we're going to tell you about one nevada leader's work to smarten up nevada's suffering education system. and he is my guest today. he is nevada u.s. congressman joe heck. thanks for being here today. >> thanks, marilee. >> we're dead last for the third year in the row. that's the nevada public education rating according to the most recent annie e. casey foundation report on children's well-being. and today on "eye on washington," we will tell you the state out of the education cellar. we'll find out education's tie to nevada's doctor shortage as well. now, last december the house passed legislation considered to be a major overhaul of federal education policy. the every student succeeds act would replace the previous version of the elementary and secondary education act, that's also known as no child left behind. with a new law that ends one size fits all accountability requirements included in its predecessor. my guest is a big fan and release about his pro vote, he says he likes it, that it returns more control over education policy to states and to parents and prevents the federal go

debbie was elected to the nevada assembly in 2000, and the nevada senate in 2012. senate democratic leader aaron ford released a statement, saying -quote- "debbie's commitment to nevada was unparalleled. she was a tireless fighter for families and for children. even while undergoing treatment during the last legislative session, she passed legislation that will help build new schools and better protect children from bullying and abuse. above all else, she was a loving wife, a devoted mother and grandmother, and a friend to thousands of people whose lives she touched. she will be sorely missed." -end quote- governor brian sandoval also released a statement. -quote- "today we remember her legacy as a true nevadan with a fierce devotion to her constituents and state, particularly to public education and the children of nevada. i and nevada will miss her leadership," -end quote- governor sandoval has ordered all flags on state buildings to half-staff, until sunset on the day of her funeral debbie smith was 60 years old. she is survived by her husband greg, and her chil

nevada. three months ago it looks like hillary clinton would win easily in this state. now her campaign is lowering expectations here as bernie sanders may very well, potentially, be on the verge of what would be a big upset. on the republican side, six hopefuls anxiously watching turnout in south carolina now. we're keeping a very close eye on all precinctses there. it could be a momentous night for donald trump and the palmetto state. things have gotten nasty between trump and cruz. a win in the bible belt would echo across the south. marco rubio also could be on the rise in south carolina, while jeb bush, his entire campaign, may be hanging in the balance tonight. right now, out west. our correspondent are over at the headquarters at the caucus sites across nevada. jeff zeleny with the bernie sanders campaign. jeff, is this campaign, the bernie sanders campaign, pretty confident right now? >> reporter: well, wolf, they're confident compared to what they were a month or so ago. get ready fo

now from the "nevada newsmakers" broadcast headquarters, here is sam shad. >> back on "nevada newsmakers," to the program marsha berkbigler, a washoe county commissioner. pleasure to have you back. >> nice to be here. >> we are in the process of moving studios, we're taping shows in advance, this is being tapeod february 2, so people will know what is going on. interesting times with all the things going on across the state with faraday, tesla, switch in northern nevada. before the recession, there were companies like station casino looking at building one property in northern nevada and building two. two hotels with 500 rooms a piece, looking at investing a billion dollars in the marketplace. that went away with recession and the bankruptcy, but the bankruptcy is long gone. station casino system looking great, they are potentially looking at an ipo down the road. do you see a point in time where, you know, the market is right for them or other companies to come back into the >> you know, gaming is an interesting part of nevada and will always be part of nevada. it is our history and wil

we're going to tell you about one nevada leader's work to smarten up nevada's suffering education system. and he is my guest today. he is nevada u.s. congressman joe heck. thanks for being here today. >> thanks, marilee. >> we're dead last for the third year in the row. that's the nevada public education rating according to the most recent annie e. casey foundation report on children's well-being. and today on "eye on washington," we will tell you about my guest's effort to get the state out of the education cellar. we'll find out education's tie to nevada's doctor shortage as now, last december the house passed legislation considered to be a major overhaul of federal education policy. the every student succeeds act would replace the previous version of the elementary and secondary education act, that's also known as no child left behind. with a new law that ends one size fits all accountability requirements included in its predecessor. my guest is a big fan and release about his pro vote, he says he likes it, that it returns more control over education policy to states and to parents an

and with nevada's caucuses just weeks away... stay with channel 2 news for continuing coverage we have one more round of some light scattered showers on wednesday before we go into a prolonged dry period. a weak low pressure center will push a frontal band through the region wednesday afternoon, giving us in the valley a slight chance of rain or snow showers in the afternoon. temperatures will warm slightly into the low 40s. after the front passes through thursday morning, a ridge of high pressure will build across the west coast, drying us some residual cloudiness will stay through the work week, but should clear out by sunday finishing the week on a sunny note. look for high temperatures to climb into the low 50s by saturday. in crime beat...a 30-year-old arizona man has been arrested in nevada. he's accused of killing two federally protected golden eagles and illegally possessing more than 120 eagle and hawk feathers. the nevada department of wildlife says dana mcivor faces six counts of unlawful possession of raptor and rapto

