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KVVU FOX5 News At 1000pm September 22, 2016

Lewdness. Tonight though hes a free man. After posting a 6 thousand dollar bond. We put calls in to the 50 year olds office. After we couldnt reach anyone. We stopped by his medical office in person. We also visited a home address under his name in north las vegas. The woman who awnsered the door claimed he no longer lived there. Online. We found patient complaints for burgos and his practice. Ranging from long appointment wait times. To a rude office staff. To billing issues. Along with some good reviews. But nothing about inappropriate behavior with patients. Tonight were also learning doctor burgos has been in practice for more than 20 years. He has no record of disciplinary actions by the state board of medical examiners. Police believe there could be more victims out there. If you have any information you are asked to call crimestoppers at 7023855555. Casino was evacuated and parts of the Las Vegas Strip shut down after a Security Officer reported a suspicious package. Multiple agencies, including metros bomb squad, responded to the stratosphere. They investigated a backpack left unattended in the hotel lobby. They say the back pack was beeping. By the end of the investigation they were able to determine the bag contained medical equipment. Nothing dangerous. Even though it turned out to be a false alarm. Law enforcement says their big response you look around the world and these are the steps i promise you as a city and as a multi jurisdictional operation. Were gonna take each and every time to protect our tourists our local men and woman who live and work in this area. Stratosphere officials did send us a statement saying they evacuated employees and guests as a precaution. The las evgas strip has since opened back up and the stratosphere is running business as ussual. Man police found covered in blood. Holding a baseball bat at the scene of a double homicide at a valley apartment complex. This is frank interlicchia he was arrested tuesday afternoon near tropicana and swenson. Police found a man and woman. Beaten to death inside the apartment they shared with interlicchia. Interlicchia now faces two counts of murder charges and one count of home invasion. Breaking news in north carolina. Where the governor has declared a state of emergency in charlotte after protests against a Deadly Police shooting have turned violent again tonight. Dianne gallagher is in charlotte tonight and joins us live. Good evening. What is happeneing on the streets right now . Closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning the next step in closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly the next step in building a new nfl stadium happened a few hours ago. Nevada governor Brian Sandoval called for a special session of the legislature. 63 lawmakers will meet next month to make the 1. 9 billion dollar decision. To put this political process in football terms. Expect to see a lot of blocking. Tackling. And hail marys these next few weeks. The possibility of the Las Vegas Raiders took a big step forward today. Governor Brian Sandoval offically called for a special session of the nevada legislature. That session is set to take place no sooner than october 7th. And no later than october 13th. By doing this. The governor is playing a political game of football himself. Hell be trying to score enough votes before the clock runs out on him. Would be the best time to get it called. Knowing the nfl is meeting in january he didnt want to wait till the last second and risk maybe not doing it. Fox5 political expert Mark Peplowski says dont expect this stadium project to be rubber stamped thru. The governor only needs a simple majority of yes votes. But getting those votes could be challenging. The 750 million of public funding is a major red flag. Couple that with the expansion of the lvcva. And more funding for law enforcement. That big price tag could scare off some lawmakers. Most important thing for them is to answer this question. Do we want to spend x amount of dollars. Which between 2 projects will exceed one billion dollars. Do we commit and force taxpayers to bear the burden . If the stadium bill is approved by the legislature. The next step would be the raiders to accept the deal. Then they would make their pitch to nfl owners to one final note. Mark peplowski tells us each day of a special session can cost up to 250,000 dollars. A group based in las vegas is working to stop terror in the u. S. By heading overseas. Well show you how their recent mission nearly cost them their lives. Your fox5 weather 24 7 forecast is coming up next youre watching fox5 news at 10. [ cellphone ringing ] its just another scandal from Danny Tarkanian. Tarkanian was the corporate lawyer for those with an elaborate scam that tricked hundreds of seniors into donating to fraudulent charities, totaling millions. And when a shady tarkanian deal went bust, he refused to pay back 17 million, sticking taxpayers with the bill. Dccc is responsible for the content of this advertising. Woman here in nevada, those were the worst days of our lives, narrator in 2008, joe heck called nevadas housing crisis a blip on the radar. Thats just how out of touch joe heck is. Giving tax breaks to big banks, he took over 500,000 from wall street and families like mine get left behind. Narrator afscme people is responsible for the content of this ad. Narrator afscme people is responsible the new salami caprese panini from subway. Pressed and grilled to cinematic perfection to get a golden brown crust and meld the flavors in melted cheese. Part of the new chefinspired have a goal. Stop terrorism at the source. The men are apart of a nonprofit called shadows of hope and they travel to some of the most dangerous places in the world. Fox5s Cyndi Lundeberg sat down with the men who are just back from a trip to an area terror breeding ground. She has more on their efforts and the trouble they encountered. Dave christine imagine coming