3 good morning, and welcome to siouxland news at sunrise!it's 5 o'clock.i'm jacob heller.i'm meteorologist cat taylor.thanks for waking up with us on this xxx morning.3 3 thursday morning and early afternoon could bring some scattered showers across the area, snow may be heavy at times. the heaviest snowfallll will occur in southern and eastern siouxland with the possibility of 1-3". here in sioux city, expect a trace to 1". mostly cloudy skies will persist through christmas day with temperatures in the low to u er 30s. christmas evening brings chance for rain/snow mix change over to snow by saturday morning and continue through saturday evening. sunday will be mostly cloudy and blustery conditions with temperatures in the upper 20s. we are carefully watching a potential that will impact the area monday and tuesday of

3 airports 3 across the country are scrambling to get travelers home today on christmas eve. yesterday rain and fog caused thousands of delays and hundreds of cancellations along the east coast as a record number of travelers took to the skies and the roads. c - b - s news correspondent don champion has the latest from new york's laguardia airport. 3 (pkg) -nats- instead of being nestled in their beds... scores of travelers are waking up at airports across the country this morning -- hoping to make it to their loved ones on christmas eve. (sot mos traveler/ no name given) we're going to jamaica supposedly or (another sot from don & scott) ?? today's holiday rush includes many passengers who tried to make it home had their flights either delayed d cancelled because of heavy rain and fog in the northeast. while bob and diane

(sot bob reisinger) i'm a retired pilot so we understand weather and plane delays so those things happen ...shaye lefkowitz and her husband, whose flight to ohio was rebooked three times, say they've had enough: (sot shaye lefkowitz) we're going to try and get our money back, maybe go next weekend (standup: don champion cbs news new york, ny) over the next few days -- many airlines are shifting the timing of flights, adding redeyes, and using bigger planes to get people home. (sot happy passenger or official from@don & scott) ?? 38 million people are expected to fly during the christmas and new year's holidays. don champion cbs news new york. 3 3 the rainy weatatr is forecast to clear out today... giving way to record - shattering warmth in the south and along the east coast. the warm weather is expected to stick around tomorrow for christmas day. 3 hours after the armed robberies of two homes in yankton... popoce say

custodythis is where two of the suspects were arrested... a hotel in mitchell south dakota. police say (dem - ill) demil spears and (devon - jay) devonjae strong... both of chicago... were arrested yesterday morning in connection with an attempted home invasion... then later the armed robbery of homes in the 12 - hundred block of cedar street in yankton.later in the afternoon... police arrested jo thomas and (dare - ell) derrell williamson... both of chicago... and hailee flores of parkston south dakota.all five are charged with 1st degree robbery... aggravated assault... first degree petty theft... and using a firearm to commit a felony.thomas has another charge of grand theft for stealing a car... and williamson is facing charges of failure to register as a sex offender. 3 the meantime... police in spencer r wa are looking for the person or people responsible for stealing from an a - t - m.early yesterday morning 3 spencer police say someone

entrance of the south park mall and went into the building.once they were inside... the thief or thieves broke into the a - t - m near the entrance and got away with an undetermined amount of cash.anyone who knows anything at all about this crime is asked to call the spencer police department. 3 a head on collision near newell has killed two people and sent two others to the hospital.it happened early yesterday afternoon near t t raccoon river bridge west of newell.the buena vista county sheriff's office says two adults died in the crash. 3 and two other people were taken to buena vista regional medical center with non - life threatening injuries. as of now... the names of both the people who were killed and the people who were hurt are *not* being released. 3 one of the four companies originally chosen to manage iowa's medicaid program once a move to managed care is finished is appealing the cancellation of their contract.an administrative law judge in des s ines recommended the branstad administration cancel the

last month... and earlier this month the director of the department of administrative services up - held that recommendatio n.the company filed an appeal in polk county distriri court... saying the decision is based on claims wellcare hid facts they weren't required to submit during the bidding process. it's asking the contract to stay in effect until the end of the judicial review process. 3 this would be a good time to say "a www."." a mom otter gave birth to a cuddly little cub at monterey aquarium in california this weekend. as reporter brynne whittaker shows us... the baby is cute beyond belief. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows-- this furry fluff-ball took in its first few hours of life in the calm waters of the monterey bay aquarium's open ocean tide-poolnthe otter baby quickly became the center of attention.it was cuteness overload(logan phares, aquarium visitor): "the otter like is so cute and lovely and all that kind of stuff and its just so good."(brooke rosenstein, aquariuiuvisitor):

cuddly ball" after the birth- -mommy otter spent her morning feeding the pup and grooming it...aquarium trainers say the mom's priority is puffing up the baby's fur so that it will float.(dan albro, aquarium trainer): "she wants to make sure it's got lots of air in that fur, the baby is going to have to float on itstsown in e ocean,nd she needs to make sure that's happening," and why would the otter mama choose to swim into the tidepool to give birth?(brynne whittaker , reporting/stan dup): "you can see the difference between the choppy waters in the open ocean, compared to the calm waters in te tide pools at the aquarium. that's why trainers say that otter moms come here to give birth."(dan albro, aquarium trainer): "can you imagine having to groom, nurse while the waves are pummeling you constantly? this is a nice sheltered area for this female to have her cub,"the otter mom and her pup can stay as long as they want..but aquarium staff say eventually they'll have to leave the area to get food.for now though--its a

her newborn to 3 take a break. 3 a wily coyote somehow found a way into myrtle beach international airport.surveillance video shows the coyote running through the baggage terminal. an airport okesman says they don't know how it got inside. acacrding to reports at first... the coyote might have come through a baggage portal.he says it's also possible it walked through one of the airport doors like anyone else. animal control was called in and they managed to wrangle up the coyote in 45 minutes. no word if ey had help from a roadrunner.3 3

3 3 here's a look at travel delays across expect some in omaha today as well as difficult driving down south on i-29.3 3 3 coming up... what wine would jesus drink? we'll meet some israeli monks who think they've figured it out. 3 "you're watching siouxland

meteorologist cat taylor"3 3 "weather on the ones, brought to you by siouxland federal credit union" 3 thursday morningngnd early y afternoon could bring some scattered brief snow showers across the area, snow may be heavy at times. the heaviest snowfall will occur in southern and eastern siouxland with the possibility of 1-3". here in sioux city, expect a trace to 1". mostly cloudy skies will persist through christmas day with temperatures in the low to upper 30s. christmas evening brings chance for rain/snow mix that will change o or to snsn by saturday morningngnd continue through saturday y evening. sunday will be mostly cloudy and blustery conditions with temperatures in the upper 20s. we are carefully watching

and tuesday of next week. stay tuned. 3

3 3 3 here's what we're talking about on facebook this morning... christmas is finally just around the

