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fox five's miguel martinez-valle is live outside jacobson elementary school.... where a public meeting is getting underway right now. closed captioning will resume shortly will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly proponents of an n-f-l stadium in las vegas continue to rework their proposal for the one point nine billion dollar project. live near flamingo and swenson where an oversight committee talked all things money. we heard a lot of back and forth today between developers and the committee- mostly about the publics $750 million dollar contribution to the stadium. developers say locals have nothing to worry about - this money will be financed by tourists through a hotel room tax. financial analyst jeremy aguero went into detail about this today. he says visitors would see a point 88 percent hike for hotels on the strip, point 5 percent hike for hoteks within 25 miles of the stadium and no tax for hotels outside of that radius. we also heard from a local labor union thats

so fox5's miguel martinez-valle reached out to an escape expert to find out how easy it is to break out of handcuffs. < hancuffs are meant to keep people restrained... so how is it murder suspect alonso perez managed to break out of his... and make a run for it... north las vegas police studied the escape video and metro even re- enacted the handcuff break, trying to answer that very question... police didn't want to do an on camera interview with us, so in order to find out how difficult an escape like perez's truly is... we went to local escape and survival expert doron benbenisty " we train the military, police departments, swat teams...." he runs a counter terrorism training school... he's also written books about escaping home invasions and captivity... benbenisty studied perez' escape video... " you could see his expression, when he released, you could see he's in a lot of pain" he thinks perez went into that interrogation room with a plan. officers left him alone, so it turned into a literal perfect break for the murder suspect... " whe

and as fox5's miguel martinez valle explains... some area businesses will receive a lot of exposure from the festival... but parking will also be a nightmare for those employees and their customers. < there's an old saying that goes... " when one road closes... another either way... for some downtown business owners life is beautiful is their chance to welcome new customers... " its a positive man, you know you got vendors you know, having their opportunity man, you know to get their businesses name out there" " right before the event gets started we get a huge rush walk by of all the people starting their day up, so we get a good brunch crowd..." see, when it comes to the shops around the music festival.... location is everything... " of course the enterance is right here, we get a lot of stuff going on, everyone passing by" and those located near the 7th and fremont entrance have a front row seat to all the action... " you gotta just come sit up here for a while and you get an eye full" < bridge " more than 130 thou

fox5's miguel martinez valle looked at an audit that finds millions of dollars of money meant to help people... was mismanaged. < if you've lived in nevada during the great recession, odds are you know someone who lost their home to foreclosure. the u-s treasury granted federal funding to the 19 states hit hardest. nevada was one of them. it was called the troubled asset relief program, or fox5 got ahold of an audit conducted by the special inspector general's office. in that audit, we found the federal funding wasn't getting to the families who needed it the most. the state hired a company called "the nevada affordable housing assistance corporation". it was supposed to distribute that federal funding to qualifying families. in this audit, we found between 2013 and 2015, the number of homeowners admitted into the program went down... but the listed company expenses went up. "last year... for every dollar the homeowner in need... it kept a dollar. that quickly added up to more than 1.4 million dollars in administrative expenses for the year. " what were those exp

fox5's miguel martinez-valle spoke with parents who still say they aren't getting any answers. <

fox5's miguel martinez-valle joins us live from the henderson closed captioning the nevada department of transportation closed the busiest interchange ramp in the state.. "project neon" goes into high gear tonight with a major 36 hour closure. we have live team coverage of the shutdown tonight .. fox5's adam herbets is in the spaghetti bowl in downtown las vegas.. but we begin with christine maddela to show you what to expect .. and what to avoid. 95 sb ramp closed now until 10am sunday fox5's adam herbets is live... closed captioning will resume shortly ahhh... the spaghetti bowl. where the 515 meets the 15 meets the 93 meets the 95 meets mlk and we thought the californians had it ahhh... the spaghetti bowl. where the 515 meets the 15 meets the 93 meets the 95 meets mlk and we thought the californians had it bad. it's named after spaghetti. why? spaghetti. you know spaghetti. you eat spaghetti. that's it. i'm pissed. furious! (laughing) i'm really mad. all of the locals know this spot... even on a noal just a cute nickname. its a nightmare... kind of like project neon. cute name... b

fox5's miguel martinez valle spoke to kai and her parents about their hero in waiting. < meisha tate then shared the adorable video callin

fox5's miguel martinez valle spoke to kai and her parents about what happened. meisha tate then shared the adorable video calling the interaction " one of the most rewarding days of her

