Number of peopleleigning up for its citizen academy. Police believe the drop in interest this year has to do with recent cases of mistrust involving police. Their coursdoesnt start until february h. Right now, several eastern iowa Law Enforcement agencies are holding a News Conference about stopping human trafficking. President obama declared january National Slavery and month. Iowa dot, and the city of cedar rapids are educating the community about the problem. This is video from a similar sextrafficking awareness event last year. A judge has rescheduled the murder trial for a boone man, after he asked for a delay to care for his sick daughter. Alexander fazzinos trial was scheduled for april 13th, 2015. But he asked to spend time with his daughter whos recovering from a bone marrow transplant. Fazzinos trial is now rescheduled to begin february 22nd. He faces a first degree murder charge in the death of wife, Emily Fazzino. She was found dead on a bathroom floor at the couples boone home in january of 2012. Fazzino pleaded not guilty, and claims Emily Fazzino accidentally drowned. This midday, iowa legislators are at the State Capitol building to get ready for an update on privitazing medicaid. The Senate Human Resources committee will get a briefing on the process this afternoon. The committee will talk about whether the new Provider Networks will adequately serve iowans. Theyll also discuss if medicaid members and prpriders are commmmicating well with the state and managed care organizations. In an exclusive tv9 interview. Democratic president ial candidate, Hillary Clinton, addressed Governor Terry branstads plan to privatize medicaid. Shes said that she is wary of the plan, which would allow 3 private companies to manage 500,000 medicaid plans for iowans. The governor claims this will save the state 51 Million Dollars in its first year. In theheast, secretary clinton suggested those savings may come from benefit cuts. Against it. Ive even run some ads against it. I think its so harmful to so many people. T t federal government postponed it once and i hope answers because theres answers right now. Take place in iowa on january 1st, but federal regulators delayed the launch until march 1st. They said the state lacked readiness i isome areas. Well bring in meteorologis t Justin Gehrts has your first alert forecast still clear on. But that will change. Patchy fog will continue this afternoon. Some patchy drizzle and freezing drizzle will also begin to develop, eventually changing to snow late this afternoon and evening. Snow will continue into tonight, dropopng a dusting to northeastern iowa may get a bit more than two inches. Winds will also pick up overnight. Well have highs in the 30s today, followed by lower 20s tonight. Clouds stick around tomorrow, which may squeeze out scattered flurries. Much of the week is looking more gray than not with intermittent flurry chances and highs in the 20s and 30s. Today patchy fog, mix snow develop high 3036 winds se 515 alo 33 dbq 32 iow 33 just one we to go. President ial candidates are working hard to shore up support ahead of the iowa caucuses. As all eyes turn to the Hawkeye State there is now speculation that a second billionaire could join the race. Abcs Kenneth Moton is in washington with more. Kenneth moton abc news, washington video provided by length suggested intro just one week to go. President ialalandidates are working hard to shore up support ahead of the iowa caucus. As all eyes turn to the hawkeye speculation that a second billionaire could join the race. Abcs Kenneth Moton is in washington with more. Kenneth moton live intro the candidates have a jam packed schedule in iowa with a few stops in New Hampshire this week. Pkg script t he final sprint to the iowa caucuses. Sot donald trump president ial candidateits crunch time folks. I mean, i wanna win iowa, i really wanna win it. Sot Hillary Clinton president ial candidatei know some of you are still days to go and the candidates for president have the Hawkeye State bernie sanders. With the biggest crowds. Nats woah theres a lot of packed the house. The gop frontrunner donald trump president ial candidatei could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt another billionaire could join the race. Abc news has learned former new york city independent run after super responded on nbcs meet the press. Presididntial candidatethe way i read what he said was if i didnt get the nomination he might consider it. Well, im going to relieve him of that and get the nomination so he doesnt have to. Clinton raked in the endorsements over the weekend. Nats. Ted cruz yells. This morning, ted cruz got the support of former texas governo rick perry. But its sarah lins endorseseent of trump that brought the laughs on natsot Darrel Hammond shes a firecracker. Shes a real pistol. Shes crazy, isnt she . Tina fey kakakakakakaka Kenneth Moton oncam close recent polls for iowa still he trump and sanders in the lead. Today alone, all offthe candidates have more than two dozen Kenneth Moton, abc News Washington you can watch tonights democratic town hall right herenc 9. 2at 8 pm. Mocratic caucusgoers in desis, will have the ance to ask the president ial ndidates questio. Thats this evening at 8 pm on kcrg 9. 