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WRAZ WRAL 8am News On Fox 50 March 16, 2016

Any information about sestak, so they are asking the publics help for any information about a suspect or suspects in the information desk shooting. I had a conversation with residents in the apartment complex. One woman told me she heard at least three gunshots this morning. We are seeing more people coming out of their homes and i hope to talk with a few other residents this morning to see if they heard or saw anything suspicious this morning. We will bring it back out here live to the parking lot that has been the focus of the investigation. As i mentioned, that nissan has been taken away from the scene. I noticed detectives and forensic investigators out here collecting evidence throughout the morning and interviewing people here at the apartment complex. We hope to get some information in the next hour or so, perhaps the Durham Police will send another news release to give us an update. Hardee street in durham. Appreciate your efforts, bryan mims reporting on a deadly shooting in durham. All of the president ial candidates are taking the day off today except for ohio governor, john kasich. Donald trump is halfway to the nomination, Hillary Clinton is celebrating a huge mega victory. Tracie potts tells us what it thank you, florida, thank you, North Carolina, thank you, ohio reporter those three states plus missouri and a more narrow victory in illinois leaves delegates and clear path to the nomination. Bernie sanders is in arizona for next weeks primary. We will win if the voter turnout is high. Lets make it high. Reporter donald trump won every state but one, even with you explain it to me, because i cant. My numbers went up. I dont understand, nobody understands. Losing florida to reporter losing florida to trump was the last straw for marco rubio, he is out. After tonight it is clear that although we are on the right side, we will not be winning. Reporter losing ohio to donald trump means john kasich needs 60 to avoid a broker delegation. Ted cruz is hoping to make it a twoman race. America has a clear choice going forward. Reporter but apparently not an easy one. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. Exit polls show half the voters in ohio, florida and North Carolina pick someone other than trump. In florida half the republican said if trump was the Nominee Party candidate. Donald trump is backing away from a comment he made that he might pay the legal fees of people charged with violence during rallies. Yesterday during interview he said he was not condoning violence and would not pay legal fees. 78yearold john mcgraw was charged with assaulting a protester at a rally in fayetteville. Attorney general roy cooper is the democratic nominee for roy cooper and is already looking to the next fight. Its time for us to come together. And get ready for the battle ahead in november. Because we know its coming. In a speech last night, he took shots at the record of governor pat mccrory and compared him to donald trump. Former state representative deborah ross will take on richard burr for the u. S. Senate. She thanked her husband and supporters and attacked burrs voting record in the senate, saying North Carolina could not richard burr. With your support, we are going to win this thing. [ applause ] and we are going to give the people of North Carolina a real voice in washington. [ applause ] ross is no stranger to public service, spending 10 years representing wake county in the state house. She is also a practicing attorney and law professor at duke university. We had some good races in North Carolina. Sure. Along with it. And, we will be blitzed with ads, no doubt about that. Certainly some beautiful weather this spring, the last couple of weeks we have had temperatures above normal for the most part. Take a look at whats happening in fayetteville, plenty of temperatures about 20 degrees above normal. Reality sets in over the weekend and ill show you what that looks like coming up in a little bit. Certainly gorges this morning, 58 in cary, 52 in wake forest, 53 in south hill, 63 southern pines. In the planner, expect temperatures mid50s to near 60 this morning. 78 lunchtime and high of 83 this afternoon which puts us into a couple of degrees of a record high this morning. As we drop over the weekend, temperatures are just getting back to more of the average for this time of year. Brian is here taking a look at the roads. This time yesterday there was that huge backup on the beltline and i. I am glad it is quieter this morning. Nothing like that this morning. It is 8 07. We have a number of minor accidents popped up around raleigh, none of which are we have a couple downtown, one on morgan and wilmington street. Another at boylen downtown. Also a report of a minor accident on the shoulder of the ramp from 440 westbound onto lake boone trail, not causing any problems. Saint albans street in the north hills area, minor crash, also capital boulevard and brentwood road, seeing a slowdown on the approach from the beltline on inbound capital. Elsewhere again, minor accidents but as far as we can tell major routes not slowing down much. Getting clearer right now through garner on 40 westbound, we are seeing delays through the fortify work zone. Not enough that you need to consider using 440 westbound as an alternate route, plan on some minor break tapping. Over in durham, 40 eastbound, slow between 54 and the durham freeway, allow extra time. Northbound of the durham freeway, looks all right on tw alexander drive, ellis wrote we will check the cama downtown at 147 and mangum street, a 10 minute drive. Let the games begin. Basketball games. Local businesses say, yeah, let them go because it means a lot of business. We take a look at the effect of basketball on the economy and town of raleigh. Breaking news from the white house this morning, president obama says he will announce his choice to Supreme Court justice replacement antonin scalia, he has devoted