in a statement from clark county district attorney steve wolfson .. he writes the amount found in her bloos does not change the charges he's filing against her. carrison went on to say there is no concrete scale to determine the level of use or if drugs played a role in this deadly crash - but there is one thing the toxicology report shows... carrison: we know that sometime within the last 12- 24 hours she did in fact smoke marijuana she had a large amount of metabolites in her blood.those metabolites are only there if you have acute use. her metabolite level - or the level at which the drug is processed by your body - was about 24 nanograms per milileter. i spoke with a local toxicology expert ... and this shows she used the drug within hours before the crash. regardless - officials have called holloway's actions intentional and say the results of the toxicology test will not change the initial charges filed. holloway is charged with murder with the use of a deadly weapon, child abuse, neglect or endagnerment and leaving the scene of an accident. live in the news room abby theodros fox5 news local las vegas defense attorney joseph abood says

holloway was impaired in any way. her next court date is scheduled for january of next year. tense moments today in court.... in the sentencing of a man - convicted of firing a weapon at police officers. "in that video you didn't see me shooting at nothing!" "come get the duct tape out. if he talks out again i want him duct taped." that's the judge - threatening to use duct tape to silence joshua bacharach - who offered up an argument in court today. but in the end - he was sentenced to between 62 years - and 157 years - in prison and ordered to pay 75-thousand in fines. bacharach is guilty of shooting at officers - after being pulled over in june of 2014. he drove off and was tracked down by a k-9. no officers were injured in the shooting. following a deadly stabbing overnight. gianni raneri was taken into custody by police - after being detained by a security guard. he's been charged

deadly weapon. approched two people last night - complex near swenson and twain. following an argument - he returned hours approached them again - and stabbed one of them - just before one in the morning. "the suspect had recently broken up with a female, she was not romantically involved by her account with our victim but she was seen with him, hanging out with him, and that was the motive." the security guard that detained "gianni raneri" pepper sprayed him and then handcuffed him until police arrived. one person was hurt in a north las vegas fire. it happened just after seven this morning - at single story home on terrace point drive... near craig and m-l-k. north las vegas firefighters say it appears the person - who was

at the time - was injured trying to escape the flames - and taken to u- m-c. the person's next door neighbor called the fire department after she saw smoke and fire billowing out of the building. "the guy who lived there he was in the back yard he was really confised somebody had to go back there and get him and they took him to the hospital for smoke inhalation." the neighbor also said she ran over and started banging on the door in case someone was inside -- and ran off when a window busted from the fire. a child under the age of five is the first pediatric flu-related death... for the current season in clark county. that's according to the southern nevada health district - who says a woman over the age of 50 has also died due to causes related to the flu. health officials say flu season typically peaks in january and february and there is still time to receive a flu vaccine. "really it come back to hygene: good washing of your hands, covering your cough, and being vaccinated. so

have any special precautions - everyone should do that." we have information on where you can receive a flu shot -online at fox five vegas dot com. tomorrow night - las vegas will host the biggest fireworks show in the country. a whole year of planning will culminate on the rooftops of seven casinos on the strip. that's where we find fox 5's ophelia young, getting a behind the scenes look at the final preparations. a whole year of planning in 8 minutes and 18 seconds... over 50 pyrotechnicians on 7 roofs all day today and tomorrow. tomorrow night is the moment they've waited all year for. "this is part of the finale its what we call titanium salutes.' the finale - in his hands now - up 2 hundred and 80 feet on midnight new years eve. the day before - henry herman carefully places every one of these

filled with black powder in their rightful tubes and wires them to a panel. "the wires might get tangled in another wire might pull it out of the panel little things like that." precision precision... to make sure every one of the 80 thousand effects over seven casino roof tops fire. nat sound henry even places tape over them. "so we dont even have to look inside the tubes at all we just see if the tape is gone if the tape is open then the shell went up in the air." henry has worked on every one of the last 15 new years eve fireworks shows put on by phil grucci in las vegas. "the clock ticks very slowly on new year's eve for us." grucci has been planning this years display since the moment last year's finished. this year's theme - on top of the world. each song in the sound track will highlight each of the seven casinos the fireworks take off from. "that particular building in the first few seconds of the song will be a separate color for

