Inside the caucus classroom. And from a Yellow Submarine to the smurfs this nationally known artist ia big draw in siouxland. Tim good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna and im Jenna Rehnstrom if you thought the blizzard out east didnt affect siouxlanders. Thats just not the case. Tim more than 1515 studentstsrom iowa and n nraska were strtrded overnight t the roros in pennsylvanan on their way to the march for life rally in washington, d. C. Jenna but, what they did to pass the time is now going viral. Deborah souverain has the story. Deborah being stuck in a blizzard is bad enough. But imagine having to be stuck on a bus for 22 hours. With very little food or water. That was the case for many catholic parisioners over the weekend. Howeve r they decided to make the best of the situation. And they decision has i really didnt think it would get this big, said father patrick behm hundreds of the faithful stranded on the side of a pennsylvania highway with no where to go. So what would they do . Well, hold an impromptu mass, of course. They needed to get out and what better way to get them out and moving around a little bit than to have mass, said father behm. Fathereratrick behm of f mars, led the e tdoor service for the group which h s stranded foror total of 22 hours. A makeshift alter. Crafted from snow. And hundreds of the devout. Turning this frozen roadway. Into a highway to heaven of sorts. The line from the gospel that really struck me that day was they thought he was crazy, meaning the people thought jesus weas crazy and i talked about all these people that think we are crazy for being out here and i said really were doing the most important thing that we can, said father behm. The idea coming from a group from minnesota wicked Winter Weather. Instead of lettingold man winter get the best of them, many embraced the situation. When it was actually happening it was pretty cool, someone had a guitar and we started playing songs. It was really unique, and not something anyone would think you would do. For middle schooler briana martinez. Its a relief to finally be home. I took a shower, i ate and then i fell sleep, said martinez and shes not alone i had a very good nights sleep last night, it fetl good to be in my own bed, Brianna Martinez it then suddenly were like, said take a shower ive never in my life been so happy to see a mcdonalds which was true said patrick behm father behm says thererwere people froro around 9 different states and about 7 to 8priests attending g the outdoooomass. And if youre wondering what they did to pass the time on the bus. He says they watched watched movies, played games and even helped shovel out ucks. Live in the studio, Deborah Souverain for abc9 news. Jenna on cam cutting property taxes is a big topic at this years nebraska unicameral. If it happens there effect hurting some rural school districts. Nebraska Govenor Pete Ricketts is looking to cap property taxes in order to help farmers. But, part of those taxes go to public schools. And nebraska already rankes 49th in the country in state spending for k12 education. Today, South Sioux City community and School Leaders met to discuss the challenges they could face if that became a reality. South sioux city actually gets a lot of state aid, the problem is were not putting enough money in state aid to really cover the needs of the district. So, in South Sioux City school district, for example, theyve seen flat numbers over the last five years and are actually expected toto see a decrease i i funding next year says renee f f, executive director, opensky policy institute. South sioux city schools superintendent Vernon Fischer says their three elementary school, and all at capacity. If they dont maintain their expand, if necessary. Jenna college exam. Studying up for caucus night. Tim but unlike most college campuses, tonight caucus 101 session brought ople of all ages together. Votersrsgetting an education on the basics of caucusus night politics. Spiderman is a man of the people, he really is. Tim spiderman and superman took the place of donald trump and monday nights Morningside College campus. Session hosted by the sioux city votes, featured mockups of what will happen one week from Woodbury County caucus sites. The caucus 101 concept targets newcomers to the process, mostly young people. But mondays event offers more proof that the 2016 campaign is drawing in people of all ages. Never even gave caucus a thought, weve always voted and in the primaries amd all the elections, but the caucus concept ner even thought about it until we saw so many good candidates and wanted to be part of that provess, said Dick Palmatier a first time caucus goer. We want to encourage people to participate in their democracy. The caucuses are a wonderful way to get to know your neighbors through theresa weaver basye of the local league of women voters. If you have questions about the caucus process, chehe out online caucus 10101 materials at teachers. Caucus1 01. C the material is prided by the secretary of States Office for use in iowa classrooms. Jenna tonight was the last chance for democrats to reach their iowa audiences before caucuses. The democratic town