That will clip northern siouxland but otherwise well enjoy mostly sunny skieie heres the planner where well get to a high of 60. Jessica rae democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton was in the Hawkeye State yesterday. Pushing closer enjoying temperatures in the 40s and 50s across nearly the entire area the wind is currently from the west and is very strong between 15 and 25 Miles Per Hour with gusts near 40 the satellite and radar shows a little wave of showers that will clip northern siouxland but otherwise well enjoy mostly sunny skies. Heres the clinton was in the Hawkeye State yesterday. Pushing closer toward caucuses. Clinton made several stops at the five Sullivan Brothers convention center. While speaking to voters, clinton highlighted recent comments made by her president ial competetors, saying republicans criticizing donald trump have made outrageous statements themselves. But instead of showing leadership, some of the candidates in this president ial campaign are resorting to really ugly, hateful rhetoric. Donald trump. You know, he does affic in prejudice and paranoia. Its not only shameful, its dangerous. Jessica rae clinton also made a stop in urbandale iowa at the living history farms. Jessica rae Bernie Sanders has a lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire. The latest cnn poll shows 50 percent of likely democratic primary voters in New Hampshire back sanders, 40percent for clinton, and 1 percent for martin omalley. The numbers are evenenigher for undeclared voters. For clinton. Different story from national and iowa polling where Hillary Clinton holds a doubledigit leads. Jessica rae party is adding another debate to calendar. Fox Business Network will host the sixth republican president ial primary debate in north charleston, on jananry 14th. Thats t t days after president the Union Address half weeks before the iowa caucuses. Fox business has the moderators. The additional debate has been sanctioned by the Republican National committee. It will give gop hopefuls yet another chance to meet on stage before primary voting begins in february. Jessica rae donald trump is again threatening to leaea the gop and run as an independent. But conspiracy theorists think hes already a member of another party. The democratic party. And that he made a deal with Hillary Clinton to sink the gops president ial ambitions. Reporter tom foreman has more on this conspiracy nat sound cheering crowds democrat Hillary ClintonRepublican Donald Trump fierce front running foes. But some say hold on what if trump with his polarizing style is not running to win but to split the republican vote . Maybe donald negotiated a deal with his buddy hillaryclinton jeb bush has tweeted continuing this path will put her in the white house. And carly fiorina. Fiorina Donald trump is Hillary Clintons Christmas Gift wrapped up under a tree trump is spending a lot of time attataing his fellow republicans. trump . Marco is overrated, lindsey graham, carlys record, ben carson, cruz is gonna have to hit me. Jeb bus is so low in the polls, might as well go home and forget it. Thats primary politics, but conspiracy theorists say what about this . trump i was a democrat for a period of time early on. Thats true. E. Es donated heavily to republican and democratic candidates; he hints he might run as an independent if he doesnt get the while he savages clinton now. trump Hillary Clinton was the worst secretary of state in the history of the united states. Listen to what hes said before. trump i just like her. I like her and d like her husbaba. The clintons attended his wedding; and their daughters chelsea and ivanka are pals, all of which drives the conspiracy crowd to wonder if a secret democratic tunnel is being dug to the oval office. movie clip this is a conspiracy. Thats what this is. Like in the shawshank redemption. movie clip one big, and d eryones in on. And helping her . That would be very unrepublican indeed. Jessica rae theres no evidence of a conspiracy. But republicans fear trump could election, even if he doesnt win. And the more he hangngin there, the more t tction the theory seems to gain. Jessica rae alright still to come. Latest on the doj investigation into the Chicago Police department. Stay tuned for details scott well have. Youre watching abc9 news this morning. Warm start to our thursday as were enjoying temperatures in the 40s and 50s across nearly the entire area the wind is currently from the west and is very strong between 15 and 25 Miles Per Hour with gusts near 40 the satellite and radar shows a little wave of showers that will clip northern siouxland but otherwise well enjoy mostly sunny skies. Lets get a look at the stormcast hd where were going to have a very warm thursday with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Well have a passing shower early with some partly cloudy skies, then the rest of the day will be mostly sunny. Tomorrow, the e nd will be calmer. And some sunshine and more warm weather with highs in the low to mid 50s. On saturday, well bring