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Really an invasion on your privacy so hopefully they got the right guy and hopefully it leads to all four of them. Dave Courvoisier brett mccann says it was a strange and very stressful situation but felt he had to take action to scare off the intruders. Despite the recent arrest. Three other suspects remain at large. Authorities say if you have information about this case call metro or leave a tip with crime stoppers. Coming up at 5 00. We take a look into lairs criminal history. Denise Valdez since january first, 116 people have been killed on our roads. And while the number of drunk driving crashes are still being calculated, Officials Say on average. A quarter of all crashes are due to imparied driving. Today umcs Trauma Center hosted their annual you drink, you drive, you lose event to help prevent drunk driving among teens. Sharie johnson reports. Sharie Johnson reporting, 8news now what happens when a young person gets behind the wheel either drunk or even distracted, you can see the clark County Corners truck and even the hearse, all First Responders here today really want students to understand they have the power to make a decision that could change their lives Sharie Johnson its a ride no one should have to take to the er. Especially someone so young. Sharie Johnson umcs you drink, you drive, you lose program aims to keep Young Drivers alive. krystal hill, son killed by drunk driver it was a sunny day like this Sharie Johnson and no one could open students eyes like one mother, krystal hill, whose son jesse died january 1, 2013, walking his Girlfriend Home in his neighborhood, in broad daylight. krystal hill, son killed by drunk driver jesse and anne marie were 22 houses away from their home, turned the corner when an impaired driver who was drunk and stoned out of his mind hit them going 75 Miles Per Hour in a 25 mph zone Sharie Johnson Anne Marie Ricci lived, but lost nearly all her memory, except her recovery. Anne Marie Ricci, boyfriend i fractured my pelvis on the right side, so the second day after the accident, they did surgery and put a metal plate and screws in it and i actually had to learn how to walk again Sharie Johnson hundreds of students from valley schools saw several examples of the seriousness of drunk driving. And they were listening. makavi kamdar, 11th grade Indian Springs hs one mistake could change your whole life, i know that Sharie Johnson and umcs trauma unit hopes they never have to tell any of these students parents. Their child was killed by a drunk driver. dr. John fildes, medical director of umc trauma i have to kind of manage anger with compassion in the moment and be the best i can be for the family Sharie Johnson reporting, 8news now and also so many city county and even state leaders here driving this message home, i have to tell you the encouragement from clark county Comissioner Lawrence weekly who actually allowed the students to help him create a hashtag for today; its hashtag, dont be stupid. Reporting live Sharie Johnson 8new now. Denise Valdez the temperaute is expected to keep droping. Opportunity villages magical forest than right now. Dave Courvoisier thats where tedd florendo joins us from. Tedd. Its 8 news now night out there tonight. tedd florendo colder for sure as we really hit our highs right around the morning and midday so you know its going to be a cold night. Lets go to the radar and show you the showers that we have been seeing today. Not quite early in the day, but mainly by afternoon and we still see some shower activity out there and even some snow in the mountains. Had some thunder reported in Lincoln County earlier today. Zooming out big dip in the jetstream has the colder air within it. The low center is up in the the northwest again but we had enough shortwaves that passed through to give us the showers we saw in some locales today. So here are the weather headlines. Breezy winds still sticking around, although not windy. Next storm comes on sunday night. And thats going to bring Colder Weather next week as lows dip down to near freezing by morning. More on your forecast coming up. Denise Valdez fbi search teams are scouring a lake for evidence near the site of the shooting massacre in san bernardino. And something of interest turned up today. This is the second day divers are sweeping seccombe lake. Its about about three miles north of the terrorist attack that killed 14 people. Agents hope to find a crucial piece of evidence. A computer hard drive. Possibly dumped here by shooters, Syed Rizwan Farook and tashfeen malik. While the hard drive is still missing. A diver did find a disc and handed it over to investigators. David Bowdich chief of fbi la office we did have a lead that indicated the subjects came into this area. that in 2013, before they were married, Officials Say farook and malik had discussed martyrdom and jihad online. But at the time, the couple raised no red flags when malik was granted a fiancee visa to enter the us from