Mead boulevard. I15 north to us 95 north. Traffic will be detoured onto the mlk exit ramp. Also. 95 north to mlk. Youll have to continue on 95 north and exit rancho. Finally. I15 north and south to mlk. Youll have to exit charleston or lake mead. Sharie Johnson downtown las vegas access will not be affected. Directions. The 120 day ramp closures are needed to demolish a 22yearold two lane bridge over mlk carrying traffic from i15 north to us 95 north. The concrete bridge will be rebuilt with a h0v flyover structure. 8newsnow. paul joncich and sharie. Thats not the end, right . Two more major closures are planned in the next two years. paul joncich from roads to registration. Moped owners will have to get their scooters inpsected and registered. They say the move is more an antitheft measure since metro has reported nearly 500 stolen mopeds. Were told the registration will be a one time flat fee of 60 dollars and no insurance will be required. But Officials Say that and the fees could change if during the inspection they realize the moped qualifies as a motorcycle due to the engine. Christianne Klein police think a murder in Domestic Violence. A young black woman in her early twenties was found on a sidewalk near jones and alta shot in the head. At least four witnesses have come forward. They say they heard gunshots. And saw a gray four door car driving away. Metro says she likely knew her attacker. But there is no suspect description. It was the 140th homicide in the jurisdiction this year. Already more than all of last year. Christianne Klein meanwhile. The man aus recording people staying in his air bnb pleaded not guilty in court this morning. In october. A grand jury indicted Christopher Rogers on five counts of capturing an image of another persons private area. Police say rogers recorded at least eight victims between december 2015 and january 2016. Surveillance video captured tenants taking off their clothes. Using the bathroom and showering. Rogers also waived his right to a trial in 60 days. Hes scheduled to be back in court we are getting a little bit of a break between storms today. Christianne Klein but tedd florendo joins to tell us how long before we need to break out those umbrellas again. tedd florendo rain has moved on and we started off with fog and clouds this morning. It has all now thinned out as clearing took place all day and rain has moved east. Temps also stayed cool this yesterday cooled things off around the region. Temps close to the 70s today with no 80s in the forecast today. Hour by hour tonight some clearing with clouds around and cool evening temps in the 70s to 60s later. Tomorrow more sunshine back to the 80s by afternoon. But how warm will we get this thats all straight ahead in the extended forecast coming up to tout a similar message to hillary supporters in las vegas. Hell be here on saturday campaigning for Hillary Clinton and us senate candidate, Catherine Cortezmasto. The event will be at the southwest Regional Council of carpenters and those interested in visiting can rsvp on our website under the links we mentioned page. At last check, nearly 150 thousand people have voted early in clark county. paul joncich and remember. Were your local election Head Quarters keeping you up to date on all the races that matter to you. ci a celebration ceremony took place at the hoover dam. Governor sandoval. As well as a number of local leaders were on hand. Michael stevens explains the reason for the pomp and circumstance. Michael Stevens its pretty interesting. The celebration marks the 80th anniversary of power coming from the hoover dam. Right now. The dam generates electricity for parts of arizona. Nevada. And california serving about 1point 3million people. On top of celebrating the was also celebrated for a new contract which allows them to provide power for another 50 years gov. Brian sandoval nevada its cheap power. Taxpayers of our state. Michael Stevens the governor spoke briefly, before signing a proclamation. Marking today. Colorado river hydropower day in nevada. Michael StevensMichael Stevens 8 news now. paul joncich reversing course. What the pentagon is now doing about soliders asked to return their enlistment bonuses. Christianne Klein and. Open enrollment for obamacare is just days away and there is still a lot of confusion. We have a guest break it all down for you in the next half hour. weve learned a lot about how joe heck works. Follow the money. He called nevadas foreclosure crisis a blip who caused the crisis. And then theres money hes taken from payday lenders who charge 521 interest. Heck cosponsored legislation protecting their predatory practices. Add it all up, and joe heck is working for corporate special interests. And that doesnt work for nevada. Senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. This is 8 the Defense Department is responding to the outcry over asking members of the California National guard to repay their enlistment bonuses. Some of them total more than 25thousand dollars. But as weijia jiang reports from the pentagon, defense officials are putting the collection process on hold. The white house welcomed the pentagons decision to stop demanding soldiers pay back their bonuses. President obama had warned defense officials not to nickel and dime service members. 