live from las vegas fox5 news at 6 starts now. three possible terror attacks-- rattle the country over the weekend. what locals have to say about safety and security around our city. n-dot has their hands full with freeway work on the i-15 freeway.... with the spaghetti bowl ramp back open... crews break ground to widen another stretch of the road. police need your help finding a driver involved in a hit and run... the damage they caused and the clues to find the suspect. 6. local. las vegas isis has claimed responsibility for the attack in minnesota. and with all the recent violence - we wanted to know... how safe are we here in a big tourist destination like las vegas? fox5's kathleen jacob joins us live from the strip. kathleen what did you find out? christine... john... i found out that we are actually more safe here than in other big cities...

both locals and tourists... all seemed to feel pretty safe... despite the recent attacks. (nats elvis interacting with tourists) mark rumpler has lived and worked right on the strip for more than a decade now. i'll tell you what, i keep an eye out on every, cause we have tourists and stuff, i watch a lot, and i have to say our police in the city are probably as good as any police i've ever seen. they're everywhere and they're really keeping an eye on stuff. it's why he's confident the

it comes to terrorism. one day last summer a man attacked the people, the tourists with a knife... and i helped to stop him...the police were here in one minute... and i swear it's because of the surveillance. and that suveillance is second to none... there's barely an inch of the city that the cameras don't capture. but... police want citizens to be on alert as well. what does a terrorist look like? what does a criminal look like? there really is no picture for that, it's based on their behavior and the things that they do prior to the act and of course after the fact. we run down every lead to the ground to determine wh there are additional things the police or the government can do to prevent a terrorist act. they say... look out for people who are suspiciously filming things, asking specific security questions, and testing security limits, my first time here and i felt a little bit worried, but when i arrive i felt very, how can i say secure? paloma pereiera was a little worried traveling to las

recent attacks on our country. but as soon as she arrived... that fear vanished. the police, they're on every side of the road, the city, i just felt very... (nods). and to the cities that were recently attacked? they have to be really strong and have faith and i hope everything will be okay, i pray for them. our local police haven't made any changes since the attacks this past weekend. but just a reminder... we do have a joint terrorist task force here in las vegas... they're always working to stay one step ahead of any possible attacks. a two-year project is underway - to improve a busy stretch of interstate 15 near the motor speedway. a ceremony to kick off the renovations was held today at the speedway - by local lawmakers - and the nevada department of transportation. the 34-million dollar plan will widen five miles of the four lane

travel lanes in each direction. crews will also improve four overpasses, upgrade drainage and install new lights, signs and landscaping. it impacts the whole community. because whether you're traveling northbound or southbound, you're going to have so much more space, in which to maneuver. and that means fewer backups. it's good certainly for the enviornment and it's good all the way around for peope who want to move efficiently thoughout the valley. the work zone is near north las vegas - abou congested spaghetti bowl interchange. a separate project $1 billion effort called project neon caused the closure of a ramp from u.s. 95 to i-15 during the weekend. that project will widen the congested i-15 section between sahara avenue and the spaghetti bowl. it was another hot one today....but could there be chances for a cool down later this week? maybe even a chance for showers? let's check in with fox five's chief meteorlogist ted pretty with a look at the forecast. our weather will

with clouds rolling in overnight and chances of showers south of us on tuesday morning. our chances get here on tuesday afternoon and overnight with a high of just 87 degrees. we'll keep chances of showers wednesday in the slight category with a high of 88, then chances stay around for thursday with 86 the high. north gusts to 30 mph will be with us on friday with a high of 81. those north winds hang around to 25 mph on saturday with 85, then north breezes to 15 mph on sunday with 87

a scooter rider suffered critical injuries... after a mini-van ran a stop-sign and hit him. police are to find the van's driver now. fox5 viewer jasmine douglas sent us video showing the aftermath of the crash. this happened yesterday near eastern and owens. police say bystanders tried to comfort the victim, but weren't able to catch up to the van. metro says that mini-van is a 1999 to 2004 dark blue honda odyssey. it will have left side damage and a broken left-side passenger window. if you have information that

crimestoppers at 702-385-55-55. six people were hurt this morning... after a crash involving four cars and one motorcycle. roads around commerce and carey were closed for several hours during the investigation. those measurements and the amount of evidence ot be collected gets a little bit more daunting of a task than if it were a two vehicle collision. you can see some of the aftermath here... with car parts scattered around the road... one car flipped upside down.... and the motorcycle wedged under a car. it happened just before 10-30 this morning. police say one of the cars ran a red light... and they believe that driver was also speeding. the injuries range from minor to critical. trial has been re-set for motley crue frontman vince neil, in a misdeamonor case. you may remember this video from april... showing actor nicolas cage trying to restrain neil outside the aria. the rocker is accused of grabbing a woman, and pulling her to the ground. neil did not

