Gradually diminish from west to east by early tomorrow am. Places farther south. South of 215 may continue to see some scattered storms. Winds will also be noticably less after 4pm too. Nice pleasant, drier conditions will return tuesday through thursday. Currently were still seeing plenty of breezy winds noticing those highest breezes south of red rock n jean. Temps. Have had a hard time climbing thanks to our added cloud cover most spots only in the 60s. Looking at your extended forecast. Well be nice and dry tuesday through thursday. More active weather returns friday through the weekend when another rain and storm chance returns to the region. Denise Valdez as a key swing state, saturday and over the weekend, clark county residents hit the polls in record numbers. More than 70 thousand people cast their ballots. Shakala alvaranga is live near main street and charleston with a look at the turn out so far. Shakala . Shakala Alvaranga denise, as locals hit the polls for early voting both democrats and republicans are making a final push across the state to sway voters who havenm i was crying. I was in tears. I was excited. Shakala Alvaranga its a moment shell never forget. Flor cordona voted saturday for the first time in her life. Sixteen years ago i didnt have papers, i dont have a language, i dont have nothing i only have dreams. Shakala Alvaranga shes pushing other latinos to vote early. Now is the time to country and the direction that you would like to see it going. Shakala Alvaranga polls show the races for president and a senate seat are tight in nevada. Today u. S. Senate candidate Catherine Cortez masto talked with voters, highlighting the high stakes in this years election. Meanwhile, Republican Senate candidate dr. Joe heck is in northern nevada rallying with texas senator ted cruz in reno over the weekend. Nevada is a battleground. Control of the u. S. Senator could vew Shakala Alvaranga on saturday, 39 thousand 309 ballots were cast. It beats the 2012 general election figure by about 6 thousand votes. Its not enough to say my vote does not count. Its just not enough to say that. Every vote counts. Shakala Alvaranga and on sunday, 31 thousand 249 people voted in clark county, which once again topples the 2012 general election by more than 5 the deadline to vote early is november 4th. For a complete list, you can head right over to our website las vegas now dot com. Reporting live Shakala Alvaranga 8 news now. list, you can head right over to our website las vegas now dot com. Reporting live Shakala Alvaranga 8 news now. paul joncich theyll be faced with 5 season. Theyll be faced with 5 measures. Question 1 would require background checks on gun sales. Question 2. Legalizing recreational marijuana. And using the taxes collected from sales towards education funding. Question 3 would do away with energy monopolies. And allow an open market for other companies to stake their claim. If passed. Question 4 would require certain types of medical equipment be exempt from the sales and use tax. Fuel revenue index tax. Which takes some of what you spend at the pump. And puts it towards improving valley roads. paul joncich everyday this week well dig deeper into one of the measures. To ensure everyone knows exactly what needs to be decided. Today we start with question 4. And as karen castro found out. Not too many people are familiar with whats being asked. karen castro its one of the lesser known ballot questions. But its impact. Both on patients and the everyday tax payer can be significant. Its important to understand, measure this november, its not a done deal. kevin ricks voted yes on question 4 i voted yes. karen castro for kevin ricks, voting yes on question four is personal. kevin ricks voted yes on question 4 my mother was in a hospice and a lot of the things that affected her all the way into the time of her death was the wheelchair, the oxygen. karen castro under the ballot question, wheelchairs and oxygen devices would be taxfree, among others. Voting yes would be supporting an amendment to the nevada durable medical equipment, as defined by medicare. Voting no would leave the tax as is. doug bennett alliance to stop taxes on the sick and dying we think this is the right thing to do is not to tax these poor people for sales tax for the Home Medical Equipment which they have no option but to buy. karen castro amendments to the states constitution requires voter approval during two consecutive general elections. While question four has little opposition, many have raised concerns over the financial tax revenue from the sale of home medical devices helps fund a number of Public Services including schools. doug bennett alliance to stop taxes on the sick and dying it is so small the amount of money taken out of the state of nevadas revenue fund. Its so small that its kinda hard to get your mind around it. karen castro proponents of question four say according to the department of taxation, the impact is. 025percent of the states annual budget. However, the states fiscal as for ricks, he believes the pros outweigh the cons. kevin ricks voted yes on question 4 say for myself, ive got va, people that dont have those things have to pay exceptional cost. karen castro if approved, the next time question four would appear on the ballot is in 2018. If it passes, state legislators will have to come up with a plan on how to implement the Tax Exemptions during the 2019 session. Denise Valdez the man accused of shooting and killing a woman on th morning. Kenneth mcdonald is the sole suspect in the october 15th shooting that left 48yearold Tracey Donahue dead. And her husband injured. Mcdonald is accused of shooting at cars on the i15 near sahara. His Attorney Says there are reports mcdonald was incoherent on his way to the hospital. And he wants to get to the bottom of those claims to find out the real reason why the shooting happened. Mcdonald is being held without bail. His next Court Appearance is set for early january. Denise Valdez chance to get their animals. If they were part of a cruelty investigation friday. Dozens of horses and birds were taken from a home near lake mead and decatur. After the animals were said to be living in unhealthy conditions. All of the animals were taken to the animal foundation. And the county says owners whose horses were taken from the home have until 630 tomorrow to pick them up. paul joncich investigators still arent sure what caused a bus to crash in southern in all. 44 people were on the bus when it crashed