a hit and run accident turned deadly in carson city last night... .after police say the suspect led them on a high speed chase in a stolen truck. it happened just before 8 o'clock in the area of college parkway and airport road. the sheriff's office says they tracked down the truck involved in the hit and run. when they approached the driver, they say he rammed their s-u-v then took off speeding. the suspect then lost control and crashed at the carson city airport. the driver was thrown from the truck and killed. we're told the truck was reported stolen earlier in the day. reno police are looking for this man in connection with a shooting in downtown reno back on january 3rd. he's described as white or hispanic and in his twenties with some facial hair. the shooting happened on west commercial row near west street. two people were treated for non-life threatening injuries. if you recognize this man, call secret witness fight night in new hampshire. hillary clinton and bernie sanders come out swinging in their first one on one showdown. abc's marci gonzalez in in manchester, new hapshire with the latest.. package script: today - back on the trail- after - a fiery night on the debate stage- sot: clinton: "let's talk about the issues that divide us." sanders: "lets talk about the issues!" the democratic presidential candidates facing off for the last time before the new hampshire primary- hillary clinton - trying to overcome bernie sanders' 15 point lead in the latest poll.. with another poll also showing -sanders closing in on clinton- nationally. sot sanders: secretary clinton does represent the establishment. i represent, i hope, ordinary americans // clinton: senator sanders is the only person who would characterize me a woman running to be the first woman president as exemplifying the establishment on the republican side- marco rubio on the rise- -in 2nd place behind karl sot: jk: "do you think donald trump is ready to be president?" rubio: "// i don't think being president is the same as being a real estate developer. and on national security he hasn't shown to date a deep level of depth on those issues." but trump - still holds a commanding lead? nats trump in exeter: "this is really crunch time." ready to take his place at center stage - in tomorrow night's debate here on abc. tag- but trump is also looking ahead to the next big vote after new hampshire. canceling his only event here today because of this snow? holding a rally tonight in south carolina? mg abc news manchester, nh the reno man who hit a police officer with his car last august has been sentenced to ten years in prison. 25-year old russell roberts appeared in court yesterday. the judge saying roberts is a threat to the community. imperial in which russell was reportedly threatening people with a gun. when an officer tried to talk to him, russell got in his car, hit him, then drove off. in court, he told the judge he didn't know the man was an officer. sattler: ":"you want me to believe that person who's pointing a flashlight at you with one hand and pointing a weapon at you with the other hand and giving you verbal commands and identifying himself as law enforcement and im sure in a full reno police deparment uniform, you just didnt know that he was a cop? roberts: "no, i didn't, you didn't? i didn't sir." butt with johnson: "all i wanted to do was talk. someone had told me that you had pointed a gun at somebody." roberts will have to serve a minimum of 4 elgible for parole. he was also sentenced separately to four years on an unrelated drug trafficking charge. the washoe county ruled an officer- involved shooting in september of 2014 was justified. james luke bowman had an outstanding warrant when detectives caught up with him near the intersection of fourth and spokane...they told him to put his hands up. bowman unleashed a string of profanities and pulled a gun from his waistband. that's when the detectives shot him. district attorney--chris hicks-- says the killing was justified because officers were protecting themselves and people nearby. ### the d-a is trying to increase the transparency of officer involved shootings like this one by making the reports public. his hope is that by providing the details-- the community will understand his reasoning behind his ruling. "it is easy to reach a conclusion that might not be accurate, if you are misinformed, and that is the importance of this report. anybody can read it and i am confident that once you do, just about anybody would reach the same conclusion that i did." to read the full report on bowman, just go to kolo t-v dot com and click on hot topics. ### a decision on a proposal schools has been postponed for at least another week. last night, a committe in charge of fixing the issue discussed the best way to build new schools and fix the old ones. one option is a ballot question that would raise 781-million dollars over the next nine years... either by raising just the sales tax or by raising a combination of sales and property taxes. the discussion revolved around which fudning strategy would work best. "this is a defining moment for our community things will not remain the same we have ttwo pathways, either repair existing schools