Caution in travel today. Heres the dayplanner where well reach a High Temperature in the middle 20s today. Jessica rae there are new. Stunning revelations about the affluenza teen and his mother who were found in mexico earlier this week. Investigators say they threw themselves a Going Away Party before making a run for it. Abcs matt gutman has the latest the three week manhunt for that privileged texas teen . Ending on this gritty street in mexico ethan couch transforming himself that black hair and beard so different from the childish looking teen who pled guilty to killing four people in a 2013 drunk driving crash. In the sentencing his affluenza . Too rich and spoiled to know right from wrong . He got 10 years probation . The break for investigators coming on Christmas Eve . A week after us marshalls released this wanted p saying that he was on the run in this black ford truck belonging to his mother, tonya, who was also missing. Dee anderson they probably drove that to the border and crossed over the border. Adding that before the fugitives set out on their 2200 mile trek . . They even had something almost akin to a Going Away Party before they left town mexican authorities were alerted on december 26th and last night they got him . It was like hunting a needle in a haystack, there are basically so many amerians down there this time of year . Mg su but not Many Americans in this neighborhood. Where residents say restaurant . Lady to mg he sat at table number 2 . Two months ago we tried to find couch who wasnt looking to talk mg chasing him down you dont answer a couple of questions . But couch soon surfaced again, in this twitter video that went viral date december 2, 2015 nats investigators telling abc news it appears to be couch at this boozy party, possibly violating his probation. Sources tell abc news it prompted couch and his mother to flee ditching date december 10th, 2015 , his check in with his probation officer . Authorities saying mother and could be deported to texas and face a judge within 48 hours . Gutman tag out witnesses tell us they were escorted cuffed out of this shabby rental to police cars . They didnt resist . Tonya couch faces up to five years for hindering apprehension . The max ethan could be sentenced is 4 months . Because david he is still a juvenile . Jessica rae the Chicago Police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of 17year old Laquan Mcdonald appeared in court tuesday. Officer Jason Van Dyke plead not guilty to firstdegree murder and misconduct charges at his arraignment. He faces charges of firstdegree murder and one of misconduct in the october 2014 shooting that was captured on Police Dashboard camera video. Van dyke is currently out of jail on bond. Jessica rae a federal Appeals Court is upholding lengthy prison terms for sioux city brothers convicted in the Armed Robbery of two drug dealers. The court upheld a life sentence issued to 24 yearold jamal dean and a 30year term for his older brother, levon. In a separate case, jamal dean also received a 25year sentence when he plead guilty to attempted murder for shooting a Sioux City Police officer. Authorities says the brothers conspired to rob local drug dealers on two occasions in 2013. Jessica rae coming up. Ill bring you the latest on Donald Trumps attack on the clintons. Including speaking out about bill clintons past. Stay tuned for the story. Scott well have. Youre watching morning. Jessica rae. And scott larson. This is abc9 news this morning. Jessica racarried away and by noon today itll be completely wrapped up. Itll be chilly for both new years eve and new years day. As the week goes on, we can expect some warmer air to come back and well have 30s for the weekend. Todays high is 24 with light snow this morning followed by mostly cloudy skies. Tonight, clouds diminish with a low of 5 tomorrow, and itll be chilly with a high of 23. Jessica rae up. Itll be chilly for both new years eve and new years day. As the week goes on, we can expect some warmer air to come back and well have 30s for the weekend. Todays high is 24 with light snow this morning followed by mostly cloudy skies. Tonight, clouds diminish with a w of 5 tomorrow, well have partly cloudy conditions and itll be chilly with a high of 23. Jessica rae scott adlib up. Itll be chilly for both new years eve and new years day. As the week goes on, we can expect some warmer air to come back and well have 30s for the weekend. Todays high is 24 with light snow this morning followed by mostly cloudy skies. Tonight, clouds diminish with a low cloudy conditions and itll be chilly with a high of 23. Jessica rae up. Itll be chilly for both new years eve and new years day. As the week goes on, we can expect some warmer air to come back and well have 30s for the weekend. Todays high is 24 with light snow this morning followed by mostly cloudy skies. Tonight, clouds diminish with a low of 5 tomorrow, well have partly jessica rae donald trump is entering a new, more personal phase in this election season. Now turning his attention to former president bill clinton. Latest on trumps war of words with the clintons. Donald trump is opening a new front in his war with the clintons reviving political scandals from