Secure the votes but a bombshell regarding more posible funding for road projects needed that may be holding up Assembly Members from heading back to the chamber to cast their vote. Chris Maathuis lombardo clark county this stands on its own. With the expansion of the Convention Center and the doesnt equate to that population so the raiders is incumbent upon them to provide private security and also Hire Police Officers per nrs to police the event sean stewart generally i think were a little down in the weeds with some of the details of what the governing body is going to look like, but yes, i think theyre starting to understand how many jobs are at stake and what theyre going to do for las vegas. Creation, its also important for us to stay competitive in the market place. Whether its the stadium, which will help us bring in more special events, when you add in the nfl brand, the raiders, unlv and us, thats a winning combination. And our facility will be able to attract more conventions and so well stay competitive for the next 2530 years. Las vegas always reinvents itself. This is the perfect way to do it. Mauricio MarinChris Maathuis suicide and his family is angry that more wasnt done to save his life. Dave CourvoisierStaff SergeantDavid Archuleta killed himself last week. His family talked to us tonight. With a powerful message for others. Shakala alvaranga is live in the studio to share their story. Nomatter what its a heartbreaking story dave and christianne, archuleta served in the u. S. Army for 22 years. He leaves behind four children. And as a mother prepares to bury her son, she cant help but wonder if hed still be alive today. If he had received the care he desperately needed. the closet door was open and i said whats the closet door doing open . And i just peaked around and thats when i found him. Shakala Alvaranga was 47 years old when he shot himself. david to me was always the strong one and the hero and the big brother who always protected me. Shakala Alvaranga he enlisted in the army when he was just 18 years old. A 22 year veteran, david served in the National Guard and the gulf war. he said mom you have no idea what ive been through, what ive seen, what ive done, and that is something that i will never ever talk to you or anybody about. Shakala Alvaranga suffered from ptsd so they sought help at the va hospital. he definitely needed some extreme help and care and i dont think he got it. I think the va failed him. I think we failed him. Shakala Alvaranga kimberly says david was in and out of the hospital for months. We brought their concerns to the chief of staff tonight. a million times you ask yourself what did i do . The problem they say. David didnt want help. i think david was living with so much guilt in his life and the things that had happened and transpired, that i i think he felt he was not worthy of help. Shakala Alvaranga the va hospital offers psychiatric treatment and support services. But the patient has to say they need help. David. Didnt. this is the challenge of keeping anyone at any length of time. They have civil rights. One suicide is too many. One suicide from a veteri zero. Shakala Alvaranga still, the archuletas hope more can be done for other families. we just lost our dad not even a year ago. So its been very tough. He always had his dad. I think that was another factor. Shakala Alvaranga even if its too late. For theirs. Shakala Alvaranga any time a patient commits suicide, the va launches an independent review. Meanwhile, the archulettas say they plan to bury david monday. Ways our vets can seek out help if they need it . Shakala Alvaranga the va encourages vets to enroll for care. And theres a hotline they can call any time if they need to talk. That number is 1800273talk. Christianne Klein family, friends, and colleagues of fallen North Las Vegas firefighter, captain yaphet miller, paid their respects today. Captain miller was laid to rest today after his death last week. He fell ill after fighting a washington in september, but an official cause of death has not yet been determined. The 22year veteran of the department was remembered fondly Sergio ReynosoNorth Las Vegas fire dept. he was a strong man, a great captain a great leader. Hes well respected within the department and the fire service as a whole. Christianne Klein eight years ago captain miller saved a toddler in a fire. He leaves behind a wife and two youre taking a live look outside. Another warm night, tedd. Its quiet but those winds are supposed to pick up again right . tedd florendo warm again today with some cloud cover mixed with sunshine. Winds stay mainly a light breeze today prior to the bigger wind arrival tomorrow. Humidity remains dry and desertlike again. Were s expect the temps to drop a little by the weekend with those winds and storms staying to the north. Hour by hour shows temps staying mild again tonight as we stay clear through the night temps in the 80s then 70s. Tomorrow expect some high clouds mixed with sunshine and winds increase by midday and stronger later in the day. Night around 11 15. The chase went across the valley to the northwest. Where police say the man displayed a gun on 215 near hualapai and north forth apache. Officers shot the man dead on the scene. A gun was recovered. The suspects name has not yet been released. Dave Courvoisier and metro police are seeking information