2 on theebliccn side, texas Senat Ted Cruz will be in eastern iowa today. Former Texas Governor and president ial candidate rick perry formally endorsed cruz. Cruz started in maquoketa this morning. After that stop, manchester at 2 thip afternoon. Hell visit retail shops there, and in indedendence at 3 30. And republican Rick Santorum is today. This morning a7, the rmer pennsylvania sator spoke in iowa city at the historic hamburg inn restaurant. Hes now headed to make stops in washington, davenport, burlington, ottumwa and oskaloosa. With just a week left to win over iowans, we all see the candidates all over the state. But some voters may not know exactly how to caucus. The university of Northern Iowa is hosting an informational session tonight about how to caucus. Participants will learn how the process works and then be in a mock caucus. It starts tonight at 7 in the Maucker Union ballrooms. Tonight, the Waterloo City Council will consider adding the former hostess wonder bread building to the National Register of historic places. The waterloo Cedar Falls Courier says the designation would help protect the building and free up money for restoration. Single speed Brewing Company is renovating the building. The National Park service will ultimately determine eligibility. New Development Project to replace logan plaza. The courier reports that a local developer is working with the city to build medical buildings and Retail Businesses on the Northeast Corner of highway 63 and east donald street. Mayor quentin hart said that he is excited about the project and thinks now is the perfect time to move ahead with it. Most volunteer positions in eastern iowa dont involve extensive training. But volunteers at one program in Johnson County. Handle challenging, and often tense situations they also mumu dergo about 60 houou of training. Kcrgtv9s Iowa City Bureau chief mark carlson reports on that 24hour Crisis Line Program in this weeks show you care spotlight. Ringing nats inside the Johnson CountyCrisis Center theres a small room where inside vololteers make a big we let them identify what their own crisis is, so we dont put a definition of what a crisis is or isnt, usually theyre in some kind of emotional turmoil, dealing with depression or anxiety, maybe theyre dealing with financial distress, thats been a big thing lately. In addition to staff about 100 volunteers help make up the crisis line team. They help work the phones around the clock. Because a crisis knows no time. Were always aware that were as a team just working to help people in our area, but also other places, we get calls from not just iowa but all over the country. The calls ca get very serious. About 10 percent involve talk of suicide. And the center takes dozens of call each day and roughly 8thousand per year. Something that i definitely came into this job feeling is that were all the same we all have the same needs, we need the same sort of support, but then this position confirmed that for me, it just seemed like people n ned others and that even at the worsttimes sometimes all you need is another voice at the other end. Officials at the Crisis Center they hopopto add another 25 to so that even more people can work the phones. Theyre a tremendous part of our program, last time i counted they do the work of about 810 fulltime employees for us, so we couldnt run the agency without them. And without them this community and far beyond would likely be a are many people who just need an ear. In iowa cy, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. You can share story ideas for our show you care spotlight by emailing them to newsroomomt kcrg g t com. Please include your name, phone number, and a description of the story. Avoiding obesity by eating healthy. And getting rest. Doctors say sleep could affect your childs long term health. Well tell you how many hours kids should be out. For the night. Coming off the weekend blizzard on the east coast, now time for americas. Well look at the process, later on midday meteorologist Justin Gehrts pdates our temperatures coming up in your first alert forecast. Stay with some patchy drizzle and freezing drizzle will also begin to develop, will continue into tonight, dropping a dusting up to two inches for most. Far northeastern iowa may get a bit more than two inches. Winds will also pick up overnight. Well have highs in the 30s today, followed by lower 20s tonight. Clouds stick around tomorrow, whicic may squeeze ouou scattered flurries. Much of the week is looking more gray than not with intermittent flurry chances and highs in the 20s and 30s. Today pchy fog, mix snow w velop hihih 3036 winds se 515 alo 33 dbq 32 iow 33tonight snow likely low 1925 cloudy, sct. Flurries high 2228 winds nw 1525 alo 25 dbq 25 iow 25tomorrow ght cloudy, sct flurries low 1521 winds nw 515 alo 18 dbq 18 iow 18wednesday mostly cloudy high 27 low 18 thursday m cloudy, sct. Flurries high 34 low 22 friday mostly cloudy high 38 low 24 saturday chance of rain snow high 39 low 28 nday areas of fog drizzle high 37 low 28 thanks justin. Good health. But recent studies show that so many young people arent getting these factors at least not enough. Holly firfer finds out how your children can avoid obesity. In 2012 more than one third of children in the u. S. Were overweight or even obese. A recent study in the journal pediatrics found that a contributing factor is lack of sleep. Sleep is important for so many things. Ranging from good growth, helping your immune system, heart health, Good Behavior and the ability to focus and concentrate and learn well in school. Not enough sleep may mean not suppressing the appetite and making you want to eat more, taking in more calories, as well as carbobydrate s in general. And that can cause a whole host of health problems. Too much eating eventually along with obesity pressure, diabetes, so everythings interrelated, we want everything to be in balance and that includes your nutrition, your sleep and your