today's scrimmage. there is still no clear cut starter at quarterback... both kurt palendech and johnny staton had their moments... but also made critical mistakes at important times. you could sense their frustration.. average is no longer acceptable at unlv. (( )) johnny stanton/quarterback: "we didn't have any wow factors today.. had some strong drive and didn't finish.. i had a pick in the end zone, had a strong drive, but those first two weren't good." kurt palandech/qb:' we had a couple of screwups and i take responsibility for that when i'm in there. we've got to make the most of our opportunities." mcaleenan/linebacker; "i think everybody is more familiar with everything... which means we're getting more consistant." tony sanchez/coach; "one side does good, the other side struggles then the opposite, offense had a long drive and a touchdown .. you want give and take not one side dominating more then the other... that's why scrimmage are kind of a funny thing especially for a head coach because you want to see the defense have success, you want to see the defense have success." coast training camp special tomorrow afternoon. set your units to record at 5 pm we'll take ya through california and over to colorado and check in on five different nfl training camps... including the world champion denver broncos. ((chris maathuis)) it's the eve of ufc 202 and there's no debating they've talked the talk, now it's time for walk the walk. conor mcgregor fighting nate diaz tomorrow at t-mobile. the verbal war has been going on for a while... but now the time has arrived... today's weigh in hah stage. mcgregor at 168, diaz at 170 1/2 the fighters had to be on their best behavior... they posed and tried to intimidate each other... but everything went off without a hitch. (( )) conor mcgregor/: he should have killed me when he had the chance and i'm going to kill you and nats> nate diaz; "he's already dead from the last time. i'm a new guy a killer can't be killed again. range from 250 to about 13-hundred. but by tomorrow night it should be sold out. ((chris maathuis)) coming up in about 10 minutes we'll check out some olympic stories. it was an historic olympic day for one las vegan. ((christianne klein)) police say they they finally caught up with the man responsible for a recent robbery spree... ((paul joncich)) >> and police tell us he's the son of las vegas mayor pro tem steve ross. 8news now reporter shakala alvaranga joins us with the latest on this investigation. shakala? ((shakala alvaranga)) a shocking revelation in this entire ordeal ... we're told shane ross was taken in, without incident, this morning. police believe he is the man behind several armed burglaries over the past few days ... he hit two cvs stores on tuesday and just today... a burger king restaurant. police surrounded jackpot joanie's near flamingo and durango ... and arrested ross about an hour later. police say ross would park his motorycle outside a store .. and rob its employees at gunpoint. steve ross who represents ward 6. ((shakala alvaranga)) we reached out to the ross family this afternoon. the family says ross has battled addiction problems for some time and they are stunned and devastated at this development.... they are encouraging him to cooperate with police. ((paul joncich)) >> shakala, do we know what charges he faces? ((shakala alvaranga)) >> paul, his jail log shows that he is facing one count each of robbery with a deadly weapon and burglarly while in possession of a gun. dollars bail. ((christianne klein)) meanwhile... north las vegas police are on the hunt for thief who broke into a gun store. and we're told the burglar made off with 27 guns. the owner of new frontier armory tells us...surveillance video shows one person inside the store at around 4 this morning. security cameras may have also caught the possible getaway vehicle which could help north las vegas police track down the suspect much faster. the big worry for some nearby wrong hands around the valley. ((giselle gonzalez/business owner: "it is a little scary to know, well i think we would feel safe next to a gun store, since it's just me and my mom working but to know that people are doing that, it is a scary feeling.")) ((christianne klein)) >> the gun store hopes to re-open tomorrow. they tell us there were several security features in place. and hope officers are able to catch the suspect soon./// ((paul joncich)) firefights working to determine what sparked the huge wildfire east of los angeles. the blue cut fire broke out tuesday and has since charred nearly 37 thousand acres. ((christianne klein)) >> we're told an estimated 309 buildings and homes hace been destroyed by the fire. damage assessment teams were out in force today documenting the destruction. early today... some of the mandatory evacuation orders were lifted. ((i just get chocked up we're