pakistan. Investigators now theorize that the couples plan could have been grander, possibly to explode a bomb first then open fire as well as target another location. Dave Courvoisier tedd cruz is caught talking trash about his gop rivals behind closed doors. Denise Valdez what he had to say about donald trump. And ben carson. When he didnt think anyone was recording. Dave Courvoisier google comes to the valley. To share some Cool Technology with local students. The eye wear which allows kids to travel around the world. Without ever leaving the classroom. deal for new ownership the Las Vegas Review journal says its been bought once again. The states largest newspaper says that news Media Capital Company Bought the newspaper and its affiliated publications. The newspaper reports that new medias operating subsidiary Gatehouse Media would run the newspaper. It was just back in february that Stephens Media sold the reviewjournal to new Media Investment group. Dave Courvoisier as the first votes in the race for the gop president ial nomination get closer and closer tension among the candidates appears to be on the rise. Donald trump still holds a large lead over the gop field. Hes pulling 35 of support nationwide in a new cbs New York Times poll. His closest competitor, texas senator ted cruz, trailing with 16 . Cruz told donors behind closed doors hes not worried about trump ted cruz audio i believe gravity will bring both of those campaigns down. people are looking for who is prepared to be a commander in chief . Who understands the threats we face . Who am i comfortable having their finger on the button . Dave Courvoisier cruz has jumped to second in the latest cbs news poll ahead of carson but well behind trump. Maintained his lead despite his call for a ban on muslims entering the country. Denise Valdez this comes as doctor ben carson takes a page from Donald Trumps campaign playbook. The republican president ial candidate is now threatening to ditch his party. The retired neurosurgeon slammed the g op after reports that Party Insiders were discussing the possibility of a deal to pick the president ial nominee at the Republican National convention. Its the first time carson has suggested the possibility. Donald trump has left the door open to an independent bid since the start of his campaign. Dave Courvoisier coming up, the final piece of business prior to saturdays title fight. Denise Valdez Chris Maathuis is live at the mgm grand where fans showed up to see their favorite fighter as they weighed in the day before the big ufc fight wondering how many fans were show up for todays weighin. Thousands of fans were in las vegas the last time Conor Mcgregor headlined the fight card. Denise Valdez Chris Maathuis joins us from the mgm grand garden arena for todays weighin. Chris how was that crowd . I was curious to see how many fans would show up considering the turnout at the press conference and open workout was rather light. So today when they opened the doors and got ready for the weighin i was wondering how many would show up. Who would show up to see Conor Mcgregor and jose aldo. Aldo hasnt lost a fight in nearly a decade. But mcgregor comes into the fight as the favorite. Just a slight favorite. The mgm wasnt whipped into a frenzy like it was last july when mcgregor fought chad mendes. But it was still loud and a solid crowd showing up for both conor and aldo. Mcgregors fans were loudest as the both jumped onto the scale. then of course they posed and but didnt get too close. Nobody wants anything crazy to happen that might jeopardize the fight. They dont want em throwing punches. The fight is sold out. Itll be packed tomorrow night. Some are saying this is one of ufcs greatest fights. Lets hope the fight lives up to its billing. While lots of fans are focused event. There is another great fight on saturdays card. Luke rockhold and Chris Weidman fight for the middleweight title. And theres more. Also ufc is holding a card at the cosmo. Frankie edgar meets chad mendes and the winner of that fight is expected to meet the winner of saturdays title fight. Dave Courvoisier so mcgregor and aldo are both healthy and ready to go . Chris Maathuis yes. Remember it was a rib injury that forced aldo to pull out of that summer fight. Hes healthy. And mcgregor, following that summer fight had a knee injury that nobody really knew about. So healthy. They will be wealthy and well see how wise they both are. Get a check of your forecast. Denise Valdez tedd is live at the magical forset at opporunity village. For 8 news now night. < tedd florendo colder temps today as our temps dropped by midday. Winds also breezy still around the region, but not as windy as earlier. We did have showers around today. Local radar showing some showers still around at this around the region and snow in the mountains. Did not have any big measurable rain, but we did have some come down today. Snow expected to be between 1 3 inches in the mountains. Futurecast shows slight chances still around for tonight with clearing by