3 bill it was a big 3 night for the silver state. As Republican Voters caucused for the president ial candidate of their choice. And as expected. Trump trumped everybody else. News 4s alex cannito joins us in studio with a recap of last nights events. 3 alex the big news this morning from here in nevada is that donald trump won the gop caucus last night. Across the state there were 1 thousand 784 precincts. But lets break down the numbers for here in washoe county. 3 trump dominated the caucus with 46 percent of people supporting him. Thats more than 23 hundred votes. Marco rubio came in second at roughly 27 percent. Thats nearly 13 hundred votes. And ted cruz came in third with about 18 percent of people showing support. Now to talk kantar mediacmag shows trump spend roughly 490 thousand dollars in nevada. While rubios team spent 920 thousand and cruz spent 790 thousand. But all that campaigning must have worked as this is trumps Third Straight win. And he says hes ready for this weeks upcoming debate. 3 donald trump r president ial candidate were going to do very well in ohio. Were beating the governor. Its always nice to be beating the governor. Its going to be an we might not even need the 2 months folks, to be honest. 3 alex the next step for the republican candidates is that debate in texas. Its happening tomorrow at the universitty of houston. It will air on cnn. And you can find full coverage right here on news 4. 3 bill the Republican National committee is concerned over reports of voting problems in southern confirms there were reports of double voting and not enough ballots at a High School Site in las vegas. There are also reports of people being turned away or being directed to another location. The doublevoting problem appears to be limited to one part of a caucus site where different precincts were combined. The party plans to compare the number of paper ballots to the signin sheet. 3 Samantha Donald trump and the other candidates werent the only ones in the National Spotlight last night. Nevadas gop caucus process itself was also being watched. News 4s terri hendry fill us in. 3 the site opened to a crowd and a long line at the five o clock start. Folks like john rabius came early saying they were excited to vote. Sot mr trump is going to be the man. Hes a new yorker, im a new yorker. We understand each other and im right in there. The line moved quickly with some saying it during the peak, it took just 15 to 20 minutes to get checked in and get their ballot to vote. The only hiccup, if you could call it that, happened to a handful he moved here from california and says he registered to vote with the dmv, but his name was not on the list. Sot a lot of people are going through trying to find whether im on the list, if its a dmv error or something. There were no provisional ballots on site and he says hes been waiting for more than an hour for someone to bring those ballots here. In addition to voting, there were also precinct meetings where neighbors could talk candidates, issues and party platform. Shelby kolesar we had a Small Business owner in our precinct and so she was really concerned about paying her employees insurance and keeping her people employed at her company. Gary cage everyone came with a pretty strong opinion. They were very interested in whats going on. The counting happened right after the caucus closed at 8 30. Trump, trump, cruz. And for the most part, despite a brief moment at this precinct when the numbers was quickly resolved, the vote counting too seemed to go very smoothly. 3 samantha that was terri hendry reporting for us this morning. She said the voting was a lot different than the last president ial election in 2012, when it took three days to verify the votes statewide. 3 bill and samantha lets take a 3 quick look outside. Current conditions and skycam it 3 over to meteorologist tim studebaker. For today look warm temperatures for this time of year plus light winds. On satellite and radar. Things are quiet for the day today. A mix of sun clouds and light winds. Temperatures are seasonably cool to start the day. Looking for very much above average highs later today. Right now. Air quality is 3 bill 3 new this morning. Sparks police, sparks fire and remsa were on the scene last night. Of a crash that sent one person to the hospital. It happened around 10 pm. At the intersection of sparks boulevard ane the i80 eastbound off ramp. An early investigation show that a minivan was going southbound on sparks boulevard. When a car on the offramp. Ran a red light. And hit the minivan. Sparks fire had to extricate the driver of the small car. She was then taken to renown for treatment. Right now. We do not know her condition. Nor the names of the people involved. It is also not known if alcohol was a factor in the crash. 3 samantha on the crime watch this morning. We now know the identity of one of the men involved in a high speed car chase monday night. That chase began around five pm. After a report of an apparent larceny involving 23year old Dominic Gonzalez and another suspect. It all came to an end at the grand sierra resort. Where custody by troopers. However, authorities are still trying to find the second suspect who ran from the car. 3 samantha nhp Officials Say he got away in a maroon Passenger Car with silver rims. Which picked him up at the gsr. He is reported as a white male adult, last seen wearing a black shirt or zipper pullover and blue jeans. 3 bill in more crime news. A carson city man accused of taking a 16yearold girl to north dakota for prostitution has been sentenced to about eight months in prison. Nineteenyearold Kevin Fleming pleaded guilty to felony Human Trafficking on monday. Flemings north dakota sentence will run at the same time as a similar sentence in nevada. A las vegas woman was also charged with Human Trafficking in this case. She pleaded guilty earlier and spent about eight months in prison. 3 sam and. Carson city sheriffs officials are asking for the publics help in identifying some burglary suspects. The burglary happened at the carson Treasure Thrift store earlier this month. Deputies say money was disclose how much. Heres a picture of the suspects vehicle. Its an oldsmobile alero, 4 door sedan with rear spoiler. They say the car is a model between the years of 1999 and 2004. Anyone with information on this case can call carson city sheriffs officials at the numbers right there on your screen. 3 swoosh sound 3 bill there has been some wicked weather tearing across the deep south. Still ahead on news four today. Where some possible tornados turned deadly. And what is planned for today. 3 sam plus. Tax season has officially started and millions of americans are filing their paperwork. National correspondent Kristine Frazao explains the chance of getting audited. The story. After the break. 