El rancho. Near oddie. samantha a man has been taken to the hospital after falling through the ice. News 4s ben deach is live at Paradise Park with the latest. Good morning ben. 3 ben good morning, thats right fire crews tell us that a man fell through the ice here early this morning. 3 ben he was in the ice for what crews say to be about 30 minutes. Witnesses saw him fall in and were quickly able to call authorities. He was removed from the ice right around 4 am, and crews cleared out afterwards this case serves as a reminder to stay off the ice, and if you see someone who falls in please do not try and save them. Call immediately. 3 bill and samantha lets take a 3 quick look outside. Current 3 bill, samantha 3 well toss it over to meteorologist tim studebaker. For today. Areas of patchy fog possible this morning. Otherwise partly to mostly cloudy skies and mostly dry across the area with chilly temperatures and generally light winds. Humidity is high in spots which could mean areas of patchy fog. Again that could mean ice on some roadways. Otherw iseemostly dry today. On satellite and radar. Partly to mostly cloudy skies but mainly dry. Its a cold start for many parts of the area. With a chilly afternoon ahead of us. Heres a look at 3 bill this has been a busy week for n dot. It has roads clear as weve been hit with one storm after another, ndot watches weather conditions very closely and they have different procedures for wet and warm winter storms that produce rain and snow versus cold only snow events. They use sensors on the roads that give them real time weather data as well as temperature sensors on the snow plows themselves. The plows track road temperatures as well as air temperatures. 3 spraying antiicing liquids, it does, its like a bond breaker. You put it there prior to the snow pack developing and what ends up happening is the end of the storm, ndot can drop the plows and peel off the snowpack much quicker, getting a safer condition to the public. 3 bill even though we are currently getting a little break from all the storms. As tim said. Be ready for another system to move in this weekend. 3 samantha and speaking of the roads. The Reno Police Traffic division is the first in the state to use new technology that will on major traffic accidents. It will ll also improve how it gathers evidence during those crashes. News 4s van tieu has the story. 3 van during major accidents, detectives go out to the scene and must recreate a picture of what happened. Heres an example of what it typically looks like, you see a car here, a bicycle it could take hours to scale these measurements. But with the divisions Newest Technology itll take about 30 minutes to create an interactive, 3d model like this. You can see the difference is beyond comparison. Nat beep beep beep this is the faro system. An odd contraption of spinning mirrors, rotating on a tripod. Nattheres two set of mirrors in there its shooting one laser a time, and as that thing rotates around, it actually only turns 180 degress. Because its shooting that laser in both directons. The lasers pick up colors and data points of its surroundings. When done manually, it could take a few major accident to collect about 200 data points to create a map like this one, but with this system, uh, within 40 minutes, we can have over 2 million points. And the image it creates is much more immersive. Its also interactive. So a detective could, essentially go back to the scene of the accident. When you build this model, you can go back, and sitting at your desk, you can look at the Vantage Point of what that person claimed to see. Thanks to a 65 thousand dollar grant from the Nevada Department of Public Safety, rpd uses the faro system to clear accidents sooner. With this system, we have one or 2 officers running the faro, and essentially have Traffic Control and be in and out of there in an hour. Thats a big improvement. Some investigations could close roads between 4 and ten hours. van right now, the faro system is used exclusively within the Traffic Division, but it has potential to be used for crime scenes and Tactical Training in the 3 samantha that was van tieu reporting for us this morning. 3 samantha this month. The Carson City Sheriffs Office along with other Law Enforcement agencies throughout the state. Will be participating in a joining forces campaign. The focus for january will be speeding drivers. Law enforcement wants to remind drivers that speed continues to be a major factor in crashes that result in serious injuries or fatalities. Funding for this joining forces event. Is provided by the Nevada Department of Public Safety office of traffic safety. 3 bill ski resorts in the sierra have set out to break a new world record. The challenge . Teach the largest multivenue ski and snowboard lesson. News 4s alex cannito is live from squaw valley with a look at how you can join in on the fun. 3 alex live 3 learn to ski and snowboard month17 area ski resortsmore than 130 across the usattempt to set first Guinness World record for largest muliti venue ski and snowboard lesson ever taughtlessons for ski and snowboard taught different discountssquaw, northstar, Alpine Meadows, heavenly, 3 alex live reporting live, alex cannito. Back 3 swoosh sound 3 bill if you are planning a visit to Yosemite National park anytime soon. You might want to find an alternate route. Well tell you why. And which entrance is now closed to the popular park. 3 sam plus. It is a name that has been missing from headlines about terrorism. Why government officials are worried. That al qaeda could be re emerging. The story. After the break. 