with thousands! young, old and everyone in between. plus... hillary clinton back in town...rallying the crowds! and a blast of severe weather! lightning strikes a family's home... sparking a fire! right now.. it's the calm before the storm. chopper 13.. fast and first.. showing the rain over the light showers are falling over the valley now ... but we could see much more than this soo... we have team coverage for you. dan bronis.... is standing by.... live in the conditions right now. but first.. we begin with bryan scofield... for you 13 first alert forecast... he's tracking that storm. bryan. a flash flood watch is in effect until friday 5am for the city and most of southern nevada. local flooding and pooling on road ways are likely to

already occurred and we may have another chance for wide spread rain and thunder as we move into the evening. bryan scofield tosses to dan bronis

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home overnight.... a fire was sparked in the attic of the home....near 95 and sunset. right now... that family is counting their blessings. parker collins spoke with the woman who was inside at the time. it's an interview you'll see only on 13 action news. 22:33:03-22:33:17 take vo at 22:33:14 overnight in henderson lightning struck a home with people inside in order to find the fire that started firefighters used this thermal imaging camera and pointed it at those flames thankfully the and no one was hurt. take sot victoria schultz, inside home "lightning sound" 00:00:25-00:00:32 "i just didn't know like where it had hit or if it had hit i couldn't see like any flames or anything." butt to rick palenik, neighbor img3206 00:00:00-00:00:07 "it sounded almost like a machine gun cause when it hit the roof it forked and that's where the worst of we love the pictures you're sending in...

lightning.... and we just got this picture from twitter. the viewer added the caption "las vegas is giving us all.... a much needed break from the sun." hillary clinton is in town today... right now... she's getting a tour of mojave electric. this visit builds on a 3-day jobs tour... with her vp .. senator tim kaine. at a rally this morning... clinton highlighted the three things her campaign is focusing on. i think this election comes down to economic opportunity, national security and american 13 action news political analyst jon ralston was at the rally. he's breaking down all of it for us on 13 action news live at five and six. a wildfire continues to rage near california's wine country... crews having a difficult time reaching the flames. and this is only one out-of-control fire in the state. abc's lauren lyster reports... thousands of other firefighters

package script: (chopper nats) this california wildfire raging near napa county...those flames -- continuing to grow as smoke billows over wine country mos "i didn't think it was going to spread that fast. and then when it did i was shocked." it's called the cold this fire has now burned at least 4,700 acres and thursday morning was 15 percent contained campers in the rural area told to get out kylie sweeney when i saw was like no. i don't want to stay let's go. this campsite - practically a ghost town - with the traces of people fleeing in a hurry nat: you can still see the smoke very few sticking it out mos: my wife was pretty skittish, wanting to leave -sort of talked her out of it. hundreds of firefighters on the ground trying to attack hard to reach flames ((nat chopper drop)) aircraft dumping water and retardant from above. russell west, cal fire dept. we're trying to get resources

those resources, getting stretched in california because of multiple wildfires - including one near big sur that's burned 57 homes and 51,000 acres, and is 27% contained...the official cause -- an illegal campfire. tag: and crews battling the fires here in california may get a little help today -- the weather is expected to improve-- with cooler temperatures and a rise in humidity moving in. lauren lyster abc news los angeles. to solidify major league hockey here in las vegas. majority team owner bill foley ...announced a new hire today! wil nichol will be the new director of player development. he's a former scout ...for the washington capitals and coach. our n-h-l team won't take the ice until next year..... but there'll be two pre-season games here in october. metro has a mystery to

now detectives say someone involved is missing. plus.. a historic announcment out of mccarran. a big change could bring more visitors to our valley... and a look at today's closing numbers.. the dow is down 3 points, closing at 18 thousand 352.

jim: i'm one of them. fermin: yo tambien. barbara: i'm one of over 300,000 nevadans who rely on social security. fermin: social security helps us pay the bills. jim: and enjoy the retirement that we've earned. barbara: that's what makes joe heck so dangerous. fermin: his plan to privatize social security means billions in profits for wall street. barbara: risking retirement security on the stock market. fermin: what if wall street has given joe heck over a half a million bucks. barbara: i wonder who he's working for. jim: because it's not us. afscme people is responsible

this is near ....vegas drive and rock springs. the area helped the driver ... police want to find the good samaritans... so they can find the person behind the wheel. a valley man is dead ... after crashing his car into a house! police believe ...the 63-year-old may have had a medical episode. they say....his car went off the road... hit another car... before slamming into the home near desert inn and fort apache. no one inside that house was hurt.

years ago... is now asking the ncaa to make a change! i brenda tracy ... wants violent athletes to be banned from college sports. yesterday...tracy and her son ... presented the petition to the organization. together, they've gathered more than 157-thousand signatures. they say...they started the petition ... after hearing reports of assaults involving baylor university football players. brenda tracy / survivor of sexual assault when the baylor scandal hit the media i was re it felt like nothing has changed since my assault happened. right now...the ncaa allows leaders of athletic conferences and departments to determine punishments. tracy says ... the organization was "extremely receptive" to establishing a task force. a trio of thieves..... taking a que from ocean's eleven. in and out in a matter of seconds ! see what these guys got away with. a massive tech company ....may be the first to have equal pay for men and women.

shatter the glass ceiling.

