For a very nice fall like day, 8 days before the season arrives. Sunshine, much lighter winds and well below seasonal temperatures will expect. The las vegas high of 86 is 9 degrees below the normal temperature. As we head into the rest of the weekend, dry and sunny weather will prevail and daytime temperatures will rebound. By monday our highs will be hovering around 97. The uv index for wednesday is 7 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 construction areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk students at johnson junior class again this morning. After a 6 day mercury scare. School was back in session yesterday. Kids say. Its almost back to normal. Sot its just like it never happened for fiona vogl. Everything seemed the same. Except she is missing her backpack. Lunchbox. And her purse. The epa determined there was too much mercury on fionas belongings. So she wont get them back. Now fionas mom is concerned. Daughters health. just kind of wondering how much she could have inhaled, so i would probably like to get her checked out fiona possibly contracted the mercury from the schools bleachers. A portion of the gym floor has now been removed. The school has been cleared by the epa. But one family still cant go home. High levels of mercury was found in their home. They should be cleared by friday. If you had any of your kids backpacks, shoes or anything else taken by the epa and destroyed. You can file a claim for reimbursement with the school district. To stay up to date on the mercury spill. And all things local. Download our fox 5 mobile app. The Clinton Campaign will be making a stop in the valley today. Bill clinton will be stepping in for his wife hillary. Who is still getting over pneumonia. The former president will be talking about the economy at the c sn campus in north las vegas. The event starts at 11. Doors open at ten. Will return to the campaign trail tomorrow. When she is expected to appear at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus institute dinner. In National News this morning. An arizona man faces attempted murder charges. After allegedly trying to run down Police Officers in phoenix. The suspect hit two Police Officers. A 3rd was able to jump out of the way. That officer then immediately took down and arrested the suspect. The two injured officers are still recovering. But are expected to be okay. Police say they have had no prior contact with the suspect. A school bus drive is being hailed a hero. After putting her own life at risk. To save nearly two dozen students. After the bus burst into flames driver renita smith ran into the burning bus. Pulling out the students. Parents say she remained calm. Not only getting the kids off one byone. But heading back to double check. Making sure no one was left smith says i didnt even think, i just ran in. Butt to smith says my biggest reward is my babies are safe. Because whenever im driving any school, theyre my children until i drop them off to their biological parents. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Although preliminary reports say the fire started near one of the rear wheels. The temperatures are dropping just in time for a seasonal makeover at Green Valley Ranch fox5s alyssa live, giving us a behind the scenes look at how an artist creates one of his biggest displays of the year sure, we still have one week of summer left. But fall is upon us and that means. So is one of our favorite holidays. Green valley ranch is transforming their bingo room for halloween. A bts look with artist chad blochowski and bingo room manager Thomas Parker chad blochowski used to work for companies such as cedar point Amusement Park and disney on ice, creating costumes and props for the theatrical world. Now a bingo agent at Green Valley Ranch resort, chad utilizes his skills in a new way, b decorating the propertys bingo room for the seasons. His displays take a long time to plan, and hours to build. Think of the displays in the Department Store windows, only lifted in the air above the bingo agents heads at checkin. He also decorates the bingo caller stand. Halloween, thanksgiving and christmas are when he creates his biggest and best will continue to transform Green Valley Ranch back to you dave and maria unlv football has been terrible for a long time. Even worse. The program has been irrelevant. But those days are over. Excitement has never been higher with rebel football. And this is further proof. The fertitta family is writing a 10Million Dollar check to the program. The money will help build a state of the art football training facility. The fertitta football complex will be 73 thousand square feet. And include an academic center. Weight room. And a players lounge. I think well look back as this is truly a game changer in the direction of our Football Program. People across the country are building buildings or building new stadiums and for us this was the next step. Were going to have facilities that can compete with anybody that we recruit against and ill be honest as we grow and we move and the president jesup positions us facility is going to hold true even to those conferences. Construction will begin early next year and is expected to take about 10 months to build. It looks like its not just cell phone batteries bursting into flames check this out up next. What that cause it to go up in smoke. One man is on an epic trek. To prove anything is possible. A look at his journey. Morning with dave hall, maria silva, Monica Jackson, Jason Feinberg ,. Weather 24 7 with with ken smith. This is fox5 news this morning. A typical sunday shopping spree has an unfortunate ending. While standing at the register. A womans vape battery exploded. Shooting flames out of her purse. Check out this surveillance video. A black plume of smoke shocks the women and other customers. Sending them running from the counter. The pu says at first she thought she was being attacked. Since it happened on 911. It kind of sounded like a gunshot. The whole bag was engulfed in flames. Mara says she would like the Battery Company to pay for the damage. But mostly she wants to send a warning. Reminding people with lithium battery products to be careful. Whether theyre in vape pens. Or galaxy phones. We are setting up like day, 8 days before the season arrives. Sunshine, much lighter winds and well below seasonal temperatures will be the what we can expect. The las vegas high of 86 is 9 degrees below the normal temperature. As we head into the rest of the weekend, dry and sunny weather will prevail and daytime temperatures will our highs will be