With highs in the upper 50s today, with highs around 60 for us on wednesday. Average highs this time of the year are around 59. Well be warmer on thursday through saturday with highs in the mid to upper 60s with a mix of sun and clouds. While well be up to 68 degrees on saturday, well also see an increase of clouds with southwest gusts to 20 mph. Chances of showers get here through the day on sunday into monday with highs dropping to around 60 degrees with 57 degrees on monday. Here is a look at your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps construciton areas alternate routes here are your back to the news desk. Its National School choice hundreds of events are planned in nevada, including a rally happening today at Cashman Center. Organizers say the goal is to highlight Educational Options for parents. Fox5s Shannon Moore is live outside Cashman Center with the details. Thousands of people are expected to attend this gathering. It starts at 10am celebrating School Choice for parents and the need for more options. Organizers say the event is all about giving moms and dads the opportunity to select the best k 12 education evironment for their kids from Online Learning to Charter Schools and homeschooling. Speakers at the event will include public officials, educators and even parents trying to take advantage of nevadas School Choice options. Likely to be discussed today is the States Education savings account which would provide funding for private schooling. A judge put the brakes on that earlier this month saying its church and state. And could possibly drain critical funding from our public schools. Should be interesting to hear from people here today and get their thoughts specifically on that funding and where theyd like to see it go. Have a crew at the you the very meeting in our newscasts tonight at 5 6. Police are looking into a crash that left one person dead and 2 others injured. After confusion at a light. The accident happened at lamb and craig last night. Police say 2 cars collided after one car turned left on a green light into another car. One of the cars hit a light pole, rolled over and slid on its roof. Slamming into another pole. The passenger in that car died. The driver was taken to the hospital and is in critical condition. A North Las Vegas woman ead after police say her boyfriend stabbed her with a sharpening tool. The suspect is 39 jackson. Police say jackson called them after stabbing his girlfriend at a home Near Civic Center and evans. When they arrived at the home, they found the womans body inside. Officials were able to quickly arrest jackson. Some neighbors witnessed any home. Valorie at 430 in the people throwing a trash can and notice anything. Thats all i heard. There were several people inside the home when it happened including children. But no one was hurt. Jackson has been booked for open murder. The iowa caucus is less than a week away and president ial hopefuls are trying to drum up support. Voters got a chance to ask questions and speak on issues important to them at the democratic town hall in iowa last night. All eyes are on Hillary Clinton and senator Bernie Sanders. Martin omalley is barely keeping afloat against them. The president ial hopefuls touched on the economy, healthcare and clinton democratic president ial candidate when i worked on healthcare back in 93 and 94 and i dont know if you were born then but if youd been around and had been able to pay attention, i was trying to get us to universal coverage working with my husband. Sanders opened the town hall answering questions about his health care plan. He says his plan but hes looking to do away with private health care premiums. On a lighter note. When asked about his health. He answered he was quite the athelete. Winning a new york Basketball Championship in brooklyn as a kid. A texas grand jury has cleared planned parenthood over a series of controversial undercover suggested that the oranization illegally sold fetal tissue and organs for profit. Instead of penalizing planned parenthood. The jury instead. Indicted 2 anti abortion activists behind staging and releasing the videos. Theyve been charged with tampering with governmental records. Planned parenthood says the video was edited to suggest that they sold fetal tissue and that the accusations were not true. People on the east coast are still digging out of the blizzard. More than 40 people have died from the terrible weather conditions. Schools in dc, baltimore and philadelphia are still closed. The Economic Impact stands at a loss of about 3 billion. County officials will have a better understanding of how many Homeless People are living here in the valley. The 2016 Southern Nevada Homeless Census starts tonight. This count helps nevada get millions of dollars in grants for local programs that help the homeless. Last years census found 75hundred people staying in the streets. At least 2 nights in the census ends morning. After that. A separate count teenagers will begin neighbors . Its an important question. Many neighborhoods are getting residents. And feel safe. See how residents are taking it upon themselves to get rid of squatters. Mcdonalds is back the fast food better than expected sales for 2 quarters in a row. See what foodies are attributing it to fox5 news this since 1961, Pearle Vision has provided the neighborhood with expert eye care. That was dr. Stanley pearles vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. Today, doctors like Lisa Hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. Because we care for you. And your eyes. This is genuine eye care, this is Pearle Vision. Morning with Monica Jackson, Jason Feinberg, dave hall and maria silva. Weather 24 7 with Cassandra Jones and your traffic solutions. This is fox5 news this morning. Empty homes getting taken over by squatters is an issue thats been happening around some neighborhoods here in the valley. Some people even say they dont feel children playing outside. Fox5s miguel martinezvalle tells us how a community is coming together to make their neighborhood is safe from trespassers. Part of the reason why i got so involved is because i want to be able to walk him in the neighborhood, and take walks and do things with my grandchildren and my pets and not worry about walking past one of the squatter houses. Its a problem this northwest valley neighborhood has been