plus -- >> i said don't go. >> krystal: that's the widow of a local worker killed in that scaffolding accident. she's speaking out this morning. what she told him before he left for >> krystal: i like the direction we're headed. >> dana: we begin with tom up in sky 3. >> tom: we've been in pretty good shape on the roadways so

there is anything left on the 215 eastbound before you get to the connector. we're about to passover in a couple of minutes. for the time being let's pass it on to jeff for team traffic. >> jeff: 215 eastbound near the airport connector, not seeing anything in the form of delays. we'll get eyes on that with sky 3 shortly. 15 south bound seeing early morning in two hours it's going to be at nine minutes being there is no accident or other delays. 95 south bound 11 minutes. in two hours we estimate 14 minutes for your wednesday commute. >> kelly: as the sun is getting ready to come up, we're looking at much quieter conditions than what we saw last night. temperatures throughout the day today 89 at 9:00 a.m.

we're going to talk about what we expect for the rest of the week and the weekend coming up. >> dana: a robbery spree comes to an end and the son of a local politician at the center of the investigation. craig reporting live from the regional justice sent they are morning. >> good morning. the defendant in this case is shain ross. when detective first saw surveillance images of these susp t person they were looking at was the las vegas mayor's son shane ross. he is the suspected they believe was behind a string of recent robberies in the area. we've learned how he was caught. there were multiple robberies but it was a victim in one of the robberies, in fact the last one who saw the images and i.d.ed him as the robber. 90 minutes later he was

at tropical smoothie. the ross family says shane is battling addiction. >> it made me want to pray for him more and encourage him and hopefully he can overcome that because that's a really difficult place to be. >> back here life outside the justice center. she responded with great empathy after being arrested he told police he wanted to talk to his dad to get advice. he needed money to pay his hoa fees and other bills.

man randomly targeted a 15-year-old outside of a convenience store in 2013. when he refused to let go of his ipad he was dragged underneath the get away car losing his life. the other suspect pled guilty earlier this month. it is possible he will testify. >> dana: a powerful earthquake registering a magnitude of 6.8. reports of tremors have been felt across india. we'll bring you more details as they become available. another earthquake striking just to the northeast of rome. a powerful earthquake that leveled a number of buildings there. the death tom currently at 38. 150 people still missing. this is expected to go much higher in terms of the death toll.

crumbled a number of buildings. there have been some stories of survival as well as they have pulled some people out alive from that rubble. now the frantic search for survivors continues. >> krystal: we're talking about the woman whose husband was killed anyway scaffolding accident. she's speaking out. she says she asked her husband not to go to work on the day

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hugging people outside of their homes. piles of debris now sit. this happening in east baton rouge. the president telling them and the nation the country and government will be there for them. they had floodwaters that took the lives of 13 people, displaced tens of thousands and damaged or destroyed an estimated 60,000 homes. >> dana: new concerns in florida that have spread hundred offense miles from southern florida to the tampa area. rick scott announcing this yesterday telling reporters the person who has the virus did not travel out of the country and has not been to the miami area. state officials are working to find out where the person contracted the disease. governor scott says there are 42 cases of non-travel related zika virus in florida including the latest one near tampa.

heart and really give you a different perspective on life. he was the first person ever to receive a double hand transplant. this morning he's talking about it live on "the today show." >> this last year has been like a roller coaster, up, down, fast, slow, it's been -- it's just been crazy. >> we've been tested. it has been a year to becomes your testimony and he is so full of life. harvey lost his arms to life threatening infection when he was just two years old. he's doing push ups, swinging baseball pennsylvania like you can't stop this little guy. you can catch the full interview here on channel 3. >> dana: just when you think you

eight-year-old and he has a smile on his face despite. >> tom: he's over come it. that is an inspiration. we have double trouble at the airport connector. let's start where the ramp from 215 eastbound to the airport connector north bound is closed. that's because of an accident underneath the bridge here. it's out of sight for us. you can see the tow truck is on scene. that happened several hours ago. just a few minutes ago we had another accident here. you can see a car upside down. not sure if anyone is in the vehicle or not. the paramedics are looking inside. there may still be someone in this vehicle. we're going to keep an eye on that one. traffic as you might imagine is causing a real problem here. this backed up. so allow extra travel time there. we'll continue team traffic with jeff. >> jeff: traffic and weather every 10 minutes.

