This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. Vitters across the country are heading toles polls with key issues on the tail. From stopping discrimination and realizing pot to the fight between a tech startup in a major city. In ohio, voters are deciding whether to allow the medical and Recreational Use of marijuana. That is where al jazeeras bisi onileere is this morning. Recent polls are split right down the middle, but there appears to be more support for medicinal use of marijuana in steady of Recreational Use. Analysts say that the outcome of this election will come down to voter turnout. Ive spent my entire career fighting crime and thats why i am voting to legalize marijuana. The commercials have been filling up space on Television Screens in ohio for months. Now its up to the voters to decide on a constitutional amendment to legalize medicinal and recreational marijuana. This happens here, this is going to be earth shattering. Ian james with responsible oh
Exceeding 6. Strong wind will kick in as east. Thanks kaj. The Iowa Caucuses are just hours away. With so many people heading out to the caucus locations, both parties agree parking will be an issue. Kcrgtv nines brea love joins us at the desk this morning. Brea, why are the parties concerned . Well, chris and nicole there are so many locations for the parties to manage and a lot of people. There are more thaha50 caucus llations in Johnson County alone. Large crowd sizes from 2008, forced the parties to think of bigger locations for this year, but it still might not be enough. Due to o maller towns lackkg a Central Community building, there are about a half dozen locations both democrats and republicans will have to share. With multiple pple using one spot wont be eaea. Party chaiai john deeth and bill keettel coordinated together on this issue. They are asking everyone to think about their transportatio n before they leave home. Were giving Cab Companies and other places a heads up, t
Alert forecast, kaj. We are starting off with some morning fog that may deposit a light layer of frost or ice on area roads. The fog should lift around mid to late morning, but with more clouds coming in from the west, well likely see more clouds than sun today. Caucus weather looks just fine with mostly cloudy sky and temperatures into the lower and middle 30s. After midnight, our storm system will lift in from the southwest. This is a very complicated system with a band of very heavy snow initially lifting up into eastern iowa, then a transition to rain and possible thunderstorms may occur before going back to snow once again for the evening and overnight. Snow amounts will range from little to none over the southern half of the area, with areas to the north wind will kick in as the system pulls away to the east. Today am fog, mostly cloudy high 3339 winds var 510 alo 33 dbq 35 iow 36tonight snow arrives late low 2632 winds ne 510 alo 27 dbq 29 iow 31tomorrow snow, wintry mix, windy
Wednesday. High pressure will then build for the remainder of the week with drier conditions and warming temperatures expected into the weekend. Short term. The center of the surface low which brought heavy snowfall across much of western nevada continues to shift southeastward with only a few light snow showers remaining across the region. As a result, have turning now to a deadly hit and run over the weekend. It happened saturday morning just before 6. Police say a 55 year old man was crossing 4th street near spokane, when he was hit by a pickup truck. Were told the driver was speeding and their headlights were off. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Colored. Anyone with information is asked to Call Reno Police or secret witness at 322 4900. A 2thousand dollar reward is being offered. Third Police Believe a deadly shooting in south lake stemmed from a drug deal. It happened saturday night at the beverly lodge. Police found 40 year old Dennis Wright junior outside one of the
Directions. On the westbound side near wadsworth for whiteout conditions and two big rigs that had and also near the state line. Heading eastbound. Several hours while emergency crews dealt farad. While you may not see the blinding snowfall it is still going to be dangerous out there. Working around the roads. Ice will be a major problem. The driving conditions for everyone involved, including our own drivers, is going to be people need to plan ahead. Leave a little bit early. Conditions are causing several School Delays this morning. Here are the ones weve Ace High School will start at 9 am. All Churchill County schools will be on a two hour delay. And the same goes for the Goddard School in sparks. Our lady of the snows. And pyramid lake junior senior high school. Well keep you updated on any closures or delays as they change throughout the morning. We say it every time theres a big storm. But just a reminder to drive slow. Chains or snow tires are required in a lot of the usual area