jack sutton explains in tonight's nevada backroads. the exterior speaks of a grand past, part gothic, part art deco. but today's story is found inside. this is where the artists live. "i was interested in moving here ten or so years ago when it opened. i love living downtown and with other artists and creative people. its a good atmosphere." when you first enter, the art greets you. the hallways have become a gallery. involved with gallery last year. collectors come visit. this is my studio, my residence and my "inspiration here. i've done singing and song writing and art. my art includes many things." you can't find any greater environment, for in here heart when they imploded the mapes. but they saved the riverside." reporting in reno, jack sutton, channel two news. meteorologist angela schilling will have a look at your today seems very similar to what we saw on saturday. we're seeing some high level clouds with sun filtered behind it. temperatures are mild for this time of year, into winds right now are light, sustained at five to

for nevada, they are up. but i expect many other places will follow suit. >> in other words, other places are going to start seeing bad numbers of foreclosures as well? or worsening? >> repossessions, right? that's what's driving this. but repossession is sort of the end of the chain. >> right. >> whereas the default notice starts the process. >> the bad news is going to be good news in general. >> it will take a while though. this is going to be a long slow recovery from the foreclosure crisis nationwide. >> so, you know, when the housing crisis began, you know, say, of course, several years ago now, what were some initial actions that your group took to address the increase in the foreclosure in places hit so hard like nevada? >> so nhc was part of an alliance of a lot of folks who came together in support of many of the emergency rescue actions that the administration put together. so think of the neighborhood stabilization program which worked to help -- >> we covered with you on this places where some st

we saw something a little bit similar in 2008 in nevada where hillary clinton won in nevada, won the popular vote by five or six points. barack obama actually got one more delegate out of nevada. is it possible we're going to see something like that in terms of delegates tonight in nevada? >> not no nevada. here's why. they changed a couple rules from 08's to prevent that from happening. so barack obama more delegates, the clark county area, the first congressional district is worth more delegates this time than it was eight years ago. obama won that one, one less between clark county. i'm getting a little arcane. for what it's worth, rachel, i had the same question. i went and researched this. you and i did not talk beforehand. i did find out. they changed the delegate allocation enough that guaranteed if you win this state level delegate process you're going to have a swroimajority o convention delegates in nevada, too. >> you're doing this so you'll have a lot to talk about tomorrow. >> hey, man, south carolina, we don't want to give anything away. it's going to be a fun night. th

are now out west in nevada for tomorrow's caucuses. sot donald trump 16:35:35 we're going to keep winning. we're going to make america great again! this morning, donald trump is still riding high after his big weekend win in south carolina. he scored all 50 of the state's delegates, winning evangelical voters. sot trump "you know, i didn't know i was going to win by that much. and we won by a lot./// that was sort of record-setting stuff." the gop pack is down to 5 contenders...jeb bush out.

and in fact, we have one plant already in southern nevada in good springs, one of the nevada energy plants that are using waste heat to power. so this is a great opportunity again to help businesses save on their own electricity costs, help save our environment and perhaps decrease costs for residential users. >> and you have said one of the big reasons -- i know when you came to washington, your big thing was -- you had three big priorities. one was jobs. the next one was jobs. the next one was jobs. you said you are onboard with this especially because it not only saves costs and a lot of bills can save costs especially over time, but this you said will be a real jobs creator. >> well, it is. and not just in the jobs necessary to put the facilities under construction and put this technology in place. but as we have known, the u.s. is losing manufacturing jobs to places like india and china. and one of the reasons for that energy that's necessary in a manufacturing plant. so if we can lower the costs to actually create something here in the united states, those jobs will come back, we wil

>> if nevada -- nevada won't show us that. the fact of the matter is after you come out of new hampshire, the democratic party for the rest of the way starting in nevada is 44% nonwhite. each state differs but it's a lot more -- >> 44% of the vote post-new hampshire is nonwhite. >> nonwhite. and hillary clinton's big advantage is with african-americans where she leads whites 69% to 23% in that kind of range. >> what i'm askingou about here, she seems to be leading by 6 points, not 30 points. is that good enough for sanders? >> it's a caucus state. if he can do this and stay close, that's a good sign for him. the fact is, where you're really going to see the big test for him is not going to be not just tonight. that will tell us what's closing. but south carolina and the states between march 1st and march 15th, those two days he's running out of time to close the gap with blacks. he can -- he has to make some effort in nevada, show some signs of that tonight. >> carl, we'll turn to south carolina. a couple races there it seems

he had won nevada. this is what happened when it came down for nevada to submit their votes for mitt romney. this is what they did. this is what happened. watch. >> in the spirit of freedom that inspired the founding of our country and in honor of the liberty that is made the united states the greatest country on earth, we proudly cast 17 votes for congressman ron paul. [ cheers and applause ] five abstentions and five for romney. [ cheers and applause ] >> and five for romney. mitt romney was the republican party's nominee. he was the only one who would get the delegate votes. nevada cast all their votes for ron paul any way. 17 votes for ron paul. republican party thought they changed the rules so that would be impossible. they fought the bound the delegates to vote for mitt romney. they said screw it and voted for ron paul. the nevada republican party is amazing. the nevada republican caucus is nuts. now that neither ron paul nor his son is running anymore, nobody knows if the ron paul people will hi

