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KTIV News 4 Today February 15, 2016

Friday and saturday before easing back a bit early next week. See graphics. Wx timer 40 the body of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has arrived back home in virginia. Justice antonin scalias body arrived at Dulles Airport late sunday night. And was loaded onto a hearse. Earlier on sunday, a procession of about 20 Police Officers brought the body to an el paso funeral home from the west texas ranch where scalia was found dead on saturday. Officials were awaiting word about whether the medical examiner would perform an autopsy, but it was deemed unnecessary. It is believed the 79year old scalia died of natural causes. Scalia was appointed by president Ronald Reagan in 1986 and has been the Senior Member of the court for several years. Authorities say an Apartment Fire that forced residents to temporarily evacuate saturday, was caused by a child playing with matches. The fire came from an apartment on the fourth floor of castle on the Hill Apartments according to sioux city fire rescue thats in the 600block of 13th street in sioux city. An infant was sent to the hospital as a precautionary measure but is said to be doing just around 10 30 saturday morning. The fire alarms went off and usually we dont Pay Attention of false alarms. But this morning the alarms check and see and there was smoke everywhere and there was water coming from the ceiling so i knew there must have been a fire upstairs, said sherri duet, castle apartment resident. All residents have been allowed back into the building. Officials said the case is being ruled an accident and that no criminal charges will be filed. Authorities shut down a rental car facility near the Albuquerque International sunport sunday after an explosive device was found under a car. Police say the car was returned overnight and when a mechanic put it on the lift as part of reinspection protocol, he saw the device. The building was evacuated and customers were sent to a nearby dirt lot to wait for their vehicles. Police say the item was determined to be an explosive but was deemed safe, and the rental car facility was reopened. They say the atf and fbi there. Fortyeight people were rescued from two stranded tram cars in New Hampshire yesterday. Officials say the cars became stranded on the Cannon Mountain aerial tramway. Some 40 feet off the ground. Fortyone people were on board the lower car. And seven people were in the top car. All of the of the people safely rappelled down from the tram. Officials believe a brake issue caused the tram to get stranded. An investigation into the incident is underway. Cannon mountain ski officials handed out vouchers to everyone affected. Brazil is using more than 200thousand military personnel to educate the public about fighting the mosquito that spreads the zika virus. Troops have fanned out across brazil to show people how to eliminate the bug that carries the virus. The nationwide offensive is part of president Dilma Rousseffs declared war on the virus that has quickly spread across the americas. The troops were expected to visit three million homes in 350 cities to pope francis celebrated mass for hundreds of thousands in a crimeridden suburb of mexico city. The pope told mexicans that there can be no dialogue with the devil. Speaking out against the drug trade and associated violence is a central theme of the popes visit to mexico. Francis also kissed and blessed dozens of Sick Children at a pediatric hospital. The Sioux City Art Center celebrates youth art month with their 27th annual youth art exhibition. The art center received more than 400 art entries from 21 siouxland high schools. A Selection Committee chose just 61 pieces to be displayed in the annual exhibit. The winners were honored yesterday afternoon. The youth art exhibit will remain until april 10. The sioux city Mayors Youth Commission is now accepting applications for its Young Ambassadors program. The program is open to all students grades 4th through 7th. The student must be enrolled in a sioux city public or parochial school, or home schooled in sioux city. Student nominations should on. Along with the nominations, the students name, address, phone number, and school should be included. All applications should be submitted by april 1st. You can find information on where to send the applications on our website ktivdotcom. Do you plan on installing or using a car seat or booster seat . The cdc estimates 59 percent of car seats nationally are misued. Doing your homework could keep your kid further from harms way. Ktivs sam curtiss has more. And looking for seats that could have been recalled. Off ering peace of mind. Its involving my childs life and i just feel much safer driving around just knowing that my car seat is good to go, said lindsey roder, a concerned mother. The cdc estimates 46 percent of car and booster seats nationally are misued. Reducing effectiveness. I was not aware of the, up above the head, where you can adjust it to if theyre getting taller to the head for them to have more room, said roder. Tools like safer car dot gov can check recalls and complaints. And the cdc has recommendations of how it should be placed in a car. We always ask them do they feel comfortable to take the car seat in and out themselves and thats the goal, said bennett. In sioux city, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. Sioux city fire rescue has a all you have to do is call