we are now less than 48 hours away from the iowa caucus. hear the candidates last pitch to voters. no nat nikki and on the fence when it comes to who to vote for? we have some caucus fun with an old sport. nikki plus, students put robotics to the test. we head out to a contest where kids show off their skills. no nat " local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki: we've had beautiful winter weather the last few days.... but its not going to last. meterologist bree sullivan is tracking a winter storm that may hit early next week... bree how does it look so far.. nikki: thanks bree. nikki: the countdown is on in iowa. by this time monday night. we'll start to have an idea of who iowans are voting for. and today, candidates pitched their ideas hoping to sway voters their way. abc's brandi hitt has more. " nats - sanders rally tonight the count down in iowa... is getting ugly. sot trump: "ted cruz, who was not born on u-s soil - it's a problem!" republicans -- donald trump and marco rubio - both attacking ted cruz. sot rubio: "he's decided to run a very, y'know, deceitful campaign at the end on some things he's saying...people see through that." sot cruz: "six weeks ago, everyone in the field was attacking donald trump. now, attacking me." nearly all the candidates - are now hawkeye state.... democrat - hillary bill and chelsea. clinton also addressed the state department decision... to declare 22 emails sent from her private account "top secret"... in this interview with cnn. send or receive emails each rally - each townhall - courting undecided sot - heather carlson, i'm looking for is, like, the genuineness that maybe you can only get from seeing them in person." clinton's opponent -- bernie sanders -- is also drawing big crowds... confident he can win monday... and in november. sot sanders: "many of the polls suggest we can beat people like donald trump and beat 'em pretty badly." brandi hitt on camera: well, the clinton and sanders campaigns are also now going "back and forth" about whether the two should debate each other again next week... ahead of the new hampshire primary... along with possibly adding three more debates through the spring. brandi hitt, abc news, des moines, iowa."" nikki: those candidates are extremely busy this weekend... trying to reach as many iowans as possible before monday. we had a chance to sit down with one of those candidates. local 5's sabrina ahmed spoke with ted cruz earlier today. senator ted cruz - we are two days away, all the time for the media attacks, all the noise, all of that has passed. this is all about the men and women of iowa. the men and women of iowa making a decision and what we're focusing every waking moment on is asking for the support of the men and women grassroots team. we've got over two volunteers nationwide. we've got over twelve thousand ground here in iowa. but, the great thing is the men and women of iowa take very seriously their responsibilities first in the nation. to examine and study the records, and what we're seeing is as conservatives, conservatives are campaign. one of the seeing in this race is the washington establishment is abandoning marco rubio. i think they've determined marco can't win, and they're flocking to donald trump. now, in both instances, the reason they say is that they want someone who will go along to get along. they want someone who will cut a deal. both bob dole and trent lott recently said that they'd be fine with donald trump because they can work with him. he'll cut a deal. trump went on t.v. and said he thought the to get along. he won't cut deals with democrats in washington. and, he, donald trump, will do that, and marco rubio, we've seen in the gang of eight amnesty bill. marco rubio is very happy to cut deals with democrats even if he promised the voters he'd do something else. sabrina - and, of course, it all comes down to voter turn out, as he said, so it will be very interesting race and it will be very interesting to see what transpires come monday night. for your local election headquarters, from ames, i'm sabrina ahmed, local five news, we are iowa." nikki: and if you're sitting on the fence about who to caucus for, one group in des moines says they have a solution. it's a sport with plenty of attacks and defense, just like the campaign trail. local five's jacob peklo has more from a different kind of political tournament. jacob peklo, reporting: "so far, there have been a lot of ways that people have been determining who's winning these caucuses. on saturday, a group of fencers decided they're going to take a stab at determining the winner." julia walter, urbandale resident: "usually we practice on saturday and we kind of upped the ante and was something really fun for our saturday practices." on saturday, the fate of the political parties lay in the balance. lance carlson, west des moines resident: "picking corn is great, but this is way more fun, and i think politics needs more swords." natural sound: "marco rubio!" "cruz." each fencer donned some political gear to represent each presidential candidate, natural sound of patting the name tag in place and whichever fencer could survive the swipes and lunges, with the most attacks of their own would live in to the next round. natural sound: "ready? fence!" kevin powell, head coach at red door fencing: "maybe there's a candidate that they're not as big a fan of and they'll get to hit them a lot." julia walter, urbandale resident: "i lost most of them. i had to halt a couple bouts just because there were stickers everywhere." lance carlson was a political science major during college, natural sound of swords clinging and he says this tournament was the perfect way to mix two of his favorite interests. lance carlson, west des moines resident: "it's very