brian loftus brian loftus today is Republican Caucus day in caucus day in nevada. And were your local election headquarters for the latest on the race republicans will be heading to their caucus sites tonight to voice their opinion. In who becomes their nominee. Kirsten Joyce caucusing starts at five oclock this evening and runs to nine. If you need to find your caucus site, we have a link on our website, las vegas now dot com. brian loftus you must be a registered republican to join in. Ahead of tonights caucus. The gop president ial hopefuls have been, and will be, pushing for your vote. This morning. Marco rubio will be speaking at the Silverton Casino at eight oclock. Doors open at seven. He was campaigning in northern nevada last night. Kirsten Joyce and donald trump held a rally last night at the south point. Trump focused on immigration along with Foreign Policy and relations. Saying its time to end all of making with the rest of the world. He also had to stop his speech three times to have people removed donald trump r president ial candidate the guards are very gentle with him, hes walking out with big high fives, smiling, laughing, id like to punch him in the face, ill tell ya. trump will fly to sparks for a noon rally today. Then. Hell fly back to las vegas for a watch party at Treasure Island starting at 8 p. M Kirsten Joyce ben carson will also be speaking today in the valley. This morning at ten. Hell be at Sun City Summerlin at the meadow shadows community center. Last night. Dr carson held a private town hall meeting with supporters at sun city anthem in henderson. He took questions. And commented on terrorism dr. Ben carson r president ial candidate we need to start preparing our people, because i guarantee you San Bernardino is not the last of it. Thats the beginning of it and we have to know how to fight back. carson has two other events today. At 5 45, hell give a speech at coronado high school. Thats followed by his Caucus Night Party at the Embassy SuitesConvention Center on paradise. From 8 to 11. cruz will also be here. But not to campaign beforehand. Organizers say hell be holding a speech after the caucuses at eight oclock. Hell be at the bill and lillie heinrich ymca on meadows lane. Kirsten Joyce candidate john kasich is still in the race, but wont be stopping here. Hes campaigning in georgia today. Tonight. Well have live reports from the camps of the frontrunners. Our special caucus coverage starts at five. Well also have special editions of politcs now at 7 30 and 11 p m. brian loftus Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are pretty close when it comes to delegates so far. Clinton won nevada. And with her totals from each state. She has 52 caucus and primary delegates. Sanders has 51. But with the super delegates. Clin tons lead gets much bigger. Super delegates are Party Leaders and members of congress who can support any candidate. When superdelegates are included, clinton has over 500 and sanders has 70. It takes over 23hundred delegates to win the democratic nomination for president. 8 news now is your local election headquarters for tonights caucus and the entire 2016 campaign. brian loftus now lets get a look at your forecast. Kirsten joyce sherry. Hows the weather looking today . Sherry swensk < skies are clear and winds are somewhat breezy, but thankfully not as gusty as yesterdays 40 plus mph winds. They punched us in the face. There is litter all over our channel 8 parking lot and youll likely have some cleanup to do today or when you can. Winds will still stay on the bumpy side today and it feels cooler outside. With those north winds up to 20 mph right in some areas. Temps right now down in the 50s but the breezes feeling chillier than that. Winds will continue to blow out of the north northeast through the day with good sunshine, but some high clouds are expected to show up from time to time and highs will be about ten degrees cooler. In the 60s. Back to you. Back to you. Kirsten Joyce were hearing from the friend of a young woman. Found dead at the dhotel over the weekend. 26 yearold kalli medina brown of california was discovered dead in a Laundry Chute on sunday morning. Investigators are not calling her death a homicide. But it is being called suspicious. Medabrowns best friend is speaking out sierra roraback medina browns best friend there has to be justice. In order to have closure on the situation and sleep a little better or something. We have to figure out who did this, we have to figure out what happened. friends say she was responsible and believe she was separated from the group she was here with in town. It still isnt known she ended up in the Laundry Chute. The d issued a statement saying theyre saddened by the incident and cooperating with the investigation. Kirsten Joyce now lets turn it over to demetia. Looking this morning. < Demetria Obilor starting with a crash on northbound las vegas boulevard at barbara lane, which is just north of saint rose parkway. Crash in the northeast on gowan near pecos. Use cheyenne or alexander as east west alternates. No slow downs in the spaghetti bowl. < back to you. Brian Loftus Celine Dion is returning to the colliseum tonight after her husband and brother died last month. The singer plans to celebrate her return