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WLFL ABC11 Eyewitness News At 10 On CW22 November 22, 2016

Next on Eyewitness News. Heartbreak in tennessee. A School Bus Crashes and several children are killed. The one thing police are focused on tonight. Counting ballots. Working to get closer to a governor. The latest on the count. And behind the scenes as soldiers prepare to feed an army for thanksgiving. Eyewitness news starts right now. breaking news first at ten a horrific crash involving a school bus. Good evening from the breaking news center. Im steve daniels. Its a tragic story we never want to tell children killed on their way home from school. At least six children died in chattanooga, tennessee late this afternoon. The bus was carrying 35 children from an Elementary School when it crashed. Flipped on its side. And wrapped around a hospital. The bus was the only vehicle involved in the crash. The bus driver is being interviewed to determine exactly what happened. Police say speed may be a contributing factor in the crash. Also breaking right now an earthquake in japan causing a lot of drama but no major problems. The 6 point 9 magnitude quake hit just off the coast of fukushima. Tremors could be felt as far as tokyo about 150 miles south of the epicenter. A tsunami warning lifted a short time ago. The quake triggered a u the same area in 2011 unleashed a tsunami that killed thousands. Watch for the latest on these stories during this newscast and tomorrow morning on Eyewitness News. new tonight the undecided governors race under the microscope here in the triangle. The Durham County election board is among more than four dozen facing scrutiny tonight from governor mccrory. Joel brown joins us with with new insight tonight. Durham county is one of the 35 local election boards still these stacks of election protests filed on behalf of pat mccrorys campaign. The governor showing no signs of giving up. But the math is increasingly against him. Amid the mountain of absentee and provisional ballots. Came plenty of tired looks and deep sighs. Long sigh Durham Countys republican controlled election board spent hours, monday fielding protests from a Mccrory Campaign lawyer and volunteer. Alleging there was voter fraud at play in durham. Offend you but what youre asking for is a fishing expedition. The mccrory camp alleged there was an absentee ballot mill at work in durham. And people who voted in multiple jurisdictions. The board rejected the protests. Citing a lack of evidence. All in favor say aye, aye opposed . Of the nearly 4. 7 million votes cast, unofficial results give roy cooper a 65hundred vote lead over mccrory. Thats up from the 5,000 vote lead cooper held election night. And tonight, 20 of the states 100 counties have completed their counting in durham. Perhaps we could be done tomorrow . In theory, in theory. Where the elections board chair told us hes feeling the pressure but not the politics of the high stakes race hanging in the balance. Not at all. Im not paying attention to any of it. Im not reading the paper and im not watching tv. Just trying to do my job. The board did vote move forward with a hearing tomorrow afternoon on a mccrorybacked protest questioning the provisional ballots. They also deferred a decision on another protest regarding ballots allegedly cast by convicted felons while they wait for a ruling from the state. roy cooper is moving ahead as if he will be declared our states next governor. The Democrat Revealed members of his transition team. Cooper today reiterating his claim that he has won the race. His team not hiding that confidence launching a transition website. A message of submit Applications Online dominates the home page. Governor mccrory is rejecting calls from cooper and other democrats to concede. In fayetteville the governor said precedent not political pressure will guide his decision. two local democrats in congress gk butterfield and otherwise. The pair boldly declaring theres no way mccrory can win. New tonight family and friends shining a light on the life of cyril efobi and the shooting that left the beloved cabbie dead. His murder earlier this month remains unsolved. Angelica alvarez live in raleigh where the communitys determination to find justice remains undeterred. Before tonights vigil. Raleigh police handed out these fliers. In the very spot where efobi knows something. Will come forward. For about an hour. Dozens of loved ones gathered in front of universal cab company. They sang and prayed over the loss of their long time friend. 56 yearold cyril efobi. On november 8th. Efobi was leaving the cab company. Where he worked. And someone shot him. In the weeks since. No one has been arrested. And while efobi was not children. His friends want you to know his death has rocked their community here. And the lives of so many friends and family where hes from in nigeria. Take a look at your screen. These grainy images are all they believe is their killer. If you know anything call Raleigh Police. Or crime stoppers. There is a cash reward. And while efobi has lived in raleigh for more than 30 years. The Nigerian Community here is raising money so he can be buried in nigeria. But they are planning to have a wake for him here in raleigh. Early next month. New tonight an arrest in the shooting that killed a San Antonio Police dete the detective one of two Law Enforcement officers shot dead in the past five days. Another three Law Enforcement officers