Agreement on k12 Education Funding is onenef the Top Priorities for lawmakers as they come into work this morning. That was one of the lingering issues last year that led to a weeks ng impasse between republicans and dememrats. Some lawmakers say governor branstads veto of the 55. 7 Million Dollar agreement lawmakers eventually came to simply added insult to injury. Representative ken rizer told us yesterday that hes optimistic lawmakers can Work Together and find a solution much faster this year. He says working with the Governors Office will be a big part of that. I think its really important that theres good cocounication between the legislature and the Governors Office so that there are no end of session surprises, and from what ive seen so far, the communication between the senate and the house and the Governors Office rizer believes that how lawmakers settle on education spending and how quickly will set the tone for the rest of the session. Rizer wasnt the only one concerned with k12 Education Funding. Senators rob hogg and b b dvorsky say its been years since Public Schools were adequately funded, and its time for a change. In des moines, brady smith, kcrg tv9 news. The iowa caucuses. That means president ial candidates are swarming the state hoping to gain support from voters. Candidates tomorrow. Donald trump will speak at the university of northern either second or tied for first in iowa with ted cruz. An appearance at the Coralville Public Library tomorrow as well. Also, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has multiple stops over the next two days. Today, he will be in fairfield and ottumwa. Tomorrow, hell make apearances in washington, williamsburg, coralville and muscatine. Trump told a crowd on saturday that he plans to be back in iowa a lot between now and the caucuses. That was while he speaking at the surf ballroom in clear lake. Texas senator ted cruz closed out a 36 county bus tour yesterday. This video is from his stop on saturday. On the other side of the aisleformer secretary of state Hillary Clinton will be campaigning in as well. Clinton is due to appear at the Electric Park ballroom she speak at an organizing event at the university of dubuque. President bill cedar rapids and dubuque. He two opponents for the nomination wererein cedar rapids ver the weekend. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders made four visits to eastern iowa on friday, including this rally at the Veterans Memorial building. He is currently second to clinton in iowa and national polls. Former Maryland GovernorMartin Omalley stopped outside the cedar rapids gun show on saturday. There, he supported the president s executive actions on stricter background checksksor firearm purchases at gun shows. Just as these candidates come to town, were getting a look at the trends in different polls. And as we get closer to the caucuses we can see where each candidate stands with voters. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders joins us at the desk this morning. Forrest, who are the frontrunners in both parties . Well its simple for the democrats, Hillary Clinton has been at the top and remains the most popular in these final but on the side texas senator ted cruz has surpassed donald trump according to the pollster dot com. Now. If we take a look at the republican president ial candidates, the oy ones in double digits are cruz, trump, and marco rubio. And you can see starting in november is when he really started to gain support. Donald trump is the blue line july. But cruz has passed him in the last month. Marco rubio is the purple line you can see he has gaiaisome recent support, but its not much compared to the other two. For the democrats Hillary Clinton is the dark blue line here and has remained on top consistently so far. But the gap between her and Bernie Sanders has closed. Sanders is represented by the lighter blue line here. Coming up in our next half hour, hans hasell the assistant profssor of politics at cornell college. Hell look at what these polls numbers and what that means for the candidates in the caucuses. Thanks a lot forrest. Singer david bowie has died following a battle with cancer. According to a short statement, the musician died peacefully yesterday surrounded by his family and friends after an 18 month battle. He had just released his 25th album blackstar on his birthday on friday. Bowie was 69 years old. Retailers will no doubt be busy this today, printing powerball tickets for an estimated 1 point3 billion dollar jackpot. There was no winner for saturdays drawing, which was already a recordbreaking next largest the drawing will be wednesday night. Morning. The cedar rapids Public Library is moving forward with a reduction in services after a failed tax levy. Last november, nearly 55 percent of voters said no to a tax levy to fund the buildings operations. The librarys board of than 450 thousand dollars from next years budget. Kcrgtv9s brea love reports that the library says its going to do all it can to keep things close to the way they are. On a cold sunday afternoon plenty of people are using computers, or picking out books s read during the weeee so the cedar rapids Public Library is doing all it can make sure they can always have some sort of access. We have worked extensively to look at the cuts we needed to make, and to try and have the least impact possible on our patrons. We did a lot extensive rerearch and study. Research on door counts, computer usage, program attendance, and more. That research concluded both and only be open six days a week. The ladd library will close on saturdays, sundays. We tried to choose hours that would be the least impactful of our patrons but we certainly ununrstand any hours we chose are going to make someone unhappy, they certainly dont make us happy. Andrea rauch recently started spending more time at the library with her son, christian. It allows them time to socialize with other children, and they have a lot of activities at this library since its opened up a lot more that we havent even discovered yet. Its a lot different than a long time ago, when you would come and check out books or get a quiet place to