Plus. The billzard cleanup continues as siouxland digs out. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Lukas good morning siouxland and thanks for joining us. Im lukas voss. We begin this morning with the case ainst iconic comedian bill cosby. A pennsylvania judge ruled cosby will have to face a sexual assau charge. And the case against him will move forward. Reporter mary moloney brings us the very latest. The case dates back more than a decade. And it involves Andrea Constand who claims bill cosby drugged and assaulted her in 2004. Initially constand kept quiet. But a year after the alleged assault constand went to police. The prosecutor at the time did not file charges saying there wasnt enough credible and admissible evidence. Cosbys lawyers say the prosecutor made a promise never to criminally charge the comedian. If cosby agreed to testify in constands civil case. He did. And in sworn testimony cosby admitted to giving drugs to some women he wanted to have sex with. Settled the lawsuit the amount not made pubc. The case was closed. Cosbys testimony sealed. But late last year a judge oped those civil court records. And in december a different prosecutor citing new evidence charged cosby with criminal sexual assault. Cosbys attorneys cried foul. Claiming the promise made by the former District Attorney protected the entertainer from prosecution. The stars attorneys argued cosby only testified in the civil case because the state agreed to drop the criminal case. joey jackson legal expert you would think there might be a written instrument, a written document that would suggest that the commonwealth would not prosecute him. Ah, therein lies the rub, there is no such agreement. Late wednesday the judge ruled. Promise or no promise. The case against bill cosby will move forward. And his attorneys said they would appeal. Im mary moloney reporting. Been set for an akron man accused of killing his mother nearly two years ago. Johnathan neunabers court date is scheduled for may 10th. Just last month, a Plymouth County judge ruled neunaber was mentally competent to stand trial for the killing of esther neunaber, back in july of 20 14. Lukas also set for court is a storm lake man facing kidnapping charges the trial for scott banks has been set to begin on may 17th. Hes accused of keeping the Iowa Human Services department from taking custody of his chilen. Scott entered a plea of not guilty monday, Court Documents kept his two department in december and lied under oath the same day. After a year long lotto mystery bringing down lottery fraud. Been filed in Polk Eddie Tipton hot lotto system so he would win. Another person however, from webster city, says of a very big jackpot. Heres his story. Just last year, eddie director at the Multi State Lottery Association was convicted of fraud for rigging the hot lotto jackpot. Tipton tried claiming the 16 million prize for himself back in december of 2010. The main evidence this quik trip Video Surveillance showing tipton buying the ticket himself. He was caught, if that video didnt exsist, who knows if hed be there and this still going on now the Crawford Mauro lawfirm has filed a landmark lawsuit stating by allowing tipton to rig the jackpot the iowa lottery and multi state association deprived the legitmate hot lotto winner millions of dollars. The odds arent exactly great,if you actually win you should get your prize attorneys are asking the courts to award their client larry dawson, of webster city 10 Million Dollars, plus interset. They say, after tiptons rigging in december of 2010, the lottery reset to 1 million. Meaning when, dawson won on may 7th 2011, he won significantly less. Then in december of 2011, tiptons unclaimed 10 million was returned to state lotteries. Shorting dawson millions. On may 7, 2011 our client won 6 Million Dollar cash value lottery by the executive, he wouldve won 16 million in total according to the lottery rules published, the jackpot is to carry over, until a legitmate winner is drawn. Thats larry dawson attorneys are also questioning the iowa lottery and multi state associations security and surveillance protocols. Theyre unsure if mr. Dawsons is the only case rigged by eddie tipton. This was a theft. This was a rigged game. There was no prize as lottery rules. Shouldnt have gone back and should go back now, should be reverted j ending lukas the lawsuit says dawson is ed 10 Million Dollars, plus interest, and requests a jury trial for proceedings lukas the man. Notoriously known for raising the price of a cancer and hiv drug by 5 thousand percent. Will face a Congressional Committee later today. When Martin Shkreli was ceo of turing pharmaceuticals. He hiked the price of the drug daraprim. Charging 750 dollars per pill instead of the usual 13dollars and 50cents. Shkreli has been subpoenaed. But is not expected to answers any questions regarding the , and yet because of the pending criminal chges if hes required to appear before a Congressional Committee tomorrow on the advice of counsel mr. Shkreli will be invoking his 5th amendment privileges against selfincrimination and not answering any questions. Congressional investigators have obtained 25 thousand pages of documents from turing. Including emails from shkreli. Last year he sent an email to the chairman of the board of directors writing one billion dollars, here we come. Lukas the huge recall of deadly takata airbags is expanding to include more recent car models. Airbags from the japanese manufacturer are at risk of exploding as they inflate. Causing serious injuries even death. The defect already prompted the biggest auto recall in american history. So far, more than 20million cars have been recalled. Honda is alerting auto dealers to prepare for more recalls of models newer than 2008. Lukas no that pain at the pump this year. National average for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is