3 were learning more about two iraqi refugees arrested after an operation through quite a few states. One of them is from sacramento. The other from houston. As c b s news correspondent brian webb shows us. The pair might have been connected somehow. 3 chyrons 4858 flagg miller terror expert123131 goldfield, iowa thursday 123131 ted cruz republican president ial candidate pkg natscourt documents reveal the 23yearold sacramento suspect communicated over social media with an unnamed individual living in texas back in 2013. In one exchange the two allegedly discussed training and fighting overseas. The texas person identified as individual i writes i need to learn from your weapon expertise. The sacramento suspect responds if you arrive and i am still there, i will train you. gfx a criminal complaint unsealed thursday accuses the Sacramento Man of traveling to syria from the us and back alongside a terror organization. Then lying to investigators about it. Authorities say the iraqi citizen originally came to the us as a refugee in 2012. sot flagg miller terror expert this is an individual who was committed to going back home as an iraqi to fight what he perceives were corrupt authoritarian regimes. Law enforcement officials accuse a houston suspect of providing Material Support to isis. The 24yearold texas man entered the u. S as an iraq refugee in 2009 and was granted permanent resident status in 2011. The charges have reignited debate on the Campaign Trial over admitting Syrian Refugees into the u. S. sot ted cruz republican president ial candidate we should not be allowing isis terrorists to come back to america with us passports and wage jihad to attempt to murder innocent men and women in this country. Both suspects are scheduled to brian webb for cbs news. 3 Texas Governor greg abbott released a statement thursday asking president obama to stop the resettlement of refugees in the states. At least until theres an effective way of vetting them. To make sure americans are safe. 3 dakota city nebraska is taking the first steps into building a replacement for its Wastewater Treatment plant. Leaders in the community are behind the plan. But it could mean major rate hikes for customers. Last night the Dakota City City Council got a presentation on a proposed 6 point 8 Million DollarWastewater Treatment plant. The plant would be built a mile south of the where the current facility is. But. Because the project isnt eligible for any grants it would be paid for by a 20 year loan. The loan would be repaid by increased water and sewage rates. Right now sewer rates are 30 dollars a month. And they would increase to at least 60 dollars a month. Even with the cost. Some city a necessity. 3 the city has a wastewater plant about 40 years old. Its falling apart. So the city commitioned a study, and now is in the design phase in building a new facility. To replace the old facility provide better treatment to dicharge the wastewater into the enviroment. If its approved. Its hoped the new plant would be ready to run by august 20 18. When. And if. That happens. The current Wastewater Treatment facility would be torn down. 3 police in illinois are asking for siouxlands help finding a missing elderly man. 82 year old marvin jones of Dekalb County illinois was last heard from tuesday after a hotel stay in sioux city. He told a relative he was on his way to visit an old friend in washington state. But he hasnt been seen or heard from since. Cell phone records put his last known position between sioux city and omaha. Davis suffers from early onset dementia. Hes believed to be ranger pickup. With illinois license plate number 1 3 3 0 2 1 6. Anyone with information on where davis is should call police. 3 this morning. We know a man who police were searching for in northeast nebraska has died after he shot himself. The search for 25 year old David Hoffman started in niobrara nebraska tuesday afternoon after hoffman assaulted a Police Officer who was trying to arrest him. Then stole the officers gun. Wednesday. Hoffman was found on the santee sioux reservation where federal and tribal officers tried to arrest him again. They say hoffman shot himself. He was taken to a hospital. Thats where he died. The f b i is leading the investigation. The agency says no officers fired their weapons during the attempted arrest. 3 and speaking of the f b i. It needs your help this morning. Finding a pair of Jewelry Store robbers that are terrorizing the south. You can see theyre faces. But investigators think theyve hit at least half a dozen times in five states. Reporter mark stross man strassmann is at an outlet mall in woodstock georgia. Outside atlanta. 3 ctm script nats woman enters store jc frontdoor Surveillance Video captures one of the brazen thieves pulling off the latest heist earlier this week. jc frontdoor 2 jc pullsoutbags the woman believed to be in her late 20s or early 30s secures the front door at a jared vault Jewelry Store in mebane mehbin , North Carolina before making her way to the pricey jewelry. showcases this was after the fbi says she forced two employees into a back room at gunpoint and zip tied their hands. gfx in federal agents believe the woman and a man are behind at least six jewelry heists in georgiaflorida. South carolina. Tennesseeand North Carolina. gfx out sot lawrence borghini fbi special agent borghini intv 185127 and 185310 cover some with good robbery stuff including the man stealing well planned Jewelry Store robberies. They are not just walking into the Jewelry Stores. They have some knowledge about the industry. i believe theyre bringing them to a larger city such as new york city or some these stealth rings operate from. Authorities say the team carefully inspects their fbi 57 and 23 in panama city beach, florida the woman spoke with an employee the day before she was caught shoving diamonds and watches into a plastic bag. screengrab showing gun she wears gloves to hide any fingerprints. But face. sot lawrence borghini fbi special agent 190406 the most frustrating part of the case or the most challenging part of the case is the pictures are so clear and we have such good Surveillance Footage that nobody has come forward with information to help us identify these people. show video from top of piece again its clear and good more good robbery stuff its believed the thieves have stolen millions in high end jewelry. They tend to pick stores by the interstatepre sumably for an easy escape. Using a different car each time to further avoid detection. wed066 42 sot lawrence borghini fbi special agent borghini intv 185500 and 185433 with social media these days, somebody knows who these people are. theyre using services in the community such as hotels, restaurants, gas stations. They could be anywhere. 3 heres a whale of a good story. Archaeologists have found parts of two down in the arctic. And the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says Climate Change helped findem. N o a a says with less ice in the arctic. Archaeologists now have more access to potential Shipwreck Sites than ever before. The n o a a team found hulls of two whaling ships about 144 years after they and 31 others sank off the northern coast of alaska. Theyre believed to be the remains of ships that were trapped by ice in september. 