Jim webbs out, but is joe biden in . And, why do republicans favor political outsiders in 2016 . Nbc political director chuck todd answered those questions, and more, on the Morningside College campus last night. But before he took the stage for the lecture. Ktivs matt breen sat down with the moderator of meet the press for a candid conversation. Six weeks it will be the joe biden show. Whether its you doing stories, or us doing stories, its the curiosity aspect. So, hes going to get a run of attention, which will likely boost his poll numbers. I think hell find his ceiling right away. So, will he get a small boost, or it it something that actually puts him competitive with Hillary Clinton. Clintons lead surges to 25percent over sanders, breen said. With biden out, is clinton the nominee . In a oneonone scenario with bernie sanders, absolutely, todd said. I say that with one caveat. If sanders can will both iowa and new hampshire. Weve seen this before. The whole world changes if one candidate sweeps both. It changes the way that candidate is perceived. That same poll shows dr. Ben carson surging. Now within 3points of donald trump, said breen. Why do you think republicans are gravitating to political outsiders in this campaign . In the same poll, we asked do you want new, or somebody with a little bit of experience . and, its not even close among republican primary voters. They want new even if its inexperienced. Even if it means people with backgrounds that have no connectivity to politics. They believe their leaders have failed them. This is a party thats dissatisfied with their own leaders in congress. They dont want the old guard, they want the new. You spent some time with john kasich recently, breen said. When talking about the appeal of these outsiders, kasich problem, sometimes people try alternative medicine. Then when it gets real serious, they go hire a regular doctor. Valid point . Its a valid point in a normal year, todd said. But, this may not be a normal year. And, republican primary voters are that fed up. Chuck, thanks for your time, breen said. You got it, buddy, todd said. Chuck todd further analyzed the 2016 election for students and the public at Morningside College last night. Chuck todd further analyzed the 2016 election for students and the public at Morningside College last night. Todd addressed a room filled with hundreds of people as he talked about which direction he sees the election going over the next few months. He analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of both parties, especially in areas where it affects the young vote. This is a huge problem for the future of the Republican Party, said chuck todd. I mean there was a survey i saw recently that basically a third of millenials identified with the Democratic Party. A third identified with no party and only about 18 percent identified with the Republican Party. Todd also spoke about the importance of younger generations and their voice in politics. A sioux city woman has been sentenced to up to 25 years in prison in the death of her infant son and neglect of two other children. 25yearold Rebekah Williamsmccarthy pleaded guilty to three charges tuedsay, including child endangerment resulting in serious injury, child endangerment resulting in Bodily Injury and neglect of a dependent person. In april of 2014, her twomonth old son leonard died of malnutrition and dehydration. Her husband, michael williams, was also convicted of similar charges. Knowing that michael was on adderall and marijuana and i chose to leave leonard there anyway knowing that michael wasnt giving him the proper care that he needed, said defendant Rebekah Williamsmccarthy. All three sentences are to be served consecutively. Its not the first time Woodbury County residents have heard this. What other options exist to replace Woodbury Countys Prairie Hills jail. The idea was tossed during last nights board of supervisors meeting. Supervisor Jeremy Taylor estimates 1. 2 million is needed to maintain the facility over the next 10 years. Adding that hes had preliminary discussions with various groups about an expansion of the Law Enforcement center, downtown. That expansion would look at converting an area on the third floor to additional holding cells. Studying whether or not the Structural Integrity can take the load limit or what we would want to put up there as far as the cell block spaces would be the first step, said Jeremy Taylor. The board didnt take any action to move forward with any project. They say its an option they could explore based on results of additional research. Prairie hills remains open. More construction zones could be on the way on morningside avenue. The Sioux City City Council held a meeting at the Morningside Public Library yesterday afternoon. The meeting was for morningside residents as well as Business Owners to voice their opinions on a new project to revamp the stretch of morningside avenue from south royce to south nicollet street. There has been mixed feedback from morningside residents. Its kind of split, said city engineer, glenn ellis. A lot of people are glad that improvements are coming but at the same time they feel theres too much construction going on in the city. We do have a followup project after this one to take place the following year to extend to lakeport, so the construction will continue. Construction is scheduled to start in april of 2016 