two decades o. voice of donald trump, r president ial candidate there was certainly a lot of abuse of women and you look at whether its Monica Lewinsky or paula jones or many of them and that certainly will be fair game. nats of Hillary Clinton with bill clinton ready to hit the campaign trail, trump said on nbcs today show everything is fair game in his outreach to women voters even this. voice of donald trump, r president ial candidate certainly if they play the womens card with respect to me that will be fair game. In New Hampshire today, Hillary Clinton ignored trumps latest taunt. Her campaign issued a statement, saying Hillary Clinton wont be bullied or distracted by attacks he throws at her and former president clinton. The clintons the picture of a big stroll in new york. A stark reminder of how much time has passed since this tense moment in the height of the Monica Lewinsky scandal raising the question of whether those old controversies still carry any weight. Trump once a golfing buddy with the former president told Cnns Wolf Blitzer in 2008 clintons impeachment was nonsense. donald trump, r president ial candidate 2008 look at the trouble bill clinton got into with something that was totally unimportant. And they tried to impeach him, which was nonsense. This morning, he attempted to explain his change of heart. Im dubbed as a world class businessman, which frankly thats what i am, and i got along with everybody. I got along with the clintons. I got along with the republicans, the democrats, the liberals, the conservatives, that was my obligation as a businessman. But now trump is butting heads. The new feud has trumps primary fight written all over it. Few things rally clintons. Overnight, he tweeted remember that bill clinton was brought in to help hillary against obama in 2008. He was terrible, failed badly, and was called a racist fromomamecalling to nosepicking, the Trump Campaign once again took the low road, retweeting a photoshopped picture of jeb bush picking his nose the Bush Campaign fired back out on twitter there arose such a clatter, late night twitterdrunk donald is back at it all candidates feeling the pressure. Marco rubio and Chris Christie also in iowa, squeezing in the final round of handshakes and speeches in 2015. In the new year, trump says hes going to open his checkbook in the final month before the iowa caucuses. He gloated in a tweet today that he spent less than any candidates, saying now i will spend big in iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Hes fighting to stay out front. donald trump, r president ial candidate i demand the e ection be today. Jessica rae trump is not the only republican scandals. Ben carson said all former president s are fair game for analysis. Includg billclinton. Jessica rae when we come back. A former actor from the tv show glee is facing serious legal trouble those details are up ahead. Jessica rae and. Youll meet the newest. Unlikey musician thats taking the internet by storm. After the break. Actor lashes out at an airline on twitter. And 2015 was a year some celebs made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Abcs Elizabeth Hur has your hollywood headlines mark salling actor you know, i guess its not very glee sounding, you could say. Former glee star mark salling is under arrest. Accused of possessing child pornography. The lapd confirming he was arrested at his home just north of downtown los angeles. Salling. Best known for playing puck on glee. Could not be reached for comment. Mincing words. Tweeting virgin australia. Ridiculous. No segway boards as luggage . Goodbye virgin. Never again. Crowe angry. The hoverboards he packed for his two sons were banned by the airline. Virgin australia responded that Many Airlines have done the same. Due to concerns about flammable lithium batteries. Finally. 2015 was a year of legal troues for some big names in entertainment. Pharrell williams, recording artist all you have to do is read the sheet music. Its completely different. Among them. Music stars Pharrell Williams and robin thicke. Sued by marvin gayes children for copyright infringement. And comedy icon bill cosby facing numerous allegations of sexual assault. But not charged in any of the cases. Thats whats happing in hollywood. Elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. Jessica rae there is a new music phenom on youtube. No its not adele or psy. Michigan. And hes hitting all the right notes with his youtube fans. Take a look nats piano playing when wally krauss gets behind his piano Something Special happens. voice of wally krauss, 93yearold piano player the piano is in my living room, and every day i spend an hour, i just do that, it makes me feel good. Keeps me limber. laughs for 82 of his 93 years wallys touch of the keyboard has made a lot of other people feel good too. voice of wally krauss, 93yearold piano player a big part of my life has been music, put it that way. As a teenager wally directed choirs and went on to do the same in the navy. In fact there hasnt been a time in his life without the piano. On this day wallys tickling the ivories for a small group at an assisted living home. voice of john krauss, wally krauss son he has a very happy style. I