santorum: absolutely. if you can bring to have entered million jobs that were lost -- 2 million or 3 million jobs that were lost to china, bring it back here and it will have a profound effect. which will help. stacey: you have a tax plan. your plan is 20/20, 20% on income and 20% corporate tax. the tax foundation has said your plan could reduce tax revenue by $1.5 trillion in the last decade and that accounts for economic growth. where are you going to cut a budget? sen. santorum: if you take into effect we have already eliminated obamacare taxes. it eliminates obamacare taxes. if we eliminate obamacare, then taxes -- we actually have a $700 million, i mean $700 billion score. we saw this with the reconciliation bill this week. the votes are there to repeal obamacare, you can repeal it and all it taxes. we do that, we will have a revenue positive proposal. stacey: so what do you replace it with? sen. santorum: something i have been advocating for 15 years, we need a tax code that treat everybody the same.

santorum...4430 i'm not sharply criticizing trump. dave, do you want nobody from certain countries to come in santorum...i think there are countries where we should not be bringing in people. dave, nobody from there? santorum...obviously, we should be be bringing in muslims from those countries. yes. i'm not worried about radicalized christians from yemen. but i am worried about santorum says he would specifically ban muslims from yemen, syria and libya. he pointed to those three countries because says there's enough evidence of radical terrorists who are already present there. and the u-s' screening process isnt strong enough to keep them the iowa democrats party is trying to get more members of the military to caucus. the party announced today it would hold a tele-caucus or teleconfernce type of caucus for iowans serving out-of-state or overseas. those interested must register by january 6th. the party will then send them a pin number... so they can join the conference call and select the candidate of their choice. the tele-caucus w

our dave price caught up with santorum today... santorum...4430 i'm not sharply criticizing trump. dave, do you want nobody from certain countries to come in santorum...i think there are countries where we should not be bringing in people. dave, nobody from there? santorum...obviously, we should be be bringing in muslims from those countries. yes. i'm not worried about radicalized christians from yemen. but i am worried about santorum says he would specifically ban muslims from yemen, syria and libya. he pointed to those three countries because he says there is enough evidence of radical terrorists who are already present there. and the u-s screening process isn't strong enough to keep them from coming into this country. the city of des moines' community development director says... an action taken by the city council last night on the tax abatement plan will help several projects move forward. phil delafield says the revised "urban renewal tax abatement plan" that the council passed in late october became problematic for a few developers and their projects. the prior plan required

"i think you're going to see the polls change," said santorum. "we've seen that in pretty much every iowa caucus. most folks here decide late and i don't think this is going to be any didierent this time." santorum was scheduled to speak at private gatherings in sioux city and sioux center tonight. he came in second place in the iowa caucuses four-years ago. he pulled a come-from- behind showing just getting beat out by the eventual nominee mitt romney. presidential candidate bernie sanders was on the campaign trail in iowa today. during a stop in muscatine, sanders discussed climate change, making college more affordable and removing big money from politics. sanders s so discussed creating an economy that helps the middle-classss (bernie sanders (d) presidential candidate) "we have got to develop and create an economy that works for working families and the middle class. not just a small number of very, very wealthy people." to iowa on new year's eve, with a stop in des moines. democrat martin o'malley will be visiting sioux city on sunday. the

rick santorum is here live. and nfl quarterback peyton manning fighting off a new report that says he used human growth drugs banned by the nfl. our panel of former players on whether they believe him, whether they think the nfl is to blame and how it could affect his teem, career and marketing -- his team, career and marketing opportunities post-nfl play. plus, the latest on the deadly tornadoes in texas. we have the eye -- check that, retina popping anti-hacker technology you'll see in 2016, and this just out, breaking news, imaxs has just announced that "star wars" has crossed the $100 million for imax screens worldwide. we're less than an hour to the closing bell on this last monday of 2015, so let's start the "countdown." ♪ ♪ liz: oil is back to its old ways, causing wall street to slide today. it closed at $36.31. if you hook on the screen, we're slightly higher than that right now, we're at 36.83, but it's really no consolation to those who felt that the big jump last week of 5% would be the next wave for

but not rick santorum... he says the proposal might screens people who want to enter the price as the story... rick santorum believes what happened in san bernardino, california's another reminder who the enemy is. a husband and wife...both muslims...both radicals...intent on inflicting harm, murdering 14 people but frightening far more. santorum says it's time to stop he later told me isis is present in syria, libya and yemen. so no more muslims into this country untililthe u-s figures out a better screening method to keep potential terrorists out. santorum claims his idea to ban muslims for isis-populated countries isn't unconstitutional because it's only temporary...not permanent. what donald trump is proposing is controversial.. but is it constitutional? is controversial.. but is it constitutional? mark kende is the chair of the constitutional law center at drake law school says.... he's not so sure. 16:26:21-16:26:43 it's probably not. i think it violates equality provisions in the constitution, freedom

