passed away at the age of 60 last week, after a year-long fight with brain cancer. good evening, i'm jennifer burton. thanks for being with us tonight. today, hundreds of people had the opportunity to reflect on the impact she had on their lives. ryan canaday was at today's memorial and joins us now live in the studio. ryan? jen today's service was a beautiful salute to the life of debbie smith. she was remembered as a loving colleague, wife, and mother...who no matter what...always stayed true to what she believed in. bruce bilbrey--if you met her at the grocery store, of if you met her at the halls of the legislature, you got the same debbie, and that was good." debbie's brother bruce was one of many who only had the best things to say about debbie's life. he recalled a story his sister once told him..about her secret to always staying so calm at the legislature. "she said i always ask myself one thing, will this make my mother proud." her colleagues in the legislature, looked up to her

describing her with words like fair and selfless. "here she is living with a life threatening issue and she is apologizing to me, selfless, that's what debbie was." her niece recited the words of a country music song... words that she felt embodied the way debbie chose to live her life each and every day. "hold the door, say please, say thank you, don't steal, don't cheat and don't lie, i know you've got mountains to climb but always stay humble and kind." and her son ian and daughter erin..asked the room of crowded people to take the love that they had for debbie...and to now share it with debbie's husband greg...saying he needs it now more than ever. "my mom spent the last year fighting this disgusting disease and my dad was there every moment, he would not leave her alone for a moment and he loved

her and he's heroic." donations can be made in senator smith's name to the dr. marnie rose foundation, which supports brain tumor research. you can find that link by visiting our website k-t-v-n dot com covering the story live in the studio, ryan canaday channel two news. it's mild outside with temperatures in the mid 60's and mostly cloudy skies. winds are light sustained anywhere between five to fifteen. not like yesterday. we're seeing cloud cover move in from the west with some breaks in the clouds too. we have quite a bit of dry air in

the immediate forecast. high pressure really builds on monday. temperatures monday morning will be in the mid 30's for the reno area and upper 20's in higher elevations. burn code is green. we have an update now on the search for a second canoeist believed to have drowned at donner lake. officials say they have recovered both bodies. two men were reported missing at around 5 p-m friday.. at the northeastern corner of donner lake. friends of the men - who were all vacationing in the area

yesterday, police recovered the body of 33-year-old joshua patterson, of cool, california. at around noon today, the body of 34-year-old lucas johnson, of auburn, california, was receoverd. authorities say the men were not believed to have been wearing life jackets at the time. more than a dozen states and territories will hold primaries on super tuesday -- the biggest contest so far in the 2016 election season. steve nannes reports. with a major victory in south carolina, hillary clinton is hoping to keep that momentum across multiple southern states ahead of super tuesday. sunday - clinton traveled to tennessee where she spoke to a congregation in memphis while attending a church service. presidential candidate "i will need your help on tuesday. the primary here in tennessee is very important." butt sot "i hope you will come out and vote and of course i would be honored to earn your vote on tuesday."

strategy.. senator sanders skipped the palmetto state on primary day -- and moved on to texas than minnesota. presidential candidate "i am gonna be asking for your votes on tuesday, but i need more than that from you. i need your help the day after the general election because i can't do it alone." donald trump - who won three of the first four gop races - is confident he'll sweep the super tuesday states. and john kasich agrees-- but the ohio governor believes a strong showing in his home state next month will provide the boost he needs. presidential candidate "i think trump's probably going to win probably all of them. but you keep holding your own." butt sot "our campaign plan was ultimately to hold our own in some of these places, and we will." butt sot "what changes this race is my ability to win in ohio. senator ted cruz, however, believes trump can be beat. presidential candidate "our campaign is the only one in a position to beat donald trump on super tuesday, and if you want

only way to do so is to beat him on super tuesday." i'm steve nannes reporting. and according to a new poll, hillary clinton is far ahead of bernie sanders in three key states holding primaries on super tuesday. the nbc news-wall street journal-marist poll that came out today...showing clinton leading by about two-to-one margins in texas, georgia and tennessee. clinton is going into the contest with two back-to-back victories behind her....winning here in nevada before south carolina yesterday. meanwhile, g-o-p frontrunner donald trump continues to be a polarizing, even controversial figure in the race. yesterday, he responded to two mexican presidents who condemned his plan for a wall on the border. today, he defended a tweet that he sent out, which quoted italian dictator benito mussolini. "it's a very good quote, it's a very interesting quote, and i saw it. i know who said it. but what difference does it make whether it's mussolini or somebody else, it's certainly a

host chuck todd then asked if trump wanted to be associated with fascists. trump's response was that -quote- "i want to be associated with interesting quotes and people." -end quote- marco rubio continues his assault on trump at a rally in virginia. he talked about trump being endorsed by david duke, a former leader of the k-k-k. "he knows exactly who david duke is. he was asked this morning two times, will you repudiate and condemn the ku klux klan and he refused to do that as well. we cannot be a party that nominates someone who refuses to condemn white supremacists and the ku klux klan." following rubio's comment, trump did disavow david duke after a reporter asked him at a press conference in fort worth texas. still to come, we'll have the latest from virginia, where a rookie police officer was shot to death while responding to a

