Transcripts For KCAU ABC9 News At 5pm 20151214

One of those please come in and pick it up, marcu schultze officer in charge, sioux city post office. If your Holiday Gifts arent in the mail yet. You still have time. You have until tomorrow for standard post service. After that youll be paying extra for a delivery before christmas. Deborah you have until december 19th. For first class mail service. The 21st. For Priority Mail. And hard core procrastinators can hold out until the 23rd. For Priority Mail express. But keep in mind. Those services will cost you extra. Reporting live in studio Deborah Souverain abc 9 news. Jenna with christmas on the horizon, drones are one hot ticket item being gifted by hundreds of thousands across the country. Today, the faa announced new regulations when it comes to the remote controlled aircrafts. Starting december 21st, the federal Aviation Administration will require drone owners to register a name, physical adress and an email address with the agency. At least 9 ounces. Registration will cost five dollars for an unlimited number of drones and will cover the pilot for three years. Jenna a man facing vehicular homicide charges has had his Court Date Pushed back. Jenna sentencing was set for hearing this morning, however the judge presiding over the case has decided to postpone the sentencing date. For january 19th. Feuto is facing vehicular homicide charges relating to an incident back in august that claimed the lives of 16 year old girls, Bailey Jacobsen and lindsey quirk. Jenna an emmet county homicide trial that was supposed to be held in febuary is being pushed back. 18yearold Lee Christensen of estherville is accused of killing 19yearold College Student Thomas Bortvit earlier this year in june. His trial was set for january 19th but after a motion by the defense, that date has been pushed to june 21st. Christensen is being charged with 1st degree if found guilty, he faces up to life in prison. Stay tuned to abc9 news for the latest developments in this story. Jenna police in storm lake iowa are asking for the publics help in finding two children who were suppose to be turned over to the states care. According to officials, 3 year old ymani ya monee banks and one year old yamir yameer banks were suppose to be removed from their parents home for evaluation of their well being. Their father, 32 year old scott banks was held in contempt of court this morning for not turning them over to dhs custody. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of those children is urged to contact storm lake police. Jenna after a briefing from the pentagon. President obama addressed the nation, informing citizens about us led strikes against isis strongholds in the wake of the San Bernadino shootings abcs Elizabeth Hur reports. For anyone wondering what if anything is being done to defeat isis. President obama had this answer. sot obama we are taking out killers one by one. skip to and the next message to them is simple, you are next. That message. After his rare visit to the pentagon with top security officials. Talking strategy in tackling terrorism. sot obama we are hitting them harder than ever. The reassurance comes as new questions are raised about missed cues and warnings in the San Bernardino attacks. Abc news has learned that Tashfeen Malik had exnsive social media postings. Supporting jihad but she still got a fiance visa to come to the us. Turns out. A secret us policy prevented immigration officials from searching social media as part of the screening process. sot john cohen the primary concern was that it would be viewed negatively if it was disclosed publicly and there were concerns that it would be embarrassing. Just last year. Immigration officials did ask for new policies. Allowing them to look at applicants social media public posts. But were opposed by the Homeland Security of civil rights and civil liberites. sot sen. Charles schumer, d ny had they checked out Tashfeen Malik a little more, maybe she wouldnt have gotten a visa. Maybe those people in San Bernardino would be alive. Liz hur tag the Homeland Security Department Says the current policy is being reversed. But insiders tell abc news. Even the new pilot programs are not a widespread policy. Eh, abc news, ny. Jenna a couple of new polls out today on the republican side of the president ial race show some dramatically different figures. Jenna both of the polls taken over the weekend have trump in the lead, but in the latest quinnipiac poll, trump is sharing the lime light with texas senator ted cruz in iowa. Republican president ial candidates donald trump and ted cruz are neck and neck in iowa. In a poll of republican iowa caucusgoers by quinnipiac university. Trump has 28percent support. Second with 27 percent. Senator marco rubio is in third with 14percent. The latest Monmouth University poll of republicans and republican leaning voters shows trump with a 41percent lead. Nationally ted cruz is in second with just 14percent. Marco rubio in third at ten percent and ben carson with