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finally caught their man. plus... two deaths on our roads - in separate crashes. the similarities that have police shaking their heads but first...... police on high alert after a number of firearms are stolen from a local gunstore north las vegas police say the break-in happened early this morning. 13 action news reporter is live from the scene near centennial parkway and 5th street with the this is still a developing . what we know right now- north las vegas police tell us they received a call around 8:30 this morning that someone had broken into this gun gun store located off centennial pkwy, east of n. 5th st (point to new frontier armory ) it appears a male intruder made his way into the store by first braking the window at this vacant store -then gaining his way inside the gun store bypassing the alarm and making
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there are no suspects in custody at this time. as this is still an ongoing tied to a number of robberies in the valley has been arrested. the suspect was caught after robbing a burger king near spring mountain and rainbow this morning. witnesses say he pulled up on a motorcycle. investigators are trying to figure out if the suspect they arrested is this man...also seen riding a motorcycle. metro says he held up three businesses tuesday night near rainbow and warm springs. he was also wanted for two new information now on the man involved in a robbery and barricade situation earlier this week. according to police, jason mote was following a women around inside a t-j maxx near durango and elkhorn...harrassing her over a bag of chips. he then held a gun to her head and starting yelling obscenities...before taking her purse and cart full of clothes. n-h-p came in - and took him into custody.
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a deadly weapon. this just in... police need your help finding this missing man. 80-year-old danile cabarello was last seen yesterday near the aquarius hotel- casino in laughlin. he may be under emotional distress and in need of medical assistance. right now a live look outside across the valley. the air seems to have cleared up after all that smoke and haze we saw earlier in the week. but could we see a repeat of in with 13 first alert meteorologist bryan scofield. bryan. blue cut fire continues to burn within southern california. current acres burned is 37,000 acres with 26% containment as of friday. the smoke from this fire should stay away from las vegas this weekend so the air quality should stay in the good to moderate levels. with only ozone being our main concern. our upper level low of cal-nev-ari is holding onto
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nevada today. timing changes every hour but so far the common window looks to be between 1pm to 5pm this afternoon. highs will range around normal values which is close to 100. one man is in the hospital and two people are behind bars after an early police say the two suspects came up to a driver, shot him in the leg...then took off in his car. they didn't make it very far....crashing near an apartment complex near valley view and sahara. the two were then taken into custody. the victim is expected to be okay. a motorcyclist is dead after slamming into a highway post on the 215 near the jones
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u-m-c whre he later died from his injuries. according to n-h-p speed may have been a factor. witnesses say he was driving recklessly right before the crash. it's been a deadly 24-hours on the valley roads. two people are dead after being hit by cars in seperate crashes. 13 action news reporter megan telles has more on what happened. it was 11:30 last night when a ped was using this crosswalk against the red light. as th struck them. you see "a-i-c" that's area of initial contact. then you see these orange markings, that's where their shoes fell. this is where the body hit. they were going east down flamingo when they went past jaywalking, sturck by a vehicle, rushed to the hospital, later dying of her injurues. both of these incidents have a common thread. the drivers were neither under the influence nor speeding. the pedestrians were both at
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this is a reminder today, use those traffic signals when you're trying to go from point a to point b when crossing a busy intersection. mt - 13 an. an aircraft crashes...less than 24 hours after a pilot ejects himself from a fighter jet near the nellis airforce base. here's a look at the type of aircraft involved in the crash. officials with the air force base tell us the crash happened they say four crew members were taken to a local medical facility and treated for minor injuries. it's still not clear what caused the crash. and...early yesterday morning...a civilian fighter jet crashed near the nellis air force base. we are told the pilot was role playing with trainees from a military weapons school-- pretending to be an enemy pilot. on the way back to the base.. he realized something was wrong, and ejected from the plane. the pilot walked away with only
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that's where ufc fighters nate diaz and conor mcgregor are holding their weigh-in. tomorrow...they will square-off in a highly anticipated rematch at the t- mobile arena. ....but things are already off to a rough start. earlier this week, they threw water bottles at each other during a press conference. ufc president dana white says they could face big fines, community service, or even suspension. on top of that, white says there were people injured more than likely sue the fighters. the drama surrounding us swimmers in rio continues. ryan lochte is now apologing.....saying he lied about being robbed at gunpoint. so what acutally happened? why the athletes say missing surveillance video may prove their innocence. plus... armed men storm in demanding cash and cell phones. how a clerk's quick thinking actions turn things around. remember chopper 13 is brining
