Is live in oakland to tell us what the city and b. A. R. T. Are doing about them. Laura . Reporter well, hi, ama. Oakland has been doing a lot to tackle homelessness. Theyve constructed a safe rv parking lot and those Community Cabin locations but there is an enormous problem that now includes the construction of whole buildings, structures, communities underneath the b. A. R. T. Tracks. The homeless are building their own homes. Underneath the b. A. R. T. Tracks in oakland. Like here along san leandro street near 81st avenue where at least a dozen wooden structures are you can it had right under the tracks, trains whizzing by at regular intervals. Structures that have taken awhile to build. It is a concern. The structures are a bigger concern. Theyre not a tent. Theyre not mobile. And as people build them up, its a whole new chapter of what were concerned about around danger associated with encamp muchmen mentes. Last year a man died inside a wooden structure after a fire near the b.
President s did crowd boos its true, its true, you know its true, i mean it happens to be true. Kirsten Joyce both candidates now have less than 48 hours to try to convince voters. Later tonight, hillary and former president bill clinton. Along with their daughter chelsea. Will be at a get out the caucus rally. At the Clark County Government Center amphitheater at 7 30. Bernie sanders will be at a concert rally. At the henderson amphitheater at sixpm. brian loftus the republicans also had their own town hall last night. Candidates donald trump, jeb bush, and john kasich attended. Trump took a few swipes at marco rubio. And also spoke about his small feud with pope francis on twitter. Right now, he holds a two toone lead over cruz. Ahead of tomorrows South Carolina primary. brian loftus 8 news now is your local election headquarters for everything relating to the caucuses and the president ial campaign. On air and online at las vegas now dot com. lets get to sherry with a look Sherry Sw
House . Patranya Bhoolsuwan we did see someone leave. And our crew went up and knocked on the door. But no one answered. Authorities also told us to stay off the premises. toss to weather peak gusts today up to 70 in the mountains and 60s in some areas this morning between 10 am to 1 pm today. Highest in kyle canyon and red rock. Summerlin at 60 even later doay with high gusts in Centennial Hills and nellis. Henderson with gusts up to 45 in anthem and seven hills. Wind expected to relax more this the 20s this evening down to the more the teens later evening. Then Single Digits and light by late night. Hour by hour shows temps cooler than yesterday. 63 by 7 pm and 50s through the evening down to 55 by 8 news now at 11. Denise Valdez it seems no one is off limits when it comes to donald trump. Hes now taking on the pope. paul joncich the republican frontrunner called out pope francis. Claiming the holy father called out trump first. While in mexico. The pope said quote a person who think
Authorities also executed search warrants at leavitts office in boulder city. Our crew also saw agents raiding a separate office, ll bradford cpa in the southwest valley. Fbi agents there confirmed that it is connected to the corruption investigation. Patranya Bhoolsuwan this morning we talked to one neighbor in this community who says that they know the leavitts and was very shocked to see federal agents through the house this morning. They say they would not expect Something Like this to happen at this home. Reporting live near Horizon Ridge parkway and Mission Drive in henderson, Patranya Bhoolsuwan 8 news now. Dave Courvoisier our before todays raid Paula Francis our george knapp has been digging into the background of rick leavitt. To find out why the fbi came knocking on his door this morning. He joins us now with what hes found out. The iteam first got wind of this nearly a month ago and were told Something Big was in the works. Anytime you have the political; corruption squad s
Patrol officer during what the sheriff called a chance encounter in an apartment complex. The veteran officer returned fire but may not have hit the shooter, who ran off and became the focus of an hourslong manhunt south of the las vegas strip. He was found more than four hours later, several miles away Sheriff Joe Lombardo metro police we did have a pretty tight perimeter associated with the event and hopefully well be able to discern that from the interview with the suspect but he was able to get out of the perimeter. Michael Stevens lombardo says its not clear what prompted the shooting or how the man eluded police who blanketed a wide area around where shots were fired. There is no information yet on the identity of the suspect. Michael Stevens the sheriff says the wounded officer is a police veteran. Brian loftus michael. Was there only one person arrested in connection with the shooting . Michael Stevens brain. As of right now. All we know is one person has been arrested. More ar