Pointing it at people. The shots missed, grazing two pedestrians including a child. No one had any serious injuries. Officers were able to take the man into custody and he will be facing several charges. Regular performers and artists say the mood out here in front of the bellagio feels different. They say theres now starting to be more heightened concerned for their own safety. Eric miller, caricature artist ive got friends, i know a lot i dont see anyone out here tonight he went on to say even if he feels a bit more uneasy, hes not going to stop coming and working. And the tourists making their way through seem to be pretty glad about that. Live on the strip, David Schuman channel 13 action news. Tonight. A gunman still on the loose the death of a man still metro says the victim was found. Shot to death. In an parking lot officers were called out to complex. Near owens and mary jane. At around 4 a. M. Were told the victim. Was riding a bicycle when a pickup truck. Pulled up alongside him. Someone in the truck. Fired several rounds. Hitting the man. He was rushed to the hospital. But he died. Action news will bring you information on the suspect. As soon as its released. A developing story tonight the historic blizzard of 2016 is here and. Its creating. A massive mess several states along the east coast. Are already under states of emergency and the snow is still coming down abcs karla barguarena is in new york city with the latest. No hype here . The blizzard of 2016 hitting hard . Nats new york city nearly doubling its expected snow totals . Officials forced to ban travel on streets, highways, bridges and Commuter Rails . Even some of sot mayor bill de blasio d new york city if you have taken your car out for any reason, turn around and go home right now. In West Virginia white out conditions nearly obscuring this convoy of plows. In arlington, virginia snow buried Police Cruisers . The National Guard sending in soldiers to help. Travel by air crippled . No planes going in or out of new york, washington or philadelphia. Instead, equipment lined up to clear the runways. Nats people in the dc and Virginia Area expecting three feet or more of accumulation. Sot Brian Pittack homeowner a few feets okay. But once you pass 24 and theyre calling for 36 or 40, you start wondering how much your roof can hold. Nats but its not all about the snow . From long island to queens, new york . To the jersey shore . Front yards and entire neighborhoods overrun with icy ocean water. Still new Jersey Governor Chris Christie reassuring his state things are under control. Sot gov. Chris christie r new jersey this is my 17th snow emergency in 6 years . this is not misery for everyone . These deer enjoyed the empty streets of washington dc . And giant panda tian tian frolicked at the national zoo . While a few brave parents, helped their kids enjoy this historic blizzard. Karla barguiarena oncam close officials here in new york confirming at least three people died from shoveling snow. They are asking everyone to be extra cautious. Especially considering more snow is expected to fall at least until midnight. Karla barguiarena, abc news, new york. That massive snowfall. Is damaging. Homes. Buildings. And powerlines tonight. Entire neighborhoods being pushed. To their breaking point. In north carolina. More than 100thousand. Still without power tonight and in northern virginia, 30 inches and counting. This emergency snow removal crew. Stuck. Take a look. At all that snow. Piling up on roofs right there. Experts say. A foot of heavy wet snow. On a weighs as much as 14 tons sot Brian Pittack, reston resident once you get past 24 when theyre calling for 36 or 40 you start wondering how much can your roof hold. The snow so heavy. This roof of this gas station caved in. This historic theater in virginia. Destroyed up and down the coast. Heavy snow and winds. Making life miserable for residents. Caught in the middle the storms impact being felt. Right here at home. Air travel becoming a real headache. For those trying to go to the east coast. Or fly into mccarran. From the east coast across the nation so far. More than 65 hundred flights. Have been cancelled for information. On flights leaving las vegas. Just head to ktnv dot com and click on links. Action news is tracking. The latest weather developments tonight. A live look outside right now where thankfully. We havent had to endure what they are on the east coast we did have some rain earlier today. Action news meteorologist. Karla wellgah. And karla im not complaining but. When is the sun coming back . The system that brought us a cloudy start to the weekend, could bring a stray sprinkle in the late night and overnight hours, and will be to our east by tomorrow morning. More sunshine is expected for sunday, with high temps around 60 and occasional breezes. By sunday evening, we will get another push of clouds ahead of another system that will sweep through the area on monday. Mondays system will only bring chances for rain to the mountains, but it will keep the valley mostly cloudy with breezy winds. Continue with breezy winds on the back end of the system. By tuesday afternoon, high temps will be in the upper 50s, skies will be mainly sunny and High Pressure will begin to take control of the forecast. High pressure will remain in control through friday, which will mean warmer temperatures. Our next system makes its entrance saturday, with breezy winds and mostly cloudy skies by the afternoon. Slight chances