you see you gotta have a code to get in... but getting out... was a bit easier, 12:30pm ... a detective checks in on alonso perez in the interrogation room. his hands cuffed....to a pipe on the table. all seems normal...but no with no police eyes on him... watch as minutes later....he turns his body weight until ...the cuff snaps! police releasing pictures of the broken bracelet. (randy sutton, sot) it's like never seen it 13 action news crime and safety expert retired lt randy sutton says when you snap these in somebody there not going anywhere. thats what north las vegas police thought too...until this case. they say ..not only was the suspect cuffed...but he was in a locked room. he escaped by climbing onto a chair... going through the ceiling... he landed in a police hallway... still no one saw him as walked out the back door in shackkes (are police buildings ordinarily monitored at every entrance?) no, no they're not

wants to have happen tonight a second look at another video... perez seen opening fire into an occupied building in july. no one was hurt then ... but in an incidetn last month... police say this valley father of four was fatally gunned down...after an stgument. police say perez stole a truck from a nearby parking lot. he was found and re arrsted last night. coming up at six...we will tell facing.. plus what police are going to do to make sure this never happenes again. witnesses will also describe that take down. two men are facing charges for their alleged role in a robbery at raising cane's. chopper 13.. fast and first over the scene this morning near charleston and decatur.. where metro responded to a burglary alarm. it's still not clear what..

a toddler is fighting for his life right now after investigators say he was beaten so badly.. his brain is swelling. and tonight.. the man who was supposed to look after him is under arrest. 13-action news anchor christopher king has more on what's in the police report in this tragic story. chris. this is the police report. and it indicates..the outlook for that little boy is grim. he's beaten within inches of his life. his skull..is fractured. his brain..hemorrhaging police say..the that little boy's mother..is to blame. right now..this man..duarte jeremiah fayne..is behind bars..accused of doing the unthinkable. police say..fayne..who's 6- foot-2..and wieghs about 180 pounds..beat his girlfriend's 17- month old son so badly..he could die. we won't reveal the child's name. he's a minor. we won't show the pictures of how savagely he was beaten. they're too gruesome. we can tell you..the little boy was taken to the hospital..week ago monday. according to this police report..the child..suffering from bruising..under both eyes..his abdomen and jaw.

but the toddler's five-year- old brother tells police..fayne hit the child on the head..then threw him on the bed. the five-year-old at first..thought his little brother..was dead. but the little boy..was still breathing. police..arrested fayne..for child abuse. fayne, charged with attempted murder, denies hitting the little boy. christopher king, 13 action news. tense moments for parents.... at a valley middle school..... after someone made an unusual discovery.... in the gym! now... all students are required to take a differe test.... before going home. 13 action news reporter... marti glaser joins us.... from "walter johnson junior high school".... near buffalo and alta.... with more.... on a mercury discovery! marti.... tricia -- police have been here for several hours -- and say the mercury may have been in that gym since yesterday -- prompting contamination concerns. rumors have been circulating on exactly where that mercury was found .. and parents say they are

as for how much mercury was found -- police say it was about the amount you'd find in an old thermometer. either way -- hazmat crews arrived on campus, and not long after nervous parents followed -- unable to get to their kids for a while. "they tell us to go there and then they move over here and we have all the windows blocked off so we can't see our kids inside." police are checking every child's sneakers for possible contamination and some have even been told to leave their sneakers behind . we will have more on this marti glaser 13 action news. nearly -20- people are without a home this evening... including a woman.. -8- months pregnant! here's why... fire swept through their apartment complex last night.... near serene and las vegas boulevard. this video from overnight shows.... just how intense the flames got. according to scanner traffic... a gas line.... kept re- igniting..... so fire crews were still fighting the blaze...

