Police arrived both were dead. The couples two small children were found safe in a separate area of the home. Friends are still trying to come to terms with the tragedy. She would always greet you with a big hug and a big smile. She was a christian and she was proud of that. The Granville County sheriff says, he placed Jeremy Pearce on a 30 day paid suspension but did not say why. He did say it was not related to the domestic problems between the couple. The Court Martial of sgt bowe will start sooner than expected. The judge set april 18th as the start of the military trial. Also, the presiding judge says, he would wait to rule about the admissibility of evidence closer to. Or during. The trial. A raleigh woman is accused of briefly abandoning her two children in the Heritage Park neighborhood. Witnesses tell police, the woman ran after a man and left the children unattended on the sidewalk. The girls are two and three years old. The woman later returned to get the children, but police eventually caught up arrested. The children were placed with relatives. She faces 2 counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Her next Court Appearance is december 12th. The Beaufort Inlet was temporarily closed after a cargo ship ran aground thursday. Tug boats helped refloat the ship during high tide and got it to the Morehead City state port. The coast guard says no one was hurt and theres no damage to the ship. Some Hurricane Matthew victims say, they still have not gotten the relief help of Edgecombe County voiced their concerns friday at the second regional meeting of the Hurricane Matthew recovery committee. After updating victims on relief efforts. The committee listened to their concerns asking for their biggest needs. And pledging to offer relief. Or guidance. Jenny hinnant coneta resident 22 c45 13 50 21 now im paying for hotels out of my pocket 25 tomorrow we have to be out of the hotel so whatdo we do 30 i still have bills at my home where im supposed to be living but i cant stay in 26 do i pay for a hotel or pay better after speaking one onone with fema at the meeting. Three more meetings are scheduled over the next 2 weeks in fayetteville, greenville and kinston. Friday was the day Election Results were supposed to be certified. Those numbers would confirm the winner in the undecided governors race. But thats not the case. The results in dozens of counties are under review. Some challenges were dismissed, wh the bottom line we still dont know who wins the governors race. Durham county is one of the counties where votes were under review. Wrals Sarah Krueger explains why that challenge was dismissed. That was Sarah Krueger the state is moving forward in finding out who the next governor will be. As weve reported, it could be days or even weeks before we know the results after provisional ballots have been counted. Wrals Capitol Bureau chief laura leslie tells us what the campaigns are saying about this process. Republicanled elections boards in wake and five other counties dismissed allegations by the Pat Mccrory Campaign of widespread voting fraud. The campaign declined to speak with us on camera, but said it will appeal those protests to the state elections board. The evidence of this voter fraud must be taken seriously if we are going to have any faith in our system, said Mccrory Campaign spokesman ricky diaz. 1247 this is a desperate attempt by a desperate politician who has lost a race. 51 Morgan Jackson with the roy Cooper Campaign says even other 161518 this is a hail mary hit but theres no receiver in the end zone. Hes just throwing the ball down the field and acting like there may be somebody able to catch it. The truth of the matter is hes losing votes every day cooper is gaining every day 29 hes dragging this process out in hopes of some magical thing happening and its just not. 1534 county boards cant finalize their results until they receive data on provisional voters from the state dmv. Diaz pointed out that many counties havent even started to count provisional and lets be clear the counting is not complete and there is still no certified outcome, diaz said. Jackson says the allegations of fraud are not just frivolous theyre undemocratic. 