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Temperatures this morning, ben. There is new video and new details of the capture of one of the worlds most wanted men, and the bizarre subplot featuring an oscar winning nbcs Gabe Gutierrez reports penn and together they traveled to mexico in october to meet with guzman. Guzman sot no, i think that if they find me, theyll arrest me of course. Penn would arrange this video interview and write an article for Rolling Stone , describing the process as a clandestine horror show burner phones,. Anonymous emails. And encrypted messages. graphic november, december, go into january 8 it would be three months before authorities would track guzman to los mochis. Penn has detoured into journalism before. Filing stories after interviewing president raul castro in cuba. And the late leftist leader, hugo chavez in venezuela. If guzmans extradited to the united states, legal experts say his admissions to penn could come back to haunt him. sot Professor Laurie Levenson Loyola Law School 38 from start its not at all clear that sean penn actually violated any american laws by this interview. It may not have been particularly ethical, but it wasnt neccsarily illegal. Penn told associattd press he has nothing to hide today, Sergeant Bowe berghdal will appear in court in fort bragg, north carolina. Berghdahl faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy following his disappearance from his base in afghanistan in june 2009. He was captured by the taliban and was held captive for nearly five years. He was released in may 2014 as part of a prisoner swap in exchange for several detainees from guantanamo bay. Sergeant bergdahl did not enter a plea when he was arraigned in december 2015. A student at sioux citys North Middle School arrived on campus yesterday with a handgun. Sioux City Community schools superintenden t, dr. Paul gausman, says the district received the information that a student might bring a weapon to campus before the day began. Once the student got to school, they were able to search, locate the weapon and then detain the student. He was then taken into custody the student didnt have the capability to load the weapon, but dr. Gausman says that doesnt change the severity of the issue. We will follow all of the necessary steps, procedures and protocols to make certain that we do all that is necessary to keep our students and Staff Members safe, said sioux City Community schools superintendent, dr. Paul gausman. The student cant return to school until the case is full resolved. Dr. Gausman says whether or not the student is expelled will be determined as the case moves forward. The leader of a small, armed group occupying a National Wildlife refuge in southeastern oregon said yesterday he and his followers are going through government documents stored inside the refuge buildings. The group also cut fences as papa of their plan return the federal land back to the people of harney county. Wanda moore has the story. Still no sign of Law Enforcement agencies on the refuge. But those opposing the bundys are showing up. S Garrett Veneklasen new Mexico Wildlife Federation i came here form new mexico to tell all these people to get the hell of my land. S mark hackert washington resident id never thought id say this, but im here to oppose the armed occupation of a National Wildlife refuge. To mark hackert from washington, its all in an effort to take away federal land belonging to the American People and sell it off to big corporations. S mark hackert washington resident huge land and money grab. It makes me more sad than angry. The bundy group just took down a fence and they say its mostly a photo op but also part of a bigger plan to return federal land back to the people of harney county. S ryan Bundy Malheur National Wildlife refuge protester they can do this on their own. Were just here setting an example is all. Bundy says the ranchers who own the land have asked them to tear down the fence. S ryan Bundy Malheur National Wildlife refuge protester its ground that theyve used in the past and now its fenced off, and its prevented them from using it. Theyre using government equipment to tear down the fence pole by pole. Do you have a plan . S ryan Bundy Malheur National Wildlife refuge protester not completely. When that comes dozens of people gathered outside of the white house to demand the closure of the us naval prison in guantanamo bay, cuba. The rally was sponsored by several groups including Amnesty International usa, witness against torture, and the council on American Islamic relations. Demonstrators wore orange jumpsuits and hoods. Representing the 127 detainees still in prison. They say there has been no accountabilit y for the torture and illtreatment of the prisoners. They also called for president barack obama to act on the stated goal of his administration a fire forced a popular sioux city chicken restaurant to close its doors yesterday. Fire started in a storage shed that was added onto sneakys chicken on gordon drive. This was all happening while the owner, dave ferris and employees worked ferris and his employees made it out safetly. Fire Officials Say despite the subzero temperatures and difficult conditions they got the fire out quickly. One person was injured following a twovehicle accident in between norfolk and battle creek, nebraska yesterday. An suv appeared to have rereended a truck heading east on highway 275 about two miles east of the battle creek spur around nine a. M. One person was transported from the scene with unknown injuries. Highway 275 was closed down for about an hour. Sioux cityfire rescue is making sure their facilities are up to code. Theyre looking for a 230,000 grant to pay for fire sprinklers in four different stations. Plus, alarm systems for two of them. Those station were built before it was required. It wasnt part of the building code, but to probably make them up to date it would be bob scott. Mayor scott says the Fire Department should find out soon if they receive the grant. The recent Interest Rate increase could impact your Household Budget. What you need to know to get the most bang for your buck, just ahead on news four. Forecast next afternoon, but temperatures will only make it into the teens. Clouds will move back in tonight and possibly a few flurries with nowhere near as cold conditions. Wednesday and thursday will finally present the combination of sunshine aa mild temperaturesswith highs in the 30s ahead of another cold front set to move through thursday night which might also produce a few flurries. Behind it will be our next arctic blast which will cause temperatures to fall this weekend and eventually make it down to the Single Digits by next monday. See graphics. Your Household Budget might need some serious