santorum is the only candidate in the metro... he's attending a private fundraiser in waukee at 6-30. but first... he'll stop in our studios... we'll talk with him coming up later in this newscast... also coming up... iowans aren't heading out to the rose bowl just for the game. meet the iowa florist competing in the tournament of roses parade... earlier in the newscast... we to get to the rose bowl. well, one iowan is already there preparing for a competition before the hawkeyes kick off... a florist from victor iowa ...just west of iowa city is in pasadena right now... he's facing off against some of the best in the country... in the tournament of roses parade. brady smith has the story. bags packed, and rose bowl tickets at the ready. laurel hollopeter is floral designer for the dole float in this year's tournament of roses parade. think of him as the project's "rose wrangler." "i think on the bed of ours, there's over 30,000." "ours is a tropical theme, 'soaring in paradise,' for the dole float." "prepping containers, prepping

two women, who jumped out of a burning building.(( santorum in siouxland))the winner of the 2012 iowa caucuses was back in siouxland today.. we caught up with santorum during his stop in sioux city. ( spying on isreal ) "intelligence services are 3 meant to be used for national security purposes. the question is was there a national security purpose here washington is reacting to new allegations the u- s was spying on one of its closest allies ( jefferson award ) we'll introduce you to this months jefferson awards recipient who has been an instrumental part of launching the mircle league project. 3 the sioux city man charged with a violent home invasion is pleading not guilty.thanks for joining us, i'm diana castillo, larry wentz is off tonight. 3 3 and tonight that story is first on fox. 3 3 21- year- old austin cummings entered his not- guilty plea 3 to charges of 1st degree robbery, going armed with intent, assault while participating in a felony and 2nd degree theft.he remains in the thousand dollars bond.police say he's one of two men who broke into a home on south alice street i

and if you pledge allegiance, learn from the lessons of rick santorum. the koch brothers get all the attention. but sheldon adelson, he is the one man more than any other who has proven himself willing to spend the most money in the country to either pick his preferred person for president of the united states or orchestrate the nominee. when nevada held their republican presidential caucuses in 2012, veteran nevada political reporter john ralston is the dean of political reporting in nevada, he reported at the time that nevada republicans established a special one precinct caucus just for sheldon adelson. his caucus closed its doors hours later just to accommodate sheldon adelson's religious observance of the sabbath. must be nice, right? it not like the guy doesn't have sway. and now there is the matter of the largest newspaper in the state of nevada, the las vegas review journal, at the heart of a major journalistic mystery for the past few days. since we got word the paper had been sold for cash for an unexpectedly ginormous amount of cash to an owne

. >> senator santorum, is that sufficient for you? >> lindsey says this is a real war until it comes to immigration and then all of a sudden it's not such a real war. the reality is that we've seen since the events of 9/11, the president talks about how he's worried about discrimination and acts against muslims. four times as many acts of violence against jews than there are against muslims and i never hear the president talk about that. the reality is under this president, since 9/11, this anti-muslim united states of america has doubled the rate of muslim immigration. since 9/11. that's what we've done. so, the idea that we have an immigration system that is working is not. >> thank you, senator. >> i'm out of time. >> yeah. governor huckabee, you have said that the children of immigrants who came here illegally should not be pupsh punished by their parents' actions. would you consider president obama's policy? >> no, because he did it unconstitutionally. 23 times he said he couldn't do it and one day he woke up and found a pen in o

rick santorum: there are two issues here.one is a libertarian streak that very much used to be a disqualifier within conservative circles. which is, we can fight these issues at the federal level, they need to be dealt with at the state level. this is the 10th amendment argument that you hear a lot of. ron paul used that argument for ur years ago, and every social conservative group i know says up at theto stand federal level and fight for these issues, whether it is marriage or life. >> rand paul and others have said we will let other states do this. that means if the states want to adopt the same-sex marriage, fine. if they want to adopt polygamy, i guess that is fine. i don't take that opinion. john: so you have rick santorum going after ted cruz, mike huckabee going after ted cruz, he is already doing that a little bit. so my question to you -- how firm do you think cruz's hold is over the evangelical vote? nicolle: i will give this to ted cruz. i think it is incredibly cynical of santorum and huckabee to try and gain som

burning building.(( santorum in siouxland))the winner of the 2012 iowa caucuses was back in siouxland today.. we caught up with santorum during his stop in sioux city. ( spying on isreal ) "intelligence services are meant to be used for national security purposes. the question is was there a national security purpose here washington is s acting to new allegatitis the u- s was spying on one of its closest allies (jefferson award)we'll introduce you to this months jefferson awards recipient who has been an instrumental part of launching the mircle league project. 3 the sioux city man charged with a violent home invasion is pleading not guilty.thanks for joining us tonight, i'm diana castillo, larry wentz is off tonight. 3 3 and tonight that plea is new at ten. 3 3 21- year- old austin cummings entererehis not- guilty plea 3 to charges of 1st degree robbery, going armed with intent, assault while participating in a felony and 2nd degree theft.he remains in the woodbury county jail on 76- thousand dollars bond.police say he's one of on south alice street in morningside earlier this month.

