Federal minimum security prison for women in alabama was damaged. Brazils president says the zika virus has gone from a threat against the brazilian people. The government in brazil scrambling to start developing a vaccine. But until one is ready, the president says preventing mosquitoes from breeding is the best defense. The virus has caused thousands of babies in brazil to be born with unusually small heads. Despite those efforts being made against the virus, there are growing calls for the olympics to be canceled. Medical ethicist Arthur Kaplan says it would be irresponsible for brazil to host the summer games in the middle of a Public Health emergency. The u. S. Olympic committee tells abc news, its keeping a close eye on the situation. Very scary, especially for women. I think its sort of an unfair advantage for people who come in and, i think it puts a little more stress on women in particular, even if youre not pregnant, you know, but i i dont know. Consider. A bold move, though
Republicans came into the night knowing it would be tight between donald trump and ted cruz. Cruz. Those two lived up to the hype and ted cruz overcame Iowa Governor Terry Branstad telling iowans to not caucus for cruz because of the texas senators stand on the rewable fuel standard and ethanol. When the media in one voice said a conservative cannot win, nationside over 800 thousand donations poured in to ted cruz. Com saying yes we can. But the big story of the night was the surge marco rubio made. He turned a distant third place in the polls to nearly bumping donald trump out of the number two spot. Montana senator steve daines was pushing for the florida senator. Senator. Marco is that kind of leader and his story. The son of a bartender, moms a hotel maid, how hard it is for American Families to make ends meet. Thats been marcos life and thats going to make a great president. Both Major Political parties in iowa say problems with this years caucus were caused by record turn out tha
Eastern iowa overnight. I thi well see around a an inch or less. But well keep the Winter Weather alerts for northwestern counties. The winds died down just a little bit this evening but fog has developed. Reduced visisilities in our southern counties. Fog advisory in effect until midnight. Tomorrow expect rain and snow in the moing hours. Temperatures falling into the mid to low 20s by the afternoon with cloudy skies and gusty winds up to 30 Miles Per Hour tomorrow. Scott and karen. Right now crews are still clearing roadways across the state. Repopoing that the worst conditions are in the northern third of the state northwest of waterloo. Travel is nono advised tonight in mitchell and floyd counties. You can check the latest weather conditions any time onon our app. All you have to do is search for cbs 2 w x. Right now results from several School Special elections are coming in. We begin with the College Community school district. Forhe second time district leaders asked voters for i
The National Weather service now says the tornado that hit here was an ef1 that traveled nearly three miles. Steve osunsami, abc news, alamo, tennessee. Not all avalanches are natural disasters. This one in southwestern colorados back country was intentionally set off to prevent an accident later. San juan mountains are popular with skiers who sometimes trigger avalanches. A snowmobiler was buried in a slide 100 miles away. Its better to have a controlled avalanche like this. Julian sa a sang inside Ecuadors Embassy in london appears to be near its end. He will himself up to authorities tomorrow if a u. N. Panel rules against his claims in a case that hes brought against both britain and sweden. He took refuge in that embassy three years ago to avoid extradition to sweden where he faces Sexual Assault charges. Political news. We started the half hour. Now for a lighter moment from the campaign trail. This is hard to watch. Jeb bush has a town hall today at a middle School Cafeteria in
An accident later. San juan mountains are popular with skiers who sometimes trigger avalanches. A snowmobiler was buried in a slide 100 miles away. Its better to have a controlled avalanche like this. Julian sa a sang inside Ecuadors Embassy in london appears to be near its end. He will himself up to authorities tomorrow if a u. N. Panel rules against his claims in a case that hes brought against both britain and sweden. He took refuge in that embassy three years ago to avoid extradition to sweden where he faces Sexual Assault charges. We already did the serious political news. We started the half hour. Now for a lighter moment from the campaign trail. This is hard to watch. Jeb bush has a town hall today at a middle School Cafeteria in derry, New Hampshire. No matter what happens there, it cannot be any worse than this event in hanover, yesterday. Needs to be quieter but sends a signal were prepared to act in the National Security interests of this country to get back in the business