Yards or taking a chance and getting hit by a vehicle. Mauricio Marin this is the 117th road fatality in metros jurisdiction so far this year. Weve already surpassed the number of deaths from 2014. Mauricio Marin detectives say 2015 is approaching a record high for the past 10 years when it comes to fatalities. The victim is a hispanic woman believed to be in her 30s or 40s. The coroner will release her name once her family has been notified. Reporting live. Mauricio marin. 8 news now. Dave Courvoisier mauricio, weve seen fatal detail at so many of these deadly pedestrian accidents. Did Sergeant Strader say why he thinks people continue to ignore the message to take obvious safety considerations . Mauricio Marin dave, you can see his frustration. Theres really no reason for it. Like he said, these accidents have been avoidable. Its always sad to see a life lost. Crossing the street right next to a deadly investigation is just baffling. Back to you. Dave Courvoisier as we mentioned, this is just the latest deadly incident on boulder highway. Tuesday a man was hit and killed when he attempted to cross the road outside of a crosswalk. Near the intersection with tropicana. And last week another pedestrian was killed outside the Silver Creek Apartments on boulder near russell. A woman was hit when she was also crossing outside of a crosswalk. Police say most of these accidents have been preventable. And are the result of people not following the rules of the road. The situation is so bad theyve called it an epidemic. Dave Courvoisier as a matter of fact, you may recall it was just wednesday two days ago that we told you unlv is conducting their own traffic study on boulder highway. To determine ways to make the road safer erin breen, vulnerable road users project at unlv we have far too many roads that share the characteristics of boulder highway, which are the street is fast, wide and there are just lots of places with no where to Dave Courvoisier the plan is to take Study Results plus crash data. To present to county and state leaders to implement major changes on boulder highway. By our count, 11 people have died on boulder highway just this year. This is the 47th deadly pedestrian accident in metros jurisdiction. Denise Valdez the magical forest at opportunity village is in the holiday spirit. Tedd, you were out there most of night a little damp out there, but still a fun night. tedd florendo yeah, denise fun for the whole family out there rain or shine. And the proceeds, as always at ov, go to a good cause. The magical forest is open through january third. Every evening beginning at 5 30. Sunday through thursday its open through 9 pm. And on fridays and saturdays you can stay until 10. All the proceeds benefit programs for people with intellectual disabilities. Firsthand experience, the folks out there had a really good time. To enjoy the lights and the family fun, just pick up your tickets at the box office or online. tedd florendo showers have slowly ended across the region, although we are still some some sprinkles out there. Lets go to the radar and show you whats going on. Snow continues inthe the mountains. Those areas in the darker blues indicated some light sprinkles out there right now. Not a whole lot of showers activity, but still some sticking around the region. 10 hour tems expect to drop to the low 40s overniight, but with wind chill could feel more like the mid to low 30s and not warming up up too much tomorrow. Weekend forecast shows cool 50s all weekend with some wind and shower chances returning. Well get more specific on when cominig up in a few minutes. Denise . Denise Valdez community in response to a wave of violent and deadly incidents across the valley. There have been 124 murders this year in metros jurisdiction and a spate of homicides in the month of december. Tonights peace walk was organized by faith leaders and residents who told us violence will never be accepted. But they say the burden isnt on police to stop crime. The community nneds to step up and play a role too pastor willie cherry Pleasant Grove Baptist Church i want people to know if they see something, say something. Its very important only we can have a safe community. Sometimes we look for the police to do it, the councilman or what have you. They cant do it. The people in the neighborhood have to do it. Denise Valdez pastor willie cherry with Pleasant Grove Baptist Church told us their doors are always open to people in need of help. He believes visibility in the as always, if you see a crime or suspicious activity. You can report it and remain anonymous by calling crime stoppers. Dave Courvoisier all new tonight. There are reports out of paris that an International Agreement has been reached at the un climate conference. Multiple countries have been involved in negotiations for two weeks in the french capital. Negotiators hoped to have the terms of the agreement released by now. But a few details are still being