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the latest... and about what led to the gunfire. switching gears the prospects of raiders vegas sounds sheldon adelson at shot at that today the sands owner reportedly met with mark davis, owner of the raiders, who is looking for a new home for his team. fox5's les krifaton joins us live from koval the site of the proposed stadium. les what's the buzz on the street? the whole idea seems outrageous given the nfl attitude toward las vegas and gaming. but sheldon adelson is behind a proposed stadium that would be built here and he's looking for a tenant besides the unlv rebels and he's thinking an nfl team. this vacant lot could one day be transformed into a full fledged state of the art 60,000 plus seat stadium.....a perfect venue for the nfl, if
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las vegas. unless the nfl drastically changes the way that they look at las vegas there is zero chance that the nfl would make a home in this city. former fox5 sportscaster jon castagnino says when it comes to las vegas the nfl shows us no love the nfl has stepped in multiple times to kind of stop what las vegas is doing right. we're not allowed advertise any casinos during the super bowl, they even stepped in to cancel tony romo's fantasy event within the last 12 months or so. i mean the nfl is anti las vegas that being said if there is anybody that could change that stance you'd have to think it would be sheldon adelson. according to forbes magazine he is the 15th richest man in the world worth more than 26 billion dollars and with that label and money he has a lot of clout. andelson is going to need to work the nfl very hard. he's a powerful guy he's got a lot of money but the nfl is a little bit bigger than sheldon adelson. on the street we got mixed reaction to the remote possibility that the oakland raiders
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become the las vegas raiders it's a good opportunity not only for fans but form all the tourists who have an opportunity to come over here and try to do something different. i think it's seems like a pretty cool idea for the raiders to come to las vegas i feel the raiders should be in oakland for me, that's just tradition. and maybe that is the opinion of the nfl too...maybe just maybe the nfl is sitting back letting this buzz about las vegas happen to put pressure on the city of oakland to build a new stadium for the raiders. we've been used time and time again as leverage for other professional sports teams to get a new stadium in their markets. so the nfl might be lying back right now and they might like hearing all this national buzz about las vegas and the raiders we probably have a better chance of winning a powerball jackpot than getting an nfl team here in las vegas but you now stranger things have happened and you don't win unless you try,
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in our question of the day we asked: do you think an nfl team will play in las vegas during your lifetime? here are the results so far... 60
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say yes... while 40- percent say no. you can vote by clicking on the website... fox5 vegas dot com. more than two months before the arena opens.. today marked a milestone. power drill sound that's the sound of progress. crews began installing some of the 17-thousand seats that will eventually fill the stands. workers plan on installing these seats over the next six weeks. dan quinn / vp & gm t-mobile arena "it's incredibly exciting to see this come from a concept to initial renderings to clearing the site with steel coming up out of the ground, the next tweo months will be completely amazing to see everything come together and have people in the building and the killers on stage april 6th." many locals hope this new arena will become home to a n-h-l team. but even without that .. it's already being booked for some major shows.. including opening night with mr las vegas himself wayne newton along with 'the killers' as dan
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future shows include guns n' roses ... george brook and the dixie chicks. what will faraday future bring to southern nevada's economy. the answer to preview las hosted by the las vegas metro chamber of commerce. the company is already moving dirt at the site of its future manufacturing plant at the apex industrial park. plans on having a factory with machinery moving year... but would not give us a we asked when a vehicle will be rolling off the assembly line. i totally understand your question and at the moment we don't want to be more specific. we are starting to move the equipment in in 2016 but it takes a while to get the machines going and achieve the right quality for the customer and we want to come to the market with the right quality." the company has already started to hire.... and will provide a total of 4500 permanent jobs... along with 2-thousand construction
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215-million dollars in tax incentives was offered to seal the deal that will bring the billion dollar plant to north las vegas. a crash between two semis and a vehicle stops traffic near the las vegas motor speedway. you can see traffic being directed off the i-15 just after ten a-m. nevada highway patrol says the driver of the car tried to move ahead of the two semis but crashed into one, causing the car to roll over and the trucks to collide into one another. troopers say the but expected to the semi-drivers were not injured. n-h-p says no hazardous materials were spilled on the freeway. all lanes were of the crash... but noon. year on our roads. a 20-year-old man wreck at around 1:30 this morning... when he crashed into a utility pole. pecos and owens car parts... and
