Mark tauscheck is live. Mark by far the biggest demographic here, by far, the media. We are expecting several groups from various backgrounds to come here and show their support, or show their protestation of some of the candidates and their views. The only one he right now, the group of iowans here that are atheist. We are told there will be a large contingent of fast food workers, part of the strike for 15 we have heard about. The minimum wage folks who want the federal minimum wage raised to 15 an hour. They also want union rights. We are told to expect up to 1000 people arching up fifth avenue in a little bit of the bottom of the hour. We will see how the bettis. I have been how big that is. We have been told to wrap. It will throw it back to you in the studio. Stacey donald trump will not be at the debate tonight. He is holding a veterans event instead. We are live in drake at drake university. Reporter people have been lining up for hours, even though the event starts at 8 00, do
Abroad, but that is likely to change. The virus, first discovered in the zika forest in uganda in the 1940s, is linked to serious birth defects. Dr. Jon lapook has the latest. The zika virus. Reporter today the World Health Organization sounded an alarm about the zika outbreak. Director margaret chan. Questions abound. We need to get some answers quickly. Reporter the organization will convene an emergency meeting monday to plan its response. The zika virus, which is linked to children being born with small heads, poses several challenges. Right now diagnostic tests arent perfect. Theres in treatment, and theres in vaccine. Dr. Anthony fauci, head of the Infectious Diseases branch of pandemic. You have multiple down fris in south america and the definition, that would be considered a pandemic. The virus will eventually be found in mosquitoes in the u. S. If you have this much zika in south america and in the caribbean, sooner or later were going to see a local transmission. Reporter fa
The question is whether candidates will go without trump being here tonight or if they will attack each other or gang up on ted cruz or ted cruz and marco rubio who are running second and third in the polls. We will have more reaction and later on in this newscast and more tonight at 10. Cynthia. All the republican candidates will participate except for donald trump. Steve trump pulled out because megyn kelly will be moderating. Hes holding his own event at drake university. Vanessa peng is live outside the Sheslow Auditorium and vanessa, whats this event all about . Vanessa its all about the veterans. The Trump Campaign says they plan to raise a lot of money for veterans organizations. Taking a live look, you see protesters holding up their signs, and we just learned that the Trump Campaign has overbooked the event and not everyone is going to get in. Y taking a look at the line, you here, even though the event starts at 8 00, people have been lining up for hours waiting to get into S
Look, im going to establish this, because my dad was the greatest man alive, president of the United States and my brother who i adore as well was a fantastic brother, fine, ill take it and im part of the establishment because barbara bush is my mom. Ill take that, too. We cannot fix Social Security, the border, balancing the budget, getting wages to grow faster, unless we lead as conservatives, but we also invite people in from the other party. We have to come together as a country, and we have to stop all the division. The last four questions had been rand, please attack ted, marko, please attack ted, chris, please attack ted, jeb, please attack ted. It is a debate, sir. I will say this, if you guys ask me one more mean question, i may have to leave the stage. I believe in the toady roosevelt philosophy. Teddy roosevelt said we are a nation of immigrants. From any race, any country, any religion, if they want to be americans, if they want to accept our values, our laws. If not, they
Well the thief took from a cup who will has little. James pool is recovering from a stroke and debbie pool is healing from a kidney transplant. We checked with police this morning and they have no new leads in the case. Today marks the 30th anniversary of the state shuttle challenger disaster. Seven astronauts including a teacher die when had the shuttle exploded just seconds after liftoff. And also a dense fog advisory is in place this morning for parts of our coast. Just take a look at the heavy fog hanging over the Howard Franklin bridge. So be aware of the fog as you get ready to leave your home. And lets check in with meteorologist leigh spann to find out when it will lift. Well, the sea fog, the fog over the gulf of mexico is going to be with us through the afternoon. Its kind of snuck its way onshore because of an onshore wind flow which is also pulling in a ton of moisture. Here on the radar, yeah, theres actual rainfalling in highlands and Desoto County but enough degrees toll