Leader. Steve in commitment 2016 news its decision day in new , hampshire. Just under an hour until the polls close there. And we are getting a look at the very early returns right now. For the democrats, Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton 61 percent to 31 , with 1 of precincts reporting. For the republicans, a threeway tie for first. Ted cruz, john kasich, donald trump, all with 24 with just 1 of the precincts reporting. Voters are out in full force for the nations first primary election and the candidates are making their lastminute pitches. Kccis chief political reporter, cynthia fodor, is live tonight in manchester, New Hampshire. Cynthia most of the candidates were everywhere around manchester and around the state today. Despite the blustery weather yesterday, it turned into a great day today. Voters packed to the polls, polling sites were missing the frontrunner donald trump but he released a video online asking for votes, knowing he lost iowa to ted cruz who did turn out the vote caucus night. Mr. Trump the polls tell me anything if we dont get up, dont get out, dont vote. Cynthia the 4 republicans all vying for second place here,were out early greeting voters each in their own way. Refills. Mr. Bush thank them, thank the volunteers, thank people for participating. Sen. Cruz the people of New Hampshire want people to stand up against the corruption. Sen. Rubio a lot of great energy, great support. Cynthia Chris Christie who has , hung all hopes on a strong showing here, isnt saying if hell continue after tonight. Gov. Christie i feel like we have the momentum in this race. Cynthia democrat Bernie Sanders is repeating his theme from iowa expecting to do well if his , voters turnout, even though Hillary Clinton pushing for every last vote, hoping to be the comeback kid like bill was after his second place finish here in 1992. Ms. Clinton isil respects the people of New Hampshire and the role that you play and how serious you take it. I am feeling great. I hope to do as well as i can. Ill everyone comes out and vote. I am just really happy to be here this morning. Cynthia i think some of them are just really happy that campaigning here is coming to an end. It has been a long two weeks. Just like in iowa, the large full of candidates really brought out the voters. The secretary of state was expecting 550,000 voters, which would be a record. Coming up at 6 00, well take you into the polling sites, talk to some of the voters, and show Steve Cynthia fodor, live in manchester, New Hampshire tonight. She continues her reports on kcci six news kcci 8 news at 6 00 and 10 00. Be sure to follow her on facebook and twitter for a behindthescenes look at all the action. Stacey a crash is tying up a crash on i235 westbound is tying up traffic. It looks like the lens is a little clouded up. The dot says traffic is backed up past exit 8a. Drivers are being asked to avoid i235 if at all possible. Digging out after the blizzard. A busy day for Tow Truck Companies as crews dug out and pulled out cars and trucks stranded in yesterdays blizzard conditions. The dot reopened i35 this morning, after closing it in both directions yesterday between ames and clear lake. We had some problems at the parking lots at the gas stations were full of snow. So, in order to get those out of there, we had to get the dot and snow plows to clear it. Stacey the iowa state patrol says it had 141 calls for service in the area where i35 was closed from yesterday until 1 30 this afternoon. Kurtis, that wind is still really strong. Kurtis it is slowly quieting outcome of it slowly quieting down, and that is the good news. A portion of the state below zero windchills. Grinnell coming to feel like four below. Currently, the wind chill in the metro at 1. We will start see some clouds arrive later tonight. By 7 00 a. M. , about five degrees. It looks like well see some light snow tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures top out at 19 degrees, well below the average high of 34. A cold one saturday. Sunday, 30. By mid week next week, we may pop up into the 40s. Steve new at 5 00, a major Voting Rights case. The Iowa Supreme Court will consider whether to relax the states lifetime voting ban for convicted felons. Civil rights organizations want the court to restore rights for thousands of former offenders before the november president ial election. A bill will be introduced tomorrow at the statehouse that aims to radically change the medical cannabis laws in iowa. Kccis Mark Tauscheck is just back from the capitol. Mark similar legislation didnt go anywhere last year but this time, the bill is being introduced by a House Republican , who thinks among more of his peers may be changing. Sally gaer started her day with a trip to the dot to renew her state cbd card that permits her to possess the hemp oil that she says has helped control her daughter margarets seizures. Its fine, i never had to use mark from there, gaer went to the capitol where she spoke for the group iowans 4 medical cannabis. Im overjoyed