too high and my benefits are too low. >> navigating the health insurance maze. if you're online shopping for health insurance, you may want to think again. we'll explain why. we're going on our walk with a doctor, coming up! jo and good afternoon, everyone. thank you for joining us for news 4 at 4:00. i'm joe hart. >> and i'm shelby shea happen. welcome to news 4 at 4:00. >> we have had a lot of rain lately and today a chance to get out and soak up the sunshine. >> gorgeous scram and colin jackson is here to tell us about the weather and what we can expect. >> everything changes friday night into saturday. scope. all is quiet as we slide things out for the larger view. things are very quiet, too. there are changes ton way and the next storm system, get

possible white out conditions friday night into saturday. over the old i-80 express. it won't be much of an express or an interstate. current temperatures are running about 10 degrees above average. we have 55 now. and it is not bad all over the region. mid 50s all the way to the eastern side of town as well so what have we got? other temperatures at freezing or below in places like elko, so get ready for a cold night with single digits there. overall it is mild. air quality, again, the fireplace users, have at it. you can enjoy that big changes are on the way. it is almost like every weekend we get a storm around here. we'll talk about the next one coming up. back to you. >> thank you. starting today ride sharing companies like uber and lift will be able to pick up passenger at the reno-tahoe international airport. >> and news 4 is live at the

months in the making. >> reporter: hey, gentlemen and shelby. i'm standing in the new ride sharing area where as of today uber drivers can pick people up from the reno-tahoe international airport. you may remember that uber was first approved back in september and since then the drivers have only been able to drop people off at the airport that changed today when the uber representatives joined the ceo of the airport in announcing an agreement to allow uber drivers to pick people up here and the airport just finished wrapping a permit to allow ride sharing companies like uber to operate here. the agree covers safety more measures, including a geo fencing system to track the drivers that go in and out of the pick-up area. under the state's law, the uber drivers have the abide by the same regulations that taxis do and all transportation vehicles have to pay a $1 fee every time they pick someone up here. this ride sharing area is in a parking lot just north of the

have placed signs to direct people out here to come pick up their cars. you're not going to see the uber cars parked like taxi cab drivers would. you will have to use your unirapp and wait a few minutes for them to come pick you up. coming up tonight at 5:00, i'll show you what taxi drivers have to say about today's announcement. until then, reporting live, news 4. thank you, oliva. even though the gas prices are falling, las vegas taxi cab drivers are overcharging customers to the tune of $47 million a year. a state audit reveals $3 credit card processing fees. the taxi companies are charging and financial officials say it is just too much and should be no more than 90-cents. also they say even with gas prices falling, the price hike of taxi rates should not have been approved. the chief authority says the agency's board will soon be discussing implementing the audit's request. a key deadline is fast

health insurance under the affordable care act. you have until january 31st or you could face potential penalties. this year the experts say the penalties could be substantial. we spoke with an expert on what you should know and one of the most important things is it may not be as easy as a few clicks of your mouse to get health insurance. >> a lot of people jump on the internet and say i'm going to do it myself. you're laughing. why is -- why does that make you laugh? >> insurance is so complex. i wake up. i read the news every day. i have to have daily meetings with the other brokers in my office just to keep up. >> reporter: well, there are a number of challenges when it comes to signing up for health care over the internet. in addition to bogus web sites, some are finding a lot of red tape and victory information out there. coming up, news 4's terri hendry will share information and sort it out in an on your side report. time now for our

we'd like to know have you considered using health insurance under the affordable care act? there is still plenty of time to vote. you'll find the web poll on our facebook page and we'll have updated results throughout our evening newscast tonight. well, it may be a little late in the season, but you still have an opportunity to get a free flu shot if you haven't. today immewize nevada is offering vaccines at the boys' and girls' club. just stop by the building between 4:30 and 6:30. the vaccination also be available for everyone on a first come, first serve basis. when you are sick, you want to feel better, of course, and fast, but it can be difficult for doctors to determine whether a respiratory illness is the bacterial kind that could be treated quickly with antibiotics or nothing at all. now researchers at duke health in north carolina are a step closer to developing a blood test that would differentiate between bacterial and viral illnesses.

more than 300 patients with a variety of flu viruses, strep bacteria and other common infections. the preliminary test was shown to be 87% accurate in classifying the illnesses. the goal is to develop a rapid blood test that doctors could use in a clinic setting. well, a new program is starting to game some attention and it doesn't involve sitting in the doctor's office. >> instead, walk with a doc is a program that allows anyone in the community to get some exercise with some doctors. news 4 joined the crew at virginia lake to get in some exercise. >> reporter: you could say the walk with the doc program is self explain story. people from all over the community gather every wednesday for an hour to walk, chat and connect with a doc. >> i think it is important to know that you don't have to be a patient to come here and either talk to a doc while we're walking or just go for a walk. it is open to everybody in the community. >> reporter: this program is only a few months old and

