that is how the grand memorial looks now. i want to take you behind the scaffold and screen to get a more up close and personal view. this is the beginning of the project, where we formed a committee inviting conservators from the national gallery and the smithsonian to work with us, and other experts who have to come to monument, a consensus about the best way to proceed. i found that to be a stimulating and informative approach. i'm grateful for the colleagues that worked with us and give up their time. in theer primary concern first phase of the conservation is removing the tremendous amount of staining on the marble pieces. early photographs reveal that this staining occurred early in the life of the memorial, indicating it may not have been d. perly coate this has been going on for almost 100 years. was tost thing we did mock up the various approaches to cleaning. we did a test cleaning of three primary approaches. on the left is calcium carbonate suspended in water. it is like a fine sand applied through a hose removing

soons the grand memorial after was installed. it would really be hard to call this larger site union square. parts very much a reflecting its origin of the botanic gardens. it's only over time that this profile has been further defined as union square has gone through several redesigns. at the time of his installation the idea of its was sort of the centerpiece of union square. it was more of a conceptual idea i would argue that really a physical reality. know the reason it was placed there -- that was not even the original location was really because of two converging goals. they came together and decided that this place which was conceived as union square would be the ideal location for this new grand memorial. originally the idea was that there would be a central equestrian grant flanked by two -- there wasl inspired by the plots of concorde. there were the parcels around the central equestrian. this never happened. what did happen is the artist were conceiving this monument the original idea. the fact that the grand memorial c

. >> the overwhelming opinion in knoxville seems to be the memorial is fine where it's always been. but the threat of a lawsuit which pushes for separation of church and state promped the city to prove it about 75 feet to the east. >> i just think it's kind of silly. and i just think it's ridiculous. not everyone thinks anger over across on city property is ridiculous. so the knoxville council approved a plan that will move it across the street to a privatey owned empty lot. work has already started of the new installation of the new remoirl. the city has told the local post they have to drop the word "cross." >> this is a piece of garbage and call it a battlefield memorial. >> are you kidding me? no one else in the whole world has asked to do that. and so in a way we're unique. >> don says his amhe's post is moving the memorial but not by choice. the council has voted to move it and they'll move it. >> tim fit voted against the plan to move against the memorial because he claims he previous told the city they would decide for the memorial because the memorial is their property but i

the practice. elias: in knoxville...a memorial that sparked controversy will be moved. the kneeling soldier memorial mysteriously showed up, without permission months ago in youngs park. after an anonymous citizen complained about the memorial- it grabbed national attention about separating church and state. however, knoxvilles city council voted to move the memorial to private property. local veterans said they're happy the memorial and that the controversy actually helped raise money for a new bronze memorial that controversy actually helped raise money for a new bronze memorial that will go in the silhouette's place. they will both be in their new places by veteran's day. sabrina: and now to the latest on the race for the white house. the knives are out with republicans trying to winnow the field of candidates... elias: and hillary clinton taking swipes at some gop front- runners as a new poll shows how she would do against potential republican rivals. abc's lana zak has the latest . "script: republican presidential hopeful donald trump thinks its time for republicans

mark: don zoutte says his post is moving the cross memorial but not by choice. he says the city council on the property and now they have voted to move it. >> knoxville councilman tim pitt footed against the plan to move it and he claims they previously told the city they would decide what to do with memorial because the memorial was their property. >> its public perception. if they can put it on us to make the decision than we're the bad guys. >> it's not a decision, they on the property. >> if it's going to stop that bickering i suppose it's good. i think that whole thing is ridiculous trying to move it, crying over nothing. elizabeth: the old memorial with the silhouette soldier and cross will move across the street next week after veterans day and the owner of the empty lot told us he is happy to help this important cause. eric: it was started in an iowa basement and now it's been metinka: the beautiful start to this wednesday, already 54 degrees. we are waking up to fog, especially east of the metro. watch for that early today. it will be a great afternoon t

hundreds attended the memorial ceremony led by francois aland. france intensifies airstrikes against the islamic state group, the french foreign minister suggests that if a ground operation took place, it could include syrian regime forces. russia vows to impose economic sanctions against turkey after the country downed a russian jet on tuesday. industry,h tourism investments, and food imports could be targeted. but first, we start in france, a country in morning two weeks after gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people in paris. a ceremony took place in honor of the victims on friday. their names and ages were solemnly read out. a picture appeared on a silent screen, and a minute of silence followed. hundreds attended the ceremony, along with those who were wounded in the attacks. attacks,eks after the france remembered itstheir namee solemnly read out. a picture appeared on a silent screen, and a minute dead in a solemn ceremony. francois aland led the memorial, at which the names of tesh francois hollande led the francois hollande led the m

