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WRAZ WRAL 8am News On Fox 50 September 15, 2016

Struck by a vehicle in raleigh has died. The Police Report identifies him as 73yearold Leonard Chandler of this happened on garner road near wear house drive after 8 00 last night. Now, according to the report, the street light in the area was not working at the time. No charges have been filed. A unc Football Player is due in court at the end of the month. Alan artist turned himself in yesterday on two m. Charges, one for assault, the other for sexual battery. Incident happened on campus in february; but when charges were not filed, she took out her own warrant at the magistrates office. The da says a felony investigation is ongoing, including the testing of a rape kit by the state crime lab, but his office was not ready to decide on charges yet. Now theyll be prosecuteing the m. S. Were still working to find out what caused a school bus to catch fire in cumberland county. Take a look at this picture. It happened at the intersection of bingham drive and just remarkable. When crews arrived, they found those heavy flames. The bus was carrying students from 71st classical middle school. Fortunately all of the students got off the bus safely. Theres a Funeral Service tomorrow for a North Carolina Police Officer killed in the line of duty. Friends and family will gather to remember officer tim rakim at 3 p. M. The suspect wanted in that shooting is this man, irvin fetting, junior. He was arraigned on a first degree mu last night. Investigators say fetter shot officer rakim yesterday. The officer died on monday. A Union County Elementary School teacher has died after she was shot friday by a robber in charlotte. Police say the teacher, 33year old rijuan wo were preparing to get in their car. The suspect pulled a gun on them and asked for the boyfriends wallet. Police say he could not get his wallet outof his pocket fast enough, so the head, and ran off. Wo died yesterday. So far no arrests. Were following breaking news out of ohio, where an officer shot and killed a 13 yearold boy who they say pulled a gun from his waist band. It was later determined to be a bb gun. The shooting happened last night in columbus. Police say officers were responding to an armed robbery. They followed three suspects into an ally and say one suspect pulled what appeared to be a gun from his waistband. The boy was shot several died in the hospital. The shooting is under investigation. Hillary clinton will be in the triad today as she gets back on the come pain trail following a bout of pneumonia. As tracy pots reports, were learning more about both clinton and Donald Trumps medical records. Reporter Hillary Clinton is scheduled to attend a Campaign Event in North Carolina this afternoon, collapsing sunday. In a detailed letter noting her low cholesterol and medication for blood clots, clintons doctor adds that shes fit to serve and in cent mental condition. The doctors letter is actually fairly complete, and it shows shes actually a very healthy person. You think hillary would be able to substantial doubt up here for an hour and do this . I dont think so. Reporter donald trump gave tv host dr. Across a peek at his latest medical screenings, a bit over meds; t for the most part, healthy. I feel as good today as i did when i was 30. Thank you, everybody. Reporter today trump is expected to detail his economic plan during a speech with mike pence in new york. Were going to cut taxes across the board, for working families, small businesses, and family farms. Reporter tracy pots, nbc news, washington. Thanks, tracy. Donald trumps daughter today. Shell give remarks in kerry, where another Campaign Office will be opening. The event is on kill dale road. So weve been promised things will start to cool down. It will start to cool down today. I know. We werent lying. Temperatures cooler today. Well be in the upper 80s for most of us, not the 90s haste couple dates. Still plenty warm out there. We still have some fog in fayette visit. Weve had some fog there basically all morning long down in cumber land county and samson county. Thats where its been thickest. Visibilities are still down to a quarter mile. A little shower activity out is because of tropical depression julia, and rip currents are very strong as well. Nice and comfortable in wake forest, sitting at 65 degrees, 67 degrees in holding springs. Temperatures are in the mid60s in south hill now, and low 70s in fayetteville and clinton where weve had some of that fog. By lunch time well be up to around 83 degrees. Cant rule out a couple spotty showers through the day, basically anywhere today. High temperatures climbing mainly in the upper evening, temperatures falling pack down in the mid7 0s well take look at the up frommics coming up in just a little bit. Right now we want to send it over to brian have raider. Weve had things slowing down a bit. We have. Seeing just a little improvement in the fortified work zone. 8 06. Well take a look at those drive times, find out what caused all this. Had a minor accident, i think, earlier on the westbound side of 40 around gormon street, and id blocked the right lane for awhile. Were only down to 3 lanes through there any way place. So when you cut the capacity by a 3rd by blocking a lane, it really starts togum things up. Thats all cleared up, and traffic gradually is improving through that area. 31 minutes, make the trip from 440 out to wade avenue. Not looking good on 440 westbound, which we typically would offer as an alternate route. Around to the wade i40 merge in west raleigh is taking 35 minutes, according to sensors. So best just to stick with i40 westbound this morning as that we have a number of crashes here, although very few are affecting major routes this morning the slow downs we are seeing are in the typical spots, through 45, 440, also 540 westbound is pretty slow this morning between capital and cr,more. Also slow traffic on 340 eastbound, heading into rtp as we check in on