Brian is off this morning. It happened last night in between the paris and Planet Hollywood hotels. Demetria will have an update for you in just a moment of the road closures. But first. Team coverage of the very latest. Patrick walker is live on the strip where it happened. And Michael Stevens is live at umc where those people are being treated. But first. Well start with Patrick Walker with the nuts and bolts of what happened. Patrick Walker kirsten. Part of our famed Las Vegas Strip is blocked this morning. As authorities continue piecing together what led a female driver in her 20s. To mow down dozens of pedestrians on a sidewalk near the paris casino sunday night deputy chief Brett Zimmerman las vegas pd we have determined that this is an International Act that means that our lvmpd handling the investigation Patrick Walker witnesses were left in shock as the woman took off. All while a toddler sat in the backseat. witness it looked like she wasnt even trying to stop the car. She had both of her hands on the wheel and was looking straight forward Patrick WalkerAntonio Nassar was one of several people who tried to stop the vehicle as it drove onto the sidewalk. Possi bly three times Antonio Nassar witness i was running down the middle of the street and there was two other guys with me. We were yelling move, get out of the way, stop. And then there were three guys trying to punch out the window. Patrick Walker authorities plan to look through Surveillance Video in the area. They are also questioning the driver to see if drugs or alcohol played a factor deputy chief Brett Zimmerman las vegas pd we have drug recognition officers that would check to see if the driver was under the influence and we would also take blood or breath to see if the driver was intoxicated Patrick WalkerOfficials Say several people remain hospitalized. The driver of the car. Along with the toddler. Were not hurt. Patrick Walker the driver remains in police custody. Against her this morning. Sheriff lombardo is also expected to hold a News Conference later today. When he does. You can count on 8 news now to bring it to you live. Kirsten . Kirsten Joyce patrick. Where did police catch up with the suspect . Patrick Walker kirsten, she was arrested not to far from the scene. Near the Tuscany Suites off flamingo and koval. Her car. The 1996 oldsmobile was found there. Police had it roped off last night. Kirsten Joyce now we want to send things over to Michael Stevens. Whos live at umc. One of the hospitals treating the victims of the crash. Michael, how many people were transported to umc . Michael Stevens kirsten. Transported to local hospitals. 15 came to um c. The medical centers trauma resusitation cared for the victims. Which included a mix of adult men and women. And one child. An eleven year old. Of the fifteen patients. One died, and 2 others were listed in crticial condtion. The rest were labeled serious. Including the 11yearold. We spoke umcs Public Information officer who said. They were ready for the victims. The moments the ambulances pulled up. danita cohen umc pio we had several ambulance come, and some had two patients inside so we had many patients come in at once, but thats why were here. We operate under acordion staffing, so we can keep calling the trauma teams as need be. Michael Stevens umc operates the areas only level one Trauma Center. The hospital says they are prepared for anything a patient may need. And can even get someone into the operating room in under two minutes. Michael Stevens we are waiting for an update on the patients statuses. As soon as we hear back from hospital officials. Well update you. Kirsten . Do we know if the patients were locals or tourists . Michael Stevens kirsten. The Public Information officer from the hospital wouldnt say if any were locals. But she did say many are from montreal or french canada. She says they needed a translator to speak with a doctor. Kirsten . Kirsten Joyce now lets turn it over to demetia. How are the roads looking this morning. < Demetria Obilor with our rio camera, were looking at las vegas boulevard near flamingo. Metro still on the scene continuing its investigation. Heres flamingo and koval. You can use koval as a north southbou nd alternate to get around the lane restrictions that are still in effect. < < back to you. Kirsten Joyce this isnt the first time Something Like this has happened. In 2005, Stephen Ressa plowed into tourists on the strip in front of ballys hotel and casino. Three people were killed and more than a dozen were injured. He claimed he was seeing demons planning to kill him. Kirsten Joyce and two years later. In 2007. 13 people were injured when an elderly driver crashed into pedestrians on the strip. Episode while driving. Sherry Swensk < Sherry Swensk < weve had mostly clear skies then clouds starting moving in over the last hour or two. And were now cooling off to the upper 30s and near 40 around town. It was a nice saturday. Then yesterday cooler and cloudy. A lot of those clouds have cleared out for now. Then well see more coming in today and for the first half of the week to keep the sun covered at times. Highs will still make it to normal and just above. It looks like a little rain could fall by Christmas Eve night. More on that in your full back to you. Kirsten Joyce governor Brian Sandoval has approved a tax deal to bring electric car Company Faraday future to north las vegas. On saturday. Governor sandoval signed four bills into law. Authorizing hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks. After a four day special session in carson city. The state will offer faraday 215million in tax credits and abatements. And publicly finance 120 apex industrial park. The upstart electric car maker in turn plans to build a 1billion dollar factory. Kirsten Joyce this weekend. Teachers voted to approve a contract theyve been negotiating for months. Teachers and staff have been in a battle with ccsd over teacher salaries. On saturday. They ratified a two Year Contract which includes a two and a quarter percent raise. Also. The district would contribute more per person for health insurance. The ccsd board of Trustees Still needs to vote on it next year. Kirsten Joyce theres a new Miss Universe. But not after a lot of confusion. How the host of the event. Mixed up the contestants. When declaring a winner. Fixing up what many call a treacherous stretch. When construction will begin and what to expect when its all done. Demetria answers your questions hey, is that it . I think thats it. This is krystal, and her dream is to be a roller derby girl. We love krystal we love krystal oh my god its jj watt oh my god a new Miss Universe was crowned right here in las vegas. But not without some confusing and chaotic moments on live tv. When the host, steve harvey. Read the wrong winner. Don champion has more. The drama played out on Live Television sunday night. Colombia what first appeared to be a repeat win for colombia in the Miss Universe contest. I have to apologize. Quickly became one jawdropping, gaffe for pageant host steve harvey. The first runner up is colombia Miss Universe 2015 is philippines it took about a minute for harvey to correct himself after apparently reading his note card with the winner on it wrong. Steve harvey comedia n this is exactly whats on the card i will take responsibility for this it was my mistake it was do that . even the celebrity judges were shocked. Fellow contestants quickly surrounded miss colombia to comfort her. Backstage, miss colombia and philippines showed grace. everything happens for a reason, so im happy Pia WurtzbachMiss Universe its a very non traditional crowning moment very very 2015 through stunned. sun0174 4 03 the broadcast ended with the crown being exchanged. Don champion, cbs news. Demetria Obilor miss usa , olivia jordan, was named second runnerup. adlib weather chat Sherry Swensk < winter arrives this evening and the week. Well see more coming in today and for the first half of the week to keep the sun covered at times. Highs will still make it to normal and just above. It looks like a little rain could fall by Christmas Eve night. In the meantime look for clouds to make their way through the desert off and on all week. A series of storms will continue to roll into oregon and washington, bringing rain and snow again like a couple of weeks ago when devastating flooding hit that region. Temps will stay very mild, but we have quite a cool down coming after a system skips through Christmas Eve and chilly winds set up for friday and saturday. Highs will drop back to the upper 40s for a couple of days with mostly sunny skies and some back to you. Kirsten Joyce the man assault rifles used in the san berardino attacks. Is set to be in court this morning. Enrique marquez is a friend of suspect syed farook. And hes accused of conspiring to provide Material Support to terrorism. 14 people were killed in the incident earlier this month. Marquez is also accused of immigration fraud. Kirsten Joyce schools in nashua New Hampshire are closed today. After a violent threat was sent via email. Police say a School Administrator received the threat yesterday. The threat was directed at two high schools in the district. Authorities are working to determine if the threat is credible or not. The district is being cautious and closing all schools today. Kirsten Joyce five people are dead. After their plane crashed on its way from california to las vegas. Air Traffic Controllers lost contact with the small plane saturday afternoon. Their bodies were pulled from the wreckage yesterday. The faa says the plane sent a mayday call. Kirsten Joyce lets get a check of your how are things looking . < Demetria Obilor crews out picking up the cones along 215 by the airport connector after some overnight closures that will be back in effect tonight. The southbound airport connector ramp to eastbound 215 and the eastbound 215 ramp to northbound connector will shut down from nine pm to five am for more construction work. < back to you. Kirsten Joyce christmas is just days away. And people all over the country are trying to make sure their letters and gifts arrive in time Sherry Swensk today is the busiest delivery day of the year for the Us Postal Service more than 30 million packages are expected to be delivered today alone. Kirsten Joyce according to usps. More than 2 point6 million delivered. Packages. Sherry Swensk if you want your package to arrive by Christmas Eve. And youre shipping via the Us Postal Service. Todays the deadline for Priority Mail. And wednesday is the deadline for Priority Mail express. Kirsten Joyce more Senior Citizens. Paying back Student Loans. The extra debt theyre taking on in addition to their own. And why paying loans back can be nearly impossible. A solution to heartburn we reveal three over the counter cures. We just saw people running after her so we of course followed just to see like what was happening if the car had stopped or what was happening, people were just