Crews assisted as well. Mauricio Marin the good news here no injuries were reported and there was never any threat to the public. There were also big traffic backups as a result. Its friday night and a lot of people travel to and from the casino town. The traffic has calmed down tonight. Reporting live from laughlin, Mauricio Marin. 8 news now. Dave Courvoisier mauricio, has nv energy said what caused the transformer to blow up and extent of the damage . Mauricio Marin no word yet on what caused that explosion, dave. Thats under investigation. As far as damage. Theres no dollar figure at this time. Back to you. Patranya Bhoolsuwan the parents of an infant who was hurt at the hands of a daycare worker are speaking out tonight. Dave Courvoisier they are one of two families changed forever in North Las Vegas from separate cases of child abuse according to police. Vanessa murphy is live at umc with this story. Vanessa . Vanessa Murphy the parents are here at u mc around the clock taking ca
Alexandria. Where two suspects have been taken into custody. Karen . karen Castro Police caught up with the two suspects, a man and a woman, at this home. Were told both came out of this house. Thats when the woman was taken into custody. But the man ran away. He was eventually arrested after breaking into a home one street over. This all started 4miles away at this all started 4miles away at a home in on martin hall drive, near cheyenne and fort apache. A Woman Told Police she escaped from this house and ran to a neighbors home. Who let her in and called 911. We spoke to a man who says the woman first came to his door at around 530 in the morning but he couldnt open the door in time to help her. mel goldberg neighbor someone rang our doorbell really fast like 5 or 6 times. We were asleep so by the time i through the peephole, the window and i didnt see anyone. mel goldberg says it was his nextdoor neighbor who let the frantic woman in. He took these pictures after Police Arrived on sc
Well continue to bring you the latest information as it becomes available. Dave Courvoisier moving on now. The republican president ial caucus is getting underway as we speak. Paula Francis the candidates have been rallying support here in town. And throughout the silver state. As the nation watches. Were the First Western state to hold our caucus. Dave Courvoisier we are your local election headquarters. With Live Team Coverage of tonights caucus and campaign events. Well check in with Patrick Walker at the Trump Campaign in a moment, but we first want to get out to karen castro. Who is at the polling site at Coronado High School. Karen . karen castro the caucus will be taking place inside the school cafeteria. Volunteers have been busy for the past hour getting everything ready ahead of the caucus. Coronado high school is expected to be a busy location tonight. In fact, voters started lining up about 45 minutes ago. We did speak to a woman who showed up two hours early. Heres what sh
Dave Courvoisier shes live at the results counting center downtown. Karen . karen castro there were a few hiccups here at meet las vegas. The Nevada Democratic website crashed so results were coming in a bit slower. Were told the website was just overwhelmend with the high volume of traffic. Hillary clinton has given her victory speech but results are still being counted. At last check, 87percent of the precincts have reported. With clinton at 53percent and Bernie Sanders at 47percent. This is the biggest lead for clinton. Through out the day as results started coming in, the race was dead heat. A number of times it was split right the middle. In fact, were told at least of handful of deck of cards were handed out to break up ties. One was actually used in pahrump. Participated in todays democratic caucuses. karen castro the Nevada Democratic party says 31 thousand nevadans pre registered for the causes. That number is expected to be a lot higher with polling places doing onsite regist
Paula has the night off. The Nevada Democratic caucuses are now less than 24 hours away. And the political world is focused on the silver state tonight. Dave Courvoisier National Media outlets are fanned out across the valley. And so are we. Keeping up with both democratic president ial candidates. Denise Valdez lets first check in with Patrick Walker. Who has been covering the Bernie Sanders campaign all week. Hes live in henderson at a rally just getting underway. Patrick Walker Bernie Sanders has been criss crossing the state today. And hes on his way back from sparks this evening hes expected to be here at the henderson amphitheater in the next hour or so. Sanders Campaign Announced today he received the endorsement of the clark county black caucus. The group says African Americans clark countys population. In a race as tight as this. Maker. And while several prominant latino dreamers endorsed Hillary Clinton recently. Bernie has been getting support i spoke with one who has been d