hovering around 97. The uv index for wednesday is 7 or high. This local Breakfast Club is a group of us veterans. They meet every four months at i hop to catch up. Share stories. And Plan Community service projects. These ladies have played key roles in world war two. The korean war. The vietnam war. And the gulf war. Serving our country. Even when women had few rights. Any place where you would find veterans, theyd say oh, was your husband in the service . they never thought i had been a veteran. Im so proud of the young women that are in right now. They are whipper snappers they are Something Else yes. Im really glad that theyre coming in on our heels. The women come from all different branches of the there were 83 days over 100 degrees this summer. And thats some pretty good news for the grant a gift Autism Foundation. It really helps out a lot of people in the community and im pretty sure a lot of my friends who are on the spectrum in the community will appreciate this as well. This gift will help us expand our reach. We can provide scholarships for our programs and services for all the children and family who really need it. Fox 5 team u with ford country for our the heat is on event. For everyday the temperature hit the triple digits. Onehundred dollars was donated to grant a gift. That equaled a nice 83 hundred dollar check for the charity. The money will go on to Fund Programs for kids with autism. And the unlv center for autism spectrum disorders. Paralympians have been breaking barriers for years. And at this years games. Record. Beating out the olympic champion in the 15hundred meter final. All of these men are visually impaired. But that didnt slow them down. Team algeria took home gold. Breaking the worldrecord in 3minutes. 48 seconds. Even the fourth place winner was fast enough to place gold in the olympics. Beating the olympic champ by one second. A chinese man has set off on a Cross Country trek. Proving there is nothing the disabled cant do. The 29yearold is attempting to travel across china by wheelchair. Sleeping only in a tent. Or in his chair. So far hes visited 43 cities. And hopes to wrap up the trip in the next six months. He says he wants people with physical challenges like him to be treated like anybody else. Life is beautiful downtown. But the traffic wont be the Music Festivals not happening until next weekend but the road closures are already in effect what you need to know before you head out the good gracious. Jim dunlap too many nevada Police Officers have been killed in the last few years. The truth is, we make it too easy for criminals and the dangerously mentally ill to buy guns. They get them at gun shows or online from strangers, no questions asked. So heres something we can do to honor the fallen close the background check loophole. That will help prevent future cop killings. It works. In states that have closed the loophole, nearly half as many Police Officers have been shot and killed in the line of duty. Background checks save lives. The new salami caprese panini from subway. Pressed and grilled to cinematic perfection to get a golden brown crust new chefinspired panini collection from subway. Good gracious. Nelly fans are playing his hit song hot in rapper out of debt. Nelley owes nearly two and a debt. Nelley owes nearly two and a half Million Dollars in taxes. His fans are tring to help him out. So. If his song is streamed about 402million times. Royalties will save him from the irs. Its been 20 years since rapper tupac shakur was shot and killed in las vegas. And on the anniversary of his death. Fans gathered at the intersection of flamingo and koval. To remember the ar rob macias we wanna be out here and still celebrate his passion it still lives on today butt to stetsen i turned on the news it wsa a friday i remember it like it was yesterday his picture popped up and stetsen im crying now im 28 tupacs murder is still unsolved. And metro still considers it an open case. This little girl may be kanye wests biggest fan. She loves kanye. Like kanye loves listen to music . Yeah. I like kanye. What. Kanye. Okay. This is baby lyla. She may be young. But she knows this is baby lyla. She may be young. But she knows what she likes. Shes got some pretty good dance moves too life is beautiful. The popular three day Music Festival is returning to downtown Las Vegas Next weekend. Organizers are getting ready. The festival takes over 18 city blocks. It is filled with music, art and food. Road closures are already in effect. Starting with mesquite avenue between las vegas boulevard and eighth street, and then seventh and sixth streets will close between stewart avenue and interstate 15 more closures will be made in phases leading up september 23 through the 25th. Apple customers keep calling an apple store. But theyre not getting help. Theyre getting confused. See whos on the other end of that call. And why this store isnt in the phone business. Cc will continue shortly music for over 300,000 nevadans, Social Security means a secure retirement. But in washington, congressman joe heck supports privatizing it. Turning our savings over to wall street. And risking it on the stock market. Hecks plan means billions more and theyve donated over half a Million Dollars to his campaigns. Those numbers speak for themselves. Joe heck is a threat to a secure retirement, because hes part of the problem in washington. Afscme people is responsible hard but a program meant to help homeowners did just the opposite. We take a closer look at a troubling audit. Cc will continue shortly and take a look at this sunrise. Sent into us from sent into us from viewer kristen kachinsky. What a beautiful way to start the morning. And you know we always love seeing your pics. You can send them into our fox 5 facebook page. Welcome back, im and im dave hall. Well get those headlines in a minute, but first les krifaton has a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. We are setting up for a very nice fall like day, 8 days before the season arrives. Sunshine, much lighter winds and well below seasonal temperatures will be the what we can expect. The las vegas high of 86 is 9 degreebe normal temperature. As we head into the rest of the weekend, dry and sunny weather will prevail and daytime temperatures will rebound. By monday our highs will be hovering around 97. The uv index for wednesday is 7 or high. 