"i think you're going to see the polls change," said santorum. "we've seen that in pretty much every iowa caucus. most folks here decide late and i don't think this is going to be any different this time." santorum also attended private gatherings in sioux city and sioux center last night. ted cruz will be campaigning in iowa next week. he's planning to visit 36 counties in six days. one of his stops will take him to dordt college, in sioux center on tuesday, january 5th. he'll speak at the de yager activity center on campus from 6 until 8:30 p.m. democrat martin o'malley will be visiting sioux city on sunday. the former maryland governor will stop by the mary treglia house. doors open at 11:45 a.m. and, democrat hillary clinton plans to be in sioux city on there's been a new development in the case of "affluenza teen" ethan couch. it appeared that he and his mom would fight deportation from mexico. but asasd lavandera reports, tonya couch is now back in the united states. << just hours before ethan couch and his mother, tonya, were supposed to b

senator santorum you said accepting syrian refugees is dangerous.to destroy the world. do you think there is any way to properly vet refugees coming into the united states? >> of course there is a proper way to vet refugees coming into the united states. but not from isis-controlled area or syria. how can you do a background check? who are you going to call? call assad and say, tell me about this guy from allepo. there is no possibility in these types of war-torn countries to allow them to come into this country. it's impossible. you have a physical impossibility here. secondly, we shouldn't be taking out of that region and moving them here to the united states. and the reason we shouldn't is very clear. if you talk to the clerical leaders and particularly those who are religious minorities, they don't want their people to be relocated so they'll never come back. let me assure you, if they come to america, they're not going to come back. not going to come back to those areas. who stays? those who cooperated with isis and maybe a few of the refugees

i think it is incredibly cynical of santorum and huckabee to try and gamein some sort of protest voteagainst cruz who has done the legwork. when you treat voters like they are dumb enough to vote with someone else as a protest a that usually backfires. he is a clever politician. mark: i think cruz -- his connection is deep in iowa and elsewhere. he has been down in texas the last couple days doing meetings with evangelicals. he's very strongly positioned. but i think it's interesting that a bunch of operatives and some number of huckabee and santorum voters who aren't convinced that cruz is the real deal, that they might look at rubio, who had previously not been seen as an establishment candidate but also had bought a support, il don't think it will help santorum were huckabee, but this could be good news for marco rubio if you start to peel away that support. nicolle: another interesting melodramatic wrinkle. to the poor, beleaguered establishment lane. a quick psa if you live in miami, you are moving. the bush campaign is sending all of its miami state. also the campaign is canceli

santorum, who won the last iowa caucuses is low in the polls. but, he says he does plan to gain some ground before february 1st. "i think you're going to see the polls change," said santorum. "we've seen that in pretty much every iowa caucus. most folks here decide late and i don't think this is going to be any different this time." santorum also attended private gatherings in sioux city and sioux center tonight. we're learning more about candidate ted cruz's trip through iowa next week. he's planning to visit 36 counties in six days. one of his stops will take him to dordt college, in sioux center on tuesday, january 5th. he'll speak at the de yager activity center on campus from 6 until 8:30 p.m. democrat martin o'malley will be visiting sioux city on sunday. the former maryland governor doors open at 11:45 a.m. and, democrat hillary clinton plans to be in sioux city on tuesday for an afternoon event. today more than 350 kids found out if they have what it takes to be a ninja warrior. the second annual siouxland ninja warrior camp began monday

so rick santorum came in second overall, but importantly he did not win. sheldon adelson got his second choice pick for the republican presidential nominee. can't have newt gingrich, i can settle for mitt romney. once mitt romney was the nominee, sheldon went on to spend so much to defeat democrats and president obama, he went on to spend so much in 2012 that he is widely considered to be the single largest individual campaign donor in the history of this country based on what he alone individually spent in 2012. and so the republicans spent their fifth debate last night in his house, at the venetian, his hotel, on the las vegas strip and he had a front row seat. turns out he knew a guy. yeah. nbc news reports before that debate, sheldon adelson had one-on-one meetings with not one, not two but at least four of the leading republican presidential candidates, he took personal meetings yesterday ahead of the debate with donald trump, jeb bush, marco rubio and ted cruz. why wouldn't you take a one-on-one meeting with sheldon adelson? even at the crunchiest of

