chopper 13 was first over the scene as this drama unfolded.. and stayed in the air for more than 6- hours so we could literally put you on top of this story. tonight our team coverage continues. action news reporter gina lazara is here with the latest on the officer's condition. steve - the injured officer is alive - alert and awake. that's definitely the good news tonight. the sheriff expressed to us earlier - he's ecstatic about that. "i'm so happy that this guy is gonna have a successful life and we're not responding to a funeral later." but the truth is -- officials weren't sure for quite a while what the outcome would be. the officer was shot in a very dangerous place.... right under his armpit is where the bullet entered him. just an inch or so away from where his bullet proof vest ended. the sheriff called the officer lucky in a press conference earlier today -- because of how his injury turned out - when it could have been so much worse.

like for him when he first heard that one of his guys was feeling....and the feeling on the back of my neck. i pray to god that the officer does not pass away as a result of it." we're told the officer will spend the night at u-m-c but should be able to go home tomorrow. reporting live in the studio gina lazara channel 13 action news. you can take a look at this map for an idea of the massive perimeter police set-up during the search for teag fox. the officer was shot near las vegas boulevard and serene. the perimeter was spread out from pebble to serene. officers asked residents to stay indoors while k-9 units went door to door in many areas.. trying to cover as much ground as possible. action news learned about a bizzare twist during the search.. and it happened only moments after the officer was shot. several officers spotted the

and he ran right past an suv carrying sheriff joe lombardo.. lombardo says he saw the suspect go past him. in this cellphone video from a witness.. you can see the sheriff's suv pull out of that parking lot in a big hurry. be sure to stay with action news as we learn more about the suspect.. and the officer recovering at umc. we'll bring you any new overnight developments on good morning las vegas starting at 4:30am. you can also get updates anytime at ktnv.com.. or on the new action news app for your smartphone or tablet. new tonight.. las vegas city leaders announced their plans today for "america's party" on new year's eve. this year.. along with the locals.. they're expecting hundreds of thousands of visitor to attend the celebrations along the

-pkg- the countdown to new year's eve started with a bang! (nat pop) city leaders are pumped about this year's festivities. mayor carolyn goodman and the chairman of the las vegas convention authority led the big announcement at the fashion show mall. "...." between the strip and downtown las vegas - officials expect more than three hundred thousand revelers. "...." this year, fireworks will launch from seven rooftops along the las vegas strip. all of them coordinated into one big eight-minute show of light and sound. "...." the display will be synchronized with popular recordings by michael jackson, bruno mars, imagine dragons, and mariah carey. strip by storm. maroon 5 - celine dion - britney spears - just to name a few. but in light of the terrorist attacks in paris and the mass shooting in san bernardino - officials are taking security very seriously. "...." if you're going downtown

look forward to a concert featuring 13 of the world's greatest tribute bands. -end pkg- state lawmakers have some serious work to get done state lawmakers have some serious work to get done tonight. they're trying to hammer out a tax incentive package to bring a billion dollar electric car factory.. and thousands of jobs.. to north las vegas. action news reporter bryan callahan is in carson city with the latest on the negotiations. intro: the doors are closed here at the senate chamber. they called it a night around 5:30. itwas a similar story down the

both houses sending bills for amendments overnight. take pkg nats after four plus hours of meetings and a lot of waiting around... legislators called it a night without making a decision on the faraday future deal. 17.37.09.00 "we are just making sure we get all the loose ends tightened up." the big hangup in the senate side wasnt the $215 million in tax incentives. it involved the water rights at the apex site where the electric car makers wants to build a billion dollar factory. 17.46.47.00 "trying to make sure we aren't impacting statewide water law with this one five basin area. clearly there is enough water in place it is just getting the language right." senators taking the night to work out the issues... confident things will get done. 17.36.18.00 "i'm very comfortable by tomorrow we are going to have a very good bill with the amendments and a good direction." the assembly also spending the night waiting for an amended workforce development bill... but calling it due diligence 13.20.13.00 "today we've been talking it through going through the what ifs and what does this really mean so on and

set to get back to work at ten. the senate having more work to do set to start an hour earlier. reporting in carson city, bryan callahan, channel 13 action news. right on the heels of threats against schools in l-a and new york.. clark county school officials received a similar threat today. in a message to parents today.. the district said in part.. 'this morning after 9am.. clark county school district staff discovered a threatening email. we are working with local law enforcement agencies and are following appropriate protocol. ccsd says it will continue to keep parents in the loop.. and it's still planning on a regular schoo the district also has crisis response plans in place.. and school police will be patrolling campuses. new tonight.. one person is in the hospital with what police are calling serious injuries.. after being hit while crossing the street. it happened near east lake mead and bookbinder drive. police had to close part of