in a murder this morning. Around 6 00 to men got in an argument at a chevron off lake mead and hollywood. One man was shot several times. Vehicle. Metro believes this could be gangrelated. You can remain anonymous when you call crime stoppers. Christianne Klein a defiant donald trump is vigorously denying hes had inappropriate contact with a growing list of accusers tonight. Five women have now come forward. Trump says. Theyre lying. On the campaign trail today trump denounced the claims as totally and absolutely false. A threat by trump to sue the New York Times for an article taking accounts from two paper telling trump theyll be happy to meet him in court. Hillary clinton told her supporters shes disturbed by these new allegations Hillary Clinton dpresident ial nominee it makes you want to turn off the news. It makes you want to unplug the internet or just look at cat gifs. Christianne Klein as for clinton, shes still dealing with revelations coming from stolen emails that belonged to her campaign manager. In one, robby mook called new york city mayor bill de blasio a terrorist for tweeting something positive about bernie sande. Democratic partys nominee. Christianne Klein dont forget. 8 news now and univision are hosting a Senate Debate tomorrow night. Congressman joe heck and former Nevada Attorney general Catherine Cortez masto will go toetotoe over the issues right here on channel 8. Debate coverage starts at 7 00. Christianne Klein 8 news now is your local election headquarters for all the races that matter to you. On air and online at las vegas now dot com. foster children on most any given day. The Adoption Exchange works with dfs to get that number reduced. And tonight they celebrated 67 adoptions at the annual heart gallery event at Madame Tussauds in the venetian. The professional portraits of area foster children were on display for prospective adoptive parents. Many of those children have also appeared on wednesdays child. Seeking adoption. Dave Courvoisier a nailbiter in our nations capital. Nationals took the dodgers to the brink. And it came to a staredown with cy youngwinner Clayton Kershaw. Jon tritsch has sports coming up. Christianne Klein and a mans body discovered inside a car in moapa. Was it murder . Or did his roommates panic in a bad situation . That story. Next. the desert is where bad guys go when they want to make evidence disappear. But hiding the evidence wont help danny tarkanian. Sure, he can bury all those property taxes he skipped out on for years. Or all those Fake Charities he helped set up. Or the scams against seniors he formed. Or the 17 million judgment he never paid. Ust a con man who cant bury the truth. Christianne Klein a young utah mans body was found hidden in the backseat of a stolen car. Matt mcdonald has the details. Bryce lowrys smiling face beams from the stands at a university of utah football game. brandi johns, family friend hes super fun. He even bigfoot costume. Just the fun uncle, just the kids loved him and whenever he walked in the room everyone went running for uncle bryce. Investigators believe bryce died sometime between october 2nd and the 5th. But they arent really sure. Because of what happened after his death. On this west jordan street. Outside this apartment. Cherie ann clark told police bryce overdosed. Next. Court documents reveal clark and a friend . Wrapped bryces body in a sheet and a sleeping bag. bryces family had reported him missing and his car nevada, with Cherie Ann Clark and Joshua Lee Zobel inside. In the back seat they had. Placed a large amount of her personal property on top of bryce, concealing his body. clark and zobel were arrested. brandi johns, family friend he wouldnt want people to worry about what happened to him, hed want people to remember him for the person that he is. Brandi says she knew bryce struggled with substance abuse. But she says he never struggled to show his family that he loved them. brandi johns, family friend the famy two days before they had a really big family event on sunday and they were able to make some great memories, so were all just trying to cling to the good memories of his life. Christianne Klein that was Matt Mcdonald reporting. An autopsy is being done to determine lowrys official cause of death. The two people arrested face charges of theft by receiving property, abuse or desecration of a human body and obstruction of justice. Dave CourvoisierGraduation Rate increased 2. 6 for the graduating class of 2016. Its now up to 74 . Ccsd says thats an increase of 15 in the last five years. 2016 is the districts largest graduating class. With more than 17thousand students earning their degrees. Dave Courvoisier you can win a prize and help raise money for animal shelters in southern nevada. By dressing up your pet on saturday. The family, fur and fun festival is at exploration park in Mountains Edge on buffalo. Contests to raise money, plus games for everyone. The event runs from 10 to 3. Dave Courvoisier if you love the beatles. You can watch the beatles love for free. Starting tomorrow, every friday and sunday you can watch show rehearsals at no cost. Rehearsals are at 4 15 and 4 45 on fridays. And 3 00 and 3 30 on sundays at the mirage. tedd florendo more clouds today mixed as temperatures warmed up above average again. Looking close to 90 degrees with puts us nearly 10 degrees above average