emmy. he was best known for playing "professor snape" in the harry potter films... as well as die hard, galaxy quest and love actually. and an update to a story we brought you as breaking news yesterday... a vigil is being held outside a school in lyon, france... after two of its students were killed in an avalanche yesterday. a ukrainian skier was also killed and three others injured when the avalanche hit a high school group in the alpes ski resort on wednesday. reports now indicate that the students may have skied ahead of their teacher.--- an avalanche warning had been issued. trouble if you're traveling on jet blue today... taking a live look at mccarran... one of the places where the airline carrier admits it is experiencing issues due to a data center power outage. the company is working to restore and resolve the problem... but if you're looking to fly jet blue right now... pack your patience! hello and welcome to action news live at midday, i'm

and i'm dayna roselli. here at home... we're still experiencing some chilly temperature. let's go straight to greg bennett in the weather center. ((ad-lib)) high pressure takes a back seat in the forecast for southern nevada and a low pressure starts to take control. this creates partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies today with high temperatures in the mid and upper 50s. winds will be light today through the overnight but are valley. this will keeps heavy clouds in the outlook for tomorrow but also give us a very small chance for an isolated shower through the weekend and into the next several work week days! very small chance for clouds will continue to be tuesday into wednesday of next powerball madness is over... unless you hold one of the

powerball madness is over... but, as we mentioned, primm

but, as we mentioned, primm

the million dollar ticket was sold at that store where people from the valley went and waited in line for hours and hours! a metro officer on the other side of the law is expected in a metro officer on the other side of the law is expected in

morning. the man accused of beating up his girlfriend appeared in court this morning. james burt was forced to surrender his weapons... and will appear in court again march 4th. his girlfriend tells police the two got into a fight on monday. when she tried to leave the house... she claims when she tried to leave the house burt followed her to her car and dragged her back inside. once there -- she claims burt threw her on the couch and put his weight on top of her so she

the woman says burt eventually calmed down and let her go. do you think it would be better for our kids if clark county school district was split up? no matter what your opinion is... district leaders want to hear it! they're holding a townhall meeting tonight from 5-30 to 7-30 inside the las vegas city hall council chambers. they are specifically asking for parents and members of the community to come and give their input. if you can't be there in person, you can watch the livestream online. we will put that link on our website... ktnv.com 10.01.36.00 "you have a lot of angry people out there, because they see what's happening, they know it is a game, it is a rigged game." despite a super hero backed effort from solar energy supporters... the new rate changes are staying in place. hundreds of people, including actor mark ruffalo... came together asking the public utilities commission to put those changes on hold. solar supporters argue that increasing service fees for solar users, and decreasing the amount of money customers are

power will kill the solar industry in nevada. but no matter how many signs they had, or famous faces backing their or famous faces backing their cause... they say they commissioners could not be swayed. daniel harris las vegas solar user 17.01.24.00 "there was really no reason for us to be here today, because they had already made their decision and they were going to stick with about the potential rate changes, before they installed their systems this summer. solar city has filed an appeal, that is expected to be heard next month. a man armed with guns and razors barricades himself inside his north las vegas home... refusing officers requests to come out-- and he posted all about it on his face book! "i didn't threaten anybody..i didn't ask for this (bleep) (white flash) "tell them don't come in here." neighbors tell us this is ricardo martinez. that video now posted on his facebook account shows him with

in another video he's holding a gun... saying he's upset at his mother for trying to file a restraining order against him... and he says he's going to "go out with a bang." police were able to get him to surrender peacefully, which is the outcome his loved ones were hoping for. jasmine correa, friend of suspect) he is still an amazing personand he always does what he can for his family." the whole standoff lasted more than 5 hours.

cloudy to mostly cloudy skies today with high temperatures in the mid and upper 50s. winds will be light today through the overnight but are expected to pick up for friday morning and afternoon.

a cold front will pass over the valley. this will keeps heavy clouds in the outlook for tomorrow but also give us a very small chance for an isolated shower or two. high temperatures will actually begin to rise into the upper 50s and low 60s and hold there through the weekend and into the next several work week days! very small chance for rain bleeds into saturday morning but fizzles out for the weekend and doesn't return until tuesday of next week. clouds will continue to be common through the forecasted seven days but models do indicate a stronger rain chance and increase in winds starting tuesday into wednesday of next

a very popular lip balm is under fire this midday. maybe you use it.

