the culinary union has been in a long -running dispute with station casinos. all of their dispute with station casinos. all of their properties are non-union. a court battle over education savings accounts in nevada is moving along at a quicker pace. the state treasurer's office says it's pleased with the nevada supreme court's decision to expedite the appeal of a case challenging the program. education savings accounts were approved by the legislature last year - to offer further choice in schools. critics say the program drains resources from public schools. now - the deadline has been cut in half - to 51 days - for all briefs to be submitted. 24/7, with chiefmeterologist ted pretty we'll stay in the mid-70s through the weekend with a few north breezes for valentine's day on sunday. those breezes to 20 mph last through presidents' day on monday. highs stay in the mid-70s through wednesday of next week. wel 'l see some southwest gusts to 25 mph on wednesday afternoon. those gusts increase to 35 mph on thursday with a drop down to 70 degrees and mountain shower

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stations casino's says the culinary union has not pursueded the majority of their employees to join their union and they are harassing stations casino in order to get more members... they say they will not be bullied... live, miguel martinez- the union stated sheriff joseph lombardo denied their request to gather in front of palace station casino. but metro police say metro doesnt grant or deny those kinds of requests a picture of a puppy at a local pet store is making the rounds... and not because people think it's cute. "most animals we should be able to faintly see the outline of the rib. this dog was way surpassed that. " what happened during a welfare check on the pup... and why the store says it's so thin. and with nevada's caucuses almost here... candidates are working hard to make their voices heard. who is spending this weekend in our state... and what you need to know if you're taking part in the republican caucus your fox5 weather coming up next switch to centurylink prism tv, and get the same great channels cable gives you, without having to dea

the culinary union followed through on their threats ... and staged a protest casino ton martinez-valle is live with the latest on what this protest is all about. closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly north las vegas police need your help tonight locating a missing man. 87-year old lester clark was last seen near his home at cheyenne and civic center drive. his family says he has dimentia and high blood pressure .. and needs his medication. clark is 6-feet tall and around 140 pounds. he was last seen wearing a red jacket, blue jeans and black shoes. if you think you know where clark is ..call north las vegas police. solar rooftop customers and businesses are not happy about the public utilities commission's votes today. fox 5's ophelia young is at the puc near fort apache and russell - where there was a huge protest even before the meeting began. those rallying for solar energy surrounded seven wheelbarrows of these cards - 55 thousand signnatures - which were bagge

but the eyes of the country are on this state, the candidates are.courting a particular union, it is the culinary workers and decided not to endorse. it is an example of the problem hillary clinton has, courting every single union, and trying to reach out to the latino workers in this state, a very important vote. when they looked at this state one of the first places they wanted to go was in fact the culinary workers union. the nevada culinary union endorsed barack obama but eight years later the leaders of local 226 and their 57,000 workers have decided not to make an endorsement. >> it was a strategic decision of culinary. >> says the union sees abstaining as an opportunity. >> to say we're going to make the most of our sort of time in the -- when the sun's shining on nevada to demonstrate what our organization's about and obviously to try to engage the national media here. >> last october hillary clinton demonstrated with the union in front of the trump hotel, a nonunion and now politically relevant property. >> every time she's made a point of meeting with the culinary union and going to the

culinary union and bartender union members receive their health insurance health fund, which is in a coalition with 13 other trust funds that combined provide for 275,000 members, including firefighters, police, workers, and hotel workers. when president barack obama travels to cuba next month... he'll meet with president raul castro - but not his brother - fidel castro. the president said he would only travel to cuba if he could speak to all kinds of groups - including those that oppose the castro government. despite opening relations in recent months - the white house says the u.s. still has "serious differences" with castro's government. the president will arrive in cuba on march 21-st. las vegas is more than a place to live... it's a brand. coming up... we'll meet the people responsible to to the rest of the world. your fox5 weather 24/7 forecast is a record 42 million people visited las vegas last year and they don't get here by accident there's a group of people whose sole mission is to find them. fox5's dave hall gives us an inside look at who they are what they do and why the

the support of the culinary union cannot be overstated. there were hops that the sanders campaign was under handed in the support of the union members. >> they had been impersonating culinary members to get into the house of the casinos to then try to target potential voters using culinary pins to identify themselves. >> the sanders campaign did apologize, but the importants of the latino vote may have been what provoked them in the first place. >> 57,000 people. 56% are latinos. right now we know work is in the hotel. there are families who would like to move towards protection in this country. >> they have a lot of influence in the community, and they're one of the strongest get out the vote in the state. >> but this time in these democratic caucuses when it comes to th the the behemoth union, they will choose not to organiz organize. >> they told me what is most important to them is the position of the candidates on doca, bringing and keeping families together here in the united states. and that is an issue that is helping hillary clinto

