During snow season. One is, if you see the snow trucks, please keep out of their way so that everything can be done in a timely manner that can benefit everyone. They are also asking, that if you are plowing, please dont push ththsnow into the streetet that snow can turn to ice and can be dangerous. So, please plow into your back yard or driveway if possible. As tiffany said, there are priority streets in sioux city. The most important streets are called priority one, and include streets like floyd boulevard,d,amilton boulevard, outer drive, and gordon d dve. Wntown streets are also considered priority one. Streets. Those streetget plowed first. Then, there are priority two streets. Like glen oaks bouelvard, grandview boulevard, peters avenue and stone avenue. Other residential streets are handled third. You can find a map by of these roads by clickckg on thisistory at ktivdotcom. U can also find the latest road closures on our website. Once you hit the road, Sioux City Police want you to keep a few tips in mind. First. Slow down. Drive, or allwheel drive, give you great traction to get going, bubu they dont gove you any benefit when you try to stop. Second. Slow down before you reach a hill. Once your vehicle starts to head down the hill, your momentum may cause you to slip and slide to the bottom. Third. Give yourself plenty of time to get to your destination. Fourth. Drive defensively. Watch what other drivers are doing. Shoppers were out in full force all day, stocking up before the storm. Droves of shoppers lined aisles of local Grocery Stores stocking up on the essentials to avoid battling the elements over the weekend. For some people, shopping before bad d ather keeps their fafalies fed. For others, its simply a reredy for procrastinati on. I know theres going to be a lot of snotomorrow and i have 3 babies, so im trying to get it done before the weather, said shopper kelly knaack. Its been probably 3 or 4 weeks since weve actually gone allout Grocery Shopping and i dont want to come out when its freezing and shopper josh vondrak. The snow will likely move out of siouxland by tonight. But, higher winds, and much colder temperatures, are forecast for the weekend. The company that runs the Radisson Blu Hotel in malis capital saysysssailants have taken 170 hostages in a brazen assault involving grenades. The brussels based Rezidor Hotel group says the assailants have locked in 140 guests and 30 employees. A malian Army Commander says 10 gunmen stormed the hotel this morning shouting quote god is great in arabic before firing the guards and taking hostages. The u. S. And french embassies are asking their citizens to take shelter where they are in bamako. Following a military coup in 2012, isismic extremists took control of f rthern mali, prompting a a frenchled military intervention in early 2013. The extremists were scattered from northern towns and cities, insecure and militant attacks have extended south this year. Hundreds of residents of saintdenis, franan gathered at the national ststium last night, the place where three suicide bombers blew themselves up last friday. Hundreds of people from the town that has lived under siege twice in less than a week came to the stadium. They sang the French National anthem, then paid silent tribute to the victims of the attacks. Many brought white roses as a symbol of peace. And pled them on the gates to the stadium. The naacp will join black lives matter protesters in minneapolis calling for more transparency in the investigation of 24yearold jamar clarks death. Clark was shot in the head by police o oicers susuay after they responded to an alleged domestic dispute. Police say cla was interfering with paramedic while protesters sy clark was handcuffed when he was fatally shot. The man convicted of killing the son of nfl player Adrian Peterson has been sentenced to life in prison. Also sentenced to 25 yeyes in prison for aggravated battery of an infant and will not be eligible for parole. The sentencing took about two and a half hours. The toddler died in october 2013 and an autopsy concluded that he sustained four blows to the head. Which caused his brain to bleed. Doctors determined that the injuries could not have been accidental. Patterson was convicted in late september of seconddegremurder and other charges in ruffins death. Pattersons attorney indicated in court that they will appeal the conviction. A man responsible for distributing hundreds of pounds of controlled substances in nebrbrka and throughout thth United States has been sentenced. Eduardo valenzuela nunez, age 34 of sonora mexica received 20 years in prison. Valenzuelanunez had previously pled guitly for his involvement in a conspiracy that distributed multiple pounds of ice methamphetam ine, heroin, and caine in the madison and norfolk k neneaska areas dating back to january of joint investigation by the Drug Enforcement administration, the nebraska state patrol, and Homeland Security investigations. The food bank of siouxland is giving thanks for a big donation just in time for the hololays. Efs group wealth managememt presented them with a check for 5,000 yesterday. Thats enough money to provide 50,000 meals in the siouxland area by supporting feeding america. Feeding america is a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks, including here in sioux city. Siouxland is a very giving and geneneus community that, little by little and sometimes bigger by bigger is willing to step up and help us in the battle against hunger, so we are immensely grateful, said food bank of siouxland executive director, linda scheid. Serves 11 siouxland counties. An iowa nonprofit is promoting womens yeaterday, iowa women lead change shared how it will bring that message to siouxland on february 16th. The 2016 womens leadership will host nationally known womens business leaders. The event will be at the Marina Inn Hotel and confereree center in south sioux city, nebraska. The theme. Gener ation she. How do you create a Work Environment thats positive based upon understanding and respect for one another . Said diane ramsey, ceo of iowa women lead change. So thats a lot about what our conference is going to be about. The conference will also offer an invitation only ceo forum, and an event for college students. Mercy Medical Center is a presenting sponsor of the event. Youve probably used your phones gps to get your where you need to go. But well tell you why you should avoid using it during the Holiday Season this year, coming up. Ben a a ill have your americas never been a country of quitters. Its not who we are. We dont ignore threats like climate change. We face our problems headon. With americanmade clean energy, we can end our dependence on foreign oil. Spark new innovation. And create millions of new jobs. Solving ouClimate Crisis starts with 50 clean energy by 2030. Around midnight tonight. That will leave us cold both night and saturday when lows hit the teens and highs reach the 20s. Well eventually work our way back into the 40s next week and melt some of tis off before some rain chances return for this thanknkiving season means s whole lot of traveling for loved ones. The seasonf driving