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Nobodys kid needs to be in a professional locker room every day sad news in the world of music. Frank sinatra jr. Has tied while on tour. The Young Frank Sinatra was 72 years old. 2 Million Dollar inferno. The yacht caught fire in the virgin islands. Will you run for president . I will not run for president. No, no, not going to do it. Hillary clinton on comedy central. Im sorry. We are so excited and all that matters. Its looking more and more like the republicans could be on the road to a contested convention. The Republican Campaign could start all over again only this time its crammed into one week. You can binge watch the death of the gop on cbs this morning. I think the jayhawks in a squeaker president obama has unveiled his full march madness bracket. I started off making the nont to be undone, donald trump has released his brackets announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. The political showdown over the new Supreme Court nominee today shifts to the senate. President obamas choice Merrick Garland, will go to capitol hill this afternoon to meet with democratic senators. Republicans are standing by their vow not to consider garland or any nominee before the nevada election. The 63yearold federal appellate judge wants to be the 113th justice to serve on the nations highest court. We are covering the fight from the white house to the Supreme Court and talk with Elizabeth Warren and senator jeff flake. Margaret brennan is at the white house. Reporter this was a calculated decision by president obama to pick a nominee that and, today, Merrick Garland goes to personally lobby on capitol hill and make is case he is a political moderate who can break that partisan divide. I will not be voting on this nominee. The next president is going to make the decision. Reporter last night, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said it would be a waste of time to meet nominee Merrick Garland and insisted that Congress Must wait until americans elect a new president. If this was a republican president , submitting a nominee to a Democratic Senate in the middle of a president ial Election Year, no circumstances under which the nominee would be confirmed. I have fulfilled my constitutional duty. Reporter on wednesday, the president said Senate Republicans are october tobligated to consider garlands nomination. I simple ask the republicans in the senate to give him a fair hearing. If you dont, it will indicate a process for nominating and confirming judges that is beyond repair. Reporter polling shows more disproof of the Senate Republicans refusal to consider a nominee, but Republican Leaders say their argument stems from then senator joe bidens own rule back in 1992. Action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the Election Campaign is over. Reporter but the Vice President defended himself last night, tweeting there is only one biden rule i followed while in the senate. Every scotus nominee gets a hearing, committee vote, and floor vote, period. Mr. Garland is a fine nominee. I know him personally. I know of his integrity. Reporter in 2010 when justice picked elena kagan, hatch said he would be confirmed. Hatch said yesterday, times have changed. A whale of difference being and being a nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States. Reporter today, president obama will join a Conference Call with progressive groups to build support for merrick. The bet is putting pressure on senators may change some minds. Margaret, thank you very much. Closer look at the nominee. And why the president chose garland to replace the late justice antonin scalia. Jan crawford is at the Supreme Court. Reporter the president is really gone with someone he sees as a reasonable pick, a compromise pick. Certainly not the home run that some of the liberal groups would of wanted. Garland is a moderate, a centrist. He is no liberal flamethrower. I think youll see the white house make the argument the president is not going as far left as some of the groups on the left would of wanted. Now the republicans time to compromise a little bit by all accounts, judge garland is deeply experienced, he is respected, hes a chief judge at court, he is a former prosecutor who supervised the Oklahoma City bombing trial. I mean, he is seen by some as really the best pick that a Republican Senate could ask for from a democratic president. And so now, the hope for many on the left is that as the summer progresses, and it looks like maybe a democrat will win the white house in november, you know, maybe republicans will recognize that this guy is the best that they can hope for and finally go ahead and confirm him. Thank you, jan. Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren of massachusetts is calling on her republican colleagues to schedule a hearing on judge garland. She joins us now from capitol hill. Senator, good morning. Good morning. Are you enthusiastic in your support of judge garland . You know, the way i think of this, filling a Supreme Court vacancy is one of the most solemn tasks undertaken by this government. This isnt supposed to be a circus. The president has done his he has sent us a nominee. And now it is our job in the United States senate to hold hearings, to examine his credentials, and then to have a vote on him. Thats what the constitutional calls for. With respect to, senator, the question i asked will you support judge garland . But thats the whole point right now, is that we want judge garland to come over. I want to meet with him, i want to look at his credentials. I want to see him perform in a hearing. And then i want to be able to have a vote on him. Thats what advise and consent means. Its not supposed to be some kind of crazy political process. You know, senator toomey said the republican from pennsylvania said, well, if he had been nominated by a republican, then, yes, he would be willing to consider him but not since he was nominated by president obama. You know, this is just really taken off in a direction that is president , it is a direct insult to the constitution, and now it is a direct insult to judge garland. But, senator, the republicans are now pointing to joe bidens comments back in 1992 when he said a nomination should not be put forward in an Election Year. So why is this different this time in 2016 . Lets be clear. Just go back and look at the history. Every single republican every single Supreme Court nominee to a vacant position has had its hearing and a vote. The only ones who didnt get a hearing didnt get a hearing because they went straight to a vote. That is a hundred years of actual fact. Senator, let me turn to the president ial race in 2016. All of your female particularic senators have endorsed senator hillary clinton. You have not yet made an endorsement. Will you do it before the convention . I dont have a time line for this. But i go the to tell you, watching what has been going on the democratic side really makes me prouder to be a democrat. About the issues, both hillary and bernie, about how it is that young people are going to be able to get an education without getting crushed by student loan debt, how we can better rein in wall street, how we can have trade deals that dont just leave workers in the dirt. You know your lack of an endorsement at this stage has raised some questions. Let me ask you this do you believe that senator clinton should release the transcripts of her speeches to Goldman Sachs . Look. I think that our candidates are out doing what they should do in a primary. They are debating the issues. Question, senator. What im doing is im telling you what i think should be going on right now in this election. Its a yes or no question. Transcripts or not . What i told you i think the primaries are doing what they should be doing and the candidates are being tested. What will it take for you to make an endorsement of either candidate . What more do you need to hear . What im glad to see is what and that is that the democrats are out talking about the issues. I think it makes it very distinct what happens between our side and what is happening over on the other side. Someone said that they are doing some kind of reality show, we are out here trying to talk about the issues that affect American People. And so are we. When one of the questions that is being raised, has the Democratic Party and has senator clinton, secretary clinton moved from being a clinton democrat to a warren democrat . You know, what our candidates have told us is what they will stand for as president of the United States. Is it moving to the left . I think what it is is moving to where america is. Americas hard working families, americas middle class is really on the