Joining us. I hope you had a nice sleep last night, if you live up in my area, heck no, you you didnt because all night it long it sounded like the wind was forcing its way throughout house, everything was getting pushed up against the windows. The wind was just ferocious. Sounded like a train. I was like its going to wake up the kids. Winds kicking up in some of the foothill areas too. Weve got a storm on the way. Good morning, tim. Good morning. Yeah, we have winds out there now as a result of our approaching winter storm and later on well start to see the arrival of moisture across the area as well. Temperatures not a big part of the story. Yeah, theyre looking pretty mild for this time of year with a high of 61 in renosparks but keep in mind that is a brief 61 degrees before the cold front gets here and really drops our the winds. So its not going to feel like a sunny day at 61 degrees, thats just a technicality, whats really a bigger part of the story the winds going to be picking up and theyre already doing so gusting to 62, even 70 for some of the more wind prone areas, and the Higher Elevation stronger winds. Heres a breakdown, 25 to 35, gusting to 6 o ridge tops 105 and tonight 20 to 30 gusting up to 115. Snow saturdays this afternoon and evening for the mountains and rain below 7,000 feet at first ask then changing over to snow as the snow level drops. In the valleys the wind picking up again, 25 to 35, gusting to 60, win prone areas up to about 70 or so Miles Per Hour and tonight theyll ease just a little bit 20 to 30 gusting to 45, and rain showers will arrive this evening for the valley locations. By reaches the valley floor. So a heads up for that. Higher amounts in the sierra, 10 to 20 above 7,000, 4 to 10 in tahoe. 1 to 3 in North Valleys and up to 2 inches in a couple of spots. More coverage to come. Back to you. The we beginning with the count down to the caucuses. President ial hopeful ted cruz will be making stops in northeastern nevada next week and his wife is town today. Shell be speaking at a luncheon. The event begins at 7 and is expected to end around 10. To see his full schedule and how you can get tickets to his events head to our sister stations website at mynews4. Com. And president ial hopeful jeb bush is also going to be make a stop in reno. Hes host a town hall. Although it is open to the public space is limited. And donald trump will also be in nevada on caucus day, hes going to hold a rally, doors open at 10 in the morning and the event kicks off at noon. It is free, however admission is on a first come, first served basis. And the count down is also onto saturdays caucus. The National Nurses united bus made its way through nevada yesterday. There it is there. The bus meets with students and nurses and pass out flyers to explain exactly how to caucus. And of course it is a big week for National Politics here millions of dollars in campaign ads flooding our air waves. Reporter president ial candidates pumping money into the air waves and its interesting to look at how much money theyre spending to reach your living room. According to the latest ad spending numbers from s and g delta and nbc news these the top four overall ad spenders or both side of party lines, jeb bush banking on 80. 9 million, rubio is spending 50. 4 million, sanders 25 million and clinton 20 million. But heres where it gets interesting, when you look at nevada the candidates spending nearly twice as much this week than last week and a clear reversal on whos putting more money into the state. Last year now, this week clinton is outspending sanders her Campaign Spending 3. 3 million and sander spending 3. 2 million. The candidates really fighting for nevada moving ahead into the caucus this weekend there is no clear projected winner. Now, lets take a look at the top spender overall this week, team clinton topping it out at 3. 3 million, sanders coming in second at 3. 2 million. Rubio spending the most at 560,000. But clearly nowhere near how much sanders and clinton spending on campaign ads in nevada. Again, you can find a more sister stations website, thats mynews4. Com well, on the crime watch this morning we now know the identity of a person who was the victim of a deadly stabbing reno. Hes a Sparks Police initially arrested a 32year old on sunday for driving a stolen vehicle. Then they found out during their investigation that he had stabbed a man in reno. Police checked his apartment and found a body inside. Police say he ultimately admitted to the murder. There are no other outstanding suspect necessary this case. Also this morning Carson City Sheriffs Office is asking for the publics help in finding a missing woman, she is also known as byers and was last seen when she was released from the carson city jail in july of 2015. Shes described as a hispanic woman 40 years old bell five feet 3 inches tall. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She does have the word june tattooed on the right side of her neck. If you have any number on your screen. And local native american tribe is among several in the state to receive millions of dollars from the u. S. Government. Reporter hey, good morning. This is an annual grant thats given out by the u. S. Department of housing and urban development and this year theyre goingo be giving nearly 15 million to tribes throughout the state but locally theyre going to be getting 1. 