have a great day. "this is siouxland news at 3 3 two women jump out of a second story window after flames spread throughout an apartment building in sloan. firefighters say it's a total loss.the e - b - 5 visa program is under a lot of scrutiny right now... we'll show you why somemen washington are calling for reformand presidential hopeful marco rubio was in sioux city yesterday... we'll tell you his plan for fixing our nation's budget.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

3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits.look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. we will see some sunshine but it will stay cold.the rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs with single digit lows. 3 3 3 millions of people in thiriren states along the rising mississippi river are getting ready for historic and dangerous floods... after days of downpours. the unusual weather pattern hit missouri hard... c - b - s news correspondent don champion shows us how much of the state is under water. 3 (sot gov. jay nixon/ d- missouri) "missouri is in the

dangerous flooding event." missouri governor jay nixon called in the national guard -- as the state grapples with deadly flooding. volunteers throughout saint louis worked late tuesday night, laying out sandbags. the situation was dire at this water treatment plant in the town of high ridge. its reserves only contain enough water for up to four days. (sot mos/ / name given) we're all going to get through it we just need to work together as a community the rare winter deluge has already left parts of the state, including the town of union, under water. rising water along the mississippi and other major rivers have forced people out.(sot kathy wunderlich/ resident) we emptied our basement out of anything important and then we cleaned out of the house of clothes, things that can't be replaced tony phillip closed his furniture store ahead ofof an evacuation order:(sot tony phillip/ business owner) we're just preparing for the worst by getting everything up to higher ground water levels in some locations could exceed levels not seen since the great flood of 1993. but state officials maintain, they're prepared. (sot jim kramper/ national weather service) in terms of specifically

we're light years better than we were in 93. //now we're actually putting in forecast rainfall and that has given us a mumu more heads up.. more than 12 people in missouri have been killed in the flooding. don champion cbs news. 3 forecasters say the mississippi and other major rivers will most likely rivers will other major mississippi and say the forecasters 3 forecasters say the mississippi and other major rivers will most likely crest at record levels starting tomorrow. 3 three people from sioux city are in jail in sioux falls this morning... facing charges related to prostitution.police in sioux falls say 28 - year - old amanda meyer and 23 - year - old brittany leners were arrested for prosostution.26 - year - old rashad lee was arrested for pimping. they were arrested after sioux falls police investigators answered an online ad and met the two women at a hotel.lee is believed to have driven the women to sioux

city.the arrests are part of the sioux falls police department's campaign n against huhun trafficking... and a lot of times officece use online ads for prostitution as a way to try and find women being trafficked for sex. 3 iowa's state auditor says the city council in the woodbury county town of hornick failed to catch more than 100 - thousand dollars in improper spending by two of the city's clerks.yesterday the state auditor's office released a report saying the clerk from 2001 to 2009 improperly spent more than 5 - thousand dollars... and improperly documented payments to herself of more than 11 - thousand dollars. the clerk after her... who served from 2009 to 2012... improperly spent at least 42 - hundred dollars and failededo properly document more than 47 - thousand dollars in payments to the city's mayor and council members. no charges have been filed against either former clerk... but prosecutors and the iowa

investigations both received copies of the report. 3 a three - month investigation into a september car accident in rural plymouth county has a cherokee iowa woman behind bars this morning.the iowa state patrol investigated the crash on september 9th... three people were sent to mercy medical center in sioux city with serious injuries.now... police say the driver of one of the vehicles intentionally drove her s - u - v into the path of the other car. melissa ebert of cherokee was arrested yesterdadaand charged with two counts of attempted murder... two counts of serious injury by motor vehicle... and o - w - i second offense. she's been booked into the plymouth county jail in le mars. 3 police in sioux city are looking for two people believed to be involved with a *car theft* on the near northside last month.take a look at these surveillance pictures from the kum and go store at 14th and pierce... you can see the two people police want to find here. if you know who these two people are... call

is 2 - 5 - 8 - tips. 3 a sioux center man will spend the next two years in prison and the rest of his life on the sex offender registry after accepting a plea agreement.43 - year - old danny barnes agreed to plea guilty to assault with intent to commit sex abuse tuesday in exchange for the 2 - year - sentence.after his release... he'll spend 10 years on probation and be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.he was arrested in october and charged with sexually assaulting a 14 - year - old girl in a sioux center park back in august. 3 the two sioux city brothers convicted last year in federal court of assaulting two drug dealers have had their sentences upheld on appeal.the 8th circuit court of appeals says the life sentence given to jamal dean and the 30 - year - sentence given to his brother levon dean junior were proper and appropriate. the judges rejected the brothers' request for a new trial in the case.

traveling from south sioux city to sioux city in april 20 - 13 to assault and rob two drug dealers. 3 burned breakfast is to blame for some terryfing moments in sloan yesterday morning... as two people had to jump from their apartment complex window to escape a fire. our own siouxland news reporter (yet - ska) jetske (wah - ron) wauran show's us what's being done to help those affected by the fire. 3 15 people are without a home after that firbroke out atat the prairie apartments right behind. and the sloan fire chief tells, the cause of the fire: unattended cooking materials.(richard moore, pastor at evangelical covenant church): "we saw flames coming out of the second story apartments."firefighters battled the blaze that broke out at this apartment building, shortly before 10 am tuesday, in the 300th block of buckley street in sloan.'slsln fire chief, lee blanchard:"it pretty much spread throughout the entire attic portion of the building."a woodbury

first on the scene, to find smoke and flames, at the two-story apartment.officials say the deputy helped the two occupants of the apartment buildingboth occupants jumped from the second floor window, trtrng to escape the flameses"i saw a couple of the residents that had jumped out of the second floor."they were loaded and sent off to mercy medical center as soon as our ambulance arrived on scene." woodbury county sheriff's office, sloan, hornick, salix, sergeant bluff, whiting and moville fire departments, as well as woodbury county emergency services and emergency services were all onon scene.and across the street, the evevgelical covenant church opened its door, teaming up with the american red cross, providing food and shelter to the community, and firefighters as well.have the church ready for people to come in, go get blankets, go whatever clothes we could and have folks come in."now the church is teaming up with a local retail shop. it's called kiki's closet, where they will be providing all sorts of donations, clothes, blankets and so forth, for the families affected by this fire.