to the stage. And also share a loving tribute he passed away after a long battle with throat cancer. Celine will be livestreaming the opening of her show. Starting at 7 30 pm. On her website. We;ll post a link on ours. Las vegas now dot com. brian loftus a 14 Year Old Girl is fighting for her life. Kirsten Joyce after a deadly shooting in michigan. What the alleged gunman is telling authorities about the incident. brian loftus plus. Hov issues. You say drivers arent using it right, so demetrias stepping into clarify the rules of the road, in whats driving you crazy . Kirsten Joyce and if you are keeping up with all the kardashian. An d kanye drama. Doctor phil is weighing in how he explains kanyes behavior. And a first look at kanye and kims new baby. Kim and kanyes baby boy is being shown to the world for the first time. Yesterday. Kim kardashian west posted a photo of her 3 monthold son, saint west. On her website, she said it was her dads birthday. And she said theres nothing more in the world he would have wanted than to meet his grandchildren. She also posted a photo of her father, robert kardashian, on instagram with the caption, happy birthday dad Demetria Obilor kanye west has been getting a lot of attention lately. For his recent rants on twitter. Last night, james corden on the late late show asked a famous doctor his opinion. Doctor Phil James Corden whats going on . Dr. Phil. you cant be wrong that many times in a row, without working at it. You think hes just trying to cause up a stir . Dr. Phil well, were talking about it arent we . Corden im certainly guilty of that, yes. doctor phil adds its working, too. Weighing in on his tweets, saying hes a delusional maniac in an interview with et. adlib weather chat well keep these bumpy north winds today. Some places will be breezier than others today. And the air is so dry. So keep Drinking Water . Lets check your weather now wind speeds right now around the valley. Nellis is really blowing and the winds along the river will be the highest consistently during the day. Temps are in the 40s and some 50s right now. Its going to be a cooler day. A lake wind advisory in place until the evening with gusts to 45 or higher. That adivsory starts at 7 am but were already clocked gust more than 25 mph. So it will likely be necessary by sunrise. Nice sunshine to start the day. And then some high clouds will. But we should have a ridge rebuild through the week to help get those temps right back up to weekend. Rain and snow in texas and on the lookout for tornadoes today in the deep south near the gulf. Warmer weekend ahead for us after a cooler day int he 60s. brian loftus this morning, a michigan mother is talking about her daughters fight for life. The teen was critically injured. In the shooting spree in kalamazoo, michigan that left 6 people dead. Police say jason dalton shot several victims over the weekend. In between reportedly picking up passengers while working as an uber driver. 14 year old abigail kopf is the lone survivor of one of the crime scenes. Authorities initially thought she died after being shot in the head. Her heart even stopped at one point Vicki Kopf Abigail kopfs mother 03 she is alive, and she is fighting for her life Vicki Kopf Abigail is strong and was a vibrant, beautiful young lady who did not deserve this Brian Loftus Abigail was with her adoptive grandmother at the time of the shooting. And she was killed. The alleged gunman, dalton, now faces 16 charges. Including 6 for murder. Prosecutors say he has admitted to the attacks, however, a Kirsten Joyce today. The pentagon will submit a plan to congress. To finally close Guantanamo Bay prison in cuba. It would call for some detainees to be moved to other countries. Whil e others would be sent to facilities in the us. This comes just days after the white house announced plans for president obama to visit cuba. brian loftus lets get a check of your commute. Kirsten joyce demetria. How are things looking . < Demetria Obilor upgrades underway on Convention Center drive and paradise. The county is working to make the stretch more pedestrian friendly. Dont forget about the construction happening on wigwam, west of i15. Started yesterday and will continue through the end of may. < back to you. Kirsten Joyce paying more on amazon. brian loftus how much youll now have to buy. To get Free Shipping. Kirsten Joyce forget the typing. The new feature on facebook. To Centurylink Prism tv has all your favorite channels, tons of live sports, and more all in crystalclear hd. Watch when and where you want with advanced features like our wireless settop box, whole home dvr, and prism on the go. And choose from a variety of great packages to fit your home. Call. And get started with the prism essential tv bundle. Youll get tv plus up to 40 megs of centurylink internet all for only 75 a month. This deal sounds great, especially if you love sports. Get prism essential tv and up to 40 megs of internet for only 75 a month. Score or, if you love great movies. 