kenneth craig, cbs news, charleston, south carolina. ((kirsten joyce)) >> more than 76-thousand customers are without power statewide in georgia... as hermine continues its path across the state./// ((kirsten joyce)) some big changes are on the way to the clark county school district. ccsd. it will take most of the control and decision making away from the a central district and hand it over to principals, teachers and parents. basically... each ccsd school will be it's own precinct. some trustees fear it will divide the valley in to have and have not's. but advocates claim money will be dolled out through a formula -- which ends up giving more to those who need it most: ((linda young: "you tie in the monies to achievement you'll find that minority communities don't always get the money that they need to help educate students appropriately michael roberson: "so students on free and reduced lunch students with special needs or disabilities they will receive more money per pupil than other schools. " )) ((kirsten joyce)) >> with the help

charleston/mlk intersection. avoid the area. flamingo is under rtc's flamingo improvement project. avoid the area. <<< >>> ((demetria obilor)) >>> back to you./// ((kirsten joyce)) >>> after the break on 8 news now good day... >>> after the break on 8 news now good day... camera enthusiasts are getting excited for go- pro's newest toy. what the action camera maker is set to release for the holidays. ((brian loftus)) >> plus -- the iphone- 7 is already dealing with some issues. the weird noises some users are hearing from their device. /// ((brian loftus)) what kind of person would misuse the topic of rape in a political campaign? joe heck, that's who. the truth is, as attorney general, catherine cortez masto led the fight against crimes like sexual assault and worked with republicans and democrats to make sure rape kits red for victims. but in washington, congressman joe heck voted against funding for rape kits. joe heck. lying about rape. part of the problem in washington. i'm catherine cortez masto the country

you can see on the radar centered over charleston, south carolina. amelia draper kicks things off for us. what do we know about the storm? >> minor impacts on our area in washington or heading toward the west. you are looking at, for the most part, an okay labor day weekend. look at the underground temperatures now, 70s. 78 in washington. 79. really nice this evening. dry for everybody. comfortable temperatures. grab long sleeves if you are heading out. sunday into monday, ten minutes ago, doug showed the future weather. morning and midday hours as we look to monday. we are looking dry for the morning and midday hours with rain posz zabsible for the afte and evening hours. the rest of the day is looking dry with highs in the 80s. >>> i'm jamie along the coast where hurricane hermine dropped. residents here tried to get to their flooded homes, but have to wait until it recedes. state and local emergency officials are tracking the path of hermine. we are not projected to get this. power outages and beach erosion. we spoke to a local boater who is chang

he's live near charleston and palm with more on how police tracked this guy down. every police department in the valley was looking for alonso perez. they found him hiding out right back here. it was all done undercover and metro says perez was taken into hurt. perez was originally arrested friday morning for the august 27th murder of mohammed robinson. detectives took perez back to the north las vegas police detectives bureau where they say he twisted and broke out of his handcuffs. he then slipped out of the office before officers say he stole a truck. officers weren't taking any chances when it came to perez... saying they took him straight paying extra attention to him because he is an escape risk. reporting live parker collins thirteen action news. thanks parker. let's get over to 13 first alert meteorologist greg bennett with a look at our forecast. phoenix... you can see they'r getting some rain from the tropical storm newton that just made landfall in mexico overnight.. this morning about 20 people are looking for places to stay tore through their apartment

that possiblye back yard this is near eastern and charleston this is near eastern and charleston marshall knee denver broncos linebacker and today after taking a knee during the national anthem. the air academy federal credit union terminated its relationship with marshall. in an interview with sports illustrated.. marshall said he dealt with several instances of racial profiling while growing up in las vegas.. including high school.. when his older brother was pulled over while he was sleeping in the passenger seat. he says police insisted that because he was groggy.. he must have been high and requested to search their vehicle. we'll be final look at your weekend forecast. first.. here's jimmy kimmel with a preview of tonight's show.. right after 13 action news. vegas just being above the century mark. sunshine will be around for all outdoor activities so lather on outside. a man in illinois wants to break a world record... and he's using his background in welding to do it. the world's largest teeter totter could be sitting in his backyard. it's more than 100 feet long.. and lifts rider

the first call went out at charleston and eastern... then moments later a much more serious collision at charleston and maryland. reporter shakala alvaranga is live on the scene.... which has been shut down for several hours. shakala? ((shakala alvaranga)) pa that accident happened around 7 o clock tonight. maryland parkway and charleston boulevard remains blocked off as police continue to investigate. first responders were called to the scene of a hit and run collision on charleston and eastern just a few blocks east of where we are now standing. police say the driver of a 2000 dodge magnum left the scene of the accident. according to witnesses, the car was speeding and weaving in striking yet another car. that car was making a left turn on a green light before that crash happened. (( sgt. robert staufford / metro fatail detail: " the passenger of that dodge magnum is in extremely critical condition, extricated by firefighters and transported to umc trauma. that passenger currently has some brain injuries and serious neck injuries."))

