tv Good Morning Las Vegas 5AM ABC November 18, 2016 5:00am-6:00am PST
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season. e tracking how cold it's going to get. sunny skies are back but this morning is near freezing for las vegas and below freezing in area just outside of the city! freeze warnings are up until 7am this morning for pahrump, sandy valley, indian springs, searchlight, laughlin and northwest arizona. temperatures will range between 25 and 32 degrees! within las vegas, morning lows will range between 37 and 43 degrees! luckily for all of southern nevada, winds are much lighter this morning and will remain as such through the weekend. mainly sunny skies will be common today and tomorrow with highs increasing starting today. highs will range between 60 and 65 degrees valley wide with the upper 60s and lower 70s through the weekend and into the next
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which schools across the valley will switch from public to charter. 13 action news reporter marissa kynaston is at jerome mack middle school to tell us how some are trying to stop the conversion. parents-- teachers-- and students will be right here later this morning-- protesting about those possible changes. jerome mack is one of the nine schools now being considered to switch to a charter school. based on their under performance. up to six of those nine schools will be chosen to be run by a private charter school company. theyll join whats called the achievement school district. that means-- they will no longer be a part of clark county school district. one teacher here at jerome mack reached out to us to explain why theyre holding the
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mk-- 13an. another roundup of lions, tigers and more. for the second time this month, deputies have removed exotic cats from a pahrump home. nye county deputies went out to the home yesterday after they received several reports of animals not being taken care of. deputies found the cats locked in bedrooms..and say they'd been using the bathroom on the c we went out to the property last night and from the sounds of it, something else was moving around in there. nats of roaring/grunting for at least :05 here's a list of everything deputies seized from the home. they include lions, a tiger, black panther and a fennec fox, which is illegal to own. the owners, who had licenses to keep the animals, face animal cruelty charges. animal control officers are
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earlier this month, several tigers were seized in another case out of pahrump. nye county sheriff's deputies county arrested trisha meyer after they found the 7 month old cubs.. along with some monkeys inside a home. this morning, president-elect donald trump is making peace with a former rival. mitt romney for secretary of state..and will meet with him this weekend. romney has been one of trump's harshest critics.. romney sot: think of donald trump's personal qualities, the bullying, the greed, the showing off, the misogyny, the absurd third grade theatrics. romney's team hasn't said anything about the meeting. south carolina governor nikki
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are also candidates for the job. meanwhile, general michael flynn has reportedly been offered a job as trump's national security advisor. breaking right now... president-elect donald trump has offered senator jeff sessions the role of attorney general in his administration.... a conservative from alabama who became a close adviser after endorsing him early in his campaign. a former prosecutor elected to the senate in 1996, serves on opposed immigration reform as well as bipartisan proposals to cut mandatory minimum prison sentences. 0:03..this is gonna be a tough play..bryant..the cubs win the world series." it's a play cubs fans will never forget, kris byrant clinching the world series for the team. and now, las vegas prodigy kris bryant has been named the
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bryants had a standout year, and earned 29 of 30 first place votes for the award. during an interview with the m-l-b network, bryant thanked a lot of people..including the person--- he says--- he owes everything to. "if it wasn't for my dad..i wouldn't be sitting here...the player that i am..the person that i am..." "i wish..more players can have a dad like me." that was his dad and fiance standing behind him.. and you'll kris byrant play here in vegas.. the cubs will pay the reds in a spring training game in march. we should also mention... bryant is the second las vegas baseball standout to win the national league mvp in two years.. following bryce harper last year. time now is x:xx --- the nfl commissioner sounds off on
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of los angeles in riverside county... the half acre fire broke out just around 3 a-m this morning... firefighters have reported multiple explosions of propane within this compound... firefighters say there are no injuries and no other structures are threatened... a young man's world has been turned upside down after his mother was hit and killed while now, the unlv graduate student may be forced to sell his house and drop out of school--just to make ends meet. on monday afternoon-vivian valentine was crossing the street at convention center drive, near las vegas boulevard-when a pickup truck ran her over. her son-alex-is facing the agony of losing his mom while having to take care of his disabled grandmother.
