((erin breen - bus shelter advisory committee, rtc: there is only so much utilities easement and land.)) ((karen castro)) the rtc is working with some property owners to get approval to move bus shelters back. but road safety advocates say it comes down to driver behavior. ((erin breen - bus shelter advisory committee, rtc: impaired drivers, speeding drivers, distracted drivers.)) ((karen castro)) police do not believe the driver in thursday's crash was impaired but speed has not been ruled out. ((erin breen - bus shelter advisory committee, rtc: she may not have even been speeding, we have fast streets in this community.)) ((karen castro)) most major streets in the valley miles per hour. ((louis westry - bus rider: i never trusted the area cause i knew something like this was going to happen.)) ((karen castro)) this bus stop had a shelter before yesterday's crash. it has since been removed. the rtc says they will not be replacing it until they can move the bench back. but as of now, they have not reached an agreement with the property owner. reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now.

and erin breen found it. for a couple of lovebirds she met here in reno. she joins us from the newsroom with their story. erin? well kristen...who doesn't love a good lovestory for valentine's day? mack and earline mcgrannahan... are that. they've found perfect harmony...together. ----here we go---- if you've been in reno long you've probably seen mack mcgrannahan around. he was director of bands at unr for nearly 4 decades and currently directs the reno municipal band. --band playing-- you might guess he loves all kinds of music. mack:" the beatles...classical music...i love jazz" and...he loves earline. pardon the pun but they do make beautiful music together. --playing duet--- they actually met in 1977. mack:"we were judging a music contest for washoe county school district...that's how we met." earline: i thought he had nice handwriting." people but played in bands together for years. and her middle and high school students often fed right into mack's programs at unr. then 16 years ago....after he'd been divorced for years...... mack:" she called and wa

covering campaign 2016 erin breen channel 2 news. as the republican presidential candidates scramble for votes in saturday's south carolina primary .. front runner donald trump came out swinging against trump objected to criticism he received from the pope over his trump's repeated calls to 'build a wall' to keep out mexican migrants. the pontiff said quote: "a person who thinks only about building walls ...and not of building bridges is not christian." end quote. trump: "for a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful." the latest cbs news national poll shows donald trump with a two-to-one advantage over ted cruz. and high-powered democrats are making the circuit in nevada... getting ready for saturday's caucus. bernie sanders will be in sparks tomorrow.. right after holding a town meeting in elko. the sparks rally will be held in the rose ballroom at the nugget casino resort. the event is free and open to the public. doors open at one p-m. and please stay with channel 2 news and "cbs news" on air, online, and on

i'm erin breen. the democratic caucus is saturday will be different than anything the two candidates have seen so far. i'll talk with hillary clinton about her ground game here and her thoughts on debating donal in campaign 2016 today in america, the top 1/10 of 1% owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90% this great country and our government belong to all of us. wall street, corporate america, wealthy campaign donors have so much influence that the only way they are defeated is when millions of people begin to stand up and say loudly and clearly, "enough is enough." m-c-c- yesterday was followed up with a chance to talk with her one-on-one. erin breen was there... of course... with a list of questions. and she joins us from the answers...... erin the former secretary of state spent about five minutes with us after the event....kristen. and she talked about everything hillary:"the size of the crowd was great. very enthusiastic and energetic." an estimated 800 people were there to cheer her on for

covering campaign 2016 erin breen channel 2 news. thanks erin-- but that wasn't all the caucus action from today. ryan canaday was down at carson city high school earlier. he joins us now live in the studio. jen organized chaos was the best description we heard while we were down there. organizers believe more than thirteen hundred people filed through the doors at carson high to caucus today, which was way more than originally expected. "g through l" the lines just kept on coming at the democratic caucus in carson city today. "follow the signs down this hallway sir" as more than a thousand people came to support their favorite democratic candidate. support bernie and hopefully we end up with more bernie people than hillary people i really want hillary because i know she'll approve on the affordable care act. many of whom were caucusing for their very first time this is my first caucus, i've always done primaries new kind of interesting and different." others weren't so thrilled with the way the caucus was organized. my neighbors, som

with a few things 2 do this weekend erin breen channel 2 news. and for details on those events and more just go to our website at ktvn.com. coming up on channel 2 news this morning... have your pinpoint 2 forecast welcome back. in campaign 2016... presidential hopefuls are making a weekend push to win over voters... ahead of tuesday's new hampshire primary. hillary clinton and bernie sanders faced off in their fifth debate... their first one-on-one contest... attacking each other's progressive values. "if we're going to get into labels, i don't think it was against the brady bill five times. i don't think it was progressive to give gun-makers immunity." "in my view it is undermining american democracy and it is allowing congress to represent wealthy campaign contributors." clinton is trailing the vermont senator in new hampshire. republican contenders also have their gloves off to win in the granite state. after his third-place finish in iowa... marco rubio is now trailing donald trump in new hampshire... putting the florida senator ahead of ted