dealing with for months. Thats one of the reasons we own fire arms, for not feeling safe, to protect ourselves and especially from situations like this squatters, taking over empty homes, and turning them into a hub for crime. Continuous traffic, in and out, its obvious theyre peddling drugs. Police say their hands were tied until the homeowner stepped forward as a victim. Once they did, they were finally able to take action. We found some illegal weapons in there, we found evidence of illegal drug use, and were investigating now what we believe was a fraud lab. Suspects have been taken to into custody, they are charged with unlawful occupancy and possession of this wasnt their first run in with the law. They had a significant criminal history where we had to have a the warrant to make it safe for us neighbors say while theyre happy this house was evicted, their squatter yet. We believe theres a couple of other squatter houses in and wed like them gone. Metro says a law that went into effect back in october allows them to act quicker against squatters. Squatting was civil court but now addressed criminally. Unlv students are vowing to fight Sexual Assault violence on campus. Its part of a nationwide initiative called green dot and Program Offers intervention training to bystanders. The program also teaches students how to help victims of Sexual Assault. Dating violence. Bullying and stalking. Students sign and place their green dot pledge on a red dot display to signify they will step in to end campus violence. Unlv president len jessup was the first to commit. We dont want any employees students or visitors to feel anyway there threatened or potential to feel bullied. We want people to feel comfortable in environment its very important. Program organizers say at other colleges across the students can show their pledges on different displays around campus this week. Course starts next friday. Now fox weather 24 7 with Cassandra Jones good morning im Cassandra Jones gearing up for a couple cool days with highs in the upper 50s today, with highs around 60 for us on wednesday. Average highs this time of the year are around 59. Well be warmer on thursday through saturday with highs in the mid to upper 60s with a mix of sun and clouds. While well be up to 68 degrees on saturday, well also see an increase of clouds with southwest gusts to 20 mph. Chances of showers get here through the day on sunday into monday to around 60 degrees with 57 degrees on monday. Here is a look at your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. The people have spoken and they seem to be loving the mcdonalds all Day Breakfast menu. The fast food chain has seen a jump in store sales by more than 5 percent. Mcdonalds is crediting its all Day Breakfast for the betterthan expected revenue and earnings report. Its the second consecutive quarter that mcdonalds has seen sales growth. The company has seen a 35 percent increase in the last year. About 1 in 5 adults have an amazon prime membership. Consumer Intelligence Research partners estimated there were 54 million prime members in the us at the end of 2015. Thats almost half of us households. They say members spend about 11 hundred a year, compared to 600 for nonmembers. Bruce jenner won gold medals in the olympics. And now. Katlyn jenner could too. But. There are new rules in place for transgender atheletes. Find out the only way they can qualify as the opposite sex. The legal papers go flying after a courtroom brawl is caught on video. See the fight that sends a judge flying off the courtroom turns into the octagon after a brawl breaks out. And its all caught on video. Watch as the man charges a Deputy District Attorney and shoves him to the ground. The man had just been found guilty of criminal sexual contact with a young girl. A deputy and even the judge stepped in to control him. Its likely the defendant will face extra time behind bars for the attack. And heres another crazy brawl for ya. This one took place on the streets of austin, texas. You can see one man with a bat, then the other man goes to get a long stick out of his car. Which by the way he forgot to put in park. Then the two battle it out. And as soon as the light turns green. The men got back in their cars and take off. Athletes could be competing in the rio olympics game without having gender reassignment surgery. Transgender athletes have been allowed in the olympics since 2004, but only after surgery and 2 years of hormone therapy. The rule change establishes hormonebased criteria. Anatomically male competitors must prove their testosterone levels have been below a certain benchmark for a year, to compete in female divisions. The International Olympic Committee Also proposed a rule change allowing female tomale transgender compete in the male category without restriction. More than likely you have friends on facebook you havent talked to in years and some you probably dont even remember. A new Study Suggests that on average. Only about 4 of them would be by your side during times of crisis. The Royal Society of open science says the average person could count around 13 people as close friends. And that keeping in touch on social media doesnt necessarily expand your number of close friendships. I think its less than 13. This is more like it. I use this coffee mug everyday. Dr feinberg will be there in a crisis. That i can guarantee. There in a crisis. That i can guarantee. President obama is easing up on certain criminals in the prison system. Find out who will have an easier time behind bars now. A star is bourne well maybe not. But a lot of extras are getting a first hand look at the latest bourne film being shot in town. Local economy 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 with highspeed internet from centurylink. Since 1961, Pearle Vision has provided the neighborhood with expert eye care. That was dr. Stanley pearles vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. Today, doctors like Lisa Hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. Because we care for you. And your eyes. This is genuine eye care, in your neighborhood. If youre doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, youre not alone. While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 . My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Im Bernie Sanders. I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all and not just the powerful few. Centerstage at the democratic town hall last night in iowa. Find out how the president ial hopefuls addressed the hot button issue. 