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dominque de biasio, hal smith elementary when i came in, i knew we were a high need region. We are the 5th Largest School district in the nation. We have to fill those classrooms. tony smith, 8 news now right now, there are hundreds of thousand of students, but not enough educators in the classrooms. dominque de biasio, hal smith elementary everybody i talk too, i am like, hey you need a job . We have plenty of them. tony smith, 8 news now in 2015, the clark county School District lost about 16 hundred teachers. dominque de biasio, hal smith elementary we really need good teachers. And we need people, who are going to stay. tony smith, 8 news now recently, the Governors Office gave School Districts the ablitity to offer provisional teaching licenses. michael gentry, interim Human Resources chief for ccsd so, we are starting to see the tracking and i think a certain percentage, maybe the bulk of is thanks to the provisional licensing. michael gentry, interim Human Resources chief for ccsd last year at this time, we hired 22 people. Today, this month, so far this month, we have, same time oneyear later. We have hired 42 people. tony smith, 8 news now and for ms. De basio, she has this message for everyone. dominque de biasio, hal smith elementary we have to start caring about the next generation. Because they are the one who are going to shape las vegas and the country. tony smith in addition to the governors emergency Licensure Program School District officials are trying some unique ways to get more teachers. Reaching out on social media sites like facebook. Plus recruiting out of state. A recruiting trip is scheduled in about 3 week to detroit, michigan. Reporting live at ccsd headquarters tony smith 8 news now. Paula Francis metro police say a broadcast storm is what caused an outage in its 9 11 system earlier this month. The deputy chief who oversees the Communications Center says the system may have been overloaded with information. 911 calls were dropped and once calls were transferred to henderson and north las vegas, the wait for some callers could have been up to 50 minutes. The Department Says it has put several measures in place to try to make sure a 911 failure never happens again. But there is no guarantee. Dave Courvoisier one early this morning. Metro responded to the intersection of decatur and russell just before 130. Investigators say the driver of a cadillac ran a red light and crashed into a toyota killing that driver. Police say the driver of the cadillac failed a field sobriety test. And hes been taken into custody on suspicion of dui. Dave Courvoisier and about 20 minutes after that crash. Two people were shot near the strip. Officers say someone in a black sedan shot at another care near las vegas boulevard and tropicana. Hitting the driver and passenger. The victims drove themselves to umc and have since been released. If you have any information about this shooting. Youre asked to call police or crimestoppers. Paula Francis republican president ial candidate jeb bush will make a stop in nevada ahead of next weeks caucuses. Hell be hosting a town hall at the Sun City Summerlin Desert Vista Community Center this sunday. At 530. After that. For a town hall in reno on monday. Paula Francis back here at home. The democrats will kick off the first in the west caucus on saturday. But before that. Hilary clinton and Bernie Sanders will continue their push for support here with a town hall on thursday. That will be at the Keep Memory Alive Event Center downtown. From 6 to 8 pm. Dave Courvoisier with the countdown on to the nevada caucuses. Nevada democrats and the nevada hispanic legislative caucus are making a push to gain the latino vote. 8 news now reporter Brittany Edney joins us now from the East Las Vegas community center. Where they are holding an event tonight. Brittany . Brittany Edney dave. Policitica ns are all working hard on earning the latino vote. And todays event aims to connect Nevada Democrats with the Latino Community. Organizers say theyre really encouraging the Latino Community to get out and vote this election season. Not to mention the fact the politicians understand how influential the latino vote can be. Democrats say tonights get out that attendees are educated and informed about the caucus process. Nv dems say theyve tried to reach out to the latino commuty by hiring bilingual field organizers. Hos ting bilingual caucus trainings with local elected officials. And by launching a spanish version of their website. Elected Officials Say they hope the Community Takes advantage of opportunties like this one to learn more about the caucus. nelson araujo, 8 01 00 more than anything, we just want our constituents to know that voting is easy, and the caucus is fun and we will hold a very important and Critical Role in selecting the next democratic nominee. some