The principal source of the drug these days. Its is smuggled up here, sold to those who support their habit through street crime. The money goes back across the border to the cartels. The danger it creates remains here. Furlong stanton arms apartments which is where this occured. Theres a lot of families and children. So they really were creating a cancer in the middle of families. And though this operation has been shut down, the danger remains. Furlong this is about the third major one weve hit in the area. The second one for methamphetamine. One was for heroin. And its all within reach of what happened yesterday. So were continuing the efforts to clean and take these people out of that environment. And, the sheriff believes there are more out there. The first line of defense, he says, are those People Living there. So theyre that community and hes urging them to be watchful and alert investigators through calling the Sheriffs Office or secret witness. Two incidents; and two very different responses. In stead, the schools were locked down yesterday. But in Spanish Springs . The only response was to send a message to parents. Kolo 8 news nows colin lygren is here with why the district says they acted the way they did. Colin . Sarah. When a Critical Incident happens on campus. The School District has to make several important decisions on how to handle it. Of course. Not every incident is handled the same way. Yesterdays stead incident occurred during the middle of the day. While school was still in session. The area surrounding the school. Was potentially dangerous. Because of a manhunt. So the schools were put on a code yellow lockdown. Meanwhile. Parents were alerted that something was going on. Typically the decision is made jointly by the principal and the area superintendent. In the incidents that you are referring to yesterday, it also involved our School Police department. So the administrators get together and they decide whether or not a communication is in the best interest of the community. Also done in Spanish Springs. In regards to a juvenile who brought a handgun to school. But the message in that case. Was not sent until several hours later. Also in that case. The school was not locked down. Turns out there is a good reason for that. School police were able to act swiftly. And take the gun away from that person. Within three minutes of getting the tip. And at the same time. Arrest the juvenile. The threat at that point was neutralized. And there was no reason to lock down the school. Administrators then took time to get all the facts. Before alerting parents. Live in studio. Colin lygren. Kolo 8 news now. We now know the name of the man killed, while leading deputies on a chase in a stolen pickup last week in carson city. The nevada Highway Patrol says 21yearold edy prudensio martinezramirez stole a ford fone50 pickup from a home in carson city. Carson deputies found the truck in traffic and tried to stop martinez ramirez. But he sped off after ramming a then lost control and drove across all the lanes of college parkway, including the center median. Then he went over a sidewalk, and through a fence of the carson city airport. Where he hit the southeast corner of an airport hangar. Martinezramirez was thrown from the truck and died. He was not wearing his seatbelt. No deputies or troopers were hurt in the incident. The nevada Highway Patrol is investigating the crash, while the Nevada Department of Public Safety is investigating the remainder of the incident. Martinezramirez may then have been involved in a hitandrun. It was another day of clear skies. And it looks like there might be a change to the weekend outlook. Chief meteoroloigst Jeff Thompson has a look at the forecast. Jeff . High pressure will keep the weather dry for most areas through early next week. Expect mostly sunny to partly cloudy, mild afternoons, with highs in the midupper 60s for most western Nevada Valley locations, and midupper 50s in the sierra. Nights will stay with lows around freezing. A weak system will move into the Pacific Northwest friday night into saturday. Some clouds, a slight cooldown, and an isolated shower north of i80 are possible. A major pattern change is not expected through at least the middle of next week. Jeff tonight partly cloudy, with a low around 35. South wind around 5 mph. Thursday mostly sunny, with a high near 65. South wind around 5 mph. Thursday night partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Friday mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Friday night partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Saturday some clouds, with a high near 61. Saturday night partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Sunday mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Sunday night partly cloudy, south carolina, in the race for the white house. Yesterday, voters in New Hampshire lived up to their reputation of being independent thinkers. They delivered resounding victories for outsiders donald trump, and bernie sanders. Elizabeth hur reports. Bernie Bernie Bernie following his huge win in New Hampshire. Bernie sanders feeling the love on the view. Telling the ladies. Hes all in. Sen. Bernie sanders, d president ial candidate . The message that were bringing forth, that this country is supposed to be a nation of fairness, and were not seeing that fairness right now. Sanders stopping in harlem for coffee with al sharpton earlier. Hillary clinton also in new york. After reassuring her supporters in New Hampshire. Shes a fighter. Hillary clinton, dpresident ial clinton weve learned its not whether you get knocked down that matters, its whether you get back up. For the republicans. Front runner. Donald trump is crediting his huge win. To the huge voter turnout. Candidate we were getting great signals we would have a rally and manymany people would show up many more than we ever anticipated. His challengers. Already back on the campaign trail and their sights set on the next primary in south carolina. With the surprise secondplace winner. John kasich promising to keep his campaign messages. Positive. Kasich not interested in being out there. Just going on the attack against somebody. And iowa winner senators ted cruz sounding defiant. Despite finishing third