House fire. It happened on saint george street. Near civic center and las vegas boulevard. No word on how the fire started. Or how serious the injuries to those inside were. Dave Courvoisier lets get to the weather now. After one of our warmest novembers on record. The cold is really starting to settle in. And tedd says well have some wind to start the weekend. tedd florendo chilly morning temps down near freezing through many valley e this morning. Temps outside currently in the 50s and below average in the daytime. Overnight lows expected to get cold again but not down to a hard freeze warning. Winds stay light thankfully. Heres your hour by hour. Chilly conditions through the evening under clear skies. We go from the 50s to the 40s and expect very little wind and little cloud cover. Cold by morning again but not enough for a freeze warning. Well have more on your forecast for this weekend and next week coming up unlv is at the center of a social Media Firestorm tonight. In a public facebook post. He wrote there would be quote no safe spaces in my classes. Undocumented students from deportation. 8 news now reporter Mauricio Marin filed this report earlier tonight. Ice. Saying theres no safe space in his class. Caitlyn Caruso student i know quite a few with these comments feel fearful for the ability for them to remain in the United States with their family, their ability to access their education and we need to ensure that these students can access their education just like every other student here at unlv. Mauricio Marin students were joined by Community Leaders as well including astrid silva. A high profile dreamer at risk for deportation herself. astrid silva dreamer for me i want to make sure fighting to make sure these typesf but at the same time that we are bringing awareness to this. Mauricio Marin but not everyone on campus agrees with them. Jacob Deaville student we really have a situation where we need to start enforcing our laws its as simple as that. Mauricio MarinJacob Deaville says undocumented students should not be protected by universities. Jacob Deaville student we need to look at our constitution and we need to realize that we need to reestablish this country and uphold our laws or else well continue to go downhill. Mauricio Marin we tried talking to buch after his commentonly saying he had already given a statement to the campus newspaperthe rebel yell. Mm, 8 news now. Denise Valdez students and staff at a handful of valley schools are still fighting to stop a possible Charter School takeover in the coming months. Denise ValdezBailey Middle School is one of 9 middle and Elementary Schools that have been recommended by the Nevada Department of education for a change in leadership. Its all part of the states Underperforming Schools and make them part of a new Achievement School district. Of the 9 recommended. 6 could end up as Charter Schools next year. But teachers say its not the right move shana baker literary specialist, Bailey Middle School bailey is an Underperforming School right now, but we have gone through turnaround, on our third year, and we have been improving those three years. Our test scores are coming up, the kids are doing better. Our discipline is better. So weve been making fantastic leaps and bounds and we want to continue to grow and we want time to show that weve been doing more and more once the state board of education decides which schools will become part of the Achievement School district. Theyll be matched with new leaders who will work with parents and students on a vision for the school. The whole process should be complete by the start of the next school year. Dave Courvoisier a new group of Police Officers will soon be patrolling the streets. Metro graduated its fifth academy of the year today. Sheriff Joe Lombardo clark county anytime we can hire or graduate a Academy Class of Police Recruits its good. Itg as a Police Agency and its good for the community and what we do for them as a Police Agency. Ive always said more cops make a difference, this is the answer to that. Dave Courvoisier in all. The department swore in 71 officers at red rock casino. And theres plenty more to come. As a result of the more cops tax which raises the local sales tax. Metro will hire 600 new officers over the next two years. That means theyll graduate and while these officers are done with the academy. They still must get 26 weeks of Field Training before they can begin taking shifts on their own. Dave Courvoisier meanwhile. Las vegas fire and rescue is accepting applications for its citizens fire academy. The program is designed to teach interested people about how fire and Emergency Services in their community is handled. The academy starts in february and lasts through may. When those taking part are honored during a graduation ceremony. So applications can be submitted online. But the deadline is january 20th. Only 20 people are accepted. Denise Valdez the numbers are finally in. And it looks as though unlv was the real winner in the final president ial debate this past october. More than 70million people tuned in to watch the event. Which took place at the thomas and mack. Those viewers brought in a lot of free publicity. 