Said on National Television donald yells liar let me tell you someone falsely accusing someone of lying is itself a lie and its something donald does daily. Trump meanwhile offering an explanation as to why he hasnt yet released his tax returns which became a hot issue after mitt romney suggested wednesday the documents could contain a quote bombshell. I will absolutely give me returns but im being audited now for two or three years so i cant do it until the audit is finished. Cruz shot back by saying if trump claims hes being audited that should add urgency to release the documents. Both he and rubio said they would release new returns within the next few days. Kirsten Joyce on the Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are making a last minute pitch to minority voters ahead of saturdays primary in south carolina. Neither candidate can win in the delegaterich super tuesday states without minorities. In 2008, African Americans made up more than half of the democratic electorate in alabama and georgia. And nearly a third in virginia and tennessee. And a third of democratic voters in texas were hispanic. A recent poll shows clinton leading sanders among black and hispanic voters. Nearly 2 to 1. Sanders campaigned in chicago last night. And clinton campaigned in south carolina. Kirsten Joyce 8 news now is your local election headquarters. For everything and anything in this election year. Brian loftus now lets get a look at your forecast. Kirsten joyce sherry. Hows the weather looking today . Sherry swensk < another mild morning. Temps dropping to the 50s around the valley and some 40s. Clear skies all night. Its been calm and will stay that way through the day and that could lead to a little haze. The air is also staying very dry and that will continue. Even with some high clouds moving in through the weekend especially tomorrow. Temps will increase a little upper 70s. That is more than ten degrees above normal. Then near 80 by the weekend. back to you. brian loftus a suspected burglar is dead after police say a property manager opened fire during a fight. It happened yesterday afternoon at a home near twain and boulder highway. Police say Property Managers were investigating an alleged when they confronted the suspect. He punched one of them in the face. Thats when one of the Property Managers opened fire. The suspect was taken to the hospital where he died. The property manager does have a concealed carry permit. brian loftus there were also three other shootings yesterday evening. One was a drive by near washington and jones. No word if the victim was random or targetted. brian loftus then a person was shot near a vehicle near cambridge and twain. Near the boys and girls club. brian loftus then later. A person was shot at in the suites on boulder highway. The events do not appear to be related in any way. Luckily, people were only injured in these other three shootings, no one died. Kirsten Joyce a Man Threatening to jump from the parking garage at the d hotel. Was taken into custody almost 10 hours later. Metro police say the call came in around 1030 yesterday morning. He was on the eightth floor of the parking garage. Carson between third and Fourth Street was closed during the incident. Police say the man came down at 745 last night. Kirsten Joyce now lets turn it over to demetia. Looking this morning. < Demetria ObilorPolice Activity on northbound i15 and sahara. Crash in a cone zone on tropicana and koval, which is just behind mgm selfparking. Building fire reported on decatur and charleston. < < back to you. brian loftus more than 600 people will take to the steps of the highest building west of the mississippi this weekend. Kirsten joyce 8 news now. As well as the American Lung association is hosting sundays scale the strat. 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens is from the strat. Hey michael . On sunday, february 28, 2016 more than 600 athletes of all abilities elite to novice will run or walk all 1,455 steps to the 108th floor of stratosphere tower in las vegas, with the goal of raising money for the American Lung association in nevadas mission of preventing lung disease and promoting lung health. Registration is now open for scale the strat, a fight for air climb, on sunday, february 28, fire at his workplace. Sho oting Kirsten Joyce what we know about the alleged shooter this morning. brian loftus more cones in hendersonde metria shows you whats going on along galleria drive, coming up in whats driving you crazy . Kirsten Joyce plus. A unicorn on the loose how the creature escaped and ran free. On california roadways. Trending this morning. A unicorn was captured after it was seen running on the street for hours in california. Yes, a unicorn. tatum boos she gotted a time out because she was being a bad pony, Demetria Obilor juliette the unicorn is really a pony. With a fake horn on its head. She belongs to fiveyearold tatum boos and spends her time taking professional photos. Juliette got out yesterday. And people were calling 9 11 saying they saw a unicorn running around. Officials chased her around for more than three hours. But were eventually able to wrangle her up. And take her back home. Sherry Swensk < a warm weekend is coming. Back to the spring drill. And that means allergies are in full