3 bill this afternoon president obama sits down in the living room of an omaha family to chat about the vision he laid out in last nights state of the Union Address. samantha but. Republicans argue that its not much of a vision at all. And they cant wait to share their own. Tracie potts is on capitol hill this morning with the obama team is headed. 3 new this am swoosh sound 3 sot president barack obama no super 00 07 anyone claiming that americas economy is in decline is peddling fiction. Even with millions still struggling, president obama says americas economy is strong. 14 million new jobsa the auto industrys best year. He defended his fight against isis sot president barack obama no super 19 25 if you doubt americas commitmentaaor mineaato see that justice is done, ask osama bin laden. washington d. C. Or capitol hill or the House Chamber 26 32 hes urging congress to approve the transpacific trade deal, lift the embargo against cuba, and act on Climate Change he touted the Iran Nuclear Deal as success but didnt mention captured us sailors due to be released today. And he repeatedly slammed Donald Trumps idea of a ban on muslims. Though not by name. sot president barack obama no super 45 52 we need to reject any politics. Any politics that targets people because of race just wrong. South carolina governor nikki haleys republican response criticized broken promises but admitted her party contributes to washingtons dysfunction. sot gov. Nikki haley R South Carolina 1 051 11 there is more than enough blame to go around. We as republicans need to own that truth. Democrats called the president s speech inspiring. Republicans say it fell short sot rep. Lamar Smith R Texas 1 161 21 i heard the president s words i just wish we would convert to action what the president said. Rouge two cities hes never visited as president. Im tracie potts in washington, now back to you. 3 bill coming up in about 10 minutes. Our National Correspondent looks at reaction to last nights state of the Union Address on capitol hill. 3 samantha continuing with politics. We turn to decision 2016 and the race for president ial hopeful John Kasich Kay Sik stopped in reno yesterday as part of his National Campaign tour. The Ohio Governor touched on the countrys current budget issue. He told supporters that because he was able to balance ohios budget. He plans to do the same for america,the gop candidate also talked about president obamas recent executive order. He said he felt the president had overstepped his bounds. Kasich also questioned obamas plan to close down guantanamo bay. 3 im not aware of the fact that he has the authority to close down gitmo. And i dont think we ought to shut it down. I dont even understand what this is about. 3 samantha the event comes just days before kasich is scheduled to debate in South Carolina. Hes one of seven top polling republicans who qualified for the main stage event tomorrow night. Take a quick look 3 outside. Current conditions and skycam 3 bill, samantha well toss it 3 over to meteorologist tim studebaker. A windy day today with snow in the sierra and rain snow showers for the valley floor locations. Heres a look at the forecast. On radar. Snow is falling across much of the sierra and is starting to spill over into the valley locations of western nevada. Look for a mix of rain and snow showers depending on elevation and time of day today. Its a windy day today. Heres a look at the current winds and wind gusts. Winds continue for the day today. On satellite and radar. Our storm system is arriving across the area now. This will continue into the day today with sierra snow and a mix of rain and snow showers for the valleysits a milder start thanks to the winds and cloud cover. Heres a look at the current temperatures. Temperatures will barely move 3 bill due to the Winter Weather. Reno roads are becoming filled with pot holes. And the way they were originally sealed about three years ago. Is starting to not work. City maintenance crews usually put down a micro seal treatment that is supposed to preserve the road. But in this instance. The seal was ineffectve because it was placed on an older asphalt surface. 3 normally they have a pci a Pavement Condition index that they follow if that condition is less than 50 then it becomes problematic for the slurry seal to stay adhered to the roadway surface. 3 bill officials say. With that seal eroding and the Colder Weather making the asphalt expand and contract. The process of deterioration is speeding up. 3 samantha a heads up. If youre in Incline Village, be prepared for some extra traffic through friday. State route 28 in the areas of Country Club Drive and northwood boulevard will periodically be reduced to a alternating directions of traffic. You can expect the delays from about 10 in the morning to 330 in the afternoon. Crews are installing pedestrian and safety enhancements to the road. Including pedestrain crossing warning signs. Street lighting. And sidewalk ramps. 3 bill happening today. The Public Utilities commission is holding its first public hearing this morning. Since it cut net metering payments to solar customers. If youd like your voice to be heard. The public hearing starts at 9 30 this morning. At the puc office on east william street in carson city. 3 bill the largest amount of money in powerball history is on the line today. And people across the country are buying tickets. Anxiously waiting to see if theyll be the lucky winner. News 4s alex cannito is live with a look at all this powerball fever. 3 alex live 3 1 point 5 billion is current estimated jackpot930 million line well out the door9 am by 9 15 huge lineplaying powerball. 5 white balls out of 69 are drawn1 red ball out of 26 are drawntickets are 2 dollars eachdraw sales cut off at least 59 minutes before the drawpowerball is played in 44 statesdc, puerto rico, us virgin islandsgold ranch. 