Hitting logs and debris and current and at one point we got swept in the current down with them and we got spun around and we were disoriented on where we were because the canopy was over our head. paul joncich the Swift Water Rescue Team technician says in all 25 years on the team this was one of the most difficult rescues. Lifeguards say the men who were chilled to the bone, were transported to the hospital for treatment. Denise Valdez metro officers will once again. Start showing up at car crashes. Even if no one is injured. Back in february 2014. The department announced it did not have enough officers to respond to Property Damage only crashes. It caused an uproar. Today metro credits the more cops bill. Which will allows them to increase the Traffic Department to 135 officers. Now if youre in a crash. And on one is hurt. You can call 3 11. Officers will once again show up to the scene. Only after they respond to injury related crashes first. paul joncich police have arrested a man accused of beating another man to death. One count of first degree murder. According to metro investigators. Last night, morrison entered a tent in a desert area on south decatur and charleston. And beat another man with his fists. The victim. Was taken to the hospital where he died. This is metros 2nd homicide of the new year. paul joncich after three days. A jury has yet to be seated in the trial for the former pastor accused of sexually abusing young girls. 59yearold otis holland has been in jail since authorities arrested him in tijuana, mexico in 2012. And then returned him back here to las vegas. Holland is accused of sexually assaulting girls as young as 7yearsold. He has pleaded not guilty to child sexual assault, lewdness, bribing a witness, and evidence tampering. Holland could face life in prison if convicted the state says it hopes to wrap up jury selection. By the end of today. Denise Valdez the leader of a native american tribe. Says the armed group occupying a wildlife refuge isnt welcome and needs to leave. The tribal chair of the burns cultural artifacts. They say the group is desecrating one of our sacred sites. The activists seized buildings at the Remote National wildlife refuge on saturday. Authorities had not yet moved to oust the group of roughly 20 people. The paiutes say their people spent winters in the area before settlers, ranchers and trappers arrived. paul joncich its got the attention of alot of people. Tonights power ball jackpot is up to half a billion dollars. Denise Valdez since you cant buy tickets in nevada. That has a lot of locals heading over state lines to purchase their chance at the prize. 8 news nows Mauricio Marin is live from rosies den cafe in white hills, arizona. Mauricio, whats the wait time out there for tickets . Mauricio Marin with only a few hours left. The line is starting to get longer here at rosies den cafe. Its one of the first places just over the state line in arizona you can buy a powerball the register behind the counter has not stopped ringing all day. Hoping to win big. Folks from Southern Nevada have been making the trip out here which is about an hour or so. Most are buying about 20 or 30 dollars worth of tickets at the counter. Others are spending hundreds of dollars hoping to hit the Powerball Jackpot which is at 500million bucks. November 4th was the last time a player won a Powerball Jackpot. Which is why its grown to be so big. If one lucky person wins tonights jackpot. And they choose the lump sum amount. That will total out to just over 300Million Dollars. Some are taking their time picking the numbers they hope will win. Others are leaving it up to fate. Robert Mcbride buying lotto ticket i let the machine pick them. Im no good at numbers so its a chance if you dont you dont have any chance. I dont play that often but when its this big you cant afford not to. Mauricio Marin this is the fourth largest Powerball Jackpot ever in history. Tickets are only two dollars. But time is running out. Evening. However tickets have to be purchased an hour before. Mauricio Marin here at rosies. The line keeps moving along steady as people hope to pick all six numbers correctly. And staff expect it to get even busier closer to the drawing. So if youre thinking about picking up tickets nows the time to do it. Reporting live. Mauricio marin. 8 news now. Denise Valdez mauricio a lot of people are hoping to win tonights big jackpot. What are the odds of winning . Mauricio Marin denise. We looked into that. The odds of winning tonight are about one in 292million. Although its a stretch alot of people say why not . They could be the lucky one cashing in big time. Back to you. paul joncich the number of is now at an all time low. Denise Valdez the reasons it may be getting safer in the mines. paul joncich its a big day for politics in las vegas. All three of the Democratic Candidates are here for a visit. The reason nevada has become such an important state. For those running for president. < announcer youre watching 8 tt2waty ` 4 p bt q4 8 tt2waty ` 4 p a q ,\ tt2waty ` 4 p bm q p tt4waty ` 4 r dztq 4 tt4waty ` 4 r entq d. tt4waty ` 4 r gzt ] 8 tt4waty ` 4 r hnt mt tt4waty ` 4 r iztq n, tt4waty ` 4 r jntq 5l tt4waty ` 4 r lzt s0 wake up in your first home. Wake up in a home youve made a bit bigger. Wake up in a home with a new address. As your life evolves, your dream home evolves too, and