remains postive through it all. "they'll text me and if i don't check in everyday, i'll usually get a couple of texts from people saying, 'hey, are you okay? are you having a hard time, do you need to talk?' they are my family, they are my closest friends," said rieckens. amanda is currently not working and is focused on chemo therapy, while finding the strength to take care of her daughters. if you are a veteran who may need assistance, or would like the opportunity to volunteer for warrior pointe, please visit siouxland matters dot com. tonight at ten, i will bring you more information on amanda's story, how you can help... and how her situation possibly saved the lives of other's around her. reporting live in studio bria bell abc9 news, deborah. deborah: now to the fight against isis.. newly released video takes us inside last week's raid on the terror group in northern iraq... that freed dozens of hostages, and killed one american soldier. reporter jennifer

eccle-ston shows us how it all went down. nats "?gunfire?." the camera captures the controlled chaos? punctuated by the constant crackle of gunfire? nats "?gunfire & yelling?." men, barefoot and splattered with blood - running for their lives. and the elite u-s delta force in the middle of it all. sot - ashton carter / us secretary of defense "this is an example of a case where we alone could do something, and we alone had the capability to do that." the new video provides a rare look inside the daring nighttime raid on an isis prison. u-s special forces teamed with kurdish fighters - racing to rescue about 70 hostages, just hours ahead of what would have been a mass execution. the helmet camera shows the soldiers storming the compound in northern iraq. at one point - you can see the black isis flag hanging on the wall. u-s airstrikes had cleared roads - and surrounded isis reinforcements -- but as the team got inside the building? an intense firefight erupted? and army master sergeant joshua wheeler was

wounded, and later died. sot - monty lenington/wheeler family friend "last mission he was on, there's seventy people who got to go home... because of what he did." during his twenty year career in the army, wheeler earned eleven bronze stars. the mission - and wheeler's death - leading to questions about president obama's position that american troops will not have a combat role in iraq. the pentagon calls this an exception? but says there will be more like it. sot - ashton carter / us secretary of defense "they will be in harm's way. there's no question about it." jennifer eccleston oncam close: defense secretary carter says american troops are only advisors on missions? but combat is always a possibility. jennifer eccleston, abc news, london. deborah: the south dakota highway patrol is investigating a violent crash on eye-29 that left one man dead. it happened this morning...when a chevrolet silverado pick-up truck....went into a ditch while driving south on

eye-29. the driver then lost control....and rolled over into oncoming traffic...hitting a motorcycle. the motorcyclist was pronounced dead on the scene. the names of the two drivers have not yet been released. deborah: donald trump is returning to sioux city tuesday...for a rally at west high school.. but the g-o-p presidential hopeful might be greeted by protestors. a petition speaking out against trump's visit has collected over 12-hundred signatures. deborah: former west high school student francisco valadez....started the "move-on dot-org" petition valadez says trump has made comments that are hostile against immigrants...and believes he should not be allowed to speak on the school campus. valadez says he hopes to form a protest outside of the rally that is being held at the west high school gym. trumps visit tuesday..comes as he falls to second place in iowa. in the latest des moines register/bloombe rg poll...trump is trailing dr. ben

carson by 9 percent. deborah: and speaking of doctor ben carson, this morning, the retired neurosurgeon voiced his concerns...when it comes to abortion in america. saying the "roe versus wade" ruling back in 19- 73 should be overturned... the g-o-p presidential hopeful even compared abortion to slavery. dr. ben carson: during slavery, a lot of the slave owners though they had the right to do whatever they wanted to that slave. anything that they chose to do. and what if the abolitionists had said, 'you know i don't believe in slavery. i think its wrong. . deborah: carson has topped the last two most recent republican polls in iowa deborah: this friday, g-o-p presidential candidates...rick santorum, marco rubio, carly fiorina, and chris christie...will be speaking in orange city for the northwest

iowa republican rally. the event begins at 7 p-m at the bultman center. deborah: and as the race for the white house continues. hillary clinton brought out a pair of heavy hitters-- her husband and pop star katy perry before she and her main rival, bernie sanders, spoke at a very influential dinner in des moines. abcs david wright is there with the very latest " nats- hillary and katy on stage hillary clinton brought out the big guns? including a pop star dressed like a superhero? nats- firework and a former president now campaigning to be the first-ever first husband. sot - bill clinton i've never been the warm up act for katy perry before. this was bill clinton's debut on the campaign trail for his wife? sot- bill clinton thank you for showing up and supporting her! katy perry's debut, standing up for the clinton campaign? sot- katy perry "i stand and i march with hillary! i believe in her