9am to 8 pm 3 meyers sure some to friends, family, charities. And of course set up my retirement and buy some assets and work on my future. Sot2 well you know it woud be nice to be independently wealthy, 1. 3 billion would go a long way. But just the opporutunity to have a shot at it makes me 3 alex live reporting live, alex cannito. Back to you. 3 swoosh sound 3 samantha it looked like something out of the movies. 40 vehicles slammed into highway. The results. When we return. 3 bill plus. Our National Correspondent gets reaction from leaders on capitol hill. To last nights state of the 3 stinger music sam 3 samantha this morning. Reaction to the president s state of the Union Address. Is pouring in. The gop. Is firing back in this election year. bill where do our top political leaders stand on correspondent jay korff has the latest this morning from washington. 3 reax pkg script bite from potuswe live in a time of extraordinary change. 913the president s state of the Union Address touched on many issues old and newaa,a including Economic Opportunities for all, coping with Climate Change, keeping up with technology, releasing political gridlock and strengthening National Security. Some feel president obama hit the right tone in address. Bitebut others, 3 likeaa,a. Feel otherwisebite3 South Carolina 3 governor nikki haley delivered the republican response, insisting the country is divided, in disarray and is clearly not on course, especially in regards National Security. Bite 3 bill and sam that was jay korff reporting for us this morning. Now. Lets toss it over to meteorologist tim studebaker. 3 for today. Gusty winds with sierra snow and spillover rain snow showers. Right now. A windy start with rain repored from the airport in reno and mild temperatures. Its a milder start thanks to the winds and cloud cover. Heres a look at the current temperatures. Temperatures will barely move or even cool a bit going into the afternoon. On satellite and radar. Our storm system is arriving across the area now. This will continue into the day today with sierra snow and a mix of rain and snow showers for the valleysa windy day today with snow in the sierra and rain snow showers for the valley floor locations. Heres a look at futurecast. A Winter Weather advisory is in place for the sierra and heres a look at the details on that. As far as snow sized system by sierra the forecast snowfall. An active pattern has returned on multiple waves of moisture coming through bringing mountains and rain snow 3 tim rough weather is moving across the midwest. And it created quite a mess on the roads. Especially in indiana. Several trucks crashed into each other. In dearborn county. Near the of those vehicles were tractor trailers. Six people had non life threatening injuries. The area got hit by two rounds of snow, tuesday morning. Some of the snowfall came during the morning commute, causing low visibility and slick roads. 3 swoosh sound 3 bill overnight. A raid on militants in turkey. Has led to three arrests. Who is being held in connection with that deadly bombing in istanbul. 3 samantha plus. New developments this morning. In the case of 10 american sailors being held against their will. What is expected to happen next. Coming up after the break. 3 tim and heres a look at your flight delays this morning. 3 stinger music 3 topping our International Service members held captive overnight by iran. Have been safely transported to the uss anzio. The Service Members were taken into custody after they reportedly drifted across the maritime border in the persian gulf. While on a training mission. Us officials report the sailors were treated well. And questioned to determine if they entered iranian waters on an intelligence mission. A navigation malfunction was apparently to blame for the incident. Meanwhile, irans foreign minister is calling on the us to apologize for what happened. 3 samantha the french navy says it has carried out airstrikes against isis in iraq and syria. Launched from europes largest commissioned warship. Between ten and 15 fighter jets take off each day from a french Aircraft Carrier in the arabian gulf. The nuclear Aircraft Carrier was deployed to the gulf in november. Just days after the attacks that killed 130 people in paris. 3 bill at least 14 people were killed in a bombing at a Polio Vaccination Center in according to the local police chief. Those killed include 12 police, a soldier and a civilian. And another 23 people were injured. The bomb exploded shortly before vaccination teams were due to be dispatched to local neighborhoods as part of a threeday immunization campaign. Police say. The attack appears to be a suicide bombing. But investigations are still underway. So far. No one has claimed responsibility for the blast. 3 sam and in turkey. Police in the city of antalya are holding three russian nationals today. After a raid on suspected isis militants. Antiterrorism Police Conducted the raids. A day after an isis suicide bomber detonated a bomb in istanbuls historic district, killing ten foreigners, most of them german tourists. Russias consulate general in ankara confirmed the detention of the three suspects. Who he says were allegedly in contact with isis fighters. And had provided Logistical Support to the militant group. 3 sam meanwhile. In istanbul. The site of that deadly attack. The clean up from the the suicide bombing locals are flocking to a monument in sultanahmet square. Where roses are being laid. In respect for the victims. 