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WJZY Fox 46 News March 13, 2016

Rally in kansas city tonight, refusing to tone it down. Trump squared off with protesters who brutally interrupted him. He told the police to get them out and a one point trump even said quote to hell with the protester. You know is really amazing. When you think about it you see disruptors, mad people, so bad for our country, so bad for our country. People have no idea whats going on, so so bad. Emily another tense moment for trump during a Campaign Stop in ohio. Someone apparently threw something at the gop president ial candidate but other reports say the protester tried to rush the stage. Secret Service Agents surrounded the candidate while others carried out an man believed to be responsible for the disturbance to the ohio incident came less than 24 hours after a chicago rally was canceled because of the potential for violence. Republican president ial candidate ted cruz will be in our area tomorrow afternoon. He will be rallying with supporters at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in concord. Former president ial candidate Carly Fiorina is among the special guests attending the event. That event kicks off at 2 00 tomorrow afternoon. Senator Bernie Sanders is scheduled to make a stop in charlotte monday to the democratic president ial candidate is expected to discuss a range of issues including College Affordability and immigration reform. Sanders will speak at the pnc music pavilion. The doors open at 1 30 p. M. In the event is set to start at 4 30 p. M. The event is free and open to the public. Democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton is scheduled to make a stop in the queen city next week as well. Former secretary of state will speak to supporters inside the dash center at 7 30 on sunday. A slight lead over Bernie Sanders in the North Carolina race. 56,000 plus voters across Mecklenburg County cast early primary ballots before the polls close this afternoon. The port of elections said it was the largest turnout in the county for early primary voting. Folks across the state were choosing their Party Nominations for governor, senator and president among others ahead of tuesdays primary. Fox 46 kevin machek has the details. Earlier today the line was out the stores as people waited as long as an hour to cast their early votes. We wanted to get out ahead of the crowds and it turns out they crowds were ahead of us today. Hundreds came to the south county library to cast their early primary votes. Volunteers say they were surprised by the turnout. Happy to see so Many Americans not to vote for the some say is an unusual election. Every election is very important that this one seems like its a little more interesting. Im looking forward to a more balanced president. May she be a woman, we dont know but im really all for taking care of the people, the middle class mostly. Voting would not have been possible without volunteers at each precinct. We take a good couple of hours to set the program up. The machines have to be set up and all of the paperwork. At this precinct volunteers stayed well beyond closing time to accommodate an additional 100 voters. That means a lot, the volunteers the people in support of. If he could make that early voting and vote in the primaries Charlotte Kevin machak fox 46 wjzy. Emily tuesdays primary will be the first march primary in North Carolina since 1976. Green took over uptown today. Today was the 16th annual st. Patricks day bar crawl. The events typically draws thousands of people to uptown each year and this year was no different. Sam smith is joining us now to explain. Is pub crawl was fun for everyone involved from the organizers to the bar owners to the people out having a good time. A lot of fun. Uptown was filled with green shirts. Its a great event. Its time to socialize and have fun and its just fun. More than 20,000 people going from bar to bar. Its fun to have them all organizers say the event gets bigger every year. I have heard about it before. Its humbling to see all the support and i love that they showed charlotte and their names are on the shirts. If theres anything we could do differently we never had this in mind. Businesses love being part of a crawl every year. This is the eighth year for rock autumn restaurant and brewery. Its pretty fun so we are looking forward to the bar crawl crawl. That fun keeps people coming back every year. I just like the aspect of so many people here. In Charlotte Sometimes you never feel like there are thousands of people around you but right now you do. This pub crawl wasnt just about having a good time. It was also about helping others. Donations were matched by organizers to help Cystic Fibrosis and juvenile diabetes charities. Reporting uptown Charlotte Sam smith box 46 wjzy. Emily were than 30 bars were involved in a pub crawl. We do have some rain moving into the area. Meteorologist amanda cox is standing by in the Weather Center with a first check of our forecast. We are keeping an eye in the storm system to the west of us. The good news is we will only see a couple of showers throughout the overnight as we head into the second at the weekend that source thing start to kick in the storms getting closer to our area. A lot of moisture and a lot of it being pulled from the gulf. This system is a slow mover but will continue to lift to the north in these keeping closer troy areas we work into sunday monday time period. 