after a bald eagle was found shot in cedar county. officials with nebraska game and parks say someone found the dead eagle on sunday about three miles southeast of yankton. they say two rooster and two hen pheasants were found in a bag with the eagle that was thrown into a ditch. hunting season for rooster pheasants runs through january 31, but it's illegal to kill hen pheasants. the punishment for killing a bald eagle or even having its feathers comes at a hefty price. the person responsible faces a $250,000 fine and prison time. if you have information about the case, you're asked to call authorities. in pakistan, gunmen stormed into a university in the country's northwest today, killing students and staff, and triggering an hours-long gunbattle with police and army troops. it's over now, but at least 20 people have been killed. nbc's kelly cobiella reports.

the pakistani army says the gunbattle lasted for three hours this morning on the campus of a university in northwestern pakistan. a terrifying morning for students and staff in charsadda, that's about 20 miles from peshawar. the campus was just opening for the day when militants scaled the university walls on a very foggy morning, shooting security guards then going into classrooms and dorms. once student said he saw gunmen shooting both male and female students with automatic weapons. an assistant professor reportedly fired back, giving some of his students time to run. tributes are now going out to him on twitter. pakistani commandos say they have killed four militants. as for who was behind this, there's conflicting information. kelly cobiella/ nbc news/ london, england "a senior taliban commander has claimed responsibility, but the group's official spokesman condemns the attack, calling the killing of students un- islamic. back to you." >>

ra-zyan, one of the five americans released by iran as part of a prisoner swap last week, spoke briefly to the media today outside the u-s military's landstuhl regional medical center where he has been receiving treatment. earlier, laughing with his wife in pictures taken by his newspaper. he told reporters he feels good. he also said he never expected to be a part of the story and that he wants to get back to being a reporter. > weather ad-lib while it won't be the prettiest looking day, it'll still be fairly mild with temperatures in the 20s, hardly any sunshine and steady southerly winds. with clouds remaining overhead tonight, expect temperatures not to drop too much, so it'll be nothing like the cold that we saw a couple

western parts of siouxland could however see some light snow that might put down a coating of the white stuff by tomorrow morning. the rest of the viewing area will see intermittent snow showers during the day tomorrow that won't produce much if any accumulations by friday morning. the rest of the week and weekend will continue to bring mild high temperatures in the 20s and 30s with another small snow chance sunday night. the weather outlook next week still looks pretty decent with close to average temperatures with some possible warming by the end of it! see graphics. >> energy stocks are leading another sell-off on wall street as the price of oil continues to plunge. the dow industrials have been down more than 500 points in trading today. u.s. crude dropped 7 percent today. dropping energy prices is a sign that the global economy is slowing down. here's a live look at the current market numbers. senate democrats are maneuvering to put republicans on the spot with an election-year vote on

test for immigrants. democrats hope the vote would force republicans to take sides for or against donald trump, who's called for barring muslims from coming to the u.s. democrats sought the vote on wednesday as their price for allowing republicans to move ahead with legislation cracking down on syrian refugees coming to this country. bernie sanders wrapped up a four-stop campaign tour of iowa tuesday with a stop in sioux city. the democratic candidate for president spoke to supporters at the orpheum theatre last night. his main focus: fighting what he corporate greed. he also talked up the fact that he's the only candidate without a super pac supporting him. and he says he's had more campaign contributions from history. "we are raising enough money to run a winning national campaign and we're doing it without begging corporate america or millionaires for their support," said sanders. sanders also took a shot at

every day she rolls out different politicians who endorse her campaign. sanders says he has hundreds of thousands of working people supporing his campaign. the latest poll puts sanders within two points of clinton in iowa... and 27 points ahead of her in new hampshire. donald trump isn't backing away from the word "greedy." in fact, at a campaign rally in norwalk, iowa this morning, the republican presidential hopeful said he's always been greedy, but will now be "greedy" for the country. donald trump / (r) presidential candidate my whole life has been to take, take, right, take. i was greedy. i take, i take. now i'm going to be greedy for the united states. i'm going to take for the united states. i'm going to be greedy for our country. i 'm going to take. we're not going to be the stupid people anymore. we're going to be the really smart people." sarah palin is joining trump today at two campaign events, a day after she endorsed his candidacy. trump will campaign in sioux center on saturday. republican presidential candidate ben carson says

