here is tom hawley. >> this hotel started out 700 rooms. over 4000 now. and i watched them build six towers. >> reporter: jim done bar parking cars at caesar's since it opened. >> i got tired here -- hired here august 4, author of a visionary. >> jay came from flamingo and hated las vegas. thought it was boring and bland. he thought he could do better. >> reporter: he had ideas but needed land and money. land came from a man that built international and two version, mgm. from teamsters pension plan >> jay likes to party and liked women and he did that for caesar's. he was right. a lot of other people like that. >> reporter: even as vision took off he was pushed out the door while invent i go circus-circus. >> you had jay, and nate jacobson, he raised the money. jerry sarwitz running the casino. did not get along. >> reporter: caesar's stayed current with renovations and coliseum. >> it turned out really well. i mean it has been wonderful. for the hotel and for employees especially. and because it brought in a lot of people. >> jay recognized the central c

here's tom hawley flying over the scene with more details. >> tom: it is all over, this is the one causing the big new delay. you can see why they have had to shut down the ramp here. this is all part of project neon so way until mid-september. you have to use mlk to bonanza as an alternate route. and another accident barely had to get off the roof of counter studios to see it. this is actually just where we are taking appeared several vehicles involved, a tow truck is on scene should be cleared soon. tom hawley reporting from sky 3. thank you. olympic fever is growing stronger today as the us team makes more wins and brings home more metals from real. you to real for one of the most famous us gold medalist in olympic history. >>. >> jim: people on the road a viral video of one of the most distracted drivers caught on >> >> marie: now at five the spirit of the real olympic games as president first lady michelle take a special olympic quiz. >> we've got our special olympics quiz and see what you can do. >> i will quiz you first. >> if you can compete in an olympic event what would you choos

tom hawley reporting from sky 3. >> marie: a lot of money. thank you tom. a new controversy surrounding the olympic games in real. >> jim: of next at five, the concern about one very big olympic venue. the one also ahead of five, the one thing you need to be doing to lose weight. >> kevin: there is a sharp everyone wants better chicken. it's true! and that's what you get at subway with the new chicken caesar melt. rotisserie-style chicken that's raised without antibiotics. a savory caesar sauce, melted provolone and parmesan cheese. >> surrounding the olympic games in real time. people want to know why the water at the diving center there is turning green. >> marie: have you seen it? the pool is so green athletes were felt like they were leaping into a swamp. olympic diving chief is the pool's water tanks ran out of some chemicals necessary to treat the water.so the water had some sort of imbalance. a water polo pool also olympic officials insist the green pools do not pose a health risk for the athletes. >> jim: let's get to our man in rio again. reed cowa

. >> marie: tom hawley is joining us live from sky 3 what have you learned? >> tom: we are in an area over at tropicana. the area we're talking about is just here to the south where it was reported earlier this afternoon that there was a person who was about to have with police at the scene. right now we don't see where the roadways blocked off for any of the apartment complexes however, we have to keep our distance because anytime they have sort of negotiations going on down there, they do not want the sound of a helicopter directly above to interfere with anything that is going down below. so we are being circumspect to this but it has been going on about 1:30 p.m. this afternoon. once that happened, they found that things were not going along initially well. there was no immediate surrender or anything like that. that is when they brought out some more. and this is where we are zeroing and it looks like it is to the back of the apartment complex. the click of a mobile tactical center set up. and they want to negotiate with the person's eye. to stop and star

we want to get to tom hawley and sky 3 with important information on how the fire is affecting traffic into california. >> tom: i would say at least a couple of extra hours into your plans, probably more as we take a look at interstate 15, the main drag. this is the way you get there. unless you're going way out of the way you had done interstate and it is fine as you exit but it is a complete closure at this area. so in victorville you can turn off of i 15 at the palmdale road exit. those california 18, take it west to california 138. then bypass and go to the blossom highway. and that gets into interstate 5 on the upper and of the los angeles basin. now bear in mind you're not the only ones doing this. and that bear blossom highway is not equipped to handle volumes of traffic. it will be back to for hours. 3 when it finally reopens. tom hawley reporting from sky 3. >> jim: best to postpone a road trip there if you can. police and first responders across southern nevada are saying a final farewell to a us service firefighter who was killed battling a wildfire. 26-year-old justin beebe

