Transcripts For KLAS 8 News Now At 5 AM 20151214

Winds were howling outside brian loftus Mother Nature was stirring up some wild weather. Kirsten Joyce is it going to calm down anytime soon . kirsten, sherry and brian talk about the weather Sherry Swensk < its been a windy night. With gusts hitting 40 mph and higher. Those winds turned to our of the northwest overnight. This is a cold storm pushing rain and snow across Southern Nevada and the desert. The door will be open to colder air and some freezing nights. Highs today just near 50 degrees. Back to you. Kirsten Joyce North Las Vegas police are investigating the death of two women who were shot and killed in two separate incidents. brian loftus investigators say the two homicides are not related. Police tell us they received calls about shots fired shortly before 10 pm. They arrived to find a 20 year old woman suffering from gunshot wounds. She was taken to the hospital, where she later died. North Las Vegas Police say they believe this shooting was domestic related. And that a man remained on scene and was taken into custody. They are now trying to determine the relationship between him and the victim. brian loftus and North Las Vegas police are also investigating a deadly shooting near lamb and i15. They tell us a woman was shot several times and taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. They do not have a suspect in custody. If you have any information on either of these cases, call crimestoppers. Kirsten Joyce former county commissioner tom collins was arrested over the weekend for a dui. brian loftus the 65 year old was booked into the Clark County Jail friday night and released pending an initial court appearance. Kirsten Joyce charges werent immediately filed against the self proclaimed cowboy. 8 news now reached out to collins but did not receive a response. brian loftus this arrest comes just months after he abruptly resigned from the commission, citing family matters. Plans to run for mayor of North Las Vegas in 2017. Kirsten Joyce this isnt collins first run in with the law. brian loftus back in 2012. He fired a gun at a tree on his property in North Las Vegas. He pled guilty to disturbing the peace in that case. Kirsten Joyce and later that same year. His bull got loose and hit a woman who tried to corral him. brian loftus the political world is shining its spotlight on las vegas. Kirsten Joyce the next Republican Debate is taking place tomorrow at the venetian. 9 candidates will take the stage for the main event donald trump is front and center, flanked by his newest, closest rival ted cruz, as well as ben carson. Four candidates will appear in the undercard. Including mike huckabee, rick santorum, Lindsey Graham and george pataki. Cnn is hosting the event. And it will be moderated by wolf blitzer. brian loftus several gop candidates are hosting rallies while theyre in town. Donald trump is scheduled to speak at the westgate tonight at 7 30. Rally this afternoon at 2 pm at the rennaissance las vegas. And the day after the debate, senator rand paul speak at caesars to the las vegas economic club. Before heading up to reno for a meet and greet. demetria, how are the roads . < Demetria Obilor construction on the strip slowing you down on the north side. Accident at tropicana and wynn, west of i 15. Accident on Horizon Ridge and jeffreys street in henderson. Heres what traffic looks like on i15 and sahara. No delays right now. Back to you. brian loftus get ready to wait in line if you plan to head to the post office today. Kirsten joyce its expected to be the busiest day of the year. 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens is live this morning near las vegas boulevard and fremont. Michael, whats expected . Michael Stevens brian, kirsten. Across the nation. Usps is expected to process more than 6hundred million pieces of mail this holiday season. Thats an increase of more than 10. 5 percent over last year. Here in las vegas workers with the Postal Service expect to process nearly one million packages today. To keep up with the holiday volume. Some post offices even opened could drop off letters, packages and just buy stamps. Usps says the lines are expected to be long today. But theyre staffing extra people to make things go a little smoother michelle banks United States Postal Service were going to have a lot of staff in the lobbies trying to help out. And get the customers prepared, ready so the waiting time in line isnt as bad as theyd expect. Michael Stevens to help get your gifts to their destination. Post Office Employees remind you to write down the correct address with the zip code. Also theyre asking you to leave batteries out of anything electronic. If you still havent had a chance to box everything up and have your packages ready to ship out. You still have until december 19th to send out domestic mail using the first class option. Brian, kirsten . Brian loftus michael. Lines completely . Michael Stevens brian. The post office says theyre trying to make this as easy as possible on the customer. They say. Many of their locations here in the valley have Self Service Kiosks in the lobby. There you can do everything yourself and completely skip the line. Back to you. brian loftus if you want Health Insurance to kick in at the start of the new year. Time is ticking Kirsten Joyce tomorrows