news 3's sergio avila is live at metro headquarters. it's important to mention that metro won't be tapping into anyone one's >> reporter: that's what we need to make clear. you register your surveillance camera and you think they will be looking at them. that's absolutely not what is going to happen. i will use this camera as an example. basically, metro is saying let us know you have one. >> all i would like to do is get these guys caught. >> reporter: victims of crime like robert covele. he had a gun stolen from his important to prosecution and arrests of offenders than it ever has been before. >> tom robert speaking about the increasing importance of video evidence to land criminals behind bars. roberts spoke about a new program called vegas safe cam. >> knowing where the cameras are. >> metro is asking home and business owners to register their surveillance cameras to give them an idea who has cameras and where they are pointing, making >> this will allow us to go along a path and say we have cameras here and there. >> reporter: the

sergio avila, news 3. >> reed: news 3 is your weather authority. as kevin janison mentioned at >> kevin: if you have been outside today you would definitely concur. especially the early morning hours. they were challenging to get out for us weather wimps. while it will be cold tomorrow morning, not as cold what's we experienced this morning. sparkling strip from our camera on top of the mandalay bay. not as much action as you would expect outside but after all it is the middle of the week. we'll look at some of those numbers and they are falling into the 40s pretty much valley-wide but not as fast as they were yesterday. a cou o hills. then it does ease upward toward 50 degrees. a couple of neighborhoods near eastside. temperatures also chilly in the mountains 20. big difference today is this thin blanket of clouds. these clouds will keep the temperature from falling too fast and too cold during the evening hours which means we but we've got more wind and two more blasts of cold air taking aim at us. complete details on that with the 7-day forecast

news 3's sergio avila joins us live from metro's headquarters. explain to us exactly why metro wants to do this and how it will work. >> reporter: let's make it absolutely clear. it's important to say this. metro is not register your home surveillance cameras to tap into them or access them. we'll use the example here. basically what metro is asking you to register your camera with them. they basically know that you have a surveillance camera on your home and they would know exactly where that camera is pointed. so if by chance there is a crime in your neighborhood or in your community they know who in that community has surveillance may be pointing. and they will know where and who may have been in that area. so if a crime happened between a certain time they may ask you to let them see your surveillance video to see if they've captured a suspect or a suspect video. basically it is to help prevent crime and possibly solve crimes that have happened within your immunity. listen. >> if there's any evidence you may be asked to make a copy of the vid

news 3's sergio avila has our top story tonight. >> i accept my responsibility. i know this is my mistake. >> reporter: she was shielded from our cameras by her attorneys. during sentencing a tearful nicole wilfinger apologized to the community for 14-year-old student. >> i make no excuse for my behavior. there's nothing i can say or do that can change what happened or the fact that it happened or the fact that people were hurt. >> reporter: the relationship began in june of 2015. wilfinger was a family friend and acquaintance of the 14-year-old victim. >> she made our family believe her and trust her. her evil ways only not hurt my son but our whole family. >> reporter: that teen's mother testified her child hasn't been