this -- is near torrey pines -- and charleston. right now -- we're getting live pictures of the scene. all this -- happening just before nine this evening. 13-action news reporter -- gina she'll have more on how this happened -- in just a few all this -- happening just before nine this evening. 13-action news reporter -- gina but first-- new information.. hillary clinton -- canceling this -- after leaving the 9-11 memorial ceremony -- in new york early today -- and stumbling on the way to the car. the campaign -- saying she felt "overheated." but clinton's doctor confirming -- the democratic nominee has pneumonia. the doctor says -- clinton is recovering. in the meantime -- donald trump is expected to speak tomorrow -- at an event in baltimore. new tonight. police are investigating a it crash landed -- in the parking lot -- of the airport this evening. local media -- reporting three people were on the plane -- when it went down.. investigators -- not saying if anyone is hurt. police surround a home near charleston and sloan. a neig

and mid-70s for mount charleston lundy elementary school. 74 mount charleston. 94 for pahrump. also in the low 90s for tomorrow. but before we get to that we'll talk about the rest of the evening. staying in the 90s in las vegas with skies clearing up just a little bit more later on this evening. looking at the satellite. we're tracking the movement of newton. the post tropical storm that's starting to move or continuing to move through the southwest. you can see he movement here over the last few hours over arizona and creeping in to new mexico. you can see bringing some abundant rainfall. some areas seeing flooding and flash flooding. we've been fairly the high clouds spilling in over southern nevada. here what's we're expecting next few hours. the storm activity will continue to dissipate as we make our way towards the end of the workweek. that is pretty much the end of the story for that storm. we're going to stay fairly dry. our usual pattern. nice weather expected by the weekend. overnight tonight looking at mid-70s. winds will continue out of the south southwest up to te

the state wants to add auxiliary lanes on us 95 between eastern and charleston, reconstruction the charleston interchange and widen charleston, just east of the interchange. ndot says its all to increase safety and improve operation for current and future traffic needs. it will be held at the east las vegas community center ballroom from 4pm to 7pm on thursday. if you can't attend, your comments are can be written in or emailed. that information will be on our website, lasvegasnow.com remember, you can write me at. traffic 8 at las vegas now dot com. back to you./// ((kirsten joyce)) >>> arrrggg you ready fer this story?? ((brian loftus)) >> why you'll be hearin' other swashbucklers talk like a day./// the fbi investigating explosions in new york city and new jersey ... the investigation into possible terrorism .. and the man wanted for questioning. ((brian loftus)) >> plus... the mayor of henderson sits down with us ... we get your questions answered .. in monday mornings with the mayors. ((kirsten joyce)) >> and... your work week is starting off warm .. but the heat is going to take a few v

the robberies have happen near rainbow and charleston. business owners say the criminal has terrorized them. the crime spree is our top story. news 3's antonio castelan joins us live outside of the latest store that was robbed. antonio? >> reporter: marie, surveillance caught the robber roaming outsided of this at&t store. he hit it during broad light. some of the business owners fear he could strike again. this surveillance video taken just this week inside an at&t store near rainbow and charleston appears to show a robber getting ready to make his move. then going in. metro police say in the past couple of weeks, this bearded thief has sit seven businesses. >> goes in there, threatens employees with a note and takes electronics an cash. this at&t recently. detectives say the robbery suspect comes into the targeted store looking professional in business attire. >> this individual has implied he has a firearm but doesn't actually sit there and point it at the employees. >> reporter: nearby businesses owners are aware of this robbery. this

for us tonight in charleston. eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs station in boston, wbz. he's on the beach, awaiting the storm. eric, what's next? >> reporter: well, maurice, coastal communities from here in new england down to the mid- atlantic watching hermine's progress very carefully this weekend. there's a big complicating factor with this storm. so, today, it's been moving very quickly across the southeast,ry but look at the pattern as wess head into this weekend. big o over the top of the storm. that closes the escape hatch, if you will. it can't get out to sea, so it g slows down and then it stalls. in fact, if even drifts back to the west as we get into the day on sunday, at the same time re-intensifying. it may become a hurricane again as it nears the jersey shore. and it's not just this weekend but into monday, into tuesday, into wednesday and thursday. it's going to drift offshore, really churning up the ocean anu building some very large waves.s so, the bottom line is, from the significant

