that willome up repeatedly is this terrorism and i'm still not willing to say that we know that for sure." two suspects killed after a mass shooting in california good evening, i'm robertrtowe. in for matt and sheila. a mass shooting today in southern california has left 14 dead and at least 17 wounded. one of the suspects has been identified as syed farook, and another is believed to be his brother.

many people were hard at work...and now struggled to describe it. (no name available:) "horrific ...scary...nervous i just want to see my kids." the attack appeared to be coordinated and investigators have not dismissed terrorism as a possible motive. ( david bowdich/fbi ) "still not willing to say that we know that for sure. definitely making some movements. it is possibility." many questions remained unanswered aboo america's latest mamas shooting. jinah kim .. nbc news . san bernadino.. >> police say the rampage happened after r argument broke out during a holiday party for county employees but it's not clear if that was a factor in whatatppears to be a planneneattack. the president offered his

their families twday. president obama says, "our hearts go out to the victims and the families. the one thing we do know is that we have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world." the president says there needs to be stronger background checks when it comes to gun safety laws. people around the country are reacting to the devastating shooting, including law enforcement right here in sioux city who have these tips that when out in public. be aware of your sururunding areaea have an escape route plan. know of where to take cover. keep your phone with you for emergency calls. and always have a strategy. hours after today's deadly attack, evacuated survivors from inland regional hugged and greeted worried membmbs. inlandndegional center is a

helps treat people with developmental disabilities. many survivors were employees at the facility... some locked themselves inside rooms during the shooting, using cell phones to communicate with family members outside. switching gears a cold evening tonight for the latest we'll toss it over to chief meteroligst ron demers. after two straight days of snow, it was wonderful to see the sun reappear for siouxland today! we'll keep the clear skies tonight and with the snow melt, we could see some patchy fog develop. once we rid ourselves of the fog thursday morning, we'll have another day of sunshine and temperatures

state democratic lawmakers are showing concern over iowa governor terry branstad's plan to privatize medicaid. today they held a public forum at western iowa tech in sioux city to address people who will be impacted directly. the organizers of the event were state representative chris halal state representativ e dave dawson and state senator rob hogg. hall says this has become a partisan issue. "when we talk about four billion dollars being handed over from taxpayers to private companies and some of these companies have significant fraud issues across the country, there should be more concern coming from the republican party as well," said state representative chris hall from sioux city. on monday, branstad said there's

delay the plans for the program. that's even though a judge recommended the state throw out one of four contracts awarded to companies to run it. one community member at today's meeting says she has unanswered questions about the program and is concerned. "i've had kidney cancer and i've had ovarion cancer, and so at any time i may have to go back to you knkn-while i do to the kidney speciciist because i also have a kidney problem, but i don't know if he's going to be on the list," said event participant sherry flansburg. "and i don't know if there is another one in sioux city." iowa will shift the fofo-point-two billion dollar medicaid program to private management starting on january first. there's a push to legalize medical marijuana in nebraska. two meetings were held in norfolk and dakota city today. nebraska senator tommy garrett recently took a trip to minnesota last month to study how that state has imimimented strict medical marijuananbills. he says he's not in favor of

legalization. but, he does say giving families an alternative to a treatment has shown success. "we've done our homework. i'm here to tell you that cannabis has medical efficacy and can really help a lot of people." the pierce county sheriff says is not in favor of legalizing rijuana in nebraska. an iowa-based nonprofit is working to get the state agriculture department to toughen up on animal welfare laws. iowa friends for companion animals is lobbying for change. they held a meeting in le mars tonight. at that meeting, discussions on what a puppy mill is, cururnt legislation and ways to help ensued. according to iowa friends, iowa has the second highest amount of puppy mills in the u.s. "we are not trying to end dog breeding, we aren't trying to move mountains with this legislation," said kathie pfaffle. "all we're trying to do is make the conditions for the dogs living in the usda facilities in the state of iowa better." the group hopes their r forts

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after two straight dayof snow, it was wonderful to see the sun reappear for siouxland today! we'll keep the clear skies tonight and with the snow melt, we could see some patchy fog develop. once we rid

morning, we'll have another day of sunshine and temperatutus should get just above freezing. after a little more fog thursday night, get ready for a warming trend as we have a chance of hitting the 40s by saturday. overall, it'll be a quiet 7-day forecast that gives us plenty more melting of all that snow.

