an inocent child? (crying)" a mother's grief after a driver hits her 2-year old daughter.. injuring her so bad she would die minutes later.. and asking for the driver who took off.. to turn himself in. this is fox5 news at 6. local. las vegas what started out as a fun get together to watch the super bowl... ended in tragedy. i'm john huck. i'm christine maddela. tonight .. the mother of a 2-year old killed by a driver pleased for the man behind the wheel to do the right thing .. and come forward. fox five's les krifaton is live near lake mead and pecos with the latest on this sad situation.. we've been out here all day and have encountered people either saying they do not speak english or those that do saying they didn't see or hear anything. meantime a young family is grieving the loss

it would be like any other day here on thomas avenue today but it's not. the road is marked with colored spray paint paint police used while gathering evidence. sunday night just hours after the incident evelyn green's distraught mother spoke to fox5. i'm devastated. that was my baby my only girl. vicki davis says didn't wait for paramedics to arrive rushing evelyn to north vista hospital when we was in the car i was trying to give her cpr she was breathing and looking at meshe was like this. her eyes rolled to the back of her head. evelyn died shortly after arriving. north las vegas police are looking for a hispanic male in his 40's who was descriobed as

he was driving a full size white panel van with no windows. we asked if it was true that the driver stopped after the accident and a person near the scene told him to leave nlv sound because he left the scene the driver when caught will face a severe sentence if convicted because of the new law on hit and run accidents automaticcaly treats this case as a dui the family has set up a go fund me page to help pay for the funeral. it's "we love you evelyn"

that if you have any information to call crime stoppers at 702 385-55-55. a car crashes into the lobby of a medical building -- sending three to the hospital. it happened around 10-30 this morning near jones and spring mountain. police say three or four people were in the lobby when the car went through. three were taken to spring valley hospital. their injuries do not appear to be serious. but check out how close it was to a much worse story.. in this picture sent to us from hammed ahmadi.. you can see the car inside the

next to a desk. police say the driver had an issue with the car's pedals.. the driver stayed at the scene and is not suspected of being impared. a man who was hospitalized last month after a deadly crash at the intersection of spring mountain and rainbow has died. police identified the driver as victor sandoval.. and said he was under the influence of either drugs or alcohol. according to metro, officers used their cruisers to block a suv near lake mead and rainbow. officers found sandoval passed out in the suv. when sandoval woke up and saw the officers, he sped away, hitting several cruisers. he then ran several lights on his way to the crash that killed 43-year-old jenil eugenio. the los angeles county sheriff's department says a murder suspect mistakenly released from jail last month in southern california... has has been captured in boulder city. the department says detectives learned this morning that steven lawrence wright might be hiding in a boulder city hotel.

boulder city police were called in to help.. and they took wright into custody without incident. wright was in jail waiting to go on trial for a gang killing. he was released from jail due to clerical errors. he's being held here in nevada pending an extradition hearing. musician flavor flav has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor driving under the influence in a las vegas case stemming from a traffic stop last may. his plea today means the 56- year-old rapper and reality television star acknowledged he had marijuana residue in his system when he was clocked going 87 mph in a 65-mph zone. it was his second plea in two weeks involving similar charges. in each case, folavor flav, was fined 685-dollars and ordered to attend a victim impact panel and drunken driving school. nevada regulators heard arguments today on whether existing rooftop solar customers should be "grandfathered" into lower rates instead of paying higher ones

before the meeting .. a group of current and former solar workers held a protest outside of the puc headquarters.. "save solar, save solar, save solar." nevada regulators heard arguments on if existing rooftop solar customers should be "grandfathered" into lower rates. this comes after the p-u-c approved higher ones before the new year. demonstrators brought several wheelbarrows with more than 30-thousand signatures to overturn the rules. one laid-off employee from "solar city" asks the p-u-c to do the right thing for nevada. mike colian employee, solarcity "customers are upset. had set rate and going to be hit with extra fees now." "a lot of people feel they got shafted lied to. nevada power promised one thing but did another." chandler gray "we live in the sunniest state and theres no reason for it not to. fighting so hard because we have to do this now." now it's up to the p-u-c to decide. a vote is not

