tried to do next. and as las vegas prepares to ring in 2016... we look at the big strides made in our city, in tourism. this is fox5 news at 10. local. las vegas. its been a record breaking year for las vegas and city officials are ready to celebrate, just in eve. i'm elizabeth watts in for john and christine tonight. martinez-valle is live at the las vegas strip where thousands of people are expected to ring in the new year. the las vegas strip will be one giant party tomorrow night, so you could call tonight the pre may be dropping over in the east coast, no one celebrates quite like las vegas... " oh how boring to watch a ball drop, i grew up in new york city... this is the place to be." around 332 thousand people from all over the world picked sin city to end their 2015... " a lot of wild and craziness going on, thats what i

"we'll be ready, definitely, were english people were ready for it." some people are saving their energy for tomorrow night, others have been celebrating for a while... " we've been partying for like three weeks solid. and i'm feeling good today..." and while theyre celebrating the new year... the city is celebrating the new record. " there's a lot to celebrate here in las vegas, we've reached 42 million visitors for the year for 2015, and that beats our previous record of last year of 41.1 million people." after seeing the highest number of visitors since las vegas started keeping track, the city is raising their glass to a successful 2015, and looking forward to an even better 2016... forward to it because were going to teach the world a lesson. were going to las vegas has a party unlike any other party and were going to celebrate the new year and 2016 is going to be the best of the best" while a lot of

already here in vegas celebrating, thousands more are expected to come in tomrrow just in time for the fire works that welcome 2016... live from the las vegas strip, miguel martinez- valle, fox5 news local. las vegas. the consumer electronics show starts this weekend... the first convention of the new year.. 165 thousand people are expected to come to town just for that, giving us a huge start to 2016... national guard soldiers are helping local law enforcement in case of an emergency. 40 nevada national guard soldiers will be at mccarran through new year's to give law enforcement more flexibility. having them here makes response time quicker should anything happen tomorrow night. earlier this month, governor brian sandoval approved the request to have one hundred additional national guard troops on hand to help... "if they see anything out of the ordinary, talk to national guard, talk to metro, the best way anyone can help is to say something is they

suspicious." metro police also have a few dozen more guard members supporting their efforts over the next couple days throughout the valley. for the first time ever - the las vegas monorail will be open for 44 hours straight. the special hours are for new years eve. it will be open from seven tomorrow morning until saturday at its usual three in the morning. the monorail is the only form of motorized transportation that will be available on the strip. at about 5-45 tomorrow evening the streets will be closed off to cars new year's. the monorail has five stations along the las vegas strip - from the m-g-m grand to the s-l-s. "we're going to be open for 44 hours straight, so folks don't have to worry about curfew to get to that last train to be able to get home. we'll be running continuously throughout new year's eve and new year's day." locals are offered a special deal on new year's eve.... with only one dollar tickets for rides on the

a man was arrested after a deadly stabbing that happened last night. gianni raneri was taken into custody by police around one this morning. metro says he was upset over his girlfriend leaving him -- and was jealous that she had been spending time with someone else. he approached the two in an apartment complex off of swenson and twain, and there was an argument. gianni raneri came back hours later and stabbed the man. "a witness and a securtiy guard then chased the suspect who was still holding the knife about a block away. and the security guard then pepper sprayed him and handcuffed him nearby." raneri was booked for murder with a deadly weapon early this morning. a person's body was discovered today by a group of hikers. and one of them called fox five to tell us what he saw. n-h-p confirms the body was found along highway 160 near mile marker 22... on the way to pahrump. metro police are investigating this case... and they haven't released many details. jeff thomas says

his kids, when they came across the body hidden among some rocks. he tells us there were bones, clothes, and a variety of the person's personal items. " he did have an old nevada id, cash on him, grocery store savings cards, some cigarettes, a lighter. i turned that all over to police." thomas also tells us there was an eviction notice with the body. the coroner will release the person's name and how they died. a local couple's car was broken into... and the burglar took the registration and the garage door opener. and hours later, they believe the suspect showed up at their home! fox 5's cyndi lundeberg spoke to the homeowners.. and shows you how quickly you could become a victim. this couple is scared tonight... they say their sense of security has been stolen... i also talked to the metro police department they

