fremantle media] rain and a fewleet pellets and snow flakes. that system is progressing away from us. left behind in its wake is a strong wind. wind chills are in the 20s and 30s so bundle up! here's the forecast then for the rest of the day where it'll be cloudy, breezy, and cool. your full forecast is coming up - your news starts now.

live from kcau-tv in sioux city, iowa... this is abc9 news this midday.... " " jessica rae: good morning and thanks for joining us this midday. i'm jessica rae. president obama made a statement earlier this morning, on what authorities are doing to battle the terror organization isis.. the president is spending time at the pentagon in the wake of the deadly san bernardino terror attacks. abc's elizabeth hur with more. " the fbi says tashfeen malik.. the mother turned murderer in the san bernardino attacks.. had extensive social media postings supporting violent jihad.. but she still year.. on a fiance john cohen "during that time period, immigration officials were not allowed to use or part of the john cohen is a

abc news consultant.. he says just last year.. immigration officials asked homeland security secretary policies.. allowing applicants' social but were opposed by the department's office of civil rights sot - john cohen, abc "the primary would be viewed disclosed publicly concerns that it so malik.. got her weeks.. with no terrorism.. schumer, (d), ny "had they checked out tashfeen malik a little more, maybe she wouldn't have gotten a visa. maybe bernardino would be a wider madatory vetting process.. president obama met with his national security council security officials in confirm.. they are dealing with possible isis attacks to disrupt the christmas holidays. the department of homeland security tells abc news.. it programs to search visa applicants, but not a widespread policy. eh, abc news, ny. " jessica rae:

through the hawkeye state. last night democratic candidate held a town hall meeting at cornell llege iowa voters and the issues in our country, sanders called become president campaign that is taking on all elements of the establishment" we are taking on the economic establishment the greed of the billionaire class which is destroying our economy we are taking the political establishment of citizen's united. spending more time money from addressing reall issues affecting

yesterday sanders also made a stop in waterloo. jessica rae: democrat hillary clinton will also be campaigning in iowa this week. clinton has two town hall meetings planned for this wednesday, the first will be held in iowa city just before 3 p-m the second will be held in mason city iowa at the north iowa events center. doors will open at 4-15 on wednesday ted cruz has jumped ahead of donald trump in the latest poll coming out of the state. register and politics released it finds the texas senator has a ten-point-lead over trump. cruz commanded 31-percent of likely republican caucus-goers in iowa. 21-percent. jessica rae: iowa governor terry granstad set a record today. he is officially the longest serving history. today is thousand 6 hundred 42nd the governor will hold a press

outside the state capitol in des moines at 2 this afternoon to address the public. be sure to tune in to abc9 news at 5 for more on this historic event. jessica rae: changes are coming to voter registration in the state of nebraska here's paul hughes with the details. "the director of economic development for the city of norfolk is a finalist to head up the nebraska department of economic development. courtney dentlinger is one of three finalists named by gov. pete ricketts to replace brenda hicks-sorensen, who was fired in october after about eight months on the job. other finalists are pearland, texas, and nathan mick of lexington, ky. interviewed the anticipates making more and more, county election officials are using computers and the internet to serve voters in their counties. for the first time this year, voters in nebraska will be able to update their registration online. madison county clerk nancy scheer says there is a link election page to the secretary of state's online registration last week's unseasonably mild weather helped to

johnny carson theatre for nebraska school activities association's state high school one-act play production championships. volunteers sold 3,356 tickets for the three-day event, breaking last year's mark by more than 150. norfolk will continue to host the state one-acts each december through 2019. those and more stories can be heard on news talk wjag, lite rock 97.5 and 106 kix. " jessica rae: the treasury department is delaying its on which woman will go on the ten treasury lew says the department feedback from than they expected. planned to pick a bill year...he now says a decision will be made sometime next year. contenders were...harriet tubman....first roosevelt.. civil rights parks.. girl scouts founder juliette gordon low... and humanitarian helen keller.

around the corner... and maybe you plan on taking a long flight, or a long drive to visit your family... if so, there's one thing you need to keep in mind. you must continue to get up and move... doctor steven joyce explains in this week's get going segment... how to avoid getting a blood clot. "rae: tis the season for crowded airports and long traffic delays... if you are part of this group of holiday travelers... i've got one healthy tip for you to remember. keep. movingwhen we sit for long periods of time,e are asking for a blood clot. dr. steven joyce: "we don't have a lot of blood return from the legs up into the heart and lungs and so it forms what we call stasus in other words static you are not moving very much and therfore if blood isnt moving too much it has a blood clots." rae: now, doctor joyce says, blood clots can happen to but there is a people who have a getting one... joyce: "especially if you get older or you are pregnant or have one of these genetic predispositions to forming blood clots that really if you

ride you should get up and move at least probably every hour and a half." rae: but joyce added there is a way to help prevent this from happening to you... joyce: "bloot clots almost always when they're formed, formed in the legs, so moving your legs, exercising your legs when you're in the car on the plane those sorts of things those are the best ways to prevent blood clots when traveling." rae: so, be sure to visit rest stops often, and take a few laps around the car, and if you're on a long flight, be sure to get up and walk up and down the aisles at least a couple of times." the food and drug approved an injectable sponge the manufacturer claims can stop bleeding in seconds. the "x-stat-30" wound dressing for use by the general population. it had previously been used only on the battlefield. the sponge expands and can be used to control life- threatening wounds in areas tourniquet