nine percent. The other 10 republican candidates tested poll in the low single digits. Jenna on the democratic side of the race for president , candidates are gearing up for this saturdays debate. But have you ever wondered how moderators know what to ask candidates while on the big stage . They talk about what makes a good debate question. you know i think what makes a good question is. Then you did your job jenna a local nonprofit is showing some appreciation to our troops this Holiday Season support siouxland soldiers is holding their 8th annual holiday for our heroes event tomorrow from 5 30 to 7 30 at the red cross located on on war eagle drive. The event is free to attend for veterans and will feature a holiday dinner, plus santa and his elves will hand out toys to military children. Still to come. Iowas governor hits a milestone no other governor in the us has. Well take you live to des moines when we come back. Fred fred light rain and light snow will be seen in our weather, along with cooler temperatures. See you after the break Governor Terry branstad is celebrating a special milestone. Today marks a recordbreaking day as he serves his 7,642nd day in office. Abc9s cheif Political Correspondent amanda krenz is in des moines, amanda jenna, here at the iowa is nothing short of a monumental event honoring Governor Terry branstad. We can take a look at what an impressive accomplishment is is to become the nations longest serving governor in history. He first took office in 1982 at the age of 36. Hes never lost an election. His record is 190 when it comes to elections for any office hes ever tried for. To achieve this mileston he passed George Clinton of new york, clinton served seven threeyear terms starting in 1777. Today marks governor branstads 7,642nd day in office. We took a trip to forest city iowa where it all started. Tucked away in North Central iowa, theres a room inside of the forest city mansion museum. The Governor Terry e. Branstad room. Carol whiteis 24 42 thesee are all of his personal things from his first three terms. Carol whiteis is a tour guide at the mansion, she leads people, young and old, through the room that dispalys longest serving governor. 26 36 he was born here, went to school here. Carol, who calls the govenor by his first name, says terrys interest in politics started back in a junior high civics class. He was inspired by one of his teachers. Her personal favorite items that are on display include the duffy cartoons, she says the kids that come through enjoy governor branstads elephant collection. 23 03 i try to stress upon them, he went to school here. He graduated here and look what he became, he became the governor, if you work hard you can become something really big too. Governor branstad enjoys having some of his history showcased here, everything from photos from his first trip to china. To some of the gear he wore when he was in the military. As branstads tenure as Iowa Governor now makes record setting history, the historians in charge of this room hope more and more people come by to visit it, so they can see for themselves some of the peices and experience the same sense of dignity they feel for their hometown boy, turned governor. 26 30 a lot of pride, very much pride. Amanda evening is a whos who of iowa politics. To give you an idea of who will be speakint tonight. Former leanard boswell, senators Chuck Grassley and joni ernst, Governor Scott walker from wisconsin is just to name a few. Governors book. Out and raising special cause. Well have that story tonight. Amanda krenz abc9 news jenna thanks, amanda fred jenna forecast looking . fred we have more chances for rain and snow. Fred fred the hd radar shows that our current patchy dirzzle is light enough to not regiester on radar, but rainvision shows that up to 3 of rain has fallen over the past 24 hours in southeastern parts of siouxland. Lets take a moment to consider that 0. 86 of rain has fallen since midnight today. Thats actually a record amount of rain for this date. The old record was 0. 67 from way back in 1891 the Port Neal Welding Company skycam hd in sioux city shows the scene from the ho chunk centre. 39 has been our high today and 37 the low. 37 is our current temperature. Local temperatures are in the 30s. Winds are from the northwest at 15 to 20 miles per hour. Wind chills are in the 20s for most of us. Lower visibility is seen around some parts of siouxland, especially yankton. The midwest satellite radar shows snow west of us. Thats the next system that will slide through. We will get off easy. West and north of us, winter storm watches, warnings, and advisories have been posted, so be headed that way. The stormcast hd shows low pressure moving northeast from denver, co. We rain snow mix tomorrow, espeically late in the day. Light snow and breezy winds will be seen wednesday. The snow forecast shows a half inch or less of snow for siouxland with those higher amounts to our west. Your forecast tonight is for a low of 32 with drizzle and fog. Tomorrows high will be 38 with a chance of light rain and snow. The 7day shows a chance of snow and breezy winds wednesday, then cooler weather for thursday and friday. Well warm back to the 40s over the weekend. Tomorrows ask fred prize is 4 tickets to q102s birthday bash and andy grammer you can email your weather questions to fhexom kcautv. C om ill answer the winning question patchy dirzzle is light enough to not regiester on radar, but rainvision shows that up to 3 of rain has fallen over the past 24 hours in southeastern parts of siouxland. Lets take a moment to consider that 0. 