House, was with the older boys and may have been used as a lookout. He was not hurt. And is being questioned by investigators. Patranya Bhoolsuwan police are also interviewing the homeowner, right now its not clear yet if he will face any charges. But they are still treating this case as a Homicide Investigation because someone did die. Authorities are expected to be out here for a few more hours. Back to you. Denise Valdez what do we know about these 3 kids . Are they related . Have they been involved in similar crime before . Patranya Bhoolsuwan police did say they believe the 3 boys may be related and may live nearby. Right now they are looking into the possibilty the 3 may have done Something Like this before. We did talk to one man who showed up at the scene. Thinking his son may be one of boys involved. Well hear from him coming up at Denise Valdez earlier this morning, metro police also responded to another incident near fort apache and sahara where a man was shot and killed as he was trying to breakin to a condo unit. Detectives say it happened around 5 am at one of the complexes inside the canyon gate community. A couple told police they woke up to a stranger yelling and banging on their door trying to get in. The man who lives in the condo threatened the stranger saying he has a gun, but the man kept throwing himself at the door trying to get in. Thats when the condo owner opened fire. Killing the man outside. A woman who lives in the building next door was shocked to hear about what happened cindy valiquet neighbor it makes me want to change my locks i live with a roommate us two girls live here i dont feel secure if someone can pound down our door or shoot us you know. Denise Valdez right now not clear if the man trying to break in lives in the community. Police say he may been under the influence or high on drugs at no criminal charges are expected to be filed in this case. paul joncich the woman accused of intentionally hitting over 30 people with her car on the Las Vegas Strip made her First Court Appearance today. 24year old Lakeisha Holloway is facing several charges including murder, felony hit and run. Plus child abuse. Holloways public defenders told us its too early to say the incident was intentional because the investigation is still active. Holloway did not enter a plea. Her case was continued for 30 days because the District Attorneys Office may file more charges. paul joncich the roads were packed coming into work this afternoon. With last minute shoppers and holiday travelers. Gett ing an early start. Denise Valdez tedd florendo joins us from henderson today. Once again. Hes checking out some of the valleys best christmas decorations. paul joncich tedd for those of those heading out of town. If youre headed to places like la or san diego maybe phoenix not too bad. However we do have a major outbreak of tornadoes stretching from iowa all the way down to the deep south that could pose travel problems. Heres your travelers forecast showing all the big airport delays around the lower 48 states. Keep in mind leave plenty of time to get to the airport and pack your patience you can also go to our website at las vegas now dotcom for any travel delays as well. The storms are moving quickly makint them even more dangerous. Heres your Christmas Day forecast for here if you have any family plans. Were only going to get to the high 40s on Christmas Day and that is it. More on your forecast and those dangerous storms in the midwest coming up. Safety improvements are in the works for a deadly stretch of road. Ndot announced several improvements for pedestrians on boulder highway. Next year. Construction will begin on a overhead flashing beacon and danish offset median at the intersection of sun valley drive. Near the eastside cannery. Ndot will also lower the speed limit from 55 to45 Miles Per Hour along a 2mile stretch from galleria drive. In 2017. There are plans for improvements at 7crossings along the road. Boulder highway has seen 14deaths this year. Including 8 pedestrians. And a bicyclist. Denise Valdez a popular solar panels in Southern Nevada. paul joncich the reason solar city is closing up some of its shops. And how it could effect dozens of jobs. Denise Valdez and. Its another mysterious light show over las vegas. What the government is saying about last nights mysterious every morning these men ate a tired breakfast and had a tired day. They werent lumberjacks, they were slumberjacks. Then one day jack showed up with a breakfast burrito poweredby jalapeos. It didnt just change theirmorning. It changed everything turning these tree loggers. Into tree lovers. Spicy jalapeos, chipotle sauce with grilled bacon, eggs and cheese. The jalapeo bacon breakfast burrito. Hey, is that it . I think thats it. Oh go amanda we love you news now at 