kitty, this is for you.> a u.s. official says the 10 american sailors who were briefly held by iran have been sent to a u.s. military facility in qatar. the sailors will be debriefed and will get medical checkups, but the official says there is no indication any were harmed. iran released the sailors--nine men and one woman-- today, one day after they were taken into custody when their small navy boats driried into iranian- claimed waters during a training mission. nbc's ali arouzi reports from tehran.

after an extensisi investigation they realized that the american vessels' navigation equipment had failed and they had accidentally strayed into iranian waters. they said that their activities were not suspicious nor were they here to conduct any sort of espionage. this could've been a major international incident between the united states and iran but it was contained in a diplomatic fashion, which is in line with president rouhani's approach to ininrnational relations.s.his came at a sensitive time b bause we're only days away from implementatio n of the nuclear deal. the possibility a crisis could have jeopardized that and the billions of dollars expected to flow into iran for sanctions relief. ali arouzi/ nbc news/ tehran, iran "but the u.s. sailors weren't set free without a warning from iran's army chief. he said let this be a warning to troublemaker s in congress who want to impose more sanctions on iran. ali arouzi, nbc news, tehran." >> secretary of state john n rry is thanking iran for ending what could have

speech on foreign policy this morning in washington, kerry said diplomacy is critical in our tional security. john kerry / secretary of state "these are always situations which as everybody here knows have an ability if not properly guided to get out of control. and i'm appreciative for the quick and appropriate response." iranian state television has shown dramatic images of the moment when revolutionary guard forces captured the u.s. sailors in the persian gulf the video and stills were published hours after the ten american sailors were released by iran. some images show the sailors with their hands on their heads, while others show iranians inspecting the machine guns onboard and going through papers.

>> weather ad-lib after a brutally cold stretch of weather, i'd say we deserve some relief, and that's exactly what we'll get these next couple of days! temperatures will be back in the 30s this afternoon with some sunshine and will most definitely melt away some snow. we'll see a bigger surge into the 30s tomorrow ahead of our next cold front set to move through tomorrow night which might produce a few flurries on friday behind it. see graphics. >> prprident barack obama is headed for nebraska this afternoon, bringing his message on the road after delivering his eighth and final "state of the union" address last night. he's expected to tout progress under his leadership and goals for his final year in office. nbc's chris clackum has highlights and reaction to

wednesday...was aimed at leaeang republican presidential candndate donald trump. gov. nikki haley/ (r) south carolina "mr. trump has definitely contributed to what i think is just irresponsible talk" conservative commentator ann coulter tweeted "trump should deport nikki haley"... ...but coming to her defense was jeb bush who tweeted...'proud of my friend @nikkihaley for delivering a positive & uplifting response' chris clackum, nbc news. >> when the president arrives in nebraska, governor pete ricketts will be on the tarmac of offut air force base to greet him. ricketts had previouslslsaid he would send his lieutenant governor instead because of scheduling conflicts. but the governor's spokesman said his staff was able to rearrange his schedule at the last minute and ricketts will be there. governor ricketts delivers his state of the state speech to the nebraska legislature tomorrow. the nebraska state patrol investigating a crash that claimed the life of a colfax county sheriff's deputy. 36-year old dan coughlin was killed when his car hit a deer carcass on highway 30 near rogers

hit another vehicle. coughlin had just finished a 12-hour shift and was headed home to fremont when the accident happened yesterday morning. coughlin was pronounced dead at the scene. the driver of the other car was treated at a hospital and released. walmart is recalling 330- thousand griddles due to a shock hazard. the recall involves t tse rival brand griddles. they arerelack with model number xj-14207. "walmart" and the model number are printed on the bottom. the griddles were sold nationwide at walmart stores and at walmart dot com last year from july through december. if you have one, you should stop using it and return it to any walmart store for a full refund. the largest lottery jackpot in the world is up for grabs tonight in the latest t werball awing. the prize has climbed toton estimated 1.5 billion dollars, easily surpassing all other lotteries. so the rush is on to play. nbc's jay gray is at a gas

players have been coming in waves to fill their cars, grab a snack and buy up tickets hoping for instant wealth.

which says: "always buy into the office lottery pool. if they win, you don't want to still be broke and doing all their work when they all quit..." nats pop spitting ticket right now the toughest job seems to be finding the right 6 numbers so you can take that permanent vacation. ok.. let's talk about the odds for a minute.. 1-in-more-than-292- million.. which means..... you have a much better chance of being hit by lightning or being crushed by an asteroid.. you have better odds at becoming president.. becoming a movie star.. or being canonized by the pope.. so what i'm saying is.... we've still got a chance! jay ay - nbc news - hinsdale, il.. >> and a lottery official says the estimated jackpot remains at 1.5 billion dollars as of now, but that could change before the balls are drawn. she says about 86 percent of the possible number combinations have been selected, so, the odds are it

jackpot would increase to a coco two-billion dollars on saturday. watch the powerball drawing, live, tonight at 9:59 here on ktiv. finally, some milder temperatures in siouxland. a little sunshine, too. but it won't be stickin' around too long. stay tuned for the forecast from meterologist ben dorenbach, up next. here's the live view from our skycam in spencer, iowa,

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after a brutally cold stretch of weather, i'd say we deserve some relief, and that's exatly what we'll get these next couple of days! temperatures will be back in the 30s this afternoon with some sunshine and will most

snow. we'll see a bigger surge into the 30s tomorrow ahead of our next cold front set to move through tomorrow night which might produce a few flurries on friday behind it. that's one of a couple flurries/snow shower chances in our seven day forecast which overall looks fairly dry with another small chance of a few flakes saturday night. the main weather story though will be our next round of arctic air moving into siouxland this weekend and will bring our highs back into the single digits and teens with sub-zero lows continuing into early next week. in the meantime though, be sure to take in the sunny and mild weather while we have it! see graphics. >> > it was a record year for corn and soybeans in iowa and nebraska. that's coming up... and---a federal judge says the

court needs to take a look at the lawsuit against drainage districts in three siouxland counties.

