what happens in vegas stays in vegas? that's not true.seum at caesars palace along with 4,000 other special guests invited tonight to the opening of celine dion's first ever theatrical show. now in just a few minutes, celine will be on stage for one of the most spectacular shows in las vegas history. [ cheers and applause ] [ singing indistinctly ] anka: when you talk about residencies with vegas, the great success story there is celine dion. her husband renee, he really came up with the concept of keeping her in one place. "let's bring them to us." they knew the people would come. they saw it with elvis. so it was brilliant. dion: two years ago i saw the cirque du soleil, the show "o". it changed my perspective of seeing performances. and i said to renee, "i want a show like that." he said, "celine you can't travel with a show like this, you can't travel the world. it's technically impossible." but i said, "let's move." ♪ fever ♪ ♪ in the morning ♪ weatherford: the idea of the residency in the modern era was helped along by the fact that

las vegas.de: las vegas always sold the illusion that you can indulge in any way you like, and the only way you find out what you can't do is if you do it. in the '70s, you start to sense the old days are over. you could just see that las vegas lost its mojo. reporter: howard hughes asked for permission to buy another gambling casino, this one in reno. charles: when howard hughes came in, corporate mentality took over. elvis: i like to get there and fool with an audience. if you can do that, it works. elvis was caught in a trap, and he couldn't get out. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ luck be a lady tonight ♪ ♪ luck be a lady tonight ♪ ♪ tonight ♪ ♪ luck, if you ever were a lady to begin with ♪ ♪ luck be a lady tonight ♪ ♪ luck be a ladyyyyy ♪ ♪ tonight ♪ [ jazz music playing ] ♪ binkley: the purpose of las vegas was to forget what was happening in the rest of the country and leave it behind. people in las vegas were certainly aware of what was going on in the '60s, but no casino was going to have a bunch of hippies co

las vegas, too. la guardia. let the gangsters take notice that they have to keep away from new york from now on. in 1945, you saw the arrival of the new york mob, represented by meyer lansky and his associate, bugsy siegel. and they plowed their money into buying the el cortez hotel. and they used it almost like a training ground. zook: billy wilkerson, who was the publisher of the hollywood reporter, was already building the flamingo hotel. ben siegel basically muscled wilkerson out of the picture and ended up finishing the flamingo with money from meyer lansky. green: when the flamingo opened in 1946, they had spent $6 million to build this hotel. and of that, there are stories that siegel stole a million. zook: benjamin siegel's financiers -- let's just call them that -- were convinced he was pocketing the money. schumacher: june 20, 1947, siegel is assassinated in beverly hills, california. and not 15 minutes later, other people are at the flamingo, saying, "we're in charge, bugsy's out. we're in

las vegas.e was helping to build modern las vegas as we know it. reporter: a federal grand jury looking into the links between organized crime and las vegas casinos handed down an indictment. when elvis was in vegas, the city was on fire. i noticed a decline in elvis' appreciation of being on stage. i think he had this fear of getting older and being relevant, and then it got out of hand. ♪ ♪ [ bell dings ] ♪ holmes: it was my home away from home. i made a few million dollars in las vegas. mcbride: las vegas always sold the illusion that you can indulge in any way you like, and the only way you find out what you can't do is if you do it. in the '70s, you start to sense the old days are over. you could just see that las vegas lost its mojo. reporter: howard hughes asked for permission to buy another gambling casino, this one in reno. charles: when howard hughes came in, corporate mentality took over. elvis: i like to get there and fool with an audience. if you can do that, it works. elvis was cau

it glamorized the place. ♪ viva las vegas ♪ ♪ viva las vegas ♪ ♪ viva, viva las vegas ♪ schumacher: whohas taken over as the kingpins of musical appreciation among the younger element. you guessed it -- the beatles. ♪ the beatles actually made a stop in las vegas on their first us tour. zook: the beatles had come in 1964. they wanted to see las vegas. when the beatles came here, they played the convention center. of course, it was a mob scene. ♪ but it was a whirlwind. they came through one day, and left. [ cheering ] schumacher: the beatles were a bit of an anomaly because las vegas wanted to capitalize financially on whatever was going on, but when you look deeper, las vegas was resistant to rock 'n' roll. it was resistant to the counterculture that was happening all over the country. reporter: how would you compare this beatlemania to the idol worship around frank sinatra and elvis presley? to my mind, those of us who are an older generation, of course, think the beatles, you know, they don't appeal to us at all. zoglin: as the '60s went on, the counterculture revolution was happenin

. >> las vegas.as always been able to grab you by the lapels and pull you in. >> that's glitz and glamour entertainment, gambling. it's a place that's like no other time on your hand and money to spend your thoughts may turn the last hey guess. >> by the late '60s, vegas steric to figure out what else can we bring here >> thank you. dare >> elvis was like an alien like thing. he was so you need so charming and so hot they saw that section debauchery cell. so let's do six in the batter y >> the stars of the las vegas shows may be frank sinatra, dean martin, and way newton. that for years the fantasy of the razzle-dazzle came from the famous long leg showgirls the last vegas show girl was a unique specimen she was very tall, minimum of 5-9, tend to be hired. your body had to be i mean, perfect >> a lot of things went into being a showgirl, but wasn't just about being able to dance, it was being able to wear the costume they were incredibly elaborate affairs, lots of feathers, lots of sequence. >> i had

elvis loved las vegas.loved the night live. he loves seeing the other entertainers he saw a group called freddie bell and the bell boys, who are doing an old big mama thornton song called hound dog elvis loved the song and put it into his act. and so that became a force elvis is signature hit so elvis got a lot out of us vegas >> have you heard sling tv offers the news you love for less weight you look and sound just like me. actually i am, you because i'm the same news programs on sling for less, you mean you're me but for less money, a lot less? i'm all your favorite news programs and more on sling, starting at just $40 a month. everything great about me, but for less money, which makes me greater than you think it's the same news for less, starting at $40 a month >> when you buy or sell your car, exactly how you want with car gurus, you might begin to wonder, what if you could do things your way all the time >> some dreams do come true get your car, your way get it with gurus >> i was born to live in the

but now old vegas gives way to new vegas.'s, the tropicana's owners, has decided to cash in all its chips. >> it's quite dated now. and there needs to be new blood and new life brought into it. >> su kim ought to know. he's chairman of bally's. buyers of the trop last year demolishers later this year. >> when you bought the property, was it even a tough call to decide to close it? >> no. no, it wasn't, actually. the current structure was economically obsolescent. >> reporter: in short, the trop got old. tourists got bored. the money moved on. and in new vegas old vegas often ends up here. the neon museum, a graveyard of gloried signage. sometime this fall, with a howl and a roar, the tropicana will become another spectacular vegas implosion. the latest prime spot on the strip to collapse into an afterthought. >> i thought the tropicana would always be here. >> okay, okay. got you. got you. >> reporter: impressionist rich little has played vegas since the rat pack '60s. >> it was mainly single acts, you know, like frank, dean

and a new vegas, old vegas often ends up here. the neon museum, a graveyard of gloried signage.me this fall with howl and roar the tropicana will be another vegas implosion, the latest prime spot on the strip to collapse into afterthought. >> i thought the tropicana could always be here. >> impressionist rich little has played vegas since the rat pack 60s. >> it was mainly single acts like frank, dean and sammy. >> and headline the comedy club for nine years. >> another old vegas landmark gone. >> i'll be glad when they blow it up. i hope i'm not on stage at the at the time. >> also wistful barbara. >> it was booming at the time. >> and tropicana employee since 1978. >> you're sad it's closing but you get it? >> yes. really nothing they can do to build in place back up except tear it down and build it back up. [laughter]. >> replace witness this, a $1.5 billion baseball stadium the new home of the relocating oakland a's, bally's has big plans for the rest of the tropicana property too, but won't show its cards. bet on something audacious. it's vegas, baby. >> you have to go and

