good wednesday morning, everyone. we ll get started with a potentialing turning point in the presidential race. of course, the front-runners who were cementing their status overnight. and taking a look at the latest results, democrats, hillary clinton winning in the south, florida and ohio and illinois. among the republicans donald trump claiming victory in florida, north carolina and, of course, in illinois but then you had governor john kasich, putting his first win on the board in ohio. we re covering all of it, all the campaigns this morning but let s start with the republicans. a closer look at that devastating loss for marco rubio in florida and nearly 20-point trouncing by trump putting an end to rubio s campaign. and in ohio, kasich coming away with a sizable victory. we start there in ohio with abc s david wright. reporter: hi, reena and kendis, from john kasich headquarters here in ohio, a jubilant mood here, john kasich pulling out a win in his home state.
john: right now showers winding down. don says some areasrace to fight it is taking center stage at u.n.c. chapel hill. john: the verbal insults a new low in the g.o.p. debate. good morning, carolina, welcome on on this friday march 4, 6:01 and 37 degrees. i m john clark. barbara: i m barbara gibbs. kind of chilly and damp morning as we look over downtown durham but there s plenty of like at the end of this tunnel. here is meteorologist don schwenneker with the weather and traffic together. don: good morning to you. we have a little bit of lit drizzle in spots. most of the rain shifting well to the east. a live look at first alert doppler xp and you can see the heaviest rain pushing well east of the viewing area out of nash and wilson counties and that is about it. temperatures across the region running in the 30 s this we have dropped below freezing in roxboro at 31. 33 oxford. 40 favorite. 37 goldsboro ends a 36 wilson. looking at the day ahead 36 now and patchy rain. still
let s start with the republicans. a closer look at that devastating loss for marco rubio in florida and nearly 20-point trouncing by trump putting an end to rubio s campaign. and in ohio, kasich coming away with a sizable victory. we start there in ohio with abc s david wright. reporter: hi, reena and kendis, from john kasich headquarters here in ohio, a jubilant mood here, john kasich pulling out a win in his home state. we were with him backstage just before he came out. he was shooting hoops and pretty much shooting the moon that he had pulled it off. we re down to three, man, i started at 17. i think we ll do fine. i think we re gaining momentum. people are beginning to realize who i am. reporter: the polls as late as tuesday showed him neck and neck with trump here. one of the things that may have helped him is the fact that ohio has an open primary. independent voters can choose to vote in the democratic or we met voters who were democrats who chose to vote in t
29 degrees right now in des moines. the downtown streets are a little blustery. a wind chill of 16 degrees. grab the warm coats as you are heading out. temperatures today will be holding pretty steady. it is that wind that is going to make the big difference. it is coming in from the northwest. it is going to make it feel like it is in the teens through the afternoon. tomorrow, we get started on a warm-up. we ve got 30 s on the way, followed by 40 s. eric: the snow monday is still causing some problems this morning for your commute. we re also seeing a couple school delays right now. we ll get right to shaina humphries for that, shaina? shaina: eric, right now audubon and interstate 35 schools are both having two hour delays for all students. those are the only two we re seeing so far, but if that changes you can find an updated list at the bottom of your screen, or online at kcci.com. you re looking at video here in des moines taken just a couple hours ago. downtown. you may
few flurries. the wind may be knocking you around on the roads. temperatures holding steady, below freezing today but a great melting trend. 30 s tomorrow folletts by 40 s 4 followed by 40 s by the end of the week and the warmer temperatures will stick with us through the weekend and into next week. eric: the roads have improved overnight and even during the past hour or so this morning. shaina humphries keeping an eye on that for us. shaina, what s the latest? shaina: things are getting better but school delays on the bottom of your screen, two hour delay so far. the plows have been out overnight. we were downtown earlier and you can see some snow covering the side streets. a few of us were sliding around a little bit driving in but intersections are the main problem. slow down ahead of time when you have to turn. pretty good. the live view of these mix master, people do not seem to be having too much of a problem. roads are still a little bit slick. the west mixmaster,