amount cooler than anywhere from 5 to the planner where high of 54. your full up - your news starts now. "announcer: "now live from kcau-tv in sioux city, iowa... this is abc9 news this midday.... " " jessica rae: good morning and us this midday. souverain. the day off. investigators are saying they may suspects in the san bernardino terror attack were...just before in a shootout with police. an f-b-i dive team, area hoping to uncover new clues in the case. abc's marci

" the fbi - searching thisake - near the scene of last week's terror attack in san bernardino- looking for possible evidence - the killers may have dumped here just after the massacre. sot david bowdich, fbi assistant director "we will leave no stone unturned." this latest effort to uncover more about syed farook and tashfeen malik-as the fbi continues questioning enrique marquez. farook's former neighbor accused of supplying the military-style rifles used in last week's shooting rampage- reportedly told investigators he and farook planned another attack in 2012, then abandoned the plot. sot senator risch: "there had been some arrests immediately adjacent to that right in their area following the first of the funerals for the 14 people killed last week... nat or this sot sot chuck franklin, family friend: "it's just tragic and it's unspeakable today- the fbi is still trying to figure out whether the san bernardino attack was directed by isis. now- authorities are revealing another concern linked to the terror group - saying isis militants overseas now have at least two government passport printing machines... sot john cohen: "if isis has been able to acquire legitimate passports or machines that create legitimate passports, this would represent a major security risk in the united states." marci gonzalez standup close: "several of the fraudulent passports have already been found in europe- most notably - this

who carried out the terror attacks in marci gonzalez, abc news new york. " deborah: the university of its information hub...after complained about its information hub...after students complained about its acronym. iowa student information systems - or isis - is a collection of tools where students can sign up for classes or review financial aid. however, the online resource's acronym has drawn complaints from students...ever since the terrorist group isis became prominment last

officials say they are using the opportunity to create a new information system, with a new name. "on social media there were some students that were expressing concern about googling the name isis trying to find the university of iowa isis, and they didn't like the fact that they were typing that name in. " deborah: the university of iowa hopes to launch the system sometime next semester. deborah: a new poll shows 44-per-cent of ericans think attack is very likely to happen in the next few months -- that concern....seen as a big reason behind donald trump's surge to the top of the polls abc's jon karl is at the white house with more. " nats protests/show anti-trump signs in new hampshire overnight, donald trump brushed off protesters as he endorsement of a union. sot trump: "we've had a pretty i i iesting we've had people you that." all the controversy and news on

past month seems to have given trump a boost. back in late october there were signs he had started to fade [10/27 nyt/cbs: carson 26, trump 22, rubio 8, bush 7, fiorina 7, cruz 4]. since then, he's jumped 13 points in that same poll [thursday: trump 35, cruz 16, carson 13, rubio 9] but trump's number one rival in iowa, senator ted cruz, is touting an endorsement from a key evangelical leader. sot bob vander plaats president, the family leader "i happen to believe that the extraordinary leader that we need for these extraordinary times is u.s. senator ted cruz." cruz has steadily gained support from social conservatives in iowa - one poll this week showed him leading trump there for the first time. gfx 2016 iowa poll cruz 24% trump 19% monmouth university poll monday now he's taking on obtained by the new york times from a closed door fundraiser, cruz and ben carson have president. "who am i comfortable having question of strength, but it's judgment. and i think that is a question that is a challenging question for both of them." cruz explained why he's avoided any public criticism of carson or trump, saying he hopes to gain their supporters - and escape trump's attacks. gfx nyt audio 2:45"so my approach, much to the frustration of the

bear hug both ofthem, and smother them with love." asked about his private remarks, cruz once again dodged any direct attack on trump. sot cruz: 11:10 "the voters are going to make a decision about every candidate. and ultimately the decision is, who has the right judgment - front runner ben carson is in iowa today. carson was in burlinton iowa earlier this morning talking to voters over breakfast at the burlington golf club. carson plans on being in moravia at honey creek resort, for a meet and greet later on today. dow chemical and dupont are merging to create the world's largest chemical company. dow-dupont will be the name of the new 130-billion- dollar company. the plan is to split it up into three new publicly traded companies...an agriculture company....a material sciences company....and a specialty products company. dow and dupont say the merger will save them at

over the next two years. deborah: the holiday shopping season is already delivering good news to retailers and restaurants. the commerce department says retail sales rose two-tenths of a percentage point in november. that's up from a tenth of a percentage point in october. clothing and sporting goods stores saw healthy gains. restaurant sales rose as well, but just seven-tenths of a percentage point. a church in pilger, nebraska was destroyed by high force winds, here's susan risinger with the details. " high winds wednesday night destroyed a church being rebuilt in pilger. st. john's lutheran was destroyed by the ef4 tornado that hit pilger in june of 2014. wednesday's night's winds brought down the building's north and south walls, its rafters and interior walls. northeast community college students and faculty have had opportunities for international travel this fall. six building trades students and their instructor visited north lindsey college in scunthorpe,

faculty members spent two weeks as guest instructors at the aarhus business college in denmark. and classes a and b take the stage in the johnny carson theatre in norfolk today for the final day of the nebraska state one act play production championships. norfolk catholic's team will perform at 1:15. these and more stories can be heard on newstalk wjag, literock 97.5 and 106kix. " deborah: president obama has signed legislation overhauling the behind" education initiative. "no child left approved in 2002 during george w. bush's presidency. critics on both have long argued that the initiative gave too much power to washington over controlling state education . teachers and parents also argued "no child left behind" focused too much on testing. the president says the overhaul is long overdue. deborah: signed the new legislation in

