Valleys news leader. Im brian loftus. Kirsten Joyce and im Kirsten Joyce. A jaw dropping revelation about the stadium bill. Had nevada lawmakers reconvening after midnight last night to review the new information. brian loftus it came to light just hours ago. That if a stadium was built. The Nevada Department of transportation would need to accelerate nearly 1 billion dollars in freeway projects. 8 news now reporter nia wong joins us in studio. Lawmakers reconvening after midnight, right . The bill would approve using 750 Million Dollars in public funding from a Hotel Room Tax increase. To pay for the stadium. But just hours ago. Lawmakers learned the Nevada Department of transportation would need to speed up hundreds of millions of dollars in road improvements if the stadium were to open by 2019. This all began late last night. After the Las Vegas Review journal published an article citing the results of a it had been kept quiet for several days and the article was quickly deleted. Th
Valleys news leader. Im brian loftus. Kirsten Joyce and im Kirsten Joyce. A jaw dropping revelation about the stadium bill. Had nevada lawmakers reconvening after midnight last night to review the new information. brian loftus it came to light just hours ago. That if a stadium was built. The Nevada Department of transportation would need to accelerate nearly 1 billion dollars in freeway projects. 8 news now reporter nia wong joins us in studio. Lawmakers reconvening after midnight, right . The bill would approve using 750 Million Dollars in public funding from a Hotel Room Tax increase. To pay for the stadium. But just hours ago. Lawmakers learned the Nevada Department of transportation would need to speed up hundreds of millions of dollars in road improvements if the stadium were to open by 2019. This all began late last night. After the Las Vegas Review journal published an article citing the results of a it had been kept quiet for several days and the article was quickly deleted. Th
Thats frank parisi. He says theyve seen four Straight Days of sales that have been double what they normally see in a day. We caught up with him after the lunch rush. But his crew was still cranking out orders. Most of the customers he says are tv crews who have been busy setting up and preparing to cover the debate. Patrick Walker no doubt we make up a small percentage of the chaos here on campus. And well be right back in the middle of things debate. Paul. paul joncich you mentioned secret service has a very strong presence. What are some of the security measures youve seen around the thomas and mack center . Patrick Walker the university and secret service have built a wall around the thomas and mack parking lot of shipping crates. Also there are limited Access Points for vehicles. And there are plenty of barriers that quickly. And lots of mobile Video Surveillance units are around the perimeter of the debate zone. paul joncich what will it look like over there tomorrow . Patrick Wa
The election. With that. Unlv has been transformed into a giant television city. The media will watch the debate from the cox pavillion. Next door to the debate hall. And outside. Crews from around the world are using the thomas and mack center as a backdrop for their reports on such a big story. Unlv Political Science professor dan lee tells me the fact that this is taking place in a key swing state. Makes the narrative all the more interesting. dan lee unlv political sciencp the demographic shifts like the increase in the latino population, so we look very different from, say, ohio, a different swing state, so you could say that nevada and the demographic shifts are more in line with where the countrys moving into the future and ohio being a swing state of the past. Patrick Walker lee tells me based on the number of voters and number of electoral votes six. The money in nevada per electoral vote or voter than any other state. If youve watched tv in the past few months. Youd agree the
Trumps arrival. Thanks for joining us. Im paul joncich. Christianne Klein and im Christianne Klein. As the candidates prepare for tomorrows debate. Both sides are dealing with their own controversies. Craig boswell has the latest from the campaign trail. Donald trump faced a friendly crowd in Colorado Springs as he tries to narrow Hillary Clintons lead in the battleground state. donald trump r president ial nominee in 21 days we are going to win the state of colorado and were going to win the white house. But he says the media isnt so friendly and blames it for his falling poll nurs president ial nominee the press has created a rigged system and poisoned the minds of so many voters. I dont believe the polls anymore. I dont believe them. The latest poll shows clinton pulling ahead in nevada the state that will host wednesday nights third and final president ial debate. Clinton boarded a flight for las vegas. Shes been out of the public eye for the past couple of days preparing for the e