4 with Denise Valdez and paul joncich. The news of Southern Nevada is now. paul joncich a few hours ago, a popular Solar Company announced its ceasing sales and installation. Solar city says the powers that be leave them no choice. Denise Valdez just yesterday the Public Utilities comission made a unamimous decision that will likely hike fees for solar customers. Sharie johnson joins us live. To tell us how many jobs are affected . Solar city hired about 2 couple years. But the nevada Solar Industry employs about 6thousand people. Many of them have rooftop panels just like this one. Today. At solar city. Dozens of employees trying to figure out their next move. The company said they had no other alternative but to cease nevada sales and installations. But. They vow to fight what they call is a quote unquote flawed decision so they can try to protect nevada customers and employees. We met one of solar citys project managers. Jenny browdy who had no idea this was coming. jenny browdy project mgr at henderson warehouse her name is dorothy, shes a month old, im currently on Maternity Leave but unfortunately just found out that by the time i come back i wont have a job the puc voted unanimously to energy will pay for net metering. Which is the excess Energy Solar Panels create. The puc also agreed to change the flat service rate for customers with solar panels. Rates will begin going up january first. What they will be. Has yet to be determined. And by the way. Solar city hanst made it clear who will Service Existing clients. paul joncich what about solar City Employees . Sharie Johnson some people told us the company is relocating them. But for people with families who cant up and move. Theyre not sure what they will do. Denise Valdez a panicked little girl calls 911. For an elf on the shelf emergency. Little girl calls 911. Emergency. paul joncich what she did. That put santas visit in jeopardy. Denise Valdez if you were out and about last night, you may have seen something peculiar flash across the nevada sky. Authorities are saying that it wasnt a ufo. But actually debris from a Russian Rocket reentering the atmosphere. Our newsroom phone was ringing off the hook last night with questions from 8 news now viewers. Officials say the bright light could be seen for hundreds of miles rick mazanec it could be an airplane emily lopato is that really long shooting star . Jamal clark it might be a meteor. Claus . Denise Valdez according to us strategic command, which helps monitor thousands of items orbiting in space, the used Russian Rocket one that may have helped launch a soyuz supply vehicle to the International Space station on monday, was scheduled to dock this morning. The Russian Rocket is one of 16thousand Space Objects tracked by the joint Space Operations center, which fall over arizona tuesday evening. paul joncich a little girl panicks after knocking her elf on the shelf. Down. The 7yearold from old bridge new jersey called 911 and immediately regretted it. 911 dispatch 911. Where is your emergency . 911. Hello . isabella laperuta, 7yearold its isabella. 911 dispatch hi, hi isabella. Why are you calling 911 . isabella laperuta, 7yearold dont come to my house. Dont . 911 dispatch ok, why did you call 911 honey . isabella laperuta, 7yearold dont come to my house. Ok . paul joncich well the 911 call may have been a little justified. According to the popular childrens book, her of knocking over her elf. Meant christmas magic would go away from her home and santa wouldnt come. Despite her plea. Isabellas home to make sure everything was okay. responding officer isabella apologizes. She touched her elf on the shelf. She wont call 911 again. paul joncich isabella tried to keep him out, and she cried when she had to wake up her mom to tell her what happened. She was worried santa wouldnt come, but the officer assured her that he would. Denise Valdez tedd florendo continues our holiday home tour of lights and decorations. paul joncich today hes near warm springs and green valley. Tedd . Toss to weather tedd florendo some high but also mild again too in the 60s by afternoon. Op winds remained for the most part light with some breezes in the northern sections of the valley. Expected to get even windier tomorrow afternoon. Lets go to our satellite and radar, fairly quite for Southern Nevada the desert southwest. Keeping our eye on the next system that will bring big winds and Colder Weather by tomorrow and Christmas Day. More rain in the Pacific Northwest with upper elevation snow. Now lets head over to the midwest where were having Severe Weather. Numerous tornado alerts have been issued from iowa, the ohio valley and all the way down to the deep south with biggest chances towards alabama. Big squall line can bring all sorts of problems for travelers. Also a reminder