can lead to an increase in phone gps use. Authorities say not so fast, and are cracking down on distracted driving. Mike sullivan tells us how to avoid getting pulled over. By law if it is sending and receiving any data than it falls ununr the law of textingngnd drivinin however. Under minnesota law. A mobile device is not considered a wireless device if it is fixed to the vehicle. This would be an all right placement if it was just a little lower than it wouldnt be a vision obstruction. You wouldnt want it in the middle. As long as the device is out of your reach youre within your right to use a phone gps. But if you had it over here that would be okay . Yup. Just dont fiddle with it as you drive. Have it set up before you actually start your trip, and then jususmake sure you allow enough time, so if you do have an error on it and pull over you can make the adjustments. If you dont, you could end up being pulled over by a new unit of unmarked squad cars. Were watching for you to manipulate the phone, and when you are manipulating the phone that is reasonable enough suspicion for us to stop you. Turning your good day into a bad one. That was Mike Sullivan reporting. Law enforcement Officials Say texting and driving and using your gps are considered yesterday weweave you an inside look a awhats happening at t e mike durfee state prison in springfield, south dakota. Today, well show you how one organizaton is turning to some of those prisoners to save jeb bush leadership means youve got to be all in. Its not about yappin. Its not about talking. Its about doing. I know how to do this because i was privileged to serve in florida for eight years. And we turned d e systems upside down that werent working. 1. 3 million new jobs were created. We cut taxes every year. Income rose in peoples pockets. People were lifted out of poverty. Children started to learn. As president of the United States, i pledge to you that i will solve problems. Announcer right to rise usa is responsible for t t saving dogs, thats the mission of an Animal Rescue group in siouxland. Now, they have turned to an unlikely location to keep abused and unwanted animals from being put down. Ktivs Sheila Brummer has the story from springfield, south dakota. Just like we get the troubled inmates suppose to be here to get fixed, said Louis Vandermolen from yankton. Nine inmates from the mike durfee state prison in spririfield, south dakota teaching ththtrio of dogs. Th all have some are nice. Some days they are growly and some days they really friendly. They are really cooperative, said Sheila Brummer the prison launched the hounds of hope program back in april giving these dogs intense training when they find their person i was looking as benefit to the dog. They really made me open my eyes to how important it is to the inmates, said deanna jarvis, noahs hope. Inmates, like Louis Vandermolen from yankton, south dadata. 1 0404prison isnt all that you see in movies or tv. Its actually a really rewarding experience especially when it come to these dogs. They seem to help you out more i think. Vandermolen, who just turned 20 yearsold, also like the dogs, waiting for his Second Chance at life. 1 19 i lived in sioux city for a little while, trying to play football for briar cliff as a freshman. I plan to pay again when i get out in about a year. And, walk by walk, command by an impression of the officers paid to watch over them. The inmates i have are just outstanding. Some of the first dogs that left they had tears in their eyes, said sgt. Gary christensen, corrections officer. Dogs transforming men as they prepare to live their lives outside of the prpron walls. In springfield, south dakota with chief photographer jordan ogren, Sheila Brummer, ktiv news 4. So far, nine dogs have completed the hounds of hope program at the state prison. It takes an average of three months to get them ready for adoption. Noahs hope started rescuing animals in 2 27. Every y ar they save 500 to o 0 dogs a year. They calalthem under dogs. Which are animals that usually wouldnt make it out of shelters alive. 22 i would like people to adopt insteadf buying from breeders. Were full, the shelters are full go to go adopt a dog please. For more information on noahs hope and how you can adopt one of the dogs, go to noahs hope dogs are also being trained to help disabled veterans through another program at the prison. Its called partners for patriots. Meet the first dog named rocky going through the program coming up on news four at 6 next wednesday. Ben has been busy this morning tracking the snow storm headed our way. Hes got the latest in his forecast when we come back. And the macys thanksgivininday rade is less than a week away. And a group of third graders from new york city got a sneak peek at the floats that will be in the people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change [ cheers and applause ] Bernie Sanders husband, father, grandfather. Hes taking on wall street and a a rrupt political system that k kps in place a rigged economy. Bernies campaign is funded byover a million contributions people like you, who see the middle class disappearing and want a future to believe in. Around. The snsnw will move out friddy evening inno friday night leaving us with sun for the weekend but very cold conditions with highs on saturday only in the 20s. Well try to build our way back into the 30s for sunday and monday with some 40s by midweek. See graphics. The macys thanksgiving day parade is less than a week away, but some e w york ty third graders gogoa sneak peak at what the rest t us will see on nbcs coverage of the event. 500 of them took a tour of the warehouse thats home to many of the floats. Tracie strahan reports. 2638 theyve gotta build these things so they can c clapse and come apart and disassemble, push in and fold up and get down to no more than 8 and a half feet wide. No more than 12 and a half feet tall. Every float could, if it had to, go through the toll booth at the lincoln tunnel. More than 3 and a half million spectators will get a glimpse of t t new build a bear floatat. And the llmark channels holiday coununown graced by singer mariah carey. But todays annual sneak peak for school kids was aimed at bringing their classroom lessons to life. sot amy kule executive producer, macys thanksgiving day parade 591 08 not only can they see how beautiful and fanciful they are, but science, engineering, technology and math come into play when were building these floats and putting them together. These floats will be part of a fleet of 27. The year long process from blueprint, to mold, to reality . Nearly complete. But today, kids say the facacthat they know w wt went into creating them will make it even more enjoyable. sot Andrew Carrion 3rd grader 1 241 31 im gonna be thinking at, should i tell my family what the blimps are, or should i keep it at was tracy strahanan reporting. What we now know as macys thanksgiving parade was originally called the macys Christmas Parade when it was first held on thanksgiving day in 1924. Live animals from central park zoo were mainstays of the first few parades. But by 1927, they started using inflatable characters, starting