Transcripts For KLAS 8 News Now At Noon 20161122 : compareme

Transcripts For KLAS 8 News Now At Noon 20161122



the festivities start at 5-30 and the naming ceremony will follow in the 6-o'clock hour. if you can't make it out... we'll have you covered on 8 news now... and we'll be streaming it on las vegas now dot com. ((sherry swensk)) nice sunshine returns today with just a few high clouds and with clear skies overnight - we with clear skies overnight - we had morning temps dropped to 40s and even some 30s outside the valley... ................ with clear skies overnight - we had morning temps dropped to 40s and even some 30s outside the valley... ................ so temps have been rising through the morning and getting back to normal and slightly above normal to the seasonal mid 60s with pn call a very normal november day. ...... right now it's in the upper 50s around town and near 60 at the airport. breezy winds pick up tomorrow and that will cool us slightly for thanksgiving. but an even cooler finish to the weekend is coming and we'll check the rest of your holiday week forecast coming up in about ten minutes./// ((brian loftus)) 8 mule deer have been killed and left to waste near mount 8 mule deer have been killed and left to waste near and the nevada department of wildlife is hoping you can help catch whoever is responsible. they're offering a 3-thousand dollar reward to anyone with information,that might lead to an arrest. we'll have much more on this story tonight at five... but if you know anything, call operation game thief at (800) 992-3030./// ((brian loftus)) investigators clean up a school bus crash that took the lives of five children in chatanooga, tennessee yeseterday afternoon. and now... federal investigators are saying the deadly wreck may have been caused on purpose. (( jasmine mateen: "my daughter said, right before the bus flipped, that he was speeding around the curb.")) (( just last week, he told the kids, shut the f up, i got a hangover.")) walker and charged him with 5 counts of vehicular homicide. they confirm he was going well above the speed limit of 30 miles per hour. federal investigators are now reviewing footage of a camera that was onboard the bus./// ((brian loftus)) well, that crash is bringing back to life an old debate about whether to require seat belts in school buses. kris van cleave takes a closer look. (sot-mark rosekind / nhtsa administrator) "we know that seat belts will save lives if we put one for every kid on every school bus." traffic safety administration says three-point seat belts like the ones in your car... that go across the shoulder and the waist... should be on every school bus. (gfx in) but there's no federal mandate. six states require seat belts on school buses but only california meets the nhtsa recommendation. administrator mark rosekind says his agency has been weighing whether to mandate belts on school buses for four decades: (sot-mark rosekind / nhtsa administrator) "we're not denying that this is going to be a challenge but we are looking at every angle from nationwide get their kids even safer." gfx in nhtsa estimates four children die every year in large school bus crashes. it believes seat belts would reduce those deaths by half. upper left: immi this seatbelt manufacturer's rollover test shows the impact of a crash on unbuckled children. (sot- ken saczalski/crash investigator) "the belts are good and they are certainly very good in a rollover where you might be ejected if you didn't have that belt." gfx in last year, nhtsa predicted it would cost between 73-hundred and 10-thousand dollars to retrofit each school bus with school buses in service... the cost would be in the billions. (gfx out) administrator rosekind suggested new buses could come off the assembly line standard with seat belts: (sot-mark rosekind / nhtsa administrator) "the manufacturers could do this on their own... starting now." on cam tag: kris van cleave/cbs news/washington nhtsa says because of the cost it could take up to a decade or more if ever to get a regulation in place requiring seat belts. the ntsb believes 3 point seatbelts would improve school bus safety. kris van cleave, cbs news, >> here in nevada.. seat belts are not required on school buses. according to the c-c-s-d website... the reason is they're one of the safest forms of transportation on the road... and research done by the department of transportation and others supports that. however, nevada senator mark manedo says he hopes to have a discussion at the next legislative session about purchasing school buses with seatblets./// ((brian loftus)) drivers face a number of distractions on the road... but this morning a turkey was hoping to get their attention. for the annual "turkey in the crosswalk". ...and speaking of senator mark manendo.. that's actually him in the costume crossing a downtown las vegas street. over the weekend another pedestrian was killed -- the 50th in metro's jurisdiction this year. so, multiple agencies are reminding drivers and pedestrians to follow the rules. within the first hour....senator manendo says he had a few close calls and dozens of tickets were written. ((state senator mark manendo/ (d) assembly district they're maybe intoxicated or they're high. whatever it is they're doing, they're blowing past a turkey in a cross walk. come on, folks! nobody wants to get hurt. no one wants to get killed." )) >> a total of 103 tickets were issued this morning. 