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 construction areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk if you lived in theres a good chance you. Or someone you know lost their home. To help the valley. The us treasury granted federal funding as part of a relief program. But new auditing data shows the money didnt get to the people who need it most. Instead. For every dollar the Nevada Affordable Housing Assistance Corporation gave to a homeowner in it kept a dollar. The company has racked up 8. 2 Million Dollars. Spending it on car allowances. Lavish parties and gifts for employees. Now the Inspector Generals Office is recommending the company stop getting federal dollars. And that they stop working on this program altogether. Now an update to a fox5 investigation. A restaurant at the silver nugget casino is back open. After bugs were found in and around the booths. The home town kitchen was closed. After a customer complained about bug bites on her legs. Inspectors found 3 to 4 live insects and at least one dead one under a booth in the restaurant. They also found them in and under cracks in the carpet and crawling on the floor. A man faces at least six years behind bars. After a hit and run. That left his girlfriend dead. I just want to say im sorry for the tragedy caused by my actions. For everybody that grieved because of this and i grieved too. She was my joshua cyran is charged with du i. Auto theft. And running from a scene back in april. Cyran stole a truck. Then hit his girlfriend after she jumped out of the vehicle. He is sentenced to six to fifteen years in prison. Jurors listened to the opening statements. In the oregon refuge standoff trial. The bundy brothers. Are set to face charges in the takeover. While five others are charged with conspiring to impede on federal employees through threats. Imitation. And force. Ryan bundy said that the group went to oregon to protest ranchers. Not to break the law. The british man who tried to shoot donald trump during a las vegas rally plead guilty. Shortening his sentence from 20 years. To just 2 years in prison. Michael sanford will also be deported. Following his sentence. Court documents say sanford acknowledged reaching for a gun while trump was on stage in june. After his arrest sandford told police he drove from california to kill the republican nominee. As if this election become any weirder. Hillary clinton is taking a stance. Not against trump. But against a meme. After clintons basket of deplorables comment. Trumps son donald jr posted this photo on instagram. Saying hes one of the deplorables. Now hillary is pointing out pepe the frog. Saying this meme is a white supremacist. Meanwhile. Trumps daughter ivanka hit the campaign trail. Talking about child care. This is not a womans issue, its a family issue, its an an issue that has often been discussed, but has yet to be solved. Trump unveiled a new set of policy proposals. Trump says he wants to make child care more affordable. Especially for families making less than 500 thousand dollars. He brought ivanka out to address the issue. Since she is a working mother. And helped craft the policies. I just put the flowbee on my head and kind of bounce it up and down. For my money. This is the weirdest infomercial of all time. The flowbee a vacuum cleaner that cuts your hair. Most of us have done this. Its 2 30 in the morning. Some goofy info mercial comes on. Next thing you know a flobee shows up at your door. Theres an info mercial convention in las vegas. Fox5s peter dawson is there for us. Live at the wynn for the infomercial convention. The d2c convention is a major annual gathering hosted by the electronic retailing association, the d. C. Based trade organization overseeing the dollar infomercial industry. Each year, the d2c convention brings together thousands of professionals from around the world who wheel, deal and work to design the next bestselling products that will capture pop cultures imagination and wallets . The d2c major annual gathering hosted by the electronic retailing association, the d. C. Based trade organization overseeing the entire, multi billion dollar infomercial industry. Each year, the d2c convention brings together thousands of professionals from around the deal and work to design the next bestselling products that will capture pop cultures imagination and wallets . Do new this morning. Cash deal between two very Different Companies is accepted. Monsanto agreeing to bayers acquisition offer the german chemical and Pharmaceutical Company will face regulatory scrutiny purchase of the us seeds and pesticide business. Bayer says the acquisition would advance the next generation of farming. But many farmers fear it will broaden control of patents in farming and genetically modified seeds. Apple customers kept calling an apple store. But instead of talking abouti phones. They were talking about. Iconfused. Heres the deal. This apple store. Sells real apples. Manager says people call daily asking for help fixing their electronics. And she has to explain she sells fruit. Not the newest i pad. Despite the confusion. Her business is doing pretty well. She sold out of all her fruits in just one day. Get ready to meet our jerk of the day. Its a landlord. With a lump of coal for a heart. A lady asked for a little help. What she got instead will probably have you s im going undercover, at an actual brewhouse. Its awesome. Amazing what if i told you, you are eating a jacks brewhouse bacon burger from jack in the box. Not this one. Absolutely lying. And what if i told you. That im jack. Whaaaat . no way no didnt see that coming, did you . Porter ale cheese sauce, grilled onions, and bacon on a artisan potato bun. Jacks new brewhouse bacon burger, new from jack in the box. It was doggie destiny was mr. Bonejangles expecting the perfect toy at an amazing price . Of course not. Hes a dog. But thats the beauty of a store full of surprises. You never know what youre gonna find, us new and released its annual best colleges ranking. And sadly unlv didnt make the cut. But for the sixth year in a row. Princeton university is on top. The colleges are ranked by excellence. Graduation rates. And class size. Harvard was ranked second. Followed by the university of chicago. Yale. And columbia. Whether youre going to ivy league. Or staying here at unlv. College students. And future college kids. Its time to get ready for fafsa. The federal aid filing period starts on october first this year. Rather than its traditional january date. The change was made to help students know what theyll have to pay out of pocket. For colleges their senior year. The fourtime worlds strongest man. And the 2015 fittest man. Are stepping away from the gym. And into the classroom. Teaching students how to strengthen their muscles. And their minds. Smith says you know, it teaches you a lot about life and a lot about, you know, getting knocked down and coming back and, you know, thats something cool that we can teach to some young kids here. The pair says they want to encourage kids to stay in school. And go after their goal. Even if they get knocked down. We are setting up for a very nice fall like day, 8 days before the season arrives. Sunshine, much lighter winds and well below seasonal temperatures will be the what we can expect. The las vegas high of 86 is 9 degrees below the normal temperature. As we of the weekend, dry and sunny weather will prevail and daytime temperatures will rebound. By monday our highs will be hovering around 97. The uv index for wednesday is 7 or high. 