in a chance of mixed precipitation with rain and snow. Todays high is 60 with wind and sunshine. The overnight low is 30 with mostly clear skies and the wind will calm down. Tomorrows high is 55 with partly cloudy skies. Heres the 7 day forecast where temperatures will diminish moving forward with precipitation chances this weekend. Jessica rae scott adlib jessica rae frustration continues to mount in chicago. The citys mayor is its an incredibly warm start to our thursday as were enjoying temperatures in the 40s and 50s across area the wind is currently from the west and is very strong between 15 and 25 milis per hour with gusts near 40 the satellite and radar shows a little wave of showers that will clip northern siouxland but otherwise well enjoy mostly sunny skies. Lets get a look at the stormcmct hd where were going to have a very warm thursday with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. We have a passing shower early with some partly cloudy skies, then the rest of the day will be mostly sunny. Tomorrow, the wind will be calmer. And we can expect to see some sunshine and more warm weather with highs in the low jessica rae frustration continues to now apologizing after a series of Controversial Police videos were kept secret. And protesters are calling for his s signation. Abcs Kenneth Moton has the latest nats protests another evening of protests in the streets of chicago. The city embattled mayor rahm emanuel. In apology mode as he grapples with a growing Police Scandal and allegations of a cover up reaching all the way to city hall. Emanuel sot i take responsibility for what happened because it happened onony watch. The mayor is at the center of the firestorm following the recent release of dashcam video showing 17 year old Laquan Mcdonald walking away from white officer Jason Van Dyke who opened fire hitting the black teen 16 times killing him. Nats 16 shots and a coverupup critics have repeatedly accused the mayor of keeping the video under wrapsuntil he secured his second rev ira acree sot what did you know . How much did you know and did you suppress those tapes . The scandal has sparked days of protests. Today hundreds marched in thehe streets yet againclosing down the citys famed magnificent mile. Nats shut it down, shut it down emanuel has scrambled to contain the crisis. This morning, the normally combative mayor was emotional as he shared a story about a young black man who asked him a question aboutut run in with thlaw. One young g n asked me a simple question th get to the core of what were talking about do you think the police would ever treat you the same way they treat me . And the answer is no. And thats is wrong and that has to change in this city. The Justice Department here in washington is investigating the Chicago Police department. Mayor emanuel has appointed his own task force to recommend police reforms. Kenneth moton, abc news, washington. Jessica rae the passing of the federal elementary and secondary education act has pleased educators all over the state. Heres Susan Risinger with the details. Educators in nebraska are praising the passage of the federal elementary and condary education act. Norfolk superintendent dr. Jami jo Thompson Says the bill puts control of k12 hands of the state and local districts. Norfolk area state senator jim scheer expects to see many familiar issues discussed in the 2016 session of the nebraska legislature. Scheer says property taxes, social services, Correctional Services and Medicaid Expansion are likely to take up a great deal of time in the 60day session, which starts on january 6th. And downtownwn norfolk has six new walk up apartmenen, thanks to a 422,000 grant from the Nebraska Department of economic development. Theapartments include upscale features like exposed brick, lofts and rooftop patios. These and more stories can be heard on newstalk wjag, literock 97. 5 and 106kix. Jessica rae coming up. Ill introduce you to a k kean pop band. Ill introduce you to a korean pop band. Who is being used to help relations between north korea and china. Stay tuned to meet this unique group. Jessica rae plus. A florida man found a unique way to avoid tting a ticket from the police. Find out what he famous girl band to try to woo china into warmer relations. Theyre doing it with a musical act reporter jeanne moos has their story. Most bands have a leader. But this girl band has a great leader, nortrtkoreas kim jung un. He is said tohandpicic the members of moranbong. And he attends their concerts. 