alone. celebrities use it... as do a lot of us... but this midday.... a proposed class action laswsuit by a woman alleging the product has caused consumers' lips to crack, bleed, itch, burn, flake and generate severe boiling and blistering. blistering. rachel cronin-- who claims after using the product for the first time she had a negative reaction... sot rachael cronin// plaintiff 16:22:31:34 within 48 hours my lips became extremely dry and irritated they were flaking all attention... in the suit, she claims after contacted eos who she says told her to seek medical attention... in the suit, she claims after posting pictures of her lips on facebook -there were a "frenzy

with similar experiences overnight eos telling abc news "we firmly believe this lawsuit is without merit. our products are made with the highest quality ingredients and meet or exceed all safety and quality standards...validated by rigorous testing...the health and well-being of our customers is our top priority." and like eos, not everyone is sure about rachel's response... sot doris day m.d.// dermatolgist 05;18;03;07 you can't be certain that this reaction is coming from the lip balm without further investigation. eos also tells us "all ingredients used in our products are safe and approved

the nominations for the 20-16 academy awards were announced this morning. jeremy roth takes a look.

morning to catch the academy award nominations. (nats) "leonardo dicaprio the revenant" could this be the year leonardo di caprio walks away with an oscar? his movie "the revenant" got 12 oscar nominations this morning... including a best actor nod. dicaprio has yet to win an oscar, despite four other nominations. (mad max nats) mad max fury road is up for 10-oscars nominees in that category also include the big short, bridge of spies, brooklyn, the revenant, room, spotlight and the martian. the star of that movie, matt damon is up for best actor, his fourth nomination. aside from dicaprio, he's up against bryan cranston, michael fassbender and eddie redmayne in that category. the film "carol" got nominations for both best actress... cate blanchett... and best supporting actress rooney mara. jennifer lawrence is up for fourth best actress nomination... she won it in 2013. in addition to cate blanchett, she's up against brie larson, charlotte rampling and saoirse ronan. (nats of star wars) one of the biggest movies in history came away with 5 nominations.

nominated for best editing, sound, visual effects, and that classic john williams score. you can see who will take home an oscar when chris rock hosts the 88-th annual academy awards on sunday, february 28-th.

right now on action news livedetected at first. plus... dramatic new video of american sailors captured in iranian waters. we have it. and- yes- 3 people won the powerball... even a millionaire in primm. but will they be able to hold onto the money? we'll take a look! hello and thanks for joining us on this second half of action news at midday, i'm dayna roselli. and i'm jessica janner. a lot of people are millionaires this midday-- including those three lucky winners who struck the entire

powerball-- one from california. their lives are all about to change. we've heard some horror stories about winners ending up broke. but there are also some incredible success stories. -- and tj holmes has that. sure, winning is just pure luck... but keeping that jackpot takes some strategy the secrets of some of the most successful lottery winners are simple: save... and en "rich" the lives of others. like the lohse (prono: low-see) family from des moines, iowa... nats from winning (woi piece in crackle) this couple used a portion of their 202 million dollar jackpot to build a new athletic field at their gmpa070414a @ 7:09 and knoxville's 59 year old roy cockrum...who started a foundation to donate his nearly 260 million winnings to theater an charity organizations. quick nat sandra hayes sandra hayes was living on less than 26 thousand dollars a year as a st. louis social worker when she hit it big winning a $224

her coworkers in 2006 sot sandra hayes tbd 18:09:57 well when i really realized that i won the lottery, basically my attitude, i became, a little on the nervous side. the single mother of three decided to retire, pay off her debt, and put the rest into savings. sot sandra hayes 18:30:57 i live on a budget and i'm discipline hayes says she treats her family to nice vacations, but hasn't forgotten to pay it forward. sot sandra hayes 18:14:09 in my life, didn't have enough money to buy groceries, food pantry who would give me a month's worth of food // if i need a utility bill paid, they'd pay it. grateful for this ministry, after i won, i didn't forget about them, and she still i'll take my chance, does lightning strike twice. ((ad-lib)) high pressure takes a back seat in the forecast for southern nevada and a low

