abc's stephanie ramos has more on what the move means for your wallet. do you have a credit card? a car loan? mortgages? announcing the federal reserve is upping interest rates from a record low of zero to one quarter of a percent. and while it may be a good sign for the economy? sot yellen: "....the federal funds rate was held near zero to support the recovery of the economy from the worst financial crisis and recession since the great depression." ..it may not be good for your wallet rates have been kept low in order to stimulate the economy ... yellen says this raise shows progress... toward restoring jobs and raising the incomes....of millions of americans. but? everything from your credit cards, to new car loans or mortgages, will be a little will be slow. sot chris rugaber, ap economics writer:"some banks have already raised the prime rate one to two billing cycles..to be exact..if you have credit cards with variable rates.. for new mortgages? small changes - with a big impact. on a $200k house? a fixed rate mortgage at 4% will cost you $955/month. but if the rate percent, t

abc's stephanie ramos has the details. more than 2 weeks after the terror attack in san bernardino ... 24 year old enrique marquez---a childhood friend of shooter syed farook is now behind bars. nats -- marquez arriving with the fbi late thursday at this federal courthouse in riverside california ..to ce serious terror charges... thorities say 4 years ago...marquez bought the two assault rifles used in the shooting.... nats: chaos on san bernardino scene...ambula ncesesetc marquez himsmsf called 9-1-1 after the shooting spree... identifying farook as the killer? using his gun. the f-b-i then raided marquez's home soon after farook and his wife, tashfeen malik, opened firi killing 14 people at the inland regional center... investigators say the two friends ininially planned attacking a southern california community college. then... wanted to target drivers stuck in rush-hour traffic on a california freeway by using pipe bombs and then shooting drivers. plots dating back to 2011 -- that never happened. sot -- brad garrett, f

stephanie ramos has the story. good morning, steph. >> reporter: the horse race between the gop presidential candidates is heating up. with senator ted cruz on the fast track in iowa. running neck and neck with donald trump. senator. a 21-point gain since october in one poll. cruz and trump up until now have played nice with each other. that all changed this weekd. in iowa, trump digging at cruz for opposing popular ethanol subsidies. >> if ted cruz is against ethanol, how does he win in iowa? because that's very anti-iowa. >> reporter: then onunday morning shows. >> you look at the way he's dealt with the senate. where he goes in there like a -- frankly, a little bit of a maniac. he'll never get anything done. that's the problem with ted. >> reporter: cruz, in response, tweeting this video. saying in honor of my friend, real donald trump and goe. in the end, trump still wants to work with cruz. saying he sees cruz playing a part in his administration. >> we would certainly have things in mind for ted, to be honest

and abc's stephanie ramos joins us with more. good morning, stephanie. >> repororter: ree, good morning to you. well, there is a new high and new challenge for donald trump as he continues to soar in the polls. the stage is set for the last gop debate of 2015. ninine candites will stand on stage for the most critical event heading into the iowa caucuses. >> i think we're doing great in iowa, and i expect to win iowa. >> reporter: at a rally in las vegas la night, trump took aim at some of his main sticking points like mexico and the wall he intends to build. and i know how to get them to pay for it. it's very simple. folks, you're killing us. you're making too much money. now, the wall is going to cost $9 billion, okay, a lot of money. >> reporter: this talk has trump supporters hanging on. brand-new numbers out showing trump hitting 41% with republicans. the highest support he's had yet in a national poll, nearly three times much as his closest rival. but this debate may be a two-man race between trump and senator ted cruz. in io

abc's stephanie ramos with the details. >> reporter: more than two weeks after the terror attack in san bernardino, 24-year-old enrique marquez, a childhood friend of shooter syed farook is now behind bars. marquez arriving with the fbi late thursday at this federal courthouse in riverside, california, to face serious terror charges. authorities say four years ago rifles used in the shooting. marquez himself called 911 after the shooting spree identifying farook as the killer use ing his gun and the fbi raided marquez's apartment soon after the two opened fire killing 14 people at the inland regional center. investigators say the two initially planned attacking a southern california community college and wanted to target drivers in rush hour traffic on a california freeway by using pipe bombs and shooting drivers dating back to 2011 that never happened. >> he has provided them with a lot of detail about the weapons, about possibly other attacks planned, about conversations in particular with farook. >> reporter: weeks before the shooting, friends say marquez dropped hints of an impendin