revamping pretty soon. Something the countrys Financial Gurus have done. Details from nbcs chris clackum. Gradual increases during 2016. A lot of consumers were sent scrambling for the calculator to see what thatll do to monthly budgets. sot greg mcbride bankrate. Com 12 34 30 as Interest Rates go up, youre going to see that very quickly reflected in your credit card and home equity lines of credit. Typically, within one to two statement cycles, youll see that higher rate reflected greg mcbride. Senio r analyst at bankrate. Com. Says especially on consumers with adjustible Rate Mortgage loans, scheduled to reset this year. sot greg mcbride bankrate. Com 12 35 07 and if the fed has raised Interest Rates a few times by the time your loan resets, you could be looking at a nasty payment increase he says generally, w wn Interest Rates rise on credit, they also rise on what banks pay customers with savings accounts. Just not as quickly. sot greg mcbride bankrate. Com 12 35 55 a lot of banks are not going to be raising Interest Rates right away and even once they do, in the back half of 2016, cut to 12 36 03 even then those deals are going to be trailing the rate of inflation can loans wont be affected that much. Which may help car sales continue the record pace they set in 2015. Youll want to check your credit card and mortgage statements to stay ahead of the rising Interest Rates. Still to come on news 4 today. The 2016 iowa legislative session is now underway and Governor Terry branstad is among those proposing new bills. Well show you what his plans are for the new session and how it affects iowans. School funding will be front and center in des moines this legislative session. A debate over state aid will happen sooner rather than later. At Governor Terry branstads request. Ktivs matt breen sat down with the governor who says he wants to do more for schools this in on property tax, branstad says. And, iowans dont want that. Were in for another frigid day in siouxland. And the winds are picking up. Bens in next with the forecast. And one man from oklahoma has made a living were in for another frigid day in siouxland. And the winds are picking up. Bens in next with the forecast. And one man from oklahoma has made a living out of building staircases, of all things. His story is on the wx timer 1 30 windchill advisory in effect for northeastern siouxland until noon today a cold front moved through last night and you knew it when it did from the strong wind that took over causing some brief whiteout conditions in and around the iowa great lakes winds will continue to be brisk this morning with temperatures near 0, allowing windchills to drop into the 20s across northwest iowa. High pressure will move in and hell calm us downnand clear us out somewhat this afternoon, but temperatures will only make it into the teens. Clouds will move back in tonight and possibly a few flurries with nowhere near as cold conditions. Wednesday and thursday will finally present the combination of sunshine and mild temperatures with highs in the 30s ahead of another cold front set to move through thursday night which might also produce a few flurries. Behind it will be our next arctic blast which will cause temperatures to fall this weekend and eventually make it down to the Single Digits by next monday. We use them every day. And one man has made them his whole life. Galen culver introduces us to an okokhoma man who makes his living m ming stairs. Worked out and the mathematics done its just a matter of putting it together. Most staircases this side have a wall or two helping to hold them up. Niccum specializes in stairs that stand all by themselves. sot shane niccum, shane niccum stairs company if i took the steps off and removed the back. You could walk straight through it. From the front to the back, theres nothing there. I could see how people look at it and say its not g gng to work, but it will work. Not so much secret as know how. Shane climbed to his position from the bottom floor. Learning from his uncle bob. sot shane niccum, shane niccum stairs company i feel honored to be able to keep doing what hes showed me over the years. I learned a lot two decades and thousands of steps later. Step by step. Niccum can trace his work all over oklahoma. He can build other things too. But the path upward is his specialty. sot shane niccum, shane niccum stairs company when the owner here hired me she said, i want people, when they walk in, to go wow. Shanes stairs hardly gave a squeak when tested. sot shane niccum, shane niccum stairs company it doesnt squeak at all. Id be worried if it did. Whole step. Half or quarter. Uncle bobs family trick still plays pretty well. The tune he passed down remains its. Were back with our second half hour o onews 4 today after t t break. First though. Heres a look at some of the events on the good morning and welcome back. Weve got a lot headed your way in this half hour of news 4 working on. Tonight president barack obama will deliver his final state of the union address. The white house says the m msage will be upbeat. The focus will likely be to generate support for issues Like Fighting climate change, tightening gun control and immigration reform. More from washington in just a minute. Also. The 2016 legislative session got underway in des moines. Now that lawmakers are back to work, whats on the agenda for them this year . Ktivs matt breen is in the States Capital with more. And well meet the sioux city man who was one number away from winning saturdays massive jackpot. Hes still taking home a nice prize though. But first bens on the outdoor weather patio. Wx timer 50 windchill advisory in effect for northeastern siouxland until noon today a cold front moved through last night and you knew it when it did from the strong wind that took over causing some brief whiteout conditions in and around the iowa great lakes winds will continue to be brisk this morning with temperatures near 0, allowing windchills to drop into the 20s across northwest iowa. High pressure will move in and help calm us down and clear us out somewhat this afternoon, but temperatures will only make it into the teens. Clouds will move back in tonight and possibly a few flurries with nowhere near as cold conditions. Wednesday and thursday will finally present the combination of sunshine and mild temperatures with highs in the 30s ahead of another cold front set to move through thursday night which might also produce a few flurries. Behind it will be our next arctic blast which will cause temperatures to fall this weekend and eventually make it down to the Single Digits by next monday. See graphics. Tonight is president obamas union address. The white house is promising itll be different than the list of priorities he usually lays out for congress. Tracie potts