johnson: hey. one of the main complaints that i hear about your campaign is that you are open topen -- more combating environmental issues. are you willing to consider opening your mind to this, and specifically, how so, or on what grounds? are saying that i am not open to combating environmental issues? i support the epa. i think government has a to protect usle against individuals, groups, corporations, foreign governments that would do us harm, and i put pollution in the category of harm. i put the epa as kind of a forefront of protecting us against polluters. as governor of new mexico, there was a major polluter of river in .orthern new mexico mining, enterprise had gone on for decades. they refused to acknowledge that there were even responsible for the metal contamination in the first place. i shut them down because my was thehandle -- anvil environmental protection agency. going toyou are not come to the table in 30 days, i will turn you over to federal epa's, and that's exactly what happene

senator johnson has not. senator johnson does not follow the common sense of the people he follows the rules and the edicts of the nra. he will not buck the nra on any of this. even on something like background checks, which everybody knows is just a common sense thing that follows on the idea of background checks when you buy a gun at a shop. so this is one of those moments when the people of the state have to decide, do you wanted somebody who respects gun writes, but also believes in appropriate regulations, or somebody who will only do what the nra permits him to do? november 8th. >> senator johnson? >> there's absolutely new orleans doubt about the fact that additional gun control laws do not solve the problem. if they did, you'd see the murder rates in chicago a whole lot lower. they have extremely onerous gun control laws. simply doesn't work. i have backed provisions to increase enforcement of straw purchases. i think senator feingold also knows the vast majority of guns purchased in gun shows do go t

senator johnson? >> i will only vote to confirm judges, not liberal activist, not super legislators that don't have the integrity to the written law and written constitution. people like scalia. the fact of the matter is this is why this election is for all the marbles. this is for the presidency, the supreme court, for wisconsinites second and then it right to keep and bear arms to protect their families in their own homes. ya justice ginsburg crowing about the fact the majority has been lost. she can't wait at the liberal wing, and, of course, senator feingold voted for a lot of these judges that did vote against the landmark decision that made the second amendment an individual right to keep and bear arms. they can't wait to overturn the hell are decision. these freedoms are under assault and so i will only vote to confirm judges people have the kind of -- went even the flagburning case where he was offended by the result, realized first amendment trump's his own desire for a certain result that's

((sharie johnson)) >> and i'm sharie johnson. the storm has already killed more than 300 people in haiti... with the death toll expected to rise as authorities search for survivors. no deaths were reported in cuba. /// ((brian loftus)) >>> the storm has also caused a travel nightmare for millions. more than 37- hundred flights are canceled till tomorrow. so far, there are several canceled flights at mccarran that are heading to florida. we're going to send things over now to marlie hall.. who's live from orlando with the latest. pummeling the florida coast with unrelenting rain... ...and roaring winds...with gusts already up to 70 miles pe h the category 3 storm sent boats in this harbor rocking side to side. storm shutters were ripped off the front of businesses in west palm beach. in daytona beach...police were left patrolling empty streets as most residents listened to evacuations warnings: (gov rick scott) we can rebuild homes, we can rebuild businesses. i just think of my own family, we can't rebuild a life.//this storm is a

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senator johnson doesn't respond that. when elizabeth warren had a bill like you do on mortgage, he voted no. it was very close. i think there was a couple of votes. he prevented it. that's what people want. we should have a goal of making it that people should graduate from college at least debt free when it comes oh to tuition. >> how do we pay for that in. >> we have a 19 trillion-dollar debt. we have increasing pressure because of our aging demographics on social security and medicare, how do we pay for free college tuition? >> i have offered a federal fiscal plan. that's what a senator should do. >> explain for a pay for. >> you close the loophole of carried interest and use it for something like stone loan. senator johnson doesn't do and talks about how much the debt it's going to be for. the job of a senator isn't just to say the system is bad or he has not done essentially any of it. >> let me get you to respond to the student debt. >> it's always about college affordability. exhibit a he was paid $150,000, almost