marissa kynaston is live at the crash scene near charleston and torrey pines.. with all the new details from police-- marissa? adlib damage to wall and heres another look at the damage-- the homeowner was able to show us the crash from his backyard-- you can see cinder blocks everywhere. you can see that truck in the corner-- police say it veer then hit the bicyclist. but the truck kept going-- smashing through this cinder block wall-- and into this persons back yard. the bicyclist died from his injuries. police say the driver did run from the scene-- but they caught up with him. they say he did show signs of

gusts in the las vegas area could be as high as 40 plus miles per hour, more than 50 mph on mount charleston. those winds stick around until friday morning. in the wake of the trough daytime temperatures will drop to the low 80's, into the upper 50's overnight. by saturday high pressure takes over with temperatures starting to climb. we will remain below normal daytime highs until good morning. here's a look at your fox5 traffic solutions let's begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back t desk technologically advanced these days... especially thieves. we spoke with a former u-n-l-v runnin rebel player who says the crook who broke into his cars may have used a wireless hacking device to get in. fox5's christine maddela explains. <

the state wants to add auxiliary lanes on us 95 between eastern and charleston, reconstruction the charleston interchange and widen charleston, just east of the interchange. ndot says its all to increase safety and improve operation for current and future traffic needs. it will be held at the east las vegas community center ballroom from 4pm to 7pm on thursday. or emailed. that information will be on our website, lasvegasnow.com hey! what's driving you crazy? send your traffic question to traffic eight at las vegas now dot com. /// ((paul joncich)) >>> some t-v heavyweights claimed a record number of emmys ((christianne klein)) >> we take a look at who took home some of the night's top awards. as well as a sneak peak of brand new primetime show set to premier tonight right here on 8 news now. woman: here in nevada, those were the worst days of our lives, and congressman heck called it "a blip." narrator: in 2008, joe heck called nevada's housing crisis "a blip on the radar." that's just how out of touch joe heck is. narrator: after heck sponsored a bill giving tax breaks to big banks, he took

fox5's kathleen jacob is live at a fire station near valley view and charleston. kathleen what's going on there? good morning alyssa... firefighters are setting up for their annual tribute now... that people gather here at fire station 5 for the tolling of a bell at the time the first tower fell... and the raising of the world trade center flag over a piece of metal from the world trade center. i'll step back so you can see the piece of metal now. on this day 15 years ago... more than 27 hundred people died. 343 of those were new york city firefighters. it's something tim szymanski with las vegas fire and rescue remembers well. (brief interview) the ceremony starts at 6:45 at everyone is fire station 5... and everyone is welcome to come and remember the lives lost and the major hit out co this tragic day 15 years ago. reporting live... kathleen jacob... fox5 news... local. las vegas. moving now to a check of our weather. sam argier joins us with a quick look at the forecast. ((cc to resume shortly)) ((cc to resume shortly)) shortly)) metro police have now identifi

of charleston and shopkeepers sandbag store fronts ahead of tropical storm hermine. it made landfall as a category one hurricanech the first for florida in more than a decade. 57-foot storm surge and several inches of rain flooded streets and downed trees and knocked out power to more than 100,000 residents. >> we will spend the coming days assessing the damage and responding to the needs of the communities and florida families. >> reporter: hermine is now south carolina. >> we are taking the storm he very seriously. >> reporter: charleston mayorremind residents that just because hermine is no longer a hurricane it's still a threat. >> we are expecting serious winds serious rainfall and that can can lead to flash flooding. >> reporter: here along the charleston water front hermine is a spectacle more than a threat for now. >> we now. and not really prepping or anything i guess. >> i love it. >> reporter: you love it. >> i absolutely adore it. >> reporter: benjamin moore lived here all his life and is taking the storm in stride. >> i am afraid it's going to veer and g

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. >> we are taking the storm very risl >> charleston mayor n reed residents that it is still a threat. >> we expecting serih-?p winds, seriousaialthat can lead to flash flooding. >> here along charleston's water front hermine a spectacle than a threat at least for now. >> we are enjoying gettg out right now and not really prepping or anything i guess. >> i love it. >> you love it? >> i absolutely adore it. >> benjamin has lived herell of his life taking this storm in stride. >> i'm afraid it's going to veer and go inward. that's what it usually does. >> hermine is expected to stall off the coast of new jersey for labor day weekend. charleston south carolina. >> governor mccrory has declared a state of emergency as tropical storm hermine is expected to bring heavy rain along the coast. >>the governor and state emergency management officials discuss the state's current plan. emma wright is live in raleigh with more. emma? >> well the governor says right now the plan is to be over the coast and possible tornadoes. duke energy says ey a staging in different areas around the state in ca of