3 million and it will help them operate the housing developments, and this is the 80th anniversary from when the federal government first gave them the land theyre currently on. Theyve expanded since then. Now, in addition to the homes they do have a colony, and back in the 1980s that is when they were given that land nearly 2,000 acres over there with another 160 houses. Now, in addition to both of those pieces this colony does have and all this grant money goes towards the upkeep and helps to expand on Development House that is they already do have on the other two properties. A spokesperson for the tribe told us yesterday that this money is very crucial to their success. In the United States homeowner ship is part of the american dream, and thats no less the case in indian country, and our leadership wants to make sure that all of our Community Members specifically our tribe balancely enrolled members have access to that dream and thanks to the operating budget and grant from hud were able to have a department that dedicates it socially to making sure that our community has the community. Reporter now, she also was American Indians have multi want you to learn more and how the money is going to help just head over to our website later this morning. Back to you. Coming up next justice the Supreme Court w welcome back. Morning out there. 58 degrees at 7 00 in the morning on your wednesday. Were going to get your forecast with tim as we have a storm headed our way in a few. But first Justice Scalias death can lead to a four to four decision on some major issues before the Supreme Court which in turn could uphold the ruling in lower courts. But at least one tough case could still be decided and thats affirmative action. We talked to an expert who explains what could happen next. Reporter the case fisher versus the university of texas challenged the affirmative of the schools policy. When it came to the High Court Judge scalia angered his critics with a review of affirmative action and with liberal justice already recused from this case that leaves 7 Supreme Court judges, and now relies on kennedy who has rendered unpredictable hes going to likely vote for the majority which would be a 4 of of3 majority, now, the question of what that would be is the big question. Reporter the ruling could only affect the university of texas, demand more transparence for other universities nationwide, or outright ban affirmative action as unconstitutional. That is probably most likely going to happen because it would be a pretty big change but it could happen. Reporter with a written decision on affirmative action expected in this term they say its back to the drawing board for the remaining 7. Very few leaks come out of the Supreme Court which is a good thing, but this changes everything about what theyre doing. President obama gives his strongest criticism yet about a candidate running for president speaking with reports on tuesday america will make a sensible choice and donald trump isnt it. I continue to believe mr. Trump will not be president. And the reason is because i have a lot of faith in the american people. And i think they recognize that being president is a serious job. Well, donald trump responded to the president s comments during a forum in South Carolina. Trump said obama has done a quote lousy job as president , end quote and he would have defeated him in 2012 had he run. He also said that he considers his criticism quote a great compliment. Nevada rancher and antigovernment activist bundy remains in a jail cell this morning after a judge denied him bail. The Court Ordered he remain behind bars saying hes a flight risk. He led about 400 over grazing rights on federal officials eventually backed off but he was of arrested last week where he flew to support his sons at a separate stand off. He could spend the rest of his life in prison if hes convicted. Apple says it will not help investigators break into the shooters. A judge in california ordered the company to help the fbi get into farooks phone but apple said thats a government overreach. The company said that the move could make millions of devices vulnerable to hackers. Investigators have his phone, but its locked with a pass code they cant penetrate. Him and his wife killed 14 people in december before dying in a shoot out with police. The government says that it owes it to the investigation every aspect of the attack. China deployed surface to air missles. Satellite imagery shows the deployment on an island. China says deployment is appropriate and reasonable. Mexican drug lord el chapo is complaining that life behind bars is too rough on him according to his attorney who spoke on the radio yesterday. He had el chapo told him that guards wake him up every ofwo hours which feels like torture. He says that hes getting so little sleep that he feels like a zombie. The drug lord escaped from prison last year but he was rearrested last month and hes now under much closer watch. Tim joins us now with a look at our forecast tone wednesday. Good morning to you o we have as we speak as well as increasing rain and snow later on into the day today. The first waves of rain just starting arrive for the western sierra but well really see the more steady stuff later today. Evening and overnight is the best chance for western nevada as well. The snow level will lower as we head into the overnight hours and into tomorrow morning as well. So that will bring the level down to the valley floor by tomorrow morning. There could be some slick roads. For now a very mild start. We are in front of the cold front right now. It hasnt passed through yet. So our temperatures in the upper 50s at the moment here in renosparks but thats going to change once the cold front comes through. Portion 40s, and 50s across the area. Well see the storm start to push through. And thats the biggest part of the story during the Daylight Hours today and eventually well start to see the increase of were already seeing upper elevation of snow south of tahoe as well as a little bit of rain for the lower elevations of the western side of the sierra. And the other side over towards sacramento. Well continue to see an increase of moisture as we go through the day today and thats going to lead to upper elevation snow and lower elevation rain showers. So again through the afternoon hours were looking at spotty coverage and things will increase later this afternoon and evening hours. And then by tomorrow morning the snow level will lower, so that means spill over snow showers into parts of western nevada and tomorrow afternoon things really quieting down for us across the area and its much quieter heading back into the weekend. Lots