Meeting this morning. Monday. Since then. Parents have been calling us concerned. Especially those who have children with special needs. Some say theyre disappointed in how the situation has been handled. trudy killman, mother its kind of been sprung on us and when u have children with different abilities, transitioning them into. A new environment is very difficult and challenging and i dont believe they have allowed us enough time to do that. brian loftus a final decision is expected to be made at todays meeting which is being held at 9 am at the grant sawyer building. Sherry Swensk all eyes will be to the sky in pahrump this weekend. For the Balloon Festival this is video from city leaders there. Showing what a balloon glow looks like at night. The pahrump Balloon Festival kicks off at 7 am and runs through sunday. There will be more than 20 balloons taking off. Its free to attend. Tethered balloon rides are just sherry hows the weather today . Sherry swensk calm winds and mild temps. Pahrump on the other side of the Spring Mountains from las vegas. Temps dropping to the 50s around the valley and some 40s. A nice weekend for hot air ballooning . Clear skies all night. Its been calm and will stay that way through the day and haze. The air is also staying very dry and that will continue. Even with some high clouds moving in through the weekend especially tomorrow. Temps will increase a little more today with highs in the upper 70s. That is more than ten degrees above normal. Then near 80 by the weekend. back to you Brian Loftus Metro police string of violent crimes. Kirsten Joyce the latest was at 8pm near washington and jones. One person was hurt in a drive by shooting. The victim was taken to umc. brian loftus just before 8. Metro says someone was shot in the leg in a room in the suites on boulder highway. Investigators say it was a domestic incident and the victim and suspect knew eachother. Kirsten Joyce police are investigating a shooting near cambridge and twain. Right near the boys and girls club. The victim was taken to sunrise hospital. Police dont think the shooting was random. brian loftus and at 3pm. Two Property Managers were checking out the home they managed. After getting a call someone was inside. When they got there. They got into a fight with the stranger. At at one point. One of the Property Managers shot the suspect. Killing him. Police havent said if the demetria, how are the roads this morning . Demetria obilor accident on obannon drive near decatur. Obannon is just north of sahara. One person is having car problems in the spaghetti bowl area on i 15 south, just south of us 95. < back to you brian loftus a family kicked off a plane because of a little boys allergies. Kirsten Joyce and to make matters worse. His father is terminally ill. The reaction after being told to leave. brian loftus and. More cones in henderson on along galleria drive, coming way up. Way up. To get to the top of the stratosphere. In fact, its the highest building west of the mississippi brian loftus so can you imagine running all 108 floors to the top . . . Thats exactly what more than 600 people will be doing this weekend. Kirsten joyce 8 news now. As well as the American Lung association is hosting sundays scale the strat. 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens is live with a preview. And quite the view hey michael . On sunday, february 28, 2016 more than 600 athletes of all abilities elite to novice will run or walk all 1,455 steps stratosphere tower in las vegas, with the goal of raising money for the American Lung association in nevadas Mission Registration is now open for scale the strat, a fight for air climb, on sunday, february 28, 2016 at www. Scalethest rat. Com. Sherry hows the weather today . Sherry swensk back to the spring drill. And that means allergies are in full swing with trees in bloom. I noticed all along jones the white pear trees blooming. Ridge of High Pressure along the west for warm weather. El nino has helped build a big ridge over the west and that has helped keep well above normal and record temps across the desert and Southern California through the winter. Intead of the extra rains and flooding that was anticipated. But the east has seen Severe Weather and will get a break today, more warm weather coming for the west this weekend. brian loftus new this morning. Kansas police say the factory worker was served a protection from abuse order. Shortly before he went on a deadly shooting spree. This happened yesterday near wichita. At least 4 people were killed including the gunman. 14 others were injured. Investigators tell cbs news 38 year old cedric ford shot the victims at three separate locations. Including his workplace. Before he was killed in a shootout with police. While recovering in the hospital. One of the survivors talked about the moment he was shot Jesus Fierros victim people were just running saying somebody was shooting and next thing you know i felt i got hit in the leg and thats when i turned and started running brian loftus at last check. 