With scott pelley. Pelley tonight iowans will gather in churches, schools and homes to reason, to argue and to vote in the nations first contest to pick president ial nominees. Each party has two frontrunners essentially tied. This is only the beginning, of course, of a process that lasts enter june, but these caucuses have never been more important. With three major candidates trying to turn the process outsidein trump, cruz and sanders, outsiders, testing establishment candidates, including clinton. We have a team of correspondents. First well go to Major Garrett with the republicans tonight. Major . Reporter scott, to win donald trump needs massive new turnout, thousands of voters participating statewide. Four years ago turnout was about 122,000. Ted cruz is betting everything here, his Massive Organization can withstand voter turnout up to 170,000, but beyond that, it is trumps game and trumps good morning. Its the day weve been waiting for. Reporter before dawn, ken brolin woke up
Strongly discouraged due to blowing and drifting snow with 45 mph gusts we will see through the day. Snows will begin to taper off late tonight through early wednesday morning. Stay tuned to the first alert weather team. We will keep you ahead of the storm. 3 3 3 the 20 16 Iowa Caucuses are in the books. And now the race for the white house takes as c b s news correspondent marlie hall shows us from des moines. While republicans have a clear winner. Iowa democrats havent declared a winner and say the race is too close to call. 3 pkg natsthe democratic contest in iowa remains unresolved this morning. With Hillary Clinton and bernie both candidates addressed their supporters late last night. As the numbers were still being counted sot Hillary Clinton i want you to know i will keep standing for you; i will keep fighting for you sot Bernie Sanders we are going to create an economy that works for working families not just for the billionaire classthe virtual tie means both candidates will l
Threeway race is, indeed, a surprise here in iowa, not that donald trump and truz are locked neck and neck but that marco rubio has so dramatically entered the conversation and could finish as high as second. More on rubio in just a second. But this is really in iowa aivity of two different approaches to politics, one on the trump side about electricity, excitement, a populist message, an antiestablishment message, one designed to not only bring out republican faithfuls but to bring out those who had given up on politics and attract independents and may pull over some crossover democrats. There are indications, scott, thats precisely thats whaepg. For ted cruz, this is entirely a contest about the familiar approach to Iowa Republican politics, identifying and mobilizing the historically mostreliable republican voters. Who are they . Evangelical christians, social enthusiasts and home schoolers. The Cruz Campaign has spent tens of thousands of dollars and tens of thousands of hours iden
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley tonight iowans will gather in churches, schools and homes to reason, to argue and to vote in the nations first contest to pick president ial nominees. Each party has two frontrunners essentially tied. This is only the beginning, of course, of a process that lasts enter june, but these caucuses have never been more important. With three major candidates trying to turn the process outsidein trump, cruz and sanders, outsiders, testing establishment candidates, including clinton. We have a team of correspondents. First well go to Major Garrett with the republicans tonight. Major . Reporter scott, to win donald trump needs massive new turnout, thousands of voters participating statewide. Four years ago turnout was about 122,000. Ted cruz is betting everything here, his Massive Organization to 170,000, but beyond that, it is trumps game and trumps night. Good morning. Its the day weve been waiting for. Reporte