Pennsylvania senator and republican president ial candidate Rick Santorum sat down with us for an interview in the kcrgtv 9 studios. Just yesterday, the winner of the 2012 Iowa Caucuses wrote on facebook that quote i cant stand the media. From the start of this campaign, theyve decided that were not worthy of them. This was from a usa today article that suggested santorum would drop out already. Hes yet to recapture his momentum from four years ago. Yet hes trying to find a place in the race. Through manufacturin g. Santorum i believe its the only way for republicans to really ascend and win the presidency. We are not talking to the vast majority of americans that feels like Neither Political Party cares about them. I always talk about the 74 of americans age 25 or older who do not have a college degree. I believe the key to doing that is bringing back the Manufacturing Base here and i believe we have an opportunity here now that china is in a downturn to take advantage of that. The former senator also acknowledged that Campaign Funding is hard to gain outside of the top few candidates. Our full senator santorum is online at kcrg. Com. For the First Time Since he announced his candidacy for president , donald trump is in Johnson County today. Hes scheduled to speak at the university of iowa field house at 7 30. Trump is currently in a very tight race for Republican Caucus goers in iowa. A new Quinnipiac University poll released this morning shows him with a 2lead over texas senator ted cruz. At 3rd place with 13 support, florida senator marco rubio is the only other republican candidate in double digits. Democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton will hold two get out the caucus events in eastern iowa today. She will be at Hotel Winneshiek in decorah, starting at 2 15 this afternoon. Clinton will then speak to supporters at the Gallagher BluedornPerforming Arts Center in cedar falls. All of y yr iowa caucus results. Well have live coverage from des moines and across eastern iowa, starting at 8 pm and until 9 pm on kcrg 9. 2. And well have full coverage starting at 9 on the kcrgtv9 through the tv9 news at 10 on monday night. A des moines woman says cleaning her dirty dishes may have saved her life. Seconds after walking into the kitchen, a bus crashed into janet Browns Living room. It happened north of park fair mall about 5 30 last night. One passenger on the bus says the driver had a medical issue and lost control. The driver and another passenger went to the hospital after a passerby tore the doors off the bus and helped them escape. Brown says the crash nearly destroyed her house. I was just sitting in the living room and got up to go into the kitchen to do my dishes and the whole house just shook, out brown says shes also wrried about her 6 cats who disappeared when this bus hit her home. The Des Moines Police department and Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority are investigating the crash. A texas home is a total loss after a semi ran into it. The 18wheeler burst into flames after crashing into this home yesterday in west central texas. Local Authorities Say the semis driver fell asleep at the wheel, causing the truck to go off the road. The homeowner says the fact that his family got out safely is all that matters. I wanted to get my family out of that house, thats all i wanted and thats all i got, is my family. We didnt get anything else, we didnt save anything. Morris says he and his family had been in that home for more than 40 years. He plans to rebuild his house on the same location. Plastic Water Bottles are becoming a common sight in the city of flint michigan. Water has been contaminated with lead in that city for more than a year. In recent weeks. Janay young says shes concerned that the thousands of plastic bottles are causing another environmental issue in the city. Flint doesnt offer curb side recycling, so shes organizing an effort to keep the plastic out of the trash. Were going to pass out and give each citizens of flint a plastic bag whenever they need it and have them bag up bottles and put them to the curb. Young says volunteers will go around the city once a week to collect and recycle the bottles. Walmart ts donating bottles to flint to deal with the water crisis. Together with coke, pepsi and nestle, walmart will ship more than 6 million bottles of water to the city. Thats more than 150 semi loads heading to flint. Walmart says the donation will help meet the needs of 10,000 children through the end of the school year. Some neighborhood s in washington dc are still dealing with this past weekends snowstorm. Several feet of snow fell friday and saturday. Today federal offices in dc are closed for the 2nd day in a row. Abcs Elizabeth Hur has the latest. In baltimore overnight. Unplowed streets made it impossible for fire trucks to reach this house going up in flames. Forcing crews to drag equipment down the street. Plow truck being towedin new york. This plow truck was no match for the near record snowfall. Reaching its breaking point. Just two days after the blizzard blasted the east coast. The nations capital. Still partially paralyzed. With growing frustraraon in the surrounding suburbs. Homeowners upset their streets havent been cleared since friday. Mos plan a went down the drain and they did not have a plan b. Crews in dc are back at work today. Plowing 44 hundred miles of roadway. The National Park service. Clearing 300 more miles and 155 more bridges. Metro lines are for the most part. Back on track. Thanks to this special rail yard plow. But there is limited service for busriders with many of the citys buses ststl snowed in. Mos its getting old real quick. In new york. The Long Island Railroad used a jet engine to clear its snow. New york city is generally up and running. With some commuters