Invesigation into one of the deadliest States History is just beginning. Thirteen people including the driver died when a tour bus plowed into the back of a tractor trailer. Seven of the more than 30 people taken to a nearby hospital have been released. This accident happened near palm springs early this morning. In almost 35 years ive never all of us. Fire department who handle it, chp personnel who handle it. Were going to do everything we can to find out specifically what the cause of the accident was. Investigators say the bus was going much faster than the truck. Hundreds of people bid their goodbyes this weekend to the daughter of us olympian tyson gay. Funeral services for 15yearold trinity saturday , kentucky. She during a shootout near a restaurant last sunday. Police arrested and charged at least three people in connection with her death. Invasion two children in suburban atlanta are dead after an earlymorning home invasion. The shooting happened early yesterday morning. Three other children in the home were not hurt. The parents were not home. Chief michael register Clayton County police its very tragic, its senseless. And not only in the atlanta area but in the country we have got to do something about this violence. Determined why the home may have been targeted. But the chief says theyre working leads and using every possible resource to find the shooter. Seven people are lucky to be alive tonight. Firefighters rescued the family and their dog this morning from a secondfloor balcony as flames raced through their apartment building. Neighbors say the childrens screams for help were agonizing. treca pritner neighbor they where we are because were in the back side. It was terrifying it was really frightening the children were of course very scared. The cause is under investigation. Now to your voice your vote and the race for the white house. A major endorsement for donald trump here in the valley. The Las Vegas ReviewJournal Editorial Board now Backing Trump in his bid for the white house. The newspaper is owned by casino mogul sheldon adelson. This is the first major just a little more than two weeks til election day. And Hillary Clinton is still in the lead in Major National polls. Shes up five points according to a fourway rolling survey from realclearpolitics. Today clinton is targeting the battleground state of north carolina. Shell make her first joint appearance with First Lady Michelle Obama later this week. This morning she took her message to church. I got a lot programs. I get criticized for having so many programs. I have plans for everything you got a write it down and check it off. In the meantime tdonald trump is focusing on florida. But hes still fighting those accusations of sexual misconduct. Sot donald trump r president ial nominee all of these liars will be sued after the election is over. Trump pledges to take all his accusers to court. And a new woman is coming forward. Adultfilm star jessica without their consent ten years ago. A new poll from abc shows 69 percent of voters dont like the way hes handling the accusations of sexual assault. And more than half dont believe his claim the vote is rigged. Ballot a lifelong nevadan at the young age of 100 exercises her civic duty. Gertrude gottschalk cast her ballot in early voting in carson city yesterday the first day for early voting in the state. Gertrude Gottschalk voter ive always voted. My folks made it very and so i always have. It felt wonderful, as i just said its the first time weve had a woman president and i think its a good idea. Gertrude was born before the 19th amendment was ratified in 1920. That gave women the right to vote. She voted for Hillary Clinton and is an active member of the democratic party. 13action News Reporter marti glaser spent the day there where politics were she joins us live in studio now. Marti . As gay pride las vegas celebrates its 33rd year at sunset park. Event organizers say its also a good conversation starter of why its important the Lgbt Community gets out and votes both on the national and local level. Sot Richard Brown 154018 we wouldnt be able to have festivals like this wouldnt be able to have marriage in our own home it that i wouldnt be able to marry my boyfriend or the person that i chose the equality they have fought so hard for. And a heads up before hitting the road. The ramp from the 215 east to the airport connector is closed until monday morning. And overnight the same thing for the next two weeks drivers heading to mccarran from eastbound 215 will need to follow a detour to windmill and then to hes a popular musician on the side and a fulltime father. Now jon schmidt leader of the viral group piano guys is scouring a mountain in oregon for his missing daughter. The clues they have to guide them in the race against time. Plus a model for diversity. How a toddler is changing the way we look at disabilities. Chopper 13 is bringing you breaking news fast and first only on 13action news. A Security Breach at the putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. Like trump, hardy opposed legislation to ensure equal pay. And hardy fought to defund planned parenthood, just like trump. Ruben kihuen respects women. Kihuen fought for equal pay for equal work. And ruben kihuen will protect our right to make our own health decisions. Bound for boston delayed becuase someone left a door onto the airplane unlocked overnight. The lapse was discovered whent onto the plane and took their seats several hours ahead of boarding time. American airlines swapped planes just to be careful. The airplane landed safely in boston. A mother in atlanta hopes her baby becomes a model for diversity. She says her son with Downs Syndrome was rejected by a modeling agency. As abcs rachel smith reports that is when her mission started. Script asher nash is just fifteen months old but already parents that want to share his joy with others. Sot