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latest generation of cadillacs. the 2016 cadillac srx. get this low-mileage lease from around $339 per month, or purchase with 0% apr financing. belgian authorities just announced... three people have been arrested in brussels, and two others have been detained. the search was connected with the federal investigation of the paris attacks that killed 130 people last month. now to that bomb scare aboard that air france plane-- an air france passenger is in police custody... in connection to that emergency landing in kenya.. you'll remember a fake bomb was

the person is being questioned for reckless endangerment. the bomb scare yesterday was the fourth hoax for air france in the recent weeks. a plane goes down in bakersfield, california.. and so far, 5-bodies have been found among the wreckage. the single engine plane was heading from san jose to the henderson executive airport over the weekend. the f-a-a and the n-t-s-b are both trying to figure out what went wrong. the victims have not been identified. devastation in china -- a landslide in southern china... and now at least 85 people are still missing. you can see buildings knocked over. chinese officials say the slide was caused by a pile of construction waste that grew so steep is just collapsed. 13 people are injured. search crews are using drones to aid in their search. and taking a live look outside at the las vegas valley -- a heads up tonight! tonight is the winter solstice...

night of the year, and the shortest day of the year. it also means it's the astronomical start of winter. the week of christmas is lining up to be a little interesting weather wise. cloud cover will be abundant throughout the week finally clearing into the christmas weekend. two fronts are expected to pass through the next five days though. the first should drop in by tuesday late in the afternoon or early evening. winds will pick up and a small chance for snow is expected for the mountains 6500ft and above. rain chances for the valley are very low but not out of the picture. i would keep the umbrella out

closet but i am not confident enough to say bring it with you for the day. temperatures rise from the mid and upper 50s today to the low 60s tomorrow but then begin to drop fast into the weekend. another front accompanied with a low pressure system will drop from the northwest thursday; picking up the winds and bringing a better chance for rain to the valley thursday night into christmas morning!

the possibility for valley snow early christmas morning is low but not out of the picture!! nationwide average dropping to two dollars a gallon...according to triple-a. it's all because of rock-bottom oil prices. we haven't seen pricse this low since 20-09. some industry analysts say expect the low prices until next month! impact of fed rate hike star wars/disney watch out for

and not in time for the holidays-- 67-hundreds of cases of dove chocolates are being pulled from walmart shelves. the candy maker-- mars-- says the recall affects the chocolate assortment snowflakes... because the items may contain some other candies. the company is concerned about consumers th peanut, wheat

you can return the product for a full refund. a big change from the f-d-a... after 32-years, it's lifting its formal ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. but still major restrictions apply -- the new policy requires men have a year of abstinence. the ban was first put in place during the early aids crisis. speaking of donating blood-- comedy magic duo-penn and teller are asking you to roll up your sleeve. they're holding a blood drive now through next friday at select united blood services locations. any donors will also get two free tickets to penn and teller's show at the rio. we have a list of locations and times on our website, ktnv.com a universal mix-up... the wrong winner is crowned at last night's miss universe pageant. the big blunder happened right here in las vegas...on the strip... coming up, reaction from the real winner, and her runner-up. you're watching channel 13 action news, where you ask, and we investigate. stay with us.

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he announced and then crowned the wrong winner! here's abc's tj holmes with the story. < quick nat "miss universe 2015" miss columbia reigned supreme as miss universe for approximentaly two and a half glorious minutes...... nats her walking down the aisle and then this happened...... 2:52 i have to apologize. the first runner up is columbia. (record scratch) 3:29 miss universe 2015 is phillipinnes. host steve harvey correcting himself.....annoucing the winner is really miss phillipinnes...... harvey: take your first walk as miss universe. creating one of the most awkward moments

(awkward pause 4:08-4:20) a chorus of boos fill the hall....... (put all of steve's bite in) 4:39 listen folks let me....this is exactly what is on the card. i will take responsibility for this......all the way to.....its been a great night. and with that steve is off.....leaving the ladies to sort it out..... miss columbia's crown gently removed.......bestowed on the rightful winner...... afterwards the 21 year old colombian tv presenter and sofia viagara look alike....graceful in defeat..... sot - miss colombia backstage: "everything happens for a reason so i'm happy... i'm happy for all that i did, for becoming this dream. i'm so

reax backstage.mp4) her fellow contestants -- in her corner... nats - backstage: "we love you colombia!" (ladies cheering) (source: miss colombia reax backstage.mp4) miss philippines struggling to find the words to describe her awkward crowning moment, isn't it? it's very, it's very 2015..." (awkward crowning) > that was abc's t-j holmes reporting. now to the big shake-up in the race for the president. coming up at 11-30, find out who was the latest republican presidential candidate to drop out! hear his statement on what's next for. and we're tracking the latest

