You can find more information on our website las vegas now dot com Kirsten JoyceSomerset Academy is responding. After a former teacher was arrested for allegedly having inappropriate contact with 12 year old girls. North Las Vegas Police arrested former music Teacher William crawford this week. They accuse him of harming 2 girls while teaching at Somerset Academy. Somerset issued a Statement Last night. They say he worked for them less than three months back in 2012, and didnt know about any claims against him when his employment ended. If you have any information regarding this case. Youre asked to call crime stoppers. Kirsten Joyce and overnight. An officer was sent to the hospital after police say he was kicked by a suspect. It happened just before 1 this morning near buffalo and summerlin parkway. They say a teenager was naked, jumping on a vehicle and acting aggressive toward police. They say he kicked an officer after he was taken into custody. Both the suspect and officer went to the hospital for evaluation. Police Officer is dressing up as a heart today. To make sure yours keeps beating. The departments promoting pedestrian and driving safety on the most dangerous streets in the valley by putting on the costume. The officer will be at boulder highway and sun valley avenue from eight to three. And at noon, theyll be at flamingo near arville. Officers will be crossing the road and if drivers dont follow the law, theyll be issued citations. brian loftus now lets get a look at your forecast. Kirsten joyce sherry. Hows the weather looking today . Sherry swensk < nice shot looking out over the city and the strip from our rio our rio camera. Clear skies and mild temps again this morning. After hitting those extra warm 70s on tuesday. Another beautiful spring day in las vegas and Southern Nevada. This morning we are cooling off to the 40s around the valley. The air is dry and the winds will stay mainly light and variable today. Highs will once again reach to above normal temps and could even set a new record at 75 degrees demetria. < Demetria Obilor no accidents on your freeways, but watch out for a hit and run crash at eastern and owens. Work isnt over along eastern between sunset and warm springs. This is part of the countys paradise whitney interceptor project. Back to you. Brian Loftus Mccarran is the 9th busiest airport. But its getting some firstclass recognition. Kirsten joyce for the First Time Since the recession mccarran saw its most amount of people. In 2015 also last year. J. D. Power ranked it among the highest in the country for Customer Service. Brian loftus 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens spoke with top airport officials about whats leading up to all the success. Michael, what did they tell you . Michael Stevens brian, kirsten. People here at mccarran say the airport is constantly evolving. Last year. Mccarran welcomed 45. 4 million people. Making it the third busiest year in the airports 67 year history. Airport officials tell me theyve seen an uptick in both domestic and international travelers. In fact this year, the airport says theyre working with the Visitors Authority to attract more people from overseas. Inside the terminals. Theyre even working on transforming some current gates to make them fitted for international passengers. Theyre expected to open next year. christine crews spokesperson, Mccarran International airport mccarran has always been an airport thats under construction in transition. Were always trying to stay ahead of the curve. As we have more and more passengers coming through here. So with that were constantly improving not only our Customer Service but also our facilities. Michael Stevens workers at mccarran say theyre thrilled with the growth. But say theres been some growing pains along the way christine crews spokesperson, Mccarran International airport as we see more and more people coming to our airport were starting to see some of the pressure points. Security screening is taking a little bit longer because we have a higher volume of people coming through. So were really encouraging people to arrive earlier than maybe they did a year or two ago because theres more people. says theyre constantly looking for ways to improve. One of those is the way they communicate with passengers. Coming up in our next half hour. Well hear about some of the ways theyre using social media. Especially during high profile incidents. Brian, kirsten . Kirsten Joyce michael. Any word on how much of an Economic Impact the airport has in our area . Michael Stevens brian, kirsten. According to applied analysis. A local company that analyzes data. The Clark County Department of aviation generates about 9hundred bucks per second for back to you. Brian Loftus Donnie and marie osmond have new twins in las vegas. They revealed their new Madame Tussauds wax figures last night. Its part of the push. For the museum to put a local focus on the attractions. The official unveiling is today at the wax museum. The musicians will be there to fans. Kirsten Joyce fixing the water emergency in flint. brian loftus the plea for help. Michigans dc. Kirsten Joyce