tradition?3 3 chipotle is making changes to its food... karina mitchell is in new york with your c - b - s moneywatch. 3 investors will wait to see if wall s seet can deliver another up day before wrapping up early for the christmas holiday.on wednesday the dow gained 185 points. while the nasdaq added 44. //americans seem less inclined to buy homes as 2015 draws to a close. the commerce department says since september the market for new homes has cooled in the northeast and the midwest. still - compared to a year ago new-home sales are up 14.5 percent.//chipotle is changing the way it prepares its food after an ecoli outbreak sickened dozens of its customers. the food chain will begin modifications - including blanching onions and using pre-shredded cheese at their locations to minimimi the threat of foodborne illnessese the companansays the changes wont compromise the way their food tastes.// just in time for the new year

up. time warner, comcast, dish network and at&t are all hiking prices early next year. the increases are an attempt to offset a shrinking demand for cable tv - as more viewers switch to services like netflix and amazon. and as programers increase the costs of airing live sporting events. //that's your mw. for more log on to cbs mw dot com. in ny im karina mitchell. 3 3 what wine would jesus drink? near the traditional birthplace of jesus... a monastery is making wine similar to making wine a momostery is birthplace of traditional near the drink? ? would d sus what wine 3 3 what wine would jesus drink? near the traditional birthplace of jesus... a monastery is making wine similar to what was made during the time of christ. reporter oren liebermann shows us how monks work to make wine

thousand years ago. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows-- christmas in bethlehem... a celebration of the birth of jesus christ... the beginning of the new testament.at a monastery nearby... they craft a key component of many a biblical story... wine as made in the time of jesus.we are concentrating ononaking the wine... "the history comes with it" the history comes with it of course yeah - and hopefully, god is happy with our wine.the winemaking process has come a long way since biblical times.with stainless steel fermenting tanks... and oak barrels... which i would describe as epic. welcome to my world "i've ver sat on 4000 litres of wine before"...tradition and history... part of every bottle."when you think about that - wheyou thinabout this could be the wine that jesus drank - does that give you a responsibility?" big responsibility, because when you talk about jesus drinking from this wine, you have to... you have to continue on making this wine better and better every year."crememan was the first winery in the region to return to making wine from only local grapes... the same used thousands of years ago. the name dabouki is the name of the grape that grows only

intro to local grapes... we pour a tasting... i admit... not the firsrs.. or the last tasting on this story... then it's sniff... swirl... sip... and enjoy."it's good! fresh..." at ariel university... researchers trace the genetic vine to uncover which grapes are native to the holy land... testing ancient seeds preserved in archaeological digs.when an archaeological finding of grape seeds occurs... 99% % of the seeds are burnrn... they're actually charre- this is the reason it's preserved"in looking at these grapes, or seeds, you can see the right seed is the burned one, it's shriveled, and on the left is a modern-day fresh merlot seedup the coast... winemaker avi feldstein shows us his vineyards of recently harvested dabouki grapes. there wewe heavy restrictions on wine-making in the holy land winefor hundreds of years under the ottoman empire... these are way after the season but you can still find a few edible berries...the grapes that survived were table grapes.. and turning them into wine is still a fairly new undertaking."and so the wine from this grape could be the wine that jesus drank?" " exactly - it has a tremendous sweetness to it... [[but it's over-ripe now "the french

describes the place the wine is from. what does that mean here?" it actually expresses the sense of the wine...a sense of people... place... and crucially... of history. there is tremendous marketing potential here... a wine from biblical times... a wine that jesus drank... being bottled

cnn... the holy land.3 3 after the break on siouxland news at sunrise... more than 100 million americans are expected to travel during the holiday season. we'll show you some new t - s - a guidelines that change the way security works.

meteorologist cat taylor" 3 thursday morning and early afternoon could bring some scattered brief snow showers across the area, snow may be heavy at times. the heaviest snowfall will occur in southern and eastern siouxland with the possibility of 1-3". here in sioux city, expect a trace to 1". mostly cloudy skies will persist through christmas day with temperatures in the low to upper 30s. christmas evening brinin chance for rain/snow mix that will change over to snow by saturday morning and continue through saturday evening. sunday will be mostly cloudy and blustery conditions with temperatures in the upper 20s. we are carefully watching a potential storm system that will impact the area monday

tunene3 3 more than 100 million americans are expected to be travelling this holiday season. but if you're travelling by air... get ready for some new rules... like more use of full body scanners. c - b - s news correspondent jeff pegues explains the changes. 3

weapons through checkpoints 95% of the time. in another investigation tsa agents failed to respond properly after being alerted by scanning equipment.(graphic 2 out) inspector general john roth testified before congress in november.((sot))102500 the test results were disappointing and troubling. we ran multiple tests using different concealment at different airports.u.s. officials are especially concerned about explosives brought on board. in late october -- isis claimed responsibility for the bomb that brought down the russian metro jet plane in egypt. in 2001 richard reid tried to light a bomb embedded i ihis shoe on a flight headed to miami.((nat break))us authorities say this is what the explosion would have been like had the bomb worked. tsa officials say workers have been retrained and procedures corrected. (tag: tsa officials says the new procedures won't affect the vast majority of passengers. norah, at airports in the northeast today ... weather caused some delays and cancelations...but there were no security issues reported. ) 3 3 still to come

3 3 still to come this morning... spring - like storms are rolling through parts of the midwest and the south. we'll have the latest on the deadly tornado outbreak. you're watching siouxland news at sunrise. 3 have you seen any of those survival shows on tv, where the guys have to rely on a few basic items to survive in mother nature? they're good fun for sure...and it had me thinking about being stranded in the car this winter. you and i can spend a few bucks and make a kit that would be perfect to keep in the trunk...just in case something happens. first of all, pack some snacks; protein bars are good because they pack lots of calories and last a long time. i'd put a couple bottles ofof water ininthere too. jumper cables are a no brainene..a flashlight with fresh batteries are good too. got to have a car charger for your cellphone...and i'd pack

