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with the special session just a little over two weeks away.. 13- action news political analyst jon ralston has been touching base with his sources to find out what the big players are saying. ----unlv professor rob lang has been talking about stadiums before sheldon adelson was. he thinks it's a natural next step for las vegas. play sound
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our ability...." 14:29:08: "....if we had such a facility." ----lang says that a stadium is a perfect use of room taxes and keeps the tax where it is generated -- in las vegas. help las vegas compete with other tourist las vegas compete with other tourist destinations. in about -30- minutes... a memorial will be held....
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they try to block interstates...as they have the last three nights the national guard on standby read to enforce a midnight curfew. atlanta protests going on simultaneously hundreds of people marching through downtown atlanta from local civil rights landmarks... the tulsa police officer facing manslaughter charges for shooting an unarmed black man is free on bail tonight. this morning and released after posting a 50- thousand-dollars bond. she says she shot terence crutcher because she thought he might be reaching for a weapon in his car. videos show crutcher walking toward his car with his hands raised before he was shot. no weapon was found in his vehicle. nevada senate candidate catherine cortez masto wants her opponent to apologize for social media comments questioning her mexican heritage. she was joined by latino community members today after former staffers for republican
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cortez masto says her grandfather immigrated here from mexico and her father.. manny cortez.. was a longtime clark county commissioner. the staffers in question no longer work for the heck campaign.. but she wants heck to apologize anyway. catherine cortez masto @15:10 "he needs to stand up and denounce that type of rhetoric. and that's the problem with congressman heck, you have not seen him stand up to denounce any type of devisive rhetoric whether it's coming from his former aides coming from donald trump." the heck campaign sent us this response that reads: we have many questions for ms. cortez-masto but none of them relate to her heritage. no one affiliated with this campaign has questioned that. ted cruz is endorsing... donald trump. in a facebook post... cruz writes: "after many months day..... i will vote for the republican nominee.... donald trump." vice
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role..... in getting cruz to support trump. trump has responded saying.... he's greatly honored.... by the endorsement. most of hillary clinton's recovered e-mails will be released.... after election day. a federal judge ordered.... the state department.... to process -1- thousand and -50- pages of e- mails.... between now and november -4- th. it's unclear exactly..... how many pages.... the state department will have to release..... as part of that order. new concerns tonight about the pokemon go craze that's up next.. the danger involving distracted drivers playing the game.. and we'll hear from a man who says he does it all the time. plus... new calls for unity..... as the city of charlotte.... struggles to recover from violent protests..... following a deadly police shooting. and.. count on chopper-13 to put you over breaking news fast and first.. and only on 13-action news.
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>> deborah: i'm coming up on "inside edition," brad pitt's breath taking revelation, did he really have a nose to nose confrontation with his teenaged son? confrontation with his teenaged son? "inside edition" right after what kind of person would misuse the topic of rape in a political campaign? joe heck, that's who. the truth is, as attorney general, catherine cortez masto led the fight against crimes like sexual assault and worked with republicans and democrats to make sure rape kits were administered for victims. but in washington, congressman joe heck d against funding for rape kits. joe heck. lying about rape. part of the problem in washington. i'm catherine cortez masto
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were mixed. caesars down over 2-percent red rock resorts was up by just over 1%. twitter's stock soared 20% on rumors it might be sold. alphabet.. the parent company of google. is said to be a top interest. despite recent hits like livestreaming thursday night football.. twitter's user growth has slowed in recent years.. while competitors like snapchat continue to catch up. : samsung says almost half of the u-s have already been returned. samsung says the "note-7" returns appear to be picking up after the new version of the phone hit the u-s market earlier this week. samsung recalled the phones after dozens of reports of batteries catching fire.. or exploding. legacy startling news tonight..... about the effects of a bad habit. a new study shows.... that tobacco smoke.... can leave a -30- year legacy.... on your d-n-a.