santorum doesn't believe that friess is trying to buy influence. ( rick santorum/ (r) presidential candidate) "if he was in it for access, he wouldn't be some guy who, four years ago, was at 1% in the polls! if he was in it for access he wouldn't be supporting a guy four years later who's at 1% in the polls." veteran gop fund- raiser henry barbour says passionate donors like friess are out- gunned by those henry barbour/ republican fund- raiser "there are a lot more people that are giving because they believe in something. they far outnumber the people who give for access. yet the people who give for access give much larger dollars." according to a non- partisan watchdog, so far this election cycle, super pacs have raised $315 million and spent almost $100 million -- much of it on ads. but those ads still leave republican candidates far behind the front runner-- who hasn't spent a dime on television advertising. ( donald trump/ (r) presidential candidate) "super pacs are a disaster. they're a scam. they cause dishonesty. and you better get rid of them because they are causing a lot of bad de

santorum came in first place in the iowa caucuses four-years ago. he's planning another stop in maplplon's five churches have joined to maintain an emergency house that's available to anyone who needs shelter. it sits near st. john's methodist church, which bought the property and planned to tear down the house so more parking spaces could be provided. but the pastor at the time and congregation had a change of heart. it was dubbed god's little house and has provided free shelter for people since 2008. today momo than 350 kids found out if they have what it takes to be a ninja warrior. the second annual siouxland ninja warrior camp began mday at t hper center in sioux city. the camp included different stations with several inflatables. the kids' favorite..the melt master. not only did the camp touch on physcial fitness but also learning about healthy snack options. a camp organizer says the program allows kids to be active during the holiday break. "trying to get the kids off ring the couch during the holiday break. a lot of parents are lookininfor

santorum doesn't believe that friess is trying to buy influence.(rick santorum/ (r) presidential candidate)"if he was in it for access, he wouldn't be some guy who, four years ago, was at 1% in the polls! if he was in it for access he wouldn't be supporting a guy four years later who's at 1% in the polls."veteran gop fund-raiser henry barbour says passionate donors like friess are out- gunned by those seeking influence.(henry barbour/ republican fund-raiser"there are a lot more people that are giving because they believe in something. they far outnumber the people who give for access. yet the people who give for access give much larger dollars."according to a non-partisan watchdog, so far this election cycle, super pacs have raised $315 million and spent almost $100 million -- much of it on ads.but those ads still leave republican candidates far behind the front runner-- who hasn't spent a dime on television advertising.(donald trump/ (r) pacs are a disaster. they're a scam. they cause dishonesty. and you better get rid of them because they are cau

rick santorum. senator, thank you for being here. sitting here with us as we learned more about this breaking news. this underscores the importance of this conversation tonight. your focus. >> it is. this an obvious concern. our prayers go to the people of los angeles that nothing horrible is going to happen there, but the reality is that these terrorist threats are the new normal. and we have -- we're going to see it prosper as long as we don't attack the heart of the problem. that's isis, the radical islam state as well as others who seek to do harm to the west. our motivating people in a different way than we've seen before. the idea of planned attacks on iconic sites we saw from al qaeda, that's not isis. isis is trying to encourage people in san bernardino or in any other small or medium-sized town or any town in america to act, to just -- to go out and to plan and to do their own thing. it's not a lone wolf. lone wolf says they do it on their own. they're not. they're being encouraged, given training online, theology online to

former senator rick santorum is with me here tonight. you did it once.n fact, you did it in one month and now you've got two months to do it. how are you going to do it? from 4% to 2% to winning? >> nate silver published an article just a few days ago where he said, look, what's the hysteria going on here? according to all the polls, 80% of the people who are answering these polls are undecided. and i can tell you "the des moines register" poll, the most recent one, 88% of iowans are undecided. that was the case four years ago. 58% of the people who voted for me in the iowa caucuses decided the last five years. >> what did you do? you must be going back in your mind saying, what worked for me last time? >> just going out and meeting iowans, one on one. spending time. we're building up our team right now. we're ahead of our schedule of where we were four years ago in signing up caucus captains. if you're sitting at 1% or 2% in the polls and people are signing up to be your caucus captain, they're not going to leave you. >> the bad news is, in my business

santorum will be in sioux center for a house party. that event will start at 7-45 pm. 3 millions of americans are expected to travel for the holidays this year...and that can mean difficulty sleeping for a variety of reasons. coming up after the break... we'll pass along a few tips to make sure you get your beauty rest this christmas... no matter *where* 3 "you're watching siouxland news at five on kmeg 14, with larry wentz, diana castillo, siouxland's chief meteorologist chad sandwell and sports director chris 3 3 doctors called a teenager's face a "ticking time bomb." a massive facial growth was causing the 18 year old boy from morocco to lead an abnormal life, so lenox hill hospital in new york stepped in to help. jamie yuccas was there when doctors revealed the teen's new face. 3 nats of taking picturezoubir lahdodi (zoo-bear lah-doo-dee) looks like a rock star while posing for pictures at lenox hill hospital in new york. (clip 6237)"he sees a different face and a different life."that's because this is what he looked like just mont