erin breen has us covered at 5. welcome back. let's take a look at some news making headlines around the nation right now. first, hillary clinton and attention back to nevada and south carolina...one day after their sixth democratic debate. the two candidates were polite but pointed as they spared over foreign policy and the economy last night in milwaukee. the debate delved into matters of race and immigration reform... as sanders and clinton continue to court the minority vote. for more on this story, tune in to c-b-s this morning following our show at 7 a-m. looking around the world now... pope francis' embarks on his five-day visit to mexico. millions are expected to be in attendance when the holy father celebrates mass on the country's southern and northern borders. pope francis may address drugs, cartel violence and immigration during his homilies. and, the u-s, russia and other world leaders have agreed to a temporary pause in fighting in syria...to begin in a week's time. the deal, brokered in needed aid to reach areas of

erin breen takes a look at the connection. ----pump ticking---- blood being cradled--- it was as busy as usual at united blood services in reno this morning... even though they've added one more restriction to their standard battery of questions can donate. have you been to the carribbean...south or central america....or mexico where you might have come in contact with the zika virus. mary meeker:"at this point there is not a test specifically for zika...so we're just asking poeple to wait to keep it out of our blood supply." and so far that question is working. mary meeker:"at this point we've had a lot of people call in and ask for information prior to coming in. and we've had a few we've had to deferr but not a significant amount. erin:"so there aren't any huge impacts on the local blood supply....locally....so far. but they do anticipate that the added restriction could cut our blood supply...nationally by about 2%." in other areas of the country people regularly travel to mexico and the carribbean to escape winter. but no

erin breen takes a look at the connection. ----pump ticking---- blood being cradled--- it was as busy as usual at united blood services in reno this morning... even though they've added one more restriction to their standard battery of questions you have to answer before you can donate. have you been to the carribbean...south or central america....or mexico where you might have come in contact with the zika virus. mary meeker:"at this point there is not a test specifically for zika...so we're just asking poeple to wait to keep it out of our blood supply." and so far that question is working. mary meeker:"at this point we've had a lot of people call in and ask for information prior to coming in. and we've had a few we've had to deferr but not a significant amount. erin:"so there aren't any huge impacts on the local blood supply....locally....so far. but they do anticipate that the added restriction could cut our blood supply...nationally by about 2%." people regularly travel to mexico and the carribbean to escape winter. but no

and candidate bernie sanders says he feels confident nevada erin breen has the details. ----crowd raaaaahh------ there's no doubt that bernie sanders is known for drawing big crowds. erin:"but can you get those crowds to get out and caucus?" bernie:"that is what we call the $64 question." bernie:"we are doing everything we can to cover every part of the state...right now." the latest cnn / orc poll has the latest cnn / orc poll has sanders and clinton in a dead heat in this state....she is a few points ahead on foreign policy and women...he is a few ahead on anyone under 55. the result is a draw. but sanders feels his army of volunteers will deliver him a victory... bernie: i believe a large voter turn out and we'll do well...if not we'll struggle." participation is what will keep nevada high on the list as an early caucus state. harry reid:"it allows a diverse state to be part of the process. it's important to the country that iowa and new hampshire don't decide who's gonna be the next president." speaking in reno today he also said the caucus is part of the democratic p

erin breen has this week's list of things 2 do this weekend. calling all nature-lovers photographers and anyone interested in seeing birds of prey including bald eagles in person. it's calving season in carson valley and that always draws the birds of prey with carson valley celebrates with their eagles and agriculture event. it goes all weekend but includes photography workshops, historians birders and owl prowl. check their website for exact tour times and events. ----divas night out------ once you've experienced the great outdoors you can do some shopping....the annual divas day out is this weekend. it's tomorrow from 10-4 at the grand sierra resort. 130 businesses will take part and they expect a thousand women. feather boas are encouraged! the proceeds will go to the renown children's hospital. ---pouring beer natsfrom last year--- you can freeze your pints off this weekend by taking part in the annual freeze your pints off beer festival in reno. it's hosted by the under the rose brewery... it's saturday from 1-5. 13 breweries are taking p

covering campaign 2016 erin breen channel 2 news. thanks erin... the number of nevada last month. there are now more than one point two million active registered silver state voters- up nearly 16-thousand from the previous month. breaking that down... more than 471 thousand are democrats... about 423 thousand are republican.... 234-thousand are nonpartisan and more than 75- thousand are registered with a third party. february 13th is the last day to register as a republican to participate in the february 23rd caucuses. democrats can register on site the day of. for links to register for either party head to k-t-v-n dot com and click the blue "news links" button. and with nevada's caucuses just weeks away... stay with channel 2 news for continuing coverage of campaign 2016. "now here's mike alger's first look at the pinpoint 2 forecast" we have one more round of some light scattered showers on go into a prolonged dry period. a weak low pressure center will push a frontal band through the region wednesday afternoon, giving us in the valley a slight chance of rain or snow showers in

