ted pretty. this is fox5 news at 5:30. local las vegas. thanks for joining us for your only local news at 5:30. a longtime conservative activist and republican party supporter is being remembered today. "we told you this would be the 'life of the party' party. (cheers)" phyllis schlafly has passed away at 92 years old. she was an outspoken critic of liber - and the feminist movement of the 1960's and 70's. schlayfly gained fame for opposing the equal rights amendment... arguing that it would take away gender-specific privileges... including "dependent wife" benefits under social security - and exemption from the draft. "when she got active in the 1970s the equal rights amendment was going to pass it had passed both houses of congress and it was racing through the states and phyllis schlafly

state by state and those volunteers stopped the equal rights amendment." more recently - schlafly threw her support behind donald trump's presidential campaign. here's no rest for the presidential candidates. both donald trump and hillary clinton hitting key battleground states today - with just a little over two months to go before the election. kim hutcherson has more from the campaign trail. with campaign 2016 entering the home stretch... new cnn-o-r-c poll shows a dead heat between democrat hillary clinton and republican donald trump. the survey - which was conducted by phone between september first and fourth - finds trump leading clinton by two percentage points ... 45- to 43-percent among likely voters. it's a significant tightening from the seven-point lead clinton held after the democratic national convention. cnn's poll follows several other surveys released in august ... which

between the two candidates. clinton -- in must- win florida tuesday. on the way, she joked with the press corps on her campaign plane ... that she can't take her doctor's advice after monday's coughing fit: (hillary clinton/(d) presidential nominee) "better. now the advice of course is just don't talk for a day or two (laughter) yeah, that's not gonna work for me. (reporter) how are you going to manage that?) yeah, not gonna happen. i'm just gonna keep talking." trump -- in virginia tuesday, was optimistic about his chances against clinton. (donald trump/ nominee) "i think we're going to get a lot of the bernie people because of trade, if you want to know the truth. a lot of the bernie people are coming with us because the one thing he was right about was that our country is getting ripped off like never before on these trade deals" with just over two months left to go before election day, both candidates still have plenty of work to do. that cnn-orc poll also shows that majorities have unfavorable views of both clinton and trump. i'm kim hutcherson reporting. the poll that gives trump a 2 percentage-point

good news for the republican. according to the survey - most voters say they still expect to see clinton prevail in november. 59-percent think she will be the next president. only 34-percent think trump has the better shot at winning. hillary clinton is continuing to fend off questions about her nagging cough... that just won't go away. donald trump does not have the temperament to be our commander in chief (coughs)." (cough)..."got some water?"...(cough) "(coughs repeatedly) every time i think about trump i get allergic." donald trump has been trying to make the cough a campaign issue... suggesting clinton has health problems. clinton has shrugged off those concerns - saying she has a problem with allergies. i feel great as my doctors letter said, i have season allerlgies, and take

it takes awhile for them to kick in" clinton has released a letter from her personal physician.... attesting to her overall good health. we have breaking news-- a henderson man arrested for killing his one-time roommate -- is being released from jail tonight. michael lanunziata was taken into custody after a man was found shot to death in a neighborhood near us-95 and nevada state drive. henderson police say lanunziata remained at the scene after the shooting in the early morning hours of august 27th. neighbors said it looked like someone was moving out at the time. henderson police tell us lanunziata is no longer a suspect, but that the incident remains under investigation. apple is ready to make its next big announcement tomorrow. what we can... and can't expect.... for the next generation of the i-phone. plus... a new advantage... to having a master-

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get out! priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. danny tarkanian's carrying a lot of baggage. as a real-estate developer, tarkanian was penalized for failing to pay thousands in property taxes. tarkanian was ordered by a judge to repay $17 million in a failed development scheme. tarkanian refused to pay the money back, forcing taxpayers to bail him out,