home prices southern nevada. the median home thousand in the greater las of realtors says and-a-half percent from the same time a year the group expects the housing market to be stable in 2016 like it was last year - but southern nevada still struggles with a low supply of houses and too homeowners. the total number of homes sold in january was more than 23-hundred... hundred a year ago. prices remain between their june 2006 peak of 315-thousand dollars - their january 2012 bottom of 118- thousand. homeless man murdered back in july of 2001. soon after .. an was convicted of the crime .. despite there being no witnesses or physical evidence tying her to the scene. fox 5s cyndi lundberg has a preview of her investigation...

proven innocent. kirstin blaise lobato was convicted of the crime...and for nearly 15 years... she's maintained her innocence. we do want to warn our viewers... some of the details of this story are very graphic... duran bailey was found mutilated... and had his penis cut off... lobato became tied into the crime after telling friends about a sexual assault in which she said she tried to stab a mans groin... bailey was found murdered in july... lobatos attack happened miles away in may.... investigators however maintained it was the same event. dozens of people placed her more than 170 miles away during the murder... there was pubic hair...semen... cigarette butts gum... and bloody footprints that all exclude lobato as the murderer... one of lobatos main supporters is a former fbi agent with 25 years ot the wrong person... at the crime scene the body was covered by boxes and guess what was on those boxes footrpitns in the victims blood... male footprints... there were also cigrette

wasnt him he was alrady dead... theres going to be saliva on those theres going to be dna and we begged them to test the dna and they wouldnt lobatos defense has pushed clark county to test vital pieces of dna from this case...and have been denied. lobato has sat at the florence mclure female prison in las vegas since 2002 for a crime she says she didnt commit... 'its something i tr not to think about or address at all because its too overwhelming nearly 15 years later prosecutors have never been able to place lobato at the crime scene... and there's significant evidnece a man was there... fox 5 used a private investigator to follow leads and looked at other suspects who could have committed this crime that police ignored. cyndi lundebeg fox 5 news local las vegas... this is a story you'll want to see for yourself. part one of cyndi's investigation 'guilty until proven innocent' tonight on fox 5 news at 10. ahead tonight .. new information on the spread of zika.. why the mosquito carrying the virus is different that

it's a huge celebration in the valley.. the chinese new year takes over the strip.. see one way you can ask for a prosperous year. winter white-out! while we're enjoying spring- like temperatures... there are some areas not quite as lucky. your fox5 weather

oriental las vegas celebrates the year of the monkey to mark the start of chinese new year. "drums (cheers)" former las vegas mayor oscar goodman and the founder of the lou ruvo center for brain health were some of the special guests. the resort wanted to ring in prosperity and good fortune to las vegas. they were inspired by the traditional "yusheng toss".

and each ingredient has a theme for prosperity for life wealthness and we toss together, the higher you toss the more prosperous the year will be." the general of mandarin oriental says the year of the monkey symbolizes significant change... and to take action. snow falling so hard in minnesota today drivers couldn't see a few feet in front of their cars. and the high winds making travel difficult... and officials are advising no one to travel in some areas of the state today. many roads have been closed by authorities .. because drivers cannot see far enough ahead .. and the blizzard conditions are causing drifts to form across the roads. (( weather )) now fox5 weather 24/7 with chief meteorologist ted pretty we'll stay in the mid-70s for the workweek with a decrease down to

for the weekend. the high on wednesday at 74 degrees would tie a high temperature record set back in 2014, friday's high will be two degrees shy of a record. we'll pick up a few clouds for sunday into monday with a slight chance of showers expected on monday afternoon. average high this time of year is 61. we'll stay in the mid-70s for the workweek with a decrease down to around 70 degrees for the weekend. the high on wednesday at 74 degrees would tie a high temperature record set back in 2014, friday's high will be two degrees shy of a record. we'll pick up a few clouds for sunday into monday with a

