Beginning to open, caucuses start at 6. Thanks erin but of course caucuses are taking place all over northern nevada. And we have an inside look at all the action going on right now. Ryan canaday joins us now live at the nugget in carson city. Ryan, describe the scene down there . Well kristen its starting to get busy down here. Doors opened been growing since. We want to show you just what i mean. Just take a look at how many people there are, organizers say they expect close to 1500 people to be in and out at todays caucus. The easiest thing about ours is that you can vote and leave we would like them all to stay for the precinct meetings but a lot of people work, theyre just getting off work, they have kids at home its just not something theyre ready to do. Nearly seventy people are volunteering here today at the caucus inside the nugget. Organizers here in carson city have even made arrangements for representatives of the president ial candidates to be here to speak with todays participants. Once people cast their ballot for the candidate of their choice they will then be given the option to leave or stay for the pricinct meetings those meetings will be held at 6pm and it will be at that time that theyll be electing delegates to go to the county convention. Marti cockellweve tried to make it as pleasant as possible, im going to lead everyone the paper work and im going to try to make it fun and not complicated. If you are registered republican and you would like to come out and caucus, organizers and volunteers will be here at the nugget until 9 pm tonight. Covering campaign 2016 live in carson city, ryan canaday channel two news the gop frontrunner campaigned at the nugget in sparks today. Most polls show donald trump with a large lead in nevada some by more than 25 points. Paul nelson was at todays rally and joins us live in the studio paul. Kristen trump talked a lot about National Issues like immigration, the economy, and terrorism. But he really stayed away from issues unique to the silver state. Still, his overall message seemed to resonate with his supporters heading into tonights caucus. Trump like at 5 30, today, you know where youre gonna be, right . Donald trump was centerstage at the nugget. And after encouraging people to get out to vote, it didnt take long for the gop frontrunner to go after one of his rivals. Tougher people than ted cruz. Hes like a baby compared to some of the people i have to deal with. He is like a little baby. Soft, weak little baby by comparison, but for lying hes the best ive ever seen. Trump emphasized his experience as a businessman talking about Economic Issues like trade, jobs and taxes. Trump were gonna make our business stronger, better than ever. Were lowering taxes for businesses, big league. We pay the highest taxes in the world. I dont know if you know that. More than 3thousand people were onhand to listen to the president ial hopefuls speech, that included his prosecond amendment stance and preventing Mass Shootings like the one in paris. Trump if one of you characters were in that room and you had your gun around your ankle or along your waist, it would have been whole different story. He also reenforced his position on illegal immigration and building a wall along the mexican border. Despite that, he thinks hell win the hispanic vote in nevada. Trump first of all, theyre here legally and they dont want and second of all, and more importantly, they know im going to bring jobs in. Trump says national defense, and providing proper equipment to the military is another high priority. Trump were going to get the stuff we want. Were going to make our military so big and so strong and so powerful, nobody, nobody is gonna mess with us. Most of people in the crowd are trump supporters. Others are undecided and came to see if he could gain their support. Tracy i can really see why theres this big movement for him. He had the biggest crowd today and i get it. Mark hes a doer. Hes not a talker and thats proven by his reputation, what hes accomplished. Trump did not attack marco rubio saying thats because rubio hasnt attacked him. Meanwhile, he accused Hillary Clinton of committing crimes and says she does not have the strength or stamina to be president. Covering campaign 2016 live in the studio, paul nelson, channel 2 news. And texas senator ted cruz continued campaigning in the silver state today. With Campaign Stops in fernley. He said. If elected. He will work to fight back against government agencies. Sen. Cruz we will take on the epa, and the blm and cfpb and the alphabet soup of federal agencies that have descended like locusts on ranchers and farmers and Small Businesses killing jobs all across this country. Cruz told a crowd of supporters in nevadas capital. Nevadas caucus has a big influence on how the country votes as a whole, and urged people to caucus tonight. After the rally in carson city cruz is traveling to las vegas to watch the caucus results come in. And well have caucus coverage all throughout the night. Well have updated results on our website and on the bottom of your screen. And please stay with channel 2 news and cbs news for campaign now heres mike algers first look at the pinpoint 2 forecast once again the weather will remain dry through the rest of the week thanks to a healthy ridge of High Pressure built up across the west coast. Temperatures will warm into the mid to upper 60s through friday