"first, i read everybodies plan in both parties, she's got the best plans. we can do this, we can go forward together, but you've got to have somebody who can stand and deliver...that's w w the senior senator e sitting governor, and two previous governors of vermont have endorsed her. they're not against anybody, they just want a leader who will get something done ", said bill clinton. the former president also touched on equality and economic issues. bria: at 6, you'll here more from the president and support of hillary clinton reporting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. tim: the results of the online iowa straw poll have bebe released there's a new runner-up to donald trump in the race for the hawkeye state, rand paul. rounding out the top five are marco rubio, ted cruz, and ben carson. and over on the democratic side, iowans chose

over bernie sanders, but only by one percent. martin o'malley remains in a distant third with 4 percent of the poll . jenna: donald trump was in urbandale iowa campagining today. during his event he spoke about his relationship with iowans. it's, in his words, "fantastic" and trump says he's deteteined to win iowa. "we're winning every single poll and we're winning in iowa. we're winning in iowa. and i really want to win iowa." tim: trump is renting out an iowa movie theater and offering tickets to a screening of "13 hours." the movie.... released nationwide today... depicts benghazi that ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. co-chair says the movie is playing at theater in des those involved have said the movie steers clear of any partisan politics. jenna:

race... but senator lindsey graham is ready to throw his support behind a candidate. graham endorsed jeb bush for president today. the south carolina senator dropped out of the presidential race last month. according to a source-- national security has always been the most important issue for graham... and he thinks the former florida governor should be the next republican nominee. jenna: ted cruz may be facing a lawsuit which aims to derail his campaign a texas attorney has formally filed a lawsuit against cruz, saying he should be disqualified from the presidential race because he isn't a natural born citizen. cruz was born in canada to an american-born mother. the issue was brought up by front-runner donald trump in last night's g-o-p debate. tim: the republican presidential field has narrowed.... ...with the contenders growing increasingly more combative as the iowa caucuses draw nearer. the g-o-p infighting was front and center at last night's debate. reid binion reports. and then there were seven: still, a big g-o-p primary field by

...but smaller than previous debateses trump and cruz took center stage... litetelly and figuratively - at thursd's fox business network debate in south carolina. they've been mostly friendly so far this primary season... ...but last night, the gloves came off, with the donald taking bare-knuckle jabs at cruz's natural-born citizenship status and presidential eligibility. (trump) " very very fine constitutional attorneys that feel that because he was not born on the land, he can not run for office." ...and cruz striking back, with a shot involving trump's mother, who was born in scotland. (cruz) "on the issue of citizenship, donald, i'm not going to use your mother's birth against you." ...also hitting the donald's hometown (cruz) "not a lot of conservatives come out of manhattan. i'm just saying." with the spotlight on trump and cruz, the others fought to stand out as alternatives to the ememttled frontrunners. (rubio) "governor christie has endorsrs many of the ideas t tt barack obama supports." (chris christie) "when you're a senator, what you get to do is just talk and talk and talk. when you're a governor, you're held accountable." but while attacking each other... ....they all shared a common, favorite target. (christie) "tuesday night i watched story time with barack obama." (rubio) "this president is undermining the constitutional basis of this government." (bush) " he is missing the whole point." i'm reid binion,

jenna: rand paul refused to participate in the undercard debate last night that took place just before the main debate. he was booted from the main stage because of low poll numbers. but rather than participate with other low-polling gop candidates, he decided to boycott the gathering. instead, he held a question-and- answer session at the twitter headquarters in new york, which he put on periscope. tim: an akron man accusesein the 2014 death of his mother is fit to stand trtrl. that's the word today from a plymouth county judge. a competency hearing for jonathan neunaber was first ordered in september 2015 after it was determined he suffered from a mental disorder. experts evaluated

judge's ruling. jonathan neunaber is charged with 1st degree murder in connection to the death of his mother, 80-year- old esther neunaber in july of 2014. a trial date has not yet been set. jenna: annmate in the emmet county jail was found dead in his cell yesterdrd morning. 51 year old lee roy hum was found unresponsive in his cell by jail staff. the staff administered first aid before he was transported to the hospital in esterville. hum had been arrested and booked into the jail on an outstanding county warrant. tim: a school bus accident sent a handful of people to the hospital near sac city. the bus hit a truck at the intersection of rolf avenue and highway 20. the driver of the truck and both his passengers, taken to a nearby hospital. two of the four children on the bus were also taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the scscol bus driver was cited for failing to yield at a stop sign. jenna: big news today if

mayor bob scott announced this morning that american airlines will be adding service to their hub in dallas. the flights will begin in may. dallas is a top destination for business and leisure travel... and the mayor says he's glad the airport can expand what it offers the community. sioux city mayor bob scott says, " we're very thankful for that and were thankful for the partners we had in this process, or the communities represented here, we all undndstand the importance of the sioux city airport, it's an airport that serves this area" tickets go on sale tomorrow. tim: a 6 hour tim: a 6 hour spacewalk outside the international space had to be cut short today after moisture formed inside the helmet of u-s astronaut tim kopra. the walk was aborted about two-thirds the way through t kopra and a european astronaut did complete their main task of unboltting the station's failed

