as our kevin tibbles explains, their creations, like each snowflake, are one of a kind. >> reporter: from the depths of the frigid vortex that is a minnesota winter comes the giant snow octopus, and it's taken over the bart's family front yard. >> a lot of kids driving by and the parents will drive by and they will be in the back seat and they are like mom, stop. >> reporter: for five years the brothers have been turning the fluffy white stuff many of us dread into wintry works of art, always with a watery theme because they love to fish. >> when we're not ice working on the sculpture. >> reporter: don't you ever get cold? >> never. >> reporter: these hardy boys have created everything from a puffer fish and walrus to a sea turtle and a shark, although this year's octopus is the most ambitious yet. 500 hours to complete, 150 tons of snow, and a tentacle that winds over mom and dad's front steps. >> it's really, really, really, really, really, really, really cool. >> reporter: folks come from miles around for a peek and a pic. this is a group of exchange students all the way from chin

we sent our kevin tibbles to go there and ask them as part of our series "we the people". rail lines once converged on spartanburg they city. now it will be presidential hopefuls criss-crossing town. >> have a cheeseburger. >> reporter: and its 37,000 people, half black, half white, are good and ready for >> call it. >> reporter: that's the battle cry of jerry the call it guy at the beacon drive-in. for 70 years they have prided themselves on giving ordinary people value for money, a message candidates should heed says owner steve duncan. of the country. let's talk about how to support this segment our economy. >> we build a brand. >> reporter: 29-year-old small businessman billy whiteside wants a candidate who will assist new minority-owned firms in the out. snoop are you a rarity? >> am ararity? i would say yes, for the moment. >> reporter: 65% of south carolina's republicans are proud evangelicals. at christian supply devotional prayer begins each day. for becca friend her choice of candidate will not be an act of faith but the result of it. >> reporter: >> too often christians ha

we asked our kevin tibbles to visit a town in new hampshire to fine out in our series "we the people." >> reporter: in the shadow of the rugged white mountains sits littleton, new hampshire, the town that gave america the story of pollyanna and where you can still feel her optimistic spirit on main street. >> it's a positive mood, people collaborating and working together. >> reporter: but littleton also embraces new hampshire's motto of live free or die. at chuter's candy store. >> wow. >> reporter: owner jim aldon savers his role as an independent, like some 40% of the voters here. >> they are going to make their decision on their own. not really influenced by, you know, the crowd. >> reporter: inside northern lights music have a rhythm all their own. >> i will decide when i cast my vote. >> reporter: son asher wants his candidate to be as independent as he is. >> not having those views dictated to him by people who are advising him. he's truly independent. >> reporter: but while much of new hampshire has fared well out of the recession, many say it has come from hard work and sacri

kevin tibbles, nbc news, karne kre, texas. >>> i'm lester holt reporting from our studios in los angeles. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good >> announcer: today on the meredith vieira show. why one mom is in hot water over a picture posted of her baby daughter. and lance posts one of the biggest regrets of his life. and the oscars are just three days away. and ever wish you could steal the hairstyles of the red carpet styles. and malcom-jamal warner and why he almost didn't get the cosby role that made him famous. it all starts right now on "meredith". makes you feel real good. feel real good. >> meredith: hi, everybody. [applause] it is a show people can't stop talking about. fs versus o.j. simpson. and one with of the stars malcom-jamal is here today. he plays o.j. simpson's friend who was driving the white bronco in the chase and talking all things oscar and have surprises for y'all in the studio. and we'll talk about "what's hot now" first. [applause] >> meredith: everybody's excited. >> megan: what's the surprise. >> meredith: i can't tell but they will love

