well john/ christine it probably will play a role... but some of the experts we've talked to said, if his opponent plays this the wrong up hurting her, more than it hurts joe heck. of course joey heck has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in the past... but that wasn't an election year. (nats clapping) people at catherine cortez-masto's rally this morning liked what they heard... people who saw her opponent's son online... not so much. he posted. he used the n word in several postings. talking about victims of rape, just reading some of those comments that he put out there, that's add joe heck, the father, to the list of people are upset. he said he loves his son... but is disappointed him. they're all nodding their heads saying, i'm sorry joe. sorry you got to go through this. and then they're going to pick up and look -- "has joe ever said anything like this?" i'll be honest, like i haven't seen it, but again a child is a product of their environment our analyst says -- that doesn't fly. people trying to put the blame on dad.

john christine.. information is still coming in.. but this is what we know right now at around 8 p-m near charleston and pecos.... an f-b-i task force located...identifie d and re-captured alonso perez... just eight miles from where he initially escaped police custody las friday afternoon...alons o was found inside a residence where he was taken back into police custody without incident... again this arrest ends a four day man hunt.... police took perez into custody as the main suspect in the murder of mohammad robinson after an altercation at a north las vegas mcdonalds.... but just hours handcuffed .. and while being questioned....perez broke off his handcuffs...and ran from the north las vegas detective bureau on cheyenne near simmons .. next to the north las vegas airport ... and again .. was captured about 8 miles away near the corner of charleston and pecos. he then stole a truck... and was missing ever since. police had been telling the public perez was armed and dangerous. now john.. christine

john, christine. >> sara, thank you.ent obama says violence will not solve the problem of police killing of unarmed black men. in an interview with abc news, the president acknowledged the sense of frustration among african-americans. the feeling that justice is as he put it not always color blind. the president said that anger should be redirected to reforming the system. >> the way we change the system requires us to be able to reach out and engage the broader american community. that requires being peaceful. that requires being thoughtful about what are the specific reforms you're looking for. the overwhelming majority of people who have been concerned about police-community relations doing it the right way, every once and a while you see folks doing it the wrong way. >>> donald trump says he may visit charlotte after the debate with hillary clinton. trump is calling for a national anti-crime agenda. on thursday, he pitched his law and order message at a rally in pennsylvania. >> the problem is not that there are too

christine, john...that's right... today police and the rape crisis center met to talk about a program called "party smart." it's a violence prevention campaign aimed at making nightlife here safer for everyone by cutting down on sexual violence. the campaign focuses on two things... prevention and training. raising awareness is key. remember this mantra: arrive together, stick together, leave together. don't stray from the group... and don't let your friends stray from the group. the second part of this program is training. and nighclubs so they know what to look for to make sure their party goers stay safe. if you notice something that's not right... don't just let it slide... be an active bystander! "we know that active bystander intervention, watching out for your group of friends and others around you and intervening if someone's behavior becomes problematic, is the key to preventing sexual assault." uber is also partnering with the campaign. starting tomorrow and running through the 5th... uber will donate 5 doll

cnn's barbara starr with the latest. >> reporter: john and christine.s expected, president obama approved sending additional 615 u.s. troops to northern iraq to help the iraqi forces there get ready for the fight to retake mosul. iraq's second largest city and its main claim to having a caliphate in iraq. the u.s. troops will be helping on a range of topics. they will work as military advisers to the iraqis as well. being out in the field with them, but not at the frontlines. the fight for mosul may go on for some time. the u.s. assistance with being in the field and with air support and intelligence really is considered vital. if the iraqis along with help from kurdish forces can get mosul back and push isis out once and for all, that will be a military victory against isis. but nobody is betting at this point it will be the end of the so-called islamic state. john and christine. >> barbara, thank you. >>> the fbi reveals more attempted elections cyber attacks. two law enforcement officials think russia is behind the attacks on voter registration sites

i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. nice to see you today, john. >> just today?inutes i could change my mind. it is 4:30 in the east. new this morning with a no lead in the presidential race, national security will be in the spotlight with new proposals and new attacks. aides to donald trump say trump will call for an increase in military spending and cuts part of the sequester, remember that? trump will also go after hillary clinton's foreign policy vision which he says favors, quote, military conventionalism. overnight, trump with that plan simply to order as generals to figure out a way to beat isis in 30 days. a plan for 30 days. trump blasted secretary clinton over the e-mails and claim she never talks about policy. cnn's sara murray is traveling with the trump campaign. she brings us the latest. >>> good morning, john and christine, donald trump stuck to his message of national campaigning as campaigning in virginia and north carolina. a fiery speech here in green sheil, he went after hillary clinton over her use of a private e-mail server, saying this was