swing with trees in bloom. I noticed all along jones the white pear trees blooming. Ridge of High Pressure along the west for warm weather. El nino has helped build a big ridge over the west and that has helped keep well above normal desert and Southern California through the winter. Intead of the extra rains and flooding that was anticipated. But the east has seen Severe Weather and will get a break today, more warm weather coming for the west this weekend. Back to you. that tore through a community in virginia on wednesday. Had winds moving up to 165 Miles Per Hour meteorologists say the tornado was on the ground for 13 miles. And damaged more than 100 homes. A series of twisters came through the community. And one man was killed. The same storm system brought 13 tornadoes to louisiana this week. It hit an rv park and killed two people. brian loftus three people are dead and 14 injured after police say a man opened fire at his job. A Police Source identified the shooter to cbs news as 38 investigators say he opened fire at three separate locations. Incl uding a lawncare products factory where he worked. Police say he first randomly shot at drivers. Ford was killed in a gunfight with the first officer who got to the scene. Investigators say he was served a protection from abuse order shortly before the attack. Family members could be seen looking for their loved ones. Jennifer trujillo says someone was shot right next to her husband Jennifer Trujillo husban d works at plant i heard my husbands voice but i wont be happy until i see him in person butt to oh my god oh my god. brian Loftus Police say ford used a long gun in the shooting. The cbs affiliate in wichita reports he had an extensive criminal record. brian loftus lets get a check of your commute. Kirsten joyce demetria. How are things looking . < Demetria Obilor today, nhp will be out enforcing the new speed limit on boulder highway from broadbent gibso n to tropicana from 8 am 3 30 p. M back to you. brian loftus our whats cool at School Segment this morning. Covering a career day at frias elementary. March 4th. Unfortunately, we are experiencing a Technical Glitch page. Right now, you cant vote for the two previous segments. But were working on the problem elementary and frias elementary fans. You will still get to vote. We hope to have the issue resoved next week. Kirsten Joyce from ice cream scooper, to president of the united states. brian loftus president obama is opening up about his first job. Kirsten Joyce the oscars are on sunday night. How much it costs to get stars admits some workers posed as Animal Welfare activists. Kirsten Joyce and president obama is talking about his first job. Jill wagner joins us live from wall street. Good morning jill. Well see if the markets can close out this week in positive territory. Rising oil prices and better than expected manufacturing data sent stocks higher yesterday. The dow jumped 212 points. The nasdaq was up 39. seaworld admits its workers posed as animalwelfare activists to spy on critics. That confirms an accusation peta made seven months ago. president obama says his first job as a teenager scooping ice cream at Baskin Robbins taught him valuable lessons about hard work and responsibility. He wrote about the experience on linked in. As his Administration Launches a new program calling on businesses to recruit, train and mentor teenagers for their first hollywoods biggest stars are getting ready to walk the red carpet at Sundays Academy awards. But it costs a lot of money to look so good . A it costs a pretty penny to get them looking gorgeous about 35 hundred dollars, according to wallet hub. the actual red carpet costs 30 thousand dollars. And the gold plated oscar itself now lets turn it over to demetria for whats driving you crazy . Demetria Obilor a concerned resident says, theres a lot of construction happening on gibson road right now. Crews are building the new hospital between boulder highway and galleria drive. This is a very busy area. Construction happening in this area is part of the Henderson Hospital construction. The city of henderson says crews are installing a drainage culvert from boulder highway to just past gibson road. This is a developing area, with bay water park. Construction of the hospital is not a city project, but its Public Works Department expects work to be completed by the end of may. The hospital is set to open this fall, right in Union Village off us 95 and galleria drive. Whats driving you crazy . Remember, you can write me at. Traffic 8 at las vegas now dot com. Back to you. Kirsten Joyce fighting crime. With girl power brian loftus why new female superheroes are soaring into stores. working to m working to make a deadly road safer. How metro police and nhp are teaming up. To crack down on bad behavior. On boulder highway. Kirsten Joyce back to the drawing board. When it comes to the empty spot on the supreme court. The message from governor Brian Sandoval. After speculation surfaced he Michael Stevens has more on scale the strat < welcome to a brighter morning, this is 8 newsnow with Kirsten Joyce, Sherry Swensk, Demetria Obilor and brian loftus brian loftus good morning and thanks for joining us. Im brian loftus. Kirsten Joyce and im Kirsten Joyce. Its 530. brian loftus one of the deadliest