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Night and we are hearing it again tonight. Many parents are here are at Jacobson Elementary School waiting for some answers on how the mercury contamination happened at johnson junior high. More than a thousand students and staff were quarantined for more than 16 hours as Emergency Responders struggled to deal with the largest co tonight, the Health District and Environmental Protection Agency Officials will meet with parents to discuss what went wrong and moving forward. What happens now. Shakala Alvaranga the district is planning on reviewing their procedures. Meanwhile, Police Continue to investigate whether anyone will be charged in this incident. Reporting live Shakala Alvaranga 8 news now. paul joncich thanks shakala. Continues our team coverage. Denise Valdez shes live at johnson junior high. Where clean up crews have been decontaminating the campus all day. karen castro while crews worked inside hoping to get answers from administrators. But the doors are locked, adding to their frustration. Danielle Allen parent im here to meet with some parents. We all got together yesterday some answers basically, we want some answers cause this doesnt make any sense is too much going on with Little Information being given. Felicia samano parent parents yelling for updates, demanding updates, nothing was given. Like when they were sending out one kid every 20 minutes, i dont remember who it was, the dean, the assistant principal coming out assisting a kid every like 20 minutes. Parents were yelling an update please . An update, nothing. karen castro their kids from Johnson Junior High School. They are also taking their children to get health screenings. Meanwhile, the number one complaint ive been hearing is the lack of communication. Parents say during the first few hours after the incident, authorities were giving updates. But they say that all stopped later in the day. christine fondrin parent this type of incident can happen at this school or any other school, um, thats just not this school but in the future, any incidents that may occur, Better Communications between the parents Kathleen Manzella parent it was a total lack of communication and the way they treated the parents was unbelievable. It was horrible, they way they treated the parents, in every aspect of the situation. karen castro the two mothers you just heard from picked up their kids at 430 this morning. Both of them had been waiting outside the campus since about noon yesterday. karen castro students screened for mercury. Mauricio marin has more on how First Responders and experts handled the situation. Mauricio Marin with more than 12hundred students plus staff to screenthe decontamination process was the largest in las vegas fire and rescues history. And like shakala mentioned a Jacobson Elementary School getting answers. About 80 las vegas fire and rescue firefighters responded to the scene. As well as metro police, ccsd police and even epa field crews were called in to respondcoming in from california. A teacher first discovered the student playing with the substance at a school assembly. That prompted officials to test around campus where they found concerning levels of mercury. How the student got the mercury and how much of it is still being investigated. A small amountsimilar to what would be found inside a mercury thermometer was leaked. But that isnt the case anymore. Ccsd police who helped on scene say the decontamination process went into until early this morning to prevent possible further contamination. capt ken young ccsd police the process is the process. I dont think you could have made it any faster doing the overall process. There is a very stringant screening process where there is an aparatus used, for lack of a better term a type of a sniffer that goes on and detects readings on the kids so thats the process you can anymore. Mauricio Marin todayepa officials spent most of the day testing shoes and backpacks left behind by students. Once theyre clearedthey will work with school staff to get students their property back. Mauricio Marin Johnson Junior High School will remain closed again tomorrow as the epa works to clean up campus and make sure there are no high levels of mercury on campus. Reporting live. Mauricio marin. So just how dangerous is mercury . paul joncich 8 news now anchor Christianne Klein talked with a doctor to get answers. Christianne what did you learn . Christianne Klein mercury is a known neurotoxin. Less than a gram of mercury or its compounds can produce toxicity and Devastating Health effects. One of the concerns epa officials addressed today is how a wide area could become contaminated quickly. Even a small amount on shoes or clothes can spread the element. And then as mercurv system and inhaled. Causing toxicity. We talked with a doctor daliah wachs who says in severe cases the effects can be very dangerous. dr. Daliah wachs family physician severe toxcity reaction could be ga effects, your gastrointestinal system, your kidney, your nervous system. It can be some serious stuff. Plus just a little bit of mercury is enough to do it Christianne Klein or even death. As dr. Wachs mentioned those are extreme cases. Christianne Klein some other symptoms of elemental mercury poisoning include mood swings, insomnia, headache, muscle tremors or twitching. Experts say if you have been exposed and are suffering any of those symptoms to notify your doctor immediately. Warm today but were looking forward to fall temperatures next week, tedd . tedd florendo Denise Valdez a stadium proposal to make it in front of lawmakers ahead of januarys nfl owners meetings. To get there. The Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure committee must give it the okay. The group met today to look over the proposed bill that would make it to a special session. Patrick walker is live at unlv with more. Patrick Walker denise. This passes through a special session. The proposal may not be ready for this januarys meeting. Which could push an nfl decision to january 2018. That said. Lawmakers ive spoken with expect a special session early next month. The committee tackled whats in the proposed 25page bill today. County Commission Chair Steve Sisolak expressed concern that taxpayers would foot the bill to pay off debt if the sti goals. On behalf of the sands corp. A Goldman Sachs representative said the rate of return on the stadium would be about 3 and a half percent. Which would cover debt payments although he called that profit margin woefully inadequate. Sands Vice President andy abboud said a deal needs to make it in front of lawmakers by the end of october. Patrick Walker you believe it has to happen now, do you think you have the votes to get it through in a special session . Andy abboud i think that we will have the votes to get it through in a special session, but we dont take anyone for granted, we know with as many of them as we possibly can, some people are always going to be a little bit skeptical. Patrick Walker Governors Office of Economic Development director steve hill said there is public risk in the project. The revenue projections come from an estimated 46 events per year being held in the new stadium. Abboud responded by saying that if they cant sell the benefits of the stadium to the legislature. Then they dont Patrick Walker what happens if the nfl bid fails . A 9member College Stadium committee stands ready to take the reigns. The room tax hike would be reduced and go toward funding a scaleddown stadium for unlv. The committee will look at additional bill drafts next week. Reporting live. Patrick walker. 