Saying not much progress has been made to regain ramadi. Afghanistans Defense Ministry says a taliban assault on an airport in the southern afghan city of kandahar has killed 37 people, including Security Forces and civilians. A Ministry Statement says nine attackers have been killed in the assault, which began yesterday. One attacker is said to be still battling Security Forces. The taliban said 150 soldiers hahabeen killed, but theres no official confirmation and taliban claims are often exaggerated. French Officials Say the third extremist attacker who targeted paris bataclan concert hall has been identified as a frenchman who left for syria in 2013. Nbcs chapman bell reports. And reported to have traveled to syria back in 2013. This morning the french Prime Minister told news outlets there that the attacker was part of a group of a dozen radicalized young people who left a neighborhood in strasbourg in september 2013. Mohamedaggad was able to travel back to france and take part in that attack at the bataclan concert hall where the worst of the carnage took place in the november attacks in paris where 130 people lost their lives. Foued Mohamed Aggad was identified by french authorities by matching dna with family members. Chapman bell nbc news london, england after his mother received a text message from syria telling her her son had died as a martyr in the paris attacks. The mother reported this text to french police. Chapman bell, nbc news, london. Weatr adlib a Baltimore Police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of freddie gray has taken the witness stand to begin officer William Porter was the second witness called by the defense. Prosecutors say porter failed to call for a medic after gray said he needed one and the officer didnt buckle gray into a seat belt when he was riding in the back of a police wagon. Defense attorneys have tried to suggest that the van driver was respwnsible for grays safety. They have also said porter acted the way any reasonable officer would have and suggested that the officer may have thought gray was faking an injuryo avoid going to jail. Gray injured his spine in the back of the police wagon and died a week later. Tempers flew at a town meeting in hymera, indiana last night. And so did fists. At issue, the firing of the town marshal. And emotions ran high. Darrick cullison was fired in october. Last night, the board voted to hire a new town marshal. Arguments followed about the new hire and then a fight erupted between the new and the old town marshal. Daryl mccullough new town marshal i didnt really expect it to be that way but it got sort of out of hand and when they started said and i didnt say what they said i said this other gal started to step in and screaming and yelling and she dont know nothing and i told her to shut up. Then here they come there was three of them attacking me. Indiana state police are investigating the melee. Sioux City Police Officers may start wearing body cameras next spring. That was the topic of a legislative meeting tuesday with lawmakers and local police. More Law Enforcement agencies across the country have started using the cameras to record interactions with the public. Officials say its a big issue for the pd in terms of retention of information, but it doesnt come cheaply. Pete groetken, sioux city councilmember its a very expensive part of maintaining records. So there needs to be some reasonableness to how we release information. The Police Department in akron, iowa recently started using body cameras. Officials are taking a closer a recent engineering study found the Law Enforcement center would be able to accomodate an addition. An expansion would allow inmates currently held at the centuryold Prairie Hills building out on old highway 141 to be moved downtown. The significance is it allows us to put all of our people, that we serve, the inmate population, under one roof, said major greg stallman, woodbury co. Sheriffs office. It helps with the overcrowding, weve been overcrowded here for decades. The next step is to select an architect to figure out how to design the addition. Retiring iowa state representative Ron Jorgensen has endorsed Jacob Bossman to him in the legislature, and now the republican is picking up more support. Bossman is running for House District 6, which covers morningside, Sergeant Bluff, bronson and salix. Republican state senators Rick Bertrand and Bill Anderson have announced they, too, are endorsing bossman for the seat. Hes the right person to fill this seat, said sen. Bill anderson, started having discussions about the possibility that rep. Jorgensen was going to retire, the first name that came to mind for me was Jacob Bossman. For his part, bossman says hed have big shoes to fill, but hes up to the challenge. I feel like i share a similar temperament to rep. Jorgensen, said Jacob Bossman, running for House District 6. I think that i have the skills necessary to listen and represent the people of morningside, salix, Sergeant Bluff and bronson. Outgoing representativ e Ron Jorgensen says bossman would be a great replacement and representativ e of district 6. We may not hit a record, but ben says it is going to be unseasonably warm today. And the mild weather is going to stick around a while. Bens forecast is up next. Currently sunny and degrees ben, there isnt much snow left several hundred siouxland several hundred siouxland seniors get a hot lunch every week day thanks to the meals on wheels program. But the Nonprofit Group that makes it happen needs more drivers. Ktivs tommie clark has the story. Volunteer recruiter and healthy legs instructor, stan wisnieski. Volunteers from around the community deliver hot meals to homebound seniors. Somomof these people are so, so thankful that you have brought the meal to them. To be able to just see them light up and knowing youre doing something for the good of the community, 3aid Connections Area Agency on aging meals on wheels volunteer recruiter and healthy legs instructor, stan wisnieski. The program has 18 Delivery Routes around siouxland. Volunteers arrive at Connections Area Agency on aging around 11 a. M. And then deliver over the lunch hour. They serve 400 meals a day, but recently they havent had enough drivers to deliver the food. Were always looking for drivers. You have to remembers as i said a lot of these people are shutins. If you were to deliver, you might be the only person they see in the outside world all day long and they really appreciate having meals delivered to them, said Connections Area Agency on aging meals on wheels volunteer recruiter and healthy legs instructor, stan wisnieski. Volunteers say its worth the drive just to see the elderlys faces light when they get that meal. People will not go without