for rain are outside. The lloyd d. Building. In support of Cliven Bundy Bundy militia sympathizers were out. In what theyre calling a constitution support rally. They want to show their support for the bundys. And. What they call. Other victims of federal oppression. The rally was put together by the las vegas tea party. Ammon bundy. Is currently leading an armed group. Occupying a National Wildlife refuge in oregon. So far. Attempts by federal authorites to end the three week standoff have failed. New tonight. Community leaders come together to help their neighbors. In summerlin. Prevent breakins the group gathered at the. Veterans memorial Leisure Services center vendors were on hand to display Security ProductsShowcase Solutions thatll empower residents. And help them prevent burglaries its the second Crime Prevention meeting this week n the area. This, after a string of recent as you know. Clark county has the nations 5th Largest School district and many feel. They just arent getting the job done. When it comes to educating our children because of this. State leaders passed assembley bill 395 its aimed at breaking up the School District into smaller precints. Well today, the Advisory Committee charged with plan. Sought input from the Asian Community the forum allowed for Community Members to voice their opinion on the break up of the district. With that historic storm pounding the east coast las vegas is looking to help those in need. United blood services. Is asking folks here to donate blood and answer the call for help. In the parts of the u. S. That are getting slammed this weekend roughly a quarter of the countrys population is in the storms pathway. If youre interested in donating. The green Valley Donation Center will be open tomorow coming up, caught on camera the dramatic moments. After a taxi catches on fire flames shooting out and fireballs exploding. How a quick thinking driver saved a womans life. And. A contact 13 consumer alert tonight what you need to know about packaged salad. After a deadly listeria outbreak. Dramatic video of a taxi cab tt2w`t3n John Mcdonald witness i really thought someone was grinding their gears. Thats how mcdonald describes the noise he heard prior to the fire, then John Mcdonald witness i heard two pops. Within seconds the entire inside of the cab was in flames. By the time he started taking the video, both driver and passenger were safely out. But mcdonald says not a safe distance away. This is gonna blow youve got to get her into the apartment building. With the taxis horn blowing incessantly nats and choking black smoke spewing above, mcdonalds next fear was the more than dozen cars parked within feet of the out of control blaze. John Mcdonald witness could it get to the fuel line, would it get there that quickly . It didnt. Response time from quincy fire was within minutes. And it took seconds to drown the flames. And mcdonalds elderly cab, who uses two canes to walk, made sure to give credit to her driver. John Mcdonald witness he literally picked her up and moved her away from the situation and got her in the nats John Mcdonald witness and she was quite thankful for that. Its not just snow causing Major Concerns on the east coast. Flooding. Is now wreaking havoc in new jersey. This storm is the worst to hit the jersey shore. Since superstorm sandy. Tonight. Powerful winds. High tide, and the full moon are sending icy water into the streets. Governor Chris Christie warning residents there to stay indoors. adlib wx toss cloudy start to the weekend, could bring a stray sprinkle in the late night and overnight hours, and will be to our east by tomorrow morning. More sunshine is expected for sunday, with high temps around 60 and occasional breezes. By sunday evening, we will get another push of clouds ahead of another system that will sweep through the area on monday. Mondays system will only bring chances for rain to the mountains, but it will keep the valley mostly cloudy with breezy winds. Highs are expected to top out in mid to upper 50s on monday. The system will be to our east by Tuesday Morning and we will continue with breezy winds on the back end of the system. Temps will be in the upper 50s, skies will be mainly sunny and High Pressure will begin to take control of the forecast. High pressure will remain in control through friday, which will mean warmer temperatures. Highs will top out around 60 on wednesday, then warm to the mid and even upper 60s through saturday. Our next system makes its entrance saturday, with breezy winds and mostly cloudy skies by the afternoon. Slight chances for rain are also in the forecast for the start to next weekend. Time now. For the latest consumer news. From contact 13. If you were one of the lucky netflix subscribers. That got grandfathered into the old cost. When they hiked prices back in october. Well. Your lucks about to run out the streaming service announced in their fourthquarter letter to investors. That the price will soon jump from 799 to 999 a month. No word yet. On an exact date. Chipotle is trying to make good the recent e coli and salmonella outbreak. So to do that. Theyre offering you a discount. To have them cater your party. For this years super bowl. Theyll take. 50 dollars off. The discount is valid. For one time use only. Contact 13 is ready to help you with a consumer problem. Just call one of our volunteers any weekday between 11am and 1pm at 3682255. Close to threehundred colonoscopy patients in massachusetts. May have