good news for nevada republicans. the bad news is that nevada republicans have a stupendously bad record of counting the votes even when they had terrible turn out and few votes to count. we're now over an hour into the nevada caucuses although a bunch of them start at different times but the caucuses are under way. if we're lucky, we could get results tonight or tomorrow amp or sometime soon. we don't exactly know when we'll get numbers. we know we'll have a long and crazy night ahead. get your granola bars, settle in. hundreds of crash simulations. thousands of hours of painstaking craftsmanship. and an infinite reserve of patience... ...to create a vehicle that looks, drives and thinks like nothing else on the road. the all-new glc. the suv the world has been waiting for. starting at $38,950. when your symptoms start... distracting you? doctors recommend taking ...non-drowsy claritin every day of your allergy season. claritin provides powerful, non-drowsy 24 hour relief... for fewer interruptions from the amazing thing

debbie was elected to the nevada assembly in 2000, and the nevada senate in 2012. senate democratic leader aaron ford released a statement, saying -quote- "debbie's commitment to nevada was unparalleled. she was a tireless fighter for families and for children. even while undergoing treatment during the last legislative session, she passed legislation that will help build new schools and better protect children from bullying and abuse. above all else, she was a loving wife, a devoted mother and grandmother, and a friend to thousands of people whose lives she touched. she will be sorely missed." -end quote- governor brian sandoval also released a statement. -quote- "today we remember her legacy as a true nevadan with a fierce devotion to her constituents and state, particularly to public education and the children of nevada. i and nevada will miss her leadership," -end quote- governor sandoval has ordered all flags on state buildings to half-staff, until sunset on the day of her funeral debbie smith was 60 years old. she is survived by her husband greg, and her child

the nevada republican caucus is underway. doors are not closed just yet, and the caucusing is underway at reed high school. that's here we find kolo 8 news now's catherine van. cat-- ?how is it looking over there? this is one of the largest locations in washoe county...with 22 people go through today. the speeches have just begun in each room...... senator ted cruz even made an appearance hoping to sway voters...,but many people i spoke with came with their mind already are up. the rubio campaign's strategy was overload the public with signs and stickers. we were seeing lots of trump and cruz supporters, a few for rubio. trump and cruz supporters, a few for rubio. this caucus is set to wrap up at 8-30. results can come in late tonight or early tomorrow morning. tune in tonight at 11 with a look at the process here at reed. door have been open a little more than an hour at north valley's high school. thats the location of where our first time--undecided--21 year old repbulican will be caucusing tonight. kolo 8 news now terri ru

each candidate has and will make a visit before the nevada caucuses ... which means extra security... and inevitable overtime. but the agencies know to keep schedules flexible for the rest of the year... to make sure the city and county's time and money are used efficiently. tim: we try to use as many officers as possible that are working on shift. we have swat officers, traffic officers that work 24/7 so we try to use them and reschedule them. that was catherine van if you are going to visit the candidates, reno police urge you to bring as few belongings as possible inside. three republican presidential candidates are coming to northern nevada next week. jeb bush will start his silver-state tour in southern nevada on sunday, but will be in reno monday night. he'll have a town hall event at huff-acre huffaker elementary school at 6 p-m. registration is required. donald trump will speak at a rally at the nugget casino resort at noon next tuesday. doors open at 10 o'clock in the morning. the rally is free, and open to the public but registration is encourage

the retired neurosurgeon is polling last here in nevada. carson will now hold a town hall meeting a the piper's opera house in virginia city this morning, starting at 9:30 a-m... doors open at 7-30. and florida senator marco rubio will hold three rallies in northern nevada today. he will be in elko at 9-30 a-m... at the peppermill in reno just after noon... and at minden park at 3-30 p-m. and senator ted cruz is planning at least 8 campaign events in nevada before the caucus. after a rally in las vegas...cruz will hold an afternoon rally in elko today... he will be in fernley, minden, and carson city tomorrow before heading back to las vegas. and the g-o-p frontrunner will be in sparks tomorrow. donald trump will host a rally at the nugget rose ballroom, starting at noon. doors open at 10 a-m. to r-s-v-p for any of these events, head to k-t-v-n dot com and click the blue "news links" button. and with the g-o-p caucus here on tomorrow, and super tuesday a week later, be sure to stay with channel two news on air, online, and on facebook and tw

nevada grabs win number 18 on the year... d.j fenner led nevada with 24 points... while tyron criswell had 23 points but them along with cameron oliver fouled out. the win also clinches at least the 5 seed for nevada in the mountain west tournament and a first round bye. here is a very happy nevada wolf pack after the game.. "it is a special group to go from nine wins to 18 currently with 2 to play, this has been the best season i have ever had so far. so and it is because of their effort and energy every handed in practice i give them credit for how they mentally come ready... this is my favorite team i ever coached." "i am ecstatic as tired as i am i am so happy right now. just going out there and fighting with my brothers and getting the win... in overtime. can't feel any better." "it feels good, like my teammate and coach said it is a big win we got it tonight so i am very proud of my team." so lets take a quick look at the mountain west standings with just one week left... san diego state has already clinched first place... but there is a log jam from 2nd to 5t

