13:36:04 erin breen, unlv traffic safety expert "we had almost a record bad year for pedestrians. the highest we've had in 20 years." so what's going on? it's not very scientific...but expert erin breen has a theory -- selfish drivers. 13:37:29 "you see people driving like idiots all the time. they're darting in and out of traffic, they're speeding through and you think 'wow! how is that person not going to kill themself?" another theory she floated is that an improving economy means more people on the roads driving to work and just being out of the house. but that doesn't answer the most important question of what's being done. boulder highway is a particular trouble spot in the valley. a group of police officers and lawmakers are meeting this week to discuss...and hopefully implement...changes. 13:41:22 "it sounds like they're going to lower the speed limit from 55 in the areas where it's 55 and make the speeds uniform along boulder highway which would help a great deal."

crosswalks and better-lit crosswalks. ultimately though it's up to individual drivers. she urges people to put the phones down and leave plenty of time to get where you're going. i learned about something new today working on this story. apparently there are apps you can download that will automatically respond to text messages and calls while you're driving. i know how easy it can be to get that itch to check the phone but now with this you don't have to. reporting live..david schuman..channel 13 action news. metro is investigating the death of a man who was found in the street near rainbow and craig. according to authorities the man was riding a segway when he somehow fell off and died from his injuries. not much more is known at this time, but police are continuing to investigate. new tonight-- friends and family mourned the death of a man shot and killed by metro police thursday. 23-year-old keith childress junior was gunned down after

warrant...he appeared to be holding a weapon, which turned out to be a cell phone. "i just feel like he's another victim of police brutality" us marshalls were hunting for childress after he skipped out on a phoenix court date...he was to be sentenced for multiple felonies including burglary, armed robbery, and aggravated assault.... las vegas police say they were called in to help take him in on an attempted murder charge after he surfaced here-- they found him at a house on golden cypress...told him to empty his hands...but they say he started walking toward them.... they fired when they believed he had a weapon. "this is heartbreaking, devastating, theres not a word in existence to describe the amount of pain and devastation this has caused" childress was a father of a young boy and had another baby on the way...the officers who shot him are now on paid administrative leave. a developing story tonight. authorities say singer chris brown is suspected of misdemeanor battery and

suite at the palms earlier today. according to police.... an altercation took place over a cell phone when a woman began taking pictures of brown. the victim is alleged to have suffered minor injuries after brown took her cell phone. at this time, metro has not been able to speak with brown about the incident. the investigation is ongoing. an action news update on a fatal attack at a las vegas doctor's office. authorities say 43-year-old ..."mario chism"... was arrested in north las vegas nearly 2-weeks after allegedly fleeing the scene of a deadly shooting. police say chism and a woman believed to be a patient wore ski masks, attacked the doctor and robbed his office. chism allegedly ran off after the woman he was with... 45-year-old "veronica clay".... was fatally shot by an office employee. chism is facing severall charges including burglary, robbery and kidnapping. an action news update tonight on a deadly new years eve crash the coroner has identified one of the victims... as 22-year-old "jacob alan varner".

varner was an airman at nellis airforce base. nhp says speed did play a role in the accident...they say varner lost control of the car.. slamming into the median.. before he crossed 4 lanes of traffic.. then rolled over and burst into flames. varner and his passenger were both killed. new information tonight on a deadly shooting in north las vegas the victim's brother says the murder was not an accident. he sent us this picture of the victim, who we are told is 44-year-old patrick fleming. family members say fleming and his killer had a history that came to a head yesterday around noon. according to police, the shooting happened inside an apartment after a fight broke out...but the suspect ran off and still hasn't been found. however, police say they may have a good lead in the case. the victims brother says witnesses have told officers exactly who they should be looking for metro is investigating its first homicide of the new year... after a shooting on the northeast side. one man is dead - another is injured - and tonight, a witness is speaking out.

morning at siegel "slots and suites" near nellis and craig. action news reporter michael burton has the story. looklive intro: it may be hard to imagine the chaos that went on inside this casino - not having surveillance video or any visual evidence to look at - but i met a young man today shooting, you know what i'm saying? dude got shot, and when i started hearing bullets i hit the ground by the machines and that's it." police say it all started when a fight broke out around 3am. it looked like the whole police force was out here." when officers got to the scene they the other is in stable condition. investigators say the victim was the one who started the fight - attacking two men inside the casino. someone pulled out a gun and shot at him several times, killing him, and injuring another man. eyewitness shimeek butler is happy to be alive. he says he didn't know the victim personally nor did he

seen him at the casino before. "i only met him like once or twice in here, you know what i'm saying? he liked to dance like me. we would be dancing and battling and stuff like that, but he was cool peoples though." authorities are still trying to determine the motive behind the fight. butler says in this neighborhood, there's no telling. "over here is bad, you know what i'm saying? i've only lived here about two months, well three months, and it's a bad area." looklive tag: there are no suspects in custody and authorites have yet to release the name of the man who was killed. reporting near nellis and craig - michael burton channel 13 action news. a scary scene earlier today out a red rock canyon. at around noon an adult male hiker fell at "man's best friend trail." the extent of the his injuries is unknown at this time, but you can see in this video rescuers taking him on a stretcher to an ambulance. it is now known how far the