12 20 josh secretary when a promise is made to our men and women in uniform we should keep it. Thats certainly the view of the president on wednesday defense secretary ash carter said while the pentagon looks for a longterm solution, it will postpone collection efforts within the California National guard. 30 47 ash carter defense secretary today, i ordered a series of steps to ensure fair treatment for the California National guard soldiers who may have received incentive bonuses and Tuition Assistance improperly due to errors or criminal those improper payments stemmed from overzealous recruiters trying to reach their enlistment goals. 541 02 weijia jiang pentagon the pentagon says as many as 65hundred soldiers in the California National guard were asked to repay their bonuses. That included Robert Richmond, who carried out missions in the notorious triangle of Death Outside baghdad. When he didnt pay back the 15thousand dollars, he says the guard rept credit agencies. 1 181 23 Robert Richmond served in iraq sot it felt like betrayal. and i want nothing more than to resolve this not for myself but resolve it for every soldier thats got that recoupment letter. The pentagon says it will sort through all the cases by next july. Wj, cbs news, the pentagon. paul joncich the california guard says it has collected about 22 Million Dollars from fewer than 2,000 soldiers who improperly received bonuses and student Christianne KleinRecovery Efforts are still underway for those along the east coast following Hurricane Matthew. paul joncich the measure in place that allows South Carolina residents to help one another. announcer youre watching 8 news now at four. Shes a slob. She ate like a pig. Id look her right in that fat, ugly face of hers. Donald trump calls women bimbos, dogs, and fat pigs. Nevada, theres a better choice ruben kihuen. Kihuen pushed to crack down on employers who pay women less than men. And kihuen will always protect a womans right to choose. Ruben kihuen for nevada. House majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. Ads for joe heck are attacking my time as attorney general. The thing they left out is the truth. Rd cracking down on meth, protecting seniors from scams, and Holding Banks accountable for defrauding homeowners. Im Catherine Cortez masto. I approve this message because ive spent my career solving problems. Isnt that what we need more of in washington . Narrator the target. Seniors. Danny tarkanian set up thirteen Fake Charities that preyed on vulnerable seniors. The scams Danny Tarkanian helped set up. Jacky rosen has always led with integrity. In congress, jacky rosen will protect seniors and strengthen social security. And jacky rosen will always be responsible with your tax dollars. Jacky rosen im jacky rosen South Carolinas governor says recovery from the heavy flooding from Hurricane Matthew is flowing in thanks to their one sc fund. Governor Nikki Haley Says its a plan that allows residents to help their neighbors. up to date before matthew, we had already put up to 15 hundred families back in their homes. Thats not waiting on the feds, that was south carolinians that said ill give 20 dollars, ill give 50 dollars, ill give 75 then Corporate Partners like this to have 800 thousand now, 800 thousand plus, now come in from individuals all across our state paul joncich the Funding Program was set up to help south carolinians recover from Natural Disasters and was first used during historic flooding that devastated the state a year ago. Toss to weather now more sunshine today. We even warmed up a little with that around the region. The saturated air allowed the fog to develop and now we have clearer skies around the region. Temperatures also stayed cool in the 70s today with 80s expected late week. Wind now light after breezes yesterday and sunday. Temperatures around the region for the east part of the valley and they were warmest. Cooler for areas on the westside and kyle canyon where we were actually coolest and had the most rain. Regional temps also stayed cool with the rain that fell. Most areas in the 70s to 80s around the region with the chilliest temps up in the the southern great basin where we were actually chilly in some spots. Some areas ar up snow near the ski resort. Low has moved east and brought the leftover moisture along with it. We have clearing behind that low and were expected to warm up more as we get through the week before the next system comes in and increases wind and more chances for showers late week. Maybe as early as. Tonight expect a low around 65 and staying cool. We should be mostly clear and unfortunately no fog this time around since the dewpoints are lower and so is humidity. Mostly clear by morning and sunny tomorrow with highs back in the mid 80s again and above average. We should be around 77 for this time of year. Neighborhood by neighborhood temps in the 80s tomorrow with temps close to high 80s and near 90 to the east side of town. Were coole from summerlin to providence in centennial hills. Extended forecast shows sunny skies and dry weather for just a few days as we warm to the mid 80s with sunshine. Late week expect a chance of owers to retnlong witholer weatd also be mild of the week is happening one day earlier and it looks like you guys are sending jon tritsch on a road trip. The votes are in and Pahrump Valley at moapa valley takes the cake with 74 percent of the votes. You can