>> i'm giving tight new information just in regarding a vehicle fire in northeast nebraska monday that authorities deemed "suspicious." the nebraska state patrol says today there were two bodies found in the burned out pickup truck in a field west of pierce and it appears to be a case of murder-suicide. prelimininary identification has been made on the remains and autopsies have been scheduled. the names of the deceased won't be released until the autopsies are complete, but the state patrol says they are believed to be from northeast nebraska. the nebraska state patrol is being assisted in the investigation by the state fire marshal, the pierce county attorney and pierce county

a soldier with ties to siouxland is one of six american troops killed in a suicide attack near joseph lemm was originally from beemer, nebraska, the son of shirley lemm from wisner. he was a 15-year veteran of the new york city police department and a member of the u.s. national guard. lemm was one of six u.s. troops killed monday when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle rammed into their patrol in a village near the airfield. during his time with the nypd, lemm was deployed twice to afghanistan and once to iraq. two years ago, he suprised his family with an unexpected homecoming in a reunion that was documented by a tv station in westchester, new york. lemm leaves behind a wife and three children. army sergeant bowe bergdahl was arraigned at a military hearing at fort bragg today. bergdahl did not enter a plea. he's facing charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. bergdahl walked off his army post in afghanistan in 2009, was captured by the

he was freed after the u.s. released five taliban detainees in a controversial swap last year. the army investigator who led an original hearing into the case recommended against bergdahl facing any jail time. but the commander of the u-s army forces command disagreed, and this week ordered the sergeant to face a general court-martial. that means he could get life in prison. bergdahl's next court appearance is set for january 12-th. a rookie cop in nebraska had a very memorable first day on the job. as shannon wilson reports... he helped a family escape from a burning house.

flames. (shameka damper, fire victim): "a lot of memories, is burnt." meanwhile... omaha officers robbie goering-jenson and anthony abboud (ah- boo-d) were responding to a call down the street - when they saw the flames. the officers helped shameka's father and brother outside the house, when they heard screams from inside. officer goering- jensen ran back in to help shameka's mother and her two siblings out of the home. her parents are in their eighties, and her three siblings are all physically disabled, one is even bound to a wheelchair. all five made it out alive...and unharmed. (shameka damper, fire victim): "and one of the officers, the first officer that was on the scene, that was his first day on the job." officer abboud just graduated from the police academy on friday. officer goering- jensen was transported for treatment for smoke inhalation. (shameka damper, fire victim): "i thank that citizen, i thank the police, i thank the omaha fire department because they were all helpful." now damper must help rebuild her parents' and sibling's lives --

of her-- she's grateful tonight. (shameka damper, fire victim): "they have lost some material things, but they still have their lives." >> that was shannon wilson reporting from omaha. officer goering- johnson was later released from the hospital. > weather ad-lib a few rays of sun also can't be ruled out by lunchtime today, but mostly cloudy skies will remain overhead with temperatures in the 40s and strong south winds. a cold front will move through tonight that will help pop up a few rain showers and some possible mix across mainly northwest iowa that will

hours tomorrow. clouds and sun will take over once this exits east before another small chance of light snow tomorrow night/thursday morning. as of now, it looks like santa's visit will e fairly quiet before another chancnc of a mix and lighh snow arriis late christmas dy/the day after. snow also appears to be a possibility early next week. see graphics. >> democrat bernie sanders has brought his presidential campaign back to siouxland. the vermont senator spoke to a crowd in sioux city last night. he had been scheduled to speak at the boys club, but the rally was moved to the convention center because the crowd was too big. sanders remains popular with democrats in iowa. the latest poll puts him within 5-points of hillary clinton. he's popular with some young siouxlanders who like his proposal to make public colleges and universities free. "i've got a lot of friends who are really worried about the kind of debt they are going to be facing when

calhoun, a senior at the university of south dakota. "i'm going to have a lot of student debt that i'm going to have to pay when i graduate," said taryn hogarth, a senior at the university of south dakota. "i also have a lot of friends who weren't able to go to college, just on the face because they couldn't pay for it." sanders spoke at buena vista university in storm lake this morning. before his sioux city appearance, sanders spoke one-on-one with ktiv's matt breen about one issue that has dogged his campaign the past week: staffers from his campaign who improperly accessed voter information compiled by hillary clinton.

but, sanders said the dnc's move to then suspend the campaign's access to their own voter information was wrong. "there are a number of people in the dnc that think that the leadership acted improperly," sanders said. sanders has now called for an independent investigation of data breaches dating back to the beginning of the campaign. this latest breach certainly hasn't hurt sanders' numbers. the latest iowa poll puts sanders within 5-points of hillary clinton. "i want to thank the people of iowa very much for their support," sanders said. "when we began this campaign, we weren't 5 or 10 points down, we were like 40 or 50 points down." sanders says he'll need even more support to put him on what he calls a "path to victory", and a path to the white house. "i think we have the possibility of pulling the biggest political upset in the modern history of the united states," sanders said. >> nasa has called off its next mars mission because of a leak in a science instrument. the "insight" spacecraft was supposed to take off in

year. but nasa managers have suspended the e unch because of an air leak in one of two prime science instruments. the lander is designed to examine the geology of mars in depth. launch opportunities for mars only occur every two years. it's not clear whether nasa has canceled the mission entirely or is delaying it until 2018. space history was made overnight - as the private company, "spacex," managed to launch a re-supply mission to the space station, then, land the first stage of the rocket back on earth! nbc's tom costello reports this unprecedente d approach now opens the door to an entirely new way of doing business in space!