tomorrow and a lesser chance. Tomorrow more sunshine but still some clouds around and check out sunday how we begin to see the shower chances increase again with more winds and clouds by sunday. Website at lasvegasnow dotcom. Just go to the sections tap on the left corner and click on weather. Scroll down to ski report for all the latest info your nearby mountains. Tonight expect a low of 40 with plenty of clouds and breezy. Shower chances are in the slight category for tonight. Tomorrow the high just 55 with both sun and clouds. Breezy at times as well. Extended forecast shows more winds late sunday with shower chances on monday too. Temps come crashing down and only in the 40s by tuesday and wednessay and cold by morning. < Denise Valdez several narrow and theres no good reason for it. Demetria obilor found out why it was built like that in the first place and if the county plans on fixing it, in whats driving you crazy . Demetria Obilor patrick says, the northwest corner of the desert inn rd. And nellis blvd. Intersections gets unnecessarily congested. Eastbound desert inn rd. Goes from two lanes to one lane, just west of nellis blvd. 100 yards later, the road is two lanes again. The reason desert inn is narrowed to one lane is because sewer facilities were in the way. Clark county says the facilities been removed and they will now improvement package. The countys project will widen desert inn between lamb and nellis. The stretch will get a new sidewalk, lights and ada upgrades. Two smaller projects are on the same contract. Crew s will upgrade medians and street lights on sir george drive between nellis and stewart. And winterwood parkway between clubhouse and sahara will be improved as well. Bid opening for construction is scheduled for today. Construction is scheduled for the spring. Hey whats driving you crazy . Send your traffic question to traffic eight at las vegas now dot com. Dave Courvoisier a familiar face drops by to the late show. To say hi to his good friend Stephen Colbert. Denise Valdez the Important Message jon stewart wanted to share. And the reason he had to dress up like donald trump to get his message across. government open through next wednesday. The measure was approved today ahead of a midnight deadline. It now goes to president barack obama for his signature. The white house has said he will sign it. The measure will give lawmakers and the white house more time to complete negotiations on a 1. 1 trillion dollar government wide spending bill for 2016. Denise Valdez included in the spending bill. Is the zadroga act. It provides Health Benefits for First Responders who got sick after working in the rubble of the world trade centers. Following the september 11th terror attacks. The bill expired last month. And now advocates are calling for lawmakers to permanently extend it. Last night. Long time proponent of the bill. John stewart stopped by the late show with Stephen Colbert to make his case. But. Colbert stopped him. In the middle of his pitch. Saying he needs to take a different approach. Stephen Colbert, late show host face it jon, the media wont Pay Attention to anything at all unless you are donald trump. Denise Valdez colbert then put a trumplike hair piece on stewart but that wasnt enough. He then used cheetos makeup on stewart to get that orangey glow. And thats when stewarts inner trump was able to come out. jon sewart, former daily show host, these 9 11 First Responders, let me tell you something, these 9 11 First Responders are the most top notch, firstclass, diamondencrusted heroes america can produce. Dont let Congress Play politics with this necessary bill. Denise Valdez sewart is urging viewers to tweet thier congressman with the hashtag worst responders. Some republicans opposed permantly funding the bill saying they want a chance to periodically review it and make sure its operating soundly. Stewart says theyre holding it hostage. And using it for a political bargining tool. Dave Courvoisier from teachers. To bus drivers. The School District is no stranger to hiring people that end up hurting students. Denise Valdez we press the theyre doing to keep kids safe. announcer now, nevadas first choice for news. Accused of hurting kids. Dave Courvoisier thats why were asking c csd what its doing. To make sure students are safe. In the latest case. Police arrested 52 yearold bus driver Ramiro Garcia. Hes charged with sexually assaulting an autistic girl just a few weeks ago. Metro police say there may still be other victims. At a School Board Meeting last night. 