First on 13. The republican candidates share a stage once last time before the iowa caucuses. The stage is set for the debate in des moines, but it didnt happen without conflict. Eight candidates were set to take part in the fox news event. Now its down to just seven. Because frontrunner donald trump has other plans. Channel 13s josh nguyen is following that story this morning. He joins us live at the iowa events center, where the debate will be held replaced the debate with another event. Its a rally to benefit veterans and it takes place at the exact same time. Thats 8 pm, at drake universitys sheslow auditorium. Doors open at 5. Trump hasnt said which Veterans Organization the money will go towards. But Additional Details are expected soon. Donald trumps decision is ruffling the feathers of one of his rivals. 8 oclock saturday night, a 2 hour one on one debate. Now if gentle donald cannot handle megyn kelly how about for a moderator instead, mark levin. In west des moines, ted cruz
Charges including conspacy, making false statements on export certificates and wire fraud. Prosecutors says, during the trial, that aossey oversaw a plot in which midamar workers lied about the origin of their products so they could export them to malaysia and indonesia years ago. Both nations restrict imports to slaughterhos ues that meet their standards for halal aossey directed employees to swap stickers that made his products appear to come from an omaha slaughterhou se that had the proper certification. A state representativ e from clinton is sponsoring a bill that could mean many of iowas most violence offenders would see less prison time. , the Des Moines Register reports that democrat mary wolfes bill would see state judges and prosecutors more latitude in determining an appropriate sentence instead of following the stricter, mandes guidelines. Currently, an offender must serve 70 of a sentence before being eligible for parole. Wolfes bill would cut that to 30 percent include t