deadline. And how much premiums are expected to increase in 2016. brian loftus plus. Big change coming to a small, busy stretch. Demetria knows its going to drive you crazy, so shes giving you a headsup on whats going Demetria Obilor taylor swift has been known to have companies. But now it seems she may be singing a different tune. Everyones talking about tswifts big announcement. Starting december 20th. Apple will exclusively stream her 1989 world tour live concert film. It captures her november show in australia, and includes backstage footage and rehearsals. She announced the news on twitter yesterday. Which was also her 26th birthday. Demetria Obilor and the odds were once again in favor of the hunger games. Mockingjay part two came in at number one for the 4th week in a row. It made just over 11 million this weekend. In the heart of the sea came in at second with 11 million. And the good dinosaur rounded out the top three with 10 and a half. Demetria Obilor but the movie that people cant stop talking about isnt event in theaters yet. The World Premiere of star awakens is tonight in hollywood. The red carpet to the iconic t cl Chinese Theatre spans 4 blocks. And the premiere is expected to be one of the largest and most secretive ever. Star wars fans have been camped outside the theater for days now. They must wait at least 24 hours in line to get inside for the first public showing of the film. Those who are camped out longer, will earn preferential seat selection. The force awakens hits theaters friday. Sherry Swensk < its been a windy night. With those winds turned to our of the northwest overnight. This is a cold storm pushing rain and snow across Southern Nevada and the desert. The door will be open to colder air and some freezing nights. Highs today just near 50 degrees. And with clear skies that means nights at freezing and below. Then warming up by the weekend and back to near 60. A wind advisory in place for areas west of las vegas until this afternoon. Rain and snow moving into arizona and we should see sunshine most of the week. Kirsten Joyce president obama will be making a rare visit to the pentagon later today. He will meet with his Top National Security advisers to focus on the war against isis and receive an update. White house leaders say no major policy shift is expected to come out of it. This is president obamas first visit to the pentagon since the terror attacks in San Bernardino Kirsten Joyce meanwhile. The nevada National Security action summit kicks off in las vegas today. The key topics theyll discuss are the decline of the us military, border and immigration insecurity. The jihad movement. And the threats to the us electric power grid. Some of those speaking include a handful of nevada lawmakers. And president ial candidates. brian loftus if you havent signed up for Health Insurance. Tomorrow is the deadline thats the last day to register. In order to have coverage begin on january first. In 2016. The Obama Administration says they are hoping to have some 10 Million People enrolled in the Affordable Care act. And increase premiums by 10 percent. brian loftus lets get a check of your commute with demetria. < Demetria Obilor no delays in the spaghetti bowl right now. Soil testing and drilling will have an impact on some freeway lanes all around the spaghetti bowl. Near mlk through mid january. < back to you. Kirsten Joyce ladies. Whats in your makeup youre putting on this mmrning. Could be changing. brian loftus the reason lawmakers are trying to ban those little microbeads in some creams. Kirsten Joyce and. 8 news now wants to pay your mortgage or lease for up to 1 year brian loftus weve teamed up with our sponsor. Gavish real estate. To pay up to 15 grand. You must be at least 21 year old. Have a mortgage or lease be in Good Standing with the lender and owner. Kirsten Joyce eight finalists selected at random will attend our new Years Eve Party at red rock where the winner will be announced. Now or Community Pride facebook pages. Or website. Kirsten Joyce a big money announcement. Annchanges. Brian Loftus Hena Daniels joins us live from wall street. Good morning hena. Good morning brian and kirsten that slump in oil prices battered wall street last week. The dow lost 309 points in trading. And the nasdaq lost 111 points. the Federal Reserve is expected to raise its nearzero Interest Rate for the first time in nine years this week. Experts predict the fed will boost the rate to a quarterpercent, then increase it over the next few years to just more than 3 percent. The hike means more interest for savers, but borrowers would pay more. a national ban on the use of plastic micro beads in products like soap, toothpaste and body the micro bead free waters act passed the house last week. And now heads to the senate. Environmental experts say the plastic micro beads can easily travel through Water Treatment plants, enter waterways. And eventually, be eaten by marine wildlife. today is green monday or what some shoppers call, cyber monday 2. Many retailers are offering online deals today and while Many Americans are wrapping up their Holiday Shopping a new poll finds 36 percent of shoppers have yet to begin making a dent in their gift giving list. Thats up 6 percent from last year. Consumer reports says despite the late start most procrastinators arent feeling unduly stressed. Brian