Child abduction. I think its great. Reporter just another reminder to hold on to everything tighter. A 14yearold girl snatched from her boulder city neighborhood. A worried father out at the scene. An 18yearold boyfriend there are problems at school. Shes been bullied. Questioned at a command post. It shows the seriousness that la regardless of the frequency of the event, you always want to be prepared. Reporter he says as many as 17 different agencies are participating in this drill. Building stronger partnerships. Problems thrown at investigators coming from actual cases. Things that we may not necessarily have been prepared for in the past we are for now. Reporter tim shay is still settling in as police chief. I dont think one can thing heinous than stealing ones child. In this drill, thats exactly what happened, evidence leading to this tidy house on a quiet street. The teen found unharmed after being kidnapped by a stranger. It is, after all, only a training exercise. And the chief says he would like to keep it that way. Its a nice, safe town. Im very happy to be here. Reporter denise rosch, news 3. An is out of the hospital a day after being attacked by a man with a meat cleaver. [ applause ] thats bribe o Brian Odonnell being cheered. Police say he was slashed in the face by a 32yearold man on thursday. According to police, the officer was walking up to penn station and saw the suspect running from police. So he tackled him. Thats when he was slashed with three officers fired at him hitting him several times and this is the suspect just minutes before that attack. It shows the 32yearold trying to take off a boot that was put on his car. You can see he appears frustrated as he tries to remove it with tools and then he even tries to stomp on to get it off his wheel. Hes current listed in critical but stable condition. The fiance of bobbby christina is being death. Bobbi died after being found unresponsive in a bathtub. Her estate is seeking at least 10,000 in damages from her boyfriend, nick gordon. Gordon didnt show up to court. So the court ruled the motion is unopposed. Gordon has been found in contempt of that order and judgment by default was rendered against gordon. Birther controversy started, now donald trump is saying for the first time that president obama was born in the united states. Its something trump had been denying for years. Reporter president obama has been the president for nearly eight years but friday his birthplace, once again, dominating a president ial campaign trail. This time with one of the countrys most prominent socalled birthers, republican nominee, donald tmp obama was, in fact, born here. President barack obama was born in the united states, period. Reporter its a far cry from the Conspiracy Theory trump has been pedaling for years. Why doesnt he show his birth certificate . I thought he was probably born in the country and now i have a much bigger doubt. He gave a birth certificate. Whether or not that was a real certificate because a lot of people question it. Reporter earlier, Hillary Clinton blasted her opponent. His campaign was founded on this outrageous lie. Theres no erasing it in history. Reporter trump, meanwhile, trying to place the birther blame on her. Hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it. Reporter factcheck. Says thats not true. Saying Hillary Clinton may have stoked questions about his identity but never herself questioned his birth certificate. The president seems over it. I was pretty confident about where i was born. I think most people were as well. Reporter dianne gallagher, news 3. Gary johnson and jill stein will not be able to participate in the first upcoming president ial debate. The two did not get the needed 15 polling threshold in order september 26th experience. This also means their running mates will not be in the Vice President s debate. Our mission is to connect the president ial candidates to you, to better inform and empower and weve reached out to the candidates to participate in extended interviews not just with news 3 but with our sister stations across the country. We want to hear from you. Tell us what you want to know from the candidates. What issues are relevant . What would you Ask Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton . Share your us. We want to give you a voice in this historic and important race. The controversial governor ofmileanhour has sworn off the media. It was a public outburst directed at a critic of his policies and accusations of racism that drew National Attention and calls for him to resign. I want you to prove that im a racist. I have spent my life helping black people and you little son of a [bleep] whoa. Embroiled in controversy stemming from his dislike from the press. His supporters think hes a straightshooter in part because of his aggressive effort to reform the welfare state. People hated me. When i was conforming welfare. I would get letters saying you are right. Now im t im selfreliant. Were productive. This sunday on full measure the governor talks about how hes reduced welfare enrollment. A fair chance at college. Why dozens of universities