reporting live from the orpheum news reporter jess plue. jenna chris christie was in sioux city this morning for a town hall event at morningside college. the new jersey governor is still at 3-percent in the des moines register poll. christie had a few words to say about poll leader, donald trump. "so who are the people that are not restrained...okay, right okay. donald trump who has never run for a political race in his life and doesn't really, i think, understand the ramification of his conduct is unrestrained. " butt to "it is almost impossible for me to believe that iowans, iowans, are gonna give donald trump the iowa caucus." christie will be heading to a rally out in west des moines, later on this evening. jenna: folks in spencer will have once last chance to hear from republican ben carson. dr carson will be speaking at the living word outreach ministries from eleven to 12:30 tomorrow jenna and as the candidates move to des moines for tomorrow night's caucus results, ththmedia follows. tim sesean is in at the caucus headquarters in t

abc9's jess plue was in dakota county district court for the sentencing. jess: russell roberts junior was sentenced today to a minimum of 10 years in prison .. this comes after roberts was found guilty of one count motor vehicle homicide of tiffany schmitt and two counts of driving while under the influence. tiffany's family was at the court today...anxiously awaiting to hear robert's sentencing. "this happens to other families, this doesn't happen to our family " said tami allison. two years ago, everything changed for the family of tiffany schmidt after she passed away in a horrific car accident. the driver involved, russell roberts junior, was drunk driving and speeding which caused him to lose control.. and overturn thevehicle. roberts was sentedced to a minimum of ten years for tiffany's death as well as two under the influence. "today we feel like we can finally put this to rest and remember the good times with tiffany and not have to relive the accident everytime we walk into this building" said allison. whwhe the accident and a majority of the triai

abc9's jess plue met with him today to discuss, and she bring us more. jess: thanks deborah... dr. ben carson resumed campaigning after tragety struck with the loss of campaign volunteer,..braden joplin. carson said it was a unanimous decision between himself and his staff to temporarily postpone his campaign..to mourn.. today in sioux city he honored up about his a fatal car crash volunteer, braden campaigning staff week's town hall meetings "trust in god" in joplin's honor. "braden was one of those people that just had to ke sure everyone was comfortable, make sure that everyone was ok" said dr. ben carson. saturday at a campaign stop in sioux city.....i spoke one-on-one with the gop presidential hopeful about the tragic loss....and why he suspended campaign. "when a child dies, i don't think anyone can actually understand that unless it's happened to you, it is the most devestating thing you can possibly imagine" said dr. carson. the retired neurosurgeon also spoke about his strategy for the caucuses saying that he's going to continue to talk about the nation's issues ..., regar

our own jess plue has more... : jess: thanks tim and jenna... today oil prices experienced the worst one-day drop in price since september..pricin g out at 26 dollars a barrel. investors are worrying that a drop in oil prices means a drop in consumer need for fuel, overall...a slowing of the economy but..experts say..this drop in stocks, is not unusual. " what's going on now is basically what's hystorically been called a correction." says michael moreland, vp of investment services at security national bank. michael moreland, local vp of investment services, says although stocks are down, there's nothing to worry about...in fact, these fluctuations occur about every eighteen months or so. a correction is in the stock market. "it's unexpected, it's frightening and memories are still fresh enought that people are wondering if we are heading back to where we were." says moreland the last time we experienced a continuous decline on wall street was the crash in 2008..but moreland reassured us that this is not a recession, but a correction. "the finan

i'm jess plue. jess the caucuses are just 48 hours away and the campaign trail is heating up. today gop presidential made several stops in the hawkeye state.... including one right here in sioux city. where he called out his rival donald trump to a one-on-one debate.. deborah souverain attending the evevt. she brings us more " " that's right jess, i'm here at wit community college and as you can see i am surrounded by a number of cruz supporters, and the big questions on everybody's minds tonight; is donald trump going to show up. you may remember, that cruz challenged trump to a one-on-one debate here tonight, but as of now there's no sign of the billionaire business man and cruz is calling him out, " said deborah souverain "i hope perhaps donald will join us, and indeed i did invite phil robertson to join us to see if perhaps with duck call he can call donald to join us, and phil's talented so it might well work," said ted cruzted cruz suggestiti donald trump chickened out of his challenge...of a one-on-one debate saturday night in sioux city . "it would be nice to see donal

