Cc to resume shortly reporter pkgas follows the Freedom Tower now stands taller here, than the twin towers did. And near a glittering monument of resiliance the memorial to nearly three thousand americans killed in the deadliest terror attack on us soil, exactly 15 years ago today. Commemorations of a solemn anniversary began days ago. On friday a parade to honor First Responders, and a ceremony here in lower manhattan. jeh johnson Homeland Security secretary on each 9 11, each year, we look back and reflect. In washington, at the Justice DepartmentLoretta Lynch u. S. Attorney general a decade and a half has elapsed since 9 11. This is hard to believe, but it has. And on the steps of the us capitol nats echoing a moment of unity in the wake of tragedy, 15 years ago. nats a cnnorc poll released friday finds americans more angry and more fearful when they reflect on the events of 9 11 now, than five years ago. But this day is defined by remembrance. nats the somber traditions the same each year. Moments of silence for the minutes al into each World Trade Center tower, and the pentagon and when flight 93 crashed in pennsylvania. And when each tower collapsed the south, then the north. And a reading of the names of those lost, by the people who loved them, and miss them,. Cnn adlibs cc to resume shortly karin caifa reporting live for us at ground zero this morning. Thank you karin. And local groups across the valley arepaying tribute to those lves lost on 9 11. Fox5s Kathleen Jacob is live at a fire station near valley view and charleston. Kathleen whats going on there . Good morning alyssa. Firefighters are setting up for their annual tribute now. That people gather here at fire station 5 for the tolling of a bell at the time the first tower fell. And the raising of the World Trade Center flag over a piece of metal from the World Trade Center. Ill step back so you can see the piece of metal now. On this day 15 years ago. More than 27 hundred people died. 343 of those were new york city firefighters. Its something Tim Szymanski with las vegas fire and rescue remembers well. brief interview the ceremony starts at 6 45 at everyone is fire station 5. And everyone is welcome to come and remember the lives lost and the major hit out co this tragic day 15 years ago. Reporting live. Kathleen jacob. Fox5 news. Local. Las vegas. Moving now to a check of our weather. Sam argier joins us with a quick look at the forecast. cc to resume shortly cc to resume shortly shortly metro police have now identified the suspect in friday mornings deadly shooting. Police are looking for 22 year old asa brown. He is wanted in connection with the shooting we told you about yesterday morning. At an apartment complex near desert inn and maryland parkway. Police ask anyone come forward. You leave an anonymous tip by calling crime stoppers. That number is 7023855555. A woman is on life support. And her boyfriend is behind bars this morning. Suspected of drunk driving. After the two got into a car crash near charleston and maryland parkway friday night. Fox5s Abby Theodros has the latest. Jose sanchez i didnt know what to say or what to think all i was praying for my daughter. Jose sanchezs daughter jessica is on life support. 04 js they told us there isnt anything we can do. The family praying shell hold on. They also have questions for her boyfriend. 1719 js it was dumb. What he was doing. Police believe 19 year old Raul Espinoza was driving drunk. Jessica was sitting in the passenger seat. Jose sanchez i can tell you i was upset and angry. Just waiting for sanchez says the couple was driving to a cousins house. Espinoza was seen weaving in and out of traffic at a high speed when he hit a car near charleston and eastern, took off, then hit another car near maryland parkway. Espinoza eventually stopped after slamming into a traffic pole. He walked away with out any serious injuries. Nat sanchez says he trusted and liked espinoza because he helped jessica during a difficult time. Sanchez she was depressed for a while and when she met him she was happy again. They looked really happy. Espinoza was county Detention Center for dui. Jessica is holding on for her life. No one else involved in the crash has serious injuries. And if youd like to donate to jessicas gofund me page and help with medical expenses. We have a link on our website at fox5vegas dot com. The Us Environmental Protection Agency is still screening students belongings for mercury 700 bags of items have already been cleared in the wake of wednesdays discovery of mercury at johnson junior high school. The epa says 10 bags still need to be screened. The school was locked down for more than 16 Hours Wednesday while authorities screened the students inside for exposure. Keeping kids from going home until 4 30 thursday morning. A local nonprofit is being investigated by the us treasury. Treasury officials are asking the state of nevada to stop using the nevada Affordable HousingSi Corporation to administer hardest hit funds. The non profit was supposed to distribute some of the 202 Million Dollars the state received in a bailout. Instead, they wasted more than 8 Million Dollars; thousands were reportedly spent on country clubs and upscale restaurants. In a statement, representative dina titus said quote i am angered by the nevada housing divisions lack of oversight and greatly disturbed that money meant to aid struggling nevadans was squandered on parties, gift items. Nevada officials are requesting attorney general assistance in the investigation. The 16th annual lucky duck festival was a big success at town square