Dave CourvoisierBrittany Edney crunched the numbers to find out if thats really the case. < brittany it was a record turnout last night for the Republican Caucus here in the silver state. The party says more than 75 thousand voters turned out statewide on the democratic side. Around 84thousand voters came out for the partys caucus on saturday. Donald trump took the win. Donald trump took the win. And said he swept many demographics. donald trump r president ial candidate we won the evangelicals, we won with young, we won with old. We won with highly educated. We won with poorly educated. donald trump with the hispanics, 46 , number 1 with hispanics. brittany while he took the most hispanic voters who voted republican. When you compare it to the number of hispanics who voted in either party. He has about 11 percent of the vote. As for the youth vote he said he won. Political experts disagree. Saying the youth republican vote in nevada went to to marco rubio. Professor of political science, unlv i think clearly he, thats been a big part of his messenging, is the sort of generational shift there. but despite losing the youth vote, trump walked away the winner. Gaining the most delegates as the candidates prepare for super tuesday. Dave Courvoisier democrats numbers saturday were down from 2012 and 2008. But of the 84thousand participants in that caucus. 17 were newly registered with the party. Dave Courvoisier something donald trump said monday night in las vegas is still being talked about today. Paula Francis adressing a heckler, trump said, quote id like to punch him in the face. The question being asked today. Canidate should say . Dave Courvoisier one of our very question. 8 news now anchor paul joncich is here with the video. paul joncich last night 8 news now reporter Vanessa Murphy caught donald trump coming out of a caucus site and asked him whether the punch line was something a president ial canidate should say. In a moment. But first, here are trumps comments from monday night. Right after a heckler south point. donald trump id like to punch him in the face i tell ya. I love the old days. You know what they used to do to guys like that when they were in a place like this, theyd be carried out on a stretcher folks. paul joncich and then last night, when donald trump was coming out of the Palo Verde High School caucus site, our Vanessa Murphy got to briefly chat with him. Here is their exchange. Vanessa Murphy mr. Trump what can you say to nevada voters . Donald trump i love nevada, you know that. I love it. I love the voters here its a great place. Vanessa what have you noticed here today . What stands out . Trump a lot of energy youve seen it yourself this is Tremendous Energy were going to see what happens but this is really great energy. Vanessa last night you had a couple of protesters escorted out you mentioned punching one in the face is that the right thing to say . Trump he was punching everybody it was very sad actually and we dont want that to happen. Vanessa but you said you would like to punch him in the face. Trump i can certainly think about it. Have a good time thank you. Vanessa is that president ial . paul joncich as you see, mr vanessas question. The whole exchange had hundreds of people talking on social media. Rob says you get 30 seconds to talk to the republican president ial frontrunner on caucus night and you ask him about a protester in a crowd of 9000 . Larry disagrees. I see nothing wrong with vanessas question. It was an inquiry to his less than president ial candidate behavior. He is at best acting like a spoiled 4th grader on a playground. Tiffany came to trumps defense. So because hes a president ial candidate he loses the right to express his feelings honestly . Miguel stands behind the question. Shes a reporter and is asking a question hes ignoring or side stepping. Reporters are actually trying to ask questions that most viewers want to find out. paul joncich just about every major News Organization in the country found trumps i wanna punch him in the face comments news worthy. It is interesting that some viewers felt vanessas question was unwaranted. But that is often the nature of politics. There is almost opinion. thanks Dave Courvoisier governor Brian Sandoval could end up being nominated for the supreme court. Multiple sources say sandoval is being vetted by the white house for a possible nomination. The governor is a former federal judge. And is considered a moderate republican. Despite crossing party lines. It would still likely be an uphill battle if the president nominates sandoval. Republicans in the senate have said they will not hold confirmation hearings on any nominee president obama chooses. Paula FrancisSenate Minority leader harry reid says he would endorse sandoval for the justice position. On the same day he made another big endorsement. Today he said hes standing behind Hillary Clinton in her run for the white house. Reid participated in saturdays Democratic Caucus but voted as uncommitted. She ended up beating bernie sanders. Reid says he wanted to remain neutral leading up to the caucuses. He has worked closely with considers him a