hospital tonight. first, those new images this evening. the israeli military claiming video showing a hamas tunnel beneath the al shifa hospital, where israel had claimed hamas operates an underground command center. tonight, also the laptop the israelis say they discovered there, with photos and videos of some of the more than 200 hostages. and they say the body of a hostage has now been found near the hospital. and the latest tonight on the efforts to get some of the hostages out. matt gutman standing by with new reporting in israel. also tonight, my interview with secretary blinken on the hostages, on the evidence at al shifa hospital, and on the summit here in the u.s. president biden and china s president xi. military communications back up between the two countries. progress on fentanyl. and secretary blinken on the moment biden called president xi a dictator after the summit. also breaking, the verdict in the attack on former speaker pelosi s husband, paul pelosi
About if that would be money well spent. Abc 9s bria bell tells us why local police say they need a little more help on the streets. Bria jenna, during this weeks City Council Budget meeting, Sioux City Police chief doug young asked to add two additional positions to the departments traffic team. Council members will now have to decide if there is room in the budget for more officers to be on payroll. Officers are just getting pulled thinner and thinner and thinner, says sheehan. On wednesday, City Council Members deliberated how the citys budget will be spent. Sioux city police chief doug young took the opportunity to request two more positions for the departments traffic unit, causing a divide amongst Council Members. Officer sheehan says he supports the cheif because the current lack of officers is taking a toll on the boys in blue. There are alot of shifts that have to be back filled because theyre short shifted and so they have to hire back and pay someone for overtime to come in
How many more billions can we spend, without seeing any real progreithout changing the approach . Tim controversy over how to regulate agricultural practices to protect Water Quality in iowa is again taking center stage. Tim good evening and thank you for agricultural practices to protect Water Quality in iowa is again taking center stage. Tim good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna and im Jenna Rehnstrom Water Quality in iowa has been a hot topic as of late. Now, authors of a new study say whats being done by farmers to protect our streams and rivers. Isnt enough. Tim experts on the matter in northwest iowa say their biggest challengngis getting producers informed about their options. Abc9s jess plue tells us more. Jess the Environmental Working Group conducted a water study in iowa saying voluntary Water Conservation methods are overall not working. And arent worth the money. Project coordinator for buena vista and pocahontas counties about how she views
Im tim seaman. Jenna has the night off. The house of representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation today that would overhaul the countrys federal visa waiver program. It would bar those from iraq, syria, iran and sudan, or those who have visited those countries in the last five years, from traveling to the United States wiwiout a visa. Abc9s Deborah Souverain joins me live in studio with more on how one local musil regugee is responding. Tim, that legislation comes on the heels of a plan by gop president ial candidate ted cruz. To postpone and limit Syrian Refugees from entering the us. And while goverment officials work on ways to protect americans from comments from donald trump about muslims is raising eyebrows across the nation. Including right here in siouxland. Donald j. Trump is calling for a total and compliment shut down of muslims entering the United States until our countrys representatives can figure out what the [expletive] is going on, said donald trump,op president i
Charity picked up more than 4 thousand toys this morning. 3 3 3 and tonight. Those 4 thousand toys joined the thousands of others collected during this years toys for Tots Campaign as volunteers began sorting through them. Theyre hoping to complete that task by the end of this weekend. So that they can be organized and distributed to kids in need here in siouxland this coming week leading up to Christmas Day next friday. 3 the amount of toys is just phenomenal this year. We actually restocked some agencies in the community we havent helped before that might have slipped rough the cracks. We want to make sure we get out there to all the children this time of year. This Years Campaign his helping 35 hundred kids in need throughout siouxland. Providing each child with at least two toys this christmas. 3 3 a sioux city woman is thanking jolly old Saint Nicholas tonight. For paying for her medication when 58 year old Barbara Fleming went to pay inhaler from the greenville pharmacy. She got