Wral candace sweat joins us now from jail. Candace, what do we know now . Reporter it is believed the three girls knew the man who faces charges, 3 charges, that is, of abduction of children. 51yearold Carlos Gutierrez was charged today. He went to an apartment in durham on monday where those three girls left with him. Girls ages 11, 13 and 15 were found unharmed. The police say their parents with him after they left with him. In addition to those charms he was served a warrant charging had him in the abduction of a 13yearold in Johnston County last year. We spoke to his son who tells us he has not seen or spoken to his father since may and he actually had no idea that he was in jail and no idea about these charges. He had no comment on these jail on bond. Tonight, grant hayes is requesting a new trial. Reporter he blames attorneys on both of his cases. Closely. He was convicted of first degree murder. Found guilty of killing Laura Jean Ackerson and disposing his body in a creek. They were in a custody battle at the time. He claimed that he sent and received mail it was intercepted by prosecutors. Those laters contained strategies for his trial and about him. His own defense team he said his council did not fight the case hard enough. He is as in they had done a better job a jury would have found a reasonable doubt in his case. Adam owens, thank you. [music] candidates are eyes voters in North Carolina in the battle for the white house. Tim kaine came to fayetteville. He addressed the botanical gardens, talked about bringing new jobs for americans and urged voters not to trust trump. Today show host sat down with kaine and his wife for an exclusive interview about the campaign. You have both been in politics for a long time. Have been in politics a long time. You have been around politics your whole life. Compare your experiences so far to being on a president ial ticket. We are having a lot of fun. Wouldnt you say, honey, a whirlwind, blast, it is ramped up from what we have done before, no doubt about that. I am well known by voters in one state but now 49 other states have to get to know us. That part of it is different. It is fun. It is a sprint. When you get at add to the ticket you just do the last 105 days. The candidate has been working longer. That is the way to do it. [ laughter ] we are you can see more from this exclusive interview tomorrow morning on the today show on wral. Republican president ial candidate donald trump returns to incoming in this week. He plans to hold a rally thursday night at 8 00. Ken smith will be in the queen city to cover the event. Look for his live reports and updates on wral. Com. Trump will receive his first classified security briefing tomorrow. It is part of a tradition briefing the party nominees. Where he told voters had sethe top choice for those looking for law and order. Trump met with members of lawsuit while there. Recovering from weekend clashes after police shot and killed an armed black man. John roberts wants on to hear from those that sued that stopped the id vote. Now, cuts include Cutting School thermostats and reductions in money for School Supplies and transportation. A big concern was cutting custodial work. They maintained frequent levelings at Elementary Schools and backing it at middle and high schools. I think all people are concerned in this day and time issues that when you Start Talking about cleanliness and perhaps not having classrooms as clean as you would like them to be that raises concerns. It was not all cuts. Teachers and support staff will see salary increases in budgets passed the meeting. A judge refused to push back a trial date for chandler kanya. He is charged with driving drunk, the wrong way down an interstate. Three people died including a 6 yearold little girl. The Defense Attorneys e out of the trial including his cell phone records. They told the judge today the warrant for the phone was improperly filled out. The judge said he will consider the request but denied their request to move the trial date. He and his family left without saying a word. That family is appropriately keeping in mind the victims and they talk about that all of these people died. He faces 13 different charges including three counts of seconddegree murder. The trial was set to start october 3rd. The police are looking for answers after a woman efs found dead over the weekend. Gram was found unresponsive on saturday night. He died at the hospital. The police have not said how she died but they are calling the death suspicious. If you know anything about this case call rocky mount police. A new report by the police in the city. Overall rate for violence and property crimes combined dropped by 10 in the first half of 2016 compared to the same time last year. Property crimes like burglary and larceny dropped by 12 . The report shows a slight decrease in vie violent crimes. 16 in the first half of 2017 compared to 21 in the first half of this year. It was a historic night at the dpac. Can not believe it. Oh my god. You are like a big winner. It is exciting. Tonight, the performing art center celebrated the 3 millionth guest. Tonight was her first time there. She gets this. Yes. She was there to see tonights performance of the broadway hit newsys she certificates for seeing up coming shows. Can you imagine someone needed something from their car and got out of line. [ laughter ] children fall from a ferris wheel, parents are watching. We will hear from mom and dad about that moment and how the girls are doing at the moment. Why one of the top Nations Health insurers are going to stop offering Exchange Plans in North Carolina next year. The new owner of the top olympic swimmers on team usa. Pool looks refreshing. Nice to take a dip with the heat we had. Look at the highs today. One degree cooler than yesterday. 