For the content of this advertising. Eyewitness news. restoring the vote. A lastminute federal court ruling could have an impact on election day. what the judge decided. And who is impacted. Plus. A new horror revealed in the case of the rescued woman in South Carolina what police returning to the scene found today. And all new tonight a Deadly Police shootout in new york city. A Police Sergeant killed another officer wounded. Eyewitness news starts right now. A voting bombshell. Just four days before election day. Good evening from the abc11 election hq. Im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. The federal judge has ordered local elections boards to restore voters who were purged from rolls. Elaina athans is live outside state board of elections headquarters in downtown raleigh with what this will emergency injunction and now state officials are scrambling. The executive director says our agency is working quickly to establish the procedures necessary to comply with the court order between now and election day. Thousands of North Carolina voters who were removed from the rolls and told they couldnt vote will now be able to cast their ballot tuesday. The federal judge just sided with the naacp. 18 26 00 we will allowed this suppression to continue. So. Lets explain what happened and how we got this emergency ruling. Private citizens can challenge another voters residence based on returned mail. Hearings are then held and often the voter in question is removed from the rolls. The state board of elections ended up purging about fortyfive hundred voters from the system. That means those people were wiped off the grid. This Beaufort County resident one hundred yearold grace hardison was angry she wrote president obama and he shared her plight today at Fayetteville State University 3 32 they targeted the wrong woman. 3 39 she could be your grandmother, youre great grandmother. The naacp filed a lawsuit. The Civil Rights Group argued there was an attempt to suppress minority vote. A federal judge issued an injection and ordered the state board of elections to restore voter registrations that were cancelled. Changes are being made in cumberland, moore, and beaufort counties. Beaufort is where where hardison lives. 18 28 06 voter fraud is a lie, u is alive and we have to fight it at every turn. The todays ruling an emergency injuncation. There will still be a trial thatll happen after the the election the board of election hasnt decided if officials will appeal the ruling. Live in downtown raleigh ea abc11 ewn here in North Carolina. It ends tomorrow at one pm. So far. More than 2point6 Million People have voted. 42percent of them democrats. Meanwhile governor pat mccrory waited close to 40 minutes to vote today at the Morrison Regional Library in charlotte. He says enthusiasm is the reason for the spike in turnout. Republicans are praising their early voting ground game as well. Theres been a 23 percent increase in republicans voting early in north car North Carolina has become a pivotal state in the race for the white house. The states 15 electoral votes will be among the biggest prizes tuesday night. And the Campaign Schedule reflects that. Joel brown joins us from the raleigh eyewitness new center with more on the lastminute push for battleground North Carolina. This week may go down as our states biggest turn in the president ial spotlight. In history every major player of the campaign. Making an appearance in North Carolina. Lets start, tonight. President obama. Traveling from the sandhills to the piedmont, today. Making his final pitch. North carolina, lets welcome president barack obama he swooped into charlotte 8 years to the day. He was elected president. Here in the queen city. And hours earlier at fayetteville state. Hello broncos president obama tried to do for Hillary Clinton what he achieved in 2008. Turn North Carolina blue. Right now, you can elect a leader who spent her entire life trying country forward, our first female president. Speaking to this largely millennial and African American audience. The president tried to motivate them to get to the polls. Reminding them of allegations of black Voter Suppression by state republicans. Right now, donald trump is calling on his supporters to monitor certain areas on election day. I dont know what areas hes talking about, but you do. No wonder governor mccrory calls donald trump a role model. Back in the triangle. This busload of surrogates for donald trump rolled into downtown durham. They say women dont love trump, but women are the ones that are going to bring trump to the finish line of victory. The women aboard the women for trump bus dismissed that now notorious access hollywood hot mic moment as dirty tricks. And heralded the republican nominee as the true candidate for change. We need change, we need hope, we need restructure. I am bound and determined to fight til the end to make sure donald trump becomes our next we want someone whose going to do Something Different and people who like or dont like donald trump know hes gonna do Something Different. Both sides making their 11th hour pleas to tar heel voters. Before the close of early voting, tomorrow at 1pm. Hillary clinton and donald trump going into election day. With trump leading by one point. In the latest real clear politics average of statewide polls. Day. In our vote 2016 election Headquarters Special right here on abc 11. Well be featuring comments from viewers. And the results of a few polls were running online right now. Have you voted . And who are you supporting . Take part in our polls on abc 11 dot com. And tune in tonight at 1135 for the special. Tonight the town of rolesville flying the American Flag at halfstaff in honor of a soldier from wake county killed in afghanistan. The pentagon says 30 yearold byers. Was based at fort carson. He was doing clearing operations in the Kunduz Province when his unit came under fire. byers. And a soldier from pennsylvania were killed. The byers family tells Eyewitness News he loved what he did. And