Early hours of wednesday before tapering off. We then have another storm moving through wednesday afternoon into thursday morning. Highs stay mid50s wednesday before dropping down around 50 degrees for the rest of the week and the weekend. Lows drop from around 40 to the mid30s as soon as the weekend. Slight shower chances remain for thursday through sunday. A celebrity is now weighing in on an officer involved a celebrity is now weighing in on an officer involved shooting that happened here in the valley on new years eve. Rapper the game posted about several officer involved shootings on both instagram and twitter today including the one here. Saying officers who shot Keith Childress 19 times for holding a cellphone they thought was a gun, are free. Childress family tells fox5 they appreciate the rappers support. Just yesterday metro Police Released body camera video from the shooting of Keith Childress. Police say they thought he was holding a gun, but it was his cell phone. And when he ignored officers request to drop it, officers shot and killed him. The man accused who was responding to a domestic call last month. Is expected in Court Tomorrow for his preliminary hearing. Police say teag fox led them on a six hour manhunt. After shooting officer Gregory Sedminik at the emerald suites near las vegas boulevard and pebble a suspect has been arrested in connection to the first homicide of the year. Police say 29 yearold shawn glover shot a man to death on new years day. He faces charges of murder. Assault with a deadly weapon. And an exfelon in possession of a firearm. Officers responded to smokey fog avenue near centennial parkway and walnut. They found the body of 44year old Patrick Fleming with a gunshot wound. Police say the two got into some type of fight inside a home before it turned deadly. Glover took off before police got there. He was arrested monday afternoon near Fiesta Rancho Hotel and casino. Two people arrested for shooting and killing a man outside a 24 hour fitness make a court appearance. Megan hippie and and kyle staats rights. According to the arrest report hippie told to police she and staats were looking for cars to burglarize when they saw neil gandler asleep in his car at the 24 hour fitness on rainbow. She says staats shot gandler, who later died. They are due back in court on january 20th. Tonight members of the community and the Las Vegas MetroPolice Department are setting their focus on pedestrian safety. Last year 125 people died in metros jurisdiction. Tonight the Police Department is setting their sights on cutting that number. The first tuesday of every month officers highlight a problem they want to fix this month. Theye working to keep pedestrians safe. Fox 5s Cyndi Lundeberg has more on pedestrian safety. Youd think with the focus being on pedestrians. Especially after the deadly year pedestrians have had. The state would be spending money to make but you might be surprised to find the state transportation board is spending millions. But its going to making roads safer for deers. For sherri bush. Keeping people safe along las vegas roadways is her life mission. And deeply personal. My son was a Pedestrian Fatality on february 13th then the doctor came out and said he didnt make it bush tells fox 5 she believes the state Transportation Safety board should be using state funds to build more crosswalks. Beginning this year nevada will spend 14 Million Dollars on deer crossings. I just do not want my nightmare to reality this year two underpasses for deer will be built along highway 80. Wildlife conservationists say the crossings save lives. Throughout the country every 26 seconds a person hits a deer with their car. There is also a significant Public Safety issue we have completed northern nevada and its estimated 7000 deer were stopped from crossing interstate wildlife conservatonists. Say saving human lives and animal lives go hand in hand. If we can save human lives by protecting deer then thats a good thing but for bush. She wants the focus to remain on saving human lives first. I would never want anyone to experience the pain that i did those deer crossings are scheduled to be finished by springs 2017. Nevada governor Brian Sandoval also commented on the project he said while those crossings may be important he felt like it was a lot of money. Reporting live Cyndi Lundeberg fox 5 new local las vegas. Tonight sherri bush shared her sons story at metros branch on maryland. She says they showed a minute Long Public Service announcemenet. W arning pedestrians to use crosswalks. Were told about 45 people came. Bush also tells fox 5 at the end of the month she will be working Traffic Center on a study to make boulder highway more safe. President barack obama announced new laws in order to deal with the growing issue of gun violence fox 5s miguel martinezvalle spoke to a local family who say the executive actions hit close to home. He joins us in studio with their story. Jacob