john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. north korea conducting the fifth nuclear test since january. south korean officials record seismic activity with a 5.3. the latest provocation from pyongyang is fantastically reckless. lights go to seoul and bring in paula hancocks. paula, tell us more. >> reporter: christine, it was an announcement we heard on north korean state run television saying they successfully tested a nuclear warhead. they could put that on any ballistic missile. that is a statement that will concern most of the world. certainly we have seen conde condemnation from south korea and japan and russia and everyone. there is no way of verifying whether or not this is accurate. it is important to take north korea at its word. the magnitude is question. we are hearing from experts. >> you can see we lost paula hancocks there. this is the fifth nuclear test from north korea. south korea is quite concerned. >> we are starting to hear from u.s. leaders and around the world saying they are monitoring this. they are wai

john and christine. >> thank you, scott.er sunday morning health scare, hillary clinton sat down with chris cuomo for an interview to air this weekend. friday, she sat down with chris cuomo. friday, the same day we know she was diagnosed with pneumonia, but kept the schedule up. clinton was a junior senator from new york when the planes hit the towers. that was the subject of the interview with chris cuomo. she describes this experience as sickening and says she coped with the tragedy by getting right to work. >> i went the next day, chuck schumer and i, we were one of few planes in the sky that day, the 12th. we landed at laguardia. we were on a fema plane. we went over and circled by helicopter, surveyed the burning pile. when we landed, we met up with governor and mayor and went walking toward ground zero. as we moved further south and we saw this curtain of black smoke that was stretched across the island, basically. occasionally it would be broken by a firefighter coming out. i remember one image so indelibly dragging h

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. the developing situation in north carolina after police shot and killed a black man there. police in riot gear. you see it right here using tear gas to disperse the protesters. some protesters having thrown rocks and water bottles. police say at least a dozen officers were injured in the blasts. no injuries among the protesters. protesters did set a fire on the road and there was looting in front of trucks set in place. the mayor is calling for calm into the investigation into the shooting of 43-year-old keith lamont scott by an officer brentley vinson. both the officer and victim were african-american. we want to listen to the local police chief describe what led up to the shooting. >> at this point, all we know, they're in the apartment complex parking lot. and this subject gets out with a weapon. they engage him. and one of the officers felt a lethal threat and fired his weapon because of that. >> so the warrants weren't for the man, but we're not sure if this man was connected? >>

i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. police say the man's death is suspicious. officers responded around 2-30 p-m to a neighborhood near bonanza and pecos. police say a man was found unresponsive. homicide detectives are at the scene right suspicious. no other details have been released yet... but we will bring you the latest on fox fives news at ten and fox five vegas dot com. an escaped homicide suspect on the run since friday has been captured again. now -- north las vegas police have released video of how he was able to get away without anyone noticing. fox5's miguel martinez valle joins us live from charleston and pecos... with what police have to say about this escape and capture. i'm here where alonso perez was captured last night around 8 o clock after escaping and being on the run for 4 days but first take a look at how he escaped in the first place... perez was sitting at an interrogation table police said he was handcuffed to a bar on the table but as you can see he used his bodyweight and he twisted the handcuffs until they broke he then position the

i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans.s 30 minutes past the hour, donald trump claiming he won the debate despite the polls saying hillary clinton won the debate. even after the debate trump is repeating his fact-checked and debunked claims. he's refusing to let go of the weight gain of a former miss universe. she's speaking out. cnn's sara murray is with the trump campaign and has the latest. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine, even as some of donald trump's own supporters say they had misgivings about his debate performance, a very fired up candidate took the stage last night saying he won the debate even saying he held back against hillary clinton. >> last night when i debated secretary clinton on america's future -- for 90 minutes, i watched her very carefully, and i was also holding back. i didn't want to do anything to embarrass her. >> reporter: now at times, this rally almost felt like a throwback to the donald trump of the republican primaries. he kept touting his poll numbers and even to slam the media

john..christine.... once fox-5 was able to confirm the re-capture of alonso perez.. i reached out to the girlfriend and mother.. of mohammad robinson.. the man who alonso perez is suspected of killing.... the girlfriend.. told me she is happy.. relieved... but understandably still sad.. knowing it won't bring back mohammad.... the mother told me police called her personally with the news.. she tells me her prayers have been answered..... and she never doubted police......she says she is overjoyed to know the streets are safe.. from another possible shooting spree.... in the newsroom.. i'm vince sapienza... fox5 news local las vegas... two people have been shot to complex. it happened on torrey pines near smoke ranch. let's go straight to fox5's miguel martinez valle who is live at the scene with more on the investigation. police are still out here investigating the shooting and looking for the suspects who are on the run... hours ago they got multiple calls reporting shots fired from this apartment complex on torrey pines... this happened around 6 o clock and when po