becoming a special forces soldier was his dream. Another Republican Office in North Carolina targeted by a vandals. This time in burlington. A volunteer discovered the damage this morning. Its not as severe as the firebombing of the Orange County gop office last month. Police have video that shows using some choice words on the side of building. The inside of the office wasnt touched. Right now a volunteer crew is cleaning up the damage. developing now Raleigh Police trying to identify. A guy in this surveillance video. Officers say he broke a window and tried to enter a home on northclift drive shortly before noon yesterday. A neighbor called 911. Police arrived. And chased the man but he got away. If you know who he is call police. No one was injured after a rolesville buzz building causing a canopy to partially collapse. Eyewitnesses say the truck swerved to miss an oncoming car and struck the building. The accident happened near young and main streets. The cost of the damage to the building is unknown at this time. New details about a hit and run in cary that injured two cyclist. A search warrant reveals that police collected digital data showing Christopher Moore driving in the area of the crash. It also says investigators found human hair embedded in driving. Lori cove and ginny davis were hit while riding their bikes on high house road last month. Moore is charged with felony hit andrun. Now an update on an iteam investigation. engineers working for the owners of the woodlake dam in moore county are following a deq order as they work toward a resolution. As the iteam first reported the deq gave the woodlake owners until today. To submit a plan for a temporary breach. They now have to present a construction schedule by tuesday. Failed during Hurricane Matthew. Forcing the evacuation of hundreds of families. An iteam investigation discovered years of negligence by the owners led to the dams demise. New tonight honoring the greatest generation. A special vigil and gathering paid generation. A special vigil and gathering paid tribute to the sacrifices made to a group of veterans who are thinning by the day. Greg barnes is in downtown fayetteville with more. Greg . World war two this year. Tomorrow folks will line both sides of hay street, to shout and cheer for our veteransmen and women as they parade thru downtown. A thank you to our heroes for protecting all that we hold so dear. Oh say can you see. 92 year old don bertinos life and war stories are the stuff of heroes 06 26 00 07 donald bertino wwii veteran. What else can i say about war, i am sure as hell glad its over. A living legacy to american courage, and might he fought from utah beach to the rhine river. 06 26 23 19 runs 17 don bertino. When i got over the rhine, them germans came up and said i quit . I want to go home. They put us on guard duty. I was guarding 10,000 prisoners one night, and would you believe the oldest was 70 . Hitler went all the way. He scraped the others lit candles in downtown fayetteville. To honor the World War Two veterans whose ranks, the military says, are thinning by 490 deaths a day. A legacy bertino says that must be passed to a new generation to keep the memories alive. 06 24 17. We are not supposed to forget anybody, the pows, the dead, anybody. Thats the way i look at it dont forget the veteran. They remembered veterans in spring lake, as veterans and the 1st sustainment major joined residents for a vigil and march. Here and around the country, veterans day is a celebration honoring veterans for their patriotismm love of country and willingness to to serve and sacrifice and a promise it to those great heroes still among us that we will not forget. Ever. 06 55 39 03. We will never forget. Clink candles. Fayettevilles veterans day thru downtown. And of course for many World War Two veterans, the bombing of pearl harbor 75 years ago, marked the beginning of a war that defined this greatest generation. still to come tonight on Eyewitness News. A Deadly Police shootout in new york. An officer killed. Another wounded. what weve learned about the shooter. And grisly discovery. A new horror revealed in the case of the rescued woman in South Carolina what police returning to the scene found today. Plus. Dodging disaster. New details about an American Airlines runway explosion and fire in chicago. Jet. And its tie to rdu airport. But first. A live look outside of for attorney general. Theres buck newton, the cheerleader for hb2, legalizing discrimination. Or, theres josh stein. A voice of reason. Whos uniquely qualified. Stein helped expand the states dna database and increase protections for Domestic Violence victims. Praised by Law Enforcement for his across North Carolina. Josh stein is the clear choice. On the American Airlines 767 that caught fire in chicago last week showed signs of fatigue. That same plane was used to operate a flight between rdu and london. Just 14hours before the chicago accident. The ntsb says a High Pressure turbine disk in the right engine broke into pieces that shot out of the engines housing. Away. And a fierce fire enveloped one side of the plane after the failure. An uncontained engine failure like this is rare. But as you can see it can cause extensive damage to the aircraft. An update to a story that was breaking at this time last night. Troopers will not file any charges against the driver who hit and killed a little girl on old us one in wake county. Eyewitnesses say the father of 4 yearold miliah coats. Was setting up a toy in the yard when his daughter darted out into traffic. She died at the scene. County. A middle school mourning the loss of a man who was a beloved teacher and coach. The Highway Patrol says 43 yearold Michael Burks was on his motorcycle yesterday. When a car turned in front him at the intersection of cumberland road and ireland drive. burks was thrown off his motorcycle. And later died. burk taught for 14 years at hope mills middle school. The Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. Now to a deadly gun battle in the heart of new