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democratic party. here in nevada we have 8 superdelegates. three back hillary clinton, one bernie sanders the other four are not committed right now it was a source of frustration for some bernie sanders supporters after easily winning the new hampshire primary. the vermont senator walked away with 15 delegates for the national convention, the same amount as senator hillary clinton. college of southern nevada political science professor mark peplowski says the superdelegate role in many ways is to ensure the right candidate gets the nomination at the national convention " it's a belief in the leadership that there is a certain party core of party leaders who are more sophisticated in their knowledge of party politics, party platform and the history of the candidates that they could make an more educated and informed decision on behalf of the party." two of our elected superdelegates for the democrats erin bilbray and state
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kihuen both believe too much is being made of the superdelegates influence at this stage of the process. both also say the main focus between now and saturday is getting people out to the caucus and helping to move the process forward. both hillary clinton and bernie sanders were in town... courting voters over the weekend. "we suprised a lot of people in iowa, we suprised a lot of people in new hampshire,we are going to surprise a lot of peoplin nevada. (cheers)" sanders used a mega-phone sunday... to address supporters who couldn't get inside a rally sunday at bonanza high school. during his hour- long speech - he addressed familiar topics like income inequilty - health care - and the cost of college.... but also touched on the recent solar power rate
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"it is beyond my comprehension what your public utility commission did here in the state of nevada (boos)... we should be expaning solar, not contracting. (cheers)." hillary clinton... held a rally in henderson saturday... left to campaign in colorado... and returned to southern nevada sunday. the former secretary of state stayed busy... from visiting a chinatown restaurant... to meeting with families of undocumented immigrants... and holding a rally in sun city summerlin. "i've listened to the republican debates. i have to tell you, i often don't recognize, i don't recognize the country that they describe. and what they are promoting at its core is more divisiveness...at a time when we need to be united more than ever."
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front of the victory missionary baptist church sunday morning. cameras were not allowed inside. broken mailboxes could be a sign that someone is trying to steal personal information. unfortunately - tax season is a prime time for identity theft. fox five's ophelia young is live from a henderson neighborhood facing this problem - with a warning for those who haven't filed their taxes yet. the mailbox im standing at is very similar to the ones targeted by thieves. they say they are made of a weaker metal and easy to pry open. that's what happened to at least a dozen henderson neighbors in the past month - they visited their mailbox to see it was busted open - their mail was gone. they reported the crime to the post office - only to receive an email warning them of missing documents - one neighbor tells me he doesn't know whats missing because it's missing. but if what's
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investment or mortgage interest statements - youre social security number is out there and that is everything. "everything! because your social security number is tied to just about everything you do credit cards bank statements your bank account your everything." mike suggests getting your mail the year - credit score and direct deposit that refund - so that doesnt end mail box either. and the most file early - use before someone else does - or you may wait months to get your check last year the irs investigated almost 800 tax fraud cases - the fraud cases. the average sentence of a thief - more than three years. brazil steps up the battle... against the zika virus. will the effort be enough... to contain the virus... before the country hosts the
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narrator: for speaking truth to power in china... women's rights are human rights. narrator: and having the fortitude to keep government out of women's personal healthcare decisions. planned parenthood action fund endorses hillary clinton. just like the league of conservation voters for her bold plan to attack climate change. and the human rights campaign fund... because hillary believes only love should decide which two people can marry. not just a progressive. a progressive who gets results. i'm hillary clinton, and i approve this message. the neiborhood with expert eye care. that was dr. stanley pearle's vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. today, doctors like lisa hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. because we care for you... and your eyes. this is genuine eye care, in your neighborhood.
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says the zika virus compromise the upcoming olympics in rio de janeiro. she vows brazil will have success in its efforts to fight the
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cary the virus. a national mobilization day in the country on saturday had military and hundreds of thousands of health personnel working to fight the infected insects. experts say the virus is sweeping through parts of latin america. zika is mostly harmless for adults, but it's been linked to a serious birth defect among newborns. the olympics in rio de janeiro gets underway in august. pope francis continues his visit to mexico... condemning the mistreatment of the country's indigenous people of mayan and indian descent. "your people have been misunderstood and excluded from society. some have considered your values, culture and traditions to be inferior. others...have stolen your lands or contaminated them." the pope is also authorizing three indigenous languages to now officially be used in catholic rites. the pope's message coming while celebrating mass for thousands... are prescription pills the best way to treat a-d-h-d? coming up... a new approach to treating kids... without the meds.
