but first...... a big win for solar power.. as the puc approves lower rates for a specific group of customers. the p-u-c has approved a deal that will restore lower rates to customers who have installed - or applied to install a roof-top solar system. 13 action news political analyst jon ralston expains what that means going forward. solarcity had shuttered its but today's decision by state regulators to give 32,000 customers old rates has changed all that. i asked jon wellinghoff, a solar city policy adviser about that before the decision was final. the decision was final.

the company also has a backlog of thousands of customers who want to get solar panels. wellinghoff says they are eager to market their product to them. but what protections do customers have? and is the company healthy enough to do business here? more on that later on 13 action news. 25:15-25:26 someone (inaudible) the vehicle. i don't see it. i don't know what it looked like. it came up from behind me so fast." is rear ended from behind near tropicana and durango. so hard... he was flung from his bike. yet somehow he radioed for help 13 action news reporter parker collins is first the scene... catching a parade of first responders escorting the injured officer to the hosptial. and parker is the only one to speak with a man who came to the officer's side even before

they had tropicana taped off and this is what it looked like evidence markers everywhere debris was left out here for hours as well take vo at 20:35:42 we know an officer on a motorcycle was rear ended and the collision was so hard he was flung off that motorcycle and hit the windshield of the car behind him that driver police are saying was drunk he did stay behind but he was charged with dui that officer was taken to the hospital amazingly he was responsive able to talk the outlook does take sot bobby robertson, rushed to officer's side 23:13:07-23:13:16 "for the sound and for the wreckage and for the bike to be that far away i mean for the officer to be alive is just a godsend he was okay but it was the officer who radioed dispatch that he needed help near tropicana and durango parker collins 13 action news. a new campaign against recreational marijuana in nevada just launched with some

the group called "protecting nevada's children" went live with their website today. it's the first major push against recreational pot in our state. officials declined to name their financial backers.. but that information is expected to come later next month. a question regarding recreational pot will be on the november ballot. (donald trump/(r) presidential nominee) president barack obama was born in the united states. period. now to the race for the white house and donald trump. today- an about face on the political career. a-b-c's karen travers has the latest from washington, dc. script: donald trump finally stating this as fact: donald trump president obama was born in the united states period. it was billed by his campaign as a major announcement... and it was classic trump - he took no questions from the press...but he did get in a

budget, on time and while trump was unequivocal about obama's birthplace...he threw out two other falsehoods: threw out two other falsehoods: donald trump hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. i finished it. there's no evidence that clinton or her team 8 years ago were behind the birther movement...and today in washington she blasted trump hillary clinton imagine a person in the oval office who traffics in conspiracy theories and refuses to let them go no matter what the facts are. president obama weighing in from the oval office this morning. potus i was pretty confident about where i was born. i think most people were as well. my hope would be the presidential election reflects more serious issues than that for years trump has refused to acknowledge the fact that the

attempt to broaden his appeal. rick klein, abc news political director when donald trump goes birther it is a thinly veiled attempt to appeal to the fringes of the country. it has veins of racism through it. and clinton got a boost on the campaign trail today in karen travers close: and in a week and a half - it will be just hillary clinton and donald trump on stage at that first qualify. abc news washington verbatim: time/initial: what do you think of this? co could be on your child's college campus. the white house says more than 80 colleges and universities have signed on to its "fair chance for higher education" pledge. those schools are promising not to disqualify applicants because of their criminal records. they also commit to making internships and job training available. according to the white house..about one in five americans have a criminal record. starting tonight at 10 o'clock...

interstate 15 ramp. the closure is expected to last until sunday morning at ten a-m. it could create a headache for some drivers...considering it's the busiest ramp in the state.. it's apart of the project neon... if you are driving this weekend...try to avoid that area.... there will be detour signs for you to follow if you have to drive through there. flames.. shoot from a car on the side of a busy highway.. and it's caught on camera! plus.. bobbi kristina brown is back in who a judge now says is legally responsible for her death. warming temps, light winds and lots of sunshine will be the theme for the weekend. and a look at today's closing numbers.. the dow is down 89 points, closing at 18,124.

danny tarkanian's carrying a lot of baggage. as a real-estate developer, tarkanian was penalized for failing to pay thousands in property taxes. tarkanian was ordered by a judge to repay $17 million in a failed development scheme. tarkanian refused to pay the money back, forcing taxpayers to bail him out, leaving us holding the bag.

