Im john huck. 737thousand passengers are expected to come through Mccarran Airport during the thanksgiving travel period. Thats up 7 percent from last year. And its not just the airport thats seeing more travelers so are the roads. Nats suitcase rolling a busy day at Mccarran Airport as travelers make their way to sin city. Sot glad to be here more than 300 thousand people will celebrate thanksgiving in vegas. Its the number one travel destination this Holiday Weekend. With people coming from all over. Sot ive always wanted to experience thanksgiving in the us and why not vegas. While many are traveling by plane even more are hitting the road. Nats cars on highway we caught up with drivers in primm where drivers are filling up and stretching their legs on their way to california sot theres a lot of traffic, havent seen any accidents which is good, but yesterday i saw terrible butted to sot we hit maybe a tiny bit of traffic in vegas but for the most part we left late to try and skip california traffic nhp says this is one of the busiest areas is right here near the state border. Sot in nevada we have 3 travel lanes, as soon as you get to california it goes down to 2, so with all that vehicle traffic youre starting to have a bottleneck trooper jason burahhcheck says if your car breaks down during your trip you can call nhp for help. Sot theyll send out a trooper to assist you or send Freeway Service patrol whi minor stuff get you gas, jump start your car whether theyre leaving town for the holiday or making a special trip to vegas. Travelers we talked to are in a good mood and cant wait to celebrate thanksgiving with a big meal tomorrow. Sot got the food the booze, the greens the beans, the potatoes, tomatoes, yams, hams faith live tag travelers are also happy they havent run into major problems. Peak travel day this Holiday Weekend is as people head home. , 140thousand passengers are expected to pass through the airport . Travelers are also happy they havent run into major problems. Peak travel day this Holiday Weekend is actually sunday as people head home. , 140thousand passengers are expected to pass through the airport . According to aaa 48point7 Million People are expected to travel over the holiday. Thats the most travelers in 9 years. Were looking at temperatures in the low 60 tomorrow. And that is perfect weather for eating some turkey. Chief meteorologist ted pretty joins us live from marks and sunset with a look at the holiday forecast. Toss to weather a few high clouds will continue to drift across the area tonight with overnight temperatures dropping into the mid to low 40s. It will be a bit breezy this evening around the Las Vegas Valley with 10 to 20 mph winds. Thanksgiving temperature of 63 degrees in las vegas. Winds will be light around the valley but will remain gusty down the Colorado River around laughlin, bullhead city, and lake havasu. A wind advisory will be in effect for those areas on thursday with gusts up to 45 mph. Friday remains mostly sunny with High Temperatures holding in the low 60s. A pacific west coast will impact our area on saturday and sunday. Look for increasing winds saturday evening with some more clouds moving in. The chance of scattered showers is in the sunday forecast with snow possible in the spring mountains. If youre heading up to mt. Charleston or lee canyon sunday, this may impact your travel. Some last minute items. Sweet potato. I have turkey and everything so i need that and lemons for the drinks and other stuff. 13 butt to i am getting cranberries. Flash to and tupperware to hold it so we can take it to a friends house the vons at peco and windmill was bustling tonight with people picking up the items they may have forgotten. If you missed something on your list there are a few stores that will be open during the morning. Some people are opting out of cooking this year. So they waited in line today to pick up their feast from marie callenders. The store calls the day before thanksgiving their super bowl because they have such a rush. And its easy to see why. It has thirty different varieties of pies. Marie callenders will be open tomorrow from seven am to 11 am. A lot of thanksgiving day is spent in the kitchen. And there are more house fires than on any other day. Another issue Carbon Monoxide. Of the biggest producers of Carbon Monoxide in your home and with our highly insulated homes here in las vegas, to keep that cold air in , it will also keep gases so you can prevent Carbon Monoxide buildup by just opening the windows and doors to your kitchen maybe once every hour for about 5 minutes. Some other things to keep in mind stay in the kitchen while cooking so you can monitor progress. Keep the floor clear and watch cords so they are dangling in anyones way. And dont forget when you are cooking up your bird help is just a phone call. Or post away. Butterballs turkey talk line is open and ready to answer any turkey related questions. This year the company is also going digital. So you can also ask your questions through social media. Around the valley some are already getting into the christmas spirit. And unfortunately some grinches are wasting no time striking either. One woman came home to find new decorations. Gone. But the people responsible were i was infuriated because its. Yes it is just inflatables but its christmas. Like why would you do that for christmas. Ashley leachs Security Camera caught the suspects taking off with her minnie and mickey mouse inflatables. She says this incident will not ruin her holiday spirit. But she hopes the thieves are caught before they strike again. It is rivalry weekend in college football. And in this state that means the battle for the fremont cannon. For only the second time in the last 39 years the game between unlv and unr will be at the end of the regular season. Fox 5 sports director Kevin Bolinger joins us with a preview. Kevin on cam in this state there is no bigger game than this the battle for the fremont cannon. This is a rivalry that is contentious. At times nasty. And over the last 11 years has been lopsided with unr winning 