you can get the ski report on our website at las vegasnow dotcom for the ski report just head over to the sections tab, then weather and down to the ski report. Heres the forecast. Overnight with some clouds andting chilly. Nds less than 10 mph. Morr pt a high of 56th sun then clouds, windy ter. Nds start off lithen up to by evening with slight shower chaes latnight. Extended forecast shows windy weather then breezy then windy its goiing to get cold with 40s for the high and near freezing or below freezing again by the weekend. But sunny next week there are only eight days left in 2015. And we want to make sure you ring in 2016 with a bang. On new years eve. Well start our live coverage of all the festivities at 10 pm. The fireworks finale. With crews from red rock resort to downtown las vegas. And up and down the Las Vegas Strip. And during that broadcast. We teamed up with gavish real estate to take care of one lucky persons mortgage payments for a year. Go to our 8 news now Facebook Page for a full list of rules and details on how to enter. paul joncich imagine trying to pick up your luggage. With a coyote wondering around baggage claim. Denise Valdez how officials think this guy got inside this begin at this intersection. Why it could take some time before everything is fixed. Demetria obilor got you answers in whats driving you crazy . are there any plans to light up the crosswalk at jones blvd. And carmen blvd. . Its a busy crosswalk and its hard to see people trying to cross at night. The jones boulevard carmen boulevard intersection sits between vegas drive and washington avenue. Its also near culley elementary. Ndot says the jones carmen intersection has been evaluated for future Pedestrian Safety improvements. At this time, however, there is no cost estimate or proposed schedule. Hey whats driving you crazy . Send your traffic question to traffic eight at las vegas now dot com. Denise Valdez imagine going to claim your bags after a long flight. And seeing a wild animal roaming around the airport. Well take a look at this surveillance video. You can see a coyote running through the baggage terminal in myrtle beach south carolina. Doesnt know how it got in. But added its possible it walked through one of the airport doors just like anyone else. Animal control was called in and they managed to wrangle up the coyote in 45 minutes. paul joncich nasa has put its next mars mission on hold indefinitely because of a leaky instrument. The space agency planned to launch a new mars lander called insight in march from Vandenberg Air force base in california. Insight was expected to arrive at mars in september to take measurements of the red planets interior and its atmosphere, and to take color images. Instead, its being sent back to its maker Lockheed Martin in denver. Even if the leak is fixed in a few months, insight cant be launched anytime soon. Nasa says the 2016 launch window closes march 30th, and the next opportunity is two years later. Denise Valdez its a midair emergency. That had passengers panicked. paul joncich the reason this southwest flight had to circle the airport for hours. Announcer now, nevadas first choice for news. Denise Valdez today is expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the year. Millions of people are hitting the roads and runways. Plenty of delays along the 15 today too. paul joncich and if you are heading out of town tonight. We have you covered. Karen castro is live at along i 15 with a look at how traffic is moving. But first. Lets get a check of your holiday forcast with tedd florendo. Denise Valdez hes live in henderson today. Checking out some cool christmas decorations. If youre headed to places like la or san diego maybe phoenix not too bad. However we do have a major outbreak of tornadoes stretching from iowa all the way down to the deep south that could pose travel problems. Heres your travelers forecast showing all the big airport delays around the lower 48 states. Keep in mind leave plenty of pack your patience you can also go to our website at las vegas now dotcom for any travel delays as well. The storms are moving quickly makint them even more dangerous. Heres your Christmas Day forecast for here if you have any family plans. Were only going to get to the high 40s on Christmas Day and that is it. Partly cloudy and breezy. More on your forecast and those dangerous storms in the midwest coming up. Thanks tedd. Denise Valdez lets go to karen castro now. Karen is it busy on the roads . Very busy on the roads. Hundreds of thousands of families are driving out of town lets show you what interstate 15 looks like right now. Traffic is moving a bit slow leaving las vegas. The nevada Highway Patrol is behind the wheel. Traffic jams are expected along interstate 15, especially heading to california. Nhp says