ron clarke says there's 100,000 active police in the west with p.t.s.d. >> your organization recommends check ups for police officers. >> absolutely. >> how many are doing this? >> not many. >> why not. >> when we put that concept. we were heretics. you do conferences and they look at you. now they are looking. makes sense. you do a check in. >> what is at stake. it can only help the public happier healthier police mean better public service, how can it not help to help the people taking care of you. >> next, a retired nar cottics >>> this former new york state trooper retired in florida almost 15 years ago. seeking relaxation. instead, he is haunted with a severe case of post-traumatic stress disorder. the result of responding to countless tragedies playing out in his mind over and over again. >> you call the flashbacks like a slide show. >> yes, my slide projector as i call it. post-traumatic stress disorder. the accumulative of fatal actions i handled, suicide, homicide, plane crashes, et cetera. when i was doing them, we use to slam them, back them. it's not the right thing. they we

. >> reporter: ron clark is cofounder of imperfect produce that buys fruits and vegetables farmers can't sell to supermarkets because it's not perfect. >> and what is wrong? that little imperfection -- you're not going to get to eat this. >> reporter: if not for clark's company, much of the food would end up at the dump. each year, 6 billion pounds of food farmers can't sell or give away to food banks ends up as waste. >> and it's always amazed me how much is thrown away. i have had a soft spot for trying to feed more people with less. >> reporter: imperfect produce has been in business for four months and sells more than 10,000 pounds a week to customers who say about half of the -- pay about half the usual price for taking something unusual. >> i would think if you found that in the supermarket, someone would say wow, look at that. >> a piece of art made by farmers. >> reporter: turns out that the old addage beauty is skin deep is equally true for a potato. >> reporter: there is a new recall tied to that e. coli outbreak involving costco chicken salad. a california farm is recalling a

. >> reporter: ron clark is cofounder of imperfect produce, which buys fruits and vegetables that farmers't sell to supermarkets because it isn't perfect. >> look, look, what's wrong? just that little imperfection means you're not going to get to eat this. >> reporter: if not for clark's company, much of the food would end up at the dump. each year, some six billion pounds of food farmers can't sell or give away to food banks ends up as waste. >> it's always amazed he how much has been thrown away and i've always had, you know, a soft spot for trying to feed more people with less. >> reporter: imperfect produce has been in business for just four months. already it sells more than 10,000 pounds a week to customers who pay about half the usual price for taking something unusual. i would think if you found that in a supermarket, somebody would say, "wow, look at that!" >> it's a piece of art, made by farmers. >> reporter: it turns out the old adage that beauty is only skin deep is equally true for a potato. john blackstone, cbs news, emeryville, california. >> quijano: that's the western edi

. >> reporter: ron clark is cofounder of imperfect produce, which buys fruits and vegetables that farmersto supermarkets because it isn't perfect. >> look, look, what's wrong? just that little imperfection means you're not going to get to eat this. >> reporter: if not for clark's company, much of the food would end up at the dump. each year, some six billion pounds of food farmers can't sell or give away to food banks ends up as waste. >> it's always amazed me how much has been thrown away and i've always had, you know, a soft spot for trying to feed more people with less. >> reporter: imperfect produce has been in business for just four months. already it sells more than 10,000 pounds a week to customers who pay about half the usual price for taking something unusual. i would think if you found that in a supermarket, somebody would say, "wow, look at that!" >> it's a piece of art, made by farmers. >> reporter: it turns out the old adage that beauty is only skin deep is equally true for a potato. john blackstone, cbs news, emeryville, california. >>> that's the "overnight news" for this f

. >> reporter: ron clark is cofounder of imperfect produce, which buys fruits and vegetables that farmers can't sell to supermarkets because it isn't perfect. >> look, look, what's wrong? just that little imperfection means you're not going to get to eat this. >> reporter: if not for clark's company, much of the food would end up at the dump. each year, some six billion pounds of food farmers can't sell or give away to food banks ends up as waste. >> it's always amazed me how much has been thrown away and i've always had, you know, a soft spot for trying to feed more people with less. >> reporter: imperfect produce has been in business for just four months. already it sells more than 10,000 pounds a week to customers who pay about half the usual price for taking something unusual. i would think if you found that in a supermarket, somebody would say, "wow, look at that!" >> it's a piece of art, made by farmers. >> reporter: it turns out the old adage that beauty is only skin deep is equally true for a potato. emeryville, california. >>> that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some

. >> ron clark says there are 100,000 active duty police in the u.s., with ptsd. >> these figures don't take into account retired police, so it is likely much higher. >> we know -- there's cops out there that still wake up with with nightmares and everything, we can fill a stadium with officers that are probably retired with ptsd. >> former officers like mike, who still struggles to stop the post traumatic slide show in his mind. >> how do you get through it every day? >> you have to go one day at a time. >> and we heard over and over again, as we talk to police officers across the country, that many times they are denied their workers comp so in fact, these police officers john are pretty much forced to stay on the job to earn a paycheck. >> so adam, in your reporting did you find examples of how ptsd effects police on the job. >> that's a great question. one of the officers i spoke to said that every time he sees an example of police misconduct on the news, he immediately wonders is that officer suffering from ptsd, what call were they on in the days and weeks leading up to this, but

. >> reporter: ron clark is cofounder of imperfect produce, which buys fruits and vegetables that farmers can't sell to supermarkets because it isn't perfect. >> look, look, what's wrong? just that little imperfection means you're not going to get to eat this. >> reporter: if not for clark's company, much of the food would end up at the dump. each year, some six billion pounds of food farmers can't sell or give away to food banks ends up as waste. >> it's always amazed me how much has been thrown away and i've always had, you know, a soft spot for trying to feed more people with less. >> reporter: imperfect produce has been in business for just four months. already it sells more than 10,000 pounds a week to customers who pay about half the usual price for taking something unusual. i would think if you found that in a supermarket, somebody would say, "wow, look at that!" >> it's a piece of art, made by farmers. >> reporter: it turns out the old adage that beauty is only skin deep is equally true for a potato. john blackstone, cbs news, emeryville, california. >>> that's the "overnight news

