the view.now midday." a chemical spill puts people at the evelyn mount community center on high alert. we'll have the details. plus... donald trump takes aim at gop rival ted cruz over cruz's birthplace thanks for joining us on kolo 8 news now midday. i'm dave lawrence. let's go to lindsey matherly with a look at the forecast. thursday: scattered snow showers, mainly before 11am. mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. chance of precipitation is 30%. little or no snow accumulation expected. thursday night: isolated snow showers. mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. west wind around 5 mph. chance of precipitation is 20%. friday: partly sunny, with a high near 36. southwest wind around 5 mph. friday night: a 30 percent chance of snow after 11pm. mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. south wind around 5 mph. new snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. chance of precipitation is 30%. little or no snow accumulation expected.

staff at the evelyn mount community center ... where hazmat crews responded to a chemical spill. around 8 a-m ... an employee noticed a leak coming from a room on the north side of the building. when crews from reno fire arrived on scene ... they discovered that a small amount of hydrochloric acid had spilled from a tank. firefighters cleared the area while they tested the toxin levels to make sure there wasn't a health risk. fire officials say there didn't appear to be an immediate threat to anyone in the building. the carson city's sheriff's office has identified two suspects wanted in connection with a home burglary last month. they're looking for 36 year old keith gearhart and 23-year old kayla robbins. the two were identified from surveillance images after police say they burglarized a home on ridgefield drive and stole jewelry, sports memorabilia and electronics. they're believed to be in northern california and are driving a black 2010 kia soul with nevada plates 7-6-a-5-0-1. if you have any information, you're urged to call the

we're getting a look at the woman who police say stabbed a man to death during a fight at a local motel. 40 year old victoria sweeting is charged with one count of open murder. police tracked her down to an apartment in south reno, where they say she admitted to stabbing 21-year-old michael banquicio early yesterday morning at the desert sunset motel on east fourth street. detectives are still investigating what started the fight. if you have any information that can help, you're urged to call reno police, or secret witness at 322- 4900. ### we're also getting a look at the man accused in a shooting last month-- who was arrested earlier this week after a nearly 6- hour standoff with police. sparks police say daniel enriquez barricaded himself, and as many as four hostages into a home near greenbrae and probasco tuesday morning. enriquez was wanted by reno police in connection with a shooting a the gold dust west, as well as a supermarket robbery. he's charged with robbery and battery with a deadly weapon, plus several weapons, and probation

a douglas county man is facing domestic battery charges after he allegedly tried to strangle his wife and fired a shotgun inside the home. 38-year-old mathew meinen was arrested monday. his wife told deputies he strangeld her and fired a shotgun inside the home... with seven children inside at the time. deputies say meinen refused to follow their instructions. he was tased and taken into custody. meinen is facing charges of resisting arrest, domestic battery, child abuse and being an ex-felon in possession of a weapon. his bail has been set at over 78-thousand- dollars. donald trump has raised concerns about gop rival's ted cruz eligibility to run for president. now... he's not the only one. former republican presidential candidate john mccain and constitutional scholars are chiming in. abc's kenneth moton has the report from washington. cruz's citizenship. today, more questions about ted cruz's legal right to run for president...the texas senator...born in canada

sot ted cruz " as a legal matter the question is straightforward and settled law that the child of a us citizen born abroad is a natural born citizen." the man raising the concerns...his fellow republican donald trump. he told cnn cruz should go to court. sot donald trump "ted, he should ask for a declaratory judgment because that would clear it all up. i'm doing this for the good of ted." cruz on the stump in iowa called it all...noise. sot ted cruz my focus is on addressing the real challenges and issues facing the american people cruz has pointed to 2008 presidential contender john mccain who was born in panama. but mccain told the chris merrill show he was delivered on a us base. and as for cruz: sot john mccain audio i think there is a question. i'm not a constitutional scholar on that, but i think it's worth looking into abc news did ask the constitutional legal scholars who say it appears cruz is in the clear but the issue is still unresolved. sot josh earnestwhite house press secretary

seven or eight years of drama around the president's birth certificate, if republican primary voters were to choose senator cruz as their nominee cruz renounced his canadian citizenship 18 months ago. this morning, donald trump tweeted that was a wise move by cruz. kenneth moton, abc news washington and speaking of trump... he will be at the reno ballroom on center street on sunday afternoon. the rally starts at 1 p- m, doors open at 11 o'clock. ohio governor john kasich will also be makign a stop in northern nevada. he is holding a meet and greet at the washoe county g-o-p headquarters next tuesday at 1:45 p-m. both events are open to the public, but an r-s-v-p is requested. democratic presidential hopefuls gathered in las vegas last night for the first caucus dinner in the west. at the dinner, hilliary clinton promised if she becomes president, nevada will quote "always have a friend in the white house." bernie sanders and martin o'malley were greeted with cheers from excited democrats.