fox5's miguel martinez-valle shows us what went down. <<"you called me b so what youre gonna call me bi ... i call it like i see it move youre fu car from there... " it started as a late night mickey d's run... tyrone pauline, wanted to get a snack for me and my dog" so how did it end up like this??? " i'm not talking to you i don't give a shiii longer she does that the longer i don't get my point across longer i stay here" " when i reach to the speaker to get my order taken they told me they were only accepting cash" but he wasn't loving what he heard ... tyrone pauline says not only could he not get food because he didn't have cash... but now he was stuck in the drivethru because there were cars behind him. bridge:"all in all he waited in the drive-through for about 20 minutes at that point he just want to keep this from happening to other people" tyrone pauline, angry customer "all i wanted to say was they should put a sign out there saying we're only accepting cash" but he says one of the managers working that night was not having it

and as fox5's miguel martinez valle explains, the victim was a regular at the coffee shop. < the mood at eco- wash is a somber one... " they came today and they said it was actually an employee that used to work here" that employee? alex cut-zek-feely. on sunday, alex was inside the starbucks across the street from the car wash. " all the customers loved him, the owner loved him, everybody here loved him, hate to see that he went christopher washington were working sunday. alex wasn't. after the shooting, police shut down the intersection and shopping centers near rainbow and warm springs. " we were actually on lock down, because the guy was not trying to come out or anything like that police tell us pedro garcia's card was declined at the starbucks drive through. that's when garcia walked in the store and fired two shots in the air, then shot cut zek-feely. (nat) we still don't know exactly what happened in the moments before alex was shot, but hi friends have a theory "alex being the caring guy he was was trying to defuse the situation" fox5 got ahold

that's where we find fox fives miguel martinez valle now with the latest. police got multiple calls reporting shots fired from this complex on torrey pines... they're still out here investigating and looking for the suspects this happened around 6 o clock and when police got to the scene they found two men laying near a car... both had gun shot wounds but police could not say exactly how many each men had... three say the shooters. still on the loose. they don't know how many suspects are involved or their relation all part of the investigation. jon scott , homicide lvmpd "upon their arrival they found two individuals shot near a vehicle. both individuals were transported to umc trauma upon their arrival both were pronounced deceased and our investigation is ongoing at this time" the men being armed and loose around the live in the community uneasy ... police could not say whether wether this is random violence or gang or drug related ... as you can see the apartment complex is still taped up for investigation. police are trying to talk to anyone who might

and fox5's miguel martinez valle joins with all of the excitement. i've been out here all afternoon watching thousands of people walk through those gates. now i want you guys what all the fuss is about inside we weren't allowed to film but luckily in this day and age everyone has social media so i made some new friends and they sent me some of their videos the heart of old las vegas... an area that doesn't need an excuse to party... was completely taken over by a giant music festival na beautiful> the takeover caused some traffic headaches for both locals and visitors "oh yeah really bad yeah i took us like 30 minutes to get here" bridge: "but these roadblocks arent keeping everyone out of downtown there are other ways to get around there's even a bike valet entrance of life is beautiful" "we just picked up our wristbands at will call so we're ready to go in" once inside i couldn't take any video myself... but hey that's what friends are for... "where'd you guys come from? -la are you having fun - yea" these girls are looking forwar

fox5's miguel martinez valle joins us now cutzekfeely worked. alex's co-workers describe him as hard working and helpfull, so they were shocked when found out today the man shot across the street at starbucks was actually their good friend.... fox5 got a hold of the police report detailing sunday's stabucks shooting... the report says pedro garcia, the suspect, ordered a water at the starbucks drive- through. his card he went to pay. so he walked inside the store... police say he fired three shots... one of those at alex... alex worked across the street from that starbucks at eco-wash... today police told his collegues what happened to him... " when they said that we were thinking who could it be, and when they said that its shocking, to see somebody just a couple of weeks ago, and then next thing you know you here they were the police report describes the 9-1-1 call that garcia made to police. garcia reported that he shot a man because that man appeared to be reaching for something... he also requested medical help. when the dispatcher tried to

fox5s miguel martinez valle is live at the north las vegas detective bureau to show us how alonso perez got out in the first place. perez escaped from this police station. he was in handcuffs, the door was locked, there were police officers throughout the building and surveillance cameras were rolling., but he still got out. now we know how. nlvpd: "he was placed in an interview room and handcuffed to a table" this is the survll inside the interrogation room. alonso perez twisted the handcuffs until they broke. "i asked my assistant chief. who's been around for 30 and he never had any recollection of any situations like this one" bridge: "perez was handcuffed to a table just like this one he used his bodyweight to twist the handcuffs until they gave out to cheer you can use the chair to get on top and climb through the roof" he took off, and stole a truck from a nearby business. nlvpd: "he wasn't seen by us but he made it to the vehicle which were talking about 100 feet it took north las vegas police officers 40 minutes to realize perez was gone... alexander perez, nlvpd "understand tha

