And kod. Former boxing Champ Mike Tyson adds his name to the list of growing hoverboard victims today, wednesday, december 30th, 2015 announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Its wednesday morning. Welcome to today. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside carson daly in for matt once again, the birthday boy i might add. Happy birthday. You watched that mike tyson video. 30, 40 times, hard to not chuckle at the former champ. Like so many this Holiday Season who got the hoverboards. And then fell off it. A mean fall. Right on the back. Posted it to instam gram. A good sport. Top story, torrential rains and flooding from the storm that gave the northeast its first real taste of winter. Americans bracing for potentially historic flooding. Weve got all of this covered, andy with want to start with nbcs Morgan Radford in missouri where the rivers are rising this morning. Morgan, good morning two. Repo
Branstads time at terrace hill, making him the longest serving governor in our nations history. George clinton served as governor of new york for 21 years, said iowa gov. Terry branstad. Today, i surpass his days in office. No, this is surreal, i never imagined it would happen. Creating a field of opportunities for those living in the Hawkeye State all started in the small Northern Iowa town of leland. Well, i grew up on a small farm in Winnebago County and learned to work hard at an early age, said branstad. Roots that resonate with iowans from sioux city to dubuque. With an overall election record of 190, making history isnt new to the head of the Hawkeye State. Only 35 years old at the time, branstad won his first Gubernatorial Race in 1982, becoming the youngest serving governor in state history. More than 33 years later, 21 spent working in the office of the governor, branstad says theres more work to be done well continue to bring more good jobs to iowa and diversyfying the econo
Driver, the members of my unit will take over that case and go through the drunk driving process and were able to put that Patrol Officer back on general patrol. Asap supervisor Sergeant Steve ten napel says members of the unit also become good witnesses and experts in drunk driving prosecution. Su since 2014, there have been 10 traffic fatalities in sioux city. A third of those were caused by impaired drivers. Mercy medical centers reality education Alcohol Program or reap partners with the asap unit to prevent those fatalities. Its proven that education is a better deterrant for people that have been convicted of drunk drivinthan trying to scare them and so this was our example of trying to educate these people by providing them with some reality type experiences. And during that time taught more than 2,800 people the dangers of driving impaired. And, keeping the streets safe for others on the road. In sioux city, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4. The criteria to be placed into the reap pro
Candidates took the spotlight. He spent time talking about what he would do, not how bad the other guys are and i really appreciated that, said financial advisor, dave delapp. Rubio answered questions from iowans in the audience on various topics, but his stance on unifying voters led the rally. A president of all americans, including the ones that dont vote for me. Eveey single day i will work hard for everyone, even the ones who hate me, even the ones who say nasty things about me on twitter, even the ones who will never vote fo rme no matter what we do because in the end we are all americans, said president ial candidate and florida sen. Marco rubio. Senator rubio reminded supporters how critical the caucus is in iowa. The iowa primary is just a little over a month away. Tommie clark. Ktiv news 4. Republican pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum has a Campaign Stop planned for tomorrow in holstein, iowa. The president ial candidate will speak at leonararlimousin and angus farm the even
Flood warning in effect for calhoun, carroll, sac crawford counties until 10 45 a. M. Today Winter Weather advisory for holt county from 6 am today until 1 pm wednesday Winter Weather advisory for Yankton County from 3 pm today until 3 pm wednesday overall, today wont bring much in the way of measurable precipitation, itll just be cloudy with areas of drizzle and perhaps a shower or two. With temperatures nearing the freezing mark this morning, you might encounter a few slick spots on some untreated roads. Farther east in the floodwarned areas, you could encounter some standing water leftover from yesterdays heavy rain, so be sure not to drive through it. See graphics. Wx timer 40 an arrest was made regarding a threat made to a northwest Iowa High School. The threat was large enough that School Officials initially banned backpacks from class on monday. That decision was overturned, but ktivs sam curtiss brings us the latest following saturdays arrest, students were able to return to Sh