>>reporter: here around silverton the evidence of the gold king spill is difficult to find. has the fallout from the gold king been as bad as some feared in. >> i don't think it has. but our impact is different than what the -- downstream impact is. >>reporter: tonight at 10:00, we'll take you to the navajo reservation in new mexico to show you the impact of how the gold king spill is still being felt. silverton and the county commissioners have voted family to ask governor hickenlooper to seek super fund designation. work could begin on the cleanup later this year if passed. >>> a hospital says it will test patients for several disease after an employee was caught swinging syringes. why that new hospital involved does not believe patients are at high risk. >>> and with the rain due in the metro area, some people might try to catch some in a rain barrel. did you know that's actually illegal in colorado? well, check on the effort to change the old law. >> rain is starting to fill in on the front range, temperatures dropping in the 20 #s. your morning rush hour will be slick,

we are just hours away from the 13 action news reporter yasmeen hassan is live at silverton casino. marco rubio supporters are getting ready to rally there. it is caucus day and we are in the final stretch here.... ...but not all the candidates are in town. marco rubio and ben carson are the only two who are scheduled to be in las vegas rubio is holding a rally here at the silverton this morning. it starts at 8.... if you want to attend, you just have to rsvp online. doors open at 7. carson will also be busy today. he is holding a luncheon at red ticket get in there. as for the other candidates... both in town yesterday... ...but john kasich decided to skip campaigning here...to focus on other states. thanks for watching good morning las vegas.. do something positive today.. >>> good morning, america. donald trump's vegas-size rally last night. his harshest words yet for ted cruz. >> this guy is sick. there's something wrong with this guy. >> and a protester. >> i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell you. >> as cruz is forced to fire a key staffer after new allegations of a di

we are just hours away from the 13 action news reporter yasmeen hassan is live at silverton casino. marco rubio supporters are getting ready to rally there. it is caucus day and we are in the final stretch here.... ...but not all the candidates are in town. marco rubio and ben carson are the only two who are scheduled to be in las vegas rubio is holding a rally here at the silverton this morning. it starts at 8.... if you want to attend, you just have to rsvp online. doors open at 7. he is holding a luncheon at red rock. that's happening from 12-30 until 1- 30.... ....but you need to buy a ticket get in there. as for the other candidates... donald trump and ted cruz were both in town yesterday... ...but john kasich decided to skip campaigning here...to focus on other states. stay with 13 action news for continuing coverage of the republican caucus. we'll bring you team coverage all day today. you can also follow the results as they unfold at k-t-n-v dot com and on our mobile app. new overnight..we're learning that spike lee has endorsed democratic hopeful bernie sanders. he is the v

for the mountains north of silverton where waste water is flowing into the animas river. last august a crew unleashed 3 one of the mines, the spill polluted rivers in colorado, mexico, and more. >>> it is a mission to study saturn and its nearly 60 million moons. they launched a spacecraft to study the plan sxt take hundreds of thousands of pictures in the process. a team in colorado has been working all these years to get those images ready for us to see. >> it is arguably the planet with the most unusual look in the solar system: saturn and its stunning rings. >> a very unique thing. >> the newest images are courtesy of nasa's spashth launched in 1987 it reached saturn's orbits 7 years later and captured stunning images of the moon sense. >> we see images on the internet. i get to see how it happens. >> that is the job of the cyclops team in boulder, they pictures captured by him, cleaning them up by filtering out space dust and cosmic rays. and getting them ready for the world. >> viewers can think of it as a a photo shop type of thing, weiveerage about 30,000-- we yea

the florida senator was campaigning at the silverton casino. 13 action news reporter yasmeen hassan caught up with him. < ((we are down to the final stretch and according to pretty much every poll we've seen, donald trump is in the lead and he's in the lead by far but florida senator marco rubio says he's still in this.)) 22:00:21 06 marco rubio ((we are the only candidate in this race that can unify the party and grow it and win this election in november and we have to win in november.)) nevada is a key state for all kmart she was a maid at the emperial palace not far from here." the florida senator says he is confident candidates are going to start dropping from the race... ....and when they do - the voters won't have a hard time picking the right person for the job. (("when you give people a clear choice to donald trump and whoever that choice is is going to win and i believe that'll be us")) people attending todays rally weren't all rubio supporters... ....but they did all say it's important to understand the issues...and get behind someone. al slivinski voter ((we're seeing people in

marco rubio held rally at silverton resort before getting on a plane to the midwest. he talked to supporters on health care and student loan debt and calling out the president for closing guantanamo bay expected the most attention. >> donald trump is expecting a major win. party on the t.i. on the strip. patrick walk cere there now. patrick. > reporter: that's what the campaign is expecting tonight. they're expecting to hold some sort of a campaign rally and speech. we'll talk more about the room setup here in a few minutes. of course anything you can happen and donald trump all day and even in his visit last night has been imploring folks to get out to the caucuses and vote. mexico, isis and his rival ted cruz. he's also brought up twice guantanamo bay. last night at south point, he reaffirmed his support for waterboarding as an interrogation technique and trump vowed to keep gitmo open. >> this morning i watched president obama talking about gitmo which by the way we are keeping open. which we are keeping open. and we're going to load it up with some bad dudes. beli

marco rubio is hosting a rally at the silverton casino tomorrow morning. it will be inside the veil pavilion at 8am. doors open at 7am. doctor ben carson will also be in town. he is hosting a red rock country club tomorrow from noon to 1:30p-m. it does cost to get in. reservations can be made on carson's website. make sure to tune in to fox five news at five tomorrow to-wall coverage of the "first in the west" republican we'll have live the candidates headquarters and results at the end of the night. for look at our head over to fox5vegas dot elections under 4 inches... imagine racing for 500 miles... and the race comes down to the length of this phone. the daytona 500 was awesome... see the thrill of victory... and the agony of defeat. 108 floors and 14-hundred-55 steps. sounds like a tall order! everything you need to know to get ready for this weekend's scale pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. only flonase is approved to relieve both your itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy

> at silverton, powderhorn, 24, 2 feet. he will dara -- eldora 13 and seven for crested butte. this storm system sat over colorado sunday, monday and tuesday. now it looks relatively quiet but cold. i think we could have a few flurries on friday. we will get a break on saturday, that will be just divine, 45 degrees, bust out >> no. >> fail. >> couple of flurries on sunday. great weather to stay inside. >> and watch the game. >> cheer on our broncos. >> make some chili. >> yes. everybody. enjoy the sunshine but watch out for that wind.

then will be back in town for the caucus, with an early rally at the silverton at 8am tuesday. senator ted cruz made an appearance in pahrump yesterday with the state's attorney general, adam laxalt he then hosted a rally at the henderson convention center with talk radio host, glen beck. " we have talked for a very long time that there will come a time when the constitution hangs by a thread - well i got news for you gang, the thread has been cut." the two will head to reno this morning to campaign -- then return for an event tomorrow evening following the caucus at the ymca of southern nevada dr. ben carson, scheduled for a town hall meeting tomorrow morning at 8am in summerlin events are free to the public you just need to register ahead of time online as a reminder the republican caucus starts at 5 tomorrow night. be aware registration is already closed. to find your polling location visit fox5 vegas.com we of course will have full coverage of the event from the candidate's campaign headquarters to polling locations. now several caucus-goer over the weekend complained about

marco rubio is hosting a rally at the silverton this morning. doors open at 7. the rally starts at 8 rubio has a personal connection to nevada, spending 6 years of his childhood here. he has also picked up an endorsement from jeb bush who the race this weekend. it may not matter though... donald trump was way ahead in the most recent polls... and is expected to carry the state tonight. "we have strong voters... that nobody else is going to be able to do." that same poll showing rubio at 19 percent, texas senator ted cruz at 17 percent with dr ben carson and ohio governor john kasich trailing in the single digits. now the caucus doesn't start until 5pm tonight - results aren't expected until after 9. all the candidates will be ping ponging across the state trying to squeeze out all the support they can. again the rubio rally is at the silverton casino at 8 this morning. doors open at 7am. tonight... nevada leiutenant governor mark hutchison will join supporters at a caucus night celebration for marco rubio. its happening at 9 p-m at dom demarco's pizzeria doors o

marco rubio is hosting a rally at the silverton this morning. rubio has a personal connection to nevada, spending 6 years of his childhood here. he has also picked up an endorsement from jeb bush who dropped out of the race this weekend. it may not matter though... donald trump was way ahead in the most recent polls... and is expected to carry the state tonight. "we have strong voters... that nobody else is going to be able to do." that same poll showing rubio at senator ted cruz at 17 percent with dr ben carson and ohio governor john kasich trailing in the single digits. now the caucus doesn't start until 5pm tonight - results aren't expected until after 9. in just 4 days, voters in south carolina will head to the polls for primary... but not before and senator face off in another town hall tonight. clinton is currently leading sanders in polls. the town hall tonight at 5. police are investigating an shooting that left a man dead in a parking lot. it happened at the nellis suites just after 2-30 am. metro says a group of people were in the park

he spoke with a select group of inside the silverton casino. ((paul joncich)) michael stevens was with rubio this morning... he joins us from the newsroom with what the canidate had to say.. ((michael stevens)) marco rubio came off confident before speaking to a number of supporters this morning. he told reporters he's not focused on trump... instead his eyes are on picking up more delegates in the race... and he thinks he can do that tonight: ((sen. marco rubio // (r) presidential candidate: we feel good about our team on the ground here. it's a very unpredictable process -- you're basically going in blind in the sense there's no polling that's accurate -- it's a unique process... that's only been around for a couple of cycles so we feel good about it but i don't think anyone really knows what's going to happen tonight. )) ((michael stevens)) rubio was asked if he plans on tweaking his strategy... to knock off front-runner donald trump? the florida senator said he's not changing a thing: ((sen. marco rubio // (r) presidential candidate: sevent

