For many, we wont see much relief this afternoon as temperatures for some chilly friday night football festivities tonight there is another frost freeze threat late tonight saturday morning for areas east of sioux city where your temperatures will drop to near 30 degrees. Temperatures will rebound a bit better over the weekend with highs in the 60s both saturday and sunday courtesy of steady southerly winds. Eventually the 70s make a brief return next monday and tuesday with shower chances tuesday and wednesday. Wx timer 40 a special tribute to honor our nations Fallen Soldiers is on display for a short time in siouxland. That exhibit might be quite a bit different from others youve seen before. The remembering our fallen exhibit serves as a stark reminder of soldiers duties. It features more than 90 fallen nebraska soldiers depicted in personal and military photos. There are similar exhibits in 14 states. You can see the exhibit at the little red hen theatre during wakefields balloon days festival this weekend. The collection of notes, photos, and videos is touching for many. Some ladies overseas who voted overseas for the first time and theyre holding up their finger full of ink so proudly, said val bard. That wouldnt of happened without the sacrifice of not just the ones behind us but all those who served with them. The exhibit opens today at 5. And the last chance to see it in wakefield will be sunday from 12 to 4. A siouxland man dedicated more than two decades of his life to serving and protecting our country. Todd landen was in the army, but severe injuries prevented him from continuing his service. Ktivs tiffany lane has the story of how that was taken away from him. Continuing his service. Todd landen has experienced many things in his life that many of us could never imagine. He served for 21 years leading him to the high rank of Army First Sergeant during i rose through the ranks quickly. I went through the most challenging training the army some things that a lot of people couldnt imagine. It was an landen was most recently with the 101st airborne division, known as the no slack battalion, and led 150 people. In 2005 he left for iraq and was part of the raid to capture and kill saddam husseins sons. In 2008, he was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury which led to chest, back and stomach injuries to name a few. We were getting ready to redeploy to afghanistan and they were like hey with the extent of your brain injuries, not only are you not going to be a senior leader, youre not going to be in the army anymore. Landen eventually had to retire and spent a few years going from hospital to hospital around the country. Eventually he made his way to sioux city in december 2013, where he lives with his wife aprel and daughter brianna today. Todd is an amazingly strong man im very very proud of him. Landen has had more than 20 surgeries and counting after being struck by 12 roadside bombs. And even with all the injuries, landen says he would be serving now if he could. It isnt over. I took an oath to protect and defend this country and nobodys relieved me of that yet. A heroic statement from someone whos contributions to the country will not be forgotten. Landen has multiple awards for his service, including a bronze star, an Army Commendation medal for valor in combat, a purple heart and a combat infantry badge. Tiffany lane, ktiv news 4. With landens disability, there were a few things that needed to be done to accommodate his injuries. The Homebuilders Association of greater siouxland started the landen project. Its part of the project for patriots, a nonprofit helping to make housing more accommodatin g to veterans. As part of the project, 7 hundred square feet will be added to the landens home. The expansion will include a lift, customized cupboards that provide the army veteran with better access and bigger bathrooms. Well theyre just great people, and its the humility, and theyre so humble and deserving. This vis not something that they asked for, this is just one of those warm, fuzzy stories. There will be a fundraiser for the landen project on november 5th starting at 5 pm at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown sioux city. As part of the fundraiser, there will be a special screening of the hornets nest, an indepth documentary on landens 101st airborne division. President obama announced the us will keep a significant military presence in afghanistan longer than he had planned. The president announced yesterday that more troops are needed to stay in afghanistan longer to keep that country secure, even though the combat mission is over. By stabilizing afghanistan, the president says americans will be safer. Sot president obama no super 15 23 i believe this mission is vital to our National Security interests preventing terrorist attacks against our citizens and our nation. The president reassessed his plan to draw down the number of troops by the end of 2016 because of recent taliban advances. This abrupt turn around keeps our presence at 98hundred troops through next year. Then drops to 55hundred in 2017. Retired army colonel jack jacobs warns stability will be a balancing act that requires more than what the president announced. Obama opened the door to add more troops in the future if the situation continues to slide. Israel is closing off jerusalems most sensitive holy site today to young muslim men. Restricting access to the alaqsa mosque compound is aimed at calming the recent deadly wave of violence between palestinians and israelis. Israel set up roadblocks in palestinian neighborhood s in East Jerusalem yesterday thursday and deployed soldiers across the country. A South African parole board has ruled that Oscar Pistorius can get out of prison next week. And move to house arrest. The doubleamputee olympic runner who shot his girlfriend to death has served nearly a year of his fiveyear sentence for manslaughter. Prosecutors will appeal pistorius sentence. They want him to be convicted of murder. A fire broke out at an ethanol plant in northeast nebraska last night. Firefighters responded to a call from Siouxland Ethanol in jackson just before 7. The heat was contained inside a structure designed to withstand temperatures of 16hundred degrees. The fire only reached about 7hundred degrees. The substance that caught fire wasnt ethanol. Fire departments from dakota city, ponca and South Sioux City responded to the call. No one was hurt. South dakotas minimum wage will go up by a nickel to 855 in january. Thats because of a costofliving increase built into the law that voters approved in december 2014. The voterapproved law took effect in 2015. It initially raised the minimum hourly wage from 7. 