covering campaign 2016 erin breen channel 2 news. thanks erin-- but that wasn't all the caucus action from today. ryan canaday was down at carson city high school earlier. he joins us now live in the studio. ryan what was the caucus like in carson? jen organized chaos was the best description we heard while we were down there. organizers believe more than thirteen hundred people filed through the doors at carson high to caucus today, which was way more than originally expected. "g through l" the lines just kept on coming at the democratic caucus in carson city today. "follow the signs down this hallway sir" as more than a thousand people came to support their favorite democratic candidate. support bernie and hopefully we than hillary people i really want hillary because i know she'll approve on the affordable care act. many of whom were caucusing for their very first time this is my first caucus, i've always done primaries new kind of interesting and different." others weren't so thrilled with the way the caucus was organized. my nei

erin breen has the update on their campaigns. of course the party wants to see that seat stay blue.. the reid machine is fully backing catherine cortez masto...who spent 8 years as our attorney general...where she fought sex offenders....human trafficking...and protected seniors. she says bipartisanship politics is the key. catherme cortez masto:" these are areas i have a proven record of working on in a bipartisan manner. its about building partnerships and coalitions. that's what we need in washington ....erin: and you think you can do that? i have a proven record to show it." she's for accepting syrian refugees....against ground troops in the middle east and for the affordable care act. she has been criticized by the committee for being conspicuously absent from actual campaign appearances. and i have to say....even reaching her for comments by phone has been difficult. congressman joe heck is a republican, a small busines owner and a brigadeer general . he also learned a lot working as an emergency room physician. joe: i lear

and erin breen found it. well...not for herself...but for a couple of lovebirds she met here in reno. erin breen tells us how mack and earline mcgrannahan found perfect harmony...togethe r. ----here we go---- if you've been in reno long you've probably seen mack mcgrannahan around. he was director of bands at unr for nearly 4 decades and currently directs the reno municipal band. --band playing-- you might guess he loves all kinds of music. mack:" the beatles...classical music...i love jazz" and...he loves earline. pardon the pun but they do make beautiful music together. --playing duet--- they actually met in 1977. mack:"we were judging a music contest for washoe county school district...that's how we met." earline: i thought he had nice handwriting." they w ere married to other people but played in bands together for years. and her middle and high school mack's programs at unr. then 16 years ago....after he'd been divorced for years...... mack:" she called and was looking for a tape. i said i don't think i

covering superbowl 50....erin breen... channel 2 news. for those who don't usually gamble, the super bowl is the a few bucks to get in on the action. sports books are getting ready for the big crowd of people that don't come to the casino often. steve mikkelson- "if you're not going to make a wager on the big game, you're not going to make a wager on anything. this is the one event everyone pays attention to." the proposition bets are especially popular with wagers such as "will the first player to score a touchdown have an odd or even jersey number?" for the more experienced gambler, the super bowl is a time to not just have a good time, but to score at the sports book. leo carr- "to make money. at a party they won't be taking bets. over here it will be a great environment, everybody will be rooting. it's like it's own party. you can watch super bowl 50 only on "c-b-s"... coverage begins at 8 a-m sunday and kickoff is at 3-30. cbs sunday morning will start at 6 a-m... and face the candidates hillary clinton and bernie sanders will appear

erin breen was there... of course... with a list of questions. and she joins us from the newsroom tonight with the answers...... erin the former secretary of state spent about five minutes with us after the event....kristen. and she talked about everything upcoming caucus. hillary:"the size of the crowd was great. very enthusiastic and energetic." an estimated 800 people were there to cheer her on for statements like this.... the republicans and the right wing have been after me for years and i'm still and her solution to forcing republicans to tell the truth... which came from a radio ad long lies were told. hillary:we need to get that dog and when republicans say things like..the wall street crisis was caused by too much regulation...he'd go ...arf arf arf...." she knows how to work a crowd. and she realizes caucusing in nevada will be different than where she's been so far. she says her ground crew is ready. hillary: this is such a diverse state!" hillary: we'll leave no stone unturned to reach out to everyone and we'll work until 11 a.m. when

with a few things 2 do this weekend erin breen channel 2 news. and for details on those events and more just go to our website at ktvn.com. and mike alger will have a look at your forecast, coming up. after an injury, treatment typically requires rehabilitation... and the same is true after a heart attack. why more and more cardiologists are recommending cardiac rehab in tonight's you may have noticed many people wearing red today... and there's good reason. this national wear red day aims to raise awareness for women and heart disease, which affects about 40-million women in the u-s. studies show cardiac rehabilitation has big benefits after a heart attack... but as kristen remington found out - many women aren't doing it. ...running on treadmill... 31 year old jessica kennington says it took her days to realize she was having a heart attack. pain, then eventually chest pain. "it was pretty constant and i had trouble catching my breath." as part of her recovery, her cardiologist referred her for cardiac rehabilitation - which involves exercise t

