Xxx morning. 3 3 look for a very cold day today with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens, but with moisture in the upper atmosphere, cant rule out a few light flurries either. We will see some sunshine for the start of 2016, but it will stay cold through the weekend. Temperatures will remain mostly in the upper 20s for highs with single digit lows. We may see our first chance of snow for 2016 on wednesday, so keep your eyes open for that. 3 3 3 we start off this morning with bill cosby. His attorney insists her client will be exonerated of what she calls an unjustified charge of Sexual Assault. C b s news correspondent Kenneth Craig has more from elkins park pennsylvania. Where 3 bill cosbys lawyers are confident their client will be cleared of the Sexual Assault charge he faces in connection with an alleged 2004 incident. sot Monique Pressley attorney were actually glad to have these matters ferretted out in court. Prosecutors say the 78 year old entertainer drugged and sexually assaulted former Temple University employee andrea constand. But his lawyers contend constand was a willing participant. sot pressley this case involves a woman and a man who had a consensual adult relationship over time. Constand settled a civil case against cosby in 2006 for an undisclosed sum. More than 50 other women have stepped forward to make similar accusations against cosby dating back decades, but for many the statute of limitations to file charges has expired. Accuser beth ferrier of denver says shes glad the comedian faces charges in pennsylvania. sot beth ferrier accuser regardless if he is found guilty or not guilty were hoping we get our day in court. Kenneth Craig stand up cosby returns to Court January elkins park. Instead, the moved to a courthouse large enough to accommodate the hundreds of media crews that will cover the event. Until then, cosby remains free on Kenneth Craig, cbs news, 3 if hes convicted. Cosby could be in prison for up to ten years. 3 the sioux city man charged with a violent Home Invasion is pleading not guilty. 21 year old Austin Cummings entered his not guilty plea 3 to charges of 1st degree robbery. Going armed with intent. Assault while participating in a felony. And 2nd degree theft. Hes in the Woodbury County jail on 76 thousand dollars bond now. Police say hes one of two men who broke into a home on south alice street in morningside earlier this month. Brutally beating a special needs and stealing tvs. Game consoles. And a cell phone. Cummings trial date has not yet been set. 3 former pennsylvania senator and republican president ial candidate Rick Santorum brought his campaign back to sioux city last night. The winner of the 20 12 Iowa Caucuses is hoping to pull off another upset victory come february. Last night. He was at the home of the reverand cary gordon in morningside. Pastor at cornerstone world outreach church. Santorum says his campaign is all in in iowa. 3 were gonna put an extra fullcourt press. Im going out, meeting with groups of iowans, and reminding them their job is not to follow the national polls, their job is to analyze the candidates and lead. Dont settle for who the establishment or the money people say that you should vote for, but vote for the person who you believe should be the candidate that should go up agaist Hillary Clinton and should be the next president. After his sioux city stop. Santorum held center. 3 another republican candidate is making plans to be in northwest iowa next week. Texas senator ted cruz will speak at Dordt College in sioux Center Tuesday night. Cruz is leading in the state of iowa in quite a few polls. Passing billionaire businessman donald trump. Hell speak at the de Yager Activity Center on the dordt campus starting at 6 oclock tuesday night. 3 hes being called a hero. The Woodbury County sheriffs deputy who saved two women in a fire that broke out in an Apartment Building tuesday. Deputy Todd Peterson was the First Responder who got to the burning apartment complex in sloan tuesday morning. When he got there just before 10. Peterson saw the building in the 3 hundred block of buckley street completely engufled in flames. One woman from the second story had already jumped out of the window to escape. A second was hanging out of the window. 3 i basically slowed her down more than anything i think. Her landing on her neck, was the main thing. I dont think ive had any training regarding a situation like that. Its just, i dont know, i just reacted. The women were taken by ambulance to mercy with non life threatening injuries. No word on their condition. The Apartment Building was destroyed in the fire. Which was set off by cooking. The red cross is helping the families who lost their home. 3 a storm lake woman is facing charges of stealing from her employer. Police arrested 30 year old Rachel Wunder on a charge of 2nd degree theft. The arrest comes after a three week investigation. Her former Employer Claims wunder made unauthorized purchases. Account withdrawals. And cash withholdings of more than 33 hundred dollars while working there. Wunder was booked into the Buena Vista County jail on a 5 thousand dollar bond. 3 in canada. After two months construction. The city of edmontons first ice castle opened to the public afternoon. The frozen creation. Which includes thousands of icicles. Was painstakingly carved and sculpted by hand. The structure weighs in at more than 27 thousand tons. And stretches over an acre of snow. Once inside the narnia like display. Visitors will have the chance to crawl through tunnels. Ride down frozen slides. And explore secluded caves. At night. L e d lights stuck in the ice make the castle glow with vibrant colors. A Utah Based Company is behind the attraction. Which runs until it melts. 3 3 we were this time yesterday warmer weather is on the way though, details next. 3 3 coming up. Europe faced terror attacks and a refugee crisis in 20 15. Well take a look at some of the years Top International stories. 3 youre watching Siouxland Heller and meteorologist 3 cat taylor 3 weather on the ones, brought to you by Siouxland Federal Credit Union 3 look for a very cold day today with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens, but with moisture in the upper atmosphere, cant rule out a few light flurries either. We will see some sunshine for the start of 2016, but it will stay cold through the weekend. Temperatures will remain mostly in the upper 20s for highs with single digit lows. We may see our first chance of snow for 2016 on wednesday, so keep your eyes open for that. 3 3 3 3 heres what were talking about on facebook this what are you looking forward to in the new year . 3 3 spotifys facing a lawsuit filed by musicians. Reporter brian webb is in new york with our c b s moneywatch. 3 a swiss bank has set aside nearly 550 Million Dollars after an investigation claimed the bank helped wealthy american clients evade us taxes. Julius bar, switzerlands fourth largest bank said wednesday, it has reached an agreement in principal with the Us Attorneys Office in new york, which declined to comment. another drop in Energy Stocks led markets lower wednesdaythe nasdaq lost 42 points spotify has been hit with a classaction lawsuit to the tune of 150 million. It was filed monday by the band crackers frontman david lowery. It claims the popular streaming site failed to secure and pay for the mechanical rights for many of the groups songs. Other artists could eventually join the suit. no big surprised in the most pirated tv shows of 2015. Hbos hit game of thrones led the pack for the fourth year in a row with 14. 