>> made in georgia scott:good morning siouxland. temperatures are in the 50s and 60s as we begin our tuesday. the wind is currently fairly strong at 10 to 20 miles per hour and we expect that to increase as the afternoon ntinues. the satellite and radar picture displays overhead. as we pace dayplanner, you can see that we'll have temperatures rise from the 50s this morning all the way into the middle 70s this afternoon! your complete forecast is just minutes away - your news starts now

sioux city, iowa.. this is abc9 news this midday.... " " jessica rae: good morning and us this midday. i'm jessica rae. the sioux city police department about the vehicles and vehicular burglaries in the past year. jessica rae: according to sioux city police, vehicles were stolen in 20-14. been 207 vehiclele passing the previous year's totals with two months left yet in 20-15. vehicle thefts primarily focused the morningside and north side several of the vehicles stolen have been unlocked with keys left inside. the sioux city police department is reminding to always lock your vehicle and never leave your keys inside it. also, any valuable items should be stowed away, hidden from view or stored in a more secure location. and with the cold winter months approaching, do not leave your

un-attended as this makes things even easisi for thieves. jessica rae: voters are hitting the polls in sioux city today. voicing who they think belong in office several key elections will be held tonight here in sioux city as well as across siouxland. heren sioux city city council member rhonda capron is running for re-election against tom venesky in sioux center, a four million dollar bond measure to improve and expand highway 75 wiwi be voted on tonight asasell and severabuena vista county cities are looking to decide whether or not to extend local option sales taxes. stay tuned to abc9 news this evening to find out the results of tonight's elections. jessica rae: just months after the santee sioux tribe in flandreau leagalized the use and growth of marijuana on tribal ground, the omaha tribe of nebraska is putting the decision of legalizing medical and recreatitial marijuana in the hands of their citizens. later today... the people will be voting on three different memos including medical usage of marijuana,

drug, and growing industrial hemp p the reservation. we will have more on this story... coming up tonight at 10... jessica rae: now onto the latest in the presidential race for 2016. the latest national poll has ben carson ahead of donald trump. and republican campaigns s e still dukingngt out over upcoming debate rules, many now saying they won't sign on to a plan they agreed to just a night before. abc's lana zak has more from washington. "they can't handle a bunch of cnbc moderatoto... overnighgh president obamampoking fun at gop presidential candidides and their the republican debate demands... "if you can't handle those guys, you know then i don't think the chinese and the russians are going to be too worried about you." and after initially banding together, the republican alliance is coming apart at the seams...... donald trump sayay he prefers to negotiate for himself. "look i just want to answer the questions and be done with it" also refusing to sign on: john kasich, chris christie and carly fiorina, whose campaign has opted out of the debate controversy, choosing -quote- "dinner at the applebee's in pella, iowa instead." and now ben carson, abandoned by many of his fellow contenders, on the

campaign-led debate reforms are backfiriri.... "that's a bunch of garbage. i don't deal with that type of stuff." carson pushing forward with demands that include: -no "gotcha" lightning rounds -no show of hands questions that the teteerature remain below 67 degrees. as republicans debate the next debate... anotehr poll shows carson in the lead. (fs) six-points ahead of trump nationwide. marco rubio is in third place with 11- percent. ted cruz and jeb bush... a rounding out the top fiveve (on cam) babad on this poll, the same 10 candidates are likely to be on the main stage for the next debate, whatever form that takes? but the results are particularly concerning for gov. bobby jindal, who may not make even the undercard debate, with less than 1% support. lz abcn, w " jessica rae: newley elected speaker of the

house paul ryan spoke at his first ess conference day while athe podium, speaker ryan highlighted the importance of the house focusing on their jobs, and not the recent budget deal. ryan says he and his colleages are going to go on the offense, to change the didiction of which h y the country is going. jessica rae: governor branstad is still waiting for the feds to approve his plan to privatize the state's medicaid system. four out-of-state companies would take over the program by january y t. but a hearing on how those companies were chosen is slowing down the process. concern about too ambitious for hospitals to get on board and for medicaid customers to shop around for providers. governor's confident it will get done and the state's medicaid will be part of a care system. he says it'll create better people who are part of the program. jessica rara here's a family that depends on medicaid services for the well being of their children. jennifer anderson son's healthcare