erin breen has the details. ----crowd raaaaahh------ there's no doubt that bernie sanders is known for drawing big crowds. erin:"but can you get those crowds to get out and caucus?" bernie:"that is what we call the $64 question." bernie:"we are doing everything we can to cover every part of the latest cnn / orc poll has sanders and clinton in a dead heat in this state....she is a few points ahead on foreign policy and women...he is a few ahead on anyone under 55. the result is s draw. but sanders feels his army of volunteers will deliver him a victory... bernie: i believe a large voter turn out and we'll do well...if not we'll struggle." senator harry reid says strong senator harry reid says strong participation is what will keep nevada high on the list as an early caucus state. harry reid:"it allows a diverse state to be part of the process. it's important to the country that iowa and new hampshire don't decide who's gonna be the next president." speaking in reno today he also said the caucus is part of the demo

erin breen has our list of things 2 do this weekend. ---music---"mercy sakes alive it looks like we got ourselves a yard sale.....--- looking for a deal this weekend? the doctor's wives have a few...in their 65th annual rummage sale. laney:"valuable antiques..collectibles...bi g designer handbags . we have expensive shoes...original artwork...original artwork...crystal kitchen collectibles." have pretty much anything you can think off. this is the second oldest fundraiser in the area...after the rodeo. the money raised goes to nursing scholarships at unr and at tmcc...plus to fund local nonprofits. it's from 8-4 at the livestock events center ...it's 3 bucks to get in....and parking is free. ---band nats----"imagine there's no heaven...it's easy if you try.." imagine this.....a tribute to john lennon. the plastic fauxno all-star band is all about john lennon. their show at the mont blue both tonight and tomorrow night is called "love is the answer' and it's all about john lennon and his music. shows start at 8 both nights. ---rolling ou

so we sent erin breen to save are stocking up on. she joins us tonight from save mart on pyramid highway in spanish springs. so what's hot this year? every thing you'd expect....and a few things i guess i never really thought about...like napkins. because chicken wings are bigger than ever. in fact so is superbowl as a holiday for stores like this. scanning merchandise. the sale of super bowl snack adds up pretty quickly. in fact.. on average super bowl fans will be spending more than $80 each on snacks....all kinds of snacks. hohn: "beer pop chips chicken wings. the amount chicken wings sold is amazing around e country for super bowl." according to shape.com this weekend... this country ....will eat 1.25 billion chicken wings....that's billion with a b. which may be why they were so big with tasters today. --would you like to taste a chips? just look around. there are at least 20 varieties in this aisle. we'll eat 28-thousand pounds of chips with that chicken... which we will dip into 8-thousand pounds of guacamole and salsa. everyo

covering campaign 2016 erin breen channel 2 news. thanks erin. registration for tomorrow's democratic caucus starts at 11 a-m... and you must be in line by noon if you want to participate. for a link to more information about the caucus... how to find your caucus location or where to find caucus results... head to k-t-v-n dot com and click the blue "news links" button. and a lot of the republican candidates will visit northern nevada ahead of next week's g-o-p caucus. doctor ben carson will hold a town hall meeting a the piper's opera house in virginia city monday morning starting at 9:30 a-m... doors open at 7:30. the storey county treasurer says carson will be the first virginia city since ulysses s. grant in the 1870s. and florida senator marco rubio will hold ralleys in elko at 9-30 monday morning ... in reno just after noon monday... and in minden monday afternoon. to r-s-v-p for either the carson town hall or rubio's rallies, head to k-t-v-n dot com and click the blue "news links" button. today is the last day of campaigning before the poll

covering campaign 2016 erin breen channel 2 news. as the republican candidates look ahead to super tuesday, the democrats are still focused on south carolina and today hillary clinton picked up a key endorsement from nevada senator harry reid. sen. reid: "i think the middle class would be better served by hillary. i think my work with her over the years is something i've looked upon with awe. when she was the first lady she started the trend toward doing something about health care." clinton attended a luncheon at south carolina's oldest black sorority alpha kappa alpha this afternoon. meanwhile senator bernie sanders spoke in columbia today and criticized clinton for supporting the welfare reform bill her husband signed in 1996. sen. bernie sanders/ presidential candidate:"i spoke reform because i thought it was scapegoating people who were helpless, people who were very, very vulnerable. secretary clinton at that time had a very different position on welfare reform, strongly supported it." sanders says his campaign has closed the g

covering the story erin breen channel 2 news." moten has the forge open on monday and wednesday nights from 6-9 pm. it's $50 a session but he has all the tools and supplies. and we have a link to his website set up on ours. just go to ktvn.com. barely is the main ingredient of beer and can also be nutritious for livestock. ky sisson tells us how one local brewery and rancher are turing beer to beef. tom young, "we're getting water heated up for the next brew here." tom young is the brew master. young- "when that is happening, we know we have some happy yeast cells." he's been brewing in northern nevada for over 20 years. after basin beers, the compost barley isn't wasted. it goes to cattle rancher larry barnes. tom young and larry barnes- "we're gonna load up four bins today on the truck and head out to the ranch." "and feed some cows?" "yeah!" "alright." these guys-- tom young- "this is where the barley comes out of that we're gonna take up." know how to make things go full circle. barnes is picking up a load of barly to bring he