ironed out. Those terms could be known as soon as midnight. Levels of optimism from delegates ranged from moderate to upbeat. Dave Courvoisier a potential Government Shutdown that would have happened at midnight is averted. But not for long. A stopgap measure will keep the government funded and gives lawmakers until wednesday night to agree to a spending deal. President obama signed off on the shortterm deal this evening. But the white house concedes that there will need to be more giveandtake to hammer out a longterm solution Josh Earnest White House press secretary an agreement is only produced when both sides compromise. And that means the president will have to compromise a little too. This bill, presumably some funding levels or other things that we dont enthusiastically support. But the president s not going to let a disagreement over one issue become a deal breaker over all the others. Dave Courvoisier there are still dozens of sticking points to a longterm deal. Lawmakers have yet to agree on issues attached to the bill, like how the government vets syrian refugees. Funding of gun violence research. And Campaign Finance provisions. music Denise Valdez we continue to learn more tonight about the man arrested in connection to a home burglary attempt that was captured on camera and went viral online. The iteams glen meek has learned that the suspect aaron lair has a lengthy rap sheet and was currently out on bail charged in a different burglary at the time this one was foiled by an alert neighbor. Lair is charged with burglary and Home Invasion. And has five open felony cases right now. Metro police acted on several police also recognized lair from a previous Home Invasion and burglary case it was investigating. Glen also learned that lair was off the streets once before. The Nevada Department of corrections website shows he did prison time about three years ago for a Home Invasion and robbery case from 2011. Our check of current criminal cases shows that lair has three active cases involving burglary and Home Invasion. One filed back in april of this year and two more recent cases. One of those stemming from the now famous video and another case from an incident that happened the day before captured by a Security Camera in a home less than 10minutes away. In this case a second suspect was also charged. But lair remains the only person charged in the case where we saw the white suv speed off. Dave Courvoisier the unrest in the streets of chicago continued tonight. Demonstrators marched to the city hall. Chanting and demanding justice. Its the rallying cry against perceived Police Brutality in the windy city. Meanwhile, family members of Laquan Mcdonald the teen hands of a Police Officer was captured on a cruiser dash camera broke their silence. They want the prosecutor in the case to resign. After her office took more than a year to file murder charges against the officer involved. And only once a judge ordered the release of that video. Dave Courvoisier a similar scene in San Francisco today where protesters marched to city hall. The family of a man shot and killed by San Francisco police have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the department. Authorities say mario woods refused commands to drop a knife and was shot by five officers on december 2nd. An attorney for the family says woods was shot at least 20 times. Video footage from witnesses on the scene seem to contradict Police Claims of self defense. Denise Valdez the fight u fc fans have been waiting for is finally upon us. And things got a little testy at todays weighin. Chris shows us who took a swipe. Coming up. But first, as las vegas prepares to host the big theres some new friction on the campaign trail. Which contenders are threatening to break away from the gop. music votes in the race for the gop president ial nomination get closer and closer, tension among the candidates and inside the Republican Party appears to be on the rise. Denise Valdez at least two candidates have threatened for differing reasons to leave the party, and today new poll numbers have two candidates who have been reluctant to attack one another on a possible collision course. Craig boswell has the story from washington. Convention. That s where the nominee is picked at the convention and not through primaries. Nats Ted Cruz told donors behind closed doors hes not worried about carson or donald trump. sot ted cruz audio i believe gravity will bring both of those campaigns down. people are looking for who is prepared to be a commander in chief . Who understands the threats we face . Who am i comfortable having their finger on the button . gfx cruz has jumped to second in the latest cbs news poll ahead of carson but well behind trump. The billionaire businessman has maintained his lead despite his controversial call for a ban on muslims entering the country. During a radio interview senator Lindsey Graham offered a his opinion on trumps staying power with some gop voters. sot sen. Lindsey graham rsc president ial candidate well theres about 40 of the republican primary voter who believes that obama was born in kenya and is a muslim, graham says a trump nomination would lead to a Hillary Clinton inauguration. Craig boswell, cbs news, washington. The republican president ial hopefuls will debate at the venetian tuesday. 