thanks for joining us i'm sharie johnson. metro says just after nine this morning the suspect opened fire on three vehicles near i-15 and sahara. a woman in her late 40's was tracked down to a c-v-s near the south end of the strip. we are tracking this deadly shooting which led to a bizarre standoff with team coverage. brittany edney is near sahara and i-15 where the shooting reportedly took place. first.... lets go to nia wong who's near windmill and las vegas blvd. where the suspect was eventually apprehended. ((nia wong)) >> sharie, our camera was here just as this suspect was taken intu standoff he had with metro. >> police say around nine-fourty three.. c-v-s employees alerted them to the man you see in this video. they say he entered with two handguns into the store. police tell us this man pulled his pants down and tried to sexually assault a woman inside. at that point...employees began to shelter in place in the back of the store. a standoff did happen between metro and this man. a viewer sent us this video of cvs...

((sharie johnson)) >> i'm sharie johnson, in for kirsten. october is domestic violence awareness month .. and today, metro police, along with community members will remember victims. ((brian loftus)) >>> a ceremony is being held later this morning outside police headquarters. they will read the names of the last year through the end of june. their names will be added to a plaque. the ceremony is open to the public./// ((sharie johnson)) >>> this comes as metro police are investigating a case of deadly domestic violence. ((brian loftus)) >> they have arrested a man .. accused of shooting and killing his grandmother. bradley francis now faces charges for the death of his 86- year- old grandmother. police say francis beat his grandmother in the street near lake mead and rampart ... before shooting her. this sparked a three hour standoff between francis and friend who identified the victim as marilyn .. and says she was loved by everyone. ((bobbie unick / family friend: "i'm pretty sure everybody on this street knew who she was just because she'

((sharie johnson)) >> and i'm sharie johnson, in for kirsten. as hurricane matthew wreaks havoc on the east coast right now... ((brian loftus)) >> we have team coverage this morning... hurricane matthew .. dianne gallagher is live in jacksonville, florida ... which is where we'll begin. dianne? the massive storm moving up florida's east coast bringing with it heavy rain and more than one-hundred mile-per-hour winds. mile-per-hour winds. (gov. rick scott, (r) florida) it's here, it's absolutely here. officials saying the effects of matthew will be unlike any hurricane in decades and that some places may become "uninhabitable for weeks or months". (gov. rick scott, florida) we are already starting to see the impacts. and it is a monster. again, our number one priority is protecting power lines are down across the state. hundreds of thousands are without power. but despite repeated calls to evacuate and predictions of a devastating storm surge, (gov. rick scott, (r) florida) 11 feet possible storm surge. in your house, if you're close, you could ha

nats -- walker and johnson walkup to cheers in waukesha, senator ron johnson said russ feingold had been lying about him in t-v ads. so im not real happy with senator feingold. i dont respect phoniness sunday, in front of about 100 republican supporters, johnson had an ally in governor scott walker. senator feingold was in the united states senate for 18 years -- 18 years and of wisconsin walker made four stops with johnson sunday. johnson has tightened the race, but has never led a marquette law school poll and remains one of the most likely republican senators to lose. so i asked, did he wait too long to step up the attacks? this has been my opportunity but lets face it, hes outresourced me. johnson says feingold has done that in large part because of his political action committee, which johnson says has run a "shadow campaign" for feingold. feingold, campaigning in milwaukee this weekend, brushed off the criticism. l senator johnson and his office, and im going to continue to talk about the issues and not get involved in that sort of thing feingold also denied that walker's appearanc

senator johnson has not. senator johnson does not follow the common sense of the people of wisconsin on this issue. he follows the rules and the edicts of the nra. he will not buck the nra and -- on anything on this. something is common sense as background checks when you buy a gun. you want somebody who respects gun rights and believes an appropriate regulations, or someone who will only do with the nra permits him to do? that is the choice on november 8. ron johnson: there is no doubt about the fact that additional laws don't solve the problem. you would see the gun rates in chicago going lower. i have provisions to increase enforcement of purchases. the vast majority of gun purchases in gun shows go through background checks. the problem in orlando was not one of gun control. we have not achieved the goal against isis. president obama laid out the goal against isis. we have not defeated isis. do, we have to lead. it will heal our economy. we have the leadership to actually accomplish the goal of the feedin

