>> and i'm paul joncich in for dave. a packed house tonight at nearby walter jacobson elementary school... and emotions were running high. ((denise valdez)) >> we have team coverage for you tonight. brittany edney is just ahead with reaction from tonight's school board meeting. shakala alvaranga starts us off live with new details from this community open house. shakala? ((shakala alvaranga)) >> paul and denise, it took only a few minutes for a shouting match to ensue ... some parents were upset with the lack of communication last night. and left just as angry becas simply weren't being answered. what was supposed to be an informative meeting... clouded by frustration and anger. "we all want to know the answer!!!!" questions gone unanswered ... and many want to know ... just how serious is this mercury contamination. (( "i don't know what to whose gonna help us, whose gonna clean my house, whose gonna check my little kids.")) tanja's son touched the substance ... that set off a 20 hour quarantine at walter johnson junior high. "today he told me he gets headaches, he's naseaus, he has diarrhea. so, i'm kind of getting upset now." michael also got the call .... that his son was exposed to (( "he and 3 other kids, i'm guessing they were apart of the 9 pulled a side, saw like a silver dollar sized amount of a silvery glittery liquid.")) some expressed their appreciation for the dozens that worked tirelessly... (( "it just seems like a public hanging here, you know what i'm saying, the school, the principal, the epa.")) to make sure every child was safe. (( "as a team were giving we have no reason to lie.")) but others, didn't hold back. (( "they did nothing to prevent this. this is where the problem is." )) ((shakala alvaranga)) >> police are now working to figure out how the substance got into school ... and who brought it in. they ask that if there are items that you have ... that may be contaminated, to bring them to school tomorrow morning at 8. reporting live shakala alvaranga 8 news now. ((denise valdez specific questions, that police or e-p-a officials couldn't answer? ((shakala alvaranga)) >> denise, one in particular is how much mercury was brought into the school and when. there have been rumours that it was on tuesday ... another person says it was actually friday. police say they are investigating. back to you. /// ((denise valdez)) thank you, shakala. answers at tonight's school board meeting. ((paul joncich)) >> she joins us live from the clark county school district headquarters with what they're saying. brittany? ((brittany edney)) >> when the school board meeting started-- the superintendent mentioned last night's situation at walter johnson but frankly, didn't say too much about whether or not the district made any mistakes. so we asked trustee patrice tew about some of the failures parents believed happened in her district--- but she doesn't have all the answers yet either. superintendent, ccsd "we have many challenges when it comes to events like this. we will be debriefing with all the officials involved next week to see how we can handle the situation better, to get feedback." ((brittany edney)) feedback from parents is not in short supply... with some wondering where district officials were when the school was going through an emergency this large.... that dragged on for so long. ((david gomez, did their job, the teachers held on and the principal did his job, but where was everybody else at? safely tucked in their bed." ((brittany edney)) we caught up with trustee patrice tew--who serves district e and walter johnson junior high school-- to see what she thought about the emergency incident. ((patrice tew, ccsd trustee, district e "in hindsight, there's probably always things that can be improved on as it should be, as the process moves forward, but i think they have tried to do their very best.")) "what will be different so you're more prepared next time? " so those are topics that are still going on." "a few children were instructed to strip down to their underwear for some of that went on and if that is part of procedure?" "that is something i can't speak to, i have no knowledge." "we also have some other complaints that children were being told that if they didn't be quiet, teachers were telling them that they would have to stay longer." "i can't speak to that either." ((brittany edney)) unsatisfied with responses from school officials, some worry horizon. ((david gomez, concerned resident "you're building your house on sand and a storm is coming." ((brittany edney)) >> with school out today and tomorrow---one thing we did learn is how students will have to make it up. 1 day will be excused due to the emergency, but the district says they plan to makeup the second day on november 8th. reporting live, brittany edney, ((paul joncich)) >> brittany, a lot of parents were angry about the food situation during the lockdown. did you get any answers on that? ((brittany edney)) >> tew defended snacks like the cinnamon rolls saying they are whole wheat and reduced sugar... but a lot of parents have told us they