nia wong delta is offering refunds for cancelled flights. For those that are significantly delayed. Passen gers can make a onetime change to tickets without a fee. nia wong according to georgia power. Which provides customers in ga including deltas atlanta headquarters. The determined this loss of year old henderson man. Abdulkadir mohamud and of a Deadly Weapon and conspiracy to commit murder. Antone toma williams was killed last month in the shooting at a complex near swenson street and flamingo. Witnesses say they heard a loud argument prior to the shooting. Christianne Klein recent polling shows the economy is one area that donald trump has a lead over Hillary Clinton. paul joncich the businessman gave some details about his vision for the future of the American Economy today. Craig boswell has details from the white house out his plan to grow the economy sparked by deregulation and big tax cuts. donald trump r president ial nominee were reducing your taxes from 35 percent to 15 percent. cheering he was interrupted more than a dozen times throughout the address at the detroit economic club. Its almost 40 percent. interrupted but he powered through to deliver his message of focusing less on trade and more on job president ial nominee 13 06 25 americanism, not globalism, will be our new credo. The Clinton Campaign is already hitting back pointing out that trump has been campaigning for more than a year and this is the first time hes unveiling a plan. They also say his proposals will give big tax breaks to the wealthy. And that trump will roll back laws meant to protect consumers from big banks. Craig Boswell cbs news the white house the republican establishment is nervous that trumps candidacy will hurt them in congressional c republican congressman scott rigell announced hell vote for Libertarian Party candidate gary johnson. Rigell is now the third sitting gop lawmaker to renounce trump. Bob Schieffer cbs news contributor they are more worried now about losing the senate, i think, than they are about whether or not they win the white house. Clinton has opened up a 12 point lead in the battleground state of virginia. She also has a two point lead in nevada and is down by two in arizona. A state that has voted democratic just once since 1952. Craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. Christianne KleinHillary Clinton will give her own economic speech at the paul joncich meanwhile Hillary Clintons husband, former president bill clinton will be in las vegas on friday. Stumping for his wife. Bill clinton. And libertaran president ial candidate gary johnson will speak at a forum being put on by the Asian AmericanJournalists Association and the asian and Pacific Islander american club. The groups have also invited donald trump to attend. paul joncich and president obama is heading to lake tahoe later this month. The president will speak on august 31st about his commitment to protecting the environment and adrei paul joncich 8 news now is your local election headquarters. You can follow all the latest election news here on channel 8 and online at las vegas now dot com. Christianne Klein a wildfire in the San BernardinoNational Forest is only fivepercent contained this afternoon. The pilot fire sparked sunday afternoon near pilot rock conservation camp. Its now 45hundred acres, threatening silverwood lakecalifornia. There have been mandatory evacuations as hundreds of firefighters are involved in the battle. There. Christianne Klein just north of that. A 57thousand acre fire is still burning in monterey county. Its about 45 percent contained. Fire crews believe this one started as an illegal campfire. Its since destroyed 57 homes. And resulted in at least one death. And 3 other injuries. paul joncich Christianne Klein katie boer the heat really a rollercaster week for temperatures across the valey looking outside right now we see a little bit of haze. 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 Christianne Klein how a Henderson Family is remebering their loved ones after they lost their lives in an auto accident. there you have it folks. Its the greatest doubleplay ever. T two medium twotopping zzas for 6. 99 each. Add any four, twentyounce pepsicola products for just 5. Papa johns. Were learning more tonight about members of a Henderson Family killed in a fiery crash. On sunday. The brandts were on their way home from a family trip in utah. Christianne Klein the father, son, and daughter alvaranga has the latest on how the surviving victims are doing. Shakala . Shakala Alvaranga paul and christianne, the only survivng victims in that crash were the mother and son in law. They are both at umc, shocked and devastated, but they are expected to recover. The family was celebrating their son carlons accomplishment. He just got back home from alabama for a missionary trip and wanted to go to utah. On their way e sports car rolled over on i15 and caught on fire. The mother, joy brandt, and her son in law were airlifted to umc. The son carlon, their daughter ashley who just got married last year, and father Michael Brandt died on scene. Michael was an instructor at the Las Vegas Institute of religion. Director bruce hansen remembered him as the most down to earth person youd ever meet. Bruce hansen, director of the Las Vegas Institute mike was more low key then some of us here but the gifted instructor. Many kids always wanted brother brandt as their teacher. Shakala Alvaranga within fourteen