Rules but its like Everything Else, its really up to the airline. Karen Castro Metro says the passenger will not face criminal charges. Frontier Airlines Says the incident is being reviewed by their safety team. Which is protocol. But as of now, the man is free to fly with the airline again. karen castro we also spoke to tsa. They tell us they scan for drugs, weapons, and bombs. Tsa does not require documentatior but agents will interfere if a passenger smuggles an illegal animal through security. Reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. Christianne Klein karen, do we know anything else about the passenger . karen castro little is known about who the man is. And whether he lives here or is visiting. Frontier airlines would not release his identity. paul joncich grounded for the thrid day in a row. This follows a power outage monday. Georgia power confirmed it was a switchgear problem. Switchgear manages multiple electric sources, to keep equipment safe from power surges. The airline has offered refunds and travel vouchers to passengers. Delta Airlines Says normal operations are expected to resume later today. This morning about 90 flights were canceled and nearly eight hundred yesterday. Ti been allowed to expire but smoke and dust levels still remain at moderate. Staying a bit hazy and murky in the evening Morning Hours especially. As far as alerts go however. There is a Flash Flood Warning for areas just ne of st. Extensive lightning and thunder. Current conditions are in the upper 90s and low 100s. We did hit 100 today warmed up a bit but wont see much more of a climb into the evening. Looking at upper 90s tomorrow though before another warmup to temps at or above 105 degrees or more starting saturday. Looking ahead at your dayplanner well drop into the mid 90s and occasionally gusty by 7pm, low 90s by 9pm. Around 11pm upper 80s with low 80s and mostly sunny skies by 8am tomorrow. Some exci thunderstorms for our neighbors to the ne. Monsoonal moisture still lingers the findings of its yearlong investigation into the Baltimore Police department. paul joncich as adam may explains. Federal Officials Say baltimore officers routinely discriminate against African Americans and repeatedly use excessive force. Justice Department Officials gathered at Baltimore City hall to release their scathing report into the Baltimore Police department. The investigation finds the department discriminates against africanamericans, uses Unreasonable Force and fails to hold officers accountable for misconduct. Vanita Grupta Principal Deputy asst. Deeply eroded the trust between bpd and the community it serves the report also found officers make large numbers of unlawful stops mostly in poor black neighborhoods and they retaliate with force against citizens who talk back. adam may cbs news, baltimore the Baltimore Police department had already started making changes before the report was released. In the last year, the Department Revised its use of force policy and added more cameras. Kevin Davis Baltimore those who chose to wear this uniform and choose to blatantly disregard someones rights absolutely should be uncomfortable we are not going to tolerate it the federal investigation follows the 2015 death of freddie gray who suffered a fatal spine injury while in police custody. Baltimore Mayor stephanie rawlingsblake the reports assessment and its follow up to it will help us heal the relationship between the police and our communities. The Justice Department will now work with adam may, for cbs news Baltimore Paul joncich the department of justice has launched similar investigations in recent years into Police Departments in chicago and ferguson missouri, among other cities. Christianne Klein speaking of Baltimore Police. Lieutenant brian rice. The highest ranking officer acquitted of charges in the death of freddie gray is expected to get more than 126thousand dollars in backpay. Rice was acquitted last month. 25yearold gray died in april suffered a spinal injury while in police custody. Prosecutors dropped all charges against all the remaining officers in july. It is expected and required by Police Contract that officers who were suspended without pay get their back pay since they were acquitted. Christianne Klein coming up on your valleys news leader. Some have voiced their concerns over the potential for a rigged election and theres a new device that could make it possible. paul joncich also. And today were seeing its effects here in the valley. this is 8 news now at four. Christianne Klein a man has been captured after hours of scaling trump tower in new york. Police tried several methods to get him down. They removed portions of the vents in an effort to reach him. But the climber proved elusive and changed direction. Police then broke lowering a scaffold used by window