1871. After getting stuck. The ships slowly deteriorated. Leaving more than 12 hundred whalers stranded. None of them died. They were eventually rescued. N o a a says the incident is considered one of the major triggers for the demise of whaling in the u s. 3 3 3 current temperatures across siouxland are the warmest we will see for a few days. The pinks up north are on the way signaling a big cool down coming up. Details next. 3 3 coming up. Folks in one syrian town caught in the crosshairs of the countrys civil war say theyre dying in slow motion. Well show you why they havent gotten any food since october. 3 youre watching Siouxland Heller and 3 meteorologist cat taylor3 3 weather on the ones, brought to you by Siouxland Federal Credit Union 3 snow will continue on friday lingering into early saturday. Before all is said and done we could see in the range of 13 possible. Once the snow clears, our first push of arctic air breezes in for the end of the between 15 and 25. Z temperatures will temporarily recover for monday back into the 20s, but then a secondary arctic blast will bring us back into the teens for tuesday. After that, expect a small warm up. 3 heres what were talking about on facebook this morning. It looks like a snowy day out there. Whats your favorite way to have fun in the snow . 3 looking for a Hoverboard Butler . One companys trying to make it a reality hen uh hena daniels is in new york with your c b s moneywatch. On wall street, for a thirds day stocks tumbled into triple digit losses the dow fell 392 points the nasdaq lost 146 points the fast and furious franchise is eyeing cuba to film the eighth installment for the popular series. This would be the first Hollywood Studio film to shoot on the island since the embargo was set in the 1960s. The fast and furious is known for shooting in exotic locations including dubai and japan ever want a segway that turns into a robot companion when youre not using it . Meet the ninebot. The Hoverboard Butler will turn into a selfbalancing robot when youre not riding it follow you around take pictures and even carry stuff for you. The developer kit will be available later this year. The price for the mini robot has not been announced yet trying to get leaner and healthier this new year . How about eating tacos for breakfast, lunch and dinner . In the book called taco cleanse taco scientists out of San Antonio Texas have created the clease providing more than 75 vegan recipes where you will have to eat tacos all day long for 30 days. thats your cbs log onto cbs moneywatch dot com. In new york, im hena daniels 3 3 forces from the Syrian Government are blockading rebel controlled towns in syria. And the people who live there are starving because of it. One person who lives there said theyre dying in slow motion because they just dont have food. Water. And medicine. Reporter ellizabeth palmer takes us there. 3 start with picure of baby with huge eye then skeletal boy, then mother feeding child, then crying man all amvid months of deprivation have pushed the smallest and the poorest to the brink. A mother feeds her child what looks like broth but is actually water flavoured a man explains. Upsot arabic we have no food, no bursts into tears. Please world he begs, we are dying. end crying man boiling grass soup amvid activists say the most wretched are making soup with grass. Some have died of starvation. location shots from palmer piece in 2012 zabadani and area this. Just 30 miles from the capital damascus. In a fertile area of farms and orchards. We travelled there in 2012 when it was still safe enough to visit the rebels who control the area. graphic shows Madaya Zabadani with hezb forces on west lebanese border side and syrian army on east now they. And more than 40,000 residents are trapped surrounded by Syrian Government forces. Who have sealed off all the roads. end graphic amvid of crowd beseeching soldiers. this video posted by activists shows residents begging the government soldiers to let Food Supplies in. The last aid convoy they allowed to pass was back in october. tag syrian govt suddenly allowing passage of aid convoy pictures being released 3 3 after the break. In an unprecedented lawsuit. Drug distributors and pharmacies are being sued for negligence in West Virginias growing painkiller addiction problem. Well take you to the small town that is the center of the problem. 3 first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor 3 snow will continue on friday lingering into early saturday. Before all is said and done in the range of once the snow clears, our first push of arctic air breezes in for the end of the weekend into early next week. Prepare for wind chills between 15 and 25. Z temperatures will temporarily recover for monday back into the 20s, but then a secondary arctic blast will bring us back into the teens for tuesday. After that, expect a small warm up. 3 West Virginias prescription pain pill epidemic has pain pill prescription West Virginias 3 warm up. 3 3 West Virginias prescription state suing pharmacies and drug distributors for handing out painkillers to virtually anyone who asked. Reporter jim axelrod went to kermit west virigina. One of the centers of the problem. 3 montage of kermit no state has had more trouble with prescription pain pills than West Virginia and no town more trouble than kermit population 400. undercover video of people streaming in and out drive thru this undercover video of kermits main pharmacy shows scores of people picking up prescriptions inside and at the drive thru window. cagle 180830 they filled more scripts for oxycodone than all but 21 pharmacies in america. ja in the country . jc yes, in the country. jim at work jim cagle represents the state in the Ground Breaking lawsuit against pill mills and wholesale drug distributors. cagle what you have is some bad doctors and pharmacies who are willing to turn a blind eye because of the money thats involved. more undercover video freeze ro form grfx bed grfx w s more than threemillion doses of hydrocodone were ordered by a kermit pharmacist, james wooley. In one year, he paid drug distributors hundreds of thousands of dollars while dollars in profit. In 2012 wooley lost his license and served six months in prison for illegally dispensing drugs. outside tug valley customers jim enters tug valley but cagle told us the problem persists. This pharmacy tug valley is now being sued for negligently filling prescriptions. Records show tug valley was filling more than 150 pain prescriptions a day from one clinic alone. axe hi, are you mr. Ballengee . Im jim axelrod with cbs news. We decided to ask owner Randy Ballengee about the charges axe 020315 seen so your name is in a lawsuit alleging substandard care. balengee on phone right nods axe you have nothing to say to me directly. balengee shakes head no at his lawyers direction, he wouldnt respond. sec. Bowling 161355 we would think that then an alarm bell would go off. West virginias secretary of health Karen Bowling says until now, the drug distributors have escaped scrutiny. sec. Bowling 161359 if you were a distributor, if you were providing medication to pharmacies, that someone would say, wow, this is a lot. you know, what do we need to do about it . State Capitol bldg thats the premise behind the unprecedented