Kirsten joyce good morning and thanks for joining us. Im Kirsten Joyce. Brian loftus and im brian loftus. Sherry Swensk and im Sherry Swensk. And the winds were rip roaring throughout the night sherry hows the weather today . Sherry swensk gusty winds continue this morning. Some neighborhoods were getting bursts of wind up to 40 and 50 mph overnight. Sustained winds 10 to 20 mph those stronger winds will calm down, but well stay breezy as the cold core of the storm rolls in today. That will increase the chance of showers and possibly even some aloft. California is getting some snow in the sierras. Maybe not as much as theyd hoped for. But everything is a bonus. A little snow in our local mountains is also expected, but snow. Maybe 1 to 3 inches at best. Sherry Swensk lee canyon snow got hit with some last night if you plan on heading to the mountain, the Mount CharlestonWinter Alliance wants you to be prepared first bring food, water, warm clothing and full tank of gas a safety website has been created for you to check before you leave weve linked to it on las vegas now dot com. back to you Kirsten Joyce police say the man who shot and killed a couple last month is behind bars. Officers arrested Marcial Casarez for two counts of murder with a deadly weapon. In november, police say he shot a woman inside a car near pepes tacos near eastern and charleston. They also say he killed a man inside a nearby apartment. The two were in a relationship. Police have not yet released a motive for the shooting. Kirsten Joyce police say theyve arrested one of the four men. Caught on camera trying to break into a home. You may remember last month. This video went viral. Men from burglarizing a home in summerlin. When he confronted them. They took off. One of those men. Arron lair, is now behind bars. The homeowner says shes happy one person was caught. But says its not enough. margaret, homeowner we feel pretty glad that an arrest was made i wish all four of them had been caught. I do hope they are found its not fair only one has been found. brian Loftus Police have not yet released a picture of lair. Three other suspects remain at large this evening. Authorities say if you have information about this case call stoppers. Kirsten Joyce class is back in session at valley high school. After the school was placed on lock down yesterday. A group of students barricaded themselves inside a classroom. To protect a teacher who was being fired. First year teacher Tiffany Dickerson told her 10th grade english students she was being forced out of her job for reporting other teachers making racist remarks about black and hispanic students. Her students began to cry. And then became angry. Police away. We spoke with dickerson at her home later yesterday. She says shell never forget her students reaction dickerson they actually huddled around me in a circle. They locked their arms and said you guys are not taking away any more good teachers. I sad therein the middle and i actually started crying. It was good knowing that they care that much for me and would go the that extent. Kirsten Joyce dickerson says the racist comments were made in meetings with a half dozen other teachers. She also says the principal tried to reassign her out of the classroom. When she wouldnt agree, she says her only other option was to leave the school. The School District responded. Sayi ng, quote. We have looked into the allegations made by that employee and found that they are unsubstantiate d. Ccsd told us the barricade situation in the classroom was immediately resolved with no injuries or arrests. demetria, how are the roads this injury accident at the mlk gowan intersection. North Las Vegas Police have shut down the intersection for an investigation. Cheyenne is an alternate for gowan. Simmons is an alternate for mlk. Accident on paradise, south of desert inn. Accident on southbound i15 exit to silverado ranch. Accident southbound 95 at the valley view decatur exit. Doesnt seem to be impacting the offramp too much. < back to you brian loftus tonight. You can take part in a holiday tradition. While. Kirsten joyce were talking about the magical forest. And tonight is 8 news now night there Sharie Johnson is there live. With a preview. Hey sharie celebrate the holidays with a cherished Southern Nevada tradition the magical forest at opportunity village the magical forest is a Winter Wonderland with millions of sparkling lights, nightly entertainment, great food and endless holiday cheer. This year youll enjoy all this and much, much more holiday decorations. One of our viewers decked out his home with all sorts of christmas lights. brian loftus and he had them all synced up with christmas music. Check it out music playing Kirsten Joyce brian loftus trouble in the skies. When not one. But seven passengers have to be removed from a flight to las vegas Kirsten Joyce the reason. This plane. Had to return to j fk. Minutes after take off. Plus. billy on the street whats a better Christmas Movie, elf or scrooged . Woman elf billy on the street no scrooged