some real problems there. account for extra time. we are seeing that slowing start around las vegas boulevard and extends for quite a bit. that is only going to get worse throughout the morning. 56 miles per hour on 15 south bound. 215 westbound will take you nine minutes. in an hour we estimate that's going to be about the same. a reminder to join the waze team. head to the app store or google play. you can give commute, just don't do it behind the wheel. let's get a check of the forecast. >> dana: we had a shot of rain out there last night that came and went. they've had a lot in iowa. >> kelly: and severe weather as well. some of the worse damage in climbing hill, iowa. residents say what started as rain tuesday morning quickly turned into thunderstorms and

trees laid over streets, power lines snapped and windows blown out. they expect cleanup efforts to last several days. i saw storm damage reports from our thunderstorms here locally saying that a couple of palm trees were caught on fire by lightning last night. i'm assuming they were put out quickly. as the sun is coming up definitely a different picture here. haze in thek distance as well. the sun coming up to a beautiful start. look at these temperatures. take your dog for a long walk this were monthing. it's looking pretty good. downtown 75. henderson you are at 78. green valley 76 this morning. pleasant to get things started. here is a look at the storms as they moved through yesterday. it fizzled out moving through the southern half of the valley

mostly sunny skies today. 101 is our expected high. that is normal for this time of year. wind out of the south 5-10. tonight 80 for the low. mostly clear skies. our seven-day forecast, tomorrow 102 but then the 90's come back friday through the weekend. look at the lows too. we're getting back into the 70's. it's going to start getting cooler at night and in the morning. that's more comfoa >> tom: the crash of a vietnam fighter jet in north las vegas last week probably had some people thinking what ifed the gone down in a populated area instead of a vacant lot. that has happened. it was 52 years ago but there are still people here who remember. >> i was on the playground and i could hear the sound of the aircraft and i saw it go over.

southwest of nellis air force base where pilots were getting use to the f105. >> it's performance is shrouded in secrecy. >> it was up to 14,000 pounds with bombs and missiles was part of everyday life here. >> you had planes breaking the sounds barrier all the time. >> i was always in wonderment as low and the nose up and tail down, i knew something was wrong. >> he had been at the controls of the f105 as it departed nellis. he radioed back his landing gear was not retracting. he was in trouble but could have ejected safely. directly in his path lincoln elementary school with hundreds of kids. he stayed with the plane. >> it was paid up big that the

the guy flew over the school. >> as that tragedy was averted five residential houses were destroyed, three children died. a priest giving last rights to the pilots. >> it was on all the news, two newspapers, it was front page of both papers for several days. >> the danger continued with live ammo mixed in the wreckage. a horrific s anything happened there unless you know what to look for. >> that development was all single stories and there are one orb two two stories and those were the homes that were rebuilt. >> there was a park dedicated in his name next to lincoln elementary. the park is going to be the site of a new elementary school as that is built. the old park is closed and when the new school opens up a new

his name at hiss alma matter. >> krystal: you never disappoint. those always so interesting taking us back into history. let's talk about what is happening now. kids across the country heading back to school. this local police officer, he's having some fun. why he's getting everyone to laugh. he's the school resource officer. >> dana: and the final five hours ago on this station. what is going on here? they are competing for something. we'll tell you who won coming up.

italy right now where rescue efforts are under way. an earthquake hitting there overnight. have you 38 people confirmed dead. about 150 missing. so the search continues and then word of another earthquake. >> dana: this one happening in italy at 3:30 in the morning. most people were sleeping. oddly enough on this one, this is the exact date that [indiscernible] that happened 1,937 years ago oddly enough and now they are

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>> tom: double trouble on the 215 causing separate problems this. one got the freeway service patrol helping out with a roll over. we did see what we think is the driver kneeling down by the curb stepping up talking to the emergency operators who are on the scene. that is blocking the inside lane causing quite the backup. the airport connector is closed. you can see they have it blocked

still being worked on. hard to see. we believe there was a spill that happened here, a truck spill underneath the bridge. they have the work taking place underneath there. two separate accidents causing a real mess. stay away from eastbound 215. the sun is up and looking like a beautiful day. temperatures very comfortable this morning as you are stepping out the door. take the dog for an pahrump 74 right now. in the las vegas valley we're looking at 75-degrees. winds out of the southwest two miles per hour. throughout the rest of the day temperatures will climb to the triple digit, 101 is the high today. that's normal. what about the weekend?

