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KWWL Today In Iowa At 5 March 2, 2016

Skies over new snow in the north . We will have clouds track in this afternoon and snow track in tonight. A stray snow shower can track through this afternoon. Highs will stay below normal today but it gets warm this weekend. Ill have more coming up in a few decision 2016 coverage. New numbers coming in overnight as super tuesday voting wraps up. Hillary clinton and donald trump are the clear winners. But they each face competition from within their own parties. Tracie were going to go to florida. With both looking ahead after sweeping super tuesday. Including texas, where trump wants to build going to break down barriers. It is good to be home and his home state, vermont. It means so much to me, that the people who know me best almost everything else. Hes vowing to steal florida from marco rubio in two one person and that is hillary and as of this morning alaska hes begging everyone else to drop out now that is the only way to beat donald trump. But marco rubio who only carried minnesota says hes going nowhere i will campaign as long as it takes and wherever it takes to ensure that i am the next president of the united states. Quite ready to call checkmate. Especially john kasich. He picked up some delegates and hes holding out for the big prize. His home state winnertakeall ohio in two weeks. Record for super tuesday turnout. Two people are injured. And some animals are killed in a barn fire one of the owners is still in shock over how the fire started. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert caught up with her to hear what happened in new hartford over the weekend. Good morning amanda. Days after this barn fire. Hay continues to smoulder in new hartford. I spoke with the barns owner myna lasbrook. She says this all started early sunday morning. She noticed smoke coming out of the back of the barn. She says she immediately ran to get her animals out of the barn near had hit the barn with their i was scared. You know i was so fearful of my animals. I didnt want them to get hurt. And the crazy thing about this traveled. Their car drove through a fence. Through the pasture. And then into the side of the barn. Lasbrook lost her miniature donkey bingo and some of her barn cats. She says she is thankful though that the two men were not killed in the crash and that no one else weve got you covered live in the newsroom. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. Kwwl checked with bulter country sheriff to see how the two men who crashed are doing or if any charges have been filed. We have not heard back from them yet. Several buildings in one Area Community vandalized and police are still trying to track town were at the state wrestling tournament when the vandalism happened in lisbon. A school, a body shop, and a bank were all vandalized. Its dissapointing anytime you have somebody that in was as part of that vandalism is lisbon who are very excited and proud of their school. The principal says they plan to use this as an opportuity to clean the school up and make it look even better. An iowa man pleads guilty to murdering his girlfriend. Shaun hogan agreed to a plea deal of Second Degree murder in the death of. His girlfriend, crystal gaffney. Hogan admitting stabbing gaffney after her body was found in linn county in 2014. Hell be sentenced in may. A grand jury report reveals two Roman Catholic priests helped cover up sexual abuse. It involved of hundreds of children by more than 50 priests, over a 40year period. The report points to catholic priests about the gospel, getting children drunk and even hypnotizing them to then sexually abuse them. The state Attorney Generals Office says some of the they were thrust into an adult world that is unimaginable. They werent out playing baseball. They were trying to avoid priests. However, too many years have passed under the law to bring the charges. Two people are dead after a car crashed into a restaurant in massachusetts. Seven people were sent the hospital, and at least three are in serious or critical condition. Firefighters are saying the driver of the car survived. Crews are on site trying to figure out how it all happened. In florida, a car smashes into a sushi restaurant. The driver went flying through the front doors. The manager says the driver had just finished eating before he went out to his car. Police say the driver simply made a mistake. Thankfully, no one was hurt. Authorities are needed because including a rollover in fayette county. Sheriffs deputies say both cars were go north when they lost control. One car rolled on its side. No injuries were reported. Antother crash not necessarily weatherrelated involving a semi and a train in nashua. You can see some of the damage here. The semi driver and the conductor of the train were both taken to the hopsital with minor injuries. And another semi was sliced in half after it was hit by a train this one in sioux city. The semi was crossing the tracks when a train hit it. No new this morning in the iowa legislature. Changing a license plate law could save the state half a Million Dollars each year. Jodi whitworth shows us why car collectors support it. And Police Officers have their concerns. Were kind of entering a new corvette, this is the z06 model but those who do buy beautiful cars the front plate is a turn off for car collectors and enthusiasts. Most sports cars come with a front license plate bracket. The license plate would be located at the nose of car, somewhere between the logo to half way through the grill car experts at shottenkirk chevrolet say not only is the attachment aesthetically unpleasing. It could also ruin the performance of the car members of the House Transportation Committee proposed a bill to get rid of front plates all together i think the physical characteristics trump the bill say it could make their jobs more difficult. If you take on plate away its 50 tool to aid in criminal to at least get