86 of rain has fallen since midnight today. Thats actually a record amount of rain for this date. The old record was 0. 67 from way back in 1891 the Port Neal Welding Company skycam hd in sioux city shows the scene our high today and 37 the low. 37 is our current temperature. Local temperatures are in the 30s. Winds are from the northwest at 15 to 20 miles per ho. Wind chills are in the 20s for most of us. Lower visibility is seen around some parts of siouxland, especially yankton. The midwest satellite radar shows snow west of us. Thats the next system that will slide through. We will get off easy. West and north of us, winter storm watches, warnings, and advisories have been posted, so be stormcast hd shows low pressure moving northeast from denver, co. We expect a light rain snow mix tomorrow, espeically late in the day. Light snow and breezy winds will be seen wednesday. The snow forecast shows a half inch or less of snow for siouxland with those higher amounts to our west. Your forecast tonight is for a low of 32 with drizzle and fog. Tomorrows high will be 38 with a chance of light rain and snow. The 7day shows a chance of snow and breezy winds wednesday, then cooler weather for thursday and friday. Well warm back to the 40s over the weekend. Tomorrows ask fred prize is 4 tickets to q102s birthday bash featuring echosmith and andy grammer you can email your weather questions to fhexom kcautv. C om ill answer the winning question tomorrow night on abc9 news at 10 fred you bet. Can parents be too involved in their childrens care . Well find out more about one poll that suggests helicopter parents may be butting in too of popular baby names at the hospital for the year. And at the top of the lists were the names mia and carson for new babies born in 20 15 easton and noah were also popular for baby boys. While ava remained a top choice for little girls. Along with lillian. Some of the more unique names parents came up with were names like worthy, gideon and axel. At Unitypoint Health st. Lukes, traditional baby names reigned supreme in 2015. Evelyn was the top girls name this year, beating out mia from 2014. For boys, jaxon, with liam and noah also being quite popular. Some of the less traditional names at st. Lukes were lennon and mystiq for girls, and callaway and rowdy for boys. Jenna as a parent, your Childs Health is top of list of important things in yoru life, but could it be affecting their doctors appointments in a negative way . Abcs dr. Timothy johnson shows us more. Everyone wants a happy, independent teen. You may be sabotaging that at the doctors office. A new poll conducted by c. S. Mott childres hospital . Suggesting that helicopter parents too involved, too handson are taking over at doctors visits for their teens . As a result, these teens are not learning to take control of their own health. Nearly forty percent of parents in this poll saying that they alone not their child ask questions during the visit . Twothirds of parents complete all the Health History forms by themselves . And seventy percent of parents didnt ask their teen their opinion about vaccines. So these almost adults are learning that their own health is something somebody else takes care of. Some strategies for parents have your teen to write down their own questions before they see the doctor. Have them check in at the front desk, get theieihelp to complete forms. Most important wait for them to speak visit. Next time you bring your teenager to the doctor, take a step back. It will let them step up. With this medical minute, im dr. Timothy johnson. Jenna freds back next with a final check of our forecast. Deserving kids this christmas through operation toys. Were hoping you buy a new toy and drop it off unwrapped at any sioux city bomgaars, the Salvation Army, or downtown at the abc9 studio. All the toys donated will remain here in souixland and will go to the Salvation Army t t be distributed to less families in r area so parents can pick out presents for their kids before chirstmas. fred your forecast tonight is for a low of 32 with drizzlele and fog. Tomorroros high will be 38 with a chance of light rain and snow. The 7day shows a chance of snow and breezy winds wednesday, then cooler weather for thursday and friday. Well warm back to tomorrows ask fred prize is 4 tickets to q102s birthday bash featuring echosmith and andy grammer you can email your weather questions to fhexom kcautv. 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