goodi'm sheila brummer. matt breen has the night off. tonight, u.s. senator marco rubio made a stop in sioux city. ktiv's tommie clark attended his town hall meeting and shows us his approach to the presidential campaign.

candidates took the spotlight. "he spent time talking about what he would do, not how bad the other guys are and i really appreciated that," said financial advisor, dave delapp. rubio answered questions from iowans in the audience on various topics, but his stance on unifying voters led the rally. "a president of all americans, including the ones that don't vote for me. eveey single day i will work hard for everyone, even the ones who hate me, even the ones who say nasty things about me%on twitter, even the ones who will never vote fo rme no matter what we do because in the end we are all americans," said presidential candidate and florida sen. marco rubio. "senator rubio reminded supporters how critical the caucus is in iowa. the iowa primary is just a little over a month away. tommie clark...ktiv news 4." >> republican pennsylvania senator rick santorum has a campaign stop planned for tomorrow in holstein, iowa. the presidential candidate will speak at leonararlimousin and angus farm

the event is open to the public. candidate ted cruz plans to hit the road in iowa starting on monday. he's holding a bus tour of 36 counties in six days. on tuesday, january 5th he's making stops in cherokee and sioux. the next day he'll be in lyon, osceola, dickinson, emmet, palo alto and clay. and, on thursday, january 7th he'll be in buena vista, pocahontas, humboldt and kossuth counties. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton also plans to stump for support in siouxland next week. today, she was back on the campaign trail for the first time since taking a break over christmas. she held two town hall meetings in new hampshire. on monday, she'll be in iowa. next, tuesday she will be in sioux city for an event at 2:15 p.m. the location hasn't been announced yet. thousands showed up for a rally for donald t tmp tonight in coununl bluffs, iowa. trump says he will start spending money on campaign advertising. the republican says he doesn't want to take any chances even though polls show him on top.

spend $2 million a week in iowa, new hampshire and south carolina, the first states to vote in the 2016 presidential primararrace. former new york governor george pataki says he's ready to drop out of his run for the white house. the republican, who led new york through the september 11th attacks, failed to gain traction in a crowded field of candidates. the governor also had trouble raising momoy for his campaign. we could see a dusting of snow tonight. meteorologist ben dorenbach joins usow with the first look at our forecast. while the heaviest snow ended up missing us just to the east, parts of eastern siouxland still reported up to 9 inches in places like milford and rock rapids between yesterday and today. we only received a little over 4 inches in sioux city with many others near that same mark, and some could even add an additional coating of the white stuff tonight and tomorrow morning.

record flooding in missouri has claimed the lives of 13 people. governor jay nixon says 12 of those killed were swept away by flood water while their vehicles. he also added that the flooding is expected to surpass missouri's great flood of 19-93 which caused major devastation. the flooding is so bad that people have resorted to

around. "catastrophic and historic' are how officials described flooding along the illinois river in tahlequah, oklahoma. residents along the river say they've never seen flooding like this before. homes and vehicles are underwater. at least 15 people left homeless tonight after a fire in sloan, iowa. smoke filled the air at the prairie apartments this morning. two women were forced to jump from a second-story window to escape. both were transported to mercy medical center with non-life threatening injuries. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. the food bank of siouxland got a late christmas gift today. union pacific made a $10,000 donation. the food bank's executive director say the donation will go a long way to help the food bank reach its goal. this year, the food bank distributed nearly 2- million pounds of food. students from two siouxland schools played during a bowl game t tay. marching band members from gehlen catholic and yankton, south dakota's high

at the russell athletic bowl game. the students performed with 3,000 other students from 26 high schools from around the country. the baylor bears and north carolina tar heels played this afternoon at the citrus statium in orlando. baylor won 49 to 38. yesterday's storm left many hawkeye fans stranded at the des moines, iowa airport but today they were on their way. the storm dropped about 6-inches of snow in des moines and airlines had to canceled a total of 26 flights on monday. and, nine flights today. flights are now running on schedule and fans are ready to cheer the hawkeyes to victory. a media frenzy: a chaotic day for the iowa hawkeyes as they prepare for the rose bowl on friday. see the craziness from pasadena, later in sportsfource. while the heaviest snow ended up missing us just to the east, parts of eastern siouxland still

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to 9 inches in places like milford and rock rapids between yesterday and today. we only received a little over 4 inches in sioux city with many others near that same mark, and some could even add an additional coating of the white stuff tonighthtnd tomorrow morning. it won't be a

fledged winter storm like the one yesterday, but a couple places might pick up a quick inch or so by the time this disturbance exits by mid- wednesday morning. cold air will settle in behind it with overnight lows forecast to be in the single digits both tomorrow and thursday night, so we'll ring in the year 2016 on a frigid note! the good news though is that highs will warm back into the 20s and 30s this weekend with lots of sunshine. see graphics. it's not quite the new year, and

has more snow than it had all of last winter. the national weather service

it's not quite the new year, and sisix falls already has more snow thant had all of last winter. the national weather service says the latest storm has dropped about 5 inches of snow on the city, pushing the season total to about 34.5 inches. last winter's total in the city was 32 inches. still to come....