after it started. firefighters told 13 action news last night... the building may have large amounts of asbestos... part of the reason..... many people weren't allowed back in. samantha hoyer, apartment burned it's crazy how i can't do anything about my own stuff but people can bust out my window fire officials say.. one person was taken to the hospital. police are after two gunmen responsible for two robberies and two more attempted holdups early this morning. 13 action news reporter parker collins went to each of the crime scenes to find out what happened. 21:05 "they both had old school halloween masks...unknown if the 4-13s were real or not" 21:10 in a little more than an hour... two people hit up four businesses... several miles apart.... one right after another. one clerk said they were wearing masks. they had the whole operation down to a science. 4:18-4:34 - "...took only cigarettes, no cash..." they walked in... demanded cash... got what they could... and took off-- all before the

they got away with just a few dollars or cigarettes. half the time they got absolutely nothing... some of the casheirs-- even with guns pointed in their faces-- couldn't open the registers. at each stop... they came in guns blazing. standup: both of these people had guns but police say here was where one of them pulled the trigger. alex cunanan, sicily's pizza :16 actually the day before... got robbed the next day." :24 police think a third person might have been helpi pair... driving them up and down the valley... helping them make such good time. police looked all morning for the people who did this. at least one guy came close... but no one took a bullet. parker collins thirteen action new. the remnants of hurricane newton are still packing a punch. the storm has been downgraded to a post tropical cyclone.. but it's still dropping a lot of rain on arizona.

south of tucson along the mexican border. 13 first alert chief meteorologist bryan scofield is tracking this storm right now.. and joins us from the weather center to let us know if it's going to have an impact on our weather. bryan. in "your voice....

dominating..... the campaign trail. donald trump's campaign..... released a list of support.... from - 88- generals. on her campaign plane... clinton..... brushed it off. clinton sot tuesday on plane i think we're now up to 89 but whose counting. clinton's campaign released its own list.... -95- generals.... that support her. both candidates will participate in on national security tonight.... in new york. you're looking at.... the -25- hour-long "sit-in protest".... democrats staged this summer.... on the house floor. republicans have not forgotten this! g-o-p house majority leader.... kevin mc-carthy says.... democrats who participated in the protest..... will be punished..... for breaking house rules. those rules include.... guidelines on who can speak.... and.... who they can address. house republican leaders are discussing several options.... as potential penalties. by this time tomorrow.. we could have a better idea

proposed nfl stadium in las vegas. organizers are scheduled to hold another meeting at 1pm tomorrow. developers are asking the southern nevada tourism infastructure committee to recommend a room tax increase to governor sandoval. the majority owner.. las vegas sands.. says it needs approval by the end of the month. a vote to fund the fight...... against the zika virus fails in the senate.... for the third time!!! the senate democrats blocked the billion dollar measur night...... over a provision that would prevent money..... from going to "planned parenthood". ((sot)) sen. bill nelson (d-fl) well, there are clearly people down in the house of representatives that want to defund planned parenthood -- but what does that have to do with zika? the concern..... over the zika spread grows. there are -7- new cases transmitted.... in miami. the c-d-c says.... they are out of money..... to control the virus. congress has until the end of the month..... to approve a zika funding bill... or risk..... a potential government

in their own home. 13 action news isn't giving up on this problem. and now... we may have found a way..... to get these people.... some help. and.. a valley faml closure is pushed back... again. why there's been a delay..... in the death penalty trial... in the alyssa otremba case.

i'm catherine cortez masto and i approve this message. as a doctor, i see how decisions in washington impact my patients here in nevada. so even though i'm a republican, i won't be voting for joe heck. joe heck's voted ten times to defund planned parenthood, which thousands of women and heck opposes a woman's right to choose even when her health is at risk. for me and my patients, joe heck makes no sense. for me and my patients, ? ? ? isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine.

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from 95 and rancho. traffic backed up...after what looks to be a vehicle overturned blocking several lanes. people at a downtown apartment complex still don't have a working elevator.... leaving some of them in their apartments and very worried!!! but... contact 13 investigative reporter.... stephanie zepelin.... is not letting this issue go... and.... is getting some answers!!! stuck in his apartment, robert myers says he has missed as many as seven doctor's appointments. 14.54.43 ive been able to keep my cool 44 but i might start getting really angry and stuff 48 it's all because he lives on

broken. ((graphic here)) let's take a look at what happened here: robert myers, the man we interviewed, says the elevator first broke on july 9. on august 11, robert first emailed us for help...that's when our contact 13 volunteers stepped in. between august 11 and september, management made multiple promises the elevator would be fixed. but it never was. our news team stepped in, and you first met robert on september 2nd. management said the elevator would be fixed on september the date came and went - but the elevator still isn't going anywhere. we checked again today, and the property management company is telling us they are sending out another crew this friday, september 9th, to fix it. ((end of graphic)) the management company, plenty of places, told us today they have offered to move people downstairs and are "happy to help them." but for robert, it's just not an option. 14.49.26 i dont know what else i can do 29 im in a situation where i really can't afford to