situation frequently happens... so here's what the buglar does... they break the car window... in this care they broke into through the passenger side window... opened the glove box and took the cars regristration... or take house keyes whatever they can... so now they not only know where you live... they have a way in... this north las vegas couple is scared after their car was broken into... their registration with their home address was aken... and then a man showed up at their front door... show their faces.. "i noticed things from my glove box had been removed and i noticed my regristration and insurance card were missing we did notice the garage clicker was left on the viser in my vehicle i immediately grabbed it and put it in my purse " the family says at first they didn't know there was a problem with their garage clicker... "i noticed on the back of the remote someone elses address was written "

the family that remote... was likely from another one of the burglars their was a knock at their front door... you' on my phone when the doorbell rang and the person... strange question... ummm did you guys card? "this person at the door asked if we left a lowes card by the street and he said okay ill leave it out there" the familys surveillnace camera caught the person driving up their street... then sitting in his car before coming up to the front door... they say they believe he was checking to see if anyone was "i feel vulnerable you definetly feel violated you dont want people to have access to " the family says theyre home surveillnace is i feel the preparation is tknow if that made could have been worse thats for sure metro says one of the best ways to protect yourself is if you put personal

glovebox put it in one that locks like this... that will make it just a little more diffiuclt for that burglar to find your home you are in this situation... or lose your garage door opener... head home and reprogram it immediately. if you have information or recognize the suspect from the video... you're asked to contact police. the f-b-i is offering a five- thousand dollar reward for information on the man who put bacon on door handles of a local mosque. surveillance cameras outside of the mosque west of the las vegas strip caught the man on tape. the f-b-i released a statement "desecration of the islamic worship center." the "quran" - the holy book of islam prohibits muslims from eating pork. both f-b-i and las vegas police are investigating the crime. toxicology reports reveal accused in last week's deadly strip crash... had marijuana in her why officials say the discovery will the serious charges the young mother is facing.

accidents are happening, involving people and their new hoverboards. the types of injuries doctors are seeing... and the group showing people how to use them without falling. and donald trump is speaking out... on hairspray! how he's tying in his favorite product, to criticisms on the environment. your fox5 weather 24/7 forecast is coming up next you're watching fox5 news at 10.

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the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs,

and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. you're watching fox5 news at 10, with emmy award winner john huck. christine maddela. and weather 24/7 with chief meteoroligist ted pretty. this is fox5 news at 10. local. las vegas. prosecutors say the woman accused of driving her car into a crowd of people on the strip... had marijuana in her system when it happened.

theodros has details of the report and what the findings. carrison: 3 and 6 you can say the influence of marijuana when you're tested for doctor dale carrison with university medical center is talking not the amount of drugs found in lakeisha holloway's blood could mean she was under the dr. dale carrison, umc: it may mean something they may not mean anything. it's very difficult and there is no real medical consensus on when you're under the influence or not. 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.

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. at f5n llv defense attorney joseph abood says the levels are low and don't prove holloway was impaired in any way. her next court date is scheduled in january. a young child is the first pediatric flu death reported in our valley this season. say it's an important reminder to do what you can, to protect yourself and your kids. "the biggest thing is getting the flu vaccine, both the adults and the children. the adults can typically bring it home to the children if they are at home do to a medical issue." 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

one of the hottest gifts of the season are hover-boards - but they can be dangerous when not used properly. "one thing i think we need to always be safe with is head safety. there's so much that can happen with a head injury and we want to keep everyone's head protected." fyzical - a physical therapy and balance center - is opening up its doors to those who want to learn how to use their hover- board. they are strapping people into harnesses and letting them practice so they don't have to worry about falling. they are also looking into using hover-boards as a physical therapy tool for balance patients in the future. "getting that sort of neuromuscular control learning when to lean forward when to turn your hips. it can be a great physical therapy tool if we can learn how to use it that way." they don't currently have any practices in place where they use hover-boards as physical therapy.... but now that they have a hover- board at their facility -- they are looking into using it for higher level

now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty 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

