Then 102 on monday and 103 in louisiana visiting the areas floods over the past couple of weeks. He spoke with families impacted by the tradegy and said more than 100 thousand people have applied for federal assistance. This trip comes amid criticism from republicans that obama should have made the visit sooner. Karin caifa is in denham springs, louisiana with the latest. pres. Barack obama this is not a oneoff, this is not a photo op president barack obama has now seen the devastation in baton rouge with his own floodtorn region. Million dollars thats for help like temporary rental assistance, essential home repairs, and flood inurance payments 13 lives lost. More than 60,000 homes damaged. The red cross callgin the floods here the countrys worst disaster since Superstorm Sandy four years ago. pres. Barack obama i want the people of louisana to know youre not alone in this even after the tv cameras leave but should have come sooner. The white house announced the visit on friday aftern
Yvette bouldin. Shes not available right now and today were unsuccessful again. But o grady says he hopes to get some justice. To help him move on. They shot at me 6 times and hit will have until the middle of the month to appeal this claim. Lesley marin 13 an the pastor of a North Las Vegas church isnt backing down after a fire thats now being investigated as an arson. 13 action News Reporter Parker Collins spoke with him only moments after e out. 3 27 453 27 50 id be curious to know what was going on in the individuals life that would have caused him to go to this extent. You dont hear anger or fear in his voice. Both would be expected if your lifes work had just been individuals and folk that are roaming the area and hanging out around the church in that fashion so thats an ongoing situation that well be 19 03 3219 03 39 theres a lot of stuff going on at the church all the time but the pastor says hes not canceling a single thing because of this fire. You see the damage right when y
Moving through on thursday and las vegas is expecting 300 thousand visitors over the Labor Day Weekend, and that means a lot congestion highway around the valley fox5s eric hilt is live near i15 in jean has more on how some drivers are turning to their phones to help them get through the crowded highways this weekend. I talked with some drivers who say their phones are a huge help when it comes to navigating interstates clogged with people for the Holiday Weekend. They use an app called waze. And traffic patterns, areas to avoid and where there could be crashes. It works by having other drivers put up alerts for people around them. You can even use it to find gas stations or bathrooms nearby. Drivers i talked with said it is extremely useful on weekends like this one where they know theres going to be a lot of some said they will never go on a road trip without it. 100 percent the best thing, i dont know what people did before it. Its how we found this gas station actually this is not
Survive. Tonight perez is at ccdc. Facing murder. Police releasing this video of his initial escape. Watch as he breaks the cuffs. And leaves through the ceiling. sot mahsa on cam what steps do you take to make sure a suspect like this doesnt walk out butted sot cover with suspect pic . make sure that room is secure and is not accessible for him to leave track North Las Vegas Police Conducting an internal investigation. The chief saying. From this moment on. Someone will always be watching every suspect sot i wish it had not happened, but it did, now we take steps to r from happening again. A former henderson pastor convicted of child sex crimes learned his fate in court today. 59yearold otis holland was after 60 years. Holland was convicted earlier this year on charges of having sex with teenage girls in his congregation. The devil is obviously in the details. Thats the word from a member of the Stadium Committee as it prepares to debate the latest plans for a 1. 9 billion dollar nfl
Large mercury contamination. Good evening, every one. Im gerard ramalho. And im fernando. We have now learned that investigation expanded beyond the walls of the school and into several homes. Its our top story at 5 oclock. Nathan oneal is joining us live. With that clean up. But nathan, its still under way. And weve learned that eight homes in the community have been tested and cleared of mercury co of the epa Emergency Response team. They are still at the school at this hour and they plan to test even more homes this weekend. [inaudible] examination with the realtime Mercury Vapor analyzer. Itll determine very quickly if theres any mercury in the homes and what were finding is the homes are safe. Reporter a mercury scare has turned the junior high upside down. Screened and cleared after it was discovered they were expose ed to a small amount of mercury. Investigators, though, are still concerned because prolonged expo sure to mercury is unsafe. And they still havent found the source.