Kids coming to school ready to work and parental involvement. Raul says kids in Elementary School having a longer lunch. While angie says shed like to see kids have more time in recess. You can join the conversation. Just go to our 8 news now facebook page. paul joncich its feeling nice out today tedd is it already time for the big warm up . tedd florendo warm outside today and we already broke a record high by beating the previous 76 degree high set back in 1972. Staying warm right now and through this evening should be mild and comfy. Mostly clear skies. Evening planner calling for pleasant evening temps in the 70s early then nice 60s through the nigh under mainle clear skies. Well have more on your weeklong forecat comning up which also includes some shower chances. The man accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed two take a plea deal. Seong lee plead guilty to two counts of felony driving and or being in actual physical control of a car while under the influence. Lee was 22 years old when police said he was speeding, and driving drunk on boulder highway near russell road. Lee crashed into a car killing a 17 and 18 year old girl. Police said lees bloodalcohol percentage was more than twice the legal limit lees previous drunk driving arrest prior to the deadly crash. paul joncich police are trying to figure out if a deadly shooting early sunday morning. Was the result of road rage. It happened near decatur and alta. Raymond heflan says he saw the shooting take place. crossing the stoplight coming from work and the one car pulled up like he was gonna make a left hand turn on hayes immediately another car pulled up along side of em on the passenger side and unloaded about 20 shells. paul joncich when officers arrived, they found two victims inside a car riddled with bullets. A woman was pronounced dead on scene. The male vistim was rushed to umc with at least two gunshot wounds and is expected to survive. Police have not released a suspect description but they believe the getaway vehicle is a black, fourdoor nissan sedan with california plates. If you have any information, please call crimestoppers. Denise Valdez the minor accused of killing swans and other birds at Desert Shores admitted to a felony charge today in court and will serve probation and go to counseling. The teen appeared in Juvenile Court today. The courthouse. Activists from the nevada Political Action for animals brutal and demand justice for the birds. Stacia Newman preside nt nv Political Action for animals i cant even imagine how horrible the swans felt because they were loved and cared for by the community and then to have someone come in and brutal murder these swans its gets choked up its is. Its horrible Denise Valdez six other charges of maiming. Poisoning. Or killing an animal were dismissed as part of the plea deal. The teen will also be on probation until his 21st birthday. paul joncich phase one of a mulimillion dollar galleria marketplace has been completed in henderson the Retail Center will be located at near sunset road and stephanie. A p. Ts gold is expected to open by april along with a las pupusas. The Company Behind the project says the goal is to transform previously idle offices into an attractive new shopping hub. The space will suit restaurants, Service Retail and other businesses. those with a craving for southern food. Cracker barrel is bringing not one. But two restaurants to las vegas this year back in december. We heard that a location would open near the silverton. Today. County leaders announced a second restaurant. Near the i15 and craig. The restaurant provides home style Southern Comfort food. The North Las Vegas groundbreaking is set for wednesday morning. paul joncich gearing up for super tuesday. Denise Valdez the pressure building for candidates and why one front runner is facing accusations of racism. announcer youre watching 8 news now at 4 with Denise Valdez and paul joncich. The news of Southern Nevada is now. paul joncich the nations highest military honor has been awarded to a navy seal who helped save an american hostage in afghanistan. Edward byers junior. A member of the navys seal team six. Paid a visit to the white house this morning. In 2012. The Senior Special ops chief was american who had been abducted by the taliban. Byers is the first living. Activeduty member of the navy to receive the award in four decades u. S. Navy senior chief special Warfare Operator edward byers, jr. medal of honor recipient i will continue doing my job in the navy, continue being a seal. Doing the thing i love. in the entire history of the navy seals. Byers is only the sixth member to receive the medal of honor. This award is the biggest one of many for byers. He also has five bronze stars and two purple hearts. Denise Valdez voters in about a dozen states will cast ballots on super tuesday where hundreds of delegates are up for grabs. As pressure mounts on candidates to win, donald trump faces extra heat because of his slow response to denounce his racist supporters. Craig boswell reports from the white house. Black lives matter activists targeted Donald Trumps rally in radford, virginia. donald trump r president ial out all lives matter. The billionaire became a target after he refused to disavow former kkk leader david duke on a sunday morning talk