the violent attack happened while she was only steps away from safety.. but there's one takeaway that may have saved the woman's life. mahsa saeidi spoke with the woman and is live in her neighborhood. the victim told me...off camera.... the man was coming from this direction. she thought ... he was a neighbor on a workout. when he demanded she tossed him her car keys... but even she admits -- she may (sot) this is bad. (track)(vo = spotlight video, neighbors??) it's the moment of truth! a stranger outside her car -- a gun ....pointed .... at the victim's face! as long time neighbors watch --- the thoughts racing! (sot) how really dangerous it was for her. (butted) (sot) the horror she was probably feeling. (track)(vo = full frame with text) rewind -- door open ... 7:30pm.... the victim telling 13 action news ....she's about to unload her bags... when suddenly ...he appears ...saying quote: do you value

he's an idiot because he's on camera. (track) watch ...as she tosses her car keys ... but then ...instead of flight! (sot) woooooowww....i can't believe she ran after him. (track) it's fight. a brief scuffle.... before she gives up... and he ....gets in her car. sot)(vo = cover with vo) all the neighbors were out in the street (butted with) (sot)(vo = face on cam) people were talking about getting their guns out. (track) the 59 second video ending with the suspect driving (sot) he could've been in front of my house, running up o daughter (butted) (sot) even if you had a gun at your side or in the glove department, you wouldn't have had time to go for it. (track) police right now searching for this man... a big clue the victim says ... this water bottle he tossed....he touched. (tag) she says they have his fingerprints. if hes in the system this wont take long. it's a mystery--what caused a

u-n-l-v professor while she was on a jog. suddenly he lunged at her and grabbed her and kind a halfway lifted her up and threw her down students at u-n-l-v tell us it was their professor... leslie griffin who was viciously attacked while on a jog. investigators say mia ground then kicked her several times -- before trying to car jack another woman. at last check police say griffin was unconscious in the hospital with two brain bleeds. new tonight.. we've shown a lot of video like this- burglars.. caught on camera rummaging through people's homes.. and people being attacked and beaten. while violent crime has been a big problem so far in 2016.. the news isn't all bad.

13 action news reporter gina lazara is here with some reasons.. and what it means for you. gina. we're talking about burglaries....larceny ...theft....and auto theft..... these types of non-violent crimes are down seven-percent across all of las vegas which may not seem like a whole lot.... but police say that's huge. this room is full of people who live in south shores in northwest las vegas. george jones, south shores "it feels good to live there because it feels safe" george accroding to the data -- south shores is the second safest neighborhood in all of las vegas. george jones, south shores "i don't care what time of day or night, i'm never afraid to walk" and on a larger scale --- the entire northwest area is improving as far as safety goes too. in fact....in the last year -- their property crime numbers have dropped 10-percent. captain richard fletcher, nw area command "make no mistake, the prop crime numbers look great, but we have not lost our focus on violent crime" let's widen the picture even more....

-- overall -- in the last year to date. the most impressive regions....being these!! spring valley... bolden... enterprise... and the northwest. captain richard fletcher, nw area command "because we know, it's a proven fact, the areas that have neighborhood watches, have less crime" captain richard fletcher says that's one reason for the drop in property crimes.... another...is the decentralization of the las vegas metropolitan police department. and thirdly --- more officers. captain richard fletcher, nw area command "we're seeing those numbers come back up across the department to have more cops on the street, and what that means for you is a better service and really a better department" like captain fletcher mentioned --- the drop in property crime is impressive... but they want to keep tackling the violent crime....like robberies, assaults, and homicides. that is up 15-percent compared to this time last year. gina lazara 13 action news.

