Take pkg its finally beginning to look a lot like christmas. I like it. Its a nice change. The big winter holidays have passed snow whenever it falls. Down in las vegas he dont have the so its a novelty for some people and they really want to have the chance to enjoy the winter conditions in the winter. The mountain is expected to get inches in the double digits today. Its like a movie. Its amazing. The snow was light in the early part of day but got heavier and heavier as time passed. We can just stay here for the night or 2. Who knows . Were just having fun. Its attitudes like these that have the staff at the mt. Charleston lodge grinning from ear to ear. They say business is booming thanks to all the snow. This week its been snowing every single day. Weve been getting about 6 inches overnight and so we come back to work with a fresh blanket of snow on the ground. But today the snow may make the mountain unsafe to travel locking them in. I get worried that i wont make it down the mountain, but if i have to stay up here i starting to leave. Most of them are getting worried that if they dont leave now they wont be able to leave until tomorrow and judging from the looks of michael toss to gina things certainly have changed joe ortiz snapped this shot of the fog. In las vegas. How often. Do you see this . The top of the statosphere is gone the clouds cover it. Right up. Heres a good shot of the strip. Taken by chris gongora. Of the clouds covering the tops of the hotels. Keep those pictures coming send them to. Icontribute ktnv. Com or use the hashtag. Eyec13. Were following new developments out of the white house. In the wake of president obamas executive action on gun control. And at one point during his announcement. Obama was moved to tears when he recalled the Mass Shootings since he took office. But critics. Including many of our viewers on social media. Say the president has overstepped his authority. Action News ReporterDavid Schuman has been getting reaction from both sides of the debate around the valley. And as you watch his report. Keep an eye on the bottom of the screen for some of your responses. Intro what the president s doing makes a difference to local gun stores like this one. The owner here says he doesnt think that adding more extensive background checks or more paperwork in the gun buying process will do anything to help stop crimes. 13 10 58 bob irwin, the Gun Store Owner selling at gun shows or selling online and that is absolute make everyone in the business of selling firearms get a license thus forcing them to require background checks. Gun control advocates call it a common sense way to make people safer without compromising anyones rights. 14 47 16 annette magnus, battle born progress it doesnt change anything for a gun owner who is following the law. What this does is put the burden on those dealers who are not following the law. Tag as part of president obamas plan, more than 200 federal agents will be staffed on conducting background checks and 500 milion will be budgeted toward Mental Health care. At the gun store, David Schuman, channel 13 action news. Now. To developments coming out of an oregon standoff. The groups leader. Ammon bundy. Has said. Hes following directions from god. Authorities are keeping their distance. Tonight. But. Abcs Elizabeth Hur reports. Critics are asking. If they would handle the situation differently. If the protestors were black or muslim. Liz intro so far. Have been no confrontations between the armed group and the police. And thats mainly because there really is no police presense in the area. Liz pkg calling themselves. Citizens for constitutional freedom. The group is remaining defiant. And refusing to back down. sot . . Several dozen they took over saturday. While no one was there. First protesting the conviction of these fellow ranchers. Who surrendered and have since distanced themselves from the standoff. The group then went onto claim their fight is over the thousands of miles of federal land. Which should be returned to americas ranchers. sot sheriff david ward Harney County or its time for you to leave our community. Go home to your families and end this peacefully. The sheriff is urging the group to go home and the fbi. Monitoring the actions of the militia. But for some. The lack of Police Presence on location. Is a sign of a double standard. sot Roland Martin look, the fbi, they know whats going on. They know that you have these theyre carrying heavy artillery. You cannot convince me that federal Law Enforcement would react the exact same way if you were dealing with some folks who were black lives matter activists. Liz tag authorities maintain. Their response to the situation has everything to do with Public Safety not race. They say the area is so remote. The public is not in danger. With the nearest town at least 40 minutes away. Eh, abc news, ny. New information tonight. About how the socalled. Affluenza teen spent his last days on the run. Workers at one strip club. Told abc news. Ethan couch spent time there. Before his capture. Drinking and racking up a 1 thousand dollar tab. With lap dancers. When he wasnt able to pay. Bouncers took couch back to his apartment. Where his mother paid the tab tonya couch also appeared in a Los Angeles Court today. Agreeing to be extradited. To texas. She now faces up to 10 years. In prison. Future here in nevada. But before that can happen alot of questions need to be answered about. Automated cars action News Reporter. Parker collins has more. On what our governor is doing. Higher ups from all around nevada and even the globe are here today. Take vo they want to put unmanned cars on our roads. Were one of the few states where theyve been road tested. Today theyre talking about how to do it safely. On one hand. Think about how it could keep on the other hand. What happens in a wreck. . Who gets a ticket . To help answer these questions. The governor is hiring an expert who will have a special office dealing only in unmanned vehicles for the entire state. Take sot gov. Sandoval 9 46 339 46 41 the cost will be the cost of employing somebody, but it will be a first of its