rereacement. the scare brought back memories of a near-drowning in 2013 when an italian spacewalker's helmet developed an internal leak. todays incident took place about 200 feet from the astronauts' exit, which is about as far as spacewalkers safely can go. jenna: chipotle will close all of its restaurants for a day next month -- to hold staff meetings about food safety. the chicago-based company has more than 19-hundred restaurants. they'll use february 8th for that large-scale staff meeting to address the recent series of disease outbreaks, including e-coli, salmonella and norovirus. sioux cityas one chipotle, inin lakeport commons. tim: america's largest retailer is closing hundreds of stores across the world... putting thousands of people out of work. wal-mart announced its first ever mass closing on friday... with 269 stores worldwide closing their doors. 154-of those stores are in e u-s. the company says approximately 16- thousand employees will be impacted by the closings... 10-

united states. according to its press release - walmart says "more than 95 percenenof the closed stores in the u.s. are within 10 miles o o another walmart, and the company hopes that those associates will be placed in nearby locations." jenna: children who have been victims of a crime and have to testify about it is a terrifying ordeal to go through. in saint louis-- there's a cute four-legged friend to help. steve harris reports. " " this is reka... (nats: dog sounds) she's a playful dog, with a business card. that's right, she's got her own business card. why, you ask, would a dog card... well... this (nats) "reka, let's she puts on her work here... the child center in wentzville. this is where children who have been the victim of a crime are interviewed by her handler, amy. (amy/reka's handler) " the hard part is hearing the horrific things that people choose to do to kids. and that they have to go through this criminal justice system and tell

offender to be held accountable." that's where reka comes in. she sits with the children during the whole interview process. (amy/reka's handler) "kids come into a place and are about to describe the horrible things that have happened to them and they usually get didiracted by reka and they're excited about meeting her instead of worrying about telling their story." now, if you're skeptical as to how something as simple as reka being there could make things easier for the kids... well, author nicole waters knows first hand. (nicole waters/author) "i had a sexual assault, i was chloroformed several times." her 8 year old daughter was home at the time. (nicole waters/author) "and she was actually physically assaulted as well." a dog like reka helped them through it. (nicole waters/author) "she's gonna have to go in to a court room and face her attacker the man who did this to her... well she was able to pet the dog and take her mind off of it."." (amy/reka's handler ) never knew how easy she would make my job just by providing that comfort for kids while we're here." at the end of the day, reka goes home...as a part of amy's family. her daughter addison sums it up like this... (addison/amy's daughter) "she's friendly."

shows that women are waiting longer to have children, could there be ramifications? fred: temps are tumbling starting tonight, dangerous cold and light snow for the weekend, details next. " " fred: tim: the way! dad: i know. spots. culligan man: the problem is your water! anncr: a culligan whole-house water conditioning system gets rid of sediment or impurities. so keeping everything spotless is effortless. mom: hey. dad: the culligan man.

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chills expected to plummet to 20 below there. stay indoors, bundle up, and don't forget the pets! there's our arctic blast, only 2 in fargo... that cold air pushes south tonight and tomorrow. temps already in teens in nw iowa. winds are breezy out of the north westp to 20 mph, so wind chills aren't too nice. already below 0 in nw ia, single digits around sioux city. our temperatures tonight are expected to get close to 0, below that nw.increasing clouds and tumbling temps tonight, down to single digits by morning. frozen snow on the sky cam, we're about to add a fresh layer to that too! temps have been tumbling, our high occuring early. imagine a day in the 60s? our record from 2006. clouds filling in on satellite and some light flurries west. we'll be dry tonight but light snow comes tomorrow night. strong nw flow doesn't go anywhere. arctic tonight. tomorrow, clouds and cold temperatures in the teens. we'll be dry in the afternoon, but then a alipper swoops d dn bringing some light snow late in the evening and overnight. it has a

lighter accumulations north and west, and higher south and east. it's and another arctic high comes through, clearing our skies and further pushing dangerously cold monday above 0, but better relief comes by tuesday. snow forecast: 2-3" southeast, below 1" cloudy and frigid 2 below 0. tomorrow, clouds and bitter cold. snow coming in late. 7-day has temps plummet sat night, wind chills near 40 below. below 0 sunday. tuesday has temps warmer w/ a chance of light snow. fred: tim: jenna: stay safe out there in the cold!

if you see more older women having children, there's a reason, if you see more older women

and ramifications. details from a new study about first time motherhood,

heading to places where a certain virus is present. it's all because of the mosquito- bourne zika virus in latin america. experts think there could be a link to a disorder that causes developmental issues in babies. there is no vaccine to block the virus and no medicine to treat it. jea: new data shows women are waiting longer to become mothers. the c-d-c says its been rising for the last 15-years. andrew spencer has the details in today's health minute. " " the average age of women having their first child has risen to 26. that's the word from the centers from disease control and prevention. back in 2000, it was just under 25- years-old... by 20-14... it had risen to 26. researchers say this is partly because there are fewer mothers under the age of 20. in fact, te teen birth rate has hit an all-time low. economic factors also play a role... with an increased number of women putting off motherhood for higher education or a career. this also has ramifications for the u-s population. having children later in life means fewer child-bearing years, and therefore, fewer children. one area of concern, doctors say older women having children increases a mothers risk of

and d ssing on genetic defects. for today's health minute, i'm andrew spencer. after the break... if youd help getting your taxes done, there's free help available. we'll tell you more, next. tim: welcome back. you can believe it, tax season is already underway, and there is free help it, tax season is already more, next.

if you can believe it, tax season is already underway, and there is free help for siouxlanders. erica carter from the center for siouxland joins me with more. center for siouxland will begin taking tax appointments on january 18th. call (712) 252-1861 ext. 11 for information or to schedule a tax appointment. tim: fred's back next

stay with us. tonight, cloud dad: i know. spots. culligan man: the problem is your water!r!

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