Despite his razorthin loss to clinton in iowa. Sanders raised nearly 3Million Dollars in the 24 hours, after the iowa caucuses. The republican president ial field continues to narrow. This morning kentucky senator rand paul announced the suspention of his campaign. Pauls attention now turns to his senate campaign. Today the senator spoke with kolo 8 news now washington correspondent peter zampa. Senator paul finished ahead of six other candidates in iowa, but he tells us there just wasnt enough momentum to keep pushing towards the white house. Senator rand paul if i thought i could win id still be in. But i dont want to do it just to do it. I really wanted to do it not only to spread the message but to win. Last year, senator paul asked the kentucky gop to switch from a primary to a president ial caucus, so he could appear on the ballot as a senator and in the caucus as a he says he doesnt regret switching formats. Senator rand paul this is an enthusiasmbuilding project and were excited about the caucus, and im going to work very hard to make it a success. The senator says that as of right now he is not endorsing another candidate. Senator rand paul i dont want to predecide the election. The people of kentucky have a lot of candidates to choose from and im going to leave it up to them to choose. Senator paul wouldnt hint as to whether another president ial run is in his future, but he did say hell keep fighting for his message on capitol hill. Reporting in washington, im peter zampa. Today former pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum also said he would be suspending his campaign. The nevada caucuses are quickly approaching. Democrats will caucus on saturday, february 20th. The republicans caucus is the following tuesday, on feburary 23rd. But gop voters will have to be registered by february the 13th. You can get the most uptodate election information any time with the kolo 8 news now mobile app. Download it free for apple or android. This years reno river festival is coming back kayaking championships. Last year the whitewater events had to be canceled because of a lack of water in the truckee river. But this year usa freestyle kayaking is bringing the 2016 us nationial whitewater freestyle championships to reno. The reno river festival is set for mothers day weekend. One last chance a bit of snow tonight before the Winter Weather clears out for a while. Chief meteoroloigst Jeff Thompson has a look at the forecast. Jeff . Light snow is expected this evening in the sierra, and mainly north of highway 50 in the valleys, with a fastmoving system. While little accumulation is expected, heavier showers could produce slippery conditions on roads overnight and for the thursday morning commute. This system will quickly exit the region after midnight, leaving a clearing sky for thursday. High pressure will build over the west coast through the weekend. Expect dry weather, with temperatures warming back into the 50s. Jeff tonight scattered snow showers, mainly before 11 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 . Little or no snow accumulation expected. Thursday partly sunny, with a 5 mph becoming north in the morning. Thursday night partly cloudy, with a low around 24. East wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the evening. Friday mostly sunny, with a high near 46. South wind around 5 mph. Friday night mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Saturday mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Saturday night partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Sunday sunny, with a high near 53. Sunday night clear, with a low around 28. Monday sunny, with a high near 54. Monday night mostly clear, with a low around 30. Tuesday sunny, with a high near 58. Cam 3 wx mic system. While little accumulation is expected, heavier showers could produce slippery conditions on roads overnight and for the thursday morning commute. This system will quickly exit the region after midnight, leaving a clearing sky for thursday. High pressure will build over the west coast through the weekend. Expect dry weather, with temperatures warming back into the 50s. Jeff tonight scattered snow showers, mainly before 11 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 . Little or no snow accumulation expected. Breaking tonight. The irs says it has stopped accepting electronically filed tax returns because of problems with some of its computer systems. The outage could affect refunds. But the agency says it doesnt anticipate quote. Major disruptions. Today, the irs experienced what it is calling a hardware failure. The efile system and the wheres my refund service are among the affected areas. The irs says some systems will remain out of service, at least until tomorrow. New details are emerging about a Murder Investigation in South Lake Tahoe. Police have released these sketches of the suspects in the saturday shooting at beverly lodge. Investigators say these two men robbed the victims during a drug deal. Killing one. One suspect is described as a black man. About sixfoot three and 200 pounds with dreadlocks. The other suspect is a about fiveeight and 170 pounds with curly hair. Police say the suspects may have been driving a tan Chrysler Concorde similar to the one pictured here. If you know anything. Call South Lake Tahoe police. President obama spoke at a baltimore mosque today, his first visit as president to an american mosque. His remarks had special resonance with muslims across the country, including here in reno. Kolo 8 news nows ed pearce spoke with a local muslim leader. Ed, the president addressed this issue of bias against muslims, that must have been welcome news to local muslims. It was and given recent incidents and the tenor of current political debate it was appreciated, though there was a wish that it had come sooner. 