3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs with single digit lows. 3 3 3 millions of people in thiriren states along the Rising Mississippi River are getting ready for historic and dangerous floods. After days of downpours. The unusual weather pattern hit missouri hard. C b s news correspondent don champion shows us how much of the state is under water. 3 sot gov. Jay Nixon D Missouri missouri is in the dangerous flooding event. Missouri governor jay nixon called in the National Guard as the state grapples with deadly flooding. Volunteers throughout saint louis worked late tuesday night, laying out sandbags. The situation was dire at this Water Treatment plant in the town of high ridge. Its reserves only contain enough water for up to four days. sot mos name given were all going to get through it we just need to Work Together as a community the rare winter deluge has already left parts of the state, including the town of union, under water. Rising water along the mississippi and other major rivers have forced people out. sot Kathy Wunderlich resident we emptied our basement out of anything important and then we cleaned out of the house of clothes, things that cant be replaced tony phillip closed his Furniture Store ahead ofof an Evacuation Order sot tony phillip Business Owner were just preparing for the worst by getting everything up to Higher Ground water levels in some locations could exceed levels not seen since the great flood of 1993. But state officials maintain, theyre prepared. sot jim kramper National Weather service in terms of specifically were light years better than we were in 93. now were actually putting in forecast rainfall and that has given us a mumu more heads up. More than 12 people in missouri have been killed in the flooding. Don champion cbs news. 3 forecasters say the mississippi and other major rivers will most likely rivers will other major mississippi and say the forecasters 3 forecasters say the mississippi and other major rivers will most likely crest at record levels starting tomorrow. 3 three people from sioux city are in jail in sioux falls this morning. Facing charges related to prostitution. Police in sioux falls say 28 year old amanda meyer and 23 year old Brittany Leners were arrested for prosostution. 26 year old rashad lee was arrested for pimping. They were arrested after Sioux Falls Police investigators answered an online ad and met the two women at a hotel. Lee is believed to have driven the women to sioux city. The arrests are part of the Sioux Falls Police departments campaign n against huhun trafficking. And a lot of times officece use online ads for prostitution as a way to try and find women being trafficked for sex. 3 iowas state auditor says the city council in the Woodbury County town of hornick failed to catch more than 100 thousand dollars in improper spending by two of the citys clerks. Yesterday the state Auditors Office released a report saying the clerk from 2001 to 2009 improperly spent more than 5 thousand dollars. And improperly documented payments to herself of more than 11 thousand dollars. The clerk after her. Who served from 2009 to 2012. Improperly spent at least 42 hundred dollars and failededo properly document more than 47 thousand dollars in payments to the citys mayor and council members. No charges have been filed against either former clerk. But prosecutors and the iowa investigations both received copies of the report. 3 a three month investigation into a september car accident in rural Plymouth County has a cherokee iowa woman behind bars this morning. The iowa state patrol investigated the crash on september 9th. Three people were sent to Mercy Medical center in sioux city with serious injuries. Now. Police say the driver of one of the vehicles intentionally drove her s u v into the path of the other car. Melissa ebert of cherokee was arrested yesterdadaand charged with two counts of attempted murder. Two counts of serious injury by motor vehicle. And o w i second offense. Shes been booked into the Plymouth County jail in le mars. 3 police in sioux city are looking for two people believed to be involved with a car theft on the Near Northside last month. Take a look at these surveillance pictures from the kum and go store at 14th and pierce. You can see the two People Police want to find here. If you know who these two people are. Call is 2 5 8 tips. 3 a Sioux Center Man will spend the next two years in prison and the rest of his life on the sex offender registry after accepting a plea agreement. 43 year old danny barnes agreed to plea guilty to assault with intent to commit sex abuse tuesday in exchange for the 2 year sentence. After his release. Hell spend 10 years on probation and be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. He was arrested in october and charged with sexually assaulting a 14 Year Old Girl in a sioux center park back in august. 3 the two sioux city brothers convicted last year in federal court of assaulting two drug dealers have had their sentences upheld on appeal. The 8th Circuit Court of appeals says the life sentence given to jamal dean and the 30 year sentence given to his brother levon dean junior were proper and appropriate. The judges rejected the brothers request for a new trial in the case. Traveling from South Sioux City to sioux city in april 20 13 to assault and rob two drug dealers. 3 burned breakfast is to blame for some terryfing moments in sloan yesterday morning. As two people had to jump from their apartment complex window to escape a fire. Our own siouxland News Reporter yet ska jetske wah ron wauran shows us whats being done to help those affected by the fire. 3 15 people are without a home after that firbroke out atat the prairie apartments right behind. And the sloan fire chief tells, the cause of the fire unattended cooking materials. richard moore, pastor at evangelical Covenant Church we saw flames coming out of the second story apartments. Firefighters battled the blaze that broke out at this apartment building, shortly before 10 am tuesday, in the 300th block of buckley street in sloan. slsln fire chief, Lee Blanchard it pretty much spread throughout the entire attic portion of the building. A woodbury first on the scene, to find smoke and flames, at the twostory apartment. Officials say the deputy helped the two occupants of the apartment buildingboth occupants jumped from the second floor window, trtrng to escape the flamesesi saw a couple of the residents that had jumped out of the second floor. They were loaded and sent off to Mercy Medical center as soon as our ambulance arrived on scene. Woodbury county sheriffs office, sloan, hornick, salix, sergeant bluff, whiting and moville fire departments, as well as Woodbury CountyEmergency Services and Emergency Services were all onon scene. And across the street, the evevgelical Covenant Church opened its door, teaming up with the american red cross, providing food and shelter to the community, and firefighters as well. Have the church ready for people to come in, go get blankets, go whatever clothes we could and have folks come in. Now the church is teaming up with a local retail