With only one day left before the republican caucus. The majority of the remaining gop candidates are coming to nevada for a last minute push. And the democrats are in the south courting the crucial African American vote. Heres abcs Kenneth Moton with more on the race for the white house. Nat Hillary Clinton we just won nevada its the democrats turn in the deep south while the republicans are now out west in nevada for tomorrows caucuses. Sot donald trump 16 35 35 were going to keep winning. Were going to make America Great again this morning, donald trump is still riding high after his big weekend win in South Carolina. He scored all 50 of the states delegates, winning evangelical voters. Sot trump you know, i didnt know i was going to win by that much. And we won by a lot. that was sort of recordsetting stuff. The gop pack is down to 5 contenders. Jeb bush out. It out to become the trump alternative. Sot ted cruz 17 48 26 donald trump has demonstrated that he has a relatively high floor of support but hes also got i think a ceiling. Nevada caucus winner Hillary Clinton is favored in South Carolina. Shes already focused on the super tuesday states like texas where she rallied over the weekend. Sot clinton some may have doubted us, but we never doubted each other it was also another big rally for Bernie Sanders in greenville, South Carolina. He got some celebrity help from actor danny glover. Sanders is working to court the black vote. Which lead to an awkward, luke warm reception at this predominantly African American church. Tomorrow night, sanders and clinton will hit the stage for a democratic town hall at the university of South Carolina. The republicans are spending today rallying in nevada where the latest poll has trump leading by 26 points. Kenneth moton, abc News Washington as kenneth mentioned. Several of the gop candidates will be making appearances today in the silver state ahead of tomorrows rebecca kitchen is live from Virginia City where supporters will have a chance to hear from dr. Ben carson. Good morning dave and amanda. This will be an interesting couple of days as these candidates make their final arguments for why they deserve to win nevada. Especially after governor jeb bushs decision to drop out of the race. His supporters are shopping around. Yesterday. Carson made a last minute visit to nevada. His appearance today was schedule but even with the short notice about 350 people showed up. Some telling our own Catherine Van they were looking for that new candidate to support. Carson behind in the polls and coming in last in South Carolinas primary. Really has a lot of ground to make however speaking to the crowd yesterday at the atlantis. He seemed to have an air of confidence. Saying people shouldnt assume trump will be the nominee. And he told the crowd. That voters should pay closer attention to policies. 0222d100 11 ben please learn and read. Dont allow yourself to be manipulated like that. Find out what socialism really is. The soft spoken carson does have his supporters. They say they like that he hasnt gotten caught up in the mudslinging. Carson and some of his supporters also have been comparing him to teddy rossevelt. Saying carson carries the big stick to help america win 9 30 a. M. 11 00 a. M. Pt we the people town hall pipers opera house 12 b street Virginia City, nv 89440 interesting fact. I believe this will be the first president ial canditate to visit virginia ciy since ulysses s. Grant in the 1870s. Ted cruz is holding a rally this afternoon in elko. After that hell be at the boys and girls club in reno for a rally at 7 tonight. Cruz also has rallies planned in fernley, minden and carson city tomorrow. And marco rubio will be in elko for a rally this morning before heading to reno for a rally at the peppermill. That event begins at 12 30. He then heads to minden for another rally this afternoon. And finally, donald trump will speak at a rally tomorrow at the nugget casino resort. For more information about these Campaign Events and for up to date caucus coverage. Just head to kolo tv dot com and click on hot topics. And as rebecca mentioned earlier. After a disappointing 4th saturdays South Carolina gop primary. Jeb bush has ended his president ial campaign. Bush started the 2016 race the oddson favorite, with a Huge Campaign coffer from bigmoney donors. But he was unable to recover once donald trump started blasting him with personal insults, repeatedly as a rock and low energy. Nevada senator dean heller is endorsing jeb bush had dropped out of the race. Senator heller says hes convinced rubio can unite conservatives to beat the democrats in other bush supporters would also switch to representative mark amodei and Assembly Majority leader paul our community is mourning the loss of nevada senator debbie smith. She passed away yesterday at the age of 60. She began treatment for a malignant brain tumor a year ago. She was was first elected to the state assembly in 2000 and won a seat in the senate in 2012. Governor Brian Sandoval ordered flags on all state buildings to be lowered to half staff in her honor. Meantime politicians from across the state have expressed sorrow over her passing. Reno mayor Hillary Schieve released a statement saying in part. Quote i, along with my fellow Reno City Council members, extend our sympathy to debbies family and friends during this difficult time. She will be missed. And representative dina titus said senator debbie smith was a dear friend, a valued colleague, and a genuinely good person. She always put nevadas Children First and never sought any credit or personal attention. The search is on for the driver who police say was