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and a look at today's closing numbers.. the dow was down 45 points, closing at 18,553
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i'm catherine cortez masto and i approve this message. four years ago i was diagnosed with breast cancer but early treatment saved my life. so i'm really outraged that joe heck voted ten times to defund planned parenthood which thousands of nevada women depend on for cancer screenings. congressman heck even threatened to shut down the federal government
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gun...and start demanding money and high-end cell phones. while the men loot the store, the clerk sneaks out the back door, locks it...and runs to the front of the business...to pull down the security gate! a crowd gathered outside, some calling 911, others watching the show unfold...laughing and making fun of the men while they waited for police to arrive. ryan lochte and several of his now to the drama surrounding ryan lochte and several of his fellow olympic swmrs. the gold medalist is latest. olympic swimmer ryan lochte- now saying he's sorry- after disputed claims - that he and 3 teammates were robbed at gunpoint in rio. lochte- posting online "i want to apologize for my behavior last weekend-for not being more
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to a confrontation at this gas station...during which lochte initially told police - and nbc- the athletes were targeted by armed men posing as police- ryan lochte "the guy pulled out his gun. he cocked it, put it to my forehead. but police in rio- say the men were only approached by an armed gas station security guard - after this: one of the swimmers- pulling a sign off a wall- one- breaking down a bathroom door investigators claim- the men were detained, and forced to pay $50 to cover brazilian officials say they're considering charges against all four swimmers, but- lochte, - gunnar bentz and jack conger are now back in the u-s jimmy feigen- is still in rio- but struck a deal to get his passport back after paying 11-thousand dollars to a charity. dan abrams for ryan lochte nothing uhh meaning he's now here in the states he's not gonna get extradited as a result of this feigen is the
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marci gonzalez tag still no full explanation for the conflicting accounts- but - in his apology, lochte went on to say it was traumatic to be in a foreign country with a stranger pointing a gun adding, regardless, he should have been more responsible. mg abc news ny it's the worst natural disaster since hurricane sandy. devastating and deadly flooding forcing tens of thousands from their homes. we are hearing from survivors...as more storms could be headed their way. plus.. attacking us no matter what we did." a fun day of swimming turns into a mad dash for freedom as two boys are surrounded by otters trying to bite them. you're watching 13 action news, where you get breaking news fast and first.
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for seniors like barbara, social security makes a difference every month. but for the wall street types who've given congressman joe heck's campaigns over $500,000, social security could mean billions of dollars in fees.
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and why joe heck and wall street support it. under heck's privatization plan, retirement security gets risked on the stock market. and the wall street types supporting joe heck make billions. whose side are you on? senate majority pac is responsible
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emergency landing after the engine failed. the pilot and co-pilot can be seen standing on top of the crashed aircraft giving a thumbs up...before the coast guard arrived to pull them out. "i just remember looking back at it and seeing it's teeth." "it was just like, it kept getting at you and it wouldn't stop. it was just painful." two boys are attacked by otters in lake shasta, california. 13-year-old chris whitney and his friend were swimming out to
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came after them. chris says one otter was trying to bite him over and over again while he was trying to swim away. chris whitney otter victim "every time it would go under i knew it was about to attack and it was just so terrible it's just the scariest thing in my life i've ever been through." when the boys finally made it to shore, they were covered in bite marks. they were quickly rushed to the hospital to get rabies shot. the kids did have a good sense of humor about it though - they had some otter pops on their way out. there's something brewing in the water at lake tapps in washington...and it may be making people sick. health officials are telling people to stay out.... after they found toxic algae in the lake but a lot of people didnt hear about the warning or see the signs in the area.... jeff levell, visiting lake 54;45 i guess they're giving people warning. but uh, i did'nt know anything about it. 54:51 [butted with] maria @1:01:32 we arrived here around 5 and didn't hear anything.1:39 (butte to) maria @2:17 now, i'm kind of worried.