shop. Its called kikis closet, where they will be providing all sorts of donations, clothes, blankets and so forth, for the families affected by this fire. Wauran, siouxland news. 3 a 50 foot humpback whale splashing around monday is big news in the nations smallest state. Rhode Island Harbor master ed hughes said he heard a colossal splash in nar uh gan set narragansett bay when he was making his rounds monday morning. The bay stretches about 25 miles from the Atlantic Ocean north toward providence. The capital city. Hughes said the whale was about halfway up when he saw it splashing around for about 45 minutes. Humpbacks arent supposed to be lingering around there this time of year. Like many new englanders. The humpback heads for warmer climates once the mercury begins to drop every year. 3 3 3 temperatures arent as cold as we will get later on this afternoon and evening when a cold front makes its way across the area. Ill have all the details next. 3 3 coming up. Iraqi forces are consolidating their gains after pushing isis o o of an important city. Well show you where they will head next. 3 youre watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob taylor3 3 weather on the ones, brought to you by Siouxland Federal Credit Union 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs with single digit lows. 3 3 heres what were talking about on facebook this morning. Iowa won the do you like your steak 3 cooked . 3 if youve already mastered that hoverboard you got for christmas. Theres Something Else you can look forward to. Karina mitchell is in new york with your c b s moneywatch. 3 oil prices rebounded and stocks got back on track tuesday. The dow w jumped almost 193 pointsthe nasdaq climbed d nearly 6767oints. macys i i recalling two frying pans after customers reported metal discs popping off causing bruises and burns in three cases. The 8 and 10 inch pans were included in a 10 piece Martha Stewart set that was some military bases. the Biotech Company rmerly headed by disgraced ceo Martin Shkreli is appealing a decision to delist the company from the nasdaq. San francisco based kalobios was notified of the move last week after shkrelis arrest on security fraud charges. Shkreli gained notoriety for hiking the price of a life saving drug from another of his companies by 5000 percent. and even though christmas just ssed, theres already talk about possiblele hot gifts for next year. How about a hoverboard that can fly . The 19 thousand dollar arca board is designed to glide a foot off the surface at 12 miles an hour for up to 6 minutes and begins shipping in april. thats your mw for more log on to cbs mw dot com. In ny im km3 3 3 tuesday an iraqi commander said its mostly calm in the city of ruh mod ee ramadi. Iraqi troops have the final push to retake the city came monday after weeks of preparation. As iraqi troops surrounded the town and cut off isis supply lines. C b s news correspondent Elizabeth Palmer takes a look. 3 then the moment of victory. For the First Time Since may, iraqs flag was hoisted over government buildings. For a week. Iraqi special forces led the fight to retake ramadi they won, thanks to better equipment, and more than 600 airstrikes by Coalition Planes on isis targets. But also because the iraqis have been learning on the job. In ferocious battles in tikrit and baiji earlier this year. They managed to pupu isis out. In ramadi. They did it withought major help from irregular shiiite militias. For these soldiers. Winning here was a big morale boost. Analyst juan zaratetheyre better trained and enabled in part through us and coalition partnershihi but they also have greatat will and capacity. The battle to retake ramadi important though it was is just a preamble for whats coming in 2016. On national television. Iraqs Prime Minister warnedn. Abadi on national tv off air we are coming to Liberate Mosul next and deal isis a fatal blow. Rst though, the government will have to repair the damage and restore services in ramadi to l le residents back and keep them loyaya so isis 3 stayon the run. Tag 3 news at sunrise. You know texting and driving is dangerous. But is texting and walking just as dangerous . Well show you a new study that says you should look before you type. 3 first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs 3 cell phone distraction turned deadly for a 33 year old indiana man. But he wasnt driving. He was on foot. Looking at an electronic device. Most likely a phone or camera. When he plunged off a coastal cliff in california. New Research Finds distracted walking is linked to thousands b s news transportation correspondent kris van cleave takes a look. 3 pkg take pkg in san diego investigators believe Joshua Burwell may have been trying to take a picture of the sunset when he e ok a fatal fall some 40 feet off Sunset Cliffs on to the rocks below lifeguard sgt. Bill bender. bender sot 28 he wasnt watching where he was walking and looking more down at the device. natsound distracted walking its a tragic example of a growing problem. People distracted by their phones or other devices like this woman seen on mall security cameras focused on her phone and walking straight into a fountain. Or this man talking on his phone and going right off the train platform. take gfx1 in a recent study, 7878of americans said distracted d lking is a serious issue. Another study found people using their phone while walking veered off course 61 of the time, and overshot their target 13 more when than when they were not distracted by their device. end gfx1 lajam sot 14 21 35 a lot of people dont admit that they do it. Dr. Claudette lajam is an orthopedic surgeon. lajam sot 14 21 21 its getting worse as we have more and more features on these devices that we carry around with us that can distract us take gfx2 . While the number of er visits for distracted walking injuries doubled between 2005 and 2010 to more than 1500, she believes the problem is actually much bigger. end gfx2 natsound dc or nyc streets but its not hard to spot on the street. kvc mos exchange only gave first name roxanne did nototant to g ge full name kvc 11 07 20 do you think the combination of t tting and walking is a good safe combo . roxanne 11 07 25 no absolutely not, just like biking and texting, driving and texting. take gfx3 researchers at ohio state found 21 to 25 are the most nearly 80 of the injuries stem from fallsestimating more than half occur at home. end gfx3 but we found kelly davis working away on her phone as she walked to lunch. kvc Kelly Exchange kvc 11 10 22 kelly have you ever had a moment where you walked in to something or fallen or kelly oh absolutely i walked in to a, um one of the very short like light posts 3 3 still to come. Still to come. 3 still to c ce. The teenagerwho spent two weeks on the run is headed back to texas this morning. Well capture in mexico. Youre watching siouxland news at 3 this qs siouxland news at sunrise on kmeg 14 3 good morning everyone,thanks for starting your morning with heller. And im meteorologist 3 cat taylor. 