more than seven times that of vegas. >> did you ever think macau would surpass las vegas by that much? >> it makes perfect sense. the resorts in macau are world-class compared to las vegas. macau has taken off. >> we are talking about the next generation of people from china have become more affluent. >> siblings lawrence and pansy ho have become leaders in the industry thanks to their father, stanley ho. the siblings have a combined net worth of $7 billion. for the last decade, they have met stiff competition. >> they predicted i would not even open. they did not believe somebody else could do something better than they could. >> they underestimated you. >> they grossly underestimated me. >> sheldon adelson has a net worth of $35 billion. much of that wealth made on his macau casinos. the race for macau pits billionaire against billionaire. all vying for the attention of the 1.3 billion chinese to the north. macau is an 11-square mile enclave on the southern coast of mainland china. for over four centuries, it was under portuguese rule. today it is the closest place to china where ga

this is the kind of activity, a while activity of vegas that is indeed staying in vegas. it's not useful for the casinos marketing purposes. but, of course, there is video surveillance and vast tracts of the casino. a typical large casino may have 3000 cameras, some have even 4000 or 5000. they are monitoring not only the customers who are coming but also the back of the house as i mentioned. the reason for that is there's lots of opportunity for self-enrichment. you could take a few chips if you worked in the casino if you are counting the money wrong. you could have some steaks commencing. you could not charge for drinks and hope your trip -- your chips would increase. there's lots of surveillance on both sides of the camera. even if you 3000 cameras though you don't have 3000 people watching them. you have a room like this. this is the las vegas strip security guard, one of the five or six to put on duty. they have vast space of monitors that show different points of the casino. ulysse varies card tables, there is always. for example, here's some entrance points. peopl

le reve is the most popular show in las vegas.ady seen a lot of moving parts above the surface. now i'm checking out the world below. i'm down here with chris, she's the head of the aquatics department while dale, the man in charge of everything stays nice and dry up top. >> they're going down to the deep pool now. >> these moving parts are everywhere. they are big and complicated an it takes a minute to get your head around it. >> we have pooieces that weigh the neighborhood of 1700 pounds. >> if only i could do that on the surface. >> when we're doing the show all the work lights are off. it's completely black. >> it doesn't get fouled underneath this equipment. >> they're adding air effects to the pool which makes it harder to swim in and assisting performers as they're jumping in the pool and we're watching out for performers making sure that they're clear, not in the way of a lift being moved. >> wow. >> a lot of fun? >> somewhere between fun and a trip. now that i've seen where they land, i get to meet the performers who fly

. >>> and vegas undercover. an elaborate fbi sting caught on camera inside caesar's palace, big money, high stakes and a big arrest. some have compared it to "ocean's 11." others think the feds went too far. "nightly news" begins now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. after a relatively safe period for air travel, tonight, we are covering a tragedy in wichita, kansas, where a twin-engine aircraft full of fuel went down on takeoff into a flight instruction building right there on the airport grounds. while the pilot was believed to have been killed instantly, the search all day and the rising death toll had to do with the people in the building where the explosion took place. it's where we begin tonight with nbc's ron mott. ron, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. officials say the pilot was believed to be the only person aboard that small airplane which lost power shortly after takeoff. they say the pilot then tri

people come to las vegas because they want to go to las vegas is a great destination. the potential legalization of sports books across america you go right now going to vegas for final four and march madness, those are huge weekends. mostrch madness is the fun, when everybody comes with their group that they would to school with to support. it as an amenity. when you look at the revenues that are driven by sports gaming, and las vegas is 1.7% like that, it is less than 2% of total revenue. less than the total gaming revenue, and that is less than half of the revenue. it was less than 1% of the revenue. they start having sports gambling in other jurisdictions do i do not the getting city difference to us, quite frankly. people want to come to las vegas because it is a fun place to go, and sports gaming is a part of that whole experience. >> he is selling the whole experience, but when you're putting that much money into artsevolving installations and nightclubs, as to be risky. there, a can win, lose, or bust, they will still play. but if you're going once every two we