97 in fayetteville. In the coming days the heat will back off, thunderstorms david was proud to be an american soldier. And i know im prejudiced because he was my son, but i dont think he had a mean bone in his body. There is not a day that i dont think about david. When i saw donald trump attack another gold star mother, if donald trump cannot respect a gold star family, then why would anyone in america think he would respect them. A day at the theme park ended with a trip to the hospital. They received an electric shock while riding the scrambler. One boy touched a metal fence while getting off of the ride. All 6 people will be okay. The investigators could not figure out what caused the shock so they closed down all of the rides as a precaution. A nightmare. A parents describe watching their children fall from the ferris wheel. You can see her trying to grab for something to hold on to. It was horrible. As soon as she could not hold on anymore she started to drop and the whole crowd just gasped. It was just it was the reaction, you know, i could just hear it in my head over and over again. But, you know, you go over and she is laying on the ground and shy said she was actually alert remembers it all. Riley on the other hand we thought she was dead, honestly. Wow, that 10yearold kayla has a broken arm. The couples 6yearold remains hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury. A 16yearold was hurt. The investigators blame a mechanical failure for the accident last week at the green county tennessee fair. The company that operated the ferris wheel was the same one that brought the vortex ride to the state fair in mechanism was bypassed. Nearly a dozen drivers say they are still shaken after their cars were hit by rocks thrown from a passing car. The police say it happened to 9 drivers last night inliesville and ray roads. All in a short period of time. They believe someone was driving around targeting cars at random. One rock shattered the front windshield of a car. She said she heard the crash and then tasted glass. My teeth were gritty all night. I know it was glass in my mouth and i felt it. It was sort of a burning situation since then. Feeling okay. She is lucky. She was treated in the er. One other driver was hit by a rock when it went right through the wheel. The d. O. It is looking forward with a road project. Firemens approve the contract for design and construction of the next section of the outer loop. The next section will span 8. 1 miles from the allamerican freeway. The 85. 2 million project includes bridge replacement on that same road. Work on this phase can begin as early as next july. They earned their medals and their place on sportsil it was titled the greats. Look at those medals. Incredible. Now, debra morgan is in rio following the coverage on wral. Because it will be on wral, morning, noon our newscast move. Noon and 4 00 p. M. For athletes all over the world. It this demonstrates the domination of the us a. Hats off to the coaches and the parents encouraging the kids and the athletes themselves, of course. They are crushing the competition. Yes. Wow n. Fun to watch. Yes. Oh, yeah, good stuff. Yes. Watching it. Yes. I know. Yes. Around here we are cooking. A great place. Tomorrow, still hot. The temperatures back on thursday. But i think finally over the weekend we will get closer to normal. Lets take a look at what is ahead. Well, we expect more heat. High pressure upon us. Showing signs of breaking down. Still with us tomorrow, i think by the time we get to thursday it will be gone. Rain chances will be growing. Especially thursday into friday. We are watching another cold front that could arrive early next week. Could it be a real taste of fall . I think much of the nation and the midsection of the nation below normal temperatures all next week. We could get a little les with, thursday. Not much of a drop in temperature. Ure will see that. High 5 camera. You will know that. Out on the porch. You can see the bees hanging out in the front of the hives. Bearding. When they start covering the front of the hives. The way of keeping cool overnight. Normal thing, the hives are healthy at least. 95 the high. 95 the low. Off of the formal lows and highs this time of the year. 89 for a normal high. In the 70s and the 80s. 81 here in durham. 79. It is a little cooler tonight than it was this time last night in fayetteville. Folks have 84 right now. And you factor in the humidity and the heat index levels a tad cooler tonight than this time last night. Many locations were are still well into the 90s this time last night. Feels like 91 in fayetteville. 89 in raleigh. Watching the heating of the day they die down. Now, the character of atmosphere, the air lost is dry. Warm, not conducive to watch it lift upward and develop into showers and storms that is about to change. Out to the west. Cloud cover and rain. That is where the fox frontal boundary is. The ridge moving out on thursday. The character of our atmosphere will change for thursday. Shower to form on thursday and friday. Lets take a look at future cast for the next 48 hours. Overnight, expect it to be dry locally. Tomorrow morning, sunny skies, cloudy at lunchtime. Like today there could be isolated showers maybe a thunderstorm. The little greena that you see there, tomorrow evening at 6 00 across North Carolina that is the isolated shower or the thunderstorm chance. Watch what happens on thursday. A change taking place. We start to see a few more showers and storms developing they are more widespread and by thursday night at 10 00 there could be activity around. That is what is left of the frontal boundary coming in. Another round of thunderstorms coming in on friday. Tomorrow morning, stepping it up. Warm and humid. Again. End date in sight. Now, 76 in fayetteville. Now, fitness, calling it a day. 78. Lunchtime, upper 80s to 90. Partly cloudy skies. Yes, hot, tomorrow, any showers and storms at this point they would be likely from the triangle area north and west. Upper 80s. Now here is the sevenday forecast. 