11. local las vegas. we're starting fox5 news at 11 with some breaking news. one person is dead, the other in extremely critical condition after a shooting. i'm john huck. i'm christine maddela. this happened around seven tonight, near rancho and washington. you're taking a live look at the scene now. metro says two men drove up to a home, and confronted another man. there was an argument, and gunshots were fired. police say the men who drove up to the home were the ones that were shot. police tell us there were several adults and children in the home. they weren't hurt, but they are being questioned. metro does know who they are looking for, but right now, they are not releasing names. "according to the person who called us from inside the residence, he said it was one of his family members who did the shooting. he's not here, we haven't spoken to him yet. he left " police do not believe this shooting was gang related. we will continue to follow this story, and will have more infomation for you tomorrow on

morning, and on fox5 vegas dot com. teachers have protested for months over their contracts. tonight, they finally have a resolution with the clark county school district. ""it is a step in the right direction. it will certainly help. it's not going to solve our teacher shortage, but it will definitely help the teacher shortage. " " the c-c-s-d board of trustees unanimously approved a two year contract. it addresses recruitment, retention, and professional development. new salaries will go into effect march first, and increases are retroactive to september. should clark county school district be broken up? the city of las vegas held a town hall tonight asking people that same question fox5s miguel martinez valle was at the meeting he has the details well officials pushing for the reorganization of clark county school district said tonights meeting is the

the publics help in figuring out if creating smaller districts would be the best move for students clark county is the 5th largest school district in the country and assemblyman david gardner thinks thats a problem... assemblyman david gardner, " we have the largest rural district, as well as the largest urban district, and we have urban problems and we have rural problems and we have distance problems and we have transportation problems and its hard to get one group to get their mind wrapped around that." gardner presented a bill that looked to break up the school district into smaller precincts, that bill is now law and the town hall is the start of a year long conversation on the best way to re-organize . mayor lee, north las vegas " in our particular case we have a lot of schools that are old and have these trailers on them, and we have dollars that come to the school district but don't follow the urban children and the problems in those areas." the town hall welcomed officials from all over the valley, as well as parents and teachers... as a part of a reorganization study they hope to have done by next year they asked the public questions on their concerns with the district... people were asked if they thought the school district was too big, and if they

effect on education... most answered yes... annalise castor, break free ccsd " you know i think the fact that clark county school district wasn't here right now was the perfect representation of the fact that were just too big, and they need to let go of that control and really let it be returned to the neighborhoods and their schools." still others dont think breaking up ccsd is going to solve the inequality between schools in different parts of the valley rachael richardson, mother " it comes from schools individually you know and it becomes a matter of quality teachers being at the schools that aren't deemed as quality, a lot teachers don't want to work with kids that don't make their numbers look good." they fear the precincts would actually hurt at risk schools and leave them behind... among those in the crowd tonight high school student leaders. some shared concerns that splitting up the district would segregate the schools. live miguel martinez valle fox5 news local las vegas .

representatives didnt make it to the meeting they did send an informational video at the request of the city. more than 160 social workers and mental health professionals will be hired in nevada schools, thanks to more than five million dollars in grants. students were surveyed on the health of their school climates. the social workers will be sent to the

intervention. officials say investing in students' emotional and socialhealth pays off with higher academic performance. a metro officer accused of trying to choke his girlfriend... had been fired from the force a few years ago for a similar incident with his ex wife. james burt appeared in court today, wearing handcuffs and leg irons. his attorney said his previous domestic violence case had been dismissed, and because burt was a police officer, he should not get a high bail. but the judge reminded the attorney that case was a negotiated deal, and set bail at 75 thousand dollars for two charges. " in thinking about this case and the occupation of the your client doesn't he get a benefit because of what he does, or does he get treated differently because of what he does and quite frankly he should be treated like every other defendant in this courtroom" in the previous case, burt got his job back with metro after charges were dismissed and after an abitration ruling. he was told not victim, and his next court date is

the woman charged with killing a 10 year old girl... and slashing a coworkers face with razor blades... will spend the rest of her life in prison. brenda stokes accepted a plea deal today. fox 5s cyndi lundeberg is live outside the courthouse... with more on how the family is reacting tonight... jade morris' family was inside the courtroom today... i spoke to jades grandmother tonight... she told me after stokes kiled her granddaughter... she came banging on her door... looking for her. terrence- it has destroyed us it may have been three years since the murder of their grand daughter... 10 year old jade morris.... but the pain the family feels.... never goes away brenda- theres days its all i think about especially in december. december is the worst time of