meagan nash, mother 17;20;04;00 anytime we had a phone out or a camera, we just noticed he loved to be in front of it in july, ashers mother, meagan, submitted his photos to a Talent Agency which the family chose not to name looking for children for an oshkosh bgosh ad campaign sot meagan nash, mother 17;05;03;03 he met the size criteria, the eye color, the hair color so i submitted after not hearing from the agency, she reached out and says she was told they never submitted ashers photos to wasnt looking for a baby with special needs. gfx the kids with down syndrome Facebook Page sharing ashers story hoping to show the world what hes made of the post going viral. Shortly after, oshkosh took notice and now little asher has the opportunity to wow oshkosh face to face . gfx in a statement to abc news, the company says we look forward to meeting with asher and his family, as well as taking steps to enhance the representation of diverse children in our main goal is for them to meet him next week . And fall in love with him that was rachel smith reporting. Its a race against time to save a lost hiker. Annie schmidt has been missing for a week in a patch of woods near portland, oregon. Drones dogs and teams of searchers are scouring the treacherous terrain. People found her car near the trail head. Her phone and belongings still inside. According to her roommate backpack and regular hiking gear at home. A storm now complicating the search. Days of rain threatening to wipe out trails and leaving some fearing annie fell deep into the gorge. Sot jon schmidt she could literally have fallen off one of the 20, 30 footers that are all over the trails. Annie is the 21yearold daughter of musician john schmidt the leader of viral Youtube Group the piano guys. Protests against the dakota reports Police Arrested more than a hundred protestors this weekend near bismark. Local deputies say they were forced to use mace on protesters trying to cross the line police formed between the demonstrators and the construction equipment. They say one protester grabbed a can of mace from an officer and sprayed the officer in the face. Overseases now. The offensive on mosul, iraq is in high gear. Thirtythousand kurdish and iraqi troops are battling toward secondbiggest city sot sec. Ash carter dept. Of defense make no mistake whether theyre flying airplanes overhead or whether theyre advising units on the ground even behind the frontlines they are at risk. Us secretary of Defense Ash Carter arriving in iraq this weekend. The fighting isnt limited to mosul. Isis fighters staging a large scale attack in the city of kirkuk this weekend killing dozens people. So far dozens of iraqi chiefpetty officer jason finan whats better than the first big snowfall . When students in anchorage. Alaska get the day off from school to enjoy it. Instead of racing to class friday students spent the morning speeding down a hill on sleds. They say the fresh coat of powder is irresistible. Todays high in anchorage a cool 34 degress. Adlib a pacific system will continue to push through the area through tomorrow. As it does, well c see lots of cloud cover, the chance for scattered showers and cooler temps. Most of the rain will stick to the mountains, but the valley will continue to have chances for sprinkles and light rain tonight through tomorrow. Expect upper end breezy winds with gusts to about 30 mph tomorrow afternoon. The system moves out by Tuesday Morning and we will see more sunshine and lighter winds that day. High temps will remain in the low 80s on tuesday. High pressure will build in and warm high temps to the mid 80s expect partly cloudy skies both days. A series of systems will start to bring chances to the area on friday, in the form of cloud cover, slight chances for rain and cooler temps. Expect mostly cloudy skies on friday with afternoon and evening chances for scattered showers and highs back down to the low 80s. The chances will continue through saturday morning and high temps will warm by a couple of degrees by that afternoon as the system makes an exit. Another system follows closely behind and will start to move winds up to the breezy category. High temps will remain in the low to mid 80s to finish off the weekend. Yet another system will roll in to start of the workweek. adlib wx close for scattered showers and cooler temps. Most of the rain will stick to the mountains, but the valley will continue to have chances tonight through tomorrow. Expect upper end breezy winds with gusts to about 30 mph tomorrow afternoon. The system moves out by Tuesday Morning and we will see more sunshine and lighter winds that day. High temps will remain in the low 80s on tuesday. High pressure will build in and warm high temps to the mid 80s on wednesday and thursday. Expect partly cloudy skies both days. A series of systems will start to bring chances to the area on friday, in the form of cloud cover, slight chances for rain and cooler temps. Expect mostly cloudy skies on evening chances for scattered showers and highs back down to the low 80s. The chances will continue through saturday morning and high temps will warm by a couple of degrees by that afternoon as the system makes an exit. Another system follows closely behind and will start to move in sunday, which will kick the winds up to the breezy category. High temps will remain in the low to mid 80s to finish off the weekend. Yet another system will roll adlib wx close for scattered showers and cooler temps. Most of the rain will stick to the mountains, but the valley will continue to have chances for sprinkles and light rain tonight through tomorrow. Expect upper end breezy winds with gusts to about 30 mph tomorrow afternoon. The system moves out by Tuesday Morning and we will see more sunshine and lighter winds that day. High temps will remain in the low 80s on tuesday. Warm high temps to the mid 80s on wednesday and thursday. Expect partly cloudy skies both days. A series of systems will start to bring chances to the area on friday, in the form of cloud cover, slight chances for rain gas prices are holding right now the average for a gallon of regular in las vegas is 2. 