action news is tracking the latest weather developments a live look outside right now. we saw some warmer temperatures around the valley earlier today. but will they continue? let's check in with action news meteorolgist karla huelga. karla? one more day of cloudy, but calm weather is expected on sunday, before a series of systems brings chances for rain and mountain snow to the forecast throughout the week. tomorrow, highs will warm to the mid and upper 50s and skies for scattered showers monday afternoon. highs will reach the mid 50s that day. that system makes an exit early tuesday, then the second system moves in tuesday afternoon bringing much better chances for rain area-wide. it began as a small rally supporting two oregoon ranchers

arson...but it turned into a huge ordeal when a militia group showed up. steve and dwight hammond who accused of arson....they say a controlled burn got out of hand, burning 127 acres. federal prosecutors say the blaze was a cover-up for poaching. the hammonds were both sentenced to five years in prison...and that's when the militia group stepped in. ammon bundy, the son of rancher cliven bundy.... is taking part in the protests with militia members. he posted this message on his facebook page. ammon bundy 3:12-3:19 "this is not the time to stand down. it's a time to stand up and

we need your help." you may remember the bundy's were involved in a showdown with the blm ...back in 2014 it started with the roundup of cliven bundy's cattle, after he refused to pay grazing fees. the situation became much more tense with supporters and militia members taking ..what they called... a constitutional stand against federal authority. the b-l-m eventually backed off citing safety concerns...but they're still trying to get bundy to pay those fees through "administrative processes" in tonight's red, white and blue 2016 political coverage. republican presidential candidate... donald trump... making headlines once again. only this time it's not because of something he said... but because of what he is not saying. abc's mary bruce has the latest on the race for the white house. tonight the trump campaign is silent after a terror group use the republic frontrunner to recruit nat: trump in video a new video from the militant group al- shabaab -- al qaeda's affiliate in somalia -- shows trump at a campaign rally

the u-s. trump tonight is not responding. but he is defending his controversial propsal and slamming the democratic frontunner. (gfx) tweeting: hillary clinton said that it is o.k. to ban muslims from israel by building a wall, but not o.k. to do so in the u.s. we must be vigilant! sot clinton: he is becoming isis's best recruiter. clinton sparked a bitter feud with trump when she said his language was providing fodder for terrorists sot clinton: they are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. a claim that was never proven. trump blasted clinton, demanding an apology sot trump, mi rally: it turned out to be a lie. she's a liar. klein sot: this is not isis and the video did not exist when hillary clinton said that it did but this does validate the spirit of her argument. . trump also continues to go after both clintons, for playing what he calls the

tweeting today that the former president is a hypocrite. meanwhile trump's supporters are making themselves heard. interrupting a bernie sanders rally in massachusetts today nat and his detractors taking to the skies over the rose bowl still ahead...it was a blast so powerful it was heard several miles away. the explosion... so strong... it even registered as an earthquake. we'll tell you what may have caused that home to violently explode. and a contact 13 consumer alert tonight. fantasy sports websites "fan duel" and "draft kings".... have been under fire lately. now there's a new lawsuit could mean players get their money back.

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transferred to another country so they would need to be moved to a prison in the u-s if guantanamo is closed. president obama vowed to close the guantanamo bay prison when he was first elected president. an action news update tonight the site of the san bernardino shooting rampage that left 14 people dead and 21 injured, is set to reopen on monday. there will be tighter security as the inland regional center's 6-hundred employees return to work. the center has been closed since december 2nd when syed rizwan and his wife tashfeen malik went on a shooting both were killed later in a shootout with police. president obama is vowing to on gun control. the president and his administration believes the new executive actions would make it more difficult for the mentally ill, criminals, and terrorists to arm themselves with powerful weapons. the president announcing in his weekly radio address he will meet with attorney general loretta lynch monday to decide what he can do on his own without violating the second amendment.

right while keeping an irresponsible, dangerous few from inflicting harm on a massive scale." the white house wants to broaden the number of gun dealers who must perform background checks, and stop those on the no-fly list from buying guns. we're continuing to follow the latest developments on the devestating flooding across the midwest flooding fears continue for millions of americans tonight with more than two dozen rivers on the brink of major flooding. parts of missouri are under 16 feet of water after the mississippi river rushed far beyond its banks. workers there racing to build temporary barriers. and take a look at the damage on the ground.. where whole neighborhoods are under water. rivers are rising from missouri down to louisiana.. and it will take weeks for that threat to subside. the flooding has been blamed for 24 deaths one more day of cloudy, but calm weather is expected on sunday, before a series of systems brings chances for rain and mountain snow to the

series of systems brings chances for rain and mountain snow to the forecast throughout the week. tomorrow, highs will warm to the mid and upper 50s and skies will be mostly cloudy with light winds. system number one moves in monday and will bring chances for scattered showers monday afternoon. highs will reach the mid 50s that day. that system makes an exit early tuesday, then the second system moves in tuesday afternoon bringing much better chances for rain area-wide. high temps drop to the low 50s

