Kirsten Joyce plus. Part of the 215 shutting down this weekend. The reason for the closure. Thats sure to cause some traffic backups. brian loftus and. Comedy and juggling combine strip headliner Jeff Civillico stops by to talk about tonights show for charity. Kirsten Joyce 8 news now good day, the valleys news leader, starts right now. now, live. This is 8 news now good day. brian loftus thanks for waking up with us on 8 news now good day, the im brian loftus. Kirsten Joyce im Kirsten Joyce. Sherry Swensk and im Sherry Swensk. Cue the music baby its cold outside youre definitely going to want out the door. Maybe even a scarf and gloves weather . Sherry Swensk the colder air is here and temps are feeling it. Were in the low 40s at mccarran right now. Light winds and highs just near 60 yesterday have allowed temps neighborhoods. Highs in the low 60s today. A slow warm up over the weekend with sunshine is coming. But also showers in the forecast back to you tonight. Theres a major road closure you need to know about. Thanks for joining us, im Kirsten Joyce. brian loftus and im brian loftus. Parts of the 215. Will shut down starting at 9oclock tonight. Until monday morning. Kirsten Joyce we have Team Coverage this morning. Demetria is standing by in studio with your alternates. And Michael Stevens has everything you need to know about the closure. Lets start there, michael . Michael Stevens brian, kirsten. This could pose a major problem for those living in henderson trying to get to the the southwest part of town vice versa. The 215 will close in both directions 9tonight. Until monday morning at 5am. Its so crews can install parts of a flyover offramp over the highway. Those headed to the airport shouldnt have a problem getting to the airport connector. But expect some delays because thats where drivers will have to get off if they dont do it any earlier. Anyone leaving the airport will but if youre headed to henderson youll have to figure out another way. All this work is for phase two of the airport connector project. Which includes the construction of a new flyover ramp. New bridges. And some widening. The complete project wont be done until next year. Tonight at 9pm, 215 at the airport connector will shut down in both directions through 5am monday. Avoid the area because there will be a lot of delays. All a the freeway at the airport connector. Heres a look at how things are running along the 215 right now. No major slow downs along the south beltway. Back to you brian loftus brian loftus and run crash. It happened last night near flamingo and torrey pines. Median, and slammed into a pickup truck. The female passenger in the mustang died on scene. But the driver got out of the car and walked away. Police say there were no signs the driver was impaired and its unclear why he left. Brian Loftus Pahrump police are investigating yet another instance of a person housing exotic animals. Kirsten Joyce the Nye County Sheriffs Office seized a total of 15 animals from Jacki Freeman and abby hedengran. Everything from a tiger, panther. To lions. They do have specialo custody of the animals. Police received reports of exotic animals not being properly cared for. And later found them locked up, living in bedrooms in dirty conditions. The animals were living with freeman at the time. She was not arrested, but was cited for animal cruelty. The animal permit is now being reviewed on whether the owners can keep it. Kirsten Joyce this new animal case comes on the heels of a pahrump houston. Where shes facing charges for child endangerment. Investigators say trisha meyer let exotic animals roam her home with a juvenile. Animal control found three tiger cubs in the backyard. And eight monkeys, a skunk, and a fox inside her home. The animals have since been taken into protective custody. Kirsten Joyce new picks announced overnight. brian loftus the new names added to the list of president elect Donald Trumps team. Kirsten Joyce plus. Construction on the beltway seems neverending, but progress is being made. Demetria shows you what crews driving you crazy . brian loftus and. Mighty miners are turning into mighty leaders. The Program Helping them find gold and their confidence in whats cool at school. youre watching the valleys news leader. With brian loftus, Kirsten Joyce, sherri swensk and Demetria Obilor. Brian loftus 4th and 5th graders, of a simulated mine, in todays whats cool at school. brian loftus learning the history, science and engineering of mining. From a group of fourthgraders they are called mighty miners, and at mccaw elementary, these student body leaders give tours of mccaw school of mines, a simulated mine on campus riley born mighty miner i love telling people