Transcripts For KLAS 8 News Now At 11 PM 20160223 : comparem

Transcripts For KLAS 8 News Now At 11 PM 20160223

Here with in town. It still isnt known she ended up in the laundry chute. The d issued a statement saying theyre saddened by the incident and cooperating with the investigation. Dave Courvoisier having your baby left with severe injuries after a daycare visit would be traumatizing for the then to be questioned as suspects by police. Thats another challenge for the family. Paula Francis Vanessa Murphy talked with parents who say this is exactly what they went through. Shes here with their story. Vanessa Murphy this family has faced challenge after challenge. And it started with a phone call. After a routine daycare visit. First, these parents learned their baby had critical injuries. Then they say they felt like they were treated as suspects. And it turns out this is how an investigation for a situation like this works. Jessica Lopez mother we knew since the beginning. Vanessa Murphy jessica and danny lopez say they knew a worker at an unlicensed daycare hurt their baby jonathan after he was taken to the hospital in Critical Condition last november. But the parents say danny lopez father we felt so bad what was going on, plus that, on top of it, it was really hard. Vanessa Murphy they say detectives questioned them, their two other children were placed with their grandparents, and jessica and danny couldnt be with them unsupervised for more than a month. Turns out this is routine for an child abuse investigation like this one. Dustin Marcello attorne y it can create a really tense environment where the parents angry. Cps is doing what they think is necessary. Police detectives are involved. Vanessa Murphy attorney Dustin Marcello says police need to question those closest to the child and Child Protective Services can act fast to make sure children are not in danger. dustin they dont have to have found you guilty or even think that theres probable cause to even think you might have done something. Vanessa Murphy last week, North Las Vegas Police Arrested that daycare worker. Alejan dra robles. They say she admitted she dropped jonathan because he kept crying. jessica yeah, he cried. He was a baby. Vanessa Murphy now the lopezes say they dont know if hell be able to see, hear, or walk. jessica our life will never be the same. Vanessa Murphy a spokeswoman for North Las Vegas police says detectives never want to traumatize parents any more than they already are in situations like this. But they try to eliminate every person close to the child as a suspect to help ensure they arrest the correct person. By the way, that unlicensed daycare has been shut down. The lopezes say they were aware it was unlicensed but they knew and trusted the owner. Dave Courvoisier vanessa, how is baby jonathan doing tonight . Vanessa Murphy dave, the last update from his mother was that he is not doing well. His mother is asking for prayers for him and the medical team taking care of him. We first talked with the family friday. They have a gofundme account to help with expenses. And since our story aired, more than a thousand dollars has been donated. We have a link on our website at las vegas now dot com. Dave Courvoisier gop frontrunner donald trump held a large rally in las vegas this evening. Less than 24 hours before Republican Voters head out to caucus sites across the state. Its part of the lastminute push by the candidates in nevada. Paula Francis your local election headquarters has you covered. Patrick walker has more from the south point arena. Patrick Walker reporting donald trump made his final pitch to Southern Nevada voters. Speaking to a sellout crowd here inside the arena. walking up to podium donald trump r president ial candidate oh, you better get out tomorrow, you gotta vote tomorrow, you gotta vote, vote, vote Patrick Walker just over a month after his last appearance in las vegas. Also at south point. Donald trump took centerstage in front of a raucous pre caucus crowd. donald trump r president ial candidate were going to build the wall, and whos going to pay for that wall . Crowd mexico donald trump who . Crowd mexico Patrick Walker trumps hardline stance on immigration. Bringing praise from maricopa county, arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Sheriff Joe Arpaio r maricopa county, az i hope people will understand where he president of the united states. Patrick Walker going into tuesdays caucus. Trumps supporters are. Like the candidate. Are feeling very confident. Dylan Seebert unlv student were just trying to piggyback off of south carolina, and new hampshire, and keep that going, and bring it on to texas, its really what were looking forward to. Patrick Walker but not everyone at the rally agreed with trumps points. Times to have people removed. donald trump r president ial candidate the guards are very gentle with him, hes walking out with big high fives, smiling, laughing, id like to punch him in the face, ill tell ya. Patrick Walker besides immigration. Trump focused much of his time on