To help them. Its overwhelming, the people who came to this and who have helped us. If youd like to help the christiansen family, you can find more information in this story on our website, siouxland news dot com. 3 meanwhile, there was another benefit this afternoon. To help marguerite and ralph cortez. The family of eleven, lost their house in a fire two weeks ago. That house is located in the 4hundred block of Market Street in the westside of sioux city. This afternoon, sioux city based zumba instructor lisa ryan, and about 50people hit the dance floor to raise money for the cortez family. 3 the holidays. The cortez family also received many Household Items and other donated goods. 3 3 the Betty Strong Encounter Center hosted their annual one smart cookie event in sioux city today. The gingerbread cookie decorating activity ran from 1 to 3 p. M, with Eileen Mccormick leading the decorating activity. Participants of all ages, including kids, parents and grandparents made a wide variety of gingerbread families. 3 i think its important just to get the visitors down here to see what we have here, plus spend some time with the family, decorate some cookies and really just have a good time for this holiday season. If youd like more information on the Betty Strong Encounter Center and a list of future activities, we have a link in this story on our website, siouxland news dot com. www. Siouxcityi cic. Com 3 kayla, its been a pretty cloud weekend, and looks like weve got more rain this week. How long will it last . Just snow by the morning. But monday will be most cloudy and dry with temperatures in the upper 30s. We will have a break from the rain until tuesday afternoon when snow and wintry mix makes its way into siouxland, bringing temperature into the lower 30s. 3 3 3 two Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies killed a man who was suspected to be armed in lynwood, california. The incident happened yesterday, when the deputies fired 17 rounds at the suspect. At a press angeles county Sheriffs Department identified the suspect as 28yearold Nicholas Robertson of lynwood. The two deputies arrived on scene and gave robertson repeated orders to put down the gun, but he did not comply. Thats when the deputies shot and killed him. 3 very through investigation, but by its nature. Not a very quick investigation. The office of the Inspector General was notified about his incident when it occured, and they responded to the scene. The duputies involved have been reassigned from field duty, and will remain so until we determine the facts. And complete our assesment of this incident. Sheriffs officials said there is no evidence at this time to show that robertson ever fired his weapon at deputies. Robertsons relatives said he was married and a father to an 8yearold girl and 7yearold twins. 3 3 nearly 200 Syrian Refugees are slowly entering canada. Some night, while others stayed overnight in toronto. Reporter Felicia Parrillo has more from montreal. 3 about 160 Syrian Refugees are slowly being brought here, to a Welcome Centre in st. Laurent, about 10 kilometers away from trudeau airport. One bus at a 3 time, around 2030 refugees began arriving at the centre around 9 p. M. We are very excited and very thankful that our niece is arriving to canada today, to start a new life with her three daughters that are 13, 9 3 and 4 years old. So, theyre going to have a wonderful future here in 3 canada. Earlier this evening, quebec premier, phillipe couillard, along with Denis Coderre provincial ministers were taken on a tour of the Welcome Centre. Couillard says today is a proud day for quebecers, who are showing the world how to respond to war couillardtry to put yourself in their shoes. Try to think about whats left behind, what theyve seen. What theyve worried about, theyre famlies are behind. Theyll be looking at our faces for welcome, for smiles, that we call them our new brothers and sisters. Now security is tight here at the Welcome Centre. Only a few members of the media are allowed inside the Welcome Centre as the refugees arrive canadian immigration say its for the privacy and security of the refugees. Felicia parrillo, 3 global news, montreal. 3 now, how about a paid 3 vacation for three years this week on full measure with sharyl attkisson. They found, thats what dozens of workers at Homeland Security are getting. Theyre being paid to do no work. Thanks to your hard work and tax dollars. 