initially involved in a deadly pedestrian accident in northwest reno. 31 year old shilo auble before 7. Investigators say it started when two cars were drag racing. Thats when auble got out of his car and started running after the other car. Police say thats when he was hit by a thirdunrelated car. The driver of the car involved in the initial incident took off before police arrived. Its described as a small, dark colored passenger car. If you have any information about this accident, call secret witness at 3224900. The egg roll king in sparks will be closed until fvther notice after a fire broke out at the business yesterday morning. The restaurant was closed at the time, so firefighters had to force their way inside. Firefighters say the fire was in the kitchen cooking hood. No word yet on how it started. An update now on the missing Douglas County woman. Carolyn batchelor has california Highway Patrol found her suv in the area of Inspiration Point overlooking emerald bay. Search and rescue crews from Eldorado County and Douglas County are now searching the area. But the recent snow and steep terrain is making the search difficult. Another mass shooting. This time in kalamazoo, michigan. Now investigators are trying to figure out a motive for the killings. And today crews will be breaking apart a boulder at lake tahoe. And itll be a big job causing some traffic problems. Coming up, Lindsey Matherly will have your complete forecast. Thats next on kolo 8 news now. Youre watching kolo 8 news now good morning reno with dave lawrence, Amanda Sanchez and Lindsey Matherly with your hour by hour forecast a large boulder is problems in the glenbrook area of lake tahoe. Check it out. The boulder rolled onto westbound u. S. 50 saturday night. Its estimated to be 9 feet wide and 6 feet tall. Ndot plans on breaking the boulder apart today. Removed, one lane of westbound us 50 will remain closed. High pressure will strengthen over the sierra and western nevada, bringing dry conditions through the work week. Above average temperatures today will ease down to near average tuesday, then jump to well above average for wednesday through friday. The next chance for light a fastmoving upper disturbance is moving off into the eastern half of nevada and taking most of the mid and high clouds with it. The infrared satellite presentation is was decent forcing wise with the disturbance with a 120 kt jet nose working into southeast california and southern nevada. However, the lower levels started moved through quickly so no more than a few sprinkles or a very brief period of light valley rain higher tragedy in michigan as an entire family is found dead inside their home. The silent killer suspected in their deaths. And heres a look at todays pump patrol. According to gasbuddy. Com you will pay. 1. 99 at smiths and usa gasoline. We have a link to the cheapest prices in your neighborhood on our kolo 8 app or at kolotv. Com. Remember. Prices are subject to change. Were learning more about saturdays horrific shooting spree in michigan that left 6 people dead and 2 others hospitalized. The suspect is due in court today to face murder charges. As reid binion reports. The incident has many people asking why. These were very deliberate killings. Prosecutor jeff calm manner in which he says uber driver Jason Brian Dalton carried out saturday nights shooting spree. This wasnt hurried in any way, shape or form. Theyre on video. Weve watched the video with law enforcement. Daltons alleged rampage played over the course of nearly seven hours. Starting at an apartment complex late saturday afternoon. Where police say he gunned down a woman in the parking lot. The victim is hospitalized, and expected to survive. Her neighbors described the horrifying attack. He was here to kill. More than four hours later, another attack a father and his teenage son shot and killed at a car dealership. Just minutes after that, police say dalton opened fire on five people in a restaurant and injuring another. He was finally arrested just after 12 30 am sunday morning. A passenger who rode with dalton before the rampage described troubling behavior. We got maybe a mile from my house, got a telephone call, after that call he started driving erratically. We were kind of driving through medians, driving through the lawn. Once he came to a stop i jumped out of the car and ran away. Perhaps even more bizarre, a source with knowledge of the investigation says dalton picked up and dropped off passengers between shootings. Investigators think he was looking for even more fares after the final attack. Im reid binion, reporting. Endcnn. Script tag uber confirmed to cnn uber driver and said he had passed a they also issued a statement extending and families and the investigation. Another tragic story out of michigan where police say a family of 6 was found dead inside their home. They believe from apparent Carbon Monoxide poisoning. A relative found the 2 children and 4 adults yesterday afternoon in their bedrooms in fenton township near the town of flint. The sheriff says a generator was running in the basement likely due to a power outage friday night. The incident reamains under investigation. Lots of accidents on chair lifts across the country lately. Things for skiiers to keep in mind to stay safe plus. What new research is showing when it comes to retirees and social activites. For news while youre on the move, listen to our news partner newstalk 780 koh something new each week. Well bring you a park of the week. Were partnered with Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation and well feature a different park every monday. Regional park, located off of