campaign volunteers in a car accident tuesday can help bring some civility to u-s politics. 25-year-old braden joplin died yesterday after a van carrying four staff members flipped over on an icy stretch of highway in western iowa and was struck by another vehicle. carson immediately suspended all of his campaign events for the next several days to travel from south carolina to omaha, where joplin was rushed for treatment. last night, carson said his heart goes out to joplin's family and the families of everyone involved in the accident. carson said joplin was an example of how things can get done with kindness and compassion, and not "hard hearted-ness." (s/dr. ben carson/gop presidential candidate) "if every one of us could just think about how we can make somebody else's life better -- what a fitting tribute that would be to braden." the three other passengers in the accident were treated and released from a local hospital. joplin was from midland, texas.

caucus, but this time around, he finds himself far behind the leaders. the former pennsylvania senator has been campaigning all over iowa this week, but he's polling at zero percent nationally. during his stops, santorum expresses his support for going to war against isis and his opposition to same-sex marriage. he says he hasn't lost hope, and he points out he was in a similar position before he won iowa four years ago. "i'm not anticipating a big jump in the polls like that this time around, but i think we'll see a steady climb and a little rush here at the end that will put us in the game of being in the top 4 or 5 folks that will finish here," said gop presidential candidate, rick santorum. "that's the boost we need to go on." santorum is holding town hall meetings today in sibley, rock rapids, sheldon and cherokee. the latest addition to bike trails in sioux city is causing some discussion. more than 60 people attended a public meeting last night to discuss moving forward with the trail.

extends from florence ave to the riverside pool. connecting two exsiting bike trails...making six miles of continuous trail. however...a handful of homeowners expressed concern about the trail being right behind their yards. "it would affect 10 to 12 property owners and their backyards go along the dike. we had a good turnout and were able to get some good feedback," said matt salvatore, sioux city parks and recreation director. there was a lot of positive feedback about the trail. one person in favor of the trail says it would attract more people to stay in sioux city long-term. "there's nothing like an uninterrupted trail. sidewalks are great and they are a start, but there is nothing like an uninterrupted trail," said shelby pierce, trail suppprter. the next step is to talk with those affected home owners. then the city council will vote on the proposed trail. it's sort of a non-descrip day, weatherwise. but ben says a little more snow could be coming our way. he's back with the forecast after this. here's the live view from spencer, iowa, where it's

here's the truth -- some have proposed to cut social security for the elderly and disabled vets. i disagree. in fact, not only should we not cut benefits -- we should expand them. my plan for social security ins benefits and cost of living adjustments and raises minimum payments for low-income seniors. it will ensure that all seniors can retith dignity and respect.

ben, a little sunshine and this

in western parts of siouxland could however see some light snow that might put down a coating of the white stuff by tomorrow morning. the rest of the viewing area will see intermittent snow showers during the day tomorrow that won't produce much if any accumulations by friday morning. the rest of the week and weekend will continue to bring mild high temperatures in the 20s and 30s with another small snow chance sunday night. the weather outlook next week still looks pretty decent with close to average temperatures with some possible warming by the end of it! see graphics. >> > we'll see if wall street has

we'll see if wall street has managed to put the brakes on this morning's slide when we come back... and: ted cruz fires back. the presidential hopeful responds to harsh words from iowa's governor over his call to end ethanol subsidies.

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republican presidential hopeful ted cruz is firing back at iowa governor terry branstad. on tuesday, branstad said iowans should not support cruz in the caucus because cruz opposes continued federal subsidies and other support for ethanol. he is the biggest opponent of renewable fuels and he actually introduced a bill in 2013 to immediately eliminate the renewable fuel standard. he is heavily financed by big oil. branstad made his comments at a renewable fuels conference. cruz responded on the campaign trail in new hampshire. he calls ethanol subsidies "corporate welfare" and a case of washington cronyism. sen. ted cruz/(r) presidential candidate "it's how we have gotten an 18-

it's not surprising and we're going to see even more of that. because every day what we're seeing on the ground is the grassroots are making their decision - the conservatives are uniting behind my campaign, and we will see like the empire strikes back - the establishment will strike back because they don't want and end to the cronyism and the gravy train from washington." cruz supports phasing out the renewable fuels standard, which sets a minimum for the amount of ethanol that must be blended into the nation's gasoline.

