steffen schmidt, iowa state political professor.you think of the governor's political analysis of the situation in iowa? guest: he's a friend of mine, i served in his first in administration back in the 18th century. i was a commissioner for one of his commissions. of course, he has been reelected six times. he was the youngest governor elected at the time i served on a commission as the chair of the commission. and now he is the longest-serving governor in the history of the united states, and the only governor ever to serve that long in two different centuries. i never underestimate his ability to sort of weigh and analyze things. he is certainly right that the republican field is not only too large, but it is also large and their candidates who actually could consolidate and surge in third place, fourth place, maybe even fifth place. that's a phenomenon we haven't seen before. iowa is not winnowing it out weekly enough. donald trump -- i call him trumpiavelli. he understands that in politics, everything goes and that you have to

hartington c-c's jack steffen with the baby hook.. cuts pierce's lead to six.. twenty to fourteen.3. pierce comes right back.. austin freeman with the drive and layup.. bluejays up twenty-two to fourteen.4. next time down the court for pierce.. taggert baily with the strong move to the basket and he's fouled.. he'd make the free throw.. twenty-five to fourteen pierce. 5. moments later.. hartington c-c's stephen hillis muscles his way for the rebound and the putback.. pierce up hartington cc wins 34-31. 3 the defending state champs pierce are 15-0! they hosted a pretty good 9-4 cedar catholic squad tonight.1. pick up action in the third quarter.. hartington c-c's mallorie steffen grabs the loose ball, misses the layup but gets the follow up.. lady trojan's trail pierce twenty-six to sixteen.2. moments later.. hartington c-c's lauren steffen hits the short jumper.. lady trojan's within eight.3. pierce comes right back.. shelby bretschneider with the jumper.. lady bluejays up ten.4. late in the third.. pierce's carly sutherfield with the short jumper.. pierce up th

>>sabrina: well, steffen, you'll stick with us. and coming up next, we recap the republican debate and the new back and forth that's emerged over who's actually eligible (music) >>amanda: welcome back everyone. we move now to what's new in the republican race this week. so let's start by taking a look at where things stand in our latest iowa poll. it's donald trump and ted cruz who've run away pretty much with the race here in iowa at this point. marco rubio's the only one that's even close, but still more than 10 points behind those top two. ben carson once in the lead in iowa has dropped off to just 7% support now. chris christie is there with 4%. alright, so we wanna talk about this newfound trump/cruz rivalry that has definitely started. >>sabrina: now several months back, steffen, you were actually the one, we were just talking about this in break, that you predicted on this show that donald trump would start playing the birther card against ted cruz once ted cruz started to creeping up on him in the polls. >>dr. schmidt: yeah

colonel bryan steffen: "i don't know why someone in a position of trust would take part in that kind of activity. it's very unfortunate for the community but we'll leave that up to the courts to decide." 3 angenette levy reporting. investigators may examine other devices rob marshall used. 3 the only way to describe them." one of those men the prosecutor is talking about, could soon walk out of prison a free man. john brewer was involved in the murder of monte tewksbury 33 years ago. tewksbury was working at a convenient store when two masked robbers came in. one of the robbers stabbed him in the back with a hunting knife.. they took cash.. his watch.. and his wedding ring. tewksbury's family fought to see his killers get sent away once.. now they're doing it again. 3 "he was just a giver. a giver in a world full of takers. how can you not fight for someone like that?" john byrd was executed for the murder.. but years later.. byrd's attorney said brewer admitted he was the one who stabbed tewksbury. brewer is serving 20 to life. he's up for parole next month. you can join tewksbury's

steffen schmidt is here to talk with us about what to expect leading up to caucus "your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." stephanie: dr. steffen schmidt is a political science professor at iowa state university, and has been local 5's political analyst for this week in iowa. jack: tonight, dr. schmidt joins us in studio to talk about what to expect from the campaign trail with just four caucus night. stephanie: dr. schmidt, the big news this week is donald trump deciding not to attend the fox news debate tonight at drake university. how do you think this will affect the debate? steffen: jack: what role has the pool of candidates since the pool of caucus night with all of our live coverage downtown. jack: now let's get a check in with the weather with brad edwards. brad? brad:wxcdl ( local 5 weather is coming up next. experts" brad/wxwall: weather adlib: after some warming, morning sunshine, the clouds returned this afternoon to keep us a bit cooler, but we sti

jack: stephanie: and steffen will be with us on caucus night caucus night with all of our live coverage. jack: now let's get a check in with the weather with brad edwards. brad? brad ((ad lib weather "now, we are iowweatherrate the independent weather experts" jack: chief meteorologist brad edwards with central iowa's most accurate forecast. brad? brad: (adlib) brad: (adlib) brad: weather adlib: put script here in green after some warming, morning sunshine, the clouds returned this afternoon to keep us a bit cooler, but we still are above average with temps in the mid to upper 30s. and it looks like the mildest weather is yet to come in our forecast! tonight will be partly cloudy with our winds calming down to less than 10 mph. temperatures will fall back into the low 20s for most areas by friday morning. we should have a mix of sun and clouds friday with southerly winds. this should help us warm up into the mid 40s for the metro. it will be even warmer saturday with upper 40s possible depending on exactly how much sunshine we get. there will be a chance for some light rain showers sund

