With us and we have a lot of energy here right now. We feel good about it. He plans to be in las vegas for the caucus tomorrow. Covering campaing 2016 erin breen channel 2 news. Earlier this morning, ben carson spoke to a crowd of more than 400 people at pipers opera house in Virginia City. The visit was notable for its historical significance. The last time a president or candidate visited the city was in the 1800s andi guevara has this report. Carson i can guarantee they dont like me. Crowd laughs dr. Ben carson says hes proud to be a washington outsider carson they began to realize that im not gonna play their games carson had fans cheering when he described the flat tax he would implement if elected, how hed strengthen our military and re invest in our Space Program all while reducing our national debt. Carson cutting back the size of the federal government, 4. 1 million federal employees, tens of thousands of them retire carson proposed a Health Care System that would allow users
Midweek with highs in the upper 60s to near 70 by friday. Have a great day nevada senator debbie smith passed away after a long fight with brain cancer. She was 60 years old. She was a lifelong advocate for Public Education. Serving as president of the nevada pta, and as member of the national pta board. She was elected to the Nevada Assembly in 2000, and the Nevada Senate in 2012. People who knew her say shell be greatly missed. Shell be missed in the fight for education dollars and capital construction. With the school board capital bond issue coming up, her voice will be missed. She taught me a lot. How to be a better legislator, and ultimately, i think she set an serve constituents. She was an amazing public servant. Governor sandoval yesterday said, we remember her legacy as a true nevadan with a fierce devotion to her constituents and state, particularly to Public Education and the children of nevada. He ordered all flags on state buildings to halfstaff, until sunset on the day o
Border. Temperatures tomorrow morning will near the freezing point. Monday will be dry. Turning to campaign 2016. The Nevada Democratic caucus is over, and Hillary Clinton has been declared the winner. So how was saturdays voter turnout . Ryan canaday has been following the caucus action and joins us now live in the studio. Ryan what did you find out . Jen experts we spoke to said there were really no surprises saturday both in terms of hillarys victory and voter turnout. Now although we did report yesterday that a few locations did have a lot of people show up to caucus. As expected. The state wide numbers were still very low. Caucus although the Washoe County turnout was better than clark county. Nevada still had a very low caucus Participation Rate compared to states like iowa and New Hampshire. With nevada attracting less than 12 percent of voters on the democratic thats the problem with the caucus state and maybe the problem with the west where were much more jaded about politics
There may be more theft or fraud victims in carson city and other locations. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Carson City Sheriffs Office Investigation Division at 28378 52. And one man is in custody this morning. After a car chase that ended at the grand sierra resort. Undercover deputies spotted two suspects. Heading north on 395 yesterday. They were originally wanted in connection with a larceny case in carson city. The chase was on, and after the raven helicopter and the nevada Highway Patrol joined in, it all ended at the grand sierra resort. Where one was taken into custody. Washoe county, reno police, and the nevada Highway Patrol all took part in the chase. Lets check in with meteorologist Jeff Martinez for a first look at the weather. Good morning, jeff mostly sunny and a little cooler today, but still nice with highs winds. We warm things up by wednesday through the weekend with highs in the mid to upper 60s have a great day tuesday. Turning to campaign 20
Killed in a fatal crash friday evening. 55yearold Melanie Marnne Lawson was driving south on i580 between College Parkway and arrowhead drive. When she drove onto the Left Shoulder and overcorrected. Her truck hit a concrete wall and she was hospitalized. But later passed away. Lets check in with meteorologist Jeff Martinez for a first look at the weather. Good morning, jeff mostly sunny and a little cooler today, but still nice with highs in the low to mid 50s with light winds. We warm things up by wednesday through the weekend with highs in the mid to upper turning to campaign 2016. With the republican caucuses tonight. Candidates are taking advantage with appearances all around town. Senator ted cruz was in reno yesterday. Holding a late night rally at the boys and girls club. He was welcomed by supporters including Nevada Attorney general adam laxalt and radio personality glenn beck. Cruz fired up the crowd by promising to defend the Constitutional Rights of citizens. Today. He has