Dog sled race, keeping a mushing tradition alive. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news, im jeff glor. Tonight campaign 2016 gets its first reality check when voters in iowa select which candidate will remit them at the democratic and Republican National conventions this summer. Starting at 7 00 p. M. Local time, caucuses will be held across the state. Republican voters write the name of their preferred candidate on slips of paper. Democrats support candidates in groups. Because iowa goes first, it is a highly anticipated event, one that could be complicated by a blizzard due to arrive just as voting begins. Our Election Team starting with Major Garrett and the republican race. Reporter jeff, here at ted cruzs iowa headquarters, the workload is con stand and stakes Donald Trumps momentum and counter a late surge prosecute marco rubio. The cruz and rubio campaigns are pulling out all the stops, including hardball voter turnout tactics. The leader in iow
Reporter this tushish beach is a long way and no distance at all from the wouldbe peace talks in geneva. Even as the participants argued over whether or not to actually get down to business, drowned children and their families fleeing the conflict washed up on shore. By some counts, 35 times more people have tried to make the perilous crossing to greece, at least 250 are believed to have drowned this month alone. This is the type of horror that makes them take the risk. Dozens were killed in damascus when a car bomb went off. Two suicide bombers then struck rescuers, adding to the carnage. Syria today is an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe. Reporter in a video message secretary of state john kerry called on participants in the peace talks to seize the opportunity to bring an end to the conflict. The talks are supposed to begin in some form on monday. Engulf the region. If left to spiral completely out of control. That is what the negotiations in geneva can prevent. Reporter but so fa
Glor good evening, im jeff glor. This is the western edition of the broadcast. Tomorrow night, campaign 2016 gets its first reality check when voters select which candidate will represent them at the republican and Democratic National conventions this summer. Starting at 7 p. M. Local time, caucuses or meetings will be held across the state. Republican voters will write the name of their preferred candidate on slips of paper, democrats will stand in different parts of the room, supporting candidates in groups. Because iowa goes first, its a highly anticipated event. One that could be complicated by a blizzard due to arrive just as voting begins. Our Election Team has iowa covered starting with Major Garrett and the republican race. Major. Reporter jeff, here at ted cruzs iowa headquarters the workload is constant and the stakes are high. First place is crucial to blunt Donald Trumps momentum and counter a late surge from marco rubio. The cruz and rubio campaigns are pulling out all the