abc's stephanie ramos has the details live from washington. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, richard and reena. well, this final debate of the year focused on national security and terrorism. and the verbal punches came out swinging almost immediately. post-gop presidential debate, donald trump sympathizing with his competition. >> i like jeb. i think jeb is a nice man. i really do but i think i'd do the same thing if i was him, i'd be attacking me. >> reporter: on stage the gloves coming off. >> we need to have a leader -- >> you're real tough. >> reporter: wasting no time to spar over foreign policy. >> he gets his foreign policy experience from the shows. >> come on. >> that is not a serious kind of candidate. >> i know you're trying to build up your energy but it's not working very well. >> reporter: in their face-off almost every question focusing on national security for the nine leading candidates with trump's proposal to ban muslims from entering the u.s. at the forefront. >> we're not talking about religion. w

and since donald trump announced a plan to ban muslims, it's "your voice, your vote" and abc's stephanie ramos joins us with more. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning. there is a new high and new challenge for donald trump as he continues to soar in the polls. the stage is set for the last debate of 2015. nine candidates will stand on stage for the most critical event heading into the iowa caucuses. >> i think we're doing great in iowa and i expect to win iowa. >> reporter: at a rally in las vegas last night trump took aim at some of his main sticking points like mexico and the wall he intends to build. >> and i know how to build it and i know how to get them to pay for it. very simple. folk s folks you're killing us. the wall will cost $9 billion. >> reporter: this talk has trump supporters hanging on. brand-new numbers showing trump hilting 41% with republicans. the highest support he's had yet in ray national poll. nearly three times as much as his closest rifle. this debate may be a two-man ted cruz. tie. on the debate stage trump will be flanked by cruz and ben carson. cars

abc's stephanie ramos reports. >> reporter: donald trump sympathizing with his competition. >> i like. i think he's a nice man. i would do the same thing. i would be attacking me. >> reporter: on stage the gloves coming off. jeb bush and donald trump wasting no time sparring over foreign policy. >> he gets his foreign policy experience from the shows. that is not a serious kind of candidate. >> build up your energy jeb. >> reporter: in their fifth debate faceoff almost every question focusing on national security for the nine leading candidates with trump's proposal to ban muslims from entering the u.s. at the forefront. >> we're not talking about religion. we're talking about security. our country he is out of control. >> reporter: marco rubio and ted cruz also clashing, first over the nsa's bulk surveillance program, then immigration. rubio suggesting the two of them have similar positions on ther. >> for marco to suggest our record is the same is like suggesting the firemen and the arsonist have the same record 'cause they're both at the scene of the fire. >> i personally. open to

stephanie ramos reports. >> reporter: the stage is set for the last gop debate of 2015.e can candidates will stand on stage for the most critical event heading into the iowa caucuses. >> i think we're doing great in iowa and i expect to win. >> reporter: at a rallily in las vegas last night trump took aim at some of his main sticking points like mexico and the wall he ends to build. >> i know how to get it and i know how to make them pay for it. folks you're killing us. you're making too much monday. the law cost $9 billion. >> reporter: this talk has trump supporters hanging on. brand new numbers showing trump hitting 41 percent, nearly three times as much as his closest rifle but this debate may now be two man race between trump and ted cruz. in iowa the two are on a virtual tie. on the debate stage trump will be flanked by cruz and ben carson. carson calling coverage of him and his campaign dishonest. >> in my case they can't find any scandals. therefore, let's see if we can somehow make this guy look crazy. >> reporter: the six remaining candidates will be florida se

stephanie ramos abc sabrina: we're back with meterologist bree sullivan... bree (bree adlibs) bree weather adlib: it's going to be a frigid friday. a few snow showers will skirt our northern counties, but not much is expected in the way of accumulation. the rest of central iowa will enjoy mostly sunny skies and another day of brisk winds becoming northwesterly through the day gusting close to 30mph. the sun won't do much in warming our temperatures however. we will be close to the freezing mark on the thermometer, but the wind chills will keep us feeling closer to teens and 20s. tonight the bottom falls out on our temperatures. while northern iowa will see their temperatures dip into the single digits. things do warm up for the weekend. sunshine saturday with highs in the clouds will return temperatures will be back into the 40s. by sunday evening, rain showers and eventually a wintry mix is possible, especially in eastern iowa. elias: new this morning, before christmas... elias: winter farmers' market returns today and tomorrow, for those looking to stock u

