Rnet and unlimited calling. Say yes to more. Call now. Eyewitness news. New accusations hurled in the race for governor. why the Mccrory Campaign says votes were cast by dead people. how it could drag out the process even longer. Plusa wildfire surges in the North Carolina mountains. Why more trouble is in store for the weekend. And Community Leaders press for action after graffiti is found in durham. Eyewitness news begins right now. First at ten breaking news first at ten a car slams into a Durham Police car in a construction zone. It happened on highway 70 near holloway street. Police were on the bridge to slow down traffic. But a car woundup running into the cruiser. No one was hurt. Watch for the latest on air and online. Right now on Eyewitness News governor mccrory and tonight his campaign is filing a protest in 50 counties claiming dead people showed up to vote. Good evening im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. This comes as Elections Officials race against the clock to certify the results by tomorrow. But that may not happen in the governors race. Joel brown live in raleigh to break it all down. Wake countys board of elections has been inside since 8 am trying to finalize these Election Results before tomorrows deadline. Now these new filings from mccrorys campaign. Could extend this process even longer. 9 days after governor mccrory told supporters on Election Night his race against roy cooper was too close to call. His lawyers filed 50 new election complaints with the state board of elections. Theyre spread across 52 of the states 100 alleging votes were cast by dead people. Convicted felons. And some who had already voted. Until counties certify their results roy cooper leads mccrory by about 5,000 votes. The Cooper Campaign responding to the governors allegations of voter fraud saying, governor mccrory has set a new standard for desperation in his attempts to undermine the results of an election he lost. Meantime, here inside the wake county board of elections rehouse. Aene likely begayed. Theourslong, instaking process of with the governors race hanging in the balance democrats, republicans, and curious residents sat in to supervise. As the board approved or denied absentee and provisional ballots. The states friday deadline approaching fast. Given the work that still needs to be done with the provisionals, and the absentees and the protests that have been lodged, can you meet the deadline . With one caveat, i would say yes. The caveat is a federal court ruling requiring Elections Officials to review whether voters who registered to vote at the dmv were improperly answer from the state board about how we deal with particular ballots. Once we get that answer, it would probably take between 2 to 5 hours to finalize. Given all the issues facing county election boards. The candidate protests, the court rulings. The state board of elections announced this evening, that county boards can delay their canvass for a reasonable time. And most counties are expected to do just that. Now to those wildfire North Carolina mountains. The state is now offering a reward of ten thousand dollars for information leading to the arrest of the people who set the fires. The flames have caused an estimated 12 Million Dollars in damage. And that number continues to climb. The Party Rock Fire has grown one thousand acres in the past day to 67hundred acres. Western North severe drought and those dry conditions are causing fires to spread. 48thousand acres have been charred so far. And things could get worse this weekend when wind gusts are expected to reach 50miles an hour. The governor also said the Chestnut Knob fire in burke county is a major challenge. Its just 30 percent contained. He says smoke from that fire. All the way to raleigh. Tonight eight firefighters from durham are at lake lure helping battle the Party Rock Fire. They loaded up and headed to the mountains where theyll work six 12 hour long days to protect homes. They are dealing with new, mountainous terrain but they say theyre prepared. As they left. 4 members of the Spring Lake Fire Department returned home to cumberland county. The crews cleaned their equipment today after traveling to lake lure. They may send more firefighters in december depending on how firefighting efforts go. You can read much new tonight the Harnett County sheriff is responding to a federal lawsuit filed against his agency. The lawsuit claims deputies engaged in a pattern of abuse. The plaintiffs include the family of john livingston. Hes the man who was shot and killed by Deputy Nicholas kehagias last november. Also named in the suit four deputies. The former sheriff. And the current sheriff wayne coats. The plaintiffs claim they suffered bodily injury. And wrongful arrest. sheriff coats issued this Statement Today saying in part w everyone that the Harnett CountySheriffs Office team is dedicated to supporting and defending the constitution of the United States and of this state. And to fully. Faithfully and fairly enforcing the laws of North Carolina. coats also says hes reviewing the training and Education Programs in the Harnett CountySheriffs Office. The day after the election the owner of jcs kitchen found the words black lives dont matter and neither does your vote spray painted on wall in her parking lot. Since then. That message has even across the nation. Angelica alvarez is live outside jcs at fayetteville and main street in durham with the story. First. The spray paint is gone. Im told that job was a labor of love by the community. Now. Thanks to prayer and word of mouth. The owner hopes to turn this whole negative experience into something positive for the entire area. Phyllis terry owns jcs kitchen 17 37 46 the best this is that they wrote mic to the wrong person. And thats the best way to describe how Phyllis Terry is handling finding these words spray painted outside of her business the day after the election black lives dont matter and neither does your vote. Terry 17 32 01 