some of the plate, all of the plate sgt. Will have to bridge if they state of iowa needs to have their front plate removed but maybe the folks who are the car enthusists. We reach a compromise that way. An issue opposing sides will have to bridge if they their front plate removed but maybe the folks who are the car enthusists. We reach a compromise that way. Right now, 19 states dont require a front license plate. The city council in iowa city is not voting on an ordinance yet which could uber to the city. The Ride Sharing Service is already in cedar rapids and many other cities in iowa are looking to bring it in as well. The council will discuss the issue again in 3 weeks. Iowa lawmakers got a sneak peek at a plan to provide more changes to the medicaid system. Republicans want to change the proposed oversight bill. But a democratic senator says the bill is designed to safeguard the more than half a million iowans who use medicaid. Plus. Encourage payers. Program is destined to harm the very people it was supposed to help. Apparently, it was designed by those who know the cost of everything but understand the value of nothing. governor branstads plan to privatize medicaid is set to take effect april first the federal governments already pushed that start date back twice. Today, the university of iowa is set to announce a new statewide scholarship program. The goal is to help prepare Iowa High School students for a the Cedar Rapids Community School District is one of 99 School Students will be eligible to participate in this program during its first year. The Business School at the university of iowa is expanding. The uofi Birchwood Learning Center in davenport is part of the Tippie College of business. Governor branstad on hand for the dedication. Students can take mba classes and other business courses we also now have the ability with this facility to link these Technology Allows us to link the some classes have already started in the new building. All courses will be available in the fall. Astronaut scott kelly just returned to earth from space. It was his fourth mission, but this one was special, even by astronaut standards. He took part in groundbreaking research, set a spacetravel record, and shared the scott kelly, back on mother a year on the International Space station. The longest period of time any american has spent in space. Always bitter sweet when you leave this incredible place kelly descended into the kazakhstan desert on the soyuz. Along with two russian cosmonauts late a battery of tests on the effects of zerogravity on the human body. And kelly was a unique Research Subject his twin brother, astronaut mark kelly, was on earth the whole time. Allowing scientists to compare how their nearly are different. Spent almost 12 months on the socalled final frontier. scott kelly shared his mission with the world. With thought provoking observations. The thin valley of the atmosphere on the [unintelligible] of the earth, i wouldnt say it looks unhealthy, fragile. And aweinspiring images of earths majesty seen from outerspace. Shared on social media. That unique beauty perhaps explaining his somewhat melancholy tone toward the missions end. Leaving this amazing facility is going to be tough because i dont think ill ever see it again. Reid binion, kwwl news. Kelly is supposed to fly to houston today where hell be examined by nasa doctors. Its coming up on today in iowa. No human driver behind the wheel . A new survey says a lot of people are saying no thank you to that. Mans best friend. Does that go for robot dogs as well . Plenty of clear skies this morning leading to lots of cold temps. But clouds to the west youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather so, let me get this straight u. S. Cellular has the phone youre looking for, a network thats built to give you coverage way out here where the other guys dont, and 6 gigs for only 40 a month. So, why on earth would you ever go with one of those other guys . Switch to u. S. Cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for 40 a month plus get 300 back. [ echoing ] just sayin. Weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team another system will track through late today bringing a chance of light snow to the state light wintry mix is possible thursday afternoon with another round of light rain and snow friday afternoon. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras are looking much better than yesterday morning, but temps are cold. Teens in the south, but Single Digits and some negative numbers in the north degrees colder than yesterday morning, with light winds across the state, although they will turn to the south. That will be ahead of the next system that will race through tonight. That could set off some showers this afternoon, but will be mainly tonight. We could see a few stray showers tomorrow and then another system will track in by friday night. The bulk of our snow will be during the overnight hours and will leave behind a trace to 2 of snow with a few 3 amounts possible. Some snow showers could track in late this afternoon. Highs will be in the upper 30s with help from a light south wind. Trace to 2 of snow tonight with some higher amounts. Lows in the 20s and then a few light snow showers tomorrow with a light wintry mix possible in the afternoon, although we shouldnt see much accumulation. Highs will climb into the 30s for the afternoon. Another round of light rain or snow on friday afternoon, light snow friday night and then warming up. Highs will climb to the low 50s on tuesday. And we tracking through on tuesday its coming up on today in iowa. Its the ultimate canine showdown between a real dog and a robot dog. Plus. Volunteering can make you feel warm and fuzzy. Especially when youre volunteering to hug a goat. Stay with kwwl, weve got you selfdriving cars could be a biis on board with the idea. In fact 75 percent of drivers say they would not feel safe in a self driving car according to a triplea survey. However 60 percent