santorum will hold a meet and greet event at the leonard *lemousin (limousine) and angus farm* north of holstein wednesday december 30th. that event starts at noon... and will also feature a free light lunch.later that day... santorum will be in sioux event will start at 7-45 pm. 3 3 still to come tonight on siouxland news at nine... some bad news this christmas for owners of some older ford and mercury cars. those details ahead in tonight's fox means business report. 3 3 but first... as terror groups continue to target the u- s... law enforcement is once again urging people to stay alert. why they're asking everyone to "say something"... coming up after the break. 3 "siouxland news at nine on fox 44, with larry wentz, diana castillo and siouxland's chief 3 3 we're tracking the latest war on terror... as a terror attack is foiled in kenya. jonathan elias has the latest developments in tonight's terrorism alert desk update. 3 from the terror alert desk in washington, i'm jonathan elias. at least one pereson was killed when militants with the al-shabaab terror group ambushed a bus in k

jenna: rick santorum says despite poor poll numbers nationally... he thinks iowans will be independent thinkers come caucus time. the republican candidate was the guest at a private event tonight in sioux city. about thirty people were here to hear from the former senator who talked about national security. he also says he's one of the only candidates who will fight for the american family. santorum is polling about one percent in the polls, but says that the race is "seventy-five to eighty percent of iowans won't make up their mind till the last month, we're not even in the last month yet. they're job is not to follow the national polls, they're job is to analyze the candidates and lead. don't settle for who the establishment or the money people say you should vote for, but vote the person who you believe should the candidate to go up against hilary clinton and should be the next president." santorum also made stops in holstein and sioux center earlier today. jenna: new details surrounding the car accident that has 29 year old mellisa ebert facing

followed iowa's recommendation with santorum. you can say the same thing -- >> are you betting on -- okay. are you betting either on santorum or huckabee, your previous iowa winners in this year's election? >> of course not. but here's what we need to be thinking about. iowa polls say cruz, national polls say trump. national polls are reflecting the national media that's flooded with all trump, all the time. you have to adjust for that and recognize that iowa and new hampshire will be independent and south carolina will listen to that recommendation. and i think that's a thread we need to watch throughout all of this. >> let me ask you all, i want to start with -- let me start with congressman bachmann, why do you think hannity and levin and rush limbaugh seem to be so pro-cruz? what's that about? >> i think you have to look at the issue sets that people are concerned about, and the main issue set that's driving all of this is the issue of america's open borders and unmitigated immigration. most people don't realize that well ove

down with rick santorum. his reaction to the tragedy in san bernardino. that starts at 10:30. alyx: let's look at the forecast. 42 degrees out there, a gorgeous photo behind you. frank: yesterday was a great day. this one was sent in on our facebook page and indianola. this was right around sunset time yesterday. high clouds were around yesterday. it was filtered sunshine at times per what a cool picture. rain out there this morning for some portions of the state, especially down to the south and west. eastern portion, webster county, and pocket down to the south and east. the good news is it is just some rain. we are starting to clear to the west. on satellite radar, clearing happening in portions of nebraska. that will be the trend around here, too, later on today. 42 is the wake-up temperature in des moines, 38 in ottoman. a scattered chance of showers is in the forecast this morning. 46 by noon. we start to break up the clouds in western iowa, 45 is the high temperature today. average this time of year is

we caught up with santorum during his stop in sioux city. 3 we'll introduce you to this months jefferson awards recipient who has been an instrumental part of launching the miracle league project.good morning, and welcome to siouxland news at sunrise!it's 5 o'clock.i'm jacob heller.i'm meteorologist cat xxx morning.3 3 look for a very cold day today with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens, but with moisture in the upper atmosphere, can't rule out a few light flurries either.we will see some sunshine for the start of 2016, but it will stay cold through the weekend. temperatures will remain mostly in the upper 20s for highs with single digit lows. we may see our first chance of snow for 2016 on wednesday, so keep your eyes open for that. 3 3 3 we start off this morning with bill cosby. his attorney insists her client will be exonerated of what she calls an unjustified charge of sexual assault. c - b - s news correspondent kenneth craig has more from elkins park pennsylvania... where 3 bill cosby's lawyers are confident their client will be cleared of the sexual assault charge he f

rick santorum have also appeared at the school. one of the victims of a suicide bombing in afghanistan was born in dubuque. 45-year-old joseph lemm died yesrday when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle drove into a patrol in bagram. he is one of six american service members killed in the attack. he leaves behind a wife and two children. let's go back to joe now for a final look at tonight's forecast. the second stormrmystem of the week heads into the state drawing plenty of moisture with it. unfortunately the moisture that falls will be in the form of rain and not snow. the showers begin to break out late tonight through the morning hours of our wednesday. rainfall totals up to 0.5" are likely in many locations wiwi the rain wrapping up during the early evening. highs remain near 40 for christmas eve and christmas day with more rain ahead for the weekend. have a good night. tonight: showers late low: 35-41 winds: s 10-15tomorrow: showers kely high: 45-51 winds: s 5-15 kcrg-tv9 news at 5.

