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 south dakota s death penalty would be repealed under a measure that s being considered today by the senate state affairs committee.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.
it doesn t look like she is ready to shake it off. today, saturday, february 13th, 2016. because we got bad blood we used to be mad love from nbc news, this is today. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today. i m erica hill. and i m craig melvin. this is a record. not a person on the plaza. we have a bunch of hand warmers ready to hand out. and a bunch of airplanes. he needs to get somewhere quickly. we do have folks over here. we will see them in a bit. look at the temperatures around the country. minneapolis, 6 below zero right now. that is not how it feels outside. it is understandably chilly here. dylan checked the temperature in new york. it s what? it s 21 with the windchill of 11. that is it. it will not warm up. it will get colder. we got our fire pit here. i ll hunt some rascaly rabbits here in a bit. this bitter air affecting 65 million people. sheinelle has more on that. it is the middle of winter and it i
transitioning into a snow mix later this evening and toninit. weather today. it s currently gathering strength in the southern plains and looks to deliver showers by the mid morning with t- storms also possible! current temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. there s a wind blowing in from the northwest between 5 and 15 miles per hour which will school. here s susan risisier with the details. the planned career academies for norfolk senior high students will require some renovations and expansion at the high school building. at monday night s meeting the board of education approved seeking bids for renovation of the career education facilities. a renegotiated lease between the norfolk airport authority and barnstormers restaurant is on hold while the state auditor s office completes a review of the relationship between the twtw entities. cityty attorney clinthukei says the auditor is expected to issue the report in the next few weeks. and friday is the deadline to nominate an i
it s been two years since jamal dean fired several shots at sioux city police officer kevin mccormick. after countless hours in the courtroom, the last members of his getaway team have been sentenced. the final two charged with conspiracy faced a judge in federal court. yesterday, 34-year-old evette morris hernandez of sioux city will spend 3 and a half years behind bars with three years of supervised release. 36-year-old esteban hernandez of mercedes, texas received 6 months in prison and one year supervised release. they tried to drive jamal dean out of the country before they were stopped by authorities. judge mark bennett says he took several things into consideration when deciding the sentence for the two. he says evette s was the top female member of the f-13 gang in sioux city. and she was involved in the shooting of a rival gang member. esteban was not a gang member and didn t know jamal dean. the sentencing is the end of countless hours in the courtroom and time spe
it s exciting to be here, says gail dooley, a democrat from sioux city. i love love love iowa in the political season. the up-close and personal aspect of politics in iowa is unmatched and i m just so proud that i can participate in this process. after her sioux city visit, albright was set to continue her clinton campaigning in council bluffs and west des moines. there s almost as much talk today about who was not on the stage at last night s democratic presidential debate as the debate itself. but clearly, the two front-runners dominated the discussion. nbc s chris clackum reports. analyst :12 - :22) the moment when everyone is screaming at the top of their lungs for you to get in, is when you should get in. when they stop scrreaming it only gets harder and running for president is pushing a boulder up a hill the debate itself is being called a civil war between the candidates.m ost notably front- runners hillary clinton and bernie sanders..with him setting the tone