these stories are coming on this tuesday, march 1st, 2016. good tuesday morning everyone, welcome to the last half-hour, i'm smith footman. >> thanks for getting up with us on this first day of march, it's coming a day late of the 29th day of february, happy day, we'll meet the l eap day baby. >> it's warm and windy today. speaking of windy and hot air, let's talk politics. it's one of the biggest days, 12 states are casting their votes for the candidate of their choice. >> we have a look at what they can expect in the day ahead. alex. >> reporter: good morning supertuesday is here, all eyes

we could see some candidates drop out of the race today. however, today's results will show us which candidates are taking the lead in this race. i sat down with it. mcc political professor ted, based on what we have seen in new hampshire, south carolina, and nevada, we have an idea how people are voting today. oklahoma and minnesota as well as alaskan nevada has already pitched their candidates, there are things we should pay attention during the day's voting. >> i think for the average american, it will be wondering who to say tuesday night o is locking up the nomination on the republican and democratic sides, what that starts to say about the fall campaign and about that candidate's ability to heal wounds and bring that party together. >> we'll have continuing coverage of today's polls right

our website, make sure you stay with us for the latest. back to you. >> supertuesday will be covering it all day long on news 4 and on the sister station. let's take a quick peek outside. daylight savings time is not happening this weekend, but next weekend. >> march 13th. it's two weeks away. >> not this weekend, next weekend. >> don't argue with her. >> i got it. >> two weekends away we'll turn the clocks ahead, it will be 7:30am by the end of the month. weatherwise it's not feeling that way. 70 degrees with gusty winds. >> there's a snow survey going on in the sierra today. we should have a better idea where we stand as far as the snow pack is concerned. it's not been a productive

it's looking active for the next couple of weeks. we'll keep an eye out to see if storms are on the way. it's been warm and dry and quiet. trees have been on the high side. juniper and cedar have been the biggest percentage of the mix. molds are low, if you're a tree pollen sufferer, an allergy sufferer, heads up on that. that won't change soon. winds gusting at 45 miles per hour. a mix of sun and clouds, but staying dry throughout the day. 60 in south lake and alco as well. this is across much of the area. and sunshine and clouds will be going on this afternoon. it's a mild start, 20s, 30s and

and 70s for most of us later today. i do have rain chances and upper elevation snow chances to talk about in the seven-day forecast and i'll let you know when those come around. back to you. the body of a ski instructor who was missing in the ski resort in january has been found. the body of 23-year-old carson was found buried under five feet of snow where his cellphone last pinged, they made the grim discovery yesterday. they were at sugar bowl conducting training, resort officials say he was about a quarter mile out of bounds in an avalanche prone area. he was last seen january 15th while skiing off duty at the resort. a four-day intensive search followed but was suspended due

the tesla meg factory site there have been protests. some say they're being displaced by cheaper out of state labor. these workers say nevadaans should be given the opportunity to apply for jobs. todd coke says they should hire as many locals as possible. these families hoping the tesla gigafactory would turn around their situation after six years of a construction decline. >> when they make the wages and send them back home. that money leaves our local economy. we would like to see their business model going forward using local workers and giving local workers a chance at the job on the site. >> they responded with this statement. >> it stems from a third party construction contractor.

many issues are union, this one is not. they're saying the contractor is favoring out of state workers. in reality 50% used by this contractor and 75% of the entire tesla gigafactory workers are nevadaans, they require them to hire 50% of the minimum for the workers and it's in compliance with the contract and the law. there's been a ribbon cutting ceremony for the electric highway. it stretches from las vegas and goes through small towns, it's called electric highway, because car charging station linings the way will allow owners of the electric cars to make the journey. today's ribbon-cutting ceremony

they're investigating a deadly shooting, 38-year-old kylie grayson was arrested for open murder. this happened in the 200 block of north virginia street. the men involved were employees there, but were not on duty at the time. swerved shows them in -- the saved shows the shooting and what took place before the shooting and he died. details of what he's been accused.