mostly high-level moisture, a few sprinkles at mount charleston and we started off with partly cloudy skies. you can see the clouds darkening as the afternoon progressed. a few light showers across town. you can see some up there. rain not hitting the ground. that's called virga. 78 degrees for summerlin at the moment. checking in at 80 degrees for saint elizabeth. where earlier today, we got just -- barely any rain. that's our rain total for today. and also in henderson, getting a little bit of that precipitation. nothing too crazy. just some very light rain all across the area. the temperatures outside right now have cooled down quite a bit. mixture of 70s and 80s across the winds are also fairly light and will continue to be light through the rest of the evening. 5 for mount charleston, in the upper os for indian springs. low 80s for lake mead and 74 for pahrump. light winds also outside of the valley as well. like we talked about, it will get calmer overnight. slight chance of seeing those showers as we make our way into thursday. dry air will continue into friday and we're lookin

kenneth craig is live in charleston, south carolina. kenneth. >> reporter: things calmed down over the last couple of hours but started picking up within the last couple of minutes as the storm comes through the carolinas. up the east coast to the mid- atlantic, millions of people are getting ready. tropical storm hermine roared into charleston, south carolina friday afternoon bringing heavy rain driven by wind gusts more than 50 miles an hour. >> we are expecting serious winds, serious rainfall, that can lead to flash flooding. >> reporter: the storm made landfall overnight near the florida panhandle as a cat-1 hurricane. the first for florida in more than a decade. a 7-foot storm surge and several inches of rain flooded streets a downed trees knocked out power to more than 100,000 residents. near charleston, the wind has been picking up all day and now heavy rain. the area could see up to 9" by the time hermine moves on. gordon and bonnie spent the morning securing the house that's been in their family for 150 years. but they are not

: waves flashed the bulkhead on charleston's waterfront while shop keepers san bagged storefronts ahead of tropical storm hermine. the storm made land fall overnight near florida panhandle as category one hurricane, the first for florida in more than a decade. 7-foot storm surge and several inches on have rain flooded streets, and down trees, knocked out power to more than 100,000 residents. >> we will spend coming days assessing the damage and responding to the communities and florida families. >> reporter: hermine is bringing heavy rain and 60-mile an hour wind to georgia, and south carolina. >> we're taking this storm very seriously. >> reporter: charleston mayor john hecklandberg reminded residents that just because hermine is not a hurricane, it is still a threat. >> we are expecting serious wind, serious rainfall, and that can lead to flash flooding. >> reporter: here on charleston's waterfront hermine is more of a spectacle then a threat at least for now. >> we're enjoying it right now. not really pressured i guess. >> i love it. love it. >> i absolutely adore it. >> reporter: be

. >> reporter: i'm mark strassmann in charleston, south carolina. hermine way across the southeast overnight with 80-mile-per-hour winds and crashing surf before making its way up the atlantic coast. on skittaway island in savannah, a possible tornado strike spawned by the storm battered a dozen homes this subdivision. all that racket woke up neighbor tom woiwode. >> rumble, like as they said, a freight train, and then it was done. it looks like a big mower just came through and mowed down the trees. >> reporter: if hermine strengthens again over the atlantic, up to 15 inches of rain could fall in southeastern and mid-atlantic states over the weekend, cities like charleston, south carolina. charleston mayor john tecklenburg. >> we're taking this storm very seriously. we are expecting serious winds, serious rainfall that can lead to flash flooding, trees being down, utilities being down. >> reporter: it's blustery here in charleston, hour, proof that hermine still packs a punch. >> dubois: eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs station in bost

gusts in the las vegas area could be as high as 40 plus miles per hour, more than 50 mph on mount charleston. those winds stick around until friday morning. in the wake of the trough daytime temperatures will drop to the low 80's, into the upper 50's overnight. by saturday high pressure takes over with temperatures starting to climb. we will remain below normal daytime highs until tesla is adding a next generation of cars to help keep kids and pets safe from the heat. according to tesla c-e-o elon musk the temperature- control function inside temperature below 105-degrees. it works by automatically opening vents or turning on the air conditioner when needed. the feature will remain on for up to 12 hours after the driver exits the vehicle. the new software will be installed on the tesla "model s" cars and "model x" suvs. no matter how patient you think you are... airline passengers agree... someone kicking your seat is the biggest annoyance in- flight. mary moloney explains what you can do to save <

fox5's peter dawson joins us from the scene near charleston and bruce. peter, what are police telling you so far? metro is working barricade situation where a subject discharged a firearm in a neighborhood. shooter is refusing to exit residence ((closed captioning to resume)) ((closed captioning to resume)) ((closed captioning a homicide suspect escapes from north las vegas police custody and we wanted to know how he did it. metro has re- enacted the escape, but isn't sharing what they found out. so fox5's miguel martinez-valle reached out to an escape expert to find out how easy it is to break out of handcuffs. < hancuffs are meant to keep people restrained... so how is it murder suspect alonso perez managed to break out of his... and make a run for it... north las vegas police studied the escape video and metro even re- enacted the handcuff break, trying to answer that very question... police didn't want to do an on camera interview with us, so in order to find out how difficult an escape like perez's truly is... we went to local

