midday. here's the company skycam hd representative of what we've seen to this point in the day - that being partly cloudy skies with some sunshine poking through from time to time. temperatures are beginning to heat up as we have middle 40s across a wide swath of the map. the reduced cloud cover this afternoon as we 60 degrees before overnight. your full forecast is just minutes away - your news starts now. "announcer: "now sioux city, iowa... this is abc9 news this midday.... " " jessica rae: thanks for joining us this midday. i'm jessica rae. federal

today about the couple who carried out last week's terror attack in san bernardino. abc's marci gonzalez has the lastest on the investigation. " new insight into the couple who carried out last week's terror attack in san bernandino.. the fbi director- revealing today- syed farook and tashfeen malik - were radicalized even before they started dating james comey fbi director "as early as the end of 2013 they were talking to eachother about jihad and martyrdom." - federal authorities- still looking for others who may have h elped plot the attack. as investigators say they may bring gun charges against farook's former neighbor, enrique marquez. the 24- year-old - accused of buying the two assault-style rifles used in the massacre. marquez - who posted on facebook the night of the attack "i'm very sorry guys, it was a pleasure" checked himself into a mental facility the next day- friends say - he may have known about the terror plot in advance. sot - michael g. stone he said something along the lines of, like, "there's a lot of muslims in our own backyard, just ready to go haywire and attack," and we didn't think nothin' of it.. today- both of farook's parents are now on the terror watch list.. authorities saying they added his mother, rafia yesterday..to make sure she doesn't leave the country... sot brad garrett i don't think the fbi

no fly list then they can't return home then they can't be interviewed. investigators - also looking into a deposit of more than 28-thousand dollars into farook's bank account in the weeks before the attack.. saying they believe he took out that loan with an on-line lending company to help care for the baby daughter - they were leaving behind. marci gonzalez tag abc news - that on cell phones and computers the killer couple tried to destroy- investigators recovered images of other targets the couple might have been planning to attack. mg abc news ny" jessica rae: the house overwhelmingly passed legislation on tuesday

overhaul the federal visa waiver program. it would bar those from iraq, syria, iran and sudan, or those who have visited those countries in the last five years, from traveling to the united states without a visa. action on the proposal comes in response to the isis inspired attacks in paris, france and san bernardino, california. the senate may consider the bill... but republican leaders have not said when that would occur. jessica rae: donald trump's proposal to prevent all muslims from entering the u-s has been condemned from politicians on both sides of the aisle and is resonating far and wide, including with muslim leaders here in siouxland. muslim asylum seeker fatiya adam says trumps comments are creating an atmosphere of fear and misunderstanding. she says she hopes others will reach out to the muslim community in order to have a better understanding of their religion. sioux city imam... ahmad mohammad... also expressed concern for how muslims are being perceived. "before you judge just ask what do muslims teach, what

what does islam cover just any simple question," said fatiya adam. "these people have their own ideologies, their own agendas. they don't represent us, no," said mohammad. jessica rae: trumps comment on muslims was met with swift disapproval by several presidential candidates. jessica rae: nebraska senator ben sasse speaks out after the san bernadino mass shooting... here's paul hughes with the details. " the country needs to "talk clearly about who we're facing and what those are the words ben sasse following the december 2nd mass shootings in san bernardino, that killed 14 and wounded 21. sasse told news talk wjag that the american people understand better than washington that the country is in a long- term battle with militant, jihadi islam president should define what it is and what it is not. the norfolk city planning commission is working on a list of conditions for a permit that will allow u.p. distribution systems to operate a wind distribution staging area in norfolk. the located on land leased from vulcraft. wind

via rail, and leave on trucks headed for a wind farm being constructed near o'neill. the state high school one-act play-production championships are underway at the johnny carson theatre. this is the third straight year norfolk has hosted the finals. champions will be crowned in six classes between today and friday. those and more stories can be heard on news talk wjag, lite rock 97.5 and 106 kix . " jessica rae: president obama's demand for more gun control is turning out to be a good thing for gun stocks. shares of smith and wesson and others have jumped more than five percent. in fact, both companies have seen double-digit stock hikes. all this, since last week's mass shooting in san bernardino, california. mass shootings tend to boost u-s gun sales, particularly when the president talks about addressing gun violence. jessica rae: meanwhile there has been an uptick in the number of folks that want to carry a gun, and for several different reasons.

