times higher than what's considered safe. epa officials told me they think the contamination came from johnson middle school "we believe that mercury got on some of the child's clothing, backpack and it got transferred to the home tha this is what it looks like now... there is a big chunk of the floor missing out of the basketball court. crews also ripped up the carpet at each of the gym's entrances saying kids may have tracked the mercury onto that. ccsd says it doesn't know how much that clean- up or how much the whole incident will end up costing the

"the gym, we cant students in there nto because of the event itself, but because now we have a hole in the gym floor...we are working with our insurance and our risk management department to see how much that will cost and what is potentially covered" i talked to several parents this morning as well as they dropped off their kids this morning. many of them told me they still have a lot of unanswered questions -- but they did believe that the school was now safe. ccsd is still investigat brought the mercury to the school and when the spill happened. administrators say they think it was a student but they don't know who. a north las vegas casino - is still feeling the sting - after customers reached out to fox5 to complain they found bugs in the restaurant and gaming areas. we are taking a

near las vegas boulevard and lake mead. after fox five first reported the story yesterday.... a restaurant inside closed down. today - it's back open. fox 5's kathleen jacob continued her investigation today. she's is live in the fox 5 newsroom to tell us what she found. christine, john...we just got the report from the health district and their investigation of the silver nugget yesterday. health district inspectors did find 3 to 4 live insects and at least one dead one under a booth in the restuarant. them in and under cracks in the carpet and they found them crawling on the floor. the report says they also found them on the wall... but only around the one booth indicated in the complaint. here's a live look at the silver nugget tonight.. today i went into the silver nugget and offered management a chance to tell their side of the story... trying to get all sides. i told them we were running the story at 5 and gave them my contact information ... but they never got back to me. in more from the report.... the health

a pest control company investigated and sprayed on sunday when the complaint was made... and they fumigated last night. an inspection of the kitchen showed no pest issues.... in the pest control report... the chef and a manager claim the booth shown in the facebook posts barbi stenstrom put out... is not a matching booth to those in their restaurant. tonight at 6...i spoke to at least half a dozen more people since the story aired yesterday that say they've had the same thing happen to them! we'll have one of those stories tonight. live in the newsroom... kathleen jacob.. las vegas. a british man has pleaded guilty to federal charges - of trying to attack donald trump during a campaign rally here in las vegas. michael sandford is accused of grabbing a police officer's gun with a plan to shoot the g-o-p presidential nominee - during a june event at the treasure island casino. he could face about two years in prison - and be deported. he plead guilty to being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm and disrupting an official function. the 20-year-old

20 years in prison if he'd been convicted at trial of both charges. court docunts say sandford acknowledged reaching for the gun while trump was on stage. he didn't get the gun before he was arrested - and no shots were fired. a judge sentenced a man to at least six years in prison after he hit and killed a woman with a stolen truck. in his sentencing today... joshua cyran said he is still grieving the loss of his girlfriend. i just ask from godfrom you, from everybodyfor mercy and forgivenessfor this tragedy i have caused. cyran is charged with d-u-i... auto theft... and running from a scene back in april. cyran stole a truck that hit his girlfriend - when she jumped out of it. cyran's sentence? six to fifteen years in prison. once cyran is out - he will be on house arrest for two years. investigators tell us a civilian contractor pilot who ejected from a military jet last month... steered the failing aircraft toward the desert before

the national transportation safety board said the pilot reported the douglas a-4k skyhawk lost power approaching a runway at nellis air force base last month - before he parachuted safely away. he wasn't seriously hurt. the preliminary report also shows the aircraft crashed and burned about a mile north of nellis. no one on the ground was hurt. the pilot was flying back after an air combat role-playing exercise over the nevada test and training range. a tentative agreement has between n-v energy and solar-city. it could restore older, more favorable rates to about 32- thousand customers who installed or applied for a rooftop solar system before this year. n-v energy has filed the settlement - and it is now pending approval from the public utilities commission commissioners raised rates for rooftop solar customers this year - saying it corrected a subsidy that non- solar customers were paying for those who had panels. solar companies fought back - but failed in an effort to bring the rates before voters in

announced in july that it supported "grandfathering" some solar customers into the older rates. the heat was on all summer... and those triple digit temperatures paid off. ford country joined forces with fox five... to raise money for the "grant a gift" autism foundation. fox five chief meteorologist ted pretty - joins us live with more - from the valley auto mall in henderson. closed captioning will resume shortly very light breezes and a high of 86 degrees. we'll warm back up to the low 90s on thursday, then 93 on friday. the great weather continues for the weekend with 95 saturday and 97 sunday. we'll stay in the upper 90s to start next week on monday and

