Much of the information about the americanborn shooter syed farook is coming from his friend Enrique Marquez. Mary maloney has the details. The fbi says nothing related to the San Bernardino mass shooting has been found in a local lake. Officials have been trawling the murky water for four days. So far, they havent uncovered anything that will help the investigation. But theyre going to keep searching theyre especially interested in finding a hard drive that is missing from the shooters home. Today marks the third anniversary of the shooting at sandy hook elementary school, in newtown connecticut. Twentysix people were killed, 20 children and six educators. This is the First Anniversary on which newtowns students will be in school. The gunman, adam school with a semi automatic rifle. He committed suicide as Police Closed in. Yesterday marked one month since 130 people were killed in the paris terrorist attacks. People paid tribute to the victims outside the bataclan concert hall, where 90 people were killed. Candles, flowers and photos line the street outside the venue in what has become a makeshift memorial. Many parisians visit the memorial daily to honor the victims. France is still under a state of emergency. Rome showed its solidarity with the people of paris yesterday in an unusual way in keeping with the spirit of the season. Frances ambassador to italy turned off the Christmas Tree lights in romes piazza venezia. The lights in the central square, just a stones throw from the colosseum, went dark in a ceremony paying tribute to those who lost their lives last month. The tree was then lit back up. With the colors of the french and Italian National flags displayed in lights on the sides of the tree. Dozens of people were killed when air and missile strikes hit two damascus suburbs the airstrikes hit a School District and other areas in rebelheld places near damascus. The attacks were carried out by unidentified war planes. And syrian army surfaceto surface missiles hit surrounding areas. Among the dead at least two children and a school principal. Syrian civil defense, a humanitarian rescue group that operates in rebelheld areas, put the death toll at 35 and said many others were wounded. Syrias civil war, which began as an uprising against president bashar alassad, has killed more than 250 thousand people and driven more than ten million from their homes. Officials have released video and identified 28 yearold Nicholas Robertson as the suspect killed in the Los Angeles County deputy shooting saturday. Witnesses tell deputies robertson was yelling expletives. Visibly carrying a gun. And shooting six or seven shots in a residential area. Robertson reportedly walked away from police to a gas station. And ignored repeated requests to drop his weapon. The sheriff says one deputy another fired 16 shots. Pictures and video show robertson attempting to crawl away after being hit. The Sheriffs Office says robertson may have been agitated by an earlier domestic dispute. And the 45caliber semi automatic gun robertson carried was not registered to him. A verdict is coming soon in the first of the freddie gray manslaughter trials. Closing arguments are expected to begin today in baltimore. The jury is expected to make a ruling by wednesday or thursday. Freddie gray suffered a neck injury in april during a 45minute ride to the Police Station in a police wagon. He died a week later. Prosecutors say porter failed to put a seat belt on gray and ignored his cries for medical help. Porter testified last week he didnt call a medic because gray didnt appear injured and didnt articulate what was wrong. Porter has pleaded not guilty to several charges including involuntary manslaughter. He is the first of six cops to stand trial. A house fire has claimed the life of a woman in denison, iowa. Authorities say 37year old of injuries suffered in the fire morning. It happened in the 15 hundred block of 1st ave north. 56yearold craig streck suffered minor injuries in the fire. Theres no word yet on the cause of the fire. The investigation continues. Its the season of giving and thats just what an anonymous donor did this year when they donated 115 bikes to siouxland girls. That donor called girls inc. Months ago and said they were riding their bike and realized they wanted to make sure every girl got a bike this christmas. So, at the girls inc. Christmas party, each girl was suprised with a bike, a helmet and a lock from the anonymous donor. The executive director of girls inc. Says others have been inspired by this gift and have donated this season. I was also able to attend the event this year. Cub scouts from around siouxland came to the Sioux City Public Museum saturday, as boy scounts of america held their annual robocub this years theme was a joint adventure of robotics mixed with star wars. First through fifth grade cub scouts got to build robots, learn from High School Robotics clubs and they worked on programming, all while learning about some robotic history. Not only to try new things, but to just open the horizons and get a hands on feel for what robotics is. A lot of kids know what robots are, or think they know what robots are but were actually showing them what actually is a real life robot is a big step in the right direction, said district Senior Executive for boy scouts of america, matt sitzmann. Boy scout leaderes say they hope to continue to focus on stem events. Today was just about we built robots, we talked about robots and