sharie johnson))> we el trackin valley where a 4 year old girl has been shot. this happened around 2-30 near craig and lamb. authorities say the child was taken to u-m-c where she is reportedly in stable condition.. metro's abuse and neglect incident. no word if anyone has been arrested./// ((sharie johnson)) >>> the man arrested for shooting multiple cars on the i-15 is expected to make his first court appearance this week. police say kenneth mcdonald shot and killed a valley woman on the freeway....then was found after he tried to sexually assault a woman at a c-v-s. mcdonald was arrested after a 40 minute standoff with police south of the strip. 8 news now reporter nia police have identified the woman who was shot and killed as tracey donahue. she was in the passenger seat while her husband thomas was driving at the time of the shooting. both were shot multiple times. this is just south of where i'm standing. their daughter amber garcia tells me the most painful aspect of this tragic story....is how no one stopped to help her parents afterwards. >> yesterday

((sharie johnson)) >> and i'm sharie johnson in for kirsten. the vice presidential candidates made their voices heard... in their first and only debate. ((brian loftus)) >> tim kaine repeatedly asked mike pence to defend trump's controversial comments... while pence attacked clinton's from virginia. tim kaine and mike pence ended their one and only debate shaking hands...but for much of the night... (pence) senator, you've whipped up that mexican thing again ...the two went toe to toe... (kaine) the fbi did and investion(quijiano) gentleman, governor, senator please ...repeatedly talking over moderator, cbsn's elaine quijano...as they fiercely defended their running mates. (pence) "donald trump would support our troops. donald trump (kaine) "he won't pay taxes." (craig boswell/ cbs news/ farmville, va) the fiery discussion here in farmville was amplified on social media... on facebook the most talked about moments were the candidates trading jabs on an "insult-driven" campaign. (pence) if donald trump had said all the things you said he said, h

((sharie johnson)) awareness on child trafficking. today the mayor's faith initiative along with metro and other valley organizations hosted the one mile walk for the sake of our city. the walk started at gary reese freedom park. along with the walk... there was also training and educational time focusing on trafficking, domestic violence and self-defense. ((aaron hansel be a voice "we are asking and challenging men to be the miracle that las vegas needs to put an end to child exploitation and to the human trafficking of children")) >> city leaders including mayor carolyn goodman also spoke at the event regarding the importance of family when it comes to child trafficking. /// ((sharie johnson)) >>> 10 year old boy was killed after falling from a moving vehicle last night . north las vegas police say it happened near civic center and east owens... just before nine. they say the boy fell out of a van as it was traveling. police found the child in the middle of the roadway and pronounced dead. the driver did remain on the impaired. no w

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((sharie johnson)) >>> thanks for joining us this weekend on 8 news now at 5. i'm sharie johnson. it's been a busy weekend for first responders after three deadly crashes in the span of 12 hours. mojave and vegas valley. that's where we find brittany edney who joins us live with what we are learning. brittany. ((brittany edney)) from what investigators have gathered--- a 29-year-old male who lives nearby was working on his motorcycle this afternoon, and was doing a few laps around this area testing his breaks, when he crashed into a garage. we're told he was speeding... and that he was a licensed rider---also wea the time. but again, going way too fast in this neighborhood.... there is a speed limit sign posted on this road of 15 miles per hour. metro says no one else was injured and that there was significant damage done to the home. witnesses tell us that they just heard the loud sound of the bike and couldn't believe what happened next. ((tiffany harris, witness "hearing it, you're like, when is it going to stop and it went by and was just a blur, right in that area and then he

i'm sharie johnson thanks for joining us. donald trump will host a rally at the venetian. 8 news now will be covering the event... and reporter brittany edney joins us live with what his recent messages have been centered around. brittany. ((brittany edney)) >> that's right... trump is heading to the strip... and since nevada is about halfway through the early voting period... the republican presidential hopeful is likely looking to make a final push in the swing state. so far, state early voting numbers in nevada show democrats have a stronger turnout lead over republicans. vice president hopeful mike pence and son eric trump were also campaigning this week in the silver state. trump has recently put a lot of attention on the fbi's reopening the criminal investigation of hillary clinton's private email server. presidential nominee "when the outcome is fixed, when the system is rigged, people lose hope. they stop dreaming. they stop trying. when the powerful can get away with anything because they have the money and the conne