of tonights featured speakers included Us Senate Democratic leader harry reid and congresswoman dina titus. Brittany Edney and since we got here, theres already been a steady stream of people heading into the building. Including an area student who says she wants to have a say in Dave Courvoisier and along with education. Tonight is also centered around making sure potential voters are prepared, correct . Brittany Edney attendees tonight can also preregister so that way, theyll have everything in place and be ready to go on saturday. Dave Dave Courvoisier 8 news now is your local election headquarters leading up to this weekends caucuses. And through the general election in november. You can find all the latest polling numbers and headlines on air and online. At las vegas now dot com. Paula Francis were getting a brief break from the unusally warm weather. But above average temperatures could be back early next week. Tedd florendo is here now with a first look at the forecast. < tedd florendo warm outside right now with temps in the 70s this afternoon and above average we broke a record in los angeles today with temps in the 90s and hot. Evening planner shows temps mild in the high 60s and close to 60 by midnight. Mostly clear and calm this evening with big winds tomorrow. We have 2 weather alerts for wind which well talk about more coming up in your most accurate weather now forecast. Dave Courvoisier with a Record Number of visitors coming to las vegas, local leaders are looking at better ways to move people around the strip. Paula Francis one idea is to close off part of las vegas boulevard. And turn it into a pedestrian mall, another is to build more pedestrian bridges. 8 news now anchor paul joncich is here with details. paul joncich this became a hot button issue the minute dozens of pedestrians were mowed down outside the paris hotel december 20th. I talked with a Police Officer who actually told me hes often. Given how exposed pedestrians are and how crowded it can get on strip sidewalks. Today county commissioners discussed the idea of closing off part of las vegas boulevard to traffic and turning it into a pedestrian mall. Similar to bourbon street in new orleans and times square in new york. But strip properties are against the idea. A different proposal is to build more pedestrian bridges. Commisioner Steve Sisolak said it would make no sense to do both. Steve Sisolak clark co. Commissioner were going to be asked to spend 15 milion dollars to build two new bridges on las vegas boulevard which clearly we dont want to do if were going to close em off and make it a pedestrian mall. It will eliminate the need for doing that sort of thing. So i think we have to pick one path or another as we ask you to continue to spend more money on las vegas boulevard. paul joncich today they decided to shelve the pedestrian mall idea. Instead, they will move forward with the process of building two new bridges over las vegas boulevard. One would go between the bellagio and paris. The other just north of the mgm grand. Make it easier for people to get across the strip, and eliminate traffic backups while motorists wait for pedestrians to clear the crosswalk. Together, the bridges, that will include elevators and escalators, will cost about 15 million dollars. If everything goes according to plan, the new pedestrian bridges could be operational in about two years. thanks Dave Courvoisier coming up. Protecting your smartphone. Smartphone. Michelle mortensen lays a rumor to rest. And explains how following it could leave you without a phone. Centurylink Prism tv has all your favorite channels, tons of live sports, and more all in crystalclear hd. Watch when and where you want with advanced features like our wireless settop box, whole home dvr, and prism on the go. And choose from a variety of great packages to fit your home. Call. And get started with the prism essential tv bundle. Youll get tv plus up to 40 megs of centurylink internet all for only 75 a month. This deal sounds great, especially if you love sports. Get prism essential tv and up to 40 megs of internet for only 75 a month. Score or, if you love great movies. [ southern accent ] hey, clementine, go on and get prism essential tv hyah [ whip cracks ] [ normal voice ] call. Get started with prism essential tv plus up to 40 megs of internet speed. Just 75 a month for a year with autopay. Speed may not be available in your area. Only from centurylink. Just about everyone has a smartphone these days. Its estimated 101 Million People in the us alone use one. Paula Francis but over the last few days. People have been running into some crazy, unexpected problems. Like their phones shutting down. And not powering back up. Or getting unusual error codes. Well, 8 on your side consumer advocate Michelle Mortensen is here to explain what may be happening. Michelle Mortensen we are in the midst of the great iphone crisis of 2016. 