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs with single digit lows. 3 the affluenza teen will be flown back to texas today. Now. As c b s news shows us. Ethan couch could face jail time for leaving the country after skipping a meeting with his probation officer. 3 pkg tue0474 the manhunt for ethan couch ended here monday evening, in the rundown neighborhood of t t mexicacaresort town of Puerto Vallarta tue0264 05 Authorities Say the 18year old and his mom, who changed their appearances, were caught after using a cell phone to order pizza. sot tue0111 56 id like for him to be held accountable 58 Tarrant County officials in texas are now waiting for the pair to return to the us. Couch had been on the run for weeks wed0406 3232after this video emerged on social media. It appears to show him at a party with drinking possibly violating his probation. Couch had been sentenced to 10 years of probation after tue0117 57 he killed four people in a 2013 drunk driving accident. tue0499 40 Margarita Rodriguez says she sold the teen sandwiches during his time in Puerto Vallarta. tue0499 4141nat spananh he spanish. tue0499 53 mexican Officials Say couch and his mom stayed at this upscale resort before moving to the 350dollar a month apartment. sot tue0111 Dee Anderson Tarr ant county sheriff 21 they planned to disappear. They even had something that was party before theheleft toto 31 prosecutors hope to m me couchs case to adult penalty. His mother now faces a charge of hindering an cbs news. 3 during his 3 trial two years ago. Couch made headlines after his defense blamed his irresponsible behavior on his wealthy. Privileged upbringing. 3 a Major Railroad company is helping feed hungry people in siouxland. Union pacific gave a 10 thousand dollar check to the food bank of siouxland yesterday afternoon. This donation comes just after the holiday season. A time when donations typically drop off. But demand for the food Banks Services stay steady. 3 so it just makes all the are doing to know that poeple want to step up; want to show how they care; and to do so in a really significant way. Ten thousand dollars check doesnt happen here very often, so thats really terrific news. The 10 thousand dollars will let the food bank buy 13 ousand pounds of food to help feed people in siouxland. D. Over the last year. The food bank gave out almost two Million Pounds of food to 100 agencies in an 11 county area. 3 florida senator marco rubio brought his president ial campaign back to sioux city last night. About 150 people were at the holiday inn on gordon drive to hear him speak. He was joined by South Carolina u s congressman trey gowdy. Who endorsed him. Saying he respects the constitution. Believes in national security. And is fiscally conservative. Rubio says he wants to force congress to adopt a balanced budget each year. 3 well first of all youre not going to fix it just thrhrgh ngress, no matter who i i chargegeyou are going to need and you are only going to get a balanced Budget Amendment if the citizens do it. It isnt going to come from the politicians. They all say they are for it. But when it comes down to it. They dont want it because it limits their ability. Rubio says if hes elected. Hell lobby for a constitutional convention. Letting states bypass congress and ratify a balanced Budget Amendment directly. 3 3 and on t t other side. The democratic ontrunner is planning to make a stop in sioux city next week. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton will be in town on tuesday. January 5th. Starting at 2 15 p. M. The exact location for her event hasnt been announced yet. Her Campaign Says secretary clinton will talk about her plans to help children and working families in iowa get ahead in lifefe 3 two people were arrested in belgium. Accused of planning terror attacks n new years eve. The arrests are setting off some concern here in the United States about the security surrounding our new years eve celebrations. Our reporter scott thuman has more on whats being done to deal with worries both 3 nats soldiers Walking Around brusselsthe very soldiers we saw trying to protect brussels from an attack, may have been the target in this newly uncovered, alleged plot. Belgian Authorities SayLaw Enforcement officers the famous grand place. The main Gathering Spot for holiday eventswere among the targets. This is video we took earlier this month of soldiers guarding that very site. They say 2 men were arrested with militarytype uniforms and Islamic State propoganda. Nats of speaking in frenchthis member of Parliament Told us, theyre still struggling to discover warning signs in the fast growing phenomena of radicalization. Jamal Ikazban we need to have the modesty to say that we dont understand and that we dont know everything thats happeningthats why i hope well be able to arrest jihadists alive so that we can learn more. Across europe, police have ramped up security, surveillance id checks leading up to new years celebrations. Here in the United States, precautions as well. sototill de blasio this is the first time weve force in such a number in this city and it is going to make a big differencein new york, tuesday, the mayor tried to calm any fears announcing the deployment of a new, 500 strong, Counter Terrorism team. In washington dc, promoters moved a new Years Eve Party from the hilton downtown, all the way to philadelphia due to security concerns. And in las vegas, National Guardsmen will join more than 15hundred Law Enforcement officers and firefightters for the vegas strips biggest attraction of the year. Where some 300 thousandndeople are expected to ring in the new year. sheriff joseph lombardo, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police dept. we are mandating a Aa Police Department that everybody is all hands on deck. Everybody will be working on new years eve scott tag back to brussels, even though no weapons or explosives were found in police are calling these serious threats and while there is supposedly no connection in this raid to the paris attacksremember, several of the paris suspects were from brussels. On capitol hill, scott thuman. 3 the Better Business bureau is out with the top scams for 20 15. The scams have a lot of different names. But as c b s news correspondndt kennetetcraig shows us. Theyeye pretty 3 hundreds of thousands of americans have received a call like this one. natsot the irs has filed a lawsuit against you. Con artists posing as irs agents demand immediate payment. sotlois if i didnt clear it up that they were going to prosecute melois who didnt want to give her last name paid the scammers 45 hundred dollars in prpraid debibicards sotlois s i panicked gfx the Better Business bureau says tax cons were by far the top scam of 2015. In other popular scams criminals pose as debt collectors or tech support. Other imposters claim youve won a sweepstakes or been awarded a grant. sotmary power president , ceo council of Better Business bureaus the top scams all involve imposters, either someone you know or trust or someone that youre afraid of. The scams ve Something Elsesein common the crimimal wants money up frfrt. Father Michael Ortiz thought he was a millionaire when he received this phony sweepstakes letter all he had to do was pay a 