i was sort of shocked. And so were others. Mac bare pastor dayspring fellowship 17 05 41 what was on this wall is not gonna stand. The jc in jcs kitchen. Stands for jesus christ. Tonight. Terry joined nine pastors from all around durham. Who wanted to come here to pray on this very wall. Terry prayer nats 17 17 47 we are all all counted. Terry says this isnt the first time people have come here to pray. And out of every gathering. An idea was was born. To paint a mural on this spot for the community. An idea. Terry loved. Since she already has a mural on one side of her business of her late sister. The planning for that. Is still underway. But terry says she already knows what shell serve the day its painted. Terry 17 36 47 im planning on serving lemonade cause this was thought to be a lemon but weve made lemonade. Shes even getting calls from as f people wanting to help with this. I also want to note. That when terry isnt here. Shes involved in missionary work. Either working on it by phone overnight. Or traveling around the world. New tonight Durham Police need your help tracking down 2 men seen in this surveillance video. This is footage from the walgreens on the suspects attacked a man outside in the parking lot and made off with his toyota avalon. The victim was not seriously hurt. Anyone with information is asked to call crimestoppers. A crime alert in cary tonight police are warning park visitors to keep their car doors locked. Thereve been at least five car breakins at bond park. And six other parks in cary in recent months. Police are telling visitors to be careful. And not leave anything valuable in their car. Police have put up flyers warning about the thieves. And telling people to keep their d new tonight the Houston Astros are setting up shop at Campbell University. The Team Announced today their Carolina League affiliate will call buies creek home for the 2017 and 2018 season. Greg barnes live in Harnett County for for the next two seasons, the buies creek astros will make their temporary home here at jim perry stadium on the campus of Campbell University in buies for the past 8 years, the Houston Astros high a team played in lancaster california. That franchise is moving to fayetteville,as part of the moving to fayetteville,as part of the Carolina League. Just as soon as the city builds a brand new ballpark smack in the middle of downtown fayetteville. City officials hope to have the downtown stadium completed in time for the 2019 seasons first pitch. In the meantime, the buies creek astros will call the ballfield here at campbell home turf. Crews are working hard to enlarge the seating and other accommodations for the team. University officials hope to draw a ton of baseball fans to this Harnett County campus, fayetteville mayor Nat Robertson says this is the beginning of fayettevilles Field University and Houston AstrosTeam Officials are holding a press conference here at the stadium conference here at the stadium tomorrow at high noon officially announce the teams move. The buies creek astros will open the 2017 season april 6th. Im told fayetteville city leaders will make a major announcement about the citys Wake County School superintendent doctor james merrill. Today he was named the North Carolina superintendent of the year. Merrill stressed the importance of his plan to graduate 95 percent of his students. He received the same honor back in 2005 when he led the Alamance Burlington school district. Were just Getting Started here on Eyewitness News. The rumor mill swirling tonight at trump tower. The big names nowu for top cabinet jobs. Plus a bar brawl takes an extreme turn. what happens when a man takes a car to a fist fight. And a polar bear petting a dog. Its our must see video of the night. But first. A live look outside of the raleigh Eyewitness News center chris . Y25esy yi0y tonight investigators are trying to figure out what caused a natural gas explosion near chicago. It killed one person and injured several others. The force of the explosion rocked homes. Shattered glass. And cracked the interior walls of nearb the explosion happened while utility workers were trying to fix a gas leak a contractor caused while digging. In all 12 people were taken to the hospital. President elect donald trump rounding out his National Security team. Tonight we learned the he offered retired Lieutenant GeneralMichael Flynn the job of National Security adviser. Flynn previously served as director of the Defense Intelligence agency. He stepped down in 2014 and has since been a fierce critic of the obama administration. This comes as trump held his since winning the election. Trump met behind closed doors with japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe. Abe called trump a leader in whom i have great confidence. Despite a rocky past mitt romney and the president elect reportedly will meet this weekend. And hes being called a contender to be the secretary of state. Romney was critical of trump before the election calling him a phony and a fraud. But he called to congratulate trump after the election. A fayetteville company morty pride meats is out w if you see the number 6668 on any pork barbeque package you might want to throw it out. The company is recalling those packages because of misbranding. And undeclared allergens. So far, no injuries. Illness. Or allergic reactions have been reported. New tonight disturbing video shows a Police Officer punching a woman in the face. The footage surfaced on facebook. The video shows two flagstaff arizona officers trying to detain a woman earlier this week. They tell her to stop resisting that officer has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation. A terrifying attack in maryland. A bear mauled a woman in the town of frederick as she was walking to her son in laws house. To check on a dog. The woman has a broken arm. Cuts to her head. And puncture wounds. She woundup getting 80 stitches. Police say it appears the woman got in between the bear and her cubs. The