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3 3 "this is siouxland news at sunrise on kmeg 14" 3 good morning everyone,thanks for starting your morning with us.i'm jacob heller...and i'm 3 meteorologist cat taylor. 3 thursday morning and early afternoon could bring some scattered brief snow showers across the area, snow may be heavy at times. the heaviest snowfall will occur in southern and eastern siouxland with the possibility 1-3". here in sioux city, expect a trace to 1". mostly cloudy skies will persist through christmas day with temperatures in the low to upper 30s. christmas evening brings chance for rain/snow mix that will change over to snow by saturday morning and continue through saturday evening. sunday will be mostly cloudy and blustery conditions with temperatures in the upper

a potential storm system that will impact the area monony and tuesday of next week. stay tuned. 3 3 stay tuned.3 3 spriri - like storms threatened parts of the dwest and the south yesterday y to early this morning. quite a few tornados have already touched down... and warnings are in effect for certain places through the overnight hours. c - b - s news correspondent omar villafranca is in dallas... to tell us about what forecasters are calling a "particularly dangerous situation." 3 pkg:(credit: brandon clement / lsm)(nats - "i can see debris, i can see debris!") (clarksdale, mississippi) ((narr-1))a large tornado plowed through northern mississippi wednesday afternoon, near the town of clarksdale.the tornado was apparently on t t ground for n mimites... damaging homes and blowing a tractor trailer off the road.(nats) (handout

cockrell)the storm moved toward nearby como.... wrecking houses and out-buildings.((sot eric fisher/chief meteorologist, wbz))"several tornados spread out over a wide area, some all the way up into illinois, iowa, the eastern part of indiana."(nats wiwirs) ((narr-2)) drivers could barely make their way along highway 412, in southern missouri.(nats hail)the storm pelted the area with hail. witnesses in highland, arkansas say storms there rolled in without warning: ((sot pastor mike stanley/friendship baptist church)) "it snapped off a pine tree by truck and i just slammed my seatbelt on and thought lord just let me survive this."((narr-3))and in pope county, arkansas.... an 18 year old woman died after a tree fell on her house. forecasters say the risk for long-tracked tornados continues through the night: ((sot eric fisher/chief meteorologist, wbz))"just urging vigilance for everybody who is in the severe weather threat area, nighttime tornados very dangerous." ((narr-4))the threat diminishes thursday. the focus then turns to record-high temperatures expected on the east coast.omar villafranca, cbs news.##### 3 quite a few storm - related *deaths* have been reported in mississippi. 3 investigators think

a space heater caused a deadly trailer fire in spencer this past weekend. 3 the fire broke out early saturday afternoon at 317 west 18th street in spencer. 3 the fire was put out pretty quickly... but the body of 44 - year - old julie bennett was found inside. 3 police say foul l play is *not* suspected in the fire. 3 it looks like a fundraising drive for a family of seven children in tilden nebraska could be linked to a murder - suicide... found near pierce nebraska monday. 3 the antelope county news newspaper says donations are being accepted at the tilden bank and online to help the children affected by the incident. 3 neither authorities or the newspaper are releasing the names of the victims or the family. 3 but they *do* say the five children range in age from a 17 - year - old girl to a 10 - year - old boy. 3 if you'd like to m me a donation... you can learn how to do that in this story on our website... at siouxland news dot com. 3 sioux city said its final

firefighter.(jean - ee) jeanne (vuh - kull - skus) vakulskas became sioux city fire rescue's first female firefighter in 19 - 85 after staring her career as a nurse. she served for 22 years until she retired in 2007. she died this weekend at her home in sioux city. yesterday morning her former colleagues joined her family and friends saying "goodbye" at her funeral at saint t joseph's catholic church. (jean - ee) jeanne (vuh - kul - skus) vakulskas was 63 - years - old. 3 they're small... they're cute... and they smell good too! 3 the sioux city police officer's association is trying to make the holidays a little more cheerful for some kids in local hospitits... so they're donating 29 scentsy buddies... stuffed animals infused with fragrances... to unity point health saint luke's... mercy medical center... and the june e. nylen cancer center. detective jeff harstad and his wife jasmine were behind this. 3 "we wanted to do something

this time of year is a perfect time to do that. since i'm a scentsy consultant, and i see that our children love the little scentcy buddies that we have, the little stuffed animals with the scents inside of them, i figured it would be kind of a good way to incorporate scentsy and give back to the community as well."officers also put quite a few christmas cards inside the boxes for the children who get the stuffed animals. 3 the new year will ring in a slightly new *license plate* design for folks in south dakota. as reporter brady mallory shows us... they're being made at the same place that's been doing the work for more than 80 years. 3 a new year means a new look. that's why these inmates at the south dakota state penitentiary are busy dishing out updated plates."we've been doing it since 1929, so they have always en made right here. for the state of south dakota." pat gacke, shop foreman, said.year after year, all of the state's plates have

works. it all starts will a long roll of aluminum, which is fed through a lot of machinin. these gadgets d gizmos print numbers and letters on the long aluminum strips and cut them into the plates that go on your cars. "we put out a good product at a reasonable rate using the inmate workforce," gacke said. a group of 18 men have to make enough plates for an estimate of 1.5 million tytys of vehicles in south dakota. this process churns out about 23,000 plates per day."once we are here in the shop, the job is typical to just a job site," gacke said.gacke says the work that happens in here can help the inmates once they are eligible to transition back into the community."you can see that in hiring some of these guys who have not kept an all day job. work ethic they learn here. there are machine qualities that -- nning the press. running the baggers, there are machining qualities that they learn skills," gacke said.as they repay their debt to society, gacke says producing these plates gives these men something else."you have ones who really take pride in their

best," 3 gacke said. 3 visitors to the columbus zoo in ohio helped celebrate colo the gorilla's 59th birthday yesterday.colo was the first gorilla born in a zoo... and is now the oldest gorilla livingngn a zoo. colo has nearly doubled the life expectancy of female gorillas living in a zoo... and shows no signs of slowing down.caretakers say the great - great grandmother is in fantastic health andndas no serious issues... except for a touch of arthritis. colo has a big family tree... with three children... 16 grandchildren... ten - great grand - children...

grand - children.3 3 3 3 3 3 darth vader finds your lack of yule log disturbing. we'll show you some ways to fix that... next... in your c - net tech update. 3 "you're watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob

taylor"meteorologist 3 cat taylor" 3 "first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor" 3 thursday morning and early afternoon could bring some scattered brief snow showers

heavy at times. the heaviest snowfall will occur in southern and eastern siouxland with the possibility of 1-3-3 here isioux city, expect a trace to 1". mostly cloudy skies will persist through christmas day with temperatures in the low to upper 30s. christmas evening brings chance for rain/snow mix that will change over to snow by saturday to snow by 3 saturday morning and continue through sarday evening. sunday will be mostly cloudy and blustery conditions with temperatures in the upper 20s. we are carefully watching a potential storm system that will impact the area monday