a home flattened after a massive explosion. let's get right to that video. look at this scene. this is in illinois, just outside of chicago. right now, crews are still trying to figure out exactly what caused the fire and gas explosion. it stems from some kind of gas leak. witnesses say explosion sounded like a bomb and an earthquake. in fact, there's still a smell of gas in the area even this new tonight.. a bad crash at the intersection of torrey pines and tropicana involving an r-t-c bus. the impact caused the front window of the bus to almost completely cave in. no word on how many people were on the bus.. or if anyone was hurt. that intersection was closed for a short time so road crews could clear the scene. this road rage incident here in the valley is on fire tonight across social media. it has more than 760-thousand

facebook nearly 12-thousand times. this all went down monday afternoon in the middle of the intersection at flamingo and eastern.. and the entire fight started.. and ended before that light turned green. to watch the whole thing.. just go to the ktnv facebook page. metro wants you to take a close look now at the man on your screen. investigators say he robbed a bank earlier this month near decatur and sahara. according to police.. he never displayed a weapon but did prom didn't hand over some cash. another bank robbery - this one centering around a suspicious bag. the picture in the monitor behind me was just released today in hopes of catching the guy. police say he walked into the bank near hualapai and desert inn this morning -- holding a handgun. he told bank employees he had explosives in the bag he was carrying, and demanded money. the man got away with an unknown amount of money.. and left the bag behind...which

nats of water spraying a condo community is flooded.. and the people living there are furious.. saying nothing is being done about it. at last check tonight.. the water was still flowing more than 24 hours after it started.. and we're talking about thousands of gallons. when you ask.. we investigate. 13 action news reporter david schuman went looking for the people responsible. water nats 04:09:04 "oh my goodness. this is not good." water nats cleaned up now." something's been leaking in this courtyard at marquesa condos since monday night. 00:00:42 "i mean, it looks like lake mead. it does." 04:14:58 patsy holly "it's disgusting because you don't know if it's sewer water or -- where's it coming from?" several of these neighbors say they've reached out to the condo owners...the hoa...for a solution. as of tuesday afternoon -- nothing. 04:08:43 cindy hodgkins "i just feel really sad because we need

need all the water we can get." 04:08:20 "makes me sick." cindy was faced with a dark...locked office when she went tuesday a call to the h-o-a was met with endless ringing. no voicemail system picked up. in the meantime...the flood is putting some of the elderly neighbors at risk. 04:14:43 holly "i have to walk across that water to get to my doctors office across the street. it's horrible because if i fall -- i can fall. that water's all the way over near my door." david schuman "so many gallons of water are we'll continue to call and pester whoever we have to until we help get this problem fixed. near buffalo and westcliff..david schuman..13 action news." school local tennis star andre agassi was in the nation's capital today for the opening of a new charter school. agassi is part of a foundation that creates urban charter schools nationwide. the d-c campus includes 26 classrooms.. a gym and two cafeterias.

people for a couple of hours and after tennis and at this stage in my life i get to effect people for hopefully generations. it's really rewarding." school officials say they hope to have up to 800 students.. pre-k through 5th grade. contact 13 is all about those samsung galaxy note 7 smartphones. today marks the end for the devices. the company announcing -- it is permanently ending their production. the announcement comes after reports that even e igniting. and one day after samsung stopped sales. state lawmakers are moving the chains once again on the proposed 1.9 billion dollar nfl stadium to lure the oakland raiders to las vegas. the funding measure is being handed off to the nevada assembly after clearing the senate earlier tonight. 13-action news reporter bryan callahan is covering the special session in carson city.. and has details on the next play.

for the yom kippur holiday. but before they headed out, just 15 minutes before the sunset and the start of the holiday senators passed the biggest bill before them. take vo assembly members will now take up the stadium discussions about the more cops tax increase, but supporters of the stadium say they are confident they can get support of both deals over in the assembly. "i feel i think at the end of the day they are going to see the same thing the senate did, that this is about economic development. it is about economic philosophy. it is about jobs." "i'm in support of the convention center. i'm in support of more money for police officers. what i am not in support of is giving a billion dollar handout to a billionaire." take reporter and the assembly had to break before the yom kippur holiday before getting that more cops tax through. that is because they were

delayed. reporting in carson city, bryan callahan, 13 action news. your voice.. your vote in the race to the white house.. and former vice president al gore joined hillary clinton in the battleground state of florida today with a simple message. "your vote, really, really, really counts. a lot." "you can consider me as an exhibit a of that truth." gore also talked about climate change.. saying clinton would protect the environment while trump "climate catastrophy." las vegas will be hosting hillary clinton tomorrow. she's set to appear at the "smith center" at 5-30 to urge nevadans to vote early. you can find information on how to get tickets at k-t-n-v.com. republican nominee, donald trump in florida tonight, after proclaiming on twitter that the "shackles have been taken off" and he can fight for america the way he wants to. he didn't hold back at his rallies in florda...