today... and his lawyer told the judge a key defense witness is not available this week. the lawyer did not say if that witness is nicolas cage. the judge reset trial for october 20th. new at six tonight.... democratic vice presidential candidate tim kaine is heading to northern nevada this week.... kaine is set to visit u-n-r on thursday morning. he is headlining an event at the university's student services building. the virginia senator visited las vegas last month. his latest visit comes on the heels of a bill clinton rally in north las vegas last week. some unlv football players have not forgotten the teachers who stood behind them... as they followed their athletic dreams. see the surprise visits today, for those teachers who went the extra yard for these football players. the new henderson hospital is just weeks away from it's grand opening. we'll take an exclusive look at some of the unique features of the

it's ano l-v football coming off a loss.... but instead of the rebels getting down on themselves..and giving up.... they were in the community giving back.. today some of the football players stopped by their old high schools to recognize the teachers or counselors who helped them along the way... fox-5's vince sapienza was with the student athletes this afternoon...... and he is in the newsroom with more on this story... dave..christine... it's all part of a national initiative called "extra yard for teachers" set-up by the college football playoff foundation... today starts an

celebrating the teachers or counselors who helped make an impact on athletes... four local rebels returned to their old stomping grounds...to surprise their mentors... "giving back in general, las vegas is my city so anything i can do to give back to anybody that helped me along the way is important to me." video of him walking "oh, he's going to be shocked, he's going to be shocked, trust me." nats palo verde grad mike hughes jr. honored his former chemistry teacher tom steinline this morning. with tickets to this weekends game, two unlv t- shirts a poster and a green apple. a small token for all the help in high school. "it would have been the last thing on my list if you had made me guess, he what's about to walk through the door, the last thing i would have thought is a former student in to tell me i made a difference in his or her life, i really was speechless." nats but mike wasn't the only one giving back

rebels sophomore tim hough returned to his desert pines alma mater. gone the extra yard...nats... the unlv d-b honored counselor christine korth. tim says back in high school she drove him to his sat and acts "i don't think any player can do it without their coaches and you really need academics so if you have the right counselor and the right support system, it can be done." and players like mike and tim are proof it can be done..right here in the valley. and it's because of teachers and counselors like tom and christine. "we had a couple people who people thought people weren't going to make it because of grades, she helped them all, she gets our head on straight." "coach sanchez always tells us it's not always you, everyone is pitching in for you so give back whenever you can." "they always say teaching is a very fruitless job, but when they come back like that and you hear you made a difference or an impact or just a memory, that's really unbelievably meaningful to me." this is the first

particpated in the initiative.... and staff tell me the plan is to continue each and every year... i'm also told u-n- l-v football will honor more local educators during the rebels saturday night contest...when they host idaho at sam boyd stadium.. at 6 pm.... (( weather )) now fox5 weather 24/7 with chief meteorologist ted pretty our weather will get active quickly with clouds rolling in overnight and chances of showers south of us on tuesday morning. our chances get here on tuesday afternoon and overnight with a high of just 87 degrees. we'll keep

wednesday in the slight category with a high of 88, then chances stay around for thursday with 86 the high. north gusts to 30 mph will be with us on friday with a high of 81. those north winds hang around to 25 mp with 85, then north breezes to 15 mph on sunday with 87 . our weather will get active quickly with clouds rolling in overnight and

tuesday morning. our chances get here on tuesday afternoon and overnight with a high of just 87 degrees. we'll keep chances of showers wednesday in the slight category with a high of 88, then chances stay around for thursday with 86 the high. north gusts to 30 mph will be with us on friday with a high of 81. those north winds hang around to 25 mph on saturday with 85, then north breezes to 15 mph on sunday with 87

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but we are getting our first looks inside henderson hospital. fox5's eric hilt toured the facility and shows us some of what makes the hospital unique --- in a story you'll only see on fox5 nats -- mounting monitors "it's just exciting to see it all come together after seeing drywall to seeing it all put together" a 168-million dollar hospital being put together... as the finishing touches are put on henderson hospital. "it gives me goosebumps to even think about it becasue it is really heartwarming to see it come together like it is" so how does entire hospital come together basically out of scratch? directors say a lot of planning -- designing everything down to how air flows through the rooms. nats -- air "it is a challenge, we have several mock-ups of what we were going to do, we had an entire operating room built out of styrofoam" but it's a challenge that directors told me has it's

because they're able to build a hospital using the latest research -- something they say is shown in their emergency department -- by having several different types of rooms pateints can be sent to. "this is where patients will be admitted into the emergency department and the hospital is designed in a way to get them from this waiting room in to see a medical professional as soon as possible - whether it be in one of these rapid exam rooms, inside the emergency department's internal waiting room or in one of their standard exam rooms" "it's kind of a new concept as far as where we can move people when we run out of bed space that is appropriate for their care" nats -- mounting tvs again but as those finishing touches go up -- directors are eying new challenges... "it's hard to decide how many nurses i need to bring in when i really don't know what the volume is" but say they're ready finally open it's doors. eric hilt, fox5 news local las vegas the hospital is holding hiring fairs in the next few weeks to get ready for it's opening. you can find more

fox5vegas dot com.... henderson hospital is scheduled to open

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