is part of the basis for the problem in this case holland was arrested in december 2010 on charges related to sexually assaulting girls and women from his church. he was then charged with lewdness with a minor in 2011. holland then fled nevada and was eventually found in tijuana where he was arrested by mexican police. while the prosecution argues that holland met with the victims in private and pretended like he was counseling them, the defense argues that the victims were scorned by holland and jealous to be sharing his attention. again the jury wrapped up for today. they will begin deliberations tomorrow morning at nine. prosecutors say holland is scheduled in henderson justice court tomorrow for an appearance related to the newly filed charges. but it will likely be postponed because pending deliberations in

prosecutors have upgraded the criminal case against lakeisha holloway. she's the woman accused of intentionally driving a car into a crowd of pedestrians on the strip - killing one person - and injuring dozens. clark county d-a steve wolfson filed new felony charges against holloway - including 30 counts of attempted murder - bringing the total to 71. a judge set a court date for february 4-th her attorney says she plans to plead not guilty. the nevada taxicab authority may be losing its authority in its future. a new audit says its cheating tens of millions of dollars from passengers. fox 5's ophelia young is live - from the taxi pickup area - at mccarran international airport. in this report auditors claim - riders are paying as much as 47 million dollars too much for their rides - and they blame the board members of the taxicab authority. the report criticizes decisions they've made in recent

card fee- saying clark county is one of a few places that has one at all. they also go into a decision to reallocate a fuel surcharge. the authority approved temporarily raising mileage rates when gas prices went up. when gas prices dropped - the report says they somehow found a way to keep the surcharge. "what they actually did was take about half and put it into the permanent rate so part of that 20 cents became a permanent increase." now the permanent rate is 8 cents more per mile - with an added fuel surcharge- 12 cents per mile. the reporte the unnecessary fees together cost riders and the economy up to 47 million dollars. the report also alleges board members overstepped their roles by turning over decisions made by the taxicab authority's administration. none of the board members appeared at the presentation of the report yesterday. that report calling for the

the agency. i called the chairwoman ileana drobkin but she didnt return any of my calls. dissolving the taxicab authority was just a recommendation of the report - it would take the next legislative session to actually remove them from power. the report suggested moving that power back to the national transportation board or clark county. class interupted today... in north las vegas. the school district says addeliar guy elementary was without running water.... from about 8-45 to 11-15 this morning. it's not known what caused the issue. officials planned to send a letter home to parents today - with the latest information. class is expected to be in session as usual - tomorrow. did you fail to act on all those "black friday" and holiday sales late last year? you may have another chance... to score a big discount! why it's the busiest time of the year.... for television shopping. and... bad news for "star wars" fans. some breaking news.... on the next film in the new trilogy.

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televisions ahead of super bowl sunday - than any other time of the that's according to fat wallet-dot- com's annual t-v buyer survey. percent of americans are expected to purchase a new television this year - and a will buy them during super bowl sales. retailers like walmart are already starting to post deals in an effort to lure those shoppers. it's estimated that consumers will be percent or more on high-end tvs in january. you'll have to wait a little longer for the next film in the new "star wars" trilogy to hit the big screen. disney says "star wars: episode eight" will be released in december, 20-17. it was originally scheduled for release seven months earlier. disney did not give a reason for the postponement. the current "star wars" film, "the force awakens" was originally planned for a summer 20-15 release - but was moved to last month. that move paid off... as "the force awakens" is now the highest- grossing u-s film of all time. as of tuesday, the

dollars at the u-s box office. however - there will be a stand- alone spinoff film "star wars - rogue one" due in theaters in december of this year. a parking lot.... set aside for the homeless in seattle. why critics say the decision by the city's mayor... is doing more harm than good. and - president obama pays a visit to michigan... and weighs in on the ongoing water crisis in flint. your fox5 weather 24/7 forecast is coming up next this is fox5 news at 5:30, your only

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- following a taliban attack on a university in northwest pakistan. as john huddy reports - armed militants stormed the school - setting off an hours-long gunbattle with security forces. another shocking attack by islamic militants in pakistan... gunmen storming into a university near the city of peshawar... killing students, faculty and security guards... and setting off an hours-long gunbattle with the military and police. khan says: (translated) "we

office. firing was happening all around." jan says: (translated) "a militant fired towards us. security personnel told us to run, terrorists had entered the university." this isn't the first time the taliban has targeted students in the area... in 20-14 an attack on a school in peshawar left more than 150 dead - mostly children. pakisti cials now vowing to take the fight to the terrorists... while urging their citizens not to let the fear of another attack disrupt their lives. rasheed says: (translated) "we should not give the impression to anyone that pakistan is hostage to terrorists, or that their attack can help them to stop daily life of pakistan. if we should behave like this, this act will give courage to them." the white house condemning the attack and offering support... but experts say the fight won't be easy... the taliban infiltrating pakistan's security services - and finding sympathy among lawmakers there... representing a long-term threat to regional stability and the west. mcfarland says: "what happens if the taliban, islamic extremists take over that government? what if they get their hands on the weapons in pakistan? what happens then? then you have the nightmare

(on-cam tag) a taliban leader claimed responsibility for the attack... but a spokesman for the main taliban faction in pakistan says his group wasn't behind it... calling the attack an un-islamic act from a splinter group. police say the four attackers were killed in the shootout. a meeting in paris today... to discuss the international effort to battle isis. "..i believe today's discussion gave every minister the opportunity to discuss with their governments what else they can bring to the table." defense secretary ash carter meeting with his counterparts from six countries taking part in the u-s led coalition against isis. this comes as more than a dozen airstrikes were carried out in iraq tuesday. isis has been hit by more than 97- hundred airstrikes so far. the operation is also providing basic combat training to more than 16-thousand personnel.