with a few things 2 do this weekend erin breen channel 2 and of course you can find details on all those events and more on our website at ktvn.com and mike alger will have a look at your forecast, coming up. have a cough? lots of people do right now... but when should you worry? what different kinds of coughs mean - coming up in tonight's health watch. but first... have you ever posted a negative review online? how one couple is being sued for it and what one lawmaker in washington is doing to try and protect their speech, after the break. "you're watching channel 2 news... with kristen remington, landon miller, sports with garrett dearborn, and mike alger's pinpoint two forecast!" i've watched good friends have their homes foreclosed on. people are still really suffering, and they're looking for somebody that is going to create bold change. wall street gave bad advice and bad loans over and over again, and nothing happened. people are so excited about bernie sanders because they know that he's not beholden to wall street. we need someone like bernie sanders that's going to fight for th

erin breen has the update on their campaigns. of course the party wants to see that seat stay blue.. the reid machine is fully backing catherine cortez masto...who spent 8 years as our attorney trafficking...and protected seniors. she says bipartisanship politics is the key. catherme cortez masto:" these are areas i have a proven record of working on in a bipartisan manner. its about building partnerships and coalitions. that's what we need in washington ....erin: and you think you can do that? i have a proven record to show it." she's for accepting syrian refugees....against ground troops in the middle east and for the affordable care act. she has been criticized by the republican senatorial committee for being conspicuously absent from actual campaign appearances. and i have to say....even reaching her for comments by phone has been difficult. congressman joe heck is a republican, a small busines owner and a brigadeer general . he also learned a lot working as an emergency room physician. joe: i learned what works and what does

and erin breen spent the day at a caucus precinct at hug high. erin lets start with you... how did things go where you were well...the good news is that the turn out was much higher than even the top republicans here expected. the bad news is the sheer number of people made for some problems. the lines formed around 4 this afternoon with doors set to open at 5. the problem at hug high school was there were a lot more people than they expected.... one volunteer told me they anticipated about 400.....they got more than a thousand. and these lines weren't just long...they were frustrating. frank:" no organization no anything else... i've been a republican for a long time but this is a cluster!" ---the registration table---- john:" there was a little bit of a bottleneck a the beginning." a little bit.... spencer: there's no handicapped line here...at all...at all! and there's a lot fo handicapped people here too." john: " we went out an grabbed the handicapped because it wasn't obvious that they could come forward so we went and donna: "they didn't even check my id or my paperw

erin breen has our list of things 2 do this weekend. ---music---"mercy sakes alive it looks like we got ourselves a yard sale.....--- the dr's wives have a few...in their 65th annual rummage sale.

erin breen has the update on their campaigns. of course the party wants to see that seat stay blue.. the reid machine is fully masto...who spent 8 years as our attorney general...where she fought sex offenders....human trafficking...and protected seniors. she says bipartisanship politics is the key. catherme cortez masto:" these are areas i have a proven record of working on in a bipartisan manner. its about building partnerships and coalitions. that's what we need in washington ....erin: and you think you can do that? i have a proven record to show it." she's for accepting syrian refugees....against ground troops in the middle east and for the affordable care act. she has been criticized by the republican senatorial committee for being conspicuously absent from actual campaign appearances. and i have to say....even reaching her for comments by phone has been difficult. congressman joe heck is a republican, a small busines owner and a brigadeer general . he also learned a lot working as an emergency room physician. joe: i learned

carlos agreed, tweeting that a traffic expert erin breen says 45 miles per hour is a start. more ideas are in the works and one could be as simple as a mindset of the people traveling it by changing it to boulder boulevard." for now...breen says there are more police on boulder highway..ready to pull speeders over. now, we asked if lowering the limit even more could be a solution. our expert says it's unlikely to happen because some drivers would follow the limit while others would still be going 60--making things even more unsafe. new this morning.. police in salt lake city, utah are investigating an officer-involved shooting local media reports officers intervened in an altercation--and shots were fired. witnesses say a 16-year-old boy was hit by bullets. after the shooting, several people started rioting, throwing rocks and tossing several people were agitated in the crowd. our officers started arriving on scene, encountered a lot of hostile people upset about what had taken place we're told several people were detained. witnesses also telling our abc- affiliate in salt l

covering campaign 2016 erin breen channel 2 news. as for the remaining six g-o-p presidential candidates -- they're turning up the heat in south carolina. just days before the republican primary there. former president george w. bush is stumping for his younger brother jeb. craig boswell was at their rally in north charleston where they campaigned together for the first time. former president george w. bush made his debut on the 2016 campaign trail. 6:15 "there's no doubt in my mind that jeb bush has the experience and character to be a great president." earlier in the day he met with local veterans. both george w and his father won their south carolina primaries. 12:01:32 still bush country? maybe george but not jeb.. lara and charlie northcutt say minds. "jeb bush and his brother are joining forces to convince undecided voters .. they hope to capitalize on the bush family's popularity .. which is traditionally strong here in the palmetto state. frontrunner donald trump continued his drum beat of attacks on bush's family. 14:33 "the