tom hawley looks at another crash more than 50 years ago that had a major impact on our valley. >> announcer: news 3 starts right not supposed to exist. look, this is a crime. this is a criminal act. who knows what's going to happen. our government is a much different government than it used to be. >> marie: donald trump talking exclusively to our sister station wpec in west palm beach, florida on the controversy surrounding the clinton foundation. >> gerard: new connections between foreign donors and the clinton foundation are being revealed every day. >> marie: this while the clintons took another step to distance themselves from the family foundation. if hillary wins the election. >> gerard: new at 3:30, kristine frazao reports some of these foreign donors may have been behind the failed coup in turkey last month. >> reporter: emails suggesting donors to the clinton foundation gained special access to the clintons themselves shine a new spotlight on foreign money and what those giving expect in return. >> the announcement last week they would stop if hillary clinton wins just creates an 1

i would also like tom hawley on this. here he is in news 3. >> reporter: i'm just wondering if donald is a follower of the kim and dana facebook page. we'll take everyone we can get. parkway is down to a single lane. this is where they're putting in a new median cable barrier system. so when it's down to a single the evening hours if it gets down to one. they generally tried to do it in the over night hours. it's looking good in terms of accident. let's get to your weather and kelly. >> reporter: thanks, tom. lots of sunshine. temperatures not that bad. if you want to go out there and take the dog for a nice long walk, do it now before those temperatures get too hot. southeast academy showing tons of sunshine. the weather station there reporting 84 degrees right now. that's the current temperature. we are looking at that's the expected high. partly sunny skies with scattered showers and maybe even a couple of thunderstorms in the forecast. >> anchor: and a live weather window from there in moments because the team coverag

somebody else is always smiling like tom hawley. >> local drivers are not. tom? >> tom: i'm happy if i don't show you big back up. westbound you get caught in this every afternoon at 95 that's why this flyer is built tell eliminate that stop and get you over faster. it is eliminated the park and ride under that is now a staging area and work zone completion of this west to fly over set to open next spring. >> reporter: thank you. we have seen it over and over and over ghaen. hour home town is moving forward. >> mario: why you can add unlv to that list. >> reporter: frap or frap cheeseburgerose. why a sung say kids know more what you get at star bucks. >> reporter: thunderstorms purke off to the east humidity guess ads for joe heck are attacking my time as attorney general. the ththing they left out is te truth. the truth is crime actually went down during my time in office. that's why i've been endorsed by law enforcement across nevada. i'm proud of my record cracking down on meth, protecting seniors from scams, and holding banks accountable for defrauding homeow

. >> marie: and this is then with the help of tom -- tom hawley and sky 3. >> tom: this is where the tower was the original tower up front down. now they have a big job of taking it away. the company doing this it is called torstar contracting. their use this thing. the most recent project was taken down a tower at the city center. right now they're putting everything in piles and it will be hauled off. meanwhile to keep the dust down and have it hosed off to keep everything and the abatement going there. there was a lot of asbestos which was remod. the dust in the air and it is a beehive of activity. in a few weeks there will be nothing left to see here. where the riviera stood for 60 years, it will be all gone. tom holly reese reporting from sky 3. >> marie: and not to see the piles, this is the now for that part of the las vegas strip. >> jim: and something else happening right now. team usa is rocking the summer olympic games in rio. >> marie: next at five, another honor for three star athletes breaking news. a massive fire showing no signs of slowing down. it is shutting down i