wednesday night a 3-year-old cat takes his first steps...all thanks to iowa statete iversity. a lookokt how a rare surgery helped a cat get back on its feet.

the glow of christmas lights, tonight. the community of ponca, nebraska, lined main street tonight to take in the beauty of the annual lighted christmas parade. floats decorated with thousands of twinkling christmas lights brings the small town together every year. parade-goers had a blast and got to see one famous north pole resident. "i love this parade," said lauryn gill. "i like seeing all the lights and colors and seeing santa claus." "i think it's awesome," said sarah beach. "i like how the community all comes together."." "beautiful," said mackenzie crosgrove. "all the lights and everything, everyone has their own personality on the floats, and santa claus is here!" that's right, kris kringle himself made his annual appearance and wisisd everyone a y holiday season. students at one siouxland school

holiday spirit today. youngsters from gehlen catholic in le mars put together advent gift bags. they provide enough for more than 300 people who are shut-in or homebound. students and school employees buy all of the items that go into the gift bags that they give out every christmas season. an iowa cat takes his first steps, thanks to help from iowa state university. three-year-old vincent is a domestic short-haired cat who has been fitted with very rare prosthetic legs. he's being treated at iowa state university's lloyd d terinary medical cenenr. vincenenwas found in a sheltlt and had been missing his back limbs. fewer than 25 animals in the world have ever had a similar surgery. vincent is still recovering, but doctors say he's making strides. veterinarians expect vincent to be up and jumping like a normal cat very s sn. for r re on vincent's storor just head to our website ktiv.com.

a look at one woman's journey living with what some call the

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all expertly blended to make our mayo. so you can take whatever you're making from good to amazing. it's what many c cl the "invisible illness." and one mercy medical center doctor says it's common enough that he sees it on a day-tday basis. crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that affects the gastrointestinal tract. when you have it, your body's

attacking healthy cells. anyone can develop it at any age and doctors ststl don't know what exactly caususs it. it can be genetic, but most of the time people deveop it sporadically. and, the progression is different for everyone. "i think people aren't as aware of crohn's and ulcerative colitis and things like that because we just don't talk about it. it's kind of on the do not talk about list if you will when we talk about our gi track system and things like that. so we're much more likely to talk about heart disease or kidney disease or things like that, but when it comes to gi issues as a society i think we j jt don't talk about it as much," said pediatric anan internalaledicine specialist at mercy medical center, dr. steven joyce. dr. joyce says it's important to recognize the symptoms including unexplained abdominal pain, blood in stools, fever, and joint pain. siouxlxlders should get to the doctor if they experience any of these symptoms. ndsay washburn started experiencing those symptoms when she was just 17- years-old. ktiv's tommie clark spoke with washburn and has her journey on living with crohn's disease.

lindsay washburn found out she has crohn's disease. she's been persevering through the illness and recently, she took one step closer to getting better." washburn got a peripherally inserted central catheter or "picc" line taken out of her arm. she had the line in order to get more nutrition to her body since her most recent crohn's flare. her nurse says, it's a monumental thing for her. "when we first started with lindsay she was really weak. she weighed like 95 pounds. she's up to 116 pounds. she was on 24 hour nutrition through this picc line and now she's got it completely ne so that's awesome," said rn at mercy home care, jill vrieze. although she struggles with the disease, washburn wouldn't have it any other way. "i think that it's made me the person that i am today. there's a lot of things in life that we take for granted and i think when you have a disease like this where it limits what you can do...it makes you really appreciate the day-to-day stuff a lot more," said crohn's disease patient, lindsay washburn. her husband, jeremy, says it's changed his life too. "i've developed some empathy for others that are suffering through diseases that affect their quality of life and it's not always obvious that they're sick ," said washburn's husband, jeremy mccccre. washburn along with her support system like her husband and

towards a better life. "i'll never be quote on quote normal because you never quite get there, but i can at least try and get back to how i used to be," said crohn's disease patient, lindsay washburn. "washburn says she's come a long way in her recovery, but she still has a long way to go. for now she plans to work to stay healthy, take her medication, and just take one step at a time." >> the past two years washburn has documented her crohn's flare up on facebook and other social media platforms. she says social media is big with the crohn's community. washburn makes new post on her blog and writes poetry. she's also done a photo shoot to

disease affects your body. she says even if it's helped one person, it's worth it. she says the biggest thing you can do to help people with crohn's is to be supportive. she will continue to tell her story and make as many people as possible aware of the disesee. brad's here with volleyball action. briar cliff and dordt were both underdogs at day t of the naia national tournament. we'll have the highlights from thetyson events center. and, top-ranked morningside tries to stay undefeated against northwestern.

