In the polls. Amid allegations of sexual misconduct. And even before that. There has been the narrative that he wouldnt show up for a final debate anyway. Unlv Political Science professor dan lee says hold on. Theres a very important reason for both candidates to participate in tomorrow nights debate. dan lee unlv Political Science professor thats the caveat this year, is there are a significant number of thirdparty or undecided voters, compared to recent elections, . 49 so you know, clinton can look at the polls and see that shes ahead, but she can see theres still a lot of uncertainty, thats why shes still campaigni Patrick Walker lee also says this debate could have an impact downticket. After months of congressman joe heck leading in the Nevada Senate race. Catherine cortez masto has taken a 5point lead in our poll released just a few days ago. Cbs news also has the race a tie. Patrick Walker in an election cycle with so many uncertainties. One thing is certain. Every appearance counts for the president ial canidates. For other offices across the country. Reporting live. Patrick walker. 8 news now. Dave Courvoisier secret service is gearing up for tomorrows debate working with local Law Enforcement to make sure the debate goes off without incident. Denise ValdezChristianne Klein talked with secret Service Officials today and joins us now with the story. Christianne Klein this is an enormous undertaking for the secret service. Organizing security ahead of tomorrow nights debate is a months long process involving every single Law Enforcement agency in southern nevada. And donald trump will be escorted by motorcade to thomas and mack center at unlv. And this afternoon the secret service swept the debate site and surrounding perimeter, looking for potential security issues. Brian Spellacy secret Service Coming into it right now is almost 24 hours a day so i think that people would not really understand how much time goes into this to make it a safe and secure environment as well as to mitigate and lessen the impact it has on the general public and the unlv student body local, state and federal agencies have been involved in the planning of tomorrows debate. In addition to the candidates and their families, the secret service is also tasked with protecting other people that will attend tomorrows debate including Donald Trumps running mate, governor mike pence. Christianne Klein although we know the secret service as a protector of the president. The organization was actually founded in the 1860s to prevent counterfeit currency. Its still respob systems of the united states. This year alone theyve made more than 26 hundred arrests for various types of criminal activity. Secret Service Officials say theyve received no specific intelligence threatening the candidates or the venue tomorrow night. Dave Courvoisier if you havent registered to vote yet. Youre quickly running out of time. You only have until nine tonight to register in person at two locations here in town. One is at the Election Department offices on trade drive in north las vegas. Central parkway in downtown las vegas. You also have until midnight to register online. Just go to las vegas now dot com for a complete list of how you can register. Dave Courvoisier and were your local election headquarters on air and online at las vegas now dot com. Denise Valdez tedd florendo ic with temps near 80 by afternoon and winds back to light and variable for your tuesday. Thats expected to change though as another system tracks to the north and brings back breezy winds tomorrow especially for the Colorado River valley. Some locales windiest in the Colorado River valley where a fire weather watch will go into effect. Evening planner shows another mild to cool tnight under mostly clear skies. Winds remain light early with breezes kicking up a little later in the evening but the real wind comes tomorrow. Not anticipating those winds to be as windy as this past weekend but nonetheless it will become breezy for tomorrow as well as thursday. Just yesterday governor sandoval signed a stadium bill into law. Which was a major step in getting the raiders to relocate to nevada. While that was a major step. The nfl owners still need to sign off on the move. Sports director Chris Maathuis is live in houston tonight with the latest. Chris . Chris Maathuis nfl owners fall meetings are halfway over and there are a lot of big issue space in the league, health and safety, tv number internationally. But the biggest topic maybe the raiders and vegas they are halfway through the two day affair. Today the owners met for about four hours, they will do some more tomorrow all the owners heard about the raiders to vegas proposal. They know what nevada lawmakers accomplished. The most visible and perhaps most powerful owner jerry jones was the only owner who stop for the