christine, john...that's right... today police and the rape crisis center met to talk about a program called "party smart." it's a violence prevention campaign aimed at making nightlife here safer for everyone by cutting down on sexual violence. the campaign has focuses on two things... prevention and training. if you notice something that's not right... don't just let it slide... be an active bystander! and remember this mantra: arrive together, stick together, leave together. don't stray from the group... and don't let your friends stray from the group. the second part of this program is training. police are working with bars and nighclubs so they know what to look for to make sure their party goers stay safe. "when we come together to make every space a safe one and send a message that predatory behavior will be noticed, will not be tolerated and is not welcome here, and community standard that helps protect residents and visitors alike." uber is also partnering with the campaign. starting tomorrow and running thro

i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. the man was being held for a deadly shooting that happened this past weekend. fox5's vince sapienza is live on cheyenne near simmons at the detective bureau where escaped .. vince. that's right john christine i'm standing in the back of the north las vegas detective burea building....where i'm told 25 year old alonzo perez escaped police custody after breaking off his handcuffs while being detained in a holding room here is what he looks like... 25 year old alonzo perez 6'03" tall, 200 lbs., with black hair, brown eyes, and a goatee... he also jordan" logo tattoo on the left side of his neck. he was last scene wearing a deion sanders dallas cowboys jersey after he fled police believe he ran west toward sunbelt rentals and stole a white 2016 ford f-250 pickup truck with nevada license plate #26c819. "he was placed in a room, an interview room, and when the detective stepped out alonzo broke the handcuffs and then escape out of the building. so asking the public to, if you do see him do

christine romans. welcome back to "early start." i'm johnising answers on national security at the commander in chief forum in new york city. donald trump offered compliments for vladimir putin and he talked about the national security briefings. hillary clinton faced tough questions about e-mails and foreign policy choices. >> more about isis than they do? >> i think under the leadership of obama and clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. >> i think the decision to go to war in iraq was a mistake. we must learn what led us down that path so that it never happens again. i'm asking to be judged on the totality of my record. >> when referring to a comment that putin made about you, i think he called you a brilliant leader. >> when he calls me brilliant, i will take the compliment. he has a strong control over the country. i don't happen to like the system, but in the system, he is a good leader. >> were some of the e-mails sent or received by you referring to the drone program, covert drone program? >> yes. every part of our govern

john/ christine when we talked to the city today -- they told us they saw our story... but now they're trying to say 21- year-old tyler worley wasn't on "suicide watch" like it says in the coroner's report... he was just under "isolation." either way -- we're still waiting for answers. mom is still waiting for at the very least a phone call. and lawyers say she definitely has a case. if you felt he needed to be on suicide watch there was a reason for it, and i don't know that reason be they won't tell me. more than three months later -- this mother still doesn't understand why her 21-year-old son was taken away from her. the jail has given her no phone calls... and zero answered questions. after her boy, tyler worley, was found dead with a sheet wrapped around his neck. (crying) no other mother should have to go through this. find out the next day that her son is dead. i think their policies need to change. to be checked up on... and he was supposed to be in isolation... how did this happen? well the question is why is he in isolation.... sheets are predominately used f

he's in the newsroom with john..christine... i spoke with alyssa's mom.. jennifer...who admits today has was a tough one.... but it was nowhere as emotional as last week..... just seven days ago marked the 5th year anniversary of alyssa's murder... jennifer says as you might imagine.. there are good and bad days.... but on nights like tonight.. it's happy memmories..... shannone paki friend of the family as we say, once an aggie, always an aggie, at this time please pause in remembrance for alyssa otremba....(silence) on a night full of football and fun...the raucous arbor view crowd fell silent for 16 seconds in honor of alyssa otremba. "her life can continue to touch other lives and i miss that face, i see it every single day, i know she is with us, i feel her presents." "i think having a football game like this dedicated to her and honoring her is more of a sense of community, bringing us together to remember we're here for each other." stuck out the most...were these neon green ribbons. alyssa's favorite color was green. and every member of the band wo

john huck. i'm christine maddela. an oversight committee unanimously approved the plan and now its off to the nevada legislature for consideration. we have team coverage tonight. eric hilt is at one of the possible stadium locations with what comes next... but first we start with abby theodros on just a few short hours ago this building was packed with cheering fans and high ranking officials celebrating a major milestone for this project. an 11 member committee voted in favor of the stadium plan. which means itll go to the legislature next. but i want to break this down for you $750 million dollars will come from public fundingand that's financed by a hotel room tax, the adelson family will pay $650 million..which also includes infrastructure cost a raiders would contribute $500 million. it's a 65 thousand seat domed venue w a pricetag of 1.9 billion dollars. $750 million dollars will come from public fundingand that's financed by a hotel room tax, the adelson family will pay $650 million..which also includes infrast

