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KLAS 8 News Now At 4 PM November 11, 2016

How were going to hit the ground running to make sure we can get this country turned around. That includes gutting obamacare and lowering taxes both easily expected to clear the republican majority in congress. Wejiia jiang, cbs news, the white house. Christianne Klein Vice President joe biden has already met with his successor, indiana governor mike pence. paul joncich while our nations leaders begin the transition between president s. Thousands have taken to the streets to voice their dislike of the election. chanting demonstrators have marched in several to right in front of trump tower off the strip. A few dozen were arrested late last night. Places like cincinnati and indianapolis are said to be planning more demonstrations through the weekend. paul joncich just into the newsroom. Metro police are looking for this woman. Kelly thorn. Shes been missing for more than a week now. She was last seen near nellis and owens. Wearing a dark blue hoodie. Black pants and shoes with orange laces. If you see her. Call police immediately. robbery ends in gunfire. And the suspected robber. Dead. It happened about 3 30 this morning at the 7 eleven on cheyenne near civic center. Nia wong was there all morning. And has more on what police say unfolded inside the store nia wong yes kirsten. And North Las Vegas police have been out here all morning trying to determine what happened. They say a man was shot and killed in connection with a robbery attempt at this 711. As of right now. Even though is. No one has been arrested. Based on what investigators have found so far. They say a silent hold up alarm went off at 3thirty this morning. Officers arrived and found a man in a lot behind this store with multiple gun shot wounds. It turns out. Police say the bleeding man was the suspect who tried to rob the store. They believe multiple people were inside when this man attempted the robbery. But an armed citizen inside shot at him. The suspect was taken to umc where he was pronounced dead. For now police tell me this store but is not an employee of 711. We did see employees being questioned hours after this incident. Leaving some like Alejandro Llamas wondering if something had happened to his wife who works there. Alejandro Andrade llamas wife works at 711 i was checking the time so she could come home for work, take care of the kids and she never came home. Im worried and now i came to the outside tapes and i got scared, its scary, i was shaking, you know. nia wong its still unclear if the man who shot the suspect had a valid permit to carry a gun or if any charges will be brought for now police dont believe there are any more robbery suspects on the loose. Reporting live from North Las Vegas nia wong 8 news now. Christianne Klein that shooting was one of three that happened early this morning. The second one happened near las vegas boulevard and owens. There. Officers say a man was found on the sidewalk. Shot several times. He later died at umc. Investigators believe the man was homeless. And simply minding his own Christianne Klein around the same time. Metro police got the call to a different shooting. This one near lake mead and nellis. Just after 4 am. Officers say a man was found laying in the street with several gunshot wounds. At last check. He was being treated at umc for critical injuries. Police dont have much information on suspects in this case either. So if you know anything. Be sure to call crimestoppers. paul joncich weve tied the record highs the last 2 days. But tedd says theres but tedd says theres a cooldown on the way for the weekend. tedd florendo looks like another warm november day in Southern Nevada as highs climbed to the high 70s and 80s in some east valley neighborhoods where were lower in elevation and typically warmer. Winds remained calm again and dont expect to be an issue overnight. Hour by hour tonight should another warm to mild night with temperatures expecting to cool off late night under clear skies again. Late night overnight more nice weather tomorrow with your start in the 60s by morning. Well have a full update on your weekend coming up in a few minutes. In nevada was met with anger and concern. Christianne Klein more than one hundred people took to the streets to protest the possibility of a Charter School takeover at monaco middle school. Right now. The school is performing in the bottom 5 percent. paul joncich but say a takeover isnt the answer. Before and i have never seen her improve as much as the 3 years shes been here at monaco. Shakala Alvaranga but parents and students arent eager to embrace change for a number of reasons. We want all those teachers that are already here to be here next year as well. Shakala Alvaranga so, theyre trying something new. Theyve come together like others in the community. Hoping that their voices will be heard. This is an Amazing School and i hope futurk will be able to come here and do what they love here. paul joncich the team tasked with spearheading this effort will whittle down the list of schools by november 15th. Christianne Klein in reno. Charges are on the way for a man involved in a different protest. 