at youngs park...the city council is telling the veterans group that placed the other memorial at the park that they need to move it off of and onto private property. and people in town...are not happy. 234101 i think its sad that one person can walk through your town and be offended by a cross. and frankly im offended by them 234217 this is about the united states of america. all of our soldiers give their lives so that this nation could stay free. dont the people realize that? the silhouette of a soldier kneeling at a cross was created by a vietnam vet to honor his friend who died in battle in the vietnam war. the mayor of knoxville says moving the memorial with the cross out of a city park is the right thing to do. 233401 our job as community leaders is to minimize our risk and weve got to be responsible financially for the city and we didnt feel like it was appropriate to risk millions of dollars a washington d-c based organization threatened to sue the city if the memorial was not removed, claiming it was a violation of church and state. that happened after an anonymous pe

whether you're physically exerting yourself at the moment of the memory. that's often the case when you're suffering a crime. now, think the bigger problem with eye witness identification has to deal with factors in control of the police. memories easily lost and easily corrupted, and research suggests that -- the subtle suggestion by the persons a mr.ing the lineup, little things, like when the witness starts to pick out one of those innocents, saying to the person, ma'am, we have plenty of time. take your time. that just seems like a prudent thing to tell a person. after all, a mistaken identification can derail a whole case being worked by detectives. isn't that a good thing for an officer to say? the research suggests, no. that can lead to misidentification. same thing with just saying, after the person has picked someone out, good job, ma'am, you got the suspect we brought in. how does that change things? well, subsequently, those individuals who have been given that feedback feel much more confident. they remember better after the fact, just by that l

> she was directed throughout the county and the city of wilmington and finally stopped at the wawa at memorial drive, that is when she handed over an undisclosed amount of cash to the suspect. >> the suspect then left in another vehicle and they sent out copies of the pictures with patrol officers, at 11:15 last night, two officers stopped a car that rolled through the stop sign without stopping and norris farlow was at the wheel. >> through their observations and alerts they received, they were able to identify the driver of that vehicle as the suspect from the carjacking and kidnapping. >> inside of the car police found drug paraphernalia and the shirt he was wearing in the surveillance video, and they say he had help from this man, 51-year-old john johnson. police are still looking for him. they give the alert patrol officers for getting farlow off the street as quickly as they did. >> great police work from the two officers and great police work and great investigation all wait around. >> we just got late word that police have arrested john johnson, he apparently turned up at the police de

marcus: -- not everyone uses the memorial as a yardstick to measure a candidate's worth. john let's just outside knoxville but his unabashed about his support for another newly elected council member. his reasoning, the council needs new voices. marcus: -- meals the heat of the memorial controversy and hopes the entire council can regain the voters trust -- can regain the voter's trust. >> people have a lot of emotions flowing, and it's time for knoxville to move on. marcus: -- hoping for the same because he knows his stay in office is dependent on the works -- the work he does for those who cast their vote. >> i expect to be gone if i do the wrong thing. elizabeth: a third incumbent council person decided not to run for reelection. we did speak with the outgoing council members on the phone and both politely declined the request for an interview. eric: he's the center of attention on comedy central. how one iowa and -- how one iowan headed up the but of a joke. elizabeth: why so many new >> this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci eight news this morning with eric hanson,

visited the memorial at the bataclan theater with president francois hollande.ow to the business of hammering out a deal to limit greenhouse gasses. nearly 150 world leaders in town for negotiations and possible deal. president obama hopes this will cement his legacy. he met with chinese president xi jinping. senior white house correspondent jim acosta is in paris with the president. jim, it is hard to concentrate on climate change knowing what that city has been through. >> reporter: that's right. we are expecting the world leaders to observe a moment of silence in the memory of the victims of the paris attacks. it was a somber start for president obama. as soon as the president landed in france, he was whisked to the bataclan theater to lay a white rose to remember those killed. protesters clashed with french police on sunday over new rules clamped down on large demonstrations. i was there when the president

cameron tweeting a picture in front of the bataclan memorial. he spoke a few moments ago. >> translator: we want to act in the name of france concerning the protections that is so concerning over syria. as far as our territory and populations are concerned, again, we exchanged information about how to further strengthen to make more effective information, but also on a european level, decisions need to be made and it is important that the interior ministers met on friday concerning the questions of the control of borders and fight against arms trafficking decisions to act as quickly as possible. >> french police released a photo of a man who blew himself up. they are asking for the public to give information about him. police have not identified the man. he was the third suicide bomber at the stadium. for more on the campaign on isis, i'm joined by the deputy chief. he was in syria a few weeks ago. what do you make of the conversations by cameron? >> it is good to see an old ally to come here and show support. of course, the president has said th