and kirsten . Now lets turn it over to demetria for whats driving you crazy . Demetria Obilor next month, get ready for more construction in the southwest part of town. The county will break ground on a large Flood Control widenin g project on rainbow boulevard the first week of january. This 420 day project will start with widening rainbow boulevard to three lanes, in each direction, between sunset road and russell road. After thats done, crews will install Flood Control facilities down the center of rainbow. The county is requiring contractors to complete the widening work to help ease delays once the Flood Control construction begins. This stretch of rainbow gets a lot of business. Durango high school, grant sawyer middle and marion earl elementary are all nearby too, so the county is taking special precautions. For example, all school walk routes will be left alone 30 minutes before and after school. Crews are also required to keep open, in both directions, on rainbow, sunset and russell between 5 00 a. M. And 9 00 p. M. This is a 12. 6 million project. The regional Flood Control district is fronting most of the bill. 638,000 is funded through fuel revenue indexing. Whats driving you crazy . Remember, you can write me at. Traffic 8 at las vegas now dot com. Back to you. Kirsten Joyce the longest running show on the strip. Is going dark. brian loftus the last chance you have to check out jubilee at ballys. in the aftermath of the San Bernardino shooting. How folks around the valley are taking action to protect themselves. brian loftus plus. Possible plans for a new way to get around the strip. The billions of dollars it would cost. For the transportation of the future. Michael Stevens < Michael Stevens is live talking about the busiest shipping day of the year < welcome to a brighter morning, this is 8 newsnow with Kirsten Joyce, Sherry Swensk, Demetria Obilor and brian loftus Kirsten Joyce good morning and thanks for joining us. Im Kirsten Joyce. Brian loftus and im brian loftus. Its 5 30 am. Sherry swensk and im Sherry Swensk. kirsten, sherry and brian talk about. brian loftus if youre headed sure you schedule plenty of time. Kirsten joyce today. Is expected to be the busiest mailing day of the year. Sherry Swensk 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens is live near las vegas boulevard and fremont this morning. Michael, is there anyway to beat the crowds . Michael Stevens brian, kirsten. It might be hard. Usps says they expect a record parcel season this year. Listen to these numbers. Nationwide the post office expects to deliver over 600million packages this holiday season. Theyll process over 15. 5 billion cards, letters and packages. And in cities like ours theyve already started delivering 7 days a week. Usps says theyve hired over 30 thousand workers across the postal employees say the best way to speed up the process for everyone is to be prepared michelle banks United States Postal Service definitely come 100 percent ready meaning packaged including the tape, addressed properly sometimes people come in and theyre not real sure how they want to send it and thats why we have lobby assistants out there to help. Michael Stevens if you want to skip the line entirely at the post office. You can schedule a package pick up for free. And keep in mind if youre hoping to save some cash, today is the deadline for standard mail to make it in time for christmas. Its december 19th for first class. And december 23rd for Priority Mail express. Brian, kirsten . Kirsten joyce michael. Have any post offices extended their hours to deal with more customers . Michael Stevens yes. Summerlin station. Silverado stations. And meadow mesa station are all open until 4 on saturdays from now until christmas. Kirsten joyce now lets get a look at your forecast. Brian loftus sherry. Hows the weather looking today . < Sherry Swensk its been a windy night. With gusts hitting 40 mph and higher. Those winds turned to our of the northwest overnight. This is a cold storm pushing rain and snow across Southern Nevada and the desert. The door will be open to colder air and some freezing nights. And chilly north winds most of the day. < kirsten, brian. Back to you. horrible reality. That nowadays. It seems Mass Shootings are becoming more and more normal. Kirsten Joyce today marks the 3 Year Anniversary of the second deadliest in us history. Twenty children and six adults were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in newtown, connecticut. The gunman also shot and killed his mother at their home. And turned the gun on himself. Many parents of the children have advocated for stricter gun laws in the wake of the shooting. brian loftus and yesterday marked one month since 130 people were killed in the paris terror attacks. The attackers carried automatic weapons and wore suicide vests as they slaughtered dozens. Kirsten Joyce most recently. 