((kirsten joyce)) > this morning, marco rubio will hold a rally at the silverton at 8- am. doors open at seven. ted cruz will also rally this morning... before hosting an event in elko. /// ((kirsten joyce)) > 8 news now is your local election headquarters for today's caucus and the entire 2016 campaign. watch a special edition of politics now tonight at 7:30... and your complete caucus coverage at 11. /// ((sherry swensk)) > everyone's either sneezing, coughing, dealing with watery eyes... the common case of allergies... and you can blame it on el nino. doctors say pollen hits at its peak between 5-pm and 10-am. they're seeing more patients lining up outside of their offices. the u-n-l-v pollen program is currently taking samples from all over the valley... to see what types of pollen is currently in the air. /// let's get to sherry with a look winds will still stay on the bumpy side today and it feels cooler outside.... with those north winds up to 20 mph right in some areas. .............. temps right now down in the 50s but the breezes feeling chillier winds will contin

the florida senator was campaigning at the silverton casino. 13 action news reporter yasmeen hassan caught up with him. < ((we are down to the final stretch and according to pretty much every poll we've seen, donald trump is in the lead and he's in the lead by far but florida senator marco rubio says he's still in this.)) 22:00:21 06 marco rubio ((we are the only candidate in this race that can unify the party and grow it and win this election in november and we have to win in november.)) nevada is a key state for all

high wind warning going on in southern california. over to snow, just got a photo from my buddy in silverton, a foot of new snow, that was by 8:00 last night. right now and that high train, just north of durango piling up now especially at about 10,000 feet in the sand wants, running up into the grand mesa. a couple bands of snow. you just mentioned -- that active alert. that's what we have, banned it snow this morning, plenty of gaps in between and more widespread snow for the front afternoon. not especially cold anywhere in the state. a few bands of snow, moderate to heavy through the afternoon. we had upper 20s and low 30s early in the day. after 2:00 temperatures start sliding down as the winds it -- intensify and snow increases. especially the west and and central state -- parts of the state get the wind early and then these north facing slopes -- 20s and 30s here, freezing or better down in southeastern colorado. we actually have rained down there. we will continue with that and the night. again moderate to heavy snow, heaviest snow at or above 10,000 feet. around here we have it right

. >>> one lane is open between red mountain pass and silverton. five skiers were above the highway. two people were caught and carried in the avalanche. snow and debris was 15 feet deep. and it was 350 feet wide covering the highway. >>> the central american tour brought pope francis to mexico today. he called to the government and church. escape the violence and corruption. >>> did you wake up and see that this morning? it looks like gotham city. holy moly, batman. it was eerie but then shaped up to be a good day. >> we woke up around the area and we saw a good dose of sunshine. now the cold front is dipping in and we are getting some gusty wind. and you can see it is wiggling out there with very gusty wind. some of these reports are just coming in, 73 mile-per-hour speeds across rocky flats. one mile-per-hour shot of the strength of a hurricane. 66 miles per hour in gold and boulder and arvada is coming around 54 miles per hour. genesee is around 50 right now and lower 40s in broomfield as this continues to move further south and east. 31 31 mile-per-hour gusts in cheyenne and the

workers at the silverton garden center are busy preparing this weekend's flower arrangements. but benken tells me all roses are not the same.he gets complaints from customers of out of town florists every year...saying their roses arrived wilted. "frozen one day, or it may be cooked one day. it all depends on where it was on the terminal,where it was on the suggest sticking with a local florist.that way you can be sure they were kept at the right temperature, with the right solution. solution."were they processed they hydrated right to begin with, and if none of that was done you dont know how long they are going to last."want long lasting roses? benkins says reds and lavenders look good longest....multi colored roses tend to have the shortest lifespan.and if you are ordering for delivery, he says beware googling the terms "cincinnati florist," "or "cincinnati flowers."he says unscrupulous out of town florists pay for google ranking. ranking."the biggest thing is a lot of people say they are local florists and they are not."and you dont know where your flowers are coming from.

rubio spoke in front of supporters at the silverton this morning... claiming to be the most electable g-o-p candidate in the race. about electing the loudest person in the room, because that alone will not solve the problem. (cheers) "and i'm asking you to vote for me tonight, because i will win. and the democrats know i will win. they spend more money attacking me than any other republican. because they know i'll win." now of course rubio lived in las vegas for part of his childhood, his team now hopes his fellow nevadan's will help him get elected by caucusing for him... next to where his team will be is a caucusing location... (talk about location) closed captioning will resume shorlty just weeks ahead of a huge u-f-c conor mcgregor is now without an opponent. this is fox5 news at 5:30, your only choice for live local news right since 1961, pearle vision has provided the neighborhood with expert eye care. that was dr. stanley pearle's vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. today, doctors like lisa hamilton perform eye exams that can help