show. Monday he said he couldnt hear clearly because of a bad ear piece. His opponents arent buying it. sen. Marco rubio rfl president ial candidate i dont care how bad the ear piece is Klu Klux Klan comes through pretty clearly and he refuses to criticize it. How can someone like that be our nominee . Even after trump refused dukes support it may still make voters think twice during tomorrows super tuesday elections. John Dickerson cbs news political director it gives support to those who say hes playing footsie with some of the ugliest ideas out there in order to build support for his candidacy. Cbs news polls shows trump with big leads in virginia and georgia. But ted cruz is winning in his home state of texas. The same cbs news poll has Hillary Clinton up 20 points or more in texas, georgia and virginia. And is already looking ahead to the general election. Hillary Clinton d president ial candidate i will turn my attention to whomever the republicans decide to nominate and i can tell you this, one advantage i have is years and im still standing. Bernie sanders is focusing on minnesota and massachusetts ahead of tuesdays vote. Craig boswell, cbs news, fairfax, virginia. Denise Valdez it wasnt just protestors that ran into trouble at Donald Trumps virginia rally monday. A photographer from Time Magazine was arrested after he got into a scuffle with the secret service. Denise Valdez 8 news now is your local election headquarters. For super tuesday. Dont miss our special presentation of politics now tomrrow at 730 right here on 8 news now. Where we have you covered all through election year. Both on air and online at las vegas now dot com. paul joncich elvis has westgate. Denise Valdez why their popular exhibit on the king is now shut down. And why the westgate may be taking legal action. announcer now nevadas first now at 4. Denise Valdez the popular elvis exhibit at the westgate has been shut down. According to a statement from the hotel. The operator of the exhibit and show has ceased operations of the Graceland West exhibit and graceland chapel. The casino says they consider the actions to be a default of their agreement and plan to refunds for all presold tickets to the show are available in full at the westgate box office. paul joncich hundreds of athletes put themselves to the test this weekend as they scaled the 108 flights of the stratosphere tower. 44 year old sproule love of new york made it to the top first in 7 minutes and 22 seconds. His exact same winning time as last year. The goal was to raise money for the American Lung association and to promote lung health in nevada. I had the pleasure of emceeing the event. And we want to also congratulate our own 8news now team for toss to weather < tedd florendo < < warm again today with also warm overnight. Normal 65 with no record temps but still warmer than average. Weather headlines calling for temps to stay warm for a little while. Another day of near record temps this week. But it will become windy and cooler with shower chances. When . Well show you coming up in your full forecast. Afternoon temps also in the high 70s through the valley today but still above average near 80. Warmest over the east side of the valley where were lowever in elevation. Cooler but mild for the west side of the valley and foothills of las vegas. Regional temps warmer down on the Colorado River valley with warmest temps south county in laughlin and bullhead city. Warmest over to death valley late today and cooler up in the central great basin. Warm in the Desert Southwest and southern plains. Cooelr in the plains states after warming in the 60s yesterday. Theyll be colder tomorrow there and warmer 50s over to the midatlantic. They love the 50s after some cold temps the past few days. Showers in the illinois and indianat with snow just due north there with snow in the upper great latkes region and canada. Back over the west coast we have high clouds scattered over the region despite the high directly overhead. But no rain yet nor do we expect any. Its a warm february indeed and dry too. 20 days of 70 degrees or more, beating last years record 19 days of 70 degrees or more. This will go down as the 3rd warmest february on record with an average temp of 57. 3 degrees. Last year was the warmest february on record. Tonight expect a low of 56 with plenty of clouds tonight and by morning. Winds less than 10 and staying light. Tomorrow expect a high of 79 with clouds and sun. Starting with clouds in the morning and clearing through the day. Winds light breeze, but still gusty at times down the Colorado River valley for tomorrow. Neighborhood by neighborhood temps in the high 70s tomorrow afternoon with some 80s over the to the east side of the valley and in southeast sections of the valley. Cool in the upper 50s. Extended forecast near 80 this week. Mostly sunny with north breezes tomorrow and breezy winds expected late week. Warmer than average. Sun and more clouds by weekend. Denise Valdez local homeowners cry foul after they say a vital route was closed without any notice. Demetria obilor investigates, in whats driving you crazy . Demetria Obilor sid says, recently, clark county commissioners voted to close homestretch drive between Sandstone Bluffs drive and hualapai way for the benefit of the faith lutheran schools. Many homes. This