Witnesses told police he was speeding. And rearended a car that slowed down to make a right turn. The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital where he later died. In 2015. 23 people died while riding a motorcycle or moped. In metros jurisdiction. And as the weather gets warmer, more people will be taking their bikes out for a drive. So metro police want everyone to be careful officer Michael Rodriguez metro police in almost everyone of our accidents involving motorcycles speed is most definitely a factor. Michael Stevens last year. Metro police say there were about 1hundred and 25traffic related deaths in their jurisdiction. Police call the number both devastating and unacceptable. In hopes of stopping the deadly trend this year. Metro police has started a Traffic Safety focus. Each month, the department will be joining forces with the nevada Highway Patrol and the Henderson Police department to through education and enforcement. Police say this month the focus is on speeding. And officers have been targeting the areas where people are known to drive too fast. Brian, kirsten . brian loftus michael. You said speed is their focus this month. Are police giving any simple advice to drivers to help the problem . Michael Stevens brian, kirsten. Police are putting the effort back on everyone in the community to change the culture. They say the public needs to their part by leaving early and driving the speed limit. So you make it to your destination alive. Kirsten Joyce friends and family are remembering a two year old. Killed in a crash sunday night. Last night. The family of evelyn green gathered at a memorial set up near the crash scene near lake mead and pecos. Her mother said the little girl was hit by a white van. Right in front of her home. She had been playing outside she also said the driver stopped and talked to her. But left the scene before police got there. Now. The family is asking for the person responsible to come forward. joshua green, father i just want him to turn himself in, you know, its hard for me to be saying that. Vicky davis, mother there are people out there talking to this man if you know this man turn him in my daughter was innocemnt what you mean police are looking for white full size panel style van with no windows. If you have any information you are asked to call crimestoppers. Kirsten Joyce now lets turn it over to demetia. Brian loftus how are the roads looking this morning. < Demetria Obilor hit and run crash on flamingo and koval. Metro is still on the scene. Metro is also responding to a crash at las vegas boulevard and harmon, which is right by citycenter and planet hollywood. Ill tell you whats going on in about 10 minutes. < lets send it over to sherry with a check of your weather. Sherry Swensk < monday was another beautifully mild day. More like spring than winter. With well above normal temps in the 70s again. This morning clear skies and light winds, with dry air. More sunshine today and highs back to the 70s. Right now a lot of neighborhoods near 50 degrees and feeling nice outside but more like april instead of february . The warm pattern is sticking around this week, your full weather now forecast is coming up. Back to you. Kirsten Joyce the First Electric car charging station is up and running. On a stretch of highway connecting las vegas and reno. Its located at the eddie world gas station in beatty. Officials are still negotiating to get other charging stations along us 95. Governor sandoval announced the summer. This. As a tesla battery plant is under construction near reno. And Faraday Future plans to build its electric car plant in north las vegas. brian loftus Henderson Police are building up their police force. A recruitment information night is going on from six to eight this evening. Police will discuss the hiring process and prospective candidates can ask questions. Applications will be accepted until march 31st. Kirsten JoyceChinese New Year celebrations are going on in las vegas today. Youll be able to check out performances today at the linq. There will be a lion dance, eye painting ceremony, and other entertainment. That runs from seven to nine at the linq promenade tonight. The big parade to celebrate the holiday is this saturday downtown. Star ting at 11. Kirsten Joyce fighting the zika virus. brian loftus the steps president obama is taking to help with the health emergency. Kirsten Joyce plus, primary voting is underway in New Hampshire. Well take you live to manchester to see which candidates are leading the race. brian loftus to vegas. How you can help decide where the first stations should go, in whats driving New Hampshire voters are heading to the polls for the first in the nation primary. Kirsten JoyceAllison Warren is live this morning in manchester. And allison. Voting got underway. Right at midnight. Allison WarrenAllison Warren is live in manchester New Hampshire where voting is underway in the first in the nation primary. Many of the candidates will spend their evening at separate watch parties as they await primary results. New hampshire at midnight. Early surveys of likely primary voters show sanders with a 25 point lead on the democratic side, and show trump cruz and rubio at the top of the republican side with trump in the lead. Kirsten Joyce allison, how is New Hampshire different from iowa . Allison Warren well first of all this is a primary, process we are used to of simply casting a ballot. Secondly, independent voters in nh, which make up a large percentage here and can choose whether the want to vote democrat or republican so they may play a large roll in tonights results Kirsten Joyce remember. 