especially within the agriculutural business. so hot that the program is partially being offered by morningside's regina roth agricutural and food studies program. some say, the skills that it takes s fly these drones are the same skills they are using video games. "i do like drones because i'm a gamer, so drones is basically fun and i'm also getting college credit at the same time so that was a score for me," said jonathon voller, a whiting high school senior. "i play xbox so it wasn't too hard to pick up the controls," said mccoy. it's not all fun and games...there's some seriousness to flying drones as there are restrictions of where you can fly as well as how high the drones should go - another element which is why the class is broken into two sections, one for flying and one for rules. "so the first part is really trying to get the students to understand the importance of understanding the rules, following the rules, and then what the rules are," said assistant agronomy professor rich crow. morningside is also using the program to train the students to become commercial drone operators and are using nearly 20 drones in the process. bria: drone classes meet on monday evenings at martin field in south sioux city. the program will be

open t tthe general public in the near future. in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. deborah: a sioux city woman will face charges....for allegedy selling the synethenic marijuana drug... k-2... that may have caused the death of a west high school senior. deborah:h: 18 year-old rose autumn mouw...is charged with involuntary manslaughter...an d delivery of a controlled substance. the charges stem from the death of 18 year-old high school senior...austin mccloud. mc-cloud died last april...after smoking the drug "k-2"...that he allegedly purchased from mouw. mouw has pleaded not guilty. her trial is set to begin on april 26th. abc-9 spoke to the mother of mccloud, who says she has no hate in her heart for mouw. she says that nothing will bring her son back....but

her new mission is to prevent other kids from making the same mistake that he made ... warning others of the severe dangers of synthetic marijuana. deborah: in a bizarre incident this afternoon...a south sioux city gas pump was knocked over onto an s-u-v. the incident occured at a casey's general store on dakota avenue in south sioux city. according to witnesses, a car that entered the gas station through the exit, backed into a gas pump... causing it fall over onto a nearby cadillac. "right now that vehicle in the background is the only thing that's holding that pump in place and so we're going to camp out here until they have a company come down from sioux falls to deal with the pump and once that deem that pump safe, then we'll go ahead and get out of here," said south sioux city fire chief toby english. deborah: roads were completely blocked off and it's not clear if the driver was cited for the incident. no injuries were reported. deborah now turning to the presidential

campaign trail... after a busy week of presidential candidates stopping by sioux city. four more were in siouxland this weekend.... to take part in an annual hunt wiwi a local delegate. nats: huckabee fires gun deborah: iowa congressman, steve king hosted his annual colonel bud day pheasant hunt this weekend. g-o-p presidential candidates.... ted cruz, bobby jindal, mike huckabee and rick santorum joined in on the action. king says the event aims to celebrate conservatism. "i said one of our objectives is the intergenerationana transfer of patriotism and thats one of the objectives, the other is the concept of full spectrum constitution conservatism" deborah after getting the chance to hit the hunting trails, presidential candidate mike huckabee says he had such a good time...he's thinking about staying a bit longer. first time at this lodge and what a beautiful amazing lodge it is im thinking about sending for my things and moving in. deborah:

a total of 42 participants picked up their rifles and hunted alongside steve king in honor of colonel bud day. a sioux city native and decorated world war two hero. deborah: gop presidential candidates are not happy with the way debates are run. now rivals..are coming together to discuss their demands. reporter brian stelter has the details. " " fallout from this week's republican presidential debate continues. g-o-p candidates are so unhappy with how c-n-b-c handled the event -- they're meeting this weekend to discuss what they want from t-v networks in the remaining debates. c-n-n senior media correspondent brian stelter reports. --reporter pkg-as follows-- the leading gop candidates .. outraged over their treatment at wednesday's debate.. meeting in washington sunday night to rewrite the ground rules for the next round. among those calling for change.. ben carson. (dr. ben carson/ (r) presidential candidate) "debates are supposed to be to get to know the candidates, and get to know what's behind them and what their thinking process is, what their philosophy is, and what it has turned into is gotcha." sunday's meeting is an unheard of gathering of rivals.. the candidates, united in their anger over what they called the hostile nature and tone of the questioning. nats (becky quick/

moderator) your board fired you. i just wondered why you think we should hire you now? (john harwood/ moderator) is this a comic book version of a presidential campaign? and rnc chief reince priebus agreed.. complaining bitterly just moments after the debate ended. (reince priebus/ republican national committee chairman) i think it was one gotcha question, one personal low blow after the other. but the candidates also plan to take control of the debates from priebus and the rnc.. charging that party bosses have failed to take their concerns to the networks. more evidence of the gop at a crossroads.. as politicians.. led by party outsiders.. struggle for control of the party. in an unprecedented move aimed at maintaining his control.. priebus announced today (friday) that the rnc is cutting ties with nbc for a february debate.. saying in part.. "i .. expect the media to hold a substantive debate on consequential issues of concern to the american people. cnbc did not." that was first and foremost among the candidates' complaints... (marco rubio/ (r) presidential candidate) "i think the bigger frustration you saw is that all those candidates onstage had prepared for a substantive debate." (chris christie/ (r) presidential candidate) "we have $19 trillion in debt, we have people out of work, we have isis and al-qaeda attacking us and we're talking about fantasy football?"