the white house. look at this. live pictures from nevada where long lines of democrats are filing in to caucus sites across the state. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from the cnn election center. iowa and new hampshire, they did their job in narrowing the presidential race leaving only eight candidates. democrats and republicans left standing. now we're counting down to when the doors closed and the caucusing kicks in in nevada. three months ago it looks like hillary clinton would win easily in this state. now her campaign is lowering expectations here as bernie sanders may very well, potentially, be on the verge of what would be a big upset. on the republican side, six hopefuls anxiously watching turnout in south carolina now. we're keeping a very close eye on all precinctses there. it could be a momentous night for donald trump and the palmetto state. things have gotten nasty between trump and cruz. a win in the bible belt would echo across the south. marco rubio also c

as the republicans turn their attention to the nevada caucuses. on the democratic side, hillary clinton has gained momentum after a solid victory in saturday's caucuses here in nevada. senator bernie sanders is hoping to bounce back with wins in oklahoma, colorado, minnesota and his home state of vermont... but first, he and clinton have to get through saturday's democratic primary in south carolina. 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 coming up next on channel 2 news this morning... here's what's coming up in your heart attack symptoms for women can be different than men... and some - you might not even expect. what they are in plus, some heart healthy tips coming up next on channel 2 news this morning... .... the news is back in the morning. see you at seven. "this is channel 2 news, coverage you can count on" nevada senator debbie smith passed away yesterday... after a long battle with cancer. community leaders came forward to honor the lawmaker

unr is hosting the event for northern nevada. the group hopes to help agricultural development, also minimize business risk. for those interested in attending, the event kicks off at 9:00 this morning, runs till 2:00 this afternoon. for the workshop, you can register online at the link there on your screen. >>> all right. you have passed your votes, now a name has been picked for our city's new soccer team. alex knito is live in downtown reno with a preview of today's pig announcement. alex? >> reporter: sam, they say seeing is believing, and guess what? we finally have a name. not sure what it is at this moment, but will come this afternoon at the whitney peak, behind this big "believe" sign. that is when officials are going to be letting the community know exactly what name they have picked for the newest soccer league to come here to the -- city. this is the first soccer league to come here. we have the big horns, baseball, and basketball. so a new sport. not only going to be putting our community on the map, but also bringing

nevada. rubio picked up the endorsement of nevada senator dean heller-- it could be key in his effort to become the choice of establishment republicans. "the democrats don't want to run against me, but i want to run against them" "cruz is hitting the ground hard here in nevada after a disappointing third place finish in south carolina, where he lost the evangelical vote to trump" cruz says he's the only republican so far that's proven he can beat trump. "do well in the first three states and then compete and have a very strong night on super tuesday. i think i'm ideally positioned to do cruz can win nevada bd: yes. i'm hoping so. i really am and i'm going to be one vote for him." senator bernie sanders was also looking to rebound from a tough loss in nevada to hillary clinton. he attended church services in south carolina sunday trying to court black voters. the democrats have their next contest saturday in the palmetto state. danielle nottingham, cbs new, pahrump, nevada. and heading into the g-o-p delegate count. donald trump leads with 67, after picking up all 50 in south carolina. cruz is s

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

coming up in sports, the nevada wolf pack and colorado state faced off at the lawlor events the nevada wolf pack was looking to avenge a loss to colorado state earlier this month as they hosted the rams at lawlor this afternoon... but also on the line a first round bye in the mountain west tournament... as the wolf pack is one win away from clinching at least the five seed in the tournament... and the wolf pack had to do it today with out leading scorer marqueze coleman who was out with a sprained ankle. but his friends stepped up in his absence... pack up 1... 1st half... elijah foster taps the ball away... scooped up by lindsey drew... who passes to tyron criswell... he has the alley cameron oliver the oop...he had another double double... 16 points 14 rebounds. and he wasn't done... moments later off the inbounds pass... space camm take flight... the thunderous jam gives nevada a 4 point lead.... but second half nevada playing catch up... pack down 3... 9 minutes to go... tyron criswell not normally known for his 3 point shooting but this time... he is... drills the three game then

