Henderson. Sum merlin. Mountai ns edge. And Nellis Air Force base will likely see temperatures at or below freezing for a few hours late tonight. This will not be a hard freeze. But a 36 hour window of freezing temperatures may damage or kill sensitive plants and crops. Looking ahead at the next couple of hours well be dropping into the upper 40s as early as 7pm with temps down to 43 by 9. Around 11pm 41 degrees and 38 degrees by early tomorrow. Morning around 8am. Look for our coldest temps. In the low the mid 30s between 57am. Dave Courvoisier when cold weather like this hits. Can end upostinyou a bundle in household repairs. Things like burst pipes. Pool problems. And plant loss can hit the budget hard. And no one wants that this time of year. So our 8 on your side consumer advocate Michelle Mortensen is here to remind us of the simple ways to protect our homes from this is not the time of year to be make unexpected purchases or to spend a bunch of cash on costly repairs. So tonight. Take a little time to do a few simple tricks to keep your home and landscaping safe from the freeze. First. If you have exposed pipes or faucets on the outside of your home. Wrap them. Home Improvement Stores sell covers for about 5 to 10 bucks. If youre already home and dont want to run out to the store. You can use a towel or an old tshirt to do the same thing. Youll also need a plastic bag and some duct tape. That can give you step by step instructions on how to wrap it that way. If youve never done it before. With your plants. If their in pots. Bring them in the house. If theyre not in pots. Wrap them with burlap, sheets or towels. Just dont wrap them in plastic. That can do more harm than good. Again. Lots of great tutorials online. Finally. Your pool is the easiest item to protect. And the most important item to protect. Because if it freezes. The fix and jets throughout the night and make sure your pool is filled with enough water. You do not want it to freeze at all. Michelle Mortensen now, we talked about the 3 ps. Pipes, plants and pools. Dont forget the fourth p. Pets. In general if its too cold for you, its probably too cold for household pets to be kept outdoors for long periods of time, especially if they are used to being indoors. Denise Valdez an emotional day for the family of a girl killed at a house party in 2012. A judge sentenced years in prison for the shooting death of 18yearold betty jean pinkney. 8 news now reporter karen castro was inside the courtroom as the victims loved ones begged the judge for a harsh punishment. karen castro visibly distraught, the family of the victim, betty jean pinkney, prepared for a difficult day in court. Meanwhile, her killer, demetrius black appeared calm. Even chatty at times. Joseph Pinkney victims father only thing i can say to you is. May the lord have mercy on your soul. ones asked the judge for the maximum time in prison for the man who killed the 18yearold high school student. And despite taking a plea deal for voluntary manslaughter with a deadly weapon. Demetrius black proclaimed his innocence. demetrius black sentenced in girls death just sending my condolences and sympathy to the family. I just want to let them know, even though i took this deal im not guilty of this crime. karen Castro Police say the teenage girl was gunned down at house party near craig road and lamb boulevard back in 2012. They say she was not e victims mother it was unnecessary what he done. Matthew pinkney victims brother im devastated. karen castro at one point, the victims brother abruptly ended his testimony after becoming overwhelmed with emotions. The judge sentenced black to 5 to 15 years in prison. He addressed the victims family. And even got choked up talking about the loss of a child. judge Douglas Herndon district court, clark county you want betty back. You want to hug her again. You wanna do all those things you cant do. pinkney, tells 8 news now, he forgives black. But he can never forget what he did. Joseph Pinkney victims father i really love and i miss her. I miss her a lot. Karen Castro Karen castro, 8 news now. Denise Valdez black is already serving 37 years to life for unrelated crimes. Hell be serving his sentence for manslaughter at the same time. Dave Courvoisier meantime derrick andrews. The alleged getaway driver for a man accused of gunning down 44yearold tammy meyers in front of her children last a will not get bail. Today a judge denied andrews request. Andrews is facing several charges, including accessory to murder. Dave Courvoisier and metro police are still looking for a man they say sexually assaulted an eight Year Old Girl at an apartment complex near lake mead and buffalo on thanksgiving day. Take a look at this composite sketch. The suspect is described as a thin white man with light colored or salt and pepper hair. If you have any information. Call police or crime stoppers. looking into whether yesterdays attack at ohio state university. Was an act of terrorism. They say the somaliborn student who rammed into a group of people with his car. Then slashed at others with a butcher knife. May have warned about his intentions beforehand on facebook. Well have much more on this tonight at 6 30. Denise Valdez the School Bus Driver accused of causing last weeks fatal