if you didnt make it. You missed out on the chance to win 250thousand dollars and other prizes. And saying hello to all your favorite fox5ers all proceeds benefit the positively kids foundation. The Organization Helps medically fragile and special needs kids. All over southern nevada. We run clinics all over town with the school district. We have a clinic over at childs havens so that helps supports the services that we provide to these kids. We dont know the dollar amount yet until probably the end of next week but traditionally it raises about 50 thousand dollars for us, which is a good event. The festival is there was a danceathon. And free entertainment and games. An exciting game at the rose bowl Kevin Bolinger will break down last nights unlvs match up against the ucla bruins. And we are all a flutter with the reopnening of a magical, falltime favorite well be right first season opening road win since 2007 and their first 20 start since 1999. Their task . Beating the 27 point favorite u cla bruins. The rebels defensve struggles let the bruins to jump out to a 21 point lead in the first half. But the rebels fought back. The rebels whittled the lead down to a one point game by the third quarter, but fell short in the fourth, losing 42 21. Fox5s Kevin Bolinger has more. Closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly cc to resume shortly cc to resume cc to resume shortly cc to resume shortly cc to resume shortly cc to resume shortly cc to resume shortly now lets check in with ken smith with a check of our traffic and construction around the valley. Project neon has kicked into high gear this week with a major freeway ramp closure. The m. L. K. Onramp to northbound us 95 was closed Tuesday Morning as work begins on the future carpool lane flyover ramps. The new hov ramps will direct connect the us 95 and the southbound us 95 hov lane to southbound i15. Ndot is suggesting drivers take bonanza road west to rancho drive as an alternate route. The mlk onramp to northbound us 95 is expected to reopen by november 15th. Next we turn our attention on the paradisewhitney interceptor sewer line project. Crews are focused on the intersection of nellis boulevard at tropicana where i know its been a mess for months. They are process of connecting a large 84 inch pipeline under nellis blvd to the newly constructed pipeline under tropicana avenue. According to the county, the work at tropicana and nellis blvd will be wrapped up by the end of october. Fina lly sticking with our smelly sewer line theme, one viewer asked me when the work along spencer street between warm springs and robindale will be finished . This work is part of the same paradisewhitney interceptor sewer line project where a giant 60 inch pipeline is currently being street. Traffic is restricted to one lane in each direction but the good news is the work along spencer street should wrap up by mid october. The entire paradisewhitney interceptor project is scheduled to wrap up by early next year. Now if you have a construction related question, you can reach out to me via twitter at kensmithtv or you can email me at ken dot smith at fox 5 vegas dot com. Gas prices across the country are staying above twodollars. According to gasbuddy. Com. Gas prices are up five cents from this time last month. But down 18 cents from this time last year. Back to school night at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway was a hit with a ton of prizes and high speed action. Students and staff from all vegas area schools got in free for last nights celebration. Perhaps better than all the giveaways and raffles. Nascar drivers Justin Johnson and Scott Gafforini showed up and some got behind the wheel to race with the pros. Happening today. The butterfly exhibit is back open for the fall season if you go to the interactive exhibit. You can be surrounded by beautiful, free flying butterflies. And learn about the environments they need to survive. Its a suresign of fall because the exhibit is only open in the fall and spring. As temperatures drop low enough for the butterflies. Tickets are as low as two bucks listen up all your artists and crafters the 29th annual las vegas Harvest Festival is happening this weekend over 250 exhibits will be there. So you can expect lots of shopping, food, and entertainment for the entire family. The festival is from 10am to 5pm at the Las Vegas Cashman center. Coming up. The most selfless act in history. Giving away your lifetime supply of pizza. And not even taking one bite. Well introduce you to the altruistic woman. And. Las vegas is Hawaiian Island well tell you about the Pacific Island festival won a years worth of free pizza and decided to give it all away. Hannah spooner won a raffle from Little Caesars for 500 dollars worth of free pizza. Instead of keeping it, she decided to donate the pizzas to a nonprofit shelter for homeless, runaway, and at risk youth. Hannah didnt keep any pies for herself. Saying she didnt feel right when there are people going hungry at night. A burger king dispensary made out of legos. Yes, it actually exists. So next time you step on one of your kids legos. Think of the future possibilities instead of the pain. Popular Youtube Channel astonishing studios has a knack for designing things out of legos. Their latest achievement is a burger king vending machine that takes money, dispenses whoppers and fries. And can even fill up your soda cup. You still have to provide the food to put in the machine, but its still impressive either way. And mcdonalds is getting in on the real estate market. They have created a popup