a ribbon cutting for the memorial will take place this evening... at five p-m. it's located at 100 northeast it is still going to be breezy today with highs close to 50. the strongest winds will be around 20 mph. this weekend is looking dry and warmer with highs in the 60s. more rain coming up next, david geiger joins us with this morning's agribusiness report. then... we're waiting to hear if a u-s airstrike was successful... we'll tell you who it targeted... and later... mizzou is looking to silence weeks of racial turmoil... with this man. coming up... how the about wrapped up.. only a few percentage points left in the state of iowa.. and i did a lot of harvest coverage in the last month.. so for this agribusiness report special.. i have a harvest 2015 in review.. "well, the season started off real good, everything looking good. and then in july we started getting a couple of real heavy rains and that took away some of the both quantity and quality of our yield a little bit. we got some ponding after the crops were pretty tall and did a little damage to the po

hall behind me you can see some of them gathered around the front door of memorial hall. this seems to be where they are stealinging a lot of operations to search four buildings here on the harvard campus after that bomb threat. they say the number of assets is actually similar to previous bomb threats but after paris they say the response was a bit more intense. the bomb threat brought heavy firepower to the harvard campus. not just harvard and cambridge police, but f.b.i., atf and homeland security. heavily armed men with military style uniforms, a scary site for students and teachers on this college campus . >>> first there was the airplane, then paris and now all of these threats here. it's just crazy. >> anchor: students got alerts on their cell phones that a bomb threat was forcing the evacuation of four harvard halls halls. but some students in those build buildings say they got the alert before anyone told them they needed to get out. >>> we got the e-mail alert like a few minutes before they evacuated us. we all stopped paying attention to the lecture each saw the

the memorial seeks to document each and everyone of them in its database. florence cavanagh found her late sister's world war ii profile. >> i didn't realize she got a good conduct medal because from the stories i heard -- it means -- so emotional there. the memorial is also a place where service women come to thank those who cleared the way for them. >>> she saw ney often had no family to greet them so she set out to change things. andrea mccarren will have this special veterans day story. operation welcome home tonight at 11:00. >>> the uso has ascension it. they are calling it turkeys for troops. we hear at wusa 9 are helping to raise money for this very important cause. get this folks. so far we raised $52,200. we want to thank all of you out there who contributed. that is awesome. i'm joined by elaine rogers miss uso herself. and michael edwards with turning point. i believe you have a gift or two 50 us, correct? we'll start with you. >> i am privileged to offer this check of $15,000 in appreciation of the services from our troops. >> thank you so much!

i mean they've obviously done the memorial on the mall. was there any movement out to arlington for any of that? >> well, there are people who serveserve from vietnam who are buried in section 60, but they are scattered to other parts of the cemetery, too. they are not as concentrated into one section asked the people from iraq and afghanistan are. why, i don't know. that's a good question. but i think most of the focus for vietnam veterans, unless they're coming to visit a particular grave at arlington, most of the focus is at the wa wall. and i say in the book, until, there is no memorial for iraq and afghanistan. until there is, section 60 is the memorial. so you see, people are still in the service, they come there to visit their friends. they come there to leave things. is the focal point for families who have lost family members in iraq or afghanistan. spin do you think they will not get a memorial because everybody is focused on that area and that is sort of what they are used in? >> no. i think, every war we've ever had has a memor

the holiday... and kills one of their pets.(memorial march)for a 13th year... native americans from across siouxland come together to remember the children they've lost to "the system." "and i would now like to ask dhs what happened to my grand-daughter, where is she?"(fighting on the cheap?)are we fighting isis on a shoestring budget?(joining the elite) and... a nebraska hospital is joining the nation's elite when it comes to organ transplants. 3 3 it was a shocking decision. and now we've learned there *won't* be an appeal.a judge's order to cut *in half* a woman's sentenced for the death of a northwest iowa toddler *will* stand. 3 3 and tonight that story is first on fox. 3 3 3 the sioux county attorney says he won't appeal a decision to cut in half the sentence of baby sitter rochelle sapp... because it appears there's no way to overturn it. that means sapp will now serve 50 death of 3- year- old autumn elgersma in 2013. thomas kunstle says sioux county judge edward jacobson made that decision without the knowledge of the county attorney's office or the vict

the suarez family will wait until the school district completes its investigation to decide if they want to sue. stephanie: a memorial that sparked national controversy will move after veterans day. the kneeling soldier memorial mysteriously showed up, without permission months ago in youngs park in knoxville. after an anonymous citizen complained about the memorial- it grabbed national attention about separating church and state. however, last night, knoxvilles city council voted to move the memorial to private property. local veterans said they're happy the memorial is here to stay. "in a way its almost better because right now, right now the rock blocks it and you kind of have to come over to see it, but over there itll be right in the wide open" stephanie: veterans said the controversy actually helped raise money for a new bronze memorial that will go in the silhouette's place. they will both be in their new places by veteran's day. jack: elections here in iowa. jack: closed at eight. with the exception of a few special elections, most of races were for city council or mayor. and one of the biggest races here in

