washington, dc wednesday for the first time president obama publicly weighed in on the controversy. Taking a veiled swipe at trump during an event marking the 150th anniversary of the end of slavery. sot president obama no chyron necessary our freedom is bound up in the freedom of others, regardless of what they look like or where they come from or what their last name is or what faith they practice. Other figures from outside the political world are also speaking out. Boxing great mohammed ali, who converted to islam in 1975, issued a Statement Wednesday saying in part gfx . Our political leaders should use their position to bring understanding about the religion of islam. Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg also posted this message to muslims saying gfx i want you to know that you are always welcome here and that we will fight to protect your rights. The issue is resonating with voters. sot mos voter cbs news focus group hes the needs to be analyzed. Even though trump has threatened to run
Thursday on two charges of aiding in animal cruelty and four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child, all misdemeanors. The case involves cell phone video that allegedly shows the graphic torture of a cat. Four stanton teenagers are also charged as juveniles in the case. Former wayne county attorney amy miller has been assigned as the special prosecutor. She says the case also involves the torture of a possum. Van pelt could face up to six years in prison if convicted on all six counts. Arraignment is set for december 22nd for van pelt and the juveniles. In addition to being a school board member, van pelt is also the former chief deputy of the Stanton County sheriffs department. Talk about getting hit when youre down. Strong winds have destroyed a pilger, Nebraska Church that was being rebuilt after last years devastating tornado. St. Johns Lutheran Church was hit by 60 mile an hour winds wednesday evening, bringing down the buildings north and south walls, its rafters an
Budget is finally set is state senator Rick Bertrand who represents sioux city. With us. Thanks for having me back. Good to be home. I s suppose back on the road ba and forth. Bacac on thehe road. Enof the condnd week. The family is starting to get acclimated were getting a rhythmhm. Lets talk about the numbers there. I mentioned the budget thats where we want to start this morning. Estimates continue to be less than was projected whenn t budget was put together. The Agriculture Community obviously is part of that. First thing on the budget is it is going to be a tight budgett year, but nothing that is happening this year is really not predictable. There was a five yearr plan put out there by the governor, the last three years as you know tim we have r rlly put some big things inlace with commercial property tax reform. The Medicaid Expansion and education reform. The one thing we didnt foresee at the end of the daye got to realize that agriculture still drives the state budget. And ag
Vasa, Swedish American Fraternal Organization, will meet at 12 noon on Saturday, Feb. 10, at United Lutheran Church, 315 Hamilton Blvd. The program, Valentines Among the Scandinavians, will be a