travel took a bit longer, as well. jenna: of course, city plows and those with the d-o-t out on the highways have been out since early this morning keeping the way cleared. bria bell is live down near gordon drive with more. bria: iowa dot wants drivers to wait to travel is possible and to take extra precaution on the roads. drivers should know that snow plow operators visiblity is limited while plowing which may make it harder to see you if you are parked behind the plow and d at the trucks m me frequent stops and drive at lower speeds than the flow of traffic. dakin schulz who is the district 3 planner for iowa d-o-t, also wants travelers to know that they shouldn't crowd snow plows and driving extremely close to the trucks can cause brine or a snow whiteout... limiting your visibility. " parking right behind

want to give them plenty of distance. operator is everything in front said schultz. for more the conditions of highways, you could always call 511 or visit iowa d-o-t dot gov for traffic information or live time photos cf road conditions. bria: dot will continue to plow highways as we are expected to receive snow all the way up until tomorrow the way up untilt& tomorrow morning. reporting live in

jenna: and slick roads have caused a number of accidents already in the metro this year. today's ststm marks the sih time the sioux city metro has received more than a half inch of snow this winter. according to the sioux city police department, the city averages between ten and 15 crashes on an average winter day, however there are a number of factors that make a day more prone to crashes. so far this year, the city says the most crashes back on november 20th, which was the first snowfall of the winter. that day there re 36 wrecks in town. so far today

reported to police. jenna: our elisa raffa has been out sioux city pd monitoring roads she joins us live with srgt jeremy mcclure with more. jenna, slick roads roads out here... just small amounts of snow could make them slick. i'm joined now by srgt jeremy mcclure... how have things been today as far as roads and accident reports? we could still see more snow tonight, so good safety tips for drivers? jenna:

new mexico to michigan are in the path of a massive winter storm today. days of extreme weather have already wreaked havoc across t t country. missouri is under a state of emergency today after historically heavy rains produced fierce flash floods. rushing waters engulfed homes

major highways. at least 16 people drowned there. "clint flowers resident "it makes us all pretty sick to our stomachs and it'a sad, sad thing. we wish this could not have happened pecially on a liday weekend . " in texas, clean-up begins after a string of tornadoes swept through over the weekend - killing 11 people. in oklahoma, thousands are without power after high winds and thick ice snapped power lines that extreme weatheis now moving towards the north and east there's a winter storm warning in chicago and it's expected to make a huge mess in the northeast tomorrow. jenna: two peopop have been killed in a rollover accident in thurston county. according to the nebraska state patrol, the accident happened about two miles north of macy on highway 75 around 3:30 yesterday afternoon. authorities say 24 year old brianna wolfe from macy and 30 year old britney mccauley of walthill were thrown from their car after it rolled down an embankment. both were pronounced dead

jenna: an iowa family is coping with a christmas day tragedy. a six year old girl died saturday night after a christmas morning crash that sent six others to the hospital.. but as jacob peklo reports.. while the fort dodge family grieves.. the community is showing support. " jana bartlett, aunt: "going to a family christmas to see great grandma and grandpa, and grandpa and aunts and uncles and to have this happen is unbelievable. it just doesn't really seem real." (map of crash) jana bartlett still can't believe the accident that took place near fort dodge on christmas morning. jana bartlett, aunt: "seeing these kids and the parents having to go through all this is absolutely devastating." (courtesy messenger pic) police say a jeep p traveling eastbobod crossed over the center line and struck their pickup truc the jeep started on fire. because of the

fly, so all six people involved in the crash were rushed to the hospital by ambulance. jana bartlett, aunt: "we were not clearar who was going toto webster citytywho was comingngo fort dodge. luckily, they all came to fort dodge." (take two shot of jana and jacob) bartlett tells us that justin henry and his wife brooke, and their three children were all pretty banged up from the accident. (take gofundme screen shots) she started a gofundme page for the family, shortly after the crash, setting the goal at $20-thousand dollars initially. but t ter learning the injuries were far worse than anticipated, the amount was increased to $60,000. . jana bartlett, aunt: "not being able to help with the kids, and not knowing what to do4 they'll need all the help they can get, all the love and support that they can get." (close up of family picture, zooming on kids) all three of their children were taken from fort dodge to blank children's hospital in des moines. (take jana facebook pic) the worst injuries were to their oldest daught, six year

