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KLAS 8 News Now At 4 PM February 18, 2016

Way home from school five years ago. 23yearold Javier Righetti entered his guilty plea earlier this month. For the 2011 slaying of Arbor View High School sophomore. Alyssa otremba. The defense Attorney Says righetti decided to spare everyone a long trial. Righetti admits kidnapping, sexually assaulting and stabbing otremba dozens of times before burning her corpse in northwest las vegas. Next month. A jury will consider whether he should be executed. this is breaking news from 8 news now happening right now on the las vegas strip. A billboard truck overturned right in front of the flamingo. Heres a live look from the rtcs fast cam network. This is the intersection of flamingo and las vegas boulevard. You see metro officers blocking the northbound lanes of the strip. Just past the pedestrian bridge. Out of view. Is where the crash happened. The driver was taken to umc with non life threatening injuries. Toss to weather winds taking a little while to get started but we already have Wind Warnings in effect for the mountains. They are in effect through tomorrow afternoon. The wind advisory for the valley starts at 4 am and lasts also through tomorrow afternoon. As we anticipate gust up to 60 or more tonight in the Spring Mountains. Up to 50 in other parts of the region. Heres what to expect. Gusty winds starting soon and getting stronger through tomorrow. More clouds with rain chances tonight and also tomorrow specifically the Morning Hours before clearing by afternoon. Snow levels stay high around 8,000 feet. Hour by hour for tonight stays warm, but we have more clouds late evening with winds becoming gusty at times. Well have more on the forecast coming up. Some call it a super bloom a sea of wildflowers blooming early in Death Valley National park. Denise Valdez tedd, this is a rare event. It only happens once every decade. Our 8 news news reporter, tony smith is live at death valley. Tony. You dont have to look far take a look there are tons of flowers right in front of Visitor Center here. And i got to tell you, this place has been non stop with people from near and far to see the desert gold. Now, if you want to see the so call super bloom, you have to travel about 15miles or more south on bad water to get to see thousand of flowers. This thanks to the el nino rains weve had. This is a rare event, the last two were in 19 98 and 2005. linda slater, National Park ranger we will proablly continue to but these fields of flowers, like we are seeing right now. Theyre close to their prime, right to their peak right now. Especially south, along bad water road. So, you have some time before the sea of yellow will be gone. Theres also some other raree flowers popping up the desert five spot flowers so, there is life here in death valley. If you are planning on coming out here expect it to be a very windy. Now, we also got an update on the flooding recovery and things have a long way to go before its back to normal. Reporting live at Death Valley National park, tony smith 8 news now. Denise Valdez pope francis. Wrapping up his historic trip. paul joncich why the trip for some of the locals who came to see him. Denise Valdez and rascal flatts. Back for more. Whos joining the band during their second las vegas residency. < one of the areas that ive been particularly interested in is the area of children. We intend to be sure that everybody in this room and every child in this state is somebody. No matter where theyre born, no matter to whom they are born. Has a chance to live up to his or her godgiven potential. Ive spent my life fighting for children, and im not stopping now. Im Hillary Clinton, now at 4 with Denise Valdez and paul joncich. The news of Southern Nevada is now. Denise Valdez pope francis is showing his support for migrants on his last day in mexico. Hes celebrating mass in a border town where many mexicans have risked their lives trying to enter the u. S. Cbs reporter adriana diaz has the story from juarez, mexico. Pope francis became the first pope to visit the mexican border. In juarez across from el, paso texas the pope met with prisoners. Later he celebrates mass before 200 thousand, just 50 yards from the us border. People started pouring in before dawn to get a good spot. El papa some came on foot from texas. Mexico 24 33 more than 50 thousand people cross this border between el paso and juarez every day. There are some who want to see the pope, but wont risk leaving the us. Me habria gustado estar alla con mi gente mexicana. i would have loved to be there with my fellow mexicans, this devout catholic said. But she cant shes undocumented and has lived in el paso for 26 years. She asked us not to use her name. Yo siento que estamos solos mis hijos y yo my kids and i feel all alone here she said. Her husband was deported 13 years ago. They havent seen each other since. Even though he lives just 2 and a half miles away in juarez. She cried speaking about her divided family ad does the popes visit give you hope . Le da esperanza esta visita, esta visita del papa . Si sobre todo tengo mucha fe yes she said above all else i have faith. Some american born children of undocumented immigrants are crossing the border on their own to see the pope. This little boys sign says he wants to be a priest. Adriana diaz cbs news, juarez. Heads back to italy after the mass in juarez. paul joncich country superstars rascal flatts are coming back to las vegas for their second residency singing Mayberry Paul joncich