3, 2, 1 liftoff. To honor an actual missile launch, the band played in front of a replay, igniting the audience asthe missile struck north america. And then, when the cheering died down, they launched again. Well now an attempt at girl band diplomacy has been launched. The band, dressed in their north korean army uniforms, headed to china to perform , in hopes of improving relations. Officials gave them a sendoff at the train station. Could the great leader himself eventually follow . You could argue that this visit is greasing the wheels for kim jung un ultimately to go to china. The spice girls they aint. Though they occasionally perform western songs like rocky, they are highly trained musicians. Moos standup now if Justin Bieber falls out of favor, at least he doesnt have t tworry about bebeg purged. But when theheand disappeared for about 6 months, 20 or so members eventually resurfaced, but without their biggest star. Maybe shes just taking a break, but. Thats the thing about north korea, they can make the most famous, most honored most publicized musician disappear and never be spoken of again. Their dancing may be more lawrenc welk. Than it is beyonce. Then you should of put a ring on it. But theyre still a blast. Off. Jeanne moos cnn ny their dancing may be more lawrence welk. Than it is beyonce. Then you should ofput a ring on it. But theyre still a blast. Off. Jeanne moos cnn ny jessica rae a man was pulled but he didnt talk his way out of trouble. He sang his way out. t. J. Bristol no traffic ticket for him the craziest thing just happened to me, im being pulled over by the police officers. Im going to pray mymyay out of this. I was like oh my god im in trouble, im in trouble because i thought i did something wrong. Hello officers. hello how yall doing . good how are you . great, may i get out of the car . yes you may. she asked me what do i do when i gave her my license because i was dressed up, and i told her im a singer, im a gospel artist, and she was like well sing me a song. Snap it in right there. My self stick, and there was action. You are so beautiful to me. And if it was 3 men, i would have said, its raining men llelujah youu everything i hope for. I loved it because it brought us together, and like i say, both of us left smiling and they made my day out sure through that beautiful song that ititade their day, so it worked out very well. To me. apause yall like that. To all the drivers out there, click ior ticket, or you better have a good song to sing. Jessica rae Scott Jessica and scott e chatting about tjs singing. Jessica and scott are chatting about tjs singing. Jessica and scott are chatting about tjs singing. Jessica and scott are chatting about tjs singing. Scott good morning siouxland. Its an incredibly warm start to our thursday as were jessica and scott are chattingbout tjs singing. Jessica and scott are chatting about thursday as were enjoying temperatures in the 40s and 50s across nearly the entire area the wind is currently from the west and is very strong between 15 and 25 Miles Per Hour with gusts near 40 the satellite and radar shows a little wave of showers that will clip northern siouxland but otherwise well enjoy mostly sunny skies. Heres the planner where well get to a high of 60. Scott heres a quick check outside on one of our iowa dot traffic cams here at. Many folks still thursday as were enjoying temperatures in the 40s and 50s across nearly the entire area the wind is currently from the west and is very strong between 15 and 25 Miles Per Hour with gusts near 40 the satellite and radar shows a little wave of showers but otherwise well enjoy mostly sunny skies. Heres the planner where well get to a high of 60. Scott heres a quick check outside on one of our iowa dot traffic cams here at. Many folks still waking up and 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. Gordono drive and on cheyenne blvd. So again. Mind that speed. Jessica rae thanks scott. Serious news stories dominated the chatter on facebook this year. Reena ninan and Richard Bacon have the details. Hey, there. In todays tebytes, a big year of facebook. Yeah, heres a look what the world has been talking about in 2015. Topping the list,he u. S. President ial election. Second was the paris attacks. Was third. Apple is slicing the price of the app watch. Yo can pick up the eventually level model for just 249. And lowes wants to help you and your kids track santa. The free app is called iris by lowes santa tracker. R. It will let you know when and how stan moved around your house on christmas. They can catch santaneaking milk and cookies. There are some things you just dont want to know, right . Thats true. Those are your techbytes. Have a good day. My mododate to severe chroroc plaque psoriasis made simple trip to the Grocery Store anything but simple. So finally, i had an impoant conversation with my deatologist about humira. He explained that humira works inside my body to target and help block a specific source of in clinical trials, most adudults sa75 skin clearance. And the majority were clear or almost car in just 4 months. Humi can lower youability to fight inftion including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers includinlymphoma, have hpened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for t tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections arereommon, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if uou have an infection. Ask your dermatologist abt humira. The Holiday Season . Well if you want to put a personal touch on the winter treat. Howard has a recipe that will warm