Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes back to the news desk overnight. Woman was shot apparent domestic at a busy shopping the first calls came in just before 10 last night at craig and mlk. Police say they found a 20year old woman suffering from at least one gunshot wound. She was taken to umc trauma where she later died. Police are now hoping witnesses will help solve this homicide. There were lots of people out here lots of people who saw what happened, detectives are interviewing those folks to find out exactly what went down so we can try to piece it together. Police have a male suspect in custody. They did not elaborate on that persons relationship with the victim. Also breaking overnight. North Las Vegas Police are investigating another homicide that happened just a few miles away. Police say a woman was shot around midnight at the eye15 on ramp at lamb. All we know right now is that a woman was taken to Sunrise Hospital where she later died. Officers say the shooter took off on foot. If you have any information about the shooting, call Crime Stoppers 7023855555. Police think a driver died after suffering a medical episode a block wall near Caesars Palace. The accident happened just before nine pm at Frank Sinatra and jay sarno way. The driver was taken to umc in Critical Condition, where he later died. No one else was inside the car at the time. President obama will meet with his Top National Security advisers today to discuss the war against isis. White house Officials Say no major policy shift is expected to come out of mister obamas rare visit to the pentagon. This is president obamas first visit to the pentagon since the terror linked attacks in Southern California and paris. The stage is set for the final republican president ial primary debate of the year. Donald trump is positioned front and center. The republican frontrunner will be sandwiched in between rivals ted cruz and ben carson. Also on main stage, marco rubio, jeb bush, john kasich, chris christie, Carly Fiorina and rand paul. The republican president ial hopefuls will take the podium over at tomorrow night. It starts at six pm and will be aired on cnn. Some candidates are already in town ahead of the debate. Donald trump. Ted cruz. Marco rubio. Rand paul. And john kasich all have rallies planned for later today. And for more on that were going to check in live with fox5s Shannon Moore. Shes near the venetian with a preview of todays events its the final debate of the year several candidates using the opportunity to get in early and hold campaign rallys. Marco rubio has scheduled one for today at 2pm at the renaissance las vegas. Donald trump hosting one tonight at the westgate starting at 7 30 while rand paul will be rallying at Caesars Palace tommorrow at 11. Other events are listed there on your screen. All the candidates are expected to touch on a number of topics at their events and with the recent shooting in San Bernadino such issues as Foreign Policy and gun control are sure to be topping the list. Now big event happening today ahead of the debate a conference on homeland the nevada National Security action summit was planned before the terror attacks in southern ca, but will address threats against the u. S. Doors open to that event at 9. Tickets are Available Online well of course have a crew there today and bring you more on that in tonights newscast the debate starts tomorrow evening at 6. For more information on that, you can check out our website at fox5vegas. Com you can find more information about the different events happening around town today by clicking on the links section of our website fox five vegas dot com. Fox5 will have live debate coverage from the venetian starting at 5 oclock tomorrow night. We will bring you updates throughout the night, on air, online and on our mobile app. I may have to look away for this story. It involves blood. And the groin. Well tell you about an injectable sponge that has been used in the military for years. And is now approved for the public. Buyer beware find the hottest toy of the year anywhere on amazon. Why the online retailer is pulling the popular toy right before the holidays. Ok, were here. Heres dad. Mom. The twins. Aunt alice. You didnt tell me aunt alice was coming. Of course. Dont forget grandpa. Can the test drive be over now . Maybe just head back to the dealership . Yep, totally. Its practically yours, but we still need your signature. The volkswagen sign then drive event. Zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new jetta and otherselect models. California were stuck in traffic for hours after a series of mud and rock slides rained several major roads near six flags. California Highway Patrol says traffic was backed up around 40 miles on the eye15, near castaic. The exits at parker are closed until further notice. Several roads in the area are still closed. Intense weather is battering the west coast while many back east are left wondering. Wheres winter . foxs kelly wright, has a look for us. Just a little bit welcome officially opening the slopes for the season my work let us all go early for a powder so thats awesome last season. Oregon had one of its lowest snowpacks in decades. The rockies also seeing their share of prewinter precip. But in ohio and on the east coast. Hat and scarf weather is holding off. At least for now. Pleasing some. But not others heiner says i ran like ten miles on the trails. So it was beautiful. Valahovick says its a real bummer right now. A year right now. Today shorts. Mos says well i like this, but i know its going to change soon. so you gotta soak it up while you can thats what oncam tag washington, dc is often a confusing place during an this year, even the seem perplexed. The unseasonably causing trees along the tidal basin to bloom way ahead of their normal spring appearance. Kelly wright. Fox news people are evacuating as a powerful typhoon hits the philippines. Typhoon muhlor is already hitting coastal areas with strong winds and heavy rains. The fierce storm made landfall today, packing maximum sustained winds of 130 miles an hour. Forecasters say the typhoon is expected to trigger torrential rainfall, flooding and landslides across the philippines. The philippines is hit with around 20 typhoons each year. With a cold front moving east of us we are waking up to drier conditions but are faced with a gusty day with gusts to 30 Miles Per