mccarthy is scrambling to gain the votes he needs to be speaker even after making major concessions this weekend, it still might not be enough. the suspect in the machete attack on three police officers in times square,vestigators dis handwritten diary. what it says. plus this. eight and a half years for the organizer to kidnap and kill me, that s a significant sense. we have gretchen whitmer s reaction to the sentences handed to the man who plotted to kidnap her. hear what she told our own kaitlan collins. let s begin in washington. house republican leader kevin mccarthy will be taking the race for speaker to the floor officially tomorrow in what could be the most dramatic house speaker election. he s made a number of concessions so try to get the number of votes to succeed nancy pelosi. will we see the first floor fight as it s called in 100 years. let s turn to harry inton. what do you think? let s talk math. right now the gop s 2023 majority is 222, seats majori
about if that would be money well spent. abc 9 s bria bell tells us why local police say they need a little more help on the streets. bria: jenna, during this week s city council budget meeting, sioux city police chief doug young asked to add two additional positions to the department s traffic team. council members will now have to decide if there is room in the budget for more officers to be on payroll. officers are just getting pulled thinner and thinner and thinner, says sheehan. on wednesday, city council members deliberated how the city s budget will be spent. sioux city police chief doug young took the opportunity to request two more positions for the department s traffic unit, causing a divide amongst council members. officer sheehan says he supports the cheif because the current lack of officers is taking a toll on the boys in blue. there are alot of shifts that have to be back filled because they re short shifted and so they have to hire back and pay someone for
the man who lives inside the home that s being surrounded has been living there for about 20 years and they tell me it is usually a quiet neighborhood. but they say that they hope the standoff ends peacefully.in west omaha shannon smith, siouxland news. larry diana 3 police say a sioux city man is facing burglary charges after getting caught trying to steal a car this morning.25- year- old sesar martinez was arrested around 3 this morning. after police received a call from a man shopping at the floyd boulevard walmart. the man told them there was an unknown person in his car.when confronted. and ordered out of the car. the man was attempting to shove a piece of metal into the ignition.he ran before police arrived. but was tracked down by a k- 9 officer to trinity heights and arrested.martinez is charged with two counts of third- degree burglary and one count of criminal trespass.he s being held in the woodbury county jail on 10- thousand dollars bond. 3 a year to the day afte
and continue the process of recovering. employees remembered jon richter,r,he man who was killed the in the workplace shooting. they placed a memorial plaque in his honor at the entrance where the shooting took place. you could walk up and down the street, and i know people say this a lot when there s a tragedy, but i really mean this when i say this about jon; you could walk up and down t t street and you will not find a aerson in this commununy thth ll have a bad thingngo say ababt that guy the ceo of sioux steel says the company is continuing to pay for counseling for employees. a bill up for debate at the state legislature, in pierre, is targeting people who are transgender. the bill proposes separate bathroom, and locker rooms, transgender students at south dakotatachools. iv s tiffany lane hahareaction from lawmakers, anstudents. anatomically different, i think is going to be a horrible affect on kids as far as bullying. under the bill, schools must provide reasonable
elisa raffa tells us more about what happened. jenna, yankton superintendent wayne kindle says he s confident students were safe today. but there was extra security and the doors remained locked after two teens wandered into the building yesterday. friday was quiet at yankton high school. after buzz in the community about an incident at the high school on thursday. two teens, identified as 18 yr old joseph vanbuskirk and 19 yr old adam gerard. showed up at yankton high, but didn t check in at the office. the u-s-d students, who have no known connection to yankton, were kicked out and school officials got suspicious. they contacted police who pulled the pair over on their way out of town. during an ientory search of the vehicle, two unloaded weapons were found in the truck of the car. there was ammo for one of the weapons, not the other one. at no time were those weapons in the school says brian paulsen, yankton police chief. the teens were arrested and charged with misdemea