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Go through and test all the backpacks and shoes left behind by students after many were kept late into the next morning for screening. At last checkonly about 170 bags have been cleared out of more than 13hundred. They might have to be moved so school can resume next week. Investigators are also still trying to figure out where the student managed to get the mercury from. randy nattis epa in some cases its usually from grandfathers shed or backyard and grandson or daughter finds a cool jar and mercury looks nice in a jar and want to play around with it. Mauricio Marin says there were no thermometers missing from school that could contain mercury. Many parents feel the School District didnt do a good job communicating with them about what was going on the night many kids were kept for about 17 hours inside the school. Skorkowsky admits theres room for improvement. And says the district will have a debrief on how to better handle a situation that could arise like this again. They will be on campus until 10 tonight. And through the weekend if necessary to screen clothing parents may be concerned could have been exposed to mercury. Reporting live. Mauricio marin. 8 news now. Denise Valdez what about the campus itself . Is it still being decontaminated . Mauricio Marin crews have been going classroom to classroom checking mercury levels. The epa says a large part of campus has been deemed safe. If there are any concerning levels foundhe and are confident school will start back up again monday. Back to you. paul joncich its now law. The final vote needed to shift power within our School District. Has passed. The legistlative commission unanimously decided to adopt regulations to reorganize the countrys fifth largest district. Under the new rules. Principals have more power. And each school will be its own precinct within the distirct. The new format will be in place by the 20172018 school year. paul joncich parents will now get to decide if their kids want to take part in Sex Education at clark county schools. This after trustees voted six to one to support the optin law in the next legislative session. District f trustee Carolyn Edwards was the only one to vote no. Denise Valdez csn is opening its doors to the students struggling after itt tech announced it would close. The Community College has assigned specialists at each campus to help students get back on track. Unfortunately. Most of the credits from itt wont ts accredited school. But some might be accepted through csns non traditional education review process. And even though the fall semester has already started. Students can still register for shortterm classes. For those looking at three other local voctional schools. You can contact the commission on postsecondary education. That information on your screen. paul joncich toss to weather helped. We have seen less smoke today than over the weekend. Still a slight haze in the air, but the winds also not as strong as yesterday. Temps this morning dropped as low as 69 at mccarran. We havent seen that temps since may, so the unofficial end to summer felt like it this morning. Plenty of sunshiine and cooler today than yesterday. Lets 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. The victim died at the hospital. No word on who police are looking for in connection with the incident. Denise Valdez its almost been 15 years since Al Qaeda Terror Group carried out a series of attacks on american soil. Just days following the september 11th attacks. Special webcams were put up to honor the victims. Right now youre looking at a live look of the at the one World Trade Center from the hudson river. The website also has several timelapse videos showing the center, the september 11th memorial and museum in lower manhattan. Denise Valdez and be sure to join us this sunday morning as 8 news now remembers 9 11. We talk with locals who were directly impacted by the attacks 15 years ago. As well take you live to ceremonies across the country. That starts at 5 30 sunday morning. paul joncich the wells fargo fiasco continues today. Many are left wondering how would they know if they were affected we explain straight ahead. paul joncich and coming up at 4 30 the close call of one clerk this is 8 news now at four. paul joncich were learning more about a stunning admission from the countrys biggest bank. Wells fargo. Federal regulators say wells fargo employees created more than onepoint five million phony bank accounts. And more than half a million credit card accounts for it. It was allegedly done to meet demanding quotas placed on the employees and had been going on for 5 years. 53hundred employees are without a job and wells fargo has been slapped with a hefty fine. The largest ever given to an institution to date. As for the banks customers. If you were affected you have already been refunded up to 25 dollars. Denise Valdez donald trump and Hillary Clinton have sparred all week over National Security. Clinton is getting help from republicans to make her case. While trump says clinton would put more boots on the ground. And new developments from north Koreas Nuclear Weapon Program are adding to the fight. Weijia jiang has the latest from the white house. Hillary clinton met with a group of National Security experts in new york friday. More than 50 republican National Security experts say trump will make america less safe. Including former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff and Richard Fontaine a former Foreign Policy advisor to john mccain. Both attended the trump says clinton is too eager to go to war. donald trump r president ial nominee trigger happy. Totally trigger happy. Shes raced to invade, intervene and topple regimes. weijia jiang cbs news the white house north korea announced it has conducted another Nuclear Weapon test. Whoever wins in november will have to deal with the communist country. The Clinton Campaign says she plans to use sanctions to further isolate north korea. And shell seek help from china. sen. Tim kaine dva instability on their border and this is a wakeup call for them and we have to demand that they use their influence. Trumps campaign issued a statement saying north Koreas Nuclear program grew stronger while clinton was secretary of state. But trumps manager wont say how he would stop their nuclear program. Kellyanne Conway Trump Campaign manager hes going to make sure they would never use it. How . Hes not going to reveal all of his plans now, hes made that very clear. And maybe somebody can ask him in a debate. The first president ial debate is scheduled for monday, september 26th. Weijia jiang, cbs news, thewh Denise Valdez this week donald trump said 88 retired generals and admirals are endorsing him. As for the clinton camp it announced her list has grown to 110 names. Speaking of clinton shes expected to be in the valley wednesday to talk about plans on strengthening the economy. Denise Valdez we are your local election headquarters keeping you updated on all the races on air and online at las vegas now dot com. paul joncich but those high temperatures wont last long. Denise Valdez next at four tedd florendo will explain just how soon we could see a dip below 90 degrees. announcer youre watching 8 news now at four. The chefinspired panini collection from subway is grilled right before your eyes, in our new panini press. But. Lets start at the beginning the new salami caprese panini starts with genoa salami, thicksliced fresh mozzarella, creamy pesto, and italian bread. Then its pressed and grilled to cinematic perfection and meld the flavors in melted cheese. Oh, heres the best part. The new chefinspired panini collection. Louisiana now the work begins. The governor calls it a major disaster and hes on capitol hill today lobbying for additional flood relief. Governor edwards wants congress to approve a 2billiondollar package to help his state rebuild. That storm dropped 7trillion gallons of rain in south louisiana last month, killing 13 people 1hundred thousand homes. paul joncich oklahomans also dealing with their own financial struggles following last weekends earthquake. Reports show residents have paid more than 135million dollars in earthquake insurance since 2010. Denise Valdez but the Insurance Companies have paid less than 5million in claims. So is it worth it to get earthquake insurance . Following last saturdays recordbreaking earthquake in oklahoma many people are learning their damage isnt covered under their home owners insurance. paul joncich wouldnt be covered even if they had earthquake insurance. Marty kasper spoke with the states expert regarding the policies. Chelsea mize, earthquake victim i started feeling the whole bed moving, the whole house shifting, but it wasnt until two days later that chelsea mizes problems began. Marty kasper, reporter but right now, you cant live in there . Chelsea mize, earthquake victim no, no, not at all she was doing laundry with her twoyearold son when she heard chelsea mize, earthquake victim the cracking of a tree about to fall she grabbed her boy, ran for the door, moments later her ceiling collapsed. With no earthquake insurance her agent told her the damage isnt covered because her ceiling is too heavy. Chelsei from the ceiling and the paint over time that caused it to collapse but even with earthquake insurance oklahoma insurance commissioner john doak says she likely wouldnt be covered. John doak, insurance commissioner if your home goes to the ground, thats the type of coverage were talking about its like that because Insurance Companies can pay out more in one earthquake event than theyve ever collected. John doak, insurance commissioner its a delicate coverage, and we want to make sure that the companies have the financial solvency to your cracked wall leads to the foundation sinking john doak, insurance commissioner hidden damage is also covered damage, not matter what type of claim it is just make sure you detail the damage. John doak, insurance commissioner you take pictures, document the loss since there has been increased earthquake activity, doak thinks its time for common sense insurance ideas moving forward. John doak, insurance commissioner its time for oklahoma to strengthen building codes while shes thinking about adding et sure the current plans are worth it. Chelsea mize, earthquake victim even if you have it, its difficult to get coverage toss to weather tedd florendo the heat returns this week and its hotter today than yesterday with tripledigits increased as forecasted as well but still remain below windy criteria. We still are dry with single digit humidity readings. And were a few degrees warmer than yesterday. Afternoon highs hot around the valley with temps hottest over to the east side of town where were lower in elevation. Especiy southeast neigbhorhoods. Notashot 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 with hottest temps in laughlin and death valley. Although we definitely got hotter for the Colorado River valley from mesquite all the way down to the searchlight. More tolerable temps in the 90s for the central great basin where they also had some wind develop too. S. Mps show g ay hot only ithe des. Still hot also for the Northern Plains and the midatlantic. Doppler radar looking clear again across the region with most of the precip up in the pacific northwest. Looking at the high mexico texas to continue to progress northward and bring hotter weather this week; specifically looking at the next system to roll through the north part of the state to increase wind this weekend and especially next week. Heres the forecast. 