A oneyearold boy. This is 23yearold amonte taylor. Hes been booked into the clark county detention center, charged with one count of child abuse resulting in substantial bodily harm. Investigators say officers were called to a home where taylor and the child were last week. The report says officers found the child with serious burns to his hand and wristso serious they required surgery. Taylor told police he was babysitting the boy while the childs mother was out. Investigators said they do not believe the burns wer accidental. A despicable crime of animal cruelty hanging an animal to death is unspeakable. Its not to be tolerated in this community. And now. Animal activists are getting involved. To help police. Catch the person. Who did it 13 action news reporter. David schuman tells us why. Police are worried. That people. Could be next metro needs your help. Our help. In a neighborhood near alta and 08 00 11 robert sigal, metro this is obviously a heinous case because this cat was captured by an individual, taken into a yard, and viciously killed. Butt with 08 00 21 we believe this cat was alive when he was hung and suffered greatly during this put on the air. So without getting into too much detail, and im just using this fence as an example, the cat was vertically tied to a pole just like this one. The concern for police is if they never find the suspect. The crimes could escalate. 08 01 37 sigal theyre going to become the people that theyre going to become the people that commit homicides. Person. Stop that. Animal activists are offering a one thousand dollar reward to anyone with information to help catch the suspect. 07 54 23 kristen corral, nevada Political Action for animals animals is something thats near and dear to everyones heart. 07 56 43 mark manendo people have had it with this kind of behavior. Near alta pictures. O but please. Use discretion before viewing this. Investigators want to know. If anyone knows. Who the cat belonged to. If you know anything. About who did this. Please call crimestoppers. At 7023855555. Gop president ial candidate donald trump is campaigning hard across nevada today. That included a rally today at the henderson pavillion that drew a crowd of about 7thousand people. Trump praised his running mate. Mike pence. For a Strong Performance in last nights vicepresident ial debate. And touched on his own donald trump r president ial nominee in our fabulous fabulous state that we all love. This is a special state. Certainly spent a lot of money on this state if its not. And we have right down the road a very successful hotel, trump international, and its been great. Tonight. Trump will be up north for a rally at the renosparks convention center. 13 action news political analyst jon ralston is here now with more trumps nevada blitz with election day less than 5weeks away. The crowd of about 7,000 performance. There were several chants of build that wall and lock her up. Trump was on the teleprompter but he frequently strayed. He is addicted to ad libs. Trump came to a place he knew would be friendly green valley, which is mostly white and quite republican. But in between his usual emails, clinton and her foreign policy, clinton and obamacare,trump urged people to register to vote. His rallies now actually have people registering voters, which he did not have in earlier days. Trumps appearances in henderson and later in the day in reno signal how important nevada could be. The state is very close in all polls. Trump also visited a Christian School and a Mexican Restaurant to meet with hispanics. A teleprompter. Theyll make a politician out of him yet. Protesters turned out. For todays trump appearance Donald Donald you cant hide, we can see your sexist side women at the protest. Dressed like. Beauty queens. In support of a former miss universe. Who was slammed by trump. As being overweight. Maria Teresa Liebermann deputy director, battle born progress he really doesnt respect women, and that means he doesnt respect people at all, rally. Seemed unphased. Going as far as. To take selfies. With some of the protestors. Before the big rally in henderson. Trump held a smaller meeting. At a church and school. In las vegas. The president ial candidate stopped. At the International Church of las vegas. Near summerlin. He talked about his support for school choice. And. Met with the pastor. Who says. He was initially on the dr. Ben carson. Pastor goulet when he endorsed donald trump, i thought i dont know about this, i dont know about this. But to meet him today, but to youll hear. How the pastor managed to score the big visit. From trump. And. Meet some lucky elementary school. Who got to meet trump. One on one. While Hillary Clinton is in washington d. C. Preparing for the next president ial debate. Her family hit te trail today. Chelsea clinton held a rally in iowa while former president bill clinton was in the Buckeye State to talk about the economy. Bill clinton but it is not gonna happen if we vote to continue gridlock and divisive politics and putting each other down and all that kinda stuff. Ohios Voter Registration deadline is only 6days away. October 