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Transcripts For KOLO KOLO 8 News Now 430PM 20160127

Sunday night a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Monday a slight chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. A scare early this morning at the Naval Medical center in san diego. A Navy Spokesperson says one witness a scare early this morning at the Naval Medical center in san diego. A Navy Spokesperson says one witness reported hearing three gunshots. There were no immediate reports of anyone injured. Law enforcement took up positions nearby, directing pedestrians and cars away from the building. A post on the Centers Facebook said, all occupants are advised to run, hide or fight. Authorities found no gunman or signs of a shooting. Absolutely nothing to indicate that shots were fired. There are no casualties at this time. A middle school and two high schools in the vicinity were locked down as a precaution. With just six days left until the first caucuses in iowa, the president ial candidates are pushing hard to reach voters in the final stretch. Bazi kanani is in washington with the latest from the campaign trail. In the tight race in iowa. Where polls show Bernie Sanders doing better than Hillary Clinton with firsttime caucus goers. Sanders says he needs them to turnout. Sen. Bernie sanders, d president ial candidate to my mind, we will win here in iowa if the voter turnout is high. And frankly, if the voter turnout is not high, were gonna be struggling . Clinton . Rolling back the clock in a new ad. Showing voters the proof of what she calls her lifelong fight for children and families. Im Hillary Clinton and i have always approved this message. On the republican side a day for endorsements. Texas governor rick ted cruz. Former new york governor George Pataki throwing his support behind marco rubio. And jerry falwell, televangelist officially endorsing nod could help trump cut into cruzs support among bornagain christians. But a nebraska senator is questioning trumps morality. On twitter. Senator ben sasse asks about affairs with married women. Have you repented . To harmed children and spouses . Do you think it trump has not responded, instead should attend the coming republican debate. Telling gma, he has not resolved his issues with fox donald trump, rpresident ial candidate i have no fear, i dont think shes a good professional, i dont think shes professional at all, shes very trump promised a special guest at a rally will be controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio who is endorsing bazi kanani, abc news, washington. President barack obama will be proposing new legislation to help more americans to save for retirement. Administration officials think the plan will give 30 million additional americans access to retirement savings. The president s ideas will be outlined in the 2017 budget which he will submit to Congress Next month. Among his ideas offering tax credits to Small Businesses which enroll employees in retirement plans; requiring companies to offer plans to parttime workers; and making it easier for companies to bring down expenses by participating in multiple employer plans. The plan would also allow americans to defer taxes on retirement savings. A settlement was made today in a lawsuit between the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection district and the reno fire department. Its a step forward for the two agencies to work together. Aye. Any opposed. The motion carries unanimously. Under the agreement, meadows will drop the Financial Claims against each other. Truckeemeadows still has to pay a little over 38thousanddollars in unpaid workers compensation. The Reno City Council still has to approve the settlement. It will review and possibly approve the agreement tomorrow. The deadline for Health Insurance is quickly approaching. And the penalty for not having coverage is high. But we have some tips to help you get the insurance you need before its too late. Plus they say were going to see small outbreaks due to people coming back from countries who are infected. Fear of the zika virus in south america is spreading. Especially in brazil which is just hosting the olympic games. Youre watching kolo 8 news now at 4 30 with sarah meteorologist Jeff Thompson this is kolo 8 news now at if you havent signed up you have five days until the deadline. We talked to one Insurance Broker in town who says those who wait until the last minute are typically the same people who wait until the last day to pay taxes. Alex sampson with Health Benefits associates says after three years, with the use of the federal site, the process has become pretty painless. He says most of his clients are signing up subsidized plan. He suggests even if you want to keep your same plan, its best to come in anyway. Alex sampson, Health Benefits associates with this new application, with the new way of doing things, i would always recommend, reviewing the income. Because from year to year, everybodys, i think, most peoples income does change from year to year. So at that very least, just browsing through the application, make will be open throughout the sign up for insurance. Offices will do same. Healthlink is having another signup event at Mckinley Art Center in reno on saturday beginning at 10am. Brazils Health Minister said today the country is losing its battle against dengue and zikacarrying mosquitoes. Control rooms have been set up in 26 states the rooms monitor which locations have been treated to combat the mosquitotrasmitted virus. But these strict controls are not enough to keep the disease from spreading. Linked to cases of microcephaly a condition among an abnormally small head. Distributing mosquito repellents to pregnant women. News of the zika virus spread in brazil has been terrible for tourism just months before the summer olympics. But, the