closed captioning will resume shortly the democrats held their nevada presidential caucus on saturday... and tonight... the republicans have their turn. doors are opening now - at caucus locations around the state. fox five's abby theodros is at one of them right now.... she joins us live from durango high school with more. caucus locations dont open until five tonight so people are slowly but surely trickling in here at durango high

this process is a little different from what we saw on saturday with the democrats. there wont be crowds of people migrating to different corners of the room based on their presidential preference. instead - the republican caucus is organized around a secret ballot where you put down your candidate. organizers theyre expecting the process to last no more than 30 minutes to an hour. take a listen to fred brown with clark county's republican party on the updates they've made to this year's caucus "here in clark county doors open at 5. you can cast your ballot and go or sit around, it's pretty simple. "

registered republicans in nevada who could come out to caucus today. here at durango organizers are expecting several hundred people already seen a couple trump rubio and cruz . and coming up at 5:30- here from caucus goers on who they're backing. reporting live abby theodros we're also hearing that some of the candidates might be making stops at different caucusing locations so we'll be keeping an eye out for that throughout the evening. recent polls show that donald trump is the frontrunner to win the "first in the west" caucus. ted cruz and marco rubio are close behind. fox five has team coverage... as the candidates target nevada voters. let's begin with fox five's elizabeth watts... at trump headquarters... inside the treasure island resort. yes this is where donald trump will make his post

here in the ti ballroom you can see they're getting things all set up the stage is set caucus goers currently starting to get the process done last night at his rally at southpoint trump said he'd be heading to several caucus locations to meet voters he's not entirely convinced of the caucus process and had ask the state republican party to watch out for any intimidation tactics by voters he thinks that may be why he didn't win iowa but won new hampshire and south carolina primaries trump addressed supporters in sparks today... with harsh words for both the media - and rival ted cruz. "we have by far the biggest crowd, look the press won't show it, the press will show these few people back here no the press isn't going to show this the press isn't going to show that corner." "they are disgusting i tell you no they

most dishonest. they're probably worse than cruz but not much" back out here live things getting set up here a lot of media going to be here tonight we wil bring you updates as this rally gets underway on fox five ew ffn llv closed captioning returning fire... in his ongoing war of words with closed captioning

ted cruz... returning fire... in his ongoing war of words with donald trump. the texas senator has been taking been taking part in a campaign blitz of nevada... criss crossing the state since the weekend. fox five's cyndi lundeberg... joins is live from cruz headquarters - near valley view and meadow. i asked his campaign when be was expected to be here they said he has a lot of events beforehand so whenever he finishes up with those... now leading up to today's caucus his campaign spent about 800- thousand on advertising in nevada... here in nevada cruz has positioned himself as a staunch supporter of the second amendment... earlier this week donald trump went off on ted cruz... calling his

dishonest... cruz addressed those comments earlier.... during a campaign stop in fernley.... cruz continued to call out trump - calling him inconsistant - for changing his political views over the year. "i frankly don't care what position donald decides to support today or tomorrow or the next day. they change every day. i don't care what they are but pick one and defend it and don't pretend whenever suddenly point out what you said 'oh never mind' going into tonight cruz is trailing trump by 26 percentage points... cruzs campaign has also had set backs recently his campaign manager just resigned after releasing a video accusing his opponent marco rubio of dismissing the bible... reporting live cyndi lundeberg fox 5 news closed captioning will resume shortly

carson - also campaigning in las vegas before tonight's caucus. he discussed immigration - which remains a big topic in nevada. "you have to make sure there is no benefits for those who come illegally." "if they want to become citizen have to go through everything you went through (claps)" carson says for the millions of undocumented immigrants who are already here -- those with an acceptable record should have a six-month period to register as guest workers. they would also have to pay back- tax penalty... and taxes going forward. for up-to-date information and caucus results.... head to fox five vegas dot come throughout the evening. toss to weather we'll get a little warmer on wednesday with 67

light breeze. warmer weather for later in the week with 73 on thursday, then 76 on friday. we'll stay in the 70s for the weekend with 77 saturday, then 76 on sunday. north breezes 10-20 mph will be with us saturday. we'll see another round of north breezes late monday into tuesday next week, but stay in the mid- 70s.

in the laundry chute of a downtown hotel. how police are shooting down the idea of foul play... plus, a fight turns deadly near nellis. a look at whose been named as a person of interest.

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closed captioning will resume shorlty marco rubio is on stage... not in nevada but michigan.

morning... ahead of tonight's caucus. but then left for campaign events in minnesota and now - michigan. federal prosecutors are indicting members of a polygamous prosecutors are indicting members of a polygamous sect in southern utah... on accusations of food stamp fraud and money laundering. eleven people are charged... including lyle jeffs and seth jeffs... who are brothers of imprisoned

leader warren jeffs. hundreds of law enforcement agents have been raiding businesses today - in the town of hildale, utah... near colorado city on the arizona border. the u-s attorney's office says leaders of the sect diverted funds from utah's nutrition assistance program for inappropriate use. tonight we learning more on how a sacramento woman's body ended up at the bottom of the d hotel's laundry chute. metro has ruled the death an accident - now the case turns to the coroner who is looking for the cause of death. young is in the newsroom and ophelia - the family has hired lawyers. those lawyers based right out of reno - i called them earlier this they couldn't say investigation they are conducting on their own. but the retention does beg the question of what there may be - mysteries still remaining about this death. on kalli medina browns facebook page - a picture

peace. loved ones are still asking how the 26 year olds body ended up at the bottom of a laundry chute at the d hotel in downtown las vegas. roraback: "we have to figure out who did this...we have to figure out what happened." those who claimed to be browns best friends spoke from sacramento - whats where friends say brown was visiting las vegas from to celebrate her 27th birthday with her husband. initially metro sent their homicide unit - but determined the death was an accident. that raises even more questions of how - according to metro - brown fell from the 18th to 3rd floor where hotel staff found her in the laundry collection area is at 2:30 in the morning- brown fell 15 stories. worell: "i just ask god that she didnt hurt that she wasn't scared or she didnt feel alone or helpless" the accidental ruling poses even more questions - how brown ended up in the chute to begin with. her long time friends say brown, a legal secretary was always the responsible one.