18yearold Nicholas Mahaffey pleaded not guilty after plowing through a crowd standing under the famous arch last month. The group was part of a movement against colombus day and engine a few times. Before crashing into the protestors. Only one of those in the street was serously hurt. His trial is scheduled for december third. paul joncich no cup controversy here. Yet. Christianne Klein starbucks has released its new batch of holiday cups. So does it live up to expectations . You be the judge. Next. i wanted the same plan that my mother had. Senior dimensions. Ive had senior dimensions for over 20 years. And i love it if youre eligible for medicare, you need to take a look lar monthly premium. Senior dimensions members pay a zero dollar copay for primary care doctor visits. And, our members pay a zero dollar copay for specialist visits and a zero dollar copay for hospital stays as well. I wanted a plan thats been here as long as we have. Senior dimensions is one of the longeststanding local Medicare Advantage plans in nevada, and our plan offers many tier one preferred generic drugs for a zero dollar copay at most local neighborhood pharmacies. I like that i have plenty of doctors and senior dimensions offers a Broad Network of local providers including southwest medical associates, one of the largest and Fastest Growing multi specialty groups in nevada. Its what i want. And she gets what she wants its not even thanksgiving yet. But folks around the country are gearing up for christmas. This is the 94foot tall norway spruce thatll be on this year. It comes from a home in new york. And was so tall it took 2 cranes just to get it out of the backyard. Crews expect to get it up by saturday. But wont have it fully decorated until the 30th. When the Tree Lighting ceremony will be broadcast live on tv. By the way. While 94feet is pretty tall. This tree is actually the second tallest to be shown at rock center. The tallest was 100 feet back in 1999. paul joncich with their new festive cups. The coffee giant says they feature designs created by customers that incluce snow flakes. Reindeer. Christmas lights and ornaments. Last year. Customers were not happy with the simple red design of the cups. Starbucks said the simple design was meant to be a blank canvas. toss to weather tedd florendo for this time of the year is usually 70 degrees. Well continue to see our sunny skies for the next couple of days. Strong High Pressure will bring persistent mild and dry weather through the period. Temperatures will average several degrees above normal. Slightly cooler conditions with expected over the weekend and into early next week. Expected over the weekend and into early next week. Tonight look for lows in the upper 50. So a little coolerbut still trending warmer than normal for thid time of the year. Tomorrow look for temps. In the upper 70s more sunshine. Your extended forecast shows temps finally dropping out of the low 80s into the upper 70s through friday. Mid 70s through the weekendand into early next Christianne Klein this week, it will be easier to this week, it will be hours and a new route. Traffic anchor Demetria Obilor is here with where you can see the changes, in whats driving you crazy . Demetria Obilor ive received emails from locals whod like to see more yesterday, the rtc added a new one that will serve the henderson area. Its called route 122 south maryland parkway horizon ridge. Route 122 connects Green Valley Ranch hotel and the district to the rtcs south strip transfer terminal. The paseo verde library, several Shopping Centers and multiple densely populated residential areas fall along this stretch. The rtc says 122 will serve about 65,000 residents and 33,000 jobs located within a halfmile of the new route. It will operate every 30 an hour during evenings and on the weekend. You can try out the route for free through this saturday. The rtc has also increased frequencies on 10 routes recently. It has also made route 105mlk, 24hours. Fyi veterans and active military can ride any rtc fixedroute service tomorrow for free. Hey whats driving you crazy . Send your traffic question to traffic eight at las vegas now dot com. Is helping students learn life lessons. paul joncich coming up. Teachers are mixing hip hop music. With chess. Wait till you see the results theyre getting. Announcer youre tournament combining the deliberate speed of chess. With the fastpaced beats of hiphop. Its called bum rush the boards. And its bringing kids together to learn how to play the board game. While developing Critical Thinking skills at the same time. Mark albert explains how it works. Make sure you shake hands three dozen kids participated in this chess tournament at the Kennedy Center in washington, dc. And they had all the right moves on the floor boards. You move your piece. Q mark albert do you think you could beat me . A alex yes. laughs eight yearold alex reecestremtan had just won his first match of the day when he showed us his moves. alex reecestremtan chess player its a fun playing game and you really have to use your brain a lot. q mark 100604 how long will you keep playing . I actually may keep playing my whole life good game; good game mark albert cbs News Washington this is the ninth year of the bum rush the boards tournament. And its director thinks its changing young liv Jones Wallace tournament director chess is a true kind of like level playing field; you know, it doesnt matter who you are or where youre from. Its all clean slate. 10 16 34 q mark it sounds like youre saying this isnt just about a game. A lester oh no. I mean, chess is probably one of the greatest metaphors for life. Now you can try. The tournament also includes dj lessons and dance classes. 