before easing back to the low 60s over the once again the weather will remain dry through the rest of the week thanks to a healthy ridge of High Pressure built up across the west coast. Temperatures will warm into the mid to upper 60s through friday before easing back to the low 60s over the weekend. Skies will range from sunny to occasional high in crime beat. The department of parole and probation is asking the public for help finding a man who was convicted of stealing a vehicle and assaulting someone. Authorities say Michael Jackson was convicted of taking a Motor Vehicle in september of 2014. And then a week after that he was convicted of severely beating and robbing someone. He stopped reporting to the department of parole and probation in april of 2015. Sgt. Lisa pierrott Nevada Department of Public Safety in addition to the violence of his crime hes a documented gang member. And so hes considered to be dangerous, we urge the personally but to report his whereabouts so that we can respond. Jackson is described as five foot 10. 175 pounds. With black hair and brown eyes. He also goes but the name michael jones. He if know where he is. Call the fugitive apprehension unit at 6842644. And the nevada Highway Patrol has a larceny suspect in custody and is looking for another after a pursuit last night ended in reno. Troopers say they were notified of the pursuit by Washoe County deputies just after 5 last night. And pursued a silver nissan sedan at speeds of upwards of 100 miles an hour before crashed near meadowood mall and eventually stopped at the grand sierra resort. Thats when two suspects fled the car. 23yearold Dominic Gonzalez was later arrested and faces several charges including possession of stolen property. Reckless driving and driving without a license. The other suspect was last seen getting into a maroon Passenger Car with silver rims. That suspect is described as a or pullover and blue jeans. If you know anything that can help investigators. Call or text secret witness. Arianna Washoe County is working to get all the local governments on board with a new safety plan. Im arianna bennett. Ill explain why. Coming up at 5 30. Mark president obama unveils his latest proposal to close the Detention Center on Guantanamo Bay. Im mark albert with more on how some in congress are vowing to block the plan. Youre watching channel 2 news. With kristen remington, landon miller, and mike algers president obama unveiled his proposal to close the Detention Center at Guantanamo Bay, cuba. The plan would fulfill a Campaign Promise the president made back in 2008. But the president is getting stiff opposition from some in congress. Mark albert is at the white house with more. President obama announced his latest proposal to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in cuba. President obama its counterproductive to our fight against terrorists because they use it as propaganda in their efforts to recruit moreover, keeping this facility open is contrary to our values. There are 91 detainees left at guantanamo. With a third cleared for transfers to other countries, 56 would be moved to the continental us. Including accused 911 mastermind Khalid Sheikh mohammed. Cost as much as 475 million to move them and renovate or build a new facility but it will save 85 million a year in operating costs. President obama we can ensure our security, uphold our highest values around the world and save american taxpayers a lot of money in the process. Mark albert cbs news the white house the administration has identified 13 locations in the us, including facilities in south carolina, kansas and colorado. But lawmakers from those states have opposed the moves. Along with republican leaders. Sen. John thune south dakota what he is now proposing to do is in direct contradiction to the will of the American People. Sen. Mitch mcconnell majority leader it would be illegal under current law to transfer Foreign Terrorists from guantanamo into the united states. The white house is urging congress to act before obama leaves office. Mark albert channel 2 news. Speaker of the house paul ryan issued a statement saying the president has failed to include details required by law location of an alternate facility. He says congress will not change the law to allow terrorist detainees on american soil. The white house said congress has also stopped it from doing the Detailed Analysis necessary to give congress more specific details. And mike alger will have a look at your forecast, coming up next. But first. Lawmakers are exchanging words on capitol hill over who will replace Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court. Why republicans senators say they wont discuss a possible welcome back. In the highstakes battle over replacing Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, a new poll shows 56percent of americans want the senate to hold hearings and vote on the president s choice to fill the vacancy. As john potter shows us, both sides of the senate are still in a stalemate. Biden action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the Election Campaign is over. Thats thensenate Judiciary Committee chairman joe bidenwho in 1992 suggested he was just fine with blocking any Election Year nominees when president George Hw Bush was in the white house. Biden president bush should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors. And not and not november