3 bill in the indian ocean. The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane. Has turned up a centuries old shipwreck. But there is still no sign of the flight mh370. Which disappeared with 239 passengers and crew nearly two years ago. The australian led underwater search. The most expensive ever conducted. Is expected to be completed by the middle of this year. Sonar imagery has identified what is likely to be a steel and iron vessel dating from the turn of the 19th century. 3 sam making legal news this morning. The U S Supreme Court says floridas deathsentencing process is unconstitutional. The eighttoone ruling came in a challenge filed by death row inmate timothy lee hurst. Who was convicted of murdering a Restaurant Co worker in 1998. A jury recommended a death sentence for hurst. But the judge held a separate hearing and then decided to decision will likely lead to challenges from other florida death row inmates. 3 samantha and a federal Appeals Court has ruled that wearing military medals that you havent earned. Is part of free speech. The ruling came as judges overturned the stolen valor act conviction of elven joe swisher. Swisher. Who served in the marines. Was convicted in 2007 after wearing a purple heart he hadnt earned while testifying during a criminal court case. Judges saidthat wearing military medals conveys a message, which is protected by the first amendment. 3 swoosh sound 3 bill the Washoe County school 3 board. Has reached an agreement. Over alleged violations. Of its open meeting law. How the issue was resolved. In the next half hour of news 4 today. 3 trailing music 3 alex its the day weve been waiting for. Could there be a winner after todays powerball drawing . 3 bill plus. President obama goes before the american people. To deliver his final state of the Union Address. Before he leaves office. As he looks to life after the white house. 3 samantha and. Concerned citizens hold a concerns over violence in their neighborhood. What they had to say. These stories and more. Coming up on this wednesday, january 13, 2016. 3 male voice youre watching news 4 today on your side in high definition. 3 sam good morning 3 and thank you for choosing us to start your day. Im samantha boatman. bill and 3 samantha 3 we begin this half hour. With president obamas final state of the Union Address. The president spoke about his achievements over the past seven years, the challenges of the future and the upcoming election in november. The president also talked about when he leaves the white house. 3 pres. Barack obama i can promise that a year from now, when i no longer hold this office, ill be right there with you as a citizen inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped america 3 samantha today. The president ial candidates are hitting the road. And giving their take on last nights speech. Right now. Nbcs Hallie Jackson has a preview of what is coming up later. On the today show. 3 good morning, and this morning the race on both sides of the aisle for the white house is cranking into another gear just a few weeks out before the iowa caucuses. Overnight we heard donald trump come out of one of his rallies responding, really for the first time, to the president s state of the union and to some of the comments the president made to our own matt lauer yesterday morning. Weve also got on the democratic side Hillary Clinton and now her daughter taking shots at Bernie Sanders on the campaign trail as that race tightens up. Weve got a look at all of that and more coming up on the today show. 3 bill the Washoe County school board has approved a settlement regarding an open meeting law violation. The board allegedly violated the law in march of last year, when they voted to appoint traci davis as superintendent without putting the item on the agenda. The fine is five hundred dollars. Which the from their personal resources. But they wont have to pay it as long as they dont commit more violations within the next year. 3 sam governor Brian Sandoval has announced republican assemblymen pat hickey has given up his legislative seat to join the silver state board of education. The announcement came after the recent death of david cook. Cook had represented northern nevada on the board. Which governs k through12 education. Hickey has served four terms in Nevada Legislature and has previously worked on other big nevada tasks. 3 bill it is expected that reno city manager Andrew Clinger will appoint dave cochran as the permanent chief of the reno fire department. Todays city council meeting. Those wishing to attend the meeting. Should arrive at reno city hall this morning at 10. 3 bill and samantha lets take a quick look outside. Current conditions and skycam meteorologist tim studebaker. 3 a windy day today with snow in the sierra and rain snow showers for the valley floor locations. Heres a look at the forecast. On radar. Snow is falling across much of the sierra and is starting to spill over into the valley locations of western nevada. Look for a mix of rain and snow showers depending on elevation and time of day today. Its a windy day today. Heres a look at the current winds and wind gusts. Winds continue for the day today. On satellite and radar. Our storm system is arriving across the area now. This will continue into the day today with sierra snow and a mix of rain and snow showers for the valleysits a milder start thanks to the winds and cloud cover. Heres a look at the current temperatures. Temperatures will barely move 3 sam its the day people across the country have been waiting for. If theres a winner after tonights powerball drawing. Theyll be walking away with the largest amount of money in powerball history. News 4s look at all the powerball fever. 3 alex live 3 1 point 5 billion is current estimated jackpot930 Million Dollar cash valuegold ranch. Line well out the door9 am by 9 15 huge lineplaying powerball. 