Hour today. Clouds will attempt to clear the valley clearer skies for tonight. We shall see residual breezes on tuesday with daytime highs dropping into the upper 40s until wednesday. We are expected to slowly climb back into the 50s as we near next weekend. Good morning. Your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk hundreds of babies and been exposed to tuberculosis at a california hospital by an employee. The woman is a nurse in the Maternity Ward of the Santa Clara Valley medical center. The hospital says she showed no symptoms and passed their tests one month before it was detected by accident on a chest xray. In total, 350 newborns were exposed. The hospital is contacting mothers who were in its care between mid august and november. They will provided testing and preventative daily treatments for the infants, as well as any parents or employees who were possibly exposed. If youre a little squeamish. Bear with us. This is really good information though. The fda has approved an injectable sponge that manufacturers claim stops bleeding in seconds. The agency cleared the x statthirty wound dressing for use by anyone, previously it was only used in the military. The sponge expands and can be used to control life threatening wounds in areas where a cannot be used. Like the groin or armpit. The product can be used for up to four hours, allowing time for an injured person to receive medical care. Good luck buying a hoverboard on amazon. The online retailer just removed all Swagway Hoverboards from its site. The move comes just days after a Swagway Hoverboard was identified as the brand of hoverboard that caught fire while charging inside a new york home. Last week amazon sent a notice to all hoverboard sellers asking them to provide safety reviews. There are still a number of hoverboard brands Still Available on amazon. Including the razor hovertrax, the jetson and the hoverx. Firefighters in australia will soon have a new hightech weapon to help fight fires. This firefighting robot, better known as taf20, can shoot a stream of water almost 300feet. It can spray foam or mist around 200feet and has a highpowered fan that can clear smoke from a room. The best part is it remotely, so the robot can be sent into dangerous situations instead of the firefighters. The new recruit will hit the fire lines next summer. They may need to build a robot to beat ufc champ connor mcgegor. He knocked out josee aldo in 13 seconds. 13. Thats the quickest knockout in ufc history. Heres another record set saturday night at the mgm grand. A live gate of more than ten million dollars. Ufc Officials Say the total is the largest ever for a ufc event in las vegas. Its also the second highest in ufc history. The ufc is Holding Tryouts for the Upcoming Season of ultimate fighter this morning at red rock casino. Its currently weight classes. The womens straw weight. Bantamweight. And mens light heavyweight. You must be between 21 and 34 years old. And have professional mma fight experience holding a winning record with a minimum of three professional thousands of jobs will be up for grabs at a hiring fair at the palms later this week. Companies like diamond resorts interntional, cc sd, expedia and enterprise are hiring. There will be more than 16 hundred positions available. The jobertising dot com hiring event goes from eleven am to two pm this wednesday. Make sure you bring extra copies of your resume and be ready for onthespot interviews. The Holiday Shipping deadlines are approaching. If you want to make sure your packages arrive on time, here are some important dates you need to keep in mind. The us postal service, ups and fedex all recommend you ship your packages asap tomorrow is the deadline for standard shipping for usps and fedex. Ups is recommending its threeday shipping option in order to recieve those packages by christmas. You still have plenty of time to use the twoday or nextday shipping options, but itll cost you. For all you last has your back. The shipping giant is offering same day shipping and delivery for christmas day. Christmas is just 11 days away. Malls are packed with shoppers trying to find gifts for their family and friends. The Retail Association of nevada expects holiday sales to rise by nearly fourpercent. Thats higher than whats estimated around the country. Retail Officials Say thats because our state economy is growing. Downtown summerlin is one place seeing a boom in sales. Victoria secret clothes, forever 21, lush bath bom its nice up here. Its really nice place to hang out. Everyone is nice and its good area. Great Shopping Center. Variety is great. Retail Officials Say online sales are growing. This Holiday Season were expected to hit more than 70 billion dollars nationwide. Neiman marcus las vegas has a sweet holiday wonderland over at the fashion show mall. They call it sugar everything nice. The edible holiday scene is made from more than three hundred pounds of chocolate two hundred and seventy five pounds of sugar and fifty pounds of cake. The display was created by two local chefs robert teddy and travis martinez. Both are current competitors on Food Networks cake wars. The display will be up from now until the end of the year. Hitting a home run this Holiday Season. Up next, the toy drive local professional baseball player, Shane Victorinio held to help out Southern Nevada families. Baca says my sister is sick and she has birth marks. She gets fevers. But shes really special. What the holidays are all about. The special way make a wish sent these families to see santa claus. Fox5s take 5 to care holiday food drive is underway. And we need your help feeding those in need. You can drop off your non perishable items at any valley albertons and vons. You can also all of the proceeds benefit three square baseball player Shane Victorino held a toy drive to help out local kids in need. Yesterday the eighth annual toy drive took over game works in town square. The Los Angeles Angels outfielder is actually from las vegas. Each year he hosts a toy drive to help kids right here in our community. Victorinos foundation has collected thousands of toys over the years. The gifts that we recieve, they are going to kids who this might be their only gift. Like i said, its heart wrenching, but its an opportunity for me to give back to a community that means a lot to me. My kids are going to grow up here. And to be able to do this is great. The