And were still seeing the fallout over the outcome. But one expert is optimistic about what well see from our nations new leader. Christianne Klein drug addiction is a growing problem not only for nevada. But the entr weighing in on the issue. With the hope of getting addicts the help they need. paul joncich locals beware. Automated robocalls are getting worse. Especially in las vegas. But who is it thats making those annoying calls . Weve got the answer coming up. On the valleys news leader. flamingo shut down. It looks like police are taking a look at two damaged cars in the middle of your screen still not clear how serious any injuries are right now. Christianne Klein thanks for joining us at 6 30. Im Christianne Klein. paul joncich im paul johncich. With just 63 days to go until donald trump is inaugurated. The president elect had his first meeting with a world leader since the election. Christianne Klein as Kenneth Craig explains. This comes as trumps Transition Team continut the Transition Team at trump tower is meeting with lawmakers and politicians as it works to fill the ranks of president elect Donald Trumps new administration. Former mayor Rudy Giuliani was there. As was congressman Jeb Hensarling who currently sits on the House Financial Services committee. rep. Jeb hensarling rtexas we were talking tax policy, we were talking doddfrank, we were talking trade it was a wonderful conversation. Published reports say mr. Trumps soninlaw, Jared Kushner is being considered for paul ryan rwi House Speaker hes obviously a brilliant young man who dt trusts. Kenneth Craig cbs news, new york mister Trumps Campaign manager says appointments will likely be announced either right before or after thanksgiving. Which falls in line with previous transitions. Vicepresident elect mike pence visited capitol hill today and took a selfie with house republicans. pence very humbling to be back among my former colleagues. Were excited about moving the trump agenda forward. Mr. Pence assured lawmakers the transition is going smoothly. rep. Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers rwasg who was interested in serving in the cabinet to be submitting their names. Democrats on the hill are searching for their own way to work with the president elect. rep. Nancy Pelosi D California nfrastructure,naons, and inclioo ing people together. Nneth craig, cbs ws,ew york. Novations, and incll three of whh strengthen eaher. Democrats say its mister trumps responsibility to bring people together. Kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. paul joncich while many have voiced this years president ial election. Some experts argue our new president couldnt be coming into office at a better time. Jeremy Aguero applied analysis it doesnt mean we dont have short comings, it doesnt mean far too many people still dont have a job. It doesnt mean from a Foreign Affairs standpoint that we dont have very real and legitimate challenges. But if you take a look at the us today, theres a reason why foreign capitol continues to flow in to our country its because weve done a lot of things right. I think you could say the same thing about nevada. aguero also spoke about what we can learn from this years election. He says the biggest thing. That the polls we see leading up to november arent always right. Christianne Klein earlier this week. We reported that one of the men shown in the Netflix Docuseries making a murderer was granted release from prison. Well. A federal Appeals Court has now ruled that Brendan Dassey will stay behind bars. Even though his murder conviction has been overturned. The judge says that his release will remain blocked. To be resolved. Dassey and his uncle. Steven avery were convicted of killing a woman in 2007. Avery is currently waiting for forensic testing to be done. After his lawyers were granted a motion to test some of the evidence for a chemical used to plant blood and fingerprints. paul joncich earlier in the show. I told you about a super heroin thats popping up around the country. And as it turns out. The u. S. Surgeon general has released a report on the crisis of addiction for the first time ever. Doctor vivek murthy says countrys most pressing Public Health problems. Danielle nottingham reports on his call to action. Twenty million americans struggle with substance abuse. Seventyeight die each day from an opioid overdose. These findings in Surgeon General vivek murthys report have made drug and alcohol addiction one of his top priorities. vivek murthy Surgeon General there are millions of americans living in the shadows right now who need help, who need treatment disease, not a character flaw. He says medication and counseling work and Brain Science offers hope for recovery. What the science tells us very clearly is that addiction is in fact a chronic disease of