Anyone predicted, and you know, for those of us who cover it and those who love politics, its pretty exciting, but i think a lot of experts are just scratching their heads at this point trying to figure what just happened here or whats what im seeing is is a surprising number of undecided voters at this late stage in the game, which i dont know, i suppose in some way either negatively or positively, it speaks to, you know, the quality of the candidates, but i get the impression your people are taking this, you know, obviously very seriously. Mean, this is one of the first states to vote, and its got a lot of influence. I think people understand the importance and the value, but i was struck how many people are still evaluating these candidates. You can catch nbc nighlty news live from columbia right after wis news at 6. Taking a look over downtown columbiaand a nice evening ahead as we head into the weekend. Ben tanner joins us now with a look at your as a slow moving cool front approa
Assistant us attorney winston hollidaywho told us after todays decision that it wasnt difficult to decide to retry jack parker and doug taylor. I respect the courts ruling. We never really agreed with them and obviously we put up the same witness, they testified to the same stuff. They crossexamined him on what they thought the other side should have been able to cross examine him on. And we got a verdict faster. Jack parkers original sentence in his first trial was five months in prison. Taylor got eight months home detention. They now face resentencingand holliday says that too will happen more quickly. Maybe in about a month, before judge cameron currie. Live at the federal courthouse, jack kuenzie wis news ten. Today was a day to leave the winter coat behindwith temperatures feeling more like spring. Lets get an update on your forecast with expect mostly cloudy skies tonight with lows near 50 degrees. Scattered showers are in the forecast wednesday as a front slowly moves into the
Lets get your Early Morning started with a look at your forecast. Tim miller is in the First Alert Storm Center with your wake up weather. A cold front will move through the area during the day, ahead of the front look for cloudy skies with scattered showers during the day. Rain n ance 50 . Highs will max out right about where they are this morning in the lower 50s. Tonight, a few scattered showers, colder, low in the middle to upper 30s. Thursday, partly to mostly cloudy, a few scattered showers, highs near 50 clearing and warmer by friday gop frontrunner donald trump is once again bringing his campaign to the hes holding a rally tonight at harmon tree farm in gilbert. Its free and open to the public. But you do have to register online beforehand. It begins tonight at 7. With doors opening at 5. With just days before the Iowa Caucuses, trump and his closest challenger, ted cruz back. Reporter pkgas follows ted cruzs final pitch framed as dire warning, sounding the alarm among conserva
President ial nominees, but a win would greatly increase momentum leading into the New Hampshire primary. A recent poll by the Des Moines Register and bloomberg shows the iowa choice for democratic nominee among likely caucusgoers is Hillary Clinton with 45 percent of the vote. President ial candidate weve run a Terrific Campaign from the grass roots up. Of course its close its competitive thats why i hope everyone who has decided to caucus for me will come out monday night. Senator sanders not far behind with 4242 percent of the vote. President ial candidate when we started this campaign here in iowa, we were 50 or 60 points behind secretary clinton. We have come a long, long way. So i think if the turnout is high, jake, i think weve got a real nominee. Surprisingly enough, he wasnt much of a target sunday. Senators ted cruz and marco rubio were going after each other. President ial candidate when marco ran in florida he promised the men and women in florida he would lead the fight ag
Stand here tonight and without hesitation or qualification declare that the state of our city is strong. It is strong. In his annual state of the city address, mayor Steve Benjamin had high praise for the First Responders who worked tirelessly after octobers historic, deadly flood a disaster he compared to the burning of columbia a centuryandahalf ago by general William Tecumseh sherman. Over 11 trillion gallons of water fall from the sky. The mayor called for rebuilding but in an innovative and imaginative way repaired bridges and roads that are friendly to bikes and pedestrians, a natural buffer along gills creek thatll prevent future catasthrophic flooding, and abandoned homes turned into greenspace. Then, he revealed recovery measures already in the works. Im proud to announce that were launching this week the Small Business Disaster Relief fund, providing critical assistance to Small Businesses struggling to recover from the october flood not covered by fema or private insurance.