And im andi guevara. Thanks for starting your day with channel 2 news this morning. Lets start with a quick look at the forecast with meteorologist Jeff Martinez. Sunny and mild today, with highs in the low to mid 60s and light winds. We really warm things up by thursday and friday, with highs near 70. Itll be a beautiful weekend, with low 60s for highs with partly sunny skies. Have a great wednesday thanks jeff. The results from the Nevada Republican caucuses are in. And its another victory for the gop president ial frontrunner. Donald trump won the first in the west republican president ial caucuses. His third victory this primary season. Donald trump so tonight, folks, this was a great evening. I love this place, i love this state. polls show trump did well among those who prefer a political outsider. He also won with republicans who listed immigration and the as the most important issues. With all precints now reporting. Trump secured a whopping 46 percent of the votes. Finishing in second was florida senator marco rubio with 24 percent. Senator ted cruz was in third. With 21 percent. Then its doctor ben carson with 5 percent. And Ohio Governor john kasich with 4 percent. Nevada has 30 delegates for the Republican National convention, and theyre distributed proportionally based on the results. Now. Nevada is still relatively new to caucusing. Since making the switch from primaries in 2008. We spoke to voters from different locations all around northern nevada yesterday to see how it went. At the caucus precinct in hug high school. The turn out was much higher than even the Top Republicans expected. But the sheer number of people made for some problems early on. Jodie yocum weve had like no instruction dont know where to delegate or a Committee Person and theres no one to tell us what to do. John im sure these are last minute volunteers and could use more organization. Well. At first is was a big rough. Not all the sites had problems not all the sites had problems like hug high. And many volunteers say despite the issues at the beginning there. The big turn out was a good thing. And at the nugget in carson city. Caucus organizers were also surprised to see the amount of people who came out to take part in the caucus. But unlike some of the locations here in reno. They say the whole thing went pretty well. I was expecting oh you have to sit around for a couple hours, not at all. Probably ten minutes, fifteen minutes in line, got a ballot and marked it and put it in the box. Local gop Party Leaders say they were happy with the large turn out in both cities. During the last caucus in 2012. Only about 30 thousand people caucused in the entire to get the results. Last nights turnout was much higher. And winners were projected as early as 20 to 30 minutes after the caucus wrapped up at 9oclock. Lets check in with meteorologist Jeff Martinez for a first look at the weather. Good morning, jeff sunny and mild today, with highs in the low to mid 60s and light winds. We really warm things up by thursday and friday, with highs near 70. Itll be a management is in the process of pushing through an update to our regions plans. In case of natural disasters. Every five years. Fema requires local jurisdictions to put together an updated plan for mitigating hazards. According to Washoe County emergency manager aaron kenneston. The three biggest hazards threatening our region are. Earthquakes, wildland fires. And floods. Having an updated plan in place to handle those threats. Makes our Community Eligible for federal funding when disaster happens. Aaron if we did have a major flooding event, and we had damage, the first thing fema asks us is, did you go through this type of Community Planning process . The plan has already been approved by fema. Washoe county. And the city of sparks. Now it goes to tribal leadership and the city of reno for approval. In 2012, the Washoe County School District began integrating social and emotional now theyre holding a big conference in reno about it this week. Ky sisson is live with more on the conference and why this curriculum is a big priority forthe School District. Good morning ky. Good morning john and andi ten School Districts, 150 representatives, and one idea. Furthering the development of life skills in students. In partnership with the collaborative for academic, social and Emotional Learning, this conference is an opportunity for Washoe County teachers and administrators to show other School Districts how they have made this curriculm an integral part of learning. Shaffer weve gone to austin, nashville and cleveland, and had the opportunuty to learn from them and now it is our turn to shine and show them what weve been doing in Washoe County. Social and Emotional Learning integration in classrooms has been proven to develop fundamental Skills Including self and social awareness, as well as decision making. Washoe county has been recognized for the way they every class and every staff member. And not only does the wcsd teach sel in some schools, but in all schools by this summer. Shaffer weve trained over 100 schoools, over 4,000 teachers to reach over 64,000 students. That in itself is very notable even across looking at other districts that have been doing this same type of work. The School District is also touting their assesments of how students percieve social and emotional skills which has been adopted by the state of alaska, nevada, and austin, texas. Tommorow on channel 2 news, we will have continuing coverage of how this curriculum is an insturmental part of the districts goal of 90 percent Graduation Rates by 2020. Live in the studio, ky sisson, coming up on channel 2 news this morning. President obama is pushing to close guantanamo bay. What the president is proposing and more. After the break. Youre watching channel 2 news welcome back. Turning to crime beat. The Carson City Sheriffs Office is looking for who broke into a store february 11th. It happened at the carson Treasure Thrift store at 4949 highway 50 east in carson city. One or more burglars broke into the thrift store and stole an undisclosed amount of money. The suspect vehicle appears to be an oldsmobile alero 4 door between the years of 1999 and 2004. If you know anything, call Deputy Jarrod adams at 775 28 37854. And the Group Volunteers of america say an apparent copper theft has forced them to temporarily close the overflow homeless shelter in reno. Pat cashell, regional director, volunteers of America Northern nevada the building was flooding. Upon further investigation they realized someone had come in and stripped all the copper from the building. Cashell says that the overflow