don't feel like that was enough. as for if they could have done she said, "perhaps." we'll send it back to you. ((paul joncich)) brittany, thank you. the school district has not said definitively if the school will be ready to open by monday. las vegas fire and rescue called the mercury sweep the largest decontamination incident in the history of the department. more than 12-hundred students and staff were screened by police, fire, and e-p-a officials./// ((denise valdez)) a major decision concerning sex education fo board trustees voted six to one... to opt-in for legislative support. that means.. it's up to parents to decide if their kids want to take part in sex education at clark county schools. parents hit the podium tonight to give their two cents... and they believe... that sex education,... begins at home: (("i think the bigger effect on teenage pregnancy comes from outside the sex education classes and i'm not quite sure there's anything our school system can do about that.")) edwards was the only one to vote "no."/// ((paul joncich)) taking a live look outside... a pleasant night in the valley. it was warm again today... but we could be looking forward to some more unseasonably cool weather in the not so distant future, tedd? ((tedd florendo)) ((( winds have actually helped. we have seen less smoke today than over the weekend. still a slight haze in also not as strong as yesterday. temps this morning dropped as low as 69 at mccarran. we haven't seen that temps since may, so the unofficial end to summer felt like it this morning. plenty of sunshiine and cooler today than yesterday. .......... ......................... .......... let's take you through the the eveing with your planner. temps stay warm tonight but not hot. we have light breezes but not windy. looking at clear skies again with only a slight haze in the air for this evening. we have a detailed look at what to expect the rest of the week, coming up in your weathernow forecast. recommendation to the governor in regards to an nfl stadium to host the raiders. chris maathuis was at today's 3 hour meeting and joins us with more. ((chris maathuis)) >> the committee went through 24 pages of information on everything from establishing a stadium authority board to a funding model. after 3 hours of back and forth, it all came down to this--- can the sands corporation sell the proposal of taxing tos dollars. not paying for this, unless you live in las vegas and have a staycation where you stay at a hotel while living here you don't pay any of that. and why we would not look favorably on tourists coming in building a new stadium for our university that's in desperate need and at the same time attract an nfl team, which is going to attract more tourists, is going to create jobs regardless how you look at this, i don't understand." to host one of the most coveted franchises in the world wi tourists, but benefit casino mogul sheldon adelson if the project makes lots of money. he'll receive a percentage of the stadium's profits. rob goldstein/sands president: "will it be successful for the family greg defines that as getting their money back in a couple 3 points. i want to make it clear we are bearing all the risks of cost overruns if it does escalate, operational overruns., booking football games beyond the raiders, i think we're doing some good things here that benefit all of us. if is doesn't work out it on stadium revenue, adelson will reap the rewards of success or pay for failures. as for extra infrastructure add ons beyond a stadium, like free way flyovers... the sands will shoulder a big percentage of that cost. it potentially could be a win win for everybody... time will tell. but a year ago, nobody would've thought the nfl would even be in a las vegas discussion. andy abboud/sands: "never in our wildest dreams did we think moving the oakland raiders tl ((chris maathuis)) >> the committee will meet again next week and they may hammer out enough details to be ready to make a recommendation. a special session of the legislature would then be called in the first part of october. ((chris maathuis)) coming up in sports former cimarron high grad brandon marshall joins his college buddy and draws attention to himself. highlights of the nfl's season opener and more coming up in sports. ((denise valdez)) >> looking forward to it chris. help in her fight against childhood cancer... and now their family is ready to help others. their heart-warming story next on the valley's news leader./// i'm catherine cortez masto and i approve this message. four years ago i was diagnosed with breast cancer but early treatment saved my life. so i'm really outraged that joe heck voted ten times to defund planned parenthood congressman heck even threatened to shut down the federal government to eliminate funding for planned parenthood. ((denise valdez)) at work - one valley man is a leader... as a metro captain in the northwest valley. at home - he is a dad - who is faced with a major challenge right now. the i-team's vanessa murphy brings you his personal story. ((captain james