Covered roads, as we face snow totals in the 24 inch range by the time it exits later this evening. Winds will also pick up from the north and northwest today tonight which will create very cold conditions with wind chills beginning to approach zero. See graphics. Wx timer 40 federal investigators have made a connection between a shooting on the santee sioux indian reservation and a manhunt suspect from niobrara. The shooting happened wednesday on the santee sioux indian reservation after a standoff with federal authorities. Yesterday, fbi investigators confirmed to our news partner, news channel nebraska, 25yearold David Hoffman was the man involved in that standoff. He was pronounced dead at a hospital in yankton, south dakota last night. The standoff happened here on this embankment, near the missouri river, on the reservation. Fbi investigators allowed access to the scene, yesterday. The search for hoffman started on tuesday after to arrest hoffman who was wanted on burglary and theft charges. Authorities say hoffman assaulted the officer, then took his gun. A massive manhunt was launched in niobrara. Schools and businesses were locked down as a precaution. Texas state trooper Brian Encinia turned himself in to Texas Rangers thursday afternoon. A grand jury indicted encinia on wednesday charging him with perjury. They say he lied about what led to his confrontation with sandra bland following a traffic stop last year. Encinia was later released on a 25hundred dollar bond. If convicted, he faces up to one year in prison and a 4thousand dollar fine. A Philadelphia Police officer is lucky to be alive after he was shot multiple times in a shootout with a suspect late thursday. Police say the shooting happened just before midnight. 33yearold officer Jesse Hartnett was driving through a West Philadelphia intersection when the suspect opened fire. Hartnett was shot 3 times in his left arm and suffered but is expected to survive. The suspect fired at least 13 times, emptying the 9 millimeter handgun he was shooting. Officer hartnett was able to return fire and hit the suspect who then ran away. The suspect, a 30 year old man, was shot at least 3 times and was apprehended a short distance away. Hartnett was taken into surgery early friday and is expected to make a full recovery. There is still no word on the condition of the suspect or a motive for the shooting. Sheriffs departments from thurston and woodbury counties are searching for an 82year old man who may be in danger. Illinois Officials Say marvin davis has been missing since janurary 4th. He left his home in a maroon or burgandy ford ranger with illinois plates. Davis called a relative on the 5th saying he was traveling to washington to be with a former companion. He has not been seen since. For more information go to our website ktiv. Com. The Netflix Series making a murderer has taken the country by storm, much to the attorney. The series focuses on the steven avery murder trial, and heavily suggests investigators framed avery, and his nephew. Thenprosecutor ken kratz is the center of the series as the antagonist. Joshua schuder from our sister station kbjr, in duluth, minnesota tells us why kratz now fears for his life. Sexting scandal where he soon after opened a law firm in superior. Now with hundreds of thousands of people under the impression that avery is innocent after watching the series, kratz has garnered a lot of unwanted attention. Some really vile suggestions having been made by over 2,000 messages beyond any constructive dialogue that could have come from this, said comments that kratz says specifically threaten his safety, the safety of his law firm and even his family. Hopefully that is just idle rantings of individuals that are so affected by this documentary, unconscionable to call the series a documentary, show evidence that lead to averys guilty verdict. Its not a documentary at all, its an advocacy piece, said the filmmakers say they represented the facts accurately using exactly what kratz said in news kratz says the filmmakers behind series did not give him an opportunity to participate. When asked if he was going to take legal action against netflix or the filmmakers, kratz would not comment directly but said the option is absolutely on the table. South korea today resumed highdecibel propaganda blasts across its border with north korea. The move was in retaliation for north koreas recent underground nuclear test. The broadcasts blared from walls of loudspeakers at 11 locations along the border. Meanwhile, the United States as usual with its ally, north korea. The community of beemer, nebraska plans to pay tribute to a fallen airman and new York City Police detective. Suicide attack with five others in afghanistan back on december 21st. Lemm was 45yearsold and leaves behind a wife and two children. He graduated from high school in beemer. A special program will take place on saturday, january 16th from 1 until 5 p. M. At the school gym. Some bird and nature lovers were in for a prehistoric lesson last evening. Dinosaurs were the topic at the Loess Hills Audubon Society meeting tonight. The group meet once a month to talk about birds, nature and anything that involves the outdoors. The guest speaker for last nights event has a passion for dinosaurs and paleontology. He helped connect the dots on how birds and dinosaurs are related. He also talked about recently discovered raptor fossils. They looked at its arm and found these feather quails where these big feathers would attach on its arm and i think thats really going to catch people by surprise, said Brian Fernando. One