but let's go to miguel martinez valle, who explains how this all happened. closed captioning will resume closed captionin closed captioning will resume " " closed captioning will resume " " closed captioning will resume will resume into the early hours of thursday with most of the rain well north and east of the las vegas valley. we'll pick up gusts to 30 mph overnight, then gusts to 40 mph tomorrow afternoon with a high of 84. friday we'll see north breezes to 15 mph and a high of 81. the weekend will feature highs in the mid and upper 80s with plenty of sun and light north breezes. we'll warm up to 90 degrees into early next week. north carolina leaders are asking for calm tonight after an officer- involved shooting of a man in charlotte. protests of the killing injured more than a dozen officers and closed down parts of an interstate . now, both police and the family of the man killed are speaking out. emily schmidt reports. facebook live captured the moment a charlotte police shooting a daughter learning her father was dead. "they just shot my daddy!" ly

fox5's miguel martinez valle joins us there, miguel you were in the room during the debate, what was the general reaction? well it was a very vocal audience tonight at unlv's watch party... students and community members could be hear gasping, oohing, or even clapping at different points for both clinton and trump... some even told me theyre looking to these debates to make their choice for president... the watch party included food drinks and swag giveaways, but once the big screens lit up and hillary clinton and donald trump took the stage those in attendence were all ears listening to what the some students i spoke to told me they were expecting to get a few good laughs from some of the candidates remarks but also hoping to learn more specifics on policy and actual plans for if they win the presidency. some even say they were shocked when the candidates seemed to focus on attacking each other. "lucas thomas : " i think the msot shocking thing is when hhe said hillary you dont have the stamnina, and hillary said donald when youve beenw orking for 30 years you can talkl to me about

we asked officers what they're going to do to prevent it from fox five's miguel martinez-valle is live at the north las vegas detective bureau to show us how alonso perez got out. that's right this is where perez escaped from. and although he was in handcuffs, with surveillance all around him in a locked room... he managed to escape . here's how... nlvpd: "he was placed in an interview room and handcuffed to a table" this is the surveillance video inside the interrogation room. alonso perez twisted the handcuffs until they broke. "i asked my assistant chief. who's been around for 30 and he never had any recollection of any situations like this one" bridge: "perez was handcuffed to a table just like this one he used his bodyweight to twist the handcuffs until they gave out to cheer you can use the chair to get on top and climb through the roof" he took off, and stole a truck seen by us but he made it to the vehicle which were talking about 100 feet maybe" it took north las vegas police officers 40 minutes to realize perez was gone... alexander perez, nlvpd "understand that we are very a

" fox5s miguel martinez-valle is asking the tough ...... he's been digging into the story of a company tasked to help struggling homeowners since the recession.. tonight .. he sat down with the new c-o-o of the company to ask what she's doing now to fix the problems found in the audit. as we first told you earlier this week .. an audit found nevada's affordable housing assistance corporation - or nahac - was using thousands of dollars on on big parties, and employee gifts.. and many other examples of reckless spending. " we still have to fulfill our mission of helping homeowners, so we'r earn back their trust" vernise campbell knew she had a lot of work to do when she started her job in june... but she didn't expect to deal with this... " my initial reaction was you know... wow" the federal audit on her company brought to light more than 8 million dollars in wasted tarp funds... money that was supposed to help nevadans avoid foreclosure. "me: were you shocked to find out how exactly this money was being spent?" " of course... you know i am

fox five's miguel martinez-valle is live at u-n-l-v.... where a major watch-event is taking shape as we speak. hey guys i'm here inside of the unlv ballroom at the student union and we have the whole room to ourselves because doors do not open for this debate watch party until 530 right where i'm own maria silva's gonna be sitting in a half hour she's actually the debate moderator so people are gonna be able to watch the debate on these giant screens and then there's gonna be a panel of you unlv professors discussing afterwards and leading conversations with students and community members unlv is going all out for this series of watch parties. they have debate fever leading up to the big final debate it's gonna happen right here at campus at the end of october, they're hoping the prizes the food and of course the opportunity for discussion is going to attract community members and students. this isn't the only watch party tonight on campus though unlvs debate team along with high school and middle school

