it came out onand thank you for joining us, i'm robert lowe al has the day off. after dozens of allegations that he drugged and/or sexually assaulted women over the last few decades, entertainer bill cosby now faces his first criminal charges...comi ng in his native city of philadelphia. more from nbc's chris clackum.

in suburban philadelphia wednesday afternoon. chris clackum, nbc news. >> turning our attention to politics, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton plans to stump for support in siouxland next week. yesterday, 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. tuesdadashe will be in sioux city for an event at 2:15 p.m. the location hasn't been announced yet. republican pennsylvania senator rick santorum has

today in holstein, iowa. the presidential candidate is speaking at the leonard limousin and angus farm. hear from the sen., tonight on news 4. 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. last night, 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.

park cars, the people that mow lawns, the people that work with their hands every day," said presidential candidate and florida sen. marco rubio. rubio emphasized re-embracing voters. "i like his policy that we are all americans and that we can do anything we want to do just like he i idoing if you really want to do it and i agree with that all the way," said former teacher, george c. zeitner. and his lack of criticism towards other 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. every 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

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 ioww primary is just a alittle over a month away. tommie clark...ktiv news 4." >> > with monday & tuesday's winter storm finally out of siouxland, the white stuff is returning briefly here for our wednesday. a disturbance is moving just to the south of siouxland giving many places a quick inch or less. the snow will mainly be light in nature but it will create some slick spots on the roads with the surfaces cold after yesterday. the snow will exit early this morning with clouds sticking with us for most of the day. new year's eve will be much more pleasant with partly cloudy skies. the negative...the cold temperatures will be felt across the region. see graphics weather ad-lib

winter made it's return to a part of the country some people might not associate with snow....southe rn california. the higher elevations in mt. laguna saw about two inches of snow stick to the ground yesterday. temperatures were cold enough for the snow to stick around and give children a chance to go sledding. laguna is about six thousand feet above sea level so it can snow heavily on the mountain during the winter months. it's also a popular skiing location for people in the area. people in garland texas are beginning the clean up process in hopes of returning to normalcy after devastating tornados blew through north texas last weekend. officials are saying more than 200 hundred homes were left uninhabitable by the e-f-4 tornado, which packed winds in

miles per hour, hit garland. more than 700 homes were damaged in all. at least eight other tornados touched down in the dallas, texas area last saturday. the storm claimed eight lives in garland --- the youngest victim just one-year-old. at least three others were killed in other area cities. winter f foding has caused havav throughout parts of the midwest and southeast. the high waters have forced people to leave their homes, wiped out roads and claimed lives. nbc's dan scheneman has more from missiouri.

(chandler vonderahe :20- :23) "the water started coming up pretty quick and before i knew it i was overwhelmed. i had to call the fire department to come bail me o o." this has been the wettest december on record in st. louis and missouri is now under a state of emergency.... governor jay nixon has called in the national guard...he warned residents that thehreat is far from over. (gov. jay nixon/(d)misso uri:40-:52 ) "now that the rain has moved out, the threat has changed but it is not by any means over, especially for communities along the rising mississippi river and its tributaries here in the saint louis region." there are also dangerously high waters in the southeast...fa st moving rivers have taken out several roads in georgia.....whil e in alabama....up to 14 inches of rain fell in some areas. some 14 million americans face flood watches. dan scheneman nbc news. >> pope francis today expressed sympathy for the thousandsf people caught up in flooding in the u-s, great britain and latin america. speaking at the weekly general audience at the vatican, the pope asked the congregation to pray for those affected by the extreme weather events. at least 13 people have died in missouri since the weekend, when days of downpours from a massive winter storm system triggered

decades. staying overseas, for a second day in a row, authorities in europe say they have foiled a plot to attack new year's celebrations there. n-b-c's bill neely reports.

found and brussels is going ahead with its new year's celebrations and fireworks. (sot/ pablo saccomano/ manager's assistant at club la vilaine :57-1:09) "i think people want to celebrate actually. people are looking forward to go out, still. we are going to have some security measurere we are going to watch out for that and be on the look out." belgian militants of course have been at the center of a number of attacks including paris but police aren't connecting these arrests with those paris attacks. (on cam) s/ bill neely/ nbc news/ london, england 1:19- 1:33 "but across europe, including here in london, police are on high alert after one intelligence agency warned of possible terror attacks using explosives on crowds between christmas and new year. back to you." >> there's more coming up on news 4 at noon stay tuned for the forecast from meterologist ben dorenbach coming up next on news four at nion. here's the live view fm our skycam in spencer, iowa, where it's and degrees this

meterologist ben dorenbach is days after the paris attacks, senators came together for a top-secret briefing on the terrorist threat... marco rubio was missing - fundraising in california instead. two weeks later, terrorists struck again in san bernardino... and where was marco? fundraising again in new orleansn over the last 3 years, rubio has missed important national security hearings and missed more total votes than any other senator. politics first: that's the rubio way. right to rise usa

eve will be much more pleasant with partly cloudy skies. the negative...the cold temperatures will be felt across the region. highs will barely make it to the 20 degree mark and that will last right into new year's day. a bit of a warming trend will take place over the weekend with most towns climbing close to freezing. i hope everyone enjoys their holiday

happy new year's everyone! see graphics >>

still to come cracking down on dangerous drivers. sioux city police team up with others to try and keep those impared off the streets this holiday season. >

still ahead on news four at noon... new years eve is quickly apporaching. meaning there may be a number of impaired drivers behind the wheel. we'll show you one force that's

okoboji skycam... 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 are behind the wheel impaired. one group is cracking down to prevent deadly situations. ktiv's tiffany lane went along for a ride.

much to drink and make that decision to get behind the wheel. and that's when we're out in force during the holidays." there's one unit with the police department 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 b bn 10 traffic fatalities in sioux city. a third of those were caused by impaired drivers." mercy medical center's reality education alcohol program or reap partners with the asap unit to prevent those

education is a 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. tonight on ktiv newsws, more on keeping dangerous drivers off the roads. tiffany rides along with a specialized unit of the sioux city police department to show us the steps it takes to put a

the executive director of the ronald mcdonald house charities ofofiouxland.

talking about the pop tab program. this is something that i think not a lot of people think about because everyone, not everyone, but a lot of people drink soda and they either chuck it out in the recycling bin or take it to the recycling center withoho thinking of taking the pop tab off. a lot of people don't think about it. a lot of people don't actually realize that we do still collect pop tabs at the ronald mcdonald house and that money does come back to help the house and the families there. it's something that a lot of people remember us doing but don't know still currently happens. we have a lot of people that come to the house and say, do you still collect

these. 50 schools you say probably collect these tabs to benefit the ronald mcdonald house. yes, in the siouxland area we have about 50 schools that collect from the students that bring them all in. that's fantastic and wonderful but a loloof people do it at their house as well and their business and we're more than happy to provide you with a pop tab house or collection unit to put those in and bring back to the house. how do you get the money from the pop tabs? we turn all of the pop tabs into mcdonalds and they turn it into a recycler who then sends the money back to us. it's thousands of pounds that we can collect within a year and all of that money comes back. we've