a letter sent to leaders in silverton pr if the epa proposed to set up a superfund. that means areas impacted by in the letter, the epa also promised to take locallfeedback when it comes to helping out that area. >>> putting the brakes on colorado's big bike race. organizers of the usa pro cycling challenge cancelled this summer's race because of financial issues. denver 7 reporter russell has reaction. >> totally a bummer. >> roger expressing a common sentiment. >> i mean, there were throngs of people down here on the pro challenge day. >> after five years, the usa pro challenge has been cancelled. the owners of the race lost 10 million in the first year, and although losses were decreasing, they still lost 2 illion last year. >> it certainly is a way to boost, you know, our sales. sdpr >> the race itself wasn't profitable, but it was a boom for businesses along the race route. >> we took it to the next level. >> made an event out of it, serving food and drinks, bringing in bleacher seating, even selling bikes and burgers, t-shirts in honor of the race. at the numbe

senator marco rubio rallied crowds this morning at the silverton... and both ted cruz and donald trump are heading back to the valley tonight after campaigning in northern nevada. ((dave courvoisier)) all eyes are on the silver state to see which candidate will pull ahead in tonight's caucus. thanks for joining us i'm dave courvosier... we have crews all around the valley tonight... as the republican caucus is in full swing... it started about an hour ago. ((dave courvoisier)) and the candidates are anxiously awaiting results... we have live team coverage tonight from your local election headquarters... denise valdez is out where ted cruz will be tonight... patrick walker is with the trump campaign... but we start mauricio marin who mauricio... far? ((mauricio marin)) so far we've been seeing a wait for some people having to check in before getting their ballot. the line has been out the door since the caucus site opened just about an hour ago. voters had to register as a republican 10 days before the causus. we've seen some people trying to register

./// ((kirsten joyce)) > marco rubio will hold another event tomorrow morning at the silverton casino. this.. after he held a rally at texas station yesterday. more than one- thousand people came out to show their support.. including actor donnie wahlberg. ((donnie wahlberg/singer, actor: "i've heard someone say he's not quite experienced enough. judging by the debates, the he's shown. everything about him says that he's more prepared than anyone else in the field by a mile.")) rubio also picked up some key endorsements.. senator dean heller.. along with representative mark (a-muh-day) amodei and assembly majority leader paul anderson say they all support him for president./// ((kirsten joyce)) > on the democratic side.. clinton have their eyes on south carolina. their primary is this saturday. it comes after clinton beat sanders by a small margin here in nevada. clinton won with 53 percent of the vote.. while sanders took 47 percent./// ((kirsten joyce)) > 8 news now has the most complete coverage of the republican caucus. we'll have live reports from the front- runners camps.. and t

marco rubio is hosting a rally at the silverton casino at 8 this morning. it's taking place inside the veil pavilion. doors open at 7am. tonight, the leiutenant governor mark hutchison will join supporters at a caucus night celebration for marco rubio. its happening at 9 p-m at dom demarco's pizzeria on west charleston. doors open at 8:30. doctor ben carson will be rubbing elbows with republican voters at a town hall meeting this morning at sun city summerlin. carson will address the crowd from 10 to 11:30 a-m inside the mountain shadows community center. doors open at 8 a-m. following the town hall meeting... carson is hosting a luncheon across town at country club. the luncheon goes from noon to 1:30 in the afternoon. make sure you register for the event on doctor carson's website. senator ted cruz is making stops around nevada to get his message out to republicans before they head to caucus. yesterday supporters rallied at the durango hills community center near durango and gowan. cruz spoke about illegal immigration, and his efforts to protect american

rubio is holding a rally at the silverton this morning. it starts at 8. you just have to rsvp online to attend. doors open at 7. carson is holding a luncheon at red rock from 12-30 until 1-30. you do have to buy a ticket to attend that event. a cirque du soleil performer is recovering this morning... after being injured during last night's dress rehearsal for "love" at the mirage. witnesses sent us these a hole. cirque tells us the performer is in stable condition and was taken to umc to be checked out. the family of a young woman found dead in a laundry chute action news, as they try to figure out what lead to her death. 26-year old kalli medina-brown's body was discovered by hotel staff early sunday morning. her grandfather says she was in town from northern california with her husband celebrating her birthday. metro is calling her death suspicious, but what exactly happened is unknown. "everybody goes to vegas to have fun. there's no way it was suicide. there's no way in the world." (butted with) "weslee is not a im just saying he's not a violent perso

. >>> marco rubio started his day in las vegas holding a hallie in silverton casino first thing tomorrow. his family is from nevada. more candidates will start dropping out of the race. steve: we are also closely following on what's been happening in caucus locations around the valley including something highly unusual at civil rodo high school. two people were spotted dressed up like members of the ku klux klan. reporter: i am told they were holding up signs for donald trump. >> donald trump is encouraging racism in america again and it's absolutely despickable to see this kind of behavior. reporter: the guy you just heard from was driving home past the high school and connects location tonight when he noticed the men in their hoods and gowns. he said to himself this can't be real. he pulled into the parking lot they say they wanted to show support for donald trump. he told them by dressing as kkk members they are supporting racism and hatred. >> there could be a chance they were mocking trump. there's a chance that somebody has a sense of humor and trying to pull some publicity stunt o

