candidates is heating up. with senator ted cruz on the fast track in iowa. running neck and neck with donald trump. it s a swift rise for the texas senator. a 21-point gain since october in one poll. cruz and trump up until now have played nice with each other. at all changed this weekend. in iowa, t tmp digging at cruz for opposing popular ethanol subsidies. if ted cruz is against ethanol, how does he win in iowa? becacae that s very anti-iowa. reporter: then on sunday morning shows. you look at the way he s dealt with the senate. where he goes in there like a frankly, a little bit of a maniac. he ll never get anything done. that s the problem with ted. reporter: cruz, in response, tweeting this video. saying in honor of my friend, real donald trump and good-hearted maniacs everywhere. in the end, trump still wants to work with cr. saying he sees cruz playing a part in n s administration. we would certainly have reporter: this back and forth kicking off after c
mostly cloudy high: 41-47 winds: se 5-15 alo: 41 dbq: 44 iow: 44tomorrow night: isolated showers low: 35-41 winds: se 10-15 alo: 39 dbq: 39 iow: 40 thanks k kj. one park in downtown cedar raraids has seen aot of changes since the summer. one of those changes includes a new name. greene square park is now greene square. tv9 s forrest saunders joins us from the newly- renovated area. forrest, these are the first changes to greene ago. it was originally known as green square park, but now is called just green square. this is theheirst major renovation in 32 years. the big features, a water feature that s a bit more than just a fountain. a new statue. and new design that clears a path from the city s library and museum. the city removed about 20 trees that were old and in declining health. a dubuque man faces drug charges after he reported an attempted burglary at his home. police say 21-year-old austin lovett called them friday night to his home in the 700 block of university av
alert forecast, kaj. we ve had better days, that s for sure. plan on gusty wi, rain to continue today. rainfall totals will wind up in the 2-3 range with isolated higher amounts around 4 at waarloo. rivers will respond, with flood warrngs likely on most basins this week. temperatures will slowly cool as the week goes on with a minor system still on track to move in on wednesday morning. temperatures will be warm enough for that to stay as all rain, and should also be very light. by thursday and month so far , comes in with highs in the low 30s. by the weekend, another tempmprature rebound is likely with some more rainfall to start next week.today: showers, windy, falling temps high: 46-52 winds: sw 15-30 alo: 46 dbq: 50 iow: 49tonight: patchy fog low: 32-38 winds: nw 10-20 alo: 34 dbq: 36 iow: 35tomorrow: mostly cloudy hig 41-47 winds: se 5-15 alo: 41 dbq: 44 io: 44tomorrow night: isolated showers low: 35-41nds: se 10-15 alo: dbq: 39 w: 40 one park in downtown cedar rapids
this bond to pass the second t te around to get ahead of the growth. supporters of another bond vote will present a petition to the college community board at the meeting tonight. the board is expected t t accept the petition and set the date for a vote on february 2nd. incidentally, february 2nd could be a popular date for school bond votes. the waterloo school will also consider putting a 47- million dollar bond vote on the ballot then at a meeting tonight. thanks, dave. turning to weather and meteorologist joe winters. the mild temperatures are great, but hopefully the rain is ending. our three days of wet weatheb is finally coming to a close. showers exit the state with some patchy fog possible late tonight. although the 60s will not be around this week some mild 40s remain in the forecast on tuesday. the gradual trend is to continue to turn n e temperatures down n to any below normal levels. look for highs to be in the 30s through the end of the week. tonight: patchy fog
the fox poll of more than 400 respondents has cruz and trump in a statistical tie. cruz has 28 percent to trump s 26 percent. but there is a 4-point-5 percent margin of error. florida senator marco rubio is third at 13 percent, and retired neurosurgeon ben carson is fouh at 10 percent. after that, the field falls off quickly. former florida governor jeb bush and kentucky senator rand paul received 5 percent. no candidate after them sits higher than two percent. this fox poll nomarks the third straight poll of iowa republicans where cruz came out on top. trump told c-n-n that cruz s lead in iowa will be short-lived. he also said people should vote for him over cruz, because he is more capable of being a leader. i like himimhe s been so nice to me. i can say anything and he d say, i agree, i agree. but i think the time will come to an on friday, trump attacked cruz on his energy policy during his campaign stop at the state fairgrounds in des moines. today, president barack