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 construction areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk on the lookout for a thief. I guess stealing stuff makes you hungry. This crook has hit the same house 3 days in a row. He took a flat screen tv. A ladder. Even a kitchen sink. And all that made him hungry. He stopped by the fridge. Making himself a snack. Cops are called to the house each time. But this guy doesnt seem to care. He keeps coming back in broad daylight. While the homeowner is at work. There are some landlords out there but a landlord in mississippi has them beat Marsha Johnson was late on the rent. Because he Social Security check was delayed. But her landlord wasnt having it. He came to the house. And took off the front door. Now this is illegal. But police cant do anything about it. Because its a civil issue. Not criminal. So johnson was forced to move out. Now to what might be the worst job. Ever. He parked his girlfriends car 8 feet off the ground. Police says the man was speeding. When he lost control. Flew over a rock. Went airborn. And well. This is where he landed. My guess there was probably alcohol involved. And i wouldnt be surprised if that guy was now single. Its the image Warming Hearts all over social media. Childred, finally reunited after being seperated. How their incredible journey brough them back to each other. Doing his part to save the world. How an 11year old is using his love for art, to tackle some major social issues. music including with nukes, yes including with nukes. I know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. Nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. I want to be unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable. In the last few years. The truth is, we make it too easy for criminals and the dangerously mentally ill to buy guns. No questions asked. So heres something we can do to honor the fallen close the background check loophole. That will help prevent future cop killings. It works. In states that have closed the loophole, nearly half as many Police Officers have been shot and killed in the line of duty. Background checks save lives. V. O. yes on question one. O. John mccain, a war hero. Hes not a war hero, hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werent captured ok. Donald trump compared his sacrifices to the sacrifices of two parents who lost their son in war. How would you answer that father . What sacrifice have you made for your country . I think ive made a lot of sacrifices, built great structures. Ive had tremendous success, i think. Those are sacrifices . Conneticut. This rendering of a proposed gas and convenience station was just released. Inside this mansion looking thing is also a steak house. Boutique. Meeting suites. Sleeping suites. Medical clinics. And the list goes on. Its makers, gp clubs, says it hopes to build 250 of these things worldwide, in the trending this morning. We dont know if theyre coming or going with this one. Take a look at what streetwear label hood by air recently debuted. At new York Fashion Week for spring 2017. Youre not seeing double here. Youre looking at the labels double facing boots. The boots come in yellow, red, green, and gray. After 11months apart. Two best friends are reunited again. From the other side of the world. Little hannah and dawson meant everything to each other when they lived in a chinese orphanage. Thats until hannah was adopted. And dawson was once again, left alone. Thanks to hannas new parents though. They are together again. The family took their story to facebook. Letting the world know dawson too, needed a loving home. Luckily, a family minutes away got word and adopted him. Helping keep these best friends together, forever. A young boy from brooklyn, is doing his part to save the world. One sketch at a time. 11year old Jayden Anthony and his dad. Are creating a comic book series. Which chronicles a childs effort to save the planet, with the help of some friends. Little jayden says hes been interested in issues facing the planet for some time now its my friends. We take our resources to save the world ive lived in brooklyn for a number of years. Old and new brookyn his comic book is set to be they have laser like focus and are known to be mean. What happpens to an inncocent poodle when he pops in to see what all the fuss is about. Over 20,000 nevadans rely on planned parenthood for access to basic Health Services and critical cancer screenings. But congressman heck voted to defund planned parenthood and was willing to shut down the government over it. Heck opposed roe v. Wade and voted to criminalize abortion. Video. Dont interrupt cats when theyre staring at a bird outside the window. Cats hissing, people laughing these cats were collectively staring at an innocent bird outside the window. When a dog who clearly ddidnt know any better came through to see what was going on. The cats then jump, and hiss at the poor dog. Lets take a look at whats ahead on fox five news this morning. There were 30 backpacks that got destroyed and mine was one of them kids may be back in school. But the mercury scare at johnson junior high is far from over. How students and dealing with the Health Scares following the spill. I think well look back as this is truly a game changer in the direction of our Football Program a 10 Million Dollar check will do that. See why the future of unlv football has never been brighter. Plus im Alyssa Deitsch live with a behindthescenes look at a spooky transformation at Green Valley Ranch good morning im dave hall. And im maria silva. Welcome to fox5 news this morning. First les at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. We are setting up for a very nice fall like day, 8 days before the season arrives. Sunshine, much lighter winds and well below seasonal temperatures will be the what we can expect. The las vegas high of 86 is 9 degrees below the temperature. As we head into the rest of the weekend, dry and sunny weather will prevail and daytime temperatures will rebound. By monday our highs will be hovering around 97. The uv index or high. 