york that killed an n ypd sergeant and the sergeant who died was shot at point blank range as he approached the suspect. Authorities say the officers confronted the suspect in front of a home when shots were fired. The shooter was also killed. The condition of the wounded officer is not known you can look for updates on this story on abc11 dotcom and the abc11 mobile news app. grisly details now emerging after a woman is found chained like a dog. On the property of a South Carolina man. 45yearold christopher kohlepp. Appearing in court as investigators try t serial killer on their hands. A Prosecutor Says a body was found on his property. And indicated more charges are coming. Authorities say they found 30 year old kala brown chained by her neck and held captive. Brown and her boyfriend Charlie Carver vanished at the end of august. Brown told police she watched kohlepp shoot her boyfriend. A black eye for Rolling Stone magazine. A jury in virginia found Rolling Stone liable for defamation over its discredited story about a gang rape at a university of virginia administrator nicole eramo sued. Saying the story portrayed her as the villain. The magazine. Its publisher and. Author Sabrina Erdely were found liable. Eramo is seeking seven point five million dollars. Damages will be determined later. Rolling stone said in a statement that it sincerely apologizes to eramo. Now to the big board and the mustsee video of the night. We start with a party 108 years in the making. Getting a little crazy chicago cubs fans did trust falls off a grant park statue in chicago. You can see two people one after the other falling into the cheering crowd with their backs turned. In a different angle of the fall. You can see people catching the unknown fans. The fan who shot the video says he has no idea why they made the jump saying maybe they were partying like its 1908. Which, is the last time the cubbies won the world series. Proposal ever. A reptile handler popped the question. Inside an enclosure at a park in australia. With an crocodile just feet away he dropped down on one knee. In front of an audience at the park. Just seconds after he tempted the croc with a hunk of red meat. And finally. That darn cat katie the great dane. And her little cat brother jack play together. But, it seems like this time. Jack isnt too keen on sharing his mouse toy with katie. katie tries to convince jack with her whining but jack could tonight on Eyewitness News its a busy weekend in the capital city. And itll be a chilly one. We have details on washington has made richard burr wealthy. We know that. Burr voted himself 5 pay raises and his personal net worth increased 500 . But were only beginning to learn how little work burr actually does. Richard burr missed nearly 70 of his Armed Services committee hearings. Even skipping one hearing to hold a dc fundraiser with lobbyists. Its why the observer says, burr shows himself to be a consummate washington insider who routinely puts party before country. Senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. Senate majority pac is responsible a Congressional District known as the octopus, another called the snake, and 28 state legislative districts all drawn by politicians in raleigh to segregate africanamerican voters, all upheld by judge bob edmunds. But federal judges rejected edmunds decision for misusing race for partisan gain. Mike morgan North Carolina needs a judge whos fair. All about showing gratitude and honoring the men and women who sacrificed greatly defending our freedom. The raleigh veterans parade is tomorrow. The parade will start at nine. And end with a ceremony on the capitol grounds. I am emceeing the event. And hope to see you down there and this years fayetteville veterans day parade will start at 10 tomorrow morning. World war two veterans. The greatest generation. The parade will feature more than 100 participants. It starts on hay street at the Airborne Special operations museum. And ends at Liberty Point on person street. Also. Happening this weekend. The city of oaks marathon. And Half Marathon downtown. The races begin at seven sunday morning. At the historic nc state bell tower on hillsborough street. There are a number of road closures. So be sure to check out abc 11 dot com before you head that way. Coming up next in sports. North carolina unleashes some serious offense against pembroke tonight at the smith center. Plus carolina soccer springs an upset. And something weve never seen before at cameron indoor. Matt jones showing off his bunnies. You heard right matt cooper when we lost the nba allstar game. The ncaas. And the acc championships. It hurt North Carolinas economy and our national reputation. But this election for governor is not just about one bad law. Its about them. Im roy cooper. And this election is about finally stopping the loss of our teachers, lowering taxes on families and growing our economy. Vo weve all seen Donald Trumps attacks on women, and so has senator richard burr. But it doesnt seem to bother him. Richard burr theres not a separation between me and donald trump. Vo hes right. Just look at burrs record. He voted to defund planned parenthood; cosponsored legislation that would outlaw abortion with no exceptions; and, could even ban common forms of birth control. Donald trump and richard burr a dangerous combination the content of this advertising. Happening in chapel hill tonight as the heels and unc pembroke got together not just for a basketball game but also for a joint food and supply drive to help those in the Robeson County area that were ravaged by Hurricane Matthew always cool to see people helping exhibition game. They played a closed scrimmage w memphis last week joel berry coast to coast layup heels move it around Kenny Williams 3 berry finds Justin Jackson for 3. Berry 6 dimes, jackson had 16 meeks dives on the floor starts the break berry to hicks for the slam hicks for the slam heels were up 31 at half. They win it by 61. 12463 champs tonight. 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