and build new ones or we will go on double sessions year round two choices." if new schools aren't built, the superintendent says we'll have to go to double sessions. the committe will most likely vote on the issue at a meeting scheduled for next friday. reporting if you're a student, then applying for fafsa - also known as the free application for federal confusing process. but a nevada congressmen is working to simplify the process for prospective college students. right now, to apply for fafsa.... students have to fill out a ten page application thats 100- questions long. the bill will cut through a lot of unnecessary red tape - including the sharing of i-r-s information that would automatically fill in parts of the application for students -- and allowing students to use the previous year's tax information. congressman joe heck thinks the current requirements scare some students away. rep joe heck: "i'm still paying off my student loans. i know how difficult it is to navigate this process, and we don't want that to be a hiccup for some talented high school graduate that's looking to go onto college." heck also says he'd like to see a number of questions on fafsa forms to be cut out because they don't have any impact on determining eligibility for financial aid. the number of zika cases are rising... and the c-d-c has relased new guidelines for men on a way to protect against the and the morning rush hour in manhattan was interrupted by a crane collapse. but first... lindsey matherly will be back with your complete weather now forecast. announcer: "you're watching kolo 8 news now midday, with dave lawrence and weather with lindsey matherly this is kolo your man because he gives one word answers? dave well it turns out men have a reason for saying as little as possible to their signifcant other... amanda we'll tell you why the man in your life may be a you can now use lyft services in tahoe. the lyft app matches you with local drivers at the tap of a button. the price breaks down by cost per mile and minute. lyft is also availabe here in reno. and now your kolo 8 hour-by-hour weather forecast with lindsey matherly. today: partly sunny, with a high near 47. south wind around 5 mph. around 5 mph becoming southwest in the evening. saturday: mostly sunny, with a high near 51. southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. saturday night: mostly clear, with a low around 28. calm wind. sunday: sunny, with a high near 52. calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the morning. sunday night: mostly clear, with a low around 28. monday: sunny, with a high near 54. monday night: mostly clear, with a low around 32. tuesday: sunny, with a high near 57. tuesday night: mostly clear, with a low around 33. wednesday: sunny, with a high near 60. wednesday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 35. thursday: mostly sunny, with a high near 62. today: partly sunny, with a high near 47. south wind around 5 mph. tonight: mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. southeast wind around 5 mph becoming saturday: mostly sunny, with a high near 51. southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. saturday night: mostly clear, with a low around 28. calm wind. sunday: sunny, with a high near 52. calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the morning. sunday night: mostly clear, with a low around 28. monday: sunny, with a high near 54. monday night: mostly clear, with a low around 32. tuesday: sunny, with a high near 57. tuesday night: mostly clear, with a low around 33. wednesday: sunny, with a high near 60. wednesday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 35. thursday: mostly sunny, with a high near 62. new guidelines from the mph. tonight: mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. southeast wind around 5 mph becoming saturday: mostly sunny, with a high near 51. southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. saturday night: mostly clear, cdc on protecting against the zika virus... advising men with a pregnant partner who have traveled to or live in an active zika area use protection during sex during the pregnancy. also.. they recommend pregnant women returning from areas with the zika virus.. even without symptoms of zika.. should be testing two to twelve weeks after getting back. this... as cases of the virus reach more than 50 nationwide.. spanning 13 states and the nation's capital.. according to state health departments. abc's lauren lyster has more. this morning, florida feeling the zika anxiety -- declaring a public health emergency in five counties ...reporting at least 12 cases gov. scott sot "while all the cases in florida are travel related, the mosquito that causes zika virus is common in florida. the state has 20 mllion residents and over 100 million tourists a than a thousand zika test kits... the governor requesting thousands more. another obstacle? sot- dr. bobby kapur kapur: only one in five individuals who have been bitten and infected by a mosquito actually show any signs or symptoms. the symptoms that can show up: fever, rash, joint pain, conjunctivitis. this virginia woman -- battling some of those still after catching zika - she believes it