hours, a go fund me page for the family has already raised more than 25 thousand dollars. Meanwhile, the nevada Highway Patrol continues to investigate how the crash happened. Shakala Alvaranga but now, neighbors and the focusing on the impact the family had on the valley and their service to the community. Reporting live for 8 news now. Im Shakala Alvaranga. Christianne Klein shakala, what a heartbreaking loss. Especially for the mother and son in law. Shakala Alvaranga it is, christianne. Hansen says the mother, joys main concern was not of herself, but how her other children were going to cope with this unbelievable loss and their Church Family says they will not its all fun and games in downtown summerlin this week. Downtown summerlin this week. Christianne Klein we take you indie the new dave and busters that just opened today. And how the arcade resturant is reaching out to became a memeber of the community. Thats coming up on the valleys news leader. Announcer youre en. Im one of over 300,000 nevadans who rely on Social Security. Social security helps us pay the bills. And enjoy the retirement that weve earned. Thats what makes joe heck so dangerous. His plan to privatize Social Security means billions in profits for wall street. Risking Retirement Security on the stock market. What if it crashes again . Wall street has given joe heck over a half a million bucks. I wonder who hes working for . Because its not us. 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Witnesses say they saw the boys body lying on the ground. witness Kelsey Friedrichsen whats going on. Caleb was at the park as part of a special free admission day for lawmakers and their families. winter prospero reporter off camera was the boys family at the park with him . winter yes. The slide sends riders on a threeperson raft plummeting at 60 to 70 miles per hour. gfx in riders must be at least 54 inches tall. With each raft having a combined weight of between 400 and 550 pounds. gfx out verruckt faced multiple delays before opening in 2014. Adjustments reporl hill. After sandbag tests showed the rafts literally flying off the slide. All our rides are inspected everyday actually. And our rides are inspected by an outside party at the start, before the season starts. gfx in representative schwab and his wife michele issued a statement, saying as we try to mend our home with caleb no longer with us, we are comforted knowing he believed in our savior jesus, and they are forever together now. We will see him another day. gfx indefinitely. The parks website does not give an age restriction. But according to published reports when the slide opened, riders had to be 14 years old. Caleb was only 10. Omar villafranca, cbs news, kansas city, kansas. paul joncich the name of that giant slide. Verruckt is the german word for insane. Christianne Klein deadly mudslides hit mexico after hurricane earl has brought heavy rains. The mexican states of puebla mudslides. Killing a total of 40 people. The heavy rain led officials to close down part of a highway leading into mexico city. Federal transportation Authorities Say the area received a months worth of rain. In just 24hours katie boer good evening tracking haze and 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 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. Most of the week looks dry and sunny but small thunderstorm 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 chancesl 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 saturday and sunday look for temperatures near 110s. Christianne Klein downtown summerlin is expanding with some fun. Expanding with some fun. And a way to feel like a kid again. The first dave and busters in nevada is opened its doors today and 8 news now got a sneak peak inside. The restuarant arcade features cocktails and massive sports viewing section. phil shabat general manager were in the beautiful downtown summerlin weve been wanting to come outt here for a really long time we really wanted to be here for the locals which is why were not on the strip but we want to be engrained in the community we have fun patrol that we can send out to different events and we just really want to be hear for the locals. Christianne Klein and get this if you want to catch a ufc or boxing match the new location has hired 300 employees. paul joncich now it looks like burger king is heading for the border. Is heading for the border. Christianne Klein their new creation. Thats taking a fastfood favorite and adding a texmex twist. Thats coming up next ont he valleys news leader. announcer youre is as saucy as it is cheesy. America now has its first pizza atm jeremy roth has this and more in todays take a look at this you know, given how we already have atms for things like ipods and cupcakes. Im actuallin atm. I mean. Cmon priorities, people well, rest easy fellow gluttons, Ohios Xavier University is the home of americas first atm designed specifically to crank out piping hot pizzas at the push of a button the college partnered with a french tech company on the cheesy its open 24 hours a day by the way putting it at a college campus. Stroke of marketing genius. Several dolphins were rescued off the coast of cape cod after becoming trapped in shallow waters a total of ten were stranded at one point, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare who aided in the rescue. After the initial rescue two dolphions got stuck again. Crews had to cart the dolphins off