>> since the second week i saw anytime the newspaper and my whole family said we have got to do this. how fun would this be? and it has been a lot of fun. >> reporter: there's no set pace. you walk as fast or as slow as you want. >> i like to be able to tell my patients, you know, here is your medications to make your diabetes better, but also you really need to exercise. come on this day and walk with us. >> reporter: when the weather is cold and damp, these walkers move their location indoors, sometimes in the mall, even having a surgery doesn't prevent her from coming every week. >> two weeks ago i had surgery. the day of surgery i came out here, walked with a doc, two hours later i had my surgery. when i was good to go the following week, i was out here walking with the doc. >> my hope would be that different physicians take it up in different parts of the community so that wean do it in a bunch of different places. >> don't wait for a friend. come out here. make friends. one hour every wednesday. it is so much fun.

a great day for it today. the program is moving their location from virginia lake to aces ballpark so that they don't have to change their location every time the weather doesn't hold up, and there are also different doctors each wednesday to walk with the group. the university of nevada drone program officials are expanding their partnership with nasa. the two agencies teamed up more than a year ago working together at the reno air races in developing new technology. now those at the unr n. a. a. s. i. c. center or the drone program are building aing place where they will test drone systems. it works with local businesses in the community and works with k. through 1 jut reach programs introducing schoolchildren to the drone industry. >> so the exciting part about what we're doing here at the innovation center powered by switch is this was designed and ordered to fulfill a lot of the needs of the community by

business community and to the k. through 12 outreach. >> well, it is not a topic many people may want to talk about let alone know about. after the break, we will break down one disease that one in seven people will get in their lives and how to be on the look- out for it. that is coming up. and coming up on knew #-s at 4:00, a major political figure spoke highly about president obama's recent gun laws. why the u.s. attorney general believes president obama is constitutional rights. and as we said, a beautiful day out there today. will that continue? colin jackson is in.

forecast for u welcome back, everyone. state treasure dan schwartz is here to talk about nevada's prepaid tuition program. thank you for coming in today.

>> so the open enrollment is open now and it goes for a couple of month ? >> yes. and one of the benefits of enrolling now, there's two plans. there is the 529 college savings program and then the prepaid tuition program. they differ slightly. prepaid tuition is tomorrow's tuition at today's prices. and -- >> so you're locking whatever today's price is, even if your child won't be in college for another 10 years? pgh. >> exactly. to show you how powerful that is, our number one citizen, governor sandoval, took out a prepaid tuition program for $6,000 in 1998. we're now paying $23,000, 24,000 in tuition for his kids. >> wow. >> the university system here is going increase tuition 4% a year that is guaranteed. and if you look at overall tuition has increased by about 80% over the last several years. >> and sometimes there's a little bit of confusion. what if people say i don't know

school here in nevada. what would you say to them? >> i'd say no worries because we will pay for out-of-state tuition. so, in other words, if your son or daughter gets into harvard or m.i.t. or stanford, we will pay -- >> you're going to be needing this help. >> and we will pay the university of nevada equivalent to the student. >> to put that towards their tuition. >> right, right. >> should they decide not to go, for whatever reason they follow a different career path, the -- you will be refunded the money less $100ed a min stray five fee. so it is almost a no lose situation. >> right, right. >> how is the 529 different from the prepaid tuition program? >> both of them, their one big advantage is as you're -- your savings grow, when your kids get to college, you get to take it out fax free. the difference is for the prepaid tuition, it is reallyly like a contract. it is an insurance policy.

it, should you decide that your son or daughter's first cousin can't use it, you will get your principal back, the money you put in, but you won't get the increase in savings. where as with the 529 programs, you bear the onus of investing, but you, -- again, you take the money out with all of your gain. so there are two different programs. >> dan schwartz, thank you for coming in. >> let me mention. >> go ahead. >> the one year free tuition. if you enroll by january 31, we will pick one northern and one southern nevadan to get a year's free tuition. >> which is now, what, $6,000. >> okay. so, parents, get on it here! we have a little less than two weeks to get into that drawing for that prepaid tuition. thank you for coming. >> joe, back over to you. thank you, guys. let's check in with colin. we got a break from the wet weather and it was refreshing to have that, colin. >> nice and warm.

