faraday future may not have a future. craig is our electric car expert joining us live in front of city hall. we saw problems for faraday future in their plant up in north las vegas when they stopped construction last month. now our state treasurer says he knows why. >> and that construction was halted in the very early part of november. faradayur needed time to focus on the consumer electronic show. now the treasurer says that he has learned that faraday future is out of money and that the project in his opinion doesn't have a future. he says it's over for faraday future. the company is owned by a very wealthy chinese businessman. they've never been in the electric car business so many people have speculated their plausible due to the fact they didn't have experience in this business. they expected in some reports to be cranking out cars to revolutionize the electric car business by may of 2018. we expect later today a statement by governor sandoval's office what they believe the future might be for faraday future. >> ki

eight months early, faraday was all the buzz. how will they reinvent transportation's future as they've claimed? they are not building any electric vehicles, not yet. they are building the future home of what we're told will be faraday nature. in ambitious projects. last month, financial uncertainty grew as construction was halted and now faraday's backer coming from nevada's treasurer. >> i think he's out of money. my sources in beijing tell me the chinese government is not financing hill. it's just a big question mark as to where and how they are going the 4500 jobs promised by faraday future, a stunning turnabout from the ground breaking last april. >> i have complete confidence in faraday that they will do everything they say they are going to do. >> reporter: do you think they will have a car in 2017? >> i can't speak for them on that. >> reporter: the governor did spearhead tax incentives for faraday, passed a special session last but lawmakers only approved the abatements or tax credits if faraday actually built its billio

faraday built its billion dollar factory and hired thousands of nevada workers. all that now is in limbo. on social media faraday future has been downplaying the chatter about its finances. they tell people on twitter specifically to look forward to the consumer electronics show january 2017 when they will, quote, unveil the future of transportation. craig fiegener reporting from north las vegas city hall, news 3. >> michelle: senator harry reid get a $1.4 million grant as we take a live look now at unlv. that grant coming from a department of transportation. it's going to go to a transportation research facility which is geared towards improving and researching high-speed rail systems around the country and here in nevada. this will be the second one of its kind in the state. unr got a similar grant back in 2013. >> krystal: metro asking for your help to catch criminals by surveillance cameras. >> michelle: we see a lot of these videos. more and more people putting up surveillance cameras and it's catching thieves in the act and the new problem called vegas safe

the faraday future deal may be dead. faraday, an electric car company that received more than $300 million in incentives from nevada to build that plant in north las vegas, you might remember the ground breaking in april. we noticed two weeks ago that work had our state treasurer believes the company is out of money. right now he is refusing to sign off on any bonds until faraday and its ownership can prove they have the noun back it up. >> kim: craig is covering that story we'll check in with him workers are moving in furniture items and this opening follows that one, ikea on the southwest section of town. commercial real estate experts say when it comes to this furniture boom we're seeing it's the result of more homes being built and more people buying. >> we have all these master plans back under development. end users buying houses demand for furniture. >> that location you are looking at living spaces used to be the great indoors. living spaces is right now accepting applications. they are all set to hold a v.i.p. p

faraday sent out a tweet today..saying..quote: we unveil the future at #ces2017. that's the consumer electronic show..next month..here in las vegas. and if that tweet..is an indicator ..faraday is moving ahead with plans..to build electric cars..here in the valley. faraday..was scheduled open a billion-dollar plant..and start building cars..as early as next year. but..they put that project on hold..after falling behind on payments..to cover costs the faraday tweet..suggests they still plan to make cars in north las vegas. we speak with a financial expert. mike pequeen..is not so optimistic. " i would ...not going to happen." pequeen tells us...unless we see soemthing very soon from faraday..they're plans will be very difficult to pull ouff. christopher king, 13 action news. tonight... we're learning more.... about the father accused of shooting and killing... his son. according to a police report... his son... joshua lee... at a homeless shelter..... several days before the shooting. gardenhire gave details..... from before and after the shooting saying.... they g

as for faraday the next step will be in january where it faraday did not return my email. last night tweeted we will unveil the future in 2017. a lot with the car riding on it. that is one month away for a car no one has seen from a plant yet to be built. >> anchor: president-elect trump and his thank you tour of america after sealing a deal to keep 1000 jobs at carrier air conditioning plant in indiana they will not be allowed to move out of the us without consequences. indiana often carrier $7 million in tax breaks to keep the plant open. at the same time another indiana interior plant is closing and moving 700 jobs to mexico. >> man: i want to let other companie great things for businesses. there is no reason for them to leave. your taxes will be at the low end. and your unnecessary regulations will be gone. >> anchor: part of the consequences, president-elect trump is calling tax for goods produced in other countries and imported to us. >> anchor: trump picked a former marine general, general james mattis as sector. he needs congressional waiver to get the votes. befor

our governor though still confident. >> faraday future, may run on batteries here. the state handed them a $300 million incentive deal a year ago to get them here. but in that year things have not gone smoothly. company stopped trading on the chinese stock market. the ceo in november sent a are letter to his shairbledz sayings saying they were stretched. but conversations between both sides have stopped. >> pretty much before it began. i think governor owes it to the people of this state to tell us the truth what's going on here. >> reporter: today our governor is telling us what's going on. in a joint statement with north las vegas mayor john lee, the state continues to communicate invested $120 million of its own money in our community and its is future deserves more than statements from a political opportunist. >> not talking about the future instead they are talking about their construction projection already being a game changer from the area a governor's response is all online boat on our social media accounts and news3lv.com. this is a developing story that w

