Live from kcautv in sioux city, iowa. This is abc9 news this midday. Jessica rae good morning and thanks for joining us this midday. Im jessica rae. President obama made a statement earlier this morning, on what authorities are doing to battle the Terror Organization isis. The president is spending time at the pentagon in the wake of the deadly San Bernardino terror attacks. Abcs Elizabeth Hur with more. The fbi says Tashfeen Malik. The mother turned murderer in the San Bernardino attacks. Had extensive social media postings supporting violent jihad. But she still year. On a fiance john cohen during that time period, immigration officials were not allowed to use or part of the john cohen is a abc news consultant. He says just last year. Immigration officials asked Homeland Security secretary policies. Allowing applicants social but were opposed by the Departments Office of civil rights sot john cohen, abc the primary would be viewed disclosed publicly concerns that it so malik. Got her weeks. With no terrorism. Schumer, d , ny had they checked out Tashfeen Malik a little more, maybe she wouldnt have gotten a visa. Maybe bernardino would be a wider madatory vetting process. President obama met with his National SecurityCouncil Security officials in confirm. They are dealing with possible isis attacks to disrupt the christmas holidays. The department of Homeland Security tells abc news. It programs to search visa applicants, but not a widespread policy. Eh, abc news, ny. Jessica rae through the hawkeye state. Last night democratic candidate held a town hall meeting at cornell llege iowa voters and the issues in our country, sanders called become President Campaign that is taking on all elements of the establishment we are taking on the Economic Establishment the greed of the billionaire class which is destroying our economy we are taking the political establishment of citizens united. Spending more time money from addressing reall issues affecting yesterday sanders also made a stop in waterloo. Jessica rae Democrat Hillary Clinton will also be campaigning in iowa this week. Clinton has two town Hall Meetings planned for this wednesday, the first will be held in iowa city just before 3 pm the second will be held in mason city iowa at the north iowa events center. Doors will open at 415 on wednesday ted cruz has jumped ahead of donald trump in the latest poll coming out of the state. Register and politics released it finds the texas senator has a tenpointlead over trump. Cruz commanded 31percent of likely republican caucusgoers in iowa. 21percent. Jessica rae Iowa Governor terry granstad set a record today. He is officially the longest serving history. Today is thousand 6 hundred 42nd the governor will hold a press outside the State Capitol in des moines at 2 this afternoon to address the public. Be sure to tune in to abc9 news at 5 for more on this historic event. Jessica rae changes are coming to Voter Registration in the state of nebraska heres paul hughes with the details. The director of Economic Development for the city of norfolk is a finalist to head up the Nebraska Department of Economic Development. Courtney dentlinger is one of three finalists named by gov. Pete ricketts to replace brenda hickssorensen, who was fired in october after about eight months on the job. Other finalists are pearland, texas, and nathan mick of lexington, ky. Interviewed the anticipates making more and more, county Election Officials are using computers and the internet to serve voters in their counties. For the first time this year, voters in nebraska will be able to update their registration online. Madison county clerk nancy scheer says there is a link election page to the secretary of states online registration last weeks unseasonably mild weather helped to Johnny Carson theatre for Nebraska School activities associations State High School oneact play production championships. Volunteers sold 3,356 tickets for the threeday event, breaking last years mark by more than 150. Norfolk will continue to host the state oneacts each december through 2019. Those and more stories can be heard on news talk wjag, lite rock 97. 5 and 106 kix. Jessica rae the Treasury Department is delaying its on which woman will go on the ten treasury lew says the Department Feedback from than they expected. Planned to pick a bill year. He now says a decision will be made sometime next year. Contenders were. Harriet tubman. First roosevelt. Civil rights parks. Girl scouts founder Juliette Gordon low. And humanitarian helen keller. Around the corner. And maybe you plan on taking a long flight, or a long drive to visit your family. If so, theres one thing you need to keep in mind. You must continue to get up and move. Doctor steven joyce explains in this weeks get going segment. How to avoid getting a blood clot. Rae tis the season for crowded airports and long traffic delays. If you are part of this group of holiday travelers. Ive got one healthy tip for you to remember. Keep. Movingwhen we sit for long periods of time,e are asking for a blood clot. Dr. Steven joyce we dont have a lot of blood return from the legs up into the heart and lungs and so it forms what we call stasus in other words static you are not moving very much and therfore if blood isnt moving too much it has a blood clots. Rae now, doctor joyce says, blood clots can happen to but there is a people who have a getting one. Joyce especially if you get older or you are pregnant or have one of these genetic predispositions to forming blood clots that really if you ride you should get up and move at least probably every hour and a half. Rae but joyce added there is a way to help prevent this from happening to you. Joyce bloot clots almost always when theyre formed, formed in the legs, so moving your legs, exercising your legs when youre in the car on the plane those sorts of things those are the best ways to prevent blood clots when traveling. Rae so, be sure to visit rest stops often, and take a few laps around the car, and if youre on a long flight, be sure to get up and walk up and down the aisles at least a couple of times. The food and drug approved an injectable sponge the manufacturer claims can stop bleeding in seconds. The xstat30 wound dressing for use by the general population. It had previously been used only on the battlefield. The sponge expands and can be used to control life threatening wounds in areas tourniquet John Steinbaugh vp, revmedx after multiple rotations in iraq and afghanistan, it was always the same complaint from the guys, we need better products that control hemorrhaging. You could rapidly apply this product to many people and save a lot of time. The sponges can be used for up to four hours, allowing time for an injured person to receive medical care. Jessica rae a local nonprofit is showing some appreciation to our