love the white in the distance. it is so nice so we have a lull. we have a lull on the way through tomorrow as well. things start to change friday morning early, so be aware of that. this is the next storm system approaching. we have the clouds already on the way. the high today was, again, 56. the same as yesterday. 10 degrees above average. the low was about the same as it was yesterday morning, so no changes yet. but those colder numbers that you see for averages, they'll be back saturday and sunday. out in elko, it is 39 degrees. you know what? temperatures are all running above average. you know what? 59 in sacramento a little cooler than it was yesterday that is because of the system that is coming on shore. 55 now as of 5:00. the winds are dead calm that will change on friday into saturday. relative humidity, dry air, yeah, 16%. the highs today, roughly what you see here. 40 at south lake. truckee at 41 and fallin is at 54. carson city comes in at 48 degrees so all of these numbers, nice and warm. even to the east, the things

41 in truckee that is not too bad. the overnight lows will be in the teens. wind speeds all calm and five to seven miles per hour from the southeast. easterly wind is usually balmer than a nestle wind and that will all change once we get to friday night and saturday. here is the niitty gritty. clouds from time to time overnight through thursday as well. mostly sunny to partly cloudy. and then here it comes. friday morning, 7:00, i-5 near redding, we'll see some rain. sheer the snow arriving in lake tahoe as early as perhaps 4:00 or 5:00 in the emergency on friday. and then we advance you into time as we get into mostly friday. we don't have a lot of precipitation here yet. but there is reno. i could zoom in even closer, but you get the drift. the west side of town, maybe even ton valley floor, as the colder air with this system moves in on saturday, this's when our snow chances on the valley floor arrive, and it won't be a lot, but it doesn't take much to make chings --

highways that we have on 80 going through town so tonight's low, 49. partly to mostly cloudy a nice night. 54 tomorrow. increasing clouds late in the day. overall, a pretty nice day. overnight lows, i'll step out of the way so you can see where you live and what you can expect. and lovelock around 52. 48 in dayton. 28 is the low. 30 for carson city. look at truckee, down to 17. 46 will be your high. points east, 52 and 26 will be jour overnight low. 29 in golden valley. 49 is the high, and you know what? the washoe valley, 29. 54 for reno. we already talked about that. so the rain chances are friday late in the day. 60%. overnight into saturday, and we're not sure yet how long this will last on saturday, but it could be a rain-snow mix.

6,000 feet dropping to possibly 5,000 feet or lower. we'll keep you updated on that reno-sparks. 60% chance of rain and there is that icon on saturday as a 70% chance of a rain-snow mix. changes are on the way just in time for the weekend commute. it will be ugly on 80. back to you. >> thank you. it is a disease that one in seven can be diagnosed with in their lifetime, but it is one that not a lot of people know the details about. and melissa carlson sits down with the doctor to tell us what we need to know about prostate cancer and what you need to be on the look-out for. >> reporter: today we are talking about the number two killer of men when it comes to cancer, prostate cancer in particular. we've got with us today dr. jonathan they, the radiation oncologist and co-medical director. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> the number two killer of men. >> reporter: and prostate cancer is one of those that there are some different ways

ultimately there is a way that you all have been doing for a while now that is changing dealing with prostate cancer. >> correct. it is one of those cancers where treatment for a particular man is individualized. treatment ranges anywhere from surgery to observation, and many treatments in between. and we do many of those treatments here, but in particular we do the cyber knife treatment for prostate cancer. >> reporter: how is that changing the way you treat prostate cancer? >> it is an excellent choice for some men because it is a non-invasive procedure that doesn't require a big operation or implantation of seeds in the prostate, and it is a form of radiation therapy, much like the conventional therapy, but the big difference is it takes radio biological dose equivalent to what we can achieve with other techniques

of treatment compared to nine weeks of daily treatment with the other conventional techniques. >> reporter: what has been the reaction from the men who have been able to partake? >> they love it, especially men who are busy working or coming from out of town, and they can't come here for nine weeks of daily treatment, but they can come here for five treatments that are out patient. >> reporter: and it is right here in our area. if you'd like to find out more information, you can find out everythingenline. thank you for being with us. >> thanks a lot. >> thank you. for more information, you head to renocyberknife.com. and first, here is a look at today's numbers from wall street before we go to the break. another tough day for the stocks. stay with us. news 4 at 4:00 will be right back! schwa hey, everybody, the all new mynews4.com is your one stop shop for local sports. our new web site has a much more stream lined look showing you instantly the information

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