with felix the cat. Its. Time for a break. But were back in just a moment with more news and weather for you on news4 today. First though. Heres a look at some of the events on the od morning and welcoco back. Whwhe weve had a few weweflakes so far this fall, well be hit with Winter Weather this morning. Bens got more in his forecast and weve got the details on how siouxland towns are preparing for the storm. Also. Top Law Enforcement officials in washington say theres no credible threat of a parisstyle attack aimed at the United States but theyeye still urging vigilance as isis ananother groups threaten to take their war to our shores. That story from washington is on the way. And. In the wake of the paris attacks. More security for a Football Game a lot closer to home. What officials are doing to keep fans safe for the upcoming hawkeye Football Game. And later in healthbeat 4. Treating acne with the snap of a selfie. Some doctors are treating patients online, saving time and ney. But first ben. Wx timer 50 winter storm warning for majority siouxland today from 9 am until midnight Winter Weather advisory for southwestern siouxland today from noon until midnight siouxlands first winter storm of the season is at our western doorstep early tts morning. Be e sure to plan accordingly today becauss morning ccmmutes, for the most part, will be snowfree and harmless, but this evening is an entirely different story. Snow will move across the area and intensify late this morning afternoon and drop a widespread band of 48 inches with some locally heavier amounts farther east of sioux city before exiting around midnight tonight. Hours before the snow storm is scheduled to hit, city crews have been getting prepared. On thursday, they were getting the snowlows, salt trucks and sand spreaders ready for the storm. Those crews take the tailgates off of each of their trucks, and replace them with spreaders. Then the plow blade is attached to the front of the truck. While thth work is done, other crews were spreadingnga brine solution on the streets, which helps get them ready for the ice and snow. When it first starts snowing itll help keep the roads from icing up and it gets us a small window before there gets to be too much snow, said ed pickens, Field Services street superintendent for sioux city public works. The brine is made up of salt, and is a alied to the citys priority strtrts. Those are the streetetused by buses, and emergency crews. This morning theres a very public attempt by the Obama Administration to relieve fears following the paris attacks. Congress has a plan keep syrians out of the us. Nd that plan is moving forward. Developments from capitol hill this morning. Question. The plan to block Syrian Refugees is drawing heat on the campaign trail. sot donald trump r president ial candidate very simply we cant take them, we cant take them, it could be a trojan horse. Ben carson compared it to protecting children from rabid dogs sot dr. Ben carson r president ial candidate doesnt mean you hate all dogs, but youre putting your intellect into motion and thinking how do i protect my children . sot Hillary Clinton d president ial candidate slamming the door on every single syrian refugee that is just not who we are. The plan to block Syrian Refugees now moves to the senate,e,where leaderrsay it wont be considered before next month. M tracie potts in washingon, now back to you. With the recent terrorist attacks in paris, university of iowa officials are increasing security for the upcoming hawkeye Football Game. Mac hageman, from our sister station kwwl, in waterloo, has the story. That are out there. So, were much more comfortable where were at. We want fans to have fun about the game but not worry about security so much. Macleod hageman iowa city 18 27 with increased patrols, and 36 High Definition cameras around Kinnick Stadium, officialslsay theyre planning for a safe weekend in iowa city. I feel like a lot of people are not going to b prepared and be kind of mad, because we dont have places to put our stuff. Several university of iowa students like emilie gitens say the Schools Police do a great job keeping the area secure nats. Heavy machinery and more securty like the clear bag policy is not necessary. Emilie githens ui senior 43 50 im ok with them going through my purse and seeing what i have in there. Im not hiding anything, but i would like to have my rse. Thats mac hagagan reporting from iowa city. Gates at Kinnick Stadium open at 930, saturday. Authorities recommend arriving early due to the increased security in the area. President obama and other World Leaders are attending a twoday summit meeting in malaysia under heightened security. Security in kuala lumpur. The extra security precautions are place following unconfirmed reports of an imminent terrorist threat ahead of the regional summit. President obama is joining leaders of the tenmember association of South East Asian nations for a weekend summit. Leaders from eight other countries will also attend starting tomorrow. Malaysias armed forces chchf said security was increased after militant attacks ininrance, egypt and lebanon. Republican president ial candidate ben carson is expected to file his papers of candidacy in concord, New Hampshire to be listed on the primary ballot. Doctor carson will join the three major Democratic Candidates and most of the other g op candidates who have already filed. The New Hampshire primary election will be held in february. Its begegning to look a lot like christmas the us capitol christmau tree is to set to arrive in whington dc today after leaving seward, alaska on monday. The 74foot lutz spruce will arrive at joint base andrews to complete its fourthousand mile the tree will be lit on december second. Theres a huge custotozable bubuding hitting the market in sioux city. Its a 50,000 square foot spec building. Located in the bridgeport west industrial park. Right across from the planned pork processing plant. City leaders say theyve had Great Success attracting new businesses in the past. Were hoping it would be a Light Manufacturing of some kind that would require higher skilled jobs, said sioux city mayor bob scott. That would be our r pe. The building is a a ell at the moment. Potential buyers can modify it as needed. And ci[y Officials Say they e long to sell. When an industry is looking for this size building, they are normally looking to do something relatively quickly, said sioux city mayor bob scott. In a years lead time, sometimes you unfortunately lose that prospect bebeuse you cant meet the need asasuick as they would like it to be met. With the b blding just hitting the market, Officials Say they have no potential buyers at this time. Coming up in healthbeat four, youve probably cell phone. But those selfies can actually help you treat acne. Well tell you how, next. Ben and ill have your complete a selfie is just what the doctor ordered. A picture from your cell phone could lead to treatment for acne. Thats what one company is doing as it treats patients onliie insttad of in persrsn. Bob hansen explains in today a picture from your cell phone could lead to treatment for acne. Thats what one