>> security is a top priority here at the 2016 olympic games. do tourist think it's safe enough? we'll show you what they say next. >> dana: we're going to talk live with five time olympic veteran who is this year's captain of team kelloggs a group of first time olympians. morning. a heavy police presence in front of the win hotel this morning. >> kim: when we say heavy we said what are we talking and there are at least 7 patrol cars in front of the win. we are hustling over there and gathering information as we speak. once we have it, we'll pass it on to you. as we welcome you in on this friday, we're hours away from the opening ceremony and have

>> dana: we have done this, talked about the olympics together many times on this program. you are back in rio covering the games for us. good morning my friend. >> good morning. it's always great to talk to you. i found a jacket in my closet and thought i'd wear it for the big event this. is the jacket that team u.s.a. is going to wear tonight when they walk in to the stadium. you see the crest here and the logo on the the energy in rio has been building. it intensified when team u.s.a. got on the ground here earlier in the week. finally we're just a few hours away from the official opening of these games. >> as crews rush to finish last minute touch ups and cleanups around the venues and stadium, overnight rehearsals provide a flash of what to expect. brazil is keeping the specifics

scale of beijing or other ceremonies. instead it will be more personal sharing the story of brazil and a big part of that story will include the music, moves and flair for a south american country that host the games. michael phelps will join in the opening ceremony carrying the flag for team u.s.a. >> this has to be one of the coolest things i've ever done. >> and phelps, the world's most some pretty cool things at the summer games. >> i guess it's pretty cool to have 22 olympic medals, 18 gold. >> kim: thank you jay for starting off our coverage. we'll see jay in our 6:00 hour

let's check in with our weather authority and that would be kelly curran. >> kelly: i was putting together a rio forecast. we'll have that later in the show. here at home partly sunny skies, slight chance of showers this morning. 86 at 9:00, 95 by noon and 100 is our expected high for the day. the moisture is finally going to start moving out tonight. we're going tal >> tom: we mentioned at the top of the program a police situation off of spring mountain road and sands. watch out for a lot of police activity. here is an outside shot from one of our cameras in the area. you can see lights flashing over here. there is a parks of sands avenue closed right now. we are gathering more information. it is going to have a traffic

right now. let's go to the breaking news desk. >> krystal: we're going out to india right now. at least 12 people killed, 15 injured after a rebel opened fire at a crowded market in india. local officials say six rebels firing automatic weapons and throwing grenades. troops are searching for five sups responsible fors attack. police point to a group fighting for independence in a northeast region of india. >> kim: we also have kendall hustling to the win to find out what is going on with the breaking news over there. we're focusing on a nosey neighbor and retired cop quick

mail thief behind bars. he's cued of stealing from mailbox as cross the valley. he's on your screen now. neighbors believe he's the same person who was caught stealing mail within the surveillance video they had given to us from june. police say he was arrested just yesterday after a woman spotted him in a uhaul driving slowly up and down the streets in her neighborhood. she wrote down the license plate later a neighbor who happened to be a retired police officer spotted that same uhaul at a nearby shopping center. >> i don't have to sit and look out my window when it's time for the mail to come. >> when you have a neighborhood watch and people are active and watching, that is what makes all the difference in the world. >> kim: they did everything right, these neighbors working together here. in the back of that uhaul the postal inspector found a couple

found meth amphetamine and other drug par fender benderral i can't and a gun. >> dana: this is john gotty and his grandson and his grandson just got arrested on drug charges in queens yesterday. there he is being led away by police. they arrested him and his convenience. this happened to be the same house where the late mobster once lived. they recovered 500 fills, $0,000 in cash. they executed six search warrants. a total of 7 people charged. >> kim: check out the scene. this was hillary clinton on stage here locally during a rally yesterday and you saw the

up on stage. >> ok, here we are. >> this all happened when a group of animal rights activist started protesting. she was speaking to voters from this local union rally when it all went down. she didn't skip a beat. picked right back up speaking to those union workers going after her opponent donald trump. they escorted the animal rights activist out of the hall and nobody was injured. we are going to go to president reagan in our 6:00 hour. hillary clinton is gaining

lead over trump. among registered voters clinton received 47% of the support they are polling at and 38% for donald trump these days. we've been talking about an intervention with and some of the heavy hitters within the republican party. we'll see if that happens. >> dana: coming up later, new nonstop service between mccorn airport and china. they talked about yesterday. we'll tell you when this service expected to start coming up. we're talking live to chloe beardsly, she is in rio this morning. we'll talk about if she spotted

