stressful enough for the kids in the classroom. i needed to learn lots of things and try to make new friends. it was hard. ...but before you even get that far, man, it's tough just to get to school on time... especially because these roads feel like a parking lot. maybe it's a traffic jam? or maybe it's just a red light not working. i don't even know. i just don't even know! to make matters worse -- the police say there have been plen o parents trying to beat the system... no no warnings today. everybody's getting a ticket. it's important as a parent that you have a conversation with your child. and really the age doesn't matter. the schools say every year they spend the whole summer getting ready for this day... but somehow it's still chaotic every time. they say it's okay if mom and dad want to walk to their little one to class... but they still need to park in a legal parking spot. i'm pretty sure it happened all over town. because they've pretty much been sticklers in

school. we had to come this way... another third school. now the police say -- please. educate yourself on the new rules. set a good example for your kids. and just try make life a little easier for everyone else on the road. if you're not sure if you're supposed to stop. stop. because you're certainly not going to get in trouble for that. here are the rules stop completely at crosswalks -- wait for the kids to get on the sidewalk do not make u turns do not pass any of the other cars park in a legal parking spot the police will be watching live in henderson adam herbets fox 5 news local las vegas as the fifth- largest school district in the

as the fifth- largest school district in the nation... clark county has a lot of concerns on its plate. the school year began today with more than 300- thousand las vegas-area students. it's also the first year county is offering full-day kindergarten at all of its schools. the district said it has 319 teacher slots to fill as of today - and that long-term substitutes are being used - without being hired. the district said it already has 18,300 licensed teachers on the payroll but are continuing to work through the hiring and paperwork process for current applicants. there were about 700 vacancies back in february when the governor declared the teacher shortage an emergency.

overcrowding, especially at schools in some of the valley's fastest growing areas. for students at those schools going back to school doesn't necessarily mean they'll be inside the school. fox5's eric hilt talked with teachers at one of the district's most overcrowded schools - and joins us now. that school is williams v wright elemetary school... when it was built, the district expected it to hold about 750 students, but this year, the school has around 13- hundred students. fifth grade teacher nicole gladish's one of the 28 portable classrooms outside of the school building. wright elementary even has a portable cafeteria and portable bathrooms. this is nicole third year teaching in a portable, and she says the biggest problem she runs into is not having access to some of the resources there are inside the building. "one of the hardest parts of being in the portable is not having access to all the technoloogy inside, you have to walk in there but if you're in one of the pods you can easily send out kids to do vmath whereas here we dont have that

the district says there is an end in sight for teachers like nicole a new elementary school is opening up in 2019 that will reduce the overcrowding at wright. district administrators say their goal is to get the portable classrooms out of every elementary school. soc

answers to all your back-to- school questions online. just look at our special section - on our homepage - at fox five vegas dot com. a north las vegas child was sent to the hospital last night after a self- inlficted gunshot wound to the stomach. officers tell us today the child is dealing with non- life threatening injuries. fox-5's vince sapienza spoke with neighbors earlier today - who say they are in disbelief.... john, chst i drove to the gated complex near decatur and ann road....where police say the incident took place.... no one answered the door..... however when i knocked on nearby neighbors doors... and explained the situation.... they had a lot to say..... again it all started late last night.. just before 11:30 when metro received a call of a child shooting themself in the abdomen.....near decatur and ann road.... now neighbors i spoke with today believe it was the boy who lives at this house.. they say he is around 10..11 years old.... shock and surprise is the best way to guage

nearby neighbors.....who exchange hello and goodbye's with the family..... "typical vegas you have to expect it, but it is a surprise because we never had an issue like that in the 11 years we have lived here, it's the reason i chose this complex, it's pretty quiet, so yeah it's surprising, you see the news everyday, you got to expect it." neighbors tell me this is just another tragic event... but another learning lesson for parents out there to keep an extra eye on your children... now metro tells fox-5 the investigation is ongoing... and the abuse and neglect department are the lead on the case... they are the ones who will decide if and when charges will be filed... it appears three people were stabbed by the same person police say a man went into a crown liquor - just west of twain and swenson - around 9-30 sunday night. the suspect

minutes apart. a third victim was stabbed about twenty minutes later - closer to the twain and swenson intersection. all three victims were taken to the hospital - but are expected to recover. the suspect is not in custody. a suspect killed in a shootout with a highway trooper... died from a gunshot wound to the head. that's according to the coroner... who identified the man as 41-year-old matthew gibbon. the highway patrol says he was one of two passengers in a car that was pulled over for a traffic violation early friday near boulder highway and the 95. gibbon ran off - as the trooper chased after him. gunfire was exchanged. the trooper escaped injury - when a bullet hit the trooper's badge. a scuba diver - who died while swimming at lake mead over the weekend - was a police officer from tampa, florida. the coroner reports 48-year- old fred arnold was the person who died. citing social media posts... "fox-13" in tampa said arnold was on vacation when he suffered