is on capitol hill with a preview. r wisconsin 34 39 im not a real poker face guy. laughter i grimace. I wince. I sigh. nats of previous sou South Carolina governor nikki haley follows the president tonight. Shes delivering what republicans call an address not a response sot gov. Nikki haley r South Carolina 52 1 00 i didnt want it to a response to the presideet as i certainly am nn one to compett against the president or try to imply that i could be. Tfd cruz is skipping ronights speech to campaign in New Hampshire where hes third. Marco rubio, rand paul and Bernie Sanders are expected to attend. The first ladys guests will include students, business owners, veterans and an empty chair. Representing victims of gun violence. Im tracie potts in washington, now back to you. Dedecratic president ial hopefuls participated in the iowa brown and black president ial forum in des moines last night. Hosted by fusion, it was an opportunity for hillary clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin Omalley to address issues that specifically affect minority communities across the nation. During the two hour event at drake university, the candidates answered questions t tt included immigration reform, economic reform. And, with the iowa caucus less than a month away, the forum also allowed the candidates to get in a few jabs. I dont know, it could be that the inevitable candidate for the democratic nomination may not be so inevitable today, said democratic president ial candidate, Bernie Sanders. The democratic president ial candidates will next faceoff during sundadas debate in charleston, South Carolina. Three gop candidates traveled through northwest, iowa to try and win over voters before the Iowa Caucuses less than three weeks away. Dr. Ben carson stopped at a townhall in denison yesterday afternoon. Cronks cafe was full of Community Members of all ages as the republican spoke about his vision for the country. That included a hiring freeze for the federal government. He also talked about his goals for Foreign Policy and fighting terrorism. We have to shut down all of their monetary sources throughout the world so that they cant how they pay people. Thats how theyre able to recruit. Carson talked about either taking oil away from isis or destroyin it as well as bombing isis centers where they have oil tankers. Gop hopeful Carly Fiorina made a stop at bevs on the river in sioux city last night. Despite her falling poll numbers over the last few months, the former ceo is confident iowans will pick the right winner on caucus night. Fiorina stated she was the 17th out of 16 candidates to begin the gop race. The former ceo says americans need to stop settling for the status quo and make the right changes. This is a nation that has always valued merit over privilege. And hard work over entitlement and we have always been a nation that said yes. When other nations said no cant be done. Fiorina will be in holstein this morning at midwest deli and grill. The meet and greet begins at 10 oclock and is open to the public. President ial candidate, rick also stopped in siouxland yeerday. The rupublican spoke at the pizza ranch headquarters in orange city, iowa. The candidate discussed the threat of isis and how he would put more boots on the ground if he were to win the president ial bid. The former pennsylvania senator explained why hes concerned about the combination of radical islam and the Iran Nuclear Deal. He says theres two things he would do to solve the issues tear up the Iran Nuclear Deal and take away the land isis operates on in the middle east. We have american politicians who arent honest with the American Public about the nature of the threat we confront and tell the truth because we want to be politically correct, we dont want to offend anybody. Well weve gotten to the point where wereemore concerned about offending peole then telling them the truth about a real threat that is now attacking us, said former pennsylvania senator and president ial candidate, rick santorum. Santorum will continue his campaign this afternoon in cedar rapids, iowa at 4 p. M. And, former president bill clinton will be in sioux city later this week to support his wifes campaign. The Campaign Event will take college on friday at noon at the olson student center. Doors open at 11 15. For ticket information, check out our website. Ktiv. Com. Iowa lawmakers are hard at work now that the gavel has fallen on the opening day of the 2016 legislative session. There could be a fight over School Funding, and that could dictate the budgeting process that has to get done before lawmakers leave des moines, in april. This year lawwkers are vowing to tackle the budget sosoer, and make a key component Education One of the first things they tackle. Ktivs matt lawmakers, like sioux citys ron jorgensen, who chairs the house education committee, want to settle on School Funding in the first 30 days of the session. We need to get the numbers to the schools districts in time so they can plan and certify their budgets in the middle of april, said rep. Ron jorgensen, r sioux city. So, i know its a priority of minn to get that done as soon as we possibly can. Lawmakers will also contend with governor terrr branstads plan to extend the states penny sales tax to generate billions of dollars for education and Water Quality, said matt breen. But, some members of the governors own party dont support the plan. Like senator david johnson, of ocheyedan. Number one, those taxes were approved at a local level first before it went statewide, said sen. David johnson, r ocheyedan. So, in one respect we are taking away a local vote if we were to move that money. Second, johnson says it wont be enough. The republican has written a bill which would add a 3 8 f a cent sales tax to generate money for a dedicated Natural Resources fund. I dont know how better we can do it, johnson said. Fellow Senate Republican randy feenstra, of hull, says Water Quality is important, but he maintains a new tax isnt the answer. I dont think raising taxes is a good idea at this point, sen. Randy feenstra, r hull said. Few lawmakers would disagree. Its a Election Year for every member of the house, and a third of the members of the senate. Sioux citys Million Dollar powerball winner picked up his big check yesterday. Joel dominguez bought his ticket at the gordon plaza hyvee in sioux city. The first five numbers on the ticket matched, but he missed the powerball number. Joel, who is 23yearsold, says he always believed he would win a big lottery prize. After taxes, he gets 700,000. He bought a few tickets for the drawing and his wife and family thought he they couldnt believe it, my wife couldnt believe it. She m me me send her a picture of the ticket. Its a feeling that i never had before that i probably never have before unless i win that one point three four billion dollars you know . Joel dominguez said. Joel said he plans to use his lottery winnings to help his family, pay bills and he and his wife both plan to complete their college degrees. The next drawing takes place tomorrow night with a jackpot of a recordbreaking 1. 