today with the support of new faces, and legislators. Mark those in the room were pushing a new medical cannabis bill that would make it legal to grow and distribute medical cannabis in iowa. Family leader ceo Bob Vander Plaats was one of the new faces. If theres something that would benefit these children from going through seizures, we want to do everything we can. Mark the bill was introduced by another new face to the families fight. Representative peter cownie, a republican in west des moines. My heart goes out to the families and the sick who have tried everything in the past to help their children and loved ones to no avail. Mark last year, the attempt to change the existing medical cannabis law met strong resistance from governor branstad to the house speaker, to influential representative clel baudler. Baudler says he has concerns about approving 4 grow operations and 12 dispensaries in the state, but that he added way different path this session. Because of what we just seen up there, it looks like theres a lot of support this time on both sides of the aisle. In terms of individual legislators and their support, i have anecdotal evidence on both sides of the aisle that we have supporters. Mark representative cownies bill would also expand the list of medical conditions eligible for medical cannabis therapies to 11. Currently, only iowans with intractable epilepsy can possess cannabis or hemp oil. Cownie says he hopes to move the bill out of his Commerce Committee by the end of next week. Stacey . Stacey iowa lawmakers are advancing bills to raise the speed limit on rural roads, despite warnings the change could lead to more deadly crashes. One bill would raise the speed limit from 55 Miles Per Hour to 60. Another would bump it up to 65. The bills now go on to the full transportation committee. What do you think . Is it time to increase the speed limits on iowas rural roads . Here are the results of our 70 say yes, 30 say no. If you would like to participate call or text the number on your , screen or vote online kcci. Com, facebook, or twitter. Gas prices are still falling most places in the metro, selling for 1. 53 a gallon. But many areas of the country are nearing one dollar per gallon. Today is day two of hearings on whether to allow the Bakken Oil Pipeline in iowa. It would carry up to 570,000 barrels of oil a day. The iowa utilities board is holding these hearings before making a final decision. Steve firstrate flick facility. Still to come, you no longer have to drive to the western suburbs to watch a movie in a stateofthe art theatre. Stacey plus, mischievous maneater. A trex tries a trampoline and he is not too bad at it. But first it is the last day of mardi announcer this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at 5 00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, and chief meteorologist john mclaughlin. Steve new orleans is one big party town on this final day of mardi gras. Stacey the outrageous scene on bourbon street is a big tourist attraction. Reports, many locals do their own thing. Omar thousands of mardi gras revelers line the streets of new Orleans French quarter, nats of french quarter, to sip booze, catch beads, and watch the parades. Natz but for many big easy residents, that tuesday is not a spectator sport. Jim gabour is part of the krewe of saint annes, a Neighborhood Party society that, for the past 47 years has been dressing up , and marching to their own tune. Nobody watches this parade, everyone participates. They are coming out of their houses on to the banquet on the sidewalk waiting for us to join in. Omar the krewe spends months hand sewing, glueing, and painting costumes. From the masks and headdresses. To the ornate scepters. Costumes are not the exception. Theyre required. Costume two years in a row we , will throw you out. Omar what started as a small group of marchers is now a band of even residents who recently hundreds. Passed away are brought along and honored for one more good time. This year im carrying my , buddy mike who is destined for his spot in the river at the end of the day. Omar the saint annes krewe is just one of dozens of neighborhood social aid and pleasure clubs letting the good times roll across new oreans on the final day of mardi gras. Omar villafranca, cbs news, new orleans. Stacey after all the partying on fat tuesday, the solemn period of lent starts tomorrow. Steve making news right now, the death toll from a headon train collision in southern germany is now up to 10 after one of the people injured died at a hospital. Authorities say one person is still missing and there is little hope of finding that person alive in the wreckage. 88 people were injured in the crash. President obamas final Budget Proposal arrived this morning on some highlights from his record 4. 