3 3 stinger music sam 3 tax season is in full swing as millions of americans are filling out the paperwork hoping for a return and not a balance due. samantha but what about the likelihood of getting audited . Our National CorrespondentKristine Frazao takes a look at who might get that dreaded audit notice 3 tis the season for taxesa and for some, fear of a possible audita donald williamson, theres an urban myth that the irs is some kind of gestapo and thats simply not the case. 1jean pawlow, the odds of being audited, depending on how much money you make are really pretty low. 22 gfx according to the most recent irs data, those odds are less than one percent for middle income filers. They go up with income level, unless a person reports having no income. And audits arent as arduous as you may thinka pawlow, what you see in the movies is probably the irs agent knocking on your door, but a lot of the times you just get a letter from the irs something to keep in mind just because the irs sends you an audit letter it doesnt necessarily mean you owe more money. Pawlow sot. A lot of times the irs just has a question. And whether or not you get audited also comes down to your actions , not just your income like taking excessive deductions, failing to report all taxable income or taking an early payout from a retirement account all red flags vothe best way a taxpayer can prepare, in case of audit, is good recordkeeping. Williamson, the time to do tax tax return is not in march but in the 12 months preceeding march in washington, im Kristine Frazao reporting. it 3 over to meteorologist tim studebaker. 3 yesterday was very close to the average high for this time of year. Today. Much warmer temperatures are on the way. For today. A mix of sun clouds with light winds once again. Warm temperatures too. At the airport. Mostly clear to partly cloudy skies with temperatures seasonably cool to start the day. Light winds and dry conditions once again this morning. Temperatures are seasonably cool to start the day. Looking for very much above average highs later today. On satellite and radar. Things are quiet for the day today. A mix of sun clouds and light winds. For today look for sun clouds along with warm temperatures for this time of year plus light winds. On the 7 day forecast. Very warm temperatures for the next few days. A little unsettled heading into the weekend and the beginning of next week with low shower 3 tim clean up and Recovery Efforts begin today in belle rose, louisiana. After strong thunderstorms and possible tornadoes tore through the town last night. At least two people died when a suspected tornado hit a Mobile Home Park in st. James parish. South of baton rouge. And more than two dozen others were injured. Its believed that more than seven tornados swept through that area yesterday. 3 swoosh sound 3 bill authorities are fearing the worst this morning. As they hunt for survivors of a small plane crash. Well tell you where the search is centered. 3 samantha plus. We look ahead to next week. And super tuesday. What the 3 tim and heres a look at 3 in decision 2016 donald trump heads into super tuesday claiming victory in three states so far. He swept the nevada caucuses last night. But theyre still counting votes this morning. bill we still dont know who came in behind him. Tracie potts has a look ahead at the big prize on march first. 3 decision 2016 swoosh sound 3 sot donald trump r president ial candidate its gonna be an amazing two months. Donald trump already looking ahead to super tuesday after his victory in nevada. People standing in line for have you been waiting . About two hoursentrance polls show trump dominating every key voting block, scoring high with voters looking for outsiders and looking for change. mos because we need change and we need trump, we really do. Second place is still a tossup this morning. And so is super tuesday 12 states, including texas. Home of ted cruz sot ted cruz r president ial candidate lemme tell you something you look at those super tuesday states they like their guns too. The midwest gets its first chance to vote on super tuesday. grand rapids, michigan marco rubios already in michigan sot marco rubio r president ial candidate we are even going to campaign to people that are fans of ohio state, everyone. Is that too far . Is that too much . In michigan, polls 3 show john kasich averaging second place, with trump still a clear leader. reporter live tag more than 600 delegates will be decided on super tuesday. Thats half nomination. Im tracie potts in washington, now back to you. 3 samantha thanks, tracie. Right now. Nbcs Kristen Welker has a preview of what is coming up a bit later. On the today show. 3 coming up on today, its the final push to South Carolina. Secretary clinton and senator sanders face tough questions in a town hall tuesday night; well have all the highlights. Plus, the very emotional event at this church, well tell you who joined secretary clinton and why. Plus, whats the strategy heading into super tuesday . Well have all the inside details from both campaigns, all that and more coming up on today. 3 bill president obama announced yesterday. That he sending a plan to congress to close guantanamo bay. The plan calls for housing dangerous terror suspects at prisons and military bases here in the united states. What to do with gitmo has been a hot button political issue since the aftermath of the september 11th terrorist attacks. The president argues safe housing detainees at gitmo. Because other terrorist groups are using that as a recruiting tool. The House Armed Services committee has already announced theyll hold a hearing on the subject. 3 samantha a raid on a compound in utah. Has brought an indictment against some leaders of the fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter day saints. Officials say leaders in hildale. Have taken millions of dollars from taxpayers, every year, since 2011. The money was reported intended for poor families. The group is lead by lyle jeffs. Who is one of the eleven leaders facing charges. Hes the brother of warren jeffs. Whos serving a life sentence for child abuse. 3 bill Officials Say a us citizen, who worked for more than a decade as a reporter for the New York Times, was found dead at her home in the dominican republic. The body of 49yearold Sarah Kershaw was found monday at her apartment. Where she moved with her husband in 2014. Her husband is being questioned about her death. An initial Police Statement said from asphyxiation, but investigators said a cause of death had not been established. An autopsy is expected to take several days. 3 sam italy has agreed that us forces can use an airbase in sicily to launch drone strikes against isis targets in libya on a casebycase basis. Yesterday. Italys foreign minister said the decision quote is not a prelude to military intervention. He said the authorization granted by the Italian Government is confirmation of the cooperation between italy and the us. The deal came after more than a year of negotiations. 3 bill the wreckage of small plane that went missing in nepal with 21 people onboard. Has been found. And this morning. Authorities fear that all 18 passengers and three crew members who were on the plane have died. Witnesses reported seeing flames in a heavily wooded, mountainous area in northern nepal. The plane took off yesterday. On considered to be a gateway for one of the most popular trekking routes in the himalayas. The flight was only supposed to last for about 19 minutes l. But contact was lost about eight minutes after takeoff. 