and make an appointment. Tax season is in full swing. Coming up next, well give you some tips to make filing easier for you this year. Ben and ill have your complete and 40s this afternoon. Another cold front will sweep across the area tonight which will put our warming trend on hold for a couple more days. Itll also cause an overnight mix of rain and snow for most withsome northernmost portions of the viewing area. That should be done by tomorrow morning leaving us breezy with highs in the 30s for the rest of tuesday. Well see another day in the 30s wednesday before a more southerly wind picks up thursday which will eventually the 50s on friday and saturday before easing back a bit early next week. See graphics. Its tax season do you know how you are going to file . Mark barger goes over popular tax software, apps and tips to get you closer to that refund. Tax act, esmart and tax slayer are other popular options. sot Tobie Stanger senior editor, Consumer Reports they all guarantee that their calculations will be accurate the irs says 70 percent of taxpayers are eligible for free file. nats video those with income under 62thousand can use software through the irs website to file a free federal return. If your incomes higher. The site can still verify that the tax software youre using is legit. sot Tobie Stanger senior editor, Consumer Reports see which products they have on the list there and use one of those because those are vetted by the irs if you tend to wait until the last minute. Youll get a few extra days to file this year. But experts say dont put it off. sot Tobie Stanger senior editor, Consumer Reports one thing that we recommend if you once you have all your paperwork in hand is to file as soon as possible youll get your refund faster and file before identity thieves have the chance to do it for you. Mark barger, nbc news. April 18th is the deline in most of the country this year. And its april 19th in massachusetts and maine. Straight ahead on news 4 today. The sioux city bandits players are getting ready to start their new season. Well head to a local hospital to see how the athletes are playing football takes a toll on your body. The sioio city bandits know that all too well. Saturday they took the time to get their yearly ktivs Michelle Schoening has more. They understand how crucial it is to get these yearly physicals. This process is pretty valuable to make sure everybody in the best condition possible in terms of their prexcisting conditions or old injuries that need to be taken care of, said rahn franklin, bandits free safety. And after receiving the green light from the doctors, the bandits turn their focus to the season schedule. In sioux city, Michelle Schoening ktiv news four. The bandits kick off their season on february 27 at home versus the omaha beef. Warmer weather is on the way. Bens in next with the details. And d e boy had his chance to shine on the Basketball Court. Well show you how he made the buzzerbeater shot, after the break. Up, and thats what well get meanwhile this morning, parts of northeast nebraska southern siouxland saw some brief light snow last night which, along with some patchy fog, could cause a few slick spots on area roads. Clouds will exit throughout the day leaving most with some decent sunshine and highs in the 30s and 40s this afternoon. Another cold front will sweep across the area tonight which will put our warming trend on hold for a couple more days. Itll also cause an overnight mix of rain and snow for most wh some light snow accumulations in northernmosos portionsnsf the viewing area. That should be done by tomorrow morning leaving us breezy with highs in the 30s for the rest of tuesday. Well see another day in the 30s wednesday before a more southerly wind picks up thursday which will help highs reach the 40s and eventually the 50s on friday and saturday before easing back a bit early next week. See graphics. Tennessee School Basketball game. He nailed a money shot just seconds before the bubuer. Jason lamb has the story. Team sent roberts brother matthew to guard him. And than robert got the ball. robert lewis, high School Basketball manager i got the ball. There was five seconds left in the fourth quarter, i was back there in the corner. A threepointetethat went up and in. There was still five seconds left on the clock, which explains the delay in what happened next. robert lewis, high School Basketball manager after the game, everybody. Picked me up and said go robert. I just loved it. Aboututhat moment that is now gone viral, his parents codnt believe it. I have never seen so much love in one gym in my life. His coaches couldnt believe it. unidentified coach its a moment ill never forget. I dont think ill ever experience anything more special. Robert, he knew it. robert lewis, high School Basketball manager i knew that ball was going in. I was about to jump up and down. I was so happy that we. If it wasnt clear before friday night, there is no doubt right now there is more love here than just for basketball. robert lewis, high School Basketball manager i just love my family so much and i for the guy with nickname money robert, last friday was priceless. robert lewis, high School Basketball manager i just. So happy for me its. Time for a break. But were back in just a moment with more news and weather for you on news4 today. First though. Heres a look at this is how you say its going to be okay to someone who just lost everything. That, yes, well find you somewhere to