A ccsd teacher accused of physically abusing at least one autistic student is expected in court today. James dorans bench trial was scheduled to start this morning. Police arrested doran back in august at forbuss elementary schools. The man accused of opening fire and killing two people near the Las Vegas Strip is in police custody. Omar talley was arrested on saturday for the deadly shooting. This all started as a fight near the miracle mile shops on friday morning, then spilled out onto the streets around the strip. The women who were killed have been identified as 27yearold Melissa Mendoza and 27yearold one woman was found shot in the road, and later died. The other woman drove herself and another man to the cosmopolitan valet for help. She died at the scene you might see some smoke in the air if youre living in henderson. Dont be alarmed the Henderson Fire Department is a conducting live burn training. This started on friday, but continues until this saturday. Firefighters are practicing different techniques needed to tackle fires. The Department Says the training is happening between 9 and 4 p. M. All week. Ahead today. Gop heavyhitters are traveling all over nevada gearing up for caucus day. The man who leads in our state is coming off a big win in South Carolina over the weekend. And hes already here in the valley today. Donald trump is scheduled to hold a rally at the south point hotel and casino at 7 oclock tonight. Trumps South Carolina victory was a clean sweep, with a doubledigit win over the rest of the field. Scoring all 50 of the states delegates. Trump you know, i didnt know i was going to win by and we won by a lot. that was sort of record setting stuff. Candidates have one more day to make their pitch to nevada voters our Republican Caucus is tomorrow. The Culinary Union representing trump Hotel Employees is holding a protest today in front of south point during his event. Union leaders say management is fighting the efforts of employees to unionize. They say the company has refused to bargain with workers, instead tying up the process in a lengthy legal battle. The unions invited trump to meet with Hotel Employees while hes in town. Marco rubio is getting a head start on trump. Rubio supporters came out in full force last night at texas station. Rubios counting on his nevada roots to help him win voters here. The florida senator touched on policy ideas and his own family history. Sot 22 31 19 rubio they did it because they wanted to make enough money to own a home and retire with dignity and give their kids a chance to be anything they wanted to be run 9 rubio also enjoyed a celebrity endorsement. Donnie wahlberg from new kids on the block fame said rubio hes ever voted for. Rubio will be in elko for an event today. Texas senator ted cruz will make his way across nevada today with state attorney general adam laxalt. Hes started with a rally in summerlin at 11 am. Then cruz will be in elko at 3 30. And in reno at 7 all the events are free and open to the public. Well post more information on these events on our website. Ktnv dot com. With Florida Governor jeb bushs decision to throw in the towel, rubio is gaining the endorsement of a nevada politician. Senator dean heller says is convinced rubio can unite conservatives and beat the democrats in the general election. Heller will be joining rubio as he campaigns ahead of tomorrows caucuses. South carolina voters showed up in record breaking numbers to the republican primary saturday. More than 730 thousand voters participated in the firstinthesouth primary. And South Carolina wasnt the only state to beat its previous both New Hampshire and iowas poll numbers were record breaking as well. A popular vacation spot is hit with a powerful storm. Find out whats happening to fiji when we come back. Plus. A dramatic rescue in steve budin. Steve Oil Prices Keep dropping. Whats the take away here . Lessons from Oil Price Drop cut production to increase prices. What are negative yields . Investing money with a guarunteed loss nevada caucuses both parties ads seeing it in europe. Investinm guarunteed loss nevada caucuses both parties adslacking an action news update. Fiji has started to clean up after the strongest storm ever in the southern hemisphere. Tropical cyclone winston slammed the pacific nation with winds of more than 180milesanhour saturday. Thats the equivalent of a categoryfive hurricane. At least 20 people are dead. The storm brought heavy flooding. Flattening trees and knocking out power across the nation. Forecasters are concerned about possible landslides after heavy rains. Adlib at desk a weak disturbance glides just north of las vegas today then dips dramatically to the south tonight as high shore from the Southern California coast. Today, mainly sunny skies will still be common across the valley along with high temperatures in the mid and upper 70s. What changes is the winds speeds. Throughout the day, winds will gradually pick up speed starting between 5 and 15 mph this morning and working up to 1020 mph with gusts around 25 this afternoon into the overnight. Merge with a low that forms just southeast of phoenix which allows the low to grow. With High Pressure moving in from the west, Southern Nevada get caught in pressure gradient. This will allow a major drop in temperatures and gusty