plus... metro announces today..... their plans to increase security downtown and on the las vegas strip.... for the upcoming new year's celebrations!!! but first... breaking news in the tamir rice investigation. today... the prosecutor announced..... that an ohio grand jury decided not to indict..... two police officers.... in the shooting... of the -12- year-old boy. the prosecutor.... did not take any questions... but noted..... that he had recommended that no charges be filed.. abc's elizabeth hur has more.... on today's developments. sot -- tim mcginty / cuyahoga county prosecutor: "the grand jury declined to bring criminal charges.. cuyahoga county prosecutor tim mcginty announcing.. the grand jury voted not to charge either officer involved in the shooting death of 12-year-old tamir rice.... sot -- tim mcginty / cuyahoga county prosecutor "simply put, given this perfect storm of human error, mistakes and miscommunication by all involved that day - the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police. rice was shot and killed by

seconds after they arrived at a cleveland playground in november, last year.. two months ago.. the grand jury was convened to determine if officer loehmann or his partner, officer frank garmback was criminally responsible in rice's death.. the officers always maintained.. they believed the 12-year-old was armed.. it turned out to be a bb gun. natsot -- "i have here tamir's gun and an actual m1911 gun." according to authorities.. the grand jury determined that to the officers.. the toy gun looked real and prosecutors say newly enhanced video showed it was quote "indisputable" that rice was removing his gun from his waist when he was shot. sot -- tim mcginty / cuyahoga county prosecutor "he may have intended to hand it over.. but there was no way for the officers to know that... // "the outcome not cheerable.... elizabeth hur oncam close: the rice family said in a statement.. they are saddened but not surprised by this outcome.. adding that for months..

grand jury process.. the department of justice also responded in a statement saying they will continue their independent review of this case. eh, abc news, new york. an update now.... to some breaking news we first brought you.... on action news at midday.... a fire in a vacant building.... with smoke so thick..... it could be seen from many places.... throughout the valley. now... investigators thinking squatters.... may have caused this. action news reporter..... gina lazara has been on the scene near charleston and las vegas boulevard all day.... gina... what's the latest? here is what's left of this vacant two story building... it looks like it started on the second story....cause you can see that's where the greatest damage is the good news is - the fire was put out entirely before noon today...and fire officials say no one was injured. but i am told....this abandoned motel has been home to squatters for years.... in fact.... they caused a fire in the same building about a year ago. it's too soon to say they did it again this time....but there's reason to believe it was squatters. i asked the city if they've gotten complaints aboout

before....but they told me they would have to get back to me. coming up on action news at 5....hear from local businesses in the area who tell me about the homeless people problem in this area. reporting live gina lazara ch 13 action news we're following new developments on the way for our local weather... we've already got the cool temperatures... but.. it's the wind that could affect your new year's celebrations... let's go to chief meteorologist... bryan scofield and 'weather first'.... with the latest. .tonight...increasing clouds. lows 30 to 34 on the west side of the valley...31 to 35 on the .tuesday...mostly sunny. highs 46 to 49 on the west side in the afternoon. .tuesday night...mostly clear. lows 27 to 32. northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. .wednesday night...mostly clear. lows around 33. .thursday through friday highs 49 to 52. lows 34 to 37. updating you now....

we first reported online and through our mobile app. las vegas is being threatened..... days ahead of the city's.... major new year's eve celebration!!! sheriff joe lombardo says... the threats aren't credible. in a special news conference today... the sheriff says... they've learned about some threats.... thanks to callers, but nothing they think is real. but... of course... metro is still taking security... very seriously. so expect... a major police presence on the strip. sheriff joe lombardo, lvmpd: "during new year's eve we cancel all vacations and we request everybody to be available. this new year's eve we are putting them to work."

-1- thousand officers on the strip... and around.... -3- hundred downtown. those numbers don't include... undercover officers. for security reasons... police are asking new year's eve revelers coming to the strip.... to leave big bags.... at home. a breaking news updat.....e on a deadly crash we brought you.... this morning. a woman is dead.... after she rolled her suv....ejecting her from the driver's seat. nevada highway patrol says... it happened as the woman was going on the westbound ramp.... of the 2- 15. then... officers say... she lost control and tumbled down a steep embankment.... to eye-15 northbound. the car stopped on the ramp.... going to las vegas boulevard. police say... she wasn't wearing... a seatbelt. sgt. scott stuenkel, nhp 4:02:05-4:02:13 "anytime we have rollover type accident and you are not restrained the likelihood of being ejected from your vehicle in that crash significantly increases." no one else was in the car with her. right now... officers are thinking speed might have been.... an issue. right now... the search is on for two