a lot of that stuff. How robots were made and how advanced weve gotten since a long time ago, said 10 yearold troop 100 member, cole fischer. We learned about robots. We got to drive robots, we got to play a game. It was really fun, said 9yearold troop 28 member, max boelter. Scouts drop by their location on virginia street in sioux city. Classic toys are getting a hightech twist this year. Well show you which ones you should get your hands on, next. Ben and ill have your complete anki overdrive puts the petal to the metal sot dan ackerman, cnet this uses an app on your phone or tablet to drive the cars. With coding built into the magnetic tracks. Just some of the newest twists. On familiar favorites under the tree. nats cayla doll thats really interesting mark barger, nbc news. Some of these toys arent very cheap. The my friend cayla doll sells for about 60 dollars and hello barbie is 75 dollars. Morning on news 4 today. The Ronald Mcdonald house helps families in need. With the help of santa, the fundraiser to continue to do that. Well have the details after the break. Its hard to be away during the holidays, especially if its because your child is in the hospital. So, the Ronald Mcdonald house is doing something to help those families going through a hard time. The organization started years ago, when a parent had a child in the hospital and they didnt have anywhere to stay. So, they started the Ronald Mcdonald house for families who need a roof over their head while their children receive treatment away from home. 20 years ago and yesterday they held a benefit to help families in need. Ktivs tommie clark has the story. Families come in and theyre able to find that rest and thats exactly what it was designed to do was to help keep Families Together while their child is sick and getting that medical attention. Ya know statistics show keeping Families Together while youre going through that makes the families stronger afterwards and thats really our goal is to keep the family together, said Ronald Mcdonald house of siouxland executive director, christy batien. Organizers say families can stay in the house as long as they need to while their kids receive medical attention. They say its all about the families and. Every dollar counts. In sioux city. Tommie clark. Ktiv news 4. For more information on the Ronald Mcdonald house or to donate, click on this story on our website. Ktiv. Com. It looks like its going to be a cloudy and rainy monday. Bens in next to tell us how long the rain will last. And santa payed a special visit to one little girl fighting cancer. Well show you what he did to brighten her holiday spirit. Northern western siouxland could see up to an inch or two of it while the rest of us get a mere snow dusting by the time it moves out Late Wednesday morning. The rest of the week will be dry and cold with highs a fiveyearold michigan girl is fighting to beat cancer. Kate nadolski explains how shes getting help in her fight from jolly ole saint nick. Different. tracy pagel mom of Madison Pagel christmas time is very stressful on me, we were trying to take it as a blessing, that everyday is given to us, but its also hard that you want to give them the world. But yet you cant. Tracy pagel, maddies mom, says a recent trip to rivertown crossings mall reminded them what christmas was all about. tracy pagel mom of Madison Pagel she loves santa. She has always loved santa. Usually you see kids start screaming, but that was never her. And thats exactly who stepped in. Doing what he does best. tracy pagel mom of Madison Pagel he grabbed her hand and said heres a bell. Every time you ring that me, mrs. Claus, and all the going to be praying for you. And youre going to beat cancer, and i know that. A message that wont be forgotten. tracy pagel mom of Madison Pagel hes amazing. Just to have that much compassion for kids and just taking it to heart. But were back in just a moment with more news and weather for you on news4 today. First though. Heres a look at some of the events on the good morning and welcome back. Weve got a lot headed your way in this half hour of news 4 today including new numbers that are out in the president ial polls. The numbers released this morning reveal how the gop and democratic president ial contenders might fare in headtohead matchups and the current frontrunners might not like the results. As republicans prepare for their last debate of the year. Also. Iowas Governor Terry branstad is breaking a record that has stood since 1804. Well tell you what it is and how the state is celebrating in just a minute. And later. Kids with hearing impairments have a hard time communicating with santa about what they want for christmas, unless the man in the red suit can communicate in their language. Thats in todays healthbeat 4 report. But first ben is on the outdoor weather patio. Grab your umbrellas this morning. Who can beat Hillary Clinton . New numbers overnight from the nbcwall street journal poll show how the frontrunners would fare against her. This comes just one day before the republicans next debate. Tracie potts is in washington with the latest matchups. Just out at midnight. Just three. Ben carson and marco rubio could both beat her but theyre not topping the field. Fox News Sunday super burned in sot donald trump r president ial candidate 21 29 theyre kidding themselves. Im going to win. I think im going to win. Im not one of these other guys that does downnnn. I dont go down, i go up. But ted cruz