National poll. Shes headed to florida to watch results there tonight. 12 states choose candidates today 10 where both parties compete. Plus the democrats in colorado. And republicans in alaska. Texas fighting to finish strong today. Then take on donald trump in winnertakeall florida later this month. In washington this morning. A strong rebuke from the house speaker. On trump failing to denounce the kkk nominee of the republican party, there can be no evasion and no games, they must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry. But trumps still gaining support now at 40 percent a that one on one neither rubio nor cruz could beat trump. Today could determine how much longer they get a washington. Now, ahead of todays votes. A photographer covering a donald trump rally in virginia says he was choked and thrown to the ground by a secret service agent. Video shows us what happened. Chris morris was working for time magazine. And says he stepped outside the media pen when this all happened. The secret service is working with police in virginia to investigate this. Back in iowatwo people are in the hospital following an overnight fire in cedar rapids. According to firefighters, it happened around 1 45 this morning on 9th street southwest. The home is split into three apartments and everyone got out on their own. However, two people had to be taken to the uihc for smoke inhalation. The man in charge of Campus Police at cooperate with other officers. Records show Public Safety director david visin refused to pull over while driving with his stepson in june. Officers were searching for visins stepson following a hit and run crash in a parking lot outside the bar. Records show visin dropped his stepson off at a gas station before officers left. Visin says he didnt know anything about the accident at the time. And didnt stop because hes diabetic and needed to get home for insulin. Weve learned the person killed in an iowa parking lot. Was a three yearold boy. Davenport police say he was playing basketball in the all Saints Catholic School parking lot. A truck hit the boy. Police have not released the name of the driver. Continuing coverage the prosecution rested, now the defense is making its case in an iowa murder trial of a man accused of killing his wife. The defense beginning by calling alexander fazzinos former she pleaded the fifth many times when asked if she sold prescription drugs to alexanders wife, emily. Alexs mother also taking the stand yesterday. She testified that she saw emily stumble, stagger and slur her words quite a few times in the last year of her mother i was very concerned, it was very upsetting. I was times, you loved emily as a daughter. I loved her, i loved her, and i thought we had a very close relationship. Testimony continues today with fazzino calling up emilys mother Cindy Beckwith to the stand. Legislature. Animal abusers. The senate approving a bill which would make the crime a felony. Right now, animal abuse is an aggravated misdemeanor. The bill Human Services to do a Wellness Check if the abuse happens in front of a child. Today marks exactly one year since iowas gas tax increase took effect. Many people havent given it much thought because prices have been so low. The tencent tax hike kicked in march first of last year after lawmakers approved it. It was expected to bring in about 215 Million Dollars a year to help fix roads and bridges across the state. The dot predicted Black Hawk County would get about 845thousand dollars. The county engineer says one thing theyre focusing on is improving gravel roads. Theyre also looking to bank a lot of the money for future projects. The future of dentistry in iowa may be at risk. More than half of the states dentists are getting close to retirement age. Some professionals worry small towns could be the first to see these impacts. According to the university of iowa there are several counties in dental students at ui are hoping to fill that need. To be a job, it also kinda be busy and you know your education is going to pay off in a big way as soon as you graduate. Professors at the university of iowa say the state could see dentists start retiring in the next 10 to 15 years. Iowa is the first state in the country to get more than 30 percent of its electricity from wind power. Governor branstad says the state has the potential to reach 40 percent in the next five years. The nation was below five percent. Coming up. How one eastern iowa man got away with stealing millions from thousands of customers at a bank and, ford is taking on a new form of transportation bikes but not just any ordinary well be right back with your storm track seven forecast. Most of the snow has tracked out afternoon. But more snow tracks in by tomorrow night. Ill have got you covered, with ally now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team here are some of the latest snowfall totals. Most of us got a trace to 4 with the heaviest north of highway 20 and light snow may track in by tomorrow night. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras is wont improve much more today. We are in the teens and 20s now and mph all over the state. Not expected to die down until clear out for a bit, but we have another system that will track in by tomorrow evening with another snow will see sunshine this afternoon. It will be cold, though. Highs in the mid 20s to mid 30s will be the best we can do with north winds slow to die teens with mainly clear to partly cloudy skies. We have sun tomorrow morning but will cloud up as the next system tracks our way. Highs in the 30s tomorrow. Light snow tomorrow night into thursday with another round late friday into friday night. But then it warms up. Highs will be around 50 on sunday team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team here are some of the latest snowfall totals. Most of us got a trace to 4 with the heaviest north of highway 20 and a very sharp cutoff south. We will keep clearing skies this afternoon, but more light snow may track in by tomorrow night. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras is showing that the roads are clearing up and the skies are trying to break up. Temperatures wont in the teens and 20s now and north winds at 1020 mph all over the state. Not expected to die the snow tracks to the east, clouds will clear out for a bit, but we have another system that will track in by tomorrow evening with another coming up next. The largest financial fraud in how an iowa man gets away with stealing millions. And, how you can own something snazzy straight from oprahs closet. The largest financial fraud in 215Million Dollars, stolen from thousands of customers of cedar fallsbased pfg. Kwwls ron steele explains how banking changes caught russ wassendorf and his imaginary empire. He loved having a skybox for bears games and a condo in chicago. Im russ have everything. This was a person who, very early on, made a decision to cheat. Im chairman and ceo of golden touch. This was not a very Good Business person. Everything he invested in was a loser. Founder of his own on line futures trading company. Retail futures is a very hard business. Not for the man who would become known as madoff of the midwest. Russ was really taking as much money as he needed to support his lifestyle. Undetected for nearly 20years. On the day the merry go round stopped. He was supposed to have about 220million in the Customer Account and audio unknown problem. Possible suicide. Here we had a suicide note, where Russ Wasendorf had acknowledged this fraud. Wasdendorf survived that 2012 suicide attempt. Regulators froze all pfg accounts. Employees lost their jobs. His companies immediately collapsed into bankruptcy, but, his personal descent to rock bottom was a long journey. District of iowa in cedar rapids, prosecuted the case, which sent wasendorf to prison for 50years. This wasnt a successful man. He made a Company Look Like it was successful for years and years and years, simply by stealing his customers money. Wasendorfs ambition expanded in 1992, using money originally financed by an investor, identified in these Court Documents only as as j. C. Russ stealing money from peregrine, and using the money to prop up his own lifestyle. Just a year later, when money, the money was already gone. Wasendorf had stolen more than a quarter of a Million Dollars from other early pfg customers to buy out j. C. It was the beginning of the end. When we met russ, he was obviously a, in many way, was a larger than life character, and full of bravado. We knew we had problems with that firm, but, we had never seen any inclinations that there was an outright theft of customer funds. Daniel roth is president of the nfanational Futures Association in chicago. The nfa and commodity futures trading commission, regulate the futures industry. Wed had disciplinary actions against that firm. Wed had problems with that firm, specifically in their sales practices, and what their sales people were saying to retail customers. And not giving adequate disclosures of the risks involved. Just 5months before the company declared bankruptcy, nfa had fined peregrine 700 thousand dollars. The complaint said some pfg brokers made trade recommendations which maximized commissions without regard for the best interests of their customers. From the pfg best new accounts department. Pfgs online futures Customer Base of thousands, but russ senior only took money from the large, segregated Customer Account, which federal rules dictate is not to be touched. Wow is a good description. That from bankruptcy trustee, ira bodenstein, in chicago, whom, after 3 and a half years, still calls it the most complicated trustee case hes ever had. Well, the largest account we had of record was 17million, 598thousand, 22dollars and 33cents. Weve returned, so far, 49per cent. So, so far, theyve gotten half of that back. Thousands of customers didnt even file claims, as some of the smallest account balances were just 3 or 4cents, of the more than 379Million Dollars invested with pfg before