Warm, and an apartment to sleep in, tonight. But, hundreds of sioux cityans dont have that luxury, and sleep on the streets. Tonight, hundreds are sleeping outside, on purpose, to limit homelessness throughout the area. Housing or its very limited. As the opportunity to experience homelessness first hand, raises awareness and money in the community. They might not have anywhere to sleep, so were supporting them, said lacy barger homeless need help with getting food and shelter and people need to be aware to be homeless, said matthew christian. Were going to sleep in some boxes tonight, were going to build a castle to lay siege to homelessness, said alec devries, a junior at morningside college. Hoping sleeping outside results in siouxlanders sleeping inside. While theres 300 people that may be sleeping outside in the siouxland area on any given night. Theres around 2,500 people in total that are homeless in the area. Tonight, they aimed to raise 50,000 hoping to counter that number. Ma
Down as shooting continued ross paris. One of the spectators was president hollande rushed from the stadium within an hour he was chairing a emergency meeting. While French Police and military flooded the streets some seen cacaying carrying away the injured sickening scenes echos of the Charlie Hebdo attack when multiple shooters targeted a Magazine Office began trending among isis supporters. In paris there is shock and fear tonight. Speaking from the white house late this afternoon president barack obama condemned the attacks in paris. president obama, once again seen an outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians. This is an attack not just on paris. Its an attack not just on the people of france. Ut this is an attack on all of humanity and the universal values that we share. The president also reminded everyone that france is the first, and oldest, ally of the united states. President obama offered his support to the government and people of france. Us military Officials Say
Fairly, well in advance of a holiday, said gail weinholzer. So they typically dont make a lot of last minute changes. The heaviest traffic is expected the day before and days after the holiday. Gas prices are said to be the lowest since 2008. With the National Average at about 2. 20. I love it, said roy soule. Makes me want to travel a lot more, said rodney wells. And for those doing their traveling over christmas. It gives most people something to wish for. I hope they go lower, said rodney wells. Also to note, with thursdays Weather Forecast not looking as as great as it can, triple a tells drivers to think well in advance. Pack an emergency kit with gloves, a blanket, flashlight and anything else that could help in case of an emergency. Live in sioux city, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. sheila with thanksgiving just two days away, airports around the country are seeing a steady flow of holiday travelers. al that was the case this afternoon at sioux Gateway Airport in sioux city. Trave
Gave a lot of herself, maahs said. Sheryl and her teammates placed a surprising second in the Ncaa National Cross Country meet in milwaukee. That mornrng everybody was sky y high, and that afternoon everybody was in mourning, said tim lane. Tim lane helped organize a memorial ceremory planned for thanksgiving eve in the very spot where the plane fell from the sky. I want this to be a celebration. I want the Running Community to turn out, lane said. A celebration honoring the lives of seven from iowa state. They plan to unveil a new park and everlasting memorial in des moines. Hopefully can go there and reflect about it and if it inspires some people thats great. The Memorial Service will take place tomorrow afternoon in des moines. Members of both the mas and streit families will be there. Friends and colleagues are remembering a former Sioux City Community leader who has died. Joanne grueskin died at her home in carlslsd, lifornia last night at the age of 79. Grueskin served eight yea
Passenger lists. And get other nations to. An effort to spot terrorists on the move meantime, mr obama warned americans against fear and to take in 10 thousand Syrian Refugees sot president obama no super 1 181 23 all of us must show that america is strengthened by people of every faith and every background hollande and france are taking in 30 thousand Syrian Refugees president obama goes to paris next week for a climate summit. It was not postponed, the two president s agreed, to send a message to isis that were not afraid im Steve Handelsman at the white house , now back to you. Turkish president erdogan today made a statement following the downing of that russian plane. Erdogan said that no one should doubt that turkey made all efforts to prevent the incident, warning the russian plane ten times in five minutes. He said the turkish jets acted within the rules of engagement when the russian warplane violated turkish airspace. He said turkey supports opposition groups in syria that wa