to hillary clinton. "i have never been so ashamed of this country as what's gone on with hillary clinton." and today -- a trump twitterstorm -- attacking fellow republicans, saying "it's hard to do well when paul ryan and others give zero support." a car chase is one thing.. but this is something we don't see very often in las vegas. chopper 13.. fast and first over a long.. slow chase involving a dump state troopers tried to get the driver to pull over near lake mead and i-15. they say he did not appear to be intoxicated.. but he was very tired. police are trying to figure out why a truck plowed through a group of protesters advocating for native american rights. and it was all caught on camera in reno. nats honking "get out of the way" there is a heated exchange between the driver and protesters -- before the driver in the white truck

witnesses claim it was an intentional attack. police say they have found the driver. a contact-13 consumer alert for parents.. after two women made a disgusting discovery while feeding their young children. "i pick up the bottle and hold it in the light and i see worms like inching up." one woman says she found worms inside a can of nutra-migen. the other says she had a similar experience with similac. worms and i was like oh. that's great." the company that makes similac issued a statement saying it had an insect expert look at the photos.. and said the worms got into the formula after it left the facility and the safety seal was removed. a toxicologist says.. if this happens to you.. call the company and the health department.. then return the formula to the store unless it's needed for

what the f-a-a says is a case of bad judgement. the f-a-a is slapping the company with a 78 thousand dollar fine for allegedly shipping flammable hair products without notifying fedex. the f-a-a alleges the shipment was not properly packaged or labeled. and in one case -- the product was leaking when it arrived at a sorting facility. amazon has 30 days to respond. one misstep.. and a life is changed forever. that's what a valley woman is popular up-scale night club. as a jury weighs the facts.. contact 13's darcy spears investigates. blanca 24:12 i'm in pain all the time. 24/7. life wasn't always this way for blanca jimenez. the 35 year-old loves the outdoors. she was a swimmer. a runner. always active with family and friends. blanca 26:44 it totally changed my life. totally did. blanca says that change came in a split second on october 16th, 2014. this security video shows her

that's where blanca took a small step down, on what appeared to be an unremarkable staircase. blanca 2:21:31 there's a step there. and it's a middle step that you cannot see at all. so when i step on there that's when i went all the way to the floor. "...she came crashing down to the lower concrete floor," according to her lawsuit against blue martini. blanca 22:18 the whole body hurts. and most of it it because the bone was out. blanca's fun night out quickly ended in the emergency room with a broken left arm. also, her right knee required surgery and is permanently scarred. blanca 23:26 then i have my back, like my neck. and the lower back. that's the most painful now. missing from that blue martini security video is blanca leaving the popular nightspot--limping out with the help of friends. that's because according to her

martini didn't keep that portion of the video. blanca says she wasn't drunk that night...not even tipsy, consuming three drinks over four hours. she blames her fall on a danger she says blue martini chose to ignore. blanca. 32:16 it makes me angry because i know that they know about that step. attorney neal hyman discovered a history of violations of county building codes. neal hyman 48:37 each and every one intended to prevent the this case. hyman says the lighting in the area where blanca fell is way too dim. half as bright as the building code requires, making it hard to see the middle step--which itself isn't the right size. code requires it to be 11 inches deep. neal hyman 38:09 when our expert when out there and tested it, it was 9 and a half inches. darcy stand up (and fall down) -- stairs why is the two-inch difference such a big deal? blanca's lawyer argues the

because it was short, she stepped down on the outside edge, never gained solid footing and was thrown off balance. blanca 21:44 so i hit the end and then my ankle twist. and srson hurt in same area at blue martini. neal hyman 49:55 when you find out that a business owner actually learned about the violation before and did not fix it, it's almost to the degree of, they should be punished. court records show in 2013--a year before blanca's fall--an on-duty clark county fire inspector w inspection after a fall on the same step. that inspector also filed a lawsuit citing problems with lighting and "defects [are] against state, county and city code." neal hyman 50:06 where does it stop? the third person? the fifth person. how many people really have to get injured in this place? blanca 33:49 i wish that they could change it because a tragedy like that could change