we stopped by the joint inside the hard rock yesterday to hang out with guys ahead of their rhythm and roots residency which debuts tonight. They sang an oldie but goodie, mayberry along with their newest hit, i like the sound of that. Which is just a snippet of what you can expect at their second gig in town. The superstars are pretty funny guys. Joking around about how they like to spend their time while in Las Vegas Jay joe don goes to the spearmint rhino laughs joe don jay drives me gary just for the brunch. Theyve gotta great brunch jay ya theyve got a great mac n cheese over there. , they say its home style. Joe don its something we dont have in nashville so i wanna make sure i. Brian the spearmint rhino is known for the homestyle mac. Gary absolutely. Its got bacon on top will play 9 shows for their rhythm and roots residency which kicks off tonight and runs through march 5th. Barrett baber. A finalist on the voice will open for the band. Tickets start at just 40 bucks. If youd like to purchase some, just head to las vegas now dot com. paul joncich apple ceo. Not backing down from the fbi. Denise Valdez why the tech giant is refusing to help unlock the phone once used by terrorists. Theyre one of the wall street banks that triggered the financial meltdown goldman sachs. Just settled with authorities r their part in the crisis that put seven million out of work and millions out of their homes. How does wall street get away with it . Millions in Campaign Contributions and speaking fees. Our economy works for wall street because its rigged by wall street. And thats the problem. As long as washington is bought and paid for, we cant build an economy that works for people. Denise Valdez federal investigators say they are missing some key evidence in the terrorist attack at a San Bernardino health facility. paul joncich now, a federal judge has mandated apple to decrypt a cell phone belonging to one of the attackers but apple says it plans to fight the judges order. According to authorities. Syed farook and Tafsheen Malik carefully planned their bloody rampage which killed 14 people. But the couples whereabouts leading up to the attack and who they spoke with remains a mystery. A judge ordered apple to help shooters encrypted iphone. In an online letter to its customers. Apple ceo tim cook says the Us Government has asked us for something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create. They have asked us to build a backdoor to the iphone. Apple has five days to file an appeal. Which could end up going all the way to the supreme court. toss to weather < tedd florendo warm tedd florendo warm outside right now as many neighborhoods hit the 80s today. First 80s of the year so far with cooler temps tomorrow. High 70s with some neighborhoods in the 80s this afternoon. Cooler over to the west side of the valley with cooler temps in kyle canyon later today. Regional temps also in the 70s from mesquite all the way down to laughlin and 70s for pahrump later today too. Mid 50s in the central sections of the state and colder in ely this afternoon. Winds taking a little while to get started but we already have Wind Warnings in effect for the mountains. They are in effect through tomorrow afternoon. The wind advisory for the valley starts at 4 am and lasts also through tomorrow afternoon. As we anticipate gust up to 60 or more tonight in the Spring Mountains. Up to 50 in other parts of the region. Tracking the low off the coast sitting and spinning, but its trailing cold front is bringing the much needed rain to california. Lets zoom into our area and show the rain moving through l. A the atmosphere in the nye county right now. We have chance of these shower moving through the evening and tomorrow morning as well. Futurecast show slight chances tonight and overnight into the morning. Then clearing by midday and afternoon. What we do know is were expecting strong winds to develop tonight, but especially strong winds for tomorrow which is the reason for the weather wind alerts. Up to 50 for the valley and surrounding neighborhoods. And up to 60 or more for the Spring Mountains and red rock. Breezy friday and calmer by weekend. Toniight 58 for the low gusty and mild by morning. Showers are possible tomorrow mornign as well. Windy and cooler tomorrow with temps in the high 60s with gusts up to 50 possible. Mount charleston with have very the wind warning not an advisory. Snow level up to 8,000 feet. So both rain and a mix up at the ski resort. Extended forecsat shows those 60s wont last too long. Mid 70s by the weekend again with temps by monday getting very close to records. 10yearsold is a difficult age. No longer a child, but not just yet a teen. paul joncich dave courvoiser introduces us to kylee. Whos hoping to find a family. Dave Courvoisier yes, this to call her own. But youll have to like freckles. And someone who is smart and high spirited. When youre ten, there are still plenty of firsts to discover, and on this day, kylee was busy discovering the challenges and the fun of ice skating. Actually, she got the hand of it pretty fast it just got better i started falling and then i got better. There are some obvious analogies here between skating and kylees life. Shes had it rough. Has suffered some personal falls. But has always gotten up and moved forward. She has you know shes had a really tough time in her 10 years of life and shes so positive about it, and shes really looking forward to her forever, and her future right now, kylees in a stable and supportive foster home. But she needs a