3 there may be some legitimate reason, but i havent found it, but i think most often it becomes a culture within an agency to put people on administrative leave maybe for punishment maybe for just iowa senator Charles Grassley says the statistics suggest, grassley says charles iowa senator Charles Grassley says the statistics suggest, systemic use of paid administrative leave, by the department of Homeland Security from 2011 to 2013, 88 dhs employees on paid leave. For more than a year. Most for under investigation for misconduct. That includes 17 for paid leave for two years, and four for three years or more. 3 farrell, Judicial Watch its not an 3 endless guaranteed emoyment forever. Chris farrell is with Government Watch dog, Judicial Watch. Judicial watch pointeight Million Dollars last year for workers. Who arent working. Director of research, Judicial Watch if youve acted in a way thats objectively out of bounds then you should either be suspended pending final outcome or if its serious enough its grounds for to know 3 why those workers werent put on unpaid leave. For all federal employees, the Goverment Accountability Office estimates, paid leave costs taxpayers 3. 1 billion over three years. Grassley i cant give you definitive answers, but it seems to me to be a crutch, for administrators not making a decision. Its an example that its difficult to fire federal workers so its easier to put them on administrative leave out of sight out of mind even though its wasting the taxpayers dollars. 3 full measure reached out to dhs for comment. Spokesman sy lee says the department is reviewing long administrative leave cases, and is considering whether to continue administrative leave or to assign the employee to a more appropriate status. 3 and when we come back. More shakeup in the president ial race this week. Well tell you which candidate is surging to the of ben carson and donald trump. More on this story, coming up. 3 3 3 rain could 3 rain could change to a mix and just morning. But monday will be and dry with temperatures in the upper we will have a break from the rain until afternoon when snow and wintry mix makes its way bringing temperature into the lower snow will continue through morning with low temperatures 20s. Thursday however the way back into the forecast, but will stay in the 20s with the accumulated snow pack. Break, democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders, 3 continues his tour in iowa. This time speaking to supporters at a church, well tell you, what he had to 3 democratic president ial hopeful Bernie Sanders made a stop in waterloo, iowa this morning. Sanders was welcomed to about 125 peopop at the Mount Carmel BaptistChurch Sanders spoke about issues such as employment, income inequality, and repeated his calls for a single payer healthcare system. The candidate also focused on the importance of raising the minimum wage, and mandatory y maternity leave. 3 a shakeup in the polls shows a new republican president ial candidate emerging as a top contender to take on donald trump. Cbss brian webb has more from new york. 3 donald trump spent the weekend taking aim at his usual suspects, the epa, gun control and muslim immigrants. But he also targeted someone new president ial candidate ted cruz. sot Donald Trump Republican president ial candidate when you lookokt the wawahes dealt with the senate, whwhe he goes in there like a you know, frankly, like a bit of a maniac. A new poll released this weekend from the Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics shows cruz has a ten point lead over trump and an even bigger lead over ben carson among iowa republicans. Cruzs poll surge is being pushed along by evangelicals and tea party conservatives. Earlier in the week cruz predicted he would inherit the antiestablishment vote. s0t ted cruz republican president ial candidate i believe that gravity will bring both of those campaigns down and i think the lions share of their supporters come to us. The Washington Post reported last week that some party elders are considering ways to side step a possible trump nomination. Trump said that would be a mistake and could force him to run as a third party candidate. sot trump i signed a pledge but the pledge was a d dble deal. It was supposed to be honorable. So were going to find out. If its that way, they are going to have problems. The Iowa Caucuses are set for february 1st. Brian webb for cbs news, new york. 3 the next republican 3 bth hud audithello. Im mark hyman. The securities hyman. Hello. Im mark bth hud audit hello. Im mararhyman. The securities and exchanan commissisi regulates publiclyheld companies. These are the businesses that have public shareholders. The sec has complex rules that Companies Must follow. Break the rules and they risk facing civil or criminal penalties. In some cases, executives could find themselves in company must issue an annual report. An overview w of the companys financial health. It muststinclude dited Financial Statements accounting for every single penny. Of course, washington doesnt follow the same rules. There are entire agencies that spend billions of dollars annually without little or no accountability. The department of housing and urban development spent more