strip so its giving tribute to caesars palace with roman march hollywood for planet hollywood and the theme of the year is on top of the world so the song on top of the world from the stratosphere." the night of - grucci will be behind the control panels a mile away at the rio. he'll be hoping for forgiving wind speeds - which he says every year has luckily died down moments before the show. so far winds are forecasted to be 10 to 20 miles per hour - 10 being the usual cut off for fireworks. "this is the town for luck so were hoping that we'll keep that 15 year streak running and we wont have to postpone or cancel." if all goes well - henry and 50 other pyrotechnicians- will be monitoring shells on the rooftop - and controlling debris on the strip- waiting for the finale he's working on now. "oh yeah to hear the crowd go off at the end i mean you have that many people screaming and

that." there's an app search grucchi fireworks can count down theyre hoping to hear the whole strip countdown lauching the fireworks in unity... ophelia young fox vegas pyrotechnicians says flying drones near dangerous. a reminder that already banned within five miles of that includes the

toss to weather we stay close to freezing through sunday morning with highs around 50 degrees. north breezes to 20 mph on thursday afternoon are expected to decrease overnight through new year's eve as we ring in 2016. new year's day will feature north breezes to 15 mph in the afternoon. we'll see more clouds on sunday with slight rain chances monday into tuesday then again on wednesday into thursday. highs increase to the low-mid 50s with lows at 40 and above during that

we stay close to new information in bill cosby's case... "today bill cosby was charged in montgomery county pennsylvania, with aggrevated indecent assault, a felony. " a booking photo has been taken.... and bail of one million dollars has been posted. now - bill cosby could head to trial - to face accusations of

plus - how new york police are using new smartphone technology - to help keep people safe - on new year's eve. and - the war of words hearts up between donald trump and hillary clinton... while yet another candidate drops out of the presidential race. you're watching fox5 news at 5. local. las vegas

been accused by more than fifty women of sex crimes. but today - for the first time - prosecutors have actually charged him. this is the comedian's booking photo. cosby is now free - after posting bail of one million dollars. laura ingle reports on today's arraignment - in pennsylvania. bill cosby arriving at a courthouse in pennsylvania for his arraignment on a sexual assault charge .. the legendary comedian facing the first criminal charges filed against him since dozens of women started coming forward ... accusing cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting them. steele says: we arar here to announce today charges that have been filed against william henry cosby. these charges stem from an incident that took place on an evening in early 2004 at mr. cosby's home in cheltenham township, montgomery county. mr. cosby is charged with aggravated indecent assault.

cosby's charges are punishable by up to 10 years in prison. prosecutors in the case say they were able to bring the charges against him after learning information in previously sealed legal documents from a civil deposition. merchant says: the issue now is that they've gone and obtained documents where he testified under oath that he drugged her and so that's going to be able to be used against him. at least 52 women have come forward to publicly claim bill cosby sexually abused them, and drugged them. according to the accusers, the alleged abuse began in the 19-60s and took place as recently as 2008 in at least eight states.. cosby acknowledged ten years ago under oath... that he did have sexual contact with the woman... andrea constand... but that it was consensual. prosecutors said cosby had made two previous advances toward constand that were rejected, before he allegedly drugged her. steele says: reopening this case was not a question. rather, reopening this case was our duty as law enforcement officers with a

to uphold our constitutions and to uphold the law. the charges are happening just days before the 12-year statute of limitations was about to run out in this case. constand's attorney says her client welcomes the charges. in new york, laura ingle, fox news. lawyer gloria allred represents 29 women accusing bill cosby of sexual misconduct. "i'm very happy that this day has finally come. mr. cosby deserves a fair trial. but so does andrea constand and the people of the state of pennsylvania". some television networks have cut re-runs of cosby-related programming in the wake of the allegations. however- "hulu" still has more than 200 episodes of the "cosby show" available for streaming. the service - which has nine million subscribers - has not commented on today's charges> the race for the white house today - continues with one less candidate. "i'm confident we can elect thr right person. someone

together and understands the politicians, including the president must be the people's servant and not their master." former new york governor george pataki announced last night that he was dropping out of the race. he had struggled to gain support in the polls - and was cut off from participaring in the so-called "main event" debates with the top tier republican candidates. "there's a movement going on which is totally beautiful." donald trump - on the other hand - is stepping up his efforts to win the white house - with big ad buys in early battleground states like iowa and new hampshire. the g-o-p contender has been spending time on the campaign trail - bashing democratic frontrunner hillary clinton - and her claims of a "war on women" - by slamming president's bill clinton's history of sexual misconduct. "hillary brought up the whole thing with sexist. and all i did was reverse it on her. because she's got a major problem, that happens to be right in her house. if she

