Good time. We get a lot of noise celebratory gunfire. We will get several different calls of duis. Hopefully, we wont get crashes, but they do tend to happen. We have an influx of drinking and driving. Denise Valdez is illegal. Anyone caught doing it can face criminal charges. Denise Valdez now if tonight. You are encouraged to take advantage of public transportation. Patranya Bhoolsuwan the regional Transportation System is running its buses for free from 6 pm through 9 am tomorrow mooning. Taxi cabs will be ready to get you to and from wherever you want to go. Also dont forget that uber and lyft now operate in southern nevada. But we aware of their surge pricing. Double check the estimated fare before scheduling a pickup. Denise Valdez if you drive, but do end up having a drink dont try to drive home. Triplea is offering free tipsy tows to your home within 10 you do not need a triplea membership to get a ride. Just call this number. 800 2224357. Tipsy tows for the Biker Community are available as well. That number is 7025860536. Patranya Bhoolsuwan and if you will be on the strip tonight. Dont forget that the monorail is also an optin. One way tickets cost just a buck with a valid nevada id. You must purchase your ticket or tickets before 11 pm for the one dollar deal. The monorail will operate until 3 am on saturday. It has seven stations from mgm grand to the sls. For all your new years eve information. Just head to las vegas now dot com. Denise ValdezPatranya Bhoolsuwan between 5 45pm and 6pm. They hope to have the strip open to pedestrians by 6 30pm. Fremont street experience closes at four pm and reopens at six pm for entertainment. < < Demetria Obilor lets get to sherry with a look at todays weather. Sherry swensk its cold again this morning with temps in the 30s and near freezing or below already. Clear skies and light winds for now. president ial candidates are once candidates are once again turning their attention to las vegas as we approach the new year. The nevada caucuses are a little over 6 weeks away. But what does that really mean . Politics now anchor Patrick Walker explains. < Patrick Walker if you follow politics in nevada. Theres a word youve no doubt heard countless times. Caucus. While most states use a primary election system. Where you head to the polls to cast your ballot. The two major parties here dont subscribe to that system. Caucusgoers in nevada elect delegates to county conventions, who in turn elect delegates to state conventions. Who then send delegates to each Partys National convention to vote for a candidate. kyle Warren SandersCampaign Regional field director its definitely one of those things where you publically make your vote known, but youre also trying to get people to come to your side as well. Patrick Walker republicans who pre register to participate in the te. R dect. Ey literally divide the ro. Kyle Warren Sanders campairegion field director all e bernie supporte will go on one side of the room, all the hillary supporters will go on the other side, all the omalley supporterwill go on the third de, and the undecideds willgo on the fourth side. Patrick Walker if a candidate doesnt get at least 15 percent of the people of the room in their favor. Other groups can try to absorb them. That could be the case with martin omalley. Whos currently polling at 1 percent in nevada. And as one of the first states to begin the president ial selection process. The results can influence how the vote goes in other states. Who stays in the race. And who goes. Bernie Sanders FieldCampaign Director kyle warren says that momentum can make it or break it for candidates trying to catch the partys front runner. kyle Warren SandersCampaign Regional field director so all the eyes of the country will be on nevada to see which candidates theyre supporting. Patrick Walker. 8 news now. Patranya Bhoolsuwan the two papaties are holding their caucuses on different days in 2016. The Democratic Caucus meets on february 20th. And the republicans will holdes february 23rd. patn bhoolsuwan dildez ts get to sherry wita look todays weather. Sherry swensk its cold again this morning freezing or below already. Clear skies and light winds for now. But some developing winds will be the concern as the day goes on since we want those fireworks tonight. There could be enough wind to be a problem at midnight and keep those fireworks from going off. A cool day in the 40s for highs. And breezy winds. < Patranya Bhoolsuwan the bhoolsuwan the city of chicago is giving all of its Police Officers an extra weapon to use on the job. Denise Valdez stun guns are the latest change to try and calm critics despite growing protests over police brutality. Patranya Bhoolsuwan plus looking for a new home . Why 2016 is considered the best time to buy that dream house. Patranya Bhoolsuwanrecent string of deadly officer involved shootings in chicago has prompted the mayor to annouce some new policies. Yesterday, mayor rahm emanuel says he expects every chicago officer who responds to Service Calls to be equipped with a taser and be properly trained. Right now about 20 percent of chicago officers who respond to Service Calls. Have access to stun guns. The Us Justice Department has also launched an investigation into whether Chicago Police regularly violate the law and us constitution. Denise Valdez a federal grand jury charged the friend of one the San Bernardino shooters with conspiring to give Material Support to terrorists. Authorities say Enrique Marquez bought rifles used by the gunmen in the mass shooting. That left 14 people dead this month. The killers sayed farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik were police. Officials say they planned terror attacks previously, but never carried one out. Marquez is being held without bail. His arraignment is next week. Denise Valdez affluenza teen ethan couch was moved yesterday to this Immigration Holding Facility in mexico city. A Mexican Government source says. Hes being held there during his Legal Proceedings in the country. His attorneys have filed paperwork to block mexican authorities from deportation. Mexican government sources say couchs mother left mexico yesterday. And was on her way to los angeles. Texas prosecutors say she will be charged with hindering the apprehension of a juvenile. Ethan couch allegedly violated probation for killing four people in a drunk