considerable time to the decision and has made up his mind after consulting with legal experts and people across the political spectrum and is expected to choose from a small circle of federal court judges. He will reveal his choice at 11 00 in a News Conference from the rose garden. Senate republicans told the white house not to bother filling the vacancy in an election year. Gop leaders want to leave the choice to the next president. Raleigh could be a big winner in this years ncaa tournament. The city hosts rounds one and two. Teams arrived with their bands, cheerleaders and players. Pnc arena has hosted four times, most recently in 2014. That year it attracted 17,000 visitors to the area who spent more than 4 million. Repeat performance. They are going to draw across the street, it brings additional people here, whether it is locals or a lot of visitors. For raleigh to have this time is a great accomplishment. Its exciting to host this event. We hope all the visitors have a great time here in raleigh. There are four games tomorrow and two on saturday. The tar heels play tomorrow night at pnc. What to do about closing duke energys coal ash impoundments, the public hearing in Person County tonight. The department of Environmental Quality is seeking your feedback on the proposed classifications of coal ash ponds across the state. This is a key step in cleaning up the ponds and setting closure deadlines. Tonights meeting focuses around the mayo and roxboro power stations, it will be at the person government building federal workers in washington dc can take the day off or work from home. They are giving them that option with the entire metro system shut down for safety reasons. It will remain closed until midnight tonight. They will be doing emergency inspections on all equipment. Monday, there was a cable fire, but they will not safe that has a connection. It is 8 14. 20 inches of rain in the last week. How texas and other sections are doing with historic flooding. Plus, the wake county superintendent reveals his plans for Centurylink Prism tv has all your favorite channels, tons of live sports, and more all in crystalclear hd. Watch when and where you want with advanced features like our wireless settop box, whole home dvr, and prism on the go. And choose from a variety of great packages to fit your home. And get started with the prism essential tv bundle. Youll get tv plus up to 20 megs of centurylink internet all for only 70 a month. This deal sounds great, especially if you love sports. Get prism essential tv and up to 20 megs of internet for only 70 a month. Score or, if you love great movies. [ southern accent ] hey, clementine, go on and get prism essential tv with up to 20 megs of internet for only 70 a month. Hyah [ whip cracks ] [ normal voice ] call. Get started with prism essential tv plus up to 20 megs of internet speed. Just 70 a month for a year with autopay. Only from centurylink. Of raleigh. Oh. [ laughter ] thats what i said. It is an artistic picture. I see raleigh in the background. It is that clear, bill. Keep looking a little higher. I was in the mountains a couple of months ago and you could see charlotte. We were at blowing rock, up near the house, you could see charlotte. The skyline. That is so cool. So, you could see raleigh from fayetteville. If you got up high. We read the fine print. [ laughter ] we are going to head over to the solar farm in the eastern part of wake county. Take a look at these pretty skies, but its beautiful everywhere. Collecting a good bit of energy from warm temperatures, lower humidity and all the sunshine we will see today. Tomorrow and friday, we will still be plenty bright but temperatures will drop more which should be this time of year. Spring is the season of change, so is the fall. We rarely have a long streak of temperatures this far above normal. You know that trend has to reverse and it does start reversing the next couple of days. 58 at the airport, the wind is southwest at 6 Miles Per Hour heard it will be breezy as we have a cold front coming through. Dewpoint 51, on the low side with temperatures in the 80s, its going to feel fantastic. In rocky mount, 60 in fayetteville. It is that time of year where the pollen count tends to go up in people who suffer from allergies are starting to see that a little bit. It has been high for trees the last couple of weeks but this last week, pine is one of the predominant offenders if you will. It probably wont be long until we see yellow pine pollen on everything. It is not terrible just yet but maybe a few more days. Satellite and radar picture telling the story of what is going on. We are on the warm side of this front but we have cooler air on the other side of the front. When it comes and it may bring us a few clouds, isolated shower or thunderstorm. It wont bring much rain with it, there is not much with it right now. All of the action has been near the great lakes and will remain there. Here is futurecast through the afternoon and into the evening, theres lunchtime, a few clouds passing as that front comes through. Futurecast does not have much theres a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm. Another front comes too late thursday, its not likely to bring us precipitation but will help temperatures fall. 83 today, certainly well above normal, a couple of degrees away from a record high. There is a marginal risk for Severe Weather for the northeastern counties including edgecomb county, northern nash county, it includes Northampton County and Halifax County and a little bit of warren county, too. Keep that in mind north and east of the triangle. Today st. Patricks day, 73 degrees but we set the temperatures down, 10 degrees cooler thursday, almost 10 degrees cooler than that friday and morning down as well. Morning saturday, 39 degrees. The attempt at the world record kilted run done glenwood avenue starts at 9 30, not bad for spectating. Getting into the weekend, kind of a nasty day, its ironic, that is the first day of spring with the kind of weather we have had lately. 