8 news now reporter Patranya Bhoolsuwan pressed School Officials for answers. < patranya whats the conversation thats happening in light of cases like this . Michelle booth ccsd spokesperson right, we always go back to what our screening procedures are. Patranya Bhoolsuwan thats ccsd spokesperson michelle booth. The only person available to speak to me at this School Board Meeting where most of the School Board Members were present along with superintendent pat skorkowsky. I wanted to ask them what the School District is currently doing in light of a number of arrests of ccsd employees including substitute bus driver Ramiro Garcia charged with sexually assaulting a 10 year old autistic girl. michelle booth ccsd spokesperson you cant foresee something that is not in bhoolsuwan booth says garcia, like every ccsd employee, has to pass extensive background checks. One change she says will be implemented is increasing training and communication among staff to watch for potential criminal behaviors among each other and with students. michelle booth ccsd spokesperson just reminding them that if they see anything suspicious they must report it. cecilia luca riello parent we dont like Something Like that because Parents Trust the district to take care of their kids. Patranya Bhoolsuwan parent cecila luca riello, who we found outside the School Board Meeting protesting a teachers pay freeze, says shes shocked by the latest Sexual Assault case on a student. Ccsd says there was no surveillance camera on the school bus that garcia was driving. Something lucariello says needs to change. celcilia luca riella parent probably continue adding more cameras, but thats going to cost money like paying teachers cost money. Ccsd has to carefully look at their budget and decide what is important. michelle booth ccsd spokesperson to put cameras everywhere and monitor them, all the routes, every thats exhaustive. Patranya Bhoolsuwan booth did go on to say that every new school bus that comes into the fleet will be equipped with security cameras. But that security begins with vigilant teachers and staff and constant communication within schools and families. michelle booth ccsd spokesperson the most important thing is for our students and our parents to communicate with one another. Patranya Bhoolsuwan. 8 news now. Dave Courvoisier ccsd says theres a number of aides assigned to Certain School buses for special needs, or kids with behavioral issues. However the district could not provide the exact number or if there are plans to add more in the future. Denise Valdez while were getting light flurries in our mountains. Its nothing like what they got in northern nevada. Take a look at this video from mount rose. It was coming down pretty good last night. According to the Mount Rose Ski resort. It got between 11 and 13 inches of fresh powder. As for our snow fall. Not quite that impressive. Denise Valdez tedd florendo joins us now with a look at our forecast. Hes live at opportunity villages magical forest. Where its 8 news now night tonight. tedd florendo colder for sure as we really hit our highs right around the morning and midday so you know its going to be a cold night. Lets go to the radar and show you the showers that we have seeing today. Not quite early in the day, but mainly by afternoon and we still see some shower activity out there and even some snow in the mountains. Had some thunder reported in Lincoln County earlier today. Zooming out big dip in the jetstream has the colder air within it. The low center is up in the the northwest again but we had enough shortwaves that passed through to give uthe showers saw in some ces today. Here are the weather adnes. Aying cool in the 50sor the weekend. Eezy wds still sticking odalthou not windy. Xt storm comes on nyght. D thats going to bring colrather next week alows dipwn to near freezing by morning. Re on your forest coming up. Dave couoisier whilemany famies go to the magicalrest. Theres tonsfoliday fun ine valley. Asked you to share your vorite facebook today. D gotome great responses. Pamela says, we always do santa the shipwreck at mandalay y, snow in thsare at town uare, and the etl m factorycactus gardensis year we are also trying to the glittering lights andsing the bellagio. L of that is in addition to a trip to disneyland. Love the holidays. Se sply wrote, tamales, ts otmd vicki says, we go as a family and look at Christmas Lights on christmas eve. Then we come back home, have hot cocoa and open one present each. You can join the conversation on this topic and more. Dave Courvoisier if youre in the giving spirit this christmas season. Tomorrow you have a chance to give back. Ccsd police and metro officers will continue their annual fill the bus toy drive. Donations will go to children at local title 1 schools. They have some of the lowest Household Incomes in our community. Youre asked to bring toys, clothes or bicycles to the target on North Decatur and 215. Tomorrow from 10 am until 4 pm. Denise Valdez google brought some cool new technology to the valley today. While its made out of cardboard. It can take students around the World Without the high cost of international travel. Google showed off its Expeditions Program at bob miller middle school. It utalizies a vitrual reality platform which allows kids to take a 360 degree tour of places ranging from bottom of the ocean to the surface of the moon. It adds an additional level of high Tech Learning to the classroom. wayne lawson, computer really important becuase a lot