rick santorum won there. mitt romney had it locked up by then and santorum won some of those states. senator santorum worked really hard. he won some of those states simply because he wasn't mitt romney. the republican party changed its calendar this year. you have the s.e.c. primary on march 1st. alabama, arkansas, georgia, tennessee, texas, virginia, louisiana, florida, are right around those state as well. some other states as well, ted cruz is not mike huckabee or rick santorum. he has a good organization, a good campaign, and he has money. if this race stretches on, this race stretches on, that's the question. will trump start digging into his own pockets. he will have to spend more of his own money if this becomes a long protracted race. he's not airing tv ads. will he make that strategic decision, i'm in for the long run, or will losing a state or two change the calculation. this could go on for quite some time. kathleen parker, good stuff. john just mentioned south carolina, how the debate played ther

ben carson, former senator rick santorum and carly fiorina de sure thousands of voters know where they stand less than two months from the iowa caucuses. first district congressman rod blum sponsored saturday's event with the grassroots saying the rising tide means a revival. revival.we want to focus on the economy and helping the working families, middle classes go up."but economy wasn't the thehelargest focus - the candidates talked about national security with the recent san bernardino massacre. massacre."isis has a billion dollars worth of us humvees, a billion dollars worth of us cash - thehehave our tanks, they have anti fighting weapons."cruz says destroying radical islamic groups demands an administration that doesn't take away our weapons. weapons."we dont stop the bad guys by taking away our guns, we stop the bad guys by using our guns."santorum stuck to what he calls a blue collar conservative message - saying the nation needs more jobs in nufacturing.but even though his polling numbers remain stagnant - he's hopeful he won't end up on the chopping block come the caucuses. c

with clinton expected to speak at 11- 30 friday morning. 3 3 and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum will be back in iowa this weekend as well.his itenerary includes two stops in siouxland, the first at at house party sunday night in spirit lake.that event gets underway at 7 o'clock.the next morning, senator santorum will hold a religious liberty town hall event at cronk's cafe in denison.that event gets underway at 9 o'clock monday morning. 3 3 a nebraska lawmaker is working to make medical cannabis legal in the state.state senator tommy garrett is touring the state minnesota to investigate that state's cannabis oil laws. today, he brought that tour to dakota city... along with the families of some patients who could benefit from legal cannabis. 3 "telling them to move out of the state, that's not an option. telling them to break the law and to self-medicate, that's not an option either. there are a lot of people who are self-medicating, and that's not right we're forcing them to break the law just so they can have some quality of life."garret says the issue is important because som

today's stop at our studio was part of santorum's two day swing across the state. democratic hopeful bernie sanders is hosting a new years' eve party in iowa. it's thursday night at the renaissance savery hotel on locust street in des moines. doors open at six o'clock and the event runs from seven to nine. it's free and open to the public...but attendees are urged to r-s-v-p. the party is the last stop of sander's three-day swing across tough enough to take on isis. jeb bush: the united states should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. announcer: tested and proven leadership matters. jeb bush. america is not just electing a president, we're also electing a commander in chief. that choice matters. because strengthening the economy, making healthcare more affordable, raising incomes. all of that depends on us being both secure at home and leading the world. i will get up every single day and do whatever it takes to make sure our country is safe and strong. coming up after the break... it started out at has hobby... but no

candidate rick santorum will round out 2015 with a visit to northwest iowa. the former pennsylvania senator will make two stops on december 30th. the first stop is a "meet and greet" reception at the leonard farm, on highway 59, just north of holstein, iowa. the event starts at noon. santorum is expected to address his pro-life stance, and his views on the economy, radical islam and immigration. republican marco rubio wilil campaign in sioux city next tuesday night. the rubio campaign says the florida senator will outline his vision for "a new american century" at the holiday inn, on gordon drive, at 6:45, on tuesday, december 29th. state regulators could make a decision as early as next month on whether to again approve the south dakota portion of the keystone xl pipeline. the state public utilities commission denied requests to throw out the pipepene project. opponents argued that president obama killed the pipeline in november. an attorney for transcanada corp. says transcanada remains committed to the project, which could be revived under the next preside

another house party in sioux center.that event's set to get underway at 7- 45.we'll hear more from santorum tonight on siouxland news at ten. 3 3 the date is set for sioux city's city council to hear the final proposed plan for the city's five public pools.at their first meeting of 2016 on monday, the council will hear and consider thehe recommendations made by the parks and rec board's pool committee.those are to close leeds and cook pools after the 2016 swim season and replace them with splash pads for 2017...build a new multi-million dollar aquatic center at the site of cone park in morningside... then close lewis pool when that new facility opens...and leave leif erikson pool open until it can no longer hold water, then replace it with a splash pad and discuss locations for aquatic center will remain open with no major changes under the plan. 3 more than three hundred kids were learning how to be ninja warriors today.today was the last day of the siouxland ninja warrior camp at morningside college. the event was put on with the lp by susuybrook church... with the help of around 40 volun