lawsuit. Under West Virginias law distributors are legally bound to report suspicious orders that distributor has good reason to believe that the prescriptions that are being filled are not for legitimate medical purposes than they are not to make that delivery. ja they have an obligation . jac they have a duty, yes. grfx with court docs under naming 11 distributors hilite amerisourcebergen then s amerisourcebergen, is the Third Largest drug distributor in the country and one of eleven defendants in the states case. Over a five year period they filled orders for 118million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills enough to supply every West Virginian with thirteen pain pills a year. axe 175100 thats scary math. jc yes it is. 175112 it is actually the product of what i would refer to as a Business Plan, a Business Plan by people that are not honorable people. Tag 3 still to come. President obama talked gun violence thursday during a live town hall event. And in an opinion editorial in the new york times. Well show you what a candidate has to do to earn his endorsement. Youre watching siouxland news 3 this is siouxland news at sunrise on kmeg 14 3 good morning everyone,thanks for starting your morning with us. Im jacob heller. And im meteorologist cat 3 snow will continue on friday 3 lingering into early saturday. Before all is said and done we could see in the range of 13 possible. Once the snow clears, our first push of arctic air breezes in for the end of the weekend into early next week. Prepare for wind chills between 15 and 25. Z temperatures will temporarily recover for monday back into the 20s, but then a arctic blast will bring us back into the teens for tuesday. After that, expect a small warm up. 3 president obama is talking about his plan to strenghten gun back ground checks. As c b s news correspondent brian webb shows us. At a town hall meeting last night the president took aim at the 3 chyrons taya kyle widow of Navy Seal Chris kyle vo town hall president obama was peppered with tough questions at a town hall meeting that attracted high profile players in the gun debate, including former congresswoman gabby giffords. filetucson shooting in overnight folder today is the fiveyear anniversary of the mass shooting in tucson, arizona that killed six and almost took her life thu0470 33 sot obama every time i see gabby im just so thrilled because i visited her in the hospital as we left the hospital then to go to a memorial service, we got word that gabby had opened her eyes for the first time. The president is pushing his recently unveiled executive actions aimed at expanding background checks. Last night he slammed the nra for refusing to discuss gun violence with him sot thu0469 at 25 obama theres a reason why the nra is not here. Their just down the street. And, since this is the think theyd be prepared to have a debate with the president. nra tweet graphic during the town hall, the nra tweeted none of the president s orders would have stopped any of the recent mass shootings. Also at the event, taya kyle, whose late husband chris kyle was depicted in the movie american sniper. sot pipe 5 at 20 16 38 25 taya kyle widow of navy seal by the very nature of the people who are hurting our families i dont think any of them wouldve been stopped by background checks. Chris kyle was shot to death at a shooting range in texas in 2013. Brian webb for cbs news. 3 kyles wife said she wants the freedom to carry any gun she needs to keep herself safe. President obama responded by saying all law abiding gun owners like taya would be able to legally buy guns. 3 3 kentucky senator rand paul made a stop in sioux city yesterday. 3 about 50 people came together at the Wilbur Aalfs Library for the candidates meet and greet. Paul says americas hes elected. He wont send americans to war without a vote in congress. He thinks this weeks executive orders issued by president obama on gun control are unconstitutional. And dangerous. 3 so we should do everything we can to stop this. Not only because i think gun control doesnt fix the problem, criminals tend not to pay much attention to gun control, but because it endangers the balance of powers. Paul was with his wife. He said he hopes they can go skating while in iowa to celebrate his birthday. 3 3 another republican candidate will be in siouxland monday. Doctor ben carson has stops planned in denison. Sioux city. And le mars. The denison and le mars events will be town hall meetings. The sioux city event will be a round table talk with pastor john maxwell. Times and locations for all these events are online at siouxland news dot com. 3 sioux citys new Childrens Museum is getting ready for its opening day. The launchpad Childrens Museum on pearl street will but members will have a chance to take a sneak peek before the official opening. Thatll be the weekend before. Museum director bob fitch says most of the hands on museums exhibits are almost finished. 3 very exciting, cause were on track to open on february 11th, thatll be our Ribbon Cutting day and when its open to the public. Construction is about 99 done and exhibit installation is about 80 done and weve come unbelievably far just this week. A yearly membership costs 85 dollars for a family. Most of the exhibits are targeted to kids between 6 months and 10 years old. But should be fun for teenagers and adults. Too. 3 theyve come a long ways since using buckets. And later horses. To put out fires. Now. A book hilighting the 140 year history of sioux citys firefighters is on bookshelves. Our own siouxland News Reporter kayla 3 George Lindblade picked up a camera 71 years ago and has traveled the world finding history through his lens. In sioux city he was known as the sioux city fire photographer. I have always been hanging around fire stations and thats what drives you to do it. Cause you get to know the people you get to know their personalities, you get to know what makes them tick and Fire Fighters are a unique breed. This was the inspriation for his wife. Lou ann and his book fully involved. The book describes the history of sioux citys Fire Department and its firefighters since 1865. There is a lot of information and there was a lot of information around but it is in various places, various books, and this brings it all together to one spot. The book includes photos from sioux city fires, fundraising events for the station and even some recipes from a fire house chef. The lindblades hope the book is a war for the live on in the community. And hopefully this book will spark some more people to get interested in it. Kayla novak siouxland news. 3 the lindblades arent the only ones who contributed to the book. You can pick up a copy of fully involved at their store. Sioux city gifts. On pierce street. You can find the full address in this story on our website. Siouxlandnews dot com. 3 a Youth Soccer League is going up against the n f l in a california courtroom. The Soccer League says the city of santa clara is illegally letting the n f l use fields next to levis stadium. Which is hosting super bowl 50 next month. Reporter Michelle Miller brings us the groups worries the n f l will ruin the 11 acre park for the almost 15 hundred kids who play there. 