Morning on abc9 news. The us is ramping up its fight against isis. By establishing a special operations targeting force in iraq. Jessica rae the social Services Department for Woodbury County is questioning the changes coming to iowas medicaid system. Jessica rae and. Having trouble getting your kid to bed at night . Well we have a number of tips to help them get a full night of sleep. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Jessica rae we begin this morning with the latest on the fight against isis. The us military announced its intensifying its efforts to fight the Islamic State in iraq and syria. Which may mean more special Operations Forces on the ground. Abcs megan hughes has details. The us is stepping the fight against the e isismic state. Defefee secretary congress. Were defending the homeland, were working to defeat isil at its core in syria and iraq. Carter announced the us is establishing a special ops targeting force. It will be based in iraqand conduct raids, gather intelligence, free hostagesand aim to capture isis leaders. Even before the attacks on paris, carter had planned for a broader role for Us Special Ops forces after a raid in iraq in late october. Us forces helped free 70 isis hostages and one american was killedmaster sgt. Joshua wheeler. At a discussion at the Harvard Kennedy center, carter disputed republican calls for boots on the ground. A lot of people dont think that there are boots on the ground or that were putting boots on the ground and were doing a lot from the air but there are by the way boots on the ground. And with nearly 200 countries coming together to talk Climate Change in parispresident obama used the opportunity to try to drum up more international support. Confident that we can continue Building Momentum and adding resourceceto our effort to degrade and ultimately destroy isil,reporter tag the british parliant will vote later today on whether that country will join in launching airstrikes in syria. Jessica rae after more than 23 years of military service, iowa senator joni ernst is officially retired from the Army National guard. Ernst, who achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. Said earlier this year she would be transitioning out of the service citing her new responsibilities as a us senator and her desire to spend time with her family. During her time in the service she deployed to iraq where she served as a Company Commander during Operation Iraqi freedom. Her unit was tasked with running convoys between kuwait and iraq. Jessica rae and speaking of ernst she is digging into the department of Veterans Affairs. This time asking for the department to look into its failure to follow up on whistleblower claims. Ernst sent a secretary, saying veterans who bravely served our nation deserve a department that reviews every claim of wrongdoing. Ernsts request comes after recent data released on the low number of whistleblower complaints actually revevwed by the va. Jessica rae World Leaders are using a gathering to combat Climate Change as a platform to discuss another issue plaguing the world, terrorism at the un confrence on Climate Change philanthropists, businesses, and governments pledged 20 billion dollars to invest in clean energy. President obama wants the Global Climate agreement to be legally binding. With the focus to get all countries on board to cut Carbon Emissions that scientist say are warming the earth. Some have asked why the world would dedicate some of our focus ririt now to combabang Climate Change even as we work to protect our people and go after terrorist networks. The reason is because this one trend, Climate Change, affects all trends. Jessica rae chinas president has pledged his countrys beijing is 45 times beyond what is considered safe. Jessica rae president obamas push to fight Climate Change across the world is not getting support from the house of representatives today, the house voted to block the e esidents Climate Change regulations. However lawmakers passed two resolutions that would prevent the Environmental Protection agency from enforcing limits on electric utilities and coal plants. But the president has already vowed to veto them. Wahhhhhhhwoooooo oweee jessica rae children both young and old got the opportunity to get out their sleds and hit the hills, these were some of the sledders down at seratoma and grandview parks yesterday. The youngsters say they couldnt wait to hit the hills after school. Its really fun. How fast are going you down you t tnk . I dont know, its s hard to comprehend how fast. I dont were going prettyty fast but yeah i love it. Its pretty fun so yeah its worth doing it again. Says jessica rae and scott will join us in a few minutes to tell us if we are expecting any more snow in the coming days. Jessica rae the snow may be mostly over. But the work continues for towing companies. Officials enacted a tow ban in Woodbury County that started on monday and extended through tuesday morning. Once the ban was lifted. Tow companies around siouxland were bombarded with calls. The latest storm left hundereds of vehicles stranded in area ditches. Ssica rae and here in sioux city, crews continue to remove snow. Just a reminder Vehicle Owners have until this morning to get vehicles moved so plows can clear the street. Any snowbound vehicle not moved by 10 a. M. Could be towed at the owneres expense. You can check out the citys snow removal policy at sioux city dot org. Jessica rae when we come back. A number of case workers at the social Services Department might soon