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little league team is going to court... to get back a championship - they say is rightfully theirs. your fox5 weather 24/7 forecast is coming up next this is fox5 news at 5:30, your only choice for live local news right now this is fox5 news at 5:30, your only choice for live
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they're one of the wall street banks that triggered the financial meltdown -- goldman sachs. just settled with authorities for their part in the crisis that put seven million out of work and millions out of their homes. how does wall street get away with it? millions in campaign contributions ees. our economy works for wall street because it's rigged by wall street. and that's the problem. as long as washington is bought and paid for, we can't build an economy that works for people.
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are the most common way to treat kids with a- d-h-d... but critics fear children are becoming overmedicated.... and for some - it simply doesn't work. so a learning center in new jersey is trying a new approach - without the meds. laura ingle has more from new york. more than 10 percent of children are currently living with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder... 10-year-old mallory oakes of glen rock
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oakes says: "she was diagnosed in first grade after there were some difficulties in the classroom mallory was put on medications to help control her symptoms... but amy says they only made a bad situation -- worse... oakes says: "i remember saying to my husband that her behaviors are holding our family hostage because it could be one meltdown a day, it could be 5 meltdowns a day, but there wasn't really a day that went by without something like that happening " mallory's oppositional behavior reached a fever pitch when the family moved in november 2014... so amy sought the help of the brain balance achievement center in allendale new jersey... oakes says: "we went in for the assessment and her behaviors at the assessment were really terrible, um, i thought we weren't gonna get accepted to the program, and they told us they could help us and we never looked back" using a combination of
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the program helps stimulate and strengthen different parts of the brain responsible for certain disorders... melillo says: "what we find in children is that the easiest way to get their brain to become coordinated is by making their body coordinated. so a large part of what we're doing is this sensory motor interaction, building their muscle tone, building their strength, building their body spacial parents are also given nutritional guidelines and at- home activities to do with their children... for mallory -- the results were life- changing... oakes says: "she's playing on the basketball team now, she's involved in theater -- things that she wasn't able to do because her behaviors prohibited her from doing them ... you whatever she sets her mind to do she's gonna be able to there are more than 80 brain balance achievement centers across the country... information -- visit brain-balance- centers dot-com i'm laura ingle, fox news a-d-h-d can be hard to diagnose. the american psychiatric association says 5 percent of
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condition... while the c-d-c pegs the number higher at about eleven percent. the search continues for a suspect - after two people are shot with darts - on the golden gate bridge. investigators believe the darts were launched from a car driving bridge... using a blow gun. two visitors were hit while walking across the landmark. highway patrol says one of the victims was hit in a deep wound. "it was able to through his jeans and into his leg by about 2 inches" again you can't hide, like i said so you just gotta look out investigators are looking over video from the golden gate bridge authority the attacker jodi arias will not visitors for the next six months. the arizona corrections says arias has her visitation privileges. the 35-year-old is serving a life sentence for
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boyfriend. according to officials - arias called a correctional officer a vulgar insult - after she was denied a haircut. arias will have to demonstrate at least 180 days of good behavior in order to see visitors again. the parents of little league players - stripped of their 2014 world series title are suing for the title's return. the chicago team won the 2014 u-s little league championship... but lost the title after it was discovered some players did not meet residency requirements. an attorney for the players' parents and coach says the parents submitted the proper documents. karamanis says he's not conceding the players didn't live within the boundaries - but that the map submitted was verified as legal during the regional tournament. "the children knew nothing about this. the boundary maps were submitted, the eligibility documents were submitted to the jrw inc. who submitted it to
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problem with the children being within those boundaries until much later." little league international saying they do not plan to comment until after they've reviewed the lawsuit. the team defeated local team "mountain ridge"... to win the little league u-s championship. flying is now the safest its been in the past five years. the international air transport association says airline accidents dropped significantly last year... reporting four accidental airline crashes in 2015 with 136-deaths. that's a huge drop from the year before. in 2014... 641 people died in airline accidents. the tally did not include two major plane crashes that were caused deliberately. the crash of germanwings-9525 in the french alps was blamed on pilot suicide. the crash of metrojet 9268 in egypt was blamed on terrorism. hundreds were killed in both