3 samantha judge Antonin Scalia suffered from coronary artery disease, obesity and diabetes, among other ailments that probably contributed to his sudden death,. Thats according to a letter from the supreme courts doctor, brian monahan. In the letter. Monahan lists more than a half dozen ailments, including sleep apnea, degenerative joint disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and high blood pressure. Scalia died in his room at the cibolo creek ranch, not far from the mexico border, where he had gone on a hunting trip. 3 swoosh sound 3 bill an investigation is underway. After a child fell 8 feet from a piece of play equipment at a local business. Where it happened and how the child is doing. Coming up in the next half 3 trumps the nevada caucus. But how will he do on super tuesday . A recap of last nights event and whats next in the world of politics coming up. 3 bill plus. A preview of what we can expect at tomorrows gop debate in houston, texas. 3 my son had no other choice, he was going to die. samantha and. A local mother has seen drastic improvements in her sons epilepsy. All thanks to medical marijuana. See why it helps him. And what the doctor says about it. These stories and more. Coming up on this wednesday, february 24, 2016. 3 male voice youre watching news 4 today on your side in high definition. 3 sam good morning 3 and thank you for choosing us to start your day. Im samantha boatman. bill and 3 sam 3 another president ial caucus is in the books. And frontrunner donald trump came out on top yet again. News 4s alex cannito joins us in studio with a recap of last nights events. 3 alex the big news this morning from here in nevada is that donald trump won the gop caucus last night. Across the state there were 1 thousand 784 precincts. But lets break down the numbers for here in washoe county. 3 trump dominated the caucus with 46 percent of people supporting him. Thats more than 23 hundred votes. Marco rubio came in second at roughly 27 percent. Thats nearly 13 hundred votes. And ted cruz came in third with about 18 percent of people showing support. According to trump spent the most money out of his competitors campaigning here in nevada. His grand total was roughly 490 thousand dollars. When i checked social media today there were a lot of mixed statuses with some people happy with yesterdays outcome. And some not so much. Even trump mentioned yesterday that not many people were expecting him to do so well. 3 donald trump r president ial candidate of course, if you listen to the pundits, we werent expected to win too much and now were winning, winning, winning the country. And soon the country is going to start winning, winning, winning. 3 alex now all eyes are on next tuesday. Also known as super tuesday. Where 12 states will hold their primary elections. But another important political event coming up is tomorrows gop debate in texas. We will have coverage of both events right here on news 4. 3 bill looking ahead. The republicans have another debate following last nights caucuses here in nevada. The university of houston in texas. It will air on cnn and telemundo. Wolf blitzer, Maria Celeste arraras, hugh hewitt, and dana bash are moderating. As always, news four will be covering the debate. And we will bring you the latest developments. 3 bill and turning to the democratic party. Their next primary is this saturday in South Carolina. Stay tuned to news four. Well be tracking that for you. Following that. Is super tuesday. A big number of delegates up for grabs on march first. Thats when 12 states hold their primaries. Including vermont, texas, colorado, and georgia. 3 bill we are working hard to keep you up to date on the campaign trail. Remember, you can find all the latest information on my news four dot com. Just click on the elections tab at the top of 3 bill and samantha 3 lets take a quick look outside. Current conditions and skycam 3 bill and samantha well toss it over to meteorologist tim studebaker. 3 for today look for sun clouds along with warm temperatures for this time of year plus light winds. On satellite and radar. Things are quiet for the day today. A mix of sun clouds and light winds. Temperatures are seasonably cool to start the day. Looking for very much above average highs later today. Right now. Air quality is good and the burn code is 3 bill 3 in other news this morning. A massive boulder. Larger than the size of a pick up truck. That was blocking traffic on u s 50 near glenbrook for two days. Has now been removed. According to the Nevada Department of transportation. Crews took to the massive rock with a hydraulic hammer to break it apart. And remove it from the roadway piece by piece. It was 9 feet wide and six feet high. When it first rolled into the roadway it did cause an accident. But n dot says. No injuries were reported. 3 samantha the manager of a sparks Bowling Alley is investigating reports that a child fell eight feet from a piece of play equipment. The 3yearold boys mother says he was knocked unconscious saturday after falling from a climbing maze at wild islands her son is recovering from cuts and bruises. She says the boy slid through a mesh panel after a zip tie broke. General manager craig buster says the play equipment is maintained according to manufacturer instructions, and the zip ties are commonly used at attractions like this. 3 bill the reno aces are hosting a job fair this weekend. According to officials, several parttime positions are available for the 2016 season. Candidates 18 and older can apply for jobs as ushers, ticket takers, game day event security, valet parking, and ticket agents. Opportunities are also available with the promotions crew street team. 3 bill application packets are available on my news 4 dot com and can also be picked up at the aces Security Office from 10 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon. From now until friday. The fair itself kicks off saturday morning at 10 and runs until 2 in the 3 samantha one local doctor is prescribing medical marijuana to treat illnesses in children. How theyre responding to the treatment. Still ahead on news four today. 3 3 bill in health news this morning. The centers for Disease Control and prevention are investigating new reports of sexual transmission of the zika virus. The cdc says they are investigating 14 cases in all, and that several of them involve pregnant women. It adds the new reports suggest sexual relations might possibly be a way zika spreads. However, the most likely way to be infected with zika is through a mosquito bite. Zika has been confirmed in 23 us states and the District Of Columbia. And the World Health Organization will be infected in the next year. 3 samantha with the legal use of medical marijuana in the silver state. We are learning that children are needing it as well. Children who suffer from severe epilepsy use medical marijuana. Some of these cases of epilepsy are so severe that they will experience more than three thousand seizures a day. Toni richards 15yearold son is epileptic and has autism. And has had very positive results from using medical marijuana. In his 13 years of life. He has slept a total of 50 nights. And now has almost zero issues with sleeping. This drug is not able to be tested right now. But doctors want that ability so they can treat their patents more accurately. 