company is doing as it treats patients online instead of in person. Bob hansen explains in todays healthbeat four. Doneneith selfies. sot dr. Charlene kakimoto, dermatologis t in roughly two to four weeks we request our patients to check in with us with photos and updates on their progress. In fact the patients are so pleased with their results, they post their own pictures on social media sites. sot davic lortscher, m. D. curology. Com were seeing before and after photos and mentions of curology all over facebook, instagram, twitter, pinterest and peoples blogs, reddit, you tube, its really all over the place. And thats why curology dot com is taking off. The company only treats acne and antiaging. And does it all from a cell phone and computer screen. sot davic lortscher, m. curology. Com anybodys phone can take a photo thatan give me a perfect picture of how their skin looks at any time. reporter stand up bob hansen a year an a half ago the company basically had 3 people now theres nearly 20 and they treat hundreds of patients every day. sot davic lortscher, m. D. curology. Com were a doctor that works with selfies; i think its the wave of the future. I think almost all dermatologist will incorporate this into their practice at some point in the future. Doctor David Lortscher started the company with his m mher, whos also a dermatologist and his brother who works ononhe techninil side. For 20 dollars a month patients get a diagnosis, follow up and prescription medication. But what about that personal contact . sot davic lortscher, m. D. curology. Com the relationship were able to build with our patients long term here is something that i never would have expected and i think what really happens is the Technology Sort of disappears. And all thats left is a on one end and the doctor on the other end. That was bob hansen reporting curology dot com is working with patients in 41 states. Still to come on news 4 today. A new survey shows that the number of people expected to do online and in store shopping over thanksgiving has gone up since last year. And Dunkin Donuts is starting a delivery service. How you can use an app when youre in a city with the stores to get donuts delivered to your door. Stocks were down slighty yesterday. The slight decline came after the market wavered between small gains and losses all day. The dow edged down four points the nasdaq slipped one and a half. And the s p lost two points. According to an annual survey by the national retaililederation, an estimated 135mililon people plan to shop online and in stores on thanksgiving day, black friday and over the thanksgiving weekend. Thats about onemillion more than last year. The far majority plan to shop on black friday. Only about oneinfour plan to shop on thanksgiving day. After the weekend, cyber monday might be even bigger. According to the survey. 183mililon people said they would shop. Or may shop on c cer monday. Dunkin donuts may be getting into the delivery game. The coffee and doughnut chain has partnered with the company door dash for test deliveries in the dallas market this week. Customers order on the web or through the door dash app. Next up for deliveries in the coming weeks. Atlanta, chicago, los angeles and wawaington dc. Dunkin donuts is also testing ordering in portland, maine. Customers order through an app for pick up at the store. This is a catchup move for Dunkin Donuts as rival starbucks already offers on thego ordering at more than 7thousand Company Owned stores. And theyre testing deliveriri in a handful of cities. Weve got a lot more to come on news 4 today. When we come back well have your top headlines in siouxland. Plus, if you are waiting to stream adeles music, you could be waiting awhile. Twitter to calalout people who haveveeen bashing her boyfriend, heres a look at the stories siouxland this morning. Here comes the snow our first winter storm of the season is expected to start dropping snow on siouxland later this morning. As much as sixtoeight inches of snow are expected fall and road crews have been getting prepared. On thursday. Sioux city crews were getting the snowplows and sand trucks ready to go. They were a ao putting a brine soluluon on priority streets. The storm will affect your evening commute more than this morning. Meterologisten dorenbach says the storm should move out of siouxland later tonight. When theres snow in the forecast, people make tracks for the grocery store. Siouxlanders werereut in big nubmers yesterday, stocking up on the essentials before the storm. For some, shopping before bad weather keeps theieifamilies fed. For others, its simply a remedy for procrastinati on. The food bank of siouxland is giving thanks for a big donation just in time for the holidays. Efs Group Wealth Management presented the food bank with a check for 5,000 thursday. 50,000 meals in siouxland through feeding america. Thats a nationwide network of mororthan 200 food banks. And they are the champions marcus meren cleghorn won the 8man state football title at the unidome yesterday. The eagles beat don bosco 57to52 to claim their second championship in four years. It was a special win for mmc because the school is merging with remsenunion next season. Also at the dome yesterday, Akron Westfield came up short in the classa championship game, falling to Gladbrook Reinbeck 52to20. The westerners end their season 11 and3. Todays championship games have been postponed until monday because of the snowstorm. The singer, adele, says goodbye to streaming services. Plus, actress olivia munn is calling a personalaloul. Andy rose has it all in n odays hollywood minute. Adeles new album, 25 hits shelves today but if you were hoping to catch it on streaming sites like spotify and apple music. Youre out t luck. Adele reportedly had input in the decision following taylor swifts move to keep her own album from being streamed claiming insufficient compensation. Hunger games star Jennifer Lawrence admitted to getting drunk before her first ever sex scene with costar, chris pratt. The two are filming passengers due out next year. Lawrence said the stress of rolling around in the sheets with a married man just got to her. And actress olivia munn is firing back atatt sports commmmtators for wonderingngloud whether quarterback Arron Rodgers struggling season with the packers has something to do with their relationship. Munn took to twitter calling out some news organizations and their decision to run with the story. For hollywood minute, im andy rose. Way in our third half hour of news 4 today. Coming up. A group of third graders in new york got a special look at some of the floats that will be in the macys thanksgiving day parade. And two siouxland teams played for state titles last night. Well have the highlights coming good mornini. Thanks for joining us on this friday, nonomber 20th. Coming up in this half hour of news 4 today. The snow is coming. City crews across siouxland have been gearing up to get ready for the winter storm headed our way. How theyre preparing even before the snow starts to fall. Also. Its a winwin for both pups and prisioners. An Animal Rescue group works with inmates to turn unwanted dogs