Dont discuss politics. The growing use of social media in every day life makes it hard to escape friends, family and coworkers personal and rather explosive and contrarian views. Thank you for joining us im reed cowan. Marie im marie mortera. Kristine frazao shows us how facebook views its users. Reporter take a look at your facebook profile. How does it describe you . They think im older than i am and they think im africanamerican. And i am not africanamerican. Reporter then in this contentious president ial Election Year there are your political leanings. Go to your facebook preferences and click the lifestyles and culture tab ands there a list of characteristics including your politics. Facebook decides this information based on what you tell it. Who you follow. Your likes. The posts you spend more time scrolling through. And it also measures what you Artificial Intelligence that can go through and look at other things that you have done, connections you have made that you wouldnt think of any connection to your political leanings. But if you put yourself in the context of a billion people which is how many are on facebook, those subtle Little Things reveal traits about you. Reporter traits that translate into the posts youre most likely to read and the ads you are most likely to see. Facebook thinks you are, say, a liberal and your friends have posted articles that facebook knows are liberal those may be theyre going keep you more engaged on facebook. Reporter as you may have noticed facebook doesnt filter out all opposing views. After the 2012 election 47 percent of readers told the website mashable they unfriended someone based on political views. A tactic not everyone believes in this time around. People are going to disagree with this and because the person disa guys thats no reason to unfriend them, to reject them. Reporter with newer this election season you dont have to. In washington, im kristine frazao. Marie according to the Pew Research Poll taken last spring, 63 percent of americans say they get their primary news from social media sites. Reed an american teenager behind bars for terrorism charges. For more we turn to michelle marsh. From the terrorism alert desk in washington im michelle marsh. At least 14 people are dead and many morenj in northern pakistan. An attacker threw a hand grenade at the gate of a courthouse killing ten and injuring 40 others. The attacker blew himself up after security prevented him from getting inside the gate. Meanwhile at least four people were killed and five others injured in an attack on a christian neighborhood. Security forces there killed the four suicide bombers in that attack. A Pakistani TalibanSplinter Group claims responsibility for both attacks and warns there behind bars facing terrorism charges. Investigators say keon cook conspired with individuals he believed were capable of committing a mass terrorist attack. They did not say exactly who cook had been plotting with but say he had plans to carry out an attack at two different places. And france says it will start handing down tougher prison sentences for those found guilty of associated with terrorist groups. Those found guilty can now be sentenced to previously the time was capped at ten years. From the terrorism alert desk, im michelle marsh. Marie Tropical Storm hermine has left a trail of damage from florida to southeast georgia. The carolinas and now it has southeast virginia in its sights. Hermines heavy rain, Tropical Storms forced wind gusts prompted Virginia Governor terry mccalls if to issue mccall if to eight foot waves bringing a storm surge up to four feet. The National Weather service believes hermine will reconstitute as a noreaster with significant rainfall, life threatening storm surge and flooding. Reed the first debate between Hillary Clinton and donald trump is fast approaching and we know who is going to moderate. And the other two including the final dae bite here in las vegas. The Commission Says nightly news anchor lester holt will moderate on septem the second debate october 9th will be comoderated by Martha Raditz and anderson cooper. Of course the final debate here at unlv on october 19th. That will be moderated by Chris Wallace of fox news. A federal court judge keeps the green partys president ial candidate off of novembers ballot. It is a story we followed the first part of this week. Thats the bottom line from a Ruling Issued on thursday. Monday when nevadas green party argued the secretary of state should accept additional signatures to get dr. Joe stein on the ballot. The green party collected almost 8600 but 45 percent of those were disqualified mostly here in clark county. The party fell 647 signatures short of what they needed to get her on the ballot. Two other parties the libertarian and independent american are on nevadas president ial ballot besides clinton and trump. Margaret was celebrated today in milwaukee. The mass was held in the st. Joseph chapel at the schools sisters of