away sparking protests. plus.. contact 13 reveals the five biggest scams of the year. hello wind. the start of a news storm hits las vegas. but first breaking news just into our newsroom. one woman is dead.. shot near craig and mlk. we have a photographer headed there right now. we'll bring you an update as soon as we get it. now to that wind advisory in affect for las vegas and the surrounding valley. we sent our photographer out to track some of that wind. look at what he found near charleston and the 215. it's shaking some trees. thankfully there aren't any reports of damamge yet. meteorologist karla huelga's tracking the new storm for us tonight. karla, how long will it stay this gusy? ad-lib we'll start to feel the impacts of our next storm system late tonight in the form of gusty winds, chances for rain, high elevation snow and colder temperatures. expect gusts to 35mph tonight, then bumping up to 40mph in the overnight hours.

a wind advisory is in effect 4am. the best chances for rain will also be late- night and overnight. high temperatures tomorrow will only reach the upper 40's and low 50s around the valley. new tonight.. first it was holiday packages being stolen right off of peoples front porches...

packages being stolen right off of peoples front porches... now holiday thieves are taking aim at christmas decorations... one valley family's security cameras caught these christmas crooks stealing their beautiful holiday display. 10:50:12:00 you can't have packages being delivered to your home because they come and take it, obviously you can't have nice decorations out because people take it. real life grinches are stealing christmas spirit.... right off of houses and out of front lawns. surveillance cameras caught these holiday thieves swiping a sleigh, a reindeer and other light up decorations right out of lori burger's yard on thursday night. 10:50:56:00 once we got home and saw the video surviellance cameras my ten year old was astonished and that's when he asked why would someone do this, why would someone come and take that, people suck. that's not all they took, the burger's home use to be beautiful lit up and decorated just like their neighbors... now it's dark... a few wicker figures and a lonly wreath is all that's left of the families festive holiday display. 10:48:35:00 this is now along

the side, she comes up, she takes the candy cane off the side of the house. lori burger estimates the christmas crooks made off with six hundred dollars worth of decorations... that hurts... many of the display pieces had sentamental value. 10:50:37:00 it's not something not something that we went out and bought those, this is about ten years worth of stuff. as heartbroken and violated as the family feels, lori says they are not going to let this ruin their christmas... christmas, it's the holiday's i have two kids, i'll do it again. this happened in the silverado ranch area... from the surviellance footage the burgers believe there are two thieves and both of them are women. they took off in an older model car that has one door that's a different color. action news is following up on our areas 117th fatal crash of the year. we're learning more about the woman who was hit and killed while crossing boulder highway without using a crosswalk. action news reporter gina lazara is live near boulder highway and twain where the fatal crash happened....gina. elizabeth - the victim's neighbor says she was crossing

arizona charlies....where she used to work. "i think it was her intention to double back and go across the street and say hello to some old coworkers. the vehicle just didn't see her." 42-year old emily collier never made it to arizona charlie's. investigators called her former next door neighbor - juanita watkins - to tell her the news. "that she had been hit and that she had expired and they wanted to let us know." juanita only knew emily for three months. but she left an impact in that short time. "i met emily right away. she's a very special person." juanita says emily went out of her way to get to know her "she walked over like people used to do back in the day. endearing. she didn't have to do that. and people don't do that no more." didn't have to do that. and people don't do that no more." the long time bartender recently moved off riker ave...

where she was killed. "she says she was trying to get her life together and i believe soon in the valley....to an accident that could have been prevented. "i hope that she is resting in peace. she had mentioned that she had lost her father sometime back and i just hope they're together." the driver who hit and killed emily was not impaired and will most likely not be charged with a crime. reporting live from boulder highway... gina lazara channel 13 action news. next.. to the extreme weather tonight.. over a hundred million people feeling it this weekend, coast to coast.. another band of wind and rain plaguing the west. plus that massive system you see sweeping across the plains. the worst of the storms hit east texas. three confirmed tornadoes destroying this neighborhood. high winds there knocking a train right off its tracks. as abc's kendis gibson reports.. the heavy rains are triggering flash flooding, too.

