Siouxland are being cared for. You know, st. Lukes provides us with this nice dinner and meal to make it possible to be with our families for the holidays, so its a nice opportunity for us all to be together. As nurses, re together everyday, so its kind of a family. Teddy bears were also given to newborn babies at the pediatric and neonatal intensivecare unit. 3 3 a sioux city group also held a traditional christmas lunch for those in need today. The Gospel Mission made sure the hungry got their fill of turkey and all the trimmings. Besides the food, participants also enjoyed 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. Year. The Gospel Mission serves meals every day of the year for folks who need a helping hand. 3 christmas night 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 temperatures in the low to mid 20s. We are carefully watching another potential storm system that ll impact the area monday 3 hes not on board with banning all muslims. But northwest iowas congressman steve king says some changes must be made. For now. That includes suspending the influx 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 violence. Our larry wentz sat 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 thatatcreates that kind of hatred, and then we have a better opportunity to be a more open nation than we are today. so from those 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 making. 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 once they do when they arrive. And europe will no longer be europe if this continues and in another generation we wont t recognize all of wesesrn europe. Yououphilosophy in shsht if i heard it is we as america are better off to help the people where theyre from. Aid. Whatever we 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 taxpayers 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 assault the yazidis and the 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 king. You can go to our website at siouxland news dot com. 3 3 nearly 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 was 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 1899. The tea room opened in 193. And in 1939 the firsrsescalator in iowawa was instalald in ththbuilding. The store closed in 2005. 3 a Police Officer in louisiana crashed his patrol car on Christmas Eve. Dont worry, hes okay. And now, as reporter Kimberly Curth explains. He has quite a story to tell. 3 nats traffic it was overnight patrol for covington Police Officer lance benjamin. Until he came across a perp like no other. officer lance benjamin, covington, la police dept. one i couldnt put exactly put handcuffs on. You may be wondering who . officer lance benjamin, covington, la police dept. aw man he clawed up my shirt. Who would do such a thing in a Police Cruiser on Christmas Eve . . officer lance benjamin, covington, la police dept. started pecking the back of my head. This guy, thats who officer lance benjamin, covington, la police dept. as i was exiting the subdivision, going about 10 miles an hour, suddenly i felt something hit the left side of my face. So im thinking okay maybe it was a football or something. And then i felt some scratching on the back of my head and some pecking. Thats right an owl flew right into his open drivivs side window, and made himself right at home. officer lance benjamin, police dept. his wings, kept on going with his talons. The scene captured on officer benjamin s body benjamin, covington, la police dept. theres an owl in the unit there. But only after benjamins defensive driving training was put to good use. officer lance benjamin, covington, la police dept. i tried to keep control of my car, went into a ditch, avoided some trees. Finally was able to stop the car put it in park get out and there the car. Thankfully, no one was hurt and there was only minor damage to benjamins cruiser. As for this perp. Hes in the wind. officer lance benjamin, covington, la police dept. we rolled down the passenger side window. Um and after about 45 minutes he finally flew out. Now, thanks to his fellow officers, benjamin has a permanent partner in crime for those late night ridealongs. officer lance benjamin, covington, la police dept. thats my good luck charm from now on. Hopefully i dont have to have any more owl encounters. Yea, i iet he got a hoot out of that. 3 3 still to come tonight at nine. President obama has a message for everyone this christmas. Who hes asking us to keep in our thoughts, coming up. 3 but first. The race to replace mr. Race to replace mr. Obama may be influenced by the 2016 decisions of the Supreme Court. Well look at the possibilities, coming up 3 siouxland news at nine on fox 44, with larry wentz, Diana Castillo and siouxlands chief 3 the Us Supreme Court is set to make big rulings on issues that could impact americans lives. National correspondent jeff barnd looks at whether those decisions could also affect the politics of the president ial race. 3 nine people took the main stage at the last republican president ial debate of 2015. But could these nine people make an even bigger impact on the next general election . Sot russell wheeler, theres a way to put a popular imprint on the federal judiciary. Its not by impeaching judges or that sort of thing. Its by president ial electionsto the extent people will actually opposed to terrorism, the itdedends a little on what the decisions are next june. Some of the decisions include cases on affirmative action, redistricting, abortion, and another challenge