st. Francis. Sister margaret was one of two nuns stabbed to death last week. Sisters held and paula merill were found slain in their mississippi home. The two were doing clinic work in a rural part of the state. Monday nearly 300 people attended the memorial mass for the two women. Reed parents of a missing utah man have renewed hope for disappeared 12 years ago. Marie japanese news article claims david said in op a College Student who sneddon who went missing in china in 2004 has been seen in north korea. He is easy going. Hes easy to get along with. Reporter its been 12 years since roy and Kathleen Sneddon have seen their son david. They imagine whatever hes been doing hes thrived. Any one of my children had to be put in such a compromising situation i would like it to be david. Old in 2004 when he disappeared in china. Chinese authorities said he likely died while hiking. But davids family says theres no evidence of that. They believe he was abducted by north korea. And this japanese news article seems to confirm that. The article claims sneddon has been seen in north korea, married with two children, and working as an english teacher. Even tutoring north korean correct and part might be conjecture. Reporter but they hope it puts things in motion especially in congress. Resolutions in the house and senate call for the u. S. Government to investigate whether David Sneddon is in north korea and work to get him back. Those resolutions havent passed yet. It may put some fire in congress. Reporter meantime for the sneddons, it is another step in a road they hope will lead to their son coming home. I expect said and done well have done as much as we can to get him back. It was a miracle. Were glad that we saw him. Marie that was Daniel Woodruff reporting. The sneddons say theyve heard from one u. S. Senators office outside of utah who wants to get the ball rolling. Utah congressman stewarts office says they hope to pass the David Sneddon resolution by end of the year. A shocking surprise for one latest video game purchase. A louisiana man says his 11yearold son opened his new video game to find a bag of drugs. The man says they bought the game from this game stop in louisiana. The father turned the bag over to police who confirmed it was full of meth. Its not clear how the drugs would have gotten into the games case. A spokesperson from game stop says employees check all games opening and checking for quality when returned, traded in or reed ups will be increasing shipping rates but not until after the holiday sales season. Ups says theyll increase those rates for ground and air service by an average of about five percent. The price increase is set to take affect after christmas. A day after christmas. Ups says the increases will support on going expansion of capabilities and inhaepsments while they, quote, strive to maintain the high legal of can catch two of the actors most beloved films in theaters this weekend. Willy wonka and the Chocolate Factory and blazing salads will play at 55 amc locations saturday and sunday. So for those who called in listen up. Here in las vegas you can see willy wofrpga and Blazing Saddles at the amc at town square. Just join us at town square for that. Willy wonka starts at 5 00 p. M. Blazing saddles 7 30. Cinemas. Those showtimes are two and 7 00. Marie i have a feeling theyre going be packed. Reed we had voicemails about that today at news 3. Marie it means that much to people. Gene wilders life meant so much. Lets be honest. Are you one of those people that checks their phone every five minutes . You do that exactly five minutes ago my friend. Reed 65 percent of us say we want to unplug during vacation but guess what even especially when your children are around. We miss so many moments. Mark barger reports on this growing trend of the Digital Detox just in time for your labor day get away. Think about this. Reporter our daily connection with digital devices cap be obsessive for many, even addicting for others. 66 percent of us suffer from no mo phobia which is a fear of losing your phone or not having access to your phone. Reporter this has led to a Digital Detox trend. More people making time to actually are going through a withdrawal from access to your device and information. Reporter four those without the will power there are retreats that structure time away from tech. Its an incredibly beautiful and sunny day. Reporter North Carolina campgrounded four days of play. Having a little anxiety but thats why im here. It is like a safety blanket. Is tech heavy. Im freaking out. I have no idea what i am going to do. Reporter campers went through a tech check. I agree to refrain. Reporter trading in their digital devices for analog activities. Let go of some of the patterns of their daily lives like keeping track of time and schedule and being glued to their technology. Reporter participants say the Digital Detox has physical and psychological benefits. Were not saying that technology is everything is