on the las vegas strip. action news has team coverage on the investigation. we'll get the latest coming up

we have breaking new details on that horrific crash on the las vegas strip we have breaking new details on that horrific crash on the las vegas strip 5:30 we're going to need a lot more cops to shut pretty much this whole place down. 6:18 we have multiple people vegas strip--- and even her state of mind. hello and thanks for joining us on this second half of action news at midday, i'm dayna roselli. and i'm jessica janner. there have been so many questions about that horrific crash on the las vegas strip... since it unfolded less than 24 hours ago. who was the person that did this.... and why-- police just wrapped up a news conference and answered a lot of our questions. action news reporter stephanie zepellin is live at metro

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las vegas mayor carolyn goodman tweeted out -- "what a tragedy... our prayers and thoughts are with all so innocently and tragically affected in tonight's strip crash." and even the governor is speaking out he released a statement saying... "i have spoken with sheriff joe lombardo and will remain in contact with him.... as this incident continues to evolve ... the state stands ready to help and will provide any assistance needed to ensure the safety of our visitors and residents." "kathleen and i extend our deepest sympathies.... to all who are affected by this shocking and tragic event. additionally... i would like to thank the first

who ars this evening." this story will continue developing through the day... so stick with us on the air, and on line... we'll let you know the minute we get any updates. now to an update on a story we brought you as breaking at the top of the hour -- a reminder now that jones is closed between post road and patrick lane. this following another deadly crash. police say a woman was hit and killed, crossing the street near 215 and ann. the driver is in custody. an action news update on a deadly accident. one man is under arrest... and we just learned the identity of the victim. he's 24-year-old thomas phillips. police say 35-year-old david coleman was speeding down las vegas boulevard saturday night... when he hit a 24 year old man on a moped. coleman then took off, but was later arrested. he's facing several charges....including driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident

we are still waiting on the coroner to identify the victim. and the woman found guilty of driving away after her car hit and killed her man pushing his grandaughter in a stroller... will be sentenced tomorrow. galina kilova testified she didn't know she hit anyone. she'll face up to 15 years in prison for leaving the scene of the crash that killed 63-year-old michael grubbs...just days before last thanksgiving. right now, the search is for four men...following a shooting. it happened around four this morning near eastern and owens. police say the suspects were seen shooting out of their vehicle. that vehicle was later found at an apartment complex empty! it doesn't appear anyone was hit. if you have any information, give crime stoppers a call. an action news update now on a homicide investigation... we just learned the identity of the victim... which hopefully can lead police to the suspect. he's 38-year-old jesse galvez valle. police say he was shot and killed near downtown...specifical ly 10th and wiilson.

police they say an older grey pickup leaving the scene. again, the suspect is still on the loose... if you have any information, call crime stoppers. two prison inmates die, and authorities don't know why, the first inmate died yesterday at the northern nevada corrections center medical facility in carson city. he was 53-year-old anthony daniels...serving 24 to 72 years for coercian. the second inmate died just hours after at the southern desert correctino center in indian springs. 63-year-old spender anderson was serving 10 to 40 years. autopsies are planned to determine what happened to both of these men. the ccsd bus driver accused of sexually assaulting a young autistic girl is set to face a judge for the first time. ramiro garcia is behind bars right now. in his arrest report, it says last month, the victim told her babysitter, garcia toldher to go to the back of

and that's when he assaulted her her. the school district says he worked for them since 20-11, and drove for the north east part of the valley. breaking right now-- a retrial has been set for the breaking right now-- a retrial has been set for the first baltimore police officer...charged in the death of freddie gray. it's been set for june. you'll remember a mistrial was declared for that first officer... after a jury could not agree on a verdict. the officer was not involved in gray's arrest and wasn't driving the police van where he suffered fatal injuries, but prosecutors argued he could have put a seat belt on gray, or called the medic. meantime, the trial for the other five officers is set to start next month. some schools are on break for the holidays... but others are on high alert... after two high schools in new hampshire fall victim to a threat! the threat came in last night.. authorities aren't revealing specifics of what the threat said. they're still trying to determine if it was credible or not. but, parents say they're scared... and many don't even know what to say to their kids. (angelin ferndandez/ parent)