troops this Holiday Season support siouxland soldiers is holding their 8th annual holiday for our heroes event tomorrow from 5 30 to 7 30 at the red cross located on on war eagle drive. The event is free to attend for veterans and will feature a holiday dinner, plus santa and his elves will hand out toys to military children. Jessica rae still to come. Find out how much dough one star wars fan shelled out in order to get this piece of the movies history. Find out when we return scott leet snow mix region through the past 12 hours but it look at our hd radar where weve had a rain sleet snow mix pushing through the region through the past 12 hours but it system dropped a half of precipitation. Lets get a look outside on the Port Neal Welding Company city. Currently, the map. Winds are from the north and northwest and theyre pretty strong between 20 and 30 miles per hour. A wind advisory continues counties where gusts stretch between 35 and 45 heres our satellite and radar imagery dense system is spinning through stormcast hd, you can see that this will move away by the middle of the day. However, another system will tomorrow. We rain and snow combo afternoon. Then transition over to tuesday night into quarter inch of rain and less than a half inch of snow. Todays forecast calls for a morning mix then well have cloudy skies and a high of 40. The low tonight is 28. Tomorrows high is 39 with an afternoon mix. Heres the 7 day forecast. Rain sleet snow mix pushing through the region through the past 12 hours but it has now exit. The system dropped close to an inch and a half of precipitation. Lets get a look outside on the Port Neal Welding Company skycam hd in sioux city. Currently, temperatures are in the 30s for most of the map. Winds are from the north and northwest and theyre pretty hour. A wind advisory continues for eastern counties where gusts stretch between 35 and 45 miles per hour. Heres our satellite and radar imagery where a moisture dense system is spinning through the region. On the stormcast hd, you can see that this will move away by the middle of the day. However, another syem will approach us tomorrow. We expect to see a light rain and snow combo tomorrow afternoon. The well see a transition over to pure snow by tuesday night into early wednesday. Expect a tenth to a quarter inch of rain and less than a half inch of snow. Todays forecast calls for a morning mix then well have cloudy skies and a high of 40. The low tonight is 28. Tomorrows high is 39 with an afternoon mix. Heres the 7 day forecast. Scott jessica rae a Star Wars Toy years ago has sold at an auction out of this world on friday, a bidder paid 25thousand dollars for this action figure. Its considered incredibly rare. Lukes lightsaber broke easily, so the toys were pulled from the original packaging. Making it priceless to collectors. Jessica rae still to come. A delicious recipe for peppermint crunch balls that will light up your holiday for sure. Staple for the Holiday Season. But if you think candy canes are just for eating. Think again. Howard found a new way to use them if i asked you, what is the one candy that reminds you of christmas . Chances are pretty good that youll say candy crookshaped, red and white peppermint sticks everywhere. I guess the thing that makes them so popular, festive, is that for those of us looking to add a whimsical and christmas trees, candy canes make the perfect ornaments. Looking to make fancy schmancy place card holders for your holiday table, together, like this, will be quite impressed. And when you serve hot cocoa with a chocolate dipped marshmallow, decorated with colored sugar on the end of a candy cane, youll turn ordinary hot chocolate into but my alltime favote way to enjoy these are to roll a from scratchcookie dough in crushed candy canes before baking them off. What we end up with is a cookie that just shouts holiday special. Between the buttery, minty flavor on the inside and the crunchy peppermint candy coating on the one tasty cookie. To crunch balls, along candy cane creations, just go online. Im howard in kitchen, where today way for you to saooh its so good jessica rae coming up a crack down on one of the hot ticket items on peoples Christmas Wish list. Hoverboards. Details after the new rules for registering drones. Registration will become a requirement. Officials hope this will encourage owners to operate the devices in a responsible manner. It would also make it easier for authorities to track down those involved in drone crashes or incidents. Critics say the new rules wont stop people from using drones for harmful reasons, as they simply wont register the devices. Jessica rae a new crackdown on the holidays hottest gift. Abcs gio benitez has the latest on Hoverboards Hoverboards are burning up store shelves . And in some gfx a Government Agency now investigating ten fires across nine states Kelli Steiner witness gmem120915008 for no apparent reason it just exploded. Now, questions about whether the lithium ion batteries powering them are causing them to overheat. And if some manufacturers are using lower quality batteries from overseas to help cut costs of hover boards sold here in the us. Chief Butch Browning president , National Association of fire marshals gfx in a new report overnight, u. S. Customs and Border Protection says investigators have seized 164 hoverboards with other counterfeit and this morning, another agency the Consumer Product now saying it is hover board brands to see exactly whats causing the fires. Nats fire now the Online Retail giant says until manufacturers can prove their batteries and chargers meet safety standards, theyre pulling some brands, joining overstock. Com, who just pulled all gfx one of the affected companies swagway this was reportedly one of their hover boards jessica rae scotts up next with a final check of our forecast. Jejesiouxland to join us in giving back this Holiday Season with the operation toys drive. Operation toys is a program intended to spread chrismas joy to thousands of needy children around siouxland. If you want to take part. All you have to do is bring a new toy to any bomgaars location or drop them off right here at our abc9 studio located on douglas street. All the toys donated will remain here in souixland and will go to the Salvation Army to be distributed to less fortunate families. Jessica rae quarter inch of rain and less than a half inch of snow. Todays forecast calls for a morning mix then well have cloudy skies and a high of 40. The low tonight is 28. Tomorrows high is 39 with an afternoon mix. Heres the 7 day forecast. Expect a tenth to a quarter inch of rain and less than a half inch of snow. Todays forecast calls for a morning mix then well have cloudy skies and a high of 40. The low tonight is 28. Tomorrows high is 39 with an afternoon mix. Heres the 7 day forecast