the university of phoenix has taken advantage. how do you respond to that? >> it's troubling greatly. we are not taking advantage of veterans. i'm a veteran, i don't feel i've been taken advantage of. >> major dean has been the dean at the university of phoenix for a year and a half. he spent 30 years in the army and is the primary spokesperson when it comes to veterans. i. >> i don't know that the veterans need to be protected. we sent the young men and women to war. guess what have you done as a taxpayer, you have trusted them to make good decisions. when we give them a possibility, there's a misgovernment overreach. everyone is all concerned what they do and where they go. and you want to stop the madness. >> how confident are you that the action will be resolved. >> high confidence. we are transparent. communicative. >> historically for profit universities, like the university of phoenix has been seen as ideal for non-traditional students. students who may be older, who have a family and need flexible hours. in 2006 when the o

more than a year after we first learned of problems at the phoenix v.a. hospital, they still have not been fixed. a new government report describes long waits for veterans seeking treatment. whistle blowers charge the hospital is missing something essential-- enough doctors. >> reporter: ground zero for the veterans affairs wait time scandal was here at the phoenix v.a. hospital. a 2014 inspector general report detailed how thousands of veterans across the country were put on secret waiting lists. whistleblower dr. sam foot maintains at least 40 veterans died in phoenix since april 2014. so two years later, are the problems fixed? >> no. >> reporter: the report did not blame the wait times for the deaths but did call for changes in how the phoenix v.a. schedules appointments. >> a band-aid has been put on this and, therefore, everything is okay. everything is not okay. physicians and providers to provide medical care. >> reporter: in october, the i.g. released a new report about critical staffing shortages in the urology department from april 2013 to sept

maintains at least 40 veterans died in phoenix since april 2014. so two years later, are the problems fixed? >> no. >> reporter: the report did not blame the wait times for the deaths but did call for changes in how the phoenix v.a. schedules appointments. >> a band-aid has been put on this and, therefore, everything is okay. everything is not okay. they still don't have enough physicians and providers to provide medical care. >> reporter: in october, the i.g. released a new report about critical staffing shortages in the urology department from april 2013 to september 2014. the report says leaders can not have a plan to provide urlogical services and the staffing crisis impacted thousands of patients. >> they killed him. the phoenix v.a. >> reporter: debbie alan's husband, mel, was being treated at that time for bladder cancer. the urology department had to refer the vietnam veteran to an outside hospital. >> there were no doctors in the qualified to do that surgery to remove his prostate and his bladder. >> reporter: debbie says it took eight mon

hot, dry weather is the stuff of legend in the sprawling metropolis of phoenix, arizona. here in the valley of the sun, summer temperatures can exceed 100 degrees for weeks on end. being surrounded by desert only makes things hotter. on july 5th, 2011, the combination results in a spectacular phenomenon that fills the sky. >> the storm spanned from one side of the horizon to the other. >> this time lapse must be seen to be believed. the storm is called a haboob. >> a haboob is an arabic term >> a haboob is an arabic term and it basically just means wind. here in the u.s., we generally just use the word dust storm. >> the wind from a dying summer thunderstorm kicks up enough dust to produce a dense, massive wall, advancing towards the city. while some take cover, storm chaser and videographer blain sees this storm as a perfect photo op. >> i get a phone call, get your camera, i don't care what you're doing. get out to the nearest hill you can. as soon as i got to the nearest intersection, i saw it coming. >> those residents see haboobs several times a year, this one is spe

we look at phoenix and the va there where some say not a lot has changed. hi, brian. >> that's exactly right. more than two years after whistle-blower dr. sam foot made allegations that at least 40 veterans died while waiting for proper medical care at the phoenix veteran health administration hobble, foot says there are not enough doctors and wait times are too long. >> it really hasn't changed that much over time. there are a lot of problems. and it is no surprise because many of the architects of the downfall of phoenix are still there. they have yet to take action on the chief of has, the associate director of the chief of staff there and in the case he was at the center of the waiting list scandal. >> 15 months after an internal probe found two senior managers at the phoenix hospital trying to retaliate defense foot and other whistle-blowers, they have yet to be disciplined or punished. foote was a dr. of internal medicine before he retired in december 2013 after exposing the hospital for covering up long wait times for vets. foote said those wait time