where it was all nevada... up low and he gets the layup nevada up 3... then moments later drew feeds foster... who makes the acrobatic shot in the paint... foster finished with 10 points... then with about a minute left... drew to a wide open dj fenner under basket... fenner lays it in... down the stretch nevada would make their free throws and go on to win it... 87-80... nevada grabs win number 18 on the year... d.j fenner led nevada with 24 points... while tyron criswell had 23 points but them along with cameron oliver fouled out. the win also clinches at least the 5 seed for nevada in the mountain west tournament and a first round bye. here is a very happy nevada wolf pack after the game.. "it is a special group to go from nine wins to 18 currently with 2 to play, this has been the best season i have ever had so far. so and it is because of their effort and energy every handed in practice i give them credit for how they mentally come ready... this is my favorite team i ever coached." "i am ecstatic as tired as i am i am so happy right now. just going

the american red cross of northern nevada, says this is for all northern nevada residents. on average in northern nevada, the american red cross responds to a house fire every four days. to get your free smoke alarm, you have to make an appointment. just call 202-716-9418. a storm is on track to bring wind and then period of moderate to heavy sierra snow wed-thu with precipitation/front wed ngt-thu morning. this includes previous forecast thinking regarding spillover into western nv and snow amounts and impacts being confined mainly to foothills above 4800-5000 feet. winds are expected to begin increasing across the sierra ridges during the next several hours and become very strong by daybreak. mos guidance remains impressive for strong southerly winds at area taf sites on wednesday and we have raised the winds a notch at most area terminals in the eastern sierra and far western nv where winds will be strongest wind and then period of moderate to heavy persistence in the timing of both precipitation/front wed ngt-thu morning. this includes previous forecast thinking regardi

danielle nottingham, cbs new, pahrump, nevada. and heading into the g-o-p caucus, here's a look at the delegate count. donald trump leads with 67. cruz is second with 11, rubio has 10, kasich 5, and carson 3. jeb bush had 4 delegates, but suspended his campaign yesterday. in advance of tuesday's g-o-p caucus, ben carson stopped in reno for a rally at the atlantis resort. according to recent polls, the retired neurosurgeon is polling in last place in the silver state. after a strong showing in iowa, gaining three delegates, he had poor results in new hampshire and south carolina. today, he tovched on many subjects, including what he feels is the death of the american dream. "that used to be the american carson will hold a town hall meeting a the piper's opera house in virginia city tomorrow morning starting at 9:30 a-m... doors open at 7:30. and florida senator marco rubio will hold three rallies in northern nevada tomorrow. he will be in elko at 9-30 a-m... at the peppermill in reno just after noon... and at minden park at 3:30 p-

this is good news for nevada. nats - just drive around.... and you'll see it. nevada... means renewable energy. "we're one of the nation's leaders in renewable energy." number two in solar... number one in geothermal. at times... nevada is producing more renewable energy... than we can use. meanwhile... next door in california... they don't have enough renewable energy. "this gives us an opportunity to work with the other states and perhaps export the energy, the renewable energy that we generate, to them." sandoval is talking about a new agreement between 17 governors. it focuses on expanding renewable energy generation... and energy ideas. "does that mean increased revenue for the state?" "sure it does. what i hope it leads to the construction of even more solar fields, the construction of more geothermal sites. they will build some of the out of state utilities and we will enter into what are called purchase power agreements and we will sell our energy to them." this agreement is something that is needed. california law requires 50-percent renewable energy use by the

he's from nevada. it's just not gonna- i mean - i love living in nevada and nevada is wonderful but we're a small shall we say checkered set of social policies that can you imagine brian sandoval representing the state who's that's built on gambling where the bars never close that has legalized prostitution? and you're going to go campaign with whoever the nominee is in alabama, mississippi, georgia, you name it. those would be the first questions. it's very similar to when oh las vegas could become the convention site for the republican convention. not gonna happen. the republicans are not going to come to a place whose nickname is sin city. when you've got at least 20% of the party being very conservative evangelical. so that i think that's a real problem that looking from the inside form nevada you don't see but looking from the outside it's like i- that would be-that would be a bold pick. but cabinet post? absolutely. and secretary of the interior which is almost invariably in the last year because

but what does that mean for nevada? our fox5 political analyst joins us in studio with details on today's outcome... and what's next in the t in full force to have their voices voters came out in full force to have their voices heard. the winner. fox5 political analyst mark peplowski joins us now... to break down the results... and tell us what it means for the closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty we stay warm with a great forecast over the next week..with one day. we'll see sunday and monday with very light breezes. the one day we drop down to the upper-60s will be tuesday with north gusts to 20-30 mph. we are then back up to the low- 70s wednesday, then mid and upper 70s thursday, friday and saturda

overall, look at the white makeup of the electorate in nevada according to entrance poll, 64% of nevada democrats showing up at the caucus sites now are white. 12% black. 17% latino. 4% asian. that compares with 91% white in iowa. 93% white in new hampshire. this is the first test of a less-white electorate for both candidates and how they perform. the other thing we're looking at is ideology. how liberal is the electorate? 70% of nevada democrats showing up at caucuses say liberal. 30% moderate or conservative. this is interesting, dana, because in 2008, 45% of the nevada democratic caucus electorate called them liberal. today, 70% of the electorate in nevada calls themselves liberal. more on par with what we saw in iowa and new hampshire. roughly 68% in both states said they were liberal, about the same, 70% liberal but quite different than the ideological makeup in 2008. >> it is. and just looking back at some of the numbers from 2008. perhaps surprisingly, in nevada, hillary clinton won 48% of self-described liberals. what does that tell us about what we can expect this time around?