are giving criminals a shot at a chance at an education. And we have operation football and the rebel will its called the fair chance for higher education. It means those with a criminal past now have a fair chance to go to college. The white house says over 80 colleges and universities have signed onto its pledge. Admission practices which do not immediately disqualify applicants because of records. They are making internships and job training available. Folks waiting at the apple store in aloe palo alto got a treat when they went inside today. [ cheers ] tim cook was there to greet customers as they walked on in. Was there to launch of the latest iphone. Cook stood outside of the store greeting customers and taking selfies with a lot of fans. Likely stores around the country saw long lines. Many analysts believe sales of the handset will be slower than in years past. This is the first year i thought, i can wait for a while. They probably dont have a lot of phones to tell. A lot of them are sold out. Time to see whats coming up a brazen thief breaks through the Ceiling Tiles of a Community Center and breaks into a cash register. Why his take wasnt worth so much after all. A pair of hiphop artists are trying to rap the vote and get young people registered for the election. Those stories and breaking news as it happens tonight at 7 00. Its friday. We made it. Congratulations. Were kicking off the weekend with a tailgate party. News 3 is your weather authority. Chloe beardsley hollywood and owens. Good people, good fun. A lot of fun out there. Reporter oh, yes, excellent people, reed and marie. Its so its so much fun. Were playing volleyball and football out here. Look, that guy even caught that football, almost ran into the playset. Were having a great time. Calm conditions. Barely a breath of wind outside. About out here. This is really coal. They have a setup of some of the deer. He kind of feel like steve irwin. There is a tortoise that the family takes care of that lives in that hole. Its name is et. Well show you some of the babies coming up. First, well lack at well look at the weather. A beautiful night in the valley. Were looking at some temperatures outside in your neighborhood. Its still looking pretty good out there. And its gonna be great tonight for a football game. Plans this evening, weve got some cooperative weather. Temperatures will remain in the 80s through 9 00 tonight. 7 00, kickoff, in the upper 80s. Light winds will continue. Well see the clear skies for the next couple of days. Looking at the satellite, we dont have a lot of action on the west coast. Thats how we look it for the weekend. Overnight tonight in las vegas, the temperatures will be similar compared to yesterday. Lows, again, in the 60s across the valley. Regionally, were looking at 40 on the mouth. Mid70s for lake mead overnight tonight and taking a look at the afternoon temperatures, it will be very similar compared to today. If you liked the weather today, you will like it tomorrow. A lot of sunshine is expected in las vegas. Were looking at a high near 90 in the afternoon. Near normal conditions for this time of year. As we look ahead to the rest of the weekend, the warming trend will continue all the way through sunday and then after that, a bit of a shakeup in our weather pattern as we get into the early partf thunderstorms. Gusty winds are expected as a series of storms pass through and a little bit of a dip in temperatures. Also that chance of thunderstorms. Look out for that. Maybe not wash your car just yet. As we come back out here, im with the family. You can see james and his wife frankie and who are these guys . We havent really named them yet but we had turtles wander into the property years ago and continually had babies. This is a couple from the last litter. Reporter im wondering what dont you have in your backyard. You have the coolest setup, not only some wildlife. You said you guys developed your backyard over the last few years. You had some homes that were built behind you guys but before that, you said there was a lot of wildlife around here. Coyotes . Open desert. Sunrise mountain with coyotes. Rabbits. I have a cottontail the backyard and we have ground squirrels that live back there, too. Its like a sanctuary. Reporter so token has a lot of company . He has company. Thats awesome. Well have another presue preview of more of their aspects. More of that coming up later on at 7 00. Until then, well wave goodbye to the viewers and send it back the studio. I just hope my kids arent watching. I want one. And jerseys. We dont have the jerseys back here. And the barbecue. All right. Its friday. And that means football is a big night in the valley. The rebel team is on the road tomorrow. Yeah. There is a lot of football this weekend. It starts with operation football. Rebels are getting ready to take on central michigan. Its a noon kickoff right here in las vegas. What record, they beat Oklahoma State last saturday on the road. If you are wondering how they improved to 20, watch this ending. They had one chance to leave it. Throws it 42 yards downfield. He grabs it, back to malik