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But investors are concerned the company cant continue its incredible growth pace as more Companies Roll out competiting activity trackers. its going to cost amazon customers more to get Free Shipping. Theyll now have to spend 49 dollars up from 35 dollars. Members of amazons 99 dollarayear prime Loyalty Program will still get free twoday shipping on all orders. Amazon shipping costs have outpaced its revenue. q and Jill Facebook wants to up its happy birthday game as it makes a bigger push into videos . What are they doing . A facebook wants to bring your with the launch of birthday video cam. It lets you record 15 second videos for your friends that will appear on your friends profiles. You can also add a birthday themed frame. For now its only available on ios. now lets turn it over to demetria for whats driving you crazy . Demetria Obilor jeff says, during the rush hour, i see hundreds of cars with two or more people in the regular lanes and single people in the hov lanes. If they cant use the lanes for what they were built for, then perhaps we need to convert them to express lanes, so traffic flows can improve hov lanes are for vehicles carrying two or more passengers. When operated and managed at high level or service, ndot says hov lanes reduce peak period travel time compared to regular lanes and can move substantially more commuters. Hov lanes operate monday through friday, 6 00 a. M. To 10 a. M. And from 2 00 p. M. To 7 00 p. M. Drivers can cross the solid white line at any time. Motorcycles can use the hov lane too. Right now, there are hov lanes on us 95 from ann road to the spaghetti bowl. Project neon will create more. The express lanes on i15 will be converted into one hov lane, and one additional general whats driving you crazy . Remember, you can write me at. Traffic 8 at las vegas n dot back to you. brian loftus the tax deadline is approaching. Kirsten Joyce 8 on your sides Michelle Mortensen reveals how you can get your taxes done for free Michael Stevens is live with moreon the deadly shooting near nellis. Kirsten Joyce its caucus day for republicans in nevada. Which candidates are leading this morning. brian loftus allergies are coming early this year why theyre coming now. And how you can curb your symptoms. < welcome to a brighter morning, this is 8 newsnow with kirsten obilor and brian loftus brian loftus Kirsten Joyce brian loftus were your local election headquarters. And the Republican Caucus is held here tonight. Gop front runner donald trump is looking to secure a third win in a row. While rival ted cruz is fighting back against claims hes running a dirty campaign. Don champion has the latest on the campaign. After winning primaries in South Carolina and new hampshire. Don ald trump is eyeing a big win in nevada tonight. sot trump you better get out tomorrow. You gotta vote vote vote on the eve of the states gop caucuses. The republican frontrunner did not hold back. Slamming a protester. sot trump id like to punch him in the face, ill tell you that. And bashing rival ted cruz for what he called Dishonest Campaign ads sot trump this guy is sick theres something wrong with this guy sot cruz god bless the great state of nevada after finishing in third place behind marco rubio in South Carolina, cruz is going into todays contest without his communications director. Rick tyler was asked to resign monday for sharing a false news story on social media that suggested rubio dismissed the bible. sot cruz i have made clear in this campaign that we will conduct this campaign with the very highest standards of integrity speaking on a flight to vegas. Rubio called tyler the fall guy for cruzs deceptive campaign. sot rubio you feel bad for whos executing a culture that exists in that campaign. Silver state. Both are vying to be the main alternative to trump. With super tuesday just a week away. Don champion cbs news. brian loftus caucusing starts at five oclock this evening and runs to nine. If you need to find your caucus site, we have a link on our website, las vegas now dot com. You must be a registered republican to join. Kirsten Joyce on the democratic side. Bernie sanders and Hillary Clinton will take part in a town hall event tonight in South Carolina. The states democratic primary will be held this weekend. Clinton has an 18 point lead over sanders in South Carolina. Voters in 12 states go to the polls on super tuesday just days later. Kirsten Joyce 8 news now is your local election headquarters for tonights caucus and the entire 2016 campaign. Watch a special edition of politics now tongiht at 7 30. And your complete caucus coverage at 11. Kirsten Joyce now lets get a brian loftus sherry. Hows the weather looking today . < Sherry Swensk skies are clear and winds are somewhat breezy, but thankfully not as gusty as yesterdays 40 plus mph winds. They punched us in the face. There is litter all over our channel 8 parking lot and youll likely have some cleanup to do today or when you can. Winds will still stay on the bumpy side today and it feels cooler outside. With those north winds up to 20 mph right in some areas. Temps right now down in the 50s than that. Winds will continue to blow out of the north northeast through the day with good sunshine, but some high clouds are expected to show up from time to time and highs will be about ten degrees cooler. In the 60s. < kirsten, brian. Back to you. Kirsten Joyce were learning more about last weeks shooting on friday near the strip. That left two women dead. The