Searching for the driver. Who took off after hitting and killing a 2 year old girl. Kirsten Joyce a vigil was held last night for little evelyn green. She was struck sunday evening. Outside of her home near lake mead and pecos. Emotions ran high. As the girls mother, vicky davis began physically pushing aside reporters while they were speaking with the childs father, joshua green. Evelyns mother said she got a good look at the driver. Because he actually got out of the vehicle and apologized to her before fleeing the scene vicky davis mother the guy came out of the car he talked to me and said i am sorry for what i did like he was drunk and smelled like tequila something on his breath i am sorry for what i did he kept telling me sorry sorry sorry. Joshua green father i just want him to turn himself in its hard for me to say that real hard. Kirsten JoyceNorth Las Vegas police are now searching for a full size panel style van with no windows. If you have any information you are asked to call brian loftus the vigil for the little girl. Was held the same night as friends and family gathered to remember a motorcyclist killed over the weekend. That makes 14 people since the start of the new year in metros jurisdiction. Kirsten Joyce and with the temperatures starting to warm up. More and more people will be out on the roads on motorcycles, bikes, walking, you name it. brian loftus 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens is live near decatur and 215 with a warning from police. Good morning michael . Michael Stevens brian, kirsten. Officers say a 27year old motorcyclist was killed. Witnesses told police he was speeding. And rearended a car that slowed down to make a right turn. The motorcyclt was taken to the hospital where he later died. In 2015. 23 people died while riding a motorcycle or moped. And as the weather gets warmer, more people will be taking their bikes out for a drive. So metro police want everyone to be careful officer Michael Rodriguez metro police in almost everyone of our accidents involving motorcycles speed is most definitely a factor. Michael Stevens last year. Metro police say there were about 1hundred and 25traffic related deaths in their jurisdiction. Police call the number both devastating and unacceptable. In hopes of stopping the deadly trend this year. Metro police has started a Traffic Safety focus. Each month, the department will be joining forces with the nevada Highway Patrol and the Henderson Police department to address the ongoing problems through education and enforcement. Police say this month the focus is on speeding. And officers have been targeting the areas where people are known to drive too fast. Brian, kirsten . brian loftus michael. You said speed is their focus this month. Are police giving any simple advice to drivers to help the problem . Michael Stevens police are putting the effort back on everyone in the community to change the culture. They say the public needs to their part by leaving early and driving the speed limit. So you make it to your destination alive. sherry hows the weather today . Sherry swensk you cant help but want to be springlike weather were having right now. Quite a warmup that started over the weekend. We jumped into the mid and low 70s yesterday. And its taking a while to cool down this morning. Youll still need long sleeves or a light jacket this morning, but finally temps are back to normal and a bit above. Sunny skies today and highs back above normal with light and variable winds for the valley. And dry air. Back to you Kirsten Joyce new this morning. Allegedly beaten by a former metro officer during an arrest. Has now filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. The california woman, amanda vizcarrondo ortiz, is seeking at least 225 thousand dollars in damages. Saying she suffered permanent face, neck and back injuries. The lawsuit was filed against Richard Scavone and his partner for the january 2015 incident. Scavone was arresting her on littering and loitering for prostitution charges. Which were later dropped. He allegedly beat her during the arrest. While wearing a body camera. And has pleaded not guilty to federal Excessive Force and obstruction charges. He will stand trial march 22nd. brian loftus an inmate accidentally released from an la jail was recaptured in boulder city last night. The murder suspect Steven Lawrence wright was mistakenly released last month. While awaiting trial in a gang killing. He was taken into custody without incident and is now being held in nevada, pending an extradition hearing. Kirsten Joyce new at 6am. The nevada dmv is requesting more money for a virtual line system. That it blamed for long wait times last summer. Today, the state board of examiners will consider whether to expand a 5 Year Contract with vendor, qless. The cost would increase from 300 thousand to more than 800 thousand dollars. This company is the one who offers dash pass. The same program the dmv dropped. Transportation leaders said no Shows Increased overall wait times, however, the company said the fault was dmv understaffing. The dmv then rolled out an improved version of a virtual demetria, how are the roads this morning . Demetria obilor youre looking at a crash in the northwest on westbound ann and centennial center. No delays, just police