2016. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer a a savannah guthriee live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. And gd morning. Welcome to today. Im savannah guthrie. We have willie in for matt this week. A lot of people are talking about the new poll. And if it holds up it is a real shift in the ce. A l of eyebrows raised. 28 for ted cruz moving into first place over donald trump. This is a different story than what is told by many other National Polls where trump had a big lead. We have a new poll for South Carolina to talk about. Our top story, president obama month. Ron allen is on white house duty this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter the white house is expected to announce the sometime later today. It has been just over a year since mr. Obama said he would begin normalizing relations. Many critics are saying it is much too soon to reward the castro regime. A Senior Administration official telling nbc news that president obama will visit cuba in march marking the first ti
Date rape on the side of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house. School and Law Enforcement authorities were puzzled because there have been no reports of anyone being assaulted. Late this morning, police say they identified a suspect and that person confessed. His name has not been released, but he told police he was upset after being kicked out of a party at the frat house. Fraternity members have since washed off most of the paint. Upwards of 30 miles per hour. Said wind will diminish throughout the day as clouds stay in place for the most part keeping our temperatures in the 30s. Another weak disturbance passing by to our north might drop a quick snow shsher on northern siouxland late tonight early wednesday morning, but other han that, tonight should be dry, but with some patchy fog. Wednesday will bring more gray and Cool Conditions before the more serious warming comes on thursday with highs jumping up to the 50s and staying there for friday and saturday as winds pick up again. We
Hoping that not only can we maintain where they are at but elevate them to a higher level, ys reynolds. The Governors Office says about 25 percent of the states third graders arart reading at their grade levelel thisisrogram is to help ththe students who are struggling. What we want to encourage them to do is enter their child into the Summer Reading program so we can get them to the level they need to be so we arent passing them on unprepared and setting them up for failure and its about making sure our kids our successful and they can compete, says reynolds. Several School Districts in siouxland have signed up for the program, including sioux city. A former Storm Lake City Council member announced she will run for a seat in the iowa legislature. Sarah huddleston served three terms as a Council Member in storm lake. She was appointed by governor tom vilsack as a commissioner for the Latino Affairs commission under the department of human district 11, which includes buena vista and sac
N see a trail of blbld as mace made his way to his friends home. Thats when they say a friend pulled up in front of the driveway and took him to mercy hospital. Hoffman spoke with the surgeon who said mace was stabbed in his head, arms and lungs. Mace passed away in the hospital with family members present earlier today. Coming up on news 4 4 six, maces daughters talk about their father and what he meant to them. The search for an ida grove man attempted murder is now in its third day. The Sac County Sheriffs Office says 36year Jeremy Werneburg intentionally struck kyle freese of glidden with his car outside a bar in carnarvon sunday night. Freese was pinned against the outside wall of the bar. Hes hospitalized in des moines where hell undergo surgery on his leg. Werneburg has ties to the ida grove, wall lake, carroll and humboldt areas. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the Sac County Sheriffs Office. A protest is going on this noon hour in denison, iowa, inv
Prescription wednedsay afternoon. They say werneburg resisted arrest and an officer suffered a knee injury during the scuffle. The officer used a taser to subdue werneburg. He had been on the run since sunday night when Authorities Say he intentionally ran a man down with his car outside this bar in carnarvon. That man, 33year old kyle freese of glidden, iowa, suffered a severe leg injury and is hospitalized in des moines. The car used in the assault was found late last night in the kmart parking lot in cheorkee. Werneburg is being held in the Webster County jail. Weather adlib high wind watch in effect for holt county from 6 pm tonight until 6 am friday our warmup resumes today with highs returning to the 40s and 50s maybe a few 60s out west . there willll still be a aair amount of cloudd cover r atchy fog along with a few rays ofsunshine and brisk southeasterly wind, so it wont exactly be the prettiest of days, but hey, warmth is warmth a cold front off to the west will plow through