and Darchel Mohler from right here in henderson were invited to the white house for the president s executive action announcement, the mohlers founded the Brooklyn Mae Mohler foundation which focuses on gun mohler foundation which focuses on gun safety after their teenage daughter was accidently shot and killed at a friends house by a gun that was not locked away. For them the president s announcement today was personal and they hope it helps prevent deaths in the future. Obama every time i think of those kids i get mad. President Barack Obama Says the executive actions he announced to take away peoples guns, like some are claiming, theyre meant to fight gun violence obama and from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun. The president invited survivors and the family members of victims of gun violence to his emotional announcement. In the crowd, a local family from henderson who knows the pain of losing a loved one to a bullet all too well. Were not the only ones, its not like were the only ones entitled to feel that, that grief over the loss of especially innocent children the mohlers lost their 13 yearold daughter Brooklyn Mae Mohler to gun fire back in 2013, when she was shot and killed at a friends house by accident with an unsecured gun. I was the first person on the scene trying to administer cpr and it was hopeless, so you know i feel very passionatly about this. Obama if a child cant open a sure they cant pull a trigger on a gun. Gun Safety Technology is just one of the points in the president s actions, the plan also requires gun sellers to provide background checks and expands the background check system it adds more than 200 atf agents to help with the enforcement of gun laws already in place and gives 5,000 Million Dollars towards treatment for mental illness. The mohlers say for them this isnt a partisan issue, its personal, and they hope these actions and gun help prevent more deaths like their daughters. Brooklyn died people lost their gun accidents. The mohlers say their main goal is gun safety education, they themselves are gun owners and they just want to make sure tragedies like the one they lived through dont keep happening. You can see their full story and cause at justice com. Among many other family members whose loved ones died as a result of gun violence, including shootings like sandy hook. Democratic in las vegas tomorrow. Hillary clinton. Bernie sanders. And Martin Omalley will be at the first in the west caucus dinner. Its hosted by senator harry reid at the mgm grand. There will be some rallies and Campaign Events before the dinner. Clinton will visit supporters in sun city anthem. Doors open at 10 30 in the morning. Shell also tour the Culinary Academy of las vegas around 245 pm. Sanders will will hold a rally at the tropicana resort featuring chad smith from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the cocreator of the daily show. It starts at 445 pm. Omalley will have a qanda session thursday morning with the Economic Club of las vegas at caesars palace. It starts at nine am. Donald trump will also be stumping in the silver state. This weekend the republican front runner will be campaigning in northern nevada. He will hold a rally at the Reno Events Center on sunday afternoon. Las vegas breaks 2014s visitors recrod welcoming 42 million in 2015. And thats partly thanks to the largest tradeshow for the city. Electronics show will welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world. Fox fives rachel moore is live from the Las Vegas Convention center with conventiongoers can look forward to. Johnchristine i was able to get a sneak peak at some of the new technology that will be showcased and aside for the cool gadgets that well get to see this tradeshow is generating millions of dollars for las vegas. Jeff joseph, senior vp of communications for cta its like the day before christmas, right . Its like christmas eve. Everyone is so excited to get going an ready for the real thing. Dozens and dozens of crews are unpacking, laying down carpet and building their booths for the annual Consumer Electronics show. 3,600 companies are invited to unveil their newest and coolest inventions for 2016. Gary shapiro, president ceo cta owner producer of ces robots, drones, driverless cars, 3d printers, wearable devices, healthcare, you name it ces is the largest tradeshow in north america and the Las Vegas Convention show of the year. Attracting more than 165,000 visitors from around the world, ces generates 140 Million Dollars in the local economy. Heidi hayes, lvcva spokesperson that will leave an Economic Impact of about 140 Million Dollars. So its a great way to start the year, and it kind of sets the path for the convention season. Ces also having an impact on the local community. Over the years the Consumer Technology assoication has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to las vegas in grants to local schools for sustainability efforts. This year they gave 20,000 dollars to green our planet, Touro University and they announced a new partnership with education techonology for a special Community Electronics recycling program. Mayor Carolyn Goodman there is no other organization that does so much for our city on a regular basis. Always looking for something new and nice. And the sentiment goes both ways. Shapiro theres no place better than las vegas, especially if the Convention Center would expand so that we can bring more people, more visitors, because were at capacity right now. This year the convention is using 2. 