49 degrees at noon and at 5 00, 48, 53, the high temperature. A chilly start to the season. Monday and tuesday, temperatures in the low 30s. We will have to pull out the winter coats to start next week. Have fun doing that. Im not going to do that. Im going to be coming in with my coat. Ive got to find it. A disaster continues to unfold in texas this morning where floodingalong the louisia rd ithe worst since the 1880s. Thousands of people are out of their homes after four days of heavy rain pushed the sabine river over its banks, several riverside communities are underwater. The Texas Governor will tour the area today, he has already issued a disaster declaration across much of the state. Water rescue teams are trying to assess how many people are inside a car the plunged into this happened after a massive pileup on a bridge leading from kentucky to cincinnati. The accidents caused a Chain Reaction as other cars tried to slow down and navigate around them. It took hours for teams to find the submerged car. Now they are trying to figure out how many people are inside and how to get the car out of the river. North koreas highest Court Sentenced an American College student to 15 years in prison with hard labor. 21yearold Otto Warmbier was arrested in january after officials said he tried to steal a political banner from his hotel as his tour group prepared to leave. He gave a tearful plea. This morning he was convicted of subversion following a one hour trial. New overnight, 15 people are dead after a bus bombing in pakistan. The bus was carrying employees to work in a norwest city. Nearly 40 people were wounded in the blast, from an planted under a bus seat. So far no one has claimed responsibility, pakistani authorities suspect the taliban and other militants who have been fighting in the state for more than a decade. There was fingerpointing at a congressional hearing on the lead tainted water in flint, michigan. Officials blamed each other for failing to protect the citys 100,000 citizens. Committee republicans meanwhile targeted and Environmental Agency official who resigned as the crisis got worse. Susan hedman directed the agencys Midwest Regional Office and told the panel that she does not believe anyone at the epa did anything wrong, but that they could have done more. Michigan governor, rick snyder, is expected to testify today. U. S. Is easing travel restrictions with cuba, it will be easier for americans to take rather than going with a tour group. It will also be easier for american banks to offer services in cuba and u. S. Citizens to offer it freely. President obama is preparing for a historic trip to cuba this weekend. Voters showed overwhelming support for a multimillion dollar bond. By the government says the pond should be a model for the nation. The nations leading medical experts issued new prescribe strong painkillers. It is 8 26. Im renee chou with your top killer after finding a man shot to death on hardee street. Officers responding to the shooting call found the victim of little after 2 00 this morning. The victims name hasnt been released. Roy cooper moves ahead in his bid to change jobs. Cooper won the gubernatorial primary setting off a battle with republican incumbent, pat mccrory. Its going to be a gorgeous day and the warmest this week. 83 degrees, our high temperature. We could be warmer down south around fayetteville or goldsboro. Take a look at the tall tower camera, it looks beautiful. Starting off with sunshine and mostly sunny skies for most of the day. A front moves through this evening starting to drop temperatures. 10 degrees colder tomorrow, almost 10 degrees cooler than that on friday. Changes are coming. In fayetteville, the high today 83, 73 thursday, 66 friday. Slight chance of a shell or thunderstorm, expect plenty of sunshine. A few accidents shown up on the live commute map including one onward hills drive not too far from six forks road, not causing any big problems as far as we can tell. Looking out for a crush on capital boulevard in brentwood, still seeing a bit of delay. And, in earlier accident on boylen still in the clearing stages. Elsewhere, looking for some backups on us1 northbound coming through cary, eight minutes from 55 it apex up toward i40 in raleigh. Earlier delays through garner have cleared up nicely but we are seeing significant backups through the fortify work zone stil geico motorcycle, coming up on 8 30. A lot of election news in the news this morning including the connect nc bond which gathered a lot of support in North Carolina. Voters overwhelmingly approved 2 billion for Higher Education construction projects, parks and the national guard. Supporters credited a push that brought together leaders from different professions and political parties. The last two candidates for governor, a democrat and republican, found Common Ground on this bond. While the rest of the nation is going through a lot of political divide as we see tonight, i want to let you know that maybe North Carolina could be a role model for the rest of the nation on how we ran this developed it. We did it together as a team. In North Carolina, beauty matters. In North Carolina, safety matters. In North Carolina, Economic Development matters. And in North Carolina, Educational Opportunity and workforce training is important and it matters. The state will raise money through a longterm low interest borrowing with no new taxes. Governor mccrory will travel to various locations of the state today to thank voters. He will be at jordan lake state park this morning. A former charlotte mayor will be in court facing charges of fraud. Patrick cannon will be released from federal prison so he can face charges in mecklenburg county. He is accused of fraud in the 2014 election while a convicted felon. He had been sentenced earlier on a bribery conviction but had prison term. Raleigh city leaders gave the green light for police body cameras. They will be phas

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