wauran, siouxland news. 3 a 50 -foot - humpback whale splashing around monday is big news in the nation's smallest state.rhode island harbor master ed hughes said he heard a colossal splash in (nar - uh - gan - set) narragansett bay when he was making his rounds monday morning. the bay stretches about 25 miles from the atlantic ocean north toward providence... the capital city. hughes said the whale was about halfway up when he saw it splashing around for about 45 minutes.humpbacks aren't supposed to be lingering around there this time of year. like many new englanders... the humpback heads for warmer climates once the mercury begins to drop every year. 3 3 3

temperatures aren't as cold as we will get later on this afternoon and evening when a cold front makes it's way across the area. i'll have all the details next. 3 3 coming up... iraqi forces are consolidating their gains after pushing isis o o of an important city. we'll show you where they will head next. 3 "you're watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob

taylor"3 3 "weather on the ones, brought to you by siouxland federal credit union" 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits.look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. we will see some sunshine but it will stay cold.the rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs with single digit lows.

3 3 here's what we're talking about on facebook this morning... iowa won the

do you like your steak 3 cooked? 3 if you've already mastered that hoverboard you got for christmas... there's something else you can look forward to... karina mitchell is in new york with your c - b - s moneywatch. 3 oil prices rebounded and stocks got back on track tuesday.the dow w jumped almost 193 pointsthe nasdaq climbed d nearly 6767oints. //macy's i i recalling two frying pans after customers reported metal discs popping off - causing bruises and burns in three cases. the 8 and 10 inch pans were included in a 10 piece martha stewart set that was

some military bases. //the biotech company rmerly headed by disgraced ceo martin shkreli is appealing a decision to delist the company from the nasdaq. san francisco based kalo-bios was notified of the move last week after shkreli's arrest on security fraud charges. shkreli gained notoriety for hiking the price of a life saving drug from another of his companies by 5000 percent.//and even though christmas just ssed, there's already talk about possiblele hot gifts for next year. how about a hoverboard that can fly? the 19 thousand dollar arca board is designed to glide a foot off the surface at 12 miles an hour for up to 6 minutes - and begins shipping in april. //that's your mw for more log on to cbs mw dot com. in ny im km3 // 3 3 tuesday an iraqi commander said it's mostly calm in the city of (ruh - mod - ee) ramadi... iraqi troops have

the final push to retake the city came monday after weeks of preparation... as iraqi troops surrounded the town and cut off isis supply lines. c - b - s news correspondent elizabeth palmer takes a look. 3 then - the moment of victory. for the first time since may, iraq's flag was hoisted over government buildings....for a week.. iraqi special forces led the fight to re-take ramadi they won, , thanks to better equipment, and more than 600 airstrikes by coalition planes on isis targets.but also because the iraqis have been learning on the job.. in ferocious battles in tikrit and baiji earlier this year... they managed to pupu isis out. in ramadi.. they did it withought major help from irregular shii'ite militias... for these soldiers.. winning here was a big morale boost....

analyst juan zaratethey're better trained and enabled in part through us and coalition partnershihi- but they also have greatat will and capacity. the battle to re-take ramadi - important though it was - is just a preamble for what's coming in 2016...on national television....iraq's prime minister warnedn..abadi on national tv (off air)"we are coming to liberate mosul next - and deal isis a fatal blow." rst though, the government will have to repair the damage and restore services in ramadi to l le residents back - and keep them loyaya- so isis 3 stayon the run.tag 3

news at sunrise... you know texting and driving is dangerous... but is texting and walking just as dangerous? we'll show you a new study that says you should look before you type.

3 "first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor" 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits.look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. we will see some sunshine but it will stay cold.the rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs

3 cell phone distraction turned deadly for a 33 - year - old indiana man... but he wasn't driving. he was on foot... looking at an electronic device... most likely a phone or camera... when he plunged off a coastal cliff in california. new research finds distracted walking is linked to thousands

b - s news transportation correspondent kris van cleave takes a look. 3 pkg(take pkg)in san diego investigators believe joshua burwell may have been trying to take a picture of the sunset when he e ok a fatal fall - some 40 feet off sunset cliffs on to the rocks below lifeguard sgt. bill bender. (bender sot)(:28) "he wasn't watching where he was walking and looking more down at the device."(natsound/distracted walking)it's a tragic example of a growing problem...people distracted by their phones or other devices - like this woman seen on mall security cameras focused on her phone and walking straight into a fountain. or this man - talking on his phone - and going right off the train platform.(take gfx1)in a recent study, 7878of americans said distracted d lking is a serious issue. another study found people using their phone while walking veered off course 61% of the time, and overshot their target 13% more when than when they were not distracted by their device. (end gfx1)(lajam sot) (14:21:35) a lot of people don't admit that they do it." dr. claudette lajam is an orthopedic surgeon...(lajam sot)(14:21:21) "it's getting worse as we have more and more features on these devices that we carry around with us that can distract us(take gfx2)... while the number of e-r visits for distracted walking injuries doubled between 2005 and 2010 to more than 1500, she believes the problem is actually much bigger.(end gfx2) (natsound/dc or nyc streets) but it's not hard to spot on the street.(kvc/mos exchange//***only gave first name - roxanne - did nototant to g ge full name)(kvc 11:07:20) "do you think the combination of t tting and walking is a good safe combo?" (roxanne 11:07:25) "no absolutely not, just like biking and texting, driving and texting..."(take gfx3) researchers at ohio state found 21 to 25 are the most

nearly 80% of the injuries stem from falls--estimating more than half occur at home. (end gfx3)but we found kelly davis working away on her phone as she walked to lunch. (kvc/kelly exchange)(kvc 11:10:22) "kelly have you ever had a moment where you walked in to something or fallen or" (kelly) "oh absolutely i walked in to a, um one of the very short like light posts 3 3 still to come... still to come... 3 still to c ce... the teenagerwho spent two weeks on the run is headed back to texas this morning. we'll

capture in mexico. you're watching siouxland news at

3 "this qs siouxland news at sunrise on kmeg 14" 3 good morning everyone,thanks for starting your morning with