voice too? nats- roar at the iowa jefferson-jackson dinner, hillary clinton did roar. sot- hillary clinton we're going to build an america but she doesn't yet quite have the nomination locked down. natsot dw: senator, everybody is saying this is all over. did you not get the message? (sanders laughs) just 7 points behind her in iowa, bernie sanders is still on the march. nats from march sot- bernie sanders "this is a march which will end up in a year, when you will join me in the white house." overhead at the katy perry concert, a plane sported the message "feel the bern!" " coming up after the break, we'll

introduce you to cute canines dressed in some of the wackiest costumes. elisa more clouds for your monday, dwindling rain chances, but a midweek cool snap! details next. " " allison/elisa another nice fall day, elisa! elisa raffa

cam hd. warmer than normal, and warmer than yesterday! upper 60s after we hit the freezing mark this morning! temperatures are in the upper 60s west, low 60s east. air is still stay dry with dew points only in the 30s. breezy south wind today, 10 to 15 mph. that helped us warm more so than we did

clear skies and getting chilly! 38 by clouds for afternoon. we can see the clouds starting to get going on satellite. high pressure is well east but still helping keep us with southerly flow. clear skies tonight, increasing those clouds by daybreak. tomorrow, more clouds than we've seen this weekend, mostly cloudy but dry. we almost get sandwiched between two systems, with moisture flow from the rockies and the gulf. rain chances come into play on tuesday, although

be pretty isolated with most of the moisture staying south and west. wednesday, we dry out but a cool snap kicks in with some canadian air. tonight, 38, clear, quiet, and a bit cold! tomorrow, more clouds, breezy with seasonal temperatures. 61 for your high. 7-day has that slight rain chance on tuesday, pretty breezy with gusts up to 40mph possible on wednesday ushering in cooler air, staying in the low 50s! cool air stays through thursday, warming up for the weekend. halloween is looking dry for now. fall foliage: we are

seeing some beautiful color, but gusty winds has many of the leaves that i'm seeing on the ground! our director zach hicks did find some beautiful color in salix and sent it to me on twitter. if you have neat pictures send them to me on facebook or twitter! deborah/elisa we'll look out for beautiful color with all this sweather weather! thanks elisa! deborah: the pups were out

york city, donning their costumes for halloween. yesterday, dogs participated in the nation's largest halloween dog parade with hundreds of canines and owners taking part in all of the fun. some of the standout costumes were doggie superheroes, dinosaurs and even the pope. ...and coming up, ghosts and goblins aren't the only things you should beware of... this halloween, face paint can be hazardous to health... more to come after the

warnings as we head into halloween. about costumes, and although you may want to look scary, you don't want your costume to pose any ntial health risks. abc's ron clairborne has more. " this morning, a warning for parents

halloween?. that face paint to turn your kids into scary creatures or friendly ghosts - might just be a health hazard. new york senator chuck schumer warning parents this week to think twice before painting their kids' faces? sot - senator bite - we are asking the fda of halloween makeup to try and curb it if not for this year for future years (gfx) a report by "the campaign for safe cosmetics" tested 10 of the most popular facepaint brands and found all 10 had levels of lead and six of them containing traces of other metals considered potentially toxic so what can parents do? sot - expert bite - look for theater paint instead of halloween paint?theater paint is made of higher quality ingredients and are less likely to cause breakouts many dermatologist warn that some of these face paints can cause breakouts and even skin rashes. sot expert bite - when it comes to halloween paints a lot of times the companies are nto fully disclosing every ingredient that's in that paints and on friday, the department of justice cracking down on another popular creepy cosmetic - contact lenses like these

designed to creep out your friends - can actually cause serious eye damage. us attorney's office charging 10 california sellers of the lenses it calls a "serious dangers to unsuspecting halloween shoppers" which could be "contaminated withdangerous pathogens" dr thomas steinemann 01;08;47;58 they might be widely available on the internet " coming up in sports...charles "krazy horse" bennett squared off with danny black in the feature card at last night's king of the cage. highlights are next. plus..we had a heart-warming ending to saturday's pink in the rink game. alex has the details when we come back.

