Hawkeye state. The republicans look to clash without donald trump on the stage. The gop frontrunner. Speaking out. On why hes not attending. And what hell be doing instead of participating in the debate. Abcs ray raimundi explains. The fox News Donald Trump debate controversy continues this morning . Both sides engaged in a high stakes game of chicken just hours before tonights final debate sot 20 18 20 00 oreilly but by walking away from the debate, you are not giving them. Trump im not walking away. I was pushed away. Im not walking away, bill. Oreilly you are walking away. Trump defending his decision to skip out on the Republican Debate on fox news sot 20 02 05 00 i was not treated well by fox. I have zero respect for megyn kelly. I dont think she is very good at what she does. I think she is highly overrated. And the gop frontrunners republican counterparts pouncing on his decision to be a no show. Particularly senator ted cruz protest leader ammon bundy has asked the remaining occupiers at the wildlife refuge in oregon, to stand down. Bundy issued this statement through his controversy continues high stakes game of chicken just hours before tonights final debate sot 20 18 20 00 oreilly but by walking away from the debate, you are not giving them. Trump im not walking away. I was pushed away. Im not walking away, bill. Oreilly you are walking away. Trump defending his decision to skip out on the Republican Debate on fox news sot 20 02 05 00 i was not treated well by fox. I have zero remaining occupiers at the wildlife refuge in oregon, to stand down. Bundy issued this statement through his attorney. To those remaining at the refuge, i love you. Let us take this fight from here. Please stand down. Please stand down. Go home and hug your families. This fight is ours for now in the courts. Please go home. Were made last night bringing the total to 11. According to the complaint, the group had explosives and night vision goggles and was prepared to fight. They originally occupied the building to protest what they call government overreach on federal land. There wont be a new trial for a nevada trucking firm, for the deadly amtrak crash in 2011 outside fallon. A federal judge decided to uphold the 2014 decision made by a Us District Court jury. The jury decided the truck driver wasnt paying attention; and was to blame for the crash. The driver was killed along with five people on the california zephyr. The judge ruled the 2014 verdict was reasonable, and there was no legal basis to revisit the case. John davis trucking was ordered to pay more than four and a half Million Dollars in damages to amtrak. A jury has sided with the peppermill resort spa and casino over an 8 the grand sierra resort against a corporate analyst for the peppermill. Ryan tors was caught using a reset key, to gather information from its slot machines. State investigators found he also collected other casinos. Peppermill was fined 1Million Dollars. Gsr sought damages, a order, and injunction gsr can appeal the jurys decision. After a long battlethe city of reno and the truckee meadows Fire Protection district have agreed to settle a lawsuit regarding fire services. The Reno City Council voted yesterday to accept the terms of a settlement. The county will pay the city 447thousand dollars in back workers comp fees. But thats it. Both parties are choosing not to argue over damaged fire engines. Or missing equipment. This ends a nearly four year battle between the two agencies. And fosters a Good Relationship that couldin the futurelead to another attempt at fire consolidation. Nevadas capital is thriving but it needs grow. Carson city mayor bob crowell delivered his state of the city address yesterday. The city is getting ready to break ground on its downtown redevelopment project that will make significant improvements to the heart of the city. I really want to have nevada day when i have wider sidewalks, a place to go up and down to sit and also we can go across the street from the Legislature Without worry about getting whacked the project is set to wrap up in october. Over the last year, the city added 11 acres of land for recreational use, and has increased revenue by nearly 13 Million Dollars. Changes are coming to aces ballpark. Last year the ballpark played host to dozens of community events. And next year theyll welcome a United Soccer League team to the stadium. Kolo 8 news nows Chris Buckley has a look at the parks future. The last year brought a variety of events to aces ballark. Our ownership mr. Simons vision is the ballpark is a community ceter so baseball is the primary place holder, but then its how else can we use the venue so weve had over 80 count the ice rink, soccer will be getting added, i think theres only room to grow. A United Soccer League team will be taking the field next year. The response has been fantastic i mean the sport is growing tremendously i think that were still at the front edge of the popularity in this country and were really fortuate to have an owner thats giving us this opportunity to invest in something so exciting. And a Stadium Authority is now in place. The purpose is that Washoe County will be investing their poprtion of the ballpark property taxes that will be put into a fund to be used for Facility Maintenance and so the Stadium Authority will govern that maintenance over the long term theres also a plan for 1. 