and feel a little bit safer doing it and hopefully the bad guy would say, 'nah i don't wanna come down there. you know? cause we may recgonize them or have inofrmation on them, then to stop the crime from ever happening. " the department offers background checks on anyone involved in the transaction and will verify that items are not stolen if there is a serial number. hear from residents in le mars coming up at 6. reporting in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. jenna now turning to the race to the white house... gop presidential frontrunner donald trump is once again shaking things up - this time by pulling out of tomorrow's debate saying he'll simultaneously hold his own event in iowa. abc's stephanie ramos has the latest from washington. " " apparently, he's not joking. donald trump's campaign says he is skipping the next gop presidential debate

thursday....just days before the first votes are cast in iowa. sot-trump "i won't be doing the debate. today on good morning america ...trump's campaign manager saying...its rather an issue of fairness claiming that one of the debate moderators megyn kelly is "obsessed" with trump. sot, lewandowski: "it's not appropriate to have someone like that on the debate stage," trump reigniting the feud he had with fox news anchor megyn kelly after the first gop debate. in true trump fashion?he posted this message on social media. nats-trump gyn kelly is really biased against me, she knows that i know that everybody knows that do you really think she can be fair at a debate? but he seemed caught off-guard by fox news sarcastic response, which said in part ? "we learned from a secret back channel that the ayatollah and putin both intend to treat donald trump unfairly" sot trump: . i didn't like the fact they sent out press releases toying, talking about putin and playing games. i don't know what games roger ailes is playing, on the democratic side..... a new abc news washington post poll shows hillary clinton leading bernie sanders nationally 55 to 36 percent sanders though has cut her lead to the smallest it's been in an abc poll. sot/sanders in st. paul my god, what a turnout! overnight, 15,000 people showed up to see the senator in st. paul, minnesota. sot/sanders in duluth "this is the campaign tag: bernie sanders will t a little taste of the white house?today. he'll visit with president obama for

meeting in the oval office before traveling back to iowa. stephanie ramos abc news washington tim: hillary clinton did a few w ys ago.... senator bernie hillary clinton did a few days ago.... senator bernie sanders met with president barack obama, today. he says the president has been very fair with the democratic candidates by not throwing his full support behind any one of them. after his visit sanders was asked if he did infact ask the potus for an official endorsement. what the president has tried to do, what vice president biden has tried to do is to be as even-handed as they can be, and i know there was some discussion the other day about a political interview where he was tipping

don't believe that at all. sanders says he had a productive meeting with the president, in which they discussed a series of issues -- from politics to domestic policy. the meeting comes as polls show sanders and clinton neck- and-neck in iowa, just days ahead of the first-in-the- nation caucuses. jenna: the list of presidential candidates stumping in the hakweye state this week is growing. republican candidate ben carson will be in sioux center on saturday. he will be speaking at dordt college at 3 pm in the campus center. and for folks who are interested in attending, its a free event that is open to the public tim: the massive weekend blizzard on the east coast kept many people stuck at home with a day off work. that included some members of the senate.... the male members. it's reported that only women senators showed up for work! it appears all of the male senators took the day off. one senator praised her

colleagues for braving the conditions and showing up to work. u.s. house of representatives canceled all votes until next week. schools in the district returned to class today. jenna: local authorities are looking for for a man who is now on escape status after not returning to his work release program. they are loking for 26 year old jacob michael petty, after he failed to report yesterday. petty is serving time for robbery. this past october he was transfered to the work release program. anyone with information is asked to contact sioux city police department tim: and armed hotel robbery led to a lockdown at norfolk elementary and middle schools today. superintendent dr. jami jo thompson says that they closed just as an extra precaution, and that she doesn't thing there was a significant threat to students, teachers or staff. the lockdown began just before 11 this morning after a robbery at the hampton inn in norfolk. exterior doors were locked and students and teachers were kept inside, but the school day proceeded as normal.

it seems that a local college senior will get to bring his parents all teh way from nigera to see him graduate. friends set up a go fund me page for paul johnson, the student body president at morningside college. his parents have never been to the u-s, but were hoping to raise $4,000 to see their son accept his diploma. that goal was reached and now paul's parents are in the process of applying for their travel visas. tim: we are learning more about that deadly confrontation between federal and state law enforcement officers...and an armed anti- government group in oregon. one person is dead and others -- under arrest -- after tensions boiled over. abc's ray raimundi has the latest on the investigation . " ray on camera intro: several members of the militant group... who have been occupying a federal wildlife refuge in oregon for 24 days...are now behind bars. today...the refuge is blocked off ... and officials delivered a message to occupiers who refuse to leave. pkg script: sot - dave ward / sheriff it's time for everybody in this illegal occupation to move on. there doesn't have to be bloodshed in the community" law enforcement officials? speaking out on the deadly shootout with anti-

sot - greg bretzing / fbi special agent in charge, oregon "l et me be clear: it is fully and behavior and the choices made by the armed occupiers where we are today. actions are not without consequences." we're told members were on their way to a community meeting when gunfire investigators say lavoy finicum and ryan bundy refused brother of group wounded. finicum family says he was killed. sot: briana bundy phoner "they just unloaded on him and just shot him like a whole bunch of times and they killed him." eight protestors are now in f-b-i custody. one arizona...although not all of them were involved in the traffic stop. jason patrick is one of the occupiers. sot - jason patrick "they told us that we could safely leave. well, the group that was leaving has a dead man in it; there's another man who left and was in arizona and he's in custody. and they said peaceful resolution the whole time, so it depends on what you believe." ray on camera tag: law enforcement officials say they will continue to work to empty the refuge...of those who continue to illegally occupy the refuge...and remove them in the safest way possible...so the community can begin to heal. rr, abc news, new york. jenna: the victims of the