fortunate very fortunate just everybody else around us it's terrible.)) ((christianne klein)) >> meanwhile, firefighters communities to douse any remaining hotspots before evacuees are allowed to return home. so far no deaths have been reported. at last check the fire was 26 percent contained./// ((tedd florendo)) skies clouded up yesterday and they've been that way since. they have also put a cap on convection and therefore storms have been non-existent. we had a few passing sprinkles earlier and it could take some time for the storms to develop. ............. ...................... ........... still warm and muggy though with dewpoints remaining high. atmosphere but no sunshine to fire it up. expect temps to stay warm and sticky tonight. we'll be in the 90's through the evening and warm late night. since the skies are opening up a little we could see slight stray shower/storm chances later, but they should be isolated for now. we'll keep our eyes on the next week and late weekend where showers chances they return. that's coming up boy earlier this week isn't a stranger to neighborhood attacks. we're told back in july--- the pit bull attacked another dog that was being walked by its owner. county animal control says that incident was not serious enough to warrant a dangerous or vicious declaration--- since neither dog had any major injuries. the owner at the time however was cited for failing to have the dog neutered, and failing to have the dog vaccinated for rabies. dogs mixing it up with other dogs is common. the county says there have been this year./// ((christianne klein)) in north las vegas today... officers were out in full force trying to get the message across about the importance of obeying all laws around crosswalks: ((sgt. sean walker, north las vegas police: safety around the roadway is the responsibility of everyone whether you're a driver or a pedestrian everyone needs to be aware of what the people around them are doing and take the precautions necessary to avoid a collision. )) ((christianne klein)) >> today... a north las vegas officer with a chicken hat on walked through crosswalks... they were also on the lookout for jaywalkers. officers will be out over the next week leading up to the start of the school year to hopefully remind drivers to go slow when students are around./// ((christianne klein)) officials up at nellis air force base... are investigating two crashes that happened in the same day. last night a helicopter went down during a local training mission. four crew members were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. and yesterday morning... a pilot ejected safely... before his plane crashed on public land just off base. investigations are underway to find out what led to both crashes./// ((paul joncich)) zika cases have spiked nearly 50 percent in california. what officals are now doing to combat the virus and what they are asking residents to do./// ((christianne klein)) also... scattered showers helping to drop temperatures here in the valley. how long we can expected to see these slightly lower temps before returning back to the century mark./// drifted way more west and away from the area. dewpoint remain high enough for the risk of more t'storms maybe this evening, but should be isolated in nature. ................................ ... .................. temps around the valley in the 90s through many neighborhoods with the warmest temps typically over to the east side of the valley and southeast sections. not as warm for the foothills and the we're below normal for temps but not much. the clouds also helped keep a lid on any daytime warming from the sun. ................................ ... ................... regional temps also stayed warm but still hot over in death valley where they had more sunshine. warm down the colorado river valley from mesquite all the way down to laughlin. great basin with those areas inthe 80's to low 90's. ........ ........................... ................ radar shows very little convective t'storm occurring. a shield of clouds helped keep a tight lid on any storm development this morning and afternoon. now with clearing and us getting to the hottest part of the day, there is still slight chances for t'storms mainly east of i-15 and better chances for southern clark county. mostly in mohave county. ....... ............................ .................. break from those storms chances tomorrow but it's sunday we see the return of showers and storms chances due to an area of low pressure that will drift in some rain from the south. shower and storm chances also return for monday through tuesday as well before we see a drying trend by wednesday and more sunshine. ................................ ... ................. so the forecast is calling for temps in the 80's by morning with clouds and some clearing. shower chances as well. tomorrow expecting temps near 100 and partly to mostly sunny through the day. very slim chances for showers but the possibility is out there more points east of the valley. ................................ ... ..................... extended forecast calls for temps to drop even more by late weekend and early week with high in the 90's still. showers chances return by sunday and through early week with sunday and monday being our best drier mid to late week next week as temps climb back to near average after a few 'near' hiccups, the team dug in for today's semi final. ((chris maathuis)) it hasn't been a total breeze for this team. they played spain this morning... and conor fields rode to the very top --- a golden day for another our final weekday sports spectacular is coming up next. ((chris maathuis)) swimmer cody miller brings home gold and bronze... the bmx medal drought is over for the united states because today las vegan connor fields wins the gold in bmx cycling. fields beat jelle van gorkom of the netherlands by a little over 6 hundredths of a second. it's the first time that team usa has won a bmx medal. which i because it's an american-born sport and has been part of the summer games since 2008. usa missed out in beijing and they also got shut out in london. ((chris maathuis)) in mens' basketball... usa edges out spain 82-76... klay thompson led the americans with 22 points in the teams' lowest scoring game since 2004. usa will play serbia for the gold... that's the same team they played earlier in the tourney and it was a tight game. apologized for his behavior surrounding a late-night incident at a rio de janeiro gas station. in a post on instagram lochte says he should have been more "careful and candid" about how he described what happened. the ioc is now looking into the matter. here is the latest medal count... usa with 103 medals... 37 gold. then china has 65 total medals... 22 gold. great britain checks in with 58 total medals and 24 of those are gold. and russia has 48 with 13 gold medals. ((chris maathuis)) attention to the summer olympic games. conor mcgregor is from ireland and has been watching his fellow countryman try to win a medal or two. and in fact they've won two medals.... one in rowing and another in sailing. for mcgregor the summer olympics is something he follows and like most of us... respect what they've acheived. (( )) conor mcgregor/fighter; "the olympics have been great great to watch the athletes like phelps and the swimmers and gymnastics amzing athletes, you can see their dedication and committement to their craft and i feel the same from the other side oif it. it's given me motivation and i ((chris maathuis)) one more olympic note... former bishop gorman grad, inbee park has a two stroke lead in women's golf as they head into tomorrow's final round. so she has a chance to bring home a gold medal. right now she's trying to stay in front of the world's top player lydia ko. how about this... with miller's gold and now today connor and maybe inbee park. that could be three gold fans without tickets to the games or who was just around the area... got the chance to check out the spot and possible meet a few players. here's a look at this attraction into today's destination rio story. people stand in long lines to see the line up at the nba house. - nat pop - once inside... they find as many exhibits as steph curry's regular curry's teammate anderson varejao is from brazil... eight other brazilians also play in the nba. "brazilians are very connected and engaged with the league. " "i love nba. i love lakers so i wait 40 minutes just to see everything about nba." there's plenty to see and more importantly... do. - nat pop - it's all very interactive. you can shoot hoops on screen... on a timer... or on the court... when you've worked up a sweat... bar... or the private lounge if you're an m-v-p. the best part... free throws aren't the only thing free at the nba house... so is admission. "any plans on having something like this after the games?" "it's a surprise. i cannot tell you now but we are extremely happy and satisified with the tremendous success we have had here at nba house rio." ((christianne klein)) with the first day of tens of thousands still need to register in clark county. ((paul joncich)) >> what the district is doing to get them registered in time for the start of school, coming up on the valley's news leader./// district enrollment is down by about 90- thousand students. ((paul joncich)) >> that's how many kids have yet to register for this year. as sharie johnson explains... a low count on day one could hurt the district's bottom line. hair do's )) ((sharie johnson)) aside from hair styles, something that had to wait, there was no procrastination. ((dennis fields, ccsd parent yes, they are already enrolled )) ((sharie johnson)) but not all parents and kids are