8 news now will have complete coverage for you. Among the candidates, donald trump will speak at a rally at the westgate monday. That same day, senator marco rubio will speak at green valley ranch. Rand paul will also hold a rally on tuesday. Governor john kasich will meet with voters for coffee at tipsy coffee house tuesday morning. Ben carson and Carly Fiorina have post debate plans to campaign in northern nevada. Denise Valdez the snow is coming down hard in the Sierra Nevada mountains which is good news for local ski resorts. And its good snow the powdery stuff instead of slush. The sugar bowl ski resort in california opened for the season one day early thanks to the good packing snow. The donner ski ranch doesnt make its own snow and is preparing to open for the first time tomorrow theyve been waiting for a winter this good for five years. They arent the only ones Mount Charleston and lee canyon are in for a really good weekend. tedd florendo had yesterday evening in the 60s. Colder up in Mount Charleston where were just under the freezing mark. And colder temps over the west and northwest sides of the valley. Regional temps also got colder than yesterday. Expected to drop even more overnight and even colder next week. Colder condtions in the southern great basin. Backign up the last 6 hours show passing showers earlier with some pockets of heavier bands of rain. Now seeing some calmer activity and as showers ending north to south overnight. Futurecast showing showers returning maybe sunday night and monday morning along with more winds and and colder temperatures. So check out the ski report on our website and lasvegasnow. Co m, go over to sections and weather, then scroll down to the ski report. Heres the forecast overnight. 40 degrees with fewer clouds and breezes. Tomorrow expect a high of 55 with a mix of sun and clouds and breezy again tomorrow. Thats near average for our temps. Extended forecast shows more windy weather sunday with slight shower chances on those days specifically. Colder next week with highs only inthe 40s and lows near freezing Denise Valdez an update to a story we first brought you last night. Little zohnny ficklinscott underwent a twoanda half hour surgery at Sunrise Hospital this morning to repair a hole in his heart. The twomonth old was born with congenitive heart failure. Zohnny will likely be in the its possible that hell need a pacemaker placed in a second surgery in a few weeks. There are still concerns with his heartbeat. Dave Courvoisier the good will of the season is adding up, as hundreds of summerlin children will get a Christmas Gift this year. Thanks to the kind hearts of others. This is the fourth year of a toy drive to support the childrens heart foundation. Perla gumm organizes the toy drive out of the mallinger family eye care clinic near summerlin town square. Last year the drive collected 500 toys. And perla hopes to do even better this year. Aiming to bring joy to at least 600 kids perla gumm office manager, mallinger family eye care oh my gosh, theyre ecstatic. They absolutely love it, they get so excited, they are so grateful and all the parents are grateful too for everything that we do. Dave Courvoisier the toy drive ends on sunday. You can drop off an unwrapped toy at mallingers location near Summerlin Parkway and Village Center circle. For children ages two to 12. Between the hours of 12 and two. The toys will be gifted on the Denise Valdez die hard irish fight fans have made their way to las vegas. Dave Courvoisier theyre here to see if Conor Mcgregor can beat a guy who never loses. Chris Maathuis youre talking about jose aldo. He hasnt lost a fight in nearly a decade. Today they jumped on the scale, both made weight and we dug up some irish fans. Gotta love em. Plus. The best prep Football Players in las vegas are gearing up for the annaul all star game. More next here on 8 news now. from 8 news now, this is sports of waiting and wondering, the day arrived. Maybe even Conor Mcgregor was surprised. There they were, jose aldo and mcgregor going through the final piece of business at the scale. Thousands of fans waiting for this moment to arrive. The official weigh in. Mcgregor entered the arena first and fans cheered wildly for their guy. Then aldo. Not so many fans for the champion from brazil. Then they got on the scale and both made weight. Announcer mcgregor 145, aldo 145. Conor mgregor featherw eight contender im tired of talking about jose. I look at him and i know he wont be able to take my shots. Jose aldo featherweigh t champion i dont care what he has to say, im coming in here