the brain and we have to treat it with the same urgency, compassion and skill as we would any other chronic illness the Surgeon General hopes his report will help turn the tide against substance abuse. Much as the landmark report on tobacco in the 1960s helped galvanize the country to Ig David Gerber is the director of counseling at a new york treatment center. He told us earlier this year, he agrees that addicts can be helped with the right care. david gerber st. Christophers inn treatment works, we know that. for every dollar we spend on treatment we save taxpayers 7 dollars on other costs, whether its hospitalizations, long term illness, incarceration. The Surgeon General says only one in ten substance and thats a fact that has to change. Dn, cbs news, Los Angeles Paul joncich if you or anyone you know needs help, you can call the National Hotline for a treatment referral. Hotline for a treatment referral. That numbers on your screen now. 1800662help. Christianne Klein you know those automated telemarketing calls you get all the time . While state leaders are trying to stop them. The number of calls is actually going las vegas 702 area code was the 16th most robocalled area code in the country. In all. Vegas got more than 20 million. Three percent more than september. Whats worse. The entire country got 2. 4 billion calls. Which is a 261percent increase from one year ago. According to the Youmail Robocall index. most of the robocalls came from debt collectors. Christianne Klein you wont be alone. 3. 5 Million People in our region are expected to travel for the holiday. That about 1 and a half percent higher than 2015. According to triplea. Most will travel by car. And only a quarter will be flying. By the way. Las vegas ranked as number one on the list of most popular thanksgiving destinations. paul joncich if youve stepped outside today. You noticed a significant change in temperatures tedd florendo cold air has arrived behind a cold front that pass these are temps we havent seen since february as we finally dropped below normal. Temps today near 60 and unseasonably cooler than the mid 60s were supposed to be at. Winds still remain breezy at tomorrow and into our weekend. We have plenty of sunshine as well but become milder by the weekend. Neighborhood by neighborhood temps in the mid 60s and milder on the east side of town where were lower in elevation and obviously cooler for the westside near the mountain where wind barreling through. Regional temps also stayed chilly this morning and not too much of a warm up as well today as most of the state stayed little bigger today. Coming up. Well take you through todays adoption marathon. To see the emotional reactions from the kids being welcomed into permanent families. this is 8 news now at sixthirty. Hundreds of children need foster or adoptive homes. Christianne Klein well, today at family court, quite a few of them saw that dream come true. Dave courvoisier is here to explain. Dave Courvoisier november is National Adoption month, and the county celebrated National Adoption day today in las vegas. That means family court was overrun with eager families and kids. All day, the judges at family court were busy conducting adoptions from the bench. A steady stream of parents like lives are forever changed by an adopted child 21 55 13 but youve got to remember the greater good youre doing for the kids. Think about the happiness and joy youre bringing to their life. Youve got to think about the end goal of what youre trying to accomplish and really just stick with it. 21 55 29 i was honored to be asked to mc the ceremony this morning. Dave Courvoisier . And i got to meet spiderman and rapunzel lots of lives changed there this paul joncich you might need to make new travel arrangements next summer. Christianne Klein norweigian air is cancelling all flights to and from vegas for a few months. But its not because business is bad. Find out why. Next. announcer youre watching 8 news now at heres something youll probably only hear in the desert. From march to november of next year. Norwegian air will suspend flights from vegas to europe. Because the heat takes too much of a toll on its planes. Earlier this year. Passengers dealt with delays during the summer months because of those mechanical issues. The airline says the problems stem from the high capacity of their planes. Norweigian air hopes to have a so 2018. Christianne Klein fortunately. Were out of those really hot months now. paul joncich its finally cooling off. And with the holidays right around the corner. Folks are looking for places to get in the spirit. Tedd florendo is out at one of the most popular attractions this year. At the las vegas motor speedway. Hey tedd tedd florendo cold air has arrived last night. These are temps we havent seen since february as we finally