70 degrees on the mild side of winter south to southeast around 10 miles an hour. Head into the 50s and 60s for overnight lows but we are not going going to drop bar for the simple fact mostly cloudy skies overhead, only 20 chance for an isolated shower tonight. As we get into your sunday monday time. Not the storm system will be coming in. We could see around the half an inch to an inch bring possible for muslim locations in a weak cold front will be coming in midweek. Behind that a much bigger storm of becoming an toward the end of the week and into this next week week. Full details on all of these systems in a few minutes. One of more than 100 people marched through rock hill neighborhood to show they cared today following last weeks violence that left one dead and several injured. Residents chanted and sang as they walked through the street near emory park this morning. Last week a they present 18yearold jerry as harding dead inside of a car and on the same day on the other side of town three people were shot in one home into more homes were shot at. They say it was not approach a pro test of an effort to show others they want to stop the viololce. We have had senseless killings in the last month or so so. Young men losing their lives so we wanted, thank you we can do to make a difference. We want to show that we do care and do our part to make it a better place to live. Emily organizers say they hope the march will encourage people to get out of their homes and get to know their neighbors. Do you recognize this man . Pierce county deputies said the head up to banks it in harrisburg. He robbed the wells fargo on highway 49 just before 11 00 this morning. He was able to get away with some cash. Deputies say the man is in his late 20s or early 30s about 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall but if you know who this man is youre asked to call the Sheriffs Office or crime stoppers. The belmont man is accused of committing sex offenses against multiple children. 61yearold kevin reid was arrested friday. Reid is charged with taking indecent liberties with a child. Warrants obtained by the Gaston Gazette read he committed the crimes between 2003 and 2015. Hes being held in the gaps in county jail. Now to the fox 46 updated a lawyer for the man shouting killed by a North Carolina Police Officer says the 24yearold was shot in the back. Independent for and pathologist conducted another autopsy on the keel begins. The naacp and dinkins said the lawyers discuss their findings at a press conference in raleigh this afternoon. A preliminary autopsy report released this month found dinkins was shot four times by a raleigh Police Officer d. C. 20. Winthrop students may be seeing an increase in student bees in the fall semester according to rock hill herald. A presentation of the universitys budget was given to the board of trustees friday. Increase in students education in general these were the next school year. The increase would be different for instate and outofstate students. The board is expected to consider the fees that their Board Meeting in june. Food lion is making a big investment in our area. This store has announced 250 million, 215 million for remodeling Stores Nationwide including several stores in mecklenburg and gaston counties pay to store his art he remodeled several in wilmington greenville and raleigh in 2015. The remodeled his aim to make files easier to navigate and more local and heavier products and update equipment. The chain announced 1. 5 million for Community Service Second Harvest food bank of naturally know which serve 16 local counties. Charlotte didnt make the cut for the smart city challenge grant earlier this year. Council applied for the 40 milliondollar federal grant. The grant challenges cities to figure out how to blend new technologies and trends with existing infrastructure in hopes of improving traffic. It was a winnertakeall grants meaning only when city in the entire country would be given the money. There were seven finalists including cities like San Francisco portland and denver. I try this one on and i just knew it. Emily its a high School Stable but it can cost a pretty penny. How one organization is making hundreds of girls prom dreams come true. Our exclusive interview with cee break. Emily welcome back. We are seeing a bit of precipitation to the west of our area but still relatively quiet this hour. Things will be changing as we move through the overnight and into the second half the weekend due to the storm system was to the area. Look at all the moisture being funneled northward out in the gulf and will bring us a good amount of precipitation as we move through sunday monday time. Mcado will talk about the details in a few minutes. Temperatures in the 60s and 70s still on the mild side. 58 degrees for an overnight low mostly cloudy skies and isolated shower possible overnight. Dont expect to see a whole lot. A 20 chance that patchy fog will be around for the simple fact that they have a lot of moisture across the region. One thing you want to remember set your clocks ahead one hour before you go to bed. We do resume Daylight Saving time at 2 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Heres a look at future satellite and radar. You can see most activities will hold off until we get into the day tomorrow. Search the command has to get into the Morning Hours but as we progress through the day the activity is going to pick up an intensified and could see a few thunderstorms mixed in. It did become heavy later in the day on sunday, sunday night or monday will be an active day as well. Not a washed up by any means. Its going to be somewhat scattered here and there and we could see some breaks of sunshine. We will continue to watch that could fuel thunderstorms popping up especially later in the day. 72 were daytime high and as we its pulling moisture and that we are not expecting a ton. Most of activity were made west of north of our area. We could see around the half an inch to an inch of rain possible for most locations. Like i said there could be some thunderstorms mixed in. This of your system will remain west of our area but monday we have both marginal risk first hunger storms and that