everyone. i'm gerard ramalho. the lucky dragon soft opening happening early today, about an hour ago. this is our top story at 5:00. news 3's nathan o'neal joins us live at the resort to give us a close-up look inside. pretty impressive, i hear. >> reporter: yeah, gerard. there are crowds out there. originally it was supposed to open at 8:00. there was a lot of anticipation so they let everybody in. you can see all of the action out here. all we're on the second floor. this has been in development for about five years from concept to completion. the entire casino resort was designed with the asian tourist in mind, even the signage over there mutts chinese first, english second. >> with our service standards we try to make sure with everything that what doe that -- we do we're putting the asian culture first and allowing the american culture to follow >> reporter: now, lucky dragon is divided into two separate towers, the casino and the hotel. there are 203 guest rooms and the casino has about 37 tables game and every detail is built with the asian gambler and tourist in mind, an effort to keep it authentic. this holds true from the food, the idea is to introduce a new concept into las vegas but also to drap into the growing asian tourism base. >> we know what our players want. we focus on baccarat, roulette. we don't have any craps in the building. >> reporter: now, an interesting fact for you. on the hotel floor, there are several floors. but if you go in the elevators, there's no marked four floor. like i said, the doors were planned to open at 8:00 but they went ahead and opened it up for everybody. we're going to check in on them and be back with you at 6:00. gerard? >> one more option for all of our tourists. thank you for the update there. well, news 3 is your traffic authority. we're approaching halfway through a difficult but necessary shutdown of one of the most heavily traveled sections of road in theas valley. the traffic is at a crawl because i-215 is closed near the airport connector. this started last night and will end on monday morning, right around 5:00 a.m. crews are installing parts of a flyover offramp there just over the highway. the best tip to avoid the area, but if you must head that way, traffic is being rerouted to the airport connector. expect delays and those who want to use the 215 westbound will leaving the others but those eastbound, you will have to find another option. an elko police lieutenant says an air ambulance flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from the elko airport apparently had mechanical problems. three crew members and a patient were killed in the friday night crash in the parking lot of a mining company. no one on the ground was injured. we the plane was transporting a heart patient to the university of utah. the plane was climbing after takeoff on the flight for salt lake when it lost altitude and crashed. two of the victims including the patient were from the elko. one was from utah. the pilot's hometown is unknown. the ntsb and faa are conducting an investigation. president-elect donald trump continues to try to fill dozens of positions in his upcoming administration. his meeting with potential candidates all weekend at a golf course in new jersey. now, trump did find time to do here's more. >> reporter: the trump transition kicking into high gear over the weekend. the president-elect meeting with more than a half-dozen people saturday as he tries to round out his administration. among them, former massachusetts governor, mitt romney, who led a blistering effort to defeat him during the campaign. >> donald trump is a phony, a fraud. >> reporter: the pair buried the hatchet in a meeting. romney has been mentioned as a state but temperature advisers characterize it as a meeting of ideas. >> i appreciate the opportunity to speak to the president-elect. >> reporter: trump has announced his picks for attorney general, national security adviser and cia director but has been coy about whether more announcements are imminent. more meetings are scheduled with trump managed to tweet saturday morning taking aim at the broadway musical "hamilton." mike pence attended the show on friday night. from the same, the cast urged pence to represent all americas. >> we are the diverse america who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration won't protect us. >> reporter: trump demanded an apologize and said pence was harassed. a cast reminded that conversation isn't >> the president-elect was tweeting about his decision to settle lawsuits over trump university saying the only bad thing about winning the presidency, he did not have time to did through a long but winning trial. mr. trump will pay $25 million to settle three lawsuits against trump university. former students claiming the school fraudulently misled them and failed to deliver on allegations. president obama is trying to ease concerns donald trump will change trade deals. during a town hall meeting in peru, the president asked foreigners to give the president-elect a chance of that's been mr. obama's position since the election. obama admitted there are likely to be tensions over trade given trump's fans over deals, but he predicted once trump looks closely at trade in office, he will see more benefits does now. president obama isn't the only one at that summit in peru. the founder of the most popular soaks media site in the world is there as well. next -- facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg. his new mission in two very different but important areas. plus -- ski season starting in northern california. it's not here in southern nevada just yet but it's getting funeral services held today for gwen ifill. it took place at the church where she had been a long-time she passed away at the age of 61 on monday after a battle with cancer. facebook's score -- ceo mark zuckerberg and world leaders are meeting in peru. about half of the world has no internet either because they have no access to a network, can't afford it or don't >> we can work to get people a voice but we also need to do our part to stop the spread of hate and violence and misinformation. we can build artificial intelligence to fight terrorism. but we also need to make sure that we protect people's privacy. >> mark zuckerberg also told leaders at the summit that his company is taking more measures to deal with deliberately false stories on facebook and the to detect and classify misinformation and to make it easier for users to report the materials. dozens of barges broke loose on the mississippi river today forcing the coast guard to close parts of the river just north of memphis, tennessee. the coast guard blocking off a 21-mile stretch while they secured the barges. 