news 4 t . and welcome back, everyone, let's move things over to tim studebaker with a look at the forecast. >> good morning to you, we're warm across the area for the

going up to the 70-degree mark today. breezy and gusty conditions. we'll have more sunshine for the afternoon. those breezes and the gusty conditions will be out there. even though it will be 70 degrees, it will be a breezy and gusty and partly cloudy 70 degrees. the precip chances will go up over the weekend. we have partly cloudy skies and winds are calm and temperatures are into the 30s and 40s across much of the area. so milder to start the day today, it's going to lead to a very warm afternoon ahead of us, about the 70-degree mark for the lower elevation locations today. mostly cloudy and partly cloudy locations, this is the sunshine for the afternoon hours. we'll see a few clouds clearing out, showers are falling apart before they get to our neck of

we have the weak storm passing off to the north. we'll do that again wednesday into sunday morning. when we get to the week, we have our next real winter storm chance, potential winter storm coming around the area. for today, because of those winds, we have a lake wind advisory for pyramid, from pyramid it's noon to six and it's from 8:00 a.m. today and. to southwest wind, it's gusting to 40 at times. not just for the lakes, but a lot of us, this is at the tops of the sierra, 80 miles per hour and waves 2-4 feet on both of those lakes, heads up for the winds either way. it's a gusty day today. it's dry, and by the end of the week into the weekend, that's when you want the rain and snow chances to go up and the best day looks to be on sunday. for that either way it's

the next potential winter storm. over to you. >> let's go to our trooper duncan dodd. >> we're on the scene of a property damage crash mile marker 46, westbound 80. we should have this cleared up soon. be cautious as you wake up and go this morning. there's no major slow downs to report. wondering how long you have to have your child in a child seat and booster. they have to be 6 years old and 60 pounds before they can be without the booster.

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the goal is to export tools related to hacking and software. a new york judge says the u.s. justice department cannot force apple to provide the f.b.i. with access to locked iphone data in a routine brooklyn drug case. this decision comes after a california magistrate judge required apple to create software to help the us hack the iphone of a shooter that killed 14 people in san bernardino california. opposition parties in south carolina held a record seven- day long filibuster to stop the ruling party to stop an antiextremism bill. they want to monitor the private situations at will.

using the move to earn more votes in the upcoming election. the 14-year-old accused of shooting four people, a 14-year- old student opened fire inside the madison junior high school monday morning. two students were shot and two others were hurt while trying to escape. all of their injuries are said to be non-lifethreatening injuries. he dropped the weapon, but was taken into custody near school grounds. they have a motive, but they're not releasing it at this time. an emotional aaron andrews took the stand in nashville yesterday to testify about the secret nude video taken of her and posted on the internet. she said she felt, she felt ashamed and humiliated. the sportscaster says she suffers depression, anxiety and depression because of this incident.

didn't have an idea about the tape. she's suing the man who shot the video and the owner and manager of the nashville marriott for $75 million. a student detained in korea was presented to media by authorities yesterday. it's the first time otto has been seen since north korea announced the arrest back on january 22nd. they claimed that the you've of virginia undergrad had been detained for perpetrating a hostile act against korea. while the diplomatic community, he acknowledged and apologized for the alleged crime. >> one final time, people in

beg for forgiveness. >> north korea accuses washington and seoul to spy on the government and undermining the control of the korean peninsula. the floods that hit the country over the weekend, the el nino was blamed that caused flooding in the parts of the country of peru. they're going to rebuild the damaged town. they have resettled 250,000 syrian refugees. the last plane arrived over the weekend. they were planning to bring in 25,000 refugees on new year's day. he'll help newcomers find housing and jobs. they plan to bring in 1,000 more refugees in 2016. if you're traveling today

possible delays if good morning, we'll send it over to the today show, but here's a preview of what's coming up on fox 11, it's supertuesday, we'll be checking in with alex to find out what we need to know leading up to

ryan kern will be here to tell us about the electric highway which will extend from reno to las vegas and michael from yelp will talk about national pig day and all what this entails, if you will. we'll have a surprise coming up in the show in about five minutes. >> does that mean we get some ribs, national pig day. little baby pigs. >> you guys don't eat ribs? >> of course. >> we do. >> all right. let's check in with a final look at the forecast. it's a gusty day for the day today. warm, 70 for the high today and tomorrow, the winds will be out there with partly cloudy and mostly cloudy skies today. we'll start to see rain and snow chances for the weekend. snow in the upper elevations and rain in the lower.

be on sunday and we're unsettled in the days beyond.