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kevin tibbles, nbc hampshire. >> and that is going to do it for us on this tuesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc watching and good such racial tension and divided the blacks and whites. and i don't relive the history. >> meredith: you saw how divided we were. >> lance: it was becoming race when it was class. it revealed that the justice system is broken and if you have that's what i learned from the trial. >> meredith: when it comes to dating anyone knew do you need to partner your new falls. becoming friends with your significant other's friends is worth the effort. do you feel that is true? >> megan: when you are with someone and they have friends, that is a part of their life and they are important to them. and we embrace. i suck it up. and they needed to suck it up. >> lance: i have no poker face when i don't like someone. i am polite, but you know i am not into you. a lot of my husband's friends say, i don't think lance likes me so much. >> lance: i am sure some of my friends don't like him. some of them are spoiled rotten. and i was not raised for priv

kevin tibbles, nbc news, karnes city, texas. >>> and that will do it for us on a thursday night. i'm lester holt reporting from our studios in los angeles. for all of us at nbc watching and good some breaking news coming out of south central kansas. >> earlier reports say there are multiple people dead and there could be up to 20 injured in a work place shooting a deputy at the scene says the suspect who started thing has been killed by local law enforcement. a harvey county deputy says the shooting happened in heston, kansas. authorities believe at least three other reported shootings in the area were connected with the incident. >> we heard a pop, pop, and we thought it was metal falling on the ground, and then the doors open. people start screaming coming out say going to the important and then everybody turn and say, no, he is out front. so everybody started going to the back over here and then they have me, my boss. we really didn't know what was going on. you can get the latest on my

kevin tibbles, nbc news, karne kre, texas. >>> i'm lester holt reporting from our studios in los angeles. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good >>> it's friday, february 26th. coming up on "early today," the tense gop debate proved to be a texas sized slug fest. >> you'll have competition. you'll have so many different plains. >> now he's repeating himself. >> i watched him repeat himself five times four weeks ago. >> i saw you repeat yourself five times four seconds ago. he says everything we're going to win, win, win. >> you're all talk and no action. artist and this guy's a liar. >> and those were just the slower moments. >>> developing overnight, new details on the kansas shooting. >>> and aaron andrews leaves the courtroom as the jury is showing the naked video taken by her convicted stocker. >>> plus the latest log vegas odds on who will take home the oscar. "early today" starts right now. >>> i'm dara brown. it was a true tex tks as slug fest. both former president bush and barbara bush were in attendance. the donald wasn't one to sit back and take it, take a

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kevin tibbles, nbc news, new bright ton, minnesota. >>> that should be the title of his new book, you don't make life memories by playing video games. >> that cleanup might be interesting. >>> the nbc 6 news at 5:00 starts right now. >>> breaking right now out of littl havana. we're hearing reports of a missing child. police are looking for 6-year-old ashley jade martinez. we're hearing she might be with lilly eugenia hatton. we have more pictures from nbc 6 reporter michael spears who is covering this story right now. we'll be talking with him and getting an update on where the little girl was last seen and what police are doing moving forward as they continue to search for her. >> it is tuesday, february 16th. we're also following the radar. a look at south florida's only live radar. you u n see a line of storms, but not in miami-dade or broward, at least for now. >> a lot of red and yellow means not good things headed in our direction. >> that's right. a lot of it locked inland first thing this morning. pretty nasty storm moving to the east-northeast right along alligator alley. we

kevin tibbles, nbc news, karne kre, texas. >>> i'm lester holt reporting from our for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >> good evening. everyone, welcome to this decision 2016 special report. i'm dawn. >> i'm charles milano. we have team coverage tonight ahead of the south carolina democratic primary. we are live at the msnbc headquarters in vista. >> will have more on the current candidates need to win the nominations. let's go where chad is where clinton is holding a rally. >> reporter: i am here outside here and i joined you at 6:00. now you can see a very big crowd awaiting the arrival of former president bill clinton to this gym here. i am told by the campaign that president clinton will be introduced by a couple of speakers in south carolina including roy brown and former governor governor jim hodgins and of course president clinton has been putting in the work here in south carolina. he stopped at alan university a couple of weeks and there have been more recent visits as well. there at alan university, told neighbors that his wife is the