people are looking to renew five year permits to carry that will soon expire. another reason? high profile politicians talking about gun control and gun violence is making headlines. after the attacks in paris and the recent shooting spree in san bernadino some people say they are scared. " it triggered a lot of fear in a lot of people, a lot of people that think it's time for me to be a little more prepared. " jessica rae: things aren't going to slow down after the start of the new year, in fact they could pick up even more. thousands of people got their permit to carry in 20-11 ... and they'll be looking to renew after the start of the year. jessica rae: yesterday sioux city city coucil members and staff let local lawmakers know what issues are important to them this legislative session. a big one? body cams. although sioux city police currently do not wear body cameras... the city is looking for help in dealing with the growing demand for the cameras. the cost of video storage is one issue. another is policy related. "our contact, as you well know, is very personal. it might

might not be evidentiary, but it's a very personal communication that goes on there" says chief dave young, sioux city police department. "i'm ok with it provided the individuals who are on the tape have an opportunity to release or authorize the release of that information" says pete groetken, city council. jessica rae: as for costs.... woodbury county paid 45 thousand dollars for it's cameras, and 25 thousand dollars a year for storage. with more officers, the sioux city police department expects to pay more. jessica rae: woodbury county officials now if a plan to expand feasable. door to recreational center. jessica rae: a study by raker engineering shows roof-top into cell blocks is a possiblity. there were previous concerns the building could not with-stand another floor. county officials space is needed to relieve over- crowding. aging prarie hills minimum security jail... overflow inmates offenses.

needs millions of dollars in renovations and officials want to see it closed. "for the past couple of years we've only had 4 or 5 inmates out there that qualify and it's hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep that place open every year," said major greg stallman woodbury county sheriff deparment. jessica rae: the board of supervisors agreed to move forward with plans to add cell blocks to the l- e-c's third floor. the next step is to have a design team come up with a plan to retrofit the third floor of the law enforcement center. as for the prarie hills facility... officials say they expect it to remain open for the next one to two years. jessica rae: some tech savy students were awarded a big time grant, as part of the iowa stem program this morning, students partiicipated in an international initiative called the hour of code, which is a school program set on teaching 100 million students around the world at least one hour of computer coding. within the next week more than 800 schools and organizations will take part in the hour of code -it's something the principal at loess

helps them focus strongly on their curriculum "since we're a programming specialty school, we do programming all the time. we do it every week. but when the week comes around where the whole world does it at the same time, that's even more special to us. so we want to do the hour of code because that's what loess hills is all about. loess hills elementary recently received a 4 thousand dollar award that coincides with the hour of code program jessica rae: time has announcd their pick for person of the year. german chancellor angela merkel took the honors this morning time says merkel was honored for helping to preserve and promote europe despite economic turmoil and a growing refugee crisis. she was also praised for being a "principled manager" and "resolute diplomat." merkel is the first woman to be named person of the year since 19- 86. jessica rae: google hopes your to-do lists will have a new home. you can now add reminders to google calendar. the app has

scheduled events... but where as scheduled events come and go, reminders will re-appear day after day until you complete a task and swipe it away. jessica rae: still to come... it's being called the biggest movie of the year and some folks are already lined up for the premier... more on star wars, after the break scott:

satellite and radar picture is pretty quiet with just a few clouds moving through. temperatures are currently in the 40s across most of the map and it's another fairly warm start to our day. the wind is light and variable between 5 and 10 miles per hour for most locations. the wind will turn south and southwest as our wednesday continues. here's a look at our stormcast hd where we've got mostly

way for our wednesday. temperatures are going to lift into the upper 50s today and tomorrow. the biggest change going from our wednesday to thursday will be the development of a very strong wind from the west gusting near 30 miles per hour. then as we go forward into the weekend, it'll start to get cooler and a rain/snow mix is possible on saturday into sunday. today's high is 59 degrees with sunshine and warm air. the low

mostly clear skies. tomorrow, we'll it'll be mostly sunny look at our 7 day forecast where we'll have a steady decline in temperatures with highs in the 40s and 30s going into next week. jessica rae scott: jessica rae: star wars the

star wars the force awakens opens in theaters in just nine days. and people are already lining up outside to see it at the chinese theater in l-a, hundreds of folks are standing in line... awaiting the long expected release. for some, it's more serious than others.