and remain there through next saturday. the second system moves out wednesday afternoon, and yet another system moves in quickly behind it, continuing the cloudy skies and chances for rain. this system will be a much broader, slower moving system that will linger over the area through saturday morning. this means the chances for rain will continue through the early morning hours of saturday. also, this system will bring upper end of breezy conditions to the area wednesday afternoon through friday night. wx chat

rain and mountain snow to the forecast throughout the week. tomorrow, highs will warm to the mid and upper 50s and skies will be mostly cloudy with light winds. system number one moves in monday and will bring chances for scattered showers monday afternoon. highs will reach the mid 50s that day. that system makes an exit early tuesday, then the second system moves in tuesday afternoon bringing much better chances for rain area-wide. high temps drop to the low 50s on tuesday, and remain there through next saturday. the second system moves out wednesday afternoon, and yet this system will be a much broader, slower moving system that will linger over the area also, this system will bring upper end of breezy conditions to the area wednesday afternoon through friday night. wx chat a contact 13 consumer alert

a new push to shut down those popular daily fantasy sports websites. the two largest companies... sued... accused of illegal gambling. and if this new attempt succeeds...

thousands of players who bet big.. will get their money back. here's abc's marci gonzalez. tonight- a potentially crippling new setback for two giants of daily fantasy sports nat commercial if you've played fan duel or draft kings in new york, you may be entitled to get your money back, says new york's attorney general eric schneiderman and with thoses sites reportedly taking in more than $200-million dollars in entry fees from at least 600- thousand customers here in 2015 (gfx) in a lawsuit, schneiderman is also asking those companies to pay a fine of up to 5-thousand per case (gfx)? nat commercial: "i've deposited a total of $35 on fanduel and won over $2,000,000." schneiderman accusing the companies of misrepresenting the chances of sot darren rovell espn sports business reporter the idea here is that these ny residents deserve money back bc they originally based on doubling money which is what - a false

this to a lawsuit he filed in november...-- calling them "illegal gambling operations." draft kings responding to the newly proposed fines saying in a statement "like the nyag (new york attorney general's) original complaint, it is based on the fundamental misunderstanding of fantasy sports competitions. " fan duel says we are thoroughly disappointed in the attorney general's ongoing actions and will fight this meritless, amended suit." marci gonzalez abc news new york coming up next, we'll hear the dramatic 9-1-1 calls from a utah teenager fighting to survive after wandering for nearly 30 hours in single digit temperatures. plus, the lawyer for ethan couch, known as "the affluenza teen" is speaking out tonight. why he says authorities never should have arrested him in mexico.

"affluenza teen" is still behind bars there. ethan couch, the texas fugitive, fled to mexico with his mother after failing to check in with his probation officer. he was sentenced to 10 years probation for killing 4 people while driving drunk. ethan's legal team at the time invoking the now-infamous affluenza defense.. claiming the teen was too spoiled to know right from wrong. tonight..the mexican lawyer for ethan couch is firing back at authorities for for swooping in

fernando benitez/ ethan couch lawyer "we want an eye for an eye. that's human nature, but the reality is, he has not committed a crime in mexico? "there is no formal extradition request by the u.s. state department filed." tonya couch is now back in the u-s. facing charges. as for ethan couch, his return could be delayed for weeks, if not months. now to one lucky teenager.. who lost his way on a hunting trip in utah. he wandered for nearly 30 hours in single digit temperatures. disoriented, he desperately called 9-1-1 for help as his cell-phone ran out of power. gfx/911 call: "i don't feel good." (i feel like i'm going to pass out) but brayden neilson didn't pass out. instead he kept walking,keeping his body warm and staving off deadly hypothermia. his phone died. his family nearly losing hope when they heard nothing for five hours. brian neilson dad: // there were points i was losing hope.. (dad starts crying) sot brayden neilson : "i was just seeing

i just felt like i had 10 more minutes of life left in me." brayden covered 11 miles of unforgiving, frigid terrain...before stumbling into a stranger's home. he was treated for hypothermia and frostbite, his family grateful to have him home and safe. coming up in tonight's health report, a restaurant is shutting down after being linked to an e-coli outbreak. and, yet another reason to get your flu shot. what a new study is revealing about the addtioinal health benefits to getting your flu shot!

coli outbreak is closing its doors for good. health officials say a dessert made and sold there was what caused customers at the twisted fork restaurant to become ill back in october. they say there were at least 21 cases of e. coli. a couple is currently suing reno provisions for $10,000 over the outbreak. if you have not gotten your flu shot - it is not too late....and it could actually save your life! new studies show the vaccine can also help prevent a heart attack or stroke! here's why. health officials say when you get the flu, your immune system attacks the virus.... ....but once the virus starts to go away.....the white cells look for something else to do... that "something else" is usually attacking plaque in your arteries. we'll be right back with a final check on your forecast from karla.

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