"hes on camera..." i spoke with the victim -- who didn't want to go on camera. she told me at about 7:30 last night she was driving to her home near valle verde and warm springs. she said when she pulled into her driveway, a man put a gun in her face and asked if she valued her life. she briefly fought back...and says looking back she probably shouldn't have done that -- but at the time she didn't know what to d insert: "i just think its a shame. you cant come and go from your own house? or your friends house?" elrita nichols lives two doors down - and heard about the carjacking right after it happened... "i happened to look out the window and i see a lot of the neighbors standing in a group so i walked out and said "whats going on?" and they say somebody was accosted in their driveway and i said "are you kidding me?"

see the crime until today. gasps "oh my god" "im so glad she wasn't hurt though" elrita says crimes like this are uncommon in her neighborhood. "that's unusual here. it just doesn't happen" ...but she's not surprised by much anymore. "you know, anymore you got to be careful. stay in your car, don't get out right away, survey your surroundings. i do that at grocery stores, and apparently im going to have to start doing at home, which is a shame" that suspect is still on the run. the victim is okay, she wasn't hurt in the exchange but her car is still missing. she is asking everybody to keep an eye out for the grey nissan rogue... you can find the car's license plate on our website. when will they vote?

when will they vote? that's the question left for the state senate tonight as they discuss amendments made to the stadium bill.

director kevin bolinger is in carson city where senators just passed the amendments... but have yet to vote on the final bill. kevin is in chambers and will update us as soon as possible. and we're following breaking news-- a crash involving an rtc bus and a truck is backing up traffic on tropicana and torrey pines. metro police tell us that crash is blocking the intersection there... but no one was injured. the fire department is saying eastbound travel is affected... so avoid that area if you can. five months later-- an arrest is made in a hit and run crash that killed a man in north las vegas. 55-year-old clay stampley's family says..... qaadir isaam amin was taken into custody last week. police believe he left the scene of the crash at cheyenne and simmons back in may. facebook photos of amin following the crash showed injuries to his face.... and led to stampley's family confronting amin's wife on social media. amin's whereabouts weren't known after the crash... until now.

dollars bail. one person is dead after being shot and left in the street. police say it happened just beofre 7 a-m in a neighborhood near ogden and 15-th street. neighbors say they heard arguing outside before two or three gunshots. they say a man in his late 30s was found shot in the head and neck. police don't believe this incident is gang related. " people inside the residence hear some arguing, they hear some gunshots, they come outside, they look and see this white male shot in moving." police are looking for a small brown sedan that left the scene. they say they are looking for at least two suspects. if you know anything about this shooting call police right away. you can stay anonymous by calling crime stoppers. that number is 702-385-55-55. police are on the lookout for a man who robbed a u-s bank off hualapai and desert inn. take a look.. police say the suspect walked into the bank with a gun and a sachel over his shoulder

they say he walked up to the teller and demanded the manager. that's when he told both employees he had an explosive device and demanded cash. "we know that he intended to rob the bank, he was masked when he walked in, he also used a firearm. after the robbery the male left which he indicated was some type of explosive device. police say he left the bag on the floor and got away. the bank was evacuated so officials could remove the bag. that suspect is still on the run. a court hearing is set for a man believed to have slashed a realtor's throat. ryan vega is still in the hospital tonight after a brutal knife attack. he's a realtor and was showing a home near belmont and carey when a tenant stabbed him several times. the suspect-- daniel mora-- was gone when police arrived. mora was arrested friday when police were called back to the home for a disturbance. he is due in court wednesday

toss to weather temperatures are pushing up into the 90s across many neighborhoods again this afternoon. skies will stay mostly clear tonight with overnight low temperatures dropping into the 60s. we'll stay mostly sunny on wednesday and thursday with just a few high clouds drifting across the area. high temperatures will be running in the mid to upper 80s. a series of storms bringing rain up to our north will spread more clouds into southern nevada on friday.

the afternoon with gusts up to 40 mph. we'll see a mix of sun and clouds for your weekend with winds sticking around; the strongest will be during the afternoon and evening. high temperatures hold in the 80s. some local businesses got a gift from the friends of metro foundation this morning. "we'll do a number of community

money to do hot dogs or buy a bounce house or any of those things if we didnt have a non profit that was able to funnel those funds and those donations, and really it does help improve police and community relations. the foundation gave a "thank you cut in stone" to businesses that show their dedication to a safer community. companies that sponsored the foundation secured thousands of dollars for metro's safety equipment. the money will be used for officer vest.. d community outreach. hundreds of dollars worth of homecoming decorations are stolen right from a student's car. cheyenne high school student heather rojas says it was nearly five hundred dollars worth of materials. all that money came from fundraisers by the students. their dance is set for next saturday at the school. rojas says she believes the break in happened overnight. "so when i came it was all the way rolled down and there was stuff on the floor, the

and i was like wow, they really stole our homecoming stufff. if you want to help out the students... a go fund me page has been set up and we have that link on our website. just go to fox5 vegas dot com and click on the links tab. there are more choices on the presidential ballot than clinton or trump. the option that makes nevada's selections unique. plus, who john mccain says he might write in on his ballot... and he's the presidential star spawning memes across the internet. why some are calling him the winner of sunday night's debate. and what researchers learned about wildfires growing more frequent... and why the fire season... seems to

jacky rosen: i'm jacky rosen and i approved this message. man: the tea party republicans in congress want to cut social security. woman: and danny tarkanian wants to join them. man: he is proud to call himself a "tea party radical."