in las vegas.is real and if the judge goes along with it and if they throw out the confession, then our case collapses. and that was a risk that was too big on such a high-profile murder charge. >> reporter: was there any concern with the investigation that the lapd conducted and how that would conflict with the investigation you guys were doing? >> i'm going to choose not to answer that question. >> i just don't believe a lot of the information being conducted there in l.a. was actually being shared with us. in the manner that we had become accustomed to, would have been ours to prosecute. >> reporter: in response to the comments to abc news, the lapd said they are concerned and announced that they will investigate to better understand if information was withheld. and added, the lapd and las vegas metro have a robust relationship and look forward to continuing this relationship. >> if we look at the whole thing as a whole, had we not done what we've done, they wouldn't be where they are now. >> re

and we went to vegas. >> so, elisa and sarah drive to vegas. because larry loved vegas.elisa and sarah chose to stay. >> and we pulled into the bellagio, and we pulled up to the parking garage. and there were security guards there. and they said, "can you pop your trunk?" >> and sarah, who was driving, pops the button for the trunk. >> what was sarah thinking? why would she pop the trunk? >> she was just freaked out, you know. >> okay, so you get out and you close the trunk. >> yeah, i get out and close the trunk and told the lady i was just looking for for the mirage. and she said, just do a u-turn right here. >> how do you forget there's a dead body in your trunk? and then they pull out of the bellagio because they figure, just in case, maybe we won't stay here. >> the two women find another hotel in las vegas, and elisa goes out on her own to try to bury larry. >> and i started digging. but you hit a hardpan, like, two or three inches. >> and that's when she discovered that desert soil is very, very hard. she was unable to dig a hole, let alone a grave. >> and so i co

hello and welcome to las vegas, sin city, home to big casinos, big hotels and big entertainment. and everyjanuary, it's also home to big tech because this is where ces happens, the consumer electronics show. now, it takes place across the city in hotels like this and also in the massive las vegas convention center. this is where we get a taste of the tech trends to come for the new year. and over the years, we have seen it all here — autonomous cars going up and down the strip, even a flying one on the sidewalk. so what's going to be big this year? it is time to find out. the self—proclaimed most powerful tech show on earth truly is global, with companies from around the world battling for attention and some splashing out to make a real spectacle. there's even a mini theme park in one of the halls this year, with a hydrogen—powered train that goes... ..all of a few metres. so lovely of them to name it after me too! i think that's a different sk. 0h, 0k. but after a year of tech hitting the headlines, often for the wrong reasons, there's no existential crisis here. the buzz is bac

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vegas? salt lake city?l they support the team at the coliseum for the next four years knowing a new vegas ballpark will be ready in 2028? for loyal fans, this process is heartbreaking. >> it is horrible. it is like living everyday in a nightmare where the person you love most does not love you back but you are forced to live with them. >> despite the pain, bryan 's message, keep hope. he thinks a lot can still fail in vegas and he wants fans to continue to highlight the deficiencies of the ownership group in hopes that it will keep the a's rooted in oakland at the coliseum where they belong. >>> coming up, it is the latest craze at trader joe's and we are not talking about food or produce. why >>> we are highlighting a silicon valley pioneer you probably have not heard of. how his sons are working to cement his legacy in the tech world. >>> it was a frenzy over the new stanley cup . first it was that. then you might rembert back in january, people rushed to get their hands on a special edition galentine's d