. >>> two skiers were lucky to silverton yesterday. this happened on u.s. 550 and shut down the highway for some -`time before it reopened late last night. the skiers were caught in the avalanche, but luckily escaped without injury. >>> n the east coast, temperatures are dipping so low, it caused the waaer to form steam. as many as 18 cities expect record breaking cold temperatures today. with some cities plummeting below zero. stacy joins us. this makes us feel really luckyy >> i love seeing stuff like that. we have high winds that have been effecting us for the last 24 hours. at this point, we have snow 3 continuing to fall in the higher elevations. i-70 had a few troubles earlier today, and we've hhd safety closures at times along i-70. this is going to be a rough travel spot, especially if you're going up to the mountains for the long holiday weekend or coming back downtown. check this out. this is a batch of moisture that came down over the afternoon and evening and really popped up as we were going to dinner time. we're going to

the florida senator was can campaigning at the silverton casino. people today said it was important to understand the issues and get behind somebody. >> here at the breaking news caucus numbers. the caucus process was such a mess in 2012, it took three days to count 3,000 ballots and already complaints are coming in on social media. emily tweeted about her caucus site saying no one knows where their precinct is, tons of people streaming in. a man here says it's a disaster. no one is checking in or checking i.d.s. they are handing outbawls willy-nilly, some guy voted for trump twice. steve: thank you. we will continue to follow those reports on social media and check those out. a lot of people are unhappy with the process right now. for the first time ever cell phones will have an important role in counting up the votes in tonight's caucuses. 13 action news reporter explains the precincts are in charge of counting the votes. ballots, the captain in each caucus writes down those results on a piece of paper. the new wrinkle this year each captain will

what has been 6 month s since millions of gallons of mine waste spilled above silverton, the national attention has faded. rick sallinger travels back to the region to show us the lingering affects. >> the environmental disaster. now, we return to see the impacts. >> we decided as farmers to turn the water source off of this spill. >>reporter: how the water from colorado has left its mark on farmers from a tribe in new mexico. >> i would like to farm again, but i don't know if i can go >>reporter: the aftermath of the gold king mine spill. >> we hope you'll watch as we return to gold king mine tonight on cbs 4 news at 10:00. >>> let's get back to the viewhouse centennial and mark. >> thank you, karen. we are hanging out with cody mcleod from the colorado avalanche as they get ready to host the red wings. riddle l me this, brought to you by your colorado land rover retailers, a q and a session for the guest. ready for riddle me this? very challenging segment. growing up, who was your favorite player or players? >> i've always liked cam neely from the boston bruins, and physical, they a

. >>> the city of silverton in san juan county decided to ask the governor to seek a superfund investigation to clean up dozens of old mines in colorado, including the now infamous gold king mine. the epa accidentally triggered that massive spill at gold king last year. the tainted rivers -- it tainted rivers in three states. rick sallinger went back to suffering the most. >> reporter: this mountain known as ship rock is sacred to the navajo people who live here. so, too, is the water that flows through this land. [ rushing water ] >> reporter: last august, that water which brings life, brought trouble. millions of gallons of contamination flowed from the river of colorado into the san juan and new mexico, threatening their economy and their spiritual way of life. >> these corns should normally be about 6 feet high. they just got to 4 feet. >> reporter: he's a farmer and representative to the navajo nation board. with sadness, they shut off the water when they heard the toxic plume was coming. they still haven't turned it back on. some 550 indigenous navajo farmers in the region have felt th

san juan county and the town of silverton endorsed the cleanup plan last week. back in august, you will recall, the epa inadvertently triggered the release of 3 million gallons of waste water, from the inactive gold king mine during preliminary cleanup work. rivers here in colorado were polluted along with some in new mexico and utah. >>> it is leap day. february 29. how are you spending your extra day? we are at work. >> we are at work. together. we like it, you know. well, if you're keeping your time today on this leap day, consider this. are synced to an atomic clock that is in boulder. mia rodriguez is at the national institute of technology today in boulder where the clock is located. it is also where atomic clocks signal. now, many think that the clock is in fort collins. it is not. the radio station that transmits the atomic clock signal is in fort collins. the clock itself is in boulder. you can watch my story about this amazing piece of technology, today, on 9 news at 6:00. did you know that? >> yes and no. >> i thought it was in fort collins. >> yes. o

and a man lured to silverton for sex is robbed by a woman, her fiance, and a teenager. lindsey probst and ryan brehm and a teenager are behind bars. according to court documents, the two and the juvenile, robbed the man of money, a cell phone and car keys. they were arrested, and police found the stolen things. it' s not clear if the victim will face any charges. the obama administration is now responding to the zika virus tonight. the white house asking congress for nearly $2 billion to help fight and prevent the mosquito-borne virus. health officials say, in most illness. the concern is for women who are pregnant or want to become pregnant. there is no vaccine, but doctors are working on one right now. the most zika-affected areas are central and south america, and that' s a concern for the summer olympics in rio. but for two countries olympic officials say their athletes' participation won' t be affected by the virus. british and japanese olympic officials say they were unaware of concerns from their country' s athletes. the games will be arriving in rio de janeiro i

