>> like that you watch.president barack obama announced this morning he's making one last effort to shut down the detention center at guantanamo bay, cuba and bring dozens of suspected terrorists to the united states. "gitmo" - as it's known - is a hot political issue. critics on capitol hill have been fighting against this for years. nbc's tracie potts has more on the plan... and reaction.

actually less safe housing them at gitmo ... because they're using that as a recruiting tool. < he says our allies are constantly asking about the 91 prisoners left there. and he argues... it's draining 455 million dollars a year from our military. president barack obama / no super needed "we can capture terrorists, protect the american people and - when done right - we can try 'em and put 'em in our maximum security prisons and it works just fine." president barack obama / no super needed "we're already holding a bunch of really dangerous terrorists here in the united states. the top republican in the senate says - since it's illegal - the president's plan is going nowhere: sen. mitch mcconnell / (r) senate majority leader "so we'll review president obama's plan but since it includes bringing dangerous terrorists to facilities in u.s. communities, he shoudl knwo - that the bipartisan will of congress has already been expressed against that proposal." tracie potts / washington, dc closing gitmo and trying these suspects in federal courts - the the president is trying to

election year. that could be tough if not impossible. the house armed services committee has already announced - they'll hold a hearing. on capitol hill - i'm tracie potts - now back to you. >> bill gates is bucking the trend in apple's battle with the government over a locked iphone that's part of the investigation into the san bernardino shootings apple has resisted providing a piece of programming that would help the fbi access the phone. many tech companies back apple's position. but in an interview with the financial times gates says "this is a specific case where the government is asking for access to information." he likened it to the police getting records from a phone company. > weather ad-lib our window for seeing a light rain/snow mix is closing with those chances dwindling mainly in eastern parts of siouxland early this morning. that along with a little bit of patchy fog will be among the small obstacles you'll encounter today as we see a

yesterday which should help raise temperatures a degree or two into the 40s again this afternoon. winds will also pick up out of the northwest behind a passing boundary and could gust up to 30 miles per hour at times. that should calm down tonight as clouds push out of the region allowing us to drop down into the 20s before returning to near 40 tomorrow afternoon. we'll also see a decent amount of sunshine wednesday morning ahead of another weak system set to pass by late tomorrow which might drop a light rain/snow mix tomorrow evening. once that exits, the rest of the extended forecast looks fairly dry with more sunshine and highs in the 30s and 40s with some 50s expected on saturday! see graphics. >> authorities say five people are dead after a shooting and fire at a home in phoenix, arizona early this morning. police responded to an initial call from people inside the house who said they were being shot. as officials tried to enter the burning home to rescue people, they were being shot at from the second floor. the gunman was eventually shot

a woman who eventually died at the hospital told first responders that her brother was the shooter. police confirm that all of those killed were related. the o'neill, nebraska man charged with stabbing his wife to death told investigators he did it because he thought she was having an affair. 37-year old eduardo quintero is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 37- year old guadalupe quintero saturday night in their o'neill home. investigators say they counted 34 stab wounds on her body. quintero told police he used a different knife to cut his own wrists. he was interviewed by a nebraska state patrol investigator on saturday at a hospital in o'neill. authorities are working to identify human remains found in a field near tilden, nebraska. hunters found the body on sunday. investigators say it apppears to have been there for months. the body has not been identified but is believed to be a male. investigators say there is no reason to suspect foul play at this time.

city's argosy riverboat casino will argue its case to the iowa court of appeals today. penn national gaming subsidiary "the belle of sioux city" is challening the iowa racing and gaming commission decision to grant a gambling license to the hard rock hotel & casino. penn national was one of three groups that submitted proposals for a land-based casino in woodbury county. previous rulings in the case have supported the i-r-g-c in this matter. ktiv's tommie clark will be at this afternoon's hearing in des moines and will bring us the details. iowa regulators say it'll be next month before they make a decision on the bakken pipeline. texas-based dakota access wants to bury 346 miles of pipe underground from the northwest corner of the state to the southeast corner. it would carry north dakota oil to a terminal in illinois. the chairwoman of the iowa utilities board says the three-member board plans to meet march 9th to consider the permit application. some environmental

sioux city officials have approved a plan by verizon to build a new cell tower in morningside, the tower will go up behind the 900 block of south rustin street. more than 30 neighbors had signed a petition arguing the tower would hurt their property values. the proposal was sent back to the board of adjustment. but city officials approved the plan on monday. of additional input from the neighbors, from verizon representatives and they decided not to rehear it," said sioux city council one resident says the value of about 80 homes in the area will be negatively impacted if the tower is built. some major damage to a 100-year-old bridge in central iowa. vanessa peng shows us how ice jams have done a number on the historic span.