foundation. Charity is close to victorinos heart. In the past hes also donated to the 98pointfive toy drive. The Shane Victorino Foundation Toy drive benefits the shade tree shelter and communities in schools. Not everyone gets the chance to meet santa at the north pole. But this weekend. One group of children were treated to the trip of a lifetime. Foxs Erika Gonzalez tells us how the make a Wish Foundation made it all happen. Dozens families. Like for krystal baca and her two little girls. Baca says we wouldnt be able to do things like this if it wasnt for make a wish and United Airlines giving us this opportunity. A. Baca says i dont know how far it is. But its north. So south pole in the southside of the world. North pole is in the north part of the world. Her daughter alysa can hardly believe she was about to visit santa himself in his home and that her older sister got to come along too. A. Baca says my sister is sick and she has birth marks. She gets fevers. But shes really special. Baca says a lot of our lives have to deal with therapies, and doctors appointments and things like that. So its nice to take a break form that and get away from that. A break made possible by giving volunteers who make the annual fantasy flight a reality. Mos says the entire Community Comes out we have to many volunteers come out. Seeing a child smile is priceless for us on the other end and in the end it reminds why we do what we do. Its beautiful. Its a unique trip and a joy filled day that young hearts and minds wont soon forget. The fiesta rancho brought the north pole to las vegas this figure skater in the red dress this is the Eleventh Annual winter ice show decked out with the largest drivethru light display in the valley. Glittering lights features more than three million holiday lights shining bright along the two pointfive mile course. The event raises money for the speedway Childrens Charity among other local organizations. Its open nightly starting at 5 30 p m. We need your help today is the last day for the 17th annual Chet Buchanan and the morning zoo toy drive and we need more toys we go live with chet at the drive up next and where the heck is old man winter . Well have more on the weird behind. And fires back. Just how far ted cruz leads and what the donald has to say about it. Plus las vegas will be front and center in the race for the white house. A bunch of candidates are here today getting ready for tuesdays debate. Long road ahead. President obama is praising a landmark deal to fight climate change. How the remarkable agreement plans to end Global Warming and save lives. Welcome back, im Monica Jackson and im dave hall. Well get those headlines in a but first Ophelia Young is in for Cassandra Jones she has a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. With a cold front moving east of us we are waking up to drier conditions but are faced with a gusty day with gusts to 30 Miles Per Hour today. Clouds will attempt to clear the valley with forecasted clearer skies for tonight. We shall see residual breezes on tuesday with daytime highs dropping into the upper 40s until wednesday. We are expected to slowly climb back into the 50s as we near next weekend. Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk a new fox news poll shows republican president ial candidate ted cruz ahead of donald trump. The two will face off tomorrow here in las vegas for the last president ial debate of 2015. The fox news poll has cruz and trump twopoints apart. Well within that came out just has cruz ahead of trump by ten points in iowa. Ted cruz has just become the clear frontrunner in iowa. While on fox news sunday, trump had this to say. Trump says well you look at the way hes dealt with the senate, where he goes in there like a you know, frankly like a little bit of a maniac. Youre never going to get things done that way. You cant walk into the senate, and scream, and call people liars, and not be able to cajole and get along with people. Hell never get anything done. And thats the problem with ted. As for the democrats. Hillary clinton continues to dominate in iowa. Shes beating Bernie Sanders by 14points. According to this new fox news poll. The democrats will next debate on saturday. Candidates are already in town ahead of tomorrows main event. Fox5s Shannon Moore is live in front of the venetian this morning with a look at their packed schedules setup is underway for tomorrows debate. But today candidates are focusing on campaining. Theyre arriving in las vegas early for a number of events. Heres a list of several rallys being held today and tomorrow. Other events include marco rubios rally happening today at 2pm at the renaissance las vegas. Donald trump hosting one tonight at the westgate starting at 7 30 and rand paul making an appearance at Caesars Palace tommorrow at 11. Now also happening today ahead of the debate a conference on homeland security. Organizers say the recent terror attack in San Bernadino has generated awareness. A number of speakers are lined up to discuss everything from threats against the u. S. To the nevada National Security action summit starts at 9, tickets are Available Online tomorrows debate kicks off at 6pm. Voters across the country will get the chance to see candidates go head to head. Well begin preview coverage on that starting tomorrow morning. A number of democrats are also organizing events today. For example, Hilary Clinton has planned a latino outreach this weekend. For more on that check out our website fox5vegas. Com one person is recovering after being shot on the southwest part of town. Police say the man was shot around nine sunday morning on Hanover Grove avenue near grand canyon and sunset. He was taken to the hospital in Critical Condition. And is now stable. Metro police are looking for a red sports car in connection to the shooting. A motorcyclist is in Critical Condition after a crash with an su v. North Las Vegas Police say the 23 yearold motorcyclist and car collided around two sunday afternoon at the intersection of cheyenne and simmons. Taken to umc in Critical Condition. Former clark county commissioner tom collins is facing a dui charge after he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Jail records show the 65yearold was arrested friday night under his full name clarence collins. He was released from the Clark County Detention Center pending an initial court appearance. No charges have been filed. The cowboy commissioner resigned from his seat in august citing family matters. In national news. The fbi says hasnt found anything related to the december 2nd mass shooting in a lake in san bernardino. But it says it will keep searching. Federal agents are looking for the shooters hard drive, after receiving a tip that it was thrown into the lake the day of the attack. Police say syed farook and Tashfeen Malik opened fire during a holiday party, taking 14 innocent lives. Three years ago today. A shooter walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown, connecticut and took 26 innocent lives. Authorities say own mother before attacking the school. 