11th. Followed by the start of early voting on october 12th. Governor Brian Sandoval announcing today. Session. Next week. Among the topics to be discussed. Public funding for an nfl stadium. Here in las vegas. That could be. Home to the raiders. The governor will also call for. More Hotel Room Tax increases. To cover an expected shortfall. In Public Education funding. Legislators will not be discussing. The education savings account. The special session starts. Monday morning. At 8 am. Were staying on top of breaking news with hurricane matthewflorida governor rick scott has activated another one thousand to respond to the storm. This is video of a major traffic jam in brevard county, florida roads are clogged with people trying to leave town before matthew hits. Florida governor rick scott has already asked president obama for an emergency declaration. Hurricane watches and warnings are up all along the entire florida east coast. And this just inamtrak suspending service in the entire southeast region. Hurricane matthew is heading. Toward florida. Tonight. People there are lining up. Up their cars. Theyre also packing into grocery stores. For supplies. But. Government officials are worried. Many others arent properly preparing. Since its been 11 years. Since theyve had a major storm. Gov. Rick Scott R Florida this thing is getting close to our time to get ready. Youre not going to be able to go get your food and water, youre not going to be able to evacuate. Youre going to put your life and your familys life at risk. In south carolina. Road crews are closing lanes. Heading to the coast. Creating evacuation routes. 13 first alert. Chief meteorologist. Bryan scofield joins us now. With more on matthews current position. Bryan. Hurricane of category 3 strength or greater new details tonight. Condition. A report details. How suspect. Deshaun lewis claimed the boy. Slipped in the bathtub. 13 action news reporter. Bryan callahan has more. On the crime. And. The mans relationship. With the boy. Tricia, according to this report lewis told police he was not the boys father. But had custody for one month prior to his arrest through an injuries the boy came in with. Police say lewis told them he hurt his leg playing socccer. And cut his chin after slipping in the bathtub. Nurses also internal injuries as well. Police say when questioned further. Lewis said the boy got whoopings when he misbehaved. Lewis reportedly said that included being hit with a belt. Take reporter the boys mother told 13 action news. Lewis has been watching her son. Because she had been really sick. We are told the boy is expected to survive. Bryan callahan, 13 action news. North Las Vegas Police have arrested a suspect in an arson fire last night. Tony fernandez has been booked his arrest follows a suspicious house fire on east nelson Near Civic Center that left two people with nonlife threatening injuries. Some big help for metro. Tonight. The state is getting some much needed assistance. For dealing with its massive backlog of untested Sexual Assault kits. Plus. An update to a story you asked us to investigate. Well tell you what weve learned about a pile of unopened mail that was discovered on a valley sidewalk. And. From contact 13. A new rule is set. To protect anyone using. Bryan . Im Catherine Cortez masto and i approve this message. As a doctor, i see how decisions in washington impact my patients here in nevada. So even though im a republican, i wont be voting for joe heck. Joe hecks voted ten times to defund planned parenthood, which thousands of women depend on for cancer screenings. And heck opposes a womans right to choose even when her health is at risk. For me and my patients, as a marine combat veteran, i understand the sacrifices our military makes. Our benefits are earned, and we rely on them. Politicians like joe heck should understand that. Narrator joe heck voted to shut down the federal government, risking Critical Services for nevada veterans. And during that shutdown, heck continued cashing his congressional paycheck. His military record deserves respect. But back in dc, joe heck is putting politics before nevada. And that doesnt work for me. Narrator vote vets is of this advertising. At our backlog of untested rape kits. And now. The issue is consuming. The political arena. With an attack ad against. Former attorney general. Contact 13 investigative reporter. Stephanie zepelin breaks down. The battle. At one point, there were about eight thousand untested rape kits in nevada, that some say could solve other crimes. And a new ad blames Catherine Cortezmasto for leaving these untested. 08 while Catherine Cortezmasto was attorney general just 18 percent of rape kits were tested 12 in las vegas alone nearly three thousand kits never examined 16 her successor quickly found money to solve the problem 19 that eight years 21 ad this new anticortezmasto ad slams the former attorney general for what it claims is her part in the backlog of untested rape kits. Her successor, Republican Attorney general adam laxalt, got 3. 