said. you heard the gunfire i ask. i saw it with my eyes he said. meanwhile, the police focused on one apartment on the third floor of this building. that neighbors say is the apartment where the raid's targets were holed up. the main target officials say was abdelhamid abaaoud, the man they describe as the mastermind behind the paris attacks. a belgium national, he had gone to syria to join isis. as day was breaking, the raids seem to be winding down. but then several explosions echoed through the streets. it's common in situations like this for police to use grenade or small charges in order to set off booby traps that the suspects may have set up. police here remain on edge, occasionally moving aggressively to search the neighborhood. they are taking no chances... richard engel/ nbc news/ paris, france "police have now reopened this area, they say the raid is over. but france's president francois hollande says this country is now at war with isis and called

internationally to come up with a cohesive strategy to fight the group. richard engel, nbc news, north of paris." >> some republicans are pushing back against their party's opposition to syrian refugees resettling in the u.s. it's a rift they say threatens to complicate the party's outreach to minorities heading into next year's presidential vote. democrats have likened the refugee backlash to the u.s. government turning away jews fleeing nazi germany and placing japanese in internment camps during world war ii. but conservatives cite security concerns following the paris attacks and signs that one of the attackers may have entered france posing as a syrian refugee. the islamic state group has released a photo of the bomb it says was used to bring down a russian passenger plane in egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board. the picture was published in the extremist group's english- language magazine. the picture showed a yellow can of schweppes gold soda and what appeared to

be other bomb components. russia's security service yesterday confirmed that a bomb had brought down the plane. a search has turned up nothing threatening on either of the two air france flights that were diverted last night because of anonymous threats. they were phoned in after the planes took off from u.s. airports, bound for paris. a flight that took off from los angeles was diverted to salt lake city. it took off again after midnight. another flight from dulles international airport outside washington was diverted to halifax. passengers were put in hotels overnight, and they will leave this evening. authorities have identified two minneapolis police officers involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. the head of the police union says mark ringgenberg and dustin schwarze have both given statements to investigators. the shooting of 24-year-old jamar clark has led to days of protests. police say clark scuffled with officers who had been called to the scene of a suspected domestic assault. they say clark, a suspect in the assault, was interfering with

treat the female victim. some community members have alleged that clark was handcuffed when he was shot in the head. police dispute that claim. the police union president says he hopes those who are making the handcuff allegations will give statements to investigators, and if the statements turn out to be false, they will be charged with a crime.

>> weather ad-lib the gloomy weather trend will continue today with scattered on and off showers along with a strong west wind taking hold later on. that wind will continue into tonight as temperatures drop down to the 20s after hitting the 40s this afternoon. those of you craving the sun, will be in luck tomorrow, but it will come at a price of strong winds gusting upwards of 40 miles per hour (hence the wind advisory) see graphics. >> the university of north dakota has a new nickname: the fighting hawks. u-n-d has been without a nickname since 2012, when it retired the "fighting sioux" moniker after the ncaa deemed it "hostile and abusive." a committee considered about 1,200 suggestions that were submitted by students, staff and alums. the new name "fighting hawks" was announced today.

transcanada has withdrawn its application for route approval for the keystone xl oil pipeline through nebraska, but a spokesman says the company reserves the right to re-apply. the company made the announcement today, ahead of tomorrow's scheduled appearance before the nebraska public service commission for a planning conference. before president obama rejected a federal permit for the project earlier this month, nebraska had been a stumbling block because of lawsuits filed by landowners and environmental groups. a company spokesman says transcanada may reapply in the future and is still committed to completing the pipeline. it's been in the works for decades, and finally the end is in sight for the highway 20 expansion project. it will soon be four lanes wide all the way through northwest! on tuesday, the governor came to siouxland to celebrate. ktiv's robert lowe has details.

ongoing since 1958. "segments opened throughout the 60's 70's 80's in eastern iowa. progress all but stopped in the 1990's," said shirley phillips, president of highway 20 association. it would take until the year 2000 for activity to resume." and after last year's gas tax increase, the expansion is now on cruise control. "with the action that was taken during last year's legislation we now have over $200 million per year," said iowa gov. terry branstad. what's left to complete? the 40 miles from moville to early, ia. construction from moville to early, correctionvil le, through correctionvil le relocating part of iowa highway 31, correctionvil le to holstein, holstein to galva and galva to early. in all, approximately $300 million dollars worth of road work. something gov. branstad says will create an economic boom, result in safer communities, bringing the state together. "it eases transportation all the way from dubuque to sioux city," said gov. branstad. and if all goes well, the weather holds up, the more than 50 year project is slated to be completed in 2018," said robert low. >> ben's got some sushine in his

you'll have to stay tuned to find out when. no sun in spencer right now. it's cloudy, light rain falling and 40 degrees

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that keeps in place a rigged economy. bernie's campaign is funded byover a million contributions -- people like you, who see the middle class disappearing and want a future to believe in. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. ben, more of the same with our weather..

and off showers along with a strong west wind taking hold later on. that wind will continue into tonight as temperatures drop down to the 20s after hitting the 40s this afternoon. those of you craving the sun, will be in luck tomorrow, but it will come at a price of strong winds gusting upwards of 40 miles per hour (hence the wind advisory). the focus then shifts from the wind to perhaps our first accumulating snowfall of the year on friday. a quick moving disturbance from the northwest will sweep through and exit by friday night leaving many locations a bit snow-covered and cold for the weekend with highs in the 30s and lows in the teens!

