Those escaped inmates are behind bars this morning. One surrendered on friday and the other two were captured on saturday. Now, authorities trying to determine who may have helped them. And what was that is mystery fireball in the sky . Dashcam video out of ohio shows what appears to be a meteor streaking across the heavens on saturday evening. Seen as far as away as the washington, d. C. Area. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, february 1st. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. We begin this half hour with decision day in iowa. Weve waited awhile for this. We have. The day is upon us. Thousands of iowans will caucus today in the first election test for this years candidates. Candidates on both sides have shifted into high gear cramming in as many last minute events and rallies as they can. On democratic side is, the newest poll from the des moines points ahead of Bernie Sanders. Thats a statistical tie. Cecilia vega kicks off coverage with the
Emergency. The virus has been linked to brain damage in thousands of babies mostly in south america. Here at home, a major winter storm is developing in the southwest and moving across the country. Strong winds toppled trees in Southern California. Killing at least one person in san diego. Heavy rains flooded lanes on the 101 and Pacific Coast highways and to the east, snow has dropped up to nearly a foot of snow in parts of reno with more to come. Accuweathers Paul Williams tells us the storm is taking aim at the plains and midwest. Thanks, phillip, reena. Winter Storm Brewing with disruptive snow throughout utah, colorado, new mexico and arizona where dangerous cross winds and treacherous travel and the blizzard evolves and on the move hitting hastings and up towards omaha and reaching up towards green bay by wednesday morning. Were looking at a combination of blowing and drifting snow, travel being very dangerous. Road closures in abundance. So hold on to your hats. This is a real o
Organization is meeting in an emergency session today over ways to battle the growing zika virus outbreak. The group could decide to declare it a Global Health emergency. The virus has been linked to brain damage in thousands of babies mostly in south america. Here at home, a major winter storm is developing in the southwest and moving across the country. Strong winds toppled trees in Southern California. Killing at least one person in san diego. Heavy rains flooded lanes on the 101 and Pacific Coast highways and to the east, snow has dropped up to nearly a foot of snow in parts of reno with more to come. Accuweathers Paul Williams tells us the storm is taking aim at the great plains and the midwest. Good morning, paul. Thanks, phillip, reena. Winter Storm Brewing with disruptive snow throughout utah, colorado, new mexico and arizona where danger crosswinds, snowcovered roads and treacherous travel. And then the blizzard evolves the midwest, hitting hastings, up towards omaha, reaching
Over. Dangerous levels of lead were later founded in flint water and 200 kids so far have tested positive. Knowing somebody did this to my kid, i cant sleep at night. Reporter officials are warning the filters they handed out to residents may not be eb enough to keep their water safe. Alex perez, abc news, flint, michigan. 675yearold man south of boston is thankful this morning for what appears to have ever been divine intervention that saved his life. Doug goldman was cutting down a tree in the woods when it fell on top of him severely injured his legs. It was trapping him for two hours. He yelled for help and luckily, his prayers were answered by a nun who happened to be praying in the woods. The patient told us himself hed been there for about two hours and was lucky somebody heard him screaming for help. Wow. Fire Officials Say if it werent for that nun running back to her help, he would not have lasted through the night. Is he now recovering this morning in the hospital. Lucky guy
This location is Sergeant Bluff community center. Reporter this volunteer is a student at iowa state. In addition to the visits and the calls, iowans have ever been bombarded with 60,000 campaign ads, 17,000 this month alone. Just another washington donald trump . New york values. Clinton and bush. Reporter and then theres the junk mail. Some iowans received this ominous envelope. Election alert. Voter violation. Official Public Record stamped on the document inside. Underneath, the persons voting score, whether theyve voted in recent elections. And information about their caucus on monday to improve your score it says. After the vote. Not a government document but a mailer from the cruz campaign. Iowas secretary of state denounced as deceptive. Over at the diner, these folks are still truly undecided. Had when are you going to maybe 7 00 tomorrow. I dont know. The deciding factor in this race could be people who have never been to a caucus before. On the democratic side, Bernie Sander