Off the weekend. As Catherine Cortez masto and dr. Joe heck prepare to face off for the 8 news now univision senatorial debate. Locals are forming outside, demonstrating some of the isss overlooked. We are previewing the debate with team coverage. Shakala alvaranga is on the debate floor. But first lets go to outside Canyon Springs high school to Brittany Edney whos been talking with demonstrators. Brittany Edney for the past few hours. Dozens of supporters have rallied here along the sidewalk for Catherine Cortez masto. From posters, cutouts and noisemakers theyre bringing a lot of attention to outside the highschool. Weve from groups like the votes. Joining me now from dream big las vegas is astrid silva astrid, tell me a little bit about your organization. Why is this election important . Thanks for joining us this evening. One thing were not seeing out here is any joe heck supporters. Now were going to send it over any joe heck supporters. Now were going to send it over the Shakala Alvaranga whos on the Shakala Alvaranga whos on the debate floor with a look the Shakala Alvaranga whos on at how things are going as this debate is set to kick off in less than 30 minutes. Shakala Alvaranga brittany, thank you. The excitement definitly growing as we approach the start of the 2016 senatorial debate. Dozens of people have already started to make their way inside the auditorium. On the right, supporters of u. S. Representative joe heck sit. And to my left, supporters of the former Nevada Attorney both candidates will go head to head in just thirty minutes on this stage. In our 6 o clock show, we heard from one of the moderators steve sebellius. And just to reiterate the points he made this is the first time we are going to have a new person in this senate seat for more than 30 years. So this is without a doubt, a very important decision, for nevada voters. He says this is really the first oppportunity for voters to get to know these two candidates outside of those adan what these candidates will say about certain issues specific to thise state. And well see in about a half an hour now if these candidates will deliver. Reporting live Shakala Alvaranga 8 news now. Dave Courvoisier were just today releasing the results of an exclusive voter survey finished yesterday. A batch of likely voters responded to 10 questions. In the results, katherin cortezmasto came up with 40 of the support of respondedents, and joe heck 35 . Close. 40 supported, 39 did not. Of those who responded, 79 said they were likely to vote. The man who conducted this poll, John Couvillon talked to us about demographic and sampling. 21 39 so this was a randon sample of 600 repondents and the respondants were chosen from the voter rolls of nevada and the idea behind the sample is to make sure the breakdown between by race parrty Region Gender etc. Were representative of the Dave Courvoisier the margin of error of this poll is 4 . Dave Courvoisier and heres an important programming note. Because of tonights debate. And post debate program. Jeopardy and wheel of fortune will air a little later tonight. Christianne Klein donald trump is facing more accusations of molesting women while Hillary Clinton has seen yet another trove of hacked emails released on wikileaks. Craig boswell has the latest donald trump says women accusing him of sexual assaults are liars. sot donald trump r president ial nominee they have no witnesses, nobody around. The just come out, some are doing it for probably a little fame. Get some free fame. Total setup. But more women are coming forward. The Washington Post published an account from a woman who said trump reached up her skirt in the early 90s. And Summer Zervos a former contestant on the apprentice broke down as she talked about a meeting with trump at the Beverly Hills hilton. sot Summer Zervos trump accuser shoulder and began kissing me again very aggressively and placed his hand on my breast. The Trump Campaign is pushing back on the New York Times report where Jessica Leeds says trump groped her on a flight. A british man says he was also on that flight 30 years ago and claims trump never touched leeds. standup Craig Boswell cbs news the white house Hillary Clinton skirted around the issue during her only public appearance a fundraising event in seattle. sot sec. Hillary clinton d presidetnial nominee the whole world has heard how donald trump brags about mistreating women and the disturbing stories just keep continues its daily release of hacked emails from her Campaign Chairman john podesta. gfx in one of the exchanges, pollster John Anzalone argued for clinton changing her mind about the tpp trade deal saying there are no other issues that labor cares about. This is it for them and they actually have voters on their side. Clinton did eventually change her position on the issue. Something trump has used against her ever since. News, the white house. Christianne Klein clinton and trump will square off in their final president ial debate wednesday evening right here in las vegas at the thomas and mack center. Dont forget 8 news now is your local election headquarters both on air and online at las vegas now dot com. katie boer a pair of strong storms hazardous weather locally for s ca and s nv, as ell as sw ut. Main impact will be strong winds for the desert sw. Red flag warning where clark and sw Lincoln County deserts Las Vegas Dispatch lake mead nra colorado rivernv side. In affect now until 9pm saturday for strong winds and southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 35 mph rh minimum humidity. 