tonight it's the phoenix suns as vevl. not lat long ago, many, many years ago in a galaxy far away the warriors stunk. a wednesday night game against the phoenix suns was no big deal but now we send out our big guns to cover the game and that would be scott reiss as the warriors try to break a one-game -- can we call it a losing streak? go ahead. >> i don't know if a one-game losing streak is a streak, but regardless it does seem like an awfully long team since a game has not had had bigger implications than just a game for this basketball team. you talked about it yesterday. at practice the last couple days, definitely a sense of relief that the streak is over. they don't have to win games for the sake of the streak. they can go back to doing what was best for the long-term prospects of the team. it will be interesting to see how that all plays out tonight with the suns here because the ws blew them out of their own building last month. >> really good player. good one on player so it's more of a personnel game. they're ki

foote was a doctor of internal medicine at the phoenix v.a. hospital before retiring in december, 2013, after exposing the hospital for covering up long wait times the for vets. foote said those wait times led to the deaths of 40 vets. his testimonies have led to major reforms at v.a. medical centers nationwide. now in october the inspector general released a scathing report finding some patients with bladder and prostate cancer died waiting for medical treatment at the phoenix hospital and exposing critz call staffing shortages in the urology -- critical staffing short not as in the urology department which led to 3200 cancelled appointments and the death of seven patients. but despite new reforms implethed by robert mcdonald -- implemented by robert all of us this holiday season that major problems still persist in how our veterans are cared for. in new york, brian yennis, fox news. >>> so rob eicher is the busiest man in the newsroom tonight tracking the first season. so what are the latest models saying, rob, and quite frankly what do you

colby defended phoenix, said most of those deaths were almost all were combat casualties. that turned out an awful lot of the phoenix deaths were assassinations and tortures, and a lot of the operators that worked with phoenix under the cia can't even bill colby sent out memos saying we don't condone extrajudicial punishment or whatever, a lot of that was still going on. colby always defended his role in vietnam. he was proud of that. i mean, he thought that it was a travesty that the dm at brothers were overthrown in vietnam, and that we could have won the war and his family could have still been in power which probably nothing could'v could have beenr from the truth. well, thank you very much. i appreciate, this event a good audience. [applause] >> thank you so much for coming tonight. he will sign books at the table and we have them for sale at the counter. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> abigail fillmore was the first first lady to work outside the home teaching in a private school. just excessive lobbied congress for on street the first white house library. ma

she and john moved to phoenix, she rose to phoenix, she rose to become the vice chairman of the maricopa county republican party. republican credential are crucial to her story as i explained in the book. from there, she went to the arizona legislator and became a arizona appellate judge. her breakpoint came when a friend of her's and phoenix decided he would take chief justice warren bigger out. john's brother-in-law was justice burger's administrative assistant and burger was in arizona going to a conference in flagstaff. so when o'connor's run found out that burger was in arizona, he decided the chief justice of the united states needed to go on a houseboat trip on lake powell up near the grand canyon. so, to everyone's everyone's surprise justice burger said he would like to go. but then the host realized that he had absolutely nothing to say to the chief justice of the united states. he had dealt with not even a lawyer. lawyer. so he and his wife, brother-in-law, decided to invite the people they knew which was john and sandra day o'connor. it was evident by the world she lived in t

phoenix is a 52 degrees. -- cold for phoenix. single digits up on top of the mountainhigh temperatures tomorrow afternoon are really not tha45 degrees in mesquite. the las vegas valley, an official low of 35 degrees. some more breezes but just bone cold. tomorrow 48 degrees as are expected high. breezes continue but they will not be nearly as strong tomorrow as what we saw last night. when temperatures go down, they they gamber: las vegas man and baseball all-time hits leader will not be reinstated into major league baseball.the commissioner denied versus application. this means he will stay on the lifetime ban list making him ineligible for the baseball hall of fame.he was banned from baseball in 1989. there was no evidence that he bet on games as a player. he said he did not remember making those beds. the commissioner said he has no confidence that rose has a mature understanding of his in the decisiohis fall from grace is without parallel. there was also of his own making. he seeks to be judged not on the mistakes of his past

