Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Todays highs will be all over the place with much cooler weather likely along and north of highway 20. Temperatures should hit the 50s by midday elsewhere, the afternoon hours. Well all stay dry for the morning and early evening commutes. Late tonight, and produce some accumulation with the highest amounts of 2 4 around highway 20 and northward. A tr2 is the most likely result over the southern half of the area. Cooler weather should prevail with mainly dry sky for tuesday. Today p cloudy, falling pm temps high 5157 winds sw nw 1525 alo 44 dbq 45 iow 56tonight snow wintry mix low 2531 winds nw 1020 alo 25 dbq 24 iow 29tomorrow chance of snow early high 2834 winds n 1020 alo 31 dbq 29 iow 33tomorrow night mostly clear low 1723 winds n 510 alo 16 dbq 14 iow 23 president ial candidates are grabbing up lastminute support heading into super tuesday tomorrow. More delegates are at stake than on any other day of the primary season. Republican frontrunner donald trump refused to condemn the Klu Klux Klan in an interview. During Campaign Stops yesterday, both marco rubio and ted cruz attacked trump over his comments. They also criticized his electability, as they try to make up ground in the race for the nomination. Heres what would be a calamity for donald trump to become our nominee. If hes our nominee, it could be the end of the republican party. It will split us and splinter us in a way that we may never be able to recover, and the democrats will be joyful about it. Recognize that trump as nominee wins and we lose this country. Republicans, as well as democrats, in about a dozen states will head to the polls tomorrow. That includes voters in texas, where 155 republican and 252 democratic delegates are up for grabs. Looking at the race so far. According to Bloomberg Politics donald trump has 81 delegates. Ted cruz and marco rubio are tied with 17. Every other republican candidate is in the single digits. To win the nomination, a gop candidate must get 12hundred37 delegates. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton leads with 542 delegates. While Bernie Sanders has 85. 23hundred83 delegates will lock in the nomination. Some College Basketball fans in kansas may have to choose between their favorite sport and president ial caucuses. Caucuses are on saturday, march 5th the same day the final home game of the season against iowa state. Some fans are petitioning the school and espn to change the game time. The petition Organizer Says its a tough choice for fans like him. Im thinking theres going to be 16thousand, in all, in Allen Fieldhouse who will have the same decision ill have to make. Do i go to the game, or do i go to the caucus . Therell be thousands of people at home who have to make the decision. Ku basketball is a big deal. I absolutely hear you. You know, rock chalk, jayhawk. But like, its, i think that people are going to come out to the caucus. I really do. Close to 700 people have signed the petition so far. The school and espn have no plans to change the game time. In a tv9 followup this morning. A hearing this spring will determine whether a dubuque man accused of murder is competent to stand trial. 20 yearold Helmon Betwell faces firstdegree murder and firstdegree sexual abuse charges in the death of nancy krapfl. Betwells attorney said charges against him, because he has a mental disorder. His attorney filed for a competency hearing last week. A judge scheduled the hearing for april 4th. Police say betwell attacked krapfl as she was walking near her home back in september. They say betwell admitted to raping and killing her, because he had Nothing Better to do. He faces life in prison. People who use Medicinal Cannabis oil are asking lawmakers to let them make it and distribute it in iowa. Right now, it is legal to use cannabis oil, but a person must go out of state to get it. Kcrgtv nines brea love joins live from the newsroom. Brea, you talked with one man who says the oils changed his life . Yes. Chris, nicole, Patrick Loeffler tried cannabis oil after his epilepsy caused him to have a seizure while driving. He takes many pills a day and says the side effects are debilitating. He says when he used the oils, all of those side effects went away. Loeffler regained the quality of life he had been looking for. Thats why he went to the capitol to lobby for the 38 04 im also speaking for these children who are on these same kinds of medication, who cannot speak. Theyre incapacitated, they cant speak. Lawmakers within the house are divided on the issue. While some support it, others argue it could be an inconvenience to doctors who write the prescriptions. The bill is currently moving through house committees. If approved, it will continue on the house floor. Live in the newsroom, brea love, kcrgtv nine news. People living in Johnson County get the chance to hear details about the countys budget today. The board of supervisors have approved a budget for the 2017 fiscal year. County leaders will go over the details for the public in a hearing today. It starts at 5 30 this evening at 913 south dubuque street, suite 201 in iowa city. Northeast Iowa Community college is offering free showings of a new documentary today. Broke, busted, and disgusted is meant to show High Schoolers and their parents more about Student Loans when going to college. We told you last week about advisors at nicc meeting with high school seniors. They are hoping to give these Prospective Students more information on how much debt they will take on and develop a plan. The movie showing is at the peosta campus in the conference center. Viewing times are at 6 30 starting today. The Kalona Community center is old, outofdate, and ready for a redo. Thats according to city leaders pushing for the multiMillion Dollar bond issue that people will vote on tomorrow. The 3. 