To understand better says Bishop Walker nickless, dioceses of sioux city. And even with all the political talk surrounding the race for the white house religious studies professorsbruce forbes believes the pope may have beeeea bit misinterpreted with hihimessage, albeit a strong one. Mass right on the border, i mean. He was tryingngo Say Something about divided people and how in the world can we get people to come together. I think he was making a social statement, but its a mistake to see it simply as a political statement says bruce forbes, professor religious studies, Morningside College. Forbes says religion and politics coming together is nothing new. Prohibition, womens rights, and the Civil Rights Movement were all religioly based issuesn their time and today, relgion still plays a pivotal roll in politics and although my dont know the religious affiliation of specific candidates, the number of those looking to elect candidate based on their belief in god is on the decline while
Jenna. Siouxland District Health tyler brock. Deputy director passed up for the headquarters location of the newly formed dowdupont wilmington, deleware w instead choseneno house the three traded companies it plans to create. However, Global Business centers will be based out of johnston, iowa, as well as in indianaplis. Iowa Governor Terry branstad issued a statement following the announcement. He said hes proud that dowdupont chose iowa as its Global Business center after they got the opportunity to show them what iowa has to offer a worldclass biosciences company. Tim a semi rollover th morning on highway 75 south of merrill trapped two people inside the semi for a short period of time. Authoriteis say both the driver, 49year old mark myers s d a passenger,r,7 year old melilia barber had to be recued. Both ended up having minor injuries and were taken to Mercy Medical center. Officiers say the combination of high winds and an empty tralier led to the accident. Jenna a siouxland man
Abc 9s bria bell brings us more. Bria tim and jenna, the Sioux City Public Library and the Convention Center are two prominent places are feeling the effects of vagrancy issues downtown and now both places are looking to stop people from entering if they do not intend to utilize the facilities properly. Its not a good look when you have somebody sleeping at a table, the sioux city library, typically a nice place to enjoy a good book, is unintentionally housing the homeless. The library will allocate nearly 46,000 for additional security options due to the frequent vagrancy issues, but will it be enough . Im not sure that with the money that well be having, that its really going to cover what we really need, says capron. Also facing similar issues, the sioux city Convention Center. So theyve got some problems with people coming in that arent a part of events, but theyre coming in and theyre using some of the Restroom Facilities there. Weve had some issues where they come in and have eat
brian loftus brian loftus today is Republican Caucus day in caucus day in nevada. And were your local election headquarters for the latest on the race republicans will be heading to their caucus sites tonight to voice their opinion. In who becomes their nominee. Kirsten Joyce caucusing starts at five oclock this evening and runs to nine. If you need to find your caucus site, we have a link on our website, las vegas now dot com. brian loftus you must be a registered republican to join in. Ahead of tonights caucus. The gop president ial hopefuls have been, and will be, pushing for your vote. This morning. Marco rubio will be speaking at the Silverton Casino at eight oclock. Doors open at seven. He was campaigning in northern nevada last night. Kirsten Joyce and donald trump held a rally last night at the south point. Trump focused on immigration along with Foreign Policy and relations. Saying its time to end all of making with the rest of the world. He also had to stop his speech three t
Red carpet ready. Hollywood gears up for its biggest night. This year, the glitz a a glamour will be served with controversy. Well give you all the plot lines today, friday, february 26th, 2016. Annncer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the today show on this friday morning. What a debate last night. They dont need moderators anymore, they need play by play announcers. This got heated. Well have more on the debate in a second, but our top story is the shooting rampage in kansas. We know the identity of the alleged shooter who opened fire on coworkers before he was shot and killed by police. Nbcs blake mccoy is at the good morning to you. Good morning, matt. Four people dead here, including the gunman. Many of them apparently his coworkers. One Police Officer is being hailed a hero cop this morning. All of this comes as another community struggles to understand. Reporter this is