conditions for tuesday. Highs are expected in the mid and upper 60s with sustained winds between 15 and 25 mph. And 40 mph for the center of the valley. Red rock and the Spring Mountain range will reach gusts between 40 and 50 mph. By wednesday, winds lighten up and sunny skies continue through the weekend. High temperatures slowly make their way back to the upper 70s by thursday friday afternoon. We get conflicting reports about coffee. But if youre a coffee drinker, youll like the latest study plus, later find out how the oscar nominees manage to get so fit for their gowns thats disease. Thats according to a medical journal that reviewed nine separate studies on the effects of coffee. Researchers say two cups a day could cut your chance to cirrhosis by 44percent. Cirrhosis deteriorates the liver by blocking blood flow. Alcoholism is the secondmost common cause of that condition in the u s. But experts say coffee will never balance out all negative affects of excess alcohol. Some doctors also say more research is needed to confirm those studies. Up next on action news at midday. Investigators are trying to figure out the motive behind an uber drivers killing spree in michigan. Plus. A new warning about the ever popular hoverboards. Youre watching channel 13 action news, where you ask, and we investigate. Stay with us new developments in that the alleged gunman uber driver jason dalton is now in custody. Police are trying to find out what triggered the rampage. It happened saturday night. First a woman was shot several times in the parking lot of a residential complex. She survived. Dealership parking lot, a father and his 17 year old son, were shot and killed. Just 16 minutes later the gunman opens fire outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant, killing four people, authorities are investigating whether the alleged gunman took uber fares in between shootings. passenger i half heartedly joked at him and said youre not the shooter are you . And he said no and i said are you sure . And he said no, im just really tired. We were driving through medians, driving through the lawn, speeding along and when we came to a stop, i jumped out the car and ran away. that passenger then called 911 and gave police daltons plate number. Right now, the Us Supreme Court is heading back in session. Its the First Time Since the sudden death of justice antonin scalia. Oral arguments get underway in just a few hours. Chief Justice John Roberts is expected to mention scalias passing from the bench. Scalia died last week while visiting a remote texas ranch. He was 79yearsold. President obama has vowed to pick a Supreme Court nominee to republicans argue naming a successor should be a job for the next president. At his final governors dinner, president obama kicked off the evening with a joke. Hinting it might not actually be the last one he attends. So this is my final governors dinner at least my final one at president laughter im just kidding thats a joke people, i wanted to see how michelle would react dozens of us governors atteneded the dinner in washington, d. C. Last night. Its for the National Governors association conference. The president emphasized the need for governors around the country to work together. Ted cruzs National Spokesman apologized late sunday for a video distrib campaign that falsely depicted marco rubio dismissing the bible. The video shows rubio walking by a Hotel Staffer reading the bible. With subtitles there, not many answers in it. In a corrected version of the video tweeted by rubios communications director. Quoted rubio saying, got a good book there, all the answers are in there. Pope francis is calling for a one year moratorium on the death penalty. The pontiff is proposing catholic leaders suspend the practice during the holy year of mercy. The push for forgiveness runs through november. The pope is also throwing his support behind a conference set to begin today, which he hopes will bring an end to capital punishment. In todays contact 13 consumer alert. After dozens of destructive fires. The federal government is now cracking down on hoverboards retailers across the country are pulling the hot items from their shelves after Officials Say they do not meet safety standards. The popular Christmas Gifts are to blame for more than 50 fires in 24 states. Hoverboards, and amazon if offering refunds for them. Still ahead on action news at midday. Apple is not backing down in its fight against the government. And now others are joinging. The storys up next. Plus. An important lesson for anyone who skis must see video of what not to do while on the chair lift have you downloaded the all new channel 13 action news app yet . Its simple to use. It features live streaming, and fast radar. Get the action news app free in the app store and in google apple is not backing down and now others are joining the fight. A terrifying ski accident. That should teach skiers a thing or two and a megabus catches on fire then explodes. Find out what happened to the passengers. Hello. Im todd quinones. And im dayna roselli. Welcme to the second half of 13 action news at midday ad lib to greg a weak disturbance glides just dips dramatically to the south tonight as High Pressure makes its way onto valley along with high throughout the day, winds will gradually