The storm barely missed a busy more than 350 thousand iowans showed up to make their president ial picks. About 180 thousand of them were republicans. Leading to a ted cruz win. Cruz won with 28 percent of the votes followed by donald trump, with 24. Marco rubio came in third, with 23 percent. Nearly 10 thousand fewer democrats participated in the tight race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. They are separated by just tenths of a percentage. Many found those numbers as happy with them. Channel 13s jannay towne joins us to explain why that is. The results were the closet in Iowa Democratic caucus history. With the slimmest of margins between first and second place. One campaign wants to rule out any margin of error. Nats coin toss in a handful of precincts, the contest between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders came down to a coin toss. Hillary clinton well, as you Bernie Sanders came down to a coin toss. Hillary clinton well, as you recall, my luck was not that good last time
Not responding quick enough. Nbc 6 news. Florida senator marco rubio stopping at a Cracker Barrel ahead of tonights caucuses. Hillary clinton delivered coffee and donuts to thank her supporters in iowa. Now its time tocaucus. The winner gets a big boost going into New Hampshire and the rest of the primaries. Steve handelsman has the latest from des moines tonight. Reporter good evening. The weather now in much of iowa is looking like less of a factor. No snow by caucus time, which could mean a bigger turnout. Hillary clinton brought donuts. Im feeling so energized because of allll of you. Reporter she has slipped to Bernie Sanders rallied his volunteers to get out the firsttime caucusers hes counting on. His workers are signing up firsttimers. I have never felt as strongly about an election as i do this time. Reporter sanders has a big lead in New Hampshire polls. In order to do well after New Hampshire, to achieve the Political Revolution you talk about, youve got to win here in iowa,
Hampshire you have to win near near here in iowa, right . Of course not. Of course we want to win here in iowa but if we end up up getting two less delegates that clinton has, why is that [ indiscernible ] we are going to make a big difference tonight. Ted cruz rose to the lead in iowa polls and then slipped in jefferson. We have now been to all 99 counties in the great state of the iowa. Trump drew a smaller crowd than usual. Win, lose or draw i love you folks all. All eyes on trump tonight. Back to you. Caucuses are unlike our primaries here in north both parties gather together but they do it differently. Site. There are 1,600 in the state. And public. Any candidate that doesnt get 15 is out and supporters must choose a new candidate. The candidate with the most supporters wins the state. We will have a few recap tonight at 11 00. While the country is keeping a close eye on iowa tonight people are also looking at North Carolina. Closing arguments just finished in federal court. Now
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Start the debate on the bill already passed by the house. It would keep the government running until april 15th, but it would block money. Now that the phase is underway on the bill passed by the house, whats next . Okay, tony, stay with me here. At 2 40 washington time yesterday. Ted cruz rose on the senate floor and began talking. He railed against obama scare. He had literary references, and he read from the dr. Seuss classic, green eggs and ham, and from the declaration of independence. He talks through the night and to this morning, and boom, the gavel comes down, and theres a vote. Its a unanimous vote in favor of moving forward. And even ted cruz is voting for it. Hes trying to get people on his side to vote against whats ultimately going to happen here. Harry reid has the votes to strip out the controversial provision that ties the defunding of the president s Healthcare Initiative to pass next tuesday. If you look at the clock here, its going to go over to the house of represe