at least eight events in nevada. on monday, he'll have a rally in reno starting at 7 p-m at the boys and girls club of truckee meadows. he'll visit carson city on tuesday. we have a complete list of where all three candidates will be--- on kolo tv dot com. ### we now know the name of the man who was stabbed to death, on malone avenue. sparks police originally arrested 32-year-old michael robbins, for driving a stolen car. during the course of the investigation, reno police heard about a stabbing on malone avenue. 43-year-old patrick drahos was found stabbed to death inside an apartment. robbins admitted to the murder. robbins was charged with open murder, with a deadly weapon. police say they're not looking for any additional suspects. ### gunshots inside a home block of key-oh keogh drive. this happened a little before 3 o'clock this morning. gordon mellinger was charged with child a firearm into a police say two women and two teenage girls the time. the women over the back yard... where they were able to escort her

carson and john kasich have not competed heavily in nevada. john kasich focuses on superviews in his home state of ohio. even though that's the way they like it... >> we are off to nevada. >> he seems to say enough of the right things to ride high ahead of the caucuses. this year the narrative has been written around those behind trump. which is why marco rubio and cruz are pushing hard for the sillier medal in the silver state. >> it's a race where they are going for second or third place. it's unheard of to come out of the contest and have the narrative. it doesn't well you did well. that's good enough >>> there's a shake-up. senator ted cruz asked his campaign's communications director to resign. rick tyler distributed a video falsely claiming that marco rubio said something derogatory about the bible. tyler deleted the post. cruz apologised and rubio said it's a pats erp of the cruz campaign. they are defending a decision to block planned parenthood funding. he insisted that ohio will fund women's health programs. john kasich caused a stir

jimmy jacob, nevada voter "nevada, especially southern nevada is a diverse place with a lot of people. and a caucus is a chance to get thohoe view points heard." ((tony smith, 8 news now)) however.. conversations are looming about wheter nevada could lose its early caucus date -- due to low voter turnout and other caucus issues. 8 news now political reporter steve sebelius says if we don't do this right tonight.. we could lose our early caucus date in the future. ((steve sebelius, 8 news now political reporter)) "in 2012, there was a diaster. it took roughly 36-hours to count 33- thousand ballots. and if something like that is to happen again, nevada wouldn't really set itself apart at least from the repubican party early- state-status." ((tony smith, 8 news now)) doctor dan lee political professor at unlv agrees.. to lose our spot for first in political attention away from nevada. and it's not just political attention on the table if the rnc moves back our caucus date... it's money. cara clarke, las vegas metro chamber of commerce "i don't think the economic impact is out there yet.

her nevada victory over rival bernie sanders. the two now setting their sights on the south. and all eyes on nevada again-- ahead of the g- o-p caucuses. we're following several of the candidates as they swing through the silver state. and nevada senator debbie smith passes away after battling a brain tumor. how state leaders are honoring her memory. thanks for joining us here on good morning reno... it's ... i'm amanda sanchez and i'm dave lawrence. let's go to lindsey matherly with a look at the forecast. high pressure will strengthen over the sierra and western nevada, bringing dry conditions through the work week. above average temperatures today will ease down to near average tuesday, then jump to well above average for wednesday through friday. the next chance for light precipitation will be saturday. a fast-moving upper disturbance is moving off into the eastern half of nevada and keeton" from the "koh radio" traffic center. how's traffic looking so far? one accident in churchill county. no major delays on reno area highwa

nevada wins it 73-68... afterwards, their thoughts still on marqueze fenner: "we told ourselves in the huddle, we;ve got to get this one for queze because he's really hurting right now. so we just picked it up, stayed together and was able to win the game. " criswell: "that definitely motivated us to play harder and we wanted to get the win for him." musselman: "he said it's the ankle and he'll get round the clock treatment and we'll see when he can go. you know, if marqueze can play, great we want him to. we'll do everything we can to try and get him ready, but if he can't somebody's got to step up like our guys did in the second half. " marqueze has an extra day to heal up... the wolf pack hosts colorado state on sunday at 2pm the wolf pack women lost on the road at utah state, 70-55... tiege zeller and stephanie schmid each scored 13 points in the loss... local boxer alec mcgee just won his third state title down in las vegas... the hug high school grad took the 123 pound championship at the golden gloves

