The nation for the thanksgiving holiday. Airliners have expressed their services should not be affected by the strike. Tim Fantasy Sports has become a multibillion dollar industry thanks to a version of the game called daily Fantasy Sports, which allow players to wager on daily or weekly leagues offering huge jackpots. Jenna however, after new yorks attorney general ruled that daily Fantasy Sports was a form of illegal gambling in that state. The future of the booming industry seems uncertain. Tim in fact, 7 states now have bans on daily Fantasy Sports, including iowa. Jenna abc9s Deborah Souverain has more on why iowans are blocked from scoring in daily Fantasy Leagues. Natpop go go go , said nyoki ohh,come on , unidentified man at bar. Are you a cowboys fan . These dallas cowboy fans. Are getting nervous especially. Nyoki mokeba. Natpop couple points right there. There we go said nyoki mokeba shot from end of the bar the cowboys are down. But thats not why nyoki is nervous. Hes got t
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
Fully. Its going to take u uawhile, we have to pull the ceiling through out the entire second floor, said blanchard. The evangelical Covenant Church which is located right across the street from the apartment complex, opened its doors to both residents and crews. Red cross and a local caseys gas station provided and served pizza. Weve got the church open. Blankets there, coffee there for both residents and the emergency crews, said moore. Bria wowobury county Sheriffs Office says one side of the Apartment Building appears to be a total loss. An investigation as to what started the fire is still ongoing. A fund has been set up for residents at kings closet courtesy of sloan state bank. Reporting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. Jenna a cherokee, iowa woman is being attempted murder after police say she intentionally drove into the path of an oncoming vehicle. The crash happened in Plymouth County back in september. Melissa ebert was driving on county road c38 with a car, when she c
Joining us tonight im Jenna Rehnstrom tim has the night off. Marco rubio is stepping up his presence in iowa. With more than twodozeevents in the state over the pass couple months. Today. He launched a two da six stop bus tour. But still. Hes polling 3rd in iowa, ahead of the caucuses. Lukas voss tells us if his stop in sioux city tonight convinced any voters. Thank you jenna. It was a packed house for the g op candidate with more than 200 people in attendance at t e holiday inn. And in a town hall style session. Rubio took time to address some of the issues most pressing to voters wh a new supporter right by his side. Nats growly speaking. Conservative support from a prominent face in washington. Trey gowdy, republican from South Carolina and the chair of the investigation into the benghazi attacks marco rubio in his bid for the presidency. He has been campaigning with rubio throughout wa and was with him in sioux city tonight. Sot i have done my vetting i have reached my conclusion.
Many people were hard at work. And now struggled to describe it. no name available horrific. Scary. Nervous i just want to see my kids. The attack appeared to be coordinated and investigators have not dismissed terrorism as a possible motive. David Bowdich fbi still not willing to say that we know that for sure. Definitely making some movements. It is possibility. Many questions remained unanswered aboo americas latest mamas shooting. Jinah kim. Nbc news. San bernadino. Police say the rampage happened after r argument broke out during a Holiday Party for county employees but its not clear if that was a factor in whatatppears to be a planneneattack. The president offered his their families twday. President obama says, our hearts go out to the victims and the families. The one thing we do know is that we have a pattern now of Mass Shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world. The president says there needs to be stronger background checks when it comes to gun