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for more, here is chris frates. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine.he explosions in new york and new jersey and attacks in minnesota over the weekend almost guarantee that national security will be front and center on the campaign trail today. democratic vice president candidate tim kaine said hillary clinton has the experience to deal with these incidents. >> it raises the stakes on the need to be really smart and dealing with challenges like this. both with the law enforcement community and also to make sure we're doing what we can to stop any lone wolf attacks in the united states. we know the threat that's out there and we have a plan to deal with it. >> reporter: clinton was critical of trump's decision to describe the incident as a bomb before the details were public. chris christie talks back. >> you don't have to be critical of a bomb exploding in new york. it was being reported on television. you should not attribute it to an organization or group if you don't have the facts or information. what donald did was appropriate to say a bomb explod

john.. christine.... at this time police are still scarambling to find alonso perez... a man police are describing as armed and dangerous.. due to his history of violence.... the manager i spoke with said he was shocked to hear..not only someone escape police custody... but the fact that dangerous criminals are routinely brought near his workplace... "we just had a truck jacked, and they said oh well we just lost a suspect, and we said you lost a suspect." the answer to that is yes. and that suspect is 25-year old alonso perez. a 6-3 200 pound hispanic man who was last seen wearing a #21 dallas cowboys jersey. he also has a three inch "air jordan" tatoo on his neck. the prime suspect in a homicide that resulted in the death of mohammad robinson last weekend in north arrested perez at 10 a-m friday. only to have him break free at their detective bureau near the north las vegas airport. "when the detectives stepped out, alonso broke out of the handcuffs and then escaped out of the building." police say alonso fled west. where he stole a white 2016 ford f- 250 pickup truck

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. 30 minutes past the hour. new information on the man who planted bombs in four locations in two states over two days. 28-year-old accused bomber ahmad khan rahami has been charged with attempted murder of police officers. officials tell cnn they believe rahami is the main guy. they have to the determined if anyone else helped him. rahami is a naturalized u.s. citizen and born in afghanistan. he traveled to that country several times and questioned each time he returned to the states. rahami was captured after an alert was sent with his mug shot sent to millions of cell phones in the region. it ended with police and rahami in a dramatic shootout and a raid of the rahami home in new jersey. that is where jessica schneider joins us. jessica, bring us up to date on the investigation. >> reporter: christine, we are hearing that rahami is not being cooperative so far with investigators who want to glean information from him and not talking to police. what we do know is rahami now faces a litany of state charges. he

i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. tonight in a story you'll only see on fox5 -- the mother says -- she didn't even find out what happened until the next day... and she never even got the courtesy of a phone call. fox5's adam herbets spoke to her... and fought to get her some answers tonight. adam? john/ christine this woman's son was just 21 years... and she says he has never been suicidal... that's why this whole thing has been a now she blames the medicine they put him on... and wonders why the officers weren't paying attention.d right here? yup. that's the first time i met him. last week was tyler's birthday... and 22 years later, he was supposed to be grown up... living life... and making his mother proud. that's the day me and him got baptized together instead -- all this mom has... are memories. he was just my first true little love. i mean he was my first baby. there's nothing like the feeling of losing your kid. don't know how to deal with it. on june 16, 2016 tyler worley killed himself... with a sheet in his

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is here. what could be the most consequential debate in the most consequential election of a lifetime. at hofstra university, donald trump and hillary clinton face-off for 90 minutes. they have that to convince voters they are right and their opponent is wrong. 90 minutes to make a case about the future. your future. america's future. yes, you might notice they don't like each other much. it is not about who slings the most mud, but who can lead the country when there are questions about race, terror and prosperity. the race here is essentially tied. we have new information about how the candidates are preparing and who will be in the audience and what the moderator will or will not do. let's bring in brian stelter host of "reliable sources" and eugene scott. we know hillary clinton has been practicing with one of her long time friends and aides. one person playing trump. we are told that donald trump hasn't been practicing. >> i don't buy it. >> listen to a bit of donald trump with a montage

