Disappear from the carpet for the oscars. And be sure to tune in sunday starting at 5 30 p. M for oscar coverage right here on abc9. Well have special guest bruce miller of the Sioux City Journal in studio to go over all of the winners, losers and fashion of hollywoods big night. Make sure to tune in for that. Lukas and the oscar goes to. Those five words keep oscar viewers on the edge of their seats every year. But the process of determining who wins an Academy Award is not an easy task. The votecounting is intense. And surrounded by high security. Abcs brandi hitt shows us. Nats ruiz cullinan on red carpet 1 they are the best secretkeepers in hollywood. Martha ruiz and Brian Cullinan are set to carry those famous briefcases again. from burn 2015 in cocoer the oscar goes to. . Holding t names of this years oscar winners. Martha ruiz, pwc tax paner for 82 years. Pricewaterhouse coopers has counted the oscar ballots. Nats mailing footage sixthousandtwo hundred61 sent out to voting membe
And some of the most vulnerable, the disabled, are worried about what this means for their future. Sabrina ahmed has more from the state capitol. Bus loads of bus loads of medicaid recipients and care givers came to the capitol today to talk to their legislators. The all have their own stories and personal struggles. But there is one common thread. They want oversight of the medicaid pratization that was approved this week. As karen muters talks to one of her three kids she brought with her to the capitol. She has one thing on her mind. 14 58 16 there isnt anyone whos been ableo give us concrete answers. She has adopted nine kids who are all medicaid recipients. Some live in group homes, others with her. Its a lot to juggle. And now everything is going to change. 13 24 01 is really a complicated system for them now. While she doesnt like the change, she realizes its inevitable, so now she has one goalget everyone to the table to make sure it works. 14 33 19 we need to have representati
Have been mentioned. Sandoval gave no reason why he didnt want to be considered. President obama is promising to nominate someone for scalias seat on the high court before the end of his term. But gop leaders in the senate are promising to block any nominees. So voters have a say when they vote for the next president. Right now. Its cleanup time for millions of americans. Recovering from the furious storms. That hammered communities from the midwest. Abcs. Elizabeth hur is taking us inside the distruction. Elizabeth pkg waverly, va to help homeowners recover and one of the hardest hit areas. After a killer tornado with winds gusting over 100 mph. Destroyed homes and left at least three people dead. sot this is something out of a movie. This is just destruction. lancaster, pa similar scenes across pennsylvania. This is lancaster county. ny coastguard the winds. So intense. A Coast Guard Boat overturned in new york. On its way to rescue a disabled fishing boat. sot between the conditions
Southwest airlines has cancelled all flights out of chicago midway airport. And more than 220schools are closed and thats impacting travel at mccarran. A live look right now. Where 2 incoming flights and 2 departing flights have been canceled. And that number only expected to grow. In the south. Tornado warnings are in effect for several counties in florida, and watches are in effect for both north and South Carolina. More than a dozen twisters touched down yesterday. At least 3people were killed. Dozens more injured. The storms are now moving to georgia, the carolinas and eastern virginia. And the big concern will be the winds. Coming up at 1130, well have more on the damages. Our Team Coverage on the storms continues. Now with 13 weather first meteorologist greg bennett. High pressure has taken over the valley once again and today we will begin our climb breaking news reports say president obama is looking to nominate Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval as the next court justice. To repla
Pull out of the race. If he first. A man the Republican Party seemingly saw as a joke. Could be getting the last laugh. And the title gop nominee. Quick sot py05we 00 03 now were winning winning winning py05we 00 03 now were winning winning winning the country. This week trump is making one georgia reporting im anne mcnamara. For the now. The numbers are in and first time caucusgoers flooded the polls yesterday driving turnout to record levels trump received more votes last night than the total number of people who caucused four years ago. More than 75thousand voters cast ballots, more than double the 33 thousand people who caucused in 2012. Over 5thousand new republicans registered in the 2weeks before the caucus in clark county alone. The texas court of criminal appeals has dismissed the indictments against former Texas Governor rick perry. Perry was indicted in 2014 on charges of abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public servant. The case came about following perrys threat