5 of the shooting victims were in critical condition. The atf and fbi are now helping with the investigation. an emotional reunion between a husband and wife after the shooting. Captured on Live Television jennifer he said hes okay. He did say somebody next to him got shot. Oh my god oh my god reporter you can come in here. Crying jennifer trujilo said she was just in a nightmare. Since he was next to someone who got shot. But as you can see. Tears just started flowing. The moment she saw her husband and knew he was okay. Kirsten Joyce a little boys allergy got him. And his family forced off a flight. The 7yearold arizona boy was on an Allegiant Airlines flight to washington state. When a dog boarded the plane. The boy started scratching from head to toe. The allergic reaction delayed the flight. Then the crew suggested having him board another plane. The family understood completely, but what really upset them was the big group of passengers that started cheering Giovanni Roman i remember the people clapping when we got off giovannis mom all we want is for people to be nice, the world would be just a better place Kirsten Joyce cancer. They were trying to go on a final family vacation. Other passengers on the plane took to facebook to write they were horrified by the other passengers. Allegiant has also apologized and rebooked their travel. demetria, how are the roads this morning . Demetria obilor < brian loftus our whats cool at School Segment this morning. Covering a career day at frias elementary. Has been pushed to next friday, march 4th. Unfortunately, we are experiencing a Technical Glitch with our cool at School Voting page. Right now, you cant vote for the two previous segments. But were working on the problem so western high, wallin elementary and frias elementary fans. You will still get to vote. We hope to have the issue brian loftus hanging pictures can be a nightmare. But not anymore at least. According to a new product. Kirsten Joyce but does it work . Michelle mortensens puts the level hanger to the test. And its time for todays facebook contest. Register to win on our facebook pictures perfectly straight will never be a challenge again. According to the makers of a new product called level hangers. brian loftus and its made right here in nevada. 8 on your sides Michelle Mortensen got a little help in todays try it before you buy it. From a voice you may also spend your mornings with. hanging pictures is a nightmare. First its too high. Then its too low. First its too high. Then its too low. And look at all those nail holes. but that nightmare is over according the makers of level hangers. They claim these brackets will make picture hanging down right easy. And a little birdie told me this guy. Chet buchanan of Chet Buchanan was in dire need of some picture hanging help. i can kind of see from your office that we do need to do a Little Something with the walls yeah a Little Something with the walls chet you know what Brittany Brittany needs to be in a place of prominence brittany needs to be somewhere where all can see so to make that happen. We get to work. well lets open this sucker up and read the directions are you a directions guy . uh huh you are oh good absolutely see not everyone is a directions guy but reading the directions chet okay so read the directions okay install bracket on frame position frame bracket oh boy a lot of jargon here didnt help much michelle prostrate holes with an all with an all whats an all . Chet no its you have to put a little punch in there they want you to put a little punch oh with what you know what im willing to say right now that this may not be the easiest way to do this laughing but we pressed on. And eventually. Wont say how long it took. We got that bracket on the and moved on to step 2. The wall. Find a stud . No. Its less than 20 lbs. We could do the knocking thing. But i dont even know what that means . evidently. A hollow sound means no stud. And now you know. do we want it eye level closer to the door chet yeah right where the electric will be running thats good lets pound a metal piece into where the okay dont ask and things just go downhill from there. oh this hammer is the worst. Is it the hammer . You know. Laughs yeah the hammer wasnt the problem. It was us. i thought we were going to come in a blop three minutes and out and weve been here 4 hours Michelle Mortensen we never did get that picture up and i i cant say for sure whether the problem was the product. Or me and chet. Level hangers are 10 bucks on amazon. With 8 on your side, im Michelle Mortensen. brian loftus if you have a consumer problem. To try. Call her on the hotline at 702 6501907. demetria, whats driving people crazy . Demetria obilor a concerned resident says, theres a lot of construction happening on gibson road right now. Crews are building the new hospital between boulder highway and galleria drive. This is a very busy area. Construction happening in this area is part of the Henderson Hospital construction. The city of henderson says crews are installing a drainage culvert from boulder highway to just past gibson road. This is a developing area, with homes nearby and the cowabunga bay water park. Not a city project, but its Public Works Department expects work to be completed by the end of may. The hospital is set to open this fall, right in Union Village off us 95 and galleria drive. Hey whats driving you crazy . Send your traffic question to traffic eight at las vegas now dot com. Back to you. Kirsten Joyce homework is a part of going to school. brian loftus but there is a new argument. 