appropriate to have fencing represent the political trail, with all the attacking and the defending that happens, especially during this last push ahead of the caucuses." the round robin format allowed everyone the time to opponents to see who'd stand out. natural sound of swords separating while there was many a parry on the floor, it was not enough to foil some of the upset bids. lance carlson, west des moines resident: "i think having the names behind me actually helped me really take victory and have their campaign energy." jacob peklo, reporting: "the primary event was pretty successful and they're hoping that come the general election in november, they'll be able to do this all over again. (natural sound of sword swashes) in des moines, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa." nikki: in case you're wondering, the top three finishers from the fencing tournament were donald trump, carly fiorina and hillary clinton. nikki: coming up on local 5 news at 10... iowa state looks to keep its winning streak going. but the cyclones ran into a tough texas a and m team. see how they did against an old foe later in sports. nikki: then escaped inmates that were on the loose, finally found in california. nikki: and... some central iowa students compete in a high energy contest... who can build the best robot... no nat bree: and i'll have your "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast. certified by weatherrate the james/wx wall weather adlib: put script here in green (weather wrap) nikki: we love to see scattered light rain showers moving through the area, especially in northern iowa. the chance for rain showers continues sunday morning, but by tomorrow afternoon chances go down and the clouds will begin to decrease. temperatures tomorrow will be cooler than today, but the metro should still top out in the low 40s. not bad if you don't mind a breeze! sunday night will be dry and quiet with temps settling in the 20s. caucus monday should be dry and quiet during the daytime hours. temperatures will be mild as well in upper 30s. monday night after 10pm in southern iowa and closer to midnight in snow storm should by knocking on our door. the snow will last through the day on tuesday, tuesday night, and wrap up wednesday morning. there will be strong winds associated with the moderate to heavy snowfall reducing visibilites to near whiteout conditions at times. currently, many areas in the state can expect over a half foot of snow. beyond the early week iowa dries out while temperatures tumble into the single digits at night and teens and 20s for daytime highs. (weather wrap) especially in northern iowa. the chance for rain showers continues sunday morning, but by tomorrow afternoon chances go down and the clouds will begin to decrease. temperatures tomorrow will be cooler than today, but the metro should still top out in the low 40s. not bad if you don't mind a breeze! sunday night will be dry and quiet with temps settling in the 20s. caucus monday should be dry and quiet during the daytime hours. temperatures will be mild as well in upper 30s. monday night after 10pm in southern iowa and closer to midnight in the metro, the winter snow storm should by knocking on our door. the snow will last through the day on tuesday, tuesday night, and wrap up wednesday morning. there will be strong winds associated with the moderate to heavy snowfall reducing visibilites to near whiteout conditions at times. currently, many areas in the state can expect over a half foot of snow. beyond the early week winter storm, central iowa dries out while temperatures tumble into the single digits at night and teens and 20s for daytime highs. (weather wrap) nikki: "first-tech challenge-iowa" league championship tournament. thirty teams made up of middle and high school students competed in a robotics competition. local 5's austin page has more from johnston "autonomous in 3, 2, 1. " starting horn. "first there is a climber basket where you can release climbers into it but the main thing is the mountain which is like a ramp with polls in it main thing is the mountain which is like a ramp with polls in it and the further you make it up the more points you get." main thing is the mountain which is like a ramp with polls in it and the further you make it up the more points you get." "we have one red and one blue robot both trying to go up the mountain." "oh my gosh, i hope our robot works. normally we have a lot of cennection problems so sometimes we start and it just stops, which is fun. try to secure all the wires before you start, that helps." "the thing you have to realize is you are always going to fail at some point but you have to learn from those and what you are going to take away from that to get "if you have an idea share it because even if you think it's the dumbest idea ever it may lead to something great so always share your ideas always be thinking about teamwork and stay involved." "oh, this isn't working and that isn't working, go to the computer cahnge a code really quick. as time ticks down to that final moment you feel like you are not ready and then you get out on the field and end up doing better than you expected and its like oh, yes! we did that." "try to get the cubes near the mountain so you can clear that away" "that's it that shouold be a win right there no matter what. keep going, keep going!" "trying and actually succeeding, you just know, that words can't just want to do it this event qualified for national championships. late edition. one dead and several others injured at a motorcycle expo in denver. "your watching local 5 nikki: welcome back topping national headlines tonight... nikki: an attack in denver has left one person dead... mutliple others wounded.. police are investigating a shooting and