drivers. sioux city police team up with others to try and keep those impared off the streets this holiday season.

a northwest iowa woman faces several charges afafr police say she crashed into another vehicle on purpose. melissa ebert from cherokee was charged with attempted murder for a head-on collision in le mars, iowa in september. three people ended up with serious injuries. she also faces her second owi offense and a charge of serious injury by motor vehicle. december is national drunk and drugged driving awareness month. it's the time of year when many people celebrate the holidays together. but, that means more people behind the wheel impaired. one group is cracking down to prevent deadly situations. ktiv's tiffany lane went along for a ride.

that specializes in recognizing drunk and drugged driving. the alcohol safety action program, also known as the asap unit, is made up of a supervisor and three officers. "the benefits of having the asap unit is that anytime an officer on patrol stops a driver they think might be impaired, rather than tie that officer up for three officers to process that drunk driver, the members of my unit will take over that case and go through the drunk driving process and we're able to put that patrol officer back on general patrol." asap supervisor sergeant steve ten napel says members of the unit also become good witnesses and experts in drunk driving prosecution. su "since 2014, there have been 10 traffic fatalities in sioux city. a third of those were caused by impaired drivers." mercy medical center's reality education

with the asap unit to prevent those fatalitieses"it's proven that education is s better deterrant for people that have been convicted of drunk driving than trying to scare them and so this was our example of trying to educate these people by providing them with some reality type experiences." the reap program started in 1993 and during that time taught more than 2,800 people the dangers of driving impaired. and, keeping the streets safe for others on the road. in sioux city, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4.>> in 2013, the sioux city police department made 584 owi arrests. in 2014, there was a drop to 540 arrests. and so far in 2015 there have been just over 490. tomorrow night on ktiv news 4, more on keeping dangerouou drivers off theheoads. tiffany rides along with a specialized unit of the sioux city police department to

suspected impaired driver behind bars. a texas teen who killed four people while driving drunk in 2013 is behind bars in mexico tonight. 18-year-old ethan couch was taken into custody yesterday along with his mother. his case gained worldwide attention. during sentencing...hi s attorney claimed the teen did not understand the consequences of his actions because of his "affluent" upbringing. a judge agreed...giving him 10 years probation. earlier this month cell phone video showed him at a party. alcohol use would violate his probation. crouch and his mother will likely face jail time. straight ahed in healthbeat 4. how many times does it actually take to lose the weight? see what experts say about one of the most common new year's

it's the most lose weight. but research shows ... good intentions aren't enough. a survey from the national center for weight and wellness finds overweight or obese adults average six unsuccessful attempts to shed pounds. the biggest roadblocks were hunger and struggling to make healthy food chois. and while most had no luck with over-the- counter weight loss products -- 40-percent had some success with prescription medications. experts suggest talking to your doctor to help come up with a reasonable diet and exercise plan to reach a healthy weight. television reality star rob kardashian has been hospitalized after getting sick over the weekend. doctors have diagnosed the

a condition kardashian was unaware he had. kardashian has struggled with depression and weight gain over recent years. unlike the rest of his family on "keeping up with the kardashian's," he's avoided the public eye for the past two years. if you think you're having a heart attack ... don't wait to get to a hospital. a new study of more than two-thousand heart attack patients found faster care boosts the odds of survival. patients who took longer than two hours from the onset of symptoms to being treated with angioplasty were less likely to have restored blood flow to the heart than those treated more quickly. these patients were also more likely to die within three years. brad's here -- it was a busy day for the hawkeyes. iowa's basketball team was playing number-1 michigan state -- and the football team gets to 'talk the talk' at the rose bowl media day. and, we'll have four games from the briar cliff holiday tournamentincluding the bc women facing jamestown in a top n battle. sports fource is next.