accused of shooting a man.... near the stratosphere. it happened.... near las vegas boulevard and sahara.... at a 7- 11. police believe... it started as a robbery in the nearby alley. they say.... the two suspects held up the victim and shoot him twice... once in the head... once in the ankle. incredibly... the victim is expected to be okay. a man found dead..... inside a car... and... police aren't sure... what happened. the body was found in the passenger seat of a parked s-u-v..... on the eye-15.... off-ramp near sloan yesterday. metro says... they also found a gun inside the vehicle... but... it's unclear if this was a suicide or a murder. investigators also are trying to figure out..... how long the vehicle had been sitting there. in today's.... red... white.... and blue 2016 political coverage... democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders is in town.... for a rally tonight. the rally will take place.... at "canyon springs high school".... on alexander and fifth at 6:30 p-m. but earlier today... sanders stopped by..... the channel 13 studio to talk to us about how his campaign is going. he touched on..... several different issues he's focusing on... including one he says....

nevada: social security. "in terms of senior issues, and i know you have a lot of seniors and veterans here in nevada, people here understand that when elderly folks or veterans are trying to get by on 12, 13- thousand dollars a year, you do not cut social security. and i've led the opposition to cuts on social security. in fact, you expand social security." if you'd like to attend tonight's rally... it's free and doors open... at -5-. admission is first come, first served. at least... -15- people are dead..... after historic flooding in the midwest... we'll give you a look at the destruction left behind.... that had the governor of missouri.... declaring a state of emergency. plus... police in new jersey are trying to figure out..... who is stealing an important piece of christmas from outside churches... and more importantly... why? and... a look at today's closing numbers.. the dow is down.... -24- points.... closing at -17- thousand -5- hundred -28-.

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police are trying to figure out..... who is going around.... taking baby jesus from outdoor nativity scenes. -5- churches in four neighboring towns have had their baby jesuses stolen.... in the last few days. the thefts have left many residents wondering.... who would steal baby jesus! "maybe they're not part of the religion and they're against it." "people are crazy, and don't have anything else to do," police are now investigating whether the thefts... several of which took place on christmas day... are connected. a wild boat chase ends.... on christmas! three suspects are now... in custody... following a -20- hour chase..... across the gulf of mexico. police say... these three men on your screen..... stole a boat from a dock in fort meyers, florida.... christmas eve... and... even tried to ram a sheriff's boat.... at one point. sot lt. chris nyce, lee county sheriff's office marine unit - luckily enough we were able to just get out of the way, right at the last minute. we had to pull our boat out of

local authorities say... boat theft is a growing concern.... in the area. child-resistant caps are designed to help keep kids.....from getting into medications... but... what about pill boxes and organizers? coming up... an important consumer alert.... on just how dangerous.... those containers can be. over in the midwest.... historically heavy rains

at least... -15- people are dead. right now,... a state of emergency in missouri... after the floodwaters swept away r-v's and shut down.... major highways. sot man: water is just everywhere sot woman: our neighbors across the lake are totally under wayer so we're out here doing the right thing people in saint louis overnight..... were filling up sandbags...for more flooding expected.... in the coming days. and... over in tenneessee... the state's namesake river surging to the highest the river has been.... in more than... -10- years adlib let's go to chief

of the valley...31 to 35 on the east side. northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. a mountain snow shower possible. .tuesday...mostly sunny. highs 46 to 49 on the west side of the valley...48 to 52 on the east side. north wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to less than 10 mph in the afternoon. .tuesday night...mostly clear. lows 27 to 32. northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. .wednesday...sunny. highs 46 to 49 on the west side of the valley...48 to 52 on the east side. northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. .wednesday night...mostly clear. lows around 33. .thursday through friday night...clear. highs around 50. lows 31 to 34. breezy at times. .saturday through sunday...mostly clear. highs 49 to 52. lows 34 to 37. in today's contact -13- consumer alert... new safety concerns on one of the hottest christmas gifts