a week before the nevada caucuses. he spoke to a packed crowd at the stance in the controversial solar debate here in nevada. and hillary clinton's making a visit to town. ky sisson is live at truckee meadows community college to give us a preview of her event there, and at unr later today. these stories top your news right now at 5:30 a-m. today is monday, february 15, 20-16. good morning, i'm john potter. and i'm andi guevara. thanks for starting your day with channel 2 news this morning. let's start with a quick look at the forecast with meteorologist jeff martinez. good monday morning, we will see mostly sunny skies today with a chilly morning but nice afternoon with highs in the mid 60s and light winds. our next storm moves in wednesday afternoon through thursday morning with snow in the mountains making travel difficult, and valley showers. day has become a bit of a tradition here in the biggest little city. in fact, this holiday weekend could prove to be a record the owners of the "arch of reno wedding chapel" t

she was elected to the nevada assembly in 2000, and the nevada senate in 2012. people who knew her say she'll be greatly missed. "she'll be missed in the fight for education dollars and capital construction. with the school board capital bond issue coming up, her voice will be missed." "she taught me a lot. how to be a better legislator, and incredible model for how to serve constituents. she was an amazing public servant." governor sandoval yesterday said, "we remember her legacy as a true nevadan with a fierce devotion to her constituents and state, particularly to public education and the children of nevada." he ordered all flags on state buildings to half-staff, until sunset on the day of her funeral. we have some new information on a deadly crash saturday that killed one man. the crash happened on robb drive, between sharlands and mae anne, just after 6-30 at night. authorities say that two cars were drag racing, or in a road rage incident, when the driver of one car got out to chase the other. the man was then struck by an unrelated third car. the driver w

and nevada offices. he is my guest today, nevada u.s. congressman cresent hardy. when i experienced the loss of a loved one several years ago, former nevada u.s. congresswoman shelley berkley had a flag flown over capitol hill in his honor. and that's just one example of so many constituent services performed by our senators and house members on our behalf. so let's look now at the more serious offerings. next segment we'll lighten things up a bit. just a handful of the big ones. reaching federal agencies, helping you save your home, helping your business compete information on how to avert the flu or on other emergency health situations. now, congressman, you know, we should mention, too, a serious service that at first blush doesn't sound like it would qualify. it is your work to get congress to balance that doggone federal budget. but, you know, people at home, your constituents, want to know why they have to balance their checkbook but the government doesn't. how does it serve americans? how is it sort of a constituent service to have a balanced budget in d.c.

"we love nevada, we love nevada. thank you, thank you ..." republican presidential candidate donald trump is celebrating his victory this morning. we'll have the numbers from last night's caucus. and one person was taken to the hospital last night after a two car crash on sparks boulevard. who police say was at fault. and a new merger between two fire districts in washoe county could save tax payers thousands. thanks for joining us on good morning reno. i'm amanda sanchez and i'm dave lawrence. let's go to lindsey matherly with a look at the forecast. high pressure will strengthen over the sierra and western nevada bringing dry conditions remain a few degrees above seasonal averages on tuesday before increasing well above average into the start of the weekend. the next chance for light precipitation will be saturday. republican presidential hopeful donald trump is waking up a winner. trump claimed a big victory in the nevada caucuses on the same night the democratic contenders hit the stage for a town hall in south carolina. as abc' s kenneth

an exciting time for nevada republicans. "this is really where the grass roots of the republican party come together. our time to talk about candidates, meet our information that we want..." party leaders are stressing the importance of participation in tonight's caucus and say that other states are vying for nevada's coveted spot in the election season. "we risk loosing our first in the west status. there are states like colorado and arizona that are really lobbying for that. and we don't want that to happen because nevada is a diverse population that really exemplifies what the american demographic is turning into." head to our website ktvn dot com for a link to the republican pary's caucus location finder. just click on the blue newslinks button. covering campaign 2016 live in the studio, ky sisson, channel 2 news. morning... nevada senator debbie smith passed away over the community has an opportunity to pay their respects...details on a public memorial service...after the break. "you're watching channel 2 news this morn

nevada has eight. three of them have pledged their support to hillary clinton, one, erin has pledged her support to sanders. four are staying neutral so far. two are state party members and didn't want anyone to feel the establishment was taking inside. one is an afl-cio enforcement and didn't want to get ahead. however, they can switch sides which happened to clinton in '08 after it looked like obama was going to win. >> now, spending among the two democratic candidates picked up in the week leading up to today's caucus. numbers released this week by s.m.g. delta show a spending battle between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. on ads statewide while sanders has spent $3.2 million. up to last weekend, sanders had spent twice what clinton has. marco rubio has spent $560,000 so far on just presidential ads. in fact hillary clinton mentioned the average price that don'tors were giving to her campaign. the money is becoming something of a topic even at the podium. let's get over to our panel. >> senator