prepared. about 90,000 students district-wide are not enrolled. we stopped by clark high still rallying parents. ((jill pendleton, clark hs principal we have about 1,000 students right now that have not gone on and completed the online registration process for clark hs)) ((sharie johnson)) it hurts school planning, it can hinder classroom learning, but ccsd says it might also decrease their state per-pupil fun achievement officer mike barton it could be millions of dollars for the clark county school district so we're watching first day enrollment and subsequent days after that as well )) ((sharie johnson)) this schoolyear the first state allocation hinges on first day enrollment. but dad's like dennis, say they can't afford to do anything last minute. ((dennis fields, ccsd parent i don't have the type of children that allow me to procrastinate )) sharie johnson, 8 news now. >> ((paul joncich)) >> if you haven't enrolled, just go to the distict's website, and look for infinite campus. if you don't have internet or a ((christianne klein)) metro police asking the public's assistance in finding an 80-year-old laughlin man. we're told daniel cabrillo was last seen yesterday at aquarius hotel casino in laughlin. police describe him as hispanic... five-two and 165 pounds. -- and say he was last seen wearing a small straw type hat, red and gray shirt and brown pants with suspenders. anyone with information regarding daniel cabrillo and his whereabouts are strongly encouraged ((christianne klein)) meanwhile... police have now arrested this man... jamie santanna in connection to a murder last week. you'll remember last friday metro named santana a suspect after the woman was found dead in the 300 block of lilac lane. police say he beat the victim to death---hitting her in the head and left her body inside this house santanna is now behind bars facing a charge for one count of murder with a deadly weapon./// ((tedd florendo)) ((paul joncich)) those displaced by historic flooding in the state. governor john bel edwards says so far his office can offer two types of temporary assistance. they're offering transitional shelter assistance which is a temporary fema program that will pay for eligible residents to stay in hotels on a rolling basis. ((gov. edwards: "the second type is finding rental property.... we also ask owners to list their properties and be willing to rent short term.")) ((paul joncich)) have a long term housing plan by the middle of next week. the flooding disaster left an estimated 40-thousand homes damaged. and is responsible for 13 deaths./// ((paul joncich)) donald trump is urging african american voters to give him a chance, while hillary campaign trail. ((christianne klein)) >> weijia jiang has the latest on campaign 2016 from the white house. donald trump promised an enthusiastic crowd in dimondale, michigan he will bring jobs back to the state. (donald trump / r-presidential nominee) no industry has been hurt more than hillary clinton's policies than the automobile industry. he also appealed to african american voters. polls show they prefer hillary clinton by a wide margin. (donald trump / r-presidential nominee) you're living in poverty. your schools are no good. you have no jobs // what the hell do you have to lose? earlier, trump visited flood-stricken louisiana to survey the damage that has left people dead. he criticized president obama, who's currently on vacation with plans to visit on tuesday. (nats) "we're glad you're not playing golf in martha's vineyard. that's all we can say." "somebody is. somebody is that shouldn't be." but louisiana's democratic governor advised the president to wait so the state can continue focusing on recovery efforts . (weijia jiang /cbs news / the white house) hillary clinton veered away from the campaign trail to celebrate her husband's campaign chairman resigned. paul manafort left amid revelations he may have dealt dirty money when he worked for a pro-russian political party in ukraine. the clinton camp said in a statement: "you can get rid of manafort, but that doesn't end the odd bromance trump has with (viktor) putin." it also said it's time for trump to come clean on his own business dealings with russian interests. weijia jiang, cbs news, the white house. ((christianne klein)) took a break today... the e-mail saga isn't over.... the democratic presidential candidate will not have to stand for a deposition requested by a conservative legal watchdog group--- but a judge ruled clinton will have to answer written questions from judicial watch, under oath and within 30 days. the group won a request to depose a former state department i-t official... who knew about clinton's private server. the president of judicial watch claimed victory, saying in a statement, the judge's decision ((christianne klein)) but the debacle seems to not be swaying votes away from the