their lives were shattered by a d- u-i accident..now this siouxland family is speaking out. "a shake up in the polls...has a new face topping the gop race in iowa. iowa governor terry branstand....does something no other governor has ever done in the history of the united states. "" deborah: good evening and thanks for joining us... i'm deborah souverain. a sioux city family devastated by a d-u-i accident that one is speaking out...after getting justice deborah on wednesday ... russell roberts jr. was found guilty of vehicular connection to a accident in 2014. he was charged with one count of motor vehicle

counts of driving under the influence..resulti ng in serious bodily injury. abc 9's lukas voss met with victim's family today ... lukas? in: thank you deborah ... it was the early morning hours of january 19th, 2014 ... tami allison got a call ... the call that nobody wants to get ... there has been an accident ... your two daughters are involved ... from there it's blank.for some ... charges and the nearing of a sentencing brings closure ... for tami ... it's the opposit ... sot: "it was very emotionally draining on all of us and it was hard ... it was reliving the accident really ..." vo: the accident that changed tami's life forever. her daughter tiffany schmitt was killed ... at the hands of a drunk driver ... the unthinkable happened and it struck without warning. "it's always somebody else ... you never think it's going to happen to someone in your family, especially your children." and to tami ... preventing what happened to her is as

"call a friend or a family ... it's not worth the risk ... it's not worth the risk." tiffany ... or just affectionaly called tiff loved kids ... she wanted to become a teacher ... her community was all ... but everything was her family ... "she was a huge huge part of our life to loose your daughter at 28 years old ... your whole life changes. how do you want her to be remembered? like the fun person she was ...." her sister cassandra was in the car with her that day ... she narrowly survived ... unable to care for her little daughter for months her family picked her up ... but that big piece was missing. "that's the hardest part because she was part of our lifes every single day ... it's very obvious she is not there anymore." she herself now realizes what they should have done ... and how people can avoid the terrible situation she and her sister were involved in . "know the people that you are with ... and don't get into a car with somebody that you don't trust. we made a bad choice

we didn't trust and it cost tiffany her life." the cross in front of tami's house is a constant reminder of what she lost that day ... but it is also a beacon of hope ... remembering tiffany. t: tiffany would have turned 30 on may 22nd ... while she may be gone ...she really isn't ... she lives on with the memories of her mother ... her sister and the rest of her family ... reporting in studio ... lukas voss ... abc9 news. deborah iowa governor terry branstad...is set to make history. monday.... december 14th will mark branstad's 7- thousand 6-

day in office. to celebrate the achievement...an open house will be held at the iowa capitol...at the governor's formal office in des moines. later in the evening....a dinner will be held at the iowa sate fair grounds in des moines. doors open at 6 p-m...and the program follows at 7. tickets are 50 dollars a person. deborah state senator rick bertrand got some major support at a fundraiser in sioux city today. u.s. senator joni ernst was on hand for the event...as bertrand's featured guest. the event took place mccathy and bailey's irish pub on pearl street this afternoon. ernst highlighted bertrand's commitment to work on the state level...as well as his support for ernst in washington. she also took the speak on terrorism. " we have a strategy in and that's what we don't have at the through our now." both bertrand

in the iowa senate together from 2010 to 2014. deborah on the campaign trail... democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders is wrapping up a two day swing through iowa. today...sanders held a series of events in waterloo. he began his day....at a town hall meeting... he later held a meet and geeet at mount carmel baptist church...where he spoke to the congregation about income inequality. deborah a shake-up in the polls...shows a new republican presidential candidate emerging as a top contender...to take on donald trump. " " a fox news poll released sunday shows texas senator, ted cruz leading the gop presidential field in iowa -- the first state to vote in the presidential nominating process --- with 28 percent and trump in second place with 26 percent. on saturday, the des moines register and bloomberg politics released their own poll showing cruz ahead of trump 31 to 21 percent. the sudden surge comes just a week after the new york times released audio of cruz speaking at a

trump and ben carson's judgment to lead america. in a taped one-on-one interview with cnn's jake tapper today, trump responded to those comment. (donald trump/ (r) presidential candidate) "i was against going into iraq. that's good judgment. i was for bombing the oil long before anybody else thought about it. that's good judgment. i have good judgment, i have great judgment. i would say i have far better judgment than ted." the once cordial relationship between the two candidates now appears to be entering a new phase. (donald trump/ (r) presidential candidate) "i like him. he's been so nice to me. i can say anything and he'd say, 'i agree, i agree.' but i think the time will come to an end pretty soon it sounds like." the two will face off tuesday in las vegas for the last presidential debate of 2015. deborah and here's your sneak peak of tuesday's debate stage... there are nine podiums for the prime-time debate -- donald trump is front and center, flanked by his newest...closest