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paypal users are going to have an easier time paying with mastercard. a deal between the two companies was made - after paypal signed a similar deal with visa in july. mastercard will now be more prominently featured on paypal's app and website - and its other payment service "venmo". it will also allow paypal users to select a mastercard as a default payment option. under the new deal - paypal and venmo users will also be able to transfer money to their mastercard debit cards instantly. previously - it would take a couple of days for the funds to be available in bank accounts. the changes are expected to be made in the first

apple unveils a new i-phone tomorrow - but it may be with less fanfare than usual. apple has not released any details on the new phones, but reports say they likely won't have any groundbreaking new features. the wall street journal says apple plans more radical changes for next year's models - on the i- phone's tenth anniversary. some online experts say the i- phone seven is expected to look a lot like the six and six-s. and more than one report says the i-phone's standard headphone jack will be replaced by a second speaker on the bottom the phone apple is also expected to announce apple watch two and a new macbook pro. parents have a message - for a clown trying to lure children into the woods. "stay out of my neighborhood 'cause it's gonna be on over here." the latest on a distrubing pattern - in the carolinas. and... bill cosby is nearing closer to a court date. how many accusers could testify against him - in a trial. your fox5 weather

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we sent him here to fix it. but congressman joe heck became part of the problem. wall street invested over a half-million dollars in congressman heck's campaigns, and heck supports their agenda -- privatizing social security,

cutting benefits, putting wall street ahead of us. congressman heck -- what's wrong with washington. dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. judge wants comedian bill cosby's case to go to trial by june 5- th. cosby is charged with drugging and molesting andrea constead-- back in 2004. prosecutors are hoping to have 13 of cosby's accusers talk in court. however... the judge did not rule on whether the accusers would be allowed to testify or not. all of the women say they were intoxicated with drugs or alcohol-- given to them by cosby-- before they were

brock turner is now officially listed as a sex offender. the 21-year-old registered t the greene county sheriff's office in ohio - where he's currently living with his parents. the former stanford university swimmer was convicted in march of assaulting an unconscious woman after a fraternity party. he is facing three years of supervised probation after serving half of his six month jail sentence. prosecutors had been seeking six years behind bars - and the punishment lead to anger around the nation. "this sentence also sent a dangerous message to victims of sexual violence...it sent the message 'don't bother to call the police' because you will not get justice...and to potential perpetrators...it sent the message 'don't worry, the courts will have your back." brock turner must register with local authorities every ninety days. he plans to appeal his conviction. new reports of a man dressed as a clown - trying to lure children into the woods. "me, as a mama, with the clown, i think it'd be on. we'd be in

"round up some people and let's get 'em." winston-salem police in north carolina got their first report of the clown around 8-30 sunday night. two children say they saw the clown - and one adult heard him - trying to coax the kids with treats. he was dressed in white overalls - white gloves - red shoes and bushy hair... with a white face a red nose... the clown was spotted again - about four hours later - in another area. 'it's real, real jive scary, because that's like the bus stop. for all the "i hope they catch him before somebody else does. it's not gonna be good for a clown." there were similar reports of "creepy clown" acting the same way - last week in south carolina. california is seeing a rush on sales of a-r 15 rifles. a new law is set to go into effect next year - looking to end the sale of such weapons. ali wolf visited a gun store in sacramento - where sales are skyrocketing.

platform" they're sold legally across the state.... lapinski says: "this is the type that military and police and several red blood americans own" but come january (2017), new laws - which expand the states definition of assault rifles... will ban the sale of guns which use "bullet buttons" to swap magazines... lapinski says: "they call it a bullet button because you would use a bullet to eject this magazine from the magazine well here" christopher lapinski, operations manager at last stand readiness and tactical in sacramento... says he's seeing more people coming in to buy this type of weapon.... before the law takes effect. lapinski says: "the whole anti gun movement, taking guns from citizens, literally has everyone and their grandmother buying firearms before they cant get them anymore because they want to be able to be protected" in july (2016), governor brown signed into law the measures which close a loophole by banning the sale of

