Transcripts For KVVU FOX5 News At 400pm 20161129 : compareme

Transcripts For KVVU FOX5 News At 400pm 20161129

Was light outside. They think it was a combination of the girl escaping from the man and the man getting scared of getting caught so he walked off. He is described as a white male with a thin build and light brown hair or salt and peppered hair. He was last seen wearing black jeans and a blue shirt. Again, they urge anyone that may know anything to please contact them immediately. They desperately want this dangerous man off the streets. The other big story today. An attack leaves 9 students injured on the campus of the Ohio State University. And students in shock. Mike osu student says shaken up. I dont have a clear mind. Officials at the University Say the suspect accused of carrying out the attack on purpose and shot and killed by police was a student at the university. The suspect came into the United States as a somali refugee. And was granted status as a legal permanent resident. The suspect drove onto campus. Hitting some students and began stabbing and slashing people with a butcher knife. Stone says our officer was on scene in less than a minute, and he ended the situation in less than a minute. Thomas says there were multiple injuries related to lacerations or cuts, most likely as chief said from the stab wounds. From the butcher knife. And then there were a number of people that had orthopedic and other soft tissue injuries related to being hit by the car. At this point police say they are still looking into motive. We cant help but th happened here. Fox5 looked into what unlv police are doing today and how they guard against any thrats on campus. Fox5s Vince Sapienza spoke to students and police about what steps theyre taking to ensure safety on campus. He joins us now live from unlv adam. Cyndi. I spoke with police chief jose elique earlier. And he told me in his 16 years at the helm. He has never had to deal with an active shooter or lockdown situation here on but he says that doesnt mean he and his department are not prepared to handle such a situation. He tells me its all about hoping for the best. And preparing for the worst. Im told unlv police go through at least a dozen seminars per year. Along with two active shooter simualtions per year. They tell me today they had several meetings to go over. Possible situations. And review protocol. When their is an emergency. Dispatch will send out alerts to the cell phones of teachers and faculty. Similar to what happened back in july when a false active shooter alert was distributed. Unlv said even though it was a mistake. It proved to be positive. By showing that in case of an emergency. The system works. I never feel 100 protected or a 100 ready simply because of the unknown, you never know what you might have to confront, i am comfortable for after the fact to articulate we did now im told their have been no threats made to the school. In any copy cat fashion today. And in regards to the alert system. If you have a school email. You are included in the system already. But its not restircted t students and faculty. If you would like to be on that alert list. You can do so online. Their is a link on our website. Fox5vegasdot com. From unlv. Im Vince Sapienza. Fox5 news. Local. Las vegas. Vince, thank you. Of course unlv police urge anyone near campus, not just students, to keep an open eye. And as always please if you see something. Say something. The fall chill has arrived with temperatures staying below average for most of the week ahead. The clouds moving through today are associated with a disturbance moving across our area tonight. Showers will stay north and east of the las vegas valley, but it will turn breezy for your monday evening with 15 to 25 mph winds. Overnight lows bottom out in the low 40s. Skies clear out tuesday; well stay breezy with mostly sunny skies. Hold in the mid 50s. Wednesday and thursday morning will start out with temperatures in the mid 30s around las vegas; our lowest temperatures so far this season. Neighborhoods on the outskirts of the valley will be hovering around freezing for morning lows. High temperatures will be in the 50s. Another system drops in friday bringing more clouds with gusty winds across the area. We look to stay dry at this point with highs in the low 50s on friday. Look for more sun this weekend with temperatures degrees. A 6hour standoff a 6hour standoff ended peacefully in the east valley. Folks living in the area were allowed back into their homes around 2 this morning. Metro says a 51 yearold man locked himself inside his parents home near twain and boulder highway around 8 last night and refused to come out. The man finally surrendered to police around 2 am. More than a dozen nearby homes were ordered to evacuate during the barricade situation. A pahrump man is facing several charges after investigators say he threatened to blow up a business in nye county. Deputies believe jeffrey vonalst was high on meth when he walked into aztec secret and beauty last month. With a propane tank and a lighter. Witnesses say kept trying to light it before deputies eventually got a hold of him. Vonalst now faces bomb threat. Assault and drug charges. Tonight at six. Well hear fromt the nye county sheriff about this incident. And a recent string of strage crimes in the county. A flight that was supposed to land in las vegas. Instead was forced to make an Emergency Landing in albuquerque after the plane lost one of its engines, mid flight. And now we are hearing from passengers. The flight attendants were kinds scurrying around, so we knew there was something wrong. And then they came across the loud speaker and said there was an announcement that they had an issue with the right engine and they were going to be diverting to albuquerque. Went through a little brief about what to do in the event of a crash landing. That was a little nervewrackign, and then