And plowed through a crowd of pedestrians. 32yearold Jessica Valenzuela died and dozens of others were injured. ken salter canada it makes one a little more weary of their surroundings and watchful. Shane brayton california everyone was kinda freaking out about it no matter where you went. karen castro in the aftermath of the crash, Sheriff Joe Lombardo is addressing safety concerns. Sheriff Joe Lombardo metro pd its an ongoing discussion with the county and public works in order to create a safe environment on las vegas boulevard and our ability to put barricades, barriers, and Everything Else associated with pedestrian traffic. Karen Castro Clark county commissioner Steve Sisolak says projects are in the works including adding more fencing along las vegas boulevard and pedestrian bridges. Steve Sisolak clark county commissioner right now its in the discussion stage, there are certain areas that you can go out right now and you can see that bridges are necessary. karen castro sisolak says commissioners are taking into consideration suggestions made by a recent study that found room for improvements on the strip when it comes to pedestrian safety. Steve Sisolak clark county commissioner a lot has been done, we have added more linear obstacles and made it easier. karen castro however, sisolak says the county can only do so much in preventing tragedys like what happened on sunday. Steve Sisolak clark county commissioner this incident would not have been prevented by a barrier, a barrier wouldnt have made any difference. Someone that wants to use a 5 or 6 thousand pound weapon to go up on the sidewalk, its no different than a gun or a knife, theyre going to find a way to do it. Ken salter canada your heart does go out to the families and the victims. Karen Castro Karen castro, 8 news now. Kirsten Joyce right now. Maintenance work is being done on some of the bridges on the strip. In order to keep them accessible to pedestrians. The county is also working on widening sections of sidewalks up and down the las vegas boulevard. Patrick Walker metro Police Released video of the deadly officer involved shooting. Where they were in a standoff with an armed woman. Officers received a call of a suicidal woman. And when they showed up. Brenda kimberlng pointed a shotgun at them. Swat was called in and officers negotiated with her for about three hours. This video was recorded by a police robot. Showing the final seconds of the encounter sheriff Tom Roberts Metro at 1 49pm kimblerling took the shotgun away from her chin and pointed it in the direction of swat officers. Two swat snipers fired striking kimblerling. Patrick Walker kimberling died at the scene. Police say prior to the standoff. She posted a video of herself on social media. Taking pills to commit suicide. She also said she planned to engage swat officers in a firefight. So far, there have been 15 officer involved shootings this year ten of them being fatal. Kirsten Joyce the man accused of shooting a Metro Police Officer had his bail set at one million dollars. Teag fox faces multiple charges. Including attempted murder with a Deadly Weapon on a police officer. Officer Gregory Sedminik was injured in the shooting. And is expected to make a full recovery. Foxs prelimary hearing is set for january 6th. lets get to sherry with a look at todays weather. Sherry swensk skies have all but cleared out off. There is higher humidity as yesterdays system moved through. Right now were down to the 40s and even chilly upper 30s in some neighborhoods. And we will see some more clouds again through the day, but overall it should be a nice Christmas Eve eve. High temps should make it into the mid to upper 50s. There is a chance of rain for santas arrival well take a Sherry Swensk < thats a look at the roads. Back to you. Patrick Walker michigan Patrick Walker Michigan Police were after a suspicious driver. Only to later find out. It was a 13yearold behind the wheel. Kirsten Joyce the intense chase the teen led them on. Along with his 8yearold sister. Patrick Walker plus nicholas cage is rightfully returning some prehistoric treasure back to mongolia. To mongolia. What he bought at an auction democratic president ial candidate bernie sanders. Will make Campaign Stops in reno and Southern Nevada next week. Sanders will host a rally at Canyon Springs high school in North Las Vegas on monday. The event begins at 6 30 pm. Doors open at 5. You are encouraged to rsvp. But it is not mandatory. In order to attend. Sanders campaign also announced a statewide tv blitz that tells his life story. Patrick Walker if you have procrastinated and have not theres a new last minute option. As Demarco Morgan reports. Amazon prime customers. Including those in las vegas. Can order certain items and have them delivered in just hours. While crowds of Holiday Shoppers on 34th street dart in and out of retail stores. Five floors above. Employees bring some of the seasons yuletide joy to your door in two hours or less. Onehour using the prime now app, last minute shoppers can choose from over 4000 items. Amazon guarantees delivery of gifts , pantry items and electronics through chistmas eve until the clock strikes midnight. demarco and Landry Demarco so were talking about onehour, two hour delivery. How does this change a retailer like amazon and also the competition . Stephanie Landry well, it changes the game for customers, being able to get stuff delivered to you in an hour is a huge advantage. But it also is changing the game for our company too. Were adding more shopping days to the holiday season. Urban fulfillment centers, gfx in now available in more than 20 cities including places like san francisco, houston, miami, and atlanta, are purposely centrally gfx out Stephanie Landry theres no way that we can get things to people in an hour if we werent in the center of the city. As soon as the order arrives, its processed, bagged and handed off to a delivery associate. Amazon prime customers willing to shell out