kenneth craig, cbs news, charleston, south carolina. . >>> all right. here in the valley, a different is that hail i hear or hard rain? >> hard rain coming in sideways. you know when it comes in side way, it's serious business. in some areas, drainage couldn't keep up with downpour. this is around 45th and fry. road flooded over the curves at 5:30 last night. big question is, how's your weekend going to look? >> it's much improved. that was a video shot by the man running colin. >> is that his house? >> colin, you've got hit good. colin wants to know -- he's in my ear. >> look at this picture. this is the aftermath of that first video you saw. mitch tally shot this picture. look at that water on the deck. hopefully he was able to dry it out or push into the pool. >> right now there's two pools. >> yeah. most of the storms in the lapse over flag staff. that's the botanical gardens. i'll show you next time. let's take a look over downtown phoenix. this thing is getting messy on me. hold on. you see clouds bubbling up. storms are not in the valley. we had

mount charleston, 57 degrees. make sure you got a sweat shirt on if you are planning ono still in the upper 70s, low 80s. mountain's edge, southern highlands coming in at 79. el dorado at 82. winds not an issue today. just a nice light breeze. here's a look at the low pressure center that caused us the problems the last couple days. brought us all those winds. we're seeing rain showers around salt lake city into parts of idaho. storms firing up in parts of colorado into new mexico as well. we are expecting dry conditions but let's head out east and see -- this is tropical storm julia here. you see it spinning off the coast there. heaviest of that rainfall in the north eastern quadrant of the storm. the coastline of south carolina getting hit the hardest with this storm right now. a lot of activity in fact across much of the south getting into arkansas, louisiana, a lot of thunderstorms pumping up. for us it's going to be nice and quiet. looking at a high today in pahrump of 85 degrees. mount charleston your hig 61

but nerves are still rattled near bruce and charleston. parker collins is there right parker adlibs parker adlibs parker adlibs we're following more breaking news right now.. there's a huge mess happening on the 215 near decatur... on top of construction.. there appears to be a multi-vehicle crash. marissa kynaston is live from that area right now..what are you seeing marissa? we want to get back to breaking news an intense standoff nerves are still rattled in that neighborhood near bruce and charleston. parker collins is there right now..parker what's the latest? parker adlibs parker adlibs parker adlibs police need your help right now finding 3 people in connection to a murder outside an illegal nightclub. the suspect in the shooting. the people on the right are persons of interest. the shooting happened sunday near decatur and flamingo. police say the victim got into a fight with the suspect in the back room of a clothing store. the room was being used as an after-hours club. i've never seen hinged cuffs broken before-ever." law enforce

interstainge and widening parts of charleston east of the freeway. >>> they want your input. they are holding a meeting next ur questions and get answers. it takes place from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the east las vegas community ballroom. it's at eastern and stewart. >>> to weather, where we're your weather authority. this is a good time to be in a position of authority because you have great news, don't you, jerry brown? >> yes, i can say it's gonna be beautiful tomorrow. i love telling people tomorrow is gonna be beautiful. let's go right to it. las vegas day school in spring valley looking west. a few clouds over the mountains. you have to shield your eyes there because the sun is eting eting -- setting to the west. 80 degrees downtown at our studios. a south wind blowing at 10. humidity up to 22%. that will be coming down. the dew point, 40 degrees. it's pretty nice outside. west side desert inn and the 215, the winds are noticeable southwest at 11. bu they had a gust earlier to 39 miles an hour in green valley. bartlet elementary, 81. they just went to 9 miles an hour. 82 su

he was inside a home near charleston and pecos. and it was about 10 members from the f-b-i who took him down. photos moments after the arrest. neighbors in the area... didn't want to show their face on camera but describe the moments as tense... as police and the f-b-i surrounded the home where perez was found: (( when they said perez, i put two and two together. so it was very scary.)) ((michael stevens)) >> perez had been on the loose since he broke free from handcuffs on friday... and escaped from the north las vegas police department. the august 27th shooting death of 31-year-old mohammed robinson outside of a mcdonald's restaurant. witnesses say the deadly argument started with nasty words about robinson not holding a door open for a woman. perez was booked... and is being held inside the clark county detention center. brian, kirsten? ((brian loftus)) >> michael, is there any idea what kind of charges perez faces? ((michael stevens)) >> brian, right now, it looks like he's being held on assault charges more charges could be ad