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 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

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a man was hurt while escaping his burning home today. what a neighbor says happened to him... and how she tried to help. a judge threatens to duct-tape a man's mouth... after an outburst in his courtroom. see this exchange... and how long he'll be in prison for shooting at a local officer. a lot of us thinking about new years resolutions.. one ranter sharing what he wants everyone to stop saying in 2016.

one man was hurt in a house fire this morning. a single story home near craig and m-l-k caught fire around seven. north las vegas firefighters say it appears the man was injured trying to escape the flames.

u-m-c. the 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 confused somebody had to go back there and get him and they took him to the hospital for smoke inhalation." the next door neighbor ran over to the burning home after calling police. she banged on the door in case someone was inside... and ran away when a window busted from the fire. "operation heat" strikes again -- this time helping a family of three after a tragic fire. "many times the firefighters who are at that fire only get to see the tragedy and they don't get to see the first step of walking away from that tragedy and that's what's awesome about this, not only does it benefit the family it benifits the firefighters who were actually there." 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 shopping for basic necessities and even brought their two year old daughter christmas

we're in the final days of our take 5 to care holiday food drive. you can drop off non-perishable food at valley albertons and vons... or donate at the register. all of the proceeds benefit three square. the strip will be jam-packed with revelers this time tomorrow night! we'll take a look at how our city is benefiting from the crowds... and the work that goes into one of the biggest firework shows around. bill cosby spends the day in a courthouse... as one of his accusers becomes the first to file criminal charges. what's next in this complicated case. flooding in the midwest... this isn't the worst of it. you're watching fox5 news at 10.

while thousands of people are flocking to las vegas to celebrate the new year... many city officials are celebrating a

2015. fox5's miguel martinez-valle has those details. were still hours away from ringing in the new year and people from all over the world are already out here in las vegas celebrating the end of 2015 and the begining of the new year... around 332 thousand people are expected in sin city to ring in the new year, its these visitors that helped push the city to record breaking numbers... las vegas will have welcomed more than 42 million people by the time 2016 roles around... thats more than the 41 million we welcomed last year... " 42 million is the best visitation that weve had since weve been keeping record, this is even better than pre recession times." " the lvcva says this years amazing numbers are due to the hotels and casinos constantly changing things

the city, and the mass amount of people visiting las vegas for the many conventions... the first convention of the year is coming up next week, the consumer electronics show is expected to bring in 165 thousand people putting us at a huge start for 2016... we'll be celebrating america's party all over the valley tomorrow night including downtown fremont, drais night club, foundation room at mandalay bay, and ghost bar at the palms. tomorrow night - las vegas will host the biggest fireworks show in the country. fox5's ophelia young shows us how it takes an entire year, to plan an eight

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 rman carefully places every one of these firework shells 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."

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 the rest of the 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

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 yelling its all for me and i did all that." oy f5n llv pyrotechnicians say flying drones near fireworks can be dangerous. metro reminds everyone drones are already banned within five miles of the airport - and that includes the las vegas strip. nevada slot machine revenue is up more than seven percent for november. this brings the total revenue to more than 900- and-44-million dollars. the nevada gaming control board released the monthly statistics wednesday. casinos kept a little over half of the money that was made. even the amount the state collected in fees for the month rose more than 30-percent. bernie sanders is making another

next week. the senator is returning after just holding a rally here on sunday. more than three -thousand people attended sanders' "future to believe in" event. he'll be here again on january 6th to attend the "battle born battleground" first in the west caucus dinner. the event is hosted by senator harry reid -- and all three of the democratic presidential candidates will be there. a bit of chaos in a courtroom today... in the sentencing of a man convicted of firing a gun at police officers. " "in that video you didn't see me shooting at nothing!" judge (to bailif) "come get the duct tape out. if he talks out again i want him duct taped." you heard that right... the judge threatened to duct-tape joshua bacharach's mouth for speaking out of turn. police say he shot at a metro officer back in 2014. luckily no one was hurt... and a k-9 officer tracked him down. bacharach was given a sentence of 62 to 157 years in prison, and a 75 thousand dollar fine. on to national news now...

