First on 13. Decision day has arrived for republicans this morning. Nevadas republican caucuses get underway today. Just hours after some candidates wrapped up rallies. Tracie potts has more on what to expect from washington. President ial candidate 00 06the men and women in this room have a National Bully pulpit. A final late night push to win nevada. President ial candidate 09 12this guy is sick, theres something wrong with this guy. The latest poll shows donald trump with a 16 point lead over ted cruz. The establishment of the republican is waking up to the fact that within a couple of weeks donald trump could be unstoppable. I just think he has turned this whole thing into a circus. Fresh off his second place finish in south carolina, marco rubio is hoping to score here president ial candidate 34 38we cant win. If we nominate someone, if we nominate someone that half the Republican Party hates. I again dont know what makes anyone believe that donald Trump Supporters are going to peel off of him and go to someone else. John kasich is seeing protests after signing off to defund planned parenthood in ohio. I found his comments today to very offensive. President ial candidate 1 011 05 that someone is listening out there. The five republicans left in this race. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. Meanwhile, the democrats are busy ramping up for weekend vote. Voters decide between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders saturday in south carolina. Clinton comes iowa and nevada. Sanders, just one the New Hampshire primaries. Today state senators are fighting to prove theres no going back on an expensive mistake. In 2014, the Iowa Workforce development mistakenly paid nearly three quarters of a Million Dollars in unemployment checks. It was apparently due to a problem that occurred when the reporting system crashed. Now some want the people who benefited from that mistake to keep their money. you cant get blood out of a turnip and when somebodys been laid off and they dont have any resources, youre gonna have to go through procedures of garnishing wages and all that and it was really workforce developments fault. Iowans came forward and pointed it out and said i want to return the check and they said no. state senator bill dotzler says the fight to get the money back will end up being more costly. He says money would be better spent finding the people who preventing another mistake. The board this friday. Some iowans are asking governor branstad to reconsider their taxes this morning. Im looking at. I have three kids and ive got a 16,000 in an additional tax bill that i wasnt expecting branstads proposed 95million dollar tax hike would hit farmers, teachers and Small Business owners the hardest. But hes reconsidering it now, because in his budget, he did not account for whats called coupling. Thats when iowa lawmakers create state Tax Deductions that mirror the same deductions at the federal level. Originally he said it wasnt possible to mirror those deductions, because of School Funding needs. Now, he thinks the state can do both at least for the upcoming year. Two highprofile metro crimes have been linked together. Last month, police found 71year old Norma Jean Mcneeley beaten and stabbed to death inside her home. The search for her killer yesterday, when Police Matched blood at the crime scene to ali yahia. Yahia is the same man who was killed in a shootout with Urbandale Police earlier this month outside the holiday inn on merle hay road. They had been called there on a potential drug bust. Police say the murder of mcneeley started as a random robbery. A clive hunter has cleared his name in court. i think the verdict that was handed down today is a victory not only for my family and i but also for all the hunters in the state of iowa because i think its been a landmark decision. joe franz was accused of poaching a deer on his own property back in november. The dnr said he used bait to lure his prize buck. But franz claimed the mineral licks were from the lands previous owners, and he notified the dnr of it before hunting. Friday, a judge decided to clear him of hunting over bait charges. Thats the first time someone this type of case against the dnr. Now republican lawmakers are looking at ways to avoid another situation like this, by making baiting laws less general. Waukee students will soon start their day a little differently. Last night the school board decided to require all High School Students to begin their day with the pledge of allegiance. The issue was brought up by a parent who questioned why the requirement only applied to students through tenth grade. Last nights decision came with no formal plans for how the school will implement it. American flags already fly in every potholes are the cause of headaches for many drivers. But luckily, it is officially the metro. Josh nguyen joins us now live to tell us how construction workers arent the only ones who can help make our ride to work smoother. Iowa states jameel mckay did return to the floor, last night. He did not make a difference in the outcome of the game. Mckay and the cyclones at West Virginia last night, ready for a very tough test on the road. Abdul nader continues his hot shooting. 23 points, cyclones lead by three. Mckay checks in, and shows he wont be scoreless this time. The cyclones fall into foul trouble though. Mckay fouls out with 10 points, 5 rebounds. The lead switches hands six times in the second half, but ultimately this one goes to West Virginia. 9787. Iowa state is now just a game over. 500 and still in search of overallwin number 20. Its an exciting night of win, and its onto state next week. Class 1a. 8th ranked grand view christian and mount ayr. Third quarter Shayla Mccool buries the 3. Tied at 32 after 3. They head to overtime. And mount ayr takes it 5651. Raiderettes are headed to state for the First Time Since 2011. 1st round boys substate. Des moines north and indianola. 3rd q. Ben hayes, bottoms up from the corner. Polar bears rolling. Indians keep fighting. Freshman evan gauger hits the deep 3. But north buries the indians 8944. You gotta keep playin every night. And the underclassmen want to help seniors win games. North advances to play ankeny on teenagers have a list of things day. Tests, boyfriends, after school sports. But uv rays. Likely isnt one of them. Coming up, well tell you about the one eyeopening experience thats today is going to be mostly cloudy with highs above average again. There is a chance for a few flurries and chance exists along the northern border of the be light. Winds will pick up during the middle of the week with temperatures dropping back into the middle to still ahead. A high tech machine is making its rounds to area high schools. See how its providing a look beneath the skin. And making wrinkles, age spots and skin cancer arent typically at the tops of teenagers minds. But some High Schoolers are re thinking that this morning. And its all thanks to a new machine. Channel 13s Megan Reuther has the story. High School Students dont think much about their skin. Im outside a lot, especially with sports and stuff, youre exposed all the time. Except maybe how it looks. Towards the beginning of wrestling season, i tanned a lot, and then after christmas break, i stopped. Thats why a look inside this machine can be eyeopening. I looked in the mirror and it showed the light spaces on my skin was the nondamaged part. 39 36 the darker was damaged, and it was most of my face. This is called the dermascan. Gina mandernach and rachel dow with the John Stoddard Cancer Center bring this to area schools for the its your skin iowa project. The dermascan is a tool we can use. Not actually a screening. But just a tool to show damage done below the surface of the skin that you cant get back. So this is damage done which show damage from uv rays. The project started last year with a grant from the iowa cancer consortium. Their goal is to get teens to wear sunscreen with spf 30 and avoid tanning beds. So many teens are tanning, and were seeing so many cases of melanoma in that age bracket, so its the second highest cancer that is seen for 15 to 29 year olds. Standup 59 46 19 area schools are participating in the its your skin iowa. Its a contest to get students to pledge not to tan. And, whoever gets the most percentage will get 500 for their school to use as they want. Norwalk High School Won the contest last year and used the it really opens my view. All while teaching the students to protect their skin. I think you should be comfortable in your own skin. That was Megan Reuther reporting. The its your skin project also has an instagram contest for any Iowa High School student to participate. Students use the hastag itsyourskiniowa and say why they dont tan. Students have two chances to win a one every wonder what Nature Valley is made of . Thats what were made of. No artificial colors. No artificial flavors. No artificial sweeteners. 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. 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