>>> what happens in vegas doesn't stay on vegas when caught on tape by the fbi. you'll see it here. >>> and the science experiment, that explosion, and now, the new warning tonight. >>> good evening on this thursday night. and we begin with that deadly plane crash. the pilot can be heard just moments before the crash saying, i need to declare an emergency. then crashing into an airport building. >> it happened today in wichita, kansas. molts after impact, look. the fire raging. thick smoke billowing. that building, part of it collapsing what was left on that plane on the roof and inside. remarkably, also in that complex, pilots taking advanced courses on flight simulators. 100 people inside, many of them trapped. this evening, the audio from the final moments from inside that cockpit. abc's ryan smith is on the scene for us. >> reporter: the roof where the plane hit burned for hours, sending out thick black smoke that could be seen for miles. >> i seen an airplane with its left tail -- wing, straight down, banking really hard, really loud. it just slammed into th

the spoils. >> vega shows up.here. first thing, he looks, he doesn't even look at us, he looks at the money on the table. he just says, "i can't believe it, you know. we got away with it." >> is that what he says? >> yeah. >> is that what he says? >> reporter: they all might have gone scot-free if not for ray vega's king size ego. even in front of the cops, humility is not one of his strong suits. in fact, he's so confident in himself that he -- he's basically begging you to go look for information on him. >> yeah, he's filling holes before we even find them for us. >> reporter: like this. >> if you guys can pull up my phone, you guys can see the history. and you guys can see where it pinged off the cell phone towers wherever the hell i was. >> reporter: they did and he wasn't. his phone was using cell towers 20 miles away when he was supposed to have spent all night at this days inn. >> i do think he believed that he could convince us that his story was true. enough so that we wouldn't look into it further. >> re

this is the wild activity in vegas. of course, the video surveillance from the casino a typical large casino may have 3,000 or 5,000 but natalie the customers but the back of the house there is lots of opportunity for self in richmond. you could count the many wrong and you could not charge for drinks hoping your tips would increase. even if you have 3,000 cameras you don't have 3,000 people watching them blisses telos vegas strip security guard they have monitors that show different points of the casino. here are some insurance points in many cases it can be very good or negative. you leave your handbag there you cannot find which machine you were sitting and maybe you had a drink or to come and they can go back on the tape may be someone picked up the bags they can follow to where it is. so often times this surveillance could be used for different purposes beyond casinos also how widespread this has become worldwide so for example, you can see up here that says we're watching video surveillance there is another exampl

we were all -- we did it, we're so smart, we're getting out of vegas. i love vegas.o much better to get home in the morning. and the only downside of being in vegas is i was not able to be here for bill hader's triumphant return to "snl." i don't know if you saw saturday but -- [ cheers and applause ] excellent! excellent job. i was slightly heartbroken to see stefan with two other "weekend update" anchors. [ audience aws ] but that was always the deal when i married him. he was gonna see other people. that was always the deal. i knew what i was getting into when i married stefan. [ light laughter ] you guys, we have an excellent show for you tonight, from nbc's "about a boy" minnie driver is here. [ cheers and applause ] also stopping by from "the mindy project", the hilarious ike barinholtz will be joining us. [ cheers and applause ] and we'll have music from florida georgia line which will be outstanding. [ cheers and applause ] now, we do a lot of writing here at the show because if we didn't, we'd be paying a lot of people to do absolutely nothing. and the first

>>r>>> last timp >>> la p vegas i visit ave. visit add pig ate a pig. >> tonight, i have backstage access to the hottest strip and i get to drop her from a great height. not a gredirty job but somebody got to do it. same job, new mission. somebody's got to do it. >>> be right with you. just a little something for the facebook. i was in meeting over at cnn and the guy in the meeting is that guy, mark. i was on my way to the airport and mark said i can take you. i said, really? he said, yeah, i've got a plane. i said that sounds great. here we are. mark has pointed out the place, the lavatory. if you need to pea, flip this downright here and pee in here. why am i touching? >> it hasn't been used in a long time. >> it's not a g4 but i got to fly it. flying's always fun and when ever you head to vegas fun is the operative word. last time i was there i took in le reve, which i believe means the dream. what i saw in the dream, i'm pretty sure human beings are not supposed to be able to do even in las vegas. these men and women, they w

"le reve" is the most popular show in las vegas. parts above the surface. but now i'm checking out the world below. i'm down here with chris, she's the head of the aquatics department, while dale hurt, the man in charge of everything, stays nice and dry up top. >> they're going down to the deep pool now. >> these moving parts are everywhere. they're big, and they're complicated. and it takes a minute to get your head around it. >> we have pieces in here that weigh -- over, they're in the neighborhood of 1,700 pounds. >> if only i could do that on the surface. >> when we're doing the show all the work lights you see on down there right now are all off. it's completely black. >> it's up to the divers to make sure that when this gets ready to get sent up it doesn't get fouled on any of this dolly equipment. >> at the same time we're adding air effects to the pool, which makes it harder to swim in. and assisting performers as they're jumping in the pool. and we're watching out for the performers making sure that they're clear, not in th