this one was in phoenix. a southwest airlines plane landed just fine, but somehow could not make it to the gate. passengers captured this video and photos after the plane skidded off the taxiway into a ditch in nashville last night. four of the republican candidates for president are grabbing most of the headlines after last night's debate. >> donald is great at the one-liners. but he is a chaos candidate. he would be a chaos printed in -- president. shaina: that was one of the more memorable lines last night in las vegas. ted cruz and marco rubio also clashed over immigration. elizabeth: it looks like the budget battle is over. congress has compromised on a new spending plan. the deadline to keep the government running is tonight. the plan extends dozens of tax ash carter arrived in iraq overnight on a surprise visit to meet with u.s. military commanders and iraqi leaders about new ways of destroying isis. one likely topic, the new u.s. plan to spend special commando forces to iraq. eric: we just learned of

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a phoenix v.a. whistleblower says the hospital still lacks doctors and vets are still facing long wait times. it's amazing to think here we are almost 18 months after the scandal started. whistleblowers are still being persecuted and those who have persecuted them are still not fired. >> he was the voice, he was talking about questioning the administration and why this one main guy -- what's his name? >> dr. sterling. >> is still there. watch. >> what role is the white house playing in this? rob nabors was assigned the problem in 2014. and then earlier this year he was made the chief of staff of the v.a. and deputy secretary gibson appeared to be going out after whistleblowers and people who had done things that were not consistent with v.a. policy but then it appeared the brakes were suddenly put on him. >> still employed, still in charge was the one who helped and those who were great advocates coming forward and talking about the secret lists are still in charge. >> what's it going to take? peopl

marie: after three days, a cat he was stuck on top of a tour to: phoenix -- of a utility pole in phoenix. this is one cold kitty. reed: 2016 is just days away, which means it's time to startplanning those new year's resolutions. marie: keeping them is an entirely different story. ahead, what the experts say on how to keep your revolution. can: dash cam -- kim: if you are a giving person, you want to does prism tv have all the channels we watch? that's a great question. prism tv has all the channels i watch, and lots of hd. and i like hd. get over 140 of your favorite channels with the prism essential tv package from centurylink. [ ding! ] now's the time to switch to prism tv. [ ding! ] get prism tv and internet from centurylink at our lowest price of the year. marie: in southern nevada, locals helping locals. reed: you want to make sure your generosity is an thing taken advantage of. kim: american stoneleigh in more than $350 billion to charities last year and many of us do give during the holiday season. we have advice from consumer reports to make sure your donations go to worthwhile t

absolutely fooled were the phoenix suns. 21-4 run in a 3 minute stretch. steph behind the back. 16 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists. steph, again in the 4th quarter, 25 points, the ground level version of a three there. the third quarter is when they really take him apart. a steal and score. he had 27 in the quarter. 43 total, and he didn't play in the 4th quarter. now here is your show stopping moment later on as you will see, andrew bogut lined up with it. you're going to see him go between the legs, and steph will teardrop it. the floater goes down. look at the replay again. that's a nice, soft touch. after three quarters, the slash brothers were actually outscoring phoenix 68-65. clay again polishes off his night. 128-103. they're 25-1, and the only team to beat them, milwaukee comes in friday night, look out. >>> some day you may look back and say the game where the raiders came back to beat the broncos, that was a seminal moment in the return to greatness. it was in that game that khalil mack went from good to greatness. earning him afc defensive play