i'm joined by the nevada state tresser or -- treasurer dan schwartz. we're happy to announce the family won, and there is their congratulations. >> thank you. >> and, dan, thank you for >> sure. >> tell us about this. this is part of the effort to get more people interested to sign up for prepaid tuition? >> sure. i really appreciate your having us here. this is part of the tres or's office college savings program. we have four individual funds and plans, and one is a college kick start to the 529 plans, and three are the scholarship, and four, probably the reason we're here today, is the college prepaid tuition, which our tag line is tomorrow's tuition at today's prices. >> you can't beat that deal, right? >> you can't. i hear is under consideration for supreme court nomination, signed up early on and it cost him about $6,000 back in the day, and he's now getting benefits of $23,000 a year. >> that is amazing. >> so the trans signed up for prepaid tuition? >> yes. and jaden is the lucky winner here, and it is a nice check. and i wanted to ask jaden wha

we'll look at the battle between marco rubio and cruz, shaping up in nevada. in south carolina, the african-american vote has baaned trying a new strat -- bernie sanders trying a new strategy hoping to catch up with hillary clinton. the kalamazoo gunmen and the questions police are asking >>> and what will have you spending more money at the pump >>> all right. nevada and south carolina are back in the political spotlight tonight. this week republicans are battling for nevada. democrats are fighting over south carolina. trike for the last-minute vote, less than 24 hours before the nevada caucuses. polls suggest that donald trump has a big lead. michael shure has more for us. >> on the heels of a big victory for donald trump in south carolina, he and the other competitors move on to nevada. it's a place where ted cruz and marco rubio are trying to get second place coming out saying we are the candidate to vote for. >> reporter: the first group much republican presidential candidates are flooding the nevada. this marks the first time the incendiary donald trump w

the retired neurosurgeon is polling last here in nevada. carson will now hold a town hall meeting a the piper's opera house in virginia city this morning, starting at 9:30 a-m... doors open at 7-30. and florida senator marco rubio will hold three rallies in northern nevada today. he will be in elko at 9-30 a-m... at the peppermill in reno just after noon... and at minden park at 3-30 p-m. at least 8 campaign events in nevada before the caucus. after a rally in las vegas...cruz will hold an afternoon rally in elko today... and an evening rally here in reno. he will be in fernley, minden, and carson city tomorrow before heading back to las vegas. and the g-o-p frontrunner will be in sparks tomorrow. donald trump will host a rally at the rose ballroom, starting at noon. doors open at 10 a-m. to r-s-v-p for any of these events, head to k-t-v-n dot com and click the blue "news links" button. and with the g-o-p caucus here on tomorrow, and super tuesday a week later, be sure to stay with channel two news on air, online, and on facebook and twitter

she is clearly the winner in nevada. k obama it went through february, march, april. >> we remember. >> it wasn't until june until she conceded he was the winner. >> that is why the fact bernie sanders can raise the kind of cash that he can from small donors and he has the ability to do that and to keep going is why his campaign can say with voracity that he can keep going until june if he wants to. but i think what john was just saying is important to flesh out about the whole concept of pledge delegates versus super delegates. explain what that means. >> believe me when i tell you hilary clinton does not want to win the democratic nomination just because of super delegates. >> because super dellegates are -- >> automatically given a vote at the convention irrespective of how their state votes they are free agents if you will. they are the party establishment. they are the leaders. they are members of the democratic national committee, governors, members of congress. nobody would want to win the nomination because they d

a fast-moving upper disturbance is moving off into the eastern half of nevada and taking most of the mid republican presidential candidate ben carson will be speaking at piper's opera house in virginia city at 9-30 this morning. he's making his final push in nevada before the republican caucus. kolo 8 news now's catherine van has more on a town hall meeting carson hosted in reno yesterday. ben: thank you very much. it was a last minute visit the carson campaign decided to make. ben: i've very impressed that so many people showed up on such short notice. still... more than 350 people came to the atlantis casino resort spa to support the republican candidate... some looking to support a new candidate after their favorites have dropped out. don: i am as they say, shopping. doing my due diligence and fairly looking at the candidates who are in the race still coming to nevada. carson... known to be supporters believing he carries the big stick that will help america win the war against isis. ben: they have the ability to attack us with dirty bombs, with cyber attacks. cyber will be the new

the win actually moves nevada into a tie for fourth with the win actually moves nevada into a tie for fourth with fresno state... but a game out of second place... next up for the pack game 1 of a 2 game road trip... they will visit san jose state on wednesday at 7pm.. and you can stream the game on the mountain west netowrk or on meanwhile the nevada softball team began their season 2-0 yesterday at the kajikawa classic in tempe arizona... today though they dropped their first game to the wisconsin badgers 3-2. game 2 also didn't go the packs way as they drop one to boston college 8-1... only one game for the girls tomorrow and that is against east carolina at 10 in the morning. coming up..... some high school wrestling champs were crowned earlier today.. i'll tell you we all have goals. and now, there's a smarter way to save for them. with the u.s. bank start smart savings program , when you save $500 in one year, you'll get an extra $50. plus, you'll get a 1 percent bonus up to $50 on all net gas and grocery purchases with your u.s. bank debit card. the division 1 north wrestling c

