"just a total gamechanger in fan experience." "it's a game changer, it opens up so many possibilities for different size groups, different events, and just the view alone will be such a draw." thousands upon thousands make their way through the thomas and mack ever year. but now with the strip view pavilion. staff say with this 35-thousand square feet addition...even more can make their way through. "it could be the difference between a corporate client going somewhere else and having the space." and they believe this expansion will help bring in more clients immediatly. as well as growing the already established events, like the national finals rodeo. "nfr is all about the fan experience, that's what this town is all about, we can roll this thing out, come see the shoe, that's what it will be called for the nfr." standup "it's a sight second to none, the view of the strip is just one of the many new features included in the modernaization of the thomas and mack, but one of the other big features is the technology, 16 brand new tvs in the brand new multi-purpose use room, all to create a bigger and better fan experience." "with the technology you can come in here with your show plug and play, one touch all

down at once is pretty cool." mike newcomb - says with the addition, revenue will increase by a million dollars per year...just to start. and unlv is already saving money...compared to past year just by updating 30 year old electrical outlets and heating and cooling systems. and that's good news for the school. "all our money goes back into the university, so all the money we make funds the events on campus and a portion of athletics so it benefits the community back through unlv." now again this was a 72.5 million dollar project... but not all that money went into the room i just showed you.... they added restrooms..widene d the concourses inside..provided additional lighting outside for safety purposes... purchased a new sound system....and maybe best of all.... improved cell

service inside the building.... from the thomas and mack..im vince sapienza... 16 law enforcement agencies teamed up today for a type of training thats a first for nevada. the joint-exercise prepared officers for what they say is one of the most serious cr child abductions. fox5's eric hilt got a close look at the exercise, and shows us what agents say parents can do to help in these situations. "in the case of a child abduction, that is one of the msot serious crimes you'll run into as a police officer" and law enforcement agencies from across the state have spent the week preparing just in case they do run into that situation. 15 departments teamed up with the fbi for a weeklong training session. "we've always worked with our federal partners, but this is a first where we've brough all these

this" officers say bringing the department in will help make sure everybody knows their role in a child abduction scenario. fbi - "throughout this week, we started in the classroom mixed with some practical exercises, and today's ftx or field training exercise is the culmination of all those lessons learned" we got a behind the scene look at some of those exercises nats -- interview as officers interviewed mock witnesses... and set up a mobile command in a boulder city neighborhood nats -- command "the fbi also recommends parents dowload the child id app to help in these situations" -- "what it is is once they download they app, they can put in current information about their children...that way when you have the info at the touch, if you happen to be the person who has a child abduction, you can share that information right away" soc that fbi child id

the iphone and on android. medical examiners confirmed the death of a woman who was a passenger in a vehicle that was in a crash last friday. 25 year-old jessica sanchez died while under treatment at u-m-c wednesday. the clark county coroner's office said her cause and manner of death remained pending. sanchez was a passenger in a car that was in a crash involving another car and pedestrian. it happened one week ago today - near maryland parkway and charleston. boulevard, police said. the 19 year old behind the wheel -- raul espinoza -- was arrested after police say he tried to leave the scene of the crash. he could face additional charges after sanchez's death. a metro officer is recovering - after being hit by a car - and thrown onto the street. the crash happened just after four this morning - near tropicana and durango. metro says a sedan driver was speeding, and hit the officer from behind. metro says that driver is 19-year- old david williams. williams kept going for about one thousand feet before stopping.

came back, and helped the officer before an ambulance arrived. "the officer was transportedt o umc trauma. he has leg back and leg injuries." (white flash) "he is reposnive. doesn't appear to be life threateninig at all. williams was arrested, and metro says he appeared impaired. metro has not released the officer's name. walter johnson junior high is wrapping up its first full week of classes - after the discovery of mercury - led to e-p-a investigation. students went back to class tuesday... after missing four days of school. school officials told us earlier this week they hoped to have more answers today about how children were exposed to the mercury and where it came from. we have calls in to the school district... but still no official word - on how the mercury was brought to school - or who was resonsible. the nevada public utilities commission has approved a deal that will restore older, more

