little less win. 47 in the metro and ottumwa, cooler to the north. notice the wind is not as strong and still out of the west at about 13 miles per hour in des west in lamoni at about 15. a lot less windy than yesterday. noontime, 55, and look at that, headed for 60 degrees this afternoon. changes on the way, i will tell you what is coming. alyx: it's the final countdown for voters in two states. republicans head to the polls for the south carolina primary today, while the democrats will caucus in nevada. the presidential candidates spent friday making their final appeals to voters. danielle nottingham has the latest from henderson, nevada. mr. trump: boycott apple. d

john, some are calling for the senator's resignation. >> john: the state's republican chair is calling for his resignation. but yesterday federal investigators were here at that state senator's office. they raided it and while some of his constituents were watching. wednesday night the f.b.i. and i.r.s. continued to take boxes out of state senator brian joyce's canton law office. this is all part of a federal investigation into the lawmaker. state watchdog groups have had their eyes on the senator for quite some time. on the state level, it was found he used campaign funds to pay for graduate party at his home and to lease a car for two years. we're told he remedied those issues by making a donation to a charity or reimbursing the his attorney spoke for him, saying senator joyce has been cooperating with each enquiry and believes he's done absolutely nothing wrong. now, as the feds step in, the governor says it's worth a closer look. >> all of us in public life take the fact that we have to play by the rules seriously. i was troubled by some of the issues that were raised previously wi

state on the way to the white house. after all the votes are counted republicans and democrats will swap states. republicans in nevava will caucus on tuesday and democrats in south carolina will go to the primary polls a week from today. who is still in the republican running could be dependent on what happens tonight in south news. >> shows remorse. >> jeff: and learning whether she'll lose custody of her daughter. police say she ditched her little girl as the apartment went up in flames. >> and now facing a judge after the alarming allegations. 7's elitsa bizios is live in southwest miami-dade with the details for us. elitsa? >> good news this evening is that that little girl is okay and being treated and tonight with her maternal grandmother and issuing the bond of $7500. >> you are here charged with child neglect. >> in front of the judge charged with child neglect. police report on thursday. rozelo left her 6-year-old little daughter grace inside away at 95th court. >> picking up, turning around and handed her out the window tomy partner. >> pulling her and saving her from the burning home.

state contest in the way the electoral college is. this is a contest in 435 congressional districts. that is where they are worded. i republicans can lose the state that pic of delegates and a couple districts. this is how romney won. romney wasn't having any big victory until april of 2012. and yet he was a strong enough candidate with enough organization and enough back in bed even states he was losing, he was picking up delegates. that is the name of the game. if we end up with a type based on the democratic side are a tight race for the republican side, combat march, mid-march we are going to start seeing delegate counts in the papers and that is the name of game, which brings me to the near final chapter, which is the convention. every four years, just as people ask where this crazy system comes from caucus they also asked to conventions really matter anymore? some years ago was given a talk like this most of the time mbi begins was fairly alternately in a very elderly woman came up to me and said now i understand. i said what is that you understand? she said now i understand why conventions aren't exciting anymore. when i

republican caucus. he's the only one. because this caucus and this state is freaking crazy, this is what it sounded like. this is what happened when it came down for the nevada delegation to cast their official votes for mitt romney at the republican national convention in 2012. he had won nevada. this is what happened when it came down for nevada to submit their votes for mitt romney. this is what they did. this is what happened. watch. >> in the spirit of freedom that inspired the founding of our country and in honor of the liberty that is made the united states the greatest country on earth, we proudly cast 17 votes for congressman ron paul. [ cheers and applause ] five abstentions and five for romney. [ cheers and applause ] >> and five for romney. mitt romney was the republican party's nominee. he was the only one who would get the delegate votes. nevada cast all their votes for ron paul any way. 17 votes for ron paul. republican party thought they changed the rules so that would be impossible. they fought the bound the delegates to vote for mitt romn

states. >>> republican turned out in record numbers to vote in south carolina. more than 7 hundred thousand people cast votes for the republican candidate. now, republicans will move onto nevada to caucus there on tuesday. democrats in polls one week from today. >> in the news tonight, a south florida mother crying in cuffs in court learning whether she wi lose custody of her daughter. police say she ditch daughter. pice say she ditched her little girl as their apartment went up in flames. now, she is faceing a judge after those alarming allegations. >> for a period of 5 years, we have gone together to get help. it was never provide. >>>reporter: angelica somewhat relieved, her daughter appearing before the court means shehes alive and help could be on the way. a cooking fire sparked in erika's west miami-dade apartment thursday night. her mother said she try night. her mother said she tryed to put out an oil fire with water. she and her devavaated. believing the 6 -year-old died in the fire. she flagged down a driver to take her to a friend who was a nurse. miam

there's probably not a lot of confidence in the state republican party.r >> what would the candidate have to do to draw the latino vote? >> you look at nevada. our data was about 52% arefa democrats. 20% republicans.d the rest are minor party or nonpartisan. the electoratate will guilt l towards the democratic party. but you have a lot ofi infamiliarty withc the political process and a fair amount of distrust. those are barriers that campaigns have toover come. they have to explain process. particularly caucus, which is not something most are interested in doing and make the case how there campaign will advance the issues in the latino community. it isn't just advertising. it is going out and engaging the going out and talking to the voters, as well as the latino leadership in the states. >> maybe it is a question, where we already know the answer. can republicans overcome that? seeing the number. if only 20% are identifying as republicans? >> yes, and no. they will never win a majority in nevada, but it is about cutting the margins. we have seen that. we look at the last, three elec