went airborne and came down very hard on the court and he stayed down steffens was not living so now michael dunigan who was not even an uniform that night he's going to come to the aid of stuff and you see him there with the gray sweats on not in uniform he received the two technicals and when it's fine to 250 funded he raised to $225 of that steffens is suffering a concussion has not played since and gary barred its bowditch going to the pro bowl because he certainly deserves that that's all the time we have a 10 things for being here morning show 4:00 a.m. good night everyone can't wait to meet you, sweet child you're on the way, i'm filled with expectation, and you're growing everyday...

getting things going against nate lasher of charles city -- steffen with the takedown as he'd hold on for a 4-2 win and a conference title -- to 132 -- keaton geerts of new hampton -- rananed number oneein shell rock's austin yant -- geerts would w[n by fall -- but team-wise -- waverly shell rock did crown 3 champs and already had the meet won prior to the finals even but team-wise -- waverly shell rock did crown 3 champs and already back to the court -- butler against marquette -- butler's roosevelt jones didn't have a 3-point make in his career -- but n nw he's got one -- the three quarter court bomb before half -- jones had taken over 11-hundred shots in his career -- but that was just the fourth three point attempt during his 3 years -- not to be out done -- checc out jason gore on the 18th hole of the farmers insurance open -- 250 yards out, his second shot on the par 5 -- and gore will roll it right to the bottom of the cup for the first albatross of his career -- ------------ which was good -- but this one may have been even better -- the nanajang teeing off on the par 4 8th ho

steffen "this week in iowa" weekly political program this sunday. we'll talk trump/cruz and what's going on with the democrats' frontrunner flip-flop in iowa, plus a new goal to "get along" as a new iowa statehouse session starts. "this week in iowa" airs sunday at 9 a-m right here on local five. nikki/ots: a variety show and a singles' auction tonight in des moines raised money for a local charity. tonight, a date with 18 single men and women from across the metro were auctioned off to raise money for variety, a local children's charity. tickets were 20 dollars at the door. guests got to have a dinner and mingle ahead of the big auction. this year, the goal was to raise $10-dollars for the charity. organizers say it's a fun competition to be part of. doug vinsand, organizer: "we had a pushup contest on stage, we have a guy on stage tonight that has a rocky theme entrance planned. so, it's always entertaining. and the more entertaining it is the bids go." this auction has been going on for five years now. the record for one date is 11- hundred dolla

getting things going against nate lasher of charles city -- steffen with the takedown as he'd hold on for a 4-2 win and a conference title -- to 132 -- keaton geerts of new hampton -- ranked number one in class 2-a -- showing why against waverly- shell rock's austin yant -- geerts would win by fall -- but team-wise -- waverly shell rock did crown 3 champs and already had the meet won prior to the finals even being contested -- that's 12 straight for the go-hawks -- new hampton finished in the runner up spot -- hmm hmm hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm-hmm let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together i've got some real estate here in my bag counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike they've all come to look for america [ cheers and applause ] all come to look for america all come to look for america all come to look for america politics-- an unusual creature found itself in a strange place in southern california. his sea lion climbed 145 stairs up a tunnel from the cave below into a store. workers say they were getting ready to close the register when the sea lion waddled th

fine level that a player who was not even playing in that game, shortly after christmas, deejay steffens is airborne and comes down very hard and would remain on the floor . was not loaded, that michael donegan, who was not in uniform came to his aid, that's him and the grace weather tab, he was not in uniform and was not even playing received two tackles and find to $50, decree to be go-fund-me account pay the fine, steffens had a concussion and has not played since. still to come, do you or someone you know where can they hookah do you love fried food, and extroversion although methods and may help to prevent cooked vegetables in extra virgin olive oil, water and a combination of both, they found out that using extra virgin and reduce moisture, but transferring healthy antioxidants into the vegetables , adding to their disease fighting compounds . hookah bar employees are at risk for exposure to secondhand smoke , they tested 10 employees after completion of the ship, they, they inhaled high levels of carbon monoxide, and also inflammation associated with lung disease, the results sugg