>> closed captioning of "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you by the nevada trucking association, trucking moves america forward. this is "nevada newsmakers" with host sam shad, a no holds barred political forum. now from the "nevada newsmakers" broadcast headquarters, here is sam shad. >> back on "nevada newsmakers," we are pleased to welcome back mary lau, she's the president and ceo of the retail association of nevada, one of our proud sponsors. pleasure to have you back on the program. >> thank you, sam. >> we've been looking at polling across the country and once again, the polls have been notoriously bad in calling the elections and doing caucuses and primaries, etc. you do polling for retail association about various issues and it seems to me having been privy to some of the polls, there seems to be greater deal of accuracy in your polls, why do you think the national polls are getting it so wrong and yet when an organization a more accurate picture of the eloktorate? >> the smaller the microcosm, the easier to get accuracy. we're polling within nevada and you contract for a huge nu

nevada grabs win number 18 on the year... d.j fenner led nevada with 24 points... while tyron criswell had 23 points but them along with cameron oliver fouled out. the win also clinches at least the 5 seed for nevada in the mountain west tournament and a first round bye. we'll hear from the guys coming up at 6:30. so next up for the wolf pack they will play their final road game of the regular season... as they will square off with a very tough boise state bronco team that beat the pack 74-67 back in january. this one tips off at 6pm northern nevada time and you can stream the game on campus insiders. the nevada softball team has been on a roll lately... coming into sundays gamamwith santa clara they were riding a 10 game win streak... and now make it 11 wolf pack fans... as they steam roll the broncos 10-1 this afternoon in 5 innings... chase redington almost pitched a no hitter... inning but didn't allow any earned runs.. while megan sweet went 3 for 4 with an rbi and 2 runs. the nevada baseball team was looking to avoid a sweep at the hands of uc irvine this aft

the number of nevada last month. there are now more than one point two million active registered silver state voters- up nearly 16-thousand from the previous month. breaking that down... more than 471 thousand are democrats... about 423 thousand are republican.... 234-thousand are nonpartisan and more than 75- thousand are registered with a third party. february 13th is the last day to register as a republican to participate in the february 23rd caucuses. democrats can register on site the day of. for links to register for either party head to k-t-v-n dot com and click the blue "news links" button. and with nevada's caucuses just weeks away... stay with channel 2 news for continuing coverage of campaign 2016. "now here's mike alger's first look at the pinpoint 2 forecast" we have one more round of some light scattered showers on go into a prolonged dry period. a weak low pressure center will push a frontal band through the region wednesday afternoon, giving us in the valley a slight chance of rain or snow showers in

an exciting time for nevada republicans. "this is really where the grass roots of the republican party come together. our time to talk about candidates, meet our neighbors, go over a lot of the want..." party leaders are stressing the importance of participation in tonight's caucus and say that other states are vying for nevada's coveted spot in the election season. "we risk loosing our first in the west status. there are states like colorado and arizona that are really lobbying for that. and we don't want that to happen because nevada is a diverse population that really exemplifies what the american demographic is turning into." for a link to the republican pary's caucus location finder. just click on the blue newslinks button. covering campaign 2016 live in the studio, ky sisson, channel 2 news. coming up on channel 2 news this morning... a couple of sisters have a case babies are making them see double...more on this amazing story...after the break. "you're watching channel 2 news this morning with john potter, andi gueva

members of team nevada and the nevada donor network got together at the d-m-v today to celebrate the countdown to the 2016 donate life transplant games. the transplant games of america is a multi- sport festival event that celebrates organ, cornea and tissue donation. thousands of transplant recipients, living donors and donor family members from across the country transplant recipients across the country are taking part in the flag signing. the flag will return to ohio where it will fly during the opening ceremonies of the transplant games. experience to celebrate life with second chance at life and to honor our donors and their donor families." the d-m-v was chosen to because of their support of organ, eye and tissue donation. more than 99-percent of nevada's registered donors designate their wishes at the d-m-v. parkinson's can be a devastating diagnosis. but we'll show you how one group is putting on the gloves to fight back against the disease. and, severe weather is causing damage across the east coast. winter storms hitting 17 states. so what kind of weather can we expect tomo

do you say nevada or nevada? >> nevada. people there get very upset about it. >> jenna: i'm from the west coast. we say nevada. glad we are on the straight and narrow. great to see you. we will see you tonight on special report. that's going to be an interesting conversation. we want to hear from you as well. what effect will jeb bush have on the republican race when it comes to money and otherwise let's go to foxnews.com to join the conversation. >> jon: the democratic presidential hopefuls are heading south after their showdown in nevada . >> jenna: we were all together.same team . >> jon: hillary clinton facing bernie sanders there. next stop south carolina in the democratic primary while clinton and sanders also their sites on super tuesday states through the south. blake berman covering all of that for us. blake? >> reporter: hillary clinton and bernie sanders will be in and out of south carolina this week and for good reason. take a look at the latest poll average from real clear politics.com. it showsclinton as a hug

she was elected to the nevada assembly in 2000, and the nevada senate in 2012. people who knew her said she will be greatly missed. "she'll be missed in the fight for education dollars and capital construction. with the school board capital bond issue coming up, her voice will be missed." "she taught me a lot. how to be a better legislator, and ultimately, i think she set an incredible model for how to serve constituents. she was an amazing public servant." governor brian sandoval released a statement yesterday. -saying- "today we remember her legacy as a true nevadan with a fierce devotion to her constituents and state, particularly to public education and the children of nevada." governor sandoval ordered all flags on state buildings to day of her funeral. we have some new informatin on that deadly crash saturday that killed a man. the crash happened on robb drive, between sharlands and mae anne, just after 6-30 p-m. two cars were drag racing, or in a road rage incident, when the driver of one car, 31-year-old shilo auble, got out to chase the other. he was th

