person. they are out numbered by media a thousand inside watching and 3,000 members of the media from all overnight country. fox news crew there and also from all overnight world. 28 countries represented here tonight. around here has been a challenge get up to tom in sky 3. >> tom: yea, you can say that, jim. we'll start at mack we are going no, new york there are air restrictions. we want to show you trop cana with bear dayeds they have restrictions the, wow, for me move the camera the freeway has been shut down. look, mow traffic. this looks like a temporary situation. if they sthut shut it down for are watching that. show you a map where the planned restriksz are. they are talking about i-15 southbound to the 215 and the airport connector and the surface streets didn't the connector and eastbound that ming organism taking you back to a live shot the freeway is shut down we don't expect this to last. not sure why they are shutting it down. perhaps a candidate is through once the candidate is off the freeway. southbound i15 is shut down without an accident that is something you don't see even. >> jim: no, tom, thank you for that and this race is tight. nationally and here in our battleground state. bothment to win nevada in the six votes to get them to the magic 270 number. the results of a pole out with three weeks to go before clinton and trump is a dead heat at this point this a nationwide pole both picking up 42% votes. six % say they are undecided in this race. that is why stakes are high for tonight's contest. both trying to get the swing voters to swing to their side. the spin has been incredible here all day the surrogates are prowling around looking for anybody with a microphone. jeff is inside the spin room and he will pick up the story from there. >> jim, good eaching welcome to the spin room of the you mentioned the surrogates this place be knee deep in campaigns and the surrogateings making the case their candidate won of the bill did was fair game. think trump will turn down tonight? his advisor. >> all the information we know the clintons and cohorts lie, cheat and do anything they can to gain power. donald trump will come out and talk about key issues and why clinton is disqualified from becoming president. >> reporter: buckle up. topics including immigration. supreme cour t foreign hot spots and fitness to be president. runs the clintom campaign. >> this is an opportunity for hilary clinton to talk to the voters about her idea, he will throw mud. she is strong and can take it and taken it at other debates she will be fine. >> reporter: this third debate is the closing argument to tens of millions of people they will not get a big are audience for rest of the campaign. surrogate. he wants to hear issues and specifics. >> it is more important to talk about why you are solution to the problem. >> reporter: that is the challenge for both in a campaign like none other. >> jim: and i said both candidates and campaigns will come in to make the case they won. it would be my proposition the biggest winner tonight the city and the universi jeff, news 3. back to you. >> reporter: and absolutely amazing night, an opportunity for las vegas and unlv as you say, jeff. this is a designated spot outside the shipping container perimeter that circled the mack. four people to protest and down at trump power on the strip, unusual protest. a wall of tacos. immigration. the taco truck protest organized by the culinary union they have had several rallyince they won the right to unionize last saddam. this is how voters feel about the election it has been polar iegz. for that angle news three has been talking with local voters about what they expect to see tonight and what they would like to see tonight, different things. hilary, hilary. >> reporter: when it come to leaks year 2016 the battle lines are drawn. >> trump dump trump and hire hilary. >> reporter: on the campus local voters in the spotlight listen to plat cal bits decked out with pride. >> a man that can dot job. he is honest. reliable and loves america. rally. hopefully to change people's mind at the last minute and reeducate those who don't understand. what our country needs. >> reporter: also angel walker a first time voter who says much of this campaign season has been childish. >> there are first vote it should not be bike that. >> reporter: it is not about personality. shannon wants to hear either address social something she says was skip in the previous debates >> with our presence here they will ask the question tonight. >> reporter: some were able to learn a civic's lesson. and celebration... [laughter] there is -- [singing] nevada pride. senator harry reid calling the debate a good thing for our representatives the west and any state in america. and [inaudible] gratified i had a bit to do with this. >> reporter: news three. >> reporter: since we are in las vegas we would let you know how the odd makers are weigh nothing on this contest. "washington post" reporting the jim bacarboat the south point casino putting trump's chances wing not good but have you to consider with trump enough he was ready over a year ago his odds were 100-one. it got better. reid and marie that is the story now. i will leave it they are going up to the mack that flow has dwindled down to a trickle. most invited guests are inside. see how it plays out in a little bit. >> maria: you have quite the z. thank you very much for your reporting we will check in with jim later this evening. but y as jim said the final debate we're counting