and be the champion. Got a little testy at the pose. They did. Looks like mcgregor tried to take a leg swing at the champ. All this adds up to what people are saying will be one of the best fights in ufc history. Certainly the best featherweight title fights in company history. If youre wondering about those rabid irish fans, yes they were there in force. About 5 thousand fans were inside the mgm, 90 percent favoring mcgregor. fans. Mcgregor will take him apart. Too goo to be true cant take my eyes off of you and for that you won tickets. Who talks more. Mcgregor. Hes a good fighter, but hes going to be a loser. Everyone is so anixous and excited its going to be insane. Ufc 194 will be the feast. The dessert was tonight at the cosmo. Its the ultimate fighter show headlined by chad mendes and Frankie Edgar the winner of this one is in line to meet the winner of the mcgregoraldo fight. And in the first. Edgar catches mendes with a right left combo and drops the california fighter. A first round knockout for the edgar was the quickest of his ufc career. Thats five in a row for frankie. Hes gotta be in line for a championship fight next. Frankie edgar wants title fight im ready if somebody doesnt show up tomorrow. Dana left. He knows he doesnt want to disappoint me. Got to give it to me. Chris Maathuis the 230 Golden State Warriors putting the impressive mark on the line in boston. Could they make it 24 straight without Clay Thompson . And with steph curry having the worst shooting game of the season. He was 927 from the field. But hit 6 threes in the game and finished with 38. In the second ot. Green drives and scores. Thats what they do. Warriors are off to milwaukee on saturday to complete a 7 game road trip. No nba team has ever gone 70 on a single road trip. Its time for the annual West Charleston lions all star football game. The best seniors from all over las vegas will meet tomorrow afternoon at gorman. Should be a terrific game. Its the best sunrise vs. The best sunset players. Its a tremendous honor to recognized by the coaches. Great to be able to compete against other great players its exciting and fun. Its ahuge honor to be recognized fot my talent ive been working on all year. Once again, the game is tomorrow afternoon at gorman high school. The best sunrise and sunset region players meet one more time. Chris Maathuis this Years National finals rodeo is in its final weekend ron futrell found some of locals out there who really help make this event happen. < ron futrell we came to the rodeo early tonight to be able to check out some of the people together every year it takes time and thousands of people from las vegas to put this show together so the people of las vegas have a great time ya, every year its a real big thing for las vegas and every time they come out, were having a real great turnout. The people are so nice, couldnt be nicer. The action is inside and its really exciting for us were so glad that las vegas kept the rodeo here question rick, whats your item here that rodeo fans like the most . We have a lot of wrangler stuff, the cups the kuzzies, oof course the Water Bottles, people love free stuff question what, you have Water Bottles . Overall the fans seem to be having a great time the hardest part, finding tickets. It wasnt easy and it was expensive, but its a girls weekend and a Christmas Present for my friend thats a nice come to the rodeo it is it is youve been coming here to the rodeo since 1985, are you tired of it yet . I never get tired of rodeos, im only 75 years old and iim just happy. So as we wrap up another National Finals rodeo this weekend, the fans certainly have been fired up to come out here, buy the merchandise, have a great time, enjoy the hospitality of las vegas and i got myself a nice water bottle. Ron futrell reporting, 8 sports now. Denise Valdez were back woman battling the devastating and debilitating disease als had her dream come true. And found renewed inspiration in her fight. Denise Valdez Brittany Robbins got a special meeting with her biggest hero. That would be rocker and poison frontman Bret Michaels. Michaels arrived early ahead of a concert so that he could meet brittany who is confined to her home without the use of most of her muscles. Brittanys one wish was to meet him, he was floored and made sure to come to her Bret Michaels rock star man, it is so nice to see you. It was nice to talk with you on the phone, too. That was great. Brittany you made my day. Bret yep. Welp, you made my day, this is big for me. Denise Valdez michaels said this meeting is the beginning of an awesome friendship. And both of them said the meeting brought them inspiration. Michaels also holds a special place in his heart for lou gehrigs disease. He did the ice bucket challenge in honor of a close friend he lost to als. Dave Courvoisier thats all for us live at eleven. Eleven. Join Sharie Johnson here tomorrow night
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