2 big problems are creating controversey. But get this. Both are avoidable. The first problem is the iphone hoax that is destroying your phone. Someone had the great idea of tricking folks into changing the year on their iphone to 1970 to launch quote wild results. Well when people did it. They noticed their phone quit working. Heres why. Doing that reboots your phone. And rendereds is useless for all time. So. Word to the wise. Dont do that the second problem people have encountered is something called error 53. It pops up on your screen after updating your ios. This problem isnt associated with a hoax though. Turns out its likely popping up because you went to an unauthorized repair center for your phone at some point. It could have been something as several it publicantions explain the error pops up as a security measure for touch id. Into a brick. Apple support has encouraged people whove enoucntered this to contact them about an outof warranty repair. Michelle Mortensen so whats the take away for you. Pretty simple. Dont mess with the date on your phone. And be careful who repairs it if because. If you arent careful. Your 600 handheld device will be nothing more than a paperwight. News music voice over from 8 news now, this is your most accurate weather now with tedd florendo. < tedd florendo another gorgeous day with temps in the straight now. Winds have also slackened quite a bit down to less than 10 with colorado river. Its about to get even windier though the next few days. Here are your weather headlines. We have wind alerts to talk about that have been issued. Springlike temperatures are still sticking around even with a slight cool down ahead. Near 80 tomrrow and we also have slight shower brief shower chances. Mid to high 70s this afternoon with warmer temps over to the east side of the valley where were lower in elevation. Cooler up in Mount Charleston in the inthe 60s late day. Temps are still riding about 1o or more above average for many valley neighborhoods. Regional temps this afternoon were warmer in areas like laughlin and death valley with the warmest temps. Day in the central part of the state. We a high wind warning for the Spring Mountains that starts tomorrow at 10 am through thursday. Forecasted gusts start at 50 then up to 60 by thursday. For the valley and most of the region we have a wind advisory thats expected to be our windiest day with gusts up to 50. When to they start . Calm early then winds by late morning and late day get breezier. Thursday will be our windiest day which is showin ginthe mulitiple red and purple colors. Especially for the mountains. Then calming more by friday. Heres what to expect. Breezy later on wednesday. Gusts up to 50 in the mountains tomorrow. Showers later are possible. Thursday strong winds. Cooler near 70. Slight shower chances wednesday night and thursday a. M. Mountain snow expected with highest chances above 7,000. 50 for the low with cool and clear conditions. Light winds and above average for our low and high. Tomorrow expect a high of 79 warm and breezy. The record is 81 and more clouds expected. Neighborhood highs tomorrow in the low 80s through many parts over to the west side and northwest sections. Extended forecast shows those clouds. Shower chances will be brief. Then warm back to the 70s and above average with more tranquile weather this weekend. Paula Francis local families. Making the trip to see the pope. Most. Usmexico border. < youre watching 8 news now at today in america, the top 1 10 of 1 owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 this great country and our government belong to all of us. Wall street, corporate america, wealthy Campaign Donors have so much influence that the only way they are defeated is and say loudly and clearly, enough is enough. War between republicans and democrats in the senate continues. Over a sudden vacancy. Justice antonin scalias Supreme Court chair and bench were covered in black today. A somber reminder of his unexpected death over the weekend. President obama says he will nominate a replacement. As required by the constitution. But Senate Republicans have vowed to block any nominee. Somesay that could backfire on them Chris Edelson professor, the school of Public Policy at American University it could play into this theme, republicans as obstructionists. This isnt the first time this has happened, the government shutdown, debt ceiling. Paula Francis a judge declared that scalia died of natural causes. After talking to doctors, and his family requested no autopsy. Home in fairfax, virginia. The details of a Funeral Service have not been released. Dave Courvoisier hundreds of agents are being added along the Us Mexico Border ahead of Pope Franciss visit tomorrow. Officials are expecting massive crowds. Making security an even bigger undertaking. Ken molestina got a birds eye view of some of