will faraday future ever become a reality in las vegas? >> our reporter has been looking and finds the future is a little meek. >> reporter: the planned home for faraday's estimated billion-dollar factory was a busy construction site until early november and confidence was high. that after lawmakers toured their southern california headquarters. >> functional, sleek, beautiful, quiet. you know, a lot of amenities that we don't have in cars right now. >> they have almost 1,000 people working there developing the

faraday didn't respond. they say they are scheduled to unveil their first model at the consumer vegas in january. >> chris: we have a update to a story you heard first here. a local man will make his first court appearance after being accused of killing his son at an apartment complex in town. we're hearing from the neighbors that lived alongside them. that is the dad in question. metro saying that michael shot and killed his adult son and came out and told local officers about this. scene they were just patrolling, regular patrol, heard the gunshot, went over to the apartment in question. he comes out and tells them what he had done. neighbors are speaking out saying they used to hear the dad and adult son arguing quite a bit but never thought it would lead to murder. >> i don't know the extent of their relationship but i can't imagine shooting my son. >> you are looking shot on your screen will make his first court appearance today. >> dana: a local group supporting the needs of children with down syndrome

>> michelle: faraday's future. vehicle company, electric vehicle company, ever become reality in north las vegas? we're going have dials coming up. >> krystal: and a community safety. metro unveiling a new home surveillance registration program. why metro is doing this. how it works. and it could help you avoid becoming a victim. >> michelle: pay to park. yet another hotel chain has announced customers will have to pay to park on the las vegas strip. who it is and how this is going to affect all of us right now. >> michelle: good afternoon everybody. thank you for joining us. will or won't a multi-million dollar electric vehicle company faraday future ever actually become something? we've been hearing a lot of talk about it in north las vegas promising jobs. >> krystal: sure. does it have a future here in las vegas? our craig fiegener has been digging into this since late summer and he has the latest on

as we watch this faraday saga keeps unwinding. >> another chilly day across the valley. >> are we going to get relief for our weather wimps any time soon? j.j. has the forecast. >> relief will come 24 hours a one cold snap after another. that is by las vegas standards. 37 around the edges, about the same temperature we were last night at this time. baifnl the same neighborhood to get your thursday the mountain at 22, pioche at 22, mountain last dipped down to 21. in the mid teens. the sky which had some clouds earlier, those clouds have moved several cold blasts we're going to deal with and wind too. we'll have all of that and when you can expect it in the forecast just a couple of minutes away gentlemen. >> thank you. new at 11, a new organization for down syndrome, they wonder how they can repair the damage from gun shots without concerning the people they care fo be. >> renovating this building all. when they saw the damage they were shocked. when deanne kline pulled up after thanksgiving, she was shocked. >> these were big ones. they went through plexi glass. nevada. >> in the past

new on 13 action news live at six - rumors are swirling about the future of faraday future in southern nevada... their m giving people hope that they're here to stay. and... here's a look..... at what's coming up..... in tonight's primetime line-up.... right here on abc... "the great american baking show" at 9 o'clock... then... we will see you tonight... for 13 action news... live at -11-.... that's our news for now.. but... stay with us.... for abc's world news... up next. remember.. we're always on at ktnv.com.. our ktnv mobile app and our roku channel. we'll see you back here in live at 6. until then.. >>> tonight, breaking news. reaction pouring in at this hour to donald trump's victory tour. his stop at carrier, announcing he saved hundreds of jobs from going to mexico. but just down the road, another factory set to close. critics pouncing. will the president-elect now make the same deal for every company? 7 million in tax incentives. >>> also breaking, the school in lockdown, the parents who discovered guns missing at home. they rushed to the school. >>> the hostage drama. the b

electric car maker-faraday hints- they are comitted to moving forward on coming to north las vegas. thirteen action new anchor christopher king tells us this

over the weekend, faraday said they finished the drive train.they will build a factory on the island and city officials are hoping they will in vallejo. the company is millions of dollars behind in payments to its construction firm there. the company is expected to show off a prototype car at the consumer electronics show. that's just weeks away. we've seen a number of electric car start-ups in silicon valley but only tesla actually has cars on the road. ford will move some of its small car production to mexico despite donald trump's threats to put a huge tax on foreign made products. ford says there will be no loss of jobs they'll simply make something else on the american like. landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning. we could see a mix of the markets to start off the week. wall street is coming off friday's all-time highs after posting its best week since the election. this week investors are looking ahead to tuesday's federal reserve meeting where fed officials are expected to hike interest rates. friday t

you have one of my heroes, that would be michael faraday. somebody first had to turn the switch on.er wires and made electricity happen. bill: copper and zinc. the thing i love about him, we did careful research. a woman came up to him. thes brought up that it was queen of england, but he said madame, of what use is a newborn babe? everything. bill: everything you can ceos its existence. list for is your to do those screaming about the president's science program? bill: here is what we want to do. what do we have in common, everybody? jobs, jobs, jobs. there is an analysis. this is not my idea. check out these solutions project.org. civil engineers have done an analysis that we can power the entire u.s., over 100 countries around the world right now with no extra ordinary new electricity energy technology right now if he decided to do it. do not only we cannot do it. both of my parents are veterans of world war ii. they did not choose to be part of the greatest generation. they got out of college, the world is ending, we have to solve this problem, so let's go. tom: this goes deeper