back out here live.... we are at the durango hills ymca. we hope to talk with folks as they arrive. the meeting starts at six .... you still have time to make it. reporting live. mahsa saeidi. channel 13 action news. breaking news on two military aircraft crashes.. we just got official confirmation..that the pilot of a crash near baghdad arizona is presumed dead. crews are still searching for him.. but officials from luke air force base say all indications are.. he did not survive. also presumed dead now.. 12 marines whose two helicopters crashed off the coast of hawaii. that's the latest from the breaking news center. an action news update tonight on a local pastor.. charged with sexually assault. otis holland has been found

assault on a minor under 16.. and one-count of lewdness of minor. holland pleaded not guilty last week and even offered to take a polygraph to prove his innocence. his defense lawyer says the accusers made-up the stories because they were jealous of his relationships with other women. metro has arrested this woman.... after a man was found shot to death..... inside an empty home. -37- year-old michelle horn.... now faces charges of murder and robbery.... with a deadly weapon. it happened.... two months ago... near flamingo and decatur. neighbors say.... the home was occupied.... by squatters. right now... police are looking for a man.... who shot another man and took off. it happened this morning.... near lake mead and hollywood. officers were called out..... after getting several calls but... is expected to be okay. the presidential candidates are starting to focus more on nevada.. as we close in on the first votes of the primary season. on the democratic side.. former president bill clinton is in las vegas to campaign for his wife hillary.

the "advanced technologies academy" on vegas drive near rancho. doors open at 6-30. the event starts at 7-15. you can r-s-v-p on hillary's website. republican frontrunner donald trump is also in town.. with a big rally this afternoon at the south point. action news reporter michael burton was there.. and joins us live with some of the highlights. michael. tricia/steve - it's no secret that donald trump is a man of many words - today speaking on topics like gun control - immigration reform - and healthcare. and as you will see - he couldn't get through the rally without using that fiery tongue we've seen in the past. the audience roared as donald trump entered the room "nat pop" his attitude - boastful - proud of his strong lead in the polls. he took shots at several of his opponent former governor - jeb bush - calling him a maniac. "poor jeb, he's doing another commercial. he's a maniac. he's a poor guy. i feel sorry. he's like a lost soul." then he moved on to democratic candidate - hillary clinton.

easily, i haven't even started on her yet. i haven't even started." expressing his opposition to her views on gun control. "we're going to save the 2nd amendment folks. they want to take it away but we're going to save it. you listen to hillary and we're not going to have a 2nd amendment." trump also called out senator ted cruz. "ted is getting very very nervous. he should get nervous a lot of polls are coming out. they're not looking good for ted. not looking good." making fun of his public speaking skills. "he's a great debater, but he talks. when he talks, he talks like he's debating. so he can't talk. so he can debate, but he can't protestors in the crowd - waiting for the perfect opportunity to make a scene. "get her out of here." we're about a month away from nevada's g-o-p caucus - and trump feels the only way he could lose is if his supporters

live at south point hotel - michael burton channel 13 action news. new on action news live at 5: vandals attack at the heart of a new downtown fixture. david schuman is live outside the containter park right now where it all went down. david. it happened early this morning... "the love locket" -- this well-known heart-shaped piece of artwork where visitors could attach their own lock to show that they were there -- was the victim of vandalism. we're told it happened around one this morning right in front of the container park when the vandals apparently hooked up a truck to the front of the sculpture and tore off the front of the piece -- leaving a scattered mess and destroying