into the back of a big rig. The driver of the big rig survived with minor injuries. Government documents show the bus is owned by usa holiday. A Los Angeles Based tour company. According to those records it has no previous accidents. And its most recent inspection in april turned up no mechanical issues jim abele california Highway Patrol we may not be able to determine exactly why the accident has occurred because the driver has been killed so well get as close as officials are looking at the possibility of a black box recorder on the bus. But the bus was manufactured in 1996. And theres no guarantee there will be one on board. Denise Valdez unlv will soon be looking for a new athletic director. Tina kunzermurphy will step down at the end of her contract extension in june of 2017. Murphy took a lot of heat for the basketball search debacle. Firing dave rice midseason and then trying to hire two other basketball coae marvin menzies. But shes also responsible for what could turn out to be unlvs most successful high profile hire when she landed football coach tony sanchez. Sports director Chris Maathuis sat down with kunzermurphy and hell have more tonight at 6. paul joncich up next. A warning for parents and children. You may not know it. But the facepaint youre using with your Halloween Costume might be doing more harm than good. Plus. Nevadas second Cracker Barrel opened its doors this morning. Which has folks excited for the this is 8 news now at five. paul joncich halloween is almost here. But if you or your kids costume involves facepaint this year. Beware. Very, very scary. Consumer advocate Michelle Mortensen is here to explain. Michelle Mortensen last hallowwen i burst folks bubbles about contact lenses. This year im ruining facepaint. But only because that stuff can be a nightmare for your health. Without the terrifying consequences. Read those lables. Look for organic facepaint. Paraban free versions or those that get their color from Natural Ingredients like fruits, vegetables and flowers. Michelle Mortensen another option. Use some diaper cream. Im serious ill show you it gives a thick white coating. Is extremely safe. And its even healing. Need different colors. N diaper cream. And now your Halloween Costume 215 may continue to see some scattered storms. Winds will also be noticably less after 4pm too. Nice pleasant, drier conditions will return tuesday through thursday. Currently were still seeing plenty of breezy winds noticing those highest breezes south of red rock and down towards jean. Temps. Climbing thanks to our added cloud cover most spots only in the 60s. Looking at your extended forecast. Well be nice and dry tuesday through thursday. More active weather returns friday through the weekend when another rain and storm chance returns to returns to the region. Returns to the region. Cracker barrel restaurants to choose from. The next time you have a hankering for some country cookin blake odom its that home away from home feel. We are very down to earth. A great meal at a great price. We love our guests and try to excitement and community engagement. Were very excited to be part of the North Las Vegas community. We opened our first location in the summer and were really exicted to be second one in nevada. paul joncich the rain didnt stop didnt stop crowds from lining up dark and early this morning at the new location on craig road near losee. The restaurant is open 364 days a year. And includes the popular Old Country Store and those famous rocking chairs paul joncich this is also a good time to remind you that by this time next year. We could be enjoying Fried Chicken from not one. Not two. But four chikfilas. The company is opening the first 2 in henderson. One at stephanie and warm springs and another at easter and saint rose. Its still not clear where the third and fourth restaurants will open up. Denise Valdez still ahead. Baseball history will be made in the next week. paul joncich the cubs take on the indians in the world series. To bring one of the longest end. But if you want to see it in person. Its gonna cost you big. for the content of this advertising. Im Catherine Cortez masto and i approve this message. I dont know what i said, ahh, i dont remember. Narrator and joe heck says i have high hopes well see donald trump become president. Trump you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. Narrator heck says he completely supports trump. I love war in a certain way. Narrator and heck . Reporter do you trust him having his finger on the Nuclear Button . Heck i do. Reporter why do you say that . Heck why wouldnt i . paul joncich that is just a glimpse at what saturday night. When the cubs punched their ticket to the world series for the first time in 71 years. Denise Valdez so its set. A historic world series against the cleveland indians. Cleveland holds the second longest championship drought in baseball. 67 years. Of course the cubs have the longest. 108 years since they won it all. paul joncich many are clammoring for a seat in either stadium to witness an end to the streaks. But itll cost you big time. The average price cleveland for the first 4 games. About 4grand a piece. But thats a bargain when you see the 7thousand dollar tag on seats at Wrigley Field game 1 is tomorrow night. Denise Valdez so would you pay that to go to the world series . Ronald says. No you could spend a week in hawaii for that and catch the whole series on tv in a bar on the beach colleen says shell also pass. Ill watch from home, eat my store bought hot dogs, cracker paid 9bucks. Denise Valdez for those of you who feel those prices are too much youre probably not going to be spending money on this either. paul joncich remember those naked trump statues done by a las vegas artist . Well one of them was auctioned off over the weekend. And went for a whopping 22thousand dollars Denise Valdez the bidder wants to stay anonymous. So we dont know what they plan to do with the statue. But we can tell you the auction house is giving part of the proceeds to the National Immigration forum. thanks for joining us for 8 news now at five. The valleys news leader. paul joncich the cbs evening news is next. Well see you at six. Its hard to make the past dissappear, but Danny Tarkanian is trying. Hed rather you forget about all of his failed runs for congress, senate, and secretary of state. And the shady record that killed his chances every time. The telemarketing scammers he represented. 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