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>> dana: we take you live to rio. chloe, it was so fun to follow you on twitter as you were headed down to rio. we're so glad new place to cr behind the scenes view of rio. >> that's right. it's -- i can't begin to tell you how exciting it's been very busy. everyone is so excited for the opening ceremonies tonight. getting here was a different picture compared to what we've been hearing in the news. i was nervous to come to rio because we heard the list of issues surrounding the olympic

of a different story. >> after landing in rio this week, one of the first sights that caught my eye wasn't the seen ride sharing, it was the security. officers can be seen on just about every street corner surrounding the games equipped to handle just about anything. outside of olympic park we ran into paula checking out the sights with her family. >> my daughter and husband, we it's beautiful. >> paula said she noticed a difference in security around here. in july more than 85,000 troops were deployed. >> tourist agree. >> people are all very friendly. they all want -- >> crews are out in full force to finish bridges, venues and

mega store set to open this weekend. this enthe other concern, the zika virus. but if you ask paula, she says. >> zika here, i never heard about that. we know that we have zika in brazil but not in rio. it's ok we don't have this. >> as you guys probably know the threat of zika has diminished because we're in the temperatures are cool ter pop relation of mosquitoes does decrease. security will continue to be beefed up through the olympics and continue through the paraolympic games which continue through september 18. >> dana: we can't wait to check in with you over the next two weeks. you can see she's there with

some of the social media sites including our facebook page and news3lv.com. >> kim: tom, it's funny to see how meteorologist think because that's the first thing dana saidis it's summer games but they are in the winter. >> tom: it's a tropical climate anyhow. we have a heavy p over here. kendall is headed to the scene. this is on sands avenue which becomes spring mountain road. looks like a complete closure for the westbound lanes in front of the win. we don't know what is happening inside there but we have a live shot showing the closure. this is what we're talking about right here. this area by the win. watch out for continued police presence there. another live camera view shows a

the road westbound. eastbound is open but probably best to avoid the whole thing. use flamingo instead. let's check your weather and send you over to kelly. >> kelly: we are tracking showers around the area this morning. most of it moving off to the north, northeast. let's zoom in on a cup of these cells we've been watching. this looks like it will go just to the south of boulder city. as mesquite saw a little bit of activity. most of these light showers. here is a look at the time lapse from yesterday. had thunderstorm activity developing in the mountains, the winds shift and clouds come back around. temperatures north las vegas 79, mountains edge alsoing looing at 79. that's your current temperature. high today 100.

tonight 82 with mostly clear skies. our seven-day forecast, more sunshine as we head into the weekend. highs rebounding above normal on sunday. >> kim: no reason to dig to china when you can fly there direct. we take you to the floor of the nasdaq with jane king standing by with all the details. >> good morning and happy friday. that's a long flight. you want to get a direct one if you china and las vegas will begin december 2. they have been working on this for a decade. it will be three times a week. las vegas established itself as a major draw for chinese visitors traveling to the united states for lease you're and business. >> kim: it feels like we're in beijing sometimes during chinese new year.

which is a very welcome sight for us. on the topic of china, not great news concerning mgm and china. why? >> it is still a problem for mgm as well as some of the other casinos. revenue at the hotel rooms up 3% at mgm. they sold crystals at the shopping center. still working through mechanical showing signs of turning around there. >> kim: now we know. thanks for that. have a wonderful weekend and we'll be back at it with you on monday. >> dana: before there was michael phelps, there was derek. a five time olympian and she joins us live from rio. dar railroad crossing, thanks dara thanks for joining us.>> lt

competing in the games in los angeles in 1984, ended up winning a gold medal at the age of 17. what kind of butterflies did have you as you went into your first games? >> i had a lot of butterflies. i was a punk kid bouncing off the walls in awe of everyone else. michael jordan walked by. i'm so excited to be the captain created a team of first time olympians. >> who have you been working with? i think simon is on that team as well half do you tell them what to incident. >> i think the biggest thing is to realize you are here but you got here because you are the

the olympic trials are probably the hardest event to be at and probably the most nerves. being here obviously with the best athletes in the world. the united states making that team out of any other country is the hardest thing to do. for me having tom shields and such amazing athletes. this is their first games. you have do understand you are going to have nerves but you got here because y the world. >> your dad was a long time casino executive here in las vegas, right? >> he was. he helped build the first high-rise in vegas back in the 1950's. he's been there for many years.

visit. >> dana: thank you for joining us. coming up pokemon go itched in etched instone now. what is this all ability? >> kim: the quick actions of this little guy helped save the life of a toddler. we have the full s your way. we have breaking news locally to talk about. it takes to us this live camera there in front of the win resort. they have just now gotten on scene and you see all of the flashing lights there. we are gathering information as

>> tom: westbound lanes closed. there is a squad car across the roadway. they just shifted the camera view.

