if you are looking up toward the mountain check out swaths of snow several bands of maybe up to an inch, inch and a half, and it's chilly too. in the wake of that system things are calming down they've got no wind, but 48 in stewart coming in at 45. and maryland parkway 4, into the upper 30s in summerlin, 45 across town in downtown henderson, but those winds that were blowing so strongly gusting over 40-miles per hour earlier today they have relaxed. we'll tell you when they'll be back and this will be the next one of two more wind bag due in this week we'll have the full forecast details a few minutes authority. heavy holiday traffic as many drivers head back to california tonight. before getting to mountain pas, baker, and beyond, people have to cross the nive nevada nive-california border. at one point we were told by ndot that traffic jams stretchd for 25-miles. a couple of hours ago it was down to 16-miles. still, quite a few delays. good evening, and thanks for joining us everyone, i'm gerard weekend brought plenty of traffic to mccarron international airport as well. it was the busiest travel day of the holiday weekend, a live look at mccarron where airport officials tell news 3 they estimate 1 40,000 people will pass through its terminals before the night is through. they say parkingis always a a good indicator of how many passengers they're handling. estimated 737,000 people weekend. and as we approach the holidays an estimated one billion packages are expected to be delivered to homes across the u.s. mean time thieves are working trying to steal goods that are left at your door step. nathan o'neil joins us live near sahara and jones with how one local neighborhood is fighting back. >> we've heard of local neighborhood watch proalg rms, and security camera your home safe from thieves. well, tonight we're talk withing one local man who is using man's best friend in a very unusual way. front door package fiends targeting this central las vegas neighborhood in recent weeks. >> got to the point it's getting worse. >> now eric snow, a 38 year army veteran, is taking matters into his own hands. >> we decide to put out the bait pack. camera saturday afternoon rolling up in a green car to steal the big package. the pair seemingly unfazed by their guard dollings, but what exactly did they get away with sthun stuffed it full of reprocessed dog chow. >> you heard him, reprocessed dog chow. rirn other word as pungent package from his 95-pound german shepherd named heidi. that's right, the thief got away with a couple of bags of dog food. >> i thought it was hilarious. >> a unique tactic amusing the neighborhood. >> hopefully these people will realize weel we're tired of them. >> with a clear message fawment thieve. >> they probably wouldn't have enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed doing it. you know. do some good, possibly a deterrent to keep those thieves from returning to their homes. >> ingenius idea, nathan, hopefully the video will track those guy down a well so they can face whatever legal consequences might be out there. very good idea, though. thanks for the live report. experts say the holidays are prime season for so-called porch pirating. they have some suggestions for protecting your purchases and present. thieves often strike during delivered to where they can be received in person. you can also opt for instore pick up for your online purchases. or you can take advantage of delivery alerts so you will know exactly when your boxes arrive. you can also ask for signature confirmation to avoid having packages left on your door step, and finally provide delivery instructions telling the courier the safest place to leave your boxes. try to ache take advantage of cyber monday shopping. many will use phone apps to shop online. the trend's sparking a slew of fraudulent apps that look identical to the real thing. they steal your personal and financial information. developers say the fakes are so convincing, eve thn apple store has problems weeding them out. >> when there's a void, it's really easy for the hackersers o write an app ands one that pops up for that store you think you want to buy it. >> some advice for safely shopping online, go to retailers' websites first, check credit card statements regularly, and read reviews of apps before you download. now acrime tracker findinga man who police say sexually assaulted a young girl on thanksgiving day. metro tells us a man approached a brother and sister outside a brother away and then molested the little girl. this is the man here that police are looking for. he's an older white man with a thin build and either wrath ar salt and pepper colored hair. 385-5555. a destructive fire illustrates the importance of keepling your chimney clean. the fire broke out around 10 last night in henderson near coll d by the time firefighters arrived, the house was engulfed in heavy ?oak smoke and flames. firefighters say the blaze started in the chimney. they urge home owners to have their fire places and chimneys regularly cleaned and inspected to avoid a similar disaster. new at 11, new orleans mayor now blames out of town visiters for a shooting that killed a local man and injured nine others. street. police say it started with an argument between two men, but then erupted in gun fire. a 25 year old new orleans man died from a gun shot wound. says the men responsible will pay for this crime. >> that is the way that you make people in america not only be safe but feel safe. we have a complete disregard for human life. you need to go away. >> police are still huntingor they know who they're looking for. most of those injured by the gun fire are also out of the hospital tonight. and there was a rolling gun battle in kansas city that sent seven people to the hospital. one is