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ron demers will update us on how much snow has fallen... and how much more we can expect. (matt) robert lowe has his eye on tricky travel conditions in the metro. (sheila) and, tommie clark spent the day with sioux city crews behind the wheel of snowplpls trying to stay ahehe of the storm. (sheil we begin tonight with ron. (matt) ron, how much snow is on the ground out there ron? weather ad-lib winter storm warning for majority of siouxland until midnight winter weather advisory for southwestern siouxland until midnight it has been a snowy day in siouxland with the heaviest snow falling to the north. just south of sioux falls, places like harrisburg, sd reported 17 inches of snow! so northern siouxland will l d up with over a foot with those amounts going down the farther south you move. the snow will be tapering off over the next few hours and come to an end early tonight. (sheila) thanks ron. (sheila) the snowfall in siouxland has caused countless accidents, and slick conditions (matt) ktiv's robert lowe is with live link 4 along floyd boulevard in sioux city. robert, you've been covering these conditions for a fewewours now,w,hat have you noticed as the day's gone one

clark...ktiv news 4. >> pierce street coffee works is another siouxland shop that benefits from "small business saturday." 21 years ago ron johns helped open the coffee because he felt like sioux city needed a good coffee house. he says throughout the shop's years-- it's always had great support from local customers. "i think because it's a small business you know mom and pop kind of thing that the community can come to and support the employees that work here things like that i just think it's a great place to hang out," said pierce street coffee works owner, ron johns. pierce street coffee works serves breakfast and lunch 7 days a week. johns says every walk of life comes in and the doors and he loves that anybody can sit down and relax at his coffee shop. long weekend of college football winding down. morningisde was playing in a big game here in town. yeah, playing for a chance to reach the naia semifinals a place they've been three of the last four years. first they had to play tabor college. those highlights in just a minute. and would iowa state mens basketball team be on upset alert? playing illinois in a champion

clark did not resist arrest, was unarmed, and was restrained. (matt) bit of a gloomy day today, and it looks like it's going to be a windy one tomorrow. chief meteorlogist ron demers joins us with our first look at the forecast at 5. wind advisory in effect thursday 8 am until 6 pm winter storm watch in effect friday for central siouxland it wasasnother day of rain across siouxland with even some snow mixing in foo some locations, especially to the east of sioux city. as this system exits, the wind is going to become gusty and a wind advisory has been issued ktiv viewing area with winds gusting over 40 miles per hour (but at least we'll see the sun). the clearing will be short-lived as our next storm system moves in on friday with good chances of snow. thanks. (matt) oil prices are falling again, and drivers may benefit at the pump. the price for a barrel of crude dropped below 40 dollars today for the first time since august. oil prices have fallen 14 percent thth month alone. massive supply glut from opec nations, as well as u-s oil production growth and a strong dollar. the low oil prices should mean good news for u-s drivers enjoying gas prices hovering

clark park in sioux city... and our own (yet - ska) jetske (wah - ron) wauran will be there live at 5 and 10. 3 yesterday students at west high school heard from a former n - f - l player about the effects of their choices.former houston oilers player jeff neal talked to west high freshmen and sophomores about recognizing the consequences of making bad choices. he told the almost 600 students that the people they hang out with can influence their decision making... and their efforts in the classroom. 3 "sports world is made up a former football players and we are going all over area speaking to young people challenging them to make good decisions and life is a series of choices. to stay away from drugs and alcohol, make positive choices that cause them to be the champions they were created to be."neal ended his talk today by reminding the students to dream big and set high goals in life. 3 sledding... snow ball fights... and snowmen are all things you might typically see on a snow day when classes have been cancelled. but what you might not see... is what goes into deciding whether to cancel school in the first p

clark, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> dray, thank you. >>> church members begin offering final good-byes today for the irvington pastor found dead in his church. ron christian will lie in state at his church and the funeral will be saturday. as a young man, he battled in prison. he was found dead in his office last friday. the official cause of death is months. >>> a trio of dangerous and organized armed robbers went list. they were caught on surveillance video jumping a counter inside the store in glendale. they shoved guns into the workers' faces then forced them to get the drugs on their list including percocet and oxi condon. >> you don't know what they will do. >> the workers were eventually tied up and the way let's were stolen. they were not hurt. anyone with information is asked to call crimestoppers. >>> dozens of demonstrators in police custody after facing off with officers outside of cuny headquarters on side of manhattan. >> if you refuse to disburse you will be placed under arrest and charged with disorderly conduct. >> more than 50 protestors were arrested because they blocked the cuny entrance. they are demanding a fair contract of

clark...ktiv news 4. >> pierce street coffee works is another siouxland shop that benefits from "small business saturday." 21 years ago ron johns helped open the coffee shop because he felt like sioux city needed a good coffee house. he says throughout the shop's years-- it's always had great support from local customers. "i think because it's a small business you know mom and pop kind of thing that the community can come to and support the employees that work here things like that i just think it's a great place to hang out," said pierce street coffee works owner, ron johns. pierce street coffee works serves breakfast and lunch 7 days a week. one couple from north carolina said their "i do's" in a hospital last week. we'll show you their story after the break. and i'll have your complete jeb bush: here's the truth you will not hear from our president: we are at war with radical islamic terrorism. it is the struggle that will determine the fate of the free world. the united states should not delay in leading a global coalition their aim is our total destruction. we can't withdraw from this threat or negotiate with it. we