14 people were killed by the husband and wife pair in San Bernardino. Investigators say this was terror related. Kirsten Joyce folks locally are taking up more training in how to defend themselves. brian loftus at least one local gun Training Center says its seen an influx of people. Wanting to learn how to protect themselves. Bob irwin. The owner of the gun with phone calls since the San Bernardino mass shooting. bob irwin the gun store this one is different. The people are now realizing they are in personal danger. Its not something that happened in europe its not something that only happens in Tall Buildings in new york. Brian Loftus Irwin says classes usually have about 25 people learning how to use a gun and safety aspects. In just the last few weeks though. The class size has doubled and they plan to add more. But not Everyone Wants to see more guns on the street. Peaceful protesters around the nation Want Congress to enact common sense gun safety laws to help keep people safe. brian loftus while some are arming themselves. Others in the valley united for an interfaith vigil. About 200 followers of islam. Judaism. Christianity and more gather last night at a local mosque. The prayer vigil was dedicated to all the victims. Involved in the growing number of violent acts which are claiming the lives of innocent people. Kirsten Joyce the man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenage girl will face a judge this morning. Jimmy carter kim is scheduled to the 26yearold is being held on nearly 700 thousand dollars bail and is facing 20 charges. Police say he kidnapped a 14 yearold from arizona and kept her locked up in his North Las Vegas home. She escaped two weeks ago and was able to call for help. Police are trying to find out if there are any more victims. brian loftus lets get a check of your commute. Kirsten joyce demetria. How are things looking . Demetria obilor < accident in henderson on Horizon Ridge and jeffreys is gone, so were left with one at tropicana and wynn and another at tropicana and i15. Keep an eye out for it. Like. Getting more southbound traffic right now. < back to you. Back to you. brian loftus a verdict could soon be reached. In a case that sparked riots across the nation. Kirsten Joyce when we could learn the fate for the first officer on trial. For the death of freddie music my kcup filter is back. Now you can make anything, even a piece of home. The single servemakeallyourfavorites exactlyhowyoulikeit machine. Sherry Swensk the curtains are closing on the most iconic and longest running show on the strip. The final performance of jubilee is set for february ballys is considering replacing it with a new showgirl production and will announce more developments in the coming months. Jubilee has been a las vegas classic for the last 34years. adlib weather chat get ready for a big cool down this week. If only for a couple of days. It could be damaging to your plants. Pipes and pets. It was a cold night for stargazing, and with clouds and showers not the perfect night for the geminids, but maybe you can see some shooting stars again tonight . This storm moving through last night opened the door for cold pacific air and it wi settle in for a couple of days before a steady warming trend into the weekend. Sheet or light burlap over your delicate outdoor plants. Wrap your northfacing pipes and keep your pool motors running overnight to keep them from freezing. If you can bring in the pets to brian loftus this morning, the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department is releasing Surveillance Video and pictures after the shooting death of a man by two deputies over the weekend. Deputies opened fire on the man refused to drop his weapon. Don champion reports. The Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department says this Surveillance Video shows why deputies opened fire on 28yearold nicholas robertson. It shows robertson holding what investigators say is a gun. Moments before the encounter people called 911 saying robertson was acting erratically and firing rounds. 911call at least 6 or 7 times in the air sheriff Jim Mcdonnell Los Angeles County, ca we showed that he had a weapon in his hand throughout the whole encounter. Theres going to be criticism anytime theres a deputy involved shooting. Thats why weve come out today to be as transparent as we can the shooting happened saturday california. Investigators say deputies opened fire after robertson refused to drop his gun. In all the two deputies fired a total 33 bullets. Michael Green brotherin law after the first shot he hit the ground he was immobilized. Nothing you could do to him but to stand here and keep shooting, reload and keep shooting it was Department Says robertson posed a risk to several people who were nearby. voice of captain steve katz Los Angeles County sherriffs dept. there were several citizens in the arena. Public safety is critical here with a suspect who is armed in a highly populated area. Robertson was a father of three. The deputies involved in the shooting have been reassigned as part of the investigation. Don champion, cbs news. brian loftus investigators are trying to determine where robertson got his gun. Local civil rights leaders are calling for an independent investigation. brian loftus and in baltimore. Closing arguments are slated to begin today. For the first officer on trial in the freddie gray case. A total of 6 officers are facing charges. After gray died due to injuries he suffered while being taken into custody. The jury is expected to make a ruling by wednesday or thursday. Kirsten Joyce local Transportation Leaders are toying with the idea of a 30year plan for a light rail it would shuttle visitors from the airport to casino lobbies. It will cost 12 billion dollars. And that doesnt even include