its bankruptcy. When this whole thing exploded, many of the dreams of those people were crushed chicago attorneys Brooke Conner and michael selling the assets of Russ Wasendorf, senior. Eidelman is the Court Appointed receiver. Dealing with what was his fake image, his image, was interesting, because so many people had looked to russ. So, demistifying russ was interesting. Eidelman has sold all wasendorf assets, including the new, 20 Million Dollar pfg building in cedar falls, which opened just in 2009. The sale price was just 3million, 255thousand dollars, sold to the Real Estate Company of well known area developer, aj spiegel of peosta. The building currently has a taxable value of nearly 7 millionbut is not occupied right now. The only thing thats really left in the estate in terms of asset at this point are some Life Insurance policies, and, were still trying to determine, given the fact that russ is still incarcerated, whether or not we can monetize those here is chicago and in washington, federal regulators have made significant changes, as a direct result of the pfg, wasendorf fraud. After peregrine, we confirm those balances with the banks, holding the funds. So, we confirm Bank Balances for 2thousand accounts, every single day. Inside the Cedar Falls Post Office is box 706, which played a key role in hiding the fraud from regulators, who thought 706 belonged to us bank, when russ, senior, actually controlled it totally. Hindsight, you can always find red flags. The po box was not one of them. Wasnt then. Isnt now. Most major banks use po boxes for confirmation requests. But, wasendorf was using that po box address; forging his us Bank Statements and sending them to regulators, with totally false balances,like this one. To forge his Bank Statements, wasendorf simply used photoshop, a fax machine, printers, and the us bank logo. Often control people by using what he would tell investigators was his blunt authority. Blunt authority, as the owner of peregrine. He was able to go in and say, look im the only one who gets to look at the Bank Statements for this particular account, and they go directly to me, and the folks he put in place in his company complied with that. Us bank paid more than 62million to settle lawsuits related to the pfg case. When asked if the bank made any changes because of fraud, Senior Vice President dana ripley wrote we are pleased to have this matter resolved. Under the terms of the settlement, us bank has no additional comment. A lot of victims in this case. Not just financial victims. And, bankruptcy trustee bodenstein is gong after money wasendorf donated to nonprofits, and charities, uni. Iowa and more. Theres a pending action against the Memorial Foundation of Allen Hospital. They might have used those funds they were customer funds, and its my view they should be returned. Wasendorf sent kwwl this letter from his prison in terre haute, indiana. He did agree to do in interview for this story, but, the prison warden denied all of many interview requests. But, in his letter, wasendorf said he received one Christmas Card last year, and he also said this if you have the opportunity, please express how very sorry i am for the problems i have caused in the cedar valley. He certainly did express extreme remorse for the victims. theres no question, we learned a lot, and were a better regulator now, then we were then. Theres now new rules in place to help protect customers. Theyre included in the extended Online Edition of this story on our website, kwwl dot com. Starting today, you can own something out of Oprah Winfreys closet. Well fill you in after the break. And, ford is switching gears by designing its first ever bike this is kwwl well be right back. And when you see news or if you have pictures or video to share. You can do that by going to our page on facebook. You can also like our page to ebay has teamed up with oprahs magazine for an Online Charity auction. The two are auctioning off more than 250 items, including shoes, clothing and accessories, straight from the Oprah Winfrey show closet. The designer items are things oprah wore on the covers of o magazine, as well as on her syndicated tv show. Money raised will benefit the Oprah Winfrey leadership academy. An automaker is pedaling its way into bicycling. Ford Motor Company has been awarded a patent for an automatic kickstand. Meaning, riders would never have to put their feet down when stopped. Theres no confirmed date to launch the product, but ford affordable price. Coming up on kwwl, the mister food test kitchen. Were kicking off march with money saving tips thatll freeze you right in your tracks. Farm markets. Whenever we hear about ways to save time or money were with you. And since todays the first day of march were kicking has to offer, not to the options in the freezer aisle, getting going has never been easier. And if you havent seen the new assortment of frozen singleportions or familysized entrees, with cuisines from around the world, are you ever in for a treat. You know here in the test kitchen we love our vegetables, and since frozen ones are often fresher than fresh, we always keep an assortment of them on hand. And if youve got a sweet tooth, the freezer aisle has all kinds of dessert. From readytobake ones to treats that we simply few frozen favorites. Its drizzled with bbq sauce and topped with frozen chicken strips before getting baked. Once it comes out of the oven, we top it with a fresh tasting why dont you go online and get the recipe for our, barbecue chicken tart. Its that good. Im howard in the mr. Food test kitchen. The next time youre at the market, make sure you take a fresh look at all the freezer case has to offer. 