(john steinbaugh/vp, revmedx) "after multiple rotations in iraq and afghanistan, it was always the same complaint from the guys, we need better products that control hemorrhaging. you could rapidly apply this product to many people and save a lot of time." the sponges can be used for up to four hours, allowing time for an injured person to receive medical care. . jessica rae: a local non-profit is showing some appreciation to our troops this holiday season support siouxland soldiers is holding their 8th annual holiday for our heroes event tomorrow from 5:30 to 7:30 at the red cross located on on war eagle drive. the event is free to attend for veterans and will feature a holiday dinner, plus santa and his elves will hand out toys to military children. jessica rae: still to come... find out how much dough one star wars fan shelled out in order to get this piece of the movie's history. find out when we return scott:

leet/snow mix region through the past 12 hours but it look at our hd radar where we've had a rain/sleet/snow mix pushing through the region through the past 12 hours but it system dropped a half of precipitation. let's get a look outside on the port neal welding company city. currently,

the map.winds are from the north and northwest and they're pretty strong between 20 and 30 miles per hour. a wind advisory continues counties where gusts stretch between 35 and 45 here's our satellite and radar imagery dense system is spinning through stormcast hd, you can see that this will move away by the middle of the day. however, another system will tomorrow. we rain and snow combo afternoon. then transition over to tuesday night into

quarter inch of rain and less than a half inch of snow. today's forecast calls for a morning mix then we'll have cloudy skies and a high of 40. the low tonight is 28. tomorrow's high is 39 with an afternoon mix. here's the 7 day forecast. rain/sleet/snow mix pushing through the region through the past 12 hours but it has now exit. the system dropped close to an inch and a half of precipitation. let's get a look outside on the port neal welding company skycam hd in sioux city. currently, temperatures are in the 30s for most of the map.winds are from the north and northwest and they're pretty

hour. a wind advisory continues for eastern counties where gusts stretch between 35 and 45 miles per hour. here's our satellite and radar imagery where a moisture dense system is spinning through the region. on the stormcast hd, you can see that this will move away by the middle of the day. however, another syem will approach us tomorrow. we expect to see a light rain and snow combo tomorrow afternoon. the we'll see a transition over to pure snow by tuesday night into early wednesday. expect a tenth to a quarter inch of rain and less than a half inch of snow. today's forecast calls for a morning mix then we'll have cloudy skies and a high of 40. the low tonight is 28. tomorrow's high is 39 with an afternoon mix. here's the 7 day forecast.

scott: jessica rae: a "star wars" toy years ago has sold at an auction out of this world! on friday, a bidder paid 25-thousand dollars for this action figure. it's considered incredibly rare. luke's light-saber broke easily, so the toys were pulled from

the original packaging... making it priceless to collectors. jessica rae: still to come. a delicious recipe for peppermint crunch balls that will light up your holiday for sure.

staple for the holiday season... but if you think candy canes are just for eating... think again. howard found a new way to use them! " if i asked you, what is the one candy that reminds you of christmas? chances are pretty good that you'll say candy crook-shaped, red and white peppermint sticks everywhere. i guess the thing that makes them so popular, festive, is that for those of us looking to add a whimsical and

christmas trees, candy canes make the perfect ornaments. looking to make fancy- schmancy place card holders for your holiday table, together, like this, will be quite impressed. and when you serve hot cocoa with a chocolate- dipped marshmallow, decorated with colored sugar on the end of a candy cane, you'll turn ordinary hot chocolate into but my all-time favote way to enjoy these are to roll a "from- scratch-cookie- dough" in crushed candy canes before baking them off. what we end up with is a cookie that just shouts holiday special. between the buttery, minty flavor on the inside and the crunchy peppermint candy coating on the one tasty cookie. to crunch balls," along candy cane creations, just go online. i'm howard in kitchen, where today way" for you to sa"ooh it's so good!!"

jessica rae: coming up a crack down on one of the hot ticket items on people's christmas wish list. hoverboards. details after the

new rules for registering drones. registration will become a requirement... officials hope this will encourage owners to operate the devices in a responsible manner. it would also make it easier for authorities to track down those involved in drone crashes or incidents. critics say the new rules won't stop people from using drones for harmful reasons, as they simply won't register the devices. jessica rae: a new crack-down on the holiday's hottest gift. abc's gio benitez has the latest on hover-boards "hoverboards are burning up store shelves? and in some

gfx: a government agency now investigating ten fires across nine states kelli steiner/witness gmem120915008 for no apparent reason it just exploded. now, questions about whether the lithium ion batteries powering them are causing them to overheat.... and if some manufacturers are using lower quality batteries from overseas to help cut costs of hover boards sold here in the us. chief butch browning / president, national association of fire marshals gfx: in a new report overnight, u.s. customs and border protection says investigators have seized "164 hoverboards with other counterfeit and this morning, another agency- the consumer product now saying it is hover board brands to see exactly what's causing the fires.. nats fire now the online retail giant says until manufacturers can prove their batteries and chargers meet safety standards, they're pulling some brands, joining overstock.com, who just pulled all

gfx: one of the affected companies: swagway- this was reportedly one of their hover boards jessica rae: scott's up next with a final check of our forecast.

jejesiouxland to join us in giving back this holiday season with the operation toys drive. operation toys is a program intended to spread chrismas joy to thousands of needy children around siouxland. if you want to take part...all you have to do is bring a new toy to any bomgaars location or drop them off right here at our abc9 studio located on douglas street. all the toys donated will remain here in souixland and will go to the salvation army to be distributed to less fortunate families. jessica rae

quarter inch of rain and less than a half inch of snow. today's forecast calls for a morning mix then we'll have cloudy skies and a high of 40. the low tonight is 28. tomorrow's high is 39 with an afternoon mix. here's the 7 day forecast.expect a tenth to a quarter inch of rain and less than a half inch of snow. today's forecast calls for a morning mix then we'll have cloudy skies and a high of 40. the low tonight is 28. tomorrow's high is 39 with an afternoon mix. here's the 7 day forecast.