your heart. And your tummy this s me of year it seems that where ever we turn theres somemee else we want to add to our gift giving list. And rather than picking up something that theyll forget about in no time, how about if we make them something truly homemade. Because in my book, theres nothing better. So here are a few ideas. Ititan be as basic as whipping up somebutter with a toucuc of cinnamon and a splash of vanilla to create a gourmct butter. And whfn we present it in a decorative jar along with a few holiday trimmings, were good to go. Or how about baking an easyascanbe quick bread. And that can be banana, zucchini or my new favorite. Pumpkin. Any of these wrapped in cellophane and tied with a ribbon and youve got a gift thatll be the talk of the block. And this time of year, nothing is more welcoming than a steaming mug of hot chocolate. So how about making a batch from scratch putting it i ia decorative j. Maybe give that with some plastic spoons that we dipped the bowl part in some melted chocolate. Its a gift that theyll love more and more with every sip. I hope youll go online and get the recipe for our, hot cocoa mix, along with a collection of homemade goodies that are perfect for gift giving all year long. Im howard in the mr. Food test kitchehe where today weweound a homemade way for you to say. Ooh its so good jessica rae coming up. Ill bring you the very latest on the San Bernardino shooting. Including the revelation that the couple who launched the terror attack has some connection to isis. Scott scott good morning siouxland. Lets look outstse on our skycam in sioux city. Thursday as were enjoying temperatures in the 40s and 50s across nearly the entire area the wind is currently from the west and is very strong between 15 and 25 Miles Per Hour with gusts near 40 the satellite and radar showowa little wave o oshowers northern siouxland but otherwise well enjoy mostly sunny skies. Lets get a look at the stormcast hd where were going to have a very warm thursday with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Well have a passing shower early with some partly cloudy skies, then the rest of the day will be mostly sunny. Tomorrow, the wind will be calmer. And we can expect to see some sunshine and more warm weather with highs in the low to mid 50s. On saturday, well bring in a chance of mixed precipitation with rain and snow. Todays high is 60 with wind and sunshine. The overnight low is 30 with mostly clear skies and the wind will calm down. Tomorrows high is 55 with partly cloudy skies. Heres the 7 day forecast where temperatures will diminish moving forward with precipitation chances this jessica rae scotw its an incredibly warm start to our thursday as were enjoying temperatures in the 40s and 50s across nearly the entire area the wind is currently from the west and is very strong between 1 1 and 25 Miles Per Hour with gusts near 40 the satellite and radar shows a little wave of showers that will clip northern siouxland but otherwise well enjoy mostly sunny skies. Lets get a look at the stormcast hd where were going to have a very warm thursday with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Wellll have a passing shower early with some partly cloudy skies, then the rest of the day will be mostly sunny. Tomorrow, the wind will be calmer. And we can expect to see some sunshine and more warm weather to mid 50s. On saturday, well bring in a chance of mixed precipitation wiwi rain and snow. Todays high is 60 with wind and sunshine. The overnight low is 30 with mostly clear skies and the wind will calm down. Tomorrows high is 55 with partly cloudy skies. Heres the 7 day forecast where temperatures will diminish moving forward with precipitition chances this weekend. Its an incredibly warm start to our thursday as were enjoying temperatures in the 40s and 50s across nearly the entire area the wind is currently from the west and is very strong beteten 15 and 25 m mes per hour with gusts near 40 the satellite and radar shows a little wave of showers that will clip northern siouxland launched the terror attack in San Bernardino. Were radicalized long before they met online and had some confirmed connection to isis. Abcs lana zak has the latest. Nats survivors and mourners gathered to remember the victims of the San Bernardino shooting on wednesday nats. While new details e emerging about the killers responsible. Comey our investigation to date. Indicates they were actually radicalized before they started courting or dating eachther online. Fbi director james Comey Told Congress sayed farook andndashfeen malik were talking about jihad in back in 2013, before they were married. Raising new fears terrorist matchmakers have figured out a way to gain access to the us. And now word. Of an earlier plolo members of Congress Tell abc news. Farooks friend Enrique Marquez who s accused of purchasing the assault style rifles. Claims he and farook planned an attack in 2012. And the investigation is also looking at this San Bernardino area h hh school, photos of the school were found on