fox5's miguel martinez valle was that and joins us not to tell us if parents have caled down .. or jsut become more frustrated. it was supposed to be an open discussion a place for concerned parents to ask questions to officials like the epa the school district or the fire chief.. but when parents weren't getting answers to their quickly went out the door. nat"you wouldn't release the levels to parent so how do we know that they were safe" "nat of other question yelling" "nat of people yelling about wanting to talk to someone else" its been called the largest contamination incident in clark county fire departments history.., so naturally there were a lot of questions and concerns tania babajan "what about my house i have two little kids who don't go to school what if they got contaminated" tania and viro babajan's son was one of 9 contaminated... he played with mercury he found under the school bleachers on tuesday... a day before the hazmat lockdown. viro babajan " he got a headache and diariah its been three days... so i need my house checked out, i have three days" they came

fox5's miguel martinez valle was watching with them, he was there to capture their thoughts... and miguel you say some of them were shocked? thats right... a few dozen people showed up to tonights viewing party and many say the speech was a total contrast to what he was saying in mexico just hours ago. he brought back his "build a wall and make mexico pay for it" talking point... which he didn't mention when he met with mexico's president today... so people found that odd... they were also surpised he used ... and i'm paraphrasing their words here... and dividing language he used before..." they say his calmer approach in recent weeks made them think he was pivoting to sound more presidential. they say they're shocked the republican presidential candidate is getting away with this kind of rhetoric. " the hate that he's been spewing, this isn't policy, this is fear this is gross, this isn't america, this isn't our values, this isnt the country i naturalized to be a part of. " much of his plan, including deportations, and the repeal of obama's executive actions, would affect the

fox5's miguel martinez valle sought out a local man who's an escape expert. he's live in the newsroom. the associated press reached out to law enforecemnt officials all over the country and like the one alonso perez pulled off when he broke out of his handcuffs. still one man i spoke to today says while this type of escape isn't likely... it's obviously not impossible < handcuffs> hancuffs are meant to keep people restrained... so how is it murder suspect alonso perez managed to break out of his... and make a run for it... north las vegas police studied the escape video and metro even re- enacted the handcuff break, trying to answer that very question... police didn't want to do an on camera interview with us, so in order to find out how difficult an escape like perez's truly is... we went to local escape and survival expert doron benbenisty " we train the military, police departments, swat teams...." he runs a counter terrorism training school... he's also written books about escaping home invasions and captivity... including... how to get

but let's go to miguel martinez valle, who explains how this all happened. closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning "the bag itself had some medical devices that were making funny noises ... if you've ever been around medical devices they make beeping noises that's what was suspicious about it." closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly the police up more than a few guests at the stratosphere. parts of the resort were ordered to be evacuated. fox five's eric hilt continues our team coverage - after talking with people who had to leave the hotel and casino during the investigation. closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly a clark county public defender is not backing down after a judge asked her to remove a small black lives matter pin from her blouse. this after the las vegas police union wrote a letter to the clark county chief judge..asking him to ban all courtrooms fox5's kathleen jacob is live at the clark county court house after speaking with an attorney who specializes

fox5's miguel martinez valle has live at the scene for us throughout the night... and joins us now with an update. i'm here on blythswood street in a neighborhood in anthem where police found two people dead inside their home after a family member called to request a welfare check i just spoke to michelle french from the henderson police department she told me this happened around 6 o'clock today that's when police were called in as you can see with the crime tape and the lights they are still here investigating but they say this seems to be a murder suicide she says inside the home a man and a woman probably in their thirties or forties with gunshot wounds . they say this seems to be domestic related and their are no outstanding suspects . no one the time. we hear from neighbors the couple could have had a child but police say they don't know that information for sure and no one else was in the home. neighbors also told us this wasn't the first time police were called to this house. the corner will be releasing their names at a future point and of course i'll be o

martinez valle to the viewing, he has more local reactions... unlv is really trying to get the students and the vegas community excited and ready for the last debate... so tonight as hillary clinton and donald trump took the stage, food, drinks, two giant screens, and a chance for discussion to hundreds of students and community members who showed up to the watch party. who won the first presidential debate between clinton and trump? that... really depends on who you ask. " i think trump proved his consideration of new ideas" " if youre talking about policy issues clinton was a clear winner" lucas thomas, student " most of them just tried to go for each other without kind of answering the facts" own presidential debate in a few weeks, so to make sure students are ready, they're inviting people in to watch and comment on the early debates. barbara blue, unlv : " i mean this is a once in a lifetime thing for the students to say a presidential debate was hosted on their campus,

fox5's miguel martinez valle spoke to one woman who says these types of attacks are even hitting home... viridiana vidal is a local woman who recieved a pretty degrading note from one of her neighbors... o anonymous. but she says its just one small example of many racially charged attacks she's experienced in the last few weeks...