and tonight, the warriors going to host the phoenix suns. if you can remember, steph curry had 41 points. doves with 22 threes in that game. and andrew bogut says he wants a different game. >> we have to make sure we're busy in phoenix. we don't want to have to shoot the ball again tonight. >> some key in the deal, clay thompson's brother, trace will go to l.a. trace called up last year with five home runs. raiders defensive end named defensive player of the week. mack had nine tackles against denver. a match up of aaron rogers versus the man james jones labelled baby a-rod, derek carr. he watched and tried to learn from rogers, as one of the very best in the game. >> he was one of my favorites, you know? and so i definitely see the style and those kinds of things. >> 49ers season has been a disaster in every pay possible. saying one thing he's proud of is the way the niners stayed together and kept fighting to try to win. >> when you go through a season like this, you get stretched at the seams and that is what ends up happening in newspape

the phoenix police department is recommending.... a felony count of making a false statement for both officers..... along with a misdemeanor assault charge.... against the one.... who used.... the pepper spray. president obama gave an update on the fight against.... "isis".... after meeting with his national security team... today. the president said... there's been -9- thousand coaliton airstikes.... to date. collaborating ground forces are helping to contain the terror group..... in the middle east. but... the president added... the fight is far from over.. we're going after isil from their stronghold right down, right in downtown raqqa to libya, where we took our abu nabil, the isil leader there. the point is isis leaders cannot hide and our next message to them is simple: you are next. here at home.... there are questions about whether officials missed warnings.... that san bernardino attacker.... tashfeen malik had jihadi sympathies.... before she came to the u.s. a-b-c news has learned a secret u-s policy prevented searching so

sport bike group having a good time in the phoenix area. see maybe this is a shot of the time when the weather was warmer but right off the bat, looks like these guys may be doing some things that aren't quite legal. a phoenix pd officer in the middle of the group probably just there to see if anybody is >> probably. >> doesn't take long. >> now you're just asking for it. >> why would you do that? >> once the guy is on his back wheel he's obviously an experienced stunt rider. keeps glancing back did i get the lights and siren. sure does. but the large group of bikers all seem to try to box that cop in and not let him around. the guy popping a wheelie is crossing the double line, all over the place, making a real mess of the situation here. bikes. the officer does appear like he's creeping a little bit forward but not making any kind of aggressive moves towards the guy. the guy with the camera isn't the only one spuling stunts. several riders doing wheelies and other sturnts nt. the dude pops a u and goes in front of him. flying back the oth

test. >>> a whistle blower says problems persist at the va hospital in phoenix. more than a year after we learned about excessive wait times for veterans. a doctor says it's in desperate need of doctors. brian llenas has more. >> more than two years after whistleblower sam foote claimed that veterans waited too long, foote says there are still not enough doctors and wait time is too long. >> there's still a lot of problems and it's really no surprise because many of the architects of the downfall of phoenix are still there. they have yet to take action on the chief of has, the associate director of deering and he was at the center of the waiting list scandal. >> reporter: 15 months after internal probe found two senior manager as the phoenix hospital tried to retaliate against foote and other whistleblowers. they have yet to be punished or fired. foote exposed the hospital for covering up long wait times for vets. foote says the wait times led to the deaths of 40 veterans. it's led to major reforms at va centers nationwide. in october, the inspector general relea

sports director andy garman and scott reister are stuck in phoenix right now. andy posted this on his facebook page. they will get there somehow. count on kcci to bring you the best team coverage from pasadena. our crews will be live at 5, 6 and 10 starting tomorrow. we'll also be live all morning leading up to the big game. and be sure like kcci on facebook and download our mobile app for constant updates. the marshalltown high school marching band also stranded on their way to the fiesta bowl in phoenix. their flight was cancelled this morning. so half of the band got rerouted the other half went back to to charter a bus. the band has been raising money for the trip over the past year. it's not just flights getting cancelled. and events not happening tonight. you can see them scrolling on the bottom of your screen. there's also a complete list online at kcci.com. get live updates on this winter you can also stay up to date through our kcci mobile app. check road conditions, traffic alerts, and radar while you're on the go. in other news today a train , derail