woman elf brian loftus will ferrell. Is trending this morning. After surprising his fans. In his christmas onsie. The fun. He had. With billy on the street. Kirsten Joyce and. You say this road is narrow for no good reason, but the county begs to differ. Demetria got you the facts in whats driving you crazy . Kirsten Joyce tickets go tickets go on sale this morning. For the king of country. Garth brooks will perform 4 shows at the las vegas arena next july. His opening act is his better half, trisha yearwood. The two have been married for 10 years. Brooks just released a new album, man against the machine. Hes the third venue on the strip. George strait and the dixie chicks are also set to perform at the las vegas arena after it opens next year. Demetria Obilor hollywood is trending this morning. As some big stars take the streets. And the internet by storm. Billy on the street are you ready will . Will ferrell no billy on the street here we go Demetria Obilor will ferrell teamed up with billy from billy on the street and asked random people questions. Billy on the street miss for a dollar name a Christmas Movie woman uhh, bad santa. Billy on the street yes yes there you go billy on the street for a dollar woman my hero billy on the street whats a better Christmas Movie, elf or scrooged . Woman elf billy on the street no scrooged woman elf Demetria Obilor while some loved the impromptu game. Others were clearly terrified. Billy on the street Scrooged Scrooged merry chirstmas Merry Christmas happy easter Demetria Obilor also trending this morning. Ed sheeran. He brought a surprise guest to his sydney show. Sir elton john. The two brits sang several songs including eltons hit dont go breaking my heart. Elton john baby if i get restless ed sheeran youre not that kind rap song help me out s nl star brought out the big guns when rapping about college for college humor. Michelle obama. Flotus took her turn on the mic to encourage students to think about higher ed. Michelle obama and everyone can really make their dream true hey Kid Listening in michigan that could be you. Sherry hows the weather today . Sherry swensk Sherry Swensk our red rock camera. Temps have stayed super mild with the warmer southwest winds overnight. Right now its 54 degrees and southwest wnds near 15 mph at the airport. Another gorgeous picture from ed van meter. Who snapped this at sunrise over lake mead yesterday morning. How pretty . Winds are between 10 and 20 mph right now with some higher gusts, but not the 40 plus mph winds we had last night. Those stronger winds will calm down, but well stay breezy as in today. That will increase the chance of showers and possibly even some thunder with the colder air aloft. California is getting some snow in the sierras. Maybe not as much as theyd hoped for. But everything is a bonus. As the cooler air sweeps in, it will settle in and stay for the weekend and into next week. Another chance for showers comes sunday night. And this colder system arrives next week to cool us down even more as we head toward christmas week. say the government missed key red flags about the two suspects in the San Bernardino shooting. They just got out of closed door meetings with federal officials on capitol hill. Lawmakers say 28yearold american born syed farook and his pakistani wife Tashfeen Malik discussed martyrdom and jihad online as early as 2013. The couple never popped up on Law Enforcements radar. And malik was able to enter the us on a fianc visa. Despite having professed radical views online. The two killed 14 people at a Holiday Party last week. Kirsten Joyce four people are dead after a medical helicopter crashed outside fresno. Officials say the skylife air ambulance had a pilot, nurse, paramedic and patient on board when it went down on a remote field in kern county. The chopper was headed to a hospital in bakersfield when it hit dense fog and heavy rain. The federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation safety board are investigating. brian loftus and a flight to las vegas had to return to new york after takeoff. After 2 on board incidents. Passenger samantha feigman recorded this video. And gave it to cbs. She said before the jetblue flight took off. One passenger had to be removed because he was intoxicated. Then. During the flight. About 6 other passengers got into a fight. At least one person was bleeding and another had a black eye. The plane returned to j fk. And Law Enforcement officers removed the group. Feigman says they had bottles of liquor with them on the plane. demetria, how are the roads this morning . Demetria obilor looks like the crash on southbound 95 at valley view is clearing up. Lets talk about desert inn for a second. Westbound desert inn approaching lindell gets kind of terrible in the afternoons due to some construction in the area. < brian loftus this weekend. You can help kids in need have a Merry Christmas. Ccsd police and metro officers will continue their annual fill the bus toy drive. Donations will go to children at local title 1 schools. They