and take them by vehicle to a deeper release point. The country has seen some crazy weather lately. And this video is proof. Check out this amazing clip of a Lightning Storm captured in utah and posted by Instagram User ty moessner. Talk about your flash photography for take a look at this, Christianne Klein burger kings iconic hamburger. Is going tex mex. Its called the whopperito. Its a Flour Tortilla stuffed with the beef of a whopper, but with added seasonings. Theres queso sauce with chopped tomatoes, onions, lettuce and pickles to round it out. Burger kings ceo says hes been looking for a way to add texmex to his menu. Testing of the item was called a success in some locations. paul joncich a mystery surrounds a girls quinceanera after several people are sickened Christianne Klein what the Health Department think is to blame. After many attendees started to suffer from rashes, swollen tounges, and rapid heartbeats. announcer now, live. This is 8 news now at paul joncich thanks for joining us on the valleys news leader. The weather this week is going to be a little bit of a roller coaster. Christianne Klein katie boer has a breakdown at the brief cool down we could be seeing this week. katie boer 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. 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 resign this week after being fairfax city mayor Scott Silverthorne admitted his role in offering undercover officers meth in exchange for group sex at a local hotel. Silverthorne, whod been working as a substitute teacher has also been fired from his job. His resigniation from the mayors officer will become effective thursday. Christianne Klein a michigan man faces serious charges after Police Say Two dozen concert goers got sick from eating thclaced candy. Felony drugtrafficking charge. 24 attendees of the est festival in northeast ohio were treated for overdose after injesting the candy packets. Thc is the active ingredient in marijuana. However police disagree with calling the reactions an overdose because no one lost consciousness. paul joncich over a dozen people became so ill, they had to go to the hospital saturday night in San Francisco. Christianne Klein its after they all ate something similar at a Quinceanera Party in the ci the youngest victim was six years old. Saturday night at the womens building was supposed to be a celebration of a girl entering womanhood. But instead, guest after guest entered ambulances. raul hernandez, Security Guard all these other people just started having certain symptoms. the buildings Security Guard says one man got sick after eating unwrapped party candy, and a girl was having trouble breathing. He called 911. raul hernandez, Security Guard as i was going outside, the paramedics. I heard in the background theres a kid in the mens bathroom vomiting. As more people kept getting sick, firefighters had to call for more and more help. sf fire dept official, went to a yellow alert, which indicates we would get more resources to the incident, and then went to a red alert which means we have more patients than units on scene. First responders took 14 people to the hospital from the party. Others drove themselves to the hospital later. jonathan baxter, San Francisco fire dept. the total now is about 19 victims that were affected by something they ingested at this party. Now the department of Public Health is involved, taking tet may have given people rashes, swollen tongues, and racing heartbeats. jonathan baxter, San Francisco fire dept. we dont really know what happened. We dont know if this was an accidental situation, if it was an intentional tampering of food or what not, so thats what were hoping to get from the investigation. All party food comes in either from family members or caterers, not from the womens building. One Security Guard rulesout the dinner food as the culprit, because he had a whole plate full, and feels fine. raul hernandez, Security Guard its either the kid who had the food or the candy that the reporter standup the department of Public Health says they treated and released five patients at zukerberg San Francisco general last night. None of them were admitted. In San Francisco, spencer blake, . Christianne Klein a federal lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the texas clock boy ahmed mohamed. In september of last year, the 14yearold made International Headlines when he brought a handmade clock to school. The police were called after one teacher thought it was a bomb. Ahmed was detained, quei the school said it reacted with caution because the contraption could have been an explosive device. Turns out it was just a clock ahmed wanted to show his teachers. The lawsuit claims the city of irving, texas. The school district. And the Mcarthur High School principal violated ahmeds civil rights. paul joncich its the bark to School Special over at the Animal Foundation right now, there are more than 90 dogs and 45 cats available for all dogs six months and older only 25 dollars. Fees are being waived for pit bulls six months and older. The adoption specials runs through august 22nd. Christianne Klein doctors may have found a way to make Breast Cancer detection easier and cheaper. paul joncich how your tears could hold the key to an easier aletrnative. We explain next with buddy check 8. there you have it folks. Zzas for 6. 