tom hawley is joining us now for a tribal advisory. >> tom: i will show you spot where there is no congestion because there's no traffic at all. we gave your warning about this and now it is here. rancho. this is for project neon. it is the work that will be taking place in the spaghetti bowl but it will be on the approach. so they are doing work that is shutting down the ramp. you can see some of the asphalt has already been torn up. this is not a short-term closure that is overnight. six weeks long and will be opening up in mid-september. we need to to martinluther king boulevard and had back to bonanza to get to rancho from the 95 s. it will be that way for a while . >> marie: -- >> jim: also tonight, a new legal fight over same-sex marriage. should objections prevent some >> >> marie: now at 5a las vegas celebrating an olympic victory in rio. i never realized it was going to happen until and a lot of people to thank. everyone back home in las >> jim: that is our hometown guy cordy miller just moments after he won a bronze medal at the rio olympics. in the men's 100 meter breaststroke. >>

tom hawley has a traffic alert for you. >> reporter: at the centerpiece of this first phase will be a inside lanes of i-95 with i-15. that will be coming up alongside the existing ramp. to do that, they have to do work at the approach area and that involves shutting down the 95 south to rancho. that starts this sunday and continues all the way through mid-september. during that time, a lot of people use this ramp. they will have to go the long way. that involves continuing on to martin luther king and then up to bonanza and back that will take you pack to rancho. it takes you a mile out of your way. that ramp remains closed until mid-september. >>> it's a friendship that will warm your heart. two people finding inspiration in each other. colton was diagnosed with he was 9. he and derrius became friends in 6th grade. they found i conspiraciation in each other. it's a friendship this former teacher found rare to have. the subject of this weekend's hero's segment with christine kim. >> i thought it was time somebody recognized him for his heroism and friendship. he actually mve and night

. >> marie: a secular tom hawley who above the scene. what do you see? >> tom: it is a vehicle that is smashed them pretty hard. it had the island in the middle here and is now on a flatbed tow truck in the shadow there. even there you can see the extent of damage to the vehicle is barely recognizable as a car. it is about to be towed off and it was saved from worse damage by once again one of these contact -- collapsing it could've done much more damage perhaps taking a life. so there is more protection lurking on the roadways that it does not help with. a new study released today by aaa finds that thousands of crashes on america's roads are being caused by debris. you have seen them laying out there. >> marie: yes we certainly have. >> jim: the big chunks of tires that come right into your path and you have to swerve to avoid them. >> marie: one of the videos i was seeing a national news, which met tires and sometimes mattresses flying off of the >>> no doubt about it team usa is rocking the olympics. >> jim: next up here at five we're talking at the am

tom hawley looks at another crash more than 50 years ago that had a major impact on our valley. >> announcer: news 3 starts right not supposed to exist. look, this is a crime. this is a criminal act. who knows what's going to happen. our government is a much different government than it used to be. >> marie: donald trump talking exclusively to our sister station wpec in west palm beach, florida on the controversy surrounding the clinton foundation. >> gerard: new connections between foreign donors and the clinton foundation are being revealed every day. >> marie: this while the clintons took another step to distance themselves from the family foundation.

. >>> our traffic guru tom hawley did some checking and found a roundtrip from las vegas to cuba for $550. >> reed: pretty affordable? millions are getting told to get ready for a big weather phenomenon. >> marie: tropical weather targeting a number of states as we speak. next on "news 3 live at three," florida and along the eastern seaboard now bracing for what could be a rough holiday weekend. >> reed: preparations underway for tropical storm hermine. it's currently headed toward the florida gulf coast with max sustained winds at 45 miles per hour. it could become a hurricane if sustained winds reach up to story miles an hour. tropical storm warnings are in affect for that area along with issued ahead of landfall expected late thursday into friday. we'll told mandatory evacuations have been ordered in some parts. more than 8,000 national guard trops are on standby already at the ready to deploy across florida. >> we're going to have a storm surge. we're going have rain. we have the risk of tornado. this is going to go across the state. >> reed: the system could dump as much as 15 i