3 there are some high tech ways to track santa tonight. here's your c - net tech update. 3 darth vader finds your lack of yule log disturbing. i'm bridget carey, this is your cnet update.***take your christmas celebrations up a notch this year with some high tech help. let's start by spicing up the traditional yule log video. when guests come over,(source: tales of whiskey: 00:21:26 - 00:41:43) you may want to put on a soothing video of a crackling fire -- but why not instead stream a video of actor nick offermanansippininwhiskey near a crackling fire for 45 minutes. yes, it is really just one big ad for that whiskey brand, but there's something medativie and soothing about staring at this continious video. maybe it's the beard.(source: benjaminapple: 00:41:43 - 00:53:35 )or perhaps more fitting for your home is the darth vadedeyule log, created by youtube user benjaminapple. you can just watch vader's dead body burn by the fire in this five-hour-long clip. little known fact - that

resistant. now if only someone could make a version of this for jar jar binks. it's really easy to play this on your tv if you have a streaming box with a youtube app, like the roku or chronecast, or a smart tv with youtube built in. you may also recall a few other unique yule logs from years of christmas past,(source: 01:13:29 - 01:23:56)such as lil' bub the cat purring in front of a fire. the four-year- old feline internet sensation didn't make a new yule log video this year. instead, bub has been busy making a billboard chart-topping album. seriously. the album is called science & magic, a guide to the universe, and it hit number two on the top dance electronic album category, and 25 percent of the proceeds benefit special needs pets.*** but if you're looking for some santa fun to keep the kids busy, google has once again created a digital portal into santa's village. go to santa tracker -dot- google -dot com to access a number of games, videos and educational activitieseslike a translation tool for holiday greetings

also learn some coding basics with the help of the north pole elves.google also has an android santa tracker app with games and some extras, like watch faces for an android- powered smartwatch, and there's a virtual reality mode to use with google cardboard. and on december 24, you can start tracking the big man himself and see where he is on google maps.***google isn't the only high-tech way to keep tabs on santa. the home improvement retailer lowe's has it's own home monitoring system called the iris, (source: iris by lowes: 02:23:57 - 02:41:11)and its app can track when santa arrives at your house. you don't need the iris system to use the app, but it helps you set up magical cloaked sensors around the house, like near the tree or stockings, to catch him in the act. you can also set up a santa cam for photo evidence.***that's it for this tech nene roundup, and there's more at cnet.com. from our studios in new york, i'm bridget carey. merry christmas to all, and to all a

3 3 an australian anti - marijuana campaign has backfired... badly. we'll show you why folks are mocking the stoner sloth. it's (time) this morning. thanks for watching siouxland news at sunrise. 3 here's a look at travel delays across the area. expect some

on i-29.9.3 3 good morning, (norfolk)... it's (26) outside at (time)... as we take a look from our (square tire) camera. 3 if you saw "star wars: the force awakens"... you might have caught the trailer for disney's "zoo - topia"... it has a very sluggish sloth.

the star of an anti - cannabis campaign in australia. but it turns out using a cute... slow - moving animal to discourage marijuana use might have been a bad idea. reporter amara walker shows us why. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows-- "stoner sloth" was supposed to discourage australian kids from smokingngmarijuana... "delilah! pens down delilah! instead... it lit up the internet... and became an unintended hero.the campaign -- launched by the new south wales government -- is supposed to be a dramatization of the effects of marijuana.. "can you pass the salad darling?"the slogan "you're worse on weed" is clearly well- intended..t the star of the campaign -- stoner sloth-- isn't as fear inducing as perhaps the government hoped... and made for the perfect viral hashtag on social media --"i think the people who made #stonersloth vastly underestimate the public's hero-worship of sloths." one twitter user tweeted..another wrote "altugh delilah struggled with academic pursuits, she excelled at gymnastics #stonersloth. and this one from australia:"not

blaze up as much as #stonersloth has. big grinny hugs to the bairdy one"anyone can tell you that this is a ludicrous and juvenile ad campaign that has no educational value and it is just symptomatic of the nsw's government's outdated approach to drugswhat's worse? the website "stonersloth.com" was already taken... by a pro-marijuana "cannabis solutions" company based in the u-s state of colorado where the drug is legal..the website has seen a surge in traffic since the new south wales campaign was launched. but, the new south wales government is standing by it.. at least for now--it doesn't take away from the determination that we have to ensure that our children, our youth are not exposed to drugs.s./ there will be an assessment of that campaign to determine whether it is something that worked, what didn't work, what we can learn from it.in the meantime -- stoner sloth isn't going anywhere. it has its own social media accounts.. and even a clothing line!amara walker, cnn atlanta.

3 amara walker, clothing line!3 amara a lker, cnn atlalaa. 3 "weather on the ones brought to you by window world" 3 thursday morning and early afternoon could bring some scattered brief snow showers across the area, snow may be heavy at times. the heaviest snowfall will occur in southern and eastern siouxland with the possibility of 1-3". here in sioux city, expect a trace to 1". mostly cloudy skies will persist through christmas day with temperatures in the low to upper 30s. christmas evening brings chance for rain/snow mix that will l ange over to snow by saturday morning and continue through s surday evening. sunday will be mostly cloudy and blustery conditions with temperatures in the upper 20s. we are carefully watching a potential atorm system that will impact the area monday and tuesday of next week. stay

3 time for a trip 3 3 3 3 time for a trip to the sunrise watercooler...rudolph and the rest of the gang might not

thanks to these robotic reindeer. you can see three of the robots pulling santa's sleigh in this youtube video.they're called "spot bots" and are designed by a company named boston dynamics. one of their major projects is a robot that can carry loads for soldiers in the field.3 3 3 coming up this morning in your 6 o'clock hour... pepele in severarastates on the west coast saw a fireball light up

we'll show you why sights like this could become more common.plus your morning news, weather and sports are all coming up.it's now (time) as we take a look outside (xxx) on the (xxx) cam.keep it right here on siouxland news at

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3 3 here's a look at your news to go ... 3 3 the death toll is likely to climb after an outbreak of deadly tornadoes and severe storms in the south and midwest. in hard hit mississippi... quite a few people died wednesday... including a child. forecasters expect the severe weather threat to shift east... g ging way to record heat along the east coast.airports across the country are scrambling to get travelers home this christmas eve. rain and fog caused thousands of delays and hundreds of cancellations in the northeast yesterday. a lot of airlines are now shifting the timi of flights... adding red - eyes... and using bigger planes to get people home in time for the holidays.and... black lives matter protesters are planning more demonstrations today... after recent police shootings. dozens of activists were arrested for disrupting travel at the main

wednesday. many people are calling for charges to be filed against the officer who fatally shot a 24 - year - old black man in the city last month. 3 and be sure to check out siouxland news dot com all day at work and home for the latest news, weather and sports. 3 and here is what theheolks in studio 57 are working on that you'll see in an hour on cbs "this morning".i'm norah o'donnell... coming up, kennedy center carole king... how she first number one hit, at age 18... that's coming up, on cbs this morning... 3 "this is siouxland news at sunrise on 3 kmeg 14" 3 good morning everyone and welcome to siouxland news at sunrise.thanks for starting

heller.and i'm 3 meteorologist cacataylor. 3 thursday morning and early ternoon could bring some scattered brief snow showers across the area, snow may be heavy at times. the heaviest snowfall will occur in southern and eastern siouxland with the possibility of 1-3". here in sioux city, expect a trace to 1". mostly cloudy skies will persist through christmas day with temperatures in the low to upper 30s. christmas evening brings chance for rain/snow mix that will change over to snsn by saturday morning and continue through saturday evening. sunday will be evening. 3 sunday will be mostly cloudy and blustery conditions temperatures in the upper we are carefully watching a