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it's heartbreaking-i don't know how i'm going to deal with this." i have to sell my house-she loved this house, she wanted to keep it." alex has no other family members here in the u-s---they're all back in romania. friends and neighbors have set up a go-fund-me account. you can find that by going to our website ktnv.com and click on the link to this story. still to come..curse words in a schoolbook... 13:51:34 "it's supposed t "s-h" word." a book assigned to some local students has some parents upset this morning. how bad is the book? we'll let you be the judge. greg adlibs pollen count take a look at this..the first snowfall of the season in
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snow forced traffic on a major interstate to come to a halt. (david lukins, truck driver) oh, i don't like it. it's cold. came all at once. and it's pretty slippery and it's pretty dangerous out here. colorado state patrol sasys there were several slide-offs and car accidents. conditions have cleared up this morning. sunny skies are back but this morning is near freezing for las vegas and below freezing in area just outside of the city! freeze warnings are up until 7am this morning for pahrump, sandy valley, indian springs,
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will range between 25 and 32 degrees! within las vegas, morning lows will range between 37 and 43 degrees! luckily for all of southern nevada, winds are much lighter this morning and will remain as such through the weekend. mainly sunny skies will be common today and tomorrow with highs increasing starting today. highs will range valley wide with the upper 60s and lower 70s through the weekend and into the next work week including the thanksgiving holiday. sunday night into monday though will yield another front that will push in a great deal of moisture! shower activity is expected sunday night through monday and with highs in the
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like we live in seattle rather than las vegas. higher elevations 6500 ft and above should see snow during this time with mt. charleston expecting a trace to 0.5 inches of snow! by tuesday we are back to mainly sunny skies and hold there through the holiday. more breaking news on the trump administration.... the trump transition team says kansas congressman mike pompeo
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the trump transition team says kansas congressman mike pompeo has accepted the c-i-a director post... we had just told you that ssions has been offered the attorney general position... sessions has not yet accepted a book assigned to some students at gibson elementary upsetting some parents. it's called "bad kitty for president" which includes symbols that some third graders are interpreting as curse words. the book's author says they're only vague symbols that aren't harmful.. but many parents disagree. 13:53:17 sonya derossi, third grader's aunt "my reaction was of complete shock. i've had 4 children in that elementary school. my job as a parent is to keep my child innocent as long as i can but if i'm fighting the schools what chance do we
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pulled from the curriculum. developing news on the raiders possible move to las vegas. nfl commissioner roger goodell says keeping the team in oakland is the best option. he spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony for the l-a rams new stadium yesterday. goodell said the raiders staying in oakland is the "ideal scenario." he adds there's alot that has to get to help build a new stadium but the raiders must still get approval from three-quarters of nfl owners to relocate. time now is x:xx --- space-x wants to put the "world" in world wide web. next--hear their plans to provide global broadband access . and later in the
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family. ordering fast-food at mcdonalds could soon look a whole lot different. abc's kendis gibson and diane macedo have the details in techbytes. < ((mara/2sh)) in today's tech bytes... samsung... still number one, when it comes to smartphone sales. ((kendis vo)) despite its recall of the "note 7" because of its battery problems, samsung sold nearly 72 million phones over the last three months. that's it's worst performance ever. apple was second, selling 43- million i-phones. mara 2-shot sp the push for satellite-based internet service. ((vo)) the private space-travel company wants to launch more than 44-hundred satellites into orbit. kendis the goal would be to provide global broadband access. other companies such as intelsat and boeing are also working on plans. (mara/wipevo)) and this may be the look of your neighborhood mcdonald's soon. the fast food giant plans to roll out video kiosks for ordering... and table service! ((kendis)) almost five hundred u-s locations already have it. all 14-thousand will soon.
