than 60 of those officers would go to the strip, which sheriff joe lombardo says is a potential target for terrorists sheriff joe lombardo / clark county "it's a continual issue that we deal with but its very important for people to understand that it is a threat the tax takes effect in april, staffed. the tax will also add a smaller number of officers in henderson, mesquite, boulder city, and north las vegas. some parents say they're fed up with the vulgar images and words plastered all over a playground at a recreation center near sahara and hollywood. natalie ellsworth says she takes her four kids to the park at least twice a week and they see bad words nearly every time. she believes a group of middle schoole sharpies after school are responsible. "if its not here, it will be somewhere else, on a pole, a slide, every time we come it's somewhere else" "unfortunately i've seen it with my own eyes the middle schoolers with sharpies" the county says they were completely unaware of the issue, but will take action immediately. police are just releasing pictures of a violent attack--hoping someone recognizes the suspect. he's accus

life is safe it's worth it most of the sheriffs in nevada are against it except for sheriff joe lombardo in clark county he's neutral the nra is against it the governor is against it joe heck is against it... but the district attorney for clark county is for it all these people who are against it say this punishes responsible law- abiding gun owners it causes more restrictions more red tape and if you don't follow the rules because their complex they're understand that could lend you one year in prison real quick i want to talk to the owner here at the gun shop we actually haven't been here that long and there's already been one customer who came and tried to buy a gun but he wasn't allowed to because he didn't pass his background check my question for you is if question one the way it is right now could he go to a gun show and buy a gun without having to go through a background closed captioning now fox5 weather 24/7 with meterologist sam argier it's one of the warmest presidential election days on record for las vegas with temperatures climbing into the 80s this afternoon. we'lll fall back into

than 60 of those officers would go to the strip, which sheriff joe lombardo says is a potential target for terrorists sheriff joe lombardo / clark county "it's a continual issue that we deal important for people to understand that it is a threat the tax takes effect in april, but it could be at least a year before the department is fully staffed. the tax will also add a smaller number of officers in henderson, mesquite, boulder city, and north las vegas. americans are still signing up for obamacare despite president-elect donald trump's vow to repeal it. the department of health and human services said today that so far....at least one million people have selected plans for people signed up in the three days following the election-- trump has promised to quickly dismantle the program that --- but it would take some time to work its way through congress. according to obama administration projections...some 11-point-4 million people are expected to enroll in 2017. open enrollment runs through january 31. new homeowners and new heartbreak.. ahead... an abc news investigation into problems with newly built an organization that conne

says is a potential target for terrorists sheriff joe lombardo / clark county "it's a continual issue that we deal with but its very important for people to understand that it is a threat the tax takes effect in april, but it could be at least a year before the department is fully staffed. the tax will also add a smaller number of officers in henderson, mesquite, boulder city, and north las vegas. new this morning, work has company farady future in north las vegas. the company spokesman says they're putting money and attention toward developing a concept car for the c-e-s show. they want to make sure they have the best car on display. faraday still plans to continue construction at apex industrial park next year. nevada has pledged up to 3- hundred-35-million dollars worth of incentives toward the project. join us for good morning las vegas tomorrow beginning at 430am... for the latest weather, traffic and breaking news... ? >>> welcome back to "gma." we are back upstairs. nice to be back upstairs. welcome to all of you. ready to have some fun this morni

across the las vegas valley and today joe lombardo said his focus will be on securing the las vegas strip. sheriff joe lombardo got straight to the point with clark county commissioners when asking them to approve a .1% sales tax increase to hire more officers. >> it's no secret that las vegas in particular is a target. >> reporter: a target for terror. lombardo says las vegas is a city that can and should do more >> i cannot guarantee 100% prevention with a terrorist event but i can provide you a better service to mitigate if an event takes place. >> reporter: he says the strip corridor has been underserved and wants to focus officers on the area visited by 40 million people each year. 68 officers beef up patrols on the strip and downtown las vegas. 199 others with supple the metro and north las vegas will welcome 18. boulder city and mesquite will get two new officers each other. commissioners passed the measure unanimously. >> i got calls from mr. wynn, mr. adelson, mr. smith, amongst others. all emphasizing how important this was. >> reporter: lombardo says sales tax increases for more cops have been debated in clark county tax payers to pay