"sad to see a piece of it gone." right now... the downtown project says they just want to recover the missing pieces of the sculpture so it can be restored. if you know anything about this david schuman, channel 13 action news. a deadly intersection is seeing some major change's tonight.... to make it safer. it's an update to a story.... you asked us.... to investigate... action news reporter.... parker collins shows us.... what's new. (nats) looking at it now.... you wouldn't know this is where people have been hurt and killed. donovan matthews, pedestrian 8:40:28-8:40:34 "i've seen car accidents happen. i haven't seen a human being get hit, but i've seen car accidents bad." for years... people here knew this intersection was a problem. we've done several reports from

our you ask we investigate team found stalled talks between the county and n dot... since they split ownership over the roads. we even uncovered a petition in 2012 to change this spot... but nothing happened. 8:40:50-8:40:56 "there's a light now so people know when to stop instead of just... they in a hurry they want to make the crosswalk and stuff. they don't see people going." not only is there a light here... but they've also added arrows for a left turn at lake mead and mount hood. standup: for drivers the light could be helpful especially if they need to turn left onto a busy street... for people out walking they're saying they love it because at night crossing this dark street used to be dangerous. maryland kirkpatrick clark county commissioner 8:34:29-8:34:37 you can see that our dollars are paying off. people like to see where their dollars go so this is a big thing to see this start. easy... but getting the money to do it took time. a lot of it came from fuel revenue indexing... money you shell out at the pump. at sloan and lake mead parker

news. neveda lieutenant governor..... mark hutchinson unveiled a new tribute to our veterans today. the unveiling took place.... at the shot show. the world class tribute will pay homage..... to those who serve. 20:39:18 16 "they say a picture speaks a thousand words but a who laid down their lives and sacrificed their freedoms for our liberties and our opportunities as americans." the memorial is scheduled to open.... on memorial day. it will be located.... at the corner of las vegas boulevard and north washington. neighbors in one valley neighborhood are terrified to step out of their homes.... because they say.... the squatter problem has gotten so bad... 12.24.02 you're just constantly wondering, looking over your shoulder when "you ask... we investigate". plus.. new developments on the flint water crisis. find out who's stepping down.. and why some newly released

firestorm. bryan.

u$n3(zsi*p= on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. it's called the wage gap. and the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules.the regional director with the u- s environmental protection agency has resigned amid the firestorm. also today..

were released showing top state officials initially tried to pass blame on the lead-tainted drinking water to local officials.. claiming critics were just playing politics. meanwhile.. the governor is seeking more federal funding.. but many residents say it's too late and want him to resign. some frightening moments at the l-a zoo earlier today when an employee fell into the gorilla enclosure. firefighters rushed to the zoo and helped him out of the enclosure. zoo officials say the employee was never in danger.. but it's still unclear how it happened. the worker has a broken leg. breaking news on an officer-involved shooting in georgia. a dekalb county grand jury has just indicted a white police officer who shot an unarmed.. naked black man. an arrest warrant has been issued for officer robert olsen on two counts.. including felony murder. olsen shot and killed anthony hill.. an air force veteran.. back in march... claiming he lunged at him.. when olsen answered a call about a naked man in an apartment complex..

officer to stand trial for a deadly shooting on the job.. in the last six years. an action news update on a former oklahoma city police officer.. accused of sexual assault. -29- year old.... daniel holtzclaw was sentenced to life in prison.... today. a judge handed down prison terms.... totaling -2- hundred -63- years.. after holtzclaw was convicted on -4- counts of first-degree rape and 14 other charges. prosecutors say... holtzclaw targeted and sexually assaulted women.... while on patrol. his defense lawyer is already planning.... to appeal. a video going viral is raising awareness to the "gun show loophole"... in the law... "are you a nevada resident?" "uhh... so i'm not." but.. it doesn't stop this man from walking out five minutes later with a gun. we'll show you how he says he did it.. next. plus:

"did you ever buy a gun before? no. never." a video is going viral.. showing how easy it is to buy a gun in nevada. comedian steve hofstetter took the video along with a friend at a gun show in henderson. in it.. hoffstetter.. who is not a nevada resident.. makes it obvious to the saleswoman that his friend is buying the gun for him. but.. he says it didn't slow the process down. within five minutes.. they walk out with a gun. "did he pass?" "i passed. i'm all good." "surprised the heck out of me. that's not long at all." hofstetter then goes on to show other things that are more difficult than buying a gun.. like renting a car or getting a fishing license. he says he took the video to show gun sales need to be more strict. we've posted the full video on our website.. ktnv.com. people in one central las vegas neighborhood say.... squatters are taking over the area. they say... no one will help them.... and channel 13 was their last resort. when "you ask, we investigate". contact 13... investigative reporter.....

