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Transcripts For KLAS 8 News Now At 4 PM 20160913

Be disposed, well dispose of it. If need be, well remove carpet from her bedroom as well. Were hoping that will take care of the problem. the Response Team has tested eighty homes over the past few days. Looking for the source of the mercury contamination. This home on san grail court was deemed unsafe. Its still unclear, though, if this is the source of the contamination. Epa Officials Say they plan to clean this home, which is rented, for the next 2 to 3 days. The identity of that student has not been released. Reporting live Shakala Alvaranga 8 news now. shakala, is there any concern for nearby neighbors . Shakala Alvaranga , Officials Say residents in this neighborhood should not worry. They say the contamination is limited to the interior of this meanwhile students are back in the classroom at johnson junior high school. After the epa gave the all clear to reopen the campus after classes were cancelled for three days. 8 news now reporter karen castro is live near buffalo drive and Summerlin Parkway with more on how students and parents are feeling after all the chaos last week. karen castro its certainly the talk of the town here at johnson junior high school. A lot of the parents and students tell me they are still nervous about stepping foot on campus. Just want to make sure that she feels comfortable. She was very nervous coming to school. Um, one of the things we kept talking about was how are you feeling and what not. But she was very, very nervous. Jose volonte parent im happy that hes back in school but im still a little worried though. I havent have any communication with the school whatsoever. I had no idea school was starting today. students and parents were welcomed back by school staff, reassuring them the campus is safe. Many families were picking up shoes, socks, and backpacks this the epa and have been deemed safe. The Clark County School district says a total of 53 items had to be destroyed for having high levels of mercury. Ccsd says parents will have to file a claim to be reimbursed for their belongings and that the School District is in direct contact with them. Ccsd has vowed to learn from this incident saying they are looking at how to better communicate with parents during emergencies and allowing students to use their cell phones. lori varga parent she was just concerned just because they wouldnt let her um, then she was like i dont know anything about whats going on. Eric larson parent i think theyll probably gonna learn a lot by this, i know we did. karen castro we got our first look inside the schools gym, where ccsd says the mercury was first spotted. Three sections of the floor were removed during the cleanup. The gym will remain closed until repairs are completed. Ccsd says a student is to blame for bringing a quarter cup of meanwhile some parents believe a teacher had the chemical and it was stolen. karen castro you are looking at one of the many security cameras on campus. With conflicting stories of who is responsible investigators are looking at the schools Surveillance System for answers. Reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. tedd florendo looking at increased wind anticpate a cold front to bring some gusty winds through wednesday. Temps will also get cooler as well for a few days and below normal. Gusty winds at this hour, but could be strongest later on and tomorrow. Temps not as hot but still warm across the region. Hour by hour shows clear skies but gusty winds through the evening. Well have warm temps as well and down tot he 80s by late night. Tomorrow with possible advisories in place through many areas. Well have a complete update on your forecast coming up in a few minutes. The Health District to create a Pest Management program. Christianne Klein meanwhile in phoenix one man was bitten by bed bugs after using a motorized scooter at walmart. Jose de leon says after he used the scooter he noticed the chair was infested with bedbugs. Pet experts confirmed he was in fact bitten by the parasitic insects. They say someone who had bed bugs at home probably brought them to walmart. Anyone who sat in the motorized scooters after the infestation could have accidentally taken some bu that person goes home and sits on their couch and instantly the bedbug tries to hide. That bedbug is gong to feed on them. And once they feed, they start laying eggs. Christianne Klein walmart says theyve taken all the motorized shopping scooters out of service and are bringing in an expert to do testing. Meantime if youre worried about bedbugs. Experts say to put your clothes in the dryer on high heat for about an hour and a half. paul joncich afternoon. Christianne Klein up next, the big name supporter campaigning for her today as she works to recover from her bought with pneumonia. im really good at war. I love war in a certain way. Including with nukes, yes including with nukes. I know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. Nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. I want to be unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable. Tedd florendo. This is 8 news now at four. paul joncich yesterday we learned that bill clinton will fill in for hillary at a las vegas event this week as she recoveres from but her Campaign Continues as do the questions about the health of both her and donald trump. Trump is hitting the road in full force today while the clinton camp gets help from some heavy hitters. Craig boswell is at the white house with more. It is good to be back on the campaign trail. Hillary clinton got a big name supporter campaigning for her tuesday. sot president obama this is not