year... not hoverboards... we're talking about.... drones. the f-a-a estimates.... about -1- million drones ended up.... under christmas trees this year. they were already crashing and colliding. just last week.... at this world cup event.... a drone narrowly missed..... a champion skier. and last month... one barrelled down onto a race in massachussets..... cutting two of the runners. people using drones as a hobby... don't have to be certified. but... with so many potential risks... drone schools are popping up nationwide..... to help get fliers off the ground.... safely. a warning now..... for parents this holiday season means traveling.... to visit the grandparents..... where little ones might find their way..... into medicines.... not in child-resistant bottles. abc's.... dr. richard besser has more. nats it's a sound no little kid should be making --- nats ?clicking open a pill box child-resistant caps are designed to help keep kids

medications, but what about pill boxes and organizers? in 2012, more than 64,000 children under 5 went to an emergency room for medicine poisoning... and in many cases, the medicine belonged to a parent or grandparent. with the help of montclare children's school in manhattan, we got some little kids together - to see if they could open medication containers ... child resistant.. and not. nat: (click, click, click) not one toddler in our group of two to three year olds is able to open the child-resistant bottles. margot: how do you open these? rich: yeah, i'm not gonna tell you. but getting into weekly pill organizers - which are meant to be easily-opened by the elderly.. is a different story. nat: (dumping of pills) 3-year-old margot opened this pill box in 9 seconds? rich: okay. you got that one open. that one open up, gabriella? (yeah) rich: let me see. you wanna try another one. experts say the eye catching boxes .. look like toys. dr. robert glatter / lenox hill hospital er physician we use

for small trinkets or for arts and crafts. // when they see that they're curious and they put things in their mouth. while three out of our five little kids broke into those boxes in under 15 seconds.... nat: dumping of pill organizers .... our group of four year olds were even faster. rich besser: and if you get it katie's got one open. stella: well-- well, daddy lets me do this.(yeah) 4-year-old kai got into a child-resistant medicine bottle .. rich besser: get one open, kai? and every four year old in our group opened the pill organizers in under 15 seconds. parents were shocked. mom kelli konop (luke's mom): i guess i was surprised that he could open this one. i didn't really think about it. cathy tse (hana's mom): i definitely thought, "hmm, maybe we should make sure that pill box-- goes on a higher shelf at her grandparents' place." but the kids caught on fast. rich besser: if you find something like this emdicine botls e thte// ommy) rich besser: that's right. your mommy or daddy or some

(you don't touch it) abc's dr. richard besser reporting. one of the most popular football players of all time.... caught in a scandal.... a documentary claims... denver broncos quarterback peyton manning was illegally doping! what the n-f-l star is saying about it all... plus... hear from the man.... who started the scandal! peyton manning is firing back.....

accusing himan al-jazeera documentary..... accused the n-f-l quarterback of using human growth hormone years ago..... while he recovered from a serious neck injury. abc's elizabeth hur.... is in new york... with more. nfl star peyton manning.. furious and fighting back against this al- jazeera documentary.. making explosive allegations against him.

his wife would come in after hours and get ivs and (bleep)." the documentary called, "the dark side".. showing charles sly.. who claimed he was a pharmacist at the guyer institute in indianapolis, assisting manning and other pro- athletes to get performance enhancing drugs.. guyer is the same institute that helped the super bowl champ rehab after he broke his neck playing for the indianapolis colts in 2011.. sly claims.. manning was sent human growth hormone.. a performance- enhancing drug banned from the nfl.. under his wife's name. ((sot)) charles sly "and all the time we would be sending ashley manning drugs. like growth hormone all the time, everywhere florida" // and it would never be under peyton's name, it would always be under her name." ((sot)) peyton manning / quarterback, denver broncos "it's completely fabricated, complete trash, garbage.. // makes me sick that it brings claiming he was just testing the reporter. ((sot)) charles sly "the statements on any recordings or communications that al jazeera plans to air are absolutely

peyton manning / quarterback, denver broncos "it stings me whoever this guy is insinuating that i cut corners, i broke nfl rules in order to get healthy. sly was just a 3-month "unpaid intern" in 2013.. a time when manning was no longer being treated. elizabeth hur oncam close: al jazeera investigative reporter deborah davis responded that manning doesn't address several questions.. including how much growth hormone was shipped to his home, the dates and how much was spent on the drugs. eh, abc news, new york. coming up.... on action news.... live at 3:30... a bank robbed in the south part of the valley-- and now... police are on the hunt for two plus... -80- million americans are in the path of a storm system..... country.... in a state of emergency. and remember... you can get all your breaking updates anytime..... just by downloading the free k-t-n-v mobile app....

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two more on the run.... after police say the trio tried to carry out a bank heist.... this morning.

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