in with van tieu, she is at trainer middle school where the republicans hope there will be no caucus hiccups tonight. van? >> reporter: the nevada republican caucus has officially kicked off. the doors opening at 5:00 tonight. now, washoe county republican chairman autumn kahn told me he expects this to be the most organized caucus they have ever hosted, really stream lining the process as well. we are here at the middle school which is one of 28 site locations in washoe county. in 2012, there were only 11 site locations in the county, so really making it easier for the republican voters to reach a site. now, for instance, there will be 25 precincts reporting at trainer middle school. this is how it all works out opening doors at 5:00. people here are checking, making sure they are registered republican voters, and you have to be a registered republican in order to participate tonight, so also if you are 17, 18 before the actual election so you can actually put in a ballot tonight. so if you see these envelopes here, everybody will put in their secret ballot, but it in an envelope for their candidate of choice and at 8:0, voting will be closed off that's when they will tally those votes. hoo ser what is new tonight. the site leaders at each location will use a photo and send it to the washoe county republican leaders to get those results quickly. as r for turn out, we are unsure of what the turn out will be, but that will be a big question and let's turn that over to terri hendry for details on that. >> well, van, the nevada republican party is really make nothing predictions about turn- out and i want you to take a look at. this there is a long line. they been lining up since about 4:30rbgs and they're getting checked in now to go ahead and caucus. i spoke with the washoe county he says they have to get it right this year. he says the national rnc is threatening to take away nevada's caucus, and taking the stay staw toc with it. that is because in the last presidential location in 2012, there was low voter turn out of about 3 3,000 registered republicans turned out to caucus. and that's only 8% of those registered voters. and that wasn't the only problem of the night. it took three days to verify the count. the number of ballots did not match the number of people who had registered. he says he is hoping that the new processes and streamlining thing also make for fewer problems this evening. meanwhile, some folks that i talked to came early because they were so excited to vote. take a listen. >> i wanted to make sure i was on time and i am always on time and mr. trump is a man. i'm a new yorker, he is a new other r. eachor and he is right in. >> it is going to be a long night. it just kicked off and we'll be here all night until those vote red counted. >> thank you so much. a lot of excitement there. and both ted cruz and donald trump made a final stop in the caucus. the studio. the crews -- cruz didn't talk much about his opponents, at least this afternoon here in reno. >> that's right. cruz just finished speaking in carson city about an hour ago. he focused much of his speech on tonight's caucus. he urged the nevadaians to get out and vote torrent and to call nine other people to caucus with them. nevada attorney general opened the rally for cruz again this afternoon. cruz also campaigned this morning before heading to carson city and did you everring his event this have never been higher. we'll hear from him coming up at 6:00, but, on the other hand, donald trump spent much of his speech in sparks at the nugget casino this afternoon talking about ted cruz. in fact, he called ted cruz the biggest liar he has ever seen. trump also fired up a crowd of about 4,000 with his typical talking points, which include the plans to build a wall along the mexican border and to get isis out and build up our military and he also talked about presidential democratic conditioned date hillary clinton. >> and i have to be honest with you, i don't think hillary has the strength or the shtam ma to be president. i really mean that. remember what i said, low energy for somebody else. i won't mention names. hillary, very good at this stuff. and coming up at 6:00, we'll tell you what trump had to say about presidential candidate marco rubio. we'll make sure we hear from >> a busy day out there for sure. thank you. one of the men involved in a high-speed car chase that ended at the grand zaire resort has been identified. the chase began at 5:00. as for a report of an apparent larceny involving another two suspects. it came came to an end where gonzales was taken into custody. however, authorities are still trying to find a second suspect who ran from the car. n. hp officials say he got away in a maroon passenger car with silver rims which picked him up at the g.s. r. he is reported to be a white male adult last seen wearing a black shirt or zipper pull over and blue jeans. and a local man who took a 16-year-old girl to north dakota for prostitution has been sentenced to eight months in prison. the 19-year-old kevin fleming has pleaded guilty to felony human trafficking. fleming's north dakota sentence will run at the same time as a he will serve that time. in that state a las vegas woman was also charged with human trafficking in the case. she pled guilty earlier and spend eight months in prison. a pediatrician in reno is prescribing medical marijuana for some children with some health conditions. news 4 joins us to tell us what kind of effect it is having on these kids. emily? >> reporter: yes, i reached out to a local pediatrician who allows certain children with severe epilepsy to take medical marijuana. one of her patients has been using it for about two years know and the result have been eye opening. >> my son had no other choice. he was going to die. >> reporter: he is 15, autistic and epileptic. he would have more than 3,000 seizures per day. >> at one point he was taking the maximum of four different seizure