10 to 15 percent during the day. Right now strongest winds are near mt. Charleston, lake mead and south of 215. Winds will be gustier saturday and sunday highest gusts aprx 35mph, not much more than that staying below advisory criteria for now . This evening look for mild temps but our gusty winds remaining heading to las vegas. Dave Courvoisier coming up on the valleys news leader. Why county leaders say n dot kept them in the dark when it comes to how prepared our roads are for stadium traffic. two billionaires, spending millions to buy a senate seat for joe heck. Smearing Catherine Cortez masto with ads called bogus, highly misleading, and false. Y general, its cortez masto who held banks accountable and helped nevada homeowners. And governor sandoval praised Cortez Mastos dedication to fighting sex trafficking. Dont let joe hecks billionaires fool you. Catherine cortez masto has always stood up for us. Im Catherine Cortez masto as a marine combat veteran, i understand the sacrifices our military makes. Our benefits are earned, and we rely on them. Politicians like joe heck should understand that. To shut down the federal government, risking Critical Services for nevada veterans. And during that shutdown, heck continued cashing his congressional paycheck. His military record deserves respect. But back in dc, joe heck is putting politics before nevada. And that doesnt work for me. Narrator vote vets is responsible for the content of this advertising. Springs high school as we enter the final minutes leading up to the dabate and as you can see its starting to fill up inside. Dave Courvoisier for the first time were getting a look at the impact the for the first time were getting a look at the impact the id traffic. Christianne Klein a new Study Released thursday has some local leaders asking why it wasnt released sooner. And ndot addressing questions of transparency. 8 news now reporter karen castro takes a closer look at the findings. karen castro the first ever professional karen castro the first ever professional football stadium in Southern Nevada is just one signature. While las vegas fans are excited. Some local leaders are not. Chris Giunchigliani clark county commissioner thats unbelievable to me that somebody sat on this so whats really going on . It almost smells of a clark county commissioner Chris Giunchigliani is upset after the director of ndot did not disclose the existence of a stadium traffic study during and rtc Board Meeting thursday morning. The report was released later that day. Chris Giunchigliani clark county commissioner i asked specifically rudy, with these plan sites are there any cost associated . karen castro ndot director Rudy Malfabon is defending his actions saying he did not discuss the study because he was not comfortable disclosing the details before ndot Board Members got the chance to see the report first. Bu it before state legislators thursday night. Rudy Malfabon ndot director the governor asked for us to put together this assessment so we could put together and be informed of what projects we have in this region that as it turns out were already under development they coincidentally support the traffic thats generated from stadium. karen castro the study looks at the areas in and around the two potential sites. One is at the bali hai golf course at the south end of the strip. The second is just down the more than 1point2 billion dollars in road projects needed to accommodate a 65thousand seat stadium at both locations. The study recommends giving priority to these projects. But other road improvements around the valley would be pushed back. Chris Giunchigliani clark county commissioner its only looking at that one particular corridor. Thats an impact, if thats the case, the stadium should be responsible for paying for it. Not the taxpayers. Karen Castro Karen castro, 8 news now. Christianne Klein federal, state, and local dollars would fund the road projects. Would come from the extension of the fuel indexing tax. Which is question 5 on novembers ballot. Christianne Klein its friday night and that means its time to highlight our 8 news now game of the week Dave Courvoisier jon tritsch is at Liberty High School as the countdown to their homecoming kickoff gets underway. announcer youre watching 8 news now at sixthirty. Im Catherine Cortez masto theyre bringing drugs, theyre bringing crime, theyre rapists. Narrator and joe heck says i have high hopes well see donald trump become president. I dont know what i said, aah. Narrator heck says he completely supports trump. I would bomb the [bleep] out of them. Narrator and heck . Reporter you trust him having his finger on the Nuclear Button . Heck i do. Reporter why do you say that . Heck why wouldnt i . Narrator donald trump and joe heck. Courvoisier the patriots welcome coronado for a homecoming showdown and our fans choice game of the week. That is where we find