>> kelly: temperatures cooler. pahrump you are coming in at 79. we're looking at triple digits today, a chance of showers. >> kim: there is a pokemon you can touch. the statute was placed there at the broken water fountain over the weekend. the artist inscribing the creation with # pokemonment. people have come from all over to take selfies. they don't know where the statute came from but have not received any complaints and

>> dana: there is a local

actions that landed him in the news is something you'll be talking about later. how he saved a toddler. is. >> dana: speaking of small heroes. meet this little guy. he's not even one yet but he's getting ready for the olympics. >> kim: we're focusing on one who is going to be making big waves in the waters of rio.

someone you may have been next to at a starbucks here in town. >> dana: good morning. it is 5:30 on this friday augus. live pictures out of rio and michael phelps will carry the american flag into the opening ceremony for team u.s.a. tonight. >> kim: this morning you're going to see him talking about it with matt. a great interview. before that, we have chloe and jay gray heren we welcome you in on this friday. kim and dana wagner here. opening ceremony tonight. >> dana: let's talk to tom in the traffic center. we have issues this morning, not all of them traffic related. >> tom: but it is having a traffic impact. that is a closure of spring mountain road in front of the win. this has been going on for about an hour. lot of flashing lights. you see police in the middle of

win. it's a complete closure westbound. the other camera we have in the area is spun around to show a different view. we have seen cars having a forced u turn. these people are not able to make the left turn on to westbound sand. two vehicles involved in this. watch out for we are checking your weather authority. we do it every 10 minutes. here is kelly. >> kelly: there are a few clouds and showers out there. right now we're looking at a dry commute in the valley. 100 at 3:00 and by 6:00, 98. we're going to take a look at where the showers are now and where they are headed coming up in 10 minutes. >> we are following breaking news. we're going to send it to the

tom was showing us the wick curious. kendall is on the scene for us this morning with the latest on what is happening. >> good morning. we are looking into reports of a possible shooting out here on the las vegas strip this morning. we are showing you the images. you can see we are confirming a heavy amount of police presence out here on the las vegas strip. we're at the corner of spring mountain and sands where a po looking into the investigation of what exactly happened out here this morning. we did reach out to the police department. i have yet to hear back from them. i can guarantee i will stay on top of it and bring you the latest. it's just that portion of sands next to the win that is shut down. they are not letting traffic go westbound through that area there. when it comes to the foot traffic people are walking by,

around the location. if you are going to be driving in this area, speak to the officers and get you around safely. we are looking into a possible shooting out here on the strip. i will get you the latest as soon as we get it. >> kim: thank you for that live report. you'll stay on top of the breaking news for us. we appreciate it. crystal joins us with breaking news. >> krystal: some video to show you this morning. a cargo plane landed on a runway but then it slid on to a two lane road. now we're seeing pictures of this cargo plane up close and personal. it actually ended up on a road. this happening in northern italy. the airport temporarily shut down as a result of it.

rail. no injuries so the airline said it appears that plane overshot the runway in this incident. and also weather appeared to be a factor. there was heavy rain at the time. >> kim: it's finally here. the opening ceremony tonight. right now we are focusing on this local who clearly is an olympian. very exciting. take a live look at your screen. he is going to be in the pool making all of us proud. he is going to dive in tomorrow. that is when we can check him out. he'll be competing in the men's 100-meter breaststroke. he has the fourth fastest time this year in that event. cody miller finished first and second in the trials in nebraska.

and have a good chance of meddling at their own. how proud we will be if this guy ends up becoming a decorated olympian this game. >> dana: he's got a real shot. this is a kid who grew up swimming for the sand pipe lakers is a swim club in town that a lot of people know about. he has deep local his sand piper coaches are so proud and still keep in touch. >> kim: you are not going to miss a moment of all of the action because we have special correspondents all over the case. reed is broadcasting for the evening newscast and every morning during the olympics we're going to have chloe, we've checked in with her once this morning, we will be checking in with her again.

the program. we're talking about lack of sleep. it can often spiral into an all around bad day. this morning you're in luck because we have the experts of consumer reports on the case. how you can get a great night's sleep without having to pop a pill. >> dana: thanks to the actions of that young guy, that's the hero in this case. we'll tell you what happened and how that little g >> kim: just to dip in again to the breaking news playing out in front of the win resort on the las vegas strip, our kendall has made her way over to the scene. she is gathering information as we speak.