4 million downloads. It was followed by the walking dead and the big bang theory. Torrentfreak, which tracks streaming data compiled the list. and thats your moneywatch report. For more, log onto cbs moneywatch. Com. In new york, im brian webb. 3 3 islamic terrorists launched deadly attacks in europe and beyond this year. And thousands of migrants died trying to escape war torn countries. C b s news vigliotti is in london with a look at the Biggest International events of 20 15. 3 nats up. Hebdo shooting mandatory credit patrick zachmannmagnum photos terrorists targeted paris twice. aptn gunmen linked to alqaeda stormed the newsroom of the provocative newspaper Charlie Hebdo killing 12 people. afp another attacker killed four hostages at a jewish supermarket before Police Killed him. band on stage mandatory courtesy sebastien snow ten months later isis terrorists massacred footage of theatre with woman hanging from window is aptn mandatory courtesy le monde people inside a concert hall. While others aptn set off bombs outside a soccer stadium, and gunned down people sitting at cafes. 130 people were killed. Afp Aptn Isis claimed another 224 lives when a bomb exploded on a russian jetliner as it flew over egypt. Nats. Isis shooting youtube the latest round of terror comes as isis seizes more territory in syria and iraqthe us and its allies launched airstrikes against the terror group, and america sent in 200 special forces. Nats. Crying migrants in water aptn refugees rushed to region. cbs nearly one million migrants escaped to countries like hungary and germany. Thousands died trying. ap photo including this syrian toddler who drowned. Nats. aptn isis backed attackers also struck twice in tunisia killing 22 people in a national museum, and gunning down dozens of tourists sunbathing in a resort town. Nats. There was International Outrage after the us carried out an air strike against the taliban in afghanistan, and mistakenly hit a doctors with borders hospital, killing 30 people. Nats aptn and ap photos more than two thousand people died in the annual hajj pilgrimage the deadliest stampede ever. Nats. Bethlehem aptn tensions remained high in israel, as palestinians afp carried out a wave of stabbing attacks on jews. Nats. aptn a 7. 9 magnitude earthquake struck nepal killing more than 9thousand people and injuring 23 thousand. Nats. Crash site a germanwings plane into the french alps killing all 150 people on board. Nats. afp the mystery of the missing Malaysia Flight 370 was solved when a wing washed up off the coast of africa. Nats. Paris aptn World Leaders agreed on a Climate Change deal to get nearly all countries to reduce the Greenhouse Gas emissions Scientists Say are warming the planet. Nats. Kate with baby aptn ap photos and britain welcomed Prince William and kates second child princess charlotte. Jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, london. 3 3 after today. 20 15 wont be anything but a memory. Were taking a look back at some of the incredible ag experiences weve had this year. Thats after the break. In proud to be a hometown farmer. For our region. 3 3 first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor 3 look for a very cold day today with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens, but with moisture in the upper atmosphere, cant rule out a few light flurries either. We will see some sunshine for the start of 2016, but it will stay cold through the weekend. Temperatures will remain mostly in the upper 20s for highs with single digit lows. We may see our first chance of snow for 2016 on wednesday, so 3 3 after today. 20 15 wont be anything but a memory. So this morning in proud to be a hometown farmer. From an Award Winning diary. To a giant bee. Were taking a look back at some of the incredible ag experiences weve had this year. 3 in march we met harold lee at meadow hill. Were a 374 bed maternity hospital. In december 13. The porcine diarrhea virus introduced to this farm. In just seven days. All the baby pigs i had in the farm were killed by that virus. So harold wrote a diary. Eventually published in National Hog Farmer magazine. With all the gruesome details. The deaths. The work trying to save the animals. And now a days. Some of the bio security he started then is still part of this pig business. Harold won a master pork producer award for that work. Then we met tim schmidt. And his award herd. Toggenburg goats. Milked. Twice a day. Every day. Tim really gets to knowem. The young ones. Apple red rodeo, shes a yearling milker. Especially the goats thatve been around for 7 or 8 years. Her name is high society rose rooster crowing . She knows shes special, shes treated that way, and she certainly lives up to it. If she decides shes not going to want to be caught, youre not going to catch her that day. Winning personalities. At least for tims daughters. Whove shown the animals competitively. That was our First National show win, so of course we remember it. And in may. We had to do a double take. For a bee. And busloads of students buzzing into spirit lake. Transforming six acres of iowa land at pure fishing, inc. This was just a grassland before. By sowing seeds. Planting. Eight species of bees. Kind of like this. A place to live. Were talking native bees, and were talking all species of well as monarch, all of those species are needing some more habitat. Three stories. Just a small 3 3 next thursday. Well have part two. And finish our look back at proud to be a hometown farmer in 20 15. In the meantime. If you think of a farmer that might be great on proud to be a hometown farmer tell us about them you can nominate them on our web site. Siouxlandnews. Com. Or you can e mail me. At j heller at siouxland news dot com. 3 cities around the world are getting ready for tonights big party. With major Security Operations well show you why city Officials Say new york will be the safest city in the world. Youre watching siouxland news at sunrise. 3 the average daily driven car in the us is nearly 11 years old. Since those cars were made, theres been some incredible new technology. Today, i want to point out a few of the latest items making new cars so incredible. Up first; touch screens just like your phone and tablet, the dashboard of your car runs a lot of systems. These units make navigating from the ac to the stereo to easier. Lots of cars now have Collision Avoidance technology; it uses sensors to see if youre closing in on a car too quickly and can apply the brakes automatically and one of my favorite new technologies is Adaptive Cruise control; it regulates your cars speed to maintain a safe distance between you the car ahead; on the expressway its really trick you can learn about these, and other new technologies when you visit our trusted car care pros here in town auto matters motor supply. You can find everything you need to get youll receive the best service that you deserve. We get it. Visit one of our many local locations for any 3 this is siouxland news at 3 good morning everyone,thanks for starting your morning with heller. 3 and im meteorologist cat taylor. 