this is now my third 'star wars' line at the chinese. the 'episode iii' line, i met the woman who would eventually become my wife. and yeah, she's not here right now because she's at home taking care of our babies. so the next generation will be growing up and by the time episodes eight and nine are out maybe they'll come line up with us," said shiffman. "i'm about half an hour behind the three leaders," said porters of his line position. "so, so close, yet so far. it's because i went and took a shower. i was like three days, i smell. i'm going for a shower. they have stuck it out." the force awakens hits theaters december 18th across the country jessica rae: after the break... howard has the perfect appetizer to spice up your holiday parties...

are rampant this time of year... and if you want to wow your friends and family... howard has just

"whether we're invited to a holiday party and asked to bring something or we're hosting our own, we often get stressed out just thinking about what to make. well, worry no more because we've got an all-time favorite, that's really dressed up. we start by drizzling some melted butter in the bottom of a 9"x13" baking dish. on top of that, we sprinkle on some chopped walnuts, a bit of honey and a good amount of brown sugar. we'll set that aside for a sec while we unroll a package of refrigerated crescent dough, which is a lot easier than making your own dough so it's super convenient. after cutting each piece in thirds, we place a cocktail hotdog or little smokie on each piece and roll them up. we place these on top of the brown sugar walnut mixture, making sure we space them out so they have room to bake. then just pop them in the oven for about 15 minutes before serving them. that's it. what we end up with is everyone's favorite, taken to a whole new level. and when you top these with the ooey-gooey goodness from the

hand out the recipe. and as always, you can find it on the station's website or mrfood.com. just search for, "dressed up weenie wellingtons." and as you can imagine, these are always the first to go. i'm howard in the mr. food test kitchen with kelly, who's always the first one to show up as soon as these come out of the oven. after all, she too, like you. looks for every reason to say.ooh it's so good!!" " jessica rae: if you would like a copy of that 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 "dressed up weenie wellingtons" 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. some folks are using the holiday spirit to "pay it forward" we'll show you

right thing and putting others before themselves. and today we've got one of those stories a good samaritan who went out of their way to help another mom... take a look " ashley hanzlik has a story a lot of us know first hand. being a young parent to young kids and wanting to do as much as possible for them when the holidays come around. "we decided to do layaway at toys r us just cause we're young and we have bills so thats the easiest option." the gifts on layaway were for ashley's little ones: 2-year- old gage and 3- month-old hunter. on monday night, ashley got an email. expecting. "i received an email from toys r us that my layaway payment had been paid so i panicked and paid for the wrong ashley grabbed the on top of all the other stresses she has from life and the holidays that this would add to it. but far from it. instead it was she who getting a gift

expect. "the guy told me that someone had come in and wrote a check and they had randomly selected people and the check covered multiple people's layaway accounts." ashely doesn't know who to thank. this "secret santa" wants to stay that way. but hopefully that person is watching right now....so they know just how much ashley appreciates the kindness and the goodness of this act. "it was pretty amazing. i've never had anything like that happen to me so it was awesome." and today we received a message from another mom who had her toys r us layaway paid off because of this

on the show " " jessica rae: again that's coming up today on dr. oz at 4 o'clock right here on abc9. jessica rae

as we go forward into the weekend, it'll start to get cooler and a rain/snow mix is possible on saturday into sunday. today's high is 59 degrees with sunshine and warm air. the low tonight is 39 under mostly clear skies. tomorrow, we'll make it up to 58 and it'll be mostly sunny and breezy. here's a look at our 7 day forecast where we'll have a steady decline in temperatures with highs in the 40s and 30s going into next week.