erin breen has the update on their campaigns. of course the party wants to see that seat stay blue.. the reid machine is fully backing catherine cortez masto...who spent 8 years as our attorney general...where she fought sex offenders....human trafficking...and protected politics is the key. catherme cortez masto:" these are areas i have a proven record of working on in a bipartisan manner. its about building partnerships and coalitions. that's what we need in washington ....erin: and you think you can do that? i have a proven record to show it." she's for accepting syrian refugees....against ground troops in the middle east and for the affordable care act. she has been criticized by the republican senatorial committee for being conspicuously absent from actual campaign appearances. and i have to say....even reaching her for comments by phone has been difficult. congressman joe heck is a republican, a small busines owner and a brigadeer general . he also learned a lot working as an emergency room physician. joe: i learned what wo

traffic expert erin breen says 003037 breen "do we still need only the street itself but the mindset of the people traveling it by changing it to boulder boulevard." for now...breen says there are more police on boulder highway..ready to pull speeders over. now, we asked if lowering the limit---even more--- could make the road safer. our expert says it's unlikely to happen because some drivers would follow the limit while others would still be going 60--making things even more unsafe. people looking to save some cash-- showed up at the clark county auction. auction goers were able to save big on electronics--furnitur e-- and over 200 vehicles. bidding started at just 1-hundred- dollars for vehicles--with the most popular one's being pickup truck's--and s-u-v's. you could even bid on police cars. 1:03:23-1:03:29 "i think i'm gonna be reduced to getting one interceptors. but that's fine, they're good they've been maintained." the items at yesterday's auction were acquired by valley police departments-- local government agencies-- and even from mccarran's lost and found. the streets of

covering campaign 2016, erin breen channel 2 news. thanks erin-- caucuses are taking place all over northern nevada. and we have an inside look at all the action going on right now. ryan canaday joins us now live at the nugget in carson city. ryan can you give us an update now that we are a few hours in? here at 4 pm but the lines aren't quite as crazy as they and 5:30. but there are still a fair share of people lining up to cast their ballots. we actually had a chance to speak with a few of them who are very surprised with the way things are running. jerry counts- carson city "it's much more like a vote than it is a caucus." khristine hansen-jones carson city- "i was actually expecting a lot more confusion than what we had having seen what went on over the weekend with the democrats so very pleasantly surprised." after people cast their ballot for the candidate of their choice they're given the option to leave or stay in this ballroom for the pricinct meetings. those meetings actually just began at 6pm and its here where they'll be el

erin breen was at that event and she joins us live in the newsroom tonight. erin, was it a big day there today?!? that it was landon. what would you do if you were running for president and the polls were too close for comfort and you needed to be in las vegas? you'd call in the big guns for reno...and hillary clinton's case. that was her husband. ----raaah--- bill clinton still draws a crowd. in fact the hillary headquarters

traffic expert erin breen says 45 miles per hour is a start. more ideas are in the works and one could be as simple as a name adjustment. 003037 breen "do we still need only the street itself but the mindset of the people traveling it by changing it to boulder boulevard." for now...breen says there are more police on boulder highway..ready to pull speeders over. i asked our expert what if they just lowered the limit even more? she said that's unlikely to happen because you'd then have drivers following the limit and reporting live david schuman 13 action news. and metro was called out to the scene of a nasty looking crash-- near desert inn and mojave. the driver of this gray kia optima first crashed into an suv-- then-- hit a 60-year-old man on a bike-- then finally crashing into a light pole. the bicycle rider was taken to the hospital. no word yet on his condition. the driver of the kia stayed on scene-- and is cooperating with authorities. an update tonight-- on a man considered armed and dangerous ys-- 21-year-old cody barnes is in custody t

boulder highway claimed the most pedestrian lives last year... 12 people died on that road. (( erin breen: it always comes down to teh pedestrian, whether they are doing everything right or not it's always literally up to them because they are the ones with the most at risk. i have never seen a case where a pedestrian has killed a driver it is always the other way around. no matter whose fault it is, someone dies and someone is left with the responsibility and it is always the pedestrian who dies, and the driver who is left- whether it is their fault or not- you don't take a life, without it effecting your life for the rest of your life )) ((kirsten joyce)) right now.. an officer is walking up and down flaming near arville. drivers and pedestrians spotted breaking the rules of the road.. will be cited./// ((kirsten joyce)) > the democratic presidential candidates.. have their sights set on nevada. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will take part in a town hall event.. here in las vegas next week. it comes.. two days before the democratic caucus. state democrats have not released where th