stage on Foreign Policy and relations. Saying its time to end all of the bad deals us leaders are making with the rest of the world. Patrick Walker reporting trump will fly to sparks for a noon rally tuesday. Then. Hell fly back to las vegas for a watch party at Treasure Island starting at 8 p. M. At the south point arena, Patrick Walker, 8 news now. Paula Francis near the bottom of the pack, ben carson has secured just three delegates through iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina. In nevada. Dr carson held a private town hall meeting with supporters this evening at sun city anthem in henderson. He fielded questions from prospective voters for an hour. Heres his take on fighting terrorism dr. Ben carson r president ial candidate we need to start preparing our people, because i guarantee you San Bernardino is not the last of it. Thats the beginning of it and we have to know how to fight back. Paula Francis carson has three events in Southern Nevada tomorrow. At ten am, hes hosting a town hall at sun city summerlin. At 5 45, hell give a speech at coronado high school. Thats followed by his Caucus Night Party at the Embassy Suites Convention Center on paradise. From 8 to 11. Dave Courvoisier five candidates remain in the republican race. Ohio Governor John Kasich campaigned in virginia today. Meanwhile, senators ted cruz and marco rubio took their message upstate. Cruz held a rally in las vegas this morning before moving into rural nevada. A real clear politics average of several recent polls has cruz finishing second to trump with about 23 percent of support. Dave Courvoisier senator rubio is right on his heels in that poll. With an average of 19percent. Rubio racked up endorsements from four leading republicans, including senator heller, today and has become a favorite of establishment republicans. The florida senator campaigned in minden south of carson city this evening. Rubio will hold a rally tomorrow morning at the Silverton Las Vegas at 8 am. Doors open at 7. Paula Francis there were many upset democrats on saturday. Who didnt caucus because of long waits. State senator mark manendo told us today hes working to address his constituents complaints st. Sen. Mark manendo d clark county, district 21 people were very angry. I have very good friends of mine that just said mark, thank you for making sure we got here, we cant stay, we have to go. Its just too hot, we cant stand any more. Paula Francis there wasnt outside for hours mostly standing and there may have been a shortage of volunteers. Now, theres talk of a possible change to the process manendo there was a lot of people who were very adament about going and switching to a primary. Paula Francis mandendo says there might be a bill in the next legislative session to have a primary again. There was talk about it last session as well. Paula Francis 8 news now is your local election headquarters for tomorrows caucus and the entire 2016 campaign. Watch a special edition of politics now tomorrow at 7 30. And your complete caucus coverage at 11. Dave Courvoisier politics and the sports world collide. Chris maathuis here with a preview of sports. Chris Maathuis get this, the republican candidates weigh in on the Rebel Program. Something has got to be done, and theyll tell us about it coming up in 15 minutes. Paula Francis thanks, chris. And those annoying robocalls are 8 on your sides Michelle Mortensen may have found a way to stop them for good. tedd florendo gusty winds return tomorrow, with more wind alerts. Well tell you what to expect. Forecasted winds breezy in the valley with stronger winds for the Colorado River tomorrow. Your forecast straight ahead. Robocalls . Dont we all . Since the start of the year. The 8 on your side team has noticed an increase in complaints about them. Dave Courvoisier so our consumer advocate Michelle Mortensen started to investigate the robocall problem. And may have found a way to stop them for good. Michelle . Michelle Mortensen its true. And even better. Its free. Ill have details for you in a moment. But first. Lets just talk about the problem. Like whos making the calls. I found out. And im naming names. When your phone rings . Do you know whos calling you . i dont really know lots of folks say they dont. Because robocallers are taking over the phonelines the calls are very annoying its almost every day they never give up they call my mom, they call the house they call everybody theyre a pain a pain thats growing bigger than the lines for a powerball jackpot. According to this guy. Alex quilici. Hes made it his lifes work to track those annoying calls. Problem is to start measuring it his data Shows Americans get about 1 in a half billion robocalls a month. Thats more than the whole population of china and the continent of africa. And here in vegas. We really get hammered with those calls. Check out the data. In novemebr. We got 7 million 353 thousand 5 hundred robocalls. Thats 5 robo calls for every person in the city. Then in december. The number grew by 2 million. its a massive problem so whos doing the dialing . three quarters of the top 20 robo callers are people trying to collect on some kind of debt. these companies are the worst offenders nationally. But locally. Its a bit different. the number one robocaller in las vegas is the Clark County School district. seriously this number. The substitute hotline. Called folks 386 thousand times who else made the list . A lot of debt collectors. Some known scammers. A non profit. The democratic party. And an escort service. i dont know what they are reminding people about but it was unique to nevada knowing whos calling isnt just interesting though. Alex says its the key to stopping them. we try to fool calls we recognize as robocallers fooling robocallers is one of the many things alexs company youmail does. Its a Voicemail Service for landline or cellualr phones. And it automatically stops any known robocall number from coming through the line. See they created technology to tell certain numbers. Your number is no longer in service. It was originally created to avoid an annoying ex. But now its stopping annoying robocalls. Alex says his users are definitive proof. It works. we see a big reduction over time this youmail feature is free. Its basically a Voicemail Service. That blocks robocalls. And any other number. You can learn more about it. And whos behind all the robocalls in our area. At las vegasnow. Com. In the 8 on your side section. And i was given a chance to go over januarys numbers for vegas. And get this. Not only did we get more robocalls last month. 15 million. Our area code. Is also responsible for making robocalls. 13 million came from a 702 number. Ill also have that data. Plus the numbers for 50 cities nationwide. Online for you to check out. from 8 news now, this is your tedd florendo. tedd florendo beautifu l and clear but the winds the big issue today with gusts up to 40 in some locales earlier today. Temps stay warm and above average gusts down a little but still expected to be a slightly breezy tonight. Cooler than yesterday at this time. Low 70s this afternoon and still above average again through many parts of the region and chilly up in kyle canyon. Cooler for the northwest sections of the valley and foothills but still mild. Warmer to the eastside where were lower in elevation and in henderson. Regional temps staying warm for expecially warm for laughlin and death valley. Cooler up in the central and northern part of the state today. Chilly up in ely this afternoon. We of course have wind advisories. One for the lake until 6 then we have a wind advisory for tomorrow for the lake mead and the Colorado River valley. Which begins adn 6 am until 4 pm tomorrow. Heres what to expect. P. M. Gusts between 25 to 30. Then easing off by early evening. Tuesday breezy again for the valley. Windy at the lake and Colorado River. Hence the wind advisory. Cooling down to the mid to high 6os by tomorrow and wednesday. Clear skies right now. System to the east close enough to bring those winds but it will generate Severe Weather for the Southern Plains and deep south for the next few days. Well cool off to the 60s but then High Pressure off to the west will again anchor in and bring warmer temps late week. Before more wind this weekend. tonight the low will be 46 breezy at times. With winds between 5 to 20 and tomorrow only 64 breezy and cooler and thats near average for temps. Neighborhood by neighborhood in the mid 60s through the valley and high 60s for the east side of town. Extended forecast shows warmer temps late weekend an dmore higher clouds. 70s again early next week with dry weather expected for at least until late next week possibly the suspect in last weeks deadly strip shooting is due in court wednesday. Tonight. More about what happened friday. That left two women dead and one man, critical. Patranya bhoolsuwan has that. < Patranya Bhoolsuwan in this arrest report, police say omar talley appears to be the near the Las Vegas Strip early friday morning. Investigators say it all stemmed from a fight in the parking garage of the miracle mile shops. Police say Surveillance Video shows tally following another car onto the strip. Before shots were heard near harmon and polaris. Deandre Graham brother of omar talley it was one stupid night, one stupid night you know. Patranya Bhoolsuwan in an exclusive interview with 8 news now, talleys younger brother, Deandre Graham tells us the news came as a shock to his entire family. Deandre Graham brother of omar talley hes not a violent person, he doesnt go out looking for trouble. Patranya Bhoolsuwan 27 year mendoza. Also 27. Are the 2 women shot to death. They were visiting las vegas from northern california. Their friend Jerraud Jackson was critically injured. A go fund me page has been set up for mendoza. Her family told us that mendoza and chicas were in the wrong place at the wrong and caught between a fight between talley and jackson. Tracy Pachote auth of Melissa Mendoza it was intentional. Patranya so they were targeted right. Patranya Bhoolsuwan talley told police

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