ben carson. also on the main stage....marco rubio and jeb bush....john kasich....chris christie....carly fiorina and rand paul. for the first round of debates...we'll see mike huckabee...rick santorum...lindsay graham...and george pataki face off. that starts at six p-m...tuesday on c-n-n. deborah: a sioux city man is helping people across the world, by using social media steve harrington describes himself as an average joe who wants to help the world become a better place. to do that, he created a facebook page to connect those in need to people who can help. harrington says the page has helped connect countless people to resources...from all parts of the world. "we don't see many of them that occur in the united states just because the media doesn't pick it up, but i pick it up so i seall these things going on around the world and people needing help and so what i do is i just tell all my friends around the world, 'hey, this country is suffering right now in this particular community...this area and and they need

he has been in contact with royalty from around the world, including the queen of the netherlands, the princess of sweden and prince williams. deborah there were nearly one thousand incidents involving drones...and other manned aircrafts over a perido of less than two years. that's according to a report by bard college's center for the study of the drone. of those incidents....327 were considered "close encounters,"....me aning drones coming within five hundred feet of an aircraft. the cases were recorded between december 2013 and september of this year. aside from the close encounters, there were 594 sightings in which drones were spotted near or within manned aircraft flight paths....but did not pose a danger of collision. the report used

administration and department of interior. deborah people puckered up in georgia to attempt a world record: the most couples kissing under the mistletoe at once. two hundred and one couples - participated in the event at six flags over georgia saturday night. they joined hands and kissed for at least ten seconds under springs of mistletoe. it was all part of the "holiday in the park" celebration. pictures from the event showed an official guinness world records plaque commemorating the occasion. deborah: diners at the sioux city minerva's got a special visit from santa claus today. besides santa's visit, attendees could also purchase ornaments for one dollar. ronald mcdonald house charities will receive the money generated from sales of the ornaments as well as 20% of today's brunch sales. money raised will be used to help purchase toiletry items for families during their stay at the ronald mcdonald house.

holiday time to let the kids come in and and see santa, minerva's is so generous to let us do this and they give us 20 percent of the proceeds from today's brunch to go back to the house, which is fantastic. it's a great amount of money that we can't say thank you enough for," said batien. minervas and the ronald mcdonald house charities of siouxland have hosted the santa brunch for several years now. deborah when it's cold outside...nothing quite beats a cup of hot cocoa... and today is a perfect day to indulge because...today is national cocoa day! according to the national day calendar....it is believed the first chocolate beverage was created by the mayas. cocoa is made from the dried, fermented seeds of the cacao tree. pour yourself a cup today and enjoy! deborah: when we come back... one man in las vegas came up with a unique way to stop package thieves...we'll have more coming up. elisa rain continues tonight but could turn into a monday mix, and then no

weather behind this system... your forecast is next! " " deborah: a las vegas

packages disappearing from his door-step. so he left a special -- but very smelly package for the thieves ... then videotaped the whole thing. michael burton has the story: " " (eric

" one day i kind of just thought about cleaning up the poop and putting it in a box and that's what i did. i put it in there, and taped it up and wrote the address on it and it sat out there for four days and they finally came and got it." it all went down thursday at about 1:30pm. the surveillance camera above the front door captures the man taking the box - while the camera above the garage reveals his accomplice. fed-up with all the recent reports of local package theft - eric burdo felt dog poop was the perfect way to tell thieves - stay away. not only was eric trying to teach them a lesson, he also wanted to make sure new surveillance cameras were in good spots. eric's home is near charleston and nellis boulevard. he says he bought the cameras because someone broke into his car a few months after he moved in. eric put the package on his porch - sunday - but it wasn't taken until thursday. that's when he sat through the surveillance video - shocked at how young the perpetrators looked. he expected them to be much older. he says he purposely left police out of the situation. (eric bardo/homeowner) "i didn't want to call them and say somebody stole a box a poop off of my front porch. so..." (michael burton/las vegas) "after we posted the story on social media - many of our viewers said they had the same idea and never went through it. maybe now - they will. reporting from the newsroom - michael burton - channel 13 action news." deborah/elisa more rain...