janine de la vega also spoke to his wife about his contribution to science. >> these are actually from some covers. >> reporter: that's how sharon's morning has been going, the phone rinning with congratulatory calls for her husband, william moerner. a 3:00 a.m. phone call woke her up with a person informing her her husband just won the nobel prize. >> are you kidding? she said no, i'm not. >> to hear that, to get that incredible feeling oh, my god. my heart is rushing. i'm totally thrilled and very excited for all of the workers in this field that are recognized in this way. >> reporter: the royal swedish academy of sciences awarded him for allowing new methods to allow microscopes to see fine detail into the nano dimension. for a long time, optical high crow scopes were -- microscopes were limited. scientists can see how molecules act within cell and researchers can track involved in parkinson ', alzheimer's as well as cell division inside of embryos. >> science is incredibly exciting. i'm very concerned not enough people are studying it. >> reporter: moerner's wife is proud. she spo

the first-ever tournament involving it is under way in vegas with a cool $1 million in prize money.layers from 40 different untries around the world are there. >> sin city, gambling, clubbing, life with music, long nights. five hours of intense intellectual sport and the stakes are higher than ever before. >> the ancient sport of chess is about to change. >> it's all about rebranding. to pull in an audience and the sponsors and advertisers that come with it. >> chess will never be the same. >> $1 million and vegas go together and chess needs to get a new face-lift. it's been a dated sport. this is the united states. we do things big. we do things grandiose. if you want to get any kind of public attention in the u.s., you got to bring the excitement and $1 million in vegas spells excitement. >> live here from planet hollywood, las vegas. >> chess, tv show, live game commentary, only online for now but bringing it to a new audience. >> it's not the easiest thing. i'm going to make it as simple as i possibly can so everybody can enjoy. recently we've seen world number one, 23 years old

clark county marriage license bureau in las vegas.ir hopes of getting married had been in limbo since the 9th u.s. circuit court of appeals ruled tuesday that gay couples' rights were violated by same-sex wedding bans in nevada and idaho. the coalition for the protection of marriage fought to keep nevada's ban, but withdrew appeals thursday to the u.s. supreme court and the 9th circuit. 10/9/2014 5:16:45 pm las vegas - a nevada state has married his partner to become the first gay couple married in las vegas. state sen. kelvin atkinson wed sherwood howard shortly after gay couples began receiving marriage licenses in the wedding capital of the world. more same-sex unions are expected. thousand data sargon and been similar us for four days of rally to protest of august and nine police shooting of an unarmed black 18 year-old. this was a shooting of an armed black 13 year-old has not escalated dick the situation. after mires fired the officer of sir fired back. mother said her son's only caring is so much. phil seen evans was the second

>>> what happens in vegas doesn't stay in vegas when caught on tape by the fbi. and you'll see it right here. >>> good evening on this thursday night and we begin here with the breaking news. one of america's most wanted has been captured alive. eric frein, now in custody at this hour. the survivalist accused of shooting two state troopers in pennsylvania, accused of killing one of them. he spent weeks on the run, hiding in the woods, evading hundreds of police. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas following late developments live from washington. pierre? >> reporter: david, a huge section of eastern pennsylvania can now breathe a sigh of relief. police have caught eric frein. he's alive and in custody. he's been on the run for weeks after ambushing two state police officers, killing one of them. he was thought to be extremely dangerous. a man who had been preparing for a confrontation with police and who had military and survivalist training. there was a huge manhunt involving over 1,000 police officers. after sightings, schools had been shut down an

>> from "the las vegas review journal." >> a videographer for "the las vegas review journal" newspaper also on the scene. >> you could see that this house was hanging on its edge of the foundation and undercut it and about a third of the house was completely out in the air. >> all eyes and cameras are on the beige house with white trim. no one is inside. the owner just completed construction and hasn't moved in yet. >> it's not finished yet, nope. >> i just talked to him, and he said he just finished painting it and he was laying down the floor. >> there it goes. >> then the unfinished house is finished forever. >> we knew it was coming. the sound is extremely eerie, the cracking and the popping. >> the house shears off from the garage and falls into the river. >> wow. look at that. look at that. >> it starts floating away but then rams into the neighbor's house. >> when it hit it and spun it around, i thought the house would then kind of fall apart, but it continued down the river. >> everyone is stunned as the well-constructed house stays together. >> the walls were still intact, the