happened last fall in guatemala heather baker/contracted zika "after i got home from my trip, i discovered as swollen lymph node on this side of my head and so i just knew immediately that my body was fighting something" richard e. besser, m.d., chief health and medical editor, abc news sot -- tba another worry, in dallas this week news the virus was transmitted sexually and as two million people flock to rio for the start of carnival - mosquitos aren't the only zika concern - brazil confirming the first case of infection from a blood transfusion also, puerto rico reporting three more cases, totaling 22- the latest including a pregnant woman in her first trimester ll tag: doctors in brazil - the cdc, working with brazil on creating a study to answer that question and more... a major concern of the zika virus being its suspected link to birth defects in babies of infected mothers. lauren lyster, abc news, los angeles. there are chilling new details about the murder of the 13 year old girl in virgnia... and one of her friends is claiming she tried to warn the police that something was wrong and it's a road rage video that has gone viral. a man caught on camera pulling a gun is speaking out and developments in the murder of 13 year old nicole lovell. prosecutors say one of the students facing charges has confessed... saying she did it for the thrill. one of the victim's friends is now claiming she tried to warn the police that something was wrong. abc's eva pilgrim is in blacksburg, virginia with the latest script: the murder of 13 year old nicole lovell? her family? filing into the courtroom thursday wearing blue clothes and ribbons? nats - prosecutors alledge virgina tech students natalie keepers and david eisenhauer planned to dispose and conceal the body of the middle school student after eisenhauer had an inappropriate relationship with her and wanted to cover it up. when police found keepers body?..keepers immediately tried to warn eisenhauer ; texting him "police"? it was then she told fbi investigators that eisenhauer killed nicole and put her body in his lexus...reportedly saying the two drove with the body in the car to walmart where they bought supplies to clean up the crime . and telling authorities where to locate the murder weapon and nicole's body. keepers allegedly saying she was "excited to be a part of something secretive and special" - dr. mary ellen o'toole: that's a really stunning comment. there's a great deal of callousness? nicole's childhood friend kari cook says she noticed nicole was posting pictures on facebook claiming to be dating an older guy. i went to the officer at my school and wrote down his name and handed it to him. museum. winston will be coming with me on friday. a couple of his pictures are attached and his short bio is below. " my name is winston and i'm a young lab mix. i'm a high energy type of guy who loves to run and play; tug-o-war, ball, you name it and i'll play it! i'm good with other dogs and bigger kids; with all my bouncing around i am a bit much for the smaller kiddos. i'm just a big puppy needing attention and activity. come down to high sierra animal rescue for a play-date with me. we can take a little walk and get to know each other better. you might just want to pack me up and take me home with you!" we also have mission: pawsible coming up on 2/27/16. winston will be coming with me on friday. a couple of his pictures are attached and his short bio is below. " my name is winston and i'm a young lab mix. i'm a high energy type of guy who loves to run and play; tug-o-war, ball, you name it and i'll play it! i'm good with other dogs and bigger kids; with all my bouncing around i am a bit much for the smaller kiddos. i'm just a big puppy needing attention and activity. come down to high sierra animal rescue for a play-date with me. we can take a little other better. you might just want to pack me up and take me home with you!" we also have mission: pawsible coming up on 2/27/16. vist highsierraanimalrescue.org winston will be coming with me on friday. a couple of his pictures are attached and his short bio is below. " my name is winston and i'm a young lab mix. i'm a high energy type of guy who loves to run and play; tug-o-war, ball, you name it and i'll play it! i'm good am a bit much for the smaller kiddos. i'm just a big puppy needing attention and activity. come down to high sierra animal rescue for a play-date with me. we can take a little walk and get to know each other better. you might just want to pack me up and take me home with you!" we also have mission: pawsible coming up on 2/27/16. vist highsierraanimalrescue.org on friday. a couple of his pictures are attached and his short bio is below. " my name is winston and i'm a young lab mix. i'm a high energy type of guy who loves to run and play; tug-o-war, ball, you name it and i'll play it! i'm good with other dogs and bigger kids; with all my bouncing around i am a bit much for the smaller kiddos. i'm just a big puppy needing attention and activity. come down to high sierra animal rescue for a play-date with me. we can take a little walk and get to know each other better. you might just want to pack me up and take coming up on 2/27/16. vist