Reporter cornelius and huntersville unanimously passed the resolution. If davidson passes theirs today all three plan to present their resolutions to the cms board here at the government center. Channel 9 has extensively covered the Student Assignment issue. It is very early in the process and the goal is to reduce overcrowd and go break up concentrations of poverty in schools. However leaders want cms to guarantee the student will have a seat in their neighborhood schools. The resolutions serve as a strong message to the cms board and the town leaders hope the resolutions will influence the boards final decision on Student Assignment. I think people are looking for predictability and stability in their Student Assignment. And if you are not going to include a guaranteed home school, you kind of throw that reported last week matthews and mint hill are exploring ways to try to break away from this cms district. It is a move that would require legislative action. Channel 9 Eyewitness New
Polls open here in University City in about 30 minutes and all of the president ial candidates will be watching North Carolina very closely this year something that hasnt passed. This is the first year the primary is in march instead of may. Political experts say the move was to make the state more relevant in the primary season. Off. Almost all of rthe major president ial candidates made a stop in the charlotte area. Donald trump, Bernie Sanders and Hilary Clinton came to town. Despite the early primary voters can expect president ial candidates to be back before november. North carolina is pretty much a Battle Ground state evenly divided. A few thousands votes could tip things one way or the other. Theres a warning this is the first year an id is needed to cast a ballot. Coming up in 30 minutes the acceptable excuses for not you to still be able to vote. Reporting live in University City channel 9 Eyewitness News. None of the candidates will be in North Carolina when the results come
Child or someone will come to get the child. Its bad. Reporter because its a busy intersection, police hope someone saw something and can give them some information about what happened here today. Well bring you updates on air and online as soon as we get them. Reporting live in west charlotte, elsa gelis, channel 9 eyewitness news. And neighbors in west charlotte had been working together to protect their community from crime. In january, we told but the group one love. And they mostly help elderly neighbors who are scared to come outside each day. The group helps with tasks like outdoor chores and makes sure that locks are strong. Eyewitness News Reporter elsa gilis will stay on top of the latest homicide and shes tweeting updates when were not on the air and you can follow her at elsawsoc9. And another homicide discovered hours earlier today. This is in east charlotte. Police say a man was shot and killed and found in some woods off of Central Avenue right behind a restaurant. Tonig
Newsroom with the latest developments. Reporter the news in philadelphia worsens. He walked along the crash site and said that cars were completely overif over overturned on their side. Amtrak train 188 in philadelphia can cant be seen. But when the light hits the track its a disaster. Philadelphia mayor spoke of the horrific crash site and he talked of the response and effort to get the passengers and crew members to safety. Full response. Fire, police, the department of homeland security, amtrak, and others and the state police. I talked to Governor Wolf theyre very concerned about this incident. It felt like someone slammed the brakes. One man said he braced his arm against the seat and the train rolled on to its side. Video hosted to instagram shows people trying to escape. Passengers urging fellow passengers to climb their way out of the mangled mess. Keep crawling okay. Crawl forward sir. Reporter Patrick Murphy a former congressman was on board and posted these pictures he says
Pretty stunning breaking news. Comedian bill cosby has admitted to buying sedative drugs for young women i wanted to have sex with. This comes from his own sworn testimony during a 2005 Sexual Assault case he settled out of court. When asked, cosby did not admit to giving quaaludes to them but admitted to giving them to other people. More than 25 women claim cosby drugged and raped them. Cosbys never been criminally charged and has denied any wrongdoing. Joining me to now to discuss this is deb feyerick. So what do these documents show . These were papers that were unsealed on monday. Comedian bill cosby testifying in 2005 that he acquired quaaludes, intending to give them to young women he wanted to have sex with. He was asked, when you got the quaaludes, was it in your mind to use these quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have zebs with sex with, and cosby answers yes. He was asked whether he gave these quaaludes to other people, cosby answers yes. These are answers in a dep