Metro police it happened near the intersection of Spring Mountain and decatur around 1130. Witnesses told police an infinity hit the back end of a bmw as it was pulling into spring pulling into Spring Mountain. 51 year old ki wyung lee who was not wearing a seat belt was thrown from the car and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver and another passenger were taken to umc with nonlife threatening injuries. The driver of the infinity was also taken to umc. Police have not said who was at fault or if any charges will be filed. This is the 118th road fatality in metros jurisdiction. Sharie Johnson metro police had their hands full last night as they were already investigating another deadly crash that happened earlier in the evening. Police say around 730 a 42yearold woman was crossing the street at boulder highway and indios avenue when she was hit by a truck. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say she was walking outside of the crosswalk. The male driver stayed on the not impaired or speeding. Police say responding to these easily avoidable crashes are getting more frustrating every time. sgt. Richard strader metro police this is totally avoidable. Totally shouldnt have happened there is a crosswalk maybe 300 yards down the road. Is your life worth three hundred yards or taking a chance and getting hit by a vehicle. Sharie Johnson by our count, 11 people have died on boulder highway just this year. Unlv is now conducting their own traffic study on boulder highway to find ways to make the road safer. Sharie Johnson metro police are asking for your help identifying a man suspected of making high end purchases with a credit card that doesnt belong to him. The victim in this case lost their wallet on november 15th. And the next day saw the expensive shopping spree being rung up on their credit card. In the southern valley. This man is believed to be part of a group of three who have used the card. Hes between 25 to 35 years old and had a shaved haircut. If you recognize him, please call crime stoppers. Sharie Johnson as the holidays are fast approaching. There are many people in the valley who are in need. Metro and Clark County School District Police are trying to put a dent in that. Patrick walker is live outside a target store near the 215 and decatur with what officers are doing. Patrick . Patrick Walker sharie. They are trying to put smiles on childrens faces. One toy at a time. They spent the day out here collecting toys. And stuffing the bus. Metros transport bus started to slowly fill with toys throughout the day. This is the second weekend officers have been collecting toys. Last weekend. More than 2 thousand toys were today. Jolly bearded man in a red suit. Who attracted plenty of attention. At least a dozen officers volunteered to come out on their day off. To do their part in helping kids who may not otherwise get any presents. Have a little bit happier day. sgt. Andrew saavedra metro police its all about the kids, and its nice to see a lot of people from the public and the Las Vegas Community come out here and donate to a good cause. Patrick Walker officers hoped to collect about 3thousand toys today. And they say its close. Although there is no final count yet. The toys will be distributed to children at title 1 schools. Which tend to have a high number of kids on free or reduced lunch programs. Patrick Walker in fact. Those toys are being taken to a few undisclosed schools at this time. To be distributed to the children in the coming days. Sharie. Sharie Johnson patrick. How long have officers been doing this stuff the bus drive . Patrick Walker this is only the second year. And officers say theyre impressed with how many people have donated. They have seen nearly twice as and sharie. They hope next year is even better. Sharie Johnson and thats not the only event bringing the holiday joy to kids in the valley. Today the Casa Foundation and other Community Groups held a Christmas Celebration for kids living in foster care. Kids of all ages got to enjoy the day with food, face painting, a jump house and even mr. And mrs. Claus showed up to deliver toys to the kids. Organizers tell us the event wouldnt have been possible if not for the donations from our local community. Some of the older kids also recvieved a gift card. Which was funded from viewers like you from our wednesdays child callin telethon. Sharie Johnson its a busy weekend in las vegas bringing in big bucks for the local economy. Fans are in town for the big ufc fight on the strip. At the same time cowboys and cowgirls are in town for the final weekend of the National Finals rodeo at the thomas and mack center. Thats where we find Mauricio Marin live with how its all Mauricio Marin the last National Finals rodeo performance for this year gets started at 645 tonight. With big name cowboys competing for millions of dollars in prizes. It has the city full of excited fans spending cash around town. Nearly 20 thousand people are going to be