The gop race now five points ahead of ted cruz. Cruzs campaign. Also fighting back this morning over controversial mailers. Telling iowa voters their turnout will be graded by state Election Officials. Iowa Election Officials blasted the mailer as misleading. But cruz is refusing to apologize. On the democratic side. Its a tight race between Hillary Clinton and bernie sanders. Sanders volunteers knocked on 75thousand doors this weekend alone. He finds himself trailing clinton by three points. What our job is in the next 24 hours is to make sure there is a large voter turnout. Meanwhile. Clinton got some lastsecond support on the campaign trail from her husband. Bill and daughter. Chelsea. A group of local High School Students are getting a real world lesson on politics. Theyre watching the Iowa Caucuses. In iowa. These are pictures of students cleves. At some of this weekends campaign rallies. The students in the schools ap Us Government and politics class met ben carson and Hillary Cl
13,000 doses thats how much narcan the antidote to a heroin overdose. Ohio used in just one year today a major drug store chain is set to make that drug the heroin overdose antidote easier to find find 9 on your sides Jordan Burgess joins us live with the story. Who would think you could get narcan as easy as you could cough drops . But thats what is expected to happen at cvs pharmacies like this one in ohio. We want to show you what were talking about with over the counter narcan. Cvs would be the first major chain to sell narcan in ohio. It was made legal to buy without a prescription in ohio last year. But right now only 8 pharmacies in the tristate offer it. The hope is to save more people from heroin overdoses by making narcan easier to get. Ohio has seen an increase in Overdose Deaths in comes in a nasal spray and costs about 80 to 100 dollars. Cvs first major chainonly 8 tristate pharmaciesincrease in Overdose Deaths a forum is set in toledo today with federal state and cvs offi
With the Iowa Caucuses just four days away we have brand new poll numbers in the race on both sides. New arrests overnight in the standoff in oregon as the leader of the antigovernment occupation tells his followers to go home. Top u. S. Health officials urging Quick Reaction against the zika virus. And cheap check . A hockey player slams into an official sending him into the ice. The player claims it was accidental. The league may see things differently. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. This is the calgary flames. I think that accident might earn him a couple of days off. We will have more on that in just a moment. Our top story on a thursday morning, the donald trumpless Republican Debate a day away. So far trump isnt budging. It is add ag new wringal to the already wild race. We have it covered with peter alexander. Reporter this will be the venue for tonights debate
It really impacted places like east bay east of the diablo range. It was really active and we got all kinds of things from heavy rain to mt. Snow we saw lightning and also heard some thunder. Here is the torrential rain that took place earlier this afternoon over 200 cloud to ground lightning strikes and yet places like sent to cisco are getting nothingsan francssico tomorrow a straight showers possible the weekend is cool and shydry will have more proof forecast later pam a vallejo student. Shot to death near his high school today. Tonight. His friends and family are in mourning. Max rusk was a senior at Jesse Bethel High School. And today, police found his body near a popular skateboarding park close to the school. The 17 year olds parents say they are trying to understand why someone would want to hurt him. this is the worst day of our life. This is a nightmare in the daytime the you think you wake up from but you dont pam police found maxs body around noon today. Detectives are not
Injured. The victims belong to an elitoff ration unit. Another spy scandal. According to documents published in the guardian, the nsa collects up to 200 million Text Messages a day. Tomorrow president obama gives a major speech proposing new reforms for surveillance programs. Those are the headlines. Im John Siegenthaler. Ill see you back here at 11 00 eastern, 8 00 pacific. America tonight is coming up next with joie chen. Ill see you back here at 11 00. On america tonight, our exclusive look at the surprising story behind the film that has captivated hollywood, and taught all of us about a grim time in our nations history. From the family of the man who was held 12 years a slave. It is a history of america that has been swept under the rug for way too long. Also the man who helped to tell that story. The oscar nominated screen writer of 12 years a slave and what it means for africanamericans on and off the it is a story about the human spirit. And fierce santa ana winds ignite flames