even singing praises. Jose ramos, taking his sons to school not delays at all. Very nice ride. Kay brathwait, commuter it was pretty good. The train was about five minutes delayed, but that was about it. Elizabeth on cam tag so while the digout continues. Officials are urging residents to use caution. Because of those stormrelated deaths. We are told at least a dozen people died from shoveling. Elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. The head of medicaid in iowa says shes confident the states privatized program will be ready by march first. Mikki stier of the Iowa Department of human lawmakers about improvements the state is making to the managed care program yesterday. She said about 45 percent of Medicaid Service providers have signed up with all three of the private companies that will oversee the program. She also said the program has provided more information to patients since the original january first deadline. The recent snow and bitter cold can have an effect on your emotions. Well have tips to avoid some of the winter blues, coming up in todays health minute. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts temperatures coming up in your first alert forecast. Stay with tv9. Scattered flurries will continue into the afternoon alongside a gray, overcast sky. Temperatures wont move much, staying in the have a northwest wind of 15 to 25 mph to contend with, which may cause patchy blowing snow in open areas. Skies remain mostly cloudy tonight into tomorrow. While a few peeks of sun are possible tomorrow morning, they wont last. Well have highs in the upper 20s. Another round of flurries comes through tomorrow night into thursday. Temperatures warm into the 30s thursday into the weekend. Some light rain, snow, drizzle, and fog are a potential this weekend. A more notable system will bring a higher chance of rain and snow on tuesday. Today cloudy, sct. Flurries alo 25 dbq 25 iow 27 tonight mostly cloudy low 1521 winds nw 515 alo 16 dbq 17 iow 19 tomorrow mostly cloudy high 2632 winds sw 515 alo 29 dbq 28 iow 30 tomorrow night scattered flurries low 2127 winds w 515 alo 23 dbq 23 iow 26 thursday m cloudy, sct. Flurries high 32 low 24 friday mostly cloudy high 39 low 24 saturday areas of fog, sunday chance of light rain snow high 37 low 28 monday chance of rain snow high 36 low 26 tuesday rain snow likely high 33 low 29 thanks justin. With the recent Winter Weather in iowa, a lot of the cold. Health Officials Say staying inside during the winter months can have a negative effect on our emotions. Holly firfer has more in todays health minute. Even if you love the cold and outdoor winter sports, youve got to admit this has been a tough season. Not only is it brisk outside, but shorter days and longer nights can bring on the blues. Its estimated at least 12 million americans suffer from a type of depression called Seasonal Affective Disorder or sad. Doctors say in severe cases people with sad become depressed. Many patients claim they just cant function. Thats because the brain goes through a chemical imbalance due to a lack of sunlight, which can lead to a number of symptoms. Such as fatigue, lack of energy, oversleeping, difficulty concentratin g and cravings for foods high in carbohydrate s that can cause weight gain. There are ways sad can be treated. Modify your diet and exercise more. There are specially designed light boxes that are used to treat those with sad and if the problem becomes serious, some doctors will recommend anti depressants or psychotherapy to help patients get through the dark days of winter. And be with family. Laughter and togetherness are great therapy for the winter blues. Its a outside are frigid for todays health minute, im holly firfer. Iowa egg farmers are finally starting to rebound from the bird flu outbreak. In todays agribusiness report, a look at the numbers and how the entire bird market compares to years past. Thats next on tv9. Stay with us. Agribusiness report, im david geiger. Iowa layers look to be finally on the road to recovery from bird flu last year. National Agriculture Statistics service reports. After about five months of the stagnating populations. The average number of layers on hand in december 2015 was almost 38 million. Up six percent from the previous month. And from the low of 34 million after the bird flu epidemic. Before Avian Influenza hit iowa flocks. There were about 60 million hens in the state. Iowa eggs produced also jumped up. To about eight hundred 12 million. But it still has a way to go. 2014 produced one point four billion eggs. On the flip side of chicken. The kind you eat. Called broilers. Is now the most available and possibly consumed meat in the us. Overtaking beef. According to the usda every year. There are 57 point seven pounds of chicken per person on a boneless. Edible basis. Compared to 43 pounds of pork per person. In 1996. Chicken overtook pork as the second most consumed meat. Beef on the other hand has fallen in availability in peaked at nearly 90 pounds per person. Now its 53 pounds of beef per person in the early 1900s chicken availability was closer to 10 pounds a person a year. In the 40s. Breeding. Mass production. And processing made chicken more convenient for eating out and eating in. Last week the Cattle Market had a positive trade in the north and south. Until the cattle on feed report friday. The grain market also made a solid close. But that didnt quite held up at the same levels yesterday. We did run into some tough resistance here right at these levels on corn and soybeans. Weather in south america continues to improve. Although its on the radar watch. Harvest is continuing to gain momentum. But i think its really the lack of selling by the producer thats allowing the market to bubble up. The funds not nearly as short on soybeans as the