to solar power customers. the decision affects about 32- thousand customers who installed or applied for a rooftop solar system before this year. the commission's vote today seals a settlement between n-v energy... solar- city... the state bureau of consumer protection... and the commission's staff. customers who signed up before a rate hike took effect this year will be grandfathered into lower rates for the next 20 years effective in december. commissioners raised rates for rooftop solar customers this year -ay corrected a subsidy that non- solar customers were paying for those who had panels. solar companies that wanted to reverse the ruling failed to get a repeal measure on november's statewide ballot - and have since settled on the regulatory solution. more than 30 teams are ready to compete in a barbeque competition this weekend. it's called "pigs for kids"... and benefits groups dedicated to fighting childhood cancer. fox five chief meteorologist ted

park in north las vegas - where the teams are getting set up. he joins us live. some heat for us for the weekend and as we start next week with mid closed c will resume shortly some heat for us for the weekend and as we start next week with mid & upper 90s. saturday we'll heat up to 95 degrees, then 98 on sunday. monday will feature 96 degrees with increasing clouds late in the day. tuesday and wednesday we'll pick up slight shower chances with highs around 90 degrees. we're back up to 92 to end the week on thursday and friday

closed captioning will resume shortly drivers could be facing some major detours and delays this weekend. we're talking about the busy spaghetti bowl interchange. the ramp from southbound 95 to southbound i-15 will be shutdown for 36 hours tonight. this is the area that's going to be affected... beginning at ten p-m tonight - to sunday at ten a-m. n-dot is urging drivers to either use alternate routes...follow the detour signs...or avoid

altogether. the closure is part of the massive "project neon" road renovation project. the closure is needed to shift the ramp lanes east in preparation for an i-15 bridge demolition crossing symphony park drive. donald trump... finally admits it. president barack obama was born in the united states period. how the republican presidential nominee's old "birther" campaign... is returning to the spotlight on the campaign trail. a battle is brewing in california... over emminent domain. why some residents fear... they could be forced out of their homes. and... some explorers discover a shipwreck... more than 100 year old. you're watching fox5 news at 5.

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thing of the past... until now. the president obama birther issue resurfacing in the presidential race ... as donald trump tries to put an end to the years-old controversy for good.... joel waldman, is in washington with the latest from the campaign trail ... trump says: "president barack obama was born in the united states. period." donald trump putting 1:an exclamation mark on the birther controversy ...pinning it on his political opponent ... despite cries, from some, that trump himself started it all .... trump says: "hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy, i finished it ..." the hot button issue reignited by rival hillary clinton during her return to the campaign trail ... today, the democratic nominee re-asserting the claim, from the very beginning, reeked of bigotry ... clinton says: "he's

the bigotry and bias that lurks in our country." speaking from a black women's agenda symposium in washington, clinton was just blocks away from trump's new d-c hotel ...where he countered her claim of racism ... but not before decorated members of the military threw their support behind the republican nominee. the latest campaign trail tension coming as a new fox news poll shows trump and clinton separated by just one point nationally.... with just 53 days to go before election day. sabato says: "hillary clinton's number one challenge and problem is getting the democratic activist base enthused about her." waldman says (on- cam tag): "president obama himself -- also weighing in on the birther controversy today, saying, quote, "i'm pretty confident where i was born." in washington, joel waldman, fox news." hillary clinton and donald trump will be the only two candidates at the first presidential debate.

overseeing the debates invited the two major- party candidates to its september 26-th event on friday. libertarian party nominee gary johnson and green party nominee jill stein did not get invited. the commission said the two third-party candidates didn't register enough support in polls to qualify. the commission has set a 15 percent threshold. johnson averaged eight-point-four percent in the polls the commission considered... and stein three-point- two percent. a battle over emminent domain... is taking shape in california. the buena vista mobi h is one of the last affordable housing options in pricey palo alto. city leaders want to keep it that way and are threatening to use eminent domain to stop the longtime owner from turning it into condos. the city says the owner needs to pay $8 million to relocate the park's 400 low- income residents. the owner calls that extortion and has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the city is violating his