sheriff lombardo previously denied the culinary union's request to use the streets in front of palace station for tonight's demonstration. in response, the culinary union plans to engage in what they'e calling a nonviolent demonstration which is expected arrests. the demonstration will take place at 5 p-m at palace station. maria will like this... imagine matt damon... playing the role of jerry tarkanian in a movie?? it could happen... maybe. as people reflected on the one year anniversary of tark's death... his son is working on a movie of his life. after a record breaking 321 days in space, astronaut scott kelly is finally coming home! why he says earth looks fragile from up above. mo in the battle of the burgers, one made a "declaration of delicious"... ...jack. he set forth, armed with artillery no one saw coming. so that everyone could taste history-making burgers. and america ate it up. true story. we're making every burger better, like the new double jack. hall, maria silva, monica jackson, jason feinberg , . weather 24/7 with cassandra jones and traffic solutions. this is fox5

union election... and want to start contract negotiations. the culinary workers union says... the company has refused to bargain with workers. protections that trump employees have in canada. /// ((brian loftus)) > a picture taken outside the cimarron memorial caucus site had people talking on social media. ryan hendricks shared this picture with us... of two people dressed like members of the ku klux klan.. outside the caucus site. they were holding signs supporting trump. we have not confirmed whether this was a real protest... or something out spite. /// ((brian loftus)) remember, 8 news now is your local election headquarters. stay with us throughout the campaign season... both on air and online... at las vegas now dot com. let's get to sherry with a look at today's weather. sherry swensk ((sherry swensk)) demetria obilor > that's a look at the roads... back to you./// old lab puppy is making a steady recovery... after two teens are accused of abusing it. ((brian loftus)) the long list of people waiting to adopt this little

that phone call that harry reid made to the culinary union, and second, the fact that it's a caucus, you can divide and conquer with unions' rank and file in a primary, much more difficult to do in a caucus, for bernie sanders, when you're peers are standing right with you. >> this is going to be the next hour, we'll find out what happened here. this is a close one right now, as nbc is reporting, it's too close to call. some indication that hillary is doing pretty good. maybe not good enough. much more to come on both of the democratic caucuses here. we'll also talk about the republican primary in south carolina happening today. stay with msnbc, the place for politics in both states. when cigarette cravings hit, all i can think about is getting relief. only nicorette mini has a patented fast-dissolving formula. it starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. i never know when i'll need relief. that's why i only choose nicorette mini. without looking at cable wires and boxes in every room. mother, we are settlers. we settle for cable. and the simpler things in life. like our drab clothing.

saying "the culinary union continues to stage protests.. aggressively harass and spread lies against our company out of their continued frustration to persuade the majority of our employees to join their union. we respect our team members' right to join a union if they so choose.. as that decision is theirs not where we've been enjoying.... some absolutely gorgeous temperatures. but... will these temperatures stick around??? let's check in with.... 13 action news... chief meteorologist bryan scoffield. bryan. las vegas is in for another gorgeous warm day on saturday with temperatures around the same as friday for both overnight lows and afternoon highs. tonight expect low temperatures around 48 with highs tomorrow our high and low for today. a weak low pressure system will miss las vegas to the north but will bring with it a few thicker clouds and enough cold air at higher levels of the atmosphere to cool things down slightly. new at 5 tonight. police have just released new details on a dispute between couple before police say she pulled a g

they held court with the culinary union which is our largest union here in nevada. 57000 members and they have chosen to stay out. and they will not endorse either secretary clinton or sanders. sort of a huge both of that obama saw in 2008, neither will be getting. they have other union support here. sanders got endorsement of the electrical worker's union and secretary clinton has a lot of union support. secretary of labor met with union workers and so that is a key that they are trying to win in nevada. >> hillary clinton beat bark bookkeeper obama in 2008. >> she won the popular vote and he got the delegate count. >> but she was channel her inner barak obama. and she mentioned him in the debate 30 times last night. is he popular there. and could she win the support of the nevada democratic electorate and what about harry reid. >> that's what she is hoping to do. and harry reid is, like the culinary union sitting this one out and hasn't taken a stance on either candidate. and again last night she channel president obama and lead back to his policy. if you like what he did, you will

but the culinary union, nevada's largest union, is not endorsing >> it is a tough decision, they have good points, both of the candidates. >> the union backed then senator barack obama in 2008 but clinton won the caucuses. >> reporter: the culinary union has 57,000 mem beers and not-- members and not making an endorsement could help hillary clinton, it will allow supporters to remain loyal saturday. live in las vegas, danielle notingham, cbs 4 news. >> thank you. stay with cbs 4 news and cbsmiami.com for continuing coverage of campaign 2016 now through election day. >>> all hoverboards could be soon recalled, the reason why, later on. >>> we showed you this video of a helicopter crash, hear from those who jumped in to help. >>> remembering harmer lee, the beloved-- harper lee, the beloved author passed away. i have a look at her life after >>> the beyonce boycott is making national news after some plan to do that at the april concert. another agency weighs in. >>> beautiful day, a breeze blowing in clouds and a few sprinkles time to time. the weekend is here. how is the forecast looki