steffen schmidt says right now it's a tossup. "on trump right? " jack: so tonight it was seven candidates up on was seven candidates up on the debate stage. the "big elephant not in the room," as senator ted cruz called it tonight, was donald trump. stephanie: the tone of the debate was a little less combative than some of the debates trump was involved in. but there was still plenty of passion, including dr. ben carson saying america needs to get serious about keeping isis operatives out of our borders. "because there are many people out there that want to destroy us. now i recognize that the vast majority of people coming in here are not those kinds of people. but that's not good enough, if you've got 10 people coming to your house and you know one of them is a terrorist, you probably gonna keep them all out. you know figure out a way to make sure we keep america safe. " even with trump gone tonight, a hot issue that caused a lot of disagreement between the candidates. one thing they did agree on was their feeling that another democrat in the w

host: i think steffen schmidt, we address the e-mails little bit.w about his last point on bernie sanders? guest: what am going to addresses the fact that this caller is brilliant. brought up the biggest single issue in the united states for democrats. they are losing elections at the state level. they are losing house races, they are losing senate races. they are losing races for governor, they are losing races for state houses. i'm not going to cite statistics, i could grab a nice chart and hold it up, but i'm not going to do that. i'm not ross perot. downemocrats need to go and figure out what they're are doing wrong at the state level. south dakota has no more elected democrats at all. and why is that? there are lots of democrats in south dakota. i'm would be up there giving a talk. what is the matter was set to go democrats that they are not adjusting their message and picking candidates who can connect with south dakota voters and get them elected? unless that happens, you are right. the president can we do executive orders and hope to work ma

keely steffen hits the 3 from the corner. woodbury central downs north, 54-34. a good matchup in game two -- the undefeated and 4th-ranked pierce girls -- taking on 5 and 2 spencer. pierce jumps out to a lead. kate up 8 to 3 quickly. more from pierce. jaci brahmer knocks down the pull up jumper. pierce only trailed once early on. spencer had five points in the first quarter. sara bauermeister connects on the long 2-pointer -- but the tigers were scoreless in the second quarter and trailed 25-5 at the half. pierce was in control -- shelby bretschneider scores on the inbounds play -- pierce goes to 12 and 0 - beating spencer 43-18. there are still three games left at the cnos classic today. spencer is leading lawton-bronson 46-24 at the half. the east guys play lemars at 7-15. the late game has the ponca girls taking on ahst at 9 o'clock. we'll have more action coming up at ten. the games continue friday and saturday. the musketeers are on the road tonight in cedar rapids. sioux city has won four in a row and six of their last eight games. muskies from last place

. >> hopefully some of those -- none of that bert steffen at. we're still waiting to hear who won the competition. >> not too hot and not too salty. he was talking about the weather. >>> we picked to really big days to not get rain. it's been raining -- knowing yesterday and no rain today so that means rain tomorrow. let's take a look at what this has meant so far for this so- called dry season. we're not supposed to get much rain in the dry season we will back this up in november, december, and the end of january. get the rainfall total is during the dry season. that is over 18 inches above normal and 9 inches above normal so far for the three- month period in fort lauderdale. this is like early to mid rainy season type totals. can just imagine the raining season kicks in and goes crazy. a lot of you have been asking so let me answer this question about lake okeechobee. we keep an eye on the lake for the obvious reasons but 16.08 is where it is today. normally it's at about 14.66. we are a foot and a half almost above average. if this continues

brian steffen/covington police departmentany time that data is wiped form a hard drive it is increasingly more difficult to retrieve that data and we had to send it off to be forensically examined and retrieved. marshall was arrested here on campus today.he started here in 19-99 and was promoted to public safety director in 2003. live in crestview hills, em, 9oys. breaking news - a warrant out for the arrest of cincinnati police officer.court documents 9 on your side just obtained show joseph simpson is charged with theft in office.simpson is a district five officer. he was working an off-duty restaurant detail at the time of the december 27th incident. he's now on leave without pay. will there be a re-trial in one of the tri-state's highest the question tonight in the shayna hubers trial... after the discovery that a convicted felon was apparently on the jury. shayna hubers hopes she will get another chance before a judge... but our scott wegener tells us that could be a hard sell. "we the jury find the defendant, shayna hubers guilty of murder." when shayna hubers was found guilty of mu

ronfedt finds keely steffen. she's good from downtown! that put north up three.7) but the stars breonia ferris erases that. she would hit the free throw. we were tied at ten in the first quarter. but the wildcats would pull away they win it 54-34 3 spencer and the defending 3 state champs in nebraska pierce just wrapping up here in the tournament too. we'll have a full recap tonight at 10. joining me now is one of the organizers for the cnos trainer for cnos mark schoenfelder. mark we have some of the best teams in siouxland playing over the course of the next three days. what do you look forward to most at these tournaments? (ad-lib)you've been doing this now for a number of years. this year we get 17 games. five today, five tomorrow and 7 saturday. how do you make that all work because that is a packed schedule?(ad-lib)he's cnos athletic trainer mark schoenfelder. we'll have a recap of the girls game as well as spencer and lawton- bronson and east and le mars on the boys side tonight at 3 3 it's the rare year that all four wild card pla