payton went in for surgery early saturday morning, and was on life support into the evening hours. saturday night, she died. (take skype and facebook comments) while payton can never be replaced, her family is standing together, thankful for the work of the emergency responders and community support. jana bartlett, aunt: "also to the people who have been supporting us, phone calls, texts, the gofundme page, the family really appreciates your support during this really difficult time " jenna: worker from maurice (morris) , ioio has been arrested for child endangerment. according to the sioux county shshiff's office, 32 year old dianna winder came under investiation ter authorities received a report of suspicious juries to a 15 month old child in her care. winder who runs a home-day care... was charged with serious assault and child endangerment causing bodily injury. jenna: in the race for the white house today, donald trump is doubling down on his threats to go after hillary clinton by making issue of her husband's old scandals. abc's bazi kanani is in washington with the latest "donald trump... now going after not just one clinton-- but two. tweeting: (gfx) "if hillary thinks she can unleash her husband, with his terrible record of women abuse, while playing the women's card on me, she's wrong!"

clinton's old scandals... after hilllly clinton accused trump of sexism in an terview last week.neither clinton has not responded directly to trump's new threats, (gfx) but hillary clinton has repost this video of her take on trump. sot - hillary clinton / (d) presidential candidate "we shouldn't let anybody bully his way into the presidency. republican rival carly fiorina briefly defended trump on fox news. sot - carly fiorina / (r) presidential candidate "yes, bill clinton is fafa game, but my point is, attacking bill clinton won't defeat hililry clinton. poll for trump's chief nemesis: (gfx) americans found the list of most the world. a spot shhas held 20 times! (gfx) with pope francis admired man in the world-- but in 1st ace-- by a wide margin-- is presesent barack obaba. primaries, republican analysts say the biggest threat to a dominant trump would be an early loss in iowa-

gaining ground in the polls. sot - bill kristol / the weekly standard "at that point, the mystique is gone and then it's a regular race and trump has to be a candidate just like everyone else, " bazi kanananoncam close: .....in an interview with abc news back in 2013, trump seemed proud to consider bill clinton a friend. and he told cnn back in 2008 that clinton's infidelity was quote "totally unimportant." bk, abc news, washington. " jenna: if you're looking to recylce your christmas tree... you can drop off your trees at the dorothy pecaut (pea-co) nature center. the nature center will accept your undecorated christmas trees until january 10th. the trees should be undecorated... no ornaments or lights. you can drop off your trees in the lower parking lot. they'll be chipped for the nature center's trails. still to come... one lucky flier got quite the suprise when he went to board his flight. we'll have the details on why this guy is sporting a new ride after the break.

(fred) there is more snow coming tonight, and more cold weather is in the forecast. find out about new year's day after the break!

expect tonight? fred: (fred) a reminder that t have a winter storm warning in the yellow shaded areas through the night. central and west, including the metro, have a winter weather advisory tonight. the heaviest snow will be in the yellow. the hd radar shows widespread light to moderate snow. snowvision shows that the heaviest snow has fallen in the southeast. snow totals r rge from 4" in denison and little sioux, 2" in richland, sd and sioux city, and 1" in sheldon and vermillion. roads are snow covered locally, but worse in eastern iowa where extensive snow and ice are seen in the purple. low visibility is evident on the port neal welding company skycam hd from the ho chunk centre. 20 was the high and 10 the low. in sioux c cy, we have 19 and light snow. local temperatures are in the teens to lower 20s. winds are north at 10 to 20

producing wind chills in the single digits. visibility is quite low, especially in the east. storm lake has only a quarter mile visibilty. zooming out, we can see this huge storm tracking up the mississippi river. that's about 150 miles more to the east than what was expected yesterday...which in turn pushed the heavy snow east by that many miles. winter storm warnings are in effect all the way through minneapolis, green bay, and chicago, where ice may be a bigger threat. the stormcast shows snow tonight and possibly again wednesday. we'll see 1-4" of additional accumulation tonight, then an additional half inch on wednesday. your forecast for tonight is for a low of 13 with snow and blowing snow. tomorrow, look for mostly cloudy skies