just me going through the motions here. Clinton is still resting at home from pneumonia which was only made public after she stumbled into a van sunday. The campaign is being criticized for not revealing the diagnosis. sot Vice President joe biden the staff acknowledged they screwed up. standup Craig Boswell cbs news the white house donald trump has also been criticized for not providing medical information and says he will release numbers this thursday from a physical he received last week. nats tuesday afternoon in iowa, trump slammed clinton r of his supporters as a basket of deplorables. sot donald trump r president ial nominee her comments displayed the same sense of arrogance that led her to break laws as sec of state gfx a new nbc news poll shows trump closingin on clinton. Hes now trailing by four points. Craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. Christianne Klein donald trump will outline his plans to make child care more affordable during a speech in pennsylvania later tonight. All the races and issues that matter to you both an air and online at las vegas now dot com. paul joncich more fallout for samsaung after a 6 year old boy is injured by one of their devices. Christianne Klein the freak accident he suffered following a massive recall of phones that suddenly catch fire while charging. announcer youre to prove how authentic my new brewhouse bacon burger is im going undercover, at an actual brewhouse. Its awesome. Amazing what if i told you, you are eating a jacks brewhouse bacon burger from jack in the box. Not this one. Absolutely lying. And what if i told you. That im jack. Whaaaat . no way no didnt see that coming, did you . Jacks new brewhouse bacon burger, new from jack in the box. Hey, where did jack go . He was just here. paul joncich a 6 year old boy is recovering after his mother says her galaxy core smart phone exploded while he was playing a game on it. The boy suffered 1st degree burns and a portion of the floor in their East Flatbush brooklyn fire. The mother says the year old phone was not charging at the charging at the time, and isnt sure what cause it to explode. marsha lewis mother the phone caught on fire, then the battery exploded so he threw it on the floor and it was just like fireworks in the house paul joncich this report comes as Samsung Electronics announced a global recall of 2 point 5 million galaxy note 7s just two weeks samsung found that rechargeable lithium batteries were at fault for the 35 confirmed reports of the galaxy note 7 catching fire. The federal Aviation Administration is also warning travelers to avoid using the phones while flying. Christianne Klein taiwan is preparing as a powerful typhoon is expected to blow through the countries southern tip. Forecasters project super typhoon meranti to bring strong winds and heavy rainfall today. It is a category five storm. With very strong wind speeds. It is forecast to miss a direct but will still pack a powerful punch. toss to weather tedd florendo windy weather throughout the region with advisories set to expire this evening. Winds gusts have been primarily been 25 to 35 through many neighborhoods with occasional gusts to 40 or more near the mountains. In the 80s this afternoon with the winds. Temps around the valley in the 80s as well with temps near 90 for the far east sid eof the valley where were lower in temps coolest over to west side of the valley where were normally coolest due to elevation. Regional temps also stayed below normal and unseasonably cooler but we had plenty of wind around the region as well. Wind advisories have been issued all over the region due to the strongest winds. But the advisory should be allowed to expire. Looking at the satellite and radar, showers continue to the some snow showers near big sky country and cooler weather has settled all over the west coast. Expecting the trough in the jetstream along with the cooler temps to stick around for one more day before the warmer weather comes in behind it by the late workweek and your weekend. Tonight expect a low of 64 degrees with breezy winds this evening and winds relaxing late tonight. Clear skies tonight and tomorrow as well. Unseasonably cool tomorrow with highs around 86 by afternoon and nearly 10 degrees below average. Winds stay light. Mount charleston expect a high of 60 with temps dropping to 37 by morning and chilly around the mountain. Red rock will only have a high of 80 tomorrow afternoon and also looking at lighter winds for your wednesday. Extended forecast shows a warm up through the week with temps back in the 90s as early ast late workweek. We warm up this weekend to near normal temps and a little warmer next week as wrap up the last one local is fed up with the bumpy roads in North Las Vegas and wants to know when things will finallyet city leaders have in store for the area, in whats driving you crazy . Demetria Obilor someone asked, the area between washburn rd. And craig rd. On n. 5th st. Is all torn up and a hazard to drive on. Commerce street between cheyenne avenue and craig road is also not so hot. Are these areas going to be repaved any time soon . I reached out to North Las Vegas to find out if they have anything in store for either of the city told me that construction on north fifth is being done by private developers and will repaved once theyre finished with underground improvements. North las vega assured me theyd have staff go out and check on north fifth to make sure the area is safe and currently under construction. The pavement issues on commerce street will be addressed with the commerce street sawtooth project, which is currently being designed. Hey whats driving you crazy . Send your traffic question to traffic eight at las