114Million Dollars worth to be exact. According to the boost in Student Recruitment thanks to the nationwide exposure. Dave Courvoisier the cowboys and bulls are back in town. Tonight was night one of the 2016 National Finals rodeo. And it didnt disappoint. Sports director Chris Maathuis is here with a recap of the action at the thomas and mack. Chris Maathuis this is just the start of what promises to be 10 days of wild rides on 2thousand tons of dirt. The thomas and mack is hosting the worlds richest rodeo. Jon tritsch has more on the event that will attract over 170thousand fans by the time jon tritsch its a ten day adrenaline rush of rodeo, a heart stopping stampede of cowboys and a festival of fanfare you cant miss. The nfr is back for its 32nd year in las vegas and its better than ever. joe dobson fan from idaho a new set of cowboys, a new set of thrills, a new set of young cowgirls walking around. Its a helluva deal. jon tritsch a deal where the fashion gets real. The nfr is a parade of cowboy hats and boots and a pageant of country beauty in the world are fringe and rhinestone, so this is definitely where you get to go and cake it on and wear it about, so i love that. jon tritsch fans launch into las vegas from all over the world. What a great place for a daddydaughter date jake and blair taylor fans from oregon we are glad to be in vegas. Her first rodeo is going to be in vegas. Shes a pretty spoiled kid. jon tritsch the cavalcade of cowboy talent is overwhelming. B ut remember bareback riding is for the pros. Dont try this at home Wyatt Denny Nfr competitor the thing i like to compare i its freefalling, theres a lot going on. Its mostly outofcontrol, but still in control at the same time. Jon tritsch and for fans from places like idaho. Montana and oregon. joe dobson fan from idaho its my world series if you will, in a lot of different venues. Its kind of our annual convention and we come down here too. jake and blair taylor from a small town in Eastern Oregon and we probably bring 100 people which is probably 20 percent of our total. jon tritsch the nfr wants to make this event more fanfriendly every year. Suggests its working. Reporting from the thomas mack center, jon tritsch, 8 sports now. Chris Maathuis coming up in sports. Well show ya who had a few impressive rides among the 120 cowboys and cowgirls all looking for a piece of the 10 Million Dollar purse. Denise Denise Valdez not only are rodeo fans in vegas this week, but so are nascar fans. Many of them lined the Las Vegas Strip for a unique vt later to tell us about a new nascar title sponsor. But first. A warning for android users. More than 100 instances of cyberattacks have been found on the platform recently. But there is a simple fix to protect your phone. Thats next here on the valleys news leader. this is 8 news now at eleven. Dave Courvoisier we want to remind you our toy and gift card drive with towbin fiat. The dealership wants to fill up as many of the fiats as they can. You have until december 4th to stop by the location at sahara and jones. All of the donations will go to the casa foundation. Dave Courvoisier a 71yearold las vegas woman was part of an emotional reunion at Mccarran Airport this afternoon. After living her entire life not being able to find a trace of her biological family. Katherine Lee fisher reunited with blood sisters im so happy, its so surreal. What a great christmas Katherine Lee fisher was given up for adoption when she was born. To a couple who placed an ad in the paper. For years. Fisher has searched for her biological family to no avail. And it didnt help that she was never legally adopted. And her birth certificate had inaccurate information. But her granddaughter never gave up. And eventually used fishers dna sample to connect her with two blood sisters. A first cousin. And a half brother. you can use. If youre an android user. Listen up. Hackers have managed to infect more than 1. 3 million phones through illegitimate apps. Those are apps not downloaded from google play. The malware installs real android apps. Then rates them high to better their reputations in the store. Google says it has already blocked 150thousand versions of the cyberattack. And warns users to only get software from the app store. Denise Valdez locals may not like to cold weather lase but we all know its better than the winter seen in other parts of the country. So its no surprise that our city is number 2 on the list of top winter destinations for next year. According to trip advisor. Orlando is getting the highest number of bookings so far this year. Cancun is number 3. Fort lauderdale number 4. And at number 5. Puerto vallarta. When it comes to traveling for the holidays. Cheap tickets dot com says saving is as easy as choosing to stay at a two or threestar here in vegas. The website says the best hidden gem is the excalibur. Because it offers something for the whole family. Denise Valdez finally. Pack your patience if you use Summerlin Parkway to get to work. Beginning sunday. Road work will cause some delays from buffalo to rampart. Crews will be making safety improvements like extending the hov lane. Adding lights along the ramps. And modifying some of the traffic signals. The 3Million Dollar project will have an impact on your commute through july. what better way to kick off the holidays than with a ho ho horrible Sweater Party supporters of the local non profit dress for success sewed glued and stapled these creations for their 2nd annual holiday fundraiser. The Group Helps Women in the Las Vegas Valley get back on their feet by providing professional wardrobe and Career Development tools to become self sufficient Paula Lawrence exec. Director dress for success this year will have suited over 800 women this year alone theyre on the journey back to self sufficiency. And sometimes the only thing that stands between them and getting a job is something i had the honor of sporting a spirited elf sweater for tonights event. Dress for success is 99 percent volunteer based and always needs donations of clothes and your time. tedd florendo morning as temps dropped to near freezing through many neighborhoods. Well have some cold lows again overnight but not enough to prompt any freeze warnings. Highs today stayed in the 50s and chilly. Lows dropped to 37 in the morning with areas like nellis, downtorw, henderson, southern highlands, boulder city all dropping to at or just a below freezing this morning before sunrise. Check out the record on this date. 79 degrees way back in 1980. Were below average for this. Neighborhood by neighborhood temps in the 50s and milder for the east part of the valley where were lower in elevation. While areas to the far west colder and just below freezing this morning and only low 50s this afternoon. Regional temps also stayed colder for the southern great basin