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the d-n-a's chemical surface.... which can affect.... how genes function. some changes were still seen in participants... that stopped smoking.... -30- years ago. the study was published.... in the journal circulation: cardio-vascular genetics. a massive fire races through a local strip mall. we'll hear from witnesses about the intense flames.. and what it will take for those businesses to bouce back. plus... cops busted... doing the unthinkable. what a driver was forced to do.... after being pulled over...
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only 13 action news reporter parker..... collins spoke with the woman.... who called fire grow.... rapidly. 21:26:17- 21:26:44 this is where firefighters were all morning on the ground is broken glass and debris everywhere and up in the ceiling a hole where they had to go through to get at these flames take vo at 21:26:19 we have surveillance video of the moment this fire started it was putting flames straight up through the roof and for hours smoke was pouring up through there the wind did not help firefighters in order to put this out it was blowing smoke everywhere and really just fanning those flames take
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bigger and bigger... getting halway" :47 21:27:02- 21:27:12 half a dozen businesses were almost destroyed by this fire thankfully nobody got hurt near rancho and washington parker collins 13 action news. 3 phoenix police officers have resigned and a fourth has been demoted after forcing a teenager to eat marijuana during a traffic stop. the teenager says he was speeding.. but after the officers found the pot in his car.. he says they demanded he eat it to avoid jail time. he was then given a speeding ticket and released. he says he later became ill and has now filed a complaint. some parents in southern california are refusing..... to send their kids back to school.... after a child was diagnosed.... with leprosy. riverside county parents were notified of the initial riverside county parents were notified of the initial diagnosis.... earlier this month... but... labratory findings just
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it's difficult to contract leprosy... and.... classrooms have been decontmainated. but... some parents still plan to keep their child.... out of the elementary school. 26-31 jerry get out of there... so as you can tell the situation is totally out of control. right now.. the city of charlotte is trying to pull together after violent demonstrations this week.. but it will take a lot more than just cleaning-up. kumasi aaron is in charlotte... talking with the people there..... about what it will take.... to rebuild. --pkg full=-- take nat: up. take nat: "man boarding up door" that's the word of the day in downtown charlotte. take nat: "chaos" a far cry from the chaos that engulfed these streets just hours before. take nat: 07:45:10-12 i think it's wrong. i caught up with charlie as he waited to board the train, just feet away from hotels and shops boarding up their broken windows. charlie/ lives in charlotte 07:45:16-25 people just need to unite and call each other americans because no one deserves to die or if they treat each other right at the end of the day. that cry for unity and peace is being heard across this city.
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director, charlotte-mecklenburg community relations committee 08:49-09:02 charlotte is a community that together seeks the truth 8:54 i'm urging each of you, members of the community, to come together in peace. we are a peaceful people. take nat: "women with cookies" for these three friends from charlotte, their way of spreading peace is handing out cookies. nikki wolfe/ lives in charlotte 07:53:17-22 i just felt like the city could use some kindness and happiness spread a streets it's been a rough 48 hours here. "r"!"they watched protests turn violent from their homes, using one word to describe it. nikki wolfe/ lives in charlotte 07:53:40-47 heartbreaking it is it is heartbreaking that's the only word i can think of we want people to really know what here wait to see what's to come. hoping its better than what's past. charlie/ lives in charlotte 07:45:30-39 if we don't come together in the city the world is watching you know what i mean we have to be the front
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--kumasi live or looklive that the city can deal with it's issues peacefully. live in charlotte, i'm kumasi aaron for the now. tonight...increasing clouds...lows 72 to 75 on the to 77 on the east side. south winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southwest to 30 mph after midnight. .tuesday...mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. mostly in san bernardino and mohave counties. highs 81 to 84 on the west side of the valley...83 to 87 on the
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to 10 mph increasing to south 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. .tuesday night...mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. lows 67 to 72 on the west side of the valley... 66 to 71 on the east side. .wednesday...clouds and sun. 87 to 91 on the east side. winds generally light becoming southeast up to 10 mph in the afternoon. .thursday...gusty at times...clearing and cooler. lows around 61. .saturday through sunday...clear.