20 children and six adults lost their lives. The shooter turned his gun on himself as Police Closed in. In baltimore. A jury is expected to hear closing arguments today in the trial of a City Police Officer charged in the death of freddie gray. William porter is charged with manslaughter, assault, misconduct and reckless endangerment. Porter is the first of six officers to be charged in connection with grays death. A climate deal was made that will have almost every nation in the world working to limit greenhouse gases. After weeks of negotiations. 195 nations agreed to a deal that is expected to reduce each countrys global emissions it suggests a major emphasis on reducing fossil fuels and developing renewable sources of energy the Obama Administration is praising the Global Climate deal. It seeks to limit Global Warming to two degrees celsius. Urges donations of 100billion dollars a year to help developing countries. People across the country are heading outside to surprising winter temperatures. Headlines everywhere showed record high temps this weekend. So where the heck is winter . Emily schmidt is live in washington with more on the case of the missing winter. We saw the headlines from west michigan. To tampa. Pittsbugh. To new jersey. And theres a chance for more history to be made today with some temperatures doubledigits above normal. I n fact. With unseasonably warm temperatures over the eastern half of the countrycnn meteorologists said about 75 population saw temperatures above 60 degrees by the end of the weekend. And its more than a warm weekend. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or noaa says we had thwae rmest autumn on record for the continental united statesseptember through november temperatures were an average 3point3 degrees above average. Scientists say you can thankor blamedepending upon your perspectiveel nino for most of the phenomenon. That s the warming ocean waters in the tropical pacific, and its a trend thats likely to continue. Just last week, noaa announced the current el nino could be among the top three on record. That tends to create warmer than average temperatures throughout most of the us, with Stormy Weather in the western part of the country. Cnn adlibs theres also a polar vortex at work. Those strong winds that normally circle the north pole are stronger than usual. Keeping the air up north. Temperatures were getting today in washington could recordsmore like late september or early october than mid december. Suggested follow up question 1 i was looking at the records and saw that even buffalo, new yorkknown for its snowis having 1 i was looking at the records and saw that even buffalo, new yorkknown for its snowis having the kind of introduction to winter it has never seen before. In more local one of the longestrunning shows on the strip will draw the curtains for the final time next year. Jubilee at Ballys Las Vegas will perform its final show on thursday february 11th. Millions of people from around the world have enjoyed the classic showffor more than 34 years. The hotel and casinos president says the opening of a new showgirl production is being discussed. Jubilee performs saturday through thursday. Countdown were entering the final hours to donate to families in need this morning coming up, well chat with 98 point 5s Chet Buchanan after spending 12 nights outside, waiting for your donations. A gift to her fans. What taylor swift did to celebrate with a cold front moving east of us we are waking up to drier conditions but are faced with a gusty day with gusts to 30 Miles Per Hour today. Clouds will attempt to clear the valley with forecasted clearer skies for tonight. We shall see residual breezes on tuesday with daytime highs dropping into the upper 40s until wednesday. We are expected to slowly 50s as we near next weekend. Good morning. Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk take 5 to care is sponsored by nv energy, southwest medical associates subaru of las vegas. Were in the final few hours of the 17th annual Chet Buchanan and the morning zoo toy drive. And this year you guys really went above and beyond to spread some holiday cheer. In a couple of hours. Chet buchanan will come down from for the past week. Chet what do you still need . We kick off the 17th annual Chet Buchanan the morning zoo toy drive in the parking lot of nv energy on west sahara. The 17th annual Chet Buchanan the morning zoo toy at 10 am. So youve still got time to make a donation. You can drop off new unwrapped toys at nv energy just off of sahara and jones. We see a lot of strange things on the las vegas strip. And saturday night was a target rich environment. Thousands of ufc fans had a good time in the arena. And a wild time out of it. We have see. Plus. This is cockatoo. About to try vinegar for the first time. Every weekend in vegas gets a little crazy. But this weekend was downright wild. And its all thanks to one man. Connor mcgregor. The ufc champ brought thousands of irish fans to las vegas for his big fight saturday night. And lets just say they had a good time. Check out the guy top of the big lion in the lobby of the mgm. In fact. It took security longer to catch him. Than it did for mcgregor to knock out josee aldo. Eventually the man was caught. And hauled off. But the party continued for the thousands of other irish fans who came to vegas. Maria is off today. So when monica found out she had to come in and work at 5 00 in the morning. This was her reaction. A mixture of shock. Horror. And a really bad taste in her mouth. We feel your pain monica. Thats how we all feel at 5 00 in the morning. Actually this is gotcha. The cockatoo. Trying vinegar for the first time in its life. Gotcha the cockatoo makes the same face we