while they conducted their investigation. those streets are back open tonight. it's the store a lot of people around the valley are waiting for. today.. action news got a sneak peek inside the new ikea.. being built along the 215 at durango. not only will it sell thousands of items.. it will also have a restaurant and a playground for the kids. when it opens next summer.. it will be the first ikea in nevada.. and the 42nd in the nation. a winter storm warning is in effect tonight in western washington.. where they're getting it all.. wind.. snow and ice.. and it's causing a huge mess on one of the state's busiest highways. and.. thousands of fans are getting their first chance to see the new star wars movie tonight. but do you have any old toys like a luke skywalker doll anywhere in the house? up next.. we'll explain why it would be worth your time to find them.

film. it's also a good time to see if you have any old toys connected to the star wars series. because.. as contact 13's tricia kean tells us.. they could be worth a fortune.

hobby horses, record players, and other old toys. but he says the holy grail of childhood collectibles right now is star wars. (sot) "this was basically made in 1998...." sussman shows off an x-wing fighter from the 80's. he says the new "force awakens" movie is sending prices up on all of them. (sot) "basically a rising tide lifts all boats." he says if you have star wars items from the 70's, the force is with you. check it out: on e-bay a full set of action figures is going for 27 hundred dollars. a boba fett doll for 16 hundred dollars. but art appraiser, morgan cobb, says your toy must in great shape and in very limited quantity, to earn you the big bucks. (sot morgan cobb, appraiser) "there's also rarity, condition, many other variables. you really have to do your homework." original packaging, and no damage, is key. (sot) "any time you have something in the box it can actually increase the value several fold." but if there's no box or it's in rough shape, it's probably only worth a few

if you're checking values on e-bay, look for the selling price, not the asking price. you can get the best idea of what your item is worth, by seeing what other toys sold for. new developments out of san bernardino, california tonight.. where multiple charges are being filed against the man police say bought the guns used in this month's terror attack. according to investigators.. enrique marquez bought the two rifles used by syed farook and his wife.. tashfeen malik.. to kill 14 people. marquez reportedly told investigators he didn't know about the plans for the attack.. but admitted to buying the rifles for farook. he also said he farook also planned an attack in 2012 but backed out. president obama is expected to visit san bernardino, california tomorrow to meet with the families of the shooting victims. the white house says those meetings will be private..

to hawaii to begin a holiday vacation with his family. nhp is still investigating a deadly crash that shut down both sides of the 215 between hualapai and ann road. investigators say a pick-up truck was going south when it crossed into oncoming traffic and hit that dump truck head on. the driver of the pickup truck died on the scene. the dump truck driver wasn't hurt. it's unclear why the pickup crossed the divider.. but investigators say they're not ruling out a distraction or a medical condition. a violent robbery at a doctor's office near charleston and rancho ends in gunfire. police say a man and woman stormed into the office last night and forced the doctor.. a patient.. and a medical assistant into a room. after pistol whipping the doctor.. they reportedly ransacked the office for drugs and money. that's when the medical assistant ran to his car to get his gun. police say he opened fire.. hitting them. the man ran off. the woman died at u-m-c. happening right now.. another nasty weather night across parts of the pacific northwest.

shows a powerful winter storm moving through with high winds and a lot of snow. and tonight.. a winter storm warning is in effect for the cascades in washington state. police say the weather is responsible for a number of crashes including this one.. that shut down all but one lane of interstate 90. the truck flipped over.. but amazingly.. the driver walked away. snow plows are also working non- stop.. trying to keep the roads clear through snoqualmie pass. not everyone is upset though. the new snow is great news for skiers.. and the ski resorts.. which could see 2-feet of new snow by tomorrow. temperatures will slowly warm into this weekend with above normal highs likely saturday. we'll see generally light winds and overall sunny skies so temperatures will warm into the mid 50s which is right around normal for this time of year. an upper level system is too much to cool things off. saturday high pressure will turn the winds around to the southwest and kick temperatures up to near 60 before a slight chance for showers pushes in

morning attached to a dying cold front. the front doesn't have much power behind it since the storm that caused it is relatively weak so rain isn't a big threat. temperatures won't decrease too much behind the front but highs will fall back to near normal come sunday. that cool down doesn't last for too long with highs going back just above normal and to right around 60 for tuesday, wednesday and thursday ahead of another more powerful looking storm winding up for christmas day. so temperatures will warm into the mid 50s which is right around normal for this time of high level clouds over the las vegas valley but they won't do