protecting it takes committed support. At American Family insurance we support your dreams. See how you can save with ring video doorbell at amfam. Com ring the news of Southern Nevada is now. paul joncich mining deaths across the us have reached an all time low. But nevada leads the country in fatalities. Data from the department of labor shows 28 miners were killed on the job last year. Thats down from 45 in 2014. A 37 percent reduction. There were 11 deaths in coal mines, another alltime low mark. Nevada recorded the most fatalities with four, followed by three deaths in pennsylvania. According to the us mine health and safety administration. Coal mine closures had some effect on the low coal mine put an increased focus on safety in recent years. Denise Valdez in just a couple hours. The three democratic president ial candidates will meet in las vegas. The event is called, battle born battleground first in the west caucus dinner. Hillary clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin Omalley will take the stage and speak to thousands of their supporters. Senator harry reid is hosting tonights event at the mgm grand. sen. Harry Reid D Nevada its part of the success of the caucuses coming to nevada. Think about that. Weve had a number of debates here republican and democrat debates and its been so good for the economy of Southern Nevada and also the body politic of our country. Denise Valdez nevada will be the First Western state and the third state in the country to make its voice heard in the president ial primary. Nevada democrats say the silver state was first selected to play an early role in the 2008 president ial nomination process diversity, the regional importance of the west and our designation as a caucus state. They say senator reid played a Critical Role in pushing nevada to the front of the line on the president ial calendar. Denise Valdez gop republican president ial frontrunner donald trump is directing his latest attacks at texas senator ted cruz. Trump raised the question how cruzs birthplace could impact his candidacy. Cruz was born in canada, but his mother is american. Makin g him a u. S. Citizen. He responded to trump with this tweet. A link to a clip of the tv show happy days. His motorcycle. Jumping the shark has become pop culture shorthand for the moment when a tv show or anything else begins to go downhill. paul joncich lee canyon got a nice blanket of snow overnight. Denise Valdez the amount of fresh powder on the mountains. White stuff. Consumer Electronics show opened today in las vegas, unveiling the latest and greatest in technology. paul joncich cbs reporter Danielle Nottingham shows us a few of the thousands of electronic gadgets on display at the convention. Plus some high ticket items for the kitchen and the garage. The massive Consumer Electronics show provides a peek into the future of high tech. And some items are for the immediate future. Including the marathon laundry machine which is a washer and dryer in one. It comes with a touchscreen, wifi and can even warn you if you accidentally leave your phone in your clothes. In the kitchen there is an lg fridge you can open with your foot. Or tap on the door to see whats inside. Last year, 4k tvs were all the rage, cnets brian cooley says this year hdr is the next big thing. Brian Cooley Cnet editor at large hdr or high dynamic range. A television that can show really dark areas, really bright and more of the colors your eye can see all at once. Automakers are here too. Car called the bolt which starts at 30,000. Theres no price tag yet for this rinspeed concept car. The Steering Wheel retracts for comfort and convenience the experimental electric car can drive on its own and comes with a drone that can take selfies of you driving. Danielle nottingham, cbs news, Los Angelesthe experimental electric car can drive on its own and comes with a drone that can take selfies of you driving. The car is just one of the countless high tech items at this show that covers more than 2 million square feet of space. Danielle nottingham, cbs news, Los Angeles Paul joncich coming up in about half an hour. Well take a look at the big news in Virtual Reality. As oculus rift gets ready to go on sale. Well have a company live in studio. Owing us how its making r. An even more emersive experience. Denise Valdez today would have been a great day to call out sick and hit the slopes up at lee canyon. Take a look at these photos. The ski and snowboard resort sent to us. It shows fresh piles of snow on the tables and chairs. Lee canyon says it got 6 inches brings the total up to 16 inches for just this storm. Tedd florendo is here. Tedd. There could be even more snow on the way . Denise Valdez wet evening breezy toss to weather < tedd florendo we had rain around the afternoon yesterday not the case today. Temps are near where we were yesterday, only difference is were seeing more wind today. Plenty of clouds right now and theyll be around agian for the evening. Temps staying cool but not too cold. High 40s with some areas inthe mid to low 50s this afternoon with milder temps over to the east side of the valley where were lower in elevation. Cold up in kyle canyon and we had good snow up in lee canyon yesterday. Region temps in the mid 50s right now in mesquite all the 40s this afternoon for pahrump with coldre temps in the central part of the state and up in