fountain. They stay unbeaten. Unbelievable finish. Coach tony sanchez, knows it will be a tough atmosphere, especially playing against the team from the mac conference. They always do a good job building programs and knocking off opponents. They are just consistent. We want to be consistent competitors. We dont want to be too high, too low. We want to see consistent progression as we learn to win and compete. I believe well do that. So facing a touchdown favorites. It should be a rainy day. Its exciting. That kickoff is set for noon. It will be supremed on espn 3 if you want to check it out. Its friday. Time to talk operation football week 4. Amber is joining us. Whats the atmosphere out there at the home of the dragons, perhaps its the calm before the dragon storm. This is their second home game of the season. They are coming off a tough loss, 30 points at durango. Looking to turn it around, picking up a pin here tonight and that might not be too hard. They are taking on rancho, 02. That kind of point differential, unlikely you will see that in thats faith lutheran at silverado. Each team lead by a former nfl player. You have vernon and randall cunningham. His skyhawks are undefeated while the crusaders are 11. But both of those teams were tough out of state opponents. Just one part of that the tremendous blessing just to see the progress and the things that have happened, you know, in the last few years. Weve experienced a relative good amount of success. But i attribute that to the coaches, how hard the kids work and overall weve been blessed. We got a couple of guys within our team that really have, you know, gotten recognized the last few years. But christian marshall, you know, was an allstate running back and, you know, preseason all city here for the las vegas on the opposite side of the ball. Reporter you can catch the highlights at 11 00 on operation football. And boulder city plays at valley. Centennial visits las vegas. Western is at virgin valley. And mojave goes to moapa valley. They are about to play the national anthem. Im looking forward to the yes. Besides football, this weekend is popular for foodies. Here are samples from the Food Festival. Im hungry what you can expect from all of the fest festivities. Twenty five thousand jobs. 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Well also be sure to keep you updated on any developments in the closure and certainly if it opens up earlier than planned on sunday morning. Food, food. I see food. [laughter] a lot of events happening around town to for authentic foods. Can i get a box like that big . [laughter] were talking about the annual greek Food Festival that kicked off tad. Its filled with delicious vendors bringing their best dishes right to you. Theres also Live Entertainment and a play area for the kids. The greek Food Festival supports the greek Baptist Church near hacienda and jones. It runs until sunday morning. Community, people coming together. Lets talk about the other one on the other side of the valley at craig ranch park in north las vegas. You are really taken care of valleywide. Want to talk about supporting our local events. No rest for jim dunlap too many Nevada Police officers have been killed in the last few years. The truth is, we make it too easy for criminals and the dangerously mentally ill to buy guns. They get them at gun shows or online from strangers, no questions asked. Honor the fallen close the background check loophole. That will help prevent future cop killings. It works. In states that have closed the loophole, nearly half as many Police Officers have been shot and killed in the line of duty. Background checks save lives. Woman here in nevada, those were the worst days of our lives, and congressman heck called it a blip. Narrator in 2008, joe heck called nevadas housing crisis a blip on the radar. Thats just how out of touch joe heck is. Narrator after heck sponsored a bill giving tax breaks to big banks, he took over 500,000 from wall street including banks who caused the housing crisis. Its clear what joe hecks priorities are, and families like mine get left behind. For the content of this ad. A metro officer is in the hospital after a man crashes right into him. How that officer is doing tonight and what weve learned about the suspect behind the wheel. Three hours and counting until a traffic situation unfolds in our valley. Some may call it a nightmare. Spaghetti bowl which will close in not too many hours and through the weekend. How people will cope with the extra traffic. And a bold thief breaks into a Community Center and cash register. Why his take is not as valuable as he thought. A Metro Police Officer ends up in the hospital after a night patrolling and protecting our community. Ied ended the motorcycle officer early this morning. Its our top story tonight as news 3s Antonio Castelan explains, police say the suspect was under the influence of drugs. Metro police say they are breathing a sigh of relief. Were told the metro motorcycle officer is now out of the hospital. The man accused of striking that officer is now facing serious charges. 19yearold David Williams is