bear was shot to death today. Now to the big mustsee video of the night. We begin with a bar fight that takes an extreme turn in florida. The brawl broke out Tuesday Morning outside this bar in tampa. Surveillance video shows several people fighting. The fight escalates dramatically when a man drives his car onto the sidewalk slamming into the bar. A man involved in the fight was hurt. Two others jumped out of the the d on the loose tonight. Cross country running becomes a contact sport in pennsylvania. A herd of deer crossed the runners path. One of the deer rammed Justin Deluzio in the stomach. flinging him into the air. flinging him into the air. The bruised runner wound up finishing the race. Thanks to a fellow runner. Who stopped to help. And ran with him. To make sure he was okay. Deluzio was badly bruised but hes okay tonight. And heres dont see every day. Its a polar bear petting a dog. The guy who shot the video was leading a tour near a sled dog sanctuary when he came up to this amazing sight. A New Friendship is love the next two days tonight will be clear and cool with lows in the low and mid 40s. Friday will offer sunny skies and temperatures warming into the mid to upper 70s a storm over the central u. S. Will track into the great lakes on friday, forcing a strong cold front east and south into the Tennessee Valley front will sweep through the carolinas saturday with only an isolated shower across central North Carolina. Temperatures will rise to near 70 in most places early saturday afternoon and, once the front moves through, much cooler air will pour into the region and temperatures will plunge from the 60s into the 40s by late saturday evening. North carolina sunday and monday. This will bring the coldest weather of the fall season thus far. High pressure building eastward from the plains states will bring dry and unseasonably cold weather for sunday followed by a daytoday warmup early next an exciting new destination will soon be available for takeoff from the rdu airport. The details next. Plus an alarming spike in know before you head to the airport and how the tsa plans to keep travelers safe. Theres a new Allegiant Airlines announcing today a new nonstop flights from r du to new orleans. They takeoff in february. Theyll operate twice a week on thursdays and sundays. rdu is also gearingup for a busy travel season. Airport Officials Say an estimated 65 thousand people will pass through the gates there next tuesday and wednesday. Heres a live look at terminal two. The tsa says theyre deploying resources to r du for the holidays. The agency is adding 14hundred new officers nationwide. Theyre also bringing in 50 to 60 new canine teams. This year. The t sa is reporting a 90 percent spike in gun confiscation at rdu. Airport officials want to remind folks. You can have to check the weapons and declare it with your carrier. Coming up next in sports. Coming up next in sports. The panthers and saints plus wake forest hoops looked like a team to be reckoned with today and a stunner in tonight feeling slighted by the Playoff Committee. Apparently they needed a different form of motivation vs houston. Now your scores im a coupon guy. I signed up for the publix digital ones. I clip the paper ones. In fact if there was a third kind, id probably love those too. Thats how i save at publix. How bout you . Me. She makes lists with the weekly ad. But then there is weekday me, no time for anything. Except bogos, and publix has tons of bogos. Thats how i save at publix. How bout you . Already played themselves out of the panthers have already played themselves out of the playoff picture, but still plenty of reason to play well going for lights were on tonight. And no one should ever need motivation to get up for the saints. So far so good. 233. A cam newton to ted ginn pass play just before the half was the highlight. Jonathan stewart has the other score. Luke kuechly returned a field goal for a score that was called back louisville with another opportunity to impress the Playoff Committee tonight vs houston. It did not go well. After fumbling the opening kickoff houstons first play from catalon. Make it 70 later cougs up 10zip. Luck on their side as well its ward the pass is tipped straight to catalon. 170 the rout was on later on. Some trickery ward to linell bonner who finds chance allen. A 50 yard dagger into louisvilles playoff hopes the cards are on the board. 317 is still a mountain to climb Danny Mannings deacs put on a show this afternoon in utep. This is austin arians wakes first three of the game. Great sequence here Bryant Crawford goes for the big tomahawk. Misses but he gets the ball back and drops a deep triple the deacons hit 13 first half threes enroute to 63 points 2h john collins from close range. Kaboom he had 24 wake forest was time now for your cw 22 game of the week. Jamie hi, im jamie obrien. The playoffs are here and its win or go home on friday night. Millbrook travels to powerhouse richmond, where the wildcats won two years ago. Millbrook coach Clarence Inscore coach castellanos gone in there and kept the bar high and has done a great job down there. Yeah, i mean, we have a little history there. He was my defensive coordinator here at millbrook. Hopefully that environment wont be too overwhelming for us. Hosts its first playoff game in four years, taking on greenvilles dh conley. Southern lee coach don simon were excited about being able to host the first round. Definitely a different level of excitement as you head into the postseason. And our hope is we come in well prepared and go out there and execute the game plan. Jamie cap8 runner up heritage looks for their first playoff win in the schools short history. Theyll host holly springs. Heritage coach Dewayne Washington i think the Broader Community has really embraced what weve been doing so far this year, so hopefully theyll come out and support us raleighcw. Com for extended interviews with the coaches. 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