>> dana: welcome in on this thursday august 18. it is 5:00 straight up. we see a little bit of haze out there obscuring the view of the moo is that smoke? we will get answers coming up in a little bit from kelly curran. >> kim: welcome in. we're the wagners, kim and dana here. this break news is the top story locally. just a dire situation. they are calling this a ferocious wildfire swallowing up

>> dana: 35,000 homes, more than 80,000 people being impacted by these evacuation warnings. not all of them are mandatory however. one 83-year-old man didn't leave his home and tells us how he tried to fight the flames. [indiscernible] . >> dana: he said i was going down with the shift there. more than 1300 people are bat this will fire. eight helicopters, eight air tankers, two large air tankers and right now the fire remains 0% contained. >> kim: that smoke making its way to southern nevada. we're going to get an update on what to expect in the skies in a

the 15 shut down yesterday. from what we understand people can now get to us in las vegas using the 15. if we want to go from las vegas to los angeles, a different route is going to have to be taken. that's where our live team coverage comes into play. >> dana: tom is going to talk about that in just a little bit. we saw a lot of memo yesterday morning, cleared out in the afternoon. what do we expect today? >> kelly: a lit sky. clouds and showers south of las vegas. light showers. we could see some of that this afternoon as well. hazy conditions as you head out the door this mornings, 91, 99 by noon and chance of showers in the afternoon. high today 104. we'll talk more about the haze and rain chances in about 10 minutes. >> tom: we are starting with a little work in town.

the freeways locally, travel times all running in the green up to speed. as we noted heading for california that is a no go. south bound i15 is backwards -- south bound is closed and north bound is open. if we expect anyone from california that is not a problem but getting there you have to go to pair blossom highway and >> breaking news about trouble for swimmers taking off from brazil to the u.s. last night. this comes as they try to investigate what happened with that reported robbery. ryan lochte talking about it saying they were held at gunpoint and robbed. the two are being questioned

confirming that jack and gunner were detained. the u.s. state department stands ready to provide all appropriate assistance. definitely a story we continue to follow. >> kim: you are going to hear matt's conversation with ryan lochte this morning since all of this has just broken overnight. matt was on the phone with him and he's going to recount that conversation rob this program before this local story could play out in any community in america. michelle joins us live. we talk about heroin use in america, you hear the candidates talk about it on the campaign trail. when it hits close to home and you hear from family members, it is obvious that drug was made by the devil. it rips families apart.

problem with heroin. they say it's up almost 40%. 76 people overdosed on this drug just last year. that's a big jump from the year before. not only are we talking to family members but we're talking to actual users who admit this is a big problem and they are trying to get clean. one of them we spoke to is a recovering addict and right now a patient here where we are at west care'sa triage center going through medical detox. we talked to the director here. he says the triage center saw an increase in clients who claim opiates are their primary drug, many of them admit their addiction started with prescription painkillers, then they switched over to heroin. she says the reason that she became addicted and many others as well is because it's accessible anywhere in the

>> many young people and again not unique to our community but we have not seen these type of numbers for heroin overdose and fatality since the 1970's. >> it took one thing in my life, i lost everything in 2011 and then i justifying you'red i had nothing left to lose. you have so much more to she's trying to get clean and this time stay clean for her son. there are a lot of different programs in town for detox and there are programs to help you stay on track after you finish with detox. >> kim: being in the news business, we've become way too close to stories like this that have ripped local families apart. it is a dire situation but i'm glad they are starting to address it more intensely.

