Passengers ahead of time. Thats kept the lines down at the ticket counters. Still. Some passengers have been arriving at the airport today. Only to find their flights back east cancelled. Jesse Patterson strande d passenger i actually thought we were going to get off, we had somebody who works with us who flew out like an hour or two before, and he was fine, so we were the last, i mean the first Dave Courvoisier more than 200thousand people who attended the five conferences in town this week are expected to fly out of mccarran this weekend. That doesnt include other regular air traffic. The best advice if youre trying to catch a flight check with your airlines and arrive extra early. Denise Valdez tedd is with us. People on the east coast are going to be dealing with the snow for awhile right . There are still numerous weather alerts from tenness all the way up to connecticut. From tennessee all the way up to pennsylvania. But its the Nations Capital that could get hit the hardest with blizzard warnings now in effect from there all the way now up to philly to new jersey. There are also coastal flood warnings, because this storm offshore could bring a storm surge with strong winds and high tide combining for flooding through the jersey shore and delaware beaches and delmarva. Its size is big. With the heaviest snow now coming down in virginia and and now into dc. Areas of ice can be seen in North Carolina and southern virginia. This storm is going to cause all sorts of problems for the east Denise Valdez a a preliminary hearing is set for next month. In the plaza hotel shooting case. 34 year old Maria Andrea Escalante faces murder and child abuse charges. After police say she shot and killed 48 year old David Timothy cordova while their 9 year old boy was opening holiday presents nearby. She was arrested shortly after the Christmas Eve shooting. Escalante claims her husband was abusing her. Shes now being held without jail. Dave Courvoisier a former metro officer pleaded not guilty this week. To Excessive Force and Richard Scavone is accused of beating a woman and lying about it. Despite having recorded the arrest on the body camera he was wearing. A federal judge scheduled a march 22nd trial. And allowed scavone to remain free with some restrictions. If hes convicted. He could face up to 30 years in prison and pay 500 thousand dollars in fines. Denise Valdez a local professors hard work is really paying off. In fact its his ticket to visit the white house unlv Computer Science professor Andreas Stefik will be honored next week in our nations capitol. Hes one of nine people to be named a white house champion of change. Stefik created Software Programs that allows students at inventors Andreas Stefik, unlv they got it other schools found out and it just exploded all over the place so its humbling because i never planned for the tech to be used for anything Denise Valdez the professors software is now being used in schools in 17 different states. He says hes still not sure who nominated him for the award. But hes thankful for the Dave CourvoisierNorth Las Vegas hopes to go global. How the city is expanding and helping Small Businesses grow. And dont forget. Tomorrows the big day. Its our living green super recycle event. Just head to the thomas and mack starting at eight tomorrow morning. Be sure to bring anything you need to recycle. Medications, clothes. Well even be shredding documents for you. Just go to las vegas now dot com for a full list of whats accepted. it took Joel Silverman years to become a master dog trainer. But only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. Technology designed for you. News music Dave Courvoisier an announcement today from the urban chamber of commerce aims to bring in new profits for local businesses. Sharie johnson is back from the state of the urban Chamber Luncheon with more on what this means for the small engines that drive our economy. Sharie Johnson networking. Its an opportunity the royal the Small Business teaches others how to grow, using digital technology. matthew alexander, Royal Tech Team were talking about running your business, running your life from your phone, from your computer, whatever device you use Sharie Johnson the team has 60 years combined experience in programming, database and web development, digital design and mobile app creations. Its businesses like this the urban Chamber Wants to help grow by going global in 2016. kenneth evans, president , urban chamber of commerce 95 of products and services go to International Clients outside the United States so what well be doing is helping our members access 95 of the Global MarketSharie Johnson theyre participating in International Trade missions with the Governors Office of economic development. kenneth evans, president , urban chamber of commerce at the end of the day, the bottom line is they can pursure Business Opportunities and procurement opportunities in those new and emerging markets Sharie Johnson in the meantime. Companies like this one. Are busy taking advantage of the Fastest Growing internet market. You had pen and paper and now with cell phones, all these different tools, you have the rest of the world vegas mayor lee also talked about the importance of Small Business and how fast the city is moving to welcome electric car marker Faraday Future and its billion dollar factory. Denise Valdez keeping the neighborhood safe. Street lights can really help. But what happens when they go dark . Michelle mortensen is on your side. To flip the switch on broken you know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, but so many families dont feel like their hard work pays off. Thats not the way america is supposed to operate. I want to go to bat for them every single day. Get incomes rising. Get equal pay for