but whoever comes out of there again, i'll refer it back to rick santorum in my last bit, santorum did well in the iowa caucuses a few years ago but didn't realize he actually won it until about a week later when they finally had everything tall idea up. but it didn't do much for his campaign or his political career. it's nice to win it, but it's definitely not -- your campaign isn't going to hinge on the outcome of iowa. >> rikki: absolutely. we'll see what impact tonight's debate has. we'll check in with you again, steve. our debate coverage continues throughout this afternoon into the evening. we'll check back with steve in a few minutes and you can get additional coverage on our website, ktnv.com, and on our facebook and twitter pages. former baseball star pete rose will not be getting into the hall of fame any time soon. the mlb commissioner considered lifting his lifetime ban but announced rose will not be reinstated. today at his las vegas bar & grill. >> pete rose started by thanking the commissioner, saying he understood the decision. he actually took full ownership of being a

santorum says his campaign is all - in in iowa. 3 "we're gonna put an extra full-court press. i'm going out, meeting with groups of iowans, and reminding them their job is not to follow the national polls, their job is to analyze the candidates and lead. don't settle for who the establishment or the money people say that you should vote for, but vote for the person who you believe should be the candidate that should and should be the next 3 president."after his sioux city stop... santorum held another house party in sioux center. 3 another republican candidate is making plans to be in northwest iowa next week...texas senator ted cruz will speak at dordt college in sioux center tuesday night. cruz i ileading in the state of iowa in quite a few polls... passing billionaire businessman donald trump. he'll speak at the de yager activi center on the dordt campus starting at 6 o'clock tuesday night.that's all for now... >> 5-4-3-2-1! happy new year! >> they do have to make sure this works which is why they do rehearsals. times square underwent last-minute checkup on wednesday. i won

santorum will be in sioux center for a house party. that event will start at 7 - 45 p - m. 3 if the song "i want a hippopotamus for christmas" describes your holiday wish list... get ready to get jealous. visitors at omaha's henry doorly zoo are actually getting one! a was born in october... but yesterday... she took to the water. reporter lindsey (thees) theis was there. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows-- the henry doorly zoo got a hippopotamus for christmas. mabel, the two month old pygmy hippo flopped a little on the rocks before a big dive in front of visitors.the baby got some swimming lessons before coming out tuesday.(christie eddie, zoo curator) "the water is very deep so we don't want to have a baby born on exhibit, and hippo calves actually have to learn how to swim, they don't know how to swim when they are first born, and so obviously in the wild the mother would gradually take it, you know, wading in, while we have to control our level because we don't have the river's edge. so we do the swimming lessons in holding." mabel was

with clinton expected to speak at 11- 30 friday morning. 3 3 and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum will be back in iowa this weekend as well.his itenerary includes two stops in siouxland, the first at at house party sunday night in spirit lake.that event gets underway at 7 o'clock.the next morning, senator santorum will hold a religious liberty town hall event at cronk's cafe in denison.that event gets underway at 9 o'clock monday morning. 3 we need to make a clarification on a story we aired last night on our decades 14.2 channel and in our town hall live stream.in our report about congress considering legislation to tighten restrictions on the syrian re-settlement program, we used part of an interview with senator ron wyden of oregon. in that interview, senator wyden was talking about changes in the visa waiver program to try to stop people who have visited conflict zones from easily boarding american-bound commercial flights.senator the syrian refugee re- settlement debate in congress. senator wyden believes the u-s can ensure the refugee process is as strong as possible while c

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is there anything in the santorum experience trump can look to and say i can do it, if rick santorumssive ground game too? ,jennifer: exactly. it is that organic response. when you're hot in the polls, when people are drawn to you, they are going to show up to the caucuses without a whole lot of herding. they are just going to naturally show up. mark: we have seen carson hot for a while. trump has been hot. now cruz is hot. do you see anybody else other who has thed trump capacity to get hot before february 1? jennifer: there are people in our poll who have high favorability ratings like marco rubio. he is well-liked by the likely caucus-goers. chris christie rose the most in favorability in our poll. you know i think there's , probably a narrow path for jeb bush in iowa. not every caucus-goers, not every republican in iowa is an evangelical, christian conservative or tea party republican. there are more mainstream republicans in the state than anyone else. it is just that they do not tend to show up that much. if they were to show up, there would be a narrow path for him. who knows?