3 look for a very cold day today with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens, but with moisture in the upper atmosphere, cant rule out a few light flurries either. We will see some sunshine for the start of 2016, but it will stay cold through the weekend. Temperatures will remain mostly in the upper 20s for highs with single digit lows. We may see our first chance of snow for 2016 on wednesday, so 3 with the global threat of terrorist attacks this new years eve. Security will be high at celebrations tonight across the country. Reporter don champion shows us whats being done to make sure people ring in 20 16 safely. 3 pkg wed0106 22 in new yorks iconic times square the nypd says 6,000 Police Officers will ensure its the safest place to ring in the new year. wed0106 40 a highly trained and newly formed counterterrorism unit will 3 also be on patrol. sot tue0292 james oneill nypd chief of dept. 1 12 leave the worrying to the nypd. People should feel safe because were there 17 wed0106 08 more than a Million People will attend the countrys biggest celebration. wed0106 35 not far away, inside a new Operations Center in downtown manhattan, officers camera feeds. standup don champion cbs news times square feeding in on the ground radiation detectors will be deployed along with bomb sniffing dogs. Police helicopters and snipers will also keep watch from above. sot thu0012 1 09 nat ambulance backing up in las vegas where hundreds of thousands will party, preparations included stocking ambulances. thu0012 1 24 along the famous strip, a thousand uniformed officers will be on patrol. thu0007 has command center in vegas and aerials aerials file if you need it fri0339 night time strip file video for kgmb sot thu0037 1 46 overseas, authorities in belgium are also on alert. In the capital city of brussels, the annual fireworks display has been cancelled thu0044 17 after the arrest of two men this week for plotting an attack. Tourists vow to not let it dampen their night. sot thu0037 juan salines tourist from los angeles 1 37 the thing is you cant let people like that dictate your lifestyle and your choices. So is it a threat . It is a threat anywhere but it is not going to change my plans 44 here in the states, Officials Say there are no credible or specific threats against celebrations. Don champion, cbs news, new york. 3 in france. Where an isis attack killed 130 people last month. About 60,000 deployed across the country to make sure celebrations are safe. Some celebrations in this year. 3 the date is set for sioux citys city council to hear the final proposed plan for the citys five public pools. At their first meeting of 20 16 monday. The council will hear and consider the recommendations made by the parks and rec boards pool committee. The recommendatio ns are to close leeds and cook pools after the 20 16 swim season and replace them with splash pads for 20 17. Build a new multi Million DollarAquatic Center at the site of cone park in morningside. Close lewis pool when the new facility opens. And leave leif erikson pool open until it can no longer hold water. Then replace it with a splash pad and talk about where to put a new northside pool. Riverside Aquatic Center will stay open with no major changes under the plan. 3 winter storms are making for a critically low blood supply in siouxland. Now Life Serve Blood Center in sioux city is asking you to donate blood. Lifeserve is relying on generous donors to roll up their sleeves to ensure the blood supply remains at stable levels. They say a perfect storm led up to the low supply. 3 we usually see a dip this time of year because of Holiday Travel and people have plans and plus its flu season and with predictable winter weather. And since we are kind of in the middle all three right now, we are kind of in a critical time. So any donation we can get, we will absolutely love to have that donor in the door. The full process only takes an hour. Donors are asked to schedule appointments or walk in to donate. You can make appointments online. Weve got the link in this story on our website. Siouxland news dot com. 3 the launch date for the u s s sioux city has been set. The latest freedom class Littoral Combat ship will be launched from its shipyard in marinette wisconsin saturday. January 30th. The ceremony will include the ships traditional champagne launch. The ship will keep being tested and preparing for her formal commissioning into the navy in 20 17. Sioux city mayor bob scott and other city Officials Say theyll go to wisconsin for the ceremony. 3 there are just a few days left to help kids in siouxland stay warm this winter. Siouxland news is wrapping up our annual coats for kids drive. But not before a remsen boy stopped by our studios to drop off 25 coats he and his family gathered from around town. Those coats. Along with all others donated to the program. Will be cleaned by davenport cleaners and sent to the Salvation Army to be handed out. 3 its just good to do christmas cheer for the people who dont have coats and arent thart fortunate. This Years Campaign officially ends this sunday. January 3rd. If you want a full list of drop off locations. Visit the coats for kids page on our website. Siouxland news dot com. 3 more than three hundred kids warriors yesterday. It was the last day of the siouxland Ninja Warrior camp at morningside college. The event was put on by sunnybrook church. With the help of around 40 volunteers. Kids got to be active. Running through quite a few inflatables. 3 the feedback weve gotten is that theyre having a good time, at the same time, theyre sore i mean, they really are working hard, but i dont think they realize how many calories theyre burning and how much exercise theyre getting. This is the second year for the siouxland Ninja Warrior camp. Organizers say it will be back again next year. 3 the city of le mars is getting recognition for trying to improve its downtown. The website only in your state dot com ranks the ice cream capitol of the world sixth on its list of top 10 main streets in iowa. Its also the only city in northwest iowa on the list. Cedar falls takes the top spot. Followed by dubuque. Ames. Mount vernon. And decorah to le mars comes pella. Followed by greenfield. Corning. And fort madison. 3. 3 each month. Siouxland news and the Siouxland Federal Credit Union team up to present a local volunteer with a jefferson award. Sort of a way to recognize people dedicated to public service. Our own siouxland News Reporter yet ska jetske wah ron wauran introduces us to this months recipient. A sioux city man whos made a field of dreams come true. 3 dedicated, tireless and hard working. These are just a few words, many use to describe Kevin Negaard. Hes an incredible man. Totally selfless. He has does it in such a way that hasnt been its always been about me, type of person. Negaard is the executive director at Sunnybrook Community church and president of the Miracle League of sioux city. I read about the Miracle League in and decided to do something. It was three years ago, after taking a class at Sunnybrook Community church, negaard made a commitment to lead the Miracle League project, a Sports Complex in Riverside Park, specialized for kids with disabilities. I established a 501c3, got a board together, started to raise a Million Dollars to build this complex. Two things that were really important to me is, it was done with excellence. Since then, negaard has spent countless hours, devoting his time and energy to make the field of dreams come true. In september of this year, Miracle League had their grand opening of the baseball facility. Whats more construction on a new splash pad will be underway starting spring of 2016. Negaards friend and coworker Bonnie Van Holland says, the miracle project has been a labor of love from kevin to these everyday during construction, helping dig holes for the footings and providing meals for workers and volunteers. kevin conkl kevin got a lot of people involved within the community. A lot of individuals involved. Kevin Negaard its been unbelievable, about how much is used by the kids and the families. A man of action, a man life with a longpassion, who deserves the jefferson award. Standard out 3 if you know someone who deserves a jefferson award. 