according to the nevada appeal... officials have issued several warnings, claiming that deer draw mountain lions into neighborhoods and also pose a risk for drivers. some residents are reportedly concerned that the deer may be starving. but the carson city game warden is assuring them that the deer are doing fine. people caught feeding deer face fines of up to 5-hundred dollars after the first warning. a northern nevada couple is suing "solarcity"-- claiming the company hid the fact energy rates could go up. according to the las vegas sun...the lawsuit misled people about a rate change lawmakers ordered in the spring. the suit comes after nevada regulators' decided in december to raise rates for net metering customers. public utilities commission members say the rates phase out a subsidy that traditional energy customers are paying to support solar customers. solar panel owners say their systems will now take much longer to pay off than expected.### the nevada d-m-v is putting more money into a virtual line system blam

a week before the nevada caucuses. he spoke to a packed crowd at the stance in the controversial solar debate here in nevada. and hillary clinton's making a visit to town. ky sisson is live at truckee meadows community college to give us a preview of her event there, and at unr later today. these stories top your news right now at 5:30 a-m. today is monday, february 15, 20-16. good morning, i'm john potter. and i'm andi guevara. thanks for starting your day with channel 2 news this morning. let's start with a quick look at the forecast with meteorologist jeff martinez. good monday morning, we will see mostly sunny skies today with a chilly morning but nice afternoon with highs in the mid 60s and light winds. our next storm moves in wednesday afternoon through thursday morning with snow in the mountains making travel difficult, and valley showers. day has become a bit of a tradition here in the biggest little city. in fact, this holiday weekend could prove to be a record the owners of the "arch of reno wedding chapel" te

nevada. rubio picked up the endorsement of nevada senator dean heller-- it could be key in his effort to become the choice of establishment republicans. "the democrats don't want to run against me, but i want to run against them" "cruz is hitting the ground hard here in nevada after a disappointing third place finish in south carolina, where he lost the evangelical vote to trump." "it is becoming clearer and clearer that we are the one campaign that can beat donald trump. infact we're the only campaign that has beaten donald trump." his supporters agree. "he will do the best to save our country. more than that he's going to save the constitution. we're going back to the constitution." senator bernie sanders was also looking to rebound from a tough loss he attended church services in south carolina sunday trying to court black voters. the democrats have their next contest saturday in the palmetto state. danielle nottingham, cbs new, pahrump, nevada. and heading into the g-o-p caucus, here's a look at the delegate count. donald trump leads with 67. cruz is second with 11, rubio has 10, kasich 5,

the caucuses in nevada could be a game changer for the front runners. as kolo 8 news now's catherine van explains...the key groups that will make an impact in our caucuses are college students... latinos... and women. two households... nats: bern: thank you new hampshire nats: trump: we are going to make america great again. ....looking for a win that could set a precedent for the next primary in south carolina and caucuses in nevada. fred: nevada is incredibly important. it will likely preserve some campaigns, certainly damage or end some campaigns and may have one of the great surprises of the entire primary caucus season. sanders, clinton, trump and cruz have all looking at nevada... which will likely influence the rest of the nation. starting now, we can expect the presidential candidates to fight hard for silver state votes. fred lokken a political science professor at tmcc says the key issues for voters are immigration, the economy and race. issues the clinton campaign will need to focus on, to win. fred: this is a state where she should do better

graces joining us on the republican line. reaction to nevada and what you expect to hear in south carolina later tonight. teder: i hope to hear that and is in the polls ultimately that he will defeat trump. host: why do you like senator cruz? caller: because i think he is a person of morals. honor. i think he would make a good leader. i think he has a good grip on what is good for the country. host: let me give you a sense of where the candidates are this evening. hillary clinton was in las vegas and is and root to houston -- and is en route to houston. travelingders will be to greenville, south carolina. carolina republican primary is today and the democratic primary is next saturday. the democratic caucuses are --ay, the democratic republican caucuses are next tuesday. we will see marco rubio, ted cruz, and donald trump in las vegas coming up to this tuesday. governor kasich is in massachusetts tonight. we will also hear from donald trump in south carolina and the other republican candidates donald trump, ben carson and jeb bush all in south

a weekly discussion about the federal issues most important to nevada. and now, from washington, d.c., here's marilee joyce. >> and good day to you. i'm marilee joyce and this is "eye on washington," the only statewide nevada news program produced in washington, d.c. every week here on "eye on washington," we take you straight to capitol hill for a discussion with nevada's delegation and other top leaders about the federal matters that matter to nevadans. today's topic, he wants every student to succeed. we're going to tell you about one nevada leader's work to smarten up nevada's suffering education system. and he is my guest today. he is nevada u.s. congressman joe heck. thanks for being here today. >> thanks, marilee. >> we're dead last for the third year in the row. that's the nevada public education rating according to the most recent annie e. casey foundation report on children's well-being. and today on "eye on washington," we will tell you the state out of the education cellar. we'll find out education's tie to nevada's doctor shortage as well. no