the culinary union is protesting at the hotel- casino this evening. here's a live look at the protest... it just got underway moments ago. the culinary union said in a statement that metro police denied their permit request for the demonstration... but decided to protest anyway. the labor group represents 57- thousand las vegas casino workers... and is in a long- running dispute with station casinos. the union for years has been pushing to organize workers at the company's properties. "station casinos" released a statement today saying the company supports their employee's rights to join a union if they choose to... and it's their decision to make... not the casino's./// ((denise valdez)) > another gorgeous day in the valley. tedd... we're on a six day streak -- with this warm weather. workweek. temps hit the 70's again by afternoon with calm conditions as well. we were over 10 degrees above average by afternoon. staying mild in the daytime with cooler temps expected overnight into morning. ............................... ............... here's your h

recently trump hotel employees won a union election and want to start contract negotiations. the culinary workers union says the company has refused to bargain with workers. they want similar benefits and protections that trump employees ((paula francis)) > some of the most heated campaign rhetoric has been between trump and ted cruz. denise valdez is live at the y-m- c-a near valley view and > just as we brought you the democrats caucusing on saturday... we've got a full night of g-o-p caucus coverage planned tonight. ((dave courvoisier)) we'll have a special edition of "politics now" starting at 7:30 tonight... and an hour- long special starting at 11 tonight. we're your local election headquarters... stay up to date on everything politics on air and online at las vegas now dot com./// ((dave courvoisier)) > our caucus coverage doesn't end there. ((paula francis)) we take you live to election central where all the votes will be counted... and we'll explain how the nevada "first in the wesst" caucus could be in jeopardy in future election years. ...> plus... a dangerous storm system has

the culinary union workers obviously are a huge percentage of the vote. ry, we should say, is remaining neutral so far, but it has half of its population is hispanic. workers in casinos are an important part of the elector e electorate. these bernie sanders folks disguised themselves as culinary people, put on the distinctive yellow culinary buttons and got access to private employee dining unions. the culinary union was called about this and shut it down and the campaign apologized. people might not realize, it's a quirk in nevada, there are going to be caucus sites on the las vegas strip for these folks to go to, about half a dozen of them, tamron. >> we'll be talking to you a lot over the next few days. thank you so much for joining me today. >> you bet. >>> and a quick update now on results from last night's republican primary. of the 23 delegates from new hampshire, nbc news is also allocating trump kasich with 4 and cruz and bush with 2 each. trump is now the leader in the total delegates at 17. cruz is in second at 10. rubio 7 and kasich at 5. speak

we are told senator reid made a call to the culinary union and opened up some caucus sites and casinos and that may have been what took her over the top. >> it may have been, bret, but the interesting thing is that the culinary union really is the dog that didn't bark here of the it could have endorsed her. it didn't. and we'll wait and see what that is about. this was really a good state for her because it's the third most urbanized state in the country hyped california and new jersey. and there is a heavy union presence there. her task it seems to me, is to reassemble the obama coalition. that's not the elderly where she did very well, according to the entrance polls. it does include the young and once again, it seems from the entrance poll that she's being crushed by the oldest candidate in a long time among the young voters. she has a problem that she's arguing over and over that we should have continuity with the obama administration. she criticized bernie sanders for criticizing the president. yet the most recent gallup poll among likely general election voters finds 71% said the

(annette decampos, culinary union member) "it's a tough decision. they have good points both candidates" the union backed 2008 but clinton won the caucuses. danielle nottingham, cbs news, las vegas. ((denise valdez)) the caucuses begin tomorrow morning at 11:00. on tuesday. /// ((denise valdez)) > and many people here are still confused... about how a caucus works. nevada is one of 13 states that uses a caucus instead of a primary election during the presidential cycle. compared to a primary... where you privately cast your vote... a caucus is where you go to a neighborhood location... and publicly support your candidate. when it comes to the democrats.... they literally stand together on one side of the room or the other to be counted. organizers use those numbers to determine the percentage of delegates each candidate gets.... convention. /// ((denise valdez)) > remember 8 news now is your local election headquarters for everything relating to the caucuses and the presidential campaign... we have a full caucus explainer on our website las vegas now

