On abc9 news this morning. Lukas good morning and thanks for joining us this friday. Im lukas voss. The Bernie Sanders campaign in iowa is continuing to raise questions about the final results. There maybe somom places where things werent recorded quite accurately and maybe some numbers were accidentaly flipped and things like that. We just want to make sure everything is accurat, especially when we are talking about two tenths of a percentage point. The group is vowing to go by pcint to numbers reports of descrepencies from several caucus locations. Lukas from iowa, but some questions citing problems during mdays process. That includedeat least two mocratic precints in Woodbury County. Tim seaman has people say their precint delegate the clinton campaign, and they arent sure this system like i said is outdated we need to change it, said patrick west. West served as a captain in woodbury held in correctionville. Like some others in iowa, hes questioning the way Democratic Caucus result
Unique event that involved more than 171,000 iowans and their neighbors, at a specific time and place, and thus they cannot be recreated or recounted. The final vote monday night was 49point 8 for Hillary Clinton and 49point 6 for sanders. Stacey new at 5 nevada authorities are identifying a man found dead inside a home after a suspicious Early Morning fire. Police say 36yearold Adam William Blazek lived in the home with his spouse and child. They were not home when the fire broke out. A preliminary autopsy report shows blazek died from a self inflicted gunshot wound. The case remains under investigation. Stacey at least three people are dead after a four vehicle crash on highway 30. The iowa state patrol says 10 people were in a minivan when the driver lost control on the icy road. A second car hit the minivan, causing it to roll. Another car hit the minivan as it was rolling. Victim names havent been released. Stacey a family of eight is sickened by Carbon Monoxide at a home in newel
After a cerememy tonight, the university of iowa will have two prayer rooms specifically for Muslim Students. Until now, students practicing islamic faith would have to walk miles to the nearest mosque or try to find a quiet area on campus. Kcrgtv 9s brea love is live in the newsroom this morning. Brea, what has been the response from students chris and nicole, the members of the university of iowas Muslim Student association are saying its a relief to know theres a safe area for them to go. With so many students enrolled at iowa, it can be hard for Muslim Students to find a quietetrea. Students in the msa group reached out to the university asking for the space. After a month of planning they found and renovated two rooms for prayer. One for women and one for men. Students say this is not only a stepeporward for them, but one for the university as well. If there are other religious groups that need that space to pray at i think that the university will see a need for them then theyll
And cancerfighting drugs to slow down the growth of tumors. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj o oara has your first alert forereast, kaj. Plan on bouts of clouds to move across ththarea totoy. While it may becoco cloududfor several hours at a time, the general theme is for a partly cloudy sky today. The thicker clouds north of highway 20 may also generate a few scattered flurries as well, though no accumulation is likely. Tomorrow, a warm front approaches from the west, allowing for a chance of snow in the area tomorrow evening. Snow amounts with that will generally be a trace to half inch. This weekend, we are dry saturday with a system approaching later on sunday. At this time, its too early to determine any specific accumulation s with that sunday monday system, but it does apar that it should be lig, regardless of how it moves across the aa. Today partly cloudy high 262 winds sw 515 alo 28 dbq 29
Traffic was backed upupn intererate 380 in cedar rapids this morning. These photos show cars backed up near the 42nd street and collins road exits in northeast cedar rapids. Police say at least one crash happened alolo the interstate, but no one was seriously injured. One photo from the dot shows a truck hauling away a jeep near the southbound exit for coldstream avenue. Right now traffic is owing once again down 380. This is a live look at our cedar rapids north city cam where the roads and the skies are at least mostly clear this midday. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts has your first alert forecast, justin. Occasional clouds will pass overhead today, periods of sunshine. A few stray flurries may fall north of highway 20. Highs stay in the 20s for most, although some lower 30s are possible south where theres little snow on the remain partly cloudydyvernight clouds increase tomorrow, bringing a chance of light snow late, with a chance continuing into friday night. If any snow falls, therel