now a dollar and 78 cents. Filling up costs even less than the National Average in some states like missouri and oklahoma. Gas prices there are under one dollar and 50 cents. Who pays the most . That would be drivers in hawaii. They pay around two63 for a gallon of regular unleaded. Lukas just six years removed from a government bailout, General Motors reports its best profit margin ever the largest automaker in the us now sells more cars in china than it does at home. Gms profit margin reached sevenpointone percent. Up from fourpointtwo percent in 2014. Its also the highest it has ever been in gms 107year history. When we come back. You could have a silent killer in your home. Well show you what you can do. Details after the break. Scott well have. Have some ice and snow on the roads, so drive cautiously as you head to your destinations. On the stormcast hd, a quiet pattern is going to be taking hold with a couple of very light snow chances occuring on friday and also sunday. Otherwise, well be focused on warmer temperatures as highs plant themselves in the mid to upper 30s it should be pretty nice before colder temperatures come back next week. Todays high is 30 but pleasant. The overnight low is 10 with increasing clouds. Tomorrows high is 33. Mostly cloudy with a few snow showers. Heres the 7 day forecast. Jessica rae so drive cautiously as you head to your destinations. On the stormcast hd, a quiet pattern is going to be taking hold with a couple of very light snow chances occuring on friday and also sunday. Otherwise, well be focused on warmer temperatures as highs plant themselves in the mid to upper 30s it should be pretty nice before colder temperatures come back next week. Todays high is 30 with mostly sunny skies. Itll be cool, but pleasant. The overnight low is 10 with increasing clouds. Tomorrows high is 33. Mostly cloudy with a few snow showers. Heres the 7 day forecast. So drive cautiously as you head to your destinations. On the stormcast hd, a quiet pattern is going to be taking hold with a couple of very light snow chances occuring on friday and also sunday. Otherwise, well be focused on warmer temperatures as to upper 30s it should be pretty nice before colder temperatures come back next week. Todays high is 30 with mostly sunny skies. Itll be cool, but pleasant. The overnight low is 10 with increasing clouds. Tomorrowshigh is 33. Mostly cloudy with a few snow showers. Heres the 7 day forecast. Jessica rae scott lukas a Newell Family of eight is hospitalized after Carbon Monoxide posioning. And the fatal gas can be linked to the recent bad weather conditions. Abc9 News Reporter bria bell has more. It is a silent killer and people are sickened and diefrom it every year, said kistner. [Carbon Monoxide detecter beeps] Carbon Monoxide is a deadly, odorless, colorless gas that kills about 170 people per year, according to the u. S. Consumer product through your in Home Appliances like a furnace, hot water heaters, and fire places. And when we receive several inches of snow, Sioux City Fire Department says residents should check outside vents to ensure that they are not covered. Because if not, the results can be fatal. We want to make sure that those gasses are released into the air and not coming back into our home. So its important that we look around our house to make sure that the vents are clear of any snow or ice build up in front of it. Same thing with our gas meters, we want to make sure theyre clear and free of anything, said rodriguez. Steve kistner the general manager at kalins indoor comfort who offers Residential Services says thats not the only thing home owners should make a note of. A lot of people will start their vehicles in their attached garage and warm them up in the winter and as a result, that Carbon Monoxide, even though it seems like the garage doors up. It does ewnter the home and kistner. Carbon monoxide is measured in parts per million or ppm. And kistner recommends a low level Carbon Monoxide monitor to observe levels even before reaching deadly exposure. This would indicate at Different Levels so one threshold is 15 ppm, which sounds very low, it seems low, but thats when the first risk comes in for those that might young or Carbon Monoxide monitor will run at about 200 dollars and should be placed at eye level in either your bedroom or living area as for the newwell family. Their condition is currently unknown. Lukas coming up. Big news for fans of the fast and furious series. Could we see more racing fun . Lukas plus. Well go behind the scenes of Television Event grease live. Find out what it takes to make the everywhere. It was the 56th anniversary of the day the music died. On february 3rd 1959, rock and roll legend buddy holly was killed when his plane slammed into a clear lake iowa field during a blinding snow storm. Teen idol Ritchie Valens and disc jockey the big bopper died with him. Don mcclean immortalized the tragedy in his song american pie. Holly was only 22 years old. Lukas a sneak peak into the control room of grease live has the internet in awe. The production called for an epic degree of shot calling. Reporter jeanne moos has more on the hindthe scenes choreography of the Television Event. How could a live tv performance of grease. Nats greased lightning make even a shuttle launch. 765 2 2 3 4shot 4 2 3 4 1 2 3shot 5 1 2 3 shot 6 3 bars when the associate director of grease posted this two and a half minute control room clip to facebook. 2 2 3 4 1 go people sai. Nats tell me more, tell me more all that counting, all that intensity. 1 2 3 4 20 2 bars 2 beats one commenter wrote that was awesome im exhausted listening to you. Broadcast director alex reginski says hes blown away by the response. alex reginski broadcast director but im thrilled. Im thrilled to share little bit of the art, about the choreography behind the scenes. Alex is the guy who pre planned each and every shot during rehearsal, some 15hundred shots, so that the associate director could call them out when they went live. 1 2 whip 4 bars what youre hearing is a shot number plus counting the duration of the shot in beats and bars. Calls for shots 18 and 19. 