3 violent criminals who escaped from a california prison are still on the loose. Find out why their prison break has investigators heads. And youre saying to us screw you we dont want you anymore we can do what we want and we can angry Solar Energy Customers voice their opinions at a Public Utilities commission meeting. And it seems their concerns have not fallen on deaf ears. Find out how the puc may be changing their tune. Good morning its 7 on this , welcome back to fox five news this morning. Well have the latest on all your first lets check in with Cassandra Jones for a look at your weather. Cassandra jones with fox5. We are gearing up for a couple cool days with highs in the upper 50s today, with highs around 60 for us on wednesday. Average highs this time of the year are around 59. Well be warmer on thursday through saturday with highs in the mid to upper 60s with a mix of sun and clouds. While well be up to 68 degrees on saturday, well also see an increase of clouds with southwest gusts to 20 mph. Chances of showers get here through the day on sunday into monday with highs dropping to around 60 degrees with 57 degrees on monday. Here is a look at your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. This morning metro will brief the media on an officer involved shooting that happened on the Las Vegas Strip. Police say the man accused of pointing a gun at people near the bellagio fountains on friday is being identified as khaleal black. They say the he did not obey commands to surrender his gun when officers arrived on the scene. One bullet grazed a child in the leg. That child was treated at umc and released. Another bullet went through a mans clothing but hes okay. A teacher at Valley High School is accused of having sex with a student. The Clark County Justice Court website says Jillian Lafave was taken into with a student. The School District and lafaves attorney say she has been suspended without pay. The former pastor convicted of sexually abusing teenage girls in his congregation now faces a henderson judge. A jury found otis holland guilty last week on all charges related to the Sexual Assault. Now. Hes going through Court Proceedings again. This time for another accuser under the age of 16. A preliminary hearing is set for next month. Good news for who are angry changed their meter rates. Fox 5s Cyndi Lundeberg has the latest twist in the big solar energy debate. I just object to what youre doing dozens of people packed into the Public Utilities comission meeting. this is about whats right and whats wrong solar customers asking the puc to reconsider their decision to hike solar fees. And slash net metering rates approved you will not look in the mirror and say i am responsible and i am taking apart of the a huge defrauding of the American People during that meeting at town square, solar city called a meeting to talk about the very same thing. But those discussions were put on hold after word came that nv energy would not be challenging the grandfather clause. Promises made should be honored and i hope you take those into consideration at the hearing, customers pleaded with the puc to stand up to nv energy. Some said they paid upwards of 60 thousand dollars for solar panels. And now cant pay back their loans. And youre saying to us screw, you we don t want you anymore. We can do what we want and we can. The pucs decision has forced the three Largest Solar Companies in nevada to leave. Today they said they would put forth a proposal to grandfather in customers to their previous rates. We were lied to. Cyndi lundeberg fox five news local las vegas. The puc would have to approve nv energys which they will discuss on february 8th. We have an update for you this morning on a former member of the fox5 family. The wife of retired metro officer john sheahan is making progress in her recovery. On friday. Kristi sheahan suffered a stroke. Doctors later found out she was suffering from complications from a rare brain condition. Yesterday. Sheahan posted on a support page that kristi has opened her eyes and was watching a video of their baby. Many Community Members have rallied around the family to show their support. Fox5 viewers may remember Sergeant Sheahan from our behind the badge segments. Officials have confirmed that a piece of metal found on a beach last week off the coast of thailand is not from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370. After reports came in that the piece could be from a rocket launched by japan. But families were holding onto hope. Flight 370 went missing almost 2 years ago. Malaysia Airlines Says that the plane crashed somewhere in the indian ocean. The plane was carrying 239 passengers. Authorities have closed all schools in pakistan after getting an alert of possible militant attacks. Government Officials Say they received intelligence about 13 taliban fighters planning suicide attacks on schools in the country. Just last week 4 21 people. The attackers all died but in a video released on social media, the leader of the group. Bacha khan says that the ambush is only the beginning of what he has planned. A manhunt continues in california after a bold jailbreak at an Orange County jail. Security experts say the escaped inmates likely had help pulling off the daring escape. They also say the trio benefitted from the unattentive jail staff. The inmates escaped friday morning after sawing through a metal gate, crawling through plumbing tunnels and using a rope made from bed linens. President obama wants to ban solitary confinement for juveniles and lowlevel offenders in federal prisons. He says the practice of isolating prisoners can cause longterm psychological effects like depression. He wants the practice to be used as a last resort when prisoners present a danger to themselves or others. The new policy would affect 10thousand federal inmates. Caucus goers will choose a president ial candidate that best represents their interests. Last night, Democratic Candidates spoke to voters at Drake University in des moines. Kim hutcherson explains. At cnns democratic town hall in des moines, voters took center stage presenting their questions to the candidates seeking the democratic president ial nomination. Hillary