There was a lot of votewrangling going into well into the afternoon. Several lawmakers were on the fence. But in the end. Enough Senate Democrats broke ranks. To send the bill through. Speaker motion passed Patrick Walker with that vote. The stadium and Convention Center bill. Know as senate bill 1. Passed its first hurdle in the legislature. The 750 Million Dollars of public money going toward the 1. 9 billion dollar stadium. Comes from an increase in the room tax. That requires a2 the bill needed 14 votes to move on. It got 16. Two key democrats. Senate minority leader aaron ford. And assistant minority leader kelvin atkinson. Voted in favor of the bill. Patrick Walker what was the factor that, the top factor that did it for you to go ahead and vote in support . St. Sen. Aaron ford d minority leader the constituents who need jobs. As i said, i wouldnt feel comfortable walking out of these chambers and seeing a construction worker here and telling them im sorry, i had a chance to get you a job, but i voted no. st. Sen. Kelvin atkinson d las vegas there will be a lot of other things from this thatll fund things in education. Patrick Walker the 1. 4 billion dollar Convention Center is also part of the bill. Which includes a separate increase in the room tax. Lawmakers are largely in favor of that issue. But the move to tie it to the stadium upset some legislators and undoubtedly was enough to convince at least a few lawmakers to move the bill through. Lets bring in sports director Chris Maathuis. Chris. In your coer how lawmakers voted . Chris Maathuis unlv was on the minds of these senators from the opening day. They talked about what a stadium could do for the program and so for a few of those who voted yes, unlv was a big factor in their decision if bill passes. Unlv shares the stadium with the raiders. Nfl would take priority in scheduling but the University Made it clear the want to be a partner and not just a tenant. Patrick Walker sb1 goes to the assembly for consideration on thursday. That will happen after they vote on the more cops tax authorization. Which is expected city. Im Patrick Walker. 8 news now. Dave Courvoisier lawmakers will be in the assembly will reconvene first. Thursday morning. The senate will reconvene thursday afternoon. Denise Valdez in just 8 days, all eyes will be on nevada. Were just over a week away from the final president ial debate right here in las vegas. We took a look at the preparations currently underway at unlv. Shakala alvaranga is live at the thomas and mack center with more. Shakala Alvaranga denise, growing on campus. Its a historic event. That took more than a year to prepare for. And the University Says theyre ready. Shakala Alvaranga onethousand student volunteers. Fivethousand journalists. Hundreds of Community Leaders. These two candidates. i think it all kind of sunk in last sunday when we heard the moderator from washington in st. Louis say. . Join us for the final president ial debate on october 19th at the university of las vegas our face. This is a historic moment for the whole state. Nevada has never hosted a general Election Debate of any kind so its a big deal for unlv. Shakala Alvaranga for one night, las vegas will be the center of the political world. its going to be very interesting and the result of this debate could actually determine who wins the election. Shakala Alvaranga debate signs greet visitors. As local students. And the country get ready for yet another spirited debate between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. hil its just. If you watch the debates. You just cant really argue with that because donald trump is acting like a 4yearold and Hillary Clintons like an adult. a lot of my political views align with donald trump specifically. Hes a businessman and i think that he is massively capable of solving some of the problems that have came to be. Shakala Alvaranga the hefty price tag on the event . 30 Million Dollars. We think this is well worth the investment. We think that any impact, when you look at the return on that Shakala Alvaranga and all can agree. That next wednesday will be monumental. What happens here and what happens during that debate a week from wednesday could decide the election and how exciting is that that its going to happen here at unlv and in las vegas. Shakala Alvaranga and when we talk about the kind of investment the campus is making. Were told the university will reportedly receive 85 Million Dollars market values worth of publicity. Reporting live Shakala Alvaranga 8 news now. Denise Valdez people will be at this event. Has the campus mentioned anything about safety at the debate . Shakala Alvaranga denise, safety, of course, will be top priority wednesday. We know that multiple agencies will be working together to make sure everything goes smoothly. Were expected to hear a more detailed plan by local police this thursday. Denise Valdez we have a good idea of around the city. There will be intermittent closures between 4 pm and 10 pm on i15 southbound from sahara to 215 through the airport connector tunnel to russell road. Russell road will be closed from mccarran to maryland parkway. Maryland parkway will have shutdowns from russell to tropicana. Then tropicana westbound from maryland to swenson street will be closed. And swenson street from naples drive to tropicana. If youre going to the airport in that time you should expect Dave Courvoisier we are now just four weeks from election day. And the president ial candidates are focusing on the swing state florida. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton both campaigned there today. Trump blasted clinton again over stolen democratic emails released by wikileaks. He said the emails show Chelsea Clinton expressed concern about conflicts of interest at the Clinton Foundation and the state department. Clinton employed the help of former Vice President al gore every single vote counts. Dave Courvoisier clinton and gore made Climate Change a focal point of todays rally. In between campaigning, trump found time to attack House Speaker paul ryan and other republicans on twitter. For being less than enthusiastic about supporting his campaign. A new wall street journal nbc News National poll, the first taken since sundays debate, has clinton with a ninepoint lead over trump. Dave Courvoisier election headquarters for all the races that matter to you. On air and online at las vegas now dot com. Denise Valdez first on 8. New video of a massive fire inside a strip mall that wiped out the asian culture center. There are still a lot of questions about how it started. And whats next for those affected. Brittany edney has been on this story since the beginning. She joins us live in the newsroom. Brittany. Brittany Edney moving forward. Thats the mindset that members of the Asian Culture Alliance say theyve adopted. While the nonprofit just months it took years of planning. Adding theyre not going to give up now. This video shows flames growing outside the asian culture center. Which was one of 6 businesses impacted at a strip mall near valley view and charleston. Investigators say the fire caused at least a Million Dollars in damage. The center which was towards the end of the strip mallexperienced the worst of it. Now, members say theyre working diligently to secure a new building. cavin fung, president , Asian Culture Alliance we will need the en just asian. Actually as a whole vegas because we are the first center. Brittany Edney while the group lost a lot of posters, banners and supplies for their Upcoming Event asian culture day on november 12th. Organizers say theyre still planning on holding the celebration. Brittany Edney fire officials are still looking into what started the fire. Denise. Denise Valdez the center loss is of course still fresh, but do leaders there have any idea on where they could go next . Tell me theyre working with Community Leaders and scouting out possible locations. Theyre also reaching out to Area Business contacts to see if anyone would be interested in donating a temporary location as well. Well send it back to you. Dave Courvoisier rescue teams are still trying to reach families trapped by flooding from hurricane matthew. At least 27 people have died because of the storm most of them in north carolina. Water in some areas is still above street signs. Which means we could learn of more victims. Storm. Hundreds were killed and tens of thousands remain homeless. Dave Courvoisier taking a live look outside. Another warm night for southern nevada. Tedds here with a first check of your weather. Any major changes on the way . tedd florendo staying unseasonably warm today with temps close to 90 through many neighborhoods this afternoon. This after last week we stayed below normal for many days and not were sneaking in a little humidity as well. Clouds have also enveloped the will not be an issue today. Even in Mohave County Development remains low. Looking at some breezes today that could last through some parts of the evening. Heres your hour by hour for tonight. High clouds with warm temps this evening. Expecting mild temps by 11 pm with winds slight breeze at time and decreasing late and by morning. Wake temp near 70 by morning under mostly clear skies. Well have an update on the rest of the week coming up in your most accurate weather now forecast the desert is where bad guys go when they want to make evidence disappear. But hiding the evidence wont help Danny Tarkanian. Sure, he can bury all those property taxes he skipped out on for years. Or all those Fake Charities he helped set up. Or the scams against seniors he formed. Or the 17 million judgment he never paid. He can try, but he cant make his record disappear. House majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. When i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. But i spent my whole life fighting back. So you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say. I dont know what i said, ah, i dont remember that reporter he is talking about suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms. Priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. We all