packing in for tonights rodeo. Tens of thousands of more people not able to get tickets are packing viewing parties around town. From just ticket sales and the events that go on inside the thomas and mack center for nf r. Organizers estimate 80 to 100 Million Dollars being pumped into the local economy. Nfr leaders say thats not even counting all the money spent on food, entertainment and souvenirs. Fans we spoke with say its a good time. Scott Sheppard nfr fan the competing the competition. The adrenaline gets up you know if youve played any sports in high school this is basically the same thing. Competition wise the best of the best which is basically what you come to see. the conor mcgregorjose aldo ufc fight going down tonight. Alot of aldos fans in town. Also. Many of mcgregors fans traveling in packs from ireland to cheer on their fighterspendin g cash on the strip and around town. The unique thing for some is they travel so far to see the fightthey end up staying for a longer period of time. Mauricio Marin as far as the nfr. Theyll be staying in las vegas through 2024. Helping bring people coming back to town for the big event. Reporting live. Mauricio marin. 8 news now. Sharie Johnson finding the inspiration to fight a devastating disease. How one woman is getting the determination to fight als with the help of her favorite rock star. Disease. And for one utah woman who is struggling as her body deteriorates. Shes finding some inspiration this holiday season. Brittany robbins got a special meeting with her biggest hero. Who says the inspiration is mutual. Felicia martinez reports bret where is my brittany at . Hello how are you doing everybody . Good how are you doing . Im coming in for the good stuff, all right . Muah believe it or not. This is the Bret Michaels have ever met. But brittany who loves poison and singer Bret Michaels just might be his number one fan. bret man, it is so nice to see you. It was nice to talk with you on the phone, too. That was great. Brittany y you made my day. Bret yep. Welp, you made my day, this is big for me. its big because just two weeks ago. Abc 4 utah met with brittany and we learned shes been struggling to survive with lou gehrigs disease. In the past year. Brittany has lost 85 of her muscle and body movement. As well as her ability to talk and breath on her own. But she was determined to be heard. reporter ok, brittany, so if you have one wish, what would it be . Brittany to meet Bret Michaels. but unable to walk. Meeting michaels during his concert here in utah seemed impossible. Unt il the rock star said he was coming to her. bret when i first found out about brittany i couldnt wait to get here thats the truth. Shes an amazing human being. And that inspiration goes from her to me, you know she talks about our music being inspiring to her, but to be honest with you shes an inspiration to me. michaels who has struggled with type 1 diabetes for the majority of his life understands what its like to feel limited. He also holds a special place in his heart for lou gehrigs disease hes seen here doing the ice bucket challenge in honor of his close friend. And brittany is no different. i was beyond touched when i found out that someones number one wish is to meet you. You hope that you leave something awesome in your life behind, you know, and the fact that i inspired her life and that shes now inspired my life, thats a great day. a great day. And a great ending to a mission that for brittany and her family almost seemed too far fetched. But with determination and love. They learned anything is possible. Sharie Johnson that was michaels said this meeting is the beginning of an awesome friendship. Sharie Johnson a historic agreement to protect our future. The new Climate Change plan World Leaders have made to eliminate the use of Greenhouse Gases. And the criticism its getting around the world. over a new global Climate Change plan to reduce and then eliminate the use of Greenhouse Gases. The hope of the Paris Agreement is to avoid the damaging effects of Global Warming. Brian webb reports. Gavel after 10 days of talks, nearly 200 countries agreed to fight Global Warming by limiting Greenhouse Gas emissions. They pledged to switch from burning oil, coal and gas to clean and Renewable Energy sources like solar power, for decades to come. general ban ki moon u. N. Secretary the agreement demonstrates solidarity. It is ambitious flexible credible and doable. It calls for the global average temperature rise to be held to less than twodegrees celsius thats threepointsix degrees fahrenheit. And even lower if possible. 