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lana zak is in charleston, south carolina where hermine is already taking a toll. lana: millions of americans rolls inland. >> here it comes. lana: the first tropical storm to hit the panhandle in a decade. and while some brave the river in the road weighed stash for others it is a disaster. hermine continues its path of the of the eastern coast is a tropical storm, georgia's governor declaring a state of emergency, 45,00 here in the carolinas, they're readying for impact. >> we have 27 both on alert, if needed. lana: it has the risk of derailing labor day plans for millions from florida to new jersey. as you can see from the boats behind me, the waters here are still fairly calm. we will be watching for that storm surge to bring the waters reporting from charleston, south carolina, lana zak, abc news. erika: right now, yet another uber driver facing rape charges. it's the third incident involving drivers from the ride-sharing company in just the past week. newscenter 5's juli mcdonald is live at dorchester district court with the details this time. juli: troubling

live pictures from charleston, north carolina. just a programming note monday night a cnn special report that will take an indepth look at the two candidates for president. you don't want to miss that. here is a quick look. >> i accept your nomination. >> for the presidency of the united states. >> donald trump and hillary clinton. >> we are stronger together in charting a course toward the future. >> the essential donald trump. >> i love you, and we will make america great again. >> all on one block buster night. clinton has been called the most famous person no one knows. >> i never understand that. it's so clear to me who my mother is. she never forgets who she's fighting more and she's fighting first and foremost for children and families. >> trump has a passion for business and the spotlight. >> no one is going to out work him. no one has more energy than him. >> he always said to us, find what it is you're pags gnat about and pursue it with your whole heart. >> they're stories from the people who know them best. hillary clin

up to charleston if you want to hit that freeway. now a look at the forecast with kelly. >> kelly: thanks, jeff. a lot of sunshine. the high school cam in mesquite. gorgeous blue skies all day long. that's what we are expecting more of today. now the current temperature in mesquite, 66 degrees. winds east 4 miles per hour. so nice and light for us. quiet conditions. if you were taking the dog out for a walk right now in las vegas, you might want to grab temperature. sunrise at 65. green valley coming in at 71 degrees this morning. winds light. not going to be an issue for us. not a whole lot going on across the west. quiet conditions for all of us today looking at sunny skies. nice light winds, but a disturbance is on the way for the rest of the week. look at those high temperatures. a little below normal. overton, 95, and overnight lows tonight, another cool one one. and charleston, 44 degrees. 54 for the i don't every night low in pahrump and 55 degrees for the low in boulder city. the seven-day forecast expecting more sunshine thr

right now, rains from charleston south carolina to norfolk, virginia. out to you. high pressure in control. a comfortable saturday. we have a light winds, pleasant, nice to be outdoors. then hermine starts to move up the coast. saturday night, notice the range is far to the south of us. however, once the storm gets into this position, the water is running a little lower than average. that could sustain or even it does get into somewhat warm waters. there is a possibility it will intensify to some extent. all of the steering currents come -- become week. it will or meander around a while. it may last for a while. basically sunday, maybe even into tuesday. that part of the forecast still has to be worked out. tropical storm watch for long island and southern connecticut. in terms of where we are likely to see the strongest wind gusts, that will be the cape and the islands, a moderate chance of a wind gust over 40 miles per hour. and of course, it's not going to issues. the winds will get up to boston. very beautiful out now. nice gentle sea breeze around. nice comfor

charleston mayor john tecklenburg: >> we're taking this storm very seriously. we are expecting serious winds, serious rainfall that can lead to flash flooding, trees being down, utilities being down. >> reporter: it's blustery here in charleston, maurice, wind gusts of up to 50 miles an hour-- proof that hermine still packs a punch. >> dubois: mark strassmann for us tonight in charleston. eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs station in boston, wbz. he's on the beach, awaiting the storm. eric, what's next? >> reporter: well, maurice, coastal communities from here in new england down to the mid- atlantic watching hermine's progress very carefully this weekend. there's a big complicating factor with this storm. so, today, it's been moving very ryickly across the southeast, sst look at the pattern as we head into this weekend. big area of high pressure builds over the top of the storm. that closes the escape hatch, if you will. g can't get out to sea, so it slows down and then it stalls. in fact, if even drifts back to the west as we get into the day on su

gusts in the las vegas area 40 plus miles per hour, more than 50 mph on mount charleston. those winds stick around until friday morning. in the wake of the trough daytime temperatures will drop to the low 80's, into the upper 50's overnight. by saturday high pressure takes over with temperatures starting to climb. below normal daytime highs until tuesday. here is a look at your drive here are the out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. when we come back from our next commercial break. it will almost officially be fall. so what does that mean exactly, alyssa? cc will resume shortly i'm hillary clinton and i approve i know more about isis then the generals do. john mccain, a war hero. he's not a war hero, he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured ok. donald trump compared his sacrifices to the sacrifices of two parents who lost their son in war. how would you answer that father? what