the communcation center at lake mead said it received a call around 1-30 saturday afternoon - about a scuba diver who surfaced motionless after diving at the submerged b-29 wreckage site. crews arrived - and medical care was performed - but arnold was pronounced dead, toss to weather more heat expected through the workweek with cooler temperatures ahead weekend. we'll see 103 on tuesday with 102 expected both wednesday and thursday. friday we'll see 99. southwest breezes start wednesday afternoon and continue thursday and friday to around 25 mph in the afternoon. for labor day weekend expect 97 saturday, then 96 both sunday and monday. stronger afternoon

us saturday and sunday to around 30 mph. hollywood is mourning the loss of a comedy icon. a look back on the life and career - of gene wilder. and - why a school yard seemed like the right place - for a military aircraft to make an emergency landing. and - here are some back-to- school photos... sent in to fox five's facebook page!

mourning the death of gene wilder. his attorney says the famed comic actor passed away at age 83 - of complications from alzheimer's disease. more's sean mcallister looks at gene wilder's life and legacy ... you could say it was mel brooks who first saw something funny in actor gene wilder. his breakthrough role as the neurotic accountant "leo bloom" in the 1968 brooks' comedy "the producers," earned wilder an oscar nomination for best supporting actor. ("the producers") "no! no! don't hit. it doesn't help. it only increases my sense of danger." gene wilder was born in milwaukee, wisconsin and caught the acting bug by doing theater. his professional relationship with brooks was akin to lightning in a bottle. he earned his second oscar nod, this time for best adapted screenplay for their parody

frankenstein." ("young frankenstein") "it could work!" his role as a hard- drinking gunslinger in "blazing saddles," also helped to cement wilder's meteoric rise to stardom. ("blazing saddles") "yeah, but i shoot with this hand." perhaps the film that endeared the witty actor to many across generations is "willy wonka and the chocolate factory." (singing) "in a wod imagination." his private life became public with his marriage in 1984 to "saturday night live" star gilda radner. sadly, after two years of marriage radner was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and died three years later. wilder dealt with his grief by establishing "gilda's club," a home away from home for patients and families. the actor teamed up with his friend richard pryor for a string of successful comedies, including

evil, hear no evil." by the 1990s wilder remarried and kept his career going with various projects. however in 1999, the performer was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. with the help of chemotherapy and stem cell transplants, wilder made a complete recovery. acting took a back seat in his life, and except for a few small t-v roles, he focused his energy on writing. in 2005, he released his memoir "kiss me like a stranger: my search for love and art." gene wilder will be remembered for his wit and warmth, and his memorable performances that were simply unforgettable. tributes from peers and admirers are pouring in for gene wilder. mel brooks says he was one of the - quote - "truly great talents of our time." the latest sexting episode may have been the last straw for the

congressman anthony weiner. human abedin says she and weiner are separating. abedin - a top aide to hillary clinton - says she and weiner remain devoted to doing what is best for their son. the new york post published photos yesterday - claiming to show weiner sending inappropriate messages and photos to another woman. donald trump is praising abedin's decision... but coming down hard on clinton - saying weiner was one step too close to national security information. international airport is investigating what prompted the first of several 911 calls falsely reporting gunshots sunday night. that sent panicked travelers running onto streets and the tarmac. airport police officers say the initial 9-1-1 call came in just before 9 sunday night - about five minutes after officers detained a man dressed as zorro in a terminal. police found no connection between the two incidents. the chaos caused more than two dozen flights to be diverted - as

delays. "..all of a sudden there was a flood of people that came running into the bathrooms saying there was a shooter. i mean, everyone was in a huge panic." "..we got off the plane and were exiting and saw just a mob a crowd coming towards us and we immediately started running." here in las vegas - mccarran international airport says two scheduled flights to lax were delayed 2-to-3 hours. 12 flights heading to lax were diverted to las vegas. all of those flights continued to l-a as planned after the situation was an air force helicopter makes an emergency landing in an unusual place. joint base andrews says the aircraft came down this morning - in the yard of an elementary school in brandywine, maryland. that's just 8 miles south of the base. according to preliminary reports - the chopper's transmission warning light came on-- forcing the pilot to immediately land. a pilot and co- pilot were the only people on board. no one was hurt. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief

pretty more heat expected through the workweek with cooler temperatures ahead for labor day weekend. we'll see 103 on tuesday with 102 expected both wednesday and thursday. friday we'll see 99. southwest breezes start wednesday afternoon and continue thursday and friday to around 25 mph in the afternoon. for labor day weekend expect 97 saturday, then 96 both sunday and monday. stronger afternoon gusts will be with us saturday and sunday to around 30 mph. more heat expected through the workweek with cooler temperatures ahead for labor day weekend. we'll see 103 on tuesday with 102 expected both wednesday and thursday. friday we'll see 99. southwest breezes start wednesday

and friday to around 25 mph in the afternoon. for labor day weekend expect 97 saturday, then 96 both sunday and monday. stronger afternoon gusts will be with us saturday and sunday to around 30 mph. closed captiin will resume shortly a big day - for students in clark county. coming up - how volunteers were sitting an example for the kids... on the first day of

more heat expected through the workweek with cooler temperatures ahead for labor day weekend. we'll see 103 on tuesday with 102 expected both wednesday and thursday. friday we'll see 99. southwest breezes start wednesday afternoon and continue thursday and friday to around 25 mph in the afternoon. for labor day weekend expect 97 saturday, then 96 both sunday and monday. stronger afternoon gusts will be with us saturday and sunday to around 30 mph.

a big day - for students in clark county. coming up - how volunteers were setting an example for the kids... on the first day of school. and - here are some more back- to-school photos... sentn

ads for joe heck are attacking my time as attorney general. the thing they left out is the truth. ice. that's why i've been endorsed by law enforcement across nevada. i'm proud of my record cracking down on meth, protecting seniors from scams, and holding banks accountable for defrauding homeowners. i'm catherine cortez masto. i approve this message because i've spent my career solving problems.

to prove how authentic my new brewhouse bacon burger is i'm going undercover, at an actual brewhouse. amazing! what if i told you, you are eating a jack's brewhouse bacon burger from jack in the box. not this one. absolutely lying. and what if i told you... that i'm jack. whaaaat?!! no way! no! didn't see that coming, did you? porter ale cheese sauce, grilled onions, and bacon on a artisan potato bun. jack's new brewhouse bacon burger, new from jack in the box. hey, where did jack go? he was just here. hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. bob kidder, owner, new england shirt company: this

but donald trump's brand of shirts come from china, his suits from mexico, his coats from india. trump's products have been made in twelve other countries because he says there's no place in america that he can make them. well there is. you know donald trump says he'll make america great again while

students at matt kelly elementary got a red carpet welcome for the first day of school. and 150 male volunteers came out to support the kids on their big day. the founder of the nevada youth network says male role models are a critical part of a student's success. police officers....firefigh ters...and folks around the community were there to get kids excited for classes. michael flores says it's important for students to have a mentor from someone outside of family. " i did not see a lot of kids walking in with their dads, i saw a lot of moms and moms have been holding it down for a long time and it's time for men to step up so i thought it was important for all of these young kids to see strong male role models here with them. the volunteers are asked to come back to the school to read a book or hang out with a student at least one more day out of the school year. back to school is an emotional time for parents. some just can't watch their babies leave the nest...but others can't wait to get them out the door!

for parents on either side of the emotional roller coater. a valley mother hosts a "hankies and mimosas" back-to-school get together every year. guests either get a hanky if they're sad... or a mimosa if they're in a celebratory mood. "i wanted to have a day where moms got like a free pass to chill out and not do anything and not have to feel, maybe stay home from work for a couple hours just have a day to get together with women and no stress, no kids, no anything. only one mom got a hanky at the party. with older kids she says each first day is a step closer to them growing up and moving out. there's much more coming up in the second half of fox5 news at 5. more than half- a-million drones will be taking to the sky over the next year. should you be worrying about it? "inside the law" is next.

(scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you wake up those eggs with glorious spam!

welcome. it's me! the extra crispy colonel. my extra crispy, twenty dollar fill-up feeds a family of four. it's crunchy! juicy! and oh so tasty. kfc.

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. today marks the first day americans can

drone pilot exam under new federal rules. emily schmidt reports from washington on the lowered bar for getting a license - to get those higher views from the sky. the buzz of drones carries beyond their mechanical noise. as unmanned aircraft systems give us a different perspective of the world than ever before. from the rubble of an italian earthquake, to the devastation of a midwest tornado, to the idea of getting a pizza to drop in, as domino's demonstrated last week in new zealand. we just successfully delivered the first pizza in the world. facebook founder mark zuckerberg says drones have such a potential to connect the world he gave a model to the pope when meeting him monday. and drones' popularity is not lost on the federal aviation administration (anthony foxx, u.s. transportation secretary) over the next ten years, commercial, unmanned aircraft systems could generate more than $82 billion for the u.s. economy, and by 2025, could be supporting as many