ropes. And what we need is somebody in the white house who is going to be out there fighting for them. The republicans make it clear, they are going to keep working for the rich and the powerful. The democrats are making it clear they are going to get out there for working families. They are going to fight to build a future. Not just for some of our children, but for all of our children. Senator warren between those. So great to have you here. Its always good to see you. Next hour, we will talk with republican senator and Judiciary Committee member senator jeff flake. Donald trump says things could get ugly if Republican Leaders try to block him from the president ial nomination. He said, quote, i think you would have riots if a contested convention chose another candidate. Trump said he would not part in a scheduled debate before tuesdays utah primary. Fox news cancelled the debate when john kasich said he would not show up without trump. Major garrett is in washington with the changing shape of this Republican Campaign. Good morning. Reporter good morning. For the first time, donald trump is running like a cautious protect, avoiding fiedsghts and friction that could prove costly. John kasich remains focused on staying relevant through julys convention. Donald, apparently, is ducking. Hes afraid of being challenged. Reporter ted cruz shut out in tuesdays primaries played the part of scrappy challenger trying to draw the frontrunner into the ring. He is scared to debate. And, you know, he just he looks down on the voters. He thinks they are gullible and will believe whatever he is saying. Reporter as for Donald Trumps pursuit for the nomination . Obstacles exist. Six of the states remaining are winner has all primaries totals 217 delegates. Even if trump wins every one, he would still need nearly 40 of the rest of the delegates to secure the nomination. I dont think anybody is going to have enough delegates. Reporter john kasich trails trump and cruz by hundreds of delegates but denied he is just a spoiler. Neither of those guys can win a general election. Maybe they are spoiling it for the Republican Party and for the reporter trump warned wednesday the future of the conservative movement and the gop was in danger as he arrived at the Party Convention with the most delegates but lost the nomination. I think youd have riots. You know, im representing a tremendous, many, many, millions of people. I think bad things would happen. I really do. I believe that. I wouldnt lead it but i think bad things would happen. Reporter cruz said trump was threatening the national party. No one should be surprised that donald trump is trying to stir up riots. Reporter trump defended his tone. We are doing pretty well the way it is and i would say that i always like to be a gentleman. Reporter promising he would try to rise above the vocal opposition to his candidacy. Im not going to be provoked but, at the same time, you have to take tough action when this happens but you cant let them get away with it. Reporter federal misdemeanor charges were charges against the man who rushed the stage at trumps rally outside of dayton, ohio, on saturday. Pros it was brought to curtail future altercationtltercationtltercationsaltercations. A murder charge this morning over a deadly shooting of a teenager. 16yearold jose cruz was shot and killed sunday night. Johnson suspected the teenager of breaking into a car. Omar villafranca is live at the shooting scene in addison, texas. Reporter good morning. Theres a small memorial of flowers and candles where 16yearold jose cruz was shot and killed. Right next to it . Pieces of the car that he was in. And right behind me, you can see there is spray paint on the road where investigators say cruz and another teenage friend in the car crashed out before they were both shot. Overcome with grief, the mother of jose cruz broke down in tears last night. And praised the arrest of the officer accused of killing her 16yearold son. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] against this individual who took the life of her child. Reporter addison, Police Arrested officer ken johnson wednesday on charges of murder and aggravated assault. Johnson was offduty on sunday when he claims he saw cruz and another teen breaking into a car in this apartment complex. Johnson chased the teens down in his vehicle and after an altercation, he opened fire. Witnesses captured these images of the shooting. This was a coldblooded murder in the middle of the afternoon in addison. Reporter johnson is not an officer in addison but is in the nearby dallas suburb of farmers branch. His own police chief emphasized an apparent break in protocol. We have policies to deal with offduty enforcement. Reporter the shooting has sparked outrage and protests in the community. I want to know why, why did they kill him . How come he couldnt handle it a different way . Reporter johnsons Attorney Says a grand jury should have decided what charges, if any, should have been filed. But cruzs family says the evidence speaks for itself. When you lose a 16yearold son, theres no words that can explain the pain and suffering that the family has gone through. Reporter police are not commenting on the ongoing investigation. The other teenager in the car who was shot is expected to survive. Charlie . Omar, thanks. Fans this morning are remembering Frank Sinatra jr. The only son of the iconic entertainer, a singer himself, died wednesday. He was 72. His sister nancy wrote on facebook, the sinatra family mourn the untimely passing of their son, brother, father, uncle, Frank Sinatra jr. Maybe you might remember this song. We stole it from you. Reporter if Frank Sinatra was the chairman of the board. Reporter his son Frank Sinatra jr. Was the heir apparent. Reporter their relationship appeared as heartfelt as that iconic baritone bravado. Reporter but the road wasnt always so silky smooth. The third night of ankleguish ended at 3 00. Reporter frank jr. Was kidnapped and his father paid the ransom. The first words when he saw me was, im sorry. Big sensationalist and headlines everywhere. He found ways to, you know, bring himself out of that. Through the very heart of it sinatra jr. Performed his own music career but had difficulty became sinatra sr. s conductor in 1988. A guy has to live in the shadow of one of the most iconic singers and artists of all time, those are big shoes to fill. Yeah, im in. Reporter turning to television, he played himself on the sopranos and family guy but only at the end of his career he embraced his fathers legacy. He introduced me to the audience. Ed my son frank is conducting and almost as good as larnswrence welk. Now you cut me. Reporter scheduled was on tour and scheduled to perform last night in st. Petersburg, florida. Seaworld are here good morning. Were minutes away from the sunrise and watching for it from our tower cam in north raleigh. 53 degrees as we start this thursday morning. Our st. Patricks day as well. Chilly, around lillington, 44. 44 siler city. Lunchtime today, a nice mix of sun and clouds, 69. 77 our high. Warmer than normal. 73 at 6 00 p. M. Announcer this portion of cbs green. A baseball bombshell. Ahead, the chicago player who walked away from his 13 Million Dollar paycheck to stick up for his son. The news is back this morning right here on cbs this morning. Announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota. Hi here for our 1 for everyone event . Yep, and i brought everyone. Everyone . Kamiko is my bff, darren is her boyfriend. Jilliam is my sister, shes dating liam who used to date theresa, but theyre still friends. Well, kamiko and darren could get 0 apr financing. Low Monthly Payments for jillian. Amazing lease deals for liam and tons of inventory for his friend theresa. Nice. 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Four North Carolina teams are in the running for the championship. Duke is taking on unc w today in providence, rhode island but some big games are also happening in the triangle. Thats where we find cbs North Carolinas Lauren Haviland with what you need to know if youre heading today to the pnc arena. Good morning. Reporter good morning. One of those games that is being played at pnc arena is of course the unc tar heels who will be playing the Florida Gulf Coast. Around 7 00 tonight. As you said that is just one of four games that will be played here at pnc arena today. What you need to know, the parking lots, at the arena will open two andahalf hours before tipoff. It will cost you 20 to park there but if you plan on staying for more than one game youll just pay that onetime fee of 20. The first game today is 12 40, the doors will open at 11 10 this morning. Once you head into the game youre not allowed to have a professional camera but of course you can have that phone im sure you have on hand ready to take any pictures. Again the first game at pnc arena today is at 12 40 this afternoon. And again the unc tar heels will play today here at pnc arena at 7 20 this evening. Live at pnc arena, Lauren Haviland, cbs North Carolina. Just like the players i bet a lot of people heading out today are going to be in shorts, tshirts, its going to be a nice again today. This is from our studio in north raleigh. Not a cloud in sight as we start our morning. Were 53 degrees now. In the afternoon once again unseasonably warm temperatures. Its right now 45 roxboro. 