norfolk state senator jim scheer met with members of the elkhorn valley corn growers at their meeting yesterday. scheer discussed his plan to provide $3,000 foundation aid for each public school student in the state. scheer says most states have both equalization and foundation aid, and he believes both are necessary to be fair to all schools. those and more stories can be heard on news talk wjag, lite rock 97.5 and 106 kix. jessica rae: the salvation army of siouxland had a annual red kettle campaign. the campaign topped the two hundred thousand dollar mark, this year's campaign exceeded the goal of one hundred and eighty thousand dollars more than 300 volunteers rang bells over the course of the kettle season which ended on christmas eve. mail and intert donations were also received and counted in the final number. jessica rae: still to come... the same great taste, but a new slogan, we'll have more on coke's new catch phrase when we come back scott: scott:good morning siouxland. let's get a check of conditions outdoors on the port neal welding company skycam hd in sioux city. snow

jim scheer, norfolk, ne.. but, time is not on the is an even year, there's only year. already one week into the 2016 session...the clock is ticking reporting in lincoln, nebraska with chief photogrpaher jordan ogren, robert lowe, ktiv news 4. >> when ricketts finished his speech, he embarked on a

scheer discussed the bills yesterday during the annual meeting of the elkhorn valley corn growers. and a man who survived a suicide attempt will speak in norfolk and wayne tomorrow and thursday. kevin hines is one of only 34 people to survive a jump off the golden gate bridge. he will speak at northeast community college tomorrow at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. and at wayne state college thursday afternoon at 3:30. these and more stories can be heard 106kix. " jessica rae: coming up in sports... each of the abc9 top plays had a chance at the top spot. see which one took the cake up ahead. scott: stay tuned for today's forecast... state students camped out before last night's game to get their hands on some tickets. 4 out of the next 5 games for the cyclones are against a-p top teams, but that's not the only brutal thing fans were facing, temperatures below zero in ames greeted the cyclone nation, but it didn't stop some from camping out for hours "how long have you guys been standingout here?" "last night at 7." "we've been out here since 8am this morning." "we borrowed his dad's ice hut and

today is the last day for bill introduction, and scheer says it looks like about one-third more bills will have been introduced this year than in the 2014 60-day session. the lower elkhorn nrd is starting work on a drought mitigation plan to better prepare for the area's next dry spell. at a recent meeting, nrd directors learned that the drought mitigation plan will be funded by the first grant from fema's hazard mitigation assistance program. and the great american comedy festival will sponsor some middle of the winter comedy later this month. festival director lori williams says comedy shows are set for january 28th in wayne, january 29th at divots in norfolk, and january 30th in columbus. these and more stories can be heard on newstalk wjag, literock 97.5 and 106kix." jessica rae: the world is plastic garbage and it's going to get a lot worse. the world economic forum is predicting there will be more plastic than fish in terms of weight in the world's oceans by 20-50. the report is based on interviews with more than 180 experts... they estimate by 20-50, the amount of plastics prod

and keeping president clinton on his toes -- bernie sanders supporter kyle scheer said clinton quickly "it was really nice. it was really great. he listened. he was very attentive, and i appreciate him taking the time. he really made me feel like it was on a one-to- only at the czech and slovak museum as the former president discussed gun control, renewable energy, affordable health care, and even eduation - saying, hillary clinton is the best person for the job." "i do not believe in my lifetime, we have had a president who was more prepared, ot only by experience, but temperment, to step into this incredbile mix of according to president clinton-- his wife is responsible for improving education in arkansas and south carolina. we've got you covered live in the newsroom -- macleod hageman -- kwwl news. on the republican side, senator ted cruz was in humboldt for a town hall meeting. cruz busted out another impersonation - this time of president john f. kennedy. cruz also brought up how president kennedy would be thrown out of tooay's democratic party because of his beliefs. (sen. ted c