3 i am not a drug dealer, i am just a mom trying to keep my child alive, were not out, its not a gateway drug, were just trying to keep our children alive. 3 Samantha Richard says that since her son started using medical marijuana. His learning has improved. His vocalization has increased. Quality of life. 3 swoosh sound 3 bill it is an amazing picture from space. Still ahead. A look at cyclone winston. The most powerful storm to ever hit the southern hemisphere. 3 sam and if you have a facebook account, be sure to like krnv news 4 become a fan of our own Facebook Page and be a part of the 3 3 bill Bernie Sanders campaign is hoping the latest endorsement will help him with black votots. Spike lee released a prosanders ad in South Carolina yesterday. In a 60second ad. Lee says quote when bernie gets into the white house he will do the right thing. Referring to his famous movie. In the ad. The director also pushes for voters to support sanders instead of quote corporate puppets. A recent cnn orc support from black voters. 3 samantha in honor of black history month, American Girl has released a new African American doll. She is 9yearold melody. And she grew up in detroit during the 1960s civil rights era. Doll designers, historians, educators and a civil rights activist collaborated on the doll and her story. Melody will go on sale this summer for 115dollars. 3 bill the president and first lady will honor music legend ray charles tonight in washington. Theyre hosting a tribute to the iconic singer, songrwiter and musician. As part of the in performance at the white house series. Contemporary artists like yolanda adams, Anthony Hamilton and Brittany Howard will perform charles music. President obama will speak, as well. The whole thing will be streamed online at whitehousedotgovslash live,. Starting at seven pm eastern. And if you want to see it on cable, tonights show will be broadcast this friday, eastern on pbs. 3 samantha nasa is giving us a look at a historymaking cyclone before and after it made landfall. This is a satellite photo of Tropical Cyclone winston on the day it hit eastern fiji. Winston made landfall on february 20th as a category five hurricane. It passed over fiji the next day. But the satellite photo from the next day. Showed the storm maintained its eye. Winston was the first cyclone of that strength to make landfall in fiji in its recorded history. 3 samantha because of the massive storm. The fiji government declared a state of Natural Disaster for the next 30 days. The Fiji Meteorological service estimated wind gusts near winstons center at more than 200 miles per hour. 3 bill and samantha well toss it over to meteorologist tim studebaker. 3 yesterday was very close to year. Today. Much warmer temperatures are on the way. For today. A mix of sun clouds with light winds once again. Warm temperatures too. At the airport. Mostly clear to partly cloudy skies with temperatures seasonably cool to start the day. Light winds and dry conditions once again this morning. Temperatures are seasonably cool to start the day. Looking for very much above average highs later today. On satellite and radar. Things are quiet for the day today. A mix of sun clouds and light winds. For today look for sun clouds along with warm temperatures for this time of year plus light winds. On the 7 day forecast. Very warm temperatures for the next few days. A little unsettled heading into the weekend and the beginning of next week with low shower 3 alex 3 well. So much for nevada baseball taking a step back in 2016 after the departure of their head coach and lots of key pieces. After an 0 and 2 start the team has now fired off three straight wins after stomping previously undefeated Arizona State in tempe. An 11 to 5 victory over the sun devils. Third baseman Bryce Greager led the attack with a 2 for 5 effort at the plate including a home run and a whopping five runs batted in. Up next the pack head to Southern California for a three game series with uc irvine. Ill be traveling with the team to fill in on the radio and will have reports all weekend long. alex for the pack Basketball Team they look to rebound after a tough loss in vegas on saturday. One of the best qualities of this team has been its ability to loss that feels like a gut punch. Remarkably the team has dropped two straight only once this year. And it hasnt happened in Mountain West play. The guys talked about how theyve been able to do that. take sot 3 3 take full screen nevada looks for a return to the win column wedneday night at lawlor against utah state. A team they beat 89 to 84 in logan. It is fan Appreciation Day and tickets can be purchased online with the promo code pack fan. Tip off is set for 7 o clock. alex well what a difference a year makes for the wolf pack softball team. After a disappointing 2015 season the ladies are off decade. take vo the pack were back out at practice following a 5 and oh weekend in las vegas to improve to 8 and 2 on the season. Their best start since 2004. Heres what they had to say about their early success coming out of the gates. take sot 3 take vo megan sweet is having fun all right. The senior was named mounatin west player of the week after clobbering the ball this past weekend going 7 for 14 with 3 bombs and 9 runs batted in for the pack. Its the first weekly honor for sweet and the first for the Program Since erin jones did it back in march of 2014. The ladies weekend at the s another gop caucus on the books and who came out on top in nevada and what is next for hopefuls coming up in a couple of minutes. A local doctor is prescribing medical marijuana to treat illnesses in children how they respond to the treatment. After near average highs we run right past those averages today and for the next few days a look at the numbers, coming up. Those stories and more, wednesday, february 24, 2015. Youre watching news4 today on your side in high definition. Good wednesday morning and thank you for choosing us to start your day. Im bill frankmore. Im samantha boatman. We made it through the democratic and republican caucuses i know that Hillary Clinton won the democratic side and donald trump one for the gop side. The expected winners prevailed and now it is like the day after your wedding day. A little bit of a letdown. Not for the candidates. We had all this attention in nevada and National Media and now it is gone. Onto super tuesday, six days away. It was a big night for the silver state. Republican voters caucus for the president ial candidate and as expected, trump trumped everybody else. News 4s alex cannito joins us in the studio