59 durham. 44 siler city. Around 39 in sanford. Lillington 48. So your forecast for the day ahead, calling for a temperature near 69 at noon, nice and sunny, pleasant. 77 our afternoon high. Back to 73, just a few clouds as we head throughout the day. Then look at tomorrow, it gets a bit cooler too but keep in mind normal for this time of year is around 64 degrees so were still above that mark. Its over the weekend ahead that cooler than normal temperatures arrive. Chance of rain both saturday and sunday, 58 on saturday, we kick off spring on sunday. Drop back to 52 there. Lets check with the traffic conditions. If youre getting ready to head out look at this, accident really backing things up i40 westbound one lane is now blocked at the gorman street exit. An accident we reported on earlier, but look at that, speeds going into the accident moving as slow as 10 miles per hour. Lets look live outside before and then there is john kasich who won his home state of ohio last night. Although if you were to judge just from the amount of confetti that came down at his victory speech, you would think he was the millionth customer at a supermarket. He isgathering up confetti. There he is. The only one who could possibly stop donald trump, the governor and he is gone i thought the confetti machine malfunctioned because it was so heavy but clearly they were very happy in ohio on that night. Indeed. Welcome back to cbs this morning. What do you think seaworld would look like without its controversial killer whale shows . They are ready to find out. The companys ceo is there in studio 57. There he is in a tie ahead with the head of the Humane Society with the first together about big changes they are working on. Y retires because the team doesnt want his son hanging out at the ballpark so often. Ahead, who is going to bat for the player and how the club is defending itself. Time to show you some of the mornings headlines from around the globe. The Washington Post reports that the d. C. Area transit trains are rolling again. Metro riders back on board this morning after a 29hour shutdown. Electric fires on monday prompted the closing. Workers found and fixed more than two dozen power cable problems. Second biggest, averaging more than 700,000 riders a day. The New York Times reports on the u. S. State department calling on north korea to release an american student Otto Warmbier who was sentenced to 15 years this week. He took a propaganda banner from his hotel. The state department calls the sentence unduly harsh. The Seattle Times reports 1500 patients in Washington State urged to tested for possible hepatitis b and hepatitis c and hiv. Those patients had surgery at two hospitals where a former as you recall technician worked. He is now charged with stealing a syringe of a painkiller in january and swapping it at a colorado hospital. He has tested positive for a blood pathogen. So far, no indication of exposure. Five deputies suspended. A protest was hit during a donald trump rally eight days ago in fayetteville, north the Sheriffs Department says the deputy saw it but did nothing. The suspension is three or five days without pay. The Atlanta Journal constitution reports that bumblebee is recalling the following tuna. Drop the microphone, mr. Rose the fish may not have been properly sterilized. I didnt mean for you to really say it. The affected cans are listed on cbsnews. Com. Im glad its not chicken st sea. A sea change at seaworld. The wildlife theme park chain this morning, announced new policies for the breeding and showcasing of its killer whales. Of controversy including the repeat revelation that seaworld employees posed at activists to complain. For years animal advocacy groups. The 2013 documentary blackfish. The company disputed many of the films accusations of animal abuse and neglect. Since the films release, seaworlds park price and park attendance have plummeted. Blackfish tells the story of it read to the resignation of the ceo with joel manby named as the ceo in march of lastly year. The company has instituted other reforms. But critics have said the changes do little to improve the animals Living Condition and the bad press continues for seaworld. Tillicum remains in captivity and the company says he is suffering from an incurable bacterial infection. Joel manby, the ceo of seaworld is here and along with the president and ceo of the Humane Society of the United States. They are with us for their first live interview about the changes ahead for seaworld and the new partnership between the theme park and the Humane Society. Good morning to you both. Great to have you here. Thank you. Joel, this announcement coming today. What changes will we see at the parks . We are making three big announcements today that i think really change the direction of the company. To end our orca breeding. This is the last generation of orcas at seaworld. A difficult decision but we feel the right one for the future of the organization. The second is we are going to introduce new inspiring orca encounters and phase out our theatrical show. We will teach all of our customers about the plight of them in the wild. Thirdly, we are also introducing a new partnership with haus, Human Society of the United States. We have been been former adversaries. Some say enemies. You guys butted heads for 20 years. Are you surprised, wayne, you two have come together on this . This is what we do at the Humane Society. We work with adversaries to turn them into allies. With joel and seaworld we have this opportunity and excited about the end of orca breeding and excited seaworld is doing more rescue and rehabilitation advocates to fight commercial sealing and commercial whaling. These are big problems for marine animals. Once we settle some of the issues at seaworld we can look outside and address and help these beautiful creatures. How hard was it to make this happen . I think it was it was a challenge. We were both, you know, we knew our companies were at odds for so long but i think once we got to know each other it really helped. We feel like in the society of today, so much monologue talking against each other. We wanteded to dialogue and find where we have commonalities. We are dedicated professionals and we love animals so lets work to help the animals in the wild. We are committing 50 Million Dollars the next five years to be the largest rescue organization in the world and there is thousands of mammals stranded every year that die. No doubt that seaworld you have incredible, some of the to see creatures people would not be able to see. At the same time, your park attendance has slipped and your stock is down. Is this more a business decision . No. Its about where society is shifting. I have seen, clearly, that society is changing their attitude about these unbelievable majestic animals being in human care. And as we see that shift, we felt we had now, clearly, if the customers appreciate what you do more, they are going to come to your park more and there is going to be a benefit. Thats why i think our World Business is aligning itself with more humane sensibilities. You see it with companies. Ring ring ringling is joining the act too. This is a big and bold and important announcement. The bet here is you can do well by doing good . I think so. You can see it with Agriculture Companies and wildlife management. Look at the killing of that lion, cecil. So many people. 