into trainable family pets, but the canines inmates something else. Our story, hounds of hope is coming up. And a group of students got a sneak peek and a learning experience when they took a fieldl trip to see the floats that will be featured in the macys thanksgiving day parade. Those stories and more heading your way, but first, snow is on the minds of most of us this morning. Ben and ron have been warning us for the snow and prepping for the storm for days. And so have city crews. The city begins its preparation months in advance. But, yesterday, they really had all hands on deck in anticipation of the first snow of the season. N. Ktivs tififny lane spoke with city officials to find out what theyre doing before the first flake fes. Tailgates off of the trucks and putting the spreaders on the back off the vehicles. It puts the salt and sand down, said isaacson. We have control boxes inside the cab of the truck that we can adjust the amount of salt and sand that we put down at intersections and slick spots. After a aing the spreaders, they hook on n the plows to the front of f e trucks. At least three crew members work on each vehicle. Su while the spreader trucks and plows are being prepared, the brine trucks are wetting the main streets of sioux city. When it first starts snowing itll help keep the roads from icing up and it gets us a small window before there gets to be too much snow, said ed pickens, Field Services street superintendent for sioux city public works. Ththbrine is made up of f lt and is putted on t t citys priority streets,hich include the where buses and fireucks pass through. Just another way to keep residents safer as the snow hits. In sioux city, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4. Now there are a few things city Officials Say can help them during snow season. One is, if you see the snow trucks, please keep out of their way so that everything can be done in everyone. They are also asking, that if you are plowing, please dont push the snow into the street. That snow can turn to ice and can be dangerous. So, please plow into your back yard or driveway if possible. As tiffany said, there are priority streets in sioux city. The most important streetstsre called priority one, and include streets like floyd, hamilton, outer drive, and gordon drive. Downtown streets are alsoonsidered priority one streets. Those streets get plowed first. Then, there are priority two streets. Like glen oaks, grandview, peters avenue and stone avenue. Other residential streets are handled third. You can find a map by of these roads by clicking on this story at ktivdotcom. You can also find the latest road closures on our website. Once you hit the road, Sioux City Police want you to keep a few tips in mind. First. Slow down. Those big suvs, with 4 wheel drive, or allwheel drive, give you great traction to get going, but they dont gove you any benefit when you try to second. Slow down before you reach a hill. Once your vehicle starts to head down the hill, your momentum may y use you to slip and slide t tthe bottom. Third. Give yourself plenty of time to get to your destination. Fourth. Drive defensively. Watch what other drivers are doing. Shoppers were out in full force yesterday, stocking up before the storm. Droves of shoppers lined aisles of local Grocery Stores, filling their carts with food and other essentials to avoid battling the elements over r e weekend. For r me people, shopping g fore bad weather keeps their families fed. For others, its simply a remedy for procrastinati on. I know theres going to be a lot of snow tomorrow and i have 3 babies, so im trying to get it done before the weather, said shopper kelly knaack. Its been probably 3 or 4 weeks since weve actually gone allout Grocery Shopping and i dont want to come out when its freezing and snowing, said shopper josh vondrak. The snow will likelylyove out of siouxland by tonight, but things get cold over the weekend, so be prepared. Radisson blu hotel in malis capital says assailants have taken 170 hostages in a brazen assault involving grenades. The brussels based Rezidor Hotel group says the assailants have locked inn40 guests and 30 employees. A malian Army Commander says 10 gunmen stormed the hotel this morning shouting quote god is great in arabic before firing on the guards and taking hostages. The u. S. And french embassies are asking their citizens to take shelter where they are in bamako. Hundreds of residents of saintdenis, france gathered at the National Stadium last night, the place where ttee suicide bombers blew themselves up last friday. Hundreds of people from the town that has lived under siege twice in less than a week came to the stadium. They sang the French National anthem, then paid silent tribute to the victims of the attacks. Many brought white roses as a symbol of peace. And placed them on the gates to the stadium. The naacp will join black prototters in minneapolis calling fofomore transparency inin the investigation of 24yearold jamar clarks death. Clark was shot in the head by Police Officers sunday after they responded to an alleged domestic dispute. Police say clark was interfering with paramedics, while protesters say clark was handcuffed when he was fatally shot. The man convicted of killing the son of nfl player Adrian Peterson has been sentenced to life in prison. 29yearololjoseph patterson wasas also sentenced to 25 years in prison for aggravated battery of an infant and will not be eligible for parole. The sentencingook about two and a half hours. The toddler died in october 2013 and an autopsy concluded that he sustained four blows to the head. Which bleed. Doctors determined that the injuries could not have been patterson was convicted in late september of seconddegreeee murder and other charges in the boys death. Pattersons attorney indicated in court that ey will appeal the conviction. Distributing hundreds of pounds of controlled substances in nebraska and throughout the United States has been sentenced. Eduardo valenzuela nunez, age 34 of sonora mexica received 20 years in prison. Valenzuelanunez had previously pled guitly for his involvememt in a conspiracy that distributed multiple pounds of ice methamphetam ine, heroin, and cocaine in the madison and norfolk nebraska areas dating back to january of 2002. This case was the result of a joint investigation by the Drug Enforcement administration, the nebraska state patrol, and Homeland Security investigations. The food bank of siouxland is giving thanks for a big donatiti just in titi for the holidays. Efs Group Wealth Management presented them with a check for 5,000 yesterday. Thats enough money to provide 50,000 meals for siouanders by supporng feeding america. Feeding america is a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks, including here in sioux city. Siouxland is a very giving and Generous Community that, little by little and sometimes bigger by bigger is willing to step up and help us in the battle against hunger, so we are bank of siouxland executivee directororlinda scheid. The food bank of siouxland serves 11 counties in our area. An iowa nonprofit is promoting womens leadership throughout the state. Yeaterday, iowa women lead change shared how it will bring that message to siouxland on february 16th. The 2016 womens Leadership Conference will host nationally known womens bubuness leaders. Ththevent will be at the Marina Inn Hotel and Conference Center in south sioux city, nebraska. The theme. Gener ation she. How do you create a Work Environment thats positive based upon understanding and respect for one another . Said diane ramsey, ceo of iowa women lead change. So thats a lot about what our conference is going to be about. The conference will also offer an invitation only ceo forum, and an event for c clege stududts. Mercy Medical Center is a presenting sponsor of the event. Coming up, some students from new york city got a behind the scenes look at some of the floats that well show you their story, next. The macys thanksgiving day the macys thanksgiving day parade is less than a week away, but some new york city third graders got a sneak peak at what the r rt of us will seseon nbcs coverage ofofhe event. 