with a recap of last nights events. Reporter the big news from nevada is that donald trump won the gop caucus last night. The route 1784 precincts. The numbers and washoe county, people supporting him that is more than 2300 votes and marco rubio came in second place that roughly 27 and that comes to about 1300 votes and ted cruz in third place with 18 showing support yesterday. Data from the media said trump spent roughly 490,000 in nevada. Rubios team spent 920,000 and ted cruz spent 790,000. All that campaigning must have worked. It is trumps Third Straight win and he said he is ready for the upcoming debate. Were going to do very well in ohio. Governor. Thats good. Governor. Michigan the whole thing months. [cheers and applause] we might not even need the two reporter the next step for the republican candidates is the debate and texas it will be held tomorrow at the university of houston and will air on cnn and you can find full coverage on news 4. There were some problems with voting and nearby sites last evening and hawthorne and Monroe County they said they showed up to vote about 6 20 last night and the door was open holy workers were turning people away, according to him. There were two or three, four people walking away and they said they didnt get to vote. They said the voting was closed. I asked how come and they said, there is a handful. But, regardless of one or two people, they write they have the right to go to the caucus to vote. News4 reached out to the Mineral CountyRepublican Party in las vegas and we have yet to hear back and will follow the republicans have another debate at the university of houston and texas. It will air on cnn and telemundo and news4 will cover that debate. To the democratic side, the next primary is saturday in South Carolina. Stay tuned. Will check that for you as well. Super tuesday on the top of the hour on march 1 and a big number of delegates are up for grab in 12 states. They will hold the primaries including vermont, texas, colorado and georgia. 6 04 on wednesday morning and lets take a peek outside. It sounds like a Beautiful Day of sunshine on tap for us yesterday, average and today, above average. We will run past that and go to the mid60s later this afternoon. Warm for this time of year and we are getting an extended break from the wintry weather. We had a busy first after the winter and things have quieted pattern. We are looking for snow. Into the seven day forecast and right around the weekend, and next week, only 10 or 20 was the way. 65 in renosparks and 64 in carson city. 57 high seven high in salt lake and 47 in elko with light winds and a mix of sun and clouds for the day today. Temperature trend over the next couple of days is pretty well aboveaverage. Heres the average high of 54 and we are going for midto upper 60s the next few days in renosparks and when we cool down on saturday, we still will be well above the average high of 54 degrees. Warm temperatures the next few days. Satellite and radar are quiet and mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies with not much in the way precip chances for the next several days, even when we get to the weekend. Those chances are low was 20s and 30s across much of the area we are starting off on a chilly note and well aboveaverage for the high and well aboveaverage the next several days, as we just saw on the 7 day forecast. We will take a look at the small shower chances for the weekend. Back to you. New this morning, Sparks Police were on the scene last night of the crash that sent one to the hospital at about 10 00 at the intersection of sparks boulevard and the i80 eastbound offramp. Investigations show a mini van was going southbound on sparks boulevard and a car on the offramp ran a red light and slammed into it. Fire department had to cut the driver out of the small car. She was taken to the hospital for treatment and we do not know her condition. We also dont know the names of the others involved and it is not known if alcohol was a factor in the crash. A massive boulder larger than the size of a pickup truck that was blocking traffic for two days has now been removed. According to the Nevada Department of transportation, sent to break it apart and remove it from the roadway, piece by piece. Was 9 feet wide and 6 feet high and blocking part of u. S. 50 near glenbrook when it rolled onto the highway. It did cause an accident. Thankfully, no injuries were reported, according to and dodd. Theres a suspect involved in a police chase extended from carson city north to reno. The chase began 5 00 monday night after a report of an apparent larceny. Sierra resort were troopers took a suspect into custody. Old, Dominic Gonzalez, from newark, california. Authorities or smacker trying to find a second suspect. Nhp Officials Say he got away in a maroon Passenger Car with silver rooms which picked him up is reported to be a white male last seen wearing a black shirt and zipper pull over. Jeans. Officials are asking for the publics help to identify burglary suspects. The burglary happened at the and deputies say money was taken how much. Is a picture of the suspects vehicle, a fourdoor sedan with a rear spoiler and they said the car is between 1999 and 2004. Case can call carson city sheriffs officials at that number on your screen. The time is 6 08 on a local doctor is allowing certain marijuana. These kids are experiencing severe epilepsy they have seen positive results, so far. 20 richards son used to have more than 3000 caesar is a day. According to richard, the side effects from marijuana dont even compare or smack to the side effects from the other medication he had been using and now, doctors want the ability to research the drug, further. It would be really great to there is certain kind of sieges that respond better to certain kinds of certain compounds in the marijuana plants. The doctor said this is effective for all patients depending on the severity of the childs epilepsy. More or less medication would be required. And health news, the centers for Disease Control and prevention investigate new reports of sexual transmission of the zika virus. The cdc is investigating 14 cases, and all and several involve pregnant women. The cdc ads the new report suggests sexual relations might possibly be a way to spread the zika virus. However, the most likely way to be affected is through a mosquito bite. Zika has been confirmed and 23 u. S. States and the District Of Columbia the World Health Organization said 4 Million People will be infected in the next year. The reno aces is hosting a job fair according to officials. Multiple parttime efficient available. Candidates can apply for jobs as ushers, ticket takers, valet parking, and ticket agents. Also, the opportunities had promotions and a crew street team. Application packets are available on our website. We have them at news4. Com. Mynews4. Com, and that is a office from 10 00 in the morning until 4 00 in the afternoon. The job fair run saturday morning from 10 00 until 2 00 in the afternoon at the ballpark. At a car companys latest welcome back. More than 160,000 square feet is hard to miss. Chances are, you have no idea what is inside. Were talking about the it has been open form a year and a half but what is inside is a mystery to a lot of us. I went inside for a tour in here is what i found. This is what we picture when someone mentions the Great Western marketplace. Reporter it is a massive building off 80 near the mccarran offramp. If you have driven by wondering what it is, you are not alone. We had no idea what was in here. No idea. I found it and stopped by to see what was here. You may be confused by unique concept. Reporter this has not yet got the community by storm. We battle it every day. We are an indoor marketplace and we coined the term, business incubator. Small businesses or existing businesses looking for a second we are open friday through sunday to maximize shopping days and it is their business. Reporter that is in a nutshell. 