News 3s Kelsey Thomas brings us this amazing reunion. Thank you veterans i was sitting in the hallway for about 15 minutes. I mean, ways nervous. I mean, i dont get nervous very often. Reporter major beau is waiting for the moment his children have no idea is coming. I didnt really want to pull them out of school. Reporter decked now his camouflage fatigues he walks into their school cafeteria. I looked at them and i wanted to go and give him a hug but i didnt know fi was allowed to. Reporter standing on stage with his classmates, tenyearold joe is in shock. I didnt want to get in trouble. One of the teachers says go get him joe rushes to his dad for a giant bear hug. It felt good. Because i havent seen him in so long. Reporter then his little brother 8yearold cole runs over. Both hold on tightly to their waiting for for nine months. Reporter on this veterans day, far away from kuwait, the major is just dad. Hes home just in time for the annual parade in downtown las vegas. So weve been coming out to this parade since theyve been, you know, little babies. First time he came out he was three days old. Reporter today the American Flag waves a symbol of the freedom this dad has fought so hard for. Its nice to honor those people who have gave us our freedom. It makes them feel really good inside too. Reporter but nothing feels as good as being able to sit with their dad. Joe and cole are sure to remember this day forever. It was perfect. Reporter in downtown news 3. . [music] . Jim love to see that every year. Another story we never tire of reporting. About 70 wounded veterans are getting the high roller treatment this weekend as a way to say thank you to them from mgm resorts international. News 3s sergio avila is live at the mirage. These men and women really did get a heros welcome that they deserve. Reporter jim, you know, were talking about the velvet ropes and the red carpet treatmentor women. They were welcomed by cheerleaders, a marching band and hundreds of mgm employees. . [ music ] . This is so awesome. Oh my gosh. This is so important to me. Thank you so much. I really appreciate this. Jim you know, this is mgm and the mirages sixth year of hosting this. I mean, the men and women will be here until tuesday of next week. Theyre going be doing everything on the house. Of course were talking about fancy dinners and great shows and everything las vegas and mgm has to offer. Reporting live, sergio avila, news 3. Back to you in the studio. Jim right on cue the show girls walk right behind sergio thank you for that. 30 wild fires burning it looks like many of them may be the work of an arsonist. Investigators are looking for clues around these wildfires burning in burke, mcdowel and caldwell counties. At least ten of the fires bigger than 100 acres and the firefighters are really worried about the weekend because its very dry there. Strong winds could make this a whole lot worse. Reed a similar scene unfolding in northern georgia where a fire called the rough ridge wildfire has spread to more than 10,000 acres there. Started from a Lightning Strike in the Chattahoochee National forest. So far its 13 percent contained. Nearly 300 firefighters are assigned to get that one under control. Four people stabbed inside a mental facility in pennsylvania today. The suspect shot by police. This happened at a facility in homestead which is closed to pittsburgh. The armed man identified as 38yearold dustin johnson. Authorities say he dropped the knife but refused to put down his gun as his victims were bleeding he was conscience when taken to the hospital for treatment. An employee says johnson was complaining about his stay at the facility and how it had, quote, ruined his life. Jim for the class of 2016 College Graduates here are sobering statistics. The privilege of hanging a diploma on your wall comes at a steep cost. The tune of 37,000 in Student Loan Debt on average. And as far as the job market goes . Over half, 51 percent of recent graduates say theyre working at some employers say there are millions of jobs in this country, millions of highpaying jobs going ub filled because they cant find workers with the right skills to do them. In north carolina, College Bound students are taking a second look at the pursuit of degrees in what they consider now useless majors instead of Going Old School with the apprenticeships. One of my friends just graduated college, four year degree and he is working at best buy. Thats not what you are strive years of apprenticeship were guaranteed a job that is going to make a base salary of 55,000. You cant ask for better than that. Jim this sunday on full measure with Sharyl Attkisson a look at how some students are skipping college for cash. Thats at 9 00 a. M. And again at 9 30 p. M. Reed Robert Redford hanging up his acting career. He will retire after his next two movies. He is not getting out of the have more time for his other hobby which is painting. He admitted he is getting tired of acting. His final two films will be our souls at night and old man with a gun a crime thriller. Redford founded the sun dance Film Festival and was awarded the Lifetime Achievement in 2001. Jim today news that Robert Vaughn has passed away. He stars as a spy in the hit uncle the series inspired a big screen remake last year. He also got an oscar nomination in 1959 for his supporting role in the young philadelphians. Vaughn bossdaway after a short battle with acute leukemia. He was 83 years old. Reed a trip to the dentist takes an unexpected turn and its caught on ra. Jim the close call for one man seconds before this car comes plowing right into the runin reblz begin their regular season with the first of 30 games on the schedule. Randy was there and hell have a ive had senior dimensions for over 20 years. 