Reno but i go back and help my brothers campaign for them. Laureen andrews i think it was wonderful. I think hes wonderful and that shes even more wonderful and of course he took out time to greet the crowd as he left. Raaahhhh from here hes headed back to las vegas where hillary is. For tomorrows caucus. Covering campaign 2016 erin breen channel 2 news. And Hillary Clintons opponent, Bernie Sanders, held a rally at the nugget in sparks today. Being the last night before the caucus, bernie didnt waste any time getting to what he considers the key issues of his campaign. Such as fixing a rigged economy he says with a corrupt financial system. Bernie sanders i am absolutely confident that nevada is going to say yes to moving this country in a direction where we represents all of us. Not just wealthy campaign contributors. Sanders spoke about the rights of women, gays, and the middle, working class. The crowd especially got fired up when he promised the Younger Generation free tuition for
Tonight we have an update on a story we bright you last fall. The Desert Research institute in reno has been working on its very own weather model for a while now. Since september, its been able to test the model for accuracy to help refine it. Angela schilling joins us live in the newsroom with more. Angela . Kristen, while the folks at dri have a long ways to go, they i last spoke with them in the fall. Both on a Business Front and Research Side of the project. The model indeed looks a little bit different now. If all goes well, they hope to have a Business Partner within the next few months. Brian speicher Everyone Wants to know first and foremost how accurate you are. Especially when your new model forecasts the weather. Brian speicher over about a four month time we looked at the performance of the model over reno and las vegas and compared to really recognizable names. In weather. In december the results came in, showing their in house model could compete with the rest. The test
National convention, and theyre distributed proportionally based on the results of tuesdays primary. Donald trump so tonight, folks, this was a great evening. I love this place, i love this state. sen. Ted cruz theyre still counting the ballots, so we dont know the exact results, but i want to congratulate donald trump on a strong evening tonight. Ben carson also gave a speech tonight. Despite finishing second to last, told a crowd tonight that hes still in the race for the forseeable future. Marco rubio nor john kasich spoke tonight. Nevada is still relatively new to this whole caucusing thing. Since we just made the switch from primaries in 2008. And we have coverage of how they went. From different caucus locations all around northern nevada today. So lets check in and see how it went. With Team Coverage of campaign 2016. Ryan canaday got a chance to speak with caucusgoers in carson city. And erin breen spent the day at a caucus precinct at hug high. Erin lets start with you. How di
Once theyve been approved, they get their ballots and cast them at that table. Its at that time that they have the option to leave or stays for the precint meetings that will begin at 6 oclock. Covering campaign 2016 live in carson city, ryan canaday channel two news democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders face off in South Carolina this saturday. Clinton is currently leading in the polls there. But sanders is pushing back hoping for more support ahead of super tuesday. Today he campaigned in virginia ahead of super tuesday next week. Sen. Sanders we need to radically rethink that way we do politics. You are very very flexing your muscles and thats what weve got to do right now. The Clinton Campaign is making an extra push for Young African american women with an ad that mentions victims of gun violence. She campaigned with mothers whose children have been killed in gun violence in South Carolina today. Sybrina fulton Trayvon Martins mother we have an oppo
Sanders also encouraged nevadans to make history and caucus tomorrow. Coming up at 6 30, well show you reactions from supporters in the crowd. Covering campaign 2016, amanda ketchledge, channel 2 news. And just across the valley in mid town reno Hillary Clinton supporters crowded into the hillary headquarters to hear a las minute push for votes there. Erin breen was at that event and she joins us live in the newsroom tonight. Big day there today . That is was kristen. What would you do if you were running for president and the polls were too close for comfort and you needed to be in las vegas . Youd call in the big guns for reno. And Hillary Clintons case. That was her husband. Raaah bill clinton still draws a crowd. In fact the hillary headquarters in reno was packed today as the former president campaigned for his wife. Of course he started with a story. Bill anybody see hillary on tv last night . Raaaaah bill when she asked me what i gonna vote for you. Raaaah he urged everyone ther