Kristi im kristi krueger. Pushrealtime closedaptioningprovided by u. S. Captioning push kristi off the top this noon, Presiden Obama unveiling his plan to shut down the u. S. Prison for terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, cuba. Saw it here live on local 10. Local 10 News Reporter Michael Putney is live in our newsroom now with the details on that plan. Reporter kristi, the president has been trying to close to prison for the suspected terrorists for the past seven years and this morng he gave it another try. The prison has held hundreds of suspected terrorists over the year, many of whom have been convicted whihi military tribunals, some have been but it is a painfully slow and expensive process that has yielded uneven results. The president says the prison undermines american values, hurts our standings with aies and has been a flash point for jihaddists. Also very expensive. It costs 445 million to run that facility in 2015. Currently there are only 91 suspectedyjihaddists being held at gi
Full forecast is coming up your news starts now. Jessica rae coming up this morning on abc9 news. Siouxland was hit hard by another winter snow storm. And well assess the damage. Jessica rae and while we might not like this weather. Some volleyball players in town for the naia volleyball championship find snow pretty exciting. Jessica rae plus. Well discuss one of the hottest new trends of the Holiday Season. Giving yourself a gift. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Jessica rae we begin this morning with the former cop charged with killing a teenager in chicago. Officer Jason Van Dyke is out of jail, after posting bail. Protests have continued, as the mayor moves to create a new task force. Reporter Andrew Spencer has the latest Police Officer Jason Van Dyke walked out of jail monday night, surrounded by apparent supporters. They escorted him past the reporters waiting outside. Van dyke made bail. Hours after a judge set his bond at oneandahalf million dollars. Van dyk
Slavery. Insisting the comparison isnt racist. Our free stuff today is being paid for by taking money from our children and borrowing from china. When that note comes due and this isnt racist. Try it and try it. When that note comes due, its like slavery. We are going to be beholden to a foreign master. Our federal debt is like slavery . Slavery was horrific, vile, a vile practice that was explicitly based on race. So its hard to avoid sounding racist when you make comparisons like that. This kind of talk has no place in our political debate. But palin doesnt seem to care. She only cares about throwing red meat to the right wing. The president now broadcasting his shamwow style infomercials. The far left stifling, strangling, shackling agenda. Leaders who would exempt themselves from the laws they force on the rest of us, thats dictatorship. A dictatorship . This stuff might work with the rabid right wing audience, but not with the rest of america. In swing states, palins Approval Rati
People have already voted. That includes nearly a Million People just in ohio alone. More on that later. But we start with tonights lead. Race to the bottom. Today the Romney Campaign is refusing to apologize for john sununu. When you take a look at colin powell, you have to wonder whether thats an endorsement based on issues or whether hes got a slightly different reason for preferring president obama. What reason would that snb. Well, i applaud collin for standing with him. Colin powell endorsed the president because they are both black . Really . The president himself weighed in on it today. Any suggestion that general powell would make such a profound statement in such an important election based on anything than what he thought was whats going to be best for america doesnt make much sense. No, it doesnt make much sense. Sununu tried to walk back his statements by saying, colin powell is a friend and i respect the endorsement decision he made and do not doubt that it was based on a
Decided to go early, and i wanted to vote so, i went with her. I think im working election day. So i figured id come out a little early, get it done now. Well have much more on the impact of early voting coming up here in just a few moments. First, though, the very latest on Hurricane Sandy. Well get to the hurricane in just a moment, though. Lets go to the political headlines. Well come back to Hurricane Sandy in just a few moments. Both campaigns in a battleground blitz of sorts ahead of the last full week of campaigning. Three major events this hour. Governor romney expected to speak at his second event of the day here in florida. This time in kissimmee, florida. He is also rescheduling three stops that he had in virginia. Those stops are planned for tomorrow. He is rescheduling them ahead of Hurricane Sandy. He will be campaigning in ohio instead. Meanwhile, a Rapid Response from the Governors Campaign after the president describing his opponents economic plan like this during a st