2015 was a record year for iowa

farmers. the final harvest report released tuesday by the u.s. department of agriculture says iowa farmers brought in 2.5 billlln bushels of corn. that's 4 percent higher than the previous record t in 2009. iowa has led the nation in corn production for 22 consecutive years. the average per-acre yield of 192 bushels also is a new record. soybean farmers did very well too, producing a record crop. at 554 million bushels, this year's iowa soybean harvest exceeds the 2005 record by 5 percent. the per-acre yield also beat the 2020 record. and iowa beat out illinois as the top producing soybean state for the first time since 2012. nebraska also produced records with 1.69 billion bushels of corn and 306 million bushels of soybeans. u.s. district court judge mark bennett says the iowa supreme court should settle legal questions about whether farmland drainage districts can be held liable for

befofo a lawsuit filed by des moines water works can proceed. the utility is suing 10 drainage districts in buena vista, sac and calhoun counties over farm nitrates in the raccoon river. but there are many questions that have never been decided by the courts, such as immunity for drainage districts and which constitutiona l protections might apply to parties that challenge drainage systems. the drainagagdistricts have been around since the late 1800s. attorneys for the drainage districts say iowa's constitution has long protected them from legal liability. judge bennett said the legal issues warrant attention from the state's highest court.

stocks are moving lower in midday trading, after the price of crude oil gave back some gains it made this mororing. it just won a golden globe... ... and there's oscar buzz, but before the rest of the world saw "the revenant" these south dakotans got an early premier. their small town's special

here's a live look at west lake okoboji from our okoboji skycam... parenting in a digital world was the focus of a talk at south sioux city middle school last night. parents were presented ways to take charge of ththr childrens' online activity. an education lawyer stressed that parents need to be both active and educated about their children's social media sites. "you need to be on the exact same platform as your kids are.

parents it's kind of like you want to live in the same town as your kid. your kid wouldn't move to lincoln and you stay in south sioux city so you want to be living in the same place as your kids are online as well. " said karen haase. haase says "common sesee media" a good source for parents who want to learn more about individual apps. you'll find the link to that website in this story at ktiv- dot-com. the legend of hugh glass, a man who had to crawl 200 miles after a grizzly bear attack, is common knowledge to many on the northern plains. he's not as well known in the rest of the country. that is, until now with the release of the critically acclaimed movie "the revenant." the attack happened 13 miles south of lemmon, south dakota so it's only fitting that a couple- hundred residents of the small town were among the first to see it. max grossfeld has the story.

ken tomac/hugh glass rendezvous "hugh glass crawled d to history. today, i was thinking, you know, he's like crawling out of history now. he's come back." tomac and others helped bring an advanced screening of the revenant, a movie based on glass's story to lemmon. the residents were among the first in the world to see it. laquita shockley/hug h glass rendezvous "for a small rural town like we are out in the prairie, it's kind of nice to see some revived interest." that revived interest started with the annual hugh glass rendezvous, celebrating the folk hero in the town. local artist john lopez sculpted this lifelike version of glass fighting a grizzly, which was on display before the screening. john lopez /hugh glass rendezvous "i think, in a lot of ways, we all want to say we can relate to hugh glass, you know. we all go through these trials in our life." at the after party, mixed reviews from people who came far and wide for the event. bob drown/bison, sd "yeah, i like the movie. it was really something how realistic it was."

"i think that for someone who knows the story of hugh glass, this was disappointing, except that they kind of warned you by saying it was based on a true story." while glass has already been immortalized on the great plains, he'll now be known around the world. >> that wasasax grossfeld reporting from lemmon, south dakota. jekyll and hyde come to a siouxland stage. that's still ahead on "around siouxland." marco rubio. he ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty... then he flipped, and worked with liberal chuck schumer to co-author the path to citizenship bill. he threatened to vote against it. and then voted for it. he supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. marco rubio. just another washington politician you canan trust. jeb bush. he's a leader, so you alwaya know where he stands. right to rise usa

you can call and leave a message or come to the box office the night t the show. scott, what do you like most a aut the show? i know that you're a veteran of the stage. what do you think about it? i like the fact that we split into two parts because we can interact with each other a lot better and we can see the definite difference between good and evil. how about you brian? i've been a fan of this musical for a very long time. the thing that really drew me to it was music. it's very emotional and very raw music. that's what really draws me to the production. you guys do great shows down there, i know a lot of people maybe haven't heard of yoyoguys but they need t tcheck out some shows there. definitely. great. once again it is jekyll and hyde, when does it start? january 15th through february 1st. thank you so much for joining us. it is jekyll and hyde the musical, you'll have to check it out. thank you for watching around siouxland. thank you for joining us today guys. thanks for having us. >>

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>> marlena: thank you, lucy.