9 times. But right now the cannon is red and the rebels say theyll do everything in their power to keep it that way. Music nats unlvunr. Put the two water. Intensity levels go up. Just listen to the coaches and you know this week is different. Tony sanchez you better be ready to go because both teams are going to be ready to fight. Brian polian when you dont win that game its a bit of a body blow. It was brian polian and the wolfpack who took the body blow last year as the rebels went to reno and took the cannon away setting off a raucus celebration that in sanchez hurdle and a locker room party like weve never seen. Nats but when unlv cleaned the cannon for painting last year they discovered something unr engraved on the insdie of the cannon. University of notta lotta victories. That has only added more fuel to the fire. Tony sanchez i been saving that picture for a year. Its an interesting deal so it shows you where the rivalry is at. This game is going to be won on the ground. The rebels focus is to run the football and unr has the worst Rushing Defense in the country and statistically one of the worst in the nation. On the flip side the wolfpack have a strong back in james butler who will get the ball a lot. But this is a game where stats and records get thrown out rivalries bring out the best in every team. This is going to be a dogfight kevin on cam it is also senior day as 16 unlv seniors will be honored before the game. Kickoff is set for 1 oclock and there are plenty of seats available. Unlv is an 8 and a half point favorite. At sam boyd stadium, Kevin Bolinger, fox 5 news, local las vegas. Make sure to tune into the rebzone this sunday night at 11. Kevin and coach sanchez will break down the cannon game and discuss the future of unlv hockey fans couldnt wait to stock up on some Vegas Golden Knights gear. Just one day after the big name reveal people were packing into the team store at tmobile. The shop opened at noon. And workers say there was a line about 50 people deep. And there was a steady flow of shoppers all day long. And they were a mix of vegas local. And just some hockey fans who happened to be in the right place at the right time. Im anxious to have a t shirt that says las vegas hockey everybody wants to be in on the ground floor one thing fans will have to wait on. Team jerseys. According to the Golden Knights twitter page they will be available early next summer. Just in time for the draft. A construction worker falls to his death on the job and now three months later people are trying to figure out how his life could have been saved. It sucks but i guarantee you it was going to happen to somebody. Somebody was going to get hurt, again. Coming up why people say this mans employer was shady. And we investigate an osha system that well your part of our family now. The fox5 surprise squad family. And it was our pleasure to help you the fox5 surprise squad stays true to their word. And shows the true meaning of family to one dennys knows the holidays should be shared with friends and family. Except dennys allnew holiday pancakes. Better pancakes now in holiday flavors. Last august, an accident on a killed a man. Leaving behind his wife and three boys. And now months later, people are still trying to figure out how his life could have been saved. Some workers are blaming the construction company, especially because its record is littered with problems. Fox5s adam herbets has been investigating the case since the beginning and explains why some are also now blaming a broken system. That was supposed to keep workers safe. Ever since we started looking into this contractor we knew they had a history with serious violations in the past we knew that this would be long investigation. But what we didnt expect so many people reaching out to us about this company even though they could lose their jobs. And the picture that weve been able to draw from all of it. Shows that the problem may be a lot bigger than just one company. nats tivoli village weve got shoppers weve got shoppers weve got partiers but most of them will probably never know the true history of this cutting tivoli village made headlines months before the celebrations and ribbon cuttings. And it was for all of the wrong reasons. nats construction last august a man died here. Building this place from the ground up. Before the scaffold he was on top of. Fell apart. His name is ricardo bautista. And even his three boys are barely ol share his story. Widow he wasnt supposed to go to work , so i told him just stay home, take a day off. He said no i need to make more income anonymous the safety was questionable it sucks, but i guarantee you it was going to happen to somebody. Somebody was going to get hurt in the place where, one day, everybody was supposed to spend their money this man working on the site says the everything they could to cut corners. Anonymous it didnt hit regulations, first of all. And he says he has the pictures to prove it. Anonymous the anchors were spaced way too far apart. Just finishing bottom to top snap the anchor boom whole thing goes rolling down nats the Company Performance builders, incorporated. Quote our name says it all. nats their record says even more. Frank this is an incredible amount in three years. Ive never seen this much in three years. 