Christmas carols and good company. It took over dozens of turkeys to satisfy everyones appetite. More than 1hundred twenty people enjoyed a free meal at the Gospel Mission. 3 were thankful to be adding a meal to the special day here at the Gospel Mission. To those who dont have a place to go, a lot of our guests find their way to a home or friends to a christmas meal. Thanks to what they put out this year. The Gospel Mission serves meals every day of the year for folks who need a helping hand. 3 3 kayla. Not exactly a white christmas, but its still a very nice day. 3 christmas calls for mostly cloudy skies and temperatures near the 30 degree mark. Winter weather advisories are in effect between 6pm Christmas Evening until 6pm saturday evening for northwestern portions of siouxland, as they expect 36 of snow. Rain snow mix will move into the area this afternoon and will morning and continue through saturday evening. Sunday will have partly cloudy and blustery conditions with h temperatures in the low to mid 20s. We are carefully watching another potential storm system that will impact the area monday and tuesday of next week. 3 hes not on board with banning all muslims. But northwest iowas congressman steve king says some changes must be made. For now. That inclcles suspending theheinflux of immigrants from terror producing countries like iraq. Syria. And yemen. And. After making fact finding trips to iraq. Turkey. Hungary. And sweden. He also has some ideas on how the us can best help those victims of down with the congressman earlier this week and has more. 3 so i say instead suspend them from coming from those countries. Lets defeat the caliphates, defeat the culture that creates that kind of hatred, and then we have a better opportunity to be a more open nation than we are today. so from those countries i went up to sweden to see the other end of this. And the swedish migration. Their immigration. Is triple that of the United States on a per capita basis. At this point to me it looks like me. Judging from the people i talked to across the political spectrum. The swedes have essentially capitulated culturally. its history in the mamang. I went to see it. I got to talk to a lot of people who were involved in it. And i think were better off helping people where they live than we are setting the demographic stage to transform the culture and europe will no longer be europe if this continues and in another generationone wont recognize all of western europe. Your philosophy in short if i heard it is we as america are better off to help the people where theyre from. Aid. Whatever we can. Rather than spread across the globe because its really not good for everybody. That is what i believe is right. Plus if you look at the dollars and cents. For everyone we bring here it costs us about 64thousand dollars per refugee out of the taxpays pocket. And you can help a dozen of them in their home country with that same amount of money. And then youre not. The people that will rebuild that area. Youre not pulling them away. You keep them close and then you can put them back in again. They should be able to live in their native lands where theyve lived since antiquity. And youre watching isis in particular. They christians. If we were to pull the yazidis and the christians out that region and bring them l to the United States for example. Then radical islam has free reign in that territory and we will have helped them with their ethnic cleansing of things that they consider to be some claim of their native lands. 3 to see larrys entire interview with congressman king. You can go to our website at siouxland news dot com. 3 3 arly 2 years after a fire gutted the famous Younkers Department store in downtown des moines. Work to revive part of the iowa landmark is expected to start soon. Most of the building was destroyed by the fire in march of 2014. The exact cause e s never determined. Now. This march a Wisconsin Company plans to start renovating part of the structure into 60 apartments and commercial space. Along with the restoration of the famed younkers tea room. The store opened in 193. And in 1939 the first escalator in iowa was installed in the building. The store closed in 2005. 3 3 pope francis delivered his traditional urbi et orbi message to the city and the world. As Anna Matranga reports. In his Christmas Day speech, the pope called for peace in ria, libya and other parts of the world. 