face to face with isis or alqaida if youre apart of shadows of hope. Thats a reality. They go into these areas known to be terror recruiting grounds and try and offer these people another option. Its a story youll only see on fox5. This is robert hoey and randolf dixon arrived their job is so to go into some of the most dangerous places on earth. There is a huge problem right now the world doesnt see theyre apart of a las vegas nonprofit called shadows of hope we have no problem breaking the law for people who need it randolf dixon our job it gets touchy its very touchy and sensisitive their latest mission took them to the city of sitetway in burma. The un calls the Muslim Population in this area one of the most persecuted minorities in the world we bring what make the biggest difference we can many now live in refugee camps like this. Nats kids robert hoey c theyre not allowed to have education they arent allowed to have land a lot of suicide bombers in afghanistan are recruited from this same refugee camp we were just in sitetway has been known to have ties to Isis Al Qaida and boko haram. Robert hoey its well known to be a terror recruiting ground hoey tells me during their time at one refugee camp a terror recruit came and was offering people 100 dollars to join a thousand to their families if they die. Solidarioty organization robert hoey that is the organization responsible for recrutiing people out of burma and putting them in pakistan for taining and then moving them to afghanistan for combat operations shadows of hope says for many in the refugee camp this is their first interaction westerners. Robert hoey we show them that not everybody from america hates them because theyre muslim theyll be like i though all americans hated muslims and we say no were here to help you and they hope to continue showing people a life of terror isnt their only option. Randolf dixon ri ability to make a difference in the world while i can and no one is telling me to stop im going to do it shadows of hope is also working closely with clean power for humanity to bring green powered solutions to burma and other impoverished areas to improve the lives of the People Living there. They are also hoping to return to nigeria. To continue their outreach involving the terror group boko haram. Over to our website fox5vegas dot com we have a lot more information for you about the nonprofit shadows of hope and their global work. Now fox5 weather 24 7, with chief meterologist ted pretty slight shower chances overnight into the early hours of thursday with most of the rain well north and east of the las vegas valley. Well pick up gusts to 30 mph overnight, then gusts to 40 mph tomorrow afternoon with a high of 84. Friday well see north breezes to 15 mph and a high of 81. The weekend will feature highs in the mid and upper 80s with plenty of sun breezes. Well warm up to 90 degrees into early next week. Slight shower chances overnight into the early hours of thursday with most of the east of the las vegas valley. Well pick up gusts to 30 mph overnight, then gusts to 40 mph tomorrow afternoon with a high of 84. Friday well see north breezes to 15 mph and a high of 81. The mid and upper 80s with plenty of sun and light north breezes. Well warm up to 90 degrees into early next week. We are one nation under god. That black and white, we are one nation indivisible. You know what they used to in a stretcher, folks. Y bet i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters. Priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. Jim dunlap too many Nevada Police officers have been killed in the last few years. The truth is, we make it too easy for criminals and the dangerously mentally ill to buy guns. They get them at gun shows or online from strangers, no questions asked. So heres something we can do to. That will help prevent future cop killings. It works. In states that have closed the loophole, nearly half as many Police Officers have been shot and killed in the line of duty. Background checks save lives. Medical marijuana patients can now be approved within hours after applying for a card. The Nevada Dispensary Association Just Announced the online applications. The process can be completed with any web browser. You can also visit a dispensary if you do not have Internet Access or if you need help completing the application. Patients still need to visit a doctor for approval but they do not have to make the trip to the dmv. As they did before. You upload the doctors recommendation as youre going through the process insteading of having to mail it to the Health Department in reno. The process used to take several can can be done in one day. The launch of the online application means the physical Application Office will be closing for good on october 31st. It has been popping up in cities across the country. And finally it has made its way to downtown las vegas. A naked donald trump statue is now in place at 6th and fremont street. The replica of the republican president ial nominee is certainly getting a lot of attention. The statue leaves little to the imagination. Stopping and taking pictures and snapping selfies. Some are calling it art. While others are not so sure. I think its beautiful, i think it really represents like the title says, the emperor has no clothes i dont know if id call it unerving. I think its the way the rhetoric of this election cycle is that im gald someone is doing Something Like this. A local artist who goes by the name ginger is responsible for statues. He said hes not a fan of trump or Hillary Clinton. And plans to vote for gary johnson this year. The life is beautiful festival will be taking over the streets of downtown this weekend. And organizers say this statue is not part of the event. The festival is doing Something Different this year teaming up with pandora to offer a live audiostream for the threeday event. Giving listeners the opportunity to hear performances from performers like mumford and sons. The lumineers. And major lazer. The festival kicks off on friday. And