166,000 square feet, there is a lot of explaining to do. There are 65 tenants leasing space here, selling everything from trinkets to atvs. You can buy real estate, wine, Sports Memorabilia and antiques. If you are thinking indoor flea market, dont say that around Great Westerns director of marketing. That is a bad word around here. Its not a fleamarket. Everything has to be vetted. We dont allow used items unless they are antiques or collect the bowls. Reporter tenant say the Business Plan at the Great Western marketplace takes stress off them to try to start their own business. The overhead is low and start up costs are minimal and the leases are short. You are not trapped into a longterm lease. It is not a brickandmortar store where you have other you get started and understand how the Business Environment works. Reporter to say there is room for growth here might be an understatement. There is room for more than 100 tenants and management is working on some anchor stores to take up a lot of the empty space. Are you happy with where you are right now . We are happy. We would be happier if we had more tenants and we are working hard every day to do that. Reporter next time you drive by this big building off the freeway, pull off and come inside and have some ice cream and chaperone. May be, even start your own business. They have a big craft fair next month. The Great Western marketplace is open three days a week, fridays, saturdays and sunday. Sundays from 11 until 4 00. In consumer news, volvo wants to replace car keys with smartphones. Bluetooth enabled smartphones can actually become digital keys. Physical key or key fob. For the cars. The smartphones would not only start the car, but unlock the doors. The device would handle multiple digital keys, one for every volvo car in the family. Volvo said it will test the Technology Starting this spring in sweden. It has the worldwide headquarters there and they have a limited number of cars equipped with that technology in 2017. Im always losing my keys and my purse. I did not know that was a fob. There you go, now you know. Consumer reports released the top picks for best cars. Vehicles were rated on performance, reliability, Owner Satisfaction and safety. The honda fit scored for best subcompact car for reliability and fuel usage, 33 miles per gallon. Impreza and good crash test results. Toyota camry gets best midsized car. With impressive crash test results and best large car goes to the chevy impala which received good marks for reliability and a cushy ride. Subaru forrester tops the list for best small suv. It sounds like you can drive with windows down today. Yes. It will be warm for the next couple of days. A great day for a ride in beautiful later today. Yesterday, we were near the averages. 54 the average and today, we will go past those well into the 60s with a mix of sun and clouds as light winds and warm temperatures with not much in the way of shower chances for chances for much of the 7 day forecast. They are out there for the weekend, but low at 10 or 20 . 34 in town with mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies. 67 humidity and temperatures across the area. 30s in renosparks. 17 in ely and 28 in tona park. Satellite and radar are quiet and we are looking at a mix of sun and clouds today and still dry and warm. Really warmer than it was yesterday. On futurecast, not much will happen for the next couple of days and fastforward into friday, moisture is approaching for much of the day on friday. Closer to us, not that significant. It may touch off a couple of isolated showers on your weekend. 10 or 20 for the shower chances. 47 in elko, 53 in austin. Western nevada topping into the lower 60s. Light winds and mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies today. Up and around the lake into the 50s, 53 in kings beach and 57 in south lake. 64 in dayton and Northern Areas into the 60s for most with a couple of spots and upper 50s like sutcliffe and down to truckee meadows, look for 65 in renosparks for the high. That is well above average for this time of year and we stay above average for much of the 7 day forecast. No shower chances to speak of until the weekend. Even then, they are not that appreciable. Only 10 or 20 with average high 54 and instead, we go for 65 later today and upper 60s in renosparks for thursday and friday. A little bit of a chance of moisture. 10 or 20 , not all that impressive, but it is there. Beggars cant be choosers. We have four tickets to monster jam at the reno livestock events center. Call 3366270. The fourth caller with the right answer to the trivia question will win. On todays date in 1980, who did the u. S. Defeat after the gold in mens ice hockey . Sweden, finland or canada. Call 3366270 if you know the answer to our trivia question today. All right. Cameras were rolling as a mom who was deployed cries with her son at day care. Good morning. Coming up on the today show, deadly tornados overnight across the south. More Severe Weather today and alice tracking it. Big in nevada and leaving misleading poles and the super tuesday states, is the republican race a done deal . We will talk to donald trump and marco rubio. Those stories and a side of flying dont always see from loading luggage to moving a plan. Curses adventure interning as a ramp agent at jfk airport in new york. That is all ahead on today. They will be talking about the caucus in nevada, the republican caucus. A huge win by donald trump and more on that. Marilyn from sparks, congratulations for knowing the answer. It was on todays date in 1980, the miracle on ice, who did the u. S. Defeat after defeating the soviet union to win olympic gold in u. S. Mens hockey . Was at sweden, finland or canada . Do you know . People here and they seized they thought it was a gold medal round. It was not. There was one more. A lot of people dont know that it was fenlon. There you go. I was watching it on a little blackandwhite tv. I think i was in second grade. We love reunion videos and take a look at this. The heartwarming reunion in new jersey. Amanda rodriguez is home after nearly one year of deployment to afghanistan. The single mother wanted to surprise her 3yearold son and showed up at his day care center. Rodriguez said she was nervous about his reaction but as soon as he saw his mom, he ran straight to her arms for this picture. So precious. Are you all right . We will have much more on 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 halfhour of news4 today. Im samantha boatman. Im bill frankmore. This is the day after the nevada caucus and no surprises. 