4 million square feet of exhibit space football fields and thats up 250 thousand from last year and they expect the show to continue growing as the Las Vegas Convention center expands. Repotling live Rachel Moore Fox five news local las vegas. Ces opens tomorrow morning and runs through saturday. A hit to the Solar Industry in the state. Solar city is going dark. How the closure will affect thousands across southern nevada. Out with the old. In with the new. Where you can drop off your Christmas Trees to be recycled. And how it helps our local parks live from las vegas. Youre watching fox5 news at 10, with Emmy Award Winner john huck. Christine maddela. And weather 24 7 with chief meteoroligist ted pretty. This is fox5 news at 10. Local. Las vegas. The sun could be setting for the solar Power Industry in nevada after the Public Utility Commission voted to raise fees for customers last week. Now as fox fives Ophelia Young reports solar city is beginning to close down its facilities here in the state. Today was a gloomy day for solar City Employees in nevada. Nats they emptied this Training Center even faster than they moved in just one month ago. A lot of uncertainty its sad a lot of guys heartbroken. The time came to take down the flags dozens of workers from managers to installers from different flagships in southern nevada. Nat all stopped and stared silently. Its not a company i ever envisioned leaving its something i really had plans for doing the rest of my life. John kelly along with all these men says his life is being uprooted. Hes been in las vegas 12 years and with solar city three months. Now he may have to move. Ill leave my family my kid and wife will probably stay my sons a sophomore at rancho high its hard to pull him out hes got two years left. Its a situation 2 thousand solar City Employees in nevada face. Last month the states Public Utilities commission voted. Solar customers will pay more to nv energy and be compensated less for the extra energy they produce. Itll make their rates go up dramatically it makes it pretty much impossible for us to do business in this state. Bills will soar by 50 percentat least. The new rates were supposed to go into effect the first of this new year but the puc has announced a hearing to delay the rate change. Solar city says thats some good news itll give them more time to appeal the new rates. Yea were not goign to stop fighting for our customers our employees. For now solar city is packing up and loading the trucks. Where theyre headed . They dont know yet. Im gonna chase the sun thats the dream and whereever itll lead me thats where well go. Oy f5n llv nv energy tells us the rate hikes will even out the cost for everyone using the grid. They add solar customers will still save money on their bills now fox5 weather 24 7, with chief meterologist ted pretty area showers will be with us overnight into the tapering off. We then have another storm moving through wednesday afternoon into thursday morning. Highs stay mid50s wednesday before dropping down for the rest of the weekend. Lows drop from around 40 to the mid30s as soon as the weekend. Slight shower chances remain for thursday through sunday. Area showers will be with us overnight into the wednesday before tapering off. We then have another storm moving through wednesday afternoon into thursday morning. Highs stay mid50s wednesday before dropping down around 50 degrees for the rest of the week and the weekend. Lows drop from around 40 to the mid30s as soon as the weekend. Slight shower chances remain for thursday through sunday. Closed captioning closed captioning a former nasa astronaut landed in our valley. How shes using her experience to get students excited about science. And how they can be involved with the nasa program. The president issues executive orders placing restrictions and closing loopholes for gun sellers and buyers. One of the topics in the rant tonight. We want the Holiday Season is over. So what do you do with the Christmas Tree . Theres a recycling drive happening right now. Unlv and springs preserve are leading the program. You can drop off your tree at thirty locations around the valley. Theyll be turned into mulch which beautifies local parks and helps with landscaping you can start dropping off trees now until next friday. Theres a list of locations on fox five vegas dot com. Just click