Freeman three hours. Doubled. Jed i dont know how the wheel turns. Thanks to sundays nonstop storm. Jed a lot of cars the ditches, lots of accidents. One rollover with people we got out, just skidding and fishtailing. Parts of i80 were shut down at the state line and at wadsworth after having more than 25 cars. Including 4 big rigs piled up. And the other main roads. Werent that much better. Jed 395 into reno was the worst part i had. Dont go out. The snow was relentless throughout the day. But so were the crews working to roads. Thor all snowplow drivers have been summoned, we got them out, theyre taking more than 12 hours shifts and theyre overlapping, and our plows never turn off, so were switching people. The Nevada Department of transportation says conditions. The weather and slick roads are expected to cause some difficulties in getting students to school this morning. The entire Churchill County School District will be on a two hour delayed start this morning. Our lady of the sn
Conditions. Additional snowfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are snowing but the roads its going to be pretty night and into the morning. Kolo 8 news nows Catherine Van tkaes a will be facing. Jed it is a sheet of ice nats it is nasty, theres not visibility nats snowing became a sheet of ice in the last couple of hours when i was trying to make it home. A trip that would have normally taken jed freeman three hours. Doubled. Jed i dont know how the wheel turns. Thanks to sundays nonstop storm. Lots of accidents. One rollover with people we got out, just skidding and fishtailing. Parts of i80 were shut down at the state line and at wadsworth after having more than 25 cars. Including 4 big rigs piled up. And the other main roads. Werent that much better. Jed 395 into reno was the worst part i had. Dont go out. The snow was relentless throughout the day. But so were the crews working to keep the powder off the roads. Thor all snowplow drivers have been summoned, we got them out, theyre taking
Wednesday. High pressure will then build for the remainder of the week with drier conditions and warming temperatures expected into the weekend. Short term. The center of the surface low which brought heavy snowfall across much of western nevada continues to shift southeastward with only a few light snow showers remaining across the region. As a result, have turning now to a deadly hit and run over the weekend. It happened saturday morning just before 6. Police say a 55 year old man was crossing 4th street near spokane, when he was hit by a pickup truck. Were told the driver was speeding and their headlights were off. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Colored. Anyone with information is asked to Call Reno Police or secret witness at 322 4900. A 2thousand dollar reward is being offered. Third Police Believe a deadly shooting in south lake stemmed from a drug deal. It happened saturday night at the beverly lodge. Police found 40 year old Dennis Wright junior outside one of the
Directions. On the westbound side near wadsworth for whiteout conditions and two big rigs that had and also near the state line. Heading eastbound. Several hours while emergency crews dealt farad. While you may not see the blinding snowfall it is still going to be dangerous out there. Working around the roads. Ice will be a major problem. The driving conditions for everyone involved, including our own drivers, is going to be people need to plan ahead. Leave a little bit early. Conditions are causing several School Delays this morning. Here are the ones weve Ace High School will start at 9 am. All Churchill County schools will be on a two hour delay. And the same goes for the Goddard School in sparks. Our lady of the snows. And pyramid lake junior senior high school. Well keep you updated on any closures or delays as they change throughout the morning. We say it every time theres a big storm. But just a reminder to drive slow. Chains or snow tires are required in a lot of the usual area
The Iowa Caucuses. And we certainly do say good morning, america, were live in iowa. Were inside the State Capitol in des moines and as you said, here we go. Here we go. Lot of history has been made in this room. Outside the candidates in these final hours, take a live look right now at eight of their campaigns. Everybody is gearing up for a hard, last push in iowa. We have Hillary Clinton standing by live. Shes one of five candidates joining us right here this morning. Also talking to donald trump, Bernie Sanders, marco rubio and Chris Christie. Every vote here counts. The race is so close. You can see the poll numbers as we put them up for you. Donald trump opening up a fivepoint lead now on ted cruz in the final poll and Hillary Clintons lead over Bernie Sanders smaller. Virtually a dead heat. It is so close. Jon karl starts us off with good morning. Reporter good morning, george. Were finally here, were with iowans of all political stripes. Are you guys ready . [ cheers and applaus