bus crash in chattanooga that killed 6 children made his first appearance in court today. Johnthony walkers attorney asked the judge to delay his hearing. December 15th. Walker faces 6 charges of vehicular homicide. As well as Reckless Endangerment and reckless driving. Denise Valdez and 71 people are dead after an overnight plane crash in columbia. That, miraculously. At least five people survived. The charter plane was traveling from brazil, with a stop in bolivia, then to colombia. Carrying a Brazilian Soccer Team and more than 20 journalists to a tournament. For more on that, we send it to hena daniels. track tue0092 new crews worked in the dark using flashlights in the heavy rain and mountainous terrain. nats tue0093 stretcher still the few survivors pulled from lasts night wreckage were rushed to nearby hospitals. trackap stills of wreckage as daylight came. Scenes from the crash show the damaged fuselage. Debris. And workers carrying bodies of victims up the hillside. tue0115 emergency officials at scene more than 80 people were on board the charter plane. Including a First DivisionBrazilian Soccer Team. nats tue0116 jugadores en sao paulo . The players recorded a video in sao paulo before the flight took off. tue0129 file jugadores chapecoense scheduled to play tomorrow after reaching the finals of a major south american soccer competition for the first time. track ctm journalist Carl Worswick covers south american soccer ctm worswick sot to be pulled down from that perch after all that theyve done. Digest. track ctm grfx the plane was just five minutes away from its final destination when the crew declared an electrical emergency. enexctm pkg central colombia before disappearing. track tue0119 chapeco, Santa Catarina state the tragedy is hitting people in brazil especially hard the team from the small city of chapeco was in the middle of a fairytale season. flags half staff tue0102 the brazilian government has declared three days of mourning. Hena daniels, cbs news. Denise Valdez colombias Civil Aviation agency says at 9 am etcheck wires at least three players, two plane crew members and one journalist survived thea federation has suspended all games until further notice. Dave Courvoisier workers at Ohare International airport walked off the job today. Demanding better pay. But its not just chicago, where these demands are being made. Were checking in at a protest happening right now in vegas, next on the valleys news leader. news music voice over youre watching the valleys news six. Denise Valdez across the country today. Workers walked off the job. Demanding better pay. Dave Courvoisier youre looking at some of the protests in chicago. Where fast food workers are demanding the minimum wage be raised to 15 dollars an hour. Employees at chicagos Ohare Airport are also going on strike. Theyre also protesting here locally. Denise Valdez 8 news now reporter brittany walk out of the day. Near las vegas boulevard and st. Louis avenue Brittany Edney protesters right now are marching down paradise and will finish their rally at the mcdonalds near sahara. Since about 4 this afternoon, people have been rallying together in support of the hike. Chanting, holding signs, bannerstrying to bring homecare workersand uber drivers theyre all coming together to push for that minimum wage hike. I spoke to one gentlemanneal maynard who says hes here in support of his caretaker who he says has been instrumental in life for the past two years. Describing how she helps him with every day tasksfrom getting ready to household chores. And she deserves to receive better compensation for the work she does. neal maynard, protester my caretaker only gets 10 an hour, and this is the person that takes care of me. The company she works for charges 40 an hour, and she only makes 10, cant they shara would help her out quite a bit. those against the minimum wage hike say it adds extra costs to business owners. And argue that it could push restaurants like mcdonalds to phase out hourly employees. Brittany Edney organizers and protesters i spoke with today say they protests and say they hope things improve for workers in nevada. Reporting live, Brittany Edney, 8news now Denise Valdez we may live in the desert. But las vegas is starting to look like a winter wonderland. And there are plenty of places around town you can catch a glimpse of the transformation for yourself. Here are just a few first, the linq promenade has debuted its winter parq. Where you can catch Live Entertainment every night. A light show. Dave Courvoisier glittering lights is going on nightly at las vegas motor speedway. Its the citys largest holiday drivethru light show. Denise Valdez the magical forest at opportunity village is las vegas longest running holiday tradition. You can roam the tiny, decroated forest and take part in all the activities, rides, and treats offered there. Dave Courvoisier of course weve got the las vegas great santa run coming up this saturday. Where more than nine thousand santas are expected to take fremont street for a good cause. And so, so much more. For more details and a full list on about town, weve set up a link for you at lasvegasnow dot com. Denise Valdez and its beginning to look a lot like christmas at the boulevard pool. Which has been