control. this creates partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies today with high temperatures in the mid and upper 50s. winds will be light today through the overnight but are expected to pick up for friday morning and afternoon. as the low pushes east, a cold front will pass over the valley. this will keeps heavy clouds in the outlook for tomorrow but also give us a very small chance for an isolated shower or two. high temperatures will actually begin to rise into the upper 50s and low 60s and hold there morning but fizzles out for the weekend and doesn't return until tuesday of next week. clouds will continue to be common through the forecasted week! this will be monitored closely so stay tuned to weather first for the latest updates! dramatic video showing those american sailors being taken

and detained in iran. the navy members are now speaking out about the whole experience. here you can see the 10 sailors, kneeling with their hands on their heads... completely surrounded. the pentagon now saying they think one of the ships had engine trouble, and drifted into iran's waters. sot - us sailor, unidentified: "it was a mistake. that was our fault. and we apologize for our mistake." secretary of state called the country's leaders 5 times explaining the misunderstanding... and eventually the americans were released. the sailors say they were treated fairly, and never harmed. a houston man accused of being an isis sympathizer appeared in federal court... a judge ordered that omar faraj saeed al hardan be held without bond because he is a flight risk and danger to the community. during the hearing, a federal investigator discussed the defendant's alleged terror plot. allegedly, he wanted to blow up the galleria and sharpstown mall. planning to do so with a bomb

u-s border patrol officers in texas discover a huge drug shipment -hidden in a batch of fresh carrots. authorities admit these drug smugglers were certainly creative in their attempt to smuggle narcotics into the u-s from mexico. but they were no match for the alert border patrol officers and their canine team. investigators found nearly three- thousand carrot-shaped marijuana packages hidden among the real thing. the drugs have a street value of nearly half a million dollars. we're now learning who the louisiana movie theater shooter was inspired by.... after his journal is released to the public. investigators found john russel houser's journal at the motel where he was staying in, just before the shooting last july. in it, houser praised charleston church shooter dylan

you for the wake up call dylan." houser went into a theater showing the movie "train wreck" and killed two people, before turning the gun on himself. frustration over an uptick in shootings and murders in chicago. the city's acting police superintendent blames chicago's gangs.. and victims who refuse to cooperate. there have been nearly two people shot and killed a day since the first of the year. police say the majority of the violence is gang related driven by social media. ((we get little and often times no cooperation, victims that have prior criminal history know gang affiliations )) so far, this year police say they have dealt with hostile victims who often give police false information. five people are dead after an accident in phoenix. police say a vehicle went off the overpass near 79th avenue and interstate 10 and burst into flames. the vehicle was traveling westbound on the hov exit ramp

9:30 last night. after hitting the wall, the car vaulted though a chain link fence and fell about 50 feet down onto the westbound interstate 10 median where it caught fire. a total of five occupants were in the vehicle, including one adult and four children. they were all pronounced dead at the scene. here at home-- police need your help finding the man in this surveillance image. police say he robbed several convenience stores in the southeast part of the valley. he walks in... heads straight towards the clerk then pulls out a knife or a stun gun. he forces the clerk behind the counter and demands money. according to police the crook then has the clerk get down on the floor while he takes off. if you know anything...please call police. police say a woman went on a rampage at a georgia waffle house....naked. jennifer nicholson was arrested at a waffle house in kennesaw last week. they say nicholson stripped off her clothes... threw plates at patrons... and punched a woman in the

according to officers--- she broke the woman's nose. nicholson face several assault and public indecency charges. she is being held in the cobb county jail. we are just hours away from the next big republican presidential showdown.. but tonight there will be significantly less candidates on stage than the first debate! take a look at the line up... only 6 contenders this time. trump is in the middle once again, with cruz and rubio on either side of him. the debate is being hosted by fox business. so if there's less people participating... can we expect less fireworks? well you are going to see, you w, me not being quite so polite as to never say anything unless somebody asks me something. i will insinuate myself where insinuations needs to be had well hopefully front runner donald trump won't have any microphone troubles tonight. because when he does... things can get really ugly! :11-:20 "no this mic is terrible.

