Who sail on her. Mary winnefeld is the ships sponsor, and now considered an honorary crew member. It was up to her to send the sioux city on its way. With one swing. Nats of launch now in the water, work will begin to finish the ship, which is about 80percent complete. The sioux citys executive officer, ken lieberman, says the crew cant wait to get aboard. To be here since the beginning, since it was born, and see it being built the last yearandhalf, and to now see it go into the water sitting in its natural habitat to start its trials is truly and honor and an amazing experience, said cdr ken over the next 10 to 12 months the uss sioux city will undergo what are called builders trials at marinette marine. The first step is to get inside, and check the hull to make sure its secure. After the builders trials come acceptance trials. If all goes according to plan, the uss sioux city should be sold off the to navy in 2017. robert matt, i know youve been going nonstop the past few days. Alo
Breen, reporting. Saturday, another milestone. The christening. A ceremonial breaking of a champagne bottle on the ships bow. The champagne bottle gets broken, but this day is about the bonding. The bonding between the sponsor of the ship and the crew, howard said. For the United States of america, i christen thee sioux city, said mary winnefeld, uss sioux city sponsor. May god bless this ship and all who sail on her. Mary winnefeld is the ships sponsor, and now considered an honorary crew member. It was up to her to send the sioux city on its way. With one swing. Nats of launch now in the water, work will begin to finish the ship, which is about 80percent complete. The sioux citys executive officer, ken lieberman, says the crew cant wait to get aboard. To be here since the beginning, since it was born, and see it being built the last yearandhalf, and to now see it go into the water sitting in its natural habitat to start its trials is truly and honor and an amazing experience, said cd
County from noon today until today caucus day in iowa the calm before the storm. Itll be pretty uneventful with a mix of clouds and sun, highs in the 30s and calm winds. Snow and strong winds will move south to north across nebraska and iowa tonight mainly after midnight and continue throughout the day tuesday and move out late tuesday night. There is the off chance that a few snow showers sneak into the viewing area late this evening, so for you caucusgoers, the start of it should be snowfree at 7 pm, but after it gets done depending on where you caucus , some might have some light snow, so it wouldnt be a bad idea to have your vehicle packed and prepared for Winter Weather just in case. Most of the area including sioux city should expect anywhere from 8 to 12 inches with less north and west and possibly more in some areas south and east along with sustained winds of 30 Miles Per Hour and gusts upwards of 40 on tuesday. Avoid travel if you can because whiteout conditions are expected
Wx timer 40 theres a lot of talk about the miles candidates trek as they look to lock up a victory tonight. But, what about the media . In iowa, its nearly imposssle totopick up a nnspaper, listen to the radio, or turn on the Television Without seeing signs surronding iowas first in the nation caucus. But, it takes a lot of hard working journalists, both near and far, to create this media madness. Ktivs robert lowe has more from des United States that is major is considered as an important event france, saiddathieu coachh, bfm, tv france so, of course, this is very important, Everybody Knows that. The germans are very interested in american elections, said heather dorf dolce, ardgerman radio tv network. Proving every four years will continue to feature a media frenzy in iowa. That was ktivs robert lowe reportrtg. Theyrrnot releasing the exext number, but, were told in total. There are thousands of media credentialed at the media center. Donald trump drew a large crowd for his final sto