of times reading information in a book, kids cant really relate to it. So this combines technology and allows students to take Virtual Reality tours and actually experience these different places around theworld rather than just reading about it. Denise Valdez google picked Computer Science Education Week to demonstrate the program in clark county. Denise Valdez as for Virtual Reality. Its not just for the classroom. And google isnt the only game in town. Its set to be one of the hottest tech trends of 2016. Googles product will cost around 20bucks. And mattel also makes one called the viewmaster which costs about 25 dollars. Both headsets work with android and apple phones. Theres a wide varity of apps on both google play and apple app stores. That can take you across the world. Denise Valdez a startling making millions in the oil industry. Dave Courvoisier how the us is working to cut off the terroist groups lucrative funding. That traces all the way back to their won sworn enemy. < announcer youre watching 8 isis is making more than 500 Million Dollars a year selling oil. Denise Valdez they claim fighters are using some of the cash to finance attacks abroad. Cbs correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports from london. Us and Coalition Planes have now begun to bomb tankers full of oil sold by isis in syria. Part of the effort to cut off an estimated 40 Million Dollars a month the group makes from petroleum sales. aptn . And in the cynical economics of war. Some of that oil even goes to president assads government. Isis sworn enemy in this bitter war. Graphic most of the oil fields in syria are in isiscontrolled territory. Once pumped. Its moved by tankers to be sold. Locally. To buyers in regimecontrolled syria. Or smuggled over the border into iraq and turkey. Youtube dier ezzor refineries syrian locals simply set up crude refineries basically desert before selling it on to traders who take it to market. And attacks on enex what are technically isis run operations will inevitably kill innocent civilians who work there in order to survive. Elizabeth Palmer london solid numbers are very hard to come by, but the best estimates say isis is making twice as much money on what they call taxes and we might call extortion. Thats taxes levied on every person and business living under their control. Elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. Dave Courvoisier this comes as us intelliegence officials issued a warning. About a potential new threat from isis. Sources tell cnn the terrorist group has demonstrated some ability to produce fake passports. This could give isis fighters in syria the capability to travel overseas. U. S. Officials are also concerned isis may have access to Biographical Data and fingerprints for syrian citizens but this information alone wouldnt get them into the united state. They would also need a visa which would mean being screened by the state department. Denise Valdez airlines arent excited about one of the holidays most popular gifts. Dave Courvoisier the reason some companies are putting the hoverboard. On the no fly list. Denise Valdez theyre one Consumer Product Safety Commission is currently investigating 10 reports of hoverboard fires in nine different states. As cbs reporter Vladimir Duthiers explains. Some airlines say they dont want the scooters on their planes over fears the lithiumion batteries can ignite. Already one of the seasons hoverboards are continuing to heat up. Literally. A rider from alabama posted this video, saying his hoverboard just caught fire. Now this years must have gift. Is finding its way onto some less popular lists. On thursday, the nations three largest airlines. Banne d the scooters from flights. Theyre concerned about the toys lithiumion batteries. danny kelly aviation consultant the ignite and catch fire very violently. Cell phones, tablets and laptops use low wattage lithium ion batteries which fall within faa regulations. But airlines are concerned about the hoverboards battery. In a statement, delta pointed to the size or power of their lithium ion batteries and found that the strength of the batteries in hoverboards often exceeded government limits for whats allowed onboard an aircraft. One hoverboard manufacturer, swagway, blames cheap knockoffs for the problem, saying they dont compromise when it comes to using the highest quality parts and urged customers to being sold on the internet. gfx out according to sean kane, the founder of the Safety Institute, the hugely popular products may eventually be recalled. sean kane founder of the Safety Institute theyre considered toys but in fact theyre not. you have a product that doesnt have to meet any safety requirements and its finding its way into the us market. Vladimir duthiers, cbs news, new york. Denise Valdez airlines arent the only ones moving away from hoverboards. Online retailer overstock dot com says it will stop selling the popular product due to growing safety concerns. Dave Courvoisier the Holiday Shopping season is already