boone...crews are putting up a fence to keep people away. this... after an ice jam upstream of the des moines river in fraser...ramme d a kink into the bridge. (dave morlan, emergency management coordinator for boone county) "as that ice flow came down, it and hit the bridge. it actually tilted a couple of pile-ons." ice jams form in bends and shallow areas of rivers. large pieces of ice stick together on the river...creating a dam of ice. and like dams...ice jams keep water back. (dave morlan, emergency management coordinator for boone county) "ice jams are hard to predict where they're going to be and if they're going to happen." and once they break free...like this weekend in central iowa with warmer temps...they come crashing downstream...with lots of water and ice. (dave morlan, emergency management coordinator for boone county) "you can have several miles of ice backed up that causes a lot of flooding. they're very dangerous -- got a lot of power to them." further downstream at ledges state park...look how much ice has accumulated on the river. (klint peterson, ledges park ranger) "due to all the warm weather and the ice and snow melting, it's all funneling down

causing the flood at lower ledges." forcing park rangers closed canyon drive...and the lower half of the park. (klint peterson, ledges park ranger) "don't go across the barricades make sure you stay on the side that's not flooded. we don't want people to get trapped down there." >> it's a little breezy, but our temperatures aren't too bad! and we're even seeing a bit of sunshine. stay tuned for the forecast from meterologist ben dorenbach. here's the scene in spencer where it's

ben, we're seeing a bit of

40 tomorrow afternoon. we'll also see a decent amount of sunshine wednesday morning ahead of another weak system set to pass by late tomorrow which might drop a light rain/snow mix tomorrow evening. once that exits, the rest of the extended forecast looks fairly dry with more sunshine and highs in the 30s and 40s with some 50s expected on saturday! see graphics. >> >

disc golf course in sioux city. it will be a nine-hole course for beginniners and be located in grandview park near the water towers. disc golf is like regular golf, but you use flying discs instead of golf balls and basekets instead of holes. total cost for the course is 45-hundred dollars. the mayor's youth commission has already raised all the money to build it. "not many high school students know about disc golf and they don't know 'oh there's a nice golf course at sertoma park', well this one--it's a beginner, anyone can do it," said tayvin scmoll mayor's youth commision councilman dan moore says approving this project was a no-brainer. "it's an awesome project," said sioux city councilmember dan moore. "they did the fundraising, they did the layout of the course and they took into account saturday in the park. it will be sioux city's 5th disc golf course. it will be built this spring. one of nebraska's largest farm groups wants to change a ballot proposal that would guarantee farming rights. and---healthy alternative to smoking.... or a gateway to addiction?

over a new study about e-cigarettes. siouxland retailers weigh in... next on news 4. ktiv would like to send out anniversary and birthday wishes to our viewers. larenz ronnenkamp of bancroft, nebraska is celebrating his 90th birthday today. if you or someone you know is having a birthday of 80 years or more or an anniversary of 50 years or more, please send in their name (and correct pron), address and telephone number along with their pictures to ktiv. please make sure to have all the information printed and send it in at least two weeks in advance. if you would like your picture returned please include a self addressed stamped envelope. happy birthday and happy

one of nebraska's largest farm groups says it wants to change a ballot proposal that would guarantee farming and ranching rights in the state constitution. the nebraska farm bureau federation says it will recommend that lawmakers place the "right to farm" measure in state statute rather than the constitution. if lawmakers approve, the measure would go on the november ballot for voters to approve or reject. a farm bureau lobbyist says the

doesn't clearly define "agriculture," and placing it in the constitution would leave it up to the courts to interpret instead of the legislature. > stocks are moving lower on wall street as the market gives back a good chunk of yesterday's gains. a five-percent drop in oil