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with emmy award winner john huck. christine maddela. and weather 24/7 with chief meteoroligist ted pretty. this is fox5 news at 5:30. local las vegas. thanks for joining local news at 5:30. local news at 5:30. let's get you up to date with the latest local headlines. classes - cancelled at walter johnson junior high school today - after students were quarantined for up to 17 hours over possible mercury exposure. the clark county school district said all students and staff were ordered to stay on campus to be screened by the environmental protection agency. mercury was just before noon wednesday. many parents were notified through automated messages of the hazmat situation - and staked out the school until their children slowly trickled out throughout the afternoon and into the early morning hours. it took until 5 this morning - for everyone to be screened and cleared. "the only way i could figure out what was going on is i went on my phone and searched on the news, they didn't give us any information, there wasn't an annoucement saying

john/ christine the family is really struggling right now -- it's been very difficult to find out anything especially because they don't even live in the state of nevada. and now, especially because it's been on somebody seeing this story who might be able to help. it was supposed to be grandpa's lucky day. the 80-year-old man had already won money at the slot machines... and his family thought he was just going downstairs to test his luck again... but instead, they say he never came back. you don't think about it, that it's ever going to happen so when it does happen it just hits you really bad daniel caballero has alzheimers... but usually he does just fine on his own. especially because it wasn't until recently that he started getting a little bit worse for some reason -- this time it wasn't working... and now he's out there somewhere without it. almost a month later... the family is worried sick, but they're trying to keep up hope. my grandmother she is praying and hoping and i know the first couple days were really hard on her while grandma sits under the fig tree and prays... the loo

john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. what could be the most consequential election of a lifetime at hofstra university. hillary clinton and donald trump face-off on stage for 90 minutes. that is what they have to convince voters they are right and their opponent is dead wrong. 90 minutes to make a case about your future. america's future. these two candidates don't seem to like each other very much. this is not about who wins the food fight or who slings the most mud. it is who can lead the country when there are serious questions about race and prosperity and terror. we have new information this morning about how the candidates are preparing and who will be in the audience and what the moderator will and will not do. let's bring in the panel. we have mark preston at hofstra university and we have brian stelter host of "reliable sources." and we also have eugene scott, political reporter. you had rowdy students behind you moments ago. mark, how have they been prepare and what kind of candidates will we see on the stage a

i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. the man was being held for a deadly shooting that happened this past weekend. fox5's vince sapienza is live on cheyenne near simmons at the detective bureau where escaped .. vince. that's right john christine i'm standing in the back of the north las vegas detective burea building....where i'm told 25 year old alonzo perez escaped police custody after breaking off his handcuffs while being detained in a holding room here is what he looks like... 25 year old alonzo perez 6'03" tall, 200 lbs., with black hair, brown eyes, and a goatee... he also

john, christine... police are not releasing any new information at this time... but we did a little digging here and it looks like they're pulling out all the stops to find this guy. every criminal case of his... from misdemeanor to more serious felony charges... are flagged with a warrant... making it clear of his wanted status to any officer who comes across him. one of the most recent charges stemmed from a july 25th incident. a manager at peterson motel and apartments shared surveillence video with us that shows what appears to be perez pulling out a gun and firing nine shots at the managing office. just a refresher... perez has been on the run since friday. north las vegas police say perez twisted his handcuffs until they broke and then walked out of an interview om truck, and took off. of course this is something we'll be following closely. again, police could not release anything new today... but they do say they hope he hasn't left the area. live in the newsroom... kathleen jacob... fox5 news. local. las vegas. a woman is dead - after being hit by a motor

john, christine, you're right. police aren't realeasing any new information until alonso perez is caught... but we did a little digging here... and found out they're pulling out all the stops to get this guy back in custody. alonso perez has been running free since friday... but police are on high alert. every criminal case of his... from misdemeanor traffic citations to more serious felony charges.... are flagged with a warrant... making sure any fi comes across him knows he's wanted. one of the most recent charges stemmed from something that happened july 25th. a manager at peterson motel and apartments shared surveillence video with us that shows what appears to be perez pulling out a gun and firing nine shots at the managing office. the manager says this came purely from anger that the manager wouldn't let him in the office. we were able to find a case that matched the manager's description. it shows charges from the same date, accusing perez of structure... and assault with a deadly weapon. perez has been on t

i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. police and fire crews were called to the scene shortly after 7 .. fox 5s cyndi lundberg is live at the scene to show us what happened. this crash happenned just after seven. if you look behind me there's a red car that's crumpled around a pole i'm told that car hit the silver car. witnesses told me a man was driving the red car.. a woman was in the passenger seat. the driver was conscious when he was put in the ambulance... the woman was not. we spoke to a different person who told us down the street... she was also hit by fled the scene. araceli hernandez / involved in crash "we were waiting for a light. he came out of nowhere. i don't know what he was thinking, i don't know whether he thought the light had already turned green, you know he just hit the gas. but it was something that could have been taken care of down at that corner. if he would have waited, this would not have happened. " right now we don't know who was in the silver car that was also involved here or what their con