13 cases filed with osha since 2013. And two of them were after the tivoli village accident. One of them was three days after the tivoli village accident. And most of them have to do with serious. Potentially deadly fall hazards or unsafe scaffolding. Im surprised that they havent even tried to change the name of their company and go into a different operation. Dont care. The man in charge of performance builders Randy Sorenson has repeatedly declined our request for an interview every time we call his cell phone. But frank hawk, with the carpenters union, was already looking into the company for payroll issues before anyone lost their lives. nats papers he says all of these osha fines should have been enough to make them learn their lesson. But really, the sad part, is it actually saves them money. Frank what were being told by osha for the death of this worker is 1,800 even though open. nats anonymous i bet you hes rolling in his grave right now. I would be. Yeah. Its a spit in the face dude this worker says thats not even enough to feed his dog. But for performance builders 1800 dollars would be pretty routine. Its not even the most this company has been fined. But the union says it sure is a heck of a lot cheaper than the cost of a safe work site. Well lets add 1500 dollars in case we get fined by osha. I think the only justice out there should go to jail. Fines dont mean anything. I think they should lock him up. But thats not even close to the way the system is right now. Right now osha writes them up maybe some lawyers get involved but other than that osha sits back and if all goes well they get to cash the check. nats pennies on the dollar. And its a cycle. That has repeated 13 times. In three years. For somebody to be caught that many times that was beyond making the eb up. That was amazing. Im in shock. Im in shock that theyre still in business. Osha has not agreed to an interview. But they say if theres a way to prove any of this is intentional, the fines could go up. The reason performance builders hasnt agreed to an interview they say is because the case is under investigation. Osha documents cost almost as much as the now fox5 weather 24 7 will continue to drift across the area tonight with overnight temperatures dropping into the mid to low 40s. It will be a bit breezy this evening around the Las Vegas Valley with 10 to 20 mph winds. Thanksgiving will be mostly sunny with a High Temperature of 63 degrees in las vegas. Winds will be light around the valley but will remain gusty down the Colorado River around laughlin, bullhead city, and lake havasu. A wind advisory will be in effect for those areas on thursday with gusts up to 45 mph. Friday remains mostly sunny with High Temperatures holding in the low 60s. A pacific storm moving into the west coast will impact our area on saturday and sunday. Look for with some more clouds moving in. The chance of scattered showers is in the sunday forecast with snow possible in the spring mountains. If youre heading up to mt. Charleston or lee canyon sunday, this may impact your travel. Closed captioning will resume shortly thanksgiving is a day when many endulge. Turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes. Stuffing. Pie. Packs in about 45 hundred calories. The average american is said tp consume 229 grams of fat when eating a holiday meal. And that does not include appetizers and drinks. Closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning day when many endulge. Turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes. Stuffing. Pie. In fact a typical thanksgiving meal packs in about 45 hundred calories. The average american is said tp consume 229 grams of fat when eating a holiday meal. And that does not include appetizers and drinks. Now. Everyones body is different but heres a general rule of thumb to working if were going to over indulge in chips, im going to ask you to do, im going to give you 30 burpies and youre going to have to do those for me. If its pumpkin pie, i want 50 squats from you. Okay . And if youre going to over indulge in mashed potatoes, right . I want 40 walking lunges from you. Another tip is to work out before the holiday and get your body prepared for all the holiday and get your body prepared for all the extra calories. Called rise to shine that helps people with their morning pre dinner workout. 10. Local. Las vegas. People are on the go. Trying to get to their final destination this holiday. Hundreds of thousands of people are traveling in and out of las vegas. Fox5s faith tanner joins us now from mccaran airport with more on how things are looking for travelers. Its been a busy day here at Mccarran Airport vegas is the number one travel destination this thanksgiving. People are coming from all over to celebrate turkey day in sin city my son lives in minnesota and he and hes wife were coming to vegas so he said would you like to come . And i said of course i would during the thanksgiving travel period passengers will come through mccarran. Thats up 7 percent from last year. And many are traveling by plane. Even more are going by car. We talked to some locals in primm. Right near the state border who were hitting the road to california. Hoping to miss all the crazy traffic. Theres a lot of traffic, havent seen any accidents which is good, but yesterday i saw the 405 was terrible we hit maybe a tiny bit of traffic in vegas but for the most part we left late to try and skip california traffic i also talked to nhp tonight who says if youre taking a long trip always make sure your car is ready for it. If you do have any trouble and your car happens to break down you can call star nhp for some assistance. While today was a huge travel day. Sunday is expected to be even busier. Here at the airport 140 thousand passengers are according to aaa 48point7 Million People are expected to travel over the holiday. Thats the most travelers in 9 years. Forget sitting down with their family and friends this turkey day. Some people cant wait to get some big black friday deals. You are looking now at the shoppers already lining up outside the best buy near marks its pretty chilly out. But getting a tv for a steal is worth it to some. If you plan to head out shopping tomorrow and friday. Be sure to download our fox5 mobile app. So find a list of stores. On the go. The Las Vegas Rescue Mission is making sure everyone on the streets has a place to go and a meal to eat for the holiday. A meal that all of us think of as being around tables with family and celebrating and this and be place that we can provide for families to come and have that experience when maybe they dont have any other place to go. The mission serves hundreds of thanksgiving meals to the hungry every year. They also hold a blanket and winter clothing drive so everyone outside can stay warm. Theyre expecting about 12 thousand people to be in and out of the facility today