jon tritsch jon tritsch katie boer a pair of strong storms impacting katie boer a pair of strong storms a pair of strong storms impacting the pnw are promoting some hazardous weather locally for s ca and s nv, as ell as sw ut. Main impact will be strong winds for the desert sw. Red flag warning where clark and sw Lincoln County deserts Las Vegas Dispatch lake mead nra colorado rivernv side. In affect now until 9pm saturday for strong winds and low relative humidites wind southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 35 mph inimum humidity. Right now strongest winds aren of 5nds will be gustier saturday dunday highest gusts aprx 35mph, t mu more thanthat . This evening look for mild temp rough the ovnht howevere stro 10pm tonight. Ofor temps. The mid 80s thrgh 9pm. By 11pm upper 70s. Th low 70s rmal temps are 82 most spots are 10 degrees above that today. Ghs wilremain above average through sunday, dropping down to anal levsy monday. Temps. Return. Tire extendedh st of next weeday low to mid 9 saturday 88 breezy, sunday tuesday 84 weather toss Christianne Klein october is Breast Cancer awareness month. N month. Today we look at a Breast Cancer treatment that promises faster treatment and less down time. Christianne Klein dr. Raul meoz is a radiation oncologist. He says 80 percent of Breast Cancer patients that require radiation use external beam radiation. Which treats the whole breast. But 20 percent can use this method partial breast radiation. Targeted treatment with less dr. Raul meoz radiation oncologist treatment only takes a few minutes the advantage of this is you can get the treatment done in one week as opposed to having to have 3456 weeks of radiation daily. Christianne Klein the targeted radiation treatment begins about a week after initial surgery to remove the cancer. dr. Raul meoz radiation oncologist so pretend the patient is lying here. This is the patients breast. The catheter is inside of the patient, we connect everything to the machine and the radiation is delivered through this tube into this area the goal behind the treatment. Faster recovery. No recurrance. dr. Raul meoz radiation oncologist the assumption is that if the cancer comes back its going to come back only in that area where the cancer was. So to give radiation to that site which is partial breast. Should eliminate the recurrance rate Christianne Klein for the month of October Mountain view hospital is offering 50 dollar mammograms. For more information or to schedul Dave Courvoisier this weekend the quest to find top dog kicks off in the valley. Metro police and a local nonprofit are hosting the police k9 trials at the orleans hotel. More than 40 police k9 teams from across the country are competing. The first leg of the tournament is tomrrow and will test their bomb and drug detection skills which is closed to the public. Then sundays event will showcase some of the most crucial skills that come with sgt Joshua Bitsko 21 25 2021 25 53 we put on display at a high level of training that we do with our police dogs and you know we have decoys out we have people in the bite suit and we you can see apprehention you can see agility just even strait obedience which people do at home with their own dogs you know sit healing laying down those type of things you know we put all than on display its a great event open to the public free top the public you can come out their and support your local agency we have handlers from lvmpd that are competing a Dave Courvoisier if you are interested in checking the event out, it starts are 8 am this sunday at the orleans arena. Christianne Klein 8 news now is your local election headquarters as we get to the final minutes of our debate cohosted by univision. Test test test stage. Christianne Klein hes divisive and dangerous. Uh, i dont know what i said. Uh. I dont remember. But congressman hardy supports trump 100 and said hell do whatever trump wants him to do. Are a drain on society and that seniors who rely on programs like Social Security are a draw on government. Donald trump and congressman hardy divisive and dangerous. As a marine combat veteran, i understand the sacrifices our military makes. Our benefits are earned, and we rely on them. Politicians like joe heck should understand that. Narrator joe heck voted federal government, risking Critical Services for nevada veterans. And during that shutdown, heck continued cashing his congressional paycheck. His military record deserves respect. But back in dc, joe heck is putting politics before nevada. And that doesnt work for me. Narrator vote vets is responsible for the content just about 3 minutes rep. Joe heck and Catherine Cortez masto will go head to head. Dave Courvoisier thats right 8 news now is teaming up with univision to bring you the debate between the two senate candidates. Christianne Klein stay with 8 news now as we continue to follow the debate throughout the night both on air and online at las vegas now dot com. Following the debate we will have a special wrap show from 8 to 9. Our 11 oclock newscast. Dave Courvoisier thanks for watching 8 news now at 6 30. Were always on at las vegas now dot com and our app. Along with facebook and twitter. Christianne Klein be sure to watch 8 news