cubans will start one week of mourning to remember fidel castro. the thousands making their way today to attend a variety of ceremonies. ((kirsten joyce)) >> plus -- it's cyber monday! we're live from zappos headquarters.. with some of the best deals out there. ((brian loftus)) >> and, some parts of the valley are finally seeing the white stuff! the extra cool temperatures that are finally stai now forecast. ((kirsten joyce)) >> 8 news now good day, the valley's news leader, starts right now./// ((now, live...this is 8 news now good day.)) brian loftus >> thanks for joining us, i'm brian loftus. kirsten joyce >> and i'm kirsten joyce. cuba is observing 9 days of national mourning following the death of former cuban dictator fidel castro. ((brian loftus)) >> he died on friday at the age of 90 .. castro had been in poor health

decade ago. >> 8 news now reporter nia wong joins us in studio with a look at the reaction to castro's passing. nia? ((nia wong)) >> brian and kirsten. today schools and government offices in cuba are closed. but depending on where you go....reactions about the cuban leader are mixed. >> we're told there's going to be an major outpouring today in havana's revolution plaza to pay tribute to fidel castro. it's there were people can sign a book of condolences. a public ceremony is also planned in the square on tuesday. 1959...he gained many critics throughout the world and thousands of cubans fled to miami. in little havana...there were different emotions this weekend. more remorseful than reverant. many in miami considered fidel a brutal dictator. now that he's gone...cuban-ame ricans are hopeful for the future. ((yvonne rodriguez/cuban- american: we are extremely curious, we love the culture and we fell in love with cuba without even going there." )) ((nia wong)) >> even though in the last decade... castro's brother, raul has been in charge..

miami will rally to demand freedom and democratic changes in cuba. ((nia wong)) >> the feeling is no different from the cuban-americans here in the valley that we spoke with this weekend. we'll hear from them in the next half hour. brian and kirsten. ((kirsten joyce)) >> nia.. do we know anything about funeral arrangements just yet? ((nia wong)) >> fidel castro's body was cremated over the weekend .. and his ashes will be laid to rest on sunday in santiago .. the same city where he launched his revolution nearly 50 years ago. kirsten. ((brian loftus)) earlier th spoke to c-n-n.. on whether he would build and open up one of his hotels in cuba. he says it all depends on the situation: (( wolf blitzer, cnn: "all right, so you say you're going to continue to try to normalize diplomatic and economic relations. would you open a trump hotel in havana?" donald trump, (r) president elect: "i would, i would, if -- at the right time, when we're allowed to do it. i think cuba has certain potential, and i think it's okay to bring cuba into the fold, but you have to make a much better deal, and you have to get all liabilities. you don't want to be sued in a year from now or two years from

cuba. this has to be part of the deal." )) ((brian loftus)) >> cnn's wolf blitzer interviewed trump back in march... over the weekend, the president elect tweeted -quote- "fidel castro is dead!"./// ((kirsten joyce)) today, wisconsin state election officials will meet.. to go over a possible timeline for a recount of the state's presidential election. this after green party candidate jill stein raised enough money.. to ask for recounts also in pennsylvania and michigan. hillary clinton'sa but only for wisconsin. president elect donald trump slammed the recount efforts as a scam... and tweeted out by saying -quote-... "in addition to winning the electoral college in a landslide, i won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally." /// ((kirsten joyce)) right now.. we want to get a check on your forecast. ((brian loftus)) >> sherry swensk is here with that. ((sherry swensk)) snow and rain moving into

with temps in the 50s. .............. mostly cloudy skies today and temps right now in the 40s, but would be the 30s without the clouds. ((sherry swensk)) demetria, how are the roads doing? ((demetria obilor))

((kirsten joyce)) >> if you didn't max out your credit cards on black friday... good... ((demetria obilor))

your way back to california. yeserday morning, traffic was an absolute mess, so if you waited it out, you're in luck. there are no delays along 215 right now. ((demetria obilor)) >> back to you./// ((kirsten joyce))

good... because more deals are on the way. ((brian loftus)) >> today... is cyber monday... and our michael stevens is live inside the online retailer zappos... with the craziness taking place. hey michael? ((michael stevens)) >> zappos is known for

this cyber monday will be no different at zappos headquarters. we will also have an on-campus adoption event in support of our second annual home for the #pawlidayz campaign, a nation-wide effort to rescue 9,000 cats and dogs this holiday season. finally, we will have tons of fun activities to thank our employees for their hard work on our busiest day of the year.