500 of them took a tour of the warehouse thats home to many of the floats. Tracie strahan reports. His new digs. His is one of six new floats created byby6 artists and engineers om macys studio. But these kids came armed with questions. Like how they get thru the lincoln tunnel . sot jordan cano 3rd grader 1525 first they gotta take it thru the lincoln tunnel. They said it cant be more than 12 feet long, so they took stuff apart. sot john piper Vice President , macys studio 2638 theyve gotta build these things so they can collapse and come apart and disassemble, push in and fold up and get down to no more than 8 anana half fefe wide. No more than 12 and a half feeeetall. Evevy floatatould, if it had to, go through the toll booth at the lincoln tunnel. More than 3 and a half million spectators will get a glimpse of the new build a bear float. And the hallmark channels holiday countdown graced by singer mariah carey. But todays annual sneak peak for school kids was aimed at brbrging their classrsrm lessons to life. sot amy kule executive procer, macys tanksgiving day parade 591 08 not only can they see how beautiful and engineering, technology and math come into play when were buildingthese floatand puting them together. These floats will be part of a fleet of 27. The year long process from blueprint, to mold, to reality . Nearly complete. But today, kids say the fact that they know what went into creating them will make it even more enjoyable. sot Andrew Carrion 3rd grader 1 241 31 im gonna be thinking that, should i tell my family what the blimps are, or should i keep it a secret . That was tracy sttahan reporting. Whht we now know as macys thanksgiving parade was originally called the macys christmas pprade when it was in 1924. Live animals from central park zoo were mainstays of the first few parades. But by 1927, they started using inflatable characters, starting with felix the cat. The High School State football titles are underway in iowa. And la night two siouxland teams played for the crown. Mmc and Akron Westfield each played for the big trophies. Well have highlights and interviews from cedar falls people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change [ cheers and applause ] Bernie Sanders husband, father, grandfather. Hes taking on wall street and a corrupt political system that keeps in place a rigged economy. Bernies c cpaign is funded byer a million contribibions people like you, who see the middle class disappearing and want a future to believe in. A pair of siouxland teams were playing in state football finals in cedar falls. Ktivs brad pautsch has more in the sports fource morning wrap. Scrimmage then connect for a 23 yard touchdown on their second possesssion mmc down 140 after a quarter. But the eagles do damage the cond quarter on 4th andd ben specht to jjob spieler ffo make it 146 thenenpecht finds spieler again that connection was working all day. Just before the half specht finds jake hunter for an 11yard touchdown eles take a 2214 lead into the locker room. Mmc scores three more times to open the second half specht to Jacob Spieler for 54 yards specht threw 7 touchdown passes, shattering the state record five of those touchdowns went to spieler. Specht was spechtacular he had a hand in all 8 eagle touchdowns putting mmc over the 50 point mark. But here comes don bosco scoring 30 points in the 4th quarter and making it just a 5 point game in the final minute but mmc is able to o n out the clock. And in their farewell to 8man football, marcusmeridencleghorn wins its second state title in four years. 5752. I told the kids just a little bit ago, hey, you know how to really write a storybook ending, dont you . said head coach kyle oswald. Its the last game ever for mmc. Its going to be remembered forever that way. It feels amazing, said spieler. I couldnt ask for anythign better in my life. Its the best feeling. Im so happppwith what weve accomplished the last four years, and w wre going to miss the 8man game. Its very fun. Weve been dreaming about it top, and we finally got it done today, so its a really great feeling, said specht. Its going to be written forever. It was going to be talked about. Either, is it the team that forever lives on as almost or finished it off. And as dicy as it was, we were able to finish it off. Im very proud of these guys. They deserve this. Things did not start well for the westerners. Akronwestfield gave up four touchdowns in the First Quarter eric knaack hauls in the 14 yard slant to make it 28nothing Gladbrook Reinbeck. But in the second half, the westerners get things going cal eskra over the middle to Dylan Irizarry and the aw is on the board. The westerners recover the onside kick and then eskra hits Austin Allard for a 29yard touchdown suddenly its a 2score game. But gr responds with a 52yard run from eric stoakes the rebels outgained akronwestfield by eskra gets aw a little closer to end the 3rd but thats all the westerners could muster gladbrookreinbeck wins the class a title, 5220. I felt like we were pretty good coming in, said junior quarterback cal eskra. Felt good, just that first half there, i dont know, we couldnt get rolling. I guess it is what it ik. Our success is not measured in the destination, its the journey, said head coach eric walkngstick. This team has had a great journey. They have proved so many people wrong, and got to the state finals. Thatat what im more proud of, is their effort throughout the season, not how we started off slow. I was so proud of them tonight, coming championship. P. Akronwestfield finishes at 1111 and 3. Because of tomorrowss snowstorm, the ihsaa has postponed fridays championship games until monday. Theyll still be at the same time. So, western christian will face iowa city regina at 11 am in the 1a final. In 2a,spirit lake D Mount Vernon play at 2. For more go to ktiv. Com. Im brad pautsch with the sports fource morning wrap. U can expect to see ts of snow today. Bens in next with the complete forecast. And well show you how an Animal Rescue is helping the inmates in one south dakota state prison by helping them train dogs that three dogs with one common bond all need some guidance. Theres