clinton who has a sixpoint lead in iowa, according to the latest poll faced voters last. Clinton took a philosophical approach responding to attacks leveled against her Hillary Clinton democratic president ial candidate look, ive been around a long time. People have thrown all kinds of things with me. She also reminded voters she has been working on healthcare for a very long time. Hillary Clinton democratic president ial candidate when i worked on healthcare back in were born then but if youd been around and had been able to pay attention, i was trying to get us to universal healthcare coverage working with my husband. Bernie sanders kicked off the debate, and took many questions about his healthcare plans and viability as a candidate. Bernie Sanders democratic president ial candidate the ideas i am talking about are not radical ideas. The bourne movie shoot is taking over las vegas. Locals and tourists are following the action, trying to get a glimpse of the films stars. Lots of people are getting a front row seat by signing on as extras the movie is also great for local movie companies. That provide everything from tech support to extra staff members. There are fewer that most of the money in nevadas program was used for other projects like tesla. Local Companies Say theyd still like to see major movies choose nevada as a backdrop. Even if they dont get the same incentives they used to. It does more than just business. It helps our crew base and helps people get jobs. Keep jobs and people tend to leave when no work we all know that look at construction industry. The latest bourne installment still doesnt have a name yet. Its set to open july 29th. A really cute picture of tom brady with his kids. Looks like hes accepted the loss and has moved on. But that wasnt the case right after the game. We have exclusive footage of tom. Frankly acting like a baby. And we speak with an nfl hall of famer. Who will give us his prediction for superbowl 50. Plus he encourages men to get a very important test got superbowl you know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. But so many families dont feel like their hard work pays off. Thats not the way america is supposed to operate. I want to go to bat for them every single day. Get incomes rising. Cut the cost of health care and child care so people can actually get ahead. Hillary clinton, she has what it takes to get things done. To pay boocoo bucks isnt it bocoo . The Denver Broncos will take on the carolina panthers. The average resale price for a thousand 178 dollars. Thats according to ticket price tracker seatgeek. A pair of club seats near the 50 yard line already sold for more than 12thousand dollars each, making them the most expensive seats sold so far. Super bowl 50 will be played in santa clara at levis stadium on february 7th one guy not playing in the superbowl is tom brady. Hes doing what most of the rest of us are doing. Sitting in the living room cuddling up with his kids. Some of us cuddle up with our cats. But thats besides the point. This is nice to see. Giselle capturing tom spending some quality time with his kids on instagram. Monica that wasnt the case right after the loss to the broncos. Personally i feel like the kid. We had to go to denver and play. And peyton kept going out there and the broncos kept scoring and i couldnt catch up and my line couldnt protect me and i kept getting sacked and peyton kepy yellin omaha omaha brady and the patriots won the superbowl last year. So its not all bad. Adlibs now fox weather jones good morning im Cassandra Jones with fox5. We are gearing up for a couple cool days with highs in the upper 50s today, with highs around highs this time of the year are around 59. Well be warmer on thursday through saturday with highs in the mid to upper 60s with a mix of sun and clouds. While well be up to 68 degrees on saturday, well also see an increase of clouds with southwest gusts to 20 mph. Chances of showers get here through the day on sunday into monday with highs dropping to around 60 degrees with 57 degrees on monday. Here is a look at 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 here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. For the 7th straight year, the nfl has teamed up with the Urology Care Foundation to promote the know your stats campaign which encourages men to get checked for Prostate Cancer. Joining us to share more is nfl hall of famer, Michael Haynes with Prostate Cancer specialist, doctor scott eggener. Early detection for Prostate Cancer is key, which is why, for the seventh Football League has teamed up with the Urology Care Foundationthe official foundation of the american urological associationon the know your stats about Prostate Cancer campaign, an initiative to know their Prostate Cancer risk and to talk to their doctor about whether Prostate Cancer testing is right for them sat adlibs a blow out by the spurs. And the spurs pull the ultimate wimpy manuever. Well have highlights from what was supposed to be the best game of the season so far. But became very one sided, very fast. Well be right back caught in the if youre doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, youre not alone. While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 . My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Im Bernie Sanders. I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all middle of traffic on a highway in ecuador. The cute little guy has a maximum ground speed of about 6 feet. Local Authorities Say it probably started making its way across the road but got stuck as traffic picked up during the morning commute. A vet said the sloth wasnt harmed and they were able to return it to its natural habitat. The blizzard on the eaea coast didnt stop one determined North Carolina woman from getting to work. Gabby lagdon woke up to find that her truck was surrounded by snow, so she decided to take another ride to work her horse problem. She had to leave her job before it turned dark because her transportation didnt have headlights. And imagnie waking up to this. A couple opens their front door only to find out theyre snowed in the snow even had an imprint of their door. Emergency crews couldnt reach the couple until later that afternoon and once they arrived it took more than an hour to hack away the solid block of snow. With the superbowl still a few weeks away. Focusing