i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. tonight in a story you'll only see on fox5 -- the mother says -- she didn't even find out what happened until the next day... and she never even got the courtesy of a phone call. fox5's adam herbets spoke to her... and fought to get her some answers tonight. adam? john/ christine this woman's son was just 21 years... and she says he has never been suicidal... that's why this whole thing has been a

john and christine. >> joe johns for us in tampa this morning. clinton and trump at tonight's commander in chief forum hoping to sets up a national security debate. cnn's eric radner up for live for us this morning. eric, i want to talk about donald trump plan to defeat isis. he has said -- >> it's a secret plan. >> he wouldn't for a long time, he didn't want to say what his plan was that would be tipping off isis as to how he was going to defeat them. listen. >> so i'm going to convene my top generals and give them a simple instruction. they will have 30 days to submit to the oval office a plan for soundly and quickly defeating isis. we have no choice. >> so, that is the secret plan to defeat isis is to tap the generals, to come with a plan in 30 days to defeat isis. how does that burnish his national security credentials here? >> this plan "b" to make a plan is not really a plan. that sounds very good, right? but what donald trump was trying to do yesterday, he rolled out a list of 88 retired top military brass who are endorsing his campaign. h

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. of protests that took a dangerous turn following a deadly police shooting. governor pat mccrory issued a state of emergency and the mayor is considering a curfew if the protests continue. overnight, rioters smashed windows with rocks and bats and damaging the bank of america building and many other buildings. at the height, protesters broke window was bricks and punched employees. cnn's own ed lavandera was slammed to the ground. >> reporter: trying to get various people out of the crowd and other people came in to grab those people. [ yelling ] >> ed, are you okay? >> reporter: we are fine,

john.. christine.... at this time police are still scarambling to find alonso perez... a man police are describing as armed and dangerous.. due to his history of violence.... the manager i spoke with said he shocked to hear..not only someone escape police custody... but the fact that dangerous criminals are routinely brought near his workplace... "we just had a truck jacked, and they said oh well we just lost a suspect, and we said you lost a suspect." the answer to that is yes. alonso perez. a 6-3 200 pound hispanic man who was last seen wearing a #21 dallas cowboys jersey. he also has a three inch "air jordan" tatoo on his neck. the prime suspect in a homicide that resulted in the death of mohammad robinson last weekend in north las vegas. police say they arrested perez at 10 a-m friday. only to have him break free at their detective bureau near the north las vegas airport. "when the detectives stepped out, alonso broke out of the handcuffs and then escaped out of the building." police say alonso fled west. where he stole a white 2016 ford f- 250 pickup truck.. just l

john..christine.... i'm standing in front of the 2-11 complex here in downtown vegas.... and what you see behind me looks like a front row view to the festival.... and it for those just passing by.. or visiting... but for the people who live here...it feels like a prison... "as you can hear, that's an all day thing, they did sound check yesterday till 2:00 and a lack of sleep isn't even what has tenants in the 211 apartment complex up in arms. instead, it's this. "what really alarmed us was this huge fence blocking us from entering the town that we patron 365 days a year, we live here, we're the residents." monique charles is one of the residents. she doesn't own a car - instead taking the rtc. what is normally a five minute walk...has now turned into an hour commute. "this has become a nightmare, like in a nightmare that is not ending." "makes no sense, the point of me moving downtown was convenience." but not everyone is inconvenienced. jack burwell has lived in downtown longer than the festival has been here. and he doesn't understand all the fuss. "a bunch of cry babi

fox5's adam herbets took a look at how this could impact his father's campaign john/ christine this story might sound a little bit familiar for people who remember hearing joey heck's name in the news back in 2013... when he was accused of posting racist messages on twitter... back when he was 15. at the time... he was posting messages like this. he said president obama is only good at "spear chucking and rock skipping... the sports they do in his home country" "so obama how did it feel when romney raped you" this time... we're seeing a lot of things that we can't put on television... like posts that he was involved with using the n-word... and posts making fun of disabled people. on reddit he said quote "i wish hillary would violate me as much as she did federal law" now keep in mind, three years ago... a lot of people said, look, this is just a teenage kid... being stupid. just because a 15-year-old posts something, that doesn't mean his dad is a racist or anything like that... well... back then it alsoas election year. this time, critics are saying, joey heck should have known better.