call it a happy style and so i just grew up enjoying that and so now, its amazing that here we are so many years later you know, im in my 60s now and i still get to enjoy him playing. About 5 years ago, wallys son john had an idea. Why not using Technology Tom share dads music, a way top let family and friends near and Youtube Channel calling it happypiano1. john krauss, wally krauss son im as amazed as he is about it, that hes got fans and they just feel his joy and his slow happy style comes and touches their hearts and they write these beautiful comments. Comments from people around the world. More than 14,000 people subscribe to wallys Youtube Channel. His 300 videos have amassed more than onepointseven million views. reporters question not on camera did you ever think youd be playing in front of that big of an audience . wally krauss, 93 yearold piano player no. Absolutely, i just cant believe it. Im amazed at that. I really am. But its very, its heartening to me because it kind of makes me feel better. reporters question not on camera people you, cause you while, and then when you posted, boy they were excited. wally krauss, 93 yearold piano player i had a spill, you know, and thats bad when you get to be my age. Now recovered, wallys back and sharing more songs for his audience. A music man with a gift and some advice for those behind him. voice of wally krauss, 93yearold piano player if you enjoy music, then for goodness sakes, jessica rae Scott Jessica and scott are chatting about this unlikely star. Jessica and scott are chatting about this unlikely star. Jessica and scott are chatting about this unlikely star. Jessica and scott are chatting about this unlikely star. Scott good morning siouxland. Some light snow is drifting through the area. This will diminish as we get to the middle of the day. Visibility is somewhat limited and roads are slick, so use some extra caution in travel today. Heres the dayplanner where well reach a High Temperature in the middle 20s today. Gets behind his piano Something Special happens. voice of wally krauss, 93yearold piano player the piano is in my living room, and every day i spend an hour, i just do that, it makes me feel good. Keeps me limber. laughs jessica and scott are chatting about this unlikely star. Jessica and scott are chatting about this unlikely star. Jessica and scott are chatting about this unlikely star. Jessica and scott are chatting about this unlikely star. Jessica and scott are chatting about this unlikely star. Scott good morning siouxland. Some light snow is drifting through the jessica and scott are chatting about this unlikely star. Jessica and scott are chatting about this unlikely star. Jessica and scott are chatting about diminish as we get to the middle of the day. Visibility is somewhat limited and roads are slick, so use some extra caution in travel today. Heres the dayplanner where well reach a High Temperature in the middle 20s today. Diminish as we get to the middle of the day. Visibility is somewhat limited and roads are slick, so use some extra today. Heres the dayplanner where well reach a High Temperature in the 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. Gordon drive and on jackson street. So again. Mind that speed. Jessica rae thanks scott. Twitter is taking action againsthateful speech on its site. Marci gonzalez and Kendis Gibson have the details. Hey there, in todays techbytes twitter going after hateful behavior its been under fire f not doing enough for thwart isis a new feature on googles new chrome brouser is designed to help people remove weak words from their emails. It uerlines selfdemeaning phrases like im n expert and acally the intention is to help them sound more assertive. And finally, british researchers have come up with a new system that basicalally uses emojis as passwords. Users are required to draw shape instead of pass word a a use more steps to use emojis, all meant to increase safety. And those are your techbytes. Comen inop pop. Happy birthday. I just had a heart attack. D now i have a choice. For her. For them. And him. A choice to take brilinta. A prescription for people whove been hospitalized i take brilinta with a a baby asaspirin. No more than 100 mg. As it affects hohow well it works. Its such an important thing too to help protect against another heart attack. Brilinta worked better than plavix. And en reduced the chance of d dying fro another one. Dont stop taking brilinta without talkining to docr. Since stopping it too soon increases your risk of clots in your stent, heart attack, stroke, and even death. Brilinta may cause bruising or bleeding more easily or serious, sometimes fatal bleeeeding. Dont take brilinta if you have bleeding, like stomach ulcers. A history of b bleeding in the brain, or sevevere live problems. Tell your doctoror about bleeding, new or unexpected shortness breath, any planned surgery and all medicines you take. I will take brilinta today. Tomorr. And every day r as long as my doctor tells me. You should check it. Macys is recalling more than 120thousand Martha Stewart frying pans. According to the Consumer Product safety commission. Rivet covers on pop off and fly across your kitchen. The Commission Says at least