script: tonight a view from the air of devastation across the wow. i think that's a tornado? in willis texas? the tornado destroying roofs, uprooting trees, toppling vehicles. nats: "tornado just hit." tiny lindale, tx in the north described as a disaster area by its first responders. tornadoes damaging up to 50 homes. (sot) chief jerry garner: "we are striving to keep unnecessary people out and have only the people that need access into this area ." the twister coming within feet of luke griffin's home. (sot/exchange) kendis: where did it go? luke griffin: "it just started back that way towards the high school and you can see up there on that lane jennifer skender, out christmas shopping when the tornado ripped apart her home of eleven years. a neighbor texting her these picture of her home (sot) jennifer skender: "i'm just grateful that we weren't home. (emotional pause) i think, um, the lord sent us away and spared us." over 2 dozen severe storm reports over the

foot of rain to some parts of texas - and wind gusts powerful enough to throw 64 large cargo train cars from the trestle and residents and authorities are astounded that not a single injury has been reported in these weekend storms. kendis gibson, abc news, lindale, texas. now a story developing in california. another police shooting caught on camera. the video shows los angeles county sheriff's deputies fatally shooting a man walking away from them they fire repeatedly even after he falls to the ground according to police, 28-year-old nicholas robertson pointed a gun at them and refused to drop it. more than a dozen people gathered to protest this evening outside the gas station where police shot robertson. relatives accuse the officers of using excessive force.. investigators say they will not make any conclusions until they've reviewed every detail.

about that terror attack in san bernardino. tashfeen malik was vetted by homeland security. but investigators passed over social media. after the attack they found malik's facebook post critical of moderate muslims. now the new york times reports she also talked openly on social media in support of violent jihad and "wanted to be a part of it" "had they checked out tashfeen malik a little more, maybe she wouldn't have gotten a visa. maybe those people in san bernardino would be alive." this weekend senator chuck schumer's pulling for the immediate installment of a new program.. desinged to scour the social media of everyone in the u-s on visas. the attack in san bernardino is the second worst shooting since the massacre at sandy hook elementary. tomorrow marks the third anniverary of that shooting. 20-year old adam lanza killed nd six adults. he killed his mother too. then turned his gun on himself as police closed in on him.

local faith-based community leaders.. tired of the violence.. held an interfaith prayer vigil for peace and unity. muslim leaders in las vegas believe the people behind the violence are not true muslims. they say violent people induce fear and hate and we can beat them by coming together. now to your red, white and blue 2016 political coverage. we're just two days from the next gop debate and senator ted cruz is soaring past donald trump in two polls. at tuesday's debate at the venetinan trump will stand front and center.. flanked by cruz and ben carson. marco rubio and jeb bush, john kasich, chris christie, carly fiorina and rand paul round out the nine candidates taking part in the main event. action news reporter david schuman spent the afternoon on the strip.. getting a sense of how people feel about the candidates headed our way. pkg 054029 judy newell, atlanta "it's going to be an important one and i think it will tell who's going to come out on top" eight of the candidates who will be on stage tuesday are looking up at one man in the

attention and that gets the people that are backing him more energized." 054324 lucia duncan, st george utah "we finally have a candidate who tells us the good the bad and complains but nobody says what they will do, whether it's healthcare or issues or anything. " this might be a case where final impressions mean more than first impressions 054523 duncan "just glued to the television watching it." because anything that's said at this point 054819 "be more in the middle of the road instead of extreme either way" .. could make or break an entire campaign 054059 judy newell "they've all got a lot of press, especially donald trump, and we'll see what happens." ad lib the venetian..david schuman ch13 action news coming up .. it's used on the battlefield..