3 stinger music sam 3 it comes as no surprise isis has been dominating headlines given their past atrocities. But military leaders say a familiar enemy is making a comeback. And that is al qaedaa the terrorist group behind 9 11. samantha National Correspondent jeff barnd talks extremists could once again plot attacks against the west. 3 al qaeda is nearly 30 years soviet incursion in afghanistan in the late 70s and 80sa and so far. Despite constant american strikes and killing osama bin laden, the group behind the worst attack on us soila survives. sot 15 braniff start 57 al qaedas resurgence or continued existance should certainly be a concern for the u. S. And other western governments 1 05 alqaeda camp last fall in afghanistan killed more than 200 al qaeda membersa and revealed a previousily unknown sophistacated network of fortresses. Military Officials Say there are other such compounds. But just how many is unknowna this as, a new generation of al qaeda jidhadists is growing. sot 1 47 shaffer jbs hd now what we see is an al qaeda that is going through a madonna like renewal of identity. And i think theyre very quietly trying to pick up on what is working with isis and then integrating that into their philosophy as they go forward 2 01 bridge retired colonel tony shaffer says in the last 15 years, the total u. S. Military cost against terrorism in africa and the near east has been roughly 2trillion dollarsa and al qaedas goal is to win the battle against the westa through attrition. sot shaffer 3 43 the idea of trying to bleed us with 1000 cuts was effective at least initially. They were able to and iraq 3 53 kosta map now, experts say other terror groups have drawn the u. S into several hotspotsa nigeria, egypt, syria, jordan, djibouti, iraq and afghanistan. vo with isis continuing its bloody campaigns and boko haram, who recently killed at least 50 people in nigeriaa military experts say its illtimed that an old adversary al qaeda is reemerginga im jeff barnd reporting. 3 sam other similar terror groups. Such as al shabaab. Attacked a bus in kenya last montha killing two peoplea 3 bill and sam well toss it over to meteorologist tim studebaker. 3 for today look for patchy morning fog. A break today. And tonight snow arrives into the sierra again with spillover snow showers in western nevada during the overnight into tomorrow morning. Right now in reno. Chilly temperatures. Partly cloudy winds. Its a cold start for many parts of the area. With a chilly afternoon ahead of us. Heres a look at the current temperatures. On satellite and radar. Partly to mostly cloudy skies but mainly dry. On futurecast. Mainly a dry day today with a break in the action. Then overnight tonight, snow moves back into the sierra with occasional spillover snow showers in western nevada. Light accumulations in the valleys and foothills with moderate accumulations in the sierra and around tahoe. Then quieter again as we head into sunday. For today. Areas of patchy fog possible this morning. Otherwise partly to mostly cloudy skies and mostly dry across the area with chilly temperatures and generally light winds. On the 7 day forecast. A moderate system brings snow overnight tonight into tomorrow morning for the sierra with snow showers for the rest of us. Then another break on sunday. Then unsettled as we head into next week with occasional pushes of moisture 3 tim 3 a rockslide in Yosemite National park has closed one of the main roads into the yosemite valley. Huge boulders are now blocking a part of highway 140. Officials dont know how long it will take to get the roadway clear. No injuries were reported. Two other roadways are open to allow visitors into the valley. Park visitors are encouraged to access the parks website to get alternate directions. 3 swoosh sound 3 bill the tension between north and south korea. Just got a little more heated. What the south is doing that it sure to rattle some nerves in the north. 3 samantha plus. It is friday. And that means we have a full weekend ahead on the campaign trail. We have a preview of some of the events going on. As the iowa caucus gets nearer. Your flight delays this morning. 3 stinger music sam 3 samantha in politics and decision 2016. Donald trump gave out 20 thousand tickets to a venue in vermont that only held 14 hundred people. bill we are less than a month from the first caucus. And all the candidates want to make a last minute splash. samantha nbc news correspondent Edward Lawrence has the latest this morning. From washington. 3 decision 2016 swoosh sound 3 burlington, vermont 00 18 after going on offense against his republican and democratic rivals, donald trump went on defense against some protesters at a vermont rally nats of protesters trump rally, get em out of here, get em out, playing to the crowd just steps away from senator Bernie SandersCampaign Headquarters the republican frontrunner says he would love to run against sanders who trails Hillary Clinton on the democratic side. sot donald trump r president ial candidate 31 38 that would be a dream come true. But i have my mind set on hillary. Former president bill clinton, on the campaign trail for his wife, refused to engage trump making an issue of his past transgressions. sot fmr. President bill clinton no super 47 49 i have no interest in getting involved in their politics. sot Hillary Clinton d president ial candidate 501 02 i disagree with the republican frontrunner mr. Trump. You see, i think america is great. Trump and senator john mccain questioned the eligibility of his closest competitor for president. sot ted cruz r president ial candidate 1 081 14 its no surprise. Everybody knows that john mccain is going to endorse marco rubio. The first test for who survives the attacks, be february 1st. reporter live tag the iowa caucus will be first, then the New Hampshire primary eight days later. If other republican candidates drop out, their supporters will be highly sought afterEdward Lawrence nbc news, washington 3 samantha making international headlines. South koreas parliament passed a resolution today. Denouncing north koreas Fourth Nuclear test. , the move comes two days after the north said it had successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb. Korean News Agencies say the resolution would help south korea defend itself against north Koreas Nuclear capabilities. 