have an overload of work. Ill tell you why. After the break. Scott well have. Abc9 news this morning. With. Jessica rae. And meteorologist scott larson. This is abc9 news this morning. For a complete list of school and businesses closed or having late start m scott good morning. Were on track r a much quieter weather day as our snow system spins eastward. Well have cloud cover this morning followed by sunshine in the afternoon. Then well have some warming temperatures as we move forward through the week cracking the 40 friday with melting snow todays High Temperature is 34 with gradual clearing. The overnight low is 10 and itll be clear, calm, and coldld tomorrows high is 37 and itll be mostly sunny and seasonal. Heres the 7 day forecast. Jessica rae Scott Jessica rae when Woodbury Countys social Services Office closes at the end of the year as part of iowas move from spins eastward. Wewel have cloud cover this morning followed by sunshine in the afternoon. Then well have some warming temperatures as we move forward through the week cracking the 40 degree mark by snow todays High Temperature is 34 with gradual clearing. The overnight low is 10 and itll be clear, calm, and cold. Tomorrows high is 37 and itll be momoly sunny and seasonal. Heres the 7 day forecast. Spins eastward. Well have cloud cover this morning followed by sunshine in the afternoon. Then well have some warming temperatures as we move forward through the week cracking the 40 degree mark by friday with melting snow todays High Temperature is 34 with gradual clearing. The when w wdbury Services Office closes at the end of the year as part of iowas move from state run to privately managed medicaid. The Woodbury County board of supervisors will have a bit of a dilemma. How to realocate fundininand office space currently being used by the department. Abc 9 News Reporter bria bell explains its moving too quick and nobody has been able to put the brakes on it, said clausen. When the Woodbury County program ends on dec 31st. The sioux rivers region board will be handling the Counties Mental Health and disabilities services. This major change affects not only clients who need the assistance provided by medicaid, but case managers as well. A total of 13 case workers will soon be working from home instead of this office on triview ave. With six times the work load that they now have. Is this going to work, i hope so. Youre dealing with a population that cant help themselveses said clausen. Thats just t lf the battle. Once the doorsrs close. Woodbubu county will neededo find a new u for the social services space. And how to redistribute current funding for the dept. The Veterans Affairs located in the tri view office so closing the building isnt an option. One idea being considered by supervisors is the implemention of a program designated for alcohol abuse called 24 7. It would need legislative approval, but that would be some possiblity for building space, would be a program for those that have a dui and would have to come in and show compliance, state code does not allow that right now, but it would be a perfect location. Were working on legilative approval to have a program like that, said taylor. As for county dollars. Previously desisiated for socials services, supervisors arent saying how they might be used in the future. Sioux city, bria bell abc 9 news. Jessica rae a representative serves Department Says new changes have left those with disablities scared and with many concerns, but the department has been trying to assist the individuals who call in for help the best way they know how. Jessica rae coming up. Ill bring you a few tips and tricks on how to get your little one to sleep at night. Parents wont want to miss this story. Jessica rae and. Speaking of kids sleeping. Ill bring you thestory behind this santa clause andhis sleepy friend. Who are going viral. Hear from them. Or having late start time, head to siouxlandmatters. Co m jessica rae any parent knows how difficult it can be to get your kids to go to sleep. On average. The National Sleep foundation suggests kids are consistently getting about one hour of sleep less than they should every night. Abcs becky worley has some strategies to prevent that from happening does this sound familiar glass of water on cam walking with water getting kids totoettle down and actually falalasleep is toughgh ecky heres your water dr. Lisa thebner so whats a parent to do . Dr. Lisa thebner still rule here warm bath . Bedtime story . But there are a few new ideas o nat pop app noise and kid using tablet pediatricians say the wind down should be totally screen free the blue lights can signal a childs brain that its daytime. Enter sleepytime coloring finally this bedtime ory has parents raving about its effefes on kids. Nat pop reading to my kids called the rabbit who wants to fall asleep it was written by a psychologist who employs researched methods to cue sleep. Nat sot the rabbit yawned , yawning we asked three momstwo of whom are abc producers to try it out on their toddlers and preschoolers sot sot the auauor acknowledges that as every child is unique, their experience with and response to the book will be as well. Jessica rae a precious moment involving a six month old boy and santa at an indiana mall has become an internet sensation. Heres how it all came to be. Hes the most popular man in the room or in this case the entire mall. If youre willing to wait your turn, hell make it worth yoyo while. If ive got the time, ill read them the night before christmas and try to build as