coming back saying that children got hit and that there was people like just everyone was so frantic just Kirsten Joyce that was one of the many witnesses. Of last nights deadly crash on the strip. Police say a woman. With a toddler in her car. Intentionally drove onto the sidewalk in between the paris and Planet Hollywood hotels. Hitting dozens of people. It happened at about 640. While the Miss Universe pageant was happening at Planet Hollywood. One person died. And now the suspect is behind bars. Kirsten Joyce organizations and people around the valley are tweeting about the deadly crash. Read some tweets share your thoughts with us using the hashtag. Thoughts with us using the hashtag. Strip crash. Kirsten Joyce switching gears now. Gas prices are on their way down. Sherry Swensk and more Senior Citizens are paying back lots of student loan debt. Hena daniels joins us live from wall street. Good morning hena. Q hena we hear the golden golden delicious new food. Whats that about . . Good morning kirsten stocks dropped sharply friday closing the week in negative territory. A selloff caused the dow to sink more than two percent to close down at 367 the nasdaq lost 79. Good news if you drive. The price of gas hasnt been this low since 2009. The price tracking web site gas buddydotcom says the National Average of regular dropped to onedollar and 99 cents. The average is a little higher is las vegas costing a 2. 52 for a gollon of regular. Prices have dropped because supplies are strong and demand hasnt been huge. more and more americans going into their golden years are going broke from Student Loans the Us Government says education debt for seniors 65 and older has climbed to more than 18 billion dollars in 20 13. Thats up from just 2 point8 billion in 2thousand five. The debt that Older Americans are saddled with includes their own education as well as loans for children and grandchildren. Losing income or retirement could make paying the loans back impossible. And education debt bankruptcy. theres a new mac at mcdonalds. Mcdonalds is testing mac and testing mac and cheese as an option in happy meals. Its a limited test, in cleveland. The mac and cheese would replace fries. Its also available outside of happy meals for a dollar seventyfive. Kirsten . Now lets turn it over to demetria for whats driving you crazy . Demetria Obilor the long awaited widening of state route 160 will start very soon. Ndot awarded the 16. 5 Million Contract to aggregate Industries Just last week. Crews will widen five miles of state route 160 blue diamond road from just past state route 159, west to mile marker 16. The highway will be expanded from two lanes to four, travel lanes. The project calls for the flattening of side slope shoulders for safer vehicle turnouts. There will also be new drainage pipes installed and tortoise fencing. Guardrails are part of the plan too. Ndot says, construction will entail moving enough dirt to fill 1,800 averagesized swimming pools, and enough asphalt to pave 8,000 driveways. To proceed in february and expect the project to finish in early 2017. The speed limit will be reduced to 55 mph during construction. Whats driving you crazy . Remember, you can write me at. Traffic 8 at las vegas now dot com. Back to you. Kirsten Joyce construction underway. On a multi Million Dollar project. The areas that could affect your overnight and Early Morning commute. Plus Patrick WalkerPatrick Walker patrcik walker is live with the latest on a deadly crash on the strip. Kirsten Joyce paying tribute to the victims how our elected officials. Are showing their support this morning. Demetria Obilor plus. Police have been investigating all night. Ill give you an update on whats closed. And how to get around the area. < welcome to a brighter morning, this is 8 newsnow with Kirsten Joyce, Sherry Swensk, Demetria Obilor and brian loftus Kirsten Joyce thanks for joining us on this monday morning. Im Kirsten Joyce. Brian is off. We begin this morning. With the story the nation is talking about. A driver. Plows into a group of people on the sidewalk killing one person. It happened in between paris and Planet Hollywood. Patrick Walker one person died. And dozens more were injured. When police say a woman in her 20s. Drove her 96 oldsmobile into a crowded strip sidewalk. This was the scene last night. At about 640. Police say the woman. Had a 3yearold child in the car with her. When she plowed into a group of deputy chief Brett Zimmerman our initial investigation shows there were two areas where pedestrians were hit, on two separate parts of the sidewalk. So it was prior to the driveway that leads into the paris, in front of Planet Hollywood, then over in front of the paris. So we had two different locations where the vehicle went into the roadway, then back up on the sidewalk. Police Tracked the woman down to a hotel nearby. On flamingo and koval. She was arrested and is now being questioned. While police test her blood of drugs or alcohol. While we dont know why. Investigators say. The woman drove into the crowd. On purpose. Patrick Walker police say the womans car had oregon license plates. She is expected to be charged this morning. When she is. Or when we learn her identity. We will bring it to you live. We reached out to police who say the child was unharmed at the time of the crash. As of right now. We dont know her relation. If any. Kirsten Joyce lets check in with Michael Stevens. Whos live at umc. Where 15 of the victims of the crash. Were taken to be