kids to go back to school. this guy is very excited to go back. >> krystal: so we're talking about this guy in the school spirit. he's a school resource officer in maryland and he's preparing for his sixth year going back to school. he decided to do this in a memorable way. returning to school and his pictures are flooding facebook this morning. shows him with what he's looking forward to for the school year. he's hoping this is going to show his funny side and show students it isn't all business. >> dana: we want to see everybody's back to school photos and videos whether you are a teacher or parent, student or police officer, share them

>> krystal: those first day of school photos are so cute. this story has a lot of people talking. the epi pen price increased. executives with huge raises. >> dana: the race for the white house and donald trump is suggesting that he's open to softening laws dealing with people in the united states illegally. about a year ago he was talking about a deportation force to get 11 million undocumented immigrants out of the united states. now he is [ fly buzzing ] did you know people can save over $500 when they switch to progressive? did you brush your hair today? yes, mom. why? hmm. no reason. december last year.

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help getting his body back home. why they want to take him back to mexico. >> krystal: could fantasy sports be making a comeback in nevada? we're going to see if there is a chance of that happening coming up. >> dana: golden reaction. the final five on jimmy fallon hours ago playing a game. good wednesday morning. it is 6:30, august 24th. live pictures from sky 3. >> krystal: we are off and running. thank you for being with us. >> dana: tom is up in sky 3 this morning. i know you've had a couple of issues already. >> tom: you see these vehicles right here, they are trying to

this is some sort of hauler which lost its load on the freeway. they got the big tow truck up there. that has the exit ramp to the airport connector north bound closed. that is not just people who wanted to make that exit. there is a second unrelated accident in the same area. this is a roll overon the 215 eastbound. you see a car upside down there. we think the driver is ok. we think that's crouched down against the jersey wall talking to emergency responders. 215 eastbound is a real mess. you can't get to the airport from there. probably best to avoid it for the next half hour. >> jeff: another accident just popped up at decatur and spring mt. 15 south bound running slow but not too bad. the problem spot is on the 215.

that in mind. from 15 to 215 currently 15 minutes. if they get that cleaned up, it could go down to 11 minutes not likely though. 15 south bound is six minutes from the bowl to tropicana. >> kelly: the sun is up. it's shining. it's a beautiful start to this wednesday. big difference than the stormy night we had last night. heading through the day today, right now temperatures are in the mid and upper 100 at 3:00. seasonal conditions for this afternoon. what about the all important weekend? we'll talk about that in 10 minutes. >> dana: an unbelievable story. a healthy young man killed by a swarm of bees here in the valley. now his family wants to get him back home for burial. he was in a comma for two weeks after he was attacked by hundreds of bees.

body back to mexico so his mother can see him one final time. >> my mother is the most i worry for because she's asking for him. i want to see my son colonel back and the rest of the family. >> dana: there is a go fund me page set up to help with these expenses. we have a link on news3lv.com. >> krystal: could fsy ken los angeles has been digging into it and she has the latest on this possibility. is it more or less likely? >> well there is two leading sites in the world of fantasy sports betting trying to get things leaning towards their favor by coming back to nevada by proposing plans to the state with hopes of changing the law

legislation that would create a fantasy gaming license. it's an effort to get legal after they were kicked out of nevada back in 2015. the criticism was the sites didn't go through the same licensing process as other means of gambling. but the governor questions whether or not that should >> are you suggesting we leave the legal analysis is important as the fact of watching what is happening throughout the rest of the country? >> yes. the state wouldn't vote on any changes to the law until 2017. we'll keep you posted on any developments as they go into next year. >> dana: there are a lot of fantasy players out there awaiting to find out what is