skies will range from sunny to occasional high continuing our caucus coverage now erin breen is live in reno. let's start with erin... is there much of a crowd there yet? it really is a big day for republicans here in nevada. you're right about that. doors are just beginning to open there are 20 precincts cuacusing here at hug high school tonight which is just one of more than 2 dozen locations. but organizers say they're ready to find out how nevada's republicans feel about the and we'll have caucus coverage all throughout the night... we'll have updated results on our website and on the bottom of your screen as we get them in. and please stay with channel 2 2016 continuing coverage. a team of nevada scientists at the desert research institute have successfully flight tested an autonomous vehicle to seed clouds. the drone is the result of a partnership between d-r-i... drone america and avisight, and it was tested late last month at an f-a-a drone testing site. the drone's eight-rotor design allows for it to carry large payloads, while the advanced software and gps guidance provide t

erin breen has the update on their campaigns. of course the party wants to see that seat stay blue.. the reid spent 8 years as our attorney general...where she fought sex offenders....human trafficking...and protected seniors. she says bipartisanship politics is the key. catherme cortez masto:" these are areas i have a proven record of working on in a bipartisan manner. its about building partnerships and coalitions. that's what we need in washington ....erin: and you think you can do that? i have a proven record to show it." she's for accepting syrian refugees....against ground troops in the middle east and for the affordable care act. she has been criticized by the republican senatorial committee for being conspicuously absent from actual campaign appearances. and i have to say....even reaching her for comments by phone has been difficult. congressman joe heck is a republican, a small busines owner and a brigadeer general . he also learned a lot working as an emergency room physician. joe: i learned what works and what doesn't.

covering campaing 2016 erin breen channel 2 news. thanks erin. the republican candidates are debating tonight in texas for the last time before super tuesday. donald trump walks into tonight's debate in houston as the frontrunner. but it's the battle between senators ted cruz and marco rubio...that could turn ugly. the pressure is on cruz to win his home state of texas if he wants to stay in the race. but the polls vary.showing cruz either ahead by 15 points.or tied with trump. another poll shows rubio trailing trump in his home state of florida by 16 points among likely gop voters. today governor sandoval issued a the white house he does not want to be considered for a supreme court seat. the governor said he also notified senators reid... heller... and mcconnell of his decision. in a statement he said, in part, quote: the notion of being considered for a seat on the highest court in the land is beyond humbling and i am incredibly grateful to have been mentioned - end quote. yesterday c-b-s news confirmed the governor was being vetted for the po

covering campaign 2016 erin breen channel 2 news. and hillary clinton's opponent, bernie sanders, held a rally at the nugget in sparks today. being the last night before the caucus, bernie didn't waste any time getting to what he considers the key issues of his campaign... such as fixing a rigged economy - he says - with a corrupt financial system. bernie sanders: "i am absolutely confident that nevada is going to say yes to moving this country in a direction where we represents all of us. not just wealthy campaign contributors." sanders spoke about the rights of women, gays, and the middle, working class. the crowd especially got fired up when he promised the younger generation free tuition for college...stating that wall street has been bailed out in the past and now it's time for wall street to bail out the people in need. sanders encouraged nevadans to make history and caucus tomorrow. registration for tomorrow's democratic caucuses starts at 11 a-m and you must be in line by noon if you want to participate. for a link to more in

covering the story, erin breen, channel 2 news. and businesseses who use a lot of metal are paying closer attention too. nv-energy has tighter security and cameras on their sites....and loads only as much copper as they need for each job. and some developers are changing over to textlines instead of copper because that's not to steal. a deputy is recovering from a gunshot wound after being shot by a suspect at a silver springs casino. the deputy returned fire and the suspect was killed... another was injured and two others are in custody. sparks police say the suspects first stole a red chevy cruz at gun point at the 1000-block of el rancho drive... near paradise park. a lyon county deputy found the casino and one of the suspects opened fire on the deputy. the deputy returned fire - and one of the suspects...identifi ed as 19-year-old tristan conti of reno..was killed. another was hospitalized. two other suspects in the car - who are jueveniles- were arrested. the deputy is being treated for a gunshot wound to his hand. none of the

erin breen has more on that part of the story. last night's debate brought the candidates another step closer to nevada. ----crowd going raaaaaahhhh!--- the candidates another step closer to nevada. ----crowd going raaaaaahhhh!--- and our caucus results will make a difference. lokken:"nevada as a front-loaded caucus state...along with the early primary state has a 4 times greater influence on picking the nominee of each party than if we waited til april or may." going forward...it won't be just trump bringing republican eyes to the silver state. lokken:"this 3-way between bush, rubio and cruz will be heavily nation will be watching to see if any of the three is pulling out of this." as for the democrats nevada offers a much different demographic. much more like the rest of the nation...more diverse. which is something else the nation will be watching. lokken:"nevada's dna is different. hillary knows that...bernie will need to learn it. we expect her to do well here...she expects to do well and if she doesn't she has real problems.