reno. Near 60 this afternoon in death valley today. Local radar had some quick showers pass through south valley no where else. Snow continues in the mountains good, we need it. More showers on the doorstep at stateling with rain now pushing through sandy valley. Could be another we commute for many. This is where all the active weather is at. Severe weather in form of thunderstorms and heavy rain is creating a lot of flooding from sand diege up to riverside where we have Flash Flood Warning in effect until this afternoon. We even saw a few Tornado Warning issued earlier near escondido. Rain hitting all of california at this hour changing over to more snow in the higher elevation. This is forecasted again to move up to the northeast and give us will it be as steady as yesterday, probably not but some rain bands could give be moderate at teims. Were watching the pacific because one is pushing in and another one could be in the works again for saturday and sunday as more el nino storms continue to push in from the pacific. Futurecast shows chances are high for evening rain. Some some heavier bands this evening between 6 to 9 pm. Then overnight by Early Morning less showers and with more focus on the lincoln county. Slight chances could return tomorrow morning and the afternoon. Drier by friday afternoon. So heres the forecast. 40 tonigth with more rain and slick roads. Breezy winds expected tonight with winds up to 25 mph. Tomorrow 50 for the high and mostly cloudy. Slight shower chances tomorrow although not as high as today. Slight breeze tomorrow. Mount charleston snow showers and another Winter Weather visory. Ow level tomorrow down to 4,000. D maybe sunday m. Xt week we turn more sunny by dnesday with overnight lows opping to the mid 30s and illy by friday morning and all of next week. Nearly 2thousand people have registered their remote controlled drones. Just in the last two weeks. The faa released the numbers. After requiring drone registration just before christmas. On december 21st. While that number sounds like a lot. There are likely many unregistered drones out there. Consumer groups estimate more than 400 thousand gadgets were sold during the holiday season. Drone registration costs five dollars on the faa website. Register by the 20th of this month. paul joncich if youre looking for ways to help the planet this year. Your timing is perfect. Our 5th annual super recycle event is happening january 23 at the thomas and mack center. Its like one stop drop Republic Services will be there accepting recyclables. Care coalition will also collect and safely destroy unused and expired medicine. Goodwill will be there to collect household, and clothing items. And the blind center of Southern Nevada will take your unused or outdated electronics. And shredit will be available to destroy your documents. Denise Valdez the new star wars movie is closing in on avatar. On a big record. paul joncich how much more the force awakens needs to make. To become the highest grossing film ever. In north america. Says star wars the force awakens will become the highest grossing film in north american history. The film has so far made more than 758 Million Dollars in north america in less than three weeks of release. Disney is projecting that with todays ticket sales, it will pass the 760andahalf million that avatar made in its run six years ago. The force awakens has broken record on top of record since opening in mid december. The film now sets it sights on growing its totals around the world where it has so far made one andahalf billion dollars. That already puts it number four on the alltime global list. Denise Valdez as of today. Netflix is in nearly every country in the world. The streaming Video Service is including india, nigeria, poland, russia, saudi arabia and south korea. Several countries are still offlimits for now. Netflix service wont be available in crimea, north korea and syria due to Us Government restrictions on american companies. The company says its working to open its service in china. But will likely find challenges there as well. Media content in China Remains heavily censored by the government and many websites including google and facebook are blocked. paul joncich putting an end to a project thats been driving you crazy. Demetria obilor has been following it since it started. She has the latest update on the Henderson Construction zone. Demetria Obilor connie says, Horizon Ridge pkwy. Between green valley pkwy. And valle verde dr. Has been under construction for quite awhile. We were told it would finish by november. Southwest gas set up in this area back in august. Work was initially scheduled to this pipeline replacement project lasted several weeks longer than expected, but construction is finished. Crews were scheduled to pave the green valley parkway and Horizon Ridge parkway intersection december 19, but additional inspections and paper work was needed by the city of henderson. Southwest gas says the paving will be completed once the weather warms up. Hey whats driving you crazy . Send your traffic question to traffic eight at las vegas now dot com. Denise Valdez making sure shelter pets have a better chance of finding a home. paul joncich the new ordinace in las vegas. Aimed at cutting back on the sale of animals from breeders and puppy mills. at compare. 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