Their partys nominees. Weijia jiang reports from washington. Weijia voters are lining up at polling stations on super tuesday in what is expected to be a record turnout. Polls show donald trump with a significant lead over his opponents in most of the 12 States Holding republican primaries and caucuses, but pollsters say those numbers may be low. Frank luntz because there are some people who still wont acknowledge theyre supporting him, but they cant wait to vote for him. Weijia senator ted cruz believes hell win his home state of texas hoping to make it a twoman race. Sen. Ted cruz what we will see, i believe, is donald trump and me coming out both with a significant chunk of delegates and everyone else far behind. Weijia democrats are already in a twoperson contest and Hillary Clinton is hoping to land a knockout blow to senator Bernie Sanders. Sanders voted early this morning in his home state of vermont, votes tonight. Sen. Bernie sanders the goal today is to end up with as many de
Store for today. Good morning and thanks for waking up with kcci eight news. Elizabeth it is tuesday, march 1. We are starting off march with some snow. Metinka it is a when tree picture out there. Whenwe are still catching a couple of snow flurries with moderate snow pushing down through mingo and back through the east. In des moines we have barely seen accumulation but a long side of highway 20 a few inches fell. The five in 25 in des moines. The snow will move out by midmorning and roads will start to get in better shape by this afternoon. Heading for 32 as a high. Eric we are up to 18 School Delays. Keep an eye on that. There is no problem at 511ia. Org. Conditions. You can see pink in northeast iowa. Completely covered in snow or be careful out there. Elizabeth this morning in super tuesday is finally here of the candidates as voters in about a dozen states cast their ballots. Nikole killion is in washington with a preview. Nikole this is by far one of the biggest days in the race
Political parties, under different circumstances or prospective circumstances have had fairly the same point of view. Steve grassley says he would take the same position, no matter who is sworn in as president on january 20 of 2017. Let the people having a voice it is applied to Hillary Clinton, or senator sanders, or tromp, or rubio, or ted cruz. Steve our exclusive conversation with senator grassley here in washington dc continues on kcci eight news at 6 00. He tells us why president obama cannot make a recess appointment , and how the democrats did this to themselves. Reporting live from capitol hill in washington dc, steve karlin, kcci eight news, iowas news leader. Stacey state senator rob hoag he expressed his feelings today at the statehouse about grassleys refusal to consider a nomination from the president. Each should be working with the president on finding a nominee who he would be billing to at least consider. The way this process works is, the president will make a nomina
Turning point this this president ial campaign. It is likely the last chance for challengers to catch the frontrunners, donald trump and Hillary Clinton. No candidate can clinch the nomination tonight, but voters in 12 states are choosing nearly half the delegates needed for the republican nomination, and more than a third needed for the democrats. Major garrett is covering the republicans, nancy cordes the democrats, and well start tonight with major. Todays such a big day, and i shouldnt be here because i shouldnt be thinking about this. I should be thinking about tonight. Reporter a supremely comfort donald trump ignored sprlt states and campaigned in ohio, which doesnt vote for two weeks. He focused his fire on democrat Hillary Clinton. Hillary clinton does not have the strength or the stamina to become president. Reporter truz voted in his home state of texas and took a dig at marco rubio, who is currently trailing in his home state of florida. His home state has real problems. Re
Metinka that is where they got the most snow right along highway 20 overnight. Three to four inches totals coming in. It is still snowing from clarion through fort dodge. In this dark a blue shaded area, this is where we got the moderate weve got the moderate snow coming down. Partly to mostly snowcovered runways. It is 25 now in des moines. Weve got wind chills close to five to 10 degrees. The snow will be moving out by midmorning. Youll need warm coats all day long. Eric lets show you the Road Conditions. We are going to take a look at the Road Conditions. The southern half is just fine in the green. It doesnt take long to find areas and blue and partially covered with snow and northeast iowa along the waterloo area, those are completely covered. The cover be careful. Elizabeth this morning in commitment 2016 news, super tuesday is finally here and the stakes are high for all of the candidates as voters in about a dozen states cast their ballots. Nikole killion is live at the white h