don't pay them. don't pay them. (white flash) :36-:39 so we're not gonna pay. i guarantee you i'm not paying for this mic." again, the big debate is tonight on fox business... so look for full coverage and highlights... including our politifact "truth o meter" on later editions of action news. screen)-vo meanwhile, on the democratic side... hillary clinton's edge over bernie sanders has shrunk to just two percentage points in iowa. that's according to a new bloomberg/des moines register poll released today. clinton tops sanders 42-percent to 40- percent. still ahead on action news at midday... the frozen car that made the internet sensation is no more... we'll show you what happened. plus... a pooch that's sure to make you smile! stay with us for today's now trending report.

new york stock exchange... ((ad-lib)) ((ad-lib)) what are your friends saying international idiot that's what

it's called a rigged economy, and this is how it works. most new wealth flows to the top 1%. it's a system held in place by corrupt politics where wall street banks and billionaires buy elections. my campaign is powered by over a million small contributions, people like you who want to fight back. the truth is you can't change a corrupt system by taking its money. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message.

calling me> remember this guy? he parked his car right next to lake eerie overnight and not only did it turn into the ice car-- it also turned into a social media phenomenon.. but all good things must come to an end! the ice car met its match... in the form of 350 pounds of flake calcium, which helped to melt the ice. now it's being towed to a collision center where they're gonna check for any damage and give it a little tlc before its

forecast for southern nevada and a low pressure starts to take control. this creates partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies today with high temperatures in the mid and upper 50s. winds will be light today through the overnight but are expected to pick up for friday morning and afternoon.

also give us a very small chance for an isolated shower or two. high temperatures will actually begin to rise into the upper 50s and low 60s and hold there through the weekend and into the next several work week days! very small chance for rain bleeds into saturday morning but fizzles out for the weekend and doesn't return until tuesday of next week. and increase in winds starting tuesday into wednesday of next week! this will be monitored closely so stay tuned to weather first for the latest updates! now let's take a look at today's top stories now

well we just learned who's up for the most prostegious awards in hollywood... now we're learning who might not be proud of their nomination... the 20-16 razzy nominations are out! and they're now trending this morning... "fifty shades of grey" leads the pack for most nominations - the film up for worst picture, worst actor and worst actress. the other movies with 6 nominations are "paul blart: mall cop 2" and the sci-fi feature, "jupiter ascending". the 36th annual razzies will be awarded february 27th. one unfinished shoe design is drawing crowds to taiwan. this giant blue building--

shoe-- is actually a church in chiayi. it's still under construction... but that's not stopping tourists from visiting. the design is to honor the victims of blackfoot disease... which affects the blood supply to the lower limbs. the church specifically wanted to honor the women who had leg amputations because of the disease. well if the kicker still needs something to cheer him up he should just watch this dog! this video of him smiling on command is going viral right now! it's already been watched over 12 million times on facebook and it's easy to see why! nats:(say cheese....lol) and the rescued pup has plenty to smile about.. he is going up for adoption soon! you can check out all of the stories trending today...

interviewee: , senior gm shake shack las vegas (please note however, his name is pronounced michael wong even though it's spelled wang) logo also attached info for screen shot: shake shack launches chick'n shack two locations - downtown summerlin & new york-new york hotel & casino open at 11 am. daily i am sure you can figure this out, but this is a huge deal for the brand as they have never expanded out on the regular menu with a chicken item. this opens the door to an entirely new segment of business for them. sample questions: 1. this is a brand new category for shake shack - why is this big news? 2. how did the concept to add a chicken sandwich come about? 3. what makes it so special? 4. any other category extensions

high pressure takes a back seat in the forecast for southern

cloudy to mostly cloudy skies today with high temperatures in the mid and upper 50s. winds will be light today front will pass over the valley. this will keeps heavy clouds in the outlook for tomorrow but begin to rise into the upper rain bleeds into saturday common through the forecasted week! this will be monitored closely so stay tuned to working on for action news live at

a murder mystery overseas solved -- overnight, a suspect arrested for killing a woman in her own italian apartment. the disturbing new details we're learning about the violent murder. and new information on a metro police officer behind bars for reportedly being up his girlfriend. he just made his first appearance in court. plus the new details revealed from his arrest report. here's tonight's primetime lineup on channel 13... it starts at 8 with beyond tank... followed by my diet is better than yours at 9...and then action news at 11. that's it for us here...

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