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and killed saturday on her first day on patrol with the prince william county police department in virginia. "she clearly had a passion to serve others that went beyond herself." guindon and two other officers were responding to a domestic dispute saturday night, about 30 miles outside of washington dc. police arrested 32 year old ronald hamilton, an active duty army staff sergeant assigned to the pentagon. they say he shot and killed his wife then opened fire on the officers. "it was very scary. i heard the shots, like 4 to 5 shots back to back." yellow tape roped off the crime scene sunday. residents paid their respects at the hospital where officers are recovering "to have this happen over something stupid is so sad." guindon, a 6 year marine corp reservist was sworn in friday. this picture of her was posted to the department's twitter page welcoming her and another officer. it said be safe.

court on monday. brian webb for cbs news. meteorologist angela schilling will have a look at your forecast later in the show... but first... another controversy has reared its head at the oscars this year. it has to do with an all expense-paid trip

welcome back.. you've heard about the "oscars so white" controversy: now -- there's another controvery surrounding tonight's academy awards. this one is about gift bags. this year's top nominees will pick up an oscar swag bag... worth 200- thousand dollars. including... a 900 dollar toilet paper dispenser and 300 dollar personalized m&ms. but the most expensive gift in the bag is a 10-day... all -expenses paid trip to israel... from the country's ministry of tourism. israel hopes to boost the country's tourism numbers by tapping into the stars' followers on social media. "they will show how good it is here, how interesting it is here... i'm sure." but omar barghouti... who fronts the palestinian campaign to boycott israel ... says accepting the trip plays into what he calls israel's propaganda. "we're asking hollywood figures

south africa era to not give their names for israel to whitewash the occupation and violation of human rights." mark rylance... up for best supporting actor...has said he won't accept any gift... but most other nominees have been silent about the swag bag. it's mild outside with temperatures in the mid 60's and mostly cloudy skies. winds are light

to fifteen. not like yesterday. we're seeing cloud cover move in from the west with some breaks in the clouds too. we have quite a bit of dry air in place right

immediate forecast. high pressure really builds on monday. temperatures monday morning will be in the mid 30's for the reno area and upper 20's in higher elevations. burn code is green. futurecast brings in periods of cloudiness over the next few days with warm air moving in from the southwest as well. winds will be light on monday before picking up tuesday afternoon and wednesday. seven day shows highs around seventy degrees until thursday when a

moves in over the weekend with a change in pattern by next weekend. coming up in sports, the nevada wolf pack and colorado state faced off at the lawlor events

the nevada wolf pack was looking to avenge a loss to colorado state earlier this month as they hosted the rams at lawlor this afternoon... but also on the line a first round bye in the mountain west tournament... as the wolf pack is one win away from clinching at least the five seed in the tournament... and the wolf pack had to do it today with out leading scorer marqueze coleman who was out with a sprained ankle. but his friends stepped up in his absence... pack up 1... 1st half... elijah foster taps the ball away... scooped up by lindsey drew... who passes to tyron criswell... he has the alley cameron oliver the oop...he had another double double... 16 points 14 rebounds. and he wasn't done... moments later off the inbounds pass... space camm take flight... the thunderous jam gives nevada a 4 point lead.... but second half nevada playing catch up... pack down 3... 9 minutes to go... tyron criswell not normally known for his 3 point shooting but this time... he is... drills the three game

then lindsey drew a bit of an unsung hero in this one... gets the loose ball and he will go coast to coast and lay it in... that gives nevada a 1 point lead he had 8 points 9 rebounds and 8 assists. now nevada has a 1 point lead in the final secons tyron criswell at the line... he makes the first one... but would miss the second... and with .4 seconds left they would call a foul on eric cooper jr... joe deciman would make both free throws and we go to overtime... where it was all nevada... up 1... foster feeds criswell down low and he gets the layup nevada up 3... then moments later drew feeds foster... who makes the acrobatic shot in the paint... foster finished with 10 points... then with about a minute left... drew to a wide open dj fenner under basket... fenner lays it in... down the stretch nevada would make their free throws and go on

87-80... nevada grabs win number 18 on the year... d.j fenner led nevada with 24 points... while tyron criswell had 23 points but them along with cameron oliver fouled out. the win also clinches at least the 5 seed for nevada in the mountain west tournament and a first round bye. we'll hear from the guys coming up at 6:30. so next up for the wolf pack they will play their final road game of the regular season... as they will square off with a very tough boise state bronco team that beat the pack 74-67 back in january. this one tips off at 6pm northern nevada time and you can stream the game on campus insiders. the nevada softball team has been on a roll lately... coming into sundays gamamwith santa clara they were riding a 10 game win streak... and now make it 11 wolf pack fans... as they steam roll the broncos 10-1 this afternoon in 5 innings... chase redington almost pitched a no hitter...

inning but didn't allow any earned runs.. while megan sweet went 3 for 4 with an rbi and 2 runs. the nevada baseball team was looking to avoid a sweep at the hands of uc irvine this afternoon. however the wolf pack really strggling right now... they lose to uc irvine 6-0... they will play their home opener on tuesday against santa clara. when we come back - angela will have a final look at our when we come back - angela will have a final look at our weather. you're watching channel

here's what we're working on for 6- 30... the wide open spaces of northern nevada inspire poets and artists. we'll meet a "potter" who finds inspiration for his sculptures in the desert. that's tonight's nevada backroads. but first.... "a countdown to super tuesday: a new cbs news battleground tracker poll shows who's ahead in key states, and an army sargeant under arrest following the death of a police woman, on tonight's cbs evening news." angela's here with a final look at your forecast.... seven day shows highs around

when a weak low moves in. cooler air moves in over the weekend

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