the area monday and tuesday of stay tuned. 3 3 3 people in quite a few states on the west coast saw a fireball light up the night sky tuesday night. reporter anna werner shows us exactly where it came from. 3 (pkg)(sot) (tyler guthrie @ :01)what is that??(sot) (christopher boyd @ :02)what is that?(sot) (jamal clark @ :04)it looks like a missile. (sot) (mikehna tondreau @ :03) is it santa claus?the object streaked across the night sky.paststicki pogue's airplane window.( pogue) 16:39:57 the captain got on the pa said there is a meteor going by - it was big fireball with a sparkly tailnot a meteor, as it turned out, but the booster from a russian rocket sent up on monday - now coming down.(16:40:32 pogue ) after a moment after you saw this beautiful thing you sasa wait where is that going - it was close to plane and realized it was heading to earth so we were concernedthat rocket became the 109th object to come down from space this year - part of a steadily increasing trend: as the technology gets smaller and cheaper, more governments and companies are sending satellites and rockets - so more junk falls out of orbit back to earth.paul ceruzzi is a curator at the smithsonian air and space museum.(151111 ceruzzi) you can do wonderful things in space - communication s, weather, navigation, all

pollute that environment with debris it's like polluting a pristine river or lake on the earth, you just don't want to do that.(gfx - royal cclege of london mandatororonscreen credit)the problem is mushrooming: in 1957, the only man-made item in space was the sputnik satellite. now, u-s military officials say they are monitoring some 23- thousand objects circling the earth. u-s strategic command officials say the international space statioio had to movov4 times thth year to avoid possible collisions. (150949 ceruzzi) they do present a hazard to the space station, there's no question about it -these velocities are just staggering. 17-thousand miles an hour for the space station, - if something's coming at it crosswise, its thousands of miles an hour - even something small as a couple o oouncnc can do some seriououdamage..(tag: the people who are generally least at risk here? all of us here on earth: norah, scientists say most of the stuff that comes back through the atmosphere burns up, breaks

3 hours after the armed robberies of two homes in yankton... police say they've got five people in custodythis is where two of the suspects were arrested... a hotel in mitchell south dakota. police say (dem - ill) demil spears and (devon - jay) devonjae strong... both of chicago... were arrested yesterday morning in connection with an attempd home invasion. then later the armed robbery of homes in the 12 - hundred block of cedar street in yankton.later in the afternoon... police arrested jo thomas and (dare - ell) derrell williamson... both of chicago... and hailee flores of parkston south dakota.all five are charged with 1st degree robbery... aggravated assault... first degree petty theft... and using a firearm to commit a felony. thomas has another charge of grand theft for stealing a car... and williamson is

register as a sex offender. 3 in the meantime... police in spencer iowa are looking for the person or people responsible for stealing from an a - t - m.early yesterday morning 3 spencer police say someone broke a window near e entrtrce of the south park mall and went into the building.once they were inside... the thief or thieves broke into the a - t - m near the entrance and got away with an undetermined amount of cash.anyone who knows anything at all about this crime is asked to call the spencer police department. 3 a head on collision near newell has killed two people and sent two others to the hospital.it happened early yesterday afternoon near the raccoon river bridge west of newell.the buena vista county sheriff's office says two adults died in the crash. 3 and two other people were taken to buena vista regional medical center with non - life threatening injuries. as of now... the names of both the people who were killed and the people who were hurt are *not* being released. 3 one of the four companies originally chosen to manage iowa's memecaid program once a

finished is appealing the cancellation of their contract.an administrative law judge in des moines recommended the branstad administration cancel the state's contract with wellcare last month... and earlier thisisonth the director of the department of administrative recommendatio n.the company filed an appeal court... saying the decision is based on claims wellcare hid facts they weren't required to submit during the bidding proceses it's asking g e contract to stay in effect until the end of the judicial review process. 3 the treasury department says the i - r - s incorrectly issued around 46 - million dollars in tax refunds in 20 - 13.an audit released earlier this week blames inefficient oversight of refunds and faulty computer programming for the error. the i - r - s programming glitch ignored a process that lets the agencuy *delay* refunds considered

and *automatically* released more than 27 million in tax refunds before the i - r - s noticed the mistake. 3 "now bureaucracy is resistant to change, the irs is resistant to change. so, we're going to continue to have these problems of terrible service for hardworking taxpayers and at the same time, fraudulent returns that e given back to people who don't deserve 3 that money."the other 19 million dollars that went out by mistake was because of improper screening. 3 the f - b - i is coming under more pressure to break terrorists plots in the united states. ininhe weeks after the terrorist atttack in san bernardino... federal agents have taken quite a few suspects into custody. national corresondent jeff barnd is tracking what the f - b - i has been up to. 3 8 days after the terrorist attack in san bernardino california, across the country in minneapolis, minnesota, fbi agents took abdirizak mohamed warsame into custody on charges related to terrorism. was it a knee jerk reaction to

of another terrorist strike on u.s. soil?[katharine gorka, counter terrorism expert]"if there's pressure now to have arrests to see isis slowdown in this country, i think that is a good thing."[jeff barnd standup]"warsame has no known connection to the san bernardino massacre, but he was the first of a handful of suspected isis sympathizers ththfbi arrested in the weeks following the attack."[michael greenberger/director, university of maryland center for health & homeland security] "post san bernardino, it's been a wakeup call to intensify all measures that can be done to thwart these attacks."fbi agents have now picked up suspects in places like edgewowo, maryland, and harrisburg, pennsylvania.d if one looks back to november, there have been six arrests in all over the past six weeks. counter terrorism expert katharine gorka says law enforcment, on average, makes about 3 and a half terrorist related arrests each month -- so there has been an uptick. [katharine gorka, counter terrorism expert]"you don't want to be too alarmist, you don't want to get people all nervous about the threat, but at the same time, if you don't present a realistic picture of the threat, one of the

not be prepared."president obama noted media saturation of terror threats in a recent national public radio interview [president barack obama]"if you have been watching television for the last month, all you have been seeing, all you have been hearing about, is these guys with masks or black flags who are potentially coming to get ya."and depending on your view -- america is either panicking or downplaying the threat [katharine gorka, counter terrorism expert]"i don't think they understand the seriousness of the threre." [michael greenberger/direreor, university of maryland center for health & homeland security] fforts need to be made to tamp down what is now become a panic within the united states."i'm jeff barnd reporting.3 3 a homeless bus - boy in colorado is more than 22 - thousand dollars richer... because he refused to keep 3 - thousand dollars he found at work.johnny thumper duckworth washes dishes at randy's southside diner in grand