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 construction areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk johnson junior high are back in class again this morning. After a 6 day mercury scare. School was back in session yesterday. Kids say. Its almost back to normal. Sot its just like it never happened for fiona vogl. Everything seemed the same. Except she is missing her backpack. Lunchbox. And her purse. The epa determined there was too much mercury on fionas belongings. So she wont get them back. Now fionas mom is concerned. Wondering what this means for her daughters health. just kind of wondering how much she could have inhaled, so i would fiona possibly contracted the mercury from the schools bleachers. A portion of the gym floor has now been removed. The school has been cleared by the epa. But one family still cant go home. High levels of mercury was found in their home. They should be cleared by friday. If you had any of your kids backpacks, shoes or anything else taken by the epa and destroyed. You can file a claim for reimbursement with the school district. To stay up to date on the mercury spill. And all things download our fox 5 mobile app. The Clinton Campaign will be making a stop in the valley today. Bill clinton will be stepping in for his wife hillary. Who is still getting over pneumonia. The former president will be talking about the economy at the c sn campus in north las vegas. The event starts at 11. Doors open at ten. Hillary clinton will return to the campaign trail tomorrow. When she is expected to appear at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in National News this morning. An arizona man faces attempted murder charges. After allegedly trying to run down Police Officers in phoenix. The suspect hit two Police Officers. A 3rd was able to jump out of the way. That officer then immediately took down and arrested the suspect. The two injured officers are still recovering. But are expected to be okay. Police say they have had no prior contact with the suspect. A school bus drive is being hailed a hero. After putting her own life at risk. To save nearly two dozen students. After the bus burst into flames driver renita smith ran into the burning bus. Pulling out the students. Parents say she remained calm. Not only getting the kids off one byone. But heading back to double check. Making sure no one was left behind. Smith says i didnt even think, i just ran in. Butt to smith says my biggest reward is my babies are safe. Because whenever im driving any drop them off to their biological parents. The cause of the blaze is still under investigation. Although preliminary reports say the fire started near one of the rear wheels. The temperatures are dropping just in time for a seasonal makeover at Green Valley Ranch fox5s Alyssa Deitsch is there live, giving us a behind the scenes look at how an artist creates one of his biggest displays of the year sure, we still have one week of summer left. But fall is upon us and that means. So is one of our favorite holidays. Green valley ranch is transforming their bingo room for halloween. And were getting a bts look with artist chad blochowski and bingo room manager Thomas Parker chad blochowski used to work for companies such as cedar point Amusement Park and disney on ice, creating costumes now a bingo agent at Green Valley Ranch resort, chad utilizes his skills in a new way, by decorating the propertys bingo room for the seasons. His displays take a long time to plan, and hours to build. Think of the displays in the Department Store windows, only lifted in the air above the bingo agents heads at checkin. He also decorates the bingo caller stand. Halloween, thanksgiving and christmas are when he creates his biggest and best stay with us all morning for a look at how chad will continue to transform Green Valley Ranch back to you dave and maria lets be honest. Unlv football has been terrible for lets be honest. Unlv football has been terrible for lets be honest. Unlv football has been terrible for a long time. Even worse. The program has been irrelevant. But those days are over. Never been higher with rebel football. And this is further proof. The fertitta family is writing a 10Million Dollar check to the program. The money will help build a state of the art football training facility. The fertitta football complex will be 73 thousand square feet. And include an academic center. Weight room. And a players lounge. I think well look back as this is truly a game changer in the direction of our Football Program. People across the country are building buildings or building new stadiums and for us this was the next step. Were going to have facilities that can compete with anybody that we recruit against and ill be honest as we grow and we move and the president jesup positions us to get in a bigger conference. Our facility is going to hold true even to those conferences. Construction will begin early next year and is expected to take about 10 months to build. It looks like its not just cell bursting into flames check this out up next. What was in this womans purse that cause it to go up in smoke. One man is on an epic trek. To prove anything is possible. A look at his journey. When we come back the new salami caprese panini from subway. Pressed and grilled to cinematic perfection to get a golden brown crust and meld the flavors in melted cheese. Part of the new chefinspired panini collection from subway. I know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. Nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. I want to be unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable. Morning with dave hall, maria silva, Monica Jackson, Jason Feinberg ,. Weather 24 7 with Cassandra Jones and Traffic Solutions. This is fox5 news this morning. A shopping spree unfortunate ending. While standing at the register. A womans vape battery exploded. Shooting flames out of her purse. Check out this surveillance video. A black plume of smoke shocks the women and other customers. Sending them running from the counter. The purses owner says at first she thought she was being attacked. Since it happened on 911. It kind of sounded like a gunshot. The whole bag was engulfed in flames. Mara says she would like the Battery Company to pay for the damage. But mostly she wants to send a warning. Reminding people with lithium battery products to be careful. Whether theyre in vape pens. Or galaxy phones. We are setting up for a very nice fall like day, 8 days much lighter winds and well below seasonal temperatures will be the what we can expect. The las vegas high of 86 is 9 degrees below the normal temperature. As we head into the rest of the weekend, dry and sunny weather will prevail and daytime temperatures will rebound. By monday our highs will be hovering around 97. The uv index for wednesday is 7 or high. 