under the links section. A former astronaut teaches students about life in space. Nasa is visiting several schools around the valley this week. Today the space agency was at Carroll Johnston middle school. Students learned about traveling in space. And more about the nasa program. Teachers hope the kids will see how an astronauts work is important for us here on earth. Its really useful a lot of people dont realize how much has come from the nasa program in the past. We wouldnt have cell phones if werent for nasa. And everybody has a cell phone now. And things like velcro and simple things that come from space program. Nasa also shared with students how they could be involved in the future. Especially when nasa is ready to go to mars. President obama going after restrictions. While gun control activists are praising the move. Republican law makers say the president has gone too far. A memoriable day at the Us Military Academy at west point. How this woman is making history. 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. In congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, 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. This is fox5 news at 10. Local. Las vegas. The United States of america is not the only country on earth with violent or dangerous people. We are not inherently more prone to violence. But we are the only advanced country on earth that sees this kind of mass with this kind of frequency. President obama announcing a series of executive actions designed to reduce gun violence, including expanding background checks for buyers. Republican lawmakers say the move is an abuse of power. Dianne gallagher has details from washington. Today, not to debate the last mass shooting but to do something to try to prevent the next one. President barack obama detailing his multiple executive actions on gun control encouraging states to report people who shouldnt be able to get guns and expanding background checks for some private sales. Republicans on the campaign trail have railed against the president s plan. sen. Ted cruz, r texas or president ial candidate president obama is once again going to abuse his power. sen. Marco rubio, r florida or president ial candidate when im elected president , on the first day, behind my desk, those orders are gone. Obamas proposals to ramp up Mental Health care and add hundreds of fbi and atf agents to better enforce current laws and focus on background checks, will all require millions in funding which must be secured by congress. And surrounded by families and victims from mass shootings, the president made an president barack obama and from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun. Every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. In washington, im dianne gallagher. The National Rifle association calls the president s proposals political exploitation. The president got emotional when it came to talking about the deaths caused by gun violence and gun accidents he wasnt the only one, a family from right here in henderson says they hope the executive actions help prevent deaths like their daughters. Fox 5s miguel martinezvalle spoke to them, he has their story. Jacob and Darchel Mohler have devoted their lives to gun education and gun safety for the last few years. This ever since they lost their teenage daughter to a gun accident. The mohlers were invited by the president to his announcement and they say they feel participate in something they hope helps prevent more sensless deaths. President obama said that in 2013 more than 500 people, including many children, lost their lives because of gun accidents. Thirteen year old brooklyn mae moehler was one of those 500, she was shot and killed on accident at her best friends house with an unsecured gun. Her parents and the family members of others who have died because of gun violence including victims of the sandy hook massacre were invited into the white house for the announcement. I can think back to many times hearing stories of kids being in accidental shootings and hearing about things and just saying god i cant imagine what thats like, then you go through it and you know what its like, and everytime it happens to someone else you know it takes you back to when you went through it yourself. Developing smart guns and gun Safety Technology is just one of the points in the president s executive actions the plan also requires gun checks and expands the background check system. It adds more than 200 atf agents to help with the enforcement of gun laws already in place and gives 500 Million Dollars towards treatment for mental illness. The mohler family clarified they arent at all anti gun, theyre gun owners themselves. They just want sensible and responsible guns to keep everyone safe. Live from the newsroom, miguel martinezvalle, fox5 news local. Las vegas. To learn more about the mohlers cause you can visit justice for brooklyn dot com president obama will deliver his final state