. >> marie: tom hawley joins us live now above the scene there in sky 3. >> tom: this happened over an hour ago. what you're looking at is a republic services truck and it is driving down the freeway here and he noticed that his load was on fire. so as a safety measure, he dumped the load out onto the freeway where was just burning for a while the freeway was completely shut down in both directions. we do have some video from that earlier in the day. it took a while to get the flames out and now they are out but they still have to clean up. 95 southbound is down to just two lanes which is the hov lane and one regularly. not enough to handle rush-hour traffic we're seeing backup all the way to rainbow. northbound lanes are slow, they're normally so this time of day and it is very busy in the northbound lanes. a good thi other side of the roadway. it is against the main floor traffic lanes are blocked coming use 95 -- at 95 s. indicator. >> marie: thank you tom. the sound of course signaling a weather change. >> jim: in fact there is a flood warning just been issued for parts of the view

. >> jim: tom hawley is live above what is left of it. this will be k they said. >> tom: there is a lower tower which the original building, this is the monte carlo tower. take a good look because it see it. the implosion is set for late tonight. it didn't come down the same time as the first one because it had to be a lot of asbestos as a matter of fact is still taking place in the lower part which is the original tower. they'll come down eventually but the big implosion set for somewhere around two or little after in the morning. they do that just so they do not have a hold of crowds. most people are off to bed by 2:00 a.m.. it will be coming down tomorrow morning, we will show it to you on news 3 today where we will see a pile of rubble and no doubt already working to clear the way. >> marie: thank you tom. and this is kind of a low-key implosion. >> jim: there is a dynamite involved, how low-key can it be? the us olympic gold medalist robbed at gunpoint in real. >> jim: what ryan lockey says the robbers did when he refused to get on th

. >> reed: tom hawley went digging and came across video of a guy named barry, a weatherman from more than 40 years ago. >> tom: weather has been a staple of tv newscast for as long as they've been around. when i was a kid in las vegas in the late 60s one of the most popular and memorable people giving the forecast was barry zavan the weatherman. the nation's highest maximum was 93 degrees. >> tom: barry talks about moving to las vegas in a memoir "life among the time but not all the time the weather was just about the same. >> which presented a challenge when the weather segment lasted five minutes. >> what i did was cover the weather for the entire united statess on my local forecast because half of the people or more were from somewhere else. the visions were low tech. >> i would just write all over it with a parking pen. and it seemed to personalize it more. i've been told that over the years it's more fun to see somebody like in a classroom messing the whole map up. >> tom: of course las vegas offered something more weather intensive cities couldn't. >> nowhere but nowhere will o

tom hawley takes us back. >> hear sound of aircraft and saw it go over. >> jan dockry student at lincoln elementary, few miles southwest where pilots getting used to f-105 thunder chief. >> it is the j75 turbojet engine. performance is shrouded in secrecy. here remembers frank wilcox. >> we were in the whole valley at the time. planes breaking sound burrier all the time. >> also as they flew over and see him so low and the nose up and tail down, i knew something was wrong. >> 26-year-old right-hand lane e bear at the cools -- controls of 105. safely. directly in his path lincoln elementary school with hundreds of kids. stayed with the plane impacting nearby land wood in salt lake. >> guy was hero. guy flew over the school. >> as that tragedy was averted five residential houses were destroyed. three children were killed. betty died trying to save her baby. rj receiving a news. >> it>> it wan all the news, two newspapers. it was front pages of both papers for several days. >> danger continued with live ammo mixed in wreckage. today it is hard to tell if anything happened there unless you k

dana wagner is on the sister station cw, a so i'm tom hawley filling in. but first things, if we go to weather with kelly curran. >> as we look outside, much quieter condition than we saw last night with half an inch of rain in the summerlin area and the l tree fires yesterday. lots of blue sky out there with a little bit of haze out there, and the current temperatures, eldorado, 82 degrees and central florida, 80 and 101 for today, that is seasonable and highs in the 90s for friday and overnight lows in the 70s. >> we have had a big problem on the roadways for hours near the airport connector and see how because of an accident closing the ramp from the 215 eastbound to the airport connector. we have also a long distance shot from our mandalay bay camera from right to left on the screen, that is traffic stacked up at the warm springs exit. people have to bypass the airport connector and come around back on warm springs road. elsewhere, doing great, the spaghetti bowl slow southbound, which is normal this time of the day. following up on a story we talked a

