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on abc9 news this morning. jessica rae: good morning and thanks for joining us on this friday. i am lukas voss in for jessica rae us on this friday. i am lukas voss in for jessica rae . days after president obama announced exececive actions aimed at reducing gun violence. the president took his pitch on the road. he participated in a town hall meeting at george mason university. and argued his reasoning for the increased restrictions. reporter karin caifa has a more. (president obama): the way it is described, is that we are trying to take away everybody s guns. in his first town hall event in 2016, the president debated the second amendment..and the gun violence gripping the nation. he stood in front of supporters critics and some familiar faces including gabby giffords the former representative who was shot five e ars ago and her husband retired astronaut mark kelly. ( mark kelly/husband of gabrielle giffords): gabby and i are both gun owrs. we take gu ....
more restrictions on guns. northern nevada is very important in the race for the white house. next week two g-o-p candidates are coming here so that you can hear them speak in person. and terrorism close to our region. today investigators made several arrests. we re breaking down what we know so far. thanks for joining us tonight. i m noah bond. two presidential hopefuls are coming to reno next week. kolo 8 news nows chris buckley has more on these upcoming visits. chris? noah republican frontrunner donald trump will speak to supporters in downtown reno on sunday. and republican candidate john kay-sick will be here next tuesday. later this week republican frontrunner donald trump will make his second trip to the area. trump spoke to a packed ballroom at the nugget in sparks last october. i think you;re here because you have a view that you re not going to be taken advantage of anymore, right? touching on issues like healthcare. obamacare is turning out so badly tha ....
now and the resident hopes even more people start talking about it. last night, c-n-n hosted a town hall with the president about guns. it comes just days after he spelled out new executive actions he hopes will cut down n gun violence. he says he was disappointed the n- r-a did not show up for town hall saying hes invited the group to the white house repeatedly. the president says he respects gun owners whh have them to protect themselves and to hunt. but: all of us can agree that it do others harm. or. to do themselves harm. the president says he will not vote for any ccdidate even a what he calls commonsense gun reform. there are new gun laws on the books in some states this year. in texas, thhre s a new open carry law. one restaurant has been offering discounts to customers who legally carry guns. that restaurant is now the target of threats. someone posted on facebook they ll shoot up the place tomorrow aa armed customers won t be able to stop the attack. ....
want to make a last minute splash. edward lawrence has the against his republican and democratic rivals, donald trump went on defense agains some protesters at a come on, security move faster playing to the crowd ust steps aww from senator bernie sanders campaign headquarters the republican ontrunner says he would love to run agaginst sanders wwo trails hillaay clinton on the democratic side. that woold be a dreammcome 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. i ha no interest in getting involved in their politics. i disagree with the republican front-runner mr. trump. you see, i think america is great. trump and senator john mccain questioned the eligibility of his closest it s no surprise. everybody knows that john mccain is going to endorse marco rubio. the first test for who survives the attacks, accusations, and heckling wil ....
$3.7 million to improve school facilities. nearly $345 million towards funding roads with certain stipulations. this whole budget takes into account what we said last year, which is doing the ten cent gas tax increase and the two percentage income tax reduction. reporter: the governor s spending plan is dependent on the general assembly. but she s hopeful they can work together. i always look at the budget as a template to say-u look, here is how we do it. we want to support you in how to do this. that. education. i expect them to work great with us on domestic violence and i hope they work with us on roads. reporter: the governor s spending budget includes funding for fighting domestic violence and additional correctional officers and bus drivers. jennifer ready, abc columbia news. thanks so much, jennifer. three judges has been selected for candidates to if ill the vacant seat on the south those are ralph anderson, john field and harris williams of columbi ....