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kevin tibbles, nbc news, spartanburg, south carolina. >> that will do it for night. i'm lester holt. news, thank you for watching and good night.continue to look into what caused an early morning duplex fire that took firefighters hours to put out. plus - the republican field continues to dwdwndle as twooore candidates decide to end their campaigns for the white house. and - a tree eating bug making its way across eastern iowa is now found in another iowa county. "you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered. this is the news at six." steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. snow made an appearance in parts of iowa today. this was the scene this morning in urbandale. the storm brought these big, fluffy flakes to the des moines metro. today in eastern iowa we didn't deal with snow but that could soon change. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now who's tracking it all. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for yoyor complete weather informatioio. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stor

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tibbles, nbc news, new brighton, minnesota. >> so much fun. that's going to do it for us on a monday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night.grove... what we know about the shooting, and community. i think this is the year we can victims. domestic abuse survivors think sharing their own stories could inspire iowa lawmakers find out how little of their prison the governor's effort to improve first hurdle. hear why he says change is coming to his signature piece of legislation... a dispute ended in gunfire on the streets of eagle grove. tonight, two men are in the hospital in critical condition. good evening and thank you for i'm erin kiernan... and i'm dan winters. two men were shot in eagle grove last night.. and police believe one of them is the shooter. authorities are now investigating what happened on north lucas avenue. channel 13's jannay towne joins us with the latest... the initial call to 911 said one man had been shot... when police arrived, they found two men with gun shot wounds. inv

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kevin tibbles, nbc news, karne kre, texas. >>> i'm lester holt reporting from our studios in los angeles. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night.sls 10 at 7 ... governor terry mcauliffe visits appomattox county after an e-f-3 tornado devastates the community. the destruction the powerful storm left behind. our storm nats of tornado ripping now at 7 ... families uprooted and homes destroyed. the destruction left behind after a powerful e-f-3 tornado tears through central virginia with winds up to 165 miles-per-hour. tracie morgan - " as soon as everything stopped i just looked out the door and i saw that the house was gone." how families who have lost so much ... are just beginning to pick up the pieces. governor terry mcauliffe - "by the grace of god this did not happen in the middle of the night and i think if that had been the case there would have been many more fatalities." governor terry mcauliffe visits appomattox county to assess the damage. and ... we're bringing you live team coverage from that area as the community begins to recover. good evening, and

kevin tibbles, nbc news, karne kre, texas. >>> i'm lester holt reporting from our studios in los angeles. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. a relative had jumped in and friends and neighbors -- everybody is willing. >> a community coming together one day after a tornado destroyed their homes. good evening. >> thanks for watching. this afternoon the national weather service confirmed two tornados touched down in our area. one went through wayne county. >> the other hit granville county. confined to a relatively narrow swath. take a look at the swath. you can see within it that the destruction was extensive. there are folks who are being paid to help clean up and then there are folks who just want to help. >> relatives jumped in and friends and neighbors -- just everybody willing. [ indiscernible ] it is just a good feeling. >> his 81-year-old mother survived the tornados wrath. she barricaded herself in the bathroom of this home. now folks from everywhere are offering to help. her other son said that makes things a lot easier. >> knowing you are not alone.

kevin tibbles, nbc news, carne city, texas. >>> that will do it for us on a thursday night. i'm lester holt reporting from our studios in los angeles. for all of us at nbc news, thank >>> we have been following the story in kansas where has been a mass shooting, the shooter is dead, killed in a shoot out and up to 20 people are hurt. we don't know if there had been fatalities. it happened in hesston, kansas, a small town about 35 miles there are as many as 4-5 crime scenes, one is excel industries, a lawn care construct industry, the shooter was an employee there. they are not sure what led to the shooting. >> i don't like to think about the fact he is gone. >> the sheriff said it wasn't supposed to end like this with his deputy dead, 2 other injured, the man they were sent to evict shot dead. park sheriff took questions for the first time today, he was there with the team handling yesterday. the sheriff said a similar situation with the suspect, martin wirth, went peacefully . >> in my history, when we talk about, you know, a high-risk eviction, usually i need more help mov

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