medications and he was taking 20, 25 pills per day. >> reporter: once richards' son started medical marijuana in straight without a seizure. he also stopped taking three of the four pharmaceutical medications. this is the amount of medical marijuana he takes in place of the amount of pills. >> in 13 years my son has slept 50 nights. so the night we started medical marijuana, he slept through the night. and now he pretty much sleeps almost every night. right now medical marijuana isn't considered a treatment, accord okay the family's pediatrician. >>s a schedule one medication, it has to be approved by two different government agencies in order to even get asample to test on anyone, much less children. >> reporter: the doctor only allows permission for a medical marijuana card for families she knows really need it like richards' son. but -- >> it would with be really great to have some testing and know, you know, specifically there are are certain kinds of seizures that respond bet tore certain kinds of compounds in the marijuana plant. >> reporter: the doctor says amounts should vary denning on the person, although the drug has not been studied to the best of its ability, the positive effects are apparent to richard. >> i am not a drug dealer. i am just a mom trying to keep my child alive. it is not a gateway drug. we're just trying to keep our children alive. >> reporter: richards says since her son started the marijuana, his learns has improved, his vocallation has increasedded and overall has a better quality of life. shelby? >> thank you, emily. a 3-year-old boy is recovering after falling eight feet from a faulty play structure. and he slipped through a mesh panel and was knocked unconscious. according to lopez, a zip tie on the mesh broke leading to the fall. craig buster, the manager of the facility sinvestigating the incident. buster says the equipment is maintained according to the manufacturer's instructions. common safety items for such attractions. and the president is making a request to congress regarding the prisoners being held in guantanamo bay, cuba. how the issue has made its way to the campaign trail. the break. and more information has been released surrounding the death of the junk antonin ska lee yeah what the supreme court's doctor had to say may passing. heat wave. lit last and the chance of welcome back. earlier in the newscast we tried to bring you some of what ted cruz had to say during his we have that for you now. take a listen. >> in the next couple of hours, each of you has a vote to come out tonight a voice to change the direction, to say to the politicians in washington stop lying to us, stop give ing into the special interest and the money. stop denying our rights, and instead stand with the people. stand with the working men and women of this country. >> nevada attorney general opened the rally for cruz again this afternoon. cruz also campaigned this morning before heading to carson city. joe? president obama proposed again today that congress close the u.s. prison for terror suspects at guantanamo bay, cuba, and the republican leaders in congress said forget about it basically. from capitol hill, steve handlesman has the new back-and- forth on this issue and how it is spilling out on to the campaign trail. >> reporter: for seven years president obama has tried to close the u.s. prison at guantanamo bay, cuba. >> reporter: the u.s. allies want gitmo closed. isis uses it as a recruiting tool dressing hostages for beheading in orange like the gitmo prisoners used to wear. there is no need for a prison in cuba where the u.s. laws do not apply, says mr. obama. >> reporter: we can capture terrorists, protect the american people, and when done right, we can try them and put them in our maximum security prisons and it works just fine. >> reporter: hundreds of terrorists are already held in the u.s. with no incident. mr. obama did not propose which super max prisons might take the gitmo detainees but congress voted last year to ban all gitmo prisoner promise the u.s. >> he should know that the bipartisan will of congress has already been expressed against that proposal. >> reporter: on the campaign trail today the republican ted cruz. >> don't shut down gitmo, expand it and let's have some new terrorists there. >> reporter: the republican marco rubio. bay and we're going to find out everything they know. >> reporter: gitmo that once held 2 680 detainees down to 91. 35 eligible for transfer. 46 face charges. 10 will never be released. 9-11 mastermind is in gitmo and is most likely to stay there. despite tad's -- today's plea by president obama that money could be saved and our image abroad improved immediately if gitmo were closed. i'm steve handlesman, nbc news, capitol hill. bill gates is up partitive of investigate gator's efforts to crack into an iphone used we one of the san bernardino shooters. the founder says the balance needs to be struck between government access and the need to preserve security. gates says it is not uncommon for phone companies to hand over customer information to investigators. he questioned why the tech >> i but it is just like everybody who goes to a bank or a phone company, they may know the password of the bank computer account, and they may resist the idea that a terrorist account should ever be looked at and say we want banking secrets here. >> and gates added that if development is blind it might not be able to stop online crimes such as tax evasion, child pornography and, most importantly, terrorism. justice antonin scalia sured from coronary artery disease, obesity and diabetes, among other ailments that probably contributed to his sudden death that is according the a letter from the supreme court's doctor. in that letter he lists more than a half dozen ailments, including sleep apnea, degenerative joint disease, and high blood pressure. scalia was found dead in his bed at the ranch not far from gone on a hunting trip. the