Influential iowa lawmaker says hes backing senator ted cruz for president. Republican congressman steve king made his announcement this morning in des moines. He says cruz is the one candidate who will fight unapologetically for conservative principles. I can tell you from personal experience the candidate ill endorse does listen, and he does think and hes always grounded on our basic shared values. And the candidate ill be endorsing knows how to act when its time to act. I believe ted cruz is the candidate who is the answer to my prayers. A candidate whom god will use to restore the soul of america. Tim he praised the king a courageous conservative and one of the few truly principled men and women in washington. Tim you may not believe it but thanksgiving is only ten days away. And christmas is just around the corner. For many, not only do they need to prep the turkey but their game plan for black friday shopping. Jenna siouxland stores have already seen increased traffic, our elisa r
Say that there could be an easy solution to the problem. Here is the real issue. A lot of these individuals, low level non violent offenders should never enter the prison system to begin with. They should be diverted to drug courts or Mental Health courts, lukas well have much more on the issue of mandatory minimums and why some are asking for changes. Tonight on abc9 news at ten. Reporting live in studio. Lukas voss abc9 news. Tim are you a black friday shopper . Stores like walmart plan to open doors at 6pm on thanksgiving day. And this year a designated one hour guarentee line promises to send shoppers home with items of their choice at a marked down price. Even if the item is not in stock, stores say theyll get it before christmas for a later pick up. I can tell you that it is going to be a great black friday. We are going to have over one million tvs, over ten million pairs of pajamas and over 15 million movies that we will have ready for our black friday event, said van matre. Wa
Thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna and d Jenna Rehnstrom america represents roughly 5 percent of the worlds population and 25 percent of its prisoners. Tim covercrowded state and federal prisons are costing taxpayers around 6. 4 billion dollars. Tim many of those prisoners serve drug related sentences and are on what are called mandatory minimums. Its a conceptdeveloped in the70s. During the so called war o o drugs. With crack and cocain sweeping across the nation. Putting away offenders. Even on small drug charges. Was a priority. Jenna these minimums are still used today. But as overcrowding continues. There is a call for change. And it originates in iowa. Abc9s lukas voss has the story. Lukas s tim and jenna. There is indeed a to adjust minimum sentences. The goal. Relieving overcrowded prisons and helping offenders reintegrate into society. Representing that change is iowa senator Chuck Grassley. He is one of many who say there are a lot of reasons why that change
Dayplanner reveals temperatures be home to a new business. The former sioux tools building on floyd blvd now has a local owner. Who is planning to bring it back to life in a special way,. Abc9 News Reporter bria bell has more. I would see it as a boy and say, god that is a neat building, said schuett. Mark schuett is the new owner of the building which was home to a company many siouxlanders know , sioux tools. But what many may not know is that even b bore sioux tools, there was sioux city brick and tile. The building has over a century worth of history and mark says that his game plan is to remodel the building in a way thats similar to its 1920s form. Part of what we wanted to do was actually restore it back to what im going to call its glory days in the 20s and get it to look like that and to be able to use it to do our processing, said schuett. Marks company is americananatural processors incorporated, a business that produces grain, protein concentrates, oil and more. He says tha
Released. Jessica rae and. A special report on the mandatory minimum laws here in iowa. And why some believe there should be a change in sentencing guidelines. Jessica rae plus. Its the dress everybody is talking about. Meterologists around the country are wearing the same dress. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Jessica rae a newly released dash cam video shows a Chicago Police officer opening fire on a black teenager. And continuing to fire even as the teenager lay dying on the ground. Now that video is sparking outrage across chicago. Abcs Stephanie Ramos has the latest. The windy city on edge. As hundreds of protestors walk the streets of chicago overnight. Nats. Yelling chanting. Whole world is watching protests after the which Officials Say shows 17yearold laquan mcdonald. Walking away from officers before being shot 16 times. By Police Officer jason van dyke. Anita alvarez states attorney, cook county it is graphic, it is vient, it is chilling. The video tearing