three people have received minor injuries. If you have the frying pans, you should stop using them and return them to macys for credit. Jessica rae do you want to bring a snack with a little pop to that new Years Eve Party . Wewe howard has a delicious recipe thatatill help you ring in the new year with a smile on your face before i joined the mr. Food test kitchen team, which seems like forever ago, i had a Catering Company and on new years eve we would serve a dropdead gorgeous cake with an icing that was amazing. So when i was thinking of what recipe i should share with you today, i thought it would be the perfect. But cupcake size. We start by making a white cake mix according to the package instructions, except rather than adding the water, we add the same amount of champagne or asti spumante. If you want, toss in some gold decorating sugar like i used to in my catering days. You can find it in the baking section. Itll make these nice and into cupcake tins, lined with gold or silver liners, and into the oven they go. While theyre baking, we make an icing which is simply some softened butter beaten with powdered sugar, vanilla and a splash more champagne. Once they cool, we slather or pipe them with icing and finish them with more gold sugar. Not only do these look fun and festive, the taste is crazy od. You see the creaminess of the icing paired with the fluffy cupcake and a hint of the bubbly makes them a real treat. I hope youll go online and get the recipe for our, champagne cupcakes, so you can welcome in the new year with a bang, or shall i say a pop. Im howard in the mr. Food test kitchen, where today we found a bubblicious way for yoyoto say. Ooh its so good jessica rae if you would like a copy of that recipe you can addressed stamped envelope here to abc 9 news. Ououaddress is 625 douglas street. The zip. 51101. Be s se to write champagne cupcakes on your request. Or you can visit our website. Siouxlan d matters dot com. And click on the mr. Food logo. Jessica rae still to come. Deadly storm systems continue to drift across the united states. Leaving millions dealing with historic floods. Ill bringngou the latest on the severe weather. After the break. Scott scott good morning. Lets get a look at the company skycam hd in sioux city. Currently, its in the upper teens and lower 20s. The wind is pretty light at under 15 miles per hour. Weve got reduced visibilities and slick travel so exhit extra care in driving to your morning destinations. Heres your satellite and radar imagery where some light snow continues to move through the upper midwest as we start off our wednesday. Going to the stormcast hd, the snow is quickly carried away and by noon today itll be completely wrapped up. Itll be chilly for both new years eve and new years day. As the week goes on, back and well have 30s for the weekend. Todays high is 24 with light snow this morning followed by mostly cloudy skies. Tonight, clouds diminish with a low of 5 tomorrow, well have partly cloudy conditions and itll be chilly with a high of 23. Jessica rae Scott Jessica rae headaches from the massive weather system that brought ice, snow, and rain across much of the country arent over yet. This morning more than 18 million americans across the Central United states are now dealing with historic flooding. Abcs megan in sioux city. Currently, its in the lower 20s. The wind is pretty light at under 15 miles per hour. Weve got reduced visibilities and slick travel so exhibit extra care in driving to your morning destinations. Heres your satellite and radar imagery where some light snow continues to move through the upper midwest as we start off our wednesday. Going to the stormcast hd, the snow is quickly carried away and by noon today itll be completely wrapped up. Itll be chilly for both new years eve and new years day. As the week goes on, we can expect some warmer air to come back and well have 30s for the weekend. Todays high is r4 with light snow this morning followed by mostly cloudy skies. Tonight, clouds diminish with a low of 5 tomorrow, well have partly cloudy conditions Jessica Rae Scott in sioux city. Currently, its in the upper teens and lower 20s. The wind is pretty light at under 15 miles per hour. Weve got reduced visibilities and slick travel so exhibit extra careren driving to your morning destinations. Heres your satellite and radar imagery where some light snow continues to move through the upper off our wednesday. Headaches from the massive weather system that brought ice, snow, and rain across much of the country arent over yet. This morning more than 18 million americans across the Central United states with historic flooding. Abccmegan hughes has details. Along the rising rivers an army of volunteers armed with sandbags are fighting a tough foe time sot parts of the town of kimmswick near st louis already flooded. In Union Missouri a mcdonalds nearly submerged. A gas station underwater. Rising rivers causing this Sewage Treatment plant to exceed capacity . nats. Rushing watete and many rivers havent crested yet. Water is already touching the steel on this bridge on the historic route 66 more than 500 roads are already closed . The missouri governor is calling in the National Guard sot