know you have to Work Together in order to get things done. But in washington, too often joe heck has been part of the problem, putting his party and special interests before nevada. Im proud of my work with the bush and obama administrations on homeland security. And every bill i sponsored as attorney general was passed by democrats ans. Im Catherine Cortez masto. I approve this message because ill work with anyone Dave Courvoisier metro police are asking for the publics help in catching o apart. Around 9 30 this morning this man robbed the us bank at hualapai and desert inn. He was armed with a gun and had a nylon satchel over his shoulder. He claimed to have an explosive device and demanded cash. The suspect dropped the satchel in the bank. Causing an evacuation. No explosive device was found. The man is between fivefootfive and fivefootnine. Dave Courvoisier and on october fourth this man robbed a different us bank the afternoon. He produced a note demanding cash with the threat of violence. The teller gave the man the money and he fled on foot. The suspect is about 30 yearsold fivefootnine with a thin build. If you have information in either of these cases. You can earn a cash reward when you call crime stoppers. Denise Valdez heres some news you can use, a smoke alarm can save your life and right now you can protect your home for free. Red cross volunteers are installing smoke alarms at no cost. Just call 7026971707 to by the way you should have alarms on ever level of your home. And change the batteries once a year. Denise ValdezSocial Security checks that mail out next year will be worth a little bit more. 66million beneficiaries will receive more on their check between pointtwo and pointfive percent. Thats roughly two to six dollars more per month. The average retirement check is now about 13hundred dollars per month. twitter and instagram are cutting off access to a company that has been supplying user data to police. The aclu says geofeedia provided the data to track activists during protests. The activity was discovered through public records. Geofeedias ceo claims the company has policies to prevent inappropriate use of their software. tedd florendo more clouds today mixed with warmed up above average again. Looking close to 90 degrees with puts us nearly 10 degrees above average for this time of year. Rain chances remain slim at this point as well even for mohave county as instability remains weak right now. Temperatures around the region warmed to low 90s for the east part of the valley where we remained the warmest due to low elevation. West side cooler in the high many neighborhoods remained above average for our highs and will stay that way through the next few days. Regional temps also remained extra warm from mesquite all the way down to laughlin as we jumped the 90s through plenty of neighbohroods. Were expecting many locales to stay that way for a few days before we see some changes late week with wind first then slightly cooler temps heading to the weekend. Slight shower chances could return next week. Radar showing high clouds moving through the region ahd been limited around the region. Even conditions are quiter in mohave county where we did antcipate Thunderstorm Development and even that remains low for now. Were expecting a slight increase in wind today with wind decreasing a little tomorrow. Heres the forecast. Tonight expect a low near 70 and mild by morning under mostly clear skies. Slight breezes through the evening but lighter winds by late and overnight. Tomorrow expect a high of 89 degrees and staying above average again. Clouds clear more tomorrow as we heat up again. Extended forecast shows mostly sunny to sunny skies all week. Through the workweek, but do drop slightly by late week. Well begin to see some breezy winds develop late week as well, but we still remain dry with slight shower chances returning early next week. Well have another weather update coming up in a few minutes. Denise Valdez they couldnt put away the giants last night. And san fran jumped on top early tonight, jon. jon tritsch that they did. But these cubbies never say die. A wild finish at at t park tonight. Highlights just ahead. And can tony sanchez fix his offense . The plan to get unlv back on track. Next in sports. jon tritsch the San Francisco giants have 2010. 2012. 2014. B ut this a team whos had their fair share of mysticism. The cursed cubs who were down 3 in the ninth the cut the deficit to two. When rookie Wilson Conteras gets involved. Base hit. Anthony rizzo. Ben zobrist. Come on down. Tied at 5. The cubs keep coming. Javier baez. Drives home the goahead run. 65 Aroldis Chapman slams the door shut with a 102 mile per hour fastball. 