. >>> the city of silverton in san juan county decided to ask the governor to seek a superfund investigation to clean up dozens of old mines in colorado, including the now infamous gold king mine. the epa accidentally triggered last year. the tainted rivers -- it tainted rivers in three states. rick sallinger went back to examine one of the areas suffering the most. >> reporter: this mountain known as ship rock is sacred to the navajo people who live here. so, too, is the water that [ rushing water ] >> reporter: last august, that water which brings life, brought trouble. millions of gallons of contamination flowed from the river of colorado into the san juan and new mexico, threatening their economy and their spiritual way of life. >> these corns should normally be about 6 feet high. they just got to 4 feet. >> reporter: he's a farmer and representative to the navajo nation board. with sadness, they shut off the water when they heard the toxic plume was coming. they still haven't turned it back on. farmers in the region have felt the impact. [ engine revving [ . >> reporter: he can only bun

workers at the silverton garden center are busy preparing this weekend's flower arrangements. but benken tells me all roses are not the same.he gets complaints from customers of out of town florists every year...saying their roses arrived wilted. "frozen one day, or it may be cooked one day. it all depends on where it was on the terminal,where it was on the airplane."that's why he suggest sticking with a local florist.that way you can be sure they were kept at the right temperature, with the right solution. solution."were they processed right to begin with, were they hydrated right to begin with, and if none of that was done you dont know how long they are going to last."want long lasting roses? benkins says reds and lavenders look shortest lifespan.and if you are ordering for delivery, he "cincinnati florist," "or unscrupulous out of town florists pay for google ranking. ranking."the biggest thing is a lot of people say they are local florists and they are not."and you dont know where your flowers are coming from. you can read johns price comparison....and who has the lowest

rubio will hold a rally tomorrow morning at the silverton las vegas at 8 a-m. doors open at 7./// ((paula francis)) > there were many upset democrats on saturday... who didn't caucus because of long waits. state senator mark manendo told us today he's working to address his constituents' complaints: (( st. sen. mark manendo / (d) clark county, district 21: "people were very angry. i have very good friends of mine that just said 'mark, thank you for making sure we got here, we can't stay, we have to go. it's just too hot, we can't stand any more.' )) ((paula francis)) there wasn't outside for hours -- mostly standing -- and there may have been a shortage of volunteers. now, there's talk of a possible change to the process: (( manendo: "there was a lot of people who were very adament about going and switching to a primary." )) ((paula francis)) mandendo says there might be a bill in the next legislative session to have a primary again. there was talk about it last session as well./// ((paula francis)) > 8 news now is your local election headquarters for tomorrow'

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senator marco rubio rallied crowds this morning at the silverton... and both ted cruz and donald trump are heading back to the valley tonight after campaigning in northern nevada. ((dave courvoisier)) all eyes are on the silver state to see which candidate will pull ahead in tonight's caucus. thanks for joining us i'm dave courvosier...

that's near ray and silverton. the pass had been closed since sunday n, is now back open. xxxxxx on the plus side... alisoie has been gre fothe overall snowpack. state meteorogis say colorado'snowpack has jumpedore than 1 perce above average. that great ns for our war supply this summer---bse when the snowpack mes this spring, the run-f fills many of the reservoirs all rel on. and rememb...some of our heaviennual snfall is in march and apl...so we could really bld on what we've already reed. good news for r force football fans... he coa troy calhoun ha signed a contract extension. details the dealater in sports. and a g reliefo ny in corado singsoday--as snow plows get into some untoucd areas. next at 30--holong it may our top night at six0.. big reliefoday for many pele in colorado springs as the city plows are now tackling resential streets. we found plows at work today--- but it's going to take a while to get everywhere. news 5's greg dingrando is is live in rockmmon with more on e process and how lo it's expected to take. city crewsave their work cutt for them.... they

the silverton casino at 8-am.. and doctor ben carson will hold mountain shadows community center in sun city summerlin tuesday. that event starts at 10- am./// ((brian loftus)) > we will continue our local caucus coverage tomorrow night for the republican caucus. we will have reporters at al the front- runners camps.. and the counting headquarters... starting with the kick-off of the caucus in our 5 p-m newscast. and stay tuned for special editions of politics now at 7:30 start coming in./// ((kirsten joyce)) > hillary clinton is hoping to strengthen support after her win at the democratic caucus saturday. voters in south carolina will be heading to polls this upcoming saturday... ahead of their democratic primary. after that, it's super tuesday, on march first...when 12 states choose who they want as their presidential candidates. on the democratic side, more than half the votes needed to win the nomination will be determined in the 28 states that hold primaries and caucuses in march./// > remember.. 8 news now is