3 nats kids playing soccer 03 hundreds of kids play soccer on this pristine turf every week. 08 but on monday, crews begin transforming the fields into the nfl media camp for the biggest event in American Sports the super bowl. nats 24 10 the nfl and the city of santa clara say the league was granted permission to use the fields in 2013 as part of an agreement made process. 07 the city owns the fields, but the Soccer League that uses them claims it only learned about the nfls full plans two weeks ago. 06 the soccer fields will be closed until march and the league is now scrambling to find replacement fields. sot gabe foo, santa clara Youth Soccer League boardmember 22 15 06 to kind of just bulldoze over the kids to hand over the park to the nfl and not be accountable to making sure the kids have a place to play thats outrageous. 06 gabe foo is a boardmember for santa clara youth soccer. Hes concerned the nfl will damage the fields. sot gabe foo, santa clara Youth Soccer League boardmember 22 14 11 we have yet to see anything on paper from the nfl or the city that proves that theyre going to return it in the same condition. Thats what our fear is. 07 Sophia Mendoza hopes to play soccer in college. She says closing the complex could hurt her chances of being recruited. sot its way easier to play and show off and showcase yourself on a good field than it is on a High School Field or a park with some grass. 21 53 21 without those fields, then we dont get the same exposure. 18 the nfl says itll minimize any impact on the fields and is installing plastic flooring to protect the grass. A spokesman also said gfx in the nfl and 49ers have already committed to replace at no cost to the city of santa clara the two natural grass fields. gfx out Sophia Mendoza, Soccer Player 21 55 02 these professional athletes coming for the super bowl, they have their careers built, they have their whole lives already set. 21 56 03 were just getting started, were Young Athletes trying to build our careers. 3 midnight and ole presented their political pick of the week thursday. Havent heard of these political pundits before . Theres a that. They are bulls at the Worlds ToughestRodeo National tour. Cameras came together at the Wells Fargo Arena thursday afternoon to see what the two could tell us about their picks for the republican and democrats. The bulls were playing bull chip bingo. It looks like midnight picked donald trump and marco rubio. Ole seemed to favor bernie sanders. But hes still debating his decision. 3 3 3 3 briar cliff wants to take you to its hall of fame stick around for talk of the town coming up after the break 3 youre watching Siouxland Heller and 3 meteorologist cat taylor 3 first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor 3 snow will continue on friday before all is said and done we could see in the range of 13 possible. Once the snow clears, our first push of arctic air breezes in for the end of the weekend into early next week. Between 15 and 25. Z temperatures temporarily monday back but then a arctic blast will bring us back into the teens for tuesday. After 3 Briar Cliff University has a hall of fame weekend coming up. Thats why were talking with loma kohn on talk of the town this 3 jake and a guest or group of guests discuss upcoming 3 to be cold 3 good morning, sioux city . Its 34 outside at time . As we take a look from our jc 3 pants for your dog . A canadian dog wear maker is looking to settle the debate on how to wear them. genie jeanne mows moos takes a look. 3 reporter pkgas follows who wears the pants in your 3 relationship, you or your dog . Well now you both can. This is the story of how a jokey doggy diagram that went viral led to a bonanza for muddy mutts. tim skelly owner, muddy mutts business is a little ridiculous. But first, the ridiculous question. A 19year old student in belgium claims his girlfriends dog rocky got him thinking. If a dog wore pants would he wear them like this, on four legs, or like this, on his two hind legs . The internet went nuts joking about and debating the the hind legs be shorts . Or are both wrong since pants are supposed to cover your butt. And then muddy mutts waters. jeanne moos cnn correspondent so you think youve settled the argument once and for all . tim skelly owner, muddy mutts it is settled. Four legs. Exist. Waterproof nylon waders sold by a husband and wife u. S. tim skelly owner, muddy mutts it looks really funny cleaning a dog for 20 minutes after a walk, its really product until the diagram went viral and tim skelly says percent. tim skelly owner, muddy mutts id love to show one that was on our model dog. Now theres a waiting list as mutts. jeanne moos cnn correspondent dogs, like people, have to put their pants on one leg at a time. video the easiest way to put on a muddy mutt is to start with the front legs. You put on each leg and fasten the velcro cuffs. There are three straps. Then your dog can look like a studly fireman. The original diagram led to spoofs earthworm wear a bra . But the idea of dogs in pants wormed its way around the web, and now even the owner of rocky, the dog that inspired the debate, is considering buying a pair of muddy though we himself is panting for pants. 3 snow will continue on friday lingering into early saturday. Before all is said and done we could see in the range of 13 possible. Once the snow clears, breezes in for the end of the weekend into early next week. Between 15 and 25. Z temperatures will temporarily recover for monday back into the 20s, but then a secondary arctic blast will bring us tuesday. After that, expect a 3 3 time for a trip to the sunrise time for a trip 3 time for a trip to the sunrise watercooler. A Marriage Proposal is a moment in time youll want to capture forever. This guy had a team of ten photographers capture hundreds of moments. And stitch them together video. 3 he took his girlfriend on a date to the Lincoln Memorial and popped the question surrounded by the photographers. Thats what gave us this sweet 360 degree video. 3 oh. 3 and she said yes by the way. 3 3 coming up. Infrared video shows the gas leak in california is releasing 70 thousand pounds of methane an hour. Well show you how long it could take before the leak is fixed. 3 plus your morning news, weather and sports are all coming up. Its now time as we take a look outside xxx on the xxx cam. Keep it right sunrise. 3 3 heres a look at your weather to go. 3 3 3 two middle eastern refugees arrested after a multi state terror investigation are scheduled to appear in court today. Police say one of them. A 23 year old from sacramento. Managed to go to syria to fight with a terrorist group. Officials say that man is somehow connected to a 24 year old from houston. Accused of providing Material Support to isis. President obama is giving new clues into which candidate hell support in the general election. In an opinion editorial published thursday in the new york times. The president said he wont back any candidate who doesnt support common sense gun reform. The comments came on the same day president obama made his case for tighter gun control rules during a meeting. And. The mother of the affluenza teen is expected to be in a texas court this morning. Tonya couch is accused of hindering the apprehension of a felon. For fleeing to mexico with her son after he missed a probation hearing. Ethan couch made headlines back in 20 13 when he was sentenced to just 10 years probation for killed four people. Hes still in mexico. 