1 person was arrested for warrants and another driver for drunk driving./// amazon prime members may soon have a new perk... and it's good news for sports fans. find out what the service may soon have in store. and could president elect donald trump e email controversy? coming up, whether he's still planning to pursue charges, next on 8 news now, the valley's news leader. ((you're watching the valley's news leader with office. in a video posted to trump's youtube page... he vowed to bring jobs back to the u-s... by backing out of the largest global trade deal in history... on day one. (( donald trump: "i'm going to issue our notification of intent to withdraw from the trans-pacific partnership.")) >> the promise comes just days after president obama met with world leaders in peru... assuring them trump would make good on the agreement. the president urged them to wait and see how much of trump's policy proposals actually match trump continues to work on filling key positions in his cabinet. he met with several prominent republicans yeterday... including former massachusetts senator scott brown...who's eyeing a role as v-a secretary./// ((brian loftus)) donald trump's advisor, kellyanne conway, says the president elect will likely not be pursuing charges against hillary clinton, for her use of a private email server. that's a vastly different tone from his campaign... when he promised to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate clinton, even threatening her with jail time. in an interview with 60 minute trump said he doesn't want to hurt the clintons because quote "they're good people."/// ((brian loftus)) still ahead on 8 news now, cheetos has come out with a luxury line... and you won't believe how much some of the stuff will cost you. we'll show you just how much after the break. ((you're watching 8 news now at noon.)) ((brian loftus)) amazon is reportedly working on a deal to start live streaming sports programming. the wall street journal reports amazon is hoping to create a premium sports programming package for its prime subscribers... about carrying live games./// ((brian loftus)) markets opened at new record highs this morning... with the dow jumping 88 points. part of that is thanks to surging oil prices... which helped boost energy stocks. expectations are growing that oil ministers will agree to a production cut at the opec meeting next week. crude oil rose to about 50 dollars a barrel./// ((brian loftus)) and cheetos is out with a new luxury line of holiday gifts. yes... that cheetos. while u the dangerously cheesy snacks for a couple bucks at your local convenience story... this 'eye of the cheetah' jewelry set with put you back $20 thousand dollars. they're also offering clothing and cheet-oh perfume. that's all available online... but the "flamin' hot pants" and "cheetah lounge paw"? well, those are already sold out./// ((sherry swensk)) seasonal and dry conditions on temps are finally getting into the mild territory... with 50s and low 60s already at noon. ........... with clear skies and long nights... the overnight and early morning temps have plenty of time to chill down. ............ temps peaking in the slightly above normal in the mid 60s.... then the winds show up tomorrow. ...... ose winds will break temps wn a few degrees foranksging th t of the 50s.............. veryt today.............enty of sunshe sert ((wther toss)) brian loftus))> we'll be right time of giving... and that's no exception for these local businesses. joining us now is brian burton from three square... and judy stokey from n-v energy... to the community. brian... three square's mission is to provide wholesome food to hungry people because you wholesome food to hungry people because you believe no one in our community should be hungry. help is particularly needed at this time of year with particularly needed at this time of year with the holidays approaching. what can our viewers do to help? judy... supporter of three square's mission and your employees take time every year to help the cause most recently stuffing a record number of backpacks for three square's school program. why is it important that nv energy and you as an employee give what types of items are you looking for and how can our viewers help? and how can our viewers help? ((brian loftus)) ((brian loftus)) it may sound like a strange comradery -- uber... pt-s... and department foundation is teaming up with uber and p-t's entertainment.. to help get you home safely during the holidays. from now through january first... uber will be available at all p-t's entertainment locations in southern nevada. two- dollars from every ride will go back to the metro foundation. first time users who use the code "p-t-e-g" will even get a free ride, up to $20 dollars./// live at noon.. the valley's news leader. remember that 8 news now is always available at las vegas i wanted the same plan that my mother had. senior dimensions. i've had senior dimensions for over 20 years. and i love it! if you're eligible for medicare, you need to take a look at the plan that offers you more than original medicare. senior dimensions members pay a zero dollar monthly premium. senior dimensions members pay a zero dollar copay for primary care doctor visits. and, our members pay a zero dollar copay for specialist visits and a zero dollar copay for hospital stays as well. senior dimensions is one of the longest-standing local medicare advantage plans in nevada, and our plan offers many tier one preferred generic drugs for a zero dollar copay at most local neighborhood pharmacies. i like that i have plenty of doctors and specialists to choose from. senior dimensions offers a broad network of local providers including southwest medical associates, one of the largest and fastest growing multi- specialty groups in nevada. >> quinn: first i want to thank you both for helping out with the festivities. >> pam: well, thanksgiving is very important to eric. >> quinn: and eric is important to al of us, isn't he, pam? >> pam: he's very, very important. >> steffy: okay. it's his favorite holiday, so let's just get through it without any drama, okay? >> quinn: yes, and, on tha respect, you are reaching out to the family, making sure everybody's invited? >> steffy: yep. granddad invited them. i will make sure that they are here. >> quinn: thank you. >> steffy: i'm doing it for my grandfather, quinn. >> pam: same reason i'm making a big, fresh batch of lemon bars for him. >> quinn: oh, pam, do you really think that's a good idea? you know, doctor's orders... >> pam: a couple of thanksgiving lemon bars aren't gonna kill the man. >> steffy: i think he'll be okay. don't you, quinn?

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