than 40 billion dollars this past fiscal year. The hud inspector gegeral has concluded the agencys records are so sloppy and incomplete that its literally impossible to audit. The ig found four major discrepancies. Hud didnt use generally accepted accounting principles. The same accounting standards the federal government requires Public Companies to use. The records of ginnie mae were so bad the ig couldnt account for nearly 20 billion dollars. The department couldnt account for about a billion dollars in various grants and housing funds. And, the agency didnt use the standards agencies to account for its financial liabilities. By the way, this is the second year in a row hud couldnt get through a clean audit. To comment, go to behind the headlines im mark hyman. 3 3 this last spring, the dog flu took a toll across the country. Infecting more than15hundred dogs. As cbss marlie hall tells us, veterinarians are recommending pet owners to have their dogs vaccinated. 3 veterinarian katie grzyb says a new 3 strain of canine started in chicago last spring is spreadadg fast and the virus has provededdeadly for someme dogs. sot it progressed so quickly it it eventually moved into their lungs causing severe pneumonia the United States department of agriculture has conditionally approved a new vaccine to address the epidemic. Its right now. Doctor Douglas Aspros formererpresident american veterinana medical association. sot its a totally novel virus. So dogs dont have us dogs dont have any historical experience with this virus and therefore they have no protective cross reaction with any other antibodies that theyve formed in the past. Since the epidemic began, more than 1500 dogs became ill in a few months. At least 8 died from secondary from least 8 died months. At ill in a few dogs became ill in a few months. At least 8 died from secondary infections. The strain has now spread across the countrythe new strain is different from common dog flu which already has an effective vaccine available. In some cases, two vaccinations might be necessary. The old shot can cost up to 90 follars for two rounds. The vaccine for the new strain costs double that. sot gryzb . If youre dog is in close contact with other dogs very frequently then its extrememy imimrtant to be thinking about t d talking to your vet abobo vaccine series. Veterinarians dont yet know how effective dont yet know veterinarians vaccine series. Doing this your vet about doing this vaccine series. Veterinarians dont yet know will be. They hope road a shot of flu. For now, check with your vet to see how flu is in yard, youre probalby safe. Marlie hall, 3 cbs news, new york. 33 3 health 3 officials in california are sending out a health alert for hundreds people, including infants, after a Northern California hospital says, they may have been exposed to a nurse with tuberculosis. Accordininto reports santa clara countyty officials are trying to track down 350 babies and their parents, who may have been exposed at the Valley Medical Centers mother and infant care center. Hospital Officials Say though the risk of infection is slight, if infected, the outcome can be severe for infants. Now, all the infants born midaugust through midnovember will be antibiotic treatment for six to nine months, whether or not they test positive. 3 3 when we come back, kayla will have the latest in sports. Stay with us. 3 3 3 we are going to do a little change up today and start with some college basketball. Both iowa state basketball teams took on arkansas pine bluff Womens Basketball won 70 to 41 but lets check out the mens game to see if they could pull off a win too. 3 1. Earlylyirst hahaf. Matt thomas to monte morris. Back to thomas. With the three. Its good iowa state is on the board 3 to zip2. 2 mins left in the 1st. Cyclones with the ball. Georges niang to thomas. He brings it in. Brings it up. Cyclones up 34 to 253. Early in the 2nd. Niang throws it ahead for nader who misses the dunk. But thomas picks it t up. Passesesback up f f jameel mckay. Who stuffs it in. Now 39304. 5 mins left in the game. Mckay with the block. Thomas lobs it up the court. For morris who passes it to mckay for the dunk . Cyclones take this one 78 to cyclones take this one 78 to 64 3 now onto some nfl. Where the chargers take on the kansas city chiefs. Still scoreless late in thth2nd. Alex smith with the pass to albert wilson. He takes it the rest of the way for the kansas city touchdown. They now lead 7 to zip. Now late in the 4th. Chargers trailing. Phillip rivers with the pass to vincent brown. Its complete for the 1st down next play here. Rivers looks for Danny Woodhead in the endzone. But it slips through his fingers. And its over the cheifs will win 10 to 3. 3 kirk cousins and the Washington Redskins take on the chicago bears. Late in the 3rd. Cutler makes the it in for the bears