4 billion dollar prize. And, joel says he plans to buy many of the gadgets up for grabs at the Consumer Electronics show centered around health. Up next in healthbeat 4, well show you which ones you might want to get and how they work. Ben and ill have your the Consumer Electronics show featured a lot of the latest innovations in heheth technology. Sergio avila shows us some of the newest gadgets in todays healthbeat four. The health of your kids. Price tag, 100 bucks. For the more daring exercisers, there are plenty of electronic skateboards or even. nats rocket skates if you get good at it, the motorized pair of skates can have you showing off like conventioner levar maxwell. sot levar maxwell, rocket skates i call this the crazy legs, i call this the walk. Lastly health tech whossain Health Target is your pet. nats it will measure the steps the movement, track the sleep. A fitness monitor for fido. To help you keep track of where your pet is and how theyre doing on the inside. An investment for pet owners at 150. That was sergio avila reporting. Straight ahead this morning on a new feature to the iphone that can help you sleep better. And ford is testing their selfdriving cars in the snow. Well have the details, coming up. You got people working incredibly long hours. Median Family Income today 4,000 less than it was in 1999. The bottom line of this economy is that it is rigged. An economy that works for all of us rather than a handful of billionaires. If you work 40 hours a week in america, you should not live in poverty. Yesterday, wall street snapped a threeday losing streak and closed slightly higher after a day spent mostly in the red. The dow added 52 points to finish at 16,399. The nasdaq fell 6 points and the s p 500 rose 2. Consumer staples stocks were among the biggest gainers. Oil and Gas Companies were hit by another plunge the price of crude oil, which has tumbled more than 5 percent to a 12year low. Looking for an apartment . You just might be able to find one. With more on that story and other business news, heres ktivs kaitlyn kinney. Thanks guys. Skyhigh rents and falling vacancies have characterized the us apartment market for the past six years. But thats changing. As construction outpaces demand. The share of apartments the Second Straight Quarter at the end of last year. Thats the first time thats happened since 2009. Vacancies are rising, but rents are also still rising. Up more than fourandahalf percent annually. Ford says its the first to test selfdriving cars in the snow. The Winter Weather testing is taking place in michigan. Theres a fullscale simulated realworld urban environment at the university of michigan. Snow is one of the biggest hurdles preventing deployment of selfdriving cars. Ford has dubbed its winter project. Snowtonomy. A once popular name is now going away. Youre not gong to see the name motorola on phones anymore. The chinese pc maker is changing the name to moto by lenovo. Lenovo bought the company from google in 2014 for almost 3billion dollars. Motorola was responsible for the first walkietalkies and consum cell phones. Apple is adding a night shift iphone or ipad screen light at night, in its next operating system update. The company added the option based on a study that says exposure to blue light from screens in the evening can make it harder for you to fall asleep. Night shift mode automatically shifts the colors on your iphone or ipad display to warmer colors, making things easier on your eyes at night. The system will use the clock and geolocation on your device to figure out when the sun sets in your location. In the morning it will return to thanks, kaitlyn. Coming up after the break, well run down todays top headlines from around siouxland. And Sylvester Stalone is ready to get back in the ring. Plus david bowies last music video was a goodbye to his fans. All the details are coming up in and possibly a few flurries with nowhere near as cold conditions. Wednesday and thursday will finally present the combination of sunshine and mild temperatures with highs in the 30s ahead of another cold front set to move through thursday night which might also produce a few flurries. Behind it will be our next arctic blast which will cause temperatures to fall this weekend and eventually make it down to the Single Digits by next monday. See graphics. Here are the stories making top headlines this morning in siouxland. Sioux City Public School officials are deciding whether a student who brought an unloaded handgun to North Middle School yesterday will be expelled. Superintendent dr. P pl gausman sasa the district was tipped off that the student may be bringing a weapon before the school day began. When that student arrived at school, officials were waiting. They searched the student and located the weapon. Police then took the student into custody. The student will not be allowed to return to school until the case is fully resolved. Iowa lawmakers have convened for the 2016 legislative session, with a school fundndg fight expected in n year with limited new dollars. Additional funding to provide to schools. This morning, Governor Terry branstad delivers his condition of the state address to the legislature. He told ktivs matt breen that he will seek a 2. 45 percent increase to basic state aid for schools. Thats less than Senate Majority democrats want to spend and more than House Majority republicans have previously sought. Republican president ial candidate Carly Fiorina is back in siouxland. She spoke at bevs on the river in sioux city last night. Despite falling pull numbers, the former Hewlett Packard ceo is confident iowans will pick the right winner on caucus night. The former ceo says americans need to stop settling for the status quo and make the right changes. Fiorina continues her siouxland visit this morning. Shell hold a meetand greet at midwest deli and grill in holstein at ten. And doctor ben carson brought his campaign to denison. During a town hall meeting at cronks cafe, the republican outlined his propopsal for a hiring freeze for the federal government. Carson also says dealing with terrorism or destroying it. And bombing isis centersrshere they have oililankers. David bowies last music video is a goodbye to his fans Rick Damigella has that and more in the hollywood minute. Coming up in our third half hour this morning. An oklahoma man has found his niche in building stairs. So what started him on the path to the top . And the Bishop Heelan