in nevada. people across the state should be done caucusing within the hour, good evening, everyone. >> here is a live look at caucus sites across the state. we're hearing about a high turnout for voters and donald trump is the favorite, senator rubio and senator cruz jockeying for momentum ahead of a pivotal super tuesday a week from tonight. >> a win for trump will further solidify his status as front runner. we have team coverage and expert analysis for you tonight. our panel is here with us in new york city and our reporters are spread out across the silver state as republican voters continue caucusing. carl cameron is at trump headquarters and mike emmanuel, with the cruz campaign. john roberts with the rubio campaign in grand rapids, michigan where senator rubio is tonight. >> bill hemmer is breaking down the county data. first, we're taking a look at the entrance polls. martha? >> thank you, as you have said these are entry polls, meaning we ask how they intend to vote once getting in the

the nevada department of transportation, inspects all bridges in the state of nevada. they're inspected every two years. the survey was done by the american road and a k-9 with the washoe school district police has died. amis was born in the czech republic and trained in texas before starting his official duties in washoe county, where he worked with... and lived with... officer mark szabo. amis specialized in drug detection on campuses. he died of natural causes. he was ten years old. there are still a great many mysteries in outer space... now we're seeing some amazing new images of the milky way. plus... if you want to look like the stars you'll see on the oscar red carpet this weekend, we have some tips. but first... lindsey matherly will be back with your complete weather now forecast. announcer: "you're watching kolo 8 news now midday, with dave lawrence and weather with lindsey matherly this is kolo 8 news now midday." hour-by-hour weather forecast with lindsey matherly. temperatures across northeast california and western nevada will be well above average throu

small towns of rural nevada. through commercials, websites, billboards, and the like, this grant money goes towards promoting events such as this valentine's day weekend's "lock your love" and "lovers a loft ballon races" in lovelock. bethany- "they can come to nevada and do something special they cannot do anywhere else. you are not going to find this in any of our neighboring states." this valentine's day event and others like it is something the department of tourism says is important for the business community in these towns and now, rural tourism grant money is not paid through the general state tax fund, but rather collected from room tax. and according to drysdale...it's working! bethany- "we saw a rise of 7.8 percent in rural counties and that's a big deal." that 7.8 percent equates to an additional one hundred and seventeen thousand people and a total of one point five million people visiting rural towns in the state the third quarter of last year. ky add libs storyteller an up and coming demographic of

she is clearly the winner in nevada. i'm reminded of 2008 because of the contest between hilarylary clinton and barack obama it went through february, march, april. >> we remember. >> it wasn't until june until she conceded he was the winner. >> that is why the fact bernie sanders can raise the kind of cash that he can from small donors and he has the ability to do that and to keep going is why his campaign can say with voracity that he can keep going until june if he wants to. but i think what john was just saying is important to flesh out about the whole concept of pledge delegates versus super delegates. explain what that means. >> believe me when i tell you hilary clinton does not want to win the democratic nomination just because of super delegates. >> because super dellegates are -- >> automatically given a vote at the convention irrespective of how their state votes they are free agents if you will. they are the party establishment. they are the leaders. they are members of the democratic national committee, gover

she was elected to the nevada assembly in 2000, and the nevada senate in 2012. people who knew her say she'll be greatly missed. "she'll be missed in the fight for education dollars and capital construction. with the school board capital bond issue coming up, her voice will be missed." "she taught me a lot. how to be a better legislator, and ultimately, i think she set an serve constituents. she was an amazing public servant." governor sandoval yesterday said, "we remember her legacy as a true nevadan with a fierce devotion to her constituents and state, particularly to public education and the children of nevada." he ordered all flags on state buildings to half-staff, until sunset on the day of her funeral. turning to campaign 2016... just ahead of tomorrow's republican caucus here in nevada... presidential hopefuls are making their way to the silver state. doctor ben carson held a rally at the atlantis resort yesterday. currently... the retired neurosurgeon is polling last here in nevada. carson will now hold a town hall meeting a the piper's opera house in vi

we were way behind here in nevada. ist i think is happening that as people hear our message, it speaks to the truth of an american society today. have a campaign finance system that is undermining american democracy. [applause] we will not allow billionaires and their super pac's to elections in the united states of america. the american people are catching on that we have a rigged economy. people, people, working working two to three jobs, longer and longer hours. and all new income going to the top 1%. together, we want to create an economy that works for all of us and not just the top 1%. the american people are catching broken we have a criminal justice system. if a kid in nevada gets picked up with an ounce of marijuana, that kid will have a police record it stays with him his entire life. if you are a wall street executive, and your behavior destroys the lives of billions of people, somehow nothing happens to you. [booing] bring justice back to the system. [applause] i want to thank all of our supporters here in