see the hype leading up to the match up and all the fun video after the game right here on 8 news now. paul joncich coming up on the valleys news leader. We introduce you to this weeks Christianne Klein how this local woman is call you to action to help replace a Precious Resource for children in louisiana. Christianne Klein theyre the prime teaching tool books. But what happens when entire libraries are destroyed in a Natural Disaster . paul joncich as good day anchor Kirsten Joyce explains. Todays acts of kindness recipient. Is asking you to lend a helping hand, across the nation. Kirsten Joyce in august. The flood desvastating louisiana marked the worst Natural Disaster to strike the us since hurricane sandy. Sophie ladd watched the coverage from her home in southern nevada. There was one particular image, that showed a pile of destroyed books from floods. Kirsten Joyce instantly she thought of teachers classroom libraries. And. Wondered who would replace those Precious Resources. We dont want children to go without Kirsten Joyce the answer came quickly, sophie ladd teaches childrens language at unlvs college of education the mission of the zieter Literacy Development center is to serve Diverse Learners here in southern nevada. Sophie ladd weekly we have students who come here with the ir families instrcutors help with that Kirsten Joyce and nationally as well. One of her colleagues reached out to the Lousiana School District and started an effort, called books for baton rouge to replace destroyed classroom libraries in lowincome areas. Sophie ladd weve collected close to 1000 so far, but if you divide that by 15 schools thats not very many books. Kirsten Joyce there are just a few days remaining to donate your books at the zieter Literacy Development center. Sophie says monetary donations sophie ladd those particular funds will be given to the teachers where they can self select some of their literature, being able buy back some personal. Destroyed. Is really impotant piece as well. Kirsten Joyce how far would 800 dollars go toward your mission . Sophie ladd it would provide almost 100 books, huge for teachers. To be able to use those funds. Kirsten Joyce you get our acts of kindness award. And along with it, 800 dollars. Sophie ladd thats is are you kidding me, thats amazing. Thank you so much. This is my mission to make sure kids have books to read. paul joncich if you would like to nominate someone. Go to las vegas now dot com. Click on sections. And acts of kindness will be under the commty or send us an email. Acts of kindness at las vegas now dot com. paul joncich and talk about an act of kindness we want to thank you for your generosity in helping victims of Domestic Violence. Christianne Klein 8 news now teamed up with check city for a telethon yesterday. To raise money for shade tree. Together, we raised nearly 90thousand dollars during our pledge drive to benefit the shade tree. Its the only local, Emergency Shelter for families in crisis. Its open 247 for victims of and get this one klas viewer was so moved during our interview with shade trees executive director yesterday morning. They reached out to her directly and anonymously donated 25 thousand dollars the total really added up when check city agreed to match all money raised during our Fundraising Partnership for Domestic Violence awareness month. Christianne Klein production is plummeting for some in the Citrus Industry in florida. paul joncich razor thin profits and whether or not this could impact your daily dose of vitamin c. announcer now, live. This is 8 news now at ive seen what can happen esult of hate. My son matt was murdered in laramie, wyoming, in 1998. He was befriended by two men in a bar who pretended to be gay. They offered him a ride home, and when he was in their car, they robbed him and beat him. They drove matt out to the prairie and tied him to a splitrail fence, then beat him some more and left him for dead. In the aftermath of matts death, my family saw the best of america in the love and support we were shown. So when i see the hate it terrifies me. Id like to punch him in the face, ill tell ya. Ahh, i dont know what i said, uhh, i dont remember. Hes a mexican. I could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody, and i wouldnt. Words have an influence. Violence causes pain. Hate can rip us apart. I know what can happen as the result of hate, and donald trump should never be our president. Priorities usa action spaghetti bowl Closures Expected to go into effect morning commute for at least the next four months. paul joncich traffic anchor Demetria Obilor explains some alternate routes in todays what driving you crazy. Demetria Obilor major closures in the spaghetti bowl. Everyone is calling it carnado. Im going to break down whats closing and then ill provide you with some helpful online tools to stay on top of all of the closures. Tonight at 10pm, the southbound i15 ramp to northbound 95 ramp will close, as well as the the northbound i15 ramp to northbound 95 closure is scheduled for friday. You can find this information on our website las vegas now dot com, as well as detour information. The southbound 95 ramp to southbound i15 will not close during this time. Make sure you check out ndot project neon dot com. That site will also help you with closure information related to project neon. You can