on the other end...keely steffen, i promise she's there behind the official. triple puts wc up three. but it was a tight first quarter...breonia farris...gets to the paint...hoop d the hack ties it up again. but woodbury central pulled away...ronfeldt out on the bre again and th wildcats win it by 20, 54-34. here's a look at the rest of the here's a look at the rest of the slate today. spencer and lawton bronson are in action right now in a boys battle. then east tries to bounce back from their loss to abe lincoln tuesday against le mars. the final game on the schedule has been canceled. ponca was supposed to take on ahstw but poor weather to the south and travel concerns schedule. in the college ranks, iowa state evened their record at 1-1 in big twelve play with a tough 76-69 win over texas tech last night. the cyclones got a career high 22 points from matt thomas and needed them as georges niang got into early foul trouble and only played 23 minutes. winning when they didn't play their best basketball, was a big step for isu. steve prohm--""there were some

and they showed why - first quarter - breanna allen - cros court to lauren steffen - she cans the corner triple. and then it was all about kelsey nger and katie peterern - warriors on the break - sanger with a rocket inside to petersen - it's 15- nothing. later - it's not deja vu - just more great passing - petersen converting again - crofton rolling along. how about one more time - on the break - sanger to petersen - 25-nothing - all systems go for crofton tonight, 61-34. the bloomfield girls, 6-3, hosting creighton, who has just one win. the queen bees were up 22 at the half - they keep adding - sarah - bloomfield - up 35-11 in the e - from the corner - gets the home court bounce - bloomfield extends that lead to 38-11. creighton - still working hard underneath - cassidy moeller - holds strong and muscles it up for two - but the e lldogs, still down big. bloomfield - getting contribution from a lot of players - karly jensen is one of them - hits the j - the queen bees are 7-3, beating creighton 52-37. over to hartington - girls only matchup as cedar catholic was hosting allen. first qu

on the other end...keely steffen, i promise she's there behind the official. triple puts wc up three. but it was a tight first quarter...breonia farris...gets to the paint...hoop and the hack ties it up again. but woodbury central pulled away...ronfeldt out on the break again and the wildcats win it by 20, 54-34. chris: while hoops fans were down at the tyson tonight, wrestling fans headed to north where the stars hosted north, east, and heelan in a city-wide quad. let's check out the host stars taking on the black raiders. we'll start at 106...east's sean heeney finishes off the pin for the raiders midway through the second period. but at 113, north gets revenge...brady hodgins, the senior...only needs 58 seconds for the six points on the fall. then at 120...check out this work from ethan sorenson...he's getting pushed but he finds some leverage and storms back for the pin...incredible at 152...andres torres of east...able to finish off the fall...east gets six back, but it wouldn't be enough...north wins it 39-30...it was heelan sweeping the night though. ch

right before the half..katie peterson misses the short jumper but hannah steffen is there to score the layup as the buzzer sounds.. crofton would go into twenty-six and.. crofton wins 73-42. 3 same two teams on the boys side. 1. battle creek gets on the board first.. joshua schick with the jumper.. braves up two to nothing.2. later in the first..battle creek on the break and kobe lade with the layup.. braves up eight to nothing.. battle creek would lead eleven to zip before crofton would score.3. later in the first quarter.. crofton's dylan potts with the tough move inside.. warriors trail thirteen to six.4. in the second quarter.. battle creek's stone kraft with the jumper.. braves up twenty-five to seventeen.5. at the end of the first half.. crofton's grant wragge hits the three as the buzzer sounds.. battle creek would lead thirty to twenty-four at the half and battle creek goes on to win 58-44. 3 musketeers have only allowed a single goal in each game of their four game winning streak. playing at the top goal scoring team in the ushl the cedar rapids roughriders. 1) roughriders hav

assistant chief brian steffen says based on a complaint, detectives took marshall' s computer back in january of 2014. he says marshall used a software designed to remove pornographic material, which is why it took so long to find. >> it' s very tough, and when digital data is deleted or wiped even tougher for us. emily: police also made it clear there was no evidence marshall was creating this pornography, and there was never any criminal activity on his devices at thomas more. >> had we thought that there was an actual threat to children or whether they be in the city of covington or whether they be in the campus of thomas more college, we would have reacted much much sooner. mark: marshall is currently in the kenton county jail on a $25,000 bond. he will be arraigned on monday and will he remain on administrative leave. lisa: a 14-year-old is now facing jail time after he has been found guilty of raping another teenager at a party. the incident happened after a springboro high school football game in september. a young girl' s mother was reportedly out of town, and the teenager dec

woodbury central had one more run in them...keely steffen money on the three, but it wasn't enough...sb-l hits their free throws and wins it 61-56. chris: in their final game chris: in their final game visibility is low siouxland. tonight, look for freezing fog. otherwise skies are mostly cloudy and the low will be 17. tomorrow, expect mostly cloudy skies and freezing drizzle in the evening. the 7- day forecast is busy. we have flurries and drizzle on wednesday. we have a chance of rain and snow thursday, then a good chance of snow friday. cold air will arrive for the weekend and last into monday. the ask fred prize for tomorrow night is 4 muskies tickets for the chicago game o o friday, februaua 5. email your weather questions to fhexom@kcautv.c om or post on our abc9

