Jessica rae sioux city crews spent the day hussling to clear the streets in preparation for a busy new years eve celebration. Jessica rae and. Well have the latest on the fire that destroyed an Apartment Building in sloan. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Jessica rae good morning and happy new years eve. Lawyers for ethan couch have filed paperwork to keep mexican authorities from deporting him. The socalled affluenza teen was moved to an Immigration Holding Facility in mexico city yesterday. He will be held there during legal proceedings. Which could take weeks or even months. Couch was arrested with his mother on monday after fleeing to mexico while on probation for killing four people while driving drunk in 2013. Tonya couch is on her way back to the us, according to mexican she could face up to 10 years behind bars for hindering the apprehension of a juvenile. Jessica rae over the course of several years, dozens of women have accused bill cosby of Sexual Assault or rape. And now for the first time. Charges were filed yesterday. Abcs linsey davis has the latest. A host of women who claim to have been assaulted by bill cosby, even decades ago, may suddenly feel vindicated. 20 20 therese serignese. Now its tim for him to be sorry it was andrea constands case that prompted 13 other forward to her attorneys with their own allegations of Sexual Assault . Offering to testify on her behalf. Now prosecutors accusers to criminal case. Since their cases were never prosecuted, pennsylvania law testify as witnesses case. Constands case released over the was asked if he ever used quaaludes to elicit consensual sex in the past he said yes at this point there are more than 50 women who have come forward accusing cosby of Sexual Assault, drugging or rape. The 78 year old has long denied the allegations. Cosby i have been in this business 52 years and i have never seen anything like this. When the embattled comedian sat down with us back in may, he would not discuss the allegations directly. And i cant speak. Earlier this month the man once regarded as americas favorite dad fought back, filing a countersuit against seven of his accusers who had filed defamation suits against him. His attorney Monique Pressley we are taking steps in order to right a wrong. The statute of limitations for pressing criminal charges has expired for most of the accusers . But many civil suits are in the works Glorida Allred seeing him criminally charged and face a trial is the best Christmas Present that they have ever received. Davis ll tag cosby stayed during the constand case. Several of his victims today are saying they are hopeful prosecutors can use that case to put cosby behind bars. Jessica rae we have new details surrounding the car accident that has 29 year old mellisa ebert facing two counts of attempted murder. Court documents reveal prior to crashing head on into oncoming traffic ebert stated she would kill both her passenger and herself. Authorities say ebert was traveling with Damien Johnson on september 9th when the two got into an argument. The crash resulted in both johnson and the driver of the oncoming car suffering serious injuries eberts blood alcohol content was point oh eighteight percent. Shes now charged with two counts of attempted murder and is set to be in court on january 15th in plymouth county. Jessica rae three people from sioux city have been charged in a prostitution sting in sioux falls. After arranging meetings at a Sioux Falls Hotel monday night authorities arrested 28year old amanda meyer, 23 year old rashad lee, all of sioux city. Investigators believe they drove to sioux falls for the illegal activity. Authorites dont believe the women were being trafficked. Jessica rae the countdown to new years eve is on one Million People are expected to be in times square tonight. And theres an unprecedented effort to keep them all safe. Abcs megan hughes has details. In paristhe liday street party will go on as planned, but the fireworks display has been called offofficials ressing the need for vigilance in the wake of novembers attacks which left 130 dead. nats juan salines, tourist from los angeles i was in paris the week after it happened and the thing is you cant let people like that dictate your lifestyle and your choices this tourist is now in brussels. The mayor there also called off the fireworks. Brussels authorities arrested two men this week in connection with a suspected holiday plot. Recent threats overseas wont halt celebrations here at home commissioner bill bratton, nypd we are not aware of credible. An estimated 1 million revelerspected to pack into about 20 blocks in and around times square . gfx the nypd is deploying 6000 heavily armed officers there . More than ever before to protect the revelers. Ny mos theres only so much they can do. Ny mos i dont really feel safe anywhere. Pasedena is prepping for the Rose Bowl Parade . Federal officials had designated it a top tier security event even before the San Bernardino attack. More than two dozen federal agencies are joining forces with local police to protect the 700,000 people expected to attend. The vegas strip . Also on high alert. With more than 300,000 people expected on the streets. Police from coast to coast sharing a similar message nypd sot sot oneill people should feel safe because were there. The ny mayor is also touting another notso secret weapon a new Task Force Made up of 500 officers working fulltime on counterterrorism. Jessica rae use a boost this time of year. The weather and the busy Holiday Season have hurt their supply. Workers over at the Lifeserve Blood Center say the blood supply has dipped to a critically low level recently due in part to the cold and snow. They had to