where the memorials are growing. for the first time since friday, museums, theaters, and other >>> kenneth moton from washington, d.c. jim avila traveling with the president at the g-20 summit in turkey. >>> we begin with marci gonzalez in paris. marci, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. in some ways, it almost feels like a normal monday here in paris. we saw here yesterday. sounds that turned out to be fireworks sent people running for cover. now, as we learn more about the investigation, it's clear, this city is still on edge. this morning, an international manhunt for this accused terrorist. police say 26-year-old salah abdeslam led the team of people that opened fire friday night. 129 people were killed in the attacks at six locations across of the ten terrorists believed possibly escaping in this getaway car loaded with assault rivals. two of those suspects taken into this morning, abdeslam is still on the run. police tracing the killer's connections to isis. saying the trough group's commanders in sy

big part of it , controversial or not its going to stay here" even this broken pine is part of the memorial... ricks favorite may we never forget any veterans who served our country" remembering his own fallen friends... is enivetable. "you just do it" around town its drawing finger pointing attention and creating the good kind of buzz... "you know its just a wonderful thing, one more thing to be proud of its beautiful" a memorial saluting veterans past "i see visions of 30-40 people there, and i see visions of hundreds... tears" jenna: still to come tonight... a look at how one siouxland siouxland community is christmas season early. (fred) we have an awesome weekend ahead, with warm temperatures. but it still looks like rain next week. see you after the break for the forecast. tim/jenna/fred (tim) fred, how does the dear future, sailed through that diaper stage, learned to walk, and i'm reading like a third-grader. but now it's time to go out into the world. and from what i hear, it's not all toys and games out there. will you look out for me, future? weekend look? (fred) it looks great!

the knoxville city council voted to move the memorial to private property to avoid litigation. ernst says she hates the threat of frivolous lawsuits. 23:10-23:36 i think this needs to be left up to the people of knoxville. not something that is coming from an organization or group that has never set foot in this city. there is a lot to consider it's a difficult issue. i'm glad knoxville is honoring it's veterans. but again there is a lot of things to consider i wish other organization would stay out of it. ernst says she'd like to take a look at how other cities have handled similar situations. homeland security has approved two presidential candidates for secret service. both donald trump and ben carson will now have a security detail. d-h-s authorized it after consulting with a congressional advisory committee. when making determinations about secret service protection, the department considers criteria like national polling, money raised and threats. both men requested protection earlier this month. you can see trump and carson right here in the metro soon. channel 13 is host

we want to know what you think of the memorial. a chance to see you can post you thoughts on twitter. or send us an call . hear what you think! your screen. in your local headquarters. spotlight is on weekend for the next presidential debate. three presidential be at drake the debate starts at 8 p-m tomorrow night cbs. chief political amanda krenz is here with more on what we can expect. amanda? amanda/bam you can expect the three democrats in the race to go after the republicans. the chair of the democratic national committe, debbie wasserman schults was at local five today. her main goal of course is to get a democrat elected, she wouldn't comment on any of the candidates in particular or predict how they would do... but she did say they'll be going after the republican field, and donald trump speeches like the one he gave in iowa last night will give the democrats fuel for their fire. "you'll hear each of them draw a contrast between our policies and our views and the direction anyone of them would take this country and the food

brent: our correspondent has been covering the memorial service for us. good evening. uld you say is the biggest take away in terms of the defining aspects of his legacy? >> i think one has to in some sense make a distinction between helmut schmidt is an active politician, which he was for a fairly brief time if you look at his life. he was 96 when he dies, he was respected, but not liked in the same way he was when he died. he had decades to build his legacy. he was a very public figure. he published a lot of hoax. he was always involved in public debate. he was a publisher of one of the most respected weekly newspapers in germany. he was always on tell -- television. he managed to turn from someone involved in the politics of the day to some kind of elder statesman for the german conscience. also a grandfather figure. he was always smoking which was a little bit nonconformist when it was not really tolerated in public spaces. a figure to be respected, and sometimes to be feared. he had a notoriously sharp tongue. brent: he was chancellor, and germany's active politica