3 nats buon natale nats pope track 1 pope francis condemned brutal acts of terrorism in his Christmas Day message and prayed for an end to war and human suffering. quick nats of speech he also offered hope. sot translator for pope francis the grace of god can convert arts and offer r nkind a wawaout of humanly insoluble situations. Tens of thousands of faithful packed st. Peters square. sot Hana Anderson tourist he uses his influence and who he is and his role in the Catholic Church to bring our attention to the things that jesus would want us to bring attention to. And pilgrims had to go through two o curity checks before entering. sot michelle mcfetridge, tourist its part of life right now, id rather know that were safe here. bridge Anna Matranga cbs news, vatican city the pope also spoke of those closest to his heart, the poor and disadvantaged. At the community of santegidio, members are taking the popes message to heart. The Catholic Charity feeds over 200,000 homemess on Christmas Day. sot Alberto Quattrucci, member, community of santegidio this is the revolutionary force of this pope. He said, the gospel is not only a spiritual or religious message, but the gospel is also a Political Program to change the world. Member Alberto Quattrucci says francis devotion to the poor is contagious. The number of vovonteers is. Not only among catholics but also among noncatholics. And even non believers. Anna matranga, cbs news, the vatican. 3 pope francis also called for resuming peace talks between israel and the palestinians as well as an end to conflicts in this is pope francis third christmas as the head of the Catholic Church. 3 pope francis not the only one with a special message today. President and mrs. Obama also releasing a special message this afternoon. Asking americans to keep members of the military in their thoughts this christmas. During this season, we also honor all who defend those values in our countrys uniform. Every day, the brave men and women of our military serve to keep us safe and so do their families. The first lady so as we sing carols and open presents, as we win snowball fights. The president or lose snowball fights. The first lady lets also take time to pay tribute to those who have given our country so much. The president and first lady also encouraged americans to live like jesus. Treating people with love and compassion. 3 many couples exchanged gifts of clothing or jewlery today. But one eastern iowa couple got much more personal this christmas. How theyre celebrating after giving and this christmas. Coming up after ththbreak. 3 youre watching siouxland news at five on kmeg 14, with larry wentz, diana castillo, siouxlands chief meteorologist chad sandwell and sports director chris 3 3 an iowa woman received a unique early Christmas Present from her husband this year. A kidney. Reporter mark carlson has their story. 3 Kristin Thelander received kidney i mean i think we have been soso mates from the ginning, we met the first day of freshman week at st. Olaf college he was still 17 and i was 18. That was back in 1972. Wayne and Kristin Thelanders married in 1976 and a short time later adopted two kids. These days wayne is the orchestra director at iowa kristin is a professor in the i school of music. For years kristin has battled polyscystic Kidney Disease which was getting worse with time and about to force her onto dialysis when the couple made a discovery. wayne thelander donated kidney kind of an ahha moment, we both said, oh youre a negative, well i think im a negative, and that was like a big nice surprise that we both had the same blood type. Ctors at the universitytyf iowa hospitals and clinics decided the best treatment for kristin was a kidney transplant right as the Holiday Season began. And wayne was her perfect match. dr. Alan Reed University of iowa Organ Transplant Center in the distant past, only people who were genetically related would donate organs, but now its becoming far more common for people that are not genetitilly related to do it, so husband to wife, wife to husband, friend to friend and anonymous donors. Kristin Thelander received kidney i never dared count on waynes kidney, at least my head never did, my heart kind of thought it seemed like it was meant to be. Wayne thelander donated decision to do this because i want to spend more time with her, and i want it to be quality time rather than being worried about being hooked up to a dialysis machine, or how that impacts her life. This christmas the couple says theyre feeling great, and their health is great too all thanks to a very unique gift. Kristin Thelander rece ived kidney i say im 100 percent norwegian but i have a swedish kidney laughter . 3 holiday meals tend to result in lots of holiday leftovers. Tonight. Reporter holly firfer has some tips on how to eat them safely to prevent food poisoning. 3 part of the fun of the holidays is eatiti the big family meal and enjoying the delicious left overs. Following some simple rules can keep our food saffor starters. Make sure that we dont leave it sitting out longer than two hours and we want to make sure we chill it appropriately as well. Whether thats the turkey or a casserole, get it into the bad bacteria from multltlying. Put your r od in airtight containers. Because air fuels the bacteria so you want to keep that air out. The temperature of your refrigerator should be set below 40 degrees to ensure that the food will stay safe. You may want to get a thermometer if your frig does not have one. And when its time to reheat the leftovers bring the temperature back up to the level needed when cooked the first time. We want to make sure the poultry is at least at 165. The academy of nutrition and dietetics says we should eat the leftovers within 3 4 days. And if you have any concerns about safetyif in doubt throw it out. 3 Winter Weather avisories in effect until tomorrow at 6pm. 3 first alert weather with meteorologist kayla novak. 