((sharie johnson)) >> and i'm sharie johnson in for kirsten. the vice presidential candidates made their voices heard... in their first and only debate. ((brian loftus)) >> tim kaine repeatedly asked mike pence to defend trump's controversial comments... while pence attacked clinton's

did johnson & johnson fail to warn the public about a possible link? >>> "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news," with letter holt. >>> with 11 days to go, the head of the fbi dropped a bomb in the race for president this afternoon. one that has the trump campaign celebrating and the clinton camp scratching its head. director james comey revealing that newly discovered emails have turned up that have fbi agents once again back on the trail of hillary clinton's use of a private email server. the source of the emails is the other big surprise here. nbc news has learned they didn't come from clinton's server or even wikileaks, but rather were found on a computer belonging to anthony wiener. the estranged husband of clinton's long-time aide houma abedin. and a target of a sexting investigation. clinton came before the cameras to call on the fbi to immediately release all the information it has. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has late details. >> reporter: nearly four

((sharie johnson)) ((sharie johnson)) >>> metro police continuing their >>> metro police continuing i think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament. i'd like to punch him 'em. i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves. get him out of here! get him out of here! get the hell out of here! priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. jacky rosen: i'm jacky rosen, priorities usa action is responsible and as a computer programmer, i created apps... before they were lled "apps" and i learned there's always a smart solution. we found a smart solution to rising energy costs... creating one of the largest solar projects in the state. in congress, i'll work with democrats and republicans to make all of nevada a leader in solar, to improve our schools, and create good jobs. i approved this message because i know we can the new salami caprese panini from subway. pressed and grilled to cinematic perfection to get a golden brown crust >>> metro police conti

((sharie johnson)) >> and i'm sharie johnson, in for kirsten. >> it was the one and only time democratic senator tim kaine and republican governor mike pence will go head to head. ((sharie johnson)) >> their debate took place at a small university in southern virginia .. scott mclean was there and has a look at the highlights. after a debate that became far more heated than most would have anticipated tim kaine "you are donald trump's apprentice" mike pence "i think we're still on my time?" kaine "isn't this a discussion?" it appears republican vice presidental candidate mike pence was able to carve out a slightly t opposition according to a cnn/orc instant poll, 48% of voters who watched the debate think pence gave a better performance than democratic candidate tim kaine, who earned a 42% favorable rating among those polled this is in stark contrast to how their running mates polled after their first debate last week ... running mates that they both seemed to have to constantly defend... mike pence "we have a tax code, senator, that actually is

senator johnson? senator johnson: you need to make sure it has adequate funding. ofm totally supportive allowing that are in to have private access to health care that is close to them. one granddaughter said that had she had known, she would never have taken her dad to a specific center. it is about choice. the va has a life of problems. we need to improve the choice program. senator feingold: there are very specific things you can do. i had a nice conversation with a county board member of north the other day. he said that when you go to the va, you go to your doctor tells you need to go see a specialist. apparently, you need to go through some your accuracy to see a specialist. i do not think you need -- it should be that way. i think we should cut the red tape out to make sure it happens. we need to do it in the context of the v.a. as a public program and not a private system. class in the entire system, 73.5% borrow money. the average debt at graduation for students reaches over $30,000. nationally, the institute for college access published reports 2014, the

((sharie johnson)) >>> this past week... we've been taking a closer look at this year's ballot measures. tackle question 2. you may remember... the first medical marijuana facility opened in las vegas last summer... and this year... nevada voters are deciding on legalizing recreational use. but it's not necessarily that cut and dry. there are a number of restrictions that come with approving recreational marijuana. 8 news now reporter karen castro breaks down question 2. ((karen castro)) nevada may become the recreational marijuana. washington, oregon, alaska, colorado and the district of columbia have already ended the prohibition on pot. sot ((joe brezny - the coalition to regulate marijuana like alcohol: marijuana is safer than alcohol, it's less damaging to your body, it's less addictive and its far less likely to be associated with a violent behavior.)) ((karen castro)) joe brezny with the the coalition to regulate marijuana like alcohol is leading the efforts for the "yes on question two" campaign. the measure would al

