Matters protesters interrupted trumps event. Rubio has taken full advantage trying to label trump a conman and even taking shots at his appearance. sen. Marco rubio, r president ial candidate he doesnt sweat because his pores are clogged from the spray tan he uses. Now results from georgia, virginia, and vermont should start rolling in around 7 oclock eastern time tonight. The last polls close in alaska at midnight. Reporting in washington d. C. , im scott mclean, now back to you. Kirsten Joyce 8 news now is your local election headquarters for everything related to the president ial campaign. On air and online at las vegas now dot com. And make sure to catch politics now tonight at 730. brian loftus right now. Metro police are investigating a violent overnight Home Invasion. Investigators say 3 armed men and 1 woman forced their way into a home on blossom Avenue Police say they robbed the home, hit a person inside on the back of the head, and then took off. We have a crew on the way t
Winds were howling outside brian loftus Mother Nature was stirring up some wild weather. Kirsten Joyce is it going to calm down anytime soon . kirsten, sherry and brian talk about the weather Sherry Swensk < its been a windy night. With gusts hitting 40 mph and higher. Those winds turned to our of the northwest overnight. This is a cold storm pushing rain and snow across Southern Nevada and the desert. The door will be open to colder air and some freezing nights. Highs today just near 50 degrees. Back to you. Kirsten Joyce North Las Vegas police are investigating the death of two women who were shot and killed in two separate incidents. brian loftus investigators say the two homicides are not related. Police tell us they received calls about shots fired shortly before 10 pm. They arrived to find a 20 year old woman suffering from gunshot wounds. She was taken to the hospital, where she later died. North Las Vegas Police say they believe this shooting was domestic related. And that a ma
Toss to wx Sherry Swensk < gusty winds continue this morning. Some neighborhoods getting bursts of wind up to 40 and 50 mph overnight. Those stronger winds will calm down, but well stay breezy as the cold core of the storm rolls in today. That will increase the chance of showers and possibly even some thunder with the colder air aloft. Demetria. < Demetria Obilor nhp reported a crash on southbound i15 down by russell. Not seeing any delays down that way, but watch out for it on your shoulders. Crash reporetd on the eastern onramp to northbound 95. No major tieups there either. East side crash on lamb, north of sahara. Watch out for that. Its in a construction zone. < back to you. Brian Loftus Lee caynon is expected to receive inches of snow today. Kirsten Joyce if youre planning to head up there , this weekend. The Forest Service announced their Mount Charleston Winter Alliance a collection of agencies dedicated to keeping people safe on the mountain. Nhp says make sure youre prepared
Patrol officer during what the sheriff called a chance encounter in an apartment complex. The veteran officer returned fire but may not have hit the shooter, who ran off and became the focus of an hourslong manhunt south of the las vegas strip. He was found more than four hours later, several miles away Sheriff Joe Lombardo metro police we did have a pretty tight perimeter associated with the event and hopefully well be able to discern that from the interview with the suspect but he was able to get out of the perimeter. Michael Stevens lombardo says its not clear what prompted the shooting or how the man eluded police who blanketed a wide area around where shots were fired. There is no information yet on the identity of the suspect. Michael Stevens the sheriff says the wounded officer is a police veteran. Brian loftus michael. Was there only one person arrested in connection with the shooting . Michael Stevens brain. As of right now. All we know is one person has been arrested. More ar
They had a late night hosting our countdown to 2016. Some 330 thousand people packed the world famous Las Vegas Strip to ring in the new year. Patrick Walker but after the party. Comes the cleanup crews. Street sweepers got to work fast to get the roads ready to reopen. Michelle Mortensen Michael Stevens is live in front of caesars. Hey michael, anybody still celebrating . patrick, michelle. What a night to say the least. It was only a few hours ago thousands packed these streets now cleanup crews are still working to bring some normalcy back to las vegas boulevard. Just a few hours ago. People from all over the world packed the Las Vegas Strip to ring in the new year. And it seems everything went off without a hitch it was fun. Bottom line. It was fun. it was pretty fun. Loud. There were a lot of noise makers. The fireworks were beautiful. They were erywhere. You just look everywhere they were coming out of the hotels near circus circus where you can see like above the circus circus a