many memories with them as i can. En while posing for pictures, ol saint nick leaves every kid mesmerized. Well, not quite every kid. Sixmonth old zeke was snoozin with saint nick. I looked at it through the eyes of a dad. It was going to be precious to me no matter what. He screaming on his lap which would have never happened but that would have been just as precious to me also. Spend five minutes with Donnie Walters and youllllee just how energetic zekeke is. Most of the time least. He ststted to wake up a little bit and then crashed back asleep. The result was a picture that has gone crazy. After more than 30 million views on facebook crazy might be an understatement. Hes the most viral santa in the world. The good kind of viral. No, ive had my flu shots and everything. I shouldnt any of that. I couldnt even tell you how many people have reached out to tell me how happy they were that we shared the picture. baby noise is that what you think about it . You cacasee hes impressed by it alal i mean, its exciting but i want to make sure everybody has a special memory, you know. A few days after the picture was taken zeke saw santa again. And it should come as no surprise what happened that time too. Walters says its santas calming demeanor and his unique approach to mall. He truly has a passion for what he does. Without that, none of this would be possible to begin with. My wife is big on the hallmark movies around christmas time. As we walked away, my wife said, i t tnk that might be the real santa. Jessica rae Scott Jessica and scott are chatting about zeke and santa clause. Jessica and scott are chatting about zeke and santa clause. Jessica and scott are chatting about zeke and santa clause. Jessica and scott are chatting about zeke and santa clause. Clause. Jessica and scott are chatting about zeke and santa clause. Jessica and scott are chatting about zeke and santa snowfall, our wintry system is finally departing the satellite and radar shows s ow showers pushshg further and further away to the eastst visibility is still slightly limited where the snow is coming down, so drive cautiously. Temperatures are in the 30s across most of siouxland and we have a wind that is fairly strong from the west and northwest at 10 to 20 miles per hour. Heres the dayplanner where temperatures will be hovering in the lower 30s through most of f e day. Scott heres a quick chekc outside on one of our iowa dot traffic cams here at. Many folks still starting their workday. Please drive safely everyone. Scott now youll want to watch your speed in these areas today . Police will be running radars, here. Morningside ave and on s. Lewis blvd. So again. Mind that speed. Jessica rae still to come. Ill bring you an update on the planned closings of a few sioux city pools. The publicicas now had their say in the matter. And stay tunun to hear what they the city pl . But as costs climb drops. Sioux city officials are facing a tough balancing act. A special after next season. And users had one speak out on the issue. Last month a special Pools Committee u nanimously supported a plan to close cook and leeds pools after 2016. And lewis pools eventually closg as well. The commitees final report will be presented to city council for consideration but not before final public comment. Or lack of it. Only 4 people spoke at tuesdays meeting. And all supported the changes. Times are changing and i take my kids, between 9 and 16, we take our kids out of town to go do stuff. Please im begging the city council give us reason to keep my kids in town. Youre doing a good job i think, but dont go backwards. When you make that park out there, put in all kinds of things and make it work. Since announcing its proposal park and rec director Matt Salvatore says the committee has worked hard to show why the numbers dont support keeping 5 city pools open. He thinks people are hearing the message,. People are starting to come around to the idea of splash pads and the impact they could have. Free facilities for kids to use in the susuer. They encourage us, if we do the aququic center, to do it right. Obviously nobody wants to see their Swimming Pool close. Says director of parks rec. Director Matt Salvatore. Jessica rae the Pool Committee will meet again monday to talk about the feedback and dicuss any alterations to their recommendations. The city park and rec Advisory Board will vote on the plan next wednesday. City Council Members will ultimately give it a thumbs up or down. Jessica rae a Major Construction project is finally wrapping up. More than three months behind its original completion date. According to city engineers, glenn avenue will re open todod at many parents of nearby morningside elementaryry school expressed concern at the start of the school year, when the construction began. Although glenn avenue will be open again, the street may be closed briefly later on in the week for a dot inspection. Jessica rae coming up. We will go on the political beat. And get caught up on a number of the president ial candidates who spent their day right here in iowa. Stay with us. Scott for a complete list of school and businesses closed time, head to siouxlandmatters. Co m scott good morning siouxland. Lets snag a look outdoors on the Port Neal Welding Company skycam hd in sioux city and the kings pointe skycam hd in storm lake, iowa. After almost 2 days of continuous snowfall, our wintry system is finally departing the satellite and radar shows snow showers pushing further and further away to the east. Visibility is still slightly limited