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the other driver...the one who the other driver...the one who caused the accident...survived and was taken to the hospital. new information on the death of bobbi kristina brown. a court is holding her fiance.. nick gordon.. legally responsible for her death. brown -- the daughter of whitney houston and bobby brown -- died in 20- 15 after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub. according to the court documents.. her estate is seeking at lea 10- thousand dollars in damages from gordon. gordon did not respond -- so the court ruled the motions unopposed-- the court ordered a jury trial. take a look at this poster. it shows a girls high school basketball team in iowa in headdresses and war paint... and it's getting a lot of unwanted attention. members of the oglala lakota tribe says it's disrespectful. clarke community school's superintendent says the poster

demonstration of the school embracing their history. the poster has not yet been distributed-- the school district is in the process of reviewing it to determine if changes are needed. what are the odds of hitting the same roulette number -- not once -- but three times. screaming off the top the las vegas hotel where this woman just scored 35-thousand dollars. the fallout over exploding batteries. millions of samsung galaxy note recall. the timing of the samsung chaos couldn't be worse..

williams was under the influence when he crashed into the officer near tropicana and durango early this morning. the investigation shut down the intersection for hours. officers say willams did stay on the scene. the injured officer is recovering at umc trauma. screaming about :04 sec new at 3 that is the reaction at the aria casino after leslie sategna (sateena) .. placed a one thousand dollar winning 35-thousand dollars. get this.. the 36-year-old california mother of two has hit the same roulette number three times in the last 20 years! the first time she was 16 years old. her father placed the bet.. ten dollars on the 16. this girl has found her lucky number. now to the latest from contact 13. scenes like this playing out

the new apple i-phone seven. the devices are now on sale at apple stores. but there's sure to be disappointment, because some models of the phone are already sold out.. thanks to heavy pre-order sales. almost a million, brand new, galaxy note 7's...sold here in the u-s...are now part of a massive recall issued by the consumer product safety commission. a-b-c's ray raimundi... reports.. samsung is now apologizing -- hoping the fl will help them awake from a two-week nightmare pkg script: just like many of its customers... samsung -- feeling the burn over their exploding cell phones. nats of cell phone burning the consumer product safety commission...now stepping in. warning galaxy note 7 buyers to turn in their phones. elliot kaye / cpsc chairman "today's message is to take that phone into your carrier or directly to samsung, if that's where you purchased it, and take advantage of this recall." scenes like this occuring across america.. 92 reports of overheating

of property -- damaged. including cars.. like this one...bursting into flames. nats of new samsung phones being shipped out a rush now to return those galaxy note 7's...after samsung says it was only this model... with a defective battery.. but reports have surfaced of other galaxy phones...overheating. ..smoking...and burning. sot mareno greenwade, samsung customer: "i was actually just sitting at my desk at work and it pretty much exploded." samsung was only 130 thousand customers to exchange phones... but 800 thousand mobile devices... with defective lithium-ion batteries... are still in circulation. nat pop of tim baxter "we apologize." as the u-s president of samsung issues an apology to its consumers.. the timing of the samsung chaos couldn't be worse.. as cell phone consumers wait in endless lines... for rival apple's release ... of the i-phone 7. ray raimundi standup close: samsung promises to have new phones in stores by next wednesday. and along with replacements...

credits are being offered as additional incentives. ray raimundi, abc news, new york. more trouble for some people in baton rouge after that historic flooding. a temporary dump site for flood debris is causing health concerns. it's growing right across the street from a local auto-body shop. the owner says a steady stream of trucks is hauling in new junk everday... and bringing more dust, dirt and mold along with them. timothy matthews owner, carmergency :07-:08 this is what we're breathing. ///butted to/// :39-:43 our employees are coming to work they don't know if it's dangerous. we can see the big pile debris and they don't know what's in it. the department of environmental quality has monitors set up at the debris site. at this time those monitors say the air is safe. officials say this site will let's go to 13 first alert chief meteorologist bryan scofield. warming temps, light winds and lots of sunshine will be the theme for the weekend. expect highs in the mid 90s on

however, changes seem to be coming for the start to the workweek as moisture pushes in from the south and starts to bring more cloud cover on monday and chances for rain starting late in the day. monday will also be breezy with highs in the mid 90s. by tuesday the cloud cover thicken and chances for rain will remain in the forecast. also, high temps will cool to the upper 80s. chances for rain will linger on wednesday with a bit less cloud cover and highs around 90.

approaches from the pacific northwest. most of the energy associated with this system will pass to our north, but it will pass close enough to bring windy conditions the area on thursday and breezy winds friday as it makes its exit. highs will top out in the low and mid 90s on thursday then in the upper 80s on friday as the system drags cooler air into the region.

inside edition today on 13 action news live at 3. anchor deborah norville is one of the people behind this newly released book. and she's here in the studio

woman: here in nevada, those were the worst days of our lives, and congressman heck called it "a blip." narrator: in 2008, joe heck called nevada's housing crisis "a blip on the radar." that's just how out of touch joe heck is. narrator: after heck sponsored a bill giving tax breaks to big banks, he took over $500,000 from wall street-- including banks who caused the housing crisis. it's clear what joe heck's priorities are, and families like mine get left behind. narrator: afscme people is responsible

norville. and inside edition has been following this year's presidential campaign just as closely as the rest of us. one of the latest controversies

portrait of donald trump...president obama talked about it in his stump speech for hillary clinton earlier this week...and inside edition has an exclusive interview with the artist. tell us more about that... right now we are working on all-new stories for 13 action

including officials approved lower solar rates thousands of solar customers in nevada. does this mean we've come to the end of the rooftop solar

back information related to the san bernardino terror attacks. the three organizaions fighting to get it released.

developing news for the solar industry. the p-u-c has just approved a