Brittany . Brittany Edney metro is looking to get that man off the streets. And is asking the community for help. Tonight, we take a closer look at the Surveillance Video and hear from a personal safety expert about how employees at any workplace can prepare for dangerous situations. Brittany Edney do you recognize this man . Hes wanted in connection with a battery and Sexual Assault case at an east valley hotel. Investigators say an Hotel Employee was attacked inside one of the rooms and the suspect to the door. errick smith, las vegas resident you know, we all got to see somebody one day i just hope hes all prayed up because theres no reason that this stuff should happen. denise connett, las vegas resident now what is she going to do . Shes going to be scarred for the rest of her life and is she going to want to go back to work again . Probably not. Brittany Edney i sat down with a personal sgt Christopher Curtis a personal security expert who says the public needs to can happen at any workplace. And its important for you to test security protocols where you work. ret. Sgt Christopher Curtis, personal safety expert see if you can sneak past someone. See if you can get in without your id badge, see if some of the locks dont work. The second you see Something Like that, you have to report that to a Security Team or management because things arent perfect. Brittany Edney if you do find yourself in an uncomfortable or possibly dangerous situation. Curtis recommends making eye contact, avoid looking intimidated or frightened. ret. Sgt Christopher Curtis, personal safetyp behavior, they usually choose people who they feel they can dominate or overcome or be the predator. If you are prepared to stand up for yourself, very often they will look for someone else. Brittany Edney you can also employ the three bs. Barrier buffer and broadcast ret. Sgt Christopher Curtis, personal safety expert placing a physical barrier between you and another person. Number 2 is a buffer, if there isnt a physical barrier, you can place a space, buffer. And the third is to broadcast, is to let that person know, i know that youre there. Brittany Edney about the identity or whereabouts of the suspect is urged to contact the lvmpd Sexual Assault section at 7028284389. You can also Contact Crime stoppers. Reporting live, Brittany Edney, 8 news now. Christianne Klein Race Relations across the country are under the microscope after multiple incidents of shootings of unarmed black men. And shi retaliation. We havent seen that type of violence in las vegas. As metro works on building bridges in the community and open communication with the neighborhoods they serve. A big part of that effort is hiring of minorities. Nia wong joins us to show the efforts metro is making. And the work that remains to be done. Nia . nia wong christianne. Metro has made this a priority. But the gap between people of color on the force and the communities they serve has shown little improvement. According to a new study, department. While 54 percent of las vegas population is a combination of minorities. For veteran Police Officer Larry Douglas, this job. Is about you. Larry Douglas Police Officer, Las Vegas Metro police i wanted to make my community better. as a black man, he knows why its so important to have a diverse police force. Larry Douglas Police Officer, Las Vegas Metro police sometimes you may have a person who looks like them or can relate to them on some type of level so its crucial because you can understand people a lot of times if you have that link that you have in common. since january. Metro apply for a position with metros department. Douglas says this pool runs the gamut from gender. Race and nationalities. A momentum they hope to keep as they encourage minorities to join them at career fairs. drew jackson, black lives matter las vegas i think Las Vegas Metro has done a good job at reaching out the community and we just want to make sure that that continues. efforts which are crucial during the current unrest across the country. Accord ing to drew jackson with vegas black lives Matter Movement drew jackson, black lives matter las vegas when that happen in chicago, thats reflective everywhere. jackson says he and his 300 members want to see accountability on all fronts. drew jackson, black lives matter las vegas whether its having to do with the police, having to to do with the system of the government, or having to do with the people and the civilians as well. a divide. Douglas is trying to bridge as metro continues to seek more diverse applicants. Larry Douglas Police Officer, Las Vegas Metro police i do believe that we do need to catch up in terms of representing the country as well as the various communities across the nation but its going to take a little bit of time as well as people getting to know about what police offis nia wong on top of 44hundred police recruits. Metro also received 22hundred applications from potential corrections officers. Christianne. Christianne Klein nia, when is metros next recruitment event . nia wong Police