staying with friends. tuesday... thumper found 3 - thousand dollars in an envelope on the floor of the restaurant. even with his own financial problems... he gave the money right to his boss... who then found the rightful owner.restaurant owner randy emmonsnshen set up a go - fund - me account for thumper... hoping to reward him for his good deed. as of this morning... it's raised more than 15 - thousand dollars. the fund will eventually put a roof back over thumper's head... and help pay for some medical expenses. 3 3 3 3 the timberwolves welcomed tim duncan's spurs team that's won 5 championships since 1999. see if they could pull an upset. chris is next with sports. 3 "you're watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob

taylor"3 3 3 we're checking up with moose again on this thursday morning. what's up moose? 3 "weather on the ones, brought to you by siouxland federal credit union" 3 thursday morning and early afternoon could bring some scattered briei snow showers across the area, snow may be heavy at times. the heaviest snowfall will occur in southern and eastern siouxland with the possibility of 1-3". here in sioux city, expect a trace to 1". mostly cloudy skies will persist through christmas day with temperatures in the low to upper 30s. christmas evening brings chance for rain/snow mix that will change over to snow by saturday morning and continue through saturday evening. sunday will be mostly cloudy and blustery conditions with temperatures in the upper 20s. we are carefully watching a potential storm system that will impact the area monday and tuesday of next week. stay tuned. 3 sports, with sports director chris neyenhouse.good morning siouxland, here's a look at your morning sports. ever since the san antonio spurs drafted big man tim duncan with the number one overall pick in 1997, they've been the sort of model franchise that the timberwolves would love to be. with five championships to show for it they're a team that's relevant every year. well the t wolves have the last two number one picks on their roster.there's karl- anthony towns he's a number one pick big man too!1st quarter, 6-2 san a aonioandrew wiggins the top pick two years ago nice pass totowns for two handed dunk6-4 spurshe'd love to play like tony parker for the 3 pointer. one can dream right?18-8 spurs2nd quarter, 41-27 san antoniodavid west with the put-back dunk.43-27 spurs2nd quarter, 46-31 san

the put-3 david west antonio41-27 san 2nd quarter, 18-8 spursright?3 pointer. one parker for the play like tony he'd love to 6-4 spurshanded dunkfor two pass totowns 3 sports, with sports director chris neyenhouse.good morning siouxland, here's a look at your morning sports. ever since the san antonio spurs drafted big man tim duncan with the number one overall pick in 1997, they've been the sort of model franchise that the timberwolves would love to be. with five championships to show for it they're a team that's relevant every year.

last two number one picks on their roster.there's karl- anthony towns he's a number one pick big man too!1st quarter, 6-2 san antonioandrew wiggins the top pick two years ago nice pass totowns for two handed dunk6-4 spurshe'd love to play like tony parker for the 3 pointer. one can dream right?18-8 spurs2nd quarter, 41-27 san antoniodavid west with the put-back dunk.43-27 spurs2nd quarter, 46-31 san antonioandrew wiggins hits the jumper and foul for 3 point play2nd quarter, 46-34 san antoniothen tim duncan (sa) alley-oop to lamarcus aldridge (sa) for lay-up.spurs up 53-38 at the half.they win it 108-83. let's go bowling! northern illinois huskies getting pumped for boise state in the poinsettia bowl.this one was all broncos.... no score in the first. jeremy mcnichols runs 29 yards for the touchdown.score: 7-0 boise state.in the 2nd qtr it's 24-7 boise state.brett rypien finds chaz anderson for the 16 yard score.31-7 boise state.it's 34-7 in the third and this time rypien finds alec day- nens for the 18 yard score. broncos win it 55-7!fresh off their 22-point victory over tennesse tech last night the iowa hawkeye men's basketball

number one michigan state next week. sparty's 13-0 this season. but the hawkeye's will have a week to prepare for them. after last night's victory head coach fran mccaffery talked about playing them as well as number 14 purdue to start off big ten play.fran mccafferey/iowa head coach"we always kind of look at it like this. you gotta play those people at some point. you play em early you play em late it doesn't matter. you're still playing 18 really tough games. against really good teams. those two are particularly talented. if you look at where they're ranked and so forth. i think any time you enter into conference play you recognize a challenge. and we'll do anything we can to get everybody ready. "the vikings clinch a playoff spot with a victory over the giants sunday night. they could also clinch a playoff spot before kickoff. you see, a loss or tie by atlanta against carolina would get it done. a seattle *win* or tie at home against saint louis would too. but no matter what this game is huge because a win sets up a battle for the division title at lambeau field against the packers next week. and the home playoff game that would come with it. head coach mike zimmer is

running back adrian peterson will be ready to go sunday. mike zimmer/vikings head coach "we want to run the football. and we want to be efficient throwing the ball. i don't particularly see us as a team that's going to be throwing the ball every play. it's just not who we are and built how we are right now. so but i think you can see when we are effective throwing the football how much better we can be offensively."as a reminder we will have that carolina and atlanta game on our sister station kpth fox 44 at noon sunday. that's instead of the vikings, giants game that was flexed into nbc's sunday night football game. we were scheduled to have the bears and bucs game but since that one has no playoff implications the switch to the falcons and panthers was made. the vikings won't have to worry about covering giants record setting receiver odell beckham junior. bekcham's appeal of a one game suspension following his fracas with panthers corner josh norman has been denied by the league. so he officially *won't* play against the vikings. no receiver in nfl history has more yards than beckham through their first full 16 games of their career. siouxland news and notes now dordt senior center mycah

huaff mid america sports womens basketball player of the week. she just set a new school record with 25 rebounds against number fourteen concordia last week. that record had stood since 1977. that's it for your morning sportscast.be sure to watch us for sports at five and ten. have a good morning, back to you jake. 3 3 it's part comedy... part drama. and it's a true story. it's (time)... we'll have a preview of "joy" next in your sunrise entertainment. 3 here's a look at your christmas day forecast. 3 "first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor" 3 thursday morning and early morning and thursday "first alert 3 forecast. christmas day at your here's a look 3 entertainment.your sunrise "joy" next in preview of we'll have a story. and it's a true part drama. comedy... it's part

a good morning, back 3 to you jake. 3 3 it's part comedy... part drama. and it's a true story. it's (time)... we'll have a preview of "joy" next in your sunrise entertainment.

