professor...59 year old leslie griffin who was viciously attacked while on a jog. police say on friday griffin was unconscious in the hospital. i think this is just heartbreaking more than anything police reports say mattingly was working a a smiths grocery up the road before running into griffin....after the attack he took off. he stood there and looked at her for a while before he started taking off police say mattingly then tried to take another womans car before other people were able to stop him until police arrived. this attack has left everyone shock. you would assume that this wouldn't happen this is a nice park i've never seen anything out of the ordinary like this coming up at six -- we'll tell you more about the professor students say was badly beaten. lesley marin 13 an state senators are in a race

start of yom kippur. and before they leave.. they're expected to vote on a proposed nfl stadium in las vegas. 13 action news reporter bryan callahan is live in carson city with the latest on what's happening. bryan. the biggest of those changes.. zips the removal of language that would give metro $4 million from stadium revenue. we are hearing to offset that... changes are being made to the more cops tax to make sure police departments get the money they need. there is also language calling for 15 percent of the subcontracts on projects to go

against the stadium proposal. sawyer building today to take an opportunity to speak directly to lawmakers in carson city.. via tele-conference. some feel the whole project is happening too fast. it seems like it would need more careful consideration during the session that is coming up, rather than in this emergency session. stadium supporters were also on hand.. and say they're looking foward to the jobs that would be generated by the stadium during construction..

the suspect in a bank robbery that left a valley intersection closed for hours today is still on the run. but - investigators say he did leave something behind. contact 13 investigative reporter stephanie zepelin explains. """"""a bank robbery and bomb threat closed this bank behind me for several hours, along with the surrounding streets.""""" around 9:30 this morning, a masked man came into the us bank branch at desert inn and hualapi, carrying a police say he told the employees he had explosives in the bag he was carrying, and demanded money. he left the branch with an unknown amount of money,, but also left his bag. the bank was evacuated, as were surrounding businesses, while authorities checked everything out. the incident is leading other businesses to support each other in the area. 13.05.10 i think we're going to have a litte more security,

that way, even if it's not us, we can help put these guys away 19 jill leiva neighboring business owner """""""'if you know anything about what happened, call metropolitan police. soc.""""" we're getting our first look tonight at a valley man arrested in connection with a deadly crash. police say qaadir isaam amin ended up in the bahamas after leaving the scene of the crash back in may at cheyenne and simmons. another driver involved in the collision later died at umc. amin is accused of leaving the a brutal example of road rage - caught on tape as a savage fight breaks out in the middle of a busy roadway. 13 action news reporter tom george joins us live near flamingo and eastern where the fight broke out. tom -- you can see just how busy this area is here. this video is less than a minute long but that short amount of time was at look for that fight to go from start to

you can see a man get out of his car armed with a crowbar before scuffling with a crowbar. but then she flips the script grabbing the crowbar and swinging it at him. he flips her over but she comes back swinging. and ends up smashing his window... meanwhile, in the background two guys watch it all go down. me personally i probably would have broke it up, they should've broke it but a lot of people mind their own business in that type of situation but it was definitely crazy. after its all over the man gets now you can't see it in the video but metro says the woman also had a knife. coming up tonight at 6, how they're handling the case and what kinds of charges could be coming. reporting live at flamingo and eastern tol george 13 action news it was a long, slow chase as troopers tried to pull over a truck driver near lake mead and

the scene-- troopers say the man did not appear to be intoxicated, but rather tired. now they're requiring him to stay off the road for 10-hours. if you see a reckless driver on the road... dial star n-h-p or 911. and don't worry... you're exempt from the cell phone law during an emergency... so you wont get a ticket for making that call. your voice.. your vote in the race for the white house.. and las vegas will be hosting democrat hillary clinton tomorrow. "smith center" at 5:30 to urge nevadans to vote early. senate candidate catherine cortez masto and congresswoman dina titus will also be at the event. you can find information on how to get tickets at ktnv.com. clinton will get some extra support thursday when vice-president joe biden holds a rally at the culinary union building near las vegas boulevard and st. louis. he'll also be here on behalf of catherine cortez masto. that rally starts at