steffen garnovich says there has been escalating tension since last year.>reporter: >> they're thinking the serbian stacks will be back at the back door telephone with the local authorities connected to serbia, it will be something like a joint community here in serbia connected to bellgrade. they are fearing that some past times will come back. but they are saying many of the brussels agreements are okay with them. but they are saying the association of the serbian majority here in kosovo will just cause more tension between the citizens of kosovo. it's not only that. they are saying that this government is not working well. they are saying that they will not give up until the prime minister of kosovo resinings. >> still ahead 4 on al jazeera: speaking out for the poor. south africa's president starts the year off with a positive message. his party could face major challenges in the coming months. lottery sales soar for the $900 million jackpot. >>> welcome back. you are watching al jazeera. let's take you through the top stories. an agreement's been reach

woodbury central extgends their lead.3) and then keely steffen to halle gray! thats good! 4) west monona coming back ... we are sparta! ciera gossage scores in transition. it's 26-19 wildcats..woodbury central goes on to ... 3 3 akron-westfield on a four game winning streak hosting hinton who is 8-7 on the season.1) picking up action in the second quarter, hinton is up 23 to 15 with 2 minutes left the steal at half court and she drives it in for the layup. 25 to 15 blackhawks.2) next play, danika tindall passes it to courtney waterbury and shes open for the 3 pointer. westerners are trying to come back. 3) next, kelli gleanson passes it to burke, she drives in and makes the jump shot for 2. 4) westerners next drive with seconds to go. katie johnson gets the rebound, passes it to ann hedlund. and she makes the shot at the buzzer. 27 to 20 hinton up at half. hinton wins 3 crofton's your defending state champions in class c-2. they're the type of team that 7th ranked wayne, in the midst of a great 12-3 start to their season, wants to be. and you know how the saying goes. to b

sidney steffen with the beautiful spin move and shot.. wildcats up twenty-nine to seven and they cruise to the easy eighty- two to thirty-seven win over gehlen catholic. 3 woodbury central boys going playing at 4-7 gehlen.1. woodbury central gets on the board first.. clay baldwin with the drive and the dish to austin rapp for the layup.. wildcats up two to nothing.2. moments later.. gehlen's alec langel withs the three.. jays up three to two.3. move ahead to the second quarter..gehle n's cole wiltgen with the drive in traffic.. gets fouled.. he misses the free throw.. gehlen up nineteen to fourteen.4. moments later.. woodbury central's brent bormann on the break and the layup.. gehlen up nineteen to sixteen.5. towards the end of the first half.. woodbury central's tyler walker with the drive and the circus shot.. woodbury central would lead twenty-nine to wenty- seven at the half and..they go on to win 65-50 3 number 19 iowa state welcoming new number one oklahoma to ames tonight. and what a game! 1) first half now abdel nader drives and

steffen schmidt and our state wide political team for as they bring insight to the issues and the candidates. we'll continue with live coverage all night long until the caucus winners are announced. jack: and with all the candidates fighting for your support, the airwaves are flooded by political ads. you just can't get away from them. 70 million dollars has been spent on campaign ads so far. stephanie: jeb bush's super pac has spent the most with 15 million dollars in ads. next is marco rubio's campaign, his super pac and an outside group spending 12 million. then, it's clinton and sanders. bernie sanders' spending is a little different. all 7.4 million dollars worth of ads have been paid for by his campaign. stephanie: but with the amount of ads, are people really listening or changing the channel. at platinum kutz, a baber shop and customers tell us they can't wait for monday to be over with. "i get tired of seeing all these ads. it can be going to the airport, i can be in the bathroom and a sticker would pop up saying vote for hillary." stephanie: we want to know what you think of the po

assistant chief brian steffen says, based on a complaint detectives took marshall' s , computer back in january of 2014. he says marshall used a software designed to remove pornographic so long to find. >> it is very tough, very tough. and when digital data is deleted or wiped from a hard drive it , makes it even tougher for us. emily: police also made it clear, there was no evidence marshall was creating this pornography and there was never any criminal activity on his devices at thomas more. >> had we thought that there was an actual threat to children or whether they be in the city of , covington or whether they be in the campus of thomas more college, we would have reacted much, much sooner. emily: thomas more college has placed marshall on administrative leave. he is in the kenton county jail with a 25,000 dollars bond, scheduled to be arraigned next monday, february 1. emily wood, wlwt news 5. sheree: thank you. that a spokesperson told us -- at this time, there is no apparent danger to the campus community. earlier this week an aurora man , faced new charges that he kids. a $1