publically accused cosby of raping or assaulting them over the past 40 years he has never faced a single criminal charge.. until today. the actor was arraigned in pennsylvania on aggravated indecent assault charges that date back to 2004. jean casarez reports. bill cosby.. surrounded by media.. looking frail in a gray sweater.. carrying a cane.. arm and arm with his attorneys.. he stumbled on his way into a pennsylvania courthouse. natsot reporters: "mr. cosby, anything to say?" inside.. standing room only.. cosby was guided to the defense table. after his arraignment.. the 78-year-old had his mug shot taken.. bail .. set at one million dollars. (kevin steele, first assistant district attorney): "these charges stem from a sexual assault that took place on an evening in early 2004 at mr. cosby's home." cosby is charged with assaulting andrea constand - at the time, a temple university employee. she considered cosby - 37 years her

the months after they met - he invited her to several public events.. and private dinners. (kevin steele, first assistant district attorney): "mr. cosby made two sexual advances at her that were rejected. on the evening in question, mr. cosby urged her to take pills that he provided to her and to drink wine." according to the criminal complaint.. the pills and wine - left constand.. "dizzy", "nauseous," "frozen" and "paralyzed". "despite her impaired physical and mental condition, the victim was aware that cosby was fondling her breasts, put his hands into her pants and penetrated her.." waking up hours later with her clothes disheveled and bra undone.. constand says cosby, dressed in a robe, handed her a muffin, walked her to the door and said "alright." constand went to the police about a year later. and, again, according to the criminal complaint, cosby admitted to investigators -

constand had described, except saying .. "the victim never told him to stop, never pushed him away, never told him her vision was blurred and never said she felt paralyzed.." asked if he ever had sexual intercourse with the victim, cosby gave the unusual answer, 'never asleep or awake.' " no charges were filed back then.. the district attorney evidence due to the year-long delay. but constand quickly filed a civil suit.. which resulted in a confidential settlement agreement with cosby. constand, the first of some 50 women to have come forward. he and his attorneys have repeatedly denied the allegations against him...today issuing a strong statement in his defense.. " make no mistake, we intend to mount a vigorous defense against this unjustified charge and we expect that mr. cosby will be exonerated by a court of law." bill cosby did not

during the arraignment. the judge ordered him to surrender his passport. cosby posted a one-million-dollar bail. a federal grand jury charged the friend of one of the san bernardino shooters with conspiring to give material support to terrorists. authorities say enrique marquez bought rifles used by the gunmen in the mass shooting that left 14 people dead this month. the killers... sayed farook and his wife, tashfeen malik, were killed in a shootout with police. officials say marquez and terror attacks previously but never carried one marquez is being held without bail. his arraignment is set for one week from today. catastrophic flooding in the midwest is pushing their banks. the water is swallowing homes and businesses quickly. louis are hundreds of are closed. emergency crews are rescuing their cars. one man and his dog were pulled to safety. people living near rivers in missouri

evacuate. they're laying sandbags first, in hopes of saving their homes. "(kelly northcutt, resident) my son's already gone. the kids are gone. the pets are gone. just trying to get the rest of the stuff out of here that's important to us. " in some places rivers and streams have already crested. but not the mighty mississippi, which isn't expected to peak until later tonight or thursday. presidential candidate donald trump went after president obama... for his concerns about the environment. and while he was at it... he lamented the loss of aerosol hairspray. "so he's got a problem with the carbon footprint. you can't use hairspray. because hairspray is going to effect the ozone. " were actually phased out of the u-s in the 90's... president obama trump went on to call president obama a hypocrite for flying around the world in an old air force one, harmful toxins in the air. republican candidates hoping president...