larochelle/metro police: the officer responded by firing shots...)) ((captain james larochelle/metro police: i feel like being a police officer that you get to see a lot of sad things in the community..) level of violence that we've been experiencing...)) ((captain: it's always made me feel that i've been very blessed in my life that what my family and i have...)) ((captain: the intent is, we can get that one piece of evidence...)) ((captain: but there was always that one part in your mind, the back of your mind to say when is the shoe gonna drop because i have it so good?)) james larochelle says that time came the day after he was promoted to metro police captain in march.... ((captain: this is kind of our challenge in life. it's a obstacle, a burden to bear for a moment.)) his daughter rosa was diagnosed with something that really hits you in the chest.)) ((lourdes larochelle: you know you get to bed you know one night and then you wake up and the next morning the phone rings, and there's that phone call and then your life will never be the same.)) rosa is undergoing treatment now.... ((nat )) at nine years old - she's shy.... ((nat)) has a love for art... ((rosa: there's a girl swimming.)) and she shared with us how she learned about her diagnosis... ((rosa: s this bone and she opened it and showed me the different types of cells including the leukemia cells.)) the larochelles say rosa's most recent biopsy revealed she has a 97-percent survival rate.... ((lourdes: that was some good news right away you know within the circumstances.)) they are thankful for support from family, friends, and candlelighters - a local basically just say we're here to help you and what do you need?)) on saturday - the family will help to raise money for the group which helps families dealing with childhood cancer... ((lourdes: we want to help you know spread the word so that other families don't have to go through it alone..)) ((nat of dad and rosa at computer )) team rosa is gearing up for the superhero 5k... ((james: we absolutely know that rosa is gonna beat this thing in a little bit and we're gonna better place and have just a greater appreciation of things...)) while rosa's recovery continues...they' re already looking forward to paying it forward. ((james: this is kind of our challenge in life....it's a obstacle, a burden to bear for a moment.)) vanessa murphy, 8 news now.// ((denise valdez)) >> we have a link to team rosa's web page on our website at las vegas now dot com. sponsors of the event which will be held at mountain's edge exploration park saturday morning./// ((tedd florendo)) ((( the heat returns this week and it's hotter today than yesterday with triple-digits around the region. winds increased as forecasted as well but still remain below windy criteria. we still are dry with single and we're a few degrees warmer than yesterday. ................................ .. afternoon highs hot around the valley with temps hottest over to the east side of town where we're lower in elevation. especially for the east and southeast neigbhorhoods. not-as-hot for the locales on the west side of town especially the foothills and certainly the mountains where it appears to be coolest. ................................ .... regional temps also stayed hot hotter for the colorado river valley from mesquite all the way down to the searchlight. more tolerable temps in the 90's for the central great basin where they also had some wind develop too. ................................ ... ..... u.s. temps show get stay hot only in the desert southwest but the southern plains with feels like temps in the 100's. still hot also for the northern plains and the mid-atlantic states with muggy conditions there down to the deep south. .. ............................. .... .......... doppler radar looking clear again across the region with most northwest. looking at the high mexico/texas to continue to progress northward and bring hotter weather this week; specifically late week. looking at the next system to roll through the north part of the state to increase wind this weekend and especially next week. .......................... ......... ................ here's the forecast. 80's by morning with clear skies and winds finally calming down overnight. should be comfortable and clear by morning wit wake-up temps in the 80's again. tomorrow expect a high of 106 again and hotter. we could see some light breezes the nfl season officially kicked off tonight. >> it's a rematch of last year's super bowl. denver and carolina. ((chris maathuis)) >> and former cimarron high grad brandon marshall follows the footsteps of a college teammate. plus... the prepsters were in action... thursday night lights... we've got highlights. plus... marvin menzies is taking advice from the community... more next here on channel 8. ((chris maathuis)) it's back and it's official. and what a way to kick it off. a rematch of super bowl 50. before the game... brandon marshall takes a knee to support his nevada reno teammate colin keapernick. the cimarron high grad on one knee to fight racial