we will talk about that in the complete forecast in a couple of minutes. john: right now the final frenzy in iowa as contenders work it close the deal before the caucuses. barbara: in the final polls donald trump has a slight lead over ted cruz and hillary clinton slightly ahead of bernie sanders. we have more from iowa. reporter: presidential candidates made one last push ahead of the first real contest of 2016. bringing out the family. and the fame. >> let's try one more time to get trump let's call donald duck come meet with cruz. reporter: donald trump and ted cruz taking shots at each other in the sunday talk shows. >> ted cruz is the total liar. i'm so against obama care. >> donald engages in insults because he can't defend his record. reporter: a poll shows trump five points head of cruz but with many other g.o.p. scooping up other candidates could be vital. the same polls showed hillary clinton with a three-point lead over bernie sanders but if martin o'malley supporters can not get 15% the clinton and sanders camps will fight for them to push themselves over the top. >> for those of you still thinking about this weighing your options i hope i can persuade you. reporter: both sides it is a battle between enthusiasm and infrastructure. with trump and sanders riding the wave of nonestablishment fervor and clinton and cruz have kpaeupbgs on the ground. john: pretrial motions in the high profile murder trial of a young mother. the suspect traveon smith is charged in the death of melissa hugness. he could get death if found guilty. anthony wilson is live at the the latest. anthony: i was going to say this has already made a plea deal it stay off death row. smith is one of three charged in the death of 30-year-old melissa huggins jones. she had just moved to raleigh from tennessee for a job in 2013 when her 8-year-old daughter found her beaten to death in her apartment in north hills. one codefendant pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty. there's no indication that smith might be willing to also make a deal for life in prison without parole. pretrial motions continue today and if they wrapped up opening statements could begin tomorrow. updates on abc11.com, twitter and abc11 "eyewitness news." we are live outside the wake county justice center. barbara: now to a developing story in blacksburg, virginia where two students are charged with killing a girl knew the david eisenhauer is held on one count of first agree murder and abduction in the death of nicole lovell. a second virginia tech student natalie keepers is held without bond. she is charged with accessory after the fact and improper disposal of a body. lovell disappeared from her home in blacksburg late tuesday or early wednesday when she climb out of the window. john: one man is in jail after a shooting saturday night at what is called a shot house in fayetteville. police say it started as an argument in the business on ramsey street that was selling alcohol illegal left. william warren shot mcmillan. another man was shot several times when police arrived they found guns and drugs. warren is charged with attempted murder and assault. right now a second unknown suspect is on the run. truck carrying cabbage flipped and shut down the interstate. kevin ellis was under the influence when he crashed. it was 10:00 sunday morning. he drive into the grassy median near mile mark are 132 and caused the truck to flip and spill the load. he and a passenger were taken to the hospital. he faces a long list of charges including driving while impaired. it sis 5:05. a community comes together to support a woman in need. john: we highlight the fund-raiser to help a community leader was badly beaten. how you can help. and sheriff department humor going inds, a west coast storm that left one person dead. don: as you go out we are dry and we will have showers later. doppler network and not seeing any rainfall here but we could see it look at this sweet face. so sweet. ok, we're going to need a napkin gooey, flaky, happy. toaster strudel. i would kill for something sweet. wanna split that? 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[ pickles whines ] i know, it's like they're always on television. rappel john: this is a look at the headlines. today iowa voters will begin the formal process of choosing a new president. ahead of the caucuses the presidential candidates appeared throughout the state sunday. they spent yesterday doing last minute campaigning and race is tight for both parties. two virginia tech students are charged with the death of a 13-year-old girl who disappeared from her home last week. david eisenhauer is charged with murder and abduction and natalie dispose of the body. the child's body was found saturday. appear investigator is expected to release evidence to cheer up why an amtrak train streaked in a sharp curve at double the speed limit last year. it will be the first major development since the national transportation safety board pinpointed excessive speed as the factor within days of the crash. eight were killed. barbara: to th of it considered to be armed and dangerous. to the capture of the three men. one of them love notes notes. a winter storm in california has turned deadly. john: the partition. an investigation continues. also an investigation is under way in a suburb in detroit after five were killed in a house fire. authorities say the victims were 30's and were co-workers at a restaurant. they were in the basement when it started. john: we could soon know the secret about aliens. the c.i.a. has released hundreds of declassified documents detailing investigations into possible alien life. they posted documents of reported unidentified flying objects that range in date from the late 1940's to the 1950's. while playing off the hype of a tv show the c.i.a. broke down the cases into two categories. whether you side with agent or the other. panel members met to discuss the lack of sound data and reasonable explanations in sightings from 1952 concluding there was no evidence of direct threat to national security by the object sightings. don: no direct threat. barbara: the existence. some are convinced. don: i used to work with rosswell, new mexico. neglect you want to know all about it. any time you want to talk about it but i will talk weather right now. as you head out we have a nice day shaping up and nice stretch. today a mixture of clouds and sunshine, around 70. tonight about 50 and showers. tomorrow mostly cloudy about 10 degrees cooler and push become of warm air -- push become of warm air. 77% humidity in raleigh and southwest winds eight miles an hour. do you recall temperature -- durham 50. from across the region 49 roxboro, 50 chapel hill. 49 sanford, 45 smithfield. 46 clinton. latest satellite and radar composite shows the cloud cover working through. no rain with this. we are seeing snow in the midwest. this could be a factor in the iowa caucus tonight. they have snow in nebraska into kansas. this will tkpoupbt a ton of snow over the midwest. closer to home our rain chances are away until late this afternoon into this evening. this is by 9:00 tonight a frontal boundary and could see a shower overnight. then relatively dry tomorrow with lots of clouds. we have a lot of clouds on tuesday. that will keep the temperatures done little. into wednesday ahead of the next front we will be back near 70. it presses through and that could bring showers around thunderstorms wednesday afternoon. complicated surface map a couple of things. this sis bringing showers. it will hang out tomorrow to the then back north as a warm front into wednesday and we see the strong frontal boundary wednesday late day. that brings the thunderstorm chances midweek. today raleigh temperatures 70. partly sunnynd high midday temperatures mid 60's. toward the afternoon we will see temperatures in the upper 60's in raleigh, more clouds and mild temperatures much you will see temperatures in the 01 in smithfield and holly springs 69. durham 69 and partly sunny skies. sand hills pinehurst 71. 7 2 72 fayetteville. 71 goldsboro. north of the triangle south hill 66 and 69 rocky mount and 69 wake forest. tonight temperatures back into the 40's and 50's. cloudy with showers. normal low is 32. we will be 18 degrees above that. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow chiral, on wednesday 68 with a storm chance into wednesday night. thursday, 54 and cooler and drying out and staying typical as we head toward the weekend. the weekends will be dry and cooler than this weekend. almost 20 degrees cooler but that's where we should be. john: we had it good. barbara: it is 5:21. burger king adding something new to the menu. john: details of the buttery carolina panthers arrive in hey, you're going to do great. hi. if you misplace your discover card, you can use freeze it to prevent new purchases on your account in seconds. and once you find it, you can switch it right on again. you're back! 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