election is completed. The current Judiciary Committee chair, republican chuck grassley, immediately agreed to what he called the biden rules. Grassley . In his heart of hearts he understands why this senate must do what he said it must do in 1992 with president obama poised to move the court to a liberal majority, republicans are vowing to block any nominee. Democrats, like Senate Minority leader harry reid, are questioning their motives reid this is a fullblown effort to delegitimize president obama. But democrats like reid even then senator obama have blocked or tried to block republican nominees when they controlled the senate. And republicanswho were in the Senate Minority cried foul. Judicial nominees, after full debate, deserve a simple Mitch Mcconnell yesterday. Mcconnell it is today the American People who are best positioned to help make this important decision. Covering the story, john potter, channel 2 news. In a letter made public today, scalias doctor wrote that coronary artery disease, obesity and diabetes were among the ailments that probably death. Channel 2 news continues with chief meteorologist mike algers pinpoint 2 forecast, broadcast Meteorological Society once again the weather will remain dry through the rest of the week thanks to a healthy of High Pressure built up across the west coast. Temperatures will warm into the mid to upper 60s through friday before easing back to the low 60s over the weekend. Skies will once again the weather will remain dry through the rest of the week thanks to a healthy ridge the west coast. Temperatures will warm into the mid to upper 60s through friday before easing back to the low 60s over the weekend. Skies will once again the weather will remain dry through the rest of the week thanks to a healthy ridge of High Pressure built up across the west coast. Temperatures will warm into the mid to upper 60s through friday before easing back to the low 60s over the weekend. Skies will range from sunny to occasional lets check in on the roads with our traffic reporter chaison dean in the alice 96 point 5 traffic center. Please be aware of the normal slowdowns and congestion in and around the spaghetti bowl, also at pyramid way and mccarran boulevard. Make sure to use a handsfree device and no texting while driving coming up. With the zika Virus Outbreak growing across south america. How Health Officials in the us are warning against welcome back. In health watch. Us officials are looking into more than a dozen new reports of sexually transmitted cases. Several involve pregnant women. The agency says in two of the new cases, the zika virus has been confirmed in women whose only known risk factor was sexual contact with a male partner who had recently traveled to a zika hotbed. Recently traveled to zika infected areas should use condoms or abstain from sex if their partner is pregnant or if the couple is concerned about transmitting the virus for any reason. Meanwhile progress is moving forward on a vaccine for the virus in texas. As Omar Villafranca found out, scientists at a lab in galveston have been studying the virus for decades. The dirty white powder in this glass vial is the zika virus. We have a sample of it heh doctor robert tesh of the university of Texas Medical Branch at galveston has known about zika since the 1960s. Dr. Tesh until the virus really got to brazil and there was a lot of cases, nobody was really interested in zika. Omar times have changed dr. Tesh times have changed and now times have changed and we realize how much we dont know baby crying zika may be linked to the birth defect microcephaly. The condition is marked by abnormally small heads in babies due to stunted brain growth. Brazil is ground zero in the fight against zika. We got to see the people that were being effected. Where doctor Shannan Rossi recently traveled and saw first hand. The devistating effects of the virus. Its heartbreaking and its critical i think. Machine whirring the univeristy of Texas Medical Branch is home to one of the Worlds Largest collection of viruses. Nearly 7thousand samples are stored at the facility. With the focus now on zika, rossi and a team of scientists are working on a quick test to detect the virus in humans, and eventually develop a vaccine. Omar are we closer to a vaccine . Rossi yes, every single day that people like me and my colleagues are on the bench, were one step closer to the vaccine. The National Institutes of health says there could be a zika vaccine by the end of 2017. Omar villafranca channel 2 news. Arianna what are the biggest hazards threatening northern nevada . Im arianna bennett. Ill tell you what Emergency Managers are most concerned ryan im ryan canaday live at in carson city where people are already gathering to caucus, to caucus tonight. To decide who theyd like to see as the gop nominee for president. Campaign 2016 coverage tops channel 2 news at 5 30. The caucus gets underway in just about 30 minutes from now. Good evening im landon miller. And im kristen remington, thanks for staying with us tonight. Lets start with, ryan canaday has been at the nugget for us all day. Lets start with ryan can you give us an update . Kristen a lot of the same as we told you at 5. The lines are still long, and many people are casting their ballots. But we want to give you a closer look at the process. Participants enter through these doors, and thats where volunteers check to make sure