where the snow is comimi down, so drive cautiously. Temperatures are in the 30s across most of siouxland and we have a wind that is fairly strong from the west and northwest at 10 to 20 miles per hour. Were on track for a much quieter weather day as our snow system spins eastward. Well have cloud cover this morning followed by sunshine in the afternoon. Then well have some warming through the week cracking the 40 degree mark by friday with melting snow todays High Temperature is 34 with gradual clearing. The overnight low is 10 and itll be clear, calm, and cold. Tomorrows high is 37 and itll be mostly sunny and seasonal. Heres the 7 day forecast. Skycam hd in sioux city and theheings pointe skycam hd in storm lake, iowa. After almost 2 ds of continuous snowfall, our wintry system is finally departing the satellite and radar shows snow showers pushing further and further away to the east. Visibility is still slightly limited where the snow is coming down, so drive cautiously. Temperatures are in the 30s across most of siouxland and we have a wind that is fairly strong from the e st and northwest at 10 to 20 miles per hour. Were on track for a much quieter weather day as our snow system spins eastward. Well have cloud cover this morning followed by sunshine in the afternoon. Then well have some warming move fororrd through the week cracking the0 degree mark by one president ial candidate has a hard time seeing eye to eye with president obama when it comes to climate control, and hes expressing it on the campaign trail. Jeb bush made stops in waterloo and dubuque iowa yesterday. And talked about his views on Climate Change and the recent summit president obama attended. Bush said he doesnt think measures talked about at the paris summit are the correct solution to climate control. And hes willing to try and solve the expense of our economy. I do worry that any initiative that hollows out our industrial core or retards Economic Growth is gonna be a problem. I wan i think our biggest challenge is rising that to me is the greatest economic challenge of our time because were moving towards, because of the automation and the challenges of our economy where the first rung on the ladder is going to be hard to achieve jessica rae even though his status hasnt changed much in the polls. Bush is still turning out substantial crowds in iowa. Republican president ial candidate governor Mike Huckabee was also in iowa yesterday. The former arkansas governor continued his the huck stops here Campaign Tour in mount ayr where he reminded people we are exactly two months away from the iowa caucuses. Huckabee stressed the importance of voters not relying on National Polls when they head to caucuses come february and senator ted cruz spoke at his own town hall meeting in gop frontrtrner donald trump could never be president. Let me be very clear i dont believe donald trump is going to be our nominee, dont believe hes going to be our president. And i actually think the men and women in this room have something powerful to say, one of the reasons i love the state of iowa. Because in iowa you have take politics seriously. Jessica rae according to recent polls trump has about 31 percent of the vote among the gop field. His s xt appearance in the Hawkeye State will come on saturday when he visits the Clay County Events Center in spencer. Jessica rae and speaking of trump. He reflected on the vietnam war during a Campaign Stop in New Hampshire yesterday. He said he feels guilty for not serving in the war. He reminded supporters he helped, along with others, in the effort to build the vietnam war memorial in new york. He said in a way it made up for not serving. donald trump r president ial candidate i always felt a little guilty, frankly that didnt serve. Because i had people who served, i had friends that served, and theyre very proud of it and some are no longer with us because of the fact that they served. And theyre veryrave in many ways. But ive done a lot of things, i built, as a lot of folks know, the Vietnam Memorial in new york. Jessica rae during the event. Trump also called on american politicians to be tougher in the war against isis. And he criticized rivals for saying hes too brash in tone. Jessica rae and on the other side of the aisle. Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton will m me a return to the h hkeye state this friday. Clinton will be stopping right here in sioux city at the Carpenters Training center on 19th street at 1130 with doors opening at 10. Clinton also plans on attending a town hall meeting at Iowa Central CommunityCollege Later on that day. Jessica rae Chelsea Clinton is taking a larger role in her mothers president ial campaign. The former first daughter will headline a fundraising event called the family Holiday Celebration with hillary and chchsea on decemberer7th in new york. Fundraiser featuring chelsea as a headlining speaker. While she was very active in her mothers 2008 president ial campaign. Chelsea has had a limited role for this second president ial run. Jessica rae the state of iowa is officially one month away from a historic change. The Medicaid Program is expected to change over to a privately managed care program. Four outofstate companies are set to take over the program. Reporter amanda krenz takes a deeper look nats of kids playing. Thousands of kids with special h hlth care needsdsome here to childserve in johnston. In one year alone, this place will help 3thousand families. About 75 percent of those families use medicaid to help pay for the services theyeceive. 