smashing through the glass. police say they got away with ten- thousand dollars worth of jewels. the driver of a tractor-trailer.. dangles off a busy interstate surprisingly... that man is doing just fine this afternoon! we brought this news to you...as it was breaking ... on good morning las vegas! the driver says .... he was trying to get on the express lane ... but clearly...something went wrong there. all morning...we watched as haz-mat crews cleaned up dozens of gallons of spilled fuel. right now...police in new york are searching for a killer! this..after the body of a jogger was discovered! officers say.... someone strangled karina

marsh...along a path that she ran often . joseph giacalone/retired nypd detective sergeant she has a very high social media profile so this is something that the detectives now are going to have to cull through everyone of these things to see if there have been any threats, anything said really inappropriate. overnight...dozens attended a vigil for her. detectives are hoping to get new leads from nearby security cameras. finally...there's some positive developments in the fight against the z health officials say... three experimental vaccines look promising. abc's ray raimundi is in miami... where state officials are doing everything they can to stop the spread. pkg script: the air attack on mosquitoes began early thursday morning.. nats: aerial spraying from plane the city of miami dade-attempting to halt the spread of mosquitoes carrying the zika virus... sot - rick scott / florida governor "we're taking it very seriously." nats: ground spraying from the ground.... to high in the skies.... nats: person spraying bug spray

area of miami... also known as ground zero of the outbreak sot - tomas regalado / wynwood mayor "they have been testing one thousand mosquitoes a day...and they have not found a single one that is contaminated." nats: police officers handing out flyers it's been three days since the c-d-c issued an unprecedented travel ban.... telling pregnant women to stay away from that miami neighborhood? after the state health department confirmed 15 local cases of zika infection...directly from mosquito bites. causing fear amongst expectant revenues... sot - "i think the perception is as bad as the reality when it comes to something like this." mosquito inspectors -- since tuesday - hunting for any breeding areas for the insects so they can destroy them. the state spending more than 26 million dollars...to stop the spread of zika, but demanding help from the federal government sot - sen. marco rubio / (r) florida "please -- let's not lose focus of the fact there is 300 million dollars sitting there -- waiting to be spent." pkg tag: florida's governor is making zika testing available

statewide, who would like to be tested. ....for free. meanwhile - aerial spraying is scheduled to continue every seven days...for the next four weeks. ray raimundi, abc news, new york. right now.. a clean-up is underway along the coast of belize. you're looking at cell phone video... of the damage left behind .... by hurricane earl. ad lib? the national hurricane center has now downgraded earl to a tropical storm. we've seen some wet weather.... in several parts of the valley today. bryan scofield is tracking all of it. he's here now... with your 13 first alert effect until friday 5am for

local flooding and pooling on road ways are likely to continue through the overnight. heavy rain and lightning has already occurred and we may have another chance for wide spread rain and thunder as we move into the evening. rain chance will taper downward turn around and find another way to your destination. if at all possible, stay skies are back and rain chances are nowhere in sight. high temperatures will rebound back to our normal range for this time of year. winds will pick up friday/saturday and hold between 10 and 20 mph through the weekend and n gusts look to reach between 25 friday/saturday and hold between 10 and 20 mph through the weekend and into next week. gusts look to reach between 25

skies are back and rain chances are nowhere in sight. high temperatures will rebound back to our normal range for this time of year. winds will pick up friday/saturday and hold between 10 and 20 mph through the weekend and into next week. gusts look to reach between 25 and 30 mph. here's a live look at mcarran. 20 mph through the weekend and into next week. gusts look to reach between 25 and 30 mph. rebound back to our normal range for this time of year. winds will pick up

between 10 and 20 mph through the weekend and into next week. gusts look to reach between 25 and 30 mph. here's a live look at mcarran. where we just got some very exciting news! it was just announcedh to china ... will soon be a reality! starting december 2nd... hai- nan airlines will be connecting las vegas to bejing. from contact 13 today ... a historic announcement of another kind from apple! the tech company says ... it has achieved its goal of pay equality. according to the new report ... women now earn one dollar.... for every dollar male workers earn! apple says... it's been working for the past

contact 13's ....call for action...is ready to help you with a consumer problem! just contact one of our volunteers any weekday between 11 a-m and 1 p-m. our hotline number is 702-368- 2255. president obama writes an article...thanking the women in his life... and he does something that's never been done before we're showing you the article.. and breaking down the

weighing in on feminism. andy choi message to other men. pkg full= 6.22.24 "woo-hoo! this is awesome." a little time on the swing is awesome when it's grandpa pushing the tire. but richard stull remembers a period. for the activities with kids on the outside, you'd see dads going hunting, but the wife was responsible for the kids." but times have changed, and whether moms or dads are raising sons or daughters, gender roles are

himself, took the time to pen an article in the latest issue of glamour magazine, urging men to help in the fight for women's rights, saying graphic: "we need to keep changing the attitude that raises our girls to be demure and our boys to be assertive, that criticizes our daughters for speaking out and our sons for shedding a tear." 6.11.07 "i mean it's really important don't want her to think she 6.08.15 "if it's feminism if you think women should be able to do whatever they want, of course." the president goes on to say graphic: "it is absolutely men's responsibility to fight sexism too. and as spouses and partners and boyfriends, we need to work hard and be deliberate about creating truly equal relationships." 6.20.38 "i think it's very important that president's words do come just months before he's expected to cast a ballot for hillary clinton, but the commander in chief concludes the essay by saying 'when everybody is equal, we are all more free.' i'm andy choi. for the now."

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in a building that provided a lot of fuel for the flames. plus... the supreme court blocks a court order that would have allowed transgender students to use their bathroom of choice. what this could mean going forward. but we begin outside.. and an afternoon that looks and feels a lot more like south florida than southern nevada. this is a live look outside at humid evening as another night of rain threatens las vegas. we have team coverage. dan bronis is standing by.... near desert inn and maryland. but first we begin with bryan scofield...with the latest on effect until friday 5am for the city and most of southern nevada. local flooding and pooling on road ways are likely to continue through the overnight. heavy rain and lightning has already occurred and we may have another chance for wide spread rain and thunder as we