heller...and i'm meteorologist 3 cat taylor. 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits.look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. we will see some sunshine but it will stay cold.the rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs with single digit lows. 3 the affluenza teen will be flown back to texas today. now... as c - b - s news

shows us... ethan couch could face jail time for leaving the country after skipping a meeting with his probation officer. 3 (pkg) (tue0474) the manhunt for ethan couch ended here monday evening, in the run-down neighborhood of t t mexicacaresort town of puerto vallarta (tue0264 :05) authorities say the 18-year- old and his mom, who changed their appearances, were caught after using a cell phone to order pizza.(sot tue0111 :56) "i'd like for him to be held accountable" (-:58) tarrant county officials in texas are now waiting for the pair to return to the u-s. couch had been on the run for weeks (wed0406 :3232after this video emerged on social media. it appears to show him at a party with drinking- possibly violating his probation. couch had been sentenced to 10 years of probation after (tue0117 :57) he killed four people in a 2013 drunk driving accident. (tue0499 :40) margarita rodriguez says she sold the teen sandwiches during his time in puerto vallarta. (tue0499 :4141nat spananh "he

spanish. (tue0499 :53) mexican officials say couch and his mom stayed at this upscale resort before moving to the 350-dollar a month apartment. (sot tue0111 dee anderson/tarr ant county sheriff :21) " they planned to disappear...they even had something that was party before theheleft toto"(-:31) prosecutors hope to m me couch's case to adult penalty. his mother now faces a charge of hindering an cbs news. 3 during his 3 trial two years ago... couch made headlines after his defense blamed his irresponsible behavior on his wealthy... privileged upbringing. 3 a major railroad company is helping feed hungry people in siouxland.union pacific gave a 10 - thousand dollar check to the food bank of siouxland yesterday afternoon. this donation comes just after the holiday season... a time when donations typically drop off... but demand for the food bank's services stay steady. 3 "so it just makes all the

are doing to know that poeple want to step up; want to show how they care; and to do so in a really significant way. ten thousand dollars check doesnt happen here very often, so thats really terrific news. "the 10 - thousand dollars will let the food bank buy 13 - ousand pounds of food to help feed people in siouxland.d. over the last year... the food bank gave out almost two *million* pounds of food to 100 agencies in an 11 - county area. 3 florida senator marco rubio brought his presidential campaign back to sioux city last night.about 150 people were at the holiday inn on gordon drive to hear him speak. he was joined by south carolina u - s congressman trey gowdy... who endorsed him... saying he respects the constitution... believes in national security... and is fiscally conservative. rubio says he wants to force congress to adopt a balanced budget each year. 3 "well first of all you're not going to fix it just thrhrgh ngress, no matter who i i chargegeyou are going to need

and you are only going to get a balanced budget amendment if the citizens do it. it isn't going to come from the politicians. they all say they are for it. but when it comes down to it. they don't want it because it limits their ability. "rubio says if he's elected... he'll lobby for a constitutional convention... letting states bypass congress and ratify a balanced budget amendment directly. 3 3 and on t t other side... the democratic ontrunner is planning to make a stop in sioux city next week. former secretary of state hillary clinton will be in town on tuesday... january 5th... starting at 2 - 15 p.m. the exact location for her event hasn't been announced yet. her campaign says secretary clinton will talk about her plans to help children and working families in iowa get ahead in lifefe 3 two people were arrested in belgium... accused of planning terror attacks n new year's eve. the arrests are setting off some concern here in the united states about the security surrounding *our* new year's eve celebrations. our reporter scott thuman has more on what's being done to deal with worries both

3 "nats soldiers walking around brussels"the very soldiers we saw trying to protect brussels from an attack, may have been the target in this newly uncovered, alleged plot. belgian authorities say law enforcement officers & the famous grand place...the main gathering spot for holiday events---were among the targets. this is video we took earlier this month of soldiers guarding that very site.they say 2 men were arrested with military-type uniforms and islamic state propoganda."nats of speaking in french"this member of parliament told us, they're still struggling to discover warning signs in the fast growing phenomena of radicalization.(jamal ikazban) "we need to have the modesty to say that we don't understand and that we don't know everything that's happening--that's why i hope we'll be able to arrest jihadists alive so that we can learn more."across europe, police have ramped up security, surveillance & id checks leading up to new year's celebrations.here in the united states, precautions as well.(sototill de blasio) "this is the first time we've

force in such a number in this city and it is going to make a big differencein new york, tuesday, the mayor tried to calm any fears announcing the deployment of a new, 500- strong, counter terrorism team. in washington dc, promoters moved a new year's eve party from the hilton downtown, all the way to philadelphia due to security concerns...and in las vegas, national guardsmen will join more than 15-hundred law enforcement officers and firefightters for the vegas strip's biggest attraction of the year...where some 300- thousandndeople are expected to ring in the new year. (sheriff joseph lombardo, las vegas metropolitan police dept.) "we are mandating a aa police department that everybody is all hands on deck. everybody will be working on new year's eve" (scott/tag)"back to brussels, even though no weapons or explosives were found in police are calling these 'serious threats' and while there is supposedly no connection in this raid to the paris attacks---remember, several of the paris suspects were *from* brussels.on capitol hill, scott thuman." 3 the better business bureau is out with the top scams for 20 - 15. the scams have a lot of different names... but as c - b - s news correspondndt kennetetcraig shows us... theyeye pretty