tom hawley is our resident hiker and he would lead hikes. i've been hiking with him on one of those hills, those trails covered with lava rock. it's a trip. >> yeah. >> to go out there when you see the dirt go from what looks like your typical brown dirt around >>> you think it's on the out there, there's no lava out there. >> yeah. in a week we're at 102 but we're heading in the right direction. a little patience required. let's go over -- boy, the sun was blistering today. i will put this in motion. you can see the trees s a few clouds way out to the east. way over in utah, zion had the clouds. they've cleared out as the sun sets. ksntv, that's us. we had a wind gust of 20 miles an hour. our humidity, 7%. 8% at cunningham elementary. southwest winds jest went up to 10. they had a wind gust of 36 miles an hour. up in southern nevada, 100 in pahrump. 100 in boulder city and 106 in laughlin. 97 in summerlin, to 103 in nellis. sunrise manor 104 in henderson. that's off water street. they made it 108 in sunrise manor and summerlin barely eeked

you heard about the traffic implications from tom hawley. as far as the investigation, they are still gathering information. we don't know what lead up to this whole shooting. >>> 8:30 on a friday morning. great crowd out here for a live performance from dnce on our citi concert stage. >> also coming up, we' at shake shack all week long. al is going to fix us up some of those burgers. >> folks have been tweeting that there isn't a shake shack near them so how can they get a roker burger? we'll show you how to make your own. >> a programming note, this sunday night natalie is hosting a documentary special robin williams behind closed doors. it's a complete look at the legacy of the genius. two-hour special takes us from breakout role on "mork and mindy" while uncovering troubling times in his life. >> it's interviews of people that knew him professionally and personally. robin williams behind closed doors airs sunday night on real. >> what a genius. let's take a look and show you our weekend outlook. warm temperatures in the northeast and mid

i'm not down with the intense heat like tom hawley who you'll hear, and you have double digits on the 7-day. >> this may be the hottest day for rest of the year that we're dealing with today. the current temperatures, it's actually quite nice, north las vegas for a morning run, 79, walking the dog in spring valley, it's 80, so looking afternoon, make sure you have an extra bomb of water, sunny and 105 and tomorrow, 104 and breezy conditions and chance of showers on thursday and 90 degree temperatures over the weekend but labor day itself, looking good and sunny and 95. >> on the roads, it's busy, quite busy, not accident busy but normal rush hour busy. look at everyone trying to make the merger in the gore of the u.s. 95 and i-15 and the 95, kindf rancho interchange, very slow with people making the split with some heading east on the 95 and some continuing to make the merge on the 15, so the overall travel times, slow where you expect them on the inbound 95 and the 15 and the 215 with the work westbound in the airport connector. i like going to the mountains up there. we have an upda

hawley. scarlet: that was tom barrack, senior economic adviser to donald trump.of summer are upon us and it is not just stocks seeing low volumes. one of this year's top commodities is taking a pause, as shown by this chart. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: this is "bloomberg markets." i'm scarlet fu. matt: i'm matt miller. julie hyman has more on today 's --i guess it was a mistry chart. julie: low volatility chart. it is shiny. scarlet: is it a precious metal? matt: i know the answer. it is right behind you. julie: yeah, it is gold. [laughter] julie: can't put one over on matt, can you? it has fallen below 12 as volatility has dried up. gold is one of the assets. 30-8 volatility, now and is lowest in about a year. we have seen the action in gold dry up. it is not just action overall. it is the bullishness we have seen a precious metals. 1185, open interest in gold as well. this is going all the way back to 2010. earlier in the year we saw a spike in the open interest rose to a record since then is down by about 13%. by that measure some of the bullishness as well.