it's pretty cool i have a key to the las vegas strip a local olympian champion gets recognized in a big way today! what else he got from the local leaders! and we could be seeing some triple- digit heat again. 13 first alert chief meteorologist will tell us when. breaking news in central florida. a deadly helicopter crash in palm bay. you're taking a look at a video recorded moments ago. officials say at least three people were killed when the chopper went down just hours ago. while the helicopter is an older military-style aircraft it was not believed to have been operating in any kind of military capacity. the f-a-a and ntsb are

more breaking news now an nhp trooper is in serious condition right now after being hit by a vehicle in pahrump. the deputy was on a motorcycle when he got hit. this happened in the area of state routes 372 and 160 before 11 this morning. detectives say the deputy had the motorcycle's lights and sirens on at the time.he is exp. and this just in - the trial is now set for bill cosby. he just walked out of the court room in pennsyl judge set the date for june 5th 2017. he was in court to try and throw some of the evidence out, including a deposition the entertainer gave in a 2005 lawsuit by accuser andrea constand. cosby is charged with three counts of felony aggravated indecent assault right now authorities are trying to track down the person who shot at a woman's car while she was driving! it's a story you'll see only right here on 13 action news. parker collins was fast and first to the scene and tells us

6:46:05-6:46:32 this happened overnight on the 95 the woman behind the wheel didn't notice was completely random it could have happened to anyone her car was hit once by a bullet in the rear brake light but police think several shots were possibly fired thankfully that driver did not get hurt and she was bale to drive away police are looking for the shooter in north las vegas parker collins thirteen action news. thank you for joining us this let's check in with 13 first alert chief meteorologist bryan scofield who is tracking some weather pattern is on tap with a dry northwesterly flow aloft. this will bring temps closer to average for this time of year with highs topping out around 100 starting tomorrow through the weekend. expect sunny to mainly sunny skies each afternoon with a mountain shower possible thursday. the winds will pick up to

pacific northwest that will keep us breezy on monday and then windy on tuesday as it passes mainly to our north. the system will also drag in cooler air which will drop high temps to the mid 90s on monday and tuesday. right now -- thousands of i-t-t tech students are desperate to figure out what's next after the school decided to shut down all locations. there are two i-t-t tech campuses here in the valley... one in henderson and one in north las vegas. the school are closing following a federal ruling about loans. we spoke to one of the local graduates who is in disbelief. 20:40:40-20:40:46 "it's kind of shocking but if corporate closes down this school doesn't really have anything to do with it." the school said it had to eliminate more than 8 thousand employee positions. the top of the i-t-t technical

new students.". police in north las vegas are working to figure out what led to a fatal accident... where a motorcyclist hit a woman. officers were called out to the scene near lake mead and civic center around 8-30 last night. the woman was rushed to umc, where she later died. the motorcycle rider had minor injuries. police don't believe alcohol or speed were a factor, and they say the woman was jaywalking when she was hit. meanwhile -- henderson police have an ap on their hands. two people were found dead inside a home near anthem. around 6 last night, officers were called out to do a welfare check at the house, when they found the couple with gunshot wounds. officers tell us the couple is in their late 30's or early 40's. and were called out to the home once in the past year for a domestic dispute. terrifying video of a murder suspect on the run-- you see him pull out a gun and start

alonso perez and his girlfriend were fighting when they tried to come into the office at the peterson motel. the landlord says he didn't want to let them in because they'd been fighting a lot. so he kept the doors locked. that's when lewis says perez shot up the office. perez was arrested on friday as a murder suspect but he escaped. north las vegas police say he should be considered armed and dangerous. another big honor this afternoon for a local olympic clark county commisioners proclaimed today the connor fields day in las vegas and the entire county. fields was on hand at this morning's clark county commission meeting where he also received a key to the las vegas strip. fields won a gold medal in bmx racing. we caught up with fields and here's what he says his biggest inspiration is. 157 the biggest thing i wanna do....2:09 i wanna run(?) fields also told us he's going to do at least one more

a group of florida fishermen get more than what they bargained for. they stumble upon a boat full of cuban refugees trying to reach american soil. what they do next -- that is all caught on camera. and a pet store goes up in flames leaving owners with thousands of dollars in damage...but it's what they say may have caused it that's making headlines.

