back on the campaign trail in virginia after her marathon day testifying on capitol benghazi attacks. biden announced he won't jump into the presesential race. jim webb and lincoln chafee...polling way at the bottom...are also out. lincoln chafee, former presidential candidate: after much thought i've decided to end my campaign for president today. 3 major democratic candidates left but still a large gop field where new first time in 3 months finally been trumped by one o republican rivals. a bloomberg, dmr poll has ben carson leading trump in iowa by 9 points6 it's 8 points in a recent quinnipiac university poll. carson...off the trail but on a book signing tour...making more headlines for his health savings plan, a possible replacement for medicaid. ben carson, republican presidentialcandidate: "first of all i didn't say i was going to abolish it, i said it probably won't be necessary with the system that i have made" meanwhile, john kasich is making enemies...in the nba. kasich ran into the philadelphia 76ers in his new hampshire hotel. john kasich,

esidential candidate: "the reason a lot of them make a lot of they have skill...not many skills lately low poll numbers, "at least we win the sixers decided politics and quickly the democratic iowa this weekend jackson dinner...t.t republicans will hit the severaof the early primary states. kenneth moton, abc news washington. " jenna: one republican presidential candidate was in iowa today. former texas senator ted cruz stopped for a meet and greet in clarinda this morning. cruz also made stops in atlantic as well as council bluffs. he plans to hit marshalltown and waterloo tomorrow to finish his two day stint in the state. tim:m: an early morningng police chase ended with an accident that claimed the life of the driver being pursued. according to iowa state patrol sergeant bluff police tried to pull over a man

suspected of drunk driving. when the man failed to stop, that's when police started a a rsuit on old highway 75. the chasasended when the suspects vehicle rolled into a ditch just outside of salix. the driver died when he was thrown from the car. jenna: if you live in south dakota, you could be getting a new license plate soon. a new design is being debuted in january. here's the new look. the state decided to re-issue this new plate to replace any old plates that may be suffering normal wear and tear which could reduce read- ability. the new plate design will be available january first. tim: the ponca tribe is celebrating their 25th anniversary this weekend just a quarter of a century ago,o, u-s congress agreed to renew recognition to the ponca tribe. tomorrow a pow-wow is scheduled to be held in norfolk nebraska to honor the anniversary. jenna: what place does social media play in schools? well, one iowawa district says thth popular app snapchat has no place. dubuque schools

are now blocking it from their network. katie wiedemann tells us more. "it's a form of social media that seems to be some teens favorite way to communicate. well, bebeuse the school district says snapchat h absolutely no educational value. unlike other social media sites. snapchat allows users to send pictures and videos. after the rereiver views the image, the system will delete it. but..... that kind of distraction while in the classroom is the biggest reason the district's blocked the site from it's wi fi network. there is a way around it though. students are still able to access snapchat using their own cell phone data plan. and while students say blocking it on wi-fi doesn't seem

fair. some say they agree it can be a didiraction. " tim: hard rock hotel and casino has been recognized as an "outstanding attraction". the iowa state tourism office and the e avel federation of iowa handed out the award to the sioux city casino. the award is the highest honor given in the state's tourism industry. jenna: a local school got a big today check from a tech store here in sioux city administrators from h hy cross saint t chaels school received a check for 10 today from best buy and intel to use for new school technology. employees from intel voted to

award this prize as part of their intel retail edge program. it's something school administrators say theyeye happy they were chosen for. michael sweeney -- principal holy cross school "you know first of all it's like christs in october, obviously you know in our catholic schools funding does not come from tax payer money, so we have to generate all of our funds, so to get this ten thousand dollar gift its going to help our students tremendously with technology and education." with the big boost in funds, faculty and administrators at holy cross will come together to decide how best to use the ten grand ifor educational purposes. we're getting pretty technilogical here at abc9. be sure to tune in tonightfor a very special sportszone. we'l'lbe broadcastingng behind the scenes look at the show on periscope and chris d alex will answer any questions you might have during commercial breaks. be sure to check out our twitter accounts for that link . tim: as part of

tomorrow's big briar cliff and morningiside footballame, city, county, state officers are being honored at a free tailgate party at olsen stadium. the starts 10:30 in the stadium's west parking lot. it's just 5 dolllls and officers eat free. three officers special recognition prior to the football game.. sioux city kevin mccormick will be honored during the game along g th the family o o rockwell city officer jamie buenting, who died in the line of duty in 20-13. organizers expect a large crowd at the event and encourage people to take advantage of a free shuttle service. which will l lve from the tnsit plaza parking lot, on transit and vine avenues, every 15 minutes . those shuttles will run from 10am to 4-30 pm . kickoff for the mornginside/briar cliff game is set one oclock jenna: tomorrow the

going pinknk partnering up with susan g komen for the cure siouxland and unitypoint help fight bast tickets to tomorrow night's dollars and the game will go toward breast canncer awareness, education. tee shirts will also be on s se for 10 dollars. tim: it's known as dia de los of the dead for don't speak spanish. and today kids at the museum got the chance to learn more about it. to commemorate the day of the dead, the sioux city museum displayed several alters and artifacts to show kids from irving elemetary school in order to educate them more about the holiday of honoring family and friends who have passed away. traditional haliscos dancers took the stage to share their moves with the crowd at the museum as well the curator of the museum says

day of the dead exhibit will be permanent display in the museum jenna: still to come... hundreds of people gathered couple of over a hundred feet. that story after the break. fred: rain is making it's behind it. a nice weekend ahead! your