of weather alerts out there the pink is a winter storm warning and then theres all sort of wind alerts out there. Were going to focus in on the wind alerts this time around because thats the bigger part of the story. We have an advisory for out of the south 20 to 235, we have a lake wind advisory, south wind 20 to 30 gusting to 50 and wave heights of three to five feet, that is in place for the day today and in western nevada including renosparks down through carson city a high wind warning is in effect from 8 a. M. Today to 10 p. M. Tonight. Gusting to 60, wind prone areas up to about 70 or so mile per hour gusts. So we do have a good amount of wind out there today, then the moisture starts to arrive mainly the bulk will be this evening through tomorrow morning with a lowering snow level. Tomorrow morning we could see some slippery roads. The sierra passes going to be difficult during are this storm. Once again but heading into thursday afternoon beyond were quiet and starting warm up again. Back over to you. Pack of four coming up in our 8 00 hour. Us for your chance to win. Welcome back. Were going to take a look at whats trending on social media. A new wing of a Childrens Hospital is going to bare the name of actor jennifer lawrence. She donate two Million Dollars. The facility will help children recovering from open heart surgeries, heart transplant, fail your and other cardiac conditions. Also trending this morning if you didnt notice monday night during the grammys rhianna was mia. Her doctor put her on focal rest for 24 hours. She there. Thanks for your support tonight. Students at a California High School currently battling with administrators over the prom dress code because they say really it targets girls. Heres the deal. Students complaining that there are over 20 restrictions for the girls and one or two restrictions for the boys. This year students at the High School Even required to sign a contract about the dress code before they are allowed to buy the ticket or theyregoing to be denied entry. One student was almost kicked out of the prom last year for wearing a dress that had a see through patch close to the neck line, now, she says restrictions could be set by parents, not by the school. She says that her parents arabic american and already strict about what she has to wear. So if they approve the school should as well. Shouldnt it be up to the parents . Were asking you what you think on facebook. Post your comments. Hear from you. A local event is helping out a great cases here in our community. Why you should head down to a river walk district for a glass of your favorite wine this weekend. And sells number wills Sales Numbers are out for the iphone how they did and what this can mean for company shareholders. For a tesla, well have a more affordable option. Meless melissa and weather with tim studebaker. Hey, good wednesday morning, everyone. 731 on the wednesday morning. Talk about a busy week for politics. It was announced yesterday that several republican candidates will be coming to the silver state before and on the day. Just a crazy time in our state. Two days in fact. First one saturday and second one tuesday. T is gonna be a long drawn out event. Most other states, one day. One and done. It was a funny thing getting calls like crazy. Im sure you have too. People wanting to know if youre gonna be going do the caucus. We have caucus locations by the way on our website. Yeah, on our sister station my news 4. Com. The phone at your house might not stop ringing. Texts too. If you gotten any texts . Yep, and a knock on my door every day. Busy, busy time. Busy for meteorologist tim studebaker. We have a winter storm just approaching the area now so seeing the increase of the winds out there at the moment. 61degrees for the high in reno sparks, that is early in the day before the winter storm gets going for us and not gonna feel all that nice out there because the winds are out there, pretty cloudy, and well have some moisture by the evening hours into the overnight hours as well so 61 is not the bigger part of the story, winds and eventually rain and snow depending on elevation. Winds are a big part today. Southwest winds 25 to 35 toed. The winds today in the sierra out of the southwest at 25 to but ridge tops about 105 during the Daylight Hours today. The ridges up to 115. Snow starts this afternoon and evening above 7,000 feet in the sierra. Below 7,000 feet itll be rain changing over to snow while it will lowers in the valley. Winds today southwest 25 to 35 gusting to 61. Wind prone areas up to 70 Miles Per Hour gusts possible. Rain showers will arrive this evening and then continue intos overnight hours tomorrow morning while the know level gets down to the valley floor in the morning levels. 0 to 1 for most locations. Its a wind and rain event. 1 to 3. Upper foothills, 3 to 7. 4 to 10 at ta had, o. Happening today rtc residents about improving safety for bicyclists and pedestrians. Theyre invited to share their ideas and comments ab the rtcs complete street streets master plan. Happening at a workshop tonight from 5 to 7 00 p. M. Meanwhile the American Red Cross of northern nevada is offering free smooshing alarms and installation. That is part of their home fire preparredness campaign. This aims to reduce injury ands deaths from home fires by 25 percent. You can call 202 7169418 to schedule and receive your free smoke alarm. The river walk district does way more than just allow the community to drink wine outside downtown. People may notnow is how much money they actually donate to nonprofit ins the area. In the past 6 years, river walks association has donated this month its all about the truckee meadows. We can provide an avenue for them to help us complete our mission. The wine walk is this saturday from 2 to 5 00 p. M. For all the details on how you can get for ticket ands parking as well, head over to our sister stations website, my news 4. Com. We are in the middle of random acts of kindness across the nation. Ryan joins us live from inside the coff