eraffa@kcautv.co m sioux gateway airport has only gotten about 2 tenths of an inch, but look at this records from des moines! ssteady rain has stayed in central and northern iowa all day. it's starting to push into sioux city now. the bigger picture... look at how much rain this system is holding, and the air temperatures have stayed above freezing so snow hasn'tbeen a big threat. tonight, rain will continue, ice could mix in by tomorrow morning, ending precip by noon. temperatures

upper 30s.stormcast hd has that rain still pushing north and east into nw iowa. by the morning, some mixing with ice and snow west in nebraska and making it's way to sioux city. more rain than snow in the morning, although i think we could see a mix of both. it also might linger a bit longer than stormcast is indicating into the mid morning, but nonetheless dry in the afternoon with just cloudy skies and blustery winds.clouds are here to stay monday night and tuesday as we get ready for our next system already.this one has colder air with it than the one we're dealing with now, we could start as a mix late on tuesday, but change to snow faster by wednesday. the bulk of this system looks to be tracking more siouxland area. kids with a mix possible at the bus stop! damp port neal welding company sky cam hd. our high and apart! temperatures in the upper 30 with breezy winds..15 to 25 mph out of the north gusting to 30.tonight, rain with steady temps, gusts to 30mph. low 37. tomorrow, more rain than snow... but i think we could see a mix early. then clouds linger with blustery winds gusting to 40.. high 39. 7-day.. windy tomorrow with this system ending. tuesday another system starts as a mix and turns to snow by wednesday. temperatures much colder after that!

storm after storm after storm! thanks elisa! deborah: when we come back...iowa state hosted arkansas pine-bluff looking

when we come

pine-bluff looking to stay perfect. alex has the highlights from ames next in

dear future, sailed through that diaper stage, learned to walk,

but now it's time to go out into the world. and from what i hear, it's not all toys and games out there. will you look out for me, future?

cy-hawk series. still perfect at 8- 0, the cyclones went for win number nine against arkansas pine-bluff. could this game be a trap game emotional comeback earlier in the week.... matt thomas doesn't think so....bangs home the first points he would stay hot from distance....17 points and five sharp shooter....... half....hallice cook spots up and ball.....iowa state with 12 buckets from behind the arc tonight.... monte morris hit the game-winner against iowa.....he continues his strong play.....cyclones take the eight point lead...

george niang stretches that cushion to 12......the cyclones led the lions 39-30 at reces.... to the second half we go....jameel mcckay the pump fake and the flush....he had a game-high 18 points....the cyclones are 9- 0....78-64 the final. same matchup on the ladies side earlier today......isu also coming off a comeback win over iowa... first quarter......bridge t carleton spots up and hits from deep...she finished with a game high 22 points..... two minutes later.....its carleton again from distance....she buried 6 triples this afternoon.... third quarter now....cyclones rolling along....meredith burkhall gets one to fallll...iowa state up 17..... lead up to 19 now....make that 21....claire ricketts in the paint...isu dealing dimes all over the court..... seanna johnson would get in on the action as well....uses the glass to perfeection....she finished with 11 points...... this one never in doubt....bryanna fernstrom a long two.....count it! iowa state routs arkansas pine- bluf...70-41 the

6-4 nebraska back home at the vault for a sunday matinee against 1st half shavon shields to tai webster... and 1 huskers lead 18-17 after the ft == red hot kuran iverson back to back part of a 12-0 run their biggest lead of 11 still 1st to nick fuller... dunk finish... jacobson: 2 assists.. tied points.... final seconds of the 1st half jarvis garrett hits a magic three at the buzzer rhode island up 37-32 at the break == 2nd half shavon shields game high 19 points gets the takeaway... and the monster jam huskers only down by 2! glynn watson had a career high 17 off the bench huskers rally from behind and beat rhode island 70-67 alex the sioux city stampede have compiled a 16-7 record in their first two seasons as a program. the one thing missing? a league championship. the stampede held open tryouts this afternoon with hopes of adding some talent to their experienced roster. sioux city returns 10 all-league players from last year's team that fell in the mfa semifinals. head coach jason garnand has his

championship and he is excited to kick off his 2016 campaign. "this year is going to be another exciting year. this is our third season in the league and the good thing is we have everybody coming back. our first two seasons, we were 16-7...and weve been close and really in this league you have to gel as a team and when you bring everyone back from the previous year...it gives you one step forward for making that happen." the stampede will play their home games in south sioux city this season. the 2016 schedule will be finalized in the next few weeks. to the pros....the chiefs have won six straight......hostin g the chargers at arrowhead... second quarter....scorles s game....alex smith rears back and fires a strike to albert wilson.....he takes it 44 yards to the house....kc goes up 7-0..... this one was close in the fourth....charger s down seven.....philip rivers to vincent brown on fourth down.... giving san diego one last chance to tie it up......rivers to danny woodhead......it

incomplete......kan sas city holds on 10-3....they have now won seven straight games!!! three days removed from winning the jim thorpe award, desmond ki has been named a first-team a-p american. the junior has eight interceptions this season, good for second in the nation. also of note, iowa senior center austin blythe has been named a third-team all american.

>> the following is a production of learfield sports. music >> hi, everybody, and welcome to the steve prohm show, our first steve prohm show and iowa state coming off just a terrific victory over the iowa hawkeyes, 83-82. coach, you're off to an 8-0 start. this team was really tested in the game against iowa and found a way to respond, down 20 in the second half. >> they did, really proud of the guys resolve.