school and i said there was a threat. and he asked me what is the threat about, and i don't know what to answer." (barbara lao/parent) "i say honey, there's no school tomorrow. she asks me, mommy, are we going to get killed?" we'll keep tracking this latest threat, meantime, schools are expected to re-open tomorrow.. army sergeant bowe bergdahl is due in military court tomorrow. he's facing charges of desertion and endangering fellow soldiers. you'll remember he was held captive by the taliban for almost five years after reportedly deserting his unit. if convicted he could face life in prison. pause for animation we'll have one less republican presidential candidate to choose from -- senator lindsey graham has called it quits. (sen. lindsey graham/ (r) south carolina) 1:30 - 1;42 "i will continue...for the american people." the decision comes just days after the c-n-n republican

he says he's still proud of his campaign...which tackled the "big" issues like national security. on the other side of the aisle, the democratic candidates coming off a heated debate... but this midday, the feud isn't brewing between two democrats -- it's between hillary clinton and donald trump. this after clinton's comment on trump's effect on the fight against isis. take a listen -- sot clinton he is becoming isis's best recruiter. they are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. so far, no evidence can back-up that claim, and that's what has the billionaire furious and fighting back. (sot- trump) she just made it up. i mean she made it up. it was a sound bite we're also learning that next month, clinton will unleash her

her husband. former president bill clinton will hit the campaign trail for his wife. some big changes in the forecast -- just in time for christmas! enjoy today while you can, because rain is on the way! let's turn to meteorologist greg bennett for all the details. i would keep the umbrella out of the closet but i am not confident enough to say bring it with you for the day. temperatures rise from the mid and upper 50s today to the low 60s tomorrow but then begin to drop fast into the weekend. another front accompanied with a low pressure system will drop from the northwest thursday; picking up the winds and bringing a better chance for rain to the valley thursday night into christmas morning! high temperatures will drop from the upper 50s to the upper 40s and low 50s friday into the weekend with winds hold through saturday afternoon. the possibility for valley snow early christmas morning is low but not out of the picture!! the countdown to christmas is

and if you're doing any last minute shopping... or need to mail your presents, still ahead, we have all the tips you need to know... including why you shouldn't go to the post office today. and a boy scout troop leader mauled by a bear on a trip! but he's alive today to tell his tale... thanks to three of his troop members. the dramatic 9-1-1 calls from that attack next. and here's a live look at the

convicted of stealing one jackpot...may have done it at least a dozen more times! prosecutors say eddie tipton installed secret software on the machines that randomly generate winning lotto numbers...

winning digits in advance. and they say tipton could have done that in as many as 37-states! but his attorney says there's no evidence tipton tampered with anything. now to that former drug company c-e-o arrested for fraud... martin shrekli is speaking out for the first time since his arrest. he told "the wall street journal" he was arrested because of "a social experiment and teasing people on the internet." federal authorities say he ran his two former companies like a ponzi scheme. earlier today, we learned the 32- year-old was terminated from one of his companies. you'll remember he gained national attention... after jacking up the price of a life- saving drug. if convicted, shkreli faces 20 - years in prison. a big penalty in the professional sports world -- fifa has banned its president, sepp blatter from all soccer-related activities for eight years. michel platini... who is the president of u-e-f-a...

europe... was also barred from the sport for nearly a decade. the men had been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation by an ethics committee. it centered on a two-million-dollar payment that blatter authorized to platini in 2011 if you own or drone...or got one for anyone for christmas... you can't fly it until you do one thing. starting today, you must register it with the federal aviation administration. you'll give them your name, an address and email. and that means they'll be able to track your drone if there's a collision or you violate the airspace. and you can now take a virtual reality tour of the white house.. courtesy of google. a new five minute video features three hundred and sixty degree views of holiday decorations... as well as a cameo by the obama's dog, bo. it can be viewed with or without a virtual reality headset. pause for animation it's the last week before

and some shoppers are still scrambling. we caught up with shoppers over at town square. some people told us they just needed to pick up a few things... others say they had just started their shopping! "oh we're just picking up a couple last minute gifts. and jalyn is from out of town and lives in louisiana and she's here so we're christmas shopping for her! (butted with) "i haven't really had time to get out" and to help you procrastinators out... most of the malls and stores are opening early and closing late every day this week leading up to christmas. there's even more good news for you last-minute shoppers.. retailers are offering big discounts...especially on winter wear. if you can, try to find "stackable" sales. but a heads up if you are buying online... prepare for some sticker shock. expect to pay two to three times the price of regular shippinge. the deadline for two-day shipping is: tomorrow. and one-day shipping: wednesday. or, you could ship your item to the store for pickup.