cancel several blood drives on monday, due to the weather. And thats left them with a shortage for some critical blood types. It is great to see donors in our center right now but we could always use more. Right now 5 of the 8 blood types are in critical need which means theres less than a one day supply and thats really, thats kind of frightening years eve is coming up and theres always a little bit more of a bump in blood supply need during that time. Says Claire Deroin center. Jessica rae Lifeserve Blood Center supplies more than 11 tri state area. Their location by hobby lobby. Sioux citys Public Museum is taking a look at a piece of sioux citys past. When it comes to shopping habits. They have a new exhibit about three Old Department stores in town. Back in the 1800s, davidsons and pelletiers pellatears Department Stores sold everything from clothing to manuractured goods. And, back then, sioux city was a hotspot for regional shopping state wide. We have a lot of photographs on display and the photographs are amazing just to see downtown sioux city and how it has changed. Jessica rae the exhibit is free and you can see it through march 6th. Jessica rae when we come back. Ill show you how sioux city is preparing for the new years eve celebration tonight. Hear from crews who are cleaning up the streets. Next. Scott well have. Youre watching abc9 news this morning. With. Jessica rae. And meteorologist scott larson. This is abc9 news this morning. Day of 2015. Weve got a very cold start with High Pressure temporarily spinning directly over the heart of siouxland. Move eastward permitting some clouds to form as the day goes on. Temperatures will find difficulty in stretching above the middle 20s. The new years weekend brings with it some added warmth as High Temperatures lift back into the 30s. We should expect to see some sunshine and overall pretty nice early january weather todays high is 24 with increasing clouds. The overnight low is 9 as we welcome in 2016. Tomorrows high is 33 with mostly sunny skies and itll be more forecast. Jessica rae Scott Jessica rae the end of 2015 brought in plenty of snow here in sioux city. Which crews spent yesterday clearing all day yesterday with High Pressure temporarily spinning directly over the heart of siouxland. This feature will move eastward permitting some clouds to form as the day goes on. Temperatures will find difficulty in stretching above the middle 20s. The new years weekend brings with it some added warmth as High Temperatures lift back into the 30s. We should expect to see some sunshine and overall pretty nice early january weather todays high is 24 with increasing clouds. 9 as we welcome in 2016. Tomorrows high is 33 with mostly sunny skies and itll be more comfortable. Heres a check of your 7 day forecast. Jessica rae Scott Jessica rae the end of 2015 brought in plenty of snow here in sioux city. Which crews spent yesterday clearing all day yesterday before the city gets rockin tonight. Reporter bria bell has more night where everyone goes out a night to celebrate and have a good time and bring in the new year, said mettleton. New years eve is tomorrow night and sioux city is gearing up for the thousands of people expected to be out celebrating while bringing in the new year. Winter storms have recently hit siouxland and the city wants to make sure roads are clear for drivers to get to and from their destinations. Theres going to be alot of people out having a good time and were just trying to make the roads as safe a possible, said buffalo alice sees a nice sized crowd during the holiday and they are expecting to serve free bud light, champaign, tshirts and more. The owner says that though it can be a fun time, she also likes to see people get home safely and advices people to use free cab service offered by sioux City Attorney ed keane. With all that, we try to enforce responsiblity about drinking and driving. We all know that its a problem for a lot of us. We do support ed keane, [he] does taxi rides all new years eve and were big supporters of that and we hope people take because its a great said mettleton. Are offered taxi serivce and can home. Home and wed like for people to call and take advantage of it. And maybe save some people from some trouble, said dawdy. Jessica rae now there are when calling in. You have to state that you want the ed keane free ride and you need to make sure your destination is within a 15 mile radius. Jessica rae coming up. The United States postal svice has revealed their 2016 stamp line up. Stay tuned to see which pop culture brand is heavily featured jessica rae and. The year 2015 is drawing to a close. And youll need to replace those calendars with a 2016 one. But would you believe one of the hottest selling calendars is the Vladimir Putin calendar . Ill explain why, up jessica rae unveiled its 2016 lineup of stamps on wednesday. A highlight of the group is a set of four star trek stamps honoring the original tv shows 50th anniversary. The star trek stamps show classic icons the uss enterprise, the starfleet insignia, being beamed up, and a vulcan salute. Jessica rae calendars on the market overseas is one starring russian president is just the tip of the ice berg involving the reporter has more for fans of vladimir shortage of stuff president s image all over it. These putin tshirts for a while, but popular. Most popular one, right sami popularni how well sell in russian and danil perfilov, shop assistant they sell really well. Mainly urists buy them, but our compatriots buy them as well. They love putin, despite a deep economic crisis, and International Isolation over the wars in ukraine and syria, putins ratings are doing well too. matthew chance, reporter so what about spending