of their raptor dinosaurs suddenly a big six foot turkey. Research and work with fossils in museums across the country. Virtual realitiy is popular with gamers. Coming up next, well show you how Technology Companies are meeting the high demand. Wx timer 2 45 snow began last night and has accumulated a solid inch or two in quite a few spots across siouxland and will continue to fall throughout the day. Plan on it taking longer to get to your destinations this morning with the snow slush covered roads, as we face snow the time it exits later this evening. Winds will also pick up from the north and northwest today tonight which will create very cold conditions with wind chills beginning to approach in place on saturday as temperatures drop during the day into the lower teens and Single Digits with subzero wind chills. Itll be our temperatures that drop below zero windchills 20s saturday night sunday morning and fall shy of 10 degrees above zero sunday afternoon. Well get some limited relief early next week as temperatures return to the teens and gradually make it back into the 20s by the middle of it with some halfway decent sunshine. See graphics. At the Consumer Electronics show this and center and recent announcement s speak to Huge Consumer demand and media the vr game. Cnbcs Julia Boorstin has the details. And htc Just Announced its Second GenerationVirtual Reality system the vive pre. nats on the heels of the first shipments of the lower cost samsung gear vr selling out over the holidays, a new study. Finds nearly half all americans who play any sort of video games are interested in athome vr. sot mike vorhaus, magid advisors these are really strong numbers. You dont need to get anywhere near the number of people who said theyre interested to have a very successful launch. reporter standup Julia Boorstin and a sign of just how broad demand is for Virtual Reality. Magid advisors new survey found that even gamers are more interested in entertainment content in vr movies and television than they are playing Virtual Reality games. And now Media Companies are investing to create new vr apps to stake a claim in this new type of content netflix, hulu, and directv have all launched vr apps. Theyre among the hundreds available in the oculus app store and dozens available for google cardboards twenty dollar headset. And studios are placing big bets fox unveiling its vr adventure the martian experience which i had a and cable channel syfy Just Announced its launching an Innovation Lab to create immersive Virtual Reality content as well sot mike vorhaus, magid advisors itll start just growing and growing. You wouldnt dream of watching tv today without an hdtv, so i imagine for the right content, people wouldnt dream of watching that content if it wasnt on vr. That was Julia Boorstin reporting. That means big business Virtual Reality and augmented reality are projected to generate one hundred fifty billion dollars in revenue by twenty twenty. Sioux city police will have to use new avenues to find addresses for south dakota drivers caught by speed cameras. Well show you what this means for city officials and what they plan to do in place of the database that is no longer available to them. Sioux city police will have to use new avenues to find addresses for south dakota drivers caught by speed cameras. On wednesday, south dakota governor Dennis Daugaards office sent down a block on their database. Ktivs Michelle Schoening found out what this action means for Sioux City Police. Camera. But, a policy advisor to Governor Dennis Daugaard says this doesnt absolve south dakotans from paying fines in iowa. This is an attempt from the administration to properly carry out the legistlators intent when they passed this law. If a citizen of south dakota gets one of these tickets, they need to speak with their attorney to determine what their liability is as it relates to that ticket in the processes, said matt konenkamp, policy advisor to s. D. s governor. The move protects south dakotans from private contractors, who oversee the cameras, from getting their personal information. Although Sioux City Police can no longer access the information through the database, an assistant City Attorney says the violations will continue to be sent as normal. Were confident in the other methods that we have to Research Address and actually send out citiations that we dont feel there will be any glich Going Forward and tickets will go out like they did to anyone caught violating in sioux city, said justin vondrak, assistant City Attorney. Konenkamp says Sioux City Police will have 247 access to the south dakota disptach to get any neccasary information regarding criminal cases. Four. One south dakota lawmaker says he fully supports the governors actions to block the database. The block pertains to civil fines from red light and speed cameras in iowa. Representative jim bolin recently spoke with a concerned constituent about a ticket he received from a Traffic Camera from sioux city. He says having the cameras on the interstate isnt right. That was a road that was paid for by primarly federal tax money from all over the country and i dont think its right to have that on an interstate, said rep. Jim bolin, r canton. Bolin says the cameras may be of service to sioux city, but that the interstate isnt the right place for them. If sioux city wants to put the cameras on their own streets, thats fine, but when you put it on the interstate, i think thats wrong, said rep. Jim bolin, r canton. Allowing Sioux City Police access to the information for only criminal violations in iowa. The fluffy