((kirsten joyce)) so far, flights heading to the east coast from mccarran. are on time this morning. but if you re traveling by car. the roads will be packed. kirsten joyce the people at trip advisor say more than 35-percent of travelers are packing their bags and heading home today. ((brian loftus)) 8 news now reporter michael stevens is live above the i-15 with what you can expect if you re hitting the roads today. good morning michael? ((michael stevens)) brian, kirsten. it s expected to be a very busy day on our roads. over 60-percent of people planned to drove to their labor day destinations this year. and if those numbers hold true a major interstate like the i-15 could be packed? in order to keep everyone safe on our roads. a number of law enforcement agencies have been teaming up all weekend to target heavily las vegas. listen to these numbers. on average, about 45-thousand people drive this stretch per day. adding up to about 16-million cars per year. with this
still concerned about hermine right along the coast. we didn t think it would be this bad. going to the beach, high rip current risk. hermine lingers off the atlantic coast. rough seas and strong wind. a royal caribbean cruise ship is caught in rough seas thanks to hermine. it got pretty wicked. no deal. talks between the u.s. and russia have concluded without an agreement on military cooperation in a. given the gaps of trust that exist, that s a tough negotiation. the west strongly condemning north korea after pyongyang fires three ballistic missiles into japan s air defense zones. you re going to see hillary clinton very, very axelable between now and november 8th. raising millions of dollars, but has been accused of ignoring the press. she doesn t evolve, she doesn t talk to anybody. mother teresa is now saint cannoniza canonization. earthquake rattled nerves in north dakota. this was shaking violently. all that two kayakers and a jet
get where you need to go. ((kirsten joyce)) north las vegas police continue to search for a murder suspect who escaped from police custody. police say 25-year-old alonso perez was alone in an interview room.. and twisted his handcuffs until he broke free. made it out of the station.. then stole a truck.. and fled. truck and returned it to it s owner. but perez is still on the loose. he is accused of killing mohammed robinson on august 27-th after robinson did not hold the door for a woman at a mcdonalds. perez has an air jordan tattoo. police say he is armed and dangerous. if you know of his whereabouts, call crimestoppers. /// ((kirsten joyce)) tropical storm hermine is threatening several states along storm surges. the storm made landfall on friday.. causing widespread damage in several southern states. jericka duncan reports from seaside heights new jersey.. nats waves along the jersey shore overnight, hermine whipped up strong waves. .at sea, the rough waters rocked t
their life jackets. ((shakala alvaranga)) what you ll also want to keep a look out for is the wind . though it is calm now, when it picks up . it can form waves up to 10 feet tall. reporting live shakala alvaranga 8 news now. /// ((paul joncich)) a huge wildfire in northern california has now charred more than 25-thousand acres. the gap fire in the klamath national forest is still only 30-percent contained. the blaze has been burn new evacuations in some areas near happy camp over the weekend. more than 18-hundred firefighters are working to put the fire out. investigators are still trying to figure out what started it../// ((paul joncich)) the gap fire is just of one several wildfires burning in california. this was how it looked yesterday in the valley as smoke from fires burning in the southern part of the state drifted into southern nevada. it s promted an air quality advisory for clark county until the end of today. the county air quality problems to limit their time
fox5 s abby theodros joins us live with the latest. she spoke to robinson s mom who is in disbelief. this picture of perez is making the rounds as police desperately search for him. a man they say is dangers. today we were there when robinson s mom saw this picture for the first time. (hands phone/picture to kn) katra nestor: so this is the guy (picture of alonso perez) katra nestor: wow katra nestor is suspected killer for the first time. katra nestor: his character doesn t show much. nestor is talking about alonso perez. he was arrested yesterday in connection with the shooting death of her son 31 year old son muhamad robinson. hours later.he broke free from his handcuffs and took off from the north las vegas detective bureau and stole a truck from a business five miles away. while police search - nestor hopes he doesnt hurt someone else. katra nestor: he is running scared. else might get killed. today the police department tweeted this message saying the ford f-250 truck