beginning of may, coalition strikes have killed approximately 95 senior and mid-level isil leaders." officials from twenty-six coalition member nations - as well as iraq - are set to meet next month in brussels for more talks on defeating the terrorist group. president obama was in detroit today.... to attend the detroit auto show. but his focus was on the ongoing water contamination crisis - in the nearby city of flint. "you can't short change basic services that we provide to our people and that we together provide as a government to make sure that the public health and safety is preserved." the president met with flint's mayor tuesday at the white house. today - the michigan state house approved 28-million dollars in emergency funding for flint. the city's water problem began in 20-14, when the state temporarily switched the water source to the flint river to save money. residents quickly

smelled and tasted off..., and experts said the water was highly corroded and full of lead. critics say michigan governor rick snyder bungled his slow response to the crisis, and calls for the republican to resign are growing, but so far snyder has refused. to you, the people of flint, i say tonight, as i have before, i'm sorry and i will fix it. no citizen of this great state should endure this kind of catastrophe. snyder used his state of the state address tuesday to promise to do everything he can to solve the crisis. he also confessed that government failed residents of flint by breaking their trust. seattle is taking steps to fight homelessness... but some people argue it's only making the problem worse. "basically it would be nice to tell us what's going on around here." the owner of an auto shop says the lot across from his business has been turned into a designated area - for homeless people living in their rv's.

made the decision... without taking input from people who live and work in the there's already another homeless camp - referred to as "nickelsville" - nearby. "having them in one place when we already have a nicklesville a block down around the corner a problem with be nice to have someone tell me." put in place after people in the area complained about drug use and trash left behind from the campers. in november - the mayor declared a civil emergency after homelessness increased by 21 percent. the major airlines are preparing for the possibility of a massive snowstorm to hit the northeast and mid-atlantic this weekend. american is allowing customers traveling through nine airports between philadelphia and southern virginia to change flights without penalty. customers must fly between thursday and sunday to be eligible. southwest is allowing customers from boston to

re-schedule if they plan to fly friday or saturday. and delta is waiving its change fee to travelers planning to fly at 19 airports between boston and washington this weekend. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty we'll see increasing clouds for thursday with a high around 60 degrees. a little breeze and 62 for friday with mostly cloudy skies. the weekend features a slight chance of showers in the afternoon saturday and for the first half of sunday. we'll also see southwest breezes to 20 mph on saturday, then nw breezes on sunday. highs for the weekend will be at 64 saturday, then 59

we'll see increasing clouds for thursday with a high around 60 degrees. a little breeze and 62 for friday with mostly cloudy skies. the weekend features a slight chance of showers in the afternoon saturday and for the first half of sunday. we'll also see southwest breezes to 20 mph on saturday, then nw breezes on sunday. highs for the weekend will be at 64 saturday, then 59

we'll see increasing clouds for thursday with a degrees. a little breeze and 62 for friday with mostly cloudy skies. the weekend features a slight chance of showers in the afternoon saturday and for the first half of sunday. we'll also see southwest breezes to 20 mph on saturday, then nw breezes on sunday. highs for the weekend will be at

closed captioning will resume shortly unemployment in the silver state took a slight dip in december... the state department of employment reported the rate dropped to just under six and a half percent.. that's a new seven year low. the average jobless rate for the year was at six point eight percent ... a whole percentage point down from 2014. construction jobs grew the most...

peaked at nearly 14 percent during the height of the recession in 2010. a new development today for 'resorts world' on the north end of the las vegas strip. clark county commissioners gave developers the go-ahead to move forward on the 4-billion dollar hotel- casino project. the almost 88- acre site will become home to more than 7- thousand hotel rooms, suites and villas with four high-rise hotels and an arena / conference center. the first phase to be built will have more than 33- hundred rooms. a boy leaves the scene of a car wreck... making a new best friend. coming up... what's inside a care package - from a state police

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some of the 'all new' stories we are working for fox5 news at six. we all felt the heat here in southern nevada.. but it's the heat across the nation that is shattering at least one record. donald trump coming to the valley tomorrow.. we get you caught up on what the presidential candidate was up to today. a five-year-old in washington state has a new buddy... after being shaken up - in an iowa car crash . "i would really call him my best friend. and a hero." phaelan says he loves the care package... sent to

police trooper al ashby . he helped the boy... after his mom's car was rear-ended on an interstate. nobody was seriously hurt... by the trooper's friendly assistance made a scary situation a whole lot easier. "i was scared. i was really crying. i was crying super bad. and then i give myself a headache." "he has a big heart. he knew this little boy was scared and hurting and wanted to make him feel better. definitely a very good guy." the care package from the trooper included a handwritten letter - thanking the boy for wearing his seat belt. phaelan says he is considering law enforcement when hgrows up - and hopes to serve alongside his friend - trooper ashby. thanks for joining us.. fox5 news at 6

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where that doesn't happen. i'm going to do everything i can to make sure every woman in every job gets paid the same... ...as the men who are doing that job. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. live in las vegas fox5 news at 6 starts now. quit charging customers for using credit cards.. get rid of fuel charges.. and possibly get rid of the taxi cab authority. all comments from a state audit that shines a spotlight on one of our largest businesses. the fate of a former pastor accused of sex crimes against minors is now in the jury's hands. what the lawyers from both sides had to say during closing arguments.