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. Local Medicare Advantage plans in nevada, 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 reed it is a good thing a Dentist Office was still closed when this happened. Check it out. It happened just after the Office Closed in naples, florida. Thankfully nobody was sitting in that chair otherwise they would be seriously injured if not worse. Look at that the man cleaning the office had just walked out. He was not seriously hurt. Jim if you had trouble booking an Airline Ticket today you werent alone. There was a glitch i known as sabre that shut down bookings for an hour this morning. The system is used by the Major Airlines and caused delays at several airports. It went down around 9 00 in the morning our time. It was recovered about an hour later. The system is also used by hotels and travel agents. It coordinates the sale of tickets and Available Hotel rooms. Reed a lot of people are jumping on the whole manikin challenge bandwagon. Jim that includes the Cleveland Cavaliers and the first lady. Take a look at this. To the white house to celebrate their championship and they tweeted out this video captioning it freezing our white house visit if time forever with the flotos the first lady of the united states. Reed while my kids are driving me nuts well say a new game everybody. Hold still. Jim theres also one you should look for sent out by the department. Its hilarious. Reed did they tweet it out . Jim im not sure. We want to look at the stories were going to bring you at 7 00. Reed firefighters rescue a man from a burning building then hand him over to police. Why officers say this isnt the first time theyve found strangers in that building. Jim and well tell you about the glitch on facebook that has some users telling friends rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated. If it happens tonight on news 3 live at seven. Reed we saw that and almost sent Kevin Janison our Weather Authority flowers today. [ laughter ] were glad to see he is still alive and kicking as my grandma would say. Jim absolutely. You wouldnt want to miss a minute of this kevin i appreciate you waiting until i am dead before you send the flowers. [ laughter ] well be looking for that. Here is a view from our camera on top of mandalay bay looking up the strip toward the north on a beautiful friday night. What a weekend we have in traffic but that will probably pick up with all the activities. Of course well deal with road closures. Got the honor ride and the marathon. Well have great weather. Although tomorrow for a lot of these activities including the air show at nellis not as clear as today. We do expect clouds that well be dealing with most of the day tomorrow. 72 degrees near lamb and vegas valley. No wind. Humidity at 25 percent. Next stop takes us to buffalo one more visit will take us to overton and moapa valley checking in at 63 and 36 percent humidity. Most neighbors dipping into the 60s. I do say most neighborhoods. We are seeing a couple of pockets of 70 degree air mainly from the Near East Side to the southeastern portion of the valley. Cool in summerlin as you go up in elevation. Theyre down to 62. We have two weather stations. One is at lundy elementary. The other at the lodge. We could see a five degree spread. The lodge is at 37 but the Elementary School coming in at 43. Mesquite in the mid60s. Boulder city at 70. As you map out your saturday and, of course, that depends on elevation. My mind works in weird places just hit rewind. 62 degrees as you begin saturday at 8 00 a. M. Well hit the 70s by lunchtime. Well make tout the mid70s before pulling back in the afternoon. Wind will not be a factor. Thats not going to last. Cloud free today but there are clouds knocking on the door. They will be in the valley or at least overhead as early as tomorrow morning. Not the widest swath of clouds but it will take much of the day to get them through. Not expecting rain. Not expecting major cool down. Thats going to happen with the next action thats going to slide through and that was due in by middle of next week. Right now if you are traveling this weekend, friday night temperatures, 64 in reno. 77 phoenix. About 80 in southern california. 67 in san francisco. 