down about 50 minutes away. >> reporter: watch it at 6:00 we will have post debate coverage when it is over. an investigation under way now in the shooting of a man by a >> maria: this morning it started with a carjack in a convenience store at eastern and freemont. a trooper spotted the stolen car with the driver driving dangerously fast trooper gave chase and ended outside a car deal areship at the valley automall in henderson. carjacking suspect his curbs and another car and it is likely it ended because the suspect need another car to continue his a hospital. are >> reporter: news, traffic and weather and we're also focusing on the debate. it is happening at the mack. >> maria: final debate again in 50 minutes away. >> reporter: next, [inaudible] >> >> tom: winds come down. less wind and more degrees that i spent many years as a nuclear missile launch officer. if the president gave the order we had to launch the missiles, that would be it. i prayed that call would never come. [ radio chatter ] self control may be all that keeps these missiles from firing. [ sirens blearing ] i would bomb the [ beep] out of them. i want to be unpredictable. i love war. the thought of donald trump with nuclear weapons scares me to death. it should scare everyone. report report third presidential debate happening in 46 minutes the other big part of the night are protesters all overnight city. you see a wall of taco front of the trump hotel and designated public expression areas for supporters to demonstrate. a lot of what you saw there is also reflected on social media. now up to the minute political viewpointos facebook, instagram and vine are colliding. we have the social media debate. >> reporter: so many ways to tell the store bet third at the mack center here in las vegas. and we have been follow being activity on social media using 've #lv debate to collect the moments in the and outside of the debate hall. in addition to the media you is seen outside we have seen famous faces including mark cuban showed up to the media area. earlier in the day. jeff caught up with former nd well, go ahead and attack you outside of the mack where again it is decked out ready to host the guests as the candidates work to make final argument to the american people. what may not see on camera this evening is the flurry of activity on the risers set up across the walk way. this is the mother of all media risers outside the t & m. the men and women work to bring snyder right there. now on the twitter page we are asking you who do you think has the advantage leading to the ~ifiable debate is is donald or hilary or do you think it is really anyone's game. of course, we will watch it all with you tonight. the front of your television tonight news three has you covered at 6:00 watch it live on facebook fan page or live on our twitter page. >> reporter: now to live. jim, you talked with nightly news anchor lester holt to get his idea. . was's moderator she should know how it will go. >> jim: he was in that hot seat in round one we remember and had a challenge controlling the candidates getting them to stick to the time and the subject. so, we talked about what he expects to see tonight. tough to keep the two corraled and on the issues. >> understatement. >> huge challenge. what is the moderator up against. >>you want to hear them the american people want to hear them for what they are and get to as many topics that is the best way to a large extent they will drive conversation. >> i have been hearing from viewers for weeks, that want them t what are the chances we will see that tonight? >> we think of issues as taxes and health care and military and immigration. >> that's what people want to hear. >> there are other things that come up in the campaign not core to the issuesee think of but parts of the campaign. last week the strategy of bring nothing invited guests to try to ralth the other candidate, mr. do you think that has an impact. for the millions watching you don't see those folks sitting there. they don't take shots of them. it will be what the candidates bring to the debate. i don't think although they will not matter we will focus on as viewers and voters is how they equip themselves to stand up for what they believe in. >> >> jim: okay i will let you get to the nightly news set. >> great talking >> reporter: lester will bring more in 10 minutes and then that the lead up to 6:00 when the big showdown begins in that building behind me. live, the center of the political universe tonight i'm jim snyder, reid and marie back to you. >> reporter: now we will talk about the temperature in the valley. >> maria: we hand it over to kevin. >> kevin: might be one or two people who may not be waffling a point they will go like this... if you do that i category you do it at 6. . 40 and look up. we will have a bright pass of the international space station. tell move from the northwest to southeast entire length of the sky traveling 15, 500 miles per hour and you will get a great view. high clouds on the horizon the story was not in the sky it was the dancing trees as the breezes but now this hour they're beginning to back off. we are at 73 wind town to 40 miles per hour. 77 and two miles per hour. and up in 4 miles per hour wind and 76. now 75 diagnose. the wind, most of the day the strong are wind more sustained wind in double digit in north neighborhoods in 29. the east side and spring valley 28 miles per hour. outside the valley search light. you see these are live from 140 neighborhood weather stations laughlin gusted to 3 and the gust to 30 in search light just happened. wind and cooler air. our top temperature is 78. a degree below normal. the low was so far above tell things get crazy before mid night. air quality reports in the green. that is good. winds were not strong enough to kick up dust. tomorrow 60-66 between 7:00 and fine:00 of the cool but not windy. low 80s in the afternoon. wind should stay for the most part below 10 miles per hour. could be a stray gust of 15 that is it. at least in the weekend. we could get back to 90 degrees. but things will get active and there is significant changes expected toward next week. 38 on the mountains. 