45 airlines were not going to ship trophies from animals after that crisis. The world is waking up to animals. But people could say what took so long. I love the show. Been there many times. Kids love it. You see t wow, its amazing. After seeing the documentary blackfish i dont feel the same any more. People say what took you so long and to that, you say what . Just like you said, people come to our shows and they love our activities. You connect with animals. Yeah. And everyone loves animals. There is raging debate whether this was the right thing, wrong thing in the past. However, its clear that people are more uncomfortable. Whether the movie or legislation all of these things are affected. To be clear no longer see orcas at seaworld . They will be there. We are phasing out the program. We are not breeding any more but it will take years for them to as long as they are alive, they will still be at seaworld in these new orca environments and encounterses. People can still see them and learn about them but we are not making any new orcas and phase out over time. We hope to partner with them to help with animals in distress, stranded whales and stranded dolphins and stranded sea turtles and one of the area of our partnership. People dont realize without facilities like swoverled and without our unbelievable zoological team, these stranded animals have no place to go. Its not as clearcut as it appears from the outside. Im thinking its a romance at the table and you should be talking to people called democrats and republicans. There is a way you can come together. I think people are tired of the monologue and the fighting. Why we are fighting, there is thousands of animals dying every day. Good for you. A major leaguer is forced to choose between baseball and family. Ahead the clubhouse request that led a baseball player to walk away from millions of dollars and the game he loves. If youre heading out the door, we want you to come. Visit cbs allaccess app on your digital device. I heard from a friend that it works really great. Dont miss in whether i love to take pictures that engage people. And to connect us with e wonderment of nature. E detail on this rface book is amazing. 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Jeff glor is here with a very unusual workplace conflict. Reporter 14yearold Drake Laroche spends nearly every day with his dad. His father does not stay home and does not work a 9 00 to 5 00 job and is a Major League Baseball player. 12 seasons with six teams. As of this week, no more. Left center field. And it is out of here reporter for adam laroche. Adam laroche has tied the ball game reporter his only son have always been inseparable. Nobodys kid needs to be in a professional locker room i was really unaware of the fact that he was around as much as he was. Reporter the 36yearold abruptly walked away from a 13 Million Dollar contract on tuesday, after white sox executive Vice President ken williams asked laroche to limit his sons time in the clubhouse. Its not because the young man was a distraction and not because he wasnt wellreceived and wellliked by players, but in management sometimes you got to make some unpopular decisions. Reporter 14yearold Drake Laroche has been a fixture alongside his father on the field and in Major League Baseball league clubhouses for years. Complete with his own jersey and my friends think its really cool and everything. But i just think its normal because i do it every single year since ive been a baby. Reporter kids on the field and in the clubhouse isnt uncommon across baseball, but drakes involvement with the white sox was unique. You see kids in clubhouses all the time but not on a consistent base. I cant think of a single case where a players son was in a clubhouse the entire time the player was. Reporter the white sox insist their decision had nothing to do with drakes conduct. But, rather, an attempt to completely focus on winning. Its awesome. Yeah, im so lucky to get to take him to work. My brothers and i just grew up around the stadium. We always did it so its cool to give him the same memories. Reporter some of laroches former teammates tweeted their support, including current mvp bryce harper and future hall of famer chipper jones. Baseball has long been a family adams dad brought in the majors four seasons and often broadught adam to the stadium. I think its sweet that he brings his son. I wish they could have worked something out. Me too. A dog lost at sea good morning. Heres a live picture from Shaw University in downtown raleigh. The sun glow of the morning really hitting the buildings of downtown perfectly. The buildings are glowing. Lets talk about temperatures. Its quite chilly for some of you. Now in the 30s around lee county, 38 sanford. 44 siler city. All morning long the mild spot has been durham now at 59. 69 at lunchtime today. An extra cloud or two. 77 our high before we drop this morning sponsored by tena. Dont let a cracked windshield ruin your plans. Trust safelite. With safelites exclusive on my way text youll know exactly when well be there. 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No, im more like a metaphor. Okay, a spokesmetaphor. No, im. Youre a spokesmetaphor. Yeah. Ok. Good morning. Helping us out this st. Patricks. Yes, and plenty of it. This is a live picture at the airport. Just a little chilly for the start of our day. 55 degrees. Not a cloud in sight. Well see a cloud or two heading into the afternoon. Overall though another nice one heading our way. Heres the temperatures now, 55 in raleigh. 45 in clayton. 50 rocky mount. 50 lewisburg. Henderson 53. While roxboro is 10 degrees cooler at 43 degrees. Take a light jacket. And sunglasses, 64 at 10 a. M. 64 at 69 at noon. Were above normal today. Even warmer than that mark tomorrow but the chance of rain arrives over the weekend ahead. So will cooler temperatures. 58 on saturday. Spring starts on sunday with a high of only 52. Lets check in with traffic on this thursday morning. If youre getting ready to head out an accident on i85 westbound just north of downtown durham. Near the duke street exit. That is causing some delays. Then in wake forest an accident on capital boulevard heading southbound towards the raleigh area. Right now the accident at corona boulevard, ems on scene, allow plenty of room in this direction if youre traveling this morning. We leave with you a live pickture outside of i40 and rock quarry road. Earlier accident at gorman street. No longer blocking things up towards the rock quarry road exit this morning. You can see plenty of sunshine, could cause some sun glare so as you get ready to hit the streets just take your time and be careful. 7 58. To what is making headlines Raleigh Police are searching for a gunman. Police responded to a home on fountain drive around 5 30 last night. That is where they found the victim. He was taken to wake med, is expected to recover. Neighbors were kept away interest from their homes while police investigated. Three people including a be ok after several vehicles were involved in a crash off u. S. 1 and i440. Police say a motorcyclist lost control near the exit and crashed, a trooper pulled over and that is when investigators say a person driving a mercedes hit the troopers vehicle. Charges are expected. Former charlotte mayor patrick cannon pleaded guilty to attempted voter fraud yesterday. The former mayor werent to charlotte from West Virginia where hes serving a 44month sentence for accepting bribes while in office. He said he didnt intentionally try to violate the law when voting in november of 2014, just made a mistake. Convicted felons by the way are not allowed to vote. A live look over the keep it here. Good morning. It is thursday, march 17th, 2016. Happy st. Patricks day make the luck of the irish be with you today welcome back to cbs this morning. More real news ahead including tap water. More than 20 million americans could be at risk from corroding lead pipes. We will visit one town trying to solve the problem. First, heres a look at todays eye opener at 8 00. This was a calculated hit a nominee that would be hard for republicans to shoot down. President sees this as a reasonable pick, not a home run that some of the liberal groups would have wanted. One of the most solemn tasks undertaken by this government. This isnt supposed to be a circus. For the first time donald trump is running like a cautious incumbent with a lead to fight for. Spray paint on the road where investigators say cruz and another friend in the car crashed before they were shot. We are going to end our orca breeding so this will be the last generation of orcas at seaworld. 