catholics come out of cuba and a lot of great people come out cuba frankly. i know many of them, but i was having a little fun with ted." cruz has emerged as trump's number one contender in iowa. and while the attacks weren't nearly as over the top as we've seen in the past - it's still would have a place for him in his administration. deborah: democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders is in iowa this weekend. he kicked off his two-day visit with a stop in anamosa. there, he participated in a forum on racial justice and prison reform. sanders is also holding a town hall meeting in dubuque. this swing through the state is a chance for sanders to rally voters in a state where he's fallen behind contender hillary clinton in the polls. deborah: for some parents...buying gifts for their children during the holidays isn't possible. but a local group...is helping change that for several siouxland families. city christmas help 2015"....created an early christmas miracle for families in need today. with the help of sponsors..the group made christmas possible for over 20 families. santa clause was on hand for the early christmas celebration at bob roe's restaurant in sioux city. the event organizer says the fundrasier was a huge success. " it's been a lot i have been running like crazy, i did a lot of shopping for the kids because we got sponser money we went out and spent 300 dollars on toys for kids talking to familys that need sponsors, talking to sponsers getting everybody connected its just been crazy." we'll hear from the families who benefited from the program.....and a few sponsors. all of this and more ... tonight at 10. deborah: it's getting closer to crunch time...for those of you who are sending presents in the mail. you may have heard...shipping companies are struggling to keep up with the holiday rush this year. abc's becky worley has tips to make sure your gifts arrive on "(jingle bells ringing nats) well?with just 2 days left in hanukkah and less than 2 weeks until christmas - time is running out for the procrastinators to finish up their holiday shopping?and according to shipping information company, shipmatrix, expected package deliveries might spell trouble for millions of online shoppers. "i was expecting the gifts to get here. nothing's going to be under the tree, no." the reason? u-p-s and fedex just can't keep up! the number of people ordering online sky rocketting this year? making on-time deliveries a challenge this holiday season. so how can you make sure you don't get left out in the cold? first - get high tech. apps like "slice" can help you monitor all of your online orders? and show you exactly when your package is set to arrive. even easier a new app called curbside lets you order on your phone from then schedule a pick up. >>"i pull in and fire up the app they bring everything i ordered right to the car, i don't even have to get out." >>"welcome to target curbside?may i see your id. got your items right here." >>thank you so much. >>"that was convenient" but if your must- have gift is only online?make sure you order in time. if you need standard us in giving back this holiday season with the operation toys drive. operation toys is a program intended to spread chrismas joy to thousands of needy children around siouxland. if you want to take part...all you have to do is bring a new toy to any bomgaars location...or drop them off right here at our ab9 studio located on douglas street. all of the toys donated will remain here in souixland and will go to the salvation army to be distributed to less fortunate families. deborah: the treasury decision on which woman will go on the ten dollar bill. treasury secretary jack lew says the department received more feedback from the public than they expected about the currency redesign. lew originally female face for the new 10-dollar this year...he now says a decision will be made year. the top contenders were...harriet lady eleanor roosevelt.. civil rights pioneer rosa parks.. girl scouts founder juliette gordon low... and humanitarian helen keller. deborah: do you know your health numbers? or even what a health number is? well, your weight is one of them...and knowing the right numbers is vital to your health. one of the numbers you need to know is your blood pressure... or the force of blood in your arteries as your heart beats. the american heart association says for the average person, blood pressure should be less than 130 over 80. the second number is your " a normal total cholesterol is probably less than 200, or so. and for triglycerides, your number should be less than 150. now, your ldl, which is often times referred to as your bad cholesterol, the goal for that is really going to depend on what other risk factors you have for development of heart disease." deborah: the third set of numbers you need to know...is your blood glucose level or hemoglobin a-1-c... the amount of sugar in your blood stream can tell a doctor if you are at risk of developing diabetes... a number less that 6.5 is considered normal. and the last number to know is b-m-i... or body mass index "(dr. jyoti sharma/cardiologist , piedmont heart) "body mass index is a number that we calculate based on a person's height and weight. a normal body mass index is anywhere between 18.5 and 25 and that let's us know that you are in the normal range. deborah: knowing these numbers will keep you on a path of healthy living! deborah and staying on the traveling for the holidays... be aware of blood