have also been shot. Attorney general Loretta Lynch calls the ambush style shootings reprehensible adding they wont be tolerated. Lynch says the Justice Department is taking measures to improve officer safety. Here at home Raleigh Police say this water main break on capital boulevard will continue to torment drivers tuesday morning. Excavators lined the flooded southbound lanes of capital boulevard all day long just north of wade avenue. Closed after the break was discovered around nine this morning. The message from police tonight it may be in your best interest to find an alternate route tomorrow morning. The road isnt expected to be fixed until tuesday evening. respect for the flag and quick thinking garnering a special salute for a group of firefighters including one from the triangle. The firefighters were protecting homes near the wildfire around lake lure. They spotted this American Flag in danger. Thats when they took it down and put it behind a glass storm door so it wouldnt get thanked them for their efforts in a social media post thats gone viral. One of the firefighters who took the action and is now being recognized is dylan lowe of the Carrboro Fire Department. The womans home was not damaged in the fire. Other members of the Carrboro Fire Department are expected to return home from the fire zone tomorrow based firefighters are back home tonight after a grueling stint battling the devastating wildfires in the western part of our state. Our cameras were on the scene late this afternoon in durham. Thats where these exhausted firefighters returned back to the durham fire headquarters. The two crews were demobilzed this morning after taking part in the effort to extinguish the Party Rock Fire. They worked 12 hour shifts since thursday to provide structural protection to towns in the path of the fire. The Party Rock Fire is about 45percent contained but, its scorched 71 hundred acres. A total of 16 active fires are burning including two new ones that broke out over the weekend. The good news it appears crews have a firm grip on a majority of them. The biggest the tellico fire has burned nearly 14thousand acres. And Emergency Managers think back here in the triangle again tomorrow. Tonight its beginning to look and smell a lot like thanksgiving at fort bragg. Three days before the big holiday there is actually a squad of chefs working hard right now to literally feed an army. Greg barnes is monitoring the massive menu live at one of the kitchens on the post preparing for thanksgiving. Here at the 82nd airbornes first brigade combat dinning facility its a full course press of preperations. Gon na give you a peek at their these this year. But first the kitchen. Where troops are busy. If you think you got a lot of folks eating at yur house, take a look at this menu. For the troops here at bragg. Slice up 3,600 pounds of turkey , 3500 pounds of beef, 888 pounds of shrimp and cornish hens, more than a ton of pounds of collards, 849 pies and cheesecakes, and two tons of fruits and nuts. And hundreds of pounds of stuffing, and macoroni and cheese, and mountains of home made corn bread, and biscuits. Its a labor of love for these food service troops, whove been planning for this mealk for more than a week. It not only has to taste good it has will. The theme here at the 1bcts dinning hall is a Charlie Brown thanksgiving, complete with a real ginger bread house, snoopy sitting on hs doghouse gunning for the red baron, along with other its a move thatll star bucks. Why some of you will be spending additional cold hard cash at the popular coffee chain. Also ahead president elect donald trump outlines his first 100 days of his presidency in a brand new video. What he says will happen on day one. And this pup doesnt understand its called a doggie bag not a doggie box. How the pooch ended up in this tight situation. But first. A live look outside of the raleigh in los angeles tonight. A car hits several people outside the Convention Center in downtown la. Paramedics checked out eight people. five pedestrians and the driver of the car that hit them went to the hospital. Police say the person was driving an electric car. But its not clear if the car had any connection to the la car show taking place at the Convention Center. Donald trump tonight with his first direct message to america nearly 2 weeks after the election. In the two and a half minute video trump rehashes the actions he plans to take on day one of his presidency. They include withdrawing from the Trans Pacific partnership. On immigration hell direct the department of labor to investigate abuses on visa programs. And on National Security hell ask the Defense Department develop Cyber Attacks and other attacks. You can watch the entire video on abc11 dot com. A bandit tries for quick cash. But nets nothing when the clerk fights back. The revolt in south florida is caught on video. surveillance cameras at a Convenience Store in hollywood show the robber creeping in with a metal pipe. You see the thief hit the clerk and then. The employee goes on the offensive. You can see the clerk manages to wrestle away the pipe. The clerk escaped without major injuries. Trying to track down the robber. Now to the big board and the mustsee video of the night. And we begin in amsterdam with a wild airplane ride. The pilots of an a320 passenger jet dealing with strong crosswinds. That forced the plan to do a touch and go around at schiphol airport. You can see how strong the