jacksonville and surrounding counties. ponte vedra beach to altamaha sound in georgia were under a tropical storm warning as julia moved up the coast. emergency management crews in duval and nassau counties said they were monitoring the storm. let's take a look at the roads with demetria back to you!/// ((brian loftus)) the mercury scare at walter moving outside the school's walls... forcing one family out of their home... ((kirsten joyce)) >> and several families won't get their belongings back... because the items had to be destroyed. in one house... the e-p-a says the highest concentration of mercury ... was found in a child's bedroom. the child is a student at to return to the home. >> tom dunkelman / envriontnmental protection agency "we'll remove the contents of the child's bedroom, test it if it needs to be disposed, we'll dispose of it. if need be, we'll remove carpet from her bedroom as well. we're hoping that will take care of the problem." ((kirsten joyce)) >> the american red cross is helping the family with shelter. the emergency response team tested 80 homes this week... they're looking for the source of the mercury contamination, but they say an unidentified student may have brought it to the s home this morning at 7 to finish their work. /// ((kirsten joyce)) the man who tried to shoot donald trump looks for a lighter jail sentence. ((brian loftus)) >> the new deal lawyers made during yesterday's court appearance. ((brian loftus)) >> and the president takes aim at trump's policies when good day returns./// ((you're watching the valley's news leader... with brian loftus, kirsten joyce, sherri swensk and demetria obilor. ((brian loftus)) the british man accused of trying to shoot donald trump in las vegas is seeking a lighter jail sentence yesterday the 20-year-old michael sandford plead guilty in court . he could face 2 years in a u-s prison.. but could have gotten up to 20 years if he hadn't agreed to police officer during a trump rally. sandford later admitted he drove from california to las vegas with a plan to kill trump.. but the family attorney says he was delusional at the time./// ((kirsten joyce)) donald trump visits flint, michigan today... a predominately african-american, democratic town...at the center of a water contamination crisis. trump's outreach to minority voters there...comes just a day after the republican candidate unveiled plans to expand child care bef women voters. hillary clinton's campaign quickly dismissed the proposal as "completely unserious." and as she continued to recover from pneumonia... president obama campaigned for her in philadelphia... where he painted trump as no friend to the working class president obama: "this is the guy you want to be championing working people? this guy who spent 70 years on this earth showing no concern for working people -- this guy's suddenly going to be >> clinton will spend another day at home today, while former president bill clinton fills in for her at a campaign event in las vegas. before heading to michigan donald trump is expected to release details about his health./// ((kirsten joyce)) the race for harry reid's senate seat is really getting nasty. ((brian loftus)) >> ads advocating for congressman joe heck and former nevada attorney general are both painting the other party in a negative light. a new six-mii purchased by a super pac aligned with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says she let alleged rapists walk free. her campaign says local law enforcement agencies were responsible for the kits... and that congressman heck has repeatedly voted against funding to help rape victims. meanwhile cortez masto announced that she accepts a statewide debate hosted by univision las vegas and 8 news now. the cortez masto camp is proposing to hold the debate on october 13-th./// election headquarters throughout the campaign season... on air and online at las vegas now dot com. /// ((kirsten joyce)) las vegas officials will resume talks on building a new football stadium ((brian loftus)) >> coming up on good day. we'll see how much tax dollars money tourists might have to pay in order to have the stadium built./// you're watching 8 news now good day. building a new stadium for a potential nfl team. tommorow they're expected to pass along their recommendation to governor sandoval to use hotel tax money to fund the stadium. the governor would then call a special session of the would be willing to tax tourists 88 cents for every 100 dollars they spend be used on construction of a 65 thouasand seat domed stadium./// ((brian loftus)) and we want you to be part of our 8 news now good day.. just head to our 8 news now facebook page.. and upload a pic of you repping your favorite football team! 8 lucky viewers will be chosento win an 8 news now mug! the winners will be announced friday during the 6am newscast./// sherry how's the weather today? ((sherry swensk)) calmer and cooler this morning... temps are feeling filtered in with that large area of low pressure. ......ed in with that large area temps in the mid 60s at mccarran where winds made it to about 35 mph yesterday. ............ winds have backed off and will be much lighter today. temps around the valley will be dropping to the 50s in some neighborhoods in the next couple of hours. ........... the low will slide northeast today leaving sunny skies and cool air behind. ... the 80s and low 90s. warmer upper 90s arrive by late in the weekend. ((sherry swensk)) a local non profit that received our acts of kindness exposure... we did an update story on "toys for smiles" when it created its two-hundred and 50-thousand toy on its ten year anniversary. when that story aired... it caught the attention of a florida couple ...watching 8 news now good day. rex doty/prior acts of kindness recipient sot @ "diane and sheldon were sitting in a hotel room that day, and told me when they saw your presentation on the tv.. she looked at her husband and said we're going to delay our airplane flight.. we want to see this." ((kirsten joyce)) >> so they delayed their flight , grabbed a taxi.. and checked out the las vegas warehouswh makes wooden car toys for all kids, in need of a smile.. they met with rex doty who helped create this non profit that can only make all these toys with the help of wonderful volunteers.. many who are veterans. rex doty /prior acts of kindness recipient sot @ "i talked to them, and they've got a foundation called friends to friends in florida, and they help diff. organizations all over the country and they're in process of working with their board to see if they can't establish a grant to help us make toys." ((kirsten joyce)) >> we'll keep you posted on that grant. for our series... just head to las vegas now dot com... click on "sections" in the upper left corner .. and acts of kindness will be under the "community" tab. or send us an email... acts of kindness at las vegas now dot com./// ((demetria obilor)) the mlk on-ramp to northbound 95 is closed down through november. use rancho instead. tonight at 7pm, the warm springs ramp to westbound 215 will close down and reopen at five am. this ramp will close overnight sunday t the detour will be las vegas boulevard. upperhand. ((kirsten joyce)) >> dakota access came to take away about 30 pieces of heavy machinery from a work site in north dakota. the pipeline ion but max grossfield reports the company is not giving up. workers at a pipeline site south of mandan weren't met with protesters. instead, police provided security as the employees loaded up heavy machinery and drove it away. ( lt. tom iverson / north dakota highway patrol ) "it just makes sense that we have law enforcement presence in the area to help with removal of all the while the equipment is on the move, dakota access is not giving up on the project. in a statement, its parent company's c-e-o says, "we intend to meet with officials in washington to understand their position and reiterate our commitment to bring the dakota access pipeline into operation." standing rock tribal chairman dave archambault responded in a statement, saying, "our fight isn't over until there is permanent protection of our people and resources from the pipeline." no demonstrators showed up police say they didn't run into any traffic issues relating to it. ((brian loftus)) one brazillian couple has added a new child to their clan. ((kirsten joyce)) >> we'll see how many children this makes for this brazillian couple./// you're watching 8 news now good day. wedding... after her limo got a flat tire! she stood in the road with her thumb up -- yes, in her white dress. a good samaritan gave her a lift and the wedding went on 30 minutes late. wonder if the groom thought she got cold feet?/// ((brian loftus)) the london subway station is being invaded with kitty cats. th giant posters on walls and turnstiles. all part of a crowdfunded campaign to replace, all ads, with pictures of kitties. the campaign began monday, and has raised over 26-thousand- dollars to make 68 ads at the clapham common tube station disappear. in their place are photos of stray cats from two rescue groups. the group behind the campaign, says its goal is to make people in their life, and it's likely something you can't buy./// ((brian loftus)) there's an apple store in green bay, wisconsin, that doesn't sell i-phones or computers. and that has some people a tad confused. green bay's apple store specializes in the apples you eat. they opened for the season monday, and sold all their fruit before the day was done. but the store's manager says they get plenty of calls from people asking when the new i-phone is coming out, or to set up an appointment to repair an i-pad. (diane brenkus/store manager) "we get calls daily about how to fix phones and and i have to explain to them these apples are what you eat. they don't want me working on their computers anyhow." ((brian loftus)) >> green bay's apple store currently features sweet tango apples from wisconsin's door county./// ((kirsten joyce)) these are the 13 kids of a married couple in northeast brazil - all boys. the oldest, robson, got as an 18th birthday gift... of a little baby brother named turned 18. all 13 boys have names that start with the letter "r" and are named after professional soccer players they are avid players too and could someday form their own soccer team - with two boys to spare./// we'll be right back......../// ((brian loftus)) in the valley. how long will these cool temps last? ((kirsten joyce)) >> plus...in one week the valley will be full of music lovers for the life is beautiful festival. but there are some road closures that you should pay attention to. ((brian loftus)) >> and...unlv's football stadium get's a much needed upgrade. we'll take a look at the new facility. ((kirsten joyce)) 8 news now good day, the valley's news leader, starts right now./// ((now, live...this is 8 news now good day.)) thank's for waking up with us i'm brian loftus. ((kirsten joyce)) >> and i'm kirsten joyce. downtown las vegas is about to turn into an oasis for music lovers... as the 4-th annual life is beautiful festival kicks off next week. road closures for the area will begin today. the area of mesquite between 6th and 7th will shut down. then more streets will be closed off every three days... as we get closer to day one of

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