3 3 3 jetske and kayla talk about todays weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 christmas calls for mostly cloudy skies and temperatures near the 30 degree mark. Winter weather advisories are in effect between 6pm Christmas Evening until 6pm saturday evening for northwestern portions of siouxland, as they expect 36 of snow. Rain snow mix will move into the area this afternoon and will transition to snow by saturday morning and continue through saturday evening. Sunday will have partly cloudy and blustery conditions with 20s. We are carefully watching another potential storm system that will impact the area monday and tuesday of next week. 3 3 warm weather on the east coast is setting all sorts of 3 warm weather on the east coast is setting all sorts of records. Hundreds of santas took advantage of warm Christmas Eve weather to ride the waves in florida. Surfing help raise money for local charities. Almost 650santas were out there hanging ten in cocoa beach. Thats a Guinness WorldRecord Number of surfing saint nicks. Organizers are hoping to raise 3 more than 30thousand dollars this year. 3 3 3 the hawkeyes have arrived in pasadena. See how theyre spending their christmas today. And the getting set for tomorrows foster farms bowl against ucuc. Hear from the coach and the players. Chris 3 sports, with sports director chris neyenhouse. 3 3 Merry Christmas siouxland santas not the only one in red and white whos been preparing for a big day this week. The huskers are set to take on ucla in tomorrows foster farms bowl. The 57 huskers are one of only three 5 and 7 teams to earn bowl invitations. Theyll take on a bruins team thats 84 and narrowly missed clinching the pac12 south when they lost in the regular Season Finale against usc. The bruins are led by freshman sensation quarterback josh rosen who threw for 20 touchdowns and over 3thousand yards en route to being named freshman of the year in the pac 12. Heading into this game mike riley talked about his leaders that helped get the huskers to this game. A roller coaster but at the same time it wasnt a roller coaster week to week because of the continued work that t these guys showed and the example they set that allowed us to even get better as the season went along. Through the hard times. And from a coaching standpoint how much we appreciate that. 3 the hawkeyes have landed in pasadena. This is video from yesterdays Christmas Eve arrival. The team will spend the week on the west coast practicing and preparing to face stanford in the rose bowl on new years day. Its the teams first trip to the rose bowl since 1990. Players, coaches and staff will practice and attend several bowlsponsored events as part of the festivities including the rose bowl parade. 3 former isu head coach Fred Hoibergs bulls hosting the thunder. 3rd qtr, bulls up 14 jimmy butler makes the steal and takes it all the way for the easy slam. 8468 bulls4th qtr, bulls up 16thunder try to the steal, then passes to durantwho gets the layup and the foul. ft is good 8673 bullsbulls up 14 nowpau gasol throws it away, right to the thunders Anthony Morrow who drains the 3. 2 then Russell Westbrook finds morrow in the corner and he buries another 3. 3 then a little later, westbrook sticks the jumper from the elbow. Cuts the bulls lead to 6. But then its bulls by 8. Derrick rose misses but gasol gets the reboundand puts it back in. The mayor of ames gets the win. 10596 3 great finish in the pelicans heat game 4th qtr, pelicans up 2heats dwyane wade drives the lane which opens up for the easy layup. We are tied at 744th qtr, tied atat76 with under a minute left, the heats gerald green makes the steal and goes coast to coast for the layup. 7876 heat 4th qtr, heat up 2 eric gordon drives down the lane and makes a nice move for the layup. We 78 pelicans with a chance to win it, but Anthony Davis jumper is long and we go to overtime. Tied at 78 in overtime, heat up 1 chris bosh drives on Ryan Anderson and flips in the tough layup. Heat win 9488 3 3 3 3. Christmas calls for mostly cloudy skies and temperatures near the 30 degree mark. Winter weather advisories are in effect between 6pm Christmas Evening until 6pm saturday evening for northwestern portions of siouxland, as they expect 36 of snow. Rain snow mix will move into the area this afternoon and will transition to snow by saturday morning and continue through saturday evening. Sunday will have partltlcloudy and blustery conditions with temperatures in the low to mid 20s. We are carefully watching another potential storm system that will impact the area monday and tuesday of next week. 3 3 merry 3 Christmas Everyone well see right here on kmeg14. Axelrod deadly tornadoes took everything from them, but still, theyre grateful. I dont even know how im alive. Its a miracle, a christmas miracle. Axelrod no day off for the folks making lastminute disiferries