1 trillion spending plan are a new war on cancer, combating global warming, and fighting the growing threats from isis terrorists. The Republicancontrolled Congress can advance parts of the budget without approving the entire proposal. Officials are working on a plan to remove and replace all of flint, michigans lead pipes as the city searches for solutions to its tainted water crisis. Highrisk households would be given priority for pipe replacement. Mayor karen weaver says the work is expected to cost 55 million. Kurtis, it is pretty windy and cold. Kurtis those below zero windchills. Still a little breezy. They will like now, especially overnight. Some nice sunshine right now. Temperatures hanging on in the windchill of one. Humidity at 56 . Feelslike temperatures, for below in waterloo. Pretty shot of some sun dogs coming in on our ulocal page. It was a glorious morning but a cold one out there. Northwest winds, still gusting. 13 degrees at 10 00 p. M. Tomorrow morning, wind of six below. Actual temperature, five degrees. Average high, 34. I think we will only climb up to around 19. Clouds to the east and west. A few clouds moving into eastern iowa. A system upstream that will slowly headed our way. The big contract temperatures across the midwest tomorrow. Some 70s down in oklahoma on the other side of this front. This system slides through. Afternoon. 11 00, clouds not moving in. Hanging around through the evening hour. Clouds hang around. Thursday, partly sunny skies. Not super impressive but definitely enough. Not as much wind, though. Accumulation of the metro fort dodge, less than an inch. Tonight, that low down at five. Windchills, up to 15 degrees 19 below tomorrow. It is like afternoon slow. Thursday, 22. Friday, 25 degrees. Another week system, but i think one. Saturday, below zero windchills. We moderate a bit after some sunday. Temperatures in the 30s and finally in the 40s next week. Steve we have to let you know im something on westbound i235. You can see it there on the map. We have an accident at i235 westbound that polk boulevard. That is really tying things up. Here are the travel times to your mix masters. To the west, it is slow. Tonight at 6 00, lawmakers talk about the need for speed on rural roads. Marcus could the speed limit on raw rose like this one be on the rise . I find out whether the light is green or red. Vanessa cars in the median and the ditch. How busy it got for Tow Truck Companies after whiteout coniditions monday. Emmy the newest store selling organic food has officially opened in clive. But how will it compete with other Stores Across the metro . Im emmy victor with that story , coming up. Andy the fourthranked iowa hawkeyes make their fourth straight trip to face indiana. A preview. Plus, a raucous environment at steve today in the buzz, altoona is getting a new stateoftheart Movie Theater this week. Stacey and this isnt just any Movie Theater. The cinemark x. D. Opens thursday this will be their 4th x. D. Location. A cinemark Spokesman Says x. D. Stands for extreme digital. It features large reclining seats, a wall to floor screen and speakers everywhere you , look. Its the way that they will watch the movie and come away going, now thats how i want to see my movie. You can hear everything the way its supposed to be be heard and with the screen this large , you can definitely see everything the way it is supposed to be seen. Stacey the Altoona Cinemark x. D. Also has reserved seating so you know which seat youll be , in before you arrive. Steve i might just fall asleep in there. A Popular National sandwich and shake shop is planning its first iowa store. Potbelly Sandwich Shop will open this spring in the campustown area of ames. Stacey the restaurant is known for its toasty sandwiches, signature shakes, homemade desserts, and live music. Steve this is pretty cool. Bill nye the science guy will speak at the knapp center at Drake University on april 14. His new book. Nye is a renowned scientist, inventor, and host of the tv bill nye the science guy. Show his lecture is free and open to the public. Stacey we showed you the trex ice skating a few weeks ago. Steve today, the trex is embarking on a new adventure. He tackles a trampoline. You can see him there doing flips. That is pretty darn good for a dinosaur. Stacey is all about the tail. A pretty good trampoline asked. Stacey clear back next with a final check of your forecast. Youre watching kcci 8 news at ternet speed from centurylink, a family of four can all be online at the same time, streaming, gaming, or downloading movies. Yeah, the internets great, but i think hair and makeup went a little too far. Yeah, thats not working. I much prefer the twoday beard, hornrimmed glasses, justsleptinhiscar kinda thing. Yeah, i miss the rumpled crazy uncle look. Okay. Be paul giamatti. Thats the essence of this role. Feel like a hollywood insider the primary voting in New Hampshire. The polls close in under an hour. Steve nearly half of the voters in the republican primary say they made up their mind in the last week. Most of the democrats say they favor and experienced candidate. Kurtis still some wind out there tonight, slowly quieting down. Light snow tomorrow. I think a little bit more in western iowa. Warmer next week. Steve stay warm