democratic nominee... if the presidential election were to be held right now, she would likely win based on the latest cnn snapshot of the electoral college outlook. the change is the result of three battleground states that are now leaning towards the democratic candidate-- new hampshire, pennsylvania and virginia. the three states carry 37 electoral votes, pushing clinton's total electoral votes to 273./// ((paj reid.. and democratic congresswoman dina titus are applying the pressure this week. both want president obama to declare the gold butte area a national monument before he leaves office. reid says he has talked with the president about it multiple times. the land has been a flashpoint in the debate over who should control public lands. this week on politics now.. dina titus tells steve sebelius about thier efforts: (( dina titus: you not only have to designate it, you fences, so surveillance, be able to really protect it. )) ((paul joncich)) you can watch that interview.. and a break down of republican vice presidential nominee mike pences's speech.. this sunday at 5:30 on politics now... right here on channel 8./// ((paul joncich)) and remember we're your local election headquarters. stay up to date on all things politics on air and online at las vegas now dot com./// ((christianne klein)) a local artist is gaining national attention... after installing donald trump statues in multiple cities. check it out... he's naked! so far they've shown up in l-a, seattle, even new york. las vegas artist "ginger" created the 80- pound statues. it's drawn the attention of crowds in every city they've been spotted in: (("perfect and disturbing." "i think it's hilarious. i think it's obnoxious." "it was pretty cool, this is pretty heavy though. i think, we check on the hashtags online and i guess they are doing this all over the country and it's pretty awesome. 8 news now is teaming up with the las vegas rescue mission for our food drive. you can drop off any non- perishable food items at findlay at the valley auto mall... and "sudden impact"on boulder highway. the drive goes until august 26th. we'll be right back. /// ((christianne klein)) hundreds of jobs are opening up... biggest tourist areas in the united states. zika spreads to miami beach. ((christianne klein)) florida's governor announcing five new locally transmitted cases of the virus. bringing the state wide total up to 36 people. now -- the c-d-c has a warning for pregnant women -- don't travel to two parts of miami. this is the second part of miami - dade county where local transmission of the virus has recommends using insect repellent with deet -- staying indoors -- and if possible -- wearing long sleeves./// ((christianne klein)) back on the west coast growing concerns about the zika virus prompt health officials in san diego to spray for mosquitos. ((paul joncich)) >> city officials hand-sprayed a two-city block area of san diego's south park neighborhood this morning. there are no known cases of local zika transmission across california. but the c-d-c reports a 50 percent spike in zika cases in few weeks. they show the stat now has 170 cases which is up from 144 just last month./// ((weather toss)) ((paul joncich)) more than a hundred people right here in las vegas. u-s citizenship and immigration services held a naturalization ceremony today at nevada state college. people from 37 different countries took part... we talked with one of those new citizens about why it was important to go through this process:: (( adwoa mensah-new u.s. citizen and enjoying the goodness of america. and pursuing different dreams that i hope to achieve one day. )) ((paul joncich)) >> there has been an uptick in people applying for citizenship. during the first three months of the year... there was a 78- percent increase in applications compared to the same time last year. many are hoping to become naturalized so they can vote in november./// ((christianne klein)) the people behind 'fright dome'e forward to scaring the heck out of folks. they need to fill more than 400 positions before they open in the fall. jobs like guides... actors... and stage performers. this is the 14-th year for the attraction inside the circus circus adventuredome... and it's creators want this to be the most terrifying cast ever. if you want to apply... here is a schedule of all the hiring events. organizers ask that you not show up in full costume... but bring photos and a resume to twitter is rolling out some new tools to help you control what you see and who you interact with. don't want to see notifications from everyone? you don't have to. users can now limit notifications to only people they follow on mobile and on twitter-dot com. filtering notifications can be helpful for blocking targeted harassment. another helpful tool.... is the quality filter. twitter says.....when turned on, it can