a life-saving sponge that's injectable... we'll explain how it works. plus.. a typhoon growing stronger by the day is moving in on the philippines. and a consumer alert from contact 13. experts call out the worst scams of the year.. and the warning signs to watch

from a scam you probably haven't heard about.. to one that's cheating americans out the most money every years. abc's gloria reviera shares the top scams this year.. and the warning signs to watch

for. script: from threatening phone calls... nat/ irs fake call "within the next hour they will be at your doorstep to handcuff you and put you behind bars." to pressure to act now ? nat/ irs fake call "the issue is extremely serious and time sensitive." scam artists are bilking americans out of millions. tonight a major consumer advocate revealing the 5 biggest scams of the year. the better business bureau giving abc news a first look at what its new scam tracker measuring complaints in all 50 states reveals. sot / mary power, ceo, council of better business bureaus "you can see in real time what is happening in the scam and get a profile of the scammers." number 5 on the list: fake government grants "sold" to consumers for a small fee. number 4: fake tech support -- andrea hahn was browsing online when a voice came through her laptop saying it was infected. she called the number on the screen and... sot / andrea han, scam victim "and then they took control of the computer." number 3: those fake sweepstakes asking for a small fee to collect a prize

number two: aggressive debt collectors impersonating authorities number one on the list: the i-r-s scam? still surging this holiday season? 2- thousand reports a day.. victims losing altogether a million dollars a month. sot / kevin lemon, scam victim "he said i'll be going to jail and agents would be coming to handcuff me and take me away." kevin lemon is one of them. engage...and never send money by wire or debit card. sot kevin lemon "i feel bad, very bad." gloria riviera abc news washington the food and drug administration just approved a new life saver.. injectable sponges that the manufacturer claims can stop bleeding in seconds. the sponge expands and can be used to control life-threatening wounds in areas where a tourniquet cannot

be used, like the groin or the armpit. before now it's only been used on the battlefield. last year, when the product was approved for military use, the vice-president of the company described why it was necessary. (john steinbaugh/vp, revmedx) "after multiple rotations in iraq and afghanistan, it was always the same complaint from the guys, we need better products that control hemorrhaging. you could rapidly apply this product to many people and save a lot of time." the sponges can be used for up to four hours, allowing time for an injured person to receive medical care. action news is staying updated on news here at home. police want to know what caused this crash. they a 23-year old man crashed his motorcycle into that car this afternoon near cheyenne and allen. this is just a reminder for the valley, we want everyone to remember especially as we end this weekend to please drive safely. the motorcycle's driver is in critical condtion. we do not know the condition of

a teenage boy is dead and two people in critical condition after a crash on the 95. n-h-p says a semi truck hit the back end of a car friday night north of las vegas. the driver and a passenger in that car are the ones in critical condition. the driver of the semi was not hurt. there's a major medical scare in california. .. a nurse in the maternity ward at a san jose hospital.. tests positive for tuberculosis. officials at the santa clara valley medical center.. .racing to find more than a thousand people... including 350 newborns who had contact with the nurse between mid-august to mid- november. dr. jeffrey starke, md/infectious disease specialist at texas children's hospital tb leaves the lung and causes other problems such as meningitis, so it's appropriate to take the protection of newborns very seriously when an exposure has occurred hospital officials say the nurse's annual t-b test in september had negative results... she showed no symptoms. she was diagnosed with tb in november after treatment for an unrelated illnesss... doctors say tb skin and blood tests are extremely unreliable

for infants. they recommend the 350 potentially exposed babies undergo antibiotics for the next six months, as a precaution. a heavily armed gunman is dead tonight after being shot by police at a pennsylvania walmart. police say the man walked into the store and just started pointing his gun at people. officers got there and asked the man to drop it, but he refused - so they shot him. he was taken to a hospital where he later died. noone else was injured, but as you can imagine, customers were shaken, "i won't even come here by myself. i always ask my husband to go with me because i'm so scared. police have not released any information about the gunman or why he chose to wave a gun around inside the store. security remains high around geneva, switzerland following the arrest of two individuals on the suspicion of terror. swiss police arrested the two people after locating a vehicle and finding what authorities say are traces of explosives. both individuals had syrian passports and were arrested on suspicion of the manufacture, concealment and transport of

