From tonights debates . What are their biggest concerns that youve heard . Thank you steve. Tonights debate will begin at 7 o springs high school. Outside as protesters gather to show their support for their senate pick. Brittany Edney so far this evening about 3 dozen or so supporters for Catherine Cortez masto have taken to the sidewalks. From posters, cutouts and noisemakers theyre looking to make their presence known. Earlier we heard from the cancer votes campaign. Out here is planned parenthood votes. Members tell me its important for voters to know where candidates stand on issues specifically ones that impact women. Joining me now from planned parenthood votes is samantha fredrickson. Samantha, what are some of the key issues that voters need to know before heading to the polls . What kind of impact do you see community . Thanks for joining us this evening. One thing were not seeing out here is any joe heck supporters. Well continue to keep you updated on things outside of the debate. Updated on things outside of the debate. For now, reporting live, Brittany Edney, 8 news now. Christianne Klein 8 news now conducted a poll showing the how voters would vote if the election were held today. Patrick walker is live next store in studio b with a look at some of those numbers. Patrick WalkerCatherine Cortez masto is analytics poll for the first time. Since the first poll was done in this race back in may. Lets show you how the race stands. This week. We asked 600 likely voters the question if the election for us senate were held today. Who would you vote for . Cortez masto has a five point lead. 4035. 16 percent were undecided. We asked those people which way they were leaning. People which way they were leaning. And 41 percent said toward Catherine Cortez masto. 36 percent toward joe heck. Speaking of undecided e them in tonight to watch the debate here in this studio. Well be measuring their reactions electronically. Coming up in just a few minutes. Well explain how it all works. Dave. Dave Courvoisier and heres an important programming note. Because of tonights debate. And post debate program. Jeopardy and wheel of fortune will air a little later tonight. Dave Courvoisier 8 news now is your local election headquarters both on air and online at las vegas now dot com. katie boer a pair of strong storms ca and s nv, as ell as sw ut. Main impact will be strong winds for the desert sw. Red flag warning where clark and sw Lincoln County deserts Las Vegas Dispatch lake mead nra colorado rivernv side. In affect now until 9pa and low relative humidites wind southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 35 mph rh minimum humidity. 10 to 15 percent during the day. Right now strongest winds are near mt. Charleston, lake mead and south of 215. Winds will be gustier saturday and sunday highest gusts aprx 35mph, not much more than that staying below advisory criteria for now . This evening look for mild temps and lawmakers approve the plan to raise the room tax. To help fund a nearly two billion dollar stadium. Christianne Klein we go to carson city with the next step in the process. That could lure the raiders to news music voice over youre watching the valleys news leader with dave the desert is where bad guys go when they want to make evidence disappear. But hiding the evidence wont help danny tarkanian. Sure, he can bury all those property taxes he skipped out on for years. Or all those Fake Charities he helped set up. Or the scams against seniors he formed. Or the 17 million judgment he never paid. He can try, but he cant make his record disappear. Florendo and Chris Maathuis. This is 8 news now at six. Christianne Klein as Catherine Cortez masto enters tonights debate with a lead for the first time in 5 jmc analytics poll. There are still a number of undecided voters out there. Politics now anchor Patrick Walker is live in our second studio. With how we are keeping tabs on that key voting block. Patrick Walker christianne. I have 15 new friends joining me this evening. To watch the debate and try to decide who they will vote for come november 8th. Tonight. Well be measuring how they react to what is said during the debate. Joining me to explain how this all works is focus group Dave Courvoisier a professional football stadium is one step closer a professional football stadium is one step closer to reality after facing one of its major hurdlesthe legislature. The senate and assembly passed the stadium bill today after nearly a weeki and according to a a poll comissioned by 8 news now about 40percent of people surveyed support the raiders coming to town. So what next now in the process . Our own Mauricio Marin and Chris Maathuis have more from carson city. Mauricio Marin with the stadium bill now approved by state lawmakersit now goes to governor Brian Sandoval to be signed. Its a big deal for many whove been waiting to see a professional Football Team in las vegas for a long time now. But the deal isnt sitting well with everyone. Those who voted against it say 40percent of the cost but get none of the profits. Some lawmakers feel the final decision to approve the stadium bill was rushed and willhave ramifications at the polls next month when voters will decide whether or not to reelect many assemblymembers back into office. While others who pitched the idea feel it will benefit many nevada residents. ira hansen assemblyman instead of having an open and transparent process as you noticed any discussion of the bill. They forced us immediately into a vote. Where is open and transparent in that . Its disgraceful frankly. Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee it is a Broad Coalition and its not just gaming coalition. Labor was there. Chamber of commerce was there. Mauricio Marin the bill passage is also a big win for the Las Vegas Convention center. Its giving them more than 400million dollars to get going on construction to create 600thousand square feet of new exhibit space where the riviera once stood. Its also expected to create more than 20thousand construction and permanent jobs combined. Of coursemany people cant wait to check out an nfl team looking to making Southern Nevada their new home. Im joined now with sports director Chris Maathius with whats next in the process. Chris Maathuis the stadium bill passed by the Nevada Legislature will generate thousands of jobs, bring the city in nfl franchise, and not lost on many Southern Nevadans, take unlv to a level beyond anybodys wildest expectations when the bill passed the assembly, it was back to the senate and then onto governor sandovals desk. Forever Len Jessup Unlv president this is euge this is probably one of most difficult fundamental Building Blocks that we need to have put in place for a toptier plan so im estatic. Chris Maathuis the rebels will play in a state of the art nearly to billiondollar stadium no other college team in america can claim that on her one change to the bill says the Stadium Authority board cant make a profit off unlv, and theyre Reasonable Rent must not exceed the actual operational program. steve hill chair nv tourism stadium board im really excited for you and lv its a real opportunity for the Football Program i think you can also boost the school itself but this is an issue that they faced for quite some time and the solution here is great with them the stadium bill will also put thousands of laborers back to work their field of dreams hinged on todays assembly vote. When you sell that boat how tight it was tommy white labors Union Business manager i was sweating i was going this is coming down to the end s line somebodys gonna throw us out someway to get a fumble or what ad lib reporting from carson city im weather toss side. In affect now until 9pm saturday for strong winds and low relative humidites wind southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 35 mph rh minimum humidity. 10 to 15 percent during the day. Right now strongest winds are near mt. Charleston, lake mead and south of 215. Winds will be gustier saturday and sunday highest gusts aprx 35mph, not much more than that staying below advisory criteria for now . This evening look for mild temps but our gusty winds remaining through the overnight however the strongest gusts until 8 to 10pm tonight. In the mid 80s through 9pm. By 11pm upper 70s. With low 70s by 8am. Normal temps are 82 most spots are 10 degrees above that today. Highs will remain above average through sunday, dropping down to seasonal levels by monday. Temps. Return to more seasonal levels in low to mid 80s monday through drybiggest impact nowsunday will be winds. Temps. Return to more seasonal levels in low to mid 80s monday through most of next week. Today low to mid 90s, tonight 71, saturday 88 breezy, sunday 85 breezy, monday 81, tuesday 84 weather toss coming up in sports. We go under the lights of friday night Christianne Klein jon tritsch has our game of the week hell preview the henderson rivarly game betweel coronado Dave Courvoisier and the rebels look to match their win total from last year. Hear why coach sanchez thinks tomorrow could come down to a thrilling finish but congressman hardy supports trump 100 and said hell do whatever trump wants him to do. Hardy even said people with disabilities are a drain on society and that seniors who rely on programs like Social Security are a draw on government. Donald trump and congressman hardy divisive and dangerous. Liberty high school. Nevadas premier Public School powerhouse the last few years. Theyve only played 4 teams from the silver state this year. And theyre averaging 45 points. Good luck to coronado dealing with that. Joined now by coach rich muraco jon tritsch whats been created at liberty . Youre not afraid to throw the ball 50 times a game. It helps to have the great players. But whats inspired this style of football . Programs that have stopped through here . Such a rich polynesian tradition heritage here how much has that impacted your life . Much has that impacted your life . a lot of the players from liberty have hawaiian roots. Unlv is going to the islands to experience it first hand as they look for their third win of the unlv is going to the islands to experience it first hand as they look for their third win of the season its a tropical trip but no vacation. Unlv takes on a reenergized hawaii team that has already beaten reno and san jose state. The rebels are trying to match their win total from all of last year tomorrow. Coach tony sanchez at Aloha Stadium tony sanchez coach so i mean there are a lot of games that are pretty evenly matched right now. I think they have a new sense of energy. Any time you have a new coach, you have an immediate new sense of energy. I think they have a talented team. They always have a big strong group of guys. But i think they are very similar personnelwise to us. I think it will be a game that will be similar to the game we had with fresno. It was a pretty tight game for about three quarters but we pulled away at the end. But i think there are going to be a lot of games this year where youre going to have to make a lot of plays deep into the second half of them. jon tritsch its homecoming at freedom field. The grills are fired up. So are the locals. Well have full coverage at 11 for a fans choice game of the week. Reporting live, jon tritsch, 8 sports now Christianne Klein thanks jon Dave Courvoisier coming up in the next half hour we are live at Canyon Springs high school where demonstrators are already sounding off on the issues they want to hear the candidates address. Christianne Klein also in the spirit of Breast Cancer awareness months we take a look at a new breakthrough tat recovery time. the 8 newsnow univision seantorial debate. As Catherine Cortez masto and joe heck get set to take that stage. We are live a Canyon Springs high school where pickters are gathing outside. Christianne Klein also as the proposal for an nfl stadium in las vegas becomes more of a reality were getting a better idea on the impact it could make on our valley roads. katie boer