the sensors. Out toward 05. Its getting slow in the northbound side of the you head from i40 to downtown. Want to talk about spring lake, because starting today, at some point, they are going to close brag boulevard permanently through fort bragg. Fort bragg officials asked the do go ahead and close it all at once. They hope the drivers will get used to it all at once, as opposed to kind of use 295 out to m,rckason road. Back to you. Thank you, brian. Its an effort to draw more attention nationwide to Childhood Cancers and finding a cure. Coming up next, we talk with the organizer of cure f,st. Why the organization is drawing hundreds of families in child care can sr. Organizations to the Nations Capital this weekend. Plus who doesnt love freebies . The wral smart chopper is back weve got lot of great deals going on this week. First starting today, actually, you can score free queso and chips at mos southwest grill across the triangle. Thats a 6ounce of queso, and it is flat out free. You dont have to sing an aria or do a back flip. If you just show up and ask for it you know what theyre going to say when you walk in ladies . Welcome to mos. As soon as you walk in, they shout that at you. Then theyre going to give you free queso. I was like i would expect them to say, welcome to americaos. But they shout it out. Love that promotion. We have some other free byes. Weve got a couple of free Kids Workshops coming up at lowes on september 24th. Actually the cuds make a fire boat to celebrate fire safety month. And they get to put it together, deck it, take it home with them. At home depot, kids get to make a fire truck again in honor of fire safety month. They get to decorate it, take it home as well. Then the big news weve all been bless you. Shes getting all worked up about the doughnut segment coming up. The big news is that on september 19th, crispy kr,me is offering free doughnuts. Guess what you have to do . Yoin pirate mode. Ahow matey ahoy matey. Im telling you, this is all you have to do. All you have to do. I dont have to do full pirates of the caribbean. That depends on how much doughnut action you. If you walk in with at least three of the approved attire items on their web site or facebook page, then theyll give you a dozen that is 12 krispy kreme original glazed doughnuts. You will be really able to get your sugar high on there for free. Im going to head over there, get some pictures for the blog, because its hilarious to see all these outfits. Talk like a pirate, dress like a pirate. You can see details on wral. Com. Very exciting. Okay. And theres a free showing of e. T. . Yeah. And you can get more information on that at sarahs go ask mom blog. There will be food trucks and other things you can purchase, but the actual movie is free. Very neat. A classic. Yes. Run down the best grocery deals of the week. As always, there are fantastic grocery deals this it seems to be the theme these days. Carly cs having its oneday sale. You can get a dozen medium eggs 33 cents. Crazy good deal. There are limits. You cant go in and get 50 dozen. Avocados at aldi, 69 cents each, and we love avocados, so im thrilled. My weekly best deal on milk is again at krog,r this week there are a bunch of freebies. As you can see, you can get wish bone dressing, sunny d, base quick brown rice, all using sales and coupons. And check your friday email, your e. Com email for a possible super doubles event starting very soon. We should have confirmation on friday. So fantastic buys this week. Sounds like it. Thank you so much thanks, ladies. Keep your pocket nice and full, go to wral. Com, and pretty for most of us this morning. We wanted to get you started with some weather headlines just to show you whats ahead in the coming days. If you dont like the warm temperatures, just dont listen for a second. Were going to be staying warm for awhile. The signs of fall are nowhere in sight. And rainfall, our rain chances are very slim for the next several days. Lena wants some rain to wash out all the ragweed. Our rain chances are very slow for quite a the tropics very active. We have two depressions issues and we have one Tropical Storm. The Tropical Storm is ian, which is not going to impact us. Worthy. Essions are both watc we do have transportation jewely. It wait a secondnd to tropical depression stat bus morning. It has maximum sustained winds at 35 Miles Per Hour just off the South Carolina coast. Its going to stay there next this is the tropical depression 12 that well be watching over the next several dates as it continues to move to the west. The tropics pretty active now. 68 degrees in rocky mount. It is mild in raleigh, 70 degrees here, 71 fayetteville. 69 fernandez in irwin. Still have reduced visibilities down in fayetteville. I did just take a look at the camera. About 3 quarters of a mile in clinton. This is where we have the visibility issues still. The fog likely to be lifting in the next couple hours. The sun is shining the wral gardens. 70 at the airport, partly cloudy. Winds are calm again. Theyve been light to calm all morning long. It is a little bit muggy. 93 is the current humidity out at rdu. We do have some low clouds, fog to the south. Everyone else, a mix of sun and clouds. A lot of sun for some of you, especially raleigh, point to the north. Heres where Tropical Storm julia is now, its just going to loop around here for the next several days. Rain across South Carolina and maybe even the southern sections of our coastline. Around here, you can tell by future cast, our rain chances are not very high. This is lunch time today, showing a few blames of green down to the south and east. Well roll this toward the evening commute time. A couple spotty showers cant be ruled out. A mix of sun and clouds. Only a 20 to 30 chance of rain. Fast forwarding to tomorrow morning at 9 00, a little bit of cloud cover, we might have to deal with some visibility concerns again tomorrow morning. By 5 00 tomorrow morning, some hit and miss showers, and isolated storms, but again tomorrows rain chances very slim as well. For today, isolated showers or storms. Most of you will stay dry. Temperatures will be in the low 80s in our northern communities, upper 80s in raleigh. The last 9 days in a row have been above normal, most of those days in the 9 0s. At least we wont have the 90s today, but were the normal high is 82. Doesnt look like we are going to be below normal anytime soon. 87 on thursday, friday 86. 