"emininent domain is an elegant solution- it acknowleges the owners' just right to just compensation, if the public purpose is established to use his property for this public purpose." "we have nowhere else to go. there's no way, for 95% of us, to be able to live in this county, let alone silicon valley." if the owner can use eminent domain here - critics say no property owner is safe several lawsuits are pending in a case that's being watched closely by property rights groups and tenant advocates alike. a massive sinkhole opened up at a tampa area mosaic phosphate fertilizer plant -- dumping contaminated water into an aquifer. according to a plant spokesperson... the 45 foot sinkhole is leaking 215 million gallons of "slightly radioactive water" into florida's aquifer. the fertilizer company is saying the water had been reprocessed during the manufacturing process. when the problem was first discovered, the company started diverting the water to an

area to reduce the amount of draining water. mosaic continuing to monitor groundwater. mosaic is the world's largest supplier of phosphate. more than 30 teams are ready to compete in a barbeque competition this weekend. it's called "pigs for kids"... and benefits groups dedicated to fighting childhood cancer. fox five chief meteorologist ted pretty is at craig ranch regional park in north las vegas - where the teams are getting set up. he joins us live. some heat for us

some heat for us for the weekend and as we start next week with mid & upper 90s. saturday we'll heat up to 95 degrees, then 98 on sunday. monday will feature 96 degrees with increasing clouds late in the day. tuesday and wednesday we'll pick up slight shower chances with highs around 90 degrees. we're back up to2 the week on thursday and friday with southwest gusts to 25 mph both afternoons. some heat for us for the weekend and as we start next week with mid & upper 90s. saturday we'll heat up to 95 degrees, then 98 on sunday. monday will feature 96 degrees with increasing clouds late in the day. tuesday and

shower chances with highs around 90 degrees. we're back up to 92 to end the week on thursday and friday with southwest gusts to 25 mph both afternoons. closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning

las vegas has enjoyed ride- sharing services... for exactly one year now. coming up... how uber is showing its grattitude... to its drivers. and.... we'll catch up with some people... who got the first crack... at the brand new i-phone here in las vegas.

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. so here's something we can do to 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 background checks save lives. v.o.: yes on question one. 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.

apple fans. the new iphone went on sale today. apple has las vegas stores at town square - downtown summerlin - and the fashion show mall. despite ho-hum reviews... pre-orders set records for the company... many hit the stores today... to get their shot at the i-phone seven... and seven-plus. the camera h a few new features - including wireless "air buds"... that uses bluetooth technology - in place of traditional ear- buds with a cord. " i think it is very nice, the touch is incredible, itis completely new, and the camera is so much better. " tech experts say the changes will be even more dramatic - when the i-phone marks its tenth anniversary next year. this week marks one year... since ride-sharing services took to the streets here in las vegas - and

to celebrate - uber invited active driver-partners to a pop-up food truck lot downtown to have lunch and mingle with other drivers. there were also prize giveaways. uber - and other ride-sharing services... like lyft... struggled to become legal in the state - due to resistance from some lawmakers and the taxi cab authority. "we've been embraced by the state, and embraced by riders and drivers in reno and las vegas alike we're so grateful for that." prizes included passes to the life is beautiful festival - and a helicopter tour. you can stay up- to-date on this story and others... 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. is money from the troubled asset relief fund... being spent properly? we'll have an update... on a controversial

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we have a follow up to a story we brought you tuesday... an audit by the special inspector generals office on a federal program meant to help homeowners brought to light some disturbing expenses... the company tasked with distributing federal money to nevadan's to keep them in their homes was instead using the funds on big parties, and employee gifts... fox5s miguel martinez-valle has been following the story all week, he sat down with the new c-o-o of the company to discuss the controversial audit... inside this 50 plus page audit... countless examples of wreckless spending and unnecessary expenses that added up to $8.2 million dollars of tarp money wasted... today i asked the current nahac coo where the company goes from here... verise campbell started as coo of nahac in june... so she says she was more than a little shocked when months later this audit came out

been misusing funds... the audit not only details thousands of dollars spent on holiday parties and car expenses... it also signals a dramatic drop in the number of nevadan's getting into this program to get money and avoid foreclosures.. she says thats why her main priority is getting those in need into the program and the money back in their hands... as well as gaining back the trust of those nahac is supposed to be helping. " athough those indivuals that were involved in the alleged behavior are no longer here, but nahac still has to go own and we still have to fulfill our mission of helping homeowners, so were going to earn back their trust... she says they plan on doing that by being more transparent working with treasury, sigtarp, and the division of housing.. they are also looking at changes to the hardest hit fund program itself... making the application easier and more accepting, having a human being for these homeowners to talk to instead of an online system... and adding an unemployment program to help