"sioux city" isn't just the name of the 4th lararst city in iowa, anymore. it's also the name given to the navy's newest warship, which was northern wisconsin, this morning. good evening, thanks for joining us i'm robert lowe two years ago, a worker put his torch to steel in marinette, wisconsin and made the first weld on what would become the keel of the uss sioux city. ktiv's matt breen was there to

breen, reporting. saturday, another milestone. the christening... a ceremonial breaking of a champagne bottle on the ship's bow. "the champagne bottle gets broken, but this day is about the bonding... the bonding between the sponsor of the ship and the crew," howard said. "for the united states of america, i christen thee sioux city," said mary winnefeld, uss sioux city sponsor. "may god bless this ship and all who sail on her." mary winnefeld is the ship's sponsor, and now considered an honorary crew member. it was up to her to send the sioux city on its way... with one swing. nats of launch now in the water, work will begin to finish the ship, which is about 80-percent complete. the sioux city's executive officer, ken lieberman, says the crew can't wait to get aboard. "to be here since the beginning, since it was born, and see it being built the last year-and-half, and to now see it go into the water sitting in its natural habitat to start its trials is truly and honor and an amazing experience," said cdr ken lieberman, uss sioux city. >> if all goes according to plan,

should be sold o o the to navy in 20101 after a warm winter streak. the cold weather is back for more, we'll toss it over to meterologist tj springer winter storm watches in effect for shelby, harrison, monona, thurston, burt, cuming, and stanton counties through 12 am wed. our january warmth across siouxland continued and made for a really great saturday all around the region. temperatures climbed into the 40s in lots of towns but enjoy it while it's here because big changes are coming as we kick off the work week. clouds will be thick through the rest of the day as a shortwave approaches from the west. this will give the viewing area a chance for showers. as temperatures fall, the rain may mix with and change to snow in the overnight hours with little to no accumulation. we will keep the clouds for sunday as well as we set our sights on our next winter storm. this one will move in as we kick off the work week. winter storm watches are in effect for southern siouxland for the potential of 8 or more inches. these watches may expand to the north as we head

bet for accumulaaions currentt lookk to be 2-4" e, 6-8" forr centraa siouxland, aad 8-12"+ for souuhern part of the area. winds will also be a factor with gusts up to 40 mph, so this could make for blizzard and whiteout conditions. there is still some uncertainty with this storm, and these numbers are subject to change. please stay updated to storm team 4 and ktiv.com for updates and details. after this winter storm moves out the rest of the week looks dry but cold with temperatures dropping down below average through next weekend your 7-day forecast is coming up in 10 minutes there's only two days until iowans cast the first votes of the 2016 e ection season. today, both senator marco rubio and senator rand paul were in sioux city. ktiv's tommie clark spoke with both candidates and has more.

to be in the 21st century. the senator went after obama's presidency and the possible democratic nominee, hillary clinton...in his words, this is not a time for patience, not after seven years of president obama, this is a time for urgency and action. he talked about his final action plan in the coming days.. "well at this point it's about trying to contact as many people as we can whether it's at these events or the ones we're doing around the state and just ensuring they come out monday and they caucus and they caucus for me because if i'm our nominee we're going to win. we're going to beat hillary clinton. we're going to turn this country around," said presidential candidate, sen. marco rubio. meanwhile senator rand paul touted what he calls a "bold statement" and says he is the only fiscal conservative in the race. paul says he thinks he'll do a lot better than what people may expect. he says his number one priority is to defend the country and the biggest threat to national security is debt, and he believes he's the sole one candidate able to do something about it. the senator called out two of his fellow g-o-p candidates, including rubio. "i also believe that you cannot be stronger as a nation if you're further in debt so rubio, cruz

to spend a trillion dollars more to make the sand glow over there...i think they'll create more terrorists then kill with that policy," said presidential candidate, sen. rand paul. both presidential candidates will continue to campaign in the coming days. tomorrow, rubio will spend the final day before monday's caucuses rallying with supporters in cedar falls, cedar rapids, and davenport. meanwhile, paul will hit dubuque and iowa city. tommie clark...ktiv news 4. >> presidential candidate jeb bush continued campaigning around siouxland today, heading north to okoboji. the former florida governor stated our current government entitlement programs keep americans in poverty rather than lifting them out of it. bubu says his first action..if elected president...wil l be to ensure the united states is safe and secure. he says the leadership role in e commander in chief position needs to be restored. "today we are in a situtation when we are less safe than the day barack obama was inaugurated president of the united states. and if hillary clinton is elected we will continue down