99 each. Add any four, twentyounce pepsicola products for just 5. Papa johns. Leader with paul joncich, Christianne Klein and tedd florendo. This is 8 news now at four. Christianne Klein every 8th of the month we feature a story for our buddy check 8. This week we highlight a company in arkansas thats working to make Breast Cancer detection easier and more affordable. So instead of having to go in for a mammogram. All you have to do is donate some tears thats right. A Company Called ascendent diagnostics created a new test. That measures proteins in your tears. If a persons test detects mammogram to get a better idea of their condition. The idea is to get more people to go in for screenings anna daily chief scientist ascendent dx mammograms arent very comfortable a lot of women dont have access to facilities they may live too far of drive to get to one. Christianne Klein the tear test is ready for experiments in arkansas. And the Company Hopes to eventually have the test available at Centers Across the country. For more information on this and all buddy check 8 stories. Go to las vegas now dot com. paul joncich a maryland teacher is taking her fight against Breast Cancer to court. For refused to give her sick leave for her double masectomy and hysterectomy. Ileana diaz has the story. Shes laughing now, but this mother of two is dealing with one of the hardest decisions a woman will ever have to make. This is life saving, this could save my life. Jill melrose has a gene mutation, so shes brca 1 positive. It means she has an 87 of getting breast and ovarian cancer, so to prevent it, shes choosing to have a double mastectomy in september and then a hysterectomy. Nobody wants to september and then a remove everything that makes you a woman from your body. Nobody would choose to do that. But not everyone agrees. You see jill is also an Elementary School teacher. So when her doctors told her shed need the surgery, she submitted her paid medical leave forms to her Teachers Union. But they sent this letter back, denying her request for paid leave. Im just shocked and so disappointed that they would fight me on this. The Teachers Union has a committee of three who votes on who they referred to her diagnosis as not meeting criteria and called her surgery elective. I have alissa and justin. I have to live and be strong for them. I have no choice. And is it really elective surgery if the alternative is cancer . Her case has now caught the attention of a maryland lawmaker. Hes standing behind her, trying to reason with the Teachers Union. When we get new information and new understanding of to keep up with it. We called the Teachers Union who said no comment and hung up. My two surgeries are fully covered. My oncologist, my breast surgeon, my gynecologist also say this is medically necessary. The union needs to reverse this policy and it needs to be approved. This is a lifesaving, medically necessary surgery. paul joncich you can find out more about this to las vegas now dot com. Christianne Klein it looks like whoever said video games will rot your brain may be proven wrong paul joncich how a new study found that teen gamers are schooling social media rats when it comes to excelling in the classroom. announcer youre fourth and fifthplace teams. But tickets for fridays yankees home game against the rays has become hot tickets. Yankees star Alex Rodriguez is expected to play the final game of his 22year career. Resale ticket prices have spiked more than 500percent. Site tiq iq says the average price to get into Yankee Stadium friday is now 456dollars. Rodriguez was once considered one of the best players in baseball. But has become a lightening rod for controversy related to p. E. Ds. He was suspended in 2014 for using performing enhancing drugs. Christianne Klein who says video games are bad for the brain . A new study found teens who were regular gamers scored higher than average when it comes to subjects like math. Facebook feeds or chatted with friends more than others tended to score four percent worse than average in math. The journal of communication, looked at the activities and test scores of 12thousand australian teens. The study author said based on the results, research to uncover the different ways which children learn from online games might improve teaching methods. toss to weather katie boer good evening tracking haze and rollercaster week for temperatures across the valey looking outside right now we see a little bit of haze. 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 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 are on the down swing into wednesday and thursday. Most of the week looks dry and sunny but small thunderstorm 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 t 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. Saturday and sunday look for temperatures near 110s. Christianne Klein fans of the classic novel turned film. The outsiders. Recently got a chance to meet some of the actors from the 1983 movie. c. Thomas howell actor here at Circle Cinema where i walked out 35 years ago. Stepped into the sunlight with two things on my mind. Im here to do it all again 35 years later. Christianne Klein a special q and a was held in tulsa. With cthomas howell and darren dalton. Who played pony boy and randy. It was all part of a fundraiser to collect donations for a restoration project. Aimed at preserving the home featured n paul joncich 8 news now is partnering with smiths and silver state schools credit union. To collect School Supplies for more than 18 at risk schools in clark