winds are the plane is at an angle after touching down briefly. The plane landed safely 10 minutes later on the same runway. From too much wind. To too much rain this is in usually four people rescued from a rushing river this morning. About a hundred firefighters helped in the effort. Four people got stranded on a small island. Rescue crews used that boat to get them to safety. And a pup in a predicament down under. Sam the dog used to enjoy pulling tissues out of a box until he went a little too far and his head got stuck in the box. Some commotion in the yard when he discovered sam had given up his fight and had become strangely relaxed in his new High Pressure will keep the Central North Carolina region dry, with mostly sunny days through the middle of this week. A gradual warming trend will occur, and by the time wednesday rolls around, winds will shift to out of the southeast helping temps climb back into the 60s. Meanwhile, our nighttime low temperatures will still be below spots tonight and tomorrow night. A weak low pressure system will track across the ohio valley on wednesday night into thanksgiving and a cold front will approach the southern appalachians. There could be a spotty shower around during this time, but most of our region will stay dry. Your afternoon family turkey bowl shouldnt have weather as a factor. Reaches the mountains and temperatures should actually continue to rise on thursday. A more dominant push of cooler air will arrive heading into the weekend that will bring temperatures back down into the 50s during the afternoons. Our region is expected to stay largely dry though as the weather pattern prevents any significant moisture from fix may be costing you more these days. The coffee chain says prices for some cold went up 10 to 30 cents earlier this month. About 90 percent of the starbucks beverage menu. Including hot coffee and tea. Did not go up in price. A big Company Making a big promise. What it says it will do on black friday. A huge promise a huge promise today, we talk differently. Work differently. Relax differently. And all those differences take energy. At duke energy, were doing things differently too. Like new ways to generate power and even store it. For cleaner energy every day. So no matter how Different Things become, were always here. Patagonia the Outdoor Clothing and gear company says it will donate black friday sales to environmental groups. The company says it came up with the idea after the election. One of patagonias vps said. The country is divided but the environment is something everyone can sports. State hoops finishes on a winning note at the paradise jam. The heels get ready to run in maui and dave doeren makes a public plea for patience but first canes news backup goalie eddie lack was concussed at practice this morning so Michael Leighton has been called up from charlotte. The canes are in answers night. The blue jays were a tornado of points. So that left the pack looking for some consolation in todays third place game vs the st joes hawks. Malik abu had a career high in game one of the paradise jam Terry Henderson went off yesterday. Today it was dennis smiths turn to lead the way. Early going pack was sleepingwalking. Down 209 they arrived late but they arrived. A 130 run capped by this Terry Henderson triple off the corner play. Thats some state 2220 late in the half Markell Johnson to torin dorn for 3 dorn had 19. Pack up 4 at the break 2nd smith had 8 dimes this is springy stuff from malik aboom more dribble penetration by Markell Johnson. Spots dsj spotting up smith jr had 24 points and 8 assists state wins 73 63. Now 41 for the share the aerial acrobatics of former millbrook star chris clemons. Now a soph at campbell hes still crushing. Look at this throwdown vs samford. Reminder clemons is about 58 he had 23, but samford won after wrapping up a win over hawaii at roughly 3am saturday morning the heels will play a relative matinee tonight as they open up the maui invitational vs the hosts, chaminade at 1130 tonight. When life gives you chamins, make chaminade is the berry had a rough go vs hawaii. Hell likely bounce back nc state dropped another home Conference Game saturday, which is another home Conference Game saturday, which is very much the norm under dave doeren through four years. The pack needs to beat carolina on friday just to get bowl point. Many state fans have checked out on doeren. Whether debbie yow is among them remains to be seen. Doeren knows all of this of course so he came prepared today with some fighting words for the latest Eyewitness News. Well see you again tomorrow night for Eyewitness News at ten here on cw 22. . Think of your fellow man. . . Lend him a helping hand. . . Put a little love in your heart. . . Take a good look around. . . And if youre lookin down, . . Put a little love in your heart. . . Put a little love in your heart. . . In your heart. . To help real people like these. Warner bros. Domestic television distribution] announcer today on tmz harvey somethings going on with kanye west. We broke the story. Ki something goes on stage, rants about the trump thing and then walked off stage after 30 minutes. Harvey is he having a breakdown . Something is wrong with kanye. Maybe hes narcissistic. Has anybody thought of that . Future had a huge birthday party. Hes is brown, and lar sa pippen. He ent 100 k on stripsppers. Christmas is looking good for em

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