>ne more time.good afternoon and thanks for jojoing us. i'm sarah te slaa. al has the day off. donald trump isn't backing off his statement that muslims should not be allowed in the u-s. in fact... he urged supporters to throw racial profiling out the window... in favor of national security. his idea is certainly drawing heat... even from republicans. tracie potts has reaction from washington.

(sot: niwad awad/ cair :19- :25) "donald trump sounds more like the leader of a lynch mob than a great nation like ours." democrats tweeted: hillary clinton: "declaring war on islam or demonizing muslims americans...plays right into the hands of terrorists." bernieieanders: trump wants us to "hate all muslims" martin o'malley called him a "fascist demagogue." even republicans are distancing themselves: (sot: carly fiorina/ (r) presidential candidate :43- :47) "saying we're not going to let a single muslim into this county is a dangerous over reaction." (sot: ted cruz/ (r) presidential candidate :47- :49) "no that - that is not my policy." (sot: fmr. vice president dick cheney/ no super :49-:52) "...goes against everything we stand for and believe in." jeh johnson - who oversees customs and border patrol: (sot: jeh johnson/ homeland security secretary :55-1:02) "we must not force american muslims to run and hide and retreat to the shadows." legal scholars question whether it's even legal to close our borders to certain people based solely on religion. is trump's rhetoric having an impact? cnn's latest poll still has him in the lead, but a monmouth university poll has ted cruz leading by 5. i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you.

"harry potter" author j-k rowling is the latest to condemn donald trump for his call to ban muslims from entering the u-s. in a tweet, rowling said "voldemort" was nowhere near as bad as the republican presidential frontrunner. voldemort is the lead villain in the series of "harry potter" books. rowling's fans are praising the author's remarks. gun sales in this country are spiking, in the aftermath of the san bernardino terror attack. in fact, stock in smith and wesson has soared to its highest level in eight years. people's concerns about their safety, and fears of potential new gun laws, are often cited as driving factors. on sunday, president obama asked congress to make it harder for people on the government's "no-fly" list to buy guns. he also said it should be harder for all americans to buy assault apons. oscar pistorius will remain under house arrest pending his sentencing for his murder conviction, after a south

the olympic athlete today. last week, south africa's supreme court of appeal convicted pistorius of murdering girlfriend reeva steenkamp in 2013, overturning a lower court's conviction of the lesser crime of manslaughter. the appeals court then said the double- amputee olympian should be sentenced by the lower court. the judge granted pistorius bail and extended his house arrest until his sentencing hearing, which is set for april 18th. > weathehead-lib after a mild monday,we'll see very similar temperatures today with a bit more cloud cover overhead which could squeeze out a few sprinkles if not an isolated shower. highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s will be the new norm this week with a good mixture of cloudsdsnd

winds expected on thursday. temperatures will cool back down to the upper 30s and lower 40s over the weekend with cloudier skies. modelssre still in sooe disagreement, but a couple snow showers do appear tt be possible saturday night and sunday, so we'll see how those chces play out in the coming days. see graphics. >> sioux city police are investigating ananrmed robbery that happend earlyly yesterday morning. jodi blackwell and her children were at their home on the 26-hundred block of south alice street. police say two men entered their home around three a.m. and asked for drugs and money. police say the woman said she was held at gunpoint and her son was beaten with a crowbar. they told police they believe the men had thth wrong house. ththsuspects stole multitie gaming systems, a tv and a cellphone from the home. police are looking for several suspects as they continue their investigation. they will hold a news conference this afternoon at 2 o'clock.

webstite, just go to ktiv dot com. a fire forced residents from their homes at a a morningside apapament complex last night. firefighters responded to the call at 22-01 gibson street just before 10 o'clock. when crews arrived, they saw smoke coming from the three story building. officials say food left unattended on the stove in a third floor apartment sparked the fire, which then spread to the attic. smoke and flames damaged 2 units and forced abobobo0 people from their homes. the sioux city pool committee has decided to move forward with recommendations that would close two pools after the next swimming season, and close two others in the future. the committee first made those recommendati ons, last week. those included closing leeds and cook pools after the 2016 season, and replacing both f filities with a splash pad. riverside would stay the same. lewis pool would close after a new aquatic center is built in morningside. leif erikson would remain open until the pool is no

replaced with a splash pad. the sioux city city council approved an "enhancement study" for the tyson events center. the consultants will look at improving concession stands, increasing premium level seating and possibly widening a number of concourse areas. officials hope the outcome will result in better ticket sales as thetyson competes with neighboring for acts and events. the study will cost no more than $68-thousand dollars. if you live in sioux city, you may see your trash rates increase at the the start of the new year. yesterday, the city council voted to increase the rates. currently, residents pay $15.44 a month. but, if approved at a meeting in early january, there will be an 86-cent hike. so, you'll end up paying $16.30 a month for trash collection. that adds up to about 10- dollars more you'll pay next year. that rate will stay the same for at least three years. south dakota governor dennis daugaard is outlining his key priorities for the 2016 legislative

the governor's budget address is scheduled for today in pierre. daugaard says he plans to discuss issues including paying off f bt and a task force e that examined education and how to raise teacher pay. a northeast nebraska couple's christmas display dazzles thousands. gene watchorn and julie mcdowell of ponca have been decking their halls for more than 30 years. their display has grown to include thousands of lights, inflatables, trees, n ncrackers and animations. more than a thousand people visited last year and they expect even more visitors this holiday season. if you would like to check out the lights, gene and julie will be giving tours every weekend from now until christmas on friday, saturday and sunday nights. their address is on the bottom of your screen. a "200-year flood" d dastates western norw... and forget about dog paddling through flood waters... how about cat paddling. we'll explain when we come back. and stay tuned for the forecast from meterologist ben dorenbach coming up next on news four at noon. here's the live view from our

