Has come out on top for the third state in a row. A recap is up ahead. Plus. Iowa lawmakers spar over the second ammendment at the state house. Stay tuned for an update on a number of gun related bills and. South dakotas governor met with transgender students. See what they and he. Had to say. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Lukas donald trump is waking up a winner and one step closer to the gop nomination in the race for president. Trump got a big victory in the nevada caucuses on the same night the democratic contenders hit the stage for a town hall in South Carolina. Abc s Kenneth Moton has the latest. This morning, donald trump . On a winning streak after another decisive victory . This time nevada. Donald trump we love nevada, we love nevada love for trump but that anger at washington and a strong desire for an gop frontrunner an easy victory over his rivals. Trump of course if you listen to the pundits we werent expected to win too much and now were winning, winning the country. Its a fight for second between republican establishment favorite marco rubio and iowa caucus winner ted ted cruz the only campaign that can beat donald trump is this campaign. Ben carson and john kasich were at the bottom of the pack. Theyve vowed to march on to super tuesday. The democrats are also focused on tuesday but first South Carolina. Hillary clinton why is there one standard for me and not for everybody else . Hillary clinton fired up during a cnn town hall after a federal judge ruled the former secretary of states top aides should testify over her use of private email. But ahead of the democratic primary in the palmetto state, the focus was on African Americans who make up half of the electorate. Bernie sanders we must sustain and strengthen the universities sot clinton racism along with economic issues, educational issues, and all the rest, have to be addressed. Clinton has Campaign Events in South Carolina today, sanders is in missouri. The republicans are taking part in a voter summit hosted by trumps fox news nemesis megyn kelly . Trump declined the invite citing a scheduling conflict. Kenneth moton, abc news washington. Lukas president obama has sent congress a plan close the prison at Guantanamo Bay speaking at the white house. The president outlined his plan to close the detention facility in cuba. He wants to transfer more detainees to Foreign Countries and work with congress to find a spot in the us to hold other detainees. President obama said his goal to close the prison is about closing a chapter in the countrys history. Keeping this facility open is contrary to our values. It undermines our standing in the world. It is viewed as a stain on our broader record of upholding the highest standards of rule of law detainees. Down nearly 700 under george. W. Bush. Closing that holding suspected extremists indefinitely is un american and that the existence of the facility is a recruitment tool for terrorists. Senate majority leader mitch republicans want the prison to stay open. Committee chairs in the house and senate say they will hold hearings othe president s plan. Lukas how young is too young. To fire a gun . That was one of the questions before iowa lawmakers. All concerning aspects of the second ammendment. Reporter Sabrina Ahmed has more on gun bills in the statehouse its 2nd amendment day at the statehouse so the ifc is here to lobby for 5 bills on the house floor. One regarding suppressors, one regarding access to firearms to state of emergency, one dealing atvs, another deals with confidentiality, 5th involves kids 14 and under able to use guns, created large and long debate on house floor logically does it make sense for a 1 year old to hold and shoot a handgun yes or no . Even people who are experienced with rearms harem themseves accidentally, so the thought that a 15 year old even under supervision should be firing a handgun is ludicrous. This is the best bill expanding 2nd amendment rights, puts rights back in hahas of parents. Any criticism parents rights, thats all very well and good if fvery parent is Beaver Cleaver the perfect parent. Lukas sioux city state senator rick statehouse so the ifc is here to lobby for 5 bills on the house floor. One regarding suppressors, one regarding access to firearms to state of emergency, one dealing atvs, another deals with confidentiality, 5th and most contentious involves kids 14 and under able to use guns, created large and long debate on make sense for a 1 year old to hold and shoot a handgun yes or no . Even people who are experienced with firearms harem themseves accidentally, so the thought that a 15 year old even under supervision should be firing a handgun is ludicrous. This is the best bill expanding 2nd amendment rights, puts rights back in hands of parents. Any criticism parents rights, thats all very well and good if every parent is Beaver Cleaver the perfect parent. Lukas sioux city state senator Rick Bertrand is leading a charge to provide iowans suffering from terminal illness the opportunity to help medical research. A bill known as the right to try bill would rmit the use of medicines not granted approval by the fda on terminal patients. As long as they provide written informed consent bertrand says he applauds the support its received from the legislation. And hopes the bill will help provide treatments for future patients. The bill now goes to the iowa house. Lukas the federal government has approved an april first rollout date for iowas privatized medicaid plan. The date announced by the