clots... you may be stuck in a car or on a plane for hours... and that raises the chances of you developing them. coming up this monday morning on "get going with jessica rae"... she explores the dangers of blood clots...and how you can prevent them. so be sure to tune in at 5 and 6 a- m...monday morning for the full story. coming up... star wars toys are flying off the shelves this holiday season... but you'll have to open up your piggy banks to get this action figure. i'll tell you how much it's worth... after the break... elisa rain tonight, rain, sleet, and snow tomorrow... and no break?! details on your forecast next. " " elisa 2 line cg: elisa raffa [email protected] m cloudy skies today with flurries developing west and our system starting to make its way from the four corners region. as it does that we'll see a steadier rain move in, especially after midnight. temperatures will our system ready to come for us on stormcast hd. showers becoming steady rain through the overnight and into tomorrow morning. tomorrow sioux city will see rain most of the day, areas east as well. central nebraska would see snow with this through the afternoon. the snow starts to make it's way east through the overnight. icing threats with this are low, air and ground temperartures are warm enough to melt any ice on contact. snow lingerss monday morning, with just cloud cover in the afternoon. then.. no break.. our next system, likely to be all snow is waiting for us right there to come on tuesday. rain forecast...areas east could see about 2 inches or more. sioux city.. 1-2 inches and up to an eastern ne and sd. areas west of that would see a snow again... timing tonight through monday. rain sioux city and west sunday, snow in nebraska. most of us changeover to snow sunday night. rainfall 1-2 inches, snow 1-3 in ne and gusty winds too...up to 40 mph.for right now, calm as we haven't seen that rain come yet. we got to 42 today, 10 above normal after a very warm morning at 37. clouds and temperatures mainly in the 30s right now, winds out of the north 5-10 mph.tonight, steadier rain after midnight, mild and breezy... low only getting to 37! tomorrow, 1-2 inches of rain sioux city and areas east, 1-3 inches of snow areas in central ne with the changeover for sioux city expected tomorrow night. breezy with this system sun and mon on the 7-day, and then no break.. watching another temperatures next week. cloudy skies today with flurries developing west and our system starting to make its way from the four corners region. as it does that we'll see a steadier rain move in, especially after midnight. temperatures will stay mild in the upper 30s. there's our system ready to come for us on stormcast hd. showers becoming steady rain through the overnight and into tomorrow morning. tomorrow sioux city will see rain most of the day, would see snow with this through the afternoon. the snow starts to make it's way east through the overnight. icing threats with this are low, air and ground temperartures are warm enough to melt any ice on contact. snow lingerss monday morning, with just cloud cover in the afternoon. then.. no break.. our next system, likely to be all snow is waiting for us right tre to come on tuesday. rain forecast...areas east could see about thanks elisa! deborah: years ago has sold at an auction for a price that's out of this world! on friday, a bidder paid 25-thousand dollars for this luke skywalker action figure. it's considered incredibly rare. luke's lightsaber broke easily, so the toys were pulled from production. this one...is still in the original packaging... making it priceless to collectors. still to come... i'll bring you the heart warming story of a north dakota boy... who wanted to give back in a very special way this holiday season. a deep-sea fishing trip...or the super bowl. but 9 year-old keaton nelson of west fargo... requested his "make a wish", be closer to home....and more meaningful to him and thousands of others. luckily, he got his "a simple, quick trip to the mall.... "your wish is coming true today." turned 9-year old keaton nelson "ready to be santa???" from a precocious west fargo 4th grader, into a holiday dream come true. "santa is in the building." with tight security, make a wish and macy's outfitted keaton with his very own santa suit. which he proudly wore for his entire class "hey guys !!" that showed up at the mall. their classmate was the hero of the world today. santa claus. "merry christmas you guys." keaton, who battles and lives with cystic fibrosis every day, then reveived a law enforcement escort to downtown fargo, where the young santa would board his sleigh, for the trip north on broadway. "i think it is gong to be pretty epic." keaton would hit downtown fargo in style. an audience. his own holiday parade. "downtown is lost of people. merry christmas. merry christmas." the shops on broadway emptied out. schools and daycares showed up. you!!" and with all the make a wish opportunities out there, playing santa in your hometown? the highlight came when keaton and his santa magic arrived at sanford's children's hospital. "doesn't surprise me, he has a good heart, always thinking of others." it's christmas, and keaton nelson today showed all of us, what its like to be young, unslefish, "i just want to have a nice life at least." and the meaning of everything we dream of this time of year. kevin wallevand wday 6 news. coming up in sports...morningsi de visited hastings in a stay tuned for the action. plus...northern iowa