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the campaign trail for hillary clitnon. who's taking her place today .... and supporting her white house run. and.... uber takes a closer look.... at using driverless cars for its ride- sharing service. and.. an impressive new bridge.... is unveiled overseas. you're watchin fox5 news at 5. local. las vegas .

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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, leaving us holding the bag. dccc is responsible for the content of this advertising. packed day on the campaign trail -- with one notable omission. hillary clinton is still taking time off to recover from pheumonia. her campaign says the democratic presidential nominee will return to public events thursday in washington d-c. today president obama was on the

white house pitch. but republicans are still going after a controversial comment she made last week. dianne gallagher has more. the clock is ticking... with just eight weeks to go until election day, and even though hillary clinton is taking the day off to recover from pneumonia.... (hillary clinton, (d) presidential candidate) i'm feeling so much better. the campaign has plenty of big names hitting the trail on her behalf... (sen. tim kaine, (d) vice presidential candidate) i trust hillary clinton with my son's life... and donald trump scares me to death! and taking donald trump to task- (pres. barack obama): trump's got support from like, working folks. really? i mean, this is the guy you want to be championing working people?... we cannot afford suddenly to treat this like a reality show. and while the trump campaign is wishing clinton a speedy recovery... it continues to hammer her for calling some trump supporters a

presidential candidate) while my opponent slanders you as deplorable and irredeemable, i call you hard- working american patriots who love your country. that same comment though, creating controversy - for runningmate mike pence- who met with republican leadership in washington today- when he declined to call former k-k-k leader david duke deplorable, but did say... (gov. mike pence, (r) vice presidential candidate): i have no idea why this man keeps coming up. i mean, donald trump and i have denounced david duke repeatedly. meanwhile, the children of both campaigns are returning to the trail- speaking in the battleground state of north carolina- and ivanka helping her father roll out his childcare affordability policy in pennsylvania. in washington, i'm dianne gallagher. tomorrow.... bill clinton will fill in for his wife - during a campaign even in north las vegas.... at the c-s-n's cheyenne campus. in the house - conservatives pressed a resolution to a house vote to impeach i-r-s commissioner john koskinen. some are divided - believing it would set a bad precedent since koskinen was not at the agency at the time

officials targeting tea party and conservative groups. house freedom caucus members say koskinen deserves to lose his job because he headed the agency when materials requested by congress on the investigation were destroyed. house speaker paul ryan scheduled a meeting with all house republicans for thursday morning to talk about it. uber is keeping a close eye on tesla, google, ford, and other companies making driverless cars... and planning for a future filled with driverless tom vacar has more from san francisco. closed captioning

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closed captioning will resume shortly cars that can drive on their own in all road conditions - weather conditions - lighting conditions - with cars that it can't communicate with... could still be years to come. chinese crews just wrapped up construction of one of the world's highest and longest bridges. the enormous structure stretches is above the ni-zhu river gorge. it's about a mile long-- and will connect china's yun-nan and gui- zhou provinces. state media report almost 150

invested into this project. it will open later this year. fans of apple.... are ready to spend plenty of money on the latest i-phone. according to t- mobile and sprint... pre-sales for the new 7 and 7 plus are through the roof! both carriers say pre-orders are up nearly four times from the previous two models... the iphone 6 and iphone 6s. sprint says pre- orders are up more than 3- hundred-75 percent in the first three pre- sale days - compared to last year. however - apple is keeping tight- lipped. it would not release its first weekend sales figures this year for the first time in its iphone history. the heat was on all summer... and those triple digit temperatures paid off. ford country joined forces with fox five... to raise money for the "grant a gift" autism foundation. fox five chief meteorologist ted pretty - joins us live with more - from the valley auto mall in henderson. closed captioning

a beautiful wednesday with very light breezes degrees. we'll warm back up to the low 90s on thursday, then 93 on friday. the great weather continues for the weekend with 95 saturday and 97 sunday. we'll stay in the upper 90s to start next week on monday and tuesday.

wednesday with very light breezes and a high of 86 degrees. we'll warm back up to the low 90s on thursday, then 93 on friday. the great weather continues for the weekend with 95 saturday and 97 sunday. we'll stay in the upper 90s to start next week on monday and tuesday.

will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly one million dollars in a single night. that's how much criss angel was hoping to raise here in las vegas - to fight childhood cancer. coming up... we'll take you to the first-of-its-kind... celebrity-filled gala. their service spans more than seven decades...