8 news now is your local election headquarters throughout the season. Both on air and online at las vegas now dot com. Sherry Swensk < cold and snowy across New Hampshire today for the in fact snow swirling across fifteen states and washington. D. C. So far, nearly a foot of snow piling up in places. That cold canadian air is filtering down all the way down to the gulf and it will be a chilly and windy fat tuesday in new orleans for mardi gras today. Temps only in the mid 50s there. And thats about where our morning temps are across the west right now. And highs in the 70s and 80s on back to you. brian loftus president obama is asking congress for 1 point8 billion dollars to help fight the zika virus. The administration wants the money for Emergency Response in the u. S. And overseas. The World Health Organization declared the virus a health zika is transmitted by mosquitoes and is tied to birth defects in newborns. The virus has spread to at least 29 countries. The Obama Administration says 50 americans have returned to the u. S. Infected with zika. brian loftus lets get a check of your commute. Kirsten joyce demetria. How are things looking . < Demetria Obilor eastbound 215 will be down to three lanes for just over a year due to construction. The lane closures is in between mccarran and warm springs. Starting tomorrow, serious lane restrictions will be in place on flamingo at mcleod due to sewer work. Two left lanes in both directions of flamingo will close. There will be no left turns < back to you. brian loftus youve no doubt heard of the underground railroad that would bring slaves from the south to freedom in the northern territories. Kirsten Joyce but did you know the First Underground Railroad actually went south to a section of florida that offered freedom. Its part of americas untold journey as we celebrate black history month. By the late 1600s, slaves head south in search of freedom. James bullock in 1687 the first group of people arrived in st. Augustine as what would have been called fugitives. They had escaped bondage from the english plantations in the carolinas. Anthony dixon i think it is important though, that the underground Railroad First came south to florida. James bullock we dont know how many people attempted the journey. We dont know how many failed. Kathy deegan it wasnt an easy, immediate path to freedom florida they had to make it to st. Augustine. It wasnt enough just to get to florida. But if they made it to the town and presented themselves to the governor. , they would be given sanctuary. Anthony dixon they are given a choice. You can live in the florida wilderness , live as a maroon society, as you see fit they were also given a choice, if you would like to live under spanish rule, then you can live at fort mose. Vo narr in 1693, the immediate threat for spain was england and her growing carolina colonies. As word got back to spain that plantation slaves were seeking asylum in spanish florida,. James bullock 00 08 21 10 the king of spain created the edict of 1693 which to my knowledge and other scholars appears to be the first civil rights legislation in the new world kathy deegan as soon as word got to the plantations in possibility of sanctuary after 1693. Many people took advantage of that possibility to try and make it to florida. brian loftus that story of the underground railroad is just one of many Untold Stories about the origins of the Civil Rights Movement in america. For more. Head to our web site. Las vegas now dot com. And our very own Sharie Johnson tells the story of African Americans in the valley. Who were the first of their kind. That airs at five oclock. And our special americas untold journey. Airs this saturday at nine oclock. Kirsten Joyce chipotle is focusing on food safety. brian loftus the restaurants new strategy to improve food quality. Kirsten Joyce and super bowl winner Peyton Manning is backing a beer. The surprise budweiser got. Is saying sorry. With free food. Kirsten Joyce and you may have thought it was planned. But it was free advertising that Peyton Manning gave after the big win. And it was worth millions. Jill wagner joins us live from wall street. Good morning jill. Q and jill red lobster has been implementing a turn around plan to boost slumping sales. And now theyre getting some unexpected help . Good morning brian and kirsten it was a wild day on wall street yesterday. At one point, the dow was down by 400 points. Stocks bounced back and the dow finished the day 177 points lower. The nasdaq was down 79. chipotle shut its doors for four hours yesterday for a company wide meeting about food safety chipotle say it will