kind in the nation because well have an expert in Autonomous Systems working right here in nevada. People like you and me could be driving some kind of Automated Vehicle in as little as three years. At the Golden NuggetParker Collins channel thirteen action news. Area Law Enforcement agencies are taking part in another round of targeted enforcement around the valley to go after speeders. The steppedup enforcement will continue for about 2 weeks. Henderson police say speeding was a factor in a third of the fatal accidents nationwide in 2014. A major effort is happening right now to boost the valleys blood supply. Which started to run low over the holidays. Action news meteorologist karla huelga is live at red rock resort with an update on how its going. Karla up next. Details on where you can do up next. Details on where you can do and. In tonights financial focus. Well tell you which way local home prices are headed. And whos happier buyers or sellers. And. Get yourself. A powerball ticket. Tomorrows the drawing for the fourth largest jackpot ever stick around. For how much could end up. In your pocket. In tonights financial focus. The markets were mixed today the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. He went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. He moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of americas best mayors. And for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. Now hes taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling Climate Change to create cleanenergy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuitionfree public colleges. People are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change [ cheers and applause ] Bernie Sanders husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. Brutal session yesterday. Dow up 10 nasdaq down 12 sp500 all of the big local gaming stocks were back in positive territory today. With mgm. Las caesars and wynn all up by about 2 . According to the latest numbers from corelogic. Home values around the Las Vegas Metro area are still rising. The latest figures show home prices across las vegas and henderson were up almost 5percent in november compared to november of 2014. Corelogic predicts home prices will jump again over the next year. Finally. Another big Powerball Jackpot is up for grabs. Tomorrow nights drawing will be for an estimated 450million dollar. That means a single winner would pocket more than 275million dollars after taxes. If they took the lump sum payment. This is the sixth largest jackpot for any u. S. Lottery. And the 4th largest Powerball Jackpot. Thats tonights financial focus. lets go to Bryan Scofield and weather first. widespread rain is expected this afternoon and evening and our next system pushes through the area. Up to about a foot of mountain snow is expected above 8000 feet and a winter storm warning remains in effect through tomorrow at 4am. Fog is again a possibility for tomorrow morning. This system makes an exit tomorrow morning and another follows closely behind. Breezy winds will be in place on wednesday and thursday as this system passes through. Chances for rain continue tomorrow through thursday morning, then will start to taper down by the afternoon. By friday and the weekend, chances for rain will only be slight. As far as temperatures are concerned, highs will top out in the low to mid 50s tomorrow and thursday and will drop a bit to around 50 for friday and the weekend. Things look much quieter by early next week, with mainly sunny skies on monday and tuesday and highs in the low to mid 50s. In tonights abc primetime coming up later. In tonights abc primetime lineup on channel 13 8 00 freshoff the boat 8 30 the muppets 9 00 shark tank 10 00 beyond the tank 11 00 action news now. Lets take a look. At whos hiring. Pts Brewing Company is hosting. A job fair. Todays event is done. It picks up again. At their brand new las vegas brewery set to open. This year. They will be doing interviews. On the spot. Just head down. To the Golden Entertainment employment center. Theres a Smart Phone App for just about every health goal. You can think of. But not all apps are created equal. Doctors say. Some could be risky. Any application that says that it can fully diagnose, in lieu of real world evaluations or an examinations, those are the ones that i think are doctor joseph austermans main concern. Is Mental Health apps. In a real crisis. They can give. The wrong advice. And. Be more dangerous than helpful. Austerman recommends. Anyone in need of help. Either see a professional. Or use an app. Thats vetted by a Mental Health institution or the years resolution. To lose weight. But the pounds come back to haunt you. Abcs dr. Timothy johnson takes a closer look at the risk. Script the weight is off . Whether you have last years resolutions to thank . Or had a different reason to whip those eating and exercise habits into shape. But even though you shed the pounds . Can you shed all of the health risks they bring . A new study says . Perhaps not. Researchers compared data from a Large National survey with death certificate records . Finding that those who were once obese but lost the weight were still at a higher risk of dying early from any cause at normal weight their entire lives. And the more obese a person was . The higher their risk. But does this mean its pointless to lose weight . Far from it. If you have succeeded in losing a lot of pounds, congratulations . Youve brightened your future Health Prospects immensely . And almost definitely lengthened your life. If anything, its a reminder that those at a healthy weight should take strides to stay there. And if youre carrying some extra pounds, do what you can to make changes now. A useful message as we all work to make those healthy new years resolutions stick. With this medical minute, im dr. Timothy johnson. Still ahead. Bryan scofield will give us another update on tonights forecast. Youre watching. Channel 13 action news. Thats action news for now. But. We hope to see you again later for action news. Live at 11. Thank you for joining us. 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