their attention on the nba. And there was a big one last night. The two best teams in the west duking it out. But the San Antonio Spurs decided to rest their best player tim duncan. Something the spurs do often. And that made it that much easier for the 1st place Golden State Warriors to trounce san antonio 120 to 90. Stef curry had 37 points in only 3 quarters and are now a league best theres much more on fox5 news this morning. Coming up. High School Students taking their football skills to the next level to get noticed. Well have more on the free football combine happening this weekend. A dog owner makes the most out of a snow day. How a couple of twists and turns made for one great video. Check it out next. Investigating an most people who sign up for Health Insurance qualify for financial help to make coverage more affordable, lowering their monthly premiums. Many find low premium plans for less than 75 dollars a month. If you dont sign up, you have to pay a penalty of 695 or more. Your last chance to enroll is january 31st. Overnight crash that left one others injured. Well tell you how and where it happened. A town hall meeting in iowa puts democratic hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in the spotlight. Well show you how they handled the tough questions. Attention parents its National School choice week, and organizers here in up a massive information event at cashman Shannon Moore is live to tell you why you need to good morning im Jason Feinberg and im Monica Jackson welcome to fox5 news this morning. First Cassandra Jones joins us with a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. Good morning im Cassandra Jones with fox5. We are gearing up for a couple cool days with highs in the upper 50s today, with highs around 60 for us on wednesday. Average highs this time of the year are around 59. Well be warmer on thursday through saturday with highs in the mid to upper 60s and clouds. While well be up to 68 degrees on saturday, well also see an increase of clouds with southwest gusts to 20 mph. Chances of showers get here through the day on sunday into monday with highs dropping to around 60 degrees with 57 degrees on monday. Here is a look at 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 here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. Its National School choice hundreds of events are planned in nevada, including a rally happening today at Cashman Center. Organizers say the goal is to highlight Educational Options for parents. Fox5s Shannon Moore is live outside Cashman Center with the details. Thousands of people are expected to attend this gathering. It starts at 10am celebrating School Choice for parents and the need for more options. Organizers say the event is all about giving moms and dads the opportunity to select the best k 12 education evironment for their kids from Online Learning to Charter Schools and homeschooling. Speakers at the event will include public officials, educators and even parents trying to take advantage of nevadas School Choice options. Discussed today is the States Education savings account which would provide funding for private schooling. A judge put the brakes on that earlier this month saying its unconsititutional because it violates church and state. And could possibly drain critical funding from our public schools. Should be hear from people here today and get their thoughts that funding and to see it go. We of course will have a crew at the event and bring latest from the meeting in our newscasts tonight at 5 6. Police are looking into a crash that left one person dead and 2 others injured. After confusion at a light. The accident happened at lamb and craig last night. Police say 2 cars collided after one car turned left on a green light into another car. One of the cars hit a light pole, rolled over and slid on its roof. Slamming into another pole. The passenger in that car died. The driver was taken to the hospital and is in critical condition. A North Las Vegas woman is dead her boyfriend stabbed her with a sharpening tool. Jackson. Police say jackson called them after stabbing his girlfriend at a home Near Civic Center and evans. When they arrived at the home, they found the womans body inside. Officials were able to quickly arrest jackson. Some neighbors say theyd never witnessed any violence at the home. Valorie daguro neighbor at 430 in the people throwing a lot of stuff in the trash can and comotion, but didnt notice anything. Thats all i heard thats all. Detectives say inside the home including one was hurt. Jackson has been booked for open murder. Less than a week away and president ial hopefuls are trying to drum up support. Voters got a chance to ask questions and speak on issues important to them at the democratic town hall in iowa last night. All eyes are on Hillary Clinton and senator Bernie Sanders. Martin omalley is barely keeping afloat against them but hes still plugging away. The president ial on the economy, healthcare and education. Hillary Clinton democratic president ial candidate when i worked on healthcare back in 93 and 94 and i dont know if you were born then but if youd been around and had been able to pay attention, i was trying to get us to healthcare coverage working sanders opened answering questions about his health care he says his plan may raise taxes but hes looking to do away with private health care premiums. On a lighter note. When asked about his health. He answered he was quite the athlete. Winning a new york Basketball Championship in brooklyn as a kid. A texas grand jury has cleared planned parenthood over a series of controversial undercover videos. The videos suggested that the oranization illegally sold fetal tissue and organs for profit. Instead of penalizing planned parenthood. The jury instead. Behind staging and releasing the videos. Theyve been charged with tampering with governmental records. Planned parenthood says the video was edited to suggest that they sold fetal tissue and that the accusations were not true. People on the east coast are of the blizzard. More than 40 people have died weather conditions. Schools in dc, baltimore and philadelphia are still closed. The Economic Impact stands at a loss of about 3 billion. County officials will have a better understanding of how many Homeless People are living here in the valley. The 2016 Southern Nevada Homeless Census starts