early in this one.....lauren steffen sets up from deep and connects....croft on takes the early lead.... but heelan answers from three point land....carlie long with the triple....crusader s tie it up...... then the warriors assert their dominance.....monic a arens with the strong putback...... and she would make it work from distance as well.....pretty stroke.....crofton pulls away to win it 63-51. earlier in the day......unbeaten dakota valley putting its perfect record on the line against hinton. hasselquist bodies his way inside for the bucket...great interior passing...game tied at 28. but dv goes on a run.....tyler johnson the steal....the finish...and one! 10-0 run for the panhers....38-28 on the other end.....ross johnson gets in on the action for the blackhawks.....hint on cuts the lead to 15..... but it was all dakota valley....bubba rosenquist.....the filthy crossover and the finger- roll...he had 22....panthers stay perfect 76-52 the final. alex to the gpac....the briar cliff men have won twelve straight games. the streak began on november r st and the wins continue to pil

opposition delegation is likely, and i have this from a number of diplomatic sources, likely to see steffenimasora. not clear where the meeting will take place. some sources telling me it will be at the u.n. some say it will be away from the u.n. i think it's then a parallel meeting in many ways of the one we saw on friday with the syrian government. once those two meetings have taken place, i think there will be a little bit more discussion. but it's just possible we could actually see both sides in the same place. not the same room because that won't happen for some considerable time but maybe both in the u.n. and geneva on monday. i think that will be the best hope of the u.n. team trying to mediate these talks. >> let's look at what's happening in syria. another 15 are reported to have died. dozens injured by russian airstrikes that have targeted rebel positions in the northern city of aleppo. this is the west opposition fighters say they have taken control of several checkpoints around amama. >> is did i havided between govt and opposition forces. one of the key issues being discussed

steffen schmidt from the university of iowa, or rather iowa state university, i'm sorry about that, joins us now. (chuckling) >>amanda: he's our resident political expert here on this week in iowa. so is trump rewriting the rules right now when it comes to campaigning? >>dr. schmidt: amanda, he has rewritten the rules from the first day. he has done everything that is unexpected. he is really, i, i c cl him (chuckling) >>dr. schmidt: he's like machiavelli, you know. he knows how to manipulate everybody and surprises everyday. >>sabrina: manipulate, surprise everyone, but he's also kind of outraged everyone on other campaigns because he's really changed the way they can operate as well. so talk to us a little bit about what that has done to those other campaigns. >>dr. schmidt: well, you're absolutely right. i mean, he's, he's not following any of the rules which means the other candidates don't have a playbook. they don'thow to react. they don't know how to plan for it and therefore, they are left essentially sort those are the two words. and what he's doing is providing people with bread

he remind me of a guy in the refurbished muscle car in the cialis commercials listening to steffen wolf is an older guy who has things going on. get your motor running. >> so nothing special is really what it is. he needs a vespa if he wants the millennial vote which is why he isn't getting it. >> your accent just changed. >> it does that. >> what's your thought on hillary? >> i think the country wants to see a hillary verses trump election. if hillary is nervous she needs to remind she is the best option to go against the gop. she needs to get the nomination. >> bernie sanders has been running on the elect ability argument. he does better against various republicans. >> they don't like hillary. she is very unlikable. >> that is the main thing is she is so unlikely she makes bernie sanders likeable. senor kk hassle brought it up he has no senators who like him. if he is not careful he is going to get a squirrel lee in a bathroom. >> i go to bars without combs to make me look good. >> you watched the hillary interview on "lifetime." >> it was really bad. she is the worst person i have ne

. ♪ >> tomorrow on washington journal, iowa state professor steffen schmidt. tim former u.s.ator hutchinson explains why he endorsed marco rubio. after that, another former u.s. discussesom harkin, hillary clinton's campaign and his support. and we will take your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets live on washington journal tomorrow morning. former this week, maryland governor martin o'malley delivered remarks to voters and took questions at a town hall meeting in iowa. he talked about the syrian refugee crisis, and the economy. this is an hour and 10 minutes. [applause] you.n o'malley: thank thank you very much. thank you. back at you, iowa. thank you very, very much. i usually talk better when i'm on a chair. can i do that? it also adds an extra degree of entertainment. [laughter] how are you? good. it's good to be here. thank you for coming out. it's caucus time, isn't it? >> d.l.. -- yeah. o'malley: i love this state, its beauty, landscape, warmth. .f its people the thing i love most about iowa is this. you are not intimidated by big money, polls, pundits. you alw