we're going to go right after the president--the ex president." "is she going to accuse the republicans of playing this "war on women" card? because if so--they will want to bring this back up." the iowa caucus is just over a month away - on february first. with one million revelers expected to watch the iconic ball drop in times square... new york city is beefing up security to keep everyone safe on new year's eve. although police are not aware of any credible threat. there will be an additional 600 to 800 officers above the number last year - including k-9 patrols. and there will be hundreds of specially equipped officers from the newly formed counter- terrorism critical response command that will be stationed at every entry point. "we'll start checking with handheld magnetometers and we'll be checking everyone coming into the pens." "we have a lot more personnel. we have a lot more personnel that have been trained on how to deal with these issues and we're constantly working to expand the equipment." the nypd also has

enable dispatchers to send out pictures of any suspects in real time to the officers in the field - instead of relying on a verbal description over a radio. they've also beefed up an already extensive video surveillance system... airports are slowly getting back on track - after winter weather caused thousands of delays and cancellations over the past few days. but it isn't just mother nature that is worrying those charged with keeping flyers safe. new security measures both for passengers and airport workers are being put in place. critics of airport security argue that while passengers go through extensive screening every time they go the airport - workers like t-s-a agents, baggage handlers or airline employees do not. in addition - some drivers licenses from a handful of states don't meet current federal technology standards. that means - starting january 10-th.... some travelers may be asked for a second form of i- d. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted

we stay close to freezing through sunday morning with highs around breezes to 20 mph on thursday afternoon are expected to through new year's 2016. new year's day will feature north breezes to 15 mph in the afternoon. we'll see more clouds on sunday with slight monday into on wednesday into thursday. highs increase to the low-mid 50s with lows at 40 and above during that time. we stay close to freezing through sunday morning with highs around 50 degrees. north breezes to 20 mph on thursday afternoon are expected to decrease overnight through new year's

will feature north breezes to 15 mph in the afternoon. we'll see more clouds on sunday with slight rain chances monday into tuesday then again on wednesday into thursday. highs increase to the low-mid 50s with lows at 40 and above during that time. closed captioning will resume shortly time. we stay close to freezing through sunday morning with highs around 50 degrees. north breezes to 20 mph on thursday afternoon are expected to decrease overnight through new year's eve as we ring in

will feature north breezes to 15 mph in the afternoon. we'll see more clouds on sunday with slight rain chances monday into tuesday then again on wednesday into thursday. highs increase to the low-mid 50s with lows at 40 and above during that time.

manny pacquiao is stepping back in the ring - for the first time since the so-called "fight of the century". who the champion boxer will face here in las vegas - following his historic loss to floyd mayweather

right now - we're taking a live look at the i-15... near the spaghetti bowl - where traffic is backed up./ but no crashes are reported in the area right now. it appears to be some holiday congestion.... due to all the extra traffic in town for new year's eve. christmas may be over - but "operation fire- heat" is still in full effect. clark county fire fighters are helping a family in need. the "holiday emergency assistance team" helped the "youts" family after their apartment was destroyed in a fire last week -- just a few days before christmas. they took the family of three shopping for basic necessities the

christmas - and today - checked back in with the family and brought their two year old daughter christmas presents "i still can't -- after getting everything situated and organized with insurance, with this with that, but just bringing a smile to my face, my wife's face, the baby's face, you know, it lifts some of that weight off of your shoulders." "operation fire- heat" is a non- profitup of volunteers -- most of them are firefighters. manny pacquiao will fight welterweight titleholder timothy bradley junior for a third time. e-s-p-n is reporting the fight will take place on april 9-th at the mgm grand - right here in las vegas. it's being promoted by top rank promoter bob arum for h-b-o pay-per-view. in their first bout in 2012... bradley won a highly disputed split- decision victory... while pacquiao easilly won the rematch in 2014. arum says bradley has developed into a much better fighter since then - and looked impressive in his most recent

it's pacquiao's first fight since his record- breaking loss to floyd mayweather junior back in may. there's much more coming up in the second half of fox5 news at 5. security is tightening up on the strip - for new year's eve. what police are asking revellers to leave at home.... while welcoming

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