We have a lot to get to this morning. We begin with the race for the white house. It is your voice, your vote. Just two days till the South Carolina republican primary and donald trump is leading there. But take a look at this new National Poll showing ted cruz and donald trump virtually tied. Abcs tom llamas has the latest from charleston, South Carolina. Good morning, tom. Reporter amy, donald trump up early this morning tweeting about that new National Poll saying, there are several other polls where hes still in the lead. Hes not sure why the media is focused on that new poll. This as senator ted cruz goes after trump and senator marco rubio with a key endorsement. Ladies and gentlemen, if we elect marco rubio, every day will be a great day in america. Reporter this morning senator marco rubio with an early victory in South Carolina picking up the endorsement of governor nikki haley. She embodies for me everything i want the Republican Party and the conservative movement to be abou
They are going to the world series and what a postseason for Daniel Murphy. You see it right there, six home runs in six straight playoff games. That is a record. He is a beast. We have so much more on that coming up. First we begin with breaking news overseas. A masked man with a sword attacking a school in sweden. Details just coming in and lama hasan starts us off, good morning, lama. Reporter good morning. Thats right. This news coming in right now. A truly horrific and frightening attack as class was beginning. A masked man wielding a sword burst into a school in the town of trollhattan, sweden. Police saying the man attacking at least four people. Killing one teach and wounding students seriously aged between 11 and 15. Who is now in critical condition. No word yet on the attackers motive. Amy. Thank you. Well turn to Hillary Clinton and todays capitol hill showdown over benghazi. It will be an all day grilling for the frontrunner hearing her allies calling it a political witchhu
0. 25 to 0. 50 likely. Plan on wet football in the area for friday night this system will be moving out just in time for the weekend with highs remaining in the 60s and lows dipping down to the upper 30s saturday night. Today partly cloudy high 6167 winds e 510 alo 65 dbq 64 iow 65tonight mostly cloudy low 4955 winds e 1015 alo 52 dbq 49 iow 52tomorrow showers likely high 6066 winds se 1020 alo 63 dbq 64 iow 65tomorrow night showers likely low 5157 winds s 515 alo 54 dbq 57 iow 57 thanks kaj. In a tv9 followup this morning. Iowa city firefighters say they had quite the battle with Mother Nature when trying to put out a house fire. They faced some intense conditions during a thunderstorm while battling a house fire at 623 east college street. At one point, lightning in the area forced them to take cover. The fire tuesday night sent one firefighter to the hospital for evaluation. The Fire Department says while they were there, dozens of calls poured in about other lightning related incid
Were trying to use the stolen credit card. We want to remind you that when you see news, call newsline nine. That number is 3193659999. Also, send us pictures and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. In a tv9 followup this morning. Some parents in iowa city say there are overwhelmed with messages about threats at school. Last week, the Iowa City School board voted to report all threats to police and parents. That was after West High School didnt report a a gun to school on social media. Has reported three incidents since last wednesday. The Iowa City Community School District sent out an email to families yesterday. It said the district plans to evaluate any alleged threat for potential danger and then decide the correct response. The district told tv9, this School Administrators on what would qualify for an alert to families. 48 29 i think its difficult, parents. Youre at work and you get a text, an email or a phone call about something that has been going on at the school and i think
Will not run for president. That immediately shifts the race. How the poll numbers now change in a moment here. The Vice President walking out with his wife, dr. Jill biden, who had said before she would support him if he decided to run. As the entire family mourned the recent death of their son, beau biden. Today, the Vice President revealing there are now more smiling than tears, but then adding, the window has closed. Tonight, what weve learned about Hillary Clintons phone call to biden. Abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl leading us off. Reporter with his wife and his boss at his side, joe biden walked into the rose garden, the final steps on a painful journey. He and his family were finally prepared to run, but concluded the window had simply closed. Unfortunately, i believe were out of time. The time necessary to mount a Winning Campaign for the nomination. Reporter bidens friends say he had desperately wanted to run for president he had even talked to supporters a