bernie sanders launched the first t-v ad for his presidential campaign today..... airing in iowa and new hampshire with a message of 'honest politics' for voters. over the next ten days, sanders' campaign will spend more than $2 million...on the 60-second spot, called "real change". the ad focuses on sanders' background and policy record....stretchi ng back to his time as mayor of burlington, vermont. the large buy comes months after hillary clinton's presidential campaign went on-air in key early voting states. deborah: and speaking of hillary clinton, she's making another trip to the hawkeye state this week . she'll be campaigning in coralville on tuesday at s-t morrison park. doors open at 1:30 p-m..and the event begins at three.

presidential candidate rick santorum will also be in iowa. he's hosting a town hall meeting at the scott county republican headquarters at 8 a-m tomorrow. you'll need to r- s-v-p if you want to attend that event. deborah: according to hispanic tradition, today is day of the dead...a day honoring those who have passed on before us. believers say the gates of heaven are open and the spirits of the deceased are allowed to reunite with their families for 24 hours. hundreds filled the figgee art museum in davenport, iowa, today to celebrate the holiday. the museum teamed up with a local organzation, "casa q-c", for the free event. families could enjoy a number of activities including making sugar skulls, face painting and eating authentic mexican food. one "casa q-c" member says it's a way for the community to learn more about a holiday that's very important in mexico. "actually one of our little students

thought it was scary for them to learn about dead people, and i told him, i said no actually it's very important to remember the dead people because you need to remember where you came from and you celebrate those people who are dead,"said benita perez-deloache, director of program. deborah: day of the dead started today and will end tomorrow november 2nd. deborah: when we come back...tragic details on a passenger plane that crashed over mount sinai, killing over two hundred people. elisa warm start to november, but rain chances and a cooldown are in the forecast. details next. " " deborah

black boxes on board a russian jetliner that crashed over mount sinai, killing 224 passengers. officials believe the incident isn't terrorist- related, but rather due to a technical issue. "the sight many russian families are dreading to see.. egyptian first responders transferring bodies to a morgue in cairo -- after a russian passenger plane crashed early saturday in the sinai peninsula.. 224 people reportedly aboard the airbus 321 -- traveling from the resort town of sharm el-sheikh -- to saint petersburg, russia. according to a russian news agency, egyptian air traffic control said it lost contact with the airliner about 20 minutes after takeoff. russian media is also reporting the pilot

made an attempt to communicate with egyptian aviation official prior to the devastating crash. (nic robertson / moscow) "what they're learning from russia media is that the pilot made a call back to the ground control requesting an emergency landing at the nearest airport siting technical issues." butt sot (richard quest / cnn aviation correspondent) "the plane starts its decent or falling out of the sky at a dramatic rate of decent at 5-6 thousand feet a minute." an unexpected turn of events to the russian airline operating the aircraft, which -- according to egyptian airport officials -- had a routine check before takeoff and showed no problems. condolences are coming from all over the world. secretary of state, john kerry extended his sympathy to the families of the victims. (john kerry / u.s. secretary of state) "the initial reports represent a tremendous tragedyd& and loss and we extend our sympathies to the families and all those who are concerned." " deborah russian president vladimir putin ordered an investigation into the crash and declared sunday as an official day of mourning for

allison/elisa it was so warm today! elisa elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m gorgeous pictures of our sunset sent in by cindy murphy from wall lake, ia. a few clouds on the port neal welding company and kings pointe storm lake sky cams hd. temperatures were almost 15 above normal in sioux city today after a morning closer to

the sunrise and sunset times, now that we changed the clocks... earlier sunrise and sunset. temperatures are still mild, hovering the 50s. winds are out of the south, keeping us warm at 5 to 10 mph. a few clouds tonight and temperatures are not too chilly, getting down to 42 with clearing skies. another beautiful day tomorrow! a a w clouds rolling in but dry. stormcast hd has a few clouds tonight. south wind warms us up again tomorrow, temps around 70 degrees again like today. lots of sunshine, a beautiful day and clear skies overnight. tuesday south wind gets breezy. gusting up to 30 mph which gets

us even warmer. mid 70s possible. breezy and warm wednesday before rain chances come in for thursday. report card: a+ fantastic day! beautiful! lots of sunshine and 70s by dismissal. recess will be wonderfully warm! tonight, 42 a few clouds, quiet and calm. tomorrow, just like today! another warm day with a high of 71...sunny and beautiful! 7-day forecast, breezy and 74 on tuesday, 70s stay for wednesday before we drop 15 degrees and bring in rain. much cooler air rushes in behind that, coulul struggle for 50 next weekend. allison/elisa love these warmer temperatures. thanks, elisa!

