woman: made in georgia check out this picture from joe reklaitis. we have snow showers dipping through the northwest corner of iowa. temperatures are in the teens and 20s. this afternoon will be beautiful! we'll reach an afternoon is coming up - your news starts now. "announcer: "now live from kcau-tv in sioux city, iowa... this is abc9 news this midday.... " " lukas good morning and thanks for joining us this midday. im lukas voss bernie sanders getting ready to meet with the president today --

campaign -- our latest abc news poll showing hillary clinton leading him by 19 points ... sanders' best showing yet. abc's jon karl has more from des moines " " script: closing in on hillary clinton in iowa, bernie sanders confidently took a detour to neighboring minnesota - sot/sanders in st. paul my god, what a turnout! overnight 15,000 people turned out in st. paul... after 6,000 fans flocked to see bernie sanders in duluth. sot/sanders in duluth "as we're seeing here today that has the energy, that has the enthusiasm, that has the momentum to take us all the way to the white house!" today, sanders visits the white house for a private meeting with president obama, who just this week rejected comparisons between his historic 2008 camapign and what sanders is doing now. sot ad - our children's future / is shaped both by the values of their parents / and by the policies of their nation. in a new tv ad, clinton's campaign touts her decades of experience, which she told a crowd of 500 supporters... stands in contrastst to bernie sanders. sot/hillary cedar falls tonight "i'm not just shouting slogans, i'm not just engaging in

plan." and when a supporter in decorah, iowa, suggested clinton appoint obama to the supreme court, she seemed genuinely intrigued. sot/171652 "nobody has ever suggested that to me. wow. i love that.!" donald trump and hillary clinton will be in sioux city sunday hillary clinton will be in sioux city sunday evening. according to an online invitation set up by trump's local campaign, the billionaire will be at the orpheum sunday at 6 pm. doors open at four. hillary clinton had already scheduled a campaign event for the same evening. she'll be at the sioux city convention center at 5:15pm. we have more information about the visits on our website. lukas: ted cruz was campaigning in the state yesterday just ahead of caucuses, and with him ... a familiar face to the campaign trail. former texas governor rick perry was on hand in osceola for a ted cruz campaign stop at the oswald barn. perry says cruz is the candidate to

understands the constitution cruz has campaign stops across the state through the republican debate all the way to caucuses on monday. one of those stops is here in sioux city on saturday at western iowa tech. perry "he understood what our founding fathers meant when he talked about that 10th amendment, that the federal government is supposed to do a few things really well, and then everything else goes back to the states. tim just like the candidates ...state party workers and thousands of caucus volunteers have been working to get ready for monday night,. a record number of caucus goers is being talked about across iowa.... and with several states that could potentially steal iowa's first in the nation status ... if things dont go well on monday night.... preparation is key. both parties worked with microsoft to develop a new caucus app that will help produce reliable and accurate results. "weve been workign on this for months you habve a smart phone and you can put in your deligates it takes it all and puts it through rules, said dr. andy mcguire iowa democratic chair. we can use for our reporting to get

accuratly and quickly there's multiple safegaurds built intot hat app but we alos have the fallback of the paper and other things we have done in the past, said dr cody hoefert, iowa republican co-chair. lukas: and make sure you tune in to this week in siouxland this sunday morning at nine where our very own tim seaman will have the full interview with our woodbury county party leaders. republican chris christie will also be in sioux city the day before caucuses. he'll be in morninside college's yockey room for a town hall doors open at 8 in the morning lukas: sunnyside elementary students are execersing their right to vote before they can even legally register. as part of a state wide program... students are learning about each presidential candidate and then casting a ballot. abab9's bria bell has more... "the whole school l was voting" "today we are voting" "we're voting for presidents"