treated. Michael . Michael Stevens kirsten. As you said. 15 of the 26 people taken to area hospitals. Were treated here at umc. The rest were taken to Sunrise Medical center. We are still waiting for an update on their conditions. But heres what we do know. Of the victims taken to umcs trauma resusitation center. One died. The rest are still being treated. danita cohen umc pio we have a mix of Adult Patients in ages and both male and female, and one 11year old. The 11year old is in serious condition butt to weve seen a couple of head injuries, some broken bones and lacerations. Many of them are still being evaluated so well have to wait and see on those injuries. Michael Stevens umc houses the areas only the hospitals Public Information officer says that means when tragedy strikes, they are ready. danita cohen umc pio we were prepared for this to happen. We are the Trauma Center so we are prepared for all of this to happen. A typical activation is about 12 people surround a patient at one time, if we need surgeons, we have three operating rooms in the back and patients can go right into surgery. So far none have been taken back to surgery Michael Stevens 8 news now has learned a majority of the victims taken to umc were canadian tourists. The hosptials staff say they had to get translators so the victims could communicate with their doctors. Kirsten . Kirsten Joyce michael. Do we know the total number of people hurt in the crash . Michael Stevens kirsten. The numbers have been going back and forth. At one point last night, police said nearly 40 people were hit. Sheriff lombardo updates the media. Later this morning. Kirsten Joyce governor Brian Sandoval and mayor Carolyn Goodman made statements last night. Regarding the incident. Our governor said. Quote. The state stands ready to help and will provide any assistance needed to ensure the safety of our visitors and residents. And mayor Carolyn Goodman tweeted out. What a tragedy. Our prayers and thoughts are with all so innocently and tragically affected. Throughout this morning. We will keep you updated with the latest from police. Both on air and online. Kirsten Joyce lets get a check of your commute. Demetria. How are things looking . Demetria obilor < as patrick just told you, both directions of the strip are back open after last nights deadly crash. No major freeway accidents impacting you, so we are going to check in with the west and east sides where we have two surface street crashes. Watch out for one on alta, west of rainbow. Accident on boulder highway near < lets send it over to sherry for a check of weather. < Sherry Swensk we had cleared out the skies overnight, but more clouds now moving in again and were cooling off to the upper 30s and it was a nice saturday. Then yesterday cooler and cloudy. That will be the pattern through our christmas week. Clouds then breaks. Then more clouds and well see more coming in today and for the first half of the week to keep the sun covered at times. Highs will still make it to normal and just above. It looks like a little rain could fall by Christmas Eve night. In the meantime look for clouds to make their way through the desert off and on all week. Temps will stay very mild, but we have quite a cool down coming after a system skips through Christmas Eve and chilly winds set up for friday and saturday. Highs will drop back to the upper 40s for a couple of days < kirsten, brian. Back to you. Kirsten Joyce a man is facing charges. After police say he hit and the weekend. It happened saturday night in north las vegas. Police say David Coleman was speeding and appeared to be drunk when he hit the moped driver and took off. The victims name has not yet been released. Kirsten Joyce and police are investigating after a man was found shot to death saturday morning. Police say the mans body was found on north 10th street near bonanza. They say he was shot while walking to an apartment. And someone driving a gray older model nissan or toyota truck was seen driving from the area. If you have any information, youre asked to call crimestoppers Kirsten Joyce today. A substitute bus driver accused of sexually assaulting an is set to be in court. Police say Ramiro Garcia assaulted the 10yearold last month. He faces sex assault, sex abuse, and lewdness charges. Garcias preliminary hearing is set for one this afternoon. Kirsten Joyce stopping holiday heartburn tips and medication to ease the pain. Plus. The force was strong in theaters this weekend. The record the new movie broke. time. Holly firfer goes through several options to help ease the pain. Heartburn occurs when stomach Lifestyle Changes like not smoking, losing weight, and reducing the amount of spicy and fatty foods can help lower your risk of heartburn. If that doesnt help, there are three types of overthe counter medications you can take. naadede badger plange pharmaci st antacids, the histamine antagonist receptor, and the proton pump inhibitors. naadede badger plange pharmaci st antacids usually would help if you have less than one incident a week. So if you have heartburn very rarely especially people who have heartburn associated with certain foods they take antacids. For longer lasting relief, pharmacists recoomends h2 receptor antagonist medications, also called h2 blockers although. They might take two hours to ease the pain or discomfort. If youre still having heartburn episodes after more than 2 weeks. Proton pump inhibitors or ppis. Might help. naadede badger plange pharmaci st these medications