14yearold Drake Laroche dad. He is a Major League Baseball player. Twelve seasons with six teams. But as of this week, no more. Bumblebee is recalling more than 31,000 cases of canned tuna. The move includes chunk light in oil. Chunk light in water. And four packs of chunk chunk say that three times in a row. Chunk light in water, chunk light in water, chunk light in water. Okay, showoff drop the microphone, mr. Rose im charlie rose with gayle king and norah odonnell. Happy st. Patricks day. President obama on wednesday named federal appeals chief judge Merrick Garland to replace the late justice antonin scalia. He is considered a moderate and consendus builder. Garland explained his philosophy at the white house rose garden. Fidelity to the constitution and the law has been the cornerstone of my professional life. And is the hallmark of the kind of judge i have tried to be for the past 18 years. If the senate sees fit to which i have been nominated today, i promise to continue on that course. Republicans refuse to consider garland, despite bipartisan support during his 1997 confirmation. Seven current republican senators voted for him at that time. The republican acknowledged his own partys previous partisan partisanship saying, quote, republicans will point to democrats who have made it hard for republican president s to get their nominees confirmed. He says a mistake for the gop to do that now. Senate majority leader Mitchell Mcconnell was unmoved and pointed to a decades old statement pointed out by joe biden. When joe biden was chairman of the Judiciary Committee said no Supreme Court justice should be filled during a president ial Election Year because the American People were in the process of speaking that the elections are going on all over the country. The next president will be the people will decide who should be the appointing authority. He will not be considered by the senate. The Vice President tweeted this. Republican jeff flake of arizona is a member of the senate Judiciary Committee and among a handful of republicans who have agreed to meet the nominee judge Merrick Garland. Senator flake is with us from capitol hill. Senator, good morning. Thanks for having me on. You have broken with other republicans and said not only would you meet with the president s nominee, you would consider voting for him in a lame duck session. Why . Well, i think the goal here for republicans ought to be to make sure that we continue to have balance on the court and there is a concern that since this is Justice Scalias seat, if president obama or somebody was decidedly liberal, it would upset the ballots on the court, so i think the republicans are certainly justified in saying we want to wait until a new president can make this nomination. But what if its before the election and you do not know who is going to be the president . I think that is a risk we take and republicans have decide to do take that risk. And this is an important seat. Like i said this is a scalia seat and it would significantly change the balance of the court were a liberal nominee be appointed in his place. Are you disappointed in the optics of this . Lets take Mitch Mcconnells position saying we are not even having a hearing and other republicans saying he they will not meet with him. Are you concerned that the optics of this look very bad for your party . Well, i think, like i said we have every right. Its been since 1878 since we have had a similar scenario where a nominee was made in an approve by the Opposition Party in the senate. So certainly we are justified in waiting. But there are these are tough optics, i will admit. But its a risk that you take and this is an important seat. We want to make sure that we maintain the balance on the court. Speaking of tough optics. The New York Times has a story today that says the escalating fight over filling the Court Vacancy holds a potential to be help determine the winner of the white house and control of the senate and ideological balance on the court and the rare over all three branches of do you agree with that . I do, i do. These are high stakes, no doubt. But the court lifetime a appointees to the court is consideration. The senate has advise and content and we are given that role and i think what we are doing is exercising that. Judiciary Committee Orrin Hatch in 2010 when the president made one of his last picks to Supreme Court called garland someone he would help gather republican votes to vote for him. So what has changed now . Isnt this just politics . Oh, i dont think anything has changed with regard to Merrick Garland. Let me just say ive talked to others on the court and i hear nothing but good about him. Why wouldnt you give him a hearing . This is why not give him a hearing and vote him up or down if he is a fine man and he is qualified, why not give him the hearing . Like i said i plan to meet with him but that is decision i make. Are you doing anything are you doing anything to convince your colleagues to reconsider their position . No. Im going to meet with Merrick Garland and ill take it from there. All right. Senator, your candidate has dropped out of the race, senator marco rubio. Will you endorse someone else . Well, im considering that right now. But ill probably wait a couple im still hopeful that we can get a nominee that we can be proud of and take us through the election. Can you support donald trump . Its a tough one there. I dont want to say anything now but i find it difficult given the statements he has made. I believe we need to win the white house and we have got to have somebody that can do it and im not certain he can. Do you want donald trump picking the next Supreme Court nominee . Thats another question we will have to consider so you mentioned all these things. A lot of factors that go into this and, you know, these are high stakes. Theres no other way to say it. All right. Senator flake, good to see you this morning. Thank you so much. Thanks for having me on. A question how safe is your water . Millions of people nationwide could be at risk from lead in their Drinking Water ahead, the results of a new Usa Today Network investigation. Plenty of sunshine and sun glare. Take the sunglasses and light jacket. As far as the temperatures are concerned, 47 lillington. 40 sanford. 55 raleigh and 50 clinton. Noon today, close to 69, not as warm as where we were yesterday. Low 70s for the evening drive home. Our high today, close to 77. We top out in the upper 60s a perk that comes with frequent flying gets a major overhaul. Ahead, travel editor Peter Greenberg with the later in Airline Miles and why you shouldnt horde all of your points. Do you do that . No. Im using them. As soon as i can theyll always be our babies. So there will be things to keep us up. But tonight johnsons can help with a bedtime routine. Clinically proven to help them fall asleep faster. And stay asleep longer. Tonight, we sleep. 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If youre not getting the relief you need. Ask your doctor about orencia. Orencia. See your ra michigan Governor Rick Snyder testifies before congress this morning about lead contamination in flints Drinking Water. A new investigation by the Usa Today Network is raising questions this morning about tap water nationwide. The report identified nearly 2,000 Water Systems used by 6 Million People were excessive levels of lead were detected in the past four years. Adriana diaz is in sebring, ohio, where a community is struggling with lead water. Reporter the town wants to test every homes water and if dangerous lead levels are found, bottled water and filters will the problem here is not isolated. More than 20 Million People across the country get their water through lead pipes. Courtney might swear off tap water for good for the sake of her 7monthold daughter autumn. Just seems like everyone is having water problems, all of a sudden. Reporter she lives in sebring, ohio, a village of less than 5,000 people, southeast of cleveland. Lead was detected in the Drinking Water in august. But residents werent notified until january. It does bother me, because why wouldnt they get it out sooner . Where wouldnt they tell us, especially for people with babies. Reporter water leaving Treatment Plants is leadfree but without the right additives, the water can corrode lead Service Lines as well as lead plumbing inside homes and allowing the toxic metal to leech out. The art teacher told us not to drink the water. Reporter the Usa Today Network found that 600 water those of the worst samples found in flint. One of the huge issues in our country is that for decades, we used lead to create water pipes. We need to be checking out our homes for lead in our pipes in the same way that we worry about leadbased paint. Reporter lead plumbing was finally banned in 1986. Even in small doses, its considered dangerous and could lead to brain damage, reduced i. Q. S and other health problems. Water utilities now put additives in the water to prevent aging lead pipes from corroding. They also regularly test homes that are considered highrisk. But david la france, ceo of the American Water works association, says more needs to be done. As long as we have lead, there will be some risk that lead will get into the water and the best way to solve that problem is to simple get the lead out. Reporter Francis Group says still 6. 