2 3 4 1 2 3 18 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 19 8 bars for 3 hours of Live Performance , associate director carrie havel had her head buried in a script that seemed almost like a musical score. Show . What show . alex reginski broadcast director she didnt get to see it. We came off air, she was like what was the show like . And im like it was great lets count our way through shots 27, 28 and 29. 3 2 3 4 27 4 28 2 3 4 29 4 bars 1 beat broadcast directors favorite facebook comment. alex reginski broadcast director s like rubbing your head and rubbing your tummy at the same time. Take a bow then take a nap. But bet the associate director wont be counting sheep. 1 2 3 a jeanne moos cnn 2 bars new york nats more counting one of the biggest movie franchises in the world will keep on cruising. The fast and furious series is getting ninth and tenth installments. Universal pictures announced the 9th film of the blockbuster franchise will hit theaters april 19th 2019. Two years after that, fans will be treated to a tenth film. Officials did not release any details about the plots of the movies or their titles. The fast and furious series is one of the most successful blockbuster franchises in hollywood today. Lukas scott lukas anscott are chatting about fast and furious lukas and scott are chatting about fast and furious lukas and scott are chatting about fast and furious lukas and scott are chatting about fast and furious lukas and scott are chatting about fast and furious scott good morning siouxland. We have lukas and scott are lukas and scott are chatting about fast and furious lukas and scott are chatting about fast and furious lukas and scott are chatting about fast and furious scott good morning siouxland. We have some cold conditions as we wake up this morning in the teens and 20s. Weve got some clouds cruising through with a few flurries. The wind is pretty calm at 10 Miles Per Hour or less. Passing through the dayplanner, it looks like overall well have a pretty nice scott heres a quick in the teens and 20s. Weve got some clouds cruising through with a few flurries. The wind is pretty calm at 10 dot traffic cams here at. Many folks still waking up and starting their workday. Please drive safely everyone. Lukas still to come. Digging out the snow. Well have more from siouxlands snow Mother Nature this week. And there is still plenty of snow on the ground outside. Now that the blizzard is over. The metro area is dealing with the aftermath. People in the downtown area were trying to make it through the snowy streets all day yesterday. And in some cases trying to smash through windows. Clean up continues all over siouxland. In correctioville. Loud engines and beeping horns from construction vehicles echoed off the buildings all day yesterday. With neighbors helping each other dig themselves out of the snow. I mean it just comes to a screeching hault. Theres no deliveries, people cant get out to go to work and if they do get out they cant get anywhere anyways, says carla mathers, deputy clerk at correctionville city hall. To help remove the massive piles of snow, city hall contracted some of the local Construction Companies to help dig out the city. City hall thinks most of the excess snow will noon today. Lukas nebraska state identified the man rollover accident macy. Authorities say 21year old noah parker was vehicle after it crashed Tuesday Morning on highway 75 just outside of macy. Parker was alone in the vehicle. Authorities are still investigating the cause. Lukas still to come. A medical tool gaining in popularity is coming to a local hospital. Find out what and how. In this weeks your health matters. All up next. Scott scott thanor morning. Lets get a check of our skycams in sioux city and storm lake. We still have some ice and snow on the roads, so drive cautiously as you head to your destinations. On the stormcast hd, a quiet pattern is going to be taking hold with a couple of very light snow chances occuring on friday and also sunday. Otherwise, well be focused on warmer temperatures as highs plant themselves in the mid to upper 30s it should be pretty nice before colder temperatures come back next week. Todays high is 30 with mostly sunny skies. Itll be cool, but pleasant. The overnight low is 10 with increasing clouds. Tomorrows high is 33. Mostly snow showers. Heres the 7 day forecast. Jessica rae scott lukas losing a baby is a hard thing to think about. And even harder to talk about. And storm lake. We still have some ice and snow on the roads, so drive cautiously as you head to your destinations. On the stormcast hd, a quiet pattern is going to be taking hold with a couple of very light snow chances occuring on friday and also sunday. Otherwise, well be focused on highs plant themselves in the mid to upper 30s it should be pretty nice before colder temperatures come back next week. Todays high is 30 with mostly sunny skies. Itll be cool, but pleasant. The overnight low is 10 with increasing clouds. Tomorrows high is 33. Mostly cloudy with a few snow showers. Heres the 7 day forecast. Jessica rae scott lukas think about. And even harder to talk about. But several local families are starting the conversation in order to help others. Last spring. We introduced you to michelle criss. Whos son, amos, was stillborn. Just months later, michelle had raised enough money in his name to donate a cuddlecot to Mercy Medical center the cuddlecot gives families more time with their baby. Then, in december, the first cuddlecot was donated to Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in yankton by the koupel