11 31 10 no one was hanging out the window firing at you, correct . Correct. If fact theres no evidence that anyone fired a shot at you correct . Correct. Testimony concluded today. A judge will now determine mures guilt or innocence. Emily fazinos mother testified today in fazinos husbands murder trial. Alex fazzino is accused of killing emily in their home in 2012. The defense wants to prove she accidentally drowned in a bathtub. The result of a Prescription Drug addiction. They claim emilys mother tried to hide the problem. By letting emily be treated at her childhood home, instead of in a professional setting. Thats not the way her mother sees it. We felt like we had been successful. She came down and ate with us, socialized with us. And so thats why i didnt think of putting her into an outpatient or inpatient, and it was not her desire. It was not my choice. Thats how she wanted to handle it. Testimony will likely last through the week, with closing monday. Police are still searching for two escaped inmates from the newton correctional facility. Michael amodeo and jessy foley a routine count on saturday. Both men were serving sentences for drug related crimes. Another inmate escaped a little captured. Anyone with information is asked to call police. We have a sobering reminder trains. And now investigators are trying to determine why a truck drove into its path. This is whats left of the truck. It was hit while crossing tracks in sioux city. Luckily, there were no injuries. However, the dry feed it was carrying was spilled all over the area. Crews spent hours cleaning it up and making sure it wouldnt hurt the environment. Two people are recovering after their cedar rapids Apartment Building went up in flames. Firefighters were called to the apartment on the citys southwest side early this morning. They were quickly able to knock down the fire. The residents were treated for smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Carbon monoxide alarms would be required in iowas apartments apartments would be regularly inspected, while homeowners would be on the honor system. Leaders say they want to make the alarms as common as smoke detectors in the state. The bill is awaiting approval in the house. About three hundred iowans are treated for Carbon Monoxide poisoning every year. Today, lawmakers heard about a bill that would help provide oversight to the states transition to privatized medicaid system. Channel 13s Stephanie Moore joins us with the details. The bill was introduced by the chair of the Human Resources committee but has bipartisian supportthe goal to provide improvements and more accountability for iowas move to medicaid privatization. Democratic senator amanda ragan, who introduced the bill, says the legislation is designed to safeguard the more than half a million iowans who use medicaid, encourage participation and protect tax payers. Governor branstads plan to privatize medicaid is set to take effect april first. The federal governments already pushed that says the bill has six goals to accomplish oversight including creating a Medicaid Reinvestment Fund and expanding the medical assistance advisory council. our job is to protect the Health Care Safety net for iowa families. We are all one accident or illness away from depending on medicaid. Iowas Health Care Safety net is simply too important to turn over to outofstate corporations before the bill could be debated it was deferred. The Senate Majority leader said republicans are considering some amendments to the bill and the plan is to take it back up tomorrow. The Blank Park Zoo is investing some dollars in the animal kingdom. Its planning to build a nearly two Million Dollar expansion of the giraffe barn. It will be big enough to hold ten giraffes, six more than the zoos current herd. It will also allow them more face time with the visitors. The public will be able to visit not appropriate for them to be out, early spring winter, now people will be able to come into the barn and see the giraffes. Construction is scheduled to begin in april. Itll take about seven months. Heres a sure sign of the warmer weather to come. Nitefall on the river has released some of this years lineup. The first act to take the stage at simon estes amphitheater is hairball on may 28th. Tickets to that show and many others go on sale march 4th. More acts will be announced soon. We might not have to wait until summer to break out the shorts and flip flops. Chief meteorologist ed wilson joins us with a first look at a lovely forecast. Hi ed snowfall totals were in the 2 to 4 range from fort dodge into ne iowa early this morning. Tonight, there will be no additional snow as skies clear out a bit into wednesday morning. Wednesday will be a quiet day with highs in the low 40s. There is another chance of a light rain snow mix again Late Wednesday into early thursday morning. Temperatures will continue to climb into the weekend with highs back in the 50s and even 60s by next week. There was a chill in the air today. Senator Charles Grassley and a few colleagues were invited to the white house. Hear how grassley describes the conversation about replacing a vacant seat on the supreme court. And whether the president was able to convince him to consider a nomination made by the obama right now, americans are making their choices for the next administration. Well tell you how things are shaping up. Just before the votes are counted on this super tuesday. Plus, Hillary Clintons words of advice for donald trump. And its one of the most important times of the year in high school hoops. Well take you live to the girls state basketball tournament at wells fargo arena. Today, the family of antonin washington dc. The justice died last month after serving ni the meantime, the fight over scalias replacement continues. And an iowa senator has found himself right in the middle of it. Chuck grassley discussed the vacancy with the president and other top senators. It was an attempt to bridge a standoff over whether president obama should send a nomination to the senate. But grassley says he wont consider a nominee until after the president ial election. I spoke for the position of 52 of the 54 republicans that the people should have a voice in this through the next election. Grassley chairs the judiciary committee. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and democratic leader harry reid also took part in the meeting. Were nearing the end of one of the biggest days on the election calender. Today is an enormously important day. Super tuesday i believe is the twelve states choose candidates today ten where both parties compete, plus the democrats in colorado and the republicans in alaska. The latest polls show donald trump and Hillary Clinton hold commanding leads. And it appears clinton is eager to take trump on. At some point you cant just say whatever pops into your head if you want to be the president of the United States of america. Polls in alabama, georgia, vermont, and virginia close in a little less than an hour. Alaskas caucuses should end around eleven. Some people would rather work in the kitchen instead of the oval office. And the Iowa Restaurant Association is looking for them. Today, it held events at the Iowa Events Center to match employers with potential employees. One of them was a cooking competition. Similar to the top chef tv show. Officials expect an increase of 16 hundred culinary jobs in iowa this year. Snowfall totals were in the 2 to 4 range from fort dodge into ne iowa there will be no additional snow as skies clear out a bit into wednesday morning. Wednesday will be a quiet day with highs in the low 40s. There is another chance of a light rain snow mix again Late Wednesday into early thursday morning. Temperatures will continue to climb into the weekend with highs back in the 50s and even 60s by next week. Snowfall totals were in the 2 to 4 range from fort dodge into ne iowa early this morning. Tonight, there will be no additional snow as skies clear out a bit into wednesday morning. Wednesday will be a quiet day with highs in the low 40s. There is another chance of a light rain snow mix again Late Wednesday into early thursday morning. Temperatures will continue to climb into the weekend with highs back in the mpete against a College Basketball senior night for attention, but today, far more central iowa teams take we now go live to the well, where michael admire checks in on the state champs. Michael . Michael admire will stay at the at 10 pm. Undefeated pocahontas area taking on overmatched mount vernon. Indians plan to win it all this year. Ashlyn weidauer 3 pointer, 4322. End of the first half, beats the buzzer 5328. Ruffridge finishes with a game high 24 points. Indians break three tournament scoring records, including points in a 3a game 83, points in a quarter, and combined team points. 8343 the final. Manson nwwebster against iowa city regina. Regina 240, but manson nwwebster stays close with the three ball. Cloie herzberg from the corner, webster trails leads 3831. Manson creeping closer. Same corner, same result Emma Rae Snell cuts the lead to 5. But regina pulls away down the stretch, stays perfect 5947. For up to the minute live scoring of all girls state basketball games, use the 13 now app, or log on to banner on the home page. Big game for the hawkeyes tonight. Iowa plays big ten leader indiana, and its senior night in iowa city. Four starters play their final game in Carverhawkeye Arena anthony clemmons, mike gesell, jarrod uthoff, and adam woodbury. Channel 13s john sears is at Carver Hawkeye arena, where its still nearly 2 hours to tip. Wed talk to john, but like so many right now, hes lost his voice, but feeling fine. Tonights game between iowa and indiana is completely sold out. John will quietly bring us highlights and post game interviews later. Iowas fading hopes of sharing the title with indiana rely on a win tonight. The hoosiers have two games on iowa and three other big ten teams. The Principal Charity classic just got more colorful. Two time major winner john daly commits to play des moines champions tour event. Daly turns 50 in late april, the classic tees off at wakona the first finally tonight. First it was smudge somehow dialed 911 last week from the ames pet hospital. The responding officers made him unless theres an emergency. But smudge didnt get off without any punishment he got the classic front and profile mug shots. His paw prints were also taken. Police are now encouraging the public to talk with their animals about the appropriate use of 911. Om Sony Pictures studios, its americas game wheel. Of. Fortune ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show pat sajak and vanna white [ cheers and applause ] [ laughs ] hi. Thank you, jim. Thank you very much. Welcome. Goodbye. Be careful. Hi, everybody. How you doing . We have to. We have to kill a little time. Vanna cant walk fast or shell fall on her feathers. [ laughter ] uh, get ready. Well do a toss up here. This one is worth 1,000. Shes in place