1449 theyre undercutting sort of the electoral process, undermining the process and what voters confidence is in the process. And thats unfortunate. The governor knows better the state of north carolona deserves better. Its time to concede its time to move on. 1502 that was laura leslie reporting. The dmv has finished researching still likely to take several days to match up the information. North carolina n doubleacp president reverend William Barber talked about the election battles around the state. He accused some republicans of being racially motivated in their election protests. Respect the election. Barber also stressed the importance of fighting to protect Voting Rights for all. Itll be a few more weeks before Wake County SchoolBoard Members take assignment proposal. Three new schools will soon be opened in the county. Some students from mills park elementary could be moved to fill one of those schools, hortons creek elementary. Parents are upset at the proposal and say it splits their community. They also say, in time, hortons creek would become overcrowded. School Board Members say they want to look at the numbers one more time before making a decision. Its been 23 years since the murder of Michael Jordans father. Next on rewind. What a and. How firefighters from the triangle are helping fight the fires in the North Carolina mountains. New developments in the murder . . Know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from. . . Know you can craft an Investment Plan as strong as your values. . . With the guidance and support judge ordered the prosecution to search for documents that it may have been withheld during the trial. The request came from attorneys for dani men convicted of killing james jordan. Wrals gilbert baez explains why the judge ruled in favor of the defense. Daniel green appeared in front of superior court judge michael beale. He sat quietly but was paying close attention. The defense says james jordan was murdered because he witnessed a drug deal by larry demery and was driving an expensive lexus. The defense contends that demery alone killed jordan and greens only role in the death of Michael Jordans father was to help dispose of the body. Defense attorney scott holmes says demerys first phone call from car was made to hubert larry deese. A convicted drug dealer. The fbi discovered deese is the son of hubert stone. Stone was the Robeson County sheriff at the time of the investigation. The defense says stone withheld evidence to protect his son. Greens attorneys filed a motion to get interviews between the sbi. Demery and deese during the time of investigation and up to the time deese requested a deal to lessen his drug sentence. The judge agreed. The courts order has ordeed look for some documents and we look forward to seeing what it leads to. The defense hopes that it leads to a new trial for green. The prosecution argued that they turned over all the documents they had in the case. But a newly discovered fbi text suggests that the state bureau of investigation had planned to interview deese. Its information and an interview never presented in court during the original trial. And were hoping that we can get before the court on the issues that weve raised in our pleading. So. Were today. That was gilbert biaz reporting. The judge also ordered the prosecution to get him the criminal investigation file of former sheriff hubert stone. The judge wants to determine if any of that evidence should be turned over to the defense as well. All this has to be done by december 9th. The next court date in the case. We now have 16 wildfires. Burning thousands of acres in North Carolina. There is some encouraging news. Firefighters at the Party Rock Fire were able to establish and maint hundreds of firefighters are working to protect homes and other structures from the flames. Dozens of firefighters from wake county boarded a bus this week to help battle flames in the west. Roughly 60 firefighters will replace crews who have spent the past several days at lake lure. Smoke from those wildfires didnt stop area Football Games this weekend. You can see the haze lingering over the field here at middle Creek High School in apex. Raleigh police are investigating what of cross link road and herndon village way. The bus appeared to be the only vehicle involved. No students were on board at the time. The driver of the bus was taken to the hospital to be checked out. Police will only say, the incident is being investigated as a traffic accident. A cary man is due in court monday on child pornography charges. Police arrested 27 year old christopher farinella. Hes charged with multiple counts of Sexual Exploitation of a minor. According to the arrest warrant, police found sexually explicit videos of children between the ages of 4 and 11 in his possession. Farinella is being held on half a dream come true for local couples waiting to adopt a child. Welcome the newest member of the family. Will. Still ahead the celebration for dozens of children and couples whove been waiting a long time for this. And his heart may be 2 sizes too small, but here he had the strength of 10 grinches, plus two. How the loveable villain brought smiles to children with special needs at dollar proposal to help the homeless in our community. The plan calls for turning an empty building on South Wilmington street into a onestop resource center. The center would offer assessments, job training, showers and laundry facilities. It was chosen because of its proximity to downtown, and its on the bus line. This is part of an ongoing effort to help nonprofit groups homeless community. The Raleigh City Council will vote on it next month wake county county commissioners vote in january. There are more than 100thousand children in foster care across the country. The average wait for one of these children to be adopted is three years. For close to 40 children in Cumberland County, their wait ended friday wrals julia sims was there as children were united with their forever families. 