sierra street in north reno. This park has lots of trails and open space and is home to the wilbur may arboretum and herman pond where you will find lots of waterfowl. High pressure will strengthen over the sierra and western nevada, bringing dry conditions through the work week. Above average when some people reach retirement age, a lot of them talk about long days of seclusion and relaxation. But a new Study Suggests that retirees get social. Researchers from the university of queensland in australia say being socially active actually has the same Health Benefits as exercise and the more social groups a person belongs to in early retirement, the lower their risk of death. The study also showed within six years of stopping work was 2 percent for those who belonged 2 social groups during retirement. When a person dropped out of one of those groups the chance of death climbed to 5 percent. And when the person left both groups, the chance of death spiked to 12percent. Researchers concluded that social planning may be as important as university of queensland in australia say being socially active actually has the same Health Benefits as exercise and the more social groups a person belongs to in early retirement, the lower their risk of death. The study also showed the chance of dying within six years of stopping work was 2 percent for those who belonged 2 social groups during retirement. When a person dropped groups the chance of death climbed to 5 percent. And when the person left both groups, the chance of death spiked good morning. Its monday, february 22nd. Im Amanda Sanchez and im dave lawrence. Candidates are gearing up for tomorrows gop caucuses here in nevada. Many are making several stops throughout the silver state today. Heres a live look from Virginia City where republican president ial candidate ben carson will hold a town hall later this morning. Hell be at pipers opera house. Doors open in about an hour this morning and the event begins at 9 30. Lets go to Lindsey Matherly with a look at the forecast. High pressure will strengthen over the bringing dry conditions above average temperatures today will ease down to near jump to well above average for wednesday through friday. The next chance for light precipitation will be a fastmoving upper keeton from the koh radio traffic center. So far . Traffic running no major delays on major delays on highways in northern california. Back to you in the studio. Thanks very much mike. In the race for the white house. Its the democrats turn in the deep south while the republicans are now here in nevada for tomorrows caucuses. Trump is still riding high win in South Carolina. He scored all 50 of the states delegates. Nevada caucus winner Hillary Clinton is favored in South Carolina. Shes 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 unr 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 thing, what really seperates him from hillary he has a lot of really great stances on Racial Justice which i think are really valuable, 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 5027. 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 state. In las vegas, here in Washoe County and many other places. Long lines delayed the start of the democratic caucuses. Caucus sites were reportedly still trying to register voters long past the scheduled noon start time. The overcrowding even pushed some precincts outside. And a bizarre moment during a ted cruz rally in pahrump. A heckler had to be escorted out of the event. Take a look. 0005 where is a Police Officer, where is a Police Officer . Info no word on what that confrontation was all about the republican caucuses will start between 5 and 7 pm tomorrow night. For more information on caucus locations near you. Go to kolo tv dot com and click on hot topics. A company known for making firearms is expected to ask a connecticut judge to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit in connection with the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The suit was filed against bushmaster that made the rifle used to kill 20 firstgraders and six educators at sandy hook elementary in 2012. Freedom group. The north carolinabased Parent Company of bushmaster firearms. Says its protected by a 2005 federal law that shields gun manufacturers from most lawsuits over criminal use of their products. A Bridgeport Superior Court judge is scheduled to hear arguments this afternoon. Bill cosbys wife, Camille Cosby, is set to be questioned today in a defamation lawsuit brought againgst her husband. In the lawsuit, seven women alleged cosby defamed them by branding them as liars when they went public about the sexual assault. Cosby denied those allegations and filed a contersuit. Lawyers for the cosbys attempted to reject the deposition subpoena, arguing Camille Cosby doesnt have any relevant information about the lawsuit. Areva martin sot no wife wants to go into a deposition or public forum and have to testify about her personal relationship testify about his relationships with other women. The cosby lawyers also argued that the converstations camille has had with her husband are confidential, but a judge ruled yesterday that the deposition hearing will go on. Sports reporter erin andrews is set to return to nashville for her negligence lawsuit against marriott hotels. The suit stems from a case in 2008 in which a man rigged hotel peepholes and filmed andrews changing clothes. Andrews accuses marriott and others of allowing a man to book rooms next to hers, enabling him to make the videos. Andrews is seeking 75 million dollars. The Us Supreme Court will resume hearing cases today in the first session since antonin