100 billion will be given from rich countries to poor countries to help them move away from fossil fuels. john kerry secretary of state planet and future generations. Protests popped up under the eiffel tower after the agreement, arguing the pact doesnt go far enough. Others believe it will restrict the us and other countries too much. A handful of nations, including nicaragua have not submitted emissions targets. president obama we cannot be complacement. Th e problem is not solved because of this accord. The agreement sends a strong message to the Global Economy to move investments and technology and Technology Toward clean energy. York. Sharie Johnson the deal still needs to be ratified by individual governments before taking effect. Sharie Johnson secretary of labor tom perez came to town to stump for Hillary Clinton this week. He visited the culinary union. Which hasnt endorsed any candidate because union reps say to push for a bill to repeal the Affordable Care acts cadillac tax. Politics now cohost Steve Sebelius asked perez if theres any chance president obama would sign such a bill if it made it to his desk. tom perez secretary of labor he is not going to get a clean bill, so that to me is a hypothetical question that has zero chance of coming to fruition. Sharie Johnson more from that conversation. Plus our face off panels weighs in on the special session. And if the School Choice bill should be included. Thats all happening sunday night at 5 30 on politics now. Sharie Johnson big weather changes. Winds. Ashley conroy look at death valley near 70 degrees right now but that will soon change with this system moving into our area in the next day. Heres a look at our satellite radar map. Impressive storm systems throughout the western half of the us right now. You can see even the phoenix area is getting some precipitation snow into new mexico moving on up the i25 corridor through colorado and the denver area. Weve been talking about storm after storm thats been hitting seattle and portland this past week. Theyve had watches and warnings flooding in some areas. Theres a low pressure system that continues to spiral off the coast of vancouver and seattle. You can see here, it hasnt let up and that wintry mix continues to move on into their area. Id like to say its going to let up for them, but if we zoom out here you can see this band of clouds coming off the gulf of alaska. To continue to see more storms in the next few days. Back here in southern nevada. Were pretty calm on the radar map right now. But remember those winds are coming through here. That wind advisory will start tomorrow night and last until the Early Morning hourse on monday in clark county nye county you can expect to see it through monday afternoon. Our future windcast mount charleston, look at those gusts on the mountain. Well see winds here in clark county. And down into the Colorado River valley. Tonight. Getting cooler 41degrees, normal high at 39 winds relatively calm still coming from the north west at 6 11 mph. Tomorrow right around average at 56 mostly sunny skies. But we can expect those winds to coming later in the afternoon and potential showers to pick up tomorrow night. Heres our 7day forecast. Upper 50s for the high tomorrow tuesday getting colder at just0 grees wear extra layers if you n. En it gets even colder on esday and wednesday highs ly in the 40s. And look at this it even hits freezing tuesday nigh makere to bring those pets inside, cover any plants,nof courseose pipes. Hanks make sure to bringthose pets inside, cover anyants, andf course those sharie jnson the spirit giving is taking over thevalley this holiday season, as hundreds of kids in need will get a Christmas Gift this year. And its all thanks to the kind hearts of others. This is the fourth year of a toy drive to support the kids at the las vegas rescue mission. Perla gumm organizes the toy drive out of the mallinger family eye care clinic near summerlin town square. Last year the drive collected 500 toys. And perla is hoping to outdo herself this year. Aiming to bring joy to at least 600 kids perla gumm office manager, mallinger family eye care oh my gosh, theyre ecstatic. They absolutely love it, they get so excited, they are so grateful and all the parents are grateful too for everything that we do. Sharie Johnson the toy drive ends on sunday at two. From now until then you can drop off an unwrapped toy at mallingers location near Summerlin Parkway and Village Center circle in their drop off box the toys are for children ages two to 12. And will be gifted on the 19th and tomorrow from noon until two you claus. Sharie Johnson would you pay 25 thousand dollars for a toy . One person did that for a very rare star wars action figure. How this hard core fan was able to snatch up this unique find. opportunity has no slow season. No offdays, or downtime. Opportunity is everything you make of it. This winter, take advantage ofour seasons best offers on the latest generation of cadillacs. The 2016 cadillac srx. From around 339 per month, or purchase with 0 apr financing. Ago has sold at a price thats out of this world on friday, a bidder paid 25 thousand dollars for this Luke Skywalker action figure. This is part of a quarter milliondollar auction of star wars memorabilia by sothebys auction house. axelrod its a deal nearly
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