BLIZZARD WATCHES.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE TIMING
OF THAT SNOWSTORM JUST A FEW
MINUTES.
WE ARE WAITING TO SEE IF
GOVERNOR MARK DAYTON LOOK AT
OUT OF THE HOSPITAL TODAY AFTER
BEING TAKEN TO REGIONS HOSPITAL
LAST NIGHT AFTER FAINTING
DURING AN EVENT IN WOODBERRY.
THE GOVERNOR'S CHIEF OF STAFF
SAYS HE IS RESTING COMFORTABLY
AND HAS BEEN JOKING WITH FAMILY
AND DOCTORS.
CHIEF OF STAFF -- HIS CHIEF OF
STAFF SAYS DAYTON FELT INCREASE
PRESSURE IN HIS LOWER BACK
WHILE SPEAKING AT AN EVENT.
SHE DESCRIBES THE VENUE AS
CROWDED AND HOT., DAYTON PATENT
-- FAINTED AND WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER TESTING.
HE HAS HAD HEALTH TROUBLES
SINCE TAKING OFFICE IN 2011.
HE UNDERWENT BACK SURGERY IN
DECEMBER.
THE PROCEDURE WAS SIMILAR TO
ONE HE HAD THREE YEARS EARLIER.
HE ALSO HAD HIP SURGERY IN 2014
TO ALLEVIATE CHRONIC PAIN.
OFFICIALS WITH THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION OUR MEETING
IN SWITZERLAND TODAY TO DISCUSS
WAYS TO COMBAT THE ZIKA VIRUS.
THE VIRUS HAS BEEN LINKED TO A
RARE BIRTH DEFECT IN THOUSANDS
OF BABIES, MOSTLY IN SOUTH
AMERICA.
OFFICIALS ARE DECIDING WHETHER
TO DECLARE THE VIRUS A GLOBAL
EMERGENCY.> IN ONE'S HEAD TO
THE CAUCUSES TONIGHT FOR THE
FIRST PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST OF
2016.
EVEN THOUGH THE ROAD TO THE
WHITE HOUSE BEGINS AND I WILL,
LESS THAN ONE THIRD OF
REPUBLICANS AND LESS THAN ONE
HALF OF DEMOCRATS WHO WIN IN
IOWA WIN THEIR NOMINATION.
AFTER A STRONG SHOWING, MARCO
RUBIO MAY HAVE MADE SOME
INROADS WITH IOWA VOTERS.
POLLS ARE A LOUSY PREDICTOR
OF WHAT HAPPENS ON CAUCUS
NIGHT.
WHAT SOME MARGIN OF ERROR.
MARCO RUBIO IS DOING WHAT HE
HAS TO DO.
MOVING AROUND, GETTING SOME
BUZZ GOING.
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE,
HILLARY CLINTON AND BERNIE
SANDERS ARE IN A VIRTUAL DEAD
HEAT.
PAT KESSLER IS IN IOWA
RIGHT NOW FOR TONIGHT'S
CAUCUSES AND HE JOINS US LIVE
FROM DES MOINES.
THERE HAS TO BE A TON OF
EXCITEMENT THERE IS ALL THIS
CANDIDATES MAKE THEIR FINAL
PUSH.
Reporter: IT'S A VERY BIG
DEAL HERE TODAY.
AS YOU SEE, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S IN THE 40s HERE BUT THE
SNOWSTORM IS GOING TO HIT HERE
ALSO.
A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HIT BEFORE
THE CAUCUSES TONIGHT.
THEY EXPECT SOME SNOW FLURRIES
BUT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
GET OUT TO THE CAUCUSES ALL
RIGHT.
FOR A LOT OF THESE CANDIDATES,
IOWA IS IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR.
A LOT OF THEM HAVE ALREADY
MOVED ON TO NEW HAMPSHIRE, THE
NEXT BIG CONTEST.
THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY
CAN HEAR.
THEY SWARMED IOWA ALL OF THE
THE STATE GOING TO LITTLE
TOWNS, BIG TOWNS, TRYING TO GET
OUT THE VOTE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS NOT
THE POLLS.
I AGREE.
IT'S WHO YOU CAN GET TO THE
CAUCUSES.
THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND ALL DAY
TODAY FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET
THEIR SUPPORTERS TO THE CAUCUS
TONIGHT.
I THINK THAT'S THE BIG
QUESTION.
THE POLLS DON'T MEAN A LOT BUT
DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN TALKED
ABOUT A TON THIS ELECTION.
YOU THINK HE HAS SUPPORTERS IN
IOWA THAT WILL SHOW UP?
THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT
FOR TROMPED DOWN THE STREET.
WE SAW PEOPLE WAITING OUTSIDE
HIS HOTEL BECAUSE THEY WANT TO
GO SEE HIM.
THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT
SURROUNDING HIM BUT THE
QUESTION IS WHAT KIND OF
ORGANIZATION IS THERE ON THE
GROUND.
DOES TRUMP HAVE THE PEOPLE AND
ALL THE 1600 PRECINCTS TO
ACTUALLY SHOW UP IN CAUCUS FOR
DONALD TRUMP.
BUT WE HERE IS THAT TED CRUZ
HAS A MUCH STRONGER GROUND GAME
AS THEY CALL IT, A MUCH
STRONGER ORGANIZATION ON THE
GROUND TO GET FOLKS OUT BUT
TRUMP CLEARLY IS THE GUY THAT A
LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING TO TO
WIN IOWA.
THERE IS A NEW PULL OUT SHOWING
HIM WIDENING HIS LEAD AMONG
VOTERS OVER TED CRUZ.
MARCO RUBIO COMING UP THIRD.
THAT WILL BE INTERESTING AS
WELL BUT DONALD TRUMP IS
CLEARLY THE EXCITING CANDIDATE
AROUND HERE EVEN THOUGH TED
CRUZ IS CLOSE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
DEMOCRATIC RACE BECAUSE YOU
COULD ARGUE IT COULD BE A
TOSSUP.
CLINTON AND SANDERS HAVE BEEN
GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE
LEAD NOW.
HOW IMPORTANT IS A WIN FOR
HILLARY CLINTON?
DOES SHE NEED TO WIN IOWA?
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION
BECAUSE HILLARY CLINTON MIGHT
FACE THE SAME FATE SHE DID
EIGHT YEARS AGO HERE IN IOWA
WITH BARACK OBAMA.
DOES SHE HAVE THE ORGANIZATION
ON THE GROUND?
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY SHE DOES
BUT I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT
TO BERNIE SANDERS TO WIN.
HE HAS TO WIN IOWA AND THEN GO
ON TO NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE HE IS
STILL PRETTY STRONG BECAUSE
LATER ON, HILLARY CLINTON IS
GOING TO WIN A LOT OF THESE
PRIMARIES DOWN THE ROAD BUT
BERNIE SANDERS HAS TO WIN HERE
TODAY.