and why the word cross has been ordered off of the new memorial. stacey: nevada business owners want the dot to nix an interchange project. kcci's vanessa peng is live in nevada. vanessa, shop owners say the plans will kill business downtown? in downtown nevada say that their concern is the 6th street exit will be closed if the dot proposal goes through. all drivers have to do is make a left off of this section of highway 30 and they are in downtown nevada. >> if they close off the exit, it will cut off main street at the knees. vanessa: a proposed project calls for a diamond interchange at airport road, closing main access points to highway 30. that means people have to take an exit further west and drive through town to get to 6th street, the main street. >> don't do it. >> almeda warner is a clerk. she says they underwent a revival and does not want to see it go underway. >> we are coming back with new businesses, and that will just kill us. vanessa: jodie owns one of those >> if you close that down, the flow of traffic will not come through anym

the memories they shared of a young man dedicated to serving others. adam: some of the weapon stolen from an armory in massachusetts last weekend have been found. the person who discovered them in a trash bag. hayley: some of us may wake up to light snow early monday as cold air rolls in. where the snow flies and the thanksgiving forecast ahead. stephanie: a state of emergency is in place in mali days after a terrorist attack. here from one of the americans who survived the hostage situation. like we do. now wmur news 9 at 5:30. adam: for the first time this season, there' of light snow for the seacoast. i am adam sexton. stephanie: i am stephanie woods. for a timeline on when the snow could arrive, let' s check in with meteorologist hayley lapoint. hayley: we' ve seen a couple flurries at the seacoast a few weekends back, but nothing that has stuck to the ground. tonight, that may change. it will not be much. i' m telling you, maybe a coating, and it would happen after midnight. see those rain showers off the coast. a lot of those on the western back e

the city is dotted with tributes to her memory. there on joan of arc day, it is a kind of mardi gras and fourth of july rolled into one. off-duty americans are in the crowd watching the festive parade, including a modern joan of arc. >> there is a french band as brassy as one of our own. playing for the marching men of france. ♪ >> and now, into the square comes an american units, one very much on duty, here in a tribute to a great ally and a great day. ♪ >> all our silence as the -- rings forth. and then. into the heart of town. and into the hearts of frenchmen who lie the streets, march the paying their respects to the memory of joan of arc. the freight is over. the festivities continue on throughout the city. off-duty soldier may very well run into a street carnival. he feels right at home. the same music. the same kind of kids having a great time. the same atmosphere of fun and frolic. they even have many of the same kind of rides as the carnivals back home. why not go all out? souvenirs toays send him to mother and dad. furlou

reason to defend this republic which is our common good, our common asset, we would find it in the memoryf these women, of these men. they came from over 50 different france, fromies of the suburbs, from villages. they also came from beyond france. 17 countries are in mourning .ith us as well today these women, these men, on friday, november the 13th were , a city which sheds light on ideas. shines during the night. the cafes, places where we are open to meetings and ideas. a were sharing meals with different tastes from all over the world. on that evening, automat not arrived yet -- autumn had not arrived yet. were singing at the bataclan concert hall. an american group was performing in the theater, which for two's injuries has embodied the spirit of paris. has embodiedies the spirit of paris. these men and women were of different ages, most were under 35. -- they were children when the berlin wall fell. they hadn't had time to believe in the end of history. this,ad been caught up by when on september 11, 2001, they world isd that the facing new perils. the attacks at the beginning of t

you can see the growing memorial behind her. what have you seen throughout the city the last couple of days? >> reporter: yeah, at all hours of the day and night, we've seen people coming out to makeshift memorials like this, lighting candles, leaving flowers, having silent moments of reflection. at the scenes, the six scenes in paris, we have seen parents come up to get their first heartbreaking look at where their children lost their lives. just walking down the street, we have passed people who didn't know the victims, just weeping openly. just so much emotion, sadness, and shock still here in paris. >> no doubt. several days of official mourning continue there in paris. marci gonzalez, joining us live, thank you. >>> an american college student from california is the first american casualty of the attack in france. >> nohemi gonzalez was a student at cal state long beach, studying abroad this semester. she was killed in one of the restaurant attacks. at cal state on sunday, hundreds of people attended a vigil in her honor. he

and that is part of the story the memorial and her pictures are intended to tell. the remainder of the story is not yet written. craig bosswell, cbs news, arlington, virginia. >>> is come turning to campaign 2016 now, and republicans back out on the trail following last night's debate. donald trump venturing to new taking an unusual step out of the spotlight. nicole jacobs is in manchester -- noon. >> reporter: he was introduced as the only candidate to introduce snl twice, the only one to have has own board game and star on the walk of fame. can he be president? that is what remains. >> reporter: on this veteran's day in manchester, new hampshire, over eggs and before 600 spectators, republican presidential candidate donald trump takes the stage. >> well, the veterans are special, a special day for the veteran's, by the way -- way, right? >> reporter: it comes after the fourth republican debate in an hour and a half of sleep, trump said, that is what brought on the rare moment of turning over the mic to his son. >> say a few words. >> well, it's great to be here. t