activity. South valley, watch out for a crash at cactus and dean martin. No crashes on our freeways right now, but theres plenty of work happening on 215 that could slow you down. Well go over those zones up next. < back to you Kirsten Joyce voters in New Hampshire have already begun taking to the polls. In the first in the nation primary contest. brian loftus Allison Warren is live in manchester, New Hampshire this morning. With the very latest on the race. Allison im here in manchester nh where many of the candidates will spend their evening at separate watch parties as they await primary results. But the people of New Hampshire have become accustomed to seeing candidates around town, especially in the last week since the iowa caucuses. And the campaigns take a similar tactic here, intimate settings like sports bars and diners become venues for last ditch opportunities to appeal to primary voters on both sides of the aisle. New hampshire voters certainly vet the candidates too. While most polling places havent opened yet this morning, early surveys of likely primary voters show sanders with a 25 point lead on the democratic side, and show trump cruz and rubio at the top of the republican side with trump in brian loftus thanks allison and how is New Hampshire different from iowa . Allison well first of all this is a primary, much more like the election process we are used to of simply casting a ballot. Secondly, independent voters in nh, which make up a large percentage here can choose whether the want to vote democrat or republican so they may play a large roll in tonights results. brian loftus we are dont forget. We are your local election headquarters throughout the season. On air and online at las vegas now dot com. Kirsten Joyce hackers releasing info of thousands of government workers. brian loftus the investigation into how they got their hands on fbi employees data. Kirsten Joyce plus. The first trailer released of the new bourne flick,. Filmed on the strip. i was walking home. Just picked us up two breakfast croissants for four bucks, when this bear attacked. With one swipe, it devoured one of the croissants. Then jack showed up and took care of the beast, so i could escape. And yours . It survived. Share it with yourself. Freshlycracked egg with ham and bacon,or sausage, get two breakfast croissants forfour bucks. For weeks ive been telling you about closures on the strip. Because of crew filming the new jason bourne movie. And finally. The flick remembering everything doesnt mean you know everything. The world is a bore. Swat truck plows cars Demetria ObilorUniversal Studios bought Super Bowl Ad time for the spot. You can see a swat truck plowing through traffic in front of paris and across from the bellagio fountains. To see more of the action scenes on the strip. Or to see someone you know who got cast as an extra in the film. You can watch it in theaters july 29th. sherry hows the weather today . Demetria obilor < < < back to you fbi employees hackers released Contact Information for 20 thousand workers. The leak comes just one day after personal data was released for nearly 10 thousand Homeland Security employees. The group said the information was pulled from the department of justice database. They were tweeting with the hashtag free palestine. The Justice Department is now investigating. brian loftus the Animal Foundation hopes to save the lives of more healthy and treatable animals by becoming no kill by the end of 2020. Kirsten Joyce but how can a shelter that takes in nearly 30thousand dogs and cats every year change its ways . The foundation has laid out an aggressive plan that the entire community plays a role in. Have saved a lot of lives already but Southern Nevada has a long way to go and a lot of work to do harold vosko 32,500 were being euthanized so we lowered 20k theres almost no city putting down 20k animals a year so think about what weve already done. Now we just have to get to that finish line. Kirsten Joyce tonight at eleven Denise Valdez will lay out what must happen to get to that finish line. The challenges the progress and why come critics say it cant happen. Again, you can catch the full report at 11. brian loftus the First Electric highway charge station is now up and running in beatty. This is part of the governors plan to help drivers with short range electric cars make the trek from las vegas to reno. Officials are still negotiating partnerships for charging stations in fallon, tonopah and hawthorne. Funds for the electric highway come from nv energy and the States Renewable Energy tax abatements. tropicana Just Announced they are opening a new beach club. The Sky Beach Club will open its doors on april 8th. The south beachinspired venue have two luxury pools, vip cabanas, a dj booth and two bars. And if youre in the market for a new job. Tropicana is now looking to fill a number of different pool positions. For more information head to our website at las vegas now dot com and click on the links we mentioned section. brian loftus the rtc is bringing bike share to vegas. And you can help decide where the first stations should go. Kirsten Joyce demetria shows you how in whats driving you crazy . And its time for todays facebook contest. Register to win on our facebook page. Good luck laissez Les Bons Temps