40thousand tax to receive his prize. sotfather Michael Ortiz scam victim hook line and sinker i fell. And the scam artists want an untraceable form of payment. sotmary power president and ceo, council of Better Business bureaus one of the red flags any scam is if someone is requesting that you pay by prepaid debit card, Wire Transfer or gift card you say if someone is demanding money or if the offer sounds too good to be true its likely a scam. Kenneth craig, cbs news, new 3 york. 3 thousands of people lined up at a Botanical Garden in australia to take a whiff of a flower that really stinks. The titan arum. The corpse flower. Went on display in adelaide. The plant took almost a decade to grow and produces flowers every one thousand days. Those flowers only last a day or so before collapsing. But when they bloom. They release an odor that some have described as being pretty close to a dead animal or a garbage landfill. Experts say the odor helps the plant attract insects to pollinate it. The plant itself is an endangered species native to indonesia and is quite 3 3 3 3 christmas is over. But you still have a chance to help keep siouxland kids warm this winter. Were talking coats for kids. Next. In talk of the town. 3 youre watching Siouxland Heller and meteorologist 3 first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs 3 christmas has come and gone. But the need for warms coats is still here. Were talking coats for kids with xxx on talk of the town this morning. Good morning 3 jake and a guest or group of community events. 3 3 thanks for being with us this morning. If you missed this segment. Or want to find out any more information. You can find everything on our web b 3 a Music Festival is going on right now in South Carolina. Well take you there. And show you how theyre trying to change the color of classical music. Its time this morning. Thanks for watching siouxland news at sunrise. 3 snow is continuing to fall across siouxland. Expect it to diminish and move east by 3 good morning, sioux city . Its 22 outside at time . As we take a look from our jc roofing and insulating camera. 3 a festival in South Carolina is trying to change the color of classical music. Less than four percent of classical american sysyphony musicians are africc american. But as reporter lee cowan shows us. 3 cowan color of 3 music rhymes nat sot music editor note 30285 003 a0657 narr rachmaninoff was seamless on this night in charleston South Carolina. Remarkable because this was the first time many of these musicians had played together. nat sot music narr maestro Marlon Daniel conducts not only the orchestra but this festival called the now in its third year. sosomarlon 18 57 27 you know a lot of musicians of color get pigeonholed into jazz and hiphop and all these things. sot lee 18 57 3 its a stereotype. sot marlon 18 57 31 its a big stereotype. nats rehearsal sot marlon 18 56 33 a lot of people think there arent any musicians of color out there doing classical music, when there actually are, in reality, tons of us. Nat sto rehearsal narr clarinetist robert davis says in most symphonies he sticks out as a black classical artist but not here. sot robert 00 03 58 you usually see the same ones, you know but then, i came down here, and theres a whole other group, its likik where are they coming from so i was really shocked about that. narr editor note 10285 0001 0002 a0654 the festival also highlights black night it was aldolphus hailstork. And his Church Street serenade performed just one block away from the historic black church, where in june, a white gunman opened fire killing ninenat sot performance narr businessman lee pringle who founded the event t hopes a a ght likk this w wl help diversity other orchestras. sot pringle 00 10 36 i think that most orchestras want to change, they just dont know how to change. sot lee 00 10 41 and how do they change . sot pringle 00 10 49 they change by having people at the table who look li me. Nat sot music sot marlon 19 19 39 music should be color blind, and to make it that way, you have to infuse in it all of the colors. narr a unique unity that for a few days at least makes for an especially powerful sound. Nat sot end of performance narr lee cowan, 3 weather on the ones brought to you by window world 3 once the snow morning, look for overcast skies and highs reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs with single digit lows. 3 3 time for a trip to the sunrise watercooler. Hundreds cheered on as two four finned loggerheads were released back into the ocean yesterday. For the past several months. The reptiles have been rehabilitating at Loggerhead Marinelife Center in juno beach florida. One of the turtles was rescued after being hooked by a fisherman. The other was found at a park. Lethargic and underweight. 3 3 its a 25 Year Old Program designed to encourage Foreign Investment into the United States. But coming up this worries terrorists might be using the e b 5 visa program for their own ends. Usour morning news, weather and sports are all coming up. Its now time as we take a look outside xxx on the xxx c c. Keep it right 3 3 heres a look at your weather 3 3 good morning, this is sgt todd sassmann with your siouxland news traffic to goofficers will be running radar on gordon dr and jackson sthave a safe drive to work and school for siouxland news, this is sgt todd sassmann 3 3 heres a look at your news to go. 3 3 millllns of people along the sing Mississippi River are getting ready for historic and dangerous flooding after days of downpours. The rare winter rains hit missouri hard. Leaving parts of the state underwater. Forecasters say the mississippi and other major rivers will most likely crest at record levels starting thursday. The affluenza teen ananhis mom are expected to be deported to the United States from mexico later today. Ethan and tonya couch were arrested in Puerto Vallarta mexico monday. Two weeks after the 18 year old missed a meeting with his probation officer. Ethan 20 13 when he was sentenced to just 10 years probation after a drunk driving crash that killed four people. And. Tensions are high in ohio after a grand jury failed to indict two officers in the Fatal Shooting of 12 year old tamir rice. Protesters marched in downtown cleveland tuesday for hours. Calling for justice. Timothy loehmann and his partner are on restricted duty aftererhe fatal l incident. But could face possible civil rights charges. 3 and be sure to check out siouxland news dot com all day at work and home for the latest news, weather and sports. 3 and here is what the folks in studio 57 are working on that youll see in an hour on cbs this morning. Im anthony mason. Coming up, swedish actress alicia uhleeseeuh vikander vihcander and her whirlwind year from movie star to International Cover girl. Thats coming up, on cbs this morning. 3 this is siouxland news at 3 good morning everyone and welcome to siouxland news at sunrise. Thanks for starting your morning with us. Im jacob heller. And im meteorologist 3 cat taylor. 