1 million lead lines in use. Serving up to 22 Million People. As 30 billion to replace them all. Even withif we remove the lead Service Lines there is still risk if there is plumbing at the home that contains lead. Reporter last month, the village of sebring hired a new superintendent to run its water plant but she wont take any chances with her babys health. I dont think ill ever use the city water for her with anything because you never know whats in it. Reporter if youre worried about lead in your Drinking Water, experts say you can have the water tested or hire a plumber to see if your home has lead pipes. Usatoday. Com has more. So many of us take water for granted. You turn it on and you look at the brown stuff in bottles and its scary. Certainly have your kids blood tested too if youre some unlikely backpackers are helping london clean up its act. Charlie dagata shows us the pigeon air patrol. For some, pigeons might be a nuisance but put a tiny little backpack on them and fly them over london and they just might help save the planet. We will have the story coming up on cbs this morning. Soup and sandwich and clean and real and inside jokes and school night. Good, clean food pairs well with anything. Try the clean pairings menu. At panera. Food as it should be. 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Officials in london have been strapping minibackpacks with air quality sensors on pigeons to monitor pollution level. Isnt that the difference of if you see something, Say Something . Yeah, hi. I just saw a pigeon wearing a backpack. Who . Over both wings. What do you mean . Thats good, seth. So weird. More on the story. Londons air pollution problem is blamed for thousands of deaths every year. This experiment with birds and backpacks could create a flight path to a longterm solution. Charlie dagata in london has the story of the pigeon air patrol. Good morning. Reporter good morning. These pigeons are nothing special. If anything, they are underachievers. The one in the project are racing pigeons and currently flying at around 120 feet and bill backpacks weigh less than an ounce or lighter than a feather. Not the guy prince cess and a small flock of friends took flight this morning on a mission to save the world, or mostly to raise awareness about all of the air pollution in it says this creative director. Really that we all expose and tough to get everyday lives. Just by simply going in the streets, into the tube everywhere. Reporter seven birds, all females, took wing today. Two with pollution monitoring backpacks and one with gps so scientists can track them. The others are wing men or wing women. Pigeon handler brian says his birds prefer to fly in a flock. They like to fly together, they do it for security. More than anything. That is just pretty much like a horse race. You know is in the first across the line they all go together. Reporter the program is partnered with, you guessed it, twitter, to find out how polluted your neighborhood is, pigeon air patrol tweets back with a reading of your area ranging from moderate to extreme. Pigeons have a long history of serving on britains battle fronts. Notably in world war ii. Friend of messagers pigeons. Headquarters secret communication has received and prompted. Reporter even a Young Queen Elizabeth supported the air force. Today, london faces another threat. An estimated 10,000 people die prematurely in the capital due to air pollution and the World Health Organization estimates that globally air pollution is to blame for the deaths of 7 Million People every year. Which makes the work of a few good pigeons with cute little backpacks a bit more pressing than just a mere flight of fancy. Now, this morning, we tweeted princess, that pigeon currently pollution levels are like here. We got the message pollution is high in your area. Protect yourself. Stay inside. Give us another way of thinking of pigeons p. M. All i think is poop and nastiness. Oh, no i do. I do. I like them but very i know its thursday and if youre not working the golf course definitely a good place to be. Unless or go after work. Sun sets 7 30. You have options. Take advantage of them. Look at this, a Beautiful Day shaping up. Plenty of sunshine. Not a cloud in sight. This is a live picture from our new camera. You can see the skyline in the distance. Its a Beautiful Day to be on the golf course. 55 in raleigh. 58 durham. 40s though around siler city and pinehurst if youre heading pinehurst take that jacket. Durham has been the mild spot at 58 degrees. 69 at lunchtime. Nowhere near as warm as where we were yesterday. Yesterday we did tie our old record in raleigh with 86 our high. Weaver back to 73 by 6 00 p. M. This evening. Our high this afternoon should be close to 77. Tomorrow, as a rule were going to be cooler, 69. Then the 50s arrive for the weekend ahead. A good chance of rain saturday and sunday. Dont forget spring officially starts sunday morning. Lets go to traffic. If youre getting ready to head out theres this accident in durham weve been closely watching on i85 westbound, two lanes are blocked at duke street. You can see the trail of red indicating some pretty big backups still on i85. Here in raleigh on 440, accident near the six forks road exit has traffic moving slow the whole way back to new bern avenue exit this morning. A live picture outside, a little shaky, breezy towards wade avenue and edwards mill road. All the congestion seems to be were tracking new developments in the arrest of a protester at a recent donald trump rally in fayetteville. The Cumberland County sheriff disciplined five deputies over the way they handled a protester. And the man who punched him. All the deputies received suspensions without pay and probation. Three were demoted. Police in durham are still looking for leads after 23year old man was found shot to death. Officers found simon lewis outside of an apartment complex on hardy street. Police havent made arrests. In more North Carolina news Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl says leadership problems is the reason he left his post in afghanistan. Before he was captured by the taliban in 2009. The soldier faces courtmartial hearings at fort bragg, bergdahl was released as part of a Prisoner Exchange agreement in 2014. Soon raleigh will take another step toward becoming more bike friendly. The city is leading the way when it comes to getting around town with a new bike share program. Measure yesterday. Kite take up to two years to implement but some are optimistic it could happen sooner. There will be 300 bikes spread out at 30 locations in the downtown area. Supporters say it will be good for tourists and future resident as well. The people who are moving to raleigh and were growing really fast are looking for active programs like bike share. Like our greenways, being able to have a much more walkable and vibrant downtown and neighborhoods. The bike share will be free for the first 30 minutes of use, will cost 4 for every halfhour after that. Today is a very big day for basketball fans. Even bigger day for fans of local teams. The tar heels will face Florida Gulf Coast tonight. Tipoff 7 20. The heels are riding a five game winning streak. Duke also plays today, blue develops open up tournament play at noon against unc wilmington. You can watch the game here on gorgeous day as we head to break. Heres a live look over the capital city. Back with more local weather and traffic in 25 minutes. Cbs North Carolina continues cbs this morning. What did you think when you heard that president obama nominated Elron Hubbard to Supreme Court . Are you excited . I am. I thought it was a good choice. He is more public. And i identify myself as a republic a republican . So i was pretty content with that choice. Do you think sammy hagar is a good choice for the Supreme Court justice . I feel that the motions he has logged and the things he want to train and i think he would be a good candidate. Landster for the Supreme Court justice. Do you think he will bring peace to the seven kingdoms or a divisive figure . I think divisive. That last one was a game of thrones. It was. People just dont want to say i dont know who that is, do they . No. Sammy hagar . Really . Van halen . Eye yi yi welcome back to cbs this morning. This half hour, going the distance isnt good enough any more for some airline reward programs. Peter greenberg is in our toyota green room. Hello the newest big airline to change its frequent flyer policy. The parents of a young transgender child show how they turn challenges into new ways of cherishing their family. Time to show you some of the mornings headlines from around the globe. The Washington Post reports on scans showing who hidden rooms in king tuts burial chamber. In september we took you inside there is speculation the secret chambers behind the walls may contain the remains of a famous queen who may have been king tuts mother. Usa