stabbing at the colorado motorcycle expo... it happened this afternoon. atleast nine people have been taken to the hospital... its not clear at this time whether the person killed was shot or stabbed. the hospital has been put on lockdown as a precaution. nikki : sticking with national headlines. all of the inmates who escaped a maximum- security jail in southern california are now back in custody.... a citizen was able to help san francisco police catch the final two escapees... the remaining two california escaped inmates - hossein nayeri and jonathan (two)tieu - captured today sot - sheriff sandra hutchens / orange county, ca "the entire state can breathe a sigh of relief." sot - sheriff sandra county, ca "on returning to the hiding in the van." nikki: there was ammunition found in the van, but no weapon. nikki: have been diagnoised with the zika virus... that includes 4 pregnant women. the trend is raising some concerns for health professionals... they say the zika virus is a mild infection - as not pregnant... if you are - this virus has consequences - several health departments are testing those who have been in those countries where the transmission of this virus is ongoing.... the primary risk of contracting the virus is from travel... nikki/2ram iowa state looking to keep up its recent momentum... jordan cyclones have beaten the current #1, #3 and #4 teams in the country.... coming up on local 5 sports, could the clones make it 4 out of 5? highlights from their battle with #5 a&m up next.... " now, local 5 sports jordan: iowa state entered today as one of the hottest teams in the country. the cyclones are coming off a big monday win over #4 kansas and are now looking for their 4th win against the current top 5! steve prohm going up against his mentor and friend billy kennedy and #5 a&m... 1st half, georges niang knocks down the triple. niang would get in foul trouble. he finished with 15. a&m would come back. the alley-oop slam by danuel house aggies go up as many as 6. but isu comes back to tie it at halftime off the missed three. deonte burton with the slam. 30-all after 20. 2nd half. aggies jump out in front by 4. but the clones answer. burton with the steal, the slam and the foul. points off the bench. then it's abdel nader to matt thomas, gimme three! isu up 49-48. now tied at 56. monte morris with the pick and he gets the easy bucket. a&m though would answer. they only had 5 threes in the game, but they were timely. house nails the triple to put the aggies ahead. and then the exclamation point! house led all scorers with 20. a&m finishes the game on a 16-4 run, holding iowa state to a season low...72- 62 the final. clones back home tuesday versus west virginia drake trying to snap a 9-game skid going for their first win in the valley... coach giacoletti hoping it's the new shoes! late 2nd half, drake up as much as 14. but back come the braves. donte thomas knocks in back to back threes. bradley would pull within 6. but drake would not give up the lead. reed timmer with the ankle breaker, passes it out to graham woodward who buries the three. he had a game high 23 then it's timmer with the sick and in for two... he had 19. and this baby went home happy. bulldogs snap their 9-game skid. 80-70. women's hoops, iowa state looking for two wins in a row, taking on #21 oklahoma. end of the 1st quarter, isu's jadda buckey spots up and drains the three. clones within 3. 2nd quarter. emily durr. the bank is open!! that gives isu the lead. then buckley finds seanna johnson she had a game high 18. clones up 35-28. 2nd half ankeny grad maddie manning in the corner buries the three. she finished with 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 steals! oklahoma outlasts isu, 77- 71. d-league action. energy hosting canton on country night! these girls can dance. these guys, well can't! 3rd quarter. charge with the lead, quinn cook thru traffic somehow gets it to go. canton up 9. then it's cook over to michael stockton. basketball runs dad is utah jazz great john stockton. energy looking to answer. joel wright to the hoop, count the bucket and the foul. then former kentucky stand out andrew harrison with the lay-in. he led all scorers with 24. but just like his wildcats, the energy fall tonight. 87-83. alex stephenson had 17 points, 21 rebounds! earlier today at the welll.. wild going for the sweep of charlotte... goals were a plenty today! zack mitchell gets iowa on the board! then it's marc hagle, he gets the wraparound to go. 2-1 wild. more from mitchell off the rebound, he buries it home for the power play goal. scoring continues in the 2nd. max fortunus... oh captain my captain. goes top shelf where grandpa keeps the good stuff! wild go up 5-1!! then we've got a fight. and not just a fight. a goalie fight!! the wild's stephen michael-eck throwing fists with charlotte's back up who skated the length of the ice to start the fight... but michael-elk would finish it! the knockout punch in his a-h-l debut! wild put up 5 goals for the night...5-1! more hockey action. bucs hosting the muskies at the madhouse. 1st period. sioux city strikes. mitch fossier with the great pass to alex steeves, who back hands it in and then gets rammed into the wall. he'd go down and the muskies didn't like that one bit. steevewould skate off and be ok. sc again threatening, but nick macnab sticks his mitt out and snags the save. later in the period, bucs looking for the equalizer. nikita pavlychev with the shot, but he can't chip it in. and things would get chippy between these two all night. bucs tie it up in the 2nd and take the lead in the 3rd. bucs rally for the win, 2-1 jordan/2shot nikki: we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at ten. james: what a nice break from

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