have some of the lowest Household Incomes in our community. Youre asked to bring toys, clothes or bicycles to the target on North Decatur and 215. Tomorrow from 10 am until 4 Kirsten Joyce talk about scary. Imagine being on a train. With no one in the drivers seat. brian loftus just how long this driverless train. Hit the tracks. Before coming to a stop. Kirsten Joyce and its time for todays facebook contest. Than an hour. Firefighters able to put out the majority of a massive fire in downtown la. This is a live picture from above the scene. Just south of the 10 freeway and west of the east la interchange. Our sister station in la reports that it erupted inside a large 1 story commercial building shortly after 5 am. Firefighters made it off the roof just before it collapsed. No injuries have been reported. The building is considered a total loss. brian loftus this morning. Boston investigators are trying to figure out. How a passenger train. Went to multiple stations. Without a driver Kirsten Joyce the runaway train left from a massachuttes stations full of commuters thursday morning. Without an operator. The ride lasted 9 minutes. The governor says as soon as transit employees realized what was happening. They moved quickly. gov. Charlie baker r ma it was determined that there was unmanned traveling within a couple of minutes from when it left. The power on the third rail was shut off at that point in time, but the train coasted because it had momentum at that point forward, through several stations before it came to a stop. Kirsten Joyce transportation Officials Say the operator got off the train to execute a procedure that allows it to travel if there is a signal problem. They say operator error is the current focus of their investigation. demetria whats driving people crazy . The northwest corner of the desert inn rd. And nellis blvd. Intersections gets unnecessarily congested. Eastbound desert inn rd. Goes from two lanes to one lane, just west of nellis blvd. 100 yards later, the road is two lanes again. The reason desert inn is narrowed to one lane is because sewer facilities were in the way. Clark county says the facilities have now been removed and they will now address the problem in a larger improvement package. The countys project will widen desert inn between lamb and nellis. The stretch will get a new sidewalk, lights and ada upgrades. Two smaller projects are on the same contract. Crew s will upgrade medians and street lights on sir george drive between nellis and stewart. And winterwood parkway between clubhouse and sahara will be improved as well. Bid opening for construction is scheduled for today. Hey whats driving you crazy . Send your traffic question to traffic eight at las vegas now dot com. Back to you. brian loftus a new gadget promises to defrost your food faster than just leaving it out. Kirsten Joyce in todays try it before you buy it. Michelle mortensen finds out if the quick and ez defrosting tray is a hot buy. Or if you should just leave it out in the cold to freeze. bringing an electric car company to north las vegas. The hundreds of millions of dollars state lawmakers need to agree upon. Before Faraday Future calls the valley home. Sherry Swensk plus. Rough winds may have kept you awake overnight. The winds blowing into the valley. And the colder temps that will follow. Kirsten joyce and. Remembering the rat pack days of las vegas. The toast to the 100th of the chairman of the board. < welcome to a brighter morning, this is 8 newsnow with kirsten obilor and brian loftus brian loftus good morning and thanks for waking up with us. Im brian loftus. Kirsten joyce im Kirsten Joyce. Sherry swensk and im Sherry Swensk. < brian, kirsten and sherry are talking about Sherry Swensk morning. Some neighborhoods getting bursts of wind up to 40 and 50 mph overnight. Those stronger winds will calm down, but well stay breezy as the cold core of the storm rolls in today. That will increase the chance of showers and possibly even some thunder with the colder air aloft. Temps just in the upper 50s near 60 for the high and cooler through the day. Back to you county School District says its making changes after a School Bus Driver was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an autistic girl. brian loftus substitute bus driver Ramiro Garcia is behind bars. Police say he assaulted the 10yearold girl on her way home from school. A ccsd Board Meeting was held last night. The district says there was no surveillance camera on the school bus that garcia was driving. But leaders say every new school bus that comes into the fleet will be equipped with security cameras. The district spokesperson says communication is key to preventing incidents like this michelle booth ccsd spokeswoman we have increased our training and communicated amongst all our staff that we need to watch out for each other and for our students as well just remiding them that if they see anything suspcious they must report it brian loftus booth says parents are encouraged to get to know their bus drivers. Especially