las vegas is rebounding, atlantic city is struggling. several gaming companies are competing to expand in states like massachusetts. and for the first time the industry has commissioned a study on gaming's economic impact on the american economy. it is kind of a big deal. >> we employ 1.7 million people, actually larger than the airline industry, we contribute a quarter of a million dollars to the economy and taxes to local and state governments around the country. >> reporter: hoping to grow those numbers, companies in las vegas are debuting new slot machines. >> i dare you to play this game without laughing, you cannot do it. >> reporter: at the same time, casino floor space is las vegas is getting smaller. ly -- millennials don't play slots as much as older americans, and the casinos are looking to make money, mgm is building with ab adjacent park for half a billion dollars. >> it is a very different experience. >> reporter: to keep people in the casino, machine companies are making games more social. >> we find that slot players real

no, i didn't have to pea. ♪ ♪ so i'm here in lawis vegas in search of the truth.s means getting unlimited access to the most dangerous, complicated show in the history of las vegas. the pr department in the wynn casino said i could have it. it's all part of my master plan to change the face of television. it's not just television but i do think if we execute this properly, we're going to change the basic direction of western civilization. if you want to shoot in las vegas, you got to do three basic things in the opening shot. you've got to shoot on the strip. secondly, you need to involve an escalator. and you need to throw a little bit of love to the company who brought you here. let's get started. fortunately le reve doesn't start for another ten hours which gives me all kinds of time to enjoy that unlimited access and get to know this guy. the aforementioned mecromancer. >> tell me about where i'm standing. what you do here exactly? >> we're standing almost in the middle of the wynn theater for the show. my responsibility here is the theater and the 150 somethi

where amie and i live in vegas, sure, there are huge opportunities, but we invest in real estate allcross the country. >> you just need to learn how to find the best deals and how to profit from them. >> and that's exactly what we teach you at our live event, and it works, right where you live right now. >> millions of viewers watch and love your "flipping vegas" show on the a&e network. congratulations on that, by the way. but i understand that fixing up distressed properties and flipping them for big profits, like you do on your show, is really just one of the many real-estate strategies that you use to make money. is that right? >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, obviously, we have a lot of fun on the show. anyone who's watched -- hopefully, all of you -- have seen that demo's probably my favorite part. but, also, i don't want to scare viewers off at home. most of the time, when we purchase properties, we never have to swing a hammer, we don't lift a paintbrush. and, again, don't worry -- if you're watching from home and you don't have credit, you don't have cash, often we still don't u

more than seven times that of vegas. >> did you ever think macau would surpass las vegas by that muchkes perfect sense. the resorts in macau are world-class compared to las vegas. macau has taken off.

planning department, and i found it very interesting, now, it seems, what we hired carlos from las vegas, he had told us that one of his challenges was actually that he was building schools, because las vegas is a growing county, unlike san francisco. and i know that he then, attracted or retained richard carranza from las vegas, and they have the experience of being in a growing school district t might be the position that sfufd is in and it will be great to explore what counties like populations in las vegas are doing and it is my understanding that the planning department there and includes a school district and all of their residential development aplaintiffals, and so the school district can plan to build new schools based on where the growth is occurring. >> yeah, very interesting. >> you know, i think that on that point, part of this is about over all projections and predicting growth, and where it will happen, but part of it is going right down into the sort of the trenches with the school district about their particular sites that they own and which ones are best. >> right. >> t

this time, at the las vegas airport involving two people.we were telling you about the flight that was going to the dominican republic where a passenger joked, you guys are, quote, screwed because i have ebola. they brought in hazmat people. sorry, mark. here are the airline stocks at the moment. they've been very volatile at the moment. they moved higher on monday after friday's disaster and now you can see they're moving lower, but when we get more information on yet another ebola scare this time in las vegas we will get you the information 22 minutes before the closing bell rings. the nasdaq, s&p, the dow all on track for the third week on the downside. but it is a rough thousand losing streak that's even longer. growing more, i guess you could say, nearing historically important in the week. you're tallying the damage. let's dig into the weeds and what it means to the investors. >> what a week. this goes down as a historic week. the truckers the shippers, the airlines all down for the week. you mentioned -- take a look at the russell. wi

in vegas. that's what our next guest says. stick around, that's coming up next on "worldwide exchange." when change is in the air you see things in a whole new way. it's in this spirit that ing u.s. is becoming a new kind of company. ing u.s. is now voya. changing the way you think of retirement. to build something smarter. ♪ some come here to build something stronger. others come to build something faster... something safer... something greener. something the whole world can share. people come to boeing to do many different things. but it's always about the very thing we do best. ♪ >>> it's the end of the currency as we know it. the book puts a spotlight on the casinos of las vegas and the methods they use to increase profits. adam tenna is here and the author of "what stays in vegas." thank you for joining us, adam. personal information these days is gathered by all sorts of companies from airlines, travel companies, retailers. what puts a casino a level ahead of them? is it the data they hav