lets switch now to lana zach live in charleston, south carolina. florida was hit hard by hermine and the strongest part of that storm is heading to your area next. >> reporter: that is exactly right. at this moment hermine is just a little over 100 miles away from hitting us here in charleston, we see the boats behind me and the hatched have been batoned and we have the potential for tornadoes. >> millions of americans are bracing for impact as hurricane hermine roars inland. earlier hermine made landfall in florida the first in more than a decade. it ripped through houses along the panhandle. and while some have rivers in their roadways, for others it's a disaster. entire towns are under water. hermine now continues the path of fury up the eastern coast. thousands of georgians are already without power, here in the carolinas they are readying for impact. >> we have swift water team ecinitions and 27 boats on alert if needed. >> this is delaying labor day plans for millions from florida all the way to new jersey. and alicia we'll wait to watch the

. >> reed: most recent happening this month at rainbow near charleston. police say the suspect is described as hispanic male, adult in his 40s. slacks and sunglasses. anyone with information is asked to call crime stoppers. the number crime -- 702-385-5555. >>> an update to a story. a man in critical condition after crashing into a car at rainbow and desert inn. 75-year-old frederick was on what's called a trike which is like a motorized tricycle. it happened just after 8:00 p.m. wednesday night. was speeding when he crashed into two cars and was thrown into the road. police say the man was not impaired and was wearing a helmet. the driver did stay at the scene and cooperate with police who say they were not impaired either. the drivers. police say the victim has serious head and skull injuries. >> marie: police are giving high school students a first-hand look at the dangers of drunk driving. metro police set up a dui crash scene outside palo verde high school earlier today. it encourages new drivers to think about personal safety when alcohol is involve

the fire started just after five, near sandhill and charleston. clark county firefighters tell fox5 it took several trucks and crews to get this fire under control. no one was home during the fire and no one was hurt. still no word on how the fire started. and metro police are looking for a driver who hit a woman crossing the street, and then took off. this happened around 11:30 last night, near m-l-k and lake mead. was driving slowly when it hit the woman. she was not seriously injured. metro is looking for a silver sedan about six or seven years old. it's labor day! and people around town are soaking up what's left of summer. but for some, it's just another day of work. fox5's kathleen jacob talked to some people on the job today about what labor day means to them. but let's check in first with chief meteorologist ted pretty, who joins us from sunset park we will stay very close to average over the next few days before warming back up into triple-digit territory for next weekend. the average high for this time of year is 97, we'll be between 96-

you can track it moving to the north of charleston. heavy rain bands, too. extremely heavy rain around columbia, south carolina area. greenville north carolina and south carolina, nothing there. that's how it is going to be. the rain gradient is big around the region. again, here comes the storm making its way up the coast and out to sea. you can see that with the latest advisory from the hurricane center. winds of 50 miles an hour. they have not come down over the last couple hours. winds moving to the northeast at 20 miles per hour. it will stay along the coast. actually, intensifying as it gets off the coast and then where does it go from here? all the computer models off the the area. amelia is here with the impact where you live. >> here in the d.c. meet tmetro area. if you have the umbrella handy, you may need it at times. the majority of the weekend will be dry. showers at time, especially tomorrow morning and midday. rain later in the day sunday. breezy tomorrow, sunday and monday. labor day right now is looking okay. doug, we have been talking about

and charleston...parker? parker adlibs scene one person dead, and 2 others are recovering after 3 seperate seperate shootings across the valley. and no arrests have been made in any of the cases. in the first, police say a man was at grapevine springs park near hacienda and lamb when he was shot by another man. we're told a man was grazed in the chest by a bullet and was taken to sunrise hospital. no arrests have been made in this case. the second shooting happened just minutes later near las a man said he was shot in the leg by a stray bullet from a shooting that happened between two groups of men. he was dropped off at the hospital by someone. police his injuries are non- life threatening. the suspect is still on the run this morning. a 19-year-old man was killed in a third shooting. this one happened early yesterday morning..near lake mead and belmont. investigators don't believe this shooting was random. they're are still looking for the killer this morning. back at home -- a deadly shooting -- a 19-year-

here are some pictures of project neon construction zones ag charleston and near us 95.

