Morning. Then all rain by midday. The amount of cold air the system has to work with is whats in question. Well continue to watch and have 60s. The republican president ial candidates continue to make headlines during Campaign Stops here in South Carolina. But last night the democrats took the spotlight in a televised debate. Its the first time Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have squaredoff since sanders primary win in New Hampshire. Last night clinton challenged sanders on several topics including Health Care Calling some of his policies unrealistic. This is not about math. This is about peoples lives. And we should level with the American People about what we can do to make sure they get quality, Affordable Health care. Let us level with the American People. Secretary clinton has been going around the country saying, Bernie Sanders wants to dismantle the Affordable Care act. Their medicaid. Theyre going to lose their chip program. i have fought my entire life to make sure that he
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff at least 37 dead, a snow to remove. That was the tally today as the eastern United States struggled to recover from a weekend walloping. With snow plows, shovels, and shoving, it was another long day of digging for millions of people. And the first attempt at getting to work since the blizzard hit. Its just really, really bad. Ive never seen it like this before in a long, long time. I didnt think it was going to be this bad. Like, no transportation . Really . Like, not everybody has a car. Woodruff for many, the wintry blast made for a three day weekend, at least, with businesses shuttered and schools closed from v
Julia sims joins us live. When might this be resolved . Some of we apologize for that. Several people were frustrated saying they werent given enough notice. Some were worried it is a potential Public Safety issues. Csx shut down nine different crossings in apex and cary. Company is making improvements to the tracks and crossings. Residents say the closings had caused unnecessary gridlock. Residents in one neighborhood say they were trapped for two days. We talked to a csx spokesperson today. Julia asked them about the status of the crossings and he said they had no comment and they were doing the best they could and hung up on her. A town spokesman told julia are having a hard time getting information from csx. Well continue to follow this at 530 67 89. A serious crash knocked out power at several wake county homes this morning. Troopers say a driver was speeding on rock service station road and hit a ditch near elbridge drive. The car went airborne and hit a utility pole snapping it
For us today a lot of sun. Here and there. Midtoupper 50s. Coming up we will be talking about the storm next week. Does look like we are in store luckily it looks like a one day, one and a half day event. Its not a multiday event. Amelia, thats one of those things we look far off into the future to check out. Folks have more immediate concerns today . At least dry roads arent a concern to worry about. A nice easy start across most easy freeways. Construction on i25 wrapped unbetween lincoln and c470. Last night, stretched through 5 15 this morning. Tonight. Now, we are tweeting out the information there, including the alternate routes. Across i70 in the area of quebec excellent. Overpasses, bridges all closure in the immediate area. 225 a perfect example there. As we look at the Bigger Picture view here, i25 first to slow down between 112th and u. S. 36 in the southbound direction. We will bog down around the mousetrap. 25 santa fe. High country drive off to a nice beginning as well. I
The very first votes in this years president ial cycle are being counted right now. And nobody can explain these quirky numbers in Iowa Caucuses better than Craig Patrick. He has been in iowa for the week. Craig, what are you thinking so far . Reporter you nailed it. We have some real quirks. You can take a lot of assumptions and throw them out the window. This is a very different year. You can look at the numbers. But you cant make a call yet because this much we know its going to be a very close race in both parties. It could take us at least until 10 30, 11 00, to make a final call, if not, more likely, well after that. There is a big spike in turnout, particularly among Republican Voters at this point. To the extent that it swamped some of the precincts. Some of the precincts ran out of paper for ballots for people to there are very long lines. The Republican Party officials tell us that they have this under control. Anyone lined up at 7 00 got in and they made accommodations to co