Historic night for this country. Both tight races for both parties. Smoo the stakes in this election could not be higher. The candidates are campaigning hard all across the state tonight. Please pick a winner this time. Okay . Im going to win. Im going to win. If we stand together we will win. And were tracking them all with live decision 2016 coverage. Good evening. The Iowa Caucuses are tomorrow, so campaigning there is happening well into the night with races that couldnt be tighter. Weve been traveling across the state tracking all the leading candidates. Were live from des moines where a huge crowd of Hillary Clinton supporters are gathering. Reporter a very big crowd here. You can see behind me that both Hillary Clinton and bill clinton are probably still somewhere in that crowd. Theyve been shaking hands, signing some autographs and she needs a big crowd right now. Shes in a very tight race with Bernie Sanders. He was actually about 7 miles from here tonight and this is the fina
Right there. Area bridges are free and clear of problems as well. Thats good. Thats not Holding People up any bit this morning. Mass transit, septa, patco, amtrak, new jersey transit, d. A. R. T. , everything is running on or close to schedule this morning. Katy, thanks. Now to decision 2016. The Iowa Caucuses are tonight. This is a key part of the process. Iowa is the first state to hold caucuses and its been used as a measuring stick of sorts for president ial campaigns during the primary season. Yesterdays final full day of campaigning was very busy to say the least. More than a dozen candidates on both sides held nearly 40 events across iowa just to getc an ed going into the caucusing tonight. And the republican side, many analysts say a high turnout will favor donald trump. A low turnout and ted cruz and marco rubio could benefit. Yesterday, the gop hopefuls delivered their final pitches to iowa voters. Heres a listen. 16 years and you havent picked a winner. Please pick a winner
13minute trip. Westbound, other speeds into the 60s still. No problem there. Haddon heights, new jersey, this is the white horse pike around 295. No problems in either directions on the highway or white horse pike. Were good to go still. We are still watching an accident scene, not causing any real problems yet. Something to watch out for on the new jersey turnpike. Exit 2 all lanes are still open to traffic. Tracy . Now to decision 2016. Iowac begins the president ial nominating process tonight with voters set to caucus across the state. The final poll shows a tight contest, Hillary Clinton leading Bernie Sanders by three points but since thats within the polls margin of error, the contest is virtually a tie. On the republican side, donald trump has 28 support, five points ahead of ted cruz, followed by marco rubio and ben carson. Today the candidates are crisscrossing the state hoping to grab lastminute caucusgoers. Katy zachry is live in the digital operations center. Katy, turnout
Thunderstorms well up to the north mainly over new york state from a boundary that is beginning to sneak a little closer to us tomorrow. That will give us a betser chance of spotty thunderstorms, really the big story will be the heat tomorrow, we keep the heat and add the humidity, tomorrow a heat advisory in affect along the i95 corridor, the heat index, the way it feels soaring into the upper 90s, well talk btd timing of storms coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Thank you cecily. Now to center city where kids were cooling off at sisters city park in logan, they splashed around in their birthing suits and now here is Nora Muchanic on 9th street in ocean city. People at the beach i can imagine are loving this weather. They are indeed. Its awfully hot inland and here at the shore its close to a perfect day. Take a look out there, the sun is out and the beach is filled today with folks that just want to keep cool. Summer doesnt officially start until saturday, but it feels like
Of the senate seats in a crucial run off contest in georgia. The second is still too close to call. Dozens of pro democracy activists and politicians are arrested in hong kong, accused of trying to overthrow the citys government. And coming up this hour, a breakdown for the motor industry, as car sales suffer their biggest slump since world war ii. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Our top story. Thousands of pupils across england, whove had their gcse and a levels cancelled, are hoping to get more details today on how their work will be assessed. It comes as englands Third National lockdown comes legally into force, with mps set to vote retrospectively on it later today. All of the uk is now under strict virus curbs, with wales, Northern Ireland and most of scotland also in lockdown. On schools, the education secretary, Gavin Williamson, will make a statement to mps and is expected to unveil a support package for young people following the closure of schools and colleges. It comes