and wrapped your presents, and need to mail... you may want to hold off until tomorrow! today is the postal service's busiest day of the year. more than 2-point-6 pieces of mail will be delivered in southern nevada... 30 million nationwide. to make sure your packages get delviered, there are just two deadlines left. today is the deadline for priority mail, and the 23rd... for priority express. amazon prime members have until 9 o-clock tomorrow night to put in their orders. and one day shipping is still available in a lot of places so that means, you can buy gifts as late as the 23rd. and if you can get same day delivery, you can buy stuff on christmas eve. breaking right now -- a live look now at orlando florida... the observation tower is stuck at sea world! passengers are stuck. they've been stuck for more than an hour now! we don't know how many passengers are in the tower. but you can see crews are

all. the week of christmas is lining up to be a little interesting weather wise. cloud cover will be abundant throughout the week finally clearing into the christmas weekend. two fronts are expected to pass through the next five days though. the first should drop in by tuesday late in the afternoon or early evening. winds will pick up and a small chance for snow is expected for the mountains 6500ft and above.

very low but not out of the picture. i would keep the umbrella out of the closet but i am not confident enough to say bring it with you for the day. temperatures rise from the mid and upper 50s today to the low 60s tomorrow but then begin to drop fast into the weekend. another front accompanied with a low pressure system will drop from the northwest thursday; picking up the winds and bringing a better chance for rain to the valley thursday night into christmas morning! high temperatures will drop from the upper 50s to the upper 40s and low

with winds hold through saturday afternoon. the possibility for valley snow early christmas morning is low but not out of the picture!! an adventure for some boy scouts turned into a terrifying survival lesson. they helped save their troop leader...after he was attacked by a bear! scanner: he is bleeding from his neck, his arm, and his head. (butted with) scanner: all units out there, be advised. the victim, we have the victim now yelling out. officials say troop leader christopher petronino was exploring a cave in some new jersey woods yesterday... when he was attacked inside by a black bear. the boy scouts were outside the cave and jumped into action. they called 9-1-1...and tried to lure the bear out of the cave with food. the most incredible act -- they started a fire to alert a

medical treatment for their leader. martin mcparland/police chief "i'm sure it's the training they received as scouts that they were able to implement to save the life of their own scout master. i can't praise them enough." you can say those three boys really earned the now let's take a look at today's top stories now trending... it looks like the force really awakened at the box office this weekend.. the new star wars movie smashing records left and right! the film brought in around 238 million dollars this weekend... which is the biggest box office opening in history! speaking of "star wars".... the force definitely awakened speaking of "star wars".... in los angeles, thousands of fans gathered to try to break a world record for the world's largest lightsaber battle over a 24-hour period. the numbers are being combined with battles in san francisco, seattle and san diego. the numbers are still being calculated. "for more stories trending

still ahead -- the latest information on that deadly hit and run on the strip. what we know about the woman behind it all, her child, and how the victims are doing today. up next, greg has a final look at your work week forecast. but right now, here's a live look outside in the valley. you're watching channel thirteen action news... where you ask. and we investigate.

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e're following. new information about the woman accused of running over dozens of people on the las vegas strip. she is 24-year-old lakeisha holloway. police say there were no signs of alcohol in her system-- but she did appear to be under some sort of stimulant. police say her 3-year-old daughter was in the vehicle when the crash happened--but she wasn't hurt. she is now in protective custody. holloway is expected to face one count of murder.

more than 30 people were hurt in that crash--but only one person didn't make it. 32-year-old jessica valenzuela died at umc. she was from buckeye, arizona. several people are still in critical condition...mostly with head injuries, they're being treated at 4 hospitals across the valley. 3 are still in critical condition at umc. it's been a deadly 24-hours on our roads. right now, jones is closed between post road and patrick lane...after another deadly crash. police say a woman was hit and killed, crossing the street near 215 and jones. the driver is in custody. a deadly suicide bombing in afghanistan has claimed the lives of six americans. two other americans and one afghan are also hurt. it happened at a joint u-s, afghan air base. we don't yet know who was behind the attack.

up to be a little interesting weather wise. cloud cover will be abundant throughout the week finally clearing into the christmas weekend. two fronts are expected to pass through the next five days though. the first should drop in by tuesday late in the afternoon or early evening. winds will pick up and a small picture. i would keep the umbrella out and upper 50s today to the low night into christmas morning! high temperatures will drop the possibility for valley snow early christmas morning is low but not out of the picture!! of the great christmas light fight, at 10, the great holiday baking show. and make sure to join us for action news live at 11. that's it for us here... the chew is up next... and be sure to watch action news live at 3 p-m with rikki