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Only from centurylink. Call and switch today. Now on the kwwl news at noon. Much smaller in iowa well take a look at the Tiny House Movement plus, a federal judge is standing by apple when it comes to unlocking one of their products and, its tuesday but not any old tuesday. Its super tuesday today can help reveal which candidates have the best chance at winning a nomination for president. Welcome back to the news at noon. Im ally crutcher lets go to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan now for your first forecast. Few snow showers may still be break up. The roads are improving, but there will still be some covered roads out there for a bit. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras are showing that improvement. And some are showing sunshine trying to break free. Only in the teens to 20s with winds still 1020 mph from the north, although they will start to die down by mid afternoon. We will keep the clouds tracking out of here for a few hours, anyway, with highs only in the mid 20s to mid 30s today. We have a lot of warm air heading our way for the which can reveal which candidates have the best chance at winning their partys nomination for president. Its super tuesday. Twelve states and hundreds of delegates on the line. Republican ted cruz and democratic candidate Bernie Sanders both need to carry their home states texas and vermont today. A kwwl follow up Rashon Montgomery is missing no more. He has autism and his family was worried about him police found him, safely, last night at the caseys off University Avenue in waterloo. Apple scores a win in a new york the fbis court order in california. A federal judge says investigators cannot force apple to unlock an i phone owned by a convicted drug dealer. Right now, the tech giant is being pressured by federal investigators to break into 13 iphones across the country. That includes one that belonged to one of the San Bernardino shooters. Scary video out of texas shows a driver plowing their car into a gas pump. You can see the driver frantically try to get other people out of the car. It took firefighters about two hours to get the fire under control. Police have not said if anyone to lose control. Police are searching for the person who stole money from a girl scout. It happened while she was selling cookies. On sunday in florida, the young girl scout was selling cookies outside a walmart. Police say the suspect took the scouts cash box as he left the its unfortunate, people are desperate, and to pick on a little girl scout . Thats just really heartbreaking, police are alerting the public to be on the lookout for the man in connection to the crime. A woman is forced to leave her shoes behind at airport security. Take a look at these heels. Tsa agents found the gun themed stilettos in a womans carryon bags. The agency doesnt allow fake guns or ammunition past checkpoints. It was too late to check her bag. So she had to leave them behind. The Tiny House Movement may be coming to eastern iowa. People looking to live a simple life, be energy efficient, or save money live in very small homes like these. Often times tiny homes have wheels and even compostable toilets but the homes in cedar rapids would not be this way. Be multiple tiny houses but they that would be attractive to a the home would also be connected to city water and be at least 500 square feet. The idea fits in with City Building codes and zoning, the group says every four years, a day special day comes around. One that can affect your entire life. Leap day Allen Hospital in waterloo seeing two leap day babies. Leaping landry will likely hear my aunt said it best. She said mom and dad disagree about whether landrys birthday will be celebrated on february 28th or march 1st in non leap years coming up. A pizza restaurant is serving up a president ial candidate looking slice of pie and when you see news or if have pictures or video to share. You can do that by going to our page meteorologist will be with your storm track seven day now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team here are some of the latest heaviest north of highway 20 and a very sharp cutoff south. We will keep clearing skies this afternoon, but more light snow may track in by tomorrow night. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras is showing that the roads are clearing up and the skies are trying to break up. Temperatures wont improve much more today. We are in the winds at 1020 mph all over the state. Not expected to die down until toward evening. As the snow tracks to the east, clouds will clear out for a bit, but we have another system that will track in by tomorrow evening with another round of light snow. Today, the snow will end this morning and we should see sunshine this afternoon. It will be cold, though. Highs in the mid 20s to mid 30s will be the best we can do with north winds slow to die down. Lows tonight will drop into the Single Digits and teens with mainly clear to partly cloudy skies. We have sun tomorrow morning but will cloud up as the next system tracks our way. Highs in the 30s tomorrow. Light snow into thursday with another round late friday into friday night. But then it warms up. Highs will be around 50 on sunday todays the first day of march which means this is the most exciting time snow tomorrow night into thursday with another round late friday into friday night. But then it warms up. Highs will be around 50 todays the first day of march which means this is the most exciting time of year for College Basketball fans. Last night, iowa state honored Georges Niang on senior night. Its his final game at hilton as the cyclones host oklahoma state. He finished with 17 and the 21st ranked cyclones win 5850. They go to number one kansas on saturday. Senior night for iowa is tonight at carverhawkeye arena. Coming up. Houston we have a homecoming astronaut scott kelly is heading back to earth in space. Hes been at the International Space station longer than than any other us astronaut. Its a test to study the affects of space on the human body to make sure astronauts can handle a trip to mars. Once he lands, kelly will undergo a battery of physical and scientific tests. This is his Fourth Mission in space. Leonardo dicaprio says hes been overwhelmed by the support of his fans. And theyre coming up with creative ways to celebrate his oscar victory. Joy for their favorite actor. They call themselves oscar to leo. They obviously got to together to watch the Academy Awards sunday night and saw dicaprio win his first oscar for his performance in the revenant. They even collected silver and gold to make an oscar statue they plan to give to him. Ill take a slice of Donald Trump Thanks to a student artists spoton stencil drawing of the face and hair of donald trump, an alabama restaurant is serving up a trump trump yet. I think he taken a bite of more people than they have taken a bite of him. Hopefully soon someone will try to trump pizza and we can ship oven. Rubio and donald trump seem to go way beyond political differences. Jeanne moos says theyre fighting like mean girls. Which of the following is not an actual 2016 campaign insult . marco rubio, r trump, r president ial candidate a guy like rubios a baby. a christmas story what, are you gonna cry now . Cmon cry baby cry for me. The answer is c, though the electorate should be crying become. Watch it jerk a schoolboy fight for marco, thats what. Hes little marco. marco rubio, r president ial candidate hes always calling me little marco. donald trump, r president ial candidate little marco rubio. marco rubio, r president ial candidate and you know what they say about men with small hands. You cant trust them. the three stooges who but instead of flinging mud. The donald is flinging water bottles, imitating a candidate and i looked at the puddle on the ground and i said what is that, what is it . marco rubio, r president ial candidate he doesnt sweat cause pores clogged from spray tan he uses marco rubio, r president ial candidate donald is not gonna make america great, hes gonna make america orange. Some compare the race cold shiny hard plastic. Whats next . Will the bitter rivals start rapping their insults . eight mile is that a tank top the press but theyre starting to sound like anchorman. anchorman your hair looks stupid. marco rubio, r president ial candidate but hes flying around on hair force 1 at trump. Arent whacking each marco rubio, r president ial candidate donald trump like to sue people, he should sue whoever did that to his face. Cnn donald trump, r president ial candidate he was putting on makeup with a trowel. New york. With today being super tuesday the two will continue to battle it out. Well have full coverage of all the results on air and online tonight. And well be right many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. And even though their dentures look clean, in reality theyre not. If a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. Thats why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. Polidents unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, for a cleaner, fresher, right idea of what to do today its the perfect day to snuggle and very cute. Winds will die down and skies will clear out through the afternoon. 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