says no one can comment on the lawsuit because it's in trial. blanca is seeking damages of more than a million dollars, just to cover medical bills, loss of income and related expenses. darcy spears. 13 action news. breaking now... the national hurricane center says hurricane conditions from nicole are expected to begin on bermuda on thursday morning. you're looking at a radar picture of the hurricane now. the n-h-c also says preparations there in bermuda right now... it's a category one storm. 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 in the mid 80s tomorrow and thursday, with light winds and

on friday the winds will start to pick up ahead of the first system. gusts will pick up to 35 mph in the afternoon and then up 40 mph in the evening and overnight hours. 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

about 35 mph in the afternoon and remain windy through monday. 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 upper 70s that afternoon. here at 13 action news we w able to stay warm this winter so our annual coats for kids drive is underway. and once again this year, our partner is tropical smoothie. please donate gently used or new children's coats at any tropical smoothie cafe. to find a tropical smoothie cafe. to find a location near you go get colder, they'll distribute the coats to families in need. wedding bells ring at a las vegas chapel for one hollywood star and his long time girlfriend.

and.. science fiction films like "the martian" and "interstellar" may not be 'fiction' in the 'not-too- distant' future. see what's in the works to put americans on the red planet.. in our lifetime.

we all know you have to work together in order to get things done. but in washington, too often joe heck has been part of the problem, putting his party and special interests before nevada. i'm proud of my work with the bush and obama administrations on homeland security. and every bill i sponsored as attorney general was passed by democrats and republicans. i'm catherine cortez masto. i approve this message because i'll work with anyone to put nevada first. because i'll work with anyone he's divisive and dangerous. "uh, i don't know what i said. uh... i don't remember." but congressman hardy supports trump 100% and said he'll do whatever trump wants him to do.

and that seniors who rely on programs like social security are a draw on government. donald trump and congressman hardy -- divisive and dangerous. dccc is responsible for the content of this advertising. the american college health association.. it's sending more students to mental health centers than ever before. based on students surveyed this year.. 43% said they felt more than average stress in the past 12-months. nearly half said academics were the biggest source of stress. other factors were fianances.. relationships and difficulty sleeping. americans on mars.

obama says it could soon be a reality. he wants the country to partner with private companies to send people to explore the red planet... and set up a colony there by in the next 15 years. president obama says the u-s is working with companies to build habitats that can allow astronauts to go on deep space missions. a well-known movie star chooses a las vegas wedding chapel to tie the knot with his long time girlfriend. and... if you love food, there live than others. where you should live if you enjoy going out to eat.

cadillac is shia labeouf's long term girlfriend -- mia goth. tmz caught the couple getting hitched at viva las vegas. tmz asked why they chose vegas... goth said "because it's the perfect story for us." the couple started dating in 2012 after meeting on a movie set. cities two southern nevada cities are on opposte ends of the spectrum for foodies. according to the website "wallet hub".. las vegas ranks 15th in the

diversity.. accessibility and quality.. while north las vegas came in at the bottom of the list at 150. las vegas.. by the way.. also ranked 4th in the nation for the most restaurants per capita.. and 3rd for the most ice cream shops. we'll be right back.... with a final look at your wake-up weather forecast. stay with us. our tranquil weather pattern

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. that does it for this edition jimmy kimmel live is up next.. and remember.. we're always on at ktnv.com and on the ktnv mobile app. our next reports begin at 4:30-am on good morning las vegas. thank you for watching.. and from all of us at channel 13.. good night. the most popular brother-sister act in las vegas are going to be around even longer.

the desert is where bad guys go when they want to make evidence disappear. but hiding the evidence won't help danny tarkanian. ...or all those fake charities he helped set up... ...or the scams against seniors he formed... or the $17 million judgment he never paid. he can try, but he can't make his record disappear. danny tarkanian: just a con man who can't bury the truth.

>> dicky: from hollywood - it's ?jimmy kimmel live!? tonight -- jennifer connelly. espn's stephen a. smith. and music from crx. and now, for the most part, here's jimmy kimmel! ? >> jimmy: i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thanks for coming. hey, i have a -- i have a quick question. how many of you had cereal for breakfast this morning?