their meal, we will get it covered. Its just that it sure would be nice more volunteers, said stan. In sioux city. Tommie clark. Ktiv news 4. If youd like to volunteer to help with meals on wheels, youll fininthe information you need inside this story at ktiv dotcom. The fa and Business Market report is ju ahead. Andnicer than coach, but not as spendy as business class. American airlines plans to introduce premium economy seating on some of its planes. So whatta you get for the extra money . Find out after this. My campaign is p pered by over a mimiion small contributitis, people like you who want to fight back. The truth is you cant change a corrupt system by taking its money. Im bernie sanders. I approve this message. Stocks are heading mostly lower in midday trading as an early gain fades away. The Worlds Largest airline has new seatininplans for its inteteational flights. American Airlines Says itll start selling Premium Economy Service on International Leather seats, Entertainment Systems and meals. American isnt releasing prices at this time, but the cost will be more than coach but less than business class. American says itll launch the service late next year with 21 seats on somomplanes. For r e First Time Since april, a spacecraft full of us supplies arrived at the International Space station today. The cygnus capsule was launched on sunday. One of the astronauts used a robotic arm to snag it this morning and bring it in to dock. More than sevenpounds of supplies and equipment are on board. The cargo ship is also carrying christmas fts and other personal items for the six crew members. The capsule will be used as a giant space dumpster next month. It will be filled with garbage from iss, then be released to burn up in the still ahead, Time Magazine names it person of the year, whom it thks has influenced the news more than anybody else in 2015. And all aboard for a railroad themed meal. Well step inside a former train museum thats enjoying new life as a heres a live look at west lake okoboji from our okoboji skycam. German chancellor leader Angela Merkel has en named times person of the year. The magazine unveiled its pick this morning on nbcs today show. Time cited merkels effors to help preserve and promote europe despite economic turmoil and a growing refugee crisis. Merkel is the first woman to be named person of the year since 1986. A unique restaurant in kentucky is a dining car of sorts. Juliana valencia takes us inside this locomotive themed place to eat. Historic downtown. Owner kevin oliver grew up loving locomotives. kevin oliver, choo choo ollies ollie is a nickname i have at the railroad. I work for csx full time. So when this Railroad Museum went up for auction 3 years ago, he had, to bid. kevin oliver, choo choo ollies i wanted to save the museum since im a aative of inceton taking h h hobby to a whole ne level. kevin oliver, choo choo ollies i had to totally remodel this building from the floor to the ceiling he made just about everything in this place, but this project, packed with train memorabilia, didnt come easy kevin oliver, choo choo ollies he had to put this up like three times where the train goes aroundd because it kkpt derriling on every corner. Kevins mother patsy says the effort, and cost overwhelmed him this time last year. So for christmas, she gave him this as a symbol for what his restaurant could become. patsy oliver, kevins mother this is just such a vision of what its the fantasy that this will be for children when they come in. A place to eat and have fun that the towns mayor hopes will have people hopping on board. danny beavers, princeton mayor hes going to draw people here and then theyll visit we hope all the other businesses and attractions that we have built from an idea that may become a first class attraction. Reporting from princeton, kentucky. Oliver hopes to eventually expand and add a moving tin attraction for children to enjoy outside the restaurant. Still ahead, nasa shows off one of the sharpest my guest today linda scheid with the food bank of siouxland. Linda, always a pleasure to see you. Thank of year the need is especially great for the food bank. How can individuals and organizations in this Community Help you meet your goal . Its really very simple. Hunger is a huge problem and there are a lot of people that are struggling with it. Youre right, the Holiday Season is really built around food. How many of our gatherings are food oriented. Youve got families that are trying to buy gifts and pay heating bills and those things and still provide meals so it becomes a very challenging time. It is a solvable problem. The two things we need most we need people to make those financial donations so that we can go out and purchase the foods we need or of course to bring us the food. Food drives at this time of year are phenomenal. If you drive around town youll find a lot of companies and businesses that are doing food drives for us. There are blue logo on them so you know that its coming to the food bank and helping people all across siouxland. What are the things you want in those barrels, what are the items that you need . We always encourage people to stick the basics. We love when you give us things like canned fruits, canned vegetables, canned meat, cereal, pasta, boxed meals so the hamburger helpers and those kinds of things, macaroni and cheese, you can never go wrong. Honestly people are thinking a little bit about those holiday meals. If you are thinking about putting in stuffing mix or youre thinking about cranberry sauce or youre thinking about some of those things that are extra special and often part of those holiday meals we always appreciate that as well. If youd like to help out the food bank of siouxland its easy, call 7122559741 or they have a website its siouxlandfoodbank. Org. Linda, thanks for joining us. Thank you. Thanks for joining us around siouxland. Were getting an upclose look at one of saturns moons. Nasas cassini spacecraft took this picture of prometheus earlier this week. You can make out details of the moons pockmarked surface, as well as one of saturns iconic rings this is one of cassinis highest resolution views yet of prometheus. Ben, not a forecast for snow lovers. Anncr when the attacks come here. The person behind this desk will have to protect your family. Will he be impulsive and reckless, like donald trump . Will he have voted to dramatically weaken counterterrorism surveillance, like ted cruz . Will he have skipped crucial National Security hearings and votes just to campaiai, like marco rubio . 27 generals and admirals support jeb bush. Because jeb has the experience and knowledge to protect your family. Right to rise usa is responsible
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