driving accident in 2013. Patranya Bhoolsuwan this morning, the c csd janitor who was arrested for performing sex acts in a classroom. Will be in court. Michael skelton faces charges of open and gross lewdness, destroying property. And poisoning food. A Police Report states he was caught committing the sex acts at dondero elementary. District leaders say he was working nights. And believe no children were involved. Skelton worked with the School District for 18years. Patranya Bhoolsuwan todays technology is making it easier for adults to seek therapy. Denise Valdez the Online Program thats helping patients shercanada. After two months of construction. It includes thousands of icicles. And all carved out by hand. The sculpture weighs in at more than 27 thousand tons and stretches over an acre of snow. Visitors have the chance to crawl though tunnels, ride down frozen slides, and explore caves. Now if you go at night. The castle turns on its led lights. The ice castle only stays up until it melts. like hardly anybody carries a camera anymore. But some still like the professional touch. Especially when visiting exotic places. Now when you go on a vacation. You can have a fly tographer help you out. They are a personal photographer who meets clients at their vacation spot. They usually live on location and often become tour guides. Right now, theres about 300 fly tographers around the world. Marriage proposals and honeymoons are the most popular assignments. Packages start at 250dollars for a half hour photo shoot. lets get to sherry with a look Sherry Swensk grab your warm coat this morning if you are going to be out for very long. Temps are steadily dropping to near freezing already. Some neighborhoods will make it to freezing and a little below again. Look for breezes to pick up and winds to develop along the river today with gusts to 40 mph or higher. Well stay sunny and chilly for now. But rain showers across the east of the country. Temps will warm up into the weekend and we have a chance of rain next week. < a 13yearold phoenix teen had to be rescued after he fell down the chimney. Firefighters say the teen was playing with his friends on the roof of an apartment complexs community center. When he fell about 5 feet. Thats when his friends called 911 and his parents. Who were unable to get him out. Firefighters lowered a rope to get him out once they got there. The teen luckily only had some minor scrapes and bruises. Denise Valdez a lot of americans are thinking of making big purchases as the economy continues to rebound. And some are thinking that a house could be on the list for 2016. Since Analysts Expect rent prices to soar in the new year. Mary moloney has four reasons why now may be the time to buy. Rates are on the way out. Interest rates are going up and thats going to make new home loans more expensive. So 2016 could be a great chance to lock in the rate of a lifetime if rates keep rising. Number two expect home prices to rise more slowly. Prices have been soaring the past few years. But real estate tracker zillow says you can expect home price tags to rise just about 3 and a half percent. Those improving numbers will push more owners to list their homes easing the inventory crunch. Meaning there might be more homes available to buy in 2016. Bringing us to reason number three more new homes on the market next year. Builders are focused on starter and midrange houses. And the final and perhaps best reason to buy a home soaring rent prices. Rents just keep going up. Becoming almost unaffordable in some markets. So that means in most places buying is a much better bargain. To recap 2016 can mean more options and fewer bidding wars for consumer watch im mary moloney. Denise ValdezPatranya Bhoolsuwan < thats a look at the roads. Back to you. if you got a hightech tv for the holidays. You might want to listen up Denise Valdez coming up at five oclock. We explain why it might cost you more than a regular tv in the long run. Patranya Bhoolsuwan plus. New Year Celebrations can be terrifying to your pets. How to make sure theyre secure office. You can now talk to a threrapist for the comfort of your home. As hena daniels explains. Online therapy is helping people with depression and anxiety. < it was definitelya little nerve wracking this is what therapy sounds like for new york city actress, abagail. She decided to forgo the traditional sitdown, face to face therapy for a oncea week phone call and some online assignments. abagail uses online therapy theres very little financial risk to do it. Abagail is part of a new wave of people trying out online therapy, for its lower costs, convenience and anonymity. Studies are finding it provides real relief for people suffering from depression and social anxiety. peter shalek joyable by having a solution that is technological where people have an optional phone call where they can interact only by email and text if they choose, its a better fit for many people. But not all online therapy programs are created equal. Programs, like talkspace and breakthrough use licensed therapists. Others, like joyable or 7 cups of tea, use coaches or trained dr. Elias aboujoude psychia trist the potential harm is if patients start to think of coaches as Mental Health providers or start avoid seeing potential Mental Health providers because theyre seeing a coach. Abagail says calls and texts from her coach and the online assignments help her better manage the nervous butterflies she says can paralyze her on stage. abagail online therapy consumer the way i feel about my career and my social interaction in general is completely different. She says for the first time in her life, shes excited for her next audition. Hena daniels for cbs news. Denise ValdezManny Pacquaio is heading back to las vegas to fight Timothy Bradley for the third time. The pac man is expected to fight at the mgm grand garden arena on april 9th. Promoter bob arum told our chris matthius. That this may not be pacquaios last fight. He says hes not convinced the fighter is done in the ring. tt2waty ` 4 p bt m [l tt2waty ` 4 p a mpw tt2waty ` 4 p bm m[\ tt4waty ` 4 r dzhq 4 new years eve is here and hundreds of thousands of people will be celebrating across the valley tonight how authorities are coming together to make sure revelers stay safe. Michael StevensMichael Stevens is live with a look at new years eve celebrations