abc's stephanie ramos has the latest on the republican race. "script: the horse race between the gop presidential candidates is heating up. with senator ted cruz....on the fast running neck-and-neck with donald trump. it's a swift rise for the texas senator - a 21 point gain since october, in one poll (gfx: cruz today at 31 percent vs cruz in october 19 dmr poll at 10 percent). cruz and trump up until now have played nice with each other...but that all changed this weekend in iowa, trump digging at cruz for opposing popular ehtanol subsidies. then on sunday morning shows.... sot trump on fox: "when you look at the way he's dealt with the senate, where he goes in there like a -- you know, frankly, like a bit of a maniac cruz in response ...tweeting this video, saying "in honor of my friend @realdonaldtrump and good-hearted #maniacs everywhere" but in the end ?.trump still wants to work with cruz?saying?he sees cruz playing a part in his administration... this back and forth kicking off after cruz could be heard on tape behind closed doors questi

abc's stephanie ramos has more on tonight's debate. " script: 2015. on stage for the most into the iowa caucuses.... trump sot: "i think we're doing great in iowa, and i expect to win in iowa" at a rally in las vegas took aim at some of his points?.like?mexico and build. this talk?. has trump supporters hanging on.... out showing trump hitting 41 percent with republicans -- the highest support he's poll but this debate may now be a 2 man race......between trump and senator ted cruz. in iowa, the two are in a virtual tie. on the debate stage....trump ..... will be flanked by cruz and ben carson?. the six remaining candidates will be florida senator marco rubio, former florida gov. jeb bush, businesswoman carly fiorina, ohio gov. john kasich, kentucky sen. rand paul and new jersey gov. chris christie. while trump predicts he'll be the punching bag at this debate...he also says... trump sot: "it's going be good." tag: the democrats debate for the 3rd time this saturday on abc?. stephanie ramos abc news washington" sabrina: new political polls are being r

abc's stephanie ramos has more on tonight's debate. " script: the stage is set for the last gop debate of 2015. 9 candidates will stand on stage for the most critical event heading into the iowa caucuses.... trump sot: "i think we're doing great in iowa, and i expect to win in iowa" at a rally in las vegas last night.....trump took aim at some of his main sticking points?.like?mexico and the wall he intends to build. this talk?. has trump supporters hanging on.... brand new numbers out showing trump hitting 41 percent with republicans -- the highest support he's had yet in a national now be a 2 man race......between trump and senator ted cruz. in iowa, the two are in a virtual tie. on the debate stage....trump ..... will be flanked by cruz and ben carson?. the six remaining candidates will be florida senator marco rubio, former florida gov. jeb bush, businesswoman carly fiorina, ohio gov. john kasich, kentucky sen. rand paul and new jersey gov. chris christie. while trump predicts he'll be the punching bag at this debate...he also says... trump sot: "it's going be good." tag: the democ

abc's stephanie ramos has more on what the move means for your wallet. do you have a credit card? a car loan? mortgages? listen up... announcing the federal reserve is upping interest rates from a record low of zero to one quarter of a percent. and while it may be a good sign for the economy? sot yellen: "....the federal funds rate was held near zero to support the recovery of the economy from the worst financial crisis and recession since the great depression." ..it may not be good for your wallet rates have been kept low in order to stimulate the economy ... yellen says this raise shows progress... toward restoring jobs and raising the incomes....of millions of americans. but? everything from your credit cards, to new car loans or mortgages, will be a little more expensive? but the increase will be slow. sot chris rugaber, ap economics writer:"some banks have already raised the prime rate one to two billing cycles..to be exact..if you have credit cards with variable rates.. for new mortgages? small changes - with a big impact. on a $200k house? a fixed rate mortgage at 4% will c

abc's stephanie ramos has the details. more than 2 weeks after the terror attack in san bernardino ... 24 year ol enrique marquez---a chililood friend of shooter syed marquez arriving with the fbi late thursday at this federal courthouse in riverside california ..to face serious terror charges... authorities say 4 years ago...marquez bought the two assault rifles used in the shooting.... nats: chaos on san bernardino scene...ambula nces..etc marquez himself called 9-1-1 after the shoooong spree... identifying farook as the killer? using his gun. home soon after farook and his wife, tashfeen malik, opened fire killing 14 people at the inland regional center... investigators say the two friends initially planned attacking a southern california community college. then... wanand to target driverss stuck in r rh-hour raffic on a california freeway by using pipe bombs and then shooting drivers. plots dating back to 2011 -- that never happened. sot -- brad garrett, former fbi special agent & abc news consultant weeks befofo the a

stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. sean: the white house says president obama's final state of the union address will be a quote non-traditional speech instead of providing a list of legislative priorities, they will focus on the vision for the country and the challenges facing the nation. the state of the union is scheduled for january 12th, less than three weeks before the first votes are cast. erin: star wars fans are buzzing after "the force awakens" premiered. clouds lined up ready for the 7:00 showing. of the jedi" left off. it features mark hamill, carrie fisher, and harrison ford. fans said it was the perfect mix of old and new. it was wonderful. we loved it. >> did you like it. >> it was really cool. >> yeah. they tied a lot together. a lot of the history was built in to the movie. you would see bits of pieces of the old stuff. we remembered everything. it was really good. erin: there are still tickets available. many that's rights are -- theaters are starting first thing in the morning. you have plenty of cha

abc's stephanie ramos has the story. "do you have a credit card? a car loan? mortgages? listen up... fed chair janet yellen announcing the federal reserve is upping interest rates from a record low of zero to onequarter of a percent. and while it may be a good sign for the economy? yellen: "....the federal funds rate was held near zero to support the recovery of the economy from the worst financial crisis and recession since the great depression." ..it may not be go for your wallet rates have been kept low in order to stimulate the economy ... yellen says this raise shows progress... toward restoring jobs and raising the incomes....of millions of americans. but? everything from your credit cards, to new car loans or mortgages, will be a little more expensive? but the increase will be slow. (english) chris rugaber, ap economics writer: "some banks have already raised the prime rate one to two billing cycles..to be exact..if you have credit cards with variable rates.. for new mortgages? small changes - with a big impact. on a $200k house? a fixed rate mortgage at 4% will c

abc' s stephanie ramos reviews some of the high points. stephanie: post gop presidential debate donald trump sympathizing , with his competition. >> i like jeb. i think jeb is a nice man i , i really do, but i think i' d do the same thing if i were him -- i' d be attacking me. stephanie: on stage the gloves , coming off. jeb bush and donald trump wasting no time sparring over foreign policy. >> he gets his foreign policy experience from the shows. that is not a serious kind of >> i know you' re trying to build not working. stephanie: in their fifth debate focusing on national security with trump' s proposal to ban muslims from entering the u.s. >> we' re not talking about religion we' our country is out of control. marco rubio and ted cruz also clashing. over the nsa' s bulk surveillance first program. then immigration. rubio suggesting the two of them have similar positions on the issue. >> for marco to suggest our suggesting that the fireman and the arsonist have the same record because they are both at m open to allowing people to apply

stephanie ramos abc news washington " jessica rae: democratic frontrunner hillary clinton is taking aim at the immigration policies of her republican counterparts... taking a swipe at donald trump and senator. marco rubio for their stances. " (hillary clinton/(d) presidential candidate) we are hearing all kinds of anti-immigrant sentiment in the news right now. candidates for president are calling immigrants drug runners and rapists. they promise if elected to round up and deport millions of people, build a mammoth wall, militarize the border, tear families jessica rae: clinton made the remarks at the national immigration integration conference where she laid out specific steps to her immigration plan, aimed at providing undocumented immigrants with a pathway to citizenship. " jessica rae: coming up in sports... the abc9 top plays returns with action from the past two weeks. stay tuned to see what made the countdown up ahead. scott: means its time for the abc9 top here's chris with the best of the best from around siouxland. chris palmquist--"good morning everybody. last week, the abc9

stephanie ramos abc news washington " jessica rae: in a bit of random it turns out texas senator ted cruz is a huge fan of the 19-87 movie "the princess bride." over the last several weeks, cruz has been reciting lines from the movie along the campaign trail. here's his re- enactment of a scene by billy crystal and carol kane. " (ted cruz/ (r) presidential candidate) and then suddenly carol kane, his wife, runs in and says liar! shut up witch! i'm not a witch, i'm your wife. but after what you said, i wish i wasn't. problem is, he's afraid, he's afraid. ever since prince humperdinck hired him, fired him, he's been afraid. don't say that name. what? humperdinck, humperdinck, humperdinck! i can't hear you! that's why i love the movie. jessica rae: but one of the stars of the film... mandy patinkin ( pa - tink - in)... says with the policies cruz believes in... he is missing the point of the movie entirely. jessica rae: donald trump will be quote... the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency. that's according to the 69-year-old republican presidential candidate's doctor. t