explosives and toxic gases. authorities have been looking for at least two people with links to suspects in the paris attacks, in which 130 people were killed. it's not known yet whether the geneva arrests are linked to those attacks. british prime minister david cameron plans to call for a ban on high powered semi-automatic weapons across the european union . his office just announced that the measure is part of a crack down on the illegal firearms trade. it's also part of a long-term plan to counter terrorism in europe. cameron is also calling for greater efforts to 'undermine' online radicalization. right now.. the philippines is bracing for a powerful typhoon. typhoon melor is expected to make landfall tomorrow. the storm is growing stronger the closer it gets to the islands. ad-lib we'll start to feel the impacts of our next storm system late tonight

chances for rain, high elevation snow and colder temperatures. expect gusts to 35mph tonight, then bumping up to 40mph in the overnight hours. a wind advisory is in effect through tomorrow morning at 4am. the best chances for rain will also be late- night and overnight. high temperatures tomorrow will only reach the upper 40's and low 50s around the valley. windy conditions continue tomorrow, so wind chill factors will definitely be in play. the winds will be down to breezy by tuesday and afternoon highs will also be down to the mid

by wednesday, the storm system makes its exit, but the cold air will still be in place and high temps will remain in the mid to upper 40s. a warming trend begins wednesday as highs get back to the low 50s that afternoon, then mid and upper 50s for friday and saturday. afternoon highs will continue in the upper 50s on sunday and winds will be breezy. there's new concern the season's hottest gift is

now amazon is stopping all sales of certain hoverboards. contact 13 shares what you should look for in one that

it's frieghtening scenes like this that sparked the idea. hoverboards catching fire like this one in washington state mall. the federal consumer product safety commission is investigating ten hoverboard blazes in nine states that have even sent riders to the emergency room. some parents are reconsidering the gift. sot - clayton: "so you sent it back why?" shana: "not willing to take the risk. the thing catching on fire with no warning." tech experts say buyer should avoid lower-quality boards under 300-dollars. you may spot these new laser displays around the valley. they're effortless decorations but be careful. point them in the wrong direction.. and one of those lasers could hit a plane. those lights can fill the cockpit.. blinding the pilot. the display's designer is reminding users to keep them pointed at their home. the la galaxy major league soccer team held open tryouts today for their united soccer league pro team.

nearly 300 players enrolled in tryouts for the la galaxy two, with the hope oroster for the 2016 season. we feel like we wanted to have a wider net in terms of trying to find those diamonds in the rough. head coach kurt onalfo says they've narrowed it down to about a dozen possible players. the la galaxy two is a lower division team associated with the la galaxy. it's first major league soccer club to have such a team as part of its developmental program. team officals say at least one player will be invited to play in the preseason. get ready to say goodbye to the strips most iconic show. plus.. caught on camera. thieves ransack a home.. taking almost everything.. from t-v's to cars. police say this video.. is exactly what they need to

camera ransacking the home of a well- known paralympian. at least eight surveillance cameras in and outside of stephani victor's home are giving police a clear picture of who the suspects are and the details of their crime. they went into our kitchen, starting eating ice cream out of the freezer and then slowly over the course of the evening, dismantling tv, computer, christmas gifts. los angeles police - so-far finding the couple's two missing cars but nothing else. pope francis will be returning to north america for another visit. this time, he will be heading to mexico city, to visit "our

lady of guadalupe's" shrine. that is happening on february 13th. the pope confirmed his plans during a special mass just yesterday. the site in northern mexico city is the world's most-visited marian shrine. this visit will come 5 months after his trip to the united states. the ladies of the longest running show on the las vegas strip are getting ready for their final performance. bally's has been home to the jubilee showgirls for more than 34 years. jubilee's last show will be in february. we're told a new showgirl production is currently being explored. karla has another look at your work week forecast. but right now, here's a live

couples kissing under the mistletoe at one time. guess what. they did it! more than two

least tne seconds. that's action news.. live at 11. thanks for watching. from all of us at channel 13.. have a great week.