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use self-service kiosks tend to spend more! ((mara/2sh)) those are your tech bytes. ((kendis/2sh)) have a great day. > sunny skies are back but this morning is near freezing for las vegas and below freezing in area just outside of the city! freeze warnings are up until 7am this morning for pahrump, sandy valley, indian springs, searchlight, laughlin and northwest arizona. temperatures within these areas will range between 25 and 32 degrees! within las vegas, morning lows will range between 37 and 43 degrees! luckily for common today and tomorrow with highs increasing starting will yield another front that we are back to mainly sunny still ahead on good morning las vegas at 5...parker will have a live
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where several exotic animals were seized. also--we have an update to a deadly crash...this morning police are after somebody who took off from the scene..and left their passenger to die. some middle school parents are upset after a teacher sent home a controversial letter...we'll tell you what the school is doing to make things right. adlibs breaking right now...
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forecast... he joins us now with a look at how cold your weekend will be. sunny skies are back but this morning is near freezing for las vegas and below freezing in area just outside of the city! northwest arizona. temperatures within these areas will range between 25 and 32 degrees! within las vegas, morning lows will 37 and 43 degrees! luckily for mainly sunny skies will be 65 degrees valley wide with the sunday night into monday though will yield another front that low 70s and upper 60s, it will this time with mt.
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parents..teachers..and students will join forces--- after learning their public school may turned into a marissa kynaston is at jerome mack middle school to tell us how some are trying to stop the conversion. parents-- teachers-- and students will be right here later this morning-- protesting about those possible changes. jerome mack is one of the nine
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the state chose these nine-- based on their under performance. up to six of those nine schools will be chosen to be run by a private charter school company. theyll join whats called the achievement school district. that means-- they will no longer be a part of clark county school district. one teacher here at jerome mack reached out to us to explain why theyre holding the protest. i'll have that later in the mk-- 13an. a young woman is dead this morning after a three-vehicle crash at flamingo and torrey pines. chopper 13 fast and first to the scene. police tell us a man driving a ford truck lost control..and crossed the median..hitting a chevy cobalt and nissan pickup. the driver of the ford took off
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dying. we spoke with someone who saw the crash he says he witnessed people run from the scene. 02:51:03-03:01:25 i just heard a big boom so i slowly looked and the next thing you know, a couple of guys are runninng out of the truck,...sad thing." two other people were taken to u-m-c with minor injuries. police have yet to locate the driver of the ford. a 13 action news update. disturbing new details about a man accused of luring childre then molesting them. in one case, a victim says jose azucena tied her up and taped her mouth shut before sexually assaulting her. other victims told police he had them watch pornographic videos and threatened to harm them if they told anyone. azucena is facing several charges including kidnapping and sexual assault. "that's cops shooting at him, just for what? for what! because he's driving by?!"
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emotional father defends his son, hours after police release dramatic body cam video. the video puts you in the squad car as metro officers... shoot at daniel prichard monday night near charleston and sandhill. police claim prichard was attempting to run them over. "zoom .. bang! bang! bang! bang! bang! bang!shots fired! shots fired!" prichard is in custody and wasn't hurt. his father says the video proves his point .. and trying to get away...not harm police. "i"ve had him since he was 9 months old and..." "he would never try to run a person down with his car." had no lights or license plates, when they tried to stop him he sped off. the 18 year old is at ccdc facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon and other traffic related offenses. parents of students at culley elementary are breathing a sigh
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it happened yesterday when officers started chasing a stolen car and the suspects suddenly took off on foot right by the school. police say the driver had a gun so the school was immediately placed on lockdown. the suspects were eventually caught in a nearby neighborhood. steven strombotne, suspects caught in front yard 15:32:39 i was surprised, hoping they weren't in my backyard, i saw the officer here with the 2 kids 15:32:51 all four suspects were arrested. police say they are all under just in this morning... rapper kanye west told a crowd at a concert in san jose last night that he supports donald trump... and now that moment is going viral...listen to what he said... if i would've voted i would have voted for trump....booooooo boooooo you heard the majority of the crowd booing...but some were
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have voted for trump....he says he did not vote in this past election. some middle school parents are upset this morning after a teacher sent home a controversial letter. in it, the keller middle school teacher talks about his fears under a trump presidency..and how it may affect him and his students. ccsd says they've addressed the issue with the teacher--who didn't clear the letter through administration. an apology with students today. w is x:xx --- coming up next--a police officer punches a woman.. the whole thing was caught on camera...next you'll hear the woman talk about the violent encounter. greg adlibs 0:02 you cannot arrest me until i know i have a warrant...hey
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officer tried arresting for an outstanding warrant. but the woman argues the warrant was taken care of. flagstaff police didn't learn about the violent encounter until the video was posted on facebook. they say the officer has no history of excessive force. he's been put on administrative leave while the investigation continues. tigers, a panther and even lions have been seized from a home in pahrump! it's the second time in a month exotic animas a house there.. parker collins is live in pahrump near the house..giving us a look at the scene. parker? on thursday, the sheriff's office received several reports of exotic animals that were not being properly cared for at a home back here.. the home has a special conditions animal permit.. but not for all the animals found and police found several cats were living in unacceptable conditions, locked in bedrooms...