>> kim: a toddler nearly drowned in the pool not far from here until a 7-year-old rushes in to sa >> i thought he was going to die so i ran and save him. i got him out. >> kim: that 7-year-old was walking to a friend's house at an important nearby when he hears a splash and sees a two-year-old face down in the swimming pool. he pulls that little boy out of the pool. paramedics arrive and they were able to keep the toddler alive.

called a hero as a result. >> tom: we have trouble over here westbound in front of the win a complete closure in effect. a heavy police presence. possible shots fired. kendall is investigating to find out what happened there. 95 eastbound is up to six minute drive to get you into the bowl and five minute from parkway. that's 11 minutes total. here is kelly. >> kelly: a few clouds out there and a few showers in the area. here is a look at the current radar.

temperatures as we take a live look outside at the sun getting ready to come up. beautiful colors and they are going to get more gorgeous. 80 is the current temperature. i'll let you know what we're expecting for afternoon highs coming up. >> dana: one dad getting his child ready for the olympics already and the kid isn't one year old yet. >> kim: so cute. amin we're checking out a comet. it's drawing a lot of attention because of where it's headed and we have that information headed your way. >> dana: live from rio, we're getting set for the opening ceremony tonight. michael phelps will carry in the american flag for team u.s.a. these are his fifth olympic games. you know how many times he's

first tonight. he was always resting up for competition and didn't want to walk or stand on his feet for all of that time. as a result he will walk tonight for the first time. >> kim: thank you for that.

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>> join us and find out the lengths some are going to make the big find. >> tom: weight now we have an accident to the northwest. it's just to the north of the 215. travel times looking good on the 95 inbound and 15 south bound and 215 beltway all in good shape. we do have this situation down here with a police presencon win. we are getting information there was an early morning robbery on maryland parkway involving shots fired and eventually the suspect crashed the car here. we're in an aftermath state here but the investigation does have a portion of westbound sands avenue closed. we'll get a full live report coming up on exactly what is happening there. right now let's check the weather with kelly. >> dana: i'm over here too this

>> kelly: this is absolutely gorgeous. get pictures, send them to us. we want to see them. that is picture perfect. this twister spotted yesterday afternoon in nebraska. a rope tornado there. watching earlier reports of this and apparently at one point crossed over water and ef0 as far as the wind speeds with this storm. not a very intense tornado but pretty cool images for us. here is a look at what we're seeing right now. no severe thunderstorms at this point. just a couple of sprinkles if it's even touching the ground in some locations. you see everything lifting to the north and east. we are seeing just a few sprinkles through the search light area earlier. now they are fizzling out as they head off to the east.

overnight so did st. george that. is all lifting and fizzling out. we have a chance for a few more showers today, maybe isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon but quieter than what we've seen the past week. lake mead beautiful colors and reflecting on the water. pahrump 79. boulder city 79. that is your current temperature. in the valley upper 70's as head out the door. it is muggy out thunderstorm activity late they are afternoon. it is not that hot. 75 is the expected high today. boulder city 98. another gorgeous shot of that background there. 100 the high temperature today. the weekend sunny and dry and 105 by sunday. that is a pretty live picture behind your 7 day. we do traffic and weather every 10 minutes so you are going to

he's creeping everybody out dude. that's a clown and police are aware of this clown. >> dana: this baby looks like he's ready to go for gold in rio. what put him up to this? who is this kid and how old is he? that is all coming up. >> kim: as we send to you break a look out preparations for the opening

>> dana: blake shellton sitting down to talk about how he and gwen stefani saved each other after their divorces. the two started with a friendship and now the two say they are happier than ever. sources say they seeped lost before the other came along and they are now better of course they are judges on that hit nbc show "the voice." a blogger showing pictures of his son trying out for various sports. his son is not even one year old. allen lawrence sharing pictures of his son trying out for sports weight lifting, volleyball, gymnastics, long jump. some of the companies are fun philly. in babies were harmed in the

some people don't like clowns and this is a creepy one. this clown has been walking the streets of wisconsin. these pictures have gone viral. police have received many phone calls but they say there is nothing illegal about this and there is nothing they can do. >> kim: it is a freak show when you see that. the hair on your arms stands on end. still to come new polling numbers dramatic in the race for the white house what we're talking about. some of the newer information came out while you were sleeping. we'll share it with you at 6:00. still to come, we have breaking news playing out in our own backyard that takes us to the las vegas strip. heavy police presence for good reason. we have gotten word that somebody shot at a police cruiser not long ago and ended up in a chase there.

and a live report after a quick

>> dana: scary situation. if secret service swarmed the stage while hillary clinton was up there in las vegas, what happened to have them on edge? plus -- >> we do not pay ran some for hostages. >> kim: dismissing claims. you just heard the president of the united states saying we did not give iran ran some money for hostages. more of the explanation headed your way this morning. >> dana: the sun up on this friday morning august 5. thank you for waking one us on news 3 today. >> kim: you heard the announcer say it and dana say it. it is a new day and it is friday and it is opening ceremony day. we are so excited. we have a team of people in place in rio and we're going to get to them in a moment.