Closed captioning closed captioning will resume closed captioning will resume as well. Closed captioning will resume hundreds of people have gathered around the unlv campus in anticipation for tonights debate. But theyre not just here to watch the commotion. They are ready to be heard. Fox5s Miguel Martinez valle joins us on campus with some of the protesters. Will resume closed captioning will resume closed captioning the debate is bringing a lot of people and traffic to unlv and the surrounding roads. Lets check in now with ken smith, who has a look at all the areas you will want to avoid. Here is a look at your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news we want to hear from voters tonight. We assembled an eight person panel. People from all walks of le, groups, backgrounds and political affiliatio
Who has been riding along with commuters. She joins us live on the train. Megan . Reporter well, eun, we are still riding along the silver line with commuters this morning getting thetakeir on how things went. Of course it opened over the weekend but today, this mornings rush hour the first big test as folks went to the station, many people for the very first time and tried to make their way to work. Weve been talking to folks all morning long and it went pretty well. The gate at the spring hill station opened just a little before 5 00 a. M. Elsie isaac was one of the first commuters to catch the silver line train. Make my commute quicker, much quicker. Maybe my 30 minutes. Reporter things went smoothly this morning. Riders seemed genuinely excited about the new line and the prospect of a shorter ride to work. Its a gamechanger, no doubt about it. Saves me 15 to 20 minutes each way. I used to have to catch the orange line, get off, hit the fairfax connector. Now i go all the way down t
Lester holt. Good evening. Were going to start here tonight with what may be happening outside your door this evening. Severe weather, violent weather system working its way from the midwest to the east tonight, with millions of people in its path. Weve already seen strong thunderstorms and large hail in a vast stretch extending from illinois all the way to massachusetts. And as we look now at live radar, parts of kentucky, ohio, eastern tennessee, west virginia, and pennsylvania are under tornado watches, and what could be a very tough and dangerous night. Well get the latest guidance on the storms in a moment. But first, nbcs john yang tells us what theyve done so far. Reporter large hail, intense lightning, high winds and dangerous thunderstorms pushed through several states, including illinois and kentucky. Triggering a tornado warnings and watches. A tornado touched down in central connecticut this afternoon with estimated winds of 85 miles an hour. Several homes were damaged in w