handed over the cash. the women were arrested a few days later and admitted to staging the robbery. ktiv s tiffany lane is covering today s sentencings and will have the details tonight on news four. south dakota s death penalty would be repealed under a measure that s being considered today by the senate state affairs committee. the bill s main sponsor is republican senator arthur rusch of vermillion. he s a former judge who has prosecuted a death penalty case. rusch told the committee this morning he s seen first-hand how costly and hard and court personnel. he says death penalty cases are unfairly taxing on county governments and he doesn t believe the punishment is an effective crime deterrent. last year, the same two measures to repeal or limit the death penalty. a pair of bills in the iowa legislature that would increase the speed limit on rural two-lane roads are raising concerns among some authorities. a subcommittee has approved measures that would increase the hour.
them through. along with their prison sentences, perez and zevenberger must pay back the 10-thousand dollars ey took from the ban coming up on news 4 at six, we hear from bank ofcials on how they were affected by the incident as well as perez s mom. a 25-year-old omaha man has pleaded guilty to killing his mother and his 4-year-old half-brother. roberto martinez- marinero pleaded guilty to murder today for the deaths of his mother and 4- year-old brother. they say he stabbed and beat his mother during a fight over money. he then dumped his 11-month-old brother in a dumpster and threw the 4- year-old into a river. the baby left in the dumpster was found bruised but otherwise o.k. omaha police say a person suspected of firing a gun in a southwest omaha bar has been taken into custody. the shooting happened around 2 the papaiament pub. a police spokeswoman said she did not believe anyoyo had been hurt in the shootingngseveral omaha news organizations rerert that the shooter lef
announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. we just gave away our lead guest. right there, donald trump, live in our studio. a man of his word. yesterday, he said, if i win, i ll join you in your studio. guess what? here he is. the big winner, wasn t even close on the republican side or democratic side. huge shifts on the left and the right. let s get to where thing stand this morning. fueled by record-setting voting turnout, bernie sanders won over hillary clinton more than 20 points. hillary clinton conceded moments after the poll closed. things arenen closer on the repupuican side, at least at the top. closest competitor, the surprise of the night, john kasich. cruz finished third after a win in iowa. followed closely be jeb bush and marco rubio with chris christie in a disappointing sixth. we ll talk to trump and kasich in
death penalty case. rusch told the committee this morning he s seen first-hand how costly and hard it was on jurors and court personnel. he says death penalty cases are unfairly taxing on county governments and he doesn t believe the punishment is an effective crime deterrent. civil rights leaders gathered at the iowa capitol today to push for criminal justice reform. members of local naacp chapters, and other groups, want to keep confidential juvenile records, and ban the box to expand work opportunities for people with criminal histories. but, those leaders admit getting real change could be a challenge. there was snow in some parts of siouxland.but can we expect more tonight? here to tell us that is chief meteorologis t ron demers with the first look at our forecast. weather ad-lib a little light snow made its way across parts of the area with central siouxland only seeing a dusting although one to two inches fell in the eastern parts of the region. we re not done with s
viewing area yesterday ranging from sunny in the 40s out west to snowy and barely making it to 20 to the east, we ll basically see a reversal of yesterday s weather in terms of the timing of light snow. unlike yesterday, pretty much everyone will spend a fair amount of time under the clouds with occasional peeks of sun this morning before light snow starts to move into our western counties early this afternoon. it ll gradually spread eastward throughout the afternoon and evening and exit the viewing area by midnight leaving many with, much like yesterday, a dusting up to an inch or two ofofhe white stuff. high pressure will then make its way south into the viewing area fridayy which will translate to a day offdeceiving suushine with highs only making it into the teens. after dropping below zero friday night, we ll see another cold day saturday with the possibility of light snow from saturday into sunday as temperatures finally get a decent nudge back into the 30s and 40s late