island....and strong winds from hermine only made it tougher for the crews. officials say a caretaker first noticed the fire and called 9-1-1. the owners were not home at the time. much of the two-story house was destroyed. according to public records -- the home belongs to late pawsox owner james j skeffington. former stanford university swimmer and convicted rapist brock turner has registered as

at the greene county sheriff's office. turner served only three months behind bars... for raping a woman on campus. this case captured the attention of the nation... when turner was given a short jail sentence. as you can see -- his name now appears in in the online registry as a sex offender. caught on camera -- a group of miami boaters on a fishing trip stumble upon a boat full of cuban refugees... struggling to reach american soil. the migrants were stopped problems. ( robert cardoso / boater ) "then, he started saying they were close to shore the night before, and their motor went bad." ( julio perera / boater ) "they had one guy pumping. if you see the video, it's one guy pumping all the time. every time, we were talking to him, pumping water out, and another guy with a bucket, so you had two guys taking out water consistently." legally the men couldn't do much but give them water and food and call the coast guard.

store fire - v a pet store in wisconsin is coping with a major loss after a fire torched their building... they say a tortoise started the fire...and died in it. matilda the tortoise was the mascot of the store. the owner -- dean pipito -- says her cage was in the room where the fire started. he thinks matilda knocked over a heat lamp. pipito was just pulling in to the business to take care of some paperwork when he noticed the flames. (dean pipito/store owner) 'my life was on fire. i pulled up and i couldn't believe what i was seeing.' the cause of the fire was deemed accidental. this afternoon an abc news exclusive -- chris brown opening up for the first since being arrested during that standoff. how he says he can prove it was all a set-up! plus -- a woman burns her ex- boyfriend's car and it's all caught on camera.... why she wasn't sucesful even though the man's car is nearly

i pledge allegiance, to the flag [continues in background] they're bringing drugs, they're brigning crime, they're rapists... you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes... blood coming out of her...wherever [pledge continues in background] you gotta see this guy; "oh, i don't know what i said. ah, i don't remember." i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters... get him the hell out of here... get him out of here! get out!

fire, burning south of paradise, california. in a matter of hours, a fire that was only burning several acres monday evening quickly grew to 360 acre. the saddle fire caused power outages for hundreds of people. officials have asked a number of residents to evacuate their let's go to 13 first alert chief meteorologist bryan scofield. it looks like a fairly quiet weather pattern is on tap with a dry northwesterly flow aloft. this will bring temps closer to average for this time of year with highs topping out around 100 starting tomorrow through the weekend. expect sunny to mainly sunny skies each afternoon with a mountain shower possible

sunday, ahead of a system approaching from the pacific northwest that will keep us breezy on monday and then windy on tuesday as it passes mainly to our north. the system will also drag in cooler air which will drop high temps to the mid 90s on monday and tuesday. time of year with highs topping out around 100 starting tomorrow through the weekend. expect sunny to mainly sunny skies each afternoon with a mountain shower possible thursday. the winds will pick up to breezy on sunday, ahead of a system

breezy on monday and then windy on tuesday as it passes mainly to our north. the system will also drag in cooler air which will drop high temps to the mid 90s on monday and tuesday. a florida woman is facing arson charges right now for setting the wrong car on fire! carmen chamblee -- seen on this

her ex- boyfriend's....but it wasn't. the car belonged to thomas jenning...who didn't even know the suspect. jennings says a roommate woke him up to the chaos. 1:00 he came running in the house telling me my car was on fire so we immediately ran out there, he had a pot of water just trying to get it to go out but it was just too much," investigators believe chamblee lit a rag on fire and put in the gas tank causing the flames to quickly spread. the fire did five thousand this afternoon -- things are back to normal for british airways. but overnight -- travelers waited in long lines at airports across the world because of a computer outage! the airline says customers were delayed checking in for their flights...some people waited in line for three hours at the san francisco airport. there were also delays in mexico city and atlanta-- that's where one family from london got stuck while trying to come home. :17-:22 everybody's tired.