zoglin: in the late '60s, vegas was trying to get hip. what elvis proved was that vegas could be welcoming to rock 'n' roll, that rock 'n' roll wasn't just a little sideline in the lounge, but it could be big, big entertainment on the main vegas stage. and that was something new. ♪ howard hughes was the starting point for the corporatization of las vegas. he was helping to build modern las vegas as we know it. reporter: a federal grand jury looking into the links between organized crime and las vegas casinos handed down an indictment. when elvis was in vegas, the city was on fire. i noticed a decline in elvis' appreciation of being on stage. i think he had this fear of getting older and being relevant, and then it got out of hand. ♪ >> the gop dominated house voting to expel two young democratic lawmakers they taken part in a gun protest >> jones representative justin pearson, both black were expelled from their seats representative johnson, who was white, was nearly spared >> it struck me. surreal. i'm like that's my home state legislatu

for the next four years knowing a new vegas ballpark will be ready 2028? for loyal fans, this process is heartbreaking. >> it is horrible. it is like living everyday in a nightmare where the person you love most does not love you back but you are forced to live with them. >> despite the pain, bryan 's message, keep hope. he thinks a lot can still fail in vegas and he wants fans to continue to highlight the deficiencies from the ownership group in hopes that it will keep the a's rooted in oakland at the coliseum where they belong. >> the last dive bar's next event is an opening-day boycott. they plan to gather in the parking lot at the colosseum but they will not go into the game. >>> a colorful draw into the southern >>> coming up tonight, the grilling on capitol hill today, former special counsel robert hur attacked by democrats and republicans for his report about president joe biden 's handling of classified documents and his memory. we will have details on the cbs evening news. >>> coming up tonight at five cut, a look at the blast of winter weather in

plus, the a's plan to leave oakland for las vegas. from mayor shengtao still trying to keep the team in town and before we head to break, here's a live look now at lateefah simon's watch party in oakland as we continue our super tuesday coverage. she is running forc the california's q2th congressional district seat. that is the seat formerly held by barbara lee. now, nationally, we news. the associated press has now called the state of vermont for nikki haley. that's her second south carolina governor coreyt- cook and of vermont was at play and how nikki haley could possibly win that state again. she has notched tha wi n back in early january while working at orlando's market there on 30th and linden in an apparent armed robbery. police nowúconfirming one juvenile has been arrested in connection with that killing that took place on the 27th, and that charges have since been filed against the young man for his involvement in police in east palo alto,at- looking for the man behind that city's very first homicide of the year. ktvu jesse

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>> reporter: in las vegas the tsa is now testing a self-checkpoint only for prechecked flyers who know the routine by heart >> after having done this now, i would say this is faster >> faster? >> yeah. >> is this the future? >> it could be. >> reporter: rather than moving travel trays, tsa officers instead can focus on security >> how may i help you today? >> reporter: with officers on demand to answer travelers' questions. >> when you're all done, go ahead and slide your items forward. >> reporter: carry-ons that require rescreening cycle back automatically to save time, and this is what's new you come in, and you put your arms down to the side, and it's going to look for anything that shouldn't be there, and it's telling me, i got to come back out i have a microphone, of course, that it's detected i've got the transmitter on my belt and something a lot of people forget, my cell phone. the las vegas test comes as the tsa forecasts another record-breaking spring break season already passenger volume is up 6% over last year. tsa chief david pekoske -- >> the challenge is to be able to p

the alternate plans for fans protesting the move of the a's to vegas.st, here's our investigator reporter, candice winn. >>> we investigate prescription shortages and concerns of a black market. watch that report right now on nbcbayarea.com >>> welcome back. we are moving you forward this morning with a look at our top stories here on "today in the bay." >> bay area native and former ceo of ftx, sam bankman-fried will be sentenced later today. he's accused of masterminding the collapse. he faces up to 50 years in prison. bankman-fried is expected to appeal his conviction and sentence. >>> thousands of fans are expected to show up at the oakland coliseum for the a's home opener tonight. here's a live look there. this is where the a's take on the cleveland guardians. it's possible many of the fans won't step inside the stadium. two groups are asking fans to stay in the parking lot for a planned protest instead to let the team owner they want the team to stay in oakland and not move to the las vegas strip. the home opener coverage begins at 6:00 a.m. >>> a