pick up speed starting between 5 and 15 mph this morning and working up to 1020 mph with gusts around 25 southeast of phoenix which allows the low to grow. This will allow a major drop in temperatures and gusty gusts look to range between 30 between 40 and 50 mph. Their way back to the upper 70s by thursday friday afternoon. Now to a new twist in that fight between apple and the fbi the fbi director writing a blunt letter about the dispute as protesters plan to back apple and assemble in more than 30 cities abcs Pierre Thomas is in washington with the latest. Overnight, the fbi director released a letter calling on apple to comply with the judges order to open San Bernardino killer syed farooks iphone fullscreen gfx . We cant look the survivors in the eye, or ourselves in the mirror, if we dont follow this lead. Fbi director james comey added we dont want to break anyones encryption or set a master key loose on the land. I hope thoughtful people will take the time to understand that. But apple is taking to the airwaves to challenge the fbis reasoning, saying that keyable gfx the privacy and security of millions of its customers are at risk. Sunday theres no limit to what the government could require apple to do if it succeeds this way apple has hired ted olson a former Senior Justice Department official whose wife died on one of the planes used in the 9 11 attacks to make their case. Sot ted olson this week sunday this is a pandoras box we cant surrender our Civil Liberties and give the terrorists a victory the fbi claims the investigation remains urgent that the phone might have keyable gfx critical additional clues including keyable gfx whether others were involved. But was there a keyable gfx missed opportunity to get inside that iphone after it was recovered by the fbi. Today a judge will hear arguments about wether Gun Companies should be hook school schooting. Several victims families filed a lawsuit in 2014 against the companies that made, distributed and sold the ar15 rifle used to kill 20 children and six educators. Nine families and a teacher who was shot. Sued bushmaster. Camfour firearm distributors. And the store that sold the gun to the killers mother in 2010. It took adam lanza less than five minutes to unload more than 150 rounds the lawsuit claims bushmaster should have known the sale of assault risk. Now to a big scare on a megabus. pause explosion a vehicle full of passengers catches on fire then explodes on a highway outside of chicago. No one was hurt but many lost their belongings. Forty passengers had just gotten off the bus when it exploded. A New York Times columnist was on the bus. Writing about the mega cheap mode of transportation. Of trouble. The driver kept pulling over to the side so it seemed clear there was something wrong with the bus. this midday investigators are trying to figure out what caused the fire. Terrifying moments for an 11 yearold boy in British Columbia as he dangles from a ski chair lift with the safety bar up, he had dropped a ski pole and slid out trying to catch it. The drama continues as volunteer rescuers, holding out a tarp, urge him to let go. Thankfully, he was not hurt, but experts say its a good safety lesson. Michael russo safety manager, copper mtn. Resort if you think you are gonna drop Something Like a pole or a glove, its best just to let that item drop, and then somebody can go back around and virginia, 25 people fell several feet when the lift derailed. Two were treated for minor injuries. Right now. A las vegas man is in a coma, fighting for his life, after a suspected hit and run. Police found trent turnbo now, turnbos mom is facing the fact she may lose her son. karen turnbo mother 17 01 29 17 07 10 i think im going to lose my son. I dont know. Hes my baby. karen turnbo says her sone had just started a new job and the former Bonanza High School student was saving to go back to school. This midday, the family wants whomevers resonsible to come forward, if anyones seen this, please come forward or the man himself, come forward and let us know that you didnt mean to. Karen says her son is improving. But the progress is slow. A bicyclist is dead this midday following a crash near the i15 and st. Rose. The 59yearold was hit by a man driving an off road vehicle around 1 thirty yesterday morning. The driver overcorrected after hitting the cyclist and rolled his vehicle. That driver was taken to umc with nonlife threatening injuries and is being investigated for driving under the influence. And more sad news to pass state senator debbie smith has died. Her passing comes a year after doctors started treating her for a malignant brain tumor. She was just 60 years old. Smith leaves behind a husband and three children. Hundreds of people turned out for a fundraiser in flint, michigan. But this was unlike some of the others meant to bring clean water to the city. pause music these dancers took part in a zumba fundraiser dancing, while collecting bottled water and water filters. Flint contiunes to deal with toxic drinking water. A dramatic rescue in the sacramento area. A series of crashes sent a moving truck over a guardrail, trapping the driver inside. Over the span of six minutes, what started as a minor collision, led to four vehicles crashing. One of them a moving truck flew over the edge of the yolo