25 to 8. 50. It also increased the hourly tip wage to half the minimum wage, and tied future increases to the cost of living. Move over denim. As yoga wear has found its comfortable niche, jeans sales are slouching. Why were ditching our denim next on news 4 today. Ben and ill have your forecast next wx timer 2 45 freeze warning in effect for most of siouxland today until 9 am frost advisory in effect for eastern and southeastern siouxland today until 9 am freeze warning in effect for eastern siouxland saturday 3 am until 9 am after a frosty start to friday for many, we wont see much relief this afternoon as temperatures only rise into the 50s making for some chilly friday night football festivities tonight there is another frost freeze threat late tonight saturday morning for areas east of sioux city where your temperatures will drop to near 30 degrees. Temperatures will rebound a bit better over the weekend with highs in the 60s both saturday and sunday courtesy of steady southerly winds. Eventually the 70s make a brief return next monday and tuesday with shower chances tuesday and wednesday. See graphics. Its a tough time to be a pair of jeans. Sales are down 6 percent in the us for traditional denim. Even the folks at levi strauss admit their profits are way down due to falling sales. So whats replacing denim . Bob hansen says its all about comfort. Lot of money. At target yoga pants start around 20 bucks, though you can easily spend 100 dollars or more at lululemon. Whats the appeal . sot Tanya Mcanear, fashion teacher women want to feel good, they want to look good, and if you look good in yoga pants good for you. Fashion changes and jeans may easily stage a comeback. But for now. nats reporter so when do you wear jeans these days . mos december when it rains and i have to wear boots. That was bob hansen reporting. Now Tanya Mcanear with bad madge have to wear boots. That was bob hansen reporting. Now Tanya Mcanear with bad madge and company is quick to point out that fashion is often recycled. In the 80s it was tights and leg warmers. 30 years later its leggings and yoga pants. But the denim manufacturer s are taking this threat each year thousands of calls come into the child abuse hotline. Its the first step to getting the kids and their families the help they need. Well take a look at how the now that were about two months into the school year, many schools are holding their teacher conferences. Its also a time of the year when more calls come it to the child abuse hotline. As teachers notice things that require a call. Brian mastre shares what happens next. Amanda nawrocki Child Family Services administrator its a big responsibility to call in. Youre concerned about getting someone in trouble. Youre concerned whether there will be retaliation. What are they going to ask me . Will i know all the answers . In nebraska we are all mandatory reporters. Meaning not just teachers or doctors are required to report suspected abuse or neglect. All of us are. Even if we dont have many details to pass along. 4 46 50 amanda it could be just differences in parenting but we encourage them to call us call the hotline so we can make a determination if it is abuse or neglect and if we need to get involved with the family. After the call the project harmony team gets to work. 5 16 22 before project harmony, kids were taken to the police station. But executive director gene klein knew they needed a more welcoming place for children who may have been physically or sexually abused. Their new place in operation since 2011 is kid friendly. Full of warmth. Just one aspect other cities want to copy. Super gene klein, project harmony gene klein prior to this model, it wasnt uncommon to have a child interviewed by 810 different before some charges were filed. The child is always interviewed first. But these days, he or she just has to tell the story once. To a specially trained interviewer of children. To limit the trauma. Gene klein the staff sits where im sitting and the child sits up here. It puts them at an eye level with the adult. And it makes them feel more significant in the room and more powerful. As the interview takes place Law Enforcement legal experts social services those who already have offices in the building watch on a big screen from a room next door. It makes it feel less like an interrogation for the youngster. Gene klein the onestop shop mentality really does reduce the anxiety for kids and minimizes the secondary trauma that the system kind of creates for these kids. Longer needs to go the emergency room to be examined as used to be the practice. The Doctors Office is just down the hall. Dr. Suzanne haney also has a better idea on what to look for because the child just talked about it. Pediatrics dr haney theyre done with they can start to heal. Lets talk about some of the strengths of the family to determine if we need an inhome safety plan or meanwhile the team gets together for the next 30 days to figure out the next steps for the family. Super camas steuter, Child Welfare camas steuter, Child Welfare its heartbreaking on many levels. Many times the parents are struggling financially. Theyre struggling