we landed. It was kinda scary, you know, you think that somethings gonna happen when youve only got one engine. But captain said no problem so we put our faith in the captain and he did a great job. People on board managed to stay calm. The flight landed safely at Mccarran Airport at 3 47 this morning, 5 hours later than its scheduled arrival. Two nevada inmates were sent to the hospital after a huge fight in a prison camp outside elko. The state department of corrections say as many as seventy inmates may have been involved. Police from surrounding areas helped stop the fight last night at the carlin conservation camp. No officers or guards were injured. The sheriff of elko county says the inmates were armed with weapons made of broom handles and towel racks. Coming up. President elect Donald Trumps transition hits another speedbump. The meeting went very well. Was with him for about an hour. Hear more from the people giving him advice. And see who visited with him today at trump tower. Plus. Dreams do come true. If you bought a Powerball Ticket in tennessee last week. How much someone just won. And we hope you will take a drive through a holiday spectaular. Glittering lights is back at the las vegas motor twinkling. The holiday tradition benefits the childrens speedway charity. Glittering lights runs through january 7th. It opens daily at 5 30 pm. During the week it will cost 20 doollars per car. And 30 dollars on fridays. And the weekends. Those that donate to you to challenge yourself. And give students want you to challenge something up in order to help out our local veterans. Its a fundraiser through a facebook challenge called my sacrifice for the day. The idea started as a School Project and the students decided to bring it to life. Donors would sacrifice one thing for the day like a Gourmet Coffee or a cocktail and then donate that money to a veterans charity. So far the go fund me page is about aquarter of the way to its 2thousand dollar goal. If you are interested in donating. You can find a link to the fundraising page on our website com. Weve had black friday. And cyber monday. But tomorrow will be giving tuesday. There are plenty of ways to support our local community during the holidays. The shade tree of las vegas is hosting its holiday donation drive right now. They are accepting new and gently used donations until december 12th. They say they need gift wrapping supplies, bath and body products, gloves, winter hats, sweaters and new unwrapped toys. Donations can be dropped off at the address on your screen you can also donate to the the local lgbtq community. Every dollar will go towards the program. Givingtuesday is meant to be a day to raise funds and awareness for your favorite nonprofit. The skye Canyon Community is also joining in the spirit of giving back. Skye canyon will be donating 100 bikes to the boy and girls clubs of southern nevada. The bike presentation will be tomorrow at 11 am at skye center. Plus our Second Annual take 5 to care holiday food drive continues at vons and albertsons. Fox 5 and our take5 to care collecting food until the end of the year. You can drop off your non perishable items in store or donate cash right at the register. Now fox5 weather 24 7 the fall chill has arrived with temperatures staying below average for most of the week ahead. The clouds moving through today are associated with a disturbance moving across our area tonight. Showers will stay north and east of the las vegas valley, but it will turn breezy for your monday evening with 15 to 25 mph winds. Overnight lows bottom out in the low 40s. Skies clear t stay breezy with mostly sunny skies. High temperatures hold in the mid 50s. Wednesday and thursday morning will start out with temperatures in the mid 30s around las vegas; our lowest temperatures so far this season. Neighborhoods on the outskirts of the valley will be hovering around freezing for morning lows. High temperatures will another system drops in friday bringing more clouds with gusty winds across the area. We look to stay dry at this point with highs in the low 50s on friday. Look for more sun this weekend with temperatures pushing closer to 60 closed captioning more highprofile names are meeting with our future president at trump tower. As Administration Takes shape and just as michigan becomes the final state to be called. A recount is threatening to throw the country back into political unrest. Lauren blanchard, has more from washington. Pence says its going to be a busy week, get ready. Vicepresident elect mike pence. Arriving at trump tower this morning. As the public battle over who will be the next secretary of state continues. General David Petraus in the running for the position also meeting with mr. Trump in new york governor mitt romney. Who is also being considered. Will meet with trump again tomorrow. This. As many of his loyalists continue voicing their opposition towards romneys consideration. Despite the opposition. Allies of mr. Trump say the decision will solely be his. Sununu says as Kellyanne Conway said, once the decision is made by donald trump, everyone will march behind him. And today. Just as michigan certifies mr. Trump as the winner of its 16 electoral votes. Green Party Candidate jill stein still trying to launch a recount in that state. Along with pennsylvania and wisconsin. Republican strategists say the recount effort is just furthering the divide. Sayegh says now Hillary Clinton who unfortunately is ending the chapter of her very long and historic candidacy on a very sad note. Meantime, mr. Trump alleging on twitter this weekend he wouldve won the popular vote. If not for millions of people voting illegally. The white house that claim. Earnest says there has been no evidence produced to substantiate a claim like that. Blanchard oncam tag says the recount in wisconsin is expected to start this week. However, recounts in michigan and pennsylvania have not