causeway. Landed 35 feet below, and caught fire joe tinney, davis fire dept. First Engine Company got a hoseline from up here, kept the fire in check. We could see the driver was rescue operation to get him out of there. the rescue took close to an hour. The driver suffered a broken leg and burns. Three other drivers and one passenger all suffered minor injuries. The latest now on bill cosby his wife camille went under oath this morning answering questions in a defamation lawsuit after her lawyers attempts to stop the deposition failed it is believed to be the first deposition Camille Cosby has given since dozens of women went public with allegations of Sexual Misconduct against her husband. Still to come on action news at midday. Its a modern day noahs ark. Plus, later. A marraige takes place at 35 thousand feet. But thats not what makes it special. Well explain. And heres a live look at the new york stock exchange. adlib about 12hundred acres on a Fort Carson Army training range. The fire is burning in a remote area on the south end of the mountain post. It started saturday morning during a training exercise. Fire crews have worked to set up a fire line to keep the blaze contained. And helicopters have been dropping water from above. Theres no word on how much of the fire is contained. A weak disturbance glides just north of las vegas today then dips dramatically to the south tonight as High Pressure makes its way onto shore from the Southern California coast. Today, mainly sunny skies will valley along with high temperatures in the mid and upper 70s. What changes is the winds speeds. Throughout the day, winds will gradually pick up speed starting between 5 and 15 mph this morning and working up to 1020 mph with gusts around 25 this afternoon into the overnight. The disturbance looks to merge with a low that forms just southeast of phoenix which to grow. With High Pressure moving in from the west, Southern Nevada get caught in pressure gradient. This will allow a major drop in temperatures and gusty conditions for tuesday. Highs are expected in the mid and upper 60s with sustained winds between 15 and 25 mph. Gusts look to range between 30 and 40 mph for the center of the red rock and the Spring Mountain range will reach gusts between 40 and 50 mph. By wednesday, winds lighten up and sunny skies continue through the weekend. High temperatures slowly make their way back to the upper 70s by thursday friday its way onto shore from the Southern California coast. Grdually pick up speed starting between 5 and 15 mph the disturbance looks to merge temperatures and gusty conditions for tuesday. Highs are expected in the mid and upper 60s with sustained red rock and the Spring Mountain range will reach gusts high temperatures slowly make by thursday friday afternoon. Singer kesha. Has gained another major supporter in her legal fight against her producer dr. Luke. A taylor swift spokesperson says the singer donated 250thousand dollars to kesha to help with any financial needs. On friday. Kesha lost a court fight with her producer who she claims drugged and raped stars like lady gaga. Demi lovato. And Ariana Grande have spoken out in support of kesha. Now for a story youll only see on 13 action news. Singer mariah carey finished up her recent string of shows at the colosseum at Caesars Palace saturday night. After the show, oneoak at the valley view live cohost megan telles caught up with her on the red carpet. Mariah carey 18 14 0518 14 23 its been so much fun, amazing fans, i cant even explain it. Fans from china, from all over, taiwan, europe. Now im going to europe, people are like we got tickets before we knew you were going to exclusive oneonone interview on channel 13 tomorrow morning during ok tv. Now lets take a look at todays top stories now trending. Someone has built a lifesize rendition of noahs ark the exterior of the ship is more than 500 feet long and 51 feet tall. Were told people who see it are in awe of its size as you step inside, youll see multiple floors held together with large timber structures. And a design team is working on creating animals to be placed in wooden cages. This project cost 100 Million Dollars all raised through kentucky. Heres one way to wake up. With a face full of fresh snow the toronto zoo posted this adorable video of giant panda da mao last week. According to the zoo, he woke up to see the snow and got excited. You see panda emerge out of his cave and tumble down the snowy hill. He liked it so much. He climbed up halfway and did it again. This morning. Kim kardashian west posted a photo of her 3monthold son, saint west, for the first time. On her website, she said today is my dads birthday. I know theres nothing more in the world he would have wanted than to meet his grandchildren. She also posted a photo of her father, robert kardashian, on instagram with the caption, happy birthday dad and as if you needed a reason. Get out the tequila and limes. Today is National Margarita day the cocktail consists of tequila, triple sec and lime or lemon juice. Frozen and even flavored. For more stories trending right go to ktnv. Com. And we want to hear your thoughts. Just sound off on any trending news by joining us on twitter. Our handle is ktnv use nowtrending. Were counting down to oscar sunday. And weve got the insight into workout tips alisters are using. Abcs Abbie Boudreau has the shapeup secrets. Stars sizzling on the red carpet . And whats the secret behind their perfectly toned designer bodies . Nats jj working out Hollywood Trainer. Jeanee jenkins knows nats 00 56 jj the Hollywood Trainer 00 57 ab the Hollywood Trainer . Training some of the hottest sots flash thru pics 1 08 jj i train pink, i train alicia keyes, and kelly rowland. . Pushing her alist clientele to tone up fast sots 4 55 jj we do cardio, sculpting and then we balance it with yoga and pilates. 