they will have more troopers keeping an eye on drivers. We started hearing of traffic backups since early this afternoon with heavy congestion reported on the 95 and 93 southbound at boulder city. This will be one of the busiest travel days of the year on record. Triple a says more than 100 Million People will be traveling more than 50 miles from home. Between christmas and new years. Thats more than a 1point4 percent increse compared to last year. In our region, more than 7 point4 million residents plan thats also about a one percent increase. Driving remains the most popular form of transportation during this time of year. Experts believe lower gas prices is a factor in the record crowds leaving home for the holidays. In clark county the average price for a gallon of unleaded gas is 2 dollars and 50 cents. Bottom line, expect a lot of company out on the roads. At its not looking any better at mccarran. Well tell you what you need to know if youre flying out at 6. Reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. paul joncich and its a scare in the air for some holiday travelers. A plane full of southwest Airline Passengers got stuck circling an airport for more than four hours over california. After the pilot reportd landing gear issues shortly after takeoff. Southwest flight 2547 left oakland just after 6 am bound for chicago. After the pilot decided to return, the plane was ordered burn off fuel. Ashley Stasio was on flight 2547 the worst part was the beginning because no one would tell us anything. Oh, i thought i was going to die. People were really scared. It made me feel good because the fact that it was such an emergency, they had a lot of backup and were all safe. paul joncich the pilot did a flyby to let ground crews check the outside of plane. Then made a safe Emergency Landing just after ten am at Oakland International airport. Denise Valdez police say theyve caught the suspect responsible for a deadly shooting last month. According to metro police. Authroties arrested 30 yearold damien ford in indianapolis indiana. Investigators say he shot and killed another man at an apartment complex on west lake mead near jones. We are working to obtain a booking photo of ford. Which has yet to be released. Denise Valdez police hope you can recognize two suspected car thieves. Take a look at these surveillence images. They show two men who jumped december 1st and drove off. According to henderson police. The victim left the car unlocked and running. In front of a gas station on boulder highway north or warm springs. If you have any informaiton. Youre asked to call crime stoppers. You can remain anonamous. paul joncich the editor of the Las Vegas Reviewjournal is leaving. A week after the family of Sheldon Adleson announced their purchase of the paper. Mike hengel is reportedly taking a buyout. Hengel has been editor of the review journal since 2010. Adelsons family revealed last week that it bought the reviewjournal and some affiliated publications for 140 Million Dollars. Denise Valdez tis the season. For heart attacks. paul joncich the day that sees the biggest spike in cardiac deaths. Donald trump is heading into the Christmas Holiday weekend with a solid lead over his republican rivals. This as he defends his use of a crude word when talking about hillary clinton. And umps closest rival ted cruz is lashing out at a national newspaper. Cbs reporter mark albert has a round up of all the president ial the Washington Post has retracted this animated cartoon, depicting ted cruzs children as monkeys. The cartoon was based on cruzs political ad which spotlighted the candidates two daughters. Dont be attacking five yearold kids. That has no place in politics. The Cruz Campaign quickly turned the incident into a fundraising event asking supporters for instant, emergency contributions totaling one Million Dollars in 24 hours. Cruz is enjoying a surge. But a new cnn poll still shows him at a distant second to donald trump. This may be more and more turning into a twoman race between donald trump and me. Meanwhile, donald trump defended his use of a crude word to describe Hillary Clintons loss of the democratic nomination to barack obama in 2008. She was favored to win, and. She got schd. She lost. Trump went on twitter, saying its a word frequently used in politics to say beaten badly. His bigotry, his bluster, his campaign. Clintons remarks to the Des Moines Register echoed recent comments she made at a rally on tuesday. Its important to stand up to bullies wherever they are. And why we shouldnt let anybody bully his way into the presidency. Clintons Communications Director tweeted that trumps comments are degrading to all women. Mark albert, for cbs news, the white house. Denise Valdez the first votes will be cast in less than six weeks. When iowa holds