all do. Trying vinegar is like working at 5 00 in the morning. They both leave a bad taste in your mouth. Christmas is coming early for the swifties of the world pop star taylor swift celebrated her 26th birthday in a big way. Yesterday, the singer announced her 1989 world tour live concert film will be released on apple music. It features last months show in sydney, australia and includes backstage footage from other shows featuring her girl squad and a host of celebrity guests. The movie will be released on apple music this sunday. Theyre loud, stinky and spend for food. Yea but theyre also clumbsy and cute which makes for some great footage. Were talking animals. Weve got the best videos of 2015. Every morning these men ate a tired breakfast and had a tired day. They werent lumberjacks, they were slumberjacks. Then one day jack showed up with a breakfast burrito poweredby jalapeos. Turning these tree loggers. Into tree lovers. Spicy jalapeos, chipotle sauce with grilled bacon, eggs and cheese. The jalapeo bacon breakfast burrito. Youre probably wonder what the heck is that . Little guy snoring. Thats right polar bears snore. The 5week old lives at the columbus zoo. She weighs about 4 pounds and measures 16 inches. 2015 has been a year of funny and memorable animal videos. Yea, we all remember this golden retriever who just cant get enough of the online puppy videos. And you gotta earn your keep right . His share pitching in around the yard. Talk about being this squirrel table manners. Using his fork while he eats. Bags and wait cant forget teddy. Remember this little pup that just has to take his bear along. And no one can forget this years headliner. He rounds out the list of the best animal videos of the year. Lets take a look at whats ahead on fox five news this morning. North Las Vegas Police had their hands full overnight, investigating two separate homicides, just miles apart. Final debate of and las vegas gets the honors. Where you can catch up with your favorite they tackle the tough issues tomorrow night. You cant get a 13 seconds. At least not done well. All it took for to rewrite the ufc record book. Im dave hall. And im Monica Jackson. Welcome to fox5 news this morning. First Ophelia Young is in for Cassandra Jones with a check of monday morning forecast. With a cold front moving east of us we are waking up to drier conditions but are faced with a gusty day with gusts to 30 Miles Per Hour today. Clearer skies for tonight. We shall see residual breezes on tuesday with daytime highs dropping into the upper 40s until wednesday. We are expected to slowly climb back into the 50s as we near next weekend. Good morning. Heres a look at your fox5 traffic lets begin with here are the out and alternate routes you can use here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps desk breaking overnight. Police say a woman was shot apparent domestic related situation at a busy Shopping Center in north las vegas. The first calls before 10 last night at craig and mlk. Found a 20year old woman suffering from at least one gunshot wound. She was taken to umc trauma where she later died. Police are now hoping witnesses will help solve this homicide. There were lots of people out here lots of people who saw what happened, detectives are interviewing those exactly what went down so we can try to piece it together. Police have a male suspect in custody. They did not elaborate on that persons relationship with the victim. Also breaking overnight. North Las Vegas Police are investigating another homicide that happened just a few miles away. Police say a woman was shot around midnight at the eye15 on ramp at lamb. All we know right now is that a woman was taken to Sunrise Hospital where she later died. Officers say the shooter took off on foot. If you have any information about the shooting, call Crime Stoppers 7023855555. Police think a driver died after suffering a medical episode and crashing into a block wall near Caesars Palace. The accident happened just before nine pm at Frank Sinatra and jay sarno way. The driver was taken to umc in Critical Condition, where he later died. No one else was inside the car at the time. President obama will meet with his Top National Security advisers today to discuss the war against white house Officials Say no is expected to come out of mister obamas rare visit to the pentagon. This is president to the pentagon since the terror linked attacks in southern paris. For the final republican president ial primary debate of the year. Donald trump is positioned front and center. Frontrunner will be sandwiched in between rivals carson. Also on main stage, marco rubio, jeb bush, john kasich, chris christie, Carly Fiorina and rand paul. The republican president ial hopefuls will take the podium over at the venetian tomorrow night. It starts at six pm and will be aired on cnn. Some candidates are already in town ahead of the debate. Donald trump. Ted cruz. Marco rubio. Rand paul. And john kasich all have rallies planned for later today. And for more on to check in live with fox5s Shannon Moore. Shes near the venetian with a preview of todays events its the final debate of the year several candidates using the opportunity to get in early and hold campaign rallys. Marco rubio has scheduled one for today at 2pm at the renaissance las vegas. Donald trump hosting one tonight at the westgate starting at 7 30 while rand paul will be rallying at Caesars Palace tommorrow at 11. Other events are listed there on your screen. All the candidates are expected to touch on a number of topics at their events and with the recent shooting in San Bernadino such issues as Foreign Policy and gun control are sure to be topping the list. Now big event happening today ahead of the debate a conference on homeland security. Organizers say the nevada National Security planned before the terror attacks in southern ca, but will address threats against the u. S. Doors open to that event at 9. Tickets are Available Online well of course have a crew there today and bring you more on that in tonights newscast the debate starts tomorrow evening at 6. For more information on that, you can check out our website at fox5vegas. Com fox5 will have live debate coverage starting right here on fox5 news this morning. Stay with us throughout the day, on air, online and on our mobile app for the latest on the final republican president ial debate of 2015. I may have to look away