and south sioux boys squared off down at the pit while the Siouxland Christian. Girls hosted east sac. And well head to storm lake, where the ridge view boys looked to stay unbeaten. Thats coming up in the sports good morning. Thanks for joining us on this tuesday, january 12th. Coming up in this half hour of news 4 today. Another strange turn of events in capture of of the mexican drug lord. El chapo. Weve got the new video and details in just a minute. Also, sioux city authorities are investigating after a student at North Middle School brought a gun to class. The latest on that story. And as iowa legislators get back to work, Governor Terry branstad lays out his Top Priorities f this years session. Ktivs matt breen has been in des moines following the events of the opening days of the legislature. Plus. Most of us use stairs everyday, but probably dont think much about going up and down them. But one oklahoma man has made a career out of handcrafting steps. His journey to the top coming upupbut first, a frigid start for us this morning. Conditions in and around the iowa great lakes winds will continue to be brisk this morning with teeperatures near 0, allowing windchills to drop into the 20s across nnrthwest iowa. High pressure will move in and help calm us down and clear us out somewhat this afternoon, but temperatures will only make it into the teens. See graphics. There is new video and new details of the capture of one of the worlds most wanted men, and the bizarre subplot featuring an oscar winning actor. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez reports from mexico. The mexican government. Showing fridays raid of Joaquin El Chapo guzmans safe house in los mochis. Nat more yelling Mexican Marines closing in on the most wanted drug lord in the world. Shooting five dead. And arresting six others. As el chapo makes one last ditch effort to escape from this safe house with a top lieutenant. T hrough an underground tunnel. Gabe they emerged from this sewer line about a half mile away police say they stole a car but the driver called in a tip and authorities were able to track him down. After his dramatic escape fm a maximum security prison last july. Guzman was on the run. But in early october, took a secret meeting in cosala, mexico. video with oscar winning actor sean penn. Brokere d by soap opera star kate del castillo. Who once played a drug lord on mexican tv. Rolling stone says castillo tweeted about guzman and he reached out to her to discuss the idea of making a movie about his life. She connected with penn and together they traveled to mexico in october to meet with guzman. Guzman sot no, i think that if they find me, theyll arrest me of course. Interview and write an article for Rolling Stone , describing the process as a clandestine horror show burner phones,. Anonymous emails. graphic november, december, go into january 8 it would be three months before authorities would track guzman to los mochis. Penn has detoured into journalism before. Filing stories after interviewing president raul castro in cuba. And the late leftist leader, hugo chavez in venezuela. If guzmans extradited to the united states, legal experts say his admissions to penn could come back to haunt him. sot Professor Laurie Levenson Loyola Law School 38 from start its not at all clear that sean penn actually violated any american laws by this interview. It may not have been particularly ethical, but it wasnt necessarily illegal. Penn told Associated Press he has nothing to hide today, Sergeant Bowe berghdal will berghdahl faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy his base in afghanistan in june 2009. He was captured by the taliban and was held captive for nearly five years. He was released in may 2014 as part of a prisoner swap in exchange for several detainees from guantanamo bay. Sergeant bergdahl did not enter a plea when he was arraigned in december 2015. A student at sioux citys North Middle School arrived on campus yesterday with a handgun. Sioux City Community schools superintenden t, dr. Paul gausman, saysyshe district received the information that a student might bring a weapon to campus before the day began. Once the student got to school, they were able to search, locate the weapon and then detain the student. He was then taken into custody by the police. The student didnt have the capability to load the weapon, but dr. Gausman says that doesnt change the severity of the issue. We will follow all of the necessary steps, procedures and protocols to make certain that we do all that students and Staff Members safe, said sioux City Community schools superintendent, dr. Paul gausman. The student cant return to school until the case is full resolved. Dr. Gausman says whether or not the student is expelled will be determined as the case moves forward. The leader of a small, armed group occupying a National Wildlife refuge in southeastern oregon s sd yesterday he and his followows are going through h government documents stored inside the refuge buildings. The group also cut fences as part of their plan to return the federal land back to the people of harney county. Wanda moore has the story. Oppose the armed occupation of a National Wildlife refuge. To mark hackert from washington, its all in an effort to take away federal land belonging to the American People and sell it off to big corporations. S mark hackert washington resident huge land and money grab. It makes me more sad than angry. The bundy group just took down a fence and they say its mostly a photo op but also part of a bigger plan to return federal land back to the people of harney county. S ryan Bundy Malheur National Wildlife refuge protester they can do this on their own. Were just here setting an example is all. Bundy says the ranchers who own the land have asked them to tear down the fence. S ryan Bundy Malheur National Wildlife refuge protester its ground that theyve used in the past and now its fenced off, and its prevented them from using it. Theyre using government equipment to tear down the fence pole by pole. Do you have a plan . S ryan Bundy Malheur National Wildlife refuge protester not completely. When that comes dozens of people gathered outside of the white house to demand the closure of the us naval prison in guantanamo bay, cuba. The rally was sponsored by several groups including Amnesty International, witness against torture, and the council on American Islamic relations. Demonstrators wore orange jumpsuits and hoods. Representing the 127 detainees still in prison. They say there has been no accountabilit y for the torture and ill treatment of the prisoners. They also called for president barack obama to act on the stated goal of his administration to close guantanamo bay. Fire has prompted a sioux city restaurant to close its doors