metro police: dont bring bulky items with you that could conceal "items of harm" mayor carolyn mayor carolyn goodman: "we're wide open on the strip. very difficult to monitor that huge open area i mean from hotel to hotel - i know the strip will be closed as we get to new years eve specifically but the sheriff's been asking 'everybody please come with bare minimum of belongings with you." metro's request comes at a time amid threats of terrorism. sheriff lombardo said earlier today that reports of threats have increased by 300 percent in the last couple of months. rtc of southern nevada will also be providing free rides from 6 p.m. on new years even to 9 in the morning then next day. and those buses will circulate to and from the strip and downtown. earlier today we spoke with the las vegas convention and visitors authoriy .. it expects 98- point-5 of all local hotel rooms to be full new year's night. they expect around 332- thousand people will be in town for the party.. and expect them to spend more dollars.. almost 5-percent more than last year. a violent crash killed a woman just before daybreak

mayor goodman there. i'm not talking about carolyn, i'm talking about her husband. who is always holding up a martini glass. >> and flanked by the show girls. and mayor carolyn goodman, both of them there last night to celebrate this. there were a lot of people watching as the two 23-year-old superstars. >> they're so young. >> they played ball together as kids in the valley, they got presented with keys to the city. harper won the national league m.v.p. award, bryant ron the national league rookie of the year award and he didn't even start the year on the cubs opening roster, but managed to make the all-star game and complete in the homerun hit contest. >> michele: it's hard to hear that, but he was saying he has a lot of appreciation for the city and everybody coming out to support they will. harper is the youngest to win the national league m.v.p. award, bryant also won the national league rookie of the year award, even though he wasn't even on the chicago cubs opening day roster, so as i always say, local boys who made good. we're proud of them. >> krystal: we are following braking news and our tom hawley is now flying over it. tom, we're going to send i

carolyn goodman made statements last night.. regarding the incident. our governor said... quote.. "the state stands ready to help and will provide any assistance needed to ensure the safety of our visitors and residents..." and mayor carolyn goodman tweeted out... "what a tragedy... our prayers and thoughts are with all so innocently and tragically affected..."./// ((kirsten joyce)) > this certainly isn't the first time in our state.. on thanksgiving day in 19-80... priscilla ford drove her lincoln reno... killing 7 people. ford was convicted of the murders and 21 attempted murders and sentenced to death... she was the only woman on death row. the former teacher was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. she was never executed, but died row. /// ((kirsten joyce)) in 2005, stephen ressa plowed into tourists on the strip in three people were killed and more than a dozen were injured. he claimed he was seeing demons planning to kill him./// ((kirsten joyce)) and in 2007... 13 people were hurt when an elderly driver crashed into pedestrians on the strip. police say he suffered a driving./// and in april of 2000. juanita kim mcdonald... drove her car onto the sidewalk in front of the aladdin. she hit four people... killing one. police

carolyn goodman made statements last night.. regarding the incident. our governor said... quote.. "the state stands ready to help and will provide any assistance needed to ensure the safety of our visitors and residents..." and mayor carolyn goodman tweeted out... "what a tragedy... our prayers and thoughts are with all so innocently and tragically affected..." throughout this morning.. we will keep you updated with the latest from police.. both on air and online. /// ((kirsten joyce)) > let's get a check of your commute. demetria... how are things looking? demetria obilor < as patrick just told you, both directions of the strip are back open after last night's deadly crash. no major freeway accidents impacting you, so we are going to check in with the west and east sides where we have two surface street crashes. watch out for one on alta, west of rainbow. accident on boulder highway near > < > let's send it over to sherry for a check of weather./// < sherry swensk we had cleared out the skies overnight, but more clouds now moving in again and we're cooling off to the upper 30s and it was a nice saturday... then yesterday cooler and cloudy. ........... that will be the pattern through our christmas week... clouds then breaks... t