5 24 jj these are people who have been working out already consistently and then amaze for this red carpet and then we kind of take everything up a level. In the 3 6 weeks leading up to the red carpet . Her celeb clients working out everyday on average two hours sot 4 30 jj most of the time the women like this exercise targeting the arms and upper back . Does. She does whatever i tell her too another secret . Nutrition sot 5 47 jj lowering the sugar content. So its like no more processed foods. No sugars. But her best advice beyond hitting the gym . . Confidence . Sot 9 15 jj my number one thing is never no selfhate. So you cant work out with me and be like i hate my legs, oh my god i hate my abs you have to love yourself. For gma, ab, abc news, la. There are a lot of places you a church. A beach. A courthouse. But what about an airplane . Well tell you why one couple chose that option. And it wasnt even for 3. The winds are picking up all around the valley. 13 action news has Team Coverage on the winds expected today and tomorrow. And the ribboncutting ceremony just wrapped up for a new medical Marijuana Dispensary in town well take you inside coming up on action news live at 3. Tonights primetime lineup begins with the bachelor at 8. Castle at ten and action news at 11. You can say a couple in Washington State started their marriage on a high note. High. As in 35thousand feet. They said their i dos during an Airline Flight on friday. As Jamie Tompkins reports, the midflight wedding was a kristy and jim larsen are still on cloud 9 after saying i do on friday. jim larsen, married on Airline Flight its wonderful weve been together the better part of 5 years now. But how they Airline Flight tagging me on facebook strangers the youtube videos before we even landed all the youtube videos they were up. The two love birds were wed 35,000 feet in the air on an Alaska Airlines flight coming from la to seatac friday night. kristy larsen, married on Airline Flight love is in the air. Kristy is a Flight Attendant for the airline. She and her new hubby planned kristy larsen, married on Airline Flight my mother is the world to me. butted to anything to make my mom happy. Billie jo has always wanted to see where kristy works. Shes always wanted to see where kristy lives. And shes always hoped to see kristy marry the man she loves. kristy larsen, married on Airline Flight she wanted to come out and see where we were at cuz she knew i was happy out here in seattle and wanted to come see seattle and have a visual of what our life was like up here and that really it really touched me. A plane full of passengers looked on as kristy made her way down a very different aisle. Wearing accessories she designed herself. Its a flight of fancy not to be forgotten any time soon. kristy larsen, married on Airline Flight its been really overwhelming but really exciting and im glad that we were able to share love and joy with people and really touch people and make their flight a really fun experience. A weak disturbance glides just north of las vegas today then dips dramatically to the south tonight as High Pressure makes its way onto shore from the Southern California coast. Today, mainly sunny skies will still be common across the speeds. Throughout the day, winds will gradually pick up speed overnight. The disturbance looks to merge from the west, Southern Nevada get caught in pressure gradient. This will allow a major drop in temperatures and gusty conditions for tuesday. Highs are expected in the mid the valley. Red rock and the spring through the weekend. Their way back to the upper 70s by thursday friday afternoon. Thats it for us here. The chew is up next. And be sure to watch action news live at 3 pm with rikki until then. , if you think some dishes deserve a standing ovation, then induct our favorites into the chews hall of fame. Its chewer challenge week, and today im being put to the test. Clinton is joined by one of our favorite viewers to create a plus, michaels in the kitchen Anthony Anderson and theyre stirring things up with a hearty soup thatll keep you warm all winter long. Were going for the gold right now on the chew. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] hello, and welcome to the chew. You know, we got Something Special going on today. We are dedicating the show to the people and the food that make our show what it is. [ applause ] yes, my friends. Were using this hour to celebrate the dishes that make us weak in the knees. The foods that we look to for deep satisfaction. Mmm. [ laughter ] that was terrible shot of me. The recipes that make us jump up and down with joy. Whoo and theyre all being inducted into the chews hall of fame today. Yes. [ cheers and applause ] were excited about that. And, guys, today is also