Defenders on both sides, and Hillary Clinton even jumped online to tweet her support for astrid saying its not for the press, shes part of her team;. People said that they tried to dampen our endoresement today, and i definitely said i came here i crossed a river because there was no other method available to my family, and a little waters not gonna harm us. Activist astrid silva took some heat on twitter after announcing her support for Hillary Clinton the most visible critizism came from Sanders Latino press secretary erika andiola. I knew that there would be people that disagreed with it, unfortunately some people disagreed a lot more, but again thats peoples opinnion and its great people are expressing themselves. Andiola, a fellow dreamer, called support event a press hit, saying sanders and his team are organizing with dreamers not just showcasing them. Clinton herself jumped online to defend silva, calling her part of the team. The twitter spat is part of a much larger battle, as the nevada caucus inches closer and closer, Sanders Campaign is busy making calls trying to take the support experts say hillary holds in the silver state. Bernies opportunity in the next two weeks is going to be to try to motivate hispanics and the younger millenials to get out and participate because they like his message. They say sanders biggest challenge will be to get his millenial support group out to the caucus, but his Nevada Campaign leaders say iowa was a clear example that those feeling the bern shouldnt be underestimated of the people who showed up to caucus in iowa, it was Something Like 80 percent were caucusing for bernie, so it is a challenge but its also time for people to stand up and were going to show them that young people are excited and the excitement that were talking about is going to translate on caucus day. Experts say the close results from the iowa caucus make the more important for democrats when it comes to getting the latino vote, but on the republican side we can expect the marco rubios campaign to make some moves of their own trying to attact latino voters. Live, miguel martinezvalle, fox5 news local. Las vegas. Nevadans have just a few weeks until our states caucus. Democrats will caucus on saturday, february 20th. At 11 am and on tuesday, february 23rd, republicans will turn out to their caucus stations between five and seven pm. You will receive information in the mail on where your caucus station is. And you must be registered as republican or democrat to take part. Metro says a fatal crash happened tonight, because the driver suffered a medical episode. This happened just before six, at cheyenne and buffalo. Metro says a man had some kind of medical episode. And his passenger had to take control of the van. They hit a pole, and the man was hospital where he died. The female passenger was not hurt. This area was closed for hours during the investigation. A person who was shot and killed this morning, may have tried to save his life by calling police before he died. The deceased person was acually one of the callers, so he called in to 911 also so were going to be reviewing that. I already heard the call and he doesnt say who shot him. This shooting happened just before three, near fremont and charleston. Metro says a man in his fifties was found outside suffering from gunshot wounds, and he died at the scene. Police havent arrested anyone yet, and they say this shooting isnt gangrelated. The coroner will identify the victim. If you have information that can help police, call Crime Stoppers at 702 3855555. Several families are out of a home, after a twostory Apartment Building caught fire near major and burkholder. The Henderson Fire Department says people who live here discovered the fire in a bedroom last night. 911, and all the people escaped safely. Two pet birds were killed. The red cross is helping 16 people and their pets find a place to stay. Fire officials havent said how the fire started. But they estimate more than 500 thousand dollars worth of damage. Metros 911 system is taking emergency calls again. After crashing for nearly seven hours yesterday. Now were learning more about the system. Which was a recent upgrade. Metro installed a twopointthree Million Dollar system at the end of last year. The Department Says the crash happened around three30. And for at least 30 minutes, 911 calls could not be answered. After that, calls were rerouted to henderson and North Las Vegas departments. There were still delayed responses. And metro is apologizing to everyone who had to wait for help. Yesterdays unfortunate event is not representative of kind of service that we want to provide and is definitely not what the public deserves. Computer hack, and theyre increasing their tech staff. The department is also building a backup dispatch center that will be ready by march. Last week, several 911 calls from mesquite were rerouted to las vegas, after a mobile phone service upgrade. Metro says their system is back to normal now, and they werent affected yesterday two henderson elementary scools were on lockdown today. After receiving threats. Clark County School District Police say neilc twitchell and John C Vanderburg Elementary Schools were affected. Both