calm and she was mature." the coroner says he will need toxicology test results and the official investigative report from metro to determine a cause of death. for now - brown's family has hired lawyers - robert eglet of eglet prince in vegas - and bill bradley of bradley, drendel and jeanney in reno. they say they are in the middle of their own investigations. the lawyer in las vegas - robert eglet tells me he'll have a better idea of what the family wants to do next a week or two from now into the investigation. today the d hotel said again they are coorperating with police and can not comment. a suspect and two people of interest are wanted after a fight turns deadly near nellis air force base. 21-year-old colton brantano has been identified as a suspect. police say two groups were fighting around 2-30 a-m outside the nellis suites extended stay motel.

damage to a vehicle. one person pulled out a gun and fired shots. police say officers found a victim on the ground with gunshot wounds. he died during treatment at u-m- c. police are also looking for two people of interest. 21-year-old jared busch and 21- year-old sherri esquibel. "the individuals including what we believe is suspect at this point came to location and was looking for victim for debt im not sure why or what debt over could be narcotics..." police say brantano was driving a 1990s black volkswagen jetta -- with tinted windows... gold rims... and arizona license plates. anyone with information about this homicide should call police or crimestoppers 7-0-2-3-8-5-55-55.

24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty we'll get a little warmer on wednesday with 67 degrees and a very light breeze. warmer weather for later in the week with 73 on thursday, then 76 on friday. we'll stay in the 70s for the weekend with 77 saturday, then 76 on sunday. north breezes 10-20 mph will be with us saturday. we'll see another round of north breezes late monday into tuesday next week, but stay in the mid-

we'll get a little warmer on wednesday with 67 degrees and a very light breeze. warmer weather for later in the week with 73 on thursday, then 76 on friday. we'll stay in the 70s for the weekend with 77 saturday, then 76 on sunday. north breezes 10-20 mph will be with us saturday. we'll see another round of north breezes late monday into tuesday next week,

closed captioning will resume shortly an emotional night in store.... for celine dion. the star returns to the stage... for the first time

husband's death. how you can catch the performance

performer was sent to the hospital monday night - after an on-stage incident

rehearsal of "the beatles love". the production at the mirage had to be stopped - due to the injury - without resuming. a cirque representative says the performer was stable and taken to u-m-c. the company did not elaborate on the nature or the cause of the injury. the dress rehearsal was part of a revamping of "the beatles love" - ahead of its 10-th anniversary this summer. an updated production is set to debut thursday - but dress rehearsals were taking place ahead of it. tonight celine dion returns to perform at caesars palace for the first time since the death of her husband, rene angelil. more's sean mcallister joins us tonight with what to expect from the performance. international media outlets are in las vegas tonight to cover celine's return. starting at 7:30 tonight -- the begining of celine's show will be a 10 minute tribute to her late huisband and longtime manager, rene angelil. celine says that the video montage that her fans will see.. will be a walk down memory lane.

tonight as celine takes the stage. the tribute portion of her show will sent out via live stream on the headliner's web site celine dion dot com. i''m more's sean mcallister. fox5 news local las vegas. rene angelil died last month after a long battle with throat cancer. hundreds were able to get their pets spayed and neutered for free at the animal foundation. it's part of "world spay day". the animal foundation received a grant from the petco foundation to offer 400 spay and neuter surgeries at no cost. the non-profit says in under three hours -- all appointments were booked! their goal is to make sure all animals are healthy by the year 2020. "i think its important to note spay and neutering is key to preventing unnecessary deaths in animal shelter and preventing unwanted litters from coming to animal shelter in

care about animals in community and wants to save animals in community please get pets spay and neutered." for those who missed today's event -- the animal foundation still offers affordable spay and neuter surgeries. for cats it cost thirty dollars... and dogs start at sixty depending on the size. there's much more coming up in the second half of fox5 news at 5. after months of campaigning.... the nevada g-o-p presidential caucus is underway. our live coverage continues - in just

live from las vegas. your only choice for live local news right now. with emmy award winner john huck. christine maddela. and weather 24/7 with chief meteoroligist ted pretty. this is fox5 news at 5:30. local las vegas. thanks for joining local news at 5:30. latest local headlines. the g-o-p presidential caucus is underway here in nevada. we are taking a live look at a caucus location now.... at durango high school. as you can see... lines are long... with turnout expected to be

fox five's abby theodros there live with more. caucus locations dont open until five tonight so people are slowly but surely trickling in here at durango high school this process is a little different from what we saw on saturday with the democrats. there wont be crowds of people migrating to different corners of the room based on their presidential preference. instead - the republican caucus is organized around a secret ballot where you put down your candidate. organizers theyre expecting the process to last no more than 30 minutes to an hour. take a listen to fred brown with clark county's republican party on the updates they've made to this year's caucus there are up to 42 thousand registered republicans in nevada who could come out to