Near hoover elementary this morning. Thats at the corner at wiley and johnson. Authorities say an earlier pursuit ended in this area. Police say they dont believe there is any danger to the public. State senatoto are expected to debate a bill about the states Medicaid Program today. The bill would end contracts with three private companies that are slated to take over ownership on march 1st. Majority in the senate, so the bill will most likely pass there. Republican controlled house. Speaker linda upmey said she likely wont let the bill on the house floor, because governor branstad will veto. Senator liz mathis is a sponsor of the legislation. She is hoping upmeyer will reconsider if republicans have a good show of support today and in the house. Hopefully shell see that there maybe a lot of republicans and democrats who will support this bill when it gets over there and it wont be dead on arrival. Wellknown senate republican, is supporting the bill. Governor branstad is pushing privat
Kasich jumping out in front at first, but now hes tied with ted cruz and donald trump. Democratic race. A new poll of likely New Hampshire primary voters released last night shows two clear frontrunners in todays vote. Bernie sanders has a 26point lead over Hillary Clinton with 16percent of democrats undecided. Undecided. In the republican race trump is in first place at 31 percent. But second place is close with Marco Rubio Holding a threepoint advantage over ted cruz. Cruz. Not too far behind them is john kasich and jeb bush. After the results from New Hampshire come in tonight, the president ial candidates will turn their sites to different states. States. On february 20th democrats in nevada will hold their primaries, while south on february 20th, democrats in nevada will holds their primaries while South Carolina republicans hold theirs. And then the opposite parties will follow the next week. On tuesday, march 1st, comes and territories go to the polls right now at the nations ca
Have writings, if we have reason to think that this person was acting normally, its gonna be harder for us to make the conclusion that they couldnt tell right versus wrong. In luerkens case, the jury found sufficient evidence to convict him of murder in the first degree. Degree. Generally, its a questiti of what the doctor is going to say about that persons ability to make decisions. More specifically, the state says it came down to premeditation and key pieces of evidence. Evidence. Ive never had a case this serious where we had video footage of e crime being committed, but there was so much more to this than the videotape itself. Itself. You cant fault Defense Attorneys for looking for every possible defense. On the other side, the donald family who say they are grateful for the outcome still haveo live w whout their daughter. Daughter. One thing i want people to remember about lynnsey is that we will all miss that loving, contagious smile and friendly, loving soul forever. Covering
Reporter overnight president obama poking fun at gop president ial candidates and their debate demands. If you cant handle those guy guys, you know, then i dont think the chinese and the russians are going to be too worried about you. Reporter after initially banding together the Republican Alliance is coming apart at the seams. Donald trump says he prefers to negotiate for himself. Here he is speaking to bloomberg tv. We should be like a basketball player. We should go on strike. Reporter also refusing to sign on john kasich, Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina Whose Campaign has opted out of the debate controversy from the start choosing, quote, dinner at the applebees in pella, iowa, instead and now ben carson abandoned by many of his fellow contenders on the defensive when asked if his campaign led debate reforms are backfiring. Thats a bunch of garbage. Reporter carson pushing forward with demands that includes no show of hands question and require that the temperature below 67 degre
System helped them learn about a potential school threat. But they say it also revealed a downside to procedure. The Monticello School district says Police Received a text message indicating a student might bring a gun to the high school yesterday. As a precaution, police were at the school, and students were not allowed in hallways during classes. Parents, if they wanted to, could take their kids out of school for the day. Early yesterday morning, Monticello Police chief britt smith got a message on his phone. It was a notification that someone had sent an anonymous tip about the gun threat to the jones county text to tell system. Once the tipster sends the text, officers can respond asking for more information. But the tipster can end all communication at any time, by simply typing stop. With this program granting that anonymity we arent able to clarify. We its just an unknown until we are able to get someone to admit that and say i submitted it. Monticello, anamosa, the jones county