Amendment saying theres not a right to abortion and to give convicted felons the right to vote. [applause] thank you, thank you. Thank you. [applause] mister president , mister speaker, Lieutenant Governor, legislative leaders, senators and representatives, justices and judges, elected officials, distinguished guests, family, friends, and my fellow iowans, please be seated. [laughter] each time i enter this spectacular building im reminded of the generation of iowans who have come before us. And each time i walk into this Historic Chamber i am humbled by the responsibility of following in the footsteps of some amazing leaders and outstanding public servants. We lost a number of those leaders last year. Most notable for us today is chief justice mark katie whose absence is felt right there in the front row. He loved his state and he loved the law and to his family and colleagues in the Iowa Judicial Branch our entire state shares your loss. [applause] we also bid farewell to former Lieu
Administration, the democrats were going to make sure he did not appoint anybody to the suprcourt. Cynthia today grassley said , after giving it more thought, he implied he wouldnt rule out Holding Hearings on an obama nominee, but would only say senator grassley i will take it a step at a time. He hasnt nominated anyone yet. Cynthia the constitution states the president can nominate with the advice and consent of the senate. Matt sinovac, who questioned grassley about the process, was not pleased with his answers. The kept repeating that we will take it one step at a time, but he tried to be very vague and continued to play political games with this nomination process. Cynthia president obama today challenged republicans to offer any plausible rationale for refusing to consider a Supreme Court candidate, and he vowed to nominate an outstanding legal mind. Stacey the man looking to unseat senator grassley comes to the Selection Process for the next Supreme Court justice. State senator
Gosch said. And is a gift that will benefit families for years to come. All in elizabeths name. Were celebrating her birthday, said jeremy cotter, father. And, this is her birthday present to the hospital and to other families. It feels good to do that. Through their gofundme page, the cotters raised enough to buy the cuddle cot. And donate 2,700 dollars to the neonatal intesive care unit at st. Lukes. That where evelynne spent the first month of her life after the emergency csection. By the way, the cotters had enough money to buy the cuddle cot within the first month of fundraising. For the last few weeks, ive followed the cotters as they embarked on this journey to give other parents the tools to cope with their own grief. And, i want to thank them for opening their lives, im grateful for the opportunity they gave me to tell their story. sheila shifting gears. We got to see some sun today but is another mix very far off . Chief meteorologis t ron demers is here to tell us more. Weat
Southeast corner. It would carry north dakota oil to a terminal in illinois. The chairwoman of the iowa utilities board says the threemememr board plans to meeeemarch 9th to consider the permit application. Some environmental and Property Rights groups oppose the project. The argosy casino sailed away from sioux city over a year ago. But, the floating casinos legal battles continue. The Iowa Supreme Court referred an appeal, by the belle of sioux city, a Penn National gaming subsidiary that operated the argosy, to the iowa court of appeals in december. That appeal centers on the iowa racingngnd gamingngommissions rejectioioof penns request to extend the riverboats gaming license. Instead, the irgc awarded that license to the Hard Rock Hotel and casino, and its nonprofit partner Missouri River historical development. The argosy riverboat were removed from the Missouri Riverfront and sold to an illinois shipyard. matt todays the day the belle is heard before the court of appeals. sheilil
The suspect is due in court today to face murder charges. Police do not yet have a motive. Reid binion reports. Maybe a mile from my house, got a telephone call, after that call he started driving erratically. We were kind of driving through medians, driving through the lawn. Once he came to a stop i jumped out of the car and ran away. Perhaps even more bizarre, a source with knowledge of the investigation says dalton picked up and dropped off passengers between shootings. Investigators think he was looking for even more fares after the final attack. Im reid binion, reporting. Two men were sent to a sioux City Hospital yesterday afternoon with stab wounds. Authorities say they were called to the 1500 block of pierce street around 1 45 yesterday afternoon. Police arrived on scene and found two adult brothers suffering from stab wounds. No word as to the reason behind the stabbing. Sioux city police say both people injured were taken to Mercy Medical center. At this time neither of the m