to show us what's going on. stephanie.. people in the area say the walgreens behind me is the epicenter of the camp for homeless people and squatters...and it's really affecting people who live in the apartments behind the shuttered store. we went right up to it and could hardly believe what we saw. it was like a real living area. there was food, utensils, cooking supplies, even vitamins all neatly tucking in behind the walgreens. several homeless people approached us and told us this is where they live. but the people living legally at the apartments just a stone's throw away say it's a mess for them derek robertson lives near homeless camp 12.24.02 you're just constantly wondering, looking over your shoulder because there's people coming through the complex 08 breaking into the mailboxes 10 digging through the trash cans 12 we called metro and they said they'd make their community policing unit in the area aware of the situation. coming up on action news live at six, we'll show you what they did.

valley, soc we're following a developing story along the east coast where a winter storm is already causing travel nightmares around the nation's capitol. tonight.. washington d-c is preparing for an epic blizzard.. after botching a trial run. a smaller storm arrived last night with only 2-inches of snow.. but it caused dozens of crashes and complete gridlock on d-c streets. even president obama was caught in the icy conditions. his motorcade needed an hour to make a trip that usually only takes 20-minutes. today.. the mayor says the city dropped the ball. we are very sorry for inadequate response. we believe that we did not provide adequate resources at a time where it could make a difference in last evening's commute. a state of emergency has already been declared in d-c. forecasters predict the bigger

with 40-mile an hour winds.. and up to 20 inches of snow. and.. a live look at mccarran airport right now where the storm is already having an impact on travel. american airlines has already announced it's cancelling all flights in and out of charlotte tomorrow.. and expects to cancel all adlib let's go to chief meteorologist bryan scofield and 'weather first.' high clouds of increasing thickness will continue to push over southern nevada through the day ahead of our next weather system. temperatures overnight will benefit and will remain similar to last night - right around 40 but our afternoon highs tomorrow will suffer and remain cooler. highs will peak in the upper 50s under mostly cloudy, but dry, skies on friday.

southwest on saturday as a dying cold front heads our direction, those winds will give the temperatures the kick they need to get back above 60 but the front will also bring a chance for showers later in the day. rain chances are spotty as of right now, and look to be better to the north and east, but they'll come during prime weekend celebration time - between 7pm saturday night and about 4am sunday morning. skies clear out sunday with breezy and cool winds coming to dry things out with another potentially stronger wind producer following on monday and tuesday. wednesday the skies finally clear out and our temperatures return back into the mid 60s

we'll be right back.... with a final check on your forecast.... from we'll be right back.... with a final check on your forecast.... from bryan. but first.. coming up all new on action news live at 6- plus.. unsuspecting renters.. duped into renting a home.. owned by somebody else. how to avoid this popular scam that's made it's way to nevada.

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their own rules.a person has died after a skydiving accident at skydive arizona... about 60 miles south of phoenix. no details yet.. but this is the second deadly

a utah man was killed on new year's eve.. when his parachute collapsed.. and he hit the ground. that's the latest from the breaking news center. high clouds of increasing thickness will continue to push over southern nevada through the day ahead of our next weather system. temperatures overnight will benefit and will remain similar to last night - right around 40 but our afternoon highs tomorrow will suffer and remain cooler before we go... here's a look at what's coming up before we go... here's a look at what's coming up later.... on abc.... in primetime... at 8:00... it's "beyond the tank"... at 9 o'clock... it's "my diet is better than yours"... and we will see you tonight.... for action news... live at 11 for abc's world news tonight....up next. we'll see you back here in 30-minutes for action news... live at 6. until then.. thanks for watching and have a

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