Hillary clinton i promise you you will always have a friend in the white house if i am your president. Martin omalley my experience is as an executive, a mayor and governor, bringing people together and getting things done Bernie Sanders we have to put working people back to work, and thats why im fighting for a trillion dollar infrastructure program. brian loftus now, just three weeks left until the first caucus in iowa, and 6 weeks until the nevada caucus. brian loftus on the other side of the aisle. Scrunitt. After donald trump questioned his constitutional ability to be president. Trump brought up the issue while being interviewed on cnn. Saying its not clear if cruz is a natural born citizen because he was born in canada to his american mother. donald trump r president ial candidate theres this doubt. People have doubt. Again, this was not my suggestion. I didnt bring this up. cruz initially dismissed the accusation but he was forced to answer the question wednesday in iowa. sen. Ted cruz r tx president ial candidate the child of us citizen born abroad is a natural born citizen. People will continue to make political noise about it but as a legal matter, its quite straight forward. brian loftus trump has a history with the birther battle demanding president obama release his birth certificate. But this time trumps birther attack is aimed at an opponent who has overtaken him in the polls in iowa. At least check. Cruz had a four point lead of the real estate mogul. evening. Mayor Carolyn Goodman will outline her plan for 2016. The state of the city address is set for 5pm at city hall. We caught up with the mayor ahead of the big speech. We wanted to know. The big successes. mayor Carolyn Goodman i really they really helped pull us through i think its been a slow time coming out of this great recession. But as you know too, when you drive around las vegas or youre up in a helicopter, you look at our northwest is exploding. And so is the southwest down by southern highlands. That whole area those two areas are explosive with interest, growth, with housing with business. brian loftus mayor goodman says shes also proud that once blighted Shopping Centers are filling up again. We asked her what we can expect her goals to be for the next year. She says. She wants to focus on safety. Specifically, pedestrian safety. brian loftus a potential terror attack. Thwarted in paris. What we know about the man. Investigators say tried to attack a Police Station. Plus. Powerful winds. Mudslides. And more. The treacherous conditions our neighbor to the west is dealing with. Sherry Swensk and a look out to the west shows the beautiful snowcapped Spring Mountains with more snow showers on the way. While weve missed out on a lot of rainfrom the last of three storms this week. Your full neighborhood Weather Forecast is coming up. < police shot and killed a man they say tried to attack a Police Station. It happened as paris marked the First Anniversary of the terror attacks on the offices of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper. Cbs Jonathan Vigliotti has the latest from london. Jonathan vigliotti cell phone video captured the moments after French Security forces shot and killed a man wielding a butchers knife outside a Police Station north of the capital. Authorities say the suspect shouted allahu akbar fueling fear of a possible terrorist attack. Armed officers blocked off paris in. The suspect was wearing a heavy jacket with what appeared to be wires sticking out but police say the suspicious device turned out to be a fake. French prosecutors say the man carried a piece of paper with the isis flag. Locals say the man was known in the neighborhood as mentally unstable. The incident took place on the one Year Anniversary of the frances Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine. It comes nearly 2 months after suicide bombers terrorized the french capital, killing 130 people. Jonathan vigliotti, cbs news. brian loftus authorities believe the man Police Killed in todays attempted attack was from north africa. brian loftus new at noon. Police have arrested a man wanted for murder. 24yearold joshua simon is accused of murder with a deadly weapon. Metro detective say he shot a man at an east valley apartment complex. Back on december 23rd. The victim was taken to umc trauma where he died. Investigators believe simon. And the victim got into a fight before the shooting. Hes currently being held at the clark county detention center. brian loftus new developments. With the las vegas arena. Its new name. And the special features. Some event goers will get to experience. < at noon. brian loftus california is getting drenched as heavy rain and strong winds from el nino storms continue to push in off the pacific. Roads are flooded, and mudslides a growing threat to hillside communities. Especially in newhall. One womans mobile home was moved tuesday because of the risk of mudslides. An hour later, the hillside came down. Nadine Garcia they said run, and the water just came over like a surge, like universal studios, it just came down and took everything. and mud isnt the only problem. People from los angeles to san diego are dealing with powerful winds and rain. While