>> dana: time to take you to rio for the olympic games. april ross and jennings had to pick themselves up in beach volleyball after the disappointment of losing their semifinal match to a team from brazil the night before. last night competing in the bronze medal match. it wasn't easy but they did get the victory. >> it was hard. i hope it looked hard because we had to give it everything we had left. i am exhausted emotionally and physically and mentally. we left it all on the court. >> she's won three medals. this year she's going home with the bronze but she seemed satisfied by that. these two are going to be on "the today show" late they are morning. u.s. runner tori took home

earlier this week she won silver. >> kim: the fastest man in the world, usain bolt running his fastest time of the season yesterday. >> dana: when he crossed the finish line , the guy fro front of him and he wagged his finger at him. >> kim: we're seeing that finger wag on the track. we had a few u.s. swimwears the finger wag in the pool as well. he's aiming for an eighth olympic gold. team u.s.a.'s justin has been a

by all accounts and they have testing for this. he says he's made mistakes in his past but he finished third. you are going to want to know this. according to the analyst, he is likely to pose the biggest challenge to usain bolt in the 200-meter which you can watch here is the medal count. we're still in the lead over china. brain is in third. in many places women make less than men for doing the same job. that might not be the case in las vegas.

>> kim: a woman is run over by her own vehicle and she lives to tell the tale. we have the scary moment caught on camera and it's headed your way. >> dana: las vegans playing a role in the rio games. chloe caught up with him. >> kim: the california wildfire that continues to rage in san bernardino, it is uncertainty. it is swallowing up homes east of los angeles. officials are facing with a difficult challenge of tallying

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>> kim: crew evacuated from a burning ship. many required medical care once they were off that ship. no reports of any deaths though.

the coast guard did bring passengers into the harbor as they were rescued. the fire erupting in the engine room and had been burning for some time before the alarm sound. most people had to be treated for heat stroke, shock and dehydration. they were loaded on to buses to be taken to the ship's original destination as they went through customs. >> dana: an unusual shiea they are trying to find two nuclear density stages stolen last week. they contain two radio active ice so tops. if you know anything that can help police call crime stoppers. >> kim: we do traffic and weather every 10 minutes on the program. pretty unusual with what is going on with the 15. >> kelly: a complete closure.

wintertime. this closed for that fire. we have the north bound lanes have been reopened. that happened in the overnight hours. south bound still closed. have you to tour through the valley to get to the north side of the los angeles basin. that is until further notice. on the 515 it looks good. still work up at racetrack road. ph complete closure of racetrack that. last until august 26. take a quick look at travel times and they are looking good. we are running in the green so let's check the weather kelly. >> kelly: i want to start out with a time lapse look from yesterday with very hazy conditions. this is right at sunrise. you can barely make out the mountains in the background. in the afternoon you see a little bit of clearing there.

what is this? more smoke moving in. we expect hazy conditions again in the air this morning. it will clear out in the afternoon and we have a chance for wet wet weather this afternoon. here is a look at the temperatures heading out this morning. paradise 84. sunrise 85 and centennial you are 81. activity yesterday, a couple of showers in henderson, boulder city and lastig now a lot of rain showers near phoenix. as we zoom in closer between search light a couple of light showers, probably not making it to the ground and kingman seeing light shower activity. we could see showers in our area as we get into the afternoon. now here is a look at the forecast for today. hazy conditions this were month, 104 is our expected high. isolated showers, thunderstorms possible during the afternoon

evening then clearing skies. 81 for the low and another chance of showers in our seven-day forecast coming on monday with double digit highs. >> kim: you're waking up to news that two american swimmers have been yanked off a flight in brazil bound for the united states. we're covering that throughout the broadcast. more of the slice of life kind of stuff. chloe, i know you are going to be focusing on a local boxing coach. when you talked to ryan you get any sense he would be embroiled in the controversy he's in this morning about whether he was really held up by a gun in rio. that's what is being talked about this morning whether he's telling the truth. >> i've heard so many different reports on that story. investigators are, whoing very hard to try and figure out what exactly went down. they are trying to get to the bottom of that situation. when i talked to him it was

spirits. he seemed pretty shy, pretty relieved that his events were over and he talked to us about how he was looking forward to the next round of olympics. other than that, that was pretty much the vibe i got from him. that was before that incident allegedly happened though. that was my experience speaking with ryan lochte. as far as the coaching goes here at the olympics, we spoke auggie who gave us insight on being a coach. >> being a coach at the olympics comes with challenges. >> trying to get these kids focused on what they are here for. >> encouragement is a key to victory, he knows from experience. in 1996 he made an attempt to go to the olympics. but that dream was shut down.