for this story. It involves blood. And the groin. Well tell you about an injectable sponge that has been used and is now approved for the public. Buyer beware dont expect to find the hottest toy of the year anywhere on amazon. Why the online retailer is pulling the popular toy right before the holidays. Drivers in california were stuck in traffic for hours after a series of mud and rock slides rained down. Closing several major roads near six flags. California Highway Patrol says traffic was backed up around 40 miles on the eye15, near castaic. The exits at parker are closed until further notice. Several roads in the area are still closed. Intense weather is battering the west coast while many back east are left wondering. Wheres winter . foxs kelly wright, has a look at the wild weather moving across the us. Things up from coast to coast. Droughtstricken california is getting moisture in several forms. From an over enthusiastic pacific. To rain in the bay area. And snow in the mountains of the southland. Ironically. Drought damaged trees are more lily to come down. Now that theres some rain. Power outages are scattered around the San Francisco region. Meantime, in oregon. The foot and a half of snow that has fallen in the past week or so. Is more than just a little bit welcome officially opening the slopes for the season my work let us all go early for a powder so thats awesome last season. Oregon had one of its lowest snowpacks in decades. The rockies also seeing their share of prewinter precip. But in ohio and on the east coast. Hat and scarf weather is holding off. At least for now. Pleasing some. But not others heiner says i ran like ten miles on the trails. So it was beautiful. Valahovick says its a real bummer right now. A year were out here in shorts. Mos says well i like this, but i know its going to change soon. so you gotta soak it up while you can thats what were doing. oncam tag washington, dc is often a confusing place during an election cycle. But this year, even the Cherry Blossoms seem perplexed. The unseasonably warm weather is causing trees along the tidal basin to bloom way ahead of their normal spring appearance. Kelly wright. Fox news hundreds of thousands of people are evacuating as a powerful typhoon hits the philippines. Typhoon muhlor is already hitting coastal areas with strong winds and heavy rains. The fierce storm made landfall today, packing maximum sustained winds of 130 miles an hour. Forecasters say the typhoon is expected to trigger torrential rainfall, flooding and landslides across the philippines. The philippines is hit with around 20 typhoons each year. With a cold front drier conditions but are faced with a gusty day with gusts to 30 Miles Per Hour today. Clouds will attempt to clear the valley with forecasted clearer skies for tonight. We shall see residual breezes on tuesday with daytime highs dropping into the upper 40s until wednesday. We are expected to slowly climb back into the 50s as we near next weekend. Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk hundred babies and mothers may have been exposed to tuberculosis at a california hospital by an employee. The woman is a nurse in the Maternity Ward of valley medical center. The hospital says symptoms and passed their tests one month before accident on a chest xray. In total, 350 newborns were exposed. Contacting mothers who were in its care between mid august and november. They will provided testing and preventative daily treatments for the infants, as well as any employees who exposed. Squeamish. Bear with us. This is really good information though. The fda has approved an injectable sponge that manufacturers claim stops bleeding in seconds. The agency cleared the x statthirty wound dressing for use by anyone, previously it was only used in the military. The sponge expands and can be used to control life threatening wounds in areas where a tourniquet cannot be used. Like the groin or armpit. The product can be used for up to four hours, allowing time for an injured person to receive medical care. Good luck buying a hoverboard on amazon. The online retailer just removed all Swagway Hoverboards from its site. The move comes just days after a Swagway Hoverboard was identified as the brand of hoverboard that caught fire while charging inside a new york home. Last week amazon sent a notice to all hoverboard sellers asking them to provide there are still a number of hoverboard brands available on amazon. Including the razor hovertrax, the jetson and the hoverx. Firefighters in australia will soon have a new hightech weapon to help fight fires. This firefighting robot, better known as taf20, can shoot a stream of water almost 300feet. It can spray foam or mist around 200feet and has a highpowered fan that can clear smoke from a room. The best part is it can be operated remotely, so the robot can be sent into dangerous situations instead of the firefighters. The new recruit will hit the fire lines next summer. They may need to build a robot to beat ufc champ connor mcgegor. He knocked out seconds. 13. Thats the quickest knockout in ufc history. Heres another record set saturday night at the mgm grand. A live gate of more than ten million dollars. Ufc Officials Say the total is the largest ever for a ufc event in las vegas. Its also the second highest in ufc history. The ufc is Holding Tryouts for the Upcoming Season of ultimate fighter this morning at red rock casino. Its currently open to three weight classes. The womens straw weight. Bantamweight. And mens light heavyweight. You must be between 21 and 34 years old. And have professional mma fight experience holding a winning record with a minimum of three professional fights. The Holiday Shipping deadlines are approaching. If you want to make sure your packages arrive on time, here are some important dates you need to service, ups and fedex all recommend you ship your packages asap tomorrow is the deadline for standard shipping for usps and fedex. Ups is recommending its threeday shipping option in order to recieve those packages by christmas. You still have plenty of time to use the twoday or nextday shipping options, but itll cost you. For all you last minute gift givers out there. Fedex has your back. The shipping giant is offering same day shipping and delivery for christmas day. We need your help today is the last day for the 17th annual Chet Buchanan and the morning zoo toy drive and we need more toys we go live with chet at the drive up next have they learned nothing viewers say people are still being reckless on valley roads. What callers have to say about drivers. closed captioning will resume shortly lawmakers have the raod again. Government shutdown by approving a temporary budget. This caller. One womans frustration after being kept up every night by street racers. From john the power of social media. And one mans bravery in recording a burglary in process. Led police to one of the suspects in this tape. Brett mccann recorded this video, posted it on facebook, and it drew 1. 