40 in lincoln county. 46 in indian springs. bould are city 84. mountain 64. and laughlin at 89. for the las vegas valley. breezes will continue. 59 the low temperature. lot of wind we will mack out at 83 degrees. and your seven day forecast. temperatures climb to 90 on saturday. hang on by monday we will cool down and a chance for rain and another chance for rain middle to last every portions of last week. >> maria: thank you. we're less than 40 minutes out from hilary and trump going head-to-head one last time in >> reporter: what someone is putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. planned parenthood should absolutely be defunded. and congressman hardy said he supported trump 100%. like trump, hardy opposed legislation to ensure equal pay. and hardy fought to defund planned parenthood, just like trump. ruben kihuen respects women. kihuen fought for equal pay for equal work. and ruben kihuen will protect our right to make our own health decisions. i'm catherine cortez masto and i approve this message. narrator: 2013: joe heck votes to shut down the government, risking vital services for thousands of nevada seniors and veterans. but as federal employees like air traffic controllers worked 16 days without pay, joe heck continues to cash his paycheck... even as 244 members of congress refused their pay. i've seen what can happen as the result of hate. my son matt was murdered in laramie, wyoming, in 1998. he was befriended by two men in a bar who pretended to be gay. they offered him a ride home, and when he was in their car, they robbed him and beat him. they drove matt out to the prairie and tied him to a split-rail fence, then beat him some more and left him for dead. in the aftermath of matt's death, my family saw the best of america so when i see the hate that donald trump has brought to his campaign for president, it terrifies me. i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell ya. ahh, i don't know what i said, uhh, i don't remember. he's a mexican. i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody, and i wouldn't... words have an influence. violence causes pain. hate can rip us apart. i know what can happen as the result of hate, and donald trump should never be our president. priorities usa action >> reporter: live not only our ice but the world. 35 minutes left before the final showdown on one stage with clinton and trump. right h vegas. >> maria: news 3 jim snyder is there. jim, so many people weigh in the on the election so far and you are now speaking with another person prosecute las vegas speak out about the campaign tonight? >> jim: casino bob steve web told cnn a few hours ago he is frustrated the conversation the cam 59 season has not been more the issue he feels most strongly about, the economy. >> i speak for america when i say we are frustrated of the level of the campaign's conversation. start in the the preerm primaries on both sides and got worse. everybody is spinning everybody is issuing propaganda. >> jim: so nguyen who has been a good friend with trump and clinton says he is still on the will get his vote. jim mur an and mgm resorted he is a republican cannot vote for trump he will cast a vote for clinton. and we all know where fans casino sheldon addison stands millions of his money to getting republicans elected. not all will be happy depending how the election come out. afterment reed and marie. respect report high rollers and heavy hitter on the stage and here in las vegas. jim, thank you. >> maria: they will tune in with the rest us watching history unfold. in beautiful las vegas this is wonder things our city gets the spotlight like this. >> reporter: we'll have coverage throughout the night when we are not on air go online and also on it's not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands. and so when i saw that, that was completely disqualifying. i'm a republican, but this election is so much bigger than party. my son max can't live in trump world. so i'm crossing party lines and voting for hillary. i don't always agree with her, but she's reasonable. and she's smart. she can work with people to solve problems. when it really mattered. vegas, wild drama, trump and clinton, the final showdown before the election. donald trump in need of a game-changing moment, unleashing more surprise guests to try to rattle hillary clinton. who is riding high in the polls. nbc news exclusive as wikileakseleases more stolen documents. intelligence sources tell nbc news what the u.s. is doing to block the russians from making off with anything more. but what else do they already have? blown away -- a massive explosion rocks a big american city. firefighters injured as people run for their lives. and clearing the air -- from buying tickets to lost luggage. the new rules designed to ease your flying headaches. 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