of the Union Address on january 12th. Following the address South Carolina governor nikki haley will deliver the republican response. House Speaker Paul Ryan says Governor Haley is the Perfect Choice to deliver the gop address. She is the first female and the first minority governor in South Carolina history and is currently the youngest country. Following the state of the Union Address join us for a special edition of fox5 news at 7 30. The Nevada Democratic party is hoping to make the caucus process easier with a new online preregistration tool. The party is unveiling caucus express this week. Democrats who pre registrer on the mobile site will get details about their caucus location, they can join an ex[ress check in line when they arrive. And even get text message updates on the caucus. The Democratic Caucus in nevada is february 20th. The republican one takes place february 23rd. The militia leader is finally speaking out. On day four of a standoff of an armed occupation of federal land in oregon. This morning ammon bundy son of nevadan Rancher Cliven Bundy tweeted we will not back down. Then carrying a copy of the constitution in his front pocket bundy saying the occupation is about community. there is no place for intimidation and fear in a community. It should not be government is being that fear and intimidation, it needs to be checked and balanced. Bundy and his followers want millions of federally owned acres in the west transferred back to the people. They also want two local ranchers Dwight Hammond jr. , and his son steven released from federal prison, where they are serving a five year sentence for arson on federal land. Authorities are asking the public to help fill in some gaps in the investigation into the deadly shooting in San Bernardino. The missing 1259pm and 117pm on december 2, 2015. Thats 18 minutes of time we are missing. The San BernardinoPolice Department holding a press conference today. Saying they are working to fill in the gap between the deadly attack at the Inland Regional Center and the shootout in which both attackers were killed. Fourteen people died in the rampage. While on a test drive. Now police are searching for the two men responsible. They hit me. They thought they knocked me out, but they didnt. I got the trunk open, i jumped out, i started fighting, Jose Martinez says two men came into the dealership asking to drive a dodge challenger. The men stopped the car during the drive and forced the salesman into the trunk at gunpoint. Martinez then popped the trunk with the inside latch. He then fought with one of the men. And was able to wrestle a gun away. And shoot one of the suspects before they took off. Fugitive teenager who is known for using an affluenza defense in a drunkendriving to texas to face a felony charge. A Los Angeles County judge approved an extradition waiver for tonya couch. She and her son were detained in mexico last week. They fled the us after video that appeared to show the teen around alcohol which violates his understand you are to resist extradition to the state of texas . Couch says yes i do. Ethan is still being held in mexico city. His lawyers coined the term affluenza in their defense back in 2013. Meaning he was a rich kid who who didnt know better because his parents didnt set limits for him. Dozens of missouri lawmakers want an assistant professor to be fired for her actions during a College Protest back in november. More than 100 republicans in the Missouri House of representatives and 18 members of majority caucus are calling for the removal of melissa click. Last year. Click was videotaped trying to remove a student reporter working for espn from a protest claiming racism on campus. When the reporter would asked students to him. The lawmakers actions unacceptable and inflammatory. Bill cosbys wife gets a delay in the deposition in her husbands civil us magistrate judge David Hennessy allowed camille cosbys emergency motion for a stay. The judge granted her motion so she can appeal the december 31st order requiring her to be deposed by attorneys of the seven accusers. The judge agreed with her motion that if the deposition went forward at this time it would cause irreparable injury to her. Several women are accusing cosby of sexually misconduct and filed a civil lawsuit against him for defamation. Taking to the friendly skies is going to cost travelers a little bit more. Three of the largest us airlines have increased their fares. Delta air lines increased prices on flights by up to four dollars oneway. Southwest airlines followed suit raising its cost for a one way domestic flight by three dollars. And American Airlines also raising domestic fares by three dollars to match its rivals. West point makes history. After swearing in the academys first ever female commandant of cadets. Ladies and gentlemen. The official parting forward and of the colors as Brigadier General diana m. Holland assumes command of the United States corp