showers expected on monday afternoon. average high this time of year is 61. closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning

health week in the u-k, catherine -- the duchess of cambridge -- has an important message. she visited children at the charity "place to be" and asked them about their struggles. the visit was included in a video where she called for more support for children's mental health. catherine, duchess of cambridge "through my work in areas like addiction, i have seen time and again that the roots of poor mental health in adulthood frequently stem from unresolved childhood issues. this needs to change. william and i feel that every child deserves to be supported through difficult times in their lives." the duchess has been working on an awareness campaign to tackle the stigma surrounding mental illness. still ahead tonight ... an amazing story of survival days after a deadly quake in taiwan. bad news if you tried to get chipotle for lunch today... but good news if you want it tonight. the new food safety rules the company will now

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let's actually get to this picture right away - taken in the cafeteria of findlay middle school - students say it was last thursday during breakfast. the picture shows all the tables up while a couple students sat on the floor by the trash cans eating their meal. ccsd says they were not forced to sit there - there were a few tables open and the outside area called the quad was open too. i tracked down the 8th grader in the red plaid - here is what he told me. "i dont know what happened exactly before that all i know is that i went in the cafeteria to get breakfast before school and all the tables were folded up and everyone was sitting on the school. did you try to sit on one of the tables were there some tables open? uh no no tables were open not that i remember they were all folded upwards. do most people sit in the cafeteria or do most people go out to the quad? were not aloud to go into the quad

breakfast." christopher who had no idea he was photographed - said if students were not on the floor - they were standing - some eating over trash cans. he said there were also a group of girls threatening to call their parents. thought adminitrators wanted to make a statment... no body was forced to sit on the floor. here's what the hall monitor said "you can eat outside very morning so a lot of kids are stadig up eating outside and the ones that did sit on the floor tht was their choice they didnt have to nobody told them to i think they were just messing around and they took it out of proportion." so very many stories about what actually

from parents but from children. when i was standing out here talking to students - some said there were tables - others saying they were forced. coming up at 5:30 the we speak to chris's mother. reporting live.. the white house takes aim at the zika virus, asking congress for more than 1- point-8 billion in emergency funding to fight it. puerto rico, the u-s virgin islands, and american samoa are among the thirty countries and territories where the c-d-c says active transmissions are taking place. mosquito bites have not caused any of the cases in the u-s, but, that could change. the specific type of mosquito which carries virus is common in florida

bordering mexico. anne schuchat, m.d. / cdc principal deputy director "the mosquito that spreads zika virus is an aggressive daytime biter. it lives outside and inside the home and it can be pretty hard to control it." vaccine development is already underway, with a phase-one trial expected to start by the end of summer. but it will likely take a years for a widely available - and fda approved vaccine to be ready. at least thirty eight people are dead and more than one hundred are still missing.. after a six-point- four magnitude earthquake in taiwan. after two days .. rescuers were able to save an eight-year-old girl.. they pulled her from the rubble of an apartment building. the seventeen story apartment building was in one of the hardest hit areas. taiwan's president and president- elect visited the injured in the hospital today.. and discussed how to secure damaged buildings. chipotle restaurants across the national are reopened tonight after a mandatory

the company closed for a few hours today for a nation-wide meeting on food safety after an e-coli outbreak. chipotle is making several changes to the way it prepares and stores some foods. it is also offering employees paid sick leave so they don't lose money for staying home when they're ill. chipotle offered 'rainchecks' to customers who wanted chipotle for lunch monday, but couldn't get it. question ... when you think of cute... what comes to mind... a puppy? ... a baby panda maybe? move over ... there's something cuter and fluffier... what people on the internet just voted to call this

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building a future to believe in. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. the votes are in. and there's a new cutest baby animal that was just named. the columbus zoo's baby polar bear officially has a name: it's nora! the name was chosen in a public online vote, which attracted participants from 115 counties. nora is a combination of nanuq and aurora, her parents' names. thanks for joining us.. it sure is and he's not only back, he