hall was held tonight in des moines. Each candidate got their opportunity to speak on the hot topic issues this campaign cycle. F we are serious about ending the disgrace about having so many children live in poverty, the real way to do it is to have millions of americans finally stand up and say enough is enough. When prompted to speak on Hillary Clintons campaign, sanders reiterated his lack of interest in running a quote attack campaign. Democratic rival sanders in the forum. Climate chanan is the greatest Business Opportunity to come to the United States in a 100 yearsrs omalley also toto the opportunity to speak on the current state of the healthecare system whi he says needs to be fixed. Hillary clinton got the chance to speak to iowans as well, taking the stage last. She says shes looking to the future to build upon what president obama has accomplished while in office. Tim and speaing of the former secretary of state shell bein sioux city next week the day before caucusus, thatll be on sunday january 31st. Clinton is hding an event at the Sioux City Convention center. Thats scheduled for 5 15. But shes not the only candidate in town that weekend. Tim texas senator ted cruz will be campaigning with congressman steve king on saturday, that event set for Western Iowa Tech Community College starting at 8 in the evening. Ted cruz has been the center of controversy in the Hawkeye State after Governor Terry branstads recent remarks saying cruz was not the right choice for iowans and renewable fuel. Jenna a and after comingng under fire from congressman steve king, who endorses cruz today the governor stood by his remarks. I just gave an honest answer to a point blank question. You know me, thatsthe type of person i am. The governor says his numbebe one focus when it comes to caucus night is not about the candidates, its about iowa voters. Wants to see a record turnout this year. Tim republican candidate Rick Santorum was in davenport today, to tell iowa cacus goers to not count him out of the gop hopeful held a town hall meeting in the citys library. Where he spoke on there his Social Security policies and economic issues. He says despite his low numbers in the polls, its not over until iowa votes next week. The former pennsylvania senator tost the the gop nomination back in 2012 to mitt romney tim donald trump is planning to visit johnson county, which is widely recognized as the most liberal in iowa. But this time, some different circumstances surround his arrival. Jenna trump has said things during Campaign Speeches that some have deemed offensive. And that has police on high alert. Mark carlson reports wwre only concerned about safetytyssues related to whats going in the event, people have a First Amendment right to say what they want. Ui interim director of Public Safety dave visin says police will respect peoples First Amendment rights. And they wont remove protesters from inside the venue unless there is a threat to Public Safety, which could lead to an interesting night. Officers . Well for an outburst with no safety issues, thats up to the campaign and the candidate to handle. Visin declined to say how many officers have been called in to staff the event. But he says it will be a quote good amount and they will be workininwith the secret service. They will also h he both of their bomb detecting k9s at the venue. In iowa city, mark carlson, tim hes the man behind some of your favorite cartoons. And this week. Ron campell is in sioux city, sharing his art. Campbell has worked on the beatles animated series as well as the smurfs, scooby doo, the flintsones, and hes most like he had this to say. That im momo like . golly. Y. Cool mccool. Ws that . laughs thats an odd questioio im not like a a of them really. Theyre all crazy characters retired screen cartoonist. Tim campell will be in sioux city for the during the exhibit, hell be autographs and until the conclusion of the exhibit wednesday. Its free and open to the public. Jenna people in muscatine are already getting excited for this summer after the announcement theyll be the final stop on ragbrai. City offials say this was a pleasant surprise, after they were passed up on the trip last year. Last years destination was davenport this will be the 44th riding of ragbrai. It starts in glenwood this july. Still to come. The record breaking snowfall. On the east coast made for some impressive well take a look after the break. fred snow is finished, and we have warmer temperatures in the 7day forecast. Well see 40s by friday the forecast is coming up after the brere. Stay with usus provided some great opportunities to get some once in a a tim impressive time snow boarding never before cruising through the streets of new york city jeremy roth has more. Its not like you can of manhattan. So over the weekend Casey Neistat did. Police eventually stopped him, but the officer was cool about it. nats yes officer . Someone complained about you, so were just going to act like were talking to you alright . You guys are awesome to further proof his craziness. Casey reportedly used a 30foot video cable to tow himself. nats dog barking heres an equally adorable way to get around in the snow. These kids enlisted the help of their dog, brumas. David margison shot this video of his kids being pulledround by brumas. The dog walast seen praying for summer. And this youtuber showed just how much snow the washington dc area got this weekend. 