5 white balls out of 69 are drawn1 red ball out of 26 are drawntickets are 2 dollars eachdraw sales cut off at least 59 minutes before the drawpowerball is played in 44 statesdc, puerto rico, us virgin islandsgold ranch. 9am to 8 pm 3 meyers its crazy. I mean its stellar, never seen this before, its awesome. And so many people in line too. Im sure its like this all across america. Krauss oh yeah, a couple times. We come down, were just doing it for fun, gives us something to do on a nice day. Thought wed come down and spend a couple of minutes in the line and get us a couple of 1. 3 billion 3 alex live 3 reporting live, alex cannito. Back to you. 3 bill 3 after three separate shootings in the 30 days. A community in east reno. Wants to stop the violence. News 4 was there for a Community Meeting. And spoke to one of the victims family. 3 3 samantha 3 a string of deadly violence in a north east reno neighborhood is prompting action from city leaders and neighbors. bill three separate shootings happened in the span of 30 days near pat baker park last month. Two young people were killed by gunfire. samantha news 4s van tieu was at a Community Meeting last night. And spoke to one of the victims family. Its this mornings on your side report. 3 Mayra Rodriguez was just 19 years old. Studying social work at tmcc. She aspired to help victims of crime. Unfortunately, she became a victim of one of these senseless crimes. Her sister says mayra was at a house party when a group of unvited guests fired shots into the house killing her. The suspects still on the loose. She was our everything. She was literally the light in the room. The light our sunlight. And mayra isnt the only young life lost. A 16 year old boy was shot dead at the hands of a 15year old. Stand upthese shootings happened in or area. Now the city of reno is looking to make some direct changes here. Including adding more lights, and security cameras. And Community Action officers to patrol the area. Eventually, it will invest about 450 thousand dollars into this parknat police chief jason soto and councilman Oscar Delgado led a Community Meeting tuesday night. Soto says there used to be a designated officer for the area, which helped decrease crime. But when the economy took a downturn, that position was eliminated, and crime ticked back up. He says the city has just recruited 16 new Police Officers. The first time in 6 years. Neighbors also rallied for a Neighborhood Watch program. And one theme that resonated taking ownership of their neighborhood and children. Just saying we all need to take responsiblity for our community and how do we do that . The Rodriguez Family says they see fear taking hold of the community. Witnesses who may be afraid of fear of being victimized themselves. Please speak up, our family does need justice. Somebody knows something. And its better for them to do the right thing then to let this thing haunt them and have it in their concious. were just trying to hold on to that hope that justice will be coming to our family soon. 3 samantha that was van tieu reporting for us this morning. Secret witness is offering a 25 hundred dollar reward for information in Mayra Rodriguezs case. As for those changes to pat baker park. Delgado says new lights and cameras should be up within a month. 3 swoosh sound 3 bill the legendary harlem globetrotters. Always put on quite a show. But how do they stack up. Against our own legenday ryan kern . Find out after the break. 3 3 sam and if you have a facebook account, be sure to like krnv news 4 become a fan of our own Facebook Page and be a part of the 3 samantha right now. 3 we have our morning dose of cuteness for you. A couple of furry felines are proving the saying that opposites really do attract. A Siberian Tiger cub and an african lion cub are being raised as sisters at Six Flags Great Adventure in new jersey. Folks are wild over their pairing. And the tiny cubs appear to agree. Both were delivered to firsttime mothers who failed to care for them. So veterinarians stepped in and the two are being raised together. 3 bill the harlem 3 globetrotters are touring in reno. Celebrating their 90th anniversary. And last night. Our very own ryan kern got a chance to shoot some hoops with the pros. Did he hold his own . Lets see how he a 3pointer. 3 he shoots airball 3 bill and 3 samantha well toss it over to meteorologist tim studebaker. 3 for today. Gusty winds with sierra snow and spillover rain snow showers. Right now. A windy start with rain repored from the airport in reno and mild temperatures. Its a milder start thanks to the winds and cloud cover. Heres a look at the current temperatures. Temperatures a bit going into the afternoon. On satellite and radar. Our storm system is arriving across the area now. This will continue into the day today with sierra snow and a mix of rain and snow showers for the valleysa windy day today with snow in the sierra and rain snow showers for the valley floor locations. Heres a look at futurecast. A Winter Weather advisory is in place for the sierra and foothills. With a lake wind advisory for pyramid lake. Heres a look at the details on that. As far as snow amounts. This is a moderate sized system by sierra standards. Heres a look at the forecast snowfall. An active pattern has returned on the 7 day forecast with multiple waves of moisture coming through bringing chances for snow in the showers for the 3 raider fans listen up. It seems as though the silver and black squad will remain in oakland. take vo on tuesday, the sixowner Relocation Committee recommended a joint initiative between the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers that would see the clubs share a 1. 