assaulted on thanksgiving day... the suspect police hope you can identify for them.. ((kirsten joyce)) >> and, more lane closures along the i-15... where you can expect constructions delays, coming up, in "what's driving you a valley's news leader... with brian loftus, kirsten joyce, sherri swensk and

(( forest whitaker: what will you do if they catch you? what will you do if they break you? will you continue to fight? (music) what will you become? ))

for star wars fans! today, you can buy tickets to see "rogue one: a star wars story". the movie is a spin off of star wars and a prequel... which revolves around a group of rebels seeking to steal the plans for the death star. it hits theaters on december 16th. /// sherry how's the weather today?

temps in the chilly 40s this morning... and clouds will stick around today. ..................... snow and rain moving into southern nevada this morning and the cold air is here. .............. tomorrow the cold north winds set in and temps stay in the cool 50s all week. ((sherry swensk)) back to you./// let's send it over to

((demetria obilor)) ((demetria obilor)) back to you./// ((kirsten joyce)) metro police need your

assault of an 8-year-old girl on thanksgiving. this is the sketch police sent out... it happened near lake mead and buffalo.. where police say t were playing outside.. when a man approached them. the suspect told the victim's brother to go inside.. so he could talk to the girl alone. police say that's when he took her around a building to a secluded area.. and sexually assaulted her. anyone with information is urged to call police. /// ((brian loftus)) it's another big shopping day... cyber monday.. and these deals aren't stopping anytime soon.. ((kirsten joyce)) >> the other deals you can score online... in addition to clothing and electronics. ((brian loftus))

sahara and jones to collect toys and gift cards for the casa foundation this holiday season. ((kirsten joyce)) >> the dealership wants to fill up as many of the fiats as they can. you can stop by to make a donation through november 30-th. we'll be right back...///

when it comes to your next vacation. ((brian loftus)) >> and, black friday was a huge success for many shoppers... jill wagner joins us live from wall street. good morning jill. good morning brian and kirsten! markets open after the holiday in record high territory.

a shortened trading day. the nasdaq rose 18.// it's cyber monday... and online sales could hit at least 3 point 3 billion dollars. that's nine percent more than 2015... and a nearly 27 percent jump from 2014. retailers are offering deep discounts today--- as are hotels and resorts... like marriott and starwood.// and u.s. airlines will launch regularly scheduled commercial flights to havana today... as cubans observe nine days of mourning for fidel castro. american airlines will n havana. united, jetblue, delta, spirit, frontier, alaska, and southwest will start offering havana flights from different u.s. airports in the coming weeks.// brian and kirsten? ((brian loftus)) >> and jill -- we just wrapped up the big thankgiving shopping weekend... what are the numbers? a; more people shopped over the thanksgiving weekend... but they spent less money--- that's mostly because retailers offered deeper discounts. americans spent about 289 dollars on average... ten dollars less than last

directions, between craig and speedway. it's all for the state's i-15 north widening project. work will take place from 9pm to 5am sunday through thursday night today through december 9. the state says this project will widen a 5-mile strech of highway from four to six travel lanes. crews will also widen and four overpass structures at range road and the union pacific construction should wrap up in early 2018. what's driving you crazy? remember, you can write me at. traffic 8 at las vegas now dot com. we'll be right back./// ((kirsten joyce))

