These are the names. Avielle richman, benjamin wheeler,r,llison wyatt, dawn hochsprung. And stories. 32 26 Charlotte Bacon was six years old, she wanted to be a veterinarian when she grew up. Of victims of a shooting so sad, for leslie pptie, its still hard to comprehend. Her writing. 32 13 how could anyone be so merciless . She says helps. Shes not the only one using her voice. 02 25 we walk today to remember all l those whohore victims of, survivors of, and witness to gun violence. We walk today because that list is achingly, horribly long. A long line of orange wove from a downtown Iowa City Library onference room to the front of the gold dome. Chanting steps one mom says are for sandy hook. 13 11 i have three Young Children and i very much saw their faces in the faces of those children. Anyone who was watching from the sideline said this is it, i have to get involved. Something she felt so strongly, e couldnt stay silent. Shes part of a group called moms dedend action. They want Gu
Amounts are possible. Record rainfall amounts will be broken. Temperatures are also very mild today. We wi start off in the upper 50s this morning and continue to rise into t low 60s by midmorning. The race for the gop president ial nomination is switching course here in iowa. A new Des Moines Register poll released yesterday shows texas senator ted cruz leading longtime frontrunner donald trump. Cruz sits 10 points higher at 31 percent, in n is poll of a little more than 400 iowa republicans. Trump is still in 2nd place, with 21 percent support. Dr. Ben carson, who once held the top spot, is now in 3rd place with 13 florida senator marco rubio runs in 4th place. He is the only other candidate in the field of 13 who is in the double digits, with 10 percent support. Cruz has gained momentum over the past 30 days. Last weekend in cedar rapids, he acknowledge d that jump in the polls. Cruz believed more conservatives are choosing him now, after evaluating other candidates. Though donald t
Well see our coldest night of december so far tonight, with lows in the midteens. Plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid30s. Midupper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. Have a great weekend thanks kaj. Family and friends of an 18yearold iowa state student kied this week will honor her life today. The Center Point United Methodist church is holding a visitation today. Its for emmalee jacobs who died on monday after a hit and run on the ames campus. She just graduated from center pointurbana high school last may. Jacobs put a lot of her time into her Center Point United Methodist church youth programs. Her pastor says shell be greatly missed. The visitation is todgy from 4 to 8 this evening. The funeral will be tomorrow morning at 10 30 at centerpoint urbana high school. Authorities are still trying to figure out how a central iowa teens body ended up in a pond. Search andndescue crews recovered 17yeaeaold sam kepts body in a pond off highway
In arizona in 20 11. Giffords formally endorsed clinton earlier this month. Republican frontrunner donald trump landed for a Campaign Stop in dubuque today. Trump made headlines this week, for refusing to appear at the final Republican Debate before the iowa caucuses. Today he addressed that decision. I think the debate turned out to be good that i didnt do it. It was a lousy debate anyway. Boring, boring. That was a hard thing to watch, wasnt it . But it wouldnt have been hardif i was there you wouldve lilid it, right . Trump is currently neckandneck with texas senator ted cruz in most recent iowa polls. Also in dubuque, voters gathered to hear r at Carly Fiorina had to say in one of her last stops ahead of monday night. Hillary clinton wants to go to the white house, shes more qualified for the big house, she has escaped prosecution more times than el chapo, i think shawn penn should interview her frankly. Charlottes coffee shop in downtown. The gop candidate pushed what she calls he
Event targeted at students and from tonights turnout, that group p owed up here. But a big focus from everyone tonight is getting that group to turn out on caucus night. Video messages emphasized finding your correct precinct location and asked supporters to show up for canvassing shifts all the way uuntil three pm monday night. And even for p pple who stood in line but couldnt get into tonights iowa city event, organizers walked down the line, handing out flyers to emphasize that get out the caucus message. Its an effort that Johnson County supporters say is key. Those are the things that matter once senator sanders took the stage he spoke mostly about issues like legalizing marijuana, ending instittional racism, and taking on the countrys income inequality. He says its a job no one person can take on, but says come monday, all eyes will be on iowa. Its not just the name of the person who wins, what is morrimportant is whether iowa is prepared to lead this natioo in a different direct