Or why this candidate is the best choice, said buster. Reporter what do you hope our next president does for oucountry . Student makes people happy, said cooper. Theyve been talking about illegal immigration and stuff so i kind of want them to take care of that, said sayonkon. Isis bombings and stuff like that, said sulzbach. No more attacks [need to] go on in any more states like isis did to paris, saod stibbs. What started as a fun activity will also prepare these young minds for the real thing as students sasathe feel more ready and knowledgable of the democratic processss well because you know what the process is going to be like so youre not just like, what do i do . when you get there, said sulzbach. Now ill know how it is to vote and so i wont be really nervous when i go up there and vote, said sayonkon. Bria sunnysides precint reported their results from todays straw poll. Having Hillary Clinton and ben carson gaining the most support results from the mock straw poll on iowas secretary of ates website later on tonight. A link to access the outcome can be found on our website at siouxland matters dot com. Reporting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. Tim perhaps a sigh of relief for the Hillary Clinton campaign as the latest cnn orc poll finds her atop the democratic field. Clinton reeling in 52 percent in this poll. Besting her political rival Bernie Sanders by 14 percent. Of democratic voters. A distant third candidate Martin Omalley who is trailing, two percrct support tim the gap in the g op race has tightened in the past few weeks and todays quinnipiac poll shows two candidates are now neck and neck going into caucuses. Donald trump and ted cruz are the frontrunners leaving the rest of the field in the dust with the latest poll. Trump maintaining a slim 2 percent lead, while senator ted cruz is garnering 29 percent support from likely republican caucs goers. The next closest in at 13 percent is florida senator marco rubio. Tim students in marshalltowniowa got out of school early today, and they have two president ial campaigns to thank. Both the clinton and trump campaigns had stops at schools in the district, but some parents arent as excited as the kids they were forced to pick up early. Reporter amanda krenz explains. Amanda intro 11 08 the high school and middle school gymnasiums are public venues, there is an hourly rate schedule but it doesnt mean parents are happy their kids were dismissed early. Two School Buildings in marshalltown are hosting president ial candidates. Dodold trump at the high school and Hillary Clinton at the midddd school. 2 41 our buildings are public properties, we allow them access to that. Not really our decision to reject any candidate or say you cant come here. Andrew potter says when the district realized how much chaos and set up there would be at each school leading up to the candidates speeches, they decided to let all students out at 1 p. M. Tamara deubel 16 57 cancel appointments to pick up my nephew, watch them so i could come get my nephew. Denise william 17 40 picking up my grandaughter. The early dismissal meant families had to shuffle their schedules and some werent convinced it was for the best reason. Denise 18 01 my personal opinion i dont think they shouou have been let out early. Parents have been icing their concerns to the school disisict. Andrew 3 4 4 understandably people are upset when y yre missing instructional time for a political vent. We thought safety was a prioritiy in this event. The district says in hindsight, they would have asked both candidates to push back their visits to later in the evening. Amanda 11 39 another reason for safety concerns, they expect donald trump to attract a lot of people, thsi is the only time hes been to marshalltown. Reporting in marshalltown, amandsa krenz tim ted cruz was campaigning in the ahead of caucuses, and with him a familiar face to the campaign trail. Former Texas Governor rick perry was on hand in osceola today for for a Ted Cruz Campaign stop at the oswald barn speaking to orters who sat on some hay bales. Perry says cruz is the candidate to lead the coutnry, because he understands the constitution cruzas Campaign Stops across the state through the Republican Debate all the way to caucuses on monday. One of those stops is here in sioux city on saturday at western iowa tech. Tim on cam just like the candidates, state Party Workers and thousands of caucus volunteers have been working to get ready for monday night,. A Record Number r of caucus goers is being talked about acroro iowa. And w wh sevevel state that could potentially steal iowa first int he nation status if things dont go well on monday night. Preparation is key. Both parties worked with microsoft to develop a new caucus app that will help produce reliable and accurate results. Tim on this