3 hundreds of thousands of americans have received a call like this one.(natsot)"the irs has filed a lawsuit against you."con artists posing as irs agents demand immediate payment.(sot-lois)"if i didn't clear it up that they were going to prosecute me"lois - who didn't want to give her last name - paid the scammers 45 hundred dollars in prpraid debibicards(sot-lois)s)"i panicked"(gfx)the better business bureau says tax cons were by far the top scam of 2015.in other popular scams criminals pose as debt collectors or tech support. other imposters claim you've won a sweepstakes or been awarded a grant.(sot-mary power/president, ceo council of better business bureaus) "the top scams all involve imposters, either someone you know or trust or someone that you're afraid of."the scams ve something elsesein common - the crimimal wants money up frfrt.father michael ortiz thought he was a millionaire when he received this phony sweepstakes letter all he had to do was pay a 40-thousand tax to receive his prize. (sot-father michael ortiz/scam victim)" hook line and sinker i fell."and the scam artists want an untraceable form of payment.(sot-mary power/president and ceo, council of better business bureaus)"one of the red flags any scam is if someone is requesting that you pay by prepaid debit card, wire transfer or gift card you

say if someone is demanding money or if the offer sounds too good to be true it's likely a scam.kenneth craig, cbs news, new 3 york. 3 thousands of people lined up at a botanical garden in australia to take a whiff of a flower that really stinks.the titan arum... the "corpse flower"... went on display in adelaide. the plant took almost a decade to grow and produces flowers every one thousand days. those flowers only last a day or so before collapsing. but when they bloom... they release an odor that some have described as being pretty close to a dead animal or a garbage landfill.experts say the odor helps the plant attract insects to pollinate it. the plant itself is an endangered species native to indonesia and is quite

3 3 3 3 christmas is over... but you still have a chance to help keep siouxland kids warm this winter. we're talking "coats for kids"... next... in "talk of the town." 3 "you're watching siouxland

heller and meteorologist 3 "first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor"

overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. we will see some sunshine but it will stay cold.the rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs

3 christmas has come and gone... but the need for warms coats is still here. we're talking "coats for kids" with xxx on "talk of the town" this morning.good morning! 3 jake and a guest or group of

community events.3 3 thanks for being with us this morning. if you missed this segment...or want to find out any more information...you can find everything on our web b

3 a music festival is going on right now in south carolina. we'll take you there... and show you how they're trying to change the *color* of *classical* music. it's (time) this morning. thanks for watching siouxland news at sunrise. 3 snow is continuing to fall across siouxland. expect it to diminish and move east by

3 good morning, (sioux city)... it's (22) outside at (time)... as we take a look from our (jc roofing and insulating) camera. 3 a festival in south carolina is trying to change the *color* of *classical* music. less than four percent of classical american sysyphony musicians are africc - american... but as reporter lee cowan shows us...

3 (cowan/color of 3 music/rhymes)nat/sot music (editor note: 30285/003/a0657) (narr:) rachmaninoff was seamless on this night in charleston south carolina. ...remarkable because this was the first time many of these musicians had played together. (nat/sot music)(narr:) maestro marlon daniel conducts not only the orchestra - but this festival -- called the -- now in its third year. (sosomarlon 18:57:27)"you know a lot of musicians of color get pigeon-holed into jazz and hip-hop and all these things....(sot/lee 18:57:3:) "it's a stereotype..." (sot/marlon 18:57:31)"it's a big stereotype." (nats rehearsal) (sot/marlon 18:56:33)"a lot of people think there aren't any musicians of color out there doing classical music, when there actually are, in reality, tons of us."nat/sto rehearsal(narr:) clarinetist robert davis says in most symphonies he sticks out as a black classical artist - but not here. (sot/robert 00:03:58) "you usually see the same ones, you know// but then, i came down here, and there's a whole other group,//it's likik where are they coming from! so i was really shocked about that."(narr:)(editor note: 10285/0001/0002/a0654) the festival also highlights black

night it was aldolphus hailstork ... and his "church street serenade" -- performed just one block away from the historic black church, where in june, a white gunman opened fire -- killing ninenat/sot performance(narr:) businessman lee pringle - who founded the event t hopes a a ght likk this - w wl help diversity other orchestras... (sot/pringle 00:10:36)"i think that most orchestras want to change, they just don't know how to change."(sot/lee 00:10:41)"and how do they change?(sot/pringle 00:10:49) "they change by having people at the table who look li me." nat/sot music (sot/marlon 19:19:39)"music should be color blind, and to make it that way, you have to infuse in it all of the colors." (narr:) a unique unity - that for a few days at least - makes for an especially powerful sound. nat/sot end of performance (narr:) lee cowan,

3 "weather on the ones brought to you by window world" 3 once the snow morning, look for overcast skies and highs reach the lower 20s. skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits.look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. we will see some sunshine but it will stay cold.the rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs with single digit lows. 3

3 time for a trip to the sunrise watercooler...hundreds cheered on as two four - finned loggerheads were released back into the ocean yesterday. for the past several months... the reptiles have been rehabilitating at loggerhead marinelife center in juno beach florida.one of the turtles was rescued after being hooked by a fisherman. the other was found at a park... lethargic and underweight. 3 3 it's a 25 - year - old program designed to encourage foreign investment into the united states. but coming up this

worries *terrorists* might be using the e - b - 5 visa program for their own ends.usour morning news, weather and sports are all coming up.it's now (time) as we take a look outside (xxx) on the (xxx) c c.keep it right

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3 3 good morning, this is sgt todd sassmann with your siouxland news traffic to goofficers will be running radar on gordon dr and jackson sthave a safe drive to work and school for siouxland news, this is sgt todd sassmann 3 3 here's a look at your news to go ... 3 3 millllns of people along the sing mississippi river are getting ready for historic and dangerous flooding after days of downpours. the rare winter rains hit missouri hard... leaving parts of the state underwater. forecasters say the mississippi and other major rivers will most likely crest at record levels starting thursday.the "affluenza" teen ananhis mom are expected to be deported to the united states from mexico later today. ethan and tonya couch were arrested in puerto vallarta mexico monday... two weeks after the 18 - year - old missed a meeting with his probation officer. ethan

20 - 13 when he was sentenced to just 10 years probation after a drunk driving crash that killed four people.and... tensions are high in ohio after a grand jury failed to indict two officers in the fatal shooting of 12 - year - old tamir rice. protesters marched in downtown cleveland tuesday for hours... calling for justice. timothy loehmann and his partner are on restricted duty aftererhe fatal l incident... but could face possible civil rights charges. 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 the folks in studio 57 are working on that you'll see in an hour on cbs "this morning".i'm anthony mason... coming up, swedish actress alicia (uh-lee-see-uh) vikander (vih-can-der) and her whirlwind year from movie star to international cover girl... that's coming up, on cbs this morning... 3 "this is siouxland news at

3 good morning everyone and welcome to siouxland news at sunrise.thanks for starting your morning with us.i'm jacob heller.and i'm meteorologist 3 cat taylor. 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits.look for a very cold daz on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. we will see some sunshine but it will stay cold.the rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs with single digit lows. 3 3 3 a visa program that rewards a visa program 3 3