act by preventing the acid secretions in the stomach [butt to] you want to make sure that you take it every single day unlike the antacid and the h2 receptor antagonist if the pain is severe it could be a symptom of something worse. Holly firfer. Demetria Obilor another Health Related topic is trending this morning. A hello kitty clinic opened up in hong kong the whole Health Center is dedicated to the cartoon cat. From the scales to the bandaids. Workers say its meant to create a relaxing environment for kids who love hello kitty. This is asias first hello kitty health clinic. adlib weather chat Sherry Swensk < it will be an interesting christmas week. With clouds. Above normal temps at times. And even a chance of showers for santas arrival. Then chilly north winds and a drop in temps by the weekend. That will be the pattern through our christmas week. Clouds then breaks. Then more clouds and well see more coming in today and for the first half of the week to keep the sun covered at times. Highs will still make it to normal and just above. It looks like a little rain could fall by Christmas Eve night. Santas nice list if he has to fly through rain here thursday night. In the meantime look for clouds to make their way through the desert off and on all week. Temps will stay very mild, but we have quite a cool down coming after a system skips through Christmas Eve and chilly winds set up for friday and saturday. Well take a look at the full 7day forecast coming up. back to you. be working on a major roadway project this morning. Demetria Obilor its for project neon. From now into the new year. Ndot workers are drilling along mlk boulevard and wall street overnight. When all is said and done. It will add carpool lanes and interchange ramps to help keep traffic moving along smoothly. Ndot leaders say project neon will improve traffic by separating mainstream freeway travel from local traffic. To reduce traffic jams, reduce air and noise pollution. Ndot has asked drivers for their patience as they work to enhance the states busiest stretch of road. tony illia ndot be patient, stick with us. It may be inconvenient for a little bit but in the long run youre going to be so much happier. I dont think there;s anyone thats driven through the spaghetti bowl and hadn;t wish that the traffi would flowing a little more smoother. Demetria Obilor project neon is also expected to help create hundreds of planning as well as thousands of local construction jobs over its lifetime. Kirsten Joyce how are the roads looking this morning. < Demetria Obilor delays in the spaghetti bowl along southbound i15 at us 95. Strip lanes back open after yesterday nights deadly crash. Cone zone delays on the north end of the strip near Convention Center drive due to work in the area. < < back to you. Sherry Swensk today. You will be able to officially register your drone with the Us Government. Kirsten Joyce the faa opens its registration website today. Owners must submit their names, addresses, and email addresses to a national database. If you already own a drone. You have until february 19th to register. If youre getting one. You have to register before its first flight. Kirsten Joyce spacex will be launching a rocket today. Sherry Swensk theyre set to send the falcon9 rocket from Cape Canaveral florida. The companys space flights were halted since one of its rockets exploded this summer. It was on its way to deliver cargo to the International Space station. Spacex will also try for the fourth time to safely land a rocket after a flight. Allowing the rocket to be reused, and making flights cheaper. Sherry Swensk speaking of space. Millions were sent to a galaxy far far away this weekend. With star wars the force awakens. Kirsten Joyce and it was the Biggest Box Office opening ever. Disney estimated ticket sales at nearly 240 Million Dollars. It destroyed the previous record holder. Jurassi c world. Which brought in just over 200 million this summer. The force awakens is the seventh chapter in the star wars saga. One person is dead and dozens of others are injured. After police say a woman crashed into them on the strip. They say she intentionally drove onto the sidewalk in between the paris and Planet Hollywood hotels. Hitting dozens of people, killing one person. Others are being treated at area hospitals. The suspect. That female driver is behind bars. Kirsten Joyce demetria how is the area looking at this hour . Demetria obilor < everything back open. < strip lanes are back open after yesterdays crash. For a check of traffic. Sherry Swensk < just seeing a little early light off to the east now. As we head into our Christmas Holiday week. Its going to be cloudy and sometimes cool. Maybe even some showers heading our way. Temps this morning are in the cool 30s. But only a couple of spots near freezing. A mix of clouds and sunshine today with mid 50s for highs. Then cooler by the end of the week with a slight chance of showers Christmas Eve and 40s by the weeeknd. < kirsten, brian. Back to you. Kirsten Joyce one lucky viewer will get their mortgage paid for a year. 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 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 with the lender and owner. Kirsten Joyce dont be a pain in the drain. Coming up at 6 00. The simple way you can recycle your Holiday Cooking oil. And how it will be turned into fuel. Plus. The valley. Who won the holy war. In this weekends las vegas bowl. hey, is that it . I think thats it. Oh go amanda we love you