critically injured. police say the suspects were shooting at each other from moving vehicles. when it was over the crime scene spanned over eight city blocks. officers have not made any arrests. president elect donald presidential election. earlier today trump tweeted that he won the popular vote, quote, if you deduct the million of people who voted illegally. trump did not say where he got his information. mean time wisconsin's governor is reacting to new of the recount. scott walker doesn't think it will make any difference at all. >> i don't imagine there will be huge changes. i think if the wouldn't have a party - - . >> the latest count shows hillary leading by more than two million ballots. the clinton campaign announced it intends to back the recount. new tonight, supporters of the dakota pipeline protest took their message to washington today. activists held a slow-moving justice to the washington mawn ym. native americans say the pipe line project jeopardizes both culture sites and the area's drinking water. mean time the army core of engineers says it has no plans to forcibly remove standing rock protesters ch rsh however, after december 5t will start prosecuting people for trespassing. the core says it is closing all federal lands north of the cannon ball river for safety concerns. that land includes the main protest camp. the preparations well under way in havana for two days attributes to the late fidel castro. cuban americans are celebrating the dictator's death, but many in cuba are in mourning. revolution square will be the scene of a 2-day memorial followed by a public funeral on sunday. a time of mixed emotions for a country on the brink of change. >> the people are very sad that new movement. >> now the cuban people are obligated to fill in the vacuum that fidel has left. if we want to continue to be an independent country. >> >: cuba will observe nine days of mourning for the man who ruled for more than 70 years. >> and you hear the crowd immediately letting their feelings known on collin >> more controversy for an american quarterback over his admiration of the cuban dictator. miami fans booed the 49ers colin kaepernick as he took to the field against the dolphins today. last week a reporter asked him about wearinga castro t-shirt during a press conference. kaepernick then expressed his respect for the cuban leader. the 49ers quarterback has recently come under fire for refusing to stand during the national anthem. for a tiny town. right after the break, more about the place where last night's winning power ball ticket was sold. then the the answer ahead in sports. i'm gerard romero, news 3 live >> some tough driving near lake tahoe this weekend. at one point crashes fed close both east bound and west bound lanes for two hours. the snow is expected to keep falling through the night and into monday morning. >> close toor home, project neon promises to make driving difficult and yet another part of the valley. let's get details now. >> one one of the things to look out for this week is on i-15 between craig and the speedway. there's going to be on going restrictions as part of project app is doing now it's doing a forecast in the week ahead which we will continue to use. and because we are coming off of a holiday weekend the worst day is actually today. however, looking ahead to tomorrow, according to waze should be a pretty clear commute. be sure to catch tom holly and myself for traffic on news 3 today starting at 4:30 a.m. we'll see you then. ws authority. standing by with a look at our chilly forecast. all that snow up north is good for the ski resort. >> scwaw valley and those around tahoe that you mentioned a chance open early won't be quite the same as far as the precipitation down here. we're diswrus going to get the cold and the win. you'll feel raw a couple of times this week. beginning of the news cast we showed you the piles of snow out there at mt. charleston. road, and the roof tops too. but that's at 7,700 feet. go down to 5,500 feet, and it was pretty slushy over there. if you're driving over the hump between las vegas and pahrump the roads should be fine. lincoln county, 6,000 feet and 180-miles north of las vegas, we lost pioch rks. it's coming back. some bouts of snow, more could be falling late west, now 5 they gust to 30 and blowing around some pretty chilly air. next stop takes us down there. currently blowing at four, temperature 33. they aren't even 40. not much wind now, but they did gust to 40-miles per hour earlier. we'll be watching these wind speeds in northern valley neighborhoods. those are the last gasp tbuses from the system that blew while the wind's blowing even though it makes it feel colder it keeps the temperature up a little bit. look at all these neighborhoods that made it to 40-miles per hour. mountain's edge, downtown henderson, outside of the valley winds have relaxed big time m. however, earlier today was baby gusts of 41-miles per hour. bolder city was in the mid-30s. high temperature today, half a dozen below normal, 55 for the 42 is where the tempere our new low for the day. the fourth dayon november we've actually had a below normal reading. if you were driving outside. probably peak in the upper 50s before pulling back. by tomorrow night here we go again few more gusts over system number one pushing out, system number two spreading some very thin clouds toward clark county. get these in the valley they're rieiving now so these thin clouds will be with us tomorrow. the front itself back here, and it's whether that goes through here comes another shot of winds. that not the only one. we've got more action up stream. get ready for an active weather week and coming down from the north, some bites to the teens in the mountain. 