3 3 a visa program that rewards rich foreigners with u - s citizenship is getting a new lifeline. while the e - b - 5 program was designed to encourage foreign ininstment of 500 - thousand dollars or more... our national correspondent kristine frazao shows us how it's clouded in controversy right now. 3 nats constructionwhat do the washington coliseum, this seattle office building, and new york city's hudson yards have in common?they were all funded by y fofoign-born citizens, , o in exchange for at least half a million in cash, got an american visa. nats construction followed by ron website - invest in the usa the program is called eb-5 and supporters, like the group invest in the u-s-a, say it's " an important tool for economic development and job

taxpayers."three billionaires from very different backgrounds, also touted its benefits, in a new york times op-ed. sheldon adelson, warren buffett and bill gates joined forces asserted:"people willing to invest in america and create jobs deserve the opportunity to do so.stand-up kristine frazao/washington"but the program, which has grown n immensely since it first started back in 1990 has not been without its fair share of controversy, from a ponzi scheme in chicago where dozens wf investors were cheated out of millions of llars. to whiseblowers claims that those who apply don't' get thorough background checkssen. chuck grassley/r-ia"this program has been plagued with fraud and abuse but more importantly it poses significant national security risk."senator chuck grassley sasa eb5 is supposed to help low income areas t instead benefits wealthy developers. he called for reform and listed allegations against it. sen. chuck grassley/r-ia "terrorist travel, economic espionage, money laundering." the government accountability institute's peter schweizer says despite the high price tag, plenty take advantagagof eb5.peter schweizer/presi dent,government accountability

country like china or india where it's politically unstable, the economics are kind of shakey, the united states is a great sort of second place to have."calls for reform turned down - the program extended once again.in washington i'm kristine frazao reporting.3 3 the e - b - 5 program was just extended with the passage of the spending bill. it'll stay intact at least until september 30th of next year. 3 three people from sioux city are in jail in sioux falls this morning... facing charges related to prostitution.police in sioux falls say 28 - year - old amanda meyer and 23 - year - old brittany leners were arrested for prostitution.26 - year - old rashad lee was arrested for pimping. they were arrested after sioux falls police investigators answered an online ad and met the two women at a hotel.lee is believed to have driven the women to sioux falls from sioux city.the arrests are part of

department's campaign against human trafficking... and a lot of times officers use online ads for prostitution as a way to try and find women being trafficked for sex. 3 iowa's state auditor says the city council in the woodbury county town of hornick failed to catch more than 100 - thousand dollars in improper spending by two of the city's clerks.yesterday the ate auditor's office released a report saying the clerk from 2001 to 2009 improperly spent more than 5 - thousand dollars... and improperly documented payments to herself of more than 11 - thousand dollars. the clerk after her... who served from 2009 to 2012... improperly spent at least 42 - hundred dollars and failed to properly document more than 47 - thousand dollars in payments to the city's mayor and council members. no charges have been filed against either former clerk... but prosecutors and the iowa division of criminal investigations both received

3 a three - month investigation into a september car accident in rural plymouth county has a cherokee iowa woman behind bars this morning.the iowa state patrol investigated the crash on september 9th... three people were sent to mercy medical center in sioux city with serious injuries.now... police say the driver of one of the vehicles intentionally drove her s - u - v into the path of the other car. melissa ebert of cherokee was arrested yesterday and charged with two counts of attempted murder... two counts of serious injury by mor vehicle... and o - w - i second offense. she's been booked into the plymouth county jail in le mars. 3 police in sioux city are looking for two people believed to be involved with a *car theft* on the near northside last month.take a look at these surveillance pictures from the e kum and gogostore at 14th and pierce... you can see the two people police want to find here. if you know who these two people are... call crime stoppers. the number is 2 - 5 - 8 - tips.

the next two years in prison and the rest of his life on the sex offender registry after accepting a plea agreement.43 - year - old danny babaes agreed to plea guilty to assault with intent to commit sex abuse tuesday in exchange for the 2 - year - sentence.after his release... he'll spend 10 years on probation and be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.he was arrested in october and charged with sexually assaulting a 1 1- year - old girl in a sioux center park back in august. 3 the two sioux city brothers convicted last year in federal court of assaulting two drug dealers have had their sentences upheld on appeal.the 8th circuit court of appeals says the life sentence given to jamal dean and the 30 - year - sentence given to his brother levon dean junior were proper and appropriate. the judges rejected the brothers' request for a new trial in the case. they were convicted of traveling from south sioux city to sioux city in april 20 - 13 to assault and rob two

3 wildlife experts have relocated a stubborn elephant seal after a two - day standoff between man and beast. the massive seal repeatedly tried to cross a northern california highway and managed to dodge rescue workers trying to stop her. reporter chris martinez has this story. 3 (nats - seal growl) this elephant seal outmaneuvered rescue workers -- their kayak...(nats) d air horns hardly deterring her from her mission to cross a nearby highway.but after a two-day battle to keep her off the road -- veterinarians sedated the seal. ((sot: shawn johnson/ marine mammal center, director of veterinary science))"she appears to be a young adult female.// and just took a wrong turn and just ended up in this dead end, and couldn't find her way out." it took more than a dozen people to load the 900-pound seal on a flatbed truck to move her out of harm's way.((sot: shawn johnson/ marine mammal center, director of veterinary science))"on ultrasound, we

pregnant." (4 sec)the dedermined femama was first spotted monday -- trng to scoot across busy highway 37 in sonoma countystopping traffic for more than a mile in both directions.(nats) wildlife experts and highway patrol officers used wooden boards to block the animal's path coaxing her back into the water.but the stubborn seal tried to outsmart them all.((sot: andrew barclay/ california highway patrol)) "she stayed in here for a while. what we realized she was doing is she was swimming around in circles, and then she'd try to come back up and come out."she *repeatedly* came back to land and tried to efforts to stop her.johnson/ marine mammal center, director of veterinary science)) "elephant seals are big, large and in charge. and they're stubborn all the time."the seal is being relocated to a nearby preserve at point reyes national seashore, where she can give birth to hehepup. chririmartinez, cbs news. 3 veterinarians tagged the elephant seal so they can track her movements and progress. 3 if you love the colors the sun brings to the sky when it sets... here's a gift for you.google analyst sriram

taking thousands of pictures to create a stunning night skies time - lapse. the astronomy enthusiast took the photos in a two month span... from september through november.almost all the pictures are taken in the u - s... but some come from kenya. 3 3 3 3 the briar cliff ladies host jamestown in a battle of top ten teams. see if they could hold off a jimmies rally late. chris neyenhouse is next with sports. 3 "you're watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob heller and meteorologist cat taylor" 3 3 we're checking up with moose again on this thursday morning. what's s moose? 3 "weather on the ones, brought

credit 3 union" 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits.look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. we will see some sunshine but it will stay cold.the rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs

3 sports, with sports director chris neyenhouse.good morning siouxland, here's a look at your morning sports.as the holiday classic rolls along at briar cliff we get a ranked matchup of two teams who have big time postseason aspirations. number ten jamestown came to sioux city having won 8 in a row.forget christmas the jimmies last loss was before thanksgiving! 1) briar cliff with the slightly better overall record though. thanks to plays like this from morgan hansen! morganzaa! that's her twitter handle. not sure what the z and the a is for but its fun to say!2) just over five minutes to play we are tied at 55. jessi corrick was clutch in this game. two of her game high 19 right there.3) 3 minutes to go down one the excellent passing here ends in the taylor vasa bucket. chargers by 1.4) two minutes to go now corrick leading the break ... get off me! kaylee blake scores. she's from manning! chargers wouldn't look back.they win it 70-65. mens side now the chargers on their own 8 game win streak hosting jamestown.1) bryan forbes gets the party started with the deep three. chargers had plenty of offense tonight. 2) later in the first quarter in transition it's forbes again with the nice move beneath the basket. 3) and then good ball movement from the chargers. erich erdman for three it's good! chargers up 13-10.4) then sioux city native shane graves representing the crusaders from virtually the same spot! it's good! briar cliff cruises in this 92-65.stanton holiday tournament boys game stanton 1) at the start of the game, the stanton boys might have a disadvantage. there is only 1 boy on the o'neill team under 6 foot.2) for o'neill, tyler regan gets the ball at the top of the key and drains the 3 pointer.3) later, stanton down 6 to 0. miles nickolite, drives down the lane, and puts up the 2.4) next possesion, nickolite hits it from long range 2. o'neill up 9 to 4.5) few plays later, josh krentz,

nickolite again, drives in and gets the 2.o'neill wins 75-50. let's head to wayne state where weweee the great nebraska shootout!1) pipiing up action at the start of the game, hartington cc's stephen hillis gets the ball down low and gets the turnaround jumper for the first points of the game. 2) a few seconds later sam anderson gets the steal for the trojans, gets it to sean kathol. he sees hillis down low, and makes the hook shot. 3) next play, cole hofmeister is down low and makes the fade away jumper. 4 to 2 hcc4) a few minutes laters, anderson gets the steal and goes coast to coast for this layup. that makes it 7 to 2. hartington still up. hartington cc wins 66 - 22more boys basketball now homer falls to bancroft rosalie 67-42. norfolk over hastings 63-41.south sioux city falls twaverly 55-5osmond over mf46.on the ladies side batcreeeeover ponca 4allen fallniobrara verdigreand d el t61-30. randolph ininde 54-1michigan st takin iowa ci 1michigan st trails 3 trials by 1later in the 1sa leads 21-17anthony clemmisses the junicholas baer(i) 3 launthree... it's goscore: iowleads 24-17 later.leads -1 aclemmons (i) passes it dom uhl (i)uhl (i) banks in the top of t kscore: iowa leads 31-17 lat1st... iowa leads michigan st transimatt mcq (the three... 3 (the crowd isloving ititem: p the 1st.. iow owa in transitimike gesi) igessell (i) loses 3 back..(i) finishesthe score: ioleads 35-21 io70!that's it for your morningsportscastbe sure to joius tonight fo

,3 star wars is still blasting away records. it's (time)... your sunrise entertainment is after the

3 here's a look at your new 3 years forecast. 3 "first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor" 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits.look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. we will see some sunshine but it will stay cold.the rest of the week into the weweend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs

3 the latest statawars movie makes a very critical "top ten list"... and one of the stars of "glee" is@facing some very serious charges. reporter chris martinez has

3 (narr:)former 'glee' actor mark salling is in trouble with the law. the 33-year-old was arrested tuesday for suspicion of possession of child pornography. earlier this year, a former girlfriend sued salling for sexual battery. ------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------(nat: "star wars: the force awakens" trailer) (narr:) the records keep falling for "star wars: the force awakens." out for less than two weeks, the film has already taken in more than one-point-one-six billion dollars in worldwide ticket sales. that's enough to pass "minions" to become the tenth highest-grossing film of all time. atop the list - 2009's "avatar" with almost 2.8 billion. ------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------(narr:) and with 'the force awakens' atop the box office, the nation's capital was a galaxy far, far away last night on cbs. star wars' creator george lucas was celebrated at the kennedy center honors, recorded earlier this s month. also saluted at the 38th ananal event, rita moreno, cicely tyson, carole king, and conductor seiji (say-gee) ozawa. that's your eye on entertainment. chris martinez, cbs news.3 3 here's what we're talking

morning... iowa won the lawry's beef bowl by eating 612 pounds of prime rib. how do you like your steak 3 cooked? 3 3 still to come... all three plants that make blue bell ice cream are back open after a listeria outbreak earlier this year. we'll show you why the department of justice is investigating what happened now.it's now (time) as we take a look outside (xxx) on the (xxx) cam.your weather and

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3 good morning everyone,thanks for starting your morning with us.i'm jacob heller... and i'm meteorologist cat taylor.3 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits.look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. we will see some sunshine but it will stay cold.the rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain

3 there's new information about the government's handling of texas ice cream maker blue bell. they temporarily closed their plants after a listeria outbreak earlier this year. reporter jim axelrod reports. 3 narr: cbs news has learned the department of justice has started an inveveigation to blueueell after their ice cream was linked to a deadly listeria outbreak earlier this year. three people died.(gfx) narr: an fda investigation found listeria in all three of blue bell's production plants, in alabama, oklahoma and texas.. and records indicatiti the company knew one plant was s contaminated at least as early as 2013. (gfx)nat/blue bell truck(gfx) narr: the fda investigation uncovered other troubling problems, including

into ice cream and unsanitary equipment. (gfx) last april, blue bell shut down all three production facilitie and all ice cream was recalled. harr: sources tell cbs news the justice department is trying to determine what blue bell management knew about potentially deadly hazards in their plants, and when they knew it. narr: last october.. gerald bland.. who worked at the blue bell factory in brenham texas described to cbs news unsanitary nditions on the factory y floor.. (bland 1:11:25) on the wall by the 3 gallon machine, if it had rained re hard and water sat on the roof, if would just trickle down (axe) rain water from the roof would get into the factory?(bland 1:11:44) yeah. another worker, terry schultz, told us that his complaints to management about unclean conditions went nowhere.(schultz 2:15:10) the response i got at one point was, is that all you're going to do is come here and bitch every afternoon? (axe 19:13:39) what do you think his message to you was? (schultz 2:15:48) production is probably more important than cleanliness//narr: all three of bluebell's plants are

by the end next month... its ice cream will be back on the shelves in 15 states. tag3 3 a major railroad company isis helping feed hungry people in siououand.union pacific gave a 10 - thousand dollar check to the food bank of siouxland yesterday afternoon. this donation comes just after the holiday season... a time when donations typically drop off... but demand for the food bank's services stay steady. 3 "so it just kes all the difference i ithe work that we are doing to know that poeple want to step up; want to show how they care; and to do so in a really significant way. ten thousand dollars check doesnt

thats really terrific news. "the 10 - thousand dollars will let the food bank buy 13 - thousand pounds of food to help feed people in siouxland. over the last year... the food banangave out almost two *million* pounds of food to 100 agencies in an 11 - county area. 3 florida senator marco rubio brought his presidential campaign back to sioux city last night.about 150 people were at the holiday inn on gordon drive to hear him speak. hehe was joinin by south carolina u - s congressman trey gowdy... who endorsed him... saying he respects the constitution... believes in national security... and is fiscally conservative. rubio says he wants to force congress to adopt a balanced budget each year. 3 "well first of all you're not going to fix it just through congress, no matter who is in charge. you are going to need a balanced budget amendment. and you are only going to get a balanced budget amendment if the citizens do it. it isn't going to come from the politicians. they all say they are for&it. but when it comes down to it. they don't want it because it limits their ability.

he'll lobby for a constitutional convention... letting states bypass congress and ratify a balanced budget amendment directly. 3 3 and on the other side... the democratic frontrunner is planning to make a stop in sioux city next week. former secretary of state hillary clinton will be in town on tuesday... january 5th... starting at 2 - 15 p.m. the exact location for her event hasn't been announced yet. her campaign says secretaryryclinton will talk about her plans to help children and working families in iowa get ahead in life. 3 from virtual reality to smartphones that charge wirelessly as soon as you enter your house... the new year promises to bring some exciting developments in the tech world. c - net dot com's lexyxysah - - e - dees) savvides shows us the technology trends to expect in 20 - 16. 3 in 2016, virtual reality will really go to your head.expect the facebook-owned oculus rift and the htc vive to immerse you in virtual worlds. microsoft's augmented reality headset hololens is also on the way.from the head to the hands, the smartphone will continue to evolve. sot - jessica dolcourtrtenior editor, cneteven more e than

think that we're going to see the smartphone becoming a remote control for your life. for your smart home, for your smartwatch, maybe even for those vr headsets.but multi- tasking with your phone relies on plenty of battery life. energous has developed a transmitter that can wirelessly charge devices within 15 feet, if they have this tiny receiver inside.sot - michael leabman/cto and founder, energous so when you walk in your home it's going to start charging your device automatically but we allow you to prioritize what charges when as well.apple is set to make refinements to existing products, including the apple watch and the iphone.sot - shara tibken/senior writer, cnet.comwith the iphone 7 there's talk that apple could get rid the home button that could allow them to have a bigger screen but in the same size device. there's also talk about them removing the headphone jack.your smartphone will also 3 integrate more closely with the car through android auto and apple's carplay technology. sot - shara tibken, senior

more partnerships with traditional car makers though to get their carplay software into the vehicle and kind of power the infotainment center and the dashboard of your car. as for self-drivinincars, they may not be ready for prime timemebut in 20101 companies like google, tesla and ford are set to make inroads.in san francisco, lexy savvides, cnet.com for cbs news. 3 3 up next in your healthwatch... a new report says drowsy drivers are a growing danger. we'll show you why night shift workers are especially vulnerable. 3 the leftover snow showers from last night are falling apart

the way. details next.3 3 "you're watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob heller and meteorologist cat taylor" 3 "first alert weathth with memeorologist cat tayloror 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits.look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. we will see some sunshine but it will stay cold.the rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for

3 3 a new veterans affairs study finds that suicide attacks and roadside bombs may trigger more posttraumaticicstress than conventional warfare. the research shows higher p - t - s - d rates in men who served during the insurgency phase of the iraq war... when guerilla tactics were used. 3 3 doctors at university college london say teens who are hospitalized for self - inflicted injuries... or injuries related to drug or alcohol use... are at increased risk of death up to a decade later. 3 3 and emergency room doctors at temple university hospital say a new federal guideline has significantly reduced prescription rates for opioids. doctors say the guildline is sparking more discussions with patients. 3 new research from boston's brigham and women's hospital shows danger for those who drive after working the night shift. reporter anna werner shows us why.

