assemblyman derek armstrong: ((assm. derek armstrong/(r) las vegas: "hillary as the frontrunner is also championing a lot of barack obama's same policies, and people are frustrated and they know what the old is, and republicans have new views.")) ((patrick walker)) with three weeks until the first caucus in iowa... and 6 weeks until the nevada caucus... the democratic campaigns are in a dead sprint as they fight for voter support patrick walker... ((paula francis)) senator harry reid co- hosted the event... along with the nevada state democratic party. democrats running for congressional district four and senate candidate catherine cortez masto also addressed the crowd. /// ((dave courvoisier)) > as the field of 12 republicans ramp up for the iowa caucuses... the top two are locked in a new battle. donald trump insinuated that ted cruz's citizenship could be a problem for the texas senator in his pursuit for the white house. cruz was born in canada to an american mother. legal scholars widely agree that makes him a natur

joining us live to speech and what it means to us here in nevada is state republican derek armstrong.. and on the phone d-c ... democratic u-s representative dina titus. a u-n-l-v student closed captioninig will resume shortly a u-n-l-v student closed captioninig closed captioninig will resume shortly closed captioninig closed captioninig closed captioninig will resume shortly dina titus. closed captioninig will resume shortly dina titus. closed captioninig will resume shortly closed captioninig dina titus. closed captioninig will resume shortly closed captioninig closed captioninig will resume shortly closed captioninig will resume shortly a u-n-l-v student was on hand for the state of the union address. senator harry reid invited sophomore tania dawood to join him as his guest. tania serves on the unlv muslim students association. we talked to her p about the muslim community in the valley, and the recent controversy and backlash muslims have been facing. "153738 the muslim community in las vegas, it's comprised of ordinary happy citizens who just want to go about their business. th

nevada's republican party senator harry democratic assemblyman derek armstrong says he believes tonight to show his influence in the democratic party, in the little time he has left in office. " i think he's doing whatever he can right now, he's office to make sure democrats win, when it's apparent they're having trouble drumming up that interest on their own." armstrong says nevadans have shown more interest in republican debates and events. he says the republican party is more diverse than ever, something voters are looking for. the man accused of injuring a metro police officer in a shooting was in court today, and he told the judge his life was in danger. " i'd like to say i've had my life threatened in here by police officers " a preliminary hearing for teag fox was postponed. protective custody if he feels he is in means he would go into the disciplinary unit. attorney says fox guilty. fox's next court date is january 21st. sedminik is expected to make a full recovery after the december shooting. a suspect is behind bars, accused of beating a man to death. around ten last area nea

assemblyman derek armstrong says he believes reid is using it to show his influence in the democratic party " i think he's doing whatever he can right now, he's desperate to help in his last year in office to make sure democrats win, when it's apparent they're having trouble drumming up that interest on their own." armstrong says nevadans have shown more interest in republican debates and events. he says the republican party is more diverse than ever. a woman is dead after she was hit by a car while jaywalking in the northeast valley. witnesses told metro the woman was crossing the street at cheyenne and las vegas boulevard outside of a marked crosswalk last night when she was hit. she was taken to umc trauma where she was pronounced dead. police say the driver who hit her stayed on the scene and did not appear to be impaired. a metro police officer with 15 years on the force... is off the job... after being officer dave denton was arrested tuesday morning... near tropicana and decatur boulevard. he was off duty at the time... but was driving a police vehicle. metro would not comment

assemblyman derek armstrong says nevada is turning more republican... and that the local party y more diverse than ever. "we're more inclusive. we've seen the candidates step up and go into neighborhoods that they usually don't, i event with marco rubio at a cuban restaurant.. i think republicans are in a great position to show that we hold nevada." armstrong pointed out that other republican candidates like ted cruz and jeb bush, also speak spanish. referring to brian sandoval, armstrong says another part of our state's diverse political makeup comes in having an hispanic republican for governor. metro police are responding to non-injury crashes again. back in 2014 the department stopped responding to crashes where nobody was hurt - because they didnt have enough officers. but now theyre getting ready to hire more cops. fox 5's ophelia young has more on the new policy and what you should remember if and when you get into a wreck. "engine" more cops - "siren more responses - starting with non- injury crashes. in 2014 - metro couldn't afford more traffic

assemblyman derek armstrong says he believes tonight's dinner is an example of senator harry reid doing everything he can to make democrats win during his last year in office. "in nevada a couple of interesting things have happened recently. erin bilbray who is a dnc super delegate who has worked her whole life to get women into office has recently endorsed a self proclaimed socialist rather than hillary. i think that probably sets harry to show his influence in the system." the next republican candidate to come to town will be donald trump. he has a scheduled trip in reno this weekend. back in 2014 - metro stopped responding to non-injury crashes... citing a lack of resources. now that the "more cops" tax hike has passed... metro is reversing that policy. fox 5's ophelia young has more on what drivers need to know - when involved in a wreck. "engine" more cops - "siren more responses - starting with non- injury crashes. in 2014 - metro couldn't afford more traffic officers and stopped responding to less serious crashes. "with reduced manpower over the last couple years when responded t

derek armstrong/(r) las vegas: "hillary as the frontrunner is also championing a lot of barack obama's same policies, and people are frustrated and they know what the old is, and republicans have new views.")) ((patrick walker)) with three iowa... caucus... the democratic campaigns are in a dead sprint as they fight for voter support patrick walker... 8 news now. ((brian loftus)) senator harry reid co- hosted the event... along with the nevada state democrats running for congressional district four and senate candidate catherine cortez-masto also addressed the /// ((kirsten joyce)) > president yesterday.. sharing some insight into what he'll say in his final state of the union address: (( president obama: "while i'm writing, my team's cooking up new ways you can watch and engage with the speech and i hope you'll all tune in next tuesday night. because this speech will be for the state of the union is tuesday, january 12th. news now at 6 p-m... followedimmediately by our regularly scheduled newscast. also today, mayor carolyn goodman will give her state of the city address. speech at 5-

a lot more people have been interested in the republican debates. " derek armstrong says the republicans are much more diverse and inclusive... the next republican candidate to come to town will be donald trump. he has a scheduled trip in reno this weekend. another dreary day across the valley. we check in with chief meteorologist ted pretty for a quick look at the forecast. area showers overnight lead to slight chances for us on thursday. we'll see highs knocked down to around 50 degrees with lows close to 40 on thursday morning. with some lingering precipitation through the day on thursday, we could see some snow flakes fall as low as 3500'. friday we'll keep the clouds but stay dry with a high of 50 and a morning start around the mid-30s. we have slight rain chances for saturday afternoon and the hearing for a man accused of shooting and injuring a metro police officer.... has been postponed.. because evidence is still being collected... but teag fox did tell the judge-- he wasn't safe. " i'd like to say i've had my life threatened in here by police officers " fox led police on a six