sot cruz god bless the great state of new hampshire. (cheers) the winter storm didn t keep the other candidates off the new hampshire trail. nat it s a nice day for campaigning! their supporters were on the ground walking door to door. nat nats up barbara bush: we need your vote. even 90 year old former first lady barbara bush braved the treacherous conditions for her son before tonight s gop debate hosted by abc news. nat rubio event marco rubio surging in the polls made light of the recent gop controversy?the cruz campaign accused of spreading rumors that ben carson was dropping out of the race on the night of the iowa caucuses. sot rubio if you get a call tuesday night that i dropped out, it s not true, keep voting. nat bernie, bernie, bernie overnight, bernie sanders got a rock star reception at this democratic fundraiser in manchester. hillary clinton was also there undeterred by recent polls which show the neighboring vermont senator with a whooping lead for tuesday
nikki and more security coming to des moines court avenue. we zoom in and focus on the new cameras coming to downtown. nikki and we brave the cold and head out on the ice to catch up with some anglers out on the ice. 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. u.s. officals say north korea has launched a long range missile into space. nikki: the action has been immideately condemned by u.s. leaders as destablizing and provocative north korea has said it planned to put a satellite into orbit. but the launch is being viewed by many as a front for a missile test. a senior defense official has said that the rocket based on it s direction does not pose a threat to the u.s or our allies. but there has been an emergency u.n. security council meeting planned for sunday. nikki: that launch became a major topic at tonight s republican presidental debate.. candidates squared off toni
snow will be felt throughout the day. the commute tomorrow morning will be slow going with visibility issues continuing. winds will be very strong again tomorrow blowing 20- 30mph, gusting near 45mph at times. temperatures will be drastically lower than today, not rising far above the overnight lows, leaving the metro in the lower 20s. the winds continue to be strong all the way through tuesday before quieting. the rest of the work week looks quiet and mainly dry with temperatures below the seasonal average. nikki: nikki, bree, and jordan all make their predictions and we are talking about the big game tonight. the three of us will be staying put tonight so we decided to put on a friendly bet. not just who the winning team will be or the score. we are going more in depth like which team scores first. does the first half end in a tie. and this is where it gets interesting. we bet on which song coldplay start with. and which color of gatorade gets poured on the winning coach. w
utilities board has learned about the bakken pipeline proposal. it s a story we ve been following for you. nikki: the pipeline would carry crude oil from northwest north dakota and end in illinois. so far, 87 percent of the groups that need to sign off on the pipeline have done so. the utility board will make the final decision that determines whether the project moves forward. many local companies are already working under the assumption that the pipeline will be approved. pipe is being stored near newton and some labor unions have already begun training for the project. tomorrow, the discuss their findings from the months of hearings and other testimony about the pipleine. that starts at 1 p.m. pipeline officials say a decision could be announced at these meetings, but it could also come much later. nikki: new tonight at 10. nikki: one person is dead after a council bluffs house fire saturday evening. neighbors say that two men lived in the home but hadn t seen anyone leave
. or just playing with their pets out on the trail. if yesterday was a little too windy for you, today was perfect as we kept the warm weather and dropped the winds. nikki/wxhang: and typically we bring in local 5 meteroligist bree sullivan to tell us bad news about a winter storm moving in but it s just so nice we had to have her move on over to tell us just how nice it is.. and how long we can expect this to last? bree thanks./ nikki/ots: the warmer temperatures mean an end to the ice fishing season. today was the deadline to remove any man-made ice sheds off of the waters, before getting fined by the d-n-r. department officials say overall, the thickness of the ice has stayed the same. but the strength of the ice has deteroriated.. they say if the ice near the shoreline is breaking down, it s usually a sign that it s all weakening. central iowa is quickly running out of places where people can go ice fishing. matt bruner, state conservation officer: when you get down to o