stay every 8 minutes the red cross responds to a disaster and makes this promise. Ktivdotcom community calendar. Good morning and thanks for joining us. Some of the stories youll see coming up. In the wake of the death of conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, there is a battle brewing over his replacement. President obama promises to nominate a successor in due time. While republicans on capitol hill and on the president ial campaign trail think that appointment should be made by the person who wins the president ial election in november. Also, many families with children on the autism spectrum are hoping lawmakers in des moines will pass bills that would provide Insurance Coverage for treatments of the developmenta l disorder. Well hear from one local family of why the coverage is is important. And later. February is heart awareness about heart health. Now theres a push for people to learn more out preventing strokes. Thats in todays healthbeat 4 report. But first ben. The sudden death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has kicked off a political battle in washington that is spilling over to the campaign trail. Scalia passed away in texas saturday. But when Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell threatened to block any nomination from president obama the race for the white house suddenly crystallized into a a discususon of the Supreme Court. Kim hutcherson has more. John roberts. voice of Donald Trump Republican president ial candidada abc s this week he voted in favor of obamacare. He got there because ted cruz pushed him like wild. On cnns state of the union, jeb bush took a more measured tone jeb bush republic an president ial candidate i think president obamas going to submit a nominee and in all likelihoooo this person will be out of the mainstream and hell be rejected by the senate. Marco rubio dismissed concerns about the Supreme Court working for months with only eight justices. marco rubio republic an president ial candidate in in november and then well have the court can function with eight justices, it does it all the time. But candidates on the other side of the aisle accused mcconnell and constitution Bernie Sanders demo cratic president ial candidate abcs this week i dont think that Mitch Mcconnell has it right on this issue. The constitution is pretty clear and that is, it is the job of the president of the United States to appointt nominate membmbrs to the Supreme Court aad the senatt confirms. hillary candidate president obama said he would nominate someone to the bench and that is exactly what he should be doing and leader mcconnell should follow the constitutional process. Im Kim Hutcherson reporting were less than four weeks away from the Woodbury County democratic convention. And Convention Committees are planning the final details. E arrangements and Platform Committees met on saturday, to put the final pieces together. The Platform Committee decided what planks they want to push through to the district convention. The Woodbury County democrats chair says even though its an Election Year, this Convention Wont be any different. Ittjust a parliamentaryry procedure e at we need to go through in order to push the delegates on to the distri and then on nationals, said penny rosfjord, Woodbury County democrats chair. The convention will be held on school. President obama will meet with leaders from the association of f sosoheast asian nations in california today. Its the first usasian gathering hosted in the us. Other participants include secretary of state john kerry penny pritzker. The group will cover several issues including security, trade, and climate change. Analysts say the meeting comes as the us steps up with efforts to counter chinas growth. Secretary of state john kerry met with an albanian Opposition Leader and members of Civil Society in albanias capital yesterday. Kerry is in albania to make a push for the balkan nation to enact a major package of judicial and legislative reforms. He made the brief stop in tirana to urge the government and opposition parties to support the package, which is now pending in parliament. He said the reforms would be a significant step the european kerry thanked a crowd gathered toto grgrt him outside the n nional history museum, which he briefly albanians to keep moving forward. The debate over Insurance Companies covering medical treatment for those with autism continues. A bill in 2010 gave iowa state employees insurance coverere for now theres a new push in the legislature for a bill to guarantee coverage for families affected by autism. Ktivs Michelle Schoening has the details. Companies for Autism Treatment for 29cents per member per month. Its all about providing equal coverage for iowa families. Expanding to allow everyone that type o ocoverage it would just be a matter of fairness, said rep. Dave dawson. Cobbs says they arent asking for advanced coverage, just adequate coverage. People will continue to ask, well why do you do this . They wont cover them unless we do. They wont cover families like ours unless the state takes action to make sure it happens, said josh cobbs. In sioux city, Michelle Schoening ktiv news four. Fortythree states have passed similar legislation. The bill has moved forward in the senate through the sub committees. The house has until friday to move the bill forward. Students at sioux citys west high brought thehe philanthropic efforts

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