with emmy award winner john huck. christine maddela. and weather 24/7 with chief meteoroligist local las vegas. thanks for joining us for your only local news at 5:30. there are new indications that russian cyber- spies are actively trying to disrupt the november election. kevin corke takes a closer look at an international hacking threat. with election day a me t away, u.s. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are investigating a possible russian plot to convince americans to distrust the voting outcome in november... even before the first ballots have been cast. just last week us officials reported that election systems in illinois and arizona had been hacked and that russia was most likely responsible. russian hackers also have been blamed for intrusions into records of the house democrats' organization and the democratic national committee the latter of which was exposed by wikileaks led to the resignation of dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz clinton says: "the fact that our intelligence professionals are now studying this and

john/ christine we're still waiting to find out the name of the victim in this case... right now the henderson police department is only describing her as a 41 year old woman... but we are learning more about her husband. from the outside looking in -- people said they thought he was a good guy... and now people are trying to figure out if there might have ever been warning signs. (nats) most of the people in the neighborhood didn't know the couple who lived here... they just saw them driving around every now and then... so they did the polite thing and waved. (nats) they just seemed like a nice couple... with two beautiful daughters... but now people say, there had to have been something they weren't seeing. lot of warning signs that were ignored... dr. valerie williams-goss specializes in domestic violence cases... and even though she isn't involved in this one... she says it doesn't matter if the husband seemed like a good person... whenever a relationship ends in a murder- suicide... she says there's almost no way it could have gotten like that overnight. most cases

i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman.ald trump insists he won the presidential debate this despite the polls that hillary clinton was the decisive winner. this despite the fact that he keeps stirring the controversy on the stump even after the debate. donald trump is debating his fact-checked and debunked that he opposed the iraq war. but most important, he's not rejecting the claims about the weight gains of a beauty queen. and bragging about going easy on hillary clinton, particularly about bill clinton's past. sara murray has the latest. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine, even as donald trump's supporters had they had misgivings be a very fired up candidate took the stage last night saying he won the debate and even insisting he held back against hillary clinton. >> last night when i debated secretary clinton on america's future -- for 90 minutes i watched her very carefully, didn't want to do anything to embarrass her. >> now, at times, this rally almost felt like a throwback of the republican primary, he

i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. the ordeal started just after 11 yesterday because of student who brought it on campus... and tonight it is still not over. our team coverage includes the decontamination process-- what is still being done at the school-- the headache for parents-- and the communication -- or perhaps lack thereof-- that they received from the district. fox5's eric hilt will explain more of that in a moment... but we begin with live coverage from fox5's adam herbets. hat we're looking at today is the most calm this campus has been parents were mad. the kids were tired. they were supposed to be off at about 3:00 pm... but the screenings didn't finish until about 5:00 am.... and that was shocking to a lot of people just because thats so extreme, but also because at first the school district came out and said. this is no big deal. th amount of mercury that got spilled. the kids will get out on time. dont worry. its just as if a thermometer broke... no problem. well, it ended up being a big problem. 9 stud

with emmy award winner john huck. christine maddela. and weather 24/7 with chief meteoroligist ted pretty. this is fox5 news at 5:30. local las vegas. it's a federal program meant to help homeowners who are about to lose their homes... the troubled asset relief program... or tarp ... gave money to homeowners in hardest hit by the recession... including nevada... but fox5 uncovered a recent audit by the special inspector generals office . it found that a large part of those funds weren't being given to homeowners in need... fox5's miguel martinez valle dove in to the 50 page audit to tell us what he found. this is that audit...and in its more than 50 pages it shows that in just two years the number of homeowners allowed into this program fell by 94 percent... and even though the company kept taking tarp money from the government... as you can see in this chart... they were turning away a lot more people for assistance than they were accepting the company is called nevada affordable housing assistance corporation. the state hired them to

john huck. i'm christine maddela. the mother says -- she didn't even find out what happened until the next day... and still, she has never received a phone call to explain what happened. fox5's adam herbets spoke to her, and joins us with more - in this fox five exclusive. john/ christine this woman didn't even have a copy of the coroners report until we gave it to her. her son was just she says he was never suicidal until he was arrested for very small charges... and put on medication. right here? yup. that's the first time i met him. last week was tyler's birthday... and 22 years later, he was supposed to be grown up... living life... and making his mother proud. that's the day me and him got baptized together instead -- all this mom has... are memories. he was just my love. i mean he was my first baby. there's nothing like the feeling of losing your kid. i don't know how to deal with it. on june 16, 2016 tyler worley killed himself... with a sheet in his jail cell. he was on suicide watch, but that didn't stop him.

