Morning Brief: FEBRUARY 1

The Iowa Caucus is today, and it marks the first votes of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Currently, the Republican candidate in the lead is Donald Trump, with Ted Cruz falling behind by only five points. Meanwhile, an Iowa poll shows that Hillary Clinton is only slightly ahead of Bernie Sanders.  ABC News reports that in order for Trump to beat Cruz, he will need the votes of those participating in the Iowa Caucuses for the first time.  [ABC News]

NEED TO KNOW

Terror Threats Thaw Budgets Across Europe [New York Times]

Microcephaly, Spotlighted by Zika Virus, Has Long Afflicted and Mystified [New York Times]

New York put funds into agricultural water quality with $11M boost for state farms [New York Daily News]

Initially Rebuffed, Bill de Blasio Quietly Canvasses in Iowa for Hillary Clinton [New York Daily News]

LGBT spiritual group attempts to buy anti-gay Atlah Church [New York Daily News]

SPORTS

Golden State Warriors beat New York Knicks yesterday 116-95

TODAY

Brooklyn Nets play Detroit Pistons, 7:30

WEATHER

Mostly cloudy, 54/33 [full forecast]

ON STAGE TONIGHT

Woody Allen & the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band @ Café Carlyle

TODAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1960, four African American students staged the first Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina

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