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coach, kirk ferentz does a good job of making sure his players stay away from controversial statements. the hawkeyes were challenged with one last visit with hundreds of press people -- at the rose bowl media day. mark woodley has more from california. up the escalator and in to the gauntlet for an hour on tuesday morning, the hawkeyes went through media day at the rose bowl. the level of attention amounted to something never seen before by anyone on this squad. "this is unreal. i've never seen anything like it," said wide receiver matt vandeberg. "but it's exciting." "we've never seen this much media in our lives," said offensive lineman ike boettger. "it's defifitely different but it's a really cool experience for all of us." the questions - a bit odd at times to why cj beathard shaved off much of

"during the season it got pretty long," said beathard. "because we hadn't lost, i was keeping it going. then we finally lost so i shaved it off." but to him the strangest question happens to be one he hears nearly every week. "what do you see in their defense and what are you going to do to exploit their defenses," said beathard. "it's as if i'm going to give the game plan away. it's just kind of a weird question to me." for waukon native parker hesse, the walk in may have been a bit surreal. on the left side of the entrance, ap national player of the year christian mccaffery. on the right. the redshirt freshman linebacker from iowa. "being an iowa kid growing up, looking at posters and signs like that all the time, to have yourself up there representing the hawks, it's pretty sweet," said hesse. "it is what it is, i guess," said linebacker cole fisher. "parker's played great all year long. i didn't see it but t tt's kind of funny i guess." as for all the attention, coach kirk ferentz says it hasn't been distracting. in fact he's making sure his players soak it in before hitting the field on friday. "the more you win, the higher the altitude," said ferentz. "that's the goal though. you want to get up there high. i think the guy's have done a good job dealing with it. i want them to enjoy it. this is something they've earned."

remember -- and you can re-live it during a half-hour special called "the road to the rose bowl", on thursday. we'll look back at the undefeated regular season, with a school- record 12 wins -- and look ahead to the matchup against stanford. that t wkeye spspial airs thursday night at 6:30. the game starts at 4-10 on friday on espn. the iowa basketball team was home for their big ten opener against top-ranked michigan state. the hawkeyes have lost nine straight to the spartans. michigan st coach tom izzo, dealing with the loss of his father -- who died monday at the age of 90. 1st half -- anthony clemmons misses the jumper but walk-on nicholas baer gets the rebound d d launches the long three. hawks up by 7. everything going iowa's way -- dom uhl banks in the three -- it still counts -- pushes the iowa lead to 14. baer -- quickly becoming an iowawa legend -- he blocks the 3-point t try -- into the seats. he did a little bit of everything. mike gessell had a career-high 25 -- but baer is right there for the dunk -- iowa led by 14 at the half and the hawks hand #1 michigan state their first loss 83

the men's and women's basketball teams at morningside and briar cliff will each play two games over the next two days at the briar cliff holiday tournament. the chargers had the prime-time games against jamestown of north dakota. the 4th-ranked briar cliff women taking on the 10th-ranked jimmies. tie game in the fourth quarter -- jessi corrick hits the runner totoive bc a 55-53 lead. she led the chargers with 19 points. but jamestown answers -- bryn woodside drops in the three -- the jimmies are back on top, 56-55. the see-saw goes back to the chargers. alex fuller finds taylor vasa for the bucket -- bc up one, with three m mutes to . and the chargers hang on -- corrick to kaylee blake for 2 of her 11 -- briar cliff edges jamestown, 70 to 65. the charger men, ranked 12th, on an eight-game winning streak -- also plalang jamestown, who's won six in a row. briar cliff jumps out to a 10-3 lead. bryan forbes drops in the 3-pointer -- chargers in front. bc starts to run -- shane graves gets it ahead to forbes for another bucket

lead at the half. the jimmies shot under 40 percent -- but brequan tucker gets that one totoall -- but bc pulls away. erich erdman gets the steal -- and takes it "all the way the other way" for the layin. briar cliff downs jamestown 92-65. the 4-8 morningside men also playing waldorf, who's 7 and 4. the mustangs pound it inside early -- bryce koch scored the first seven points for the 'stangs and finished with 23 points. but waldorf led at the half. michael morgan scores down on the block. 37-31 at the half. morningside tries to rally -- adebayo baba-lola with the strong move e the bucket, but the mustangs made too many mistakes. the bad pass here leads to a turnover and a layup for june prowell -- had 33 points. waldorf tops morningside, 80 to

the second-ranked morningside women taking on 1 and 11 waldorf, from forest city, iowa. mustangs up 20 at the half -- second half, lauren lemkuhl drops in one of morningside's 11 three's -- the lead is 46. then, allison bachman goes takes the 'drive thru' lane for 2 more -- the lead is up to fifty. 13 different mustangs scored -- erin schleicher drops in the jumper -- the only question was, would morningside break the century mark? the answer -- yes -- rachelle housh with another bucket. morningside whips waldorf, 100 to 55. and, one of the biggest hawkeye

tonight. chief meterologist ron demers enjoying his christmas break from ktiv. he took some of his family to state game. there's ron with his son patrick, his mother maryilyn and his sister carol and nephew josh. they have all been lifelong hawkeye fans! tonight: snow showers develop. low 17. winds nw 5-10 miles per hour. wednesday: morning snow showers. high 24. mostly cloy.

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