praised by some legislators who believe the change will curb gun violence. bonta says: "california has led in the past. i'm proud it's leading again. we're a model for the rest of the nation." last stand is considering moving out of california as our state becomes one of the toughest when it comes to gun control ... lapinski says: "we've looked into having to relocate to a different state. which is a terrible thing because we put money into this state" but, for now the shop has a pile of petitions with signatures from gun owners... hoping to get a referendum on the ballot by november to overturn some of the laws. overall - guns appear to be selling at unprecedented levels. monthly background checks conducted by the fbi hit are reaching record numbers this year. background checks don't correlate directly to gun sales - but they do serve as an important indicator... since there are no industry figures for gun sales. mass shootings in the last several years have helped drive gun sales. gun buyers worry

will prompt more restrictive gun control laws. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty we waste no time warming back up close to and at triple digit highs. we'll see 99 on wednesday afternoon. thursday we'll see a few clouds with 100 in the afternoon. we'll keep the clouds and the highs around 100 friday through the weekend. sunday into next week we'll pick up southwest gusts 25-30 mph and that will drop our highs back down the the mid 90s monday and tuesday. we waste no time warming back up close to and at triple digit highs. we'll see 99 on wednesday

thursday we'll see a few clouds with 100 in the afternoon. we'll keep the clouds and the highs around 100 friday through the weekend. sunday into next week we'll pick up southwest gusts 25-30 mph and that will drop our highs back down the the mid 90s monday and tuesday. we waste no time warming back up close to and at triple digit highs. we'll see 99 on wednesday afternoon. thursday we'll see a few clouds with 100 in the afternoon. we'll keep the clouds and the highs around 100 friday through the weekend. sunday

pick up southwest gusts 25-30 mph and that will drop our highs back down the the mid 90s monday and tuesday.

a world record attempt.... for domino drop shots. but not every glass fell over. how the final results were calculated by guinness world record officials. this is fox5 news at 5:30, your only choice for live local news right now i've been thinking... this might be the one thing in the world you pull apart to come together. new papa john's cinnamon pull-aparts covered with cinnamon crumble and sweet cream cheese icing. try our new cinnamon pull-aparts for just 6 bucks.

ian as a real-estate developer, tarkanian was penalized for failing to pay thousands in property taxes. tarkanian was ordered by a judge to repay $17 million in a failed development scheme. tarkanian refused to pay the money back, forcing taxpayers to bail him out, leaving us holding the bag. danny tarkanian's out for himself, not us.

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death of an eleven-year-old minnesota boy admits to the crime. why he will not be charged in the child's death... and we hear the family's reaction to the confession. plus... a new hotel and casino on the north end of the strip announces its opening date. when the lucky dragon hotel and casino will be ready for business... and you may remember this picture that went viral last week. a f-s-u football player sits with an autistic student eating lunch alone. well -- the student was able to go his game last night! we'll hear from hi another world record - has been broken! a bar in dubai broke the guinness world record for the longest domino "drop shot" ever recorded. "(start...cheers)" it took more than 160 employees to execute the record-breaking execute the record-breaking attempt at the huddle sports bar and grill. some of them arrived early in the morning to begin the massive set-up. there were six-

forty-eight shot glasses - that were part of the domino effect. according to a guinness world records official - not all of the glasses fell properly - but it was enough to beat the old record. i had to deduct 1,570 glasses because they did not fall according to the guidelines, they did not fall successfully. so they still ended up to break the record with 4,578 glasses." the previous record-holder in the bahamas, set in february of 2013. in the bahamas, set in february of 2013. thanks for joining us.. fox5 news at 6

i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. there's a race going on right now. the world's clean energy super power's either going to be germany, china, or us. re it's us. from 500 million solar panels installed by the end of my first term, to precision manufacturing. we'll beat the competition and create new high wage jobs. we can do this, millions of jobs right here in america.

live from las vegas fox5 news at 6 starts now. a murder suspect -- who twisted out of handcuffs while in custody -- is still on the run tonight... and it turns out these aren't the firt charges he has run from... a couple is dead in a murder-suicide in anthem. why neighbors say police have been called out to the home before... they paid for an education they won't get to finish -- at least not at i-t-t tech. the steps hundreds of students will have to get what they paid for. this is fox5 news at 6. local. las vegas the hunt continues for the man who escaped police custody friday after police arrested him for murder. i'm john huck. i'm christine maddela. today -- north las vegas police won't release any new details but say they hope he is still in the area.