about the modern day history, and the backintheday hio brian loftus mighty miners present to 50 schools and 200 classes each year. The simulated mine, now in its 20th year, has delivered a handson field trip experience to over 100,000 visitors Andrea Compton magnet coordinator just how well they do, how much they learn, and how passionate they are to give tours of the mine and the school, and they will speak to kids, adults, strangers theyll talk to anybody once they learn the mighty miners arrive before school to train, study on their own, and shadow more seasoned mighty miners to learn on the job riley born mighty miner toughest part of being a tour guide is learning all the facts about the mine, and learning all the artifacts and what theyre used for. brian loftus we toured the rocks and Minerals Room and in the history and engineering room we learned how miners smelled poisonous gases, and stopped chirping the miners ran. It changes the air from cabon monixide into oxygen so you can breathe it. Victoria utley mighty miner victoria where can i find the gold . Brian what do you tell them . Victoria i tell them, well, you just have to look through really hard to see if look through really hard to see if you can find them. Hunter anderson mighty miner ooh, the most gold ive ever seen someone find. Like four flakes the gold in the country, and seems students are hoping most of it is in this room. As they sift through polished rocks and fools gold, panning for the real thing. brian loftus beyond the tour, this stem focused learning is helping mighty miners develop confidence, and profound leadership and professional skills, that will serve them well throughout life Hunter Anderson mighty miner it helps me because im actually real to talk to more people, and stuff like that. Andrea compton magnet coordinator when students are interested in things, theyre so passionate and can become so knowledgeable. brian loftus and thats whats cool at school brian loftus to vote for this program or if you know something thats cool at school just head to las vegas now dot com. Itll be under the Community Tab under sections. Or send us an email. Cool at school at las vegas now dot com. The winner will receive 250 bucks for their program. sherry, hows the clear and cold this morning with temps dropping to very chilly 30s as we expected. Kids grab a warm hoodie for school this morning. And hang in there for one more day before your holiday week starts . The winds have calmed down but the cold has set in. The afternoons will stay a little below normal for now. But then warm up through the weekend to around 70. And then a chance of showers will show up late sunday. Into sunday night and a better chance of rain into monday. This will be our only chance of rain for a couple of weeks, and the rest of thanksgiving week will be sunny and mild. Temps stay in the mid to upper 60s next week and even near 70 degrees for thanksgiving thursday. Thanks, sherry. Now to demetria for a look at the roads. Back to you brian loftus just into the newsroom. brian loftus thousand people are without power right now on the east side of the valley. The outage is due to some sort of equipment failure and began shortly after 5 am. Nv energy expects power to be restored sometime around 8 am. Kirsten Joyce president obama was in berlin, germany earlier this morning. And is now off to peru. He spoke with european leaders. About extending sanctions against russia, as well as president elect Donald Trumps intentions regarding the country. President obama is now making with other heads of state. This is his final trip overseas as commander in chief. Kirsten Joyce and new this morning. Just a couple hours ago. President elect donald trump announced his pick for cia director. Kansas congressman, mike pompeo. A conservatic republican. President elect trump also announced this morning that he nominated alabama senator Jeff Sessions to be us attorney general. And returned Lieutenant GeneralMichael Flynn to be National Security advisor. brian loftus together. To give back to the community. Kirsten Joyce popular strip act Jeff Civillico joins us in studio to talk more about his headliner bash tonight. brian loftus and its time for todays facebook contest. Register to win on our facebook page. Good luck Demetria Obilor switch to centurylink and get up to 40 megs of highspeed internet for just 20 a month. Thats the speed you need to stream. Game. Connect on social media. Learn, shop and more with fast inhome wifi. So call 844560link. Get up to 40 megs of highspeed internet for just 20 a month for one year when bundled with a qualifying home phone plan and autopay. Speed may not be available in your area. Call today. With