now i'm here, i made it. took a long time to get here but i'm here. >> he's back with a new goal to train athletes like returning athletes to do their best in the sport. so how does he get them motivated? aside from countless hours of training, there is this. >> meditating and focusing on what they are fighting for and who they are fighting what they are going to do. >> still living up to my potential and living up to everything everybody is say right now. now i got to get back focused and go get the gold medal. >> hailing from las vegas, he's confident with his background these athletes will do well in the fight. >> trying to help these young kids, youth try to achieve their goals and i'm happy to be part of that.

later today for the >> dana: fur a working woman, las vegas is the place to be. >> because the unions are so strong in las vegas, they bring benefits that other states can

get better wages and benefits, older immigrant women make up the vast majority of the culinary mens and often leading voices. the casinos counted most american workplaces as women lose power as they age but not the scene for women. >> my wife makes exactly what i make. she's in the right city at the right >> dana: here is that other person i was just talking about. >> kim: we have an accident that is caught on camera in massachusetts. this time it's a small raccoon having a bad day. heartbreaks for this little guy. he somehow gets stuck in this storm grate. only the head visible in the picture. volunteers and police finally able to get him unstuck from

you see the picture after they get him out. they had to grease him to get him out. he's not injured. what a square for that little guy. still to come on the program, a woman run over by her own vehicle and lives to talk about it. you are going to see the footage on your screen and hear in her own words ahead. >> dana: another case of survival. a teenager hit by who is crossing the street there. you are going to see what he does after he gets hit coming up. >> kim: live from rio at 5:22 on your screen. we are going to have matt's conversation with ryan lochte overnight while most of you were sleeping recounted on this

>> tom: they are putting that bridge over the top to make a new sweeping ramp that will be please next year. into the bowl travel times all looking good. that's an 11 minute drive coming in from the northwest. the north bound i15 lanes are open. if you expect someone coming in from california, they can make it. south bound have you a long

detour. big question is winds going to keep whipping up the fire and will we get smoke here in the valley? >> kelly: we could see that smoke moving in yesterday as the sun was going down. we expect more of the haze in the sky this morning. another thing we're watching are rain chances. these just popped up. two small little green dots. i don't think these are quite rein monitoring here. maybe a couple of sprinkles on your windshield. better chance as we get into the afternoon. current temperatures about 83 right now. here is what we expect throughout the rest of the day. highs topping out in the low 100's, about 104 in las vegas. cooler temperatures and better chances for rain are on the way.

s.u.v. at a stoplight and gets run over by her own car. somebody told herrera gas cap was open. she got out to close the gas cap and didn't put it into park. it was still in drive and she tried to get back into the car and it rolled over her. she was not seriously injured in all of this. you can see motorist coming to her aid. he car continues to drive away without her. >> goes through the i'm glad she's ok. >> kim: still to come, we take you to the olympics and this was tragic. what happened next will have you talking. we're going to share this heart warming moment ahead. >> dana: the story of a ohio boy trying to sell his stuffed animal is going viral. why would he sell his stuffed animal? you are going to see pictures of the boy and his stuffed animal coming up.

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>> kim: that massive fire in california continues to rage and has local implications. live team coverage continue this

>> dana: a teenager crossing the roadway gets hit by a semitruck and lives to tell about it. >> kim: it's a golden moment the race and the moment everyone is talk about. talk about a compassionate competitor. we'll take you there for the full story in >> david: live pictures out of san bernardino california, about three and a half hours from here. >> kim: they are calling this fire ferocious in nature. 82,000 people forced from their homes. so many structures have been wiped out from this fire, they are having a hard time getting the count at this point. thanks for waking up with us. we're the wagners, kim and dana. we have live team coverage from the fire fight this morning.