nevada. cnn projected donald trump will be the winner of the nevada caucuses. we do not have enough information to say whether marco rubio or ted cruz will come in second or third, but we know those are the top three finishers. most significantly was the win of donald trump winning the nevada caucuses. we are waiting for donald trump to come out and declare victory as we've heard him do a couple of other times. let's go to the campaign headquarters of marco rubio. jason, marco rubio told me on sunday they were hoping for a strong showing and maybe a win. it's a state where he spent some of his childhood, but not a good night for him. >> reporter: clearly not the night they wanted, but still they are feeling encouraged by having a strong second place finish. that's what they're hoping for at this point, a strong second place finish. in speaking to one of the campaign operatives here, he tells me they feel as though this is not over for them. he feels if some of the other candidates were to drop before super tuesday, they still feel as though they have a shot as t

what the future of nevada's caucuses, could be. kolo 8 news now's ed pearce has more. ask officials from either party and you'll hear something along the lines of "well, we pulled it off." that's a fair statement from their point of view because for all the stories of long lines, running out of ballots at a few locations, the usual confusion, they did pull it off. and republicans could point to a record turnout. more people, in fact, voted for donald trump years ago. democrats registered thousands and both parties updated their mailing lists and identified their most but was it enough? from the moment harry reid convinced the national democratic party to bestow an early spot on the calendar to a nevada caucus and everyone understood the challenge. unlike iowa, we'd never done a caucus on this scale, one that mattered nationally before. if you talked with iowans back then, as i did, they would have told you we probably weren't up to the task. after three tries it's fair to ask if they weren't right. turnout is still low. confusion an

the caucuses in nevada could be a game changer for the front runners. campaign to western values that nevadans hold dear. the key groups that will make an impact in our caucuses are college students... latinos... and women. two households... nats: bern: thank you new hampshire nats: trump: we are going to make america great again. ....looking for a win that could set a precedent for the next primary in south carolina and caucuses in nevada. fred: nevada is incredibly important. it will likely preserve some campaigns, certainly damage or end some campaigns and may have one of the great surprises of the entire primary caucus season. sanders, clinton, trump and cruz have all bagged wins... now looking at nevada... which will likely influence the rest of the nation. starting now, we can expect the presidential candidates to fight hard for silver state votes. fred lokken a political science professor at tmcc says the key issues for voters are immigration, the economy and race. issues the clinton focus on, to win. fred: this is a state where she should do bet

he scored all 50 of the state's delegates. nevada caucus winner hillary clinton is favored in south carolina. she's already focused on the super tuesday states like texas where she rallied over the weekend. although clinton won the nevada caucus, bernie sanders saw an overwhelming amount of support from u-n-r students. many people said they support sanders because they have similar views on social policies. "pretty much all of them but i think the most progressive from hillary- he has a lot of really great stances on racial justice which i think are really butt with i support the free education. i think higher education is very valuable for our country. the more people we have that have a higher education is going to do nothing but benefit us. " precinct 50-27... was made up almost entirely of students. in the end only 19 of the more than 200 people in the room supported clinton, giving all of the ten delegates to sanders. there were a few problems at caucus locations across the state. in las vegas, here in washoe county and many oth

we'll be right back with more live coverage of the nevada republican caucuses. ch for staying with us. thy california walnuts. the best simple veggie dish ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? heart healthy california walnuts. great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. so simple. get the recipes at walnuts.org. thsometimes you can't evento graimagine.h. that's the job. and she's the one who's proven she can get it done. ...securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons... ...standing up against the abuse of women... ...protecting social security... ...expanding benefits for the national guard... ...and winning health care for 8 million children... the presidency is the toughest job in the world and she's the one who'll make a real difference for you. i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message. >>> welcome back to cnn's live coverage of the nevada caucuses. alina, they are coming down to a final vote count. >> here at reasonno high school they just finished tallying up the votes. kelly -- kiley rowe, who is a first-time c

that's the nevada public education rating according to the most recent annie e. casey foundation report on children's well-being. and today on "eye on washington," we will tell you about my guest's effort to get the state out of the education cellar. we'll find out education's tie to nevada's doctor shortage as now, last december the house passed legislation considered to be a major overhaul of federal education policy. the every student succeeds act would replace the previous version of the elementary and secondary education act, that's also known as no child left behind. with a new law that ends one size fits all accountability requirements included in its predecessor. my guest is a big fan and release about his pro vote, he says he likes it, that it returns more control over education policy to states and to parents and prevents the federal government from what he calls coercing states into adopting common core education standards. in a statement, he says it, quote, will improve education outcomes for our students by taking control from federal bureaucrats and