canaveral air force station at 8:29 pm a live webcast from the company's california headquarters capturing it all... it's main mission: creating reusable rockets to save on launch costs anan making space more widely accessible. spacex is the brainchild of elon musk, the 44 year old billionaire mogul also behind tesla. this successful landing comes 6 months after a failed attempt in june... with this explosion shortly after launch.. while the rocket, on its way to deliver supplies, to the international space station disintegrated. bang! last night... redemption and triumph, with elon musk tweeting: 'welcome back baby! whoosh! nasa weighed in too. tweeting: on your successful vertical landing of the first stage back to earth!' >>

several companies are competing for a piece of the pie to resupply the space station and eventually carry astronauts to it. we started this first day of winter with fog. will there be any snow to go along it? ben's back with the forecast after this. here's the live view from our skycam in spencer, iowa, where it's and degrees this noon hour. praised as one of america's best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. bernie sanders passed more amendments in a republican congress than any other member. cracked the grgrlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans' healthcare. bernie sanders. a consistent, principled, and effective leader. building a future to believe in.

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lawsuit. and---home sales take a dive. what's behind the plunge, just channel. ktiv would like to send out anniversary and birthday wishes to our viewers. harold doerr of bloomfield, nebraska is celebrating his 90th birthday today. if you or someone you know is having a birthday of 80 years or more or an anniversary of 50 years or more, please send in their name (and correct pron), address and telephone number along with their pictures to ktiv. please make sure to have alalthe information printed and sent in at least two weeks in advance. if you would like your picture returned please include a self addressed stamped envelope. happy birthday from all of us at

a federal judge says he will work quickly to make a ruling in the legal battle between d moines water works and three northwest iowa counties. the utility is suing drainage districs in sac, calhoun, and buena vista counties over farm

river. both sides presented arguments in u.s. district court ininioux city monday. des moines watererorks says it has spent more than one-and-a-half million dollars to remove the nitrates to make its water drinkable. the judge commented the utility seems to be the only one in the state that has a problem with it and he wondered why it hasn't been an issue before. the judge says it's a complicated case, but he hopes to make a ruling by

>> stocks were slightly higher, led by gains in energy companies as the price of crude oil moves higher. home sales are posting a big decline. they plunged sharply in november, as rising prices create affordability pressures and new regulations delayed finalizing purchases. the national association of realtors says sales of existing homes collapsed 10.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.76 million. it was the weakest pace in 19 months. meanwhile, home values are rising at more than double the pace of wages. still ahead on news four at noon... some school kids in northeast iowa have a whole new appreciation for veterans... after hearing

here's a live look at west lake okoboji from our okoboji skycam... a bunch of sixth graders in evansdale, iowa have a new appreciation for the service of our nation's veterans. as jessica hartman tells us,

heard from a veteran of world war two.

carrying metal in my neck." for the student's - - listening to foster's stories brought this history subject to life. "i learned how hard it was to be in a war and to fight. it made me appreciate our freedom more." it's lessons these students will be taking to d-c. "when i look at the memorials, i am goioi to remember him and all the people >> still ahead, getting back on budget, after the holidays. anda party at the rocks! britons celebrate the winter solstice at the country's most mysterious landmark. announcer: one candidate tough enough to take on the bully... jeb bush: donald, you're not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. that's not going to happen. (applause) announcer: one candidate tough enough to take on isis. will destroy isis... and keep america safe. jeb bush: the united states should not delay

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absolutely. student loans are also something mindy that do come up this time of year. you're starting a new yeararobviously you continue to pay down on student los, if you happen to have it. do you have tools that folks can use to help people smartly pay those student loans down while at the same time trying to balance out other expenses in their life? yeah we do. you know student loan debt is a rising crisis in the country here. so we are really here to help people that are having trouble. 800 million people are in default on their student loans right now. so they can come in, make an appointment. we can give the options to them. we can let them know what options are available. it's not just putting it in deferment; it's getting on an income based repayment plan if that's necessary. helping them get out of default. that's what we can help them with. now if you want more information from the center for siouxland it's real easy. the number is (712) 252-1861 extension 47 or you can go to their website which is centerforsiouxland.org. lori and mindy thank you for joining us. thank you. thanks for joining us around siouxland. >> it's officially winter and people gathered at britain's

on the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. cloud cover put the kibosh on that, but a joyous "spirit" prevailed, regardless.

paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out the and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock.