Backlash, but as weve seen with trump before, that just strengthens his support. Take a look at this poll from abc news, suggesting nearly 60 percent of republicans back the proposal. Its no surprise to the billionaire businessman. donald trump r president ial candidate i have many friends that are muslims, and i will tell you, they are so happy that i did this. Coming up fast on trump is texas senator ted cruz. A pair of polls shows him leading trump among iowa republicans. One of cruzs biggest backers says polls are fine, but the real test will be at the convention. rep Steve King R Iowa i would say that theyre not close to being the early voters, the caucusgoers, so what matters in this, its about the nomination. If cruz does get the nomination, many critics say hes too conservative to win in the general election. Jeffrey Toobin legal analyst he is someone who believes, to the core of his being, that republicans fail when they move to the center. Meanwhile, the rest of contenders will use the debate stage to try to win back some of their lost momentum. Sharie Johnson new this morning. Morning. A person is dead. In the Second Police shooting in 24 hours. brian loftus the latest incident happened last night around 8 30. On king palm avenue near walnut and alexander. They say it all started when police were investigating a robbery. Officers had the license plate information so they went to the home where the vehicle was registered. They found the vehicle and several people standing around it. Officers gave them commands and they complied. But shortly afterward. A man came out of the home with a gun. sgt jeff clark, metro pio the officers immediately gave verbal commands to the male to drop the firearm, but he refused. The male raised the firearm and pointed at our officers, at which time 1 officer fired several times striking the male. brian loftus the man was taken to the hospital where he later died. His name has not yet been released. Its unknown if he was connected to the initial robbery call. The officers involved are on paid leave pending the results of the investigation. brian loftus the other Police Shooting happened yesterday afternoon. Afte r an hours long standoff. Police say a woman was shot and killed by officers in front of her home near craig and nellis. They say they responded after someone called them. Saying they saw video of a woman taking pills attempting to kill herself. When police arrived. The woman came out with a handgun twice pointing it at officers before heading back inside. Held the gun to her head and tried to pull the trigger. But was having a hard time. sgt. Jeff clark metro police at that time she raised the shot gun and pointed at swat officers that were nearby at which time two of our swat snipers fired. the woman died at the scene. No one else was injured. Metro is expected to release the name of the officers involved in the shooting along with more on the womans background and potential medical history later this week. brian loftus now lets get a look at your forecast. Sharie Johnson sherry. Hows the weather looking today . Sherry swensk < it is a chilly tuesday morning. After just hitting the low 50s yesterday. Temps are cold and we still have those brisk north winds. 10 to 20 mph winds are blowing through most neighborhoods this bone chilling wind chills. While were see plenty of sunshine it is going to be colder today than yesterday. Highs just in the upper 40s. Freeze warnings posted for tonight in areas well check lets send it over to demetria for a check of traffic. < Demetria Obilor expect to see more police on the strip today due to the gop debate right around venetian area. Metro posted out in front of the mirage right now. Expect to see overnight work over the next few weeks for preliminary work on project neon. < < back to you. Sharie Johnson former county commissioner tom collins tells the 8news now iteam that hell talk about his arrest for drunk driving after he speaks with a lawyer. Collins was booked friday night around 8 pm after a crash in the area of flamingo and koval lane. Formal charges have yet to be filed pending a lab report on his blood sample. Collins resigned from the county commission earlier this year citing family reasons. He announced plans to run for mayor of North Las Vegas in 2017. He has a court date on the dui case january 11th. brian loftus today marks a deadline for Health Insurance in nevada. Sharie Johnson how you can get assistance if you need help signing up. brian loftus plus. Military pow Bowe Bergdahl for leaving his post in afghanistan. How much time he could serve. If convicted of the crime. Sharie Johnson tinted windows may block the hot sun, but they dont make metros job any easier. How officers handle the potential safety hazard in tt2watx gt p bt q;c tt2watx gt p a q ol tt2watx gt p bm q d tt4watx gt r dztq. T tt4watx gt r entq p 4 tt4watx gt r gzt il tt4watx gt r hnt y tt4watx gt r iztq 3jx tt4watx gt r jntq 8 tt4watx gt r lzt 9wd brian loftus lee canyon just got five inches of new snow. Sherry Swensk and people from all over the valley took advantage of the conditions yesterday. It was a busy day for the ski and snowboard resort. Skiers, snowboarders, and tubers enjoyed the powder. Officials say the new snowfall is increasing their turnout jim seely marketing director, lee canyon havent been that great, but, you know, with the weather patterns the way they are, you know, one of the other directors said it best, its that snow makes people happy, so were up here a lot of people up here having fun. Sherry Swensk the resort has been open a little over two weeks this season. They say all their lifts are open. Along with most trails. brian loftus its complimentary week for ride local cardholders. And even if you arent a card holder you can save a little money by booking your session online. brian loftus and an architect in kazakhstan wants you to be able to ski. Even if you cant make it to the mountains. Sherry Swensk he wants to build a ski slope on top of an Apartment Building it would descent one thousand feet down from the 21 story building. The capital of kazakhstan has cold winters but there are no ski slopes around. Sherry Swensk < the only reason were not freezing this morning is because of the winds stirring things around. That will change tonight and tomorrow night. Lets check those chilly winds. They are bumpy in certain, but not all neighborhoods and not consistently. They will be with us off and on today. Youll need to cover your pipes and plants. And make sure those sprinklers are set to run during the day. And icy sidewalks and driveways which can be dangerous. The kingman area will drop to the teens tonight with a hard freeze warning tonight and tomorrow night. Temps will stay very chilly the next few days. And the nights even colder. Brian loftus as the the candidates prepare to take the stage. Media outlets from all over the country have preparing their coverage of tonights debate. Setting up shop inside and out of the venetian. Sharie Johnson 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens is live from media row this morning. Michael, whats it like . Brian, sharie. The setup is a little different from the one a few months ago outside the wynn. This time. Local and National Media are setup along las vegas boulevard covering the debate. Right in the heart of all the action. Heres some video from yesterday. When it was a little brighter outside. As you can see the setup was fences were still being put in place. Audio technicians. And cameramen were making last minute adjustments. As everyone prepares to cover tonights debate. Over the past couple of days cnn has been doing live coverage from their set in front of the venetian. We spoke to some people taking a glance at all the action asking them what they thought of everything and what they wanted to hear from the president ial hopefuls tonight Christine Wallington visiting las vegas it makes it a little more interesting. Besides just the typical vegas. jamison wallington visiting las vegas it brings it home a little bit. Obviously when youre not just staring at it from your tv screen youve actually been where the debates being held. Ive watched the last two Republican Debates. It seems to be more of a ratings issue than a political issue. For some of those questions they ask i believe. Michael Stevens inside is attle different. Res video of the cn age at will take the spotlight night. Podiums e in place. E for each ofhe candidates taking the stage in tonightsmain debate. It will be moderdated by wolf and everything starts tonight. At 6pm local time. On cnn. Sharie Johnson michael. You were out there for the democratic debate. How is this setup any different . Michael Stevens sharie. For that debate the media was setup at a different location. We were actually staged behind the wynn away from all of the street traffic and c nns live broadcast. This time were front and center as the spotlight shines on the venetian and las vegas. Brian, sharie . Sharie Johnson former Army SergeantBowe Bergdahl will face a military court on charges of desertion and endangering troops. Yesterday. The commander of Us Army Forces command ordered the court martial. Bergdahl spent nearly five years in taliban captivity after he six us troops died trying to find him. Before he was finally freed last year. If convicted, he could get life in prison. Sharie Johnson jury deliberations continue today. In the trial against the first of six officers charged in the death of freddie gray. Gray died earlier this year from injuries he suffered while in police custody. Officer William Porter faces manslaughter and other charges for his alleged role in the deadly incident. He faces up to 10 years in prison. brian loftus lets get a check of your commute. Sharie Johnson demetria. How are things looking . < Demetria Obilor we have an accident reported on southbound i15 to westbound 215 south beltway accident on buffalo at starr avenue, which is as far south as buffalo goes. Use rainbow and erie as alternates. Back to you. brian loftus you have until midnight tonight. To enroll for Health Insurance through Nevada Health link. To receive coverage starting on january first. If you need help signing up. Licensed brokers and agents will be available today at the Henderson Convention center from 4 to 8. You can still enroll through january 31st. But if you wait to do so, you wont have coverage until march 1st of next year. brian loftus a suffix. Earns word of the year Sharie Johnson the 2015 Merriam Webster top word. And how they came to their decision. The best airlines. For arriving on time the top three that get you there with the fewest know if Interest Rates are going up. Sharie Johnson and new data is out. That shows the timeliness of Airline Arrivals and departures jill wagner joins us live from wall street. Good morning jill. Q jill, most americans arent expecting a bonus this holiday season, but were hearing one company went above and beyond. Tell us about that . Good morning brian and sharie oil prices bounced back a bit. That sent the markets higher. The dow gained 103 points yesterday. The nasdaq was up 18. what could be the mostwatched fed meeting of all time starts today. The fed will likely decide to raise Interest Rates for the First Time Since the financial crisis. Some say its overdueothers argue a rate hike could derail economic growth. and airlines are doing a better job arriving on time. October was one of the best months for ontime arrivals by airlines in the last 20 years. Delta was the best, followed by hawaiian and alaska airlines. Virgin america was the worst. Brian and sharie q jill, most americans arent expecting a bonus this holiday season, but were hearing one company went above and beyond. Tell us about that . A walter according to a new survey from bankrate dot com only 22 percent of employed americans expect to get a bonus this holiday season. But one company gave its workers a gift to remember houstonbased hilcorp gave every one of its employees a one hundred thousand dollar bonus. Hilcorp is a privatelyowned oil and Gas Exploration company. brian and sharie now lets turn it over to demetria for whats driving you crazy . im new to las vegas and have lived in many states, but ive never seen a city where drivers are allowed to darken all of it seems like a hazard to Law Enforcement. What are they hiding . According to nevada law, if you tint your front, side windows, they have to let at least 35 percent light in, plus or minus seven percent. There are some officers who have tint meters and routinely enforce this law. When officers cant see into a vehicle, metro says they are very cautious. Officers will ask a driver to roll down their windows before approaching the car. Metro says Law Enforcement has been lenient on tinted windows because of the desert heat and sun. With the number of recent, road fatalities, metro focuses more on accident causing violations rather than equipment whats driving you crazy . Remember, you can write me at. Traffic 8 at las vegas now dot com. Back to you. Sharie Johnson theres a ism. Merriam webster picked ism because many people have looked up several words that contain the suffix this year. Racism, feminism, and terrorism. Last year, the dictionary picked culture for its word of the year. brian loftus increasing increasing the bail. For a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a girl. Sharie Johnson why the judge says he felt he needed to raise it to 1 point2 Million Dollars. two people. Shot and killed by police in two separate incidents yesterday. What police say caused officers to open fire. Michael Stevens the last Republican Debate of 2015 is going on tonight. Right here in las vegas. Michael stevens is live with what we can expect from the debate. Sharie Johnson signing up. Before taking flight. How long users have to register their drones. And why the government is making it a requirement. < welcome to a brighter morning, this is 8 newsnow with Kirsten Joyce, Sherry Swensk, Demetria Obilor and brian loftus Sharie Johnson good morning and thanks for joining us. Im Sharie Johnson in for kirsten. Brian loftus and im brian loftus. Its 530. The republican president ial candidates are descending on las vegas for their final showdown of 2015. Sharie Johnson its all venetian. 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens is live this morning from media row. Michael, whats it like out there . Brian, sharie. Cnn is hosting the debate. And theyre pulling out all the stops. Heres time lapse video from inside the debate hall. Two debates will take place tonight, with early state polling a factor in determining which candidates qualified for the main event debate. Cnn announced sunday the nine candidates. Donald trump, ben carson, senators ted cruz, marco rubio, and rand paul, governors Chris Christie and john kasich, former governor jeb bush and carly fiorina. Four other candidates will debate earlier in the evening. Wolf blizter is the moderator. A unlv Political Science professor we spoke with says blizters role is a tricky one to have Michael Green unlv, Political Science professor cnn is in an odd position because people tend to think fox news is the republican channel. Msnbc is perceived as the democratic channel. Cnn can aim for that supposed middle. It can aim for supposed journalistic excellence but it also means cnn doesnt have quite the identity. Michael Stevens a number of the candidates made early stops in nevada yesterday. Mike huckabee spent the day campaigning in reno. Marco rubio held an event here in las vegas. And donald trump made a stop inside the Westgate Hotel last night speaking to supporters. The debate kicksoff tonight live from here inside the again on cnn. Brian loftus michael. Any word on what kind of topics will be discussed . Michael Stevens experts say. Trumps recent comments on muslims should come up. As well as the recent tragic events weve seen in san bernardino, paris and elsewhere. Brian, sharie . Sharie Johnson donald trump is predicting hell be declared the winner of tonights debate. Like michael said. The frontrunner held a rally at the westgate yesterday evening before a large crowd of supporters. Trump says he expects hell be a favorite punching bag on stage tonight at the debate. He also told the crowd that as president. He would crack down on illegal immigration, build a wall on the Affordable Care act, and build a powerful military. He also defended some of his over the top statements. By saying being politically correct isnt good for our country donald trump r president ial candidate this country needs to away from political correctness. Its killing us. Its killing us cheers it is absolutely killing us. Sharie Johnson his speech was interrupted multiple times by protesters. He also attacked fellow president ial candidate hillary clinton. Sharie Johnson marco rubio also held a rally in las vegas yesterday. He told a group of supporters at the renaissance hotel. This election is time for americans to choose their future. it is our turn. The time for us to act is now. Its time for usto be the authors of the most extraordinary chapter in the amazing story of america. rubio also spoke about growing up in southern nevada. And talked about a number of national issues. Like the agreement with china to and the Affordable Care act. brian loftus rand paul will also be holding a rally today. Itll be at his headquarters on palms Airport Drive at 1130. Then tomorrow morning at 11. Hell be speaking to the Las Vegas Economic Club at caesars palace. brian loftus then in just a few weeks. All the Democratic Candidates will be in town for a dinner hosted by senator harry reid. The battle born battleground first in the west caucus countdown dinner will take place january 6th. This comes about six weeks before the democractic caucuses. Nevada is the third state in the country to weigh in on the democratic nominating process. Sharie Johnson another top story this morning. Two people are dead after they were shot by police. In two separate incidents. The latest took place near walnut and alexander last night. Police say they were investigating a robbery. When a man came out of a home and pointed a gun at police. One officer opened fire. The suspect was pronounced dead at the hospital. No word if he was involved in the robbery. and the other took place earlier in the day. Near craig and nellis. Police say a suicidal woman walked out of her house. Tried to shoot herself, and then pointed the gun at officers. They opened fire. She was pronounced dead on scene. Kirsten Joyce now lets get a look at your forecast. Brian loftus sherry. Hows the weather looking today . < Sherry Swensk the only reason were not freezing this morning is because of the winds stirring things around. They are still blowing out of the north northwest. They will calm down by tonight and the cold will really settle in. Its cold out there right now and for people who have to work outdoors today. Or be outdoors. You should really insulate with layers and expect the cold to stick around. Lets check those chilly winds. Not all neighborhoods and not consistently. They will be with us off and on today. Temps in the upper 30s and low 40s. But tonight will be colder. High today will make it to just the mid 40s in summerlin. Barely above 50 in green valley. Upper 40s elsewhere. < lets send it over to demetria. accident on southbound i15 ramp to westbound 215 south beltway is clear. Accident on sunset and eastern, which is a cone zone. Crash in the south valley on buffalo at starr avenue, which is farther south than cactus. Starr is the end of the line for buffalo. Back to you. Sharie JohnsonHenderson Police are investigating. After a 91 yearold man was killed yesterday while crossing the street. It happened on Whitney Ranch drive north of sunset road in the afternoon. Police say the man wasnt in a cross walk when he was hit by a car. He later died at the hospital. The woman driving the car was not hurt. And did not appear to be brian loftus a man accused of kidnapping a teenager and sexually assaulting her in his home for weeks. Had his bail raised. 26yearold Jimmy Carter Kim was in court yesterday. A judge raised his bail from about 700 thousand to 1 point2 Million Dollars because of the severity of the crime. Kim faces 60 charges. Including 31 counts of sexual assault. And 1st degree kidnapping. Police say the 14yearold girl from arizona escaped kims home more than a week ago. After being held captive for about a month. Kim will be back in court on january 21 st. Sharie Johnson registering drones before they take the sky. brian loftus how much the process will cost and why the faa says its important. Sharie Johnson plus. A galaxy far, far away takes over the red carpet. The special way the new Star Wars Film premiered last music my kcup filter is back. Now you can make anything, even a piece of home. The single servemakeallyourfavorites exactlyhowyoulikeit machine. Trending this morning. Were just days away from the new star wars movie the film premiered last night in hollywood. Hollywood boulevard shut down for what might be the biggest movie premiere. Ever. The length of two full city blocks with a covered carpet longer than the oscars. And it was even decked out like the film. The very first Star Wars Film had its World Premiere at the same location, hollywoods chinese theatre, in 1977. Star wars the force Awakens Opens up friday in theaters. adlib weather chat the only reason were not freezing this morning is because of the winds stirring things around. That will change tonight and tomorrow night. Lets check those chilly winds. They are bumpy in certain, but they will be with us off and on today. Youll need to cover your pipes and plants. And make sure those sprinklers are set to run during the day. Otherwise you will have frozen and icy sidewalks and driveways which can be dangerous. The kingman area will drop to the teens tonight with a hard freeze warning tonight and tomorrow night. Temps will stay very chilly the next few days. And the nights even colder. Days will take a while to warm back up to normal. But the weekend looks pretty good. Even another chance for showers coming up in your 7day forecast. back to you. brian loftus a lot of americans will find drones under but as kris van cleave explains. That new toy will now come with a requirement to register with the government. Kris van cleave when the faa registration website goes live next monday, current drone owners will have two months to register. Newly purchased devices will have to be registered before taking flight. I think this does add a level of seriousness to the operation of the drone. Former faa assistant administrator scott brenner. do they need to have a Drone Registration Program . scott brenner. I think the faa was struggling with how do we educate new users . and by creating this registry, now we have a direct link to every user which will allow us to do a tremendous amount of education. Kris van cleave the faa hopes that education will prevent more close calls in the air. A new report identified 158 incidents in the last two years where a drone came within 200 feet of another aircraft twenty eight times the pilot had to take evasive maneuvers. There has never been a confirmed collision between a drone and another aircraft. Require drone owners to give their name, Mailing Address and email, and pay a 5 dollar fee. the faa is waiving the 5 fee for the first 30 days of the program. All operators will be given an id number to display on their drone. Sharie Johnson now lets turn it over to demetia. Brian loftus how are the roads looking this morning. Southbound delays in the spaghetti bowl. Roads are getting crowded right now. Construction at the durango cheyen ne intersection is scheduled to wrap up soon, hopefully in the next couple of weeks. Thats according to what the city told me back in october. < < back to you. brian loftus 8 news now one viewer with free mortgage or lease for a year. Sharie Johnson weve teamed up with our sponsor. Gavish real estate. To pay up to 15 thousand dollars. Well randomly choose 8 finalists to attend the zowie bowie show at red rock on new years eve. And well announce the winner during our live special brian loftus to enter. Just head to our our 8 new now Facebook Page, Community PrideFacebook Page or website. You must be at least 21. Have a mortgage or lease on a home and be in Good Standing with the lender and owner. person is dead. After a strong typhoon hit the philippines. Typhoon melor has forced more than 730 thousand people out of their homes. The storm reached its peak with winds near 150 miles per hour. 54 people were killed in the regions last deadly storm back in october. brian loftus now lets send things over to Sherry SwenskKirsten Joyce sherry today . Sherry Swensk < beautiful skies from our red rock camera shows a few high clouds. And some north breezes still moving the palm trees around on the roof. Its extra chilly when you factor in the wind this morning and those breezes will stick around through the day. Cold if you want to head up and see the fresh snow from storm. Highs in the 20s and nights near 10 degrees. Bumpy north winds on the water at lake mead and down the river. The next few nights at freezing and below for the valley. Then warmer into the weekend. < now. Over to demetria for traffic. Demetria Obilor < no delays on the beltway right now. This is 215 near the mccarran < back to you. Sharie Johnson companies are now going after people. Who write bad reviews. brian loftus in todays 8 on your side. The reason theyre legally allowed to fine customers. Despite the first amendment. And the Action Congress is taking. Sharie Johnson plus. Racing into las vegas for monsters supercross championship. We chat with a young racer. Who is already making a name for himself. Those stories and more. Coming up at 6.