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold daz on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs with single digit lows. 3 3 3 a visa program that rewards a visa program 3 3 3 3 a visa program that rewards rich foreigners with u s citizenship is getting a new lifeline. While the e b 5 program was designed to encourage foreign ininstment of 500 thousand dollars or more. Our National CorrespondentKristine Frazao shows us how its clouded in controversy right now. 3 nats constructionwhat do the washington coliseum, this Seattle Office building, and new york citys hudson yards have in common . They were all funded by y fofoignborn citizens, o in exchange for at least half a million in cash, got an american visa. Nats construction followed by ron website invest in the usa the program is called eb5 and supporters, like the group invest in the usa, say its an important tool for Economic Development and job taxpayers. Three billionaires from very different backgrounds, also touted its benefits, in a New York Times oped. Sheldon adelson, Warren Buffett and bill gates joined forces asserted people willing to invest in america and create jobs deserve the opportunity to do so. Standup Kristine Frazao washingtonbut the program, which has grown n immensely since it first started back in 1990 has not been without its fair share of controversy, from a ponzi scheme in chicago where dozens wf investors were cheated out of millions of llars. To whiseblowers claims that those who apply dont get thorough background checkssen. Chuck grassley riathis program has been plagued with fraud and abuse but more importantly it poses Significant National security risk. Senator Chuck Grassley sasa eb5 is supposed to help low income areas t instead benefits wealthy developers. He called for reform and listed allegations against it. Sen. Chuck grassley ria terrorist travel, economic espionage, money laundering. The Government Accountability institutes Peter Schweizer says despite the high price tag, plenty take advantagagof eb5. Peter schweizer presi dent,Government Accountability country like china or india where its politically unstable, the economics are kind of shakey, the United States is a great sort of second place to have. Calls for reform turned down the Program Extended once again. In washington im Kristine Frazao reporting. 3 3 the e b 5 program was just extended with the passage of the spending bill. Itll stay intact at least until september 30th of next year. 3 three people from sioux city are in jail in sioux falls this morning. Facing charges related to prostitution. Police in sioux falls say 28 year old amanda meyer and 23 year old Brittany Leners were arrested for prostitution. 26 year old rashad lee was arrested for pimping. They were arrested after Sioux Falls Police investigators answered an online ad and met the two women at a hotel. Lee is believed to have driven the women to sioux falls from sioux city. The arrests are part of departments campaign against human trafficking. And a lot of times officers use online ads for prostitution as a way to try and find women being trafficked for sex. 3 iowas state auditor says the city council in the Woodbury County town of hornick failed to catch more than 100 thousand dollars in improper spending by two of the citys clerks. Yesterday the ate Auditors Office released a report saying the clerk from 2001 to 2009 improperly spent more than 5 thousand dollars. And improperly documented payments to herself of more than 11 thousand dollars. The clerk after her. Who served from 2009 to 2012. Improperly spent at least 42 hundred dollars and failed to properly document more than 47 thousand dollars in payments to the citys mayor and council members. No charges have been filed against either former clerk. But prosecutors and the Iowa Division of criminal investigations both received 3 a three month investigation into a september car accident in rural Plymouth County has a cherokee iowa woman behind bars this morning. The iowa state patrol investigated the crash on september 9th. Three people were sent to Mercy Medical center in sioux city with serious injuries. Now. Police say the driver of one of the vehicles intentionally drove her s u v into the path of the other car. Melissa ebert of cherokee was arrested yesterday and charged with two counts of attempted murder. Two counts of serious injury by mor vehicle. And o w i second offense. Shes been booked into the Plymouth County jail in le mars. 3 police in sioux city are looking for two people believed to be involved with a car theft on the Near Northside last month. Take a look at these surveillance pictures from the e kum and gogostore at 14th and pierce. You can see the two People Police want to find here. If you know who these two people are. Call crime stoppers. The number is 2 5 8 tips. The next two years in prison and the rest of his life on the sex offender registry after accepting a plea agreement. 43 year old danny babaes agreed to plea guilty to assault with intent to commit sex abuse tuesday in exchange for the 2 year sentence. After his release. Hell spend 10 years on probation and be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. He was arrested in october and charged with sexually assaulting a 1 1 Year Old Girl in a sioux center park back in august. 3 the two sioux city brothers convicted last year in federal court of assaulting two drug dealers have had their sentences upheld on appeal. The 8th Circuit Court of appeals says the life sentence given to jamal dean and the 30 year sentence given to his brother levon dean junior were proper and appropriate. The judges rejected the brothers request for a new trial in the case. They were convicted of traveling from South Sioux City to sioux city in april 20 13 to assault and rob two 3 wildlife experts have relocated a stubborn elephant seal after a two day standoff between man and beast. The massive seal repeatedly tried to cross a Northern California highway and managed to dodge rescue workers trying to stop her. Reporter Chris Martinez has this story. 3 nats seal growl this elephant seal outmaneuvered rescue workers their kayak. nats d air horns hardly deterring her from her mission to cross a nearby highway. But after a twoday battle to keep her off the road veterinarians sedated the seal. sot Shawn JohnsonMarine Mammal center, director of Veterinary Science she appears to be a young adult female. and just took a wrong turn and just ended up in this dead end, and couldnt find her way out. It took more than a dozen people to load the 900pound seal on a flatbed truck to move her out of harms way. sot Shawn JohnsonMarine Mammal center, director of Veterinary Science on ultrasound, we pregnant. 4 sec the dedermined femama was first spotted monday trng to scoot across busy highway 37 in sonoma countystopping traffic for more than a mile in both directions. nats wildlife experts and Highway Patrol officers used wooden boards to block the animals path coaxing her back into the water. But the stubborn seal tried to outsmart them all. sot Andrew Barclay california Highway Patrol she stayed in here for a while. What we realized she was doing is she was swimming around in circles, and then shed try to come back up and come out. She repeatedly came back to land and tried to efforts to stop her. Johnson Marine Mammal center, director of Veterinary Science elephant seals are big, large and in charge. And theyre stubborn all the time. The seal is being relocated to a nearby preserve at Point Reyes National seashore, where she can give birth to hehepup. Chririmartinez, cbs news. 3 veterinarians tagged the elephant seal so they can track her movements and progress. 