3 you can nominate them by filling out the Nomination Form on our website. Siouxland news dot com. One honoree from siouxland this year will win a trip to the National Jefferson awards ceremony in washington d c. 3 could this be a School Project for the record books . A 12 year old boy in friendswood texas sure hopes so. For nine months dakota rogers was focused on big mac the chicken. Off a farm to market. Past a feed store in friendswood. Its only fitting to find a fowl in a 12 year old boys backyard. It was supposed to be an easy assignment. Raising a chicken just kept eating. And eating. Until he became one big fat chicken. Dakotas dad thought the family would spent 60 days raising a broiler chicken and that would be the end of it. Broilers are mostly raised for their meat. They normally go to slaughter eight weeks in. Walking has turned to wobbling. And how much does big mac weigh . Twenty four pounds. Not necessarily a record winner. But at least a prize for friendswood and a chicken dinner. 3 3 3 3 3 from a high profile murder case to a hit Netflix Series. Was an Innocent Police . Well show you the case that has viewers hooked. 3 youre watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob taylor3 3 first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor 3 look for a very cold day today with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens, but with moisture in the upper atmosphere, cant rule out a few light flurries either. We will see some sunshine for the start of 2016, but it will stay cold through the weekend. Temperatures will remain mostly in the upper 20s for highs with single digit lows. We may see our first chance of 3 a new tv series on netflix is asking questions about a high profile wisconsin murder case. Making a murderer. Like the podcast serial and h b os the jinx. Has re ignited interest in a crime that had vanished from the public spotlight. C b s news correspondent Michelle Miller shows us why many netflix viewers are now wondering whether an innocent 3 very thorough, and in our opinion, very accurate and very fair. track 9 former calumet prono calyoumet County District attorney ken kratz told cbs this morning the Netflix Series leaves out key dna and other evidence, including cell phone records showing avery lured halbach to the salvage yard. track 10 gfx kratz, the special prosecutor appointed to the case, said the suggestion investigators framed avery was. Irresponsible, and inconsistent with a consideration of all the epresented. track 11 thesay their go was tdocumeaverys case t unfolded its entirety. Emos 20 25 06 our questigoing in wasnever aboutguilt or innocence or trysolve thiscrime. It ,3 3 califormia has been in a drought for four years now. Well show you how scientests forests. Its time this morning. Thanks for 3 heres your new years 3 forecast. 3 good morning, downtown sioux city its two degrees outside at time . As we take a look from our j c roofing and insulating camera. 3 while much of the country is dealing with rain and snow. Californias drought drags on. As reporter ben tracy shows us. Now a new study shows how the states trees 3 narr 1 this 3 high tech flying laboratory has been soaring over california measuring the impact of four years of drought. sot 14 54 41 theres a lot of red on this screen which is a sign that were over an area thats in trouble narr 2 scientist greg asner says his team has made a startling discovery. 888 Million Trees in californias forests have seen measurable water loss since the drought began. sot 14 52 53 bt youre basically saying the drought has impacted nearly 1 billion trees in california . Ga thats correct. narr 3 they can be this precise because their plane is equipped with state of the art lasers that scan 15 acres of forest every second. maps in its like having x ray vision that produces these firstof theirkind 3d images of the health of every single tree in the forest. The red areas on this map show severly drought stressed trees. Blue areas are healthier. maps out sot 13 39 27 bt your equipment reads how much moisture is in each individual tree. . Ga yeah. The measurement is focused on how much water is in the foliage itself. 13 39 50 its like getting a blood test. Its really one of the key indicators of the health of a tree. narr 4 grx the Us Forest Service says more than 29 Million Trees have already died. Asners team has determined that 58 million more are on trees. Are they past the point of no return or are they recoverable . Ga we dont know whether a stressed tree will absolutely succumb and be gone or whether it will bounce back over time. narr 5 the hope is that el nino fueled storms will bring much needed rain. maps in in the meantime these new maps will help the Forest Service know which areas are most vulnerable maps out and wildfire officials know where the greatest risks are. Ben tracy cbs news sacramento. 3 weather on the ones brought to you by window world 3 look for a very cold day partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens, but with upper atmosphere, cant rule out a few light flurries either. We will see some sunshine for the start of 2016, but it will stay cold through the weekend. Temperatures will remain mostly in the upper 20s for highs with single digit lows. We may see our first chance of snow for 2016 on wednesday, so keep your eyes open for that. 3 3 3 time for a trip to the sunrise watercooler. The united off its 20 16 line up of stamps wednesday. A highlight of the group is a set of four star trek stamps honoring the original t v shows 50th anniversary. The star trek stamps show classic icons. Like the u s s enterprise. The starfleet insignia. A crew member being beamed up. And a vulcan salute. 3 3 coming up this morning in your 6 oclock hour. 20 15s almost done. Well take a look at siouxlands top stories from the last year. Plus your morning news, weather and sports are all coming up. Its now time as we take a look outside xxx on the xxx cam. Keep it right 3 heres a look at your weather to go. 3 3 good morning, this is sgt todd sassmann with your siouxland news traffic to goofficers will be running radar on s lakeport and lewis blvdhave a news, this is sgt todd sassmann3 3 3 heres a look at your news to go. 3 3 bill cosby is free on one Million Dollars bail until his next Court Appearance in january. The 78 year old comedian was charged with Sexual Assault wednesday. The charge comes from a 2004 encounter at cosbys home with former Temple University employee andrea constand. If convicted. Cosby could face up to ten years behind bars. His Attorney Says the charge is unjustified and cosby will be cleared. At least 21 passengers aboard an air canada boeing 7 7 7 were sent to the hospital after their shanghai to toronto flight went into severe turbulence. Officials say the injuries were non lifethreatening neck and back injuries. 