exercise. And so we do recommend that kids get the right amount of sleep recommended for their age, at least an hour ofofxercise a day, and to eat a healthy diet. So how much sleep do children need . According to the cdc newborns should be sleeping on average 1618 hours a day. Preschool aged kids, 1112 hours. And School Aged Children should sleep about 10 hours a night. And doctors say one more thing make sure to monitor what your children are eating. No amount of sleep can battle the bulge if theyre not getting a healthy diet. For todays Health Minute im holly firfer. Big funds for fresh produce. Of a millili dollars for growers. Well tell you how this money will help agribusiness nationwide. Stay with tv9. Good morning, this is the david geiger. A new spout of funding is ready for iowa fruit. Vegetable. And horticulture growers. Getting a specialty crop funding. Iowa secretary of agriculture bill northey says safety. Research. Marketing choice for iowans. Becaus the funds are supposed to enhance competitiveness in the industry. Universities. Producers. Industries. And Community Organizations are eligible to apply. And grant awards will be considered up to 24 thousand dollars. Nuts. Fruits. Vegetables. Rticulture. And nururry crops. Both fresh and processed are eligible. Proposals need to hit the Iowa Department of agricultures office by may second. The senate did not manage to override the president ial veto on the waters of the us resolution of disapproval. Iowa senator joni ernst initiated the override. But the senate needed 60 votes in favororo bring it to both chambers of congress. The legislation blocks a federal water rule. So it would have required a twothirds majority in both house and presen decided by federal courts. There are multiple pending lawsuits over it. Including one that has suspended regulations. But many ag g oups worry the litigation process will be lengthy and costly. Cattle had a little rally at the end of last week. After starting off not so great. And corn is looking good right now. Its jumped past month long moving averages. Not looking too bad, start off with corn, not looking too bad there at all. We kind of broke through some key moving averages. Broke through that 40 day and 60 day. And the key now is to stay above this and push near the 100 day up near 3. 83 today on a daily chart. I think thatd be the short term top. You see a lot of increased farmer selling and probably pull little more sluggish. We ran into some good resistance there on this weeks numbers. Right above the same moving averages for corn has stalled out. Expopos were decent. Cattle kind of swerved off to same lows the same time the stocks did and hung in very well. I think as a producer youd be looking a spot to get hedged up in here. I think this rally is short lived. And i still think, you know we may push back down again. Before we maybe put a spike low coming into spring. Theres still ample supplies here near term. The ped virus thats being reported in a few spots across iowa looks to be very well contained. Just in the individual barns. But really, theres just plenty of supplies here right now and the prices are just really congestst. The Us Agriculture deputy secretary is leaving the usda krysta harden announced she is leaving her position a athe end of february. She did not not give a reason for leaving. But called the announcement bittersweet. She has been the deputy years. S. Michael scuse. The e undersecretary for farm and Foreign Agricultural services secretary. Well post a video every day in the agribusiness section of kcrg. Com. Youll find it under the news tab. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt 3. 23 ocwebtease well be right back with a cooking lesson, stay im executive chef for the wood fire grille at diamond jo casino, jonathan elson. One of the things we like to make for lent is a beerbattered white fish. Im going to show you the secret to making it. Youll need cake flour, kosher salt, baking soda, grain alcohol and an ale beer. Combine the dry beer. And the secret to crispy batter is a little grain alcohol l it evaporates faster than other liquids. We season the white fish with some salt and pepper. Then dip it in the wet, then dip it in flour. Fry it up and that is how we make the lightest, crispiest beerbattered fish out surviving the storm. A group of eastern iowans makes it home, after a slow, bumpy bus ride across the east coast. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts temperatures coming up in your but the aftermath still lingers. Well have the weather latest conditions haunting millions. Peace talks delayed. Us secretary john kerry tears down rumms amid peace negotiations with syria. Endorsements and confidence. Two president ial candidates are hitting the campaign trail hard across iowa to lock in a win at next weeks iowa caucuses. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news at midday. First, meteorologis t justin your first alert some Major Concerns on this monday for the evening commute and so counties in northeast iowa. Patchy fog will continue this afternoon. Drizzle will also begin to develop, eventually changing to evening. Snow will continue into tonight, dropping a dusting up to o inches for most. Far northeastern iowa may get a bit more than two inches. Winds will also pick up overnight. Well have highs in the 30s today, followed by lower 20s tonight. Clouds stick around tomorrow, which may squeeze out scattered flurries. Much of the week is looking more gray than not with intermittent flurry chances and highs in the 20s and 30s. Today patchy fog, mix snow develop high 3036 winds se 51