for months you habve a smart phone and you can put in your deligates it takes it all and puts it through rules, said dr. Andy mcguire Iowa Democratic chair. We can use for our reporting to get our repotrs in accuratly and quickly theres multiple safegaurds built intot hat app but we alos have the fallback of the paper and other things we have done in the past, said dr cody hoefert, Iowa Republican cochair. Tim tim Iowa Democrats at the capital state budget. Setting it lower than the governors suggestions. Heres a break down of those numbers, those on the left side of the aisle are looking for a budget just under 7point 4 million dollars. Thats about 4 point7 million under the states 99 percent expenditure limit. They say they want to expand iowas middle class with this years budget. State mocrats are hoping the Early Release of their Budget Proposal will prevent a gridlock this legislative session. Tim a local Energy Company is giving customers an opportunity to cut costs when it comes to their energy bills Midamerican Energy is utilizing an Energy Assessment program called the home check at no cost for customers. Where an expert will come into their home and inspect every inch of the place to determine e ere and how you cacasave money on your enengy bill. Its actually very popular, so last year we did approximately 6,500 home checks just in iowa so its a very Popular Program and again its free so its a really great thing to take foundation of our Energy Efficiency program so it allows customers to figure out where they can save and what they can do to make their home more energy efficient, newman. From energy smart light bulbs to power strips, experts say there are dozens of ways to save some green. If youre interested in the Home Check Program check out siouxland matters dot com for more information. Coming up a president ial candidate is gaining some support from an unusual representative. Promising frozen treats to some lucky supporters. Well explain after the break. fred it will be a cooler night, with fog after midnight. Warmer weather is ahead, but accumulating snow could be coming tuesday. Democrat Bernie Sanders has a delicious Campaign Strategy going on. Famous ice cream maker jerry cohen of ben jerrys ice cream was touring iowa stumping for the vermont senator. Recently cohen came up with an ice cream themed to support calling it bernies yearning you opepeup the lid, ananwhat you see is this huge disk o o chocolate, solol mint ice cream. And the huge disk on top represents the huge majority of the wealth, thats gone to the one top percent since the end of the recession. Below it, the rest of us. And the way you eat it, is you take a big soup spoon and you whack it, you whack it really hard into a bunch of little chuncks. Make it into a lot of little pieces and then you wait for the ice cream to soften up a little and you mix it around and there you have it. The cofounder says he believes in sanders and his optimistic message for americans. Tim jenna fred tim plplsantly warm temperatures f f now, but a chahae of accumulating snow next tueueay. Fred hexom fhexom kcautv. C om fred Road Conditions are now fine in siouxland. The Port Neal Welding Company skycam hd shows cloudy skies in dntown sioux city. 34 was the high today and 28 the low. Normals are starting to move up in sioux city, the temperature is 32. Cal temperatures are in the 20s and30s. Wind chills are in the teens and 20s. Winds are west northwest at 5 to 15 miles per hour. Visibiltiy is fine, but dense fog is possible after midnight. Low pressure over the great lakes is moving east, and will be taking our clouds the stormcast hd shows very quiet weatatr over the next few days. For tonight, look for decreasing clouds and a low of 11. Dense fog is possible after midnight. Tomorrow, expect dense fog early, then partly cloudy with a warmer high of 37. The 7day shows 40s friday and saturday, a chance snow late monday,then better chancece of accumulating snow tuesday with strong winds. This could be a significant system, but its still a week away to stay tuned as we track the storms changes. Send in a weather for a chance to win 4 tickets to king of the cage at winnavegas jenna tim frfd tim thanks, fred. fred you bet. Some new information coming out concerning early screening for a Common Mental Health condition. More when we return. Recommending a particular group of people one of the most conditions, depression. With more details doctor timothy johnson. Depression . A condition that affects an estimated 15. 