00 25 25 32 321 42 the president met with muslimamerican leaders from around the country at the Islamic Society of baltimore, then following the meeting he spoke at the societys mos que telling them an attack on one faith is an attack on all. Mr. Obama has appeared at mosques elsewhere and has made similar remarks on other occasions, but yhis was his first visit to an american mosque, a elfass as a muslim i felt honored and humbled that the president of the United States actually went to a mosque. The president s remarks come at a time when the president ial campaign and the shooting incident in Southern California have raised fears of a backlash against american muslims. Obama recently weve heard inexcuseable political rhetoric against Muslim Americans that has no place in our country. Elfass as an american im proud of our president who stood with a small group, Muslim Americans, who are facing a lot of prejudice. But it was the president s reference to young Muslim Americans fearing they have no place in our society that dr. Elfass said would have special meaning for his community. Obama the notion that they would be filled with doubt, questioning their place in this great country of ours when theyve got enough to worry about. Its hard enough being a teenager already. Thats not who we are. Over and over to my children who ask me are we not welcome here anymore . are we second class citizens . and im going to repeat this and show them that its not me saying it anymore, the president of the country saying it. And he expects others in his community to be doing the same. Dr. Elfass says he would have wished the president would have made this visit to a mosque earlier. It came late, he said, but at least it came. Other observers noted that a visit earlier in his presidency might only feed conspiracy theories that mr. Obama, a christian, was secretly a muslim. Ed pearce kolo 8 news now. Carson city sheriffs deputies have one man in custody after a deadly hit and run. 37yearold Juan Pablo Rios is charged with failing to stop at the scene of a crash involving injury or death. Detectives say rios hit gustova garciavaldes at the intersection of highway 50 and brown street last wednesday. Police say rios told a leading them to his door. Garciavaldes laster died at the hosptial. A new nevada hitand run law is being used on drivers who leave the scene of a crash, when there are injuries. Prior to october, hit andrun drivers who left the scene, might only face a misdemeanor. That crime is now a felony, if there are injuries or death. Kolo 8 news now Terri Russell shows us the latest case where the suspect is still at large. In the Early Morning hours of january 30th, reno police say a 55 year old year old man was legally crossing the street at 4th street and spokane when a pickup truck without its lights on, hit the man and left the crash. The 55 year old was pronounced dead on the scene. Officer tim broadway Reno Police Department we are still looking for that person. We have a very vague description of that vehicle, full sized pickup light in color. Speaking with the accident investigators we do believe that there will be some minor damage to the right front and even right passenger side view mirror on that vehicle. Russell once you locate that charges . They absolutely will. On october 31st a bicyclist was injured in a hit and run accident at virginia street and beacon. While reno Police Located the vehicle, which was reported stolen 15 minutes after the accident, they are still looking for the driver. That person too will be charged under the new law with felony hit and run. We dont know if the law will change the attitudes of drivers knowing a felony charge is in the making if they cause death or injury and leave the scenebut that may ultimately not be the point. Instead Law Enforcement hopes drivers just do the right and responsible thing. Tim broadway it is not worth your livlihood and your freedom if you leave the scene of an accident. Own up. It gives closure to families when we can identify all the people involved in the accident, and get their side of the story as well. Broadway says the new laws motto dont run call nine11. In reno Terri Russell kolo 8 crashes. Call secret witness. Police may be clamping down even harder on buzzed drivers. And, it could have a very real impact on the next time you go out for drinks. Were breaking down the exact details, to help keep you out of jail. Plus fighters competing Young Athletes are trying to make their Olympic Dreams come true, at the Convention Center. An inside look at the us open taekwondo championships. Plus, chief meteorologist Jeff Thompson has your forecast. Youre watching kolo 8 news now at 5 00 with sarah johns, noah bond, weather with meteorologist Jeff Thompson, and sports with josh little. This is kolo 8 relationships. If mama aint happy. Nobody is happy. Dave but it turns out that may not actually be the case. Amanda some new research that shows the man in the relationship is a bigger part of the happiness equation than light snow is expected this evening in the sierra, and mainly north of highway 50 in the valleys, with a fastmoving system. While little accumulation is expected, heavier showers could produce slippery conditions on roads overnight and for the thursday morning commute. This system will quickly exit the region after midnight, leaving a clearing sky for thursday. High pressure will build over the west coast through the weekend. Expect dry weather, with temperatures warming back into the 50s. Jeff tonight scattered snow showers, mainly before 11 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 . Little or no snow accumulation expected. Thursday partly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind around 5 mph becoming north in the morning. Thursday night partly cloudy, with a low around 24. East wind southeast in the evening. Friday mostly sunny, with a high near 46. South wind around 5 mph. Friday night mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Saturday mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Saturday night partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Sunday sunny, with a high near 53. Sunday night clear, with a low around 28. Monday sunny, with a high near 54. Monday night mostly clear, with a low around 30. Tuesday sunny, with a high near 58. Light snow is expected this evening in the sierra, and mainly north of highway 50 in the valleys, with a fastmoving system. While little accumulation is expected, heavier showers could produce slippery conditions on roads overnight and for the thursday morning commute. This system will quickly exit the region after midnight, leaving a clearing sky for thursday. High pressure will build over the west coast dry weather, with temperatures warming back into the 50s. Jeff tonight scattered snow showers, mainly before 11 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 . Little or no snow