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. Ahead on cbs this morning, Major Garrett visits the ted cruz bus. He talks with the president ial candidate about the questions over his eligibility to run for president. And the lotto curse. Why you may be better off not winning the biggest jackpot in us history. The news is back in the morning. See you at seven. 3 this is siouxland news at sunrise on kmeg 14 3 good morning everyone and welcome to siouxland news at sunrise. Thanks for starting your morning with us. Im jacob cat taylor. 3 3 snow will continue on friday lingering into early saturday. Before all is said and done we could see in the range of 13 possible. Once the snow clears, our first push of arctic air breezes in for the end of the weekend into early next week. Prepare for wind chills between 15 and 25. Z temperatures will temporarily recover for monday back into the 20s, but then a secondary arctic blast will bring us back into the teens for 3 3 3 after 75 days of a massive methane gas leak. Declared a state of emergency in california. While federal funds will be available now. Brown says the gas company will pay for the cost of fixing the leak. C b s news correspondent me uh ree uh mireya vee uh ree all villarreal has this story. 3 narr infrared and black and white this infrared video shows you what you cant see with 3 a naked eyea geiser spewing at least 70,000 pounds of gas every hour into Southern California neighborhoods less than 2 miles away. nats meeting, Erin Brockovich eb this is the bp oil spill on land narr environmental activist Erin Brockovich was blunt about the latest gas leak findings. potential gfx copy the info from expert meteorologist a new study commissioned by a law firms suing Southern California gas says gas is now reaching porter ranch neighborhoods 18 hours of the day. sot brockovich, 1 06 25 eb this isnt a onetime assault every single day. narr Southern California gas chief operating officer bret lane. sot bret lane i personally apologize to the residents of porter ranch, our focus is to try and eliminate the nuisance and issues, we apologize for that. narr animation in to stop the leak the Utility Company needs to drill down 8,000 feet. They are using a relief well to intersect the leaking pipe and plug it up. The gas Company Estimates the process will taken until april. animation out nats Christine Soderlund with kids Christine Soderlund home is less than two miles from the gas leak. She moved after her children started to get sick with unexplained headaches, nausea and nosebleeds. sot christine, cs im worrying about the gas everyday, im worrying about my familys health. are they going to have Health Effects 20 years 3 dakota city nebraska is taking the first steps into building a replacement for its Wastewater Treatment plant. Leaders in the community are behind the plan. But it could mean major rate hikes for customers. Last night the Dakota City City Council got a presentation on a proposed 6 point 8 Million DollarWastewater Treatment plant. The plant would be built a mile south of the where the current facility is. But. Because the project isnt eligible for any grants it would be paid for by a 20 year loan. The loan would be repaid by increased water and sewage rates. Right now sewer rates are 30 dollars a month. And they would increase to at least 60 dollars a month. Even with the cost. Some city Officials Say the new plant is a necessity. 3 the city has a wastewater plant about 40 years old. Its falling apart. So the city commitioned a study, and now is in the design phase in building a new facility. To replace the old facility provide better treatment to enviroment. If its approved. Its hoped the new plant would be ready to run by august 20 18. When. And if. That happens. The current Wastewater Treatment facility would be torn down. 3 police in illinois are asking for siouxlands help finding a missing elderly man. 82 year old marvin jones of Dekalb County illinois was last heard from tuesday after a hotel stay in sioux city. He told a relative he was on his way to visit an old friend in washington state. But he hasnt been seen or heard from since. Cell phone records put his last known position between sioux city and omaha. Davis suffers from early onset dementia. Hes believed to be driving a maroon 2010 ford ranger pickup. With illinois license plate number 1 3 3 0 2 1 6. Anyone with information on where davis is should call police. 3 this morning. We know a man who police were searching for in northeast nebraska has died after he shot himself. The search for 25 year old David Hoffman tuesday afternoon after hoffman assaulted a Police Officer who was trying to arrest him. Then stole the officers gun. Wednesday. Hoffman was found on the santee sioux reservation where federal and tribal officers tried to arrest him again. They say hoffman shot himself. He was taken to a hospital. Thats where he died. The f b i is leading the investigation. The agency says no officers fired their weapons during the attempted arrest. 3 its not really a surprise isis has been dominating the headlines. But military leaders say a familiar enemy is making a comeback. Al qaeda. The terrorist group behind 9 11. In this mornings safe and secure report our National Correspondent jeff barnd 3 talks to experts who say these extremists could once again plan attacks against the west. 3 al qaeda is nearly 30 years old. It has endured the soviet incursion in afghanistan in the late 70s constant american strikes and killing osama bin laden, the group behind the worst attack on us soil survives. sot braniffal qaedas resurgence or continued existance should certainly be a concern for the u. S. And other western governments. 3 vo a u. S. Led attack on an alqaeda camp last fall in afghanistan killed more than 200 al qaeda members and revealed a previousily unknown sophistacated network of fortresses. Military Officials Say there are other such compounds. But just how many is unknown this as, a new generation of al qaeda jidhadists is growing. sot shaffernow what we see is an al qaeda that is going through a madonna like renewal of identity. And i think theyre very quietly trying to pick up on what is working with isis and then integrating that into their philosophy as they go forward. bridge retired colonel tony shaffer says in the last 15 years, the total u. S. Military cost against near east has been roughly 2 trillion dollars and al qaedas goal is to win the battle against the west through attrition. sot shaffer the idea of trying to bleed us with 1000 cuts was effective at least initially. They were able to draw us both into afghanistan and iraq. map now, experts say other terror groups have drawn the u. S into several hotspots nigeria, egypt, syria, jordan, djibouti, iraq and afghanistan. vo with isis continuing its bloody campaigns and boko haram, who recently killed at least 50people in Nigeria Military experts say its illtimed that an old adversary al qaeda is reemergingim jeff barnd reporting. 3 other terror groups like al shabaab attacked a bus in kenya last month. Killing 2 people. But doctor braniff says that organization has weakened because of poor leadership. 