stocks. there is a debate over e-cigarettes and it's heating up. a new study suggests this alternative to tobacco is a gateway to addiction. but some siouxland retailers argue that e- cigs can help people quit smoking. ktiv's tiffany lane reports. e-cigarettes...a trend that has become more and more popular over the last few years. but with them being so new, comes the question of how they affect your health. "my life's changed dramatically since since i've started vaping," said carlie long, a sioux city vape store owner."my health is considerably better. i look better. you know the- basically i became a non- smoker." carlie long started smoking

when he was 12-years-old. three years ago, he wanted to quit, and turned to e-cigarettes. "i've had a number of friends who have quit smoking through vaping and i just wanted to be a part of that," said long. eighteen months ago, long opened vape 712, a store that sells e- cigarettes. he says a majority of his customers are people who want to quit smoking. but, an american heart association study says that e- cigarettes should only be used as a last resort to quit smoking. the study says vaping can be a gateway to nicotine addiction. lisa crum, a manager at vi e-cig disagrees. "it really helped me to get off by weening myself off of the nicotine, which you have the ability to do when you're vaping," said crum. "you can start out at a higher level way down. i got down to a zero and stayed on that level throughout my entire pregnancy, su "while vape store manager lisa crum says are an effective way to

believes in regulations that prevent selling e-cigarettes to "because of the fact that there is the possibility of nicotine in the e- liquids that they "nicotine is a known poison and that is something is restricted to adults only sales a centers for disease control and prevention survey shows that the number of middle school and high school students who tried e- cigarettes for the 2011. that's a trend the american wants to reverse through regulation. in sioux city, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4.>> still ahead on news four at noon... a sport that is pure wisconsin winter! one that combines softball... and snowmobile

okoboji from our okoboji skycam... snow and slush were flying at a competition near greenville, wisconsin. it was an event that combines a day at the ball park with a day at the races. eric peterson checked out the action.

organizer) "we call it snowmobile softball. it's basically slow-pitch softball, played on a snowmobile." there are rules specific to the sport. (jack kuhnke/tourn ament organizer) "fielders all got to keep their sled turned off. the batter stands in a circle, can't start them up until the ball is hit." (bruce learman/tour nament organizer) "you have to wear a coat. you have to wear a pair of gloves. so with a 16-inch softball, you can't pick it up one handed with a pair of gloves on." the action was intense. like this hard smash. the second baseman got a ski on it. the toss to second got the sledder on the force out, but the relay to first base for the double play was not in time. (bill langenhuizen/ ellington) "as long as you don't smack your sled up, it's not bad. otherwise, some of these guys got $10,000 sleds out here. you do that, you're in trouble." shane stone found himself in a bit of a bind. players helped him back on his sled after he twisted his ankle. (shane stone/stephen sville) "foot gets stuck in the snowmobile, and you can't

but you're okay? yep, we're good." at times the action looked chaotic, but players say that's part of the game. (bill langenhuizen/ ellington) "no strategy. same as softball, you just run the bases with sleds." (jim fassbender/gr eenville) "it's awesome. you got to try it once, and you get addicted to it." (jack kuhnke/tourn ament organizer) "it's just a good time for the people to get out, who got cabin fever, get out here, and enjoy winter a little bit." (karina van camp/freedom) "this is amazing. super fun to be out here watching the men out there, and the women. great family event for all." >> pirates of penzance is coming to eppley. that's still ahead on around

wonderful singing, the sets are beautiful, the costumes are great. it's going to be a really good family entertainment. i hadn't realized that it was that old, 1890. i've heard about it forever but i've never actually seen it. what is this musical about? it's about frederick who's the young lad who was supposed to be apprenticed to a pilot, and was apprenticed to pirates by mistake by the nurse maid, ruth. it tells the story of him and there's a confusion about his birth date, being born in a leap year which happens to be this coming sunday. it's a cool, zany way that he goes through his existence as a pirate. hi jinks ensue. what time period is it set? it's set in the 1890's, lots of bustle gowns and pirate costumes. it's during the time of queen victoria. great music too. beautiful music. it's free, that's the best news. it's at eppley auditorium. when and what time? it is february 26th, 27th,

and the matinee is at 2 pm on sunday. they're all free of charge for the betty fine arts series. at eppley. what's the phone number quickly if people want to call for that? 712-274- 5000. they can look online also at morningside.e du. yes they can. pirates at penzance, friday, saturday, and sunday eppley auditorium at morningside college. randy thank you for being here. you're welcome. thank you for joining us around siouxland. >>

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