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 frontrunner 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 lets break down the numbers and washoe county. Trump dominated the caucus with 46 of people supporting him, more than 2300 votes and marco rubio came in at second with roughly 27 supporting him, nearly 1300 votes and ted cruz at third with 18 of people showing support, yesterday. According to data, trump spent the most money out of his competitors campaigning in the silver state and his grand total accounts there were mixed reactions. Somewhere happy and some, not so much. Donald trump mentioned not many expected him to do so well, this late in the game. Of course, if you listen to the pundits we werent expected to win too much. Now, we are winning, winning the country. [cheers and applause] soon, the country will start winning, winning, winning. [cheers and applause] all eyes are on next tuesday, known as super tuesday. 12 states will hold their primary elections. Reporter another important event is the gop debate tomorrow in texas and we will have coverage of those events right here on news 4. Back to you. The Republican National committee is concerned over reports of voting problems in southern nevada. Reports of double voting were confirmed in not enough ballots at a High School Site in las vegas. There are reports of be pulled those people being turned away pick the double voting problem appears to be limited to one part of a caucus site were different precincts were combined. The party plans to compare the number of paper ballots to the sign in sheets. Tomorrow, the republicans have another debate at the university of houston, in texas that will air on cnn and telemundo. News4 will cover that debate. Turning to the democratic side of things, the next primary is this saturday in South Carolina. Stay tuned to news4. We will track that for you and then super tuesday, as alex mentioned is march 1st. 12 states hold their primaries, including vermont, texas, colorado in georgia. New this morning, there was a crash that sent one person to the hospital last night around 10 00 p. M. At the intersection of sparks boulevard and the i80 east bound offramp. Internal investigation shows a minivan going southbound on car running the offramp light hit the minivan. The driver was extricated from the car and is taken for treatment. We do not know her condition or the names involved or if alcohol played a factor. A massive boulder larger than the size of a pickup truck has been blocking traffic for two days near lake tahoe pick it has finally been removed according to the Nevada Department of transportation. Crews took to the rock with a massive hydraulic hammer to take it apart and remove it, piece by piece. To give you an idea, it was 9 feet wide, 6 feet tall and blocking part of u. S. 50 near glenbrook. It did cause a crash when it first rolled in, but no one was hurt. In crime is, the nevada Highway Patrol continues to search for a suspect involved in a police chase extending from carson city to reno. Monday night after a report of an apparent larceny. Came to an end at the grand sierra resort. To be. One suspect into custody. Is identified as 23yearold, Dominic Gonzalez, from newark, california. Authorities are trying to find the second suspect. Nhp Officials Say he got away in a maroon Passenger Car with silver rims. Is reported to be a white male adult last seen wearing a black shirt or zipper pull over and blue jeans. Next, a look at what is your wednesday and we will show we have been showing pictures of the beautiful wednesday, so far. Lets see the rest of the day. Tim has more on that. Good morning. A quiet day with warm temperatures, near average yesterday in renosparks and above average temperatures sparks later. The averages 54. 64 in carson city, 47 in elko with light winds and mostly cloudy mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies. If you are going out of town and want to go to vegas, warm temperatures with upper 70s to near 80 over the entire weekend period. For that end of the state, if we are in the 70s and 80s into southern nevada, you know it will be a warm weekend. Lots of 60s on the 7 day forecast for our neck of the woods. Mostly sunny skies or today on satellite and radar shows temperatures into the 20s and 30s across much of the area and we go for 60s and the lower elevations later. Forecast. The 7 day forecast. Lets see how your wednesday morning commute is an hp. Good morning. People are safe enough to give us a smooth commute this morning and we have highways incident and crash free this morning with no major slowdowns to report and they are running at normal speeds. To be aware of the normal congestions in the pyramid as you make or break to work. Is the weather warms up, we will see more kiddos making their way to and from school. And, in the streets on the afternoons and weekends. Keep your eyes out for them in the intersections and crosswalks. Even residential areas that do not have painted crosswalks legally have crosswalks presence does present. During the times when children are out and about, be extra vigilant and safe. Keep your seat else on and cell phones off. Be safe and take care. Back to you. The southeastern u. S. Are strong storms yesterday and some of them spun tornadoes. [bells ringing] here we go, the opener numbers on wall street are not good. Dow jones dropping 184point to kick the day off. Nasdaq down, as well. Some of the stories, moving these numbers, apple will tell a judge this week that the fight with the fbi over iphone encryption should go to congress, rather than being decided by the courts. Moving the fight to capitol hill would put the issue before congress, where apple has considerably more influence. Hondas president is sticking to the announcement that they have no plans to provide financial bailout to takada. They face a massive recall crisis over air bag inflators honda is takadas biggest customer and other lawmakers are also involved. Hondas president said the top priority is finding the cause. The dow jones is down 172 points. 14 minutes into the ballgame. A much prettier picture weatherwise . Yesterday was near the average and 54 was the high. 53 is the average. Scrap that. 60s later today, well above average is for this time of year. We stay above the average for much of the 7 day forecast. A mix of sun and clouds and light winds and warm temperatures, into the 60s for the highs later on. 34 in town with calm winds and 67 humidity mostly sunny skies reported from the airport, at the moment. Will see a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures are seasonably cool to start. Teens, 20s and 30s. Were going for the 60s and the lower elevations and 50s in tahoe and the sierra. Mostly sunny for much of the viewing area with cloud cover hanging on. If youd like clouds and high thin clouds for parts of western nevada and the sierra, as well. On the futurecast, not much will change for the day. We stay pretty dry and quiet with not much in the way of wind. We fast forward to friday, and moisture is approaching. It wont be impressive, and made touch off a shower here and there, as we go into parts of the weekend, friday through sunday. 