7-day shows highs in the 20s and 30s with a chance of light snow wednesday. new year's day will be mostly sunny with a high of 27 fred: tim: jenna: (jenna) thanks, fred. warning in the yellow shaded areas through the night. central and west, including the metro, have a winter weather advisory tonight. the heaviest snow will be in the yellow. the hd radar shows widespread light to moderate snow. snowvision shows that the heaviest snow has fallen in the southeast. snow totals range from 4" in denison and little sioux, 2" in richland, sd andndioux city, and d in sheldon and vermillion. roads are snow covered locally, but worse in eastern iowa where extensive snow and ice are seen in the purple. low visibility is evident on the

company skycam hd from the ho chunk centre. 20 was the high and 10 the low. in sioux city, we have 19 and lighthtnow. local tempmpatures are in the teens to lower 20s. winds are north at 10 to 20 miles per hour, producing wind chills in the single digits. visibility is quite low, especially in the east. storm lake has only a quarter mile visibilty. zooming out, we can see this huge storm tracking up the mississippi river. that's about 150 miles more to the east than what was expected yesterday...which in turn pushed the heavy snow east by that many miles. winter storm warnings are in effect all the way through minneapolis, green bay, and chicago, where ice may be a bigger threat. the stormcast shows snow tonight and possibly again wednesday. we'll see 1-4" of additional cumulation toninit, then an additional half inch on wednesday. your (fred) you bet.

usually buying a plane ticket costs a pretty penny... but one lucky guy hit a bit of a jackpot by booking a flight. larry kendrick was the hartsfield- jackson atlanta airport's 100- millionth passenger. he gets two free round trip tickets on a delta flight, 500 bucks, and a brand new nissan altima. st y yr, the world's busiest aiort ended up with just over 96-million passengers and theyecided to reward one of their customers with the give-a- way. coming up after rates are down of children, we'll what's behind the trend. jenna: thanks for

common problem for kids in the united states but new research says that the numbers of kids with the illness may be going down. with more, here's dr. timothy johnson. " children and inhalers?we started seeing them together a lot more in the eighties and nineties, when childhood asthma was on the rise. between 19 and 1995, the number of kids with asthma doubled. since then, doctors have been working to reverse the trend. so, how are the asthma rates today? c-d-c researchers reviewed data from 2001-2013?finding that the overall number of children with asthma has gone down since the year 2000. for kids four years ororounger, asthma rates are much lower than before, which is good news. for children living in poverty, however, asthma rates have increased. the same is true for children living in southern states, and for children in their teens. clearly there's still a long way to go in

down across the board? but, with any luck, in coming years we'll all breathe a little e eier. with this medical minute, m dr. timothy johnson . " jenna: coming up... we'll have a special guest in studio to tell us more about a local program that not only saves lives, it also local program that not only saves lives, it also helps kids pay for college. we'll explain after this.

there's no better way to give back han by giving blood. and our local lifeserve blood center has a great way for young people to o get involved. breiana strand is here with me today.....long with claire deroin from lifeserve. i'm breiana strand, age 19. my blood drive is tuesday the 29th from 10:30 to 4:30 at the lifeserve blood center by hobby lobby and applebee's. double units are plenty welcome. i need at

after 50 the more likely i am to get the scholarship. 16 or 17 year olds can donate with a permission slip signed by their parents. local students organize blood drives sioux city, iowa (december 14, 2015) - local high school and college students are going above and beyond for their communities this winter by organizing blood drives. during a time of year when lifeserve blood nter generally sees a decrease in donations due to holiday travel and winter weather, area students are participating in a scholarship program to both help hospital patients in their community and earn money to put towards education. participants plan and recruit for blood drives, and d if a pre- determined goal is met, the student will earn a $750

lifeserve blood center. save lives and help a hard- working student in your area earn a scholarship! breiana strand scholarship fixed site blood drive, tuesday, december 29, 2015 from 10:30 am - 4:30 pm at the sioux

(fred) radar shows light to moderate snow covering siouxland. it will continue overnight. your forecast for tonight isor a low of 13 with snow and blowing snow. tomorrow, look for mostly cloudy skies and a high of 25. the 7-day shows highs in the 20s and 30s with a chance of light snow wednesday. new year's day will be mostly sunny with a high of 27.