3 if you love the colors the sun brings to the sky when it sets. Heres a gift for you. Google analyst sriram taking thousands of pictures to create a stunning night skies time lapse. The astronomy enthusiast took the photos in a two month span. From september through november. Almost all the pictures are taken in the u s. But some come from kenya. 3 3 3 3 the briar cliff ladies host jamestown in a battle of top ten teams. See if they could hold off a jimmies rally late. Chris neyenhouse is next with sports. 3 youre watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob heller and meteorologist cat taylor 3 3 were checking up with moose again on this thursday morning. Whats s moose . 3 weather on the ones, brought credit 3 union 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs 3 sports, with sports director chris neyenhouse. Good morning siouxland, heres a look at your morning sports. As the holiday classic rolls along at briar cliff we get a ranked matchup of two teams who have big time postseason aspirations. Number ten jamestown came to sioux city having won 8 in a row. Forget christmas the jimmies last loss was before thanksgiving 1 briar cliff with the slightly better Overall Record though. Thanks to plays like this from Morgan Hansen morganzaa thats her twitter handle. Not sure what the z and the a is for but its fun to say 2 just over five minutes to play we are tied at 55. Jessi corrick was clutch in this game. Two of her game high 19 right there. 3 3 minutes to go down one the excellent passing here ends in the taylor vasa bucket. Chargers by 1. 4 two minutes to go now corrick leading the break. Get off me kaylee blake scores. Shes from manning chargers wouldnt look back. They win it 7065. Mens side now the chargers on their own 8 game win streak hosting jamestown. 1 bryan forbes gets the Party Started with the deep three. Chargers had plenty of offense tonight. 2 later in the First Quarter in transition its forbes again with the nice move beneath the basket. 3 and then good Ball Movement from the chargers. Erich erdman for three its good chargers up 1310. 4 then sioux city native shane graves representing the crusaders from virtually the same spot its good briar cliff cruises in this 9265. Stanton holiday tournament boys game stanton 1 at the start of the game, the stanton boys might have a disadvantage. There is only 1 boy on the oneill team under 6 foot. 2 for oneill, tyler regan gets the ball at the top of the key and drains the 3 pointer. 3 later, stanton down 6 to 0. Miles nickolite, drives down the lane, and puts up the 2. 4 next possesion, nickolite hits it from long range 2. Oneill up 9 to 4. 5 few plays later, josh krentz, nickolite again, drives in and gets the 2. Oneill wins 7550. Lets head to wayne state where weweee the great nebraska shootout 1 pipiing up action at the start of the game, hartington ccs Stephen Hillis gets the ball down low and gets the turnaround jumper for the first points of the game. 2 a few seconds later sam anderson gets the steal for the trojans, gets it to sean kathol. He sees hillis down low, and makes the hook shot. 3 next play, Cole Hofmeister is down low and makes the fade away jumper. 4 to 2 hcc4 a few minutes laters, anderson gets the steal and goes coast to coast for this layup. That makes it 7 to 2. Hartington still up. Hartington cc wins 66 22more Boys Basketball now homer falls to Bancroft Rosalie 6742. Norfolk over hastings 6341. South sioux city falls twaverly 555osmond over mf46. On the ladies side batcreeeeover ponca 4allen fallniobrara verdigreand d el t6130. Randolph ininde 541michigan st takin iowa ci 1michigan st trails 3 trials by 1later in the 1sa leads 2117anthony clemmisses the junicholas baer i 3 launthree. Its goscore iowleads 2417 later. Leads 1 aclemmons i passes it dom uhl i uhl i banks in the top of t kscore iowa leads 3117 lat1st. Iowa leads michigan st transimatt mcq the three. 3 the crowd isloving ititem p the 1st. Iow owa in transitimike gesi igessell i loses 3 back. i finishesthe score ioleads 3521 io70 thats it for your morningsportscastbe sure to joius tonight fo ,3 star wars is still blasting away records. Its time . Your Sunrise Entertainment is after the 3 heres a look at your new 3 years forecast. 3 first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weweend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs 3 the latest statawars movie makes a very critical top ten list. And one of the stars of glee is facing some very serious charges. Reporter Chris Martinez has 3 narr former glee actor mark salling is in trouble with the law. The 33yearold was arrested tuesday for suspicion of possession of child pornography. Earlier this year, a former girlfriend sued salling for sexual battery. nat star wars the force awakens trailer narr the records keep falling for star wars the force awakens. Out for less than two weeks, the film has already taken in more than onepointonesix billion dollars in worldwide ticket sales. Thats enough to pass minions to become the tenth highestgrossing film of all time. Atop the list 2009s avatar with almost 2. 8 billion. narr and with the force awakens atop the box office, the Nations Capital was a galaxy far, far away last night on cbs. Star wars creator george lucas was celebrated at the Kennedy Center honors, recorded earlier this s month. Also saluted at the 38th ananal event, rita moreno, cicely tyson, carole king, and conductor seiji saygee ozawa. Thats your eye on entertainment. Chris martinez, cbs news. 3 3 heres what were talking morning. Iowa won the lawrys beef bowl by eating 612 pounds of prime rib. How do you like your steak 3 cooked . 3 3 still to come. All three plants that make Blue Bell Ice Cream are back open after a listeria outbreak earlier this year. Well show you why the department of justice is investigating what happened now. Its now time as we take a look outside xxx on the xxx cam. Your weather and siouxland news at sunrise. 3 this is siouxland news at 3 good morning everyone,thanks for starting your morning with us. Im jacob heller. And im meteorologist cat taylor. 3 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain 3 theres new information about the governments handling of texas ice cream maker blue bell. They temporarily closed their plants after a listeria outbreak earlier this year. Reporter jim axelrod reports. 