assembled media. Hes a visionary a brilliant davis will present his plan to the Group Tomorrow thats when hell say a few words to the but speaking of words word is out about vegas and the raiders john clayton knows the league better than anybody i asked him about the Chris Maathuis tomorrow is the final day we hear he scheduled to address the media at 12 30, thats when hell answer questions about las vegas and the raiders Casino Companies are closely following a developing story in china. The Chinese Government has detained 18 employees of crown resorts. Among those detained is the head of crowns vip International Team resonsible for bringing high rollers to crowns analysts think this is part of chinas crackdown on foreign casinos enticing gamblers to venture abroad. The two year crackdown has led to disappointing revenues in macau where Las Vegas Sands and wynn are heavily invested. Many hoped the government would soon begin easing restrictions, but now thats in doubt. Denise Valdez the miracle mile shops at Planet Hollywood has a new owner tonight. The Shopping Center has been sold to an Investment Group called institutional mall the Planet Hollywood casino for more than a mile. There are several theaters in the building as well. Including axis. Which is home to Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopezs shows. A sale price wasnt announced. Dave Courvoisier a tower of near record breaking proportions up next on the valleys news leader. Who was on hand as the new air Traffic Control tower was dedicated at mccarran today. news music voice over youre watching the valleys news this is 8 news now at six. Dave Courvoisier mmccarran International Airport is debuting a new and improved air Traffic Control tower. The new facility is now up and running after several delays. 8 news now reporter karen castro was there for the dedication ceremony. karen castro Us Senate Minority leader, ribbon at the new air Traffic Control tower at mccarran International Airport. During a ceremony he expressed his appreciation for the men and women who work inside. Us Senate Minority leader Harry Reid D Nevada i am here to say publicly what ive told you privately how much i admire and respect the work that you do. karen castro the tower has been a long time coming. Construction began in 2011. But a Government Shutdown and defective duct work delayed the project by a year and a half. The initial plans were to have the tower up and running by 2015. For this having taken as long as it has. karen castro 111 million federal dollars were spent to complete the project. The federal Aviation Administration began using the old tower 33 years ago. When the airport wasnt as busy as it is now. congresswoman Dina Titus D Nevada now were entering a new era i think, in aviation. Were already the 7th or 8th busiest in the country. karen castro reporting this new air Traffic Control tower is the second tallest in the nation and its nearly twice as tall as the old one. Karen Castro Atlanta has the tallest tower stading at 352feet tall. The new facility has unobstructed views of the entire airport. The old tower had several blind spots forcing air Traffic Controllers to rely on their computer systems. Rosemary Vassiliadis clark county dept. Of aviation you always have cameras to supplement and help you maybe in weather times. In this tower, they can see it from the visual eye and that is just a very reassuring way of doing business. Karen Castro Karen castro 8 news now. Dave Courvoisier air Traffic Controllers have been working in the new demolished. weather toss in the evening but the real wind comes tomorrow. Not anticipating those winds to be as windy as this past weekend but nonetheless it will become breezy for tomorrow as well as thursday. Temperatures this afternoon around the valley in the low 80s and seasonal temps around the region. Warmest for the east side of the valley where were lower in elevation and coolest for the west side where were higher in canyon. Regional temps also remained warm to mild today down the coloard river valley from mesquite all the way down to laughlin with mild temps all up and down the river over to inyo county. Mild to cooler temps up in the southern great basin as temperatures stayed seasonal all around the region. Record heat continues for the the east coast where atlanta was actually warmer than las vegas today as we stayed near seasonal as the other half of the country stayed warmer than normal. Satellite and radar showing a system tracking to the north bringing both clouds and sun in some spots. We havent seen anything to bring clouds here, but we will begin to see the high come in off the coast and bring not only warmer weather this week, but stronger winds as well tomorrow and thursday. Unfortunately we wont see any rain, but we could see more wildfire alerts issued for tomorrow