Iowa Governors Office to implement the medicaid modernization plan statewide will be on april first. The proposed plan would change iowas medicaied to a managed care sysyem following suit to 39 other states. The change has seen stiff opposition in the State Capitol. With Senate Democrats looking to pass a measure that would interfere with the medicaid changes. Governor Terry Branstad has already promised a veto if the bill passes. Lukas in south dakotas legislature, a bill aiming to distinguish which bathrooms transgendered students in Public Schools should us. Has made its way through the house and is on its way to the governors desk. However, Governor Dennis Daugaard said he had never met a transgender person. So a group of transgenders and their supporters went to the capitol. To put a face to their cause. On what some are calling trans kids visibility day, they the steps of the State Capitol to make their presence known friends and family from all across south dakota came to the State Capitol to rally together and give their support for transgender people in the state. One bill which states a transgender student should use the bathroom of their biologic sex and not the sex that they identify with has already made its way to the governors office. Its why many are making themselves visible to show the face of transgender south dakotans and that there arere people who stand beside them. After this meeting, transgender south dakotans are no longer invisible to the governor or state leaders. In pierre, mark roper Kendra Heathscott says the meeting went well. Quote he was warm and personable, and wanted to be inclusive to hearing all of our stories. We are grateful l at he accepted our invitation and we asked him to veto hb 1008. Governor ugaard says the meetinput a human face on the bill. But he will still have to weigh both sides of the issue before deciding when we come back. March is n nional colon Cancer Awareness month. And after the break. Ill tell you how a routine colononoopy can save your life. Stay with h. Scott well have. Youre watching abc9 news this morning. With. Lukas voss. The 30s. Wind speeds are near 10 Miles Per Hour from the north. Clouds are sticking in eastern siouxland and disappear from the west. A large storm is moving from the south to the midwest as threats change from Severe Weather to heavy snow to our east. Locally, well have a pretty quiet wednesday with periods of sunshine and some rain snow mix occuring this evening. Tomorrow, well have partly cloudy skies and breezy winds gusting near 35 Miles Per Hour. Then on friday High Pressure will build in and that sets us up for a warming trend this weekend heres your extended forecast where well make it to the before temperatures sink back down to normal next week. Lukas scott lukas iowa has some of hour from the north. Clouds are sticking in stern siouxland and starting to disappear from the west. A large storm is moving from the south to the midwest as threats change from Severe Weather to heavy snow to our east. Locally, well have a pretty quiet periods of sunshine and some rain snow mix occuring this evening. Tomorrow, well have partly cloudy skies and breezy winds gusting near 35 miles iowa has some of the highest rates of colon cancer in the nation. And those numbers spike in northwest iowa. Doctors say they arent surwhy. But they do know that getting screened with a significantly reduces the risk often fatal and with that in mind. Seaman recently agreed to get his first colonoscopy. And our cameras were allowed to be in the room during the procedure. Dr. Jeff michalak wants everyone to know why getting a colonoscopy is important for those over 50. No one who put it off and had a probloem says oh yea im glad i did. Everyone says i should have done it sooner. And now we know that starting atthe age of 50 when we start having trhe colonoscopy is the way to do it because we have prooved it in studies, and two everyone that has it done says just like you, i should have had it done sooner, said dr. Jeff michalak. We will have much more on timu colonoscopy. Coming up later on in the show. Lukas and now to the latest on the spread of the zika virus in the united states. The centers for Disease Control saying they are investigating 14 new reports of the virus in the country, suggesting these new cases were transmitted sexually. Zikas been confirmed in 23 us states including here in iowa. Lukas and as a response to the zika virus, Lifeserve Blood Center is springing to action to protect their blood supply. The center has announced precautionary measures to ensure the safety of the local blood supply by requiring donors who have been to zika affected areas in south america to wait at least 28 days before donating blood. Our normal screening questions would rule out anyone who did happen to have zika. Donors to be healthy and so if someone came in and did have symptoms, we would catch those, they wouldnt be able to donate. If your or someone you know is interested in donating blood, you can schedule an appointment on their website or call the number on your screen. Lukas coming up. Millions of selfies are taken every day. And now. They might be able to protect you from fraud. Ill tell you how. Up next. Larry sloan and his construction crew were renovating an old Movie Theater when they came upon a wallet. Based on a pocket calendar found inside it, sloan determined the wallet had been buried in the movie house floorboards since 1944. The builder is a former investigator, and actually tracked down its owner, Clare