8 news now. Denise Valdez mauricio. Did the aircraft head straight to victorville from las vegas . Mauricio Marin we looked into that. It was about a two hour flight. Through an online flight radar we saw the jet head towards the phoenix area. Then it finally made its way to victorville. Weve been told it was doing test flights. Back to you. paul joncich the 15th annual las vegas taste and sounds of soul festival is taking over the fremont street experience. Denise Valdez its to celebrate black History Month. And thats where meterologist tedd florendo joins us from. Tedd. Outside right now very looking outside right now very sunshine. Winds remain light to calm throughout the valley, with some Colorado River valley. Heres the forecast for this evening hour by hour. Mild early on if you want to come down here and check out the festival. Still plenty of sunshine or clear weather this evening. Winds remain on the light end and we should be comfortable through the evening. Mild even by lat
Process. Protesting with signs along las vegas boulevard outside the Federal Building today. Folks told us last weeks caucus was terribly put together. Saying caucus sites at many schools were crowded. Many precincts were squeezed into classrooms meant for a few dozen people. Some sites we visited had classrooms filled with people and standing room only. Those protesting the Nevada Democratic caucus process today say its good to give the silver state more leverage when selecting president ial candidates. But not at the cost of leaving voters out of the process. Angie Sullivan protes ter were first in the west and i think thats very exciting however if the cost is that you dont get to vote at all then im not sure what first in the west means. its undemocratic for people not to be able o cast their vote for a president ial candiate. protesters say they went to caucus last week. And tell us computer issues, sites kept people from being able to take part. Mauricio Marin we reached out to t
Our state and country have reached out to help the families affected by wednesdays tornado. Wdbj7s Amanda Kenney is live in appommatox county. Amanda, theres an easy way others can help . Yes, kimberly. Donations can help tremendously. Clean up efforts have been great, but dont forget local leaders are asking everyone to stay out of the impacted areas because they are still unsafe. Many homes has been heavily damaged or destroyed so families are without a place to stay. So, the red cross is collecting financial donations. You can write check to the red cross, and specifiy the appomatox disaster to ensure the money will go towards the victims here. Ive also seen some go fund me pages that have been created to help the tornado. Nonperishable supply donations are being accepted at a couple locations. The appomatox Community Center and libery baptist church. If youre in lynchburg and want to help, you can bring nonperishable food, bottled water, clothing, cleaning supplies to any lynchburg
Open two hours late. Gusty winds days snow showers continue in those areas but as we head through today mopes to that will slowly come to an and but southwestern virginia the mountains a West Virginia it have to watch upper a few slick spots is you heading out this morning heres you weather headlines a chilly start you deftly one a bundle up temperature say twenties and thirties probably on your home tomorrow but at the wind benefiel colder than that strong gusty winds will have increasing sunshine county. But the shelters are open. Wdbj7s Amanda Kenney is at one of the shelters this morning. Good morning, amanda good morning, kimberly. Im at the appomatox Community Center, and the other shelter is at the pamplin Fire Department. Theyre staying open as local leaders continue to encourage victims to water, and food. But there is some good news this morning, ive checked the outage maps for the area and it looks like 100 of the power has been restored. Local leaders have warned that could
Pepco and exelon have 14 days to accept those conditions. If it is approved, this would be the final hurdle for this merger, and it could create the Largest Energy company in the united states. Good afternoon, and thanks for joining us. Im mike hydeck. The 10th and final republican president ial debate before super tuesday is more like a heavy weight fight. Nick giovanni with the score card. Reporter mark this down as a significant shift on the campaign trail. As far as debate strategies go, for marco rubio and ted cruz. Instead of trading shots at each other, in what has become essentially a battle for second place, the two had more of a Tag Team Effort working against donald trump. Donald, you can get back in the line. A lot of fun out here, i have to tell you. Thank you. Donald, relax. I am relaxed. Youre like a basket case. Go ahead. Dont get nervous. Tension ran high in houston. Ted cruz, and marco rubio took attacks on donald trump in the 10th g. O. P. President ial debate. Here