treasurer.gov. and click on the bright yellow unclaimed property button. simply type in your name... and find out if you're on the list. ((paul joncich)) if you're on the list, all you have to do is click another button to learn how to file a claim. here's the good news, it used to take the treasurers office up to 4 months to process claims, now they can do it same day. (( mark ciavola/nevada treasurer's office: "you can file a claim through our website, you can print your claim form, mail it in with the doce then we're processing those basically same day at this point . it's more than 820 million dollars statewide, and close to 670 milliion dollar for clark county alone." )) ((paul joncich)) last week, the treasurer ran a similar add in northern nevada, and as a result paid out more than 2-million dollars in claims. ((paul joncich)) if you are an heir to someone on the list, that'll require a little more documentation. but i'm told it's not an arduous process. nevada. if you moved from another state, check their unclaimed property. by the way we've posted a link to this website on las vegas now dot com to make it easy for you. and if you dont have computer access, you can visit the unclaimed property division at 555 east washington street. christianne?? ((christianne klein)) a north las vegas couple was indicted by a grand jury this week... for the death of a two- year- old child. nicholas anthony hopkins faces several charges... including murder and child abuse. child abuse, neglect, and endangerment. according to the clark county district attorney's office, the child was bruised from head to toe... and had broken ribs, second- degree burns, and several internal injuries when he died last november. hopkins' bail was set at one- million- dollars... and once she's arrested... onate's will be set at 100- thousand dollars./// ((christianne klein)) police need your help finding a man who may have been involved in a robbery on the las vegas strip. police say this happened in the 33- hundred block of south las vegas boulevard... which is in the area of the venetian and palazzo. police say a man went into a store and threatened to shoot an employee if he didn't get any money. no one was hurt... but the man did get away with some cash... and left in a taxi. if you know anything... call police or crimestoppers./// ((dave courvoisier)) a retrial is now delayed another year... for an ex- motorcycle gang leader involved in a deadly casino shootout back in 2011. conviction was overturned last december. in court today... a judge said lawyer scheduling forced the new trial to be delayed until august 2017. gonzalez was originally convicted of killing a hells angels boss at a sparks casino in 2011. gonzalez claims he was trying to protect a colleague who was nearly beaten to death./// ((dave courvoisier)) governor brian sandoval is speaking out against 'question one' on the ballot this november. today... the governor's spokesperson said sandoval is concerned the measure would unnecessarily he also doesn't think the background check initiative would actually keep guns out of the hands of criminals. this comes as the n-r-a launched a three- million- dollar t-v ad buy in the silver state... aimed at hillary clinton and her views on guns. the n-r-a says a clinton presidency would stack the supreme court with anti-gun justices who would overturn the second amendment. proponents of question one say they don't want to take guns away... they just don't want people to have guns who shouldn't have them./// ((christianne ki after getting stuck in a palm tree in a valley neighborhood. several fire crews helped in the rescue near rancho and oakey around 11 this morning. firefighters tell us the worker was strapped to the tree when a heavy set of fronds collapsed on him. luckily the tree trimmer was okay. in the past two years... two other local tree trimmers died in similar accidents./// ((dave courvoisier)) katie boer is in for tedd tonight... no monsoon threat....for now. chance of moisture returning to movement coming out of washington d.c. the drug enforcement administration announced it will not reduce restrictions on marijuana. ((christianne klein)) >> the decision comes in response to two petitions asking the d-e-a to reconsider the drug's "schedule one" classification. patrick walker is here to explain. ((patrick walker)) >> that schedule one classification puts marijuana in the same category as drugs like l-s-d... ecstacy... and heroin. 25 states and the district of columbia have legalized marijuana in some form. nevada... of course... is one of them. medical marijuana has been legal here since 2000... but the first dispensaries didn't open until last year. that's a decade and a half later. now... ballot question 2 -- if approved -- would legalize up to an ounce of recreational marijuana. although the d-e-a largely stays away from shutting down state-licensed marijuana operations accross the country right now - it does prohibit pot federally-based services... like banking and contract enforcement. but with the federal policy of letting the states regulate an illegal industry... state senator tick segerblom... a prominant figure behind the effort to legalize marijuana in nevada... was caught off guard by the d-e-a's decision. ((state sen. tick segerblom/(d) las vegas: 0.13 "i'm surprised because they made such a big deal that they were going to do this re-evaluation, and it seems like if they really looked at the current state of the law, and what's going on in the country, they wiould have recognized that there is definitely a medical use for marijuana." 