injustice. to the game... the orange crush is back... the denver's defense was dominant. each q-b tossed a touchdown... but the outcomea final 4 seconds... graham gano misses a 50 yarder and the broncos win it 21-20 ((chris maathuis)) there are no more moral victories for unlv football..the rebels are in it to win it no matter how stiff the competition that's the attitude tony sanchez and company are taking with them to pasadena. the rebels have lost their last 12 games to power 5 conference teams but enter saturday's showdown with ucla -- full of confidence. (tony sanchez/unlv head coach: "we're going with we're not going with the mindset of competing or making the margin closer. i know from the outset that is pretty darn tasking and tough but when you work as long as we do and as hard as we do, and put as much time with these guys as we do, we would never go in and expect to do anything else but go in there and fight for a win.") las vegas wildcats ranked number 7 in southern nevada..beating cimarron memorial like a drum.. big 4th down stop for cruz littlefield and the defense.. the speed.. wildcats stay perfect by beating the spartans 50-14 ((chris maathuis)) the runnin rebels biggest promoter is the head coach himself.. marvin menzies has been engaging groups across las vegas and spreading his message of a bright future. today marvin spoke to the christian business men's group and didn't just open the floor to questions, he asked for advice on what the runnin rebels can do to make the community proud (marvin menzies/runnin rebels head coach: "i'm picking the community's brain also and finding out what they want. it's not just about having a the demographics want you to do. i'm getting a lot on style of play, i'm getting a lot about player and community engagement. i'm picking up tid-bits i can help use and actually implement.") ((chris maathuis)) how about this for a fun weekend... the 5th annual pole dancing competition is in las vegas., who thought pole dancing was this competitive... 30 pole dancers are in las vegas. many of em were gymnasts and dancers... it's not your grandma's pole dance. (macarena difficult for me is doing amazing tricks with fluidity. doing it fluid and being amazing but flawless." paulina zamora/competitor: "once when you are done, there is no other feeling as satisfying finishing your routine.") ((denise valdez)) our strange stories for ((denise valdez)) i'm catherine cortez masto and i come from a big family. a whole lot of people. my dad's family was from mexico. my mom's was from italy. 60 years ago they met here in nevada and we grew as a family really grew as a family. dad got his start parking cars at the dunes hotel. but he went on to be the head of tourism for las vegas and helped build the city we know today. dad lived his life following three principles, work hard, be honest and respect everyone, that's what i tried to do as attorney general. catherine took on the big banks when they preyed on homeowners. and forced them to pay one point nine billion dollars to she became a national leader in protecting children from sex traffickers. and passed laws to keep seniors safe from crooked scams. i'm catherine cortez masto, i approve this message because i've spent my career solving problems, isn't that something ((paul joncich)) in amarillo texas, some homeowners are employing a duck-and-cover strategy in their homes... which continue to suffer collateral damage from a gun range! bulleta windows and getting lodged in houses. amazingly, no one's been shot yet, but they feel like it's only a matter of time. the sheriff says he can't do anything because no crime has occurred... and it's up to the range to come up with a solution./// ((tedd florendo)) you can't simulate childbirth, but the university of virginia is trying. with this robot that gives birth. it has a kind-of creepy appearance... but the robot is helping to train nursing school students. her name is victoria and she can complain of pain, she has a variable heartbeat -- and yes, ((chris maathuis)) sometimes you just gotta get out of the house. a 70-year-old kansas man found a way to do that permanently. police say he robbed a bank on purpose so he could go to jail -- because he doesn't want to be around his wife! the fbi says he stole 3-grand then sat in the bank lobby and told security he was the guy they were looking for. his wife of 33 years said they had an argument over the dryer. he faces 20 years in jail./// ((paul joncich)) that's all for us live at ((denise valdez)) >> the late show with stephen colbert is next with jessica alba and george takei. we'll see you back here tomorrow night./// captioning sponsored by cbs >> stephen: hey, jessica, thank you so much for being here. >> of course, my pleasure. >> stephen: i want to tell you, i'm a huge fan of your honest company. i use your products all the time. >> thank you, that's so great. >> stephen: you know what's so great? your shampoo. i use it every day. >> really? is it working out for you? >> stephen: you bet! whoa... 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