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there 68 total accidents last year... compared to 77 the year before. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty we'll stay in the mid-70s for tuesday with very light breezes and only a few clouds. wednesday afternoon we'll start to see changes with strong, southwest gusts to 35 mph and a high of 80 degrees. that high would be one degree shy of matching a record high of 81 set in 2014. we stay gusty with 35 mph southwest gusts on thursday and a slight shower chance. we'll drop into a the 60s with a high of 68 degrees
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waste no time getting back into the 70s with mid-70s friday through the weekend. we'll stay in the mid-70s for tuesday with very light breezes and only a few clouds. wednesday afternoon we'll start to see changes with strong, southwest gusts to 35 mph and a high of 80 degrees. that high would be one degree shy of matching a record high of 81 set in 2014. we stay gusty with 35 mph southwest gusts on thursday and a slight shower chance. we'll drop into a the 60s with a high of 68 degrees on thursday
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getting back into the 70s with mid-70s friday through the weekend. closed captioning will resume shortly
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will resume shortly a man opens his heart... and his wallet... on valentine's day. "ain't nobody had to pay for nothing. it was so nice." how a romantic meal at white
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plus... generating tomorrow on fox5 news this morning... special about nellis air force base's new solar system and how it will benefit homes right here in the valley. one of the areas that i've been particularly interested in is the area of children. we intend to be sure that everybody in this room and every child in this state is somebody. no matter where they're born, no matter to whom they are born. i want to make sure that every child has a chance to live up to his or her god-given potential. i've spent my life fighting for children, and i'm not stopping now. i'm hillary clinton,
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new' stories we are working for fox5 news at six. a great update from north las vegas ... as two of its police k-9 officers will now be serving the community in style .. and safely. and ikea is in hot water after several countries accuse the furnature giant of not following tax rules carefully enough. a white castle in detroit... offered a surprise for lovebirds who came in for a bite to eat on valentine's day. as it turns out... the bill was covered. "once we got done eating we got a leatherbound bill, she hands us the bill and it's a really nice note, that your bill has been paid for by a cancer survivor. " been cancer-free for more than five years... he says he simply wanted to share his grattitude... by kindness on valentine's day. "as far as paying it forward, it seemed like the right thing to do. we've been so
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around and do something and it was just kind of a neat thing to do at white castle." in addition to its famous sliders... the white castle also had a special menu on valentine's day.... serving up "shrimp nibblers" as well as "strawberries and cream waffles". and cream waffles". thanks for joining us.. fox5 news at 6
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narrator: for speaking truth to power in china... women's rights are human rights. narrator: and having the fortitude to keep government out of women's personal healthcare decisions. planned parenthood action fund endorses hillary clinton. just like the league of conservation voters for her bold plan to attack climate change. and the human rights campaign fund... because hillary believes only love should decide which two people can marry. not just a progressive. a progressive who gets results. i'm hillary clinton,
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live in las vegas fox5 news at 6 starts now. take care of your taxes now ... or you could be in for a giant headache. how mail thiefs are using tax season to steal identities. with just days before our caucuses .. we explain why nevada's superdelegates could end up having the deciding vote this year. and we check in
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metro k-9 who was attacked during a standoff last week. this is fox5 news at 6. local. las vegas 1099's... w-2's... they're all coming in the mail.. but the last thing you need to deal with when compiling your tax documents... is filing a police report! i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. mail boxes are being broken open... and some are worried tax documents could be taken. fox 5's ophelia young is in henderson where neighbors are seeing the problem escalate. during the holidays it was package theft we were looking out for - now that its tax season - thieves are looking at the smaller doors - they know thats where the big money is garry ballestrazze visited the mailbox one afternoon last month - very confused with with what he saw. "my mailbox number 11 looks like they pried it open with some type of crowbar...they probably got about 8 of these boxes broken into."

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