highsierraanimalrescue.org winston will be coming with me on friday. a couple of his now midday." welcome back to kolo- eight-news-now midday. i'm rebecca kitchen at least one person is dead, several others are injured after a giant crane collapsed in lower manhattan. now, investigators are trying to figure out what brought down the crane on a very busy friday morning. andrew spencer has the details. --reporter pkg-as follows-- investigators in new york are trying to figure out why a crane collapsed in lower manhattan friday morning. the fallen crane stretched more than a block. "i heard a huge noise, and it just like went sideways, we didn't actually see anything, yes of course you can feel." mayor bill de blasio says i'm andrew spencer reporting. let's go to lindsey matherly with a look at the forecast. today: partly sunny, with a high near 47. south wind around 5 mph. tonight: mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. southeast wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the evening. saturday: mostly sunny, with a high near 51. southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. saturday night: mostly clear, with a low around 28. calm wind. sunday: sunny, with a high near 52. calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the new details about that plane nearly blown out of the sky in africa. investigators believe they have found explosive residue on the plane... and officials tell abc they are looking at isis and the african terror group al-shebab. david kerley is at reagan national airport with the latest script: overnight more suggestions... that the gapping hole this jet... leading to depressurization... and in the wind.... was caused by a bomb.... and u-s sources say they are trying to determine if isis... of the terrorist group in somaila are responsible.... the detonation was just after take off... at 11 thousand feet... two passengers hurt... and it is believed one person may have been sucked out of the a-321 jetliner.... the head of the ariline says invesvitigators have found residue... which they believe are traces of explosives. it's also been revealed.... that 70 of the 74 on board...were originally booked on a turkish air flight... which was cancelled. turkey is oinbvllved in the fight against isis. it is still unclear...how the device out on board according to our sources... but somalia is a dangerous place.. sot: sot: steve ganyard it was probablbl just get on the airplane. in a place where there's no real government it's awfully easy to get a bomb on board the airplane. the airline has now suspended flights... while the explosion is investigated. volkswagen is still trying to figure out how damaging its diesel emissions scandal will the german automaker said today... it's pushing back its annual earnings report, which had been expected march 10th. it said a new reporting date will be announced as soon as possible. the company is also pushing back its annual shareholder meeting, which was scheduled for april 21st. volkswagen has admitted to installing software in some of its diesel-powered cars that alters the performance of engines when tested for emissions. it made the vehicles appear cleaner than they were. volkswagen has apologized -- and suspended nine managers. the company is being sued by u-s authorities over the scandal. if the maximum fines are applied, they could total 18 billion dollars. a texas man is defending his actions after a video of him pulling a gun on a biker went viral. jeff paul reports. --reporter pkg-as follows-- "why you guys flipping me off? i didn't do nothing?" it's what you don't see in this heavily- edited video that rick thorton says pushed him over the edge. he knocked on the window, i was ready for him." thorton-- speaking to us from his work trip in nevada-- says this large group of bikers were driving recklessly, almost hit him and he didn't like it. "i flipped them off, no doubt about it." but when the group started to surround his truck he felt threatened. thorton says in that moment all he could imagine is never seeing his kids or family again. "it's my whole world. and i do think about them a whole lot." the biker who's remained anonymous runs a youtube page. he says it all started when a rider in his group drove off-road for a moment and kicked up some dirt. "i didn't really think it was gonna escalate to what it did and that's literally the first time i've gone up to somebody's will be the last." while the biker regrets his actions, thorton does not. "don't walk up to anybody, especially a texan, and hope that, you know, they're not packing." jeff paul reporting. thorton tells us he's spoke with police and so far no charges have been filed. the most he faces is a misdemeanor which he says he would, "fight to the death." president obama is calling for a new ten- dollar-per-barrel tax on oil. it would be paid by oil companies and would be used for clean transportation investments. the fee would only be applied to imported oil. crude pumped in the u-s would not be taxed. even so, the proposal is unlikely to get through a republican-controlled congress. the u-s imported seven-point-four million barrels of oil per-day in november... down from ten million