real family to call her own. So kylee and i have talked about kind of what shes looking for she definitely would like to be the only child or have older siblings in the home preferably so she would be able to get that oneonone attention. Cleary kylee has thought a lot about adoption, and what that would mean to her. So i dont actually have to move around anymore, like from family to family, pack up unpack pack u unpack pack up unpack the family that adopts kylee will have to stepitup to keep up. She has so many strengths. She is an amazing artist. An amazing reader. Shes an amazing writer. She can write short stories, poems. Ive read some of them. Its not complicated. Kylee deserves a permanent loving home. A basic need for any child so i could actually have a family to live in to stay in Dave Courvoisier kylie has a sister in Southern Nevada that shed like to stay in touch with. But other than that the skys the limit call the Adoption Exchange now to get started with her adoption. 702 4366335. Denise Valdez breathtaking images of earth. paul joncich the amazing images astronaut scott kelly is sharing. After spending nearly a year aboard the International Space paul joncich astronaut scott kelly is almost finished with his yearlong stay aboard the International Space station. But before he goes. Hes sharing some amazing views of the world. Check out these photos kelly posted on his twitter page. The pictures show a snow covered region. Green and blue seas. Even orange sands and a yellow desert. Kelly is slated to return to earth next month. Kelly holds the record for the longest stretch of time any us astronaut has spent in space. Denise Valdez drivers say one Construction Zone is creating a dangerous situation on the freeway. Explains whats going on and what henderson is doing about it, in whats driving you crazy . Demetria Obilor jim says, construction cones have made the merge from russell rd. To u. S. 95 south short and dangerous. You cant see traffic youre merging with, especially at night. The cones at russell and us 95 are part of the stephanie street bridge project. Jim, i asked henderson to look into the situation. Henderson says it understands that the cones have created a tight merge, thats why crews put up additional Message Boards to warn drivers. Henderson has asked the rtc to turn on the ramp meters during peak traffic to stop multiple vehicles from trying merge at the same time. The stephanie Street Project should finish up in april. Hey whats driving you crazy . Traffic eight at las vegas now dot com. paul joncich more and more democrats in nevada are feeling the bern. Denise Valdez the huge gap vermont senator Bernie Sanders has closed in the polls. Just days before the caucus. at 4 paul joncich a new poll paints two different pictures of the president ial races in nevada. Todays cnn o rc poll shows republican frontrunner donald trump with a big lead. 26 points ahead of marco rubio, whos running in second. Denise Valdez but the democratic race. Is as close as it can get between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Political reporter Patrick Walker is here with more. Patrick Walker who would have seen this coming on the democratic side just 6 weeks ago . Hillary clinton had a 23point lead right after christmas. But its evaporated since then. The last two polls have clinton and sanders virtually tied among nevada caucus goers. This mornings cnn orc poll shows clinton with a 4847 lead. Thats well within the polls margin of error. The ground game has rampedup for both candidates over the last week. Both campaigns have organized and have been reaching out to as many democratic caucusgoers as possible. The Sanders Campaign says its seen an influx of volunteers as of late. While clinton organizers say theyre doubling down on their well established groundgame. emilie pollack Hillary Clinton field organizer all hands on deck, weve been here on the ground since april, its always been like that, but now its just, yeah, its always been like that. Assm. Heidi swank d las vegas i think that increased engagement that i see just in my little neighborhood here is really indicative of the larger momentum that senator sanders has found in nevada. the Republican Party says its candidates campaigns have been busy here as well. Even though the candidates have been focused on South Carolina. A Party Spokeswoman tells us they have seen thousands of Voters Register as republicans in order to participate in the gop caucus. Which is next tuesday. Patrick Walker but first. Its the democrats turn. Caucusing begins at 11 am statewide. Well have complete coverage on air and online saturday. And remember. We are your local election caucuses and leading up to the november election. thanks Denise Valdez the republican canididates are on the other side of the country. Crisscrossing South Carolina ahead of that states primary on saturday donald trump has a twotoone lead over the secondplace candidate in the latest quinnipaic poll. During a Campaign Event today. The topic of enhance interrogation came up. Trump told the crowd not only would he approve waterboarding, but he doesnt think it goes far enough. donald trump r president ial candidate, they want to kill us. They want to kill our country. They want to knock out our cities. And dont tell me it doesnt work. Torture works, okay folks . Denise Valdez trump is polling far ahead of ted cruz and marco rubio in South Carolina. This despite rubio is picking up an endorsement from the states gover

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