The vote ends weeks of uncertainty. After john boehner suddenly announced his intention to resign as speaker. Sioux county is officially the 24th designated home base ioio community. Community leaders,s,embers of the public and Governor Terry branstad came together at the sioux county courthouse for the presentation ts afternoon. Home base iowa provides veterans with resources to help them find employment and integrate themselves in iowa. One vietnam war veteran and sioux county board of supervisors member says he would have liked to have similar opportununies when he returned home from service. I camamhome in october, im not getting my teaching job back until the next fall. I would have been looking you know. What are the incentives . I mean, what an awesome program. Youre in the military, you come home and theres incentives to do something. It would have been awesome. Local Business Leaders say veterans are ididl candidates to hire for the many job openings in the county. The dependa
In a separate case, jamal dean has also received a 25year prison sentence after pleading guilty to attempted murder in the april 2013 shooting of a Sioux City Police officer. The brothers traveled together from nebraska to iowa and conspired to rob local drug dealers on two occasions in april 2013. Jenna a cherokee woman is being charged with attempted murder after police say she was drunk and drove into the path of an oncoming vehicle on purpose. The crash happened in Plymouth County back in september. Melissa ebert was driving on county road c38 with a passenger in the car, when she collided headon with an oncoming vehicle. Ebert, her passenger and the driver of the other vehicle were all seriously injured. Ebert is charged with two counts of attempt to commit murder and 2nd offense owi. Jenna americas most wanted teenager, ethan couch, the socalled he and and his mother are now in custody in mexico after weeks on the run. Abcs Elizabeth Hur has the latest. Liz intro investigators sa
President obama has called it the biggest frustration of his time in office. His struggle to pass gun control legislation. Details on his new plan jessica rae and that very plan has already had a negative reaction among th republican party. Including surging gop contender ted cruz. Who was stumping in iowa yesterday. Jessica rae plus before the president s announcement. Gun sales here in iowa saw a mediocre rise in one iowa county. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Jessica rae good morning on this wnesday. We begin this morning with president obama and his plans for stricter gun laws. Background checks will expand for many, but not all private sales. However, it does include sales at gun shows and online. The government will provide more money for Mental Health treatment as well as more smart gun technology. And states will be encouraged to report people who should be kept from buying weapons. Reporter tom foreman looks at the president s history in the gun control fig
The problem is some gun sellers have been operating under a different set of rules. Tim good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna under a different set of rules. Tim good e ening and thank you for joining us tononht im tim seaean jenna and im Jenna Rehnstrom earlier today president obama unvield his plans for stricter gun laws tim he outlined what his plans are. Tim background checks will expand for many, but not all private sales. However, it does include sales at gunshows and online. Jenna the government will provide more money for Mental Health treatment as well as more research into smart gun technology. Tim and states will be encouraged to report people who should be now while many are in favor of the president s plans republican president ial candidates tim in a Second Amendment sensative area like rural northwest iowa, the gun control control announcementprovided a perfect platform fofosenator cruz. Jenna, todays executive actions by president obama p
They dont believe the crew was using the safety measure when the accident happened. Tim legislators in washington are ringing in the new year today, working to send a bill to the president s desk, repealing the Affordable Care act. Its something Congressional Republicans have previously tried to do more than 60 times but unlike those past failed efforts, republuicans are using a parlimentary maneuver disallowing Senate Democrats to block the bill. Meaning for the first time a bill to repeal the aca will make it to the oval office. This same bill also has measures to defund planned parenthood written in. We are confronting the president with the hard, honest truth. Obamacare doesnt work. Higher premiums and fewer choices and restricted access, these are not signs of success. Obamacare is not successful. They are signs of failure and the American People deserve better president obama has already expressed his the legislation. Pointing out 16 Million People now have insurance because of t