needs thanks in part to medicaid which they use as secondary insurance. jacob is intellectually disabled and has autism. he takes medication and needs therapy. his mom worries, with the changes to medicaid they could lose a very valuable part of their liveve jacob's case worker. that means i'm losing amember of my family. she's been with me for so long, that is my biggest fear. jessica rae: milies don't know yet what the new out-of-state companies that take over iowa's medicaid, would offer. 560-thousand iowans use medicaid services. jessica rae: it may be early, but crews in norfolk nebraska are gearing up for snww. here's w-j-a-g's paul hughes with the scoop. "the norfolk city council voted 7-to-1 last night to table an appeal of a conditional l e permit. the e peal was filed by r rs and maggie stoffer, challenging a permit approved last month by the norfolk city planning commission, allowing a tower owned by telebeep

wireless to remain at 2208 elmer's lane. the tower was constructed without a permit in 04, and replaced with a taller, larger structure in 2014, again without a permit. telebeep owner tom schommer says he has done everything he could possibly do to address their complaint. the city of norfolk's road crews are ready to clear the streets once the first snow flies. and, they've doubled up on the amount of storage for an ingredient the city's operations manager, jim dooley says helps to melt the ice quicker - - gar beet juice. dooley says city workers combine one part sugar beet juice with nine parts salt brine, and apply it to the city's roads in order to clear the snow and ice faster and more efficiently. susuery patients at faith regional health services will now have more room, comfort and privacy both before and after surgery than in the past. the new ten-room ambulatory surgery unit doubles the number of beds. each has doors, blinds and windows, rather than curtains asasn the past. faith regional's surgery volume has increased by 17 percent in the last year. those and more stories can be heard on news talk wjag, lite rock 97.5 and 106

kix. " jessica rae: mike hammond...one of the co-founders of gateway computer company and a sioux city native has died. hammond passed away at his sioux city home thursday. heheas 53 years olol hammond co- founded gateway.....in 1985... in a sioux city farmhouse. the coany later moved to a spotted cow building in sioux city. those who worked him say he had a huge personality and lped shape the age of the company. "he had incredible loyalty among the gateway employees and i know all of them really mourn young, but the gateway is permament," said jimim wharton, friend d mike. jessica rae: gateway became a major success.... straight to customers in spotted-cow design. jessica rae: amazing footage striking a doppler we'll have that when we return.

jessicrae scott: scott: good morning siouxland. teeratures are in the 50s and 50s as we begin our tuesday. the wind is currently fairly

expect that to increase as the afternoon continues. the

mostly clear skies overhead. let's get a check of t t stormcast hd where we'll haveveostly sunny skies in place for our tuesday. a wind from the south will strengthen this afternoon gusting hour. that breezy wind will help in

record territory on wednesday under sunshine with dry air...expect highs in the mid to upper 70s tomorrow! toward here on thursday, you can see some precipitation slide in showers becoming today, your recast high teteerature is 75 and it'll be mostly sunny. we'll dip to a relatively warm overnight low of 55. mostly sunny of 77. here's a glance at your 7 day forecast where we're anticipating highs to dive thursdsd following

the front with 50s moving forward into the weweend. jessica rae scott: jessica rae: we've got great video of lightning striking a tower, a scary comet, a whale rescue and a bathroom behind bars! jeremy roth has today's "take a look at this." "yet another reason ring a thunderstorm. watch closely as lightning strikes this doppler radar tower in brownsville, texas. a worker was shooting video of bright bolt burst the lightning fried some sensitive something else scary from the skies.... a comet that looked like a skull flew past earth on halloween. some stargazers called it the great pumpkin... but they say the eartrtwas never in any danger. rescuers successfully freed a whvle that was trapped in hundreds line. sea world rescue boats stayed with the whale for five miles on saturday as they cut it loose. a whale-watching

l-a on friday. and a utah bar has a unique way of tting its patrons to think about drinking and driving. the bathroom into a with bunks, and when hands you see uniform. (jacob torres/ bar manager)"it definitely sends a message that people know - think twice about drinking and driving because its kind of a shock like, 'oh my gosh this could be my littlecell for how long. not worth it at all.'" for take a look at this, i'm jeremy roth. " jessica rae: after the break... a breakfast so easy it won't hold up your busy morning. that recipe after the break.