20s in lincoln county. pahrump right round freezing to get the day started on your monday. highs tomorrow, sandy valley at 53. death valley at 64. our valley tonight will have a few clouds here and there, 38 for the low temperature officially. then tomorrow's high with periodic clouds painly thin, 57 will be the high. i think we'll get through the day without a significant wind. once that wind shifts to the north west they will pick up a they'll be blowing again fl. that should die down on wednesday. notice these highs in the 50s, lows in the 30s. seems like it was a cup ofl weeks ago, which it was, when high temperature was round 80. got your update beginning at 4:30 a.m. on news 3 today. gerard, that will begin in five hours, nine minutes, and 42 seconds. >> all right. >> the latest weather update is tomorrow morning. >> a lot of these the extended heat. >> that warm that long you know it's going to be like flowing off the edge of a table. >> it has. >> some big news for the tiny town of lafayette, tennessee, where last night's 420 million-dollar power ball ticket was sold. i bought a ticket i did not win the winner has not come forward about 5,000 people call lafayette home. look at today's sports and a local boxing promoter hits a milestone here in las vegas. >> when you hit a milestone like 2,000, i don't know, you know, why should 2,000 be any different from 1,999t isn't, but it means something, 2,000, even number, special number. but what it the memories of the great fights i did, whether in las vegas or other places around the world. >> top ranks, big 2,000. his promotion last night. and you'll hear all of the whole interview coming up on sports night in las vegas. amber dixon sat down with bob and some pretty good stories talking about those 2,000 boxing sports night. big basketball game at cox stadium. rebels taking on mississippi both teams undefeated nice ball movement trailed by two at the half. nicky weetly on the break for unlv in the third. jordan bell gets the bucket. then lady rebels start pulling away, bell for a put back, she had seven, the lady rebels stay unbeaten they get another win. 64-57. coming the rumor coming out of the bay area about trying to block the move to las vegas. awl also show you some of the highlights from today's game. 24-7. carolina comes back, takes a 1-point lead, they extend that. cam newton, kelvin benjamin,. the raider comes back with a coming up shortly in on sports night. last night, both wyoming and san diego state lost games by virtue of a tie or average wyoming will host san diego state in mountain west championship game next saturday 445. by the season's ending 153-yards next week wyoming and san diego state will probably be playing for a chance to come to las vegas and play in the las vegas bowl at sam boyd stadium. and the state football high school championship game is set for sam boyd stadium next saturday. number one in the nation, bishop goreman, number 21 in the nation, liberty. 12 in one. a rematch of last year's championship. you can see that on my lvtv, bishop goreman going for their eighth straight championship. >> sh should be good. still ahead, a battle simmering over sea food production, why fishermen along the gulf coast >> this a global controversy boiling over how seafood gets from the ocean to your play. sharyl attkisson heads to the combating foreign fishermen. >> how important is the shrimping business to you, personally? >> it's everything to me, you know, my family, my dad's 80 years old. he still fishes two boy nz to the business my daughter she marry ad fishermen. >> the u.s. has been cm a massive importer of a we have at home. 94% of the shrimp we eat comes from abroad, selling for the fraction of the price of the ones caught at h the u.s. shrimping industry is dying. >> there's no way we can survive if this keep going. >> why does foreign shrimp cost so much less? other countries may use cheaper meth utds banned in the u.s. in thailand some farmers got caught using slave labor. videos posted on the internet show foreign workers injecting anything in it. they can test 1%. that comes into this country. >> he's right. the fda is responsible for the safety of imported shrimp, but tests only 1% of imports each year. in october the fda issued an import alert warning about an issue from china saying if use of unapproved products or chemicals may elicit ihealth shrimping of another industry that could be lost to competition. >> do you see this as a reflection of anything else? >> farmers have been in generation after generation, the steel workers. we're going to be the same way. >> one potential ram for american shrimpers could be the election of donald trump. he has promised to kill the transpacific partnership, a trade deal that some claim could foreign shrimp. full measure, i'm sharyl attkisson. >> don't forget to catch full measure with sharyl attkisson right here on channel 3. some talented artists put your typical sand castle to shame. see the stunning creations when a family of four can all be online at the same time... streaming, gaming, or downloading movies. all you need is high-speed internet from centurylink. get up to 40 megs for just $20 a month for one year when bundled with a qualifying home phone plan and autopay. speed may not be available in your area. no, that's okay. i'm not hungry. don't worry about me. okay. >> and finally tonight sculptors create some major works of art using only tiny grains of sand. this weekend key west hosted international sand art competition artists crafted using water a few hand tools and about 15,000-pounds of sand. the sculptors drew inspiration from everything from heart break to people's pre occupation with their cell phones. >> a tropical storm and it becomes contemporary art. >> i know in canada this kind of year they do ice sculptures, and sand sculptures.