today reveals the happiest country in the world. Any guesses . Denmark . I cheated very helpful when it says it there on the teleprompter. Its followed by switzerland, iceland and norway and finland. It includes a happy life expectsy. The United States was ranked 13, up two spots from last year. Popes fiat making a special appearance today at the st. Patricks day here at new york city one of the two fiats the pope used while he visited here in september. It will be driven in todays parade route and afterward the car is available for bid at a charity auction. The New York Times reports on a hint from the creator of father will stay on the 10 dollar bill. There has been a proposal to put a woman on the bill but the popularity of hamilton has increased the popularity of the hamilton. The treasury Department Says lew recognized to keep hamilton on the 10 dollar bill. Physicians say the declaration would reportedly help them win grants and protect intellectual property. The Chicago Tribune is reporting president obamas march madness predictions. He has picked only one mens he thinks kansas, North Carolina state and michigan and texas a m will reach the mens final four with kansas topping North Carolina for the title. In the womens tournament, he sees the university of connecticut winning another national championship. The madness begins today when uncwilmington takes on duke blue devils. Coverage begins at noon eastern on cbs. The president may have the last two for sure. For sure. Kansas is very good that will be a fun game today. Absolutely. First Lady Michelle obama is reflecting on her remaining time at the white house. She delivered a key note address wednesday at the southbysouthwest Music Festival in austin. Queen latifah monitored a panel on the young girls kasey. It included Missy Elliott and sophia bush. Mrs. Obama was asked if she would ever aim at the oval office. I will not run for president. Ive got these two young people and being the kids the daughters of a president , just think about it. They have handled it with grace and with poise, but enough. Enough is enough. The first lady also spoke about what motivated her as a child. As i was trying to make my way and do good in school and apply to good colleges, there were always people around telling me what i couldnt do. Wow. Mrs. Obama says she does plan to stay in public life because of her love of people. She certainly has had an impact. The two kids, so lovely. Just think. They were 10 and 7. They are young ladies now. Interesting to see what the first lady does when she leaves office. Nearly 60 of americans with frequent flyer miles admit they dont know how the Airline Awards program works. 17. 5 trillion unused miles around the globe 116 million times. Americanairlines is the latest carrier changing how you earn and redeem the points. Cbs news travel editor Peter Greenberg is here to show us who benefits and who loses. Good morning. Good morning. For most people when you try to reclaim there is a rule you cant do it or you dont have enough and you spend your money to get the miles. You do. Next week american kicks in on the 22nd following delta and united based on the fare you paid. Used to be if you flu 4,000 miles no matter what you pointed for the ticket you got that many miles. Delta is doing this already. You fly 4,950 miles on a u. S. Flight from los angeles to kennedy, if you paid for a discounted ticket, guess what you get . 1,750 miles now. Oh that is going across the board on all three airlines. Unit and delta already done it and american is doing it next week. Is this fair . Of course, not. Who is benefiting . Here is the thing. Every airplane is full and miles and making it difficult on the back end to redeem them. So many people are frustrated. We talk about 17 trillion unused miles . That is more than there is u. S. Currency in circulation around the world. That is how much we are talking about. So out of frustration, so many people now are saying, if i cant redeem them for a ticket, they get magazine subscription or for the box of chocolates. Lets do the math on that. A magazine subscription is offered for 1,200 miles. That works out to, based on how much you spend for your tickets to begin with, it works out to 240 for a magazine subscription. No thanks. The chocolate gets me. 6,500 miles for a box of chocolate that retails for 30. 54 of all mileage earned on the ground stuff you already paid that box of chocolates . 1,000 1,300. They are not reducing prices. The bottom line is the only time they are reducing prices is where they have competition from very low fare carriers. Overall, they are not. Do you use frequent flyer miles . I have them. I frame them on the wall because the problem is unless you have tremendous flexibility in your schedule, youre not going to get a chance to redeem them. The one thing people should never do how do we win . First inc. You dont hoard your miles. Why would he i trust airlines at banks when i dont trust them. They only reduce the value of those miles every day. Take your bucket list of all the places you want to go and throw it out. Because if you want to go to paris our miles or hawaii or london, guess what. Everybody else wants to go there. Pick a place youve never been to and think 330 days out and find that place and redeem those miles and youll have a great time. I do think book online has helped that because it says a button on delta pay with miles and pay with money. Have enough miles so that is helpful. When you pay with miles youre paying with money because fees associated with that as well so be careful. Thank you, peter. 8yearold child opens up about being transgender. I just had a weird feeling that i wanted to be a boy. From the time you were very young . Yeah. John blackstone looks at new research on the Health Benefits of ending the sti good morning. 55 degrees. This is a live picture from the raleighdurham international airport. Not a cloud in sight. We still have more of the 40s and 50s as you get ready to head out. So take a jacket with you. 43 sanford. 48 siler city. In the upper 50s though around the durham area. Your forecast for today, at noon, not as warm at where we were yesterday. 69. Temperatures though still this months, new york city enacted rules allowing transgender people to use the bam of their choice in city facilities. Some lawyers are debating around the movement. While the Transgender Community is find ago growing voice in popular cultures its members are wildly misunderstood. A book raising ryland. Raising a transgender child who is raising their child. Happy birthday dear ryland. Reporter not long after their birthday they found their child was profoundly deaf. They put in Cochlear Implants and ryland was able to hear for the first time. For a while there, we didnt know if ryland would be able to talk or hear or just communicate. Reporter ryland did learn to speak but what she had to say didnt make sense to her family. Ryland started to say im a boy. At the time we decided it was cute. We thought it was a phase and maybe ill have a tomboy. It was around 3 we started to hear it but around 4 years old is when it got very strong. Reporter jeff and hilary struggled to understand, jeff especially. You were trying to avoid it . I was avoiding it for a while. I new ryland was having a difficult time with Cochlear Implants and to add something on top of that, i just couldnt accept that. I couldnt picture it. Reporter im sure a lot of people cant believe about your story is that at 3 years old, a little girl can say, im a little boy. We could have ignored it and youre a girl and fought it. We did. And we did. For the first but but it became so persistent. Reporter they say ryland demonstrated the key markers that doctors and psychologist look for to determine if a child is tran gender. At the time like so many people, jeff and hillariry didnt get what it meant to be transgender. Now they do. Watch the ball. Reporter this is 8yearold ryland today. Over the fence. Reporter after Much Research and counseling and soulsearching, jeff and hilary say they came to the enescapable conclusion that rylands gender didnt match what is on her birth certificate so at age 6, ryland started living as a boy. When you see pictures of yourself when your 3 and 4 years old, does that seem strange now . Kind of. A little weird. Reporter seems a little weird . Yeah. Reporter ryland remembers made for girls. My mom and dad told them i was a boy. Reporter what makes you so strong, so determined . I just had a weird feeling that i wanted to be a boy. Reporter from et you were very young . Yes. This is just likely to be hardwired as sexual orientation, its not a choice. Reporter dr. Steven rosenthal is researching the outcomes of major treatments for