Stop in South Sioux City yesterday, we will tell you why. Coming up and. We will take you to des moines where Iowa Democratic leaders are turning their focus to statewide education. These stories and more coming up on abc9 news this morning. Jessica rae the gop president ial contenders faced off on the debate stage for the first time in 2016. At a showdown in charleston south carolina. Just a couple of weeks before the first votes are cast iiowa. Heres abcs Stephanie Ramos with more 7 gop president ial candidates. One debate stage. And no lack of attacks. First up. President obama. Fresh off of tuesdays state of the union address. Sot cruz president obama didnt so much as mention the ten sailors that had been captured by iran. Sot christie on tuesday, i watched story time with barack obama this debate. Had the candidates on the main stage. A last ditch. High profile effort to persuade voters before the february 1st iowa caucuses. The gloves coming off between donald trump and ted cruz.
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Will be right back. Today, iran released those ten u. S. Navy sailors we told you about last night who were detained when their boat sailed into iranian waters in the persian gulf. Tonight, david martin explains how a potential crisis was defused. Reporter in video released by iranian television, the boarding of the two navy boats seems peaceful enough, but this tells a different story. The navy crewmen look like theyre being held prisoner. Then the lieutenant in charge is asked what the boats were doing in iranian waters. It was a mistake. That was our fault, and we apologize for our mistake. Reporter that t ntrasts starkly with Vice President bidens account on cbs this morning that one of the boats had engine failure and drifted into iranian waters where they were, in his words, rescued. Theres no apology. Theres nothing to apologize for. When you have a problem with the boat, you apologize ififhe boat had a a oblem . No. And theres no looking for any apology. For about 16 hours, and
[ tree crashes ] [ wind howling ] today, iran released those ten u. S. Navy sailors we told you about last night who were detained when their boat sailed into iranian waters in the persian gulf. Tonight, david martin explains how a potential crisis was defused. Reporter in video released by iranian television, the boarding of the two navy boats seems peaceful enough, but this tells a different story. The navy crewmen look like theyre being held prisoner. Then the lieutenant in charge is asked what the boats were doing in iranian waters. It was a mistake. That was our fault, and we apologize for our mistake. Reporter that contrasts starkly with Vice President bidens account on cbs this morning that one of the boats had engine failure and drifted into iranian waters where they were, in his words, rescued. Theres no apology. Theres nothing to apologize for. When you have a problem with the boat, you apologize if the boat had a problem . No. And theres no looking for any apology. For about
Cant air travelers get a break . Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley were going to begin tonight with the spreading epidemic of lottery fever. Americans have been buying tickets at a rate of 13,000 a second a second for tonights drawing. Since saturday, they have spent nearly 835 million for a chance at that elusive jackpot at the end of the powerball rainbow. It is now worth a record 1. 5 billion. Carter evans is at a store on the californianevada border. Reporter theres just one reason to stand in 30degree weather in the middle of the desert or in this case a billion and a half reasons. You get nowhere in life for not trying. Reporter thousands have been waiting to buy a ticket just across the border at the Primm Valley Lotto store in of only six states that does not participate in powerball. Mark mershant says this is his first time playing the lottery. So you live in vegas now . Yeah. Reporter you know a little bit about odds. A lot. S