the northern beltway project that improved 215 between n. 5th st. And decatur. A new interchange at revere street was also built, however, the ramps will remain closed the other two Major Projects happening along 215 right now are the airport connector project, which michael has been telling you about this morning and the northwest beltway build out project. Youve probably noticed lots of cones and work happening around the ann road and Lone Mountain intersections on 215. Eventually, both of those intersections will be turned into interchanges. Crews will also improve Flood Control and expand the western beltway bike pedestrian trail. Whats driving you crazy . Traffic 8 at las vegas now dot com. Back to you. brian loftus strip headliner, Jeff Civillico, joins us this morning. Hes making people smile all for a good cause. Kirsten Joyce hes got a big event tonight. Hosted by his own organization to help support our community. The 5th annual headliners bash penn teller theater at the rio magicians, etc humanitarian of the year though his organzation winwin entertainment. You can purchase them on our website, las vegas now dot com. vegas now dot com. november has taken a chilly turn a you know what to wear for your outdoor plans. Demetria Obilor plus. A traffic headache this weekend for thousands. Ive got your way around the 215 westbound closure. Kirsten Joyce and. Bruno mars returns to his humble beginnings. The 1 room building he lived in. With his dad and brother. Thats now in ruins. brian loftus 8 news now good day, the valleys news leader, starts right now. now, live. This is 8 8 news now good day, the valleys news leader. Im Kirsten Joyce. brian loftus im brian loftus. Sherry Swensk and im Sherry Swensk. No doubt about it fall is here and it is cold sherry, hows the weather . Kirsten Joyce tonight. Theres a major road closure you need to know about. brian loftus parts of the 215. Will shut down starting at 9oclock tonight. Until monday morning. Kirsten Joyce 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens is off the 215 with whats going on. Hey michael . Michael Stevens brian, kirsten. For those living in henderson trying to get to the the southwest part of town vice versa. The 215 will close in both directions at the airport connector from 9tonight. Until monday morning at 5am. Its so crews can install parts of a flyover offramp over the highway. Those headed to the ap to the airport connector. But expect some delays because thats where drivers will have to get off if they dont do it any earlier. Anyone leaving the airport will be able to head west. But if youre headed to henderson youll have to figure out another way. All this work is for phase two of the airport connector project. Which includes the construction of a new flyover ramp. New bridges. And some widening. Now. Lets send things over to demetria. Who has a list of w around this mess. Demetria . Demetria, how are the roads . Avoid 215 at the airport connector this weekend. There will be major delays in the area. Use surface routes to get into the airport instead. Theres a crash near mccarran at the bermuda pilot intersection. Disturbing details alleged child predator. 63yearold jose azucena was arrested earlier this week. Police say over the past year, he used candy to lure children into his apartment near nellis and charleston. According to the report, azucena would expose himself and sexually assault the children. Then said he would hurt or kill their parents if they said wha allegations. Police say they know of at least 4 victims but there could be more. If you suspect your child is involved. Call metro police. Kirsten Joyce still to come on 8 news now good day. The first hard rock in las vegas. Closing its doors. brian loftus the reason why the company is shutting down the restaurant. Kirsten Joyce plus. A virtual, holiday experience. A look at the creation of this years adventure to santa experience. youre watching the valleys news leader. With brian loftus, Kirsten Joyce, sherri swensk and this is 8 news now good day brian loftus today is your last day to donate a turkey and its fixings. To help families across the valley. Were hoping to collect enough food. Or you can make a cash donation. At the smiths locations on your screen. Kirsten Joyce donny and marie osmond will flip the swith at the linqs Tree Lighting ceremony tomorrow. The celebrations get underway at 6 pm. There will even be performances by the fern adair dancers. brian loftus and the annual holiday parade gets underway at downtown summerlin starting tonight. It starts at 6 pm. Followed by the Tree Lighting ceremony. It takes places every weekend. December 16th. Is is free to attend. Kirsten Joyce and another holiday