an extra 8 bucks will have their order in an hour. For those willing to wait two hours, the service is free. Sylvester alderman will work from 6am to midnight on Christmas Eve despite his familys wishes. sylvester alderman amazon i told them i will do work, and i will get off when i can, and i will see them when i get home. Demarco morgan, cbs news, new york. Kirsten Joyce starbucks is expecting a Record Number of gift card purchases on Christmas Eve. Last year. Twoanda half million starbucks cards were purchased on december 24th. That adds up to roughly 17 hundred cards per minute. Folks in utah. California. And new mexico are the most likely to be hittinig up their local starbucks for a last minute gift. According to the National Retail federation. Until december 23rd to buy gifts. Kirsten Joyce some people in minnesota are so perplexed over a spinning sheet of ice. Patrick Walker what climatologists believe is making it go round and round. scott kelly and another fellow astronaut. Were exchanging highfives in space. As they made a trip outside of the International Space station. The astronauts took a three hour and 16 minute spacewalk. To fix a stalled robotic it had to be done ahead of the arrival of a russian re supply cargo spacecraft. Which is set to dock today. Kelly later tweeted that that the fix was pretty easy. This is his 3rd spacewalk. Who is also 9months into a Yearlong Mission in space. Patrick Walker and this unique view of our planet was taken by a nasa spacecraft. Currently orbiting earths moon. You can see earth as it appears to rise over the lunar horizon. The large tan area is the sahara desert. And just beyond that is saudi arabia. One of the nasa scientists says. The new image of the earth evokes the famous image taken nearly 43years ago. On the apollo 17 mission. Sherry Swensk during the winter months. Mother nature can bring us some spectacular views of the snow. And some other odd things. Take a look. This is a rotating circle of ice onminnesotas upper south long lake. The ice disc is getting its shape from the flowing icy water. The water that is moving faster doesnt freeze. So you end up with a big pancake of ice moving slowly around in a circle. lets get to sherry with a look at todays weather. Theres that almost full moon out there in the west with about another thirty minutes if you want to get out and take a look right now. Temps are cooler this morning without the clouds. With 40s and even some upper 30s around town. And a little extra moisture in the air but actual showers are well south of us in arizona and down around san diego this morning. The west stays unsettled with cold air and snow showers while torndaoes will be possible in the south today. Thats the clash of warm and and cold moving through the southern plains. Our air stays fairly mild with temps in the upper 50s with some clouds and sunshine today. A slight chance of showers Christmas Eve night and then and the weekend with breezy winds. Sherry Swensk due to high winds toppled over 15 big rig trucks winds guesting up to 80 mph Kirsten Joyce police in michigan were led on a wild car chase. 8yearold sister. Stop. Thinking that someone was drinking and driving. But when police started to walk up to the car. The driver took off. Police eventually tracked the 13 year old, and his 8 year old sister down. And brought them back to their mother. They took the car out for a joyride while their dad was sleeping. Kirsten Joyce a Salt Lake City area couple got an early Christmas Present on the side of interstate 15. Kristin allred started going into labor. So her husband shay rushed to get them to the hospital. But little baby anne couldnt wait any longer they called 9 11 for guidance and on the other end of the line. A dispatcher in just his second week on the job. Helped them out dispatcher i need you to tie a string, a shoelace possibly tightly around the from the baby. Kirsten Joyce the umbilical cord had been wrapped around the babys neck. And she wasnt making noise. But with the dispatchers help and arriving em ts. Shes now doing just fine. Patrick Walker Kirsten Joyce < < thats a look at the roads. Back to you. Kirsten Joyce two weeks from now. Well be in the new year. And we hope youll be ringing in 2016 with 8 news now. Patrick Walker next thursday. Well start our new years eve coverage at 10 pm. Well be on the air until after the fireworks finale. With crews from red rock resort to downtown las vegas. And also up and down on the las vegas strip. Kirsten Joyce and during that broadcast. We teamed up with gavish real estate to take care of one lucky persons mortgage payments for a year. Go to our 8 news now Facebook Page for a full list of rules and details on how to enter. Kirsten Joyce twitter could soon. Be taking to the skies. Patrick Walker the high tech way users could soon control drones. And the features twitter wants to offer. Kirsten Joyce plus. Keeping your diet in check this christmas. How dieticians say we can eat the treats we want. While staying healthy. Those stories and more, coming up at five. theres that almost full moon out there in the west with you want to get out and take a look right now. Temps are cooler this morning without the clouds. With 40s and even some upper 30s around town. And a little extra moisture in the air but actual showers are well south of us in arizona and down around san diego this morning. The west stays unsettled with cold air and snow showers while torndaoes will be possible in the south today. Thats the clash of warm and and cold moving through the southern plains. Our air stays fairly mild with temps in the upper 50s with some clouds and sunshine today. A slight chance of showers Christmas Eve night and then much colder for Christmas Day and the weekend with breezy winds. < Patrick Walker Patrick Walker accused of driving into a group of people on the strip. In court this morning. Michael stevens has the latest. Kirsten Joyce
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