been exposed to a potentially deadly disease. The patients received the procedure at baystate Noble Hospital in westfield in 2012 and 2013. Officials say there was a possibility to exposure to hiv. As well as hepatitis b and c. Thats because the colonoscopy instruments were not properly still says. Theres relatively little chance. That patients were actually infected. dr. Stanley strzempko, baystate Noble Hospital i am extremely confident that patients were at low risk, but now our job is to be certain that there were no patients harmed. Thats the testing phase. Hope to have that wrapped up in days to weeks. Were told patients have been notified. That they need to be screened for those diseases. Now to a consumer alert. A recall is in effect for various brands of packaged salad. That could be linked. To a deadly listeria outbreak the cdc says twelve people. Were hospitalized in six different states. One patient died from the listeria infection. Officials say the outbreak is linked to salads. That came from a dole Processing Plant in springfield, ohio. Dole has issued a voluntary recall. For all its salads. Showing the manufacturing code you see here. Letter a at the beginning. If you see that, throw the salad away tax season has begun and the irs has a big warning for you its being called the biggest phone scam in history. Heres a listen to that scam sot real call before there is an arrest warrant issued . I your doorstep to handcuff you and put you behind bars. As you heard there, someone claiming to be from the ir s. Demands you pay. Back taxes. You may not even owe or risk jail but the irs says theyll always send you a letter first. If you receive a call, hang up and report it. So far, almost 1million of these calls. Have been sent out. And 5thousand people have lost more than 26million dollars. The fight continues to raise nevadas minimum wage. A judge in carson city. Has ruled a ballot measure. Hour supporters are trying to get 55 thousand signatures so the issue can go on november ballot. Right now. Nevadas minimum wage is 825 an hour. Or 725 if the employer offers health insurance. Under this proposal. Wages would go to 925 in 2018. And increase to 75cents an hour each year until it reaches 13dollars an hour. Coming up an update to a story you asked us to investigate neighbors in one valley neighborhood. Terrorized by squatters are finally breathing a sigh of relief tt2w`t2n`qt bt q,m8 tt2w`t2n`qt a q that community. But this was welcomed multiple people told us metros swat team came out to serve a warrant 18. 50. 31 i was going to bed and there was a big loud boom 35 and then over the loud speaker they were telling everyone to stay in their residence 40 and those people, that address, to come out with their hands up 44 police tell us two people were arrested for unlawful occupancy. Thats a misdemeanor. That can carry. A two thousand dollar fine. And up to a year in jail. And if youre looking to get outside this weekend. You can head over to mesquite. For the hot air Balloon Festival youll see so many colorful hot air balloons taking to the sky. The festival got under way this morning at the casa blanca resort and casino. And its happening all weekend long and coming up. As this special edition of action news continues. Well have more on the deadly the storm continuing to intensify, with about 85 Million People in its path. Plus the intense manhunt for three escaped prisoners continues tonight. The men all considered extremely dangerous escaping from a prison just feet from that winter storm is raging. Disrupting lives. And turning deadly. Millions of people in the storms path. Good evening. And thanks for joining us. Im mahsa saeidi. The coast hit especially hard. The region at a standstill. Major highways shut down in several states,. Thousands of people stranded in cars and trucks. But it is new york being hit especially hard. Abcs Ron Claiborne is in times square. Tonight, the nations largest city in the bullseye of a blizzard of epic proportions. Howling winds and driving snow creating near whiteout conditions, forcing an sotgov. Andrew cuomo ny unless it is truly an emergency you should not be on the road travel is now banned and the reason were doing that is to protect people. The snow, still coming down strong tonight, exceeding expectations . On track to become one of the top five snow storms on record here in nyc and no let up expected for hours. Sot pedestrian one of the worst blizzards, winter storms that ive seen in new york. Oh yeah its no fun. Ron claiborne no fun at all . Sot pedestrian no, its not a winter wonderland. Many roads eerily empty in the middle of the day also ordered shut down Commuter Rail lines and parts airports. And across the stormaffected swath of the east coast, more 10,000 cancellations spanning friday through sunday. Even broadway shows shuttered. Meterologist Indra Petersons out in the thick of it. SotIndra Petersons standup if nyc gets more than 21 inches of greatest snowfall on record. But forget what 2 feet of snow looks like, its a blizzard out here youre going to be talking about winds producing snow drifts even as high as 5 feet to battle the snow, the city called out an army of snowplows and salt spreaders. No match for this monster a fraction of the number of people who would normally be out here on a saturday night. You know so far this entire season until this storm new york city had only gotten a trace amount of snow. Now in less than 24 hours the city has gotten an entire