marco rubio skipped town after his early morning rally at the silverton casino. he was off to the midwest. meanwhile, ted cruz did all he can to sway voters. he ended his night in las vegas and spoke to his supporters shortly after trump took the top spot: ((sen. ted cruz // (r) presidential candidate: "the role of the first four primaries is to narrow the field. and we have seen the first four now, at this point, we've had four primaries. history teaches us that nobody has ever won the nomination without winning one of the first three primaries and there are only two people who have won one of the first three primaries -- (cheers) donald trump and us. (cheers)")) ((michael stevens)) cruz spent far more on the caucuses in nevada than the winner. he spent about 790-thousand dollars ... compared to trump's 490- thousand. rubio outspent them both -- he shelled out about 920- thousand dollars in the state. meanwhile... ben carson told his supporters... he's not planning on ending his presidential bid anytime soon... even after finishing 4th. and john kasich who spent

marco rubio skipped town after his early morning rally at the silverton casino. he was off to the midwest. meanwhile, ted cruz did all he can to sway voters. he ended his night in las vegas and spoke to his supporters shortly after trump took the top spot: ((sen. ted cruz // (r) presidential candidate: "the role of the first four primaries is to narrow the field. and we have seen the first four states do exactly that -- narrow the field. now, at this point, we've had four primaries. history teaches us that nobody without winning one of the first three primaries and there are only two people who have won one of the first three primaries -- (cheers) donald trump and us. (cheers)")) ((michael stevens)) cruz spent far more on the caucuses in nevada than the winner. he spent about 790-thousand dollars ... compared to trump's 490- thousand. rubio outspent them both -- he shelled out about 920- thousand dollars in the state. meanwhile... ben carson told his supporters... he's not planning on ending his presidential bid anytime soon... even after finishing 4th. and john

marco rubio will hold a rally at the silverton casino at 8-am.. and doctor ben carson will hold a town hall meeting at the mountain shadows community center in sun city summerlin tuesday. that event starts at 10- am./// ((kirsten joyce)) > we will continue our local caucus coverage tuesday night for the republican caucus. we will have reporters at all and the counting headquarters... starting with the kick-off of newscast. and stay tuned for special editions of politics now at 7:30 and 11 o'clock as the results start coming in./// ((kirsten joyce)) > and remember.. 8 news now is your local elections headquarters. we have all the results and everything you need to know about the races.. on air.. and online at las vegas now dot com./// sherry swensk some areas with north winds this morning as we look out at the flag blowing at westclif and rainbow from our molasky family group of companies camera. north las vegas airport has some sustained winds over 20 mph right now.... and the northwest neighborhoods have recorded some gusts over 25 mph already. .

marco rubio will be speaking at the silverton casino at eight oclock. doors open at seven. he was campaigning in northern nevada last night./// ((kirsten joyce)) > and donald trump held a rally last night at the south point. trump focused on immigration along with foreign policy and relations... saying it's time to end all of making with the rest of the world. he also had to stop his speech three times to have people removed: ((donald trump/(r) presidential candidate "the guards are very gentle with him, he's walking out with big high fives, smiling, laughing, i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell ya.")) trump will fly to sparks for a noon rally today. then. he'll fly back to las vegas for a watch party at treasure island starting at 8 p.m/// ((kirsten joyce)) > ben carson will also be speaking today in the valley. this morning at ten... he'll be at sun city summerlin at the meadow shadows community center. last night... dr carson held a private town hall meeting with supporters at sun city anthem in henderson... he took questions...and commented on terrorism: (( dr.

this morning, marco rubio held a rally here at the silverton casino, hoping to away voters. i asked the florida senator how his campaign can be losing in the state he grew up in. he says there are all too many candidates in the running, but the game will change as more drop out. take sot/22:02:12-08 marco rubio "once that number of people narrows down you give trump whoever that choice is is going to win and i believe that will be us, whether it's here or somewhere else." that's happening from 12:30 to 1:30, but you will need a ticket for that event. regardless of who you're backing, one thing we kept hearing over and over today is how important it is to be understand the issues and get out there. 22:58:23-11 brooke leany voter "if we end up with a nominee more important than actual november 3rd voting." donald trump and ted cruz did their campaigning in nevada yesterday. trump is also hosting a caucus viewing party at treasure island tonight. the only candidate we didn't see was john kasich... ...but his campaign decided to skip nevada and focus on other states instead. how

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marco rubio will be speaking at the silverton casino at 8 am. doors open in about an hours time. rubio spent last night nevada./// ((brian loftus)) > and donald trump held a rally last night at the south point. he focused on immigration along with foreign policy and relations. trump will fly to sparks for a noon rally today. he'll then fly back to las vegas tonight for a watch party at treasure island, which starts at 8 p.m/// ((kirsten joyce)) > gop candidate ben carson will be speaking at the meadow shadows community center this morning at 10 am. later this afternoon, carson will speak at coronado high school at 5:45.... followed by his caucus night party at the embassy suites convention center on paradise... from 8 to 11. he held a private town hall meeting last night with supporters in henderson./// ((brian loftus)) > and senator ted cruz will also be in town during today's republican caucus. he'll speak at 8 pm at the bill and lillie heinrich ymca on meadows lane./// ((brian loftus)) > we'll have live reports on the caucus tonight.. our special coverage begins at five pm we'