barrels- per-day at the end of 2005. mixed news coming out of the latest u-s unemployment report... the country's unemployment rate dropped to 2008 levels... and hiring is also slowing down. january. economists projected the economy would create 197,000 new jobs last month. the unemployment rate fell to 4-point-9 percent... the lowest since february 2008. for the past several years... hiring has been strong and fewer people have filed unemployment benefits. however... the four- week average of people filing for unemployment has increased since october... meaning more people are out of work. this trend usually foreshadows slower job growth. we have all done it...dropped food on the floor. the question is...do you pick it up and follow the five second rule? why a new theory says not so fast. and a new pantene ad is going viral... the powerful message it is sending but first... lindsey matherly will be back with your complete ifyou see a lot of folks wearing red today, here's why -- it's national go red day! the american heart association is working to raise awareness of the toll heart disease takes on women. they're asking women to wear red and donate to help fund research. the group says heart disease and strokes kill a woman every 80 seconds -- but the vast majority of these events are preventable. you can learn more at go-red-for-women dot org. and now your kolo 8 hour-by-hour weather matherly. today: partly sunny, with a high near 47. south wind around 5 mph. tonight: mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. southeast wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the evening. saturday: mostly sunny, with a high near 51. southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. saturday night: mostly clear, with a low around 28. calm wind. sunday: sunny, with a high near 52. calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the morning. sunday night: mostly clear, with a low around 28. near 54. with a low around 32. tuesday: sunny, with a high near 57. tuesday night: mostly clear, with a low around 33. wednesday: sunny, with a high near 60. wednesday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 35. thursday: mostly sunny, with a high near 62. today: partly sunny, with a high tonight: mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. southeast wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the evening. saturday: mostly sunny, with a high near 51. southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. saturday night: mostly clear, with a low around 28. calm wind. sunday: sunny, with a high near 52. calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the morning. sunday night: mostly clear, with a low around 28. monday: sunny, with a high near 54. monday night: mostly clear, with a low around 32. tuesday: sunny, with a high near 57. tuesday night: mostly clear, with a low around 33. wednesday: sunny, with a high near 60. wednesday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 35. thursday: mostly sunny, with a high near 62. tonight: mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. southeast wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the evening. saturday: mostly sunny, with a high near 51. southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. saturday night: mostly clear, with a low around 28. calm wind. sunday: sunny, with a high near 52. calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the morning. sunday night: mostly clear, with a low around 28. when you drop a piece of food on the floor - if you pick it up within 5- seconds, its ok to eat it. but experts say, it actually depends on a few different factors. scientists from 'the quick and curious' webseries say it actually depends on a few different factors. they say once your food hits the floor, small amounts of bacteria instantly get on your food. but, most food left on the floor longer than 30-seconds collect 10- times the bacteria then those picked up in a shorter time. the type of bacteria that can get on your food after 30-seconds includes e -coli, salmonella, and listeria. but experts say the gets on your food after it hits the ground depends on whether your food is wet or dry. that means wet food that has been on the ground for 30-seconds or longer has a higher chance of getting covered in bacteria. falling asleep on the job is probably not a good idea.. well for one intern his napping went viral and drivers in north carolina say a road sign is prophecizing the a frightening moment for a young actress... harley quinn smith. the daughter of director kevin smith... says she was nearly abducted by two men... posing as uber drivers. now she's speaking out exclusively to abc's matt gutman script: when actress harley quinn smith... daughter of director and actor kevin smith? ordered an uber earlier this week? she was expecting a ride, not a near abduction by two men posing as drivers smith the 16-year-old speaking exclusively to g-m-a overnight about her experience right outside an l-a sot - harley quinn smith the second i started talking to them i realized they weren't uber drivers they printed the uber symbol up and put it on the front of their car smith first sharing her story in this viral instagram post - writing "protect yourself and never ever get in a car without checking her father of mallrats fame - arguably more rattled than his daughter tweeting?. " be alert! two white men in beige jeep posed as @uber and just tried to talk my kids into getting in their car?" sotpop - harley quinn smith my parents were terrified - more upset than myself the l-a-p-d commending smith's actions saying she "?did the right thing by trusting her instincts and not getting into the vehicle." last year - in texas a man reportedly pretending to be a driver attempted to pick up and assault two young women at texas christian university? uber telling abc news its "?core technology elements... are intended to keep riders and drivers safe?" adding "?all uber riders see right away the make and model of the car picking them up, as well as the name of the driver, his or her star rating, and the license plate of the car." and for smith - the teen says didn't let the experience shake her? sot - harley quinn smith i proceeded to take an uber because you can't let things like that stop you from living your life? for gma, matt gutman, abc news, los angeles now to an ad campaign that millions are watching online. nfl dads spending quality time with their daughters... by trying to it's sending a powerful message about raising strong girls linsey davis is here to tell us all about it script: grace watson - "i'm excited?i'm a little nervous" it's pantene's blowout new ad campaign?pinning some of the nfl's biggest dads? deangelo williams - pittsburgh steelers the only style i'm able to do is a pony tail? up against their toughest matchup yet? keyable gfx: jason witten - dallas cowboys catching a touchdown pass is a lot easier than making a beautiful braid. and inspiring fathers everywhere to get in the game. deangelo's daughter - my dad's giving me a dad-do jason witten - dad-do comes from the heart. showing that girls who dads - grow into stronger women. text: girls who spend quality time with their stronger women. benjamin watson sot just because you're a guy and she's a growing young lady, doesn't mean that you have nothing to do with her and you can't connect with her. featured in the new "strong is beautiful" ad - new orleans saints tight end benjamin watson and his two benjamin watson + daughters sot my name's naomi, and i'm grace, and i'm daddy?i mean she's really going to judge all men by how i treat her and so it's important for me to connect with them and do things that they want to do // it's about connecting and showing them that they're important and that they're worth my time. nats from ad - sot - ericka souter / editor, mom.me: dads can teach their daughters a lot // and it really does help young girls grow to be strong women this campaign?also a sort of "ponytail playbook" for dads who may know football, but can't tackle a tangle. trying for pigtails? just divide the playing field in half and then gather the teams into huddles. grace - feels like mommy but he has bigger hands and just like the nfl? you can spike the ball? or your hair. benjamin watson + daughters sot i'll save the spiking for the gridiron and / do you guys want your hair spiked? grace - i don't even know what that means benjamin - exactly! super bowl this weekend... but drivers in north carolina say a road sign there has game's ending. here's jeremy roth follows-- panthers fans are north carolina "a prophecy" about this weekend's super bowl. the sign-- which gives mileage to two small towns-- reads denver- 7, newton- 20. panthers fans say its an omen that their star qb cam newton will emerge victorious this weekend. i'm sure broncos fans disagree, but as an impartial journalist, it's not my place to take sides. go broncos excuse me. former super bowl champ and hall-of-famer jerry rice went undercover... as a driver for the ride-sharing service lyft in san francisco....to have a at first the passengers are none-the-wiser... "who's your team?....not into sports, man." but eventually, he lets them in on the joke. "im jerry rice... an intern who nodded off at work learned a valuable life lesson.... if you fall asleep...first you get photobombed, then...you get photoshopped. the intern fell asleep sitting up in his chair on his first day at a tech startup. first day, dude? after his colleagues gave him a lighthearted shaming-- the intern posted the pic on reddit. and..the internet responded accordingly. because, well...internet. for take a look at this, i'm jeremy roth. lindsey matherly is back with another look at our forecast. today: partly sunny, with a high near 47. south wind around 5 mph. tonight: mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. southeast wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the evening. don't forget... for updates on the stories we covered... head to our webchannel... kolo-t-v-dot-com. ----- hairstyles provided by rumors hair salon. ----- closed captioning provided by st. mary's regional medical center. ----- copyright 2016 -- gray television group, inc. >> announcer: super bowl sunday is coming at you faster than a hail mary pass, so we're giving you everything you need to make the big day a touchdown. michael and mario are going head to head in our fifth annual