4 million views and 44,000 shares one day. Police arrested one of the guys in this video but wont say which one. We have a caller trump falls this is the best block of all. Its like candy cane lane. I know. Oohhh. Oh, holiday ferris wheel. I kind of love it. Look at those reindeer. Jeffrey, youre awfully quiet back there. I was just thinking. Maybe its time we finish this test drive and head back to the dealership . That is so jeffrey. Soooo jeffrey. So jeffrey. Oh. Elves. Its practically yours. Zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment ted cruz takes the lead in iowa. Hear what the donald has to say about it. Plus the gop candidates are getting into las vegas early before tomorrows big debate. Where you can see some of them today. Long road ahead. President obama is praising a landmark deal to fight climate change. How the agreement plans to end Global Warming and save lives. Welcome back, im Monica Jackson and im dave hall. Well get those headlines in a minute, but first Ophelia Young is in for Cassandra Jones she has a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. With a cold front moving east of us we are waking up to drier conditions but are faced with a gusty day with per hour today. Clouds will attempt to clear the valley with forecasted clearer skies for tonight. We shall see residual breezes on tuesday with daytime highs dropping into the upper 40s until wednesday. We are expected to slowly climb back into the 50s as we near next weekend. With a cold front moving east of us drier conditions but are faced with a gusty day with gusts to 30 Miles Per Hour today. Clouds will attempt to clear the valley with forecasted clearer skies for tonight. We shall see residual breezes on tuesday with daytime highs dropping into the donald trump in iowa. The two will face off tomorrow here in las vegas for the last president ial debate of 2015. Has cruz and apart in iowa. Well within the margin of error. That came out just trump by ten points in iowa. Ted cruz is now the frontrunner in iowa. While on fox news sunday, trump had this to say. Trump says well hes dealt with the senate, where he goes in there like a you know, frankly like a little bit of a maniac. Youre never going to get things done that way. You cant walk into the senate, and scream, and call people liars, and not be able to cajole and get along with people. Hell never get anything done. And thats the problem with ted. As for the democrats. Hillary clinton continues to dominate in iowa. Shes beating Bernie Sanders by 14points. According to this new fox news poll. The democrats will next debate on saturday. A number of republican candidates are already in town ahead of tomorrows main event. Fox5s Shannon Moore is live in front of the venetian this morning with a look at their packed schedules setup is underway for tomorrows focusing on campaining. Theyre arriving in las vegas early for a number of events. Heres a list of several rallys being held today and tomorrow. Other events include marco rubios rally happening today at 2pm at the renaissance las vegas. Donald trump tonight at the westgate starting at 7 30 and rand paul making an appearance at Caesars Palace tommorrow at 11. Now also happening today ahead of the debate a conference on homeland security. Organizers say the recent terror attack in San Bernadino has generated awareness. A number of speakers are lined up to discuss everything from threats against the u. S. To military strategy the nevada National Security action summit starts at 9, tickets are Available Online tomorrows debate kicks off at 6pm. Voters across the country will get the chance to see candidates go head to head. Well begin preview coverage on that starting tomorrow morning. A number of democrats are example, Hilary Clinton has planned a latino outreach this weekend. For more on that check out our website fox5vegas. Com one person is recovering after being shot on the southwest part of town. Police say the man was shot around nine sunday morning on Hanover Grove avenue near grand canyon and sunset. He was taken to the hospital in Critical Condition. And is now stable. Metro police are looking for a red sports car in connection to the shooting. A motorcyclist is in Critical Condition after a crash with an su v. North Las Vegas Police say the 23 yearold motorcyclist and car collided around two sunday afternoon at the intersection of cheyenne and simmons. The rider was taken to umc in Critical Condition. Former clark county commissioner tom collins is facing a dui charge after he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Jail records show was arrested friday night under his full name clarence collins. He was released from the Clark County Detention Center pending an initial court appearance. No charges have the cowboy commissioner seat in august matters. In national news. Hasnt found anything related to the december 2nd mass shooting in a lake in san bernardino. But it says it will keep searching. Federal agents are looking for the shooters hard drive, after receiving a tip that it was thrown into the lake the day of the attack. Police say syed farook and Tashfeen Malik opened fire during a holiday party, taking 14 innocent lives. Three years ago today. A shooter walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown, connecticut and took 26 innocent lives. Authorities say the 20yearold gunman shot his own mother before attacking the school. 20 children and six adults lost their lives. The shooter turned his gun on himself as Police Closed in. A jury is expected to hear closing arguments today in the trial of a City Police Officer charged in the death of freddie gray. William porter is charged with manslaughter, assault, misconduct and reckless endangerment. Porter is the first of six officers to be charged in connection with grays death. A climate deal was made that will have almost every nation in the world working to limit greenhouse gases. After weeks of negotiations. 