its caucuses february first. paul joncich while lots of people like to take part in the holiday cheer, this time of year can also bring on lots of stress. Doctors say the stress can be compounded by several reasons including increased Alcohol Consumption and smoking. According to a national study, the number of cardiac deaths is the highest on december 25th. Thats followed by december 26th and january 1st dr. Nasser adjei the other important one is people just ignore themselves during the holiday season. Because we tell ourselves, its the holiday season, we eat its just celebration and during that time we really tend to overdo things and forget about taking care of ourselves. paul joncich doctors say if you think youre having a heart attack, dont ignore the symptoms. Activating 911 quickly preserves lives. The sooner they get to you, the better doctors can take care of you and can preserve your heart function. Denise Valdez our smart phone obsession is responsible for a rise in injuries. paul joncich the Record Number of people injured this year. Due to distracted walking. Hey, is that it . I think thats it. This is krystal, and her dream is to be a roller derby girl. We love krystal we love krystal oh my god its jj watt oh my god paul joncich strong winds were responsible for as many as 20 big rig crashes in mojave Denise Valdez the gusts were so strong. That the Highway Patrol quit letting trucks on the road and had them camp out overnight. Homeowners felt the brunt of it as well Tammy Blumenauer lives in mojave i went out to feed the cats and it took me right off my feet, completely. It just lifted me up and slammed me down. Man on street come out here, stand on the highway, jump up, and the wind will take you away. Losing my balance just standing here. Denise Valdez the Highway Patrol troopers gave truckers rides into town until it died down enough for them to get back on the freeway. paul joncich Severe Weather in arkansas has claimed the life of a young woman. Authorities say strong winds outside of little rock caused a large tree to fall on a house. An 18yearold woman inside the home died. The National Weather service issued a tornado watch for parts of arkansas, louisiana, mississippi, and tennessee for this evening. Forecasters say the storm system may include damaging winds of up to 75 Miles Per Hour, large hail, and several tornadoes, a few of which may be intense. Denise Valdez stricken southwest. Experts say the snowpack in california is higher than average for this time of year. This is thanks to a series of powerful snowstorms in the sierra nevada. The mountain snowpack is at levels california hasnt seen for two years. Statewide its 111percent of the average for the date. And the snowfall isnt over. Its expected to continue into friday. This is welcome news. After dealing with extreme Drought Conditions for more than four years. paul joncich possible rain showers. Just one of the things tedd florendo is talking about in front of another beutifully decorated home. Denise Valdez tonight he is in green valley in front of a home decorated by a 22 year old whos showing a strong christmas spirit. Toss to weather some high clouds this day 60s by afternoon. Winds remained for the most part light with some breezes in the northern sections of the valley. Expected to get even windier tomorrow afternoon. Lets go to our satellite and radar, fairly quite for Southern Nevada the desert southwest. Keeping our eye on the next system that will bring big winds and Colder Weather by tomorrow and Christmas Day. More rain in the Pacific Northwest with upper elevation snow. Now lets head over to the midwest where were having Severe Weather. Been issued from iowa, the ohio valley and all the way down to the deep south with biggest chances towards alabama. Big squall line can bring all sorts of problems for travelers. Also a reminder you can get the ski report on our website at las vegasnow dotcom for the ski report just head over to the sections tab, then weather and down to the ski report. Heres the forecast. 41 overnight with some clouds and staying chilly. Winds less than 10 mph. Tomorrow expect a high of 56 with sun then clouds, windy later. Winds staro light then up to 35 by evening with slight shower chances late night. Extend recast shows windyaer then breezy then windyain by saturday. s goiing to get cold with 40s for the high and near freezing or below freezing again by the weekend. But sunny next week us confirmed an 8 th death from an exploding takata airbag. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration says a teen driver died after crashing in pittsburgh in july. 23 million takata airbag inflators have been recalled on 19 million vechiles sold by 12 different automakers. The airbags can depoy with excessive force. Causing them to rupture and send shrapnel into drivers and passengers. paul joncich using your cell phone isnt only dangerous while driving. Some people are getting into trouble while walking. So much so. It now getting the attention of the National Safety council. As cbs reporter Kenneth Craig explains. Texting and walking injuries are now at an all time high. Its a familiar site on streets people walking with their eyes on their phone instead of the road. The urban dictionary even has a word for it pedtextrian. oscar moran texts while walking 10 years ago i would walk on the street and there would be rare to see people on their phones and now almost everybody that i see is on their phones. We spotted jordan benston video chatting while crossing the street. jordan benston uses phone while walking i know i shouldnt but i still do it. The internet is full of videos of people on their phones having accidents. But some can be more serious like this woman walking into a fountain. Or this man accidently falling on the train tracks. No train was approaching at the time. Distracted walking injuries are becoming so common the National Safety council or nsc is including them in its annual Injury Report for the first time. The group says the numbers have jumped with the growth of cell use. From less than 500 in the year 2000 to more than 2thousand in 2011. Kenneth Craig cbs News New York kenneth on street its common for distracted pedestrians to fall on the sidewalk or wander into traffic. The nsc found 52 percent of the walking injuries happen at home. Debbie Hersman president , ceo National Safety council when you think about the home environment some of the most dangerous situations could be on the stairs where people can have a really bad fall. Debbie hersman from the nsc says common injuries include sprains and concussions. And she believes these accidents will increase as more people use cell phones. Kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. Denise Valdez a muslim family is stopped as they try to board a plane to the us. paul joncich the reason one man suspects his familys visas were revoked. While on the way to disneyland. Denise Valdez plus. Its a bird its a plane its a. Rocket . Tonight on 8 news now at five. I team chief investigator and ufo expert george knapp analyzes that bright light that lit up the newspapers are urging their government to get involved. After a british muslim family was stopped from getting onto a plane tt the us. Mohammad Tariq Mahmood says he was with his brother and children. On thier way to disneyland. When they were stopped at Londons Gatwick airport and he says they were not given a reason why mahmood the only reason that comes to my mind is because the day before there were problems in california. We heard the schools were shut down, there were some threats in california and maybe because we have muslim names. And by looking at that time, we were the only muslims in that cabin as far as i could see. I didnt see any other person that was raised up or flagged up or who looked like us. Thats the only reason i believe. paul joncich today the daily mail suggested the move by us officials could have been because his brother was refused entry to israel eight years ago. Denise ValdezIraqi Security forces took to the front lines for a second day as they fight to take back control of the city of ramadi from the islamic state. Cbs reporter Jonathan Vigliotti explains. Iraqi Security Forces went street by street wednesday clearing out militants one at a time. Iraqi Officials Say the twoday offensive in ramadi has already islamic state. The capture of the city west of baghdad this past may was a huge defeat for the iraqi government, which is conducting a ground offensive with the help of its own air force and the usled multination coalition. Security analysts say the offensive is not just about military might; its also about changing impressions. cbs news Senior Security contributor Michael Morell isis has had the perception for over a year now that theyre winning. And that gets them recruits both in iraq and syria and overseas. It gets them money. So to the extent that we can begin to turn back that perception and take the momentum away from them, that will be really important. But the Missions Success will not come easily. A wave of bombings throughout the city killed at least ten civilians and wounded many more on wednesday. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombs, but iraqi officials said they bore the hallmarks of the islamic state. Jonathan vigliotti. Cbs news. Denisinto a house. Two are shot. One is dead 8 news now is live at the scene to see what investigators have uncovered. Denise Valdez a major blow to the Solar Industry jenny browdy we came here under the impression that nevada is serious about solar decision by the puc could