13 yearold yosua diekumpuna came with his chess team from athens, georgia. yosua diekumpuna chess player when i started using that, think before i move, it chess board, i could apply it in life. Yosua had the Winning Strategy his team took home the trophy. Mark albert, cbs news, washington. paul joncich some of the students who traveled from out of town for the tournament had to earn their spots. By reading books, doing community service, and going to chess practice. Christianne Klein las vegas typl but thatll change this weekend. Sort of. The Downtown Las Vegas Events Center will host a sports and Music Festival saturday. The venue will be turned into a state of the art Action Sports playground. To showcase some of the best snowboarders. Skiiers and bmx riders under one roof. The team that puts on the event stopped by 8 news now good day this morning. To talk about the excitement building for saturday i feel like you thought of everything, then did it. You want djs, here. Live music . Yeah. Bmx, snowboarding, skiing, you did it all. And snow being blown in downtown you guys have to come check this thing out. Christianne Klein the best part about the whole event. Active military. Veterans. And kids 12 and under all get in free. The party gets started at noon. And will go until 8 pm. paul joncich coming up on the valleys news leader. Whats in store for a popular Downtown Retail district . Well take you to neonopolis on fremont street. For a closer look at the changes announcer now, live. This is 8 news now at police are on sceno right now it looks like the 2 right lanes are blocked. No word yet on how serious any injuries might be. Well keep you updated throughout the show. And on las vegas now dot com. Christianne Klein we saw the impact of Donald Trumps victory tuesday night. When the stock market fell. Next day. paul joncich and the market had another good day today. The dow gained more than 200 points. Some believe trumps win will bring back oil prices. Experts say we could see an impact on the industry. But it wont be very noticable. Thats because its traded on a global market. Trumps support of the oil industry is giving hope to officials. Who say the president elects policies could bring back more oil jobs Gifford Briggs Louisiana Oil and Gas Association opening up the eastern gulf of mexico so that you see some intense exploration would help all those communities in coastal louisiana. And theyve been some of the hardest hit by the current econo industry, much needed jobs could immediately come back to work there. Christianne Klein for now. Experts say although we cant be sure of anything. Its good to remain hopeful. Christianne Klein across the pond. Europeans arent biting their tounge when it comes to opening up about our election. A newspaper in turkey published an article today with the headline. Elephant in a china shop. Then a libertarian newspaper in france described Christianne Klein here at home. Many republicans in congress are now embracing donald trump after months of keeping their distance. The president elect met with House Speaker paul ryan today to discuss how they can Work Together including rolling back key parts of president obamas legacy. Julianna goldman takes us through congresss agenda. paul ryan i think our relationship is fine. Ive spoken with donald twice in the last 18 hours. House Speaker Paul Ryan kept his distance from candidate trump but President Trump is a different story. Paul Ryan Newser we will work hand in hand on a tackle this countrys big challenges. One of the top items on that list is gutting the president s Signature Health law. mcconnell every single republican thought obamacare was a mistake. A move Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell promised wednesday. Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell it was the single worst piece of legislation among many bad pieces of legislation passed in the first two years of the obama presidency. The sooner we can go in a different direction the better. Other items on the republicans emboldened agenda passing comprehensive tax reform justice to the supreme court. I look forward to working with him. Ive talked to mike pence already today. Ohio senator rob portman who after the access Hollywood Tape said he could no longer support trump now says he looks forward to finding common ground. I think there are some great things we can do right away to give the economy a shot in the arm. thats something donald trump talked a lot about in the campaign, is we need to fix the broken tax code to bring back some of those funds that are overseas and invest it here. Other gop converts trump criticized during the campaign. Mccain said he wants to work with trump to confront National Security challenges. And Lindsey Graham who didnt vote for trump but said in a statement to the extent that i can help president elect trump, i will do so. Julianna goldman, cbs news, washington. Christianne Klein here in nevada. Both chambers in the legislature flipped from republican control. To democratic. Things like education funding. The nfl stadium. Future all passed with a rebpublicanled group. So democrats say they want the same cooperations with their agenda. paul joncich in florida, a group of teens who robbed a woman. Got a surprise when she took off after them. mayor alice burch it was dangerous but i had the sense that he was a very young person and that he wasnt expecting to be chased and if i hadnt chased after i wouldnt have been able to get the tag on the car paul joncich what they didnt know. What that the woman was 64yearold alice

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