15year old chase higgins put his phone in his living room window friday afternoon, then left it there until saturday night. You can see how fast the snow piled up in just a day and a half tim fred, im glad to hear that wararr weather is coming. fred 2 line super fred hexom fhexom kcautv. C om fred the hd radar shows light snow pushing east. Road conditions sho that we have widespread light snow cover on roads. A Winter Weather advisory will be in effect in the east until 12 am for the threat of some slick roads. The Port Neal Welding Company skycam hd shows the scene in sioux city. 31 was the high today and 26 the low. In sioux city, we have 30 degrees and clouou skies. Winds are strongnorthwest at 22 Miles Per Hourur temperatures are in e 20s to near 30. Wind chills are in the teens. Winds are northwest at 15 to 25 Miles Per Hour. Gusts are 32 Miles Per Hour in sioux city. We have a combination of blowing snow and patchy fog. Visibility is less than 5 miles in satellite and radar shows snow moving east. The stormcast hd shows the low moving east and taking the snow with it tonight. Well then see quiet weather with cloudy skies tomorrow and a bit more sunshine wednesday. T t snow forecast shows another half inch or so of accuculation across the east. The rest of us will not see any more measurable snow. Tonights low will be 19 with snow ending. Foggy and breezy conditions will persist. Tomorrow, look for a typical january da the high will be 30 with mostly cloudy skies. The 7day shows a warmup to the 40s friday, saturday, and sunday. No significant chances of snow will be seen after tonight. jenna you bet. Coming up in sports. The abc9 top plays makes history tonight. Stay tuned to find out what makes this countdown so special. Tim plus iowa state was looking for its second straight win on big monday. Find out if the cyclones could use hilton magic to take down rival for the second straight week, iowa state was featured on espns b monday. A week ago, the cyclonesesot some hilton magigi to beat then numbererne oklahoma. T. Tigh t, it was fourth ranked kansas making the trip to ames. Isu, in search of its fourth win in five tries against the jayhawks. Early on, georges niang. Showing he can play physical too. Bulls his way in, gets the roll, cyclones get on the board. On the other end, wayne seldin. Former prep teammate of niang. He shows he can finish in the paint too as the jayhawks lead by 3. Ku stretches it to six, but deonte burton, trying to chip away. He gets the hoop over out to big twelve player of the week monte morris for the triple. Morris was an absolute monster tonight. He dishes it off to burton. One of his 9 assists on the game here. Then in the second half. Deja vu. Morris to burton. That gives isu their first lead of the game with 8 minutes to play. And then they pull away. The cyclones become the first big twelve team to beat bill self four out of five times. 8572 the final. Chchs this week is a first r the abc9 top ays. For the first time ever, each and every play features a high flying, rim rattling, backboard shaking slam. As always these are made by local athletes for local viewers. We start things off with a regular here on top plays. David wingett from winnebago. He gets the lob and slams it home with authority for two of his. Get this, fifty points on saturday night. Thats right. 50 points in 32 minutes of from wingege and this game ahead on the countdown. Play number fourtakes us up to the fisher and the stars taking on west. And this will make coach happy. Tavian williams. Hes out there eating. The slam on the break gets the fans fired up and can you blame them, take another look, its not just a dunk, but williams on the way up as well. Number four. Absolutely unreal. Number three ususo the college e ranks. The battlefor the rushmorestate, usd hosting Sdsu Trey Norris with the alley and tyler flack with the oop to get the coyote crazies going. On its own this play is awesome, but take another look, flack adjusts in mid air and shows that sometimes one is better than two. When it comes to hands. Play number two comes from another familiar face. Walthills kobe smith. Plays a lot like the other kobe. Except from first he turns the missed shot into abig g me alley oop and then the crossover opens up the lane and out elevate. Its like hes wearing pf flyers a kid run faster what a season its shaping up to be for the blu jays. But our top play, once again goes to david wingett. And this is something you dont see too often on the high school hardwoodespeci ally during a game. First the steal and then, the 360 dunk. Out of words to describe this kid, but i certainly hope coaches miles, mccaffery eye on him david wiett. Locking the abc9 top plays foggy and breezy conditions will persist. Tomorrow, look for a typical january day. The high will be 30 with mostly cloudy skies. The 7day shows a warmup to the 40s friday, saturday, and sunday. No significant chances of snow will be seen after tonight