Based upon what weve been able to see it was an emotional scene inside. Kyndell emotion al day in court as you man only imagine. The family, the wife and children of the victim, that is 72yearold roger mcclelland, they took the stand to tell the court they believe the Justice System has failed their family. Thats because the woman who admitted to hitting and killing him was convicted twice in the past. Two dui. And was reportedly a suspended license the day he was killed. She needs to utilize the system as it hasnt been utilized before and rehabilitate herself before we allow her or anyone like her back on the streets. This is what it causes kyndell before her sentencing she handed over an acknowledging it wouldnt change her action. After accepting a plea deal earlier this summer this morning the 29yearold was sentenced to 20 years behind bars. She will be eligible for patrol after the first five. The deadly crash on june 11th killed 72yearold roger as he rode near he intersection of W
Go ahead and follow up. Michelle lets get to the top story. Were so proud of our olympians but especially when theyre local. Krystal i know michelle makes us proud. One of our local olympians returned from rio today. Boy, was there ever a homecoming for him at the airport. Krystal all you heard was usa usa he is our golden boy. Kyndell nunley live at Mccarran Airport where Connor Fields had a whole bunch of folks so happy to see him arriving this morning. Right reporter that is correct. The best part is he had no idea what was in store for him as he started walking towards baggage claim. With balloons, signs, tshirts, i can tell you that dozens of people were out here for the surprise fit for a Gold Medalist. Fields says he was expecting only his parents and girlfriend to be out here today. But that was definitely not the case with fans from all over nevada were out to see the countrys first olympic Gold Medalist in bmx. He had the medal in his bag but he sent the crowd into cheers as
Throughout the day today were expecting fewer clouds, partly sunny skies. 48 by noon and 50 at 4 00. We have another chance for rain this weekend well talk about coming up. A pretty smooth commute to start out friday morning. The 215 into the bowl is an easy ride. All speeds are in the green. Little slow on the inbound 95 but not because of congestion. People just slow down in the downtown area. Here is your outside look right now. Shows everything moving along just fine up to speed so looking forward to a smooth commute and getting up in the powder tomorrow. Hes going to be up in sky 3 so maybe well see some of the powder on our local mountains. Kim we have Court Testimony jurors are hearing. Its a young woman in our being sexually assaulted by her pastor. Dana craig joins us with more on this one. She was a teenager at the time craig. Reporter correct. The alleged victim was 14 years old at the time. This was 7 years ago when she said she was sexually assaulted by reverend holland of
It was a suicide bomb, yes. I went there and saw it. Came back to the hotel there was chaos. Everybody was [lost audio ] today at 12 30 p. M. The mother of affluenza teen ethan couch was released from prison after she posted bond. Tonya couchs bond was reduced from 1 million to 75,000. She is charged with hindering the apprehension of his 18yearold son ethan. Both escaped to mexico after a judge sentenced to ethan ten years probation for killing four people while driving drunk. Authorities fitted couch with a gps monitor. The stipulations of her bond include drug and Alcohol Testing and weekly check inz with the judge. Also today sergeant bow bergdahl will appear in court in fort bragg north carolina. He faces charges of exertion and following his disappearance from a base in afghanistan in june of 2,009 and was captured by the cal aban and held captive nearly five years. He was released in may as part of a prisoner swap. In exchange for several detainees from guantanamo bay. Sergeant
Thats hard to do. But it was done under republican. Michelle all right so Hillary Clinton speaking right now in henderson. This is a grassroots organizing event at sun city anthem center. And we do have our team there. They are going to get more information and bring us a live report here coming up soon. But, you know, they are going to be they being the president ial candidates, Bernie Sanders and Martin Omalley theyre going be at an event hosted by senator harry reid. Krystal the democrats are out in full force. All roads to the white house lead through nevada. We understand this event happening at 3 00 p. M. Im sorry at 6 00 p. M. Thats i think the one you are referring to. The nevada state dinner party at the mgm grand. A lot of Political Action taking sta stage here in our city of las vegas. Have been watching us. Another top talker is the weather. Michelle wondering what kind of weather well dmomd the president ial candidates. Kelly if they got in here this morning they probably