republican donald trump and arizona senator john mccain are going at it again. mccain formally renounced his support for donald trump.. but says he can't support hillary clinton either. trump fired back on twitter.. saying quote: "the very foul mouthed senator john mccain begged for my support during his primary.. then dropped me over locker room remarks!" conservative talk show host glenn beck is also turning his back on trump. beck now says it's up to every morally support trump.. who he calls "an immoral man who is absent of decency or nominee.. saying his latest debate performance shows he can still beat hillary clinton. last sunday night my runningmate showed humility. he showed the american people what was in his heart and then he fought back and turned the focus to the choice that we face. pence was campaigning today in

comes down to a choice between two futures. and the one offered by trump will mean a stronger.. more prosperous america. a special honor for las vegas fire and rescue today. the team is the recipient of the american heart association's... "mission: lifeline e-m-s gold award." they're receiving the award for improvement measures they've put in place for treating patients of severe heart attacks. terms of our paramedics and firefighters geting ekg's on patients having chest pain or other symptoms of a heart attack quickly and then recognizing that it's a heart attack on an ekg. every year more than 250-thousand americans experience severe heart attacks. and emergency crews have to be trained and ready to provide... quick and decisive action... in order to save a life.

find out how police say these two put motorists.. and a young child in danger. and a man is left for dead on a vegas roadway-- and neighbors say it's happened before! plus.. the latest on the expanding recall for a popular brand of ice cream. bryan?

attempt. the plan is to replace the 93-year- old structure. but the broadway bridge stretching over the arkansas river just won't collapse. and now no one can get onto the bridge... due to safety concerns. so officials are inspecting it from a crane to decide their next move. wisconsin are in some serious trouble for clowning around. police responded after several calls to 9-1-1 about people in clown masks chasing vehicles. this dash-cam video shows an officer confronting two men who were allegedly involved. officers also found their apparent getaway driver in a vehicle parked nearby. police say the worst part is.. one of the men.. and the woman driving the car..

just so they could go out and scare people. they're now being charged with child neglect. metro is looking for the gunman involved in a deadly shooting in downtown las vegas. and as 13 action news reporter parker collins tells us.. some say it's starting to happen way too often in their neighborhood. 12:20:11-12:20:32 15th has been closed for hours this morning you can see police and csi they've been working over here trying to piece this together take vo at 12:20:18 they're telling us early this morning a man was shot and killed and just lef the street a lot of people i'm talking to heard just a singular gunshot police don't think at this point it has any gang relations take sot david paracka, heard gunshot :23 "it happens a lot... i can't take it anymore. :31 12:20:56-12:21:04 police think there might have been a getaway vehicle but at this point they haven't made any arrests in downtown las vegas parker collins 13 action news. from contact 13... a consumer alert as blue-bell recalls more ice-cream! the company is now recalling

because of concerns of listeria. the recall includes blue bell cookie two step... blue bell blue monster... and blue bell krazy kookie dough. so far... there's no reports of anyone getting sick. the nation's highest court is looking at a long-running patent dispute between apple and samsung. in 2012... a jury trial found samsung infringed on six different apple patents... and awarded apple one billion dollars in damages. an appeals court reduced the 2015. apple is asking the supreme court to uphold the jury's award. the u.s. death toll continues to climb from hurricane matthew. it now stands at 21.. including 11 in north carolina. the other 10 were in florida.. south carolina and georgia. rescue crews in the carolinas are still trying to reach people stranded by floodwaters. hundreds are now living in evacuation shelters.. and thousands are without