plus. Trump and sanders are celebrating this morning. The number of points that separated them from their competitors. And the impact New Hampshires primary will have. On the rest of the race. brian loftus building out the 215. What crews are up to. And how everything will look when its done. Demetria has the details in the world a president has to grapple with. Sometimes you cant even imagine. Thats the job. And shes the one whos proven she can get it done. Securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons. Standing up against the abuse of women. Protecting social security. Expanding benefits for the national guard. And Winning Health care for 8 million children. The presidency is the toughest job in the world and shes the one wholl make a real difference for you. Volunteer job for everyone. But its the perfect fit for one las vegas woman and her loving companion. Becky gang is our acts of kindness recipient this week. Shes done pet therapy work for 15 years in the valley. And its at Nathan Adelson hospice where she and her loving two year old long haired german shepherd. Panzer roam the halls once a week. Providing comfort. becky gang acts of kindness recipient ive been to many facilities in las vegas and i always come back here, this is my home. Its about the quality of care the patients gets, and the volunteers here, so its been a wonderful fit for me Kirsten Joyce we managed to surprise her with our award. That part is coming up at six oclock. adlib weather chat Sherry Swensk < clear and mild again this morning. After hitting 73 for the official high yesterday. Those extra warm 70s on tuesday. Another beautiful spring day in las vegas and Southern Nevada. We are on the winter watering schedule through the end of the month with just one day a week assigned to you, but you can hand water any day youd like if your lawn is looking thirsty during these warm days. Look for near record temps in the warm 70s for the rest of the week. And into the holiday weekend. Meanwhile very cold air and winter snow swirls through the eastern u. S. And across the east coast again today. The air is dry and the winds will stay mainly light and variable today. Highs will once again reach to above normal temps and could even set a new record at 75 degrees . This pattern hangs on for the week and into early next week with very warm temps in the 70s back to you. brian loftus the new wrapped up last night with two very clear winners. Kirsten Joyce for republicans. Vo ters chose donald trump. With Ohio Governor john kasich finishing in second place. On the democratic side, Bernie Sanders defeated hillary clinton. brian loftus this morning. Were live with Allison Warren in manchester New Hampshire. Allison . Allison allison is live in manchester. After donald trump and Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary. New hampshire is condisered better than any other state at choosing someone whos going to go on and do well for the rest of the primary season. Now most of the republican candidates are headed to south carolina. Focus on nevada. Kirsten Joyce who are the nights primary . Allison Kirsten Joyce we are your local election headquarters throughout the season. Both on air and online. brian loftus House Democrats in washington dc will hold a hearing today on the ongoing water crisis in flint. The citys mayor will testify. Meanwhile, the michigan governor will ask legislators for 195 Million Dollars to address the crisis. And 165 million to update infrastructure including lead water pipes. Across the state. The Team Investigating the crisis for michigans attorney general says criminal charges could be filed. brian loftus lets get a check Kirsten Joyce demetria. How are things looking . < Demetria Obilor work is underway on the centennial bowl interchange. Crews are working to create new ramps that will link us 95 to 215. Henderson, work continues on racetrack road. Crews will widen the road from boulder highway to athens avenue. Bike lanes will be added, as well as a new road bridge at newport drive. < back to you. Kirsten Joyce valentines day is just around the corner. brian loftus how much guys in relationships typically spend. To treat their sweethearts. Kirsten Joyce plus, a robot, getting a license to drive. Why googles Driverless Cars are brian loftus no person needed. Selfdriving cars legally qualify as drivers. Kirsten Joyce and ikea is recalling ceiling lamps. Jill wagner joins us live from wall street. Good morning jill. Q and jill theres a new survey about valentines day spending and theres one group thats ready to shell out some big bucks . Good morning brian and kirsten stocks finished lower for a third day in a row. But the losses werent too bad. The dow fell 12 points. The nasdaq dropped 14. googles computers. Just got their drivers license us safety regulators have determined that the Computers Controlling googles self driving cars can qualify as drivers. This is seen as a big step for Companies Like google that self driving cars on the road. ikea is recalling two types of ceiling lamps the hyby and lock models. The plastic clip that holds the glass shade can break, which means