Governor Nixon sot nixon were dealing with an incredible amount of water coming at you here. Youre talking about almost 10 more vertical feet of water. Flooding is being blamed for at least 18 deaths in missouri . And across the country snowstorms are also proving deadly. In new york this crash between a fed ex truck. And a cars 22 year old driver. Whiteout conditions from the northeast shovel nats to the midwest made travel is nearly impossibleby road . nat beep beep beep . Or by air. 850 cots were setup at Ohare Airport overnight. Thousands of passengers across the country are stranded. So just tryininto get home. Its been a pretty long day. Megan hughes on cam close this mks the fourth s saight day of m mery for holiday traveller jessica rae an Apartment Fire in sloan took seven different departments to finally put out. And more than a dozen people have been displaced from their homes. The fire started around 10 am yesterday morning at the prairie apartment complex on buckley strere in sloan. As crews were getting there,e, two women jumped from the second floor to try to get away from the flames. They were taken to Mercy Medical center in sioux city and were treated for non life treatening injuries. Below freezing temperatures caused some extra problems in we had flames visible from the second floor from one of the window. By the time wewe arrived on scenene Law Enforcement had evacuated both buildings, said sloan fire chief, lee blanchard. Jessica rae everyone displaced in the fire was able to find another place to stay. Fire officials arent sure yet how the fire started. Jessica rae the new hornick city clerk uncovered thousands of dolllls of misspent f fds dating back more than a decade. An audit of the city of hornick identified more than 130 thousand dollars of unsupported expeditures since 2003. 18thousand of that money was improperly used, about half went to two city clerks serving during that time. The report stated that the city did not document spending costs such as employee wages, phone charges, equipmenenand office supplies. The report is complete at this point so we will not be doing any fther investigation into the 115,000 dollars. Well simply say that th is the amount during this 11 year period of time that was spent that had no documentation. The report has been forwarded on to local authorites to see if any charges may apply. Jessica rae and now to the latest on the stunning allegations against Peyton Manning. The al jazeera reporter is defending her story. Claiming performance enhancing drugs were sent to his home. At the same time insisting she never directly accused him of anything. Abcs ryan smith has more on the owing uproar. Fallout from that explosive documentary allegedly linking an icon of American Sports to performance enhancing drugs . peyton its garbagequick pop reporter was Human Growth Hormone sent from the clinic to Ashley Manning . Nobody has denied that. The dark side . Showing charles sly . An alleged pharmacist at the Guyer Institute where manning received treatment for a 201111 neckcknjury . Talking about sending Human Growth Hormoneneo the nfl stars home sot sot sly and it would never be under peytons name, it would always be under her name the reporter also that mannings wife ashley received the banned drugs on his behalf. Rs what are you alleging with respect to Peyton Manning and the use of human groth hormone dd we are not alleging anything sly later recanted his story. Peyton mannings representatives . Sla mming the reporters claims, saying davis is backtracking and retreating . Contradi cting her own reporting the Guyer Institute claiming sly wasnt there in 2011 when manning received treatment. Something that al jazeera refuted in this phone call released today sot phone call tt start day we have. The reporter also saying they did 27 hours of undercover reporting with charles sly saying he was the one who used mannings name. Jessica rae Mercy Hospital in des moines has receceed some speciaiagifts. Players were at the Mercy Hospital pediatric unit downtown, the team spent the afternoon donating toys and stuffed animals to the children staying there. The kids were excited to see some of their favorite players up close and personal. Jessica rae and speaking of sports. After the break. Iowa hosted top ranked michigan ste in the big ten opener. Find out if the hawkeyes pulled the upset when we come back. Pasadena police are getting assistance from the la county Sheriffs Department for security during the rose parade and the rose bowl game. A caravan of more than a dozen sherif vehicles arrived in pasadena yesterday. Parade attendees can expect to see a lot more security this year. From undercover officers, to surveillance in the sky and more than a dozen Rapid Response teams on the ground. Law enforcement is also reminding the public there are restrictions in place and no drones will be allowed. And the hawkeye players participated in their media day yesterday. But it wasnt all serious business. Many players took the time to answer some pretty zany questions. Check it out. alex giaimo favorite place in the world to be . tevaun smith iowa. alex giaimo what is the biggest misconception about boys from iowa . Marshall Koehn um