Recruitment wrapped up last wednesday. But more information will be posted as theyre available on metros website. Dave Courvoisier taking a live look outside. Cant really see the wildfire smoke in the valley at night. But theres still a little bit but we wont peak as high tomorrow. Katie boers in for tedd tonight and has a first check of your weather. katie boer good evening tracking haze and the heat really a rollercaster week for temperatures across the valey looking outside right now we see a little bit of haze. Clark county daq has issued an advisory for today and tomorrow for potentially elevated levels of ozone and smoke due to the pilot fire wildfire burning near hesperia, california. Temperatures are dropping before a major increase into next weekend. Right now low 100s all the way up to 107 to 109. There is a little bit of a breeze and that has helped clear some of the haze their is a increased mixing winds through a deeper boundary layer has helped the smoke haze that settled into some valleys disperse this afternoon. Strong trough for early august forecast to lie across the pac nw california and western great basin through thursday keeping the western half of our forecast area dry and breezy. Look for lows tonight in the low 80s. Warming up to 102 degrees with more sunshine tomorrow. Temps. At least for now. Apologizing for a nationwide outage of their reservations system. Which affected hundreds of delayed more than three hours or canceled will receive a 200dollar voucher for a future delta flight. There were no cancellations at mccarran. Out of six thousand flights across the country. 400 were canceled and nearly onethousand were delayed godefroid delta flight delayed we were worried not having a connection. We need to go to amsterdam because we have several things we need to do in belgium. Dave Courvoisier the outage appears to have been caused by failed Electrical Equipment on deltas behalf. Investigating. Christianne Klein an investigation into a deadly crash that claimed three lives on i15 near moapa yesterday continues tonight. A newlywed, a former bishop, and a son back home from a twoyear missionary trip were among the victims. The Brandt Family were on their way home from a family trip to utah when their suv rolled over and caught on fire. Joy brandt lost her two children, 25 yearold ashley and 20 yearold carlan. As well as her husband, michael. bruce hansen, director of the Las Vegas Institute its a big loss. We in the church anticipate them being an eternal family and having them married in an lds temple we know that theyre family will be reunited again. But that doesnt mean we wont miss them. Christianne Klein joy brandt was injured in the accident, but will survive. A go fund me page for the family has already raised more than 25thousand dollars. Dave Courvoisier a newly released arrest report details what police said they found on a property housing hundreds of roosters. Metro police and clark county animal control evalt vegas. Where they found roosters tethered a practice commonly used to train them to fight. The majority of the birds had their combs and wattles cut off. Wooden cages, boxing muffs, and medications common for fighting roosters were also located. Were also getting a new total of birds seized 335. Previous information from metro indicated a number closer to 550. Javier salgado and silvester gayton face charges in relation with the alleged cock puppies died during the raid on the property. It remains unclear who had the responsibility of monitoring their wellbeing during the raid. Metro told us today the incident remains under investigation. Christianne Klein donald trump unveiled a new plan for the nations economy today. In an effort to get his troubled campaign back on track. It had some of the specifics his supporters and critics have been asking for. The plan calls for income tax brackets of 12, 25, and 33percent. Trump also called for full expenses donald trump r president ial candidate this will lead to millions of new and really goodpaying jobs. The rich will pay their fair share, but no one will pay so much that it destroys jobs, or undermines our ability as a nation to compete. Christianne Klein trump played it safe, going with the teleprompter today after getting off message in the past few weeks. Trickledown economics and mocked trumps Economic Team made up of 13 white men. Clinton plans to offer her vision for the economy in a speech on thursday. Dave Courvoisier fifty senior Republican National security officers, many of them former top aides or cabinet members for president george w. Bush have signed a letter saying that trump lacks the values and experience to be president. The gop officials warn that trump would be the most reckless president in american history. Trump has since shot back, saying the group is to blame for Dave Courvoisier allnew tonight. The parents of two americans killed in the 2012 terrorist attacks on us facilities in benghazi, libya. Have sued hillary clinton. The wrongful death lawsuit filed today in federal court alleges that clintons use