Also tonight. A pathway to a brexit deal is still possible say borisjohnson and his irish counterpart leo veradkar after more than two hours of talks. Nissan warns that a no deal brexit would threaten the future of its car plant in sunderland, the largest in britain employing 6,000 people. Three decades after the fall of the berlin wall, a special report on russias bold moves to reclaim its role as an international superpower. And the queen of gymnastics americas simone biles seals her place in history as she becomes the first woman to win 5 all round world titles. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Can Northern Ireland hold on to shock the netherlands in rotterdam, as michael 0neills men bid for euro 2020 qualification . Good evening. Around 60,000 people have fled their homes in North Eastern syria on the second day of a major air and ground assault by turkish forces. Theres been heavy fighting in the central border region. Some civilians have been killed and dozens more have be
Eastbound sahara is blocked off at burnham avenue, which is just before the eastern intersection. Use desert inn and charleston to get around this one. While were talking about sahara, use caution around sahara and valley view where nv energy is reporting an outage. 2,0 customers are without power in the area. Theres a crash just off the westbound 25 exit to south decatur. Its blocking the right shoulder. Hours after a man was killed on the east side of the valley. brian loftus it happened around 11last night at boulder highway and nellis. Police say a man was crossing the street againt the signal. And was hit by a car. Police say the driver did not seem to be impaired and speed was not a factor. sgt. Richard strader metro police historically, over the past few years, these next few months are when our numbers start increasing. We dont want to see that happen. Letse but the only people who can make that change are you and me who are out here driving around, walking around, being parts
Were following breaking news this morning. brian loftus weve learned one person was killed in an overnight house fire. 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens is live on scene near sahara and lamb with the latest. Michael . brian loftus demetria, how are the roads . Building fire on Jimmy Durante and harmon. Watch out for a crash at charleston and lamb. Southbound traffic is still running slowly in the spaghetti bowl. The northbound i15 ramp to northbound 95 should be open after closing overnight for work on project neon. And theres more rain on the way to the devastated region again this morning. Don champion has the latest from baton rouge. Flood waters have shown little mercy on south louisiana. Torrential rains over the weekend, left entire neighborhoods, under water. From the air, the coast guard plucked people from the tops of their houses on the ground, the National Guard picked up people stranded in high water in all the governor says emergency workers rescued more than 20thousand
Meantime we know there is one person who died at about 4 00 two hours later investigators are on scene trying to figure out what happened in the parking lot. Theres one person they detained for questioning and hes in the back of the unit here but without handcuffs. Not clear what his involvement is. We know there was a fight between a number of homeless men on scene and thats times taken to the Trauma Center because of the injuries he later died. They were fighting over personal property. Theres an officer who got out not clear what the shield is used for or the need is right now so active scene as they continue to investigate. The fight originally was over personal property and the stabbed multiple times. Working on getting more information on what happened here. We are told the lieutenant will talk to us in a few minutes. Nico santos 12 today woman in a wheelchair is dead after she was hit by a car and the driver took off after that. Brian west near 48 street mcdowell with details on
Donald trump is asking africanamericans for their votes, as he vows to restore law and order in america. The republican president ial nominee spoke in wisconsin just days after a Fatal Police Shooting sparked street protesting. Trump repeatedly attacked his democratic rival. We reject the bigotry of Hillary Clinton, which panders to and talks down to communities of color and sees them only as votes. Thats all they care about. Hillary clinton is against the miners. She is against the police. Believe me. You know it and i know it, and guess what . She knows it. Those peddling the narrative of cops as a racist force in our society, a narrative supported with a nod by my opponent, shared directly in the responsibility for the unrest in milwaukee and many other places within our country. Joining us now, douglas herman, a political strategist. Welcome. So good to have you with us. So let me start with you. Here we have donald trump giving a law and order speech and practically the whole spee