promising for retailers and restaurants. The cocomerce Department Says retail sales rose two tenths of a percentage point in november. Thats up from a tenth of a percentage point in october. Clothing and Sporting Goods stores saw healthy gains. And shoppers are apparently hungry too. Restaurant sales rose seventenths of a percentage point. The good retail news is a sign that americans are feeling better about the economy and are willing to spend. Dave Courvoisier one Company Already feeling the holiday burn. Ups. Journal. The company is slammed. Its ontime delivery rate for ground packages fell six percent last week, compared to the same time last year. Ups, fedex and the Us Postal Service are expected to ship more than one point5billion packages this holiday season. Thats an increase of more than 10 percent. Denise Valdez toss to weather tedd at oppotunity village < tedd florendo colder temps today as our temps dropped by midday. Winds also breezy still around the region, but not as windy as earlier. We did have showers around today. Still around at this time, not quite in las vegas but around the region and snow in the mountains. Rain, but we did have some come down today. Snow expected to be between 1 3 inches in the mountains. Futurecast shows slight chances still around for tonight with clearing by tomorrow and a lesser chance. Tomorrow more sunshine but still some clouds around and check out sunday how we begin to see the shower chances increase again with more winds and clouds by sunday. You can the ski report on our website at lasvegasnow dotcom. Just go to the sections tap on the left corner and click on weather. Scroll down to ski report for allhe latest info your nearby uni. Tonight expect a lowf 40 with enty of clouds and breezy. Shower chances are in the slight category for tonight. Tomorrow the high just 55 with both sun and clouds. Breezy at times as well. Extended forecast shows more winds late sunday with shower chances on monday too. Temps come crashing down and only in the 40s by tuesday and wednessay and cold by morning. < Denise Valdez a former y. As he was found guilty of sexually assaulting 8 women. Daniel holtzclaw faces more than 260 years in prison. The prosecution says holtzclaw used his power as an officer to prey on women he could intimidate and bully into silence. During the trial, supporters of the victims demonstrated outside the courthouse. grace franklin okc artist for justice this is about Sexual Assault, about women being targeted because they are vulnerable, women who were specifically targeted because they are black and theyre poor and theyve had some contact with the system. Denise Valdez in a statement Oklahoma Citys police chief said justice was served. Holtzclaw was fired from the Oklahoma City Police Department following his arrest last june. Hes scheduled to be sentenced next month. Dave Courvoisier new big factor that can cause alzheimers disease. Denise Valdez the findings that come with the warning that people really need to relax in their golden years. higher levels of stress in the elderly significantly increases common precursor to alzheimers. Dave Courvoisier cbs reporter marlie hall has the story. At 85, Frederick Schweitzer still rides a bike to keep fit and healthy. The first thing i do in the morning is exercise the retired history professor is taking part in an aging study at the Albert Einstein college of medicine in the bronx. New research from the study has found a link between stress in the elderly and memory decline. dr. Richard lipton senior author, Albert Einstein college of medicine participants who had the highest levels of stress were about twice as likely to develop amnestic mild Cognitive Impairment this early stage of alzheimers dementia for every 5 point increase in stress score, the risk of developing mild Cognitive Impairment increased by 30 percent. The past few years have been stressful for schweitzer. He was his wifes primary care taker before she passed away from dementia last year. Frederick Schweitzer study besetting sadness and lonlieness resarchers say if seniors can learn how to cope with their stress, they may be able to postpone or even prevent their cognitive decline. dr. Richard lipton senior author, Albert Einstein college of medicine stress management techniques which could include physical activity, meditation, yoga. Schweitzer is actively trying to stay positive and not let stress and grief get him down. Frederick Schweitzer study participant we must make the best of this moment this day. For him, that means doing the things he enjoys, such as getting back to his research and writing a memoir about him and his late wife. Marlie hall, cbs news the bronx, new york. Dave Courvoisier researchers say about 15 percent of people with mild Cognitive Impairment go on to developing alzheimers dementia. Dave Courvoisier thats all for us at 4. Denise valdez 8 news now at five starts after this. Dont forget. Were always on at las vegas now dot com, on facebook and twitter. Burglars confronted by a good