place on february 20th. 17 miners trapped nearly 80 stories below ground in upstate new york were safely rescued why they're being called "inspiring" this morning the el nino weather pattern has finally given us quite a bit of snow this winter... but in southern california they're dealing with flooding. but first... lindsey matherly will be back with your complete weather now forecast. announcer: "you're watching kolo 8 news

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and now your kolo 8 hour-by-hour weather forecast with lindsey matherly. thursday: scattered snow showers, mainly before 11am. mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. chance of precipitation is 30%. little or no snow accumulation expected. thursday night: isolated snow showers. mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. west wind around 5 mph. chance of precipitation is 20%. friday: partly sunny, with a high near 36. southwest wind around 5 mph. friday night: a 30 percent chance of snow after 11pm. mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. south wind around 5 mph. new snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. saturday: a 40 percent chance of snow. mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. new snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. saturday night: a 20 percent chance of snow. mostly cloudy,

sunday: partly sunny, with a high near 36. sunday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. monday: partly sunny, with a high near 39. monday night: a slight chance of rain and snow showers. mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. tuesday: a slight chance of rain and snow showers. mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. tuesday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. wednesday: mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. thursday: scattered snow showers, mainly before 11am. mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. chance of precipitation is 30%. little or no snow accumulation expected. thursday night: isolated snow showers. mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. west wind around 5 mph. chance of precipitation is 20%. friday: partly sunny, with a high near 36. southwest wind around 5 mph. friday night: a 30 percent

mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. south wind around 5 mph. new snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. saturday: a 40 percent chance of snow. mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. new snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. saturday night: a 20 percent getting hit with more flooding and mudslides. all from a series of storms clobbering the west coast. abc's matt gutman has a look at the destruction. script: extreme flooding throughout california - this highway turned river - cars stuck - trucks pushing vehicles along - water and mud roaring into the streets nat the flooding so dangerous - in petaluma california a truck flipping over trapping a woman in inside her car nats taking rescuers an hour to blindly rescue the woman under water - she is now in the hospital in good condition and another dramatic

, california with two women trapped inside their van as water pummels over them nats in san diego helicopter nats lifeguards coming to the rescue of two men stranded in the san diego river wsfloodingca5 san diego lifeguard swift river team technician chuck davey. "the area where they were living was overcome by water. it was about waste to chest deep water and they were hypothermic? they could barely walk and talk." the men - transported to the local hospital with hypothermic symptoms nats and watch as this dog in west hills, los angeles, gets carried to safety by five firefighters rivers of mud threatening to engulf thousands of california homes gutman gma drone bridge for decades mud like this wasn't a problem here then a fire tore through these mountains now when it rains it is like water coming off concrete threatening homes like this with thousands of tons of this thick mud ed heinlein nothing will stop it. it won't stop it will crash down it will stop on the street. everything here is buried. the consumer electronics show rolls on in las vegas we a look at a thermal energy drone that helps firefighters announcer: "for news while you're on the move, listen to our news

17 miners trapped nearly 80 stories below ground in upstate new york were brought to safety this morning. abc's marci gonzalez has more on their rescue and why they're being called "inspiring." package script: - nat cheering - the sounds - of relief - after nearly ten hours of anxiously waiting.... 17 miners - trapped nearly 900 feet below ground in upstate new york... all finally safe - on solid ground. sot: they persevere the best way that they could// it's impressive to see how well they managed the sit. the group- was just starting their shift at the deepest salt mine in the country- near ithaca.. when the elevator they

cage is stuck 850 feet down with people on it. the miners- huddling together for warmth - as local fire and police rushed in to help... nat man power needed to backfill out in lansing on a rope rescue. using this crane to lower a basket below ground...lifting several workers at a time -to the surface. sot "we practice mine evacs regularly every year so that practice is coming into play today" despite being shaken - and freezing - the miners waited there at the scene... nat cheering until the last of their coworkers were rescued. sot their spirits are tremendous? i'm .. i don't know.. i am inspired by them tag- and we're told they're all in good health.. state officials are now investigating. operations are suspended in that part of the salt mine until the cause is determined - and the problem is fixed. mg abc news ny if you're working out but not satisfied by the results... we'll look at some factors that you maybe