but it's far from a done deal. thank you very much. coming up one airport pulling out all the stops for a pile of bones. why are they rolling out the red carpet for this? what is in there we'll let you know. donald trump calling for a special prosecutor to look into the hillary clinton email schedule. we'll talk it out live with tracy potts. >> dana: vice prid with the turkish prime minister this morning. >> krystal: right here at home you can help make a child's wish come true. this is your opportunity to donate extra airline miles or money if you want to to help children take off and go wherever they wish. the make a wish children you are

credit there was a rather unusual passenger boarding the plane at chicago's o'hare airport wednesday. >> dana: the bones of a t rex. these bones were originally on earth in the state of montana. it will be the first fossil to be outside of the united states. >> krystal: i guess you can roll out the red carpet for prehistoric bones. we're talking traffic. how are things looking up there? >> tom: not looking good at all. we have two separate problems unrelated but the combination is big trouble. this one happened in the overnight hours at the underpass

connector north. they've just pulled the debris off to the side. i'm going to do the zoom and double up and in again to show you that is tomatoes. that is tons of tomatoes that were inside that vehicle that burst on the road going through. that ramp is completely closed here and look at that backup to traffic. there is a completely unrelated accident and this one involves a rolledr they just up righted you can see the damage. this is blocking a travel lane. you want to stay away from 215 between i15 and warm springs. it is a mess. >> kelly: all those tomatoes, is that not going to be fun to clean up at all. we have blue sky and temperatures comfortable this morning, mid and upper 70's. here is a look outside, lot of

the dew point still high. drier air is moving in today. as far as our three degree guarantee for fisher house we've raised $396. we have several days left to go in this month to raise more. >> krystal: thank you for that. we're making good progress. beauberg dal's attorney looking to get that story coming up. >> dana: live pictures out of times square. boley parten is the reason i was singing that. dolly parton is going obama "the

>> krystal: a robbery spree coming to an end and the son of a local politician is at the center of this investigation. that's where craig comes into the conversation reporting live from the regional justice sent we are the latest. >> reporter: the defendant you are talking about the shane ross. shane ross has been arrested and

robberies in the las vegas area. he will make his first court appearance at 7:30 this morning. i'll be in the courtroom to observe what happens and report live at noon. he did tell police according to police reports the motive for the robberies was he needed money to help pay hoa fees and other bills. >> dana: thank you for that. donald trump is going to hold a rally in florida meanwhile he's doubling down on his call for a special prosecutor saying people that donated money to the clinton foundation gained access to the secretary of state hillary clinton. >> it is impossible to figure out where the clinton foundation ends and the state department begins. it is now abun dentally clear

office. >> dana: there she is, tracy potts. donald trump calls it pay for play. but the implication is that if you gave money to the clinton foundation you gained access to hillary clinton. >> that's the question. but it's not unethical. it's something that a lot of lawmakers do when they have big donors. they sit down and meet with did she fail to properly draw the line when she had donors who were giving millions of dollars to the foundation and also get august seat at the table at the state department when they had special requests. that is what donald trump is bringing up and what this associated press review found when they took a look at her schedule, her schedule more than half of the people she met with who were not foreign leaders and not with the government were people who had given a lot of

this is something in the background of the campaign for a long time , the lines crossing between the state department and clinton foundation. and something donald trump is hoping to drive as he continues to regain his strength in the polls. right now he's trying to focus on florida. that big tampa rally happening today. there are other red states like missouri and arkansas that is democrats are going after. it's an interesting election because we're seeing states. donald trump going after traditionally blue states. mixes everything up. >> dana: donald trump in his own words saying he would employ a deportation force to remove 11 million undocumented immigrants from our country and deport them back to their home country. now he seems to be pulling back

it. he still says he's going to build a wall but when it comes to immediately and quickly deporting 11 million people, he seems to be roll back on that. mike pence was asked about that and he said you are going to get more details on that in coming days. as he tries to change his strategy and target latino voters and african-american voters, he seems to be shifting that policy a bit away from tossing people o them at once if that is even possible. >> dana: new handlers moving him in a little different direction. >> krystal: a memorial was held tuesday night for a deaf man that was shot and killed by a trooper last week. the trooper's tried to pull him over for speeding.

