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yes, bruce a coralville based group of volunteers is actually heading down next week. the group is called community health initiative haiti. the non-profit organization has been going to haiti for years to set-up week long free medical clinics. this trip was already planned, but the group of 28 volunteers is each planning to take an extra suitcase of supplies to help with recovery efforts. where they hold their medical clinic was not hit as hard as some areas. but they have staff who live down there who were in the town of lagon. there was a lot of flooding in the downtown area, which is similar to newbo, and we don t what that s like in iowa, so it was pretty devastating for a lot of people there. if you want to help the group, we ve posted more information on live in iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg t-v nine news. kcrg-tv9 s phil reed spoke to a local travel agency. he joins us from destination s unlimited. phil, the hurricane is causing some inconvenience. it s causi ....
when you factor in i tama is at i tama is that four below. you are definitely going to need to bundle up today. 9:00 a.m. temperature, just five degrees. more clouds this afternoon, 14 degrees, and we will watch some snow role in tonight. alyx: as the republican presidential field narrows, the remaining candidates are now courting voters in south carolina, ahead of tonight s the gop primary is almost a week away. the democrats next contest is nevada. the next two states are more diverse and candidates hope to win over more voters before next weekend. candidates are looking for the support of african-americans and latinos, and they re also counting on christian voters. diverse electorate will change things to some degree. that christian or evangelical vote is very important in south carolina. it s traditionally a state that has been hospitable to kind of electorate. alyx: you can watch the debate tonight at 8:00 right here on kcci. a man fired gun shots into the air ....
the holiday inn just before 4:00 this morning. we are maybe blocks away from i-35/80 between hoover high school and urbandale high school. the police are here from urbandale and the dci as well. right now, when i mentioned earlier, police called just after 4:00 this morning on the report of a drug complaint. whether that was use or a possible sale, we are not sure. three people met the officers in the lobby, a fight ensued, and one suspect pulled out a gun. that is when urbandale police returned fire. two women are currently in custody. urbandale police responded very quickly and now dci is on the scene. we are being told this investigation could take some time, and we are expecting a press conference at some point a details if and when that does happen. marcus mcintosh live in urbandale. alyx: turning to commitment news, as the republican presidential field narrows, the remaining candidates are now courting voters in south carolina, ahead of tonight s debate. the gop p ....
todd: this all on voted unfolded at 4:00 this morning at the holiday inn on merle hay road. kcci s rose heaphy has the new information for us. rose: just after 4:00 a.m. urbandale police responded to a drug complaint at the holiday inn off merle hay road. when they got there three suspects were in the lobby. their conversations did not last long before they ended up in sa struggle with one of the subjects who ended up pulling a gun. one shot was fired by him and our officers returned fire. rose: the man died from his injuries. two women left the area, but are now in custody. i think our people and the staff at the hotel last night did an amazing job. rose: the busy crime scene came as a surprise to this hotel guest, who asked us not to use his name. i asked the cop what had happened and he said somebody was shot. i guess its kind of weird not knowing it until i got up. rose: officers say there will be a long, extensive investigation. in urbandale rose heaphy kcc ....
antonin scalia. president obama announced he will nominate a replacement for the conservative justice, but the candidates argued it should be up to the next president. i would like the president for once to put the country first. the senate needs to stand strong and say we are not going to give up the supreme court to a generation by allowing barack obama to make one more liberal appointee. craig: but that consensus quickly turned to disagreements. let me just tell you this jeb is so wrong. craig: things got heated between donald trump and former governor jeb bush over the war in iraq. obviously the war in iraq was a big, fat mistake. george bush made a mistake, we make mistakes, but this was a beauty. while donald trump was building a reality tv show my , brother was building a security apparatus to keep us safe. craig: this debate could be crucial for the candidates. the south carolina primary is who continues in this race. for marco rubio, this was a chance ....