7billion dollar stadium in carson, california. However, the proposal did not receive the 24 of 32 votes required to relocate. But nfl owners did greenilight the st. Louis rams move to inglewood and gave the chargers the option of joining them. Nfl commissioner, Roger Goodell said the raiders could still be given the option of moving to los angeles if the chargers decline. Both the chargers and the raiders have each been promised 100 million for a new stadium in their respective markets, should they choose to stay where they are now. gianna it was announced on tuesday. That former Bishop ManogueHigh School Baseball star, joe wieland has been traded to the seattle mariners. take vo according to the associated press. The dodgers have acquired minor League Infielder erick mejia from the mariners in exchange for wieland. The 25 year old pitcher spent most of last city, going 105 with a 4. 59 era in 22 games. He also made two starts for the dodgers, with a 01 record and an 8. 31 era. Todays trade deal leaves the dodgers with 39 players on their 40man roster. gianna the Wolf Pack Mens Basketball Team ended its weekend with a road win against the air force academy. And with that victory nevada surpassed its 9game win total from last season. Currently the pack is sitting at 106 overall. But in confrence play the team is even with a 22 record. And from here on out the schedule just gets more difficult. Now head eric coach musselman says it hard to come in and try to turn a program around but hes happy with how the team has played so far. take sot were under manned and we are under sized. To be 3 hard for us. take full screen muss is right about that. On wednesday night the pack take on the Mountain West leader. Boise state. Certainly the biggest challenge at home this season. The broncos are 12 and 4 on the year including a perfect 3 and oh in conference. Tip off tomorrow night is at 7 oclock. gianna the reno bighorns are doing well this season not only are they leading the Pacific Division by 3 and a half games. take vo they also have the leagues second leading scorer on the team. Erick green was accquired by the bighorns from the nba early this season and since have been one of the horns most productive players, scoring an average of 27. 7 points per game. Green says his stats are a reflection of his teammates trust in him as an experienced player. take sot you know they have seen go down, 3 so its always a 3 good feeling take full screen you can catch green in action wednesday night when the horns host the vipers. A team reno edges in the Season Series at 30. Tip off from the Reno Events Center is at 7 00 pm. Thats all for sports im gianna giorgi. 3 tism country has a bad taste of powerball fever. Right now president obama delivers his last state of the Union Address last night. Well look at the issues he focused on. Potholes aring up. Well look at how the city is addressing the problem. January 13th, 2016. Top of the morning, 6 00, 6 00 on your wednesday morning, if you havent stepped outside, hold on, it is windy. Its nasty. The wind started to kick up around 3 00. They are howling right now. Blowing stuff around. Well check in with tim to see whats coming next weather wise. We begin with politics and a final presentation by president obama. He spoke with his achievements, challenges of the future and the upcoming election in november. The president touched on four major issues he said america must address, the economy, Climate Change, National Security and devisive politics. The future we want, all of security for our families, the rising standard of living, a sustainable peaceful planet for our kids, all that is within our reach. Work together. It will only happen if we can debates. Nikki haley delivered the republican response and well have that in the next half hour. John kasich stopped in reno as part of his National Campaign tour. He touched on the countrys budget issue. Because he was able to balance ohios budget he will do it for america. He said he felt the president questioned obamas plan to close down guantanamo bay. I dont think we should stot it shut it down. This comes a few days before kasich is scheduled to debate in South Carolina. He qualified for the main stage. Lets look outside, weve been talking about the winds. We have stuff blowing around in the parking lot. Its ugly out there. The wind is blowing stuff around. The morning commute could be affected by the wind. The wind can put a damper on the morning commute. We are looking at gusty winds and snow in the mountains and rain and snow showers in the thats the case for much of the day, temperature even though temperatures are not a part of the weather story, the temperature close to the highs for the day, in fact earlier this morning the temperature was 49. This is the afternoon temperature rather than the high for the day. Thats not the big part of the story, were talking about the winds gusting to 45 to 65, seeing gusts like that. Ricks gusting to 105 miles an hour, it is windy out there. Snow is falling in the sierra and spilling in the form of rain and snow showers. Here we go again, snow piling up from truckee to the sierra. Tahoe area. West over the crest of the sierra steady snow. Thats spill manage to into parts of western sierra. 47 miles an hour sustained winds in reno. This is a wind event. Other areas not reporting as local effect there. 