accumulation expected. Thursday partly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind around 5 mph becoming north in the morning. Thursday night partly cloudy, with a low around 24. East wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the evening. Friday mostly sunny, with a high near 46. South wind around 5 mph. Friday night mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Saturday mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Saturday night partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Sunday sunny, with a high near 53. Sunday night clear, with a low around 28. Monday sunny, with a high near 54. Monday night mostly clear, with a low around 30. Tuesday sunny, with a high light snow is expected this evening in the sierra, and mainly north of highway 50 in the valleys, with a fastmoving system. While little accumulation is expected, heavier showers could produce slippery conditions on roads overnight and for the thursday morning commute. This system will quickly exit the region after midnight, leaving a clearing sky for thursday. High pressure will build over the west coast through the weekend. Expect dry weather, with temperatures warming back into the 50s. Jeff the us open tiekwondoe taekwondo championships are happening this week. Theyre at the Reno Sparks Convention center through sunday. Kolo 8 news nows paul harris is live there with a look at the action. Sarah right now competition is just about finishing up for mats dreams can be made. As a lot of the athletes here. Have Olympic Dreams. Nats taekwondo athletes from all over the world are competing at the renosparks Convention Center including usa Junior National team member logan weber. Logan weber, athletei love the fast pace, i love kicking, i love the sport. And weber has Olympic Dreams. 2020 is a huge goal and a huge dream for me. I am working very hard to get there and each step of the way and each tournament help me get to my goal. One athlete who has realized her olympic goal is 20 yearold Jackie Galloway. Jackie galloway, olympic in the world and the top six automatically qualified so. For you to say i am an olympic athlete, what does that mean to you . I couldnt even put it into words, it is what i have been working my whole taekwondo career to go to the olympics. Not just go and participate, to bring back a medal. Nats matches last just minutes. And the action can be fast and intense nats seth wilson, coach tournament organizer, that chest protector will score body shots at one point per and they also can score three points for a head shot. Now when an athlete spins prior to a kick they will get bonus points. This is the first year reno has hosted the championship but the tournament could find a home here. We are definitely interested in bringing it back to reno. This has been a great place for us to be and excited that you guys have allowed us to be apart of your community for the next couple of days. And Jackie Galloway is due to fight friday. If you like more information on the championships. Go to our website at kolo tv dot com and click on the a showdown with the leaders of flint michigan. Today, the led lead poisoned citizens testified without them. And now, congress is revealing its next step to pinpoint whos at fault. And, some are calling a new phenomenon with the zika virus a game changer. Its another way this mosquitoborne virus can spread. For news while youre on the go, listen to our newscast partner, poisoned victims from flint michigan testified before congress. As kolo 8 news nows washington correspondent alex miller reports their main focus was their state governments response so that we can pinpoint the blame. Listen this is wrong. This is wrong. Thats what dozens of people from flint drove tell congress. Who didnt make the trip . Governor rick snyder and emergency manager darnell earley. Earley ignored a subpeona monday night. Congressman Jason Chaffetz says hes going to utilize the federal marshalls to bring him to testify. If they want to be more transparent they have to be more than just willing to say the things they want to say they have to answer the questions the other people have. While the hearing was going on Governor Snyder tweeted this out he says hell propose 30 Million Dollars in repayment to flint residents. Theres no price you can put on what theyve done to us. He needs to answer this whole crisis in the manner thats equal to the gravity of it and not just one little piece at a time. Families all over flint wanted congress to know how their lives have been forced to change. I get two showers a week in mount morris thats what i get. Melissa mayes brought her three sons all the way to dc. Her entire family has been poisoned. Were all dealing with anemia, bone pain, bone breaking autoimmune disorders. And thats long after we stopped drinking. He recently shattered his arm and is in constant pain. He feels like his government has put flint on the back burner. I just feel like they dont care about the citizens, here they are killing people for money and theyre not even saving money at all. So now he and this group are hoping the federal government will step in to do what they say michigan didnt help them get their lives back to normal. Reporting in washington, im alex miller. Officials are calling it a game changer in the spread of zika. A person in dallas has become infected with the zika virus; but not from a mosquito bite. Health Officials Say the patient had sexual contact with someone who had recently returned from venezuela. The zika virus has been linked to birth defects in babies and paralysis in adults. The virus can live in the blood of an infected person for up to a week. The cdc says they are developing guidelines for this that should be out in the near future. In the meantime the women should avoid travel to any place where this is being spread. And those who return with symptoms should see their doctor. With the olympics just six months away. Brazilian Officials Say that by august mosquito populations will be down and that athletes will face zero risk. A new proposal could put drivers, who like to drink from timetotime, on alert. Its all about the legal limit to drive under the influence. Were breaking down the new number and what this could mean for you. Plus. Students loans can be a real pain. So were breaking down a few steps you can take, to reduce the payments