332 passengers and 19 crew members were on the flight which was diverted to calgary. Up to a Million People are expected to ring in the new year in new york citys times square tonight. Theyll be joined by nearly 6 undercover Police Officers. The head of the citys counterterrorism unit says new york city will be the safest place in the world on new years eve. 3 and be sure to check out siouxland news dot com all day at work and home for the latest news, weather and sports. 3 and here is what the folks in studio 57 are working on that youll see in an hour on cbs this morning. Im jeff glor. Coming up, will the new star wars movie set the stage for another great year for hollywood . We look at the blockbusters for 2016. Thats coming up, on cbs this morning. 3 this is siouxland news at sunrise on kmeg 14 3 good morning everyone and welcome to siouxland news at sunrise. Thanks for starting your morning with us. Im jacob cat taylor. 3 3 look for a very cold day today with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens, but with moisture in the upper atmosphere, cant rule out a few light flurries either. We will see some sunshine for the start of 2016, but it will stay cold through the weekend. Temperatures will remain mostly in the upper 20s for highs with single digit lows. We may see our first chance of snow for 2016 on wednesday, so keep your eyes open for that. 3 3 3 former pennsylvania senator and republican president ial candidate Rick Santorum brought his campaign back to sioux city last night. The winner of the 20 pull off another upset victory come february. Last night. He was at the home of the reverand cary gordon in morningside. Pastor at cornerstone world outreach church. Santorum says his campaign is all in in iowa. 3 were gonna put an extra fullcourt press. Im going out, meeting with groups of iowans, and reminding them their job is not to follow the national polls, their job is to analyze the 3 candidates and lead. Dont settle for who 3 the establishment or the money people say that you should vote for, but vote for the person who you believe should be the candidate that should go up agaist Hillary Clinton and should be the next after his sioux city stop. Santorum held another house party in sioux center. 3 another republican candidate is making plans to be in northwest iowa next week. Texas senator ted cruz will speak at Dordt College in sioux Center Tuesday night. Cruz is leading in the state of iowa in quite a few polls. Passing billionaire businessman donald de Yager Activity Center on the dordt campus starting at 6 oclock tuesday night. 3 hes being called a hero. The Woodbury County sheriffs deputy who saved two women in a fire that broke out in an Apartment Building tuesday. Deputy Todd Peterson was the First Responder who got to the burning apartment complex in sloan tuesday morning. When he got there just before 10. Peterson saw the building in the 3 hundred block of buckley street completely engufled in flames. One woman from the second story had already jumped out of the window to escape. A second was hanging out of the window. 3 i basically slowed her down more than anything i think. Tried to slow her down, avoid her landing on her neck, was the main thing. I dont think ive had any training regarding a situation like that. Its just, i dont know, i just reacted. 3 the women were taken by ambulance to mercy with non no word on their condition. Destroyed in the fire. Which was set off by cooking. The red cross is helping the families who lost their home. 3 can you believe it. Today is the last day of 20 15. Siouxland News Reporter yet ska jetske wah ron wauran takes a look at the top 3 2015. Winter storms 3 kicked off the new year. Setting off a sight rarely seen in siouxland a sinkhole. Residents of the 2800 block of macomb avenue say they heard a loud blast. On the night of january 5th. The result holes in the ground nearly ten feet deep. City crews blamed the hole on massive erosion caused by large amounts of water. January 9th. Deputies were called to a house in the southwest Woodbury County town of sloan when a dog sitter fond the body of 29 year old dustin wilder. 29 year old timothy shrow der schroeder is on murder charges in the case. In february, we traveled to shawnee, oklahoma, covering an story about an iowan farmer trailers and refurbished rvs packed with food, and all sorts of household items, to families who were hurt or affected by disasters all across the united states. In a unanimous opinion, the 7 judges on the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a lower District Courts ruling. Deciding sioux citys Traffic Cameras are constitutional. The city is still fighting with the iowa d o t on where those cameras can be placed. April a boy who went missing on april 6th, was later found on april 10th. Six year old lincoln hilt fell off a dock at Riverside Park in yankton where he was fishing with his family on easter sunday. Despite a widespread search. His body was found about 100 yards from the dock. Autopsy results determined his death to be accidental. April 17th. Sioux city police lost one of their own. Sergeant Jay Fleckenstein was found dead at his home. Fleckenstein had been with the Department Since 1997. At the time of his death. He was a supervisor of the k9 program. Sioux city police and paramedics responded to war eagle park. Finding 4 High School Students who they believe were smoking synthetic marijuana. The teens were taken to the hospital where one of them. 18 year old austin mccloud. A senior at west high school. Died. Later in april, the bird flu hit iowa. Some of the states largest poultry farms. Right here in northwest iowa. Had to destroy millions of hens and turkeys because of a highly infectious bird flu. In may. The Iowa Economic DevelopmentAuthority Board approved an assistance package for the proposed seaboard triumph pork plant. The 269 Million Dollar plant will get just over 13 Million Dollars in investment tax credits. Sales tax refunds. And job creation tax credits. The plant is expected to open in 2017 and employ more than 1 thousand people. In early bortvit was discovered in rural emmet county. 18 year old Lee Christensen of estherville was arrested in minneapolis. And returned to iowa to face charges of 1st degree murder in bortvits death,. June 10th. Two former sioux city Wastewater Treatment plant employees lost their licenses after an investigation into the plants emissions. Two supervisors at the plant permanently surrendered their wastewater operations certifications as part of a settlement with the iowa d n r. They had allegedly manipulated equipment at the plant on days the citys water was being tested for e coli bacteria. A milestone for siouxlands most wanted. Mitchell meyer of correctionville had been on the run since 1999. When he failed to appear for trial on 2 counts of sexual abusing a minor. Meyer was featured in a special edition of siouxlands most wanted. Bringing dozens of new tips to u s marshals. One tip put meyer in mexico. And with the help of mexican meyers arrest on june 29th. He became the 400th fugitive to be captured since the beginning of siouxlands most wanted in july. More than 30 thousand ragbrai riders kicked off in sioux city, in high gear. To fort dodge. Thousands of riders from across the country, embarked on the 7day bike journey across the hawkeye state. In august. A major employer in the Crawford County city of denison announced it was closing. The tyson fresh meats beef Processing Plant first opened in 1961. And employed more than 400 people at the time of its closing. Also in august. Two sioux city teens were arrested and charged with conspiring to rob the Security National bank branch in the hamilton boulevard hyvee store. Heaven zevenbergen and Angelica Perez both accepted plea deals in the case. They will be sentenced in february. In october we introduced you to the uss sioux city. Under construction in marinette, wisconsin. The Littoral Combat ship is the first to be named for sioux city. Shell be launched january 30th and 2017. Finally, in decembera beloved spencer, iowa teen dies after a wrestling tournament. 