washers. Yet all attempts have failed. Eventually they were able to pull him in after he reached 20 stories. There is no word on what prompted the climb. Christianne Klein concerns are growing over the possibility of a hacked president ial election. Experts believe a cyber attack this year could be a reality, especially following last months hack of dnc emails. paul joncich the Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee sent a letter monday Election Security is critical, and a cyber attack by foreign actors on our elections systems could compromise the integrity of our voting process. Christianne Klein Mireya Villarreal is in los angeles to show us how this could happen, and if theres a fix. And im afraid the election is going to be rigged, i have got to be honest. For weeks, donald trump has told his supporters the outcome of the 2016 election could be out of his control. But for the hackers at symantec security responseelection day results could be manipulated by an affordable device you can find online. R symantec, bv i can insert it and then it resets the card and now im able to vote again. The voter doesnt even need to leave the booth to hack the machine. Mv and how much does that cost . Bv 15 dollars. Mv so, for 15 dollars i can hack the vote . Bv for 15 dollars and indepth knowledge of the card, you could hack the vote. Symantec director kevin haley says gfx 1 elections can also be hacked by breaking into the machines after the votes are collected. Kh the results go from that machine into a piece of electronics that takes it to encrypted and can be vulnerable mv how big of a hacking potential problem is this . Kh well theres a huge potential. There are so many places in the voting process once it goes electronic thats vulnerable according to a report from the Brennan Center for justice one reason these voting systems are so vulnerable is their age. christopher farmighetti, researcher Brennan Center for justice we found that more than 40 states are using voting equipment that is at least 10 years denise merr, association of secretaries of state says the lack of funding keeps most precincts from updating their systems. But all machines have to meet specific government standards. Denise Merrill the idea of a National Hack of some sort is almost ridiculous because there is no national system. In fact the over 8,000 voting districts across the country all have different ways of running their elections down to the type of machine voting districts across the country all have different ways of running their elections down to the type of machine they use. But merrill says there denise, 14 04 22 our voting systems are heavily regulated. Theyre tested before and after. There are paper trails everywhere by and large the system works well paul joncich reports show only 60 percent of states conduct audits post election by checking paper trails. But not all states have paper records like in some parts of swing states. Pennsylvania. The Election Assistance Commission says they ensure all voting systems are vigorously tested against security standards. And that systems certified by the eac are not connected to the internet. Christianne Klein as Hillary Clinton and donald trump sprint through Battle Ground states. Recurring issues shadow the candidates. For trump its off the cuff remarks that leave voters wondering about his intent. donald trump r president ial nominee if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks. Although the Second Amendment i dont know. trump and his Campaign Circle maintain he was simply talking about the political clout of Second Amendment supporters. Today he is on the trail in two battleground states virginia and florida. But Hillary Clinton isnt in the clear and faces her own set of controversy as well. A new round of released emails suggests possible ties between the Clinton Foundation and the state department. Despite the backlash clinton is focusing on job creation in iowa. Hillary clinton d president ial nominee in my first 100 days we are going to do some Big Investments in infrastructure, clean energy technology, advanced manufacturing and small businesses. Christianne Klein a clinton spokesman denies any connection. The Trump Campaign says the latest emails show more clinton character flaws and that she views Public Office as a way to get rich. Christianne Klein 8 news now is your local the campaign season. On air and online at las vegas now dot com. Christianne Klein the skies have cleared since this mornings hazy conditions thanks to some high winds. But temps still reached the century mark. paul joncich how soon before we see another cool down. Katie boer explains straight ahead in your weather now forecast. announcer youre it was a wild weather day for phoenix yesterday. Christianne Klein first came the dust, then the rain and