in ceremonies around the world today. january 27th is international holocaust memorial day. it's also the 71st anniversary of the liberation of auschwit.. the nazi's largest concentration camp. it is estimated that at least one million people died there. on this day in 19- 45-- seven- thousand prisoners were liberated from auschwitz...most of whom were ill and dying. tim: tomorrow,marks the 30th anniversary of the challenger tragedy. nasa will pay tribute to the crews of apollo 1 and space shuttles challenger and columbia, as well challenger and columbia, as well as other nasa colleagues, during the agency's day of remembrance. seven members of the challenger crew died on the morning of january 28, 1986, when a booster engine failed,

challenger to break apart just 73 seconds after launch. jenna: the commodity crash is coming to your local cafe. but don't expect to save any money. prices for coffee beans are at their lowest point in nearly two years. a pound of arabica coffee -- the type starbucks buys and serves to customers -- has fallen by about a third in just the past year. officials in brazil forecast that coffee farmers will have a huge harvest season this year, creating an oversupply of beans, which has led to the drop in prices. but no one expects latte prices to come down. one analyst says there's a decent rise in wages, another ingredient in making your coffee. states and cities across the country have been increasing the minimum wage. that affects all stores -- from your local coffee shop to the mcdonald's and starbucks of the world. tim: still to come... could teaching kids to read food labels make them partial to healtier could teaching kids to read food labels make them partial to healtier choices? fred: (fred)

forecast, with even warmer weather for the weekend. but there could be a snow storm tuesday. see you after the break!

newest member. meet "mac." the company said his name is in honor of its clydesdales being "the most macro of all icons." it's also a nod to the company's tagline: "proudly a macro beer." anheuser-busch announced the foal was born tuesday at the warm springs ranch in boonville, missouri. it reported the mom and baby are both happy and healthy. the ranch is home to more than 160 clydesdales.

mac will live there and learn the ins and outs of being a budweiser clydesdale. fred: jenna: tim: (tim) fred, what's the latest on the storm next week? (fred) it still looks like there is potential for a substantial storm next tuesday, but a lot can change between now and then. fred: (fred) the port neal welding company skycam hd from the hohunk centre shows partly cloudy skies. 43 was the high today, after a low of 11. 41 is our current sioux city temperature. local temperatures are 30s east, 40s central

30s. that's the result of winds of 5 to 20 mph from the west. zooming out, we can see low pressure over the northern great lakes, and this system pushed a bit of snow through eastern parts of siouxland today. the stormcast hd shows mostly clear skies tonight, then partly cloudy and quiet conditions through saturday, with warming temperatures. tonight, look for mostly clear skies and a low of 27. tomorrow, expect partly cloudy skies and a high of 35. the 7-day shows 40s friday, saturday, and sunday. we have a good chance of snow tuesday. let's talk more about this since it could be a major storm. first, it's still in the chance range--a 50% chance. that's a high chance for 6 days away. the tentative timing is tuesday morning through wednesday morning. heavy snow, high winds, blowing and drifting snow, and low visibility are all possible, but the storm track may change--stay tuned! temperatures will cool following the storm next week. fred: tim:

thanks, fred. (fred) you bet. tim:

eat, but if you read the labels, they might make healthier choices. take you to a class that's doing just that.

obese. to help fight that growing epidemic, a new program aims to educate kids on reading food labels. martha shade has the details in today's health minute. " " (nats) "so if you're

plate what do you have to do? you have to have a lot of fruits and vegetables. bingo awesome. these children are getting a crash course in nutrition called "kids n fitness" at childrens hospital los angeles. for six-weeks, the kids spend 90-minutes a week learning ways to live a healthier lifestyle. (megan lipton- inga/director, kids n they're learning way that is meaningful to them, grocery store tour, they learn how to measure out grams of sugars, they learn about what is plate based on the guidelines." today's lesson focuses on sugar and identifying how much of it they're consuming. (emily millen/project coordinator, children's hospital los angeles) " all of the information corresponds to one serving and a lot of times people are eating many, many servings. so they don't know you have to multiply all of that information by however many servings that you're eating." the program also stresses the importance of exercise... and encouraging each other during the workouts. some of the kids say that's the best part. "my favorite part would be going down and playing games because i

down." "when we go exercise because i have a lot of movement, not just sit around all day." for today's health minute, i'm martha shade. jenna: after the break... a newly-formed group in siouxland is once again hoping to raise a lot of money for a local non-profit... in not a lot of time.

tisecond big fundraiser. and, if you han't gotten involved, here's your chance. chris liberto joins me today to talk about 100+ men who care, siouxland chapter. 100+ men who care will hold it's second meeting tomorrow, january 28th at the st. francis center on the briar cliff campus. any local man can join who is willing to donate $100 on a quarterly basis to a local non- profit organization. at the last meeting, close to $7,000 was raised for the warming shelter. tim: fred's back next