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intense... a part of the car's engine separated from the body... coming to rest in the middle of the intersection. police believe the mazda protege they haven't determined whether the driver was under the influence... but he was alive when the car came to a rest. the clerk at the 711 came out and tried who was still showing signs of officers were here when fd was cutting the car to get him out.. police are hoping anyone who may have seen the crash to call them. this wasn't the first deadly wreck in that area. at six, another crash with eerily similar circumstances... when it happened and what sgt. strader says was still there from that crash when he arrived. the mother of a man who was shot and killed has dropped a lawsuit against the bureau of land management and two agents. the shooting happened back in february of 2014
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the wrongful death lawsuit was against the bureau of land management and two federal agents who shot and killed 20- year-old d'andre berghardt junior. d'andre was acting eratically on the highway when agents arrived.. and was shot when agents say he climed into one of their vehicles and reached for a shotgun. a workspace designed for collaboration and community events celebrates two milestones. unlv and technology company "switch" held a ribbon- cutting at the "innevation center" this afternoon. it's to recognize unlv's new office of economic development and research foundation. it will support job development in the valley by having the university work with start-up companies. unlv and switch's partnership has celebrated how they brought the supercomputer to the college... and what it's done for research students and faculty. "... the high performance computing and high speed connectivity we have with switch. brought partnership made unlv the top ten in super computer
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computational computing." unlv and "switch" say their help them grow economy... as they engage with businesses and community members. toss to weather southwest gusts to 35 mph and a high of 70 with mostly cloudy skies expected saturday. good area shower chances arrive on sunday with the afternoon and the evening chances looking better than the morning hours. we'll see a cooler high of 57 degrees with lighter southwest wind. monday morning shower chances area looking good with up to .25" possible with this entire storm. northwest gusts to 35 mph will also be
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as showers leave us in the late morning. we'll see a high of just 47 degrees on monday. the snow level monday morning could be as low as 2500'..we could see a few snow flakes in the las vegas valley monday morning, but don't expect any accumulation. on this morning's news ... it was field trip friday.. and dave hall and short trip up to lee canyon on mt charleston. the ski resort is just one of many destinations on
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you can also sled at the meadows ... and on the other side off kyle canyon you can spend the night in the resort .. or a rustic cabin. but for many each weekend it's lee canyon for skiing, snowboarding.. and tubing at lee canyon. "how's our medical plan? do we have a good medical plan at fox5? all right well we're going to find out. all right i'm going down you guys. wooooo! oh man! you go fast! this is really fast, this is fun. wooooo! l ght!" at last check -- the base at lee canyon is at least 2 and a half feet ... and much thicker in other areas. rest, relaxation and politics are about to collide. the destinations on the strip that will be open to voters come caucus day!
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occupiers of an oregon wildlife refuge are requesting now. and how one of the three escaped inmates in california was captured. you're watching fox5 news at 5.
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occupiers of an oregon wildlife refuge have video in which they say they want
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everyone involved in the nearly month-long standoff. four people remain at the malheur national wildlife refuge. in the youtube video .. the occupiers said contact with the a speaker believed to be david fry said he asked the fbi whether it was possible to "get out of here without charges," but "they keep saying that's not possible." so far, law enforcement has people, and a judge has said be released from jail until the standoff ends. in california .. one inmates is captured. you may remember... the three escaped from a jail last week. the orange county sheriff announced the arrest this afternoon. sheriff sandra county, ca "approximately 25 minutes ago, bac duong contacted a civilian on the streets of santa ana and stated he wanted to turn himself in." police believe 43- year-old bac duong may have stolen a white van on saturday -- the
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with two other men. authorities have said the other two may be living in that van. and as of tonight are still on the run. big gamble of skipping thursday debate may have paid off. that's what trump seems to think, at least. sara murray reports the candidate is already doubling down. ( donald trump / (r) candidate ) "ted baby in canada." after a tough night for ted cruz, donald trump is piling on... ( donald trump / (r) presidential candidate ) "cruz is really got pummeled last night. actually i'm glad i wasn't there. he got pummeled. wow, and you know they didn't even mention he was born in canada." ...sharpening his attacks on cruz's citizenship and delighting in his decision to skip thursday night's debate. ( donald trump / (r) presidential candidate ) "i did something that was very risky and i think it turned out great, cause on the front page of every paper i'm getting more publicity than if i... ya know? i dunno." cruz is coping with a rockier reception, after sparring with debate moderators... ( sen. ted cruz / (r)