farooks cell phone. Authorities are still trying to unravel the information left behind by the killers. But encryption is keeping so much hidden. Theres no doubt that use of encryption is part of terrorist tradecraft now. It is a feature of especially isils republican president ial front runner went on the attack against president obama. Trump says the president has divided the country. And called him a quote stupid person our president is the greatest divider ive ever seen. Our country has never been more divided than what barack obama has done. Whether its white on black, whether its our country has never been more divided. Just tata a look. Take a aook at whats going on. Our country has never been this way. We cant be politically correct stupid people. We have a president i think hes a stupid person because there is no way that a normal president can make the speech that he made the other night. Jessica rae under heavy fire of the aisle for his plan to ban all muslims country. Jessica rae someone in georgia is using graffiti to share their feelings about donald trump. Trump on a nazi on two concrete in atlanta. Police say an officer on patrol noticed the time, a report went out about the second image. The paintings went up in the city as criticism against the republican president ial candidate heats up. Police say Homeland Security has been notified about the graffiti. Jessica Rae Christmas is right around the corner and that could mean an increase of theft the Woodbury CountySherrifs Office says take some extra precaution when you ordede online. Not because of theft on the internet. But on your doorstep. Ups expects to deliver 630 million packages between thanksgiving all the way up until christmas day. While fed ex is seeing about a 12 and a half rise in shipment orders. Corey enright says he chose the online because it was easier but now hes second guessing that decision. We went the route of ordering all of christmas stuff online and its really convenient cause you can get everything from amazon and they ship it in one box. Why would you want to spend your whole day following a ups truck, when you could just go get a job and work for your money. Thats the values that we were taught, said enright. Jessica rae corey says he was amazon about a month later and now he makes sure either he or his girlfriend are present to receive any package thats delivered. Woodbury county keeps track of thefts like these and sgt. Armstrong says so far the county hasnt received any reported incidents, but asks that county residents take extra precautions by requesting a family member, neighbor or friend pick papaages up when you are unable to yourself. We would just ask that the general public be vigilant in perpetrators that stealing packages and if they do see anybody thats call 911 or just the regular number at 2796510, said armstrong. Jessica rae also says if no one else is availble to pick your packages up for yo. Then you need to request your package be hidden like behind a bush or patio of some sort. And just a note. Sioux city police takes reports for all city addresses. Jessica rae the park board has unanimously recommendations to move forward with their plan to improve sioux citys publili pools. Involve closing down leeds and cook pool season. Replaced by splash pads that opened by the summer of 2017. Close as soon as center in morningside is built and leif erikson pool will remain longer able to operate. Both the pool members of thehe recreatiti Advisory Board were excited the plan will be presented to city council. After over a year of consideration. The park board has really been engaged been participated have been talking about this issue for park board was prepared to make that decision. Jessica rae council to vote on the issue hasas been tentatively set for january 4th of next year. Jessica rae a local College Student is being honored for his efforts to make farming safer. And a little easier. Dollars richer. Josh doering, a junior at morningside, participated in future founders u. Pitch, a competition similar to abcs shark tata. Students froro across the nation compete for a chance to win 5 thousand dollars. Joshs invention called the seed slide is a remote box opener that farmers can use to load seeds into planters without climbing ladders. It was inspired by his fathers work as a farmer. I got first place, there were other great competitors who had great ideas and stuff so it was very humblblg to be selected among all of them, said doering. Jessica rae jo says the whole idea was created and implemented within an 8 month time span. He says his future plans include graduating in may of 2017 and continuing on with the business. Jessica rae some tech savy students are putting grant money to work in sioux city as part ofofhe iowa stem program. Students across the globe and in sioux city partiicipated in an International Initiative called the program aims to teach 100 Million Students around the world at least one hour of computer coding. Students at loess hills elementary taught Community Members about