Planner. Look for 100 degrees by 7pm. Upper 90s by 9 and low 90s around 11pm. Tomorrow morning we start off warm with temperatures in the upper 80s. Alerts no watches or warnings right now. However, there was a flood advisory just west of kingman, and ne of Bullhead City for west central mohave county. Storms minor minimal but some activity on the radar. Mainly east and se of us. But scattered thunderstorms well south and east of las vegas will dissipate this evening. Dry and hot weather is expected through the weekend into the first half of next week. Moisture may return to portions of the area late next week. The major a for the weekend with temps. Peaking sunday at 110 degrees. Current conditions right now the radar is pretty quiet. Temps. Are in the low 100s. Looking at your extended forecast. Today high peaks around 105 degrees. With lows tonight 83. On saturday 108. Temps peak sunday 110, monday 109, tuesday 108 Christianne Klein cuban refugees continue to arrive in Southern Nevada in droves. Its ard that began in 2014en t normalizing diplomatic relations with the island nation. But now, the influx of arrivals is overwhelming the only agency in the state that provides refugee assistance. Karen castro found out what the organization is doing to address the issue. teacher asking andy areacibia is being tested on his english skills. He will soon begin classes at Catholic Charities after arriving from cuba two months ago. andy areacibia cuban refugee . karen castro he says i decided to leave cuba because i wanted to grow personally and professionally. Areacibia is among a wave of cuban refugees arriving in Southern Nevada. Newcomers from the island nation are up 37percent compared to the same time last year. carisa lopezramirez vicepresident , immigration and migration services, Catholic Chri busy in terms of Case Management and Employment Services cause those are key components to those services that we offer to these populations. karen castro current wait times for new arrivals are between two weeks to a month. Which is above average. carisa lopezramirez vicepresident , immigration and migration services, Catholic Charities normally we would like to see them probably in the first two weeks. karen castro earlier this year, the agency hired an employee to help reduce wait times. But it hasnt been enough. However, relief is on the way. Catholic charities is recruiting two additional workers. carisa lopezramirez vicepresident , immigration and migration services, Catholic Charities it will certainly help out in terms of minimizing we want to be able to provide personalized attention to our clients. karen castro clients like areacibia who are ready to start a new life, in a new country. andy areacibia cuban refugee . karen castro he says i believe its a challenge, and an adventure. Karen castro, 8 news now. Christianne Klein former president bill clinton stumped in las vegas today on behalf of his wife. Hillary clinton. The 42nd president joined libertarian president ial candidate gary johnson and Green Party Candidate doctor jill stein. They madeth islanders at a president ial Election Forum at caesars palace. Sot bill clinton d 42nd president of the United States 16. 11. 22 our diversity gives us creativity and unlimited potential she favors automatic card for ph. D. Or masters. 16. 11. 38ish Christianne Klein president clintons visit follows two Christianne Klein 8 news now is your local election headquarters for all the races and political news that matter to you. On air and online at las vegas now dot com. Christianne Klein a 12. 4 million preservation project by the city of las vegas is now onethird complete. Sharie johnson takes us to the Oldest School in the state, built in 1923. It used to house a Radio Station. Its now the heart of a new community center. sharie johso this is absolutely beautiful, yes this is the original 1923 building of the Historic Westside school Sharie Johnson one foot inside the Historic Westside school and you can feel the nostalgia. councilman ricki barlow we were completly flored, pardon my pun, to find during the construction phase, that the orginal floors are right here Sharie Johnson kcep 88. 1 fm radio used to fill now its completely restored with many original designs. So wheres the Radio Station . craig knight, kcep 88. 1 fm general manager now its taken to another level where we feel like were actually a community and a village Sharie Johnson its next door to the national landmark, inside a renovated 12,000 square foot facility. Earline Braddy it mean a lot to see the place being revitalized, it means a lot to see the place grow sot Jessie Lee Rogers i said oh my gosh its gorgeous, i just love it, i just love it johnson people in the area are inspired by change. Several new companies will fill this annex revitalizing the washington street area. As for the school it will be housed by tech impact a nonprofit that provides job training for urban young adults. Christianne Klein on the 27th of this month at 9 30am, the mayor will host a public dedication of the rennovated year, involves more business space. Phase three involves Apartment Homes and street landscaping around the community center. Dave Courvoisier a compromise may soon be reached that would allow a popular offroad race from las vegas to reno. Move forward. The two day, 640mile best in the desert vegas to reno race has been held for several years. But it travels through this portion of central nevada. Which was recently declared the basin and range national monument. Because of complaints by environmental ists. Theur has not approved the races permit. So a compromise plan would put the speed limit at 35 miles an horu on dirt roads that travel through the monument area. The race is schedled to begin august 19th. Dave Courvoisier we want to thank everyone who participated and donated to our Great School Supply drive. Christianne Klein today was the last day you could Donate School supplies to more than 18 at risk schools in clark county. 