of a private email server contributed to the attacks. Patricia smith and Charles Woods the parents of sean smith and tyrone woods also accuse clinton of defaming them in public statements. No connection between clintons email and the attacks has ever Christianne Klein former president bill clinton and libertarian president ial candidate gary johnson will speak at a forum in las vegas on friday. The speakers will address thousands of asianamerican and Pacific Islander voters at the colosseum at caesars palace. Organizers say they are in the final stages of discussions with Donald Trumps camp. Attendee registration deadline is tomorrow at noon. Doors open at 1 00 friday. Christianne Klein 8 news now is your local election headquarters for all the races that matter to you. On air and onn Dave Courvoisier the pads are on at Training Camp. Jon tritsch will take us to unlv where the heavy hitting has started. And optimism is high ahead of the season. Just ahead in sports. Christianne Klein more than a dozen kids hospitalized after eating candy they thought was safe. And its not the first incident of its kind. The big mistake that has detectives searching for answers. Next. nevada is one of the worst places in america for the sex trafficking of teenage girls. Thankfully, Catherine Cortez masto went to work to help Law Enforcement fight back. As attorney general, she made sex trafficking she gave victims the right to sue their captors. And expanded the sex offender registry to protect kids. Catherines a problemsolver. Thats what shes all about. Isnt that something we need more of in washington . 19 people. Mostly kids. Had to go to the hospital. After eating edible marijuana at a party in san francisco. Some of the kids were as young as six years old. Partygoers swallowed the pot gummies. Which werent known to contain the drug. They suffered from rapid heart rate, high Blood Pressure and dizziness. Some of the kids even ended up in the icu. Police still arent sure how the candy ended up at the party. Edible because they appeal to kids. Christianne Klein a similar situation sickened 24 people at a Music Festival outside of cleveland over the weekend. All the people who ate the socalled medibles had to go to the hospital. A man has been arrested for throwing the thclaced candies into the crowd. Dave Courvoisier all new at 11. Three girls suffered serious injuries when they fell from a ferris wheel in tennessee this evening. An eyewitness said it appeared that the car holding the essentially spilling them out. The man said the girls bounced off the metal bridging of the ride before hitting the ground. The ride was stopped when people on the ground screamed at operators. Two of the girls were airlifted to the hospital, another was rushed by ambulance. The ride has been shut down and the Tennessee Bureau of investigation is involved tonight. Dave Courvoisier and investigators are still working to figure out what went wrong on the worlds tallest water slide in kansas city, kansas. Where a 10yearold boy was killed yesterday. Schwab died after sustaining a neck injury on the 168foot tall ride. The boy was recovered in a pool at the end of the ride. Now, there are questions of oversight for these types of attractions debbie hersman, president of the National Safety council there are no federal requirements for oversights or reporting as far as injuries or fatalities for this industry. Its up to the states and the local communities to really oversee these operations these waterparks. But it really is the responsibility of the waterpark operators to make sure that every ride that they two others suffered minor facial injuries on the same ride. The park is expected to reopen on wednesday. But that particular ride will not. Christianne Klein in san bernardino. A wildfire keeps growing. And evacuations are being ordered around the site. The 45 hundred acre wildfire has only been five percent contained. Schools are closed tomorrow. No homes were burned in the fire as of tonight. And no injuries were reported. Homes were protected by the use the air and gel applied by firefighters on the ground. The cause of the blaze is under investigation. the heat really a rollercaster week for temperatures across the valey looking outside right now we see a little bit of haze. Clark county daq has issued an advisory for today and tomorrow for potentially elevated levels of ozone and smoke due to the pilot fire wildfire burning near hesperia, california. Temperatures are dropping before a major increase into next weekend. Right now low 100s all the way up to 107 to 109. Breeze and that has helped clear some of the haze their is a increased mixing winds through a deeper boundary layer has helped the smoke haze that settled into some valleys disperse this afternoon. Strong trough for early august forecast to lie across the pac nw california and western great basin through thursday keeping the western half of our forecast area dry and breezy. Look for lows tonight in the low 80s. Warming up to 102 degrees with more sunshine tomorrow. Temps. At least