strays collete. And diva, who with her fiesty spirit, lives up to her name. Plus, liza with an opposite attitute. So shy, the family who adopted her returned the puppy to noahs hope Animal Rescue. Noahs hope then turned to a group of men with the time to take care of them. The training theyre getting would have taken months of months in foster home to get that training, said deanna jarvis, noahs hope volunteer. That canine coaching, with gentle hands and soothing words, comes from behind razor wire. We get a lot of troubled dogs just like we get the troubled inmates suppose to be here to get fixed, said Louis Vandermolen from yankton. Nine inmates from the mike durfee state prison in springfield, south dakota teaching the trio of dogs. They all have different attitudes. Some are nice. Some days they are growly and some days they are really friendly. They are really cooperative, said Sheila Brummer tt prison launched the hounds of hope program back in april givivi these dogs intense e training when they find their forever home. Looking as benefit to the dog. They really made me open my eyes to how important it is to the inmates, said deanna jarvis, noahs hope. Inmates, like Louis Vandermolen from yankton, south dakota. 1 04 prison isnt all that you see in movies or tv. Its actually a ally rewarding experience e especiily when it comemeto these dogs. They seem to help you oo more i think. Vandermolen, who just turned 20 yearsold, also like the dogs, waiting for his Second Chance at life. 1 19 i lived in sioux city for a little while, trying to play football for briar cliff as a freshman. I plan to pay again when i get out in about a year. And, walk by walk, command by command, the inmates also make an impression of the officers paid to watch over them. The inmates i have are just outstanding. Some of the first dogs that left they had tears in their eyes, said sgt. Gary christensen, corrections officer. Dogs transforming men as they prepare to live their lives outside of the prison walls. In springfield, south dakota with chchef photographer jordan oggen, Sheila Brummer, ktiv news 4. So far, nine dogs have completed the hounds of hope program at the state prison. It takes an average of three months to get them ready noahs hope started rescuing animals in 2007. Every year they save 500 to 600 dogs they call under dogs. All animals that usually wouldnt make it out of shelters alive. 3 22 i would like people to adopt instcad of buying from breeders. Werfull, the shelters are full go to go adopt a dog please. For more information on noahs hope and how you can adopt one of the dogs, go to our website. Ktiv. Com and click on the story. Noahs hope dogs are also being trained to help disabled veterans thrhrgh another program at the prison. Its called partners for patriots. Meet the first dog named rocky going through the program coming up on news four at 6 next wednesday. Its. Time for a break. Were back with our fourth half hour of news 4 today. First though. Heres a look at if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. But the republicans. They want to go back to letting the super wealthy call the shots. They dont stand up for equal pay for women. They dont support paid family leave. They dont even really support refinancing student debt. Weve got to get this economy working for the vast majority of americans, not just for those at the top. Thats what i intend to do as president. Good morning and welcome back. While weve had a few w t flakes so f f this fall, well be hit with Winter Weather this morning. Bens got more in his forecast and weve got the details on how siouxlanders are preparing for the storm. Also. Top Law Enforcement officials in washington say theres no credible threat of a parisstyle attack aimed at the United States but theyre still urging vigilance as isis and other groups threaten to take their war to our shores. That story from washington is on the way. Plus. A customizable building hitting the market in sioux city. In the hopes of filling e nene for more industriaaspace in town. And a nba star gets a little help from a household cleaning tool to make a basket. Weve got that in whats trending a little later. But first ben. Well before the snow hits, road well before the snow hits, road crews in sioux city have been getting prepared. On thursday, they were getting the snowlows, salt trucks and sand spreaders ready for the storm. Off of each of their trucks, and replace them with spreaders. Then the plow blade is attached to the front of the truck. While that work is done, other crews were spreading a brine solution on the streets, which helps get them ready for the ice and snow. When it first starts snowing itll help keep the roads fromcing up a it gets us a small ndow before there gets to be too much snow, said ed pickens, Field Services street superintendent for sioux city public works. The brine is made up of salt, and is applied to the citys priority streets. Those are the streets used by buses, and emergency crews. This morning thehes a very public attempt by the obama administratatn to relieve fears following the paris attacks. Congress has a plan keep syrians out of the us and that plan is moving forward. Tracie potts is following developments from capitol hill this morning. Will never do. In the wake of the paris attacks and isis videos mentioning washington and new york the Obama Administration is trying to reassure americans that its highly unlikely that this could happen here sot james comey fbi director we are not aware of any credible threat here of a paristype attack and we have seen no connection at all between the paris attackers and the United States. Still, some in Congress Want to shut our borders to every refugee from syria and other countries known to harbor terrorists. 47 d docrats voted against the president to supuprt that but its unclear if the plan will ever make it to the president s desk. sot senator harry reid d nv sen. Minority leader dont worry, it wont get passed, ok . So next question. The plan to block Syrian Refugees is drawing heat on the campaign trail. sot donald trump r president ial candidate very simply we cant take them, we cant take them, it could be a trojan horse. Ben carson compared it to protecting children from rabid dogs sot dr. Ben carson r president ial candidate doesnt mean you hate all dogs, bbt youre putting your intelleet intt motion and t tinking how do i protect my children . ot Hillary Clinton d president ial candidate slamming the door on every the plan to block Syrian Refugees now moves to the senate, where leaders say it wont be considered before next month. Im tracie potts in washington, now back to you. President obama and other World Leaders are atteteing a twoday summit meeeeng in malaysia under heightened security. Malaysian authorities stepped up security in kuala lumpur. The extra security precautions are in place following unconfirmed reports of an imminent terrorist threat ahead of the regional summit. President obama is joining leaders of the tenmember association of South East Asian nations for a weekend summit. Leaders from eight other countries will also o tend starting tomorrow. Malaysias armed forces