tonight. This count helps nevada get millions of dollars in grants for local programs that help the homeless. Last years census found 75hundred people staying in shelters or on the streets. At least 2 nights in january. The census ends tomorrow morning. After that. A separate count for homeless begin neighbors . Its an important question. Many neighborhoods are getting unwelcomed residents. And they no longer feel safe. See how residents are taking it upon themselves to get rid of squatters. Mcdonalds is back the fast food chain is reporting better than expected sales for 2 quarters in a row. See what foodies are attributing it to youre watching fox5 news this do you think when you are president youll be paid as much this is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. But there are so many examples where that doesnt happen. Im going to do everything i can to make sure every woman in every job gets paid the same. As the men who are doing that job. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Listen up im here to get the lady of the house back on her feet. And energy to stay healthy. Whos with me . yay the complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ensure. With 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. Morning with Monica Jackson, Jason Feinberg, dave hall and maria silva. Weather 24 7 with Cassandra Jones and your morning traffic solutions. This is fox5 news this morning. Empty homes getting taken over by squatters is an issue thats been happening around some neighborhoods some people even safe with their children playing outside. Fox5s miguel martinezvalle tells us how a community is coming together to make their neighborhood safe from trespassers. Why i got so involved is because i want to be able to walk him in the neighborhood, and take walks and do things with my grandchildren and my pets and not worry about the squatter its a problem this neighborhood has been dealing with thats one of the arms, for not feeling safe, to protect ourselves and especially from situations like this squatters, taking over empty homes, and turning them into a hub for crime. Continuous traffic, in and out, its obvious theyre peddling drugs. Police say their hands were tied until the homeowner stepped forward as a victim. Once they did, they were finally able to take action. We found some illegal weapons in there, we found evidence of illegal drug use, and were investigating now what we believe was a fraud lab. Two of the four suspects have been taken to into custody, they are charged with unlawful occupancy and possession of meth,. Police say this wasnt their first run in with the law. They had a significant criminal history where we had to have a Tactical Team serve the warrant to make it safe for us to get inside. Neighbors say while house was evicted, their squatter we believe theres a squatter houses in this neighborhood and wed like them gone. That went into effect back in october allows them to act quicker against squatters. Before that, squatting was taken care of in civil court but now the issue is addressed criminally. Unlv students are vowing to fight Sexual Assault and dating violence on campus. Its part of a nationwide initiative called green dot and Program Offers intervention training to bystanders. The program also teaches students how to help victims of Sexual Assault. Dating violence. Bullying and stalking. Students sign and place their green dot pledge on a red dot display to signify they will step in to end campus violence. Unlv president len jessup was the first to commit. We dont want any employees students or visitors to feel anyway there threatened or potential to feel bullied. We want people to feel comfortable in environment its very important. Program organizers say green dot has reduced violence at other colleges across the country. Show their pledges on different displays around campus this week. The first Training Course starts next friday. Now fox weather jones good morning im with fox5. We are gearing up for a couple cool days with highs in the upper 50s today, with highs around 60 for us on wednesday. Average highs this time of the year are around 59. Well be warmer on thursday through saturday with highs in the mid to upper 60s with a mix of sun and clouds. While well be up to 68 degrees on clouds with southwest gusts to 20 mph. Chances of showers get here through the day on sunday into monday with highs dropping to around 60 degrees with 57 degrees on monday. Here is a look at your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. The people have spoken and they seem to be loving the breakfast menu. The fast food chain has seen a jump in store sales by more than 5 percent. Mcdonalds is crediting its all Day Breakfast for the betterthan expected revenue and earnings report. Its the second consecutive mcdonalds has seen sales growth. Are you an amazon prime member. The company has seen a 35 percent increase in the last year. About 1 in 5 adults have an amazon prime membership. Consumer Intelligence Research partners estimated there were 54 million prime members in the us at the end of 2015. Thats almost half of us households. They say members spend about 11 hundred a year, compared to 600 for nonmembers. President obama is easing up on certain criminals in the prison system. Find out who will have an easier time behind bars now. A recent string of events on the Las Vegas Strip has people worried. Viewers want to know if itll impact tourism. Its in the rant. Up next. On the strip there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. One says its okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. My plan break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. Then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. Will they like me . No. Will they begin to play by the rules if im president . Im Bernie Sanders and i approve this message. Switch to Centurylink Prism tv, and get the same great channels cable gives you, without having to deal with cable. Yes and . And. Theres whole home dvr. Plus tons of on demand options so you can watch whatever, whenever. Yes and . Why do you guys keep saying that . Its the first rule of improv. By saying yes and, we accept the reality created by our comedy partners, paul. Yes, right, i know. Do you . Feel like a hollywood insider with prism tv from centurylink. It happened friday night. Know. This battle between the Solar Industry and the puc and nv energy took some more turns this week. Would grandfather exisiting customers under its old rates. The puc heard an earful from angry solar customers who told them they were victims of a bait and switch. In the meantime. Steve is calling out the Solar Companies that are packing up and leaving nevada two more callers on this and the third caller wants to know when the bundys are going to be arrested. To the rant at fox5vegas. Com or call at 7024368285 centerstage at the democratic town hall last night in iowa. Find out how the president ial hopefuls addressed the hot button issue. 