Mcintosh. Living near des moines. Now 85, mcintosh was reunited with the wallet on monday. He says he remembers losing it at the theater when he was a Clare Mcintosh reunited with wallet t i thought at first it might be some sort of a joke and i thought i couldnt be. The wallet also contained a boy scout card, World War Two era ration stamps and an id. Its believed a theater employee found the wallet. But took the money out before lodging it in the floorboards. Lukas selfies are part of every day life. We even take them the studio. Bubunow mastercard wants to use selfies to help prevent fraud. Reporter mary moloney has the details. Forget a password. Mastercard is launching new technology so you can use selfies to approve online purchases. The company says selfies and fingerprint scans are safer than typed passwords. Especially since many of f r passwords are easy for scammers to guess. If you want to use yo to pay download the mastercard identity check app. It has you take a seie each time you buy something online. Your face or fingerprint will be scanned to prove its you spending the money and not a able to use the same picture over and over. Mastercard makes you blink to show that you are taking that pic as s u shop. Ththfingerprint scan is a little easier. Especially if you have a new iphone with the Technology Already built in. But its not just mastercard thats looking for new ways to prevent fraud. If you have an hsbc account you will soon be able to use your fingerprint and voice to access money. And mastercard is researching ways to use your heartbeat and scans of your eyes to authenticate purchases. This could be the future of protecting o oine shoppers f fm fraud. For consumer watch im mary moloney. Lukas scott lukas and scott are chatting about paying with a selfie. Lukas and scott are chatting about paying with a selfie. Lukas and scott are chatting about paying with a selfie. Lukas and scott are chatting about paying with a selfie. Scott good morning lukas and scott are chatting about paying with a selfie. Lukas and scott are chatting about paying with a selfie. Lukas and scott are chatting about lukas and scott are chatting about paying with a selfie. Lukas and scott are chatting about paying with a selfie. Lukas and scott are chatting about paying with a selfie. Scott good morning siouxland. Lukas and scott are chatting about paying with a selfie. Lukas and scott are chatting about paying with a selfie. Hour from the north. Clouds are sticking in eastern siouxland and starting to disappear from the west. Well reach an afternoon high of 40 with a light mix during the evening. Scott heres a quick chekc outside on one of our iowa dot traffic cams here at. Many folks still waking up and hour from the north. Clouds are sticking in eastern disappear from the west. Well reach an afternoon high of 40 with a light mix during the evening. Scott heres a quick chekc outside on one of our iowa dot traffic camm here at. Many folks still waking up and starting their workday. Please drive safely everyone. Lukas thanks scott. After the break. Ill update you on a number of criminal cases in the state. Including when Jonathan Neunaber returns to court. Details are coming about the stabbing in n the weekend officals arrested in connection night stabbing. He is charged with Second Degree murder, alleging intentionally caused the death of his wife, quintero. He was arrested monday at the university of Nebraska Medical Center in omaha where he was undergoing medical treatment. His bond is set at 2Million Dollars cash. Lukas a plea hearing is scheduled in Plymouth County court for a 2014 homicide case. 45yearold johnathan newneighbor is scheduled to appear in court monday. Initially the court was set to rule on a motion to suppress by the defense. But now judge Steven Andreasen has changed proceedings to a plea hearing. He found stand trial in the death of his 80 yearold mother ther neunaber. Long awaited fazzino trial wrapped up yesterday. Alexander fazzino is charged with his wifes death in boone back in 2012. Hes accused of drowning Emily Fazzino in the familys bath tub while their children were home. The trial has been delayed five times since then. Reporter Claire Powell has a recap of the first day in the courtroom. The first day of the Alexander Fazzino trial here in Winneshiek County was an emotional one. With jury selection wrapping up, it took no time at all for witnesses to take the stand and started off the day with a chilling 911 call please help oh god, shes dead. Shes dead. Shes purple . Ok after brief Opening Statements by prosecution and defense, the first witness was called the 911 dispatcher. Oh god shes dead, do you want to try cpr yes bringing Emily Fazzinos family, Alexander Fazzinos family. And even alex fazzino himself to tears. Evidence continued showing paramedics arriving body cameras rolling on a she was trying to get clean from addiction how long shes been in here . I dont know she was taking a bath made some comment, emily has potentially abused prescription drugs why i went into the bathroom to look for pills the next two witnesses, boone polic officers who noted to prosecutors the dead end search for more of emilys pills and fazzinos calm then frantic changing behavio she couldve taken witnesses. The judge said the trial could take two even three weeks to finish. Lukas coming up. Ill show you how one sioux city family is honoring the loss of their child. With a special gift. Their story is up next. 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