transgender youth by a study funded by the National Institutes of health. There is no reason to believe that transgender people havent been around since people have been around just like any other variation than human being biology. Reporter rosenthal says treatment is crucial because an alarming 41 of transgender people attempt suicide but new research in the journal of pediatrics found that children who have socially transitioned to the gender with which they identify had normal levels of depression and anxiety. Have come into our practice, like ryland, who have fully socially transitioned and family after family tell us as soon as they enabled their kid to do this, everything turned around. Reporter when you were researching and seeing that attempted suicide percent, 41 . It was awful. Horrible. Awful, awful. Would we rather have a living son or a dead daughter . And, you know, we werent willing to play with that statistic. We would rather have a living son. What are you guys doing . We are making a cake. Inot kidding when i say that the child changed overnight. It was just he was so proud, all of a sudden. Just so happy. He felt so comfortable. You could just see him. Reporter people that blame you, saying you did this to them. It would never be something i pushed on my child. In certain ways it is and it will make rylands life a little bit harder and i dont want my childs life to be any harder. Reporter there are decisions eventually give ryland male hormones. A little while before puberty sets in now, but you got to be thinking about that. Thankfully there is puberty blockers which allow us to delay the onset of puberty for a period of time. I think it is really important to note that we havent done anything that isnt reversible. Reporter jeff and hilary are sharing their story because they want ryland to live in a world that accepts him. Dad, how did you make that tunnel . Reporter hopefully, we will see conversations all over the world and people will start understanding this more. There are so many more people willing to go public with it and who are coming out and trying to help this world understand so i think we will get there. We will get there. Reporter for cbs this morning, john blackstone, san diego. They seem like a very nice family. They dont deserve blame. They deserve applause. Jeff and hilary, just the fact we are having the conversation is so important. I agree. What do you think, charlie . I think its very important they are not alone. Me too. Me too. Bravo so that family. Update on the dog we found stranded in floodwaters in texas yesterday. Thats right there he is we got great news about the dog at the white house. Green fountain. The green fountain. Very nice. I was wondering what are you pointing out . I get it. Green fountain at the white house. We have great news about the dog we found in texas flooding yesterday. Remember David Begnaud discovered him while reporting in the town of deweyville. I just spotted a little dog stranded in water. We are going to try to help him when we get off the air. That little dog is named sparky. He was stranded for about three days. Dog some food and stayed with the dog the owners returned at home. The owners didnt expect the water to get as high as it did. Sparky is aok. I asked if this president put the green fountain there or others had done it. You need the air conditioner in the day and may have needed the heater this morning. Temperatures in the 40s. Sanford was in the 30s. Yesterday we tied a record high with a record high of 86 degrees. Today not that warm, very nice though. Blue skies from Shaw University in downtown raleigh. Lets check the temperatures. Almost to 9 00 a. M. And now were at 59 in raleigh. 58 durham. 53 lillington. Still mid40s but remember sanford, you started in the 30s. Siler city at 48. Well climb to 69 by lunchtime. Not as warm as yesterday, still comfortable. Remember it is march, its st. Patricks. 73 at 6 00 for your evening drive home. Our highs today close to 77. Tomorrow not as warm either, 69. Then over the weekend youre going to see more clouds than anything else. Chance of rain both saturday and sunday. That is your latest 7day forecast. Lets check traffic. We have an accident near the garner area, u. S. 70 and i40. Watch in this direction, doesnt seem to be causing many delays. A closer look in raleigh, still monitoring that accident on i 440 eastbound near six forks road moving slow into the accident this morning. We leave with you a live picture outside of 147 and glover road. Looks like theres some backups there, slow moving traffic. Stay alert on this thursday morning. Russ . Here are stories weve been working on. To an update on the coal ash the department of Environmental Quality had a Public Meeting in Person County last night. At least 13 families there receiving bottled water after concerns nearby coal ash ponds contaminated the tap water. The focus was on how and in what order the deq should close the ponds but that didnt stop residents from speaking out. You constantly are worrying if i brush my teeth dont open my mouth. If i take a shower dont open my mouth. You believe in the water in the wells close to the if facilities are safe in yes. The water in these private wells are similar to public well water across the nation. The department of health and Human Services originally sent out that letter warning certain residents to not drink the water. Last week they reversed course saying the water was safe to drink but people remain skeptical. A warning this morning from Law Enforcement officials across the state. If you drink and drive expect to get caught. State and local agencies tell through sunday for the booze it and lose it st. Patricks day campaign. Includes additional checkpoints across the triangle. The d. O. T says 11 people were killed statewide during last years st. Patricks day crackdown. Four fatalities involved blood alcohols levels above the legal limit. This is a totally preventable crime. Theres no need for anybody in North Carolina to be a victim of Impaired Driving or to kill themselves because they were drinking and driving. Its really simple solutions, you just dont get behind the wheel. Officials say using a Ride Share Service is a great way to get home safely. Today is a huge day for basketball fans, even bigger day for fans of local teams. The tar heels will face Florida Gulf Coast tonight. That tipoff is 7 20. The heels are riding a five game winning streak. Duke also plays today. Blue devils open up tournament play at noon against unc wilmington. Here on cbs North Carolina. Cbs coverage of the ncaa tournament and stay with us after the game. You wouldnt waste money buying a snow blower in miami. So why waste your money on overpriced lunches . Instead, for just three dollars at subway, you can get a delicious sixinch sub, made fresh in front of you. Its the threedollar sub of the day one of our best 6inch subs, a different sub every day of the week, for just three dollars. The sweet onion chicken teriyaki, the juicy oven roasted chicken, the tender turkey breast, theres an irresistible sub for every day of the week. He calls me and tells me, ive got some bad news. I damaged the limo a little bit. Announcer a limousine owner is fueled for a fight. Judge judy you have to prove negligence. Thats his negligence that he damaged the limo. Judge judy no, sir announcer but hes headed for gridlock. Judge judy he owed you some money. Mr. Ohm got paid 370, which is a lot more than hes worth. Judge judy listen to me. A driver is a liar who will tell you anything for a 5 tip announcer judge judy. You are about to enter the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. Captions paid for by Cbs Television distribution limocompany owner tony nikkhoo daniel ohm, for damaging his limousine while on a job. Byrd order all rise your honor, this is case number 54 on the calendar in the matter of nikkhoo vs. Ohm. Byrd youre welcome, judge. Parties have been sworn in. Maam, have a seat. Judge judy all right. I have a claim by mr. Nikkhoo and a counterclaim by mr. Ohm. Your claim is as follows, sir. You own a limousine company, and the defendant was a driver for you. Yes. Judge judy while he was working, he had an accident with one of your cars. Yes, he did. Judge judy he hit a curb . Its a curb area in front of the gates to a winery. Judge judy and there was some damage to the car. Yes, maam. Judge judy and you want him to pay for it. Yes. Judge judy why doesnt your insurance pay for it . Uh. Judge judy uh why doesnt your insurance pay for it . Because i have judge judy hes a driver. Theres nothing in here that suggests to me that he was intoxicated, grossly negligent. I mean, its part of your business if you own a limousine company. Drivers have accidents