a ribbon cutting for the memorial will take place this evening... at five p-m. it's located at 100 northeast second street. "foodies" will flock to des moines this weekend for the "beer, wine, and food expo" at hy-vee hall. that's where we find channel 13's josh nguyen this morning... and josh... this event features the best... from all across the midwest. iowa's premier beer, wine & food expo takes place today and tomorrow evenings. it's at hy-vee hall and it's $30 dollars with alcohol sampling. you can try food samples from vendors and local restaurants and watch demos by culinary experts. you can even experience a gourmet meal prepared by a top des moines chef or wine and there is hardware on the line in cedar falls...the shiny, gold "state champion" etched all over them.. state football kicked off in class 3-a yesterday with norwalk and sergeant bluff luton. i'll cut to the chase...norwalk was awesom...brady brandsfield puts the warriors on top with the touchdown run...plenty more where that came from, too...norwalk runs up the score to 35-7 and then call it

the memorial was moved from the freedom rock site in knoxville's youngs park. the fight over the silhouette began when americans united for a separation of church and state received a complaint about the memorial and requested it be removed. earlier this month, knoxvilles city council voted to move the memorial to private property. it will be placed across the street on private property once a concrete pad can be poured for it. jack/2shot meanwhile a veteran in grimes created a very similar memorial with his own money and land. and he's hosting a special ceremony tonight in its honor. local 5's claire powell has more in tonight's big story.

he will deliver an address inside the memorial amphitheater. we'll also hear from the v.a. secretary, robert mcdonald. you're looking at outside the amphitheater right now. the president, in minute now, will walk up, he will lay that wreath, then we will take you inside to hear his remarks. >> as we await -- it's such a beautiful day. i was just struck by the falling leaves that you see right there. as we await to see the president and we'll break in the moment that we do, we want to bring in our pentagon correspondent barbara starr as well as cnn military analyst major general spider marks to join us in this conversation. general, it's always great to have you on. it's great to have you on every day but especially on a day like this. >> this is a rather special day. >> just on this day when the president's preparing to speak on a day that everyone takes a moment to stop to remember to honor, what does it mean for you? >> it means everything. i mean, this is what i dedicated my life to but more importantly, it's what all these incredible young men and women of all generatio

this as the memorial out here continues to grow. back to you. >> sheldon dutes live on the upper east side, thank you. >>> this morning at the g20 summit beginning in turkey, president obama pledges to help hunt down the paris attackers calling the deaths an attack on the civilized world. the president left yesterday for two days of talks. this is being held just a few hundred miles from the syrian border. on the agenda is syria and the islamic border. his stop includes a trip in the philippines for the asean-pacific summits. >>> the u.n. security council agreed to speed up efforts to end the conflict in syria by january. secretary of state john kerry taking part in the talks and offering full support from the u.s. to france. >> the united states stands with france and the rest of the world, that our resolve to eliminate, discourage violent extremist groups from the face of the earth. >> and the next six weeks the diplomats will meet in paris to go over progress made toward that cease-fire. >> it's a story affecting and dominating so

. >> some of the memories from 2014 hold a special place in people' s hearts. heather: yes, people were glad that it was better this year, but they said that the alternative way of making it happen last year really brought them together and made them realize what really matters. >> i am attending to be a julia child' s type -- child type. heather: turkey cooking, pies ready to be eaten, and family gathering in the house. it is the traditional thanksgiving celebration. while enjoyable, jason says this year is somewhat vanilla compared to last year. this was the bird last year, are cute and brought over to jason' s mom' s house. with only generator power, the oven was not an option, same for dan. >> we stayed at my house, me and my two kids. heather: did you eat turkey? >> no, we didn' t have turkey. we had whatever was in the fridge because we were supposed to go to my sister' s. heather: we caught him right before he left for her house this year, ready to eat and more rested than last year. >> we were here until about 2:00 in the morning plowing out the schools.

at the woodbury county courthouse for a third prayer. before ending with a traditional memorial dinner at the four directions community center in sioux city this afternoon. 3 3 a le mars church is gearing up for its 11th annual thanksgiving day feast. 3 the rejoice community church collected donations from many local businesses this year. volunteers began setting up and prepping food monday. the church welcomes anyone to attend the fellowship for good 3 "we're cooking for around six to seven hundred and we expect that many people. about 300 of those meals will be carried out to homes to people that can't come in, but we do have a church bus that's wheelchair accessible so we're willing to pick people up and bring them in as well." 3 the doors will open at 11 am tomorrow and they'll be serving until 1 pm. 3 3 still to come tonight on siouxland news at ten... 3 we've got a look at how president obama and the first family kicked off thankgiving celebrations in the nation's capitol tonight. 3 "siouxland news at ten on kmeg 14 with larry wentz, diana castillo, siouxland's chief meteo