while repairs are made. The fire broke out in a storage shed behind drive. This happened while the owner, dave ferris and employees worked inside. Ferris and his employees made it out safetly. Subzero temperatures and difficult conditions they got the fire out quickly. One person was injured following a twovehicle accident in between norfolk and battle creek, nebraska yesterday. An suv appeared to have rearended a truck heading east on highway 275 about two miles east of the battle creek spur around nine a. M. One person was transported from the scene with unknown injuries. Highway 275 was closed down for about an hour. Leaders with sioux city fire rescue are making sure their facilities are up to code. Theyre looking for a 230thousand dollar grant to pay for fire sprinklers in four different stations. Plus, alarm systems fofotwo of them. Those station were built before it was required. It wasnt part of the building code, but to probably make them up to date it would be required, said sioux city mayor bob scott. Mayor scott says the Fire Department should find out soon if they receive the grant. And one man from oklahoma has made is living out of building staircases. Well share his story after the break. Mao rubio. He ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty. Then he flipped, and worked with liberal Chuck Schumer to coauthor the path to citizenship bill. He threatened to vote against it. And then voted for it. He supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. Marco rubio. Just another washington politician you cant trust. Jeb bush. Hes a leader, so you always know where he stands. Right to rise usa forecast next we use them every day. And one his whole life. Galen culver introduces us to an oklahoma man who makes his living making stairs. By the sound it makes. sot shane niccum, shane niccum stairs company its a heavy staircase. Theres a lot here. Shane can actually tell you a lot of about the ups and downs of this Grand Staircase because he built it by hand. sot shane niccum, shane niccum stairs company you know once you get your measurements worked out and the mathematics done its just a matter of putting it most staircases this side have a helping to hold them up. Niccum specializes in stairs that stand all by themselves. sot shane niccum, shane niccum stairs company if i took the steps off and removed the back. You could walk straight through it. From the front to the back, theres nothing there. I could see how people look at it and say its not going to work, but it will work. Not so much secret as know how. Shane climbed to his position from the bottom floor. Learning from his uncle bob. sot shane niccum, shane niccum stairs company i feel honored to be able to keep doing what hes showed me over the years. I learned a lot two decades and thousands of steps later. Step by step. Niccum can trace his work all over oklahoma. He can build other things too. But the path upward is his specialty. sot shane niccum, she said, i want people, when they walk in, to go wow. Shanes stairs hardly gave a squeak when tested. sot shane niccum, shane niccum stairs company it doesnt squeak at all. Id be worried if it did. Whole step. Half or quarter. Uncle bobs family trick still plays pretty well. The tune he passed down remains beautiful to the ear and the eye. The College Football National Champion was crowned last night. And the Siouxland Christian. Girls hosted east sac. And well head to storm lake, where the ridge view boys looked to stay unbeaten. Thats up next in the sports there were some High School Hoops around siouxland on monday night. Ktivs mark freund has the highlights in the sports fource sioux city, whos just 2and8. The crusaders playing without leading scorer Deandre Burnside tonight. First quarter check out the outlet pass from jack boever to Elijah Hazekamp tosses it three quarters of the way hazekamp takes care of the rest he had 16 points to lead heelan. But south sioux played with a ton of fire tonight off the inbound play lance denney gets an open look. Then the cardinals keep it inside with kalvin warner south sioux had a three point lead after one. But heelan would wake up Bryce Reynolds kicks it out to boever for three Bishop Heelan wins at home, 52to41. The ridge view boys, number10 in the new class 2a poll, on the road at storm lake. Early on, ridge view takes control as a forced turnover leads to Tyler Wingert taking it in for the layup to put the raptors up two. Later, the raptors continue their attack, braden else gets open on the inbounds play, and he drains the three, ridge view up 4. But the raptors doesnt stop there, off the drive, the ball is kicked back out to else who drains another three pointer, to give the raptors back the lead. But this was storm lakes night, josh werge finds jal lieth in the corner, and he nails the three pointer. Storm lake pulls the upset at home, 66to64. Back to sioux city the siouxland county. The eagles had a threepoint halftime lead but the raiders kept it close all night lexi willson on the rebound and putback. Later Siouxland Christian on the break faith campbell just a freshman bucket and the foul eagles up by 6. Willson kept the raiders in it all nightht putting it up and in east sac county is within 4. But in the Fourth Quarter Siouxland Christian hangs on Rachel Nelson stops and pops the eagles outlast east sac county, 54to50. Dont forget to tune into sportsfource extra, tonight at 10, and check out our website, ktiv. Com, for more sports. Im mark freund with the sportsfource morning wrap. Have a great day. The College Football national crowned monday night in glendale, arizona. Head Coach Nick Saban and the number two alabama crimson tide ended the Clemson Tigers bid for a perfect season, 45 to 40, in the College Football playoff title game. Heisman trophy winner and crimson tide running back Derrick Henry rushed for 158 yards and three touchdowns. Including a touchdown in the last minute to clinch the game. Its alabamas Fourth National title in seven years and sabans fifth, trailing only legendary head coach bear bryant, who has another frigid day is on the way for siouxland today. Bens in next with the details. The iowa legislative session is underway. Ktivs matt breen covered opening day at the statehouse. His report is on the way. Is the economy rigged . Well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 Million People combined. Im Bernie Sanders, and i approve this message. My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, the middle class will continue to disappear unless we level the playing field. Into the 20s across northwest iowa. High pressure will move in and help calm us down and clear us out somewhat this afternoon, but temperatures will only make it into the teens. Clouds will move back in tonight and possibly a few flurries with nowhere near as cold conditions. Wednesday and thursday will finally present the combination of sunshine and mild temperatures with highs in the 30s ahead of another cold front set to move through thursday night which might also produce a few flurries. Behind it will be our next arctic blast which will cause temperatures to fall this weekend and eventually make it down to the Single Digits by next monday. See graphics. School funding will be front and center, in des moines, this legislative session. A debate over state aid will happen sooner rather than later. At Governor Terry branstads request. Ktivs matt breen sat down with the governor who says he wants to do more for schools this year. Revenue, each year, would go to schools. The remaining would go to Water Quality programs. So, its Significant Growth on top of what schools are already getting plus providing a share of that growth to Water Quality, branstad said. How much more . An additional 20. 