3 robbing banks is a dirty it. A man who looks a bit like former dirty jobs host mike rowe robbed a bank in oregon earlier this week. Police in medford posted an image of the man on the internet. Rowe himself heard that he had a law breaking look a like in the northwest and commented on social media. He pointed out he is much taller than the suspect. But he also said he could prove he wasnt in the state. If he has to. 3 3 3 3 teams from three states were in tournament action yesterday. Chris has the highlights. Next. In sports. 3 youre watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob taylor3 3 weather on the ones, brought to you by Siouxland Federal Credit Union 3 snow will continue on friday lingering into early saturday. Before all is said and done we could see in the range of 13 possible. Once the snow clears, our first push of arctic air breezes in for the end of the weekend into early next week. Prepare for wind chills between 15 and 25. Z temperatures will temporarily recover for monday back into the 20s, secondary arctic blast will bring us back into the teens for tuesday. After that, warm up. 3 sports, with sports director chris neyenhouse. Good morning siouxland, heres a look morning the cnos tournament tipped off yesterday at the tyson event center. The three chance to event gives us 3 a chance to see some otherwise not see. Like this one lemars, winners of three of their last four, against east. 1 1st quarter here the bulldogs came out hot. This is Trenton Hillbrands he stops then off the inbounds that is as pretty a shot as youre going to see from will pottebaum. Only one senior on le mars they are young and good. 3 east a tad bit more veteran and good. That is a nice drive from Connor Murrell the senior. 4 and then the jumper from another senior ty benson. East down 95. They came back. Pulled away in the 4th quarter they win it 6759. Dakota valley hosting lennox in a rescheduled game from the snow storm last week. Head coach tammy lilly getting the girls fired up. 1 panthers scoreless for the first handful of minutes but Claire Johnsons running the point so she gets two the hard way its 42 orioles. 2 then johnson again. What she lacks in size she makes up for in guts on these drives to the hoop 3 towards the end of the First Quarter sarah bohan was doing it too the guards not afraid to drive to the hole in north sioux 86 dv. 4 Second Quarter now its 97. Off the miss by anne mccabe Madisyn Heeren is there for the putback 117 then. Dakota valley goes on to win 4038. To the boys side now back at the cnos tournament. Spencer is 51 taking on a 43 Lawton Bronson team. 1 and spencer looked good. 2nd quarter now James Mcdermott with the big rebound and putback. Spencer up 2013. 2 and then later the to jake kluender. And one spencer extends their lead. 3 and then blake illig steps into the eagle passing lane ad goes all the way to the hoop spencer up 3114 4 Lawton Bronson needed threes to get back into this one. Heres one from noah oliver. Too much spencer though they win it 8045nebraskas class c1 undefeated defending state champs pierce facing spencer as well today. Spencer trying to avoide a three game skid after starting the year 50. 1 tigers down 255 to start the second half though. This shot from ally schlaeger is good for two. Just inside the arc. 2 then off the missed three there off the putback is keeley petzenhasuer. 3 but this was just a blue jay kinda day. They go down low to jacie brahmer. She gets the hoop and the harm. It was 2811 then. 4 then sidney zimmerrer finds brahmer again. Blue jays cruise in this one. 4318 the final. More defending state champs c2s crofton hosting battle creek. 1. Crofton doesnt waste any time. Breanna allen with the three. Warriors up three to nothing. 2. Later in the first. Battle creeks Abigail Westerman with a three of her own. Game tied at three. 3. The game would remain close but in the Second Quarter. Crofton starts to play Katie Peterson with the layup. Twenty three to seventeen warriors4. Later in the Second Quarter. Croftons monica arens with the three. Crofton up thirty to twentyone. 5. Right before the half. Katie peterson misses the short jumper but Hannah Steffen is there to score the layup as the buzzer sounds. Crofton would go into the half up fortyone to twentysix and. Crofton wins 7342. Same two teams on the boys side. 1. Battle creek gets on the board first. Joshua schick with the jumper. Braves up two to nothing. 2. Later in the first. Battle creek on the break and kobe lade with the layup. Braves up eight to nothing. Battle creek would lead eleven to zip before crofton would score. 3. Later in the First Quarter. Croftons dylan potts with the tough move inside. Warriors trail thirteen to six. 4. In the Second Quarter. Battle creeks stone kraft with the jumper. Braves up twentyfive to seventeen. 5. At the end of the first half. Croftons grant wragge hits the three as the buzzer sounds. Battle creek would lead thirty to twentyfour at the half and battle creek goes on to win 5844. Musketeers have only allowed a single goal in each game of their four game top Goal Scoring Team in the ushl the cedar rapids roughriders. 1 roughriders have similar jersey to the muskies dont be fooled. This is ross colton in the 1st period making it 10 roughriders. 2 same period same score. Callahan burke lights the lamp off the rebound. Its 20 after one period. 3 Second Period now this is hugh mcging beating cam gornet whos played so well lately. Roughriders would lose 40. In other Boys Basketball tonight emmetsburg defeats sioux central 5229. And in wrestling Sergeant Bluff luton over cbal 6812 and Thomas Jefferson 3727. Thats it for your morning sportscast. Be sure to check in and watch sports with us at 5 and 10. Be careful of some of the possible delays or cancellations for the cnos tournament, were looking at some weather, im sure cat taylor can help fill us in on how thats all looking. Back to you, jake. 3 3 most of the tanner gang is back. Well take a first look at a fuller house. Its time . Your Sunrise Entertainment is after the break. Weather. 3 3 first alert weather with 3 snow will continue on friday lingering into early saturday. Before all is said and done we possible. Once the snow clears, our first push of arctic air weekend into early next week. Prepare for wind chills temperatures will temporarily recover for monday back into arctic blast will bring us back into the teens for 3 3 were getting a look inside fuller house. Zachary ready for the new york stage. The new york get ready for robin tunney quinto getting a 3 were getting a look inside fuller house. Zachary quinto and robin tunney get ready for the new york farewell to a super super. Suzanne marques has your eye on entertainment. 