President ial nominee looms s over whats been a wild race to the white house. Early states narrowed both president ial fields but frontrunner donald trump and Hillary Clinton are hoping to tighten their grip on their parties nominations today. Abcs Stephanie Ramos brings us the latest from alexandria, virginia the biggest voting day of the year leading up to the general election. Voters in a dozen states and a us territory will go to the polls today . With 16hundred and 10 delegates at stake. Cruz let me tell the men and women of texas this, i will not compromise away your religioio liberty rights. Ted cruz hoping to win big in his home e state of texas talking about religious liberty and the Supreme Court nomination but at a trump rally in virginia . Tension 12 55 45 get em out of here please. A large group of student protestors . Marche d out of the event. And as they pass . A photographer from Time Magazine . Thrown to the ground by a secret service agent. The secret service now inv
The teens and 20s on a cold morning. Coming up this morning on abc9 news. After two years. We are hearing from Jonathan Neunaber for the first time. We begin a special series on steven avery. The subject behind the smash hit documentary Series Making a murderer. Part one is up ahead and. Well have the heart warming story of how some nebraska state troopers are helping one of their own. These ories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Good morning and thanks for starting your day with us. Im lukas voss. Its been nearly two years since esther and Donald Neunaber were found dead in their rural akron home. Her son johnathan has now finally agreed to plead guilty to the murder of his 80 time he is speaking publicly about what happen on at july day in 2014. Abc9 News Reporter elisa raffa has the very latest. I struck my mother, more times than i wanted to says Jonathan Neunaber, pleaded guilty to murder. Shocking testimony today as Jonathan Neunaber pleads guilty to one count of Second Degre
Will only be able to climb into the low 30s with lows falling to around 20 tonight. Tomorrow looks cloudy again with another wave of precipitation expected to come during the night. It will likely start off again as a wintry mix turning into light snow with a general area of a trace to an inch expected across our viewing area. Well start warming back into the 40s, 50s and even a few 60s through the weekend into next week, but we also bring back a lot of rain chances with possibly a few thunderstorms thrown into the mix. Elias lets get into the top five this morning. Elias the search continues for the two escapees from the newton correctional facility. Anyone who sees Michael Amodeo and jessy foley should call 911. Now, the Union Representing employees of the department of corrections is blaming the escape on budget cuts. They say the low, and expect the future. Sabrina two spot this morning. Sabrina part in democratic caucuses today. The super tuesday voting is the busiest day calendar
Registered sex offender got his third strike yesterday. Well take a look back at what got him kicked off the mat for good. Lucas and today is super tuesday one of the biggest Political Milestones on the way to the white house. Well take a look at what to expect from the candidates and what they need to do well. Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa lucas good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im lucas casey. Lucas we start in the courtroom. With the latest from the trial of alexander fazzino. Lucas he faces a first degree murder charge in connection with his wifes death. Yesterday the prosecution rested its case. They ended with two dci agents who noted emily did not overdose the day she died. Then the defense took over, bringing the fazzinos house keeper and family to the stand. Mother, aunt and testified they the influence countless times. Lucas emilys mom, took the stand, her daughter had admitted to high anxiety and addiction to opiates and pain
Reports have ranged from a dusting around the metro to 4 inches up near fort dodge. The winds will remain strong through the day so even after the snow subsides we may still have low visibility and drifting from blowing snow. Highs today under the cloud cover and north winds will only be able to climb into the low 30s with lows falling to around 20 tonight. Tomorrow looks cloudy again with another wave of precipitation expected to come during the night. It will likely start off again as a wintry mix turning into light snow with a general area of a trace to an inch expected across our viewing area. Well start warming back into the 40s, 50s and even a few 60s through the weekend into next week, but we also bring back a lot of rain chances with possibly a few thunderstorms thrown into the mix. Elias top five this morning. Elias the search continues for the two escapees from the newton correctional facility. Anyone who sees Michael Amodeo and jessy foley should call 911. Now, the Union Rep