charged with killing jade morris... pleaded guilty to the crime stokes was in a relationship with jade's father phillip. the family says jade was one of a kind. brenda - she even taught me ill never forget she taught me how to use a computer police say stokes took jade shopping on december 21st... then stabbed her dozens of times and left her body in an undeveloped neighborhood in north las vegas... from there they say stokes went to the bellagio and attacked a coworker with razor blades. steve wolfson- this was a very very ugly heinous needless killing of a 10 year old girl not to mention the slashing and mayhem of the adult woman terrence- its always going to be apart of my life i dont think there was enough justice for the morris family... brenda stokes took one of the best things in their life... and no prison sentence.... can ever make it right terence we still suffer today so much (sobs) and i just want her to

away gods gift... gods gift to the world part of brenda stokes plea agreement is she will not be elligible for parole... and can never appeal. she will be formally sentenced march 9th. reproting live cyndi lundeberg fox 5 news local las vegas. brenda stokes also had a history of violence before the murder... in missippi she attacked a former lover with a razor blade... but charges were never filed. in 2001 stokes was charged after hitting her supervisor over the head wit a hot coffee pot after a job performance meeting at mccarran international airport. the case was dropped after stokes completed counseling. solar customers and employees aren't the only ones affected by

changes to our state's solar industry. the commission allowed a group of gaming companies to stop using n-v energy. but it will cost then 126 point six million dollars. the p-u-c voted to allow mgm, las vegas sands, and wynn to split that fee if they part ways. former republican governor bob list serves as chairman of the nevada coalition to protect rate payers. he says a fee is expected... but this rate is unrealistic. " they have such a monopoly. the statute allows them to leave the monopoly but the public utilities commission has virtually made it impossible for them to do that. " these three gaming companies make up seven percent of n-v energy's customer base. the p-u-c says the steep fee would protect other customers from increased rates. celine dion's husband rene angelil passed away this morning in henderson, after a long battle with cancer. dion has supported her husband

past year, and has spoken candidally about their relationship. : "you look at your husband that's very sick and you look at him and you say... i got you" the clark county coroner says angelil died under the care of a physician. his romance and marriage with dion has lasted decades. the two married in 1994 and have three children. dion took a year off from performing at the colloseum to care for angilil, and recently returned at his urging. a new ride- sharing group is giving people rides around town. new details on "get me"... and what potential drivers should do if they want to join up. and you don't have to wait until december, to see beautiful holiday lights. where you can bring the family or a date, to check out a festive valentine's day display. your fox5 weather

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where wall street banks and billionaires buy elections. my campaign is powered by over a million small contributions, people like you who want to fight back. the truth is you can't change a corrupt system by taking its money. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message. join us for real change. officials are hiring more guards and training them on alternative ways to get prisoners under control. it's an effort to end deadly shootings behind bars... but the guards will still be issued shotguns. nevada is facing lawsuits over prison shootings... including a case at high desert state prison in 2014 that left an inmate dead. a new report recommends nevada stop the routine use of bird shot, and increase rubber bullets. the state's new tools reduce the need for lethal force, and saves it

more details on our valley's newest ride- sharing company. today, they told fox5 what makes them stand out. "get me" started offering rides earlier this week in las vegas. it's already making deliveries, with customers using their app to pick out what they need from various stores. passengers have the choice of a motorcycle, car, s-u-v, or limo to come get them. "get me" is now hiring drivers who meet local requirements. "80 percent of it's done online so they basicly sign up and as soon as they .. it's like 13 questions we ask them, they immediatly get an email, do a background check, and that would go to them and us so we'll know that process is done." "get me says it doesn't do surge pricing for big events. passengers can expect to pay a seven percent increase from midnight to six in the morning. tesla's luxury cars are marketed as eco-friendly

emissions. but some customers are worried about the leather in the seats and steering wheel. so the company came up with a "vegan" vehicle! check out this tesla. according to the new york times, the "ultra white" features synthetic leather. the automaker points out that the inventor the car is named after, nikola tesla, was vegetarian. the car retails for more than 100 thousand dollars. the batteries for this car and other tesla vehicles will soon be made here in nevada. we just said goodbye to ethel m's annual christmas light display. but the cactus garden will be lit again in a few weeks, this time for valentine's day! ethel m is inviting everyone to have a date night at the garden. more than two hundred thousand lights will be on display across three acres of cacti. the attraction will open february first and run each night until february