the entire year with president putin . Well thats what this 2016 putin calendar is promising, with every month revealing a carefully chosen image of the russian leader. This one has him in siberia with a horse in the forest. Here, hes smelling a flower. And this hes working out in the gym. But photographs photos arent all you get with this calendar. You get putins words of wisdom too. Some characteristically hardline, like this one for the month of october. No one will succeed in gaining military superiority over russia, putin says. Others hint at a softer side. Dogs and i have very warm feelings for one another, says the russian leader for november. One group of putin supporters has put together an entire book of putins best known remarks and oneliners, publishing a limited edition which is set to go on sale next year. Words that change publishers say it makes the perfect patriotic russians. And if reading putin isnt enough, now too. With a new mens fragrance thats just hit the shops here in russia. Ok well, here it is. Its called leaders make no mistake Vladimir Putin on the inspired by Vladimir Putin its pretty clear which leader they are referring to. Now the advertising says that it smells of citrus fruits and pine needles, a soft just like putin himself. So i suppose i should give it a try. Anna over he is serving me. Lets have a smell. shopkeeper do you like it . Im impartial about it, but i can see how it wouldnt be to everybodys tastes. laughs matthew chance, cnn, moscow pine needles, a mixture of hard and soft just like putin himself. So i suppose i should give it a try. Anna over he is serving me. Lets have a smell. shopkeeper do you like it . Im impartial about it, but i can see how it wouldnt be to everybodys tastes. laughs jessica and scott are chatting about the putin calendar. Jessica and scott are chatting about the putin calendar. Jessica and scott are chatting about the putin calendar. Scott good morning jessica and scott are chatting about the putin calendar. Jessica and scott are chatting about the putin calendar. Jessica and scott are chatting about temperatures sitting in the Single Digits throughout most of the area. We have calm winds and clear skies which are helping to maintain that very cold air. As our final day of 2015 goes on, middle 20s and increasing clouds. Good morning siouxland. Its a bitterly cold start to your day with temperatures sitting in the Single Digits throughout most of the area. We have calm winds and clear skies which are helping to maintain that very cold air. As our final day of 2015 goes on, we can expect a High Temperature in the dot traffic cams here at. Many folks still waking up and starting their workday. Please drive safely everyone. Scott now youll want to watch your speed in these areas today . Police will be running radars, here. S lakeport and on lewis blvd. So again. Mind that speed. Jessica rae still to come. Ill bring you the latest on the Apartment Building that caught on fire in sloan on tuesday. Hear from one of weve learned a fire that destroyed a sloan Apartment Building was started by a destroyed a sloan Apartment Building was started by a stove top left unattended. That fire broke out Tuesday Morning on buckley street. Two women jumped out of second story windows to excape the fire. We talked to the one of the First Responders who was first to arrive. Woodbury county Deputy Todd Peterson tried catching the second woman who was jumping a lot of things went through my head at that point in time. The first thing that i was thinking is, i didnt want her to fall and land on her neck, [that] was the to where she was and told her that i there and probably to catch you by point, she dropped out of the window, said peterson. Jessica rae everything happened in an instant and he had he thinks the was thinking is, i didnt want her to fall and land on her neck, [that] was the main thing. I ran over to where she was and told her that i was the on one there and probably not going to be able to catch you by myself, and at that point, she dropped out of the window, said peterson. Jessica rae peterson says everything happened in an instant and he had to react quickly. He thinks the womans injuries could have been worse if he was not there to lessen the impact of her fall. From the looks of the building, i mean, they probably didnt have a choice. The way the smoke and flames were coming out of the building. If i was put in their situation i would have probably done the same thing. Yeah, if they wouldnt have came out that window they probably would have been killed in that fire, said peterson. Jessica rae the names of the women are not being realeased, but theyre believed to be in their early 20s. Their injuries were nonlife threatening. Jessica rae coming up. Well rejoin the race to the white president ial candidates who are spending time state. Stay tuned for more. Scott scott thanks for thursday the final day of 2015. Lets get a check of conditions outside courtesy of our Port Neal Welding Company skycam hd in sioux city. Weve got a very cold start with High Pressure temporarily spinning directly over the heart of siouxland. This feature will move eastward permitting some clouds to form as the day goes on. Temperatures will find difficulty in stretching above the middle 20s. The brings with it some added warmth as High Temperatures lift back into the 30s. We should expect to see some sunshine and overall pretty nice early january weather todays high is 24 with increasing clouds. The overnight low is 9 as we welcome in 2016. Tomorrows high is 33 with mostly sunny skies and itll be more comfortable. Heres a check of your 7 day forecast. Jessica rae Scott Jessica rae several president ial candidates took the opportuni