improve the quality of tweets you see by using signals like account origin and behavior./// ( .the biggest tech, cable and telecom companies are moving to block robocallers. apple, google, microsoft, comcast and verizon are among dozens of companies participating in a "robocall strike force" meeting in washington. the group and the head of the f-c-c are working to provide customers more control over incoming calls. robocalls are currently the number one complaint the fcc receives from consumers./// ((paul joncich)) coming up on the valley's news leader... leader... from tragedy to a new chance at life.... ((christianne klein)) >> we'll introduce you to the vietnam veteran who nearly lost it all.. and the metro officers who saved him.. and saved another life in the process. and ahead at 11... meet the artist behind the naked trump statues we just told you about. he's from las vegas... he tells us where his inspiration for the piece came from... and the crazy impact it's having on his life already./// attempting suicide, a vietnam war veteran is starting to heal... but what's really remarkable is how ron cole's personal journey touched his community and the metro officers who came to help.. ((911 tape my responder is on the phone with a veteran who just took 70 pills in the last 15 minutes - do you have an address? early june that changed numerous lives... (( kristie hentzell/dispatcher he was upset, his wife passed away he's a cancer patient )) (( susan schulter/dispatcher and then his dog had been killed by a pit bull the week before and he basically had nothing left to live for : )) ((christianne klein)) >> that final tragedy pushed vietnam veteran ron cole to the edge.. metro officers raced to an address.. only to find a dead end.. more digging led officers to ron's apartment... at exactly the right time.. ((officer kyle hershey/metro pd i pulled in the parking lot just as ron was coming out in his wheelchair.. )) ((susan he was going out his door to find another method to commit suicide because the first one didn't work )) ((ron cole/vietnam veteran it just hit me all at once- when i lost my dog that's the last straw. lost my wife, lost my dog : (( : so it was kind of like i've had a pretty good life.. now it's time to go home and see the wife )) (( officer kyle hershey/metro pd something about ron really struck a cord with me he and i hit it off we were talking.. )) (( susan schulter/dispatcher i could tell it really affected the officer.. officer hershey.. and so then it started to affect dog from the pound : ")) ((christianne klein)) >> ron was taken to the hospital for treatment.. and eventually released.. officer kyle hershey was one of his first visitors.. (( ron cole/vietnam veteran the day after i came home he was knocking on the door and coming in and asking me how i'm doing and what's going on and i have a puppy, all you have to do is when you're ready we're going to the pound and it's already taken care of... : )) (( officer kyle hershey/metro pd as i patroled the neighborhood for the next several months i stopped by regulay just see how he was doing : )) ((christianne klein)) >> what officer kyle didn't know- ron's neighbors were on their own puppy mission.. (( "c'mon, that's a good boy.. yeah")) ((christianne klein)) >> bringing this little guy into ron's life.. an abandoned puppy he named bernie.. ((ron cole/vietnam veteran having bernie has just opened up my life and got me moving again and got me out of the apartment again and around people again )) (( officer kyle hershey/metro pd i've seen night and day changes from the first time i met him until now it's been wonderful to have a new friend and be a part of that )) ((christianne klein)) of dispatchers and officers who rescued him... and they had yet another surprise.. 500 dollars in gift cards and a full puppy kit to help bernie in his new home... (( we're happy that was the least we could do thank you thank you for your service clapping for him )) ((ron cole/vietnam veteran i'll never be more grateful.. never... )) ((christianne klein)) >> a dark beginning that ultimately saved two lives... (( officer kyle hershey/metro pd someone was looking out for him that day- ad opportunity for me.. it's blessed me more than it's blessed him or anyone else.. because it's reminded me why i put this badge on everyday )) ((ron cole/vietnam veteran it's a blessing for me- it's a blessing for bernie yes it is )) ((christianne klein)) (distant siren wailing) (spits) hey, old man. give me your money. come on! (blade clicks) you know what time it is. i know what time it is. get down on the ground. janko: police! don't move! get on your knees! get on your knees! jamie: police! hold it! janko: on your knees! on your knees! hands in the air! (man grunts, horn honks) (horn beeps, man shouts) jamie: police! stop!

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