to share this. north bound 15 is open going from l.a. to las vegas. south bound 15, you still got to get off the freeway. how is south bound closed but north bound is open? >> tom: if you drive through that area, there is a big split at the top and bottom of the pass. so you have a long distance between the north and south bound lanes with one side higher on the hill than the other. i'm going to so you have the fire raging by the south bound lane while the north bound lane there is no activity going on over there. they were able to clear the north bound lane. you can get to las vegas, just

>> kelly: there are a few clouds in the area and a chance for

>> krystal: you have about 14,000 firefighters trying to fight this fire. six firefighters were briefly trapped because home owners didn't want to leave but they are ok. that is good news. >> dana: time to take you to rio and the beaches. jennings and ross taking the after the disappoint from the losing the night before. last night they came from behind and did get the victory winning the bronze medal. jennings has won three gold med unless previous olympics going home with the bronze this year. she looks just as excited. and by the way, these two ladies are going to be on "the today show" talking ability the

american box erwining her semifinal match yesterday. she beat a russian >> kim: they got it done yesterday defeating argentina in the quarter finals with a final of 105-782. men's basketball team going to the games as the medal favorite. they had close ones in rio when they went up against australia, serbia and france. team u.s.a.ing looing to get back on track and did so last

they had close games. when you have a nail biter and team u.s.a. people question maybe they are beaten. looks like they are set up for a rematch against spain. we saw this in 2008 and 2012. both gold medals won by the united states. you can watch the semifinals here tomorrow on channel 3. by all accounts, most of those guys on the court are multimillionaires, huge are representing your country and win they act like kid athletes so to speak. >> dana: including that bald guy there, manu ginobili. >> kim: we're closing in on 100. we're at '3" right now team u.s.a. well ahead of china in second

news3lv.com and you can see the medal count on full display. >> dana: check out the show and bring the family. kendall joins us live from the stratosphere with a deal to get everybody there. >> good morning to all of you at home. we're inside the stratosphere this morning at the mj live concert we're going to show you this they are wanting you to come down saturday and sunday from now until september 4, moms and dads, kids will get in free to the 5:00 p.m. matinee show where you will be able to come down with an adult paying ticketed and have fun with m. j. what we want to do is i want to learn moves from these skilled dancers today. what can you show me? >> i can show you the moon walk.

walking expert. let's see it. >> take your right foot on your toes like this and push back on your left foot. push. >> i'm not doing it too well. >> you are doing perfect. >> i don't think i can do it ad have you other fun moves as well. what do you want to say to get people down to take advantage of that deal? >> come on out. it's a great show. we have great music, live band, live singing, excellent dancers and it's a great production.

>> kim: thank you we'll have more fun with you the next hour. >> dana: moon walk i don't think so, but everybody can do the thriller. >> kim: what a heart warming story slash sad at the same time. a little boy selling his stuffed animal for a reason that will have you talking. the stuffed animal ahead. >> dana: live pictures out of new york statement kanye west has a clothing line. he'll be selling that clothing to 21 popup stores worldwide. it will be open this weekend only. west tweeted a map with red dots

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>> kim: the boy hit does survive. first responders surprised he's not only alive but able to walk around. the driver of the truck stopped

>> dana: maybe he went underneath the semi. how does he survive this? >> tom: maybe went right between the wheels. right now we'll start you out in the far northeast at the motor speedway. the glittering lights off in the distance and light traffic on the i15 as we cruise down into the bowl. that's about which is rillet for this time of day. want to remind if you are expecting people from california by the i15 they should be able to get here fine. heading the other direction it's a no go, have you to take a detour. so the detour is going to be very busy on the pair blossom highway. >> kelly: stay here and enjoy our local pools.

little bit of haze. we are seeing a few sprinkles popping up on the radar. not quite reaching the ground. we did have thunderstorms that moved through yesterday. as far as the temperatures as you are heading out the door, lakes 84. henderson you are 87. rio today high of 80. mostly sunny. humid for them today. that's going to be tough on the runners. >> dana: speaking of runners collide. have you seen the video? this happened a couple of days ago. one of them an american and now they are talking about that incident. before that we're going to have them on this program in their own words. >> kim: new in our can have hour this morning the guy who scaled the side of trump tower so he could meet the donald is facing new trouble this morning. it's legal in nature and we'll share it ahead. >> dana: live pictures out of los angeles.