last night. Sen. Ted cruz, rpresident ial candidate this is a National Campaign and one of the most important conclusions coming out of these first two states is that the only candidate who can beat donald trump is me. And the republican field is thinning. Today, Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina annoucned they are suspending their campaigns. A scheduled fiorina visit to reno is cancelled. Shell was scheduled to speak to the washoe republican women, next wednesday. Both Democratic Candidates will be in reno this weekend. Hes scheduled to speak at the real solutions, for real people summit at the Jot Travis Student Center at the university of nevada. Doors open at seven30 in the morning. Advance registration is required. And Hillary Clinton plans to rally in the silver state this saturday and sunday ahead of the nevada caucus. Details on where shell be have not yet been released. The nevada caucuses are less than two weeks away. The democrats will caucus on saturday, february 20th. You can register at the door. The republicans will caucus on tuesday, february 23rd. Gop voters will need to be registered by this saturday, february 13th. But the Washoe County Registrars Office closes at 5 pm on friday, february 12th. You can stay up to date with all Campaign Information with the kolo 8 news now mobile app. You can download it free, for both apple and android. The data systems of the federal government are a tempting target for and its a problem which will only grow. As weve seen in the past few years, and just in the past few days, Cyber Threats pose a danger not only to our National Security but also our financial securiysecurity and the privacy of millions of americans. President obama is calling on congress to approve an additional threepointone billion dollars to update out ofdate Computer Systems used by many federal agencies. In his Budget Proposal the president is also seeking 19billion for across the Board Security updates. Up 35 percent from last year. The move comes after several highprofile hacks including a recent breach at the justice department. The Royal Caribbean cruise ship damaged in a large storm off the east coast is due back at port today. The captain is explaining why they headed out to sea, in the first place. As brandi hitt reports, some passengers were afriad they wouldnt survive. Its a vacation to the bahamas. Many passengers are ready to forget. Shanon horridge, cruise passenger it was really rough. Yeah. We were nervous. The Royal Caribbeans anthem of the seas. Is expected to dock back in new jersey. After Hurricane Force winds sunday over 100 Miles Per Hour and 30 foot waves forced the ship to turn back. George sycip, cruise passenger you could hear the sheer veracity of the winds. I thought the boat was going to tip over. The ships captain explaining in this video broadcast internally to all 4500 hundred staterooms he didnt realize the magnitude of the storm when the ship set out. Claus andersen, captain anthem of the seas the whole thing was not bigger than this and it was up here and then it just exploded scott horridge, cruise passenger it rapidly intensified. Passengers were ordered to stay inside their staterooms. For eight hours. Capt. Joseph ahlstrom, suny maritime expert you never can tell. Once you get out to sea, things happen and you just have to hove too and let the wind come on and survive it and ride it out. In a statement Royal Caribbean tells abc news. Weather isnt great. So hes slowed down his speed to smooth it out. But many passengers should have ever left port in the first place. Pete aloupis, cruise passenger i really resent the fact that he put 6,000 peoples lives at risk. No one has been seriously hurt. And Royal Caribbean has apologized to the passengers offering a full refund and then some. The cruise line says the ships seaworthiness. Has not been affected. Brandi hitt abc news los angeles. Technology to develop selfdriving cars is speeding forward. So we have a question for you . Do you think a computer should be considered a driver. On our roads . Talk about it if want. And then well let you know, our governments stance. Plus, an emotional testimony and a cry for help. While Flint Michigans mayor and School Superintendent imparted heartbreaking details of the water crisis, one major player was absent on capitol hill. 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 you might want to start amanda Prescription Medications can certainly get costly. Dave so maybe youve found your pills a little cheaper trhough an online pharmacy. Amanda a look at the pros and cons of getting your prescriptions through cyber space. Dave thats tomorrow on good morning reno 430 burger kings newest menu item takes a bit of an unexpected turn. The fast food franchise will start serving hot dogs, later this month. One executive called it, the biggest launch since the 1970s, when the company introduced its first chicken sandwich. Burger king will serve two versions a classic grilled dog, and a chili cheese dog. The franchise started experimenting with hot dogs in five cities last year and is putting the items on its menu across the nation. High pressure will keep the weather dry for most areas through early next week. Expect mostly sunny to partly cloudy, mild afternoons, with highs in western Nevada Valley locations, and midupper 50s in the sierra. Nights will stay chilly, with lows around freezing. A weak system will move into the Pacific Northwest friday night into saturday. Some clouds, a slight cooldown, and an isolated shower north of i80 are possible. A major pattern change is not expected through at least the middle of next week. Jeff tonight partly cloudy, with a low around 35. South wind around 5 mph. Thursday mostly sunny, with a high near 65. South wind around 5 mph. Thursday night partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Friday mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Friday night partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Saturday some clouds, with a high near 61. Saturday night partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Sunday mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Washingtons birthday sunny, with a high near 63. Monday night mostly clear, with a low around 36. Tuesday sunny, with a high near 66. High pressure will keep the weather dry for most areas through early next week. Expect mostly sunny to partly cloudy, mild afternoons, with highs in the midupper 60s for most western Nevada Valley locations, and midupper 50s in the sierra. Nights will stay chilly, with lows around freezing. A weak system will move into the Pacific Northwest friday night into saturday. Some clouds, a slight cooldown, and an isolated shower north of i80 are possible. A major pattern change is not expected through at least the middle of next week. Jeff tonight partly cloudy, with a low around 35. South wind around 5 mph. Thursday mostly sunny, with a high near 65. South wind around 5 mph. Thursday night partly cloudy, with a low around 37. High near 66. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Friday night partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Saturday some clouds, with a high near 61. Saturday night partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Sunday mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Sunday night partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Washingtons birthday sunny, with a high near 63. Monday night mostly clear, with a low around 36. Tuesday sunny, with a high near 66. High pressure will keep the weather dry for most areas through early next week. Expect mostly sunny to partly cloudy, mild afternoons, with highs in the midupper 60s for most western Nevada Valley locations, and midupper 50s in the sierra. Nights will stay chilly, with lows around freezing. A weak system will move into the Pacific Northwest friday night into saturday. Some clouds, a slight cooldown, and an isolated shower north of i80 are possible. A major pattern at least the middle of next week. Jeff tonight partly cloudy, with a low around 35. South wind around 5 mph. Thursday mostly sunny, with a high near 65. South wind around 5 mph. Thursday night partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Friday mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Friday night partly cloudy, with one imports is recalling a line of dining chairs. The capella island swivel dining chair has been reported three times for breaking. The chairs can break at the base, creating a fall hazard. Chair should stop using it and return it to any pierone store for a full refund or merchandise credit. You can find more information about the recall at kolotvdot com. Just click on hot topics. Volkswagen is recalling 680thousand vehicles equipped with takata airbags. The company says the drivers side airbags may have defective inflators. The bag could break and fragments could hurt or kill the driver the recall involved several models made between 2006 and 2014. Volkswagen will contact the owners impacted by this recall. Its another step forward for self driving cars. The federal governments Highway Safety agency agrees the Computers Controlling cars can be considered the driver. Despite the ruling, the government does not think cars without brake pedals, or steering wheels, meet safety requirements. Twitter is hitting an alltime low. The social media users, in the last three months. Shares fell nearly 12 percent today on the news. They may be generating sales with sponsored tweets and partnerships, but many people believe the company isnt growing fast enough. Twitters latest attempt to broaden its appeal is a new algorithm, which will change the order of feeds. There are still rumors about the company being up for sale. A citys cry for help has been taken to washington. Coming up, the emotional testimonies made by members of the flint michigan community. And, burglars targeted a nonprofit. The impact this will have on local children. For news while youre on the go, listen to our newscast partner, flint mayor karen weaver traveled to testify in front of the House Democratic committee on steering and policy. The hearing examined the state of the water crisis on hand and heard testimony from Public Health experts. Kolo 8 news now washington correspondent peter zampa was inside the hearing room on capitol hill. My students cannot even walk to the nearest fountain to quench their thirst. This has become their new normal. Excuse me. An emotional bilal tawaab, superintendent of flint schools, and mayor karen weaver sat in front of 35 House Democrats for two and a half hours, discussing the needs of flint and how congress can help a city at its knees climb to its feet. She says the emotion reciprocated by Congress Members spoke volumes. Mayor karen weaver we didnt know what we had because no one was hearing our story. And thats really important to us to know that we have this kind of support, that we have this backing and this solidarity. Congressman dan kildee says the testimony from Health Experts provided a grim outlook to the committee when it comes to the lasting effects congressman dan kildee lead exposure can be. It cant be cured but it can be overcome. But it requires treatment, it requires nutrition, and it requires us to move fast. Governor dan snyder was invited to attend the hearing as well. But he was nowhere to be found here on capitol hill. Tawaab says the governors noshow does not send the right message to the children of flint. Superintendent bilal tawaab as a child in flint it would make me feel as if i do not matter. And we truly believe that children in flint matter. Mayor weaver says this hearing showed that many Congress Members stand in solidarity with flint. She hopes that another high profile politician shows his. Mayor karen weaver im asking right now president obama come to flint. Reporting in washington, im peter zampa. Us job openings are close, to an alltime high. According to the labor department, there were 5point6 million unfilled jobs in december. But many us workers, dont have the skills for vocational training, and experts say employers are asking for too much. Theyre asking for things like a College Degree for entrylevel positions. A local charity was robbed this week. Were taking you inside, to show you the damage left behind. And, what this means for the organization. Plus. The oregon refuge standoff, just past its 40 day mark. The conditions 4 protesters are pushing through. Thousaequipment from a local
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