building does not have power or water. And has been forced to close. That affects close to 120 people. He says they are doing everything they can to find another building as quickly as possible. They are asking for the publics help as they search for a new or temporary building. You can contact them at 3227143. A larceny suspect is in custody. And now the nhp is looking for another after a night. Just after 5 pm. Troopers chased a silver nissan sedan at speeds of over 100 miles an hour before it crashed near meadowood mall. Eventually stopping at the grand sierra resort. Thats when two men fled the car. 23yearold Dominic Gonzalez was later arrested and faces several charges, including possession of stolen property. Reckless driving and driving without a license. The other suspect was last seen getting into a maroon Passenger Car with silver rims. He is a white man, who was wearing a black shirt or pullover and blue jeans. If you know anything that can help catch him. Call secret witness at 3224900. Still to come on channel 2 news meteorologist Jeff Martinez will have your pinpoint 2 forecast after the break. Welcome back. Developing this morning. Three people are dead and several missing after strong storms and tornadoes ripped through the gulf states. In some places, homes and entire neighborhoods are barely recognizable now. Don champion reports. Channel 2 news continues with meteorologist Jeff Martinezs pinpoint 2 forecast, broadcast certified by the American Meteorological Society sunny and mild today, with highs in the low to mid 60s and light skies. Have a great wednesday channel 2 news continues with meteorologist Jeff Martinezs pinpoint 2 forecast, broadcast certified by the American Meteorological Society in the low to mid 60s and light winds. We really warm things up looking around the world now. Rescuers in nepal found the wreckage of a small plane that went missing shortly after takeoff yesterday. All 23 aboard, including two foreigners, have been confirmed dead. The plane was on an 18minute flight to a popular hiking destination. But lost contact a few minutes after takeoff. The plane appeared to have flown directly into a mountain. Residents in a nearby village reported hearing a loud explosion. The foreigners on board were from china and kuwait. All others were from nepal. Including two children. A little closer to home. President obama announced his proposal to fulfill a Campaign Promise yesterday. To close the detention facility at guantanamo bay, cuba. Its counterproductive to our fight against terrorists because they use it as propaganda in their efforts to recruit. There are 91 detainees still cleared for transfers to other countries, 56 would be moved to the continental us. Including accused 911 mastermind Khalid Sheikh mohammed. The white house says moving the prisoners to america will save as much as 85Million Dollars per year. But it will take a onetime cost of as much as 475million to implement the plan. Which means getting an approval from congress. Somet hing that appears unlikely. The white house is urging congress to act before president obama leaves office. And demonstrations outside apple stores were staged at 30 locations across the us yesterday. Protesters. Opposing a federal judges order for apple to help the fbi break into the iphone of San Bernardino shooter syed farook. Apple says, it would be required to create new software that could put all Customer Security at risk. Protesters are showing solidarity for apples fight, saying the order would apples appeal to the order is due by friday. Coming up next on channel 2 news this morning. Do you check the Expiration Date on choclate bars. Mars Chocolate Company says you better. After a nationwide Million Dollars in damages, in a lawsuit over its talcum powder. The suit, brought by the family of jackie fox, says she died of Ovarian Cancer caused by the talcum powder. They say johnson and johnson was aware of and neglected the dangers. The company is appealing the ruling which represents the first award of damages by a us jury over similar claims. Johnson and johnson says it stands by the safety of its heartbreaking news for some of you chocolate lovers out there. The american chocolate maker mars has announced a recall in 55 countries. The recall includes millions of mars, snickers and milky way chocolate bars produced in the netherlands. The company said. Mars, snickers and milky way bars with best before dates between june and october 2016 should not be eaten. Celebration and variety candy packs are also being recalled. Samsung unveiled the new galaxy s7 and the s7 edge during a tech conference in barcelona. And the s7 edge during a tech conference in barcelona. Its the firstever Virtual Reality device a camera capable of taking 360degree pictures and videos. Aptly named the gear three60, the camera can shoot Virtual Reality pictures and transfer them to your phone for editing. And you can view it with a headset. Samsung invited Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg on stage to help promote their Virtual Reality is set to go on sale this year. Cost. President yet. But the Smithsonians National portrait gallery in dc has a new president ial portrait. Sort of. Its frank underwood. The fictional president on netflixs house of cards spacey arrived in character for the unveiling of the painting. Which will hang in the smithsonian through october and. If youre wondering. The new season of house of cards is available march 4th. Coming up on channel 2 news this morning. Northern nevada has an updated plan on how to deal with natural disasters. What the Washoe County Emergency Team told us. After the break. This is channel 2 news, here in nevada. Well take a look at how the rest of the gop candidates faired in the firstin thewest caucus. And it was only the second time since switching from our primary back in 2008. How did it go . We spoke to caucusgoers, who had mixed feelings about it all. And the Washoe County School District is leading the way in social and Emotional Learning for children. And is holding a conference this week to promote the program. Ky sisson is live to tell us how it can impact schools across the country. These stories top your news right now at 4 30 am. Today is wednesday, february 24, 2016. Good morning, im john potter. And im andi guevara. Thanks for starting your day with channel 2 news this morning. Lets start with a quick look at the forecast with meteorologist Jeff Martinez. Sunny and mild today, with highs in the low to mid 60s and light for highs with partly sunny skies. Have a great wednesday the results from the nevada
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