could be sabotaging your progress. supplements send more than 23-thousand people to the er every year. we look at just how

topaz had a good opener---decent results the topaz fishing opener was on friday january 1. ndow conducted creel and reported that it was a successful opener. boats were catching 2-3 fish/hour and shore anglers were catching about 1/hour. fish were caught in the 17-18" with the largest fish checked at about 4 pounds . he checked about 6 in that range. topaz had a good opener---decent results the topaz fishing opener

ndow conducted creel and reported that it was a successful opener. boats were catching 2-3 fish/hour and shore anglers were catching about 1/hour. fish were caught in the 17-18" with the largest fish checked at about 4 pounds . he checked about 6 in that range. waterfowl and chukar seasons still ongoing still hunting chukar season---oct. 10- feb. 7, 2016 waterfowl season---oct. 10- jan. 24 youth waterfowl------feb. 6 www.ndow.org waterfowl if there is a lot of ice, hunting conditions will be in poor shape. the birds will have left western nevada for the central valley of california. youth waterfowl------feb. 6 chukar season---oct. 10- feb. 7, 2016 chukar hunters are working hard. walking longer distances and being challenged by spooky birds. advantage chukar, as it has been all year. still, hunting

2016: mid-winter waterfowl countscold and clear the mid-winter waterfowl counts take place each year in early january. with every state counting waterfowl at the same time, a very accurate set of statistics can be gathered. you never know what weather you're going to find in reno when these counts are completed. 2005 deep snow and cold geese 2013 truckee river ice flows 2014 cold in the morning but mid-50s after lunch 2015 same as last year 2016 snow and ice we'll have some final totals of how the count went later this month. 2015---big stories ?---this is what we followed

year as bog stories to watch in 2015. and, these stories surely did dominate our time at ndow as we expected. what are the stories to follow in 2016? we'll talk about that next week. big game herds and drought black bears and garbage drought? not again!

announcer: "you're watching kolo 8 news now midday." welcome back to kolo- eight-news-now midday. i'm dave lawrence. let's go to lindsey matherly with a look at the forecast. thursday: scattered snow showers, mainly before 11am. mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. chance of precipitation is 30%. little or no snow accumulation expected. thursday night: isolated snow showers. mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. west wind around 5 mph. chance of

high near 36. southwest wind around 5 mph. friday night: a 30 percent chance of snow after 11pm. mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. south wind around 5 mph. new snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. sergeant bowe bergdahl will go before a military court january 12th. he faces charges of desertion and endangering fellow soldiers. bergdahl disappeard from his military post in afghanistan in 2009.. and was then kidnapped and held by the taliban for five years. he was later released in a prisoner exchange. the hearing will take place in fort bragg, north carolina the family of sandra bland is reacting to the

arrested her. bland was found hanging in her cell inside the waller county jail three days after her arrest. the coroner ruled her death a suicide. the trooper who arrested her-- brian encinia-- has been charged with perjury-- accused of lying in his police report. bland's family believes he should be facing more indictments. "my initial reaction is the indictment should be followed by a conviction at some point. i'm going to assume. but where is the true indictment? where is the indictment for the assault? the battery? the false arrest? where is that? okay. so on the one hand, i got the news. i got the message about the initial perjury indictment. it appears that there should have been much more than what he was indicted for." officials say encinia will no longer be a

started. his perjury charge is a misdemeanor. macy's is starting out 20-16 by handing out thousands of pink slips. the department store chain says it plans to eliminate 4,500 positions as it restructures following a disappointing holiday season. in all 36 stores will be closing... as well as one of four credit and customer service centers. the chain plans to invest more in online and mobile shopping which appear to be a bright spot for the business... increasing about 25 percent over last year during the november and december holiday shopping season. macy's stores here will remain open owners of drones have registered more than 180-thousand of them in the last two weeks. that's according the f- a-a... who made drone- registration mandatory 21-th. but some consumer organizations estimate more than 400-thousand drones were sold this holiday season alone. drone-registration

but the money is refundable for the people who register by january 20-th. the agency also launched a new app this week that tells consumers where they can and can't fly their drones. a drone that helps firefighters is among the cool gadgets on display at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. the drone has the potential to help save the lives of people trapped in buildings -- and the lives of firefighters. samuel burke is at the c-e-s and checked out the thermal energy drone. --reporter pkg-as follows--

trt: 1:19 oc: who's out there. if you've hit a wall when it comes to your fitness, you might be doing a few things sabotaging your workouts.