fox five's miguel martinez-valle is live outside jacobson elementary school.... where a public meeting is taking place tonight at 6. closed captioning will resume shortly " " closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly native americans in northern nevada - have filed suit - saying "washoe" and "mineral" counties are illegally denying them the right to vote. places on reservations. members of the "paiute" tribe - living in the high desert northeast of reno - say they must travel 96 miles roundtrip to vote on election day. they say that's a violation of the voting rights act of 1965 - as well as thed nevada and u-s constitutions. last night donald trump spoke in support of russian president vladimir putin during a "commander in chief" forum. today, fox5 sat down with donald trump, junior, the candidate's son and one of his closest advisors about his dad's comments. (trump praises putin) 01 according to our intelligence community, probably is the main suspect in the hacking of the dnc computers. n

fox five's miguel martinez-valle is live at u-n-l-v.... where a major watch party just wrapped up. closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly a california man is having fun during the first presidential debate. he's been flying drones that look like donald trump and hillary clinton. clinton is riding a broom dressed as a witch... while trump drops money while he flies. the pilot say he's not taking sides this election but they drones are just for fun! thanks for joining us.. "more access" is previously on gotham... valerie vale, gotham gazette. this isn't the first time that a bounty hunter has apprehended an escapee. is the gcpd themselves? your body is beginning to reject the changes we made to your dna. how do i fix it? strange. he's the only one. you remember marv. he's one of yours. (thud) selina: hey, kid. take it. keep feeding strays, one's gonna follow you home. while trapped in indian hill, i was led to believe an unnamed group had taken control of my company. i want to talk face-to-fa

fox5's miguel martinez valle dove in to the 50 page audit to tell us what he found. this is that audit...and in its more than 50 pages it shows that in just two years the number of homeowners allowed into this program fell by 94 percent... and even though the company kept taking tarp money from the government... as you can see in this chart... they were turning away a lot more people for assistance than they were accepting the company is called nevada affordable housing assistance corporation. the state hired them to distribute tarp funding to homeowners in need. except in 2015... a little more than 491 thousand dollars actually went to homeowners, but the company expensed more than 660 thousand. and they only admitted 117 people into the what'd they spend the rest of the money on? well the audit shows the company instead spent the money on an employee winter social, a holiday luncheon, gift cards... among other things. sigtarp, the company conducting the audit did make reccomendations to the state... they reccomended that nahac stop getting hhf dollars.... and that

the players drawing inspiration from san francisco 49ers' colin kaepernick fox5's miguel martinez valle has more on the first graders making a big statement. what does it mean to be an american... for some it means following long held traditions... but for this group, it means taking a stand, or rather a knee, to protest racial injustice... " a few kids had expressed interest in taking a knee during the national anthem" they're young, just fivee and six years old, but the t-m-t red lions keep up with the news... " they watch everything they hear everything. especially in this day and age." coach macc tells me the players were eager to join the conversation for equality " do they understand why colin kaepernek is doing that, and he said yea they understand and we discussed it" " but there was a catch...the coach kneeling did fuel a conversation, the kids were also on the recieving end of some pretty nasty comments." " saying these kids are thugs, theyre going to be in prison, or t

fox5's miguel martinez valle dove in to the 50 page audit to tell us what he found. this is that audit...and in its more than 50 pages it shows that in just two years the number of homeowners allowed into this program fell by 94 percent... and even though the company kept taking tarp money from the government... as you can see in this chart... they were turning away a lot more people for assistance than they were accepting the company is called nevada affordable housing assistance corporation. the state hired them to distribute tarp funding to homeowners in need. except in 2015... a little more than 491 thousand dollars actually went to homeowners, but the company expensed more than 660 thousand. and they only admitted 117 people into the program... so if what'd they spend the rest of the money on? well the audit shows the company instead spent the money on an employee winter social, a holiday luncheon, gift cards... among other things. i did reach out to the company mentioned in the audit... they told me they were preparing a statement and they should have that to m