rick santorum weighing in. next. lea: flooding emergency on the mississippi river has claimed the lives of 18 people. swollen rivers and streams in illinois and missouri pushing the mississippi passed its breaking point. the governor declaring another state of emergency yesterday and warning the situation could get worse. >> we are dealing with an incredible amount of water coming at you. if you see the river basically right now is at the bridge here, talking about 49-8, talking about almost ten more vertical feet of moving water. so the power we are talking about as well as the volume is extremely significant. lea: dear valley's edge, what does it look like on the ground? >> reporter: i am standing in front of an exit ramp, it is hard to tell that is what this is because it has been completely taken over by raging flood water carrying a lot of debris, large trees and branches. you can see the water nearly to the top of these traffic signs. to my right is this is the intersection of highway 44, 141, water nearly to t

the question is, can cruz do more than that, more than huckabee or santorum? iowa was largely a road to nowhere. >> as they say in the wizard of oz, ted cruz has one thing the others don't have, a whole lot of money and ability to raise more and also has tea party support which sometimes goes in line with evangelical. >> it's bigger and broader. >> we've seen donald trump fend off opponents at all these debat debates. ted cruz i think for the first time is going to take incoming here. it's not just donald trump and may not be mostly donald trump. marco rubio, and chris christie, it will be interesting to see. >> it will be. what is interesting about ted cruz he doesn't let his emotions overcome him delivering a speech or talking about politics or policy. it will be interesting to see how he handles himself. in the past he has fended it off and just talked about how the republican party needs to come together, much like chris christie has, which has helped chris christie in the past few weeks. at some point you have to be critical those coming up upon you such

(rick santorum/(r) presidential candidate): "donald trump's proposal was not the right proposal." (rick santorum/(r) presidential candidate): "but the reality is presidential candidate): "we have an enemy that is out to kill us and we have a government we can trust." i'm mary moloney reporting. this is the last republican debate of 2015. the next one will be in january. students, faculty, staff and family members of emma-lee jacobs are still in shock after the 18 year killed while walking on campus monday morning...while they all hope for justice...police say the circumstances surrounding the hit and run crash aren't helping them get very far in the investigation... (nats of crosswalk) what was once just a busy crosswalk navigating students and faculty at iowa state university...has turned into a sobering memorial... "i prayed our father and ave maria." around 7 a-m monday morning... in the intersection of lincoln way and ash avenue...police say 18 year old i-s-u student emma-lee jacobs was suffering from injuries consistent with being struck by a car and died at a local hospital

ben carson, ted cruz, carly fiorina, bobby jindal, rick santorum, and rand paul spoke at the forum. it was hosted by congressman rod blum and the group, freedomworks. the summit gave about 15-hundred people in attendance the chance to ask the candidates about their positions on economic issues. the iowa democratic party wants voters- especially minorities- to head to the polls. the party hosted its first ever diversity convention yesterday. caucus chairs and the voting public met in des moines to talk about how they can attract diverse iowans to the polls. organizers say they want everyone's voices to be heard this upcoming election. the red kettles are a familiar sight and sound this time of year... this weekend, the salvation army doubled its efforts to make sure kids have toys and warm coats for the holidays. the organization partnered with the windsor heights and ankeny walmarts to host the "fill the truck toy" provide food, clothing, shelter and financial assistance to families in need. the salvation army says it really does take an army to pull off a toy drive like this.. "the

we selected huckabee in santorum and the country selected mccain and romney.ve we got it right. the country got it wrong. the past for general election winners have come out of being winners in iowa. ted cruz hastime shown he has the resources which huckabee didn't have. he has the infrastructure to go the distance once he gets behind iowa. we could not be more excited about ted cruz's candidacy. even with our announcement we are seeing people give calls and e-mail saying we are on board, tell us what to do. an earlieraid in interview marco rubio is trying to straddle different lanes. what does that mean? what are the lanes? he sees complete chaos in an establishment lane. he sees jeb bush, john kasich, you name it. there happens to be room. he is trying to go to the establishment lane but he sees lane, thevative tea party lane which launched them to be a senator. nothing against senator rubio. we like him a lot. he brings everything around the family. ted cruz is in the best position. guest: are you saying marco rubio is hurting himself by straddling lanes or

the yankee north voted for romney to get down stay, he had great difficulty against santorum. romney also clinched oregon and washington, coastal california. however, pundits started saying, the primaries are coming, alabama and mississippi, this is where newt gingrich will have his chance. the polls are too close to call. except, they weren't. in now them the blue is gingrich -- ine green is romney, alabama, the blue is gingrich, the green is romney, the brown is santorum. santorum walked away with alabama, because he had gotten votes again.hian the posters were blindsided, because they had done polls based on gender and income level and race, but not by regional cultures. mississippi was a bit closer, only because the appalachian section of mississippi is much smaller. posters ignored these kind of things at their own peril. that is the most recent presidential election, just to finish the pattern. today, essentially we have two coalitions. two weak coalitions, which explains the brinkmanship we have been in. there is a blue coalition back n that consists of yankeedom, and t