can contact for help. housing and urban development: 1-800-669-9777 hud.gov silver state fair housing council 702-749-3288 on action news live at six, find out all steps we took to get these folks help -- including getting the city involve. stephanie zepelin, 13 action news. right now... some breaking news. screen. these three men are suspected in a series of robberies in the soutwest part of the valley. they entered several businesses armed and demanding cash. no one was injured. you can see one of them wearing a skull mask and a white jersey with the number 40. another suspect is also wearing a mask. delta airlines is taking a big financial hit in the wake of

the glitch.. which lasted several hours.. took down the computers needed to book passengers and fly jets. delta was forced to cancel about 2- thousand flights over 3 days.. and agreed to give those flyers refunds.. vouchers.. and in some cases hotel rooms. altogether.. delta says the meltdown cost the airline 150-million dollars. from contact 13... apple unveiled its latest version of the eye-phone... today. it's the eye phone 7 and -7- among the changes... as expected.... apple removed the jack.... for standard headphones. apple's iconic.... white earbuds will now connect..... with the phone's lightning port... but... apple will include an are also water resistant... come in new shades of black.... and they have.... improved cameras. americans are borrowing more money than ever..... to pay for their cars... and.... they're not paying the loans back.... on time. outstanding car loans in the

from "usa today" more people are leasing vehicles these days.... but experts say... that could mean poor resale rates.... at the end of those leases.... in the next few years. adlib let's go to chief meteorologist bryan scofield and '13 first alert weather.' by tomorrow, high temperatures will break into the triple but just barely and hold there into sunday. city heat will range between 98 and 103 during this time but should not exceed 103 degrees. by sunday though, winds will pick up and a 10-20 mph wind will be common along with an occasional

week, a cold front passes through bringing temperatures back down into the low and mid 90s and potentially the upper 80s! as for tropical still moving fast at 18 mph towards the northeast. it made landfall on mexico's mainland late last night and southern arizona, including

flooding, loss of power, down power lines and trees will be a major concern for everyone living within southern arizona as a whole. the rain should continue through thursday afternoon!

we sent him here to fix it. but congressman joe heck became part of the problem. wall street invested over a half-million dollars in congressman heck's campaigns, and heck supports their agenda -- privatizing social security, handing wall street billions in fees, but risking our retirement in the stock market, cutting benefits, congressman heck -- what's wrong with washington.

sentence with a possibility for parole after 60 years. holland was convicted of having sex with teenage girls in his congregation earlier this year. the trial of a valley teenager.. charged in the brutal rape and murder of 15-year old alyssa otremba.. is be javier righetti admitted to stabbing and sexually assualting otremba in 2011. his trial was scheduled to start october 3rd but his defense attorney wants the death penaly off the table. he claims righetti can't be given a death sentence because he has an intellectual disability. an expert is now being called-in to evaluate righetti's mental capacity. new on 13 action news live at

they're now delivering food. but with no state regulations... is your food safe? contact 13 chief investigator darcy spears takes a look at how you may be putting your health in the driver's hands. and... here's a look..... at what's coming up in tonight's primetime line-up.... right here on abc... at 8:00... followed by modern family... at 9:30... it's "black-ish".... at 10:00... it's "modern family"... followed by "the middle"... and then... we will see you tonight... for action news... live at -11- that's our news for now.. but... stay with us.... for abc's world news tonight... up next. we're always on at ktnv.com and on our free ktnv mobile app.

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tonight, the new shooting caught on camera in a city under siege. a 71-year-old man shot while simply watering his lawn. his neighbor's camera capturing his struggle to then get help. and now, the plea this evening to find the suspects. also tonight, the deadly storm. we're tracking the tropical system moving across this country. a month's worth of rain in just hours. and the seve the commander in chief test. donald trump, who once said he had a secret plan to take out isis, his big reveal tonight. and after our interview, trump saying hillary clinton doesn't look presidential, tonight, chelsea clinton center stage, firing back. the deadly mid-air collision. two planes colliding, the second time in a week. and the spoiler. what amazon posted early today that unlocked the clues to the new iphone.