of people did say they would like some automatic braking or self parking. If you have an aquarium at home and use a top fin power filter recall you need to be aware of. More than 158 thousand top fin power filters for aquariums are being recalled for a shock hazard. A conductor on the pump motor can electrify the aquarium water. So far, no injuries have been reported. Lowering prices on Healthy Foods could help lower the number deaths from heart attack and stroke. Researchers say if you make fruits and vegetables more affordable and hike the price of sugary drinks by 10percent, it could prevent more than 600thousand heart attacks and strokes in less than 20 years. With all the emojis available these days, how about one that looks just like you . It could be coming soon. Emoji specialists from apple and google have submitted a proposal allowing you to edit emojis. The changes would allow you to customize face emojis to make them look more like you. A dogs reaction after he meets a robot dog has a lot of people laughing. Decide rather to be scared or curious after he meets a robodog named spot. Made by a company which makes Research Robots for the military. Although the robodog is three times his size, that doesnt faze little fido as he tells the wannabe dog to back off. An overwhelming turnout for a farms request for goat snugglers. Theres about a hundred baby goats and they need to be bottle fed four times a day. More than two thousand volunteers signed up to help the virginia farm. Even the states first lady is helping out what more fun way to spend part of who we are in our agriculture economy, but also just a happy thing to be doing. Volunteers split the snuggling in shifts while the moms are being milked to make cheese. Its coming up on today a sheepdog set a state and world record when she gave birth to 17 vo with thousands of quality preowned vehicles. And exceptional customer service, head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales tired, after delivering 17 babies. Were talking about sheepdog puppies. 11 boys and six girls. All are doing well and will go out to farms to protect livestock. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. Increasing clouds today with a few snow showers possible this afternoon. Snow tonight with a trace to 2, isolated 3 by morning then some light mix possible through thursday afternoon. Another chance of light rain snow on friday afternoon with the weekend looking dry and with a c whats all this nonsense about balls . Pink balls, blue, yellow, red. Its hard to keep the whole thing straight. And all these socalled deals . Well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. Like when you leave the city the signal goes weak. U. S. Cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys dont. And as for deals . Hows 300 back for every line you switch . 300 no ball nonsense. Get 300 per line and a stronger signal, in the middle of anywhere. In iowa. Now on today in iowa a man in eastern iowa. Police have one person in custody. Plus a super tuesday for trump and clinton. Well hear from several candidates after the biggest day yet in the race for the white house. And a story this morning showing us what true friendship is all about. Students learning a new language so they can communicate with their friend. Good morning, im ally crutcher. And im jerry gallagher. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Brr. It is cold this morning. Temps are in the Single Digits and teens and have even dropped below zero in some places wind chills are mainly in the Single Digits either side of zero this morning with mainly winds. One of the reasons we are so cold. The other is that we have clear skies over new snow in the north . We will have clouds track in this afternoon and snow track in tonight. A stray snow shower can track through this afternoon. Highs will stay below normal today but it gets warm this weekend. Ill have more developing overnight Waterloo Police investigate a stabbing. They were called to west Second Street after 11 oclock last night. Officers say Tommie Johnson was taken to the hospital with stab wounds. He is expected to survive. Police say they also took a woman into custody and we just learned the charges minutes ago. Leslie anderson is charged with willful injury, domestic assault, and possession of crack Cocaine Police call this a domestic situation but did not tell us a big night for donald trump on tuesday. Frontrunner won seven states on super tuesday but did not hold a victory rally. Instead he invited reporters to his estate in palm beach for a news conference. He won primaries massachusetts, virginia, tennessee, alabama, georgia, arkansas and vermont. Im a unifier, i know people are going to find that a little bit this finished im going to go after one person, thats Hillary Clinton on the assumption shes allowed to run, which is a big thats going to be an easy race. Trump called ted cruz to congratulate him on winning texas. Cruz also won oklahoma and alaska. Senator marco rubio picked up his first victory of the campaign in minnesota. Cruz called on those who have not won any states to get out of america shouldnt have a president whose words would make you embarrassed if your children on the democratic side Hillary Clinton celebrated several victories. She won seven states virginia, tennessee, alabama, georgia, arkansas, texas and even massachusetts a state where senator Bernie Sanders was expected to have a instead of building walls were going to break down barriers and build ladders of opportunity and empowerment, so every american can live up to his or her potential. Senator sanders thanked his supporters at a rally tonight after he won his home state of vermont. He also picked up wins in oklahoma, minnesota and colorado. As i think all of you know, electing a president , it is about transforming america. Clinton now has a big lead over sanders in the number of delegates it will take to clinch

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