neutral. Can be a medicine or a poison. Reporter taking time to stop and smell the roses instead of just instagramming them. Mark barger, nbc news. Marie lets a talk about those benefits. Well, when you take a Digital Detox of course you are more active. You are just not holding on to a phone the whole time and you sleep better. That blue light can interview with your sleep pattern. Reduced anxiety level. Our brain processes take a toll from information overload and excessive use of social media has been linked to depression. Marie another reason to unplug. Turn it off. A man thankful to be alive after suffering a heart attack at the gym. Reed it wasnt with the help of any coworkers. Who came to this mans rescue ahead. A death defying fight. You do see an animal expert on the scene. Well tell you anchor though to the left, he perhaps could be up for hazard pay after this incident. [ laughter ] chloe oh no. We never do that. Winds picking up quite a bit this afternoon. Looking at some cooler weather as we make our way into the labor day weekend. Switch to centurylink and get up to 40 megs of highspeed internet for just 20 a month. Connect on social media. Learn, shop and more with fast inhome wifi. So call 844560link. Get up to 40 megs of highspeed internet for just 20 a month for one year when bundled with a qualifying home phone plan and autopay. Speed may not be available in your area. Call today. . . For seniors like barbara, Social Security makes a difference every m month. But for the wall street types whove given congressman joe hecks campaigns Social Security could mean billions of dollars in fees. Thats what privatizing Social Security means and why joe heck and wall street support it. Under hecks privatization plan, Retirement Security gets risked on the stock market. And the wall street types supporting joe heck make billions. Whose side are you on . Senate majority pac is responsible reed were going to talk about boating on the digital age. Coming up on news 3 live at 3 30. Marie i think thats the wrong video. Were supposed to be talking about the good stuff. Not sure why you are looking at these images of facebook. Julia in the booth. Okay. Were talking about the good stuff once again. Lets shine a light on people doing facebook we find these stories on facebook. Reed this is what it looks like when you take a show back from a computer. Ohio man alive thanks to the quick thinking of a nurse. He has a heart attack. Jay warren has the story. Reporter it was last monday here at l. A. Fitness when the lives of two strangers could cross. Sarah an r. N. Just completed her workout. Building. When i went to the front of the building i was there maybe one minute and when i heard a loud noise. Reporter that loud noise was made by jack bernard who had just finished a game of racquetball. I felt something coming on and i said well im going down. Well that was the last thing i remember. Reporter he suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed to this floor. Helton rushed over. Basically after he lost pulses and wasnt breathing he and shocked him with an automated external defibrillator. He remembers coming to in the ambulance. I remember being somewhat combative because i thought i was in a fight at that point. Reporter sharon jacks wife shutters to bring what could have been and explains when they met sarah. She came in the room and said you probably dont remember me. We said, no. Reporter but now they do. After learning what sarah did angel. We dont say luck we say blessings. Its been a miracle. If it werent for sarah and her knowledge of cpr and the ability of an aed at l. A. Fitness, i wouldnt be here. Reporter jack bernard is here and he has sarah helton to thank for it. And she didnt just save jacks life but the couples life together as well. That is jay warren reporting. If you are a football fan demand especially for those ohio state football games. Starting saturday one will always remain empty. Here is why. One seat has been set aside as a special p. O. W. m. I. A. Chair. It was placed in the horseshoe in honor of sacrifices of those who have served our country but have not yet returned home. A student came up with this brilliant idea calm of years ago and composed an email to school be in a stadium with 105,000 city seats and know all those seats will be filled but theres always one here right in front of the student section that will remain empty. Reed what a great idea. I think our friends at unlv should do this. The University Officials estimate more than 2,000 osu students are connected to military in some way. Marie i could definitely see this tradition spreading to not just universities stadiums but stadiums everywhere right. Boston anchor got into a surprise wrestling match on air today. Wbz tv sports anchor steve burton was doing a segment with an animal expert. That mans name michael. When the alligator in his arm started acting up. Come in closer. Do they know each other . Hold it tight. Hold it