transformed into an ice rink as it does this time of year. Dave Courvoisier meteorologist katie boer is braving the cold at the cosmopolitan for us tonight. Katie . katie boer good evening. Im tracking some of the coldest temperatures of the season with our first overnight and early tomorrow morning across portions of clark county. That freeze warning remains in effect from 2 am to 8 am wednesday with widespread minimum temperatures 2832 degrees expected for the first time this season across portions of central and northeast clark counties in temperatures are expected to remain slightly above freezing near downtown las vegas and the strip. But areas near henderson. Sum merlin. Mountai ns edge. And Nellis Air Force base will likely see temperatures at or below freezing for a few hours late tonight. This will not be a hard freeze. But a 36 hour window of freezing sensitive plants and crops. Looking ahead at the next couple of hours well be dropping into the upper 40s as early as 7pm with temps down to 43 by 9. Around 11pm 41 degrees and 38 degrees by early tomorrow morning around 8am. Look for our coldest temps. In the low the mid 30s between 57am. Your weather healines show our coldest temps lingering during about a 36 hour window. This week. By sunday and monday look for a slight warmup back to the low 60swhich is about where we should be temp. Wise this time of year. Satellite radar shows a lack of cloud cover for the most part with will promote radiational cooling. That means. With no clouds to blanket us in temps. Wilav. Tonight and tomorrow. Look for lows tonight down to 34 at mccarran. But some spots as low as 2832 degrees. A very cold night expected. Tomorrow mid 50s with sunny skies. Your 7day forecast shows temps remaining below average through saturday with a slight warmup to the low 60s for fall again abruptly by tuesday. Thank you, katie. the runnin rebels have played in some final fours. Denise Valdez could the university be in line for another kind of final four. Chris . Chris Maathuis talking about the frozen four. The unlv hockey club team has moved a step closer to Ncaa Division one status. Tell ya what good news reached hockey assn. Plus. Some Mountain West awards handed out and unlv wasnt all but forgotten. Details next here on channel 8. Unlv has a hockey team. But they do and theyre pretty good. The rebels goal is acheiving ncaa divsion one status and to compete against the very best college players. Theyre a club team, but todays announcement places the program closer to that ultimate goal. Nats Chris Maathuis it might not seem like much today. Granted unlv Division One Status. Cheers cracked the ice. Zee khan unlv gm; from an exposure standpoint with playing against bigger schools team that were going to be competing against next season it draw more visibility from a fan perspective as well. Chris Maathuis the reason acha Division One Status draws out attention is because unlv is now one step away from Ncaa Division one status. And could become a full fledged scholorship awarding and money generating sport. Tristan mayer unlv freshman; for me at least fee process forward. Even if i dont do it myself. Dion antisin unlv soph; hopefully this becomes a d1 team and wins a national championshipone day at the divsion one level that would be great to see everything that weve built. Chris Maathuis unlv will join next season and be one of 60 acha d 1 teams competing for a championship. The last two successful programs at that level moved to up ncaa d1 status. But money talks and thats whats is holding unlv back. Zee khan gml; we need about 10 million for a five year can do that. We also needs womens lacrosse and weve been working together. Chris Maathuis the Golden Knights have been supportive. Even granting unlv use of its practice facility. That will become their new home. Complete with a locker room. Zee khan gm; going to be great, first classs exctiing for everybody. Dion antisin forward; to have our own rink with our own room its going to be unreal. Chris Maathuis couldnt come at a better time. Nats; vegas golden Chris Maathuis the unlv team plays twice this weekend against Northern Arizona at the Las Vegas Ice center. Face off set for 8 30. Only one unlv rebel made first team all Mountain West and hes a good one. Might see some time on sunday someday. Tau lotulelei was named first team linebacker. He had a career best and team leading 117 tackles. He was among the top 20 in the few were named to the Honorable Mention list. How about this. For the second straight year. Former Canyon Spring grad and San Diego State running back Donnell Pumphrey was named the leagues best offensive player. Cant aruge that that call. Hes all time third in rushing numbers. And has a chance to crack into the top 2 when his aztecs play at wyoming this weekend. , hes already passed Marshall Faulk at San Diego State. The rebels are coming off a disappointing 4 win season. Year. Unlv plays at ohio state in september. And then home against byu in november. The conf. Home games are interesting. Rebs are home with hawaii, San Diego State, san jose state and utah state. Its never too early to look ahead. Dave Courvoisier 8 news now at 6 30 starts in about three minutes. Denise Valdez lets check in with Christianne Kleinto see what