for now. Are on the down swing into wednesday and thursday. Chances arrive here in las vegas by wednesday only 20 chance moisture is expected to surge northward tuesday leading to a slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms over southern mohave county. Thunderstorm chances will increase over mohave county tuesday night through thursday as additional moisture is drawn into the area. Checking out your extended forecast look for some rollercoaster temperatures. Dropping to the 90s wednesday and thursday. Then climbing back up starting friday. By temperatures near 110s. Dave Courvoisier Christianne Klein there is a buzz around town and its carrying over into practice. jon tritsch unlv wants to finish in a bowl their Training Camp day 4. And the pads are on for unlv. We hear from the rebels as they look to revitalize the program. Next here on channel 8. but the right time to turn around a program. Winners find a way and losers find a way. Its as simple and complicated as that. Tony sanchez is trying to find a way to make unlvs losing Football Program become a perennial winner not walk. Urgency. Toughn ess and intensity remain the rebel way under 2nd year coach tony sanchez. Unlv is full speed ahead into day 4 of fall camp and its filled with competition. Cor rections. And companionship. T he pads are poppin on harmon avenue and tony sanchez likes the sounds of progress tony sanchez coach you know we just have a better understanding of the program. Weve all worked together for a year now. The kids know the tempo we expect in practice and the urgency we bring to it. All those things for 75 percent of the kids we arent reteaching. Theyre doing it. Ryan we all want to come together and turn this program. one of tony sanchez former players Cordell Broadus came to las vegas as snoop dogs son. But he made a name for himself as a dynamic wide receiver for the Bishop Gorman dynasty. Dozens of schools recruited the surehanded target and as a top in the country in 2014. He committed to ucla. But broadus is quitting the bruins once and for all. Saying he wants to do other things with his life. Coach jim mora issued a statement of support. The son of the dodouble g. Is done jon tritsch across the street the runnin rebels are getting ready to play across the carribbean. Unlv travels to the bahamas next week for 4 days of exhibition games. The brand new coach and his brand new roster have a lot to get done before pick up their planned out. Take a job in the desert and then book a 4 day trip to the bahamas in august. The first year coach is full of anticipation and his positive. High energy style is helping bring a family atmosphere to a team that is otherwise completely unfamiliar with each other. Menzies says while the season is a few months away. The summer practices are building a Strong Foundation Marvin Menzies coach its been invaluable. Being 5 practices in right now, its evident. Because we are going to be able to have things in place that when september 30 rolls around, the guys will feel comfortable and the staff will well be ready to roll. I think our signature will be what weve already talked about. Our team will make other teams uncomfortable. Defensively, we want to do some things in terms of full Court Pressure and half Court Pressure to make it hard. finally. The Kansas City Royals have a new mascot. And it is guaranteed to keep you up at night. This praying mantis err pteradactyl landed on outfielder named it rally. Unfortunately it is facing suspension for performance enhancing drugs. If youre that big. The league gets suspicious Dave Courvoisier our strange stories for monday right after this. Dave Courvoisier an underground meth lab was found in a sewer outside a wal mart store in new york state. Investigators in full hazmat suits investigated the lab that runs below the parking lot. Its reportedly tall enough to stand up in. And was unsecured. Now detectives are looking at security video for clues. Christianne Klein a chinese tourist in his wallet stolen ended up signing an asylum application that landed him in a Refugee Center for 12 days the man only spoke mandarin and went to city hall instead of the Police Station after he was robbed. Authorities only discovered the mistake after turning to a local Chinese Restaurant to translate. katie boer another confused tourist situation lead to a police chase in san diego. A chinese family on vacation was chased for several miles for erratic driving. A woman got out confused and at gunpoint. Apparently, they didnt know that lights andr go without issuing any tickets. Dave Courvoisier thats all for us live at eleven. Christianne Klein the late show with Stephen Colbert is next with comedian john oliver. Well see you back here tomorrow night. we believe in hillary clinton. So we made something for her and for you. Enjoy. This is for hillary. . Dumdumdum like a small boat . On the ocean sending big waves . Drumdrumdrum bass . Hihat bass stephen . I want my baby back, baby back, baby back ribs . This is our fight song take back my life song starting right