40s and 50s for the northeastern part of the state and 55 is the high and battle mountain. It is warmer than yesterday and that will be the case across the board. 60s for a lot of the elevations. Around the lake, into the 50s. Truckee, light winds and mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies and into the 60s for lower elevations of western nevada. The northern zones are in the upper 50s and to truckee meadows, 65 in renosparks for your high today. 7 day forecast, very quiet and calm the next several days. Small shower chances picking up friday, saturday, into the beginning of next week. They are only at 10 to 20 . Not much going on and still dry and above average for the next several days. Severe storms in florida spawned tornadoes that left several injured in pensacola. Utility poles were brought down and cars flipped over. Severe weather moved through on tuesday and two people were killed in louisiana and one in mississippi. Back over to you. The president announced on tuesday that he is sending congress a plan that would bring dozens of suspected terrorists to the u. S. Pick the president s plan would deport detain ages else detainees eligible to be deported and aftermath of the september 11 terrorist attacks, the president argues that america is actually less safe housing detainees at gitmo because other groups are using that as a recruiting tool. Members of human Rights Groups expressed conflicting points of view in buenos aires, yesterday, and controversy surrounding the timing of president obamas visit visit coinciding with a military coup. The recently announced visit sets the present to arrive on march 23 for a two day visit to meet with argentinas president. President obama second and last in argentina marks the 40th anniversary of a military coup that began argentinas eight yearlong military dictatorship, in which thousands of suspected leftists were seized, tortured and some were killed. Some of the children were kidnapped and given up for adoption, secretly. Rejected the opposition saying the dates are simply coincidence. North and south korea exchanged warnings. The north said it would launch a preemptive retaliation to military activity. The statement by north korea set the command on state broadcaster kay rt yesterday amid heightened tensions on the korean peninsula. It appears to be directed at the annual u. S. South korean joint military exercises held next month on the Largest Scale ever. South Korean UnificationMinistry Spokesman responded in a regular briefing that north korea should immediately stop the provocative acts. A swedish teenager was rescued from isis militants in iraq and said life in the caliphate was really hard and she was duped into going there by her boyfriend. The 60 north spoke about her experience yesterday in her first interview since her the special forces recovered her in northern iraq. No water, no electricity. We didnt have any money, either. It was a really hard life. When i had a phone, i started to contact my mom and i said to her that i want to go home. The teenager said she met her boyfriend mid2014 after dropping out of school in sweden. The couple set off from sweden in late may 2015 and made their way across europe by bus and train until they reached the Turkish Border from where they crossed into syria. Isis militants ferried them by bus and other men and women to the city of mosul in neighboring iraq and provided them with the house. Security services estimate that hundreds of western men and women have left home to join isis since the militant group overran parts of iraq and syria in 2014. Russia give afghanistan 10,000 a. K. A. Assault rifles and millions of rounds of ammunition as a gift, which the Afghan Government said was a sign of deepening conflict did foreign country. The russian embarrass the Russian Ambassador said they were willing to work with afghanistan to combat insurgency and drug problems. According to officials, the guns and ammunition were provided under an existing Security Agreement between the countries. It is dependent on foreign aid and Afghan Security forces struggle to secure the country and rising insurgency. U. S. Citizen who worked for more than a decade as a reporter for the New York Times was found dead at her home in the dominican republic. Her body was found monday at her apartment, where she moved with her husband in 2014. Her husband has been questioned about the death of Sarah Kirchoff and an initial statement said she appeared to have died from asphyxiation. Officials say the cause of death is not quite established and an autopsy is expected to take several days. If you are traveling today, it is a busy day on the east coast with delays out of new the rest of us are quiet. Check with the airlines for were back after this. Good morning. We will send it to the today show in a minute. Heres a preview of mornings on fox 11. Tahoe magazine will join us to talk about Exciting Events coming to the reno time to the reno tahoe area. The st. Judes Childrens Center will tell us about their upcoming fundraising event called up till dawn. Ryan kern will tell us about some of the best hidden secrets of north lake tahoe. Not so hidden anymore. More when we come back in five minutes. It is a little dark over there. We thought ryan kern would be lurking with secrets. For the forecast, were going to a warming trend. Temperatures are going well aboveaverage on the seven day forecast, into the 60s for we were in the 50s yesterday and we will see 60s today. Very warm out there. 65 today, 67 tomorrow and upper 60s for friday and 10 to 20 shower chances heading into the weekend. Not all that impressive. It may be a little unsettled at times with raindrops from time to time. Mostly drive through the end of the weekend into next week and temperatures will stay above average for much of the seven day forecast, well into the 60s today and continuing for some time. Drive for today and tomorrow and mostly sunny partly cloudy skies and mostly dry into the 10 or 20 is we are winning, winning, winning. Donald trump cruises to victory in nevada. His Third Straight win. Super tuesday less than a week away and he is ahead in nearly every state and he thinks the nomination is now his to lose. Well talk to him live. Tornado outbreak. Its crossing the road. Look at that a string of twisters across the south. Entire neighborhoods wiped out. The damage stretching from louisiana to florida. At least three people killed, more than 30 others injured and theres more dangerous weather expected today. New cases, new fear