of the community of nations that some how we can lead from behind. terminlogy i never expected to hear from the greatest nation in the world," said jeb bush, republican presidential candidate. bush continues his trek across the state. he'll be in cedar rapids, davenport and clinton tomorrow. republican presidential candidate dr. ben carson made a stop at dordt college in sioux center today. carsononarped on fiscal r rponsibilty in regard to the national debt and economy. he touched on healthcare and his plan to give patients more options and power in health coverage. and he addressed those who think his soft demeanor means he isn't tough. "go back and look over my life and see what things i've had to overcome," said dr. ben carson. "look at my medical career, look at all the controversies that occurred there [and] the fights that i had to have with the establishment to get things done. but, look at the lives that have been saved by it." carson is scheduled to be in

monday. republican presidential candndate ted cruz is back in siouxlxld tonight the texas senator is speaking to supporters at western iowa tech. ktiv's sam curtiss is there and will have more for us later on in the show. republican presidentail candidate chris christie will stump for support in sioux city tomorrow. the new jersey governor will speak at morningside college at the olsen student center. doors open at 8:00 a.m. front-runner donald trump is slated to appear at the orpheume theatre tomorrow. doors open at 4:00 and the event gets underway at 6:00 in the evening. on the other side of the ticket, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton is also coming to sioux city. she'll stump at the sioux city convention center. doors open at 3:45 and speaking of hillary clinton, today disuccsion ensued about

q: are you concerned that people's imaginations s n run wild not knowing what's inin them? whatatan you do to alleviate that? "i'm really not concerned because it's the same story that has been going on for months now i just don't think most people are as concerned about that as they are about what we're going to do get economy going and how we're going to protect the affordable care act and everything i talk about in this campaign, because that's what iowans and americans talk to me about. it's like benghazi monica. republicans are going to continue to attack." hillary clinton and donald trump have come on top in the latest poll in iowa. the bloomberg politics - des moines register poll shows the democratic race is a statistical dead heat, with clinton three-points ahead of bernie sanders. that's within the poll's margin of error. on the republican side, donald trump is five points ahead of his closest contender, ted cruz. coming up on news 4 at 10 sioux city welcomes it's newest professional sports franchise. mark has hilights from the court

one of the areas thati've been particularly interested in is the area of children. we intend to be sure that everybody in this room and every child in this state is somebody. no matter where they're born, no matter to whom they are born. i want to make sure that every child has a chance to live up to his or her god-given potential. i've spent my life fighting for children, and i'm not stopping now. i'm hillary clinton,

for shelby, harrison, monona, thurston, burt, cuming, and wed. our january warmth across siouxland continued and made for a really great saturday all around the region. temperatures climbed into the 40s in lots of towns because big changes are coming as we kick off the work week. clouds will be thick throughthe rest of the

shortwave approaches from the west. this will give the viewing area a chance for showers. as temperatures fall, the rain may mix with and change to snow in the overnight hours with little to no accumulationonwe will keep the clouds for sunday as well as we set our sights on our next winter storm. this one will move in as we kick off the work week. winter storm watches are in effect for southern siouxland for the potential of 8 or more inches. these watches may expand to the north as we head throughout the remainder of our weekend. the best bet for accumulations currently

central siouxland, and 8-12"+ for southern part of the area. winds will also be a facacr with gusts up to 40 mph, so this could make for blizzard and whiteout conditions..there is still some uncertainty with this storm, and these numbers are subject to change. please stay updated to storm team 4 and ktiv.com for updates and details. after this winter storm moves out the rest of the week looks dry but cold with temperatures dropping down below average through next weekenen >>