i just had my buddy in silverton send a picture of 24 below zero outside of his house. we have gone below zero. a cold start to the day. we'll have a slow recovery through the day. a few flurries in the foothills, starting lunchtime going off and on throughout the afternoon. i don't see any accumulation going on there. teens and 30s and 20s in northern colorado. we'll be in the singles and teens along the continental divide through summit and grand county today. up in the west and northwest facing ridges, inch or two of snow. in the valleys and mountains, not much happening during the day today. a little bit of snow going throughout the afternoon today in the northern and central mountains just up on the ridge lines. teens to near 20 in the northern valleys. we'll see about 20-25 degrees for most of western and southern colorado. slightly warmer the you want to call it that here in the east. partly cloudy, not a lot of wind here. it will be calm and cold tomorrow morning with single digit overnight lows. a brief warmup on saturday, we get another disturbance with a flur

town of -- the town of silverton --. >>> today president obama will award the highest -- in 2012, edward took part in a mission to save an american doctor kidnapped by the taliban in afghanistan. he was the second >> it was at that time that i engaged the person i was on top of and jumped off. a guy was onto the doctor who was about 3 or 4 or 5 feet away to my right. >> buyer's say the real hero is nicolas check, the seal who died during that mission. he'll be the 11th living medal service member to receive the honor. it happens once every four years. >> bruce is reporting 41 degrees from risk canyon this morning. says gusty. not too bad. we'll talk about your travel forecast and what's happening across the country, after the break. want to hear from,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, >>> welcome back. take a look at this sunrise. this is from our mile high camera. this is just perfection this morning. the colors are so awesome. i tweeted out a bunch of pictures. if you're leaving from dia, it's going to be bum tea. security wait time is 20 minutes. all lots open and snow open in the pacific n

you can see right here at 71, kind of rolling through silverton and kenwood, some of the heavier flurries and snow showers. rolling for newtown, folks in anderson township they get some of that through the next 30 minutes or so. it is friday and that means it is fish fry forecast time. issue be a typically cool evening to head out your favorite fish five. getting in on a little sunshine right before sunset but it won' t exactly be warm. clouds are clearing out tonight and we will dip down to about 26 degrees for the low tonight. tomorrow, 50 degrees was sunshine and it looks like showers in the forecast but not kyla: i let out an audible mmm when you show that graphic. good morning. you can look for to some pretty clear road conditions. 71 at red bank making away northbound and southbound along the 71 corridor. clear conditions. 55 miles per hour heading out of warren county right now. 17 minutes from kings mills to the norwood lateral. nothing in increasing our travel time just yet. 65 miles per hour on the loop and picking up, you can see the have your volume but our speeds are still pr

the woman accused of shooting another woman during an argument in silverton is set to make a plea or have a trial set this gun out of her boyfriend' s pocket and shot the victim in the chest. she was indicted on assault charges last july. >> she was my big sister. she was my best friend. she was my world. mark: a heartbroken family after to death, with her baby in the backseat. britney russell spent the day with her family tuesday in middletown, celebrating her nephew' s birthday. and was found dead. less than 12 hours later, in dayton. dayton police are going over the 29-year-old' s last few days, as they still search for a suspect. while russell' s family is just trying to make sense of who would do this and why. >> i don' t even know why someone would want to do that. she was an amazing person. i can' t even fathom how somebody can take somebody' s life. mark: russell' s sister thinks she may have been helping a friend who needed a ride. happening today remembering a little boy who touched the greater cincinnati area. lisa: a memorial skate will be held today at the fun factory in

one of the most famous blind musicians takes the stage at the silverton. expect many spanish hits too. plus feliz navidad? showtime saturday night at 8pm. tickets start at 29 bucks. gathering dust? clean out your closet for teens in need. coming up...the local non-profit looking to take the gowns off your hands and the big shopping day their hosting for those looking for something to wear. an adoption success story... the moves one shelter dog did to a barricade flores: i was raised by my father. my mother left my family when i was 9 years old. things really went from bad to worse for me. this isn't just about numbers, this is about real lives. this is a system that isn't working for the everyday person. it's one of the reasons why i decided to endorse bernie sanders. nevadans are looking for people who are willing to think big, to be bold, and to fight for everyday people. and that's exactly what bernie sanders is doing. sanders: i'm bernie sanders when you get one gig internet from centurylink and prism tv and they're both delivered on a super-fast fiber

s. 550 between red mountain pass and silverton. people were skiing down the path above the highway when the slide was triggered. people were caught and carried in the avalanche but doing okay this morning. snow and debris had to be cleared off and 12 to 15 feet deep on the highway.>>> warning from denver police after two men pretending to be police officers robbed a man. it are bonuses in the center and let's hear the story. >> reporter: the warning comes from police after officer say two men posing as police officers pulled over amanda robbed him friday night. the victim said he was pulled over by a car with red and blue flashing lights. police say they handcuffed the man roughed him up and cause injury to his head. his wallet and after they left the victim noticed $180 was missing. police say the men were dressed in what appeared to be police uniforms and one had a gun belt and badge. they believe the men were driving a maroon crown victoria equipped with blue and red lights. one suspect described as an african-american heavyset