invest10 Million Dollars in local farmers that supply ingredients. Sales have plunged in the wake of a norovirus and e coli Anheusser Busch says it didnt pay Peyton Manning to say hed be drinking budweiser after the big game but theyre glad he did the mention is said to be worth more than three Million Dollars in free advertising. An industry paper says manning own shares in two Anhaueser Busch distributors. Q and jill red lobster has been implementing a turn around plan to boost slumping sales. And now theyre getting some unexpected help . A theyre calling it the beyonce bounce red lobsters sales jumped 33 this weekend after beyonce released her new song formation. It mentions the restaurant chain in its lyrics. Workers at red lobster already started to rename menu items after queen bee like the cheddar bey biscuits. And the drink. The bey breeze. Brian and kirsten . Now lets turn it over to demetria for whats driving you crazy . Demetria Obilor this summer, the rtc will launch the valleys first, public bike share system. It will start off downtown and then expand into different parts of town. The rtc wants your help selecting the best bike share by filling out a quick survey. First, you create a username and register. You click on suggest a station and select your top 5 potential station locations. The downtown area is highlighted in green. After youre finished, you can click learn more to find out more about the project. The rtc says its Bike Share Program will include about 18 stations and 180 bicycles that are available for selfservice rental 24 hours a day. Whats driving you crazy . Remember, you can write me at. Traffic 8 at las vegas now dot com. brian loftus several people dead. After two trains crash head on in germany. Kirsten Joyce why authorities are having a hard time helping the victims. Michael Stevens is live this morning with more on Pedestrian SafetyKirsten Joyce a local lawmaker. Headed to oregon to support ammon and ryan bundy. How she says shell be getting involved in their fight with oregon authorities. brian loftus looking after your pooch. While youre at work. How dogowners can make sure their pets are taken care of. Even when theyre not at home. < welcome to a brighter morning, joyce, Sherry Swensk, Demetria Obilor and brian loftus Kirsten Joyce good morning. Its 530. Im Kirsten Joyce. brian loftus and im brian loftus. Law enforcement agencies from across the valley. Are hoping to change a deadly trend. Kirsten Joyce so far this year. 27 people have died on valley roads. The most recent. Involved a 27 yearold near 215 and decatur. brian loftus thats where we find 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens with a closer look at what police are doing to help fix the problem. Good morning michael . Michael Stevens brian, kirsten. Family and friends of the young man gathered last night. To remember the 27yearold. Police say. He was speeding on his motorcycle sunday night. When he rear ended a car trying to make a turn. But that wasnt the only death sunday. North Las Vegas Police say a 2yearold girl was killed crossing the street in front of her home. Van in near pecos and lake mead. The childs mother said the driver smelled the alcohol. And apologized before taking off. Police say both of these deaths could have prevented. If people took the time to stay safe behind the wheel officer Michael Rodriguez metro police we as the Police Department cannot do this alone. We need participation from everyone in our community. To understand that while this is a Police Problem this is a community problem. Its our family members, our moms our dads kids who are getting killed on our roadways and thats simply unacceptable. Michael Stevens last year. Metro police saw 124 traffic related fatalities. And nearly 40 percent of those involved a pedestrian. In an effort to change the deadly trend the department is teaming up with other agencies. Like the nevada Highway Patrol and Henderson Police department to address the issues on our roads. Metro says theyve analyzed the top factors that play a role in these deadly incidents. This month metro police says adding officers to problem areas in the valley and doing enforcement. Brian, kirsten . Kirsten Joyce michael. You spoke with police. They must be fed up with these types of accidents. Michael Stevens kirsten. They really are. In our interview they called it devastating and unacceptable. Police say. Theyre doing everything they can to stop the problem. Now theyre pleading with the public. Asking them to follow the rules of the road. Kirsten Joyce police say they are dealing with another problem on the roads. Drivers are ignoring police tape. And driving through active crime scenes. sgt. Richard strader ive almost been hit probably about four times working in a closed off scene by either drivers that just werent paying attention or even drunk drivers. Kirsten Joyce last month. One of our reporters caught drivers going through police say a combination of flares, cones, and tape dont stop all drivers. Each situation is dealt with on a case by case basis. Driving drunk or speeding could get a driver arrested or cited. But if youre just c