3 narr cbs news has learned the department of justice has started an inveveigation to blueueell after their ice cream was linked to a deadly listeria outbreak earlier this year. Three people died. gfx narr an fda investigation found listeria in all three of blue bells production plants, in alabama, oklahoma and texas. And records indicatiti the company knew one plant was s contaminated at least as early as 2013. gfx nat blue bell truck gfx narr the fda investigation uncovered other troubling problems, including into ice cream and unsanitary equipment. gfx last april, blue bell shut down all three production facilitie and all ice cream was recalled. Harr sources tell cbs news the Justice Department is trying to determine what blue Bell Management knew about potentially deadly hazards in their plants, and when they knew it. Narr last october. Gerald bland. Who worked at the blue bell factory in brenham texas described to cbs news unsanitary nditions on the factory y floor. bland 1 11 25 on the wall by the 3 gallon machine, if it had rained re hard and water sat on the roof, if would just trickle down axe rain water from the roof would get into the factory . bland 1 11 44 yeah. Another worker, terry schultz, told us that his complaints to management about unclean conditions went nowhere. schultz 2 15 10 the response i got at one point was, is that all youre going to do is come here and bitch every afternoon . axe 19 13 39 what do you think his message to you was . schultz 2 15 48 production is probably more important than cleanliness narr all three of bluebells plants are by the end next month. Its ice cream will be back on the shelves in 15 states. Tag3 3 a Major Railroad company isis helping feed hungry people in siououand. Union pacific gave a 10 thousand dollar check to the food bank of siouxland yesterday afternoon. This donation comes just after the holiday season. A time when donations typically drop off. But demand for the food Banks Services stay steady. 3 so it just kes all the difference i ithe work that we are doing to know that poeple want to step up; want to show how they care; and to do so in a really significant way. Ten thousand dollars check doesnt thats really terrific news. The 10 thousand dollars will let the food bank buy 13 thousand pounds of food to help feed people in siouxland. Over the last year. The food banangave out almost two Million Pounds of food to 100 agencies in an 11 county area. 3 florida senator marco rubio brought his president ial campaign back to sioux city last night. About 150 people were at the holiday inn on gordon drive to hear him speak. Hehe was joinin by South Carolina u s congressman trey gowdy. Who endorsed him. Saying he respects the constitution. Believes in national security. And is fiscally conservative. Rubio says he wants to force congress to adopt a balanced budget each year. 3 well first of all youre not going to fix it just through congress, no matter who is in charge. You are going to need a balanced Budget Amendment. And you are only going to get a balanced Budget Amendment if the citizens do it. It isnt going to come from the politicians. They all say they are for it. But when it comes down to it. They dont want it because it limits their ability. Hell lobby for a constitutional convention. Letting states bypass congress and ratify a balanced Budget Amendment directly. 3 3 and on the other side. The democratic frontrunner is planning to make a stop in sioux city next week. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton will be in town on tuesday. January 5th. Starting at 2 15 p. M. The exact location for her event hasnt been announced yet. Her Campaign Says secretaryryclinton will talk about her plans to help children and working families in iowa get ahead in life. 3 from Virtual Reality to smartphones that charge wirelessly as soon as you enter your house. The new year promises to bring some exciting developments in the tech world. C net dot coms lexyxysah e dees savvides shows us the Technology Trends to expect in 20 16. 3 in 2016, Virtual Reality will really go to your head. Expect the facebookowned oculus rift and the htc vive to immerse you in virtual worlds. Microsofts augmented reality headset hololens is also on the way. From the head to the hands, the smartphone will continue to evolve. Sot jessica dolcourtrtenior editor, cneteven more e than think that were going to see the smartphone becoming a Remote Control for your life. For your smart home, for your smartwatch, maybe even for those vr headsets. But multi tasking with your phone relies on plenty of battery life. Energous has developed a transmitter that can wirelessly charge devices within 15 feet, if they have this tiny receiver inside. Sot Michael Leabman cto and founder, energous so when you walk in your home its going to start charging your device automatically but we allow you to prioritize what charges when as well. Apple is set to make refinements to existing products, including the apple watch and the iphone. Sot shara tibken senior writer, cnet. Comwith the iphone 7 theres talk that apple could get rid the home button that could allow them to have a bigger screen but in the same size device. Theres also talk about them removing the headphone jack. Your smartphone will also 3 integrate more closely with the car through android auto and apples carplay technology. Sot shara tibken, senior more partnerships with traditional car makers though to get their carplay software into the vehicle and kind of power the Infotainment Center and the dashboard of your car. As for selfdrivinincars, they may not be ready for prime timemebut in 20101 Companies Like google, tesla and ford are set to make inroads. In san francisco, lexy savvides, cnet. Com for cbs news. 3 3 up next in your healthwatch. A new report says drowsy drivers are a growing danger. Well show you why night shift workers are especially vulnerable. 3 the leftover snow showers from last night are falling apart the way. Details next. 3 3 youre watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob heller and meteorologist cat taylor 3 first alert weathth with memeorologist cat tayloror 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for 3 3 a new Veterans Affairs study finds that suicide attacks and roadside bombs may trigger more posttraumaticicstress than conventional warfare. The Research Shows higher p t s d rates in men who served during the insurgency phase of the iraq war. When guerilla tactics were used. 3 3 doctors at University College london say teens who are hospitalized for self inflicted injuries. Or injuries related to drug or alcohol use. Are at increased risk of death up to a decade later. 3 3 and emergency room doctors at Temple University hospital say a new federal guideline has significantly reduced prescription rates for opioids. Doctors say the guildline is sparking more discussions with patients. 3 new research from bostons brigham and Womens Hospital shows danger for those who drive after working the night shift. Reporter anna werner shows us why. Just came off a night shiftwatch the video on the left as he veers all over the road. Nearly half the nightshift workers tested nearly crashed. Dr. Charles czeisler sizeler worked on the study. czeisler 0601 i was shocked that nearly 40 percent of the drives had to have emergency braking maneuvers in order to keep the car from going off the road. or 0245 they y were crossing over the middle line, they were having trouble cut to 0610 more than 40 percent of the drives had to be terminated because it was judged to be unsafe. More than half the workers tested said they nodded off behind the wheel at least once a week on their way home. And they did no better in the tests. czeisler 0542 they knew they were being watched and yet even in that context, they couldnt stay awake while they were driving in a simulation of their commute home from work. Dallasarea Convenience Store manager shariq khan starts work at 11 pm and works through the night. 