18yearold Austin Roberts collapsed on the mats. He was later pronounced dead at spencer hospital. Standard out. 3 need more in pep in your step for that work out . Grab a cup of joe beforehand. Researchers at the university of georgia say theyve found Drinking Coffee can enhance your endurance. The group took a closer look at previous studies on caffeine. Coffee. And sports. They found significant improvements in endurance performance in five of nine studies. Three of six studies found that coffee reduced perceived exertion. Researchers say based on their reviews of these studies. There is moderate evidence Drinking Coffee improves in cycling and running. 3 3 3 3 3 both briar cliff and morningside had win streaks on the line in the briar cliff holiday classic. Chris is next with sports. 3 youre watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob heller and meteorologist cat 3 weather on the ones, brought to you by Siouxland Federal Credit Union 3 look for a very cold day today with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens, but with moisture in the upper atmosphere, cant rule out a few light flurries either. We will see some sunshine for the start of 2016, but it will stay cold through the weekend. Temperatures will remain mostly in the upper 20s for highs with single digit lows. We may see our first chance of snow for 2016 on wednesday, so chris neyenhouse. Good morning siouxland, heres a look at battle creek ponca blocked a potential battle of ranked finale. The 43 indians looked against the 70 warriors from neely oakdale. The winner faces winnebago in the finale tomorrow. 1. Pick up action in three. Indians up thirtytwo. Twentyseven over the warriors. 2. Still in the third. Neelyoakdales tyson belitz with the amazing up and under shot. Cuts poncas lead to one. Thirtytwo to thirtyone. 3. Ponca comes right back. Dalton tremayne with his own up and under. Hes fouled. Hed miss the layup. Indians up thirtyfour to thirtyone. 4. Move to the fourth quarter. Ponca up two. Forty to thirtyeight and neelyoakdales alex kirkman with the drive and the layup. Game tied at forty with a little over a minute left in the game. The ball with thirtyseconds left in the game. Logan kingsbury misses the layup but Hunter Schweers is there to clean it up. Indians up fortytwo to forty and thats how it would end. Ponca hands the warriors their first loss 4240. Can they do the same to winnebago in the title game today . Great northeast nebraska shootout at wayne state consolation matchup between laurel concord coleridge and st. Marys this morning. 1 on the boys side this is dylan wolfgram with the drive and the basket. The bears were getting out in front. 2 saint marys trying to mount a comeback in the second half jake reiman making it rain the three pointer is good. The bears roll though. 7047 the final. Same two teams on the girls side in the consolation matchup. 1 bears down big to the cardinals. But this is a three from the aptly named brynn shoot its good 2 but it was all st. Marys in this game. Check out Taylor Colman to sydney hupp on the give and go st. Marys advances in the bracket. They win 6020. Check out these pictures of the South Sioux CityGirls Basketball team in orlando at disney world and the wide world of sports they won their opening round matchup at the ksa tournament against carrollwood high school out of tampa 7428 they improve to 90. Congrats to them thats what you call a once in a lifetime experience right there some other holiday tournaments in the area today. This is the bracket we have for the great northeast nebraska shootout. We will have a champion today as Norfolk Catholic will take on hartington cc. On the ladies side the bottom of the bracket is a little different as pender and wayne move on instead of hartington cc it sets up a championship matchup of wayne versus west point beemer today. Over in wisner at the shootout on the elkhorn winnebago beat pierce to set up a championship matchup against ponca. 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Shane gravpasses iclay and he hit open jump shot for 3 points. 2 next play the warriormiss their shotforbes getthe rand paitdown c taustand he 3 next possesion, forbes etand he makthe 3 big gumars. 3 9878. To the mens side now its morningside and jamestown 1 to get the game going morningworks the ba around. Van s thad 16 points 2 then the mustangs go down low to bio babalola the young mfrom chicagoputting in work 3 then bobalola with the big board. He finds Ryan Tegtmeier from distance. He lead all scorers with 31. Morningside wins by 2 9088 thats it for your morning sportscast. Join us again for tsand 10. Have a 3 star wars and Jurassic World helped make 20 15 a record its time . Your Sunrise Entertainment is after the break. 3 we are 20 degrees cooler than though, 3 details next. Meteorologist cat taylor 3 look for a very cold day today with partly cloudy skies and a moisture in the upper atmosphere, cant rule out a will see some sunshine for the start of 2016, but it will stay cold through the weekend. Mostly in the upper 20s for highs with single digit lows. Snow for 2016 on wednesday, so 3 the nations 3 the nations top singers gear up to rock new years eve. And bill cosby faces a Sexual Assault charge. Chris martinez has your eye on entertainment. 3 vid cosby walking into court Comedian Bill Cosby is free on 1Million Dollars bail after being charged with aggravated indecent assault. The 78year old is accused of sexually assaulting a Temple University pennsylvania home in 2004. sot kevin steel montgomery co. , pa, District Attorney elect he urged her to take pills he provided and to drink wine, the effect of which rendered her unable to move or respond. More than 50 women have accused cosby of sexual abuse. But. This is the first time cosby has been charged. He has denied the accusations. nats star wars the force awakens blockbusters Like Star Wars the force awakens and Jurassic World helped make 2015 a recordbreaking year for hollywood. Ticket sales in north america are expected to top 11billion dollars by the end of today. Carrie underwood and gwen stefani are set to perform live in new yorks time square to ring in 2016. Rapper puff daddy will hit the stage in miamiand the rock band kings of leon will headline the new years eve celebration in nashville. Thats your eye on entertainment. Chris martinez, cbs news. 3 heres what were talking about on facebook this morning. How was your 2015 . To in the new year . 