20 54 56 everyobody wants to konw whats happening, some of those questions, we dont know what the answers are going to be yet. Lloyd vanderkwaak is the president and ceo of childserve. He says families have successfully used medicaid to help with services for 25 years. He says the change from medicaid to private companies is made even more complicated by a quickly approaching january first deadline. 20 53 3131omehow these families will have to bebessigned to companies, figure them. As families receive enrollment packets in the mail, telling them to pick one of the four companies, many are worried the care theyre able to recieve at child serve might change or that they wont have a way to pay for it. Child serve is helping them answer questions as best they can with the information they have. 20 55 09 some of the transition is involoving that really hasnt been fully understood yet. Reporting in johnston, amanda krenz, jessica rae alchohol sales in iowa are on the rise. According to numbers released by the iowa alcohohoc beverage division. Fiscal 2015 was a rererd year with j jt more than 319 Million Dollars in sales. From 2014. Liquor sales. For products like whiskey and vodka are responsible for the majority of that increase. The topselling brand of liquor sold in iowa was black velvet. Jessica rae good news for norfolk senior high. The Graduation Rate continues to be on the rise. Heres Susan Risinger with the details. The nebraska state auditor has completed his review of the relationship between the e rfolk Airport Authority board and barnstormers restaurant and forwarded that review to Nebraska Attorney general Doug Peterson for an opinion. Auditor Charlie Janssen says he does not plan a full financial audit at this time. The fouryear cohort Graduation Rate at norfolk senior high is up three Percentage Points from last year, and 11 points over the past five years. Senior high principal jake luhr says his staff is dedicated to student success, and has set up a special intervention time each day to help struggling students. Anankenny rogers wiwi be in norfolk tomorrow night. Rogers once e ain its Christmas Show begins at 7 30 in the center. Doors will open at 6 30. These and more stories can be heard on newstalk wjag, literock 97. 5 and 106kix. Jessica rae coming up in sports. Briar cliff and dordt were in action last night at the naia volleyball championships. Well have all the highlights from the tyson coming up after the break. Scott stay tuned for todays forecast. For a complete list of school and bubunesses closed time, head to siouxlandmatters. Co m jessica rae here is a first in nba history. Golden state warriors interim coach luke walton has been named the leagues coach of the month. Despite being winless walton has been filling in for coach steve kerr. And has led the defending champion warriors to the best start in nba but he is considered win less. Because he is the interim coach. So his 19 wins will only count on steve kerrs record. Jessica rae due to the winter storm earlier this week. Mondays Special Olympics clinic with naia volleyball athletes had to be canceled. But not to worry. The annual event will now take place this morning from 930 to 11 am at the tyson events center. Over 75 Regional Special olympians will participate in activities with naia volleyball athletes from all over the country. Jessica rae the first of three naia championships that call sioux city home in 2015 2016 got underway last night. Heres chris with the local action from the volleyball court. Chris palmquistgood morning everybody. Y. 24 naia volleyball teams from across the country still have National Championship aspirations, including two from right here in northwest iowa. Dordt and briar cliff, in action at day one of the naia tournament last night. The upset minded chargers taking on top seed Lindsey Wilson out of kentucky. In the first, breanna nogelmeier, comes hit. Homer nebraska loves it and its 85. Then emily sanburg, getting up on the block. The chargers continue to lead by 3. Toni beck. Gets in on the offense for bcu. That swing finds the floor as well. Then gehlen alum katelin langel. With the big lefty swing from the right side, chargers up 3 late. But Lindsey Wilson would score the final six points. This one right here their first lead at 23 22. And they down the chargers in 3. Katelin langelwith that good of a team you cant go down like that because you know theyre going to pick up off of your negative attitudes towards the game. So, i mean, theyre number one for a reason so we just have to make sure were playing at the same level as them the whole time. Trevor schirmani told them forget games two and three. You know, remember what it was like to be out there and compete at that high level in game one. If they compete at that level and play and execute at that level against these next two teams, anything can happen. Chris palmquistbcu eastern oregon. In the nightcap. Dordt the gpac champs taking on georgetown. In the first. The give and go. Brooke granstra to jamie gesink back to granstra. Defender s trail by 4. And on set point. Sarah bell, serves up a dandy. Tigers take the first 2519. In the second, dordt finds a bit of a rhythm. Elizabeth kiel with the fantastic placement. Ties things up early. Then haley moss, with a heavy swing. The second was tight throughout but the defenders drop it by 2. They fall in straight sets 30. Dordt back in action tonight at 5 45. That will do it for sports, have a great day everybody. Jessica rae scott its time now to check on your