clark county commissioners approved a new sales tax increase to fund local police departments. sheriff joe lombardo gave a officers are needed on the strip... adding that it's no secret that the metro area is a target for terrorism. the department says it's expecting to lose about 170 officers a year to attrition. and it will work to hire 80 cadets for the next five quarters. we will have the latest developments from the meeeting on action news at five and six. right now one man is dead after police say he may have violated traffic laws while trying to cross the street at a busy intersection. chpp the scene near maryland and tropicana this morning. 13 action news reporter marissa kynaston has more on the future of the driver involved. while we've been out here on scene-- we've noticed it does appear the man was close to a crosswalk when it happened-- right at that intersection. take vo but according to police-- the man killed may not have been following traffic laws. they talked with the driver responsible-- and some witnesses-- they all say the driver had a green light. they also say it appeared t

but not our sheriff joe lombardo we asked him for a comment today he has remained neutral throughout this entire process he didn't want to talk to us but the district attorney in clark county his argument is that if this saves just one life it will be worth it if someone who was about to commit a murder somehow got past the background checks at a gun show or buying online then this is worth it and when we spoke to the people here today they had an argument against that point if we reduce the national speed limit to 25mph it will save hundredsf thousands of lives every year. agree? he said well yeah. it would. but we can't do that. i've arrested many many criminals. and criminals will go wherever they can and whatever is easier for them. the big argument against question one has always been that criminals don't get guns at gun shows they don't get guns at a gun shop... they get their weapons through the black market and even if they did fail a background check or were denied again here they're not going to just that's why they say this this only hurts law-abiding responsible gun owners and now they're going to have to go through a lot more red tape... they're going t

that the clark county board of commissioners voted to increase sales tax by point zero one percent sheriff lombardo- i need to have officers who are not responding call to call to call sheriff joe lombardo addressed the comission urging for the approval of the more cops tax which would put about 68 more officers along the resort corridor... something he says is necessary as weve seen a spike in violent crime. sheriff joe lombardo- i was never comfortable iwth the number of officers we had working the resort corridor nats todays agenda please step forward and identify yourself also on tuesdays agenda... 750 million in funding for the raiders stadium through a tax increase of about 1-point-4 percent for rooms on the resort coridor... and a half percent increase to hotels off the strip. we believe itll put ppl back to work who havent worked for a very very long time but not everyone supported the tax increase.... or stadium. its amazing everyone was able to find 750 million dollars to go towards a stadium but cant fix our deteroiating education systme including county commissioner chris giunchigliani.... several of us have constituents in the shorter term transient housing paying

that the clark county board of commissioners voted to increase sales tax by point zero one percent sheriff lombardo - i need to have officers who are not responding call to call to call sheriff joe lombardo- i was never comfortable iwth the number of officers we had working the resort corridor sheriff joe lombardo addressed the comission urging for the approval of the more cops tax which would put about 68 more officers along corridor... something he says is necessary as weve seen a spike in violent crime. sheriff joe lombardo- its a continual sisue we deal with but its improtant that it isa threat and we have to do something aboutit nats todays agenda please step forward and identify yourself also on tuesdays agenda... 750 million in funding for the raiders stadium through a tax increase of about 1-point-4 percent for rooms on the resort coridor... and a half percent increase to hotels off the strip. we believe itll put ppl back to work who havent worked for a very very long time but not everyone supported the tax increase.... or building the stadium. its amazing everyone was able to find 750 million dollars to go towards a stadium but cant fix our deteroiating education systme

sheriff clark county board of commissioners voted to increase sales tax by point zero one percent sheriff lombardo - i need to have officers who are not responding call to call to call sheriff joe lombardo- i was never comfortable iwth the number of officers we had working the resort corridor sheriff joe lombardo addressed the comission urging for the approval of the more cops tax which would put about 68 more officers along the resort corridor... something he says is necessary as weve seen a spike in violent crime. sheriff joe lombardo- its a continual sisue we deal with but its improtant something aboutit nats todays agenda please step forward and identify yourself also on tuesdays agenda... 750 million in funding for the raiders stadium through a tax increase of about 1-point-4 percent for rooms on the resort coridor... and a half percent increase to hotels off the strip. we believe itll put ppl back to work who havent worked for a very very long time but not everyone supported the tax increase.... or building the stadium. its amazing everyone was able to find 750 million dollars to go towards a stadium but cant fix our deteroiating education systme including county commissi