Stormy start. The first day of march is giving some parts of the state flashbacks of winter this morning. Well tell you where it could cause problems for the morning commute. Search continues. The hunt for two men who escaped from the newton correctional facility continues this morning. And this isnt the first escape in recent weeks. Food fight. High schoolers are getting a taste of life on the job. Well give you a look inside iowas own top chef faceoff. Its tuesday march 1st. Today in iowa i235 euclid us 30 s. Duff first on 13. Two newton inmates are still at large this morning after making a run for it this weekend. But for correctional officers. The escape feels like deja vu. Michael amodeo and jessy foley were nowhere to be found saturday night during a routine check. The two are now the second and third inmates to escape the confines of newtons facility in just one month. 28yearold edward shorter attempted the same thing when he walked away from the facility. He was captured a day later in des moines. Now the department of corrections says it cant say for sure whether the latest escapees pose a threat to the public. Choice, they dont want to get caught, so a lot of times they try to stay hidden as much as they can so its a real difficult question to answer as far as if theres any Public Safety or not. both men were serving sentences on drug charges. Anyone with information is asked to call 911 immediately. Witnesses may be helping the case of the des moines man charged in a deadly highspeed crash. They were weaving in and around traffic. I thought that maybe at first, they were just racing, but that was not the case. They were pursuing. One was pursing the other. Ricky lee testified yesterday there was a car chase leading up to this crash back in november. The driver, troy mure junior, claims people were following him with guns when it happened. He miraculously survived. But his girlfriend, 22year old Scalicity Boyd did not. Mure is now charged with vehicular homicide in her death. Boyds mother testified yesterday its only a judge. Not a jury deciding his fate. The trial is expected to wrap up tomorrow. Testimony also continues today for a boone man accused of murdering his wife. Alexander fazzino is facing first degree murder charges after his wife emily was found dead in their home back in 2012. Yesterday, the defense began making their case. Theyre trying to prove emily accidentally drowned in a bathtub due to a Prescription Drug addiction. Today lawmakers are trying to strengthen iowas animal abuse laws. You know, violence is violence. If you beat your dog im sure you probably beat your kid. Senator Tony Bisignano says animal abuse rates are on the rise here in iowa, so he championed a law to come down harder on those who do it. Under the bill, anyone accused with animal abuse could be charged with a felony. Right now its an aggravated misdemeanor. The bill also requires the do a Wellness Check if the abuse happens in front of a child. It passed the senate yesterday and now heads to the house. Iowas animal abuse laws are considered to be among the softest in the nation by Animal Welfare advocates. High schoolers from across the state are preparing to go headtohead today at the iowa events center. Today a top chef style event will have them doing more than just cooking dinner. Channel 13s josh nguyen is live from the Convention Center to tell us we dont just serve any fish sandwich at culvers. We serve wildcaught, north atlantic cod. This cod grows in water that is cold, clean and pristine, full of flavorful nutrients, and that comes through in the fish. This is the way we ship it to your restaurants. Its not prebreaded. So not only do we use the highest quality cod, but we still handbatter it the oldfashioned way. Thats remarkable. And we think we get the best fish filet sandwich because of that. This is the best fish sandwich in america. Tuesday, we return back to winter light snow is falling early this morning across Northern Iowa. A few snowflakes may brush the metro, but no real measurable snow is expected in the des moines area. 1 to 3 is possible in parts of Northern Iowa through early tuesday. The remainder of the day will be cloudy and blustery. Winds will be from the north at 10 to 15 mph and gusts up near 25 mph. Temperatures will hold in the upper 20s and low 30s. Skies will become partly cloudy late in the day. Wednesday will be a quiet day with highs in the low 40s. There is the possibility of a light rain snow mix again Late Wednesday into early thursday morning. Temperatures will continue to climb into the weekend with highs back in the 50s and even 60s. I235 63rd i80 35 meredith report. Then. Return to earth. The welcome home one year in the making. And national spotlight. Iowa lawmakers are making headlines for a new bill that would put guns in the hands of children. Well tell you whos calling it a distraction. With 40 megs of Internet 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 wewe 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 with highspeed internet from centurylink. And i raise turkey for honeysuckle white. We dont usegrowthpromoting antibiotics, thats just the way things should be done. Thats important to me. My name is glenn, and im an independent turkey farmer. female announcer honeysuckle white. Our top story. Authorities are still searching for two inmates this morning. Michael amodeo and jessy foley escaped from the newton correctional facility saturday. They are the second and third inmates to escape the facility in just one month. Anyone with information is asked to call 911. A big day is politics is getting underway this morning. Super tuesday has voting booths going up across the nation. In in all, 11 states are up for grabs for democrats, 14 for republicans. Recent polls show donald trump and Hillary Clinton are favored to sweep. A new cnn orc poll shows clinton leading 55 to 38 over senator bernie sanders. It also shows trump has nearly half the support of all republican backlash from the party establishment. Py02tu 20 27 nebraska im not going to vote for Hillary Clinton, and given what we know about donald trump, i cant vote for that guy either. Id have to look for a third party option. And all eyes will be set on texas the only state where trump isnt expected to win ted cruz is currently leading there. A proposed iowa gun law is Getting National attention this morning. The law would allow children under the age of 14 to shoot handguns. Supporters say the measure brings iowa law up to date with most other states, while opponents argue its creating a quote militia of toddlers. Now the Brady Campaign to prevent gun violence is zeroing in on the bill as well. They say this debate takes away from what they call more serious issues. Nn06y 1 40 1;55 dan gross it represents the gun lobbys vision which is selling as many guns as they america is armed to the teeth rather than focusing on the things that we really can do through policy the bill has now been passed to the state senate. A nasa astronaut is expected back from space today. Scott kelly is preparing to come back down to earth after nearly a year in at the space station. Thats longer than any other us astronaut has been there. The trial for a des moines man charged in a deadly highspeed crash continues this morning. 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