the cost to build and maintain the light rail system. Which could range anywhere from another 2 to 12 billion depending on. If the track is above or below ground. Consultant Jeremy Aguero who is one of the plans architects says its a relatively small cost compared to the regions 95 billion dollar touristdriven economy. Kirsten Joyce now lets turn it over to demetia. Brian loftus how are the roads looking this morning. < Demetria Obilor hit and run accident at tropicana and torrey pines. Not sure whats up with tropicana this morning, but its proving to be a trouble spot. More traffic along us 95 right now. This is over by decatur. Southbound traffic moving away from your screen. < brian loftus we tallied up the votes for novembers whats cool at school winner. And we could like to congratulate hyde park engineers this class teaches students about robotics, how to program. And to learn about the corporate business world. Congrats to them their program wins 250 bucks for being whats cool at school Kirsten Joyce a view of the world like no other. World like no other. brian loftus the hottest tech trends of 2016. And how you can get your hands on them without breaking the can be rough. But this morning. Weve got something for you thats sure to make you go awe sounds of polar bear snoring Kirsten Joyce the columbus zoo and aquarium released this video of this adorable 5 week old polar bear cub. This Sleeping Beauty is snoring while catching some zzzs with her stuffed animal. She weighs just 4 pounds and is 16 inches long. Her eyes arent even fully open yet. Zoo workers say the little cub has already starting trying to stand up on all fours. Especially when shes ready for her next meal. brian loftus now lets send Kirsten Joyce sherry whats the forecast look like today . Sherry Swensk < some breezes are still shifting direction this morning. The south valley has southwesterly winds while the north end of town is feeling those chillier north winds behind the cold front. With clear skies over the next couple of nights and cool air in place. Well get some freezing temps overnight. The best advice is to throw a sheet or light burlap over your wrap your northfacing pipes and keep your pool motors running overnight to keep them from freezing. If you can bring in the pets to keep them warm that would be best. Some neighborhoods will drop to the upper 20s for a couple of nights and the below freezing temps will start middle of the night, so could turn into a hard freeze situation. Well keep some clouds around today. But more sunshine tomorrow and wednesday. Those clear skies and cold temps will allow for the freezing and below temps. Then a nice steady warmup as we head iohweekend. Nr starts a week frtoday. < rsten, brian. Bacty. brian loftus virtualreality is set to be one of the hottest tech trends in 2016. Kirsten Joyce Lexy Savvides shows you how to be one step ahead of the crowd without breaking the bank. First, youll need a headset like Google Cardboard. As the name suggests its made of cardboard and you put together yourself. Prices are around the 20 mark and it comes in several different versions. For a more sturdy experience try the mattel view master at 25. Both these headsets work with android or ios phones. To get started insert the phone into the headset and download a Virtual Reality app. You can find a wide selection on the google play or apple app store. Sit back, hold the headset to your eyes and immerse yourself in a 360 degree world. To make your own Virtual Reality photos, download the Google Cardboard camera app for android. Hold out your phone and move it around in a circle to take the photo. Then place the phone in a viewer to see the magic in action. In san francisco, im Lexy Savvides, cnet. Com for cbs news. Brian loftus lets get a check of your commute. Kirsten joyce demetria. How are things looking . Demetria obilor < spaghetti bowl slowing down. Right shoulder blocked on southbound i15 just past us 95 too. Accident reported on state route 160 at milepost 22 going northbound. Construction happens along state route 160 between mountain highway. January. < back to you. Kirsten Joyce burning man organizers are challenging a tax that could cost them millions of dollars. Festival officials sent a letter to the department of taxation. Saying burning man should be tax on live entertainment. They argue. The tax shouldnt apply to them because they are not a provider of live entertainment. According to the attorney for burning man. The 9 percent tax would total nearly 3million dollars. Organizers say they are postponing setting 2016 ticket prices until they hear back from state officials. brian loftus everyones talking about this weekends big ufc fight in las vegas. That was so short you could watch the whole thing and some on instagram. Conor mcgregor took on undisputed featherweight Champ Jose Aldo in the main event at the mgm grand garden arena. It took just 13 seconds for the irishman to win. He koed aldo with his first punch. In the co main event. Middleweight champion Chris Weidman tried to remain undefeated. But lost to luke rockhold. Who became the new champion. exposed to tuberculosis. Kirsten Joyce coming up at 6 00. How a nurse at a maternity ward. Is to blame for the possible brian loftus plus. Scammers are targeting. Victims of identity theft. How they are trying to con you. Again.