teachers, students and lawmakers. we talked to dr. paul gausman, superintendent of sioux city schools about the change. gausman says he feels there was more good than bad in "no child left behind"... but there is a lot of anticipation and excitement leading up to the new changes... mostly in regards to standardized testing " but the challenges with no child left behind have to do with assessments, every state takes a different approach to assessments, students perform at different levels many states like iowa continue to change the form of the assessment, the reporting of the assessment,so its very difficult to discover, but the federal government still has to under the previous law hand out these negaitive designations to different schools and different districts based on their performance. " deborah: many opposed 'no child left behind' ... saying it involved too much testing and not enough teaching. it also had federal oversight... now each state decide's what's best for it's

briar cliff university president bev wharton is getting help from students to end her career with a bang. as she prepares years at b-c-u... she's getting some help from students to make the most of the time she has left. briar cliff challenged several occassions through twitter with the hashtag "bev's b-c-u bucket list" and so far she's answering the call. the president was able to cross-off and complete another task the b-c-u students say they wanted to see her do . " " "it has been the creative genius of michael and his team and as you can see now our students and alumni...they are getting into the action by providing these challenges for me," said wharten. deborah: she has done some pretty fun things as part of the challenge....one of the favorites from both bev and the students....was when she did the whip and nae-nae. still to come... find out what makes this puppy the first of it's

scott: the first of it's kind.

scott: welcome back. let's have a glance outdoors on the port neal welding company skycam hd. we have some decent temperatures as we

region. this is than yesterday. the wind is pretty light from the east and southeast. high up into the 50s and region yesterday. stormcast hd where we've got some more mild weather on the way for our friday. temperatures this afternoon will jump into the mid 50s in sioux city. then as we get into tomorrow, we'll have cloudy skies and a chance of evening showers. as cooler temperatures sweep in, we'll expect a mix of sleet and snow on sunday. rain amounts could be pretty significant in the 1 inch to 1.5 inch range! today, we'll stay dry with partly and a high temperature getting up to 54 in sioux city. tonight's low is 31 as clouds thicken. tomorrow we'll make it up to 44 and it'll be cooler with

late. let's get a check of the 7 day forecast. jessica rae scott: deborah: you're looking at some very special puppies. these little cuties represent outdoors on the port neal welding company skycam hd. we have some decent temperatures as we

of the day with 40s across most of the region. this is significantly cooler than yesterday. the wind is pretty light from the east and southeast. high temperatures shot up into the 50s and 60s throughout the region yesterday. here's a look at our stormcast hd where we've got some more mild weather on the way for our friday. temperatures this afternoon will jump into the mid 50s in sioux city. then as we get into tomorrow, we'll have cloudy skies and a chance of evening showers. as cooler temperatures sweep in, we'll expect a mix of sleet and snow on sunday. rain amounts could be pretty significant in the 1 inch to 1.5 inch range! today, we'll stay dry with partly cloudy conditions and a high temperature getting up to 54 in sioux city. tonight's low is 31 as clouds thicken. tomorrow we'll make it up to 44 and it'll be cooler with some rain entering late. let's get a check of the 7 day forecast. jessica rae

you're looking at some very special puppies. these little cuties represent a major scientific breakthrough -- they're the first puppies born through in-vitro fertilization. this litter was produced by scientists from cornell university and the smithsonian institution. it's a common procedure in humans, for helping couples have a baby when they cannot conceive naturally. but dogs' complex reproductive systems....have

until now. it's hoped this research could be used to help preserve endangered wild dogs, such as the african painted biologists could of treating and disease in our beloved pets. jessica rae:

deborah: are you looking for a restaurant quality meal for dinner tonight? well howard has a recipe that will have your family running to the table. check it out. when i first started working for a caterer when i was in high school, my job was to roast chickens on these huge trays (i mean there were hundreds), then i would slather them with a fruity glaze. that was the first time i ever had fruit with chicken, or really with any meat. and you know what, it was amazing. so let me share a recipe

by seasoning some quartered chickens with a bit of salt and pepper. then into a roasting pan they go and we rub them with a mixture of brown sugar and mustard. now we cover it and pop it into the oven. while that's roasting, we combine some cranberry sauce with a bit more brown sugar, a bit of cornstarch and some canned apricots (that we've chopped) along with some of the syrup. now we spoon the fruity sauce over the par-baked chicken and back into the oven it goes. just making this and i'm getting a flashback to my catering days. once it's done, spoon the pan drippings over it and fancy it up with more of the chopped apricots. between the roasted chicken, which is super juicy and the cranberry- apricot glaze, this is one lip smacking dish that' can be kitchen casual or dining room fancy. i do hope you'll go online and get the recipe for what we call, "dining room savor all the perfect for christmas, or any time of year. i'm howard in the mr. food test kitchen, where today we found a "festive way" for you to say . "ooh it's so good!!" "

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conditions and a high temperature getting up to 54 in sioux city. tonight's low is 31 as clouds thicken. tomorrow we'll make it up to 44 and it'll be cooler with some rain entering late. let's get a check of the 7 day forecast. today, we'll stay dry with partly cloudy conditions and a high temperature getting up to 54 in sioux city. tonight's low is 31 as clouds thicken. tomorrow we'll make it up to 44 and it'll be cooler with some rain entering late. let's get a check of the 7 day forecast.

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