woman: risking social security benefits on wall street. man: danny tarkanian would raise the retirement age... woman: just like the tea party republicans in congress. man: they would take away what we've paid for out of every paycheck. man:that's "tea party radical" for ya'. the desert is where bad guys go when they want to make evidence disappear. but hiding the evidence won't help danny tarkanian. sure, he can bury all those property taxes he skipped out on for years... ...or all those fake charities he helped set up...

udgment he never paid. he can try, but he can't make his record disappear. danny tarkanian: just a con man who can't bury the truth. house majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. and vice president joe biden will be in las vegas this week. the presidential nominee arrives tomorrow. hillary clinton will speak to

performing arts. her event starts at five-30. she's also campaigning for democrat catherine cortez masto... who is running for senate. also in town for cortez masto and of course hillary clinton... vice president joe biden. he will be here in the valley thursday--laying out the stakes of this election in a critical battleground state. biden will appear at the culinary union off main street and las vegas boulevard thursday morning. and the latest election polls show hillary forty five percent... and donald trump at forty percent. right now... candidates are putting their focus into key battleground states. john mccain says he may not vote for any of the current presidential candidates. the former g-o-p presidential nominee says he may just write in senator lindsey graham's name instead. at a debate for his senate seat, mccain says he can't continue supporting his demeaning antics. but he also said he cannot support hillary clinton.

close relationship for years, frequently teaming up on policy matters and making joint press appearances. unlike voters in other states, nevada voters do not have the option to write in their candidate of choice. but there is an option of chosing "none of these candidates." that has been on the ballot since 1975. in 2012, nearly 45- thousand nevada voters selected the none of these candidates option in the senate race... where republican dean heller unseated democrat shelle berkley. environmental ou banding together to launch ads against republican senate candidate joe heck. three groups are hashing out nearly two million dollars in english and spanish ads... the english ads focus on donations that heck recieved from the converatice koch brothers... they also say he's voted repeatedly to limit solar in nevada. the spanish ads compare heck's environmental views to those of donald trump. heck was among several republicans in nevada to pull his endorsement of trump on saturday.

has fired corey stewart-- as the head of its virginia campaign. the firing comes after stewart helped organize a protest outside the republican national committee headquarters in washington, dc monday. stewart and a group of women staffed their protest to show their support for republican presidential candidate donald trump--- despite the release of a video where trump made crude remarks about women. stewart said he organized the demonstration to also bring to light what he believes is a lack of meaningful support for trump from the rnc. wildfire seasons are getting longer and more destructive.... and humans are to blame for much of the increase. that's according to a new study by the university of idaho and columbia university... looking at western forest fires. this is video of the blue cut fire from august which scorched nearly 40-thousand acres. researchers concluded that human-caused global warming contributed to an additional 16- thousand square miles of burned forest... from 1984 to 2015.

that longer and hotter dry spells are causing western forests to dry out... and become more susceptible to wildfires over a longer period of time. now fox5 weather 24/7, temperatures are pushing up into the 90s across many neighborhoods again this afternoon. skies will stay mostly clear tonight with temperatures dropping into the 60s. we'll stay mostly sunny on wednesday and thursday with just a few high clouds drifting across the area. high temperatures will be running in the

series of storms bringing rain up to our north will spread more clouds into southern nevada on friday. winds will be picking up during the afternoon with gusts up to 40 mph. we'll see a mix of sun and clouds for your weekend with winds sticking around; the strongest will be during the afternoon and evening. high temperatures hold in the 80s.

pushing up into the 90s across many neighborhoods again this afternoon. skies will stay mostly clear tonight with overnight low temperatures dropping into the 60s. we'll stay mostly sunny on wednesday and thursday with just a few high clouds drifting across the area. high temperatures will be running in the mid to upper 80s. a series of storms bringing rain up to our north will spread more clouds

winds will be picking up during the afternoon with gusts up to 40 mph. we'll see a mix of sun and clouds for your weekend with winds sticking around; the strongest will be during the afternoon and evening. high temperatures hold in the 80s. closed captioning will resume shortly undecided voter ken bone is soaking up the fame after sunday's presidential debate. reporter patrick clark takes us into a day with ken