404041 khan sometimes when i get off from job, when i drive back home i feel like im falling asleep. He believes the lack of sleep led to him having a resesechers suggest night shift workers like khan skip driving and find another way home. But his area lacks public transportation. 4242 khan theres no alternative, either i have to take a taxi or go by bus or train, which i cant, theres no bus or Train Service up there and i cant afford a taxi every day. tag researchers say the very nature of ninitshift work fights the bodys Natural Sleep rhythms. And the average nightshift worker loses about 2 hours of sleep per night after a few days, they have lost the equivalent of a full nights sleep. 3 3 whats in a name . Well meet a awoman who makes her living helping Chinese People 3 good morning, norfolk . Its 19 outsisi at time . As we take a look from our icon ag and turf camera. Young american entrepreneur living in shanghai. Its a business opportunity. Reporter seth doane tells us how a 26 year old expat took a cultural oddidi. And turned it in to a viable service. 3 seth taped top married to pkg good morning to lessen those lost in translation moments, its common for chinese to take an english nickname but sometimes those nicknames are unusual. I worked with a girl named haze spelled haze and my chinese teacher is named echo. pkg nats seth approaches people on the streets of shanghai we met chen yingke and wang jing their sot mos 4803 ellen ellen seth ellen thats nice and you . jean my name is Jean Zhou Peng goes by vic sot mos 2 50 52 seth why do you have an english name . vic everyone has one. At work. see nametags of these folks including ghost starbucks but manynynicknames do not exactly translate well to native english speakers. Weve met a girl named king and at starbucks a ghost and a right as in mister right . nats walking shot 8 35 lindsay, walking i love shanghai yeah, its sort of home now. American Lindsay Jernigan was introduced to this phenomenon when she moved from washington dc to shanghai and started meeting people sot sitdown 0000039 lindsay eleven, apple and then there were normamaones that just didnt fit like edison eddie, for short. sot 02 46 seth what did you think of all these names . lindsay i was sort of confused like why is this your english name . Nats showing website to seth in all of this, the 26yearold jernigan saw an opportunity and launched a website to help chinese find an english name. sot 6 33 lindsay our target audience is really 18 to about 30 its people that are kind of getting a bit more serious about their job or studying abroad or going abroad or even working in china in a Multinational Company and they have found our service or website totory to find a name that represent them they have a connection to and that other people will respect. Users can take a quiz or for 45dollars get a 30minute, oneonone consultation. Jernigan explains the meaning of names and sayshinese often want a one thats uncommon and similar to their chinese name. sot 16 02 seth i always like when Chinese People say i dont have an english name, im going to stick with my chinese name were in china lindsay yeah, totally so, we never say that Chinese People have to have an english name thats never been a message that weve that weve put out there or that weve advertised its very much a resource for people who are already y oking for an english name. sot 33 50 keira almost all l my friends have their englishsh name. Meet this 28year old formerly known as eleven the number of her favorite soccer player. sot 26 20 seth when you told people my name is eleven what did they say . kiera thats my trouble they always say wheres seven you know 711 seth where is 7 . keira laughing seth and youd say oh gosh, another 711 joke keira yeah and dont get her started with the confusion it caused when setting up meeting times. After working with jernigan eleven became keira. sot 31 50 keira keria. Keria is not that common, right . Its not that common . seth not that common k keria sounds smart. And keira knight knightley. seth oh sure, Keira Knightley jernigan says it can be hard to explain why some names just dont work sot sitdown 10 04 indsay you run into people here named green or yellow i totally understand why its confusing. seth thats a good point because scarlet and violet are beautiful names lindsay are colors and theyre beautiful seth theres no reason green wouldnt work but it doesnt. lindsay exactly. Theres a learning curve for all involved. This juicestore manager was formerly known as ding. His new name courtesy of jernigan took some practice for his father sot evan 24 22 send to end 24 44 evan evan. Evan. Evan. pause evan . seth thats what your dad said . evan yeah seth he couldnt pronounce it when you told him evan yeah he chuckles and looks down seth taped tag marto now this goes both hardpronouncthe th the miforeig as given mechinese nice thats do awhich 3 weather on the ones brought to you by window world 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high h the tetes. We will see some sunshine b b it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, with single digit lows. 3 3 well take a look at your traffic, news and weather to go coming up after the break. 3 its now time as we take a look outside xxx on n e xxx cam. 3 3 heres a look at your weather to go. 3 3 3 good morning, th is sgt todd sassmann with your siouxland news traffic to goofficers will be running radar on gordon dr and jackson sthave a safe drive to work and school news, this is sgt todd sassmann 3 3 heres a look at your news to go. 3 3 millions of people along the Rising Mississippi River are getting ready for historic and dangerous flooding after days of downpours. The rare winter rains hit missouri hard. Leaving parts of the state underwater. Forecasters say the mississippi and other major rivers wililmost likely crest at record levels starting thursday. The affluenza teen and his mom are expected to be deported to the United States from mexico later today. Ethan and tonya couch were arrested in Puerto Vallarta mexico monday. Two weeks after the 18 year old missed a meeting with his probation officer. Ethan couch made headlines back in 20 13 when he was sentenced to just 10 years probation after a drunk driving crash that killed four people. And. Tensions are high in ohio after a grand jury failed to indict two officers in the Fatal Shooting of 12 year old tamir rice. Protesters marched in downtown cleveland tuesday for hours. Calling for and his partner are on restricted duty after the fatal incident. But could face possible civil rights charges. 3 and be sure to check out siouxland news dot com all day at work and home for the latest news, weather and sports