was done without public input. This looks like a good old boy violation of public law. Clark county commissioners voted to close down homestretch drive earlier this year, primarily due to a safety conflict presented by the faith lutheran schools. Homestretch drive between Sandstone Bluffs and hualapai cut right through the schools campus to the north and south of the route, which School Officials believed posed a threat to student safety. Faith lutheran wanted students to have a better connection to both sides of its property. Emergency vehicles are still permitted along the stretch, but regular traffic is not. I reached out to clark county to find out if any meetings were held regarding the proposed closure, and i found out there were several. One on june 10, august 26, december 10 and january 7. The zoning meeting was held on january 20, where a handful of residents from the surrounding neighborhoods spoke out its clear that many nearby homeowners were made aware of this situation, but its also clear that some were left out of the loop. Send your traffic question to traffic eight at las vegas now dot com. paul joncich Hollywood Hollywood is still buzzing after last nights oscars. Denise Valdez how some Hollywood Alisters celebrated their victory while also helping out a across tinseltown, oscar after parties went on well into the night. Denise Valdez after his big win, best actor Leonardo Dicaprio took his gold statue to the governors ball. While other stars hit the red teri okita has more from hollywood. The curse was finally broken for Leonardo Dicaprio last night who finally took home the best revenant dicaprio it all feels incredibly surreal brie larson also picked up a golden statue for her performance in room brie larson i feel really strong and excited to be holding this gold guy when the curtain fell on the big show. The stars made their way to the governors ball to toast to the night. michael sugar, producer, spotlight we worked so hard on this film and to have it rewarded like this is truly amazing many praised host and Comedian Chris Rock who pushed the envelope in addressing the oscarssowhite controversy. Minnie Driver chris rock is an amazing performer and person and it needed to happen superstar elton john used his annual afterparty to raise awareness for hiv and aids Elton John Oscar party host weve made a lot of progress in the havent made enough progress teri okita reporting the parties also give celebrities a chance to meet for the first time, and yes, they, too, get starstruck. sheryl crow singer oh, i do. Listen, if i walked into Leonardo Dicaprio right now, i dont know what i would do fashion stylist Carson Kressley got a big surprise as he looked over the guest list. Carson Kressley gene simmons gene simmons from kiss. teri hes right behind you. carson oh, my god, i was just talking about you. gene i heard. carson youre one of my faves gene can i touch you . carson i wish you would the glitz and glamour was not lost on tinseltowns biggest night. As celebs showed off their styles and awards into early hours. Teri okita, cbs news, hollywood. Denise Valdez the Vanity Fair Party always draws alisters to the event. Guests included Leonardo Dicaprio and his oscar. Jennifer lawrence, selena gomez, blake shelton. With a performance by gwen stefani. paul joncich stopping the abuse. Denise Valdez how the Catholic Church is responding after one official says he looked the other way for years while announcer now, nevadas first choice for news. This is 8 news now at 4 Denise Valdez one of pope francis top advisers says the Catholic Church has made enormous mistakes. Allowing thousands of children to be abused over the centuries. Cbs tina kraus has the story from london. I swear. By almighty god. Australian Cardinal George pell testified via videolink in rome as part of an australian inquiry into child sex abuse. He told commissioners in sydney its a scandal that the Catholic Church allowed thousands of children to suffer abuse at the hands of priests. Cardinal George pell vatican treasurer the church in many places, certainly in australia, has mucked things up, has let people down. Im not here to defend the indefensible. Pell acknowledged he had heard that an australian Catholic School teacher who serially abused students enex might be involved in pedophilia activity in the 1970s, but had no idea how rampant clergy abuse was at the that time. Cardinal George pell vatican treasurer aptn i must say in those days if a priest denied strongly inclined to accept the denial. Victims about two dozen abuse survivors from australia traveled to italy to hear pell testify. peter blenkiron, abuse survivor lets get the actions in place to support those with damages in the past and to ensure that it can never happen to children again. Pell, who is now pope francis top financial adviser, had a private audience with the pope after he testified. Tina kraus, cbs news. Denise Valdez the testimony came just hours before spotlight won best picture at the academy awards. The film is a reallife drama about a team of journalists who expose a ring of pedophile priests. paul joncich the soldier accused of killing his wife and a Virginia Police officer, went before a judge this morning. Police say Staff SergeantRonald Hamilton shot and killed Ashley Guindon saturday on her first