9 Million Dollar bond would cost a taxpayer with a home assessed at 100,000 dollars, an extra 92. 34 per year. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders tells us what people there would receive for helping foot the bill. This could the future of the Kalona Community center. These concepts show what the town would be getting for its investment in the slightly more than 4Million Dollar renovation and addition. Highlights a 16thousand square foot gym. An indoor track. Exercise and dance rooms plus, new equipment to replace some of this stuff. The greatest benefit would be just to have an enhanced going to have the amenities that are going to meet the needs of the youth, new families as they come to town, senior citizens. Issues with the Community Center as it is now are numerous. Parts of the building are more than 100 years old. The west wing, was built in 1914 for 12thousand dollars. Its not ada compliant. Plus, space is limited and the facility fills a long list of rolls like, city hall a spot for various youth organizations and Washington County public health. The city administrator is optimistic people will see the need for the update come voting day. The community has always been favorable to good projects within the community. We did just pay off our downtown project. Financially were in great position to take on a project of such a nature. A 60 percent super majority is needed for the bond to go through. The earliest work would start, according to officials, would be fall of this year. Renovation and construction is expected to take eight to 12 months. In kalona, Forrest Saunders, a cedar Falls Elementary School is holding an open house tomorrow in hopes of showing why it needs a bond referendum to pass. According to the waterloo cedar falls courier, north cedar Elementary School is having an open house tomorrow and march 31st. They are hoping voters will pass a 32 Million Dollar bond vote on april 5th. Administrators say they need to build a new Elementary School to fit the growing district. Homeowners whose property has an assessed value of 150,000 would pay just over 100 more each year if this vote passes. Remark your calendars. Apple is changing the date for is next big product event. And a special moment from this years oscars breaks a google trend record. Thats ahead in techbytes. Whats all this nonsense about balls . Pink balls, blue, yellow, red. Its hard to keep the whole thing straight. And all these socalled deals . Well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. Like when you leave the city the signal goes weak. U. S. Cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys dont. And as for deals . Hows 300 back for every line you switch . 300 no ball nonsense. Get 300 per line and a stronger signal, todays highs will be all over much cooler weather likely along and north of highway 20. Temperatures should hit the 50s by midday elsewhere, before falling to the 40s during the afternoon hours. Well all stay dry for the morning and early evening commutes. Late tonight, snow should arrive from the west and produce some accumulation with the highest amounts of 2 4 around highway 20 and northward. A tr2 is the most likely result over the southern half of the are cooler weather should prevail with mainly dry sky for tuesday. Today p cloudy, falling pm temps high 5157 winds sw nw 1525 alo 44 56tonight snow wintry mix low 2531 winds nw 1020 alo 25 dbq 24 iow 29tomorrow chance of snow early high 2834 winds n 1020 alo 31 dbq 29 iow 33tomorrow night mostly clear low 1723 thanks kaj. And now heres abcs reena gibson with this mornings techbytes. In todays techbytes a change to apples next big event. Reports indicate the company will unveil new products on march1st, a week later than expected. A new miniiphone, straps for the apple watch are some of the things that will likely be unveiled. You can now get samsungs latest phones in real gold. A uk Company Selling them in 24 karat gold. 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The fate of both parties could be decided . And how we got here has been anything but tytycal . The gop frfrntrunner . Donald trump taking insults from all sides . Rubio sot trump doesnt sweat because his pores are clogged with the spray tan cruz sot if we nomimite donald trump in all likelihood hillary wins and if that happens we lose this country. Trump has racked up support from some of the loudest names in politics. . An endorsement from new Jersey Governor Chris Christie . And a first Senate Endorsement from alabamas jeff sessions. Trump is leading in most states and is now set to have more big wins on super tuesday . Y . But he s snt the weekend answering questions about an endorsement he may not want . From Klu Klux Klan former grand wizard david duke. David duke. I dont believe ive ever met him, and i just dont know anything about him. On the democratic side llary clilion has more delegates and more momentum than Bernie Sanders after her victory in this weekends South Carolina primary . And sanders knowswst . Telling george stephanopoul os on this week. Sot sanders this week we got decimated, george. We got decimated. Texas, georgia, and here in virnia stand as the biggest opportunities for clinton t tdominate among African American voters, and to test sanders early strength among hispanics. Ramos tag no candidate can wrap up the nomination on super tuesday but it may be the end for someethe ffntrunners are xpected to separate themselves from their closest competitors. Stephanie ramos abc news alexandria virginia some of hollywoods biggest stars are celebrating big wins this morning. The oscars got pretty political last night. Comments ranged from lack of diversity in the nminees to climate change. Kaj will be back right after the break with a todays highs will be all oveve the place with much cooler weather likely along and north of highway 20. Temperatures should hit the 50s by midday elsewhere, before falling to the 40s during the afternoon hours. Well all stay dry for the morning and early evening commutes. Late tonight, snow should arrive from the west and produce some acmulation with the highest amounts of 2 4 around highway 20 and northward. A tr2 is the most likely result over the southern half of the area. Cooler weather should prevail with mainly dry sky for tuesday. Today p cloudy, falling pm temps high 5157 winds sw nw 1525 alo 44 dbq 45 iow low 2531 winds nw 1020 alo 25 dbq 24 iow 29tomorrow chance of snow early high 2834 winds n 1020 alo 31 dbq 29 iow 33tomorrow night mostly clear low 1723 iow 23 it was a scary night for some firefighters blame improper use of smoking materials for a fire that damaged a home. Keep it here on tv9. Its. Good monday morning. Youre on our city cam. Its leap day, february 29th today. 2016 president ial candidates are getting ready for the most critical date so far in the campaign. With hundreds delegates at stake. One eastern iowa man is lobbying lawmakers in des moines to change the law allowing people to make and sell Medicinal Cannabis oil in the state. Iowa is getting ready to switch to a priritized medicaid system in a month. We take a look at the challenges in kansas a state that changed its system 3 years ago. The newest show on stage at theatre cedar rapids, next to normal is sparking ccversation s about Mental Health issues. And hollywoods biggest night gets political on many issues while actors, directors and producers pick up their respective oscars. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour newsws source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omaraa alert forecast, kaj. Todays highs will be all over the e ace with much cooler weather likely along and north of highway 20. Temperatures should hit the 50s by midday elsewhere, before falling to the 40s during the afternoon hours. Well all stay dry for the morning and early evening commutes. Late tonight, snow should arrive from the west and produce some accumulation with the highegt amounts of 2 4 around highway 20 and northward. A trr is the most likiky result over the southern half of the area. Cooler weather should prevail with mainly dry sky for tuesday. Today p cloudy, falling pm temps high 5157 winds sw n1525 alo 44 dbq 45 iow 56tonight snow wintry mix low 2531 winds nw 1020 alo 25 dbq 24 iow 29tomorrow chance of snow early high 2834 winds n 1020 alo 31 dbq 29 iow 33tomorrow night mostly clear low 1723 winds n 510 alo 16 dbq 14 iow 23 a bill that would expand the use of cannabis oil is moving through the iowa house. Some illnesses including chronic, severe epilepsy and terminal cancer. Tv9s brea love joins us now. Brea, you talked with one man who is lobbying for the oils to come to iowa . Thats right. Right now, it is legal to use cannabis oil in the state, but you cant get it here. The house is debating a bill that would allow it to be produced and sold right here in iowa. And many iowans say they desperately need it. Cannabis oil changed Patrick Loefflers life. He has intractable epilepsy. One year ago, he wasnt feeling well and decided to drive home. What happened next could have killed him. 37 07 took a turn down first street w, i actually craaed intotohe Cedar Rapids Police depaament building. Im lucky to be here telling my story. He had a seizure which stemmed from a pharmacy error. Loeffler was given 250 ml pills in a 500 ml bottle, and wasnt getting the dosage he needed. He currently takes seven pills a day, and faces 37 46 i stand here right now shaking inside. I have six to seven different side effects, actually i have more than that. Iilooking for quality y life back. And he found it when he and his wife took a trip to colorado, to try cannabis oil. 35 43 incredible success,s,ad no symptoms or side effects while we were out there, it actually gave me a glimmer of hope. Thats why loeffler made the trip to the capitol to tell lawmakers how important it is. Senator joe bolkcom knows just how troubling this can be. 49 52 weve listened, weve heard from suffering iowans and the compassionate thing to do is to create a program that would be modeled after effective programs in other states and that would be my goal. Some members of the house are against the issusu speaker Linda Upmeyer has opposed, stating doctors would fear losing their license for writing these prescriptions. But, bolkcom hopes the house sees the positivity. 51 47 we can develop a responsible program that will provide great support and end the suffering of thousands of our citizens i ho