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animals seized from the property include 2 african lionesses, 1 african lion, 1 bengal tiger, 8 canadian siberian lynx hybrid cats, 1 black panther, 1 fennec fox and 1 cervel caracal hybrid cat. coming up later... time now is x:xx --- an elementary teacher under fire for what some say she did to an autisitic student... the parents say the young boy is heartbroken. and the video has all kinds of people talking on social media. plus--we look at the progress being made breathalyzer. how soon police could be using these on the streets. if you are a monty python fan, you've probably already bought your tickets for this. british comedy legends john cleese and eric idle are performing friday and saturday night at the venetian. there will be stories, musical numbers, exclusive footage and
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been performing off and on for four decades. they just released their eigth album solid states and are in the middle of a secret pop up show tour. they will be popping up at the bunkhouse on november twenty-second. swtichfoot rose to fame after four of their songs were featuring in the 2002 movie "a walk to remember." they just released their tenth studio album. they perform november twenty- third at the house of blues with reliant k. if you would like to see the full list of thirteen things to to k-t-n-v dot com. i'm j-j snyder and i will see
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an issue with the equiptment... take a look at some of these our neighbors have been hit with a big snowstorm that's left the ski resorts covered in powder. brian head--which is about 3-hours from here--got 15-inches! with more storms on the way in the next few weeks..officials are looking forward to opening as soon as
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las vegas and below freezing in area just outside of the city! freeze warnings are up until 7am this morning for pahrump, sandy valley, indian springs, searchlight, laughlin and northwest arizona. temperatures within these areas will range between 25 and 32 degrees! within las vegas, morning lows will range between 37 and 43 degrees! luckily for all of southern nevada, winds are much lighter this morning and will remain as such through the weekend. common today and tomorrow with highs increasing starting today. highs will range between 60 and 65 degrees valley wide with the upper 60s and lower 70s through the weekend and into the next work week including the thanksgiving holiday. sunday night into monday though will yield another front that will push in a great deal of moisture! shower activity is expected sunday night through monday and with highs in the low 70s and upper 60s, it will feel like we live in seattle
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he met with japan prime minister shinzo abe at trump tower yesterday. this marks trump's first in- person meeting with a foreign state since the election. the meeting comes after trump has repeatedly suggested japan should shoulder a bigger financial burden of the u-s military forces in the region. after, abe said he has confidence in trump's leadership. on the trump administration... some big announcements this morning.. alabama senator jeff sessions has been offered the attorney general position... and kansas congressman mike pompeo has accepted the c-i-a director post... more announcements are on the way... a transition team official says three more announement will be made formally today on three men who have accepted trump's offer to join his administration now to a viral video of west virginia. it shows a primary school
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first grader during a performance. children in costumes approached the mic during the thanksgiving play to thank the audience. when the six-year-old was about to say thank you, the teacher yanked the microphone away. the boy's father says his son is heartbroken. (kent squires, caleb's father) "for them to do what they did is very appalling to me." (doctor mark manchin, schools) "but there's no way to defend it okay? we saw it, i saw it, the 17 second snippet...there's no way to defend it" the superintendent--who you just heard from--says the teacher will not be disciplined...and feels horrible about what happened. the young boy has received aton of support by people on social meda. reno's city prosecutor has joined the clark county d-a in deciding not to prosecute minor cases of marijuana possession. clark county d-a's office took the action earlier this week
