The overnight implosion of the riviera. That left behind nothing but rubble. Michelle Mortensen plus. The building going down sent dust in the wind. Sherry is tracking the gusts to see if the dirt is going to be blown all over the valley. brian loftus and. Uncle sam. Going for gold how much athletes have to pay. If they decide to sell their medals. Michelle Mortensen 8 news now good day, the valleys news leader, starts right now. now, live. This is 8 brian loftus thanks for waking up with us on 8 news now good day, the valleys news leader. Im brian loftus. Michelle Mortensen and im Michelle Mortensen in for kirsten. Another piece of classic las vegas. Turned to rubble. brian loftus was imploded overnight. You may remember just a couple months ago one of the towers was imploded. To make way for a new convention center. Michelle Mortensen and the final three buildings went down in a matter of seconds. Leaving nothing but piles of rubble. And a changing skyline along the strip. Michael st
Controlled demolition a few hours ago. Brian loftus thanks for joining us im brian loftus Michelle Mortensen and im Michelle Mortensen in for kiristen it was really amazing how quickly the las vegas landmark went down. By our count, it was about 20 seconds from denotation to demolition and a huge dust cloud poured out of the site, spreading out onto the roads and filling the air. A lot of history just went down the riviera was featured in the rat pack original oceans 11 in 1960, the James Bond Film diamonds are forever and casino in 1995. brian loftus lets not forget about all the huge headliners who performed there over the years. From liberace to dean martin. But the music stopped in may of last year after a 60year run. Its memories that many las vegas residents say theyll never forget. Lets take a look out at the brian loftus Michelle Mortensen Demetria Obilor closures in effect on the strip neasr Convention Center drive because of last nights implosion at the riviera. Use alternate
Donald trump calls for cold warstyle immigration tests. No major party nominee, in the history of the United States of america has been less prepared to deal with our National Security than donald trump. Donald trump tempermentally is unfit to be president of the United States. Hillary clinton lacks the mental stamina to take on isis. Police arrest a man who start ed a a wildfire that breas through a california community. People are dead after deadly flooding in louisiana. A tornado touched down on the ground. Were watching it. A curfew has been imposed in milwaukee following two nights of violent protests. We are in a positive place. The last tower of the hotel is reduced to rubble. Just a little in ohio, a monkey started bit of dust. Wandering in a walmart parking lot. Just monkeying around i guess. All that it will tight. A do i have for the line. Shaunae miller wins for the bahamas. And all that mattered Larry Wilmore addressing his abrupt cancellation. Our show going off the air h
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
Were coming and plucked from louisiana submerged under flood waters from heavy rains that began late last week. Roadways littered with cars abandoned after passengers had to evacuate. Thousands of people rescuev the rising waters the neighbors started knocking i started hearing all kinds of noise so i walked outside i saw water coming up the street they were trapped in cars. Oh my god im drowning were coming. Were coming and plucked from rooftops of homes it may be some time before the floodwater levels will dissipate. I want to stress the fact that this is still a significant flood event so nothing has changed from that. And youre in a safe location, that is the best place you should be right now. Stay in that location. Louisiana governor edwards issuing a state of emergency and receiving federal assistance promises from president obama. This an ongoing event, we still have hundreds of road closures around south louisiana. Roads that had been open are now impassable. Butt to im asking