Mileperhour winds. gov. Rick scott, r florida its here, its absolutely here. Officials saying the effects of matthew will be unlike any hurricane in decades and that some places may become uninhabitable for weeks or months. gov. Rick scott, florida we are already starting to see the impacts. And it is a monster. Again, our number one priority is protecting power lines are down across the state. Hundreds of thousands are without power. But despite repeated calls to evacuate and predictions of a devastating storm surge, gov. Rick scott, r florida 11 feet possible storm surge. In your house, if youre close, you could have storm surge and waves over your roof. Some people say theyre staying put. mos were all scared. We all think were going to be okay but nobody knows. mos ive been through all the storms here growing up Sharie Johnson thanks, dianne. brian loftus coverage this morning with sherry. Who is tracking Hurricane Matthew. Sherry, it looks like the storm is looping back around to t
Gov. Nathan deal r georgia Storm Force Winds effecting the state of georgia and will continue to do so for the next 24 hours. Butt sot gov. Nikki haley R South Carolina it is getting worse and so were looking at major storm surges, we are looking at major winds butt sot gov. Pat mccrory r North Carolina the greatest impact to North Carolina will be saturday thru sunday morning. President obama is urging residents in those areas to be on guard. pres. Barack obama those of you who live in georgia, i think should be paying attention because theres been a lot of emphasis but this thing is going to keep on moving north through florida into South Carolina. There are Large Population centers there that could be vulnerable. Christianne Klein were told the damage from the storm could cost 25 to 70 billion dollars. And in an effort to help with relief efforts our Parent Company nexstar to donate just head over to our website and click the link at the top of our page. paul joncich Hurricane Matth
70 people have been formally arrested. 630 others are being investigated. Indian police busted the call centers after having a mole inside for months. And get this. This scam was very profitable for these scammers. The police in india report they were making about 150 thousand dollars a day. Now you may be wondering why i said you could still get one of these calls if this call center was busted. And the answer is. They werent the only ones doing it. There have been other busts all year. Department investigators filed criminal complaints in the u. S. Against five individuals in three states, accusing them of fleecing nearly 2 million from more than 1,500 victims as part of the same scheme. Michelle Mortensen so while this bust is good news. It doesnt mean the scam is over. It really Means Nothing at all. So stay vigilant. And remember. The irs wont call you Denise Valdez plenty of folks are talking about this story on coming and cant believe these guys actually got cash from people. Ja
Police have not released the condition of the injured minors. The two employees who tried to stop the fight were not badly hurt. Students say the brawl was planned even before arbor view won the game against centennial. 28 to 7. The arbor view football coach tells 8 news now a few of his players were present during the fight. In fact, one of them got jumped. But coach dan barnson says they arl its unclear if any centennial Football Players took part in the fight. karen castro no one has been arrested. If you have any information, youre urged to call Crime Stoppers to remain anonymous. Reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. paul joncich Police Say Two people are dead after a crash on state route 160. It happened near the route 159 cutoff. The crash occured just before one this afternoon. Nhp says a dump truck lost its breaks and rear ended a blue sedan. A female driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The dump truck continued to move and rear ended an rv. Two people in
In the room tax is on the line to pay for 750Million Dollars worth of the nfl stadium. And 1. 4 billion dollars to expand the convention center. Casino execs made the pitch today. Asking lawmakers to pass it. But lawmakers didnt get the bill until yesterday. And they are asking a lot of questions. The big takeaway today from the senate. At this point. There are still a lot of reservations. st. Sen. Patricia farley r las vegas i want to make sure that again, theyre good jobs, its got a good wage, t economy, so that were not falling victim to tourism again. St. Sen. Aaron ford d las vegas i mean at the end of the day we have to ask a lot of questions and be able to get some answers, theres a deep divide, a deep split on these issues. St. Sen. Ruben kihuen D North Las Vegas we have students who are sitting on the ground, students who are in portables, why dont we invest this money in our education system, why dont we build new schools . Thats going to put people back to work. Patrick Walk