scalias death. Thousands of people attended scalias funeral saturday. Bells tolled for him as his flag draped casket was carried into the basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in washington d. C. Author harper lee was laid to rest at a private funeral in her hometown of monroeville alabama saturday. Lee died friday at the age of 89. A group of local veterans will be cycling with purpose today. How a program in reno is helping rehabilitate service men and women in distress. Experts weigh in. On stepping on the scale. How often you do it, may sabotage your weight loss efforts. Youre watching kolo 8 news now good morning reno with dave lawrence, Amanda Sanchez and Lindsey Matherly some of us use bikes to get to work or to exercise. But one program is using them to help local veterans. And as kolo 8 news nows matt vaughan shows us. A group will be riding later today to raise awareness about project hero. Ride 2 Recovery Project hero, one of many will host an Indoor Cycling event on monday, february 22, 2016 starting at noon. It will be held at great basin bicycles, which is located at 8048 south virginia street in reno. The event, called pedal 22 for the 22, will introduce cycling volunteers from the Reno Community to r2r Program Participants and start preparations for future Outdoor Group rides. The r2r Program Participants and cyclist volunteers at the event will be free for disabled veterans and 10 for the general public. Participants are asked to rsvp for this event, as there are limited computrainer units available. The number 22 is significant because 22 veterans commit suicide each day , often due to despair reporting live from great basin bicycles in south reno. Matt vaughan, kolo 8 news now. If youre trying to lose weight, the bathroom scale can sometimes feel like your enemy. But research is saying that maybe we shouldnt fear the scale so much after all. But a recent study published by researchers at Cornell University suggests that frequent weighing in, can help weightloss weight can fluctuate by as much as five to six pounds per day, based on fluid retention or even the time of day they step on the scale. Experts recommend weighing in once or twice per week, at the same time of the day, on the same days of the week. Cg leslie heinberg, phd Cleveland Clinic if youre trying to lose weight without gathering some of this information, its a little bit like driving your car in a new town without the gps you might stumble onto your destination, but having all that information, by having a roadmap, youre going to get there much more quickly and efficiently. 18 dr. Leslie heinberg from the Cleveland Clinic says the number on the scale is just one piece of data. Things like waist measurements and how your clothes fit are just as important for creating an overall picture of health. High pressure will nevada, bringing dry conditions through the work week. Above average temperatures today will ease down to near average tuesday, then jump to well above average for wednesday through friday. The next chance for light precipitation will be saturday. A fastmoving upper disturbance is moving taking most of the mid and high clouds with it. The infrared satellite presentation is was decent forcing wise with the disturbance with a 120 kt jet nose working into southeast california and southern nevada. However, the lower levels started dry and the forcing moved through quickly so no more than a few sprinkles or a very brief period of light elevation snow was likely. Today through wednesday, a ridge of High Pressure builds over northeast california the sky tavern junior ski and Snowboard Program is having a big year. And theyre looking to expand their facilities. Theyre hoping to install a new 2thousand square foot dome for the sky kids program. Thats the program for threetosix years olds. More than 170 sky kids are participating in the program this year. Its the most kids theyve seen in several years and their Current Space is too small. We hope to have it done by the summer, have another great kids in. Every year we get bigger and every year were changing things around, making it better for the kids, for the parents, for everyone that comes up, and to have a great time. If you are interested in helping out with this project just go to kolo tv dot com and click on hot topics. Like any thrilling sport skiing can take a dangerous turn at any moment. Sometimes before a skiier even hits the slopes. As abcs Clayton Sandell shows us. There are ways to stay safe as you make your way up the mountain. For more than 6 terrifying minutes, this 11 year old boy dangles from a chair lift with the safety bar up, he had dropped a ski pole and slid out trying to catch it. Then. That dramatic moment, volunteer rescuers holding out a tarp and urging him to let go . He wasnot hurt. Although chairlfit accidents are rare, a reminder this busy spring break season about how sot Michael Russo safety manager, copper mtn. Resort if you think you are gonna drop Something Like a pole or a glove, its best just to let that item drop, and then somebody can go back around and pick it up for you. But sometimes there are mechanical technical failures . Like yesterday in west virginia. 