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>> dana: welcome back n. if you've been following the olympics, no doubt you saw this in the women's a5,000-meter as the runner from new zealand gets tangled up with american runner.

get to the finish line together. when they do, they had smiles on their faces. they had tears in their eyes as they helped each other get across the finish line. nowhere near the winners of this race. you can see they were both injured to some extent. i think she twisted her ankle or knee in all of this. they are going to be live on "the today show" this morning talking about that experience and this sportsmanship. >> kim: it's great seeing them together and recounting that awful moment that turned into an inspirational one from the rio games. this is awful initially but inspiring in the end. a little boy who wanted to sell his stuffed animal so he could buy food. the man who works at the nearby wal-mart where this played out is now stepping up. along with the company offering

ground mother a chance to shop until they drop. the grandma recently gained custody of all 7 children. they were taken from their parts last week after they were found in deplorable conditions in their home. a store employee helped them pick out clothes, shoes, hat and food. it was a sad story that turned into inspiring for so marathon are going to get a treat especially if they like snoop dogg. he's going to perform for the more than 40,000 runners at the start finish line. >> tom: looking forward to that. we have got a little bit of trouble on the northeast side at lake mead boulevard at sloan. watch out for a fender bender

south bound lanes slower than usual. it's apparent we have people going out the door there. lots and lots of trafficker there in the south bound lanes of i15 past the bowl. people coming from los angeles no problem on the i15. heading for los angeles tuck avoid doing it today, do so because the detour will cost you you at least a couple more >> kelly: as we take a live look outside, this is red rock resort. the sun not quite up but we can see that haze out there. a few clouds out there as well. even a little bit offerer gay as we've seen light sprinkles on

we're watching sprinkles, verruga at best right now but we could see showers or thunderstorms later this afternoon. highs today -- 104 in las vegas. slight chance for thunderstorms this afternoon. the hazy conditions this morning and another chance for rain temperatures monday. >> kim: i notice i do this watching nfl football, i lean if i need the ball to go this way. and we know that aly's parents are constantly leaning trying to help their daughter from the stands. they've been going viral this entire olympic games. there is a certain person telling them to chill out. it's water cooler worthy and we have it headed your way.

chilling out. we'll tell you how he celebrated retirement coming up. >> kim: we have live pictures from the fire line. check out your screen. this is the blue cut fire that continues to rage in san bernardino. the one that also has local implications for us when it comes to our air quality and travel. we still can't get on the 15 and get to los angeles from las vegas this morning. south bound lane closed. and that huge fire only% contained. we'll have continued breaking news updates on this fire

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alj the star gymnist for the united states. her parents can barely watch. now there is a woman trying to raise money for these two to get a spa day. she has a go fund me account. hoping to get $500 to get these two to chill out one day at the spa. how does michael phelps celebrate retirement? by going to the pool. in phoenix. he's back home from the games.

fiance and his adorable son boomer in tow. he's back there as well. adele forced to cancel her concert because she had a cold. she wanted to tell all of her fans exactly why. >> i can't do my show tonight. i'm really sorry. i've had a cold for a couple of days and been pushing through it. and i did my show last night. >> you can hear she said she pushed too hard posting this she could not go on stage saying she pushed it too hard. >> kim: i wish i looked like that when i was sick. no makeup on and sick as a dog. only adele could pull that off. still to come live from the fire line in california. the fire ha has local implications and we have live team coverage as you check out the images on your screen coming into us as we speak. christy has left las vegas sand

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>> dana: we're going to get to kelly in just a second. jeff has travel times. tom is up in sky 3. >> tom: right now keeping it local, we're in the northeast valley, had report of an accident at sloan and lake mead