fitness dot com, you may be doing too much cardio. during cardio you could actually be burning muscle instead of fat. by tracking your workouts you can figure out what works best for you. or you might not be getting enough protein. if you're trying to pack on muscle, then make sure you're consuming enough protein from healthy, lean sources. if you're taking medication, that could also be the reason you're not seeing results at the gym. sometimes anti- depressants for example, need to be changed before you can reach your desired figure. or you could be mismanaging your stress. chronic stress can cause an increase in appetite, weight gain and cause loss of muscle mass. experts suggest doing some relaxation exercises to help calm your body as well as your mind. vitamins and supplements are big business, but there is a downside. researchers estimate supplements are responsible for more than 23-thousand emergency room visits every year. and 10 percent of them were serious enough to require hospitilization. jennifer whalen has the

--reporter pkg-as follows-- more americans are taking dietary supplements and according to a new study by federal health experts many of them are ending up in the emergency department as a result. the study was a collaboration between the centers for disease control and prevention and the food and drug administration. "we found that over a quarter of them were young adults. these are people aged 20 to 34. these people were using supplements for weight loss or energy." over a fifth were young children, that's 20 percent that had gotten into supplements intended for somebody else." but the nutritional supplement industry insists the majority of their products are safe and the study's results are being overblown. "the headline, 23,000 emergency room visits every year are caused by supplements. is like wow, that sounds like a lot. but relatively speaking it's less than 5 percent of all emergency room visits."

everyone to take precautions with these products. "to all supplement consumers, we encourage you to report to your doctor that you are taking supplements. and to store your supplements as you would medication, up and away from kids." jennifer whalen. cnn, atlanta. dietary supplements in the united states don't require safety testing or f-d-a approval before being sold and marketed. so unlike prescription drugs, dietary supplements are considered safe until proven otherwise. the end of winter break is just around the corner for most kids... if you need a few ideas to keep them busy this weekend... we have your 8 things to do. and why are millions of people so fascinated with this puddle but first... lindsey matherly will be back

watched 'round the world. half a million people tuning in to watch a live stream of people across the pond trying to cross the puddle. abc's sara haines is here with more on this phenomenon script: it's the periscoped puddle making a social media splash the internet pouring praise on this viral sensation - trending #2 worldwide - over 500 hundred thousand viewers captivated by a live stream of people attempting to cross a puddle in northern england

jumpers to climbers and swimmers... puddle watchers everywhere were treated to 6 hours of man versus nature. "2016 olympic event - wrote one viewer - "i love this" said another there was much pondering - climbing - cycling - using the lampost as leverage - forging straight through - and yes that's a surfboard and for the win - this man putting up a for his fellow puddle pedestrians and now your kolo 8 hour-by-hour weather forecast with lindsey matherly. i-80 at gold ranch

showers, mainly before 11am. mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. chance of precipitation is 30%. little or no snow accumulation expected. thursday night: isolated snow showers. mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. west wind around 5 mph. chance of precipitation is 20%. friday: partly sunny, with a high near 36. southwest wind around 5 mph. friday night: a 30 percent chance of snow after 11pm. mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. south wind around 5 mph. new snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. saturday: a 40 percent chance of snow. mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. new snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. saturday night: a 20 percent chance of snow. mostly cloudy, sunday: partly sunny, with a high near 36. with a low around 24. monday: partly sunny, with a

monday night: a slight chance of rain and snow showers. mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. tuesday: a slight chance of rain and snow showers. mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. tuesday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. wednesday: mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. thursday: scattered snow showers, mainly before 11am. mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. chance of precipitation is 30%. little or no snow accumulation expected. thursday night: isolated snow showers. mostly cloudy, with a around 5 mph. chance of precipitation is 20%. high near 36. southwest wind friday night: a 30 percent mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. south wind around 5 mph. new snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. saturday: a 40 percent chance