been been approved as of this evening. In washington, lauren blanchard, fox news president elect donald trump is going after the clinton campaigns decision to back recount attempts in three battleground states. Calling it a scam. Trump also called the push for the vote recount the work of quote crybabies. In a tweet over the weekend. He claimed voter fraud cost him the popular vote, despite any hard proof or evidence. Trump won the electoral vote but Hillary Clinton had a nearly 2million lead over trump in the popular vote. Earlier today, michigan certified its votes giving the win to trump. Its now the votes in wisconsin that are being questioned. The holidays will be very bright for one lucky Powerball Ticket holder. The Winning Ticket was sold in a small town in tennessee over the weekend be 421Million Dollars richer. Before taxes. But that person in tennessee wont be the only one walking away with big cash prize. Another ticket, worth 2Million Dollars for matching the first 5 numbers, was sold in north carolina. 1million dollar tickets were also sold in pennsylvania and minnesota. Ahead. We check in at the box office. Find out if disney had enough ticket buyers to take the top spot with moana. And hey you guys im dave hall, my favorite nfl highlight of the weekend, its somethign probably both john and ted are going to cringe at, its good though. Its coming up next on what the hall. Grab your tennis shoes. And santa suit. Thousands of santas are getting ready to hit the streets of downtown. For the the las vegas great santa run it is saturday december third. And you can join in the fun. Starts at ten am the santa run benefits opportunity with our 3. 50 sub of the day, theres never been a better time to try something deliciously different. Every day of the week, get a featured sixinch subway sub for just 3. 50. All with no artificial flavors. The 3. 50 sub of the day middle linebacker of the animal world. Theyre big. Scary. And a little crazy. Here we have a guy driving down a road in mozambique. When he rolls up on a hippo. Hippos arent afraid of anything. So of course it charges and slams into the suv. While the poor guy inside soils himself. The hippo then tries to eat his car. Thankfully the hippo quickly got bored and moved on. As for the car. Its seen better days. The hippo caved in the entire front end. Apparently word spread throughout the Animal Kingdom that attki is fun. You think the hippo is scary. Watch this bull. The big guy got loose and something about this car ticked him off. Look at how powerful the bull is. Hes lifting up a 2000 pound car like its a chew toy. The people inside have to be terrified. This happened in spain. Thankfully the bull did not attack any people. But once again. That car is toast. Lets finish up with my favorite football play of the weekend. It involves the bears. And a butt. Is the Chicago Bears season. Its perfect. 1st we have the dropped touchdown pass. Then the guy kicks the ball into the butt of a stadium worker. That one play is the only play you need to see from the 2016 bears. The hope. Followed immediately by ineptitude and embarrassment. That stadium worker. Like all bears fans left the game with a pain in their bleep. Thanksgiving weekend kicked off the holiday movie season. And to no ones surprise, disney scored big at the box office. The scifi flick arrival finished the weekend in fifth place, earning 11point three Million Dollars. Allied, starring brad pitt and Marion Cotillard place, grossing 13Million Dollars. Doctor strange crossed the 200 million mark in domestic box office, taking in 13pointfour Million Dollars for third place. Movie sounds fantastic beasts and where to find them had a strong second weekend with 45 pointone Million Dollars. But that was only good enough for second place. Maui out no stop hey you have to put back the heart disneys latest animated adventure, moana, sailed to victory in its opening weekend, earning 55anda half Million Dollars. Still ahead at four. A closer look at what happened on the Ohio State University campus this morning. I just saw people running. I didnt hear anything. Were going to hear from students and learn more about the young man police say was behind the attack. Then. Why this flight out of miami americas relationship with cuba. Plus why controversial 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Was booed in miami investigators are now looking into an attack this morning on the campus of Ohio State University. Officials at the University Say the suspect accused of carrying out the attack on purpose was a student at the university. Police shot and killed him. Rob schmitt joins us now with the latest developments. Just before ten am monday. A violent attack. On the campus of Ohio State University. Mike osu student says shaken up. I dont have a clear mind. Law enforcement sources tell fox news that a young somali man. Intentionally drove a car into pedestrians. Then got out with a knife and started stabbing people. Stone says about 9 52am, a male suspect drove a vehicle over the curb. Stone says struck pedestrians, he exited vehicle and used a butcher knife to start cutting pedestrians fortunately, police were in the area. Due to an earlier gas leak. Stone says our officer was on scene in less than a minute, and he ended the situation in less than a minute. Moll says the officer engaged the suspect and shot Police Say Nine people were injured. Thomas says none of the individuals appear to have life threatening injuries at this time. Thomas says there were multiple injuries related to lacerations or cuts, most likely as chief said from the stab wounds. From the butcher knife. And then there were a number of people that had orthopedic and other soft tissue injuries related to being hit by the car initially. Sources tell fox news the suspect came into the United States as a somali refugee. And was grant

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