read, now its more of an active environment. Rauch says despite cuts, they will still continue to support the library. And the library says it will fight to do the same for them. We know that people are using our libraries more than they ever have before, we just have to meet those demands with less money than weve had before. The Cedar Rapids Library is an Amazing Library, it will l continue to be an Amazing Library even at reduced cost tv9s brea love with that story. The Cedar Rapids City Council has to approve the changes, and they will discuss the budget in february. The changes could then take effect by the end of march. Today hundreds of athletes will be in dubuque to compete in the 30th annual Special Olympics winter games. Today through wednesday, more than 375 athletes will fight for the winning titles. Events include alpine skiing, Cross Country skiing, snow shoeing, speed and figure skating. The Opening Ceremony will be tonight at 6 oclock. This is video from last years competition. Hundreds of people in eastern iowa now have a better idea of what to include in their weddings. Grooms walked around the u. S Cellular Center in cedar rapids for z102 point 9s annual bridal show. Items for the perfect day, including gowns, tuxedos, cakes, and more. The director says they plan to hold another event like this, next month, for prom dresses. Mexican authorities now have drug lord el chapo behind bars and are investigating other people. That includes actor sean pennnn and a mexican actress who have had talks with el chapo. But right now, heres a look at todays opening farm markets. Good morning by a chance of light snow, primarily in the evening nobody should exceed an ininh, with most areas just picking up a few tenths of an inch of fluffy snow. Wind will pick up after midnight with temperatures falling fast. Plan on wind chills tuesday rning to be down again around 20 in many areas. The rest of the week should feature a warming trend warm enough in fact that we should be back above freezing by thursday. Our next system is still on track to impact iowa on friday into saturday with a mix of precipitation possible. Well one carefully as it does have ample moisture to work with. Today mostly sunny, cold high 17 winds nw 1525 alo 4 dbq 2 iow 7tonight increasing clouds low 51 winds wsw 510 alo 5 dbq 4 iow 0tomorrow chance of light snow high 1622 winds ssw 510 alo 16 dbq 17 iow 20tomorrow night chance of light snow low 28 iow 7 riders using uber this weekend are going to have a little extra money in their pockets. E company is droppininprices in dozens of cities this weekend. More on that coming up today in americas money. Stay Mexican Government sources tell abc news that sean penn and katatdel castillo are under investigation for their interview with el chapo. Is not commenting, working journalist in major issue. Abcs Stephanie Ramos has more. Be the united states. The Mexican Attorney Generals Office confirms the formal start to the drug lords extradition process to the u. S. From mexico has Officials Say led to the recapturing of mexicos most wanted drug lord. Rolling stone magazine releasing proof of a secret meeting held 3 months ago between. Joaquin guzman. Infam ously known as el chapo and Academy Award winning actor sean penn. Nats el chapo interview after running from mexican authorities for 6 months el chapo rearrested on friday after a bloody shootout and sewer escape. Whisked away to a waiting chopper while handcuffed. His face twisted toward cameras for the world to see. Nats when el chapo wasnt bragging about his drug deals. The kingpin was trying to land a movie deal about his life. Shopping the idea around to hollywood producers and actors. Recording this video. Natsot el chapo . Y para senor sean penn. Specifically for penn and mexican actress superstar turned jail pen pal kate del castillo. Natsot el chapo no other r way and there still isnt . Now that el chapo is back behind bars penn is under fire. Sot sen. Marco rubio president ial candidateif one of these american sot Denis Mcdonough white house chief of staff well let somebody else sort out what sean penn did and didnt do. El chapos where he should be. Well, were waking up to quite a chilly morning. Weather with meteorologist kaj omara. Stay with tv9. Its. Now, one last look at this plan on more clouds in the sky today, followed up by a chance of light snow, primarily in the evening hours. An arctic front is responsible for squeezing out the snow showers tonight. Nobody should exexed an inch, with most areas just picking up a few tenths of an inch of fluffy snow. Wind will pick up after midnight with temperatures falling fast. Plan on wind chills Tuesday Morning to be down again around 20 in many areas. The rest of the week should feature a warming trend warm enough in fact that we should be back above abcs Kendis Gibson and reena ninan have this mornings americas money. Trt oc good morning. Topping americas money another stock selloff. Chinas main stock market plunged 5 today. Investors uneasy about the worlds second economy. U. S. Stocks had their worst uber is cutting its prices in more than a hundred cities. A third january in which uber has cut prices. And the Detroit Auto Show starts today with lots of cool cars. One of t biggest announcements will be the new 2017 lincoln continental. And. The mercedesbenz e class. And lexus will show off t t Production Model of its lc luxury sports cars. All i care is about heated all and were there. 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Good monday morning its 5 oclock on january 11th. Here is a live look at. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on more clouds in the sky today, followed u by a chance of light snow, primarily in the evening hours. An arctic front is responsible for squeezing out the snow showers tonight. Nobody should exceed an inch, with most areas just picking up a few tehs of an inch of fluffy snow. Wind will pick up after midnight with temperatures falling fast. Plan on wind chills tuesday rning to be down agagn around 20 in many areas. The rest of the week should feature a warming trend warm enough in fact that we should be back above system is still on track