saturday high pressure wiil turn the winds around to the southwest and kick temperatures up to near 60 before a slight chance for showers pushes in saturday night into sunday that caused it is relatively weak so rain isn't a big threat. temperatures won't decrease too much behind the front but highs will fall back to near normal come sunday. that cool down doesn't last for too long with highs going back just above normal and to right around 60 for tuesday, wednesday and thursday ahead of another more powerful looking storm winding up for christmas day. breaking right now.... officials confirmed a movie theatre was evacuated during a showing of star wars tonight in califronia. the alarm was triggered inside

was no immediate threat to the building or moviegoers...but it was definitely scary and unfortunate for anyone trying to see the new movie! thats the let's give away two tickets to "shen yun" at the smith center. tonight's lucky winner is april besman if you'd like a shot at winning.. go to ktnv.com.. then watch tomorrow night live at 11 to see if you win. shen yun at the smith center is a proud sponsor of action news and is providing the prizes for this promotion. still ahead.. the recent terror attacks is apparently having an attacks is apparently having an impact at the happiest place on earth. plus.. one app does it all. we'll explain how you can reach out to uber on facebook.

you won't be alone when you go

woods to grandma's house for christmas. according to "triple-a".. more than 100-million people will travel at least 50-miles holidays. that's up about 1%.. compared to the same time last year. if you're traveling to a disney park this holiday.. disney has installed metal detectors at its theme parks. randomly selected visitors will be required to go through them. disney is also increasing the use of law enforcement officers and specially trained dogs to increase park security. it could soon be even easier to contact uber. the ride sharing service is teaming up with facebook to book a ride using the messenger app. the idea is to let people coordinate plans with messenger.. and book a car without switching apps. it will also let you import and save uber payment information. the new feature is expected to roll out any day. coming up.. we'll have the latest on lamar odom.. and why one media source says his road to recovery is a little rough right now..

at a southern nevada brothel. and.. for the latest overnight news along with weather and traffic updates.. be sure to tune in to good morning las vegas.. starting at 4:30am.

four more workers were killed today in a fire that broke out in a coal mine in china.... that brings the death poll to 17. the fire broke out yesterday afternoon.... 23 miners trapped in the mine were lifted.... 13 of them died. while the remaining 10 were rescued and hospitalized. the fire was caused by electric welding. this was the second mining accident this week in china. earlier this week - 17 people were trapped in a coal mine after an explosion. thats the latest from the breaking news center. an action news update on lamar odom's road to recovery. e! news is reporting the former lakers star is "struggling".. and can't walk on his own. odom is still in rehab in los angeles. it's been more than 2-months since he was was found unconscious from an overdose at

so many people were interested in that storm.. lamar odom was the top search this year on google.. followed by the terror attack in paris and a match question. two women say they were attacked by an uber driver wielding an ice scraper on a busy corner in chicago. the 37-year old driver is charged with two counts of battery and one count of criminal damage to property in connection with the incident. the women say the driver was apparently upset because he had to wait for them. (wilson) "he did not want to wait, i asked him to wait. toni was then walking up to the car at this point, he didn't want to wait. i'm not going to argue with you. i got out of the vehicle". was unacceptable and he's been removed from the car service. uber said it is cooperating with law enforcement. santa is making a special trip to las vegas tomorrow morning. you can find him..

sweet. local police officers will hand out some hefty citations to pedestrians and drivers who don't follow the rules. we'll be right back with a final look at your wake-up weather forecast. first.. here's jimmy kimmel with a preview of tonight's show.. right after action news.

just revealed her most facinating person of 2015... is transgender activist caitlyn jenner. earlier this year caitlyn announced she had transitioned from being a man.. bruce jenner..

surgeries. jenner was once hailed as the greatest athlete in the world after winning the 1976 olympic decathlon, he later became a motivational speaker and reality tv star after marrying kris jenner. back in july caitlyn received the arthur ashe courage award at the espys. also in this year's top 10, amy schumer, misty copeland, bradly cooper, donald trump, bernie sanders, ronda rousey, and tracy morgan finally tonight.. for a car collector.. it's like finding a picasso in the attic. this rare vintage car has been

more than 40- years. the 1969 dodger charger daytona will go up for auction next month in kissimmee, florida. only about 500 were ever built. a re-stored version of the same car was sold at a mecum auction last january for 900-thousand-dollars. that's our news for tonight.. but stay with us for jimmy kimmel live coming up next.

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