)) ((sharie johnson)) >>> hurricane matthew... now and as a computer programmer, i created apps... before they were lled "apps" and i learned there's always a smart solution. as president of my synagogue, we found a smart solution to rising energy costs... creating one of the largest solar projects in the state. in congress, i'll work with democrats and republicans to make all of nevada a leader in solar, to improve our schools, and create good jobs. i approved this message because i know we can as a marine combat veteran, i understand the sacrifices our military makes. our benefits are earned, and we rely on them. politicians like joe heck should understand that. narrator: joe heck voted to shut down the federal government, risking critical services for nevada veterans. and during that shutdown, heck continued cashing his congressional paycheck. his military record deserves respect. but back in dc, joe heck is putting politics before nevada. and that doesn't work for me. narrator: vote vets is responsible for the content still st

johnson, a family company. >> i told people, i am doing story on s.c. >> johnson & johnson is a good company so not bad company to be confused with. on the back of every is s.c. johnson is the ceo's signature. fisk johnson as if each was a signed greeting card from the johnson family. in a way, it is. >> me and my siblings grew up living and breathing this company. the dinner table conversation every single night. >> the sc in s.j. johnson was fikk's great, great grandfather. samuel curtis. when he realized that there were more floors than there were products to keep them clean. he mixed his first batch of johnson's wax in his bathtub and the rest, as they say, history. >> just abandoned the flooring business. te place. >> that was in 1886. in all now, five generations of johnsons have led this now $10 billion a year company making it one of the oldest family-owned businesses in america. but while their products may be household names the johnsons themselves prefer to keep a lower profile. they don't trumpet themselves as dynasty. they rarely do media interviews and never considered

johnson? mm-hmm. barney, that poor soul just lives for that contest and if she got nosed out by a store pickle i'd never forgive myself. we got to make this contest fair and square. that means the pickles aunt bee enters has got to be the pickles aunt bee makes. but the pickles she made, they're gone. i know it. we're just gonna have to get her to make another batch. you can't be serious. you mean you actually want her to make another batch of them kerosene cucumbers? ( sighs ) all right. how're we gonna do it? well... somehow between now and the contest we're gonna have to eat up all the store pickles that aunt bee's got on hand. why don't we get rid of them the same way we got rid of the others? no. that won't work. see, she's got to see them pickles disappearin' and she's got to see us likin' 'em so much that she'll want to make another batch. oh, andy, i gotta tell ya now, my heart ain't in this. well, it's not so much your heart we need-- it's your stomach. lunchtime! i was fixing your lunch and

((sharie johnson)) >> h stating the election is rigged. a cbs poll shows 72 percent of florida republicans believe trump would win if not for voter fraud. a new cbs battleground tracker poll shows clinton leading trump in florida by 3 points./// clinton with a 12 point advantage over the donald. it also shows clinton has also reached the 50-percent watermark nationally, among likely voters. the poll was taken after the third and final presidential debate between clinton and trump and was based on nearly 900 likely voters. the plus-or-minus is three-and-a-half percentage points./// ((sharie johnson)) >>> speaking of the polls... at last check more than 30 thousand people showed up for the second day of early voting. numbers. if you remember last night early voters helped clark county shatter a record with more than 39 thousand casting their ballot for the future. if you'd like to take part in early voting you have until november 4th./// ((sharie johnson)) >>> and we're your local election headquarters keeping you updated on air and online a

thanks for joining us i'm sharie johnson. vice president joe biden held a rally for hillary clinton with hundreds of local union workers his way to town tomorrow. 8 news now's mauricio marin joins us with how these last few days are shaping up: ((mauricio marin)) >> it's appear to be a tight race for the white house in the silver state. as both candidates go after every vote they can. vice president joe biden stopped off in las vegas to show his support for hillary clinton. he worked hard not to use clinton's opponents name---donald trump---in his speech. but did say he wants to hear more about the issues leading up to election day--not mud slinging. (( joe biden/vice president: "one thing i campaign is that because he has been so patentely outrageous in the things he says that would disqualify any other presidential candidate, because of that, we've not been able to talk about the real issues in the campaign.")) ((mauricio marin)) >> rallying at carpenter local 19-77 union headquarters...v ice president joe biden pushed clin