trade thought but we do expect that were going to see a pick up in producer selling around the world as we and the corn right now is not competitive in the world market so were probably anchored with that belief. The futures market after the cattle on feed report, which was slightly negative on friday. And the cold storage report, which was more neutral the market is anchored at some resistance on the beef market an believe the cash Cattle Market this week trades no better than steady. Hog market continues to the futures market running ahead of the cash market. The futures market upside is limited until the cash can find some better strength. Our demand over the last month was pretty solid. Seasonally, the market is weak right at this time frame, but were at some Risk Management areas at these levels. The colfax sheep and goat auction on saturday saw 270 head of sheep. Feeder lambs fetched the days high average price of 2. 44 per pound, while fed lambs averaged 1. 41 per pound. The 60 goats at the auction saw a high average price ranging per head. And thats all we have for the show today. Thanks for joining. Ill catch you again tomorrow. Well post a video every day in the agribusiness section of kcrg. Com. Youll find it under the news tab. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt 3. 27 oc webtease a student from a small town in iowa says she has big dreams. After the break, well introduce you to januarys student of the month, whos making sure her voice is heard. Stay with us. You might think its easy to class of just 17. But everyone in town knows abby schulte. Shes been a budding political activist during this caucus season in keota. Shes our gazette, kcrgtv9 student of the month, presented by hills bank and trust. Kcrgtv9s nicole agee reports. Singing keota junior senior high is a small school with big opportunities for 17year old abby schulte. Nats from singing shes a leader in her show choir and will give anything a try. Ive pretty much played every sport thats been offered. I always have tried to try everything. Shes involved in practically every activity a student can be a part of, shes been a leader for our community. Nats of her singing solo making heard comes naturally to abby. She is student body president and has a passion for politics, which led to a plea for keota. With the iowa caucus coming up and the candidates traveling to iowa so often, why dont we try to invite candidates to our tiny Little School and see what happens. Please welcome Keota High School students abby schulte, kylea tinnes, megan adam and Hillary Clinton. In december, Hillary Clinton answered abbys letter, and agreed to visit. It was definately the best day of my life. It was a dream come true. And of all the candidates who made the trip to keota, clinton is her favorite. I definately see a lot of her determination in me and definately, seeing her beable to do what she does definately inspires me a lot. On caucus night, shell be one of the youngest precinct captains in iowa. Ive been some knocking doors in keota and some phone banking and ive just fallen in love with it, i love it. Singing reaching though she loves sports, her groove in this president ial race with no opportunity out of reach. Thats important for abby, who someday, wants to run for office herself. I think that she has demonstrated to her classmates and the community at large that a person that has a goal, is willing to sacrafice a little bit of extra time is going to be able to acommplish something thats truly phenominal. Nicole agee with that report. Republican Rick Santorum and democrat Martin Omalley also visited keota. Abby says this has been a great Educational Opportunity for her and her classmates to learn more about the candidates and the election. If you know a student that excels in the classroom, the arts and the community, head to kcrg dot com slash student of the month. We will announce three finalists for the kcrgtv9 morning news. The Cedar Rapids School district is still undecided on a calendar for next school year. A potential starttime change for mondays is getting a lot of reaction from local parents. And heavy snow is still a problem in the northeast united states. Days after several feet fell, its destroying buildings near the nations capital. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert forecast. Stay with tv9. The race for the republican iowa still shows 2 at the top. A new quinnipiac poll says donald trump and senator ted cruz are in a statistical tie, now 6 days out from february 1st. Democratic candidates came together to moines. And state lawmakers are moving forward with education funding. But the budget increase could face a major roadblock branstad. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, this is kcrgtv9 news at midday. Some significant snowfall made for a difficult commute across eastern iowa. Justin, are we expecting more flurries this afternoon . Scattered flurries will continue into the afternoon alongside a gray, overcast sky. Temperatures wont move much, staying in the middle 20s. Well also have a northwest wind of 15 to 25 mph to contend with, which may cause patchy blowing snow in open areas. Skies remain mostly cloudy tonight into tomorrow. While a few peeks of tomorrow morning, they wont last. Well have highs in the upper 20s. Another round of flurries comes through tomorrow night into thursday. Temperatures warm into the 30s thursday into the weekend. Some light rain, snow, drizzle, and fog are a potential this weekend. A more notable system will bring a higher chance of rain and snow on tuesday. Today cloudy, sct. Flurries high 2228 winds nw 1525 alo 25 dbq 25 iow 27 were now less than a week away from the Iowa Caucuses. President ial candidates from both parties have been crisscrossing the state and here in eastern iowa in recent weeks