the mountains are welcoming as much as three feet or more of snow. starting to wind down now for both california and for us in southern nevada. But we still stand a chance of some showers today. Clouds and sunshine and a few breezes leftover. Lets check temps right now at noon. We are just getting into the low 50s around town and its been a fairly pleasant morning. The views to the mountains have been glorious. The mountains and then we take a break friday and most of saturday before another shot at showers saturday night. There is one more system still well off the coast to bring us that chance of late showers in most likely the overnight hours. A Winter Weather advisory remains in the mountains until 4 pm today as snow showers pass by and snow levels down to 4000 feet or flurries even lower. Temps stay below normal for the rest of the week and the weekend. Nights drop back to much colder 30s and near freezing. < weather toss brian loftus we now know the official name of the new las vegas arena. Early this morning. Tmobile announced it will be called the tmobile arena. The 20thousand seat venue is and new york new york. Tmobile customers will get the vip treatment when they attend concerts or sporting events with access to seat upgrades, early ticket sales, and fast track vip entry. The arena is on track to open in april. brian loftus super bowl 50 is a month from today. Right here on channel 8. This year, were giving away 25 hundred dollars during our special newscast after the big just head to our website las vegas now dot come to enter and the page. While youre there, check out our newly launched super bowl page. Just click the sports tab. Youll find nfl stats, past games, as well as game day recipes. brian loftus nobody won last nights powerball drawing. But that only makes the jackpot even bigger its now worth an estimated 675 Million Dollars the winner could take home about 413 million in cash. Its now the biggest in us history. The winning numbers will be picked on saturday. brian loftus 17 miners are safe. After spending hours hundreds of feet below the earth. After they were stuck in an elevator under the surface. < tense moments in Central New York overnight when 17 miners became stuck in an elevator hundreds of feet underground. Kenneth craig has the story from new york. Kenneth craig rescue crews brought the last of the trapped miners to the surface around 8 30 thursday morning after a 10 hour ordeal hundreds of feet below ground. The mines manager says the workers were cold, but their sprits were high. shawn wilczynski, mine manager im moved and inspired by how well they dealt with this, how they worked together. Kenneth craig the 17 miners got stuck in an elevator at the start of their shift just after 10 wednesday night. At the cayuga salt mine in they were about 900 feet underground when the elevator suddenly stopped on the way to the mines floor. Officials say the miners huddled together. Crews lowered blankets and supplies to them, until a large crane was brought in. shawn wilczynski, mine manager it is a difficult task theres not a lot of cranes out there ready and willing to do that depth. Kenneth craig the miners were brought to the surface in groups. Shawn wilczynski, mine manager in true fashion they waited ntil the last ones were up, to make sure they were all good together. Kenneth craig operations at the mine are on hold for now, while safety inspectors investigate what caused the elevator to break down. Kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. brian loftus the salt mine is the deepest in the western hemisphere. brian loftus a piece of cardboard. May have saved a babys life. The reason doctors say. This google device. Helped them operate on the child. In a way they never have before. News now at four. We sit down one on one with president ial candidate Bernie Sanders. How hes reacting to the news of a nuclear north korea. And his plans to keep the country in check. Sherry Swensk start cleaning out the house and garage now. Our 8 news now living green super recycling event is coming up later this month. Its saturday, january 23rd in the thomas and mack parking lot. It runs from 8 am until 3 pm. Here you can recycle all sorts of electronics. Expired medicine, and bring paperwork that needs to be shredded. Goodwill will also be collecting household items. For the full list. Head over to las vegas now dot com. brian loftus a toylike cardboard contraption. That sells for less than 20 bucks. Helped save a babys life. Doctors at nicklaus Childrens Hospital in miami used Google Cardboard to map out an operation they couldnt have otherwise envisioned. Baby teagan lexcen was born in august with a heart and lung defect. Doctors in her home state of minnesota told them, there was nothing they could do. But when they reached out to the hospital in miami. Doctors there decided to make a 3d model of teagans heart. Using googles Virtual Reality device, and it helped them decide how to operate. The procedure worked teegan expected to make a full recovery. remember that 8 news now is always available at las vegas now dot com, facebook and twitter. Have a great afternoon. at compare. 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