over. now sources say there is a worry the investigation, as well as separate congressional probes, will slow down. republican richard bird, the chairman of the senate intelligence committee. an interruption in any of the access we have to the documents and personnel would be harmful to our investigation. it wouldn t in any way, shape or form preclude us from coming to a conclusion, but it might delay us. reporter: in recent weeks, sources say they have been intensely focussed on following the money, trying to identify who might have paid the hackers involved in russia s campaign to interfere in the 2016 election. they are also scrutinizing the activities of president trump s associates, including former national security adviser, michael flynn, former campaign chairman, paul manafort, and former campaign adviser, carter page. all have contacts too or ties with russian officials. ron whose coe worries that comey s firing could have a chilling effect. if the timing of th
so now we ll go to chief congression congressional correspondent nancy cordes. what happened yesterday was truly shocking. reporter: senate democrats accused the president today of courting a constitutional crisis. he feels the dragnet tightening on the russia investigation, i believe that s why he let comey go. reporter: they argued there is now just one solution. we need an independent, special prosecutor. there has to be an independent special prosecutor. if we re going to get to the bottom of it, we need a special prosecutor. reporter: but mitch mcconnell said that would impede the russia investigations that are already under way. he accused the other side of shedding crocodile tears for comey. our democratic colleagues complaining about t a fbi director whom they themselves repeatedly and sharply criticized. reporter: democrats do have a history of slamming comey over the handling of the clinton investigation. the fbi director has no credibility.
about is on that ballot. /// )) ((brian loftus)) we could possibly know who will be our next president by the end of the day. and some of the first votes have actually already been tallied. ((kirsten joyce)) a handful of tiny towns in new hampshire went to the polls overnight, starting at midnight. and early word from that small sample, is donald trump is leading clinton 32 - 25 percent. ./// ((kirsten joyce)) thanks for joining us on 8 news now good day, the valley ew ((brian loftus)) i m brian loftus. americans are heading out to the polls right now this morning. the aclu of nevada says around 150 lawyers will be heading to polling sites on election day in both reno and southern nevada.. to ensure eligible voters are able to cast their vote. the aclu mobilized legal observers during the last two presidential election cycles. officials say the most frequent issue is when a resident has their registration status challenged. ((tod story, executive director, aclu of nev
the vehicle late this evening outside a thrift store. ((officer ann cavaricci/north las vegas police: a family member located this vehicle. it is related to a missing person so that family member recognized the vehicle and called police. and they did recognize that there was a deceased person inside. )) ((mauricio marin)) the coroner s office will release the name of the person who died and cause of death once their investigation is completed. reporting live.mauricio marin. 8 news now. area of the car the body was discovered in? ((mauricio marin)) police aren t releasing that information at this time because they don t want to compromise the case. but ask anyone who may have information to call north north las vegas police or crime stoppers. back to you./// ((denise valdez)) tragedy in red rock canyon. a hiker has plummeted to his death in an apparent accident. metro police tell us the victim was with a group of other hikers and fell approximately 15 stories. this happe
attorney i talked to says it usually takes this long to build a case. fiore- i have coined the blm to be a bureacracy of terror i will not back down on m opinion of that fiore - it has politics written all over it bottom line politics written all over it assembly woman michele fiore isn t mincing words in her judgement of the federal government.. and their arrest of nevada rancher cliven bundy. fiore- all these charges are bogus we re talking about american cowboys bundy was taken into custody last wednesday at the portland international airport. bundy is facing six felony charges inlcuding assaulting a federal officer. all of the charges he faces stem from the 2014 stand off in bunkerville nevada. the bundy family tell fox 5 cliven was there to visit his sons ryan and ammon. who were previously arrested for occupying the malheaur wildlife refuge in harney county. drummond- am i critical of the government for doing that do i think they are always correct who they hold account