8 news now teamed up with smiths and Silver State Schools Credit Union to collect earlier shows. And as you can see. The response was incredible. Thank you again for all of the donations. Christianne Klein baby sharks with new names. The local athelete and his colleagues that the Las Vegas History Museum is honoring in their shark exhibit. Next on the valleys news leader. News music voice over youre watching the valleys news leader with Dave Courvoisier, evadans, Social Security means a secure retirement. But in washington, congressman joe heck supports privatizing it. Turning our savings over to wall street. And risking it on the stock market. Hecks plan means billions more in fees for wall street. And theyve donated over half a Million Dollars to his campaigns. Those numbers speak for themselves. Joe heck is a threat to a secure retirement, because hes part of the problem in washington. Afscme people is responsible Christianne Klein some sharks in greenland may be 400 years old. Date the lenses on their eyes. They estimated one large shark was likely 392 years old. Give or take 120 years. Researchers are hoping that understanding thier secret to long life. May help us live longer. Christianne Klein and some brand new baby sharks here in las vegas. Are getting named after new olympians. Including palo verde graduate and Bronze Medal Winner cody vegas natural History Museum. They have a clutch of 24 fertilized shark eggs in the museums marine exhibit. The eggs are backlit. So you can watch the baby sharks in various stages of development. Three of them have hatched. And they are being named after miller. And gold medalists Michael Phelps and lily king. exec. Dir. marilyn gillespie, lv natural History Museum that we really felt that such winners, and we had really struck gold. So we wanted to name some of them our american gold medal winners. the banded bamboo sharks grow to about 3 feet long. Once they get older. They will be sent to the shark reef aquarium exhibit at mandalay bay. weather toss a gorgeous day across the valley as temperatures heat back up over the next couple of days especially into this upcoming weekend right now plenty of blue sky with a few clouds. Looking at temperatures. Most of us are in the low 100s right now climbing up to degrees this afternoon. Looking at your evening planner. Look for 100 degrees by 7pm. Upper 90s by 9 and low 90s around 11pm. Tomorrow morning we start off warm with temperatures in the upper 80s. Alerts no watches or warnings right now. However, there was a flood advisory just west of kingman, and ne of Bullhead City for west central mohave county. Storms minor minimal but some activity on the radar. Mainly east and se of us. East of las vegas will dissipate this evening. Dry and hot weather is expected through the weekend into the first half of next week. Moisture may return to portions of the area late next week. The major heat is set to return for the weekend with temps. Peaking sunday at 110 degrees. The radar is pretty quiet. Temps. Are in the low 100s. Looking at your extended forecast. Today high peaks around 105 degrees. With lows tonight 83. On saturday 108. Temps peak sunday 110, monday 109, tuesday 108 weather toss Dave Courvoisier pause and take notice. Christianne Klein in Todays Society those days have changed. Right chris. Chris Maathuis youll be surprised what Football Players say about the olympic games. Do they watch . Care . Count the medals . That story is coming up. Plus. Bet you cant find a bigger cowboys fan then ted. Ill tell ya whys hes the cowboy kingpin, next here on channel 8. Chris Maathuis there you have it folks. Its the greatest doubleplay ever. T two medium twotopping zzas for 6. 99 each. Add any four, twentyounce pepsicola products for just 5. Papa johns. Foley ever imagined. Remember the three hawk references that surfaced yesterday. Those are still in play. Talked to mr. Foley today and he said theres no truth to thes references flew out the window. He says hes really down to a pair of names. My guess. Night hawk or silver knights are the frontrunners. He wants the name and logo on merchandise prior to the start of this nhl season. Chris Maathuis unlv football camp continues over at unlv. They enjoyed a day off yesterday. We reported that it was picture day and how the players were having a lot of fun. Mostly smiling for the camera. Sanchez feels good about this team. On and off the field. tony sanchez unlv; the point of the deal and the culture is to teach them how to work and be focused, but at the same time how to be loose and enjoy themselves when were unorganized but they did a good job. Have fun with