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 listed on our maps back to the news desk this isnt your average group of gal pals. This local Breakfast Club is a group of us veterans. They meet every four months at i hop to catch up. Share stories. Good morning. 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 construction areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk this isnt your average group of gal pals. Veterans. They meet every four months at i hop to catch up. Share stories. And Plan Community service projects. These ladies have played key roles in world war two. The korean war. The vietnam war. And the gulf war. Serving our country. Even when women had little rights. Any place where you would find veterans, theyd say oh, was your husband in the service . they never thought i had been a veteran. Im so proud of the young women that are in right now. They are whipper snappers they are yes. Im really glad that theyre coming in on our heels. The women come from all different branches of the military. There were 83 days over 100 degrees this summer. And thats some pret good news for the grant a gift Autism Foundation. Fox 5 teamed up with ford country for our the heat is on event. For everyday the temp hit triple digits. One hundred dollars was donated to it really helps out a lot of people in the community and im pretty sure a lot of my friends who are on the spectrum in the community will appreciate this as well. This gift will help us expand our reach. We can provide scholarships for our programs and services for all the children and family who really need it. Grand a gift Autism Foundation received an 83 hundred dollar check the money will go on to Fund Programs for kids with autism. And the unlv center for autism spectrum disorders. Paralympians have been breaking barriers for years. But at this years games. Four men broke a huge world record. Beating out the olympic champion in the 15hundred meter final. All of these men are visually impaired. But that cant slow them down. Team algeria took home gold. Breaking the worldrecord in 3minutes. 48 seconds. Even the fourth place winner was fast enough to place gold in the olympics. Beating the set off on a Cross Country trek. Proving there is nothing the disabled cant do. The 29yearold is attempting to travel across china by wheelchair. Sleeping only in a tent. Or in his chair. So far hes visited 43 cities. And hopes to wrap up the trip in the next six months. He says he wants people with physical challenges like him to be treated like anybody else. A bed bug infestation at a local casino has some callers saying. Just tear it down and a big thank you from a pedestrian to drivers. The morning rant is next. Jim dunlap too many nevada Police Officers have been killed in the last few years. The truth is, we make it too easy for criminals and the dangerously mentally ill to buy guns. They get them at gun shows or online from strangers, no questions asked. So heres something we can do to honor the fallen close the background check loophole. It works. In states that have closed the loophole, nearly half as many Police Officers have been shot and killed in the line of duty. Background checks save lives. Over 20,000 nevadans rely on planned parenthood for access to basic Health Services and critical cancer screenings. But congressman heck voted to defund planned parenthood and was willing to shut down the government over it. Congressman heck is whats wrong with washington. Will resume shortly the silver nugget casino is under fire after bugs turned up at hometown kitchen inside the casino. One caller says. Shut the whole place down before those bugs start traveling voicemails first of all you guys are very naive if you think spraying once a week is going to get rid of bed bugs. Second of all, bed bugs are very very hard to get rid of youre going to have to close down your entire casino. Because if you can bet your Bottom Dollar that if theyre inside that booth at the restaurant, theyre inside the booth all over the casino. In the rugs, in the chairs that people sit on those bed bugs are probably been sent to hundreds of homes by now. Not to mention the city close down the silver nugget, close down circus circus. Get with the Program Nevada close all these old casinos. God only knows whats infested inside the walls and on the floors that youre spraying you think thats going to do the job. Get with the program bill says. Now i know Las Vegas Strip is a party haven but i am sitting in my home listening to music so loud from craig ranch park that my windows are vibrating. Im disabled and elderly and i may have to move from a ho owned for over 15 years. This is very rude and there should be ordinances against this noise level a thank you from joan. She says. Thank you drivers who stopped to allow me to cross with the walk sign on sunset and green valley. Not all pedestrians check before stepping off the curb. I have learned to look before and during crossing streets. Those of you who sped past me, i hope, never kill anybody. Send us your rants to the rant at fox5vegas. Com or call at 702436 8285 the housing twenty five thousand jobs. Thats how many jobs nevadas created in clean energy. Thats how many nevada jobs joe heck puts at risk. When he votes big oils way. Joe hecks taken hundreds of thousands in big oil money. And voted their way. Protecting billions in tax breaks for oil companies. Twenty five thousand nevada jobs at risk. Because joe hecks in big oils pocket. Lcv victory fund is responsible for the content. But a program meant to help homeowners did just the opposite. We take a closer look at a troubling audit. And take a look at this sunrise. Sent into us from viewer kristen kachinsky. What a beautiful way to start the morning. And you know we way to start the morning. And you know we always love seeing your pics. You can send them into our fox 5 facebook page. Welcome back, im maria silva and im dave hall. Well get those headlines in a minute, but first les krifaton has a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. We are setting up for a very nice fall like day, 8 days arrives. Sunshine, much lighter winds and well below seasonal temperatures will be the what we can expect. The las vegas high of 86 is 9 degrees below the normal temperature. As we head into the rest of the weekend, dry and sunny weather will prevail and daytime temperatures will rebound. By monday our highs will be hovering around 97. The uv index for wednesday is 7 or high. 