2 Million Dollars in upgrades. For hd video and surround sound. And Team Officials say all payments are current. And the 63 Million Dollar debt is in good standing. The last year there were soe back property taxes that were an issue thats all been settled, current property taxes are working just fine and at this point i think were on solid footing with dealing with our partners in the city and nothing but blue skies ahead weve got a great future ahead of us. That was Chris Buckley reporting. Chance to help pick the name of the new soccer team. Fe warm and dry conditions as High Pressure shifts to the east today. The next storm will impact the region high elevation snow. A cold front will bring lowering snow levels friday night and saturday. Expect travel impacts in the sierra and western nevada throughout the weekend and possibly into early next week. Short term. Main changes to the forecast for this morning were to increase snow totals above 8000 feet issue a winter storm watch for the sierra friday night and saturday, and increase the wind gust potential across western nevada and the eastern sierra friday afternoon. Some light rain will occur today along and north of i80 as a bit of warm air advection crosses the region. The storm remains on track with the jet pushing a warm and deep moisture plume into the northern sierra and northeast california friday morning. The moisture plume and a cold front will slowly track north to south from friday evening to saturday morning. Once the front passes, snow levels of 80009000 feet ahead of the front pressure shifts to the east today. The next storm will impact the region starting friday with strong winds, rain, and high elevation snow. A cold front will bring lowering snow levels friday night and saturday. Expect travel impacts in the sierra and western nevada throughout the weekend and possibly into early next week. Short term. Main changes to the forecast for this morning were to increase snow totals above 8000 feet issue a winter storm watch for the sierra friday night and saturday, and increase the wind gust potential across western nevada and the eastern sierra friday afternoon. Some light rain will occur today along and north of i80 as a bit of warm air advection crosses the region. The storm remains on track with the jet pushing a warm and deep moisture plume into the northern sierra and northeast california friday morning. The moisture plume and a cold front will slowly track north to south from friday evening to saturday morning. Once the front passes, snow will drop to 40005500 feet. Pressure shifts to the east today. The next storm will impact the region starting friday with strong winds, rain, and five arrests have been made in connection to the california jail break thats sparked a massive manhunt. The Orange County sheriff says the people arrested, had some connection to the inmates who escaped, and more arrests are expected. The three men considered dangerous are still on the run. Some of the people arrested were members of a vietnamese gang. Investigators are convinced that the inmates had outside help in escaping the prison because of the clean cuts made to inchthick steel bars. A mosquitoborne virus is spreading that can hurt unborn children. Its called the zika virus. And president obama has ordered Rapid Research to help prevent it from spreading. Local doctorjames wilson has been appointed to the zika kolo 8 news nows Terri Russell spoke with him about the dangers of the virus. Dr. James wilson is with the nevada state Infectious Disease forecast center. With a group of disease specialist throughout the country, he and others will be watching the zika virus closely and its impact on countries in central and south america. Dr. James wilson nevada state Infectious Disease forecast center pregnant women have been the focus of this. And we really should expand the consideration to any fertile woman. Really should avoid unnecessary travel during this hot period of transmission. Thats because pregnant women exposed to the virus can have children with a syndrome called microcephaly, the brains are highly underdevelopedit is sometimes fatal and extremely debilatating where Life Expectancy is short. This mosquito, the ades aegypti is responsible for the transmission of the virus. Some people exposed feel no ill effects, others may come down with severe joint pain, rash, and red eyes. The virus stays in the system for 21 days. Dr. Wilson says because the mosquito and its life cycle needs to survive in areas where temperatures are consistenly in the 80s, even if it made it to this country, there are only a couple of areas where they could spread the disease. Certain dr. Wilson americans love their air conditioning, americans have screen doors. Americans have much better access to mosquito control. Dr. Wilson says hes not ruling the moquito connection out here in our country. But we may be more likely to see it enter the United