we've just been sitting here for 6 hours now. (butted with) :05-:08 it's crazy an i'm mad mad mad! this was the second major computer outage in the last few months for the airline. in may, british airways had to delay and cancel hundreds of flights because of an outage. a grieving widow is asking for the community's help-- after a priceless statue made by her late husband is taken right from her front yard. beverly voiss tells us the nearly 250 pound peruvian stallion was the last she says friday night she came back to her home near d-i and nellis... and the bronze horse worth 85-thousand dollars was gone. voiss says she doesn't care about the monetary value of the artwork-- she just wants this memory of her husband back. victims - v some of music's top names gathered in baton rouge last night for a benefit concert to help louisiana flood victims. the louisiana rising show

fund. the event featured performances by aaron neville, hunter hayes and better than ezra. and we've learned the caesars foundation is donating 25 thousand dollars to the victims. last month's floods left at least 13 people dead, damaged more than 60-thousand homes and left thousands living in shelters. a university's librarian leaves behind a huge suprise after passing away... a century cataloguing books at the university of new hampshire. while going about his business, morin also kept a secret. he saved and invested nearly every dollar he earned... he died with about 4 million dollars in the bank.... and get this... he left every cent of it to the university. :34 i suspect everybody was shocked.// certainly by his lifestyle would not have expected that he was able to leave those kinds of funds. :42 morin's legacy lives on....

on a bench outside the library. this afternoon in an abc news exclusive -- chris brown is opening up about that stand off with la-pd that resulted in his arrest. cb: i cannot wait til the truth comes to light about this incident and this situation. coming up -- what brown's lawyer is saying about the whole situation and one piece of evidence he says will prove his client innocent.

reid's senate seat heats up. outside groups, candidates and political parties spent about 25 million dollars on t-v ads by the end of august. according to the a-p more than 13 million was from groups favoring republican congressman joe heck... and 11-million was for catherine cortez masto. this race is getting a lot of attention nationally because it could determine which party controls the u-s senate. this afternoon -- singer chris brown's lawyer is sharing exclusively with abc news..

where he alleges the singer was framed by the woman who's accusing brown of pointing a gun at her. you may remember -- brown was arrested last week following a 9-hour standoff with the l-a-p-d. now his lawyer claims the woman made up the entire story. abc's elizabeth hur is in new york with the exclusive details. new allegations in the chris brown saga.. this time.. the singer claiming he is the victim of a set up. ((sot)) cb: "i cannot wait til the truth comes to light about this incident and this seen in this video provided exclusvely to abc news.. says he is innocent.. ((nat)) broadcastify: "two females unknown crying asking for help." it was last tuesday morning.. police responded to a 911 call from former beauty queen, baylee curran,.. who later told abc news.. she was in brown's home with a dozen others.. looking at a box of expensive diamond jewelry when brown suddenly lashed out at her.. ((sot)) baylee curran: "that's when chris came in and said i'm so sick of all you people. he took the gun out, put in my face and said get the f out."

is refuting that claim.. sharing a text message.. allegedly sent by the accuser to a friend.. just minutes before the 911 call.. ((gfx)) the text reading, "this freak chris brown is kicking me out of his house because i called his friend's jewelry fake ?.i'm going to set him up and call the cops and say that he tried to shoot me and that will teach him a lesson.. i'm going to set his [expletive] up." ((sot)) mark geragos: "there was a that was done. they went in, and said they had a description of the piece of jewelry. not found in the house. they went in, a gun, not found in the house." ((sot)) danabrams "if this text is real and no other context out there, this case is over. i mean, this is it." elizabeth tag: brown's accuser is if she had written such an weeks. eh, abc news, ny. right now we are working on all-new stories for 13 action

including new details about that space-x rocket explosion. what the company who'se satellite was destroyed is doing.

i'm catherine cortez masto and i come from a big family. a whole lot of people. a whole lot of love. and a whole lot of food. my dad's family was from mexico. my mom's was from italy. 60 years ago they met here in nevada and we grew as a family

but he went on to be the head of tourism for las vegas and helped build the city we know today. dad lived his life following three principles, work hard, be honest and respect everyone, that's what i tried to do as attorney general. catherine took on the big banks when they preyed on homeowners. and forced them to pay one point nine billion dollars to nevadans. she became a national leader in protecting children from sex traffickers. and passed laws to keep seniors safe from crooked scams. ething

a deadly helicopter crash in palm bay is now under investigation. you're taking a look at a video recorded moments ago. officials say at least three people were killed when the chopper went down just hours ago. while the helicopter is an older military-style aircraft it was not believed to have been operating in any kind of military capacity. investigating. good afternoon and thank you for joining us. i'm carla wade. and i'm steve wolford. more on the race for the white house in a moment. first.. let's get to 13 first alert chief meteorologist bryan scofield. bryan are triple digits are back in the forecast? it looks like a fairly quiet weather pattern is on tap with a dry northwesterly flow aloft. this will bring temps closer to average for this time of year with highs topping out around 100 starting tomorrow through