roads in clark county. Will soon be getting safer. Law enforcement officers are joining forces. To make a stretch of boulder highway more safe for pedestrians and drivers. Kirsten Joyce today. Metro police and nhp will be cracking down on speeders on boulder highway from broadbent to tropicana. This is where the 55 Miles Per Hour speed limit has been lowered to 45 Miles Per Hour. Eight percent of clark county deadly crashes happened on the road. And 20 percent of pedestrians who were killed last year. Were hit on boulder highway. Safety advocates say lower speed safety for pedestrians and drivers this is the first of many safety improvements coming to boulder highway this year. Kirsten Joyce this crackdown comes just one day after a woman was hit and killed on boulder highway. Henderson police are still searching for the driver. It happened Late Wednesday night. Police say the 50 year old was trying to cross boulder highway near warm springs. She was not in a crosswalk at the time. If you have any information, youre asked to call crimestoppers. brian loftus lets get a check of ur commute. Kirsten joyce demetria. How are things looking . Demetria obilor < still have Police Activity on northbound i15 and sahara. Seeing more traffic heading out of henderson and into work. Lots of fun stuff happening this run. Road closures begin downtown four am to one pm. Lets get a check of weather now with sherry. < Sherry Swensk another mild morning. Temps dropping to the 50s around the valley and some 40s. Clear skies all night. Its been calm and will stay that way through the day and that could lead to a little haze. The air is also staying very dry and that will continue. Even with some high clouds moving in through the weekend temps will increase a little more today with highs in the upper 70s. That is more than ten degrees above normal. Then near 80 by the weekend. < kirsten, brian. Back to you. Kirsten Joyce today. Another step in the process of potentially breaking up the Clark County School district. The Advisory Committee is meeting this morning to discuss how to do it. The public is allowed to voice their opinion. The meeting takes place at the building at nineoclock. brian loftus governor sandoval does not want to be considered for the supreme court. He said he notified the white house and senators of his decision. A position opened after Antonin Scalia died earlier this month. And sandovals name emerged as a possible candidate. Governor sandoval didnt offer any reason for his decision. President obama is still considering potential candidates. But has not yet sent a nominees name to the senate. Kirsten Joyce the airplane that burst into flames on the runway. Is being driven around. The British Airways plane was driven around the tarmac yesterday. To test the engines. The plane remained at the airport with a tent around most of it but that has since been removed. The plane caught on fire in september of last year. 157 passengers and 13 crew members evacuated the plane when the engine went up in flames. No one was seriously injured. British airways wants to get it fixed and back in use. brian loftus Mccarran Airport is seeing more passengers than last year. People arriving and departing the airport. Thats seven percent more than in january the year before. And the airline thats seen the most increase in passengers. Is spirit. With 26 percent brian loftus runners and walkers. Will head up all 1 hundred and 8 floors of the stratosphere. For a good cause. Kirsten joyce 8 news now. Along with the American Lung association is sponsoring scale the strat on sunday. Michael stevens is live there this morning. To tell us all about it. Good morning michael . On sunday, february 28, 2016 more than 600 athletes of all abilities elite to novice will run or walk all 1,455 steps to the 108th floor of stratosphere tower in las vegas, with the goal of raising money for the American Lung association in nevadas mission promoting lung health. Registration is now open for scale the strat, a fight for air climb, on sunday, february 28, 2016 at www. Scalethest rat. Com. Flu. Kirsten Joyce why this years vaccine is more effective than those in years past. brian loftus plus. Checking out the taste and sounds of soul. The big event this weekend. In downtown las vegas. power. Female super heroes to be exact. Mary moloney explains when the new merch lands in stores. friend to be a super hero you need a crime. Theres a car chase on the 112 freeway. supergirl i can do a car chase. Supergirl and her super friends will have a new life in target stores. Its part of the dc super hero girls line. Featuring Action Figures and clothes. And you guessed it all the characters have girl power. Fans will be able to see familiar faces like poison ivy batgirl and wonder woman. wonder woman well, i dont think youve ever known a woman comes after the new star wars action figure line famously did not feature any females. Even though the main character of star wars the force awakens is rey a woman. The new class of superheroes will be soaring into stores next month. For consumer watch im mary moloney adlib weather chat Sherry Swensk < coming. So its back to the spring drill. And that means allergies are in full swing with trees in bloom. That ridge of High Pressure is strengthening again along the