8 news now. paul joncich president ial candidates. Donald trump junior was in las vegas campaigning for his father. Republican president ial candidate donald trump. We asked donald junior about trying to win the votes of veterans donald trump jr. i think he is doing very well with veterans if you look at hte polls, we are way ahead there i think. We had 88 either active or newly retired high level military people come out for us the other day. You have a couple beauracrats who have become politicized in our military because you have a government changed the rules of engagement so much that generals arent making decision in the field, lawyers are, in the field, in dc. Patrick Walker also asked about union voters. And of course immigration. You can watch that entire interview this sunday at 5 30 on politics now. Right here on channel 8. Denise Valdez wells fargo slapped with a massive fine. And thousands of employees were measures. That might affect you even if you dont realize it. news music voice over youre watching the valleys news leader with dave courvoisier, Denise Valdez, tedd six. Denise Valdez 185 million dollars. Thats the massive fine regulators slapped on wells fargo. For opening millions of unauthorized accounts. The goal was to satisfy sales goals former workers say they were under pressure to meet quotas so they opened fake accounts. In addition to the fine. 53 hundred employees were fired for the wells fargo will also have to compensate customers who had to pay fees or charges for those accounts opened without their knowledge. and were a few degrees warmer than yesterday. Afternoon highs hot around the valley with temps hottest over to the east side of town where were lower in elevation. Especially for the east and southeast neigbhorhoods. Notashot for the locales on the west side of town especially the foothills and certainly the mountains where it appears to be coolest. Regional temps also stayed hot and death valley. Although we definitely got hotter for the Colorado River valley from mesquite all the way down to the searchlight. More tolerable temps in the 90s for the central great basin where they also had some wind develop too. U. S. Temps show get stay hot only in the Desert Southwest but the Southern Plains with feels like temps in the 100s. Still hot also for the Northern Plains and the Midatlantic States with muggy conditions there down to the deep south. Doppler radar looking clear again across the region with most of the precip up in the pacific northwest. Looking at the high mexico texas to continue to progress northward and bring hotter weather this week; specifically late week. Looking at the next system to roll through the north part of the state to increase wind this weekend and especially next week. Heres the forecast. 80s by morning with clear skies and winds finally calming down overnight. Should be comfortable and clear by morning wit wakeup temps in the 80s again. Tomorrow expect a high of 106 again and hotter. We could see some light breezes returning again tomorrow. More next her eon channel 8. Dad got his start parking cars at the dunes hotel. But he went on to be the head of tourism for las vegas and helped build the city we know today. Dad lived his life following three principles, work hard, be honest and respect everyone, thats what i tried to do as attorney general. Catherine took on the big banks when they preyed on homeowners. And forced them to pay one point nine billion dollars to nevadans. She became a National Leader in protecting children from sex traffickers. And passed laws to keep seniors safe from crooked scams. Ecause ive spent my career solving problems, isnt that something the new salami caprese panini from subway. Pressed and grilled to cinematic perfection to get a golden brown crust and meld the flavors in melted cheese. Part of the new chefinspired raiders owner mark davis and casino mogel Sheldon Adelson the group, minus davis and adelson, met again today as the clock ticks toward a deadline for approving a billion dollar stadium deal. This afternoons three hour meeting taking place on the unlv campus with some raider fans, Committee Members and sands reps, along with the president of the oakland raiders. They discussed financing and the members of the Sand Corporation representatives talked about the risk adelson is making. 750 million in public funding is a hard number and it doesnt get not taxes from residents living in las vegas. Rob Goldstein sands; i think its unique that individuals are taking risks of hundreds of millions of dollars to fund the stadium he wont own, helps tourism that brings the raiders without adelson this wont happen thats amazing, its seen as an advantage to him i dont see how thats possible. Steve sisolak commission i think we need a unlv facility without the raiders, if thats what happens why no need to fund that and if we can fund that with tourism tax why would i not want instead of pay for student tution to pay for the stadium. Andy addoud sands; withthe right package and message and everyone understanding the great econ benefit that it will have to bring raiders here, super bowl here to take unlv to the next level those are things we never going to have in this city, i think people we need to be able to take the field and let people know how great Chris Maathuis the Stadium Committee is meeting again next week and could make its final recommendations and be ready to present those to the governor, who will in turn call a special session to see if lawmakers approve the deal. Chris Maathuis there are no more moral victories for unlv football. The rebels are in it to win it no matter how stiff the competition thats the attitude tony sanchez and company are taking with them to pasadena. The rebels have lost their last 2 but enter saturdays showdown with ucla full of belief tony sanchez coach were going with the mindset of winning a football game. Were not going with the mindset of competing or making the margin closer. I know from the outset that is pretty darn tasking and tough but when you work as long as we do and as hard as we do, and put as much time with these guys as we do, we would never go in and expect to do anything else but go in there and fight for a win. Chris Maathuis himself. Marvin menzies has been engaging groups across las vegas and spreading his message of a bright future. Today marvin spoke to the christian business mens group and didnt just open the floor to questions, he asked for advice on what the runnin rebels can do to make the Community Proud paul joncich thanks for watching 8 news now at 6. Denise Valdez remember starting monday. Were expanding the six oclock show to a full hour. That meanso back to seven. And wheel of fortune will air at 7 30. Be sure to update your dvr see you tonight at eleven. from washington, d. 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