Cooperation. sot pipe 8, 02 51 08 to all republicans democrats independents i say it is time for us to come together as one united people. President obama will host trump at the white house tomorrow to discuss the peaceful transfer of power. sot pipe 2, 12 21 10 it is no secret that the president elect and i have some pretty significant differences 11 21 50 we are now all rooting for his success in uniting and leading the country, standup bridge tr Transition Team today to go over potential cabinet appointments. He will take office in january with republican majorities in both houses of congress. House Speaker Paul Ryan said with his party in control, political logjams are a thing of the past. sot pipe 2,11 23 33 think about the laid off coal workers now who see relief coming. Think about the farmers who are being harassed by the epa and the waters of the usa. this is good for our country. Trump will take the oath of office ten weeks from friday. Dave Courvoisier not everyone is feelin
Like firearms inherited from family members. Reporting live, brittany edney, 8 news now. Christianne Klein thanks brittany. Background checks is supporting question one. They say they have the backing of more than 50 law enforcement, faith, and Business Leaders in nevada. Like the las vegas fraternal order of police david moody l. V. Fraternal order of police i think its not going to stop it but it will prevent it, and if it prevents one or two from getitng hurt because somebody bought a gun then its well worth it. Dave Courvoisier donald trump raised a lot eyebrows at a rally today. When he was talking about second ammendment rights in front of a donald trump r president ial nominee hillary wants to abolish essentially abolish the Second Amendment. By the way, and if she gets to pick booing in crowd if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, i dunno. But i tell you what, that will be a horrible day. Dave Courvoisier
Felt not far from here. Heavy rains caused this bad flooding in tucson, arizona. Intersections throughout the city flooded. And at least one car was totally submerged. Theyre dealing with rain thats expected to carry on into this morning. Kirsten Joyce a little bit of a lightning show for Southern Nevada last night. Compliments of arizona. The lightning you see on your screen is from across state lines. Locally, no rain to speak of. But we were able to see the light show looking east from the valley. Kirsten Joyce thanks for joining us on news now good day, the valleys news leader. Im Kirsten Joyce. brian loftus im brian loftus. Sherry hows the big storms yesterday in arizona with that tropical moisutre. Well stay dry and not as hot. Back to you diamond jones. The us 95 south ramp to south rancho remains closed. You will be detoured at mlk. About a monkey who was on a frontier airplane. Initial reports said that a passenger smuggled the monkey on the flight and at some point it escaped
Its Americas Party and while the ball may be dropping over in the east coast, no one celebrates quite like las vegas. Oh how boring to watch a ball drop, i grew up in new york city. This is the place to be. Around 332 thousand people from all over the world picked sin city to end their 2015. A lot of wild and craziness going on, thats what i anticipate. Well be ready, definitely, were english people were ready for it. Some people are saving their energy for tomorrow night, others have been celebrating for a while. Weve been partying for like three weeks solid. And im feeling good today. And while theyre celebrating the new year. The city is celebrating the new record. Theres a lot to celebrate here in las vegas, weve reached 42 million visitors for the year for 2015, and that beats our previous record of last year of 41. 1 million people. After seeing the highest number of visitors since las vegas started keeping track, the city is raising their successful 2015, and looking forward to
Breezes 1020 mph a lake wind advisory for gusts 3540 mph across the lake mead area. Winds should diminish in the valley 510 mph overnight right around firework time with a temp of 34 degrees. Overnight lows will stay around freezing through sunday with a high of 48 degrees for new years day 51 degrees saturday 55 sunday. Temps remain in the mid through wednesday with a slight chance of showers monday area showers possible tuesday wednesday. Heres your fox5 Traffic Solutions here is a look at your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. Accused of driving her car into a crowd of people on the strip. Had marijuana in her system when it happened. Fox 5s Abby Theodros has details on the report and what experts are saying about the findings. Carrison somewhere between 3 and 6 you can say that you