And heres julianna goldman. I think that life is divinely inspired. Reporter in a state where faith is central to many voters, republican president ial candidates have proclaimed their beliefs on the stump im a christian and i converted to catholicism. I discovered my purpose by discovering the lord. Reporter on the airwaves. To use gifts weve been given. Its a faith and family forum. Reporter and at a religious forum where today jeb bush,ly marco rubio faith is the most important influence in my life. Reporter and ted cruze addressed the faithful. I am saved by grace and it has transformed my life and my familys life. Reporter can you talk a little bit about the role of faith in South Carolina in this primary . There are there are a lot of faith value voters heres for sure. And well have chance to share my life journey and how faith has been important. Reporter selfdescribed evangelicals are bornagain christians make up 65 of southlica Carolina Republican primary voters four years ago
Donald trump. Today, the race was jolted by an impeccably timed bombshell when Trumps Campaign was validated by one of the last people you might have expected. Heres major garrett. There is no one who is better prepared to provide america with the strong leadership that it needs, both at home and around the world, than donald trump. Reporter Chris Christie saidth donald trump is the bestla candidate to take on Hillary Clinton and praised his executive experience. Hell provide strong,le unequivocal leadership. Ha he will do what needs to be done to protect the american people. Reporter but when he was a candidate, christi questionedfo trumps fitness for the white house. We are not electing an entertainerinchief. Showmanship is fun, but its not the kind of leadership that willha truly change america. Reporter the highprofile endorsement turned attention away from last nights debate when, for the first time, marco rubio, trailing trump in his home state of florida, pummeledll the billiona
Chris christie both announed they are ending their runs for the white house. So how does the outcome in New Hampshire impact us here in the silver state . It actually makes our voice even more important to the big picture. Erin breen has more on that part of the story. Last nights debate brought the candidates another step closer to nevada. Crowd going raaaaaahhhh the candidates another step closer to nevada. Crowd going raaaaaahhhh and our caucus results will make a difference. Lokken nevada as a frontloaded caucus state. Along with the early primary state has a 4 times greater influence on picking the nominee of each party than if we waited til april or may. Going forward. It wont be just trump bringing republican eyes to the silver state. Lokken this 3way between bush, rubio and cruz will be heavily nation will be watching to see if any of the three is pulling out of this. As for the democrats nevada offers a much different demographic. Much more like the rest of the nation. More di
60 degrees by sunday. Strong winds associated with a cold front have kicked off a high wind warning for western nevada, in effect throughout the day wednesday. Those winds will create an initial rain shadow levels will fall from 7,500 all the way down to near the valley to the upper 40s on thursday. For the mountains, a winter the one to two foot range above in time for the weekend, with valley temperatures approaching 60 degrees by sunday. In crime beat. Sparks police have a man in custody who they say fired shots from within a home early this morning. Police responded to the three thousand block of keogh drive on a report of shots fired inside a home where there were also two teenage girls and a woman inside. A fourth woman was able to escape through the backyard. Swat teams surrounded the home who eventually surrendered. The women were not hurt. Gordon mellinger is charged with one count of discharging a firearm into a structure and two counts of child neglect. Reno police have arre
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