get all of the latest da once again, thats ndot project neon dot com. As always, if anything is driving you crazy, send me an email at traffic eight at eight news not dot com. tedd florendo tedd florendo started off with fog and clouds this morning. It has all now thinned out as clearing took place all day and rain has moved tedd florendo rain has moved on and we started off with fog and clouds this morning. It has all now place all day and rain has moved east. Temps also stayed cool this morning after good rainfall yesterday cooled things off around the region. Temps close to the 70s today with no 80s in the forecast today. And cool evening temps in the 70s to 60s later. Tomorrow more sunshine back to the 80s by afternoon. But how warm will we get this week . And theres another chance of showers in the 7day. Thats all straight ahead in the extended forecast coming up crop and the crop is much smaller. paul joncich in 2004, the state of florida produced 240 million boxes of oranges. This season, that number is going to drop to 70 million. paul joncich the largest auto recall of all time has just gotten bigger. Toyota said its recalling another five pointeight million vehicles around the world because of exploding airbags. The takata airbags have been known to explode. Todays recall brings the total number of vehicles toyota has callea the takata scandal to more than 23million four and a half million of those vehicles are in the us. Affected cars include hugely popular models like the corolla. paul joncich meanwhile. Mercedesbenz is revealing its first luxury pickup truck. The automaker showed off two concept vehicles called the xclass at a presentation in sweden yesterday. One a green truck was outfitted for offroad use. The other truck was more of a highend luxury model. With a for the truck in march 2015 but this is the first detailed look at the design. The vehicles are expected to go on sale late next year in europe, africa, south america and australia. They wont be available in the United States yet. paul joncich we made the annoucement on our Facebook Page and many of you are chiming in. Some more upset that its not being offered in the us. Wed like to know what you think. You can join the conversation on our Facebook Page. Health Insurance hikes arent just affecting those enrolled through the Affordable Care act. paul joncich a closer look at the hikes and what this means for you straight ahead. worked 16 days without pay, joe heck continues to cash his paycheck. Even as 244 members of congress refused their pay. Joe heck says he deserves it. This is 8 news now at four. Christianne Klein a Record Number of americans are now benefiting people looking to sign up for obamacare for 2017 will see premiums go up, according to a government report. Some consumers could see an average increase of around 12 percent here in nevada. However the department of health and Human Services stresses that most people will not feel this price hike because of subsidies. Open enrollment starts november first. But you can go online at healthcare dot gov now to check out your options for 2017. Christianne Klein as premiums go up some people are feeling that hit more here to break down what all of this means is jeremy boz with tyler insurance group. Nevada health link says link says premiums going up average of 12 percent here in nevada. 42 different plans are available next year bronze, silver, gold. Who is taking the biggest hit . One of the claims is that the premiums for people on the Affordable Care act about 85 percent of people how do the tax subsidieso reduce premium only or cost sharing reduction its not just the premiums that are going up but the plans premiums that are going up but changing drastically whats happening . No ppos next year hmo only how do people make up for that difference in coverage . Supplimental insurance fi when this law was passed these huge increases in some states arizona going up 116 on average oklahoma premiums increasing by upwards of 76 what are some of the reasons these numbers were so far off . Are you surprised by some of the changes youve seen over the last 36 months . Announcer youre watching 8 news now at four. Got her drivers license. And she tested it out with james corden. Singing bad romance. The superstar singer thrilled fans tuesday with her Carpool Karaoke ridealong on the in between songs gaga proved to be adept at improvising when she and corden acted out getting the call to perform the super bowl halftime show in february. At one point lady gaga showed off her newly acquired driving skills and even got in the driver seat. She also revealed she can write a hit song in ten minutes. And shared that she owns some 400 pieces of clothing that belonged to the late michael jackson. toss to weather tedd florendo we even warmed up a little with that clearing after morning fog around the region. The saturated air allowed the fog to develop and n temperatures also stayed cool in the 70s today with 80s expected late week. Wind now light after breezes yesterday and sunday. Temperatures around the region also stayed in the 70s for the east part of the valley and they were warmest. Cooler for areas on the westside and kyle canyon where we were. Regional temps also stayed cool with the rain that fell. Most areas in the 70s to 80s around the region with the chilliest temps up in the the