fox5's miguel martinez valle joins us live from charleston and pecos... with what police have to say about this escape and capture. i'm here where alonso perez was captured last night around 8 o clock after escaping and being on the run for 4 days but first take a look at how he escaped in the first place... perez was sitting at an interrogation table police said he was handcuffed to a bar on the table but as you can see he used his bodyweight and he twisted the handcuffs until they broke he then position the handcuffs so they looked like they were before deciding going to escape through the roof. police say he climb down into a hallway and booked it out of the building then stole a truck. he was missing for around 40 minutes before police noticed... today i asked them .. who they are holding accountable closed captioning will resume shortly say from now on they were going to make sure that they have eyes on anyone in the custody at all times. but they are happy to have him back in custody they questioned him last night ... an fbi task force found him her

martinez-valle went to get those answers and more... miguel what'd you find out.. well suprisingly the laws for indecent exposure are pretty vague... but police officers tend to agree that the law starts being broken when you show genitals... so in this man's case... no criminal activity was taking place... take a look at this video... it was taken by curtis danner, he said earlier this week he was woken up by an engine outside his door. he looked outside and saw this man in a thong... so he took a video of it, sent it to us, and sent it to police... his biggest concern, there is a school down the street and children in his neighborhood. " i was told, although it was unusual, no crime was committed... and that was that, but i dont think its normal for a man to walk around in a g- string with a school one minute away" police told me that as long as private parts are covered.. people can dress however they means some of the get ups you see on fremont and the strip, they're allowed everywhere... however they say if you see something and it

martinez- valle fox5 news local las vegas>> metro is reminding people to report anything that even if it ends up being a false alarm. police say speed may have been a factor in a five- vehicle crash in north las vegas. six people were rushed to the hospital. the wreck happened monday morning in the intersection of carey and commerce. police say a moped was destroyed and a honda fit overturned. a jeep suv and two other sedans were also involved in the crash. "with 5 vehicles involved in the collision, the amountf to be collected gets more daunting a task than if it were a two vehicle collision." police say at least one of the vehicles may have been speeding before the crash. the investigation is ongoing. vince neil will have to wait for his day in court. the motley crue singer's trial has been reset for october 20th. neil is accused of grabbing a woman by the hair and pulling her to the ground at the aria back in april. monday. his lawyer told a judge that a key defense witness wasn't available this week. the lawyer wouldn't say if the witness is actor nicolas cage... who was there dur

miguel martinez valle, fox5 news local las vegas>> unlv will be hosting similar watch parties for future presidential and vice-presidential debates... including the final presidential debate which takes place october 19th at the thomas and mack center. a limited number of u-n-l-v students will be lucky enough to watch the final debate. it's still a few weeks off but students say... it's the talk of the "yeah i've heard a lot of people talk about it especially in journalism, but it's talked about in like every class" there is a limited number of tickets available to u-n-l-v students, but they have to enter a lottery to get one. to enter the lottery... students need to be enrolled full- time and can't have any student conduct violations. undergrad students need to have at least a 2-point-0 g-p-a and graduate students need to have a 3-point-0. students have until october 12- th to enter the lottery. tickets will not be available to the general public. you can see vanna white's likeness on slot machines across the city. and today... the "wheel of fortune" star is getting a key to the city of

fox5's miguel martinez valle has local reaction. " we have no idea who these people are... where they come from... i wanna say trojan hoarse..." its been more than a year since trump started his campaign... " donald trump, 15 months ago, set a stage for racism, for hatred, for zenophobia..." but for those watching his immigration speech tonight, the words were all too familiar... " we will build a great wall along the southern border..." he wan'ts to build the wall... deport undocumented people, and suspend visa's to countries like syria... " today were getting the same old, maybe even worse... a lot of hate, hate towards immigrants, hate communities that are different than his" " it's shocking, and it's gross... the fear mongoring, the hate" trump's recent trip to mexico, and his campaigns aim to attract latino voters had some thinking he might be bit more diplomatic... " i thought that he would actually be presidential and lay out a real police plan, but today he did not do anything of what i was expecting" that wasn't the case... " 5,000 more border patrol agents, where

but we start with miguel martinez- valle... where the party has already started. closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning beautiful for concert goers this weekend... but for the neighbors who live near the spectacle... life has been a nightmare. there's been restricted access...increased commutes....and safety concerns have many outraged.... fox-5's vince sapienza spoke with some neighbors and is downtown near ogden and 8th with more... john..christine.... i'm standing in front of the 2-11 complex here in downtown vegas.... and what you see behind me looks like a front row view to the festival.... and it for those just passing by.. or visiting... but for the people who live here...it feels like a prison... "as you can hear, that's an all day thing, they did sound check yesterday till 2:00 and a lack of sleep isn't even what has tenants in the 211 apartment complex up in arms. instead, it's this. "what really alarmed us was this huge fence blocking us from entering the town that we patron 365 days a year, we live