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 construction areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk great recession. Theres a good chance you. Or someone you know lost their home. To help the valley. The us treasury granted federal funding as part of a relief program. But new auditing data shows the money didnt get to the people who need it most. Instead. For every dollar the Nevada Affordable Housing Assistance Corporation gave to a homeowner in need. It kept a dollar. The company has racked up 8. 2 Million Dollars. Spending it on car allowances. Lavish parties and gifts for employees. Inspector Generals Office is recommending the company stop getting federal dollars. And that they stop working on this program altogether. Now an update to a fox5investigation. A restaurant at the silver nugget casino is back open. After bugs were found in and around the booths. The home town kitchen was closed. After a customer complained about bug bites on her legs. Health district inspectors found 3 to 4 live insects and at least one restaurant. They also found them in and under cracks in the carpet and crawling on the floor. A man faces at least six years behind bars. After a hit and run. Then left his girlfriend dead. I just want to say im sorry for the tragedy caused by my actions. For everybody that grieved because of this and i grieved too. She was my girlfriend and i loved her. Joshua cyran is charged with du i. Auto theft. And running from a scene back in april. Cyran stole a truck. Then hit his girlfriend after she jumped out of the vehicle. He is sentenced to six to fifteen years in prison. Once cyran is out he will be on house arrest for two years. Jurors listened to the opening statements. In the oregon refuge standoff trial. The bundy brothers. Are set to face charges in the takeover. While five others are charged with conspiring to impede on federal employees through threats. Imitation. And force. Ryan bundy said that the group went to oregon law. The british man who tried to shoot donald trump during a las vegas rally pleaded guilty. Shortening his sentence from 20 years. To just 2 years in prison. Michael sanford will also be deported. Following his sentence. Court documents say sanford acknowledged reached for a gun while trump was on stage in june. After his arrest sandford told police he drove from california to kill the republican nominee. As if this election season couldnt become any weirder. Hillary clinton is taking a stance. Not against trump. But against a meme. After clintons basket of deplorables comment. Trumps son donald jr posted this photo on instagram. Saying hes one of the deplorables. Now hillary is pointing out pepe the frog. Saying this meme is a white supremacist. Meanwhile. Trumps daughter ivanka hit the campaign trail. Talking about child care. Family issue, its an american issue. Its an issue that has often been discussed, but has yet to be solved. Trump unveiled a new set of policy proposals. Trump says he wants to make child care more affordable. Especially for families making less than 500 thousand dollars. He brought ivanka out to address the issue. Since she is a working mother. And helped craft the policies. When i cut my hair, i just put the flowbee on my head and ki it up and down. For my money. This is the weirdest infomercial of all time. The flowbee a vacuum cleaner that cuts your hair. Most of us have done this. Its 2 30 in the morning. Some goofy info mercial comes on. Next thing you know a flobee shows up at your door. Theres an info mercial convention in las fox5s peter dawson is there for us. Live at the wynn for the infomercial convention. The d2c convention is a major annual gathering hosted by the electronic retailing association, the d. C. Based trade organization overseeing the entire, multibillion dollar infomercial industry. Each year, the d2c convention brings thousands of professionals from around the world who wheel, deal and work to design the next bestselling products that will capture pop cultures imagination and wallets . Major annual gathering hosted by the electronic retailing association, the d. C. Based trade organization overseeing the entire, multi billion dollar infomercial industry. Each year, the d2c convention brings together thousands of professionals from aun world who wheel, deal and work to design the next bestselling products that new this morning. A 66billion dollar cash deal. Between two very Different Companies. Is accepted. Monsanto agreeing to bayers acquisition offer. The german chemical and Pharmaceutical Company will face regulatory scrutiny for its purchase of the us seeds and pesticide business. Bayer says the acquisition would advance the next generation of farming. But many farmers fear it will broaden control of patents in farming and genetically apple customers kept calling an apple store. But instead of talking abouti phones. They were talking about. Iconfused. Heres the deal. This apple store. Sells real apples. The fruit. The store manager says people call daily asking for help fixing their electronics. And she has to explain she sells fruit. Not the newest i pad. Despite the confusion. Her business is doing pretty well. She sold out of all her fruits in just one day. The electronic version of the apple store is doing pretty good too. Despite the fuss about the missing headphone jack. Iphone presales are through the roof. Tmobile and sprint say orders are up four times from the last two model. Although apple has not yet released any official numbers. Get ready to meet our jerk of the day. Its a landlord. With a lump of coal for a heart. A lady needed some help. What she got instead is outrageous. Plus. For the im petrified of a 9 year old. What the hall is next. Twenty five thousand jobs. Thats how many jobs nevadas created in clean energy. Thats how many nevada jobs joe heck puts at risk. When he votes big oils way. Joe hecks taken hundreds of thousands in big oil money. And voted their way. Protecting billions in tax breaks for oil companies. And threatening nevadas solar economy. Twenty five thousand nevada jobs at risk. Of this advertising. Cheyenne between grand canyon is shut down. Lots of police