hotel in australia that is modeled after the popular monopoly the hotel is one of the worlds smallest, but includes a bright red game board interior and aesthetic touches that reference the game. The hotel was built to celebrate the return of mcdonalds Monopoly Game in australia. Las vegas is known as hawaiis ninth island. And one local festival is embracing that title. The Pacific Island festival is happening this weekend in henderson. It celebrates Hawaiian Culture and includes arts and crafts, a petting zoo, live entertainment, and delicious hawaiian food and its seeing all the people from hawaii get together, you know, our familiar faces and stuff like that. Its not too late to get to get your hands on some of that food and jewelry hawaii has to offer the festival continues today at the Henderson Plaza from 10am to 6pm. It was the kiss seen around the world. The nurse in this iconic picture taken as our men came home from world war two. Has died. A look back at her and Angelina Jolie is urging World Leaders to do something about the conflict in syria. That and more. When we come right back. It was doggie destiny was mr. Bonejangles expecting the perfect toy at an amazing price . But thats the beauty of a store full of surprises. You never know what youre gonna find, national tragedy. American airlines trade center. There was a plane. People were jumping out the window. May god bless the victims their families and america remembering the lives lost on september 11, 2001. All 2,996 of them. On this day 15 years ago. Terrorists hijacked four planes. Two crashed into the World Trade Center. One into the pentagon. And another. Flight 93. Believed to be heading to the white house or the capitol building. Crashed outside shanksville, pennsylvania after passengers and crew fought to regain control from the hijackers. Today the country mourns the worst attack on us soil. Which we now know as the national day of service and good morning welcome to fox five news this morning. Im alyssa dietsch, thanks for joining us among those who lost their lives on september 11th. 343 firefighters who were trying to save victims from the collapsing World Trade Center buildings. They were honored at the st. Patricks Cathedral Memorial Service in new york city. City officials joined hundreds of family members still hurting today. To pay tribute. Dolan says those wounded remind us of the lingering hurt and we include them indeed in our prayerful memory this afternoon. We will not forget. De blasio says i can only imagine what you feel today. I know so many of you have told me the pain does not go away. This time of year is a tough time of year. I also know you tell me the stories of the joy that your loved ones gave you, when they were here with us. The pride they to them, because they served in the fdny. Attorney general Loretta Lynch also speaking at the ceremony. Saying in part, no act of terror can match the character of our country. Change who we are as americans. Or overcome our enduring resolve to be each others keepers in times of calm and crisis. And people around the valley are also remembering this day and paying tribute to the fallen. Fox5s Kathleen Jacob is live at fire station 5 near valley view and charleston where a tribute is set to begin soon. Good morning alyssa. The ceremony starts in about 15 minutes. And will end with the tolling of the bell when the first tower fell. And the raising of the World Trade Center 9 11 flag firefighters gave to our local las vegas fire and rescue. This flag will fly over a piece of metal from the World Trade Center, its right here. A few people are arriving for the ceremony now. Im with. brief interview bring up. But not forget. On this day 15 years ago. More than 27 hundred people died. 343 of those were new york city firefighters. This ceremony will begin in just the next few minutes. And well have Kathleen Jacob. Local. Las vegas. Many here locally will be headed to 9 11 memorials around the valley. Lets check in with sam for a quick check of the weather. cc to resume shortly cc to resume shortly cc to resume shortly a recent political jab Hillary Clinton made on donald trump is backfiring. Steve nannes has more on the candidates controversial efforts to get to the white house. To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump Supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. Right . Racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, islamaphobic, you name it. Hillary clintons remarks at a new york city fundraiser a blunt attack of donald trump quickly lashing back, tweeting wow, Hillary Clinton was so insulting to my supporters, millions of amazing, hard working people. I think it will cost her at the polls his runningmate also strongly retorting Hillary Clintons low opinion of the people that support this campaign should be denounced in the strongest possible terms. Hillary, they are not a basket of anything, they are americans, and they deserve your respect. Another sign of clintons aggressive approach. This new campaign ad that uses republican voices against trump hes a race baiting, xenophobic bigot sen. Lindsey Graham Donald trump is a phony a fraud mitt romney i just cannot support donald trump sen. Susan collins but has clinton gone to far . Her comments being compared to mitt romneys 47 percent gaffe in 2012 there are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what tightening race, and were less than two months from election day. Im steve nannes, reporting Hillary Clinton issued a statement saying she regrets saying half of Donald Trumps supporters are deplorables. An