While all of the last minute preparations are underway here at the thomas and mack. Governor Brian Sandoval essentially proclaimed today a new beginning for southern nevadas economy. Governor sandoval signed Senate Bill One into law today. Which authorizes a Hotel Room Tax increase to fund 750 Million Dollars of the 1. 9 million and the nfl would foot the rest of the bill. Assuming nfl owners approve the teams relocation bid in january. While the large public sum has been controversial to put it mildly. The other part of that bill hasnt been too controversial. A separate room tax increase will contribute 400Million Dollars to an expansion of the convention center. Something both lvcva ceo Rossi Ralenkotter and Construction Union leader tommy white say is long overdue. Rossi Ralenkotter , for las vegas, and its going to keep us competitive for years and years to come. Butted to; tommy white Labor Union Leader the emotions that were flying through those rooms, and tears coming down grown
Plume of black smoke into the air. This is at a recycling plant. And you can see there are still plenty of flames. Firefighters are working to keep the flames from spreading to nearby homes. Dave Courvoisier starting tomorrow, nevadans will begin deciding the future of our country. Most of the early voting sites open at nine in the morning. Christianne Klein 8 news now reporter karen castro takes a look at final preparations and how clark county is keeping voter information safe. Were inside the clark county election department. This is where they keep all their equipment. In fact, these are the machines that are going to be going out to the different sites. Crews have been out all day setting up 28 early voting locations around the valley. Clark county began using touchscreen machines in 2004. These machines keep record of all the votes and ti also provides a paper receipt copy machines are taken out daily during early voting and brought back to the election department. Where they are
Force veteran chris agulilera. Chris, describe this moment . Explain how you were wounded in the air force. Thanks chris, and thank you for your service. 8news now. Thank you, sharie. Tens of thousands turned out to pay their respects in downtown las vegas earlier today. And, boy, did they do it right. The air force flew an f35 lightning2 fighter jet over the downtown parade down fourth spectators showed up in their red, white and blue waving flags as more than 120 parade entries inclduing floats, bands, color guards and military vehicles rolled past col. Charles mcgee tuskegee airman, 302nd squadron even though there was segregation at the time in the timeframe that i served, our service helped dispell some of these biases because of color we couldnt do technical things and it did help bring about a change in the country. Dave Courvoisier the te parade was a salute to female veterans. Las vegas veterans day parade is one of the largest in the country. We dont have an official count on
Along i15 for those leaving this thanksgiving eve. Michael Stevens were at the shell on silverado ranch. Right before the 15. And all morning its been packed with people heading in and out of town for the holiday. Those at triplea say for nine straight years the number of people in our region traveling during this holiday is up to about 3point 5million. Heres some good news. For the first time in years, pump prices are staying under 3 per gallon. At this shell. Its under that mark averaging around 245 a gallon. Drivers we spoke to headed to california say theyre trying to beat the rush by leaving early Brittney Martin driving to california its been definitely more traffic than usual. Im more dreading once we get into San Bernadino area. Abby Anderson driving to california its been pretty good. No traffic, except for a crash on the freeway. But hopefully it wo Michael Stevens if youre staying in town get ready for more drivers on our roads as triplea has dubbed las vegas the top thanksg
Little we could see slight stray shower Storm Chances later, but they should be isolated for now. Well keep our eyes on the next week and late weekend where showers chances they return. Thats coming up those unions helped carry clinton to a nevada caucus win. Despite Bernie Sanders winning most of rural nevada back in february. The virginia senator also said nevada is one of a handfull of close states theyre fighting to win. Which he says is why the Clinton Campaign is spending so much time in the silver state. sen. Tim kaine d Vice President ial candidate you know how important nevada is, im not here by accident, nevada is really, really important cheers , really, really important. average of polls over the past 6 weeks Shows Hillary clinton with a 2point3 percent lead in nevada. Hillary clinton herself will be in the state later this week for the third time in five weeks. On top of a visit from her husband former president bill clinton a week and a half ago. Patrick Walker more on th