with little kids and those with special needs. Kirsten Joyce metro police are searching for the suspect opened fire. It happened back on november 21st. Near flamingo and i 215. Police say the suspect walked in and demanded money. They say the employee froze and the suspect fired his gun. We spoke with a clerk at the convenience store. Marie Hawkins employee he was like fidgeting, fidgeting, fidgeting like this and then he reached behind him like this, because the cashier thought he was just looking for money like his wallet, and thats when he reached out and then thats when he put the weapon at the gentleman who was working that evening. And he was. Quite shaken up. Kirsten Joyce if you know who the suspect is. Youre asked to call crimestoppers. brian loftus governor sandoval unveiled a 335 Million Dollar deal. To draw a chinese backed electric car company to north las vegas. Faraday future wants to build a 1 billion dollar factory. Once the plant is fully complete in 2023. It will employ 45 hundred people. And pump an estimated 85 billion into our economy over 20 years. Before that happens. State lawmakers will need to meet in a special session to approve 335 million in tax incentives and Infrastructure Improvements to north las vegas. demetria, how are the roads this morning . Demetria obilor injury accident at the mlk gowan intersection. North Las Vegas Police have shut down in the intersection to investigate. Avoid the area. Use cheyenne as an alternate for gowan. Accident on paradise, south of desert inn. Accident on tropicana at dean martin. With our rio camera, were looking at i15 right around russell. No major delays here. < back to you brian loftus the holidays are a magical time of year. And tonight. You can can be even more special. Kirsten Joyce its 8 news now night at opportunity villages magical forest. Sharie johnson is there live. With a preview. Celebrate the holidays with a cherished Southern Nevada tradition the magical forest at opportunity village the magical forest is a Winter Wonderland with millions of sparkling lights, nightly entertainment, great food and endless holiday cheer. This year youll enjoy all this and much, much more if youve ever forgot to leave something out to thaw. You know there is no quick way to make it unfreeze. Kirsten Joyce but a new product promises to speed up that process. Michelle mortensen tries out the quick and ez defrosting tray to take something out of the freezer for dinner before you leave for work in the morning . It happens to the best of us. brian loftus but a popular as seen on tv product promises that will never be a problem for you again. Michelle mortensen puts the quick and ez defrosting tray to the test. music open michelle the quick and easy defrosting tray is supposed to defrost your frozen foods incredibly quick and easy but how, the box boats no electricity batteries needed not so sure. So for that we head back to school. michelle mr. Hill, what is the Science Behind the defrosting tray and why does it defrost so quickly and easily . Mr. Hill well, metal is a conductor and it heats the air warming things up faster. Student duh michelle so theres our answer. Lets get to defrosting. we place a frozen chicken breast and Hamburger Patty on the defrosting tray and a block of wood to see which one thaws the fastest. Then we set a timer and wait one hour. Which in tv time. Literally flies by i was hoping by now all of our meat would be completely defrosted. See on our defrosting tray poking meat well. Still quite a bit of frost on there our hamburger meat as well over here on the wood block, i hate to say it its still solid, but it does look a little more thawed on this side than that side. so we wait some more. Another hour. our hamburger meat i would say it is pretty thoroughly defrosted here and you know what its still a little frozen there on wood block the chicken was a little more defrosted on the tray. But not by much though. michelle i think its pretty to safe to say the quick and easy defrosting tray does defrost a little bit faster but really is no benefit from using this tray to leaving it out on this counter or a slab of wood, or thawing it in the fridge, or in some water, or in the microwave or any of the other ways you can thaw frozen food so therefore were going to call this one a dud duh. Michelle Mortensen the quick and ez defrosting tray costs 19. 