winters worth. The storms impact being felt. Right here at home. Air travel becoming a real problem. For those trying to go to the east coast. Or fly into mccarran from the east coast across the nation so far. More than 65 hundred flights have been cancelled for information. On flights leaving las vegas. Just head to ktnv dot com and click on links. Weather developments right now. A live look outside right now, where thankfully we havent had to endure what they are on the east coast. But there was a little bit of rain earlier today. Lets check in with action news meteorologist karla huelga with what we can expect. Karla . The system that brought us a cloudy start to the weekend, could bring a stray sprinkle in the late night and overnight hours, and will be to our east by tomorrow morning. More sunshine is expected for sunday, with high temps around 60 and occasional breezes. By sunday evening, we will get another push of clouds ahead of another system that will sweep valley mostly cloudy with breezy winds. Highs are expected to top out in mid to upper 50s on monday. The system will be to our east by Tuesday Morning and we will continue with breezy winds on High Pressure will begin to take control of the forecast. High pressure will remain in control through friday, which will mean warmer temperatures. Highs will top out around 60 on wednesday, then warm to the mid and even upper 60s through saturday. Slight chances for rain are start to next weekend. A developing story tonight. Out of california. A frantic manhunt is underway there. After a prison escape. Authorities say the three men are considered extremely dangerous. Charged with crimes ranging from torture to murder. With search dogs leading the way, police are focusing in on this jailhouse rooftop. They say this was a well thought out plan. The convicts on the run for over 24 hours now. Sot lt. Jeff hallock, pio, the inmates were last seen at 5am yesterday. Thats the last time that we physically in the housing location investigators believe they know how the men escaped. But arent releasing those details yet. New information tonight. On that Deadly School shooting in western canada. Police say the 17yearold accused. Has now been charged with four counts of firstdegree murder. And seven counts of attempted murder. Authorities say the mass shooting happened friday. First at a home. Two shot dead there. Before the gunman opened fire inside a school. Killing two more and injuring seven others. Now to a developing story in the race for president. Former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. May be considering a possible independent president ial run. The 73year old is expected to make a decision sometime in march. According to reports, bloomberg would be willing to spend 1 billion dollars of his own more controversial comments from republican president ial candidate donald trump today. Speaking to supporters during a rally in iowa today, trump said he could shoot someone and not lose votes. donald trump r president ial candidate the people my people are so smart. And you know what else they say about my people the polls they say i have the most loyal people. Did you ever see that . Where i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters okay . Its like incredible. Many of trumps supporters say almost nothing could make them change their mind about voting for him. Trumps comments come as the debate about gun violence in the us has taken center stage after several highlypublicized mass shootings. Ben carsons former Campaign Manager is now advising Donald Trumps president ial campaign. Barry bennett is advising trumps top aides in a volunteer capacity. Bennett characterized his role in an email as unpaid and become increasingly convinced trump will be the nominee. Also stating. If he wins iowa, i think he runs the board. New information tonight. Legionnaires disease is the latest health issue linked to Drinking Water in flint, michigan. The citys Mclaren Hospital says it found low levels of legionnaires bacteria in its water system. Hospital administrators saw a spike in legionnaires cases after the city switched to a different water source. Two years ago. The switch was also linked to an increase in lead levels in water, which created a citywide crisis. Died. But a state Health Official says theres still no evidence the water source change caused the legionnaires cases. The disease is a respiratory infection usually spread through mist. People who want to help cope with the water crisis are flocking to gofundme. Donors had given nearly 2hundred thousand dollars. The money will go toward things like purchasing bottles of water, water filters and even bags of fresh fruit and vegetables. One account is even raising money to offset the costs incurred by the Virginia Tech researchers who first tested the water and found unsafe levels of lead. A developing story tonight premier Solar Solutions has announced that its closing its Henderson Office and laying off 66 employees. The move comes after the Public Utilities commission decided to increase nv energy bills for solar customers. Solarcity and sunrun both say the decision is the reason they halted sales in nevada. And laidoff more than 650 employees. Coming up in tonights financial focus. Fall. Now worth barely more than a nickel. What this means for investors. And after a week of backlash over the lack of diversity in this years oscar nominations, changes are coming. What the academy is now tt2w`t3n but the