another plunge in the price of crude oil has sent stocks into a tailspin today. are you a netflix subscriber? join the club. the dominant online video company says at the end of december it had just under 75-million subscribers. it's forecasting it wil gain 6-million more subscribers by the end of march. an increase in members has been fueled by netflix's expansion into virtually every country in the world.. except china. still ahead on news four at noon...

special gift from his hometown hero.. after his own act of generosity. announcer: 3 republican governors. but which governor won national praise for tough leadership handling nine hurricanes? which governor made his state number one in job creation? which governor led the fight to stop obamacare expansion in his state? and which governor laid out a tough plan to destroy isis months before the paris attacks? jeb bush. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. e are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education.

will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. here's a live look at west lake okoboji from our okoboji skycam... a project to repair and renovate the town swimming pool in correctionville, iowa is getting a shot in the arm from woodbury county. superviors have approved a

supervivsor mark monson says it's important to support community improvement projects like this. "it'll be a reasonable draw. swimming pools are expensive to opperate and not all towns can have them; so i think it'll be very good," said mark monson, woodbury county supervisor. they hope to have the work on the pool done by this spring. a young football fan in north carolina just got a special gift from his hometown hero, panthers linebacker luke keese-lee. the surprise came after the boy offered kuechly a good-luck charm that he made himself. sarah-blake morgan has more.

moment with number 59 himself, luke kuechly, a moment he calls... (jackson griffin) "one of the best moments of my life, this is so cool." last week, jackson and his family waited outside panther practice to offer his favorite player a good luck charm (jackson) "i decided, oh maybe i should give the car to luke kuechly, not just for him to sign, but for him to keep." he named it the 'kuechly car,' and it actually made it through a few rounds of the cub scout's pinewood derby. (brice griffin/jackso n's mom) "very first race he won and we got so excited, and we though 'ah, luke kuechly is good luck for us." which is why jackson thought it belonged to it's namesake "are you sure? well thank you man, if you win." (jackson) "i gave it to him and he said do you want me to sign it and give it back to you and i said no you keep it." "how about you sign it, that way i know it's from you." (jackson) "he said 'how about you sign it. we'll reverse the situation." "put your name on it. that's the rule." (brice griffin/mother ) "we were all kind of just amazed that he took that time to sit there and focus on jackson. it was, you know, a full minute, minute and a half where they were interacting."

grader one on one... (jackson) "he said he would hang it in his locker." ...as if no one else was around. (brice griffin/mother ) "he definitely is a public figure that little boys can look up to and admire." (jackson) "thank you very much." in charlotte. "good luck against the cardinals." >> we'll have details an exhibit about the early downtown department stores of sioux city. still to come on

davidson brothers company, and the pelletier company. these were huge stores. for instance, davidsons was the largest department store in iowa. all three started out small, what is called a try good store in the late nineteenth century. they developed into department stores around the turn of the twentieth century and they all had over 500 employees by the 1920's. they were big, opulent stores. we've had this exhibit going on that displays a range of fashion and memorabilia from the stores and photographs. now we have some programming to go along with it. the first will be sunday january 24th at the pierce mansion. we're having it there because thomas s martin and his wife actually purchased the pierce mansion in 1908 and the martin family lived there for the longest time of anybody else that lived there. they owned one of the big department stores. that's right. that's the connection. yes, the owners of the martin department store. we're going to talk about the

changed the house, then we're going to have a tour of the house itself. then you have two more programs. february 7th we have randy peters who is a local textile expert. people are going to be able to bring in their old clothing and he'll tell them about that. then on march 6th we're going to have a panel discussion of people who remember these stores as they were in the 1950's of 1960's and reminisce about how they remember them. that exhibit runs until early march so you have plenty of time to check them out and check out those programs. matt, thanks so much for being here. thanks so much. thanks for joining us for around siouxland. >> she's always stood strong... ...to get the job done. hillary clinton.

...and spoke out on women's rights... ...went toe to toe with russia on human rights. the drug and insurance companies spent millions against her... ...but hillary didn't quit until eight million children got health care. i've never been called a quitter and i won't quit on you. she's got what it takes to do the toughest job in the world. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it.

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