weekend. Investigators say it all stemmed from a fight in the parking garage of the miracle mile shops. Police say Surveillance Video shows tally following another car onto the strip. Before shots were heard. Jennifer chicas and melissa mendoza. Are the 2 women shot to death. They were visiting from northern california. In an exclusive interview with 8 news now, talleys younger brother, Deandre Graham tells us the news came as a shock to his entire family. Deandre Graham brother of omar talley it was one stupid night, one stupid night you know. butt to Deandre Graham brother of omar talley hes not a violent person, he doesnt go out looking for trouble. omar talley told police he couldnt remember much from that night because he was drunk and smoked marijunua. Police tracked down talley in his girlfriends car during a traffic stop. He now faces a number of charges from murder with a Deadly Weapon to attempted murder. brian loftus a baby boy is hurt at an unlicensed daycare facility. But his parents say police immediately focused their baby jonathan was taken to the last november. Jessica and danny lopez say they knew a worker at an unlicensed daycare hurt him. They say detectives questioned them, their two other children were placed with their grandparents, and jessica and danny couldnt be with them month. Turns out this is routine for an child abuse investigation like this one. Dustin Marcello attorne y it can create a really tense environment where the parents cps is doing what they think is necessary. Police detectives are involved. danny lopez father we felt so bad what was going on, plus that, on top of it, it was really hard. attorney Dustin Marcello says police need to question those closest to the child and Child Protective Services can act fast to make sure children are not in danger. Last week, North Las VegasPolice Arrested that daycare worker. Alejan dra robles. They say she admitted she dropped jonathan because he kept crying. brian loftus lets get a check Kirsten Joyce demetria. How are things looking . Demetria obilor < accident in the southwest on northbound durango over 215. Accident on northbound las vegas boulevard, north of saint rose parkway. Crane on the strip by the wynn. Its impacting the northbound side of traffic. < back to you. brian loftus getting your taxes done for free. Kirsten Joyce how you can take advantage of the service no matter what your income. brian loftus starbucks lovers. Listen up. The changes coming to the temperature is warming up. Full swing. Earlier than expected. Many peopleeare suffering from watery eyes, stuffy nose, and even a dry cough. El nino is causing warmer temperatures. Which is causing plants to bloom early. Doctors says the pollen count is highest after 5 p. M. Up to 10 a. M. The next morning. And that pollen has more patients lining up for help. troy beertoli, md at Dignity Health medical group 27 32 bacially, an allergy is your body over reacting to whatever to whatever your allergy is. Butt to try to avoid it as much as you can and other than that you have doctors also say to reduce allergies. First take off shoes at home. And, try taking a shower before bed so, you dont bring pollen or even mold to bed. Sherry Swensk < ash, elm and juinper trees all blooming right now. And ornamental trees. Skies are clear and winds are somewhat breezy, but thankfully not as gusty as yesterdays 40 plus mph winds. They punched us in the face. There is litter all over our channel 8 parking lot and youll likely have some cleanup to do today or when you can. Winds will still stay on the bumpy side today and it feels cooler outside. With those north winds up to 20 mph right in some areas. Temps right now down in the 50s but the breezes feeling chillier than that. Winds will continue to blow out the day with good sunshine, but some high clouds are expected to show up from time to time and highs will be about ten degrees cooler. In the 60s. Back to you. brian loftus the irs tax deadline is fast approaching. Kirsten Joyce and this year. You can get your taxes done for free. No matter what your income brian loftus 8 on your side consumer advocate Michelle Mortensen has the details. No one likes to talk about taxes. But. Getting them done for free. Is definitely worth talking about. As you know this year. 8 on your side has partnered with the Financial GuidanceCenter Located on jones boulevard to help people get out and to help with that plan. They are offering to do your taxes for free. Everyone doing returns is irs trained and certified. They can also do more than basic returns. They will do previous years. Business without losses and ammended returns. All you need to bring with you is your w2 or 1099. A picture id and Social Security card for everyone on the return. And proof of health insurance. lamoyne biss if you are getting insurance through the market place you need to bring form 1095a with you. 