0.28 )) >> the d-e-a says risks from marijuana use have not been shown to be outweighed from benefits found in clinical trials. but supporters say by keeping it as a schedule 1 drug... it's largely preventing those clinical trials from being done... specifically at research universities. ((patrick walker)) >> so what does that mean for legalization efforts in the silver state? we'll look closer into the potential ramifications as nevadans prepare to head to the polls... coming up at 6. setting up some kind of a showdown with states looking to legalize marijuana? ((patrick walker)) >> it doesn't look like it. if it did, it would be a big one. half of the country allows medical marijuana... and depending on how five states vote this november... 20 percent of the country could allow recreational marijuana. federal law./// ((christianne klein)) on the campaign trail today... both candidates are focused on the economy. hillary clinton toured a manufacturing plant in michigan... calling for billions in new investments in manufacturing and infrastructure... which would help invest in people. donald trump disagrees with her economic policies though: (( sec. hillary clinton/(d) presidential nominee) "$25 billion in seed funding could unlock more than $200 billion and really get our country moving." donald trump/(r) presidential nominee) dollar tax increase.")) ((christianne klein)) >> clinton and trump have differing philosophies when it comes to taxes. clinton wants to raise taxes on billionaires while trump wants an across- the- board cut for everyone. cbs news has learned that hillary clinton plans to release her 2015 tax returns in the coming days. trump has refused to release his returns saying they are under audit from the irs./// ((christianne klein)) ahead of last month's democratic national convention... d-n-c e-mails were leaked... in a cyberattack officials blamed on russia. today... nevada senator harry reid talked about that leak... and told reporters he's not worried about any of his e-mails getting out. the senate minority leader says his e-mails are 'so boring'... not even russian president vladimir putin would read them. reid is finishing up his last few months in office before retiring. democrat catherine cortez masto and republican joe heck are and we're your local election headquarters... keeping you up to date on all things politics on air and online at las vegas now dot com./// ((dave courvoisier)) a local winery is giving napa valley a run for it's money. it's harvest season at the pahrump valley winery. 8 news now reporter karen castro shows us the tedious process and the type of wine being produced. ((karen castro)) it's day one of the harvest season at the pahrump valley winery. but there's a long road ahead wine bottle. ((gretchen loken co-owner, pahrump valley winery: right now these grapes are ripped and ready for harvest. )) ((karen castro)) crews have been up since the early morning hours hand picking grapes that will be used to make zinfandel wine. employees and volunteers have their work cut out for them. the vineyard has more than 850 plants some are over 20 years old. only the best of the best grapes make it into these bins. ((gretchen loken co-owner, pahrump valley winery: then we stick them on a bin where we fill up the bins and then off we go to process them.)) ((karen castro)) the bins are taken to what is called the "barrel room." ((gretchen loken happens. )) ((karen castro)) the grapes are placed in a de-stemming machine and eventually put in another bin where they stay for up to two weeks fermenting. eventually, another machine is used to drain the juice out of the grapes. ((gretchen loken co-owner, pahrump valley winery: so it's gonna strain all the skins and the seeds off so you get the wine 24:08 the wine is then going to stay in the barrel. )) ((karen castro)) the wine will be checked for taste every three to four months this season's zinfandel wine will be ready to drink it 2018. ((gretchen loken co-owner, pahrump valley winery: so you have to be patient 14 takes about two years to make a red wine. )) ((karen castro)) produces seven nevada wines some which can be found at local stores. in pahrump, karen castro, 8 news now. ((christianne klein)) a north las vegas company is shooting for the stars. in tonight's "street talk" with the i-team's george knapp... how many finalists does the local company have to compete with... to score a major contract with nasa. and flooding at zion national park. we show you the massive boulder that shut down one entrance to the popular tourist destination... that's next on the valley's news leader. this is 8 news now at five.")) ((dave courvoisier)) nasa has just announced plans for eventual missions to the moon and mars, but for humans to survive long term missions in space, they will need safe and secure habitats. ((christianne klein)) >> a local company is among the six finalists to design the prototype for future space colonies. i- that and more in tonight's "street talk" commentary. (( )) ((george knapp)) america's ambitious lunar missions are a distant memory. the space shuttle era has likewise ended. but it looks like nasa is starting to think big again. this week, the space agency announced the next step in what it hopes will be a human presence on mars. six companies were chosen to develop prototypes for long range missions in space. more specifically, how to design habitats that will allow humans to live in giants lockheed and boeing...but also named-- bigelow aerospace--whose plant in north las vegas built an expandable spacecraft that is currently attached to the i.s.s. as part of a two year mission. nasa will dole out 65 million dollars so the 6 companies can come up with the best, safest habitats that will first be used on or around the moon in the 2020's before the next big step to the red planet. the bigelow team has 24 months to come up with a ds (music--elvis presley singing)) ((george knapp)) next week will mark the 39th year since the king of