actual amount has never been publicly disclosed. Now. According to a transcript of Court Proceedings from oracles copyright lawsuit against google. Apple received 1billion from its rival in 2014. Google also has an agreement that gives apple a percentage of revenue google generates through apple devices. Thats tonights financial focus. Lets go to karla huelga and weather first. The system that brought us a cloudy start to the weekend, could bring a stray sprinkle in the late night and overnight hours, and will be to our east by tomorrow morning. More sunshine is expected for sunday, with high temps around 60 and occasional breezes. By sunday evening, we will get another push of clouds ahead of another system that will sweep through the area on monday. Mondays system will only bring chances for rain to the valley mostly cloudy with breezy winds. Highs are expected to top out in mid to upper 50s on monday. The system will be to our east by Tuesday Morning and we will continue with breezy winds on the back end of the system. By tuesday afternoon, high temps will be in the upper 50s, skies will be mainly sunny and High Pressure will begin to take control of the forecast. High pressure will remain in control through friday, which will mean warmer temperatures. Highs will top out around 60 on wednesday, then warm to the mid and even upper 60s through saturday. Our next system makes its entrance saturday, with breezy winds and mostly cloudy skies by the afternoon. Slight chances for rain are outrage over the oscars due to the lack of diversity among the oscar nominees. With some of hollywoods biggest names saying they will skip the ceremony this year. It now looks like changes are coming. Abcs Chris Connolley has more on the changes aimed at increasing diversity announced by the Motion Picture academy. Still reeling from the widespread outcry . And the prospect of some highprofile absences from the oscars after for the 2nd straight nominations went to a person of color . Overlooking such performances as idris elba in beasts of no nation. And not giving a best picture nod to Straight Outta Compton [gfx] the academy of Motion Picture arts and sciences on friday . Announcing what it called a necessary step to aid diversity . Bringing sweeping changes to its memberships voting eligibility requirements for the Academy Awards . [gfx] going forward, members who had been given lifetime voting privileges . Now getting them for a tenyear stretch . Renewable for another ten years only if that person has remained active in Motion Pictures. Lifetime rights after 3 of those stints the initiative . Coupled with efforts to enhance the diversity of the academy board. And outreach to new members thats aimed at doubling the number of oscar voters who are women and minorities by 2020. [gfx] on social media, selma director ava duvernay calling long journey. The announcement from the academy . Coming in the wake of some saying theyd skip the ceremony in response to the nominations . Director spike lee, awarded an honorary oscar this year . As well as Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband will smith, who spoke earlier this week to robin. Sot smith robin interview were part of this community but at this current time, were uncomfortable to stand there and say that this is ok. Coming up in tonights health report. A new idea to help put children at ease while theyre in the hospital. And, more and more americans are turning to alternative therapies to treat their aches and pains. Tt2w`t2n`qt bt q,m8 tt2w`t2n`qt a q acupuncture, chiropractic therapy and massage . Effective or not and theres little Scientific Evidence a growing number of americans are seeking out these therapies. Cdc researchers finding that in 2012, more than 8 percent of americans reported using a chiropractor . Nearly 7 percent said they looked to Massage Therapy . And about 2 percent trying acupuncture. The popularity of all three up, compared to ten years prior. But perhaps the Biggest Surprise . Most people using any of these alternative therapies are willing to pay out of pocket , since insurance doesnt usually pick up the bill and when it does, it is usually only partially covered. Are these treatments worth the money, covered or not . Theres still not much strong science. The best approach, of course, is to talk with your doctor . To see if a complementary therapy is safe for you. If you get a green light try it, and see if its worth handing over your cash. With this medical minute, im Karla Barguiarena hospitals can be a scary place but one College Student has come up with a way to help put them at ease Bobby Lenahan created iv heroes. Its a great idea that lets children turn their iv bags into a source for superpowers. A Childrens Cancer center at one hospital says the ones theyve tested so far have had tremendous results. And help the children cheer up and feel better about their treatment. Stay with us. Well be right back with a final check of your forecast. Youre watching channel 13 action news. Tt2w`t3n im no joke thief. Amy schumer defends her name. I didnt steal a joke. Then, he didnt know. I came home. What happened . Will smith says he knew nothing about his wifes call for an oscar boycott. And, the man they call the bordo bandit. Was he stealing wine . Look at this wrestling match in the wine store. Things you never thought of to get your car through the blizzard of 2016. It is kind of silly, but it really works. 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