vegas now dot com. A lackluster monday night Football Game gets a dose of excitement when a drunken fan run on the field. Christianne Klein you dont want to miss one radio announcers colorful play by play of the situation before security was able to apprehend him. Announcer youre the new salami caprese panini from subway. Pressed and grilled to cinematic perfection to get a golden brown crust and meld the flavors in melted cheese. Part of the new chefinspired it was a blowout early in the 4th quarter of monday nights nfl game between the rams and 49ers. The rams were trailing 21nothing when something unusual happened. A fan ran onto the field. Usualy the cameras and the announcers ignore interruptions like this but last night, the announcer actually did the play by play. Heres kevin harlans call on Westwood One Sports kevin harlan, westwood one radio announcer 3rd and 4, looks into the nickel of San Francisco and the secoa out on the field. Some goofball in a hat and a red shirt, now he takes off the shirt hes running down the middle by the 50, hes at the 30 hes barechested and banging his chest. Now he runs the opposite way. He runs at the 50, he runs at the 40, the guy is drunk,but there he goes the 20, theyre chasing him. Theyre not going to get him. Waving his arms barechested. Somebo dy stop that man now they get him, theyre coming from the left. Oh they tackle him at the 40 yard line nat that was the most exciting thing to happen tonight. fellow announcer call on your part. That was a great call. paul joncich by the way, the niners went on to beat the rams, 28nothing. Christianne Klein embattled olympic swimmer ryan lochte gets a strange encounter during a live tv dance performance. Two protesters stormed the stage. And are now facing charges of trespassing. Hena daniels has the details from new york. Two men seen he are under arrest for rushing the stage after swimmer ryan lochtes performance on dancing with the stars. Lochte and his partner had just finished up their dancing debut and while Carrie Ann Inaba was judging their routine. Viewers at home saw this excuse me. Back off abc cameras did not show the actual incident. But host tom bergeron addressed the interruption after quickly cutting to commercial lochte so many feelings are going through my head right now, im a little hurt. I came out to do something im completely not comfortable with, and i did, and i did it with a small and i have the best dance partner cheers lochte joined the cast of the show after admitting he overexaggerated claims he and three of his teammates were robbed at gunpoint during the summer Olympic Games in rio. Hena daniels cbs news. Police say the suspects had tickets to be in the audience and changed their clothes to display antilochte tshirts once they got inside. Other people in those tshirts were also escorted out of the venue. paul joncich big changes on the horizon when it comes to solar energy in out state. Christianne Klein we break down the new deal struck by Solar Companies and nv energy. And the state of the Solar Industry in the valley after things came to a grinding halt. live. This is 8 news now at im Catherine Cortez masto and i come from a big family. A whole lot of people. A whole lot of love. And a whole lot of food. My dads family was from mexico. My moms was from italy. 60 years ago they met here in nevada and we grew as a family t parking cars at the dunes hotel. But he went on to be the head of tourism for las vegas and helped build the city we know today. Dad lived his life following three principles, work hard, be honest and respect everyone, thats what i tried to do as attorney general. Catherine took on the big banks when they preyed on homeowners. And forced them to pay one point nine billion dollars to nevadans. She became a National Leader in protecting children from sex traffickers. Olving problems, isnt that something we need more of in washington . Christianne Klein Solar Companies from around the world are gathering in las vegas this week. Shows solar capacity nationwide is growing. Including here in nevada. Patrick walker is here with how nevada ranks on the list. Patrick Walker nevada is sitting pretty on the list. Ranking 5th in both the amount of solar energy generated and in how much solar capacity was added over the last quarter of this year. Those rankings set the stage for the Solar Power International conference to return to las vegas this year. After being hosted in anaheim last year. Upwards of 15thousand industry professionals are year. Which focuses on both rooftop and utility grade solar technology. The solar electric industries association. Which is behind the report and the conference. Expects to see a record 13. 9 gigawatts of new solar capacity added nationwide this year. And the associations Vice President says nevada will continue to play a big role at the utility level. Sean Gallagher vp, govt affairs, Solar Energy Industries association 55. 01 , nevadas a terriffic place to put those solar farms in place, pricing under 4 cents a kw hr in some of those solar farms . 10 , so a terrific market there. But whats not so clear is how big of a role nevada will play in the rooftop Solar Industry. That has been a contentious issue between Solar Companies like solar city. And nv energy. The puc last year approved a new rate structure that phases out the amount solar customers are reimbursed for selling power back to the grid over the next 20 years. Patrick Walker but there has been some movement on that front. With a settlement being reached that would grandfather in the old rates for existing solar customers. paul joncich how many rooftop solar customers will be grandfather

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