26 barges in all ran together. no word what caused the accident. the weather on planet earth dangerous. but neck next at 5:00, a big event in hopes of removing some of the doubts and protecting millions of people. and so far this month had, 16 days above normal but today was a wash. one above normal, one below on the morning front. tomorrow, i think we'll be warmer but we also could end up 1 and liftoff of noaa's goes-r. >> the most advanced weather satellite ever is heading toward orbit rye now. right now. it's to revolutionize forecasting and save lives. nasa launched the $1 billio the satellite will track u.s. weather as never before. the goes-r is the first in a series of four new high-tech weather satellites. how excited were meteorologists about this? well, al roker and other tv personalities attended the launch. and ski season, kicking off this weekend in the mountains of northern california. here's a resort where some snow but for skiers it's still a welcome sign. there were long lines at the base of the lift that pack people about halfway up the mountain. more snow is in the forecast for the weekend. down here in southern nevada, temperatures have gotten cold enough. they've been able to crank up the snow-making guns at lee canyon. the resort preparing for the upcoming winter season as well. of course, n3 weather authority. jerry and i both fans of skiing. we want to talk a little skiing today. hopefully, we'll get snow in the mountains. >> hopefully. the ski show is at cashman today. i remember taking my son when he was a little one to sota springs. i'm not sure i would call it a resort. more like a ski area. a little hill. it was fun. can't wait for ski season. let's start off with the time did weather this morning said we should expect clouds this afternoon. i think he was right. you will see clouds did move in. we'll start the evening off mostly cloudy. expect clearing and a mix of sun and clouds tomorrow. here at the studios, 63 degrees. a northeast breeze not blowing at all. temperatures in the 63 in downtown henderson. 48 at the mount charleston lodge. 65 in mesquite. and 63 in pahrump. officially for las vegas, 64 out at mccarran. 66 in san diego and 48 up in reno. tomorrow, a high of about 69 degrees. probably see a few low 70s on the far eastern side of the valley. it will warm up a few degrees. but we're also going to get some clouds and maybe some breezes in the afternoon. country. some lake-effect snow. you can see back east. nothing going on in the heartland. there's your low out in the pacific. that is spreading the moisture over the sierra. good news for skiers and snowboarders. and here is your forecast radar. that does put moisture in southern nevada, moving through fairly rapidly on monday. still not 100% certain that we'll get it here in the valley. some forecast models are arguing with each other. but there's certainly a chance. definitely keep the roof up tomorrow night into monday. you can see it could be a very good event for the utah wasatch. tonight, you can see the clouds moving in. don't expect this moisture to get in. 47. mostly to partly cloudy. northeast winds 5, 10 miles an hour. around the region, the clouds providing insulation. we're not all that cold, say, for pahrump, 28, 22 up in caliente. and tomorrow, highs generally a few degrees up over what they partly cloudy, with some afternoon breezes. south, 10, 20 miles an hour. here's your seven-day forecast. not really a good week for turkeys, gerard. but thanksgiving day looking pretty nice. sunny and 64 degrees. we do have the chance for showers sunday night into monday. but that will be the only excitement of the week. otherwise, very seasonable, 60s and 40s, which is where it should be in november. >> perfect for thanksgiving. >> thumbs up. >> thank you. well, there high school football championships on the line this afternoon. three local teams were looking ?? ?? that's why there's oravet dental hygiene chews. oravet's dual action approach cleans teeth and gets to the underlying cause of bad breath by blocking bacteria to help prevent plaque and tartar. for a cleaner mouth everyone can love. ask your vet about oravet chews. well, last night was the last operation football show of 2016. but we're not done covering high school football. we had state championships. one of the biggest upsets in a long, long, long, long time. i'm talking 104 games playing at valley and looking for their 9th straight title. maxwell calls his own number. he scores. they ad2. trailing by 1. 47-46. spring mountain keeps the pressure on. eric brooks goes up the middle. he scores to increase the lead. moments later, the golden eagles with the finishing touches on the upset of the year. brooks to young. look at the moves. time in 105 games losing 68-46 and after the game, panthers' head coach retired. >> for these boys to have this experience against an extremely, you know, great national program just says even more about how much their hard work and dedication to working what we were working on over the >> win or lose, i don't feel any differently about our kids. love the hard work. have to give coach madsen and spring credit. desert pines, jaguars back in the 3-a championship. they lost to moapa valley a few years ago. taking on spring creek. spartans led 6-0. here come the jags. williamson, he keeps it himself. senior refuses to go down. carrying defenders downfield. a little late, williamson to wallace. check out the leaping grab between defenders. congrats to the jaguars. they get the state championship, 39-6. the semifinals are set. bishop goes to arbor view next saturday and liberty, they will have to travel up north to face ranch at 1:15 next week. >> boxing matches of all -- in a long, long time. they will meet at t-mobile arena. andre ward and serji. someone is going to come out with their first lost tonight. ward is a slight favorite. fans have been waiting for this one. they step in the ring in a few hours and at 6:00, you will hear from both fighters. we will have that. many people are spending the weekend getting ready for thanksgiving. but there are a lot of people who can't. just a reminder nbc nightly news is next. we're back after that for news 3 live at 6:00. and for many thanksgiving, is about giving. today semitrucks full of food distributed to the needy. it's called the convoy at hope. that's at 6:00. we hope you will join us. finally, that wasn't the only thanksgiving drive today. hundreds of volunteers from help of southern nevada and the food collected around the las vegas valley. this is the done in a day event and the food will be given to families in need of food over the thanksgiving holiday and into the holiday season. >> every year, there are more and more volunteers, more and more donations but yet again, there are a lot of needy families as well. every year, we hope to increase the donations. >> las vegas is always very generous. the season of help of southern nevada and the hoping to assist at least 1500 families locally in need around the las vegas area. that's going to do it for us at 5:00. we appreciate you watching. 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