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swimming in the lake they are all expected to make a full recovery. more than 200 firefighters are battling an out-of-control wildfire in northern nevada. the so-called izzenhood fire has burned 66-hundred acres and is threatening numerous homes. firefighters say rapidly changing weather conditions are making it difficult to get the fire under control. right now, we are getting a better idea of the devastation the historic flooding is having the red cross says it's now the worst natural disaster to strike the u-s... since hurricane sandy. theresa marchetta has the latest on the impact --na-48fr tc :03 walking toward home-- watch these guys walking in nearly knee-deep water today toward this house... it's barely surrounded... just out of reach of the flood water right now. --se-027th tc :06-:08-- --voice of man: "i've never seen anything like this."-- --na-48fr tc :06 ground shots of flooded homes-- they may be
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when you see just how much water is still enguling this area in st. armant, louisiana today... southeast of baton rouge. build it."-- --se-027th tc 1:02 is house-- tom rosendale just moved into his house 4 months ago... he built it four-inches above the recommended height for flooding, but the water still showed no mercy. --se-027th tc 1:06-1:08-- --rosendale: "it really hasn't set in yet."-- --na-32fr tc :00-:06-- --craig fugate / fema director: "our big challenge for everybody including survivors is most people didn't have flood insurance."-- --(se-033tu aerials cover video of flooding)-- today... these so-called 1-thousand year floods are happening more --fugate: "so at least, now, as we go back to rebuild we're not going to build back to the past data, we want to look to the future risk."-- --(se-033tu, se-014tu aerials cover video of flooding)-- but that re-building will take a long time... new estimates right now suggest the flooding has impacted 110- thousand homes... or counties... declared disaster areas. the red cross estimates its recovery efforts will top 30-million dollars... making this the most expensive natural disaster in the u-s
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for the now, i'm theresa marchetta. we have just learned that president barack obama will visit baton rouge on tuesday. some were calling on the president to end his vacation early to visit the area. the announcement comes hours after republican presidential candidate donald trump toured areas affected by the floods. let's go to 13 first alert chief meteorologist bryan scofield. bryan blue cut fire continues to burn within southern california. current acres burned is 37,000 acres with 26% containment as of friday. the smoke from this fire should stay away from las vegas this weekend so the air quality should stay in the good to moderate levels.
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being our main concern. our upper level low of cal-nev-ari is holding onto some monsoonal moisture and whipping it up into southern nevada today. timing changes every hour but so far the common window looks to be between 1pm to 5pm this afternoon. the rain chances are small just like yesterday; ranging around 10% with mainly sunny skies being common for the highs will range around normal values which is close to 100. as we move into the end of the weekend, partly cloudy skies take over. highs will drop a little though as we are going to see temperatures below 100 degrees. however, monsoon moisture surges at this point and rain chances will return; this time,
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by wednesday, mainly sunny skies return and high temperatures climb but only back to our normal 100 to 105 degree range. one- million-dollar legal settlement wth uber drivers in california and
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suing. they say the company exploited them by treating them as independent contractors instead of employees. a federal judge in san francisco says the deal does not offer the drivers enough cash. now for a look at who's hiring in the valley. right now, the scariest attraction on the las vegas strip is looking for more than 400 actors to fill the halls at fright dome inside "circus circus". the first job fair is today. it's happening right now until -6 you need to be over the age of -18- and you'll want to bring multiple forms of i- d. the new school year is just around the corner... and with the cost of school supplies skyrocketing, many here in the valley need a little extra help. how neighbors here are pitching in to make sure kids have everything they need on the first day. you're watching 13 action news, where you get breaking news fast and first. stay with us.
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switching locations this year -
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organizers are bringing the program to the south central part of the valley. take sot ruben anaya, coo, marianas supermarket free backpack, that just eases the burden a little more nat grabbing backpack back to school can be a financially demanding time for parents. according to a survey done by deloitte-- parents will spend nearly five hundred dollars on back to school supplies for their kids. but thats just not possible for some parents across the valley. one of those parents-- tina take sot tina sanchez hard time of year, needed some extra help with the kids sanchez is a single mom of four. take sot tina sanchez i can't afford to buy backpacks for all 4 of them and she's not alone-- clark county school district trustee-- kevin child-- says there are thousands of families in his district-- that need that extra help. take sot kevin child, ccsd trustee district d i have a lot of kids living on welfare check, parents working 3 jobs survive thats why organizers moved this years
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ruben anaya, coo, mariana supermarkets it's just a more diverse location here. a lot of hispanic people hoping to give away a thousand more backpacks this year-- than last year-- to families like sanchez. take sot tina sanchez without the papers and pencils and pens they wouldn't be able to do everything they have to do, they'd fall down in class, they'd fail marissa tag the kids will be using those backpacks-- like this one-- at the start of school-- in just a few days. mk-- 13an. a lot more news coming up on 13 including sot donald trump i have done that, and believe it or not i regret it donald trump changing his tune as more controversy plauges his campaign. we'll have more on the latest shakeups to his team. plus... new conerns over the zika virus...as it continues to spread. why you should be on alert if you're traveling to california. right now....
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contain "the blue cut fire".... as it continues to burn. this.... as people forced to evacuate.... find little left of their homes. plus... that's not the only thing plauging california. officials on high-alert in san diego after a man contracts the zika virus. but first... a live look outside.... across the valley.

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