coding. Principal john beeck saysyshis is a big piece e the curriculum. Since were a programming specialty school, we do programming all the time. We do it every week. But when the week comes around where the whole world does it at the same time, thats even more special to us. So we want to do the hour of code because thats what loess hills is all about. Jessica rae loess hills elementary received a 4 thousand Dollar Technology award from the state of iowa. Coinciding with the hour of code program jessica rae coming up in sports. The wayne state Volleyball Team is in tampa for the elite eight. Well check in with the wildcats on their historic postseason run after the break. Scott jessica rae physical education spencer, iowa are getting ready to use thousands of dollars of new Sports Equipment and gear. Through the nationwide initiative called lets play, dr. Pepper snapple is purchasing nine thousasa dollars of jerseys, cones, balls and other pe equipment t that activities director dave brown says will help the school reach its goals for life long fitness. Brown says 7 thousand students will benifit from the contribution. Jessica rae the wayne state women are no strangers to success on the volleyball court, but this year, the best postseason run in school history. Abab Sports Reporter alex walker caught up with the wildcats before they left for tampa and the elite eight. Natl you excited for this . Me too wayne states postseason run has been nothing short of magical. Kneifl its a really exciting time for our program. But the run almost ended before it began. Scott kneifl obviously, losing first round of the conferencetournament was not part of the plan, and then we to sit around and wait for the selection show to see if we were still in and fortunately enough, the Selection Committee decided that we were worthy and obviously, we were. Wayne state received a bid to the nc double a tournament as a seven seed in the central regional, nat hey lets go cats lets keep it clean but they approached postseason play with the confidence of a one seed. Elizabeth gebhardt doesnt matter that number is in front of your name Leisa Mcclintock we made it in for a can take it the whole way. In the opening round. The wildcats faced secondndeeded central l ssouri. Scott kneifl the attitude up there was to just go for it. And thats when the fun began. Nat lots of talk wayne state took care of business 3 1. Advancing to the second round against conference rival southwest minnesota state. Liz we knew we had to bring it all again. Just the next day to beat them as well. The wildcatstsad to fight, b b they held on. Punching their ticket to the regional final for the First Time Ever we thought we were in for a battle. But we fought back and showed a lot of character i think and that win was really big for us. Up next was a date with the seventime defending champs. Concordia st. Paul. Liz why not just win that one more to get to the next step . Unfazed by themoment. The wildcats swept the golden bears. A statement win for the wayne state program. Scott yeah it felt great. I am just really happy for our liz its amazing. Its indescribable. You cant put it into words. You can try all you want. Leisa people ask me what i felt after the game and yeah that was a great feeling. But definitely not satisfied. Alex walker with regionals in the rear view mirror. The wildcats are set to play in the elite elite 8. First serve is later today at 4 pm. Jessica rae scott its time now to check on your forecast. Scott good morning siouxland. Its an incredibly warm start to our thursday as were enjoying temperatures in the 40s and 50s across nearly the entire area the wind is currently from the west and is very strong between 15 and 25 Miles Per Hour with gusts near 40 the satellite and radar shows a little wave of showers that will clip northern siouxland but otherwise well enjoy mostly sunny get to a high of 60. Pm. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s across nearly the entire area the wind is west and is very strong between 15 and 25 Miles Per Hour with gusts near 40 the satellite and radar shows a little wave of showers northern siouxland but otherwise well enjoy mostly sunny skies. Heres the planner where well get to a high of 60. Still ahead in our show. Youll hear from a doctor who is giving new parents a tip on how to calm their crying baby. Plus heres what you can expect coming up on gma taking up your Facebook News feed . Its giving new parents everywhere a new tool to calm their babies. Its called the hold and this video, from a california pediatrician has over 14million views on youtube. In it, he shows his patients how to hold an infant to sooth them. Parents everywhere are trying it, including new mom betsy flowers from sioux city. Dr. Hamilton says, there must be a lot of crying babies out there, number one, and there must be lots of moms and dads looking for answers. Betsy flowers says, i think when you get to that point, youd probably try anything to sooth a baby. You just want her comfortable or to find out whats making her