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marijuana. however, authorities in washoe county, say they'll continue to enforce the current law until it changes on january first. as more states move to legalize recreational marijuana....police are trying to find ways to test motorists suspected of driving stoned. a chemist at u-c berkeley in california has spent the last year and a half developing a breathalyzer for pot. it can detect both alcohol and marijuana..and can tell if someone has smoked recently. when someone's driving stoned...but making an arrest and getting a conviction are two different things. (sgt. davis dowty, california highway patrol): "because they don't have a tool, like with alcohol, it's very difficult for them to say 'okay. all these things that you saw, that's wonderful and you may have been right, officer. but we need to convince a jury.'" the breathalyzer could become available some time next year. a lot of new job opportunities are on the way to southern nevada involving both amazon..
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a new amazon dot com fulfillment center is now in the works along with a large warehouse and distribution center for the 'honest company.' the deal hasn't been finalized.. but it's now just a matter of the agreements being signed. breaking right now... a 15-thousand are without power on the southeast side..chopper 13 over sams town right now.
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lockdown after a shooting right on campus. police say a 19-year-old was shot near the law school and is now in critical condition. no one is in custody. people who could be connected to the shooting... the lockdown was lifted late last night... :02-:07 nats of boy being pulled out" right now-- rescue crews in syria are racing against the clock... to save the dozens of people trapped inside the rubble after a third consecutive day of airstrikes. a volunteer group known as the white helmets were able to rescue this little boy after
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barrel bombs hit neighborhoods near aleppo yesterday. bobbi kristina brown's boyfriend will have to pay 36 million dollars in her wrongful death case. brown...., whitney houston and bobby brown's daughter.... was in a coma for six months before dying last year. her family said nick gordon gave her a toxic cocktail of drugs then put her in a bathtub, contributing to her death. the family won the civil case by default because gordon failed to show or defend himself. he wasn't there y the judge announced the 36 million dollar figure. a federal appeals court is blocking the release of "making a murderer" teen... brendan dassey. he was set to be released today... after his 2007 murder conviction was overturned. wisconsin's attorney general is appealing the ruling. in 2005, when dassey was 16 years old, he confessed to authorities he helped his uncle, steven avery kill photographer teresa halbach. the case was chronicled in the 10-part netflix series "making
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volkswagen has announced they will be cutting 30-thousand jobs to try and recover from its huge emissions scandal. volkswagen was found to be cheating on emissions tests and has had to pay tens of billions of dollars worth of fines. the company says the job cuts are necessary to reduce costs. most of those cuts will come in germany, where the automaker is based. chicago police are investigating this video of a fight involving elementary school students.. and they claim an adult supervisor forced them to do 00-09 "y'all better...wait a minute, hold on. y'all can't be hitting each other in the face.. didn't she say she wanted a clean fight in the first place." throughout the three minute video.. an adult is heard egging the boys on.. and even ordering them to fight. school officials say the person involved was not an employee.. and is no longer supervising after- school activities. parents are hoping she will
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crowd during a fight ouside a bar... and the entire incident is caught on camera. take a look... you see the car drive up over that curb and slam into several people and through that bar in tampa florida. the driver then got out of his car and took off. "it was really chaotic, it happened really fast. i mean it was like the blink of an eye." . police say they have a pretty good idea of who that driver is, since he left his car behind. but they are still trying to find him... and figure out why he did this. 15-thousand people don't have power in the south east part of town...near boulder highway and tropicana. chopper 13 is fast and first over sams town you can see none of the lights are on. n-v energy says it's because of
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