for this time of year. Rain chances remain slim at this point as well even mohave county as instability remains weak right now. Temperatures around the region warmed to low 90s for the east part of the valley where we remained the warmest due to low elevation. West side cooler in the high 80s; even cooler today. Many neighborhoods remained above average for our highs and will stay that way through the next few days. Regional temps also remained extra warm from mesquite all the way down to laughlin as we jumped the 90s through plenty of neighbohroods. Were expecting many locales to stay that way for a few days before we see some changes late week with wind first then slightly cooler temps heading to slight shower chances could return next week. Radar showing high clouds moving through the region ahead of a trough but showers have been limited around the region. Even conditions are quiter in mohave county where we did antcipate Thunderstorm Development and even that remains low for now. Were expecting a slight increase in wind today with wind decreasing a little tomorrow. Heres the forecast. Tonight expect a low near 70 and skies. Slight breezes through the evening but lighter winds by late and overnight. Tomorrow expect a high of 89 degrees and staying above average again. Clouds clear more tomorrow as we heat up again. Extended forecast shows mostly sunny to sunny skies all week. Temps remain above average through the workweek, but do drop slightly by late week. Well begin to see some breezy winds develop late week as well, but we still remain dry with slight shower chances returning early next week. Well have another weather update coming up in a few Dave Courvoisier election season isnt the only thing heating up in washington Christianne Klein playoff baseball was full of drama tonight jon tritsch who wan a piece of the bs. Ok all 9 innis to find t. Plus the rebels are on a work trip to the islands. We have a unique look on the game and a coaching legend gives his take on vegas as a pro sports town. All that coming up in sports jon tritsch politics can take a break. They the desert is where bad guys go when they want to make evidence disappear. But hiding the evidence wont help danny tarkanian. Sure, he can bury all those property taxes he skipped out on for years. Or all those Fake Charities he helped set up. Or the scams against seniors he formed. Or the 17 million judgment he never paid. He can try, but he cant make his record disappear. Two billionaires, spending millions to buy a senate seat for joe heck. Smearing Catherine Cortez masto with ads called bogus, highly misleading, and false. As attorney general, its cortez masto who held banks accountable and helped nevada homeowners. And governor sandoval praised Cortez Mastos dedication to fighting sex trafficking. Dont let joe hecks billionaires fool you. Catherine cortez masto im Catherine Cortez masto jacky rosen im jacky rosen, and as a computer programmer, i created apps. Before they were lled apps and i learned theres always a Smart Solution. As president of my synagogue, we found a Smart Solution to Rising Energy costs. Creating one of the largest Solar Projects in the state. In congress, ill work with democrats and republicans to make all of nevada a leader in solar, to improve our schools, and create good jobs. I approved this message because i know we can. Nations capital. Won one since Ronald Reagan was in washington. Whos campaign wants to take on the cubs in the nlcs there are all of your congressman. All on the same side for once. Washington strikes early. But here comes the dodgers. Joc pederson. Ties the game. Dodgers need more scoring. Justin turner. Overdrive. Fence tag in center field. 2 runs score. Turner enthusiastic about his triple. Bottom of the ninth. The Clayton Kershaw for his first ever save. Like a gunslinger walking into a saloon. He saves the day. 43 dodgers advance to the nlcs to play the cubs jon tritsch on saturday two success starved schools say hello in aloha stadium. Hawaii and unlvs game may be full of suspense. But we preview the showdown by having a little fun and with an assist from coaches tony sanchez and Nick Rolovich the win against fresno was one big highlight clip. But the to find victory on this tropical trip tony sanchez coach from one week to another its amazing how things can flip. They found out against the aztecs. Offense isnt as easy as they thought because they tony sanchez coach we got to figure it out the quarterback spot. A 7 point performance. Put it in the past. But there is no doubt. tony sanchez coach we got to figure that out fast. Unlv is counting on the land of volcanos to erupt with flare tony sanchez coach see what we can do to add a little more explosion over there. the rebels last voyage to hawaii was exciting and then it fell these guys dont have much to do with that. the rainbow warriors are 20 in the mountain west. But many wonder if they are for real Nick Rolovich coach maybe it helps with our confidence but other than that its not a big deal. sure the beat unr and san jose state. But there is nothing intimidating about the guys in green the margin is as thin as there has ever been. The rebels must find it from within jon tritsch the raiders are excited. Football fans are hopeful and city but what would an nfl franchise really mean for those already involved in the local sports scene .