Also looking festive on this Christmas Day. The crew working the early shift posted this photo to facebook. Here in siouxland. We have a very spirited bell ringer. Donald baumgardner has been outside fareway on war eagle drive singing christmas carols, and greeting customers. In addition to volunteering as a bell ringegefor the salvation army, donald hands out teddy bears and other stuffed animals to anyone who wanted one. He says he hopes to make the Holiday Season a little merrier for others. It makes you feel so good and wonderful, its a small thing i do, but some people just enjoy. Its like you gave them a Million Dollars just for one toy. Said donald baumgardner. By early afternoon donald had given away more than four hundred stuffed animals. An update on a sioux city woman who goes nuts over nutcrackers. Last week, we showed you the jacque goettsch. In that story, jacque, who is a retired nurse, mentioned that she was only missing one nutcracker. A nurse nutcracker. Just a few da
Super busy. In the morning i got here and it wasnt as bad and then it hit afternoonish and it was crazy. Everybody was coming in with returns, with coupons, with exchanges of sizes. Weve had lines on our Cash Register since 12 so its quite busy, said rue 21 sales associate, joanna soto. According to an American Express survery, the day after christmas may be the busiest shopping day of the year. Surpassi ng black friday and cyber monday. And, employees from siouxland stores. Agree. A ton of people behind you and youre just like i need to get this transaction done because i need to go on to the next one and so its been hectic. Theres really good deals around christmas time so its a really good time to shop here, said rue 21 sales associate, joanna soto. Shoppers say whether stores were busy. All came down to the deals. The good deals. Getting good bargains, said larissa waggoner. Were just looking out for christmas deals, seeing anything we can grab for clearance prices, said kelsey mom
Come down . Hopefully you all had a merry christmas, and that you dont mind staying where you are for the night because a winter storm will move through the area. Parts of northern and western siouxland will see the heaviest snow with up to 6 inches possible in those areas under a wier storm warning. Christians around the world celebrated christmas today, the president offered a message of hope. While troops overseas honored those killed this week. Nbcs Edward Lawrence has more from washington. They thanked those serving in the military while reminding the nation about the christmas spirit. sot president obama no super 35 42 treating one another with love and compassion. Caring for those on societys margins the sick and the hungry, nats pope francis no super vatican city burned in reuters 43 55 pope francis also offered his message of hope. He called for renewed talks between israel and the palestinians. The pope spoke out against terrorism and prayed for those affected by terrorist at
Sot governor stay off the roads if you dont need to be on the roads and spend some time with your family. The city is thankful many heeded the warnings. And stayed home. Todays snow and ice is really just the start of the travel nightmare this storm is creating. Its beginning to paralyze air travel along the east coast. With a Ripple Effect across the country. Airports in several major cities have already canceled all flights for tomorrow. Flightaware reports more than three thousand Flights Canceled and more than six thousand have been delayed so far. Sound from presser if youre planning to fly on saturday dont come to the airport because your flight has been canceled. The best travel advice from officials . Dont travel anywhere if you dont have to. But while other parts of the country are dealing with severe weather, things in siouxland are a bit calmer. Lets toss it over to chief meteorologist ron demers to see what siouxland can expect tonight and this weekend. The peeks of sun wer
Around along slick snow covered roads is already proving tricky. 3 crystal lucas dc residentSteve Melnikoff va residentbrian webb cbs news, queens, nycarol alves traveler pkg nats federal offices and schools in the Nations Capital remain closed this morning. As people in the area continue to dig out from under two feet of snowfall. Natscrystal lucas got a hand uncovering her buried car from a good samaritan. sot crystal lucas dc resident even on a sunny day they probably wouldnt even say hello. But in a time of need people are here to help nat sot this is our part of snowmageddonin virginia and maryland residents did their best to chip away at the mounds of snow ahead of the start of the work week. 70yearold Steve Melnikoff spent hours shoveling out his entire driveway. Only to have passing plow trucks undo all of his work sot Steve Melnikoff va resident im almost so outraged by state im liable to have a heart attack now thinking about it standup brian webb cbs news queens, ny while mu