women. Cut the cost of health care and child care so people can actually get ahead. Hillary clinton, she has what it takes to get things done. Dave Courvoisier when a streetlight in a local neighborhood wasnt working. Neighbors called 8 on your side hoping consumer advocate Michelle Mortensen could solve their problem and get someone to fix it. Denise Valdez tell michelle Michelle Mortensen when a street light goes dark. A neighborhood can become a very scary place. Thats why jane bogner called me for help. The corner of cedar avenue and east mesquite in las vegas had a months ago. And she says she couldnt get anyone to repair it. Well, i reached out to nv energy about the problem. That the streetlight is once again working. They sent a crew to fix the aware of the problem. Michelle Mortensen we were happy to helpane and would beppy toe u o. St call if you ever have a oea need me on yourtside. weather toss tedd florendo cloudy skies outside today with temps staying cool in the high 50s this afternoon through many neighborhoods. Winds staying light for now but will pick up tomorrow and were certainly cooler than yesterday. Temps this afternoon shot back up to the high 50s today with Cool Conditions even for mount charleston. Near 60 late day for those areas on the east side of town where were lower in elevation so therefore usually the warmest spot along with green valley and henderson. Regional temps show mild afternoon temps in the mid 60s for laughlin today and cool searchlight. Chilly for areas from tonopah rgh pioche. Lder in ely dhnorthern rt ofhe state. Ouds streing in from thest right now with showers in lifornia and near renog spin the atmosphere shows e the system which will changeup our weather. How . First increase in windand en a chances for show later in the day with ow and rain in the mountains. Slight chances for sundayrning b turn more sunnyte sunday. All eyes a now focused on the east coast. Ere snow is stretching from pensvania. Rkerlues here indicateheaviest sw bands now inrginia, westii and nowaing to see heavier snow indc and up the tristate area inilly. E can see in the carolinas where t snow rain line can beearly seen. Ow tols are going to be big. Sundalee could seetotals up to 2 fee in dc altimore. Wark as well witor foot philly, and maybe more in newrk. Night 44 for thlow withenty of clouds and sygdry. Winds stay light as well. Tomorrow expect a high of 61 and mostly cloudy skies with showers later in the day. Winds increasing and becoming breezy at times as well. Mount charleston showing 43 for the how and 23 for the low. Cloudy skies with both rain and snow likely. Along with gusty winds later in the day. Extended forecast show temps near average this weekend and early week. Breezes on tuesday and look at the numbers for late week with highs climbing to the mid 60s and some neighborhoods could reach 70. Excitement is building for the upcoming super bowl. Football fans will find out this weekend which two teams will battle for the world championship. Denise Valdez but local fans who subscribe to cox cable might not be able to watch the game. The 50th anniversary super bowl channel 8, but unless something changes in the next few days, the game will be blacked out for cox subscribers, along with Everything Else that airs on klas. Dave Courvoisier george knapp reports on the contract dispute that could take this station off the air for all cox customers. heres some reallife daytime drama for you. Things are about to get a lot less bold and considerably less beautiful for cox cable customers. After january 29th, cox customers will be blocked from watching their favorite programs on channel 8. The price wont be right in the mornings. And in the evenings, say goodbye to alex trebeks jeopardy brain twisters or vanna whites stylish letter turns on wheel of fortune the most popular prime time programs on the nations most watched network will vanish when klas is taken off the menu. The big bang nerds. The sleuths of ncis. And tom sellecks iconic Lisa Howfield does not want to be on the air talking about this. Manager im doing this because i dont want viewers to go to their tv and turn it on next saturday morning or late friday night and find out were not there. But, she says, it looks like thats where things are headed. It means nevadas most watched local news station, 8 news now, would be gone. This sundays 60 minutes will be the last for cox subscribers. A nd if no agreement can be reached soon, the Biggest Television Event of the year. Super bowl 50. Will not be carried by cox, which is the Service Provider for about half of all viewers in southern nevada. Cox customers would have to make other arrangements. S witch to another provider or try your luck with rabbit ears. Lisa if you are a cox customer and dont make arrangements, theres a very good chance you will not be able to see super bowl 50. Like other cable systems, cox original content. The biggest chunk of your monthly cable bill goes to pay for espn. 8 bucks a month per customer. T. N. T gets 1. 