favorite is now underway at Fashion Show Mall were talking about adventure to santa. This years theme is kung fu panda. Heres a timelapse showing work on it from start to finish. Its open daily through christmas eve. Packages cost on average between 35 to 75 dollars per family. sherry hows the weather today . Morning with temps dropping to very chilly 30s around the valley and near freezing outside the valley just as we expected. The cold has set in. The afternoons will stay a little below normal for now. But then warm up through the weekend to around 70. Today back to low 60s. Mornings stay chilly for a while with the longer nighttime hours. And then a chance of showers will show up late sunday and a better chance into monday. This will be our only chan. Temps stay in the mid to upper 60s next week. Sherry Swensk first snowfall i70 was closed due to crashes, 1 person died one accident involved a semi and at least 22 vehicles demetria, how are the roads . Back to you brian loftus back to you whats left of one of his childhood homes. For the first time bruno mars the bed would be right there in the middle. Lara logan yea. And you all sleep in 1 bed . Bruno wed all sleep in one bed. Lara happy memories . Bruno the best. Kirsten Joyce next on 8 news now good day. More of the interview with bruno mars that youll only see here on channel 8. Plus. i am charlie rose. Coming up, in our series, a more perfect union, an unlikely friendship. Why an 82 year old man considers a four Year Old Girl to be an angel. Coming up on cbs this mi youre watching 8 news now good day. Bruno mars wasnt always selling out shows on the strip and living a life full of 24 karat magic. The singer just returned for the first time. To one of the places he lived. Which is now in ruins. Mars and his family crew up in hawaii. After his parents divorced, mars and his brother lived with his than 2 years. They didnt even have all the basic necessities bruno mars where we were staying at first didnt have a bathroom, so wed have to walk across the park to this other spot that had a bathroom. Lara logan wow. And sometimes in the middle of the night . Bruno in the middle of the night. Demetria Obilor mars says they also lived on the tops of buildings, and the back of a car. Mars treasures those memories. Hit maker he is today bruno mars we had it all. We had each other. And it never felt like it was the end of the world. Its alright. We dont got electric today. Its alright, its temporary. Well figure this out. Maybe thats why i have this mentality when it comes to the music. I know im going to figure it out. Just give me some time. Demetria Obilor you can check out the full piece right here on channel 8. This sunday during 60 minutes sherry, hows the weather today . Sherry Swensk a very chilly start to friday. Nevada. Hopfully youve set your spinklers for the daytime hours. These temps in the 30s will put some ice on the sidewalks if youret watering overnight. The daytime hours are fine for daytime watering now with highs. Dont forget scouting for food drive on saturday. Fill your yellow Plastic Grocery bag and set by the front porch for the scouts to pick up tomorrow to help fill pantries. A chance of rain by late sunday into monday. Sherry Swensk first snowfall of the season georgetown, colorado yesterday i70 was closed due to crashes, 1 person died and at least 22 vehicles demetria, how are the roads . Avoid 215 at the airport connector this weekend. There will be major delays in the area. Use surface routes to get into the airport instead. Theres a crash near mccarran at the bermuda pilot intersection. Back to you brian loftus and were looking live right brian loftus and were looking live brian loftus and were looking live right now at Jerome Mack Middle School on karen and lamb. Kirsten Joyce parents, teachers and students are protesting the schools consideration to be part of the Achievement School district. Mack middle school is one of 9 on the final list. To change districts and be run brian loftus its a brand new evolution of taco brian loftus taco bell going all out its a brand new evolution of taco bell theyre unveiling on the Mauricio Marin remember the little chihuaha that use to say yo quiero taco bell . Its coming a long way from that. Brian Loftus Mauricio what is youre favorite item off this late night menu . Or are you going to go straight for a cocktail Mauricio Marin the fourth meal they got the bean burritos, but the important thing. You gotta get the extra cheese and the extra onion. If you havent done that before its really good. Add on another couple of crunchy tacos and youll be good to go. brian loftus i am writing this down. 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