to the affofoable care act. All have Major Political implications for both democrats and republicans. Sotrep. Phil roe, r tennesseepeople now look at the court and think its a political body, not a body thats actually interpreting the constitution. Both sides have accused the court of politics in reaction to recent decisions. This year, republicans in particular including president ial candidates bashed the court for its decisions upholding the Affordable Care actand striking down laws against samesex marriage. Sotrep. Bill johnson, r ohioit just seems as though they were a more liberal court. Stand up important, is the issue of appointments to the courtfour of the current Supreme Court justices are more than 75 years old. That means the next president could nominate multiple people to the bench. Sotrep. Alan grayson, d floridaone of the big needs in voting next year, is to vote for a president wholl appointments to the Supreme Court. So f f, the jujuciary raras low in votot issues pollswell behind the economy and terrorismthe social issues the court will decide onrank higherwhich leaves hope for some politicians, that voters will make that connection between now and november. Sotrep. Bill johnson, r ohioit is going to be very importanthat americans understand that, that who sits on that Supreme Court in the future is going to determine a lot of the ways that we live. In washingtonim jeff barnd reporting. 3 the Supreme Court has already had three sessions of oral arguments in its current term. The court will begin hearing its next group of cases on january 11th. 3 president and mrs. Obama releasing a special message this christmas. 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 ofofur military 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 3 3 taking a live look out over dakota dunes tonight on our skywatch camera. Were on the lookout for our next winter storm system. Kaylas got the 3 first alert weather with meteorologist kayla novak. 3 3 3 jetske and kayla talk about todays weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 christmas night calls for 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 temperatures in the low to mid 20s. We are carefully watching another potential storm system that will impact the area monday 3 3 still to come tonight. Pope Francis Christmas message was full of pleas for peace in conflict areas. Pleas th seem to have fallen on deaf ears in the holy land. The latest from there ahead, but first. 3 a gas explosion in nigeria has claimed several lives and injured several others. The cause of the deadly blast, coming up after the break in 3 at least four people are dead in southern nigeria following a gas explosion yesterday. The red cross says another four were hospitalized with severe burns. Residents in the area were gathering to buy cooking gas when the explosion occurred. One resident said a tanker caught fire and ploded while offloaoang s, whicicengulfed a factory and several l surrounding buildings. Its unclear what triggered the blast but a red cross official says it seems proper procedures were not being 3 in his annual christmau day message, pope francis lashed out at the recenterror attacks around the world and prayed for peace in a series of global hotspots from the holy land to syria and libya. As fox news correspondent john huddy reports. The pontiffs message was overshadowed by even more clashes between israelis and palestinians today. 3 Christmas Mass at the church of the nativity. A serene scene with prayers for peace. But the Palestinian Protesters once again clashed with Israeli Border police in bethlehem, not far from manger square and the birthplace of jesus. Its been a violent week, with attacks on israelis in the west bank and jerusalem. The Christmas Eve celebration in bethlehem was scaled b bk this year because of the unrest and alththgh thousands still packed mangersquare, there was an underlyi tension. Today, as part of his christmas message, pope francis appealed for peace in the holy land. Pe says may israelis and palestinians resume direct dialogue and reach an agreement which would enable the two peoples to live together in harmony. The repercussions of the violence and extremist acts worldwide were also part of pope Francis Christmas message in st. Peters square, where security was tight because of tackled a range of issues, from poverty and the migrant crisis, to un resolutions for peace in syria and libya. But he emphasized the need for peace in a war torn world, addressing what he called the atrocities in iraq, libya, yemen and africa, and the brutal acts of terrorism, including the e attacks in paris saying quote only gods mercy can free humanity from the many forms of evil, at times monstrous evil, which selfishness spawns in our midst. Huddy oncam tag says the grave repercussions pope francis talked about continue here. There was another attack, this one near the west bank city of ramallah, where Israeli Police shot and killed a pastinian woman who, they say, tried to ram her car into a group of israeli Police Officers. In jerusalem, john huddy, fox news. 3 3 jolly old st. Nick hits the beach in florida. In tonights check this out. 3 christmas night 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 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 finally tonight, check this out. 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 santas is an annual event to 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 more than 30 thousand dollars this year