to parent. We see lots of families struggling with mental illness, substance abuse. Not a lot of support systems. Children arent automatically removed from a home unless theres an immediate threat to the safety of the child. Amanda we believe that children are best when being raised by their parents if they can do that in a safe environment. After all its about the kids. As we head into the weekend, as we head into the weekend, hows our weather looking . Bens got his forecast after the break. And a nasa spacecraft sends back photos of saturns moon. In effect for eastern siouxland saturday 3 am until 9 am after a frosty start to friday for many, we wont see much relief this afternoon as temperatures only rise into the 50s making for some chilly friday night football festivities tonight there is another frost freeze threat late tonight saturday morning for areas east of sioux city where your temperatures will drop to near 30 degrees. Temperatures will rebound a bit better over the weekend with highs in the 60s both saturday and sunday courtesy of steady southerly winds. Eventually the 70s make a brief return next monday and tuesday with shower chances tuesday and wednesday. See graphics. Check out these new photos of saturns moon nasa released these pictures of saturns icy moon enceladus yesterday after the spacecraft cassini obtained the images during its flyby on wednesday. Cassini flew one thousand142 miles above the moons surface. The images of the northern extremes of the ocean bearing enceladus show the north polar region to be heavily cratered with stark contrasts. Its. Time for a break. But when we come back. The two republican frontrunners in race for the white house threaten to pull out of the next debate. First though. Heres a look at some of the events on the good morning and welcome back to morning. Coming up. Threats from two republican candidates. Some white house hopefulls are getting ready for another weekend of campaigning. And while donald trump and ben carson were front and center at the last debate. They might not even show up at the next one. More on the threat the two candidates are making in just a minute. And one of those president ial candidates, made a stop in siouxland for a special interview. While journalist usually cover the campaign visits, this one was for the Younger Generation of budding reporters. And. Harvesting the fields plus deer mating season. Can equal bad drivers. Staying safe on the road just ahead. We start with ben this morning. Tonight saturday morning for areas east of sioux city where your temperatures will drop to near 30 degrees. Temperatures will rebound a bit better over the weekend with highs in the 60s both saturday and sunday courtesy of steady southerly winds. Eventually the 70s make a brief return next monday and tuesday with shower chances tuesday and wednesday. See graphics. In politics this morning were getting a look at whos raking in the most cash. And the next Republican Debate could be without donald trump and ben carson. Tracie potts is in washington to sot Hillary Clinton d president ial candidate 00 04 yo estoy contigo, thats a promise. san antonio, texas 06 12 Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire today after a key latino endorsement is sitting on 77 Million Dollars. Far more than any other candidate has raised. In the last three months she by Bernie Sanders and ben carson. Carson spent twothirds of what he collected last quarter. He and donald trump sent a letter to cnbc threatening to boycott the next debate if its longer than two hours and doesnt allow opening and closing remarks. Elsewhere on the campaign trail critics jeb bush on the nfl and ray rice sot jeb bush r president ial candidate 35 38 i think they mishandled this. Carly fiorina on president obamas decision to leave more troops in afghanistan sot Carly Fiorina r president ial candidate 43 47 i certainly support his recognition of reality. And joe biden welker reporterhav e you made your decision yet . biden nat sot i cant hear you. Still mum on whether hes running for president. Hes got to decide soon. Georgias deadline is october 29. Georgias part of super tuesday. Three other states, including New Hampshire, require candidates to declare by early november. Im tracie potts in washington, now back to you. Some siouxland High Schoolers got a rare opportunity. One thats usually available to seasoned journalists. Ktivs Brianna Clark is live in the newsroom with the details. Brianna . Good morning al and sarah. President ial candidates are spending these next crucial months campaigning across the country. Theyre being interviewed by both national and local journalists. But thanks to one siouxland teen, a couple of High School Journalists are getting a chance to interview one of the republican candidates. I actually wasnt sure that it was going to happen, then when it did, i was pretty excited, says jacob. Jacob, along with newsbreak anchor merabeth heinitz, got together with their journalism class and created a set of questions. Nat being a business woman to now being a president ial candidate. Is there something that sparked that interest. Well id say its more of a process than a moment. Jacob and merabeth have interviewed a number of people for journalism class, but this interview was a bit different than the rest. Just being here with someone whos pretty much famous was nerve racking, says merabeth heinitz, junior at Spirit Lake High School. But once the cameras started rolling, these two journalists a group of High School Journalists they asked really good questions. These kids are very professional, i really enjoyed it. They did a terrific job, said gop candidate Carly Fiorina. They even got the republican president ial candidate up on her feet to do a little end of the show dance with their journalism after her interview, Carly Fiorina made her way to the clay County Fair Grounds in spencer, iowa. There she spoke to a crowd of abou