and of course searchlight. Still unseasonably cold in the 50s also for mesquite down the Colorado River valley to laughlin and death valley where they were milder, but still chilly for this time of year. High clouds pushing through but still staying mostly clear. Snow in the north part of the stay near ely and elko again along with the bitterroots and the wasatch. Next trough digs deep in utah and brings another shot of colder air and breezes heading into your weekend. Then colder next week from the next system that barrels through as well. Tonight expect temps in the mid to high 30s by morning. No freeze warning issued. Well have mostly clear skies and light winds. Tomorrow expect a high in the mid 50s under mostly sunny skies. Winds remain light for tomorrow as well. Warm up for the weekend to near average. Breezy though by tomorrow night and friday with a little cooler air. Moisture starved system prevent us from getting any rain, but we get colder next week only in the high 40s in some spots with lows dropping to the 30s and even 20s. Itself to a new generation of fans. Denise ValdezMonster Energy is shifting lots of attention to nascar. Chris Maathuis no longer will the sports top series be called the pr but Monster Energy now pops the lid on a new market. And kurt busch is all smiles. He drive the Monster Energy 41. Plus. Tiger woods back on the course playing competitive golf. But what happened . Ill tell ya coming up in sports. Chris Maathuis some of them are here for nascar champions week. And the highlight of their few days is the drive down the victory lap. Look at this. Every car and driver in the chase is here. Nascar has staged this event for years. All the drivers take part. Fans line both sides of the strip to see their favorite driver. The sprint champion and all the others have fun, while the fans enjoy ringing in their ears and the sweet smell of burning rubber. Prior to the drive. Nascar officials were toasting a brand new title partnership. Remember when nascars premier series was called the winston cup series. Then nextel and for about a decade, sprint cuper sponsor. And it just so happens that las vegan kurt busch drives the Monster Energy number 41. Nascar officials feel this move to Monster Energy will bring a different kind of fun to the sport. Brian france nascar chairmanr theyre fun had a different audience than weve ever been associated with. They know what theyre doing this is their dna. Mark hall Monster Energy we do have some ideas how we can make this nascar more attractive to a different audience without detracting from what is already a great fan the nascar day started out pretty well for las vegan kyle busch. The myers brothers awards show was held at the wynn resort,. Individual awards being handed out and this years driver of the year is las vegan kyle busch. Kyle busch driver of year yeah we did have a great year, top 4 got to homestead and had a chance to go race for a championship. Wasnt quite able to get there in the last 25 laps or whatever. So successful year all around, we had some wins won brickyard, contended d next year. There not awards you set out for and look to. The only ones you set out for and look forward to is that championship. Chris Maathuis after being away for what seems like forever, tiger woods is back playing competitive golf. Playing in the hero world challenge tiger was impressive through 15 holes. But then ended up with 2 double bogeys over the final three holes to finish 1 over, 73. 17th place in the 18man field. Hes only ahead of justin rose. This was tigers first competitive golf event in 15 months after back surgery. Earlier tonight, jon tritsch showed the events surrounding the National Finals. One round in the books. From bare back to steer wrestling. Great run and two groups are tied. Team roping was impressive. And in bare back. 18 year old wins round one. His name is a classic. Ryder wright. Barrel racing. 13. 75 was the and in bull riding. Sage kimzey. The toughest 8 seconds on dirt and round one is in the books. More tomorrow and all next week. Ufc fight fans are gearing up for this weekends card at the palms resort the main Event Features flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and ultimate fighter season 24 winner tim elliott. Johnson will be looking for his 9th straight title defense. Ever feel like ya got the shaft. Like things didnt go the way you hoped . And it cost him. Each word he blurtted out. Cost him about 500 bucks. Because when it was all tallied up. The league fined him 15thousand dollars for the verbal abuse toward an official at the game in brooklyn. Dave Courvoisier our strange stories for thursday right after this. tedd florendo Chris Maathuis we start on a lighter note tonight. An unexpected visitor stopped by a dollar store in maryland for some last minute christmas shopping. This beaver got caught rummaging through some rolls of wrapping paper and tree lights before someone called the Sheriffs Office about the critter. Animal control eventually showed up to pick up the beaver and take it to a wildlife rehabilitation center. Dave Courvoisier now to england. Seen on video attacking someone on the road. Officers say the two drivers had bumped into each other when getting off a freeway. And pulled onto the shoulder to check the damage. Thats when things get scary. While theyre exchanging information. One of the men gets violent. He got back in his truck and rammed into the other a few times. Before getting out a shovel and smashing a window. Fortunately no one was hurt. Denise Valdez finally tonight. Weve heard of some bad colorado. Logan pierce says he got a notification that his Security Camera detected movement while he was at work. What he saw on video. Was his landlord inside his bedroom. Having sex on his and his wifes bed and believe it or not. It gets worse. The pair cleaned up with pierces wifes Wedding Dress obviously that landlord is facing criminal charges. thats all for us live at eleven. 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