3 violent criminals who escaped from a are still on the loose. Find out why their prison break has scratching their heads. And youre saying to us screw you we dont want you anymore we can do what we want and we can angry Solar Energy Customers voice their opinions at a Public Utilities commission meeting. And it seems their concerns have not fallen on deaf ears. Find out how the puc may be changing their tune. Good morning its 7 on this , fox five news this morning. Well have the latest on all your top stories. But first lets check in with Cassandra Jones for a look at your weather. Good morning im Cassandra Jones gearing up for a couple cool days with highs in the upper 50s today, with highs around 60 for us on wednesday. Average highs this time of the year are around 59. Well be warmer on thursday through saturday with highs in the mid to upper 60s with a mix of sun and clouds. While well be up to 68 degrees on saturday, well also see an increase of clouds with southwest gusts to 20 mph. Chances of showers get here through the day on with highs dropping to around 60 degrees with 57 degrees on monday. Here is a look at 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 here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. This morning metro will brief officer involved shooting that happened on the Las Vegas Strip. Police say the man accused of pointing a gun at people near the bellagio fountains on friday is being identified as khaleal black. They say the he did not obey commands to surrender his gun when officers arrived on the scene. One bullet grazed a child in the leg. That child was treated at umc and released. Another bullet went through a mans clothing but hes okay. A teacher at Valley High School is accused of having sex with a student. The Clark County Justice Court website says Jillian Lafave was taken into custody last week for having sex with a student. The School District and lafaves attorney say she has been suspended without pay. The former pastor convicted of sexually abusing teenage girls in his congregation now faces a henderson judge. A jury found otis holland guilty last week on all charges related to the Sexual Assault. Now. Hes going through Court Proceedings again. This time for another accuser under the age of 16. A preliminary hearing is set for next month. Good news for solar customers who are angry after the puc changed their meter rates. Fox 5s Cyndi Lundeberg has the latest twist in the big solar energy debate. I just object to what youre doing dozens of people packed into the Public Utilities comission meeting. this is about whats right and whats wrong solar customers asking the puc to reconsider their decision to hike solar fees. And slash net metering rates approved earlier this month. You will not look in the mirror and say i am responsible and i am taking apart of the a huge defrauding of the American People during that meeting at town square, solar city called a meeting to talk about the very same thing. But those discussions were put on hold after word came that nv energy would not be challenging the grandfather clause. Promises made should be honored and i hope you take those into consideration at the hearing, customers pleaded with the puc to stand up to nv energy. Some said they paid upwards of 60 thousand cant pay back their and youre saying to us screw, you we don t want you anymore. We can do we can. The pucs decision has forced the three Largest Solar Companies in nevada to leave. Today they said they would put forth a proposal to grandfather in customers to their previous rates. We were lied to. Cyndi lundeberg fox five news local las vegas. The puc would proposal. Discuss on february 8th. We have an update for you this morning on a former member of the fox5 family. The wife of retired metro officer john sheahan is making progress in her recovery. On friday. Kristi sheahan suffered a stroke. Doctors later found out she was suffering from complications from a rare brain condition. Yesterday. Sheahan posted on a support page that kristi has opened her eyes and was watching a video of their many Community Members have rallied around the family to show their support. Fox5 viewers may remember Sergeant Sheahan from our behind the badge segments. Adlibs officials have piece of metal found on a beach last week off the coast of thailand is not from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370. This comes days after reports came in that the piece could be from a rocket launched by japan. But families were holding onto hope. Flight 370 went missing almost 2 years ago. Malaysia Airlines Says that the plane crashed somewhere in the indian ocean. The plane was carrying 239 passengers. Authorities have closed all schools in pakistan after getting an alert of possible militant attacks. Government Officials Say they received intelligence about 13 taliban fighters planning suicide attacks on schools in the country. Just last week 4 gunmen stormed a university killing 21 people. The attackers all died but in a video released on social media, the leader of the group. Bacha khan says that the ambush is only the beginning of what he has planned. California after a bold jailbreak at an Orange County jail. Say the escaped help pulling off the daring escape. They also say the trio benefitted from the staff. Escaped friday sawing through a metal gate, crawling through plumbing tunnels and using a rope made from bed linens. President obama wants to ban solitary confinement for juveniles and lowlevel offenders in he says the isolating prisoners can cause longterm psychological effects like depression. He wants the practice to be used as a last resort when prisoners present a danger to themselves or others. The new policy would affect 10thousand federal inmates. In