46. Thats only up about two cents from this time last month. Madea is too much for her box office competitors. Tyler perrys latest titled boo a madea halloween, is expected to take the top spot in its opening weekend. Its projected to haul in close to 28million dollars. The movie is followed by tom edition of jack reacher never go back with 23million bucks. The horror flick ouija origin of evil is third raking in an estimated 14million dollars. Its a story that could make you wonder where did your adopted pet really come from . Using hidden cameras contact 13 reveals uncovers a dog laundering operation happening in plain sight. 13action news wants to help you stay informed 24 7. Youll need to go to the members page. Just click on the contest tab on our homepage. You spend a lot of time Opening Doors for these little guys. But congressman heck opens them for these guys special interests and the billionaire koch brothers. They spent millions supporting heck, and heck supports their agenda special tax breaks even for corporations shipping jobs overseas. Worse, heck pays for them by cutting education and raising taxes on us. For the content of this advertising. Its hard to make the past dissappear, but Danny Tarkanian is trying. Hed rather you forget about all of his failed runs for congress, senate, and secretary of state. And the shady record that killed his chances every time. The property taxes tarkanian skipped out on for years. The telemarketing scammers he represented. All those Fake Charities he helped set up. More ads from joe hecks billionaires. Theyre complete garbage. Crime dropped over 20 while Catherine Cortez masto was attorney general. Thats why its cortez masto whos been endorsed by law enforcement, not joe heck. And her crackdown on Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking earned the praise of governor sandoval. Dont believe joe hecks trash. Im Catherine Cortez masto and i approve this message. But what about dog laundering . That is what contact 13 discovered is happening with an animalrescue group thats been banned from doing adoptions at petsmart. In this hiddencamera expose darcy spears continues her i gone wrong. Darcy 10 pack a search warrant served this summer and an open investigation by metro and animal control. Plus, our contact 13 investigation revealing poor conditions for hundreds of dogs stuck in overcrowded cages with little human contact and not enough care. Thats the story we first told in august about adopt a rescue pet. Days later, petsmart suspended arp from all adoption events at las vegas stores. But as our hidden camera reveals, that didnt stop the nats dogs barking families looking for new fourlegged friends flock to petsmart locations each weekend. nats dogs barking on a recent visit to the store on north 5th and the 215, we saw well over 30 dogs hoping for a forever home. Pct0004 08 q are all these dogs rescued from locally. Or from . A different shelters. A closer look at some of the dogs revealed this telltale boneshaped tag. Showing dogs like this chihuahua named manley came nats dogs barking we found another arp tag on astro a boston terrier mix. nats keyboard and look who we found on arps website. Both manley and astro are pictured here, ready for adoptioin. But theyre not supposed to be at petsmart. According to this statement, arp was suspended on august 18 from the Petsmart CharitiesAdoption Program for violation of the programs policies and procedures. Despite that, arp continues to promote nats pct0004 31 a lot of them are in foster homes. I have a couple. She has a couple. Contact 13 discovered Elizabeth Rubin, who runs arp, is funneling dogs through another rescue group called a home 4 spot. Diana england, who runs saying yes. We are assisting adoptarescuepet to help get their dogs adopted to their forever homes. An admitted violation of the ban petsmart has imposed. Innocent animals caught up in a controversial situation, a former arp board member says it could be all about the money. Renee 12 28 when you look at youre adopting out a thousand dogs a year and your average adoption fee is 200 then thats 200,000 right there. Where do those thousands of dogs come from . As we first reported, the Animal Foundation concerns over how the rescue houses and treats dogs. Renee says a rp does pick up strays and take dogs owners no longer want, but many of their rescue pets are not local. Renee 3 28 they were bringing in dogs from california because theyre not allowed to pull here in las vegas. As many as 20 to 50 a month for years, she says. While arp promotes itself as a nok theyre adding to southern nevadas animal overpopulation problem. Jason alswang 6 53 certainly theres nothing that we do to stop people from bringing animals in from other locations. Animal control says they cant prevent rescue groups that have been banned by the shelter from importing animals from out of state. Darcy tag 10 pack on their Facebook Page, arp is raising money to help build a pet sanctuary and canine retirement the public and owner Elizabeth Rubin refuses to allow any petsmart and a home 4 spot on our website at ktnv dot com. Right now were working on all new stories for 13action news live at 630. Including the california guard offered thousands of soldiers bonuses to enlist. Now the government wants that money back. Plus well have the latest to the valley. What it all means for the upcoming election and dont forget to download the ktnv mobile app in the Apple App Store or google play. Its free and lets you watch action news video anywhere you have mobile service. < stop right here in the valley stumping for hilr good evening and thanks for joining us. Im christopher king. Its your voice you