right before the half..katie peterson misses the short jumper but hannah steffen is there to score the layup as the buzzer sounds.. crofton would go into the half up forty-one to twenty-six and.. crofton wins 73-42.same two teams on the boys side. 1. battle creek gets on the board first.. joshua schick with the jumper.. braves up two to nothing.2. later in the first..battle creek on the break and kobe lade with the layup.. braves up eight to nothing.. battle creek would lead eleven to zip before crofton would score.3. later in the first quarter.. crofton's dylan potts with the tough move inside.. warriors trail thirteen to six.4. in the second quarter.. battle creek's stone kraft with the jumper.. braves up twenty-five to seventeen.5. at the end of the first half.. crofton's grant wragge hits the three as the buzzer sounds.. battle creek would lead thirty to twenty-four at the half and battle creek goes on to win 58-44.musketeers have only allowed a single goal in each game of their four game top goal scoring team in the ushl the cedar rapids roughriders.1) roughriders have similar jer

sidney steffen with the beautiful spin move and shot.. wildcats up twenty-nine to seven and they cruise to the easy eighty-two to thirty- seven win over gehlen catholic. woodbury central boys going for their second straight win playing at 4-7 gehlen.1. woodbury central gets on the board first.. clay baldwin with the drive and the dish to austin rapp for the layup.. wildcats up two to nothing.2. moments later.. gehlen's alec langel withs the three.. jays up three to two.3. move ahead to the s sond quarter..gehle n's cole wiltgen with the drive in traffic.. gets fouled.. he misses the free throw.. gehlen up nineteen to fourteen.4. moments later.. woodbury central's brent bormann on the break and the layup.. gehlen up nineteen to sixteen.5. towards the end of the first half.. woodbury central's tyler walker with the drive and the circus shot.. woodbury central would lead twenty-nine to wenty- seven at the half and..they go on to win 65-50number 19 iowa state welcoming new number one oklahoma to ames tonight. and what a game!1) first half now

announcer: the next washington journal, steffen schmidt previews the iowa caucuses on monday. former u.s. senator, tim hutchinson of arkansas discusses his support of marco rubio. and former senator tom harkin talks about his support for hillary clinton. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>. iowa, simulcasting with c-span. >> god was the great state of just god bless the great state of iowa. >> here in iowa. >> i am so pleased to do this with one of all friends in iowa. >> if you would have told us one year ago we would have come in third in iowa, we would have given anything for that. ♪ >> is this an average caucus? to say.rd this is the third when i have been to. they are all different. it is good to back in iowa. >> thank you for the great sendoff you're giving to us. >> i want to thank the people of iowa. >> iowa is the first. >> i love iowa. if i lose i will, i will never speak to you people again. ♪ chucksenator grassley joined dr. ben carson at a campaign event in i

woodbury central gets back within a point - sidney steffen - just a freshman - with the steal and the score. but sb-l would hang on - kylee christensen - off the inbound just outside the paint - gets it to go - and the warriors hold on for the 61- 56 win. the dean of sioux city sports reporters has retired. sioux city journal sports editor terry hersom spent his last day at work on new year's eve. a reception was held in his honor at the journal this afternoon, with dozens of colleagues, coaches, family and friends. hersom spent more than 38 years at the journal -- and 46 years in the newspaper business. through all his work, hersom did a wonderful job of promoting siouxland athletes. watch the return of sports fource extra tonight at ten. i'm brad pautsch with the sports fource morning wrap. >> snow and cold in the forecast for most of siouxland this week. ben's in next to tell us when we could start to see the temperatures drop. and getting kids to attend school can be difficult. when we come back....one iowa school took a new approach when it comes to tackling attendance. we'll sho

quarter - breanna allen - cros court to lauren steffen - she cans the corner triple. and then it was all about kelsey sanger and katie petersen - warriors on the break - sanger with a rocket inside to petersen - it's 15- nothing. later - it's not deja vu - just more great passing - petersen converting again - crofton rolling along. how about one more time - on the break - sanger to petersen - ponca didn't score until it was 25-nothing - all systems go for crofton tonight, 61-34. it was adam woodbury bobblehead night -- for the sioux city east grad. iowa was down 12-2 -- then got hot. jarrod uthoff -- doing some work down low. he scored 9 of iowa's first 13 points. then, woodbury spins down the lane for the hoop and the hack -- iowa has the lead at 23-22. iowa on a 10-0 run -- mike gesell -- the nebraska native -- he gets the 3-point play. iowa up 9 at the half. uthoff had another big game - the turnaroud is good -- iowa goes to 3-0 in big ten play with a 77-66 win. for more go to ktiv.com. i'm sports fource morning wrap. >> cold and snow is moving into siouxland. ben'