then flooding. Forecasters say the conditions in the copper state was related to a Tropical Storm in mexico. Apache junction and Fountain Hills have seen the most rain with at least one and half inches so far. katie boer our air quality advisory has been allowed to expire but smoke and dust levels still remain at moderate. Staying a bit hazy as far as alerts go however. There is a Flash Flood Warning for areas just ne of st. George, utah and ne of kingman. This area has seen some extensive lightning and thunder. Current conditions are in the upper 90s and low 100s. We did hit 100 today warmed up a bit but wont see much more of a climb into the evening. Looking at upper 90s tomorrow though at or above 105 degrees or more starting saturday. Looking ahead at your dayplanner well drop into the mid 90s and occasionally gusty by 7pm, low 90s by 9pm. Around 11pm upper 80s with low 80s and mostly sunny skies by 8am tomorrow. Some excessive lightning and thunderstorms for our neighbors to the ne. Monsoonal moisture still lingers that area and moving ne. So really no threat to our neighborhood. High pressure is going to start to build and an influx of drier air is going to invade the region pushing out the monsoonal moisture east of us. Even farther eastward. Then were just looking at a dry end of week, dry and hot weekend and dry start to next week. Tonight look for partly cloudy 80degrees. For your thursday look for upper 90s and mostly sunny skies. Your extended forecast shows a return to triple digits by this friday low 100s at least. Up to 106 by saturday and 107 by sunday. Monday and tuesday were looking at temps. Up to 106 with sunny, dry conditions to end the week, into the weekend and into early next week. paul joncich 107 by sunday. Monday and tuesday were looking at temps. The weekend and into early next week. paul joncich beyond once again. Christianne Klein we check back iw whose water drive to help the less fortunate. Surpassed even their expectations. Announcer youre 8 news now recognizes locals who Kirsten Joyce introduces us to this weeks acts of kindness recipients. Many agencies in Southern Nevada are receiving plenty of water, to distribute to the less fortunate. Thanks to ken and jan webb. Former acts of kindness recipients. ken webb acts of kindness recipient with the channel 8 news aok received. It snowballed and generated so much excitement in our congregation out of control. Two and a half times what we did the previous year. thats amazing. Ken and jan webb do an annual water drive at their co and as you just heard. They surpassed all expectations this year. After receiving our award last summer. The water is now being delivered to Lutheran Social Services of nevada. The salvation army, red cross, the taking it to the streets organization, cookies for hope organization. The Church Pastor says this couples enthusiasm is involved. pastor Christ Lutheran Church Bill Phillips ken will get up in front of the church, his vocabulary would include. Tsunami of water is coming. And it came. if you would like to nominate someone. Just head to las vegas now dot com. And acts of kindness will be under the Community Tab under sections. Or send us an email. Acts of kindness at las vegas now dot com. Im Kirsten Joyce. Christianne Klein coming up on the second half hour of 8 news now at 4. paul joncich it n strip drawing people to town. Mauricio Marin thats right. Were inside origin climbing. Theyre seeing more and more people coming in to reach new heights training to conquer red rock canyon. Whats behind it all. Well have that coming up after the break. Announcer now, live. This is 8 news now at four. paul joncich las vegas is known for its nightlife and big name entertainment. But its also getting a good reputation for what it has to offer outdoors. 8 news nows Mauricio Marin is live at origin climbing in henderson. Just one place seeing a boost in business thanks to red rock canyon. Mauricio . Mauricio Marin were right around the canyon. And it looks like more and more people are coming out to las vegas to conquer it. Whats so awesome about it. Well climbers we talked with say its the gorgeous views and the smooth rock thats still got a good grip on it. And it has centers like origin climbing here seeing more people trying out the activity. Until it cools down outside. Were joined here with john wilder with origins. Whats the big event in the rock climbing world in las vegas . So what type of trn typically doing here . Ok. Lets get started. First time climbing. Pointers . Mauricio Marin 8 news now. Crews have stopped a massive wild fire in the San Bernardino mountains from marching any closer to Lake Arrowhead for now. But as a precaution evacuation orders remain in place for more than 53hundred homes. The Us Forest Service is still cutting and reinforcing the fire