65. Cubs are dancing championship series joe maddon manager theres 27 outs and you dont give any of them up. You play all 27. After the game when we were taking pictures on the mound, they were taking photographs and the guys were chanting we dont quit, we dont quit. we dont quit, and thats really what it comes down to. jon tritsch a nervous Dodger Stadium buzzing with anxiety this afternoon dodgers holding onto a 53 lead over the nationals. But it goes sideways. When with a base hit. 55 game. Bottom of the 8th. Chase utley. Im taking the lead back. 65 it all comes down to bryce harper. Not today. Game 5 is next jon tritsch at its most basic level. Offensive football is an adventure. Collectively execute a play of squiggly lines and arrows against 11 fire breathing defensive monsters trying to stop them. Now do it with a 3rd string quarterback and 3 receivers hurt. Welcome to tony sanchezs life right now tony sanchez coach youve got 3 of 4 starting receivers out for the year. Youve got keys out, woods out, presley out, and youve got a quarterback who is a freshman who you didnt expect to play a bunch. I think its a reflection of that. Youve got to figure it out fast. Weve got to go out and play and win some football games. There are a lot of games that are winnable and we still have aspirations of getting our tail into a jon tritsch the game of the week is searching for a home friday night and you can make that decision. The fans choice match up options are coronado at liberty. Or desert oasis at undefeated sierra vista. Or desert pines at sunrise mountain. Log onto 8newsnows Facebook Page to cast your vote by tomorrow night andre agassi built himself a hall of fame tennis career. Now hes busy building schools in the valley. And today opened up a Charter School in washington d. C. That has 26 classrooms. 2 lunch rooms and a gym. It will serve up to 800 students. Andre has always known how to serve andre agassi school sponsor tennis allowed me to affect people for a couple of hours. After tennis and this sort of this stage of my life, i get to affect hopefully generations. Its really rewarding. a new jersey mans wife asked him. Hey hunny why dont we plant a garden. One thing led to another. And all of a sudden th had mike piazzas face in their yard. The 6 acre corn maze congratulates the catcher on his hall of fame induction. Really impressive. No word on whether or not they also have a circular rose garden symbolizing how many playoff wins they had this year Denise Valdez our strange stories for tuesday right after this. the desert is where bad guys go when they want to make evidence disappear. But hiding the evidence wont help Danny Tarkanian. Sure, he can bury all those property taxes he skipped out on for years. Or all those Fake Charities he helped set up. Or the scams against seniors he formed. Or the 17 million judgment he never paid. Danny tarkanian just a con man who cant bury the truth. jon tritsch one San Francisco giants fan took the chicago cubs curse of the billy goat literally. And brought a goat to game four of the nlds. The curse dates back to 1945 when a cubs fan was asked to leave Wrigley Field because of the odor of his pet goat. The fan declared the cubs wouldnt win any more and they havent been to the world series since. Didnt work tonight cubs rallied to win in the ninth. we cant get enough of this guy. Last night we told you redsweatered president ial debate phenom. Ken bone received an offer to do pornography. Now, hes got another strange offer. Snoop dogg tweeted out nice sweater ken bone. You should get it in blue. Come to the crib and smoke one with the dogg. No word yet if bone will accept snoops offer. Dave Courvoisier in california, the Sonoma CountySheriffs Department responded to a prowler call and they caught the perp. They expected. Turns out a suspected cat burglar was actually the pet dog crawling out of a skylight. They joked on their Facebook Page that the dog received no treats as a punishment for the spooking. Dave Courvoisier thats all for us live at eleven. Denise Valdez the late show with Stephen Colbert is next with first Lady Michelle obama. Well see you back here tomorrow night. w hes divisive and dangerous. Uh, i dont know what i said. Uh. I dont remember. Said hell do whatever trump wants him to do. Hardy even said people with disabilities are a drain on society and that seniors who rely on programs like Social Security are a draw on government. Donald trump and congressman hardy divisive and dangerous. Jacky rosen im jacky rosen and i approved this message. Man the Tea Party Republicans in Congress Want to cut Social Security. Woman and Danny Tarkanian wants to join them. Man he is proud to call himself a tea party radical. Man he wants to privatize Social Security. Woman . Just like them. Woman risking Social Security benefits on wall street. Man Danny Tarkanian would raise the retirement age. Woman just like the Tea Party Republicans in congress. Radical for ya. Stephen hi. Cant go in. Stephen i just want to say hello to flotus. I brought her a lotus. Flotus is on the phone with potus. Stephen shell want to see me. Thats what she got us. Stephen i want to see flotus, anu ima kick you in the scrotus. Stephen im going to get your name, okay . Youre on notice. Its otis. Its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, stephen welcomes first Lady Michelle obama. And america ferrera. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its