white stuff is on the ground all across siouxland this morning. Bens in next to tell us when the snow will stop falling. And one man is determined to give hope to those who need it most. And hes doing it by dressing up as batman. Well have his story wx timer 1 30 snow began last night and has accumulated a solid inch or two in quite a few spots across siouxland and will continue to fall throughout the day. Plan on it taking longer to get to your destinations this morning with the snow slush covered roads, as we face snow totals in the 24 inch range by the time it exits later this evening. Winds will also pick up from the north and northwest today tonight which will create very cold conditions with wind chills beginning to approach zero. Much of the same will be in place on saturday as temperatures drop during the day into the lower teens and Single Digits with subzero wind chills. Itll be our temperatures that drop below zero windchills 20s saturday night sunday morning and fall shy of 10 degrees above zero sunday afternoon. Well get some limited relief early next week as temperatures return to the teens and gradually make it back into the 20s by the middle of it with some halfway decent a super heros Cross Country trip to deliver hope to kids, is a hit. Lexie houghtaling reports. briana schechter, second star to the right not just just second star to the right or any child battling cancer but any child struggling or having a hard time in their lives, she says the kern autism society, league of dreams, and several other Community Organizations were all invited as well. batman we want to reach kids from all different types of disabilities and illnesses. Because realistically when it comes down to it, all of them are just as important as one another, batman spent time getting to know each kid. Taking pictures. Talking with them. And even giving them a chance to hop inside the hopemobile themselves. batman the experience is good for them, but the biggest thing is they will never forget what they learned today. And thats tough things make them stronger and thats the most important thing. nats tough things make you stronger. And its that message. Tou gh things make you stronger. That batman is delivering not just in bakersfield. But all around california. He tells me tomorrow he is headed to san bernandino. Parterning with their police department. To spread a message of hope and healing to children and families in the area. Followi ng the december second mass shooting. batman this is it. This is the hopemobile. This is what its all about and everywhere it goes it makes grownups smile and inspires kids and helps kids through its. Time for a break. But were back in just a moment with more news today. First though. Heres a look at some of the events on the good morning and thanks for joining us. Weve got a lot headed your way in this half hour of news 4 today. Including an update from the campaign trail. Donald trump is courting support in vermont Bernie Sanders country while stepping up his attacks on ted cruz and the clintons. The latest from washington. Also. As president obama vows to tighten gun laws, critics who believe hes determined to confiscate their weapons came facetoface in a rare town hall meeting last night. And later in healthbeat 4, the government just released new dietary guidelines. Ktivs Sheila Brummer sat down with a local doctor to get his opinion on the new diet plan and how you can make it work in your lifestyle. But first ben. Evening. Winds will also pick up from the north and northwest today tonight which will create very cold conditions with wind chills beginning to donald trump gave out 20,000 tickets to a venue in vermont that only held 1400 people. Less than a month from the first caucus. All the candidates want to make a last minute splash. Edward lawrence is in washington with the latest. On the campaign trail for his wife, refused to engage trump making an issue of his past transgressions. sot fmr. President bill clinton no super 47 49 i have no interest in getting involved in their politics. sot Hillary Clinton d president ial candidate 50 1 02 i disagree with the republican frontrunner mr. Trump. You see, i think america is great. Trump and senator john mccain questioned the eligibility of his closest competitor for president. sot ted cruz r president ial candidate 1 081 14 its no surprise. Everybody knows that john mccain is going to endorse marco rubio. The first test for who survives the attacks, accusations, and heckling will be february 1st. The iowa caucus will be first, then the New Hampshire primary eight days later. If other republican candidates drop out, their supporters will be highly sought after Edward Lawrence nbc news, washington the Iowa Caucuses are just a few weeks away and president ial candidates are criss crossing the state getting in some last Minute Campaign stops. Republican rand paul and his wife, kelley, made a library, in downtown sioux city, yesterday. It was one of several stand with rand meet and greets scheduled across the state. During his townhall meeting, the kentucky senator touched on his stance on president Barack Obamas new executive order tightening gun laws. I think there still is an opportunity for trying to figure out a middle ground on this, said paul. If you are criminally insane, meaning that you have a Mental Illness and youve committed a crime, then you would be part of a database and you shouldnt have weapons. It was also rand pauls 53rd birthday, yesterday. When asked how he hoped to celebrate, the kentucky senator joked about hitting the sioux city slopes. We talked ab