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candidate ) "if you guys ask one more mean question, i may have to leave the stage." ...and facing incoming fire from his gop rivals. ( sen. marco rubio / (r) presidential candidate ) the truth is, ted, throughout this campaign, you've been willing to say or do anything in order to get votes." cruz woke up to this front page in iowa. cruz isn't the only one drawing scrutiny, as rubio's rivals put him on defense over his shifting stance on immigration. ( sen. marco rubio / (r) presidential candidate ) "you changed your position on immigration because you used to support a path to citizenship." ( jeb bush / (r) presidential you." opponents stunt could undercut him in ( sen. rand paul / (r) candidate ) "i think arrogance that not coming may well turn off iowa voters." but trump told cnn's brianna keiler it was a show of strength... ( donald trump / (r) presidential candidate ) "i think you'll find a lot of voters and caucus- goers... i think they're going to say he's the one person that will stand up for himself." and tonight, iowa conservatives seem to believe it won't do much damage. ( sara murray / reporter ) "did it hurt him? did it not hurt him?" ( craig robinson /
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think it hurt him at all. his nearest competitor, kind of bloodied: i think the headline of the des moines register, which says, 'rough night for ted cruz,' says it all." in iowa today, senator ted cruz said he's not worried about the headlines. he says his focus is on talking to voters directly. nevada democrats are planning caucus sites at six las vegas strip casinos to accommodate voters who work on caucus day. nevada democratic caucuses take place at 11 a-m on saturday, february 20th. the party announced shift workers can weigh in on their favorite democratic presidential candidate at the one of the designated properties. voters hoping to use the strip caucus sites instead of the site in their neighborhood have to declare they work nearby and can't make it home because of their shift. the strip voting sites are part of a broader effort to ramp up caucus participation. these are the properties on or near the strip where workers from these and other locations .. can caucus.. new york-new york.. caesars palace.. rio.. paris.. harrah's.. and wynn resort. the republican caucus day is three days later
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february 23rd. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty southwest gusts to 35 mph and a high of 70 with mostly cloudy skies expected saturday. good area shower chances arrive on sunday with the afternoon and the evening chances looking better than the morning hours. we'll see a cooler high of 57 degrees with lighter southwest wind. monday morning shower chances area looking good with up to .25" possible with this entire storm. northwest gusts to 35 mph will also be with us on monday as showers leave us in the late morning. we'll see a high of just 47 degrees on monday. the snow level monday morning could be as low as 2500'..we could see a few snow flakes in the las vegas valley
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but don't expect any accumulation. southwest gusts to 35 mph and a high of 70 with mostly cloudy skies expected saturday. good area shower chances arrive on sunday with the afternoon and the evening chances looking better than the morning hours. we'll see a cooler high of 57 degrees with lighter southwest wind. monday morning shower chances area looking good with up to .25" possible with this entire storm. northwest gusts to 35 mph will also be with us on monday as showers leave us in the late morning. we'll see a high of just 47 degrees on monday. the snow level monday morning could be as
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could see a few snow flakes in the monday morning, accumulation. closed captioning
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things are going downhill for one homeowner... literally.
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breaking news out of santa ana, california.. sheriff's officials say they think the 2 remaining
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california jail are now in san jose. earlier we told you about the capture of the first of the three, 43-year-old bac duong. he turned himself in earlier today. a san francisco home is being demolished - before it loses an uphill battle with mother nature. "it's been a bad week." homeowner ronald martell was at his father's funeral in ohio when he got the call from city officials. the new home he had just bought - and had yet to move into - was sliding down hill and off its threatening the homes below it. the city told martell the home had to be demolished. martell says: "the foundation is still trying to do its job to keep it in place. it's the hill that's moving." ader says: "and of course slipping down the hill could affect our house. so we're very concerned about that." nakanishi says: (covered by above video) "in the last 72 hours this retaining wall cracked, the fence buckled. the soil below us has risen about five and half, maybe six inches." the house had separated
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and sunk nearly a foot by the time demo crews arrived. there's much more coming up in the second half of fox5 news at 5. business is booming in henderson. how the city ranked for job growth... and which companies have played a big part in helping it grow. you know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. but so many families don't feel like their hard work pays off. that's not the way america is supposed to operate. i want to go to bat for them every single day. get incomes rising... get equal pay for women...
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so people can actually get ahead. hillary clinton, she has what it takes to get things done.
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