the culinary union says it will election. the union represents 57 thousand las vegas casino workers. in 2008, the group backed barack obama in his heated race with hilary clinton./// ((michael stevens)) > two engineering college students.. behind bars... accused of a brutal crime. the charges the teens face... for abducting... and killing... a 13-year-old girl. > plus.. helping give people with a rare form of cancer... a second chance at life. the new individualized treatment.. doctors say.. gives them hope./// ((michael stevens)) > two custody.. in connection with a 13-year- old's death. jan crawford is in christiansburg, virginia.. where the students are being held... and could be arraigned today. jan crawford: police discovered 13 year old nicole lovell's (luv-ulls) body on the side of a north carolina road. authorities believe virginia tech freshman david eisenhauer abducted and murdered the girl. another student..19-year- old natalie keepers has been charged with helping eisenhauer get rid (mike albert/blacksburg pd) "eis

mark peplowski, proffesor of poli sci at csn: the culinary union still hasn't endorsed anyone in this race and theyre arguably the most powerful union in nevada. and they've stayed out of it. theyre kind of stepping back saying we're not going to get into politics at least endorsement of workers unions remains unclear - the new cnn poll shows that clinton is seen as a better pick when it comes to race relations, foreign policy and immigration. clinton: so we have work to do to stop bad things from happening and bad actors making our lives hard. meanwhile - clinton and sanders are more evenly split on the economy. sanders' non-convential policies have earned him support among new voters and the working class. we did reach out to hillary clinton's camp for an interview but the former secretary of state was unavailable. and coming up at 5:30 ...senator. bernie sanders talks about how he would handle nevada's solar issue as commander in chief. sanders and clinton will square off in a town hall downtown at the for brain health. we'll be there and bring you a tomorrow night after the event

heu called up the head of the culinary union. they were being wall flowers said you got to get these folks out to vote, heavily latino they knew they would go for clinton. he did that with other unions too by the way, chuck. not just with the culinary union. but what joy is talking about the african-american vote is forgotten because we talk so much about the latino vote. >> it's about half of the non-white vote. not just hispanic. >> the fact she got three-quarters of that vote. she had every african elected in her corner campaigning for her. but harry reid is the guy. >> hugh, now that it looks like hillary clinton is back to being the favorite for the nomination th and suddenly it is hillary clinton standing there as the boogie person for the republican party, does that change republican voter calculus or no? >> it does. >> changing your calculus, but -- >> the former secretary of state is the nominee. she is also the willie sutton of classified data. and there's going to be a long-term effort of republicans whether it's donald

the union supported obama in his run against mark peplowski, proffesor of poli sci at csn: the culinary union still hasn't endorsed anyone in this race and theyre arguably the most powerful union in nevada. and they've stayed out of it. theyre kind of stepping back saying we're not going to get into politics at least not today. while the endorsement of workers unions remains unclear - the new cnn poll shows that clinton is seen as a better pick when it comes to race relations, foreign policy and immigration. clinton: so we have work to do to stop bad things from happening and bad actors making our lives hard. meanwhile - clinton and sanders are more evenly split on the economy. sanders' non-convential policies have earned him support among new voters and the working class. senator sanders also talked about how important caucusing is even though it can be day long process. he said if our veterans could fight for our freedom - we as americans can take the time to go out and caucus. reporting live in the news room abby theodros fox5news local las vegas. senator sanders square off in a town hall

this was at a culinary and bartenders union protest in front of sunrise hospital. both sanders and hillary clinton have been fighting for union votes and endorsements. the culinary union has said it will not be endorsing a candidate until after the caucus. local g-o-p supporters are also working to get people out to their caucus night next tuesday. we caught up with a group of senator ted cruz volunteers hitting the streets in support of their choice for president. their goal is to get as many supporters of their candidate as possible to the caucus and sway some of the undecided voters. "we're covering the houses, we're handing out brochures, we're talking to people. undecided voters and precinct captains" a recent c-n-n poll shows donald trump leading nevada republicans by a wide margin - with marco rubio and ted cruz in a tight race for second place. as we speak .. democratic candidates hillary clinton and senator bernie sanders are together in las vegas for a town hall meeting at the lou ruvo center near downtown. fox five's miguel martinez-valle is there .. and

we know the culinary union is huge and they have yet to endorse.ich way they're leaning? >> it's interesting. i've been covering politics here since 1986, thomas. i've never heard of anything like what those bernie sanders operatives did, to essentially sneaking into an employee dining room wearing the culinary union pins. the culinary union leaders here were upset about it. they chided them. the question is will the culinary come out now in favor of hillary clinton, because of that? i don't think so. i think that the leadership is leaning toward hillary clinton but the problem is is that they stayed out so long now they would have to have a good reason to come in before the caucus. but i have to believe that there are phone calls being made to tip the scales in her favor, to get the culinary leadership off the sidelines in this race because the clinton campaign i believe thinks that sanders is closing because, as you pointed out, the culinary union is so huge here, it is the latino turnout organization more than half of its 55 to 60,000 members ar