7 million it remains the number one cause of disability for many adults . And its consequences . Can be devastating. Now, in a report released today . The United States Preventive Services Task Force Urges doctors to screen all Adult Patients for depression . And for the first time specificalal notes that pregnant and postpartum women are included in n is recommendation. The task force . Draws on more recent evidence that the medications and counseling treatments used in depression may have a moderate level of benefit for these women . The same as their findings for the generapublic. Bufor pregnant women . The authors also realize there is a small possiblity of downsides for the fetus with certain medications used for depression. Fortunately, the list of options for depression treatment is longer than ever . And it doesnt all involve medication. So if youre pregnant and struggling with what you feel may be depression . Its a good time to talk to your doctor. Considering the dangererof untreated depression . Its a healthy step to take. With this medical minute, im dr. Timothy johnson. Sports. Siouxland is dominating this weeks class c2 rankings in nebraska. Chris has the details when we come back. Plus. Iowa state beat yet another topfiveveeam last night. We hear from the cyclones after the break. Kansas. Iowa state now has three victories over teams currently ranked in the top five. With wins over the fourth ranked jayhawks, number three iowa and top ranked oklahoma. The cyclones are giant killers. Hilton magic on full display during last nights big 12 showdown. After a sluggish start, isu went on a 247 run midway through the second half, pulling away for the 13point win. Monte morris had a teamhigh 21 points. Orges niang scored 15 of his 19 in the cyclones past the jayhawks for their fourth straight win. Steve prohmyou know our second half defense was terrific, really proud of our guys, we werent perfect in the first half. Obviously, had a lot to do with kansas, really played a complete half the last 15 minutes. Proud of these guys, just gotta keep building. Georges niangwee come a long way, huh . Thats the big 12. You have a pretty good stretch o o od teams, and it doesnt get any easier with this sec chalalnge, so we are going to have to prep for that. Iowa state now3 in big 12 play. The clones are currently in the midst of a brutal stretch. After playing number 1 and 4 over the past week, they travel to College Station to battle fifthranked texas a m on saturday. Then a week from today, isu returns to Hilton Coliseum to host number nine west virginia. To the gpac. Briar cliffs clay harreld has been named the conferences player of the week. The senior led his chargers to a pair of wins, extending streak to 17 games, a new school record. Harreld began the week wh a 21 point performance against dakota wesleyan, followed by a 34 point effort in saturdays win over nebraska wesleyan. Bc hosts northwestern tomorrow night. Out in nebraska, subdistrict play is just about three weeks away now and as the state tournament inches closer and closer, it looks like siouxland will be home to the team to beat in class c2 northeast nebraska has five of theheop ten teams in this s weeks rankings s highlighted by undefeated Guardian Angels central catholic and fourtime defending state champion crofton at the top. The blue jays and Lady Warriors are joined by oakland craig, stanton, and Hartington Cedar catholic to round out the top ten. In d1, Emerson Hubbard remains second as they gear up to host number 6 pender tonight. Randolph is 9th and omaha nation is receiving votes. In d2, wynot number three with Lyons Decatur northeast at number nine and wausa just outside the poll. Finally south sioux city, coming off an rcc title is still fifth in class a. Pierce, west point beemer and way are all in the poll this week in c1. On the boys side. Norfolk remains outside the top ten in class a and in c1, pierce is the only area team ranked. The bluejays check in at number 8. In c2, undefeated winnebago continues to hold at the top of the poll. Guardian angels cc and d ponca round out t the top ten withth battle creek, lutheran high northeast, and stanton receiving votes. Finally in d1, randolph and walthillre seventh and ninth respectively with Lyons Decatur northeast and osmond receiving votes. Bancroft rosalie is just outside the rankings in class d2. Todays picture comes from. Briar cliff university. Some of their students got to take a grip to t t Galapagos Islands on a biology study tour. This is one of those students with what we assume is a real giant tortoise. If youre like to submit a facebook fan photo, just post it on our abc9 facebook page. Jenna tim chris fred fred for tonight, look for decreasing clouds and a low of 11. Dense fog is possible after midnight. Tomorrow, expect dense fog early, then partly cloudy with a warmer high of 37. The 7day shows 40s friday a a saturday, a chchce of snow late monday, then better chancncof accumulating snow tuesday with strong winds. This could be a significant system, but its still a week away to stay tuned
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