just days, iowa caucus goers will choose a president ial candidate that best represents their interests. Last night, Democratic Candidates spoke to voters at Drake University in des moines. Kim hutcherson explains. At cnns democratic town hall in des moines, voters took presenting their questions to the candidates seeking the democratic president ial nomination. Hillary clinton who has a sixpoint lead in iowa, according to the latest poll faced voters last. Clinton took a philosophical approach responding to attacks leveled against her Hillary Clinton democratic president ial candidate look, ive been around a long time. People have thrown all kinds of things with me. She also reminded voters she has been working on healthcare for a very long time. Hillary Clinton democratic president ial candidate when i worked on healthcare back in 93 and 94 and i dont know if you were born then but if youd been around and had been able to pay attention, i was trying to get us to universal healthcare Bernie Sanders kicked off the debate, and took many questions about his healthcare plans and viability as a candidate. Bernie Sanders democratic president ial candidate the ideas i am talking about are not radical ideas. The bourne movie shoot is taking over las vegas. Locals and tourists are following the action, trying to get a glimpse of the films stars. Lots of people are getting a front row seat by signing on as extras the movie is also great for local movie companies. That provide everything from tech support to extra staff members. There are fewer tax incentives now that most of the money in nevadas program was used for other projects like tesla. Local Companies Say theyd still like to see major movies choose nevada as a backdrop. Even if they dont get the same incentives they used to. It does more than just business. It helps our crew base jobs. Keep jobs and people tend to leave when no work we all know that look at construction industry. The latest bourne installment still doesnt have a name yet. Its set to open july 29th. The next super could be playing right here in our valley. High School Students taking their football skills to the next level to get noticed. Well have more on the free football combine happening this weekend. But first dave hall has a look at whats coming up on more. Jason. Be honest. How often do you clean your house . . Hazmat teams are scared of that place. No one likes cleaning. But we all have too. We have an expert to tell us how get scrubbing on everything from toilets to bed sheets. Plus. One of the best chefs in las vegas is coming to see us. Rick moonen has a fun new project youll want to check out. Our valleys best i was walking home. With one swipe, it devoured one of the croissants. Then jack showed up and took care of the beast, so i could escape. And thats what happened to your breakfast croissant. And yours . It survived. Share it with yourself. Freshlycracked egg with ham and bacon,or sausage, High School Get a chance to show off. James silvas joins us with more details about the all American High School football combine and best part. Its free. All American High School football combine saturday all American Park 89117 registration 7am admission free all American High School football combine saturday all American Park School Football combine all American Park 1551 s. Buffalo dr. Registration 7am admission free use image vpm football an owner lets her dog out to do its business. And dog out to do its business. And and not just running to the bathroom. Ended up 13 miles away. With a medal around its neck. Feeling the there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. One says its okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. My plan break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. Then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. Will they like me . No. Will they begin to play by the rules if im president . You Better Believe it. Bern. And want to taste it too. Ice cream maker benandjerry has whipped up a Bernie Sanders themed ice cream flavor. Its called bernies yearning. Its contains mint ice cream with a milk chocolate disc on the top. Unfortunately there are only 15 pints available. You have to enter a contest to win one. A dog owner in alabama let her hound out to use the bathroom. But the pup clearly thought she needed to get some exercise. She saw people running by the home. And decided to join them. The 2 and half year old hound. Named ludivine accidentially ended up running a half marathon. Didnt know the pup was missing until friends who were race volunteers started texting her. And she didnt just run it she finished 7th. With a time of one hour and 32 minutes. Ludivine even got a medal for her accomplishment. She crashed and took a long nap when she got home. A dog owner makes the most out of a snow day. How a couple of twists and turns made for one great video. Check it out next. Your 7 day forecast. Switch to Centurylink Prism tv, and get the same great channels cable gives you, without having to deal with cable. Yes and . And. Theres whole home dvr. Plus tons of on demand options so you can watch whatever, whenever. Yes and . Why do you guys keep saying that . Its the first rule of improv. By saying yes and, we accept the reality created by our comedy partners, paul. Yes, right, i know. Do you . Feel like a hollywood insider now heres a look at your 7 day forecast. While some people on the east coast are dreading the are dreading the snow, others are enjoying it. This is finn, he and his owner were snowed in for a few days and when they came outside there was no so his awesome owners pulled out their shovels and ug out a snow maze for the pup. And boy is he having fun. Thats it for fox5 news live in las vegas. More starts now now on more. Vegas chef rick moonen is cooking up a battle of secrets and knives this morning he joins us in studio with more on the newest culinary compeition tv series recipe for deception then the new onlnie movement designed to combat hollywoods lack of diversity and the woman behind it. And weve got your cleaning guide that will help keep your home organized. Find out how often you should be washing your sheets, jeans, bras and more plus who knew zombies loved jane austen . Well show you the world record just set by the undead. As we get alive stars more starts
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