Transcripts For KLAS 8 News Now At 4 AM 20160111

As i met with the players this afternoon. I love those guys. I obviously was a big part of the recruiting process with all of them and ill be cheering as hard as i can. brian loftus rice was in his 5th season with the rebels. And only had 3 seasons left on his contract. He will be getting paid his base salary for those 3 remaining years. Kirsten Joyce and many of you commented on our 8 news now facebook about rices resignation. Andrew says. Never saw rice as a head coach. Brought in some good talent, but couldnt seem to get them to gel. Steve commented. I dont blame him. I think his days were numbered. A coach only gets a few years to produce and after this losing streal, he knew it was time. lets get to sherry with a look at todays weather. Sherry swensk its clear and chilly with temps getting back to normal upper 30s. And that will be the norm this week. Look for a lot of sunshine like weve had most of the weekend. We thought wed have some rain yesterday but it didnthappen. May have more clouds through the Kirsten Joyce tom collins. Commissioner. Is set to appear in court today on a dui charge. The cowboy commissioner was arrested a month ago today. While leaving the National Finals rodeo at the thomas and mack. The 65 year old resigned from the commission in august. Citing family matters. Then announced he plans to run for mayor of North Las Vegas next year. brian loftus it was a deadly weekend on our roads. After Police Confirmed six people died. On saturday night, the i15 was shut down after a 43 yearold man crashed his car into the back of a semitruck. He died at the scene, but the truck driver was not hurt. The crash had southbound lanes shut down for several hours. brian loftus another crash happened where an rtc bus crashed into a bus shelter. Killing a woman. It happened sunday morning on tropicana near polaris. The woman was transported to umc where she later died. Its unclear why the bus traveled off the roadway before striking the bus shelter. Kirsten Joyce two people died saturday night when two vehicles crashed. Witnesses say an 81yearold female made a left turn onto boulder highway. Before the other vehicle struck the car. Both drivers and an 83year old passenger were transported to sunrise. Both the 83 yearold and 81yearold later died at the hospital. This is metros 5th and 6th traffic fatalities in their jurisidiction this year. Kirsten Joyce two more people died after an suv went off an overpass on the i15. Near carey and losee sunday morning. Witnesses say the car was traveling very fast before it lost control and fell off the overpass bridge. This is North Las Vegas first traffic fatalities this year. brian loftus Kirsten Joyce avenue intersection. Theres another crash in the northeast along northbound i15 at us 93. For those < thats a look at the roads. Back to you. brian loftus if youre a parent, you can have your voice heard in Todays School board meeting. About the issue of Sex Education in our schools. The School District is holding a special meeting tonight at 5 pm. Located in the board room at the greer education center. Thats on flamingo near eastern. Those who want to address the board about the different sexed topics. Will only have 2 minutes to speak. Again, its tonight at five. brian loftus mexican Officials Say an actor helped them recapture el chapo. Kirsten Joyce what led to the mexican drug lords arrest in Rolling Stone magazine. brian loftus and it looks like there might be some hope for steven avery. The new attorney hes picked up following the release of the popular Netflix Documentary making a murderer. caught over the weekend. When Rolling Stone magazine published an interview with him conducted by Actor Sean Penn. Mexican officials are trying to bring him to the us to face charges. Drug kingpin Joaquin El Chapo guzman is back in the same mexican prison he tunneled out of six months ago, but his days there may be numbered. Mexican authorities have begun the process of sending guzman to the u. S. To faces charges. While his lawyers have already filed motions to fight extradition, a u. S. Law enforcement source told cbs news el chapo is expected to be in the u. S. Within the next four to six weeks. Guzman was captured friday after a violent shootout with mexican marines. He had been on the run since july. Always managing to stay one step ahead of investigators. His downfall may have been a meeting with Actor Sean Penn in october. Mexicos attorney general says guzman reached out to producers and actors because he wanted to make a biographical film about himself. Actress kate del castillo helped the pair were photographed during a secret rendezvous in the mexican jungle and Authorities Say that meeting helped them find el chapos hideout. After years of denying he was in the drug trade, guzman told penn. I supply more heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana than anybody else in the world. He also told penn he was forced to deal drugs because there was no other way to make a living in mexico. Those words may come back to haunt guzman if he eventually faces trial in the u. S. Don champion, cbs news, new york brian loftus guzmans defense has 3 days to present arguments against extradition. And 20 days to present supporting evidence. Beyond the other, many appeals Kirsten Joyce Italian Police are investigating the death of an American Woman in the city of florence. Police say 35 yearold artist ashley olsen was found dead in her apartment on saturday. An Italian News Agency says she was strangled. Autopsy. Italian media also say her body. After she hadnt been heard from in days. Ashley was from summer haven, florida. Brian Loftus Las Vegas got to see some of the most high tech and cutting edge products. Just waiting to hit the market for consumers. Kirsten Joyce what some people took away from this years ces. morning. After an 18month battle with cancer. A representative says he died he had just released