25 in carson city. Is a different part of town. Truckee. Well talk more in full weather. Governor sandoval announced pat dickey has given up his seat to join the board of education. This comes among the doubts of cook. Cook had been on the board. Dickey has worked on big tasks. A settlement regarding an they voted to appoint tracy davis asuperintendent without putting on the agenda. The fine is 700. They will split the fine. They wont have to pay it as long as they dont commit more violations. Potholes is an issue for the drivers and they can cause a lot of damage. What the city is doing to fix the streets. No matter the side of town you are on, potholes are popping up everywhere. The problem dates back to 3 years ago, city maintenance did a microseal on the roads. This is the result. Normally weve a Pavement Conditioning, if its less than seal to adhere. Having the index lower than causes destruction of the roads. You get the expanding and the continue traction. That movement is contributing to the factor. Now city maintenance is trying a new method, by using a runnerrized asphalt. The potholes dont seem deep, theres the question of damage to the car. It compresses the suspension on the car, depending on the tire, it can cause dang to the tire or the suspension damage. The smaller potholes wont do damage, the suspension is made for the impact. The its the deeper potholes. The deeper the potholes the more damage. The damage to the car could cost you a pretty penny even if all you need is a realignment. The winter, the treatment will have described later on, the public works and hearing staff are working to come up with a longterm slection to the issue. He suggests taking in your car for a checkup after the winter months to make sure your alignment is in check. If youre in Incline Village look for extra traffic. Traffic will be reduced to a single lane. You can expect the delayed from 10 00 a. M. To 3 30 in the afternoon to install safety enhancement to the road. The largest amount of money in powerball history is in line. Waiting to see if they get the lucky numbers. Heres a look at powerball fever. Good morning, its cold and rainy at gold ranch, i have a feeling that wont keep people from getting in rain after the line i saw yesterday. The doors open at 9 00 a. M. For people to pick up the powerball numbers. By 9 15 hundreds in line waiting. Some got here at 7 30 in the morning and they were outside the building waiting to get inside. Of course there have been winners in the past couple drawings, a lot of money on the line. 1. 5 billion dollars. Now if youre like me, never 2 each, five numbers and one powerball number. Hopefully there will be a winner after tonights drawing. I spoke with people waiting in line. Heres how they would spend the money. Some to friends, family, charities, my retirement and buy assets, work on my future. It would be nice to be independently wealthy. 1. 3 billion dollars would go a long way. Just the opportunity to have a shot at it. That makes you feel good about it. Theres several places you can go to buy your tickets. At gold ranch they open at 9 00. If youre leaving it is rainy be cold, bring a jacket, gloves and umbrella. Happening today the public the first Public Meeting since cutting metering to solar customers. The meeting is at 9 30 in carson city. You can enjoy a dib were the starting five players with the wolf pack. It is 25 a person. Reservation is required. If you wish to dine out call 685 schiano one. 6901. Fun and unique ways to get in shape. Well go to a studio. One of the biggest resolution people have is on the loose weight, if the gym intimidates you but you want to stay fit. Theres a local studio that offers a workout for everyone. Weve introduced you to 3 studios, what about a place that offers all of those combined and a little extra. We only have this body once, take care of it. There really are opportunities lose weight, build muscle. Gain flexibility. Whatever you want to accomplish at the gym soul space can help. We have a wide variety of classes. You have yoga, spinning, aerial, its the whole cross training all tied into one space. Aerial workouts are a unique way to stretch and strengthen your body. We have amazing instructors who focus on all levels. Its a silk hanging from the ceiling, you can hold it. The best part of working at soul space is helping people reach their fitness goals. Everything about being here is rewarding, teaching classes just the people coming in and telling us how much they appreciate the space, how comfortable they are here and just united as a group of people that like to work out together. Soul space is inside the museum tower next to the museum of art on liberty street. Go to mynews4. Com. Mixing it up is key. The National Average for gas is about 2 a gallon. Why is nevada paying 50cents more. Nevada is the third highest state in the nation forecast at 2. 48. Reno is 2. 58. One reason is reoccurring refinery issues in california impacting surrounding states. Thats according to fuel game report fuel gauge report. For the lowest gas prices close to you. Even at 2. 50 a gallon people are not complaining. We were scared we would cross the 5dollar mark. Were getting a storm our way. Its here right now, its windy right now. Snowing in the sierra. In parts of western nevada and well continue through the day. Strong gusty winds. 46 in town with 47 miles an hour sustained winds. Gust at 61 miles an hour in reno and the airport. Its windy elsewhere. The other wind readings are lower than reno. Theres local effect going on. Either way windy across the board. Gusty winds and the snow falling in the sierra. Windier than the other storms. 