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Kirsten Joyce now lets turn it over to demetia. Brian loftus how are the roads looking this morning. < Demetria Obilor shoulder blocked on the southbound i15 exit to tropicana. Delays in the area. Construction work on twain near paradise is slowing you down. Crews are expected to be out there through the end of the month. Well be rigprogram. Under the old program, members got one star per visit. Gold customers would visit 12 times to earn a free item. Now. The new program is based on how much a customer spends. Stars for every dollar spent. And customers will have to earn 125 stars for a reward. brian loftus today. Demonstrators are expected to stage rallies at apple Stores Across the country. Amid the companys ongoing encryption battle with the fbi. Apple is refusing to comply with a court order to create a back door that would allow the fbi to access data from the iphone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists. The companys appeal is due by friday. Kirsten Joyce from high tech to low tech. Forget the smart phones and tablets. A man is iowa is promoting family fun. With the flick of a finger. Jenna rehnstrom has more. In a world where ipads and video games are many kids prized posessions, Jim Braunschweig wanted something simplier for his family, and especially 5 yearold, brady, who loves soccer. Jim says, i google searched soccertype board games and there really wasnt anything out there. But i did come across a video somewhere of kids playing with nail and a quarter some i could make that better and i want to make it for my son. It was a hit with brady, and then family and friends started to get interested, too. Jim says, the idea for the business started when we found out the adults liked it just as much as the kids did. So was born the flickboard. The name, pretty much explains it all. Jim says, you alternate turns and try to get it across oooh, i thought you were going to score across their goal. Sound of saw buzzing before he knew it, jim, along with his dad, jerry, were making flickboards to sell. Morningside college, jims alma mater, gave the okay to use their mustang mascot, and with the help of the university of iowas Venture School program for entrepreneurs, jim was able to get the license to use the hawkeye logo. As sports fans and local game day hot spots start to pickup on the idea, jim hopes the will make them a favorite tailgating game and a lasting piece of sports memorablillia. Jim says, theyre not just games, but theyre actually also wall art, so when youre not playing the game, we hope that these things will find a lasting place in your home or business, hanging on the wall. Not to mention the hours of family fun. No video games needed. Kirsten Joyce that was Jenna Rehnstrom reporting. Flickboards range in price from 85 to 99 dollars. You can find them online at flickboards. Co m brian loftus now lets send send things over to Sherry SwenskKirsten Joyce sherry whats the forecast look like Sherry Swensk < skies are clear and winds are somewhat breezy, but thankfully not as gusty as yesterdays 40 plus mph winds. They punched us in the face. There is litter all over our channel 8 parking lot and youll likely have some cleanup to do today or when you can. Winds will still stay on the bumpy side today and it feels cooler outside. With those north winds up to 20 mph right in some areas. Temps right now down in the 50s but the breezes feeling chillier than that. Winds will continue to blow out of the north northeast through some high clouds are expected to show up from time to time and highs will be about ten degrees cooler. In the 60s. Then warmer into the 70s rest of the wekk and eventually up to near 80 by the weekend. < lets get a check of traffic. Demetria Obilor < work is underway in the northwest. Crews are working to build the centennial bowl interchange, which will create new ramps connecting us 95 and 215. Delays have arrived in the spaghetti bowl. No surprises there. < brian loftus country superstars are calling las vegas home. At least until their residency is over. Kirsten Joyce coming up at 6 00. We sit down with the band. And chat with them from everything about what they like to do here. To how grateful they are for brian loftus plus. Hitting the end call button on robocalls. 8 on your sides Michelle Mortensen looks into the major increase of the annoying phone calls here in the valley. talking about a deadly shooting across from Nellis Air Force base brian loftus plus. Gop candidates campaigning for republicans votes. Ahead of todays caucus. Where theyll be. As voters make their way to the polls. Kirsten joyce and. Rascal flatts going back to their roots we sit down with the country superstars. As their residency gets underway, to rave reviews. < welcome to a brighter morning, this is 8 newsnow with kiiten obilor and brian loftus Kirsten Joyce good morning and thanks for joining us. Im Kirsten Joyce. Loftus. We continue to follow breaking news this morning. A man was overnight killed near Nellis Air Force base. Kirsten JoyceMichael Stevens is live at craig more. Michael Stevens brian, kirsten. Metro Police Believe this whole thing started as an argument between two groups. Who knew each other. Police were called here to the nellis suites near craig and las vegas boulevard around 230 this morning. They say a group of people driving a black Volkswagen Jetta with gold rims pulled up to the parking lot of this hotel. And tried to get someone to come outside. When that person didnt come out. Police believe the suspects started damaging a car in the parking lot. Thats what got the victim to come outside. And shots were fired