Pinpointing the exact failure of the new system they have ruled out a computer hack. Meanwhile theyve increased monitoring and technical staff and they are building a back up dispatch center that should be ready by march. Natsound of ax juan says he appreciates metros apologies but it still doesnt change the fact that he and his family now has nowhere to live. Anxiety anger im thinking about all the losses im thinking about my little sister i told her about our dog that died. I called juan earlier today to see how he was doing he says at this point he is more disappointed more than angry and may consult with an attorney to talk about what sort of compensation he can get. He says the firefighters have not come back to him yet with a cause for the fire. Meanwhile here. Reporting live Ophelia Young fox 5 news local las vegas. Metro also says it is working on a back up 911 dispatch center but it wont be ready until spring. Well have more on the possible legal fallout. Later in this newscas
The nevada caucus inches closer and closer, Sanders Campaign is busy making calls trying to take the support experts say hillary holds in the silver state. Bernies opportunity in the next two weeks is going to be to try to motivate hispanics and the younger millenials to get out and participate because they like his message. They say sanders biggest challenge will be to get his millenial support group out to the caucus, but his Nevada Campaign leaders say iowa was a clear example that those feeling the bern shouldnt be underestimated of the people who showed up to caucus in iowa, it was Something Like 80 percent were caucusing for bernie, so it is a challenge but its also time for people to stand up and were going to young people are excited and the were talking translate on caucus day. Experts say democrats should keep on eye on one candidate who could try for the latino vote, ill tell you who at martinezvalle, nevadas Democratic Caucus is february 20th and the republican one follows
Started at 3 30 tuesday afternoon keeping 311 and 911 callers was a busy tone or message there was a lapse in between the time that we could get the 911 calls switched over to the other jurisdictions. Metro estimates between 30 and 50 minutes went by where calls could not be answered at all while they worked to route them to henderson and North Las Vegas. After that lapse there were delayed responses. Six hours passed before the problem was finally solved. But in that time metro is not sure how many calls they missed. But have expressed their apologies since the beginning. Yesterdays unfortunate event is not representative of kind of service that we want to provide and is definitely not what the public deserves. The new system cost 2. 3 Million Dollars plus another 4 hundred thousand the county commission granted to renovate the dispatch center and was installed after the old system crashed last june. What occured last summer was a switch failure. Yesterday was a systems issue. Metro i
Get a first look at your fox5 weather 247 forcast. Meteorologist Cassandra Jones joins us now. Good morning it will be another cold start to the day with temperatures dropping to near freezing. We begin a slight warming trend today with a high of 53 degrees today with additional warming through the weekend. We will stay in the cool territory with mid and upper 50s for the next two afternoons. With a light breeze for both days. Well be closer to average by the weekend with high for the weekend is 61 degrees. Well warm up to 70 degrees for monday and tuesday with lose in the low to mid 40s. Heres your fox5 Traffic Solutions 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. New hampshires primary is coming up and only two democratic president ial contenders remain. Hillary clinton