7billion for school infrastructur e, and nearly 4. 7billion for Water Quality. Critics in the Legislature Say the penny tax was approved at the local level to help local schools before it was modified to help all schools equally, said matt breen. And, moving that money robs iowans of the chance to vote on the new direction. Branstad says he understands those concerns. But, when looking at the best ways to fund Water Quality and education, branstad says his plan is better that the alternative. It puts in on property tax, branstad says. And, iowans dont want that. Its. Time for a break. Hour of news 4 today. First though. Heres a look at ktivdotcom community calendar. Good morning and welcome back. Weve got a lot headed yoru way in this half hour of news 4 today. Some of the stories were working on. Tonight president barack obama will deliver his final state of the union address. The white house says the message will be upbeat. The focus will likely be to generate support for issues Like Fighting climate change, tightening gun control and immigration reform. More from washington in just a minute. Also. The 2016 legislative session got underway in des moines. Now that lawmakers are back to work, whats on the agenda for them this year . Ktivs matt breen is in the States Capital with more. And well meet the sioux city man who was one number away from winning saturdays massive jackpot. Hes still taking home a nice prize though. But first, its cold. Its breezy. So what better place to send ben than the weather patio to check it out. Ben. How are you coping out there . Wx timer 50 for northeastern siouxland until noon today a cold front moved through last night and you knew it when it did from the strong wind that took over causing some brief whiteout conditions in and around the iowa great lakes winds will continue to be brisk this morning with temperatures near 0, allowing windchills to drop into the 20s across northwest iowa. High pressure will move clear us out somewhat this afternoon, but temperatures will only make it into the teens. See graphics. President barack obama delivers his final state of the union address. The white house is promising itll be different than the list of priorities he usually lays out for congress. Tracie potts is on capitol hill with a preview. Dueling videos are setting the stage for tonights final state of the union sot president barack obama no super 08 11 there is no next thing. This is it. The white house says president obama will reflect on his achievements and look ahead sot Josh Earnest White House press secretary 15 24 hes got an opportunity to lay out for the American People the longerterm challenges that we face, but also the longerterm opportunities that exist. This preview from House Speaker paul ryan focuses on november the election. For the first time, ryan will be seated directly behind the president sot House Speaker Paul Ryan R Wisconsin 34 39 laughter i grimace. I wince. I sigh. nats of previous sou South Carolina governor nikki haley follows the president tonight. Shes delivering what republicans call an address not a response sot gov. Nikki haley r South Carolina 52 1 00 i didnt want it to be a response to the president as i certainly am not one to compete against the president or try to imply that i could be. Ted cruz is skipping tonights speech to campaign in New Hampshire where hes third. Marco rubio, rand paul and Bernie Sanders are expected to attend. The first ladys guests will include students, business owners, veterans and an empty chair. Representing victims of gun violence. Im tracie potts in washington, now back to you. Three gop candidates traveled through northwest, iowa to try and win over voters before the Iowa Caucuses less than three weeks away. Dr. Ben carson stopped at a townhall in denison yesterday afternoon. Cronks cafe was full of Community Members of all ages as the republican spoke about his vision for the country. That included a hiring freeze for the federal government. He also talked about his goals for Foreign Policy and fighting terrorism. We have to shut down all of their monetary sources throughout the world so that they cant transfer from, because thats how they pay people. Thats how theyre able to recruit. Taking oil away from isis or destroyin it as well as bombing isis centers where they have oil tankers. Gop hopeful Carly Fiorina made a stop at bevs on the river in sioux city last night. Despite her falling poll numbers over the last few months, the former ceo is confident iowans will pick the right winner on caucus night. Fiorina stated she was the 17th out of 16 candidates to begin the gop race. The former ceo says americans need to stop settling for the status quo and make the right changes. This is a nation that has always valued merit over privilege. And hard work over entitlement and we have always been a nation that said yes. When other nations said no cant be done. Fiorina will be in holstein this morning at midwest deli and grill. The meet and greet begins at 10 oclock and is open to the public. President ial candidate, rick santorum, also stopped in siouxland yesterday. The rupublican spoke at the orange city, iowa. The candidate discussed the threat of isis and how he would put more boots on the ground if he were to win the president ial bid. The former pennsylvania senator explained why hes concerned about the combination of radical islam and the Iran Nuclear Deal. He says theres two things he would do to solve the issues tear up the Iran Nuclear Deal and take away the land isis operates on in the middle east. We have american politicians who arent honest with the American Public about the nature of the threat we confront and tell the truth because we want to be politically correct, we dont want to offend anybody. Well weve gotten to the point where were more concerned