do you have a gluten free diet... but still want a tasty breakfast? howard has what you need... "where ever we look, someone is touting a new gluten-free product. if you think

about it, 10 years ago, we hardly knew what gluten was, never mind trying to avoid it. today, restaurants and manufacturers are rushing to tweak recipes s d adjust labels to make s se they don't m ms out on the multi-billion dollar gluten-free market. but rather than running to the store to get some off-the-shelf product, what if i told you that you can make freshly baked english muffins right in your microwave that are gluten-free, very low ininarbs, and are downright tasty. all we do is mix some almond flour, (which is very popular right now) with a bit of gluten-free baking powder. once combined, we add in some canned pumpkin, a splash of milk, an egg and a little cinnamon. after this is smooth, shallow microwavable soup bowl and pop it in the microwave fo2 to 3 minutesor until the center sets. th's all there is to it. when it's cools, we have single- serve, freshly baked treats that are full gluten. now, we can serve this up in place of our old standby hamburger bun (without all the guilt)...or toast it and it+s just as welcome with a rise and shine breakfast. i do hope you'll go online and get the recipe for what we call, "easy english muffin," which is low in carbs and gluten-free. i'm howard in the mr. food teseskitchen, where today we found a "heathier way" for many of you

to say . "ooh it's so good!!"" jessica rae: if you would like a recipe you can send us a self addressed stamped envelope here to a-b-c 9 news. our address is 625 douglas street. the zip...51101. be sure to write "easy english muffin" on your request. or you can visit our website...siouxlan d matters dot com. and click on the mr. food logo.... jessica rae: coming up a booming business, why drones sales are taking off.

business -- and big businesses are hoping to deploy drones. this rapid growth in the industry is quickly turning pioneers into corporate giants. c-n-n's kristie lu has more "(cartman) whoaaaaaaaaa from being ogled b b cartman on south park. to crashing on the lawn of the white house. if you see a drone, it's probably made by d-j-i. the company behihi the distinctiv "phantom" is the leader in consumer drones with an estimated 70 percent of the market. but what you might not realize is that this industry pioneer -- is based in china. (paul pan, product manager, dji) "we base our technology and our manufacturing and our r&d here in china because everything is much more accessible, it is quicker to develop products."

(kristie lu stout, reporter)"being in china has its advantages. dji can design a part in the morning ----nd drive to a nearby factory and have it manufactured that afternoon." and looser regulations than the u-s mean it's simpler for d-j-i to get their drones in the air in china. (paul pan, product manager, dji) it is easier to go out and just test and fly here, whereas if you're in the us you have to get licensing and all that to be able to do things commercially. that is one our advantages. the u-s has begun allowing a limited number of companies to test commercial applications for drones. the u-s is also d-j-i's biggest market -- but according to one analyst, being a chinese company could prove to be a problem. (colin snow, drone analyst) "it kinda blocks them out a

little bit from getting involved in any government projects because nasa for instance is prohibited from doing any work directly with dji. so in the commercial world, where we'll see more and more aircraft being developed, the disadvantage is there for dji." d-j-i has a commanding lead in the consumer drone market - making it one e a new wave of chinese companies that are global giants. and d-j-i sasa it's down to the company's history of innovation. (paul pan, product manager, dji) "we innovated with our phantoms, with our drone line, with our professional cinema line of equipment, and it comes down to us being seen not as a chinese company, but as an international player." kristie lu stout " jessica rae: scott's up next with a final check

what's coming up on the show today. "today, we have your survival strategy for the next 8 w wks to get you through the holidays without gaining weight, going broke, or stressing out. and joining me is oscar- winning actress, monique. we are teaming up to bring you a one-of-a-kind plan that you'll only see here. monique offers unique advice on everything from saving money on gifts, tough love, and her home remedy to relieve stress that's less than a dollar." jessica rae: again that's coming up today on dr. oz at 4 o'clock right here on abc9. jessica rae

scott: today, your forecast high temperature is 75 and it'll be mostly sunny. we'll dip to a relatively warm overnight low of 55. tomorrow, expect mostly sunny conditions and a high of 77. here's a glance at your 7 day forecast where we're anticipating highs to dive thursday followingng the front with 50s moving forward into the weekend.