will be throughout the course that day on monday and we could actually see temperatures coming up once again, being a little bit more unstable around the region. The storm system with soft the north anise. We have another cold front coming through. The storm system will push through Late Wednesday and into thursday. Not a whole lot of moisture with this one so will come through pretty quickly maybe a notice from many locations. Only a 10 chance Late Wednesday and a 30 chance on st. Patricks day. St. Patricks day isnt going to be looking too bad. It may may have cloud cover overhead them for much of the day should be fairly decent rate it does look like we could see activity early on. Much bigger storm system comes in for the start of next weekend. Emily spring is definitely here. A local organization is helping war than 100 girls get dolled up for their schools prom. Its an event thats been going on for years that helps girls who may not be able to afford the financial burden of the event attend that high School Stable. Ashlee mcgeehan has more from this years event is girls go shopping for their perfect look. Its a memory that lasts a lifetime but it can carry a hefty price tag. Luckily for more than 100 girls in wilmington on saturday they have their pick of prom dresses all for free. Its glitz glamour and a whole lot of smiles. Juniors and seniors in High School Prep for a night to remember. Everybody running towards the dresses like a stampede. The project brought in more than 600 donated dresses for the girls. To top off the look they could ccessorize their prom hit raid the Aviva Institute in Empire Beauty School gave the girls there were a treatment with hair and makeup. We didnt expect it to be this big. The event aims to empower young women and girls who may not have had an opportunity to go to the prom, a fairytale moment. We want to help those who are less fortunate. The economy is better than what it was years ago but there are still families who struggle and pay 500 for just the dress and another 100 for the shoes. This is like an 800dollar trip here. I feel like i can walk in there and everyone will look at me and it will be like those moments in on tv shows where the spotlight is on you. She was the first one to find her prom dress and says she is big night. I just want to keep the stress on forever. So pretty. This is my first time at prom. Im really excited to get this experience in the stress is perfect. Its going to make the experience of great day at. Picking the dress was easy. It was exactly what she wanted. I turned around and looked at it and i said this is it. This is the dress. Its like the show yesterday the dress when i put on the wedding dresses. This is the one. Organizers say the best part of the event as saying the girls reactions. All it takes for a cinderella moment is the right pair of shoes. This Years Program had a special message for the girls. Organizers say it was all about breaking stereotypes and reminding the girls that they shouldnt judge someone by the Ashlee Mcgeehan fox 46 wjzy. Emily this is a seventh year for the benefit all of the dresses that dont get picked are saved for years to come. Check this out grammy award winner cee lo green is in charlotte tonight. He is performing with at the south end now. Its part of his love train tour paper for the show Felicia Lowrance caught up with him on his tour bus. You talk to her about being in charlotte to perform. I feel its normal to come back and reconnect up close and prep up close and personal in reaching out to people. Emily for the full interview tune into good day charlotte tomorrow morning. Still to come Charlie Leduff heads to florida to find out that voters are thinking in the primar emily the race for the white house reaches Critical Mass on tuesday when the voters of ohio and florida go to the polls and the first winnertakeall primaries. The political mass shows you cant win the presidency without winning the state and in the case of florida you cant win there without winning the all important i4 corridor which cuts the state in half from tampa to daytona. Charlie leduff takes a trip through swing country. The morning after they daytona 500 people have gone, the turkey buzzard set, and its not an easy job. You do whatever year . What do they pay wax minimum wage. Minimumwage . Economic refugees circling toward the drain feeling there is no one to vote for. If the anniversary of the killing of trayvon martin. Teenagers in his favor to do with the adults will not, talk about it. So, you are about Trayvon Martins age, right . Do you feel threatened . Possibly thats why dont stay out too late. You are afraid . Its mainly about color. You dont get see white people getting beat up or shot or harass. But i dont see a difference. Fastestgrowing most diverse swaps in america. Here its all about jobs. This country is not a country anymore any more. Its a business and everybody is on the chopping block. I think a lot of those are operating out of fear in this election cycle trended figure out whos not going to make worse decisions for us, right . Disney created the town of celebration from scratch and a real estate collapse this realtor pages the American Dream to foreigners. Money so why wouldnt you if you go by home right now why wouldnt you . Free money is a realtors friend. Go to be american and spend it. Absolutely. The other side of the freeway is home to the puerto rican they are different kind of latino. They are american citizens. He says there is no work in puerto rico and the work here. He shares his hotel room with another man for a thousand dollars a month or theres nothing left over to help his family. He says they pressures great to perform to the last election he voted obama. This time he says maybe trump because hes a businessman

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