20s, 40s depending on where you are. The wind keeping the temperature warmer in reno, mixes out the cold air from the valleys. Thats why the temperature is warmer there. Were looking at snow in the mountains, it is spilling into western nevada as rain and snow showers, its mild enough most of what fans falls in reno is snow shower activity. Snowflakes at times. The storm system will wrap itself up as we head into the evening, on thursday the second half of the day more snow arrives in the sierra. Were looking at another round, its active sevenday forecast. Winter weather advisory remains in place for the entire sierra. Looking for a lot, this is a moderate system. One to three for the foothills, 3 to 6 at lake level and 6 to 12 at the sierra crest. Sevenday forecast pretty active across the board, we have the storm system for the day. Lots of wind. Occasional rain and snow showers, thursday and friday, things are quieter, saturday another round on the way, another one possible for monday. Were talking active pattern across much of the sevenday forecast. Temperature is nice. Comfortable. Close to arm. Could be rain down here in the valley. I was talking to that. Rain mixing with the snow showers, depending on the elevation you could see one or both. Two tickets to footloose. Call with the right answer. It was on todays date in 1910. The first public radio broadcast occurred in new york, city features what back where they belong. And they could have. Come will up were focusing in on what the president said last night. Well talk to nikki haley about the vailed shot she took at donald trump. Us. Matt goes oneonone with paul ryan, what he said surprised him most with his new job. What you need to consider before jumping in on the Office Powerball pool. Just dont do the pool. By your ticket individually. Dont do the pool. Does it change your odd thats much. It can get messy and weird. Wait in line for three hours at gold ranch instead. Lets see who the winner is. Joshua from sparks. Im going to say opera. Im going say sports playby play. Youre on a roll. You got yesterdays question. I should buy a lottery ticket. This is great news for a football fan and live in los angeles. The rams are heading back to l. A. For the First Time Since 1994. Roger goodell announced 30 of 32 nfl owners approved the relocation. The rams will call the l. A. Coliseum home and will play in a new facility in inglewood. This is the second time saturday louis lost a franchise. The cardinals left for arizona in 1988. San Diego Chargers have a year long option to join the rams followed by the raiders if san diego declines. Could go from no football teams youll there be a winner tonight after the powerball drawing. Well look at how much money is on the line. President obama gave his final state of the Union Address. Well look at what key area he thinks the u. S. Needs to look at moving forward. Good wednesday morning, welcome to last half hour of news. It is 6 30. We getgoing to 13th day of january. Not a pleasant morning to start the winds are howling, look out for the tumbleweeds and debris that will be blowing around. Especially if youre driving to carson city, and careful, we can see strong winds. Well check in with trooper wholl tell us about the travel advisories. President obama delivered his final state of the Union Address and urged americans to build a bighearted and optimistic nation. Diane gallagher with more. The president of the united states. [ applause ] for the final time president obama addressed congress and the country on the state of the union, striking an optimistic ten dating back to his can dassey candidacy days. Accomplishment. More than 14 million new jobs, the strongest two years of job growth since the 90s. Unemployment rate cut in half. Frustration with the political divide. I have no doubt the president with the gifts of lincoln and roosevelt may have stopped the divide. Overall the president used the state of the union as a call to action. I believe in change because people. Thats why i stand as confident as i have been that the state of our union is strong. Turn into the Republican Debate in South Carolina tomorrow. Response, well have more on the tiger woods show. Today show. The fine is 700, the board will split the fine, they wont have to pay it as long as they dont commit more violations. Today is the day people have waited for. If theres a winner after the powerball drawing they will walk away with the largest history. Good morning. Were at goal ranch, it is raining, very cold this morning, i dont think that will testify dear deter people from getting in line. People were out here before first in line so they didnt have to wait long. Theres other locations to buy your ticket including truckee. Several locations where you can go. If you dont have enough time to come to goal ranch. Hopefully theres a winner after the drawing. I want to talk about the history of powerball. Its in 44 states including washington, d. C. , puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands. In 1998 thats when the lottery was formed. In 2012 thats when california joined. I did speak with the people waiting in line and heres what they said about the money on the line tonight. Its crazy. This is stellar, never seen this before. Its awesome. So many people in line. Couple times, we are doing to do on a nice day. We thought we would spend a couple minutes in line and give us a couple quick picks. 1. 5 billion on the line. People are not wasting opportunity to pick up their powerballs. No one getting in line. They will be out here, its raining and cold. Bring an umbrella. Book and music to listen to while you wait. You sit and wait and think about what you will buy. Ive thought about it. Icy conditions are not the potholes do their part. Due to Winter Weather reno roads are full of potholes. The way they were seemed is starting to fail, maintenance crews put down a treatment that but it was placed on an older asphalt surface. The conditioning index, if it is less than 50 is a problem for the seal to adhere to the roadway surface. With the seal erroding and the asphalt expanding and contract the deterration is speeding up. State route 28 in Country Club Drive will be reduced to a single lane. You can expect the delays from 10 00 in the morning to 3 30 in the afternoon. This is to solve enhancements to the road. Lets look outside. We mentioned not a pretty morning. Wind is howling. We have that wind out there for sure, were seeing snow in the for parts of western nevada too. This is a windier system. The last several didnt come up with the wind like this. Gusting to i can miles an hour. It looks like the temperature were getting is probably going to be rain. I think that alec said it raining. Rain at the airport. Better chance to see rain mixing with possible snow shower, snow for the upper elevations temperature the on the seven day later on, could see rain at the lake. A warmer pattern compared to the last several storms. It is moisture arriving in the area. This is the afternoon temperature 46 degrees, it was 49 last hour. Thats not high, thats the afternoon temperature. Thats not the bigger start of snow in the mountains as rain and snow shower, the wind is the biggest issue. 