abc's stephanie ramos has the latest. "the horse race between the gop presidential candidates is heating up. with senator ted cruz....on the fast track in iowa..... running neck-and- neck with donald trump. it's a swift rise for the texas senator - a 21 point gain since october, in one poll (gfx: cruz today at 31 percent vs cruz in october 19 dmr poll at 10 percent). cruz and trump up played nice with each other...but that all changed this weekend in iowa, trump digging at cruz for opposing popular ehtanol subsidies. trump sot: if ted ethanol, how is he winning in ia? because that's very anti-iowa. then on sunday morning shows.... "when you look at the way he's dealtwith the senate, where he goes in there like a -- you know, frankly, like a cruz in response ...tweeting th video, saying "in honor of my friend @realdonaldtrump and good-hearted #maniacs everywhere" but in the end ?.trump still wants to work with cruz?saying?he sees cruz playing a part in his administration... trump we would certainly have things in mind for

abc's stephanie ramos has the story. "do you have a credit listen up... fed chair janet yellen announcing the federal reserve is upping interest rates from a record low of zero to onequarter of a percent. and while it may be a good sign for the economy? yellen: "....the federal funds rate was held near zero to support the recovery of the economy from the worst financial crisis and recession since the great depression." ..it may not be good for your wallet rates have been kept low in order to stimulate the economy ... yellen says this raise shows progress... toward restoring jobs and raising the incomes....of millions of americans. but? everything from your credit loans or mortgages, expensive? but the increase will be slow. rugaber, ap "some banks have already raised the prime rate exact..if you have credit cards with for new mortgages? small changes - with a big impact. on a $200k house? a fixed rate mortgage at 4% will cost you $955/month. but if the rate rises just one quarter of a percent, that payment rises to $984?costing you $11,000 more over the l

abc's stephanie ramos reports on last night's g-o-p presidential debate. post gop presidential debate....donald trump sympaththing with his competition.... sot trump: "i think jeb is a nice man i really do but you know i think i'd do the same thing if i were him i'd be attacking me." on stage? the gloves coming off.... jeb bush and donald trump wasting no time...sparring over foreign policy. sot bush: "he gets hik foreign policy experience from the shows. that is not a serious kind of candidate..." sot trump: "i know you're trying to build up your energy, jeb, but it's not working. " in their fifth debate face- off...almost every question focusing on national security for the 9 leading candidates..... with trump's proposal to ban muslims from entering the u-s talking about religion... we're talking about security. our country is out of control." marco rubio and ted cruz also clashing. first .... over the nsa's bulk surveillance program .... then immigration. rubio suggesting the two of them have similar positions on the issue. sot cruz: "for marco to sugge

stephanie ramos has the story. >> reporter: the horse race between the gop presidential candidates is heating up. with senator ted cruz on the fast track in iowa. running neck and neck with donald trump. senator. a 21-pint gain since october in one poll. cruz and trump up until now have lay nice. in iowa, trump digging at cruz for opposing popular ethanol subsidies. >> if ted cruz is against ethanol, how does he win in iowa? because that's very anti-iowa. >> reporter: then on sunday morning shows sflp you look at the way he's dealt with the senate. he goes in like frankly a little bit on of a maniac, he'll never get anything done. that's the problem with ted. video. saying in honor of my friend, real donald trump and good-hearted maniacs everywhere. in the end, trump still wants to work with cruz. saying he sees cruz playing a part in hissed a ministraight. >> we would certainly have things in mind for ted, to be honest with you. >> reporter: this after cruz could be heard on tape behind closed doors questioning trump and ben carson's ability to run the company. cars season falling. i

abc's stephanie ramos with the details. >> reporter: more than two weeks after the terror attack in san bernardino, 24-year-old enrique marquez, a childhood friend of shooter syed farook is now behind bars. marquez arriving with the fbi late thuhursday at this federal courthouse in riverside, california, to face serious terror charges. authorities say four years ago marquez bought the two assault rifles used in the shooting. marquez himself called 911 after the shooting spree identifying farook as the killer useing h gun and the fbi raided marquez's apartment soon after the two opened fire killing 14 people at the inla regional center. investigators say the two initially planned attacking a southern california community college and wanted to target attack. >> he would just, you know, talk about how there's so many sleeper cells and when it happens it'll be big. >> reporter: president obama will make a trip to san bernardino today to meet with the victims and their families. >> we prevailed over much greater threats than this. >> i appreciate him coming and talking to the families and th