the preparations. Were concerned primarily with public safety. the masses of people on the border area. We have with our aircraft a birds eye view. Director Rudy Maldonado with customs and border protections air and marine unit took us up in the sky for a look at what theyre calling the hot zone over the next few days. Rudy maldonado cbp air marine unit were going to be watching. See something Say Something campaign is alive and well. He says authorities along the border have had 2 months to prepare for a papal visit that Law Enforcement in other areas have previously had up to year to plan for. Below during the papal visit a 7 mile stretch of border will be shut down and it is expected that upwards of a Million People will gather along the mexican side and the texas side. With so many people congregated in such a small area local and federal authorities. Were going to follow the rio grande down. Will be standing by for anything from illegal border crossings to large scale attacks. Its pushing to test all of our capabilities. One things for sure all those gathering at the papal mass in juarez and the tens of thousand at the sunbowl for the simulcast will have plenty of eyes on them from above. Its a matter of us watching things that people dont even think of. Dave Courvoisier following mass at a local church this morning. A small group packed up their bags and hit the road. Making their way to mexico to see pope francis. monsignor Gregory Gordon pastor, st. Annes Catholic Church were all going down there. Were all going to be down there at the mass in juarez. Were there to learn to follow and to share the good Dave Courvoisier a grammy hiccup. Plus a ufc star breaks her silence. Those are just some of the things people are talking about online. Demetria obilor is here now with whats trending. And everyone is still talking about the grammys. Especia lly, adeles performance. Issues. singing people took to social media to complain about the issues and the quality during her performance of all i ask. Some people said adele looked distracted and the usually flawless singer sounded flatat and the usually flawless singer sounded flatat least on tv. Cbs says there was a fiveto eight second issue with the broadcast. But it was outside their control. Adele says the piano mics fell onto the piano strings. And made it sound out of tune. The audience gave her a standing ovation. Earlier today, ufc fighter ronda rousey made an appearance on the Ellen Degeneres show, and opened up about her knockout oss to holly holm this past november. Shares how she felt after losing her first ufc match rousey 2 57 i was in the medical room and i was down in the corner, and i was like. What am i anymore, if im not this . And i was literally sitting there and like thinking about killing myself. 3 03 rousey says her boyfriend, ufc star travis browne, helped her overcome her suicidal thoughts. Rousey is not retiring. She wants a rematch with the womens ufc bantamweight champion holly holm. She says she wants to beat her and make everything right again. Thats it for whats trending. Back to you. Paula Francis metro k9 officer nicky is doing great in his recovery from a recent attack. Metro sent us this video of nicky today. His handler took him to his area command. But only to get him out of the house for a bit. Nicky is still not yet back on duty. Last week he was attacked with a machete while taking down a barricade suspect. But is expected to make a full recovery and get back to work. Paula Francis and the well wishes keep pouring in for nicky. So many of you are sending him hoping for a speedy recovery. If you havent already. You can do so on the 8 news now facebook page. Dave Courvoisier thanks for watching 8 news now at five. Paula Francis the cbs evening news is next. Well see you at six. patrick wker both sides pelley an election prediction from president obama to i continue to believe mr. Trump will not be president. Pelley also tonight, violent weather in the south, including a tornado on an interstate. It was, basically, like the twister movie. Y e pelley extreme weather iso, being fueled by el nino, and tonight well look at the effects from the u. S. To africa, where millions are threatened with famine. En people havent been able to plant the crops that they need to survive. For americas top dogs. It doesnt get any better. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. Late today, the president weighed in on the political phenomenon that is donald trump. President obama was answering a question at a News Conference today, and he did not mincet words i continue to believe mr. Trump will not be president. And the reason is, because i have a lot of faith in the american people, and i think they recognize that being president is a serious job. Its not hosting a talk show, or a reality show. Its not promotion. Its not marketing. Its hard. Le pelley well, republicans