who voted to move the memorial were not reelected tuesday night ,. elected to the council, cal stephens, james lane, and rick kingery. >> i think they needed to listen to the constitutents along with the rallies. the people put out 2,000 wooden crosses across town. that is a huge number people -- a huge number. i think people want to be heard. marcus: kingery is a strong supporter of keeping the veterans memorial at young's park. not everyone is using the veterans memorial as a yard stick to measure a candidate's worth. john greatbatch lives just outside knoxville but is unabashed about his support for another newly elected council member, james lane. his reasoning, the council needs new voices. >> i believe that it was time to turn over some new blood and put it into power. marcus: council member dawn allspach-kline was not up for reelection. she feels the heat of memorial controversy and is hoping the entire council can regain the voters' trust. >> this has been a real trying time and people have a lot of emotion flowing. it is just time now for kno

for the 13th year, the "memorial march to honor lost children" will help honor native american children that some tribal members say have been "lost" to adoption, and foster care. the march starts at 7:30 eagle monument. from there, marchers will walk to the siouxland center for active generations for the first of three prayers at 9:00 a.m. the other two prayers will take place at the sioux city public museum at 10:00 a.m., and at the woodbury county courthouse at noon. atatne o'clock, marchers will meet at the four dirirtions center, on water street, for a traditional memorial dinner, which is free. many people are going to be traveling the next few days to celebrate thanksgiving. and they all want to know what the weather has in store. for that we'll toss it over to chief meteorologis t ron demers. winter storm watch for harrison and shelby counties thursday 6 am to midnight it was another day of melting with highs in the 40s and 50s in central and southern siouxland with the cooler 30s to the northeast where the snowpack continues to be deeper. a combination of today's melting and mo

the next few weeks. elias: in knoxville...a memorial that sparked controversy will be moved. the kneeling soldier memorial mysteriously showed up, without permission months ago in youngs park. after an anonymous citizen complained about the memorial- it grabbed national attention about separating church and state. however, knoxvilles city council voted to move the memorial to private property. local veterans said they're happy the memorial is here to stay. "in a way its almost better because right now, right now the rock blocks it and you better because right now, right now the rock blocks it and you kind of have to come over to see it, but over there itll be right in the wide open" elias: veterans said the controversy actually helped raise money for a new bronze memorial that will go in the silhouette's place. they will both be in their new places by veteran's day. elias: in other patriotic news-- a congressional investigation shows the pentagon paid dozens of professional sports teams to support the troops. now, some members of congress are looking to ban the practice of wha

the community of homer, nebraska came together sunday to honor the memory of a local firefighter who died in the line of duty 25 years ago. ktiv's tommie clark shows us how gene copple is being remembered. << the streets of homer, nebraska were lined with vehicles sunday as the community came together to honor one of their fallen. bagpipes playing. the homer fire department lost gene copple due to injuries suffered in a rescue call decades ago, but his memory was certainly present sunday. "his wife and children say the 25th anniversary memorial service in honor of gene is not only important for their family, but also for the homer fire department family too." "it's the least we can do because he was part of the family and still is," said homer fire department safety officer and former assistant rescue chief, robert meins. the ceremony began with a message from the current fire chief, followed by an honor guard presentation. there was then a prayer, music, heartfelt speeches and a moment of silence. ...then they played the last call page. "copple, thank you for your service...and may y

the memorial will be moved after veterans day. the des moines city council is welcoming a new member to the group. linda westergaard won the ward two seat in yesterday's election. she received about 54-percent of the vote to beat opponent marty mauk. westergaard will replace bob mahaffey...who did not run for re- election. she was born and raised in ward two...and works at a realtor there. she'll get to work after being sworn in...in january. 14:45:16-14:45:35 neighborhood are very important. top priorty. keep our neighbors in the neighborhood, come to ward two and see what a great place it is to work and live and play westergaard says she'll also work to get another fire station in the ward. meanwhile...mayor frank cownie...and council members chris coleman...and joe gatto were all re-elected last night. the weather is about to take a turn toward the chilly side... let's check in with chief meteorologist ed wilson for a an ankeny-based company that started in a basement is being bought by american eagle outfitters. the deal to acq