7 million in grants and redirected Settlement Funds to pay for funding the backlog about a year after taking office. And just today announced an additional one point nine Million Dollars to continue testing the kits. Cortezmasto has made much of her record of profemale actions during her time as attorney general, and says the ad is just plain false. 25 ive worked my entire career on addressing not only Sexual Assault issues in the state, but fighting for funding, for heck and his allies are doing 37 ccm there isnt much evidence cortez masto attacked the backlog issue while in office. Although it only became widely publicized during the last two months of her term. But she did work on legislation to expanding access to rape kits for victims. But there is also nothing in state law that says the ag is backlog. About 15 hundred rape kits have been sent out for testing. 42 of which hit on entries already in the dna database. An update tonioght on a situation you asked us to investigate. A pile of mail. Found by one of our viewers on a sidewalk. Is back with its rightful recipients. Osiris caniff called 13action news after she found this huge pile of mail. Which she returned to the post office. The post office tells us the mail. Whic information. Was untouched. Weve also learned the post office believes a mail carrier couldve dropped it. From contact 13. Small business owners. Are suing major credit card companies. Over those credit card chip readers. You see at some stores small businesses. Dont want to be forced. To use the chip readers. They say. The machines are expensive. And. Dont fully protect them. From fraud. They also accuse. Credit card companies. When using. A prepaid card. The Consumer Financial protection bureau. Has issued a new rule. That goes into effect. Next year. The new rule will require clear. Upfront information. About fees. The rule also tightly regulates. Overdraft fees. Connected to prepaid cards. Adlib lets go to chief meteorologist Bryan Scofield and 13 first alert weather. one system moved out and another, weaker one is on the way. Associated with the weaker system will pass to our north, but it will push close enough to give us a reinforcement of cooler air. This means below average temps will be the theme for the forecast through friday. Expect a highs in the low 80s through thursday, with lots of sunshine and dry conditions. By friday we warm a bit to the mid 80s as High Pressure builds over the area. Afternoon highs will rise to the upper 80s for friday and the weekend. Overnight lows will settle near 60 each day. Here at 13 action news we want for kids drive is underway. Again this year, our partner is tropical smoothie. Please donate gen new childrens coats at any tropical smoothie cafe. To find a location near you go to ktnv dot com or tropical smoothie dot com. Thanks to the salvation army. As the temperatures start to get colder, theyll distribute the coats to families in need. And a big thanks to tropical smoothie cafe, a proud sponsor on mt. Charleston tonight. Well have the latest on what theyre doing about a new fire in the area of Mary Jane Falls. And. At 6 some kids may soon be impact. On the thousands of fire crews say. Nothing has changed. Since a new fire started on in the Mary Jane Falls area. Early this morning. Firefighters worked to put out a fire. About a half acre in size. They say. This is not the same fire. That started burning. Over the weekend. This one was actively burning. In heavy trees and brush. Three units are now working. To make sure. It doesnt spread. And. Heres a look at whats coming up. In tonights primetime line right here on abc. At 8. Its the goldbergs. Followed by speechless. At 9. Its modern family. At 9 30. Blackish. At 10. Make sure to watch. Designated survivor. And. We will see you tonight. For action news. Live at 11. Thats our news for now. But. Stay with us. For abcs world news tonight. Up next. Remember. Were always on at ktnv. Com and on our free ktnv mobile app. Well see you back here in 30minutes for action news. Live at 6. Until then. Thanks for watching. Nevada is getting financial when i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. But i spent my whole life fighting back. So you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say. I dont know what i said, ah, i dont remember that reporter he is talking about suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms. I dont want a president who makes fun of me. Tonight, the breaking news here. Millions of americans now bracing for hurricane matthew. What could be a direct hit. Hundreds of thousands already racing to get out. The mandatory evacuations at this hour. The deadly storm steamrolling through the caribbean, the u. S. Coastline next. The new track right here tonight. And is it possible this hurricane could circle around and hit twice . Also tonight, the scare onboard a passenger jet. The owner who says his smartphone was burning, smoke in the cabin. This had been the fear all along. Donald trump and his new attack late today, using bill clintons own words, as Hillary Clinton now prepares for their second showdown. American secrets stolen . Authorities say the Government Contractor and the top secret documents involving our national