dropped below normal. Temps today near 60 and unseasonably cooler than the mid 60s were supposed to be at. Winds still remain breezy at times as well but will decrease en weekend. We have plenty of sunshine as well but become milder by the weekend. Neighborhood by neighborhood temps in the mid 60s and milder on the east side of town where were lower in elevation and obviously cooler for the westside near the mountain where wind barreling through. Regional temps also stayed chilly this morning and not too much of a warm up as well today below average. Satellite and radar composite shows clear skies after the clouds we had yesterday. We have cooler weather in the wake of that cold front so temps will te while to recover. Were anticipating our first freeze of the season for some areas in souther nada. Eeze alerts have beenssued t las vegas not under thateeze a freeze warning as we get temps d chilly as youll need t jackett nds become more light breezes n earer today. Mr expect a high in the mid 6s and milder and finally aaverage for a cnge. Sunny skies. Tend forecar temps intth ight chance for next week. Overnight ws stay chi week. Jet dot com is here to help the online retailer teamed up with facebook to create the care calculator. It analyzes things like your relationship. And social interactions. And recommends a price range for a gift. Christianne Klein hes one of the biggest names in music today. But it wasnt always that way. paul joncich coming up. Were getting an up close look lived. Before he was selling out shows around the world. announcer youre watching 8 news now at i wanted the same plan that my mother had. Senior dimensions. Ars. And i love it if youre eligible for medicare, you need to take a look at the plan that offers you more than original medicare. Senior dimensions members pay a zero dollar monthly premium. Senior dimensions members pay a zero dollar copay for primary care doctor visits. And, our members pay a zero dollar copay for specialist visits and a zero dollar copay for hospital stays as well. I wanted a plan thats been here as long as we have. And our plan offers many tier one preferred generic drugs for a zero dollar copay at most local neighborhood pharmacies. I like that i have plenty of doctors and specialists to choose from. Senior dimensions offers a Broad Network of local providers including southwest medical associates, one of the largest and Fastest Growing multi specialty groups in nevada. Its what i want. And she gets what she wants paul joncich bruno mars is one of the latest stars to land a las vegas residency. Christianne Klein hell be at the park theater in december and march. But before he takes the stage. He took 60 minutes on a tour of where he and his family lived for a short time when he think were crazy, it did not look like this. It had a roof. There werent plants growing inside. I dont know what happened to the roof. The bed would be right there in the middle. Wed all sleep in one bed. Happy memories . The best. paul joncich the nowmillionaire says after his parents divorced. He. His father. And his brother lived in a concrete cabin inside a park for about 2 years. He says going back to wh stands is surreal. But reminds him of what inspired his music career. we had eachother. It never felt like it was the end of the world. Its alright wedont got electricity today. Its alright, its temporary. well, we going to figure this out. Maybe thats why i have this mentality when it comes to the music. Because i know im going to figureit out, just give me some time. Christianne Klein bruno mars also goes into in las vegas. You can see the full segment sunday at 7 pm. Here on channel 8. Christianne Klein and just a reminder. You heard it here yesterday. After bruno mars. Its Ricky Martins turn for a residency inside the park theater. His first show will be on april 5th. Christianne Klein thanks for watching 8 news now at 6 30. Dot com and our app. Along with facebook and twitter. paul joncich be sure to watch 8 news now at 11. From washington, d. C. , this is the jeopardy teen tournament. Here is our second group of semifinalists a junior from north woodmere, new york. A senior from sayreville, new jersey. And a freshman from dallas, texas. And now from dar constitution hall, alex trebek [ cheers and applause ] thanks, johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. I wanna start by telling you all that when i go back home to los angeles at the end of the week, im really going to miss this place because of people like you. Now if you watched yesterdays program, you know what a great competition it was. If todays game is as good, then were all in for a special treat. So, alec, emily, and connor, good luck. Here we go. Categories now in play are as follows. Next. Lit will come up in each correct response. [ laughter ] connor, you start us