chririmas day 3 forecast. 3 "first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor" 3 thursday morning and early afternoon could bring some scattered brief snow showers across the area, snow may be heavy at times. the heaviest snowfall will occur in southern and eastern siouxland with the possibility of 1-3". here in sioux city, expect a trace to 1". mostly cloudy skies will persist through

temperatures in the low to upper 30s. christmas evening brings chance for rain/snow mix that will change over to snow by saturday morning and continue through saturday evening. sunday will be mostly cloudy and blustery conditions with temperatures in the upper 20s. we are carefully watching a potential storm system that will impact the area monday and tuesday of next week. stay tuned. 3 3 it's part comedy... part drama... partly a lesson on life. the new movie "joy" arrives in theaters christmas day. as reporter danielle nottttgham shows us... it's a a ory to inspspe the dreamers in all of us. 3 (movie nats) :36 "don't ever think that the world owes you anything, because it doesn't." jennifer lawrence is juggling divorce, three young kids, and a series of dead end jobs. but deep inside is a drive to re- invent.(jennifer lawrence) 02.11.38 this person has life and her given up her 02.11.38 this lawrence) (jennifer ininnt.is a drive to re-but deep inside dead end jobs. and a seriri of divorce, three juggling lawrence is jennifer doesn't."because it you anything, world owes think that the "don't ever (movie nats) :36 3 all of us.dreamers in inspire the it's a story to ttingham danielle as reporter christmas day. theaters "joy" arrives in the new movie lesson on life. partly a lesson on life. the new movie "joy" arrives in theaters christmas day. as

shows us... it's a story to inspire the dreamers in all of us. 3 (movie nats) :36 "don't ever think that the world owes you anything, because it doesn't." jennifer lawrence is juggling divorce, three young kids, and a series of dead end jobs. but deep inside is a drive to re- invent.(jennifer lawrence) 02.11.38 this person has gigin up hererlife and her dreams for her entire life taking care of everybody. is she meek, is she weak?the story is based loosely on the real single mom who brought the miracle mop into millions of households. joy mangano remembers finding the determination - and optimism - to bring her creation to life.(joy mangano) 08.10 i hope people walk out - i know people will walk out - they'll feel empowered. they'll feel more courageous at those moments when they sit there and go how can i keep goingthe film reunites lawrence with co-stars from "silver linings playbook." (deniro nats) 1:08 i don't get itrobert deniro is her skeptical father... and

shopping executive who both helps and hinders joy's success.(cooper nats) :25 it could have been handled better which is why ultimately, she takes control of her own destiny.(lawrence) 2.12.07 she's been pushed and told no thousands of times and keeps goingthe bonus is, it's not just hollywood's chasing your dreams, it's the danielle nottihgnam, cbs news, los angeles 3 here's what we're talking about on facebook this morning... christmas is finally just around the your favorite christmas tradition? 3 3 still to come this morning... 'tis the season across the country where many people don't want a white christmas as much as a multi - colored one we'll take a look at

displays.it's now (time) as we take a look outside (xxx) on the (xxx) cam.your weather and morning news are all ahead. keep it right here on siouxland news at sunrise.

3 good morning everyone,thanan for arting your morning with us.i'm jacob heller...and i'm meteorologist 3 cat taylor. 3 thursday morning and early afternoon could bring some scattered brief snow showers across the area, snow may be heavy at times. the heaviest snowfall will occur in southern and eastern siouxland with the possibility of 1-3". here in sioux city, expect a trace to 1". mostly cloudy skies will persist through christmas day with temperatures in the low to

brings chance for rain/snow mix that will change over to snow by saturday morning and continue through saturday evening. sunday will be mostly cloudy and blustery conditions with temperatures in the upper 20s. we are carefully watching a potential storm system that will impact the area monday and tuesday of xt week. stay tunene 3 3 stay tuned.next week. 3 stay tuned. 3 all across the country people are lighting up their houses with holiday lights. as reporter jim axelrod shows us... they don't need a white christmas... so much as a mutli - colored one. 3 narr: 'tis certainly the season in kirkland washington where tony mish has put up 175-thousand lights - with the seattle seahawks logo as the centerpiece.e.t/break for the housenarr: the cars and commotn it attracted caused some of mish's neighbors to go all grinch - and complain. sot/140450 it was pretty

letter from the city threatening fines. sot/140837 i didn't realize you need a permit to have christmas lights.nat/national lampoon christmas vacationnarr: ever since clark griswold almost took the entire city of chicago down in national lampoon's christmas vacation the dark side of all that light has been part of the deal.nat/chevy chasenarr: but one look at instagram - where a million and a half people have displayed their displays and you realize how many people don't need a white christmas as much as a multi-colored one.nat/penn state fight songnarr: in shanksville pennsylvania bob witt illuminates his love of the penn state nittany lions.. the blue and white lights synched to the team's fight song. nat/fight songnarr: in tucson arizona.. alex parrs strings up a hundred thousand lights. the bill's not as bad as you thinksot/parrs for the whole season we might have an extra 100/200 bucks in electric.narr: in southern california - this entire

light displaynarr: and in brooklyn pascal simione has been taking his girl bianca trevicano to see these lights for years. this year he made it the backdrop when he asked her to marry him. nat/she said yesnarr: but maybe the best reminder of the special power of christmas lights comes from candy calda in houston. she wanted to create something like those fancncones that charge monon to see. but hers is free so that the less fortunate get a good show too. sot/calda265200 it mes my heart soar with the fact that i've brought joy you to any family being a child or an adult.narr: candy seems to have the brightest idea of all. ja cbsn ny 3 they're small... their cute... and they smell good too! 3 the sioux city police officer's association is trying to make the holidays a little more cheerful for some kids in local hospitals... donating 29 scentsy buddies... stuffed animals infused with fragrances... to unity point health st. luke's, mercy medical center and the june&e. nylen cancer center.detective jeff harstad and his wife

3 "we wanted to do something good for our community and this time of year is a perfect time to do that. since i'm a scentsy consultant, and i see that our children love the little scentcy buddies that we have, the little stuffed animals with the scents inside of them, i figured it would be kind of a good way to incorporate scentsy and give back to the community as well."officers also as well."the community as well."officers also put several christmas cards ininde of e boxes for the chchdren who receive the stuffed animals. 3 almost 200 years ago a new yorker by the name of clement clarke moore wrote what he though was a silly christmas poem for his children. we know it as: "'twas the night before christmas." the story was published a little later... and soon became a classic. but a lot of people do *not* know that today's idea of santa claus being a plump guy... who climbs down chimneys to deliver toys... originates from the poem. reading the story has become a timeless christmas tradition in homes across the country. so c -

charlie rose t tught he would try his hand at it... too. 3 twas the night before christmas"by clement clarke moore'twas the night before christmas, when all through the housenot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;the stococngs were hung by the chimney with care,in hopes that st. nicholas soon would be there;the children were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;and mamma in her 'kerchief, and i in my cap,had just settled down for a long winter's nap, when out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,i sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.away to the window i flew like a flash,tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.the moon on the breast of the new-fallen snowgave the lustre of mid-day to objects

wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,with a little old driver, so lively and quick,i knew in a moment it must be st. nick.more rapid than eagles his coursers they came,and he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;"now, dasher! now, dancer! 3 now, prancer and vixen!on, comet! on cupid! on, donder and blitn!to the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"as dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an stacle, mount to the sky,so up to the house-top the coursers they flew,with the sleigh full of toys, and st. nicholas too.and then, in a twinkling, i heard on the roof the prancing and pawing of

my hand, and was turning around,down the chimney st. nicholas came with a bound.he was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,and his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;a bundle of toys he had flung on his back,and he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. his eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!his cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!his droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,and the beard of his chin was as white as the snow; the stump ofof pipe he held tight in his teeth,and the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;he had a broad face and a little round belly, that shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.he was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,and i laughed when i saw him, in spite of myself;a wink of his eye and a

to know i had nothing to dread; he spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,and filled all the stockings; 3 then turned with a jerk,and laying his finger aside of his nose,and giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;he sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,and away they all flew like the down of a thistle. exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,happy christmas to all, and to all a good-night! (music fades) 3 3 up next in your healthwatch... a new study is showing the benefits of skin to skin contact between a baby and its mom. we'll show you how it helps both of them. 3 here's a look at travel delays across the area. expect some

on i-29.3 cat taylor" 3 "first alert weather with

3 thursday morning and early afternoon could bring some scattered brief snow showers across the area, snow may be heavy at times. the heaviest snowfall will occur in southern and eastern siouxland with the possibility of 1-3". here in sioux city, expect a trace to 1". mostly cloudy skies will persist through christmas day with temperatures in the low to upper 30s. christmas evening brings chance for rain/snow mix that will change over to snow by satutuay morning and continue through saturday evening. sunday will be mostly cloudy and blustery conditions with temperatures in the upper 20s. we are carefully watching a potential storm system that will impact the area monday and tuesday of next week. stay tuned. 3

new study in 3 a new study in pediatrics finds low birth weight babies who were held skin to skin have a 36 - percent reduced risk of infant mortality. it's the latest research showing off the benefits of the simple technique. danielle nottingham is at cedars sinai medical center in los angeles to tell us about another study that suggests the practice is not only good for the baby's health... it's good for the mom as well. 3 kathryn garcia castro delivered twins more than 3 months early. her son came home first, but her daughter, camila, remained in the nicu

her for weeks.(kathryn garcia castro/ mom)(01:03) automatically it was really the only thing i wanted to do was to be close the them (01:05) it's the one thing you want to do when you have a baby is touch and hold"when camila was well enough, nurses at cedars sinai medical center encouraged garcia castro to snuggle with her baby skin to skin. new research fromomhe children's national health system finds skin to skin contact decreases new moms' stress levels.(gedy esquedah/ cedars-sinai registered nurse) (46:34) so those intimate moments when they are skin- to-skin bonding -- really, really help to decrease mom's anxiety. (46:43)having a baby in the nicu can interfere with parent-child bonding. the study found mothers who held their babies skin-to-skin improved their moods and made them feel less helpless about their infants health issues. (danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles)13:11:52 skin to skin contact should start right after birth or when baby is stabilized and last at least 45 minutes a sessionprevious research has shown skin-to-skin contact also benefits preemies - helping with digestion, stabilizing heart rates and

castro says it just feels right. (kathryn garcia castro/ mom)(59:51) it's that part of that maternal instinct that sort of kickckin that you f fl like ' 'is is what i'm supposed to be doing.' (59:55) danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles 3 the pediatrics study also found newborns who weighed less than 4 point 4 pounds who got skin - to - skin care were almost half as likely of getting sepsis or a major infection and thth were also much more likely to have beenen exclusively breastfed by the time they left the hospital. 3 3 darth vader finds your lack of yule log disturbing. we'll show you some ways to fix

c - net tech update.3 3 good morning, (norfolk)... it's (26) outside at (time)... as we take a look from our (sqare tire) camera. 3 there are some high tech ways to track santa tonight. here's y yr c - net tech update. 3 darth vader finds your lack of

bridget carey, this is your cnet update.***take your christmas celebrations up a notch this year with some high tech help. let's start by spicing up the traditional yule log video. when guests come over,(source: tales of whiskey: 00:21:26 - 00:41:43) you may want to put on a soothing video of a crackling fire -- but why not instead stream a video of actor nick offerman sipping whiskey near a crackling fire for 45 minutes. yes, it is really just one big ad for that whiskey brand, but there's something medativie and soothing about staring at this continious video. maybe it's the beard.(source: benjaminapple: 00:41:43 - 00:53:35 )or perhaps more fitting for your home is the darth vader yule log, created by youtube user benjaminapple. you can just watch vader's dead body burn by the fire in this five-hour-long clip. little known fact - that

resistant. now if only someone could ke a version of this for jar jar binks. it's really easy to play this on your tv if you have a streaming box with a youtube app, like the roku or chromecast, or a smart tv with youtube built in. you may also recall a few other unique yule logs s om years of christmas past,(source: 01:13:29 - 01:23:56)such as lil' bub the cat purring in front of a fire. the four-year- old feline internet sensation didn't make a new yule log video this year. instead, bub has been busy making a billboard chart-topping album. seriously. the album is called science & magic, a guide to the universe, and it hit number two on the top dance electronic album category, and 25 percent of the proceeds benefit special needs pets.*** but if you're looking for some santa fun to keep the kids busy, google has once again

santa's village. go to santa tracker -dot- google -dot com to access a number of games, videos and educational activities, likekea translation tool for holiday greetings around the world. and you can also learn some coding basics with the help of the north pole elves.google also has an android santa tracker app with games and some extras, like watch faces for an android- powewed smartwatch, and there's a virtual reality mode to use with google cardboard. and on december 24, you can start tracking the big man himself and see where he is on google maps.***google isn't the only high-tech way to keep tabs on santa. the home improvement retailer lowe's has it's own home moniting system called the iris, (source: iris by lowes: 02:23:57 - 02:41:11)and its app can track when santa arrives at your house. you don't need the iris system to

set up magical cloaked sensors around the house, like near the tree or stockings, to catch him in the act. you can also set up a santa cam for photo evidence.***that's it for roundup, and there's more at cnet.com. from our studios in new york, i'm bridget carey. christmas to all, and to all a good update.****" 3 "weather on the ones brought to you by window world" 3 thursday morning and early afternoon could bring scattered brief snow showers across the area, snow may be heavy at times. the snowfall will occur in southern and eastern siouxland with the possibility sioux city, expect a trace to 1". mostly cloudy skies will persist through christmas day temperatures in the low to upper 30s. christmas evening brings chance for that will change over to snow by saturday morning and through saturday evening. sunday will be mostly cloudy and blustery conditions temperatures in the upper 20s. we are carefully watching a potential that will impact the area monday and tuesday of next week. stay tuned. 3

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