Threatening injuries. We are working on gathering more information and will update you as soon as it becomes available. And now lets send it over to Kathleen Jacob whos at the green screen this morning kathleen, whats going on . Congressman joe overnight hero. After rushing to help people involved in a deadly car crash. Heck and florida senator marco rubio were on their way home from a dinner last night when a sem truck lost control. Crossed the median and slammed into the three carsright in front of heck and rubio. The crash happened last night in West Virginia along interstate 70. The two republican lawmakers pulled their car over and began pulling survivors from the four vehicle crash. Heck. Who is a trained combat surgeon. Helped a victim escape and provided medical aid until First Responders got there. Heck also pronounced one victim dead at the scene. We reached out to dr. Joe heck. And he released the following lisa and i want to join the rubios in offering prayers and condolenc
60s. By noon 73 and our high today just 76. About 10 below normal. Ill let you know what to expect the rest of the work week coming up. Dana hundreds of small earthquakes put Southern California for heightened alert for a major quake there. If a major quake hits california Southern Nevada could be caught in the fallout. California after 142 earthquakes shook the sea just southeast of palm springs. Some experts estimate a one in 100 chance these could tremor a magnitude 7 or larger earthquake. A quake of that size would be devastating to california and even felt here in las vegas. It will certainly be a so there are unintended consequences you think you are far enough away and you are not. Dana fallout could impact the roads and freeways along interstate 15 to get between here and Southern Nevada. They are saying our gas line pipeline will likely be cut off and we could see hundreds of thousands of people coming to live here. All teams preparing for right now. Scientists say we should n
Good evening, everyone, im gerard ramalho, experts say nevada would be caught in the fallout, it is our top story, nathan oneil joining us from russell and i15. Las vegas no stranger to seismic activity. Yeah and we have a lot of experts here in nevada that are keeping a close eye on all that seismic activity in Southern California. Theyre trying to get a better understanding of if and when the wig one might hit, an earthquake able to feel it right there on the las vegas strip. California on earthquake watch tonight after a swarm of 142e shakes the salten sea, experts like graham kent of the Nevada Seismological lab. Once you start activity down at that end, obviously people start looking a little more carefully. Quake. One that will be felt in las vegas. But the fallout of a major quake in Southern California would go underthe obvious from las vegas. All these unintended consequences, you think youre far enough away but you are not. You are right i t you are going to lose your gasolin
Now its time to get a first look at your fox5 weather 247 forcast. Les krifaton joins us now. Lots of sunshine with some clouds are in our forecast for friday through monday. Above seasonal to seasonal temperatures are expected the next three days. Strong winds moves in saturday and lingers through monday. Gusts of up to 50mph are forecast for the southern and western part of the valley by sunday. We have fire weather watch for sunday between 11am until 11pm. As the front that drives the winds into las vegas pushes east, expect temperatures to plummet. The high monday is forecast to reach just 74. Your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk wanting answers. He wanted to know why a woman suspected in a deadly dui crash was released from Police Custody without bail. So we went out t
[cheers] the road to the white house for the president ial candidates continues in South Carolina not inner the republicans this week but for the democrats. And joining us from columbia, South Carolina is andy shain political reporter for the state newspaper. Thank you very much for being with us. Thank you very having me. Looking at the schedule Hillary Clinton will be there tomorrow and wednesday. Senator sanders not back until friday. Give us a sense where this race is among these two democrats. Andy secretary lynnton is holding a large lead about 24 clinton is holding a large lead about 24 points. Shes held a very large lead over senator sanders really since hes entered the race. The main reason why its not been close is the africanamerican vote. South carolina more than half of our voters are africanamerican. Hillary clinton is very popular. She holds a 21 advantage over senator sanders among the africanamerican vote. This is a little bit of a residual from the 2008 primary when s