. >>> coming up, sixers missing one of their key players in phoenix. but a familiar face returned. >>> a man fell to his death off a cliff ris mass day. and a witness says he was distracted by an electronic device. the man believed to be in his 30s fell an estimated 60 feet to his death at sunset cliffs in san diego. police have not found that device yet. >>> the u.s. coast guard is trying to figure out why a ship ran aground in the delaware river this morning. it was heading to gross terminal in morrisville. no one was hurt. and the problem did not cause any pollution. the ship was refloated around 1:00 this afternoon. >>> on high alert, we'll tell you why one popular european city has stepped up its security ahead of new year's. >>> plus, a warning about some of the most popular christmas gifts. still ahead, a list of the most packable gadgets that might be under your tree. >>> a cooler day today. temperatures in the 50s. but tomorrow we warm it right back up. we'll look at your seven-day coming up. >>> police in vienna, austria, have stepped up thei

just messed with the wrong government agency, lady. >> this film is actually made by film makers in phoenix, arizona and some students at asu, dallas. one of our editors is doing the color work on the film. >> i was going to say the colors looked amazing. >> he hasn't started yet, but they will be. >> the story was inspired by this man. his name is ron hunting. >> ron's had an award winning and an imaginative play wright. >> i'm also naked from the waist down with a dog on my legs. >> as you can see, ron has a wonderful sense of humor, but ron has als. als is also known as how lou ge rig's disease. >> ron is now losing his ability to speak. >> he wrote the play, anything you hear and only half of what you see. >> ron's play had a sold out reading last year and we thought funny film. >> there is a sneak peek in january. they're hoping to release it a little bit later next year. half of the proceeds will go to als research. people can still donate and help support this cause because they have a go fund me where you can of a message for us. >> steven hocking is the most accomplished person als

and tonight, the warriors going to host the phoenix suns. if you can remember, steph curry had 41 points. doves with 22 threes in that game. and andrew bogut says he wants a different game. >> we have to make sure we're busy in phoenix. we don't want to have to shoot the ball again tonight. >> some key in the thompson's brother, trace will go to l.a. trace called up last year with five home runs. raiders defensive end named defensive player of the mack had nine tackles against denver. a match up of aaron rogers versus the man james jones labelled baby a-rod, derek carr. he watched and tried to learn from rogers, as one of the very best in the game. >> he was one of my favorites, you know? and so i definitely see the style and those kinds of things. >> 49ers season has been a disaster in every pay possible. saying one thing he's proud of is the way the niners stayed together and kept fighting to try to win. >> when you go through a season like this, you get stretched at the seams and that is what ends up happening in newspapers and internets,

so when chris meyers saw his favorite phoenix car repairmen were struggling, he set out to give their business a tune-up. in doing so, he discovered an untapped asset the owners hadn't discovered was the key to their continuing success. their car obsessed customers. after more than 30 years doing auto repair in phoenix, arizona, brothers joe and pat richt weren't looking to change their business model. thap is, until one customer chris meyers asked what seemed like a very odd question. >> i looked around, sure enough there's a million-dollar ferrari sitting right there. right next to a 2010 camry. i was like, that's kind of interesting. right? so i talked to pat. i said, you charge more for the ferrari, right? >> when pat told them they charge the same hourly rate for any customer, chris says he was surprised. because there's such a great difference in skill level needed to work on the two kinds of cars. >> it's not the type of problem of my god i'm going out of business tomorrow. but it's a problem. >> we were so used to getting our hands dirty and getting things done at any level, w