66 up in salt lake. For Southern Nevada tonight going down to the mid30s on the mountain. Maybe upper 30s in pahrump and 45 in indian springs. Highs tomorrow. Mesquite 77. Laughlin 84. At the lake an even 80. Up on the mountain 54 for the Las Vegas Valley clear most part. Theyll come through in a thick wave then filter some of the warmth out of the sun. 75 our expected high. 7day forecast . Sunshine returns on sunday. By monday super moon day we should be cloud free. Thats going be a great night. The breezes pick up tuesday. Tuesday will be our last chance at 80 degrees in 2016. One more shot. That would tie some records. Then look out. 60s barely. Whining going on one week from today. So chilly this morning. Jim we almost made it to thanksgiving. I mean, come on. Reed makes the manikin challenge rather natural. I just tweeted that out with kevin and jims link. Jim College Basketball season underway tonight with game one of the regular season. Reed sports director randy howe getting ready for the opening tip. Reporter thats a really good question. No one is expecting it to be. But after two big exhibition wins last week and the team scored over 90 points it looks like the runnin rebels hit the court with confidence and theyll open up the regular season with the South Alabama jaguars. And game one of 30 on the schedule including three of the top five teams in the nation next month. The rebels will play their first five regular season games here in the thomas and ma the sun belt conference. Theyre coming off a down year. They were just 1419 last year. The program hasnt had a winning record in four seasons. None of that matters to new head coach marvin menzies. He has a team that only has a few returning players and he did like what he saw last week. And he feels right at home at the thomas and mack after just a few exhibition games. I think the exhibition games kind of serve that purpose to games in and then having had the opportunity to sit in this arena before as an assistant coach, even though i wasnt the head coach. But just to be engaged in, you know, being a rebel once before, i feel like im coming back home, you know. So its more of a feel good than it is nervousness. Its calming but yet, you know, excited more for the kids. Reporter that game is going to tip off shortly. Well they hit the century mark earlier here in the thomas and mack. They beat concordia 10246. Dakota gonzalez with 17 points in the win. Lets talk golf. The pga stop in mexico city. They had some hazards on their link. A band of small furry animals went all over the place. Check them out. Theyre part of the raccoon family and they can be found all Gary Woodland leads the tournament 13 under. Las vegas native scott percy is third. Two shots off the pace. Speaking of golf. There are nice tracks in mesquite. No critter problems there either. Congratulations to kevin lucas of folsom, california. He won the mesquite games of 2016. Nevada hope taking home the coveted trophy and check for 28 grand. He had four birdies and an eagle. The former wolf pack golfer 28,000 check is his lst he beat 215 other golfers as the nevada open is becoming a popular golf event. Mesquites such a great golf destination and the nevada open is another part of that tradition that we have here in mesquite to have a fantastic tournament. We expand the field this year to 215 players. We have another 40 on the way. I had to make a putt on the last hole from ten feet and to win by one. So that felt really good. It is a great time of year. So its perfect to come out here and play in an event with 215 golfers. Reporter pretty cool stuff. Really cool tonight here in the thomas and mack. Runnin rebelsSouth Alabama. Marvin menzies era will begin. Highlights tonight at 11. Back to you. Reed a massive tribute to honor veterans day. Jim were going tell you jim count on the high clouds tomorrow morning. Well make it to the midseventies in the afternoon. And more sunshine back on sunday for the big cool down comes by middle of next week. Downtown jerry brown will have the latest forecast saturday morning on news 3 today. That broadcast begins at 6 00 a. M. News dudes . Jim thank you news dude. I celebrating it so we thought this was a fitting end to the show. This huge version of old glory. Reed its referred to as the Worlds Largest American Flag. It was unfurled on the George Washington bridge today. Its located on the upper arch of the bridges new jersey tower. 450 pounds. 90 feet long. 60 glorious feet wide. The stripes are about five feet wide and the stars measure four feet in diameter. Holidays including labor day and, of course, on veterans day. Looks beautiful. Reed to good to see that. Thank you to our veterans and people who kept the home fires burning as well. Jim absolutely. Thank you all for your service. That will do it for us. Thanks for having us in tonight. Is he dead. Latoya on news 3 live at seven, exclusive Dramatic Video Shows Police shooting a man armed with a gun. What police did to save lives in this dangerous situation. Hit by a school bus on a south valley street. How she is recovering tonight. Latoya on this veterans day, a local guardsmen gives his kids the best surprise. Announcer news 3 starts right now. Reed news 3 has obtained this cell phone Video Showing Police take down an armed man. We are looking at that tonight. Thank you for staying latoya im latoya silmon. Instead of Bullets Police fired bean bags at the suspect avoiding a deadly confrontation. Antonio castelan has the story you will only see on three. Reporter the man who recorded the Police Shooting says if it wasnt for the cops actions, the suspect might have killed them
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