about offending people then telling them the truth about a real threat that is now attacking us, said former pennsylvania senator and president ial candidate, rick santorum. Santorum continues campaigning in iowa today. Iowa lawmakers are hard at work now that the gavel has fallen on the opening day of the 2016 legislative session. There could be a fight over School Funding, and that could dictate the budgeting process that has to get done before lawmakers leave des moines, in april. To tackle the budget sooner, and make a key component Education One of the first things on the agenda. Ktivs matt breen has more from des moines. Second, johnson says it wont be enough. The republican has written a bill which would add a 3 8 of a cent sales tax to generate money for a dedicated Natural Resources fund. I dont know how better we can do it, johnson said. Fellow Senate Republican randy feenstra, of hull, says Water Quality is important, but he maintains a new tax isnt the answer. I dont think raising taxes is a good idea at this point, sen. Randy feenstra, r hull said. Few lawmakers would disagree. Its a Election Year for every member of the house, and a third sioux citys Million Dollar powerball winner picked up his big check yesterday. Joel dominguez bought his ticket at the gordon plaza hyvee in sioux city. The first five numbers on the ticket matched, but he missed the powerball number. Joel, who is 23yearsold, says he always believed he would win a big lottery prize. After taxes, he gets 700,000. He bought a few tickets for the drawing and his wife and family thought he was joking when he told them he won. They couldnt believe it, my wife couldnt believe it. She made me send her a picture of the ticket. Its a feeling that i never had before that i probably never have before unless i win that one point three four billion dollars you know . Joel dominguez said. Joel said he plans to use his lottery winnings to help his family, pay bills and he and his wife both plan to complete their tomorrow night with a jackpot of a recordbreaking 1. 4 billion dollar prize. And, joel says he plans to buy more tickets for the drawing. The popular playboy mansion is up for sale. If you win the powerball. You could buy a few of them. Thats next in whats trending. And ill have your complete marco rubio. He ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty. Then he flipped, and worked with liberal Chuck Schumer to coauthor the path to citizenship bill. He threatened to vote against it. And then voted for it. He supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. Marco rubio. Just another washington politician you cant trust. Jeb bush. Hes a leader, so you always know where he stands. Right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. Whats americas bestselling brand of trucks . Youre in for a big surprise, pal. Actually, youre not. Its ford fseries, again. And, it wasnt even close. Same trucks that have been leading the industry for 39 straight years. Like f150s highstrength, militarygrade aluminum alloy. Which helps make it stronger, more capable and more efficient than ever. Innovation. Its why fseries is making the famed playboy mansion is up for sale. The well known residence that has been the backdrop of legendary parties has a price tag of 200 Million Dollars. The home has 29 rooms, a home theater, a wine celler, and a pool. But as a condition of the sale of the five acre property, the mansions current resident hugh hefner will continue to live there. Hefner moved into the mansion 45 years ago when Playboy Enterprises bought the property for plus. David bowie fans all jimmy fallon had donald trump on the tonight show last night. On the show tonight kevin hart, noel fielding, and joshua topolsky. The tonight show with jimmy a wreath for singer david bowie has been placed next to his hollywood star. The wreath is arranged with multiple flowers as bowies name rests in the middle of it. The 69yearold entertainer died from his 18month battle with cancer sunday. Fans of his have been placing all types of memorabilia on his hollywood star. Bowie was said to be one of the most influential musicians of his era. Tuesday sarah rock singer zayn malik is 23 al singer Melanie Chisholm spice girls is 42 sarah actress Rachael Harris is 48 al rock singer rob zombie is 51 sarah radiotv personality howard stern is 62 al Country Singer Ricky Van Shelton is 64 sarah radio al actress Kirstie Alley is 65 sarah singer Glenn Yarbrough is 86 well be right back to wrap things up with a recap of some morning. And the latest addition to the cincinnati zoo family is honoring david bowie. Well explain after the here are the stories making top headlines this morning in siouxland. Sioux City Public School officials are deciding whether a student who brought an unloaded handgun to North Middle School on monday will be expelled. Superintendent dr. Paul gausman says the district was tipped off that the student may bring a weapon before the school day began. When that student arrived at school, officials were waiting. They searched the student and located the weapon. Into custody. The student will not be allowed to return to school until the case is fully resolved. Iowa lawmakers have convened for the 2016 legislative session, with a School Funding fight expected in a year with limited new dollars. A key issue will be how much additional funding to provide to schools. This morning, Governor Terry branstad delivers his condition of the state address to the legislature. He told ktivs matt breen that he will seek a 2. 45 percent increase to basic state aid for schools. Thats less than Senate Majority democrats want to spend and more than House Majority republicans have previously sought. Republican president ial candidate Carly Fiorina is back in siouxland. She spoke at bevs on the river in sioux city last night. Despite falling pull numbers, the former Hewlett Packard ceo is confident iowans will pick the right winner on caucus night. The former ceo says americans need to quit settling for the status quo and make the right changes. Fiorina continues her siouxland visit this morning. Midwest deli and grill in holstein at ten. And doctor ben carson brought his campaign to denison. During a town hall meeting at cronks cafe, the republican outlined his propopsal for a hiring freeze for the federal government. Carson also says dealing with terrorism means taking away oil from isis or destroying it. And bombing isis centers where they have oil tankers. Late singer, david bowie has an unusual namesake to honor his legacy. The cincinnati zoo named this baby penguin bowie days before the singers death. The fairy penguin was born on david bowies birthday, january eighth, weighing less than two ounces. The penguin will make its public debut at a zoo exhibit this spring