first real tourism event is the rio rio is inspecting and fumigating the sambadrome, the main carnival as well as all the olympic venues. Relatively new mosquitoborne virus. A texas grand jury has controversy surrounding planned parenthood and the sale of fetal tissue. As our Washington Bureau correspondent alex miller reports, the group has been cleared. But thats not the only legal blow to prolife advocates this week. The controversy of making headlines. On the heels of march chose not to indict planned parenthood over controversial undercover videos that prolife advocates alleged showed the illegal sale of fetal and in a surprising twist this grand jury chose insteadto indict the two activists who videos. Especially shocking the investigation was luitenant governor dan critical of planned parenthood. After months of reviewing the footage activist david delayden was indicited under a law that bans the purchase and sale of human organshe and the other activist Sandra Merritt were both indicted for tampering with a governmental record. Were thrilled, but not surprised of course that the grand jury has found that planned parenthood did nothing wrong. Yes, today were vindicated by the findings of this grand jury. And in an unrelated moveanother blow to prolife advocates. The Supreme Court has ruled that north dakota officials cannot enforce a law that would have banned abortions as early as six weeks a law many pro life advocates were hoping to use in their states across the country. Reporting in washington im alex miller. Many republicans across the country are calling this move a political hit job David Delaiden from the center for medial statement in response to the charges. Of the Harris County District Attorney and note that buying fetal as well. Planned deny the admissions from their leaderhip about fetal organ sales allthe world to see. Im alex miller. A hot meal can be hard to come by for those living in poverty. Thats why the salvation army. Along with local the homeless to the Reno Events Center for a free dinner. Anyone in need of a hot meal can attend the feed the hungry feast. Its happening from five last year the event than 17hundred people. More than a hundred businesses came together today to help lowincome families and community. A number of Free Services were offered at the Reno Events Center, including Housing Assistance and job resources. Its all part of the annual project homeless connect hosted by Catholic Charities of northern this is the eighth year Catholic Charities collected clothes from the community to give away as well. Organizers say their goal is to get people the help they need on the spot. Were actually getting people linked to services the day of the event, instead of just giving them referrals. I think thats important as well. This year marked the biggest turnout for participating businesses and organizations. Its estimated that more than a thousand men, women and children event. Its been days since the east coast blizzard. But many major cities remain at a standstill while residents try to dig out of the snow. Finding parking at the university of nevada can be tough. So the campus is looking for creative solutions. Including cars which have the keys still inside so the campus is partnering with zipcars, blamed on the historic blizzard which hit the east coast. And for the second day in a row, federal government offices in washington closed. Schools in dc, closed again; and hundreds of flights remain grounded. Elizabeth hur is in new york with the latest. In baltimore overnight. Unplowed streets made it impossible for fire trucks to reach this house going up in flames. Forcing crews to drag equipment down the street. In new york. This plow truck was no match for the nearrecord snowfall. Reaching its breaking point. Just two days after the blizzard blasted the east coast. The nations capital. Still partially paralyzed. With growing frustration in the surrounding suburbs. Homeowners upset their streets havent been cleared since friday. Plan a went down the drain and they did not have a plan b. Crews in dc are back at work today. Plowing 44hundred miles of roadway. The National Park service. Clearing 300 more miles and 155 more bridges. Track. Thanks to this special rail yard plow. But there is limited service for busriders with many of the citys buses still snowed in. Its getting old real quick. In new york. The Long Island Railroad used a jet engine to clear its tracks. And while much of queens remains buried in feet of snow. New york city is generally up and running. With some commuters even singing praises. Jose ramos, taking his sons to school not delays at all. Very nice ride. Kay brathwait, commuter it was pretty good. The train was about five minutes delayed, but that was about it. So while the digout continues. Officials are urging residents to use caution. Because of those stormrelated deaths. We are told at least a dozen people died from shoveling. Elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. A benign weather week will continue through thursday, with chilly mornings, mild afternoons, will start to move onshore friday, with valley rain and wind and high sierra snow by friday night. The weekend will be stormy, with falling snow levels by sunday morning. While details are still hazy, expect from friday afternoon through monday morning, and wetwindy. Jeff tonight mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. South wind wednesday partly sunny, with a high near 55. Calm wind. Wednesday night partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight. Thursday partly sunny, with a high near 59. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Thursday night a 20 percent chance of rain after 10 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Friday a 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10 am. Cloudy, with a high near 63. Breezy. Friday night rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy. Saturday rain before 10 am, then rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 46. Saturday night rain and snow around 32. Sunday a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Sunday night a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Monday a slight chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. A benign weather week will chilly mornings, mild light winds, and occasional clouds. The next storm series will start to move onshore friday, with valley rain and wind and high sierra snow by friday night. The weekend will be stormy, with falling snow levels by sunday morning. While details are still hazy, expect Winter Driving in the sierra from friday afternoon through monday morning, and wetwindy conditions through the weekend. Jeff tonight mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Wednesday partly sunny, with a high near 55. Calm wind. Wednesday night partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight. Thursday partly sunny, with a high near 59. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Thursday night a 20 percent chance of rain after 10 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Friday a 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10 am. Cloudy, with a high near 63. Breezy. Friday night rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy. Saturday rain before 10 am, then rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 46. Saturday night rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Sunday a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Sunday night a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Monday a slight chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. A few new york residents built an igloo during this weekends a few new york residents built an igloo blizzard and advertised it as a boutique winter igloo for two on airb nb. Inside is blankets and even some candles to set the mood. The Three Friends started by doing some research on youtube. Sixtoeight hours later their igloo was complete. Next, they listed it on airbnb. They priced a night in the giant ice cave at 200dollars. This is new york people have done crazier things with their money so we didnt think 200 to stay in a giant ice cave was not an out of the question thing the offers started coming in, but then air bnb stepped in. Taking the posting down. For a person under the age of 25 renting a car can be an expensive process. The university of nevada understands this dilemma and has partnered with a Ridesharing Company called zipcar. Zipcar rents by the hour, day or week and nevada students only have to be 18 with a valid drivers license. The university hopes the partnership encourages its alternative modes of transportation. Natalie savidge, spokesperson, unr if they can do so and stay here without bringing a car even better and we are here to provide with this partnership with zipcar another alternative mode for them to get around. Kolo 8 news nows paul harris got an inside look at how the program works. Tonight at 5 he will have more details to show you. Plus reaction to the partnership from students. How many friends do you have on facebook . How many do you actually know or see regularly . A new study is taking a look at our social media circle. Compared to our actual circle of friends in the real noah bond has a look at whats coming up in our next hour. Were working on several new and updated stories coming up on kolo 8 news now at 5. Streets in Downtown Los Angeles were blocked today. Protesters were demanding a change in federal immigration policy. And, a las vegas woman says bad luck has made her a squatter in her own home. But could it happen to you . What you can do to avoid the same situation. Plus, were learning more about the three inmates who have escaped from a Southern California jail. And the manhunt. Is still on. Chances are you probably have more facebook friends than you can keep up with. A new study published in the journal Royal Society of open science shows that on average, only four of those facebook friends are considered part of your support clique. Those are people who would be by your side during times of crisis. The study also says the average person could people as close friends. Robin dunbar from the university of oxford concluded that although social Networks Help you keep up with your acquaintances they dont necessarily expand your number of close friendships. Jeff is back with your. Forecast. Tonight mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Wednesday partly sunny, with a high near 55. Calm wind. Wednesday night partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Around 5 mph after midnight. Thursday partly sunny, with a high near 59. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Thursday night a 20 percent chance of rain after 10 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Friday a 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10 am. Cloudy, with a high near 63. Breezy. Friday night rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy. Saturday rain before 10 am, then rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 46. Saturday night rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Sunday a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Sunday night a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Monday a slight chance of youre watching kolo 8 news now at 5 00. Tonight on kolo 8 news now. New developments in the investigation into an officer involved shooting in reno. Were taking a closer look at what led up to it. And ongoing dispute between Truckee Meadows fire and the city of reno may soon be over. Today. A big step toward reconciliation. And, the snow keeps piling up in the sierra. More go

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