rouler brian loftus aka. Let the good times roll, because its mardi gras heres a live look from new Orleans Bourbon street. Where partygoers are celebrating fat tuesday. It always falls before ash wednesday, which is the first day of lent. Fun facts the first mardi gras was held back in 1857. But it wasnt until 1892 that the king of carnival selected the iconic colors that you see everywhere on this day. Purple stands for justice. Green is faith. And gold means power. sherry hows the weather today . Sherry swensk clear skies and cool 40s in most neighborhoods this morning. With the much colder air up north in Lincoln County and parts north. Warm and beautiful in Southern Nevada and across the desert today. Feeling extra mild and even too warm in some spots. Its beach weather in california. More than 40 mph and drive temps into the 80s again today. High pressure will stay Holding Strong through the week and that will help keep temps well above normal for the week and into president s day weekend. The eastern half of the us is getting all the cold air and the winter weather. Blizzard conditions and driving snow that is piling up with Power Outages and even coastal flooding. Our highs near record temps by tomorrow and could even set a new one wednesday. Then 70s holding on through the demetria, whats driving people crazy . Demetria obilor this summer, the rtc will launch the valleys first, public bike share system. It will start off downtown and then expand into different parts of town. The rtc wants your help selecting the best bike share locations in the downtown area first, you create a username and register. You click on suggest a station and select your top 5 potential station locations. The downtown area is highlighted in green. After youre finished, you can click learn more to find out more about the project. The rtc says its Bike Share Program will include about 18 stations and 180 bicycles that are available for selfservice rental 24 hours a day. Hey whats driving you crazy . Send your traffic question to traffic eight at las vegas now dot com. Back to you. brian loftus south korea released the first images of debris. Believed to be from a long range rocket fired by north korea on sunday. South korea says theyre analyzing nearly 300 objects recovered from the sea. They say the number of pieces. Was equipped with a self destructing device. North korea fired the rocket. Despite warning from multiple countries. Who claimed it was a front for a long range missile test. Kirsten Joyce 8 on your sides debt destroyer family takes one step forward. And two steps back. After the loss of a job. brian loftus Michelle Mortensen shows us the different ways they can still have money coming in the door. While looking for a permanent position. brian loftus praised as one of americas best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. A practical and successful legislator, Bernie Sanders passed more rollcall amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member, protected social security, cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans healthcare. Bernie sanders a consistent, principled, and effective leader. Building a future to believe in. A deadly train crash in germany during the morning rush. The latest on the developing situation. Kirsten joyce plus. A nevada lawmaker joins the protest in oregon. The reason Michelle Fiore is heading to assist the armed group at the wildlife refuge. Michael Stevens < Michael Stevens is live talking about bike and Pedestrian Safety on the street < 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 waking up with us. Im brian loftus. Kirsten joyce im Kirsten Joyce. Developing at this hour. At least 9 people are dead after two trains collided head on in germany. brian loftus this happened overnight. But it was during what would be germanys morning commute. Hundreds of emergency crews responded. To help the other 150 people who were injured. The german transport minister said in that area. Trains can travel up to 60 miles per hour. And its possible they were both going at that speed. They slammed into each other whil on a curve. So investigators believe the conductors couldnt see the other train and therefore did not brake. That area does have a Safety System designed to prevent such a crash. Its unclear why it didnt work. We will continue to keep you updated on this developing story as we learn more. lawmaker, Michelle Fiore, is heading to portland, oregon tomorrow. She will protest the jailing of members of the armed group that took over the federal wildlife refuge. This comes. As the 4 remaining protesters continue to release more and more videos over the past week. At times taunting the federal government you see this pt cruiser . Its government pt cruiser but you know what . This is now the Harney CountyResource Center. See that fbi, feds . Its the Harney CountyResource Center and you know what . Were going to use every resource we have here. And i think we have every right to do that. Kirsten Joyce in the video. We get a look inside the camp set up by the occupiers. They claim the fbi threatened to press additional charges for fortifying the refuge. The holdouts are among 16 people charged with conspiracy to interfere with federal workers. Theyre calling theyre compound camp finicum. Named aft