line. And theyll do that through the night. Their main goal is to protect threatened communities. Jamie miller, Us Forest Service Division Supervisor weve got a lot of ground to cover still but its looking good today carol banner, homeowner we are ready , everythings packed in boxes we have learned you only take Everything Else doesnt need to go with you. Christianne Klein the biggest impact so far has been drifting smoke which has left several schools closed due to the air quality. At last check the fire was 64 percent contained and has charred nearly eight thousand acres. katie boer our air quality advisory has been allowed to expire but dust levels still remain at moderate. Staying a bit hazy and murky in the evening Morning Hours especially. As far as alerts go however. There is a Flash Flood Warning for areas just ne of st. This area has seen some extensive lightning and thunder. Current conditions are in the upper 90s and low 100s. We did hit 100 today warmed up a bit but wont see much more of a climb into the evening. Looking at upper 90s tomorrow though before another warmup to temps at or above 105 degrees or more starting saturday. Looking ahead at your dayplanner well drop into the mid 90s and occasionally gusty by 7pm, low 90s by 9pm. Around 11pm upper 80s with low 80s and mostly sunny skies by 8am tomorrow. Some excessive lightning and thunderstorms for our neighbors to the ne. Much consolidated to that area and moving ne. So really no threat to our neighborhood. Academy watched in horror as an officer performing a demonstration shot and killed a woman in front of the class. The chief called the death of 73yearold Mary Knowlton a horrible accident. It happened in punta gorda, about 75 miles south of tampa. David begnaud is there. Punta Gorda Police chief thomas lewis maryy knowlton is a phenomenal person in this community she attends a lot of community events. Its just an horrific time for all of us it happened just before 7 pm tuesday night. At the punta gorda Public Safety complex. Mary knowlton was among about 35 people taking part in the citys 8 week Citizen Police academy. Punta Gorda Police chief thomas lewis two participants were randomly selected to be put through a shoot, dont shoot scenario. during the first scenario, in a horrible accident, participant Mary Knowlton was mistakenly struck with a live round. The victim was gfx in her son gave a statement to cbs news. This is a devastating time for us my mom was a saint such a tremendous loss of a wonderful human being and the best mom a kid could ever hope for Steven Knowlton Punta Gorda Police chief thomas lewis we were unaware that any live ammunition for this particular weapon existed. Knowlton was reportedly shot several times. According to a photographer covering the event for the charlotte sun. She was active n volunteering as a board member for a local library group. The officer who shot ms knowltown is on paid administrative leave right now. One of the questions people are asking is why was a real gun being used in a fake situation. The Police Department says ms knowltown was well known here in this community, its a Small Community where everyone here at the p. D. Knew her on a first name basis. David begnaud, cbs news, punta gorda. Law enforcement is heading the investigation. Christianne Klein new information coming out today about the new jersey bridgegate scandal. New Court Filings show a former aide to governor Chris Christie says christie lied about his knowledge of his administrations involvement in the George Washington bridge lane closures. Christine renna. Reportedly texted a message that christie quote just flat out lied about who was involved in the 2013 decision. Many say it was meant to be an christie has denied any involvment in the scandal. Christianne Klein one teen is committed to staying positive after losing some fingers in an atv accident. paul joncich how she hopes to inspire others. there you have it folks. Its the greatest doubleplay ever. T two medium twotopping zzas for 6. 99 each. Add any four, twentyounce pepsicola products for just 5. This is 8 news now at four. Christianne Klein when an oklahoma passion for playing the piano could have easily been over. paul joncich but as Jessica Holley shows us, for this teen, her love for music has helped her heal. Music has been a part of claires life since she was a child, but this summer, she has learned just how much music can be an inspiration on someones life. Claire scoggins lost fingers in atv accident its kind of ironic. I wanted to be an inspirational speaker before this happened. Never did she imagine at the beginning of the summer her own life story would soon be one that would inspire others. I was a piano player and i am getting it back. Toe of the year, Claire Scoggins and her boyfriend decided to take an atv out for