are near green valley and paseo verde parkways. School police didnt specify what the threats were about. But say they have been happening around our county in the last month. In some cases, calls come into the schools in some cases, calls come into the schools warning about bombs or shootings. School police are working with federal authorities and local Law Enforcement to address the issue. A message from thats what some are saying about the cdcs new warning to young women. It warns they should not drink alcohol unless theyre using contraception. Fox fives Elizabeth Watts has more on the message. The cdc issues a warning and posts it on facebook sparking heated debate. It says three in four women who want to get pregnant drink alcohol. To which some wrote heaven forbid we spoke with a couple of local moms who say its an Important Message but the approach could be revised. Dawna Alexander Foster mom i think people are more intelligent than that butt to dawna Alexander Foster mom i dont know that its their place to tell people they should be on Birth Control rosalina sie mother it is really dangerous because of the alcohol you dont know what happen when youre baby is born the cdc says three million women are at risk of exposing their developing baby to alcohol. Because theyre drinking, having sex and not using Birth Control. Drinking while pregnant can cause fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Causing physical issues. Also behavioral and intellectual disabilites that could last a lifetime. Sometimes it can take 48 weeks before u even know youre pregnant doctor daliah wachs says the governments message may seem odd but she sees it often. Dr. Daliah wachs the dr daliah show the cdc likes to make guidelines they like to remind us. I cant tell you how many women i go youre pregnant and the first thing they go is oh my gosh ive been drinking or i got drunk on saturday or i did this. Doctor daliah says theres no way of knowing how much alcohol could be safe for a growing baby. So its best to not have any at all. She says while mom may feel fine with a drink baby could be getting alcohol intoxicated. Dr. Daliah wachs the dr daliah show the fetus metabolizes alcohol much slower. So mom may be already eliminating it in her liver. Eliminating it inher kidneys. Butbaby its compounding is compounding. Doctor daliah advises people to always expect you can get pregnant. So practice safe sex. Use Birth Control and be aware. The cdc says up to one in twenty us School Children may have fetal alcohol syndrome disorders. Dr daliah believes it may be because promiscuity is on the rise. Dr daliah decades ago only certain populations of people were overly active and many women waited until they were married or they were a lot more cautious or more concerned with Birth Control. Nowadays we have the type of environment where well if i do get pregnant i could take care of it. Or im not gonna get that std its not gonna happen to me or i can just take an antibiotic. She says more people are relaxed about the sexual act. And with the drinking comes more of that. Nevada senator harry reid discussed our states solar battle on the senate floor today. He and maine senator angus king are working on a bill to help solar customers. This amendment is good for nevada and customers across the country. It will safeguard people and let them generate their own clean energy from retroactive rural changes that could devastate their finances far americans have come in embracing solar energy. Back in 2005, just seven thousand americans had solar power. That number is up to half a million today. He wants to protect rooftop solar customers from utility groups making it difficult for americans to generate their own electricity. He specified hed fight retroactive rate hikes and fees. Nv energy recently announced seven ideas to grandfather existing solar customers into their lower rates. But the customers would have had to sign an agreement by september 10th, 2015. Las vegas says goodbye to the man whos stood by celine dions side for decades. A look at rene angelils celebration of life ceremony. And how dion paid tribute to her late husband. Your true love might be waiting for you at the Animal Foundation. The deal theyre offering, to find pets homes in time for valentines day. Your fox5 weather 24 7 forecast is lowes presents how to put your foot in your mouth. Hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the. Sorry. Now get 20 off stagreen fertilizer, at lowes. Tonight, friends, family, and thousands of fans gathered at caesars palace. To pay tribute to celine dions late husband rene angelil. A celebration of life service was held at the colosseum. Where celine dion performs. Mores Sean Mcallister shows us how dions biggest fan was honored tonight. Closed captioning will resume closed captioning closed captioning closed captioning will resume closed captioning rene died on january 14th at the couples home here in the valley. He was 73years old and fought a long battle with throat cancer. Now fox5 weather 24. 