200 Million Dollars you know where donald trump would be right now selling watches in manhattan. brian loftus fighting for the spotlight. The attacks donald trump felt. From marco rubio and ted cruz. Kirsten joyce plus. Jc penneys. Taking a little inspiration from its name for its next sale. Michael Stevens scale the strat < welcome to a brighter morning, this is 8 newsnow with Kirsten Joyce, Sherry Swensk, Demetria Obilor and brian loftus brian loftus good morning and good morning and thanks for waking up with us. Im brian loftus. Kirsten joyce im Kirsten Joyce. Governor sandoval , making national headlines. After it was announced hes one of the candidates who could possibly fill the Vacant Supreme Court seat. brian loftus but he has quickly put an end to all speculation. Sandoval notified the white house that he does not wish to be considered at this time for a possible nomination. The nevada governor did say he was grateful to have even been mentioned. President obama has not sent a nomination to the senate. Kirsten Joyce 8 news now is your local election headquarters for all things stage one last time. Ahead of next weeks critical. Super tuesday. Just like past debates. Things got pretty heated last night in houston. This Fiery Exchange on healthcare was one of the most tweeted moments of the night trump the biggest thing we got and the reason we have no competition is because we have lines around the state. rubio so thats the plan . Just the lines . The fact that we have interstate competition . trump the nice part of the plan is that youll have many different plans rubio hes just repeating himself Kirsten Joyce then, the attacks between trump and ted cruz got personal. When trump called the senator a quote basket case. But as the top three contenders went head to head. The two lower polling kasich, struggled to gain the spotlight. carson can someone attack me please . Kasich wolf, wolf, cheers Kirsten Joyce close to 600 delegates are up for grabs in next weeks super tuesday contests. Thats nearly half the total needed to clinch the nomination. brian loftus on the democratic side. Voters will make their voice carolinas primary. A recent poll Shows Hillary among black and hispanic voters. Nearly 2 to 1. Sanders campaigned in chicago last night. He took jabs at clinton. Over her vote for the war in iraq and campaign finances. brian loftus 8 news now is your local election headquarters. For everything and anything in this election year. Both on air and online at las vegas now dot com. sherry hows the weather today . Sherry swensk temps dropping to the 50s around the valley and 40s. The sun is up and earlier. Clear skies all night. Its been calm and will stay that way through the day and that could lead to a little haze. The air is also staying very dry and that will continue. Even with some high clouds moving in through the weekend especially tomorrow. Temps will increase a little more today with highs in the upper 70s. That is more than ten degrees above normal. Then near 80 by the weekend. brian loftus runners and walkers. Will head up all 1 hundred and 8 floors of the stratosphere. For a good cause. Kirsten joyce 8 news now. Along with the American Lung association is sponsoring scale the strat on sunday. Michael stevens is live there this morning. To tell us all about it. Good morning michael . On sunday, february 28, 2016 more than 600 athletes of all abilities elite to novice will run or walk all 1,455 steps to the 108th floor of stratosphere tower in las vegas, with the goal of raising Money Association in nevadas mission of preventing lung disease and promoting lung health. Registration is now open for scale the strat, a fight for air february 28, 2016 at demetria, how are the roads this morning . Demetria obilor no freeway crashes in the valley right now. Out here in ehnderson, where youre dealing with some lane shifts because of the stephanie street road and bridge project. The bridge is closed. Set to reopen in april. Those taking boulder highway this morning will want to watch out for metro and nhp out between broadbent gibso n to tropicana enforcing the new 45 mile per hour speed limit. This is just one change coming highway to make the area safer. < back to you Kirsten Joyce sometimes. Kids have so much homework. It feels like their backpack weighs 100 pounds brian loftus but when does it become too much . Experts weigh in. On the max amount of school work children should be doing at home each night. Kirsten Joyce plus. The mob museum is making moves these next few days. The several new exhibits theyre where the sheriff is talking about yesterdays deadly shooting spree that killed 3 people. He just officially identified the man who attacked kansas factory where he worked as brian loftus brian loftus here with Michelle Mortensen and 8 on your side, so many people budget for prescription drugs, and all of a sudden it can be choosing between groceries and prescriptions drugs when they get out of control. Michelle Mortensen absolutely. The price of prescription drugs has been growing increasingly. Over the past several years. Lots of reasons for that, but how do you cut down the cost . Well i found it really depends on where you go to pick them up. And not all pharmacies are created equal at all. Some charge way more, some charge way less. And get this, the one you go to, might be charging you more, based on its zip code. Location matters. Ill tell you how to get through all of it, and get the cheapest prescription drugs possible. brian loftus thats the key word right there, the cheapest. Especially, they need to take them everyday. That information on 8 on your side with Michelle Mortensen and that airs . Michelle Mortensen tonight at 11. brian loftus well see you Kirsten Joyce the