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winter games continues to draw a large crowd. hundreds of spectators are enjoying the mild winter temperatures and winter fun for this year's event. todays entertainment included broomball, mega snow pong and grilling on the ice. a first-time winter games-goer says the games offer a variety of activities for her family. "the polar plunge is something we are looking forward. i think our daughter woull have a fun time watching that. it's a good day to be outside. it's perfect weather. it's nice to do something outside in the winter," said melissa schumann, okoboji winter games attendee. tonight's activities will fireworks display. the winter games continues through tomorrow so you still have time to get out and enjoy some winter fun on the ice. also, taking place at today's

okoboji the traditional burning of greens. the event features taking old christmas trees and placing them in one large pile. then, community members come together and light the pile of trees on fire in a ceremonial fashion. there was more than 100 people on hand to watch the event. . " it's a wonderful tradition. the peoplelerom omaha, lincoln, and minneeolis come here every year. even the people that stay here in the summer come back here for the winte games," said karolyn marti, okobojil, ia. mark's in now with sports - with an interesting story - professional basketball in sioux city. (mark) the sioux city hornets are a new expansion team to the american basketball association. they hosted their first homeme game today. we'll show you the highlights next. plus, iowa state and nebraska take their acts on the road. sportsfource is next. from postal workers to nurses... he's been endorsed for real change: bernie sanders. endorsed by friends of the earth action

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franchise is officially in business. the sioux city hornets are the first iowa team in the history of the american basketball association. more history on saturday - the hornets first-ever home game. sioux city, hostininthe topeka aviators in a pre-seseon mamahup. first points ininhe hornets home history come frfr alvin gunter - in classic a-b-a form - runs the floor for the flush - gunter had 28 points. but topeka counters - james english, no - but clyde harper junior, yes on the tip - tie game early. from there sioux city starts to run away - nice ball movement inside to vante franklin - easy bucket puts the hornets back on top. then off the miss - it's jeff berridge - you may know him as wiwiebago's boys head coach - but he strokes a three there. berridge had 19 points, helping the hornets escape, 104-102 - first home win in team history. the morningside men, 9-and-13 on the year, stepping out of conference to host grace. first quarter - mustangs up 2 - bryce koch

glass - koch had 13. then adebayo babalola goes to work - nice spin move in the lane and gets it to fall. grace hangs around - d.j. hanes s pulls up from the elbow and knocks it down. but morningside pulled away in a hurry - ryan tegtmeier for three - tegtmeier scored 8 and morningside defends the home court, 77-66. iowa state has won four straight games since a 1-and-3 big 12 start. the cyclones steteed out of big 12 play for their big 12, s-e-c challenge game against texas a&m. i-s-u has beaten the number-1, number-3, and number-4 teams in the current ap poll - the aggies are currently ranked 5th. both head coaches in this game previously coached at murray state - steve prohm and billy kennedy. tight game the whole way - deonte burton provided a spark for iowa state - the steal and the slam at the other end - plus the foul. then, with the cyclones leading by 1 - a great pass from burton to

burton scored 11 off the bench - mckay with 9 points, 14 boards. but down the stretch, it was danuel house and texas a&m that took over - house scored 12 points in the final fo minutes. house had 20, leading the aggies to the home win over iowa state - that snaps a four-game win streak for the cyclones. the nebraska men, 4-and-4 in big ten play - on the road at number-21 purdue. huskers trailed by 9 at the break - a-j hammons - tip slam - two of his 32 points - pupuue goes on top by 1111 nebraska trailed by double digits for most of the second half - but andrew white's three gets the huskers within 6 points with 7 minutesto go. but then it's raphael davis, bucket and the foul - purdue holds off nebraska, 89-74. the musketeers fall to des moines on the road, 2-to-1. alex steeves scoring the lone goal for sioux city. hockey finally returns to the tyson events center tomomoow

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i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. republican presidential hopeful ted cruz stopped in sioux city tonight. bob vander plaats, duck dynasty star phil robertson and conservative radio host glenn beck all spoke before cruz took the utage. robertson expressing his draw to cruz's faith. beck talked about cruz's principles as to why he endorsed him. the big headline many wanted to see, was his invitation to republican front-runner donald trump. cruz invited trump, who skipped the latest gop debate, to tonights event. trump did not show and cruz called him out.

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