friend. Paula Francis and were your local election headquarters. We have you covered this Election Year on air and online. At las vegas now dot com. Dave Courvoisier a dangerous stretch of road is getting some major safety improvements. Its in an area that has a lot of foot traffic. So it should be good for both drivers and pedestrians. Ndot plans to spend 4 and a half Million Dollars to upgrade lake mead boulevard between Civic Center Drive and pecos road. Thats in North Las Vegas. The most obvious change. Replacing two left lane turns with a raised median. The new design also allows for wider sidewalks and bike lanes. Something pedestrians say is needed karen morrison, pedestrian its an amazing idea theres a lot of people out here getting killed on the sidewalks. People running into bus stops its ridiculous. Dave Courvoisier a meeting is underway right now at North Las Vegas city hall. To get public input. That wraps up in less than an hour. Work is expected to begin late this summer. Paula Francis buckling your child in. The right way. Parents do wrong. That puts their children at risk on the road. Tedd florendo a chilly start to our wednesday, but warmer 80s is on the way and its going to happen this week. And an update to the severe storms spawning tornadoes in the east coast. All coming up. Centurylink prism tv has all your favorite channels, tons of live sports, and more all in crystalclear hd. Watch when and where you want with advanced features like our wireless settop box, whole home dvr, and prism on the go. And choose from a variety of great packages to fit your home. Call. 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Michelle Mortensen ive got 2 car seats in my car right now. And i do have a love hate relationship with them. I love that they protect my kids. Are the straps tight enough. Are they in the right position . There are so many factors to worry about . But tonight. Were going over everything you need to know. Michelle Mortensen it seems like a simple concept, but more often than not, parents are making some big mistakes when it comes to car seats. Every time i go out and check car seats, there is always something wrong,so we see anywhere from 90 to 100 percent misuse just about anywhere in the state. Put your hand where her bottom sits Michelle Mortensen holly terry with the Child Passenger Safety Program says misuse goes beyond knowing what carseat to use. A lot of it is the instructions that come with the car seats are not easy to understand Michelle Mortensen she says one of the most common mistakes is not placing the seat at the correct incline angle. Most seats have an adjustable foot or builtin recline indicators that will properly angle the seat. Nats Michelle Mortensen another big mistake . Turning the child forward too early. One thing we find parents will turn that baby around as soon as they can. Academy of pediatrics and Consumer Reports both recommend that children should stay in a rear facing seat until at least age two. We definitely dont want a child turned around before age one and before they are 20 pounds, terry added. Michelle Mortensen when it comes to booster seats, terry says all too often she see lap belts that lie across the childs stomach rather than their lap. You have got to make sure that that seatbelt comes across the lap and across the chest and shoulders, she emphasized. A lot of kidsif they are too smallit rides up on the neck and then they will put it behind their back, and thats incorrect. Michelle Mortensen my biggest worry. Are the straps tight enough . Well, heres a tip. You shouldnt be able to pinch any slack in the straps. And the chest clip. The top of it should be right at the childs armpits and if you ever need help installing a car seat. Or have questions or concerns. You can always go to a safe kids event. Theyre free. But donations are always welcome. Quite a few events are scheduled and you can check out there schedule on our website in the links we mentioned section. Paula Francis a deadly fire rips through a home in the eastern part of the valley. What neighbors believe the homeowner might have been doing. In the moments leading up to the fire. < news music voice over with dfigure out what sparked a fire that trapped a woman inside her home. Neighbors say they could hear screams for help. But when they went to the house. It was just too dangerous to make their way in. This happened around noon near nellis and harmon. Firefighters arrived and tried homeowner. And another crew tried to put out the flames. It was too late though. While the cause has yet to be determined. Neighbors tell 8 news now the victim may have been trying to burn trash outside her house. Dave Courvoisier the Public Health crisis unfolding resounding chord with scientists in southern nevada. Paula Francis two medical geologists say there are unsettling similarities between contaminated water in michigan and the deadly substance thats been released into southern nevadas air. George knapp of the iteam has been digging into the story of asbestos contamination for the last year. george knapp the two unlv scientists whove been at the heart of the asbestos