respect for each program and the rose bowl environment is sure to be electric. you can bet there will be maybe a few more iowa fans in the crowd friday afternoon here in pasadena reporting for abc9news i m jon schaeffer. jenna: thank you jon for that report. and tomorrow night at 6:30 we ll have a 30 minute show highlighting the hawkeyes season leading up to the rose bowl. jenna: a frigigening situation in sloan yesterday, wehn two women jumped out of a two story building to escape an apartment fire. today we talked to the first responder who came upon that scene. jenna: prarie apartments in sloan, iowa caught fire just around 10 o clock sheriff s deputy todd peterson was the first on scene and tried catching the second woman who was jumping to safety. peterson happened to be nearby at the time of the call. a lot of things went through my head at that point in time. the first thing that i was thinking is, i didn t want her to fall and land on her neck, [that] was the main t
rehnstrom, tim has the night off. tomorrow and midnight, siouxland will ring in the new year. 2015 brought in plenty of snow. busy now clearing before the city gets busy tomorrow night. abc 9 s bria bell is out in downtown sioux city with more jenna: on how the town is getting ready for you to ring in the new year. bria: jenna, serves as one of the busiest days for some businesses, and downtown sioux city was preparring for the large number of people expected to be out tomorrow evening. some bars and taxi services are offering customers freebies to bring in the new year. it s just kind of a night where everyone goes out a night to celebrate and have a good time and bring in the new year, said mettleton. new year s eve is tomorrow night and sioux city is gearing up for the thousands of people expected to be out celebrating while bringing in the new year. winter storms city wants to make sure roads are clear for drivers to get to and from their destinations. there s going to
the problem is some gun sellers have been operating under a different set of rules. tim: good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna: under a different set of rules. tim: good e ening and thank you for joining us tononht im tim seaean jenna: and im jenna rehnstrom earlier today president obama unvield his plans for stricter gun laws tim: he outlined what his plans are. tim: background checks will expand for many, but not all private sales. however, it does include sales at gunshows and online. jenna: the government will provide more money for mental health treatment as well as more research into smart gun technology. tim: and states will be encouraged to report people who should be now while many are in favor of the president s plans republican presidential candidates tim: in a second- amendment sensative area like rural northwest iowa, the gun control control announcementprovided a perfect platform fofosenator cruz. jenna, today s executive a
president obama has called it the biggest frustration of his time in office. his struggle to pass gun control legislation. details on his new plan jessica rae: and that very plan has already had a negative reaction among th republican party. including surging g-o-p contender ted cruz. who was stumping in iowa yesterday. jessica rae: plus before the president s announcement. gun sales here in iowa saw a mediocre rise in one iowa county. these stories and more. on abc9 news this morning. jessica rae: good morning on this wnesday. we begin this morning with president obama and his plans for stricter gun laws. background checks will expand for many, but not all private sales. however, it does include sales at gun shows and online. the government will provide more money for mental health treatment as well as more smart gun technology. and states will be encouraged to report people who should be kept from buying weapons. reporter tom foreman looks at the president s histor
mixed precipitation moving from south to north into the area. temperatures are in the upper 20s and lower 30s on a relatively warm january morning. we ve got a light wind from the south between 5 and 15 miles per hour. here s the dayplanner where we re headed for a high of 37. jessica rae: tonya couch. the mother of ethan couch, known as the affluenza teen. will be returned to texas to face a felony count against her. a los angeles county judge approved an extradition waiver for her. tonya signed the extradition waiver and has been turned over to the l-a county sheriff s department. she and her son were detained in puerto vallarta, mexico last week. ethan is still being held in mexico city. jessica rae: the armed activists who have seized a federal building in oregon - are vowing - they will not back down. they say they will only leave if the government relinquishes control of federal land. group maintains they want peace. they have also made it clear. if provoked they re