pataki is ending his white house bid. a long shot from the start, pataki never made a main stage in any of the g-o-p debates. pataki joins rick perry, scott walker, bobby jindal and lindsey graham.. in dropping out of the g-o-p race. a dozen candidates remain. a challenging night for the runnin' rebels, as they take on the fresno state bull dogs. and tonight is the mountain west opener! highlights from this big-pressure game. and it looks like strip headliner britney spears has some big 2016 goals! the changes coming to her show at planet hollywood. your fox5 weather 24/7 forecast is coming up next bill cosby arrested for sex crimes... why one woman compared

ok, we're here. here's dad. mom. the twins. aunt alice... you didn't tell me aunt alice was coming. of course. don't forget grandpa. can the test drive be over now? maybe just head back to the dealership? don't you want to meet my family? yep, totally. it's practically yours, but we still need your signature. the volkswagen sign then drive event. and zero first months payment on a new jetta

opened up mountain west play tonight. and for the first time under dave rice.... unlv began the conference schedule at home... and they lost. fresno state in town for this one. let's go to the thomas and mack.... where the rebs had a tough night. fresno state won this one... 69 to 66. unlv tried to tie the game at the final buzzer, but missed. unlv is nine and five this season. we'll have highlights and reaction for you on the rebzone sunday night after fox five news at ten. some kids can get in free at opportunity village's magical forest as part of the attraction's "family night" promotion. every night through january third, one child between the ages of three to 12 will get into the magical forest free, as long as they have an adult with them. the magical forest opens at five-30 each night, and closes at nine. it will close at 10 on friday and saturday. the family night is magical forest's "thank you" to our valley for its support this season.

last minute holiday activity in the next few days. glittering lights at the las vegas motor speedway is still welcoming visitors. the valley's largest light display is decked out with more than three million lights. glittering lights is open nightly through january third. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty 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

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 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

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.

a five thousand dollar reward being offered to find the person who put bacon on a valley mosque.. that topic starts the rant tonight.. after a year

of allegations comedian bill cosby was officially arrested for sex crimes... leading to disappointment in former fans.. while others say it's about time he

one man's wish for the new year.... that will have a lot of us thinking about

send us your rants to the rant at fox5vegas.com or call at 702-436- 8285 here's a look at what's coming up.. on fox five news at eleven. there's just one more day left in 2015!!! we're meet the party in las vegas... and the records they are helping to set. charges filed cosby. what this means for his shows still available on streaming services. and an update on nevada's controversial school choice program, and the regulations decided today. it looks like britney spears may be giving us a new "piece" of her in the new year! word is ms spears is planning to change nearly 50- percent of her show! we're hearing the planet hollywood headliner will add new songs, music, dance routines and costumes. britney even posted on instagram - finishing off 2015

some big changes when it starts back again in feb." carly ray jepsen will help ring in the new year at the venetian. and you can catch her here on fox in 2016... as "frenchie" in grease live. here's a first listen to her with the cast in "summer nights". summer days driftin away to oh-oh-oh summer nights you can see carly in "grease live" on fox5 january 31st. and check out more access tomorrow at 6:30, for their interview with the star. a raccoon has something in common with pop singer ariana grande... a sweet tooth! how this little guy was able to sneak in a coffee shop, and blazenly grab a donut in front of

a raccoon in toronto helped himself to some donuts in a canadian coffe shop... right in front of customers! "he's doing it, he's doing it, he's going to commit! " the customer

says he saw ceiling tiles moving, and assumed it was the weather. you can imagine his shock when he saw a tiny paw poke through! the raccoon is a little picky at first as he chooses which donut he wants. but he snatches one, and everyone starts cheering for him! fox5 news at 11, your only local station here for you at both 10 and

live from las vegas it's time for fox5 news at 11. a couple's car is broken into... and their personal information stolen. what police say the suspect used, to find out where they live. investigators say the woman who