the morning after one of the most watched debates in modern times, ken bone was soaking up the limelight and posing for pictures in his now famous red sweater. (ken bone/undecided voter ) "they keep it at about 64 degrees in there and we had several of my colleagues. im glad i wore my sweater. we had to run out and get jackets for some people." whether it was all the lights, cameras and action inside brookings hall, or richard nixons sweaty 1960 tv debate with john f. kennedy, the thermostat was set for 63 degrees during sundays debate. and ken bones energy related question set the internet on fire. (ken bone/undecided voter ) "i got twitter messages last night from patton oswald and adam conover who i think are two of the best voices or comics going. so that was the star struck moment for me." and for most wash u. students who recognized the coal plant operator from sunday's debate, it was an opportunity to see an instant social media icon up close. (ken bone/undecided voter ) " im just trying to be a warm hearted midwestern guy and put a positive spin on things, be willing to laugh at myself a little bit, laugh and joke." and while ken bones connected to the red sweater, it was a last minute switch after ripping the pants in an olive

up endearing him to the hearts of many...including former president bill clinton. ((ken bone/undecided voter ) "nice firm handshake. he is so warm and friendly and it was obvious he wanted to speak to everyone in the room." as the news cycle and bones sudden social media stardom began to develop, it left just one more question. what was with that the disposable camera? ((ken bone/undecided voter ) "no they had to be locked up in our cars or the secret service held them for us for that whole time. so they gave us each a disposable camera to take pictures with after the debate. and thats probably now priceless? ((ken bone/undecided voter ) "oh yeah i just hope theres someplace left to develop them." the creepy clown phenomenon has made it's way overseas. the weapons the clowns are carrying down the london streets. and more concern over brexit... as the the british

week. i'm one of the lucky ones. i had breast cancer, but they caught it in time. there are many women who depend on planned parenthood for that kind of screening and care. so i'll never understand politicians like congressman heck, who tried to defund planned parenthood. heck was opposed to roe v. wade and tried to criminalize abortion. that's just shameful, it's just wrong, it doesn't help anybody. congressman heck does not share my values.

you've heard plenty about joe heck and the tax breaks he's voted for. for oil companies and the millions the oil billionaire koch brothers have spent to elect him. bad enough.

for nevada families, it's personal. catherine cortez masto will expand clean energy solar jobs. catherine cortez masto will fight for nevada families. edf action and lcv victory fund are responsible for the content of this advertising. jim childs: one of the ways criminals avoid background checks is by going online and connecting with strangers to buy guns. as someone in law enforcement, i think that's dangerous. millions of guns are sold through websites like this,

why don't we require them online? a few clicks of the mouse, now a bad guy is armed - and potentially dangerous. and that's a threat to all of us. narrator vo: yes on question 1 government could lose billions if they make a hard exit from the european union. this comes after the british pound took another hit lord king-- the former governor of the bank of england-- says the reactions to brexit are over the top. king says: "we are in a position where the rest of the world is not offering us much help. from that point of view the fall of sterling is a welcome change. that whole thing has generated reactions, which i think are by and large over the top hearings begin thursday to decide whether or not prime minister theresa may will

clowns have made their way overseas... parents and police in britain are on alert after clown sightings were reported near schools and in local neighborhoods. british police warning people who are thinking about using threatening weapons in this "killer clown" prank that they will be arrested. while one of these pranksters tries to say it's in good fun... one grandmother says her grandchildren are too scared to go to school after a clown ran after them with a chainsaw... "hancock says: "we was standing at the pub and he was by the doorway and he (gestures) he was going to slit our throats. so it was scary." here in the valley... metro says they have received 35 calls of creepy clown sightings. so far none of them have turned out to be dangerous. there's much more coming up in the second half of fox5 news at 5. a community is reaching out to a woman who was attacked while jogging in their quiet neighborhood. but the problem is... no one seems to

i'm catherine cortez masto and i approve this message. they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists. narrator: and joe heck says "i have high hopes we'll see donald trump become president." i don't know what i said, aah... narrator: heck says he "completely supports" trump. i would bomb the [bleep] out of them. narrator: and heck? reporter: you trust him having his finger on the nuclear button? heck: i do. reporter: why do you say that?

heck. wrong for nevada. heck. he's divisive and dangerous. "uh, i don't know what i said. uh... i don't remember." but congressman hardy supports trump 100% and said he'll do whatever trump wants him to do. hardy even said people with disabilities are a drain on society and that seniors who rely on programs like social security are a draw on government. donald trump and congressman hardy -- divisive and dangerous.

green valley ranch.

who we now know is a professor at unlv's william s boyd school of law. her name is dr leslie griffin... and she was taken to sunrise hospital in critical condition. police say the attack happened around four in the afternoon last friday. witnesses say "michael mattingly" kicked and beat griffin... then tried to carjack a woman trying to intervene. police are still trying to figure out which students were involved in a massive brawl between arbor view and centennial students. the high school students got in a fight after a football game at two restaurants. one girl was seriously injured. security was increased at centennial high school, after rumors started about more fights happening. a carjacking in a henderson neighborhood is caught on video-- thanks to security cameras. it happened last night as the victim was going home near valle verde and warm springs. she says the man put a gun in her face and asked how much she values her life. she threw her keys.. and then ran after the suspect as he went to retrieve them. the victim is okay...