it, having fun when the moments when you shoiuld and working in the moment you need to work. Chris Maathuis tomorrows practice is the first one that is open to the public. It begins at 9 30 in the morning. If you miss tomorrow, you only other chance to check out the team before the season is next friday at 8 in the morning. Chris Maathuis football camps are in full swing. Preseason games are ald the new Los Angeles Rams are hosting the Dallas Cowboys in a preseason game tomorrow. One las vegan will be paying close attention to americas team. Because there may not be a bigger cowboy in las vegas. Nats; how about them cowboys. Chris Maathuis everybody has a man cave. Some caves just run a little deeper and maybe the vain a little longer. For cowboy fans, this is the mother lode. Ted velasquez like the cowboys started collecting things and it just took off from there. Board. Hes been riding this bandwagon for a long time. Ted;1968, thats how long ive been a cowboy fan. Chris Maathuis his collection cave of memoribilia would make any dallas fan envious. Ted;there you see me on the 50 yard line, heres the handcrafted troy aikman football i was talking about. Ive got a toaster that actually toasts the star. A piece of the turf from the old texas stadium. Ive got just about everything you can think of. Chris Maathuis he knows the players. Sot the history. Sot he dreams in silver and blue. Ted; i lived in El Paso Texas and thats h 8 years old, that was the team from texas so been a cowboy fan ever since. Chris Maathuis like many of us. He started following the cowboys in the newspaper and then led to an obsession. Ted started collecting things and it just took off from there and hasnt stopped. Chris Maathuis and it wont stop. Once a cowboy, always a cowboy. Ted; they dont know what to buy me anymore. They ran out of ideas ive got just about everything. Nats how about them cowboys. Chris Maathuis im here to save ya a few hours of your time tonight. Rio without an olympic medal for the first time, and its goalkeeper wont be winning anything for sportsmanship, either. The threetime defending champions were ousted by sweden on penalties 43 following a 11 draw in the quarterfinals. Goalkeeper hope solo said she thought the u. S. Played a bunch of cowards, and says the best team did not win. Heres the medal leaderboard for friday. Usa still out in front of the with 42 medals. 16 gold, 12 silver and 14 bronze. China has closed the gap from yesterdaay. Theyre 7 back of the United States. Japan is third with 23 and a newcomer to the top 4. Great britain now with 20. Chris Maathuis remember when it seemed like the world slowed down and everybody watched the summer games. But in todays quick paced society, and in a world of instant gratification, time doesnt stand still or even slow down. Its tough for Football Players to catch the spirit. Theyre practicing now and cant pay too much attention. Are sneaking a peek or two. Claude Alexander air force; we always watched em back home its been harder the last two years. The last time they had it. Nolan peralta csu; its always awesome to see the worlds best athletes compete; Cole Gautsche new mexico; every now and then but i havent been keeping up with this one no. Colin sandor air force; honestly the past summer olympics i just love watching Michael Phelps do his thing. Kevin davis csu; summer olympics no, i watch the winter olympics; Austin Stephens usu; im excited to see golf in the oly. I like to watch all the games, cool to see american athletes do well. Marcus epps wyoming; its so fun to watch the nba stars ahbve ao threes and dunk the ball thats the only thing they do. Chris Maathuis hard to focus on the games with twoadays going on. Dave Courvoisier traveling abroad can be nerveracking, especially if you so. How do you make the experience easier to handle . By using a familiar service. Andrew marden explains. Andrew just like in the United States, there are several ways to get around in Rio De Janeiro. But if you dont know where youre going, its very easy to get lost. Thankfully, theres a familiar way around that. Uber. And if you dont speak portuguese, just wait for an uber driver who speaks english. Daniel fedales Rio De Janeiro is a great place to meet. Andrew brazilian. Hes been an uber driver for about a month. Daniel fedales we are going to grumari. Grumari. A little far from the city. Andrew about 25 kilometers. Or. As, we would say. About 15andahalf miles. Listening to maroon 5 on the radio, thats an american band. Do you like maroon 5 . Daniel fedales some songs. For rio, i dont know the name of this music. Uber. While popular in the United States for being cheaper than a taxi with arguably better service. Was banned for a few months last year in rio. A protest from taxi drivers. The courts eventually overruled the ban in december. Daniel fedales we have some problems like every place has. We can live here happy. Andrew and for the last month, daniel fedales has been happy playing tour guide. In rio, im andrew marden, now back to you. Denise Valdez now at 6. Were always on at las vegas now dot com and our app. Along with facebook and twitter. Dave Courvoisier see you tonight at 11. This is the jeopardy tournament of champions. Here for the deciding game are the three finalists. A volunteer c. A. S. A. Guardian ad litem