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jim dunlap: too many nevada police officers have been killed in the last few years. the truth is, we make it too easy for criminals and the dangerously mentally ill to buy guns. they get them at gun shows or online from strangers, no questions asked. honor the fallen: close the background check loophole. that will help prevent future cop killings. it works. in states that have closed the loophole, nearly half as many police officers have been shot and killed in the line of duty. background checks save lives.

magician - and strip headliner - criss angel hosted the first- ever "help" gala - to fight pediatric cancer last night. luxor was packed with celebrities - including a rare appearance by jerry lewis. "you are going to walk down the street one day and people are going to point to you as not just an entertainer, but also a man who cares about children." you also see tony orlando... who was the master of ceremonies for the evening. other guests included a long list of actors - athletes - and musicians - as well as performances from las vegas headliners like terry fator - blue man group - and

dee snider of "twisted sister" also led a group of rock stars in a slowed-down rendition of "we're not going to take it". "we're not gonaa take it. no... we ain't gonna take it... " the goal of the "help" gala was to raise at least a million dollars... with 100-pecent of the money going directly to battle pediatric cancer. criss angel says he wants to make the fundraiser an annual event... following in the footsteps of jerry lewis - who spent decades rasing billions to fight muscular distrophy. every four months... a group of veterans gets together for a sisterhood breakfast at ihop... although they do a lot more than just chat. all the women are in their eighties or nineties. they meet to catch up and share war stories. they also discuss how they can help the community. together... they've served in nearly all the battles of the last 75 years... including world war two... the korean war... the vietnam war... and

"all veterans stick together even if their not marines. " "we do. we do." "i talk to women who are active now and quite often they'll come up and they'll say 'we want to thank you because it's because of you people who went in first that paved the way for us." the vets will often get together to do charity projects - and frequently work with the homeless. you can stay up- to-date... with fox five using your mobile device. just head to fox five vegas dot com... and download our app. it's the best resource... for breaking news... weather... and traffic. there's much more coming up in the second half of fox5 news at 5. where did all the money go.... from tarp? the federal program was designed to help homeowners during the recession... but a new audit reveals new details - on how the funds were spent. over 20,000 nevadans rely on planned parenthood for access to basic health services

hood and was willing to shut down the government over it. heck opposed roe v. wade and voted to criminalize abortion. congressman heck is what's wrong with washington. dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. the new salami caprese panini from subway. pressed and grilled to cinematic perfection to get a golden brown crust and meld the flavors in melted cheese. part of the new chef-inspired panini collection from subway. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. i know more about isis then the generals john mccain, a war hero. he's not a war hero, he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured ok. donald trump compared his sacrifices to the sacrifices of two parents who lost their son in war. how would you answer that father? what sacrifice have you made for your country? i think i've made a lot of sacrifices,

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. it's a federal program meant to help homeowners who are about to lose their homes... the troubled asset relief program... or tarp ... gave money to homeowners in

hardest hit by the recession... including nevada... but fox5 uncovered a recent audit by the special inspector generals office . it found that a large part of those funds weren't being given to homeowners in need... fox5's miguel martinez valle dove in to the 50 page audit to tell us what he found. this is that audit...and in its more than 50 pages it shows that in just two years the number of homeowners allowed into this program fell by 94 percent... and even though the company kept taking tarp money from the government... as you can see in this chart... they were turning away a lot more people for assistance than they were accepting the company is called nevada affordable housing assistance corporation. the state hired them to distribute tarp funding to homeowners in need. except in 2015... a little more than 491 thousand dollars actually went to homeowners, but the company expensed more than 660 thousand. and they only admitted 117 people into the program... so if