the glass can fall and shatter. Over a million have been sold in the us and canada. brian and kirsten . Q and jill theres a new survey about valentines day spending and theres one group thats ready to shell out some big bucks . A millenial men want to spoil their sweet heart. Nerd wallet surveyed thousands of americans about valentines day. On averageamerican s who are celebrating plan to spend about 180 dollars. Millenial men will shell out a lot more than that. 371 dollars on everyting from gifts to meals. Brian and kirsten . Now lets turn it over to crazy . Demetria Obilor last september, the county broke ground on its northwest beltway build out project, which will turn 215 from craig to hualapai into a fully functioning freeway. Channel 8 viewer, dennis, wanted to get an idea of what things would like when everything is done. Heres a drawing of the finished product. The lights at Lone Mountain and ann will be replaced with interchanges. According to the county, everything is proceeding on track and should be finished by july 2018. Right now, crews are laying the the west side of 215 between Lone Mountain and ann. Theyre also starting to form the new bridge for the Lone Mountain interchange. Two former gravel pits at Lone Mountain are being turned into stormwate detention basins. At ann, youll notice that traffic has been shifted to make construction. Whats driving you crazy . Remember, you can write me at. Traffic 8 at las vegas now dot com. Back to you. Kirsten Joyce rocking out in las vegas. brian loftus the tickets for some top performers. Goi ng on sale this week. amanda i felt like it was wrong. amanda i felt like it was wrong. I know my rights as citizen. Kirsten Joyce the woman. Who says she was beaten by a Police Officer. Speaks out for the first time. Why she says shes suing the whole department. brian loftus kicking a ball. Inside of a ball the new sport bubble soccer is a big hit. How you play the game. And where you can check it out in the valley. < welcome to a brighter morning, this is 8 newsnow with Kirsten Joyce, Sherry Swensk, Demetria Obilor and brian loftus Kirsten Joyce good morning and thanks for joining us. Im Kirsten Joyce. brian loftus and im brian loftus. The red cross is helping two people who are displaced after a fire damaged their home. It happened early this morning near lake mead and sloan. Heres a live look at the scene this morning. Kirsten Joyce it started in a shed in their backyard at around 330. Fire crews say it quickly spread and damaged the mobile home. One dog was killed. Kirsten Joyce the woman who claims shes the victim of police brutality. Is now implicating the entire department. brian loftus and shes speaking out for the first time. Only to 8 news now. Kirsten Joyce amanda ortiz says former metro Police OfficerRichard Scavone beat her in january of last year. Since she complained, scavone has been fired and indicted federally for excessive use of force and obstruction of justice for lying on a report. Ortiz is now suing scavone, the at the scene for monetary compensation for injuries she says she sustained. amanda ortiz claims former anything for me. Nobodys helping me with anything. Ive been doing everything on my own and i just feel like there should have been more services or something. They say technically im a victim but how am i a victim when nobody is reaching to me. Im reaching out to everybody. Kirsten Joyce scavone was wearing a body camera and ortiz says the video helps back up her claims. 8 news now requested the video through freedom of information, and the department refuses to release it right now citing a pending criminal case. Office, which is now handling the case, says it would not prevent metro from releasing the video. Ortiz and her attorney both say they want the video released to the public. Brian Loftus Metro police are searching for two people. Who they say shot and killed a man from inside a parked pickup truck. It happened yesterday afternoon. Nea r mcleod and desert inn. Police say the victim and another man were arguing. When he opened fire. The victim was taken to the hospital where he died. A woman was also inside the truck at the time. Police say this may have been a dispute over money and that the people knew each other. If you have any information. Call crime stoppers. Sherry SwenskSouthern Nevada could be getting some drought relief. Come spring. The above average snowfall in the Rocky Mountains this season. Should mean more water for lake mead. Water levels at the lake have fallen steadily for the past 15 years. Levels fall about 12 feet per year on average and that coupled with warmer winters has experts watching every drop. Forecasters say there could be which could also bring water to our area. To help us stay slightly above average. Sherry Swensk this weekend, you can check out red rock for free. All fees are waived for saturday, sunday, and monday in honor of president s day. Other fees, like overnight camping and group day use, will remain in effect. If you miss this weekend, the next free day is in september. Kirsten Joyce now lets get a look at your forecast. Brian loftus sherry. Clear skies and mild