visited north dakota state in the f-c-s quarterfinals. alex has the highlights from fargo next in was 2-4. since that point, the panthers have won seven straight games, outscoring their opponents 261-89. as a result, uni finds itself back in the fcs quarterfinals. the panthers on the road in fargo taking on the four-time defending national champs north dakota state. opening quarter....uni strikes first..we got an iso cam on brandon smith for good reason....he hauls in the touchdown from aaron bailey...7-0 northern iowa... later in the quarter....chase morlock goes right up the gut.....from one yard out...and north dakota state ties the game at seven,... this one was a defensive battle.....and its deiondre hall forcing a ndsu turnover...jared farley recovers and they convert it into points 10-7 bison in the second half...bruce anderson....openin g kick of the third quarter.....he must be a magician....no clue how he broke out of that scru,....97 yards to the promised land....and north dakota state takes the 14-10 lead... fourth quarter now......bison putting the icing on the cake.....king frazier hits paydirt from four yards out.......21-10 and north dakota state goes on to win it 23- 13......great season for uni comes to an end. alex when it comes to early-season showdowns, morningside versus hastings is as good as it gets. the mustang women are ranked second. the lady broncos check it at number three.....setting the stage for a top-five showdown. morningside making the trip to hastings for this one.....the mustangs 9-1 this season. broncos come out cooking...they toss it inside to rachel jelden easy basket for her...broncs first on the board... 52-47 morningside going into the 4th...jordyn wollenburg up and around for two...builng the mustangs lead... then its lauren lehmkuhl....attacki ng the rack and she finishes strong.......mustan gs keep their slim edge in the fourth.... some more tietz.....and one! she had a game high 21 points.......... morningside held a 71-68 lead late in the game....hastings needs a three but they go for two instead....and the time would run out on the broncos.....71-70 mustangs survive. on the men's side....4-7 morningside looking to get back on track against the 6-4 broncos.... first half 32-27 hastings...jake hansen...fakes it once takes the triple the second time...hansen with 6 points in the first... on the other end...stangs hand it off to brody van ginkel...he sinks the a little jumper to cut hastings lead... later in the half....morningside fighting back......van ginkel...places his own three in the net... then three seconds left in the half...stangs flip it wyatt mounts....he comes away with the three point buzzer beater at the half... but morningside falls 88-77. alex if you like offense, listen up! the briar cliff men traveled to nebraska wesleyan earlier today for a matchup between the league's top offenses. the charger men average 100 points per game. as for the prairie wolves, only 99 a big key in this one will be scoring defense. will anybody be able to get some stops! first half. brian forbes hits the three. he had the chargers first eight points. briar cliff up 5 early. === later first. travis geesleman scores on the drive. he had 36 points. wesleyan down two. === trey bardsley heats up now. burries the corner three here. both teams starting to roll offensively..... === then bardsley hits another three. he only needs a sliver of space folks. he finished with 21 points...but briar cliff wins a shootout in overtime 95-92.. time for some wrestltlg.....scho ols s om south dakota, nebraska and ioio all represented at the westerner invite... starting with the 138 semis....ninth- ranked austin eilerss of lawton-bronson pins bhrv's austin roemiling in the third period.....he would meet the winner of this one in the title match.... dylan colt out of ep-j scores two back points here...he beats westwood's andrew donally 7-0.....but eilers wins by pin in the championship. up to the 145 semifinals...2nd- ranked skylar solko of alta/aurelia dominates jaden janssen.......he gets the pin to advance to the title match..... he would meet the one.....akron- westfield's tommy toben scores the takedown and goes on tow beat bhrv's alex hash with a 6-4 decision.....solko wins by pin in the final. at 152.....sixth- ranked drew anderson out of westwood flexes his muscle.....he pins akron- westfield's daniel martinsen 59 seconds into the match.... setting up a championship tilt with bhrv's jesse vavaer bush....the nighthawk grappler pins neddy montes of west sioux ....but anderson won the 152 bracket... finally in the 160 semis...quinten moles out of crofton very impressive.........he pins ep-j's logan donelan and wins the title by forfeit. mild and breezy... low only getting to 37! tomorrow, 1-2 inines of rain sioux city and areas east, 1-3 inches of snow areas in central ne with the changeover for sioux city expected tomorrow night. breezy with this system sun and mon on the 7-day, and then no break.. watching another snow chance for tue temperatures next week. 37! ! morrow, 1-2 inches of rain sioux city and areas east, 1-3 inchch of snow areas in central ne with the changeover for sioux city expected tomorrow night. breezy with this system sun and mon on the 7-day, and then no break.. watching another snow chance for tue and wed, colder temperatures next week. >> announcer: the following is a paid presentation for cize, brought to you by beachbody. >> get ready to cize it up. 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