3 3 still to come this morning. With the help of smartphones. Plenty of people are leaving their cameras at home. But what if you could take a professional photographer with you . Well show you a service that lets you do that. Its now time as we take a look outside xxx on the xxx cam. Your weather and morning news are all ahead. Siouxland news at 3 sunrise on kmeg 14 3 good morning everyone,thanks for starting your morning with us. Im jacob cat taylor. 3 3 3 with the help of smartphones. A lot of people leave their cameras at home now. But what if you could have the help of a professional photographer. Anywhere you go . we juh weijia jang jiang has more. 3 solo traveler nicole reina has a serious case of wanderlust. sot nicole reina traveler i just checking them off. But selfies arent enough to document her magical moments around the world. Here, reina is in burma. Watching a sunset over ancient temples. And exploring from above, in a hot air balloon. sot nicole reina traveler it reminds me ive been on some marvelous adventures in my life. These unforgettable memories were captured in photographs taken by tracy swift. sot tracy swift flytographer i am a 3 flytographer 3 wj what is 3 that . were photographers but were also people who want to be part of this experience. 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Packages start at 250 dollars for a half hour photo shoot. 3 the date is set for sioux citys city council to hear the final proposed plan for the citys five public pools. At their first meeting of 20 16 monday. The council will hear and consider the recommendations made by the parks and rec boards pool committee. The recommendatio ns are to close leeds and cook pools after the 20 16 swim season and replace them with splash pads for 20 17. Build a new multi Million DollarAquatic Center at the site of cone park in morningside. Close lewis pool when the new facility erikson pool open until it can no longer hold water. Then replace it with a splash pad and talk about where to put a new northside pool. Riverside Aquatic Center will stay open with no major changes under the plan. 3 winter storms are making for a critically low blood supply in hospitals through siouxland. Now Life Serve Blood Center in sioux city is asking you to donate blood. Lifeserve is relying on generous donors to roll up their sleeves to ensure the blood supply remains at stable levels. They say a perfect storm led up to the low supply. 3 we usually see a dip this time of year because of Holiday Travel and people have plans and plus its flu season and with predictable winter weather. And since we are kind of in the middle all three right now, we are kind of in a critical time. So any donation we can get, we will absolutely love to have that donor in the door. The full process only takes an hour. Donors are asked to schedule appointments or walk in to donate. You can make appointments online. Weve got the link in this story on our dot com. 3 the launch date for the u s s sioux city has been set. The latest freedom class Littoral Combat ship will be launched from its shipyard in marinette wisconsin saturday. January 30th. The ceremony will include the ships traditional champagne christening. After the launch. The ship will keep being tested and preparing for her formal commissioning into the navy in 20 17. Sioux city mayor bob scott and other city Officials Say theyll go to wisconsin for the ceremony. 3 there are just a few days left to help kids in siouxland stay warm this winter. Siouxland news is wrapping up our annual coats for kids drive. But not before a remsen boy stopped by our studios to drop off 25 coats he and his family gathered from around town. Those coats. Along with all others donated to the program. Will be cleaned by davenport cleaners and sent to the Salvation Army to be handed out. 3 its just good to do christmas cheer for the people arent thart fortunate. This Years Campaign officially ends this sunday. January 3rd. If you want a full list of drop off locations. Visit the coats for kids page on our website. Siouxland news dot com. 3 more than three hundred kids were learning how to be Ninja Warriors yesterday. It was the last day of the siouxland Ninja Warrior camp at morningside college. The event was put on by sunnybrook church. With the help of around 40 volunteers. Kids got to be active. Running through quite a few inflatables. 3 the feedback weve gotten is that theyre having a good time, at the same time, theyre sore i mean, they really are working hard, but i dont think they realize how many calories theyre burning and how much exercise theyre getting. This is the second year for the siouxland Ninja Warrior camp. Organizers say it will be back again next year. 3 the city of le mars is getting recognition for trying to improve its downtown. The website only in ice cream capitol of the world sixth on its list of top 10 main streets in iowa. Its also the only city in northwest iowa on the list. Cedar falls takes the top spot. Followed by dubuque. Ames. Mount vernon. And decorah to round out the top 5. After le mars comes pella. Followed by greenfield. Corning. And fort madison. 3 3 the Holiday Season can be tough on people. Especially folks dealing with Mental Health issues. Up next in your healthwatch. Well show you a new option for people who arent comfortable with the traditional one on one 3 heres a look 3 at your new 3 years forecast. 3 youre watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob heller and meteorologist cat taylor 3 first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor 3 very cold day today with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens, but with moisture in the upper atmosphere, cant rule out a few light flurries either. We will see some sunshine for the start of 2016, but it will stay cold through the weekend. Temperatures will remain mostly in the upper 20s for highs with single digit lows. We may see our first chance of snow for 2016 on wednesday, so keep your eyes open for that. 3 3 3 vitamin d might one day be used to treat people with multiple sclerosis. In a preliminary study. In a preliminary sclerosis. Multiple people with used to treat one day be vitamin d might 3 vitamin d might one day be used to treat people with multiple sclerosis. In a preliminary study. Researchers at john hopkins found high doses of vitamin d 3 helped reduce the severity of the disease. Doctors say more testing is needed. 