abc9's jess plue was in dakota county district court today for the verdict. jess: tim, russel roberts junior was sentenced today after a fatal car accident two years ago when roberts drove tiffany schmitt and two others home from a bar. roberts was found guilty of vehicular homicide in the death of tiffany schmitt... and two counts of driving under the influence resulting in serious bodily harm of two of the other passengers. jess: according to court documents, roberts was intoxicated and speeding which caused him to lose control of the vehicle.. the car crashed and overturned in rural dakota county schmitts family was in the courtroom awaiting roberts sentencing. "he has not appologized accept for today, it was nice to hear but i think it's just the beginning" jess roberts was sentenced to a minimum of 10 years in prision and his drivers license revoked for 15 years. : i spoke to the family about what they thought of the sentencing and how they're dealing with tiffany's loss..i'll have that for you at 10. reporting live in tim: police are on the lookout for a

jess plue, spoke to carson one- on-one...we'll have more on their conversation tonight at ten. deborah presidential candidates aren't the only ones tting the campaign trail in iowa. today new jersey united states senator cory booker rallied for his favorite candidate. booker attended organizing events for hillary clinton. he made stops in council bluffs, fort dodge...and sioux city. "hi, this is cory booker. here for hillary clinton. i am in sioux city and i might have a few people that would like to say hello." crowd chanting: "hillary, hillary, hillary" there is speculation that booker could be considered as a v-p for clinton. later this evening booker will hosting a campaign event in des moines. deborah republican presidential candidate ted cruz has gained the supporof a popular t- personality. the cruz for prident campaign announced the endorsement of glenn beck. the nationally syndicated t-v and radio host is a conservative political commentator. cruz describes beck as a good friend...and says he is excited to have him in his deborah jeb bush is making a major push in iowa

our own jess plue sat down with the presidential candidate... just four days after a fatal car crash joplin, dr. ben carson and his campaigning staff have renamed this week's town hall meetings "trust in god" in joplin's honor. "braden was one of those people that just had to make sure everyone was comfortable, make sure that everyone was ok" said dr. ben carson. saturday at a campaign stop in sioux city.....i spoke one-on-one with the gop presidential hopeful about the tragic loss....and why he suspended campaign. "when a child dies, i don't think anyone can actually understand that unless it's happened to you, it is the most devestating thing you can possibly imagine" said dr. carson. the retired neurosurgeon also spoke about his strategy for the caucuses saying that he's going to continue to talk about the nation's issues ..., regardless of his medical, and not political, background. "it really doesn't matter if it's coming from a acareer politician or from a member of we the people: if it makes sense, then we should identify with it" said dr

abc9's jess plue was there to hear the verdict "this happens to other families, this doesn't happen to our family " said tami allison. two years ago, everything changed for the family of tiffany schmidt after she passed away in a horrific car accident. the driver involved, russell roberts s nior, was drunundriving and speedingng which caused him to lose control.. and overturn the vehicle. roberts was sentedced to a minimum of ten years for tiffany's death as under the influence. "today we feel like we can finally put this to rest and remember the good times with tiffany and not have to relive the accident everytime we walk into this building" said allison. while the accident and a majority of the trial is behind them, and just justice served...tiffany's family says they will always struggle with the loss... "he gets to keep living life while our life sentence started seven- hundred and thirty- eight days ago when we lost tiffany" said allison. family and friends say they're satisfied with the judge's ruling and hope people will take drunk driving more seriously, after what happed to ti

abc9's reporter, jess plue, spoke to carson one- on-one ... we'll have more on that to carson one- on-one ... we'll have more on that during the second hour of our show. lukas: nebraska govenor pete ricketts hosts his monthly radio show this risinger with the details. the norfolk zoning board of adjustment meets tonight at 5 p.m. to decide an appeal of a decision by city planning administrator decision involves the the former eagle distributing building lutheran church. pete ricketts' p.m. this afternoon, on newstalk wjag. for those wishing to show, which is sponsored by the nebraska broadcasters association. and producers are reminded to check their stored grain to make sure it is not going out of condition. burt county extension educator john wilson says the grain will never be in better condition than the day it was put in the bin. these and more stories can be heard on newstalk wjag, literock 97.5 and 106kix. jessica rae: coming up in sports....iowa hosted purdue looking for the season sweep of the boiler- makers...alex has the highlights

our own jess plue sat down with the presidential candidate... just four days after a fatal car crash joplin, dr. ben carson and his campaigning staff have renamed this week's town hall meetings "trust in god" in joplin's honor. "braden was one of those people that