tonight we sent fox5's miguel martinez valle back to the starbucks where this all happened... and miguel it turns out the victim didn't work alexandre cut- zek-feely actually went to that starbucks quite a bit and thats because he worked right across the street at this auto spa... the mood at eco- wash is a somber one... " they came today and they said it was actually an employee that here" that employee? alex cut-zek-feely. on sunday, alex was inside the starbucks across the street from the car wash. " all the customers loved him, the owner loved him, everybody here loved him, hate to see that he went out like that" tajdre cotton and christopher washington were working sunday. the shooting, police shut down the intersection and shopping centers near rainbow and warm springs. " we were actually on lock down, because the guy was not trying to come out or anything like that police tell us pedro garcia's card was declined at the starbucks drive through. that's when garcia walked in the store and fired two shots in the air, then shot cut zek-feely. (nat) know

fox5's miguel martinez valle has been listening to parents frustrations and asking school leaders what they're doing to keep kids safe. some parents say their kids played with mercury last friday, others tuesday... crews didn't start decontaminating the school until wednesday. if exposed students went home with contaminated shoes and clothing... that could potentially spread the contamination to their homes... house, i have two little kids who were also contaminated, when am i going to find it out? " tania babajan's son is one of nine kids exposed to the mercury. she's now worried the rest of her family could get sick. " all of us actually these two- three days, we kinda feel dizzy, and i thought maybe it was because of the fear... im shaking, i have my little one, and i dont know what to do" " so what you do is you contact the school, they will take your informaiton, they will make contact with the epa" " we are reaching out to those parents who are still upset, we are making those phone calls today." " families were asked to put anything they thought contaminated in a pl

fox5's miguel martinez valle spoke to unlv students and hey reb himself, and miguel... some aren't happy with the image change.. well if you remember last year there was some controversy about people finding the mascot offensive or insensative... the makeover is looking to address these issues... but some unlv fans think hey reb is perfect just the way he is. < nat of reb> makeover... and like any big change... opinions are mixed... " this is the original unlv , the rebel, the mascot everything... thats what were known for... " " i wouldn't mind seeing a change either if it made some more people happy... it would be something new and fresh." unlv's president len jessup says universities change branding every 10 years or so... so 'hey reb' was due for a new look... jessup: " we will do the refreshing in a way that we make sure anyone with the conotations that some people felt the prior images had..." but the traits some people found offensive, others say are meant to represent a nevadan rebel.. not a confederate soldier.. " the whole kinda the musket.. frontier guy

miguel martinez valle fox5 news local las vegas>> lujan was arrested and charged with hit and run as well as the munoz family says this isn't the first time someone has died in front of their home. they say a few years ago another person was hit and killed in this same spot. the british man who tried to a steal a gun from an officer to kill donald trump at a rally this summer.... has a date with a judge. michael sandford is expected to go before a district judge today and plead guilty. sandford told authorities he wanted to kill the republican nominee during his rally at treasure island in june. no word yet on the conditions of the guilty plea. the home-town kitchen at the silver nugget casino is closed this morning after bed bugs were found crawling in the booths. fox five brought you this story first! it all started when barbi stenstron was eating breakfast with her family. she says it felt like she was being bit on her legs. so she used a piece of tape to grab one of the insects. before checking other booths in the restaurant. "i'm just crawling. i couldn't sleep last night, i'm p

fox5s miguel martinez-valle has been following the story all with the new c-o-o of the company to discuss the controversial audit... inside this 50 plus page audit... countless examples of wreckless spending and unnecessary expenses that added up to $8.2 million dollars of tarp money wasted... today i asked the coo where the nevada affordable housing assistance corporation goes from here... verise campbell started as coo of nahac in june... so she says she was more than a little shocked when months later this audit came out claiming those in charge before her could have been misusing funds... the audit not only details thousands of dollars spent on holiday parties and car expenses... it also signals a dramatic drop in the number of nevadan's getting into this program to get money and avoid foreclosures.. she says thats why her main priority is getting those in need into the program and the money back in their hands... as well as gaining back the trust of those nahac is supposed to be helping. " although we're looking at that report, we're fixed... we need to keep our focal point on what w