25 people fell when the lift derailed, dropping 30 feet. 100 skiers left stranded . Rescuers using harnesses to get them down sot Lyons Davidson when it hit the ground, everybody that didnt have their safety bar down got ejected out. 2 needed extra medical attention for minor injuries. The timberline four seasons resort saying in a statement all lifts undergo thorough and rigorous inspection and are in compliance with Safety Standards Clayton Sandell abc news denver. The list of best actor who has never taken home the golden statue. Will Leonardo Dicaprio finally steal the show. We have an oscars preview. For news while youre on the this years list of oscar nominees up for best actor is stacked. Nearly all have won an oscar or have been nominated before. Leonardo dicaprio. And whether the 5time acting nominee will finally take home the gold statue. Abcs brandi hitt reports. Script nats 1 they are hollywoods leading men. Nats leo . Competing for oscar gold. Sot eddie redmayne, best actor nominee its a such an extraordinary ride. 1 this years best actor nominees include brian cranston. Matt damon. Leonardo dicaprio. Michael fassbender. And eddie redmayne. Fresh off his win. Last year. Sot i am a lucky, lucky man. 3 damon starring in the martian is also an oscar winner. Taking home 1998s best original screenplay. Alongside friend ben affleck. Sot all our friends and family. And everyone back in boston watching us tonight 4 sot matt damon, best actor nominee 18 years later i think its. Yeah. This is great. And im going to smell the roses. 4 this is fassbenders second nomination playing the role of steve jobs. Nats on it. 2 and trumbos Bryan Cranston is up for his first oscar . Ever. Sot Bryan Cranston, best actor nominee im delirious about it im really happy about it. 3 nats but this years favorite is dicaprio. In the brutal drama the revenant. Sot Leonardo Dicaprio, best actor nominee its us immersed in this world. Its very rewarding. 3 sot lesley messer, abc news Digital Entertainment editor leo is one of those stars. Who seems to be nominated every single year. And shockingly has never won. 5 look thats dicaprio in 1994 . Nominated for whats eating gilbert grape. Then the aviator. Blood diamond. And the wolf of wall street. But no win. Sot lesley messer, abc news Digital Entertainment editor thats going to end this year. This is his year. 2 in fact dicaprio has already won countless awards for the revenant including a golden globe. And sag award. Find out if he takes home his first oscar. Sunday. Brandi hitt abc news hollywood. The oscars will be airing right here on kolo 8 on sunday. The road to gold sparts at 1 pm. The red carpet pre show starts at 2. And the oscars will the obamas got a special guest at the white house over the weekend. How this 106 year old is dancing her way into americas hearts. Good morning coming up on Good Morning America new developments in that horrifying kalamazoo shooting the eldged wether the suspect heres a look at todays top stories. Several candidates making stops in nevada ahead of tomorrows gop caucuses. Will be in Virginia City for a public town hall today. Hell be at pipers opera house, located at 12 b street. Doors open at 7 30 this morning the event begins at 9 30 am. This event is free but an rsvp is requested. And ted cruz is holding elko. The boys and girls club tonight. Cruz also has rallies planned in fernley, minden and carson city tomorrow. Marco rubio will be in elko for a rally this morning before heading to reno for a rally at the peppermill. That event begins at 12 30. He then heads to minden for another rally this afternoon. Our community is mourning the loss of nevada senator debbie smith after a fight with brain cancer. She passed away yesterday at the age of 60. Governor Brian Sandoval ordered flags on all state buildings to be lowered to half staff in her honor. 31 year old shilo auble was hit and killed saturday night just out of his car and was hit by a vehicle passing by thats when the other driver involved in the race took off before police arrived. Their car is described as passenger car. If you have any information call secret witness at 3224900. Your final check of the forecast. High pressure will strengthen over the sierra and western nevada, bringing dry conditions through the work week. Above average temperatures today will ease down to near average tuesday, then jump to well above average for wednesday through friday. The next chance for light precipitation will be saturday. A fastmoving upper shes dancin whats the secret to dancin at 106 years old . Virginia mclaurin is 106 yearsold. She says shes waited all her life to see an African American president , so she couldnt help but dance with joy when she got to visit the white house. It was all possible through a social Media Campaign she started 2 years ago. Get this mclaurin has lived through 18 president s. We will back for an update in 30 minutes. Gma is coming up next. Good morning, america. Donald trump on a roll. We won with everything. Tall people, short people, fat people, skinny people. Just won. The gop frontrunner celebrates big backtoback wins, now all eyes on the nevada, the next vote casts tomorrow. Can marco rubio and ted cruz stop his momentum . The uber driver accused of killing six people, reportedly picking up fares during the rampage. Now those passengers are speaking out. Taking us inside the terrifying ride. We were driving through medians. And uber is responding to the attack. Amazing escape. A megabus evacuated just moments before it goes up in flames. A reporter onboard shares an account. How they all got out alive. Rocket man out of this world mystery. The newly uncovered tapes revealing the, quote, weird music, astronauts say was playing on the dark side of the moon. What the famous rocket man really heard. Im a rocket man ooh, that was bad. But it felt so good. Great monday morning here on gma. Were getting to the bottom of that space mystery and speaking of stars. Yes, none other than sam champion, everybody, in the house. Of course, they have pandora in space
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