"medal of honor" recipient, the work to build a new veterans memorial in new hampshire. josh: on news 9 at 5:30, this will be dedicated to lives lost in the war on terror. >> the man who survived this terrifying fall explains how he was able to walk away from it all. and now to our u local hotshot, we want to say a happy veterans day to father and daughter sailors, thank you to your entire family for your service. please submit your pictures and local jean: now at 5:30, finally beneficial rain today, but some of us still remain in a drought. >> i couldn't ask for any better. josh: volunteers who showed up for this veterans day project have an extra connection to the work underway. jean: new hampshire has responded to a lawsuit over urgent to medical marijuana. josh: and these skiers are taking advantage of black to you better, these roads for their training. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do, now wmur news 9 at 5:30. josh: kind of a drizzly day all around new hampshire, but most of today's rain was concentrated in the southern half of the state. welcome back, folk

there are delays at the memorial bridge already. the key bridge has been deteriorating for the last 30 years since the last major rehab. this spring crews will fix concrete piers and replace steel beams which will result in lane closures during the week. it's coming. you need to pack your patience. >> when you see all the cars on that bridge every single day, makes you nervous. >> 4:51 is our time right now. chuck is here with us. >> drying out? >> yes, drying out a bit. >> get you some lotion. even outside? >> drying out. >> the two of you and your -- >> it's 4:30 in the morning. >> no, i appreciate it. i appreciate it. i appreciate you. >> so it's a little early in the season normally for big snowstorms but today is the anniversary of our biggest november snowstorm on record. where were you 11/11/87? 1987, eun yang, she was in grade school at that time. 11.5 inches of snow. the great veterans day surprise, snowstorm of 1987. that's still the all-time record in november. from this day going forward we know we can at least get a lot

remus: i live with these images every day -- the burned people, my dead friends. these memories are very present. i'll carry them with me for the rest of my life. i'm still here, but they are no longer here. >> it was one of the worst fire disasters in bucharest's history and it could've been avoided. the authorities were aware of the nightclub's code violations, in the club, but they did not close it down not even after , several inspections. anti-corruption expert sorin ionita describes it as a typical case of the criminal alliance between romanian politicians and shady racketeers. sorin ionita: this isn't about petty officials who took payoffs to turn a blind eye. this is obviously a whole network that even the son of the mayor was mixed up with. this is not small-scale corruption. this is about kick-back deals on a truly massive scale. >> at least 45 young romanians paid for those kick-backs with their lives. the pavement in front of the burned-out nightclub a sea of , candles. remus achim, too, is here to pay tribute to his friends before heading off to the next demonstrati

just before the memorial, the parents in the u.k. issued a statement.ce by those affected by the indiscriminate act. our lives are linked forever. very much playing in to what the president has been saying. >> translator: friday the 13th of november is the day we will never forget. france was struck cowardly in an act of organized war, organized from far away. and acted

we're joined outside the war memorial. carolyn? >> reporter: the american legion san francisco post are the ones who are suing, and they gave me this list of what they say are 12 veterans groups that have been denied space here at the war memorial veterans building. veterans from many of the nation's wars gathered, supporting the lawsuit against the city. >> they have treated us like the ugly step children. >> reporter: veterans have been saluted with a beautiful grand memorial, and reflecting pools and the legal battle is over the building next door. the war memorial veterans building was renovated and just reopened and while it was dedicated to veterans in 1932, the lawsuit alleges they're now being pushed out, in favor of high society tenants, like the opera and other arts organizations. >> every time a veteran entity attempts to put a veteran service organization into the space, they are met with gating requirements and roadblocks that other organizations are simply not. >> reporter: the lawyers use the nonprofit that provides h

hundreds were arrested at the memorial for the attacks of the victims.m countries, including france and the u.s. will present their visions for cutting carbon emissions and security is on everyone's mind. we have jim acosta with the coverage at the paris climate change conference. jim, it is good to have you. the u.s. and china seen as we get ready to hear from the president in a few minutes. what do you know? >> those two leaders, president obama and president xi of china, trying to set the tone of this climate summit, showing the two biggest economies in the world, the two biggest carbon emitters can commit to carbon controls, so can everyone else. every world leader gathered here, observed a moment of silence this morning in honor of the victims of the paris attacks as soon as president obama landed in france overnight, he was whisked over to the

the entire audience at the veterans memorial buildingng downtown gave him a standing ovation for his service and sacrifice. larry van lanckerwas also recognized for the work he does helping stock food pantries for vets. he received the "veteran of the year award."his grandson -- jackson -- asked his mom if he could skip school to be part of the once-in-a-lifetime moment. it just makes me feel really great to know that the community isishelping out our veterans, and that veterans are being recognized for their services. and for what they do for other veterans in our community." community."larry holds a fundraiser each year to help stock the veteran's food pantry. you can learn more about that, on our website cbs2 iowa dot com. about 40 army reserve soldiers prepared for their deployment to afghanistan n veverns day. in a few days to support operation enduring freedom.the 649th regional support group is going to be making sure every soldier has a bed -- a warm meal and safe environment when they come back from missions.one soldier says veterans day isn't just about recognizing service m