15 to 25, gusting to 45 to 65 at time. Ridge tops gusting to 105 miles an hour. Were starting to see spill off of rain and snow showers for the valleys, snowing in truckee, over donner summit. The travel will be tough. 47 miles an hour winds. Winds gusting 61 in reno. 36 in truckee. Good amount of wind out there. Well monitor this and break town the rest of the storm system. Lets see how the windy wednesday morning. How we looking . Heard from tim the next storm is pushing through. The roads are looking good. Weather wise we have enacted chain requirements on the mountain highway coming or going to the lake. 80 west of truckee. We have a highland warning on 580. High profile strucks are prohibited. Highprofile vehicles are usualing caution. If you plan on heading out, theres a great web site with the most uptodate road and weather conditions 24 hours a day. Coming up a look at how the stock market is faring. Financial. Welcome back, lets get to your economic news. Dow jones is up 42 points. Nasdaq up 21. Oil prices low right now, currently trading 31 a barrel. Heres the stories making financial headlines. The Federal Reserve releases the report. It tracks conditions in the 12 regions, its a snap shot. The last report founds nine of the regional banks reported modest or moderate breath, enough the allow policy makers later this afternoon, the treasury releases federal budget figures for the month of december. Dow jones up 35 points. Good morning, quite a bit of rain this morning, sierra snow falling at the moment, that will continue through the day, a valley mick, rain and snow showers down to the valley floors, looking warmer than the last several storms. Rain is possible at times. Its wenty, this is a windier storm, 47 miles an hour winds at the airport in reno, gusting at 61. Single digits, 40s for the western side, 40s in reno because of the wind overnight, that kept cold air from we ended up maintaining a temperature in the 40s. Snow is falling in the sierra making for tough roads, spilling over at times into western nevada. Weve been here before and do it again, however wind wise this is a bigger event. Snow is falling in the sierra as we head into the late thursday. A lot of shadowing potential with this one. A drier storm system on thank, a drier batch of moisture on thanks for the avalley floor locations. A lake wind advisory for picture midlake. Pyramid lake. If it falls at rain. One to three for the foothills. 3 to 6 for lake levels. We are feeling with a storm a break if the valleys for thursday and friday. Another better chance on saturday, more of a break on sunday. Another one on monday, an active pattern across the seven day temperature. Highs in the 40s across the seven day. Lows in the 20s and 30s. Thank you. A u. S. Official has confirmed that all 10 american sailors captured by iran has been set free. They were escorted by iranian boats that turned back after the Meeting Point was reached. The incident happened when a boat experienced a mechanical failure. 14 People Killed in a local police chief is bombings killed 12 Police Officer, a soldier and jacksonvilleian. It floyded before civilian. It hit a patrol making the Security Forces the primary target. According to another Police Officer the attack appeared to be a suicide bombing. The french navy carried out airstrikes. Between 10 and 15 aircrafts take off as part of the effort to combat the group. It has been ramped up since the Turkish Police detained three russian nationals in a raid on suspected usis militants. Antiterrorism Police Conducted the raids after a suicide bomber killed 10 foreigners. Russias consul at general confirmed. The suspects were in contact with Isringhausen Isis fighters. The Supreme Court said florida death sentencing process is unconstitutional. It came in a challenge filed by a death row inmate who was convicted of murdering a coworker in 98. A jury recommended a death sentence but the judge held a separate hearing and then sentence of the this will lead the challenges. A federal Appeals Court ruled that wearing military medals you have not earn. Part of free speech. Switcher who served in the marines was convicted after wearing a purple heart he has not earned. Judges say it conveys a message protected by the first amendment. We have weather moving into the west coast causing heavy delays in san francisco. But check with the airline. Were going to send it to the today show in a minute but heres a preview. Alex will be live to preview the powerball craig, tahoe south Restaurant Week is happening on betsy lake. Well talk about the restaurants participating and how to get involved. And when a man steals a snake well Say Something about it. Coming up in five minutes. Not just any snake, a 2foot long snake. A python. Those are constrictors too. Just saying. Should we do weather. Sevenday forecast is active across, we have a storm system in place, we have winds out there, the winds are strong and will continue to be strong today as well. Snow is falling in the mountains, well have rain and snow showers for the valley, a break for thursday. Snow in the mountains