99 and is Available Online at as seen on tv dot com. Im Michelle Mortensen. brian loftus and if you have a consumer problem. Or a product youd like michelle to try out. Just call the 8 on your side hotline at 702 6501907. sherry hows the weather today . Sherry swensk gusty winds continue this morning. Bursts of wind up to 40 and 50 mph overnight. Those stronger winds will calm down, but well stay breezy as the cold core of the storm rolls in today. That will increase the chance of showers and possibly even some thunder with the colder air aloft. California is getting some snow in the sierras. Maybe not as much as theyd hoped for. But everything is a bonus. A little snow in our local mountains is also expected, but we wont get to see feet of snow. Maybe 1 to 3 inches at best. As the cooler air sweeps in, it will settle in and stay for the weekend and into next week. Another chance for showers comes sunday night. And this colder system arrives next week to cool us down even more as we head toward christmas week. demetria, how are the roads this morning . Avoid mlk gowan intersection after serious crash. The delays have arrived in the spaghetti bowl. Once you get down to russell, you wont be dealing with any trouble, however. < back to you the voice that helped put las vegas on the map. brian loftus this weekends celebrations for what would have been Frank Sinatras 100th birthday. yourself a stiff drink just like the rat pack would have. Because this weekend. We are toasting to frank sinatra. brian loftus ole blue eyes would have turned 100 years old tomorrow. He graced the stages of las vegas for 43 years. And many credit sinatra as the star who turned our city into the entertainment capital of the world. The 9 time grammy winner died in 1998 at the age of 82. Sherry Swensk the lvcva put together a free exhibit called sinatras centennial. With rarely seen photos and newly discovered video. From the Las Vegas News Bureau archives. You can check it out at three different locations the Convention Center, Clark County Library and the lloyd george courthouse. sherry hows the weather today . Sherry swensk hoping for some snow in the mountains. That will increase the chance of showers and possibly even some thunder with the colder air aloft. California is getting some snow in the sierras. Maybe not as much as theyd hoped for. But everything is a bonus. If youre thinking of a ski weekend. We have something to help you out. Our new ski report on the website las vegas now dot com. A little snow in our local mountains is also expected, but we wont get to see feet of snow. Maybe 1 to 3 inches at best. As the cooler air sweeps in, it will settle in and stay for the weekend and into next week. Another chance for showers comes sunday night. And this colder system arrives next week to cool us down even more as we head toward christmas week. Demetria ObilorDemetria Obilor expect delays at las vegas boulevard at Convention Center drive due to construction in the area. No slow downs getting into mccarran. Delays in the spaghetti bowl. < well be right back with brighter moments. 8 news now wants to pay up to 15 thousand dollars on your mortgage or lease for up to 1 sponsor. Mortgage giveaway. Least 21. Have a mortgage or lease and be in Good Standing with the lender and owner. Eight finalists selected at random will attend our new Years Eve Party at red rock where the winner will be announced. Kirsten Joyce you can go to our 8 new now Facebook Page or website to enter. Kirsten Joyce weve had lots of fun this week getting into the holiday spirit. Brian loftus lets take a look at our brighter moments. Weather lady dont take unnessary journeys dont take risks on treacherous roads man dont take unnessary journeys. The roads are treacherous child youll get blown away by the horrible storm woman dont swim in the sea Kirsten Joyce you have to be able to laugh at yourself, you know i feel for her. Its windy. Weve all been out there for live shots Sherry Swensk she threw herself into her liveshot, paul, dont take unnecessary chances Sherry Swensk this is the time lapse video of the 40 foot tall doll house currently under construction for the nutcracker the nutcracker Opening Night is this saturday and the show runs through the 20th of the month Kirsten Joyce hmm, saturday night a good one right. Trying to get as much holiday spirit as we can brian loftus wait a second, you wrote purchase pinot noir, list. Kirsten Joyce good one. I did that last week, got a case of it. Demetria Obilor check this out, one of the present props got caught on vanna whites dress vanna the funny thing i didnt even feel it brian loftus wardrobe malfunction, or prop malfunction. Kirsten Joyce at least it wasnt toilet paper Demetria Obilor that is so embarassing Sherry Swensk snows about to fall up there on Mount Charleston as early as this evening and officials want to make sure you are safe when you head up to the mountain and hit the slopes brian loftus did you see the little girl in the video . Like 6 years old, thats how i am still. Still. Sherry Swensk with a helmet on . brian loftus im fine on the snowboard but on skies im just that guy, excuse me, excuse me and plus theres a lot of size here i dont want to barrel over anybody Kirsten Joyce look out below brian loftus so who did you interview yesterday Sherry Swensk we got to meet Mister Wayne Newton we actually got to go to the welcome to las vegas sign. What better person to meet there than Mister Las Vegas at the welcome to las vegas sign right brian loftus what do you do, you get a selfie with wayne newton Kirsten Joyce their friends must be like that must be the fake wayne newton. It was the real one laughter thanks for joining us. Cbs this morning starts right now.