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covering campaing 2016 erin breen channel 2 news. earlier this morning, ben carson spoke to a crowd of more than 400 people at piper's opera house in virginia city. the visit was notable for its historical significance... the last time a president or candidate visited the city was in the 1800's andi guevara has this report. carson "i can guarantee they don't like me ..." crowd laughs " dr. ben carson says he's proud to be a washington outsider carson "they began to realize that i'm not gonna play their games" carson had fans cheering when he described the flat tax he would implement if elected, how he'd strengthen our military and re- invest in our space program - all while reducing our national debt. carson "cutting back the size of the federal government, 4.1 million federal employees, tens of thousands of them retire carson proposed a health care system that would allow users to control their insurance money like a savings account. carson "if we use the money in the right way, then people will have what they need and for poor peop

covering the big story erin breen channel 2 news. in crime beat... today a judge sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for hitting a police officer with his car back in august. in december 2015, russell roberts pleaded guilty to felony charges of attempted murder on a police officer and battery with a deadly weapon on a police officer. authorities say roberts drove his car toward an officer who was responding to an unrelated service call on arlington avenue in august. he will be eligible for parole 4 years after he starts serving his sentence, which will begin after he finishes a 4-year sentence for a drug charge. the district attorney's office has released a report that found an officer involved shooting justified. according to the report... sparks police detectives shot september of 2014 - near sutro and ninth streets. when they confonted him, the d-a's office says bowman refused to surrender and eventually walked toward detectives while pulling a handgun from his waistband. he passed away at the hospital and an autopsy revealed he had amphetamine

erin breen joins us here in the studio tonight to sort it all out. erin? super delegates go to the national convention. and they are basically elected officials within the party. our congressional delegation...party leaders that kind of thing. they get more freedom in casting their votes...but their votes count the same as the other delegates. as with so many aspects of chris....:"you have 712 delegates you have to get 2,382 of the 4,763 votes." let me boil that down for you. there are a limited number of state delegates at the national convention and the nominee has to get more than half of them. so the party sprinkles in a handful of party leaders to vote for the interest of the party. chris:"or the country." eric:"it's a balancing of interest in the party." chris wicker is one of 8 super delegates for nevada's democratic party. in fact he's the only one in washoe county. chris: the dnc calls them unpledged delegates but i guess super delegate has more flash . i kinda like it ha ha ha." being a super delegate means his vote is up to him. erik:"they get t

officials hope this change will improve safety in the area. 002826 erin breen "in our community we seem to have a disregard for speed limits to start with" 18:26:15 sparkle southward "it isn't making no difference in vegas. these people drive like crazy. there's no speed limit to them." lowering the speed limit recently has been the start of a larger effort to make boulder highway less deadly . and metro was called out to the scene of a nasty looking crash-- near desert inn and mojave. the driver of this gray kia optima first crashed into an suv-- then-- hit a 60-year-old man on a bike-- then finally crashing into a light pole. the bicycle rider was taken to the hospital. no word yet on his condition. the driver of the kia stayed on scene-- and is cooperating with authorities. highway caught fire this morning. clark county firefighters were able to quickly put it out. the blaze started just before 7-30-- at the location on boulder highway near flamingo. we're told there was heavy smoke-- and two employees were inside at the time-- but they got out safely. the cause of the fire is still

as erin breen reports, it's an expensive problem that can impact local florists on big holidays. ---"thanks for calling sparks florist...this is dorothy...how can i help you?"--- it may seem a little are pouring in to florists all across the country. --snip snip--- floral designers are busy too. and they all want to make sure you get what you're expecting and what you've paid for this valentine's day. because the number of 'dogs' out there looking to scam you....is on the rise. you heard me right...i said dogs. michael:"a dog..is an acronym for decpective order gatherers..." mike:"these people capture orders that otherwise...our customers believe they are placing with us...and then they call later and say ...hey where's my flowers? we don't know because we don't have the order...so it's a problem." an expensive....nation al...problem. mike:" we think it's cost us hundreds of millions of dollars. nationally... over the last decade that's all flowed out of traditional florists and into these companies..." and the better business bureau agrees that deceptive websites are a big probl

erin breen will sort it out for us at 5:30 arianna: where do americans stand when it comes to appointing the next supreme court justice? i'm arianna bennett... i'll bring you the i've watched as the house across the street has sat empty for over six years. i've watched good friends have their homes foreclosed on. people are still really suffering, and they're looking for somebody that is going to create bold change. wall street gave bad advice and bad loans over and over again, and nothing happened. people are so excited about bernie sanders because they know that he's not beholden to wall street. we need someone like bernie sanders that's going to fight for the middle class. we have to fix things now. sanders: i'm bernie sanders, welcome back... a new poll released today by cbs news gives us a closer look at how americans feel about the issue surrounding antonin scalia's open seat on the supreme court. after gop leaders in the senate vowed to block any nomination for the seat made by president obama... the future of the supreme court is unclear. arianna bennett joins us now think about