just came off a night shiftwatch the video on the left as he veers all over the road... nearly half the night-shift workers tested nearly crashed. dr. charles czeisler (size-ler) worked on the study. (czeisler) (0601) i was shocked that nearly 40 percent of the drives had to have emergency braking maneuvers in order to keep the car from going off the road. (or)(0245) they y were crossing over the middle line, they were having trouble// (cut to 0610) more than 40 percent of the drives had to be terminated because it was judged to be unsafe. more than half the workers tested said they nodded off behind the wheel at least once a week on their way home. and they did no better in the tests. (czeisler) (0542) they knew they were being watched and yet even in that context, they couldn't stay awake while they were driving in a simulation of their commute home from work. dallas-area convenience store manager shariq khan starts work at 11 p-m and works through the night. (404041 khan) sometimes when i get off from job, when i drive back home i feel like i'm falling asleep. he believes the lack of sleep led to him having a

resesechers suggest night shift workers like khan skip driving and find another way home. but his area lacks public transportation. (4242 khan) there's no alternative,( either i have to take a taxi or go by bus or train, which i can't, ) there's no bus or train service up there and i can't afford a taxi every day. (tag: researchers say the very nature of ninit-shift work fights the body's natural sleep rhythms.and the average night-shift worker loses about 2 hours of sleep per night - after a few days, they have lost the equivalent of a full night's sleep. ) 3 3 what's in a name? we'll meet a awoman who makes her living helping chinese people

3 good morning, (norfolk)... it's (19) outsisi at (time)... as we take a look from our (icon ag and turf) camera.

young american entrepreneur living in shanghai... it's a business opportunity. reporter seth doane tells us how a 26 - year - old expat took a cultural oddidi... and turned it in to a viable service. 3 (seth taped top - married to pkg) good morning - to lessen those lost in translation moments, it's common for chinese to take an english nickname but sometimes those nicknames are unusual. i worked with a girl named haze - spelled h-a-z-e - and my chinese teacher is named echo. (pkg) nats - (seth approaches people) on the streets of shanghai we met "chen yingke" and "wang jing" - their (sot - mos 4803)(ellen:) ellen (seth:) ellen - that's nice and you? (jean:) my name is jean "zhou peng" goes by "vic": (sot - mos 2 / 50:52) (seth:) why do you have an english name? (vic:) everyone has one... at work. (see nametags of these folks - including "ghost" @ starbucks) but manynynicknames" do not exactly translate well to native english speakers. we've met a girl named "king" and at starbucks: a "ghost" and a "right" -- as in "mister right"? (nats - walking shot - 8:35)(lindsay, walking:) i love shanghai - yeah, it's sort of home now.. american lindsay jernigan was introduced to this phenomenon when she moved from washington d-c to shanghai and started meeting people: (sot - sit-down - 0000039)(lindsay:)

eleven, apple - and then there were normamaones that just didn't fit - like edison - eddie, for short. (sot - 02:46) (seth:) // what did you think of all these names? (lindsay:) // i was sort of confused / like why is this your english name? nats - showing website to seth in all of this, the 26-year-old jernigan saw an opportunity and launched a website to help chinese find an english name. (sot - 6:33) (lindsay:) our target audience is really 18 to about 30 - it's people that are kind of getting a bit more serious about their job or studying abroad or going abroad or even working in china in a / multinational company and they have found our service or website totory to find a name that represent them - they have a connection to - and that other people will respect. users can take a quiz -- or for 45-dollars get a 30-minute, one-on-one consultation. jernigan explains the meaning of names and sayshinese often want a one that's uncommon and similar to their chinese name. (sot - 16:02)(seth:) i always like when chinese people say "i don't have an english name, i'm going to stick with my chinese name" we're in china (lindsay:) yeah, totally // so, we never say that chinese people have to have an english name - that's never been a message that we've - that we've put out there or that we've advertised - it's very much a resource for people who are already y oking for an english name. (sot - 33:50) (keira:) almost all l my friends have their englishsh name. meet this 28-year old formerly known as "eleven" - the number of her favorite soccer player. (sot - 26:20) (seth:) when you told people - my name is "eleven" - what did they say?(kiera:) that's my (trouble) - they always say "where's seven" - you know "7-11 // (seth:) where is 7? (keira:) (laughing) (seth:) and you'd say - oh gosh, another 7-11 joke (keira:) yeah and don't get her started with the confusion it caused when setting up meeting times. after working with jernigan - "eleven" became "keira". (sot - 31:50)(keira:) keria. keria is not that common, right? it's not that common? (seth:) not that common - (k:) keria sounds smart. and - keira - knight- knightley. // (seth:) oh sure, keira knightley - jernigan says it can be hard to explain why some names just don't work: (sot - sit-down 10:04) indsay:) you run into people here named "green" or "yellow"

i totally understand why it's confusing.(seth:) that's a good point - because scarlet and violet are beautiful names (lindsay:) are colors and they're beautiful (seth:) there's no reason "green" wouldn't work - but it doesn't. (lindsay:) exactly. there's a learning curve for all involved. this juice-store- manager was formerly known as "ding". his new name - courtesy of jernigan - took some practice for his father: (sot - evan - 24:22 - send to end @ 24:44)(evan:) evan. evan. evan. (pause) evan? (seth:) that's what your dad said? (evan:) yeah (seth:) he couldn't pronounce it when you told him (evan:) yeah (he chuckles and looks down) (seth taped tag - marto now this goes both hardpronouncthe "th" the miforeig as given mechinese nice that's "do awhich

3 "weather on the ones brought to you by window world" 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. skies will slowly clear and that means get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high h the tetes. we will see some sunshine b b it will stay cold. the rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies,

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news, this is sgt todd sassmann 3 3 here's a look at your news to go ... 3 3 millions of people along the rising mississippi river are getting ready for historic and dangerous flooding after days of downpours. the rare winter rains hit missouri hard... leaving parts of the state underwater. forecasters say the mississippi and other major rivers wililmost likely crest at record levels starting thursday.the "affluenza" teen and his mom are expected to be deported to the united states from mexico later today. ethan and tonya couch were arrested in puerto vallarta mexico monday... two weeks after the 18 - year - old missed a meeting with his probation officer. ethan couch made headlines back in 20 - 13 when he was sentenced to just 10 years probation after a drunk driving crash that killed four people.and... tensions are high in ohio after a grand jury failed to indict two officers in the fatal shooting of 12 - year - old tamir rice. protesters marched in downtown cleveland tuesday for hours... calling for

and his partner are on restricted duty after the fatal incident... but could face possible civil rights charges. 3 and be sure to check out siouxland news dot com all day at work and home for the latest news, weather and sports.