southern great basin where we were actually chilly in some spots. Some areas around 10,000 feet actually picked up snow near the ski resort. The leftover moisture along with it. We have clearing behind that low and were expected to warm up more as we get through the week before the next system comes in and increases wind and more chances for showers late week. Maybe as early as thursday. Tonight expect a low around 65 and staying cool. We should be mostly clear and unfortunately no fog this time around since the dewpoints are sunny tomorrow with highs back in the mid 80s again and above average. We should be around 77 for this time of year. Neighborhood by neighborhood temps in the 80s tomorrow with temps close to high 80s and near 90 to the east side of town. Were coolest in the west side from summerlin to providence in centennial hills. Extended forecast shows sunny skies and dry weather for just a few days as we warm to the mid 80s with sunshine. Late week expect a chance of cooler weather and wind. Should be dry by the time we get to halloween for all those trickortreaters and should also be mild he breaks down when the taxpayers foot the bill. And when its the vendor. Coming up in todays cup of joe segment. Announcer youre watching 8 news now at four. Weve learned a lot about how joe heck works. Follow the money. He called nevadas foreclosure crisis a blip and took almost 700,000 from wall street, including some of the same banks who caused the crisis. Who charge 521 interest. Heck cosponsored legislation protecting their predatory practices. Add it all up, and joe heck is working for corporate special interests. And that doesnt work for nevada. Senate majority pac is responsible for the content wednesday. paul joncich brian loftus sat down with him during this previously recorded morning cup of joe segment. brian loftus joined again by Sheriff Joe Lombardo with a question from from richared muse who writes i would like to know if the city is reimbursed for having Police Officers and their vehicles used to assist in traffic exiting the church after their services . Sheriff joe lombardo absolutely. Any officers who operate in a uniform function, or any police function outside Traditional Services is considered a private event. The private vender contracts with us and they pay an officer on overtime basis to handle any Police Business that may occur at their event. Brian Loftus Richard theres your answer. Now more emphasis on ticketing drivers for following too closely . Sheriff joe lombardo i dont know if thats a loaded question or not but yes. I think any moving infraction should be ticketed, should be followed closely. Laughs little pun there, followed closely. But we cant catch all the fish in the sea. Any infraction that infraction is very important to us. In other words, speeding, failure to wear seatbelts, any movement infraction. Our concern is fatal accidents, just laughs little pun there, followed closely. But we cant catch all the fish in the sea. Should be followed closely. Laughs little pun there, followed closely. But we cant catch all the fish in the sea. Any infraction that would save lives vs a mechanical infraction is very important to us. In other words, seatbelts, any movement infraction. Our concern is fatal accidents, just as well as minor accidents. But fatal accidents rise to a little bit higher level. Thats how we combat that is tickets that can save lives. Following too close can very well cause death. Because individual failure to react, when the individual in front of them brakes suddenly so its important to Pay Attention to that. brian loftus an opportunity here to remind people that id somebody is following you too closely to never react in the ways that could engender road rage, of course. Sheriff joe lombardo exactly. Its unfortunate because it is a mm pof event. s important r peopleoderstand t smile, go about your business and youll enjoy yourself about in a minute. Nally carol k i have noticed sometimes when people ve from another ste thatey somed states license plate on the front of the vehicle and then put the nevada plate on the back of the vehicle. Is it legal to have 2 different state license plates on your hicle . Iveer seen that. Eriff joe lombard ve never seent its not legal. U haveo have the 1 platesiated n estion is, do yohave to have the front and the backlate . The the manufacturer provides an ea on the frt bumper for you fix a atetn you do. T there is a lot aestheticssoca ace to fix it on e front, en yo. T you always goa hthe back. br car. Ain carol,ticit but you haoo eson and get an answeryou can dw om. St look for theink on e rig find out om. Slk for the link on the ght side of the page. Find out ur questi s answed ery wednesday with srfmbardo be. Eriff eombardo s a pleasure. ul joncich thats all for ua4. News now d bowl start tonight. This as work on project neon ramps up. Forcing drivers to pack onto the surface streets. Dave Courvoisier the debate over Recreational Marijuana is heating up. its not good for nevadas kids. Its not good for families marijuana is safer than alcohol, its less damaging to your body, Dave Courvoisier both sides are making their voices heard. Vote on it . Denise Valdez homeowners beware. A knock at the door from the water district. May not be what it seems. Theives are posing a employees. In hopes of getting inside your home.