The race to stop the spread. Plus, the terrifying moment a jeep tumbles down this cliff. What went wrong. Hailed a hero. The deputy who saved this newborn who had stopped breathing. Santa claus is coming to town and later, why santa claus is changing his travel plans this year. Good friday morning, everyone. Im mona kosar abdi. Im andrew dymburt. We begin with the final debate showdown in the race for president with just 11 days until election day. The two made their closing arguments to voters, but nearly 48 million americans have already cast their ballots. Thats a 700 increase over this time in 2016. And it all comes against the backdrop of the pandemic with new cases up 32 in the last two weeks. The final president ial debate kicking off without interruption, the candidates feisty but focused. President trump with the first question defending his administrations response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has now killed more than 220,000 americans. We closed up the greatest economy
The race to stop the spread. Plus, the terrifying moment a jeep tumbles down this cliff. What went wrong. Hailed a hero. The deputy who saved this newborn who had stopped breathing. Santa claus is coming to town and later, why santa claus is changing his travel plans this year. Good friday morning, everyone. Im mona kosar abdi. Im andrew dymburt. We begin with the final debate showdown in the race for president with just 11 days until election day. The two made their closing arguments to voters, but nearly 48 million americans have already cast their ballots. Thats a 700 increase over this time in 2016. And it all comes against the backdrop of the pandemic with new cases up 32 in the last two weeks. The final president ial debate kicking off without interruption, the candidates feisty but focused. President trump with the first question defending his administrations response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has now killed more than 220,000 americans. We closed up the greatest economy
Been people in the elevator at the time. You know if the power goes out the elevators dont work. So we could possibly have people trapped in different parts of the property. And that is something that were looking at right now. So again were waiting to find out if people have been evacuated. If so, how many. Do they have people trapped . Do they know exactly what caused this . And is there a concern for peoples safety. That is something were looking at. Krystal another thing we found out. The backup generators arent working. So this is why they h the safety of those guests and workers the utmost importance and concern. Priority number one at this point and time. Weve been following our Antonio Castelan who is live on the scene on twitter saying that hes talked to a lot of the workers, some of the guests there who have said, you know, this was a frightening situation for them just sitting there and then its a complete blackout. As you mentioned earlier, you dont have windows on the casi
Scene. Antonio castelan has been covering it. Lets send it out to you, antonio. Reporter 11 people have been rescued from the elevators. We are right outside the Paris Las Vegas hotel and casino. And outside it is very calm. Were told ib inside it has been very calm. Weve talked to people that were there. 9 45 a. M. When the power was cut. They said they didnt know what was going on. 45 min thats when everyone stepped out of the hotel rooms and we are being told by the guests it was very dark and they needed to use their cell phones to light the pathway. Were right in front of the las vegas boulevard. People are passing by. They would have realized there was a power outage. Right here is rich with caesars entertainment. Thank you for your time. Give us the latest the situation inside the casino and hotel. Cleared the casino. Guests are out. Theres nobody who is stuck in the hotel. And we have some guests who stayed by the machines they were playing when the power went out and were tryi
Now. Paris las vegas has been sitting in darkness. We take you live to the scene as crews work around the clock to get the power restored. paul joncich and the race is neck and neck. Which state the Clinton Campaign says hillary has to win. If she wants to beat donald trump. tedd florendo its a thursday beauty with clear skies and decreasing winds. But expecting a warmup into your weekend. Details coming up on 8 news now. Picture of the paris hotel and casino. As you can see. Its still sitting in darkness tonight. With only the eiffel tower lit up right now. Thanks for joining us. Im paul joncich. Christianne Klein and im Christianne Klein. A construction crew on the property accidentally cut power to the entire property around ten this morning. Mauricio marin is live outside the paris tonight with the latest. Mauricio . Mauricio Marin hotel leaders just that paris hotel and casino will remain shut down to the public for the night. They had hoped to get the lights back on but with the