65 per customer. Local providers, including klas and the other network affiliates, get a tiny fraction of that, even though the local stations are the biggest draw for cable systems. Howfield says, after 5 months of intense negotiations, cox is unwilling to pay a fraction of what channel 8s programming generates for the cable company. Lisa its crazy. Broadcasters bring about 35 of the audiences to any given cable system around the country and we get around 12 of those retransmission revenues. Were asking for a fraction of that. Howfield says cox stormed out of the last negotiation session and is unwilling to budge, even though the other local providers. Incl uding satellite companies. Alre ady agreed to a deal. But in a statement the company said it is willing to pay more but thinks that the demands made by nexstar, the Parent Company for klas, are unreasonable. Howfield is asking that klas viewers contact cox and urge them to settle this lisa were really upset at this point. We dont want our viewers to have to go through this but were really at the point where we need people to rally around us and help us out on this. George knapp 8 news now Dave Courvoisier on our website, we have posted information about how you can reach out to cox including by phone or social media. Also there, you can read a full statement from klas as well as comments sent by Cox Communication s. Again, the deadline is january 29th. After that cox will no longer carry any channel 8 programming including this news broadcast. Dave Courvoisier there was a reunion at Bonanza High School, 30 years in the making. Denise Valdez the schools first professional athlete came back a proud bengal. Chris maathuis has more on this inspiring story. Chris Maathuis it really was cool to see gerald riggs back at bonanza. Champion honored and being honored. And some of his former teammates from the 70s came back with him. Plus. The rebels are rollin can they keep it up . Youll hear from the guys next here on 8 news now. There are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. One says its okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. My plan break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. Then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. Will they like me . No. Will they begin to play by the rules if im president . You Better Believe it. Switch to Centurylink Prism tv, and get the same great channels cable gives you, without having to deal with cable. Yes and . And. Theres whole home dvr. Plus tons of on demand options so you can watch whatever, whenever. Yes and . Why do you guys keep saying that . Its the first rule of improv. By saying yes and, we accept the reality created by our comedy partners, paul. Yes, right, i know. Do you . With prism tv from centurylink. News music voice over from 8 news now this is sports with Chris Maathuis. Chris Maathuis the story that unfolded at Bonanza High School today was 30 years in the making. Having former nfl star and super bowl champ gerald riggs come back home was more then a reunion. It was a blast from the past. That almost didnt happen. Gerald riggs; this has to be the coolest man because this is wheree it all started. Chris Maathuis bonanza welcomed back gerald riggs. Who once dominated prep football nfl and wrapped a his career with a super bowl win. But bonanza wasnt his first choice. Western high is where riggs cut his teeth playing football. But in 1977 was forced to go bonanza. Gerald riggs bonanza grad; i came over to bonanza kicking and screaming, but god had his hands on me and steered me into the platform. Chad lucas riggs prep qb; he didnt want to come here, he was forced over here. Chris Maathuis surprisingly, this humble quiet runningback he didnt get along with bonanzas head coach and was nearly kicked off the team. John janata prep teammate; and he basically ran gerald off the team, emptied out his locker and said we dont want you. Vincent vanderber teammat e; we all took a vote and said we want him. We want him to play for us, hes part of us. David Johnson Riggs teammate; other then a vote we had to run, we had to do sprints what ever it took. John janata; it was almost unanimous, 1 guy voted no, thats a whole other story. Vincent; the rest is all history. Chris Maathuis who knows what wouldve happened, but riggs played his senior year and blossomed into one of the best backs in nevada. Only 71 yards shy of the all time rushing mark. He went to Arizona State and was the highest player ever drafted from nevada, still is. Nats for seven seasons gerald riggs was the iconic symbol. Chris Maathuis he played more then a dozen years. Hes still the only fullback picked that high the draft. Scored twice in super bowl 26. Riggs; and everybody when they look back on it theyll be able to say he was in there and we saw him score a couple of times, almost got three touchdowns. Bertha lloyd riggs mother; that was the pinacle of his careeer and it just made everything wonderful for us. Chris Maathuis hundreds of students, mostly athletes filled the bengal theater and listened to the former star talked about life and never giving up on themselves or god. Riggs; we live by the word, youre live will be better off. Chris Maathuis the former super bowl champion was honored by the reception. And he in turn honored the school with an nfl golden football presented by those whove played in a super bowl. Not a single bengal here will forget this day. A day 30 years in the making when bonanzas very first decorated star came home. Riggs;out of all the honors and stuff bestowed upon me over the years, this is at the top. Roots. Chris Maathuis riggs lives his two sons both played in the nfl. He spends some of his time speaking to youth at Church Groups around the country. The rebels are coming off a win and have won three in a row. They hope to extend that streak in reno tomorrow night. , they seem to be doing all the right things. Rebounding and taking care of the ball. todd simon coach; happy with the energy and effort from starters to bench and focus on short term goals. Guys have done a nice job with those mini games within a game. Stephen zimmerman; theres always huge rivalry and stuff and they usually make for the most exciting games. Id take a boring 20 point win by the rebels tomorrow. Tip off in reno is set for 7 pm on espn u. Dave courvoisier thanks for news now at 6. Were always on at las vegas now dot com and our app. Along with facebook and twitter. Denise Valdez goodnight. https youtu. Be this is jeopardy introducing todays contestants an internet operations technician