States by someone who has traveled to a country impacted by the zika virus. Dr. Wilson it can spread through sexual contact. If you are a man, get infected, you have virus in your blood stream, you go back home within that narrow window of time up to 21 days, you can potentially infect your spouse. And if you are trying to have children, well you are now in that same risk zone. That was Terri Russell reporting chances are either you or somebody you know owns a fitbit. Those bracelets track your steps. And in some cases your heart rate. But as mary moloney explains. Some are asking does it actually work . This year the word chances are either you or somebody you know those bracelets track your steps. And in some cases your heart rate. But as mary moloney explains. Some are asking does it actually work . This year the word health is almost synonymous with the word fitbit. Not only do you see these brightly colored bracelets at the gym or work but the catchy commercials run frequently. They promise to help get you in shape but do the wearable trackers work . This month fitbit was hit with a Class Action Lawsuit alleging fraud. According to the suit two of the companys heart rate monitors the Fitbit Charge hr and the fitbit surge dont accurately measure your heart rate. And that could be potentially dangerous. Especially for people looking to push their heart rates past a certain mark. The suit surprised Consumer Reports who tested and recommended the Fitbit Charge hr and the fitbit surge. So Consumer Reports retested the devices. And compared fitbits products with another device that has proven accuracy the polar h7 testers again found both fitbit models were on point. And if there was a variance between the polar device or the fitbit it was no more than three beats per minute. Which isnt big. But Consumer Reports noticed one exception. The Fitbit Charge hr would give more inaccurate readings at higher intensity workouts depending on where that strap was put on the arm. If you follow fitbits directions and wear the device in the place it recommends the monitor is accurate. While Consumer Reports says it will keep an eye on the fitbit lawsuit it says it will continue to recommend the fitbit surge and the fitbit hr trackers. Im mary moloney. . Have you ever waited patiently for concert tickets to go on sale, and then in an instant. Theyre all sold out . In new york, a three year investigation was launched into ticket pricing. The new York State Attorney generals investigation found less than half of tickets for concerts, sports and other for the public. Most are held for the venue, the performer, the promoter, or for presale, to insiders. The study found much of what is released, ends up with brokers who resell at a markup. For example, a one direction ticket was originally 79 dollars, but was sold for over 4thousand dollars. The investigation discovered brokers were using illegal trt 2 33 0128ms01 a milestone for nevadas jane albright. The womens head coach won the 500th game of her career. It came down in san diego, as the pack beat the aztecs 7064. Its taken albright 32 years to get here, winning 103 of those games at nevada. The pack is now 3and5 in conference play. They return home to host utah state on saturday nearly knocked off San Diego State on tuesday night. They led the aztecs for most of the game, before falling by just three points. Certainly signs of improvement. San diego state is in first place, with a perfect record in the mountain west. Musselman we had three or four guys play their worst game and we still could have won the game. It wasnt like we had one or two guys who just played off the charts, and we hung with the team thats 80 in the league. So effort, enthusiasm. You know, everythings go to be put into perspective. Our guys played really hard, our program has come pretty doggone far in a short period of time. We could have won the game, and we didnt nevada hits the road to take on utah state this weekend. The aggies also lost to San Diego State their last time out renos ryan bader is going to be in the main event this weekend at ufc on fox 18. The mcqueen graduate takes on anthony rumble johnson in a light heavyweight bout. Johnson is ranked second in the world bader is 4th, with a 20 and4 carer record, including 134 alltime in the ufc. A win could lead to a title shot. The fight card begins on saturday at 5pm Serena Williams was looking to advance back into the Australian Open final. She won it last year for a record sixth time in her career. And she had little trouble with agnieszka radwanska. It took her just over an hour to win 6love, 64. She will play Angelique Kerber in the finals on saturday. Williams is looking to win her 22nd career grand slam title. The 49ers made a big hire on wednesday. Hiring jim oniel as their new defensive coordinator. Oniel held that same job for the last two seasons in cleveland. The browns were ranked 27th in total defense last season, and 23rd the year before that. He replaces eric mangini, who was let go by new head coach chip kelly warm and dry conditions as High Pressure shifts to the east today. 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