3 3 where is the safest place to have a baby . Researchers in oregon compared the risks of giving birth in a hospital and at home. They found a significantly higher risk of death or seizure for the baby in planned out of hospital births compared to planned hospital births. The rate of caesarian section births was much lower outside the hospital setting. But the risk of blood transfusion for the mother was higher for births at home. 3 a recent review of studies finds online therapy is and anxiety. Reporter hena daniels takes a look. 3 package nats of abagail on the phone with therapist 13 31 55 it was definitely a little nerve wracking this is what therapy sounds like for new york city actress, abagail. She decided to forgo the traditional sitdown, face to face therapy for a onceaweek phone call and some online assignments. sot abagail uses online therapy theres very little financial risk to do it. Abagail is part of a new wave of people trying out online therapy, for its lower costs, convenience and anonymity. Studies are finding it provides real relief for people suffering from depression and social anxiety. sot peter shalek joyable by having a solution that is technological where people have an optional phone call where they can interact only by email and text if they choose, its a better fit for many people. But not all online therapy programs are created equal. Programs, like licensed therapists. Others, like joyable or 7 cups of tea, use coaches or trained listeners and that has some Mental Health experts concerned. sot dr. Elias aboujaoude psychiatrist the potential harm is if patients start to think of coaches as Mental Health providers or start avoid seeing potential Mental Health providers because theyre seeing a coach. Abagail says calls and texts from her coach and the online assignments help her better manage the nervous butterflies she says can paralyze her on stage. sot abagail online therapy consumer the way i feel about my career and my social interaction in general is completely different. She says for the first time in her life, shes excited for her next audition. Hena daniels for cbs news. 3 3 reporting from north korea can be both fascinating and frustrating. Well show you some highlights from one reporters trip to the 3 good morning, norfolk . Its 3 outside at time . As we take a look from our square tire camera. Challenges president obama and other World Leaders will face is north korea. While the middle east and terroism has captured most of the international attention. Kim jung un has been ignoring international sanctions. This year the volatile country has had friction with neighbors south korea and china. Continued to build their nuclear program. And hasnt talked about its alarming human rights violations. Earlier this year. North korean leaders let journalists. Including c b s News Reporter seth doane. Visit that reclusive nation. 3 nats seth in dprk reporting from north korea is equal parts fascinating and frustrating. Theres no doubt theyre masters at putting on a show seth this is saber rattling on a very grand scale. But its hard to know what is performance and what is real. Nats seth boards flight north koreas government granted permission for us to visit this fall. We were bussed around like tourists. standup rs 1 3837 4 04 seth we cannot chose where well go were brought to different places today were being brought to the birthplace of kim il sung. Hes the founder of modern north korea and the grandfather of current Supreme Leader kim jong un. Little chance of hearing tales of human rights abuse or hunger in this secretive state which is infamous for both. They took us deep down into a metro station and even here it was hard to know what was staged. Asking folks didnt add much clarity especially minder controlling 3 with whom we could speak. seth how about this lady here . minder i think she doesnt like it too. seth but we havent asked still it was clear just how deeply the government touches its people. sot in subway 23 12chyron cho cheolyun seth why do you want to wear kim il sung. overlap minder he said this is my heart. seth your heart do you wear that pin everyday . exchange minder this doesnt get off even one hour. Weve been granted access to this secretive country. But it felt more like we were being ushered around the city and shown to our seats at a show. Nats torch parade there were actual performances which demonstrated the precision and prowess of the softer side of dolphin show unbelievably, the government even took us to a dolphin performance. Here, the aim couldnt possibly have been to wow us with the tricks these Marine Mammals could do no, the real show was next to us in the stands seemingly happy and apparently middleclass north koreans. seth can we talk to some people . minder no, no seth wait i just want to talk to some of the people who came minder no, we dont have time we tried again outside seth how did you like the show . Until our minder lost his patience. minder we have to go if you want this to be your last trip you do it. seth last trip . So, youre interview people we cant come to north korea . minder you cant come you cant come. This military parade was the focal point of our visit. Its what the government wanted us foreign journalists to broadcast home a strong north korea standup rs1 4177 01 12 21 seth one of the things that you cant quite appreciate on television is with all of this goosestepping while youre standing here smiles, looks down the ground is shaking. But what struck us even more than the military might were the faces of those everyday people looking up at their leader kim jong un in awe. Could that possibly be an act . Afterwards, we asked paradegoer kim su ha phonetic about the anti american rhetoric wed heard and seen here. sot saturday parade 015910 seth im an american what do you think about that . kim, in korean giggles i didnt know that you are an american but its quite surprising, she giggled, youre not as evil as what ive read about in books. There it was a glimpse of something authentic a sense that so much could be accomplished if we could only 3 weather on the ones brought to you by window world 3 look for a very cold day today with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens, but with moisture in the upper atmosphere, cant rule out a few light flurries either. We will see some sunshine for the start of 2016, but it will stay cold through the weekend. Temperatures will remain mostly in the upper 20s for highs with single digit lows. We may see our first chance of snow for 2016 on wednesday, so keep your eyes open for that. 3 well take a look at your traffic, news and weather to go coming up after the break. Youre watching siouxland news at sunrise. 3 3 sunrise. News at siouxland watching youre break. Up after the to go coming and 3 that. Eyes open for that. 3 3 well take a look at your traffic, news and weather to go coming up after the break. At sunrise. 3 3 its now time as we take a look outside xxx on the xxx cam. 3 3 heres a look at your weather to go. 3 3 good morning, this is sgt 3 todd sassmann with your siouxland news traffic to go officers will be running radar on s lakeport and lewis blvd have a safe drive to work and school this morning, for siouxland news, this is sgt 3 3 heres a look at your news to go. 3 3 bill cosby is free on one Million Dollars bail until his next Court Appearance in january. The 78 year old comedian was charged with Sexual Assault wednesday. The charge comes from a 2004 encounter at cosbys home with former Temple University employee andrea constand. If convicted. Cosby could face up to ten years behind bars. His Attorney Says the charge is unjustified and cosby will be cleared. At least 21 passengers aboard an air canada boeing 7 7 7 were sent to the hospital after their shanghai to toronto flight went into severe turbulence. Officials say the injuries were non lifethreatening neck and back injuries. 332 passengers and 19 crew members were on the flight which was diverted to calgary. Up to a Million People are expected to ring in the new year in new york citys times square tonight. Theyll be joined by nearly 6 undercover Police Officers. The head of the citys counterterrorism unit says new york city will be the safest place in the world on new years eve. 3 and be sure to check out siouxland news dot com all day at work and home for the latest news, weather and sports. 3