centers for disease control and prevention is investigating new reports of sexual transmission of the zika virus. the cdc says they're investigating 14 cases in all and that several of them involve pregnant women. the cdc adds the new report adds sexual relations might possibly be a way that the zika virus spreads, however, the most likely way to be infected by zika is through a mosquito bite. zika has been confirmed in 23 u.s. states and the district of columbia and the world health organization says up to four million people will be infected in the next year worldwide. all right, everybody. get ready for warmer temperatures as we get going. today was not where we thought we'd be because of the cloud cover. more on that in just a second. what a great picture from the cam. of the week where the temperature also start to take off and that will be nice. the high clouds came through today. forecasted, not by me. we thought we'd have more sunshine and it just came through and that's what kept us below 60. for tomorrow, i think we'll see more sun as all of that kicks off to the north and doesn't affect our weather. the high today was 54. right around average as was the overnight low. 28. 71 is the record for this time of year. and we may get there in spots by friday. 75 in monterey. you tell high pressure is setting up and taking over. and we've got low 60s today for highs in the vegas err why and all of the areas will warm up, probably by 10 degrees as we get towards thursday and friday. 44 in south lake tahoe. truckee is about the same. the gauge is not showing us the temperature now. we have 51 to the north of of us and 52 in smith valley to the southeast. it is a nice day. around average, and then we just don't have any storm this is week. i know you like having them remember last week, wednesday night into thursday at tahoe? that will not happen this time. so here we are with future cast a few clouds from time to time. around the lake, reno as well as we get going through wednesday. and a piece of thursday. sate pretty quiet pattern. we still, still have overnight lows kind of cold in spots like eli down to nine. eureka, down to 10. elko, 18. but most locations in the mid 20s and the high also be at the most saddle mountain, 55 and 5 for elko, and about the same. winnemucca goes to 57. a lot of places in the low and mid 60s as we get a southeast wind in and nothing to cool us off yet. how about 6'2 at carson city? and overnight lows just before freezing, but it will just touch that number and bounce up rapidly. 28 at incline village. sunny skies. southeast winds at five to 10 miles per hour. sutcliffe, about the same. and spanish springs goes to 63. and so in the sparks-reno area, overnight lows just below freezing or at freezing like virginia city, and then we rebound into the low 60s tomorrow. mostly sunny, east winds at five to 10 miles per hour. for the kids, here is the google bus. look, we have to drivers. 4. it will be a chilly start to your wednesday when you ship the kids off to school. friday, 66. down to 60 for carson city with a 30% chance of a sprik l. south lake tahoe, the same thing. it is about a 30% chance of light snow early in the morning. spring is back again. close to 70 on friday for reno. and then down to 60 only with a 20% chance of a light rain thing going on saturday. overall, just mild weather. projects done. wash your car. g ahead. saturday's rain is not going to be that bad. shelby. >> thank you, colin. and thank you. how would you like to work for the reno eightses? where you can go to find a job surrounded by baseball, peanuts and archie the mascot. deal. coming up. good afternoon. our team is in place covering a violent and dangerous weather outbreak in the south. president obama offer as plan to close the prison at guantanamo bay, cuba. we look at who is held there and where in the u.s. they could be transferred. and should food makers be banned from labeling their products as natural? it is all when we see you back news." and back here at home, the this weekend. according to the officials, multiple part-time positions season. candidates 18 and older can apply for jobs as ushers, tight and 'pa parking and ticket agents. tuns ares are available with the promotions crew and the street team. packets are available on mynews4.com and they can also be picked up at the aces security office from 10:00 in the morning until 4:00 in the afternoon from now until friday. the fair itself kicks off saturday morning at 10:00 and runs until 2:00 in the afternoon at the ballpark. it is a pretty nice office to vthe aces ballpark. >> not too bad at all. >> check out the game as little bit. >> exactly. >> we could moonlight over there. >> the baseball weather. >> you'd never know we were there. >> those are the races we were having. >> our bossesno one would know! >> true. >> he'd be missed. >> well, yeah, just for a couple of hours. here we are. get ready for warmer weather. upper 60s, that is warm. so almost 20 degrees above average. but we have done this again. this time around when we cool off, it is not by much, and we don't have a big rain or snow chance either. so we're looking for more snow >> 69 on friday. >> saturday afternoon maybe? >> morning at best. >> okay. >> and then it is over. >> see, i'm look taught hot temperatures, you're looking at the rain. what does that say? >> because i might be up on the mountain saturday, so i want to know if it is going to snow or rain on me. >> all right. >> okay. we'll see you back here in have a great night breaking news tonight. state of emergency as tornadoes explode across the south. millions under a severe threat, fears the towns to be demolished in the dark. trump towers. can he win three in a row, and can anyone stop him? murder mystery as chilling images emerge of that uber driver in a gun shop. what he was buying hours before prosecutors say he went on a deadly rampage. hotel 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