affected millions nationwide... including here in las vegas. what many cuban americans hope will change after his death. ((brian loftus)) >> plus -- the holiday shopping isn't over just yet! we're live from zappos headquarters for some of the best cyber monday deals. ((kirsten joyce)) >> and, it's getting chilly real fast... with the mountains seeing snow! sherry has the details on the colder air that's pushing into the valley... ((brian loftus)) >> 8 newo valley's news leader, starts right now./// ((now, live...this is 8 news now good day.)) ((kirsten joyce)) >> thanks for waking up with us, i'm kirsten joyce. ((brian loftus)) >> i'm brian loftus. this morning schools and government offices are closed in cuba today .. in observance of the country's former dictator fidel castro. ((kirsten joyce)) >> he died over the weekend at the age of 90 .. after a communist ruling for nearly 50 years. ((brian loftus)) as 8 news now reporter nia wong

are now hopeful .. that a new era will begin. good morning, nia. ((nia wong)) >> brian and kirsten. fidel's brother raul announced fidel's body was cremated on saturday. his ashes will be laid to rest this sunday in santiago. that's the same city fidel launched in revolution back in 1959. >> for the last decade...raul has been acting as president. even though he's upheld many of fidel's ideologies....we have seen change under him. it's under raul where relations have thawed between america miles south of florida. while cuba observes 9 days of national mourning...cuban -americans are celebrating. the latest u-s census says there are 20-thousand cuban americans in the valley. fidel romero was one of them at the florida cafe cuban bar and grill... watching news of fidel's death this weekend. ((fidel romero/cuban- american: "it's a very touching moment. it's very emotional and we hope that this is a beginning to a real movement for cuba to take

to accomplish" )) ((nia wong)) >> for the cuban-americans we spoke to in the valley. some say they're open to traveling to the country. a public rally is scheduled this wednesday in havana's revolution square for those mourning fidel's death. ((nia wong)) >> many cubans say they're hopeful this could bring further change to the thawing relations between the u-s and cuba. president obama just struck a deal with the country to reopen diplomatic relations after more than 50 years. live in the studio. nia wong 8 news ((kirsten joyce)) castro's death has sparked more interest in traveling to cuba... but depsite re-establishing diplomatic relations... it's not easy to book a flight. to travel there, you need to fall into one of twelve categories approved by the u-s government... including visting relatives, educational research.. or traveling to compete as an athlete. you'll need to sign an affidavit.. that qualifies you for one of the categories. and you'll also need a visa and travel insurance... currently, four airlines fly to

weeks. /// ((kirsten joyce)) right now.. we want to get a check on your forecast. ((brian loftus)) >> hi sherry, how's the weather looking today? ((sherry swensk)) cool temps this morning - and cloudy skies. if we didn't have the clouds, temps would be dropping to chillier 30s.

clouds are pulling in some light showers into clark county... and some snow falling in the mountains. ............... around town most areas in the 40s right now... and some light showers moving into the far north valley neighborhoods. ............ snow up in the spring mountains and snow levels down to 4000 feet. maybe a couple of inches. ............ highs today in the upper 50s. demetria, how are the roads doing? ((demetria obilor))

i-15 just past us 95 that's causing delaysi n the spaghetti bowl. a crash has been reported up in north las vegas along the cheyenne on ramp to southbound i-15.

brian loftus >> the holiday shopping season is officially underway... and today you can catch some deals. kirsten joyce >> it's cyber monday... and online retailers hope to cash in. 8 news now reporter michael stevens is live this morning... from zappos where everyone is up early... taking orders from all over the ((michael stevens)) >> zappos is known for creating fun and a little weirdness, and this cyber monday will be no different at zappos headquarters. we will also have an on-campus adoption event in support of our second annual home for the #pawlidayz campaign, a nation-wide effort to rescue 9,000 cats and dogs this holiday season. finally, we will have tons of fun activities to thank our employees for their hard work on our busiest day of the year.

soon be delivered.. risk of having it stolen. "nextdoor" recently did a survey.. and found nearly half of residents across the country reported a stolen package. 61% say they didn't have one delivered.. because they were afraid it would be stolen. 80% were likely to ask a neighbor to keep an eye out for the delivery. u-p-s is expecting to deliver more than 600- million packages by new year's day.

thousands of homeless high school students.. need your help this holiday season. ((kirsten joyce)) >> the meals project 150 hopes to raise for them and their families.. next on the valley's news leader. /// ((demetria obilor)) welcome back...