controversy here say theyre amazed and dismayed by the similarities playing out. There are some obvious differences of course. In flint michigan, the concern is about lead contamination in drinking water. Here in nevada, the issue is asbestos fibers in our air. But there are striking similarities too. As the Public Health disaster in flint has played out, unlv geologists doctors rod metcalf and brenda buck have seen the same pattern being followed by health officials. Its been more than five years since buck and metcalf made their discovery of natural asbestos over a large area of southern nevada. But Nevada Health officials downplayed the risks, ordered the scientists to keep quiet, more information. Thats what politicians in michigan did when told about the threat of lead in drinking water. Asbestos and lead are similar in that there is no safe level for either and it will take years for the Health Effects to show up. Detecting asbestos exposure is much harder than measuring lead in water. dr. Brenda buck unlv medical geologist scientists can measure the water and do that really quickly and cheaply and find out how much lead is actually in that water. What we need here, and which we keep repeating over and overis we need to find out how much asbestos is in the air and how much people get exposed to when they do activities out in the desert or near their houses and we still lack that data. And how many years has it been since this came up . as the i Team Previously reported, instead of asking to see their data on asbestos or launching a study to measure exposure, state officials instead plotted how to attack the credibility of the two scientists and how to fight a p. R. Battle to convince the public internal emails we obtained prove it. george knapp so what has happened since our last report . Tonight at 11, we will lay it out for you, including a statement from the Governors Office news music voice over from 8 news now, this is your most accurate weather now with tedd florendo. Tedd florendo the carolinas are in the path of severe weather. After tornadoes tore through areas from mississippi to florida. Tornadoes have already touched down in some parts of north carolina. This comes after at least three people were killed yesterday. When a tornado hit a Mobile Home Park in louisiana. Heavy damage was also being reported in florida. But no reports of injuries there. < tedd florendo weather adlibs Dave Courvoisier there this afternoon with temps warming up slowly. Still near average today but winds have died down quite a bit compared to earlier this week. Winds less than 10 through many neighbohroods except the Colorado River. Warming for the weeekend. Warming trend is part of our weather headlines. Staying dry. For now. Especially since february is supposed to be our wettest month. 80s return as well and youll see it on the 7 day. Winds also return next we dll tell you how high. Ternootemps in the 60s rough many valley neighbhordhood s with warmertemps on the eastside of townere were ler in elevation. Temps also stay cooler in the northwest and and foothill neigbhoords in the 60s as well. Not quite warm but more average temps for this time of year. Regional temps also sy olbut mild down the Colorado River valley. Warmest temps in laughlin and death valley again. Cooler temps over the hump in pahrump and chilly for the central part of the state and northern sections. Storm reports show the trail of bringing all the severe weather. Wind damage reports from florida with some tornados reported in those locales with multiple trees down in the carolinas. Also reporting tornado reports as well through the carolinas and virginia. Red boxes here are tornado warnings now. Through virginia mostly but not in dc right now. We do however have mutiple tornado watches in dc through pennsylvania, jersey and down to the carolinas. This will be an area well have to watch this evening. Snow on the backside off all this is coming down in michigan. Notice the isobars not as tight or close together like up in the northwest. High pressure comes in again the next few days and when its almost directly overhead prepare for some 80s this weekend. 47 degrees for the low tomorrow morning thats still chilly. Mainly clear and look for light winds. 75 for tomorrow and warmer. 10 degrees warmer than normal. Winds stay light here, breezy down the Colorado River. Neighborhood by neighborhood highs in the mid to high 70s tomorrow, with warmest temps over to the east side of the valley. Cooler in kyle canyon tomorrow. Extended forecast shows warmer meaning some areas will be in the mid 80s or more. Back down to the 70s on sundy and even cooler early next week. Dave Courvoisier there were some verbal fireworks at todays ufc press conference. Paula FrancisConor Mcgregor and nate diaz each had a mic in their hand. Chris here with more on todays sparring. Chris Maathuis sparring of words. And lots of beeping out words. Ufc196 is coming up next week. And i have to admit, if today is an indication of whats coming up, there will exciement at next weeks press conference. This had shades of the old floyd mayweather. Plus. Coronado Boys Baske