80s by morning with clear skies and winds finally calming down overnight. Should be comfortable and clear by morning wit wakeup temps in the 80s again. Tomorrow expect a high of 106 again and hotter. We could see some light breezes returning again school is stressful. School is stressful. So one local high school is coming up in todays whats cool at school. Good day anchor brian loftus introduces us to the free yoga classes now offered at one clark county school. announcer youre im really good at war. I love war in a certain way. Including with nukes, yes including with nukes. I know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. Nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. I want to be unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable. Danny tarkanians carrying a lot of baggage. As a realestate developer, tarkanian was penalized for failing to pay thousands in property taxes. Tarkanian was ordered by a judge to repay 17 million tarkanian refused to pay the money back, forcing taxpayers to bail him out, leaving us holding the bag. Danny tarkanians out for himself, not us. A new yoga class at Western High School is leaving students refreshed. Denise Valdez brian loftus has more in todays whats cool at school. brian loftus high school can overwhelm anyone, and Western High School is addressing those student stressors with a new yoga program. Sharelle moore senior i think it means everybody is going to be happy, because everybody gets stressed. You know, were teenagers, we worry about grades, school, and school activities. And how were going to fit all this in our lives and yoga is just something to relax and forget everything for a minute, and let go. Studios; so Western High School stepped in, with Community Partners create a change now, and lululemon, to create this special space for students Melissa Blynn executive director, create a change now when they spoke about bringing a yoga room potentially to one of our schools i said i have their Perfect Match for you lets build a yoga room at Western High School, and lets launch it, and do yoga twice a week for the kids as well as the staff brian loftus every tuesday and thursday can take advantage of free classes taught by professional yoga instructors. Joyce sportsman founder, try Trauma Recovery yoga everybody that came together to make this happen, its a beautiful project, and everyones heart is really in it, and you can feel that. brian loftus the great need for this healthful, holistic practice is evident in the popularity among students. Sharelle moore senior im going to be here every day i need to work on these muscles. Alejandra alvarez senior being able to come here and just be able to be around people that probably have the same stressful day, or just wanting to relax, just puts a good vibe in you. Give them an hour of time for themselves to unwind, decompress, and hopefully go the rest of their day feeling a little bit better about themselves. brian loftus most students. New to yoga, say they welcome the benefits, and the challenge Sharelle Moore senior oh, its a workout its not just stretching i wish it was because my stomach wouldnt be hurting right now. brian loftus these teens say this yoga Program Shows that leaders at Western High School are thinking about what is best for their students ana aguayo senior to bring everybody together, and feel welcomed. I just think its a great idea. Alejandra alvarez senior yoga is one of the best things we can have because now were bringing on all this positive energy, positive things, and all these positive people. We are turning this school around. Even if its just yoga. Im excited for this program, i just, i just cant believe that its here. brian loftus and thats whats cool at school. Nama ste or to submit one. Just look for this segment under the Community Tab under sections on las vegas now dot com. paul joncich or send us an email. Cool at school at las vegas now dot com. The winner will receive 250 bucks for their program. paul joncich coming up on the valleys news leader. President obama calls north koreas most powerful nuclear test a grave threat. Denise Valdez the consequences hes threatening in response their actions. Announcer now, live. This is 8 news now at the new salami caprese panini from subway. Pressed and grilled to cinematic perfection to get a golden brown crust and meld the flavors in melted cheese. Part of the new chefinspired Denise Valdez president obama has promised serious consequences after north korea tested its most powerful Nuclear Weapon yet. And today the United Nations Security Council called an emergency meeting on north korea. paul joncich conducted its fifth nuclear test. And now more people consider the country a major threat. Craig boswell has the very latest from t

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