presence. We are sending a crew there are some mean landlords landlord in mississippi has them beat Marsha Johnson was late on the rent. Because her Social Security check was delayed. But her landlord wasnt having it. He came to the house. And took off the front door. Now this is illegal. But police cant do anything about it. Because its a civil issue. Not criminal. So johnson was forced to move out. Now to what might be the worst parking job. Ever. He parked his girlfriends car 8 feet off the ground. Police says the man was speeding. When he lost control. Flew over a rock. Went airborn. And well. This is where he landed. My guess there was probably alcohol involved. And i wouldnt be surprised if that guy was now single. We are setting up for a very nice fall like day, 8 days before the season arrives. Sunshine, much lighter winds seasonal temperatures will be the what we can expect. The las vegas high of 86 is 9 degrees below the normal temperature. As we head into the rest of the weekend, dry and sunny weather will prevail and daytime temperatures will rebound. By monday our highs will be hovering around 97. The uv index for wednesday is 7 or high. Good morning. Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions 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 construction areas to look out for and listed on our maps back to the news desk this little girl may be kanye wests biggest fan. She loves kanye like kanye loves kanye. Do you want to listen to music . Yeah. I like kanye. What. Kanye. Okay. She may be young. But she knows what she likes. Shes got some pretty good dance moves too let us begin with a 9 year old kid. Its kind of odd to say this. But im terrified of this kid. Let me show you why. kid plowing thru kids run children. Run. This 9 year old rugby player is plowing thru them like its a saturday night demolition derby. Not only is this kid huge. Hes really fast too. The other kids are bouncing off of him like pinballs. This is at a rugby tournament in australia. Im happy to report none of the children were hurt. Im a grown man part of that kid. Now to a 3 year old whos also terrifying. But for a completely different reason. His name is luxx. And luxx got into mommys makeup. Did you put lipstick on . No. Did you put mascara on . No i didnt. Bless his heart. First luxx tries to lie his way out of trouble. When that doesnt work. He goes to plan and blamed his sister. Mom wasnt buying it. But on a good note. Luxx has a very Bright Future in politics. Lets end this with a story out of russia. 5 russian scientists are trapped in a remote weather station. Because of. Polar bears. Since i dont have any video from that remote weather station. Please enjoy these adorable coca cola polar bears. Heres whats going on. 10 not so adorable polar bears have surrounded the weather station. Which means the scientists cant leave either. It gets worse. Help is a month away. Their location is so isolated. They have to ship in supplies. That ship wont arrive for a month. anchor chat with the popularity of yoga, came all kinds of funky yoga routines. But this one will take the cake. If it doesnt eat it. Goats, in yoga class Jason Feinberg joins us from the newsroom with a look at whats coming up in the next two hours. Opportunity 79 show. We have a story about cats. And a story about dogs. First. What england is doing to bring more attention to the greatest house pet on earth. We wont say what pet. The citizens advertising takeover service. Also known as cats is in charge of the campaign. And baseball in chicago is getting good. The cubs are nearing their first 100 win season since 1910. The southside the sox season is going to the dogs. And thats not a bad thing. They just broke a guiness record. Well show you. Well be right back we are one nation under god. That black and white, we are one nation indivisible. Thid like to punch him in thewe are alface. Ricans. You know what they used to do to guys like that . I could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot priorities usa action is responsible it was doggie destiny was mr. Bonejangles expecting the perfect toy at an amazing price . Of course not. Hes a dog. Know what youre gonna find, but you know youre gonna love it. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Donald trump says he alone can fix the problems we face. Well i dont believe thats how you get things done in our country. It takes democrats and republicans working together. Thats h we got health care for 8 million kids. Rebuilt new york city after 9 11. And got the treaty cutting russias nuclear arms. Weve got to bring people together. Ill do as president. Now another piece of this yoga thing. Goats the no regrets farm in albany is offering goat yoga classes. All People Living in the area have to do is bring their goats along. The goats dont exactly participate theyre just there looking cute. The classes are very popular, and are already full for the rest of the season. Theres much more ahead on fox5 news this morning. Got a car payment coming up . . Fox5 legal analyst is in studio next hour. With a look at the differences between buying and leasing a car. Thanks obama cheers Hillary Clinton has some friends and family campaigning on her behalf this campus. Where bill clinton is expected today. All that plus breaking news, weather and traffic in just two minutes on fox over 20,000 nevadans rely on planned parenthood for access to basic Health Services and critical cancer screenings. But congressman heck voted to defund planned parenthood and was willing to shut down the government over it. Heck opposed roe v. Wade and voted to criminalize abortion. Congressman heck is whats wrong with washington. . . . Isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. Great show. Here you go. Now hes added a new routine. Making depositing a check seem so effortless. Easy to use chase technology, for whatever youre trying to master. Isaac, are you ready . Yeah. In town today is expected to draw big crowds here at the college of southern nevada. And also snarl roads. Its a nightmare at gvr. And not the typical betting sunday for me in the sportsbook see how that hotel is transforming into a monster halloween celebration. The life is beautiful Music Festival is making valley once again. And though it still doesnt kick off for another 9days. There are road closures going into effect right now that you need to know about. Weve got details. Good morning im Jason Feinberg and im Monica Jackson welcome to fox5 news this morning. Here is a look at your dve here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use