92 on thursday and friday and saturday. And the fall front comes through, monday night and tuesday. The temperatures troping into the 80s. The dew points could be in the 50s and 60s instead of they would eupbdicate the air drying us out. Talking about a less humid front than a cold front coming in next week. That is good talk. Making a change the way it feels. Humid this time. Yes. Walking out of here at night you can feel it. Yes. Class is full. Yes. You get out of the car. Yes. Exactly. Thank you, mike. People are finally returning home after they had to pick up and leave to escape flooding in louisiana. Still ahead, the devastation they are finding and what the governor is saying about it. Mandy . Next in sports. The panthers in training camp. We will hear from them. Coach who is a big part of team guhes from madison avenue. But this guy is. He likes to say things like. Raised without antibiotics. Thats a phrase he invented to make chicken sound safer. And it doesnt mean much because, by federal law, all chickens must be clear of antibiotics before they leave the farm. Ive got more. Mom approved . Caffeine free . We think mr. Marketing guru would fit in better at a different chicken company. Ooh, i got it. Gluten free. All chicken is gluten free. I dont think thats. Oh, ok, it is. Fresh, delicious chicken from sanderson farms. No more dorms for the panthers. Training camp is officially over for another season. Overall, they called it a great effort during training camp. He liked the competitive spirit. He tuesday is time to head back to charlotte and get in a routine for the regular season. It is more of a business like atmosphere. Preparation for the most part. You start to feel like you are gearing up and getting ready for the regular season. We started doing things similar to what we would do during the regular season and, you know, the players have all of our stuff available then. It makes it easier as far as coaching is concerned, too. Everything you need is you want it. Big day, high school, beginning, debut of the new Show High School ot live that features live lookins of 8 games each week. You can watch it. This is the first week of football friday. This weeks show will be shorter because of the olympics. Part of the 11 00 newscast. Next week the regular time at 11 30. It will be a full show. Play argentina. Reporter tomorrow, when usa plays argentina. Coach k. Will receive his scouting report. Their relationship goes way back and i have known him way, way, way, way back when he was in high school. As a matter of fact i shot this video of him playing at south view high school. This week i with him. Who is this guy . I dont i dont even you know it is funny. You showed me that in vegas and i sent it to my wife. And she is listening to it and like that did not even sound like you. I think i can improve my defense, you know. I feel my offensive skills are there. My offensive skills were there. I was pretty confident. Reporter the basketball resume is diverse from the college to coaching career as an assist skpapbt head coach. He continues to grow and learn from the game in his role with u. S. Basketball. To be in the rooms that is 3 hall of famers right there. All of this is part of the plan to become a College Head Coach again. He has been out of the bosses chair for 5 years. I absolutely want to back. When the right opportunity comes in. I think it is safe to say that he will be considered one of the cantates to replace the coach. The problem is, that can be a long way away. Back to you. Baseball tonight. The bulls lose 43. Yes. Oh what a bummer. I know. Thank you, mandy. A lot of Car Companies are working to create a driverness car. To focus on, first, coming up. Another blow to president Barack Obamas health care law. The Insurance Company pulling out. And the sad discovery made at a im roy cooper, and you deserve the truth about the crime lab. When i became attorney general, we discovered a backlog of more than 5,000 dna test kits and years worth of shoddy investigations. But what governor mccrory isnt telling you is that we cleared the backlog. We fixed the problems at the crime lab, and governor mccrory knows that. Shes one of the wealthiest women in politics. Combined income thirty million dollars. Tours the world on private jets. Protected by armed guards for thirty years. But she doesnt believe in your right to keep a gun at home for selfdefense. An out of touch hypocrite. Shed leave you defenseless. The Nra Political Victory Fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. Treatment plant. We are following breaking found dead in a town home. The police dont believe their deaths were random. They are not releasing the identities of those killed or discussing the relationship to each other. The bodies were discovered at 8 00 p. M. Tonight. Look for developments on the morning news starting at 4 30. The authorities are trying to figure out how two fetuces wound up in fetuses were found in a Water Treatment plant. They found two preterm babies but it find a way there. It is unlikely they could of survived on their own outside of the womb. The Sheriffs Office arrested William Cullen hours after a toddlers remains were found. He called 911 to report a toddler missing. The police said she wandered off when he fell a sleep. They are waiting on the medical the little girl. A new york man is in the hospital. His 10yearold son dead after they were found in a motel pool. This happened yesterday. At the days inn it in washington. The boy was in the water with his pather when something went wrong. Worker res spopbded and began cpr. They were are take tone the hospital and pro tphoupsed dead. At last check, he was in critical condition. Folks wagon could face penalties according published by the wall street journal. The tphaup says the Justice Department found evidence of criminal wrongdoing linked to the scandal. Last year they admitted installing illegal emission softwear on 600 cars in the u. S. Federal prosecutors are working with the auto maketory reach a settlement before the end of the year. It took 12 hours on rescue a pilot in a tree. At nightfall when chances of the plane falling to the the ground increased. The last tower of Las Vegas Hotel is gone. Crews used dynamite to take down the tower. It was the first highrise on the strip. What a show when that goes down. For years it was the most famous casinos. It closed last year after 60 years of hosting headliners. It makes way for Convention Space in the city. Under ground traps former caught f