nevada remains in the campaign spotlight... following a big weekend with the state's democratic caucus. ((brian loftus)) hillary clinton won nevada over with 53%... while bernie sanders came in with 47%: ((clinton: i am so thrilled and so grateful to all of my supporters out there. some may have doubted us but we never doubted each other!)) ((brian loftus)) clinton's win is a huge victory for her... following bernie sanders' surge in popularity amongst voters. entrance polls found that clinton had big support from minorities, and voters who think... she would have a better shot than sanders. after clinton was declared the winner... sanders congratulated her on the victory... adding the race is not over yet: (( sanders: i believe that on super tuesday we've got an excellent chance to win many of those states. it is clear to me, and i think most observers, that the wind is on -- at our backs. we have the momentum . )) ((brian loftus)) the next democratic primary is this upcoming weekend in south carolina. /// ((kirsten joyce)) >

nevada is pretty indicative. we're a pretty good indicator for some of the reasons you mentioned in the intro. it's a more diverse state. it's - you have the latino population, you have an african american population, a growing asian population. very - working class, three shifts. it's it's not as economically prosperous as some states in terms of particularly workers and our education levels are lower as donald trump celebrated the other night so i think we're a pretty good indicator. and some big metro areas too as well as big rural areas which kind of you know helps cover the whole of the country. exactly. plus we're we're cynical. we're westerners and an amazing number of american voters are so cynical as we're and i think that add- adds a little bit of the lift to our accuracy because when we do take a pretty jaded view of candidates on both parties. gosh and there is so much cynicism this time around, it really is-is kind of unbelievable to see. you're hearing it from so many people and i know a lot of pund

social media and some conservative media are critical of nevada's process, but nevada's gop is saying yesterday's caucus was a huge success. they're saying an estimated 75,000 registered republicans turned out statewide to caucus and as far as problems, there were a few hiccups, such as not having enough ballots which was the nevada gop is also saying there are no reports of campaign violations despite what you see on social media. >> turn out was epic. we doubled the turn out we had in 2012. we knew it was going to be big, but it was even bigger than expected. it was actually really great. >> we had some the same turn- out as the democrats had and we had a very seamless effort. >> so all in all a big success. coming up next hour, we're going to share what nevada's gop has to say about some of the complaints. they arrange from precinct workers promoting their own candidate to some voters casting more tan one ballot. joe? >> thank you judgement and last night the caucuses had barely wrapped up and we heard that donald trump was the projected winner. how did they figure that out so earl

pro group ma >> closed captioning of "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you by the nevada trucking association, trucking moves america forward. this is "nevada newsmakers" with host sam shad, a no holds barred political forum. now from the "nevada newsmakers" broadcast headquarters, here is sam shad. >> back on "nevada newsmakers," we are pleased to welcome for the first time to the program, jennifer terhune, candidate for assembly district 25, pat hickey's old district. >> pleasure to have you on the program. >> thank you. >> i followed your career being supporter of rand paul, tea party express, we know what position you come from. you're going to be running against toles, the establishment candidate, it appears at this time. how tough is that going to be? >> it is a challenge. i think we're up for the challenge, this is going to be a tough race, we are doing well on doors and we are going to be hitting the streets. i think that is going to make the difference is getting out and talking to the voters. that is something that i'm excited to do and like i said, we've started that. it is going w

so you say nevada matters. make your case. >> well, the numbers say nevada matters. number one, it's been a bellwether state since 1912. only one time in '76 did it vote against the winning candidate. so that's point one. two is that its demographic mix is more reflective of the rest of the country than the other three early primary states. one, it's more urban. most people live in big cities. >> three quarters live in the las vegas area. >> las vegas is by far the first big city that votes in this election. so the biggest city before us, greenville, south carolina. so we're top 30 u.s. metro, and if you look at the way, you know, nevada has been voting in most recent times, it's been lined up with colorado and new mexico in a few elections. you put those three together, that's 20 electorate votes. if you come to the mountain west, which is a new swing region and win those three, you offset the loss of ohio. >> you did fascinating analysis on donald trump because i'm still looking for somebody in one of the other campaigns who says we're going to beat donald trump he

nevada wins it 73-68... afterwards, their thoughts still on marqueze fenner: "we told ourselves in the huddle, we;ve got to get this one for queze because he's really hurting right now. so we just picked it up, stayed together and was able to win the game. " criswell: "that definitely motivated us to play harder and we wanted to get the win for him." musselman: "he said it's the worst he's ever sprained an ankle and he'll get round the clock treatment and we'll see when he can go. you know, if marqueze can play, great we want him to. we'll do everything we can to try and get him ready, but if he can't somebody's got to step up like our guys did in the second half. " marqueze has an extra day to heal up... colorado state on sunday at 2pm the wolf pack women lost on the road at utah state tonight, 70-55... tiege zeller and stephanie schmid each scored 13 points in the loss... the sacramento kings were looking to win their 4th game in a row tonight -- against one of the best teams in the nba kings hosting the s