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points have gone up from the last few days! not so dry anymore! very moist and humid, almost sticky on our mugggg meter. winds are startingo shift as the cold front comes through, but look at how breezy those north winds are. the shift c ces in with a pupuh for tonight, gusty up to 30mph. sportszone woodhouse game of the week! kickoff could have some showers, rain ending west to o st by the secoco half. already breezy, soggy, and cool by 4th quarter at 56 degrees. after the game, strong winds kick in, leaving it still breezy and a bit cloudy by the

the rain, warm front then cold front moving through now. you can see it clearer on the bigger picture as the low spins counterclockwise. stormcast hd front pushes east within the next few hours, ending our rain around 10pm, later east. breezy winds come in direly behind the front. gusts up to 30mph tonight. still breezy and cloudy through morning, but then gradual clearing a a high pressure e ves in. sunshine and seasonal for fall both saturday and sunday. tonight, 47 with rain ending

after, gusts t t 30mph. tomorrow, 61... clouds in the morning but sunshine by the afternoon. cool and breezy. 7-day is dry and seasonal with increasing clouds on monday. rain chances return tuesday night and wednesday, also, did you know? hurricane patricia, about to makak landfalln mexico as a category 5 is the strongest on record. in particular, the fastest winds in the western hemisphere at 200mph, pressure was lowest at 879mb. catastropic damage expected there. we'll keep them in our thoughts and prayers. fred:

incredible what mother nature can do. thanks elisa. tim: what better way celebrate the fall than smashing pumpkins? and no im not talking about the band. over in plainfield indiana kids got the chance to see a couple of six- hundred pound pumpkins splat on the ground after being dropped by acrane from about 140 feet in the air,

jenna: we're used to hearing about it affecting professional athletes. but find out what research is uncovering about a-c-l injuries in youth.

finding the culprit behind these injuries is sports. dr. timothy y johnson has morere on which sports are the riskiest for your kid's knees " we used to only hear about it in professional athletes? grownups. but now new research suggests tears in the a-c-l - a ligament in the knee - may be on the rise in the young. researcherer presenting new findings at the annual meeting of the american academy of pediatrics? using insurance company data to compare rates of youth a-c-l tears 20 years ago? to what doctors see today. an increase of 2.3 percent -- per year. girls most likely to get hurt? at age 16, boys? at 17. and a separate study presented at the same meeting? showing that all sports aren't equal when it comes to kids' knees. the highest risk sports for boys? football, followed by lacrosse and soccer. for girls, soccer was riskiest? followed by basketball and lacrosse. so should america take all the kids off the field? of course not what parents can do is teach kids - and coaches s to use training exercises to protect against a-c-l tears, and watch for sudden pain, knee swelling, inability to walk? and to speak up

right away if they notice it. and game on. with this medical minute, i'm dr. timothy johnson." jenna: two rival foototll teams are looking to honor everyday hereos there are just three days left for you to nominate someone you know. you have three days left to nominate a hero you know to be honored during the november 27th game between the iowa hawkeyes cornhuskers. it's a collabrative the two teams, the american red cross and hy-vee. one person from each state will be invited to attend the e ro's game and be recognized. if you'd like to nominate a her just head to siouxlandmatters- dot-com and click on the hy-vee heroes game tab. jenna: after the break... volunteers are wanted for the upcoming tax season. find out how you can helplphe

with.... erica carter- center for siouxland 252-1861 ex. 21 erica.carter@cen terforsiouxland. org coming in to talk about income tax prep program and getting the word out that they need volunteers. center for siouxland is seeking volunteers for the upcoming tax season. center for siouxland is a nprofit human service agency that has partnered with the united way and the volunteer income tax assistance ita) program to provide free basic income tax

preparation and e-filing for low-to moderate-income individuals and their families in the tri-state area. this program is not possible without the help of dedicated volunteers from the siouxland community. we are currently seeking: tax preparers tax schedulers tax greeters no prior experience is necessary. training is provided for more info or to volunteer contact erica carter, vita program coordinator by phone: 712-252- 1861 ex 21 or email: erica.carter@cen terforsiouxland. org

with a final check of our forecast. stay with us.

in after, gusts to 30mph. tomorrow, 61... cloudsdsn the morning but sunshine by the afternoon. cool and breezy. 7-day is dry and seasonal with increasing clouds on monday. rain chances return tuesday night and

urricane patcia tonight, the breaking news. the monster hurricane hitting right now. the category five storm. wind gusts more than 200 miles per hour.

hemisphere. americans trapped. airports closing. and parts of the u.s. bracing for a double punch. >> and the major shift tonight for donald trump. the key state where he's no longer leading. and the school scandal, the outrage over these mug shots. what families say these young men did to t tir son. and the drug price, suddenly spiked by 400%. the competitor, selling it for $1. good evening, we begin tonight with t ts monster hurricane, already historic in strength. hurricane patricia on a