first inhe nation to host caucuses, sunnyside elementary students are learning about the process how it works and rocking the vote in a mock straw poll. "we just want to keep building upon it year after year...just the importance of being great comunity members. there's civic participation, that's what changes the world," said buster. conversations about presidential candidates started in the classroom and were carried back home for futher discussions. "it's been interesting. you know, some of them come with opinions like, 'well my parents said not to do this or to do that,' and it's just great conversations thatat they have at home as why they would vote for this candidate or why this candidate is the best choice," said buster. "reporter: what do you hope our next president does for our country? student: makes people happy," said cooper. "they've been talking about illegal immigration and stuff so i kind of want them to take care of that," said sayonkon. "isis bombings and stuff like that," said sulzbach. "no more attacks [need to] go on in any more states like isis did to paris," saod stibbs. what started as a fun activity will also prepare these young minds for the real thing as students say the feel more ready and knowledgable of the democratic process. "well because you know what the process is going to be like so you're not just like, 'what do i do?' when you get there," said sulzbach. "now i'll know how it is to vote and so i won't be really nervous when i go up

lukas: sunnyside's "precint" reported their results from yesterday's straw poll. having hillary clinton and ben carson gaining the most support results from the mock straw poll will be included on iowa's secretary of state's website. a link to access the outcome can be found on our website at siouxland matters dot com. lukas: a local energy company is giving customers an opportunity to cut costs when it comes to their energy bills midamerican energy is utilizing an energy

called the "home check" at no cost for customers. an expert will come into their home and inspect every inch of the home to determine where and how you can save money on your energy bill. "it's actually very popular, so last year we did approximately 6,500 home checks just in iowa so it's a very popular program and again it's free so it's a really great thing to take advantage of. it's also kind of the foundation of our energy efficiency program so it allows customers to figure out where they can save and what they can do to make their home more energy effient," newman. from energy smart light bulbs to power strips, experts say there are dozens of ways to save money. if you're interested in the home check program check out siouxland matters dot com for more information. lukas the lower elkhorn natural resources district board of directors wiwi be asked to accept the resignation of a member when they meet thursday afternoon. paul huges has this

" " midday, wednesday, 1-27-16 third ward norfolk city councilman josh moenning has filed for election - but not for his council position. moenning has thrown his hat into the ring to be norfolk's next mayor. moenning has the backing of current mayor sue fuchtman, who says she will not file for re-election to a third term. authorities say a 27- year-old norfolk man was arrested after belt marks were found on his 7-year-old child's body. norfolk police captain don miller says marco jacobo- vetter was arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse after officers were sent to washington elementary school about 2 p.m. monday to check the child. jacobo-vetter was held in the norfolk city jail and later transferred to the madison county jail. the lower elkhorn natural resources district board of directors will be asked to accept the resignation of a member when they meet thursday afternoon. items on the agenda include accepting the resignation of subdistrict 4 director cory beller, who has indicated plans to move out of the district. those and more stories can be heard on news talk wjag, lite rock 97.5 and 106 kix. lukas a 4 thousand dollar goal on go

dollar goal on go fund me was met last night for morningside senior paul johnson. paul is from nigera and the goal of the page was to raise enough funds to have his parents fly from his home in nigera to sioux city for graduation. a close friend of his came up with the idea and it took off from there. he wanted to be able to do this for his family because of all of the sacrifices that his family has made for him and his education. lukas still to come... today is the day all chocolate cakes look forward to! we'll have more ... coming up scott: " " jessica rae scott: scott:good morning siouxland. let's get a check of conditions outdoors on the port neal welding company skycam hd in sioux city. we have partly cloudy skies. visibilities are

check of conditions outdoors on the port neal welding company skycam hd in sioux city. we have partly cloudy skies. visibilities are compromised a little in central siouxland where we've had the development of some patchy freezing fog. temperatures are in the 20s and 30s. this afternoon will be beautiful! we'll reach an afternoon high near 40. the stormcast hd reveals that a very weak cold front is going to travel through today. this will shift winds from southeast to northwest and

breezy sustained between 10 and 20 miles per hour. the next few days will be quiet as we get to highs near 40 and even warmer for the weekend. today, we can expect to see fog then partly cloudy skies and a high of 39. the overnight low is 25 with some clouds. tomorrow will be just a hair cooler, but still comfortable for january. here's your 7 day forecast. jessica rae scott:

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today (wednesday) is national chocolate cake day! creamy chocolate, moist cake... yum! get a slice --or two-- and enjoy!, lukas and in honororf national cakakday ...howard is in the mister food test kitchen with the best c ccolate cake recipe you've ever seen. " " it's national chocolate cake day, and to celebrate we have a "good ol' chocolate cake" that is nothing short of spectacular. join us and don't forget the milk. with today being national chocolate cake day, we thought we'd share a recipe for a good old-fashioned chocolate cake that's so good and moist, it doesn't even need any frosting. you want to know

by combining some water, a few squares of unsweetened baking chocolate and a stick of butter in a saucepan over medium heat. while that's doing its thing, we combine some sugar, a good amount of flour, baking soda, a pinch of salt, a couple of eggs, milk and .our secret ingredient, some wte vinegar. we beat that until it's well combined and once it is, we add in the now melted chocolate mixture and let it sit for about 10 minutes until it thickens up. you see when the vinegar mixes with the baking soda it creates hundreds of tiny air bubbles that'll make our cake nice and moist. ok, into a 9 x 13 pan this goes and we'll bake it off for about half an hour. once it cools, cut it into squares and you're good to go. like i said, it's so moist and chocolaty you can leave the frosting behind. but if you do want to dress it up,p, top it with a bit of whwh cream, and a few berries. that's it. i do hope you go online and get our chocolate cake," so you can celebrate national chocolate cake day in style. i'm howard in the mr. food test kitchen, where today we found a "simple way" for you to say . "ooh it's so good!!" lukas copy of that

addressed copy of that recipe you can send us a self addressed stamped envelope here to a-b-c 9 news. our address is 625 douglas street. the zip...51101. be sure to write "good ol' chocolate cake" on your request. our website...siouxlan com. and click on the . food logo.... lukas coming u uafter the break... some home owners are concerned about historic rose hill

to restore the historic rose hill district back to it's former glory. but one of the

concerned. deborah us why. sioux city's rose hill neighborhood has register of historic years now, and since then the city has taken steps to appearance of the latest move is getting some push back from residents o say their latestmove could become e for residedes," said abc9 news. "if you've been homeowner association, this is way worst, way way worst," said stout. steve stout has been a resident of the rose hill historic district for over 15 years and he doesn't change in a neighborhood faced with aging infrastructure....he' early 19th century natpop -- "it's got some history they say that a doctor went goofy and shot a hole through this door," said steve stout. that bullet hole is just one of the historic features of his home... which could soon be under the city's purview...if a new plan to rezone the area...and set a design standard for exterior renovations is approved. "when you want to upgrade the neighborhood like they want to do with this preservation dede you're making ople do things toofast and ununfordable," said stout. tuesday city council members voted unanimously to approve the plan... requiring home owners to meet strict guidelines for exterior renovations. a plan steve says may become costly for homeowners.... a concern mayor bob scott says the council is aware of. "it could be a problem for some people that's why we

it and see what changes need to be done if any, and move on from there," said mayor bob scott. city council must vote and approve the plan two more readings, before it takes affect.. steve admits, some homes in the rose hill district need a little t-l-c. natpop --- oh yea, there are some that are worst than this. but says he would prefer a plan that was less burdensome "i understand the controversy, but there's got to be another way besides doing it this way, "said stout. deborah souverain abc 9 news jessica rae:scott's up nexex with a final c cck of oururorecast. stay with us. with a final check of our forecast. stay with us.

"today, we're going on a journey to solve obscure, bizarre, and even out of this world medical mysteries. first, the patient who baffled doctors everywhere when she revealed she could hear inside her own body, including her own heartbeat and you're going to meet routine doctor's visit caused her to cross over to the other side. what she says she knows about life after death. and, we have on the popular new procedure, leaving women in severe chronic pain a a " jessica rae:

coming up today on dr. oz at 4 o'clock right here on abc9. jessica rae scott: the next few days will be quiet as we get to highs near 40 and even warmer for the weekend. today, we can expect to see fog then partly cloudy skies and a high of 39. the overnight low is 25 with some clouds. tomomoow will be just a hair cooler, but still comfortable for january. here's your 7 day forecast.