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between them, morningside and northwestern have won nine of the last 15 naia division n , women's basketball championships. the mustangs are ranked first again this year at 8 and 0. the red raiders are just outside the top-25, at 6 and 3. morningside on a 33-game conference winning streak but we're tied at 57 in the fourth quarter. off the miss, morningside's lauren lemkuhl gets the board and the bucket. she had 10 points and the mustangs are up by 2. but the red raiders re-gaiaithe leadad nice pasasng from arianne gesell to kassidy dejong -- she led northwestern with 13 points and the visitors are up 62-59. with 2 minutes left, lexi ackerman puts the mustangs back in front with the 3 from the top of the key. it's 65-64, but those were morningside's last points. northwestern closes the game on 8-nothing run. whitntn vander matin connects on three from the coer and the red raiders beat #1 morningside, 72-65 r their first win at allee gym in five years. "you know, it's just some determination, some perseverance, sticking to what we do" said northwestern head coach chris yaw. "i'm just proud of them. they've competed like crazy every

clicking up. i'm just really proud of them." the creighton men -- 5 and 1, hosting 4 and 2 arizona state, in omaha. tied at 7 early in the first half - isaiah zierden curls off the screen and knocks down the three - zierden had 14 on the night. creighton shot 50 percent in the first half - this helps - the nice look inside to zach hanson - the bluejays led 41-33 at the break. second half - things tightening up - but geoffrey groselle with the flush - he led creighton with 15 points. but arizona state makes a late surge - savon goodman led all scorers with 23 points - and the sun devils hold off a late creighton run - topping the bluejays 79-77. a late start for iowa in the big ten/acc challenge in iowa city. the hawkeyes are in overtime with florida state, trailing 67-66 with 3 minutes left in ot. mike gesell has 10 points and adam woodbury has 8 for the

dordt and briar cliff were each swept at day one of the naia volleyball tournament in sioux city. both teams probably have to win both of their final two pool play matches to advance. both the defenders and chargers were playing higher ranked teams on day two. number-13 dordt taking on number-2 viterbo of wisconsin, who the defenders beat in the regular season. defenders drop the first two sets -- but in the third, brooke granstra gets the block. dordt is up 10-5. viterbo fights back. emilee wiersma gets the kill. the set is tied at 13. but dordt pulls out set three -- jenna horstman puts away one of her tete-high 16 kills. defefeers force a fifth set. viterbo takes the deciding set. ameila grahn with the reverse, sneak attack. viterbo survives 3 to 2, likely ending dordt's chances of advancing. the host school, briar cliff, battling number-11 eastern oregon. the mountaineers take the first set, 25-21 -- kassandra tuma rises up from the middle and drills it for the point. bc comes back in the second set. toni

outside and puts a good swing on it. 26-24 chargers even up the match. bc would force a fifth set. nicolette lavulo bloops in the point -- and there's an upset alert. but eastern oregon r rgroups. emily nay had a dozen kills and briar cliff loses a close one, 3-2. the chargers close out their tourney on thursday at 5-45. morningside will play in the naia semifinals on saturday against southern oregon. the winner will be in the national title game in florida. the top-ranked mustangs blew out tabor of kansas in the quarterfinals, 51-6, to improve to 12 and 1. southern oregon is ranked seventh at 10 and 2, but are the defending naia champions. this is the 12th year in a row that morningside has been in the playoffs, but they've only been to the title game once, in 2012. they want another shot. "i think they're hungry," said morningside head coach steve ryan. "we've talked all year about finishing it, finishing the process and finishing games out. i think

good week. i think they'll be ready to go next week." the naia championship game is