kinda am but theres a lot of city guys and we are not dumb like a lot of people might think. alex giaimo everybody calls you mere cat. Can you tell me why . Matt Vandeberg uh probably started with my lanky frame. Im not necessarily the biggest guys. Mere cats are pretty small. alex giaimo talk to me about yr hair right now do you feel like a little reindeer . desmon king well you caught me right when i was about to take a picture but yea it feels. Um i think it feels good wearing these things. Wonder if santa will let me be one of his reindeer. alex giaimo when are we shaving this beard is this like a lifetime beard . Or are we waiting for the rose bowl . henry kregiercoble i think probably after the game ill shave it just because i havent seen my face since august. Yea it kind of just been like a season thing just to go for it ive never had a beard like this so i think probably after the rose bowl. Ill do it. Jessica rae after a long and successful non conference on tuesday night. Alex walker has all of the action. The iowa hawkeyes have lost nine straight games against Michigan State. Their last win against sparty came back in february of 2011. Last night, iowa opened conference play against top ranked Michigan State with hopes of snapping the streak. The spartans a perfect 130. Playing without their star denzel valentine. First half. Hawkeyes up four. Sioux city east alum Adam Woodbury goes up and under. Iowa playing great early on. One minute later. Off the shotclock reset. Nicholas baer drills the deep triple. Oh my iowa up seven. Then mike gesell gets in on the action. The senior guard hits the j to keep that cushion. He had a careerhigh 25 points . The half. Peter jok buries the off balance jumper. Hawkeyes take the 3723 lead into recess. Second half. Sparty climbing back. Aaron harris with the shot clock expiring. Bang state within but the sioux city crew closes it out. Gesell to woodbury. Iowa shocks topranked Michigan State 83 70. Their first win over number one since they beat uconn back in 1999. The briar cliff men have won eight straight games. Ranked twelth in the country, the chargers went for nine consecutive wins in the nightcap of the bcu classic. Briar cliff. Opening its s home tournament against the jimmies of jamestown. Picking things up first half. Erich erdman goes coast to coast. And the chargers open up an 82 lead. Jamestown answers quickly. Brequan tucker. The spin. And he hits em with the j. Jimmies within two. A few minutes later. Jake hagler sets up in the corner and buries the three. Jamestown starting to heat up. But briar cliff was cooking on its home answering from distance. He finshed with 13 points chargers win their ninth straight. 9265 the final. On the ladies side. Fourthranked briar cliff facing off with number ten jamestown. Fourth quarter. Morgan hansen connects from three point land. Lady chargers take the 5350 lead. On the other end. The jimmies answer. Bryn woodside for three jamestown up 5655. But back comes b c. Taylor vahsa down low off the pretty feed. Easy bucket. Chargers now up one. And they hold on to forecast. Scott good morning siouxland. Some light snow is s drifting through the area. This will diminish as we get to the middle of the day. Visibility is somewhat limited and roads are slick, so use some extra caution in travel today. Heres the well reach a High Temperature in the middle 20s today. Area. This will diminish as we get to the middle of the day. Visibility is somewhat limited and roads are slick, so use some extra caution in travel today. Herers the dayplanner where well reach a High Temperature in the middle 20s today. Still ahead in our show. Ill bring you details on a number of upcoming and important farmer meetings the Iowa State University extension and outreach are having. Us heres what you can expect coming up on gma campaigngnvents on monday. But that didnt keep Martin Omalley from attending his even if there was only one person there. Campaign almost canceled the event due to the weather, but the former Maryland Governor said hes glad he pressed on. Omalley said the voter showed up because he was still unsure aboutut who to s sport. A photographer identified himims an iowa caucusgoer named kenneth. Jessica rae marco rubio is stepping up his presence in iowa. With more than twodozen events in the state over the past couple of months. He launched a twoday, six stop bus tour yesterday. But still. Hes polling 3rd in iowa, ahead of the caucuses. Abc9 News Reporter lukas voss has more on his sioux city stop. Nats growly speakiki. Consertive support fr a prominent face in washington. Trey gowdy, republican from South Carolina and the chair of the investigation into the benghazi attacks has joined marco rubio in his bid for the esidency. He has been campaigning with rubio throughout iowa and was with him in sioux city tonight. Sot i have done my vetting i have reached my conclusion. Its not my job to tell you what to do. I will respectfully ask you to give me a listen and give him consideration and see if he can convince you the way heheonvinced me. Vo could be a big boost for rubio as South Carolina is the third state in the primary. In iowa however a dec. 14 Quinnipiac University poll of likely