>>james: 2 people dead after a medical helicopter crashed in phoenix will of the to some to learn more information this morning that had to the south bay were los angeles public- school reopen today after closing at a minute security concerns mordantly 700 officers search appeared to 1500 school science of the orders do not know who made the threat of the fbi is determined to find the the threat would not set credible they were identical self one change the message to the ride of their rope to a new york official it has hundred and 38 friends to help them to dismiss the threat as a hoax we spoke with the former agent in san francisco gave installed on school closure the new york with the right decision to stay open which will happen in san bernardino the choice is understandable. >>j.r. stone: that a from oakland school police chief who says bomb threats to the schools have become fairly common school officials opted to allow schools to stay open despite and in them/ >>james: download the application we told you about this at 728 we sent this out you can follow developments on bricky n

cindy: he brought the phoenix weather with him this morning. doug: it's colder in phoenix. cindy: balmy out there this morning. actually flirting with near record highs today. already we've been to 60 in worcester and 61 in boston. that happened while you were sleeping. we actually set a record high in providence already in the lower 60's. still holding at 61 there. 61 in plymouth. near 60 on the cape. north and west of town, upper 40's to around 50 degrees. we've settled back to around 50 in worcester and into boston as well. still looking at a couple of showers but this is the last gasp of the showers. beneficial rain in the past 24 hours. a lot of spots up over a half an inch. close to three quarters of an inch of rain. we're still looking at lighter showers around the worcester area up into southern new hampshire. you get into a couple of more moderate downpours here crossing through the north shore from boxford down to peabody heading over to manchester-by-the-sea. we're looking at the fast-moving downpour. another one of those lined up from plymouth back toward wareha

serious safety questions tonight went down in phoenix. does prism tv have all the channels we watch? that's a great question. prism tv has all the channels i watch, and lots of hd. and i like hd. get over 140 of your favorite channels with the prism essential tv package from centurylink. [ ding! ] now's the time to switch to prism tv. [ ding! ] get prism tv and internet from centurylink at our lowest price of the year. just $70 a month for one year with autopay enrollment. >>> a big scare on the runway in nashville. eight people injured when a southwest jet that just landed from houston skidded off a taxiway as it was approaching the gate. it ended up in a ditch. 133 passengers and five crew members evacuated the jet. the faa is trying to figure out what went wrong. >>> and federal crash looking into the cause of a medivac helicopter crash outside of phoenix overnight that claimed the lives of two crew members. the second deadly crash involving an air ambulance in a week, raising concerns yet again about this growing industry. 1,500 me de

strayer and university of phoenix and others. different. >> there is. they have a different tax status. a lot are publicly traded. they receive investor money and can do some things, ramping up, investing in infrastructure and a scale of a private liberal arts college. it is a big industry as well. there's some big money there, it can move around. it's not - these are not your standard charities. depending on who you ask, yes, it is different. some say there are some benefits capital. >> the access to capital, why didn't that the create an opportunity to provide better students. >> that's a fair question. a lot spend money on marketing, recruiting students, more than they do on construction. that said, some are served well by them. there are some institutions doing well. strayer is doing well. american public, cappella, and most folks say the students are getting good service from those institutions. we heard senator durban from illinois say a few minutes ago that the department of education knew there were problems. weren't problems well-known inside t

. >> reporter: the short family had the worse luck on their flight from phoenix to tennessee they were on their way to bury their father who lost his battle to cancer. they faced an hour and a half delay taking off from sky harbor which meant they had less than 10 minutes to catch their connecting flight in minneapolis which was the last flight out to memphis that day. their father's funeral was the following morning. >> i would be have sad not to say goodbye. >> by the time the family got to the gate at the minneapolis airport the jet way was pulling back and the plane was beginning to taxi toward the runway. airline workers delivered the news. >> the lady got on the phone and said there was nothing they can do. that the tower wasn't going to have them pull back in and my sisters and my mom were sitting there in tears and i'm sitting there screaming through the glass and all of a sudden we got a phone call. >> he was screaming, crying and waving his hands in the window. trying to get the pilot's attention and did he. the pilot tells fox he didn't need words. he saw the tears, the sadn