runs through sunday. Doors open at 2 pm daily and close at 1 am. For a complete list of closures for the festival. Be sure to download our fox5 mobile app. A suspicious package sparks a big reaction from police on the strip. Why police say their Quick Response is part of what makes las vegas. The safest place for tourists. What started a disagreement in a courtroom. Between a clark county public defender and the judge. Man hecks in washington. Become part of the problem heck voted to protect perks for politicians like himself, allowing congressmen to travel on private jets at taxpayer expense and voted members of congress, like himself, taxpayerfunded healthcare for life. Heck even voted to allow congressmen to take their pay during a government shutdown. Congressman heck is whats wrong with washington. Dscc is responsible one ringing ] its jus tarkanianscandal was the corporate lawyer for those with an elaborate scam that tricked hundreds of seniors into donating to fraudulent sticking taxpayers with the bill. Why would we ever send Danny Tarkanian to congress . Dccc is responsible for the content of this advertising. Hes a racebaiting, xenophobic, apreligious bigot. E. Donald trump is a phony, a fraud. Hes not a serious adult. I cant vote for donald trump given the things that he said. Trump should not be supported. I believe hes disqualified himself to be president. I just cannot support donald trump. This is fox5 news at 10. Local. Las vegas. It was a hectic and scary moment today on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip. A suspicious package was found prompting a partial evacuation of the stratosphere and the shut down of parts of las vegas boulevard. Fox fives miguel martinezvalle was there as details of the suspicious package came staying down there had a lot of questions . Thats right not only questions but also some serious concerns. After the news of bombs across the country those staying in vegas feared we were the next city to be hit. But metro police had a clear message for locals and tourists. Theyre determined to keep our city safe. Thats how i feel. Like what is going on. It was a question many on the north end of the strip were asking themselves. They wouldnt tell us anything. Nothing at all but before they could get answers. They were forced out of the stratosphere. And onto the street. Like whats going on, no one is saying whats going on. Its just like move to the back move to the back. Lets go lets go were inside the restaurant and all of a sudden they come and told us to evacuate because there was a suspicious package inside. Those words. Suspicious package. Had people fearing the worst. When they said a package left in the street, bomb threat. Im like a man manhattan all with whats happened in new york and everything you just want to get out because you dont know whats going to happen really and with the evacuation of the casino, the closure of las vegas boulevard, and the massive response from police. This really seemed like something serious. Police everywhere and like i said the yellow tape was out, i didnt know what had took place a beeping backpack caused the latest strip evacuation but metro says anytime someone calls in something suspicious. Even if it ends up being Something Like our stations live backpack unit. They d hesitate in responding if youve ever been around anything thats medical in nature they make ticking and beeping noises so thats what was suspicious about it more than anything so while the suspicious backpack ended up being beeping medical equipment. Police say their training and response to these situations is what keeps the valley safe. Thats why we took the steps we took to make sure the community was safe, at this time i can tell you we are safe. The statosphere is business as ussual and the las vegas boulevard has been re opened for a few hours. Those visitors i theyre ready to enjoy the rest of their trip worry free. Mmv, ffn, ll this package was called in as a part of metros see something Say Something initiative. Police urge anyone to report anything suspicious. A public defender is standing her ground after a remove a black lives matter pin from her shirt or leave her clients case. This comes after the Las Vegas Police union wrote the police chief asking him to ban in his words all black lives matter paraphernalia from the courtroom. Fox 5 spoke with an attorney who specializes in First Amendment rights. He tells us the issue isnt about black and white the judge has the responsibility of keeping the courtroom impartial. I think that black be equated with Breast Cancer awareness. What were trying to do is stop people from dying. There are a lot of symbols and statements being made. Was this such a big deal . I dont know erika ballou has not been prosecuted and the hearing for her client has been moved to tomorrow. For a second night protestors take to the streets of charlotte north carolina. Here is a look at the demonstrations. Police say a man was shot and critically injured while protesting. But it was not by a police officer. Men and women were throwing bottles and fireworks. The demonstrations are in response to the deadly shooting of an unarmed black man by police. Officers say he had a gun. Neighbors say he was holding a book. Last night protesters injured 16 officers, damaged several police cars and shut down a major highway. The man who planted bombs in new york and new jersey last weekend remains hospitalized tonight. This as the men who found one backpack full of explosives talk about the we picked it up i continued around the corner to the store he said this is kind of heavy bail for Ahmad Khan Rahami has been set at five pointtwo million dollars. He is facing federal charges. Including use of a weapon of mass destruction. Police believe rahami purchased items to make the bombs on ebay this summer there is a new scandal surrounding disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner. He back at this time accused of sexting with a 15

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