"it gives a base, along with the design-build concept, so moved on 275 as early as scheer, norfolk, ne.. but, time is not on the 60 days versus 90 days in an odd year. already one week into the 2016 session...the clock is ticking reporting in lincoln, nebraska with chief photogrpaher jordan ogren, robert lowe, ktiv news 4. >> when ricketts finished his speech, he embarked on a cross-state trip to push for his priorities. in south sioux city, ricketts talked about property taxes relief. he also touted nebraska's low unemployment rate of 2.9 percent, which is the second lowest in the country. but, ricketts says that also leads to challenges finding a skilled workforce. "we've created the nebraska developing youth talent initiative which is working with private sector companies to get involved with our schools to help develop some of that training at an early age," said nebraska governor pete ricketts. today, ricketts also taked about the controversial policy the nebraska school activities association board passed that would allow transgender students to participate in sports. the board p

jim scheer, norfolk, ne.. but, time is not on the legislature's side. because this is an even year, there's only 60 days versus 90 days in an odd year. already one week into the 2016 session...the clock is ticking reporting in lincoln, nebraska with chief photogrpaher jordan ogren, robert lowe, ktiv news 4. >> when ricketts finished his speech, he hit the road to push for his priorities. in south sioux city, ricketts relief. he also touted nebraska's unemployment rate of 2.9 percent, which is the second lowest in the country. but, ricketts says that also leads to challenges finding a skilled workforce. "we've created the nebraska developing youth talent private sector companies to get them involved with our schools to help develop some of that training at an early age," said nebraska governor pete ricketts. gov. ricketts visited 3 other cities yesterday and has 6 more to visit today to finish his trip across the state. coming up next, we'll go back to the tyson events center as they're getting ready for the monster truck show this weekend. and i'll have

scheer skies every where else and a batch of clouds over the central west coast of florida keeping temperatures slightly warmer. but below freezing temperatures from gainesville northward into the panhandle. high pressure building in croos the eastern u.s. here's a look nationwide. there will be this to, some pulling across once again. the southern section of the u.s. that's the next cold front we'll be looking for in the upcoming week. more on your seven day forecast coming up. neki. >> neki: thanks a lot jennifer. the bitter cold extending down to scht we won't be seeing any snowflakes but dropping temps are a problem for the homeless. helping hand. they opened their doors last night offering a hot meal and warm place for those in need to stay. >> at times like this when the temperatures drop extremely low, we open up our facility so every space can be available. not just the beds we have available now but we placeats and blankets and any open space that we have. >> neki: temperatures dipped count to the 450es last night. the warm shelter at salvation army facility was definitely appreciated.

." >> i do, with paul scheer and june diane raphael, yes. >> seth: and explain real quick. guys just go deep on how certain movies got made. >> yeah. basically, it started when we all watched the movie "wall street 2: money never sleeps." >> seth: yep. conversation at a party where we were like, "that was untethered insanity, right?" [ light laughter ] like, top to bottom, that made koo bananas. and we talked about it for like, an hour. and at the end, i was like, "we should just do this all of the es." that's what we do on the show. so we all watch a movie and then get around a table full of microphones or a live audience like this and we just talk aboutust happened in this movie? [ laughter ] why did this -- and a lot of times, to be fair, nicolas cage is in the movie. [ laughter ] >> and is the answer to that question. [ cheers and applause ] i love that that's the applause break. get on board for that." >> seth: have you -- obviously you try to pick movies that the movie is crazy, how did that get made? >> we just have done the movie "kazaam" where shaquille o'neal play

bill scheer and his team for the continued work on our behalf. without, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> thank you very much. we would ask committee members made opening statements prepared if they would send them for the record. and just to explain very briefly our roles here at a time limit which mr. shear is very similar with i'm sure. operate under the five minute rule where the witnesses get five is to testify. industries will give you a little bit longer than that if you need it. since there's only one witness we cannot have four. that doesn't mean we want you to take 20 minutes but if you need more time that's okay and we will ourselves to five minutes at least in the first round and then determine we think it's -- the red light will come on and we'll let you go although that further than that as i indicated. and out a brief introduction. mr. shear who is our witness, director of unnatural markets and committed investment team at the government accountability office, most of us refer to as the gao around you. and we look forward to your testimony and you