republican caucusgoers, shows rubio with 14 percent support. Natpop rubio talking vo well behind donald trump and ted cruz who lead by nearly double. Thats why he also adressed issues important to the area like the keystone xl pipeline. Sot i want to be a worldleader in wind a world leader in biofuels in reneables. I think its reckless to not utilize the oil and gas that god has blessed this country with. I amam going to sign that permit and there is no sense why this president didnt do it. The event certainly did convince voters. Even some that are or werent quite convinced yet. Sot he is dont know if i can commit to him tonight but he is certainly appealing. Sot . I am a stronger believer now he is actually meeting up with his family in pella for the next event. And also because his kids wanted to see snow. Before heading to newton and wrapping up inboone. Jessica rae ethanol production was up this year in iowa. The iowa Renewable Fuels associatsays iowas 43 ethanol plants produced over 4 billion gallons during 2015. Thats up slightly from 3point9 billion gallons last year. Iowa is the top Ethanol Producer in the country, making up almost 30percent of the nations supply. This years increase is traced to more ficiency in production and also ethanol produced from all parts of the corn. Jessica rae 2016 may prove to be an interesting economic year for farmers as they see on a downward trend. The question is, how can farmers maximize their outputs and production, ile trying to minimize their rising input costs . Iowa State University extension and outreach will host a series of crop advantage meetings across iowa addressing that issue joel dejong extension crops specialists says two wellknown and respected Iowa State University specialists are scheduled to speak at sheldon on january 5th. sot dejong1 14 outcue . Foxt year. as said chad hart is the keynote in sheldon. N. He topic is called managing margins in 2016 and beyond. Sheldon also has a secondary keynote, thats elywnn taylor. Extension climatologist, taking a look at the climate for agriculture, for next year. Jessica rae dejong says the crop advantage meetings will look at various different aspects in relation to a farming operation and will make suggestions to farmers as how they can operate their farming business, while looking at small margins. sot dejong2 48 outcue . A look at that. as said were going to take a look at. Looking at the components. For example, were goingto have an Extension Entomologist talking about managing for insects, and taking a look at what the environment are we dealing with. Are we dealing with a corn rootworm situation, a corn following corn, where our risks are higher. So we might make sure we need to have some prevention for corn rootworms issues. Also talking about, what is good intergrated pests risks Management Practices . There is a time when it makes sense and economically makes sense to pull the trigger. Wre is that level . What does the Research Tell Us . On the soil fertility side, well concentrate on what the Research Says about different soil tests levels. What are the odds of applying fertilizer based on different soil tests levels . Its a biological system, so were all trying to figure out the odds, and the environment changes. But, were trying to take a look at that. Jessica rae dejong says the more ways farmers can reduce their costs will definitely help the farmers bottom line, but he says farmers cant cut things that create a huge risk. Trying to balance risk versus reduced costs will be the focus of many sessions during meetings. For other meeting in northwest iowa. Head to siouxland matters dot com for a complete list. Jessica rae thousands of people lined up at a Botanical Garden in australia to take a whiff of a flower that really stinks. The titan arum, or corpse flower, went on display. The plant took almost a decade to grow and produces flowers every one thousand days. Those flowers only last a day or so before collapsing. But when they bloom, the flowers release an odor that se have dcribed as resembling a dead animal. Experts say the odor helps the plant survive in the wild. Jessica rae scott adlib scott the snow is quickly carried away and by noon today garden in australia to take a whf of a flower that really stinks. Corpse flower, went on display. The plant took almost a decade to grow and produces flowers every one thousand days. Quickly carried away and by noon today itll be completely wrapped up. Itll be chilly for both new years eve and new years day. As the week goes on, we can expect some warmer air to come back and well have 30s for the weekend. Todays high is 24 with light snow this morning followed by mostly cloudy skies. Tonight, clouds diminish with a low of 5 tomorrow, well have partly cloudy conditions and itll be chilly with a high of 23. Jessica rae chilly for both new years eve and new years day. As the week goes on, we back and well have 30s for the weekend. Todays high is 24 with light snow this morning followed by mostly cloudy skies. Tonight, clouds diminish with a low of 5 tomorrow, well have partly cloudy conditions and itll be chilly with a high of 23. Jessica rae scott later today. Thanks for tuning in and keep it right here on abc 9