vegas just got a little more fabulous. for people looking to gamble and get a little drunk, and you're gay, go get married in vegas this weekend, you know? go have at it. we're approaching the holiday weekend. to some columbus day should be replaced. seattle city council voted to replace indigenous peoples day. the idea behind the change is to acknowledge the history of native americans who were here before columbus arrived. some italian-americans are arguing the change arguing that columbus day say way to celebrate their common heritage with the italian explorer. this brings us to our twitter question. should more cities consider this change for indigenous peoples day or is columbus day just fine the way it is, this holiday coming up on monday. tweet us your best answers using the #waytooearly. i thought this was fascinating. minneapolis did it first and now seattle seeing it. give us your thoughts. >>> still ahead, how all four mlb playoff teams can be connected across the country, a visual explanation ahead that is awes

i was there in las vegas with him. >> travis! >> travis alexander was a motivational speaker, compelling and effective. he was also a close friend and co-worker of david hughes, in the fall of 2006. >> i knew he was single. and he was always looking for missal ex ander. >> enter sales woman and aspiring photographer, jodi arias. >> i told travis, hey, there is a cute girl i work with. you should meet her. he was like introduce me. i introduced them. they were able to develop a relationship pretty quickly from there. >> they met in vegas. the night they met it seemed that -- things heated up very quickly. because jodi arias said within a week or so they are having sex in the car. >> jody and travis had an instant physical connection. a whirlwind romance. but a long distance one with her in palm desert, california, and him five hours away in mesa, arizona. still, that wouldn't slow them down. the author of "picture perfect" about the case. >> from the beginning, travis and jodi were in con tant communication, talked every day. exch

that's vegas. that's vegas. we have such an excellent show for you tonight. robert downey jr.. [ cheers and applause ] can't wait to talk to him. also stopping by, from the new film "you're not you," actress emmy rossum. [ cheers and applause ] and host of "the chris gethard show," on blip tv, comedian chris gethard. [ cheers and applause ] so we mentioned in the monologue, obviously everyone is talking about ebola. and yesterday federal health officials announced they will require temperature checks at five major american airports for people arriving from countries most affected by the ebola virus. joining us now with an update to the crisis, from the centers for disease control, dr. henry begogium. >> hi. thank you. thank you for having me, seth. >> seth: well, thank you, doctor. so tell us, how worried should people be about ebola? >> well, seth, ebola is very serious, but it can only be contracted if you have direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person. and if you live in the u.s., you really shouldn't be than worried. >> well that is very comforting to hea

albuquerque, prescott, and phoenix and vegas. over the next seven days, computer forecast, a switch in the weather pattern a little bit. we're watching a much more active weather pattern in british columbia and into the pacific northwest eventually. special coastal areas will have a good chance of rain. the first of a very weak front will move into later on tonight. today is relatively dry. in seattle, late tonight we could get showers with better chance of showers tomorrow. then as we go to the weekend, clouds increase, temperatures drop in portland and chances of showers on saturday. doesn't change a lot on sunday, up in the northwest. it looks like your nice string of fall weather is about to come to a close as a damp weather pattern arrives. that's your national tions with chance of showers late today. so looks like we are going into what we would call our typical mid to late fall weather pattern. more active in the northwest. >> and great forecast for potential three day weekend for people. three day weekend. >> what a nice

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, vegas, bad habit, vegas.ld make $80,000 bets on a blackjack hand. retarded. i loved the life. you don't understand what it's like to walk into a casino and have a pit boss and them meet you at the front door, you know what i'm saying, and they're like, comp your room. comp your drinks. comp your dinner. it's like being freaking britney spears, but not, you know what i am saying? and i just started using drugs like heavily. you can't do drugs the whole time. because then you get all stupid and then you start losing sight. that's what got me caught is that i wasn't paying attention. >> kimbrough is hardly the only woman at maricopa to be brought down by drugs. >> catch them running. catch them running. >> staff is constantly on the lookout for any sign of methamphetamine within the jail. >> this would be srt tearing up the house. >> today, the special response team is searching kimbrough's dorm. it doesn't take long before they find something suspicious. >> i pulled out two of the little small little baggies wi