3 he was everybodys favorite building superintendent. Pat harrington has died. Harrington played the loveable schneider on 3 the cbs sitcom, 3 one day at a time. The role won him an emmy in 1984. Pat harrington was 86. robin tunney, star of the mentalist, and Zachary Quinto are getting ready for the off broadway debut of smokefall the drama tells the story of a family whose secrets are uncovered. sot Zachary Quinto smokefall after i read it for the first time, it just kept working on me. I just kept. It got lodged in my consciousness, and it kept revealing deeper aspects of itself. sot robin tunney smokefall theres no way you can get through life without trauma. And its about the traumas in the family that make the family who they are. Previews begin february fourth. beyonce will join the super bowl 50 halftime show. Pepsi confirmed the big news to the Associated Press thursday. You may remember queen bee brought the house down during the halftime event in 2013. ,, and netflix has released the first images of the cast and set from fuller house. The Tanner Family is all grown up, but back together inside the San Francisco house that was a sitcom staple in the late 80s and early 90s. Fuller house debuts on netflix next month. And thats your eye on entertainment. Suzanne marques, cbs news, los angeles. 3 heres what were talking about on facebook this morning. It looks like a snowy day out there. Whats your favorite way to have fun in the snow . 3 still to come. Millions of americans are shivering their way through colder temperatures in the north east. Well introduce you to some people who see the temperature drop as a cause for celebration. Its now time as we take a look outside xxx on the xxx cam. Your weather siouxland news at sunrise. 3 this is siouxland news at sunrise on kmeg 14 3 good morning everyone,thanks for starting your morning with us. Im jacob heller. 3 and im meteorologist cat taylor. 3 snow will continue on friday lingering into early saturday. Before all is said and done we our first push of arctic air breezes in for the end of the weekeninto early next week. Prepare for wind chills between 15 and 25. Z temperatures will temporarily recover for monday back into the 20s, but then a secondary arctic blast will bring us back into the teens for tuesday. After that, expect a small warm up. 3 decembers record warmth in the northeast wasnt welcomed by everyone. Thats especially true if you like to do anything in the snow. But a colder january is finally helping the east coast ski season get started. Reporter don dahler is in pennsylvanias poconos. Shawnee mountain. Which opened to skiers wednesday. 3 ctm script nats ski montage for this group of joyful skiers you can go ahead and mark january sixth as the best day of the year. nats people skiing thats because snow has finally arrived on the poconos Shawnee Mountain. nats machines well, not real snow. But a machinemade blend of water and compressed air thats now covering a third of the slopes thanks to frigid temperatures. 105542 jim tust, shawnee 3 mountain managing partner weve been anxious to get the season started. Its been a little tough this year. Jim tust is a managing partner at the Shawnee Mountain ski area. In his 35 year career herethere hasnt been a season quite like this. 105740 nats jim tourism is the most important in the poconos. But from a cabin named hope he oked toward the brighter and colder future this winter and his machines could deliver. 114640 don it had to feel good to look out and see these big machines blowing snow. jim tust its terrific. And i live close by so i can hear its l really making some good snow we are optimistic. Three quarters of the season lies ahead so were are looking forward to a really good january and february. gfx in but december disspointed just about every ski resort in the northeast, where the number of usable trails is still only 43 . Compare that to the 99 thats skiable out west. gfx out nats jackson hole skiing this is footage of my family skiing in wyoming a few weeks ago, where the snow was over eleven feet deep. nats jackson hole chair you can blame this boom or bust season on the el nino weather pattern, which kept the east. 170025 nats with douglass on slopes how long you been coming here . Kids and my kiki and my grandkids learned to play. Douglass otte has skied shawnee since it first opened in 1975. Hes never waited soso long to get on the mountain. 165749 don its been a slow start this year. douglass pathetically slow start. I expected to get 15 days in already. This late season freeze hasnt only held up those eager to hit the slopes, but nearly every local business connected to the ski economy. 135223 Nicolette Laboy right now its not close to what it was last year. Nicolette laboy works at the poconos starting gate Action Sports where sales have not only stalled, theyve dropped 75 compared to a year ago. nats ordering tickets i need a lift ticket. And for those resort employees as seasonal as the snow its been no vacation. 122700 nicole fox, Shawnee MountainSeasonal Employee the past two years weve opened on black friday so to open this late took a toll on us. Nicole fox is one of shawnees more than 450 Seasonal Employees who went more than a month without pay. 123117 what is it like for you when you havent gotten that phone call and january comes around . nicole fox, Shawnee MountainSeasonal Employee for me its just hard. 123134 im not used to starting this late its hard. Theres bills to be paid. 114325 jim tust thats the to tell people gee we just dont have work yet. but in winters longawaited arrival jim tust sees an opportunity for crowds looking to make up for lost time. 115312 don call in sick to work. jim tust i hope. Take a snow day. Its all right by me laughter 3 3 kentucky senator rand paul made a stop in sioux city yesterday. 3 about 50 people came together at the wilbur aalfs librarar for the cacaidates meet andnd greet. Paul says americas debt is threatening national security. He also said if hes elected. He wont send americans to war without a vote in congress. He thinks this weeks executive orders issued by president obama on gun control are unconstitutional. And dangerous. 3 so we should do everything we can to stop this. Not only because i thiningun control doesnt fix x e problem, criminals tend nototo pay much attention to gun control, but because it endangers the balance of powers. Said he hopes they can go skating while in iowa to celebrate his birthday. 3 3 another republican candidate will be in siouxland monday. Doctor ben carson has stops planned in denison. Sioux city. And le mars. The denison and le mars events will be town hall meetings. The sioux city event will be a round table talk with pastor john maxwell. Times and locations for all these events are online at siouxland news dot com. 3 sioux citys new Childrens Museum is getting ready for its opening day. The launchpad Childrens Museum on pearl street will officially open february 11th. But members will have a chance t ttake a sneak peek before the official opening. Thatll be the weekend before. Museum director bob fitch says most of the hands on museums exhibits are almost finished. 3 very exciting, cause were on track to open on february 11th, thatll be our Ribbon Cutting day and when its open to the public. Construction is about 99 done and exhibit and weve come unbelievably far just this week. A yearly membership costs 85 dollars for a family. Most of the exhibits are targeted to kids between 6 months and 10 years old. But should be fun for teenagers and adults. Too. 3 the u s d a released new guidelines on how many calories people should consume. And where they should get those calories from. C b s news chief medical correspondent doctor jon lapook breaks down a normal day of eating under these updated guidelines. 