chief said security was increased after militant attacks in france, egypt and lebanon. Republican president ial candidate ben carson is expected to file his papers of candidacy in concord, New Hampshire to be listed on the primary ballot. Three major Democratic Candidates and most of the other g op candidates who have already filed. The New Hampshire primary election will be held in february. Its beginning t tlook a lot like christmas the us capitol Christmas Tree is to set to arrive in washington dc today after leaving seward, alaska on monday. The 74foot lutz spruce will arrive at joint base andrews to complete its fourthousand mile journey. The tree will be lit on december second. Theres a huge customizable building hitting the market in sioux city. Its a 50,000 square foot spec building. Located in the bridgeport west industrial rk. Righghacross from the planned pork processing plant. City leaders say theyve had Great Success attracting new businesses in thed past. Were hoping it would be a Light Manufacturing of some kind that would require higher skilled jobs, said sioux city mayor bob scott. That would be our hope. The building is a shell at the moment. Potential buyers can and city Officials Say they dont expect it to take long totoell. An nba game saw a very unconventional basket the other night. Well show you coming up in whats trending. And ill have your complete on wednesday night, utahs Trevor Booker needed a little help to finish a scoring play, something thats not ordinarily allowed in the nba. Booker wasnt putting the ball through the basket very much, finishing the game with only four points, but he wanted to help out any way he could. When the ball got stuck on top of t t backboard, booker took the opportunity to show off a little bit. And used the long handle of the mop to make it happen. The ball rolled off the backboard and dropped right through the basket. Booker definitely had the most unusual basket of the night. Probably the week. Spectre has been out in the us for over a week now. Today. But they will be seeing a version slightly different than what we see in america. On the tonight show last night, jimmy showed us his unspoken language with justin bieber. Ramsay and billie lourd. You can catch the tonight show with jimmy fallon right here on ktiv at 10 35 after news 4. James bond fans in india will be able to enjoy the new movie spectre when ihits theaters there today. But not all of it. Audiences will be treated to the usual action scenes, car chases and carousing. But there will be much less smooching. Indias Central Board of film certification decided to censor danielelraigs kissing scenene its thhlatest in a series o o moves to restrict content on moral grounds. India has a history of banning books, friday al Country Singer josh turner is 38 sarah Country SingerDierks Bentley is 40 al actress bo derek is 59 sarah singer joe walsh h 68 al Vice President joe bidid is 73 sarah comedian Dick Smothers is 77 our first 4 on 4 birthday of the week is tessa. Shes from tilden, nebraska. She celebrated her birthday on monday, november 16th. Tessa likes to sing and dance,play dressup,and anything to do with frozen. Next, we have e hn from charter oak, iowa. He turned 4 on tuesday, november 17th. He enjoys playing at the park, he loves chicken nuggets, truckin with his dad and our last on 4 birthday of the week is hampton. She celebrates her fourth birthday tomorrow, saturday, november 21st. Hampton is from okoboji, ia and she loves to recite the pledge of allegiance, watch hawkeye football with dad and play dress up. Do you have a siouxland kid celebrating a fourth birthday . Send us their picture about a week ahead of time, some fun facts about them and well put it on friday 4 on 4s. Its time to start wrapping things up on this friday morning. When we come back well have the top headlines in siouxland. Its time to start wrapping things up on this friday morning. When we come back well have the top headlines in siouxland. And well show you an orangutan who was frightened after thehearthquake americas never been a country of quitters. Its not who we are. We dont ignore threats like climate change. We face our problems headon. With americanmade clean energy, we can end our dependence on foreign oil. Spark new innovation. And create millions of new jobs. Solving our Climate Crisis starts with 50 clean energy by 2030. Heres a look at the stories making top headlines in siouxland this morning. Here comes the snow our first winter storm of the season is expected to start dropping snow on siouxlandndater thisisorning. As much as sixtoeight inches of snow are expected fall and road crews have been getting prepared. Yesterday. Sioux city crews were getting the snowplows and sand trucks ready to go. They were also putting a brine solution on priority streets. The storm will affect your evening commute more than this morning. Meterologist Ben Dorenbach says the storm should move out of siouxland later tonight. And they are the champions Marcus Meriden cleghorn won the 8man state football title at the unidome thursday. The eagles beat don bosco 57to52 to, to claim their second championship in four years. It was a special win for mmc because the remsenunion next season. Also at the dome yesterday, Akron Westfield came up short in the classa championship game, falling to Gladbrook Reinbeck 52to20. The westerners end their season 11 and3. Todays championship gamesesave been postponed until monday because of the snowstorm. Good morning breaking right now. Hostage situation. Gunmen storm a Popular Western hotel in the african country of mali capturing at least 150 people inside the radisson. Several People Killed amid gunfire and explosions. A crisis still unfolding at this hour. New lead. Overnight a third body found in the french apartment where the suspected mastermind of the paris attacks was killed, and chilling video now showing the moment a female jihadist blew herself up. Just ahead, isis issuing new threats against the white house, and the fbi reveals s s tracking dozens of peoeoe who could be inspired to carryut attacks right here in the u. S. And backlash. Republican frontrunner donald trump under fire this morning after voicing support for a controversial plan to require all muslims in america to register on a government database. I would certainly implement, idea to what happened in nazi germany as the president threatened a vetetof congress tough new measure ononyrian refugees today, friday, november 20th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its friday morning. Weve got willie here for mama and a really b by news day. Once again terrorois our top story. Theres a hostage situation unfolding right now malis capital. This is after gunmen attacked a Radisson Hotel that is popular with foreigners. We know that president obama who is in malaysia right now on separate travel has been briefed by his National Security adviser on this situation, and, of course, this is all happening one week after those attacks in paris. We want to g g right to nbcs ron mott follolong developments. Ron, what cacayou tell us . Reporter hey, savannah, good morning to you. Details are still thin at this