rock and roll died. elvis presley's immense influence is still felt here in las vegas, and the cause of his death is still debated. drug use certainly played a part in his demise at age 42 but now, a new analysis of the medical evidence suggests the king had deeper, we're posting the full report on our website so fans can read it for themselves. a trial date has been set for las vegas sports gambler bill walters, accused of conspiring with others in a multi-million dollar insider trading scheme. when the indictment was announced a few months ago, the unofficial consensus in town was that walters' goose was cooked and maybe he should cut a plea legal sources say the walters team is not only ready to go, but wishes the trial could start sooner than next march. they should sell tickets to that one. and finally, are you following the saga of the monkey that was smuggled aboard a las vegas bound airliner? turns out, this was no ordinary stowaway primate. its owner claims, it's a service monkey. highly -trained, whose job is to provide emotional support. i know what you're thinking who knew there were service monkeys? the answer, of course, is bart simpson, whose animated tv series is the wellspring from which all human wisdom flows. "how many monkey butlers will there be?" "one at first, but he'll train others." ((george knapp)) now that monkey butlers are real, there's only one other question to ask...where can i get one?i' i'm george knapp. ((christianne klein)) >> we've posted links on las vegas now- dot- com so you can read more about nasa's plans, as well as the new medical report ((dave courvoisier)) heavy rain caused flooding at zion national park... that's not all though... it also caused a massive boulder to fall on a road. the huge rock fell yesterday on 'mount carmel highway'... park officials had to close the east entrance to the park because of the slide. the weight of the rock crushed part of the road... causing a big crack in the asphalt. and check out this car that got stuck in the flooding just outside the park. luckily no one was hurt... but hundreds of park tourists were trapped for a bit yesterday until crews were able to reopen around 93 by 9pm. by 11pm look for temps in the upper 80s with low 80s expected by early tomorrow morning. ................... generally the rest of the evening looks dry and fairly quiet... with monsoonal moisture winding down around mohave county. the mccullough range and mohave county a slight concern for some gusty outflow winds from thunderstorms through the evening. .................. dry weather expected areawide tomorrow through monday and into first half of next week, with temperatures rising above normal for mid august. no monsoon threat....for now. chance of moisture returning to the area late next week. ...................... today: we briefly climbed to2 tonight lows drop down to 81 degrees.... by friday we're lookign at high temperatures up to 104.... climbing up to 110 by sunday. ..................... your extended forecast shows temps. on the rise into the weekend. highs peak by sunday...up to 109. saturday- wednesday temps. will be above 105-degrees ((dave courvoisier)) still to come on the a movie with lackluster reviews... is smashing records at the box office. how well the movie is holding up... nearly a week after its release. ((christianne klein)) and another big step forward to bring the oakland raiders.. to las vegas... that's coming up tonight at six on the valley's news leader./// 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. heck's plan means billions more in fees for wall street. and they've donated over half a million dollars to his campaigns. those numbers speak for themselves. joe heck is a threat to a secure retirement, because he's part of the problem in washington. afscme people is responsible flash mobs have kind of fallen out of fashion lately... but not with one group. ((christianne klein)) >> check out these senior citizens at a community center in michigan. e years- old... and they all went outside to get down! they practiced the routine before inviting cameras out to see their show. and while they admit they might not have been able to show off the moves they once had... just having fun is the most important part of it all./// ((christianne klein)) and finally tonight... "suicide squad" is officially a hit at the box office. ((dave courvoisier)) >> despite the early negative reviews... the movie was able to score two records this week. it's made 161- million dollars since its release last friday. it's since broke records for best monday in august and best both previously held by marvel's "guardians of the galaxy." by the way... the negative reviews continue... on "rotten tomatoes"... it's currently only liked by 26- percent of reviewers./// ((dave courvoisier)) thanks for watching 8 news now at five. the valley's news leader. don't forget we're always streaming on the "news on" app... and you can find us on facebook and twitter. hr the cbs evening news is next. we'll see you at six. /// news music captioning ? ? ? captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: high hopes, up in smoke. the obama administration refuses to lift restrictions on marijuana, keeping the federal government at odds with half the states. also tonight, allegations that u.s. intelligence about the war on isis was manipulated. didn't match what the intelligence was saying out of the united states central command. >> there it goes! >> pelley: road hazards drivers rarely see coming until it's too late. >> i got severely lucky on the highway that no one ran me over or hit me. >> pelley: and, fast friends-- lochte and phelps. >> win or lose, we're still going to be friends, and that rivalry that we've created is

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