when we come back......iowa is still on track for a perfect regular season. hear from the hawkeyes after the break

com alex yesterday afternoon, iowa beat maryland 31- 15, improving to 8-0 for the first time since 2009. during the game, the abc broadcast team called the hawkeyes a conundrum...sayin g that iowa would cause serious headaches for e playoff committee if they finished the regular season undefeated. obviously, we still have a have that an interesting point. looking at iowa's resume, their schedule is as easy as it gets in the big ten, but they do have two huge road wins at wisconsin and northwestern. the tenth-ranked hawks are in the national spotlight, but the guys are trying to ignore the excitement of a perfect record. "you just have to continue to ignore it. obviously you are going to here about it here and there, all we can focus on is our next game. no matter what peoplesay about yeah, you are good. you dont

play anybody. all you can focus on you cant control that. we play indiana next, we are going to focus on them, start focusing on them tomorrow look at the film and get ready to work." iowa played well on saturday and they did so in front of iowa native and open champion zach johnson....here's what the honorary captain had to say about his experience. "the experience is one that is really hard to put into words. i have to be e honest with you. a kid that is born here, raised in cedar rapids, bringing my kids here, this is what iowa fall is all about, and when the university, specifically coach ferentz, rolls the red carpet out for you, one you say yes and two you embrace it. it's just a beautiful thing." very cool. the 8-0 hawkeyes visit indiana next saturday. down in lincoln, nebraska is 3-6 for the first time since 1961. the huhuers fell to purdue 55-45, giving the program six losses before the end of october for the first time in school history.

with three games remaining, nebraska has to win out to make a bowl game, putting the team in a tough spot. "it was really a game about giving them too many opportunities. they did a nice job, i thought their quarterback made some plays i thought early on lettimg him run for that big play was hard and then we gave them the ball turnovers in the red zone. with real good opportunities to ore. we made it easier for the" "obviously, we have a lot of problems to fix. we are focused on progress right now trying to fix our issues, our message is usually that our guys are doing well and working hard." nebraska hosts sixth-ranked michigan state next saturday night at 6pm....the game can be seen on e-s-p-n. over in ames, iowa state e apped its three-game losing streak with a 24-0 shutout of texas. jordan harris has been named the walter camp national defensive player of the week after his seven tackle performance that included an interception.

the cyclones visit fourteenth- ranked oklahoma next week. alex the minnesota vikings have lost seven straight games against the bears at soldier field. this afternoon, the purple and gold had the chance to win in the windy city for the first time since 2007. minnesota 4-2 this season....and winners of two straight. second quarter 10-3 vikings before jay cutltl strikes to alshon jeffrey in the corner of the endzone...heck of a catch...game tied at ten. to the fourth we go...game tied at thirteen....cutler strolls into the endzone.....bears take the late 20-13 lead... but here comes minnestoa...teddy bridgewater to rookie sensation stefon diggs. he loses a defender and finds the endzone...game tied once again... as as time expired...blair walsh...right down broadway with the game- winner....vikings victorious....23-20 the final. across the pond....the chiefs taking on the lions in london. first quarter....3-0 detroit....before deanthony thomas

takes it around the edge...into the endzone...chiefs take the 7-3 lead... second quarter now...same score...alex smith....uses his legs to find paydirt...kc opens up an 11-point cushion. later in this one...travis kelce dances around d and dives over the goal-line...the chiefs hammer the lions 45-10 the finl. alex/ allison: elisa tonight, 42 a few clouds, quiet and calm. tomorrow, just like today! another warm day with a high of71...sunny and beautiful! 7-day forecast, breezy and

>> the following is a prpruction of learfield sports. music >> hi everybody and welcome to the paul rhoads show. iowa state with an impressive 24-0 win over the texas longhorns. coach, i don't know where to start. you just got to bebereally thrilled

with the entire team effort. >> really thrilled, can't say enough about our kids, can't stay enough about our staff, but especially the kids. they've stayed after it, and we've played some great football teams, and we've lost to some great football teams, and we needed victory. we prepared to get it and we came out and executed at the highest level we have all season. we played a 60-minute football game, we played it in all three phasesesand i couldn't be happier for our kids. >> well, texas had really come in a roll, too. they'd beaten oklahoma and kansas state in successive games, and so they came in here feeling they were going to win the football game. >> don't discount that. this was a football team that was on a roll of their own. this is a football team that had discovered who they were and were running the ball with great efficiency, controlling the clock, playing great defense, beat oklahoma, who's... you know, right now one of the top ten teamsms

was quality and the victory was important to us. so to get this victory, to get it in the shut-out form, and for it to be the second over texas in our seven years, we're very pleased with that, we're very proud of it. >> we'll have a lot of highlights coming up in this one after the break, so stay with us on the paul rhoads show. music >> the p pl rhoads show is brought to you by iowa's corn farmers of the iowa corn grower's association and iowa corn promotion board. iowa corn, our state, our fields, our corn. by transamerica, everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. transamerica, transform tomorrow. by iowa's corn farmers supporting the iowa corn cy-hawk series. track ththtradition at iowacorncyhawkseries.com. by dupont pioneer, dupont pioneer is