87 on saturday with just a slim chance of rain. If headed to i think its doing stay mainly dry. County rule out an isolated shower. Low 70s by 9 00. Should be pretty good weatherer for that. Couple storms will be possible sunday to monday with High Temperatures close to 90. Then another front moves in, cooling us back down to mid80s by tuesday. Renee . Thanks, amy. Ford is moving all of its u. S. Small car production to mexico by 2018. The auto makers ceo confirmed the move during an event with investors. Right now the fiesta sub compact is built in mexico, but the focus and c max is made in detroit. Company executives say the shift will boost profits because wages are lower in selfdriving car. A fleet of ford fusions officily hit the road in pittsburgh, and theyre loaded with features that allow them to navigate on their own. The cars still have a driver behind the wheel who can take control at any point, and an uber provider will ride with passengers as well. This is a pilot program. If all goes well, uber plans to add other selfdriving vehicles to its fleet. September is Childhood Cancer awareness month. This weekend, thousands of families, and dozens of foundations and groups will be on the national to help raise awareness for pediatric cancer research. It eels called care fest. Thanks to the dedication of doctors, patients, and work of organizations, like the afla service, the cure rate for Childhood Cancer is now up almost 90 , up from almost 20 . There will be international booth, games, activities, and live on care f,st, usa. G. Imagine a day without water. Coming up on fox 50, well tell you about a new campaign to help draw attention red 97 set red 97 did you say 97 . Yes. You know, that reminds me of geicos 97 Customer Satisfaction rating. 97 . Helped by geicos fast and friendly claims service. Geicos as fast and friendly as it gets. Woo fog still down in our thanks to tropical depression julia. Take a look at the teite and radar loop. We have a few clouds around and some fog to the south. Rainfree for the morning commute a. Couple hit and miss showers possible later this afternoon, but theyll be fairly isolated. 70 degrees is the current temperature in raleigh. Its up to 71 in fayetteville, and 72 in greensboro. Going to be another warm day today. Partly cloudy with hit and miss showers, highs in the upper 8 0s. Brian . 8 27, amy. Of raleigh. We earlier incident blocng the right lane all clear now, and earlier delays have cleared up nicely. Still going to take you 18 minutes to make that trip to wade avenue. Going to save you time, though, over the belt line. 440 westbound from 40 out to the wade 40 merge, still hanging on to that 25 minute drive time in Downtown Durham or heading to Downtown Durham, the northbound freeway is a little slow this morning, but 55 westbound is a little slower from 40 out to the durham freeway. 15 minutes. Lena . Thanks, brian. The fall out from house bill 2 continues to mount. Next on fox 50, where two groups are set to lay out their plans to fight house bill 2 today. Im really good at war. I love war in a certain way. Including with nukes, yes including with nukes. I know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. Nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. Ten acc events were planned new london, greensboro, durham, and carey. Mikaya thurmond joins us live in downtown raleigh, where two groups opposing house bill 2 will be talking this morning. Mikaya . Reporter legislative leaders who supported this controversial law dont to be considering a repeal but this morning, thats exactly what opponents of the law are going to be pushing for here at the ncaa headquarters. Two Civil Rights Advocacy groups, including the human rights campaign, will be holding a News Conference to prepare for the fall election. This battle is far from over. Reporter its been a tough week for north now the acc is following suit, both citing house bill 2 as the reason. Eight additional North Carolina venues will now stand empty. Charlotte Officials Say last years acc football championship alone brought in more than 32 million. The council of president s at the acc, which is headquartered in North Carolina, voted to relocate the leagues championships until the state repeals it law. Despite the trend to governor mcrory hasnt backed down. He released a statement, saying, quote i strongly encourage all public and private institutions to both respect and allow our nations judicial system to proceed without economic threats or political retaliation toward the 22 states that are currently challenging government overreach. Chris grow is calling on the governor to call lawmakers back to raleigh to repeal house bill 2. Coming. Yesterday the nc. Today its the acc. The economy and tradition of North Carolina are being damaged ever single day by announcements like this. Its clearer now than ever that this is not going to stop until we do something to repeal the bill. Reporter house and Senate Democrats havealso called for a special session to repeal this law. House speaker tim moore has yet to respond to that call. Renee and l,na . Mikaya thundershower monday live raleigh. Thank you. Harold w,inbr,ch said the acc and ncaa decisions are painful for his town. At least six planned events are begun from carey. Conservative estimates place the losses at 2 and a half million. This comes as carey planned upgrades to facilities to draw in even more events. Another republican state lawmaker is joining the d,nn said hes concerned about the bill is having o

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