christine.. john... i learned that this is not a black and white issue at all. while free speech is protected... this attorney told me that ultimately a judge has an obligation to keep the courtroom an impartial place. : i was shocked erika ballou never thought she'd be in this situation in a courtroom. bite: i don't think that this is a political statement. here's video of her in court... going back and forth with judge douglas herndon to remove this black lives matter pin. bite: i feel like as the world stands now black lives don't matter. more than a dozen fellow attorneys stood by her side... insisting her rights were violated. but how do those rights hold up in a courtroom? attorney marc randazza specializes in free speech law.. and says this isn't a clear cut issue. bite: my initial reaction was ... (more stuff) it might be defensible but he goes on to say... if there's going to be a rule, it should be a blanket rule. bite: police wearing arm hasn't been prosecuted for anything... there's not much that can be done. bite: conversations need to keep happenin

john huck. i'm christine maddela. hazmat teams took over walter johnson middle school this afternoon after a mercury spill in killer escaped from police, and we asked officers what they're going to do to prevent it from happening again. fox5s miguel martinez valle is live at the north las vegas detective bureau to show us how alonso perez got out in the first place. perez escaped from this police station. he was in handcuffs, the door was locked, there were police officers throughout the building and surveillance cameras were rolling., but he still got out. now we know how. nlvpd: "he was placed in an interview room and handcuffed to a table" this is the survll inside the interrogation room. alonso perez twisted the handcuffs until they broke. "i asked my assistant chief. who's been around for 30 and he never had any recollection of any situations like this one" bridge: "perez was handcuffed to a table just like this one he used his bodyweight to twist the handcuffs until they gave out to cheer you can use the chair t

i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. fox-5's vince sapienza.. spoke with the frustrated mother and is in the newsroom with how this john..christine.... i'm told the child was playing on the monkey bars during recess.. when she fell and broke her elbow... now the parents i spoke with said recess is usally around 11 a-m... when they went to pick their daughter at 2:40 from school... she was hysterical.. and in pain.... and according to the family.. had been since she fell... nats: i fell off the monkey bars, and i also got this, it's a sticker what was supposed to be a normal school pick up for eisenhour turned out to be a trip to the emergency room. "she shows me her elbow, it's extremely swollen, she's crying still, she told me it happened at recess." marki says around 11 lleylan was sent to the office instead of the nurse..because she says as of last week coral academy on nellis air force base did not have a full time nurse on hand. which as a charter school they are not required by law. "it happened to be the attendance lady, who told her she

john huck. i'm cyndi lundeberg -- in for christine. fox5's adam herbets joins us live near the 95 and boulder crash... and the latest on the traffic conditions. closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly "messed up way its done, shooting someone else" police officer injured during a shootout in kingman, arizona. it happened while police were trying to execute a search warrant. fox5's eric hilt is live in kingman with more on the investigation. police say the officer who was shot was taken to a hospital, underwent surgery and is in serious but stable condition tonight. they also identified the man who was killed as 53 year old jeffery clair cave, he was pronounced dead here at the scene. police tell us the shootout started at 9:30 when police came to this home to search for stolen property - they save cave shot at the officers hitting one of them. during a shootout cave was shot and killed. neighbors say they heard as many as six shots this morning and it's something

that's right christine.. john... but before i get to that... we've ju gotten the report from the health department on the inspection... health district inspectors did find 3 to 4 live insects and at least one dead one under a booth in the restuarant. they also found them in and under cracks in the carpet and they found them crawling on the floor. the report says they also found them on the wall... but only around the one booth indicated in the complaint. today i've spoken with at least half a dozen people who have similar stories. one woman... kayla reese... says bed bugs got her kicked out of her apartment. disappointed. i really thought they were a nice place. we used to go there on date nights. i'm just really disappointed. kayla reese and her fiance used to love eating at the home town kitchen inside the silver nugget. that is... until she says their home became infested with bed bugs. i remember sitting there one time and my fiance was like "why do you keep itching yourself? and i was like i don't know it just itches." didn't even think ab

with emmy award winner john huck. christine maddela. and weather 24/7 with chief meteoroligist ted pretty. this is fox5 news at 6 o'clock. local las vegas. another warning for samsung galaxy note seven users. "turn it off and don't use it." that's the message from a federal safety agency. the "consumer product safety commission" released a working with samsung to announce an official recall of the phones as soon as possible. this comes a week after samsung halted sales of the phones... due to reports of the batteries exploding or catching fire. the f-a-a also warned travelers to not pack the phone in checked baggage or charge it while on an airplane. you might have heard stories of clowns trying to lure kids into the woods -- in north and south carolina. now -- a clown sighting has been reported in yuma, arizona. chase go reports on why police say there's still very little they can do to stop it. (berto, resident) "i mean it's pretty scary. he doesn't do anything but he's still kind of scary." this photo was posted to facebook on monday