high near 38. new snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. saturday night: a 20 percent chance of snow. mostly cloudy, county but if you're to keep them entertained this weekend kolo 8 news now's rebecca kitchen has your 8 things to do... dance the night away best performers of latin ballroom during the reno latin dance festival. it features workshops dance parties and an evening showcase... that's at the silver legacy today through sunday. micahel jackson a thrilling tribute pays homage to some of the musician's classic works and helps raise money for the autism coalition of nevada... check it out saturday at 7 in the eldorado showroom. if your looking for ways to entertain your kids during the last week of

some options... laughing owl productions presents han christian andersen's the staunch tin soldier... performances are friday and saturday morning at 10:30 and 2:30 they slither and hiss and they are coming to reno... the snakes alive exhibit features more than 20 live venomous snakes. kids can learn all about the creatures native to northern nevada... snakes alive opens saturday at the wilbur d may museum and runs through april. also the planetarium has some great exhibits for kids right now including what it's like to live in space.... they open on weekend at 10 am nevada women's basketball team is partnering with awaken during this weekend's game to help raise awareness of human trafficking. tickets are only 3 dollars at the door, nevada takes on the air force saturday at 4 if you''re a fan of horror movies.... you may want to go check out the forest starring game of thrones actress natalie dormer... the film opens in theaters today. comedian kabie kabeezy singh will be at the pioneer underground this weekend. his shows are today through

this is the moment i knew... ...his future had no boundaries. there are some moments only the forest can inspire. find yours at discovertheforest.org. now to.. mike rowe... the man who made "dirty jobs" famous got linked to a much different kind of job. rowe is a dead ringer for a man who robbed an oregon bank. fortunately he has an alibi and a sense of humor. abc's kayna whitworth has the story script: nats on cnn's "somebody's gotta do it," mike rowe has tackled every

nats to blacksmith nats - hammering even posing as a man on the run from the law in an episode of "dirty jobs" nats "how do i look on the lam?" but these surveillance photos are sparking rumors he may have pulled his dirtiest job yet -- bank robber. after this man-- sporting shaggy brown hair and a light-colored ballcap-- walked into a medford, oregon chase bank armed with a gun, and demanding cash... police released the images on their facebook page asking if anyone could i-d the crook... and immediately got flooded with one possible suspect: mike rowe sot - lt. mike budreau /medford police department we just kept getting "mike rowe" so we said "we are now looking for him based on your tips." cops even joking on facebook, saying, "we issued an arrrest warrant for mike rowe ... just kidding." until the cnn host posted this photo with an alibi, "i was in kansas city, and i can prove it." sot - lt. mike budreau /medford police department we've scratched him off the list, and are focusing on other individuals. nats - dirty jobs

for good morning america, kayna whitworth abc news, new york a fresh catch turns into a close call and a little girl's reaction to snow goes

reno police are investigating a crash in which a vehilce wen through the front of the 7-eleven store at 2nd and wells. it happened about 10:30 this morning no serious injuries have

field sobriety test and then arrested. time now for the must see videos of the day. first up... a huge marlin that wasn't going to be caught easily.. watch as a moment of victory for one deepwater fisherman turns very dangerous very quickly. the video shows an hooked marlin being reeled in, and then at the last moment.. it flies onto the boat and almost impalies one of the fishermen. crazy, right? those things are like swords "look at all the snow- aaaggghh!" "go away snow! go away one father revealed the first snow of the year to his daughter and as you can probably tell she is was happy about it. a marriage proposal is a moment in time you'll want to capture forever. well this guy had a team

moments... and stitch them together into an awesome stop-motion video. he took his girlfriend on a date to the lincoln memorial... and popped the question surrounded by the photogs resulting in this sweet 360-degree video. oh, and she said yes, by the way. lindsey matherly is back with another look at our forecast. thursday: scattered snow showers, mainly before 11am. mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. chance of precipitation is 30%. little or no snow accumulation expected. thursday night: isolated snow showers. mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. west wind around 5 mph. chance of precipitation is 20%. thanks for watching. don't forget... for updates on the stories

37. southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. chance of precipitation is 30%. little or no snow accumulation expected. thursday night: isolated snow showers. mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. west wind around 5 mph. chance of precipitation is 20%. thanks for watching. don't forget... for updates on the stories we covered... head to our webchannel... kolo-t-v-dot-com. ----- hairstyles provided by rumors hair salon. ----- closed captioning provided by st. mary's regional medical center. ----- copyright 2016 -- gray

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