with the hopes of being completed around this time next year. Businesses made the switch to chip reading credit card machines. But some stores arent using them, and that could cost them come holiday time. During the day thursday while the rest of the region will eventually get in on some thursday night and friday. Things should dry up and cool down over the weekend with highs near 60. See graphics. October first marked the beginning of a big shift in how your debit and credit cards are protected. But many merchants still arent t ready. Y. And are worried it could interre with holiday sales. Erika gonazalez explains. Problemsmsith, yes im usually thats because the chip enabled terminals youre supposed to dip your card into at checkout may not be up and running. Here at fragers hardware. The chip readers are installed. But they dontwork. sot ricky silverstein, fragers hardware its just not ready our Software Company its just a big nut to crack for them and theres a lot to do and theyre just not there yet fragers is not alone. Merchants all over the us missedhe october first have the Technology Working until next year. sot alex johnson sr. Analyst, Mercator Advisory Group the interesting thing is a lot of merchants have the hardware cards alex johnson is with a Research Group that advises the banking and payment industry. It found the us is not where it should be with Emv Technology. Johnson and his team project nearly half of merchant payment terminals in the us will have the necessary Equipment Installed by the end of this yearar but only 19percent of them wiwi actually be turned on and working. sot alex johnson sr. Analyst, Mercator Advisory Group from a Software Perspective theres a lot of steps that need to be done to load the software onto the device. Theres a lot of certification testing that needs to be done a a that makes it extremely challenging to get it turned on jojoson says many retailers will delay the switch to Emv Technology until after the holidays for fear it could interfere with the peak shopping season. sot alex johnson sr. Analyst, Mercator Advisory Group the industry as a whole has known the chip cards were coming and not being ready could cost merchants. Thats because theres a shift in liabililty. If merchants donn have working Chip Technology and tt consumer has the new chip card. The merchant is liable for anypfraud that takes place at the register. That was erika gonazalez reporting. If you get to the checkout counter and the store doesnt have the new Technology Working, you can ask if it takes mobile payments like apple pay or google wallet. Johnson says that technology is still to come on news 4 today. For more than a century, people in wakefield, nebraska got their groceries from a store on main street. But times have changed and now the family owned business is closing its doors its the end of era in a small nebraska town. Its a place that at one time had five implement dealers and five Grocery Stores. Now some of those small town staples are closing up shoh. Brian mastre has the story from wakefield, nebraska. Which customers would be coming in. Its easy to relate to what happened to charlie and Larry Soderberg the other night. Larry soderberg we had a customer walkinbout 5minutes to 6pm we close at six. This customer was on a mission. Larry he looked around and asked, is there anyone else in here . Is anyone else coming . we said, nope. Yourrit. The man had d e store to himself as he shopped for the next 35minutes. The customer and thowner understood one thing. He couldnt come back tomorrow. Larry he said, i want to be your last customer. not just the last customer of the night but forever, as the fair store closed after 95years in the family. Super Larry Soderberg, 3rd Generation Store owner larry he probably had the biggest order that day. We had fun doing it. Lots of laughs. We talked about the good old days. It was a good way to go out of here. The fair store has been a staple wakefield, nebraskas main street since 1901. Super courtesy the wakefield keep this up just before soundbite it first becameme family operation in 1920. Under the direction of paul soderberg. Paul would eventually turn the keys over to his son charlie. And charlie would do the same to his son larry. Super charlie soderberg, wakefield, neb. Charlie the soderbergs getting out of the grocery business. Thats the memory that hits me the hardest. I was hoping my days would end with the soderbergs selling the grocery business a a moving on. Its tough to see it. The family wanted to sell but found no buyers. The current generation of young shoppers go elsewhere for most of their groceries. Larry theyd go the cities for the big orders and come to wakefield for the small orders and that was the struggle. Charlie there arent all the people in the country anymore. When we originally started, there was 4 families every mile. Now if you find one family in 4 square miles, youre lucky. The soderbergs and their children grew up in these aisles. A lot of memories. And theygre grateful for all the support and friendships over the years. This was a home away from home. Super brian mastre the history of the store quickly reveals itself as we entered the basement. Back in the day this Conveyor Belt helped unload the truck of groceries. If it didnt get on the shhlves upstairs it would come here for storage. Larry those deliveries you look at the Little Things we used to