Area. Fox5s Abby Theodros joins us live on the strip where in a little more than 24 hours nine gop candidates will go head to head. Cnn and other major Media Outlets have set up shop and have been broadcasting all day in anticipation of tomorrow night and visitors in the area have a front row seat. In a city known for its extravagant shows another kind of event is taking center stage. Kelsey stanger we passed by theres a lot going on a lot of commotion Kelsey Stanger is talking about the venetian where the last republican president ial debate of the year will take place tuesday night. And in anticipation most major news outlets are on site ready for the big event. Sandy symson los angeles i think its pretty interesting. While many visitors stopped and stared at the giant debate banners. The debate is not open to the public, only by invitation. So people like kay paulin from arizona are going to the predebate were going to go see Donald Trumps rally tonight at the west gate hotel. Were
Good morning im Cassandra Jones with fox5. The showers are expected to arrive late this morning gradually increase to widespread rain by this afternoon and evening with rain continuing overnight into wednesday morning. We could get around a quarter to a half inch of rain through wednesday. We have several winter storm advisories for the mountains for snow levels dropping down to 5000ft with 26 inches above 5000ft with 612 inches of snow above 8000ft. Highs are expected to stay in the mid 50s with lows in the low 40s. Another shot of rain will be with us on thursday with slight chances into friday with highs dropping into the low 50s friday through the weekend. 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. Metro releases recent officer involved shooting. Pol
Standing by their actions. The man who was shot and killed is 23 year old Keith Childress. He was visiting his uncle in las vegas. An arrest warrant was issued for his arrest after he failed to show up for court in arizona. His family says that doesnt mean he deserved to die. Drop the gun drop the gun whats to drop theres no weapon so whats to drop there sno gun in his hands the family of Keith Childress watches the last moment of the 23 year olds life. The family says they asked they see the entire video but the Police Department said no. The video released to the public shows just before shots were fired by police. We are actually completely outrage on december 31 metro Police Sayjust after 2 pm they were called in to assist in trackng childress. Metro says childress missed his last court date and they believed he was on the run. They were told he was wanted for attempted murder. Metro says they were also told he might be armed. It was reported to metro by the us marshals that the ca
Early hours of wednesday before tapering off. We then have another storm moving through wednesday afternoon into thursday morning. Highs stay mid50s wednesday before dropping down around 50 degrees for the rest of the week and the weekend. Lows drop from around 40 to the mid30s as soon as the weekend. Slight shower chances remain for thursday through sunday. A celebrity is now weighing in on an officer involved a celebrity is now weighing in on an officer involved shooting that happened here in the valley on new years eve. Rapper the game posted about several officer involved shootings on both instagram and twitter today including the one here. Saying officers who shot Keith Childress 19 times for holding a cellphone they thought was a gun, are free. Childress family tells fox5 they appreciate the rappers support. Just yesterday metro Police Released body camera video from the shooting of Keith Childress. Police say they thought he was holding a gun, but it was his cell phone. And when
President ial candidates are in town including frontrunner Hillary Clinton she rallied at sun city anthem. Well show you that in just a moment, but you also had a chance to sit down and talk to the president ial candidate. I did, and one of the topics i asked her about was the president s executive action on guns. I think its absolutely possible to both have sensible gun Safety Measures that are compatible with the Second Amendment and the right to bear arms. Weve had that for much of our history. We can certainly have that again, bc i thin kits more urgent now bc responsible gun owners know with military style weapons, if they fall into the wrong damage, many more deaths can be caused. What ive laid out is comprehensive background checks, closing the gun show loophole, the online loophole, whats now called the charleston loophole, ending the immunity from liability for gun makers and sellers, and prohibiting anyone on the no fly list from buying a gun in our country. A big majority of