Well, good wednesday morning. We begin with the countdown to the next crucial vote. A possible makeorbreak moment for several candidates. Donald trump is now fending off criticism from president obama as he fires back. Hes enjoying a commanding lead in the South Carolina polls. Ted cruz is a distant second trailed by marco rubio and jeb bush. The democrats in a tight race in nevada, but Hillary Clinton way ahead of Bernie Sanders in South Carolina with a doubledigit lead. And with just three days to go before votes are cast in two states, the republicans are trading more nasty insults. Its your voice, your vote. We get the latest now from abcs megan hughes in washington. Good morning, megan. Reporter kendis, reena, good morning. All six remaining gop candidates will be in South Carolina today where, as you mentioned, donald trump remains on top and on the attack. Donald trump calls in on Stephen Colberts the late show. I can think off of the top of have said on air that this is true, c
And im matt breen. A zika outbreak is sweeping latin america, and its causing concern here in siouxland. Ktivs tommie clark spoke with a specialist from Unitypoint Clinic who tells us about the disease and who needs to watch out for it. The infection and its linked with. Microcephaly is an unfortunate condition which the baby has a very small head, well below size average head, and beyond that theres abnormalities within the brain itself, said Unitypoint Clinic director of maternal fetal medicine dr. Al fleming. Here at Unitypoint Clinic, dr. Flemming answered some questions about the zika virus for one siouxland expecting mom. Flemming says hes gotten concerned future parents come in asking about zika. One siouxland couple got all their questions answered. Basically he showed us the head measurements and how serious the disorder was and thankfully that we didnt have it. Everything looks like its on point with the measurements and everything, said fiance of expecting mom, shane dawa. A
Gosch said. And is a gift that will benefit families for years to come. All in elizabeths name. Were celebrating her birthday, said jeremy cotter, father. And, this is her birthday present to the hospital and to other families. It feels good to do that. Through their gofundme page, the cotters raised enough to buy the cuddle cot. And donate 2,700 dollars to the neonatal intesive care unit at st. Lukes. That where evelynne spent the first month of her life after the emergency csection. By the way, the cotters had enough money to buy the cuddle cot within the first month of fundraising. For the last few weeks, ive followed the cotters as they embarked on this journey to give other parents the tools to cope with their own grief. And, i want to thank them for opening their lives, im grateful for the opportunity they gave me to tell their story. sheila shifting gears. We got to see some sun today but is another mix very far off . Chief meteorologis t ron demers is here to tell us more. Weat
Viewing area yesterday ranging from sunny in the 40s out west to snowy and barely making it to 20 to the east, well basically see a reversal of yesterdays weather in terms of the timing of light snow. Unlike yesterday, pretty much everyone will spend a fair amount of time under the clouds with occasional peeks of sun this morning before light snow starts to move into our western counties early this afternoon. Itll gradually spread eastward throughout the afternoon and evening and exit the viewing area by midnight leaving many with, much like yesterday, a dusting up to an inch or two ofofhe white stuff. High pressure will then make its way south into the viewing area fridayy which will translate to a day offdeceiving suushine with highs only making it into the teens. After dropping below zero friday night, well see another cold day saturday with the possibility of light snow from saturday into sunday as temperatures finally get a decent nudge back into the 30s and 40s late this weekend
Matyas kalamazoo county looks like we have Somebody Just driving around, finding people and shooting them dead in their tracks 15 minutes later more shots. This time at a popular restaurant. broadcastify sot priority 25181 south 9th street, 5181 south 9th street at the cracker barrel. We have shots fired. Five more victims. Four more dead. A 14 Year Old Girl reported to be killed survived. Rushed into surgery after she squeezed her mothers hand. Shes in critical condition. In all. The shooter had eight victims. Six were killed. About seven hours after the first shots were fired Police Arrested 45 year old jason dalton without incicdent. Authorities found a gun and other evidence inside his car. Dalton is an uber driver who Authorities Say has ties to the community. His neighbors say he was a normal, working, family guy. gary pardo neighbor would have never suspected anything like that. What connects the alleged gunman, the locations and the victims . Police say nothing. jeff getting ka