his 25 th album blackstar on friday. Which was also his birthday. David bowie was 69yearsold. brian loftus the main subject of the popular Netflix Documentary Series Making a murderer. Has a new attorney following an outpour of support. Chicago lawyer Kathleen Zellner announced friday. That her firm will represent steven avery. Avery was wrongfully convicted of rape in wisconsin. And spent 18 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Shortly after, he filed a 36 Million Dollar civil lawsuit for his wrongful conviction. Demetria Obilor in todays whats trending now. The biggest stars in film and television came together for the 73rd Golden Globe Awards. As Chris Martinez reports. The globes are an indicator for who might take home an oscar next month. Harrison Ford . And the golden globe goes to, the revenant the revenant won top honors at the golden globes, taking home the statues for best picture drama. Best director and Leonardo Dicaprio golden globe winner i want to share this award with all the First Nations people represented in this film. brie larson thank you so much . Brie larson took home the award for best actress in a drama for room. While Jennifer Lawrence won best actress in a comdey for her performance in joy. the martian won top honors for best picture comedy. And best actor in a comedy, matt damon. But it was Sylvester Stallone who earned among the nights most thunderous applause. Winning best supporting actor for his reprisal of boxer rocky balboa in the movie creed. Sylvester Stallone golden globe winner i wanna thank my Imaginary Friend rocky balboa for being the best friend i ever had the globes also honor the best in television and this year for the first Time Streaming Services Like netflix garnered more nominations than cable or broadcast networks. Amazons mozart in the jungle to home two globes for best tv series, musical or comedy and best supporting actor. Ricky Gervais host, Golden Globe Awards relax, im gonna try to comedian Ricky Gervaise returned this year to host the awards broadcast. And actor Denzel Washington was honored with the Cecil B Demille Lifetime Achievement award. Chris martinez, cbs news, beverly hills. Lets get to sherry with a look Sherry Swensk its a chilly start to our week. But overall temps will stay seasonal and pretty uneventful compared to last week. Look for a sunny start to our monday. Then some of those high clouds sliding into the west will slip into southern nevada. High clouds move in with each with some rain but that will mainly be for the mountains and intermountain west. Highs will get close to normal but stay just below. Nights will be in the colder 30s. Sherry Swensk no delays on i15 near tropicana either. The crash on nellis in Sunrise Manor area has been cleared by metro, so no crashes right in the valley. < < thats a look at the roads. Back to you. brian loftus ces 2016 wrapped up on saturday. After some of the top names in the Electronics Industry showed off their most cutting edge products. Kirsten Joyce the Las Vegas Convention center was packed with hundreds of thousands of people from around the world. Looking to get the first glimpse of whats to come. We spoke with some attendees about what stuck out for them during this years convention think the highlight for me was the automotive, taking a look at the new cars that they have in automotive, so of the automated driving technologies. I think that was the highlight for me. Kirsten Joyce last year, c es generated over 210Million Dollars in non gaming revenue. Kirsten Joyce . Our 8 news now living green super recycling event is later this month. Its saturday, january 23rd in the parking lot of the thomas and mack. From 8am until 3pm. You can recycle all sorts of electronics. Get rid of your unused and expired medicine. And bring paperwork that needs shredding. Goodwill will also be collecting household items. For the full list. Just go to las vegas now dot com. Kirsten Joyce the odds of winning the next powerball just got even higher. As the next drawing is 2 days away brian loftus the issues some stores have run into while has now climbed to onepoint3 billion dollars from this weekend. And the next drawing in this wednesday. Kirsten Joyce as Jericka Duncan reports. Folks are scrambling even more to get their tickets tonights jackpot has climbed to a record 949,800,000. I hope you have your power ball tickets, good luck. Now that the jackpot is over a billion dollars, even those who rarely play are taking a shot. Jd youve never played the lottery before . Ashley chang maybe once or twice, but not usually. Jd you bought 20 tickets . Those all for you . Doug they are all for me. Yes, yes, absolutely. Jd but you know the odds are really slim . Mos doug i know they are huge. You know, if i buy one, the odds arent as good. If i buy 10, maybe ill have nine more chances. Now at an estimated 1. 3 billion dollars, lottery Officials Say the jackpot is the worlds largest. An amount with so many digits, billboards across the country cant handle the figure. Demand for tickets was so high stores reported that some machines ran out of paper to print the tickets. Convenience store manager alex that problem, yet. Alex sharhan we ordered extra. Jd you ordered extra paper . Alex yes, monday. The pot started at 40Million Dollars on nov. 4th and has since rolled over 20 times. The month prior, lottery organizers announced a re design making the odds tougher for the big jackpot. But saturdays drawing did create twentyeight new millionaires with smaller prizes. The next drawing will be this wednesday. At one time payment would amount up to 806 Million Dollars. But thats before federal and state taxes. Which will eat up at least 25 of the winnings. Jericka duncan well be right back. a family had their home broken into. And were held captive while their things were being stolen. What you can do to protect yourself and your family during a home invasion. brian loftus plus. Continues for a second straight