hillary clinton the nevada caucuses. nats chanting: hillary, hillary clinton says: "i am so so thrilled and so grateful to all my supporters out there." senator bernie sanders congratulated clinton on her victory in the close race and says he's looking forward to future contests. clear to me and i think most wind is at our backs." the democratic place next saturday. and the republicans are moving here... the gop caucus happens in the silver state tuesday night. it starts at five p-m. we will have full coverage right here on fox five. several republican presidential hopefuls will campaign in las vegas ahead of the nevada caucus. senator marco rubio will hold a rally at the texas station in north las vegas. it happens tomorrow at 7-30 p-m. the florida senator is headed up to elko and reno on monday. senator ted cruz will have a few rallies in southern nevada. first he'll be at the draft picks pahrump. it starts at two he'll be joined by general adam laxalt. another rally later that day in it takes place at the henderson con

rubio touched on the issue of land ownership here in nevada... which got a roar of support from the crowd. he is going to be in las vegas for today's caucus. and doctor ben carson spoke to a crowd of more than 400 at piper's opera house in virginia city...the first time a president or candidate visited the town since the 1800's carson described the flat tax he'd implement if elected.. how he'd strengthen our military.. re-invest in our space program... and improve health care... and he says id despite he's not dropping out of the race anytime soon. and later today... g-o-p front- runner donald trump will host his rally in sparks at the nugget rose ballroom. that event starts at noon. you can r-s-v-p to the rally... just head to k-t-v-n dot com and click the blue news links button. as the republicans prepare to have a smooth caucus today, there are some things you need to be aware of if you plan on participating. ky sisson is live in the studio with more on how you can be ready to go tonight. good morning ky. good morning andi and john! there are 2

just four hours after the nevada caucuses open... hillary clinton has pulled off a victory here in the silver state. this is a map of the results from the nevada state democratic party's website. you can see here which candidate took which county. the margins very narrow in clark and washoe county.... bernie sanders came out ahead in washoe county with 981 elementary school near renown hospital. ed, we understand the turnout was impressive and the results generated some controversy. both true, but all resolved in the end. 00-:47 :47-:51 :51-1:01 the all purpose room at this suburban school began filling a caucus was due to start. some wearing their intentions literally on their sleeves, all determined to voice their choice. as the doors closed and temperatures rose it was determined to move precinct 5056, representing downtown residents outside. it began with a head count, then paper ballots were collected. a problem. the two counts didn't match. everything came to a halt as calls were made to the state party. the decision: hold a sec

the country. nicole: breaking news. donald trump went to nevada, taken over 40% of the vote in a battle for second place between ted cruz america rubio. still too close to call. good morning. i am lauren simonetti. nicole: i and nicole petallides. we will break down who voted for the candidates and record turnout in the nevada caucuses. lauren: after yesterday's 180 pullback, let's take a look at u.s. stock markets. dow futures down 64 points. nasdaq futures down 24. nicole: mx picture with the nikkei losing .85%. shanghai stacks up 0.8%. oil prices retreated once again after the minister baldock production cuts. go down 2.6% to $31 a barrel. nicole: deadly tornadoes they been at least two people dead. we'll have the latest on the web but there appeared train for the battle between apple and the fbi on capitol hill. both sides using congress to get involved. welcome to "fbn:am," the first look at today's markets come in the latest breaking news in what to expect the day ahead. nicole: donald trump winning caucuses by a large margin. he gets 46%. f

the goal is to raise dollars. ### a new arrival at the nevada humane society saving surgery. two month old "donner" has a birth defect that restricts his ability to swallow food. it can be fixed, but he'll have to go all the way to u-c davis to see a specialist. now the nevada humane society is looking for specialist. now the nevada humane society is looking for specialist. now the nevada humane two month old "donner" has a birth defect that restricts his ability to swallow food. it can be fixed, but he'll have to go all the way to u-c davis to see a specialist. now the nevada humane society is looking for specialist. now the nevada humane society is looking for people in our community who can help cover the cost of that procedure. society is looking for people in our community who can help cover the cost of that procedure. "we know that his quality of life will be good. we know that he deserves that second chance and so we're willing to go above and beyond to save his life, and that's why we ask for the community to help out with those donations so we can do just that. " if y

kasich only got 3.6% of the nevada caucus vote. ben carson only 4.8% celine dion is husband rene angelil's dream... and taking the stage once again at caesars palace. "nats of singing last night was her first time back on stage last night was her first time back on stage following his death. she started the owith a 10 minute performance dedicated to angelil, who lost his battle with cancer earlier this year. the show was live-streamed to fans around the world. having a tough time finding fashions for her disabled son. but not anymore see what famous fashion designer decided to do something about that. it's a pretty awesome idea. businesses working together to help the future of our schools.. the grass roots campaign aimed at better preparing graduates for future tommy hilfiger when you get one gig internet from centurylink and prism tv and they're both delivered on a super-fast fiber network directly to your home, it's amazing. it is amazing, but do you think his delivery was a little flat on that one? just -- yeah. um, paul, i thin