3 nats of music samantha and today. South korea resumed high decibel propaganda blasts across its border with north korea. The broadcasts also feature pop music. Blared from walls of loudspeakers at 11 locations along the border. The broadcasts were expected to draw a furious response from north korea, which considers 3 bill the Powerball Jackpot prize has now hit the 700 Million Dollar mark. Making it the biggest jackpot in us history. It has been growing since november seventh. There have now been 18 drawings without a winner. The next drawing is set for this saturday at eleven pm eastern time. 3 swoosh sound 3 sam as they say. It takes two to tango. But it takes the Biggest Little city to host the latin dance fest. That story coming up in the next half hour of news 4 today. 3 3 trailing music 3 alex you have the chance to help ski resorts break a world record. Well tell you how coming up. Reports are showing how nevadas Higher Education system ranks in comparision with other states. Find out what grade the silver state received overall, 3 samantha and. A Progress Report on the status of a lawsuit involving the attorney general and nevadas Education Savings Account program. These stories and more. Coming up on this friday, january 8, 2016. 3 male voice youre watching news 4 today on your side in high definition. 3 sam 3 good morning and thank you for choosing us to start your day. Im samantha boatman. bill and im bill frankmore. 3 samantha we begin this place overnight in reno. samantha it happened a short time ago. In Paradise Park. Off el rancho drive. Near oddie boulevard. News 4s ben deach is on scene right now. With the latest developements. 3 3 ben he was in the ice for what crews say to be about 30 minutes. Witnesses saw him fall in and were quickly able to call authorities. He was removed from the ice right around 4 am, and crews cleared out afterwards this case serves as a reminder to stay off the ice, and if you see someone who falls in please do not try and save them. Call 3 ben 3 3 samantha we begin this half hour. With news making headlines around the state. Two reports released in the past week. Show what many people already suspected. That nevada has a lot of work to do when it comes to education. The magazine Education Week released a report at the end of 2015. Ranking nevada as the worst state for k through 12 education. And the Organization Young invincibles released a report card this week. F for its Financial Support of Higher Education. But several education officials who spoke with news four. Say they expect nevadas scores to increase in the coming years. 3 if you take a look at what in the 2015 session he not only increased taxes in nevada to pay for education, but he made an investment in k12 of approximately 800 Million Dollars. 3 samantha the board of regents chairman also said the governor alotted about 135 Million Dollars for Higher Education. To see both of those reports. And learn more about why nevada received such poor scores. Head to our website. My news four dot com. 3 bill now to an update. On the controversy surrounding the states Education Savings Account. Nevada attorney general adam laxalt has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit over the program. That lawsuit was filed last month by Lieutenant Governor mark hutchison. The lawsuit filed in clark county asks the court to expedite a ruling on whether the program authorized by the legislature this spring is constitutional. The es a Program Allows parents to claim a majority of their childs perpupil state school funds and apply them toward tuition or other education 3 bill and samantha lets take a 3 quick look outside. Current conditions and skycam 3 bill and samantha well toss it 3 over to meteorologist tim studebaker. For today. Areas of patchy fog possible this morning. Otherwise partly to mostly cloudy skies and mostly dry across the area with chilly temperatures and generally light winds. Humidity is high in spots which could mean areas of patchy fog. Again that could mean ice on some roadways. Otherw iseemostly dry today. On satellite and radar. Partly to mostly cloudy skies but mainly dry. Its a cold start for many parts of the area. With a chilly afternoon ahead of us. Heres a look at 3 samantha 3 skiers and snowboarders are hitting the slopes taking full advantage of this weeks fresh snowfall. And area ski resorts are getting in on the action. News 4s alex cannito is live from squaw valley with a look at how you can help them attempt to set a world record. 3 alex live 3 learn to ski and snowboard month17 area ski resortsmore than 130 across the usattempt to set first Guinness World record for largest muliti venue ski and snowboard lesson ever taughtlessons for ski and snowboard taught different times10am lessons begin discountssquaw, northstar, Alpine Meadows, heavenly, 3 bill happening today. The atlantis casino resort will host the 30th annual all reno radio blood drive,the drive will be held from 10 this morning. Until 7 tonight