do. Change light bulbs. Put salt in. Pick up peoples mail for them. Larry soderberg hopes someone will buy the building and reopen a Grocery Store on main street. He feels the town needs a fullfledged market. Larry opefully sommbody someday will wawat to run with it. Charlie i dont know what the solution is, but itsgot to be in the people. On a shelf near the Cash Register of the fair store sits the daily calendar. No one wants to move the date forward. September 30th is when it closed. A reminder of what was sort of like the reeipt thth last shoppee received thh day. Larry he was a wakefield boy and he knew what we were going throuh. He used to have a business he himself and he understood the struggles Small Businesses have. He was sorry to see us go. He wanted to be the one to see us go. That was brian mastre reporting frfrm wakefield, nebraska. The day after the store closed larry began a new job with a Grocery Store in norfolk. His place in wakefield is still for sae. Were heading for a cool down this week. Bens in next with a check on the forecast. Also, dogs destined for death row in new mexico board a plane bound for utah. How one woman saved these showers off to our south and west might contribute to a few morning sprinkles ttday, but other than that conditions should remain dry. Temperatures though wi be quite a bit cooler with high falling short of 70 degrees with some sunshine returning this afternoon. Lows tonight will also fall more toward 40 degrees courtesy of some clearing before clouds return tomorrow ahead of our first measurable rain in quite a while. Areas weet of sioux city will e more likell to receive rain during the day thursday while the rest of the region will eventually get in on me thursday night and friday. Things should dry up and cool down over the weekend with highs near 60. See graphics. Two women in utah are making a the lives of several dogs. Earlier this week, they welcomed an entire plane full of canines. Ashley kewish reports. Good. Animal lover Christina Owens brought 4 monthold powder out for some fresh air. Christina Owens she had no hair when we got her. Powders getting o or a nasty case of mange. Christina Owens its safe, its safe. But powders not the only dog christinas taking care of. She has 46. Christina Owens i love animals and im a little crazy. No. Christina runs utah lost and found pets, helping place those 46 animals in foster homes. Stephanie Smith so is she ready for adoption, then . But powders playground today is no park its an airport. Christina Owens i was gonna have my fosters meet me here, and then i thought about it and i was like you know. This plane isnt filled with toys or doggie treats. nats its packed with dogs. Christina Owens oh, hes here . Where . Like he just landed . Yes, the only passengers on this plane are puppies. Christina Owens but these are the best. These martingales are the best. I absolutely love these. Thats Stephanie Smith. She helped plan this day. stephanan smith just did a a mass rescue evacaction of death row dogs in new mexico. nats yes, death row dogs. Stephanie Smith inew mexi, they typically only have three days to be saved. So as you can imagine, its pretty tough over there to be a pet. nats smith says shelters in new mexico are simply overwhelmed with pets. Christina Owens theyre euthanized, and taken out in black garbage bags, and taken to the landfill. She says many people simply dont understand the importance of aying and neutering their pets. nats making days like this part of a neverending cycle. Christina Owens we take out 50, 50 more come in the next day. These guys . They have no voices. gets emotional they have no one to help them. Some of them have never even felt a human hand, other than to o mean to them. But these dogs have little to worry about. Many are now getting their first taste of freedom and some are a little eager to start their new lives. nats these animals arent even going to shelters theyre going to fofoer homes and hopefully, finding a place to call ththr own. Stephanie Smith we sacrifice our heart on a daily basis but its. Time for a break. But were back in just a moment with me news and weather for you on news4 today. First though. Heres a look at some of the events on the good morning and welcome back. We have a lot coming up in our second half hour of news 4 today. Senator joni ernst recently returned from a trip to the middle east. Well have her conces about the area coming up. And from the campaign trail. Today its all about joe biden. Hes got the entire Democratic Party on edge, wondering if hell take on Hillary Clinton. Whos pulling further ahead in new polls. And a tiff, over funds in Osceola County. Supervisors agreed to pay 2 Million Dollars in tax money for a sewer project, but some taxpayers oppose the move. Plus, after she lost a daughter and was seriously hurt in the pilger tornado last summer, Kandi Murphree returns to the hospital to thank the staff that cared for her. And growth in the town that was leveled by thehetorm. Crews broke ground o oa new chsrch thats coming to the village. Well have the details next. But first ben is on the outdoor weather patio. A Beautiful Day yesterday, but things are cooling down. Vice President Joe Bidens sounding like a president ial candidate. While Hillary Clinton prepares to take the hot seat on capitol hill. Tracie potts is in washington with our morning politics. Today, its all abo