we're coming in around 60 degrees mount charleston in the mid-80s for lake mead and 82 for pahrump at the moment. of course a beautiful wednesday. look at that. almost looks like a picture outside. but that's our live look in vegas. enjoy the weather at least while it stays like this. we're going see dry conditions over southern nevada continue for the next few days. you can see just to the north of us this area of low pressure continuing to move east and out of our area. we mention tropical storm julia. you can see moving around carolinas at the moment. you can see the movement right there from this tropical storm bringing sustained winds right around 40 miles an hour. update on that. we'll lock at what we're expecting for our weather pattern next few days. actually warming is anticipated. no major storms headed in our direction. we're looking forward to increase in temperatures over the next several days. it's still going to be in the cool night overnight tonight. looking at lows in the 60s for the las vegas valley. you can see temperatures just slightly below normal for this midnig

kenneth craig cbs news charleston, south carolina. >>> georgia power reports more than 76,000 of its customers are without power right now. and the storm, it could really get in the way of your holiday weekend so don't forget to download the app. go to your phone for all of your alerts. >>> convicted rapist brock turner home from jail after serving half of hi sentence. and he was convicted of raping an unconscious woman outside a frat house in january last year t triggered a recall effort against the judge. turner said that he's returning to ohio to live with his parents. >>> subway former pitch man is in child for child pornography and sex abuse and the parents of one of the female victims is to blame that is jared fogle and he makes that argument in a filing in u.s. district court. fogle said that the parents of the child fought and drank alcohol in excess in front her and that is one of the causes of her depression and the parents may be liable for some or all of her claims against fogle. >>> we have more about the double murder that we've been following overnigh old craig wise wi

mid-60s at mount charleston. looking at low 90s for pahrump as well as lake mead and boulder city right now also seeing very calm conditions. while many people are outside probably with t-shirts and tank tops right now, by this eve new england you are probably going to want to put a light jacket on. we'll be dropping to the low 80s. great night to watch some football games though. clear skies and very calm weather will also continue acrosshe for the weekend as well. we are seeing stormy weather mostly in the midwest and south. other than that we're going stay fairly calm for the next few days to our area until more storms move through by next week. overnight tonight, again, cool like last notice. if you liked last night, you will like tonight. winds increasing slightly after midnight. you won't be able to tell though. cool on the mountain. 40 mount charleston for the low. 46 for pahrump. and highs tomorrow? you are going to shed the jacket by the afternoon. 99 degrees expected for lake mead. mid-90s for pahrump.

reporting live from charleston, south carolina. michelle: let's talk about the potential for flooding. that could be a serious concern. what have they done. what prep were put in place to prevent severe flooding in the area? reporter: yesterday they started to come out and clean out the gutters to make sure the water here will flow out. sand bags are put in place. thousands of them across the street. historic already had flooding in october. so epic flooding that really wiped out much of the town. they have been trying to recover from it. this is a one-two punch for people in charleston. all day i have seen the boat owners come check the line and the mooring. they were first concerned the boats would be projectile in a hurricane. now they are concerned that the boats stay in place and don't come along with it. michelle: all right. reporting live in south carolina. thank you. stay with abc7 and the entire storm watch team as hermine is on the move. brian and the entire storm watch 7 weather team providing updates at wjla.com on face

up the charleston to get back on to the freeway. we are following breaking news on this friday we talked about all morning long that has to do with an officer involved accident, motorcycle accident near tropicana and durango. our kendall nunally is live on scene. kendall, what did you learn of the officer's condition. >> reporter: the officer was taken to unc trauma center he was awake and speaking. move o this morning on tropicana. a portion of this road closed between durango and buffalo. officers continued their investigation and this vantage point you will only see on news3. the only crew that is here closest to the scene. you can see this motorcycle knocked over. and continuing to investigate. and the sedan was traveling the same direction as the officer on his motorcycle rear ended him causing it to fall over. once again, that officer is expected to be okay currently he was conscious and speaking once he was taken there. the driver of the sedan that hit him, rear ended him. no police interaction with the other vehicle proceedi

we're certainly seeing it happening over at mount charleston right now. and in the valley we saw a little bit of sprinkles earlier we've been dry through most of the activity. now the activity is starting to pick up. mostly on the edges of town. temperatures outside ranging from the low 80s in summerlin to upper 80s on the east side of town. winds are picking up just slightly out of the southwest and temperatures coming in at 60 degrees for mount charleston. 79 degrees for pahrump. and mid-80s for indian springs. also seeing some light to moderate winds this afternoon. the showers will continue to dra minish as we continue our way continue tonight. drying up as we make our way into friday. looking ahead to lows tonight. very similar temperature wise compared to last night. highs tomorrow will also be around what we typically see this time of year. 88 degrees on tap for pahrump. low 90s overton as well as lake mead. and 87 for boulder city by the afternoon. we're going to hang on to the cloudy skies, dry up overnight. lows dropping into the 70s. very simil