fox5's miguel martinez valle dove in to the 50 page audit to tell us what he found. this is that audit...and in its more than 50 pages it shows that in just two years the number of homeowners allowed into this program fell by 94 percent... and even though the company kept taking tarp money from the government... as you can see in this chart... they were turning away a lot more people for assistance than they were accepting the company is called nevada affordable housing assistance corporation. the state hired them to distribute tarp funding to homeowners in need. except in 2015... a little more than 491 thousand dollars actually went to homeowners, but the company expensed more than 660 thousand. and they only admitted 117 people into the program... so if

so we sent fox5s miguel martinez valle to investigate... "it started when somebody saw some suspicious baggage right here next to the charging station... someone reported it and it was a situation of better safe an sorry ending in the evacuation of many beatty businesses and a visit from metro. " alex ringle, manager eddie world "all the sudden i had employees asking me why there were cops here so i went out there and i found out that it was a suspicious bag" some left behind baggage usually wouldn't be cause for alarm in this small rest stop town... but lately everyone's been on high alert ... cliff carlson "we should be but we shouldn't have to be that's the way the world is today" aalex ringle, manager eddie to the fuel pumps right next to the charging station where was kind of being hidden" johnny mitchell, "a pressure cooker that's all they talked about all weekend that's the first thing that went through my mind" cliff carlson "we're close to the test site it would be going right through town it's one way to get your name in the news"

fox5's miguel martinez valle joins us now.. and miguel not everyones excited for this weekend? there's a lot of people expected downtown this weekend... so yea for some of these businesses... especially the ones right by the entrance... this weekend is a major boom! but for others on the wrong side of the fesitval... even with thousands of people attending... the closures and the traffic... it's more of a major headache there's an old saying that goes... " when one road closes... another door opens..." or, something like that. either way... for some downtown business owners life is beautiful is their chance to welcome new customers... " its a positive man, you know you got vendors you know, having their opportunity man, you know to get their businesses name out there" " right before the huge rush walk by of all the people starting their day up, so we get a good brunch crowd..." see, when it comes to the shops around the music festival.... location is everything... " of course the enterance is right here, we get a lot of stuff going on, everyone passing by" and th

fox5's miguel martinez valle sought out a local man who's an escape expert. he's live in the newsroom. the associated press reached out to law enforecemnt officials all over the country and they couldn't find anyone who has seen an escape like the one alonso perez pulled off when he broke out of his handcuffs. still one man i spoke to today says while this type of escape isn't likely... it's obviously not impossible < handcuffs> hancuffs are meant to keep people restrained... so how is it murder suspect alonso perez managed to break out of his... and make a run for it... north las vegas police studied the escape video and metro even re- enacted the handcuff break, trying to answer that very question... police didn't want to do an on camera interview with us, so in order to find out how difficult an escape like perez's and survival expert doron benbenisty " we train the military, police departments, swat teams...." he runs a counter terrorism training school... he's also written books about escaping home invasions and captivity... including..

fox5's miguel martinez valle was watching with some locals tonight and is live in the newsroom with their reactions. tonight trump made his ideas on immigration clear, he layed out a plan saying what he expected to do if elected as president... and while we heard his side, there were a few share their views... " we have no idea who these people are... where they come from... i wanna say trojan hoarse..." its been more than a year since trump started his campaign... " donald trump, 15 months ago, set a stage for racism, for hatred, for zenophobia..." but for those watching his immigration speech tonight, the words were all too familiar... " we will build a great wall along the southern border..." he wan'ts to build the wall... deport undocumented suspend visa's to countries like syria... " today were getting the same old, maybe even worse... a lot of hate, hate towards immigrants, hate towards a bunch of communities that are different than his" " it's shocking, and it's gross... the fear mongoring, the hate" trump's recent trip to mexico, and his campaigns aim to attract latino voters had

fox five's miguel martinez-valle is live outside jacobson elementary school.... where a public meeting is taking place tonight at 6. closed captioning will resume shortly

fox5's miguel martinez valle joins with all of the excitement. i've been out here all afternoon watching thousands of people walk through those gates. now i want to be able to show you guys what all the fuss is about inside we weren't allowed to film but luckily in this day and age everyone has social media so i made some new friends and they sent me some of their videos the heart of old las vegas... an area that doesn't need an excuse to party... was completely taken over by a giant music festival < nats life is beautiful> the takeover caused some for both locals and visitors "oh yeah really bad yeah i took us like 30 minutes to get here" bridge: "but these roadblocks arent keeping everyone out of downtown there are other ways to get around there's even a bike valet that'll take you right to the entrance of life is beautiful" "we just picked up our wristbands at will call so we're ready to go in" once inside i couldn't take any video myself... but hey that's what friends are for... "where'd you guys come from? -la are you havin