. >> head about an hour south of phoenix into the heart of the arizona desert and off the highway you'll find the e loi eloy detention center. it's a federal facility under the department of homeland security , immigration and customs enforcement. or ice. part of what activist los garcia says is a troubling trend tors troubling trend torts privatization. >> what's important is the bottom line. >> reporter: right now the cost of detention is about $160 per day per detainee. that comes out to $5 million a day or $200 million a year. critics say those cost savings are far from proven and focusing on the bottom line can result in inhumane and even lethal conditions. >> detention center is the deadliest detention center in the country. we've seen 14 deaths in the last 12 years. >> garcia runs puente human rights movement, a grass roots organization in phoenix. >> we've had people not have access to health care, adequate food,ing people being treated as slaves. people inside these private facilities work for $1 a day. >> reporter: specific allegation he of mistreatment -- allegations of mistre

the crew restrained the man before landing in phoenix where the pilot addressed the cabin. >> he said someone on the plane is being unruly. they would spend the night in a phoenix jail than continue on to dallas. >> reporter: but he spent the night in the hotel because american airlines declined to press charges and the passenger was free to fly the next day. we asked why they released the passenger and a spokesman says they do not comment on legal matters. >> i was really surprised that it sends out this message i did this and nothing happened. >> we have an emergency. >> going to kill himself and everybody on board. >> reporter: stories like these are more common than you might expect. federal law bans interfering with a flight crew. but airlines are not required to report rowdy passengers to the faa. nasa maintains a database where crew members can report incidents not officially reported to the faa. we found passengers smoking cigarettes, assaulting flight attendants and having sex in the restroom. since 2001, nasa received a sharp increase in the number of complaints. >> it's a r

regionally -- we have 39 in phoenix -- and los angeles you're not used to these temps -- 37 degrees -- only 10 in cedar city -- cold morning up there. .......................... today our high 48 degrees -- mostly sunny skies around the valley -- tonight 36 mostly cloudy skies -- north winds to it'll be cold -- bundle up out there. > there are a number of closures because of a deadly accident that happened here near 215 and las vegas boulevard. n-h-p says a woman driving a black hyundai suv was headed north on the 15 to the west bound 215 ramp when she lost control of her car and went down a rock embankment. ramp from east bound 215 to las vegas blvd. n-h-p says the woman wasn't wearing an seatbelt and was ejected from the car. ((sgt. trooper scott stuenkel // nevada highway patrol: our biggest message to get across to people is please wear your safety belts. the likelihood of survivability in these types of car crashes is significantly increases just by wearing yreatbelt.s she been wearing her seatbelt in this particular crash the outcome could vebeen different.there are a number of

and a crash in the homes east of phoenix. what caused the help this -- is on scene two examine what caused this to go down. a southwest airlines plane went off the way and into a ditch as it approaches its arrival gate, injuring eight of 138 people on board. most injuries were bumps and bruises but one person complained of check -- chest plane. thousands of children in the nation's second-largest school district are heading back to school. police in los angeles shut down 900 schools tuesday because of a bomb threat. the threat turned out to not be credible but officials say in light of the recent terror attacks and paris and san bernardino, they didn't want to take any chances. the shutdown affected about 700,000 students. in the department of homeland security is expected to announce changes to the terror alert system. secretary jeh johnson says the u.s. needs a system that better informed about terror threats. the current system requires the new system would be similar to the bulletins the fbi uses to send information to la

our southwest regional temps -- 43 in phoenix -- just 37 there in san francisco -- 45 in phoenix and wow just 5 degrees in cedar city. ..................... here's our weather headlines for the week -- low's only in the 30's for the week -- cold on new year's eve -- and a chilly start to 2016 -- we do have a shower chance next week -- i'll have more on that in the full forecast coming up back to you. back to you! > a chicago police officer is scheduled to make a formal plea this morning.. in the death of laquan mcdonald. jason van dyke is expected to plead not guilty to 6 counts of first degree murder at his arraignment. he is seen in video... shooting the teen several times last year... van dyke's lawyer claims he feared for his life. the video led to the resignation of chicago's police superintendent .... and the u-s justice department launched an investigation into the force./// ((brian loftus)) > the "affluenza teen" is back in custody this morning... 18- year- old ethan couch and his mother were detained in puerto vallarta, mexico last night. a video surfaced earlier this month.