now fox5 weather 24..7. with chief meteorologist ted pretty we have a series of storms moving over the area between now and tuesday. the first on friday afternoon just throws us some clouds with a high of 57 degrees. the second storm moves through on saturday with a few hundredths expected around the las vegas valley with a cooler high sunday we'll keep some clouds and actually see a high of 60 degrees. partly cloudy with a high of 62 degrees expected on monday for martin luther

moves through on tuesday with area showers expected with up to .10" in some areas. we have a series of storms moving over the area between now and tuesday. the first on friday afternoon just throws us some clouds with a high of 57 degrees. the second storm moves through on saturday with a few hundredths expected around the las vegas valley

sunday we'll keep some clouds and actually see a high of 60 degrees. partly cloudy with a high of 62 degrees expected on monday for martin luther king day. the final storm in the series moves through on tuesday with area showers expected with up to .10" in some areas.

will resume shortly while we're still waiting to hear who won that one point five billion dollar powerball jackpot... the 7-eleven store who sold the winning ticket is still celebrating! "it was so exciting to hear people chant "chino hills! " you were the life of

amping the crowd." this was the party last night at the chino hills 7- eleven. balbir atwal has owned this store for 24 years. he's getting a one million dollar bonus for selling that winning ticket! republican presidential candidates face off in another debate. and the gloves come off between donald trump and ted cruz. see the moments that packed a punch, over where cruz was born. the man who admits to shooting a planned parenthood... explains in a jailhouse interview why he did it. why he believes officials were after him, before

the remaining g- o-p candidates took the stage in south carolina for another debate. it was another chance for voters to hear from the contenders before the iowa caucuses. republicans spent a lot of time going after democrat hillary clinton. some of the debate pitted the number one and number two candidates in the polls... donald trump and ted cruz... on who is more eligible to become president. "(sen. ted cruz/(r) presidential candidate): "back in september, my friend donald said he had his lawyers look at this in every which way. there was nothing to this birther issue. since september, the

poll numbers have." (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate): "if for some reason he beats the rest of the field... (booing) see they don't like that... see they don't like that he beats the rest of the field because they like me." " seven candidates took part in the main event. the other three were part of the earlier undercard debate. the man who admitted to killing three people in a colorado planned parenthood, insists he's sane. the gunman, robert dear, agreed to do a phone interview from jail, with reporter rick sallinger. dear explained what led him to shoot-up the health center the day after thanksgiving. in court robert dear claimed the truth was being hidden.. (robert dear, suspect) "there's a lot more to this than me going silently into the

court records in the case have been ordered sealed. so after admitting he was the gunman in the planned parenthood attack dear called cbs 4 from jail. he told me the armed assault wasn't calculated before that day. (robert dear, suspect) "it was just a spur of the moment that, ok. they wanted to slay, to come for me, they wanted to start a war and so that's why i did it." he claims 10 fbi agents were following him from his trailer home in hartsel that morning. (robert dear, suspect) "i felt like they were going to get me and so i am going to pick where i am going to make my last stand and i picked planned parenthood because it's murdering little babies." dear claimed the fbi tipped off the clinic that he was coming. (robert dear, suspect) "when i got there of course those guys knew i was armed, knew everything about me. well they slither off like snakes and then they get the local cops to do their dirty work."

go a competency hearing at the state hospital to determine if he can stand trial. he says he won't corporate (robert dear, suspect) "if i am coherent and sane why would i want to open pandora's box." he says he expected to die that day, but after more than a five hour stand-off he chose to give up. (robert dear, suspect) "and now the rest of my life i will either be executed or in here." the fbi said it could not comment on dear's claims, due to a court order. fans are mourning the loss of a very versatile english actor, alan rickman. "turn to page 394 but to storms away, "and call off christmas" you won't regret it, want to bet?" rickman played memorable roles in a number of movies, including severus snape in the harry potter franchise... and hans gruber in die hard. his distinctive deep voice was recognizable in all of his movies. the 69 year old passed away after a short battle

a local artist was inspired by the story of a little girl who survived a horrific fire. see how he and other caring people from las vegas are reaching out to

now is the time more than ever... to watch your speed on the road. north las vegas

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