a ride. But a loose patch of dirt caused the atv to roll. Ultimately crushing several of claires fingers. I said are you ok . He said yeah. And i said umm look at my hand. Enid doctors realized the extent of claires injuries, and flew her to mercy hosptital in oklahoma city. Pictures of claires hand were sent to dr. Sylvia gray to prepare her for the emergency surgery. Dr. Surgeon her pictures were filled with dirt and her last Three Fingers were basically hanging off. The damage to those fingers forced dr. Gray to amputate, taking away a much needed tool for this musician. I am just really proud of myself because you know, i was a piano player. More than a month after the accident claire, determined to play the piano again, shared the challenge she took on through a video on facebook. Claire scoggins lost fingers in t have the piano sitting there and not have all the fingers you used to have when you used to play piano. It was not the summer claire planned, and its one that changed her life forever. But this summer brought out the strength and courage she had within to endure lifes challenges. Christianne Klein a las vegas headliner is ready to take her act to the small spears tweeted today. With late late show host james corden. You can see theyre standing in front of the suv regularly seen in his Carpool Karaoke segments. And its for good reason shell appear on the show on august 25th. Taking part in the hugely popular bit. In the past. Corden has sang along with people like adele, stevie wonder, even the first lady you can of course see britneys piece of me show over at planet hollywood. And the late late show airs every weeknight after our 1 paul joncich coming up on your valleys news leader. On your valleys news leader. One man is seen making a beeline on the tarmac. Christianne Klein why he orginally jumped out the plane. announcer youre for over 300,000 nevadans, Social Security means a secure retirement. But in washington, congressman joe heck supports privatizing it. Turning our savings over to wall street. And risking it on the stock market. Hecks plan means billions more in fees for wall street. Er half a Million Dollars to his campaigns. Those numbers speak for themselves. Joe heck is a threat to a secure retirement, because hes part of the problem in washington. Afscme people is responsible check this out. Weve all been there running late. Maybe caught up in airport security. For whatever reason, you miss your flight. Most people just rebook. But this guy at madrids International Security and hit the tarmac. Lugging his two carryons, he scurries toward the plane astonishingly this man managed to board that ryanair flight. But he was detained and will face charges in his destination. toss to weather toss to weather our air quality advisory has been allowed to expire but smoke and dust levels still remain at moderate. Staying a bit hazy and murky in the evening Morning Hours especially. As far as alerts go however. There is a Flash Flood Warning for areas just ne of st. George, utah and ne of kingman. This area has seen some extensive lightning and thunder. Upper 90s and low 100s. We did hit 100 today warmed up a bit but wont see much more of a climb into the evening. Looking at upper 90s tomorrow though before another warmup to temps at or above 105 degrees or more starting saturday. Looking ahead at your dayplanner well drop into the mid 90s and occasionally gusty by 7pm, low 90s by 9pm. Around 11pm upper 80s with low 80s and mostly sunny skies by 8am tomorrow. Some excessive lightning and monsoonal moisture still lingers over mohave county but its pretty much consolidated to that area and moving ne. So really no threat to our neighborhood. High pressure is going to start to build and an influx of drier air is going to invade the region pushing out the monsoonal moisture east of us. Even farther eastward. Then were just looking at a dry end of week, dry and hot weekend and dry start to next week. Tonight look for partly cloudy skies and lows dropping to 80degrees. For your thud 90s and mostly sunny skies. Your extended forecast shows a return to triple digits by this friday low 100s at least. Up to 106 by saturday and 107 by sunday. Monday and tuesday were looking at temps. Up to 106 with sunny, dry conditions to end the week, into the weekend and into early next week. paul joncich today is National Smores day. They Just Announced their new girl scout smores cookies. The new variety will have two versions. One includes a crispy graham cookie. Double dipped in crme icing and a chocolate coating. With chocolate and marshmallow filling. Youll have to wait to take a bite though. They wont be available until the 2017 cookie season. And only in select markets. paul joncich and how about this treat. We all know about fruitflavored candy. But this is something