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atlanta protests going on simultaneously hundreds of people marching through downtown atlanta from local civil rights landmarks... we've been telling you about the dangers caused by people becoming distracted while playing pokemon go. now.. we're star check pkg full= balboa park is a magnet for tourists... sot: nats dog on leash dogs... and sot: "so we're just walking around looking for poke-stops" pokemon players. sot: "balboa park is one of the craziest places" lots of heath. her dog "atlas" is in heaven. sot: "it's good 'cause he gets driving. sot: "i get furious when people are doing this -- [holds up phone] -- in their car. i'm one of those people who will yell at you." sot: nats traffic outside balboa park but researchers from u-c-s-d and san diego state now warn that hundreds of thousands of people are playing the game behind the wheel. hillary and i are about to bump into one of them. sot: "i can hear someone. i can hear someone playing." sot: "are you playing, too? yeah." one of them -- "jake" --
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sot: "i drive all the time playing pokemon go. i can see how people get into accidents doing it." i asked him why do something so dangerous? sot: "obviously, live life on the wild side." not the answer his mom wanted to hear. sot: anne: "mom, c'mon, are you not worried that he plays pokemon and drives? i don't, i and then brag about it on twitter. sot: anne standup: "i talked to ucsd researcher linda hill by phone, she told me she was surprised by the sheer volume or... flood... "in just 10 days, they found 345,000 posts with the words "pokemon go" and "driving." sot: "i think i'm safe when i'm doing it." but the pokemon go players we talked to say... the game isn't the only thing that's distracting drivers. sot: "it's just the same as texting though. people are going to do what they're going to do on their phone anyway." sot: "it's just different people. it's just pokemon people now." i'm anne state, for the now.
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is going viral tonight. how police officers in oakland stepped up to help a teen..... who spends 4 hours a day.... walking back and forth.... from work. congressman heck's become part of the problem in washington. heck voted to protect perks for politicians like himself, allowing congressmen to travel on private jets at taxpayer expense and voted members of congress, like himself, taxpayer-funded healthcare for life. heck even voted to allow congressmen to take their pay during a government shutdown. congressman heck is what's wrong
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ride..... thanks to a group of police officers.... in california. -18- year-old..... jourdan duncan was surprised with a new bike... after authorities learned.... t he walks -2- hours to work each way.... every day. jourdan duncan/recieved bike 19-27 "i don't want to feel like i'm a burden to people so myself and where i need to go from point a to point b," he said. benicia police corporal kirk keffer/gave bike to teen 42-49 "there's not a lot of 18 year olds out there that have this dedication we just wanted to make sure he know how much i appreciated what he's doing," keffer said. duncan has aspirations to be an officer..... with the california highway patrol.--so the police department is now working to give him a ride along... in the coming weeks..... to help further his goal of becoming.... an officer. coming up later...
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line-up... at -8-... it's "last man standing" at 8:30.... "doctor ken" at -9-... shark tank at -10-... it's 20/20 that's our news for now.. but we hope to see you again later tonight for 13 action news live at 11. remember.. we're always.... on at k-t-n-v dot com... and.... our k-t-n-v mobile app. "inside edition" is next. thank you for watching.. and...
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brad pitt's breath taking revelation. >> his nose-to-nose confrontation with his teenaged son at the airport. >> the luxury private charter plane where it happened. then -- >> don't shoot him. don't shoot him. >> just released video of the charlotte shooting. it was recorded by his did you shoot him? >> they've got tear gas out. let's go. >> and what happened when the protesters tried to shut down the interstate? >> the riot police are pushing us and all of the protesters off of the highway. >> and the scramble to get the stage ready for the great debate and "shark tank" billionaire mark cuban. >> has he snagged a front row seat to play mind games with donald trump? plus --
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