7. With chief meteorologist ted pretty another overnight closetofreezing with a low of 35 degrees. We will stay in the cool territory with mid and upper 50s for the next two afternoons. Well be partly cloudy on thursday, then mostly sunny on friday with a light breeze for both days. Well be closer to average on the saturday, then 65 sunday. Average high for the weekend is 61 degrees. Well warm up to 70 degrees for monday and tuesday with lose in the low to mid 40s. Another overnight closetofreezing with a low of 35 degrees. We will stay in the cool territory with mid and upper 50s for the next two afternoons. Well be partly cloudy on thursday, then mostly sunny on friday with a light breeze for both days. Well be closer to average on the weekend with 61 on saturday, then 65 sunday. Average high for the weekend is 61 degrees. Well warm up to 70 degrees for monday and tuesday closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning the Animal Foundation hopes youll find the one. Right before valentines day. Theres more than 120 dogs, 36 cats, and eight rabbits available for adoption at the shelter. Youre looking at some of those pets who are looking for a home. The shelter is lowering adoption fees for all dogs and cats at least six months old, to fourteen dollars. This goes for all rabbits too. The valentines deal goes through february 15th. Some talented Football Players are making the decision to bring their skills to and were meeting some of them tonight. Kevin it is National Signing day for high school Football Players and unlv pulled in one heck of a class. Im Kevin Bolinger. Well hear from head coach tony sanchez straight ahead. With 40 megs of Internet Speed from centurylink, a family of four can all be online at the same time, streaming, gaming, or downloading movies. Yeah, the internets great, but i think hair and makeup went a little too far. Yeah, thats not working. I much prefer the twoday beard, hornrimmed glasses, justsleptinhiscar kinda thing. Yeah, i miss the rumpled crazy uncle look. Okay. Be paul giamatti. Thats the essence of this role. Feel like a hollywood insider its National Signing day for high schol Football Players. And this year, unlv is attracting some of the best recruits weve seen. As the rebels continue to improve under coach tony sanchez leadership. Fox 5s Kevin Bolinger shows us why next seasons team is one to get excited about. Kevin this is the best recuiting class that unlv football has seen in more than two decades. In the op three of the Mountain West and top 75 in the country. The excitement is building and head coach tony sanchez says now its time to get to work. Recruting class is made up of 23 players but its the type of players that to the Mountain West conference that the rebels are on the rise. Unlv signed a record ten 3star recrutis. And are bringing in the type of players that normally wouldnt give the rebels a sniff. Head coach tony sanchez says the culture is changing. Tony sanchez the majority of our guys came from winning programs came with the attitude of im a winner. You want that. It will bleed into the guys that maybe didnt come from those types of programs and itll bleed into our guys who havent had a lot of wins lately. So i think the more we brgin that in the more that will be the expectation. The rebels brought in players who will have an Immediate Impact at key areas like offensive line, defensive line and defensive backs. They also signed two top tier quarterbacks highly regarded high school qb Armani Rogers who was being pursued by pac12 schools is someone sanchez says has a special career in front of him. And Junior College transfer Johnny Stanton who began his career at nebraska will step in right now as a 63, 245 pound playmaker that changes the rebels offense. Tony sanchez Johnny Stanton is a phenomenal football player. He threw for 3400 yards and you keep hearing comparisons and people talking about his Running Ability but he throws first. He threw for 3400 yards but he did rush for 700 yards so hes a dual threat guy. Kevin believe it or not spring football practice is just over a month away here at rebel park. A lot of those junior are enrolled at unlv and they will partake in spring practice. Thatll just help the rebels hit the ground running when summer camp begins. At unlv, Kevin Bolinger, fox5 news, local las vegas. Kevin will sit down with coach sanchez to talk more about the recruting class in the rebzone. This sunday night at 11. Its smart to have a designated driver this Super Bowl Weekend if youll be drinking. And if you forget to ask a friend. Theres always tipsy tow. Triplea is offering its Safe Ride Program on sunday. If you dont feel safe driving, they will come pick you up and tow your car. You dont have to be a member of triplea to get a tow. And the first ten miles are free. We have more information on how to get a tipsy tow ride on the home page of our website, fox5 vegas dot com. More skirmishes on the street are being captured on personal dash cameras. The rise in popularity. And what Insurance Companies say about having the Mccarran International airports terminal two has stood empty since 2012. Now, its coming down. This building was past its prime, it really couldnt be refurnished or rehabbed to be a usable facility. Crews will demolish terminal two. Which used to serve flights before terminal three
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