and thursday. Tonight expect some neighborhoodso clear skies with winds ightly breezy late and ernight. Other mild to warm ymorrow with gion as the high slowly grates in from the s. Extendorecast calls for warmer temperatures everydayis t this week with breezes morrow and thursday and some additional clouds tomrow. West standings Denise Valdez the rebels are looking for their fourth win of the season jon tritsch bring on Colorado State unlv says the rams represent another benchmark in the revival of the program and the indians are one win away from the world series. Well let you know if the tribe can take down toronto jon tritsch this season unlv is presented with an historical opportunity every week. Last saturday they beat hawaii on the islands for the first time in 16 years. This week they can beat Colorado State and have a better record thing just doesnt happen often unlv has had success against the rams at sam boyd in recent memory but csu dominates the series. The two programs appear to be going in opposite directions in 2016. Unlv is trying to win their third in 4 games and csu has dropped 3 of the last 4. Earning back to back victories in the conference has been next to impossible for the rebels. But this is a team with a milestone mindset Tony Sanchez Unlv like you said, what we are doing right now is just checking benchmarks off one at a time. And we know we are going in a different direction. Troy hawthorne unlv at 3 wins right now, we all have a sense of belief among us in the locker room right now that we can go out and reach our goals like coach is talking about. I think like you say, this could be a benchmark game for us. Im looking forward to going out there and playing against them. jon tritsch its an arms race of realignment for ncaa schools. Everyone wants to be in a powerful conference with a lucrative tv deal and an inside track to national champihi the big boys. A reality Mountain West officials accept Javan HedlundMountain West there is always going to be institutions that are looking to better themselves financially and sometimes competitively. The Mountain West is a very competitve league. We have not been around for hundreds of years like some other conferences. We cant compete to other league when it comes to finances. If you are an Athletic Director or a president of an institution, you owe it to your fans to look for the best opportunities that are out there. jon tritsch race of the season. Weve got three impressive matchups you decide undefeated sierra vista at undefeated durango the oldest rivalry in the city. Rancho at las vegas or del sol traveling to bonanza vote on our 8 Newsnow Facebook page for our game of the week there is a charm to a title drought. Afteral l. The cubs are called the lovable losers. The indians have just been thought of as losers for most of the last 70 years. But not this year. Cleveland is one win away from a trip to the world series bluejays facing elimination. Desperate times lead to damaging swings. Josh donaldson crushes the pitch to rural canada. And hes excited. Indians threatening. Wh en Josh Donaldson makes a diving stop and inningending play. Bluejays holding onto a one run lead. And then edwin encarnacian breaks the game wide open. Rbi up the middle. Bluejays. Come on down. 51 toronto avoids elimination are under attack. A tyrannosaurus comes out of the tunnel ready to play defensive back. But this is problematic because we all know trexes have trouble flipping their hips. Theyve got short arms and dont react to adversity well. Face it. They are a locker room liability. This would never work Dave Courvoisier finally tonight. Cher is making a big return to las vegas do you believe in life after love . Denise Valdez the singer and actress signed on with mgm. Perform exclusively at the new park theater at monte carlo. As well as their property in maryland. Cher says she plans to make this her best show ever. Shes going to do at least 18 shows starting in february. Tickets go on sale this sunday. Dave Courvoisier 8 news now at 6 30 is next. Denise Valdez lets check in with paul joncich to see what theyre working on. paul joncich taco trucks are becoming a staple this election season. How theyre being used as a form of protest. Vote plus. Holy guacamole avocado prices are skyrocketing why theyre getting so expensive. Even though growers in mexico have plenty of crop to go around. news music Christianne Klein for his drop in the polls. President obama chimes in on the candidates latest comments that the election is rigged. What the commander in chief had to say. paul joncich the rock and roll hall of fame. Ready to induct some new members. Find out if your favorite artist tedd florendo coming off a windy weekend and now temperatures near average. But the winds return and well show you when coming up in your weathernow forecast