. >> on the next "washington journal" police cal science professional steffen sh myth with the iowa caucuses preview. former u.s. senator tom harkin of iowa talks about his support for democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton. and we'll take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the weekend prior to the caucuses, there will be a frenzy of activity across iowa. there are so many candidates on the republican side. there are three viable candidates on the republican side. and they will have each of them three, four, five, six of them today. and what we're going to be looking for are those events that really give you a sense of what it's like to campaign for the caucuses. keep in mind what's key is organization. you need to make sure that those people who support you get to the caucuses. so it's going to be interesting to see how the candidates are trying to close the deal, sell the message and convince those people who might still be on the fence to go for candidate a or candidate b. so what yo

steffen with the second of the night on the breakaway in the 3rd. the rangers 6-2. i'm otis livingston and that's your cbs 2, wfan sports update. >>> this time if you're in the poconos, there's no business like snow business. let's just say the audience never warmed up to the slow start to the ski season. >> a live look now at the poconos, and you can see some of the slopes are finally full of snow. cbs 2's elise finch with more on the late start to the ski season. >>reporter: ski lifts are finally moving at camelback mountain as crews test and deice them. it's a small sign of progress, but skiers know it means they'll soon be able to hit the slopes. >> i'm ecstatic that the resorts are going to open soon. >>reporter: typically camelback mountain opens to skiers the second week of december. the last two years it's opened the day after thanksgiving. but record warmth at the end of 2015 has meant no snow and no ability to make snow. so this bitter blast is a welcome gift in the poconos. it means the snow guns are finally cranking and blanketing these trails. >> the sn

that is kendall steffen with a nice pull-up jumper. purdue led by almost 20 points at the half, back comes iowa. jared uthoff coming back. he made it look easy. iowa in the hunt. mike gesell tosses it to iowa goes on the road pulls out , the huge upset, 70-63 is your final over purdue. the iowa state cyclones jumped into the deep end to start big 10 play, and had to go on the road to face third ranked oklahoma. they are more than up to the challenge with the sooners thanks to george niang, continuing to prove he is one of the best players in the nation. he would have himself a day. also considered one of the top players in the country, blows right by matt thomas. take another look. gets the dunk. he had 22 points, but george niang looking incredible yesterday, a circus shot, pretty much behind the backboard. he had a game-high 29 points. iowa held the lead for much of the game. isaiah cousins drains the three, giving oklahoma the lead. the sooners would hold on and -- over iowa state. a few titans in the big 12 going at it yesterday, b

no one understands that story more than you steffen. the point is they want to get back to normal., it seems they have to accept a new normal. is that carrying through today? >> absolutely. restaurants are very quiet. holidays, christmas, was much quiet in paris than usual. i took a flight from the paris airport, was very quiet at rush hour. so, this all shows that people are basically -- well, they're not traveling, really. they're staying at home. they try to give it a place and try to find a way to accept this new normal. i hope it's not a new normal and it will be exceptional. but that's the way people are dealing with it. >> this is a heavy day to be sure. we have atika shubert near the police station where this happened in north paris. atika, if you have us, if you can hear us, tell us what you know from there? >> reporter: i can hear you, chris. we are right near the scene of where it happened. that intersection up there is where the incident occurred, less than 100 meters from us. you can still see a number of police there, some of them with riot gear. many of them armed. q

and the city for steffens to being for thinking and trying to pin.ry to meet google on their own terms where things which i think we can learn from 97 when we set up the facilities mission rock in particular, where people on their terms and were able to bring in new people that had not access services the records were some unique needs for family units, the people have created that traditionally have not been incorporated the shelters that we had, had a handle-people that would have pets and would not seek our services because that was there for many people there one connection to some sort of humanity. they were afraid of losing their animal companions if they went into a shelter. so we created opportunities that. i think we learned a lot of lessons about how to bring people in and even though it was not perfect and 97, we did figure out how to meet people on their terms and get a number people access the system. that we had not before. a couple thoughts and sort of suggestions. i do think notice to the neighborhood might be worthwhile, but also i t

and the city for steffens to being for thinking and trying to pin.ry to meet google on their own terms where things which i think we can learn from 97 when we set up the facilities mission rock in particular, where people on their terms and were able to bring in new people that had not access services the records were some unique needs for family units, the people have created that traditionally have not been incorporated the shelters that we had, had a handle-people that would have pets and would not seek our services because that was there for many people there one connection to some sort of humanity. they were afraid of losing their animal companions if they went into a shelter. so we created opportunities that. i think we learned a lot of lessons about how to bring people in and even though it was not perfect and 97, we did figure out how to meet people on their terms and get a number people access the system. that we had not before. a couple thoughts and sort of suggestions. i do think notice to the neighborhood might be worthwhile, but also i t

getting things going against nate lasher of charles city -- steffen with the takedown as he'd hold on for a 4-2 win and a conference title -- to 132 -- keaton geerts of new hampton -- ranked number one in

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- breanna allen - cros court to lauren steffen - she cans the corner triple. and then it was all about kelsey nger and katie peterern - warriors on the break - sanger with a rocket inside to petersen - it's 15- nothing. later - it's not deja vu - just more great passing - petersen converting again - crofton rolling along. how about one more time - on the break - sanger to petersen - 25-nothing - all systems go for crofton tonight, 61-34. the bloomfield girls, 6-3,