Jessica rae incident. A 28 year old sioux arrested after police say he stole at least 5 cars in the area. Authorities say mackquiber brackamonte stole those between october and december of this year. When police found the vehicles, they had several parts taken off of them and were in the process of being stripped. Hes currently being charged with multiple counts of felony theft and ongoing criminal conduct. A 47 thousand dollar bond. Around six this morning a call came in for a car fully engulfed in flames in the drive way of 2601 sheridan street on sioux citys north side. The car was dangerously close to the residence so caution had to be taken by the Sioux City Fire Department and Sioux City Police department that responded to the cause of the fire was not immediately detective hutton tells us the damage appears to be contained to the car. I dont believe there the house, but like i said were just getting started. It looks like most of the fire was contained to the exterior of the veh
Clouds moving through. Temperatures are currently in the 30s across most of the map and its another fairly warm start to our day. The wind is light and variable between 5 and 10 against one of the Six Baltimore Police officers accused in the death of freddie gray. The defense mooned for the judge to dismiss the case against officer william porter. But the judge denied the motion. Porter has pleaded not guilty to several charges including seconddegree assault. Before resting its case. The state called several witnesses to the stand including a former Police Officer who said he believed the officers should have taken gray to the hospital. Jessica rae a stunning new video out of chicago is raising even more questions about the Chicago Police departments use of force now under investigation by the justice department. Abcs alex perez has the very latest. Another difficult to watch Chicago Police video. This one showing several times while he was in lockup in 2012, then dragging him by his w
Station in des moines brings us more the no child left behind act is being left behind. The new law is the every Student Succeeds act, or essa. The president s signature on this new law mean the federal government will give control back to the states and individual School Districts to make sure their Education System is working. 16 28 the problems came from emphasis on testing and accountability. Roark horn is the director of the School Administrators of iowa. He says School Districts around the state will be excited to break away from the cycle of too muchtesting. 20 09 theyre not releasing total control of what needs to be done but they are releasing control of how its done and thats where iowa is well prepared to take on horn says the biggest change classrooms will new law is that tests will be used how theyre meant to be childs progress and potential. Overall its a better measure of accountability and student achievment. 20 34 i think were going to take the tenants of every child i
Jessica rae coming up this morning on abc9 news. The latest on the mass shooting in San Bernardino california. And the revelation that one of the shooters may have planned an attack in 2012. Jessica rae as political debate intensifies concerning muslim immigration. An atmosphere of fear and mis understanding is being felt here locally jessica rae plus. This little toy is one of the hottest items to get your hands on this holiday season. And you wont believe how much its worth. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Jessica rae investigators believe San Bernardino shooter syed farook may have been plotting an earlier attack in california with someone se. Reporter mary moloney has the latest. Us officials believe the path of radicalization for this trained stayathomemom and her Health Inspector husband may have started before isis emerged on the world stage. aki peritz former cia counterterrorism analyst isis is the biggest, baddest organization on the block and so they carri
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