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stocks are moving higher. we'll have the numbers from wall street, plus farm markets... and---going natural. a northwest iowa business hopes to save money at the pumps by ditching the deisel and running its trucks on natural gas.

and now they've got a new place to fill up. america's never been a country of quitters. it's not who we are. we don't ignore threats like climate change. we face our problems head-on. with american-made clean energy, we can end our dependence on foreign oil... spark new innovation... and create millions of new jobs. solving our climate crisis

so, what are we waiting for? a northwest iowa business is hoping to save money at the fuel pumps.. by converting its fleet of trucks from deisel to natural gas.

and now, there's a new place in sioux center where they can fill up. ktiv's sam curtiss reports.

cars that would run on natural gas. but with only eight places to fill up in the state, using natural gas isn't as wide-spread domestically. there's a lot of questions you'd need to ask yourself like if you "drive enough miles for that upfront investment to make sense," said stephanie weisenbach. it cost meerdink about $8,000 to convert his truck. when you add-in his fleet of eight: roughly $400,000. bu his return on diesel since april 2014 is $180,000. "we're going to see return on investment sometime in year five," said scott meerdink. in sioux center, iowa, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. >> >

midday with traders encouraged by some corporate deals. if you get a new "ultra h- d" t-v for christmas this year... you might see your power bill go up. "4-k" t-v sets can display four times the resolution of current high def displays. but they also use about 30 percent more power, on average. that's according to a new report from the natural resources defense council, which says the back-lights on the sets are much brighter with more vivid images, but at a cost of more electricity used. still ahead on news four at noon... a story of holiday inspiration. meet a two-year old boy who was so upset when he heard about the plight of the homeless.. he decided to do something about

skycam... sioux city high school students and their parents learn about getting a foot in the door to a military career. members of the air force junior r-o-t-c filled them in on what the program has to offer last night. air force officials say the program's goal is to build the life skills of their cadets. "we want them to graduate confident with the skills to be successful at what they choose to do." said air force lieutenant colonel, larry brockshus. "whether that's continuing to college, tech school, going into the job field

one junior cadet told us it's a great program that can spell success for anyone who puts in the effort. "you have to watch your haircut, you have to dress properly, but other than that, just follow the rules and get the good grades," said rotc cadet, makayla sullivan. "you don't have to be a perfect student and then as long as you attempt and you try in this program, you will succeed fabulously." about fifty students and their parents took part in the informational session. christmas is still weeks away, but a two-year old alaska boy is already feeling the spirit. he's been inspired to help the homeless this holiday season. sierra starks has the story.

by cnn. >> that was sierra starks reporting from anchorage, alaska. still ahead: an event that will put you in the holiday spirit.. .and help a great local

volunteers and attendees wanting to know when it was going to be, where it was going to be. we got started early in the process his year. we found five really neat homes. each one has their own distinct flair and we've found some great designers to get them all really for the holidays. that's fabulous. i got to go on last year's tour and it was fantastic. where's the tour taking people this year? we're going to be out in the dakota dunes area. we're going to meet at the dakota dunes country club, that's where everybody can check in. we'll have some refreshments, silent auction items, and then they can get on the bus and we'll take them around to the five homes. two of the homes this year have movie theatres in them so we'll have movies running all day long. one of the homes, a couple characters from the movie will be watching the movie. everybody will want to look out for that. it's just going to be a great time. we look forward to it every year, the support from the community year in and year out is phenomenal. all proceeds go to a great cause. yes it does. all the money from this event and all of our events stay right

here in siouxland. we don't send it to a national office and they send back a portion. everything stays here to help with our mentoring programs and help make a difference in the lives of children. that's something that you guys do, that's fabulous. if people want to go, i know tickets are selling fast, how can they get those tickets? they are. we have some slots that are sold out, some others that are filling up fast. they can give us a call at the office at 712-239-9890 or they can go on our website bigbrothersbi gsisters.com, click on the events tab, tour of homes and they can purchase them online. that's great. holiday tour of homes with big brothers, big sisters november 19th through the 21st. thank you. thank you so much for joining us today. thank you for watching around siouxland. >>

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