tight. I am. I am. Joanie you got it. [ laughter ] i promise i am. Im really holding i swear. You saw that alligator started to flail in an attempt to escape the anchors grasp. The gator no match for the anchor. He tried to hold firm until another animal expert could take over. They say that animals can pick up on your anxiety and nervousness. Maybe thats what the alligator thought. You know what i have a feeling anchor man you just dont people feel anxiety holding an alligator. Marie thats true. What would you do in that situation . Tweet us marienews3lv, reednews3lv, or the station news3lv. Reed make sure to join the conversation on facebook. Just hit that thumbs up like button there. Search for ksnv news 3 las vegas. We love it when you hang out with us and chat with us on social media. We have a busy newsroom and they 5 00 newscast. You can find one of these almost everywhere around the valley. But tonight those delicious taco trucks are at the center of a president ial campaign. At five, why the trucks are leading to a local protest at a Congress Members office. That story and breaking news as it happens on news 3 live at five. The Holiday Weekend headed our way and so are tourists. According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority more than 300,000 visitors are expected to come to our valley. Thats up more than 1,000 visitors from last years estima roadways prepare for very busy drive. Were told that rtc expects heavy traffic this Holiday Weekend as an estimated 189,000 drivers are expected to drive through our valleys. Marie you know those tourists are in for a treat. Its going be so nice outside. Reed were so glad theyre coming and so glad that Mother Nature cooperated and our Weather AuthorityChloe Beardsley to talk about that. Chloe for us its going to going be like vegas isnt that hot. So a win either way. But were tracking it right now. Were going take a look. You can see throughout the day the winds have been picking up in las vegas. Take a look at those trees shaking quite a bit at las vegas day school. This is just over the past few hours. You can see temperatures still pretty warm around the area. 101 degrees right now southeast career and tech. Also in the triple digits near lake mead. Lots of people on the water show up to work today because its so nice outside. 100 degrees for southeast. Most of the neighborhoods are still in the triple digits at the moment. On the west side of town seeing more 90s, mid90s for summerlin. 98 centennial. Upper 90s at the lakes at the moment. The talker has been the winds picking up just out of the south. Here is a look at the Current Conditions in our neighborhoods. You can see a little more of a breeze on the edges of town. Wind gusts so far today have hour. The same breezy conditions tomorrow tomorrow nchl 32 miles an hour at lake mead. 26mileanhour winds as well for mount charleston. Temperatures still pretty toasty. But were going see a decrease in temperatures this weekend. Heres how the winds will look overnight. Decreasing slightly over the next few hours before picking up again by tomorrow morning. Outside its pretty much picture perfect. Were going see the n weekend. As we take a look though at the southeast we do have an update on Tropical Storm hermine. You can see still moving through the carolinas. Did downgrade to a Tropical Storm from hurricane status last night when it made landfall. Winds sustained at 50 miles an hour. Moving in a northeast direction at 20 miles an hour through the carolinas. Well continue to update on later editions of news 3 on the progression of that storm. Weve seen thunderstorms again arizona and portions of utah. As we get closer to the Las Vegas Valley its been a pretty dry day. The winds picking up this afternoon. Were going to see as slow pressure moves in those winds continue over the weekend with a slight cooling trend as we make our way into labor day. Overnight tonight looking at temperatures dropping down into the upper 70s. Near normal conditions with winds out of the southwest continuing ten to 15 miles an hour. Highs tomorrow actually today. 98 degrees for projected high. Near normal temperatures. The numbers are going to keep going down from there. Winds will pick up by tomorrow afternoon. A great day to fly a kite for saturday. Temperatures on the decrease into monday. Dropping down to 91 degrees. And looks like into the next workweek slight increase. Mid90s on tap. Lots of sunshine headed our way. Reed thanks. The weather couldnt be better be all over nevada, Southern Nevada to catch those games. If you are going one send your pictures and videos of your team on burst or share them on or Facebook Page and news3lv. Com. Marie thankfully the weather is going to be super nice. Not just for the tourists. Goes without saying were all going to enjoy this awesome 90 degrees come monday. Reed be safe. Make sure you spread the word at your parties no drinking and driving. 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