the process. an exciting time for nevada republicans. "this is really where the grass roots of the republican party come together. our time to talk about candidates, meet our neighbors, go over a lot of the want..." party leaders are stressing the importance of participation in tonight's caucus and say that other states are vying for nevada's coveted spot in the election season. "we risk loosing our first in the west status. there are states like colorado and arizona that are really lobbying for that. and we don't want that to happen because nevada is a diverse population that really exemplifies what the american demographic is turning into." for a link to the republican pary's caucus location finder. just click on the blue newslinks button. covering campaign 2016 live in the studio, ky sisson, channel 2 news. coming up on channel 2 news this morning... a couple of sisters have a case babies are making them see double...more on this amazing story...after the break. "you're watching channel 2 news this morning with john potter, andi guevar

but clearly the illegal immigration issue is a really large issue in nevada. we actually have the largest number of undocumented of any state per capita. there are issues that he's touching on that do tie into that anger factor and he actually played it very well. and he only spent about a half million dollars for his campaign to win 45-thou or 45% of the vote in nevada which he has so turned upside down the whole strategy and structure for even doesn't have an achilles heel any more in the caucuses. what happened in iowa did not get repeated in nevada and that's quite surprising. okay so if if it were time now to pick for nevada what do you think would happen? i mean do you think we would-we would stay blue as we were in the last 2 elections? you think nevada would go trump overall? there's still- think he can do it? -there's still a long way to go. and so even if assuming they-they get the nomination. now i don't completely agree with fred about the latino vote. latino-yes there is a small portion of the latino community that will be more conservative, played

>>> dominated -- donald trump took the nevada caucus. we will have a recap coming up. >>> high temperatures were near the averages yesterday. that is not the case today. the heat is on. we will check out the 7 day forecast. these stories on more -- and more on this wednesday, february 24, 26. -- 2016. >>> you are watching "news4 today" in high definition. >>> could wednesday morning and welcome to the last half-hour of "news4 today." >> i'm bill frankmore. this is the day after the nevada caucus and no surprises. the real race was who would take second place in the race to get the most delegates. >> a tight race between marco rubio and ted cruz. another caucus is in the books and front-runner donald trump came out on top, again. alex cannito joins us in the studio with a recap. >>reporter: the big news from nevada is that donald trump won the gop caucus last night. across the state there were 1784 precincts let's break down the numbers and washoe county. trump dominated the caucus with 46% of people supporting him, more than 2300 votes an

the nevada highway patrol says one man is dead after he was hit by a car on i-580 near bowers mansion. trooper duncan dauber says the man was lying in the northbound lanes on i-580 when he was struck by a honda civic around 1:07 a.m. on february 8th. remsa tried to revive the man but pronounced him dead a short time later. care flight was reportedly enroute but was turned around. all northbound lanes on i-580 to bellevue road are closed in washoe valley. it is not clear if alcohol was a factor in this crash the nevada highway patrol says one man is dead after he was hit by a car on i-580 near bowers mansion. trooper duncan dauber says the man was lying in the northbound lanes on i-580 when he was struck by a honda civic around 1:07 a.m. on february 8th. but pronounced him dead a reportedly enroute but was turned around. all northbound lanes on i-580 to bellevue road are closed in washoe valley. it is not clear if alcohol was a factor in this crash the nevada highway patrol says one man is dead after he was hit by a car on i-580 near bowers mansion. trooper duncan dauber says the man w

a lot of turnout in the state of nevada. to our reporter in reno at the university of nevada at reno. it's obviously university camp its, probably a lot of sanders supporters as you described, but also you're saying in this messy democratic action, democratic with a small d, there's a snafu. they're out of ballots of some sort? >> reporter: well, this gives you a sense of the kind of turnout that they got, turnout exceeding expectations here. i just want to, gathered a few people who are first-time voters and registered to vote today. you may notice that the forms, the registration forms are in spanish. does anyone here speak spanish? you're english speakers? these are english speakers registering to vote filling out spanish forms because they ran out of english registration forms nap is one snafu they've come up with here and come up with a solution that they're having them fill out these spanish forms. i've spoke tn to a guy in 2008. they says the turnout is much higher than what he saw in 2008. you point out, a student po