is much more dire. the interim president says hurricane matthew has left haiti with virtually no clean water.. which is accelerating a cholera epidemic. in fact.. more than a dozen people have died from cholera in haiti since the storm.. which is now blamed for almost 400-deaths across the impoverished island nation. adlib let's go to chief meteorologist bryan scofield and '13 first alert weather.' our tranquil weather pattern will continue for a couple of punch will kick up our winds for a prolonged period. in the short term, expect highs in the mid 80s tomorrow and thursday, with light winds and sunny to mainly sunny skies. on friday the winds will start to pick up ahead of the first system. gusts will pick up to 35 mph in

overnight hours. saturday will be windy early and will drop to breezy by the afternoon. afternoon highs will top out in the upper 80s on friday, then drop to the mid 80s on saturday as the system sweeps cooler air into the area. sunday will be another windy day as the next system approaches. gusts will pick up to about 35 mph in the afternoon and remain highs will remain in the mid 80s sunday, then drop to around 80 on monday. yet another system moves in tuesday, keeping upper end breezy/low end windy conditions and reinforcing the cool air which will drop highs to the

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find out how much longer their famous brother-sister duo will be entertaining fans on the las vegas strip. and at six - some students don't do well in a traditional classroom. it can be distracting. we're finding out why the state threatening to close down one of the only options for parents who choose to home school their children. the most popular brother-sister act in las vegas are going to when i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. but i spent my whole life fighting back.

"that reporter he is talking about suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms." i don't want a president who makes fun of me. i want a president who inspires me, and that's not donald trump.

extended their residency through 2017. they've been one of the most popular acts on the las vegas strip for 8- years.. since opening at the flamingo in 2008. our tranquil weather pattern will continue for a couple of days, before a three system punch will kick up our winds for a prolonged period. in the short term, expect highs thursday, with light winds and sunny to mainly sunny skies. on friday the winds will start to pick up ahead of the first system. gusts will pick up to 35 mph in and will drop to breezy by the afternoon. new on action news live at six - when you send you're students to college.. what do you worry about most? booze, drugs.. boys! a new study reveals a newthreat harming your student.. depression and anxiety. we'll show you the things they

the help they need. and here's a look at what's coming up in tonight's primetime lineup right here on abc... at 8 it's the middle. followed by american housewife at 8:30. at 9 it's fresh off the boat. at 9:30 it's the real o'neals. followed by marvel's agents of shield at 10. then 13 action news live at i'm catherine cortez masto and i approve this message. they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists. narrator: and joe heck says "i have high hopes we'll see donald trump become president." i don't know what i said, aah... narrator: heck says he "completely supports" trump. i would bomb the [bleep] out of them. narrator: and heck? reporter: you trust him having his finger

reporter: why do you say that? heck: why wouldn't i? narrator: donald trump and joe heck. wrong for nevada. jacky rosen: i'm jacky rosen, and as a computer programmer, i created apps... before they were called "apps" and i learned there's always a smart solution. as president of my synagogue, we found a smart solution to rising energy costs... creating one of the largest solar projects in the state. in congress, i'll work with democrats and republicans to make all of nevada a leader in solar,

find smart solutions... even in washington. the desert is where bad guys go when they want to make evidence disappear. but hiding the evidence won't help danny tarkanian. sure, he can bury all those property taxes he skipped out on for years... ...or all those fake charities he helped set up... ...or the scams against seniors he formed... or the $17 million judgment he never paid.

tonight, breaking news. donald trump declares he's no longer shackled, and unleashes on several big names. blasting republican leaders for turning their backs on him. and back together, al gore tonight at hillary clinton's side. also breaking, the deadly plane crash on main street in one american city. emergency crews rushing to the scene. the smartphones igni and tonight, samsung now says it will stop making that phone in question. that customers should stop using it. but how can americans be sure the person next to them on the plane and in that subway is listening? the suspect running into traffic on a busy interstate. the officer chasing him and tasering him. and the fbi on the case tonight. the chilling video discovered on youtube. the man, the girl who appears tied up behind the door. is it real or is it a cruel prank? the family and the seven-year