county. The School Supply drive runs through august 12th. For a list of locations where you can drop off supplies. Go to our website las vegas now dot com. paul joncich getting questions questions answered from the people who run our city. Christianne Klein up next mayor Carolyn Goodman answeres your questions to what its going to take to expand education in clark county. paul joncich rounding up wild burros. Tonight at 5. The reason the bureau of Land Management is giving for gathering 40 burros near Spring Mountain ranch state park. And what the parks neighbors have to say about it. Announcer youre mayors of Southern Nevada to ask questions from our viewers in our monday mornings with the mayors. Christianne Klein this time it was Carolyn Goodmans turn in this previously recorded interview. Heres what she had to say. 2;56 mayor Carolyn Goodman i just love being with the both of you everybody out there, just know they are so much fun brian loftus we love having you here Kirsten Joyce we definitely do and we like to hear from our viewers as well when they pose these questions. Rs morgan asks the city of las vegas has beautiful plans for downtown. While there are great ideas every nice thing is either swarmed by or vandalized by vagrants. The issues isnt going to resolve itself. What are the citys plans to alleviate the issue . Mayor Carolyn Goodman we do have a brand new master plan but to be very specific, we spend about 1m per year taking graffiti off of walls, everything. All the way around the city, everywhere we can be which is about 5,000 20,000 locations. Were really working it all the time. As soon as we see something, were right out there. We have great staff and they really are proud of our buildings and our walls and it does look awful. You drive around this country and you see the graffiti and everything. As my husband would say, lop off a thumb, not a bad idea laughs brian loftus driving the 405 in la, ive seen still there. Vegas that doesnt happen. Kirsten Joyce theyre out there quickly within 24 hours. Mayor Carolyn Goodman and its very dangerous too. Because youre driving. You dont want to stop and take see somebody you think can i recognize them . Youre supposed to be driving. But we like to hear. And if youve seen something we havent attended to, please charity make sure, anybody else, let us know down at city hall. We really wanna get on it cuz were proud of this city. brian loftus question 2 we always see a lot of comments on education give us an update on the committee that you serve on that is looking at the possibility of deconsolidating the school district. Mayor Carolyn Goodman it is a huge undertaking. When my husband and i moved here in 1964, the ccsd was 2. Of course, av is building enough schools and hiring enough faculty. Our biggest problem is money. Instead of offering really competitive salaries to get the best teachers and keep the best teachers, we are far from that. And as far as per pupil spending, we spend 5200 student. Its about the money and making sure its allocated properly where we have the quality in every classroom. Its all about the teacher, buildings dont teach. Teachers teach, and the curriculum. Then you have to have at the elementary level, basic skills taught so that everybody is getting the same thing. Able to read, math, conversation, patience, learn to stand, wait for somebody else to take a turn, theres so much in this. But the committee is working, hired a consultant. Well be moving forward but i which is very sad. 3 20 6 33 Kirsten Joyce thank you so much mayor submit a question just head to lasvegasnow dot com click on the section that says monday mornings with the mayor 6 40 paul joncich and just like kirsten paul joncich and just like kirsten said sumbit your questions to monday mornings with the mayor right here on the mayor section on our site las vegas now dot com. paul joncich thats all for us at 4. 8 news now at five starts after this. Dont forget. Were always on at las vegas now dot com, on right now on 8 news now at 5, Everyone Wants better chicken. Its true and thats what you get at subway with the new chicken caesar melt. Rotisseriestyle chicken thats raised without antibiotics. A savory caesar sauce, melted provolone and parmesan cheese. Cancellations and long waits at the airport. We are live from mccarran with the fallout after a worldwide Delta Airlines outage this morning. Christianne Klein the devoted Community Members killed the kids loved him. He was a great counselor, very good listener, family and friends remember three lives taken in a crash near moapa. Including a bishop. And a son just back from his mission. Dave Courvoisier management is giving for gathering 40 burros near Spring Mountain ranch state park. And what the parks neighbors have to say about it. tedd florendo and smoke from Southern California wildfires is making its way into the valley. The precautions you should be taking. Flights are still delayed after a power outage knocks out the Delta Airlines st thousands of passengers. Im Christianne Klein. Dave Courvoisier and im dave courvosier. The airline says theyre still investigating what caused this outage which hit after 5 this morning pst. Its todays top story. 8 news now reporter nia wong is live at mccarran with the latest. Nia . nia wong christianne. As if mondays werent hard enough. Passengers expecting to catch delta flights this morning found hundreds of their flights grounded. Some for as long as six hours