at the same time, where colorado trended up and washington trended up and nevada, the state of nevada was trending down. so we'll see how that holds, we haven't gone out in the field yet, we're talking about going out and i'm sure that is a question. >> it would seem once the liquor industry got in with three-tier interesting, i call it marijuana policy project we've been in contact with over the years as they have been trying to promote sale of marijuana in nevada and they said, you know, we don't care, we're fine with it, it will raise the price of consumer, because liquor industry will spend millions to fight this and now they won't. >> right. >> yeah. i mean, that again follow the money. public policy, but follow the money. >> let's talk about walmart. you know, obviously one of the most successful companies in the world, let alone america, closing a lot of stores. do you think this ties into minimum wage being pushed higher and higher across states? >> well, walmart has moved beyond other states doing minimum wage laws and they have done their own minimum wage enhancements, so th

again the nevada caucues are rapidly aproaching. the democrats will be this saturday and the republicans a few days notice for events like these, but we will be sure to bring you those details once they become available. you can r-s-v-p to either the elko or reno hillary events by heading to our website k-t-v-n dot com and click on the blue newslinks button. covering campaihn 2016, live at covering campaihn 2016, live at tmcc, ky sisson, channel 2 news. morning... a few teens were given the unique opportunity to take part in prom --thanks to an event founded by former n-f-l star tim tebow...more about this exceptional day, after the break. "you're watching channel 2 news this morning with john potter, andi guevara and meteorologist jeff martinez's pinpoint 2 welcome back. time for take 2... stories we think are worth a second look. yesterday. so...to celebrate --some of you may have bought chocolates, gave special notes or giant teddy bears. but...at pennsylvania's washington hospital, there were a few valentine's that were dressed f

hillary clinton did win the nevada caucus by six points over bernie sander. with some of the precincts still reporting in. >> donald trump has won the he had 34%, marco rubio finished second and ted cruz coming in third. they head to nevada for tuesday's republican caucus. >> following that announcement, donald trump gave a victory speech saying it's beautiful when you win. >> there's nothing easy about running for president, i can tell you. it's tough, it's nasty, it's mean, it's vicious, it's beautiful. [laughter] >> when you win, it's beautiful. and we're going to start -- we are going to start winning for our country. we're going to start winning. because our country doesn't win anymore. it doesn't win. we don't win with the military. we can't beat isis. we have great military. we don't win. you look what the china is doing to us, what japan does to us, what mexico is killing us at the border. >> this win puts trump in a commanding position now to move forward to the next primaries. >> one thing he did not jeb bush who recently dropped out of the race, a l

where the rebels go on to win 102-91. so nevada will look to rebound on wednesday when they host utah state... the pack beat the aggies last month in logan 89-84... tip off set for 7pm. the big news from last night was the wolf pack swimmng and diving team as they won the mountain west championship down in texas... the ladies finished first out of 10... including beating the meet favorites boise state... carson city native krysta palmer was named mountain west diver of the year. the team celebrated by jumping off the diving boards and into the pool. this is also only the second mountain west championship in nevada wolf pack history... the nevada baseball team won the first one last spring. the pack will now go on to the ncaa zone e diving regional's set for march 7-9th... in flagstaff arizona. while the ncaa championships are march 17-19th in atlanta. and the wolf pack baseball team earned a split with the northwestern wildcats this weekend in arizona after today's 10-6 win... tj freidl and keaton career wolf pack home runs... the

and the wolf pack was picked to finish near the bottom of the conference nevada was picked six by the league's coaches... that's out of just seven mountain west teams... nevada won 41 games last season, and the regular season title... but they lost 10 seniors from that year's team... and five guys to the big league draft... but they do return both the conference pitcher and the player of the year... the league coaches picked co-favorites this year... new mexico and san diego state each got three first place votes... air force and fresno state are tied for third... but the bulldogs got the other first place vote... unlv is right in front of nevada... and san jose state is picked to finish last three pack players were named to the preseason all- conference team... nod in the outfield... he was the player of the year last season... he led the conference with .365 batting average -- he was second in on- base percentage and fourth with 51 runs batted in... he also pitched in 13 games, going 4-1 with a 3.65 e-r-a... bryce greager earned preseason honors at third base... he was named all- co

the nevada department of transportation, inspects all bridges in the state of nevada. they're inspected every two years. ### temperatures across northeast california and western nevada will be well above average through friday before be breezy friday, with a chance for showers mainly north of interstate 80 friday night and early saturday. another weak system is possible sunday night followed by dry conditions to start next week. little change to the forecast through saturday. high pressure will remain over northeast california and western nevada through friday morning before a glancing blow friday night from a modest disturbance moving into the large-scale western ridge. afternoon temperatures will remain very mild through friday, with highs in the mid to upper 60s for the lower valleys today followed by a few lower 70s for friday friday afternoon and evening, it will become breezy as the upper disturbance moves over far northern california and oregon. winds do not look overly strong but could gusts to 30 or 35 mph for many areas with local gusts 40-50 mph in wind pron

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