different. Candy flavored fruit. Cottoncandy flavored grapes. To be more specific. They are a product of two california farmers. Who wanted a way to stand out in the expanding market. They make it happen by crosspollinating two dfe the farmers say their creation has a little more sugar the most grapes. But are still packed with nutritional value. Christianne Klein coming up. Where are undercover officers focusing their patrol . Took it to Sheriff Joe Lombardo for answers. Announcer youre watching 8 news now at four. And a throwback photo fro things Sheriff Joe Lombardo talked about in this weeks morning cup of joe. Heres brian and kirsten. Kirsten Joyce our first question sheriff is from julie kraig in this new day of awareness of our surroundings being important at all times, are there undercover officers patrolling the popular residential areas of las vegas for our safety . Julie wants to know if theyre at places like malls, large parks, etc. . sheriff lombardo good question. Thats common practice for us. Department its normal practice. From when they do their duties as an undercover officer we ask them to be proactive in any aspect of fighting crime. Yeah thats a common practice. brian loftus 8 news now viewer Patricia Wright had a comment to share with you. She says recently i saw you at the orleans, you were attending the correction officers graduation and you stated in your speech that ensuring that you have the manpower and equipment to protect the public is what keep you up at nights. Just wanted to say thank you for saying that. sheriff lombardo i appreciate that and i think its great that she was there to hear that but its funny i was talking to one of my assisitants this morning and i was up all night last night du to crime so thats unfortunate. Were getting a good handle on that, issues associated with violent crime. There was a significant increase time has gone by weve gotten our hands around it and were doing a lot better job addressing it. Shes right, im always concerned whether my officers have enough training, and equipment and tactics associated with their job and ensuring theyre coming home safe at night. brian loftus you really have a 24 hour a day job. It also shows how the Public Outreach part of your job is so important which you really connected with this individual through the words in your night, youve always talked to us about wanting to have more people on patrol, more officers. How is that effort coming along. sheriff lombardo its been great. Weve had the ability through the more cops sales tax to hire 130 more officers. Through attrition and Everything Else we are hiring officers now. At the end of this year it will be 300 plus and well be able to continue through 2017. But interesting enough, in 4 positive number of police officers. We went through several years where we didnt hire one, then we went through a few years where we were playing catchup. So at the end of this year well finally have some Additional Police officers like what weve experienced in years past. Kirsten Joyce alright thats great. brian loftus we also, on a much lighter note, wanted to talk about the fact that a member of a team, jason the weekend. He was watching cops he came across, well take a look at this photo and see if you remember this guy. Viewers take a glance there. Its not sheriff lombardo, this is officer lombardo. Responding to a situation and featured in this episode of cops. Sheriff they rerun these things dont they . sheriff lombardo notice the hair color difference . Little more stress. Little more experience. Thats great. Thats fantastic. Early 90s 91, 92. brian loftus we were over sitting at the anchor desk and we saw you look at your phone about 10 minutes ago and a big smile across your face. I was thinking maybe you saw kirstens tweet about that photo. sheriff lombardo i follow kirsten but i dont follow you brian. brian loftus why would you. Shes a lot better looking than i am. Well sheriff good chatting with you as always. Kirsten Joyce have a great day. paul joncich thats all for us at 4. 8 news now at five starts after this. Dont forget. Were always on at las vegas now dot com, on facebook and twitter. Christianne Klein the time for public input a monkey on a plane causes a commotion. Monkeys can carry a lot of diseases that are a lot more similar to the things that humans have what happened on the frontier flight. And the rules for traveling with animals. Christianne Klein rearranging the school district. It affects every Single Person in the city we break down the plans for decentralizing ccsd. And your last chance to have your voice heard. Punch. The sentence handed down for a man who killed a well known las vegas private investigator. katier boer pretty tame today. But another heat up is on the way
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