series nearly a month after the cubs big win. chef gerald madero unveiled a gingerbread replica of wrigley field. it weighs more than 400 pounds and and it's all edible-- except for the players who are made out of legos. the seats are made out of crackers. the scoreboard is edible paper and the windows are made of gelatin. madero says it took him and his chef's more than 70 hours to build the wrigley replica./// ((demetria obilor)) welcome back...

some of you may have switched on the christmas station.. while you were out doing your black friday shopping. and millions have already been downloading their favorite christmas songs. according to spotify.. the top five downloaded christmas songs, so far, are... "all i want for christmas is you" by mariah carey... with over 3-point-2 millio "do you want to a build a snowman" by the frozen cast... trans- siberian orchestra's "christmas eve/sarajevo"... "mistletoe" by justin bieber... and "rockin' around the christmas tree" by brenda lee. /// sherry how's the weather today? ((sherry swensk))

to chillier 30s. .............. there are some breezes and the clouds are pulling in some light showers into clark county... and some snow falling in ............... around town most areas in the 40s right now... and some light showers moving into the far north valley neighborhoods. ............

feet. maybe a couple of inches. ............ highs today in the upper 50s. ((sherry swensk)) back to you./// ((kirsten joyce)) about 25- hundred ccsd high school students are

for them to get a meal.. is at school. ((brian loftus)) >> here with us this morning is don purdue, project 150 executive vice president... and gabe cadena, of the henderson international school.. they're helping teens.. with their "feed it forward" campaign. let's take a look on the roads with demetria.

((demetria obilor)) things are looki wet along the north beltway up by north decatur. traffic is still running slowly in the spaghetti bowl because of a crash. ((demetria obilor)) >> back to you./// ((you're watching the valley's news leader... with brian loftus, kirsten joyce, sherri swensk and demetria obilor.

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clouds are pulling in some light showers into clark county... and some snow falling in the mountains. ............... around town most areas in the 40s right now... and some light showers moving into the far north valley neighborhoods. ............ snow up in the spring mountains feet. maybe a couple of inches. ............ highs today in the upper 50s.... then gustier winds tomorrow and 50s all week. ((sherry swensk))

police say the driver who crashed into a burlington coat factory store.. was not impaired. lington coat it happened near tropicana and eastern... driver lost control of her car.. and crashed into the front wall of the store. firefighters were able to rescue an employee... who was pinned underneath that wall. several customers had minor injuries... the driver is currently at the hospital recovering. /// ((kirsten joyce)) the d-m-v is expected to be extra busy today and tomorrow. monday and tuesday after thanksgiving tend to be the busiest days of the year. if you live near the sahara dmv... it just closed for the next two weeks. the new sahara office will open

on december 19th. the d-m-v director says to avoid the long wait times... you can handle most of your business online or book an appointment./// let's take a look on the roads with demetria. /// ((demetria obilor)) there are no delays on us 95 and auto show in henderson right now. traffic is starting to back up on southbound i-15 past the washington exit because of a interchange. ((demetria obilor)) >> back to you./// ((brian loftus)) southern nevada mayors .. answering your questions ... ((kirsten joyce)) >> the leader of las vegas hears from our viewers .. during today's monday mornings with the mayors segment. ((brian loftus)) plus... 8 on your side's michelle

back for a local man ... the reason he could've been on the hook for the money ... even though it was stolen. those stories and more.. coming up on 8 news now good day, the valley's news leader.///

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after the death of cuba's former communist dictator .. the very latest on the passing of fidel castro. ((kirsten joyce)) >> plus... thousands of folks heading out the door .. after spending the holiday in the valley ... a look at the roads as people head home and back to work. ((brian loftus)) >> and... the s just yet! we're live at zappos headquarters .. with a look at how they handle cyber monday. ((kirsten joyce)) 8 news now good day, the valley's news leader, starts right now./// ((now, live...this is 8 news now good day.)) ((brian loftus)) thanks for waking up with us on 8 news now good day, the valley's news leader. i'm brian loftus. ((kirsten joyce)) >> and i'm kirsten joyce. cuba is observing 9 days of national mourning following the death of former cuban dictator fidel castro.