13 28 20 ladies and gentleman please welcome the latest member of the kirby family. In this courtroom, the rulings here, the questions arent under oath. But, the answers. They are so very important. 13 12;1720 do you know what it means to obey your mama . When youre part of a family you have to do that 13 12;1720 do you know what it means to obey your mama . When youre part of a family you have to do that right . 13 24 17 do you voluntarily agree to share all your days and nights . Your weekends, your holidays, your summers, spring fall and winters . Wholehe 13 13 12 51 do you want this to be your family forever . Miss webb do you know what youre doin . Yes maam. Then im signing this right now. Every year, dozens of Cumberland County families find their way to this different but, oh so familiar. 13 42 30 its been almost a 3 year journey but its been worth it 13 46 30 we werernt quite sure we were going to be parents 13 46 17 oh i just melt see that Little Finger right there shes got me wrapped around it. This is a place where hearts are full and families are made whole. 13 42 50 its overwhelming to put in words that he is forever ours is just so special to us in this courtroom, on this day. A life sentence, well. Its exactly what you want to hear. 13 20 56 formally, fo julia sims, wral news Cumberland County. Saturday was National Adoption day. Since its inception in 2000, National Adoption day has helped move 58 thousand children out of foster care to forever homes. Christmas is still more than a already in town he showed up at Marbles Kids Museum to visit with children with special needs. He showed them how he gets into character. The hope is to make the grinch a little less intimidating. This is all leading up to a special sensoryfriendly showing of the grinch at the dpac. Its a rare chance for children with special needs to attend the theatre. Clip 16 58 3952 they dont have to sit quietly for two hours in the dark, they can move , they can talk, they can leave and come back. Were really just trying to make it very friendly and welcom come and see a broadway show. Clip 41 1 06 06 15 we try to make it so everybody, for that show, everybody can enjoy it and not be overwhelmed by all these crazy colors and lights and stuff. The dpac worked with autism experts to ensure the upcoming show is suitable for children and adults on the autism spectrum. The show is december 3rd at 11 am. Next on rewind. Did you hear the one about a monkey hitching a ride on a goat . Be next. Wake County School superintendent has moved to the superintendent has moved to the head of the class dr. James merrill was named North Carolinas 2017 superintendent of the year. He was recognized for his Strategic Plan which pushes for a Graduation Rate of 95 percent. This is the second time dr. Merrill has received this honor. He was also recognized in 2005, when he ran the alamanceburlington school system. Finally tonight, video that is sure to in china a baby monkey has really become attached to a herd of goats. The farm owner says for days, the monkey has been riding on several animals backs. He thinks its just more comfortable there. There are a lot of questions about where it came from and how it got to the farm. A Wildlife Protection group plans to send it to a city zoo it will eventually be released into the wild. Thats all the time we have for whoa, this is awful, try it. Oh no, that looks gross what is that . You gotta try it, its terrible. I dont wanna try it if its terrible. Its like mango chutney and burnt hair. No thank you, i have a very sensitive palate. Just try it guys, i think we should hurry up. If you taste something bad, you want someone else to try it. Its what you do. I cant get the taste out of my mouth if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Shhh look at us. Having dinner at the table facing each other instd of just shoveling down takeout in front of the tv. Its nice, huh . Based on your tone, im assuming you want me to say yes. laughs im kidding. Its great. Theres no distractions. Just me and my lady enjoying a civilized dinner and conversing about our day. Kind of romantic. Very romantic. Is this gonna be an every night kind of deal or is it just an odd experiment to see if we can actually do it . You know, mike, its important for us to stay connected with each other. Sex is not the only way to express intimacy. I agree. Its certainly the best way. Mostly because we always know when were done. Well, i always know when im done. Hey, i got an idea. Lets forget about the dishes and lets go out and do something fun. Right now