forecast. Scott good morning siouxland. After almost 2 days of continuous snowfall, our wintry system is finally departing the satellite and radar shows snow away to the east. Visibility is still slightly limited where the snow is coming down, so drive cautiously. Temperatures are in the 30s across most of siouxland and we have a wind that is fairly strong from the west and northwest at 10 to 20 miles per hour. Heres the dayplanner where temperatures will be hovering in the lower 30s ugh most of the day. Rae thanks scott. Another record was broken on black friday. The most background checks for guns was passed this year. Kendis gibson and reena ninan have good mornin topping americas s money a huge month to the car lot. Black friday promotions helped push auto sales to near record saleles. The volkswagen saw t biggt decline. Off by 25 . Black friday also busy for one federal agency, the fbi processed a Record Number of gun background checks. The previous three black fridays also saw Record Numbers of background checks. Finally, anotherer new experiment being tried at mcdolds. Customers at restaurants across Southern California getting the option of table servic theyll order at the counter and an employee will serve their food at a table. E. Whats next . Linen table cloths. Fast food done fancy. The us Auto Industry is on track to post record sales for the year. Sales are expected to top onepointthree million in november alone. That would bring yeartodate sales to more than 15million vehicles. General motors, ford, Fiat Chrysler and toyota all posted destly improved Monthly Sales compmped to the y yr before. E automaker th isnt having a good year lkswagen. Its us sales for november plunged 25percent. Jessica rae one of the most visited websites in the world might try to sell off its internet business. The wall street journal is reporting the board of directors at yahoo will meet several times this week, discussing whether to sell the companys yahoos stock fell 35percent this year, as the Company Continues to see declining ad sales. Jessica rae in its quest to be thinner, smarter and sleeker. Apples iphone may have to drop one of its key features. Reporter samuel burke has the details samuel burke, london sorry i cant hear you im listening to my music. Apple is going to do what . The latest iphone is just 7. 1 millimeters thick so if the next iphone is going to get any skinnier its going to have to go on a diet that might mean eliminating the audio jack altogether which measures 3. 5 millimeters, which could make the next iphone up to 49 slimmer so how will we listen to our music . samuel burke, london people who dont want to get all tangled up in problems already use bluetooth headphones. Cordless creates another problem though you have to keep these charged. If you dont want to fork out the money for new bluetooth headphones, then you can buy this 2 connect your existing headset to the iphone charging port. This might become the new standard output for headphones sorry no listening while charging then. Apple does have a history of making surprisingly drastic changes to its device and then the rest of the Tech Industry following suit 1998 apple launched the imac without a floppy disk drive remember those . In 2008 apple shocked many when the cbook came without a disc drive. Goodbye cds and dvds. And just this year, the newest macbook eliminated the standard usb port we all use opting for the new smaller and faster usbc port. samuel burke, london ear phones arent your only option of course. This beanie with little speakers inside and connect via bluetooth. Eliminating the need for audio jacks and chords. Samuel burke cnn london. Jessica rae Scott Jessica and scott are chatting about apples potential changes. Jessica and scott apples potential changes. Jessica and scott are chatting about apples potential changes. Jessica and scott are chatting about apples potential changes. Scott were on track for a much quieter changes. Jessica and scott e chatting about apples potential changes. Jessicand scott are chatting about apples potential changes. Jessica and scott are chatting about apples potential changes. Scott were on track for a much quieter weather day as our snow system m ins changege jessica and sct are chatting about apples potential changes. Jessica and scott are chatting about apples potential changes. Jessica and scott are chatting about apples potential scott were on track for a much quieter weather day as our snow system spins eastward. Well have cloud d ver this morning followed by sunshine in n e afternoon. Then well have some warming temperatures as we move forward through the week cracking the 40 degree mark by friday with melting snow todays High Temperature is 34 with gradual clearing. The overnight low is 10 and itll be clear, calm, and cold. Tomorrows high is 37 and itll be mostly sunny and seasonal. Heres the 7 day forecast. Cloud cover this morning followed by sunshine in the afternoon. Then well have some warming temperatures as we through the week cracking the 40 degree mark by friday with melting snow todays High Temperature is 34 with gradual clearing. The overnight low is 10 and itll be clear, calm, and cold. Tomorrows high is 37 and itll be mostly sunny and seasonal. Coming up in our six oclock hour. Two adults and 9 children are now homeless. After a fire burned their house down. Stay tuned to hear from the family. Jessica rae plus. Ill give you a few tips on how to make sure your packages wont be stolen this holiday season. These stories and more. In our next hour