cadets as the 76th commadont the ceremony for brigade general Diana Holland comes about a month after the military struck down rules, keeping women from serving in combat roles. Holland is an iraq and Afghanistan War veteran and is a graduate of west point. The fortunate son is ready to call las vegas home. For a limited time. I think just being a part of that legacy is gonna be something i talk to my kids about for a long time. When and where you can catch John Fogertys new residency. Your fox5 weather 24 7 forecast is the west coast getting pounded by heavy rain. High surf and snow. Effect a warming pattern in the Pacific Ocean that alters global weather. Foxs william la jeunesse gives us a look damage already caused. An el nino powered storm system moving through the west coast tuesday. Bringing heavy rain. And high surf. From la. To san francisco. It is all triggering flooding, as traffic backs up. And concerns. That the Rushing Water will loosen rocks. And could trigger rock, mud, and land slides. Garcetti says weve cleaned out 40,000 storm drains from our public works department, weve gone out there and made sure that we had sand bags for the people of los angeles and our fire department. In the bay area. At high tide tuesday morning. People found themselves stuck. Surrounde d by water. In this parked car. Simmons says we confirmed that they were ok, that everything was fine, and we decided to let them stay there until the tide sufficiently receded that they could drive out of there. Were driven away. But other vehicles had to be towed or pushed out of the water. Forecasters say there is more of this storm system still to come but so far it has dropped less rain than expected. Yet they warn rocks in the Santa Monica Mountains damaged four vehicles and caused delays in canyons. And the 101 freeway was partially closed west of la due to a mud slide. Now fox5 weather 24 7, with chief meterologist ted pretty area showers will be with us overnight into the early hours of wednesday before tapering off. We then have another storm moving thursday morning. Highs stay mid50s wednesday before dropping down around 50 degrees for the rest of the week and the weekend. Lows drop from around 40 to the mid30s as soon as the weekend. Slight shower chances remain for thursday through sunday. Area showers will be with us overnight into the early hours of wednesday before tapering off. We then have another storm moving through wednesday afternoon into thursday morning. Highs stay mid50s wednesday before dropping down around 50 degrees weekend. Lows drop from around 40 to the mid30s as soon as the weekend. Slight shower chances remain for thursday through sunday. Sunday. Closed captioning sunday. Closed captioning will resume shortly we are hearing a defense for police after two officers shot and killed an unarmed suspect. This happened new years eve after the 23yearold. Wanted by us marshals refused to obey commands of the officers. They thought he was armed. He so a lot of people criticized officers yesterday. Now were getting the other side. Heres were also getting the president s executive actions calling for more gun restrictions. Especially on criminals and other dangerous people. But some see it as an overreach by the president. An nra an nra publication put out this picture with an editorial calling out two new york state lawmakers who want to severely restrict how often gun owners can buy ammo. Some see the picture. With bullets by the two women as over the top. The editor says its no such thing. Heres karens take send us your rants to the rant at fox5vegas. Com send us your rants to the rant or call at 702436 8285 heres a look at whats coming up. On fox five news at eleven. With tesla and Faraday Future adding thousands of jobs to our economy. Our state is about to experience a rush of new nevadans. The efforts going on now, to make sure theres enough housing for them. And a museum featuring showgirl history in las vegas is in trouble. The complaint someone made to the county about the attractions problems. The strips newest resident came roaring into town today. I want to know. Have you ever seen the rain. I want to know. Have you ever seen the rain legendary rocker john fogerty will be calling the venetian home for his fortunate son residency kicks off this friday and runs through the 23rd. The 8show engagement will feature all the hits from his days with creedence cleerwater revival. To his solo career. Well be right them. People cant stop using selfie sticks. The device helps people catch the perfect picture. Without leaving anyone out. One man decided to use his selfie stick to play a little prank on some of his co workers. He walked around the office. Pretending to snap a quick shot. But instead he was recording. Their reactions. When they didnt know they were being taped. Are live from las vegas its time for fox5 news at 11. Thick fog and rain can be seen throughout our valley tonight. Chief down how long