Youre watching mornings on fox 11, connecting northern nevada. Good thursday morning. Thank you for joining us here on mornings on fox 11. 7 00. If you havent gotten outside as of yet, make sure you give yourself extra time this morning. Depending on where you live, as you saw with those live shots if youre taking a look there, pretty wild certain parts of town. Still coming down at a good clip. Snowing furiously at my house about 3 45 this morning. A sketchy drive in to work for me this morning. Now looks like weve got some of shows showers scattered around the area, particularly where ryan kern is west of town near the state line. Yeah. The weather this morning has called for some school delays. All story county schools are on a onehour delay, Sierra Nevada college on a two everyone else, sorry, you are good to go. Dont hit that Snooze Button today. Dont hit that. Lets check in with tim, see what we have in store for us rest of the day. Good morning to you. We have snow shower activity across parts of western nevada into the sierra now. We also have a batch of snow in Eastern Nevada. Those will eventually start to taper off, snow showers taste, will start to taper off as we head toward the afternoon hours. High of 47 in reno sparks. Improving roads later on for the afternoon commute p. Mornings commute is certainly pretty tough out there. Breezy conditions, too. Southwest winds 20 to 25, gusting to 45 Miles Per Hour at times. Two different batches of snow. One to the eastern side of the state, one here in western nevada in the sierra. The one on the eastern side of the state, thats the main push of moisture from last night. If you were up about 10, 11 00 last night and saw that heavy rain down on the valley floor, thats this batch. Thats snow toward the elko area. State, we have snow falling through reno sparks, heading up toward pyramid lick as well, down through Washoe County, carson city, beyond, men den, gardnerville. Into truckee, we have snow falling. In the southern sierra, we starting to see a few more snow showers this morning. Either way, all this snow shower activity ity will taper as we head toward the afternoon hours. Breezy conditions for the day today. Morning snow showers kind of tapering in the afternoon. I think well see improving roads for the afternoon commute. Also another weak system for your friday night. That one is not as impressive. Well have it on the 7day coming up in a bit. Back to you. This storm is causing slick Road Conditions around the truckee meadows. Alex knito is live with a look at what you need to before starting that morning commute. Alex . Reporter sam, its amazing how much of a difference a little bit of time and a little bit of distance can make. Over on sparks on pyramid highway. Earlier, we were seeing very, very light snowfall. Now look at it. Very low visibility. And when i left my house over in this area at around 3 00 this morning, there was no snowfall falling. And again, just take a look. Its not only coming down really quickly, but the snowflakes are getting bigger and bigger as we move around the area. Now, some good news, though, were not seeing too much ice on the roadway, but as you can see over here on the freeway, looks like the snow is starting to stick a little bit. And the roads are slick from the snow and rain we have seen throughout the morning. A reminder to please drive slow this morning. I just checked mndots web site. No known car crashes at this time. Lets continue that through the rest of this morning. We sound like a broken record every time it snows. We want everyone to be safe during the day. Ryan kern, hes over in the bold ranch area. Reporter good morning al sex. Seeing a little bit of change. We can actually start to see dont exactly see where the sun is, but it is starting to get a little light. Because its getting lighter, check this out. I want to show you where the snow is at my feet on the edge of i80, and what it is on i80. Check out the road. Still not safe to travel through here if you do not have chains or not a fourwheel drive car with snow tires. Very important. Were actually standing right at the checkpoint where caltrans officials are making sure both of those things, or hes at least one of those things is in place toward truck,e. Were at the nevada border. This is where traffic was completely stopped two hours ago. There was too much snow on the ground. We were standing in the fast lane two hours ago about ankle deep, even maybe snowplows have come through and cleared up. Chain controls implemented here along with the entire lake tahoe. And ever direction from california, nevada into lake tahoe. Also something important to note weve seen not only the wind warning, but chain limitations throughout the morning. Not only can you not travel through if your vehicle is taller than 9 feet; you also need chains. Well continue giving you Road Conditions from here this area, nevada border, continue on through the rest of the show. Well send it back to you. Turning now to politics and decision 2016, nevada will take center stage this saturday in the 2016 president ial election as the states Democratic Caucus gets underway. Republican caucus is happening next tuesday, the 23rd. If you want to participate in the Republican Caucus on tuesday, you must already be a registered republican in nevada. Little different you can actually register to vote that day. It was an exciting, exciting day for democrats. We registered 30,000 plus democrats in the state of nevada in one single day. We invite anyone who wants to come see the process, see how we do it and the republican party. We invite you. Still registered republican, you not be able to participate in the caucus, but the fight is just starting. The Democratic Caucus starts at 11 00 a. M. On saturday. Republicans ask you to show up on tuesday at 5 p. M. With more on where to go, the dos and dont, and your caucus location, head to our sister stations web site at mynews4. Com. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders are neck and neck in the latest polls. According to the cnn, orc poll, 48 of likely caucus goers support clinton while 47 back sanders. They say clinton is more and health care; but when it comes to the economy and helping the middle class, sanders is pulling ahead of clinton 50 to 47 . On the republican side, donald trump continues to hold a huge lead 45 followed by marco rubio, and 19 ted cru it. And democratic president ial hopeful Bernie Sanders added his name to the long list of candidates stopping in northern nevada in the coming days. Bernie will be holding a rally at the nugget in sparks tomorrow. The event is free and open to the public. Doors will be opening at 1 p. M. Head to our sister stations web site at mynews4. Com for a full list of upcoming candidate appearances. Nevada senator harry reed is making a prediction about Senate Republicans. He says they will, quote, cave and confirm the president s nominee to serve on the u. S. Circuit court. Reed spoke yesterday at the Washoe County democratic headquarters. Could hurt or even december industry the reed said they could lose the senate to democrats this november by filling to act. Reed was also asked if Brian Sandoval had a chance to be nominated to the nations high escort. Ive had a Good Relationship so we have a Good Relationship. We found it works much better if we keep our conversations to ourselves. Reid also shared some strong words against nevadas Public Utilities commission over its recent decision that critics say punishes rooftop solar customers. Now to a developing story, police are investigating a shooting. It happened around 7 00 last night at the pond row sal trailer park. Police say, when they got to the scene, they found a man on the ground with gunshot wounds. Emergency responders tried to revive him, but he so far there are no suspect descriptions available. Lieutenant shaw with rpd said its too soon in the investigation to determine if the shooting is gangrelated. Making your legal news this morning, there are new developments in the case in lion county where a man is on trial for the death of a little boy. The mother of the little boy who died several spent hours on the witness substantial doubt, and broke down in tears several times. Tab that reed testified she was at work when her boyfriend cody wallace called her to say her son tom had fallen and hurt herself. But admitted yesterday she lied to family members, even to doctors, telling tom tom was injured the next day. She said she was simply trying to avoid problems. The judge has issued a gag order, meaning no one involved in the case is allowed to speak with the media. Coming up, democrats are making a final push here in nevada. Were going to have the latest upcoming caucus right coming down. With just two days until the South Carolina president ial contenders making some lastminute pitches. The democrats are making a final push in nevada, which holds its Democratic Caucuses it same day, on sad. A new poll indicating a very tight race. Heres reed bineon with more. Reporter in a state known for making the odds, the numbers ahead of saturdays nevada Democratic Caucuses are too close to call. Bernie sanders is hoping to build momentum following his win in last weeks New Hampshire primary. Everything in my political gut tells me that we have the momentum here in this state. Reporter but Hillary Clinton says the smart money is on her for a silver state win. Were going to go out, and were going to saturday. Than were going on to South Carolina. Reporter a new cnn orc poll suggests sanders and clinton are in a dead heat, with 48 of likely caucus goers saying they support clinton, and 47 clinton has an edge on a range of top issues, but the poll results suggest divide opinions on the economy are responsible for the tight race. Another factor, raise itself, as the nominating contests shift from states like iowa and New Hampshire to states with more diverse elect rats. Sand verse getting support from the daughter of eric garner, killed in a confrontation with police in 2014. The African AmericanCommunity Knows that on any given day, some innocent person, like sandra bland, can get into a car, and then three days later shes going to end up dead in jail. Reporter clinton got the backing of blands own mother. I have been blessed to be able to introduce this fantastic to my right. Reporter im reed bineon reporting. All right. Thank you for that, reed bineon. Indicted by a federal grand jury. Officials say bun day along with four others are facing felony charges of armed assault against federal officers in a standoff two years ago. Bun day led about 400 armed supporters in a faceoff over grazing rights on land in southern nevada. Federal officials eventually backed off, but bun day was arrested in oregon last week where he flew to support his sons in a separate standoff at a wildlife refuge. The Court Ordered bun day to remain behind bars, saying he is a flight risk. Cliveen bun day could spend the rest of his life in prison if hes convicted. Its time for an Office Computer upgrade to the pentagon. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has ordered up grades to windows 10 be done on all 4 million of the pentagons personal computers. The upgrade is going to happen within the next 12 months. Obviously security is a big deal to the department of defense, so some pc fans may upgrade as and endorsement that any bugs in the operating system have been worked out. And your world news this morning, pope francis departed mexico wednesday night after a sixday trip that took him all over to the country, including the indigenous south and north. The pontiff ended his trip in the northern border city of ciudad juarez. Now, the pope is not flying on his familiar plane back to rome, but on air mexicos new 787 dreamliner, which has been christened as the, quote, missionary of peace in the pontiffs honor. Pe francis is rumor to be back in latin america later this year to visit argentina, chile, and uruguay. Rough one for a lot of people. Good morning to you. Morning. I think a better commute by this afternoon. Right now were dealing with wet and also slick roads. Came through r,no sparks u. S. Itself, so we are still looking at some of that accumulating snow. Starting to stick here at the station just moments ago, continuing to watch for those wet and slick roads this morning with snow showers coming through. Afternoon, well start to see the snow showers tapering so that means a drying trend heading into the afternoon and the next several days. 33 in town now with snow reported at the airport, 9 Miles Per Hour winds out of the south, and 96 snow showers this morning, breezy conditions for the nearly as warm as the last couple of days. Only getting into the 40s later today. Right now were in the 30s across much of the area. That cool front came through, and it brought with it the snow, wind, and thats still continuing to provide some snow shower activity. So two different areas to look for here. Nearby nevada getting steady snow. Thats the heavier burst of rain that came through reno last night. You can track it all the way across the state. Providing snow for that side of the state. A heavier burst of snow pushing through far western nevada. Theres still snow shower activity up into the sierra. All of this is going to start to break apart, though, as we head into the afternoon hours here. Things are going to start drying out for us heading into the afternoon and then heading into tomorrow, things are still mainly dry. Another weak system very weak in nature passes to our north as we head through tomorrow night. So perhaps a few more showers, not too much else going on there. So a drier trend is going to set in. The day. We have alerts to talk about. Theres a lake wind advisory until 6 00 p. M. For pyramid lake. 20 to 25, gusting to 45. Feet. Eastern nevada has a wind advisory until 10 00 this morning, and still snowing out that way as well. That main batch of snow the eastern side of the state now, and weve had our own burst of snow coming through the r,no sparks area last few hours. Well continue to see morning snow showers coming to an end or at least starting to toper by this afternoon. Another smaller, weaker system comes through for your friday night. Thats mostly to our north, but that could provide a few more isolated showers out there. Then things are pretty quiet heading into the weekend. Were back to the 60degree mark in reno sparks by monday. Back over to you. Thank you, tim. A federal judge has ordered apple to help the fbi break into an i john phone belonging to one of what apples stance is on it for her experience, leadership, tenacity, the Las Vegas Sun endorses Hillary Clinton. Just like planned Parenthood Action Fund endorses clinton for her fortitude keeping government out of womens personal healthcare decisions. And the league of conservation voters action fund. For her bold plan to attack climate change. Or the human rights campaign. Because hillary believes only love should decide which two people can marry. Not just a progressive. A progressive who gets results. Im Hillary Clinton, for investigators in the San Bernadino terror attack, getting into the minds of the shooters means getting into their phone. More than two months later, theyre still locked out by a simple pass code. Was San Bernadino a very important investigation to we still have one of those persons phones we have not been able to open. Reporter in a public letter, ceo tim cook says the order would create a back door to the iphone, something too dangerous to create, a position hes made public before. If you put a back door in, that back door is for everybody for good guys and bad guys. Reporter but apple is against the fbi and justice department, both with the backing of the white house. Theyre simply asking for something that would have an impact on this one reporter but cook says thats not the case, writing that once created, the teak could be used over and over again on any number of devices, exposing apple customers to hackers and cyber criminals. Hes also warning this would create a precedent that could be extended to force apple help the government spy on its customers. Apple is calling for a public substitution on the issue. It may ultimately end up before the Circuit Court. Im scott mcchain. The department of justice says the judges order only applies to one iphone. Were asking all of you on facebook should apple cooperate and unlock the phone; its a slippery slope if you do it for one, you have to do it for others. One local business wants to you celebrate National Drink Wine day. You heard that right. Were going to it will you about a coffee bar coming up in our 8 00 hour, and how theyre helping you do exactly that. Rough ride out there this morning. Well be right back. You are watching mornings on fox, with bill frankmore, samantha bowman, melissa karl son, and weather with meteorologist tim this is mornings on fox. Good thursday morning. Friday eve, of course,. If you havent looked outside yet, that snow really starting to come down. Kind of in central reno. Just about in the past 30 minutes or so, really starting to stick out there. Maybe the storm moving a little east. It actually looks worse here than it did on ryan kerns live shot. Yeah. It is a messy one. Please give yourself extra time. Do have to tell you about a couple of schools that are delayed. All story county schools, you are on a onehour delay. Sierra nevada college, you are on a twohour delay. Everything else, from what weve heard so far, going on as scheduled. That snow, of course, starting to stick on our roadways. So if you have to leave t