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last night, the musketeers hosted pink in the rink night and for sioux city's connor sundquist, the disease hits close to home. connor's mother, mellisa, is battling breast cancer and before last night's game, she dropped the ceremonial first puck. melissa was able to watch her son play against tri city and to top it all off, connor scored the eventual game- winning goal, earning first star of the night. post- game....connor gave melissa his jersey....wrapping up a special night between a mother and her son. "i am speechless. i don't know what to say, really. to score the first goal of my career here is awesome but for my mom to be here, its even better. when i hear she was coming, i was thinking it would be perfect to score for her, and i wasnt sure it was going to happen, but i found my chance and i put it in and it just felt great." "you are a family who is battling cancer. its pink in the rink night, its kinda scripted. it is really special for their family, really special for connor, its really special for his mother and i am just happy i could be a part of it."

such an awesome story. best wishes to melissa and her family as she continues to battle breast cancer. alex last night, winnavegas casino hosted king of the cage: harvest of champions. the main event featured danny "pretty boy" black and charles "krazy horse" bennett... both fighters predicted fireworks at friday's weigh- ins....setting the stage for an instant classic. "i am going to always give you something to talk about. you will never find another bad guy like me." "its going to be a slugfest. that is what i am going for anyways. it's going to end in fireworks." lets see if the fight could live up to the hype. krazy horse hasn't fought in three years.....he's amped up.....danny black 5-1 in his last six fights.... krazy horse said he will always give you something to talk about...how about this.....1:41 into the first round....down goes frazier! black dropped with the left hook......and he is down for the count......before this fight even started, it ended....and bennet was going nuts! lets take a look at

hook.....fierce....ha nd speed.....as good as it gets....cant wait to see that dude fight again..... earlier in the night, chris galinsky sqaured off with curtis johnson in the heavyweight bout....both fighters from sioux city.... things started off well for galinsky....landing his punches...but johnson scored the reversal and it was lights out from therer....the fight called in the first round due to strikes...another awesome night of fights at winnavegas cashino. in case you missed it, some commitment news for you. kingsley-pierson senior kiana phelps is one of the top discus throwers in the country and she will continue her career at oregon next year... phelps was down to the ducks, texas and kentucky before committing to the top track program in the country. "it's track town usa. you are just not going to get anything better than that. it was kinda like here;s oregon, here are all the other schools...they were all great, but nothing compared to oregon the way that i saw it." congrats again to

kiana from all of us here at abc9. alex under bo pelini, the huskers never lost five games...when tom osborne was in lincoln, he never lost more than three games in a season. that brings us to mike riley...in his first year, five losses in eight games. yesterday, afteroon, nebraska lost to northwestern 30-28.....falling to 3-5 this season. the huskers also lost a fourth quarter lead for the fourth time this season....under pelini, nebraska lost just three times when leading in the final frame....not looking good in lincoln. " that's a really disappointing game for us. all those things that we talked about and thought were making some strides in some ways, like balance, run/pass ratio, all that stuff didn't look too good today." nebraska visits purdue next saturday. taking a look at the new ap top 25 poll...iowa jumps two spots on its bye week to

hawkeyes host maryland next weekend. ohio state, baylor and clemson stand at the top as we inch closer to november. " " it's time for our facebook fan

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that slight rain chance on tuesday, pretty breezy with gusts up to 40mph possible on wednesday ushering in cooler air, staying in the low 50s! cool air stays through thursday, warming up for the weekend. halloween is looking dry for now.

welcome to "world news tonight." homecoming horror. a car plows into a group of parade watchers. four people dead, including a 2-year-old. the driver behind bars. tonight, what happened to her just before the crash. [ laughs ] [ laughter ] woman: don't do that! [ cheers and applause ]

and now here he is, the host of our show, alfonso ribeiro! [ applause ] hey! [ cheers and applause ] welcome to "afv's" halloween show. halloween is a great holiday because kids can wear costumes to school and adults can wear costumes to work. now, it might not look like it, but i'm wearing a costume right now. can you guess what it is? that's right. i'm dressed like a guy who has the best job in the entire world. the bar is supposed to be parallel... not your spotter. i'm gonna be opening up a surprise gift bag with surprise eggs and -- [ scratching ] ribeiro: the dog's not allowed on the table.

that's all right. he can't get up there anyway.