195 nations agreed to a deal that is expected to reduce each countrys global emissions it suggests a major emphasis on reducing fossil fuels and developing renewable sources of energy the Obama Administration is praising the Global Climate deal. It seeks to limit Global Warming to two degrees celsius. In addition, it urges donations of 100billion dollars a year to help developing countries. In more local news. One of the longestrunning shows on the strip will draw the curtains for jubilee at ballys perform its final show on thursday february 11th. Millions of people world have classic showffor more than 34 years. The hotel and casinos president says the opening of a new showgirl production is being discussed. Jubilee performs saturday through thursday. Countdown were entering the final hours to donate to families in need this morning coming up, well chat with 98 point 5s Chet Buchanan after spending 12 nights outside, waiting for your donations. Baca says my sister is sick and she has birth marks. She gets fevers. But shes really special. What the holidays are all about. The special way make a wish sent with a cold front moving east of us drier conditions but are faced with a gusty day with gusts to 30 Miles Per Hour today. To clear the valley with forecasted clearer skies for tonight. We shall see residual breezes on tuesday with daytime highs dropping into the upper 40s until wednesday. We are expected to slowly climb back into the 50s as we near next weekend. Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk take 5 to care is sponsored by nv energy, southwest medical associates subaru of las vegas. Few hours of the hours of the 17th annual Chet Buchanan and the morning zoo toy drive. And this year you guys really went above and beyond to spread some holiday cheer. In a couple of hours. Chet buchanan will come down from the scaffolding hes been living on for the past week. Chet we kick off the 17th annual Chet Buchanan the morning zoo toy drive in the parking lot of nv energy on west sahara. Th17 annual Chet Buchanan the morning zoo toy drive at nv energy, dec 3rd 14th ,2015 so youve still got time to make a new unwrapped toys at nv energy just off of sahara and jones. Not everyone gets the chance to meet santa at the north pole. But this weekend. One group of children were treated to the trip of a lifetime. Foxs Erika Gonzalez tells us how the make a Wish Foundation made it all happen. Baca and her two little girls. Wouldnt be able to do things like this if it wasnt for make a wish and united this opportunity. A. Baca says i dont know how far it is. But its north. So south pole in the southside of the world. North pole is in the north part of the world. Her daughter alysa she was about to in his home and that her older sister too. A. Baca says my she has birth marks. Shes really special. Baca says a lot of our lives have to deal with therapies, and doctors appointments and things like that. So its nice to take a break form that and get away from that. A break made possible by giving volunteers who make the annual fantasy flight a reality. Mos says the entire Community Comes out we have to many volunteers come out. Seeing a child smile is priceless for us on the other end and in the end it reminds why we do what we do. Its beautiful. Its a unique trip and a joy filled day that young hearts and minds wont soon forget. The fiesta rancho north pole to las vegas this weekend. Figure skater in the red dress this is the Eleventh Annual winter ice show this year it was called destination north pole. It was all about what happens in the north pole at Santas Village right before christmas. The show featured local figure skaters of all ages and skill levels. We have awesome skaters of all levels. Even competitive skaters. All ages too. From three to 80s. Its all brand new each year, we dont do stories that have already been told. So we just put together a show. A canned goods held for the salvation army. Discounts on ticket prices were offered to those who brought canned goods to donate. Dont forget. The Las Vegas Motor Speedway is decked out with the largest drivethru light display in the valley. Glittering lights features more holiday lights shining bright along the two pointfive mile course. The event raises money for the speedway Childrens Charity among other local organizations. Its open nightly starting at 5 30 p m. Challenge accepted one little boy shows us hes the reigning champ, as he crushes the competition in a just dance display game. Jason feinberg joins us from the newsroom with a look at whats coming up in the next two hours. A seasonal social media may be making us fatter. For some reason seeing pictures of gingerbread men, egg nog and candy canes. Makes us want to eat gingerbread men, egg nog and candy canes. You thought bob massis santa collection was impressive . Wait until you see a couple from south dakota. They may not have as good of hair as bob. But they may have his saint nick nick nacks beat. Its monday pet pals. Honey got adopted last week. So now its honey dew. No relation. She is sweet. But also an escape artist. So perhaps knowing magic may halt this houdini hound thanks, jason, back. Every morning these men ate a tired breakfast and had a tired day. Then one day jack showed up with a breakfast burrito poweredby jalapeos. It didnt just change theirmorning. It changed everything turning these tree loggers. Into tree lovers. Spicy jalapeos, chipotle sauce with grilled bacon, eggs and cheese. The jalapeo bacon breakfast burrito. Too fast. Too furious. Too cute. Watch out kyle bush this 3 year old is coming for your top spot. This is lila, she posted this video on her instagram showing off her expert driving skills using her Chevrolet Corvette power wheels car. You know youre at the mall you see the kiosk with people playing with the video games and toys. But none like this. Take a look this little boy crushes the competition with his killer dance moves. He turns heads as he gets every move right on the just dance 2016 video game. More ahead on fox5 news this morning. Coming up. No more hate. The movement one group started in seattle. To help spread peace across the nation. And. Still looking for those Holiday Gifts . Hold on one sec advice from psychologists on how to pick that perfect gift your family and