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saturday night and sunday, so we'll see how those chances play out in the coming days. see graphics.

devastating flooding is causing numerous problems in western norway. take a look at this. that's a house being taken away by the flooding.g. the flooding was caused by a severe storm over the weekend. many people were forced to evacuate their homes, while a major roadway connecting western and southern norway was shut down. meteorologists are calling this a "200-year flood". you might say it's raining cats and dogs in portland, oregon. take the example of this swimming kitty! she didn't like being carried across a flooded street. apparently she decided the best way to get across -- was to swim. the cat's owner safely recovered the would-be "cat-fish". the portland area has received several inches of rain since

after the break... from agriculture to aqua- culture... one northwest iowa producer grows crustations instead of corn. and you've got email. the u-s postal service is testing a notification service that emails customers images of letter sized mail they'll be receiving.

a northwestern iowa a oducer is supplying g e state with shrimp. ktiv's tommie clark visited his unique farm and shows us how he's going from agriculture...t o aquaculture.

able to do something that not others do and to be able to learn a different trade then what i'm used to. any new learning i can do i love," said aquaculture shrimp farmer, dalton van zanten. he gets the shrimp from florida as post larva, he then raises them for 3 months and sells them in rock valley, iowa. van zanten ssys it helps s he community. "stick back aa much money as we can into our community and i hope that it gets returned in the process. everything i've tried to do here all the labor that we've had to do the piping, electricity i've done local and i've always tried to do local stuff," said aqua shrimp farmer, dalton van zanten. and when asked what the biggest thing he learned was... "should have listened more in biology in high school, but i've learned you know how to take care of shrimp," said aqua shrimp farmer, dalton van zanten. his goal is to expand too a bigger facility annsome day have his shhimp in local restaurants. clark...ktiv >> van zanten's shrimp are grown without chemicals, additives or hormones. his shop ip open mondays and fridays from 5 to 7 at night.

energy stocks are falling again as the price of oil continues to slide. most of the biggest decliners in early trading today were oil and gas companies. the u-s-p-s is testing a new notification service called "informed delivery". the postal service will send out an e-mail to customers each morning with images of envelopes of their letter size mail.

exterior front side of the envelopes. the service is already active around northern virginia... and is now expanding to new york city. in 2013, the postal service acknowledge d that it photographs every letter and package mailed in the u.s. to help sort the mail. "inford delivery" is a free service and customers can sign up online at u-s-p-s dot com. not all drivers are waiting to get to their destinations to surf the internet. a report out today from state farm finds 29 percent of drivers admit to surfing the web while behind the wheel. that's up from 13 percent in 2009. another 21 percent say they're reading their facebook or twitter feeds. as for texting, more than a third are still texting while driving. that number has stayed about the me for several years now. still ahead on news four at noon... this chinese artists isn't on his way to vacuum his home, he's cleaning up the air and turning the pollution he collects into art

okoboji from ourokoboji skycam... beijing is now under the highest alert for pollution. the government says air quality in the chinese capital is hazardous right now -- and will be for the next few days. this is the first-ever "red alert" in beijing.

introduces us to an artist who transformed some of beijing's notorious air pollution into arar

international s-o-s and says the long-term effects of breathing in air this polluted are deadly. (tristan evely/ international sos) "asthma, chronic obstructed airways disease, and even things like heart attacks because the pollution can trigger that as well." air pollution can be made of everything from soot to heavy metals like arsenic and lead, likely now a part of brother nut's pollution brick. here's a picture of him pouring the dust into a brick mold. (mos) air pollution is a problem for everyone. and now, we're being deprived of our right to breathe fresh air. his art project went viral, perhaps not surprising in a city where 21 million residents have to deal with pollution every day. (mos) "brother nut says someone 1600 us dollars to buy this brick but it's not for sale. he says the goal was not about making a profit, but about raising awareness by putting pollution in the palm of your hand." >> a christmas carol is coming to a stage near you. we'll tell you how you can catch the holiday show after the break.

book a christmas carol so there's an undertone of poverty, the wealthy versus the underprivileged so we thought it would be a great opportunity to partner with the food bank of siouxland and we will be collecting donations of non- perishable food items for them during the run of the show as well. then if you want a little indulgence we've also partnered with the sugar shack and we'll be serving their cookies during intermission. lots of fun festive things. you can learn a little bit more about charles dickens too. yes, on december 13th if you'll be attending that perfornance we'll have a representativ e from the sioux city public library who will be speaking about charles dickens and his writings and the story behind the play. of course the theatre is going to be decked out in christmas decorations, it's going to be a lot of fun up there. to get your tickets go to scctheatre.org for those. rebecca, thanks so much for being here. thank you. thanks for joining us for around siouxland. >> this bottle of wine was found in a very unusual place: an elk's mouth! the elk was seen holding t bottle in its mouth in evergreen, colorado last week. a resident captured a series of photos after she says the animal picked through a neighbor's recycling bin on the curb. she joked the elk probably chose a red wine "to go with the white snow or to pair with his leafy greens." in case you were wondering, it

dollar bottle of cabernet sauvignon.