line. that s low. vanessa: caleb brown is a truck driver from north dakota. his goal is to get to paton. slow down and i guess just hope. vanessa: as you mentioned, i-35 in both directions is closed between clear lake and ames. there are several tow bans in place. live in ames, vanessa peng, kcci 8 news, iowa s news leader. stacey: commitment 2016 news tonight. new poll numbers from cnn show donald trump and bernie sanders holding substantial leads in new hampshire. sanders s 54% to 40% advantage over hillary clinton is down slightly from a 55% to 37% lead in the previous poll. no public poll has found clinton in the lead in new hampshire since november. donald trump tops the gop field with 31%, well ahead of marco rubio s 15%. ted cruz follows with 13%. most polls open at 6:00 iowa a.m. time. chief political reporter cynthia fodor is live in manchester, new hampshire right now. cynthia, it s been a full day on the campaign trail. cynthia: our weather here sounds like it is
highway 20 on the way to fort dodge. we had a few cars that were slowing down because of the ice and wind and the blowing wind conditions and were stopped. a semi actually came up and struck a vehicle and the semi then got stuck. laura: the jackknifed semi caused 40 to 50 drivers to be stuck at a standstill for up to two hours. drivers like tristan obe. the 40 mile and hour wind was so loud we could barely hear him as we talked. the howling wind and slick spots were so bad even our news car got stuck. i couldn t see two feet in front of my car. laura: the dot eventually shut down i-35 from ames to clear lake forcing drivers to take dangerous back road detours. and on the back roads there were huge drifts about three feet high and if you weren t going 40 miles and hour you weren t going to get through them. laura: state patrol says the best thing to do it just stay home if you can. if you go out you are going to risk your life. you are going to risk your family s life
ginned up the base all these years, have created a tiger, and the question is, who can ride that tiger and jeb bush could not. grace goldford also says time : will tell if the trump victories will continue beyond super tuesday, because the other contenders are splitting the non-trump vote. political analysts tend to agree on one thing, that this is the most unique presidential race in decades. more twists and turns are expected as super tuesday looms large. that day is march 1. laura: still ahead, a look at the democrat race. how bernie sanders is hoping to rebound from a tough loss over the weekend. and, a look at the events from the campaign trail. new tonight, a des moines woman is facing attempted murder charges. police were called to the 1900 block of east walnut saturday on reports that a man had lit himself on fire. when they arrived, police say they found the victim burned head to toe, and yelling that his girlfriend set him on fire. after questioning the amy thornton
a light those numbers outside. a light breeze, warming up to the 50 s by this afternoon. we hasn t changes coming next week. alyx: two that breaking nose news des moines police are , investigating another homicide this morning. friday night around 10:30, officers responded to the intersection of 13th street and jefferson avenue. when they arrived they found an adult male victim, deceased as a result of apparent gunshot injury. police are currently interviewing witnesses, and a suspect description is being developed. authorities hope to release more information later on today. you can count on kcci on air and online to bring you the latest on all of our breaking news. taking a look at some more big stories this morning, downtown des moines is expanding south, and rapidly. the latest evidence, two new restaurants opening south of mlk next week. guru bbq and fuzzy s taco shop both open monday in the latest century old building to be the downtown community alliance lists 441
much on edge. jonathan: thousands of french police and troops swept the streets of paris as the fear of another attack remains all too real here. growing vigils and memorials line the streets as the country mourns. we want to go on the street and love again and not feel the fear. jonathan: paris was rocked friday night. french officials says three teams of terrorists, all armed with assault rifles and identical suicide vests, launched coordinated attacks on cafes, a soccer game and a concert hall. it s like war. crazy. jonathan 23 year old cal state : student nohemi gonzalez was having dinner with friends when a terrorist opened fire, killing her. she brought joy and happiness to everyone she worked with. jonathan: as a precaution, many of the top tourist attractctns here in paris remain closed, the lourve museum. french president francois hollande blames isis militants for the carnage. authorities say one of the attackers was born in france and had a petty criminal rec