has the momentum now leading in iowa and within five points of trump nationally. The cruz team tweeted this photo. Fielding 4 thousand phonecalls in iowa this weekend. With fresh criticism from his rivals abc this week super burned in sot dr. Ben carson r president ial candidate 43 50 when it comes to experience in congress, youve got almost 9,000 years worth of it. I dont know that that is really the correct answer. nbc meet the press super burned in sot marco rubio r president ial candidate 51 1 00 each time hes had to choose between Strong National defense and some of the isolationist tendencies in american politics, he seems to side with the isolationist. And this is an important issue to have a debate over. Heres tomorrow nights debate lineup with trump still center stage. Hes still leading, even after proposing that ban on muslims in the us. Im tracie potts in washington, now back to you. President obama will make a rare pentagon today. He will meet with his Top National Security advisers to focus on the war against isis. Its what a spokesman calls an update. White house Officials Say no major policy shift is expected to come out of it. This is president obamas first visit to the pentagon since the terrorlinked attacks in Southern California and paris. Geneva remains on high security alert after two syrians were arrested on terror charges there friday. The arrests followed switzerlands decision to raise the Terror Threat level in geneva on thursday. The two were arrested on suspicion they manufactured , concealed and transported explosives and toxic gases and also allegedly violated bans on militant groups like alqaeda and isis. It was not immediately clear if connection with the four suspects with alleged ties to isis that geneva authorities have been searching for. Governor Terry Branstad is about to enter the political record books as the american history. Today, the sixterm republican will mark his 7,642nd day of service as governor. Thats just shy of 21 years in the office. Branstad will move beyond former new york gov. George clinton, Whose Service includes some preconstitution time, and is far out in front of any recent or current governor. Hell be in des moines for the celebration, with live coverage on news 4 at 5, 6 and 10. You wont see a womans face on the 10dollar bill until at least 2016. The Treasury Department apparently received more than expected Public Feedback about the proposed currency redesign. The treasury secretary had announced plans to choose a new face for the 10dollar bill by the end of the year. Among the popular contenders are abolitionist harriet tubman, first lady eleanor roosevelt, civil rights pioneer rosa parks, girl scouts founder Juliette Gordon low and humanitarian helen United StatesPostal ServiceOfficials Say today is the busiest mailing day of the year for cards, letters, and packages. Officials recommend sending packages by december 21st for christmas arrival. The usps estimates over 15pointfive billion pieces of mail will be sent this Holiday Season. Northern california and the Sierra Nevada mountains were hit with their third winterlike storm in a week yesterday. Heavy rain and strong winds flooded some roads and scattered debris on others. Strong winds downed trees as well as power lines and were blamed for a number of Power Outages in the region. Rain was expected throughout the day with forecasts calling for up to a half inch to fall in some areas. In the high sierra, several kids enjoyed the final day of their weekend sledding down hills and building snowmen in the fresh powder. But plows were busy clearing the roads. Traffic was slow and slick for drivers heading up the mountains. Drivers used chain controls on snowfall to continue into this week. Above six thousand feet, up to two feet of new snow is expected. The Dorothy PecautNature Center held its winter fun day over the weekend. The annual event gets families involved in wintertime outdoor activities. Kids could make recycled crafts, and edible ornaments, go hiking, and meet some animals. They say its a great way to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the season and have some fun together as a family. Because theyre taking a break from the Holiday Shopping season and the crazyness. Its just a good way to spend time together and maybe destress and get in touch with nature a little bit, said naturalist at Dorothy PecautNature Center, theresa kruid. If you missed the event, the Dorothy Pecaut center has more events coming up this Holiday Season. The Worlds Largest floating Christmas Tree turned on its lights saturday to kick off brazils Holiday Season in the heart of rio de janeiro. Features plenty of colored lights and fireworks over the water. The tree is a massive metal structure, recognized by the guinness book of records as the Worlds Largest floating Christmas Tree. Its 174 feet tall and weighs 386 tons. And it uses twoanda half million micro light bulbs for illuminating the designs on the sides of the tree. It was the 20th year in a row that the floating tree ceremony kicked off the Holiday Season in brazil. The music boosters for pender sounds of the seasons concert last night. About sixty third through twelfth grade students in choir and band classes performed for parents and members of the community. The dinner and concert is a fundraiser for the pender music department. Through ticket sales and donations, they raised more than 35hundred dollars. Its a fun evening of music and i was honored to