chase back to his home. officers say he was shot and killed following an encounter that happened steps away from his front door. trooper saunders has been placed on administrative leave. because he was deaf it played a mayor roll to what happened here and they want to create an alert system to let police know they are pulling over a deaf driver when they run a licenset check. >> dana: berg call's attorneys looking to get charges against him dropped after mccain said he thought he clearly deserted his post when he disappeared from base in afghanistan in 2,000 night. mack cain said he would hold a congressional hearing if he's not punished.

more favorable landscape for prosecutors and could be considered unlawful command influence. the judge will consider the defenses motion and rule on it at a later date. >> kelly: the cost of epi pens skyrocketing at the c.e.o.s in that company gave themselves raises. everybody is talking about it on social media. than $317. that is over an eight-year period. that's a 461% increase. during that same time total compensation for the c.e.o. of the company making these epi pens went from under $2.5 million a year to nearly $19 million annually. the company first bought the

rose the price every year. >> dana: you got to check this out. look at this fire. this was at a transformer in the florida area. they are not sure exactly how this started. it knocked out the power to some 27,000 customers in this area. no injuries reported. but that thick black smoke could be seen for miles. >> krystal: and the olympic flag let's go to the olympic flag arriving in tokyo, the host of the next summer games. that happening today. the mayor of tokyo holding the flag as she walked off of the airplane. she received the flag after the closing ceremonies of the rio games. committee president on hand. preparations already under way. they get started early.

they are working to clear this up. that is the it is wrecked and anal that the tractor that was halling it is gone. the combination completely closed. that is blocked off and totally unrelated accident in the same area on 215 eastbound just past the airport connector. it's now on a flat bed tow

it's about to be hauled off. the 215 eastbound just a mess from i15 all the way to the airport connector. let's continue with jeff. >> jeff: we're looking at saturday deferentially south lo5 south bound. the backup from las vegas boulevard all the way up to warm springs. once you get through, that you should be ok. travel minutes from i15 to 515 so it is slow moving. let's get a check of the forecast and we're coming off another late night storm. >> kelly: loud knightliest night for some of us. brief showers moving through the area. outside big difference. here is a look at the lake mead marina camera. sun is up and temperatures

summerlin 75 right now. north las vegas 74. triple digits are expected again today as this system is finally moving out of the area. there is that storm that came through last night. everything is clearing out now. mostly sunny skies today. pahrump 102 today. boulder city set your expected high. 101 in las vegas today as well. 102 tomorrow. but then look we're talking double digit highs. upper 90's. lows in the 70's. >> dana: u.s.a., u.s.a. time for the water cooler. that is what they were chanting last night for the final five . the u.s. women's gymnastics team hanging out with jimmy fallon

they were calling this hungry hungry humans. they had teams of two. simon and jimmy coming in third. gabby and madison claiming second. and aly and chloe takingom jimmy said you want to win at everything. olympic gold medalist katie ladecky will be throwing out the first pitch at the nationals game. bryce harper will be there to see is it in person. you can see her returning from the rio games with all those medals around her neck. she is now a u.s. hero for what she was able to do in the olympic games this summer.

recently she was hanging out for a little car pool karaoke. james is the really talented by the way. just had a birthday on monday. these are a huge hit. they get hundreds of thousands of hits online. >> krystal: he's had so m passenger seat. even had the first lady doing car pool karaoke. we had a lot of fun with you this morning. from the fun to the more serious. >> dana: the earthquake that happened in italy overnight. they are still cleaning up and looking for survivors in all of this rubble. >> krystal: 38 people lost their lives, 150 people missing.

this happening in italy and there was also an earthquake in east india. a lot going on this morning. >> dana: the latest on "the today show" after this program. for local news have you to check out jeff. jeff i'm filling in on the cw with you. i can't wait. >> jeff: come have a seat in just a moment. we're going to be talking about a lot including the latest on the rescue efforts plus a man in his underwear beaten inside a starbucks. football season is right around the corner. we have some of the best

good morning. breaking news. a powerful earthquake rocks central italy overnight causing widespread devastation. at least 37 people killed as crews dig for survivors out of the rubble. trouble om a big storm brewing in the atlantic and gaining strength. it could become a hurricane as early as this weekend. florida, louisiana, texas, all potentially in its path. blurred lines. donald trump back on the attack. >> it is now abundantly clear that the clintons set up a business to profit from public office. >> this time over a new report showing more than half of