upset. Jessica rae dr. Hamilton says he thinks the motion reminds babies of the movements they experience inside the woom. If your baby is hungry or not feeling well, dr. Hamilton says but, if youre a sleepdeprived parent looking for a few seconds of peace, it just might be worth a try. Jessica rae the world is responding to the humble holiday wish of a young girl badly injured in an arson fire two years ago. Safyre sapphire terrys entire family was killed in the fire. She suffered burns over 75 percent of her body, and lost her right hand and left foot. Despite what shes been through. The 2nd grader says she only wants one thing this Holiday Season christmas cards to fil up her cardtree. And after her request was posted to facebook by her aunt. And gained momentum, she has been flooded with holiday cards from all over the world liz dolder, safyres aunt we cant k kp it to ourselels, we have to share her with the world. Shes got a message, shes a living message of hope, faith, and love. But youve got to beleive in that hope, faith, and love. Jessica rae in addition to all the cards, donated more than 150thousand dollars to a you caring page. Check out the amazing Christmas Christine mcconnell says she spent over 100 hours turning her parents California Home inin a hansel and greteliipired gingerbrbrd house. Theres no actual gingerbread. But all of the decorations are hand made. The decorator enlisted her nieces to dressup as hansel and gretel to pull off a postcard picture shot of the home. Mcconnell says she already has Something Special lined up for easter. Ssica rae it was a Christmas Gift she never would have dreamed of tting. A woman from alcester south dakota was shocked after finding out her Christmas Shopping she had put on layaway at a sioux falls toysrus had been paid off. Intitially ashley hanzlik, a mother of two, had thought it was a mistake, but as it turns out, a secret santa left a check at the toysrus for an undisclosed ount, shememays shes etererlly gratefululor the generoususift from the stranger. It was pretty amazing, i never had anything like that happen to me so it was awesome. Jessica rae ashely doesnt know who to thank, and it seems like that way as theyve asked for their name to not be released. Jejeica rae everyoyo here at abc9 are encouraging g siouxland to join us in giving back this Holiday Season by taking part in the operation toy drive. Operation toys is a program intended to spread chrismas joy to thousands of needy children around siouxland. If you want to take part all you have to do is bring a new toy to any bomgaars location or right here to our ab9 studio located on douglas strere. All the toys donated will remain here in souixland to be distributed to less fortunate families. Jessica rae you still have plenty of time to enter our Christmas Tree contest to enter. All you have to do is message me on facebook or email me jrae kcautv. Com pictures of your best decorated tryoururictures will a a live on our newswsst. The winnnn will receive 4 musketeers tickets and will be announced on december 22nd now lets take a look at our latest submissions. Our first tree from pooky. This is a very nice tree i love the purple. Pooky sent us another tree her family has. I love the elf and his moose friends here is lorettas tree. I love the lights on this one thank you loretta and this is the tree from buzzsaw bar in waterbury nebraska. Thank you loretta and this is the tree from buzzsaw bar in jessica and scott are chatting about the xmas trees. Jessica and scott are chatting about the xmas trees. Jessica and scott are chattingngbout the xmas t tes. Jessica and scott are chatting about the xmas trees. Jessica and scott the xmas trees. Scott lets get a look at the stormcast hd where were going to have a very warm thursday with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Well have a passing shower early with some partly cloudy skies, then the rest of the day will be mostly sunny. Tomorrow, the wind will be calmer. Andwe can expect to s s some sunshine and more warm weather with highs in the low to mid 50s. On saturday, well bring in a chance of mixed precipitation with rain and snow. Todays high is 60 with wind and sunshine. The overnight low is 30 with mostly clear skies and the windwill calm down. Tomorrows high is 55 with partly cloudy skies. Heres the 7 day forecast where temperatures will diminish moving forward with chances this weekend. With tempepetures in the 5050and 60s. Well have a passing shower early with some partly cloudy skies, then the rest f the day will be mostly sunny. Tomorrow, the wind will be calmer. And we can expect to see some sunshine and more warm weather with highs in the low to mid 50s. On saturday, well bring in a chahae of mixed precipitation with rain and snow. Todays high is 60 with wind and sunshine. The overnight low is 30 with mostly clear skies and the wind will calm down. Tomorrows high is 55 with partly cloudy skies. Heres the 7 day forecast where temperatures will diminish moving good morning, america. The fbi trying to break into the