3 narr 1 grphx the new usda guidelines recommend people consume less than 10 percent of calories per day from added sugars about 12 teaspoons of sugarless than 10 percent of calories per day from saturated fats about a fast food cheeseburgerless than 2,300 milligrams mg per day of sodium, or a teaspoon of table salt narr 2 grphx women should consume between 1,600 2,400 calories a day. Men. 2,000 3,000. narr 3 grphx lets see how this up. If you have cereal and coffee for breakfastest. Calories 243a turkey and cheese wrap, soda and chips for lunchest. Calories 510an apple as a snackest. Calories a glass of wine for dinnerest. Piece of cake for dessert. Est. Calories 400youve consumed about 1750 1,746 calories. But the soda alone exceeded the recommended sugar limit and the turkey wrap and chips contain about 1100 milligrams of sodium, already amount. nat pop from Sharon Zarabi, rd narr 4 Sharon Zarabi is a registered dietician at lenox hill. jlp people get confused about what added sugar is. Like, honey, is natural. sz but its added. jlp and take this yogurt. sz yogurt has 12 grams of sugar in it naturally jlp that doesnt count. sz right. But this has fruit and other flavorings and its 24 grams jlp so youve got to read the label. narr 5 can cut this track if we dont need it we also asked about foods with unexpected high sodium. jlp salad dressing . sz this one has 450 mg of sodium and this 2 tablespoons sz right, and people usually put a lot more on than that. jon turns his salad bottle upside down and pretends to shake it out . 3 3 fitness bands took over the floor at c e s yesterday. Well take a look next. In your c net tech update. 3 3 youre watching Siouxland Heller and meteorologist 3 cat taylor 3 first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor 3 snow will continue on friday lingering into early saturday. Before all is said and done we could see in the range of 13 possible. Once the snow clears, our first push of arctic air breezes in for the end of the weekend into early next week. Prepare for wind chills between 15 and 25. Z temperatures will temporarily recover for monday back into the 20s, but then a secondary arctic blast will bring us back into the teens for 3 vendors showed off new wearable tech that doesnt need to go on your wrist. Heres your c net tech update. 3 tomorrows fitness trackers will come in new forms. Im bridget carey. This is your cnet update. 3 its another day at the Consumer Electronics show in las vegas, and the tech news train keeps rolling on. The Convention Center show floor has been swarming with people checking out the future gadgets of 2016, and one of the trends were seeing is a focus around health and new ways to track fitness. Fitbit is a popular fitness tracking brand that showcased a new watch called the blaze. It still tracks the same activity, but now has a color screen that you can snap into different bands and cases to fit your style. It also links to your phone for some reminders, and it includes some preinstalled workout cocohing rograms. It comes out in march for 2 2. But while fitbitwas showing off this new gadget, it also was hit with a Class Action Lawsuit from users that claim its heart rate monitors are inaccurate, and that the devices dont count every beat some claim it only counts half of your beats per minute. With questions of accuracy in fitness trackers, maybe you dont want to spend 200. And so we are seeing many cheaper options on the show floor. The huawei hononoband z1 only costs 80 and comes out this month. It has a round smartwatch design and along with fitness tracking, gives you some missed message notifications from your phone its not heavy on apps. The withings go is 70 dollars and has an eink screen so its always on, and the battery lasts 8 months. It just shows you daily fitness progress. Click on the screen and you also get the time. It can be worn on a band or put t it on a clip, and you can alal take it swimming. There are also some new fashion designs. The misfit ray does the same tracking stuff as misfits but the ray looks like a simple jewelry rod you can pop on a necklace or your wrist and thats neat if you already wear a normal watch and dont want to wear two circle watch things on one wrist. It starts at 100. And if you rather not wear anything on your wrist, were seeing more tech for the feet. Under armour has these smart sneakers that do all the tracking for you during a run and look at your stride. These cost 150, coming next month. Or you can put all the smarts in your pants with the lumo run shorts. A sensor tucks into the shorts to measure not just how fast and far you go, but also how you are moving, with analysis on thing like pelvic rotation. Thats also 150, coming out in the spring. Were still running right along covering every corner of ces 2016, so keep checking in with us on cnet. Com slash ces. Coming to you from the cnet stage at the las vegas Convention Center, im bridget carey. The show. Whos living at the Siouxland Humane Society right now. Keep it right here. The sunrise ray of hope coming 33 3 snow will continue on friday lingering into early saturday. Before all is said and done we could see in the range of 13 possible. Once the snow clears, our first push of arctic air breezes in for the end of the weekend into early next week. Prepare for wind chills between 15 and 25. Z temperatures will temporarily recover for monday back into the 20s, but then a secondary arctic blast will bring us back into the teens for tuesday. After that, expect a 3 time for a visit from the 3 3 well take a look at your news and weather to go coming up after the break. Youre watching siouxland news at 3 its now time as we take a look outside xxx on the xxx cam. 3 3 heres a look at your weather to go. 3 3 3 heres a look at your news to go. 3 3 two middle eastern refugees arrested after a multi state terror investigation are scheduled to appear in court today. Police say one of them. A 2323 year old from sacramento. Managed to go to syria to fight with a terrorist group. Officials say that man is somehow connected to a 24 year old from houston. Accused of providing Material Support to isis. President obama is giving new clues into which candidate election. In an opinion editorial published thursday in the new york times. The president said he wont back any candidate who doesnt support common sense gun reform. The comments came on the same day president obama made his case for tighter gun control rules during a meeting. And. The mother of the affluenza teen is expected to be in a texas court this morning. Tonya couch is accused of hindering the apprehension of a felon. For fleeing to mexico with her son after he missed a probation hearing. Ethan couch made headldles back i i 20 13 when he was sentenced to just 10 years probation n r a drunk driving crash that killed four people. Hes still in mexico. 3 and be sure to check out siouxland news dot com all day at work and home for the latest news, weather and 3 3 if youre hitting the road this weekend, heres a look at the cheapest places to fill up in town before you go, according to gasbuddy. Com. Looks like regular gas is 1. 67 a gallon at loves over on singing hills, 1. 84 a gallon at caseyey in norfolk and 1. 75 a gallon at bp and 1. 75 a gallon at bp over in vermillion. Captioning funded by cbs good morning. It is friday, january 8th, 2016